They don't make a more humble superstar than Asia Durr. Any time she is asked about her success as a prolific scorer and ball handler for the University of Louisville basketball team, she defers to her teammates. The most storied women's basketball team in America is the UConn Huskies mega-machine. Louisville Coach Jeff Walz is 0-6 against the Huskies. UofL has stepped up mightily in marquee games over the years. This one is in Louisville with about 18,000 hometown fans screaming for the women in red. Let's do this, Cards! Who’s ready to pounce on #2 @UConnWBB? 🏀 The #3 @UofLWBB, that’s who! 💯 My chats w/ superstar @A_Hooper25 & @CoachJeffWalz #GoCards 📺 https://t.co/us8ynsAKDO 🎙https://t.co/r30zGrphds 📺 https://t.co/pVVWX2jvYL 🎙https://t.co/IrVD2O7XY5 #CardNation Thurs 7 PM @kfc_yumcenter
Month: January 2019
WINDSHIELD is not a superhero nor a scholarship code to get Katie George into meteorology school
We go live to our @fswisconsin meteorologist @Katie_George05 for an update on the wind, uh, shield 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/pfty0YR3WX— FOX Sports Wisconsin (@fswisconsin) January 30, 2019 Our Louisville superstar athlete-turned-NBA-broadcast-star Katie George got an ample dose of Wisconsin wise-assery after she referenced the "windshield factor" for tonight's polar vortex. The saddest part is that she believed she was using the correct term to describe wind chill. Oops. We thought we prepared Katie for every possible broadcast scenario but this gaffe now fully completes her windshield of reporter knowledge. Give the Milwaukee Bucks reporter Katie extra credit. Her self-deprecation skills are anything but below zero. A+ Katie!
“What takes guts is to pay your bills” – Gov. Matt Bevin on why sports gambling and marijuana pursuits won’t pay Kentucky’s bills
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin texted: "Are you on air today?" Me: "Yes sir." Gov. Bevin: "Want me to stop by?" Me: "Absolutely" A few minutes later, Governor Bevin strolled into my studio and we launched right into a 23 minute chat on a myriad of topics. Local media immediately jumped on Bevin's sardonic comment about America's "soft" culture where school is called off for cold temperatures. .@GovMattBevin told @terrymeiners that #Kentucky schools closing for cold weather shows 'we're getting soft’ but a chorus of teachers and political rivals from both sides of the aisle quickly rebuked those comments: https://t.co/OiglXzwNcx #KYGov— Philmonger (@phillipmbailey) January 30, 2019 This WDRB transcript (below) put Bevin's comment in better context but the audio reveals that Bevin is
Cats steamroll Kansas, butthurt U of Smellers hate on purdy Wildcat girl
THE BEASMAN uk beats Kansas HEY LAREEEEE! LARRY DADGUM MINNER! I LOVE THAT PITCHER OF THE U UH KAY FAN GIRL SHOWIN Ls DOWN AT THE KANSAS GAME. (laffs) THE CURIO JOURNAL GUY PUT THAT PITCHER ON THE TWITTER AND ALL THE U OF SMELL LITTLE BROTHER CRYBABIES LOST THEIR MINDS CUZ A PURDY WILDCAT GIRL WAS A-MOCKIN U OF SMELL EVEN THOUGH WE WAS PLAYIN KANSAS! (laffs) DON’T Y’ALL CROOKED TEETH CARDINAL FANS NEVER STOP WORRYIN ABOUT THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS? (laffs) Y’ALL SAID SHE WAS OBSESSIN’ ABOUT LOSERVILLE BUT Y’ALL THE ONES GOT BUTTHURT. (laffs) CRY, CRY, CRY! THAT’S ALL YOU LITTLE BROTHER, DUMPSTER FIRE, F.B.I. INVESTERGATION CONVICTS CAN DO CUZ YOU KNOW BIG BLUE
Hedge hogs ready to gut Gannett, newspaper business fiddled while Rome burned
Proofreaders? We don't need no stinkin' proofreaders! Nor do most American newspapers. Two more editors were among the newly RIF'd at The Courier-Journal in Gannett's slash-and-burn strategy. A few weeks ago, a Courier-Journal employee told me that the scant few remaining employees were shuddering at the prospect of a hedge fund takeover of CJ parent company Gannett. Sure enough, Gannett made another massive reduction in force across America this week as if to prepare for its unholy marriage with Alden Capital. Gannett slashed 400 jobs. Other media outlets also sent the Grim Reaper through employee break rooms. Even the snarky HuffPo kids took a hit. The Courier-Journal losses were light this time but it could be just a preview of more consolidation
Suddenly college hoops in Louisville is a happy thing
Chris Mack is building something special 👀No. 23 Louisville takes down No. 21 NC State to remain tied at the top of the ACC! pic.twitter.com/nxjTdls6Th— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) January 25, 2019 The University of Louisville basketball team has been rough on the state of North Carolina so far this season. The Cards are blasting out from two years of scandal and despair like a space shuttle launch. First year coach Chris Mack has the Cardinals pounding through the ACC, winning 5 straight. That includes a total thrashing of highly ranked North Carolina in the Dean Dome and now a grinding victory of NC State's Wolfpack. Mo is back on Main Street and he's rolling. Welcome back
Rep. John Yarmuth digs in, doesn’t believe CovCath student Nick Sandmann
Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) joined me on 840WHAS to discuss his tweets damning the students of Covington Catholic high school as "appalling" and displaying "racist hatred" at a January field trip to DC. Yarmuth declined to apologize for tweeting before learning the wider story of a group of adult Herbrew Israelites hurling abusive, homophobic language at the students, and how additional video showed that the Native American group approached the students. Initial social and traditional media accounts reported that the students "swarmed" the Native Americans to mock and intimidate the elders. Whoooooaaaaa. Slow your roll, rush-to-judgment team. The videos don't lie. Agenda-driven social justice warriors supplying limited views do lie. Student Nick Sandmann appeared on TODAY to tell his story. It was
MAKE AMERICA LISTEN AGAIN: Kentucky high school boys Make America Garish Again, some blame needs to be assigned to adult chanters and Native American drummers encroaching on students’ space
There is plenty of blame to go around as we learn more about the heavily publicized story of high school boys mocking a Native American drum chant group. It turns out the lead agitator at the Lincoln Memorial was from the Black Hebrew Israelites, demeaning nearby white people as "peckerwoods" and labeling Native Americans as "savages" and "Uncle Tomahawks." (He begins shouting at the Kentucky students at about 59:00 in the video). The video comment threat includes this breakdown of events: Jerkbag Buttington III 7 hours ago 1:06:45 threatening an innocent bystander with violence 1:07:40 calls the kids "incest babies" 1:15:20 calls the kids "future school shooters" 1:24:53 is booed when he lets loose with homophobic slurs 1:27:00 "there will be no peace until there is bloodshed" There is additional
My radio chats with the major gubernatorial candidates for 2019
Here are my most recent WHAS Radio interviews with the 2019 candidates for Kentucky governor. This November, incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin will take on the winner of the May primary between Democrat hopefuls Attorney General Andy Beshear, Senate Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, and former Kentucky Auditor Adam Edelen. All candidates are offered the choice of appearing in the radio studio with me or to join me via phone. We start with Governor Bevin on the phone last month. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear Political activist and former Kentucky auditor Adam Edelen Kentucky Senate Minority Leader Rocky Adkins All of them are scheduled for return visits on my WHAS Radio afternoon show. For an additional Republican perspective on the 2019 general assembly, here's my conversation
BOMBSHELL DUD! when American media allows Buzzfeed to lead the news, well, the media looks stupid and partisan
Every morning, NBC's TODAY Show starts with some sort of breathless, hysteria-driven BOMBSHELL news story on Trump. It's so predictable that the Boy Who Cried Wolf would advise "yeah, you may want to get that verified, nitwits." So now we are letting BUZZFEED (the web home of fart jokes and quizzes about naming genitals) lead the news on traditional media outlets? Our media industry looks ridiculous. But, we are about to TAKE DOWN TRUMP so any port in a storm. Buzzfeed = The New York Times if it is negative about Trump. Let's run with it as the lead story!!!!! “One TX Democrat now says if this explosive new report is true, Pres. Trump must either resign or be impeached.”@halliejackson has