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No Filter Sports episodes:

02.04.2021
Episode 214: SB to Lions and Tigers, GARY MYERS has Ya Covered!
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page! On Super Bowl weekend are any of YOU making bets the size of “Mattress Mack’s?” Let alone on the underdog? GARY MYERS thinks Mack is gonna be right....
02.01.2021
Episode 213: Not by TURGENEV, Our OWN “Fathers and Sons”
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! “Write what you know:” the author’s mantra. And few know Detroit and its teams better than author TOM STANTON, our guest! Matthew Stafford TRADED! You’d expect the feckless Detroit sports media to...
01.28.2021
Episode 212: Our Guest? One of Detroit’s Greatest Sportswriters!
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! The Baseball Hall of Fame has elected NOBODY this year. SHOULD they have? TOM GAGE, in the writers wing of the Hall himself, is a long-time voter and,...
01.25.2021
Episode 211: Denny and The Hammer
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! Super Bowl LV is set: Tom Brady VERSUS — “the greatest quarterback ever?” At least according to Denny! Matthew Stafford is OUT as Lions quarterback. Good for MATT! But...
01.21.2021
Episode 210: Never Fear — Our GAMES are Still Here!
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! We all agree: the world SUCKS right now, but at least we still have sports — AND its knuckleheads — to entertain us. What team gets a home game in the...
01.18.2021
Episode 209: One TRUE BLUE Ohioan!
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain and Bob Page! U-M star, Olympic gold medalist, first-round NBA draft choice — the long basketball life of guest PHIL HUBBARD! What a quarterback dual: Brady vs Brees! But...
01.14.2021
Episode 208: POLARIZING Sports Figures? WE got ‘EM!!
Welcome to the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! “How to be Miserable on $39 Million a Year.” If that’s not the title of JAMES HARDEN’s book someday, it SHOULD be! The NBA’s chief malcontent...
01.11.2021
Episode 207: INSIDE the Jim Harbaugh Deal
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! As Ohio State and Alabama go at it for the national title, WE look into a local college football story: The Jim Harbaugh contract extension. U-M reporter/podcaster Michael Spath...
01.07.2021
Episode 206: That’s DOCTOR Billy Taylor to YOU!
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page and Denny McLain! “Get Back Up!” The title of a book by BILLY TAYLOR and, boy, did he ever! The great U-M running back is our guest. For ONCE — and hopefully the...
01.04.2021
Episode 205: Bear Bryant’s Last Captain: Steve Mott
Welcome to No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain — and that’s IT! A new era for the show begins after Eli’s self-imposed “retirement.” WE hope he comes back to us. Meantime, ex-Lions center STEVE MOTT, one of the great players in...
12.28.2020
Episode 204: Good-bye, 2020: UGH! Good-bye, ELI?
It’s hard to separate sports from reality. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page. Happy New Year, everybody, as we ALL look ahead with hope for better days to come. Maybe COVID didn’t hit...
12.21.2020
Episode 203: When the Irish “Tied One for the Gipper!”
The Game of the Century! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page. MSU’S CLINT JONES guests on playing in the storied 10-10 game, on being a black STAR in the turbulent 60’s and MORE! GOLF’S next...
12.17.2020
Episode 202: Ah, What COULD Have Been for Chuck Long!
He had everything going for him. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page. One of the greatest QB’s in Big Ten history, CHUCK LONG, never lived up to that potential in Detroit. Chuck tells all!...
12.14.2020
Episode 201: “Yee-Hah!” The Wild Ride of Mike Henneman!
I went to Toledo with an attitude. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page. Tigers reliever, RODEO star, finding his long-lost family, marrying a teammate’s widow? What a journey for MIKE HENNEMAN! Bob is APOPLECTIC,...
12.10.2020
Episode 200: Tom Seabron: A Winner at U-M AND in LIFE!
I would never start off in life to be number two. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain & Lary Sorensen in for Eli. WOW, our 200th show! We thank YOU listeners and our sponsors for all...
12.07.2020
Episode 199: “I Came to Hate Joe Paterno!”
He really didn’t like me very much. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain & Bob Page. One of Penn State’s greatest players, ex-Detroit Lions star KEITH DORNEY, talks about his FASCINATING life. To paraphrase a famous song by The...
12.03.2020
Episode 198: Two-Sport Star — to Superstar COACH!
But we know him best as a running back for Bo. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain & Fred Heumann sitting in for Eli Zaret! One of the great athletes in Michigan high school history is now...
11.30.2020
Episode 197: Blind Faith: Do Long-Suffering Lions Fans Have a CHOICE?
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...
11.27.2020
Episode 196: From Motown to NATIONAL NFL Expert!
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...
11.23.2020
Episode 195: T Mills: A Life in Basketball
What a business! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain and Lary Sorensen filling in for Eli! “A MICHIGAN MAN will coach a Michigan team!” Yet ONE Michigan team was NOT happy to hear that as we...
11.19.2020
Episode 194: Scared of Butkus? Not a Young GREG LANDRY!
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...
11.16.2020
Episode 193: One of MSU’s Greatest: “What? US Worry?”
Just play hard, keep your mouth shut, and good things will happen. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Bob Page and Fred Heumann filling in for Denny! Was he THE best ALL-AROUND high school football player in Michigan...
11.12.2020
Episode 192: SO Close at Augusta — Yet SO FAR!
Not to be! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain and Lary Sorensen filling in for Eli! It’s Masters week — in NOVEMBER! Ah, 2020. But we’ve got a GREAT guest to talk about it: Michigan’s own DAN...
11.09.2020
Episode 191: DOWN from “Mt. Rushmore” and ONTO Our Show!
Congratulations on a career well lived. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, Bob Page AND Fred Heumann! The greatest hockey announcer EVER? Many say that about the personable MIKE “DOC” EMERICK, our guest today! But...
11.05.2020
Episode 190: Jim Miller and All Things FOOTBALL!
We want to hear all about it. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain and Fred Huemann filling in for Eli Zaret! What a football journey JIM MILLER has been on! The ex-MSU and NFL quarterback cum star radio commentator...
11.02.2020
Episode 189: From BO to — BODY PARTS?!
What did you sell to people?! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Bob Page and Fred Huemann filling in for Denny McLain! A tough day for a former MICHIGAN football star to join us, but ex-QB STEVE SMITH sucks it up and...
10.29.2020
Episode 188: Todd Stottlemyre Might Just Change YOUR Life!
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...
10.26.2020
Episode 187: WOW! What a World Series!
All five games have been great! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain — and Lary Sorensen sitting in for Eli! If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear...
10.22.2020
Episode 186: A Man FINALLY at Peace
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page! Basketball legend SPENCER HAYWOOD reveals his near suicide to the boys, just part of his amazing life and times! But first ELI reveals how Spencer blew a real chance at the proverbial...
10.19.2020
Episode 185: Role Model for Girls? Role Model for ALL!
She just happens to be a woman. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page! Wow, a WOMAN guest — our first one ever! And what better choice than hockey trailblazer Manon Rhéaume? All...
10.16.2020
Episode 184: A Boyhood Baseball Card Come to LIFE!
He led the league in triples his rookie year! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page! A trash-talking softball player — in his 80’S?! THAT is ex-Tiger JAKE WOOD who still thanks baseball every day for his life YOU’VE got...
10.12.2020
Episode 183: What a Magical Time it Was!
You never wanted to miss a game! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page! The Bird chirping for the Tigers and BRUCE KIMM behind the plate. Mark Fidrych’s personal catcher joins us! Kaline, Brock, Seaver, Gibson — and now...
10.08.2020
Episode 182: Baseball Wacko? Listen to THIS Show!
How many games in a row can you possibly watch?! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain — and Lary Sorensen sitting in for Eli! Two ex-MLB pitchers on one show? You won’t wanna miss Denny and Lary tell great...
10.05.2020
Episode 181: The “Doctor” is IN!
A career in football took precedent over medicine. Welcome to the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page! Another top Lions talent — College Football HOF member! — WASTED in Detroit: FREDDIE SCOTT is our guest! Experts claimed Denny...
10.01.2020
Episode 180: What’s WRONG with U-M Football? BUTCH Has an Idea!
They need to go with a more athletic quarterback. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Bob Page — and Lary Sorensen sitting in for Denny! Ya better be TOUGH to play for Bo AND Parcells! BUTCH WOOLFOLK was — and DID! The ex-Michigan star running...
09.28.2020
Episode 179: Will the REAL Detroit Lions Please Stand Up?!
The broadcasters sounded very surprised they won. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Bob Page, Denny McLain, and Fred Heumann filling in for Eli! Praise for the Lions — from BOB? Yes! GUTSY win Sunday at AZ, though...
09.25.2020
Episode 178: Welcome, Lary! THIS is How We Roll!
Good luck?! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Fred Heumann! Ex-MLB and U-M pitcher Lary Sorensen will have a role in many of our future shows. Did HE get an earful today as the boys fuss and...
09.21.2020
Episode 177: “Matt Patricia Looks Done Already”
Fans don’t even know what to say anymore. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Fred Heumann! Bob Page had some technical difficulties this morning, so he’s taking the day off. The Detroit Lions have dropped their 11th...
09.17.2020
Episode 176: D Mac: Amazing Story, GREAT Interview!
I bleed red and white. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Denny McLain, Bob Page and Fred Heumann! “The game’s too fast. I don’t think I could’ve played now.” One of the most popular players in Wings’ history, guest DARREN McCARTY, has a LOT...
09.14.2020
Episode 175: “Gee, Bill. How Come YOUR WS Ring Looks Different?”
My finger is still green! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! MLB’s version of Dickie V — WITHOUT the mic? THAT’S the equally “enthusiastic” BILL SCHERRER of the ’84 Tigers, our guest on the show! Scherrer’s Chisox...
09.10.2020
Episode 174: Doug English: a True LION on the Field
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...
09.07.2020
Episode 173: Detroit’s own Ernie Whitt: CANADIAN Sports God!
I tricked them for a lot of years! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! “I might be the best manager who was never hired.” Yet ERNIE WHITT had one helluva playing career with the Blue Jays. The Detroit...
09.03.2020
Episode 172: Shep: LIVIN’ THE DREAM!
It’s a blast…every single day. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! So how do you get to be an MLB play-by-play announcer? Guest MATT SHEPARD had a VERY unusual path to...
08.31.2020
Episode 171: “I BLEED Green and White!”
Lorenzo White…the former Spartan great. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! Bo Jackson stole HIS Heisman! And so did Tim Brown! Ex-MSU superstar running back LORENZO WHITE is our guest! Eli starts the show by admitting he’s...
08.27.2020
Episode 170: Oh, NO! The Grim Reaper COMETH!
Who was that man gone mad?! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! A “reluctant warrior?” You’d never have known it from watching STU GRIMSON fight! “The Grim Reaper” is our guest! Rioting across...
08.24.2020
Episode 169: DEXTER BUSSEY in the Battle of His LIFE!
Typical Dexter Bussey: No complaints It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! One of the most popular Lions in memory, DEXTER BUSSEY, joins the boys on his career, unusual POST-career — AND his health! You’ll hear the voice of...
08.20.2020
Episode 168: Tom Izzo: Coach of the PISTONS?!
I think he regrets not taking that job. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! Eli’s on vacation so veteran sportscaster FRED HEUMANN joins us with some big opinions and stories! Casey Mize makes his LONG-awaited...
08.17.2020
Episode 167: SO Many Good Questions for RICH STRENGER!
You’re not going to get me to say anything negative about Bo. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! U-M star, NFL vet AND an attorney? What better person to ask about EVERYTHING going on than RICH...
08.13.2020
Episode 166: DICKIE V is BACK, Baybee: a TRUE “PTP-ah!”
Big fella, give us some hope! It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! DICK VITALE joins the boys again for A LOTTA laughs and memories. The REASON he’s back couldn’t be more serious. As expected, The Big Ten...
08.10.2020
Episode 165: Tigers Fan Fave Steve Kemp: What MIGHT Have Been.
I was confident, but I wasn’t arrogant. It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page! Just ONE hit away from Cooperstown? Maybe. One ACCIDENTAL “hit” in the EYE! STEVE KEMP joins the boys. The Tigers were rolling after a...

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No Filter Sports episodes:

Episode 214: SB to Lions and Tigers, GARY MYERS has Ya Covered!

Episode 213: Not by TURGENEV, Our OWN “Fathers and Sons”

Episode 212: Our Guest? One of Detroit’s Greatest Sportswriters!

Episode 211: Denny and The Hammer

Episode 210: Never Fear — Our GAMES are Still Here!

Episode 209: One TRUE BLUE Ohioan!

Episode 208: POLARIZING Sports Figures? WE got ‘EM!!

Episode 207: INSIDE the Jim Harbaugh Deal

Episode 206: That’s DOCTOR Billy Taylor to YOU!

Episode 205: Bear Bryant’s Last Captain: Steve Mott

Episode 204: Good-bye, 2020: UGH! Good-bye, ELI?

Episode 203: When the Irish “Tied One for the Gipper!”

Episode 202: Ah, What COULD Have Been for Chuck Long!

Episode 201: “Yee-Hah!” The Wild Ride of Mike Henneman!

Episode 200: Tom Seabron: A Winner at U-M AND in LIFE!

Episode 199: “I Came to Hate Joe Paterno!”

Episode 198: Two-Sport Star — to Superstar COACH!

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

Episode 196: From Motown to NATIONAL NFL Expert!

Episode 195: T Mills: A Life in Basketball

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

Episode 193: One of MSU’s Greatest: “What? US Worry?”

Episode 192: SO Close at Augusta — Yet SO FAR!

Episode 191: DOWN from “Mt. Rushmore” and ONTO Our Show!

Episode 190: Jim Miller and All Things FOOTBALL!

Episode 189: From BO to — BODY PARTS?!

Episode 188: Todd Stottlemyre Might Just Change YOUR Life!

Episode 187: WOW! What a World Series!

Episode 186: A Man FINALLY at Peace

Episode 185: Role Model for Girls? Role Model for ALL!

Episode 184: A Boyhood Baseball Card Come to LIFE!

Episode 183: What a Magical Time it Was!

Episode 182: Baseball Wacko? Listen to THIS Show!

Episode 181: The “Doctor” is IN!

Episode 180: What’s WRONG with U-M Football? BUTCH Has an Idea!

Episode 179: Will the REAL Detroit Lions Please Stand Up?!

Episode 178: Welcome, Lary! THIS is How We Roll!

Episode 177: “Matt Patricia Looks Done Already”

Episode 176: D Mac: Amazing Story, GREAT Interview!

Episode 175: “Gee, Bill. How Come YOUR WS Ring Looks Different?”

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

Episode 173: Detroit’s own Ernie Whitt: CANADIAN Sports God!

Episode 172: Shep: LIVIN’ THE DREAM!

Episode 171: “I BLEED Green and White!”

Episode 170: Oh, NO! The Grim Reaper COMETH!

Episode 169: DEXTER BUSSEY in the Battle of His LIFE!

Episode 168: Tom Izzo: Coach of the PISTONS?!

Episode 167: SO Many Good Questions for RICH STRENGER!

Episode 166: DICKIE V is BACK, Baybee: a TRUE “PTP-ah!”

Episode 165: Tigers Fan Fave Steve Kemp: What MIGHT Have Been.