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The Valenti Show with Rico is Detroit’s must-listen daily sports show — where strong opinions meet smart analysis. Hosted by Mike Valenti and Rico Beard, The Valenti Show brings unfiltered takes on the biggest national stories and dives deep into all-things-Detroit sports: the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings, Michigan and Michigan State. Whether it's NFL drama, playoff stakes or college football storylines, Valenti and Rico tell it like it is — no fluff, no fan service, just real talk. Catch The Valenti Show with Rico live Monday through Friday 2pm - 6pm EST on 97.1 The Ticket (WXYT). Full episodes, individual hours and show highlights drop daily wherever you get your podcasts.
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Costa & Jansen begin this week's Best Of The Lions with their thoughts on how the Lions need to approach addressing their O-Line issues in this year's draft. Then, Karsch & Anderson and Valenti & Rico question the usage of 1-year deals from Brad Holmes.
Valenti and Rico kicked off the final show of the week with their reactions to how both Michigan and MSU fared in their first round matchups in the NCAA Tournament. The guys debated the worst decisions a sports coach could make before they revealed if the Red Wings have pulled them back in after their big win against the Canadiens last night. In the third hour, they previewed some big games yet to come in the Round Of 64 and played "Who Said It?"? They concluded the show discussing how far Michigan & MSU will end up going in March Madness.
Mike and Rico spent the first segment of the show giving their thoughts on Michigan + MSU's wins yesterday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Then, this conversation was upended by the guys' live reactions to Santa Clara not fouling up 3 and allowing Kentucky to tie and eventually win their game in OT. They asked if this move is the worst a coach can make in all of sports.
The guys were joined by their resident Hockey Elite, Kenny, to break down the Red Wings' win against the Canadiens last night and whether this should give us hope in the team as they enter the stretch run of the season ahead of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.,
The guys discussed some of the matchups they were most excited about later on in the day. Then, they played this week's "Who Said It?" before they gave a live NCAA Tournament update.
Valenti and Rico put a bow on today's proceedings with their thoughts on how both Michigan and Michigan State played in the first round and how this does (or doesn't) change their predictions for how far they will go. They took a few of your calls and read some texts before wrapping up.
Valenti and Rico communicate with the people, who respond to their question regarding what round Michigan and Michigan State will make it to in the NCAA Tournament.
How far will Michigan and Michigan State basketball go in the NCAA Tournament?
The guys go through some of the biggest NCAA Tournament matchups that will occur later in the day.
The guys hear from the people regarding belief in the Red Wings.
Kenny joins the guys for a conversation about the Red Wings, discussing whether they'd buy back in.
The guys, still confounded over Santa Clara not fouling up 3 with just seconds to go, wonder if that decision is the worst a coach can make.
Is not fouling when up 3 in basketball the worst move a coach can make?
Mike and Rico give their thoughts on the convincing wins from Michigan and Michigan State, plus some other surprising results in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Valenti and Rico kicked off this March Madness Thursday with their reactions to the news that Cade Cunningham has a collapsed lung and will miss a few weeks. They discussed their cause for concern with the Pistons before Mike had some complaints about some play-by-play guys which sparked a conversation about their least favorite commentators. The guys recapped March Madness games throughout the show before resetting today's topics in the final hour.
The guys began today's show with their thoughts on the news that Cade Cunningham has a collapsed lung and will miss an extended period of time. Then, they gave the people an update on the latest in the NCAA Tournament.
Valenti and Rico dedicated the second hour to a conversation about their least favorite sports play-by-play commentators before the people chimed in with their own.
David joined for another update on the latest NCAA Tournament scores/results. Then, Mike offered a couple of Lions free agent targets before they went over some March Madness games to watch later on in the day.
Mike and Rico wrapped the show concluding each of today's topics along with updating the people on some more results in the ongoing March Madness Round Of 64 games.
Mike asks if Kevin Zeitler or Joey Bosa would help improve the Lions going into the 2026 season.
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Ricos takes are dumb
Skip made millions out of being a troll
Rico, love the podcast. However, what is with the Exorcist-type music that plays about every two or three minutes? Very weird.
Evan's audio sounds great.
I like this pod. I do have to ask though ... did Always Aggravated kick it when Sully left?
I felt this in my soul. We moved in to our new house three months ago. DIY all over the place. The last three months have been a cocktail of sweat, swearing and self-sabotage.
I came here to listen about the Andre Drummond trade not about the shity ass Spartans
This is exactly how I feel. I kept wondering yesterday if I was a psycho for not crying over this like my friends. Good to know I'm not alone.
Now last week's remarks on UM vs Army. 🙏🏻
So are we just done podcasting daily segments or what.
My Florida State fan wife scheduled our wedding on Ohio State's bye week in '14 (I'm from central Ohio, as was my whole side of the wedding) because she didn't want everyone watching their phones. One of my groomsmen is a UM fan so that was one of many setbacks for him that season. We went to school in Indiana so our IU friends were there, but not even they cared about Hoosier football. The one downside was missing the 61-58 Baylor-TCU game. It was a good year. Wife in October, title in January.
have you been paying attention at all? I'm going to answer that for you. No. not even a lil bit.
Definitely aren't Columbus. Columbus didn't have a terrible recession 😂
This is just a Michigan hate segment