8/18/20 Hour 2 – Neal Coolong on Artie Burns’ comments, Steve on bad NBA ratings
Hour 2 – Guest: Neal Coolong, Steelers Wire/USA Today, on Artie Burns comments not getting a fair chance to play in Pittsburgh, new dynamics of training camp and more. Topics: Steve has more on the bad NBA ratings, Big 10 parents going to conference headquarters to protest, and more.
8/18/20 Hour 1 – Steve on Tatis grand slam, bad NBA ratings; NBC Sports Philly’s Serena Winters on Sixers
Tuesday 8/18/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve’s only beef with the Tatis grand slam was swinging through a take sign, why there’s bad NBA ratings right now, and his problem with load management. Plus, why analytics can be a problem in the NBA and MLB. Guest: Serena Winters, NBC Sports Philadelphia Sixers Sideline Reporter, with her analysis of the team’s Game 1 loss to Boston, possible lineup changes on both sides after the Gordon Heyward injury, and more.
8/14/20 Hour 2 – MLB testing, sports trivia with ‘The King!’
Hour 2 – Topics: Flyers struggling in game 2, more on recent MLB testing, and ‘the King!’ is back for sports trivia and why the NBA ratings haven’t been good so far.
8/13/20 Hour 2 – Tony Knopp on a bleak future for NFL, NBA; Richard Scarcella on no Penn State football
Hour 2 – Guests: Tony Knopp, Ticket Manager, on the financial repercussions of the COVID-19 impact on sports, how there’s still some unique opportunities for media even though TV money can’t be recovered, PAC-12 players union issues, NBA ratings bad, and how big labor strikes are coming in NBA and NFL ; Richard Scarcella, Reading Eagle who has a major disappointment with the Big 10 decision, but understood it, he’s not sure a spring season is possible, and what could happen with a PIAA fall sports decision.
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.
7/27/20 Hour 1 – Matt Leon on MLB, NFL college football and NBA; Covid-19 & the MLB season
Hour 1 – How Covid-19 is affecting the MLB schedule, including tonight’s Phillies game being postponed, the 60 man rosters, and the MLB owners meeting today, which was a regular weekly meeting. Matt Leon, sports anchor and reporter in Philadelphia, talked about the baseball situation, the upcoming NFL and college football seasons, and what’s going on with the NBA.
6/26/20 Hour 1 – NBA and MLB testing, Jake Pinegar zoom conference
Friday 6/26/20 Hour 1 – Topics: NBA test results and upcoming MLB testing, and why Steve won’t criticize players for opting out of resumed seasons. Plus, hear from Penn State kicker Jake Pinegar.
6/25/20 Hour 2 – Dieter Kurtenbach joins Steve Jones, Jordan Stout meets the media
Hour 2 – Guest: Dieter Kurtenbach, Bay Area News Group, on the NBA restart, what the Lakers have been doing, and more. Plus, hear from Penn State Kicker/Punter Jordan Stout.
6/25/20 Hour 1 – NBA restart, possible PSU football players for B1G football all decade team
Thursday 6/25/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Why the NBA is choosing to bring back 22 teams, which PSU football player has a chance to be named on the B1G All Decade football team next week, the new Seattle NHL arena, and the NFL Hall of Fame weekend is cancelled.
6/24/20 Hour 2 – Mark Wogenrich joins Steve Jones, Stevens snubbed from decade team
Hour 2 – Guest: Mark Wogenrich, SI.com, on some Penn State football players not returning during the phased reopening and more. Topics: The NBA’s restart format, and Steve feels Lamar Stevens was a BTN All-Decade Basketball Team list.
