By Jeff Moss
DetroitSportsRag@Gmail.com
August 24, 2016

Yesterday I interviewed Eli Zaret on the weekly DSR Podcast. If you are one of the millennial members of the audience, here is a quick bio on Zaret:

• Sports anchor at WDIV-4. Hosted the Tigers pregame show on that station.
• Sports anchor at WJBK-2.
• C0-hosted a morning radio show in Detroit with Tigers 31-game winner Denny McLain.
• Hosted “The Locker Room” on AM1270 with Gary Danielson and Kirk Gibson.
• Contributed to the Pistons broadcasts on Fox Sports Detroit from 2005 to 2011.
• At one point or another, was doing sports on almost every single rock station in Detroit.
• Author

So as you can tell from that CV, we had a lot to discuss. In case you are too lazy to listen to the entire Podcast, I have isolated some of the highlights from our one-hour plus discussion.

Here you go ….

Eli on Denny McLain stiffing Al Kaline:

Eli on McLain costing him $37,000:

Eli on Jack Morris having no clue who Rod Allen was:

Eli on one of his favorite politically incorrect Sparky Anderson stories:

Eli on Rip Hamilton offering to double Zaret’s salary if he went on FSD and called for then-head coach John Kuester‘s head. And Ben Wallace trying to convince Greg Kelser to do the same sans the financial enticement:

Eli on Allen Iverson’s drunken behavior as a member of the Detroit Pistons:

Eli on Iverson’s evening at a New Orleans casino during Mardi Gras:

Eli on Joe Dumars telling him on the team plane that Rasheed Wallace had betrayed the franchise:

Eli on a rival coach’s commentary on Charlie Villanueva:

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