I’ve never heard of a Boise State “Inferno Day” during summer conditioning, but the world has changed.
Scott Slant: It’s ‘Tampa’ inside the Caven-Williams
This Day In Sports: Make it 11 for the legendary Phil Jackson
June 17, 2010, 15 years ago today: For the fifth time in their storied histories, the Boston Celtics and L.A. Lakers go to Game 7 against each other in the NBA Finals. And the Lakers came from behind to win it, 83-79, repeating as champions and claiming their 17th NBA crown, one short of the […]
This Day In Sports: The first of four for the Warriors’ core
June 16, 2015, 10 years ago today: The Golden State Warriors win their first NBA championship in 40 years with a 105-97 victory in Cleveland. The Warriors took the Finals four games-to-two despite a game effort in the series by Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.
This Day In Sports: Steve Young calls it a career
June 13, 2000, 25 years ago today: Steve Young announces his retirement from the San Francisco 49ers. Young successfully emerged from the longest shadow imaginable—that of four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Montana.
This Day In Sports: Interleague baseball becomes a thing
June 12, 1997: In a drastic but long-awaited departure for a tradition-governed sport, the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers, 4-3, in the first regular-season interleague game in Major League Baseball history.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Pac-12 hoops power = you-know-who
By the time close friends Leon Rice of Boise State and Mark Few of Gonzaga finally meet on the basketball court for the first time a little over a year and a half from now, the Zags advantage will be, shall we say, even more pronounced.
This Day In Sports: The first of three for the amazing Allie O
June 10, 2017: After adding the event to her repertoire earlier in the spring, Boise State’s Allie Ostrander wins the national title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene.
This Day In Sports: Rafael Nadal owns the red clay – again
June 9, 2019: Rafael Nadal wins his 81st consecutive match on clay, the longest streak on one surface by any player in tennis history. More significantly, “Rafa” won the French Open with a four-set triumph over Austria’s Dominic Thiem in a rematch of the previous year’s final.
This Day In Sports: Serena closes in on Steffi’s record
June 6, 2015, 10 years ago today: Serena Williams wins her 20th career Grand Slam championship with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 win over Lucie Safarova in the women’s final at The French Open. It was Williams’ third French Open title to go along with six U.S. Opens, six Australian Opens and five Wimbledons.
This Day In Sports: MLB’s only ‘switch-pitcher’ debuts
June 5, 2015, 10 years ago today: Pat Venditte makes his big league debut for the Oakland A’s, and in the process becomes the first true ambidextrous pitcher to appear in the majors in modern baseball history.