Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Hour 1
Guest: Tony Knopp (CEO, InviteManager.com) and Steve discuss the business of sports, including the NFL’s Chargers struggle in trying to make a positive impact in Los Angeles as well as the NBA’s China controversy, Adam Silver’s first huge challenge as Commissioner.
Steve Jones Show – Thursday, July 25, 2019 Hour 1
Topic: What moves will the Phillies make, or not make, by the trade deadline? Guest: Senior Editor Kurt Badenhausen (Forbes) returns to the show to discuss the most valuable sports franchises currently in the world.
Steve Jones Show – Friday, June 21, 2019 Hour 1
Guests: Penn State Men’s Basketball Senior Forward Lamar Stevens talks with Steve about his return to University Park for one more season. Also, InviteManager.com CEO Tony Knopp returns to the show for a sports business conversation. Steve and Tony dip into the future of the NBA and how the new collective bargaining agreement will look, the move toward more smaller venues in pro sports as more corporate partners maximize all of their ad dollars the best they can. Also, be prepared to see a faster trend of cashless, paperless USA sports venues.
Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Hour 2
Topic: PIAA. Guest: InviteManager.com CEO Tony Knopp returns to the show for a sports business conversation. Steve and Tony dip into the future of the NBA and how the new collective bargaining agreement will look, the move toward more smaller venues in pro sports as more corporate partners maximize all of their ad dollars the best they can. Also, be prepared to see a faster trend of cashless, paperless USA sports venues.
Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Hour 1
Topics: sports business and is “the shift” in baseball good or bad? Guest: Multimedia Editor Jessica Marksbury (Golf.com) recaps Gary Woodland’s first Grand Slam victory at Pebble Beach in the U.S. Open and gives us a look ahead to golf’s next major, The 148th Open Championship in Northern Ireland, for the first time in 68 years, at Royal Portrush.
Steve Jones Show – Friday, May 3, 2019 Hour 1
As Penn State men’s lacrosse advances to its first ever Big Ten Conference tournament championship game, Steve speaks with head coach Jeff Tambroni. Also, InviteManager CEO Tony Knopp returns for a sports business discussion that includes how big of an impact Tiger Woods has made on the PGA Tour after his 5th Masters victory, the future of regional sports networks and the companies using their platforms to spend their advertising dollars, the marketing plan for MLS (Major League Soccer) and could one of their teams someday, start competing with the mega clubs in Europe?
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Hour 1
Steve is in New Jersey as Penn State takes on Rutgers in their final regular season Big Ten road game. Topics: B1G basketball, Michigan State, NBA players and the problems they face, pros and cons of social media. Guest: Tony Knopp (CEO, InviteManager.com) returns to the show to discuss the legacy of Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, who will retire when his contract is up in 2020, the current landscape of sports business as corporate partners choose to spend their advertising dollars on college athletics, the uncertain future of Santa Anita Park in California after more than 20 horses have…
Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Hour 2
Guests: Michigan Basketball Writer Andrew Kahn (MLive.com) gives us the Wolverines perspective as number six Michigan takes on Penn State in the Bryce Jordan Center. Then, by popular demand, we replay Steve’s latest sports business conversation with Tony Knopp (CEO, InviteManager.com) as they discuss the College Football Playoff, why the Pac-12 Conference is struggling, how excited Los Angeles residents are about the Rams going to the Super Bowl and the new stadium complex opening in 2021, if the Chargers are building their fan base in Los Angeles and how the professional leagues whether or not are effectively selling their star power…
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Hour 2
Guests: ESPN Senior Writer Tim Kurkjian makes another appearance on the show to discuss the National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2019. Then, a sports business conversation with Steve and Tony Knopp (CEO, InviteManager.com) as they delve into the future of the College Football Playoff, why the Pac-12 Conference is struggling so much, how excited Los Angeles residents are about the Rams going to Super Bowl 53 and the new stadium complex opening in 2021, if the Chargers are building their fan base in Los Angeles and how the professional leagues whether or not are effectively selling their star…
Steve Jones Show – Thursday, October 4, 2018 Hour 2
The 2018-19 NHL season is here! We’re talkin’ pucks with Bob Grove (Pittsburgh Penguins historian). Then, we wrap up the show with a sports business discussion from Steve and Tony Knopp (CEO, www.InviteManager.com)!
