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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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Mike and Rico talk about last weekend in the NFL in "Can We Say That?" and "Lie or Truth" segments. Then, they react to Dylan Larkin's comments to the media and discuss Valenti's famous MSU-Notre Dame rant on its 20th anniversary.
Each of the 97.1 The Ticket shows spent their opening segments on Friday discussing the Lions' 41-31 loss in week 2 to the Bills.
Valenti and Rico spent the final show of the week, as you can imagine, breaking down everything about the Lions' lackluster performance against the Bills last night on Thursday Night Football.
Mike and Rico dove right into the Lions' 41-31 loss to the Bills last night to begin the show. They assigned blame for the loss and were highly critical of a few people, mainly Brad Holmes, for causing another defense disasterclass. Then, the guys did the Prop Bet Casino to round out the first hour.
Mike and Rico continued their ongoing Lions-Bills discussion, assigning blame for the embarrassing loss last night. They took more of your calls throughout this hour.
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