8/7/20 Hour 2 – PIAA’s Lombardi: ‘Let’s put our thinking caps on’ w/ fall sports decision
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 more. Plus, its weekly sports trivia with ‘The King!’
8/7/20 Hour 1 – Steve expected PIAA decision, Lou Prato on Penn State playing through Spanish Flu
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 much more.
8/6/20 Hour 2- Gerry Dulac and Phil Steele
Guests- Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on the PGA Championship and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Phil Steele of ESPN talks about college football.
8/6/20 Hour 1- Penn State in Fall? High School sports?
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.
8/5/20 hOUR 2 – Adam Purdy on the Purdy Memorial, MLB so far, Penn State’s football schedule
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
8/5/20 Hour 1 – Andrew Marchand of ESPN, PSU’s Micah Parsons opting out
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 right now.
8/4/20 Hour 2 – BTN’s Brandon Gaudin joins Steve Jones
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.
8/4/20 Hour 1 – No B1G schedule yet, Jim Jackson joins Steve Jones
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.
8/3/20 Hour 2 – Steve says PAC-12 players overstepped people’s livelihoods
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.
8/3/20 Hour 1 – Portion of PAC-12 player demands that bothers Steve, Emily Giambalvo
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.
