WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:05.240 You have to love the laugh. Welcome back to Sports Radio, 2 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:10.359 July the second, twenty twenty five. Phone numbers five zero 3 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:14.240 two five seven one seventy nine hundred. That's five zero two, 4 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:18.920 five seventy nine hundred. This is Sports Talk seven ninety 5 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:23.320 kr D. I've got Big John behind the glass. We 6 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:26.719 have the switching sands and the production booth. Now that 7 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.800 Shannon's on vacation, So John, welcome to the Sports Radio. 8 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:30.559 Are you doing today? 9 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:33.000 Doing well? How are you, Jerry John? 10 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:35.679 I can't complain, yeah, and I can't play. I just 11 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.439 can't believe you told me. And I didn't know that 12 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:41.280 my man Toni CRUs At retired. They'll let you know 13 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:44.000 how bad I am in my little cubby hole, and 14 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:47.320 especially now that it's been over a month since arm 15 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:52.039 cru has been gone, I can't believe that. Honestly, Tony 16 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:55.759 was the production He was the producer of the Denny 17 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.039 Joe B Show. You remember Joe B Dinny Show. Yes, 18 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:01.679 and that was my first breaking the radio. Eleven years ago. 19 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.799 Coach Crumb had me sit in on his show with 20 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:09.319 Coach Hall and that was my first break. And this 21 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.640 is amazing. It is so anyway, we gotta move on 22 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:15.079 into other things. But we appreciate you sitting in and 23 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:18.000 you're gonna have a fun, a lot of fun today. 24 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:19.799 I'm not gonna mess with you like I usually. I'm 25 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.159 gonna leave you alone time. I'm gonna be polite and nice. 26 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:27.280 It's Wednesday, and it's the second. It's a beautiful day outside. 27 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.680 There's no rain, beautiful day outside, it's not super hot, 28 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:32.519 it's nice. So people will be able to get in 29 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.560 their exercise today. But so I'm gonna be nice today, John, 30 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:38.719 for you, only you, John, Well, I appreciate it. I 31 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.560 was even nice to Gus. I gave us a hard time. 32 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:46.120 But anyway, bring on my younger son from me, John, 33 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:48.200 Bring on Anthony Eves to the show. 34 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:52.640 Good morning, Good morning. 35 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:57.120 How you feeling this day. I'm just trying to tell you. 36 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.000 I think I'm just trying to collect my thoughts. That's all. 37 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:03.040 I'm just trying to gather and lock in. It's Wednesday, 38 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.719 I'm day and I'm just trying to get myself together. 39 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.639 That's all. I'm sitting here right now, Anthony reminiscing. I 40 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:13.960 might throw out a little tidbit to our listeners, and 41 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:16.759 I may have to speak a little bit more about 42 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:21.800 Indiana pacers and coats because we may be going to 43 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:26.400 Indianapolis's market. So it's an interesting little tidbit. I'll talk 44 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:29.520 to our fans a little bit more in friends about 45 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:32.840 it more as it gets closer. But I might be 46 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.639 trying to stretch out into that Indie market, Anthony, So 47 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.960 you know that means Hoo's your basketball. No, I didn't 48 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:43.080 say that, Hoosiers. I didn't say that about Indiana basketball. 49 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:45.639 I didn't say that. You know, I just can't compare 50 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:48.479 with Kentucky and louisbo that's all. But that's okay. But 51 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:50.560 we may be doing that. So anything, I'm just sitting 52 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.000 here trying to get my mind together. You never know, 53 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:57.759 shifting sands, things are always changing. So that's all. What 54 00:02:57.840 --> 00:02:59.759 do you got? What's going on with you? What's going 55 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:00.120 on with. 56 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.039 We just got a lot. We're getting hit with new 57 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:09.800 updates between Wimbledon, NBA sports, college sports. Over the last 58 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.639 couple of plays that's been it's been a handful, to 59 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.080 say the least, but it's been exciting. It's honestly, it's 60 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.680 keeping something going throughout the summer. I hate, I hate 61 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:21.439 to say it for those baseball fans. But this right 62 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:25.360 here is uly the most boring time in sports. We 63 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:27.639 do like watching the World Series. I'm just not the 64 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.719 biggest baseball fans, so baseball kind of bores me during 65 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:33.199 the regular season. But and I hate to se that, 66 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:36.280 and I hate to say that NBA basketball bores me 67 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:38.479 during the regular season too, So I'm not gonna sit there. 68 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:39.759 It will be under the boat. 69 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.960 I don't just like college sports. College football, college basketball 70 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.680 is is my favorite time. I love fall sports going 71 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:49.039 into the winter. That's just that's peak. 72 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:51.439 Sports for me. I know the weather is terrible and. 73 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:53.639 It's freezing outside, but I still go out there and 74 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.520 freeze and a tailgate at a football game, then probably 75 00:03:56.520 --> 00:03:58.599 go to an mob game. I'm just gonna be completely honest. 76 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.319 I agree with you left out the top dog. NFL 77 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:04.840 is the big dog. I love the NFL. I tell you, 78 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.280 I can't wait till the end of the season starts. 79 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:10.439 I start arguing with all my cat fans about Lamar Jackson. 80 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:13.439 I don't care. I can't wait. I just love the NFL. 81 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:17.399 I always have. It's been my favorite sport my entire life. Anthony. 82 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.120 I mean, my dad stopped me from playing football. I 83 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:23.560 was a much better football player than basketball. And that 84 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:28.240 is the gods on the street, not close. I was 85 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.600 like my older brother carry, I just couldn't wait to 86 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.199 get on the field. So anyway, but we do. The 87 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.480 NBA has done a great job of giving us things 88 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:38.279 in the summer, and next week I'm going to the 89 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.920 summer League. I mean, we have got college all over. 90 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:45.839 The pain of these athletes is crazy. Let's don't forget 91 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:51.199 and the WNBA, the fever the WNBA has taken off. 92 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.920 I don't care what any Caitlin Clark I hate. You know, 93 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.680 it's so funny, Anthony, because we are in America still 94 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:02.800 so racist on some thing. I don't understand the WNBA, 95 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:07.800 And I know Caitlin clarkson a shooting slump. That girl 96 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:12.079 is a bad man, period, point blank. She's made me 97 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:16.480 watch women's sports perry point blank. I just don't get it. 98 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.360 And I don't mind them bumping her. And I don't 99 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.879 mind those things. Yeah that's basketball. Larry Bird got thrown down, 100 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.279 Magic Johnson got thrown down, Michael Jordan got thrown I 101 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.800 don't mind that. But I would just like the people 102 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:31.519 still knew as a player in that era, Anthony, I 103 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.759 knew Bird was a bad man. I knew Magic. I 104 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.000 knew what Magic and Larry did for the league when 105 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:39.560 I came in, what they were doing before I got there, 106 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.639 I'd know. That's the only thing. I just would like 107 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:45.439 to know. The WNBA would say, and know what that 108 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:49.800 girl's doing for that league? Private planes, better paid, I mean, 109 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:55.240 sellout games. Come on, and honestly, Angel Reese, she can't shoot, 110 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.480 but she's Dennis Rodman. But again, she'd bring in notoriety 111 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:01.199 to the sport. I just don't get it. I don't. 112 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:04.360 But they're doing well too. There's a lot going on 113 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.199 now sports wise in the summer that they're used to 114 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.920 not anty ten years ago. It was a slow time. 115 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.920 I mean, it was truly a slow time, I thought, 116 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:15.680 But not now. There's a lot to talk about. So 117 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:19.279 now tell me where are we already, Golly Jon World, 118 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:21.759 because we're gonna cut this show up too also as 119 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:23.959 the best stuff, so we're gonna stay on task. So 120 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:26.959 it's seven twelve. But you know, first and foremost, before 121 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:28.639 we get into the things, we have to talk about 122 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.199 what happened to Coco Golf yesterday? And you know your 123 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.000 friend Bland and put it on me next thing, I know, 124 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:38.399 I see a tweet Jerry says Coco Goff's name out 125 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:40.399 of his mouth and she loses in the first round. 126 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:44.120 Come on, Blanding. It just can't kill me all the time. 127 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:48.639 What happened to Coco Anthony? I mean twenty nine unforced 128 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:53.439 eras nine double faults. I think she was still bringing 129 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:55.439 a little that champaign from the French Open. What do 130 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:55.800 you think? 131 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:02.000 Yeah, we talked about it yesterday. We know, and I 132 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:03.360 don't want to sit here and kill it because we've 133 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:04.879 all had bad performances. 134 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:07.800 Where I don't know what happened. 135 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:11.720 Sometimes, you know, and sometimes it's not even a physical 136 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:12.439 aspect of sports. 137 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:12.800 I of it. 138 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.800 You're gonna understand. Athletes are still normal people, and there's 139 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.000 things that go on mentally outside of sports that people 140 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:21.399 may not know about sometimes. And it can be small 141 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:23.800 things too. And I've said this before. Even in my 142 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:27.319 sports playing career, when I wasn't mentally in the best place, 143 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:29.319 I feel like I was having bad grades, or I 144 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.839 got in trouble at home, or I was just having 145 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:36.120 trouble with friends or family. I didn't perform my best 146 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:37.720 and I know that for a fact, and I never 147 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.519 performed the best when I feel like I had stuff 148 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:42.879 going on outside of sports that was causing a lot 149 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:44.560 of things to be on my mind. When I feel 150 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.279 like I had things checking off the boxes correctly, I 151 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:51.040 played my best. And that's and that's one hundred percent fact. 152 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:53.680 And it could be the same thing. Similar with cocoa golf, 153 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.000 you know, obviously, and sometimes it could just be just 154 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.959 a bad performance day. Sometimes, you know, in basketball, you 155 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.160 feel you feel fine, but the shots that aren't falling. 156 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.560 Sometimes the sirs feel good in tennis and they're just 157 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:06.319 they're just not there. They're just not hitting off the 158 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.279 square of the face like you think they are. Some 159 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:10.160 of the shots that you've practiced over the last couple 160 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:12.720 of years. Everything feels a little bit short, or the shorts, 161 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:14.240 the shots who feel a little. 162 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:15.439 Longer hitting outside the line. 163 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.759 So it happens. But she did lose in the first 164 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:20.560 round yesterday and the woman's wimble. Then she lost to 165 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.839 Diana Yastrimsky in the first round in straight sets. She 166 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:25.519 lost seven to six in the first set and then 167 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:27.800 six to one on the second set. That's the only 168 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:32.480 reason why it's such an eye raisers, because ye to 169 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:38.559 an unranked player in the first round, and. 170 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.840 She's lost in the first round before. But the way 171 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.159 did it Anthony six one? God? The girl just Jack 172 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:47.600 Reuter in the second set? God. Yeah. 173 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:50.840 And she's not the only American to lose to uh. 174 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.320 Jessica Bagool, the number three ring player in the world too, 175 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:55.240 she lost in her first round as well, So I 176 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.639 know there's someone who off out there, like she's the 177 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.799 only player that lost, She's not the only one. There 178 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:03.600 was another women's players in high rankings. Even on the 179 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.320 men's sides, Carl with Alcharz, he still struggled kind of 180 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:07.600 in his first. 181 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:12.279 He still struggle five sets. Yes, he struggled. 182 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:16.919 Yeah, but it wasn't, you know, the most pretty looking victory. 183 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:19.799 But yeah, there's there's a lot of names, even on 184 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:22.360 the men's side, for those who aren't super familiar with tennis. 185 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:25.559 Lorenzo Blusseti, who was actually the seventh rank player in 186 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:27.960 the men's sit at side, he lost in three one 187 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:29.960 sets yesterday, and he's the number seventh rank player in 188 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.320 the world. He lost to the naturally ranked one hundred 189 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:36.320 and twenty six Shepalov, who's the number twenty seventh rank 190 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:39.080 player in the world, lost as well. He lost. He 191 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.919 won the first set six to three, then lost three 192 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:43.840 straight sets after that. So there's players on the men's 193 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:46.600 side who were in the top twenty five that took 194 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:48.960 losses to the number three ranked player on the men's size. 195 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:52.919 Zevaz lost in five sets as well too, So it's 196 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:55.440 you know, I know we're throwing Coco's off under the bus, 197 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.919 but there's there had to be at least five men 198 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.080 in the top twenty five that lost in their first round. 199 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:02.679 The men's wom will do as well too, So it 200 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.120 happens in every sport. So Coco goffill bounce back during 201 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.360 the Woman's US Open, and I think she'll be fine. 202 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:11.720 But it's just and I hate to say it sucks. 203 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.279 It was why I saying it sucks because she's like 204 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.879 our one African American woman's figure that we have now 205 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.360 in like Serena and Venus at the time, yes, kind 206 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:22.480 of carry the black side for women's tennis. So we 207 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:25.279 love to see her be successful. So it were liked, haang, 208 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.080 she didn't make it past the first round. I'm like, 209 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.519 she's like our she's like our black woman's icon of tennis. 210 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:34.519 Now right, No, that's fact. She has to carry the trophy. 211 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:37.679 Sometimes that Mando is heavy, that's just the fact, but 212 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:42.159 she will bounce back. Uh. Playing tennis on grass Anthony 213 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:46.720 and Clay is different. It's just different game, more volleying. 214 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:50.120 It's just different. But congratulations to the winners and we'll 215 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.600 continue watching. That's the one thing that's going to be 216 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.720 on during the fourth of July that you'll be able 217 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:57.519 to watch that is really entertaining. So we'll make sure 218 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.480 we do that. And we are at seven to seventeen 219 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:01.480 and we're gonna at the show. We want to make 220 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:03.759 sure that we keep it at the fifteen thirty forty five. 221 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:06.440 So John, do me a favor, take me to break. 222 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:09.159 When we come back. We've got a lot of NBA, 223 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.039 a lot of football to get into. And SGA he's 224 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.000 just got a couple of coins in his pocket, not 225 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.159 a lot, just two hundred and eighty five million dollars 226 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:20.440 worth of coins in his body. We'll talk about it 227 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:26.600 after the break. Welcome back to the Sports Radio seven 228 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.639 twenty one. Yes, you should be scurrying to work if 229 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:33.000 you have to be there at eight o'clock. Again, your 230 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:34.879 loved ones are out there and other people's loved ones 231 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:37.559 are out there, please drive safely. Welcome back to the 232 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.759 E Sports Radio, Anthony. We got a lot of stuff 233 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:42.159 to get to. Where you want to start first? We 234 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:43.080 do you want to hit first? 235 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:45.720 We do got a lot And one of the big 236 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.200 things we're talking about this morning is obviously was one 237 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:51.720 of the WNBA's NBA expansions that are coming about for 238 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.639 twenty twenty five all the way through the year of 239 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:54.360 twenty thirty. 240 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:55.919 But one of the things we were. 241 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.360 Talking about on there is obviously Louisville is not one 242 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.039 of those teams in the contention once again, which you know, 243 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:03.639 I'm not even surprised anymore. I'm just more selfish, like 244 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.039 we don't even give ourselves a chance. We don't want 245 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:08.320 an NBA team, We don't want the w NBA teams, 246 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:12.759 we don't want NFL teams, we don't want professional baseball, hockey, nothing. 247 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:15.320 It's for it to be such a decent sized city. 248 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:17.679 It's like we don't want any advancement when it comes 249 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:19.720 to sports. They want to grow U of l tours, 250 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:22.759 which I do like. But you know, I hate to 251 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:25.600 say that Louisville is not just a college town. Lexington 252 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:27.960 is a college town. If you take UK out of Lexington, 253 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.879 there's nothing there. But if you take U of L 254 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.120 out of U of L, you still have infrastructure here. 255 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.720 There's still a lot of successful businesses. It's still a 256 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:40.399 decent sized city. 257 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:45.240 I'm when Kentucky in Kentucky anymore. Hugh mad has left. 258 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:50.360 Here's the problem, which people don't get it. They get 259 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.240 mad at me because I tell them, but they don't 260 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:55.919 want to understand it. Let's just be honest with this. 261 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:00.600 The DUNNBA had probably eleven or twelve cities that they 262 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.639 were looking at. We know that they have selected. We 263 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.440 know this year San Francisco came in. We know that 264 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.200 I think Toronto and Portland are coming in next year. Okay, 265 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:14.759 both of them are very nice size. Toronto is a 266 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:18.840 huge city. Portland is not. Portland is a Louisville Kentucky. 267 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:22.480 I'm telling you, period point blank. But their leadership had 268 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.440 foresight any so a lot of times. Really good friends 269 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:29.399 of mine I mean this have told me, Jerry, get 270 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.039 over it. You have to get over that. We didn't 271 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:33.919 get Charlotte. We have to get over we didn't keep 272 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:37.480 the colonels. Well, guys, that's the reason why we don't 273 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:40.840 get a WNBA franchise. That's why I don't want to 274 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:44.320 let it go because if we continue to have that 275 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:48.440 thought process, Anthony, You're correct, everything's going to leave the city. 276 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:52.519 We will be a minor league everything, and we don't 277 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.759 We shouldn't be that other than and everyone knows what 278 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:59.120 did they say about Jerry's and Churchill downs in the 279 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:03.039 need to Churchill downs. And I don't even gamble, Anthony, 280 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:06.000 I want people to understand this. I bet on my 281 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:12.159 college number across the board derby weeket's fun. I don't gamble. Period. 282 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:14.960 We were in Panama City, Panama Ana. I think I 283 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:18.080 gambled with forty bucks. I think I gave Ashley, your daughter, 284 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:20.919 twenty dollars. I may have gambled forty, let's say sixty, 285 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:23.480 sitting next to you and your mom, just having fun, 286 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:25.480 and I lost my money. That's why I don't gamble. 287 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:32.440 They took my sixty dollars. We need Churchill downs, we 288 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:36.000 needed the WNBA. But people in this city are surprised 289 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:39.200 when we don't get them. And I mean my counterparts 290 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:42.480 on other stations. How could Louisville not get them? Because 291 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:45.480 we haven't done anything to get them. We've done everything 292 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.679 not to get them, that's the problem. But we're not 293 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.120 going to say who was a part of it, who 294 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:54.159 put us in this situation. We're just gonna act like, oh, 295 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:58.039 they're neglecting Louisville. No, they are not. We made bad 296 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:03.720 decisions throughout the years. Our leaders that we elect got 297 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.480 me and people that we hire that get power positions 298 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:11.080 have put us in this position. That's why I can't 299 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:15.399 let it go. We've got an NBA arena, we do Anthony. 300 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.120 We don't have an NBA team, we have a w 301 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:22.039 NBA arena, and we don't have a WNBAT And until 302 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.120 our leaders completely change their thought process completely to where 303 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:30.320 they tell these franchises X, Y and Z made mistakes, 304 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:32.720 we're not going to make those mistakes again. We're never 305 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.679 going to have anything. So it is what it is. 306 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:38.559 It doesn't surprise. I hate it because for a radio 307 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.639 show hosts Anney that ten years from now, when I'm 308 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:45.039 gone and you're running it, right, you'd love to have 309 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:47.320 a WNVA franchise here in the city. It's more to 310 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.879 talk about. It gives people things to do. People don't 311 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.720 understand Americans love sporting events. Takes you off of the 312 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.279 mundane workday, that's all there is to it. Some people 313 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:02.120 love the arts, Anthony. People love the theater. Jim Haynes, 314 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:06.799 my man, he loves the theater, got me, Mike Vin, 315 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:09.960 Billy Hayes. They love sports, got me some of my 316 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:15.080 biggest John Carney Partey's got he loves sports. Everybody has 317 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.679 a niche and that's why community should grow. You should 318 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.399 try to bring as many artsy things and sports as 319 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:25.159 artsy to your community because everyone's different. But you want 320 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:29.159 to try to serve your community. So, Anthony, I hate it. 321 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.279 The expansion fee would have been fifteen to twenty million, 322 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:37.919 got me, Anthony, fifteen twenty million. But it's well worth 323 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.879 it in the long haul. You see what these things 324 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.720 franchises do for city. So and now I'm with you, 325 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:53.759 and honestly, Kentucky, the University of Kentucky, Anthony is the 326 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:58.159 entire state. See has got Lexington, It's got fans here 327 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:02.000 in Louisville. He's got fans in Eastern and Louisville. Coach 328 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:06.599 Crumb's era, My championship, Darryl Griffiths Championship Riding and Scooter, 329 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.400 and Derek Smith Wiley's championship took us out into the 330 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.400 state do where we have fans out in the state 331 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:17.079 and into Indiana. That's what championships do back in the day. 332 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:22.160 But again, a WNBA franchise in this state, Anthony helps 333 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:27.279 Kentucky also, So I hate it. But I've heard all 334 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:30.039 the stuttle, but we haven't touched it at all this week. 335 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:33.119 But everyone was talking about how could Louisville not be 336 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:37.359 on the list? Guys, we have turned our back on 337 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:42.359 professional sports leagues. Duh. But you know, don't say that, Jerry, 338 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:46.160 I'm lying. Then I would love for someone to call 339 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:49.200 those shows. I heard about them. People were calling me 340 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.880 Anthony and ask them, then what do they think happened? 341 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.240 All they say is always we're always crying, whining. They 342 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:00.480 left us out. No they didn't. We had people that 343 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:06.160 told them we didn't need an NBA program directly, So 344 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.200 here we are. But we're never going to say that 345 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.960 because we're never going to tell the truth about the 346 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:14.680 history of what's happened in this city truly since nineteen 347 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:19.039 seventy five and the Colonel's going defunct, not finding the 348 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:22.200 money for the Colonels to go to the NBA should 349 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:24.400 have found the money, just like the Pacers scrapped up 350 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.200 the money, begged barrot and stole the money. I don't 351 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:29.799 care what you have to do. That's what foresight is, Anthony, 352 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.119 That's what leadership is. We wouldn't be in this position, 353 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:36.319 but we are. And all the cities around us, Hey, 354 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:41.200 Porlo and Nashville, they get another pro anything just I 355 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:45.000 would love for Louisville fans to drive to Nashville, Tennessee 356 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:49.359 just one time, then drive back and you'll understand what 357 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:53.279 I'm saying, period, point blank. None of the other cities. No, Oakland. 358 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:55.279 I'm not going to compare us to Oakland. I've been 359 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:57.920 there one hundred times, Anthony. I've been to Philadelphia, honestly, 360 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:02.920 two hundred times. I've been to Portland probably fifty times. 361 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.960 Got me. I've been to Toronto probably thirty times, Anthony, 362 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:09.559 I'm not comparing to those I would like for If 363 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:12.640 you had an opportunity to go to Portland, Oregon, you'd 364 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:18.119 be like Portland, Oregon is Louisville, Kentucky exactly with pro franchises. 365 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:23.720 That's all. So leadership is important, no matter what people 366 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:25.960 want to tell you in this city, no matter how 367 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:30.119 much they want to dumb you down. Leadership in foresight 368 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:33.799 is important, that's all. That's why you don't have one. 369 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:36.519 That's why I'm looking to go to Indianapolis. It sure 370 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:38.559 opens up a lot of more things to speak about, 371 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:42.839 that's all. So anyway, we're at seven twenty eight, let's 372 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:45.720 stay on task and cut it up. When we come back, 373 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.119 we're gonna get into all the things that are transparent 374 00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:51.599 in that NBA. We're gonna lean on you to tell 375 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:54.359 me what's going on, and we're gonna talk about that contract. 376 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.960 And I think I could assign for if shake Gildings, 377 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:01.160 Alexander's worth two hundred and eighty five millionaire, I think 378 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:05.599 I could have gotten today's market. I might have got 379 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:07.839 two hundred and eighty five dollars. Hell I don't know 380 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.279 is the sports radio. We'll talk to you all after 381 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:15.599 the break. Welcome back to the sports radio. It's a 382 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:20.799 seven thirty three. It's Wednesday, July. The second eight o'clock 383 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:22.920 is approaching. I know there's some people have to be 384 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:25.920 at work at seven thirty or late, but still take 385 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:30.039 your time. Be safe, Anthony. Look, this NBA has gone 386 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:34.359 flat dad crazy, So I'm just throwing it to you. 387 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:40.079 The late Great Junior Bridgeman can't believe he's gone. Came 388 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:44.079 on our show last fall, Anthony and he had purchased 389 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:47.440 a portion of the Milwaukee Bucks, remember, and we had 390 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:50.359 a great time with him on and he said that 391 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:52.640 if the Bucks did not win this year that there 392 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:57.119 would be major changes. That's what he said. And I 393 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:02.160 thought it would start with Doc Rivers. There'd be major changes. 394 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:05.240 I thought Doc would be the first major change. What 395 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:08.759 do you think yesterday the Bucks waving Damian Lillard? What 396 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:11.160 do you think? I mean, they just waved the man 397 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.599 thirty eight years old Anthony Perennial All Star gone. 398 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:18.160 Well, I think one of the key topic you said 399 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.359 right there was that thirty eight year old number. Now 400 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.799 we might have that's an old age hern Achilles tear. 401 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:30.079