MG: One of the states top newspaper sports columnists and I went to UK and worked on The Kernel student newspaper together. KSR itself certainly does not appear to have that many paid ads or videos. Thats idiotic. Not only were the Cats without a true point guard, they were also coming off a disappointing loss to Vanderbilt at home on Wednesday night. The biggest problem is its about the 48th- or 49th-size U.S. market. I didnt hate it, but it wasnt for me. A Lexington Herald-Leader piece on Jones quoted the sports editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal as saying, "'I think Matt Jones and KSR act as though they're traditional media when it suits them, but they turn on traditional media when it suits them. The Matt Jones Podcast welcomes on Charles Booker, Kentucky's youngest Black state lawmaker - a current legislator in the Kentucky House of Representatives, and a recent candidate in the Democratic Party's primary for the 2020 U.S. Senate race - to discuss his decision to run for office, his narrow loss to Amy McGrath, his quick rise in the political world, among other topics. Seattle and Portland, their soccer teams are huge. I have been doing this 15 years now, and I think I have a pretty good handle on what entertains folks. But I want to see what the restaurant industry looks like in a year. Amy McGrath:McGrath backtracks on Kavanaugh, saying 'I would have voted no', "She can't beat McConnell," he added. as he considers entering the Democratic primary for a chance to take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. I was one of the few people who really enjoyed law school. He . I'd hazard to guess he makes, at the very least, $300K per year. After four years juggling corporate law with sports blogging and radio, KSR was cutting too deeply into Jones's billable hours at Frost Brown Todd LLC, so he left to start a small firm with a friend. One of the things we have always believed is, lets have fun with this stuff. The one I get the most joy out of watching is basketball because I think it is the best combination of athleticism, intellectual, being a thinking persons sport, and excitement. I think Matt should "spread the wealth" and share his salary. In 2007, he saw his production drop. The question is: Do you want to wait a few years so that you can look like you are morally superior? Starting this fall and next year in 2022, people are going to be really impressed with what happens. The deal does not impact Jones' daily KSR radio show . 1:38. Who on earth would disagree with that? The SEC Tournament bracket is now set. In 2005 I started a blog; I did it really out of boredom. He also has a syndicated radio program on UKsports. You want to make sure you have some direction, but after that I think we just go. But they already have two historic pro sports teams there with baseball and football. Categories . . Arkansas lost to the University of Minnesota in the 2002 Music City Bowl, and finished 95. There were only so many seats in your arena. It is going to take awhile. Part of the reason is, our audience tunes in every day with knowledge of who we are as people, so I can reference things and people know what I am talking about. We are probably just short. Matt Jones was born to Steve and Paula Jones on April 22, 1983, in Dermott, Arkansas.He spent most of his childhood in Van Buren, Arkansas, where his parents taught school and his father coached football and track.He attended Van Buren Public Schools from grade school through the end of his junior year. Live attendance has been in major decline for a decade. He had found out that Ohio Valley Wrestling was potentially for sale and he thought that with his business acumen and my marketing ability it would be a good partnership and I agreed. in the past to declare that McGrath can't win statewide after losing to Rep. Andy Barr in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District. My rationale was we were basically the last really big independent college sports website in the country. If he was making so little, he'd probably be practicing law. "They wouldn't let you take your phone into federal court," Jones said, "so during the breaks I would come out and tweet out the most interesting stuff, and it just took off." You are never going to get a baseball or football team (in Louisville) because it is an hour away from Cincinnati, and you are never going to get a hockey team because Nashville is two hours away from Louisville. I used to watch everything that was on. this is because he gets paid for by the word and ryan lemon makes no money at all he is paid in t shirts lol for chriatmas matt jone played a prank where he bought bryan lemon 5,000 shirts that he stole from all the goodwills. When McConnell couldn't settle on a date Jones heckled him for the next two weeks, until McConnell made an unannounced call into the show. When they leave the state, for a lot of people, we are the way they keep connected to their home. And again I think there is place for those folks. Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are married, Rebel Wilson c 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved Who approached whom? All the posts about him getting fired or tanking on purpose for a buyout or getting bought out by the boosters this year and fired are laughable. Taking inspiration fromof all placeshow Howard Dean's calamitous 2004 presidential campaign used the internet, they added a blog too. We have had a long period of time where there are restrictions on how many people can come, so its been a huge hit. It was a lot of the stuff that now is more common. Ours stayed pretty solid because we have always been more a sports and pop culture show rather than just a sports show. I've never seen a guy more consistently right with his scoops. On November 2, 2010, it was reported that Jones declined a tryout with the Washington Redskins, telling them that he intended to retire. MJ: We should have it; it is dumb that we dont. Grimes: I would want to have the discussion. I want to submit a note and pic to Kentucky Sports Radio, but I can't find a way to do it. <p>The official podcast of the HBO Original Limited Series, We Own This City. There are so many things our legislature does that are stupid; this is one of them. In the early 2000s, they had a partnership with the WWE and they were producing talent. Breaking news. Matt James slammed "The Bachelor," saying he and girlfriend Rachael Kirkconnell are "still going strong" because they do not play the show's "games." The feud began after Jones tweeted that KSR is the #1 radio show in podcast downloads across the entire iHeartMedia company. He gave his legal understanding of the matter on today's show. 11 Georgia/No. Because of that, people want to hear folks they believe are like them talking about it. and he still didnt change things after that fail. There was, for instance, the McConnell campaign's ad, released in March, depicting what it thought was a bunch of joyous UK basketball players. -- How Cal outclassed Pitino after the game. Anybody who starts something from scratch, when they sell it, there is a little moment where you go, Man, am I really doing this? But it is the right decision, and our new owners have been great to work with. About. Mark as Played. 2,774 Following. They can put out 50 shows and one of them will hit, but when the Lakers play or the Yankees play, it is a guaranteed success. "I'm not talking about what . People didnt stop going to University of Indiana games because of the Pacers, right? She later apologized, admitted she was wrong., James, who was the first black Bachelor, claimed in his LA Times profile that the franchise did not make a concerted effort to take part in that conversation when it was at its height., That opportunity was lost because everyone was afraid and sitting on their hands, he continued. goodwill is a main sponsor on their show iirc But we have a rule that an officer can bring it himself The Prosecutors Office was not part of this. I will watch a little bit of pretty much everything. Jones spoke for about 18 minutes total before going to callers in the next segment. Thread starter FMCANE; Start date Dec 20, 2018; 1; 2; 3; . The arguments that were made before the state general assembly on how it could actually help children with severe disorders, and I was very much in favor of that. ET on SEC Network, but we all know it will CJ Fredrick scored just two points during Kentucky's win over Arkansas on Saturday afternoon, both of them coming from the free-throw line. "The easiest answer to that is no," he says, "because that makes everybody happy." We were able to get it at a fairly good price, and we decided it was worth it. They are a point of consensus for which there are very few parallels anywhere else in America, and nearly none in national life. There is hope for The Program. The boosters are very unhappy as are the fans is what I've heard. Now, how you do it is a question that there are a lot of different theories about, and I have various opinions on it. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I think its very, very little. Wallace wasn't ruled out of Saturday's game "That boy saved us." Co-owner of KSBar and OVW Wrestling. MG: Where were you then? The 30-minute episodes will air once a week, and you'll receive a treat at the end of each episode with a podcast within a podcast. MG: Congratulations on topping1 million iHeart podcast downloads in January, the best in the nation. It's been a scary week here at the KSR Compound as our fearless leader, Matt Jones, has been in the hospital for issues related to high blood pressure. 20K views, 312 likes, 67 loves, 70 comments, 17 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Kentucky Sports Radio: Matt Jones called into the radio show today to give an update on his condition following a. Part of me wonders if it will ever be totally the same. I dont think so, at least not in the next 30 years; maybe a long time down the road. But on the sports side, I have always thought, Whats the harm in having people wanting to win? Especially on radio. re: Matt Jones and the KSR postgame show starts at 9 central - should be another classic. Jones also led Arkansas to an 2003 Independence Bowl victory over the Missouri Tigers, 2714, and the Razorbacks finished the season with a 94 record. These were not charges the Prosecutors Office even wanted to bring. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. One of the things I want to do is provide traveling entertainment for small towns all around the state, and I think we will be able to do that as well. KSR is a fan blog that has swelled to employ three writers besides Jones, which frees him up to host the radio program. He burst onto the high school football scene as a 6ft 4in (1.93m) sophomore wide receiver (WR), quickly making an impact for the Pointers football team, leading the team in TD receptions. Jones is the co-host of Gameday on ESPN Radio's Saturday lineup with Myron Medcalf and Joe Fortenbaugh from 1-5 p.m. ET.The Lexington-native has been on a steady climb in the industry since founding Kentucky Sports Radio in 2005. My favorite to watch is basketball, but I also really enjoy football and golf. In his freshman year, Jones helped Arkansas defeat an Eli Manning-led Ole Miss team in Oxford in an NCAA record-setting seven overtimes. Jones' father, Steve Jones, disputed the allegations that his son was involved in any wrongdoing and released a statement which was posted on the web site of Fayetteville television station KNWA-TV: "We want to make it clear that Matt was not in possession of any drugs, but that there were drugs in the vehicle and were located in the closest proximity to Matt.". For example, the Courier-Journals Tim Sullivan fired off tweets insinuating it was an inside job. Then, they look at other factors and we have a couple of things that are positive but also are a little bit of a negative. He attended Van Buren Public Schools from grade school through the end of his junior year. Not coincidentally, that generates the most profit. John Calipari makes around $8 million and the guys who can play dont get anything except a college scholarship. I dont think Matt will be in the line for food stamps or government cheese anytime soon. It is Midwestern and Southern, Rust Belt and Appalachia, the birthplace of Lincoln and the birthplace of Jefferson Davis. If he doesn't wanna ruin what he accomplished then he needs to quit while he is ahead so to speak. Available to many more people than what listen to Matts show. Nikola Joki is your 2023 NBA MVP right? The question is do we want to be the 41st or do we want to be the 14th and get that head start? Matt was released yesterday and is now resting at home, but this morning, took a few minutes to call in to the radio show and update us all on his condition. Were one of the only couples from that franchise still going strong, he continued. Do you think the state can make it more attractive? I still like sports, I still watch a lot of sports, but I do a lot of other things as well. When we did it, it was very unique. id say matt jones makes somewhere in the ballfield of 55k-750k a year. . We haven't had a senator that's even wanted to have those discussions though. Partially because we had been successful enough that it didnt ever make sense to join one of them. With a syndicated radio show, pay from UK for game talk, and his website he probable makes between $300k-$500k a year. But the history of Louisville and Kentucky athletics is so strong that it is not going to quit. The idea that we would hold on to it for some reason is just silly. Dalbey did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Jones announced Monday that re-signed with iHeart Media to continue doing KSR for another five years. Lately, of course, those advertisers have been politicians. I concur! That is just ridiculous. Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones is losing his television show until the outspoken media personality makes a decision on running for U.S. Senate in 2020, according to a Lexington station . One officer, for whatever reason, was committed to bringing it and thats how it ended up as a charge., After fielding a few questions from Ryan Lemond, Jones added, The Prosecutors Office, Im not saying they were against it. Is it decreasing as a revenue stream? Jones and one other former Arkansas football player, Jared Hicks, were inside a vehicle that was searched by police. It wasn't as ridiculous a notion as it might've seemed to outsiders. Hey folks. [14], On March 9, 2009, in Washington County, Jones was arrested again after failing a drug test which showed that he had alcohol in his system, which violated the condition of his probation. Now, I could be wrong, but just what I think. MJ: I have been told soccers moment was about to arrive for 30 years, and it never arrived. Matt Jones. Matt Jones, host of Kentucky's highest-rated radio program and co-founder of the scrappily independent Kentucky Sports Radio blog, describes himself as a "somewhat liberal, mountain, Eastern Kentuckian white guy." It started with me doing an NFL show for two years, and now I do a Saturday afternoon general sports show. Jones and Tucker are no doubt acquainted from covering Kentucky games, and whether this was Jones just popping off for a dimly-perceived slight to excite his followers (which many of us bloggers . Jones' senior year saw Arkansas fail to reach a bowl game, finishing 56. Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) November 7, 2019 Let me just say thisI do not blame iHeart Radio. Are there enough (Louisville) corporate sponsorships? Matt Jones announced Tuesday morning he has made the decision to sell the KSR website to Stuart McWhorter. In a place like Kentucky, that is often looked down upon, I think they appreciate someone who has pride in the state. About 2009 it occurred to me: I can make this a career. By the time his playing days at Arkansas were over, Jones was the SEC's all-time leader in career rushing yards by a quarterback. "It's been a nightmare for my family . 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. But this past general assembly Jones: I know we have to follow them, but if you were the one in charge, if a bill came before the Senate that said "In America the recreational use of marijuana would be allowed," would you vote for it or not? I think basketball is close; if you were going to ask the NBA to give us your five cities you would expand to, Louisville is probably third behind Seattle and Las Vegas. There is only so much a television network would pay you to show the games. -- Alex Legion, Billy Gillispie and how his wild last day at UK could've happened much sooner. MG: Prior to COVID, was live attendance at sporting events in decline? Grimes: Well I think that the current laws that are on the books, we've got to follow. At the beginning of the season, he pledged to not shave his beard until he scored a touchdown. voted to confirm JudgeBrett Kavanaugh to theSupreme Court. You are not going to be a slam dunk because you arent big enough. "I disagree with this decision but It is what it is," he said. There are some hosts who prepare a monologue; I dont do that. Grimes, for her part, has made an asinine show of refusing to disclose whom she voted for in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, as if a Democratic candidate with a big (D) beside her name not saying whether she voted for the winning Democratic presidential candidate will win her points with voters. The problem is, when you practice law you dont get to do a lot of that. Are people going to all want to pile into a gym and sit right next to each other? It served a niche that most people didnt have in Kentucky, and then as blogs really grew in the late 2000s, we kind of exploded with them. Toppin and Reeves, the stars of the game with their 58 combined points, Hidden beneath all of the excitement around Kentucky Basketball's impressive road win at Arkansas, there is still the concern about Cason Wallace's injury and how quickly he will return to the lineup. Basketball, and particularly UK basketball, serves as a sort of lingua franca, which is why sports and politics tend to mingle so freely in the Bluegrass State. Thats not true anymore. Jones doesn't deny the charge, and is in fact adamant that he is no journalist. pdanet connected but no internet. Limited Ads. In this case, he's just repeating what he overheard. "Things are happening behind the scenes".. lol. When I lived in southeast Louisiana, radio sports personality Buddy Diliberto was a big New Orleans Saints backer. I clerked for three federal judges: one on the (U.S. Court of Appeals for the) D.C. But we are entering a different era in terms of coverage and a different era in terms of websites, and now you have to invest in video and audio (content); its different than it was when I started. That wasnt common then. I used to be a sport-obsessed person. There are not sports going on, so are they going to listen? What do others not understand about the Kentucky audience? Why would he not make more than $150K per year? As incongruous as it seems for a sports radio show to figure in a prominent election, politics are in KSR's DNA. This puts him at odds with his listeners, whose politics he doesn't share. liverpool v nottingham forest 1989 team line ups; best crews to join in gta 5. jay chaudhry house; bimbo bakeries buying back routes; pauline taylor seeley cause of death Cal's recruiting won't be repeated, certainly. That clip was quickly replaced by one featuring then-UK star Julius Randle, which promptly embroiled the school in an NCAA compliance investigation over the use of athletes' images. I'm in favor of having the discussion, especially to reclassify the use of marijuana. ryan lemond wifemr patel neurosurgeon cardiff 27 februari, 2023 / i how old was stewart granger when he died / av / i how old was stewart granger when he died / av While the hosts of KSR are all fans, not everyone is a fan of KSR. As Mike knows (and makes fun of me over), I don't necessarily love the guys at KSR, but Jones doesn't make up stuff for the sake of ratings. Russ Heltman is a daily news writer for BSM. To license the show, stations give iHeartRadio half of their ad inventory for it to sell. Grimes: Well this past general assembly session we saw cannabis oil. The Wildcats' path is becoming clearer as the day goes on. Officers questioned Jones and he acknowledged the white powder was in fact cocaine, the report said. He adds, "There aren't a lot of those." If you are not entertaining it wouldnt matter anyway, and I think we are able tohopefullybe pretty entertaining. "The thing this state has always prided itself on is we do one thing better than you, and that's basketball. The lovebirds broke up after the show but reconciled soon after and still appear to be going strong, with James currently tagging along to a British Virgin Islands vacation with Kirkconnells inner circle. They listen to us and we talk about Kentucky, we sound like Kentucky. He has been the "Hey Kentucky!" He helped lead the Pointers to a 5A conference title and was named Super Sophomore by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Click below to subscribe to KSR Radio on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxlgPWNLi8UInV0HHhfSQCg?sub_confirmation=1#kentucky #kentuckywildcats #sec #secnews #bbnClick below to subscribe to KSR Radio on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxlgPWNLi8UInV0HHhfSQCg?sub_confirmation=1#kentucky #kentuckywildcats #sec #secnews #bbn There's no pretense when it comes to KSR's loyalty to University of Kentucky sports, especially basketball and football, and with Jones, the show's originator, leading the way . In college, Jones was a star quarterback for the University of Arkansas, and was also a member of the basketball team for one season. In 2008, he had 65 catches for 761 yards in 12 games before being suspended for three games by the NFL on October 20, 2008, for violation of the league's substance abuse policy. I enjoy it; I get the most entertainment from it. I have always been an academic at heart and appellate lawwhere you would argue the intricacies of the law, what it means and what it should meanI always enjoyed that. If he said it, it happened. It is going to be legal everywhere soon, so what are we waiting on? Jones: You realize it though, so would you vote for it? The Sheriff would pin his plastic badge to his Reno 9-1-1 costume and arrest all six Kentucky Football players if he could. 21 May. Trump:Donald Trump tweets Democrats 'coming after' Mitch McConnell as Amy McGrath enters race. Matt Jones has continued focusing on the KSR brand, which expanded to the restaurant industry with KSBar and Grille in 2018. MJ: It was just random. Within two years, maybe 40 of the 50 states will have it. MG: Why do you think Kentucky gets overlooked when courting professional sports in the big four: NFL, NHL, Major League Baseball, NBA? Uh, you might want to review your recent UK history there buddy.