Steve Jones Show

ESPN's Tim Kurkjian joins the show talk various things about MLB (Jackson Holiday, the yankees and Dodgers and Paul Skenes); then the King and Steve discuss Big Ten Expansion and Caitlin Clark to wrap up the week.

MLB's Sweeny Murti joins the show to discuss John Sterling's retirement. What made Sterling so great? John Sterling on air vs. John Sterling off air. Possible replacements for Sterling. Then Sweeny gives us his thoughts on the Yankees. The importance of Stanton's health and some thoughts on pitching injuries

Steve talks with Sweeny Murti on John Sterling's retirement as Yanks' play-by play guy, then Sweeny gives us his impressions of the Yankees early season. Then Steve talks new college football rules and what teams should look at in the portal.

WIP's Jody McDonald joins the show talk Eagles draft. Will Howie Roseman use his first-round pick in the trenches? Where on the line. Steve and Jody discuss Jared Verse and could he fall to the Eagles. They talk the quarterbacks at the top of the draft and why has J.J. McCarthy rocketed up draft boards?

WIP's Jody McDonald joins the show to talk Eagles draft and then Rich Scarcella talks last week's Blue White game and his impressions of spring practice

Nate joins the show to discuss Penn State's roster number. Is the number 85 antiquated? Using NIL to circumvent NCAA rules, Nate compares it to having a good attorney at tax time; The transfer portal and what goes into it from both sides player and program. Then we discuss some Penn State men's hoops.

Steve spends the first segment talking the transfer portal, and the lack of any kind of idea of why the schedule is set up the way its is for football. Why isn't the spring date May 1-May 15? The current date (April 15), not a lot of teams have had their spring game yet. Then in the second segment, it's NIL talk and a new VA. law passed this morning.

Blue White Illustrated's Nate Bauer joins the show to discuss NIL, the Penn State's roster size and the transfer portal, then some Penn State men's basketball talk. Then Steve discusses the SEC's transfer portal rule.

Steve talks the Jontay Porter scandal in the NBA and other gambling issues along with a story on the Northwestern gambling scandal in the 90s, then we talk transfer portal news from earlier this week

Neal Coolong joins the show to discuss the NFL Draft. Is he sold on any of the top four QBs? Are NFL teams overthinking Marvin Harrison, Jr.? Some guys in this draft that Neal thinks can be building blocks? Is there too much time between the end of the college season and the draft? and Teams working on draft scenarios.

SJS Hour 2 - 04-16-2024 - Neal Coolong discusses the upcoming NFL draft and the Steve gives some NFL draft thoughts after the break. Steve also discusses the Jontay Porter investigation and Michigan's punishment for football violations during COVID.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey joins the show to discuss the 76ers - Joel Embiid in the playoff; who needs to step up for the Sixers; Are the Knicks a matchup for Philadelphia; when does the pressure kick in for Philadelphia or the Heat (who the 76ers play in the play-in tournament Wednesday). Then we cover some overall NBA playoffs.

Matt Catrillo joins the show to talk about Joel Embiid, John Tortorella and John Sterling. Then we talk 76ers and the NBA playoffs with the Philly Inquirer's Keith Pompey.

Josh joins Steve to discuss his first year as the Pens play-by-play guy on SportsNet Pittsburgh. They talk the Pens playoff chances even after their recent hot run. They talk Sydney Crosby's greatness besides his offensive play. Some names to watch since the Jake Guentzel trade. Kris LeTang's improvement and the Pens' goaltending issues.

Steve pays tribute to former Penn State women's player and current athletic department member Kathy Drysdale, who passed away last week. Then Steve talks the Masters, then the final tournament of Verne Lundquist's illustrious career. Then Penguins play-by-play voice Josh Getzoff joins the show. We talk Penguins playoff chances, what his first year as the voice of the Pens has been and Sydn...

The Reading Eagle's Rich Scarcella joins the show to discuss Saturday's Blue-White Game. What he liked from the game, and what he watched...what can you take away from the Blue White Game? Abdul Carter's performance. How fans shouldn't take too much out of a two-hour scrimmage after 14 practices during the spring. Why was everything so vanilla for the game?

[audio mp3="http://stevejonesshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SteveJonesShowHour104152024.mp3"][/audio] SJS Hour 1 - 04-15-2024 - Steve is joined by the Reading Eagles' Rich Scarcella to discuss Saturday's Blue-White Game and his takeaways from the contest and talks with players after the game. Then Steve gives his thoughts on Saturday on Quentin Martin and the QBs.

Blue-White game preview 04-12-2024 - Steve tells fans to watch for on during Saturday's Blue-White game: No injuries of course...some names to watch...some things to watch (PSU WRs against its deep secondary) some of the QBs besides Allar...Abdul Carter at DE.

SJS Hour 2 - 04-12-2024 - Steve breaks down what to watch for in the Blue-White Game on Saturday, then the King joins the show for UConn talk and some trivia.

The CDT's Jon Sauber joins the show to discuss Penn State's basketball signee and the need for big wings in modern basketball. Then Jon and Steve discuss Spring football and the different environment around the program. What Jon has seen from all QBs including Ethan Grunkmeyer and some talk on fans expectations for the 2024 season.

SJS Hour 1 - 04-12-2024 - Steve talks some flying horror stories with Penn State from Marshall and back from Michigan State. Then Steve and Todd talk shaking press boxes.

[audio mp3="http://stevejonesshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Steve-Jones-Show-Hour-2-04-11-2024.mp3"][/audio] SJS Hour 2 - 04-11-2024 - Steve talks Northwestern's plan to play its football games at its practice facility for the next two seasons. Steve tells us why, and what the possible problems could be. Then the Centre Daily Times' Jon Sauber joins the show for a little hoo...

SJS Hour 1 04-11-2024 - Steve's not back from quarterback club to start the show. So Todd guides Matt through his rants this week - LIV Golf and Greg Norman and Draymond Green. Then Steve is back and we talk more Golden State Warriors and the death of O.J. Simpson

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Gerry Dulac joins us to talk the Masters. Golf fans' apathy is because of the split between the PGA Tour-LIV Golf; How much the walk at the Masters will impact the field; The weather will play a factor as well Dulac says. Then he gives us his pick, and some names to watch during the Tournament.

[audio mp3="http://stevejonesshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sjshour204102024.mp3"][/audio] SJS Hour 2 - 04-10-2024 - Steve talks the split with LIV and PGA Tour and how its effected the current season of the PGA Tour, and how important the Masters is this week. In the second segment, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette joins us to preview the action at the Masters this week