July 14, 2013, 10 years ago today: At the age of 19, Jordan Spieth becomes the youngest player to win a PGA Tour event in 82 years when he outlasts Zach Johnson and David Heath in a five-hole sudden-death playoff at the John Deere Classic.
This Day In Sports: A remarkable respite for Lincecum
July 13, 2013, 10 years ago today: In the midst of another mediocre season that almost had him banished to San Francisco’s bullpen, two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum spins the first no-hitter of his career in a 9-0 Giants win at San Diego.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: The sacks will come from…whom?
It’s kind of obvious that Boise State is going into the great unknown this year on the defensive line, a position that is already sack-challenged.
This Day In Sports: The pairing that produced a 3-peat
July 11, 1996: L.A. Lakers general manager Jerry West pulls the first of two coups that set the table for three straight NBA championships at the turn of the century.
This Day In Sports: Women’s soccer is a thing – for good
July 10, 1999: With a Rose Bowl crowd of 90,185—a world record for a women’s sporting event—rooting them on, the U.S. women’s soccer team produces one of the great moments in American female athletics.
This Day In Sports: A historic tennis time-out from the Big 3
July 7, 2013, 10 years ago today: Andy Murray becomes the first British player since 1936 to win the men’s title at Wimbledon, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
This Day In Sports: When the All-Star Game was something else
July 6, 1933, 90 years ago today: Called the “Game Of The Century” and held in conjunction with the Chicago World’s Fair, baseball’s first All-Star game is played at Comiskey Park. It was originally planned as a one-time event, but it was so successful, it became an annual staple of summer.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Week 1 is one thing; then there’s Week 2
Let’s set aside the Huskies for a moment. In his Big 12 preview, ESPN’s Bill Connelly suggests that the UCF Knights, Boise State’s first guest of the season on September 9, could make a run for the title in their first year in the conference.
This Day In Sports: Lou Gehrig’s 4th of July farewell
July 4, 1939: In one of the most dramatically-charged moments in sports history, an emotional Lou Gehrig says thank you on his Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium.
This Day In Sports: A new world for college athletes
June 30, 2021, two years ago today: The NCAA, rebuffed by the Supreme Court in its effort to prevent athletes from accepting compensation for name, image and likeness, announces an interim NIL policy. With that, the stage was set for a seismic change in college sports the following day.