Hometown Heroes

If Josh Adams hears his named called in the 2016 NBA Draft tonight, he will become the 30th former University of Wyoming player to be selected. The first draft in professional basketball history occurred in 1947, when two former Wyoming players, Ron Livingstone and Bill Strannigan, were selected in the 5th round of the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) Draft...

Of all the card games ever played in Wyoming, and there have been many, the stakes were never higher than a legendary poker game at a Douglas saloon in 1906. George Pike came to Wyoming in the late 1880s after following a cattle drive north from Texas...

The 2016 Summer Olympics are just around the corner and, while the Cowboy State has yet to produce any Olympians this year, many Wyoming athletes have represented their country proudly over the years. In fact, Wyoming had the country's highest proportion of Olympic athletes in the 2012 Summer Games...

Over the years, the University of Wyoming has produced 24 NBA players. Another three Wyoming natives have also played in the NBA. Three of Wyoming's greatest players went on to win a championship during their professional career. Meanwhile, the best player that ever came from the Cowboy State has a unique claim to the first title in professional basketball history...

Milward L. Simpson is one of the most legendary figures in Wyoming history. In addition to serving as a United States Senator and Governor, Simpson is the only man to ever be named captain of the University of Wyoming football, baseball and basketball teams...

This weekend, we remember the brave men and women who gave their lives for our country. Five soldiers who were either born or lived in Wyoming have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Here's a tribute to the first Wyoming native to receive the nation's highest military award, United States Army Brigadier General Charles Duval Roberts...

On Memorial Day, we honor the sacrifice of the brave men and women who gave their lives for our country. Here in Wyoming, 755 soldiers have died in battle since World War I. 129 men were lost in World War I. 421 men were lost in World War II...

Next week, our nation will remember the thousands of brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Here’s a salute to five of the greatest men to have ever served our country, all of whom hailed from the great state of Wyoming...