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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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Marc Ryan (in for Valenti again) and Rico opened the show with their reactions to the Tigers' extension of Kevin McGonigle to a long-term deal. They posed a few questions related to this topic before discussing potential foes for the Pistons in the first round of the NBA Playoffs and which they prefer. Then, the guys spent the third hour talking about the best sports rants of all time after a legendary one from Blue Jackets head coach Rick Bowness last night. They wrapped up the show with a differently framed topic relating to Kevin McGonigle's extension.
The guys got right to business to start the show, breaking down the Tigers' long-term extension of Kevin McGonigle. They asked how this changes our opinions of Scott Harris amongst the 3 positively viewed Detroit sports general managers and took your calls in response until David joined for a CFB Blitz.
Marc and Rico discussed the NBA Play-In and who they want to end up being the 8 seed, who will face the Pistons in the first round, before they wrapped the hour picking the 2025 NFL playoff teams that will not make it in 2026 and vice versa.
Marc, Rico, Kenny, and David continued their "In Football Today" from the final segment in hour 2 to begin hour 3. Then, the guys reacted to Blue Jackets head coach Rick Bowness' legendary rant from last night and had a discussion about some of the best in sports history.
The guys spent the final hour reframing their topic of the day concerning Kevin McGonigle's long-term extension with the Tigers.
The listeners chime in for the final time this show.
Marc and Rico discuss whether the Tigers or Kevin McGonigle is taking on more risk with their long-term contract extension.
The guys take your calls to hear your favorite sports rants ever.
Marc and Rico react to the legendary rant from Rick Bowness last night after the Blue Jackets were eliminated from the playoffs.
The guys continue their "In Football Today" from the previous segment.
Kenny and David join the conversation as the guys try to come to an agreement on who will make the playoffs next year that didn't make it this year and vice versa.
The people chime in on the Pistons' potential first-round opponent.
The guys react to the play-in games last night and discuss who they want the Pistons to face off against in the playoffs.
David joins the guys to talk some best and worst case scenarios for a few of the projected top-25 college football teams.
Marc and Rico take a few of your calls on their topic at hand in the first hour.
The guys discuss where Scott Harris now ranks amongst him, Brad Holmes, and Trajan Langdon.
Are you happy with the deal the Tigers made with Kevin McGonigle to keep him in Detroit long-term?
Marc Ryan (in for Valenti again) and Rico kicked off the show with their thoughts on Rich Eisen's return to ESPN and what in the sports world that is gone they miss the most. The guys spent some time talking Pistons in the second hour and why there's a lack of respect towards them going into the playoffs. Then, they discussed a couple of potential Lions additions on two separate ends of the spectrum and whether Brad Holmes should acquire them.
Stemming from a conversation about Rich Eisen's return to ESPN and SportsCenter, the guys went back and forth about the things that are no longer in the sports world they miss the most. They heard from the people before doing a "CFB Blitz" to round out the hour.
David joined the guys to begin the third hour with a list of things that were happening in the world in 2016, the last time the Red Wings made the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Then, they had a conversation about whether the Lions should draft former Miami Edge Rueben Bain if he drops to them in the first round of the NFL Draft.
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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