Presented by FRANZ WITTE GARDEN CENTER. This Day In Sports…May 7, 2016: At the age of 42, New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon becomes the oldest player ever to hit his first major league home run when he connects off James Shields in San Diego. Some called it the most unlikely home run in baseball…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…May 6, 1998: Chicago Cubs rookie Kerry Wood ties Roger Clemens’ major league record for most strikeouts in a game, fanning 20 batters in a complete game one-hitter, a 2-0 victory over the Houston Astros. Wood allowed only two baserunners, one on an infield single and the other…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…May 3, 2019, five years ago today: An NBA playoff game goes to four overtimes for only the second time in history—and the first time in 66 years—with Portland outlasting Denver 140-137 at the Moda Center. It was a physically-taxing marathon of wild swings, with 24 lead changes. Yet…… MORE
Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…May 2, 1939, 85 years ago today: Lou Gehrig pulls himself out of the New York Yankees lineup for the first time since 1925—2,130 consecutive games earlier. Manager Joe McCarthy inserted Babe Dahlgren at first base while Gehrig, as Yankees captain, took the lineup card out to home…… MORE
Presented by TRI STATE ELECTRIC. Wednesday Weekly…May 1, 2024. At the time of this writing, the Seattle Seahawks haven’t added their undrafted free agent signees to their roster yet, so former Boise State standout George Holani isn’t on it. But we can look at the Seahawks’ running backs depth at present. Seattle didn’t draft a…… MORE
Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…April 30, 2019, five years ago today: The New York Yankees’ CC Sabathia becomes the 17th member of baseball’s 3,000-strikout club. But more importantly, Sabathia also became only the third lefthander in history, alongside Randy Johnson and Steve Carlton, to reach 3,000 when he rang up Arizona’s John Ryan…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 29, 2014, 10 years ago today: With stunning swiftness, new NBA commissioner Adam Silver bans Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league for life and fines him $2.5 million. The action came just four days after TMZ revealed audio of a conversation in which Sterling can…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 26, 2018: Leighton Vander Esch becomes the fifth first-round NFL Draft pick in Boise State history when he’s selected No. 19 overall by the Dallas Cowboys. The story was an incredible one—a guy who played eight-man football at Salmon River High and walked on with the Broncos before…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 25, 2019, five years ago today: Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray becomes the first player ever to be chosen in the first round of both the NFL and Major League Baseball Drafts when he’s taken No. 1 overall by the Arizona Cardinals. Murray had been the ninth overall…… MORE
Presented by the BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly…April 24, 2024. Not only will there be a quarterback competition going into Boise State fall camp, there is also a battle for Ashton Jeanty’s backup brewing between Breezy Dubar and Sire Gaines. You don’t get a fair sampling during the Spring Game, but Dubar netted just five yards…… MORE
