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Update 12/7/09: FYI regarding tonight's show! The show scheduled for 12/7 has been postponed, as one guest is sick, and Al is having plumbing issues at home...not that kind, the septic tank kind! (Trust me, you don't want to know) We are going to reschedule the NHL Roundtable for Monday, 12/21/09.--------- Please remember we're moving the show's start time from 11 PM to 9 PM as of next Monday, 12/14/09. We think it'll be more convenient for both guests and listeners! Here's our written in pencil guest list for the next few weeks: Dec. 14: Gregory Shamus, one of the best sports photographers you’ll ever know (Getty Images, Pittsburgh Penguins, Red Wings, Cleveland Cavaliers, and others); don’t forget—this will be our first 9:00 show! 12/21: NHL Central roundtable with Bleacher Report writers from Columbus, Chicago, Nashville, and St. Louis. We're doing our best to book guests every week, so please check back at the show page (or check our Twitter feed!) to see who will turn up on our next podcast! Remember, The Knee Jerks have a Twitter account for our weekly podcast! It's Twitter.com/TheKneeJerks. You'll get the latest on guest news and show reminders, so please follow! Expect bigger and better shows (and guests) as we go on, so make sure you tune in every Monday night when The Knee Jerks get down to Detroit sports business! We will continue talk all things Detroit sports every Monday night from 11PM to sometime between 12:30-1:00AM. (Hey, we like to talk!) We're working hard to bring you the best in Detroit sports talk! If you miss our live broadcast, not to worry. You can download our podcast after the fact, via our Blog Talk Radio page, RSS feed, the Zune Marketplace, and, of course, iTunes! Thanks for listening, Greg Eno and Al Beaton, aka The Knee Jerks.

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The Knee Jerks began as a popular weekly chat feature between a pair of long running Detroit sports blogs, The Wayne Fontes Experience (WayneFontes.com) and Out of Bounds (GregEno.com). The web chat morphed into an every Monday night podcast. Your hosts are layabout blogger Big Al Beaton of TWFE, aka Mr. Blogger, and prolific freelance writer Greg Eno of OoB, aka Mr. Journalist. We cover the gamut of the sports landscape, but with a Detroit slant and a Detroit attitude.

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    The Knee Jerks - Detroit Sports Talk with Eno and Big Al - Greg Shamus

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    On tonight's show (The first in our new time slot of 9 PM eastern, 8 PM central, 6 PM on the west coast and 10:30 PM in Newfoundland!): We take a slight detour on this episode of The Knee Jerks, as we talk sports photography with Greg Shamus. Greg's site, filled with tons of great NHL shots, is www.shamusphoto.com. Greg main gig is official photographer for the Pittsburgh Penguins, but we'll cut him some slack, as he is also a native Detroiter. He's a graduate of the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, and got his start working for Downriver's News-Herald newspaper. Before working with the Pens, Greg was the NBA team photographer for the New Orleans Hornets for 6 years. His freelance photography can be found all over the media and web with Getty Images. Once he move on from the shutterbug side of sports, you can expect us to touch on the latest from the Detroit Tigers' hot stove, the Lions fight for the 1st overall draft pick, the Red Wings battling back from injuries or the Pistons' struggle to mesh on the court. As always, we'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 11PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

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    The Knee Jerks - Detroit Sports Talk with Eno and Big Al - Eno & Al kill time

    On tonight's show: With the NBA on the verge of training camp, The Knee Jerks talk Detroit Pistons, and the NBA in general, with the long-time Pistons' beat writer for Mlive.com and Booth Newspapers, the esteemed A. Sherrod Blakely, who's writing can be found at mlive.com/pistons/. We'll discuss with A. Sherrod the newest Pistons, free agent signees Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva and Chris Wilcox and draft picks Austin Daye, DaJuan Summers, and Jonas Jerebko. How they'll fit in with what's left of veteran core is something all Pistons fans are wondering. We'll also ask for A. Sherrod's take on the influence of the internet on the NBA and his coverage of it, from Twitter to blogs. After our NBA talk-fest, we'll have out usual takes on Detroit sports, Eno as the "Voice of Reason," and yours truly giving his "knee jerk" opinions. We'll cover the past week of the Detroit Tigers, and their somehow managing to continue to cling onto 1st place in the AL Central, and reducing their magic number despite losing 2 of 3 from the White Sox. With the biggest Tigers series in decades starting tonight, with the Twins in town for 4 games to decide the division title, we should have plenty to discuss. We'll also tackle the latest winner in town, the 1-2 Detroit Lions, giving our thoughts, good and bad, encouraging and not so, on the Redskins victory. We'll also try to touch on the Michigan Wolverines, and QB Tate Forcier, who led the the now 4-0 Wolverines to a come from behind win over the Hoosiers. The Wolverines have a big time rivalry game coming up this weekend with the Michigan State Spartans, whom are itching to turn around their 3 game losing streak. At the end of the show, as always, we'll name our respective Jerk of the Week! Tune in at 11PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

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    The Knee Jerks - Detroit Sports Talk with Eno and Big Al - Johnny Lawrence of BR

    On today's show: Our thoughts on the past quite scary week of Detroit Tigers baseball, and also those of our guest, Johnny Lawrence. He's one of the featured Detroit Tigers columnists for the Bleacher Report (http://bit.ly/EwADQ). He also co-writes a weekly piece called "Detroit Tigers Dissector." One final Tiger connection is Johmmy is related to Tiger great Goose Goslin! Once we work our way through the Tigers' current situation, we'll move on to football, and the Detroit Lions. The Lions lost their 2nd game of the season, and 19th in a row overall, to the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, 27-13. We'll touch on everything from the struggles of rookie QB Matthew Stafford, to exactly when we think the Lions will actually do something out of the ordinary, like win a game! To close the show, as always, we'll name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 11PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

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    The Knee Jerks - Detroit Sports Talk with Eno and Big Al - Paul Kukla

    On today's show: With the Red Wings starting training camp in Traverse City this week, we Knee Jerks thought it would be a great time to talk hockey. And who better to talk hockey than today’s guest. He is one of the Internet’s blogging pioneers, the man behind the Kukla’s Korner (http://KuklasKorner.com) blogging empire, the top web destination for any fan of the NHL, Michigan’s own Paul Kukla. In addition to Paul’s main KK blog, the Korner also hosts one of the best Red Wings blogs on the web, Abel to Yzerman, along with 10 other hockey blogs. While you can find most of his writing at KK, Paul also has a column which can be found at NHL.com (http://bit.ly/14rgO7). Paul’s an avowed fan of the Red Wings, so we’ll have an early preview their coming season. Expect plenty of NHL talk in general, as who wouldn’t want to vent their spleen over the worst run league in sports, and the NHL's controversial commissioner, Gary Bettman? We'll get Paul's thoughts on the state of the sports blogosphere as well! After speaking with the Godfather of hockey blogging, we'll move on to the hottest topics in Detroit sports, including: The past week of the Detroit Tigers, from their 5 game losing streak, to the sudden need for a 5th starter (it's going to be Eddie Bonine, but still...) due to injuries to Jarrod Washburn, Armando Galarraga and Nate Robertson. Let's not forget football, both Wolverines and Lions style. We'll discuss Michigan's huge win over the evil empire known as Notre Dame, and the Lions suffering their 18th consecutive loss at the hands of Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. Along with Red Wings, Tigers, Lions and Wolverines talk, we'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 11PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

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    The Knee Jerks - Detroit Sports Talk with Eno and Big Al - Jim Brandstatter

    On tonight's show: It's a Detroit Lions/Michigan Wolverines talkfest with our very special guest, Jim Brandstatter! As anyone listening to our show should already know, Brandstatter is a Michigan institution, spending the last few decades as the color analyst for both the Detroit Lions and Michigan Wolverines on their radio networks. Brandstatter, a former All-Big Ten lineman for the Bo Schembechler era Wolverines, is also the long-time host of the Michigan football coach's show, now known as "Inside Michigan Football," and of "The Rich Rodriguez Radio Show." He's written 2 books about the Wolverines and the Big House, "Tales from Michigan Stadium" and "Tales from Michigan Stadium: Volume II." We'll preview with Brandstatter the upcoming Detroit Lions season and discuss the Michigan Wolverines Big Ten chances. We're sure Brandy will have plenty to say regarding the latest Rich Rodriguez controversy (or non-controversy, depending on the findings of an investigation) happening in the shadow of the Big House! After our interview with the voice of the Lions and Wolverines, we'll cover the past week of the Detroit Tigers, including our thoughts as to the Tigers' playoff chances. We'll also talk more Lions, including our takes on Matthew Stafford being named the starter under center. To close the show, we'll also name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 11PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

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    The Knee Jerks - Detroit Sports Talk with Eno and Big Al - Marty Appel

    On today's earlier than normal Jerks: The Knee Jerks go on a literary bent as we have our first author on the show! Our special guest is Marty Appel, author of a new Doubleday book about former Yankees catcher, 7 time All-Star and 1976 AL MVP Thurman Munson, "Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain." Marty was the Yankees Public Relations Director when Munson was starring for the team, and later went on to produce Emmy Award winning telecasts of their games. Appel also co-authored Munson's bestselling autobiography, along with 16 other books. Today he appears frequently on YES Network, ESPN, MLB and HBO. After we discuss the life and times of one of the best catchers of his era, we'll give our thoughts on the past week of the Detroit Tigers as they head into the final weeks of the pennant race. We'll also cover the latest news from Detroit Lions' Allen Park HQ, including rants regarding their 3rd exhibition game against the Colts. We'll touch on the latest from Red Wings at the Joe, or from the Palace, home of the Detroit Pistons. To close the show, we name our respective Jerk of the Week! Be here at 11PM every Monday night for the latest and greatest in sports talk...sports talk with a Detroit attitude!

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