Category Archives: SCOTT SLANT

SCOTT SLANT: Is he still Ashton Jeanty's heir-apparent?
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly...July 23, 2025. Four words that were uttered more than one at Mountain West Media Days in Las Vegas last week: "Sire Gaines is healthy." Gaines, a redshirt ...
Tom Scott Jul 23, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: As efficient a game as Maddux ever pitched
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports...July 22, 1997: It isn't a perfect game, but Greg Maddux of the Atlanta Braves turns perhaps the most spectacular pitching performances of his career. M...
Tom Scott Jul 22, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Close enough to a true countryman
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports...July 21, 2019: The first Open Championship to be played in Northern Ireland in 68 years has a storybook four-day run. With an Irish flag on his shoes...
Tom Scott Jul 21, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Albertsons Stadium turns a natural green
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports...July 18, 2015, 10 years ago today: The turf at Albertsons Stadium turns temporarily green for the first Basque Soccer Friendly, an international exhibition b...
Tom Scott Jul 18, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: One of sports' unbreakable records
Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports...July 17, 1941: Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees has his legendary 56-game hitting streak snapped, as Cleveland pitchers Al Smith and Jim Bagby put an ...
Tom Scott Jul 17, 2025

SCOTT SLANT: The picks are in from Las Vegas
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Wednesday Weekly...July 16, 2025. It's Boise State's last go-round at Mountain West Media Days in Las Vegas, and this morning, for the last time, the Broncos were picked to...
Tom Scott Jul 16, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Final bridge to a fantastic career
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports...July 15, 2005, 20 years ago today: Considered the greatest golfer of the 20th century, Jack Nicklaus takes a final bow as he crosses the Swilcan Bridge o...
Tom Scott Jul 15, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Federer's last best chance
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports...July 14, 2019: One of the most riveting men's finals in Wimbledon history, as Novak Djokovic captures his fifth crown on Centre Court with a five-set...
Tom Scott Jul 14, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: An Osich anniversary, and a Stefanic update
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports...July 11, 2015, 10 years ago today: Bishop Kelly grad Josh Osich becomes only the third native Boisean to record a major league victory, joining Borah High al...
Tom Scott Jul 11, 2025

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: MLB's first divisions & the Seattle sidebar
Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports...July 10, 1968: Major League Baseball announces that each league will split into East and West divisions for the first time the following season. The move ...
Tom Scott Jul 10, 2025