B.J. Rains is a four-time winner of the NSMA Idaho Sportswriter of the Year Award. He covered Boise State Athletics for the Idaho Press from 2013 to 2021 before leaving to create Bronco Nation News. Rains, who was a voter in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll from 2014-2021, also makes weekly appearances on KTIK 95.3 FM each Friday at 4 p.m.
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The Boise State men’s basketball team controls its own destiny with four games left in the regular season. If the Broncos (21-6, 11-3 MW) win all four they’ll be assured no worse than a share of the Mountain West regular season title – and they’d all but officially lock up a spot in the NCAA…
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BOISE – Marcus Shaver Jr. nearly lost it. First he was frustrated with his teammates for not passing him the ball. Then a minute later it was a no-call by the official when he got knocked to the ground on a layup attempt. After being removed from the game he sat motionless on the bench,…
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Boise State coach Leon Rice had to weave his way up the stands, around a barricade and onto the second-level concourse at Moby Arena for his live interview on the Bronco Nation News Postgame Show Wednesday night. It was a much happier trek given how the game went. “I don’t mind…
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The Boise State men’s basketball team finds itself right where it wants to be with six games left. Win out, and the Broncos can do no worse than share the Mountain West regular season title. A trip back to the NCAA Tournament would be locked up as well. Sure it’s easier said than done given…
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Marcus Shaver Jr. had 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists to lead Boise State to a 75-63 win over Wyoming on Saturday night at ExtraMile Arena. Shaver Jr. had 10 of Boise State’s first 23 points after missing a loss at San Diego State eight days earlier with an ankle injury. Tyson Degenhart led…
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BOISE – Grab your favorite IPA and settle in as Mike Burns starts telling stories. Maybe he’s talking about the day he stood in the batter’s box against Nolan Ryan. Or when he walked Joe DiMaggio to the pitcher’s mound on opening night. Or when he rode his bike to the airport and met Pelé…
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