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SCOTT SLANT: 180 degrees today—from AJ to Ashton

SCOTT SLANT: 180 degrees today—from AJ to Ashton

Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly…April 23, 2025. At Boise State’s Spring Game, you often see an unfamiliar name rack up some stats—and then wonder if you’ll ever hear from him again. That’s the case with redshirt sophomore AJ Maes, who led the Broncos in receiving last Saturday with three catches for 55 yards. The…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: He fouls it off – again and again and again

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: He fouls it off – again and again and again

Presented by CORSO ITALIAN STEAK. This Day In Sports…April 22, 2018: San Francisco’s Brandon Belt, the second batter of the game, produces a 21-pitch at-bat, the longest in recorded big league history, against the L.A. Angels’ Jaime Barria.  The marathon plate appearance lasted 13 minutes and included 16 fouls, 15 of them with two strikes.  It ended…MORE

MAURICE JONES-DREW: FORMER NFL RUNNING BACK ON … ASHTON JEANTY & DIRK KOETTER

MAURICE JONES-DREW: FORMER NFL RUNNING BACK ON … ASHTON JEANTY & DIRK KOETTER

Maurice Jones-Drew, a second-round NFL Draft pick out of UCLA, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about former Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty. Jeanty has been compared to MJD, who ran for a career-high 1,606 yards in 2011 when he was in Jacksonville (with Dirk Koetter as the offensive coordinator).MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most improbable of perfect games

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most improbable of perfect games

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 21, 2012: Safeco Field in Seattle sees a perfect game pitched for the first time, but the Mariners are on the wrong end of it. Chicago White Sox hurler Philip Humber tossed the 21st perfect game in major league history in a 4-0 blanking of the M’s. It…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The guy with the most rings before Brady

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The guy with the most rings before Brady

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 18, 1995, 30 years ago today: Joe Montana, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, announces his retirement from the NFL. Montana’s 16-year Hall of Fame career included four Super Bowl championships with the San Francisco 49ers (tied for most by a QB at the time with…MORE

BNN REPORT WITH B.J. – SPRING GAME PREVIEW

BNN REPORT WITH B.J. – SPRING GAME PREVIEW

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory to preview football and its Spring Game on Saturday at Albertsons Stadium. Rains will focus on the backup QB position, the defense (after significant portal losses), wide receivers and running backs.MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A decade ago, he was a star in the making

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A decade ago, he was a star in the making

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 17, 2015, 10 years ago today: Former Boise Hawk Kris Bryant makes his long-awaited major league debut and goes 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in a 5-4 loss to San Diego at Wrigley Field. It was reminiscent of Bryant’s first game with the Hawks in 2013, when he…MORE