Former Idaho State football player Tanner Conner, also a Big Sky track and field champion, hopes to turn his size (6-3, 230) and speed (4.37) into an NFL Draft pick later this month. It would be the Bengals’ first draft pick since 2004.… MORE
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SCOTT SLANT: Regarding the Broncos’ current perch
Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly: April 13, 2022 It’s kind of where Boise State is right now. Bronco football is part of the national conversation, but only in this context from Stewart Mandel’s College Football Mailbag at The Athletic: “Which Group of 5 team is positioned to be the next Boise State/TCU/UCF?” Mandel lists…… MORE
STEELHEADS: CAPTAIN A.J. WHITE ON THE TEAM’S ECHL PLAYOFF HOPES
Idaho Steelheads captain A.J. White, the hockey team’s two-time MVP, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the team’s playoff chances going into the final two games of the regular season this weekend in Utah. … MORE
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Good day for an NBA ancestry tracker
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 12, 1954: The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the Syracuse Nationals (the what?) 87-80 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. And April 12, 1958: The St. Louis Hawks beat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship in six games. It was nice when basketball season ended when…… MORE
VIDEO: B.J. AND JOHNNY DISCUSS BOISE STATE SPRING GAME
B.J. Rains of Bronco Nation News is joined by John Mallory of KTIK 95.3 FM The Ticket to discuss and review Saturday’s Boise State spring football game on Monday’s edition of Bronco Nation News LIVE.… MORE
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Curry helps the Lakers hit a low bar
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 11, 2014: The Los Angeles Lakers set a team record for futility, losing their 54th game of the season in a 112-95 loss to the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers would finish the season 27-55. L.A. had floundered without star Kobe Bryant, who—after suffering a torn Achilles the previous…… MORE
BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT WITH B.J. RAINS
BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT – EVERY FRIDAY ON IST: Boise State reporter B.J. Rains joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Boise State’s new “Playbook for Success,” the longterm vision of the athletic department. What’s realistic?… MORE
BOISE STATE: JERAMIAH DICKEY STARTS SELLING HIS ‘PLAYBOOK FOR SUCCESS’
Boise State athletic director Jeramiah Dickey joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the “Playbook for Success” that was released by the athletic department this week. Dickey said he has two initial priorities – start raising cash and start working on the east-side renovation of Albertsons Stadium.… MORE
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Watson grabs the green jacket with a miracle shot 
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 8, 2012, 10 years ago today: Bubba Watson, one of the most popular players ever to come through the Albertsons Boise Open, wins the Masters over Louis Oosthuizen on the second hole of a sudden death playoff. The defining shot on the final hole was one of the…… MORE
VIDEO: B.J. AND PRATER DISCUSS BOISE STATE SPRING FOOTBALL
B.J. Rains of Bronco Nation News joins Prater to discuss Boise State’s spring practices and things to look for in the Spring Game on Saturday (3:30 p.m., free admission, Albertsons Stadium). … MORE
