Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…June 10, 2019, five years ago today: The Arizona Diamondbacks and Philadelphia Phillies combine to hit 13 home runs, the most in a single game in major league history, in a 13-8 D-backs victory. Arizona, in fact, smacked three consecutive homers to begin the game and finished with…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…June 7, 1996: Former Olympic champion Oscar De La Hoya fights living legend Julio Cesar Chavez for the WBC junior welterweight title, billed as “Ultimate Glory” at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. De La Hoya was undefeated and was the reigning WBO lightweight champion, while Chavez was the WBC…… MORE
Jeramiah Dickey joins Prater & The Ballgame in the KTIK RoePaint.com studio for a interview to talk about the art of scheduling a game at Notre Dame, why he believes football scheduling is so difficult and the Albertsons Stadium north end zone project.… MORE
Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports…June 6, 1999, 25 years ago today: Seeded 13th and thought by many to be more style than substance, Andre Agassi defeats Andriy Medvedev in five sets in the finals of the French Open. It didn’t start so well, with Agassi dropping the first two sets. He fell 6-1 in…… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly…June 5, 2024. There was a time when Bronco Nation’s collective mouth would be agape at an opportunity to play in a facility like Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City. That was 1980, when the home of the Utah Utes held about 30,000. The Division I-AA version of Boise State…… MORE
Doug Plagens is the radio play-by-play announcer for the Florida Panthers, who play the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Finals starting Saturday night. Plagens joins Prater and Bob for a trip down memory lane – how he transitioned from the Treasure Valley to the NHL (including one memorable stop at the Homedale Demolition Derby).… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…June 4, 2004, 20 years ago today: Idaho’s exile in the Sun Belt Conference finally has an end, as the Vandals are invited to join the WAC beginning in 2005. They enthusiastically accepted, filling a spot vacated suddenly by UTEP’s departure to Conference USA a month earlier. Still,…… MORE
Assistant coach Mike Burns joins Prater and Bob to share the story behind new point guard Alvaro Cardenas, who is from Spain. Head coach Leon Rice said last week that he’s wanted a European PG on his roster “because of the way they play.”… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…June 3, 2013: After coming close in six previous starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Borah High grad Stephen Fife becomes the first native Boisean to win a major league game in 45 years in a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres. Fife allowed one run on…… MORE
Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory from the BNN Golf Tournament at Timberstone GC, where the conversation focuses on this fall’s QB competition between Maddux Madsen and Malachi Nelson.… MORE
