Boise State needs one football road game and one home game…next year. At this point, Houston is still on the 2025 schedule at BroncoSports.com, but word is that the home-and-home series with the Cougars of the Big 12 is not going to happen.
May 28, 1956: Pittsburgh first baseman Dale Long sets a major league record by hitting a home run in his eighth straight game in the Pirates’ 3-2 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Forbes Field.
May 24, 1981: In one of the most controversial Indianapolis 500 races ever, Bobby Unser crosses the finish line first at the Brickyard. But the checkered flag was checkered.
May 23, 1958: Wilt Chamberlain passes on his senior year at Kansas—but not to go to the NBA, which wouldn’t allow him to play in the league until his college class graduated.
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May 21, 2014, 10 years ago today: After 44 seasons as Bronco Stadium, the facility that houses the famed blue turf becomes Albertsons Stadium with the announcement of a 15-year, $12.5 million naming rights agreement with the Boise grocery giant.
May 20, 2018: The Vegas Golden Knights become the first expansion franchise in a major North American sport to play its way into a championship series the conventional way.
May 17, 2019, five years ago today: Former Boise Hawk Kris Bryant becomes only the 12th player in major league history to hit a home run in three consecutive innings. The Chicago Cubs star connected in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings of a 14-6 win at Washington.
Boise State’s game at Oregon on September 7 will be its fourth all-time matchup with the Ducks. The Broncos are 3-0 in the series, dating back to Kellen Moore’s legendary first career road start at Autzen Stadium in 2008.
May 14, 2012: “A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.” So said the legendary Frank Leahy of Notre Dame. Or was it Vince Lombardi? There are conflicting reports. At any rate, if that’s the case, the Middle Ages were over at College of Idaho.