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Episode 213: Not by TURGENEV, Our OWN “Fathers and Sons”

February 1, 2021 01:17:27

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

“Write what you know:” the author’s mantra. And few know Detroit and its teams better than author TOM STANTON, our guest!
Matthew Stafford TRADED! You’d expect the feckless Detroit sports media to love the FLs’ Big Deal — and BOB to be a skeptic.
Can’t we please just play the damn game?! Still MORE Super Bowl hype all week for us. Are you Super BORED yet?
In a crazy sports year few things could be crazier than Tom Izzo not making the NCAA Tournament field.
Yet come to think of it, what could be crazier than MICHIGAN supplanting Tom’s MSU program so quickly?!
NCAA basketball is “modern-day slavery,” huh? It isn’t if the “slaves” would only take advantage of a FREE education.
The Wings’ LATEST skid is six games. Brandon McAfee says firing Jeff Blashill wouldn’t make a diff. Bob disagrees.
Yet maybe our young producer is right about this too since Bob seems to be coming around on Bonds and Clemens as HOFers.
Curt Schilling as well? Yes? Just think what this whacko might SAY standing on the podium at Cooperstown!
Denny was off today. Wonder what he’d say about the Brewers hiring an ex-GIRLS SOFTBALL PLAYER as a hitting coach?
Those stories, our necrology featuring a Detroit Tigers boyhood hero, YOUR mailbag and much more — right here!

Eric Hipple in Lions uniform holding a football

Episode 153: NFL MUST Go On — but with Eric Hipple’s Solution?

June 29, 2020 01:35:50

I’m going to be controversial. Quarantine and isolate. You don’t have to see your family during the season.

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

QB ERIC HIPPLE had it bad enough just PLAYING for the Lions, but what he suffered after was MUCH worse. Eric guests!
Eli and Denny spent their weekends watching – what else? – GOLF. They seem okay with its current state. Bob’s NOT.
The NBA playing in empty arenas and now with P.C. social messages on the backs of unis?! Had enough of pro basketball yet?
The FANS, the FANS! Bob says there are no sports and no sports media without YOU — so why play ANY games this year?
Even as Bill Belichick pays up for cheating — AGAIN — he brilliantly delivers what COULD be a big blow to other teams.
What does M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E spell? “THE NHL!” The league’s idiotic draft set-up screws the Red Wings.
Johnny Manziel has put football behind him: “I just want to be happy for the rest of my life.” WE have a suggestion!
More CRAZINESS everywhere. Kansas State’s football team boycotts; says THEY will control who’s enrolled at the university.
Statues being illegally torn down or replaced. How far will it go? Two American ICONS may be next — for very different reasons.
Eli provides “This Day in Sports History,” Bob rolls out YOUR Mailbag and much more — right here!

Episode 115: Denny Deals — to KALINE and FREEHAN!

February 17, 2020 1:21:11

I had a lot a fun pitching against those guys.

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

More on MSU’s Mel Mess! DENVER POST COLUMNIST SEAN KEELER joins the boys to discuss some hard feelings out west.
Two other top stories rage on as well: the Astros’ sign-stealing and Kobe’s tragic death.
MSU basketball’s problems continue and now Eli wonders how a certain Spartan star makes money for his young family.
He’s RICH, one HELLUVA college basketball coach and a really good guy. So why are many feeling sorry for John Beilein?
Michigan roundball’s going well again — but how ’bout them Wolverines on the DIAMOND!
Baseball’s Tony Fernandez is dead at 57. What a career he had, as older Tigers fans certainly remember.
Denny’s memory is indeed clear! Bob confirms his tales of trouble with Boog Powell. Whom did Denny OWN?
Minor League baseball players got a raise. Eli and Denny debate whether the bump is enough.
Bob calls out Jeff Blashill and the Wings — AGAIN. Simply put: no guts, no glory.
In YOUR Mailbag, producer Brandon McAfee is a HERO. He MUST be for putting up with US! Those stories and more right here

Episode 112: Another Embarrassing Mess at Moo U!

February 6, 2020 01:04:49

None of this would have happened except for Curtis Blackwell.

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

Eli checks into “Chateau Page” while on vacation in West Palm Beach — and starts DISHIN’!
There are now only two things that smell like dead fish: 1) Dead fish and 2) Michigan State University.
Mark Dantonio is out! But what really happened? And more importantly, what or WHO now?
Has Mookie Betts changed MLB’s landscape? What are the Dodgers’ chances now to win the Series? The TIGERS’ chances? LOL!
Pete Rose petitions to be reinstated to baseball. Hear what Pete told the boys about his HOF chances on one of our past shows.
Remember Ozzie Virgil? Denny played with the Tigers’ first black player in ’63. Bob tells of a big honor for Ozzie, still alive at 87.
Michigan and Michigan State face off on Saturday in Ann Arbor. Who knew the game would be this critical?
Mt. Izzo has erupted AGAIN — and this time the volatile Spartans coach has managed to alienate even Eli and Denny.
The Dead Wings have lost nine straight (who’s counting?), but Bob singles out a bright spot in the midst of this disaster.
Eli seems SUPER-pumped for — WHAT?! The XFL?! He even explains the new rules. Oh, boy.
THOSE stories, a brilliant POEM in YOUR Mailbag segment and much more right here.

Episode 107: The SB, MLB Scandal and Earl Cureton on Roundball

January 20, 2020 01:20:43

It’s Just About A Pick’em.

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

He was a teammate of some of the great players in NBA history! Detroiter Earl Cureton is with us today.
EVERYBODY is looking forward to THIS one! The Chiefs versus the Niners in the Super Bowl.
Eli tells us Netflix has a new doc out on the tragic life of Aaron Hernandez — and a wild story it is!
The Astros’ pitch/sign-stealing scandal rages on. How do YOU and others feel about it? ESPN has an answer.
Hand the boys a napkin: They need to wipe the EGG of their faces about Sparky and some of his ex-players.
Wither the maybe-NOT-so-pathetic Pistons? Bob says things might be looking up — and SIGN Drummond. Eli: NO!
Why haven’t the WINGS signed Gerard Gallant yet as the disaster rolls on unmitigated?
Eli recaps the UFC McGregor/Cowboy bout. DENNY for “Sports Person of the Year”? Someone in the mailbag thinks so!
And Detroit pro teams are bad. Uh, HOW bad ARE they? Those stories and much more right here!

AJ Hinch with Alex Cora with red circle slash icon covering their photo

Episode 106: A FIRESTORM in MLB! Two ex-Tigers Try to Put it Out

January 16, 2020 01:31:08

Is it an overreaction?

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

Former Tigers pitcher Milt Wilcox is our guest. Denny first RIPS Milt — then swaps great stories with him!
Milt has a lot to say about the MLB cheating scandal. Does he think baseball overreacted? The BOYS do.
Joe Burrow is the WHAT? Bob has some strong opinions on the Heisman winner and new national champ.
“Pay it forward?” How about payin’ it BACK?! After all, that’s merely what OBJ was doing for LSU players.
What U-M fan would EVER suggest that Harbaugh should start CHEATING to beat Ohio State?! WE found one.
What university would EVER pay its head football coach (gulp!) $8.7 mill a year?! We’ll answer that too.
Lions great Alex Karras FINALLY makes the NFL Hall of Fame. Too bad the idiots took so long to do the right thing.
NFL championship weekend is here. Who’s gonna win? Denny thinks HE knows. Eli and Bob say Denny’s full of it!
The NHL stunned by Vegas’ firing of Stevie Y’s good pal Gerard Gallant. A match made in heaven? We HOPE.
The Pathetic Pistons suddenly don’t seem so pathetic. Was their future star right under their noses all season?
Those stories, the weekly mailbag featuring YOU and much more right here!