2026-08-06- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

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Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 1

Date: August 6, 2026
Hosts: Matt Jones, Shannon, Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemon, Mario
Presented by: Stockton Mortgage and the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Safe Driving Tour

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Overview

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio delivers a quintessential blend of UK (University of Kentucky) sports news, fan engagement, and lighthearted banter. The show opened with technical mishaps before quickly diving into the big story: Coach Mark Pope’s surprise invitation for fans to attend an open basketball practice at Rupp Arena. The hour is punctuated by live updates from fans on the scene, a viral story about a Phillies fan-turned-broadcaster, and classic KSR-style debates, including why the 1990s were “the best decade.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Technical Difficulties and Shirt Jokes

• The show begins with mic issues and playful banter about shirts with grammatical errors, setting a fun and casual tone.
• Memorable exchange:
  • Mario: “I notice you’ve got a shirt that has a grammatical error on it.”
  • Shannon: “It’s the Toronto Maple Leafs. That’s what they call it... that joke didn’t work the first seven times.” (03:51–04:14)

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2. The Viral Phillies Fan Broadcaster Segment

• The crew discusses a viral moment: Lewis Kalb, a Phillies fan who won an auction to do play-by-play for an inning, only to blow everyone away with how good he was.
• They play clips of his broadcast, marvel at his skills, and debate whether it was a staged “ringer” moment or just a dream come true.
• Notable moments and quotes:
  • Shannon: “He’s got the voice… that’s what a baseball announcer is supposed to sound like.” (09:00-09:39)
  • Ryan Lemon: “He’ll end up with a job. Maybe not for the Phillies team.” (10:39)
  • Matt Jones: “If you hadn’t told me he won a contest, I’d assume that was the normal guy.” (09:31)
  • Later, a listener clarifies: Kalb has 30 years of kids’ baseball/PA experience, but never a true radio gig—friends chipped in to win the auction. (30:31–31:19)

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3. Mark Pope’s Fan-Friendly Open Practice

• Main story: Mark Pope, new UK basketball head coach, opened the doors for fans to watch practice at Rupp Arena—something rare in UK culture.
• KSR encourages listeners and fans to call in as “correspondents” from the scene, evoking the fun spirit of grassroots sports radio.
• Matt Jones: “The idea of making the program accessible to fans is something that needs to happen. So I like it.” (14:17)
• Multiple callers check in live from Rupp Arena, reporting crowd size, atmosphere, and practice details.
  • Drew: First in line, reports about 120 people waiting, leads a “C-A-T-S” chant live on air (28:00)
  • Knox: Reports Milan making 23 of 24 three-pointers in warmups, “everybody looks pretty good, like they were always meant to wear it.” (34:20–35:17, 40:26)
  • Sam: Details Frank’s size (“he’s massive. He’s a beast…”), Zoom Diallo’s energy, and Alex Wilkins’ vocal leadership. (48:28–49:39)
• On-the-ground reporting becomes a mini-contest, with KSR hosts competing to send their own correspondents.

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4. Open Tryouts and Regular People in Pro Sports

• Brief segment on the Detroit Pistons’ $250 open G League tryout video going viral for all the wrong reasons (unathletic participants), spinning into a recurring KSR fantasy: “Let regular people play sports on TV.”
• Shannon: “You allow regular people to play sports. I’m in. Regular people—play the Masters…” (16:26–16:34)
• Adds to atmosphere of fun and ordinary fandom.

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5. Musical Nostalgia and the Great 90s Debate

• Mario is given free rein to pick the show’s music for the day—a mix including Drake and nostalgic 90s R&B.
• The hosts break into a passionate discussion about how the 1990s were the “best decade”—best music (country, rap, pop, rock), best UK hoops, best movies, vibrant economy, shared culture, etc.
• Shannon: “The 90s… in 100 years they’ll look back and say the best time to live was the 90s.” (44:22–46:03)
• Ryan Lemon: “96, specifically, the best year that’s ever existed.” (48:16–48:20)

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6. Fan Engagement & Community Spirit

• Listeners are encouraged to call, text, or check in—KSR crowd-sources content and leans into its role as a community touchstone for UK fans.
• The segment about failing to connect live with fans at Rupp becomes a running joke.
• KSR highlights the pride and skepticism among UK fans in current times, reflecting on how the program’s fortunes have changed from “Final Four or bust” expectations.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Matt Jones on the viral contest winner broadcaster:
  “If you hadn’t told me he won a contest, I’d assume that was the normal guy.” (09:31)
• Shannon on the Phillies contest:
  “He got Wally Pipp’d on his own show.” (07:41)
• Drew on the open UK practice:
  “I’m the very first person here in line… How does Sam get that [correspondent job]? He ain’t even here yet!” (27:12–27:26)
• Knox, on UK player Milan:
  “I haven’t seen him miss yet.” (34:56)
• Sam, live from Rupp:
  “Frank is a freak… he’s massive, he’s a beast, I would not want to talk bad about that man at all.” (48:28–49:05)
• Listener text (read by Shannon, re: Milan):
  “Milan made by my account 23 of 24 threes to start the practice—official stat.” (40:26)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:51–04:14 – Shirt banter and grammatical error jokes
• 04:46–05:33 – Story about a state senator/doctor misspelling “organ”
• 05:46–06:27 – Mark Pope’s surprise Instagram: open practice invite
• 09:00–09:39 – Discussion of the Phillies’ fan-turned-announcer audio; genuine “could do the job” reactions
• 14:17 – UK basketball fan engagement and open practice as a program shift
• 28:00 – First “C-A-T-S” chant live from the line outside Rupp
• 34:20–35:17 & 40:26 – Live practice updates, Milan’s three-point shooting barrage
• 44:22–46:03 – 90s nostalgia and argument for best decade
• 48:28–49:39 – Sam reports on Frank and other players at practice

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Tone & Style

• Casual, conversational, and irreverent—hallmarks of KSR’s local legend status.
• Promotes access, inclusiveness, and light skepticism balanced by unfiltered fandom spirit.
• Full of quick-witted one-liners, group laughs, and genuine excitement for Kentucky sports.

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Summary

This KSR hour is a vibrant slice of Kentucky fandom, mixing real-time sports reporting, relatable fan frustrations, joyful nostalgia, and radio hijinks. Mark Pope’s open practice creates a unique and interactive listening experience, as multiple on-the-ground correspondents give live color from Rupp Arena. The crew’s reaction to a viral radio moment, their 90s lovefest, and energetic crowd engagement make for a rich, memorable, and distinctly KSR episode.

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Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. You're on. Go ahead.

[Shannon]

All right, let's go. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. This is what happens when Billy leaves and he's all focused on the wedding and doesn't set this thing up.

[Matt Jones]

Nobod and turn on the mics. Mario did the same thing on the pre show.

[Shannon]

I don't understand. Well, you know, this is a techno technology filled place, but we are here. You can give us a shout on the Clark's Puppet shop phone line. 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. In this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ, he'll make them pay. I've got the full crowd here. Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemon, Shannon and Mario. Guys, how are you?

[Mario]

Good. Good. I notice you've got a shirt that has a grammatical air on it.

[Shannon]

It's not. This is what the team is called. You say this every time I wear this shirt. It's the Toronto Maple Leafs. That's what they call it. They don't call it the leaves. And that joke didn't work the first seven times, so I don't know why you always keep doing.

[Ryan Lemon]

After yesterday. You don't need to be talking about what people's shirts say here at the show. Remember his.

[Mario]

I'll bring. I'll bring that out again.

[Shannon]

The moist shirt I do like. You know, listen, it's not like people don't have spelling errors. I understand that. That happens. But I saw we apparently have a state senator and I forget his name. So I'm not. I'm not gonna say it. Cause also, I don't wanna just crush the guy. But he posted yesterday and he's a doctor. We have a state senator who's a doctor. And in his post, he spelled like six medical words Wrong. Including Oregon. He spelled Oregon is O R G O, N. Okay.

[Matt Jones]

I'm like, I don't know if I want that guy operating on me.

[Shannon]

That's exactly what I thought. I mean, you're a state senator. I understand that. State senators that maybe the bar is not high anymore, but if you are also a doctor. And he. I knew he was a doctor because he. He had in his. In his profile picture, Shannon, a coat, a medical coat. And he said, my name is Dr. Whatever. And he spelled Oregon O, G, R, N. And then he said, you will put people in danger. Like. And he spelled it en Danger in one word.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that's not how it works.

[Shannon]

Come on, man. I don't want that guy operating on me. Shannon, do you?

[Matt Jones]

No. Definitely not a doctor of English. I mean, my God, I'd rather him

[Shannon]

be a doctor of English. That's not going to keep me from living or not.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

You think to be accomplished, to be a senator, even though the bar is a lower doctor. Maybe you're met the senator education.

[Shannon]

Yes. Well, nevertheless, glad to be here this morning. And we got some exciting news early this morning.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Shannon]

Mark Pope put out an Instagram video that said he is opening the doors for practice at Rupp arena starting at 10:30. So you can go watch practice this morning.

[Mario]

Right.

[Shannon]

At 10:30. At first they said, the first hundred people. I'm being told by a little spy that if you get there, you're good.

[Mario]

They're not going to turn you away.

[Shannon]

They're not going to turn you away. So I don't think we are allowed to go do the show there, which is what I would like to do.

[Mario]

Yeah. I kind of even checked into it that got no response about it.

[Shannon]

But we're on the air, Shannon. We can't just let this go.

[Sam]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

We can't just let go.

[Shannon]

So what are we going to do? We need to. I put out a call on social media saying if you're there, if you're going and you want to call in, go. And I've had some people say, well, I might go. That doesn't do me a lot of good. What do we do?

[Matt Jones]

I would say send Mario, but Mario has got the music today. So he's got Mario.

[Shannon]

It's Mario music day.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

So I'm going to quickly open up the phones. 859-280-2287. This is your chance to be a correspondent.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Shannon]

On the show. I don't know. Did you all see last night the guy with the Phillies?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, that was incredible.

[Shannon]

Shannon. Pull him up. The Phillies had a guy who won a contest. Was it an auction?

[Ryan Lemon]

It was an auction.

[Shannon]

It was an auction. He won an auction. And as part of the auction, he would get to call Play By Play for the Phillies.

[Mario]

Oh, that's awesome. On the radio.

[Shannon]

On the radio, yeah. Now, on paper, that sounds like something that's going to be a disaster, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yeah.

[Shannon]

Because we've talked about this on paper. This is a hard job.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Shannon]

This guy does it. And when I saw it, I was like, well, I want to listen to this. This is going to be awful. Oh, no.

[Mario]

Nailed it.

[Shannon]

If I'm the feel, he's got fire, the regular.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think the other guy needs to show up for work today.

[Shannon]

I mean it. He got Wally Pipped on his own show.

[Ryan Lemon]

Fans loved it.

[Shannon]

Get out. This guy, I think he has a career.

[Mario]

I can't wait to hear it. Now.

[Matt Jones]

I've got it pulled up.

[Shannon]

You got it? Okay, so I want to play it. But what I'm saying is, if you're this court, if you're doing the Pope practice for us, here's your moment.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Bill's gone. This is your chance.

[Ryan Lemon]

Perfect time.

[Shannon]

This is your chance to just take it. Take the job, but try to be as good as the Phillies guy. Let's play like a minute or so of it.

[Lewis Kalb]

We are headed to the third inning,

[Shannon]

Phillies on top, 2 to 1.

[Lewis Kalb]

And we're pleased to welcome Lewis Kalb from Medford Lakes, New Jersey. He is our Phillies fantastic auction winner. He outbid the competition to spend an inning and do some play by play in the booth.

[Shannon]

And Louis, welcome.

[Matt Jones]

Glad to have you here.

[Lewis Kalb]

Thank you, Scott. It's a thrill to be here. It's a lifelong dream to be in the Phillies broadcast booth. So here we go. Painter with the first pitch. Duarte. It's in there for strike one.

[Sam]

Call.

[Lewis Kalb]

Phil's with two at the bottom of the second to take the lead at the top of the third. Now Painter delivers. It's bounced. Foul.

[Matt Jones]

He sounds good, too.

[Mario]

He's got the voice.

[Shannon]

He's got the voice.

[Lewis Kalb]

And they count one and one and

[Mario]

kind of the baseball cadence.

[Shannon]

Cadence, yeah.

[Lewis Kalb]

First two games of this series, one more to go tomorrow night. And then a three game set with the Blue Jays over the weekend.

[Mario]

Exactly what you do as a radio guy.

[Matt Jones]

Strike three.

[Shannon]

Listen.

[Sam]

Oh, hang on.

[Matt Jones]

Let's see.

[Lewis Kalb]

Peter delivers. It's a check swing. It's a called strike three. He got him.

[Shannon]

I mean, wow, that dude. You just go ahead and give him the job, right? Like if you hadn't told me he won a contest.

[Mario]

You think that's a normal guy?

[Shannon]

I assume that was the normal guy. He's got that. He's like, that's what a baseball announcer is supposed to sound like.

[Mario]

So he started talking. I thought that this guy sounds like he's done this for years.

[Sam]

Play.

[Shannon]

Just a second. They try to make conversation with him and they completely blow his resume. Just keep going from where you stopped.

[Matt Jones]

And Lewis, you spent your life as a what, Firefighter?

[Lewis Kalb]

Police officer. Neither of those things. Teacher in recent years.

[Shannon]

Neither of those things. Like they didn't even bother to get his resume right. And he still comes and brings it. I'm a big fan.

[Mario]

They should have let him do the whole game. Not just an inning. They should let him do the whole game.

[Shannon]

Listen, he's going to be doing.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's getting picked up.

[Shannon]

He's doing something. There's no way, Shannon, you just let that guy go after that half inning, especially after he's gone viral and everybody talking about how good he is.

[Matt Jones]

He's better than half of the guys that do this thing every day for a living. So, yeah, yeah, you got to use

[Shannon]

him because he's kind of awesome.

[Ryan Lemon]

He'll end up with a job. Maybe not for the Phillies team.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Remember the homeless guy in Cleveland that had the radio voice and he went viral and now he still gets work, this guy.

[Shannon]

Does he still get work?

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't realize he ended up becoming not like famous famous, but he does a lot of stuff. This guy will end up calling baseball somewhere.

[Mario]

As soon as he started talking, I thought, I'm like, this is going to be awful. But he's got the voice. Kind of sounded like that TBT announcer we had every game. Channing.

[Matt Jones]

But no, no, no, this guy's actually good. I like.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I thought everybody didn't like the

[Mario]

Shannon, didn't like the tv.

[Shannon]

Why didn't you like the TVT guy?

[Matt Jones]

Because he talked like this. Everybody. It is LA familiar taking on the ville. And there you go, there's the Elam ending.

[Shannon]

Well, I mean, this guy kind of sounds like that, doesn't he?

[Ryan Lemon]

When I first heard this guy last night, I thought of. Shannon's the same person.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Well, so this is your chance now. 859-280-2287 if you are on the way there, I think you're. There's a line right now. They're going to open it. Shannon, is there anybody in line yet?

[Matt Jones]

I haven't heard if there's anybody in line. You talk about outside of rubber. You're not talking about.

[Shannon]

No, I'm saying, like, for someone on the phone.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, yes, yes, on the phone. Yes.

[Shannon]

Okay. Put the. Who. Who are my choices?

[Matt Jones]

You got Drew, Sam or Preacher.

[Shannon]

All right, what do you think? Drew, Sam or Preacher?

[Matt Jones]

We.

[Shannon]

We don't. I mean, I. Preacher. I know. We know Preacher.

[Mario]

Yeah, that's our normal guy.

[Shannon]

He doesn't live in Kentucky.

[Mario]

Shelby county, doesn't he?

[Shannon]

Yeah. So, Preacher, are you. You're not there, are you?

[Sam]

No, I'm on my way on Russell Cave, and I'm from Bracken County.

[Shannon]

Oh, you're from Bracken County. So how far away are you?

[Sam]

Well, I'm on Russell Cave. I'd be there right at 10:30, but they're mowing the side of the road and I am stuck behind the track.

[Shannon]

Okay, well, I can't. Sorry. So, Preacher, call us back. If we don't find another way, I can't help the mowing on the grass. I do appreciate you trying, though.

[Sam]

But I'll be there. I'm going. I promise. I'll be there.

[Shannon]

All right.

[Lewis Kalb]

All right.

[Shannon]

I appreciate it.

[Ryan Lemon]

I bet Sam's there.

[Shannon]

Let's.

[Sam]

Let's.

[Shannon]

Let's try. Sam. Sam, are you there?

[Sam]

Yes, sir. Five minutes. About a mile from Main Street. Okay.

[Shannon]

All right. So, Sam, I guess. Shannon, give Sam the hotline.

[Sam]

All right?

[Shannon]

Okay. And, Sam, what I would like you to do is you're gonna like. If you. If you're. If you'll accept, you can't disrupt the practice. I do remember Mark Pope's big about everybody being quiet.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

So y' all have to kind of walk up to the concourse and give us updates. Okay.

[Sam]

Okay.

[Shannon]

So there's, like. I think they're going to stretch. He said at 10:30 after the stretch, he may be like 10:50 or something. Walk up to the concourse, call the hotline, and tell us how it's going, all right?

[Sam]

Yes, sir.

[Shannon]

All right. So, Sam, we will have Sam as

[Mario]

our correspondent, cub reporter on the scene, reporting live from Rupp Arena.

[Shannon]

Creature. I'm sorry, you're behind the guy on Russell Cave mowing grass all days. Of all days, though, for them to mow grass on. Did it rain? The grass is too wet to mow.

[Mario]

All those guys, they don't care. They're out there doing it. They're big bush hogs.

[Shannon]

But you talk about grass, right?

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Mario]

You know what a bush hog is?

[Shannon]

859-280-2287. The text machine is 77277 do you like that Mark Pope's doing this? It's oddly a fan centric day. The football practice though is not open for the fans. Right. That's for the media.

[Ryan Lemon]

Media, maybe a few. I don't know if they're letting BBN United certain tiers of people in stuff

[Shannon]

like that, but they're doing that.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

This is kind of swiping in and getting the fan attention. Right. Is Meet the team day though.

[Shannon]

I like Pope doing it. I think that's, you know, they didn't this sort of idea of make the program accessible to fans I think is something that needs to happen. So I like it.

[Mario]

And notice he says something about today's the last day of summer practice. So he's inviting the fans in.

[Shannon]

Okay. I didn't realize that was what it was. Okay.

[Mario]

So I think it's an awesome idea to reconnect with the fan base right now.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, yeah. Very cool. This is the stuff in the off season you want even, even if they don't do much, just given any kind of access at all or even like the videos he did, answering questions. You got to keep the interest in the excitement up year round.

[Shannon]

And I mean, let's be honest, they will be the. Some of the first people to see the true. Yeah, man. That's why I would like to go.

[Mario]

I wish we could go down to me would just.

[Shannon]

I want to run off and go and make you all stay here and do the show.

[Mario]

You can be our reporter.

[Ryan Lemon]

I wonder who's traveling the farthest. Like who just hopped in the car.

[Shannon]

Well, he came from bracket.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

So that's, I mean got to be at least close the leader.

[Mario]

Yeah. Because they didn't announce it to what, nine, 20, something like that.

[Shannon]

So Sam is going to be our official reporter now for the rest of you all, if you're going, I'm okay. If you call in. Just when you call in, tell Shannon you're there.

[Mario]

Okay.

[Shannon]

Because maybe they'll see something Sam doesn't see. Yeah, I've hired Sam sight unseen.

[Ryan Lemon]

We don't know his reporting. Maybe he's negative, positive. We need the collective.

[Shannon]

We don't know. Will he freeze Shannon? We don't know if he's going to be like, what is it Louis there on the Phillies game where he's just bringing it.

[Mario]

Nailed it.

[Shannon]

Now, not as successful as Louis on the Phillies game was. Did you see what happened with the Detroit Pistons?

[Matt Jones]

Oh yeah.

[Shannon]

For $250 you were able to go. The Detroit Pistons had an open G league tryout. You could try out to be on their G league. That video went a little differently.

[Lewis Kalb]

Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you had guys like their pants were falling down, they're poking each other in the eyes like nobody.

[Shannon]

There was a guy who just was like knocking people down.

[Matt Jones]

Oh my God.

[Shannon]

What do you think? Like two eighty? Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

That might be ye. Yeah, that might be being nice. I would say maybe 300 pounds. But the guy's pants were down around his ankles.

[Shannon]

Pants fell down, crack showing.

[Matt Jones]

I mean I think, I think he

[Shannon]

caused a couple of torn ACLs with his.

[Mario]

I would watch Pistons G league ball though, if he was on the team.

[Shannon]

I, I've been saying this for years. You allow regular people to play sports. I'm in.

[Sam]

Yes.

[Mario]

I'm watching it.

[Shannon]

Regular people, I've said this a long time, play the masters. And one guy's just a normal guy.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's got to be paired with Scotty

[Shannon]

Scheffler and he's paired with someone and it's a normal guy because I want to see what's a normal guy. Shoot.

[Mario]

But if you got a 300 pound guy running up and down the floor with his pants falling down, I'm watching it.

[Shannon]

Well, think about the guy on NC State. He was actually good.

[Matt Jones]

He kept his shorts up though, this guy. He was stumbling and fumbling and falling down.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was, I expected to see some talented basketball players.

[Shannon]

There were none.

[Ryan Lemon]

There were none.

[Shannon]

Not even anyone close were none.

[Ryan Lemon]

I thought you'd have a few guys just right out of college hoping this is their chance.

[Shannon]

No, it was just people off the street.

[Sam]

I love it.

[Shannon]

859-280-2287. Text machine. 772-774-5254. Also if you go, feel free to send the text machine. I'm going to spend a lot of the second hour with tidbits coming in from the practice.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Shannon]

See these guys on the live reports. Live reports as the practice is going on just two blocks down the street. We'll take a break and be right back.

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[Shannon]

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[Sam]

What are you doing? My belt.

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[Shannon]

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[Mario]

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[Shannon]

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[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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[Sam]

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[Julie Pinero]

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[Carrie Brownstein]

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[Shannon]

What is this?

[Matt Jones]

Well, this is one.

[Shannon]

This is the first of Mario's.

[Mario]

His first song is the lead off song. It's going to be one of his favorites.

[Shannon]

This is the first of Mario's songs. What is this?

[Matt Jones]

Shebang by Drake.

[Shannon]

Shebang by Drake?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I like she Bangs by Ricky Martin better.

[Shannon]

How old is this song? Shannon Joe? This just came out.

[Matt Jones]

So this is new two months ago. Yeah.

[Shannon]

All right. Yeah. Give me, give me like 10 seconds of me listening. Okay, stop.

[Ryan Lemon]

Where's the beef?

[Shannon]

Where's the beef?

[Ryan Lemon]

Nochalinda.

[Matt Jones]

No jail in the forms.

[Shannon]

Where's the beef she cooked? Where's the what? I looked. No, I mean, it's fine, but no. And why? I thought we weren't listening to Drake anymore, but I thought he got in trouble.

[Ryan Lemon]

He fought through it.

[Shannon]

He's straight, man.

[Ryan Lemon]

Come on. Just keep living your life. It'll go away.

[Lewis Kalb]

All right.

[Shannon]

I mean, this is something low key. Okay, so that's good. That's.

[Sam]

That's.

[Shannon]

I'm not gonna. I mean, no hat. That's okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

See?

[Shannon]

All right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. No, the Iceman.

[Shannon]

I'm letting Mario program one. One musical show.

[Mario]

All six songs are his picks today. Right.

[Shannon]

And Drake. She bangs.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's just one word. Shebang.

[Shannon]

Okay. Shebang.

[Matt Jones]

Shebang.

[Sam]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

Where's the beef? It's

[Shannon]

859-280-2287. It looks like there are people drew that are already like.

[Sam]

They're.

[Shannon]

They're gathering people.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I know several people there. I've gotten a picture. One person just text me. He's about 60ish in line. Zach, from the websites there we got. I know a few people.

[Shannon]

There is a horse debuting at Saratoga today, I'm told named Coach Pope.

[Mario]

Really?

[Shannon]

In race one. Once you look up and see what the odds are for Coach Pope. Saratoga, race one. A maiden two year old debuting today. Do you think this kenny.

[Ryan Lemon]

Kenny McPeak horse?

[Shannon]

Kenny McPeak do you think this determines, Shannon, the season, how Coach Pope does?

[Matt Jones]

Probably a long shot, but it's a big, beautiful horse. Big, beautiful body on it.

[Shannon]

It's beautiful.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it's beautiful. One person writes, matt, that Phillies auction winner has been celebrated. He's already been on Sports RA Philadelphia. I guarantee you, he ends up with a job.

[Mario]

If you're the Phillies, you hire him for one of your minor league teams today. Where else are you going to be?

[Matt Jones]

Talking about the guy who's currently doing it?

[Nick Turturro]

He's.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

I mean, he's going to kick the people that are in the job. You get to.

[Mario]

You got to have two guys now, play by play. Guy to color.

[Shannon]

Just have him do the third inning every game.

[Ryan Lemon]

Just the third inning.

[Matt Jones]

So much for job security. If you're a Phillies announcer.

[Ryan Lemon]

Can I tell you, I smell a little bit of a setup with it? Like, that can't be that random. I'm just skeptical of all things anymore.

[Shannon]

You think he's fake?

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I think they might have known he was good. I don't know if you rigged the auction. They said maybe someone with money wanted him to do it because they knew he's good. That wasn't. Just let me get off the street.

[Shannon]

No experience doing.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, I think he has experience. I think they might have even known a little bit, like, for anything in a game anymore. Mascot trips and throws popcorn on a fan. Everything staged. The kiss cam, everything staged. My antennas were up with this one.

[Shannon]

I hope you're wrong. I mean, I. I understand why you say that, because everything is very good.

[Matt Jones]

Why wouldn't he already be doing that for a living?

[Shannon]

You know, because he was a substitute teacher.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

He wasn't a fireman or police officers, Shannon.

[Carrie Brownstein]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

No, I'm just saying, like. But if he was, like, a ringer, you would think that he would already have a career in that, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

No, I'm just saying to be like, oh, this random fan off the street. Let's see how he can do. And he's.

[Shannon]

No, he's really good at. Way too good. But it's like, maybe he practiced. Like, maybe he knew it was coming. He did the reps to get ready.

[Ryan Lemon]

Maybe it's like when they pick the fat guy out of the crowd to dance with the dance team, he ends up being this phenomenal dancer that choreographed

[Shannon]

with him for three weeks. But this is. I would say this. If you cheated, say it quickly.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Because the backlash will be harsh and people sniff.

[Ryan Lemon]

I would say it's more likely because it was an auction but someone with money probably knew he was good, wanted to have the opportunity they wanted for him.

[Matt Jones]

The Detroit Pistons certainly didn't have any ringers in their tryouts.

[Shannon]

All right, do you have someone that's on the line right now? Right.

[Matt Jones]

I've got lines loaded. I mean, who do you want?

[Shannon]

But do you have someone that's, like, standing in line right now?

[Matt Jones]

No one has said they're standing in line, but there's people on their way.

[Shannon]

Somebody who's.

[Matt Jones]

They may be at this.

[Shannon]

My neighbor. Listen, I love you, Troy, but you're not good at setting this up. I called the number three times. Now they say he's on the line, but we don't know which one he is. Right.

[Matt Jones]

I don't have anybody by that name.

[Sam]

Name.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Another good game.

[Matt Jones]

It might help it.

[Shannon]

Call me. I call him. No way. He goes to voicemail. He says, call my wife. That goes to voicemail.

[Ryan Lemon]

Call Bush, Hamden's.

[Shannon]

What am I supposed to do?

[Matt Jones]

We'll just go through.

[Shannon]

Well, let's just put some people on the line.

[Matt Jones]

Brad.

[Shannon]

Brad. Go ahead, Brad.

[Sam]

Hey, fellas. I was actually on my way when I was on the phone with Shannon, but I'm actually in line now.

[Matt Jones]

There you go.

[Shannon]

All right. How many people are we talking about being in line?

[Sam]

I think there's about probably 2, 5300.

[Shannon]

Wow. So 250 or 300 already?

[Ryan Lemon]

Texas says 200.

[Shannon]

That's pretty good. That's pretty good considering he announced it at like 9:15 and it's a Thursday. And presumably this will go like an hour and a half. So more people will, like, maybe take an early lunch break and head there if those mowers. So are people. Are people excited?

[Sam]

I'm not really seeing a lot of emotion. They're just kind of standing with their hands in their pockets and waiting in line.

[Shannon]

Okay, so you're. You're not. You're not seeing a whole lot of emotion.

[Sam]

No. No.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Sam]

It's.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's early.

[Sam]

I think everybody's just ready to get in. Yeah.

[Lewis Kalb]

All right.

[Shannon]

Well, thank you. I appreciate the call. May need to get somebody to lead a chance.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Sam]

Okay.

[Shannon]

You say Shannon, you got somebody that's first in line?

[Matt Jones]

The very first person. Right. Next guy in line.

[Shannon]

Okay. Who's this?

[Matt Jones]

This is Drew.

[Lewis Kalb]

Drew.

[Shannon]

Go ahead, Drew.

[Sam]

This is Drew. I'm the very first person here in line. We got about 120 out here, so not everybody's got. Yeah, I'm trying to be the. I'm trying to be the. Your reporter. How's Sam get that. He ain't even here yet.

[Shannon]

That's a good point. I tell you, you can be.

[Sam]

Ain't gonna make it.

[Shannon]

You can be the other reporter if you'll do me a favor. All right, you need the crowd in a C, A T, S chant for ksr. If you can get that going.

[Sam]

When? Right now?

[Shannon]

Yes, right now.

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[Sam]

I'm gonna put you on speaker right now.

[Shannon]

Yeah, put me on.

[Sam]

I got you.

[Shannon]

All right.

[Sam]

All right. I'm on the phone with KSR right now. Let's go see a T, F.

[Shannon]

Sounds like he's the only one.

[Nick Turturro]

There you go.

[Shannon]

First of all, it sounded like you were the only one yelling. I. Did you not. I don't feel like. You got everybody. Got everybody going.

[Sam]

All right, hold on. I got you. I got you. I'm not gonna say no.

[Shannon]

Chance. Okay, go.

[Sam]

All right. What can I say? Oh, it's up to them. He said I was the only one. Matt Jones, he wants to hear y'. All. Whoa. Better.

[Shannon]

Much better.

[Matt Jones]

There's at least 10 people.

[Sam]

There you go.

[Shannon]

Much better. That was true. You had to give them the O to get everybody going. Seventh thing, 11 o'.

[Sam]

Clock.

[Shannon]

You call in, I'll let you be the other reporter. Okay?

[Sam]

Right. I got you, bro.

[Shannon]

You tell us what you see. Thank you very much.

[Sam]

All right. Gotcha.

[Shannon]

There you go. That's. Can TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call TJ he'll make him pay.

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[Shannon]

Candy. All right, now, this I can go with Turned up Shannon. Everybody's dancing in here. This is now. This is my jam. This is like the 90s.

[Lewis Kalb]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

How do you even know. This is before you were born.

[Sam]

Remember?

[Shannon]

They were roller skating.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Who is this?

[Shannon]

Yes, this is Candy Rain. So for real?

[Ryan Lemon]

For real.

[Carrie Brownstein]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

So for real. How do you. How did.

[Nick Turturro]

Why'd you pick this one?

[Shannon]

Listen, all right.

[Matt Jones]

This Candy Rain. The name of the. The song or the band?

[Shannon]

No, it's so for real.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, so for real is the band.

[Shannon]

I think they were kids, right?

[Matt Jones]

Candy Rain's a song. Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Candy Rain's the name.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Just.

[Shannon]

Just one more chorus real quick. Oh, dude, I did. I. I haven't heard this song in years. Good call. All right, Mario's back in good graces now. He's gonna play something like Kodak Black or something here in a minute.

[Mario]

Kodak Ed.

[Shannon]

Kodak moment, Coach Pope. The horse is on Saturday, right? On Billy's wedding day.

[Mario]

All right.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's his debut.

[Shannon]

It's his debut. He's a. Yeah, he's a.

[Mario]

He.

[Lewis Kalb]

He.

[Shannon]

He's a maiden. So that's 12 to 1. 12 to 1. Is that the kind of odds of our season?

[Ryan Lemon]

I wish

[Matt Jones]

that for a start. 12 and 1.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

One person writes Matt Drew is kind of right, kind of wrong about the announcer. He apparently has called as an announcer. 30 years of kids baseball, he does the PA system, et cetera. He's never had a radio gig, and that's always been his dream, which is why his friends chipped in to get him to do this.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay, I knew there had to be a little.

[Shannon]

I don't think that makes it fake.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think it's fake, but it. It's a guy that whoever bid on it knew he would be good at it. It wasn't like, oh, let's get this guy off the street to see how he can handle it. It's a guy that's at least done something.

[Shannon]

But that's not fake, Ryan. That's just a guy pursuing his dream.

[Mario]

I love the fact that his friends know that he's good at it. Just needs a break. Let's chip in and get this opportunity for him and get him on the air. I love that part of the story.

[Shannon]

We should figure out, you know, Shannon, what is some Ryan. Ryan's dream is to what, Walmart greeter

[Mario]

or a ranger at a golf course. That'd be a good job.

[Matt Jones]

Ranger.

[Shannon]

Ranger. What do you mean, a ranger?

[Mario]

You know, drive around the golf course. Okay, guys, pick up your play a little bit. You're lagging a little bit. That guy, the ranger.

[Shannon]

So you just want to be the guy.

[Matt Jones]

Harasses.

[Shannon]

First of all, you don't even play golf, which is a weird thing for you to want to do.

[Mario]

I'm going to drive around on a golf court. Golf cart.

[Shannon]

You just want to drive around and tell people to play faster.

[Mario]

Yeah. And get paid for it. And then go be the Walmart greeter in the afternoon, maybe.

[Shannon]

One thing I love about you have the most simple desires.

[Matt Jones]

That's your dream.

[Shannon]

Why not really, dude?

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

I might be a golf course ranger in retirement one day.

[Mario]

That'd be fun, wouldn't it?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, you just be like, hey, are

[Shannon]

you the 9, 10, Shannon, I'm with you dream. Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All the things you're doing, I mean,

[Shannon]

these are all very accessible guys.

[Lewis Kalb]

We can make you.

[Shannon]

I think if you want to work at Walmart, I think you could make that happen tomorrow.

[Mario]

Don't tease me now. Don't tease me.

[Matt Jones]

Ksr golf scramble's coming up. Make him the Ranger for the day.

[Shannon]

Oh, well, okay. I'll give you, like, an hour. You get to drive around and tell people to drive fast.

[Ryan Lemon]

See, I feel like he would just slow down play. He'd get caught up talking to people.

[Shannon]

That's true. You. I don't know that you would speed up play at all, but the Louisville golf scramble is coming, by the way, so you could do it.

[Mario]

I would enjoy that because you get to meet people all day long. Different people get to talk to them.

[Shannon]

Can I tell you. Can I tell you a disaster that we're heading for at the KSR golf scramble? The one radio show I'm trying to try and do my ESPN show there?

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

There's just no way.

[Mario]

What do you.

[Shannon]

I can't even get to work in my house.

[Ryan Lemon]

Like.

[Shannon]

Like. Well, there's like. Well, you can set it up. It'll go over Starlink and, like, it's not gonna work.

[Mario]

You try to do it from the clubhouse.

[Shannon]

No, they want. I was gonna do it. They want me to do it on the 18th green.

[Mario]

Oh, wow.

[Matt Jones]

Forget about it.

[Shannon]

But. But the idea is that while the show's going on, people who are putting on the 18th green, but you're gonna

[Matt Jones]

have drunk people behind you, like on ESPN plus.

[Shannon]

Well, I'm gonna tell everybody before the shotgun. Hey, everybody, you can't be Dr. And putting. But the idea was, you know, just something different while we're doing the show, rather than just looking at our faces, you'll be able to watch these people putt.

[Ryan Lemon]

And radio's better on the scene. Like, we've.

[Shannon]

Radio's always better.

[Ryan Lemon]

We go to random places.

[Shannon]

I mean, it could work. It could be a disaster. Shannon. I know it probably will be a

[Matt Jones]

disaster, but for listeners, they kind of like that sometimes.

[Shannon]

But for listeners, sometimes when things. I mean, I'm completely just moving what I do here over there. Let's just have ksl. Yeah.

[Mario]

Follow you from. To KSR to espn.

[Sam]

Right.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think you should at least try it. If it doesn't work, you say, you know what? We did our best. That's all you can do in this life.

[Shannon]

Exactly. And if it doesn't work, say. Well,

[Sam]

Watch.

[Shannon]

You got 10 minutes on Sophie Cunningham. Go 85928, 02287. Let's go to Knox. Go ahead, Knox.

[Sam]

Hello?

[Shannon]

Yes, Are you in the arena?

[Sam]

Oh, yeah, we. We're at the front row. They're looking pretty good right now.

[Shannon]

Oh, are they already started?

[Sam]

They look really good. I'm Pretty surprised.

[Matt Jones]

They just stretched.

[Shannon]

But, I mean, are they stretching or are they playing?

[Sam]

They're just shooting ball. They're not stretching or scrimmaging. They're just.

[Shannon]

All right, well, who looks like they're. Who looks like they're shooting the best?

[Sam]

I mean, Milan shooting three, but I don't really think that's a fair comparison to everybody else.

[Shannon]

Okay, but I haven't seen him shoot at Kentucky. Is Milan just nailing all of them?

[Sam]

I mean, I haven't seen him miss yet.

[Ryan Lemon]

Exciting.

[Shannon]

Has a mission he doesn't want to. Ksr. Ksr. Curse Knox the moment you said it. So. So he looks good in the Kentucky Blues.

[Sam]

I mean, everybody looks pretty good. They all wear it pretty well, like they were always meant to wear it.

[Mario]

That's a good line.

[Shannon]

All right, well, Knox, they're always meant to wear it. Appreciate it. You keep us up to date. This is happening in the. There you go.

[Ryan Lemon]

Appreciate it.

[Shannon]

We're getting live in arena.

[Mario]

Have we ever had a live open practice for the fans at rup?

[Shannon]

Well, okay, that's a great question. I mean, for Pope. No, I'm pretty sure Cal never did it like a real one. They do it at the tournament, but it's not really a practice, correct?

[Ryan Lemon]

No, not at all.

[Shannon]

Just standing around shooting.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't even do regular practice.

[Mario]

I can't think of a practice that's been open.

[Shannon]

Well, I mean, you've been here longer than me.

[Mario]

You can.

[Shannon]

You ever remember an open practice at Rob?

[Mario]

You know, he had one for the media last year. Now I got to do one for the public this year. I can't remember one where they've opened it up outside of the. Like you said, the NCAA Tournament.

[Shannon]

See, now I want to go. Why are we stuck in here? Well, let's go stupid. How are we going to go? We have a show and we don't have a. Of doing it.

[Mario]

Shannon can. Shannon can handle it.

[Shannon]

You want Shannon to go solo while the three of us just go?

[Mario]

Yeah, did that this morning on the pre show. He could do it. Ksr.

[Shannon]

I like the idea of going in shifts. Do you think you could run over there?

[Mario]

Oh, run.

[Shannon]

No, I like this. Okay, it is 1040. How long you think it'll take you to walk to rupp Arena?

[Mario]

What, 10, 15 minutes?

[Shannon]

Now you gotta run. All right, here's what we're gonna do. Mario, heart attack, you're going with him. You're gonna get run over there as fast you can, okay? Get about seven to 10 minutes of watching, then run right Back and come on the air and tell us what you said.

[Matt Jones]

You can just call in on the phone.

[Shannon]

No, no, no. I want to watch. I want Mario to produce this entire thing. Mario, I'll be taken up for your music while you're gone. Okay? You got this, right?

[Mario]

I'm out right now.

[Shannon]

I mean, you don't have to run, but walk briskly.

[Mario]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Okay. Get there as quick as you can.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're on a deadline, pretend to sell.

[Shannon]

I will see you. I need you here at 11:10.

[Mario]

11:10. Got it. Bye.

[Shannon]

Bye.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's got this.

[Matt Jones]

He won't even be there by 11 days.

[Ryan Lemon]

He just said I got to go pee first.

[Shannon]

Did you just. You're not. You cannot go pee.

[Nick Turturro]

Pee.

[Matt Jones]

Stop.

[Shannon]

Off I go. Filming there too. Okay, good. Good job.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's a crime.

[Shannon]

There you go. Do we think he gets back here by 11:10?

[Matt Jones]

No chance.

[Ryan Lemon]

Not 11:10, 11:20, maybe even 15.

[Shannon]

You text Jan and text ride. So he could be back at 11:20.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon]

To give him cause. Yeah, it may take him 20 minutes to get.

[Ryan Lemon]

It is a bit of haul to get there. They're on the high side. We don't know line to get in might slow him down.

[Shannon]

Okay. 859-280-2287. A lot of people had discussions yesterday about your drew, your comments about the team, and a lot of people seem to agree with you. Are you. Do you. Do you think you're sort of skepticism. Do you think that's the common opinion of UK fans?

[Ryan Lemon]

Pretty common. I mean, of my own friend groups, I'm probably one of the most optimistic. Like, I know people that are much worse than me. It's just as we've said with. We brought up that Mark story last week. The memories we have and what makes being a Kentucky basketball fan, those are getting farther and farther away. Like, not even playing on the weekend of the SEC tournament, let alone holding the trophy. We're not even playing in it and haven't played in a long time. Those are things we just got so used to, and that's why we love Kentucky or big moments like that. We're not a part of them anymore, so.

[Shannon]

But let's say they go and win. What's the first big game? Champions Classic. Say they go win in the Champions Classic. Is that in Chicago?

[Ryan Lemon]

It's in Chicago.

[Shannon]

Everybody will be on board then, right?

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't want to act like I'm not on board, but like most seasons were. Well, formally most seasons until this decade, we're sticking our chest out booking our final four rooms already and that we

[Shannon]

were like that the first two years of too. I mean I I do think it's easy to forget how it ends, but we were very confident at the beginning of both those years.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we're used to like knowing where the final four city is years in advance because we're planning on being there. And I just I don't have a lot of hope in getting there this year with how things current stand, but I can easily be surprised. This is early. I could happily be wrong, but I I miss the days of being kind of a cocky Kentucky fan because you know you're going to be in the conversation every year.

[Shannon]

One person writes the you asking Ryan to go him seems skeptical but then saying he can get there and then having to say he has to go pee is the most Ryan Lemon I

[Ryan Lemon]

think he just used it as the opportunity.

[Shannon]

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[Ryan Lemon]

I'm writing that down.

[Shannon]

It's pretty good in it.

[Sam]

Thank you.

[Shannon]

24. Candy rain too. Like that. I'm just in a good mood.

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Great start to the show.

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[Shannon]

I mean, he must have done this for us because I like that. This is another one I like. This is what Week by swv.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he heard you make a F of Kodak Black, so then he texted me and said, hey, do this one next instead of Kodak Black.

[Shannon]

So I do like this one, though. This is like 90s jam, isn't it?

[Ryan Lemon]

Early 90s, like, cassette tape stuff.

[Shannon]

We've said this before, Shannon, though. The 90s. The 90s were the best music of all time. And I'll even. I'll even go farther as to say I think the 90s. We will look back in 100 years. They will look back and say the best time to live was the 90s. We will.

[Ryan Lemon]

I completely agree.

[Shannon]

Pre 9 11.

[Matt Jones]

Yep. We kind of had the Internet a little bit, you know.

[Shannon]

Exactly. Had it enough to get the good out of it without it controlling our lives.

[Sam]

Right.

[Shannon]

No cell phone. Movies.

[Ryan Lemon]

Movies were much.

[Shannon]

Movies were the best. No better movies than the 90s best time. Let me give you genres of music where in my opinion, the best was then country. Not been a better time for country music than the 90s.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now we say 90s country.

[Shannon]

90s country is a thing. There are bands that come out and just play 90s country, the kind of music you like, Shannon. Like alternative rock. Like, nothing was better than the 90s. Right.

[Matt Jones]

I agree with you on that. Yep. 90s were the best time for rock, Rap.

[Sam]

Rap.

[Shannon]

I'm not a rap aficionado, but 90s rap, come on, people still reference Biggie, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, et cetera, Right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Play the hits.

[Shannon]

Jay Z was. Came at the end of that. Pop music was also good. I mean, whether you like it or not, back streets back. All right, it's the best time.

[Ryan Lemon]

And then Kentucky basketball dominated.

[Shannon]

Kentucky basketball dominated. That's right. The economy was good. Like, it was, you know, Clinton was, like, kind of serious but also kind of weird. And so that kind of worked.

[Ryan Lemon]

The Braves, more of my cowboys and the. All my teams were good.

[Shannon]

So you had Cowboys, 49ers, Yankees, Braves, Jordan, Tiger.

[Ryan Lemon]

I mean, I always say 96.

[Shannon]

American tennis, Agassi, Sampras. Like, we were still good at tennis in America.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think about even because I was of the age, video games, like the Nintendo 64 was peak video games for me. It's gotten too far along now.

[Shannon]

It was perfect. I feel like I'm playing real life. I don't want real life.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was just right in the mid-90s, Shannon.

[Shannon]

It was the best, right?

[Matt Jones]

It was. But is that just because we're now old and now everything?

[Shannon]

Glasses, you know, but you read statistics, and everyone says that kids are more depressed now, they have more anxiety issues.

[Ryan Lemon]

They don't hang out with each other.

[Shannon]

They don't hang out with each other all day. And I don't think they have as much fun. I think there are many pressures on kids now in social media that I think makes their life more.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but see, Ron would say the 80s are better than.

[Shannon]

Yeah, but he's wrong because he's older, though.

[Ryan Lemon]

The technology just needed a little more.

[Shannon]

Technology wasn't quite there in the 80s. You only had a handful of channels. 90s, you had a lot of channels, but. But there were still shared moments.

[Ryan Lemon]

You still had to wait for your music video. Now everything's in mtv. There was an excitement in waiting for, like, a countdown of music videos that yours would be coming up.

[Shannon]

You know, young people grow up now and, like, they don't know what their future is going to be. Like, they don't know. Are they going to be able to have a career or are they just going to be, like, working for the overlords of AI we still felt like we could do anything. Whether that was true or not, who knows? You could still be working class in America in the 90s before NATO kind of ruined that. I don't know, man. Give me a case that the 90s weren't the best.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't have one. 96, specifically the best year that's ever existed.

[Shannon]

No, I think you could make worse years. All right, Sam is there. Sam, you've watched 20 minutes of practice. What do we find?

[Sam]

Yes, sir. First of all, Ryan Lemon and Mario just walked by me, so they are here.

[Shannon]

Wow, that's good.

[Matt Jones]

Time he took an Uber. Let's be real

[Sam]

quick. Frank is a freak. First of all, they were doing threes on one end with all guards. And then Milan, of course.

[Shannon]

So Frank is playing down low. Frank is playing yes.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Oh, no big scoop, that Sam with the scoop.

[Ryan Lemon]

Scoop, Sam, first reported by Sam.

[Shannon]

So how does he like how big does he look in person?

[Sam]

Oh, he's massive. He's a beast. I would not want to talk bad about that man at all.

[Shannon]

All right, I like it. What else?

[Sam]

As I was going. Zoom Dialo energy. Mason. Hello.

[Shannon]

Go ahead.

[Sam]

Hey. Sorry. Zoom Diallo showing a lot of energy. And then Alex Wilkins is very, very vocal. Seems like he's taking the lead on a lot of this stuff.

[Shannon]

So Alex Wilkins the leader like that.

[Sam]

I can't confirm the Milan stat 23 to 24. As they were shooting threes.

[Shannon]

All right, Sam, you got me excited. All right, well, let's keep us up. We'll try again maybe a little later, okay?

[Sam]

Yes, sir.

[Ryan Lemon]

So.

[Shannon]

So a couple of big scoops there. One Frank's playing. Good to know that you've been worried about that.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm worried about Frank. I love Frank. I think I said this when you were out. He will be. I don't know what will be on the court, but he's one of those fan favorites. Will remember just with his personality. Awesome guy. He laughs that people thought he was Zoom's dad in the photo when they moved in.

[Shannon]

Oh, does he think that's leans into the joke? We can make old man jokes and he's okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

He was making fun of himself. He said his teammates call him Gramps Grandpa. He mean we got like 30 minutes with him. I could have done another hour because he was just fun to listen to. He's going to be personality wise. Everyone's going to love big Frank.

[Shannon]

I mean, I know it's 20 minutes and listen, everybody, don't write me and say we're overreact. That's the point. Right, Shannon? We don't have a lot of information, so we got to soak up the information we have.

[Matt Jones]

This is all we have to base anything off Sam.

[Julie Pinero]

So.

[Shannon]

So we got Sam. I can't believe Ryan got there so quickly.

[Ryan Lemon]

Again with the break.

[Matt Jones]

He did not walk there.

[Shannon]

You think somebody gave him a ride?

[Matt Jones]

Absolutely. You know, come on.

[Shannon]

Or he got one of those.

[Matt Jones]

Got one of those scooters.

[Shannon]

Do you think they got a scooter?

[Ryan Lemon]

You know that walk from living there. And I park here for games. I'm impressed.

[Shannon]

15 minute walk. If you walk quickly and he walks slow.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's got those little.

[Shannon]

He's got he guys will be said. Alex Wilkins is the leader. I'm a big believer your best player has to be your leader. If he's going to be the best player, then he needs to be the leader.

[Ryan Lemon]

I can believe him being very vocal out there, too. I haven't seen him on the court, but another interview, he's just very outgoing, very confident, and then little things like the tbt, he's up. High five. And Archie, he just seems like a guy with a lot of personality and outgoing.

[Shannon]

All right, well, exciting first hour with. With everybody there. If you are there. I guess it'd be hard to listen while you're here. I don't know if they would like if everybody was listening, but if you can hear me and you want to come up and check in a 859-280-2287, we will talk about some more stuff. I bet no one's going to disagree with me about the 90 Shannon. It's. I think it's. I think it's science.

[Matt Jones]

Only Ryan would disagree.

[Shannon]

Well, he's wrong.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

So he's not here. We'll take a break. Be right back. It's Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Julie Pinero]

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[Shannon]

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[Julie Pinero]

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[Sam]

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[Sam]

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