Steve Jones Show

Wednesday 9/16/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Big 10 football is back October 24! Steve has all the latest info, including what Penn State’s schedule will now look like. Guest: Mark Wogenrich, SI.com, on many questions still needing to be answered after today’s announcement, including bowl eligibility, and practicing hours, as well as some clarifications needed on who can be at games.

Hour 2 –  Guest: Neal Coolong, USA Today/Steelers Wire, evaluating Big Ben’s play, Mason Rudolph apparently warmed up, the defense, and previewing Sunday’s game against Denver. Topics: NFL and college football ratings, and NBA ratings continue to struggle.

Tuesday 9/15/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Nebraska President caught on hot mic saying good news is coming for Big 10 football. Guest: Ben Jones, Statecollege.com, with this thoughts on what may be decided for Big 10 football, NCAA’s basketball upcoming announcement, and more.

Hour 2 –  Guest: Adam Rittenberg, ESPN College Football Reporter – he says  all of the Big 10 is all in or out to play this fall, and this issue is just one small thing for presidents to deal with during the pandemic, rapid testing will make logistics of releasing quarantining players faster, and he explains how difficult this issue has been to report on. Then Blue-White Illustrated&#8...

Monday 9/14/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Following what the next Big 10 football decision will be, and how hard this is to report.

Hour 2 –  Guest: Peter King, NBC Sports, on Brett Veach’s impact on the Chiefs, how different the season will be for him covering it, thoughts on the Steelers and more. Plus, its the return of our picks segment with The King!

Friday 9/11/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Last night‘s NFL kickoff game was a good one, but the TV ratings were down 16% – maybe because of the pregame social justice demonstrations? We assess what happened. Guest: Talor Battle, Penn State’s all-time leading scorer and new assistant coach, on his excitement to be back with the team, what he likes about returning players, and more.

Hour 2 – It’s the first edition of our high school football roundtable, and PFF’s Anthony Treash, with the prospects to watch this weekend, how prospects not playing right now are affected, and more.

Thursday 9/10/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Football is back, NCAA says no to ACC proposal on all-inclusive tourney, and when the B1G could meet again on football. Guest, Merrill Reese, the voice of the Eagles, explains what the radio broadcast will be like, we’ll see if the level of play is worse, offensive line concerns, and more.

Hour 2 –  ESPN College Football Insider Brad Edwards, on COVID testing in college football, Notre Dame playing a conference schedule, the impact of no B1G and PAC-12 football and more. Topics: More on why the ACC coaches proposed an all-inclusive NCAA hoops tourney.

Wednesday 9/9/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve says colleges need the money from an expanded NCAA tournament, reacting to Matt’s take against the ACC’s proposal to allow all D-I teams in for a NCAA hoops tourney this year.

Hour 2 –  Topics: Remembering Lou Brock, Peter King’s column on Al Michaels, and more on why Kevin Warren needs to speak up. Guest: Neal Coolong, Steelers Wire/USA Today, on Delvin ‘Duck’ Hodges being let go, Cam Heyward contract extension, Big Ben’s health, and more.

Tuesday 9/8/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Cutters and Spikes, MLB and MiLB affiliations running out soon, and Steve expresses frustration with COVID-19 reporting within certain sports like basketball that haven’t even formally practiced yet. Plus how the new rapid testing can help the sports world and college football, and Kevin Warren needs to be more vocal about playing or not playing this fal...

Hour 2 – Jody McDonald ‘Jody Mac’ from WIP, WFAN and CBS Sports Radio, remembering the late Mets grate Tom Seaver – his dad was the Mets GM at the time. He talks the kind of impact Tom Teriffic had on him as a kid, his dad’s relationship, a dumb bell story, and more. Plus, its our last set of sports trivia with the King before picks start again!

Friday 9/4/20 Hour 1 – Hear from Penn State Head Coach James Franklin from last nigh’s coach’s show, on what the team’s been up to since the postponement announcement. Guest: Dick Jerardi, Philadelphia Inquirer and Steve’s Penn State hoop’s broadcast partner, with a Kentucky Derby Preview, saying Tis The Law will be tough to beat.

Hour 2 – Topics: Steve says last night’s NBA playoff games were some of the worst last minutes of basketball he’s seen. Steve also reacts to the latest Penn State mycrocarditis reports, and what the report actually said.

Thursday 9/3/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve remembers ‘Tom Terrific’ Tom Seaver, and goes on a rant of why pitchers then didn’t have the same issues of pitchers now and why the ‘opt out trend’ will be problematic.

Hour 2 – Guest: George Robinson, The Leaf Chronicle in Tennessee who covers Austin-Peay, on their opening game with Central Arkansas, what the rest of their season looks like, Damion Barber’s impact, and more. Topics: Phillies playing well, Yankees-Rays incident.

Wednesday 9/2/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Penn State COVID test update, college hoops may start November 25, and why October 10 is the reported new target date to start Big10 football -Penn State would only need three weeks to ramp up according to Steve. Guest: Barry Abrams, ESPN, with a preview of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.

Neal Coolong, with USA Today, talks Pittsburgh Steelers and Zach Berman of The Athletic talks Philadelphia Eagles

Hour 1 President Trump’s tweet pushing to have the Big 10 play this season. The president and Kevin Warren of the Big 10 have talked by phone. What sources are saying about the possibility of a Big 10 season, and when it could start. The tests for Covid-19, costs, how they are done, how quick the turnarounds are on tests.  Penn State basketball has a coaching opening as Kevin Freeman returns...

Hour 2 – Guest: John McClain, Houston Chronicle, on the big impression of John Reid at Texans’ camp, Bill O’Brien’s growth as a head coach and more. Topics: Recapping the MLB trade deadline, Eagles injuries and owner Jeff Lurie’s press conference.

Monday 8/31/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve remembers John Thompson, his standards as a coach, how he became successful and more. Guest: Matt Leon, KYW Newsradio Philadelphia, on Jalen Reagor’s injury yesterday at Eagles camp, the Flyers’ struggles in the Islanders series, Sixers’ coaching search – including Dawn Staley as a rumored possibility.

Hour 2 – Topics: Steve further examines how the Big 10 can start football around Thanksgiving. Guest: Jim Salisbury, NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Phillies Insider, on how the Phillies came to the decision not to play vs. the Nationals yesterday, what Phillies players have been leading the social justice charge, why bullpens are weak across the majors, and the Phils’ inconsistent pla...

Friday 8/28/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Big 10 discussing possible start to the football season around Thanksgiving, and the pros and cons to that start. Guest: Nate Bauer, Blue-White Illustrated, on that possibility, how the B1G athletic directors and coaches were never really united on the postponement decision, it’ll be hard to convince the league presidents to start then, and more.