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Episode 209: One TRUE BLUE Ohioan!

Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- U-M star, Olympic gold medalist, first-round NBA draft choice — the long basketball life of guest PHIL HUBBARD!
- What a quarterback dual: Brady vs Brees! But as often happens with great pitching match-ups — a DUD.
- The boys recap the weekend’s NFL playoffs, look ahead to this Sunday’s title games AND to the Super Bowl.
- The WHAT Bowl? A foreign concept, of course, to the Lions — now embarking on their LATEST rebuilding program.
- Should they have hired Robert Saleh instead? Or Urban Meyer? Bet that if a mistake can be made, the FL’s will make it.
- A great goaltender? At times. A great Detroit Red Wing? Always! And now HOWIE hangs ’em up.
- Bob warned it might happen. Denny pooh-poohed him, but Michigan did indeed go down at Minnesota.
- Now will COVID allow U-M to play Maryland or MSU to play Illinois? Bob asks, no, BEGS, the Big 14 for just one thing.
- Denny rips his former team — again — for stubbornly sitting out free agency without a splash.
- And he rips baseball’s Hall of Fame for continuing to snub one of his greatest friends and Tiger teammates.
- Those stories, a top Detroit sportscaster skewered in YOUR mailbag segment and more — right here!
Episode 195: T Mills: A Life in Basketball

What a business!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain and Lary Sorensen filling in for Eli!
- “A MICHIGAN MAN will coach a Michigan team!” Yet ONE Michigan team was NOT happy to hear that as we learn from our guest, former U-M star TERRY MILLS.
- Neither Denny nor Lary’s been with us since MLB got its first woman general manager. Denny claims there was another woman “G.M.” before her!
- A “snoozer” for the Lions in their latest humiliation? Bob took that term literally and now has sage advice for SOME FL’s fans who still could use it.
- Lions-Texans? Cowboys-Washington? Thanksgiving has TWO turkeys before a great match-up Thursday night. Will the Steelers run the table this year?
- An exciting, dramatic game! A triple-overtime WIN on the road! So, is it fair that so many Michigan football fans STILL seem so unhappy?
- U-M grad Lary says all those injuries were no excuse for nearly losing to bleeping RUTGERS. Bob: Rutgers’ doormat days are DONE.
- COVID cancellations still wreaking havoc across college football but is that what really caused Clemson’s game to be called off at the last moment?
- For most people, the disastrous year 2020 should have been called off. Yet even with these new vaccines, will 2021 be much different?
- And what a wild week it was in the NBA with a plethora of trades. Are the Pistons really any better after their huge roster makeover?
- We’ve got those stories, YOUR mailbag segment and much more — right here!
Episode 182: Baseball Wacko? Listen to THIS Show!

How many games in a row can you possibly watch?!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain — and Lary Sorensen sitting in for Eli!
- Two ex-MLB pitchers on one show? You won’t wanna miss Denny and Lary tell great stories, talk about the playoffs and more!
- Oh, and BTW, boys, after watching that GARGANTUAN Giancarlo Stanton homer, what was the longest home run YOU ever gave up?
- As the Tigers wait to find a new manager, Bob wonders if they’ve waited too long already to land the best candidates.
- The Lions will definitely NOT lose Sunday. They’re OFF, so get outta the house as the first step to kicking YOUR FL’s addiction!
- The Titans get back ANOTHER positive test for COVID-19, but Lary says the NFL STILL did the right thing in playing the season.
- Bill O’Brien FIRED after leading (now 0-4) Houston to FOUR division titles in six years. Why not the same boldness from the LIONS?
- With the NBA Finals possibly ending Friday, the boys look at the anatomy of WINNERS — versus LOSERS like the Pistons.
- Steve Yzerman and the Wings selected a teenage Swede at the top of the NHL Draft Tuesday night. In Stevie Y we TRUST — so far.
- Pro sports is a TOUGH biz indeed. Earlier in the day, Yzerman also had to make a big decision on a popular ex-MSU star.
- Those stories, Bob has YOUR mailbag segment and much more coming up right here.
Episode 152: Ah, the Life of an MLB Reliever!

A closer is a really thankless job.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- Guest TODD JONES pitched for EIGHT MLB teams, the Tigers TWICE! LOVED Detroit; doesn’t miss the pitching part.
- So MLB IS coming back? Eli has a LONG list of all the changes that’ll be made. Fed-up Bob: Include ME out!
- Denny says a change the TIGERS should make is to put Casey Mize & the other top kid pitchers in the rotation — right away.
- The FL’s have a WHAT? A “new” owner? Roger Daltrey would say: “Meet the new boss — same as the old boss!” So would Bob.
- As the boys duke it out over COVID-19 again, a “blame game” has now begun in sports: who gave it to whom?
- Should you HAVE to wear a mask for protection now? According to ONE U.S. county — only if you’re WHITE!
- Playing career over, he had two job offers: vacuum cleaner salesman or entry position in hockey. Ken Holland chose right!
- Read all about it! P.C. Posse Pummels PAW PAW! Local legend Charlie Maxwell, MR. Sunday Home Run, has yet to comment.
- Those stories, YOUR mailbag and much more — right here!
Episode 146: Campy Russell: An American Success Story

What a career!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- The boys welcome ex-Michigan and NBA star CAMPY RUSSELL to the show, who says the NBA’S “show” MUST go on!
- As if COVID-19 weren’t enough of an issue, society’s racial unrest is suddenly tearing apart the sports world.
- The controversy’s also caused a long-time NBA announcer to lose his job while one NFL coach is trying to hang on to HIS.
- And will a Florida State football star lose his spot on the team after publicly calling his head coach a — WHAT?!
- The MLB season is in serious jeopardy over the usual millionaires vs billionaires squabble. DENNY sets a deadline!
- The NBA and the NHL WILL return — but at this point, how many people even care anymore?
- And how many brave souls would turn out in the brutal South Florida summer to watch Major League SOCCER?
- Eli talks with former guest, attorney DAN WALLACH, then says Duke’s Zion scandal will NOT be a big problem. Bob’s not sure!
- Denny asks why it seems like SO many sports figures are now dying. Wes Unseld, Pat Dye and Johnny Majors just this week.
- Lenny Dykstra has lost a defamation lawsuit against an ex-Mets teammate. Why? TRY to stifle your laughter.
- And YOUR mailbag segment NOW has nearly sent Eli into apoplexy. Those stories and much more right here!
Episode 120: A CANDID Tim McCormick Opens Up!

My real passion is broadcasting
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- Fed up with his LATEST sideline temper tantrum, MSU grad Bob rips Izzo a new one! Eli and Denny rip Bob right back.
- Does every big college basketball team cheat? Eli and Denny actually believe that. Bob calls “B— s—!”
- U-M’s OWN sex abuse scandal is growing larger — but c’mon, man! Can you actually compare it to MSU’s?
- One of MLB’s top pitchers MIGHT be done at 30. Denny can relate — and says Chris Sale has nobody but himself to blame.
- Are big league baseballs still messed up? Will Jacoby Jones EVER gain the stardom many predicted for him?
- The Pistons coulda had Caris LeVert! Eli takes us through MANY bad decisions from the Pathetic Pistons’ recent past.
- Legal sports gambling IS coming to Michigan — but as early as NEXT WEEK? One reporter claims it’s true.
- Knicks Nut Spike Lee is feuding with Madison Square Garden boss, James Dolan. Bob knows something about THIS!
- Those stories, YOUR weekly mailbag and much more right here!
Episode 116: Leave It To — BEEZER!

That’s the way he rolls.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- One of the greatest hockey names in Michigan history, long-time NHL goalie John Vanbiesbrouck, is our guest!
- There’s WHAT Saturday night? Eli laments that a World Heavyweight Boxing Championship is just not a big deal anymore.
- U-M basketball comes up with an impressive and important win at Rutgers — without Isaiah Livers.
- It’s official. Ex-Michigan coach John Beilein is out as head coach of the Cadaverliers. Eli’s seen THIS movie before.
- Denny comes up with a GREAT suggestion on how MLB should punish the Astros!
- Could Giancarlo Stanton really have hit 80 homers in 2017 if HE had cheated too? Denny says NO WAY! Bob says WAY! .
- Aubrey Huff’s idiotic Tweets have cost him an invite to the reunion of the Giants’ 2010 World Series champions. But is it right?
- And the hits just keep on comin’! STILL more trouble for MSU football and its former head coach Mark Dantonio.
- Meanwhile, Michigan football now has its OWN scandal going on and Eli knew the creep who was responsible for it all.
- NASCAR’s Ryan Newman almost DIES at Daytona, Alan Trammell COULD have in a snowmobile crash! Bob doesn’t get the “need for speed.”
- What Piston just hit the NBA Lottery? That story, “Piggy” comes to YOUR mailbag and much more right here.
Episode 115: Denny Deals — to KALINE and FREEHAN!

I had a lot a fun pitching against those guys.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- More on MSU’s Mel Mess! DENVER POST COLUMNIST SEAN KEELER joins the boys to discuss some hard feelings out west.
- Two other top stories rage on as well: the Astros’ sign-stealing and Kobe’s tragic death.
- MSU basketball’s problems continue and now Eli wonders how a certain Spartan star makes money for his young family.
- He’s RICH, one HELLUVA college basketball coach and a really good guy. So why are many feeling sorry for John Beilein?
- Michigan roundball’s going well again — but how ’bout them Wolverines on the DIAMOND!
- Baseball’s Tony Fernandez is dead at 57. What a career he had, as older Tigers fans certainly remember.
- Denny’s memory is indeed clear! Bob confirms his tales of trouble with Boog Powell. Whom did Denny OWN?
- Minor League baseball players got a raise. Eli and Denny debate whether the bump is enough.
- Bob calls out Jeff Blashill and the Wings — AGAIN. Simply put: no guts, no glory.
- In YOUR Mailbag, producer Brandon McAfee is a HERO. He MUST be for putting up with US! Those stories and more right here
Episode 113: Is There No END to Embarrassment at MSU?!

It’s just too messy a situation.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- Pro Football HOFer HARRY CARSON joins the boys to discuss his career, Parcells, Belichick, his advocacy for player safety and more!
- ANOTHER unmitigated DISASTER for Michigan State: “The Perfect Coach” for them sez, “thanks — but NO thanks.”
- And that’s just part of a HOST of humiliating problems at Bob’s alma mater. Boy, does HE take it personally!
- But wait, there’s more! On-court nightmares continue for MSU basketball with a loss at Michigan.
- Is it the greatest rivalry in all of sports? Duke and North Carolina stage a show for the ages.
- Andre Drummond out of the proverbial frying pan and INTO the fire of the Cadaverliers. What are the Pistons DOING?
- The scandal that won’t go away: Denny with HIS thoughts on Hank Aaron’s thoughts on the Astros’ sign-stealing.
- If we didn’t know better, we’d say that Eli actually sounds EXCITED about the XFL!
- Are we BEGINNING to see some excitement about the Wings’ future? And how about that Bernier?!
- If you can STAND it, Eli has another installment of “My Trip to the Bob Page Shrine.”
- Denny was mentioned where last week? On WHAT show? Those stories, YOUR mailbag and much more right here.