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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 199: “I Came to Hate Joe Paterno!”

December 7, 2020 01:35:13

He really didn’t like me very much.

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

One of Penn State’s greatest players, ex-Detroit Lions star KEITH DORNEY, talks about his FASCINATING life.
To paraphrase a famous song by The Clash, “Should he stay or should he go?” Harbaugh rumors are FLYING!
It’s Michigan-Ohio State week and Bob says WHAT? “BFD?!” If you’re on the U-M side, MANY feel the same way.
How DARE Denny’s beloved Chicago Bears blatantly rip off the Lions’ M.O.? Isn’t it copyrighted?
Who IS this guy, Darrell Bevell? And who IS actually running the FOOTBALL side of the franchise these days?
A famous football man says women don’t generally like or follow sports? Golly gee, shocking. So why apologize?
The Sarah Silliness just won’t go away — and neither will Eli in slamming it!
Not good enough to catch for the catcher-less Tigers — but good enough for one of MLB’s top teams?
Do we have a new feature on the show? Eli declares the Nets’ Kyrie Irving his inaugural “Idiot of the Week!”
On our “This Day in Sports” AND on this Pearl Harbor Day we recall an American sports star and hero of WWII.
Those stories, Bob with 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 192: SO Close at Augusta — Yet SO FAR!

November 12, 2020 01:32:16

Not to be!

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

It’s Masters week — in NOVEMBER! Ah, 2020. But we’ve got a GREAT guest to talk about it: Michigan’s own DAN POHL.
Was Danny the best golfer the state ever produced? With The Mitten’s weather, the list sure ain’t long but we’ll take a look.
Ohio State’s Urban Meyer as head coach of (gulp!) The University of MICHIGAN? Get outta here!
The 0-9 laughing stock New York Jets in the playoffs? Get outta here! The LIONS could still make it too.
Old pals Lary and Bob have a BIG, uh, “discussion” about MONEY in baseball.
J.T. Realmuto, George Springer and DJ LeMahieu have all REJECTED $18.9 million for 2021. Could any land in Detroit?
Chris Fetter HAS landed in Detroit as Tigers’ pitching coach. It’s Lary against his boyhood idol, Denny McLain, on THAT one.
Could a student be admitted to the University of Michigan, let alone survive academically, without PERFECT English fluency?
That issue is part of a red-hot battle that may soon turn U-M vs MSU basketball into the NEW Duke-Carolina.
And a horrible tragedy in the sports world leads us to reexamine one of the wildest college bowl games ever played.
We’ve got those stories, YOUR mailbag and much for you — right here!

Episode 185: Role Model for Girls? Role Model for ALL!

October 19, 2020 01:29:14

She just happens to be a woman.

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

Wow, a WOMAN guest — our first one ever! And what better choice than hockey trailblazer Manon Rhéaume?
All the sturm und drang, all the controversy over MLB’s COVID-bastardized season — yet justice is done anyway.
After seeing the talent level of the playoff teams, now it’s Eli’s turn to be angry with Al Avila and the Tigers.
Denny takes exception to the hot-dogging from some of the players. Bob doesn’t dig the fraternizing.
A win at Jax and now it’s on to the playoffs! Don’t SOME members of the media and Lions fans EVER learn?
“Who the hell was YALE LARY?” The uneducated young generation scoffs. Bob gives ’em a MUCH-needed lesson.
And Eli gives the young an important black history lesson in his “This Day in Sports.”
Big Ten(14) football is BACK! Could lowly Rutgers destroy Mel Tucker’s MSU debut? What if Harbaugh loses at Minnesota?
Take a bow mid-Michigan! Two of your native sons brought us Sunday night’s thrilling Game 7.
And from Michigan’s Thumb comes news of the retirement of one of broadcasting’s all-time greats.
Those stories, Bob has YOUR mailbag segment and WE’VE got much more right here!

Episode 183: What a Magical Time it Was!

October 12, 2020 01:30:36

You never wanted to miss a game!

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

The Bird chirping for the Tigers and BRUCE KIMM behind the plate. Mark Fidrych’s personal catcher joins us!
Kaline, Brock, Seaver, Gibson — and now two MORE baseball immortals are gone: Whitey Ford and Joe Morgan.
LeBron says a championship is a championship — is still a championship. The boys say, “Not so fast!”
Bob cites abysmal TV ratings for the NBA Finals and wonders if the league will ever be the same.
Are you ready for some football — on TUESDAY nights too? Get used to it as COVID-19 postpones more games.
Ya say if the Lions lose to a miserable Jaguars team Sunday you wanna fire Matt Patricia? Who’s taking his place?
Stevie Y with another flurry of signings and the future looks bright! So Wings fans CLAIM, but will the honeymoon last?
And Eli’s apoplectic over the LATEST cavalry charge by the mindless P.C. Posse.
“I traded a WHITE CAPTAIN for you!” highlights “This Day in Sports,” plus YOUR mailbag and much more — right here.
Eli has ‘”This Day in Sports,” Bob has YOUR mailbag 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 173: Detroit’s own Ernie Whitt: CANADIAN Sports God!

September 7, 2020 01:32:16

I tricked them for a lot of years!

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

“I might be the best manager who was never hired.” Yet ERNIE WHITT had one helluva playing career with the Blue Jays. The Detroit native joins us!
One of the toughest opponents Denny’s Detroit Tigers ever faced has left us. Our thoughts on the passing of Lou Brock.
The Tigers lost their critical series at Minnesota, but the boys are still impressed by what they’ve seen from many of the youngsters.
College football is BACK! Well, ya know, KIND OF “back.” Is it getting too late for the Big Ten(14!) to try to play?
The NFL WILL play starting Thursday night! Bob wonders how much of a BLM demonstration there might be, on and off the field.
The Lions signed one of the most famous names in football: running back Adrian Peterson. But will it really help this sad-sack franchise?
Eli LOVES his playing but is underwhelmed by his apparent I.Q.! Dustin Johnson vying for (gulp!) $15 million at the PGA Tour Championship.
Part of a wild Labor Day sports weekend: Novak Djokovic DQs himself from the US Open? Kirk Herbstreit weeping on TV?
Those stories, Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!

Episode 172: Shep: LIVIN’ THE DREAM!

September 3, 2020 01:37:40

It’s a blast…every single day.

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

So how do you get to be an MLB play-by-play announcer? Guest MATT SHEPARD had a VERY unusual path to the Tigers!
The sports world mourns the death of one of the greatest pitchers ever. The boys reminisce on Tom Terrific.
The Tigers’ win streak ended at six. With five games against the Twins now on tap, is this the season’s telling point?
Looks like Eli’s suddenly started to watch the NBA playoffs. He did NOT like what he saw from one game in particular.
Bob on the NHL Playoffs: Is the great Zdeno Chara finally finished at 43 — or just finished in Boston?
Get ready, gamblers! Denny has his pick on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby for you — NOT!
Legal sports gambling rages on. Denny updates us on what the Cubs are doing — and WHAT’S that about MJ?!
Big Ten(14!) football after all? President Trump will want to take credit IF that occurs — but would he deserve to?
MSU’s Kirk Cousins raked over the coals by the media for his ideas about COVID-19! Denny and Eli to the rescue.
How much would YOU pay for a presence at FL’s games? “ZERO?” Producer Brandon McAfee sez $100 but he does have limits.
Eli with “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!

Episode 169: DEXTER BUSSEY in the Battle of His LIFE!

August 24, 2020 01:25:41

Typical Dexter Bussey: No complaints

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

One of the most popular Lions in memory, DEXTER BUSSEY, joins the boys on his career, unusual POST-career — AND his health!
You’ll hear the voice of legendary sportscaster Bob Reynolds on Dex. WHAT? Never heard of BOB REYNOLDS?! It’s NOT all pretty.
Not only did the Tigers actually win a GAME against Cleveland, they won the weekend series!
Now what? Does Al Avila go for broke or does he start trading guys for more “prospects” – SUSPECTS – at the deadline?
The PC Posse continues its takeover of sports, UNLESS, as Bob points out, you’re a black NBA player making a racist comment.
And to think of Mike Milbury being “canceled” for a totally innocuous statement — whether YOU like him as a commentator or not.
Resident golf mavens Eli and Denny go NUTS over what Dustin Johnson did last weekend! Does Koepka eat humble pie?
Did they just hold one of the greatest events of the sports world in veritable secrecy?! Almost seems that way!
Denny may not like it, but one NFL team now says there WILL be fans at ITS home games this year.
Those stories, Eli with “This Day in Sports,” Bob with YOUR mailbag and much more right here!