This Day In Sports: The ‘straw that stirs the drink’ turns 80
May 18, 1946: The birthday of “Mr. October.” Reggie Jackson was sometimes controversial but often clutch during a 21-year Hall of Fame career that saw him club 563 home runs.
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May 18, 1946: The birthday of “Mr. October.” Reggie Jackson was sometimes controversial but often clutch during a 21-year Hall of Fame career that saw him club 563 home runs.
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May 15, 2007: The Idaho Steelheads complete a dominating dismissal of the regular season’s two best teams in the ECHL by beating the Alaska Aces 3-2 to win the National Conference Finals four games-to-one on the way to a second Kelly Cup championship in four years.
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May 14, 2011, 15 years ago today: Boise State’s final conference competition after 10 years as a member of the WAC, as the Broncos finish second on the men’s side and seventh among the women at the conference track and field championships in Honolulu.
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Boise State men’s basketball announced an old-fashioned player signing last week. It’s a true freshman, Kaur Tomann from Estonia, a 6-9 forward who played for his country’s U18 team in the FIBA European Championships last summer.
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May 12, 1951: The birthday of one of the NBA’s most underappreciated coaches. George Karl won 1,175 games with six different franchises and was NBA Coach of the Year with the Denver Nuggets in 2013. Karl took his teams to 22 postseason appearances in 27 seasons.
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