Legends with Bevo

Warning! This video contains strong language and some full on mental health discussion that may offend some viewers. I had the great joy of catching up with the hilarious  Marc Ryan The Beautiful Bogan  for a chat on Comedy Legends with Bevo when he was here for the  Adelaide Fringe . We spoke about the classic way that he became ‘The Beautiful Bogan’, Marc’s tough childhood, his challenges with m...

It was fantastic to recently chat with one of the  Port Adelaide Football Club 's greatest ever players  Warren Tredrea  on Sports Legends with Bevo. We spoke about why wearing the prison bars means so much to Port Adelaide players, what it was like to win a  SANFL  premiership as a teenager, some of the characters he played with throughout his career and growing up in a sporting family! Tredders...

For over 20 years now Tom Siegert - Comedian has entertained audiences around Australia as a stand-up comedian and in recent years with his alter ego The Suburban Footballer - Tom Siegert . It was great to catch up with Tom for a chat recently on Comedy Legends with Bevo where we discussed where Tom first got his passion for comedy, one of his gigs that didn't go so well in the past and the story...

It was great to be interviewed by comedian and radio announcer James Liotta on his show on 96.5 Inner FM in Melbourne about the Legends with Bevo story and the excitement of getting the show on community television on Channel 44 Adelaide and C31 in Melbourne and Geelong.

What a way to kick off 2023 with a fantastic chat on Sports Legends with Bevo with Sam Powell-Pepper fresh off signing a contract extension at the Port Adelaide Football Club until 2025. We spoke about how becoming a Dad has changed his life, his footy journey, funny team mates and a common interest in our love of Weet-Bix ! Thanks so much to Sam for his time, to Loukas Founten for arranging the c...

It was a real honor to recently interview Mark Beretta on Sports Legends with Bevo. Mark is currently the Channel 7 Sunrise Sports Presenter, a Journalist and Author and has been in the media now for over 30 years. We discussed his media journey and the early days when he first began as a sports radio reporter in the 90’s. We also spoke about Mark’s stellar water-skiing career and the journey whic...

I recently had a terrific chat with award winning filmmaker and author Peter Dickson on Sports Legends with Bevo. We discussed what life was like growing up in a family of six and the sporting battles they all had. We also spoke about the close bond that Peter had with his late brother Rob and how he influenced Peter to become a documentary maker. Peter has recently written a book called ‘He Was M...

As far as Aussie legends go Mark Woodforde is right up there, his tennis record speaks for itself and he is a true gentleman as well. Mark has called America home for several years now and so it was interesting hearing about what made him decide to make the move over and how he's still involved in the great game of tennis these days. It was also great hearing the stories about meeting another tenn...

What a buzz it was to chat recently with one of the greats of AFL, Anthony Koutoufides on Sports Legends with Bevo. An inductee into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2014, Kouta played 278 games at his beloved Carlton blues represented Victoria in state footy and was a premiership player in 1995 with Carlton. We reminisced over Kouta’s stellar career as he shared some great stories about winning his first...

I really enjoyed catching up recently with elite runners and glamour couple Izzi Batt-Doyle  and Riley Cocks on Sports Legends with Bevo. I had some good banter with them both as they recently celebrated five years together as a couple and how they go with Riley being Izzi’s coach as well. We spoke about Izzi’s experience in representing Australia in athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the re...

I had the rare opportunity to recently interview one of SA's biggest media personalities, Andrew 'Cosi' Costello, Breakfast Radio Presenter on SAFM Adelaide and host of South Aussie with Cosi . We spoke about where the concept for South Aussie with Cosi came about, how he got his break in radio and the younger years when he was MC at nightclubs around SA. Thanks so much to Cosi for giving up his t...

It was a great pleasure to chat to a terrific and inspiring young lad, Patrick Bines on Sports Legends with Bevo recently. Patrick was a promising young basketballer and represented Australia at junior level, played for the Melbourne Tigers Basketball in the SEABL then made the transition to AFL where he was picked up by West Coast Eagles as a rookie in 2018. Whilst playing in the WAFL he sustaine...

It was great fun chatting to James Liotta recently on Comedy Legends with Bevo in the lead up to his new comedy show with good friend and fellow comedian Piero Viavattene called 'How Much For Cash?' We discussed what the show is all about, how James got into acting at a young age and whilst being on television didn't always work in his favour at school, what it was like appearing on the Fat Pizza...

It was great fun recently interviewing United States Australian Football League (USAFL) Media Manager Brian Barrish on our new series, Sports Legends with Bevo. We discussed how Brian first fell in love with the sport of AFL and what he loves about it, the growth of AFL for men and women in the US, his current role with the USAFL and the collaboration between Tasmania and the USAFL. Thanks so much...

It was great fun chatting to 1993 Essendon Football Club premiership player Rick Olarenshaw recently on Sports Legends with Bevo. We reminisced about Rick's career in the AFL, the incredible work that he is doing to promote Aussie Rules in Bali as part of the Bali Geckos Aussie Rules Football Club and what made him decide to take the plunge and move to Bali over 10 years ago. There's an inaugural...

It was great to catch up on Sports Legends with Bevo with Port Adelaide Football Club and Smosh West Lakes Football Club junior Jackson Mead recently for a chat. We spoke about the influence that club legend and Jackson's father, Darren Mead has had on his career, what it was like to make his debut in round one this year against the Lions and we gave Jackson the chance to stir the pot on some of h...

Good mates and former SANFL stars Ben Haren and Daniel Kirk are on a mission to make a difference in the community with their new business The Adaptability Movement . We spoke on Sports Legends with Bevo about how the idea of the Adaptability Movement came about and the fantastic initiatives that both boys have implemented in the community to help improve the mental health of individuals. We also...

In a Sports Legends with Bevo exclusive with inspirational freestyle skier @samikennedysim we found out why she decided to retire shortly after living the dream as the flag bearer for the Australian team at the closing ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. We also found out how she overcame a stroke in her early 20’s to go on and have a fantastic career in the sport of freestyle skiing, t...

In a very special Sports Legends with Bevo and on one of the biggest days of his life I had the incredible pleasure of chatting to West Adelaide Football Club young gun and all-round nice guy Josh Carmichael who is a red hot chance of getting picked up in tonight’s AFL mid-season draft. Josh has been tearing it up this year at the Bloods in the SANFL competition averaging 24 possessions a game, 5...

It was a pleasure to interview a mentor of mine and one of SA's biggest media personalities Mark Aiston on Sports Legends with Bevo. We spoke about how Mark first got into the media, overcoming his mental health battles, how the great Bruce McAvaney has been a big influence on his career and we reminisced over the famous incident in 2011 with newsreader Belinda Heggen when Mark was reading the spo...

It was great to catch up with another comedian who is doing great things on the comedy circuit, Biddy O’Loughlin who brought along her daughter Dolly! Biddy is the daughter of another comedy legend Fiona O’Loughlin and we spoke about the buzz of performing together earlier this year. We also discussed Biddy’s show ‘Funny Girl Sad Songs’ which she performed at this year’s Adelaide Fringe, her comed...

I was very lucky to interview the Hartlett brothers Adam and Hamish just before this year's SANFL season kicked off, we had some technical issues which delayed posting up the video but thankfully we got it sorted in the end. We spoke about the ups and downs of Hamish's 193 game AFL career at Port Adelaide Football Club and what it's like to be back where it all started at the West Adelaide Footbal...

I really enjoyed chatting with one of the tough men of football, 1987 Carlton Blues premiership player David Rhys-Jones on Sports Legends with Bevo. We spoke about why it was so tough playing in the brutal 80's, some of his funny team mates and the famous Battle of Britain exhibition match with North Melbourne that quickly became somewhat of a bloodbath. His son Cooper has a rare condition called...

It was a huge honour to recently interview Philip Micallef one of the greatest football journalists of all time on Sports Legends with Bevo. Philip Micallef has worked full time for Fairfax (Illawarra Mercury) and News Limited (Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph). He also was a long-time contributor to SBS (The World Game). We discussed Philip's journey and where it all began for him, what it wa...

In by far one of the loosest ever interviews I've done, nothing was off limits as stand-up comedian Jarryd Goundrey and I talked about his time in the military and some of the characters he met along the way and how it started his comedy career off plus much more. He's selling out shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and doing shows around Australia this year. Follow his Instagram...