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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.
The guys did "The Picks" before celebrating the 20th anniversary of Valenti's "The Rant" in 2006.
The guys shared more thoughts and heard from more people in the final hour of today's show. Then Wojo and Riger joined them for cross-talk.
Valenti and Rico begin the final hour with a continuation of their Lions discussion.
A lot has changed in college football since Valenti's MSU-Notre Dame rant in 2006.
Mike reflects on it being the 20th anniversary of his MSU-Notre Dame rant.
The guys predict this weekend's NFL and college football games.
Mike and Rico hear from more of the people on the Lions' loss last night to the Bills.
The guys assign blame for the overall defensive ineptitude last night and last week against the Saints.
Mike's extremely confident in this one player for this week's "Prop Bet Casino" picks.
Mike and Rico hear from a few fed-up Lions fans.
The guys continue to crush the Lions, and specifically Brad Holmes, for his incompetence as GM since 2024. Plus, they begin to hear from the people who are equally frustrated.
Valenti and Rico react to the Lions' rough showing in Buffalo against the Bills last night.
Kickoff with Boomer Esiason and Mike Valenti: Week 1 reaction, Josh Allen's MVP performances, and Week 2 picks
Valenti and TJ Lang (in for Rico) spent the majority of today's show with their reactions to what Dylan Larkin (didn't) have to say during his comments to the media today. They heard from a bunch of equally frustrated Red Wings fans while they also mixed in some Lions talk ahead of their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Bills.
Mike and TJ jumped right into Dylan Larkin's comments to the media today, in which he refused to address his trade request from the Red Wings earlier this offseason. They closed out the first hour with some NFL takes and whether each was an overreaction or no reaction.
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