Category Archives: Scott Slant

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The ‘Ryan Express’ mows ‘em all down

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The ‘Ryan Express’ mows ‘em all down

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports…May 1, 1991: Nolan Ryan pitches his major league record seventh career no-hitter when the Texas Rangers blank the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0. Ryan was working on four days’ rest at the age of 44. He was already the oldest pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter, having tossed…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Do you doubt that he’s here for the long haul?

SCOTT SLANT: Do you doubt that he’s here for the long haul?

Presented by CORSO ITALIAN STEAK. Wednesday Weekly…April 30, 2025. It was another “if I had told you” checkpoint Tuesday. If I had told you in the summer of 2023 that 1) Andy Avalos would be fired as Boise State head coach during that season, 2) that a 35-year-old Spencer Danielson would end up as head…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A trio of Broncos in the top three rounds

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A trio of Broncos in the top three rounds

Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…April 29, 2016: For the second time in five years—and the second time ever—Boise State has three players selected in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft.  Kamalei Correa, a defensive end who would become an outside linebacker, was taken in the second round, 42ndoverall, by the Baltimore…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Raiders jersey No. 2 that didn’t work out so well

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The Raiders jersey No. 2 that didn’t work out so well

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 28, 2007: By all accounts, former Boise State star Ashton Jeanty will be wearing his familiar No. 2 with the Las Vegas Raiders (if he can strike a deal with the team’s current kicker, Daniel Carlson). There was a draft night that involved another No. 2 for…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Here we go, born-again Raiders fans

SCOTT SLANT: Here we go, born-again Raiders fans

Presented by BACON BOISE. Friday Special…April 25, 2025. (Photo credit: Boise State University Athletics) It seems like just yesterday that we were looking at all these predictions—all the scenarios in which the Las Vegas Raiders wouldn’t draft Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty. He’d go earlier. Some team would trade up to get him. Vegas would go…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State’s last Top 60 draft pick

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State’s last Top 60 draft pick

Presented by CORSO ITALIAN STEAK. This Day In Sports…April 24, 2020, five years ago today: Boise State’s Ezra Cleveland is selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 58th overall pick in the second round of the NFL Draft, making him the 13th-highest pick in Broncos history. By Week 6 as a rookie, Cleveland was named starting right guard…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: 180 degrees today—from AJ to Ashton

SCOTT SLANT: 180 degrees today—from AJ to Ashton

Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly…April 23, 2025. At Boise State’s Spring Game, you often see an unfamiliar name rack up some stats—and then wonder if you’ll ever hear from him again. That’s the case with redshirt sophomore AJ Maes, who led the Broncos in receiving last Saturday with three catches for 55 yards. The…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: He fouls it off – again and again and again

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: He fouls it off – again and again and again

Presented by CORSO ITALIAN STEAK. This Day In Sports…April 22, 2018: San Francisco’s Brandon Belt, the second batter of the game, produces a 21-pitch at-bat, the longest in recorded big league history, against the L.A. Angels’ Jaime Barria.  The marathon plate appearance lasted 13 minutes and included 16 fouls, 15 of them with two strikes.  It ended…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most improbable of perfect games

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most improbable of perfect games

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 21, 2012: Safeco Field in Seattle sees a perfect game pitched for the first time, but the Mariners are on the wrong end of it. Chicago White Sox hurler Philip Humber tossed the 21st perfect game in major league history in a 4-0 blanking of the M’s. It…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The guy with the most rings before Brady

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The guy with the most rings before Brady

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 18, 1995, 30 years ago today: Joe Montana, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, announces his retirement from the NFL. Montana’s 16-year Hall of Fame career included four Super Bowl championships with the San Francisco 49ers (tied for most by a QB at the time with…MORE