7/31/20 Hour 1 – Cards-Brewers postponed, Bob Grove on Pens/NHL
Friday 7/31/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Cardinals-Brewers postponed, what continues to go wrong for MLB, and Steve wants to know why minor league players still haven’t been used yet. Plus, the NBA is back. Guest: Former Penguins Reporter Bob Grove, previewing the Pens-Habs series, who’ll start in goal, and a look around the rest of the NHL as the play-in games start this weekend.
7/9/20 Hour 2 – PFF’s Austin Gayle, ESPN’s Emily Kaplan join Steve Jones
Hour 2 – Guests: Austin Gayle, PFF, with the latest numbers heading into the 2020 season on Micah Parsons and other top college prospects; Emily Kaplan ESPN NHL Reporter and Penn State grad, with the latest on the NHL’s phase reopening plans, on next season maybe starting December 1, and the marathon of games fans will get to watch. Plus, how the B1G’s fall sports decision could affect other power 5 conferences’ decisions, and how it would negatively affect smaller conferences like the MAC.
6/4/20 – Sean Clifford meets the media
Thursday 6/4/20 Today‘s full Steve Jones Show. Hour 1 – NBA finalizes its resuming plans, and NHL gives more details to its resuming plans. Plus, hear from Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford. Hour 2 – We broke away for a press conference with Governor Tom Wolf – listen at WKOK.com. Topics: Where we stand three months before the college football season, and Steve would like to see July no-pad OTA’s across college football implemented.
6/3/20 Hour 1 – NBA, NHL back, PJ Mustifer zoom conference
Wednesday 6/3/20 Hour 1 – Topics: NBA, NHL ready to go, MLB negotiations still struggling. Plus, hear from Penn State Defensive Lineman PJ Mustifer.
The Steve Jones Show – Monday, June 1, 2020
Monday 6/1/20 Today‘s full Steve Jones Show. Steve addresses weekend protests over George Floyd, and the damage MLB would do if there is no season. We then stepped away for a press conference with Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, and the Department of Aging Secretary, find that at WKOK.com. Guests in the next hour include Jim Salisbury, NBC Sports Philadelphia Phillies Insider, saying a shorter season is better, how quickly a deal needs to get done, and reaction to the Roy Halladay 30 for 30. Plus Bob Grove, formerly of the Penguins Radio Network, analyzing the 24-team playoff, the…
The Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Wednesday 5/27/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Looking at the big cuts players would take under MLB owner’s proposal to resume play, and what Steve’s proposal would be. We then broke away for a press conference with Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, hear that at WKOK.com. Hour 2 – Guest: Sam Carchidi, Flyers Beat Writer Philadelphia Inquirer, with his thoughts on the 24-team playoff, will this affect the better teams at the time of the stoppage, what the Flyers are doing during this time, how the US/Canada border will not affect players coming back, and more….
The Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Hour 2 – Guest: Derrick Gunn, NBC Sports Philadelphia, on the perception of Andre Dillard, Jason Peters possibly coming back, Jalen Hurts and more. Topics: How another expansion team could help the MLB, NHL 24-team playoff announcement, and MLB and players still fall apart on proposal to resume play.
The Steve Jones Show – Monday, May 26, 2020
Monday 5/26/20 Hour 1 – NHL announcing phased reopening plan to resume play, and MLB entering make or break week to resume play. Guest: Tim Kurkjian, ESPN, on a series of stories he wrote on a number of players to bypass the COVID-19 stoppage in baseball, and the latest on the MLB’s negotiations to resume play.
The Steve Jones Show – Friday, May 22, 2020
Friday 5/22/20 Hour 1 – SEC opening facilities for volunteer workouts June 8, and other schools announcing facility openings, and NHL is voting on resuming with a 24-team playoff format, Guest: Penn State CB Tariq Castro-Fields meets the media via Zoom.
Steve Jones Show – Thursday, October 3, 2019 Hour 2
Guests: Tim Newton (Purdue Football play-by-play announcer) calls in before the Boilermakers hop on the plane to State College for the Nittany Lions’ 100th Homecoming Game and Josh Getzoff (Pittsburgh Penguins hockey play-by-play announcer). Also, Steve give his reaction on the massive layoffs happening at Sports Illustrated.
