2026-07-07- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

Date: July 7, 2026
Hosts: Matt Jones, Drew, Shannon
Network: iHeartPodcasts & Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)

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Episode Overview

This episode of KSR features Matt Jones and the crew engaging in their signature blend of UK (University of Kentucky) sports news, pop culture banter, and Kentucky trivia. Topics span from the cost of university buyouts to heated fan rivalries, quirky Kentucky facts, personal anecdotes, and listener call-ins. The hour also touches on favorite cover songs, city driving policies, and a review of two Kentucky counties as part of an ongoing series.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Best Cover Songs and AI in Music

[03:10–06:22]

• The show kicks off with a lively debate on the best cover songs.
• Notable mentions: Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” Johnny Cash’s “Hurt,” Lenny Kravitz’s “American Woman,” Lauryn Hill’s “Killing Me Softly,” Chris Stapleton’s “Nothing Else Matters,” Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged covers, Alison Krauss’ “When You Say Nothing At All,” and Joe Cocker’s “With A Little Help From My Friends.”
• AI covers enter the conversation, with hosts expressing mixed feelings about their appeal.

Quote:
"There’s some good AI covers out there that are hard to ignore. Mario and I were even listening to…but I mean, they’re pretty awesome." – Drew [04:35]

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2. Drama Over J. Batts’ Athletic Director Buyout

[06:22–07:59]

• The crew digs into confusion regarding the buyout clause for J. Batts, Kentucky’s new Athletic Director, after his would-be departure from Michigan State was muddled due to the University President flipping his employment decision last-minute.
• Uncertainty surrounds whether Kentucky owes $2.5M or $5M due to complex contract language.

Quote:
"The amount of money we’re paying in buyouts is an insane amount of money…Now UK may now owe two and a half million more dollars." – Matt Jones [06:06]

"He's going to have to raise his own buyout." – Matt Jones [06:47]

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3. Sherlock Holmes & Pop-Culture Ignorance

[07:59–10:05]

• A caller’s trivia sparks discussion of Sherlock Holmes’ enduring pop-culture presence (the only character to outwit Holmes: Irene Adler).
• The hosts realize they’re familiar with Holmes lore but haven’t read or seen it, expanding into what other iconic works they've never consumed (Marvel, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, James Bond).

Quote:
"Think about how much we know about it but none of us have ever even contemplated reading it." – Matt Jones [09:12]

"Never watched Harry Potter. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a James Bond movie." – Matt Jones [09:54]

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4. Ask Anything: Speed Governors, Road Rage, Traffic Laws

[11:04–14:44]

• A caller asks: If you lived in a town with speed governors (capped speeds), what top speed would you pick—30, 50, 70, or 90 mph?
• Consensus: 50 mph is more than enough in city limits.
• Drew shares a personal (and heated) encounter with a reckless neighborhood driver—almost leading to "road rage."

Quote:
"I did almost fight someone in my neighborhood yesterday for speeding…and I had to lock up the brakes, and we’re just facing each other… If I hadn’t had an infant in my backseat." – Drew [13:40]

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5. More Famous Covers – Iconic or Overrated?

[20:30–21:27]

• Comparing Stained’s and Chris Stapleton’s versions of “Nothing Else Matters.”
• More cover discussion: Joe Cocker’s “With A Little Help From My Friends,” Travis Tritt’s “Take It Easy” vs. the Eagles, Counting Crows’ “Big Yellow Taxi” vs. Joni Mitchell.

Quote:
"That’s a Beatles song apparently. Did you know that?" – Matt Jones on Joe Cocker’s cover [20:54]

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6. Sick Leave Policies & German Law

[21:49–24:01]

• News item: Germany bans calling in sick without a doctor’s note.
• The hosts discuss American attitudes toward sick days, workplace culture, and sick day hoarding. The debate shifts after a listener notes the difference in healthcare contexts (universal care in Germany, not in the US).

Quote:
"You should have to be sick to call in sick… If you’re calling in sick, I think it’s perfectly reasonable that you prove it." – Matt Jones [22:38]

"People were averaging five to six weeks of calling in sick a year." – Matt Jones [23:23]

Listener Counterpoint:
"We don’t have universal healthcare. So to go to a doctor you’re going to have to pay $150…" – Listener message; Matt concedes this as a “good point.” [29:31-29:53]

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7. Kentucky County Feature: Bell County & Boone County

[30:18–42:42] Bell County:

• Known for its meteor crater (Middlesboro), the Mountain Laurel Festival, and both a national and state park within its borders.
• Notable people: Lee Majors (“Six Million Dollar Man”), bluegrass musician Dale Ann Bradley, touchscreen inventor George Samuel Hurst, and KSR’s own Matt Jones.
• Amusing discussion about Middlesboro’s HOE sewer lids and the prominence of “the Hoes of Kentucky.”

Boone County:

• Home to Big Bone Lick State Park, famous for prehistoric fossils; called the “birthplace of American paleontology.”
• Florence’s iconic “Florence Y’All” water tower, originally “Florence Mall”—changed due to advertising law.
• The quirky unincorporated town of Rabbit Hash, whose mayor since 1998 has always been a dog (honorary position, voting is paid and funds the historical society).
• Notable people: Josh Hutcherson (actor), Sean Alexander (NFL MVP), country singer Kenny Price, and Margaret Garner (inspiration for Toni Morrison’s "Beloved").

Quotes:
"My mom is back doing her church services at the Cumberland Gap national park every Sunday afternoon…" – Matt Jones [31:40]

"Rabbit Hash has elected a dog as its honorary mayor since 1998. In 1998, a mixed breed dog named Goofy Calhoun beat all the human candidates…" – Billy [40:02]

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8. UK Football and the Cincinnati Reds: Low Expectations

[47:38–48:08]

• Caller asks: Predict the number of wins for UK football under coach Will Stein—answers range “five” (Matt/Drew), “six” (Shannon).
• Matt’s frustration with the Reds: "They stink… trade the whole team except four guys. They all stink." [26:13]

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9. Listener Call-Ins – Community & Running Gags

Throughout: [07:59 – 49:48]

• Fun banter with regulars ("Lumpy," "Bob and Jamestown") and more county facts.
• Listeners keep returning to clarify Irene Ryan’s (Granny Clampett on Beverly Hillbillies) identity.
• A light-hearted would-you-rather question: “Week at a dog park or wear Louisville Cardinal apparel for a year?”

Quote:
"I can’t be around dogs…I can’t. People still do this thing where I come over like, ‘my dog's fine,’ and then I’m like, no, it’s not. Then it pees on you." – Matt Jones [48:35]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On J Batts’ Buyout:
  "He's going to have to raise his own buyout." – Matt Jones [06:47]

• On Road Rage:
  "If I hadn’t had an infant in my backseat…he needed these hands." – Drew [14:03]

• On Rabbit Hash politics:
  "Rabbit Hash has elected a dog as its honorary mayor since 1998." – Billy [40:02]

• On Sick Day Laws:
  "We don’t have universal healthcare…so I should pay $150 to miss work where I might not even make $150." – Listener (read by Matt Jones) [29:31]

• On KSR’s Bell County Roots:
  "Facts are the facts." – Billy, when listing Bell County trivia [33:22]

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Segment Timestamps

• Best Cover Songs Debate: [03:10–06:22, 20:29-21:27]
• J Batts’ Buyout Legal Drama: [06:22–07:59]
• Sherlock Holmes & Unseen Pop Culture: [07:59–10:05]
• City Driving Speed Limits & Road Rage: [11:04–14:44]
• Sick Days in Germany vs. US: [21:49–24:01; 29:31–29:53]
• Bell County Feature: [30:18–36:47]
• Boone County Feature: [36:48–42:42]
• Listener Football Predictions & Fan Banter: [47:38–49:48]

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Episode Tone & Style

Casual, witty, sometimes sarcastic, fueled by Kentucky-centric pride and a touch of sports frustration. The show balances sports talk, local history, and playful jabs among regular contributors and loyal callers. The tone is welcoming and inclusive—making the audience feel part of the ongoing story of Kentucky life and fandom.

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For New Listeners

This episode exemplifies why KSR resonates with Kentucky fans: a mix of local sports updates, pop culture riffs, offbeat state history, and listener interaction, all with the relatable, irreverent humor of Matt Jones and crew.

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Missed the episode?
Read this, and you’ll be up to speed on the UK athletic director’s contract drama, Kentucky county oddities, passionate fan rivalries, and the ever-important debate: Which cover song is best?

Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

All right, so songs a lot of people have a good, good ones. Obviously. The most famous Whitney Houston doing I will always love you. Johnny Cash Hurt.

[Co-host Shannon]

That's a good one.

[Matt Jones]

Lenny Kravitz, American Woman.

[Co-host Shannon]

That's a good one.

[Matt Jones]

That's a really good one. Somebody says that Leanne rhymes me and Bobby McGee is better than Janis Joplin. Stop.

[Co-host Shannon]

I don't know about that.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. But Janice Joplin's is herself a cover of Kris Kristofferson. So I actually would put Janice Joplin's there. Lauryn Hills, Killing me Softly.

[Co-host Drew]

Oh, yeah, yeah. That's a great one.

[Matt Jones]

That's a really good one. Chris Stapleton has a cover of Nothing else Matters.

[Co-host Shannon]

Never heard that one.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. You got to find that because I love Chris Stapleton and I love that song. That might be my favorite. You know, when rockers try to be soft songs. Metallica, Nothing else Matters. I love

[Co-host Shannon]

Nirvana had quite a few on their unplug that were good.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, the lead Belly song and or where do you sleep last night.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yep. David covered a David Bowie song. Yes, The Meat Puppets.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, the meat. Yeah, that's right. So those are all very good. If you have more. Oh, Allison Krause, when you say nothing at all.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yep, definitely.

[Matt Jones]

That's a great one because Keith Whitley's is good, but Alison Krause, that became like the biggest song in the world.

[Co-host Drew]

I don't like that. I like this. But there's some good AI covers out there that are hard to ignore. Mario and I were even listening to.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not doing.

[Co-host Drew]

But I mean, they're pretty awesome.

[Matt Jones]

I like also Keith Whitley doing sad songs and waltzes. That's a Willie Nelson song. But I actually think Keith Whitley's version. Tyler's done a version of it too. But anyway, now we're getting in deep cuts but 859280, 2287. Let's talk just second before we go the phones about J Bat, the athletic director. So the president of Michigan State. So let's go through the thing. President of Michigan State's apparently a great president. He gets mad at the board of trustees, goes to Clemson. J Bat has in his contract that if the president leaves, his buyout goes from 5 million to 2.5 million. President leaves, J Bat takes a job at Kentucky. The president, though, actually has not left. And by the way, J Bat has not left yet either. Officially. President decides, I don't want to go to Clemson. Have you been to Clemson? Who wants to live there? Decides to go back to Michigan State. So now he's back, Clemson's left looking like goobers. And J Bat is now the. The people at Michigan State say, we don't want J Bat anymore. You can have him. But now, Does Kentucky owe 5 million instead of 2.5 million? I don't know. It's an interesting question because he said the president said he was leaving but had not left yet. So Kentucky might have to pay another two and a half million dollars. The amount of money we're paying in buyouts is an insane amount of money. So all of a sudden UK may now owe two and a half million more dollars.

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah, we had a square. We had a better. We had him at a 50% discount. Got him on the clearance rack there for a little bit and they swept that back from us.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he's got to be worth it. Chanting a $5 million buyout for an ad.

[Co-host Drew]

He's getting paid pretty well, too.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, doubling it.

[Matt Jones]

Just a lot of money. He's known as a fundraiser. He better be.

[Co-host Drew]

Come back and raise what they owe him first.

[Matt Jones]

He's going to have to raise his own buyout. Do you. What do you make of all that? Does it give you any pause at all?

[Co-host Drew]

Not at all. I mean, we'll. We'll find two and a half million. It's not nearly as bad as the coaches buyouts we're paying right now, but maybe in the fine print right there we have a lawyer that could make it work. Where they said the president was stepping away, pulled the old whoopty doop on us and switched it up.

[Matt Jones]

What about Clemson? Hired him a month and a half ago and now he's just like, nope.

[Co-host Drew]

You think he got there and had

[Co-host Shannon]

lunch with Dabo, was like, it did say personal reasons. So, I mean, that would be a personal reason.

[Matt Jones]

Personal reason is I hate this.

[Co-host Shannon]

Don't like these people here. This place sucks. Get me out of here.

[Matt Jones]

It was an odd move to go from Michigan State to Clinton. Michigan State's a better academic school. It's a bigger school if you're even if you're looking at sports in a better conversation. Odd decision to move from Michigan State to Clemson. Maybe that's why it was a quick turnaround.

[Co-host Drew]

Overreacted.

[Matt Jones]

Did I agree to this? So, so there you go. So now we'll, we'll end up, we'll see what happens. Nobody has really said like whether or not they're going to have to pay it or not. I guess we'll find out. 859-280-2287. It's Ask Anything Thursday. Let's go to Sue. Go ahead, Sue.

[Caller]

Hey Matt, just wanted to give you a little tip on Irene. Yes, Irene Adler. Irene Adler was the only character in Sherlock Holmes that ever outwitted him.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Caller]

Look it up.

[Matt Jones]

So the. Oh, so you're saying in all of the Sherlock Holmes books and movies.

[Caller]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

Only person that outwitted him was Irene.

[Caller]

Irene Adler.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think that's why Kerr picked it?

[Co-host Drew]

Seems like a guy that would read some Sherlock Holmes.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I appreciate the call, Sue. Kerr was like, you know what, as I scam, I'm also going to be a little literary.

[Co-host Drew]

We're narrowing this down. We got it figured out.

[Matt Jones]

Are we making the prosecution's case? I think we are right now.

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Have you ever read Sherlock Holmes? Have you ever seen a Sherlock Holmes?

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah, I've seen one of the movie versions which I don't, you know, for

[Matt Jones]

something that's Mrs. Sherlock Holmes. I don't know. I know I've never read something and I don't think I've ever seen it.

[Co-host Drew]

There's the one, I don't know that I watched it but Robert Downey Jr.

[Matt Jones]

But I didn't see that. That's weird because I feel like because who's his. His sidekicks Watson.

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah, I know a lot about it but as I'm thinking about it.

[Matt Jones]

That's crazy though. Think about how much we know about it but none of us have ever even contemplated reading it.

[Co-host Drew]

Wasn't there a spin off sitcom too? Not sitcom but like a culture that sounds familiar that are Holmes.

[Matt Jones]

I mean those are their two choices.

[Co-host Drew]

I feel like I know them but now that I think about it, I don't know that I've seen or read anything.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe that's the most famous like character that I haven't seen. One thing you know Part of my take. Did their draft of things you haven't seen and I was realizing how many big things I've never like we've talked about. Never watched one Marvel movie except Ant Man.

[Co-host Drew]

You went right for the good one.

[Matt Jones]

Never watched Harry Potter. I don't think I've ever watched a James Bond movie.

[Co-host Drew]

Oh, wow. I love James Bond movies.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I've ever watched one.

[Co-host Drew]

Just check them out. There's only about 30 of them.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's a lot of very famous things that I've. I've never gotten past episode two of Game of Thrones. I've watched episode one 14 times and then I just quit.

[Co-host Drew]

It's a lot to see. Lots of spin off shows. Now you have to catch up on too. So I haven't seen most network TV shows.

[Matt Jones]

You mean old famous ones?

[Co-host Drew]

Any of them. Big Bang Theory?

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[Matt Jones]

Well, I've seen like two Seinfeld. You've never seen Seinfeld?

[Co-host Drew]

I cannot stand network television shows.

[Matt Jones]

Seinfeld was different. You understand. Not watching Big Bang Theory, Everybody Loves Raymond.

[Co-host Drew]

Can't recall seeing their King of Queens. No.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. All those shows. I missed you.

[Co-host Drew]

Name one. I haven't seen it.

[Matt Jones]

I missed all that run of every, every of CBS comedies. I never saw any of.

[Co-host Shannon]

We never got past episode two of the Sopranos.

[Matt Jones]

I did. You all.

[Co-host Shannon]

We didn't on. Not on the show.

[Matt Jones]

No. Maybe we'll do that again. Kevin, let's go ahead. Kevin. Yes.

[Caller]

Yeah, so I'm gonna do a ask anything Tuesday. So in my town, there's an epic epidemic of, you know, motorcycles and souped up cars, modified cars, racing and it could be, you know, in the broad daylight. It's, it's horrible. So it got me, you know, it kind of gets my goat. And I, you know, I'm, and I'm like, man, I wish there was just places I can go where I didn't have to put up with that stuff. So my question to you guys is if you could live in a town where you, where your car had a governor, what, what town would you choose? The 30 to 50? You know, top speed of 50, top speed of 70 or top speed of 90. So that's, that's my ask anything Tuesday question.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you're saying you mean inside the city or just in general? Because everywhere.

[Caller]

Inside the. Yeah, inside the city.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate the call. I mean, inside the city. I don't know that there's a lot of times you need to be driving 90.

[Co-host Drew]

Sure.

[Caller]

Whoa.

[Co-host Drew]

Back in the day when he got that.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, within the city limits, I can't think of a lot of scenarios where I would hit 90.

[Co-host Drew]

You really don't need to hit 50 that much inside city limits.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, like, if I lived in Lexington. What road do you need to go over 50 on?

[Co-host Drew]

New circle if you're in a hurry?

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, it depends on where you need to be.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe New Circle, maybe Man of War. But how many other roads could you even get to 50 on?

[Co-host Drew]

Not many. Nicholsville Road, you run into the car

[Matt Jones]

in front of you. In Louisville, you could probably get to over 50 on the gene Snyder, get to over 50 on the Waterson. But is there any other roads you can get to over 50?

[Co-host Shannon]

Bardstown Road.

[Matt Jones]

What part of Bardstown Road between Fern

[Co-host Shannon]

Creek and Mount Washington? You can.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. When you're out of Fern Creek.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, that's almost out of the city limits.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But within the city of limits of Louisville, where are you getting over 50 with any consistency?

[Co-host Shannon]

God, that's a good question. I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, there's too much traffic anywhere.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So I think I'd be fine with 50, because where's it really going to affect you?

[Co-host Drew]

I'd even lower it a little bit. I'd say 20 to 40. That's all you need.

[Co-host Shannon]

20.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, grandma, 20 to 40.

[Co-host Drew]

The range. Why you got to go over 40? I mean, you can barely come up with examples.

[Matt Jones]

You can go over 40. Like. Like you could go over 40 when there's not. When at night. You could go over 40 on Harrodsburg,

[Co-host Shannon]

tanks Creek, and Louisville. You could do that on her spawn, though.

[Co-host Drew]

You'll be all right. You'll get there. Was it going to shave off 30

[Matt Jones]

seconds into his driving a golf cart era?

[Co-host Drew]

I did almost fight someone in my neighborhood yesterday for speeding, and he came up to me, he ran a stop sign, and we're, like, face to face, and he wanted me to back up, and I threw my arms up. If I hadn't had an infant in my backseat.

[Matt Jones]

You were ready for a little road race?

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah, I mean, he was in my lane flying, and I had to lock up the brakes, and we're just, like, facing each other. And I'm telling.

[Matt Jones]

You were madder because your child was in the car.

[Co-host Drew]

No, I would have been. I would have whooped his ass anyway. I mean, he shouldn't have been doing. I mean, he was in my lane. He ran a stop sign. He. He needed these hands. But luckily, baby Avery didn't need to see.

[Matt Jones]

Dad, you say the phrase Whoop his

[Co-host Drew]

ass before he was that reckless. Normally, I don't care.

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[Co-host Drew]

Just don't go too fast.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't realize he.

[Co-host Drew]

That was about to be my first road rage incident. I wish it was right on my street. In front of me. He ran a stop sign.

[Matt Jones]

So you were about to whoop ass on Masterson Station.

[Co-host Drew]

And I wished it would have gone viral. I don't live anywhere near Masterson, stat.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I'm thinking of Ryan. Okay.

[Caller]

You.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody. See you.

[Co-host Drew]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Well, there you go.

[Co-host Drew]

I see him again without the baby, be a different story.

[Co-host Shannon]

Another stop sign. Right.

[Co-host Drew]

Chris.

[Matt Jones]

What's up, Chris?

[Caller]

Matt. Irene. Ryan played granny on the Beverly Hillbillies, not Iron David.

[Co-host Shannon]

Get your Irene's cross.

[Caller]

Yep. And then Counting Crows, Big Yellow Taxi versus Joni Mitchell's version.

[Matt Jones]

They're both good, but Joni Mitchell's is kind of iconic. But you're right. I like the Counting Crows version.

[Caller]

Yep. All right.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. That's. Yeah, I think I'd still go with Joni Mitchell, but that's. That's the one that said they put up a parking lot, right? Yeah. Joe. Go ahead, Joe.

[Caller]

Yeah. Quickly, Matt. One of the great stories every summer here in Louisville that the Louisville fans want to go back to is that great game that Patrick Sparks had in Freedom Hall. When he did the Freedom hall shuffle and got the three point shot off in the corner.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Caller]

The young, young boy from Louisville hit him. And everything they still say to this day that he walked, all he did was emulating what Larry. What? Larry Bird. I know he did. He was just emulating what the pros do. You see, you see Larry Bird make that same move 15,000 times when he played for the Celtics. And of course, he got by with it because he was a great white hope. But Patrick being a great little white hope, the little fans to this day, they just cannot.

[Matt Jones]

They should be mad about that. Like, I'm still. There is no statute of limitations. I'm going to be mad about the fact that Leitner didn't get kicked out, you know, for. For the rest of my life. Like, if I'm a Louisville fan, the Patrick Sparks thing would genuinely make me mad. So I understand. I mean, I still will laugh at them and say we won, but like,

[Caller]

I get it, okay? My counter to that is if Louisville gets their band further championship in 2013 over overturned, should I be happy about that or should I be mad?

[Matt Jones]

See, here's what I love about you. I love it. I appreciate the call. I love. I love Joe. I love Johnny Versace. I love the people that still have passionate Louisville hatred in their hearts. I'm glad. Sometimes I feel like that's slipping in our fan base. But there are those and he's one of them. He's been calling for a decade hating Louisville every single minute.

[Co-host Drew]

I appreciate that their flames still burn bright inside.

[Matt Jones]

Right? Cause one of these days that rivalry is going to re kick and we're going to need them. They will have kept it simmering and then the fire goes because of people like Joe. Whether your plans involve the lake, the pool or a cookout, if it's hot and sunny, you need sunglasses for your summer activities, check out Shady Rays. Fritz Farmer Oxmore center in Louisville are up to 50% off all shades during their Independence Day sale. It's Shady rays or shady rays.com go get the lowest price prices of the season at Shady Race. Where's our remote Friday? Nicholsville. Nicholasville. Is that but in Nicholsville.

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Yep. Yep.

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All right, so Nicholsville. We don't go to Nicholsville a ton. We'll be right back there. Hey everybody.

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[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, no, this is.

[Matt Jones]

I like Chris Stable. I. I will say the one song that is it Disturbed that covers this.

[Co-host Shannon]

They. No, not this song.

[Matt Jones]

Stained. Stained.

[Co-host Shannon]

Stained. Okay. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now that guy's version I really like. Play that. Play that. The next version that one I really like. I love Chris Stapleton. I don't. That's not what I want from this Joe Cocker. I get by with a little help from my friends. That's a great one.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

That's a Beatles song apparently. Did you know that?

[Co-host Shannon]

I did. Of course. I like the Beatles version better though.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, see, I like his probably from Saturday Night Live. Travis Tritz. Take it easy. I agree with that. Actually. I think that's better than the Eagles version.

[Co-host Shannon]

Very similar.

[Caller]

No.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

We did this once on the show. Yeah, and you because you liked one of them and I liked the other one. One person writes tell Drew he's not about this life. He's not a throw hands guy. I love him. But if he starts to throw hands, it won't work out.

[Caller]

Well.

[Co-host Drew]

Hold on. You didn't see the person, the other car. I would have been fine. I'm not. I'm not fighting anybody.

[Co-host Shannon]

I picked my battle named Irene or something.

[Co-host Drew]

No, I would have won this one. I'm not saying I'd win many of them. I would have won this one because you.

[Matt Jones]

So you're comfortable, you comedy.

[Co-host Drew]

I'm picking my battles. This one I could see who was in the car. I would have been fin.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. German. The leader of Germany, Shannon.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Came out this week and he has put a national ban on calling in sick to work unless you have a certified doctor. Right. That you are sick. He said there is an epidemic in Germany of too many of our citizens taking advantage of. Of our lenient system on calling in sick. That time is ending. You must have proof of sickness from now on in order for sick days to be approved.

[Co-host Shannon]

Well, coming from somebody who has more sick days than I'll ever use because I never call in sick, I wouldn't get mad at the people. I mean, it's the policy that needed to change. Right. And that's what they're trying to say.

[Matt Jones]

Controversial because I'm pro worker, but I actually agree with you this.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think you should have to be sick to call in sick. Like if you, you get vacation.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Use your vacation. But if you're calling in sick, I think it's perfectly reasonable that you prove that you're sick because most people will just be like hungover. You know, you try to scratch up your voice like you should.

[Co-host Shannon]

That et the counter to that.

[Co-host Drew]

And I won't name him, but a colleague of ours won't go to the doctor, but has showed up to the radio show like, you should be in bed right now.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, that's.

[Co-host Drew]

So the people that show up because they don't have a doctor's note that

[Matt Jones]

are definitely like, I will say if you wake up sick, you've got to have a way to be able to prove it.

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But maybe you can prove it after the fact.

[Co-host Drew]

Okay. Like you have a week to.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So like if you want to be paid for this day, you're going to need proof between, like before you get paid that, that you were sick. He says in Germany that people were averaging five to six weeks of calling in sick a year. Oh my goodness.

[Co-host Shannon]

I got 360 hours of sick time. I just looked it up.

[Matt Jones]

Well, hopefully you never, you never need that.

[Co-host Shannon]

That's 45 days of sick time I could use.

[Matt Jones]

But that's actually a good. For as much as you take vacation. That's a good quality of yours that you don't abuse sick time.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, I mean, I've maxed out. Like they will not give me Any more sick time Because I've never really called in sick in 20, 30.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I've ever one time called in sick. I've probably missed a show a couple times, but I didn't. I guess technically I don't really have a. My contract's not like that. But nevertheless, you don't really do that. We don't really have people that abuse that.

[Co-host Drew]

There was one time there's a Louisville football game. I was laying on my bathroom floor and I had a lot to do. Pregame show website and I mean, I couldn't even crawl to a TV to watch the game. That's the only time I can think of that I missed stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Well, these shows have to happen whether I'm here or not. So like, that's why you almost have to have to go. Lumpy, Go ahead. Lumpy.

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Hey, I've got a question for asking you. Thank.

[Matt Jones]

Yes?

[Caller]

Can you hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Yes, I can hear you.

[Caller]

That's my question.

[Co-host Shannon]

People always want to know. Can we.

[Matt Jones]

You know, Lumpy, that was really funny. Well, appreciate the call.

[Co-host Shannon]

He just wants to be heard.

[Matt Jones]

You know what? I thought that was funny Lumpy call today. I don't want to do this, but he's been a whole on the whole.

[Co-host Shannon]

Come on, if you're going to take this call, you got to take Bob and Jamestown.

[Co-host Drew]

Go ahead. Number one.

[Caller]

Matt, you were talking about you can't go 50 miles an hour. No, but what about the Gene Snyder. I mean, that's no problem.

[Matt Jones]

Was one of the two roads that you could do it on.

[Caller]

Okay. Also, you're talking crazy county being dry. Now Liberty's wet. A lot of people from India owners

[Matt Jones]

county, not crazy County.

[Caller]

Well, around southwestern central Kentucky we call it crazy County. Anyway, Liberty is moist. A lot of Indian.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Caller]

From India owned package stores had that. Also. Will the Reds break five?

[Co-host Shannon]

What'd you say? You cut out on me.

[Caller]

Where The Reds break 500.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. Oh, first of all, I don't even know understand what he meant by there's a lot of Indian and Pakistani people that you think they drink more than the people in America.

[Co-host Drew]

I think he said they own package stores there. I think that was the last part for you. Okay, faded out.

[Matt Jones]

Do I think the reds will go 500? No, they stink. They're terrible. I'm to the point now, Drew. Trade the whole team except four guys. Keep Ellie, keep Chase Burns, keep Sal Stewart, keep Hunter Green. Everyone else, get rid of them. All of them. They all stink. I can't look at Matt McClain again. Nathan Lowe was a good story at the beginning of the year but he's 47 years old with the beer belly and he's our cleanup hitter. Get rid of them.

[Co-host Drew]

They got to be thrilled about your ESPN gig. The Reds.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, the Reds are getting national pub.

[Co-host Drew]

It's a rebuilding year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, we've been rebuilding. Decade was supposed to be this and next year were supposed to be our years. Like if we next year if we're not good and we're not going to be good, then Ellie will have just been a waste. We're going to have to trade him and like you will have wasted a once in a generation player.

[Co-host Drew]

I think that's just called the Reds.

[Matt Jones]

They stink. They did fix my little seat though. That was nice. Still stink. I may go tonight.

[Co-host Drew]

Just so supportive.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'm just gonna go. I'm. This may be the first day of the year. This may be a book night tonight.

[Co-host Drew]

I've hate watched my team a few times before.

[Matt Jones]

Was that the game Friday night? Twin brothers didn't speak.

[Co-host Drew]

That's the most important thing.

[Matt Jones]

It's the only updated on that the Reds have. We'll take a break. Be right back. Ksr, TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Co-host Shannon]

Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

I think this is really good.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, his version is way better than Chris Stapleton's.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think this is really good because if it's. Now he's just to show that I'm open minded that you can separate the art from the person. He's become like a huge maga guy. But I still love this song. I don't know anything else they ever did. What was their big songs?

[Caller]

Been a while.

[Co-host Shannon]

It's been a while.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Bluff]

All right.

[Co-host Drew]

I know that they had an album Break the Cycle. I played it all the time. Like Epiphany.

[Co-host Shannon]

Maybe outside that they did with Fred Durst.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I know that song.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yep. So far away.

[Matt Jones]

I love this. This was one time MTV did a Metallica. Like everybody came and played Metallica songs and it was like this hodgepodge. I think Snoop Dogg did it, Limp Bizkit, Avril Lavigne. It was just kind of junk. But this was on it and I thought it was really, really good. That's my only stain knowledge. 859-280-2287 all right, so people are making a good point about the. The calling in six. And so I want to acknowledge this is fair. One person Writes Matt. We don't have universal healthcare. So sometimes. So to go to a doctor, you're going to have to pay $150. So I should pay $150 to miss work where I might not even make $150. It's a fair point. Germany has universal health care, so I actually think that rule can make more sense for them than it would here. Fair enough. See, Good point.

[Co-host Drew]

That and it can be hard enough to see a doctor if it's crowded with people just trying to get out of work. Might not even be sick. Just trying to get a note signed. It's just going to add to.

[Matt Jones]

So I. You know what? I understand what the Germany got, but I don't think we could do that here because if you don't have universal healthcare and everybody has to pay their co. Pays and all that. Fair enough. You win.

[Co-host Drew]

You're back.

[Matt Jones]

I'm back. Against the policy.

[Co-host Drew]

You went. You had an open mind.

[Matt Jones]

That's a really good point. And that I did. It didn't occur to me and should have because it's a different situation in Germany. All right, we're gonna go back to phones. Hang on. Mike and Jacob and Bob and Eric. But counties. We've gone through six. Billy's had five that were uncontroversial or five that were controversial. One that was uncontroversial.

[Co-host Shannon]

Billy's already exhausted too. He told me he's already gone through like two hours a night trying to

[M]

make sure this stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Two hours. You can. I mean, like, you can.

[M]

I've got a double and triple check these facts because somebody is ready to call to tell me that I'm wrong.

[Co-host Drew]

And I'm.

[M]

I'm nervous about Bell county today.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you should be because that's my county.

[John Daly]

But.

[Matt Jones]

But you. But it's okay if you're wrong. That makes good radio. You screaming. You and that guy screaming at each other. I love that. Okay, so Bell county is first now. This is my county. So my mom said. She's listening to see what you say.

[M]

Oh, man.

[Matt Jones]

So go ahead.

[M]

Bell county in the southeastern corner of Kentucky, founded in 1867 from parts of Knox and Harlan counties.

[Matt Jones]

I'm still content there was no original county. Is just everybody. What was the original county? Okay, go ahead.

[M]

The county seat is Pineville and Bell county was originally known as Josh Bell county for Joshua Fry Bell, the Kentucky legislator. It was shortened to just bell county in 1873.

[Matt Jones]

Thank goodness. That would have been bad if we were Josh Bell County.

[Co-host Drew]

Wasn't that like a Disney character or something like an actor was there?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know.

[M]

Well, you were for six years before it got shortened.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'm glad it did.

[M]

The only county in Kentucky to contain both a national park and a state park. Both the Cumberland Gap National Historic park and Pine Mountain State Resort park are within Bell county boundaries.

[Matt Jones]

My mom is back doing her church services at the Cumberland Gap national park every Sunday afternoon. They stream online. A lot of folks listen to the show, watch them, check them out.

[M]

Nice.

[Matt Jones]

Go ahead.

[M]

You may not have heard this one before, but the city of Middlesborough sits inside a meteor crater.

[Matt Jones]

I did know that.

[M]

In fact, people lived in the town for around 80 years before geologists made the discovery in 1966. Geologists found shatter cones, rocks that only formed during a meteor impact, proving the town sits inside a 300 million year old crater.

[Matt Jones]

How about that? Crater town.

[Co-host Drew]

Never would have known that without Billy's facts.

[M]

In the 1880s, English investors led by an Alexander Arthur poured millions into Middlesboro, convinced the iron and coal beneath the mountains would create America's next industrial giant. They built a planned city with grand hotels, wide streets and even electric lights before many larger southern cities had them. Then the financial panic of 1893 nearly wiped the dream away.

[Matt Jones]

He's exactly right. Middlesboro used to have really nice places. It was a gambling town too. It was like there were casinos and people would go. But like if you go to Middlesbrough, you've been the downtown. The streets are very wide because they had planned for it to be a massive city because of Alexander Arthur. And then I didn't know about the great financial panic, but. Yes, yes.

[M]

And then we know this very well. Pineville is home of the longest continuously running festival in the state of Kentucky, the Mountain Laurel festival, which started in 1931.

[Matt Jones]

We've been to twice.

[M]

And it is also home to chained rock, the 100 ton boulder chained in 1933.

[Matt Jones]

Those are all good facts. I mean, most of them we've done on the show before, but. But, but that. But the facts are what they are, right?

[M]

The facts are the facts.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. And then what else?

[M]

I have Bell county people, if you'd like to know some people.

[Matt Jones]

Let's be careful here, Shannon, when you're picking the people.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, we're gonna rank them. No particular order.

[Matt Jones]

No particular order.

[Caller]

All right, go ahead.

[M]

No particular order. Bluegrass musician Dale Ann Bradley is part of the Coon Creek Girls. It's one of the first.

[Matt Jones]

You're gonna lead with her.

[Co-host Drew]

That's number one on the list.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[M]

Most famous One of the first all female string bands.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, what else?

[M]

After both his mother and father passed away before the age of two, actor Lee Majors grew up with his grandparents.

[Matt Jones]

Harvey Lee went to high school with Larry.

[Co-host Drew]

It's a good, strong number two Lee

[Matt Jones]

Majors, six Million Dollar Man. That's good.

[M]

The inventor of one of the first touchscreens, George Samuel Hurst, is from Middlesboro. While he was a physics professor at the University of Kentucky, he invented a device called the Eliograph. It was the world's first practical touch sensor.

[Co-host Drew]

So we have three of our four on the Mount Rushmore.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I, I, it feels like we're still kind of skipping over someone, but go ahead. Yeah, we'll get to it.

[M]

That' yeah. And finally, Kentucky sports radio founder Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[John Daly]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

Good, good. Thank you.

[Co-host Drew]

Macy Morris at number four.

[Matt Jones]

You know Macy Morris, we had an actress. We had a Broadway actress. I forget her name, but she was like, kind of a big star on Broadway from there. Caldwell, I think, was her last name.

[M]

I could be here all day talking about Bell County. There's a lot of. Trish, sir.

[Co-host Drew]

The comedian Trish, sir.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, she does. People send me her Facebook stuff all the time. I went to high school with her brother. She's a, she's like a country comedian. But you. Let's go with the woman from the Concrete Girl.

[M]

Yeah, the Concrete Girls. Not Lee Major Dale Ann Bradley.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I mean, everybody's got their choices.

[Co-host Drew]

Bobob.

[Matt Jones]

Bobob.

[M]

Bo.

[Matt Jones]

Dick Tamer.

[iHeartRadio Announcer]

Larry.

[Matt Jones]

We had a basketball player from there, Larry Percival, played for Kentucky.

[Spinquest Announcer]

Okay.

[M]

Yeah.

[Co-host Drew]

Since he didn't mention it, what about how all the sewer things are from Middlesborough?

[Matt Jones]

All the hoe sewers. So, like, when you go outside and you see a sewer cap and it says Ho, that is not because of ludicrous. That is because sewer crates are made in Middlesboro by the Hoe Company.

[iHeartAdvertising Announcer]

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[Matt Jones]

I didn't know Harry Ho, which was his name. His grandson, I think, was Boho, who runs it now, the Hoes of Kentucky. What are you laughing at? That's their names.

[Co-host Shannon]

Nobody. The last name Ho would name their kid Bo.

[Matt Jones]

His name is Boho. His grandfather's name was Harry Ho. No, stop it. Yeah, he was.

[Co-host Drew]

We would be falling into sewers everywhere without them.

[Matt Jones]

If it wasn't for Harry Ho Shannon, there would be sewer problems.

[Co-host Drew]

They could be walking down the street

[Matt Jones]

with just fuel on the ground street in Lexington. You're gonna see on the sewer, Ho. That's you. And you do not. You know, I have a memorialized sewer Crate with my name on it.

[M]

Is that what they pass around?

[Matt Jones]

No, they made it for me.

[John Daly]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

It says Matt Jones, honorary citizen. Well, not honorary. I don't know, something. It says HOE in big letters.

[Co-host Drew]

I have a small one with the KSR logo. They gave him to us.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, that's right. They gave us KS logo.

[M]

They do just kind of pass them around.

[Co-host Drew]

Put some respect on the host.

[Matt Jones]

That's right.

[Stockton Mortgage Announcer]

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[Matt Jones]

Has never respected the host at any point in his life.

[M]

Or hairy hosts.

[Matt Jones]

All right, next.

[M]

Boone county, located on the Ohio river, the most northern county in Kentucky. Created in 1798 from portions of Campbell County. Stop at these portions named for Daniel Boone. The county seat is Burlington. And as of 2020, it was the

[Matt Jones]

fourth most county seat is Burlington.

[M]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

I thought Covington.

[M]

My research. It was the fourth most populous county with over 135, 000 people. As a. You know, some people call it a suburb of Cincinnati.

[Co-host Shannon]

Wrong. In your book.

[Matt Jones]

So it's Covington, not in Boone County. I thought it was.

[Co-host Drew]

It could be one of. Isn't there? Well, no, that's like multiple county seats.

[Matt Jones]

Covington is in.

[M]

Getting slowed down here a little bit, guys.

[John Daly]

Hang on.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, he's already done on Chad GPT. The facts are the facts.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I believe you know, Covington is in Canton County. Okay, never mind.

[Co-host Drew]

Goes to your point. You always say you get them confused.

[Matt Jones]

I get every Northern Kentucky county confused. Go ahead.

[M]

Caller's now over 30. Correcting my facts. The Cincinnati Northern Kentucky airport is in Boone county, not Ohio. Of a lie that people are told. And then they get to Kentucky. They're not in Ohio. The Florence, y'. All water tower is popular in Boone County. Originally it said the Florence Mall, but Kentucky law prohibits commercial advertising on public infrastructure visible from the highways. So they made it Florence, y'.

[John Daly]

All.

[Matt Jones]

I did not know that. So that's why they changed it, huh?

[M]

Two years later.

[Matt Jones]

I never heard that.

[John Daly]

That makes.

[Matt Jones]

That's interesting. So Florence is in Boone County.

[Caller]

County.

[M]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

But not the capitol. Or not this county seat.

[M]

The county seat is Burlington, according to my research. Here.

[Matt Jones]

See, they don't. You're right. Sometimes they pick the wrong.

[Co-host Drew]

Some of them have two counties.

[Matt Jones]

I think the rule is. The rule was the county seat had to be one day's horses ride from the entire county. So they had to pick a town that you could get to one side from everywhere in a day on a horse.

[Co-host Drew]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

So sometimes it had to be center. That's why Pineville is it instead of middle.

[M]

Yep. I've read that Big Bone Lick State park has an interesting history. The name comes from the prehistoric fossils that were found there, including mammoths, bison, mastodons, ground sloth, saber tooth cats and more. Big Bone Lick is the birthplace of American paleontology. In the early 1700s, explorers found giant mammoth and mastodon bones there. The discoveries fascinated Europe and helped launch the scientific study of fossils in America.

[Matt Jones]

So you're saying the whole reason we have Jurassic park is because of boon.

[M]

Some mammoth bones found in Boone county, like I guess made everybody curious about what was.

[Matt Jones]

What was going on for Boone County. We wouldn't even know there were dinosaur.

[Co-host Drew]

Yeah, that's crazy. Had no idea.

[M]

Thomas Jefferson asked both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to stop there in 1803 to collect fossils before heading west.

[Matt Jones]

I like how you say Merryweather Lewis.

[M]

You don't know his first name?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean most people just call him Lewis. They call him.

[M]

Put some respect on his name. It's Mary.

[Matt Jones]

What was Clark's first name?

[M]

William.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[M]

Great name. Inside of Boone county is the unincorporated community of Rabbit Hash.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[M]

In December of 1847, the townsfolk were discussing what each family would be serving for their Christmas dinner. According to folklore, a man responded that he would be serving rabbit Hash dinner. His response led to the other villagers nicknaming him Rabbit Hash as a joke. Eventually the nickname became known as the village itself.

[Matt Jones]

Isn't there mayor?

[M]

That's what's next, Matt. Rabbit Hash has elected a dog as its honorary mayor since 1998. In 1998, a mixed breed dog named Goofy Calhoun beat all the human candidates. And ever since, only dogs had an election.

[Caller]

Lo.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, exactly, Drew, you lost to the dog Goofy.

[M]

Well, it's an honorary.

[Matt Jones]

McGrath would lose that election. Sorry that. I shouldn't have said that.

[Co-host Shannon]

Pilot Fighter.

[Matt Jones]

So yeah, Goofy Calhoun is his mom.

[M]

It's an honorary office, so there's no responsibilities. But the dog did beat the humans in 1998 and they have had dogs ever since. The mayor has no authority. But every vote cost a dollar to cast a vote.

[John Daly]

Oh, wait a minute.

[Matt Jones]

You have to pay to vote.

[M]

You do, but the proceeds, I'm certain

[Matt Jones]

that's against the constitution.

[M]

The proceeds go to the Rabbit Hash Historical Society.

[Matt Jones]

So they just flaunt the constitution in Rabbit Hash?

[M]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[M]

The current mayor is Boone. In the 2024 election, Boone, a blue tick coon hound, received 14,000 votes, the most ever for a Rabbit Hash candidate.

[Matt Jones]

They're not 14,000 people that live there

[M]

and helped raise more than $26,000 for perseveration.

[Matt Jones]

So it's who you see. You can buy the election there.

[John Daly]

Wow.

[Co-host Drew]

I didn't know they're so corrupt.

[Co-host Shannon]

And rabbit hash absentee ballots there. They're not there.

[Caller]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

Anything else?

[M]

Yeah, I got some famous people. Hunger Game star actor Josh Hutcherson, former KSR host. He hosted here once the Round Mound of Sound. Country music singer Kenny Price is from.

[Matt Jones]

Kenny.

[M]

Boone County.

[Matt Jones]

What does he sing?

[M]

Songs. I don't have that in front of me. Former NFL MVP Sean Alexander is from Boone County. And Margaret Garner, enslaved on a Boone county plantation. Her 1856 escape across the frozen Ohio river and tragic decision to kill her young daughter rather than to see her return to slavery inspired Beloved. One of the most acclaimed American novels of the 20th century.

[Matt Jones]

I did not know that.

[M]

I think Oprah did something with.

[Matt Jones]

No, that was. It's a great book, Tony. It wasn't Oprah. Toni Morrison wrote the book. Or no, my Angelou.

[M]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Tony Morrison. Tony Morris. Well, there you go. Good stuff. Thank you. What's tomorrow, Boyd? And what?

[M]

I just wait for you to tell me what to do next so I don't have that in front of me. But lose.

[Matt Jones]

Look it up.

[M]

Congratulations to the Concrete Canoe Western Kentucky national championship team, by the way.

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Did you know about that?

[M]

I did not.

[Co-host Drew]

All right, I have to add Steve Flesh, the PGA golfer to Boone county four time winner.

[Matt Jones]

He talks a lot of trash to me on Twitter.

[Co-host Drew]

Steve Flesh does.

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He needs to go out.

[Co-host Drew]

Really? I didn't.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he gets mad. He gets.

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I shouldn't have brought it up.

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[Co-host Shannon]

My bad.

[Co-host Drew]

I'll take it back. I didn't mean to hit a nerve. I just. I'm just a golf fan.

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I just have never. It's like Steve Flesh. Calm down.

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[M]

Bourbon and Boyd are next.

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No. That's the concrete girl.

[M]

Yeah.

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How many biscuits can you eat?

[Matt Jones]

I like it. Now I see why she ran, why Billy ranked her ahead of me.

[Co-host Shannon]

Yeah, it's good stuff.

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[Co-host Shannon]

Okay. Yeah.

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Part of the gospel quartet on there. One person writes. I do need to say this. I'm very upset. Billy left off. One of the most famous people from Bell county, the first elected female commonwealth attorney in the state. Karen Green Blondell.

[Co-host Drew]

Absolutely.

[M]

I thought that was assumed, but yes. Let's celebrate her.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. First elected female. One of two. They were elected same time. Female commonwealth attorneys in the state. That's my mother.

[M]

It's incredible.

[Co-host Drew]

And one of the best. Is it bass players. What's the instrument?

[Matt Jones]

Larry Punkin, blond. Let's go to Mike. Go, Mike.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, go for it.

[Matt Jones]

What's your question?

[Caller]

All right, guys. So I got. If I could. I got two questions. One question. First question is Will signs. Will signs. First year, you guys think? I'm thinking seven games win season. I've heard a lot of people on YouTube, different places, got a pick.

[Matt Jones]

I'll answer your question. Appreciate the call. I'm going to say five. How many you drew?

[Co-host Drew]

I'm going five.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon.

[Co-host Shannon]

Six.

[Matt Jones]

Six. I like it.

[M]

Six.

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[Caller]

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[Co-host Shannon]

this three times today.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. I do know that. Jacob, what's next?

[Caller]

Yeah, Matt, quick question. Would you rather spend a whole week at a dog park or wear Louisville Cardinal apparel for a whole year?

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate that. Wow. I'm gonna go with the Louisville dog. I can't. I can't be around dogs.

[Co-host Drew]

Oh, let's just tough it out for a week.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, people still do this thing where I come over like, my dog's fat. And then I'm like, no, it's not.

[Co-host Shannon]

Then it pees on you.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but a year of Louisville gear, they always. And it's like they smell me. They know I hate them.

[Co-host Shannon]

Smell the fear.

[Matt Jones]

No, they do, though. I think they do. I don't know if that's science, but I think they do. You're an easy target, Johnny Versace. I got less than a minute.

[Caller]

Don't you think the Brown family is really overrated.

[Matt Jones]

No there I like Greg and the rest of them are fine. Eric, quickly.

[Caller]

Erica actually break his foot or did he just rob the pine and conus out of nil?

[Matt Jones]

I think he broke his foot. We were watching it and he got up and ran back down the court.

[Co-host Drew]

It could be argued could he have returned but did he stay seated to save his eligibility for another year?

[Matt Jones]

But the foot was broken. That's hard to come back from Billy. Good luck tomorrow counties. Thank you all very much. We will see you later. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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