The Knee Jerks Podcast - Eno, Nick and Big Al

Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week The Knee Jerks Podcast celebrates 13 years of Greg and Al ranting about Detroit sports by bringing back one of our oldest friends and one of our newest. We open with a long-time friend of the show, former NBA/ABA player, front office exec, head coach and now published author, Ray Scott. Coach's new memo...

Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week we welcome back another old friend of the show - Getty photographer Greg Shamus. Greg has had an adventurous few years while shooting some of the biggest events in sports, including Super Bowl LVI and the 2022 Masters. Greg talks of dealing with the new normal of COVID protocols, shooting in empty stadi...

Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week we welcome Ike Blessitt to the show. Ike played for the Detroit Tigers in 1972, and has a long history in the game at every level. Ike has battled through numerous hardships , including his being blackballed by MLB due to an incident with Billy Martin and dealing with baseball's institutional racism and...

Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week we welcome the return of a very old friend of the show - Micheal Schottey , head of content for The 33rd Team , a football think tank featuring contributions from NFL head coaches, GMs, and executives. Mike gives us his thoughts on the upcoming NFL Draft, along with insider info on players and team draf...

Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! An interview 13 years in the making, long-time Detroit sports broadcaster Matt Dery joins the show. After being a daily presence on Detroit sports radio for many, many years, Matt now hosts the Locked on Lions and Pistons Pod podcasts. Matt talks about his post radio life and has plenty to say about the Lions, Pi...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week's topics include: The QB carousel spun out of control over the past 2 weeks, giving even more credence to the NFL being a QB first, last and always league. There are 32 NFL teams. There aren't 32 legitimate starting QBs, which leads to desperate teams doing desperate things. The Cleveland Brow...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week's topics include: Aaron Rodgers' new mega-deal with the Packers and the Seahawks trade of Russell Wilson to the Broncos for a king's ransom in draft capital is just more proof the NFL is a QB first, last and always league. Falcons wide out Calvin Ridley was suspended 1 year for gambling on NFL...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week's topics include: The Stat Guy, Siddy Hall, opens the show. He gives us his thoughts on Pistons' GM Troy Weaver's trade deadline moves - dealing for Marvin Bagley III while Jerami Grant remained a Piston. According to Stephen A. Smith, the NBA dunk contest was a "national atrocity."  Hyperbole...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week it's all Eno and Big Al. Topics include: Lou Whitaker's number will be retired by the Tigers. It's long overdue. MLB owners refuse to act in good faith, request federal mediation despite refusing to negotiate with the MLBPA, who aren't buying their BS. Lions name a new offensive coordinator, a...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week The Stat Guy, NBA guru Siddy Hall. joins the show. Siddy gives his thoughts on the current state of the Pistons rebuild, Jerami Grant at the trade deadline possibilities, Cade Cunningham and the rest of the team's young core, and gives us a few interesting pieces of stat trivia. The second hal...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week we welcome a special guest, Ron Mott Ron, formerly a regular contributor to Today, NBC Nightly News, and MSNBC, now runs a passion project, the sports newsletter SPORTSOPOLY. In a wide ranging discussion, Ron talks about his past as a broadcast journalist, the future of journalism, his pivot t...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! The year may be coming to an end, but The Knee Jerks will go on and on, covering all things Detroit sports. This week's topics include: Everyone and everything, especially sports, have been adversely affected by the omicron COVID variant. The NHL has been far more cautious compared to the NFL and NBA, w...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! We're back after a short pre-holiday hiatus with the Tigers, Lions and college football on an overstuffed menu. This week's topics include: Tigers fans wanted free agent Carlos Correa as their new shortstop. But the Tigers didn't want to pay Correa's 10yr/$300M plus price tag, so the fans get Javier Bae...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! With an 0-17 season a distinct possibility, this week's podcast is Detroit Lions-centric, with a little Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers thrown in the mix, This week's topics include: The Lions are 0-8 at the bye, ,and 0-17 is now on the menu. Dan Campbell butchers clock management, admits he was out coach...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week has a heavy hoops slant as The Knee Jerks are joined by NBA super fan and stats guru Siddy Hall for a Pistons preview. We talk advanced metrics, Troy Weaver's pluses and minuses as a GM, Killian Hayes, Isaiah Stewart, Jerami Grant's usage,  the NBA past and present, amongst other hoops topics....

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! This week we welcome back the head football coach for Eastern Michigan University, Chris Creighton.  In a wide ranging discussion, Coach gives us his thoughts on the Eagles' season to this point, the performance of new QB Ben Bryant, working with the transfer portal, and new head basketball coach Stan H...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! As autumn is upon us, The Summer of The Knee Jerks comes to an end. As does the Detroit Lions season, thanks to their 0-2 start.  This week features a ton of Lions discussion, with a little Detroit Tigers added as a palate cleanser. Topics include: To no one's surprise, save for a segment of the fan bas...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! The Summer of The Knee Jerks was nearly derailed by life and Mother Nature, forcing us to miss a show. But we return with vengeance, featuring a very special guest - long time Detroit Red Wings play-by-play broadcaster Ken Kal. Ken previews the coming season and talks of the difficulties broadcasting ho...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!   The vaxxed and masked Summer of The Knee Jerks continues with talk of Chris Ilitch committing to spend real money in free agency, Cade Cunningham hype, Dan Campbell being the human embodiment of a Red Bull, the pissing match continues as Megatron and the Lions bicker more than Ralph and Alice Kramden...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!   There's plenty to cover during this Summer of The Knee Jerks, including the NFL vs. anti-vaxxers (for once, we're actually rooting for the NFL), Steve Yzerman going HAM on the rest of the NHL, Texas and Oklahoma exit the BIG 12, turning it into a mid-major conference overnight, and the Tigers finding...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!  We decided to take a little time off during our Summer of The Knee Jerks. Our short hiatus ends with a ton of Pistons and Tigers draft discussion. This week's topics include: This week's topics include: The Pistons tank worked! They own the 1st pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, and a possible generational pl...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!  It's the summer of The Knee Jerks, so we're bringing back our favorite guests! This week features the return of former Detroit Pistons player and head coach Ray Scott. The former NBA Coach of the Year has been working on a book (which should drop next fall) and has plenty on his mind when it comes to h...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!  It's the summer of The Knee Jerks, so we're bringing back our favorite guests! It's been far too long since we've had legendary Detroit and New York City broadcaster Bob Page on the show. Bob goes in-depth into the demise of No Filter Sports, the podcast he co-hosted along with Denny McClain and Eli Za...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!  This week we welcome a special guest - Stan Heath, reigning NBA G-League coach of the year and new head men's basketball coach at Eastern Michigan University. In a wide ranging discussion, Stan talked about his past as a player, assistant and head coach at the mid-major and Power 5 level, including app...

Long-time Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! Along with the Birthday Game and the Jerk of the Week, this week's topics include: Since the mid-April sweep of the Astros, the Tigers are a dismal 2-15 with both the worst offense and overall record in MLB There is not a single bat on the current roster remotely capable of carrying the Tigers' offense...