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

Doug English

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!

Episode 143: Drew Stanton’s LONG & WINDING Road

Drew Stanton in MSU uniform preparing a throw.

Things fell into place.

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

A GREAT career as an NFL quarterback wasted as a back-up? Don’t tell that to MSU’s DREW STANTON, our guest!  
  • Today we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for OUR freedoms as we observe Memorial Day.  
  • It’s a special day for another reason: Eli remembers the Ali/Sonny Liston rematch on its 55th anniversary!
  • Bob reminds SOME people (not naming any names from THIS show!) who Brad Keselowski IS and why he matters.
  • Did you like the Tiger/Phil/Brady/Peyton golf outing? Didn’t even bother to watch? No worries. Eli and Denny DID.
  • Philip Rivers has a new job waiting for him: HIGH SCHOOL head coach in Alabama. He should NOT ask Mike Singletary for advice!
  • Prez Mark Schlissel’s not worried about no fans at U-M games. He won’t ALLOW football if no students are on campus!
  • As the NBA plots restarting in Orlando, we pay tribute to the great Jerry Sloan who died this weekend, as did Eddie Sutton.
  • How bad is it for the Wings? They’re officially among the “Stigmatized Seven,” awful clubs that won’t be part of summer playoffs.
  • Racism in hockey? It’s been an issue for a long time and now another black ex-player has come forward with HIS tales of abuse.
  • Those stories, Eli bitching all through our Mailbag segment while YOU enjoy it — and much more right here!

Episode 84: One of the Greatest Detroit Sports Stars EVER “Stars” with US!

Niklas Lidstrom Red Wings Jersey

And now…an author!

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

  • “The Perfect Human,” Nicklas Lidström himself, joins the boys to discuss his life and his amazing twenty years with the Detroit Red Wings!
  • Eli’s on a brief vacation but phones in — and, boy, is HE unhappy with Denny DESTROYING Max Scherzer!
  • In studio for Eli — and with hormones still raging at HIS age — Marc Fellhauer, whose interest in the Series Sunday was based on FOUR BIG things!
  • The always-awful FL’s manage a home victory over the now-awful New York Giants. The boys yawn, “BFD.”
  • What a SMACK DOWN Michigan laid on Notre Dame! Does this keep the heat off Harbaugh — for now?
  • Is the proverbial handwriting on the wall for Mark Dantonio? Bob gets a mass email and sez FOOTBALL remains the least of MSU’s problems.
  • TV is now playing a big role in the continuing explosion of sports gambling. But is this something it SHOULD be doing?
  • No matter what you read, the Wings lost an EIGHTH straight Sunday! Could Jeff Blashill be on his way out already?
  • Those stories, Fox’s awful coverage of the W.S., YOUR opinions on our weekly mailbag segment and much more right here!

Episode 71: EX-MICHIGAN STAR BRAYLON EDWARDS SLAMS M FOOTBALL - AGAIN

Close-up photo of Braylon Edwards wearing U of M cap.

Harbaugh’s been there for five years now…name someone that he’s brought in.

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

  • Former Michigan and NFL star Braylon Edwards joins us to discuss his new book, his career, family AND to argue with Bob!
  • This after being suspended by the Big Ten Network last year for ripping U-M football’s current state.
  • When bad things happen to good people: the boys eulogize the late Fred McLeod.
  • Eli talks about a guy he knows well: Dennis Rodman, the subject of an ESPN “30 for 30” this week.
  • The Antonio Brown saga just might end, not with the Pats, but in a PRISON CELL, while OBJ continues to make a fool of himself!
  • Mark Dantonio on the cusp of overtaking Duffy as the winningest coach in MSU history. Bob BEGS for perspective!
  • A new law in Cali will allow college athletes to be paid by 2023. The NCAA is gonna fight! What does it all portend for college sports?
  • 7Plus another of our “Adventures With Denny,” YOU on our weekly mailbag segment and much more right here.

Episode 70: Wanna Win ALL Your NFL bets? Have WE Got a tip for YOU!

They Put The Point Spread And The Over-Under Right On The Screen

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

  • Even Denny has now adopted Bob’s moniker. HE’S finally had enough of the pathetic FL’s too!
  • The Antonio Brown fiasco has ended — we think. Tom Brady wants to babysit him at his home! But would it work?
  • If Michigan has to go to double OT to beat Army at home, (GULP!) what’s gonna happen AT Wisconsin in two weeks?
  • Big win for Michigan State over Western? Big DEAL says Bob, who utterly destroys his own alma mater — again!
  • Red Wings’ goalie Jimmy Howard talks with Eli and Bob about his future.
  • The Toothless Tigers hit the 100 mark — losses, that is! Which “rebuild” is going better: the Tigers’ or Wings’?
  • Dave Dombrowski won a World Series less than a year ago — and the idiotic Sawx fire him! Back to the Tigers now?!
  • The U.S. Open wrapped up with victories by Bianca Andreescu and Rafael Nadal, who Bob believes is better than Roger.
  • And both Denny AND Eli take a gambling BATH over the weekend! Those stories plus much more right here.

Episode 69: Like GREAT Stories? Eli, Denny and Bob Have Lots of ’em!

There aren’t rules…there are just guidelines!

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

  • Our guest is ex-Lions great Lem Barney who claims football won’t exist any more in 15 years!
  • Meanwhile, the new NFL season is underway. Could the FL’s really go 0-11 out of the gate?! Bob explains.
  • More shenanigans from Airhead Brown as the boys rip him another new one.
  • We tell you about one of the greatest players in NFL history who’s NOT in the HOF.
  • And preview this Saturday’s Michigan and Michigan State games.
  • Eli and Denny have their gambling picks of the weekend — so YOU can bet against them and clean up!
  • JV not a Hall of Famer? Some young “Figure Filberts” lean on sabermetrics to say no!
  • Tales of the great Van Patrick, of Denny’s bad day at the dog races, advice on — mustaches(?) and much more right here. 

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

Denny McLain

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!