Steve Jones Show

Tuesday 6/2/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Remembering Wes Unseld, and college coaches and athletes continue voicing their thoughts against racism. Guest: Matt Leon, KYW Newsradio Philadelphia, on how the NHL 24-team playoff format affects the Flyers, frustration with MLB negotiations, and more.

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...

Hour 2 – Guest: Rich Scarcella, The Reading Eagle, recapping Penn State football’s offseason, minor league baseball issues, and more. Plus, its weekly sports trivia with Steve’s brother, Kevin.

Friday 5/29/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Turmoil within the Mets minor league system and a tough 6 months for the sport in general. Guest: JJ Cooper, Baseball America, with the latest on cuts around minor league baseball, what’s the future, and if political pressure could play a factor.

Hour 2 – Hear from Penn State Tight End Pat Freiermuth,  the NFL tables to change up the onside kick, and more on the ongoing MLB negotiations, including Scott Boras’ comments.

Thursday 5/28/20 Hour 1 – Topics: NFL does away with 4th and 15 at 25 yard line rule in lieu of onside kick, and Steve still thinks the MLB can get a deal done. Guest: Dave Shenin, Baseball Columnist, The Washington Post, on where the MLB negotiations stand and when they have to be done by, Max Scherzer’s comments, and an update on minor baseball cuts.

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....

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.

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.

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.

Hour 2 – Guests: Dennis Chambers, CBS Sports, with the latest on the NBA trying to resume its season, when it would have to resume by, how the Sixers have been affected, and more. Plus, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), with a recap of his virtual roundtable to resume youth baseball and softball that included Major League Baseball’s Baseball and Softball Development Executive Vice President and former Los Angeles Angels general manager Tony Reagins, softball superstar Jennie Finch, Little League president Stephen Keener, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a physician and public health expert, and the greatest shortstop in Philadelphia Phillies history, Jimmy...

Thursday 5/21/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Evaluating how far we’ve come since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Guest: Cory Giger, Altoona Mirror, on the state of minor league baseball, including the Altoona Curve, State College Spikes, and quick thoughts on Penn State football’s offseason.

Hour 2 – We replay our interviews with BTN’s Dave Remsine, and Frank Bodani of the York Daily Record.

Wednesday 5/20/20 Hour 1 – Topics: MLB negotiation struggles to resume season. Guest: Donnie Collins, Scranton Times-Tribune, on Jim Harbaugh’s comments on playing games without fans, absence of minor league baseball, and Penn State offseason notes.

Hour 2 – Guest: Neal Coolong, Steelers Wire/USA Today, on Big Ben’s haircut against Governor Tom Wolf’s orders, his recent workout with teammates, James Conner’s future, and more. Topics: The guy who made the infamous ‘Flu/food poisoning game’ MJ pizza explains himself, and MLB cities’ COVID-19 situations and proposal, and other player concerns.

Tuesday 5/19/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Big Ben ‘in trouble’ with the Governor getting his hair cut and beard trimmed, Notre Dame’s new proposed fall semester schedule, NFL opening some facilities on a limited basis today, Rooney rule changes, and updates on the MLB season.

Hour 2 – Guests: Ben Strauss, The Washington Post, with more on why Jerry Krause broke up the Bulls, if some of the top players would’ve returned on one-year deals, and other analysis of the documentary; Bob Nightengale, USA Today Baseball Columnist, with the latest on the baseball negotiations, strict health protocols, how the media will be able to cover games, universal DH, and more.

Monday 5/18/20 Hour 1 – Live sports returned with the PGA and NASCAR resuming Sunday, while we await major sports leagues’ return. Plus, the final two episodes of ‘The Last Dance’ air with some more Penn State connections, the Jerry Krause impact – positive and negative – on the Bulls, and comparing MJ’s ‘load management’ to today’s game.

Guests:  Frank Bodani of the York Daily Record and Michal Menet, Penn State Football, talk about the upcoming season.

Sports during Coronavirus.  Guest:  Will Fries, Penn State Offensive Lineman on how players deal with being at home.