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Louisville, Kentucky sits on the Ohio River, on the Kentucky-Indiana border. Louisville is most famous as the home of the Kentucky Derby, the most widely watched event in American horse racing. Louisville, Kentucky sits on the Ohio River, on the
Louisville is home to several major corporations, including UPS International, Tricon Global Restaurants (owners of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut), Brown And Williamson Tobacco, Papa Johns Pizza, and Hillerich & Bradsby (known for "Louisville Slugger" baseball bats).
Louisville is also home to the University of Louisville. Kentucky is widely known as the "Basketball Capital Of The World", with Louisville and the nearby University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky winning a combined 9 National Titles.
Famous Louisvillians include Muhammad Ali, Diane Sawyer, Paul Hornung, Tom Cruise, Johnny Unitas, Hunter S. Thompson, and 60 Minutes tobacco informant Jeffrey Wigand.
The local newspaper is the Louisville Courier-Journal. Local attractions include Churchill Downs Thoroughbred track, Freedom Hall, Minor League Baseball's "Louisville Riverbats", the Louisville Slugger Museum, the Muhammad Ali Museum, the Kentucky Center For The Arts, the renowned Seelbach Hotel and Camberley-Brown Hotel, and the Bardstown Road "Highlands" area, which features small, distinctive shops and restaurants.
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