Presented by TRI STATE ELECTRIC. This Day In Sports…April 6, 1973, 50 years ago today: Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in baseball history, and he draws a bases-loaded walk on five pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Purists were horrified at the use of a…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly: April 5, 2023. If Taylen Green is just a sophomore and we’re already calling Boise State Green’s team, where does that leave fellow sophomore Ashton Jeanty? It’s not even Jeanty’s backfield, as George Holani goes into his senior year. But Jeanty is the focus of the running backs room during…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 4, 1983, 40 years ago today: In one of the great Cinderella stories in NCAA Tournament history, North Carolina State upsets Houston’s phi-slamma-jamma team 54-52 on Lorenzo Charles’ followup dunk of an airball at the buzzer to win the national championship. The Wolfpack began the Big Dance…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 3, 2008, 15 years ago today: The official end of Paul J. Schneider’s run as the Voice of the Broncos. Schneider was on Boise State’s football and basketball microphone for 35 years, calling touchdown passes by everyone from Jim McMillan to Jared Zabransky—and interceptions by everyone from Rolly…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…March 31, 2013, 10 years ago today: After 51 years as a National League franchise, the Houston Astros make their American League debut with an 8-2 win over their new AL West rivals from Dallas, the Texas Rangers. The Astros were coming off back-to-back 100-loss seasons and had the…… MORE
Presented by TRI STATE ELECTRIC. This Day In Sports…March 30, 1943, 80 years ago today: Wyoming wins the NCAA Tournament with a 46-34 win over Georgetown in the championship game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Kenny Sailors, the College Player of the Year, showed off his then-unusual jump shot and scored 16 points…… MORE
Presented by LOUIE’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT. Wednesday Weekly: March 29, 2023. The only coach in the Final Four who’s been there before is Jim Larranaga of Miami. You remember his first Final Four, right? It was with George Mason in 2006, one of the great Cinderella stories of all time. The last week of…… MORE
Presented by LOUIE’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT. This Day In Sports…March 28, 1984: Baltimore Colts owner Robert Irsay signs a 20-year lease to move the team to Indianapolis, and in the wee hours the following morning, he packs up the Colts’ stuff and bolts. At 2 a.m., 15 moving trucks showed up at the Colts’…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…March 27, 2013, 10 years ago today: The second-longest same-season winning streak in NBA history ends at 27 games as the Miami Heat fall to the Chicago Bulls, 101-97. The Heat came within six victories of the L.A. Lakers’ record 33-game streak in 1971-72. LeBron James scored 26.9…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…March 24, 2013, 10 years ago today: Florida Gulf Coast becomes the first No. 15 seed in the history of the NCAA Tournament to make the Sweet 16 by upending seventh-seeded San Diego State 81-71. FGCU had been in existence for only 15 years as a university and was…… MORE
