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BBK Unplugged podcast

Get behind the biggest sporting stories and hear from the sporting world's biggest names, with BBK Unplugged podcast.

Renowned Sunday Times sports editor Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (BBK)
and his revolving door of sporting experts, take you through the stories behind the scoreboard.

SportsLIVE is a MultimediaLIVE production, a division of Arena Holdings.

Sports, cricket, rugby, soccer, football, tennis, sportsmen, sport, goal, South African sport
Weekly English South Africa Sports · Sports
90 Episodes
44 – 64

COVID-19, SPORT-0 (feat. Danny Jordaan & Irvin Khoza)

The Corona Virus has hit live sports for a six, it's put 19 past the net, it's stolen a march on every sporting event around the globe, it's hit sports for a knockout and fans as well as players and managers are feeling it. In this episode, we put together…
20 Mar 2020 25 min

The story of the Malan brothers, Pieter, Andre & Janneman

Cricketer Andre Malan joined us on the SportsLIVE podcast to chat about his and his brothers' background and their make-up. Andre, 28, plays for Western Province, while his siblings, Pieter and Janneman, graduated to the Test and ODI ranks this past summer cricket season. Pieter, 30, made his debut in…
11 Mar 2020 43 min

RWC2019 Untold Stories (feat. Rassie Erasmus & Dr Jerome Mampane)

Yes, the 2019 Rugby World Cup is still on our minds and we relish the idea of peeling layers of the Springboks' third William Webb Ellis trophy. In this episode, we have another look behind the scenes, as we piece together how Siya Kolisi, Rassie Erasmus and Co. concocted the…
3 Mar 2020 32 min

What happened to Inny Radebe?

One of the most talked-about episodes in rugby last year happened when former Sharks flyhalf Inny Radebe released a "diss track" venting his frustrations with the South African rugby system. In this episode, you can hear that track and hear from the man himself, Radebe, who details what his thought-process…
26 Feb 2020 29 min

Should Temba replace Faf? (feat. Phila Sixaba)

Faf du Plessis announced that he was stepping down from the Proteas Test and T20 captaincy, making way for a new leader. Quinton de Kock has assumed the reins in the white-ball formats (ODI and T20) but should Temba Bavuma replace Du Plessis as Test captain?
19 Feb 2020 33 min

Kaizer Chiefs 50th Anniversary Tribute (feat. Kaizer Motaung, Lebo Manyama)

Kaizer Chiefs celebrate their 50th birthday this year and as a tribute, SportsLIVE put together a wonderfully packaged scripted podcast -- the first for the award-winning podcast. Narrated by SportsLIVE podcast host Sbu Mjikeliso, this is the story of Ewert "The Lip" Nene, the man who helped found Amakhosi. From…
5 Feb 2020 29 min

Temba Bavuma & the black batsman burden (feat. Daniel Gallan)

Temba Bavuma forced his way back into the Proteas Test team after scoring runs, 180 of them in one innings, for the Lions in the domestic 4-Day competition. But his omission from the SA team that is locked in a four-Test battle with England caused a massive racial storm on…
26 Jan 2020 29 min

Proteas In Crisis (feat. Kagiso Rabada)

After England took an assailable 2-1 lead in the four-Test series against South Africa, we looked at the cause of the malaise the national South African men's cricket team is under. We hear from paceman Kagiso Rabada, who is suspended for the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers in…
22 Jan 2020 42 min

'I'm stoked to be alive': Kirsten Landman

Hard enduro biker Kirsten Landman made history in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia by becoming one of the first African women, alongside Taye Perry from East London, to ride the toughest motorsport race in the world. Her journey to the Dakar, however, was paved with challenges, some near-fatal. Her…
15 Jan 2020 33 min

The Legacy of EL10's (feat. Scarra Ntubeni & Sikhumbuzo Notshe)

In the first episode of 2020 for this award-winning podcast, we went to the East London 10's tournament where we caught up with some of the chief organisers of what was a groundbreaking event for the province. The popular Old Boys 10's tournaments have, through the course of history, made…
8 Jan 2020 42 min

How We won the World Cup Part 2 (feat. Lindsay Weyer)

In Part 2 of our beautifully insightful conversation with Rassie Erasmus's lieutenant, performance analyst Lindsay Weyer, our last special guest for 2019 breaks down how the Springboks dismantled England. They had plenty of help, of course, coming in the form of consultant Felix Jones, who joined the Springbok management team…
13 Dec 2019 37 min

How We Won the World Cup Part 1 (feat. Lindsay Weyer)

Performance analyst Lindsay Weyer sat next to Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus and he got the best seat in the house as South Africa's messiah led the Boks to their third Rugby World Cup title, beating England in the final in Japan. No, we are not over the victory yet…
11 Dec 2019 34 min

Henry Olonga: 'I had no pleasure when Mugabe died'

In this new episode of the award-winning SportsLIVE podcast, we cross the oceans to Brisbane, Australia, to chat to one of the most fascinating characters sport has ever seen. This is the full conversation of the story that was first published on New Frame, which captured former Zimbabwean international cricketer…
4 Dec 2019 23 min

The year of Women's Football (feat. Desiree Ellis)

Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis paid a special visit to the SportsLIVE podcast to detail the whimsical year 2019 has been for the South African National Women's team, as well as women's football as a whole. She took us through the journey of guiding Banyana to their first Fifa…
27 Nov 2019 46 min

Downs Dynasty plus Am & Mapimpi's roots (feat Elliot Fana)

There’s trouble in paradise, if reports are to be believed, at Mamelodi Sundowns with an alleged rift between head coach Pitso Mosimane and Alex Shakoane. Allegations are that a campaign to oust the multiple league winning and CAF Champions League winning coach, Mosimane, has resumed in earnest. Are we seeing…
20 Nov 2019 38 min

Special | "Ndlozi is not a God of sport" - Holomisa

Leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) General Bantu Holomisa responded to EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi's comments that the Springboks "entrenched white supremacy in the South African society". Holomisa, who was a right wing in his rugby playing days, said the black players in the World Cup-winning Springbok team were…
14 Nov 2019 14 min

Give Chiefs the league title now (feat. Mark Haskins)

The AmaKhosi runaway train seems to have suffered brake failure because it is not showing any signs of stopping any time soon. Kaizer Chiefs are enjoying one of their best starts to an Absa Premiership campaign ever, having won nine out of their 11 matches played so far and losing…
13 Nov 2019 44 min
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