Steve Jones Show

Tuesday 8/11/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve says it would’ve been better for the Big 10 to wait before deciding to cancel fall sports, and he’ still surprised by the decision, and has all the reaction from the Big 10, Penn State, and more. Guest: Matt Leon, KYW Newsradio Philadelphia, on the Sixers struggles and notable injuries, Carter Hart’s play, the Phillies insanely bad bul...

Hour 2 – Guest: Mark Wogenrich, SI.com, he says Penn State has created a ‘really good bubble’ since players returned, and Pat Freiermuth even mentioned he forgot about COVID while practicing, and he questions what are presidents and commissioners seeing now to stop college football.

Monday 8/10/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve says the players and parents feeling comfortable with playing this year should say something.  Guest: Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press- he confirmed Dan Patrick’s report of no B1G football – he says we’ll see who’s the power broker with the decision, academia or athletics? Plus, players still fear retaliation for opting out, and 2...

Hour 2 – Guest: PIAA Executive Director Bob Lombardi joins the show following the PIAA’s decision to delay the start of fall sports by two weeks. He says the PIAA ‘doesn’t want conflict’ with the governor, instead ‘let’s put our thinking caps on’ for our young people.’ He says the PIAA is also 100% opposed to having no fans at games, and a lot...

Friday 8/7/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve says he expected today’s PIAA decision to delay the start of fall sports, Penn State football starts practice, and Steve isn’t panicking on where the sports world is on managing COVID-19. Guest: Penn State historian Lou Prato, on Penn State football playing through the Spanish Flu pandemic, politics within the locker room at that time, and muc...

Guests- Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on the PGA Championship and the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Phil Steele of ESPN talks about college football.

Topics- Penn State preseason ranking; Micah Parson’s announcement regarding 2020 season and 2021 NFL draft; Beaver Stadium guidelines during COVID-19;  Governor’s recommendation about high school sports.

Hour 2 Adam Purdy on the Purdy Memorial Golf Tournament that Steve is broadcasting from. Talked about the MLB season so far, which is about a quarter of the way done. MLB has played more games than the NHL and NBA combined. Penn State’s football schedule for this fall, and how the teams look that they are playing

Hour 1 Talked about Penn State’s Micha Parsons and other players opting out of football this fall, Penn State’s linebacker situation, and the Nittany Lions’ football schedule as it stands now.  Andrew Marchand of ESPN on on-air broadcast teams, including for Monday Night Football, and ABC wanting the Super Bowl, and his opinion of the in-studio play-by-play in games being covered...

Hour 2 – Guest: Brandon Gaudin, BTN, on why there’s still no B1G football schedule, how doing the Madden game has helped him prepare to possibly call games in a studio or with no fans, and his views on B1G basketball for next season. Plus, Steve Engle from Purdy Insurance previews tomorrow’s Truman H. Purdy Memorial Golf Tournament.

Tuesday 8/4/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve has a B1G football schedule update, and what other NFL teams are doing about fans in the stands. Guest: Jim Jackson, NBC Sports Philadelphia Flyers Broadcaster/Phillies Radio Network, with praise for Carter Hart in the Flyers goal, the team’s hot restart, and he says the MLB ‘had to’ implement the 7-inning rule.

Hour 2 – Who most baseball fans would rather see at bat, and Steve thinks PAC-12 players overstepped their boundaries on other people trying to make a living.

Monday 8/3/20 Hour 1 – Topics: We react to the PAC-12 player demands not to boycott this football season, and Steve’s perceptions on the NBA and NHL bubbles and MLB virus problems. Guest: Emily Giambalvo, The Washington Post, with her analysis of the PAC-12 players demands, worries of administrators of the power players have, players signing waivers, and more.

Hour 2 – Topics: Steve reacts to newest Iowa football racial report, what should and shouldn’t matter about players conducting themselves on and off the field, and more. Plus, its weekly sports trivia with ‘The King!’

Friday 7/31/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Cardinals-Brewers postponed, what continues to go wrong for MLB, and Steve wants to know why minor league players still haven’t been used yet. Plus, the NBA is back. Guest: Former Penguins Reporter Bob Grove, previewing the Pens-Habs series, who’ll start in goal, and a look around the rest of the NHL as the play-in games start this weekend.

Hour 2 – Guest: Dennis Dodd, CBS Sports, on Big 12 and PAC-12 football scheduling, ACC and Notre Dame scheduling, and more. Plus, the SEC announces 10 -game conference football schedule starting Sept. 26.

Thursday 7/30/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Phillies-Jays postponed and what should’ve been done to prevent Sunday’s game from playing, PIAA says no fans for now, NBA and NHL starting up, Iowa football’s racial saga, and B1G looking at 10 conference games, and who bye weeks should work.

Hour 2 – Guests: Nate Bauer, Blue-White Illustrated, with his reaction to the latest Penn State COVID results, the possible college football schedule, and more; Tom Deinhart Purdue football writer for goldandblack.com, saying the B1G will likely choose between 9 or 10 games for football, what the season may look like, and more.

Tuesday 7/28/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Penn State’s latest COVID test results includes 8 positives, Phillies and Marlins COVID updates, and why Penn State football has played Iowa every year lately. Guest: Mike Gross, LNP, saying the PIAA fall season will be decided by the state, but school districts have the ultimate say, but experts are telling the PIAA fall sports can start on time. Plus,...

Hour 2 – Guest: Scott Lauber, Philadelphia Inquirer, with the latest on the Phillies in the midst of the Marlins/MLB COVID-19 outbreak, what’s next for the team, potential players that could opt-out, and why its best for MLB to use winning percentage for the playoffs. Topics: What went wrong with the Marlins not speaking up before Sunday’s game and what happens next, and week 0 n...

Tuesday 7/28/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Marlins off this week, Phillies won’t play until Friday, and all the latest MLB COVID-19 outbreak news, and COVID-19 college football scheduling announcements. Guest: Neal Coolong, Steelers Wire/USA Today, on how NFL Training Camps will start with their virus protocols, what the future is, and the latest on the Steelers entering camp.

Talked Penn State Football, now into day 3 of walk-throughs. How Penn State, Michigan State, and other colleges are dealing with Covid-19. Frank Bodani  of the York Daily Record, talking Penn State Football. Tony DeFazio of the Pittsburgh Sports Report talked Steelers football and Pirates baseball. An incident that Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, the new wide receiver coach for Bloomsburg University, h...

Hour 1 – How Covid-19 is affecting the MLB schedule, including tonight’s Phillies game being postponed, the 60 man rosters, and the MLB owners meeting today, which was a regular weekly meeting. Matt Leon, sports anchor and reporter in Philadelphia, talked about the baseball situation, the upcoming NFL and college football seasons, and what’s going on with the NBA.

Hour 2 – Guest: US Senator Pat Toomey on his MLB Roundtable hosted Tuesday, he likes how players are buying in, and he would’ve like to see the Blue Jays in Pittsburgh. Plus, ‘The King’ returns for weekly sports trivia.

Friday 7/24/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Penn State football transitioning day and where B1G teams stand in return from COVID-19, plus Penn State basketball practice updates, and the Blue Jays get Buffalo. Guest: Paul Alexander, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, who expressed his displeasure with state government not allowing the Blue Jays to play at PNC Park, if the Pirates can make noise in a shortene...