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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 134: The Controversial Life of an NBA SUPERSTAR!

April 23, 2020 01:20:09

The first star player to defy the reserve clause and jump to the ABA.

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

“The baddest white boy EVER on a basketball court?!” That might just be RICK BARRY, our guest on the show today!
The NFL draft starts/started Thursday. WE have to wait til Monday to comment. The NFL has to wait til ??? to actually PLAY.
Do brains matter in sports? Some of the top college prospects score, uh, “stupidly” low on their Wonderlic tests.
Gronk is back, joining Brady with the Bucs! Hopefully HE won’t be booted from any Tampa-area parks — as Tom was.
U-M’s president says it’s headed for BIG financial trouble over COVID-19? Just wait til the sex-abuse suits are decided!
It’s Eli vs Denny for high school football star Rocco Spindler. Will he pick Eli’s alma mater or Denny’s beloved Fighting Irish?
The latest on the NHL resuming: Bob says “Pipsqueak Bettman” is now just throwing stuff on the wall to see if anything sticks.
(GASP!) Did Denny just physically threaten Bob in YOUR mailbag segment?!
Wearing a Coronavirus mask these days? If so, we’ll tell you how to look sharp in it!
Those stories, news of other big-name guests coming up on the show and much more — right here.

Episode 122: “Panic at the DISCO?” Panic EVERYWHERE!!!

March 12, 2020 1:32:33

It’s not panic. It’s called precaution.

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

The most famous AND controversial ump in MLB, COWBOY JOE WEST, joins us today with LOTSA great stories!
Stand by, ladies and gents, cuz ELI ZARET has a special announcement to make! Whether you’ll believe him is …
Help! Help! We’re ALL gonna DIE of Coronavirus! At least Eli and Denny seem to think so. BOB calls “bulls—!”
Sports betting is now legal and open for business in Michigan! Only problem is, there may not be any sports to bet on.
First tennis, then college basketball tournaments, then the NBA and MORE! OMG, what will we DO without SPORTS?!
Um, spend more time with our loved ones and friends? (Gasp!) read BOOKS? Get off the couch and go work out?
The TPC is still on — as of THIS writing. Can slumping Brooks Koepka win? HE sez he’s gotten some VERY special help.
Tom Brady is launching a production company. Make Eli LAUGH! HE knows what a daunting thing that is to do.
Ex-MSU football assistant Curtis Blackwell is back with ANOTHER lawsuit, now alleging Mark Dantonio is a RACIST! Yeah, right.
Gronk to become WHAT? A pro wrestler for the WWE? Our resident expert, producer Brandon McAfee, is all over it!
Those stories, YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here.

Episode 95: DIRECT from Hamtramck AND MLB — It’s “WIMPY!”

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!

Episode 88: Jay Vincent’s “Long Strange Trip!”

November 11, 2019 1:28:23

I wanted everyone to see what I went through.

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

From national champion to the NBA — to PRISON — and back: ex-Michigan State star Jay Vincent joins the boys.
A special thanks to our servicemen and women on Veterans Day. How did Eli, Denny & Bob never serve, btw?
Former MSU and Lions wideout Charles Rogers is dead at 38! Shocked — but not really surprised? Us too.
Ya know, the FL’s coulda won that game at Chicago. In fact, they SHOULDA won it and they WOULDA won it … (yawn)
Ohio State All-American Chase Young suspended by the NCAA — excuse us, for WHAT?!
Grapes’ Wrath (ouch) has him in hot water on Hockey Night in Canada. Is the end approaching now?
Looks like the end of the Wings’ sad season may have been given a reprieve thanks to the latest Stevie Y deal.
Quick now! What major sports event was played Sunday? All three of the boys whiffed on this one!
More controversy in the Terrible Tigers’ front office. Is Al Avila at fault for THIS as well?
And were we too hard in our criticism of Clemson? THAT is in our mailbag segment plus much more right here!

Episode 67: Who’s the Handsome Young Man and What Kind of Car is THAT?!

August 29, 2019 01:09:02

It’s a Ford Thunderbird, and I still had my fastball then!

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

Are the Tigers planning to name one of their biggest ex-stars manager? SHOULD Gardy go?
Could be worse. After Derek’s Jeter’s destruction of the Marlins, the Tigers still draw much better than THEY do!
Football is back and Denny alleges that Michigan and Michigan State are playing “all-girls teams” to start the year!
Bob says you can’t talk about MSU any more without including its latest embarrassing news.
Et tu, DUKE?! Zion Williamson will begin his NBA career with lawsuit after lawsuit.
Wesley Walker is one of the latest ex-NFL stars who’s in big trouble over what the game did to his body.
Eli and Denny equate this whole sordid injury situation to the #MeToo movement.
And our mailbag segment includes a great pic of a young Denny and his “mystery car.”
Those stories and much more coming up right here!

Episode 66: Baseball Life Well-Lived! Former Slugger Darrell Evans Joins Us.

August 26, 2019 01:11:28

It was too much at times.

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

It’s Howdy Doody time, boys and girls, and we’ve got him live in studio with us (well, at least his namesake)!
Andrew Luck stuns the sports world and the feces hits the fan! The negative reactions surprise the boys.
What on earth is Jim Harbaugh talking about in his new book?!
The Yankees vs the Dodgers in a possible World Series preview? Who cares?! It’s always ALL about ESPN!
The greatest all-around MLB player who’s ever lived? Bob says A-Rod, Eli and Denny go with Barry — yet NEITHER’S going to the HOF!
And U-M may be losing to MSU in sports, but NOT in the classroom. The Colorado School of Mines?! Yeshiva?! Yeesh!
Those stories plus much more right here!

Episode 22: Eli, Denny and a Listener Ask, “What Is Bob Smokin’?!”

March 25, 2019 00:58:26

We should move on to another subject…this tournament is over.

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

Denny is back from a big sports convention in Florida where he and his buddy Bobby Hull had starring roles — portraying Denny McLain and Bobby Hull.
They call it “March Madness” for a reason, folks. Duke somehow escapes elimination while Michigan and Michigan State move on — with Tom suddenly on his best behavior!
The Pistons have faltered and are now only two games from falling out of the playoffs, even losing to the disgraceful Golden State Warriors — yes, “disgraceful.”
A listener wants to know “What is Page smokin’?” when it comes to the Tigers — and Eli and Denny ask Bob the same question.
Rob Gronkowski calls it quits at 29. Why did the “Lovable Meathead” do it and where is his place among the greatest tight ends in NFL history?
Plus, is one of the Wings’ top young players finally waking up? More p.c. lunacy in sports and much more — right here.

Episode 8: Does the Super Bowl Have To Be A Super Bore?

February 4, 2019 0:49:28

Everybody thought it was going to explode in the fourth quarter.

Episode 7: Sports Gambling: Where’s It Going?

January 31, 2019 00:54:15

It’s all the side-stuff that’s fascinating.

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

The events surrounding Super Bowl LIII seem to be bigger than the game itself including Gronk, Kaepernick & the Halftime Show, Brady haters & more.
The guys jump into the topic of sports gambling that includes examples from every sports and stories of the past.
Ray Lewis anniversary, Denny vs McCovey/Mays /Gene Michael, Al Ackerman stories and did Bob Page coin this Red Wings moniker?