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KSR

2026-06-22 - KSR - Hour 1

22 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What updates are there on Kentucky's new Athletic Director?

0.031 - 6.331 Darius Miller

It's that time to put on your jersey and wave your flag, whoever you root for.

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6.652 - 15.38 Joe Haden

Why do I watch the World Cup? That's like asking me, why do I breathe? and it's beautiful. The guys are young and cute and fit.

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15.46 - 18.143 David Ross

It's not just a game. It's your culture.

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18.323 - 20.725 Joe Haden

I like watching it with my dad.

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20.745 - 21.986 David Ross

It's a connecting force.

22.287 - 39.623 Hana Müllerová

From Futuro Studios, I'm Fernanda Echavarri, and this is American Football, a show about soccer culture in the U.S. and its underdog roots. Listen to American Football on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

43.265 - 52.917 Matt Jones

Joy is essential and it's also elusive. But now, there's a new and exciting way to start your journey toward a more joyful existence. Joy 101.

Chapter 2: How did the Carolina Hurricanes win the Stanley Cup?

53.678 - 56.322 Matt Jones

It's a new podcast hosted by me, Hoda Kotb.

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56.562 - 72.883 Madeline Fox

If you're craving inspiration to maximize your joy, tune into these candid, uplifting, and moving on-air chats. Open your free iHeartRadio app, search Joy 101, and listen now. Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb is presented by CVS.

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74.753 - 91.334 Javier Chicharito Hernandez

Everyone sees me as a football player, but before anything else, I'm human. Every single day, I'm still learning how to live with problems, mistakes, relationships, emotions, ever since I was born. This isn't a normal podcast. Everything here is spontaneous, real, and genuine. Just honest conversations about what it means to be alive.

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91.694 - 98.483 Javier Chicharito Hernandez

I'm Javier Chicharito Hernandez, and listen to Learning to be Human on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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103.492 - 105.053 David Ross

What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas.

105.233 - 112.359 Matt Jones

And I'm CJ Toledano. It's our favorite time of the year on our podcast, Point Game, the playoffs. We're digging into the biggest surprises of the season.

Chapter 3: What impact does Dusty May's departure have on Michigan basketball?

112.379 - 127.772 Matt Jones

And I'm looking back on some of my greatest playoff moments. If we didn't talk ever again, I was fine. You just understood. That's how personal it got. Wow. Then after that game seven, Marquis coming to, he's like, you know, I love you, dog. You know, it's all love. This was just playoffs. This was just basketball.

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128.333 - 133.397 Matt Jones

So listen to Point Game on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Comedy Off-Broadway in Lexington welcomes Dale Jones, June 25th through the 27th. Then catch Ariel Elias, July 10th and 11th. And don't miss Brian Bates, July 17th and 18th. Comedy Off-Broadway opened in downtown Lexington in 1987. And they're still bringing the best in stand-up comedy to the area 39 years later.

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Chapter 4: What are the highlights of the recent NBA Championship?

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For tickets, call 859-271-JOKE or visit comedyoffbroadway.com. Comedy! This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage and the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Safe Summer Driving Tour. Now, here's Matt Jones.

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173.118 - 198.255 Matt Jones

Welcome, everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Monday, June the 22nd. I am Matt Jones here on a cloudy day. I'm in my last afternoon after having traveled around in New York and now headed back to Kentucky today. You can give a shout out to Clark's Pump and Shop phone line, 859-280-2287. We're actually not... I'm going to take calls in the first hour.

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198.295 - 210.746 Matt Jones

We're going to make this kind of call-free because we've got a lot of stuff to catch up on. A-Vision Auto Glass Tax Machine is 772-774-5254. Please text during the show. Twitter's down, so I've got to figure out what's going on somehow.

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Chapter 5: How did Father's Day influence the hosts' discussions?

210.926 - 234.734 Matt Jones

And this show is sponsored by TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ, he'll make them pay. Drew, you were on break last week as well. I saw your Father's Day pictures of you and Avery, your first Father's Day. How did that go? Went well. Traveling with the baby went well. I was a little nervous, but she handled it perfectly. Not even a peep on the airplane either direction. You went to Miami, right?

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235.054 - 235.275 Jeffrey Dubow

We did.

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235.295 - 246.307 Matt Jones

We had a great time down there. Did you take Avery out to the clubs and all that stuff on South Beach, or what did you do? You know, we tried, but her fake ID got shut down. Otherwise, a great trip.

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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the new NCAA rules on college athletics?

246.327 - 270.134 Matt Jones

But it continued the tradition of the moment I go on vacation, it is the newsiest day imaginable. So as always, like with Calipari leaving and several other things that happened, the moment I step away is when everything gets moving. It does feel like when I sat down last night to talk topics and to write down what we would talk about, It felt like I could have written 40 down.

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270.254 - 279.787 Matt Jones

I mean, I did keep it at 12. I don't know, Shannon, if people would have thought one of the 12 would be Pope's beard, but I do have that as one of the 12.

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You like that beard.

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280.629 - 308.523 Matt Jones

Well, I just like changes, like when you sort of hit 50 and you're like, I'm changing my appearance now, right? We're going beard. But we will do all that. And I have some great stories, including, Shannon, I have to tell you, I had something that made me almost childlike in my excitement happen. And it wasn't just my team winning the Stanley Cup. It was something else.

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308.543 - 314.473 Matt Jones

And you will laugh, but you will laugh in part because you will know how happy it made me that I'm going to tell you later.

Chapter 7: What are the latest developments in the NBA draft?

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Okay. All right. Looking forward to hearing that.

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316.96 - 338.964 Matt Jones

But it wasn't the first thing we want to talk about, which is Kentucky hires a new athletic director. Now, I know this happened a number of days ago, so a lot of people probably, you know, think it's old news. But, Drew, we haven't gotten to talk about it because it happened right after we left. Jay Batt. And do we have an official? Are we supposed to call him Jay or Jason? Jay.

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339.024 - 344.79 Matt Jones

Am I calling him a grown man just one letter? Is it Jay? That's what it is. It's Jay Batt. That's what he goes by.

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Chapter 8: How does the World Cup affect sports culture in Kentucky?

345.293 - 366.319 Matt Jones

Drew, is that what you're – we're not saying Jason. It's Jay. Honestly, I didn't even know it was Jason. I just thought his name was Jay. I thought it was pretty unique. He just went with one letter. Did you guys hear the story about why it's Jay? No, I actually didn't. Okay, so it goes back to when he was in third grade, there were two other Jasons, so they just called him Jay.

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367.1 - 385.56 Matt Jones

And you would think that once you moved on to fourth grade, maybe he would just take your name back, but he kept it throughout his entire life. And why did he have to switch? Why didn't the other Jason switch? Somebody would take the fall, so I guess it was Jason or Jay. See, now that makes me a little worried about his confidence going forward. He is the one that had to change his name.

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385.54 - 404.081 Matt Jones

He should have looked at those other kids and said, you're changing your name. I'm Jason. It's got to be one of the shortest names that exists. It couldn't be less short. Including the last name. Five letters. Now, that is true. Bo Nix. Bo Nix, title. That popped in my head.

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404.822 - 405.463 Jeffrey Dubow

But you're right.

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406.083 - 429.317 Matt Jones

There's two. But you're right. There's probably not that many people. I can't think of anybody that would have two letters, two letters. It could have been less letters if he hadn't put the extra T on there. He doubled down with the power T. Yeah. He gave a power T. That's right. Well, J-Bad is the athletic director. So I kind of got the news that it was going to happen early Monday morning.

430.278 - 451.967 Matt Jones

And then, you know, UK called me and said, hey, would you like to – to interview this guy. And I said, sure. So they made, even though it was a vacation, I set up to do my little Zoom and interviewed the guy. And I found him to be I mean, here are my takeaways about him.

452.007 - 471.389 Matt Jones

First of all, I got a text as soon as his name was being floated around that was from somebody, Drew, who works in college athletics and who works in college athletics at the national level and sort of the administrative level. So this is somebody who, you know, is connected, like, I think has a connection to Kentucky.

471.73 - 496.885 Matt Jones

It's not Dwayne Peavy, but has a connection to Kentucky, but is not, you know, Kentucky fan-centric. And they said to me, look, this is as good a guy as you all could get. And at this point, I'd never even heard of the guy. This is as good as you can get. Essentially said, if you're talking about modern college athletics, you could not have a guy better suited for it. So, Drew...

497.253 - 515.841 Matt Jones

Before I'd spoken to him, before I'd heard a word, my optimism had risen at that point. When you first heard his name and were reading things, were you the same way? Same way. I mean, the fact that he had a stop at Alabama. I mean, Michigan State's a big program. And then pretty much anything written about him involves fundraising and getting money, which I think is the top priority these days.

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