March 8, 1976: In the championship game of the first-ever Big Sky Tournament in Ogden, Boise State stuns Weber State 77-70 in double-overtime on the Wildcats’ home floor to earn its first conference title and first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
This Day In Sports: Peyton Manning’s emotional Indy exit
March 7, 2012, 10 years ago today: Rather than pay him a $28 million bonus due that week, the Indianapolis Colts release one of the NFL’s all-time great quarterbacks, Peyton Manning.
This Day In Sports: Reid keys the Broncos’ raining of threes
March 4, 2017, five years ago today: Boise State hits the most three-pointers in a game in school history and ties the Mountain West record by raining 20 of them upon Air Force in a 98-70 win in Colorado Springs.
This Day In Sports: Milestone birthday for a bulldog of a running back
March 3, 1962: The birthday of Herschel Walker, a three-time Consensus All-American and winner of the 1982 Heisman Trophy.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Kigab & the court-storming (kind of)
Abu Kigab made the most of his Senior Night. And at the end of the game he was cutting down the nets Tuesday night in ExtraMile Arena as Boise State won its first outright conference championship since 1988 with a 73-67 win over Nevada.
This Day In Sports: Back-to-back Wilt The Stilt anniversaries
March 1, 1972, 50 years ago today: In the home stretch of his legendary career, Los Angeles Lakers center Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points.
This Day In Sports: That first victory at Viejas
February 28, 2015: In what was considered the biggest regular season game in Boise State history, the Broncos end 24th-ranked San Diego State’s 29-game home winning streak with a 56-46 win at sold-out Viejas Arena.
This Day In Sports: Bleymaier’s long, successful journey begins
February 25, 1982, 40 years ago today: Boise State fires Mike Mullally as athletic director after a public outcry over his priority seating plan in Bronco Stadium and names 28-year-old assistant athletic director Gene Bleymaier to the post.
This Day In Sports: Canada’s gold in Canada’s game
February 24, 2002, 20 years ago today: The Canadian men’s ice hockey team wins the Olympic gold medal for the first time in 50 years at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City. The Canadians beat the USA 5-2.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: The free throw grinder
It was almost death by a thousand paper cuts in the form of San Diego State three-pointers Tuesday night in ExtraMile Arena. The Aztecs drained six in seven tries in the second half. And some missed Boise State free throws felt like paper cuts, too.