March 29, 1994, 30 years ago today: In a separation that he and Dallas owner Jerry Jones call a “mutual agreement”, Jimmy Johnson leaves the Cowboys as head coach.
This Day In Sports: NCAA selection process was a lot different
March 28, 1944, 80 years ago today: In a nailbiter at Madison Square Garden, a game in which neither team led by more than four points, Utah edges Dartmouth, 42-40, on a long shot by Herb Wilkinson with three seconds left in overtime to win the NCAA Tournament.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Reflections on the MW in the Big Dance
There is no question that—after a whole season of hype and high computer rankings—the Mountain West underperformed in the NCAA Tournament (even though San Diego State is still alive).
This Day In Sports: ‘Big George’ jumps all over Norton
March 26, 1974, 50 years ago today: George Foreman successfully defends his world heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of Ken Norton in Caracas, Venezuela.
This Day In Sports: The end of Slocum’s sensational freshman season
March 25, 2017: The best women’s basketball player ever to come out of Idaho, Mountain View’s Destiny Slocum, wraps up her stellar freshman year at Maryland with nine points and three assists in a 77-63 loss to Oregon in the NCAA Sweet 16.
This Day In Sports: Ichiro’s emotional final bow back home
March 22, 2019, five years ago today: A dramatic final hurrah as Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki ends his baseball career in his home country of Japan. Ichiro had elected to play in the special season-opening two-game series in Tokyo—and then retire there.
Scott Slant Thursday Special: It was right there – then it wasn’t
So Boise State is 0-10 all-time in the NCAA Tournament after Wednesday night’s 60-53 loss to Colorado at the First Four. What’s it all mean? This team is not responsible for the previous nine.
This Day In Sports: The biggest stage of Kenny Keene’s career
March 1, 1997: If not the biggest, it’s the most visible fight in the career of one of Idaho’s most popular boxers ever, Kenny Keene. The Emmett Eliminator fought on the undercard of a Sugar Ray Leonard-Hector “Macho” Camacho bout in Atlantic City.
This Day In Sports: Hammerin’ Hank’s epic Leap Day deal
February 29, 1972: Hank Aaron becomes the first Major League Baseball player to make $200,000 a year when he inks a three-year deal worth $600,000 with the Atlanta Braves.
Scott Slant Wednesday Weekly: Danielson proves to be a heckuva problem-solver
Only one thing could have bumped Boise State basketball’s stretch run in the Mountain West out of the lead story today. Dirk Koetter is back as Broncos offensive coordinator? Believe it.