Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
I’m baaaaack.
After an epic wedding and twelve days in Greece, I am back to life, back to reality. And, nine days into the honeymoon, I finally found the Cats in Greece. It was in the papered up window of a store that was being remodeled in Rethymeno, Crete, a Venetian port town in Greece. After the longest Kentucky sports drought in my life, I was like a giddy schoolgirl, jumping, and clapping at the two magazine pages, which showed Terrence Jones and Anthony Davis in an article entitled “Blah blah blah NBA” (Okay, the actual title was probably different, but hey, it’s all Greek to me). Needless to say, the patrons of this small Greek town were very amused, as was Mr. TT, who obliged me by taking several photos.
I have no idea what the article said. From its title and the few English words that didn’t translate, including “March Madness” and “All Star Basket,” I gather it’s about the Cats’ domination in the tournament and the upcoming NBA draft. But, in Greece, a country as riddled with problems as it is beauty, it’s another example of how Kentucky has grown into an international brand under Calipari. Sure, you could argue that any NCAA title winning team would merit a mention in an international sports magazine, but to be associated with basketball’s ultimate superlatives (“NBA” and “All Star”), along with a powerful two-page photo spread, demonstrates how Kentucky is the elite of the elite. A trademark of talent, a name known in every language (Kentáki, in Greek, by the way).
Invigorated by my brief taste of home, I made it my quest to spread “Kentáki” across Europe. As luck would have it, I found a couple from Maysville at a sports bar in Athens while we watched the Greece/Poland game in the Euro 2012. They now live in Athens full time, and told us how they watched Kentucky win the tournament in that same bar, converting their Greek friends into Cats fans, showing them how to do the three goggles and the Cat chant. Greeks being Greek, the unibrow wasn’t such an anomaly.
It’s not just a Big Blue Nation anymore. It’s a Big Blue World.
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June 11th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Can we get a Monday edition of Tweet Beat? Please? Oh and welcome back!
June 11th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Carmen Sandiego.
June 11th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Too late for a last fling ??
June 11th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
I might still be coming to terms with Tyler being off the market…
June 11th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
2nd pic is epic…
June 11th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
No, the 1st one is better actually. SNH will surely see it lol
June 11th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Mrs. Thompson, all I can say is “wow”. You are beautiful!
June 11th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
TT bringing the heat
June 11th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Welcome back, Mrs TT!
June 11th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
who the hell goes to Greece for a honeymoon? Damn big spenders….geez
June 11th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Awful. Apparently, this site is just a diary for the most uninformed Kentucky “writers” on the planet. An internet connection and a 100 word vocabulary exceeds the norm around here. OMG I SAW KENTUCKY ANTHONY DAVIS NBA BASKYBALL IN GREECE LOLZ
June 11th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
It is amazing how easily the guys on this site are drawn to fawn over any pictures of “Ty-Ty.” Could some of the women please volunteer to start making the same sexist and innuendo-laden comments about Matt and the rest of the guys?
June 11th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
6- Tadow!!! Just like a Snood Dogg vid
Welcome back TT-
Also, what’s up with all those loose paper bag condoms covering those penis shaped monuments???
June 11th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
It may be juvenile to say, but I would def give it to her. Just sayin.
June 11th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Welcome back Mrs., you were missed
June 11th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
you mean to tell me that Kentucky basketball is popular in other places outside of kentucky? WTF!!! how did I know about this?!?!
June 11th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
11 Oh well, no matter how “awful” it is, it got your click…not once to get to the site, but twice with your comment. So thanks for clicking and helping make this site a success. As long as people like you and me keep clicking, we get to keep enjoying this free site!
June 11th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
I love it when someone tries to be a smart as$ and makes a mistake in their comment so they look like a dumb as$ instead of a smart as$. Here’s looking at you, 16. “how did I know about this”
June 11th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Spreading the Blue across the world for a better world future. WTG Mrs Thompson
June 11th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
MAMA MIA!
June 11th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Kentucky has been an international brand lonnggggg before Calipari. Now, after 3 years, he gets the credit?
You guys on KSR are such loathsome ashkissers, when you’re not throwing the former KENTUCKY coach under the bus.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
first to #11, if you don’t like it then go away
Second, some of the comments are out of line. Like #14, you talk like that in front of her husband? Uncool.
June 11th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Congratulations and welcome back, Mrs.T! You were missed. I, for one, am having Tweet Beat withdrawal.
June 11th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Congrats and welcome back Tyler!
June 11th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
I saw a picture of Pat Riley in a small bar/cafe located on the Cyclades island of Sifnos. Apparently he and his wife liked to travel there. If you know the island, you know how remote and random that picture looked hanging on the wall.
June 12th, 2012 at 6:22 am
I’d HIT.