Episodes

  • Could Louisville baseball coach Dan McDonnell go blond for College World Series 2025? U of L third baseman Jake Munroe on that, run to Omaha
    Jun 11 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Louisville baseball third baseman Jake Munroe, who helped lead the Cardinals to their sixth appearance in the College World Series.

    Munroe tells how he got to Louisville despite growing up with a Big Ten program in his backyard in Champaign, Illinois. He explains why he remembers where he was when U of L made the CWS in 2019. And he tells how the team plans on getting coach Dan McDonnell to dye his hair blonde like the players.

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    31 mins
  • Louisville baseball's Eddie KIng Jr. shares secret to team success
    Jun 4 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Louisville baseball senior outfielder Eddie King Jr., as the Cardinals prepare to face Miami in an NCAA Tournament super regional beginning Friday. King speaks on the influence of his dad on his game and what making it to Omaha for the College World Series would mean for the program.

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    24 mins
  • Louisville-UK football rivalry could end if SEC expands league slate
    May 28 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Courier Journal college sports enterprise reporter Payton Titus, who is on location in Destin, Florida, at the SEC spring meetings. Titus discusses how the Kentucky-Louisville annual football rivalry may be in jeopardy if the SEC expands to a nine-game league schedule. She also explains how the creation of Kentucky's Champions Blue LLC will help navigate future revenue sharing in college sports.

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    28 mins
  • Louisville baseball's Dan McDonnell laments tampering in NCAA
    May 21 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Louisville baseball coach Dan McDonnell. McDonnell tells how he predicted freshman Tague Davis, who leads the team with 18 home runs, would have a great year and how that would lead other schools to try to get him to transfer. He also explains how Louisville won't ever be the Yankees or Dodgers of college baseball with its financial support, but the Cards can't become the A's, either.

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    30 mins
  • Louisville AD Josh Heird discusses impact of House v. NCAA settlement
    May 14 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Louisville athletics director Josh Heird at ACC spring meetings in Amelia Island, Florida. Heird speaks about what's next for the ACC now that it's clear from lawsuits from Clemson and Florida State and explains the potential impact the House v. NCAA settlement will have once finalized.

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    33 mins
  • Kentucky Derby winning jockey Junior Alvarado on Sovereignty, Preakness Stakes 2025, more
    May 7 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Kentucky Derby winning jockey Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to his first-ever win in the Run for the Roses.

    Alvarado explains why the health of Sovereignty is at the center of the decision not to run him in the Preakness Stakes. He tells of how a shoulder injury nearly derailed his dreams of riding in the Derby. He also discusses his upcoming fine for using his whip one too many times and the process of trying to keep count of six hits while trying to win the biggest horse race on the planet.

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    28 mins
  • Journalism is Kentucky Derby favorite, but experts reveal some flaws
    Apr 30 2025

    Courier Journal reporter Jason Frakes and handicapper Ed DeRosa of Horse Racing Nation join this episode of The C.L. Brown Show on location at Churchill Downs to preview the 151st Kentucky Derby. (The video version is available on YouTube.)

    Frakes explains that while Journalism is the favorite, there are reasons to nitpick at if he can win the Run for the Roses. He also tells why Coal Battle is his dark-horse pick. DeRosa breaks down other contenders, including Sovereignty and Rodriguez, and discusses the value in taking Chunk of Gold as a long shot.

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    21 mins
  • Kenny McPeek on horse named after Louisville coach Pat Kelsey
    Apr 23 2025

    This episode of The C.L. Brown Show features Kenny McPeek, who completed the rare sweep of the Kentucky Oaks (Thorpedo Anna) and Kentucky Derby (Mystik Dan) last year. McPeek, a former recreational hooper, says he hopes Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey can make a visit to meet Kelz, his 2-year-old namesake, when the colt ships to Churchill Downs later this spring.

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    34 mins
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