March 9, 2018, five years ago today: The Boise State women’s hoops team wins its third Mountain West championship in four years, beating Nevada 62-60 on a buzzer-beating putback by A’Shanti Coleman in the conference tournament title game in Las Vegas.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Shout it out – Deggie’s a first-teamer
A year ago, Boise State’s Tyson Degenhart was Mountain West Freshman of the Year. This season he’d be Sophomore of the Year, if there was such a thing. Degenhart is the only sophomore on the official All-Mountain West first-team released Tuesday by the conference.
This Day In Sports: Golden State Warriors – Records ‘R Us
March 7, 2016: In the midst of a historic season, the Golden State Warriors break the NBA record for longest home winning streak, notching their 45th straight at Oracle Arena in Oakland with a 119-113 victory over the Orlando Magic.
This Day In Sports: Trying to hold a candle to the NFL
March 6, 1983, 40 years ago today: The first games in the history of the United States Football League are played. It would be a short history, as the circuit that was supposed to make football a year-round sport lasted only three seasons.
This Day In Sports: The trade that wouldn’t work for Jake the Snake
March 3, 2007: Capital High graduate Jake Plummer is traded from the Denver Broncos to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but six days later he would abruptly announce his retirement from the NFL rather than join the Bucs.
This Day In Sports: Another late-season Broncos classic
March 2, 2013, 10 years ago today: Boise State sells out Taco Bell Arena for its first “black-out,” and the Broncos respond in their black uniforms with a crucial 78-65 win over Colorado State, their 20th victory of the season.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: A note here from ‘Mr. Back-In-My-Day’
I’ve harped forever (probably ad nauseum) about how the big Boise State basketball crowds of today aren’t like those of the late 1980s in what was then the BSU Pavilion. Super loud, with noise on every defensive possession.
This Day In Sports: Forerunner of the ‘Miracle On Ice’
February 28, 1960: Twenty years before the “Miracle On Ice,” the U.S. Olympic hockey team pulls off a less-celebrated miracle at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley.
This Day In Sports: A rather noteworthy PGA Tour debut
February 27, 1992: Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to play in a PGA Tour event in 35 years. Woods was only 16 when he teed it up in the Nissan Los Angeles Open.
This Day In Sports: A historic multi-sport Olympic athlete
February 24, 2018, five years ago today: Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic becomes the first woman ever to win gold medals in two different sports at the Winter Olympics, much less at the same Winter Games.