The face of rugby league, Sky Sports Mike ‘Stevo’ Stephenson has been appearing on UK TV screens twice a week for nearly two decades. Co-commentating with his on-screen partner, Eddie Hemmings, Stevo has developed a reputation for straight talking in the game without pulling punches. However, many viewers little realise that in his earlier days, Stevo was one of the star players in rugby league.
Larger than life Stevo tells his story from growing up on the hard streets of a northern mill town, embarking on a highly successful rugby league career, his record breaking transfer to Australian club Penrith, then his second career as a journalist and TV commentator. Stevo recounts many incidents behind the scenes at Sky Sports and tells the story of his aims to build a rugby league museum and describes the work that saw his dream happen.
Love him or hate him (and many fans do), Stevo is guaranteed to entertain readers with his fascinating life story in 'Stevo: Looking Back'.
Larger than life Stevo tells his story from growing up on the hard streets of a northern mill town, embarking on a highly successful rugby league career, his record breaking transfer to Australian club Penrith, then his second career as a journalist and TV commentator. Stevo recounts many incidents behind the scenes at Sky Sports and tells the story of his aims to build a rugby league museum and describes the work that saw his dream happen.
Love him or hate him (and many fans do), Stevo is guaranteed to entertain readers with his fascinating life story in 'Stevo: Looking Back'.
