Steve Jones Show

Topics: John Urschel NFL retirement, CTE, college football practice/preparation, soccer popularity in America and Los Angeles gets the Summer Olympics in 2028.

Topic: MLB trade deadline. Guests: Matt Leon (KYW/Philadelphia) covers the Phillies and football.  Also, Kurt Badenhausen (Senior Editor, Forbes) and Steve discuss the world’s most valuable sports franchises plus the possible revenue the August 26th Mayweather/McGregor fight will generate.

We finish our “Best Of Week” with authors Jim Miller (“Those Guys Have All The Fun: Inside the World of ESPN”) and John U. Bacon, who wrote a book with ESPN’s John Saunders before his 2016 death. (“Playing Hurt: My Journey From Despair To Hope”).

Topics: Phillies, Pirates, Steelers and Pitt Panthers.  Also, we wrap up our “Best Of Week” this hour with Former Penn State basketball star and newest member of the Washington Wizards, Tim Frazier plus baseball talk with ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian.

This hour in “Best Of Week” features “Keeper of the Cup” Philip Pritchard plus New York Times writer and author Richard Sandomir (“Pride of the Yankees”) gives us a behind the scenes look at how the 1942 movie and Gary Cooper accurately portrayed Lou Gehrig.

Topics: Former Penn State offensive lineman John Urschel retires from football and former Bucknell basketball great Mike Muscala resigns with the Atlanta Hawks.  Also, our “Best Of Week” continues with Chuck Hixson (PhillyBaseballInsider.com) plus Phillies 2017 1st round draft pick and current Williamsport Crosscutter Adam Haseley.