Category Archives: Scott Slant

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Golden State Warriors – Records ‘R Us

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Golden State Warriors – Records ‘R Us

Presented by BIG BUN DRIVE-IN. This Day In Sports…March 7, 2016: In the midst of a historic season, the Golden State Warriors break the NBA record for longest home winning streak, notching their 45thstraight at Oracle Arena in Oakland with a 119-113 victory over the Orlando Magic. Warriors star Stephen Curry, who scored 41 points,…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Trying to hold a candle to the NFL

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Trying to hold a candle to the NFL

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…March 6, 1983, 40 years ago today: The first games in the history of the United States Football League are played. It would be a short history, as the circuit that was supposed to make football a year-round sport lasted only three seasons. The USFL faced resistance from…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The trade that wouldn’t work for Jake the Snake

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The trade that wouldn’t work for Jake the Snake

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…March 3, 2007: Capital High graduate Jake Plummer is traded from the Denver Broncos to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but six days later he would abruptly announce his retirement from the NFL rather than join the Bucs. The freewheeling quarterback out of Arizona State always had the ability to…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Another late-season Broncos classic

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Another late-season Broncos classic

Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…March 2, 2013, 10 years ago today: Boise State sells out Taco Bell Arena for its first “black-out,” and the Broncos respond in their black uniforms with a crucial 78-65 win over Colorado State, their 20th victory of the season. The game featured one of the great scoring…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: A note here from ‘Mr. Back-In-My-Day’

SCOTT SLANT: A note here from ‘Mr. Back-In-My-Day’

Presented by TRI STATE ELECTRIC. Wednesday Weekly: March 1, 2023. I’ve harped forever (probably ad nauseum) about how the big Boise State basketball crowds of today aren’t like those of the late 1980s in what was then the BSU Pavilion. Super loud, with noise on every defensive possession. The throng of 12,208 Tuesday night in…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Forerunner of the ‘Miracle On Ice’

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Forerunner of the ‘Miracle On Ice’

Presented by TRI STATE ELECTRIC. This Day In Sports…February 28, 1960: Twenty years before the “Miracle On Ice,” the U.S. Olympic hockey team pulls off a less-celebrated miracle at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley. Just like in Lake Placid in 1980, the Americans beat the Soviet Union in their second-to-last game of tournament, winning…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A rather noteworthy PGA Tour debut

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A rather noteworthy PGA Tour debut

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…February 27, 1992: Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to play in a PGA Tour event in 35 years. Woods was only 16 when he teed it up in the Nissan Los Angeles Open. Tiger didn’t make the cut at Riviera Country Club, but he would go on…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A historic multi-sport Olympic athlete

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A historic multi-sport Olympic athlete

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…February 24, 2018, five years ago today: Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic becomes the first woman ever to win gold medals in two different sports at the Winter Olympics, much less at the same Winter Games. On this day, she took gold in her specialty, parallel giant slalom…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Sleepy-head skates to another gold medal

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Sleepy-head skates to another gold medal

Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. This Day In Sports…February 23, 1980: Having celebrated with the USA hockey team after the previous night’s “Miracle On Ice” upset of the Soviets, Eric Heiden oversleeps that morning. Planning to be up at 6:30 to prepare for the 10,000-meter speed skating event, Heiden rolled out of bed at 7:40.…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Ignore the clock and let it rock

SCOTT SLANT: Ignore the clock and let it rock

Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. Wednesday Weekly: February 22, 2023. This is Boise State’s one late tipoff of the season in ExtraMile Arena. The fact that the game is against New Mexico sure helps. It’s strange how little information has come out regarding the bizarre halftime incident at The Pit a month ago, when the…MORE