Topics: David Ortiz undergoes third surgery, Richard Seymour takes part in World Series of Poker and listener reaction from Steve’s discussion on Wednesday about student athlete training tables. Guest: Bill Bender (National College Football Writer, Sporting News) scans the Big Ten Conference and shares the impact Jim Delany had during his tenure as Commissioner.

Topic: The future of women’s soccer after the USWNT won back-to-back FIFA Women’s World Cup titles. Guest: Tim Kelly (Host of the daily “Locked on Phillies” Podcast and Editorial Director on Phillies Nation dot com) makes his show debut to discuss where pitcher Jake Arrieta currently is health-wise, whether the Phillies will buy or sell at the trade deadline and where they should set their priorities plus the organization’s talent level on the minor league squads including the progress of Mickey Moniak and Alec Bohm.

Topics: AL wins MLB All-Star Game, Kawhi Leonard signs a 3-year deal with the Clippers and Steve shares information from a sports story in Forbes about the universities that spend the most money on their student athletes training tables.

Guest: New Orleans basketball writer and radio network analyst Jim Eichenhofer (Pelicans.com) checks in from the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas to discuss Zion Williamson, the Anthony Davis trade to the Lakers and the latest on former Penn State basketball star Tony Carr and what he can contribute to the Pels. Then, Steve wraps up the show by cruising through the Penn State football Summer roster as Lift For Life approaches this Friday as well as how other teams may stack up this upcoming season in the Big Ten Conference.

Topics: MLB Home Run Derby, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Andy Russell, MLB All-Star Game, Justin Verlander and are juiced baseballs causing the spike in MLB home runs?