July 21, 2013: Phil Mickelson, trailing by five strokes entering the final round, roars back to win his first British Open (now commonly known as the Open Championship) at the age of 43.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Bachmeier’s chip will count for something
The writing was already on the wall as far as the Preseason All-Mountain West team goes. But the watch list for the Davey O’Brien Award that goes to the nation’s best quarterback was released Tuesday, and you can guess who wasn’t on it.
This Day In Sports: Cracks in the Kingdome’s crown
July 19, 1994: About two hours before the start of a doubleheader between the Mariners and Orioles, the games are officially postponed before fans can enter the stadium. Four tiles from the ceiling of the Seattle Kingdome had fallen into the stands, leaving officials to declare the site unsafe.
This Day In Sports: Albertsons Stadium turns a natural green
July 18, 2015: The turf at Albertsons Stadium turns temporarily green for the first Basque Soccer Friendly, an international exhibition between Spain’s Athletic Bilbao and Mexico’s Club Tijuana.
This Day In Sports: Venus’ last shot at a Centre Court victory
July 15, 2017, five years ago today: Venus Williams, at the age of 37 the oldest Wimbledon finalist in 24 years, falls 7-5, 6-0 to Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in the championship match.
This Day In Sports: Chris Childs in New York blue & orange
July 14, 1996: Former Boise State star Chris Childs signs a six-year, $24 million free agent contract with the New York Knicks. Childs had spent the previous two seasons with the New Jersey Nets—he averaged seven assists and 12.8 points a game for the Nets in 1995-96.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Harsin’s away from it all in McCall
Former Boise State coach Bryan Harsin is vacationing in McCall right now. Hopefully that’s one place he can get away from the noise. It never stops at Auburn.
This Day In Sports: A different way of dissing disco
July 12, 1979: It’s “Disco Demolition Night” at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Fans got in for 98 cents if they brought a disco record to burn between games of a doubleheader between the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
This Day In Sports: An Osich anniversary, and a Stefanic update
July 11, 2015: Bishop Kelly grad Josh Osich becomes only the third native Boisean to record a major league victory, joining Borah High alum Stephen Fife a couple years before and Pat House, who won two games for the Houston Astros in the late 1960’s.
This Day In Sports: McEnroe settles down to win the crown
July 8, 1984: The British press and fans call him “SuperBrat” and “McNasty”, but in this case the only ill will on the part of John McEnroe is toward Wimbledon finals opponent Jimmy Connors (whose own legendary on-court antics paled in comparison to McEnroe’s over the years).