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Episode 165: Tigers Fan Fave Steve Kemp: What MIGHT Have Been.

August 10, 2020 01:32:02

I was confident, but I wasn’t arrogant.

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

Just ONE hit away from Cooperstown? Maybe. One ACCIDENTAL “hit” in the EYE! STEVE KEMP joins the boys.
The Tigers were rolling after a sweep of the Pirates — despite the struggling Matt Boyd. Denny breaks down his problems.
Did MLB even consider this: can a team still go the playoffs if COVID-19 cancels a BIG part of its short season?
By the time you hear this show, college football may be canceled — at least until next spring
And programs will be so cash-strapped they’re now begging season ticket holders to donate anyway.
Another week, another big-time recruit escapes from right under Jim Harbaugh’s nose.
NOW Jimmy’s also upset his top rival who vows ugly REVENGE whenever Michigan and Ohio State do play!
Collin Morikawa wins the PGA Championship at 23 and the golf world has its LATEST “New Tiger!” But Bob has a reminder.
Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR Mailbag and — dig THIS: Denny invites ALL OF YOU over to his house!
Those stories and much more coming up 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 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!

John Vanbiesbrouck's Florida Panther jersey

Episode 116: Leave It To — BEEZER!

February 20, 2020 1:37:06

That’s the way he rolls.

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

One of the greatest hockey names in Michigan history, long-time NHL goalie John Vanbiesbrouck, is our guest!
There’s WHAT Saturday night? Eli laments that a World Heavyweight Boxing Championship is just not a big deal anymore.
U-M basketball comes up with an impressive and important win at Rutgers — without Isaiah Livers.
It’s official. Ex-Michigan coach John Beilein is out as head coach of the Cadaverliers. Eli’s seen THIS movie before.
Denny comes up with a GREAT suggestion on how MLB should punish the Astros!
Could Giancarlo Stanton really have hit 80 homers in 2017 if HE had cheated too? Denny says NO WAY! Bob says WAY! .
Aubrey Huff’s idiotic Tweets have cost him an invite to the reunion of the Giants’ 2010 World Series champions. But is it right?
And the hits just keep on comin’! STILL more trouble for MSU football and its former head coach Mark Dantonio.
Meanwhile, Michigan football now has its OWN scandal going on and Eli knew the creep who was responsible for it all.
NASCAR’s Ryan Newman almost DIES at Daytona, Alan Trammell COULD have in a snowmobile crash! Bob doesn’t get the “need for speed.”
What Piston just hit the NBA Lottery? That story, “Piggy” comes to YOUR mailbag and much more right here.

Episode 104: A GREAT Spartan Remembered by One of His Top Stars

January 9, 2020 01:19:52

One of the great athletes that played for George Perles

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

MSU coach, A.D. and Trustee George Perles has passed away. One of his finest players, Todd Krumm, joins us to reminisce.
MORE trouble for John Beilein, now from a Cavs team meeting! Bob: WHY did John leave U-M?! Cut bait on a BAD hire!
Eli, meanwhile, is not too thrilled with Carolina coach Roy Williams — who is NOT too thrilled with his roster.
Is he gonna stay or go?! Time for the Pathetic Pistons to DO something about Andre Drummond.
And that’s only one of their many problems: Blake Griffin’s latest injury may end his career. Eli to Tom Gores: Sell the team!
A respected baseball site says starting pitchers Casey Mize and Matt Manning are the Tigers’ top prospects. So PITCH ’em!
We lay out the NFL playoff match-ups with times and weather forecasts AND lay out the latest coaching hires.
Is this what it’s come to for one of the great franchises in sports: few in Michigan even CARE about the Wings anymore?!
That story on YOUR mailbag, PLUS Denny meets Dizzy, a shout-out to the Toledo police force and more right here!

Episode 103: Cash ‘n Cousins: MSU WOWS on the Weekend!

January 6, 2020 01:19:40

They’re young men, and they get excited.

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

Don’t you worry, gang — it’s baaaaack! Though YOUR weekly mailbag never actually went away.
NFL Playoffs? SO much to talk about from “Private” Kirk to Brady & Brees failing to — what else? — controversial officiating.
Off the field Jerry finally makes a decision to bleep or get off the pot! Could Lions legend Joe Schmidt have coached for him?
U-M loses two more KEY players though they’re may not be ready for the NFL. A sign of unhappiness with Harbaugh?
Michigan State humiliates Michigan AGAIN. Eli’s already asking, “Is Juwan too nice a guy?” Bob: “Just you WAIT!”
The Pathetic Pistons reach a new nadir: TWENTY of their shots blocked in a single game!
The PP’s are still not as awful as the Red Wings, who’ve now lost 20 of their last 23! Bob has a FULL report.
Yet Denny argues from experience that the young Wings will NOT be ruined by this horrendous losing.
Oh — and he’s really not happy about the cancellation of TigerFest this winter!
Those stories and much more coming up 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.

Ex-Detroit Piston's player, John Salley smoking a cigar and smiling.

Episode 60: Ex-Piston Bad Boy John Salley — on just about EVERYTHING!

August 5, 2019 01:26:56

The biggest thing about Salley: he was an entertainer first.

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

And today it’s The Clash of the Titans! John Salley joins the boys, trashes meat-eating, supports marijuana and Denny doesn’t dig it!
Furthermore, Denny sticks to his guns about the “REAL reason” behind the Tigers’ rebuild: HE thinks the team will be sold.
The Astros just playing by MLB’s new rules: you are not allowed to throw a no-hitter by yourself anymore!
Another tragic death in the NFL is likely due to just playing football! Is the league on its way to the fate of boxing?
Other NBA guys may be moving around but ex-MSU star Draymond Green knows a good thing when he sees it — HE’S staying put.
LeBron catching some big heat — for merely trying to be a good father?
Should Curt Flood have made that catch in Game 7 of the ’68 World Series? “DUH,” according to Eli and Bob. “NO,” according to Denny.
Those stories, new safety nets changing baseball and much more right here!