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Episode 212: Our Guest? One of Detroit’s Greatest Sportswriters!

January 28, 2021 01:31:03

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

The Baseball Hall of Fame has elected NOBODY this year. SHOULD they have?
TOM GAGE, in the writers wing of the Hall himself, is a long-time voter and, boy, does he have a LOT to say to us!
Bob wonders if you were thinking what he was last Sunday: did Belichick actually WANT Brady to win?
How much “justice” can you afford? Brady’s former boss can afford a LOT, as it’s turned out!
Producer Brandon McAfee has an interesting suggestion for the Lions in their quest to deal Matt Stafford.
Remember that guy, Tom Izzo? Seems like AGES since he and his MSU basketball team have played.
Yet the NBA is having even more COVID issues than Michigan State did AND that Michigan basketball now has.
Don’t be a smart-aleck! The Pathetic Pistons are NOT gonna halt their season. Who would ASK to play for THEM?
Denny: “If there’s a lotta fish on the table somebody’s gonna start eating ’em.” HUH?! He, um, DOES explain.
What’s this — Al Avila with a smart free-agent signing? The boys all agree on something — for once.
Those stories, answers to questions you may now have about this show in YOUR mailbag and more — right here!

Episode 210: Never Fear — Our GAMES are Still Here!

January 21, 2021 01:17:51

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

We all agree: the world SUCKS right now, but at least we still have sports — AND its knuckleheads — to entertain us.
What team gets a home game in the Super Bowl? None EVER! Tom Brady hopes to change that in the NFC title game.
And another ex-Michigan star quarterback could also make headlines in Sunday’s AFC title tilt.
Are you betting the games? You can now do that LEGALLY in Michigan starting Friday.
The Lions unveil their LATEST five-year rebuilding program, so optimistic they gave their LATEST coach a SIX-year deal!
Why do younger Lions fans also seem so optimistic about their sad-sack team? Brandon McAfee RANTS on that!
SWEATING and SLOBBERING all over each other? The NBA’s okay with that — but handshakes? No WAY.
Bob’s sweating out Friday, hoping COVID doesn’t cancel Michigan at Purdue. Like all of us, he needs something to do!
Why are the Pistons so pathetic? ONE game tells part of the story: a guy they have and two guys they should have had.
Is Tigers G.M. Al Avila signing all these bums just to irritate Denny? If so, he’s doing a great job of it!
Is the Baseball Hall of Fame ready to put Clemens and/or Bonds in next week? Should they? Hear our spirited debate.
All those stories, YOUR mailbag segment and much more coming up right here!

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 201: “Yee-Hah!” The Wild Ride of Mike Henneman!

December 14, 2020 01:37:14

I went to Toledo with an attitude.

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

Tigers reliever, RODEO star, finding his long-lost family, marrying a teammate’s widow? What a journey for MIKE HENNEMAN!
Bob is APOPLECTIC, stammering in anger, spittle flying. Now the P.C. Posse’s even killed the CLEVELAND INDIANS!
“Champions Week?” How about “LOSERS WEEK” — courtesy of the Big Ten(14) with its cockamamie football schedule.
And does Ohio State really deserve to be crowned a “champion,” having played so few games?
Another Sunday, another loss for the Lions. Weirdly enough, Eli and Denny somehow are seeing hope for them.
The Tigers do NOT figure to have much hope in 2021. Maddeningly, Al Avila’s making no apologies for that.
Eli rants about a Detroit Pistons team that oughta wear name tags at practice just to become acquainted.
Wayne Gretzky’s rookie card has sold for a staggering sum! Resident sports memorabilia expert Denny explains why.
Both undefeated, both in the nation’s top 20, but Bob says there’s a big diff between U-M and MSU basketball.
Those stories, Eli with “This Day in Sports,” YOUR Mailbag segment and much more — right here!

Episode 200: Tom Seabron: A Winner at U-M AND in LIFE!

December 10, 2020 01:43:42

I would never start off in life to be number two.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain & Lary Sorensen in for Eli.

WOW, our 200th show! We thank YOU listeners and our sponsors for all your great support.
“Student-athletes” in big-time college sports? They DO exist. Wait’ll you hear our guest, U-M football’s TOM SEABRON.
Amazing that there will be NO Michigan-Ohio State game this year as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc.
Yet Harbaugh’s U-M future — or lack of same — overshadowed “The Game.” Would he CHOOSE to leave as a failure?
Could COVID stop the entire college basketball season? MSU-Virginia one of the latest big games called off.
Will YOU get the vaccine as soon as it becomes available in the U.S.? The boys weigh in.
Houston Rockets superstar James Harden now needs to pass SIX STRAIGHT COVID tests or the NBA won’t let him play!
Harden seems somehow unhappy making $38 million a year. Denny and Lary, uh, made a little less in THEIR careers.
Miami Heat star Tyler Herro isn’t worried about money, he’s worried teams are picking on him — cuz he’s WHITE!
Some 90% of all college football head coaches are also white — is that FAIR in a game with a majority of black players?
RIP Dick Allen. Denny STILL remembers MONSTER homers Allen hit off HIM! But should Dick be in the Hall of Fame?
We’ve got those stories, Bob’s got YOUR mailbag and much more — right here!

Episode 188: Todd Stottlemyre Might Just Change YOUR Life!

October 29, 2020 01:38:33

Become the observer of the way you’re thinking.

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

What stories TODD STOTTLEMYRE has about his famous dad, baseball, personal tragedy and life lessons he’s learned!
Was Kevin Cash’s BONEHEAD move the most outrageous thing YOU’VE seen in baseball? Sounds like it was for the boys.
And what about the Dodgers’ COVID-positive Justin Turner? Was HE guilty of a different kind of “bonehead” move?
MLB owners crying poverty over the billions they lost this year but Eli & Denny say not to worry, there WILL be a 2021 season.
It’s Michigan-Michigan State week! Uh, BFD with the Spartans seemingly on the march to the gallows.
Our producer FURIOUS with BOB for “insulting” all those Walmart Wol — er — M fans who didn’t actually GO to Michigan.
The Colts are coming! Excitement building! A playoff berth possible for the Lions? Uh, you KNOW what usually happens next.
Yes, his Lions have been a JOKE, but that doesn’t mean Bill Ford wasn’t a good man. Eli and Bob tell “A Tale of Two Owners.”
MORE controversy for the NBA? To start play on Christmas or not? LeBron and Adam Silver may have a BIG difference.
Those stories, Eli has his “This Day in Sports History,” Bob has YOUR Mailbag and much more right here!

Spencer Haywood in Pistons uniform holding a basketball

Episode 186: A Man FINALLY at Peace

October 22, 2020 01:37:04

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

Basketball legend SPENCER HAYWOOD reveals his near suicide to the boys, just part of his amazing life and times!

But first ELI reveals how Spencer blew a real chance at the proverbial “deal too good to be true.”
After its bastardized regular season, why not a bastardized World Series for MLB as well?
The boys break down the umpiring fiascos, the pitching fiascos, the bizarre atmosphere and … and …
“Dead men tell no tales.” A big report in the Detroit News claims Don Canham was a major culprit in the U-M sex scandal.
At last! Michigan and Michigan State are back on the football field Saturday. Are these must-wins ALREADY?
Is a Big Ten(14) basketball coach the latest victim of the P.C. Posse — or did his university just want him out?
Bob wonders if a Damn Yankee from Detroit isn’t being unfairly tarred and feathered across Dixie?
Meanwhile, the Lions travel to the HEART of Dixie Sunday in a desperate attempt to save their season AND Patricia’s job.
We’ve got “This Day in Sports History,” a mailbag full of YOUR (sexist?!) comments — 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!