The Knee Jerks - Eno And Big Al

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! Eno and Big Al's podcast is released every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week our guest is Sean MacDonald of Stadium Journey, who is in midst of a remarkable season-long trek to see a game in every NFL stadium in 2013. Sean talks to us from Green Bay, as he prepares to watch the Packers take on the Bears. You can track Sean's travels at his NFL Stadium Journey Facebook page and on Twitter at @NFLStadJourney. It's the first Monday of the month, so we also welcome back Bleacher Report's Adam Biggers and Adam Rants. Adam covers both Michigan and Michigan State for B/R, and brings us his unique take on the Spartans crushing the Wolverines this past weekend. In the second half of the show, Eno and Big Al wrap up MSU's win and the fallout at Michigan. The last portion of the show covers the Detroit Tigers and their hir

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!Eno and Big Al podcast is released every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! Eno and Big Al return from a two week hiatus with one of their favorite guests, former Detroit Pistons' player and head coach Ray Scott. Coach joins us in the first half of the podcast to preview the upcoming Pistons season. In the second half of the show, tjhe Jerks catch up with all things Detroit Tigers, including their loss to the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS, the outrageous hate for Prince Fielder, Jim Leyland's retirement, and the latest managerial rumors.  A extra-long podcast is wrapped up with a discussion of the Detroit Lions' miraculous win over the Dallas Cowboys, which featured a historic performance by Calvin Johnson and a gutty, game-ending, and quite possibly season changing goal line play call by Matthew Stafford. All that an

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!Eno and Big Al podcast is released every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week Big Al and Eno have a truncated episiode due to Greg's power going out!  We also welcome back Bleacher Report's Adam Biggers for Adam Rants. Adam covers the latest with Michigan and Michigan State football. After Adam, it's all Detroit Tigers and the ALDS. We talk about the Tigers' disappearing offense and outstanding starting pitching, using Jhonny Peralta in left field, second guess Jim Leyland and Tom Brookens and bitch about the awful baseball coverage on TBS. All that and more, including "Whose Birthday Is It?" and 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!Eno and Big Al podcast is released every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! The first portion of the show is a NHL Altlantic division roundtable with Bleacher Report hockey columnists  Matt Clouden (Buffalo Sabres), Ryan Szporer (Montreal Canadians) and our own Detroit Red Wings insider, Matt Hutter! In the second half of the show, Eno and Big Al tackle the latest on the Lions and Tigers. Led by Reggie Bush and Ndamukong Suh, the Lions rode a 27 point second quarter to a huge 40-32 win over the Bears to take over first place in the NFL North. The Tigers clinched the AL Central, locking themselves in as a playoff three seed. They will play the A's in the ALDS. But the Tigers took the remaining three games off, getting swept by the 100 loss Marlins, including their being no-hit on the final day of the regular season. 

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! Tonight the Jerks are joined by Tim Plum of PT Sports Games, who will discuss his line of football, hockey and basketball games and the state of the sports board game business. If you grew up playing games like Strat-O-Matic, APBA and Avalon Hill's Statis-Pro games, chances are you still play various and sundry other tabletop sports games, or have a curiosity about what the state of the business is like. Tim will clue us in, from how he turned an interest into an enterprise, and whether cards and dice can compete, in a niche sort of way, with video games and the Internet. After Tim's segment, Eno and Big Al talk Lions, specifically their 27-20 win in Washington on Sunday. Also on the docket are the Tigers as they close in on their third straight AL Central crown, another scare ofr

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week Big Al and Eno, the man who knows a lot about a lot things, talk Lions, Tigers and Red Wings. We also welcome back Bleacher Report's Adam Biggers for Adam Rants. Adam takes on the past weekend of college football, including Michigan's near loss to Akron. Topics include: The Lions lose in the Arizona desert, in typical "Same old Lions" fashion. Ndamukong Suh fined a ridiculous $100K. Mikel Leshoure wants out of Detroit. The Tigers are in fine shape as the season reaches the home stretch ... though some would have you believe a collapse is imminent. Jhonny Peralta has been welcomed back and is working out with the Tigers, but as a left fielder? Was Comerica Park's Singing Hot Dog Man fired for his anti-ketchup views? Marlins' Jose Fernandez breaks several un

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week Big Al and Eno, the man of many nicknames, talk Lions, and Tigers over 1:43. We also welcome back Bleacher Report's Adam Biggers for Adam Rants. In a longer segment than usual, Adam covers the first week perfomances of Michigan and Michigan State and the latest Johnny Manziel controversy. Topics include: The NFL buys off the player cuncussion lawsuit for relative chump change, then jump for joy behind closed doors. Lions set 53 man roster, former middle-low round draft picks catch the brunt of the cuts. The Lions are now the OLDEST team in the NFL. Tigers play awful against the A's, actually increase their division lead. Indians leave town further back than they arrived. Justin Verlander is conisitent in his inconsitentcy, giving  conspriacy theorists plenty

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! There's a ton of Detroit Lions coverage this week, starting with our Lions insider and NFL National Lead Writer for Bleacher Report, Micheal Schottey.  Michael covers everything Lions, the exhibition offensive struggles under Matthew Stafford, the kicking battle between David Akers and Harvard Rugland and what to expect from the defense. Eno and Big Al delve into the third Lions' exihibition game, a 40-9 victory over the Patriots and end the show talking Detroit Tigers. Topics include: The Lions' defense played much better, forcing four turnovers. The offense was still out of sync. More personal fouls, including Willie Young's silly taunting of Tom Brady. Reggie Bush is beomcing a force in the offense, Joique Bell outplaying Mikel Leshoure for the number two spot in th

Join your host Vito Chirco and co-host Kyle O'Connor of FiveWideSports.com for the final summer episode of FWS Live on The Sports Geeks Radio Network. This special Sunday edition is also an all-request episode, meaning that Kyle & I will take your calls and read your tweets LIVE on air starting at 11:30am ET. Interact w/ the hosts of FWS Live by calling (347) 327-9748 or by sending your Notre Dame Irish-themed tweets + your tweets about the opening weekend of CFB to @oconnorkyle or @VitoJerome. Today's Topics 1.) Is this the year that the New England Patriots w/ a healthy Tom Brady fail to make the playoffs? 2.) CFB Pick 'Em w/ Kyle O'Connor 3.) Notre Dame Irish Hot Topics 4.) Discussion of the Mt. Rushmore of funny TV characters found on FiveWideSports.com 5.) Georgia QB Aaron Murray being voted as the 1st team All-SEC QB ahead of last year's Heisman winner, Johnny Manziel. 6.) What are Manziel's chances of repeating as Heisman winner? 7.) What can be said about Lane Kiffin's decision to not name

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! In a baseball-centric episode Eno and Big Al talk Tiger and MLB, with a little Lions thrown in. The Tigers take 3 of 5 from the Royals, increase their lead in the Central. Even though he’s hitting a ton, are the Tigers doing the right thing by continuing to play Miguel Cabrera? Should they sit him at some point? Prince Fielder, divorce and public scrutiny. More Nick Castellanos rumblings. Should he be called up before the playoff roster deadline? Joaquin Benoit didn't pitch for a week. How ridiculous is it baseball’s conventional wisdom dictates you cannot use your closer unless you have a ninth inning lead? MLB to expand instant replay, but did it have to be a challenge system? Miguel Tejada is suspended 105 games for Adderall use. Ryan Braun plans to come clean on

Join your host Vito Chirco and his co-host Kyle O'Connor of FWS.com who is back after being off for a few weeks for the eighth episode of Five Wide Sports Live. Remember, you can catch new episodes of FWS Live every Saturday from 11:30AM - 1PM ET on The Sports Geeks Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio. Today's Topics 1.) Did Alex Rodriguez truly attempt to obstruct Major League Baseball's investigation of the Biogenesis Clinic scandal by having his associates obtain & leak Biogenesis documents? 2.) Was it the right move for the Philadelphia Phillies & GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. to part ways with long-time manager & the winningest skipper in club history Charlie Manuel? 3.) Has Bills rookie QB & 1st-round selection E.J. Manuel already won the QB competition in Buffalo against veteran QB Kevin Kolb? 4.) Who will Minnesota Vikings head man Leslie Frazier turn to at QB come Week 1 of the NFL season: Incumbent Christian Ponder or veteran QB Matt Cassel? 5.) After hurting his knee in practice on Wednesday,

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week is all Eno and Big Al talking Tigers, Lions and Pistons. Jhonny Peralta's 50 game suspension is official. Should the Tigers bring Peralta back? The fan base is split on the topic. Jack Clark accuses Justin Verlander and Albert Pujols of PED use, loses radio gig as a result. Cleveland fans chant "Detroit's Bankrupt" during sweep. Tigers' winning streak bulldozes Indians, take stranglehold of AL Central. The retrun of Jeremy Bonderman. Alex Avila placed on 7-day concussion DL. Lions beat Jets 26-17 in first exxhibition game. Norwegian Havard Rugland, aka Youtube sensation 'Kickalicious', impressed in his first ever football game, kicking field goals of 49 and 50 yards. 'Kickalicious; or David Akers, who you got? Pistons are reportedly in talks with

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week Big Al and Eno, the man who knows a lot about a lot things, talk Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and the NFL. We also welcome back Bleacher Report's Adam Biggers for Adam Rants. Adam takes on the latest news on the NCAA investigating Johnny Manziel. Jhonny Perlata and others involved in the Biogenesis investigation are finally being suspended. To replace Peralta, the Tigers acquire slick-fielding shortstop Jose Iglesias from the Red Sox as part of a three-way trade. Iglesias will be the Tigers' long-term shortstop, Peralta moving on in free agency after the season. The silliy fallout over Iglesias wearing the number one, out of circulation since Lou Whitaker retired. The Tigers acquire the bullpen arm they desperately neededin Astros' closer Jose Veras. The Red Wings

Join your host Vito Chirco for the sixth episode of Five Wide Sports Live without FWS.com's Kyle O'Connor for the second straight week. Remember, you can catch new episodes of FWS Live every Saturday from 11:30AM - 1PM ET on The Sports Geeks Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio. Today's Topics 11:30am ET: Sports media writer Ed Sherman of The @Sherman_Report - 1.) Expectations for Fox Sports 1's debut on August 17th and the chances of the new sports network being able to succeed in providing direct competition to the Alleged Worldwide Sports Leader, ESPN 2.) Thoughts on Fox Sports 1's advertising campaign that features the slogan of "Sports will be fun again" and whether or not the sports network will be able to live up to its commitment to make sports fun again. 3.) Method of Fox Sports 1 to poach talent directly from ESPN such as Charissa Thompson formerly of SportsNation and superb color commentator Bill Raftery formerly of the Big East on ESPN 4.) Thoughts on the format of Fox Sports 1's flagship news &

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week Big Al and Eno, the man who knows a lot about a lot things, talk NFL, the Detroit Lions, MLB and the Detroit Tigers over 1:39. Topics include: Lions head coach Jim Schwartz admitted he was humbled by last seaosn's 4-12 record. Schwartz is also confident he has his best team in four years as head caoch. There's been several season ending injuries in the first week of NFL training camp, but there's still talk from the owners of an 18 game season. More Biogenesis suspensions coming.  Former Tiger Rob Fick claims he took steriods, as did other Tigers. The actions of the BBWAA has made this year's Hall of Fame ceremony an afterthought. Umpires are making themselves the center of attnetion. Will the Tigers do anything of significance at the trade dealine being the

Join your host Vito Chirco for the fifth episode of Five Wide Sports Live without FWS.com's Kyle O'Connor, who's off for the week. And remember to catch new episodes of FWS Live every Saturday from 11:30AM - 1PM ET on The Sports Geeks Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio. Today's Topics 11:30am ET: Max Strauss of ProInterviews.org -  1.) Hot Training Camp topics - Is Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan worth the 5-year, $103.75M contract extension that was handed to him by Falcons owner Arthur Blank & GM Thomas Dimitroff? How would losing versatile WR Percy Harvin to hip surgery potentialy impact Russell Wilson & the offensive attack of the Seattle Seahawks in 2013? What's the deal w/ the retirement of former 1st rounder Sedrick Ellis & the equally surprising retirement of former Texas A&M standout WR Ryan Swopes? Noon ET: Bill Enright of FootballNation.com - 1.) Does the NFL have an image problem plus have the NE Patriots lost credibility as a model franchise? 2.) Should Pats HC Bill Belichick &

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week Big Al and Eno, the man who knows a lot about a lot things, talk Lions, Pistons, Red Wings and Tigers over 1:41. We also welcome back Bleacher Report's Adam Biggers for Adam Rants. This week Adam takes on the mess at Oakland University involving ex-women's basketball coach Beckie Francis. Topics include: The Lions release concussion prone Jahvid Best, ending his career. Has Joe Dumars turned the Pistons into a playoff team? The NLH names their divisions, announcesthe schedule, the Olympic break, playoff alignment and FIVE outdoor games. Is five outdoor games four too many? What postions will the Tigers target at the trade deadline? All that plus the Birthday Game and the Jerk of the Week!

Join your host Vito Chirco and FiveWideSports.com founder & owner Kyle O'Connor for the fourth episode of Five Wide Sports Live. Catch new episodes of FWS Live every Saturday from 11:30AM - 1PM ET on The Sports Geeks Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio.  Today's Topics 1.) Where should Cubs ace Matt Garza be dealt, and where will he eventually land? In addition, what does Cubs' President Theo Epstein need to get in return for Garza in order to put the franchise into postseason contention within the near future? 2.) With the nice pieces Epstein has been accumulating on the north side of Chicago in recent memory, when should Cubby fans expect the franchise to be contenders once again? 3.) Bold predictions for 2nd half of MLB season - How many HRs for Orioles' All-Star 1B Chris Davis? Back-to-back Triple Crowns for 2012 AL MVP & Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera? Will suspensions be handed down as part of the Biogenesis Clinic scandal? 4.) Training Camp storylines for the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins 5.) Jaw

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters, Greg Eno(aka the Voice of Reason), and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!Eno and Big Al broadcast live every Monday night at 7PM Eastern on the Sports Geeks Radio Network! This week Big Al and Eno, the man who knows a lot about a lot things, talk Lions, Pistons and Tigers. The Lions sign QB Matthrew Stafford to a 3 year extension. The Pistons bring back guard Chauncey Billups on a 2 year contract. Rasheed Wallace joins the team as an assistant coach. Pistons ink small forward and Italian League MVP Luigi Datome to a contract. The Tigers are in first place at the All-Star break, holding a better record than in 2011 and 2012.. Rickj Picello dodges missing a start due to a suspension by extending the appeal porcess, then dropping the appeal right before the All-Star break.  Rumors swirling around the Tigers' interest in Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum.  The Tigers bring back Jeremy Bonderman on a Triple-A contract. Is there a Yasiel Puig

Join your host Vito Chirco and FiveWideSports.com founder & owner Kyle O'Connor for the third episode of Five Wide Sports Live. Catch new episodes of FWS Live every Saturday from 11:30AM - 1PM ET on The Sports Geeks Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio. Today's Topics 1.) NE Patriots off-the-field troubles 2.) Matt Stafford's contract extension 3.) Public outcry regarding Colin Kaepernick wearing Miami Dolphins hat 4.) NBA offseason segment w/ Jordan Bernstein of Five Wide Sports: Discussion involving Cleveland Cavs signing of Andrew Bynum and its potential impact on the recruitment of LeBron in 2014 5.) Grading the Detroit Pistons offseason 6.) LA Lakers decision to amnesty the artist formerly known as Ron Artest 7.) Miguel Cabrera's epic 1st half and his chase for the Triple Crown with Orioles 1B Chris Davis 8.) Should Yasiel Puig be representing the LA Dodgers and the NL in the 2013 All-Star Game? 9.) AL & NL All-Star snubs 10.) Was Derek Jeter rushed back by the NY Yankees before he was ready