6/29/20- Hour 2- COVID releases and Matt Leon, KYW
Hour 2- Topics: COVID waivers in sports. Guest: Matt Leon from KYW Newsradio.
6/29/20- Hour 1- College Football news and Cam Newton moves
Hour 1- Topics: College football news and Cam Newton to the Patriots.
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.
6/24/20 Hour 1 – Bubba Wallace, James Franklin family situation
Wednesday 6/23/20 Hour 1 – Topics: James Franklin will be away from his family during the upcoming season, and the latest reaction to the Bubba Wallace/noose situation in NASCAR. Plus, our reaction to the runner on 2nd base rule in extra innings and other MLB health protocols.
6/23/20 Hour 1 – Bubba Wallace NASCAR impact, Andrew Brandt joins Steve Jones
Tuesday 6/23/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve gives his thoughts on the unity shown in NASCAR for Bubba Wallace, and Steve’s still not panicking after more positive COVID-19 cases with the Phillies reported. Guest: Andrew Brandt, MMQB Columnist, Business of Sports Podcast, with some criticism of sports resuming now with higher risk of coronavirus, future CBA’s of the MLB and NFL, the MLB negotiations, and more.
6/22/20 Hour 1 – COVID surges in sports, Greg Pickel joins Steve Jones
Monday 6/22/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Reacting to a tough weekend of COVID-19 surges in the sports world. Guest: Greg Pickel, PennLive.com, on where Penn State football stands on recruiting at this point, and the latest with the pandemic affecting the offseason.
6/19/20 Hour 1 – Reaction to Phillies Clearwater COVID-19 outbreak
Friday 6/19/20 Hour 1 – Topics: 8 people in the Phillies organization, including five minor league players, test positive for COVID-19, forcing the closure of the Clearwater facility. Other clubs closed facilities due to outbreaks as well, but find out why Steve says keep calm about the state of sports resuming. Steve also gives his thoughts on broadcasting a game without fans, or having artificial crowd noise.
6/18/20 Hour 1 – MLB negotiations, Ben Jones joins Steve Jones
Thursday 6/18/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Why the players are more at fault now as the MLB negotiations take another bad turn, and why Scott Boras maybe to blame as well. Guest: Ben Jones, Statecollege.com, on new renovations, including a new QB lab being built at Penn State’s facilities, players’ dealing with COVID-19 challenges, all players will be back on campus next week, a look at wide receiver, and more.