Steve Jones Show

Topics: Friend of the show, Bob Buehner, joins the guys in studio. Shawn shares his experience as public address announcer at the 73rd annual Little League World Series, when will Penn State’s James Franklin name a starting quarterback and other observations with ten days away from from the season opener.

Hour2 – Topics – Steelers, NFL, College Football, High School Football, MLB MVPs, and individual awards in team sports. Guest – Neal Coolong of USA Today  

Hour1 – Topics – Diva WRs in the NFL, Steelers looking pretty, Antonio Brown, Odell Bekham.  

Hour 2 – Topics – Philly sports with Matt Leon, MLB playoff picture, Penn State preseason.

Hour 1 – Topics – AP Top 25 College Football Preseason Poll, dynasties in sports, the NL East.

Guests: College Football Writer Barrett Sallee (CBS Sports) joins us as we’re just 8 days away from the start of the 2019 season and we wrap up the week with Steve’s brother Kevin Jones!

Topics: Phillies win in dramatic fashion and sweep the Cubs plus Louisiana-Lafayette football head coach Billy Napier tried to get his players to donate to the school’s athletic fund.

Hour 2 – Guests: Kim Jones of NFL Network on what’s she looking for around the NFL, year two of Saquon Barkley with the New York Giants and his leadership capability, and more. Plus, Cam Mellor, Senior College Football Analyst for Pro Football Focus, on how he ranks quarterbacks 1-130, and more.

Thursday 8/15/19 Hour 1 – Topics: Phillies rout Cubs in Charlie Manuel and Cole Hamels return – hear some of Manuel’s pre-game media session. Guest: Ben Jones, StateCollege.com, on Penn State football returning to camp, and James Franklin’s media session Wednesday.

Guest: Sports Writer Dave Sheinin (Washington Post) brings his MLB perspective and explains why Charlie Manual’s return to the Phillies’ coaching staff is a good thing. Also, breaking news on the Phillies’ Jake Arrieta and we talk about the popularity of fantasy football.

Topics: Charlie Manuel returns to the Phillies’ coaching staff, college football players now enjoy “football only” until classes begin and Steve explains how critical and important these days are in preparation for the upcoming season and former Steelers Head Coach Bill Cowher recently shared his thoughts on former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown.

Topics: Dak Prescott, Penn State football, Phillies, Charlie Manuel, Matt Klentak, Jessica Mendoza and Alex Rodriguez.

Topics: Phillies fire hitting coach and bring Charlie Manuel back and can Dak Prescott rake in $40 million a year. Guest: Penn State football writer Nate Bauer (BlueWhiteIllustrated.com) checks in with his observations from Nittany Lions pre-season training camp.

Guests: Steelers/NFL Beat Writer Ray Fittipaldo (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) joins us from Latrobe to discuss the team’s reaction of the untimely death of Wide Receivers Coach Darryl Drake and having to move forward at training camp. Then, we head west to Oakland as Dieter Kurtenbach (Sports Columnist, Bay Area News Group) returns to the show to talk about Antonio Brown’s interesting week and how it’s been to cover Jon Gruden for the past two seasons.

Topics: Dak Prescott, Antonio Brown, MLB 2020 schedule released, PSU football practice continues leading up to the 2019 season opener. Guest: Matt Leon (Newsradio 1060 KYW/Philadelphia) checks in with the latest on Nate Sudfeld’s injury and how the Eagles plan to weather it, take-aways from the pre-season Titans game and what Philly needs to do over the next few weeks. Plus, Steve and Matt discuss the Phillies bullpen, which let the team down again in San Francisco.

Hour 2: Topics: More Penn State football talk, and Steve’s brother Kevin joins the show for his weekly appearance.

Friday 8/9/19 Hour 1: Topics: Recapping week 1 of preseason football.  Talking to Nate Bower from Blue White Illustrated

Hour 2: Topics: Hear James Franklin’s press conference from yesterday, complaints of slow play on the PGA and some of the other major sports, and how analytics may play a part in it.

Hour 1: Topics: Antonio Brown’s recovery from frost bite.  Guest: Stephen Means from Cleveland.com giving a preview of the Ohio State football season

Hour 2: Should the Pirates keep Clint Hurdle, Bucknell men’s basketball releases non-conference schedule, and a quick outlook to their season.