WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.560 All right, let's get it started, shall we. 2 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:05.400 This is Kentucky INA's Morning News, Coffee and Company here 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:08.720 with you on news radio eight forty whas the gang 4 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:12.439 is here. I'm Nick Coffee, Scott Fitzgerald alongside John Alden. 5 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:15.880 He's running the operation in the control room or studio. 6 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:17.839 Is it studio? D Is that right? It is studio? 7 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:19.519 Okay, you just want to make sure. And then of 8 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:21.920 course John Shannon alongside as well. And I was gonna 9 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:23.760 ask you guys if you're ready, but I already know 10 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:24.679 the answer that you're. 11 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.640 Ready, dude, New Friday man. That's right. I could tell. 12 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:30.160 I could tell when I saw John Alden pull into 13 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.759 the parking lot and his sported up Toyota camery. 14 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:37.280 That's true. It does have a spoiler on A two thousand. Yeah, 15 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:37.679 there we go. 16 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:40.880 And then Scott walked in studio about ten minutes ago, 17 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:44.560 and you probably were startled at first because I'm wearing 18 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:47.920 a blue shirt that I hadn't thought of it until 19 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:50.079 you said it. Of all the blue shirts I have, 20 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:52.920 and I don't have many, this one it does actually 21 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:55.159 look more Kentucky blue than any of the others, and 22 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:57.880 it would you probably almost fainted. Seeing that, right I did. 23 00:00:57.960 --> 00:00:59.159 And what's that say? 24 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:01.159 It's a testament to you, Nick, because everybody knows you're 25 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:03.280 affinity for the Cards. I mean, your ex handle is 26 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:05.599 the card connected, right, I mean, I get it. And 27 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:07.760 you're no stranger. You admit on this show you are 28 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.560 a fan of the Cardinals. And when you walk in, 29 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:13.400 I see you in blue. That is a different look 30 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:16.239 for you, dude, it does, and that's weird. I don't 31 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:18.239 know if it's sad or awesome at the same time. 32 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:20.319 That that's what hit me in the face first. 33 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:22.680 Now totally makes sense. Who are you repping? 34 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:26.799 Here's this is the West Canaan Coyotes, the team that's 35 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.359 not real that is from Varsity Blues. 36 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:30.840 Oh gotcha? Yeah, gotcha? 37 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.959 Okay, dude, I've got a John mox in Jersey as well. 38 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:36.599 It's one of my favorite sports movies, which I tell 39 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.079 you what, I hadn't thought about it until you just 40 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.159 asked who this was, which makes total sense. In fact, 41 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:41.840 I'm sure most people probably wouldn't know it just by 42 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:42.560 glancing at it. 43 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.439 But again, it's the team that is that. 44 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:46.719 Is the football squad and Varsity Blues one of my 45 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:48.159 favorite football movies ever. 46 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:50.560 But there are some I don't know if it's. 47 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:53.640 Just because we know it's not real and because we 48 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.560 know that, like it would be unusual to see somebody 49 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.480 actually have gear. 50 00:01:58.079 --> 00:01:59.480 But I've always. 51 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:01.760 Found teams that are in movies and TV shows that 52 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:03.760 of course aren't real, to just be cool. 53 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:04.280 Some of them. 54 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:05.719 I'm just like, man, yeah, you know I would love 55 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:07.239 to have like that. That team is so cool. I 56 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:08.280 wish I could have a jersey. 57 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.240 Well you know what I did because my daughter turned 58 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:12.039 me on to cricket to make, you know, shirts and 59 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.280 stuff with To your point, I love three quarter like baseball, 60 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.159 like the old concert tees. So I made the Hamilton 61 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:22.479 Mustang's Hockey Club and it goes back to a movie 62 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:23.759 Rob Lowe and Young Blood. 63 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.560 And that's obscure enough to yeah, because that's what you 64 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:27.879 go for. 65 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:28.960 Most people don't know it. 66 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:30.439 But every now and then I'll get people to stop 67 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:32.120 me thinking where did you get that shirt? And it's 68 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:33.560 like I made it and they know they were a 69 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:34.400 big fan of the movie. 70 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.120 So another thing that some may not know about me. 71 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:38.599 And I'm sure a lot of you knew that I'm 72 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:40.199 a big time Louisville fan, But if you didn't now 73 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.199 you do. But everybody I think has sort of like 74 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.479 a I wouldn't call it a hobby, but just maybe 75 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:49.759 like a vice, and they're really interested into certain things. 76 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:52.879 For me, it is it is basketball jerseys. Yeah, And 77 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.560 it's not because I wear them to work every day 78 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:57.560 or anything like that. If I'm gonna wear one, it's 79 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.159 usually if I'm at the beach or the pool or 80 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.759 something like that. But I like to collect NBA basketball jerseys. 81 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:05.400 But I'm not talking about like a Jordan jersey or 82 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:10.159 a Shaquille O'Neal jersey. I'm talking about rare jerseys, colors 83 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.159 and schemes, maybe even logos that teams no longer wear 84 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.159 that they did in the nineties sometimes the eighties, and 85 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:19.759 then also players that are obscure, like I have a 86 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:24.560 big Country Bryant Reeves jersey. It's it's a similar reaction 87 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:27.240 that you get whenever whenever people see it, they're like, 88 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:29.960 I forgot that guy existed where they well did you 89 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.159 get that? And I don't really know why that's become 90 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.439 sort of a quirky thing that I'm into, but it is. 91 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.520 And you mentioning the shirt that you created, like it's 92 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:41.400 a similar thing, right, people sometimes probably wouldn't know, or 93 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:43.439 they some people will ask like, I'm not familiar with 94 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:45.639 that team, tell me more. Or some will know and 95 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:47.800 be like, oh my god, where'd you get that? 96 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:50.879 Oh I've got a Dug Glad jersey and he's out 97 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:51.400 of the movie. 98 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.759 Oh gosh, now I'm drawing a complete blank. He was 99 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.759 the enforcer in the movie and now acky movie dougle 100 00:03:57.759 --> 00:03:59.360 If you've not seen, it's hilarious and I don't know 101 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:03.080 forgive for driving. It's a popular movie. Yeah, Doug Glatt 102 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.240 was Goon Goon. This movie I'm thinking of funny is 103 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:06.879 all get up? 104 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.319 Goon Tou was horrible. But when I wear the glat jersey, 105 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.439 so it was good to remaker, No, no, no, that 106 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:13.439 was an original movie. 107 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:16.000 So the Goon original that's the one that has the 108 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:17.639 It's gonna drove me crazy too. 109 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.360 It's it's a stiffler. He's in Yes, Yes, yes, and so. 110 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:23.680 And what's funny about that is when I wear that 111 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.839 because everybody else is wearing the Johnson William Scott. Yeah, 112 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:30.959 that's right, everybody else is wearing the the Johnstown Chiefs 113 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.399 jersey for slap shot. That's kind of But man, when 114 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:34.959 I put that Glatt jersey on. I went to my 115 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.120 son's hockey games. There you could tell the hardcore hockey folks, 116 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:38.720 oh yeah. 117 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:40.360 Especially in that niche in that world. 118 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:41.959 And I was I was going to tell you when 119 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:43.879 you were talking about basketball jerseys and you get yourself 120 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.439 one of those turquoise Pistons jerseys if they wore with. 121 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.879 The horse head logo on it. I have one. Oh yes, 122 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:52.279 number thirty three grand Hill. Yes, good again. 123 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:55.560 It would if you saw the collection I have. I 124 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:57.480 don't think there'd be many that would be impressed. They 125 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.680 would think this is guy, this guy's weird. But it's 126 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.439 just it's it's just a thing. I think being a 127 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:06.839 collector is pretty common, but people can sometimes be collectors 128 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:08.600 of things that others would say, why the hell would 129 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:09.000 you want that? 130 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.240 Thank you too. Just became best friends. 131 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.319 And I like you good stuff, And this was absolutely 132 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:17.519 and this is we'll get back. We'll get back to 133 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.480 work here soon. At least we'll get to work here soon. 134 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:22.560 But I feel like this was probably the first time 135 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:24.399 we had to start to the show where I really 136 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:26.560 didn't have any mindset that we were actually on the radio, 137 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:27.800 which I don't know if that's good or not. 138 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:30.720 That is it's great, it's it's it's a it's a 139 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:31.519 morning coffee talk. 140 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:32.519 It's a way to get it going there. 141 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.120 All right, bro, let's let's get a quick check of 142 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:37.920 traffic and weather out there. Also, we've got sports coming 143 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.920 your way about fifteen minutes. And also we'll have Rory 144 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:44.079 O'Neil join us around five forty five, the five o'clock hour. 145 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:44.800 We're up and running. 146 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:47.319 It is a Thursday, it's Kentucky, and it's morning news 147 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.879 with coffee and company here on news Radio WA forty whas. 148 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:52.199 I was a little. 149 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:55.000 Underwhelmed this morning when I walked out the garage door 150 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:57.639 and of course then opened the big garage door, and 151 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.920 I was still met with some disrespect from the humidity. 152 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.439 But it sounds like that will get better later today 153 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.240 because there are some storms expected later this evening, which 154 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:10.519 I guess will then lead to a little bit of 155 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:12.639 a cool down. I will say, can we pump the 156 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:15.120 brakes on calling it a cold front? I mean, I 157 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.920 guess technically it will be colder than it has been, 158 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.959 but I wouldn't describe anything about what's on the forecast 159 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.439 as cold. But that's me just nitpicking. But Yeah, there's 160 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.800 gonna be some rain today, apparently some real downpours later on, 161 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:30.720 and then of course that's when it does get a 162 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:34.439 little bit more pleasant out there, and I'm ready for it. 163 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:35.480 I know. 164 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:39.480 The last week roughly, maybe not quite a week, but 165 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:41.519 certainly the last five days or so have just felt 166 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:43.959 as bad as bad as it's been around here in 167 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:46.839 a long time when it comes to just the consistency 168 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.639 of the humidity and the temperatures, and as much as 169 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.720 summer break ending is a sad thing for those that 170 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:55.319 you have to go back to school and whatnot, and 171 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:58.720 usually means your vacation is out of the way. But 172 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:02.399 I'd say what I mean, who isn't ready for fall 173 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:06.000 weather after the last week or so that we've had 174 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.040 around here. Speaking of vacations, I should have mentioned this 175 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.399 a little bit more throughout the week, But I'm out 176 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:14.680 next week, so you will not get me. I know 177 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:16.720 it's probably some tough news for you to hear, but 178 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:19.639 I'll be back and you will be in good hands. 179 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:23.079 And I don't know the full extent of the plans overall, 180 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:26.319 but I do know that two individuals that are here 181 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:28.120 with me every morning will be here. 182 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:29.079 God willing. 183 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:31.959 Of course, that's the company man, John Alden, and also 184 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:34.639 the one and only Scott Fitzgerald. So I think we'll 185 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:37.839 have Joe Elliott mixed in at some point throughout the week. 186 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:39.959 Don't know exactly, but again, you'll be in good hands, 187 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.759 and I am. I'm really looking forward to the family vacation. 188 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.600 You will probably do this at some point, John, and 189 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:49.279 maybe you already have. And I'm just showing that I 190 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:51.720 don't know as much as I thought I did, But 191 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:54.680 you and your lovely wife, you now are parents and 192 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:57.480 you have your own, your own little family, and I 193 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.000 would encourage you to find a spot. It could be 194 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.439 whatever you guys want it to be. You know, I'm 195 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:05.279 not as big of a beach guy as my wife, 196 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:09.000 but I do love destined. So, just as a kid, 197 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.199 did you have a vacation spot that you went on 198 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.959 every year or at least like frequently that was just 199 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:16.560 kind of known as the place where the family does vacation. 200 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.839 It's weird throughout my childhood that that place kind of changed, 201 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:21.360 like we'd go to the same place for four or 202 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:22.720 five years and then go to a different place. 203 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:24.959 Yes, that's not all I would say, That's not I 204 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:26.839 would say that's not uncommon. 205 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.000 But my wife has a place that she wants to 206 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.759 kind of be our vacation home base. It's It's Carolina 207 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:34.360 Beach of course, nice in North Carolina. She loves that 208 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:35.639 part of the country. 209 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:39.200 Yeah, so I as a kid, we would go. It 210 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:41.600 was my dad's family. We would go to a place 211 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:47.120 called Jekyl Island, Georgia, which it was probably our trip 212 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:51.600 for gosh, seven eight years of my childhood throughout you know, 213 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:54.399 not every year, but pretty consistently. And I hadn't been 214 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:57.679 in probably twenty something years. And then we went as 215 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.440 a family with my you know, my family and my 216 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.600 dad and my stepmom and my sister and her son. 217 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:05.600 We went for about three years in a row in 218 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:08.320 the last five years, and it was the nostalgia was 219 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:10.840 But I'll be honest with you. It's a fine place. 220 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:14.919 It's very chill. It's literally an island. But it does 221 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:17.159 you know, for those who've never been there, I don't 222 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:19.519 know if it would be like, Wow, this place is awesome, 223 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:21.120 we got to get back here. I don't think you would. 224 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:23.120 I don't think you would hate it or anything like that. 225 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.039 But what makes it special to me is that it 226 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:27.759 was just it was our place, and I spent a 227 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:29.559 lot of child I spent a lot of my childhood there, 228 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:31.120 And there was also something cool about it for me 229 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:33.720 because I knew that a lot of people like it's 230 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.480 not a big time vacation destination. It's not like Deston, 231 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.720 which I'm pretty sure next week when I'm in Destin, 232 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.440 i'll see probably, you know, thirty percent of the crowd 233 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:44.360 being from right here in Louisville. It's I mean, it's 234 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.759 a saying for a reason, and I'm exaggerating, of course, 235 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.039 but that's just an area where we go every year, 236 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.519 and it's not uncommon for not only me to see 237 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:57.919 many Louisville or Kentucky I should say, license plates, Louisville flags, 238 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.519 UK flags. There's a lot of of Kentucky presence and 239 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.200 Destin anytime I go anywhere there. But even where we stay, 240 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.120 I mean there, it wouldn't shock me if the family 241 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:10.879 staying next to us in our condo is from the area, 242 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:12.720 because that's just that's kind of a you know, it's 243 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:13.360 kind of our place. 244 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:15.399 So yeah, I'm looking forward to it, all right. 245 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:17.879 I'm also looking forward to our next update here from 246 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:21.000 the one and Only Matt Melosa, bitch, you'll get us 247 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.200 caught up on the forecast and when we can expect 248 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.720 those showers and that cooler temperature to come in. Bobby Ellis, 249 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:27.679 We'll get us updated on the traffic out there as 250 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.840 we get this Thursday started right here on news Radio 251 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:35.000 eight forty WHS. Thank you very much, John Shannon. Yeah, 252 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:38.480 I didn't see things ending well for Shannon Sharp when 253 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.879 it comes to the situation he found himself in towards 254 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.240 the end of April. And I feel like Shannon Sharp 255 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.320 as a former NFL player who became a pretty big 256 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:53.200 time name in the I guess the world of former 257 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:58.000 players who turned to not really broadcasters, but more so entertainers. 258 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:00.519 I mean, that's that's that's kind of what that that 259 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.399 gig is. I don't think enough people actually realize that 260 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:06.399 that's what they're there to do, because you've got people. 261 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:06.759 Like Steven A. 262 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:10.480 Smith and Skip Bayless, who are some other hot take 263 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.240 artists out there, John, I mean, show of the. 264 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:15.000 Two biggest ones for sure. 265 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:18.519 Shannon Sharp, I don't he's very you know, he's energetic, 266 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.559 and I actually think he's I really like Shannon Sharp 267 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:25.720 as a as a host of the many different roundtable 268 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:30.679 shows he's been on. I think his his opinions on sports, 269 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.679 even if I don't necessarily agree with him, they're not 270 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.519 to me. And I feel like I've got a pretty 271 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.919 good radar for this given just what I've what I've done, 272 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.720 meaning how long I've been in in the sports media world, 273 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:45.440 or I guess I should say was in the sports 274 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.080 media world. He can give a take in a way 275 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:53.120 that very much is delivered in a delivered with a 276 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:55.200 lot of emphasis. Let's say that a lot of a 277 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:58.879 lot of flavor on on his delivery and what he 278 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.799 shares his opinions, but they're not outlandish things. It's not 279 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:05.759 things that I hear and think, well, I'm not really 280 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:07.600 sure you believe it. I think you're just playing a 281 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.799 character on television. Because, by the way, that's what Stephen A. 282 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.399 Smith does, that is what Skip Bayless does. I mean, 283 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:18.679 this guy isn't a great example, but he's certainly captivated 284 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.039 people like Steven A. Smith has done for many years, 285 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:24.399 LeVar Ball. I mean, these are characters, and I think 286 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:28.639 the more people realized that, the more you would not 287 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:32.000 get so worked up. I mean, Stephen A. Smith is 288 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:33.960 paid a lot of money It ain't because he's right 289 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.840 about sports. It's just because he's he's gonna yell, he's 290 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:40.159 gonna get people worked up. He's going to play the 291 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.440 role that is screaming a Smith. I mean, that's that's 292 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:47.279 what it is. So I don't take them serious, but 293 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:49.919 I don't mean that in a disrespectful way as if, oh, 294 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:53.720 those guys are clowns. I mean, I'd gladly play the 295 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:55.159 role of I mean, if you want to call him 296 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.679 a clown, I'll take the job in a heartbeat for 297 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:00.840 five percent of what they pay Stephen A Smith. So 298 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:03.480 what's weird to me, though. 299 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.279 Is that Stephen A Smith. 300 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:08.879 He to me, he's just again he's clearly I mean, 301 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:11.120 the whole Lebron James thing a few months ago was wild, 302 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.960 where he's approaching Lebron or Lebron confronts him court side 303 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:18.320 at the Lakers game, and then Stephen A wants people 304 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.519 to believe that if Lebron would have made any physical 305 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.360 contact with him in any way, he would have knocked 306 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:24.759 him out. Like what Like there's a level of like, Okay, 307 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:27.320 I get, I get You're you're you're really you're turning 308 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.399 the volume up pretty loud which is hard to do 309 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:31.200 given how loud he is in general. But what I 310 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:34.320 mean is he's really just being extra, as they say. 311 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.240 But there's that, and then there's just saying things that 312 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:41.320 like nobody would believe you at all. But again when 313 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.039 you when you hear that and you get worked up, 314 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:46.639 just realize, Okay, he's he's a character on television. 315 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.639 That's that's what he is. Now. 316 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:51.360 When it comes to Shannon Sharp, I felt like he 317 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:54.360 gave you a little bit of the animated uh, you know, 318 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:59.679 just over the top, really really highly energetic and some 319 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.200 good liners that you maybe get from Steven A. But again, 320 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:07.080 I think his sports analysis was more It was more respected. 321 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.399 And I don't mean that just because he's a former player, 322 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:12.240 because I've always felt like those who claim that only 323 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:15.519 former athletes should be able to talk about sports and 324 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:19.480 be in the media, I think that's the dumbest thing ever, 325 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:22.039 because it shows that you don't have any clue really 326 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:26.320 what that industry is, because believe it or not, it's entertainment. 327 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:27.480 Like that's what it is. 328 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.039 Former players are there to provide analysis that most could 329 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:33.639 not provide because again, most of us didn't play in 330 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:36.960 the NFL. The NBA, the major leagues, and their value 331 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.440 is real. They have value. They are an added component, 332 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:42.639 they're needed, they're necessary. There's some that are great. However, 333 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:45.440 at the end of the day, it's a level of entertainment, 334 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.240 especially for those kind of shows. If you're a broadcaster, 335 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.480 meaning for the game, color commentary, play by play, I 336 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.000 mean that's not mean you are there to beat to addle. 337 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.399 You're there to. 338 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.559 Enhance what people are watching in that experience. But if 339 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:01.559 you're on TV for an hour hour with three other 340 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:06.120 people given given takes, and and and having debates, that 341 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.840 quite literally is there for entertainment reasons, which is why 342 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.480 some of them that are that feature journalists that do 343 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:17.679 have really good opinions and they they are phenomenal writers 344 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:20.159 when it comes to columns, features, that kind of stuff. 345 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:23.600 When you put those guys on TV, just them, it 346 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:25.720 just does. It doesn't hit because again it's not it's 347 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:29.000 not as entertaining. And that's not an insult, that's just 348 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:31.960 again there's certain roles that that come that come with it. 349 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.559 Meaning, you know how. 350 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.960 You cover sports, but you you you were, I don't know, 351 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:39.000 I don't think you'd be. I don't remember you being 352 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.440 a big fan but I feel like during our time 353 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.279 together on Sports you you were you were pro Shannon Sharp. 354 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:47.120 Right, yeah, I remember he remember he had the really 355 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.039 hid some interesting things come up about him though during 356 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:50.799 our time. 357 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.960 Oh yeah on the Sports show. 358 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:55.039 Yeah, and he's uh, yes, so were we together when 359 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.039 he uh whenever he went live on IG accidentally. 360 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:00.639 Yes, wild that he cant his job. 361 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:03.519 Yeah, that's easy to forget now because of the lawsuit 362 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.679 that he just settled. But yeah, Shannon Sharp goes live 363 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:10.440 on Instagram unknowingly with his phone sitting in a hotel, 364 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.759 nothing visible. 365 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:15.600 But we got to hear the real if you. 366 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.759 Ever wanted to hear what Shannon Sharp sounds like when 367 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:21.720 he is having intercourse. He provided that for a lot 368 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.000 of people, and somehow you survive that. But then when 369 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:27.279 you were accused of rape and there's a lawsuit against 370 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.360 you and you settle for fifty million dollars after claiming 371 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.799 that it was nothing, you're going to be vindicated. This 372 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:36.879 is all a setup. I mean, you settling is a 373 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:41.679 sign that you you clearly are aware that if you 374 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:43.759 don't settle, you could have to pay more than fifty 375 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:46.480 million dollars. So easy for ESPN, I think to make 376 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.720 the decision to cut ties there. 377 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.559 But Unk, as they. 378 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:50.879 Call him, I'll miss him. All right, Let's get to 379 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:53.080 a quick update on the roads out there. Bobby Ellis 380 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:54.879 will getus caught up on the traffic. We've got another 381 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:56.759 update coming your way when it comes to the weather 382 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.279 out there. Mat Melosavich and Roy O'Neil going to join 383 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:00.799 us from MBC on the other side right here on 384 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.240 news radioaight forty whs. 385 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:05.000 This is Kentucky Anda's. 386 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:07.119 Morning news here on news radio eight forty w h 387 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.200 as Nick Coffee, that is me, and we've got Rory 388 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:14.079 o'eial of NBC News with us here. So, Rory, the 389 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:17.960 Federal Reserve, they're not going to drop interest rates just yet, 390 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:21.039 and that is not a good thing when it comes 391 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:23.920 to those that are dependent upon these kind of things. 392 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.200 What can you tell us as far as just the 393 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.079 you know, the latest key economic indicators here, as far 394 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:32.240 as what we can't expect or I guess maybe when 395 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:33.880 we could potentially expect some relief here. 396 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.680 Yeah, now, they are still optimistic that they can start 397 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:40.880 to cut rates later this year, maybe even two quarter 398 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.839 point rate cuts. 399 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:44.680 That's encouraging, but that would be encouraging. 400 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.440 But by the way, Chairman Powell is just chairman of 401 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.960