Like all good stories, it started in a basement…

Beer Belly Sports started when two guys from RP Broadcasting in Bemidji, MN decided to get together and discuss sports and things in the basement. Matt Geffre and Steve Papas (Steve O) started the show in February of 2017. Over the next two years, the guys would do live shows from not only Steve O’s basement, but also local bars and radio studios.

By 2019, Steve O had moved back to Wisconsin and Matt moved to the Twin Cities. Matt continued doing the show with guest hosts, and experimented with changing the name of the show to North Star Sports Podcast in hopes of reaching a broader audience. However, Beer Belly Sports was a better fit, and after Matt moved back to Bemidji in 2021, he added Dustin Patton, Bruce Legg, and Scott Wilson to the team which has been a huge success.

In the fall of 2023, Geffre Productions Corp became the parent company of Beer Belly Sports and Beer Belly Sports Radio Network. Since then, GPC and Beer Belly Sports Radio Network have started hosting not only the BBS podcast, but also other podcasts like Wild Hockey Talk with Bardown Beauties host and Wild insider, Jessi Pierce, and Purple Positivity: Vikings Talk with Justin Ekstrom. It is also the home of play by play action of Bemidji town ball baseball as well as Bemidji Blue Ox and Bemidji Bucks baseball!