Topics: Phillies move on to San Diego on West coast swing, Blues make changes going into game 4 of Stanley Cup Final, Toronto and Golden State are even 1-1 in NBA Finals, Jay Bruce traded to the Phillies from Seattle plus we discuss the problem in sports when you start looking ahead too much instead of living in the moment.
Guests: Sports columnist Dieter Kurtenbach (The Mercury News) returns to the show, this time calling in from shootaround in Houston, prior to game 6 of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals between the Rockets and Golden State Warriors. Then we wrap up the week with Steve’s brother Kevin Jones!
Topics: Phillies and Joey Chestnut. Guest: Dieter Kurtenbach (Mercury News) shares his angles on NBA free agency, including Boogie Cousins joining Golden State and LeBron to the Lakers.
Topics: Phillies begin 3 game set at Wrigley, place your bets in Delaware, 49ers legend Dwight Clark dies, NFL top plays of all time plus the Phillies draft Alec Bohm with 3rd overall pick in MLB Draft. Guest: Reid Forgrave (NBA Writer, CBSSports.com) checks in from Cleveland to preview game 3 between the Cavs and Golden State.
Topics: Our play-by-play call of the day; Stanley Cup Final Game 4; can the Cavs get at least a game in the NBA Finals; the Phillies continue to struggle on offense; the Yankees may boycott ESPN over a Sunday Night Baseball scheduling conflict; At The Memorial over the weekend, Rory McIlroy shared interesting thoughts on how the USGA sets up golf courses and we wrap up the show wondering if John Beilein will leave Michigan for the Detroit Pistons?
Topics: NBA Finals game 1, Phillies split series in Los Angeles and we learn Penn State Basketball’s opponent in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Also, Steve took part in Penn State’s annual Coaches vs Cancer golf tournament and spoke with Big Ten Network hoops analyst Shon Morris.
On declaration day, Steve has the latest college basketball news as more players decide to stay in the NBA draft or choose to go back to school. Guest: Dan Devine (NBA Writer, Yahoo! Sports) joins the show to preview Cleveland/Golden State, facing off for the 4th straight year in the NBA Finals.
Topics: NBA Playoffs moves to game six in both conference finals. Guest: Phil Savage (www.philsavagefootball.com) sheds great light on players leaving college too early for the NFL and the problems it’s giving select power 5 conference programs.