Steve Jones Show

Topics: college athletics revenue, B1G Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament to debut in New York’s Madison Square Garden, Winter Olympics, Manchester City eliminated from FA Cup and Penn State hoops prepares to take on another high quality conference opponent.

Topics: Louisville to vacate 2013 men’s basketball title as the NCAA upholds penalties and payback multiple years worth of tournament money, Winter Olympics.

Steve talks about his love of Cross Country skiing, and other Winter Olympic topics. Steve catches up on Philadelphia sports with Matt Leon in the bottom half of the hour.

Topics – Steve reviews Penn State’s narrow loss to Purdue and looks ahead to a pivotal math-up against Michigan on Wednesday night. Steve also talks Pirates baseball with Rob Biertempfel, Pirates beat writer for The Athletic in Pittsburgh.

Guest: Hall of Fame College Basketball Writer Dick Weiss (Blue Star Media) makes his first appearance on the show to discuss Penn State’s dominating performance over Ohio State and looks at the rest of the Big Ten Conference as the regular season winds down.  Then, we wrap up the week with Steve’s brother Kevin Jones and some weekend basketball selections.

Topic: Penn State sweeps Ohio State with ease Thursday night. Guest: Bucknell Men’s Basketball Head Coach Nathan Davis checks in from on the road to Holy Cross, where the Bison play on Saturday.

Guests: Neal Coolong (NFL Wire Network Editor) and Matt Leon (KYW Newsradio 1060, Philadelphia).

We discuss the latest from the Winter Olympics and more USA gold, plus the OSU/PSU hoops rematch tonight in the BJC.  Also, we replay Steve’s conversation from earlier this week with Mike DeCourcy (Sporting News, Big Ten Network).

Guests: Andrew Callahan (Lions 24/7) gives a preview of the rematch in the BJC Thursday night between the Nittany Lions and Ohio State. And, we wrap up the show as original show producer Kevin “The Suit” Herr drops by to discuss the hot topics from the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Topics: Ramp up to Ohio State/Penn State hoops rematch in the BJC, breakdown on what factors determine which channels and networks televise specific Big Ten Conference basketball games, this day in sports history and Winter Olympics.

Guest: U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame Writer Mike DeCourcy (Sporting News, Big Ten Network) joins Steve to scan the Big Ten Conference and previews the Ohio State/Penn State rematch this Thursday night in the Bryce Jordan Center.

Guest: Bucknell Basketball play-by-play announcer Doug Birdsong recaps the epic finish to Monday night’s match-up in Sojka Pavilion between the Bison and Colgate.

Topics: Olympics, Purdue/Michigan State hoops, Penn State wrestling, plus Steve shares the story about Kim Hyon-Hui and the terrorist attack that failed to derail the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Topics:  Close to 16,000 wrestling fans, including our friend of the show Bob Buehner, saw the Nittany Lions trounce Iowa in the Bryce Jordan Center and set an indoor attendance record! Plus, Penn State basketball kept it rolling on the road against Illinois as they head toward a big rematch with Ohio State Thursday night in the BJC. Penn State football has completed its 2020 schedule.

Steve shares a wonderful Olympic story that may not get the national headlines and attention it deserves. Then, we wrap up the week as Steve’s brother, Kevin Jones, checks in as the guys discuss the newest reality tv show and dial in on the top college basketball games this weekend.

Topics: Winter Olympics, college basketball players and the process they go through whether to stay in school or go pro…and it has more twists and turns than you think.

Guests: Penn State Wrestling play-by-play announcer Jeff Byers shares his experience last Saturday night in Rec Hall as the Nittany Lions mounted that wonderful comeback against Ohio State and what he expects in the BJC this Saturday night versus Iowa.  Then, we wrap up the show with another visit from Tony Knopp (CEO, InviteManager) to tackle the latest in sports business, including the Olympics, FOX winning the NFL Thursday night TV package, the global impact of the NBA and the possibility of expanding sports betting in the USA, outside of Nevada.

Topic: Penn State hoops win 4 of their last 5, including Wednesday night over Maryland. Guest: In his weekly spot, Bucknell Men’s Basketball Head Coach Nathan Davis looks ahead to the “orange out” in Sojka Pavilion on Monday night against Colgate.

Guests: Philadelphia football writer Ed Kracz (www.TheEaglesWire.com) recaps the Super Bowl 52 championship and looks ahead to the epic parade. Then, we wrap up the show as Ryan Snyder (BlueWhiteIllustrated, https://bwi.rivals.com/) doesn’t waste any time moving forward to 2019 and 2020 Nittany Lions’ recruiting plus shares another big, power 5 school that’s also killing it on Signing Day.

Penn State had a very successful National Letters of Intent Day. Nittany Lions writer Andrew Callahan (Lions 24/7) hits a few highlights plus gives us a preview of tonight’s Penn State/Maryland basketball matchup in the BJC.