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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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Valenti and Rico spent the opening hour with a discussion about the Tigers' signing of Framber Valdez to a massive 3-year deal before reacting in real time to the highly anticipated news that Tarik Skubal won the arbitration battle. They rolled with these topics up until the third hour, where they got in some thoughts about the Pistons doing nothing ahead of the NBA Trade Deadline. Then, the guys wrapped up the show with their final thoughts and your final calls on the two main topics.
Mike and Rico began the show with their thoughts on the Tigers' signing of Framber Valdez to a big 3-year deal. In the next segment, they reacted in real time to the breaking news that Tarik Skubal won the arbitration battle before David joined with a list of the most surprising personnel moves in Detroit sports history.
The guys spent the second hour offering some more thoughts on the Tigers signing Valdez and losing their arbitration battle vs. Tarik Skubal. They heard from the people throughout the hour as well.
David joined again to share the biggest news stories this week in 2006, the last time the city of Detroit hosted the Super Bowl. Then the guys dished on the Pistons' decision to stand pat at the deadline.
Valenti and Rico put a bow on today's show with some final thoughts on their top 2 topics of the day.
Valenti and Rico take your final calls of the show on the Pistons doing nothing at the deadline and the Tigers losing their arbitration battle vs. Skubal.
The guys discuss where the Pistons go from here after they stayed put at the deadline.
Mike shares his frustrations regarding the Pistons making no moves ahead of the NBA trade deadline.
From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' (subscribe here): One was a huge deal. One was a somewhat unexpected deal. Nonetheless, the signings of Framber Valdez (Tigers) and Isiah Kiner-Falefa (Blue Jays) were interesting enough to elicit plenty of reaction and analysis from Bradfo in this BIB on the Go.
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David joins with the biggest news from this week in 2006, the last time Detroit hosted the Super Bowl.
Was this the big Detroit sports move we've been waiting for?
Mike and Rico expand on their reactions to Tarik Skubal winning his arbitration case against the Tigers and take some more of your calls.
With the NBA Trade Deadline about to end, David joins with a list of surprising Detroit sports moves over the year.
The people chime in on the Skubal/Tigers conversation via your texts and calls.
The guys react in real time to the result of the arbitration hearing between Skubal and the Tigers.
The guys react to yesterday's big news of the Tigers signing former Astros SP Framber Valdez to a huge 3-year, $115 million deal.
Valenti and Rico kicked off the show with a "Something or Nothing" regarding Kerby Joseph's injury. They transitioned into some Tigers talk in the second hour, where they discussed who they're rooting for in the arbitration battle with Tarik Skubal. The guys covered some Pistons trade talk before revisiting all of today's topics in the final hour.
The guys began the show with a quote from former NFL team doctor Dr. David Chao, who offered a bleak update regarding Kerby Joseph's injury. Then, they guessed the top-10 selling NFL jerseys on an "In Football Today".
Mike and Rico discussed who they want to win the Skubal/Tigers arbitration hearing to open the second hour, before reacting in live time to the news of former Rangers LW Artemi Panarin being traded to the Kings.
David joined at the top of the third hour for a Super Bowl "By The Numbers". Then, the guys spent the rest of the hour wondering what the Pistons need to do in the aftermath of the Cavs trade for James Harden.
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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