The Knee Jerks Podcast - Eno, Nick and Big Al

The Knee Jerks Podcast - Eno, Nick and Big Al

Greg Eno, Nick Milanovich and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks! The Knee Jerks Podcast has been on the sports beat for more 14 years, always with a Detroit attitude!

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April 23, 2024 121 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week we welcome Keith Gave back to the show. Keith is a former Detroit Red Wings beat writer for the Free Press and the author of several hockey books, which can be found on Amazon

Keith joins us for a Red Wings season post mortem.  We discuss the state of GM Steve Yzerman's Yzerplan and how the team narrowly missed the playoffs, what c...

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Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

Nick is off this week, so it's an old school show with Greg and Big Al talking all things Detroit sports. 

Topics include: 

After a horrific March, the Red Wings find themselves in dogfight with 3 other teams for the final wild card.

If the season ended today, the Red Wings would be the playoff 8 seed.  This franchise NEEDS to make the playoff...

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March 26, 2024 141 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week, our special guest is John J. Miller, author of “The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved
Football.” 

We discuss John's book, which takes a deep dive into the violent, nearly lawless days of late 19th century football and the public outcry which almost led to the sport being banned. But thanks to President Theodore Roosevelt’s interv...

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March 12, 2024 33 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week we welcome back an old friend of the show, EMU head football coach Chris Creighton. 

Coach joins us after the first day of spring practice to talk all things Eastern Michigan Eagles, including the status of the roster, the latest renovations to Rynearson Stadium and the soon to be christened "Maxx Crosby Field," the Creighton coachin...

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February 27, 2024 123 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week we cover the Detroit sports gamut - Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers and Lions. 

Topics include: 

It was a crazy night in Chicago as the return of  Patrick Kane and his game winning OT goal overshadowed the jersey retirement of Chris Chelios.

The Red Wings are are flying high, owners of a 5 game winning streak and well situated to not only...

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February 13, 2024 127 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week we welcome back our NBA stats guru Siddy Hall to discuss all things Pistons...as bad as they may be. Siddy opines on the record losing streak, the release of Killian Hayes, GM Troy Weaver's blowing up the roster to obtain a "bunch of guys" at the trade deadline, Monty Williams odd rotations which buried Jalen Ivey for far too long, a...

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January 30, 2024 131 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

The Detroit Lions heartbreaking loss to the San Francisco 49ers and the resulting fallout dominates our discussion this week, for obvious reasons. We also touch on the latest news involving the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers and Michigan Wolverines. 

This week's topics include: 

The Lions found themselves 30 minutes away from their first Su...

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January 16, 2024 143 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

If you are a fan of the National Champion Michigan Wolverines and playoff winning Detroit Lions, this past week featured the best football of your lifetime. So lets talk about it!

Upcoming guests: January 30 will be a two for the price of one episode. One of our favorite guests, Eastern Michigan head football coach Chris Creighton, will join u...

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January 3, 2024 117 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

We welcome the new year with a new episode of The Knee Jerks! 

Upcoming guests: Our NBA stats guru Siddy Hall joins us on 01/30. One of our favorite guests, Eastern Michigan head football coach Chris Creighton, is also on the schedule. 

This weeks topics include: 

The Detroit Lions clinched the NFC North and are in the playoffs! It's their fir...

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December 20, 2023 128 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week we take a deep dive into the mental part of sports as we interview sports psychologist Mike Margolies. Mike is the author of "The Athlete within You" and has been a practicing Sport Psychology Consultant for 40+ years, having trained people and athletes of all ages, including Olympians, professionals and amateur athletes in most spor...

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December 6, 2023 126 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week we cover the gamut in Detroit sports, discussing the Detroit Lions' Chicken Little fanbase, ask if the Detroit Pistons will ever win again, ponder where Patrick Kane fits in the Detroit Red Wings' Yzerplan, praise the Detroit Tigers for locking down AJ Hinch and determine if thinking both Florida State got screwed and Alabama deserve...

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November 22, 2023 122 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

We'd like to apologize for the longer than expected hiatus. As it tends to do, life got in the way. But The Knee Jerks are back with a jam packed episode featuring two guests.

Our first guest is author Keith Gave, retired Detroit Red Wings beat writer and columnist for the Detroit Free Press. 

In a wide raging discussion, Keith talks about his...

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September 27, 2023 112 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

Between the Lions' fast start, the Tigers and Miguel Cabrera playing out the string and the latest on the Yzerplan, there's plenty on this weeks agenda. 

First, a programming note: The Jerks will be on a short hiatus, as Al will be out of town. But we'll be back on Tuesday, October 24 with special guest Keith Gave. Keith is a former Red Wings ...

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September 12, 2023 104 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks! 

It's a threesome this week (Greg's words) as Eno, Nick and Big Al talk the latest in Detroit sports. Two topics dominated, which we cover in-depth. 

This week we discuss: 

Tuck is no longer comin'. Michigan State suspended head football coach Mel Tucker without pay while MSU investigates allegations that he sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, a r...

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August 30, 2023 123 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

Greg is back from his tour of the state of Michigan. So the three headed monster known as The Knee Jerks are back in full force to discuss the latest in Detroit sports. 

One programming note - The Knee Jerks Podcast is back to recording twice a month, with a new show released every other Tuesday night. 

This week our topics include:

With the e...

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August 17, 2023 124 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

Greg is happily on vacation wandering throughout the state of Michigan in his RV, so Nick and Al pardner up for hot topics, tangents, and the Jerk of the Week. Greg will be back in two weeks!

This week our topics include:

Recently traded Michael Lorenzen throws a no-hitter for the Phillies. All you can do is laugh!

RIP Jim Price.

A semi-mea cu...

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August 3, 2023 127 mins

Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

It's a new era of The Knee Jerks Podcast as Nick officially joins the show as the Third Jerk! 

This week our returning guest is Detroit Red Wings broadcaster Ken Kal. Ken joins us for his annual Red Wings season preview, discussing the Wings off season moves, updates us on his off season activities, and tells more stories about his longtime co...

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July 6, 2023 147 mins

Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

We apologize for the extra long hiatus, but The Knee Jerks are back and celebrating 14 years of podcasting! Yes, 14 years!

First off, our 3rd Jerk, Nick Milanovich, joins the festivities. 

We also welcome back two of our favorite and longest tenured guests, Bob Page and Ray Scott!

Bob joins us to give his always pertinent thoughts on the Tigers, R...

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May 17, 2023 113 mins

Detroit sports bloggers and podcasters Greg Eno and Big Al Beaton are The Knee Jerks!

In our last podcast before we celebrate our 14th anniversary as The Knee Jerks, we run the Detroit sports gamut. This week is all things Lions, Red Wings, Tigers and Pistons. You'll also get our real time reaction to the Pistons' worst case draft lottery scenario coming to fruition.

This weeks topics include:

The Lions 2023 draft class ignites a m...

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April 20, 2023 141 mins

After a month's hiatus due to Al's travels,  Eno and Big Al are back spewing HAWT TAEKS on a new episode of The Knee Jerks Podcast. It's good to be back, and we very much appreciate your patience with our sometimes irregular schedule.

For even more hot takes, subscribe to Greg's new Substack newsletter!

Speaking of hot takes,we welcome back NBA Stats Guru

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