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Red Berenson in Red Wings uniform

Episode 94: The Red Baron Himself Reminisces!

December 5, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 01:35:01
Red Berenson in Red Wings uniform

Life is good!

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page.

  • A somber note to start this show: Denny is not with us due to the death of his beloved wife Sharon.
  • Eli recounts in moving detail their long-time — and up-and-down — love story.
  • But the great Red Berenson IS with us on so MANY historic hockey moments he was part of, the Wings, U-M and MORE!
  • U-M and MSU basketball BOTH utterly HUMILIATED Tuesday night! But Bob says the two losses were VERY different.
  • Does Michigan football really want to (GULP) play ALABAMA in a bowl game?! Ohio State redux?
  • Could another new twist on MSU’s Larry Nassar disaster leave MSU declaring BANKRUPTCY?! 
  • He said, HE said? Bob’s interaction with powerful MSU Trustee Joel Ferguson has created some waves!
  • NFL coaches are on the hot seat — but not Matt Patricia? Eli has lowlights of the early years of many FL’s coaches.
  • Babs SMEARED for mistreatment of ex-players like Johan Franzen, but wouldn’t the Wings STILL be better off with him NOW?
  • PLUS, whither the Pistons? Rudy T once WOWED Eli but ATTACKED Bob(!), YOUR mailbag and much more right here!
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Alan Trammell at bat

Episode 87: A Stroll Down Memory Lane with Alan Trammell!

November 7, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 01:40:06
Alan Trammell at bat

Father time is undefeated.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page.

  • New HOF member Alan Trammell does a GREAT job with the boys! His life in baseball, the ’84 Tigers, Magnum P.I.: It’s all here, folks.
  • The latest HOF candidates and state of the HOF? A wild melee suddenly breaks out with Eli and Denny dumping on Bob — who dumps right back!
  • Computer umpiring in MLB was also part of that. Denny sticks to his guns — just as he surely would have about horseless carriages in 1906.
  • Is there ANYTHING interesting about the FL’s vs da Bears? YES! For whom will Denny root Sunday? “We” or his own hometown team?
  • Michigan’s off Saturday but the focus does NOT turn to Michigan State. Even Spartan fans may bail on MSU-Illinois. Alabama v LSU is at the same time!
  • Bob strolls over to Madison Square Garden two nights in a row and isn’t happy with what he sees: MSU goes down and the Wings ARE down — horribly.
  • U-M basketball? ANOTHER near nightmare in Ann Arbor against those big meanies from Appalachian State! Juwan’s got a lot to learn.
  • You’ll hear about Denny’s fascinating old side gig on our mailbag segment AND about an UNUSUAL biz plan he and Jim Northrup once concocted!
  • Eli answers Bob’s bemused question: “What the HELL does a chicken sandwich have to do with SPORTS?!” 
    Those stories and much more right here!
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Baseball field diagram showing the "Williams Shift"

Episode 77: Rip My Father-in-Law and I’ll KILL You!

October 3, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 01:18:32
Baseball field diagram showing the "Williams Shift"

You Think You’ve Seen Hell? Just Wait!

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.

  • Remembering Denny AND Mickey in the 1968 World Series on its 51st anniversary.
    Pardon us, WHAT did you say the Tigers did this week?!  
  • The MLB Playoffs kicked off with a HIGHLY unfortunate incident Tuesday. Will it be Bill Buckner redux? 
  • Meanwhile, baseball’s attendance took a massive hit this year and now MORE controversy over — “deadly” t-shirt guns?
  • Is Saturday the beginning of the end for Harbaugh at Eli’s alma mater? Some say Iowa is the biggest game of Jim’s tenure.
  • MSU might be embarrassed at Ohio State but a MUCH bigger problem in East Lansing has come to the fore! Bob explains.
  • California’s “Fair Pay to Play Act” is causing a ruckus in college sports and causes a BIG stir with the boys as well.
  • Whaddya know? The FL’s will get through the entire weekend without a loss!
  • And it’s finally come to this: Bob has news that SHOCKS Denny, then Denny THREATENS Bob on his next trip to Detroit!
  • Those stories and much more coming up right here.
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This is a Oct. 25, 1986, black and white photo of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner during the 1986 World Series vs. the New York Mets.

Episode 40: The Zen of Bill Buckner: Different Strokes for TWO Different Folks

May 28, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 01:02:43
This is a Oct. 25, 1986, black and white photo of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner during the 1986 World Series vs. the New York Mets.

A career comes down to one play.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.

  • Buckner’s untimely demise hits home with Eli, who waxes poetic on what Bill’s life was really all about. 
  • Meanwhile, Denny GOT waxed gambling on “The Buckner Game” in prison. He lost WHAT?!
  • The sports world has also lost Bart Starr, unleashing a wave of nostalgia from the boys.
  • The Tigers say they’ve “bolstered” their bullpen — but lotsa seats are empty in Comerica. Is it Casey Mize time?
  • MSU lands a new president AND a hot-shot player for Izzo.
  • Uh, and btw, where’s Juwan been lately?
  • Bob rants on the bogus “Michigan Sports Hall of Fame” and on creeping “hip-hopism” in sports.
  • Those stories, controversy over the upcoming Detroit Grand Prix and much more right here! 
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Episode 38: Enough Nonsense! It’s About Jack and Tiger. Period.

May 20, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 00:55:56

Koepka is the only one besides Palmer, Nicklaus and Woods to have one four majors in a two-year span.

Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!

  • Brooks Koepka — the NEW Tiger!!! “Bull-bleep he is,” say the boys!
  • By week’s end Michigan could have its new basketball coach. Fab-Fiver Jimmy King joins us with his thoughts.
  • Denny wonders, if the Tigers now have a “quality control coach,” then where the hell is the “quality?!”
  • Are the boys Democrats, Republicans or something else? YOU’LL never know — though a couple miffed listeners think THEY do.
  • Too good for the Clips, Rockets, Blazers — too good for anybody, especially thanks to Draymond. Kevin Durant who?
  • The NHL playoffs? As usual, Eli and Denny plead ignorance while Bob wants Larkin and Mantha home for the Worlds — NOW.
  • Those stories, the death of boxing and much more right here!
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Episode 32: Denny’s Autograph Seeker Stalks The Studio

April 29, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 1:00:17

This is the industry known as Dennis Dale McLain.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.

  • The boys break down the two-thousand-nineteen (twenty-nineteen, dammit!) NFL Draft.
  • 93-year old Mrs. Ford and her two daughters were in the FL’s war room! Did they (gulp) call any of the shots?!
  • Knock, knock. “Who’s there?” “A guy.” “A guy WHO?” A guy who demands to see Denny right now during the show!
  • Eli deservedly unhappy that he wasn’t interviewed for a new doc on the ’84 Tigers.
  • Just par for the course with the (mostly) lame Detroit sports media? Bob blows up on that subject — again.
  • Why all the strikeouts in MLB, Eli with a baseball rules check, thumbs up on Draymond, down on Babs — and much more right here.

Photo credit: Lathan Goumas/The Herald News

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Episode 30: N-Bombs in Sports and the New P.C. World

April 22, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 00:59:17

Are we overreacting to political correctness?

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.

  • The Pathetic Pistons are all but finished — and now is Andre Drummond finished in Detroit?
    Steve Yzerman is back and the feckless Motown media immediately genuflect and roll over.
  • Eli tells the inside story of how Stevie’s career in Detroit was almost derailed.
    And Denny tells a wild story about one of sports’ greatest heroes! Could it actually be true? 
  • Is super-agent Scott Boras now Nick’s escape from Detroit Tigers hell?
  • Is Miggy’s early-season slump partly due to his off-field problems? 
  • Plus, the latest sacrifice on the altar of the P.C. crowd, pitching tips from Denny, Bob on nil-nil thrills and much more!
 
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Episode 29: The Boys’ Career Highs and Lows

April 18, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 00:58:01

You’re not supposed to say who we are, you’re supposed to say who we used to be!

Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!

  • The NBA Playoffs — or the draft lottery? Eli and Denny go at it over which is better for the Pathetic Pistons.
  • Miguel Cabrera is off to a terrible start. He’s 36 as of today. Has he lost it for good — or only until summertime?
  • And are Miggy’s off-field shenanigans hurting his game?
  • YOU, the listeners, have questions: The mystery of the 1968 Tigers’ jerseys? The high and low points of the boys’ careers? Why the lack of swearing on the podcast?
  • The new Lions schedule is out! Whoopty-damn-do. Bob goes off on his favorite whipping boys.
  • And Eli and Denny — restaurateurs?! Bob was in New York back then, thus avoiding ptomaine.
  • These stories and much more right here!
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Episode 28: TIGER IS BACK — AND THE BOYS GOT LOTS TO SAY ABOUT IT!!!

April 15, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 00:59:01

It’s not a sports story, it’s a cultural phenomenon.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.

  • An amazing golf phenomenon, true, but Tiger Woods may be a bigger cultural phenomenon, as Eli explains.
  • And Denny says WHAT? His ’68 Detroit Tigers were a better comeback story?!
    The Pistons begin their playoff humiliation, even leaving the TNT guys rolling in the aisles.
  • Is Michigan State now becoming the butt of national ridicule? Perhaps — and Bob will tell you why.
  • How are the Tigers doing these days? One short quote from an ex-New York Knicks star says it all.
  • Those stories and much more coming right up!
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Episode 26: Non-Calls are the Worst Calls

April 8, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 00:57:47

Michigan State runs into a buzz saw.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.

  • Michigan State’s out — but should Virginia be IN? 
  • The boys’ take on that big no-call — and other blown calls in sports history.
  • With the NCAA title game Monday, should Duke have even been in the tourney? 
  • What did Coach K know and when did he know it?
  • Or should Zion Williamson’s mother have been paid anyway? Should Zion?
  • A friend of Eli’s thinks he has a workable plan to settle the issue — and end all the alleged cheating in college basketball.
  • The Tigers are in first place! But they still have to pass “The Eli Zaret Litmus Test.” Bob explains.
  • The Pistons are hanging on to a playoff spot by a thread. Better off missing the postseason and getting into the lottery?
  • And who was better, Aaron — or Willie Mays, the man Denny burned in the 1966 All Star Game?
  • Those stories and much more right here!
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