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Episode 208: POLARIZING Sports Figures? WE got ‘EM!!

January 14, 2021 01:28:28

Welcome to the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain!

“How to be Miserable on $39 Million a Year.” If that’s not the title of JAMES HARDEN’s book someday, it SHOULD be!
The NBA’s chief malcontent engineers his own trade. Now he gets to play with K.D. AND the NBA’s chief knucklehead.
So many games canceled, so many Draconian new rules leave one NBA player asking, “Why even bother?”
COVID comes to Michigan sports as the Pistons miss out on another loss and MSU misses out on a likely butt-kicking!
“Butt-kicking?” Is there a term that goes beyond that? If so, you’d use it to describe the U of M’s ROUT of Wisconsin.
College football: The boys offer some thoughts on Monday night’s national title game in our first show since then.
Get ready to clean up because Denny’s gonna make his NFL playoff predictions. YOU’LL bet the other way, of course!
URBAN MEYER leaving his cushy broadcast gig and moving to the NFL? Bob has only one question: WHY?!
The Wings finally have a formal team leader, yet ESPN says the more things change, the more they …
A BIG change for former Red Wings coach MIKE BABCOCK, but can this career shift possibly end well for him?
And on a show that NEVER pulls any punches, why should WE change now on GIBBY or on FRANK BECKMANN?
Those stories, Bob with perhaps the strangest story in Detroit Tigers history, YOUR mailbag and more right here!

Episode 207: INSIDE the Jim Harbaugh Deal

January 11, 2021 01:16:18

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

As Ohio State and Alabama go at it for the national title, WE look into a local college football story:
The Jim Harbaugh contract extension. U-M reporter/podcaster Michael Spath takes us behind the scenes!
A big football gambler? Or just nothing better to do during the pandemic? You REALLY watched ALL those playoff games?
If the former Cleveland Clowns can get to the NFL post-season, can the LIONS be far behind?
Bob provides a primer on how NOT to run an NFL team via a franchise even worse than the FL’s!
The Pistons are off to a brutal start, but Tom Gores worry? He’s about to make more billions on PAY TOILETS!
Yes, we all were outraged over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, yet the NBA’s chief KNUCKLEHEAD is taking it too far.
And speaking of “knuckleheads,” how about James Harden and what one NBA all-time great said about HIM?
It’s a Big Week in the Big 14! At least for Michigan and Michigan State. The boys sing Juwan’s praises.
Tigers fans say “good riddance” to two guys who’ve tormented them in recent years.
While Denny says good-bye to Tommy LaSorda AND comments on MLB’s new pitching scandal.
Those stories, the Red Wings are BACK, YOUR mailbag and much more — right here!

Episode 205: Bear Bryant’s Last Captain: Steve Mott

January 3, 2021 01:33:22

Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain — and that’s IT!

A new era for the show begins after Eli’s self-imposed “retirement.” WE hope he comes back to us.
Meantime, ex-Lions center STEVE MOTT, one of the great players in Alabama history, joins us on THE Big Game and more.
FREE BEER? This is what Lions fans are left with after ANOTHER disastrous year?! The FL’s are even messing THIS up!
Is Matthew Stafford coming back? Who’s the new GM? The LATEST head coach? So MANY questions.
And who speaks for YOU? A famous voice from Texas, through remarks intended for a different team.
They’re partying in Columbus and the Bama game hasn’t even been played. WHY? Jim Harbaugh’s staying at Michigan!
No Eli? Producer Brandon McFee may be just as opinionated! He and Bob tangle over a big issue in college football.
After destroying the fleabag Duke’s Mayo Bowl, somewhere Mr. Z is smiling. The game came to a fitting — and hysterical — climax!
How good is U-M basketball! How good is U-M freshman Hunter Dickinson?! Bob says enjoy him while you can.
Dave DeBusschere must be rolling over after a WUSSY move by his once-proud alma mater.
Dumped by a phony girlfriend — then rejected by the Pistons too! But guess who’s getting the last laugh?
Those stories, Denny remembers MLB’s seven HOFers we lost in 2020, YOUR mailbag and much more — right here!

Episode 198: Two-Sport Star — to Superstar COACH!

December 3, 2020 01:41:34

But we know him best as a running back for Bo.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain & Fred Heumann sitting in for Eli Zaret!

One of the great athletes in Michigan high school history is now one of its great MENTORS: our guest, THOMAS WILCHER.
OUTRAGEOUS! How DARE Herbie claim Harbaugh doesn’t want to play Ohio State! But, uh, DOES he? Really?
A Wednesday afternoon NFL game? The boys agree: an abomination in damn near every sense.
And now COVID-19 begins another reign of sports terror: the NBA says 48 players just got it!
So you think nothing excites curmudgeonly Bob? Just ask him about Michigan State basketball this year.
Denny’s excited about his beloved Bears’ “Polish kid” versus the Lions, then gets the word: Trubisky is NOT Polish.
Dennis Dale McLain — JEWISH?! Oy, who knew?! He’s FULL of surprises today:
Teddy Ballgame once said WHAT to him? Denny in a fistfight with a teammate in the Tigers’ locker room?
A 27-year-old former World Series hero is on the open market “CHEAP.” Should the Tigers grab him?
Fred knows whom HE wants to see the Tigers sign. Bob AND Denny: “Fuhgettaboutit!”
Those stories, YOUR mailbag segment and much more — right here!

Episode 180: What’s WRONG with U-M Football? BUTCH Has an Idea!

October 1, 2020 01:32:37

They need to go with a more athletic quarterback.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Bob Page — and Lary Sorensen sitting in for Denny!

Ya better be TOUGH to play for Bo AND Parcells! BUTCH WOOLFOLK was — and DID! The ex-Michigan star running back is our guest.
The MLB Playoffs had more games Wednesday than the entire post-season of many past years! And WHAT time did that Yankees game end?
Modern technology is changing baseball even further. Lary tells us about pitchLogic and Bob has more on the umpires versus the computers.
Is the pandemic slowly starting to wane? MLB announces that there WILL be fans at some upcoming games.
“I can not BELIEVE that jerk dropped the ball!!!” Yep, it sure is easy watching games from the couch. Lary calls us all OUT on that.
Was Denny RIGHT on our last show? Could The NBA Finals indeed be a four-game sweep for the Lakers over Miami.
Eli has some strong words for the possible upcoming McGregor/Pacquiao fight.
And so the stage is set for still another Detroit Lions collapse — just when some fans (who don’t know any better!) are getting excited.
Mr. Z also has “This Day in Sports,” Bob has YOUR mailbag segment and we’ve got much MORE right here!

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Episode 120: A CANDID Tim McCormick Opens Up!

March 5, 2020 1:27:44

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 115: Denny Deals — to KALINE and FREEHAN!

February 17, 2020 1:21:11

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

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Episode 111: Winners and Losers From the SB? WE Start With Denny!

February 3, 2020 01:12:51

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

WHAT?! Denny didn’t watch the Super Bowl?! Well, at least he LISTENED to it — so he joins our big wrap-up anyway.
And what SB wrap-up would be complete without discussing the commercials AND the PG-13 halftime show?
The Pro Football HOF announced its five new members over the weekend. What about the guys who did NOT make it?
And here Bob was relieved because football was FINALLY over? Denny and Eli say, “guess again!”
Michigan State basketball goes down to an average team it should have beaten. Was ONE player responsible?
Michigan gets an important win WITH Zavier back. Why was he suspended? Don’t ask the feckless Detroit sports media.
So you’re unhappy playing for Juwan? Why not jump to Izzo instead — and be in the lineup the very next season?!
The Pathetic Pistons pissing off their own coach now — and let’s be real about Sunday’s win over Denver.
Ex-Tiger fan-favorite/great-guy Curtis Granderson calls it a career — probably two years too late.
And how would another ex-Tiger fan favorite have fared in the current era of baseball? Don’t make Denny laugh!
THAT story’s in YOUR Mailbag segment, PLUS criticism of our Kobe coverage and much more right here.

Episode 107: The SB, MLB Scandal and Earl Cureton on Roundball

January 20, 2020 01:20:43

It’s Just About A Pick’em.

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

He was a teammate of some of the great players in NBA history! Detroiter Earl Cureton is with us today.
EVERYBODY is looking forward to THIS one! The Chiefs versus the Niners in the Super Bowl.
Eli tells us Netflix has a new doc out on the tragic life of Aaron Hernandez — and a wild story it is!
The Astros’ pitch/sign-stealing scandal rages on. How do YOU and others feel about it? ESPN has an answer.
Hand the boys a napkin: They need to wipe the EGG of their faces about Sparky and some of his ex-players.
Wither the maybe-NOT-so-pathetic Pistons? Bob says things might be looking up — and SIGN Drummond. Eli: NO!
Why haven’t the WINGS signed Gerard Gallant yet as the disaster rolls on unmitigated?
Eli recaps the UFC McGregor/Cowboy bout. DENNY for “Sports Person of the Year”? Someone in the mailbag thinks so!
And Detroit pro teams are bad. Uh, HOW bad ARE they? Those stories and much more right here!

Episode 99: Ray Scott: I Could NEVER Coach in Today’s NBA!

December 23, 2019 01:29:05

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

The NBA a “BUSH LEAGUE?!” It sure WAS and a man who lived the era, ex-Piston Ray Scott, joins us to talk about it all.
Yep, the FL’s lost again, but now FL’s ADDICTS are EXCITED about a high draft pick! Bob sez they’ll just blow it anyway.
What is the best football broadcast team YOU’VE ever heard? We’ll tell you about OUR pick.
Would Urban Meyer really coach the Cowboys? Simple question/answer? NO, as Eli and Denny gang up on Bob AGAIN!
Denny and Bob even duke it out on baseball’s new computer umpiring. Mr. McLain seems to be singing a new tune.
The Tigers have a couple new free-agent signees but the question persists: does Al Avila have a CLUE what he’s doing?
Super-agent Scott Boras is now guaranteed a cool $50 million for this past MONTH! His CLIENTS signed for a BILLION!
Trouble for Minor League Baseball? There’ll be trouble for ALL if MLB puts more than 40 MiLB teams out of business!
If you’re a basketball fan you likely watch the NBA — but millions AREN’T. Would an in-season tourney aid TV ratings?
Those stories, the Dead Wings with their “Coach for Life,” YOUR weekly mailbag and much more right here.