I was at Orlando Cepeda’s assisted living apartment last Wednesday afternoon. The beloved 86-year-old Baseball Hall of Famer passed away Friday evening. Here’s the story.
Scott Slant Monday Special: For me, Orlando’s passing was surreal
Scott Slant Tuesday Special: Jeanty breaks through with broken tackles
(Tom Scott’s feature will return Monday, July 1.) Predictions for Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty in the 2025 NFL Draft vary wildly. Nowhere more so than in the rankings of the top five at every position by ESPN’s Matt Miller and Jordan Reid.
This Day In Sports: A’s bats explode on the road
June 24, 2018: The Oakland A’s set a modern major league record when they connect for a home run in their 25th consecutive road game. This time it was Mark Canha going deep in a 10-3 loss to the White Sox in Chicago.
This Day In Sports: 27-up, 27-down…a baseball rarity
June 21, 1964, 60 years ago today: On Father’s Day, the Philadelphia Phillies stop the New York Mets, 6-0, as Jim Bunning, a father of seven, tosses the first perfect game in the National League since 1880.
This Day In Sports: “Not one, not two, not three…” Okay, two
June 20, 2013: The San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat take the NBA Finals to the limit, and the Heat capture their second straight championship with a thrilling 95-88 win in Game 7.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Malachi or Mad Dog – it’ll be a while
It’s the time of year for preseason magazines and national takes. This is from the national takes department. And it’s strange.
This Day In Sports: Kershaw curtails every Rockies bat
June 18, 2014, 10 years ago today: It isn’t a perfect game, but some consider it to be the best pure pitching performance ever.
This Day In Sports: Big news from two valley campuses
June 17, 2004, 20 years ago today: In back-to-back days, two local bombshells are dropped during an otherwise slow sports week—the first in Caldwell, the second in Boise.
This Day In Sports: From Eddie Waitkus to Roy Hobbs to Kirk Gibson
June 14, 1949, 75 years ago today: Philadelphia first baseman Eddie Waitkus is shot by a deranged teenage girl in a room at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. The event was loosely referenced in relation to the Roy Hobbs character in the 1952 novel “The Natural” by Bernard Malamud.
This Day In Sports: NBA aberration north of the border
June 13, 2019, five years ago today: A historic night for the Toronto Raptors—and for Canada. The Raptors became the first team from outside the U.S. to win an NBA championship, and in the process put a dent in the Golden State Warriors’ dynasty.