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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 211: Denny and The Hammer

January 25, 2021 01:21:12

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

Super Bowl LV is set: Tom Brady VERSUS — “the greatest quarterback ever?” At least according to Denny!
Matthew Stafford is OUT as Lions quarterback. Good for MATT! But what now? Is SHEILA really gonna make the call?!
Who better to comment on the death of the great HANK AARON than a former Braves teammate named DENNY McLAIN?
But Denny reveals a shocker from that era when asked if he and Hank ever had a few pops together out on the town.
Are the Wings dead — already?! They sure played dead in Chicago over the weekend.
Sunday’s loss saw the debut of ex-coach Mike Babcock in-studio on NBC Sports. Bob rips NBC’s Empty Suits a new one!
Sure was great to see the storied Wings-Black Hawks rivalry renew. Wait’ll ya hear THIS story about Stu vs. Probie!
U-M basketball WAS rolling but now has to sit down for TWO WEEKS — a victim of its OWN administration.
C.Y.A. (“Cover Your Ass”) may be a military term, but it sure looks like Jim Harbaugh is buying into it.
The Tigers’ Al Avila keeps buying into his own, as Bob puts it, “Bum of the Month Club.”
Mercy, mercy, ME — still another black eye for a once-proud athletic department which USED to be just “The U-D!”
In YOUR mailbag segment, a listener turns the tables on Denny: “So, did YOU ‘ever think about coaching?'”
Those stories, Brandon on The Big Fight, Mr. McLain back on the appearance circuit — and much 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 206: That’s DOCTOR Billy Taylor to YOU!

January 7, 2021 01:39:18

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

“Get Back Up!” The title of a book by BILLY TAYLOR and, boy, did he ever! The great U-M running back is our guest.
For ONCE — and hopefully the last time ever needed here — the boys DO do politics on the show.
The NFL Playoffs kick off this weekend. Our producer Brandon McAfee has a bold prediction for you!
Meanwhile, Tom Brady had a bold — and stupid — challenge from one of the league’s top young stars.
Did the Eagles actually tank that game against Washington Sunday? One thing’s sure: their players did not.
Michigan basketball is ROLLIN’ and fun to watch — so what a bad time to have to SIT thanks to COVID.
Of COURSE MSU alum Bob loves our former guest, Tom Izzo — but he still drives Bob nuts at times.
Is there potentially big news for Michigan State football? MAYBE.
The late, great Detroit sportscaster Al Ackerman was right: Detroit’s NBA team is indeed “The PP’s.”
The Tigers have landed free agent Robbie Grossman! FYI: he is NOT Jewish. FYI: he is NOT the answer.
And, desperate for revenue, can the Wings and the NHL be blamed much for what they’re about to do?
Those stories, 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 174: Doug English: a True LION on the Field

September 10, 2020 01:45:02

One of the league’s true warriors.

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

He didn’t win a Super Bowl. No Detroit Lion ever has (or will?), but guest DOUG ENGLISH remains one of the most popular players in team history.
It’s opening week in the NFL. Coaches upset over no fans at their home games, the threat of BLM and National Anthem protests. What a kerfuffle already!
Oh, and Bob wonders what the league will do if/WHEN a player tests positive for COVID-19. Would they panic and cancel a game on a Sunday morning?!
Few teams have the long tradition of the Detroit Tigers. So when they set a new low for futility at Milwaukee THAT was really saying something!
Now what to do with struggling Matthew Boyd? Denny: TRADE HIM. But why wouldn’t the Tigers call Denny — or Lolich or Tanana — to at least pick their brains?
Eli says the quality of the NBA Playoffs has been stellar, but Bob is among the pissed-off millions who haven’t watched a single game yet.
As if the NBA needed MORE controversy, the Stephen A. Smiths of the world cry (surprise!) “WHITE PRIVILEGE” over Steve Nash’s hiring.
The NHL Playoffs have been excellent too — for those few outside Dallas and Las Vegas who find the Stars vs the Knights in summertime compelling.
Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment — and much more right here!

Episode 168: Tom Izzo: Coach of the PISTONS?!

August 20, 2020 01:37:54

I think he regrets not taking that job.

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

Eli’s on vacation so veteran sportscaster FRED HEUMANN joins us with some big opinions and stories!
Casey Mize makes his LONG-awaited MLB debut! MOST of us thought he did well. NOT Denny!
Al Avila says on a Friday that Mize and the other kids are NOT ready. By MONDAY they ARE?! Bob thinks he knows why.
Thom Brennaman commits the ultimate TV/radio sin: not so much WHAT he said, it’s the cardinal rule he FORGOT!
Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a grand slam on a 3-0 count with his team up by SEVEN in the 8th inning — and the feces hits the fan!
The NFL is now considering a postseason “bubble” which has worked for the NBA and NHL.
Most of COLLEGE football is not going to play at all. Players, parents and one prominent medical expert are VERY unhappy.
A potentially GREAT Michigan O-lineman has already seen enough. HE’S heading to the pros!
One of the legal world’s greatest truisms: how much “justice” can you afford? In Robert Kraft’s case, a LOT!
Those stories, “This Day in Sports” — just for Denny McLain, YOUR mailbag and much more right here.

Episode 162: Former Pistons Star Makes REAL Good!

July 30, 2020 01:32:08

I don’t want anybody to know what I’m doing!

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

“How to Succeed in Business WITH Really Trying?” What a life ex-Pistons star JOHN MENGELT has had! “Crash” joins the boys.
Eli comes up with an interesting stat: as of Thursday we were already 1/10th through the MLB season!
Fantastic start for the Tigers’ Jacoby Jones. Will he someday become a big star? Eli: Maybe Denny: NO! Bob: YES!
Miguel Cabrera is slow. Uh, HOW slow IS he? Pathetically slow – and perhaps washed up too!
Joe Kelly of the Dodgers was slapped with an eight-game suspension after headhunting the Astros. Fair?
Oh. You haven’t been watching MLB games? Had enough of COVID issues, eh? Don’t worry. It’s all FAKE — says one NBA player.
Racism, real or not, is cutting a swath through the U.S. Will one of the Big Ten’s best-known coaches be a victim?
MANY alleged victims file a lawsuit charging that Bo Schembechler WAS guilty in the U-M sex abuse scandal.
Those stories, Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob has YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!

Episode 160: 50 YEARS in Detroit Sportscasting!

July 23, 2020 01:35:30

The one! The only! The magic one!

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

LOOK! Up in the sky! It’s a BIRD! It’s a PLANE! NO, it’s SUPERFAN Ron Cameron! A TRUE Detroit original.
Eli’s not with us, off on a well-deserved family vacation, so it’s just Denny and Bob stirring up all the —- today!
MLB is back. Kinda. And the guys are NOT happy about the Tigers’ apparently throwing in the towel already!
Are YOU looking forward to watching a bastardized short season in empty stadiums or arenas?
Bob’s solution to allowing fans in at games remains logical. He’s CRESTFALLEN sports execs aren’t listening to him.
If fans WERE allowed to attend live games, would many stay away anyway over political and social protests?
The team without a town! Should the Toronto Blue Jays come knocking at YOUR door, would you let ’em in?
Denny says WHAT? “They’re gonna be pretty good this year!” And he’s talking about — WHOM?!
College football remains a mess due to COVID (what doesn’t?) but MSU may have just set a bad precedent.
Fans of The Mailbag finally have their ardent demand met: a much LONGER segment with no Eli around!
And is an NBA ROOKIE trying to run his new team’s front office?! These stories and much more right here.

Episode 158: SUPER-Sub Johnny Grubb!

July 16, 2020 01:22:24

Everybody understood what our roles were.

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

1984 Tigers hero JOHNNY GRUBB joins the boys on his long MLB career, playing for Sparky AND Duke Snider — and more!
What’s NEXT in this wacko P.C. world? One of the great powers in college basketball forced to change ITS nickname too?!
Chase Elliott has won the NASCAR All-Star Race before 20,000 REAL fans! Bob asks why the major sports can’t have fans too?
Would it help your enjoyment if ALL sports teams used fake crowd noise and fan cut-out figures in the seats? You GOT it!
Is playing on the PGA Tour without fans EASIER? Denny says NO. Everybody in golf seems to say YES!
Excited about phenom Casey Mize pitching for Detroit this year? Denny sees a BIG potential problem for him already!
The NBA’s “Bubble” apparently has a big hole in it now — but only if you’re a hot 20-something young woman.
Eli has This Day in Sports which includes one of the worst collisions ever seen in baseball.
Those stories, You-Know-Who on the Hammond Organ in YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!