Our iHeart Radio #BBN god Matt Jones is a terrific radio talent. He is provocative, knowledgable, and humorous. I am a friend and fan. Matt brings a lot of attention to our business which boosts all of our stations. These same attributes can be said of Tennessee broadcast icon Clay Travis, founder of Outkick.com and a host of many sports and cultural amplifying media products. These two can't stand each other. Matt just brag tweeted about his Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) show being #1 in America. Clay wasn't going to let that incorrect claim stand for long. This is 1 billion % not true dude. Cowherd does over 10 million downloads a month. That’s the most in iheart sports, but many iheart sports shows
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Rick Pitino on the Kevin Ware speeding/borrowed car firestorm
After his Louisville Cardinals trounced Hartford on November 19, UofL basketball coach Rick Pitino addressed the media and answered questions. At the 2:07 and 6:34 marks of the above video, Coach Pitino answered questions about his player Kevin Ware failing to show up in a Barren County courtroom for an October speeding violation of 40 mph over the limit. Pitino alluded to intense media coverage regarding the ownership of the borrowed car and speculation that an NCAA compliance rule had been broken. Here's The Courier-Journal story on the speeding ticket and the late model automobile's owner.