February 24, 2020, five years ago today: A day like no other for Oregon basketball star Sabrina Ionescu. Earlier in the day, Ionescu had been a speaker at the riveting memorial service for the late Kobe and Gigi Bryant before a capacity crowd at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
February 21, 2018: Boise State notches its largest margin of victory ever in a Mountain West road game in an 87-54 thumping of Colorado State in Fort Collins. The margin ballooned to 42 with seven minutes remaining in the game before Boise State called off the dogs.
The rotation seemed to have settled down—a four-game winning streak with a new starting lineup. But the fifth didn’t work out so well in a 64-47 loss at Viejas Arena last Saturday.
February 18, 2015, 10 years ago today: Despite going 1-for-18 from three-point range, Boise State wins for the first time at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, rallying in the second half to beat UNLV 53-48.
February 14, 1975, 50 years ago today: High-flying, unstoppable future World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame inductee Julius Erving scores a personal-high 63 points, but the New York Nets lose to the San Diego Conquistadors, 176-166, in four overtimes.
February 13, 1988: Hardly anybody had heard of Eddie Edwards. Some people knew Jamaica had a bobsled team, though, as the 15th Winter Olympics kicked off with Opening Ceremonies in Calgary, Alberta.
With Kellen Moore reaching his personal NFL mountaintop Tuesday as head coach of the New Orleans Saints, I wanted to see what we said about him when he first committed to Boise State in high school.
February 11, 1970, 55 years ago today: Elgin Baylor, the former College of Idaho star, and Jerry West score 43 points each for the L.A. Lakers—but it takes a 41-16 fourth quarter blitz to beat the Golden State Warriors 125-115 in the Cow Palace.
February 10, 2019: Lindsey Vonn, the most decorated female skier in World Cup history, wins a bronze medal in the downhill in what was supposed to be the final race of her career at the World Alpine Championships in Are, Sweden.
February 7, 2016: In the final game of his stellar NFL career, quarterback Peyton Manning earns his second Super Bowl ring when Denver beats Carolina 24-10 in the 50th edition of the biggest spectacle in sports.