Steve Jones Show

SJS 04-03-2024 - PSU professor Mike Poorman joins us to talk Penn State spring practice and The Suit and Steve have a reunion over the final half hour and talk some Indy Car, Phillies some other things

SJSHour 1 - 04-03-2024- NBC Philadelphia's Jim Jackson joins the show to discuss the Flyers and a playoff berth, then Steve talks one-year ago in the Big Ten and the Pat Fitzgerald case against Northwestern

Neal joins Steve talk some Steelers and NFL Free agency. Does what the Steelers did in free agency change what Neal thinks Pittsburgh needs in the draft? Where do the Steelers look to in the draft. Then Steve and Neal take a look at some of the other free agency signings they like around the NFL.

SJS Hour 2 04-02-2024 - Steve talks with Neal Coolong about the Steelers free agency and draft plans, then touches on a couple of different teams that did well in free agency. Then Steve discusses the busy next two weekends in the Sports World. Both Final Fours, The Blue White Game and the Masters are all in the next two weekends.

SJS Hour 1 04-02-2024 - Steve talks with Matt Catrillo about the Eagles trading Hasson Reddick, and is Howie Roseman betting too much on himself? Then Matt talks the Washington Post story on Kim Mulkey. Then Steve talks the LSU-Iowa game and are is ESPN taking the Caitlin Clark love over the top?

Mike joins Steve to discuss all the Final Four Teams. How hard is it to officiate Zach Edey? the difference in Braeden Smith and Fletcher Loyer from Purdue. What took so long for N.C. State to get good. Can Alabama take out UConn? Mike also gives us an underrated part of the Huskies

SJSHour2-04-01-2024 - Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News and Big Ten Network joins us to talk all the Final Four teams (Purdue, N.C. State, Alabama and UConn). Then Steve talks some of the surprises in the basketball transfer portal from Big Ten Schools

Nate returns to the show to discuss Penn State's men's basketball. What the offseason will look like, the balance between recruiting and the transfer portal; covering the transfer portal; then we dive into the perception of the Penn State football

SJS Hour 1 04-01-2024 - Nate Bauer of on3.com/Blue White Illustrated joins the show to talk PSU men's hoops and some spring practice. Then Steve discusses the upcoming Final Four.

USA Today's Bob Nightengale joins us from L.A. with his thoughts on the Shohei Ohtani story and an overview of the Dodgers seasons. Steve and Bob talk Yankees, Phillies and Mets. Who does Bob think is the best team in the NL (it's not the Dodgers)?

SJS Hour 2 - 03-29-2024 - Steve talks with USA Today's Bob Nightengale about a variety of MLB storylines including Shohei Ohtani, the Yankees, the Phillies and the Mets. Then Steve breaks down Friday night's Sweet 16 games.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Scott Lauber joins the show to gives us an overview of the Phillies upcoming season: the stability of the team and the few new faces on the team; Bryce Harper's back and his adjustment to first baseman (still playing the position for less than a year); the Phillies bullpen; Trea Turner in his second year; and getting off to a better start in 20204

SJS Hour 2 -03-28-2024 - Steve talks with the Philadelphia Inquirer's Scott Lauber about the upcoming Phils' season. Then Steve discusses what's going with the Timberwolves' sale, then we talk the Sweet 16 games tonight.

SJS - Hour 1 03-28-2024 - Steve talks about using numbers from baseball in your broadcasts. You have to broadcast to your audience not to critics or a niche part of it. Then we talk a little Sweet 16, then Bob of Northern Virginia calls in to discuss college conference expansions like FSU and Clemson

The host of Blue White Illustrated Live Thomas Frank Carr joins the program to discuss what's seen at spring practice so far for Penn State football. What does Andy Kotelnicki offense involve so well? Running QBs? What will the run game look like, and who will be the biggest benefactor from the new running game? We talk some defense as well. Abdul Carter at DE and the ripple effects for the li...

SJS Hour 2 - 03-27-2024 - Steve talks the NCAA president's comment on prop bets. NCAA president Charlie Baker may be right, but is anybody listening at this point. Then Steve talks about the new coaching rules being considered for assistants and analysts in NCAA football

SJS Hour 1 -03-27-2024 - Steve talks the ratings from this weekend from the NCAA men's and women's tournament along with the NCAA wrestling tournament. Reasons Wrestling might be down 10% from last year. Is the women's basketball tournament taking viewers from the NCAA wrestling? Then Thomas Frank Carr from on3.com/Blue White Illustrated talks with Steve about spring practice.

On today's Tuesdays with Neal, Neal and Steve discuss the Steelers signing Quez Watkins, the new rules in the NFL (kickoff and the hip-drop tackle), two more Christmas Day games and NFL's international reach

SJS Hour 2 03-26-2024 - Steve talks to Neal Coolong about the Steelers, the new NFL rules; then Dave from Danville calls in to talk the NCAA Tournament

pghbaseballnow's John Perrotto joins us to talk the Pirates before Opening Day. What does the stability this spring mean going forward? The difference in the type of spring training it was this season. How improvement in the team's defense? Pitching outlook and the health of closer David Bednar

SJS Hour 1 - 03262024 - Pittsburghbaseballnow's John Perrotto talks to us about the Pirates and some things to look for this upcoming season. Then Matt Catrillo has some thoughts about the new NFL rules and college basketball

John Griffin 03-25-2024 - Bucknell coach John Griffin joins the show to discuss this weekend's action in the NCAA Tournament. What is the difference between a major conference team and a mid-major team? How important is it for everybody on campus to be on the same wavelength with basketball? How he approach social media with his team? How excited is he for the Bison to get back to work?

SJS Hour 2 - 03-25-2024 - Steve talks about the reaction to Bill Self's comments after Kansas' loss to Gonzaga on Saturday. Self said he's been thinking about his team's future for the last month. Steve argues that he should have been because all good coaches are looking ahead at next year. Then we look at the new NFL rules for the upcoming season.

SJS Hour 1 03-25-2024 - Steve discusses this weekend's Penn State national championship victory in wrestling and talks about Cael Sanderson's approach to his team, and the wrestlers approach to the craft. Then Bucknell coach John Griffin joins us to talk the NCAA Tournament

Former Bucknell coach Pat Flannery joins the show to discuss some things he saw this season at Penn State. What's different from when he coached (and it's not just NIL). Some of the adaptations Mike Rhoades and he had to make to adjust to the Big Ten. Then we discuss NCAA Tournament upsets (Flannery was the head coach when Bucknell beat Kansas in 2005).