Mike Valenti

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Mike Valenti (born October 24, 1980) is the co-host of The Sports Inferno, a show on WXYT-AM 1270 in Detroit, Michigan.

A 26-year old graduate of Michigan State University, Valenti originally hails from Troy, New York. His co-host of the Sports Inferno is Central Michigan University grad and Detroit News columnist Terry Foster.

On Monday, September 25th, 2006, following a Michigan State University football loss against Notre Dame -- a game in which his alma mater inexplicably blew a sixteen point 4th quarter lead -- Valenti went off on a forty-five minute on air tirade ripping into his beloved Spartans for their poor showing. Highlights of the "rant" include Valenti's plea to head coach John L. Smith to recognize that "timeouts are not like cell phone minutes - they don't carry over," scathing criticism of offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin's decision to have Drew Stanton "run the option in Hurricane Katrina," and a desire for defensive coordinator Chris Smeland to be replaced by H.R. Pufnstuf with Teddy Ruxpin as his assistant.^[1]

Valenti received great national exposure after his "rant" was posted on various sports message boards throughout the country leading to his being interviewed by Sports Illustrated's Austin Murphy.