The Valenti Show

Rico came equipped with everyone's receipts from when they made their NCAA Tournament predictions. The guys reacted to them before Valenti shared why he's frustrated with Kenny Kott & Jim "Paying Customer" Costa.

The guys opened the final hour by returning to their Michigan talk from earlier. Plus, they carried over the conversation from the last segment of the third hour regarding Costa & Kenny's "dishonesty" when it comes to their belief in the Red Wings. They heard from a few more of the people before the end of the show.

Valenti and Rico read your texts and take your calls for the final time today.

The guys are curious as to why Michigan's players are acting like they were underdogs at any point this season.

The callers back Mike up in his crusade against the so-called "dishonesty" from Costa & Kenny on the Red Wings.

Valenti calls out Jim Costa and Kenny Kott for what he deems their "dishonesty" regarding their Red Wings takes.

The guys react to the predictions they made before the NCAA Tournament.

Mike and Rico take a few more of your Michigan title calls.

Valenti shares an NFL mock draft from Peter Schrager of ESPN.

Valenti and Rico hear from the people for the first time today about Michigan winning the National Championship last night.

The guys wonder if Michigan fans feel more partial towards the 2023 CFP championship or this year's NCAA Tournament win.

The guys open the show with their reactions to Michigan's National Championship win over UConn last night.

Valenti and Rico kicked off the first show of the week by sharing their immense disappointment in the Red Wings after a brutal weekend. They all took turns explaining why they're out on Yzerman, Larkin, and most of the players on the team throughout the first two hours. Then, the guys dedicated the rest of the show to both previewing and discussing Michigan-UConn in the NCAA Tournament national championship game tonight.

Mike started the show solemnly declaring the end of the Red Wings season and a willingness to come over to Kenny's side of the fold. The guys went back and forth throughout the hour, discussing whether they'll be spite watching the team through the rest of the regular season. Then, they did a college basketball "Can We Say That?" to wrap the hour.

Mike and Rico spent the second hour with a continuation of their opening topic of the day.

The guys did another "Can We Say That?" to open the third hour. Then, they began their conversation previewing Michigan-UConn later tonight.

Mike and Rico continued to preview Michigan-UConn in the final hour. They also let the people in on the conversation before Riger joined them in cross-talk to round out the show.

Mike and Rico take your final calls of the show.

The guys get into the Xs and Os of tonight's National Championship game. s

Has Dusty May cemented himself as the Curt Cignetti of college basketball?

Valenti and Rico begin to set the scene for the national championship game tonight.

The guys do a second "Can We Say That?" of the day.

Mike and Rico touch on Michigan basketball for the first time of the day in this interesting conversation.

Mike and Rico hear from a few more of the people regarding being all-out on the Red Wings this year.

The guys do a CBB-centered "Can We Say That?"

Has Yzerman/this current Red Wings team destroyed the Legacy of the franchise?

The guys let the people in on the Red Wings conversation for the first time this show.

Mike explains why he's finally come over to Kenny's side regarding the Red Wings.

Costa and Jansen, Karsch and Anderson and the Valenti Show with Rico all dive into the biggest issues surrounding the start of the 2026 Detroit Tigers season.

Costa & Jansen open up this week's Best Of The Lions with a conversation about whether the news that the Lions did not have interest in acquiring either Maxx Crosby and Trey Hendrickson bothered them. Then, Karsch & Anderson posed a question regarding the Lions' culture, Valenti & Rico react to Rod Wood's comments, and much more!

This edition of the Best Of The Valenti Show gets underway with Mike's question to both MSU/Michigan fans after last weekend's March Madness results. Then, the guys do a "Mock Draft Mania", break down the Red Wings' loss to end a brutal March, pose a Sam LaPorta-centered Lions mock trade, and ask which of 4 possibilities is most likely.

The guys began this short show following a successful Tigers' home Opening Day with their confidence levels in 4 different local sports hypothetical possibilities. They paused briefly to discuss some football and the new MLB ABS system.

Mike asks the people which of these 4 they're most confident in: the Pistons making the NBA Finals, the Tigers winning the AL Central, Michigan winning the National Championship, and the Red Wings making the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The guys discussed this before reacting to some predictions for where some NFL players who are still free agents will wind up.

Valenti and Rico offered some thoughts on Michigan-Arizona in the Final Four tomorrow night and then had a conversation about the new MLB ABS system before Riger joined them in cross-talk to wrap the show.

Mike explains why he thinks the ABS system in MLB is one of the best things to happen to sports.

Valenti and Rico have a discussion about Michigan's matchup with Arizona in the Final Four tomorrow.

Kenny joins with a list of guys who are still free agents and their predicted landing spots.

Valenti and Rico continue the conversation they started the show with.

Valenti poses 4 different local sports hypotheticals, and the guys have a discussion where they rank them 1-4.

Valenti and Rico got today's show started with a mock trade involving Sam LaPorta, discussing if they'd make the deal if they were Brad Holmes. Then, they got into their main topic of the day: who to blame (besides Yzerman) for the Red Wings collapsing again in March. The guys paused briefly from this to wonder if the Tigers should extend Kevin McGonigle long-term before they returned to the Red Wings talk in the final hour.

Mike had a Lions mock trade from NFL.com to begin today's show. The guys discussed whether they'd accept said trade if they were Brad Holmes and then offered some thoughts on a few post-free agency NFL over/unders.

Mike and Rico spent the second hour assigning blame for what we saw in March from the Red Wings.

The guys started the third hour with an "In Football Today" before spending the rest of it debating the idea of the Tigers locking up Kevin McGonigle to a team-friendly long-term deal.

Valenti and Rico rounded out the show with a reset of their Red Wings conversation.

The guys take a few more of your calls ahead of the end of today's show.

Valenti and Rico revisit their Red Wings conversation from earlier.

Valenti breaks the news that the Pirates are re-signing top prospect Konnor Griffin to a $140 million contract and asks if the Tigers should give Kevin McGonigle a similar deal.

The guys go through the biggest CFB and NFL news, including OBJ returning to Mike's Giants.

The people chime in on the Red Wings.

The guys assign blame for the Red Wings transgressions.