Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…January 22, 2006: Kobe Bryant scores 81 points, second only in NBA history to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in 1962, leading the L.A. Lakers to a 122-104 win over Toronto at Staples Center. The Lakers trailed the Raptors by 18 points early in the third quarter—and Bryant scored…… MORE
Former NFL and Boise State head coach Dirk Koetter – our 2024 NFL playoff correspondent – joins Prater & The Ballgame to analyze the weekend’s four divisional round games, coaching news in the NFL, and how he once “embarrassed” former Boise State safety Quintin Mikell during an NFL game.… MORE
Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory to break down the Broncos’ basketball game against Mountain West power San Diego State on Saturday morning at ExtraMile Arena.… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…January 19, 1974, 50 years ago today: Notre Dame beats UCLA 71-70 to snap the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak, the longest in the history of college men’s basketball. The Fighting Irish had been the last team to beat John Wooden’s Bruins four years earlier, and 32-year-old coach Digger Phelps…… MORE
DJ Schramm – a team captain this past fall – joins Prater & The Ballgame to recap his career, the 2023 season, what happened with the Andy Avalos firing, expectations for new coach Spencer Danielson, and what’s next in his life away from football.… MORE
Safety Quintin Mikell, one of 10 former Boise State Broncos who have played in a Super Bowl, joins Prater and Mallory in the KTIK studio to share memories of playing in the big game and his long NFL career. Mikell and his family now live in Boise – and he remains connected to the game.… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…January 18, 2015: Happier times for Pete Carroll, at least for a while. In the NFC Championship Game, defending Super Bowl champion Seattle falls behind Green Bay 16-0 as Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is stuck in an interception-fest. As bad as it was, the Seattle defense kept making…… MORE
Charles Leno Jr. joins IST from his home in the Dallas area to talk about a difficult 2023 season in Washington, what he expects with offseason changes in the organization, why he continues to be a man of charity, and his future in the NFL. … MORE
Michael-Shawn Dugar, who covers the Seahawks for The Athletic, joins Prater and Mallory for an update on the coaching situation in Seattle. Dugar touches on ownership involvement, what the team is looking for, and Pete Carroll’s role.… MORE
Presented by OPTIMIST YOUTH FOOTBALL. Wednesday Weekly…January 17, 2024. That’s not the way Boise State wanted to set the table for Saturday’s San Diego State game. If you needed any more evidence that the Mountain West is a meatgrinder, you saw it Tuesday night in UNLV’s 68-64 win over the Broncos in ExtraMile Arena. The…… MORE
