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This Day In Sports: ‘The Boss’ gets the boot from baseball

July 30, 2026 / Tom Scott / Scott Slant / No Comments

July 30, 1990: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is effectively banned from baseball for life, as commissioner Fay Vincent forces him to permanently give up day-to-day operations of the team.

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Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Cam & his compadres in the WR room

July 29, 2026 / Tom Scott / Scott Slant / No Comments

While we await the opening of Boise State fall camp next week, we wonder if Cam Bates can become the Broncos’ go-to at wide receiver. Bates was the team’s sixth-leading receiver last year with 17 catches for 301 yards.

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This Day In Sports: Blue Moon’s final career win was a doozy

July 28, 2026 / Tom Scott / Scott Slant / No Comments

July 28, 1976, 50 years ago today: Chicago White Sox pitchers Blue Moon Odom and Francisco Barrios combine to pitch a no-hitter at the Oakland Coliseum in a 2-1 win over the A’s, the team for whom Odom pitched in three World Series in the early 1970s.

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This Day In Sports: The first two dominoes were huge ones

July 27, 2026 / Tom Scott / Scott Slant / No Comments

July 27, 2021, five years ago today: Less than a week after word of the jaw-dropping move was leaked, Oklahoma and Texas officially ask for applications to the Southeastern Conference.

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This Day In Sports: Junior takes his rightful place in the Hall

July 24, 2026 / Tom Scott / Scott Slant / No Comments

July 24, 2016, 10 years ago today: Ken Griffey Jr. is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the first player officially representing the Seattle Mariners to be enshrined in Cooperstown.

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