May 2, 2015, 10 years ago today: In boxing’s biggest event since Tyson-Holyfield in 1997—and the richest bout in history—Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao.
May 1, 1991: Nolan Ryan pitches his major league record seventh career no-hitter when the Texas Rangers blank the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0. Ryan was working on four days’ rest at the age of 44.
It was another “if I had told you” checkpoint Tuesday.
April 29, 2016: For the second time in five years—and the second time ever—Boise State has three players selected in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft.
April 28, 2007: By all accounts, former Boise State star Ashton Jeanty will be wearing his familiar No. 2 with the Las Vegas Raiders (if he can strike a deal with the team’s current kicker, Daniel Carlson).
It seems like just yesterday that we were looking at all these predictions—all the scenarios in which the Las Vegas Raiders wouldn’t draft Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty. He’d go earlier. Some team would trade up to get him. Vegas would go with an offensive lineman.
April 24, 2020, five years ago today: Boise State’s Ezra Cleveland is selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 58th overall pick in the second round of the NFL Draft, making him the 13th-highest pick in Broncos history.
At Boise State’s Spring Game, you often see an unfamiliar name rack up some stats—and then wonder if you’ll ever hear from him again. That’s the case with redshirt sophomore AJ Maes, who led the Broncos in receiving last Saturday with three catches for 55 yards.
April 22, 2018: San Francisco’s Brandon Belt, the second batter of the game, produces a 21-pitch at-bat, the longest in recorded big league history, against the L.A. Angels’ Jaime Barria.
April 21, 2012: Safeco Field in Seattle sees a perfect game pitched for the first time, but the Mariners are on the wrong end of it. Chicago White Sox hurler Philip Humber tossed the 21st perfect game in major league history in a 4-0 blanking of the M’s.