The Frankfort High School football team huddles before their game against Kentucky Country Day in Frankfort, Kentucky on October 23, 2016. The Frankfort Panthers would go on to win 30-21.

Jonathon Hayden practices hurdles before his race in the finals of the men's 60 meter hurdles at the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tennessee. February 13, 2016. Hayden went on to finish fifth with a time of 8.09 seconds.

Leiajon Frazier, a cornerback for a youth football team in Frankfort, Kentucky, the Gators, waits for a play to begin during a practice at the Panther Athletic Complex. One of the coaches, Coach Cheese, is also Frazier's uncle and keeps him coming back to keep him out of trouble, Cheese said.

Stefan Remus, 21, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, receives help removing his hand wraps after winning his fight in the 175 pound weight class at Fight Night in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Fight Night is a competition of amateur boxers who fight for their fraternity's chosen charity to receive a donation funded by the tickets.

Roddrick Woods, 5, visited the Muhammad Ali Center and I Am Ali festival on June 8, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky the week after Muhammad Ali's death. Woods did a Kindergarten project on Ali, "He was a boxer from Louisville. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!" Woods said.

A man watches the races from the rooftops with a pair of binoculars. The twin spires that were originally iconic of Churchill Downs are now surrounded by high grandstands to accommodate the growing crowds. Churchill Downs installed the world's largest screen that stands almost 200 feet in the air to display a better view of the races than what most seats offer.

Danzing Candy leads the pack around the first turn just ahead of Nyquist in the running of the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Nyquist, who was the 2-1 favorite, would go on to defend his undefeated streak later on in the race but lose in the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness.

Lakeside Swim Club is a rock quarry in Louisville, Kentucky that holds about 1.2 million gallons of water. It is home to the Lakeside Seahawks, a swim team that has sent 10 swimmers to the Olympics and is consistently in the top five teams in the nation.