After the Buzzer

After the Buzzer, April 17, 2020

Mike Gross and Gordie Jones take a look back at Manheim Central's 39-38 victory over Pine-Richland in the 2003 PIAA Class AAA championship game, which was contested in a blizzard.

After the Buzzer, 4-9-20

Mike Gross and Gordie Jones continue their weekly walks along Memory Lane by discussing the 1983 World Series, which saw the Orioles beat the Phillies in five games.

After the Buzzer, April 2, 2020

Mike Gross and Gordie Jones, continuing their flashback series, discuss Penn State's 24-21 victory over No. 2 Ohio State in 2016, a game that swung on Marcus Allen's blocked field goal and Grant Haley's 60-yard touchdown return late in the fourth quarter.

After the Buzzer, March 26, 2020

In the second socially distant edition of After the Buzzer, Mike Gross and I discuss the 1982-83 Sixers, and their run to the NBA championship.

After the Buzzer, March 19, 2020

With live sports on hold, we are launching into a series of flashbacks on the new, socially distant version of After the Buzzer -- i.e., an event Gordie Jones covered, an event Mike Gross covered or an event both of us covered in the course of our careers, as between the two of us we have spent over 80 years in sportswriting. Up first is the 2006 Orange Bowl, a 26-23 Penn State victory over Florida State in triple overtime that was witnessed by Mike.

 

 

After the Buzzer, March 9, 2020

Author Yaron Weitzman joins Mike Gross and Gordie Jones to discuss "Tanking to the Top," his excellent book about the 76ers' rebuild. It is due to be released March 17.  

After the Buzzer, March 4, 2020

Mike Drago of the Reading Eagle-Times joins Mike Gross and Gordie Jones to discuss the upcoming PIAA boys' basketball tournament, which includes two District Three championship teams from Berks County, Wilson and Muhlenberg.

After the Buzzer, February 19, 2020

Sixers play-by-play man Marc Zumoff is the guest on the latest edition of After the Buzzer, which also finds Mike Gross and Gordie Jones discussing the closing stretch of the Sixers' season, and the thrilling ending of the NBA All-Star Game.

 

 

After the Buzzer, February 13, 2020

Former Hempfield boys' basketball coach Warren Goodling, now a radio analyst for llhoops.com, joins Mike Gross and Gordie Jones to preview the Lancaster-Lebanon League championship game between Warwick and Cedar Crest. He also reminisces about his coaching days, particularly the Black Knights' rivalry with McCaskey and his friendship with the Red Tornado's late coach, Steve "Bird" Powell.

After the Buzzer, February 4, 2020

Mike Gross and Gordie Jones yak about the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory, the Sixers' continuing struggles and the approaching NBA trade deadline. Also, David Eckert, a senior at Penn State and former LNP intern, discusses his trip to the Super Bowl.