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Episode 214: SB to Lions and Tigers, GARY MYERS has Ya Covered!

February 4, 2021 01:31:30

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

On Super Bowl weekend are any of YOU making bets the size of “Mattress Mack’s?” Let alone on the underdog?
GARY MYERS thinks Mack is gonna be right. The highly-respected NFL writer/broadcaster joins us from New York!
Jim Harbaugh and staff land another big recruiting class on national signing day — but with HIM, will it matter?
The Pistons get their (sudden) marching orders: turn that video OFF, boys, and get back to the hotel!
Tom Izzo and the Spartans are back home. Did a “moral victory” start to turn their fortunes around?
The Wings’ fortunes are in the dumper with NHL TV commentators now questioning their effort. Is The Blashill Watch on?
Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway: GUILTY til proven innocent? Bob asks, “whaddya EXPECT?”
Brandon is aghast that Baby Boomer Bob has no idea who “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is!
Baby Boomer Bob is equally aghast that his Gen Y partner has never heard of Haystacks Calhoun or Dick the Bruiser!
‘Scusin’ me, bloke, WHAT was the score a that bleedin’ football match agayne?!
Those stories, a Michigan-born HERO in our necrology, YOUR mailbag segment 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 196: From Motown to NATIONAL NFL Expert!

November 27, 2020 01:34:00

A Pro Football Hall of Fame writer!

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

COVID even postponing the SUPER BOWL? Maybe, says one of America’s top NFL writers, guest RICK GOSSELIN.
(yawn) Another Thanksgiving, another TURKEY from the Lions. Even Sheila Hamp Ford looked bored to tears!
Ford Field may have been empty but the Dallas Cowboys did allow fans for their game later. Why’s that?
What’s more, how do the woeful Lions and suddenly woeful Cowboys keep being awarded such a big showcase?
Eli a RACIST?! If so, you’d better add Bob and Denny to that list over the boys’ agreement on an overblown NFL event.
COVID SO ravaging sports now that one prominent SEC team has been driven to TOTAL desperation this weekend.
And the biggest story now that college BASKETBALL is underway is already which teams AREN’T playing.
Wins for both U-M and MSU to kick off the schedule but Bob’s much more impressed with #1 Gonzaga.
If COVID can’t do it, here’s an event that SHOULD be canceled: Saturday night’s Tyson-Jones “pillow fight!”
The WORLD may mourn Maradona but our AMERICAN boys mourn Paul Hornung with LOTSA good yarns!
Those stories, Eli’s “This Day in Sports,” Bob with YOUR mailbag and much more right here.

Episode 182: Baseball Wacko? Listen to THIS Show!

October 8, 2020 01:28:54

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 159: Dombro’s NEWEST MLB Challenge

July 20, 2020 01:34:09

Nashville!

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

What REALLY happened to DAVE DOMBROWSKI with the Tigers AND the Sawx? The long-time top MLB exec joins us!
Canada just says “NO” — to the U.S.! But if the Blue Jays can’t play at home does it matter — with no fans at games anyway?
What are MLB games like now without spectators? Bob reports on his Yankees-Mets experience of the weekend.
And the PGA Tour experience with no gallery? Eli says he loves golf so much it’s STILL good. Denny and Bob disagree.
Now, boys, BEHAVE!!! ANOTHER COVID-19 melee breaks out — but don’t worry, folks. We kept it short.
Ditto the latest from the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Eli suggests what they SHOULD have named it.
No young black man’s gonna “snitch” on other young black men murdering black men, yet the NBA now has a “snitch line!”
Is the NFL REALLY going to play its violent, contact sport in the new NO-contact world of today?
What about college football? Even MORE, what about all the workers who make their livings from football games?
“HETEROsexual discrimination?” One of hockey’s biggest names is claiming just that in a new lawsuit!
Those stories, “This Day in Sports” PLUS “This Day in NO FILTER SPORTS(?)” in YOUR mailbag — and much more!

Episode 157: Kenny Holland Looks Back and AHEAD!

July 13, 2020 01:35:47

I live in the business.

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

How the HELL does a guy who oversaw THREE Cup champs become so controversial? We’ll ask guest KEN HOLLAND!
We don’t know what they WILL be yet, but the Washington “Redskins” are no more. Overreaction or about time?
Now if only they had a league to play in! One NFL player rep warns, “We do NOT have a deal.”
The Big 13 + Rutgers won’t play ANY non-conference football games this season. Bob explains why he doesn’t like it.
College basketball? The intra-Michigan WAR is ON between Tom Izzo and Juwan Howard — and it’s fun to see!
WHAT did you say, Eli? S.I. has a transgender swimsuit model?! Three old men try to wrap their heads around THAT!
WHAT did you say, Eli? The degenerates actually bet on — HUH?! And WHERE?!
Former No Filter guest John Smoltz talks big, then bets on HIMSELF. How did it work out for him?
Bob eulogizes one of his boyhood Tigers heroes while Denny tells tales of another great Tiger from Alabama.
Those stories, this day in NO FILTER SPORTS PODCAST history(?!) in YOUR mailbag and much more right here!

Episode 149: The GREAT Rod Carew

June 15, 2020 01:35:43

No easy out.

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

Baseball Hall of Famer ROD CAREW joins the boys to talk about his amazing career, amazing new HEART & more!
So Jim Nantz began Saturday’s PGA telecast with a tribute to George Floyd? Bob asks where the Tour’s BEEN all these years!
Is Rob Manfred going to save MLB’s season by FORCING the players and owners to (finally) get started?
The NBA has a plan to come back, but Kyrie Irving says it SHOULDN’T until “Black Lives Matter” is accomplished!
No word from the NHL on its restart as one star coach asks how an NFL comeback’s possible with “social distancing.”
What if Gibby’s World Series homers had been played in EMPTY STADIUMS?! Eli on board with Bob: there MUST be fans!
ESPN’s doc on the steroid-laden 1998 home-run race premieres. Why are McGuire & Bonds welcome in MLB but not Sosa?
Mr. Z always has terrific stories about Allen Iverson who just turned 45. You won’t believe what happens when he turns 55!
What happened 55 YEARS ago? Denny: ROD CAREW broke in? Uh, NO, Denny! He finally got the answer.
Those stories, YOUR Mailbag segment and much more right here!

Sportsbook sign with people standing under it.

Episode 102: Wanna BET, big shot? Then Hear THIS!

January 2, 2020 01:16:29

This will transform the gaming industry in Michigan.

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

Noted sports gambling attorney, Dan Wallach, is on the show to talk about LEGAL sports gambling for YOU.
Another humiliation for Jim Harbaugh in another big game. Is HE the problem with U-M football?
Eli and Denny do you a solid by picking the weekend’s NFL playoff winners. Go bet against ’em and clean up!
What, was Denny STONED today?! He took one of Eli’s “special” pills and may have just started a, uh, HIPPER life!
Coaches come and coaches go. Nevertheless, the FLs’ image took an even further beating after their latest firings.
Two major sports deaths this week. The boys discuss the life and times of both David Stern and Don Larson.
Is the Tigers’ top pitcher, Matthew Boyd, on his way out of Detroit? SHOULD he be?
Bob updates us on that U-D “showdown” at Gonzaga. The Zags finished as 33.5 point favorites! Did you bet it?
Meantime, it’s Michigan at Michigan State Sunday as Bob wonders whether Juwan will soon overtake Izzo
Those stories, the Wings, Pistons, the Mailbag and much more right here.