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Episode 202: Ah, What COULD Have Been for Chuck Long!

He had everything going for him.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.
- One of the greatest QB’s in Big Ten history, CHUCK LONG, never lived up to that potential in Detroit. Chuck tells all!
- The Lions hire Chris Spielman, not to run the show, but only to assist in the hiring of a GM and coach. Bob: WTF?!
- If only ALL the Lions had the guts of center Frank Ragnow — playing an entire contest with a FRACTURED THROAT!
- The MNF matchup between the Browns and Ravens was a great game — but a COSTLY one for Denny and others.
- Jim Harbaugh says he’s IN. And what LOOKS like a good recruiting class just may keep him “in” — for a while.
- MSU’s Mel Tucker landed a couple quarterbacks on signing day, though the one he needs MIGHT already be in the fold.
- Congress continues to meddle in big-time college sports. Is this a good thing? Denny, Eli — and CHUCK debate.
- Miggy says he wants to play first base again. AJ Hinch: “Okay.” Denny: “Ridiculous!”
- In this P.C.-mad world MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred makes a controversial decision. Was it fair?
- Will MLB and the other pro sports REQUIRE all players take a COVID vaccine in order to play?
- Those stories, PLUS Bob rips the bogus Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, YOUR mailbag and MORE — right here.
Episode 201: “Yee-Hah!” The Wild Ride of Mike Henneman!

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 197: Blind Faith: Do Long-Suffering Lions Fans Have a CHOICE?

Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with “The Original Three:” Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- As a young Johnny Carson asked on his 1950’s TV show every week: “Who Do You Trust?” SURELY not Sheila and Rod?!
- Whom WILL the duo hire as new Lions general manager? Former star wideout Herman Moore pounds the table for an ex-teammate.
- Too late to make our show taping today: Michigan football “paused” due to COVID-19! Frankly, it couldn’t have come at a better time.
- While Penn State provided the LATEST embarrassment for U-M, MSU is riding high — at least until (gulp!) the Bucks hit town this week.
- And Ohio State NEEDS to play this game in the midst of a veritable SEA of nationwide COVID cancellations.
- Golf wackos Eli and Denny, of COURSE, watched the Phil/Steph/Peyton/Barkley extravaganza, but non-wacko Bob has a question about Sir Charles.
- WHAT “wackos” watched Saturday night’s Mike Tyson-Roy Jones abomination? WE’VE got TWO of ’em right here on the show!
- Tom Izzo and Coach K ready to rumble again! IF MSU is as AWESOME as it was against Notre Dame Saturday who can beat them?
- The Pistons make an announcement that would have been UNTHINKABLE anywhere in sports just a few years ago.
- Eli fears his “This Day in Sports” is hitting a wall. Bob has YOUR mailbag — and we’ve got much more right here!
Episode 192: SO Close at Augusta — Yet SO FAR!

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 184: A Boyhood Baseball Card Come to LIFE!

He led the league in triples his rookie year!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- A trash-talking softball player — in his 80’S?! THAT is ex-Tiger JAKE WOOD who still thanks baseball every day for his life
- YOU’VE got nothing to do — right? So you’re obviously watching EIGHT HOURS of baseball every day — right?!
- All those impressive young pitchers in the MLB Playoffs? Fred’s upset! He says the Tigers’ kids are NOT in the same league.
- Meanwhile, still another new name’s in the hat to become Detroit’s latest manager. But how attractive really is the job?
- Bob finally gets some company on the show: Fred joins him in walking sports’ COVID-19 tightrope!
- Nick Saban is the latest big-name to fall victim — but HE’S ready to coach Bama versus Georgia Saturday night.
- Ex-MSU All-American Le’Veon Bell already banished by the Jets. Fred knows him well. What IS this guy’s problem?
- The Big (14) hasn’t even started its delayed football season, yet here come Tom Izzo, Juwan Howard and basketball!
- It’s The Clash of the Titans Sunday in Jacksonville and Denny has some surprising news about the FL’s.
- Yet it won’t be nearly as surprising as when he tells you the identity of his TRUE baseball idol.
- Those stories, YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!
Episode 182: Baseball Wacko? Listen to THIS Show!

How many games in a row can you possibly watch?!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain — and Lary Sorensen sitting in for Eli!
- Two ex-MLB pitchers on one show? You won’t wanna miss Denny and Lary tell great stories, talk about the playoffs and more!
- Oh, and BTW, boys, after watching that GARGANTUAN Giancarlo Stanton homer, what was the longest home run YOU ever gave up?
- As the Tigers wait to find a new manager, Bob wonders if they’ve waited too long already to land the best candidates.
- The Lions will definitely NOT lose Sunday. They’re OFF, so get outta the house as the first step to kicking YOUR FL’s addiction!
- The Titans get back ANOTHER positive test for COVID-19, but Lary says the NFL STILL did the right thing in playing the season.
- Bill O’Brien FIRED after leading (now 0-4) Houston to FOUR division titles in six years. Why not the same boldness from the LIONS?
- With the NBA Finals possibly ending Friday, the boys look at the anatomy of WINNERS — versus LOSERS like the Pistons.
- Steve Yzerman and the Wings selected a teenage Swede at the top of the NHL Draft Tuesday night. In Stevie Y we TRUST — so far.
- Pro sports is a TOUGH biz indeed. Earlier in the day, Yzerman also had to make a big decision on a popular ex-MSU star.
- Those stories, Bob has YOUR mailbag segment and much more coming up right here.
Episode 181: The “Doctor” is IN!

A career in football took precedent over medicine.
Welcome to the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- Another top Lions talent — College Football HOF member! — WASTED in Detroit: FREDDIE SCOTT is our guest!
- Experts claimed Denny had some fake items in his big weekend sale. BFD — if ya listen to DENNY, that is.
- Another NFL Sunday usually means it’s time for another “Bob Page’s Lions Lament” — and you got it!
- Eli’s been talking to sources and now thinks he knows HOW the incompetent Ford family destroyed the Lions.
- What better guy to discuss Bob Gibson AND adventures with the late Cards’ superstar pitcher than Denny McLain?
- Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat: what a GAME Sunday night! Yet his life story is even better.
- Bill Laimbeer’s a WHAT?! Bob has a choice term for the ex-Pistons star but respects him as a coach. Eli does NOT.
- Oh, those HORRIBLY biased play-by-play and color commentators on national TV! The boys cry “Bull—-!”
- Eli has ‘”This Day in Sports,” Bob has YOUR mailbag and much more right here!
Episode 180: What’s WRONG with U-M Football? BUTCH Has an Idea!

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!
Episode 174: Doug English: a True LION on the Field

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!