As far as standouts in Boise State’s spring game go, there are the obvious ones and the not-so-obvious ones. We said last week it’s been Ashton Jeanty’s spring to shine, and it sure was Jeanty’s spring game to shine.
This Day In Sports: The Dodgers finally have a home of their own
April 10, 1962: It’s the grand opening of Dodger Stadium in the hills above downtown Los Angeles, but the home team loses 6-3 to the Cincinnati Reds before a crowd of 52,564.
This Day In Sports: Taco Bell Arena in big-time tennis mode
April 7, 2013, 10 years ago today: The Davis Cup quarterfinals wrap up an electric three-day run in Boise with Novak Djokovic’s four-set win over Sam Querrey, giving Serbia a 3-1 victory over the U.S.
This Day In Sports: The DH can’t be 50 years old, can it?
April 6, 1973, 50 years ago today: Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in baseball history, and he draws a bases-loaded walk on five pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Purists were horrified at the use of a DH, while the American League was trying to […]
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: It’s been Jeanty’s spring to shine
If Taylen Green is just a sophomore and we’re already calling Boise State Green’s team, where does that leave fellow sophomore Ashton Jeanty? It’s not even Jeanty’s backfield, as George Holani goes into his senior year.
This Day In Sports: Jimmy V gets to hug a trophy
April 4, 1983, 40 years ago today: In one of the great Cinderella stories in NCAA Tournament history, North Carolina State upsets Houston’s phi-slamma-jamma team 54-52 on Lorenzo Charles’ followup dunk of an airball at the buzzer to win the national championship.
This Day In Sports: The end of a Boise play-by-play era
April 3, 2008, 15 years ago today: The official end of Paul J. Schneider’s run as the Voice of the Broncos. Schneider was on Boise State’s football and basketball microphone for 35 years, calling touchdown passes by everyone from Jim McMillan to Jared Zabransky—and interceptions by everyone from Rolly Woolsey to Marty Tadman.
This Day In Sports: The Houston Astros change addresses
March 31, 2013, 10 years ago today: After 51 years as a National League franchise, the Houston Astros make their American League debut with an 8-2 win over their new AL West rivals from Dallas, the Texas Rangers.
This Day In Sports: A new thing called the ‘jump shot’
March 30, 1943, 80 years ago today: Wyoming wins the NCAA Tournament with a 46-34 win over Georgetown in the championship game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Kenny Sailors, the College Player of the Year, showed off his then-unusual jump shot and scored 16 points to lead the Cowboys.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: ‘If the shoe fits, wear it’
The only coach in the Final Four who’s been there before is Jim Larranaga of Miami. You remember his first Final Four, right? It was with George Mason in 2006, one of the great Cinderella stories of all time.