Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! Greg and Big Al return from their winter hiatus by welcoming back to the show Paul Swaney of Stadium Journey.  Check out the updated website and the

"Top 100 Stadium Experiences of 2017." 

In the second half of the podcast, the guys discuss ESPN's bombshell report implicating Tom Izzo,  Mark Dantonio and the Michigan State University athletic department in covering up sexual assaults. The guys also give their thoughts on the Detroit Lions' (pending) hiring of Patriots' defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, ask if Detroit Pistons' president and head coach Stan Van Gundy is on the hot seat a his team tumbles in the standings and wonder if the Detroit Red Wings will have many suitors for the players lame duck GM Ken Holland will be trying to deal at the upcoming trade deadline.

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio. Join The Knee Jerks new Facebook group!

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Back from sick leave, Eno and Big Al welcome back one of our all-time favorite guests, author Earl Shores. Earl has a new electric football compelation available for the holidays. The Electric Football Wishbook (available from Amazon) is a beautiful color collection of sports game Christmas catalog pages from 1955-88. It's highly recommended by by both Greg and Al.

The second half of the show has ther Jerks debating the Detroit Lions' playoff odds and the hot seat status of head coach Jim Caldwell, Detroit Tigers legends Alan Trammell's and Jack Morris' election into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Modern Baseball Committee, the slary dump/trade of Ian Kinsler, Tigers GM Al Alila's free agency signings and the possibility of dealing Micheal Fulmer to jumpstart the rebuild.

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio. Join The Knee Jerks new Facebook group!

We're now on YouTube, check out this podcast on video.

This week Eno and Big Al go over both the good and (more of) the bad in the Detroit Lions' 27-24 victory over the Chicago Bears, cover the Detroit Red Wings surprising recent run of good play and close out the show discussing the Detroit Pistons facing adversity for the first time in this young season.

Topics include:

Lions beat the Bears, but don't look good in doing so.

There is some good to take from the Lions' win, but their bad play dominated the day.

Matt Prater, and special teams as a whole, have been elite this season.

The Minnesota Vikings are on tap for the annual Thanksgiving Day game.

The young trio of Larkin, Mantha and Athanasiou are keeping the Detroit Red Wings on the verge of contention. There is no room for goonery in today's hockey, as shown by Luke Witkowski's hefty suspension.

Pistons schedule ramps up in difficulty, can they handle the pressure?

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio. Join The Knee Jerks new Facebook group!

We're now on YouTube, check out this podcast on video.

This week Eno and Big Al are caught between Lions games thanks to Monday Night Football, but that doesn't stop them from going off on several rants and raves.

Topics include:

Attendance at the LCA leaves much to be desired. What happened?

The Detroit Pistons are off to their best start since 2008-09. Are they for real?

Andre Drummond is hitting 75% of his free throws. Has the big man finally figured it out?

The Detroit Tigers front office begins a major roster purge by dropping several organizational filler type players from the 40-man.

The World Series was epic, Justin Verlander got his ring. the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers used their pitching staffs unconventionally.

Do World Series games have to start at 8:20 PM Eastern? One the mist entertaining series games ever played -Game 5 - ended at 1:45 AM.

The 3-4 Detroit Lions play the Green Bay Packers on MNF. Is this a MUST WIN game?

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio. Join The Knee Jerks new Facebook group!

We apologize for the longer than expected hiatus, but The Knee Jerks return with an old freind of the show in tow - Matt Hutter, our long-time Red Wings insider.

Topics include:

The state of the Red Wings after nine games - the good and the bad.The Red Wings trade Reily Sheahan and Ryan Sproul in order to clear salary cap room for hold out forward Andreas Athanasiou.Is Petr Mrazek still the goalie of the furure?Both Jeff Blashill and Ken Holland are lame ducks, what could the future hold for both?The Tigers hire Ron Gardenhire as their new manager.Has the game passed the old-school Gardenhire by or is he truly asccepting of advanced metrics?GM Al Avila finally has his manager and the go-ahead to embark on a full rebuild. Is he up to the challenge?The Lions arrive at a badly needed bye week at 3-3 as the NFC North remains up for grabs.The guys name the Lions' surprises, disappointments and team MVP thru six games.  

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio. Join The Knee Jerks new Facebook group!

Once again, it's all Knee Jerks all the time as Greg and Big Al have a ton of Detroit sports news to break down.

Topics include:

The Lions appeared to be victorious over the Falcons...but upon further review, the game winning, last second touchdown was overturned and the clock alowed to run out thanks to an obscure rule.Breaking down the Lions' good, bad and ugly in the loss to the Falcons.Jim Caldwell received a contract extension months ago, yet it was never made publicTigers' GM Al Avila gives manager Brad Ausmus the ziggy.Media reports claim Ausmus had little control of the locker room, was too much of a player's manager, the team lacked leadership and Victor Martinez had become a cancer. yet the beat writers waited till now to report these issues.Trump calls NFL protesters "Sons of bitches," all Hell breaks loose

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio. Join The Knee Jerks new Facebook group!

It's all Knee Jerks all the time this week as Greg and Big Al run the gamut in all things Detroit sports.

Topics include:

Wash, rinse, repeat - Lions start frustratingly slow, finish fast, proceed to beat the Cardinals 35-23 in come-from-behind fashion.

Kenny Golladay lives up to the hype…for one game, anyway.

The Lions’ defense carries the offense…for one game, anyway.

Despite what a vocal minority in the fan base thinks about his record contract, Matthew Stafford is a franchise QB and played like one against the Cardinals.

Tigers GM Al Avila dives head-first into a full rebuild, dealing iconic Tiger Justin Verlander to the Astros and Justin Upton to the Angels for prospects at the waiver trade deadline.

Fans got what they asked for. The Tigers went all in on prospects and are playing the kids. It's the right thing to do, but....the Tigers are also 22 games under .500, 26 games back and on track for a top-5 draft pick. Get ready for more of the same in the foreseeable future.

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio.

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It's all Knee Jerks this week as Greg and Big Al cover the gamut in Detroit sports.

Topics include:

Frustrated Tigers fight the Yankees on the field and each other in the dugout

Victor Martinez's bad season on the field gets worse off it as his irregular heartbeat issues resurface

Ian Kinsler is fined for calling out one of MLB's worst umpires to the media, umpires protest in response

Lions are de-pantsed by the Patriots in their game 3 exhibition dress rehearsal

An encore performance of "How to Not Manage the Salary Cap" starting Ken Holland, this time co-starring Andreas Athanasiou and featuring the KHL

It's Pavel Datsuyk 2.0, as Henrik Zetterberg admits he's taking his career year-to-year, and unlikely to play out the remaining 3 years on his contract

Mayweather - McGregor proved  PT Barnum is still correct

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk Radio.

Join The Knee Jerks new Facebook group!

It's all Knee Jerks all the time again this week, as Greg and Big Al talk all things Detroit sports.

Topics include:

Tigers trade deadline wrap up - Justin Wilson and Alex Avila are sent to the Cubs for 3 prospects

Nick Castellanos to begin a transition to right field as the Tigers finally realize he is a 3rd baseman in name only

Will Bruce Rondon ever run out of chances (part infinity)?

Lions suffer the second devastating injury of their off-season as DE Kerry Hyder is lost for the yeat with a torn Achilles.

WR Kenny Golladay has a pair of TD receptions, giving fans hope the team may have found an impact pass catcher in the 3rd round.

The Lions continue to look bad in player dealings as Deandre Levy files a grievance over the  mishandling of his knee injury

Red Wings are forced to strongly react when Michigan racists co-op the winged wheel logo as part of the Charlottesville white supremacist rally:

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno (aka the man who knows a lot of things about a lot of things), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

You can now listen to the Knee Jerks on Stitcher, along with iTunes and Blog Talk RadioLike The Knee Jerks on Facebook, and click here to visit  our new Facebook discussion group! The official podcast blog can be found at TheKneeJerks.us.

It's all Knee Jerks all the time again this week, as Greg and Big Al talk all things Detroit sports.

Topics include:

With the non-waiver trade deadline quickly approaching, the only deal Tigers' GM Al Avila has made is trading JD Martinez to the Diamondbacks.

Trade rumors continue to swirl around several Tigers, but most reports claim the only player teams are truly clamoring for is closer Justin Wilson.

The market for Justin Verlander has cooled significantly, much in thanks to his large contract, 10/5 status and the team's refusal to eat much salary in any proposed deal.

Tomas Tatar inks a new deal, but it leaves the Red Wings capped out. GM Ken Holland must pull off Houdini levels of salary cap maneuvering in order to sign Andreas Athanasiou.

The contract statuses of Lions' QB Matthew Stafford and head coach Jim Caldwell remain unsettled.

As always, Eno and Big Al also play The Birthday Game and name their Jerk of the Week!