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Episode 141: Jimmy Carson: NHL Star to Business Star!

May 18, 2020 01:38:38

“I get to help a lot of families.”

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

“Sorry, we just traded you — for Wayne Gretzky!” JIMMY CARSON, the only OTHER teen to score 50 in one season, is our guest!
So Denny, tell us about, ya know, that OTHER time you were almost arrested — and you had your LIFE threatened?
It was a VERY busy weekend for Eli. His beloved golf is back — well, kinda — AND he broke a Michigan law!
But Eli’s on edge. So are a LOT of people in Michigan self-quarantining. Now the FAMILY DOG seems to be on edge too!
What’s MLB gonna do now? We’re all waiting, while a big college baseball program falls victim to COVID-19.
If MLB does play this year, we know who its highest-paid player will be. Trout? Max? JV? NO! Wait’ll you hear.
And whither college football? Bob has the SECOND-worst scenario next to NO game: U-M v MSU a controlled scrimmage!
The once-beautiful Phyllis George has passed away. Eli and Denny lament but BOB points a finger!
Denny STONED for the first time ever? He STILL thinks the Packers will trade Aaron Rodgers to his treasured Bears.
And what kind of show would this be if we didn’t run down the NFL’s weekend rap sheet for you?
Those stories, YOUR mailbag featuring a certain ex-organ player warbling plus much more right here!

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.

January 23, 2020 01:31:35

He Was One Of The Great Defensemen

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

Overshadowed by his famous dad? Not much! MARK Howe, an NHL Hall of Famer in his own right, is our guest!
Derek Jeter’s now in the BASEBALL Hall. How could ONE guy NOT vote for him?! Bob says he has an idea.
We speak of two Detroiters who had a big hand in Jeter’s career and we look ahead to the class of 2021.
Who’s gonna go in then? Denny sez to expect the unthinkable!
Computerized umpiring in MLB? It’s going to be here a LOT faster than Denny thinks, whether HE likes it or not.
And while Al Avila is signing has-beens and never-wases, bookies are making dire predictions about his pathetic team.
The “student-athletes” have a busy night in Lawrence, Kansas — no doubt on their way to study hall.
So why don’t universities just put a stop to corrupt big-time sports? Ask ELI, who’s excited about HIS alma mater’s team!
The “other” Eli retires from football. A Hall of Famer? For SURE! Whether he BELONGS is a different matter.
And it looks like it’s official: the Dead Wings are now mailing it in.
Those stories, Denny talks of late Tigers owner John Fetzer in YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here.

December 9, 2019 01:40:47

You never lose a nickname!

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

FUNNY guy, GREAT personality! Tom Paciorek shoulda been a media star after his MLB career! Wait. He WAS! And he’s our GUEST!
A special thanks from Denny to YOU and to so many others for the condolences pouring in over Sharon’s passing.
Sweet Lou failed again with HOF Vets Committee voters. An injustice? Did his personality cost him?
Ted Simmons and Marvin Miller DID get in but Bob attacks Miller for MLB’s money INSANITY. Eli and Denny attack Bob BACK!
And those two big bullies ALSO air it out with poor Bob on Ken Harrelson, who MAY be about to go in!
The boys are NOT getting along! Eli gets BIG pushback from Bob: won’t he PLEASE stop talking so much about the FL’s?!
And Mr. Z recaps, uh, some kind of heavyweight title fight this weekend. Quick now! Name ANY current champ you can!
It’s U-M (gulp!) vs Alabama in ONE bowl game and MSU (gulp!) vs Wake Forest and its hi-powered offense in another.
Eli takes us on a (comical) tour of some of the VERY BIG bowl games on the slate for lucky US.
PLUS, a WOMAN head coach in the NBA(?!), M and MSU basketball, YOUR comments in the mailbag and more right here!

April 18, 2019 00:58:01

You’re not supposed to say who we are, you’re supposed to say who we used to be!

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

The NBA Playoffs — or the draft lottery? Eli and Denny go at it over which is better for the Pathetic Pistons.
Miguel Cabrera is off to a terrible start. He’s 36 as of today. Has he lost it for good — or only until summertime?
And are Miggy’s off-field shenanigans hurting his game?
YOU, the listeners, have questions: The mystery of the 1968 Tigers’ jerseys? The high and low points of the boys’ careers? Why the lack of swearing on the podcast?
The new Lions schedule is out! Whoopty-damn-do. Bob goes off on his favorite whipping boys.
And Eli and Denny — restaurateurs?! Bob was in New York back then, thus avoiding ptomaine.
These stories and much more right here!