May 11, 2015: After an investigation found that New England quarterback Tom Brady probably knew about the Patriots’ intentional under-inflation of footballs in their 45-7 victory over Indianapolis in the AFC Championship Game in January, the NFL suspends Brady for the first four games of the 2015 season.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Taylen’s Tale of the Tape
While we have a moment, let’s go over Taylen Green’s season box score—as in, where do his 586 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns last year stack up among quarterbacks in Boise State history? I can’t believe I haven’t done that yet.
This Day In Sports: The Sultan of…the Mound
May 9, 1918: A Boston Red Sox pitcher has five hits but takes the loss in a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Washington Senators. His name was Babe Ruth, and the next season he backed away from pitching to concentrate on hitting and playing the outfield.
This Day In Sports: Ideal place for Paxton’s career highlight
May 8, 2018, five years ago today: For the first time in big league history, a no-hitter in Canada is thrown by a Canadian. The Seattle Mariners’ James Paxton, a 29-year-old lefthander from Ladner, BC, shut down the Blue Jays 5-0 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
This Day In Sports: Amazingly, LeBron’s last MVP trophy
May 5, 2013, 10 years ago today: In the prime of his career at age 28, LeBron James of the Miami Heat becomes only the fifth player in NBA history to win four Most Valuable Player awards, joining Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan.
This Day In Sports: Pujols, the slugger and the hitter
May 4, 2018, five years ago today: Albert Pujols of the L.A. Angels collects his 3000th career hit in a 5-0 win at Seattle’s Safeco Field. Pujols did it in a very un-Pujols way, with a broken-bat single off Mariners pitcher Mike Leake.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Don’t be doubting JL in Denver
Boise State could have ended up with four players taken in the NFL Draft, or only one. The Broncos had two, and it was bad news/good news.
This Day In Sports: When Bill Russell literally did it all
May 2, 1968: Bill Russell celebrates his second season doubling as a player-coach with an NBA championship, as the Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, four games to two, with a 124-109 victory in Game 6.
This Day In Sports: Where did all the complete games go?
May 1, 1920: Both Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Robins (now the Dodgers) pitch all 26 innings in the longest game in Major League Baseball history to this day.
This Day In Sports: When the Orioles weren’t much fun
April 28, 1988: The Baltimore Orioles set a new American League record for consecutive losses when they drop their 21st straight game, 4-2 to the Twins at the Metrodome.