Madonna Rocks NY Pride - June 7, 2026

**Drew Lane** (0:00)
You're listening to the show that is not only legit, this show is Too Legit to Quit. Detroit's number one podcast is next, and it's legit.

**Drew Lane** (0:18)
Kicking off our week on the Sunday. Eli's got some sports. NBA Finals rolling on. Tigers having an interesting week.
Brandon and Marc are both out. Marc is on vacation. Brandon is having some brain fog. And I'm not sure when we'll see him back. But Jim Bentley is in the air chair.

**Jim Bentley** (0:42)
I'm ready for him back already. I'm nervous.

**Drew Lane** (0:45)
Don't be nervous. Although it might keep you on your toes.

**Jim Bentley** (0:48)
Yeah, Roberto's already pointed at something, so.

**Drew Lane** (0:51)
Roberto's in the house too. And Trudi's coming in too, so we have all kinds of backup.
Oh boy, we got a lot to cover today. This 60 minute situation is just bizarre. Scott Pelley is no longer with CBS. They did get announcements from there. Three correspondents remained there, gonna stay for the year. I wonder if those people will all pick up a nice little pay hike for sticking around.

**Jim Bentley** (1:13)
They should.

**Drew Lane** (1:15)
And then we had Luigi Mangione Friday night on Dateline. It's the first feature I've seen on this murder where they've actually talked about the health care executive that was murdered and that, you know what, he might have been an OK guy. He might not have deserved to be murdered.

**Jim Bentley** (1:31)
It only took a couple of years.

**Drew Lane** (1:33)
I can't believe nobody has talked about that. It's like Luigi Mangione just became the entire story and I thought it was really unfair to this guy but now at the end of course they had people agreeing that yes, he should have been murdered and that should be part of the discussion. I watched the Michael Jackson Netflix series they have on The Trial which is pretty interesting, pretty maddening to be honest. And then the Karmelo Anthony case is going on in Texas, not the NBA player of course but the murderer and that is pretty wild. A lot of protestors outside and it gets to kind of just stabbed a guy at a track meet who died in his twins arms and people think that the victim is the guy that stabbed him.
So a lot of craziness going on in front of the courtroom there but we'll start off with Eli in sports brought to you by Dr. Yaldo Perusual.

**Roberto** (2:27)
Dr. Yaldo Perusual, Z, My Way, and Eli Zaret Productions.

**Drew Lane** (2:35)
Ah yes, better late than never. You start with the NBA or the Tigers?

**Eli Zaret** (2:39)
Well you know, I think, I want to start by saying this. Since this is not a sports podcast per se, my role as I see it is to talk about things that non-sports fans would also find somewhat interesting. The lead story this week would be in sports that the captain of the Red Wings has asked the general manager, the former captain and the greatest living Red Wing, to trade him.
Presumably, you know, their best player, Dylan Larkin, has asked to be traded. And there's really little or no precedent here. And that is a, that's a very big story. And here's the kid who grew up in Waterford, played for local amateur programs. He played for the US. National Team, has a development program here, played at U of M, drafted in the first round in 2014 by the Wings, became the Wings' first Michigan-born captain and has five years left on his contract. And because of that, when he asked to be traded, what he's effectively saying is, get me out of here. I've had enough. It's time to go.
And, you know, regardless of the fact that unless the Wings are in cup contention, the Wings rank behind the Lions, the Tigers, Michigan, Michigan State, and maybe even the Pistons. But that's the lead story. And I think it's worth talking about.

**Drew Lane** (3:53)
Oh, it's a good story. Does this happen where a captain has to be traded very often? I mean, that's kind of rare, isn't it?

**Eli Zaret** (4:00)
In Detroit, I can't think of any other situation similar than what happened nine years ago when Justin Verlander didn't ask formally to be traded, but he was still in the prime of his career. He had led the American League in war, the majors in war the year before. He was still in his prime at 33, and basically, the team had fallen apart after the playoffs in 2014 By 2017, they're on their way to a 64-win season, and he deserved to go, wanted to go, and they traded him at the trade deadline. So he didn't ask to be traded, but here he had the best player on the team.