Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…February 29, 1972: Hank Aaron becomes the first Major League Baseball player to make $200,000 a year when he inks a three-year deal worth $600,000 with the Atlanta Braves. That was a good investment, as Aaron was just 75 home runs away from Babe Ruth’s career record of 714…… MORE
Presented by THE JAMES. Wednesday Weekly…February 28, 2024. Only one thing could have bumped Boise State basketball’s stretch run in the Mountain West out of the lead story today. Dirk Koetter is back as Broncos offensive coordinator? Believe it. Coach Spencer Danielson was put in a pickle when Bush Hamdan left Boise State in the…… MORE
Presented by PASTRY PERFECTION. This Day In Sports…February 27, 1959, 65 years ago today: Boston Celtic Bob Cousy destroys the previous NBA record of 21 assists in a game as he dishes out 28 in a 173-139 shellacking of the Minneapolis Lakers. The Celtics also set a mark for most points in a regulation regular…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE This Day In Sports…February 26, 2014, 10 years ago today: One of the longest and most productive NFL careers of any Treasure Valley native comes to an end, as Fruitland’s Jordan Gross announces his retirement from the Carolina Panthers. Gross, who began his career at right tackle and became one of…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…February 23, 1989, 35 years ago today: Boise State makes its first national TV appearance from the BSU Pavilion, hosting Idaho live on ESPN. Senior Chris Childs led the Broncos to an intense 63-61 victory before a sellout crowd of 12,422—still the second-largest in school history. That was during…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…February 22, 1980: This was the biggest day of all at the Lake Placid Winter Games, and one of the biggest in Olympics history—the day Al Michaels made perhaps the most famous call in sports history: “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” The underdog United States Olympic hockey team,…… MORE
Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. Wednesday Weekly…February 21, 2024. Once Creighton finished off its upset of No. 1 UConn, Boise State got down to business on FS1. We knew that if the Broncos beat San Jose State Tuesday night, they would be alone in second place in the Mountain West. It didn’t take long to…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…February 20, 1963: Centerfielder Willie Mays signs a contract with the San Francisco Giants that will pay him $105,000 for the 1963 season, making him baseball’s highest-salaried player. I did this math on Jackie Robinson recently. Here it is for Mays: in today’s dollars, that milestone salary would…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…February 16, 2005: The National Hockey League becomes the first major professional circuit in sports history to lose an entire season to a work stoppage when commissioner Gary Bettman announces the official cancellation of the 2004-05 campaign. The two sides had been trying to salvage at least some of…… MORE
Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…February 15, 1978: In one of boxing’s biggest upsets, 10-1 underdog Leon Spinks wins a 15-round decision over Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas to take the world heavyweight title. Ali was 36 at the time, but had held the title for over three years. Spinks was entering only…… MORE
