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The Queen City made a couple appearances in this week's Deadspin. The first revolved around an article highlighting athletes that took off-the-field antics to a whole other level. And Donald Little was referenced for going Resevoir Dogs on his roomate. Art Long also made an appearance in the source article counting down the 20 most surreal crimes perpetrated by athletes. UC's not alone as Buckeyes and UK Wildcats are spotlighted, too.

And the other article revolved around Carson Palmer's Cornhole Classic. What would possibly get their attention, you ask? Deadspin had fun with the sport's name and wished CP well in his recovery. Then went back to snickering at the term "cornhole." The event has also been Farked.

I'm a little emberrassed to admit it took me this long, but I finally made it down to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum. I felt even more foolish after walking through the place. It is pretty sweet. There's lots of interactive features in the museum. You can step onto the mound and try to hit the strike zone from 90 feet away. You can also get behind home plate and call balls and strikes from the umpire's point of view. And you can be even more active, leaping above a segment of Riverfront Stadium's wall and try to steal a home run. I watched Executive Director of the Museum Greg Rhodes lob tosses to a group of kids for about five minutes and they loved it. Their parents had to drag them away. How often can you say that about something in a museum?

You can even get your picture taken with greats from the Reds' past. Here I am trying to give Sparky Anderson some advice on how to run the Big Red Machine. Yeah, you can tell he's impressed with my wisdom. You can also sit in the booth and call one of a half dozen classic plays from the team's recent past. We'll see what Marty & Joe think of your performance behind the microphone.

The featured exhibit right now is all about the 1919 World Series. Yes, that World Series. You can find out why the Reds were the team to beat that year, Black Sox scandal or not.

The museum's open every day during the baseball season and you can even double up and get a tour of it and Great American Ball Park. Go to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum web site for more details.

You definitely want to tune in to Thursday night's show that airs between 6 and 9 p.m. on Cincinnati's ESPN Radio 1450 The Ticket. We've always tried to bring you the biggest guests we can here at Unabated Sports. But this week we've really outdone ourselves. And by "we", I mostly mean Mark. Well done, new guy!

The biggest star on the schedule has to be Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer. The Pro Bowl QB not only will appear on our show, but on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Not Carson's first time, though. It's a pretty extensive article, he goes off on the Steelers and those who doubt his comeback from a major knee injury. And what a long process that has been. We'll ask him about the injuries, the Steelers, and as much as we can in the time we've got with him. He'll also talk about the upcoming Carson Palmer Cornhole Classic. He's currently scheduled to call in at around 7:00 p.m.


How do we follow that up? I don't know. How about one of the hottest women in sports? Yeah, Heather Mitts. The soccer player/sideline reporter has a soccer camp coming up at the end of next month at Summit Country Day School. She's slotted in the segment behind Palmer at about 7:25.

We've also got Greg Rhodes, Executive Director of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum. He'll talk about the museum and the newest exhibit spotlighting the 1919 World Series. And last, but certainly not least, George Vogel, executive sports producer at Channel 5. Even though he's a longtime favorite of the program, we'll have a new twist to throw at him.

Despite the heavy guest list, we still want to hear from you. There will be time for you to call in at 513-868-9664 and email us at unabatedsports@gmail.com and we'll read it on the air.

We've had some pretty impressive guests on the show but this one takes the cake: Carson Palmer. Yes, the Bengals Pro Bowl quarterback is scheduled to join us on this Thursday's show around 7:00 p.m. He's going to be talking about lots of stuff, including the Carson Palmer Cornhole Classic coming up on June 17. This benefits Lighthouse Youth Services. We're compiling a list of questions to fire at the former Heisman trophy winner. Have any suggestions? We'll see if we can squeeze them in, but I've got about a dozen myself and there's only so much time he's going to be on. You can bet one of them will be about his cover appearance on Sports Illustrated.

As you heard when Shayne Graham was a guest on last week's show, there's a special event coming up Kicks For Kids: the annual RGI Runners Club River Run. Oxford’s The RumRunners will perform live, Panera Bread will supply bagels, and Domino’s Pizza, the Tavern Restaurant Group and the Newport Aquarium will provide awards. Participants will have the chance to win a $500 Meijer shopping spree, and each entrant will receive a ticket good for food/drink at the Runners’ Club of Greater Cincinnati post-event party at the Newport Hofbräuhaus. Pre-register here. The event begins 9:30 at the Purple People bridge in Newport. Race day registration begins at 8.

What many purists have dreaded has come to pass: Barry Bonds hit his 714th homerun. How many of them were juice induced doesn't really matter. In this game, it's all about the numbers and one of the most treasured has now been touched. We may find out in the coming years that "tarnished" may be a better word but I feel kinda dirty either way. I was definitely not rooting for BB to tie or pass Babe Ruth. But there is some good news: we're one step closer to not having to hear constantly about him going for this mark. Yep, that's me. Always looking at the bright side.

That line was from NFL Live's Trey Wingo when commenting on the fact that the Bengals cut Craig Krenzel. He wasn't talking about the intelligence of the move itself, just that the formber Buckeye QB must've known a thing or two to get by with a 3.68 GPA in Molecular Genetics. Not exactly "criminal justice" or whatever the kids are taking nowadays. This may not be the last we hear of this move, however, as C.K. might have been injured when he was cut and the players' union kinda frowns upon decisions like that.

Another Kentucky Derby has come and gone. Lots of coverage all day long. The race itself may be a bit overrated... or not. It's quick, but not to quick for Deadspin to liveblog.

Hey, if I had a horse, you know what I’d name him? Steve. Everyone else’s horse would be named something weird like “The Firm Calves On Betsy Sue,” or, “Anti-Microbial Goat Shampoo,” and my horse would just be named Steve. And he would make fun of the other horses for their dumb names.

Funny, but I do love me some horsey names. And dig those crazy hats.

The dust has settled on the NFL Draft, Mel Kiper's hair is going back into it's hermetically-sealed room, and baseball is trying it's darnedest to take center stage in our sports world. Catch us today on Cincinnati's ESPN Radio 1450 The Ticket and this is what we'll be talking about:

Cincinnati Reds
- The Major League-leading Reds. Sounds funny to say. Is that the most unlikely phrase heard all year?
- Is this team for real? How do you know when a team is for real?
- What games are you going to go to when the team is home this month at GABP?
- Our Gauntlet Question: What would be your at-bat music if you played for the Reds?

Barry Bonds is two shy of Babe Ruth.
- How will history remember Barry?
- Should Major League Baseball do something to mark it?

NFL Draft
- Bengals. Here's what Jeff thinks. What do you think?
- Winners/Losers (not just teams, but also players, schools, whatever)
- How about them Buckeyes? Five Ohio State players went in the first round. Is that a good thing or bad thing for you OSU fans?
- Biggest Surprises
- Character causing several players to fall?
- Local Guys
- Where they went (both draft and FA)
- Odds of sticking with the team
- How much of it did you watch on TV? Anybody see NFL Network's inaugural coverage.
- Wow! How wrong was our mock draft!?

NBA Playoffs
- How clutch is Lebron?
- Kobe, did we miss the boat on him being the MVP?
- Is the best matchup of the entire playoffs possibly next round with Spurs versus Mavs?

Do we want to do anything with the Derby?
- Pick your winner. What strategy do you use? I like picking by my most favorite name.

Of the 28 Reds games this month, 14 of them are at Great American Ball Park. Huh. I don't know why it seemed like there were more of them home this month than last, but I guess it's even. Anyway, here's the schedule for games in Cincinnati in May.

1 Stl. 7:10
2 Stl. 12:35
9 Washington 7:10
10 Washington 7:10
11 Washington 7:10
12 Philiadelphia 7:10
13 Philiadelphia 6:10
14 Philiadelphia 1:15
22 Milwaukee 7:10
23 Milwaukee 7:10
24 Milwaukee 7:10
26 Arizona 7:10
27 Arizona 6:10
28 Arizona 1:15

Which series peeks your interest the most?