Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly: July 20, 2022. The writing was already on the wall as far as the Preseason All-Mountain West team goes. But the watch list for the Davey O’Brien Award that goes to the nation’s best quarterback was released Tuesday, and you can guess who wasn’t on it. The chip only…… MORE
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports…July 19, 1994: About two hours before the start of a doubleheader between the Mariners and Orioles, the games are officially postponed before fans can enter the stadium. Four tiles from the ceiling of the Seattle Kingdome had fallen into the stands, leaving officials to declare the site…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…July 18, 2015: The turf at Albertsons Stadium turns temporarily green for the first Basque Soccer Friendly, an international exhibition between Spain’s Athletic Bilbao and Mexico’s Club Tijuana. A huge platform was laid over Boise State’s iconic blue turf, and on top of that went natural turf sod,…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…July 15, 2017, five years ago today: Venus Williams, at the age of 37 the oldest Wimbledon finalist in 24 years, falls 7-5, 6-0 to Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in the championship match. Williams, playing in her 20th Wimbledon, finally ran out of gas in her quest for a sixth…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…July 14, 1996: Former Boise State star Chris Childs signs a six-year, $24 million free agent contract with the New York Knicks. Childs had spent the previous two seasons with the New Jersey Nets—he averaged seven assists and 12.8 points a game for the Nets in 1995-96. It…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly: July 6, 2022. Former Boise State coach Bryan Harsin is vacationing in McCall right now. Hopefully that’s one place he can get away from the noise. It never stops at Auburn. Ari Wasserman of The Athletic notes that the Tigers’ recruiting is stuck in neutral right now, and fans…… MORE
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. This Day In Sports…July 12, 1979: It’s “Disco Demolition Night” at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Fans got in for 98 cents if they brought a disco record to burn between games of a doubleheader between the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. Comiskey had been drawing only 15,000 fans per game that…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…July 11, 2015: Bishop Kelly grad Josh Osich becomes only the third native Boisean to record a major league victory, joining Borah High alum Stephen Fife a couple years before and Pat House, who won two games for the Houston Astros in the late 1960’s. Osich got the…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…July 8, 1984: The British press and fans call him “SuperBrat” and “McNasty”, but in this case the only ill will on the part of John McEnroe is toward Wimbledon finals opponent Jimmy Connors (whose own legendary on-court antics paled in comparison to McEnroe’s over the years). In the…… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…July 7, 1978: Martina Navratilova wins her first Wimbledon singles title, rallying from 2-4 in the final set to beat Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. And on this day in 1990, Navratilova would take her final Wimbledon singles crown, downing Zina Garrison in straight sets. It was Martina’s…… MORE
