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Revision as of 15:43, 25 February 2002 by 130.94.122.xxx (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 Thoroughbred horse racing. 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.
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, KY winning a combined 9 National Titles.
Famous Louisvillians include Muhammed 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 Muhammed 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.