Category Archives: Scott Slant

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Home Run King’s final trip around the bases

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Home Run King’s final trip around the bases

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports…July 20, 1976: Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Brewers hits his 755th and final home run off pitcher Dick Drago of the California Angels. The Home Run King had gone back to Milwaukee for the final year of his 23-year big league career. Aaron collected 3,771 career hits, and…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: The MW, SDSU and the hit parade

SCOTT SLANT: The MW, SDSU and the hit parade

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly: July 19, 2023. Fifty years ago, there was a hit song called “Break Up To Make Up” by the Stylistics. That could be playing softly in the background at Mountain West Media Days right now.  The conference got out ahead of it Tuesday when it informed San Diego State that…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘The Shark’ shakes down Royal St. George’s

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: ‘The Shark’ shakes down Royal St. George’s

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports…July 18, 1993, 30 years ago today: Greg Norman wins only the second major of his career, and it would be the final one, as he captures the Open Championship (British Open) at Royal St. George’s. Ironically, it was on this day in 1986 that Norman had won…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Boisean makes his debut in the bigs

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Boisean makes his debut in the bigs

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…July 17, 2012: Stephen Fife becomes only the third native Boisean to make the major leagues, and his debut is a dandy. Fife was called up for a spot start for the Los Angeles Dodgers opposite two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay and allowed just one run…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A young Spieth is ahead of schedule

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A young Spieth is ahead of schedule

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…July 14, 2013, 10 years ago today: At the age of 19, Jordan Spieth becomes the youngest player to win a PGA Tour event in 82 years when he outlasts Zach Johnson and David Heath in a five-hole sudden-death playoff at the John Deere Classic. Spieth had started the…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A remarkable respite for Lincecum

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A remarkable respite for Lincecum

Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…July 13, 2013, 10 years ago today: In the midst of another mediocre season that almost had him banished to San Francisco’s bullpen, two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum spins the first no-hitter of his career in a 9-0 Giants win at San Diego. Lincecum struck out…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: The sacks will come from…whom?

SCOTT SLANT: The sacks will come from…whom?

Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly: July 12, 2023. It’s kind of obvious that Boise State is going into the great unknown this year on the defensive line, a position that is already sack-challenged. Here’s where the Broncos have been the past three full seasons in the sacks department: 30 last year, 28 in 2021…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The pairing that produced a 3-peat

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The pairing that produced a 3-peat

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…July 11, 1996: L.A. Lakers general manager Jerry West pulls the first of two coups that set the table for three straight NBA championships at the turn of the century. West traded Vlade Divac to Charlotte for the draft rights to a Philadelphia high school phenom named Kobe…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Women’s soccer is a thing – for good

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Women’s soccer is a thing – for good

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…July 10, 1999: With a Rose Bowl crowd of 90,185—a world record for a women’s sporting event—rooting them on, the U.S. women’s soccer team produces one of the great moments in American female athletics. After the final went scoreless in regulation, the U.S. defeated China 5-4 on penalty…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A historic tennis time-out from the Big 3

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A historic tennis time-out from the Big 3

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…July 7, 2013, 10 years ago today: Andy Murray becomes the first British player since 1936 to win the men’s title at Wimbledon, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Murray’s win set off a raucous celebration inside and outside the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club as British…MORE