A flood of Bill Murray sightings popped onto social media this week. The actor known as being the most chill celebrity in the world spends time in Louisville with his son Luke, a top recruiter and assistant coach for University of Louisville men's basketball. Luke and his wife Kara are expecting their second child soon. Murray loves visiting his son's family, even handing out Halloween candy at their home last October. This week, Louisville's head basketball coach Chris Mack hosted an old guy basketball camp complete with competition, film breakdown, celebrity guests like Bill Murray and Jay Bilas, and a championship game. Even though I wore a uniform, I played the role of general manager for some of my much younger colleagues like
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Rep. Yarmuth inspects U.S. immigration facilities at El Paso, wonders why fellow Dems are pounding on Obama
📻 @RepJohnYarmuth inspects migrant conditions on the U.S.🇺🇸-Mexico🇲🇽 border, also: should @AmyMcGrathKy skip #FancyFarm and why are @TheDemocrats crushing Obama? #immigration #ICE #election2020 🎙️ LISTEN https://t.co/8Bo4M7RQA3 #kypolitics #kysen @840WHAS pic.twitter.com/YoPLJcQ60K— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) August 2, 2019 Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) spoke on my radio show from the El Paso, Texas airport after inspecting the holding facilities for illegal immigrants. Yarmuth reported that the housing situation was clean and lightly inhabited, a scenario he suspected had been tidied up before the arrival of the congressional delegation. Yarmuth also talked about the shocking specter of debating Democrats trashing Barack Obama for not being "woke" enough during his 8 years in the presidency. Many of the current presidential hopefuls are going to extreme measures
Does the Pitino lawsuit create ongoing strife for the school and its fan base?
Rick Pitino is mad at me again. The former University of Louisville basketball coach and I are longtime friends but he has thrown hissy fits when I've publicly questioned him about sensitive issues. He even dropped me as co-host of his TV show for two years over tensions surrounding coverage of his affair with sketchy doughnut seller Karen Sypher. Then there was the time I asked him if mounting evidence of strippers offering sex to his players and recruits would make him consider resigning. Pitino didn't speak to me for a year and even avoided looking at me when we crossed paths in our St. Matthews neighborhood. Of course, I've gone on national TV and newspapers of record to defend Pitino
Happy 242nd birthday, America
Here are many of our iHeart Radio broadcast voices reciting the Declaration of Independence. Have a wonderful birthday, Americans! Celebrate freedom. Listen to "iHeart Louisville's Rendition of the Declaration of Independence" on Spreaker. And our apologies for one of our guys mispronouncing the word tyranny. Oops! This was @tonyvanetti's idea and it turned out great - @iHeartRadio Louisville's rendition of the Declaration of Independence @terrymeiners @amynicradiochik @LelandShow @PaulMiles840 @ShannonTheDude @davejennings790 @T2tnt https://t.co/ztyZDp6wp4— NewsRadio 840 WHAS (@840WHAS) July 3, 2018
Rolling into year 33 at WHAS Radio and TV
?️ Friday launches my 33rd year on WHAS Radio and television. We ran a contest on my 1st radio show where hundreds of people guessed when I would be fired or leave. The winner gets $500. Only two entries are still valid. Jim McClellan needs me gone within three years or else Robert Rudolph is the winner. #loumedia #radiopersonality #Louisville My radio career began in September 1976 at WKQQ in Lexington, although I did not go on the air until late 1977. Therefore my total broadcast career has surpassed the 40 year mark.
Tom Jurich and I spoke after his termination letter was released
Tom Jurich called me last night to respond to the University of Louisville termination letter. More to come today at a 3:30 press conference at the offices of his attorneys. Rick Pitino and I will talk about his firing and the Jurich termination letter at 5:35 PM today on 840WHAS Radio. I spoke about the Jurich call with Renee Murphy at WHAS11 and then with Rachel Platt on Great Day Live... ...then to Bob Ley on ESPN's Outside the Lines .@terrymeiners spoke with the recently ousted Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich... pic.twitter.com/efXq7O04sc— Outside The Lines (@OTLonESPN) October 25, 2017 Plus there were 840WHAS radio chats with Tony Cruise and Leland Conway...then to WKRD to speak with Nick Coffey on "The Red Zone" And I
Two-fer Tuesday: political ping pong
My radio show today featured back-to-back interviews with political opposites Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin and U.S. Representative John Yarmuth (Ky-3). Here's the governor talking about potential expansion of Toyota's manufacturing presence, his victory in the PVA assessment of his home, misdirected media, pension pressure, and tax changes to retain wealth. As for the possibility of facing Attorney General Andy Beshear in the 2019 gubernatorial race: "To me that would be fantastic. He is not even competent as an attorney general." AUDIO Congressman Yarmuth talked about North Korea's nuclear threats toward the U.S., President Trump's reply that America would bring "fire and fury never before seen in the world," congressional health care camaraderie, and whether VP Mike Pence is sincere in claiming that he
McConnell confirms his intention to use the nuclear option to confirm SCOTUS nominee Neil Grouch
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirms that he is prepared to use the so-called nuclear option, changing traditional rules of the Senate to allow for a simple majority vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. In a WHAS radio interview with me, McConnell noted that the longstanding tradition of requiring a supermajority of 60 aye votes was overrun in 2013 by then-majority leader Sen. Harry Reid. Democrats point out that Reid's use of the nuclear option was to advance lower court appointments, not Supreme Court nominees. Here is the entire WHAS interview, which also covers whether superpowers should intervene following Syrian chemical attacks, if GOP in-fighting will wither 2018 election hopes, health care upgrades, tax reform, and
Kellyanne Conway and Terry Meiners: the love is real
On the launch day of the Republican healthcare plan to replace Obamacare, the White House communications office offered me an interview with Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Donald Trump. -----Original Message----- From: REDACTED Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 10:04 AM To: MEINERS, TERRY A Cc: Vertrees, Ian Subject: Kellyanne on today Hi Terry, We'd like to schedule an interview with Kellyanne Conway on the show this afternoon to discuss Obamacare repeal/place. Please advise if this is possible. Thank you, REDACTED Director of Radio White House Communications 202-REDACTED ----------------- I suppose our show was chosen to counter Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's negative response to the plan his party was trying to advance. It was a spirited conversation to put it mildly. But it wasn't mild. Conway, after being combative toward Meiners: "I don't feel
With the Cats plunging, The Beasman is lunging
THE BEASMAN cats crushed by florida radio sketch for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2017 TOM BRADY GOT FIVE RINGS BUT COACH CAL ONLY GOT ONE. DADGUMMIT, LE’T’S GIT TOM BRADY TO COME COACH THE CATS BEFORE WE TURN INTO ROBERT MORRIS THE 2ND. (cry) WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE, YOU BALD HAIRED SLICK RICK BUTTKISSIN CARDINAL FRAUD. Y’ALL CAN ACT ALL BIGTIME RIGHT NOW BUT THE NC2A BOUT TO BRING Y’ALL THE DEATH PENALTY FOR VALENTIME’S DAY. SO QUIT YOUR SMIRKIN ABOUT U UH KAY’S BOWLIN GREEN MASSACRE. ME AND ALL MY WILDCAT BUDDIES IS BOUT TO POP A VEIN OVER THIS BIMBARRASSMENT. AIN’T NOBODY HAPPY IN WILDCAT COUNTRY, LARRY, SO SHUT YOUR SNAGGLE