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**The Valenti Show**

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.

Latest Episodes:

Valenti Presents 2 Separate Lions Topics/Questions Aug 25, 2026

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Is Kerby Joseph done? Are the new Lions jerseys as hideous as people are making them out to be?

The Worst Affair Scandals In Sports History Aug 25, 2026

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Paul has Mike and Rico guess the most notorious scandals/affairs in professional sports history.

Reactions To Mike's Criticism Of Scott Harris Aug 25, 2026

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Texters and callers respond to Valenti's frustration with the Tigers' front office.

Is It Time To Start Looking At The Tigers Organization Differently? Aug 25, 2026

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Mike and Rico continue their discussion about Scott Harris and get David & Paul in on the conversation.

Valenti Is VERY Critical Of Scott Harris: "Why Isn't There More Heat On This Guy?" Aug 25, 2026

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Mike tries to make the case for why Scott Harris should be on the hot seat right now.

FULL SHOW: Monday, August 24th Aug 24, 2026

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Valenti and Rico (back from vacation) got today's show started with their thoughts on the circumstances of 49ers owner Jed York's arrest in Ohio. In the second hour, they shifted their sights and presented a question: "Are you done with the Tigers and moving onto the Lions?" They discussed this amongst themselves and then brought a bunch of the people into the conversation, eventually returning to this topic in the final hour after doing part 2 of "Can We Say That?" and more.

HOUR 1: Absurdity Of 49ers Owner Jed York's Arrest + Can We Say That? Part 1 Aug 24, 2026

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The guys just could not keep it together while reacting to the circumstances of 49ers owner Jed York's arrest in Ohio. They ended up discussing this before rounding out the hour with part 1 of "Can We Say That?"

HOUR 2: Are You Done With The Tigers And Onto Lions Football? Aug 24, 2026

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Mike and Rico spent the second hour asking whether it's time to move on from the Tigers to focus solely on Lions football ahead of the regular season.

HOUR 3: Can We Say That? Part 2 + More CFB Idiocy + Jim Costa's Interesting Twitter Video About Lions Aug 24, 2026

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The guys did part 2 of "Can We Say That?" Then, they reacted to a couple of new absurd CFB/NIL headlines and asked whether a Twitter video from Jim Costa about the Lions was stupid or dishonest.

HOUR 4: Are You Done With Tigers & Are Onto Lions? Conversation Revisited Aug 24, 2026

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The guys returned to one of their earlier topics today in the final hour and took a few more of your calls/read your texts before wrapping today's show.

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