This Day In Sports: It’s ‘bye bye baby’ for the 600th time
September 22, 1969: San Francisco’s Willie Mays becomes only the second player in major league history—behind Babe Ruth—to hit 600 career home runs.
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This Day In Sports: Broncos put 0-2 in rear view mirror
September 21, 2005: After an 0-2 start, including a 48-13 loss at Georgia and a 30-27 setback at Oregon State, Boise State goes into its home opener with some concerns. But the Broncos pinned a 48-20 defeat on another highly-touted non-BCS school, Bowling Green.
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This Day In Sports: Boise State’s ‘We wuz robbed’ game
September 18, 2021, five years ago today: Boise State hosts a Big 12 team during the regular season for the first time, and Oklahoma State takes away a controversial 21-20 nail-biter on the blue turf.
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This Day In Sports: The new Vikings unveil ‘The Scrambler’
September 17, 1961, 65 years ago today: The expansion Minnesota Vikings make a spectacular entry into the NFL with a 37-13 rout of the Chicago Bears at the old Met in Bloomington.
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Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: The real Broncos running game kicks in
I wasn’t one of those concerned about Boise State’s running game after the loss at Oregon. Dylan Riley and Sire Gaines had their moments against the Ducks, but at the end of the day, they averaged a combined 3.2 yards per carry.
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