133rd Kentucky Derby - Louisville, KY

Street Sense makes an impressive run from at one point, the 19th position, to take the 133rd Run for the Roses. What would be the first win for jockey Calvin Borel, and second for trainer Carl Nafzger, made for an extremely long couple days for lots of our crew...Congrats to both of them and to us for an impressive showing on the first Saturday in May. Here are the pics...


Churchill in the very early AM


One of the greatest Jockeys ever....Pat Day


Bob Costas prepares for Derby 133


The famous Churchill finish line


This shot shows the beauty of Kentucky Derby Day


An empty Winner's Circle


My view from the winner's circle


Carl Nafzger and Street Sense's owners....Winners
of the 133rd Kentucky Derby

Reds Opening Day - Cincinnati, OH

I love baseball. LOVE IT! I love the reds, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to get to go to opening day in Cincinnati. To actually get to walk around on the field before the game and meet guys like Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr.....just sweet. Here you go.

Great American Ballpark, Home of the Reds


Digital Zoom makes Josh Hamilton blurry, but he
is going to be a stud for the reds in the future


The reason I was there.


Former Reds manager, "Sweet Lou" Pinella


The view from where I shot the game in the Cubs
Dugout


Me and the Ol' Lefthander Joe Nuxhall in the Reds
Radio Booth

McDonald's HS All-Star game - Louisville, KY

Got to watch the best high school basketball players in the country play a while back. Unfortunately, I didn't get to take very many pics because we were so busy. Only two this time.


The usual "view from above" pic, at Freedom Hall


This is already on the blog once, but John Wooden is so awesome
he deserves to be posted on here again.

Golden Gopher Hunting - Minneapolis, MN

Took a not so random trip to the University of Minnesota, to cover the announcement of Tubby Smith, the former UK head basketball coach, as the new head coach of the Golden Gophers. All in all it was a long trip, which resulted in some great OT in the pay column. Here are some pics...


The usual, from up above, looking down on the floor pic


Tubby being interviewed


We literally turned a utility closet into our edit bay


Goldie the Gopher, in the center of the court.

NCAA Tournament - Chicago, IL

Covered the Cats in Chicago for the NCAA tournament. Got a chance to walk around downtown on St. Paddy's Day, but with the Cat's losing to Kansas, our NCAA road trip didn't last more than the first and second round. Here are some pics.

Chicago Sky Line from Lake Michigan


His Airness outside of his home


View from above the United Center floor


Frustration at the podium


Jim Nantz preparing his Golden Pipes


The famous green river in Chicago on St. Paddy's Day


Tubby and Bill Self after UK lost in the NCAA tourney

SEC TOURNAMENT - Atlanta, GA

Spent some time in the Georgia Dome for the SEC Tournament earlier this year. UK lost in the second round, so we didn't spend as much time as we'd have liked to. Here are some pics from the trip.

Georgia Dome converted to B-Ball court


Look at them pertty SAT trucks all in a row


Jamario Davidson looks a lot like X-Zibit the rapper

Hit the ground running...

So, I have decided to start a picture blog. I had a blog back in the day, but I never updated it. I used to think that I like to write, but really the old blog pretty much proved that I didn't like to. I also stopped that one, because I felt the management at my old station was reading too much into my rants. Since I get to go on all these awesome trips with work I am starting a new one, that is going to have pictures from my adventures in the sports world. Here is the first one.

The WIZARD OF WESTWOOD. THE GREATEST COACH
to ever live.....JOHN WOODEN!

I have never really been star struck before, but to meet John Wooden was about the coolest thing I have done since taking the sports job. The road trips are great, don't get me wrong, but we are talking about a man who could put a national championship ring on every finger. Flat out AWESOME!