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

November 30, 2020 01:24:57

They were starting to mention guys already…

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 196: From Motown to NATIONAL NFL Expert!

November 27, 2020 01:34:00

A Pro Football Hall of Fame writer!

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

COVID even postponing the SUPER BOWL? Maybe, says one of America’s top NFL writers, guest RICK GOSSELIN.
(yawn) Another Thanksgiving, another TURKEY from the Lions. Even Sheila Hamp Ford looked bored to tears!
Ford Field may have been empty but the Dallas Cowboys did allow fans for their game later. Why’s that?
What’s more, how do the woeful Lions and suddenly woeful Cowboys keep being awarded such a big showcase?
Eli a RACIST?! If so, you’d better add Bob and Denny to that list over the boys’ agreement on an overblown NFL event.
COVID SO ravaging sports now that one prominent SEC team has been driven to TOTAL desperation this weekend.
And the biggest story now that college BASKETBALL is underway is already which teams AREN’T playing.
Wins for both U-M and MSU to kick off the schedule but Bob’s much more impressed with #1 Gonzaga.
If COVID can’t do it, here’s an event that SHOULD be canceled: Saturday night’s Tyson-Jones “pillow fight!”
The WORLD may mourn Maradona but our AMERICAN boys mourn Paul Hornung with LOTSA good yarns!
Those stories, Eli’s “This Day in Sports,” Bob with YOUR mailbag and much more right here.

Episode 194: Scared of Butkus? Not a Young GREG LANDRY!

November 19, 2020 01:24:48

But you always wanted to know where he was…

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Bob Page, Fred Heumann AND Lary Sorensen!

Okay, so maybe they weren’t “glory days,” but the Detroit Lions of our guest, GREG LANDRY, were at least FUN!
NOW, Eli says the COVID crisis has taken the “fun” element OUT of sports. Bob, Fred and Lary disagree.
Still, what a world we’re in! MSU’s football game a COVID cancelation. MSU basketball expecting cancellations.
Sports TV ratings are way down and surveys indicate most of you will not go to live events til there’s a COVID vaccine.
All those kids! What WERE the Pistons thinking about in the NBA draft, which was at least high on MUSICAL talent.
With another embarrassing loss for U-M a possibility Saturday, would the Jets try to hire Jim Harbaugh anyway?
Easy come, easy go. One airhead MLB player loses a guaranteed $24 million for taking steroids!
“This Day in Sports” finds one of our fans bravely staying at his battle station during “Malice at the Palace!”
Those stories, Lary ripped by Howard Cosell on national TV, YOUR Mailbag and much more — right here!

Episode 188: Todd Stottlemyre Might Just Change YOUR Life!

October 29, 2020 01:38:33

Become the observer of the way you’re thinking.

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

What stories TODD STOTTLEMYRE has about his famous dad, baseball, personal tragedy and life lessons he’s learned!
Was Kevin Cash’s BONEHEAD move the most outrageous thing YOU’VE seen in baseball? Sounds like it was for the boys.
And what about the Dodgers’ COVID-positive Justin Turner? Was HE guilty of a different kind of “bonehead” move?
MLB owners crying poverty over the billions they lost this year but Eli & Denny say not to worry, there WILL be a 2021 season.
It’s Michigan-Michigan State week! Uh, BFD with the Spartans seemingly on the march to the gallows.
Our producer FURIOUS with BOB for “insulting” all those Walmart Wol — er — M fans who didn’t actually GO to Michigan.
The Colts are coming! Excitement building! A playoff berth possible for the Lions? Uh, you KNOW what usually happens next.
Yes, his Lions have been a JOKE, but that doesn’t mean Bill Ford wasn’t a good man. Eli and Bob tell “A Tale of Two Owners.”
MORE controversy for the NBA? To start play on Christmas or not? LeBron and Adam Silver may have a BIG difference.
Those stories, Eli has his “This Day in Sports History,” Bob has 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 152: Ah, the Life of an MLB Reliever!

June 25, 2020 01:32:26

A closer is a really thankless job.

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

Guest TODD JONES pitched for EIGHT MLB teams, the Tigers TWICE! LOVED Detroit; doesn’t miss the pitching part.
So MLB IS coming back? Eli has a LONG list of all the changes that’ll be made. Fed-up Bob: Include ME out!
Denny says a change the TIGERS should make is to put Casey Mize & the other top kid pitchers in the rotation — right away.
The FL’s have a WHAT? A “new” owner? Roger Daltrey would say: “Meet the new boss — same as the old boss!” So would Bob.
As the boys duke it out over COVID-19 again, a “blame game” has now begun in sports: who gave it to whom?
Should you HAVE to wear a mask for protection now? According to ONE U.S. county — only if you’re WHITE!
Playing career over, he had two job offers: vacuum cleaner salesman or entry position in hockey. Ken Holland chose right!
Read all about it! P.C. Posse Pummels PAW PAW! Local legend Charlie Maxwell, MR. Sunday Home Run, has yet to comment.
Those stories, YOUR mailbag and much more — right here!

Episode 129: Had Enough of the FL’s? Marc Spindler Has!

April 6, 2020 1:25:16

They lack a lot of things.

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

What a comedian! What an entertainer! And ya say this guy MARC SPINDLER played a lotta FOOTBALL too?
Eli and Bob vow to stop discussing their differing positions on COVID-19. ELI quickly breaks it! Bob won’t.
When will sports start again? Bob THINKS he has an idea based upon a feature in the Detroit News.
He claims you’ll likely never see Tom Brady play for Tampa — or anybody else — ever again!
Tom Dempsey has died of COVID. What older Lions fan will EVER forget where he/she was for “The Field Goal?!”
E-sports continue to thrive in the sports-less world and tempers are hot! NASCAR drivers “rage-quitting” over video games?
Seen the new HBO doc on cheating in college basketball? ELI’s all over it. Bob: BFD.
Here comes the P.C. Posse ridin’ in over them yonder hills! Mike Leach now in trouble for sharing an UN-P.C. meme.
Earth to Denny! Come in! Earth to Denny! We somehow LOSE MLB’s last 30-game winner in the middle of the show!
What could be worse than THAT? Well, how about a show where YOUR mailbag is unceremoniously DUMPED?!
We’ll explain what happened (no tears from Eli!) and have MUCH more for you right here.

Episode 99: Ray Scott: I Could NEVER Coach in Today’s NBA!

December 23, 2019 01:29:05

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

The NBA a “BUSH LEAGUE?!” It sure WAS and a man who lived the era, ex-Piston Ray Scott, joins us to talk about it all.
Yep, the FL’s lost again, but now FL’s ADDICTS are EXCITED about a high draft pick! Bob sez they’ll just blow it anyway.
What is the best football broadcast team YOU’VE ever heard? We’ll tell you about OUR pick.
Would Urban Meyer really coach the Cowboys? Simple question/answer? NO, as Eli and Denny gang up on Bob AGAIN!
Denny and Bob even duke it out on baseball’s new computer umpiring. Mr. McLain seems to be singing a new tune.
The Tigers have a couple new free-agent signees but the question persists: does Al Avila have a CLUE what he’s doing?
Super-agent Scott Boras is now guaranteed a cool $50 million for this past MONTH! His CLIENTS signed for a BILLION!
Trouble for Minor League Baseball? There’ll be trouble for ALL if MLB puts more than 40 MiLB teams out of business!
If you’re a basketball fan you likely watch the NBA — but millions AREN’T. Would an in-season tourney aid TV ratings?
Those stories, the Dead Wings with their “Coach for Life,” YOUR weekly mailbag and much more right here.

Episode 58: When a Team Quits, Who’s Responsible?

July 29, 2019 01:06:59

If they’re quitting, it’s the managers’ fault.

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

An NFL Strike?! TV Networks blacking out games now?! What a potential relief for fans of the FL’s – and the Terrible Tigers!
With training camps now open, the boys riff on Zeke vs. Jerry, a longer season and new Lion Mike Daniels’ amazing statement!
After somehow losing four straight to the Miserable Mariners, have the Tigers officially quit? Has Miggy? And is much of it Gardy’s fault?
Part of it is surely Al Avila’s – but is he a RACIST too? That’s the allegation in a pathetic lawsuit just filed.
Denny talks pitching – and talks about Trevor Bauer’s shameless “snap.”
Eli talks about golf – uh, his OWN game. Bob on one pro sports owner who REALLY gets it.
Those stories and much more right here!

EPISODE 55: Uh, Excuse Me, Sir, HOW Much for Your Autograph?!

July 18, 2019 01:05:42

There’s a sucker born every minute

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

Busy boys! Today Eli works from Motown, Bob from NYC and Denny from Cooperstown!
Another ex-pitching star is there with him for this weekend’s Hall of Fame inductions and Denny is REALLY unhappy with him.
This year’s inductees? It’s more of the same: who actually belongs in the HOF and who doesn’t?
And how come a particular pitcher from Denny’s beloved Cubs isn’t in? He only went 53-16 one season!
At the risk of putting you to sleep, the latest from the boys on the Disastrous Detroit Tigers.
The stuffy “Open Chahmmmpionship” is underway. WE call it (gasp!) The BRITISH Open.
Those stories, the plight of sports’ play-by-play guys and much more right here!