The Knee Jerks

On tonight's show: With the Detroit Red Wings on the verge of starting their training camp in Traverse City, we bring back out Red Wings insider, Bleacher Report featured columnist Matt Hutter (http://bit.ly/19wIdi , @MAhutter12 on Twitter). We'll talk about the off season moves made by the Wings, and what we may expect to see when the season starts. Around 7:45, we move on to the week in Detroit sports. There's really only 2 stories, the Wolverines beating Notre Dame behind the amazing arm and legs of QB Denard Robinson and the Detroit Lions losing to the Chicago Bears on the controversial TD catch that wasn't by Calvin Johnson. If time permits, we'll cover the Tigers' Armando Galarraga complaining about the lack of run support, and the odd football game at Ford Field this weekend between the home team, Florida International and the road team, Michigan State, with FIU coach Howard Schenellenberger's giving up with his team near the MSU goal line, down 2 scores, with almost 3 minutes left on the clock. We'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: It'll be a shorter than normal Knee Jerks podcast, approximately 60 minutes, as one, it's Labor Day, and two, there's no guest. It'll be just Eno and Big Al talking Lions and Wolverines...with a touch of Tigers.

There will be plenty of Lions and Wolverines chat. We'll talk Big Ten realignment, and cover Michigan's big win against UCONN. We'll also cover the Lions' cutdown day, the trade for Alphonso Smith, Ndamukong Suh's fine, and look forward toward the opener in Chicago on Sunday. We'll also squeeze in a little Tigers talk, specifically the story of 30 year old rookie catcher Max St. Pierre.

As always, we'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week!

Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: Eno is on vacation, so helping to host the podcast tonight are: In hour 1, Dan Holmes (DanHolmes.com, @twebman on Twitter). Dan is a freelance writer who loves to talk baseball. In Hour 2, Ty Schalter takes over. Ty is the writer of the must-read Detroit Lions blog The Lions in Winter (TheLionsinWinter.com, @lionsinwinter on Twitter)

We have a guest in our first hour, Mlive's Scott Swarheit. Scott wrote for Mlive's Tigers blog, The Cutoff Man, and now contributes to their Tigers' coverage at mlive.com/tigers. In the second hour, Ty and Al will talk Detroit Lions, giving our thoughts of what we've seen of the team through 3 exhibitions games, and what we expect to see in the regular season.

Next week, The Knee Jerks will be back to their regular format...if Eno can make it back from his vacation!

Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: It will be a Detroit Lions-centric podcast, thanks to our friend and frequent guest, Michael Schottey of Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/users/111184-michael-schottey), Draft Tek (drafttek.com) and Blue and Silver Price (blueandsilverpride.com). We'll cover the Lions' preseason games and training camp. We always look forward to shows with Mike.

The Knee Jerks, Eno and Big Al, will also talk about the death of former Pistons' PR director Matt Dobek, the last week of the Detroit Tigers, Roger Clemens being indicted and more Lions chat as well.

We'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: We talk with Greg Bzura, tournament director for the Junior League World Series, played in Taylor, MI since 1980. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the JLWS. It doesn't get the same notoriety as the Little League World Series in Williamsport, but JLWS is the pinnacle for the players aged 13, 14, and 15. To learn more about the Junior League WS, http://www.cityoftaylor.com/worldseries is the place to start.

Once we talk Junior League baseball, the Lions and Tigers move to the fore. The Lions lost their first exhibition game Saturday night, 23-7 to the Steelers. We'll give our own spin on the game, from who impressed to what positions the Lions need to improve. As for the Tigers, who took the White Sox 2 out of 3 this past weekend, and played .500 ball on the week, we'll touch on the latest news. Sunday, Armando Galarraga wanted to fight both of the Tigers' catchers. Johnny Damon is claiming Mike Ilitch is going to be a big time player in free agency, and will Carl Crawford be the target if his desire? The Tigers have till midnight tonight to sign their June draft picks, and 4 of their top 5 remain unsigned. The clock is ticking...

Let's not forget the Pistons, who agreed to a one year deal with free agent swingman Tracy McGrady. At 31, does the once elite scorer, who missed almost all of last season, have anything left?

As always, at the end of the show we'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week!

Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: We talk life in the OHL with the play by play man and Director of Communications for the Plymouth Whalers, Pete Krupsky. (http://www.plymouthwhalers.com/petekrupsky.html) Pete's been calling the games for the Whalers (and their predecessors, the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors) for 18 years, and joined their front office in 2004.

After talking Whalers hockey, it may be all Mike Ilitch, all the time as the Knee Jerks give their views on Mike Ilitch, the owner of the Red Wings and Tigers announcing his interest in buying the Detroit Pistons. We continue to talk about Ilitch, as we move on to his guaranteeing the return in 2011 of GM Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland to the Detroit Tigers. There's almost a full show there...but there's more! The Pistons' interest in free agent Tracy McGrady, the Red Wings signing free agent and sure thing Hall of Famer, Mike Modano, and the Lions ending Ndamukong Suh's holdout by agreeing to a contract worth $40 million guaranteed. As always, the Knee Jerks will also name their respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: Jamie Samuelsen of WCSX and the Detroit Freep Press joins us to talk about the recent trial and tribulations of the Detroit Tigers and the holdout of Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. It's always a fun show when Jamie jpoins us, as he holds no punches with his opinions! After we chat with Jamie, the Knee Jerks will delve into the Tigers, including the Jhonny Peralta trade, Jim Leyland's lost weekend in Boston and his abuse of Jose Valverde, along with looking at the shocking lack of depth the Tigers have, despite a $130M payroll. We'll also talk Detroit Lions training camp, giving our own opinions on the Suh situation, and the Lions' reactions to the holdout. We'll also touch on the NFL whacking Lions' President Tom Lewand with a $100K fine and a 30 day suspension for his DUI conviction. We'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: We talk Detroit Tigers with Bill Ferris of The Detroit Tigers Weblog. Today, Bill surprised the Detroit blogosphere with his announcement he is semi-retiring from blogging. So we'll discuss the reasons why, along with where the Detroit Tigers stand after the events and injuries of the past weekend. Are the Tigers buyers or sellers...or will Dave Dombrowski play the season out with the cards he's been dealt?

After we pick Bill's brain, the Knee Jerks will move on to the latest in Detroit sports. We'll continue with our Tigers talk, giving our own opinions on the direction of the team. We'll move on to the Detroit Lions, who will be starting training camp at the end of this week. The big story being they've yet to sign either of their two 1st round draft picks, Ndamukong Suh and Jahvid Best. There's still a huge hole at LB, and one FA option is off the board with Keith Bulluck signing with the Giants. The Lions continued their off season crusade to improve special teams with the signing of Isaiah Ekejiuba, the Raiders' coverage ace. Camp hasn't even started, and there's already talk about not placing heavy expectations on Jim Schwartz, even though the Lions believe they are much improved over last year's 2 win team.

We'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week at the end of the podcast! Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: We talk to Bleacher Report Red Wings featured columnist and friend of the podcast, Matt Hutter. (http://bleacherreport.com/users/85480-matt-hutter) Matt was at the NHL draft, and will give us full report. He'll also have plenty to say about the recent hall of fame induction of Jimmy Devellano and the current status of Mike Modano. We're all wondering what's the holdup in his singing with the Wings, Matt will give his thoughts as to the delay. After we talk all things Red Wings, we'll move on to the lost weekend the Detroit Tigers spent in Cleveland. We'll discuss the fallout of the 4 losses to the Tribe, talk trade rumors (interest in Dan Haren being the latest), Jim Leyland's lousy Sunday lineups, the Andrew Oliver experiment and the tigers propensity to rush starting pitchers thru their farm system, how the team is overly dependent upon the middle of the batting order for offense, the mystery that is Gerald Laird still having a big league job. If time permits, Pistons talk is also on the agenda, inclusding Joe Dumars being anonymously quoted in SI about Lebron James, the current status of the franchise and how the recent sale of the Golden State Warriors reflects on the Pistons' worth and the rumors of interest from buyers in Las Vegas. We'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week at the end of the show! Be here at 7PM Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

On tonight's show: We discuss the latest out of Detroit Lions' Allen Park HQ with Bleacher Report featured Lions writers Ryan Steck and Dean Holden. Their writing can be found at bleacherreport.com/detroit-lions/. Ryan and Dean are also starting a twice weekly Lions podcast on Blog Talk Radio, "Detroit Lions Talk, which you can catch at blogtalkradio.com/detroitlionstalk/. The Knee Jerks will taking on Ryan and Dean with a weekly NFL forecasting challenge during the regular season, so expect a little trash talk!

After our chat with Detroit's newest podcasters, The Knee Jerks will give their takes on the latest in sports. We'll have plenty to say about ESPN's and LeBron James' "The Decision" debacle and LeBron becoming Robin to Dwyane Wade's Batman. We'll also have a laugh over Cavs owner Dan Gilbert's Comic Sans font filled response! We'll move on to the Lions, and team president Tom Lewand copping a plea, hoping to avoid NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell's wrath. We'll also talk Tigers, their All-Stars, Miguel Cabrera taking part in tonight's Home Run Derby, Brennan Boesch being all over the AL offensive leaderboard, and what positions they'll look to improve at the trade deadline. At the end of the show, we'll name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 7PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!