Hall of Fame basketball coach Denny Crum and his wife Susan are hosting the 51st Cystic Fibrosis Foundation celebrity dinner on March 9 at The Omni. We had a ball doing a live TV trial run with celeb waiters Shannon Burton (Duke basketball) and Jason Anderson (680 ESPN Radio). Denny Crum, he former University of Louisville national championship coach (1980, 1986), still works hard at community service projects. Coach's friends from the sports and media world show up at the dinner to serve as waiters and hosts. The ultimate goal is to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to eradicate CF. Susan Sweeney Crum is a well-loved former broadcast journalist who worked with me in the 1990s at WHAS before moving
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Is that fancy purse brand called LOO-uh vi-TONN? Is the arch in Saint LOO-uh? Is that song by The Kingsmen called LOO-uh LOO-uh?
I love this email exchange from 2013. You mad, bro? Yeah, she mad. From: Patricia Houtchens [phoutchens@aperity.com] Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 11:08 AM To: MEINERS, TERRY A Subject: Listener Email from www.whas.com I guess you’re celebrating another example of the homogenization of local dialects: LINK After you finally get everyone to stop calling the city where they were born, Louavull, then you can go to Narlens and tell those folks how stupid they sound because they don’t pronounce/enunciate their city’s name like you do. I find it so hypocritical that you never cease to tell your audience that we all should celebrate our differences – homosexuals/heterosexuals, democrats/republicans, U of L/U of K, whatever, but you have no tolerance for those of us who perpetuate
FLASHBACK: My 2005 chat with young and innocent Andre McGee
My wife Mary and I had a funny chat with an inebriated Andre McGee at Unbridled Eve a decade ago. Now, of course, we can only wonder what sort of seedy things were going on with McGee and the University of Louisville Cardinals that he was supposed to protect. It's no wonder Andre needed to get tipsy. He was likely hiding lots of secrets. Rick Pitino is now coaching in Greece. The University of Louisville basketball program is slowly crawling out of a scandalous mess that involved Pitino's personal missteps, recruits confirming that strippers were hired by former UofL player McGee to "entertain" them on visits, and adidas-related payments to the family of recruit Brian Bowen. The payment scandal casts a
“What takes guts is to pay your bills” – Gov. Matt Bevin on why sports gambling and marijuana pursuits won’t pay Kentucky’s bills
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin texted: "Are you on air today?" Me: "Yes sir." Gov. Bevin: "Want me to stop by?" Me: "Absolutely" A few minutes later, Governor Bevin strolled into my studio and we launched right into a 23 minute chat on a myriad of topics. Local media immediately jumped on Bevin's sardonic comment about America's "soft" culture where school is called off for cold temperatures. .@GovMattBevin told @terrymeiners that #Kentucky schools closing for cold weather shows 'we're getting soft’ but a chorus of teachers and political rivals from both sides of the aisle quickly rebuked those comments: https://t.co/OiglXzwNcx #KYGov— Philmonger (@phillipmbailey) January 30, 2019 This WDRB transcript (below) put Bevin's comment in better context but the audio reveals that Bevin is
Hedge hogs ready to gut Gannett, newspaper business fiddled while Rome burned
Proofreaders? We don't need no stinkin' proofreaders! Nor do most American newspapers. Two more editors were among the newly RIF'd at The Courier-Journal in Gannett's slash-and-burn strategy. A few weeks ago, a Courier-Journal employee told me that the scant few remaining employees were shuddering at the prospect of a hedge fund takeover of CJ parent company Gannett. Sure enough, Gannett made another massive reduction in force across America this week as if to prepare for its unholy marriage with Alden Capital. Gannett slashed 400 jobs. Other media outlets also sent the Grim Reaper through employee break rooms. Even the snarky HuffPo kids took a hit. The Courier-Journal losses were light this time but it could be just a preview of more consolidation
My radio chats with the major gubernatorial candidates for 2019
Here are my most recent WHAS Radio interviews with the 2019 candidates for Kentucky governor. This November, incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin will take on the winner of the May primary between Democrat hopefuls Attorney General Andy Beshear, Senate Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, and former Kentucky Auditor Adam Edelen. All candidates are offered the choice of appearing in the radio studio with me or to join me via phone. We start with Governor Bevin on the phone last month. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear Political activist and former Kentucky auditor Adam Edelen Kentucky Senate Minority Leader Rocky Adkins All of them are scheduled for return visits on my WHAS Radio afternoon show. For an additional Republican perspective on the 2019 general assembly, here's my conversation
Gov Matt Bevin on marijuana, sports betting, happy dancing Dems, and why he’s still the best person to be governor in Ky
📻 Here's Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin on the phone with me. It's our annual year-end summation interview wrapped up with a Christmas message for all. His staff promised me 20 minutes on the phone but the governor got rolling and we went a full half hour. Of course, Matt Bevin was extremely frustrated after this week's aimless special session, plus he sustained a recent unanimous rejection by the Kentucky Supreme Court on the pension issue. What do we learn? He's definitely running for reelection, encourages others to challenge him, takes a hard pass at marijuana & sports betting, and paints attorney general Andy Beshear with dereliction of duty. I also asked who will be the next Lt. Gov, if the
Geeking on the Sneakin’ Deacon
Former U.S. Secret Service agent Greg Gitschier tells his incredible story in "Sneakin Deacon." He details wild career adventures, global security insights, danger, compassion, personal protection of luminaries, plus his transition to becoming a deacon in the Archdiocese of Louisville. The opening chapter takes you along with a 21-year-old rookie cop into a harrowing situation where Gitschier has to quickly decide whether to shoot a rapist who burst into a woman's apartment. Sneaking' Deacon takes you around the world into turbulent hotspots and gentle encounters that show the delicate work of law enforcement and protection. This book grows even more heartfelt appreciation for the men and women who quietly protect America and its leaders. Order it 🌎 via butlerbooks.com or pick
She’s a dear with headlights
There are three boobs in this photograph. Two of them are in some serious trouble. That's me with 2014's Miss Kentucky and we have our clothes on. Ramsey Carpenter visited my radio show twice during her reign as the commonwealth's crowned head. She seemed nice, bragged about her love of the Kentucky Wildcats, and never asked if I wanted to see her naked. Here's a picture of Ramsey yesterday. It's her mugshot. Whoa! That's a hot cup of coffee in the lap. What in the name of hoobastank is a-going on here? After she realized I was already taken, Ramsey married a rich guy named Charles "Chas" Bearse two years ago. He's part of the family that owns Massey Coal Company. I'm
St. Stephen Martyr football: we were champs 50 years ago
My St. Stephen Martyr boys were perfect. We didn't all get straight As. Some of us sassed teachers and earned detention. Others screwed up in their personal lives but when it came to football, we were dialed in. We practiced hard every afternoon. If Coach Don Kalbhin thought we were slouching, he'd order our dads to line up their cars and turn on the headlights so we could keep practicing after sunset. Our dads deferred to the coach's wishes. The reward unfolded through the course of the season. Our little football team was perfect in 1968. We beat all challengers, including the Holy Family team listed below to win the Toy Bowl. It would be the only championship experience many of