Steve Jones Show

Neal joins the show to discuss the NFL and Direct TV Sunday Ticket settlement, then a little on the stadium renovations in Jacksonville

Steve is joined by Neal Coolong in the first segment to discuss the NFL Sunday ticket settlement; then Matt joins the show to discuss the 76ers and Yankees.

Pocono Raceway president Ben May join the show in the first segment to discuss all things about next week's race: purchase tickets at poconoraceway.com use promo code: Ben; Then we talk last night's United State's Men's Soccer team loss and elimination from Copa America.

Pocono Raceway Ben May joins the show to talk to us about next weekend's Pocono Race; some of the packages available; things the Raceway does on non-raceway weekends; where to get tickets...use promo code: Ben if you use poconoraceway.com for tickets

We talk the 76ers signing of Paul George, and why we both think it's not the signing to put the 76ers over the hump, but also don't have any better ideas. We also talk about team building in the NBA

We kick off July with some preseason talk about the 2024 College Football Season with Phil Steele (get his magazine at Barnes and Noble, Books A Million or philsteele.com); then the second segment we cover the different logistics of switching Conferences

Phil Steele joins the show to cover some college football. A preview of the new look Big Ten. What he thinks of Penn State this season. Oklahoma and Texas in the SEC. Some sleeper teams in the 12-team College football playoff

Steve talks the NBA Draft, and how the Dream Team is a big reason for all the foreign players in the draft. Edey proved Steve wrong and went No. 9, then we talk Bronny James being a 2nd round pick, and what it really means

State College.com and Penn State professor Mike Poorman joins the show to talk the business of college football. They talk the House settlement, and title 9; the value of patches and private equity in college sports. Steve and Mike have a wide-ranging and interesting conversation.

Steve talks the investigation into hazing at Northwestern and the amount of $ paid to come up with something everybody already knew; then State College.com's and Penn State professor Mike Poorman joins the show to talk the business of college football.

Steve talks Wednesday night's NBA draft. Why doesn't NBA draft go on the road like the NFL and NHL? Who some of the top prospects are for the Hawks No. 1 pick. We talk some other players. Who might available for Philadelphia at 15. We talk a little Jim Schlossnagle taking the Texas job before we get back into some of the Big 10 players in the draft including Zach Edey.

Steve is joined by Matt Catrillo in the first segment. Matt will talk Yankees struggles, 76ers ability to make the correct draft pick, and he's out on the 76ers, the Flyers are where it is at. Also find out why Matt's youngest might have a very bright future. In the second segment, we talk the NCAA meetings and new analysts positions, then we discuss patches on college uniforms and the pos...

Neal and Steve talk a bit about Russell Wilson, then we discuss the new kickoff rule - will Justin Fields return kicks like the Madden 25 ad? What could Lamar Jackson do if he was allowed to return kicks under the new rule. How will smart teams take advantage of the new kickoff rule (Neal thinks there will be at least 3 kickoff return TDs in the opening week of the NFL regular season).

Steve talks with Neal Coolong about Russell Wilson and the new NFL kickoff rules; then we discuss John Smoltz and the MLB injury issues

Steve talks Game 7 of the Panthers-Oilers game, and some of the reasons won Game 7; then we talk Northwestern new facilities, and how the Wildcats have built to their program size in both football and basketball. We also talk the price of Northwestern's new stadium in comparison to the price of a new Beaver Stadium.

Steve talks the protesters at the Travelers' Championship and who has had a stranger 3 months than Scottie Schreffler, then we get into Caitlin Clark and the U.S. Olympic team; some Olympic talk and monetizing Beaver Stadium.

Steve and Rich cover a lot of ground. How Rich approaches writing the early magazine articles; Abdul Carter's position switch; How the running backs will be used in the new offense; How the new coaches feel after spring practice; how schools will handle the House settlement; how confident Penn State is; and NFL vs. NCAA Football

SJS Hour 1 - 06-24-2024 - High School football all-star games might be obsolete; weird NCAA rules decisions; then we discuss tonight's Game 7 matchup between the Oilers and Panthers. Then the Reading Eagle's Rich Scarcella joins the show to talk PSU football.

Jody Mac joins the show to discuss Willie Mays, and then Steve and he touch on the Phillies. Steve talks more about the Kansas City stadium deals in the second half hour

Jody Mac's Dad was the Mets GM who traded for Willie Mays, and we get Jody's reflections on Mays and a story about his 93-year old father. What made Mays so great, and how he influenced those teams. Then we talk a bit about the Phillies.

Steve is joined by Bob Nightengale of USA Today to discuss Willie Mays, last night's game at Rickwood Field, and Reggie Jackson's comments (Bob take a break to speak to Reggie Jackson); then Steve discusses taking advantage of downtime in his job to learn about history.

USA Today's Bob Nightengale join us from Birmingham, Ala. after last night's game to talk some Willie Mays..Bob has to take a call from Reggie Jackson in the middle, so we play Reggie talk from last night, then Bob returns to talk about Reggie Jackson, then we hop around the majors - the O's, the Dodgers and Mookie Betts, Phillies, the Mariners and the AL Central.

Steve Jones Show Hour 2 - 06-20-2024 - Steve talks Willie Mays' first professional HR was in Sunbury; we talk a bit about the Old Sunbury Athletics, and which moves into MLB's mistake in taking small towns out of the minor leagues. In the second hour, we talk about the decision move early signing day from football back about six weeks instead of into June.

The CDT's Jon Sauber joins the show to talk some Penn State hoops, then Steve talks some college football news that is all connected - Congress looking to pass a law to not allow college athletes to be employees and the expansion of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

Jon joins the show to talk some Penn State football. Some things he gleaned from last week's press conference with James Franklin and the new coordinators. Some position groups to watch, and some players to keep an eye as summer practice starts soon.