A Steelheads scene-setter

Time for playoff hockey. The ECHL’s Kelly Cup awaits somebody about six weeks from now, and the Idaho Steelheads and Utah Grizzlies open their best-of-seven first-round series tonight in CenturyLink Arena.

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The Tokyo shade of blue & orange

Spring football has already ended for one segment of the Bronco family. The one from Japan. For the seventh year, coaches and a group of players from Tokyo’s Hosei University have spent a week at Boise State to soak up all they can –

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You May Shrug, But You Shouldn’t

Today we address what appears to be a chorus of “mehs” over the revival of the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge in basketball next season after a two-year hiatus. Colorado State gets to play Northern Iowa and UNLV gets to take on Wichita State, albeit on the road.

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An Orderly Process Under Center

Boise State’s quarterback sweepstakes is going according to plan by all accounts, especially that of coach Bryan Harsin. And the plan is in tune with previous years—to wait until well into fall camp to name a starter.

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A Way-Too-Early Starting Five

Here’s my cart-before-the-horse starting lineup for Boise State basketball in the 2015-16 season. The first guy to mention is Anthony Drmic, the senior whose medical redshirt approval by the NCAA is merely a formality. Remember that Drmic scored more than Derrick Marks last season, so there’s no reason to think he can’t come close to […]

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