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THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The biggest night of Shaq’s best season

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The biggest night of Shaq’s best season

Presented by ALPHAGRAPHICS. This Day In Sports…March 6, 2000, 25 years ago today: The highest-scoring game in the NBA career of Shaquille O’Neal, who put up 61 points and pulled down 23 rebounds in the L.A. Lakers’ 123-103 win over the L.A. Clippers. And Shaq did it on his 28th birthday. O’Neal went 24-for-35 from the…MORE

BRACKETOLOGY: JERRY PALM OF CBS SPORTS ON BOISE STATE & THE MOUNTAIN WEST

BRACKETOLOGY: JERRY PALM OF CBS SPORTS ON BOISE STATE & THE MOUNTAIN WEST

CBS Sports bracketologist Jerry Palm joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Boise State – heading into the Broncos’ final regular season game. Palm has Boise State in the 68-team NCAA Tournament field – and believes up to four Mountain West teams can make the Big Dance.MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos stick to the task at hand

SCOTT SLANT: Broncos stick to the task at hand

Presented by THE JAMES. Wednesday Weekly…March 5, 2025. Well, you can look at it this way. Air Force got out to an 8-2 lead on Boise State Tuesday night. And the Broncos’ biggest was 35 points at 78-43. So the Broncos went on a 76-35 run in their 80-57 win over the Falcons in Clune…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Boise State women’s MW four-peat

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Boise State women’s MW four-peat

Presented by ALPHAGRAPHICS. This Day In Sports…March 4, 2020, five years ago today: Boise State becomes the first Mountain West team in history to win four consecutive women’s conference tournament championships when it outlasts Fresno State 80-76 in overtime at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. It was also the Broncos’ fifth title…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Celtics’ shooting stars – McHale’s turn

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Celtics’ shooting stars – McHale’s turn

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…March 3, 1985, 40 years ago today: Boston power forward Kevin McHale scores a team record 56 points in a 138-129 win over the Detroit Pistons on the parquet floor in the old Boston Garden. McHale went 22-for-28 from the field, getting the 56 without the benefit of a…MORE

BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT WITH B.J. RAINS

BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT WITH B.J. RAINS

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Fresno State basketball – gambling scandal, one Mountain West victory this season and a dreadful avenue moving into a new Pac-12 era. How did Fresno State basketball become a dumpster fire – and how can it be fixed?MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Still a bittersweet Boise State moment

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Still a bittersweet Boise State moment

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…February 28, 2020, five years ago today: Boise State baseball, dormant since 1980, had made its official return a week earlier at the University of Texas. But this is when a 40-year home game hiatus ends for the Broncos, as they blank Northern Colorado 4-0 at Memorial Stadium before…MORE

VANDALS FOOTBALL: MEET NEW COACH THOMAS FORD

VANDALS FOOTBALL: MEET NEW COACH THOMAS FORD

Thomas Ford, hired in December, joins Prater & The Ballgame in the KTIK RoePaint.com Studio for a conversation about continuing the success started by former coach Jason Eck (now at New Mexico). Idaho lost more than 20 players to the transfer portal this offseason – how is Ford and his recruiting reputation helping to rebuild the roster?MORE