Category Archives: Local News

SCOTT SLANT: Assessing the Broncos’ adversaries

(TOM SCOTT’S COLUMN WILL RETURN TUESDAY.) Presented by LOUIE’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT. Friday, June 28, 2019. It’s time we looked at Boise State’s forgotten non-conference opponent this year, and we’ll do it with help from Phil Steele’s eyes. Marshall visits the blue turf for the home opener on Friday, September 6, coming off a…MORE

ASK THE AD: CURT APSEY GETS NEW BOSS MONDAY

Caves and Prater talk to Boise State AD Curt Apsey about new president Marlene Tromp, the retiring Greg Patton, UConn leaving the AAC and the evolution of transfer rules for student-athletesMORE

X GAMES BOISE: MYKEL LARRIN BACK TO DEFEND TITLE

Caves and Prater talk to action-sports athlete Mykel Larrin – last year’s winner of BMX Park at the X Games Qualifier in Boise – on making a living with his bike, his bullying campaign, and traveling the worldMORE

SCOTT SLANT: It’s Phil Steele time

Presented by BACON. Thursday, June 27, 2019. It’s on newsstands, and it’s 352 pages again. Phil Steele’s College Football Preview always has exponentially more information than other magazines, because it has small font and utilizes a glossary of about 225 abbreviations. So, with the help of reading glasses, I see that Steele takes the leap…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: More from the magazine tour

Presented by LOUIE’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT. Wednesday, June 26, 2019. We keep riding the 2019 preseason magazine wave today with Street & Smith’s. Mark Anderson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal handles the Mountain West section this year. The theme is all the players lost by the top teams in the conference. Three of those…MORE

BOISE STATE FOOTBALL: QB PREVIEW

Chris and Fish talk to B.J. Rains of The Idaho Press on the QB position for Boise State this season, and the health of Chase Cord going forwardMORE