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 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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SAN DIEGO – Seldom-used centers Mo Sylla and Lukas Milner settling for tough baseline jumpers was the perfect way to sum up how things went for Boise State on Friday night at Viejas Arena. Multiple air balls from Max Rice would have done the trick, too. Without starting point guard Marcus Shaver Jr. due to…
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How much does defensive coordinator Spencer Danielson like Boise State and the city of Boise? So much so that Danielson turned down interest from multiple Power 5 programs, according to sources, and potentially more money to stay with the Broncos. Boise State’s defense was statistically one of the best in the country last season, and…
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Boise State’s 18th win of the season on Tuesday night at Air Force triggered a one-year, $1.15 million extension for head coach Leon Rice, who is now under contract with the Broncos through the 2028 season. According to the terms of his five-year contract signed last July, Rice gets an additional year tacked on the…
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