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THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘Big George’ jumps all over Norton

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘Big George’ jumps all over Norton

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…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. Norton was coming off two solid bouts against Muhammad Ali the previous year, winning one and losing one—both by split decision. But Norton,…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The end of Slocum’s sensational freshman season

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The end of Slocum’s sensational freshman season

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…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. Slocum averaged 11.5 points and…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Ichiro’s emotional final bow back home

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Ichiro’s emotional final bow back home

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…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. Ichiro had not appeared in a game since the…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: It was right there – then it wasn’t

SCOTT SLANT: It was right there – then it wasn’t

Presented by the GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. Thursday Special…March 21, 2024. 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. It was ripped off in the seeding and was sent to…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos have to prowl the perimeter

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos have to prowl the perimeter

Presented by the SANDWICH BAR. Wednesday Weekly…March 20, 2024. After all the hand-wringing over Boise State’s seeding in the NCAA Tournament and what it does to its chances in Dayton tonight, well, it looks to be justified. Colorado is favored by 2½ points in the First Four. A typical observation among national prognosticators: “Colorado has far…MORE

CEDRICK WILSON JR.: FORMER BOISE STATE WR ON HIS NEW DEAL WITH THE SAINTS

CEDRICK WILSON JR.: FORMER BOISE STATE WR ON HIS NEW DEAL WITH THE SAINTS

Cedrick Wilson Jr., a record-setting wide receiver at Boise State from 2016-17, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about his third NFL stop: New Orleans. Wilson touches on what led him from the Cowboys to the Dolphins to the Saints – and shares a few Leighton Vander Esch memories. PHOTO COURTESY of the Saints.MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The college basketball color barrier

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The college basketball color barrier

Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. This Day In Sports…March 19, 1966: A landmark day in college basketball history, as Texas Western College (now UTEP) wins the NCAA championship with a 72-65 triumph over Kentucky. It was the first time an all-Black starting five had won the national title, and it came against a Wildcats team…MORE