University of Kentucky All-American Jack "Goose" Givens, who also played in the NBA and eventually transitioned to sports broadcasting, joined me on 840WHAS for a wide-ranging interview. We are both self-proclaimed nerds who attended UK at the same time. We dove into his recruitment by Kentucky and the racial challenges it posed for him and his mother. Givens grew up in Lexington where he "never thought I'd have a chance to play" for the Wildcats. Jack also discussed the intensity of playing for a hard-boiled coach in Joe B Hall, and how their relationship changed after Hall sought Givens' advice during his broadcast years. Givens led the 1978 Kentucky Wildcats to an NCAA National Championship, scoring 41 points in the Cats defeat
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The Beasman weeps while LSU parties, needs Citrus Bowl replay to find joy
THE BEASMAN cats lose to LSU T-T-T-TELL ME IT WAS ALL A BAD DREAM! (long cry) I CAINT GIT OUTTA BED TODAY C-C-C-C CUZ MY PRECIOUS KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOSTED LAST NIGHT. (cry) THAT NASTY L.S.U. PLAYER DID A 360 DUNK AT THE FINAL BUZZER TO MOCK THE CATS EVEN MORE! (cry) WHY, GOD, WHY? (cry) THE G-G-G-GOOD AND CLASSY KENTUCKY WILDCATS GOT DISRESPECTERCATED DOWN THERE AT L.S.U. (cry) THE CATS WAS LEADING BY 9 POINTS WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT AND THEN (cry) ALL HADES BROKE LOOSE! (long cry) THEM L.S.U. THUGS STARTED HITTING BIG SHOTS AND WE DINT HAVE NO TY TY OR NO SAVIOR TO HELP US! TY TY GOT THE CRAMP CRAMPS AND THE SAVIOR GOT HIS JAW JACKED
CATHLICKIN’ 🏀 The Beasman thinks Coach Cal lets Catholic opponents win to help him get to Heaven
🔥 @blakewesley0 really did that pic.twitter.com/OwNnq7GlWy— Notre Dame Basketball (@NDmbb) December 12, 2021 THE BEASMAN uk loses to catholics I HATE CATHLICKS. I HATE YOU. I HATE ST. X. I HATE THE POPE. I HATE ALL YOU SNAGGLE TOOTH U OF SMELL CARDINAL THUG FANS RUNNIN AROUND SMIRKIN ABOUT U UH KAY LOSIN TO THE NOTRE DAME! (cry) EVEN THEIR COACH IS MAKIN FUN OF U UH KAY! (cry) ERRBODY’S A-MAWKIN U UH KAY! (cry) WHAT IN THE SAM HILL IS GOIN ON WITH COACH CAL? IS HE PUTTIN HIS RELIGION AHEAD OF HIS KENTUCKY COACHIN JOB? DADGUMMIT…THAT’S A FIREABLE OFFENSE! (cry) HERE WE IS ON SAIRDEE, READY TO STOMP ON THEM UNRANKED, CATHLICK FISH BREATH, BEER GUZZLIN, BABY MAKIN,
Kentucky beats Florida 🏈 couches are burned 🔥 Beasman is juiced😼
A party in Lexington 35 years in the making … #ForTheTeam Chapter Five 😼🏈 pic.twitter.com/c3h3ZQ0Nd1 — Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) October 7, 2021 KENTUCKY FOOTBALL IS A THING! The Kentucky Wildcats jumped from #31 to #16 in the Associated Press poll after a hard fought victory over #10 Florida. It was Kentucky's first home victory over the Gators since 1986. Street party couch burnings went on until the wee hours. UK is now 5-0 and welcoming a struggling LSU squad into Kroger Field on Saturday night. In a rare departure from oddsmaker behavior, Kentucky is a 2 point favorite. Finish the play. Finish the game. Finish what you start. Do that, and anything can happen. pic.twitter.com/XVBvTWTo9F — LSU Football (@LSUfootball) October 7, 2021 THE BEASMAN florida goes down LATER GATOR! LATER GATOR! LATER
Gun-tucky Wildcats arrested, Beasman begs U of Smell to take the blame
THE BEASMAN six wildcats arrested I AIN’T HAD A WINK O SLEEP WORRYIN IF ANY MORE KENTUCKY WILDCATS GONNA GIT SENT TO THE POKEY! (cry) I BOUT HADDA STROKE WHEN THEY SAID 6 U UH KAY FOOTBAW PLAYERS POINTED A GUN AT A LOYAL TRUE BLUE KENTUCKY WILDCAT FAN. I MEAN, IF THEY WAS PISTOL WHIPPIN A LOSERVILLE CARDINAL FAN, I COULD TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. BUT NAW…WE GOT US A BONER-FIED BIG BLUE BOO HOO! US GOOD AND CLASSY CAT FANS LOVE TAUNTIN OTHER SCHOOLS WHEN THEY’S IN TROUBLE. BUT CATS POINTIN GUNS AT OTHER CATS AIN’T GONNA WIN US THE NOBEL PRIEST PRIZE. (cry) OUR CLASSY CAT PLAYERS DONE BEAT UP SOME FRATERNITY PUNK BUT HE IS A WILDCAT FRATERNITY PUNK SO WE
The Beasman is stunned by the NBA draft aversion to choosing Wildcats
THE BEASMAN nba draft disaster IT’S ANOTHER DARK DAY IN WILDCAT COUNTRY, LARRY MINNER! (cry) WHAT KIND OF DRUGS IS THEM NBA COACHES SNIFFIN? I WAS SETTIN THERE LAST NIGHT BU-SPECTIN THE FIRST 3 PICKS TO BE THE U UH KAY KENTUCKY WILDCATS, RIGHT? Y’ALL BOUT TO PICK I-ZAYER JACKSON FIRST! THEN GONNA BE BRANDO BOSTON! NEXT COME OLIVIER SARR FROM U UH KAY! (cry) BUT NAWWWW! EVER TIME THAT BALD HAIRED, MEERKAT LOOKIN NBA COMMISH-NER WALKED UP TO THE PODIUM HE WOULD CALL OUT THE NAME OF A LOSER FROM SOME OTHER SCHOOL, NOT KENTUCKY! (cry) THEY TOOK GUYS FROM OKLAHOMO STATE, GONZAGGER, STANFORD, ALAMBAMMER, THE MEMPHIS Y.M.C.A. AND EVEN DADGUM TENNERSEE! THEY PICKED A DADGUM PUKE ARNGE TENNERSEE GUY
Coach Cal got his groove back with new ass-sister coaches! Beasman is stoked for the CAT COMEBACK!
THE BEASMAN new UK coaches I HEARED YOU ON THERE A-MOCKIN THAT NEW U UH KAY BASKETBAW COACH “THE CHIN” FOR SAYIN MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY GOOD TIMES IS A-COMIN TO BIG BLUE NATION! LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHIN, YOU BALD HAIRED, STINKBREATH, PENCIL NECK, NOT FUNNY, OVERRATED, SNAGGLE TOOTH LOUDMOUTH U OF SMELL BUTTKISSIN NOBODY…IF THE CHIN EVER CATCHES YOU OFF BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN WHERE YOU LIVE WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND SLICK RICK, THE CHIN SAYS HE’S GONNA KNOCK THEM LAST TWO HAIRS OFF YOUR PUMPKIN HEAD! (laffs) Chin already working hard. Let’s let the good times roll! #BBN x #LaFamilia pic.twitter.com/bLvhWwnw4W— Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) May 6, 2021 DON’T YOU LOWDOWN U OF SMELL CARDINAL BIRDS GO A-MAWKIN
The Beasman don’t want no UK bollybaw bandwagon jumpers like Larry Minner
THE BEASMAN uk volleyball national champs SHUT YOUR SNAGGLE TOOTH MOUTH ABOUT THE U UH KAY NATIONAL CHAMPEEN BOLLYBAW GIRLS, LARRY MINNER, CUZ YOU IS A BANDWAGON JUMPIN U OF SMELL CARDINAL SUCKUP! YOU AIN’T SNOWBALLIN ME, LARRY. YOU JUST TRYNA ACT LIKE YOU CARE ABOUT THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS NOW THAT THEY DONE WON IT ALL! ADMIT IT, YOU BALD HAIRED, CROSS EYED TRAITOR TURNCOAT, WENT TO U UH KAY BUT CHEERS FOR LOSERVILLE CARDINAL BIRDS. JUST LEAVE US TRUE BLUE KENTUCKY FANS TO CHEER FOR OUR NEW NATIONAL CHAMPEEN WILDCATS, THE FIRST S.E.C. TEAM TO EVER WIN THE BOLLYBAW TITLE! AWWWWW C-A-T-S CATS! CATS! CATS! AND OUR BEST PLAYER IS THAT GIRL FROM LOSERVILLE NAME OF ALLI CAT! (laffs) DADGUMMIT, I
Louisville snubbed for March Madness, Beasman giddily taunts Cardinal fraud Larry Minner 🏀
THE BEASMAN #1 u of l denied ncaa tourney berth AWWWW M-I-T-C-H! MITCH! MITCH! MITCH! (laffs) MITCH BARNHART IS THE GREATEST KENTUCKY WILDCAT LEADER EVER! (laffs) WE NEED TO GIVE MITCH BARNHART A RAISE FOR PUNCHIN LOSERVILLE IN THE MOUTH AND KNOCKIN EM OUT OF THE NC2A TOURNEYMINT! (laffs) I AIN’T STOPPED CHUCKLIN SINCE THEY ANNOUNCED THE BRACKETS! (laffs) ALL US GOOD AND CLASSY CAT FANS WAS SAD ABOUT BEIN ONE-AND-DONE IN THE S.E.C. TOURNEYMINT BUT THEN MITCH BARNFART SHOCKED EVERBODY BY TELLIN LOSERVILLE TO TAKE A SEAT! (laffs) I BETCHA CHRIS MACK WEREN’T MAKIN NO SMART ALECK VIDEOS DOWN IN HIS BASEMENT BAR WITH ERIC WOODHEAD! (laffs) Y’ALL AIN’T MOCKIN U UH KAY NO MORE, IS YOU, YOU NOBODY WORTHLESS
WINTER BEATDOWN: the Snow Bully plow master Beasman terrorizes Larry Minner
Heavy snow falls. The solemn duty of shoveling the driveway becomes Job One. After a brutal hour of pushing away the frozen encumbrance, a drive by plow dumps another load of street snow all over your freshly cleaned private drive. What the what? It turned out the Snow Bully was my buddy The Beasman. He called me on the radio to laugh at my shoveling misery. LISTEN #GoCats #BBN #LarryMinner #NoCountLoservilleLover CATS WIN! CATS WIN! The Beasman sends a special shoutout to Ashley Judd for letting a gorilla snap her lucky wishbone so that the Cats could start winning again! 🏀 #840WHAS For the uninitiated, University of Kentucky superfan The Beasman loves to taunt U of Smell lover Larry Minner on