Category Archives: Scott Slant

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

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

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

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: It ain’t over ‘til it’s, well, you know…

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: It ain’t over ‘til it’s, well, you know…

Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports…February 27, 2016: One of the best late-game comebacks in Boise State history, as the Broncos rally from a nine-point deficit with just over a minute left to defeat San Diego State, 66-63. The Broncos had been on the ropes. With the seemingly safe Aztecs lead, the decibel…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Can the Broncos mirror the New Mexico effort?

SCOTT SLANT: Can the Broncos mirror the New Mexico effort?

Presented by WESTERN HEATING & AIR. Wednesday Weekly…February 26, 2025. In Mountain West men’s basketball this season, New Mexico is 1A and Utah State is 1B. Boise State kept its slim NCAA Tournament at-large hopes alive by taking care of 1A a week ago. 1B takes the court tonight in ExtraMile Arena. Victory was in…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘Speedy’ and his silver medal moment

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘Speedy’ and his silver medal moment

Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports…February 25, 2010, 15 years ago today: Boise’s Jeret “Speedy” Peterson flies 50 feet in the air and lands his famed Hurricane jump to win a silver medal in the men’s aerials at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Peterson had been a longshot after the first round, sitting in…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Inspiring at the podium and on the court

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Inspiring at the podium and on the court

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…February 24, 2020, five years ago today: A day like no other for Oregon basketball star Sabrina Ionescu. Earlier in the day, Ionescu had been a speaker at the riveting memorial service for the late Kobe and Gigi Bryant before a capacity crowd at Staples Center in Los…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Broncos’ record road rout of the Rams

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Broncos’ record road rout of the Rams

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…February 21, 2018: Boise State notches its largest margin of victory ever in a Mountain West road game in an 87-54 thumping of Colorado State in Fort Collins. The margin ballooned to 42 with seven minutes remaining in the game before Boise State called off the dogs.  Senior star Chandler…MORE