Category Archives: Scott Slant

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: NFL owners are good with Goodell

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: NFL owners are good with Goodell

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…August 8, 2006: Roger Goodell is chosen as the NFL’s next commissioner, succeeding Paul Tagliabue. Goodell was unanimously elected by the league’s 32 owners on the fifth ballot. He has been a polarizing figure, but most commissioners are. Goodell has navigated the NFL through Spygate, Bountygate and Deflategate, as…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Will any pitcher ever reach 300 again?

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Will any pitcher ever reach 300 again?

Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…August 5, 2007, 15 years ago today: The New York Mets’ Tom Glavine notches his 300th career victory in an 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Glavine spent most of his career with Atlanta, where he was a five-time 20-game winner and two-time Cy Young Award winner.…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Emblematic of baseball’s steroids era

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Emblematic of baseball’s steroids era

Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…August 4, 2007, 15 years ago today: A day of irony in baseball history. To a mixture of cheers and boos in San Diego, the Giants’ Barry Bonds hits his 755th career home run, tying Hank Aaron on the career list—asterisk and all. And the guy most people at…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Convene the committee at wideout

SCOTT SLANT: Convene the committee at wideout

Presented by VETERANS PLUMBING. Wednesday Weekly: August 3, 2022. Stefan Cobbs is poised to be Boise State’s feature receiver this year. But that doesn’t mean he has to be another Khalil Shakir. Or John Hightower. Or Cedrick Wilson. Or Thomas Sperbeck. Or Matt Miller. You get the idea. This could be the season that the…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Merritt makes Broncos golf history

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Merritt makes Broncos golf history

Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…August 2, 2015: Troy Merritt becomes the first former Boise State golfer to win a PGA Tour event, charging to a three-stroke victory over Rickie Fowler in the Quicken Loans National in Gainesville, VA. It was Merritt’s first victory in 96 PGA Tour starts and qualified him for…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: No. 2 of 3 for Kristin Armstrong

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: No. 2 of 3 for Kristin Armstrong

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…August 1, 2012, 10 years ago today: Boise’s Kristin Armstrong wins her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the women’s time trial with a dominant performance in London. The resilient Armstrong, who just 10 weeks earlier had broken her clavicle at the Exergy Tour in Boise, won by…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A baseball trade that pays off big-time

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A baseball trade that pays off big-time

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…July 26, 2000: The Arizona Diamondbacks formulate one of the most awesome one-two pitching tandems in big league history when they obtain Curt Schilling from the Philadelphia Phillies and add him to Randy Johnson in their rotation. It would pay off for the third-year expansion D-Backs when they…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Favre re-ups with the green and gold

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Favre re-ups with the green and gold

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…July 25, 1997, 25 years ago today: Six months after leading the Green Bay Packers to victory in Super Bowl XXXI, quarterback Brett Favre re-signs with the team for $50 million over seven years.  Favre was in the middle of three consecutive NFL Most Valuable Player seasons, a league record.  And…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Adam Scott proves it’s never in the bag

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Adam Scott proves it’s never in the bag

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…July 22, 2012, 10 years ago today: In a classic meltdown, Adam Scott lets a four-shot lead with four holes to play slip away at the 141st British Open. Scott bogeyed each of the final four holes at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, allowing steady South African Ernie Els to finish…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Mickelson’s only major win across the pond

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Mickelson’s only major win across the pond

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports…July 21, 2013: Phil Mickelson, trailing by five strokes entering the final round, roars back to win his first British Open (now commonly known as the Open Championship) at the age of 43. Mickelson birdied four of the last six holes on the final day en route to…MORE