Idaho - Sports

Sports

Central Idaho is home to one of North America's oldest ski resorts, Sun Valley, where the world's first chairlift was installed in 1936. Other noted outdoor sites include Hell's Canyon, the Salmon River, and its embarkation point of Riggins.

Club Sport League
Boise Hawks Baseball Northwest - (Class A)
Boise State Broncos NCAA Div I FBS – MWC
Idaho Vandals NCAA Div I FBS – WAC
Idaho State Bengals NCAA Div I FCS – Big Sky
Idaho Falls Chukars Baseball Pioneer - (Rookie)
Idaho Stampede Basketball NBA D-League
Idaho Steelheads Ice hockey ECHL

Boise is the host to the largest 5 km run for women, the St. Luke's Women's Fitness Celebration.

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Famous quotes containing the word sports:

    Come, my Celia, let us prove
    While we may the sports of love;
    Time will not be ours forever,
    He at length our good will sever.
    Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.
    Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

    Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.
    Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)