Steve Jones Show – Thursday, March 14, 2019 Hour 2
Guest: Philadelphia Phillies Beat Writer Matt Gelb (The Athletic) makes his first appearance on the show and looks back on Gabe Kapler’s first season as manager, whether or not he’s under more pressure this year as well as the major signings the team acquired during the hot stove period.
Steve Jones Show – Thursday, March 14, 2019 Hour 1
Steve is in Chicago for the 2019 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Topics: NFL Free Agency, Antonio Brown, NCAA conference scoreboard updates. Guest: New York Giants Beat Writer/NFL Reporter Matt Lombardo (NJ.com) takes us through the timeline that led to Odell Beckham Jr. being dealt to Cleveland, how the Giants could go through their rebuild and do they have Kyler Murray on their radar?
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Hour 2
This is the first day of Penn State Spring Football Practice and we have coverage of the press conference at Beaver Stadium with Head Coach James Franklin and new Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Assistant Coach Joe Lorig.
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Hour 1
Guests: Steelers/NFL Writer Ray Fittipaldo (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) and Bucknell Men’s Basketball Head Coach Nathan Davis joins Steve prior to the Orange and Blue going for another Patriot League Tournament championship at Colgate.
Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Hour 2
Guests: Neal Coolong (Senior Editor, NFL Wire Network) is back on the show to discuss the Antonio Brown trade to Oakland and where the Pittsburgh Steelers go from here. Also, joining Steve is Penn State basketball player Josh Reaves, who was honored as the 2018-19 Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year! Penn State received a first round bye in the conference tournament in Chicago and will take on Minnesota on Thursday. We also talk about the big, breaking story regarding several NCAA D-1 college coaches that have been charged in a large-scale nationwide entrance exam scandal by the FBI.
Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Hour 1
Topics: Former Penn Stater Adrian Amos to leave the Bears for Green Bay, more NFL free agency, plus breaking news as the FBI and federal prosecutors have uncovered a massive bribery scheme to get students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes and help them cheat on college entrance exams to gain admission (aka Operation Varsity Blues). Guest: Rob Oshinskie (National Football Foundation Central PA Chapter) joins us to discuss their annual awards dinner this Sunday in State College. For more information on the event, click here: https://footballfoundation.org/news/2019/2/26/football-nff-central-pennsylvania-chapter-prepares-for-22nd-annual-scholar-athlete-awards-dinner.aspx
Steve Jones Show – Monday, March 11, 2019 Hour 2
Guest: Dave Revsine (Big Ten Network) previews the men’s basketball tournament in Chicago this week and Steelers beat writer Joe Rutter (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) joins Steve to discuss the Antonio Brown trade to Oakland.
Steve Jones Show – Monday, March 11, 2019 Hour 1
Topics: Nittany Lion wrestlers are Big Ten Conference tournament champs, Penn State claims it’s first Indoor Track and Field individual champion and Bucknell hoops is one game away from qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Guest: Steelers/NFL writer Ray Fittipaldo (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) checks in from Pittsburgh to discuss the Antonio Brown trade to Oakland, explains why the trade has nothing in common with Le’Veon Bell’s year-long holdout, breaks down the current wide receiver depth chart and whether Pittsburgh should change their philosophy during free agency as well as leading up to the draft.
Steve Jones Show – Friday, March 8, 2019 Hour 2
Guests: Penn State Wrestling play-by-play announcer Jeff “Ironhead” Byers calls in from Minnesota, site of the 2019 Big Ten Conference Wrestling Championships, as the Nittany Lions get tuned up for Nationals in Pittsburgh. Then, we wrap up the week with Steve’s brother Kevin Jones.
Steve Jones Show – Friday, March 8, 2019 Hour 1
Guests: The Voice of Penn State Men’s Ice Hockey, Brian Tripp, previews the Big Ten Conference quarterfinal best-of-three series in Pegula this weekend between Wisconsin and the Nittany Lions. Then, Big Ten Network college basketball analyst Jon Crispin looks at the top of the conference standings plus those middle-of-the-pack teams that can snag at-large bids for the 68-team tournament.
