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LEX18 presents a podcast with hot takes, hot

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topics with your hosts, Megan Manering and Evelyn

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Schultz. This is Hot Mic. everyone and welcome

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into another week here on Hot Mic. This is going

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to be a good episode. I'm really excited. A lot

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of good girl talk. Oh, the mic is hot. We are

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catching this guest right in the middle of the

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busiest season. So as we always say, this was

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a big get was that we literally had to catch

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her as she's like trying to get out the door

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to something we do have a hard out. So we should

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probably get right to that guest. Everyone welcome

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Sierra Newton. Welcome! We've been waiting for

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this. I have been waiting for this. I have been

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waiting for this moment. I'm just patiently in

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the corner, supporting you guys, but obviously

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I'm like, hey, my skirt. I feel like we've seen

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you in the sports department, like, you know,

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when are you guys gonna ask me? Just keep it

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going. Whenever you're ready. I'm ready. You're

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a good person to have on here though, because

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you do have some hot takes. Thanks, I do. You

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know sports really well. Sports hot takes are

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like some of the best ones. Absolutely. Yeah.

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And this really is like the... busiest time of

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the year. So thank you for making time. Explain

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what makes this so chaotic for your department.

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So this is officially crossover season. And that

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means that the fall sports, they are starting

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to phase out, but the winter sports are starting.

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So that means like football, soccer, anything

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that's happening in the fall, volleyball, and

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also basketball, which we know is huge here in

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Kentucky. It's starting to take over. So Almost

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every day of the week we have either a game or

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press conference or a sporting event to go to.

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So I am booked in between. Your schedule is hard

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to pin down. It's like on any given weekend,

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we might ask you to do something and you're at

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a game. You're traveling to cover a game, which

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we know has to get done. Yes, but it's so much

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fun. It's literally what I signed up for. So

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I'm having a great time, a little sleep deprived,

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but having a great time. But you're looking great.

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Yes. Yeah. She never, Sierra never misses her

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outfits, her makeup. Yeah. This is actually something,

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too, that you've been working towards for a long

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time, right? When you started at LEX 18, you

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were not on air. You were a digital producer.

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A digital content producer. So I was behind the

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scenes. All the social media that you guys see,

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I was the person who was running it now four

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years ago. So yeah, I was writing web stories,

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doing the Twitter, doing the Facebook, all the

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things, reading your old messages. Good and bad.

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It helped me learn what people are interested

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in, what they want to look at. And then basically

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I just annoyed the sports department. It was

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like, Hey guys, if you need me to write something

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for you specifically for sports, I can definitely

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do that. So there was a couple of times during

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crossover season that they were like, yeah, everyone's

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definitely worked more than 40 hours. So if you

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could write this web story tonight, that'd be

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great. And so that's kind of how I stuck my foot

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into the door and then. the, I was behind the

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scenes with BBN tonight, um, doing an associate

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producer position. So helping write the shows,

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that kind of thing. And then once again, crossover

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season comes around and they're like, we need

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another body. So I was out there shooting stuff

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at practice and like doing some interviews and

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eventually made my way into a multimedia journalist

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position, MMJ. So. Yeah, goes to show sometimes

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you just have to be the squeaky wheel. Yes, your

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opportunity will come and always being willing

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to take that opportunity. It paid off. It definitely

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did. And also to be able to do this in basically

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my hometown from Frankfurt grew up there. Then

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I went to school at NKU. So to be able to have

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my first like big girl job back in your hometown,

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it means a lot. And it's kind of one of those

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full circle moments because I always watched

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LAX 18 growing up. um nancy cox and davidson

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that's how i like starting my day so it was just

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really cool to be able to like start here with

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them and then not with them because but to start

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here with them and then be able to work my way

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to on camera now it's full circle a lot of fun

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and loving it did you always when you were a

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kid did you think that this was the type of job

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you wanted to do I thought that I was going to

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be like a superstar, but I cannot sing. Well,

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OK. You are a superstar. Yes. I initially was

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like singer, actress. Triple threat. You know,

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all the things. And then I was like, oh, I have

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to be able to do those things to do that. But

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I always knew that I wanted to talk a lot. And

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so didn't really, never really got shy, too shy

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in front of a large crowd of people. So I always

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knew it was something. in front of people, helping

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people in some way, shape or form. And then I

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learned about journalism, probably like fifth

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grade, we did like a newspaper as one of our

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like class projects. And I got to talk to the

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principal and someone who helped build the new

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playground that we had, because it was made out

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of recyclable materials. I'm remembering all

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this because I was just like, I'm a reporter.

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I get to ask important people questions about

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stuff. I love that. And so that's when I first

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started. And then in middle school, we had a

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news team. We literally did the morning announcements,

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but it was woke news. And so I did that in middle

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school. And then I got to high school and I was

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playing sports all throughout this whole time.

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But I was like, Okay, so yeah, we're not going

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to the WNBA. We have to figure out how to still

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be involved in sports, but still the Stradivism

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thing seems to be working for us. And so it was

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like my senior year that I really decided that

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I wanted to do sports broadcasting. And so from

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there, it's just been like off. I love it. What

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role did sports play in your life growing up?

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I mean, was this a big part of your childhood?

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What sports were you playing? Tell us about that.

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Oh, yeah. So actually when everyone started with

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soccer i started with cheerleading so i was um

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yeah the raiders frankfort youth football league

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and so like we were obviously NFL teams were

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all of our names, but I started out as a Raiders

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cheerleader. Love. And it was so much fun. And

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then I did upward basketball. Wait, I did upward

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basketball? Yes. What is upward basketball? I

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was so bad. So bad. It was like everyone was

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collectively terrible. And then every little

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one girl that was just like. balling out on everyone.

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Yeah, it was like the church league. Yeah. So

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after you just like tried to push your girl down,

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they'd be like, all right, in the Bible verse

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of the day, you know, and so she gave basketball

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and life lessons. It was a good balance, you

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know, got a little aggression now, praise Jesus,

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all the good things. And so that's when I started

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like playing basketball in middle school, high

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school. So Basketball was my main sport. I ran

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track for like a year or two, mainly because

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my other friends did. I ran cross country for

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a while and I was actually pretty good at that.

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But then once I got to like high school, it was

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at the same time as basketball and I was like,

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I'm going all in on basketball. And I played

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soccer for a couple years. And honestly, I was

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much better at soccer, but I didn't see that

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until like hindsight. But it was all good. It

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all taught me a lot of different things, basically

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just how to handle yourself, how to have goals,

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discipline, those kind of things. That's when

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playing soccer is when I really learned the importance

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of water. I know like drinking water, like everyone

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is, you're supposed to drink water or whatever,

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but like as a teenager, you're just, you're not

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thinking about it as much. But then like playing

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soccer, we used to carry around these huge jugs

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of water. And for a really long time, that was

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like. a part of my personality. Me and my kids

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watered like just walking around school. Were

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you so hydrated? So hydrated. Like, and I need

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to get back to that. So we all helped, you know,

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me, I was like. Bringing you back to my roots.

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So yeah, we go into the studio We should start

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taking like a gallon jugs full of water. Well,

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I drink water during a morning show, you know

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It's two and a half hours and you're sitting

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there anchoring and sometimes by the end of it

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I'm like, I don't think I've taken a sip of water

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this whole time. So maybe I if I get my jug No,

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yeah, it's really easy to do that, especially

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now ripping and run into different like stuff

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at the end of the day I'm like Why do I feel

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a little off? And it's because I drank two energy

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drinks and not a lot, you know, anything nutritional.

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You're shaking. Yeah. Well, let this be the PSA

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to the viewers and listeners. Everyone drinks

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water. Stay hydrated. Hit pause on this right

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now and go get a drink of water. Tell us about

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NKU. What was your experience like there? NKU.

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I was the most annoying person that you would

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have ever met. I was involved in literally everything.

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Orientation leader. That was like, My thing.

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Are we doing icebreakers? Did you have some icebreakers?

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I loved icebreakers. Everyone was... I was obnoxious.

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Let me tell you, like, I was full send, like,

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everyone's gonna love N .K .U. There used to

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be a song that they would do that's like, you're

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gonna love N .K .U. Yeah, you're gonna love N

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.K .U. And that was, like, the main person, like,

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yes! And so... orientation leader. I also did

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tours throughout the school year. They were called

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the presidential ambassadors. So you got to do

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events with the president of NKU. Wow. Yeah,

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really fancy. I was all in. And then I was the

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sports editor for a student newspaper the last

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two years of me being there. So I was very busy

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always doing something always around campus.

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So I just as talkative and around people as I

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am today. It was probably like 10 times worse

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when I was in college, because I was like, guys,

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let's get involved. Let's go do all the things.

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I love that. Because it can use a commuter school.

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And so I'm from Frankfurt. So that's an hour

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and a half away. So you were living there on

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campus. And I see the things not very far from

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home, but at the same time, not like them. It's

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not 30 minute drive. So I was like making the

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most of my situation of being on campus. And

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I lived on campus all four years. So yeah, very,

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very involved. Loved it. Were you, correct me

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if I'm wrong, were you homecoming queen? It was

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actually Princess. Oh, Homecoming Princess. I

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didn't know we had royalty in the studio today.

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Guys, thank you. Technically the last princess

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because after that then they opened up to Homecoming

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royalty so that way it could be gender inclusive.

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Okay. And so, yeah, technically the last princess

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at NKU. But you are royalty. That sounds like

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it. Well, and Maddie Davis was also royalty.

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Yeah, she was Homecoming Queen. The title of

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a movie like in KU's Last Princess Instagram

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bio I could see it you make people feel really

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comfortable so I can see how you would be really

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good on campus really good welcoming people and

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I Kind of feel like I love in KU right now. Yeah

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guys totally that song is gonna be playing You

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have to take us to campus I never will and I

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will do a tour Yes. You're not supposed to walk

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backwards. I tell you not to, but like, at that

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point, I literally, there's like, if you follow

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me, guys. That's what I think of when I think

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of college tour guides showing off. And you know

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what? The thing that I think about a college

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tour guide is so interesting is it's, this is

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going to sound really dramatic, but you kind

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of have the capacity to change the course of

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someone's life because if you give the tour that

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convinces them. to go to that school. Or doesn't

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or that well, yeah convinced people not to go

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I Definitely just get it, but I felt like I really

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had a way with the parents. Yes I can see that

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I think that might be a common thread in broadcasters

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like you're good at talking to adults You're

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good at schmoozing. Yeah, you have your little

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one -liners at the dad's love. Yes Can I confess

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something you gals were both tour guides I Tried

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out multiple times to be a tour guide at Butler

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and never got it. Well, I Not to toot my own

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horn, but that's always kind of what I thought

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but I couldn't even get past I didn't get past

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the group interview stage What yeah what went

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wrong? I don't know, I think. Who do we need

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to call? I know. Retroactively. Butler University,

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I would like to be stated as an alumni tour guide.

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Alumni tour guide. Yeah, I don't know. So I clearly,

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you ladies have something that I don't. Well,

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you know what, Evy, I visited Butler and I didn't

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go there. Maybe. Because of the tour guide? Maybe

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had. Sure. Yeah. And specifically the tour guide.

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But had you been the tour guide, maybe you would

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have changed everything. Thank you. Maybe we

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would have been peers. What could have been?

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Wow, that's crazy. I know So I need your guys's

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time devastated. It's okay. It all works out

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in the end, doesn't it? It does. Yeah, honestly

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for the better I'm sure you got a different position

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somewhere else. That was like I Put my energy

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into something else. Yeah, that's okay Well you

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running around all over campus and having a bunch

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of different obligations kind of fits into what

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you're doing now because the sports people are

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constantly on the go one thing I really admire

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about the sports department y 'all are like always

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running from one thing to the next. Do you like

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that? Or is it stressful? What do you think?

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I definitely actually like it. Some days, some

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days I am like, oh, I could have just been like

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a desk job or something, which no, no shame.

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But like, it's just, it's a lot at times. You're

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carrying your own equipment. I carry my own equipment.

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That's what my outfits have to be something that

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I can not only look professional, but also move

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also. If I'm not shooting a football game, I

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have to be able to get out of the player's way

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because they will run you over, you know, things

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like that. You have to think ahead of time. And

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so I feel like doing all the things that I did

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in college kind of set me up to also be able

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to multitask, think ahead, plan my days out pretty

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well. I am typically good with time management.

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I do have times where, like, obviously some days

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you just aren't on it. But for the most part,

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I think my time management is really good. College

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definitely helped set me up for that just being

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able to Set a schedule. Yeah, even though our

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schedules are like all over the place. Yeah,

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and some days are unpredictable because you know

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Coaching changes happen different things. You

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just have to be ready on a whim. So what is your

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schedule? I love that you brought that up. Well,

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today I'm starting here. I love that. And then

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after I'll go to a press conference for Coach

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Craig Skinner, which by the time you guys see

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this, the volleyball team all had their last

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two regular season games, but it's to hype up,

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get people excited about that. And then Coach

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Pope will speak afterwards and I'll more than

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likely do something on... Maybe both press conferences

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today for the five o 'clock. I usually do like

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a five o 'clock hit. And then, um, if there's

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an event happening, I'll go shoot that, which

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I think we have football practice today. Wait,

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no, today's Thursday. Sorry. Just kidding. Yeah,

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literally. And that's the other thing having

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to remember what day it is because certain things

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happen on certain days. Um, but whatever else

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is needed, I'm doing that today. So has there

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been anything that surprised you about covering

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UK athletics? I don't know if anything necessarily

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surprised you. That's helpful. Yeah, I will say

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I think what surprised me about right now with

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the best, the two basketball teams in particular,

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because both teams got a new head coach last

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season. I think it's just how quickly they've

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adapted to us as BB and tonight being like the

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official station. Because obviously you come

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in, you don't know. anyone here. And so just

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being able to work with them pretty easily very

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well. That was kind of surprising just being

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able to like pick up very well and feel comfortable

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talking to everyone on the staff. Yeah. They're

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all amazing and great. And it's a fun time. I

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imagine that could be very intimidating. But

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you have told us Mark Pope and Kenny Brooks are

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both as good of guys as you think they are from

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the interviews that you watch. And recently,

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Mark Pope did something really cool with the

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families of the media. Tell us about that. Oh,

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we had a family day with the coaching staff,

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UK men's basketball coaching staff. And so he

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invited us and all of our families and the initial

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email we Not supposed to tell everyone, obviously,

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because then everyone's like, oh, I want to bring,

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you know. But they were like, just you can bring

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like one person. But obviously, a lot of the

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other media members are married and they have

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families. So like. everyone brought their kids

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and like I brought my mom because I do not have

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children because she's my number one person so

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I brought my mom and it was just really fun to

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share that experience because she's always we

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share location and so she's always seeing me

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running all over the place at all hours of the

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night and morning and so just being able to show

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her like this is what I'm doing when I'm like

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we're getting running everywhere and then They,

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the coaches took time afterwards to come and

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speak to all of us. And so it was just really

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cool to have that moment with my mom. And, um,

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coach Pope was just so gracious and nice and

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she got to ask him a question in the press conference.

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What was your question? Well, I kind of wrote

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it up. So he was like, he started the press conference.

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He was like, obviously, I love talking to media

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members, but your families are here. I would

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love if they asked the questions today. And so

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I was like, ask him about the exhibition game.

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She's like, I don't know what that would be fine.

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And so and then he's very intentional. So when

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he's answering the question, he's like looking

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directly at you and like making sure that you're

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understanding. And my mom was like, that was

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really cool but like did not expect him to like

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continue to like make eye contact, be personable,

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that kind of thing because he's head coach at

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Kentucky, he can do whatever he wants, very personal,

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intentional with each and every person and so

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it was just really cool, very sweet and now my

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mom's like, do you think the women's basketball

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team will do that? Yeah, maybe next season, I

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don't know. Yeah, let me talk to my close first

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girlfriend, Katie Brooks. It does seem pretty

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unusual, though, that a program of this size,

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you know, would host something like this. Yeah,

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and there's so many media people that cover the

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team, too. So it's like, even though it was a

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smaller group of us, it still was a decent amount

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of people there. But it was also it was cool

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to see all the other media members' families,

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because, you know. We see each other all the

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time, so just to be able to put names and faces

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with the stories they tell about their families,

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you know? So that was cool, too. Yeah. Is your

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mom a UK fan? It's OK. Uh -oh. She's actually...

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This is hot mic. I know. She's actually not so...

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People are going to be really bad. Edit it out.

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Cut it. You can cut it. You can't. She'll tell

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you. I grew up in a family that was not... a

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UK family. Louisville. So I'm just going to come

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in and say it. Wow. So when I took the job, my

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family was like, ooh, girl, other side. And I

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was like, you know, a job's a job. Yeah. You

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grew up in Frankfurt. I grew up in Frankfurt.

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So it was like one of those things of like. Not

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everyone grew up a UK fan, so I wasn't on an

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island in Frankfurt, I will tell you that. But

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I grew up to appreciate and understand the history

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that UK has. I'm also not one of those fans that

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was super trash -talking the other one. I understand

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that the rivalry, that's what makes it fun at

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times. When people get too serious and all of

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the... I'm just like, hey, hey, it's a fun time.

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We're blessed to have two really great teams

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within the state that can go against each other

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like that. And it hasn't always been the most

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competitive rivalry. Obviously, like, Kentucky

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leads the series like 40 to 18. So with them

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losing recently, though, it was kind of one of

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those like, ooh. But it also... just brings another

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bit of fire back to you. Cause you know, it's

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not fun when one person is just constantly dominant.

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Well, not fun for the losing team. Like the Patriots,

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right? Like people lose a little bit when it's

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one person always doing, you kind of start rooting

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against them. Yeah. But my mom, she loves UK

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athletes now. Cause like I'm doing stories on

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them. I'm coming home telling her about like,

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This athlete did this today. It was just so sweet

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.960
and fun. Like Josh Katz had a shoe drive and

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:06.380
it was great, you know, stuff like that. So it's

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:08.420
hard to like root against. Yeah. You appreciate

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:10.900
the people. Yeah. And she's always cheering for

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UK, but when UK UofL go against each other, she's

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:16.200
like, Sierra. Hey. You got to do it. You got

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to do it. Totally. It has to be like that. How

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does it work in the sports department? Who gets

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assigned to which teams or which games? is assigned

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to traveling. How does all that work? Because

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I feel like you end up covering the same team

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a lot throughout one season. It turns into a

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beat. Sometimes it starts with schedule. I typically

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work Monday through Friday. Obviously, we rotate

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for the football games because they're on Saturdays.

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But I also really enjoy covering women's sports.

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I'm a very big advocate of that. Most of the

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time, I am going to shoot my hand up for a women's

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game. Obviously, we let men's team guys don't,

00:23:01.670 --> 00:23:05.029
but I'm always going to advocate for the women's

00:23:05.029 --> 00:23:07.849
teams. So like, always shooting my hand up for

00:23:07.849 --> 00:23:11.130
that. But for the most part, it kind of depends

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on the days that you work. That's where we start.

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And then from there, it's all right, who? wants

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to travel this week or who's available to travel

00:23:19.470 --> 00:23:21.529
this week, you know, and then we'll go from there

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because I had the opportunity to go to Auburn

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this year for the football team and they ended

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up winning their first SEC Road win. Good luck

00:23:29.569 --> 00:23:32.450
charm. Yeah, I might be the good luck charm.

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You're on the road more often. So with Another

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:39.480
camera person would be preferable. I have a follow

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up question to that because I was stunned. I

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:44.799
asked Keith who you went to Auburn with and he

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said, oh, just her and it's like a six or seven

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:49.759
hour drive. How does that work? When you guys

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are traveling, you're alone and there's so much

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work to do. Yes. So you Try your best to edit

00:23:57.500 --> 00:24:02.039
some sound, some videos, which voiceovers for

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:05.079
the people that aren't in news, edit some sound

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:07.640
and stats and things. You compile that before

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:10.980
you go. So that way, once you get there, usually

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:15.119
you don't have a lot of time to like edit things

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together. And once you're there. Okay, I'm just

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:20.099
gonna go through the schedule of me going to

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:24.579
Auburn because I feel Yeah, okay, so Auburn I

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left on a Friday I left at 5 a .m. To get to

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Auburn about 1 30 ish and they're like an hour

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behind so that also like tripped me up a little

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:40.680
bit um put my makeup on because I was not waking

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up at 4 to do makeup and so put my makeup on

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and then I Hiked around campus to find a spot

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that had like a good backdrop of the stadium.

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And so I found that. And then once I got there,

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:58.900
I read a little bit of the show because I was

00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:01.680
in BBN tonight and also BBN game day. We take

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:05.220
those on Fridays most of the time. So that way

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:07.779
we're able to go out and shoot high school football

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:12.599
in the evenings on Fridays. Exactly. Yeah. So

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:15.990
there's a lot that goes on. So Then I taped all

00:25:15.990 --> 00:25:20.109
of that. And then after that, I was in the five

00:25:20.109 --> 00:25:23.589
in another show. I don't remember. It was a lot.

00:25:24.069 --> 00:25:27.069
So then after we taped the two shows where I'm

00:25:27.069 --> 00:25:29.450
like talking to Maggie and Keith or whoever's

00:25:29.450 --> 00:25:32.750
doing game day, then I do a five hit and another

00:25:32.750 --> 00:25:35.029
hit. So that way there's more content for the

00:25:35.029 --> 00:25:39.069
rest of the evening. After that, I drove to my

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hotel and basically crashed because I was like,

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I don't. I don't have the energy to like sightsee

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or anything. And then Saturday morning, I had

00:25:49.289 --> 00:25:51.269
a little slow morning because the game wasn't

00:25:51.269 --> 00:25:54.750
until the night. And so just got myself together,

00:25:55.329 --> 00:25:58.690
packed everything up. The game was at 630 their

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time, but you can get there three hours before.

00:26:01.950 --> 00:26:05.130
So I got there about 330. So that way I could

00:26:05.130 --> 00:26:08.450
see Kentucky does a catwalk. So that's when ever

00:26:08.450 --> 00:26:10.829
that whatever stadium that they're at, they will

00:26:11.309 --> 00:26:14.450
walk in and fans can wave hi. Most of the time

00:26:14.450 --> 00:26:16.710
players are go talk to their family before the

00:26:16.710 --> 00:26:20.609
game. And so I shoot video of them doing their

00:26:20.609 --> 00:26:23.130
catwalk, talking to people, that kind of thing.

00:26:24.569 --> 00:26:26.849
Get into the stadium and kind of just prepare

00:26:26.849 --> 00:26:29.210
to shoot the game. And when you're shooting the

00:26:29.210 --> 00:26:32.119
game by yourself, you're like, running up and

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down the sidelines. You don't have to work out.

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:36.680
No, I don't. I get a really great workout. Like

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:39.519
my watch is like you hit your goal. And I'm like,

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:45.900
yeah. And so yeah, I mean, shoot the game. It's

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:54.440
over by like 1030 11. And then I do post game

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:56.359
interviews with coaches, players, whoever they

00:26:56.359 --> 00:27:00.420
bring out. And then I do a little recap of what

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:04.299
happened and Go back to the hotel room edit it

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:06.180
there because I was just like when I get up in

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:09.319
the morning I want to wake up and go Yeah, so

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:11.980
I edited everything the same night. So I didn't

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:16.119
go to bed till probably like 2 30 ish But Wow

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:20.099
girl, it was a lot of fun, you know Like it sounds

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:22.859
like a lot cuz it is but at the same time I'm

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:25.819
having fun I don't think I mean, it's more fun

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:28.440
to be at the games doing that then to be like

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:31.410
at home just watching the game, which is still

00:27:31.410 --> 00:27:33.329
fun. Yeah, I get to experience it in person.

00:27:33.589 --> 00:27:35.930
And also I've never been to Auburn Stadium and

00:27:35.930 --> 00:27:38.730
they have a really great atmosphere. Like their

00:27:38.730 --> 00:27:43.359
fans were. Amazing. Friendly and welcoming. Yeah.

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.160
Every time that I've traveled somewhere, the

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:49.119
SEC, I feel like we have, Southeastern Conference,

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:52.160
they have really great fans. The hospitality

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:55.099
is great. Two years ago, I got to travel to South

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:57.000
Carolina with Kinsey. She doesn't work here anymore,

00:27:57.059 --> 00:28:00.920
but that was a lot of fun. Everyone there was

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:03.759
super hospitable. It's always been a lot of fun

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:06.890
anytime that we travel anywhere. Holy cow cool

00:28:06.890 --> 00:28:09.569
experience. Yes, totally. But man, there is so

00:28:09.569 --> 00:28:12.009
much that you have to think about Yeah, I covered

00:28:12.009 --> 00:28:15.130
one high school football game in Montana and

00:28:15.130 --> 00:28:19.410
I was like I'm done High school game. Yeah the

00:28:19.410 --> 00:28:21.490
logistics of traveling and figuring out where

00:28:21.490 --> 00:28:23.609
to park and you're carrying all of your equipment

00:28:23.609 --> 00:28:26.349
Running around during the game while also you

00:28:26.349 --> 00:28:28.289
have to pay attention and know what's going on

00:28:28.289 --> 00:28:30.730
Yeah, then you have to look good and then be

00:28:30.730 --> 00:28:32.650
present when you're doing these press conferences

00:28:32.650 --> 00:28:36.240
with these big shot coaches I commend you. Thank

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:38.299
you. I can't think about it too hard sometimes

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:44.259
because there was the UK Athletics Hall of Fame

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:47.980
this fall and Carl Anthony Towns, current New

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:53.019
York Knick in the NBA, he came and I got to interview

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:56.539
him and I couldn't think about it at the time

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:58.519
because I would have freaked out because there's

00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.859
just certain players that I'm just like, oh my

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:03.480
gosh, they're like... They're so awesome. Not

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:07.460
only was he like, he's a great athlete, but he's

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:09.480
very personable when you talk to him, like came

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:11.599
in the room and introduced himself to every single

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:14.059
person in the room, shaking our hands, looking

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:16.980
at us, acknowledging our presence. Cause like

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:19.180
there have been times where you've run into some

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:21.640
athletes and they, you know, not everyone's like

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:26.339
that. So you're just like, all right, move on.

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:31.049
Um, so it's just really cool. When I look back

00:29:31.049 --> 00:29:32.710
and I'm like, oh my gosh, I really did get to

00:29:32.710 --> 00:29:35.390
speak to some really like amazing people. And

00:29:35.390 --> 00:29:38.569
so it's really exciting. Also doing the red carpet

00:29:38.569 --> 00:29:40.769
at the Derby, I feel like kind of desensitized

00:29:40.769 --> 00:29:43.910
me to like having the starstruck moment in the

00:29:43.910 --> 00:29:46.609
moment because it's happening so fast that you

00:29:46.609 --> 00:29:49.849
have to just be like, uh huh. Yeah. Who was your

00:29:49.849 --> 00:29:51.589
favorite person that you met when you did the

00:29:51.589 --> 00:29:57.440
Derby red carpet? For those who don't know, Ciara

00:29:57.440 --> 00:30:00.839
loves pop culture. I am a pop culture girl. I

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:03.859
love it so much. I'm chronically online. I need

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:08.279
to get off, honestly. So, the last time that

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:12.660
I was on the carpet, Miss Tina Knowles is Beyonce's

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:16.019
mom. You're one person away from Beyonce now.

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:18.339
I'm one person away from Beyonce. I was wearing

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:21.500
my own orange outfit, very excited, and she looks

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:23.849
at me, she goes... Love that orange you look

00:30:23.849 --> 00:30:26.329
so beautiful. I turn around to Alex Barbara.

00:30:27.089 --> 00:30:33.809
I'm like The day's over yeah need to do anything

00:30:33.809 --> 00:30:39.630
else this is the best Literally it was so giddy

00:30:39.630 --> 00:30:43.029
I It was that one moment out of all of it and

00:30:43.029 --> 00:30:45.190
I saw plenty of other people too But that that

00:30:45.190 --> 00:30:47.609
was the one that I was just like she is a fashion

00:30:47.609 --> 00:30:50.150
icon like she literally made all of Destiny Child's

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:52.160
outfits when they were coming up. So you know,

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:54.700
she knows, like she... Exactly. So for her to

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:57.279
compliment me, I was just like, wow, I really

00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:01.339
did it today. I also talked to Smokey Robinson.

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:04.400
Oh, I talked to him too. He was so sweet and

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:07.380
so kind. And those were, that was really cool.

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:11.259
And then the UK athletes that come back on the

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:13.299
carpet, that was nice to just have that full

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:16.339
circle moment of being like... Reed Shepard specifically

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:19.400
and the Shepard family, they were so sweet because

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.640
they're still the most down to earth Kentucky

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:24.740
people you will ever meet. And, um, just being

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:27.519
able to be like, Reed, how awesome has it been

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:30.039
being able to go out in LA and workout and, you

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:32.140
know, and it's, he's just the sweetest Southern

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:34.099
little thing. She's like, yes, ma 'am. I'm just

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:38.970
so excited to be back at the Derby. It's so cool.

00:31:39.529 --> 00:31:41.930
And as a girl who grew up in Kentucky, it has

00:31:41.930 --> 00:31:44.750
to be even more special to cover an iconic event

00:31:44.750 --> 00:31:47.309
like the Derby for sure. I'm curious looking

00:31:47.309 --> 00:31:49.190
ahead because you have such a long career ahead

00:31:49.190 --> 00:31:51.529
of you too. Are there certain sporting events

00:31:51.529 --> 00:31:54.009
that are on your bucket list? That's a good question.

00:31:54.430 --> 00:31:58.410
I definitely want to do a women's national championship.

00:31:58.569 --> 00:32:03.829
game for basketball specifically. Obviously with

00:32:03.829 --> 00:32:07.230
love this year with UK, but if that doesn't come

00:32:07.230 --> 00:32:11.710
to fruition, just in general, I'd love to cover

00:32:11.710 --> 00:32:14.150
one of those. I mean, every person says like

00:32:14.150 --> 00:32:16.390
the Superbowl because like, duh. And I think

00:32:16.390 --> 00:32:18.670
the Olympics, that's like one of those things

00:32:18.670 --> 00:32:22.609
that like, all the best athletes in the world

00:32:22.609 --> 00:32:25.970
are in one spot. So like one day with love, if

00:32:25.970 --> 00:32:29.519
NBC needs another. I've always said that. I don't

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:31.579
even like sports. And I think the Olympics is

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:33.400
something that you want to cover because it's

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:36.079
just... Oh, yeah. It draws everyone in. It's

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:38.759
human. It's like human. What's the word that

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:41.940
I'm looking for? Humanity. It's humanity at its

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:44.940
finest. You know, and NBC does sometimes select

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:48.799
like local NBC stations. I think there are a

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:51.859
couple Indianapolis. Yeah. WTHR. They get to

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:54.000
go. That's pretty cool. I'm going to put my name

00:32:54.000 --> 00:33:03.799
in NBC. Hello? Oh my gosh, that'd be so awesome.

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.559
And then I can be out there in the field and

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:10.799
do the field work for you guys. Obviously you

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.400
guys will want to be at the stuff too, but like,

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:17.440
it'd be so fun. Let's plan it. Yeah. NBC. Hello.

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:20.579
Hello. I have a question about all the athletes

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:23.930
you cover and this can be anyone. Underrated

00:33:23.930 --> 00:33:25.990
kind of sounds like a mean word and I don't mean

00:33:25.990 --> 00:33:28.089
it that way at all. Who do you, what's an athlete

00:33:28.089 --> 00:33:30.609
you cover, any sport who you think doesn't get

00:33:30.609 --> 00:33:33.250
enough credit, who's kind of underrated at UK?

00:33:35.130 --> 00:33:40.849
Underrated. I feel like I don't think she's necessarily

00:33:40.849 --> 00:33:43.970
underrated because Craig Skinner will tell you

00:33:43.970 --> 00:33:49.039
that she's the best, but. Molly Tuzzo, I feel

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:51.539
like she's a libero on the UK volleyball team.

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:54.839
She does an amazing job and Because everyone

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:58.380
on the volleyball team does an amazing job I

00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:00.559
keep saying that but it's just they just are

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:05.079
awesome. Um, I feel like she doesn't always get

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:09.179
the most shine and She's like an upperclassman.

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:12.179
She's I Think the other night on the broadcast.

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:15.500
They said she hasn't missed a set Since she's

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:18.579
been here at Kentucky, which is insane. Yeah

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:22.519
So I think she deserves more flowers. She should

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:24.420
get her flowers. She's amazing and she's also

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:27.500
super sweet in person like Just the cutest. I

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:29.539
think that about all the athletes. I'm like every

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:31.059
single time I talk to someone I'm like, you're

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:34.460
like their mom No, yeah, I turned 28. And so

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:41.039
now I'm like Everyone is six five and above.

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:44.000
So I'm just like you're just so cute. I'm talking

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:47.900
to a seven -footer Whatever, but um, yeah, I

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:50.019
think probably hurt. I'm just gonna give her

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:52.960
hers. I love that Yeah, shout out. That was a

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:55.880
good question. Yeah. Well I don't know. I feel

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.619
like all the athletes always get their time to

00:34:58.619 --> 00:35:00.980
shine. And I know you're really passionate about

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:03.659
women's basketball, especially WNBA. You introduced

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:06.519
me to a mascot that I've been loving. Ellie!

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:10.019
We love her! Have you seen her? No! Ellie the

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:12.920
Elephant? Oh my goodness. I'll pull up a video

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:15.579
while you... So the New York Liberty have a mascot.

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:19.000
Her name's Ellie the Elephant. She is the most

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.489
charismatic outgoing mascot you will... ever

00:35:22.489 --> 00:35:25.250
see. She's the best. Obviously mascots can't

00:35:25.250 --> 00:35:27.849
speak, but she doesn't need to because her presence,

00:35:28.030 --> 00:35:30.789
her aura, her persona, speaks for her. Wow. I

00:35:30.789 --> 00:35:32.110
turned down the volume because I don't think

00:35:32.110 --> 00:35:36.909
we're allowed to. Oh, wow. And she's having so

00:35:36.909 --> 00:35:39.510
much fun. Everyone go Google Ellie the Elephant.

00:35:41.630 --> 00:35:45.269
She does voiceovers on her TikToks of her like

00:35:45.269 --> 00:35:47.769
day in the lives and it's a very New York accent

00:35:47.769 --> 00:35:52.449
very authentic to Where they are and I just think

00:35:52.449 --> 00:35:54.869
the social media team has done an amazing job

00:35:54.869 --> 00:35:58.530
bringing people in and Connecting and I feel

00:35:58.530 --> 00:36:00.610
like they're they're like paving the way for

00:36:00.610 --> 00:36:04.210
what other mascots can be and There's another

00:36:04.210 --> 00:36:08.269
one the Valkyries the newest WNBA team. They

00:36:08.269 --> 00:36:12.800
have violet. I believe she's an owl. Oh, Emma

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:17.380
is like a bird. And she's really cute. And I

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:20.539
feel like they have drawn from Ellie, obviously

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.820
not copying because the West Coast completely

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:25.519
different vibe. But I feel like they've drawn

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:28.139
from the positives that work for Ellie and are

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:31.159
implementing that there. And so I feel like That's

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:33.199
just a really easy way to get people who aren't

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:36.219
necessarily into sports into sports, because

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:39.280
like everyone can relate to a fun talking elephant.

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:41.300
You've got me hooked on Ellie. I freaking love

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:43.920
Ellie. She's my girl. You guys keep me up to

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:46.099
speed on pop culture. Well she keeps me up to

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:49.480
speed. I'm too much. Sometimes I'm like, I look

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:53.380
at my time on my phone and I'm like... I gotta

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:55.360
get better. They need to stop telling us. I just

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:57.099
don't want to know. I don't want the report.

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.739
You know, on a Sunday when they tell you. Yeah,

00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:01.280
they're like, hey, girl, you spent an average

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:04.860
of nine hours. Also, it's your job. Part of it

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:07.500
is your job. Part of it is my job, but it's times

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:10.059
I'm at night scrolling. I'm like, I have to go

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.800
to bed. Like, this is... Your little eyeballs.

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:14.539
Yeah. Screaming. I'm tired and I'm still... And

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.880
then you drop your phone on your face. On your

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:17.679
face. And that's when you know time to go to

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:19.699
bed. That's enough. Let's talk about the WNBA.

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.679
Yes. And I need to stop calling it. moment because

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:25.099
it's not like the WNBA is having, but it's here

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:28.699
and it's exploded and there's so much excitement

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:31.280
around it. As someone who advocates for women's

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.960
sports, what's it been like from your vantage

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.739
point to see so many other people get on board

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:38.860
and get excited about women in professional basketball?

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:44.059
It's so cool. So awesome. So fun. Um, I can't

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:46.780
remember exactly what happened. Oh, after it

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:49.480
was. kind of a bad incident when people were

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:52.059
throwing things onto the court. It was like one

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:55.260
of those moments of like, this wasn't happening

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:58.019
before all eyes were on it. But it was also a

00:37:58.019 --> 00:38:01.119
realization of like, people care, people are

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:04.320
at the games, places are packed out. Yeah. The

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:06.400
traction is there. People have done that at men's

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:09.739
games forever, right? Which like, not think it's

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:11.760
good, but you're at a game. Why are you throwing

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:15.300
things? Like, yeah, what are we doing? But that's

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:17.320
that I think that's for me when I was like, oh

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:20.000
my gosh, like it's actually like grown to a point

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.500
to where now there are people doing weird things.

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:29.420
Unfortunately. Yeah. Um, but, and then also just,

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:32.900
um, it's coming up more in casual conversations

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:34.760
now with other people, like they're bringing

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:38.940
up more W players than obviously we love Asia

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:41.960
Wilson, Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Paige Becker's

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:44.199
love the girls, but like, People are starting

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:47.019
to go further outside of like, now it's Natasha

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:49.159
Cloud, Gabby Williams, different players that

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:52.460
like aren't your usual top five that people automatically

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:54.579
think of. So - Who's your current favorite player?

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:57.179
My current favorite, Asia Wilson. She's just

00:38:57.179 --> 00:39:01.360
amazing. I just, she's - From I know South Carolina

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:04.400
is an opponent of Kentucky. So I understand that

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:10.719
everybody breathe. She's just a real sweet Southern

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:13.800
girl and she just carries herself in an amazing

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:17.159
way. And she advocates for women and girls just

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:21.179
so hard. And she has a book and I've read it

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:24.860
and she talks about growing up with dyslexia

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:26.420
and stuff like that, like just different little

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:29.659
battles that she's had to deal with. And just

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:31.340
the way that she carries herself with so much

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:33.559
grace and whatnot. It's amazing. And also being

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:36.039
a beast on the court. It's like that balance

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:38.880
of like being such a sweet person, but also she

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:40.420
will get nasty on the court. And that's what

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:43.460
I love. I love anyone who's aggressive and nasty

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:45.659
on the court. That's my favorite. I love that.

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:48.800
It's exciting to watch. This is kind of like

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:52.300
big question and maybe a no brainer for you who's

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:54.579
in sports every day, but why is it important

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:59.210
to lift up women in sports? I feel like that's

00:39:59.210 --> 00:40:09.630
so deep. It's just women obviously are a marginalized

00:40:09.630 --> 00:40:14.409
group as a whole and so just understanding that

00:40:14.409 --> 00:40:19.030
we can and we are capable to do whatever we want,

00:40:19.210 --> 00:40:23.340
whatever we put our minds to and just knowing

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:26.300
that people support you in those moments makes

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:31.239
such a big difference. And it's like, I don't

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.860
know, we're just people. I just feel like it's

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:36.199
not that hard to just want to support other people.

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:38.559
And then I just feel like - Who are at the top

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.679
of their - Who are at the top of their game,

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:43.400
doing amazing things. And I just, women - just

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.960
have a certain je ne sais quoi about the soul

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:48.320
that is just like, I feel like adds a little

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:50.539
extra flair to everything that they do. So it's

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:52.539
just, I feel like it's very easy just to cheer

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:54.460
for the girls. I had this conversation recently

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:57.539
with Sierra too, because I'm not, I've said this

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:58.960
so many times on the podcast. I'm not really

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.139
into sports, but my husband is, and I see, you

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:03.320
know, we're all exposed to sports. And I recently

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:06.920
watched a women's basketball game, WNBA. And

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:09.380
I told Sierra afterwards, I said it was so much

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:12.360
more interesting to watch than a men's game because

00:41:12.590 --> 00:41:15.809
The women are almost scrapped, like they're scrapping.

00:41:16.630 --> 00:41:19.849
Maybe that's like painting with a broad brush,

00:41:19.849 --> 00:41:24.829
but it was a lot more exciting. Honestly, the

00:41:24.829 --> 00:41:28.690
vibes were just much more interesting. The people

00:41:28.690 --> 00:41:31.489
that watch the W and that have been with the

00:41:31.489 --> 00:41:35.190
W from the beginning have a genuine love for

00:41:35.190 --> 00:41:37.949
the game of basketball and not saying that the

00:41:37.949 --> 00:41:41.769
NBA doesn't. But it's just there's some games

00:41:41.769 --> 00:41:45.650
you turn on and you just like, you know, they're

00:41:45.650 --> 00:41:49.269
just out there, you know, but for the W, I feel

00:41:49.269 --> 00:41:52.389
like, well, because they kind of they are playing

00:41:52.389 --> 00:41:54.670
for their families, they are playing for their

00:41:54.670 --> 00:41:57.170
lives. Like they don't get paid. Not all of them

00:41:57.170 --> 00:41:59.269
are getting paid very well. So like they are

00:41:59.269 --> 00:42:01.530
giving their all every single game. They probably

00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:03.349
also feel like they have to earn respect of people

00:42:03.349 --> 00:42:04.809
because if they're not giving their all people

00:42:04.809 --> 00:42:07.489
are going to say they're underestimated. Yeah,

00:42:07.489 --> 00:42:11.760
you know. And so It's just all of that just wraps

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:14.940
up into that. And yeah, I just love them so much.

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:18.800
Like ever since I, I don't remember how old I

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:23.519
was. I was teens. Me, my mom, my sister, my grandma

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:27.960
went to Washington DC for something I can't remember.

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:32.980
But we got to go to a Washington Mystics game.

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:37.659
And the arena wasn't very full, wasn't that many

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:40.320
people there. The tickets were relatively cheap.

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:42.460
Like, and I got to see Elena De La Donne, which

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:46.800
is like one of the best players in the W at the

00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:51.679
time. She was amazing. It was the best. And that's

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:53.440
when I was like, Oh my gosh, like I've always

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:55.820
known about the W, but like being able to see

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:58.429
the game in person, I was like, This is the greatest

00:42:58.429 --> 00:43:00.989
thing ever. And so ever since then, I've just

00:43:00.989 --> 00:43:04.789
been obnoxious about the W. People will be talking

00:43:04.789 --> 00:43:06.590
about other stuff. And I'm like, yeah, well,

00:43:06.650 --> 00:43:10.610
did you see that Ryan Howard? She scored nine

00:43:10.610 --> 00:43:14.250
straight threes last night. So let's talk about

00:43:14.250 --> 00:43:17.510
it. And it's just like, OK. But now it's to a

00:43:17.510 --> 00:43:19.110
point where if you do bring up something like

00:43:19.110 --> 00:43:21.429
that, people can actually have something to say

00:43:21.429 --> 00:43:22.889
back to you. And I think that's awesome. That

00:43:22.889 --> 00:43:26.230
is really cool. I'm inspired. Who was your favorite

00:43:26.230 --> 00:43:28.030
professional, like women's professional basketball

00:43:28.030 --> 00:43:31.250
player growing up? It was, it was Elena Delano.

00:43:32.230 --> 00:43:35.710
Guys, I'm only five, six, but at Franklin County

00:43:35.710 --> 00:43:37.050
High School, a lot of us - You look taller than

00:43:37.050 --> 00:43:40.530
that to me also. Thank you. You give like five,

00:43:41.010 --> 00:43:45.369
nine. Thanks. That means so much to me. But yeah,

00:43:45.389 --> 00:43:47.329
a lot of us weren't very tall, so I was actually

00:43:47.329 --> 00:43:50.400
a post player for like - the majority of my playing

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:52.780
career. So she was like someone that I really

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:55.860
looked up to. And then also scholar Diggins was

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:59.199
like, coming up at Notre Dame when I was like

00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:04.679
in high school. So like different people like

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:07.159
that, that's who I was looking up to. And I hope

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:08.679
I'm remembering that right. I always say like

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:11.280
a stat or something. And then I'm like, in my

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:12.619
head, I'm second guessing myself. I'm like, that's

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:14.679
the right school, right? But you'll have to take

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:17.019
back a lot of a lot of athletes and a lot of

00:44:17.779 --> 00:44:21.639
schools. Well, hot mic time. Okay, wait. First,

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:23.199
before I start this, I want to ask you because

00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:26.360
you love music, you're a big music gal as well.

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:29.019
What is your hype up song before like going to

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:30.539
a game? Do you have a song you listen to like

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:32.820
get ready to cover a game? Oh my gosh. Current,

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:36.440
maybe. Well, right now, actually, it's going

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:39.760
to be someone that is not one of the main faves.

00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:43.780
Everyone knows who my favorites are. So Pink

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:47.300
Pantherous and Zara Larsen have remixed together

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:49.840
called State Size. I haven't heard it. Listen

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:53.139
to it. It's a pop. It's a fun, girly pop pop.

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:56.019
Love. One thing about me, I love the girls in

00:44:56.019 --> 00:45:02.179
music. That's my main thing. You're such a supporter

00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:05.199
of girls, which I love. Because I grew up with

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:07.659
such strong women as like my role models and

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:09.900
my supporters and in my family. And so I just

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:13.039
think it's just sustained throughout my life.

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:15.960
I'm like always for the girls. But yes, in another

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:18.500
life though, I think I would have been like a

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:21.420
music A &R or something, someone who finds talent

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:25.739
and then helps shape and mold them. but um or

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:27.699
maybe down the road we'll see yeah but that's

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:29.239
always been something that i wanted to do and

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:32.420
i also wanted to learn how to dj and Evie's husband

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:34.920
Charlie taught me how to play the guitar. I was

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:37.699
doing well for a while, but then I got the sports

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:43.179
job and then that was it. We need to get back

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:45.219
on that. We need to play the guitar together.

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:48.380
You should make a playlist, I think, for us to

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:50.480
get hype for sports. We should have a Hot Mic

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:52.139
playlist. Can you make a playlist specifically

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:54.780
for Hot Mic? I will. And what's funny, I used

00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:57.079
high school. This is what all I would do was

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:59.159
like, if I wasn't at basketball practice, I was

00:45:59.159 --> 00:46:01.070
like curating playlists. Were you burning That

00:46:01.070 --> 00:46:10.570
was the time for limer yeah music if you need

00:46:10.570 --> 00:46:14.409
a playlist Oh Dances in high school. I made the

00:46:14.409 --> 00:46:17.369
play. I would curate the playlist. I was on we

00:46:17.369 --> 00:46:20.210
were what's what is it? The president vice president

00:46:20.210 --> 00:46:24.219
all that stuff in high school or council. Yeah,

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:26.420
I was in student government. I was student council.

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:29.480
And so like, I was vice president all four years

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:36.179
of my class. And so my job senior year for all

00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:39.260
the dances was to make the playlist for everything.

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:44.039
And I took that job very seriously. But yeah,

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:47.500
guys, it's always my thing. And then, like during

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:49.360
COVID, me and one of my friends, his name's Josh,

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:52.920
we would Like, that's what we would do, just

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:54.980
spend our time making playlists, Spotify playlists,

00:46:55.239 --> 00:46:57.300
and then we'd like send things to Spotify. We're

00:46:57.300 --> 00:47:02.329
like, hey, if you... If you need people to do

00:47:02.329 --> 00:47:04.769
work, we can, we can do that. We've been trying

00:47:04.769 --> 00:47:06.449
for years to get on that Spotify. They're just

00:47:06.449 --> 00:47:09.389
like, I love that. I'm just shooting your shot.

00:47:12.590 --> 00:47:15.550
Absolutely. I love that. Also, are we good on

00:47:15.550 --> 00:47:17.210
time because Keith Palmer really have me stressed

00:47:17.210 --> 00:47:20.349
out. We have time to ask you, this is going to

00:47:20.349 --> 00:47:22.769
be one word. Quick, quick round. What you think

00:47:22.769 --> 00:47:27.630
about these people. One word. First, Angel Reese.

00:47:28.469 --> 00:47:32.219
Astonishing. Oh, that's a good one. Travis Kelsey.

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:41.639
You can take your time. Overrated. The face said

00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:45.460
it all. You know, it's just been a lot recently.

00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:57.329
Okay. Mark Pope. Love. There we go. Okay. This

00:47:57.329 --> 00:48:01.570
is a combo Drake and his relationship with the

00:48:01.570 --> 00:48:05.070
University of Kentucky. Oh, I probably should

00:48:05.070 --> 00:48:13.250
be diplomatic. Worn out at this point. Does he

00:48:13.250 --> 00:48:16.829
still come? No, that's the thing. Worn out. Because

00:48:16.829 --> 00:48:19.409
it's like, I understand that he's given the basketball

00:48:19.409 --> 00:48:22.960
team like Noctua outfits and whatnot. What outfits?

00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:25.139
Noctua. I think that's his brand. Oh, it's his

00:48:25.139 --> 00:48:28.300
brand. Okay. Yes. And so like, love that for

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:32.219
them. But like at this point, I'm over it. I

00:48:32.219 --> 00:48:36.400
don't. Hey. But I'm not a student. And so, you

00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:38.940
know, that's okay. You heard it here first. Yeah.

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:44.949
Worn out. Beyonce. Icon. Legend. Yeah, that's

00:48:44.949 --> 00:48:46.750
all you have to say. That's all you have to say,

00:48:47.010 --> 00:48:49.889
honestly. And our final person, Keith Farmer.

00:48:50.949 --> 00:48:58.610
Already said love. Bestie. He's not my bestie,

00:48:59.030 --> 00:49:01.349
but yeah, I can see that for yes, he was really

00:49:01.349 --> 00:49:03.369
being funny last night He was like I heard you're

00:49:03.369 --> 00:49:05.489
gonna have Sierra on she has a heart out and

00:49:05.489 --> 00:49:07.010
she needs to be at a press conference tomorrow

00:49:07.010 --> 00:49:08.949
And I know you guys are just gonna gab gab gab

00:49:08.949 --> 00:49:11.789
like key. Yeah, okay. We're professional He knows

00:49:11.789 --> 00:49:13.469
I love to talk and he knows a lot to talk to

00:49:13.469 --> 00:49:15.829
you guys Yeah, like I just think honestly, he's

00:49:15.829 --> 00:49:19.849
just having FOMO because he's not here So yeah,

00:49:19.849 --> 00:49:22.650
you guys have such a fun dynamic in the sports

00:49:22.650 --> 00:49:24.349
department. We said the same thing to Maggie

00:49:24.349 --> 00:49:27.800
then I always, I feel FOMO looking in through

00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:29.340
those little windows. Like what are they laughing

00:49:29.340 --> 00:49:31.760
about in there? You guys can come in. Sometimes

00:49:31.760 --> 00:49:33.760
I walk in and they're all doing something that

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:35.900
I don't get. You know, like something that I

00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:39.280
don't understand. It's okay, we'll explain it

00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:41.340
to you. Thank you. Yeah. No, you guys should

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:43.360
come in sometime. That's the one thing that I'm

00:49:43.360 --> 00:49:45.519
like, sometimes I'm like, oh, people will probably

00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:48.369
think that we're just like, so like. No one come

00:49:48.369 --> 00:49:51.349
in, but it's like the exact opposite. Well, there's

00:49:51.349 --> 00:49:54.070
sometimes when we close both doors, that's when

00:49:54.070 --> 00:49:56.289
we're like, okay, we have to lock in guys. Don't

00:49:56.289 --> 00:49:58.750
bother us then. But like most of the time, if

00:49:58.750 --> 00:50:00.489
you just see us in there laughing and gabbing,

00:50:00.610 --> 00:50:03.269
it's because we are laughing and gabbing. At

00:50:03.269 --> 00:50:08.369
us. Always a laugh and always a gab. Last question

00:50:08.369 --> 00:50:10.969
for you, Sierra, just as we are now heading into

00:50:10.969 --> 00:50:13.050
basketball season. I mean, we're in it. How are

00:50:13.050 --> 00:50:15.389
you feeling about women's and the men's teams?

00:50:15.510 --> 00:50:19.400
Oh, I'm so excited. Um, I think both teams have

00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:22.139
a really high ceiling. I feel like both teams

00:50:22.139 --> 00:50:25.300
have the opportunity to make a national championship

00:50:25.300 --> 00:50:29.300
run. Like they both started off on a really good

00:50:29.300 --> 00:50:33.420
foot last season. And now that they know what

00:50:33.420 --> 00:50:35.920
to expect, especially when it comes to the men's

00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:38.539
team, they have high expectations every single

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:41.860
year, but like really that ninth championship,

00:50:42.179 --> 00:50:47.980
like that's basically. Oh, UK fans won. And so

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:50.300
I feel like they have a really good grasp on

00:50:50.300 --> 00:50:53.360
that, even though as of today, their record,

00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:56.059
they do have a loss. But guys, it's not the end

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:59.219
of the world. It's only November, right? That's

00:50:59.219 --> 00:51:01.400
the thing. That's the thing. November, you are

00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:04.420
figuring out where your team is, what they need

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:07.400
to work on. And I think it's better that we lose

00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:13.119
now than in the later part of the year. So I'm

00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:15.699
just really excited for both teams and I absolutely

00:51:15.699 --> 00:51:18.960
adore the women's basketball team. The triplets,

00:51:19.400 --> 00:51:21.460
Claire Strack, Amelia Hassett and Tiani Key,

00:51:21.619 --> 00:51:24.059
they're like the tallest girls I've ever met.

00:51:25.139 --> 00:51:28.219
They're so awesome. They're literally cute. Like

00:51:28.219 --> 00:51:30.159
the whole women's basketball team can be models,

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:35.079
but like it's their dominance when it comes to

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:38.420
rebounding and blocking shots. was amazing last

00:51:38.420 --> 00:51:41.320
year. So I'm just so excited to see how they'll

00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:43.860
grow with that this season. And then they have

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:46.260
a couple players that weren't there last year,

00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:49.039
like their point guard Tony Morgan, she literally

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:53.460
just hit 500 career assists. Crazy. She's only

00:51:53.460 --> 00:51:56.719
like, she's among the top five, I think, and

00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:59.800
active players when it comes to assists. So that's

00:51:59.800 --> 00:52:03.380
awesome. And then Jordan Obie, she had an injury

00:52:03.380 --> 00:52:05.199
last season that didn't allow her to play and

00:52:05.199 --> 00:52:07.860
she's a grad student. So She's playing this year

00:52:07.860 --> 00:52:12.559
and each game she's shown like, she's like, I'm

00:52:12.559 --> 00:52:15.139
here and I am going to make an impression this

00:52:15.139 --> 00:52:18.059
season. And I just like the way she plays. She's,

00:52:18.059 --> 00:52:19.480
she's aggressive. She's one of those players

00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:22.079
that's very sweet, but when she's on the court,

00:52:22.260 --> 00:52:25.820
she gets nasty. And I love that. Like she's like

00:52:25.820 --> 00:52:29.960
bodying up to people. Yeah. So, um, I'm really

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:32.119
excited for both teams. I could go on forever,

00:52:32.699 --> 00:52:33.699
but I'm just so excited. That would be another

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:35.619
Hot Mic episode. Yeah. A separate Hot Mic episode

00:52:35.619 --> 00:52:37.920
where I'm just yapping about every player on

00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:40.179
the team and how awesome they are. We love to

00:52:40.179 --> 00:52:42.679
hear you yap. A lot of really good storylines

00:52:42.679 --> 00:52:45.579
to follow this season for the men and women and

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:47.940
your storyline, Sierra Nguyen. Totally. It's

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:49.840
been so fun to get to know you a little better.

00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:52.099
And I think for our viewers and listeners, especially

00:52:52.099 --> 00:52:54.260
if they're going to the games to know. You are

00:52:54.260 --> 00:52:58.239
one of the women behind CBN tonight, behind the

00:52:58.239 --> 00:53:00.400
coverage that we bring to UK athletics. And you

00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:03.380
do an awesome job. Thank you. This flew by. Yeah,

00:53:03.380 --> 00:53:05.239
I know. Are we, are you going to be late? We

00:53:05.239 --> 00:53:07.260
should do this more often. We should. You're

00:53:07.260 --> 00:53:09.960
not going to be late. Same time next week. I'll

00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:12.039
be here. But you guys, if you see me at games,

00:53:12.179 --> 00:53:13.920
wave at me, say hi to me, that kind of thing.

00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:16.400
It always like means so much when people actually

00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:18.800
do come up and say something. Cause some days,

00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:21.320
you know, you feel like you're just going through

00:53:21.320 --> 00:53:24.070
the motions. and you don't really know if you're

00:53:24.070 --> 00:53:26.130
making an impact to people, but then you'll go

00:53:26.130 --> 00:53:28.769
out in the community and someone's like, that

00:53:28.769 --> 00:53:31.269
story that Megan or Evy did, that was really

00:53:31.269 --> 00:53:33.889
awesome. That was really fun. Or that I did see

00:53:33.889 --> 00:53:35.590
you at the game the other day, but I just didn't

00:53:35.590 --> 00:53:36.949
want to talk to you because you looked like you

00:53:36.949 --> 00:53:39.670
were busy. I'm like, no, talk to me now. But

00:53:39.670 --> 00:53:41.110
there have been times where I'm like actively

00:53:41.110 --> 00:53:42.829
shooting something that I was, hey, I'm like,

00:53:44.250 --> 00:53:47.960
oh, just a sec. Yeah, but no. Love meeting people.

00:53:48.099 --> 00:53:49.960
Love talking to people. Love this job. Love you

00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:52.840
guys. That's why she was an NKU student tour

00:53:52.840 --> 00:53:56.880
guide. Yes. There we go. We love it. And people

00:53:56.880 --> 00:53:58.360
can follow you on social media because you're

00:53:58.360 --> 00:54:00.539
really good about posting what's going on, the

00:54:00.539 --> 00:54:02.940
adventure covering the games and all that. A

00:54:02.940 --> 00:54:05.659
little plug for your social media. Yeah. So my

00:54:05.659 --> 00:54:09.900
at name is so flossy, right? So Flossie, Flossie

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:12.000
is my middle name. My great grandmother, her

00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:14.380
name's Flossie. And so that's where I get it

00:54:14.380 --> 00:54:16.579
from. It's a family name. So it wasn't just like

00:54:16.579 --> 00:54:19.239
a random thing that I did. But so Flossie writes

00:54:19.239 --> 00:54:21.420
because I did start out as a print journalist.

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But once I got the check mark, I was like, oh,

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we're not going back. And I'm also not paying

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for it. So like, yeah, we're not changing. So

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so Flossie writes. That's the story behind it.

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But yeah, that's me. Or you search Sierra Newton.

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That'll also come through. We'll find you. Well,

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thank you so much for coming on Hot Mice. It

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was a pleasure. Have fun with all of your press

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conferences and all the chaos today. And as we're

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in crossover season, we'll be watching. Okay,

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and to our viewers and our listeners, thank you

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so much. I never know which camera we're on Here

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her mug hot like there you go. Now you can really

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made it. You've really made it Honestly, this

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is the real reason I'm here Thank you for listening

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and watching make sure you are joining us next

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week as we have another guest on for hot mic