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The Knee Jerks began as a popular weekly chat feature between a pair of long running Detroit sports blogs, The Wayne Fontes Experience and GregEno.com. The web chat morphed into an every Monday night podcast. Your hosts are layabout blogger Big Al Beaton of TWFE, aka Mr. Blogger, and prolific freelance writer Greg Eno, aka Mr. Journalist. We cover the gamut of the sports landscape, but with a definite Detroit slant and always with a Detroit attitude.
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On tonight's show: We welcome back the The Detroit News' Pistons beat Vincent Goodwill. Vincent's online coverage can be found at DetNews.com. You can also follow Vincent on Twitter at @VGoodwill. We'll talk about the ongoing Rip Hamilton drama, the trade with the Nuggets and Nets that wasn't, the battles coach John Keuster is having with the team'…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, welcome Adam Biggers of SpartyOn.com, to talk MSU basketball and tell us how this season started with Tom Izzo's team expected to compete for the NCAA Championship, only to turn into a very tumultuous and perhaps disappointing season for the Spartan faithful. The Knee Jerks will then mo…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, welcome Michael Zuidema of the Grand Rapids Press, who also writes The Benchwarmer blog for Mlive.com. With Michael we'll discuss the University of Michigan's hiring of Brady Hoke as their new head football coach and the fan/media fallout that followed. At 7:30, Matt Hutter makes his bi…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are sans guests, but there's still plenty to talk about this week. There's the University of Michigan's ongoing coaching search, with LSU's Les Miles to meet with AD Dave Brandon on Tuesday, the Pistons possibly being part of one of the biggest blockbuster trades in NBA history and unloa…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, welcome the return of Detroit and New York City broadcasting legend Bob Page! We'll talk Big 10 football, including the New Years Day debacles of the Spartans and Wolverines, the Rich Rodriguez mess in Ann Arbor and measure the success of Mark Dantonio in East Lansing. We'll reminisce a…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, welcome BlueandSilverPride.com's Mike Schottey to talk Lions! After we talk live with Mike Schottey, we'll move on to the lateest n Detroit sports, incluing the Lions 3rd straight win, taking down the Dolphins on Sunday, the injury issues on the Red Wings and the Pistons' making Rip Ham…
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On tonight's show: It's Eno and Big Al going without a guest, talking about the Lions' victory over the Bucs, the Tigers' signing Magglio Ordonez, and the NCAA suspending Tom Izzo. At 7:45, we'll turn the show over to our Red Wings insider, Matt Hutter! Matt's Red Wings Bleacher Report columns can be found here and is @MaHutter12 on Twitter. As alw…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, were hoping to have retired NHL player Mike Donnelly on the show today, but we are still trying to nail down a time for the interview. So Eno and Al will hold down the fort until 8-8:15 and talk about the ridiculousness of the Big Ten's division names, the job status of the Pistons' hea…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton welcome back Ray Scott. Ray is an 11 year NBA/ABA veteran, a former NBA coach of the year who led the Pistons to the playoffs as head coach in 1974, ended the 70's as the head coach of Eastern Michigan, and is a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. At 7:45, we'll cover the Red Win…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton talk baseball, as the signings of Victor Martinez and Joaquin Benoit take center stage during a Detroit Tigers hot stove session with Kurt Mensching of Bless You Boys. After Tigers hot stove, Greg and Big Al discuss the Lions' loss on Thanksgiving, the status of the Wolverines' Rich Rodr…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, cover the latest Detroit Lions news and analysis with Mike Schottey of Blue and Silver Pride,Bleacher Report, and DraftTek. 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…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, welcome back Jamie Samuelson of the morning show at 97.7 WCSX-FM and sports blogger at the Detroit Free Press. We'll discuss the gamut in Detroit sports (as much as we can cover in 30 minutes), including Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, Pistons, Wolverines and Spartans...and of course, Jamie's…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, interview long-time Detroit Free Press high school sports writer, the prognosticator known as "Son of Swami", Mick McCabe! Of course, we'll talk about the ongoing Michigan high school football playoffs, early thoughts on the upcoming basketball season, and how high school sports have ch…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, talk Lions & blogging with Ty Schalter of The Lions in Winter. Ty can be found on Twitter at @LionsInWinter. Beyond just talking Lions (of course), we'll discuss Ty's "Barry Week". How it came about, the inspiration & who participated. Then we'll talk about the place of bloggers in toda…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks, Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton, have prepared a shorter podcast this week, do to....let's just call it "bye week-itis." Both the Lions and Wolverines had a bye week, and there's no new Pistons news with the roster locked down for the upcoming start of the season. But we will talk about the Tigers' signing of Brandon I…
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On tonight's show: We'll be doing a Detroit Pistons season preview (with a touch of the NBA as a whole) with the Detroit News' beat writer, Vincent Goodwill. Vincent's online coverage can be found at DetNews.com. You can also follow Vincent on Twitter at @VGoodwill. The Knee Jerks then move on to the Red Wings, as Matt Hutter makes the first of his…
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On tonight's show: We'll talk about the Lions' first win of the season with one of our favorite guests, Mike Schottey of Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/users/111184-michael-schottey), DraftTek.com, BlueAndSilverPride.com. Mike can also be found on Twitter as @Schottey. Along with the Rams game, we'll look back on the first quarter of th…
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On tonight's show: We'll talk about the Detroit Tigers and their upcoming off season with Dan Holmes (DanHolmes.com, @twebman on Twitter). Dan is a freelance writer who loves to talk baseball, especially Tiger baseball. Dan has subbed for Eno a couple of times in the past, but it's been well over a month, so he should have plenty to say! After gett…
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On tonight's show: Our guest is Adam Biggers of Sparty On (SpartyOn.Fantake.com and SpartyOn.com). We'll talk Michigan State Spartans football with Adam, including the MSU's hot start, the upcoming game with Wisconsin, life without Mark Dantonio and a little Tom Izzo. After our interview with Adam, we'll move on the latest in Detroit sports. Lions:…
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On tonight's show: Our guest is Linda McCoy-Murray of the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation. The late Jim Murray was an award winning sportswriter at Sports Illustrated, Time and most famously, the Los Angeles Times, and is acknowledged to be one of the most influential columnists in the history of the medium. Despite being struck with blindness late …
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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 start…
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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…
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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 Twit…
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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 f…
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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 …
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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. A…
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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 …
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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 seller…
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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…
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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 blogtalkrad…
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On tonight's show: With July 5th being a sort of a holiday, it'll be a short show tonight, approximately 60 minutes. No guest, just Eno and Big Al giving their opinion on the latest in Detroit sports. (Breaking just before the show is news of the death of former Red Wing and NHL heavyweight champ Bob Probert) The biggest news involving Pistons' GM …
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On tonight's show: We talk Detroit Tigers with Lee Panas (Twitter: @tiger337) of Tiger Tales (detroittigertales.com). Lee is a blogger, baseball author (His book, "Beyond Batting Average" can be ordered here: http://bit.ly/90coYF), and a member of SABR. We'll cover all things Tigers, including the 3 team race in the Central, Cliff Lee trade rumors,…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks have a special guest tonight! We talk to former MLB Dave Pallone, who became the first openly gay umpire when he came out, and the author of the 1990 New York Times best-seller "Behind the Mask," which has recently been re-released. Pallone is best known for an incident in April '88, when he was pushed by then Cinc…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks are back from a 2 week hiatus! Al's going to gut it out, doing a show 3 days after another back surgery, but you gotta play (and podcast) with pain! Our guest to start year 2 is Jay Wierenga, Pistons Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. Jay will preview the upcoming NBA draft and talk about other off-season issu…
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On tonight's show: It's the one year anniversary of our little podcast, so Eno and Big Al are bringing back some of our favorite guests to celebrate! Scheduled to appear: 7:00-7:15: Bill Ferris of The Detroit Tigers Weblog and Tab Branford, Bleacher Report featured columnist for the Chicago Blackhawks. 7:15-7:30: Jamie Samuelsen of WCSX and the Fre…
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On tonight's show: Eno is taking the night off for a family affair. (Insert Sebastian Cabot joke here) So joining Big Al on the big podcast tonight will be Dan Holmes for the 7pm hour, and Brian DuJardin and Ty Schalter in the 8pm hour. Ty is the writer of the must-read Detroit Lions blog The Lions in Winter (TheLionsinWinter.com, @lionsinwinter on…
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On tonight's show: We wrap up the Red Wings season with our insider from Bleacher Report, featured columnist Matt Hutter (http://bleacherreport.com/users/85480-matt-hutter, @MAhutter12 on Twitter). We also cover the last week of Detroit sports, including the death of Ernie Harwell, the upcoming Detroit Tigers homestand against the Yankees and Red S…
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On tonight's show: We talk Detroit Tigers with Kurt Mensching of the must read Tigers blog Bless You Boys. After Tiger talk, Eno and Big Al will discuss the latest breaking news out of the Detroit Lions' Allen Park HQ, the latest from Red Wings at the Joe (with Matt Hutter of Bleacher Report, as always), or from the Palace, home of the Detroit Pist…
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On tonight's show: We shift thru the NFL Draft carnage with our own draft guru, Michael Schottey, of Blue and Silver Pride (BlueandSilverPride.com). Mike is also a featured columnist with Bleacher Report (http://bit.ly/3MIUrN). We'll review the Detroit Lions draft along with touching on the draft as a whole. After our draft review, we'll preview ga…
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On tonight's show: We welcome back one of our favorite guests, Jamie Samuelsen of WCSX and the Detroit Free Press. We'll talk all things Detroit sports with Jamie, including the first couple weeks of Tigers baseball, the Lions and the upcoming NFL draft, the Red Wings 1st round playoff series, and who the Pistons may target as a draft lottery team.…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks preview the NHL playoffs, and specifically the Detroit Red Wings upcoming 1st round battle with the Phoenix Coyotes, with a return visit from Bleacher Report featured columnist Matt Hutter. After talking all things playoff hockey, the Knee Jerks will move on the latest and greatest in Detroit sports. Topics include…
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On tonight's show: We had scheduled two guests for tonight's Knee Jerks podcast, but one had to reschedule. But we're sure you'll enjoy our remaining guest! We'll have a preview of the 2010 Detroit Tigers' season with Bill Ferris of The Detroit Tigers Weblog (DetroitTigersWeblog.com, @Billfer on Twitter). After we spend the first hour with our gues…
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On tonight's show: The Knee Jerks talk all things NFL and the Detroit Lions with one of our favorite recurring guests, Michael Schottey. Michael covers the Lions at his new blog, Blue & Silver Pride (http://blueandsilverpride.com/), and as a featured columnist for Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/users/111184-michael-schottey). Michael al…
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On tonight's show: No guests, just Eno and Big Al pontificating about the NCAA tournament, cover the latest from Tigers' spring training,see what the Lions are up to in free agency, discuss the Red Wings' successful west coast swing and maybe, just maybe, touch on the ailing Pistons. We'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 7PM e…
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On tonight's show: With the NHL season coming down to its final weeks and the Detroit Red Wings hanging on to the 8th and final seed in the West, the Knee Jerks talk with Red Wings featured columnist Matt Hutter of Bleacher Report (http://bit.ly/Cq0up). Once we talk about the Red Wings chances to make to playoffs, we'll move on to the latest in Det…
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On today's show: A man of letters is our guest tonight. John J. Buro, the author of "Open Court: a Season with the New York Knicks" joins the Knee Jerks. In the words of the author: The book is an extremely accurate portrayal of the team, and covers the duration of Isiah Thomas’ reign as coach. The 2006-07 season is written in diary form, with date…
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On today's show: We cover the gamut in Detroit sports as it's the return of Detroit broadcasting legend Bob Page! We'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 11PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!Di The Knee Jerks
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On today's show: With the Tigers starting training camp, the Knee Jerks will talk baseball with Detroit Tigers bloggers Jennifer Cosey of Old English D (http://www.old-english-d.blogspot.com/)and Lee Panas of Tiger Tales (http://www.detroittigertales.com/). Obviously, the Johnny Damon signing, and the roster fallout his arrival causes with Carlos G…
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On tonight's show: Our good friend Paul Swaney of StadiumJourney.com makes a return appearance. Paul is going to give us the latest update as to where he stands on his quest to visit every professional sports stadium, ballpark, and arena. After we catch up with Paul, Eno and Big Al will cover the latest in Detroit sports. As you should know by now,…
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