University of Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino and I chatted this morning about his upcoming "day in court" at NCAA headquarters, this weekend's Final Four, and next year's UofL basketball team. Rick Pitino on NCAA inquiry: "What I've done the last 30 years in terms of being compliant to all NCAA rules, no deals with agents" 1/3— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) March 31, 2017 2/3 Pitino: "AAU coaches, nothing like that. I feel very comfortable answering their response &I look forward to that so-called day in court— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) March 31, 2017 3/3 Pitino: "we all answer to the God that we believe in and I've got no problem answering in this situation..."— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) March 31, 2017
Month: March 2017
AUDIO: Gov. Matt Bevin on his first legislative session with Republican control of both houses
Governor Matt Bevin had a busy day vetoing three bills from the Republican-led state legislature as its session nears an end. He took time (during a power outage no less) to talk about the vetoes, President Trump's executive order dismantling President Obama's EPA regulations, if charter schools mean resegregation, the GOP health care meltdown, mental health issues, and whether drones would soon fly pizzas right into our TV rooms.
Why didn’t that referee block Christian Laettner’s classic shot?
Fans of University of Kentucky basketball have a hard time accepting the end of each season. The final seconds of the Kentucky-North Carolina game was an emotional roller coaster for Big Blue fans. #marchmadness #WKYT pic.twitter.com/4AZEFQ8Avi— Lee K. Howard (@HowardWKYT) March 27, 2017 Eight times, UK won the championship but over 100 other basketball seasons the Cats fell short. Unacceptable. Here's official radio audio describing how referee John Higgins clearly "was out to get us" according to 99% of Big Blue Nation. John Higgins Sabotage of Kentucky from cal for the win on Vimeo. Higgins like all referees has his work reviewed by a panel that judges excellence, assigning the best referees to work the Final Four. Higgins made
De’Aaron Fox: I love my brothers
One and done players feel the pain, sports fans. Here is De'Aaron Fox in the Kentucky locker room after a numbing finish to his season and career at UK. Very emotional Kentucky locker room as expected. pic.twitter.com/ksNn4iOGHW— Joe Mussatto (@joe_mussatto) March 26, 2017 That's how much these games mean to players who spend less than one year in John Calipari's hyper-successful recruitment system. North Carolina topped Kentucky 75-73 after digging out of a 5 point deficit to take a 5 point lead. But wait, Kentucky would score quick buckets in the last minute to tie the game with 7 seconds remaining. But North Carolina drained a shot with barely any time remaining. Classic. North Carolina moves
One Hit Wonder: Robin McNamara
He ran off to New York to be a star, ultimately landing the lead role in the Broadway musical Hair. Someone found his voice so incredible that they put him on a songwriting path to greatness. 1970 brought the rise and fall of Mr. McNamara's pop star ride. Please enjoy the colorized version of his two-camera lip sync video. It's awesome. Just the girls sing it! That's right!
Cats get their Bruins while the Cards go into ruins
THE BEASMAN reads the ncaa infractions letter BOY I AM ONE TIRED WILDCAT, LARRY MINNER. I WAS UP ALL NIGHT TRYING TO READ A HUNDERD EIGHTEEN DADGUM PAGES OF THAT NC2A CONVICTION LETTER TO U OF SMELL AND I JUST FINISHED IT UP. I EXPECIALLY ENJOYED THE LAST PART WHERE THEY TODE SLICK RICK WHEN HE GOTS TO GO UP TO INJINAPLISS TO TESTERFY, HE NEEDS TO LEAVE HIS FANCY GOLD CHAINS AND DIAMOND EARRINGS AT HOME CUZ PRISONERS AIN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE ‘EM WHILE THEY IS LOCKED UP IN THE STOCKADE! BUT THEY TODE HIM TO BRING THAT 2013 CHAMPERCHIPS RING CUZ IT’S NOW FAKE AND THEY GONNA MELT IT DOWN AND TURN IT INTO SPECIAL MEDAL
Tim Allen on Hollywood snowflake group think, gay parades, and ubiquitous surveillance
Comedian Tim Allen appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Kimmel and stirred up controversy by comparing Liberal Hollywood group think with '30s Germany oppression. Here comes the I'M OFFENDED parade. Liberals immediately made the leap that Allen was equating pressure to conform with, well, very brutal, murderous pressure to conform. For those of you who have forgotten...humor is exaggeration of real circumstances. As Bill Maher says, "This is PARODY...something that we in the comedy business call a JOKE." The most amazing part of this "news" is that the LGBT community didn't have a conniption fit over Allen's assertion that a Gay Pride Parade with trucks full of naked men is no place to take your 5-year-old. Isn't that micro aggressive, homophobic HATE SPEECH?
Air Force One ushers in President Trump’s Louisville health care rally
President Donald J Trump brought his health care rally to Louisville tonight. A rousing crowd waited all day to enter Freedom Hall to hear the president talk about the GOP plans to replace Obamacare, build a Mexico border wall, and even clown on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick's handlers now have him saying that he will stand during national anthem presentations but so far no team has picked him up. I know very little about political gamesmanship but am always intrigued by Air Force One. Here's the approach and landing on Runway 17L at Louisville International Airport videotaped by Bill Weller. Governor Matt Bevin tweeted this pic after meeting with The Donald aboard AF1. If I ever get the chance
The Beasman: Cats shock Shockers & Cards collapse to Wolverines
THE BEASMAN uk wins, u of l loses (quiet voice) LARRY? I DON’T WANNA TAWK TOO LOUD IN CASE YOU AND YOUR BOYFRIEND SLICK RICK IS SLEEPING TO FORGET THE DEPRESSION. (laffs) OH, I DON’T CARE IF I WAKE UP YOU LOVEBIRDS! OPEN UP THE WINDERS AND SHOUT IT OUT: U-UH-KAY-GOIN-ALL-THE-WAY! SAY IT OUT LOUD, LARRY, YOU TRAITOR TURNCOAT, SLICK RICK BUTTKISSIN, TWO-BIT, WENT-TO-U-UH-KAY-BUT-ACTS-LIKE-YOU-LOVE-CARDINAL-BIRD FRAUD! U UH KAY IS YOUR LARD AND MASTER! IT DON’T MATTER THAT Y’ALL CHEATED TO BEAT US BACK IN DEE-CEMBER IN THE CHICKEN BUCKET FORECLOSURE ARENER. WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT YOU DO IN MARCH! AND WHAT YOU DO IS LOSE AND WHAT KENTUCKY DO IS WIN! ALL WE
Tin foil, good buddy
From: John Fretter Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:45 PM To: MEINERS, TERRY A Subject: Easily impugned Good afternoon Terry, I listened to a few minutes of your show yesterday just in time to hear you slander Alex Jones. I find it fascinating that you freely admitted that you really didn't know who he was, what he believes, and even where his show aired. ("web show are something"). I believe you referred to him as a "conspiracy theorists" and something along the lines of a "kook". Your sidekick whoever that was said that Alex Jones screams a lot. Have you ever heard of Chris Matthews? He tends to get a bit loud and even seems to slobber. Despite that, I was offended at your assessment