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Mike Battaglia

Billy speaks with Mike Battaglia, who has been in thoroughbred racing in Kentucky for more than 40 years. He is best known as the oddsmaker for the Kentucky Derby, the track announcer at Turfway Park and Churchill Downs, and a TV analyst.
Season 5 Episode 8 Length 56:33 Premiere: 05/02/17

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Mike Battaglia
S5 E8 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/02/17

Hal Smith and Bill Malone
S5 E7 Length 56:39 Premiere Date 03/28/17

Don Lane and Wayne Chapman
S5 E6 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/21/17

Bobby Washington and George Wilson
S5 E5 Length 56:52 Premiere Date 01/17/17

Sportswriter Jerry Tipton
S5 E4 Length 56:44 Premiere Date 12/20/16

Wilbur Hackett Jr. and Paul Karem
S5 E3 Length 56:50 Premiere Date 11/22/16

Former Gov. John Y. Brown
S5 E2 Length 58:52 Premiere Date 10/23/16

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Billy's guest is former University of Kentucky football player Jacob Tamme who retired from the NFL in 2017. Tamme was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft and also played for the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons.

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Billy speaks with Kelly Wells, head coach of the University of Pikeville (UPIKE) men's basketball team. Wells led the UPIKE Bears to win the 2011 NAIA National Championship and was named the NAIA Coach of the Year following that championship season.

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Billy speaks with Jack Brammer, Frankfort bureau chief at the "Lexington Herald-Leader", and Dick Gabriel, host of a radio sports talk show, about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling permitting individual states to legalize sports gambling.

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Billy speaks with Dan Issel, former University of Kentucky basketball great who played under legendary coach Adolph Rupp, he was twice named an All American. He is also a retired Hall of Fame professional basketball player and coach.

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Billy speaks with Jennie Rees, an award-winning thoroughbred racing writer and one of the sport's most knowledgeable authorities.

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