3 Questions with Bob Evans

Mark Pope has a learned a lot about basketball, life, and leadership as he has transitioned from a college player on the NCAA Championship Kentucky Wildcats to the Indiana Pacers, the Bucks, and Nuggets, to Assistant and Head Coaching in successful college programs. Now he’s facing the biggest challenge of his career as the new Head Basketball Coach at Brigham Young University. FOX 13’s Bob Evans sits down with him for a 3 Questions interview.

The unexpected death of Utah National Guard Major, and North Ogden, Utah Mayor Brent Taylor shocked everyone. He was killed in an inside attack by one of the Afghani soldiers he was training, while on a ruck hike in Afghanistan in November of 2018. Taylor left behind a wife and seven children, who are carrying on his legacy for public service. FOX 13's Bob Evans interviewed Jennie Taylor for his 3 Questions segment.

How do first responders run toward danger, when everyone else is running away? How do they put in the long hours that law enforcement requires, and balance their personal lives? And what about their families? How do they deal with the ongoing risk of their loved one not coming home? FOX 13's Bob Evans sits down with Utah Highway Patrol Lieutenant Todd Royce for a 3 Questions interview.

Former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake sees himself as someone who can work with his counterparts across the aisle, but it got to the point that the writing on the wall regarding reelection was clear: either fall in with the GOP in its support of President Trump, or prepare for defeat in the primary. Faced with that choice, Senator Flake realized he was in a no-win situation. FOX 13's Bob Evans sits down with former Senator Jeff Flake for a 3 Questions Interview.

There is an inner conflict that can occur inside those in the gay community prior to coming out. They may be living life according to the expectations of family and friends, but there is often a civil war of sorts going on inside them. And not until those very private thoughts and feelings become public, are they able to feel more at peace with who they feel they are and who they feel they were meant to be. Nathan Ivie was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

It is one of the biggest and most significant debates of modern times. Whether you believe in God.. or not.. religious liberty is a two edged sword.. that touches the lives of believers and non-believers alike. From the sanctity of the confessional.. to the refusal to provide a cake for a gay wedding.. balancing the interests of all parties is a challenge unique to the legal system of the United States. In his new book “Deep Conviction”.. attorney and author Steven Collis examines the...

It has been 34 years since Sharlene Wells Hawkes was crowned Miss America in what was widely viewed at the time as an antidote to a pageant scandal the previous year. For the then-20-year-old from Provo, it was an achievement that opened the door to remarkable opportunities, including a 16-year career in network broadcasting and telling the stories of U.S. veterans. And while her professional life has been full, she relishes time with her own family.

Child sex abuse is a plague on out society. It ruins lives and devastates its victims. It crosses all socio- economic boundaries. The Sundance Film Festival co-founder, and LDS church filmmaker Sterling Van Wagenen pleaded guilty to abusing a young girl from 2013 to 2015. But before that, he molested a 13-year-old boy in 1993 named Sean Escobar who was one of Van Wagenen's sons best friends. Sean Escobar is all grown up now, with children of his own, but he still has haunting memories of...

Don’t call him “disabled”. Call him “abled”. A devastating jet ski injury when he was 11 years old changed Glenn Stucki’s life forever. In a coma for six weeks, he finally emerged partially paralyzed, and with a severe brain injury. But Glenn inspired thousands and thousands of people, as he has fought back to become an amazing artist, painting pictures of superheroes, and giving them away to hospitals, those down on their luck, and anyone who needs an emotional boost. He co-founded the...

In the digital age, newspapers around the country are struggling to make ends meet. Built on the subscription/print advertising business model, community newspapers are watching their vital numbers fall, even as their online audience continues to grow. But monetizing the growing online audience is a challenge, especially when the online “pie” is split in so many, many ways. It’s especially troublesome when large corporations and investor groups buy up smaller newspapers, and concentrate...

France Davis came to Utah in 1972 to fulfill a one year teaching fellowship at the University of Utah. But he wound up staying to become the Pastor and Chief Administrator of Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City. As you might guess.. life for a black man in the very Caucasian Utah.. was interesting to say the least. After being active in the civil rights movement in the 1960’s, he brought his sense of social justice to an area of the country that hadn’t had much experience with it. And,...

When Richard Norby accompanied three other missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Brussels airport on March 22, 2016, he had no idea he and his companions would nearly be killed in two suicide bombings at the airport that morning. 32 people were killed that day. About 200 were injured. Norby was about 25 feet away from the first terrorist who detonated himself, and was the most seriously injured of his group. But rather than remaining a victim of this...

At $320 million in taxable sales, the motion picture industry's contribution to Utah's $82 billion economy may seem relatively small. But there is no question it is one of the highest-profile industries in the state. Over the past six or seven decades, Utah has been featured in some of the biggest movies ever made, prompting untold numbers of visitors to come and experience firsthand some of the most beautiful places on the planet. It is no small task marketing Utah to filmmakers, and that...

Self-absorbed social media users were a joke to Collin Kartchner. He even had an Instagram account dedicated to poking fun at them. But then a young girl, who was very close friends with his own daughter, took her own life because of social media pressures. It so devastated Collin that the running joke on Instagram morphed into what has become a crusade to save the lives of young social media users. Tens of thousands now flock to hear him speak every month all over the United...

After coming in second in the very first season of FOX's hit TV show The Masked Singer, Donny Osmond visited us her at Fox 13 and sat down with Bob Evan for his second 3 Questions interview.

He is the embodiment of school spirit at BYU. Cosmo the Cougar is at all the major sporting events and often wows the crowd with his antics. In February of 2019, Charlie Bird took the rare and courageous step of revealing that not only was he Cosmo the Cougar from 2015 to 2018, but that he is also gay. At a school listed by the Princeton Review as the second-most unfriendly to the LGBTQ community, that is a dichotomy. I sat down with Charlie Bird in March of 2019 for a "3 Questions"...

Interview with Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds.

He is the son of prominent Utah Jewish leader Rabbi Benny Zippel. Avremi Zippel is himself a rabbi, who in recent months revealed he was severely sexually abused by a nanny from the time he was just a young boy into his late teens. He says what happened to him tormented him for decades and underscores how sexual abuse does not discriminate between classes, creeds or circumstances. Now, with a wife and two children, he is in recovery and considers himself a survivor.

Lance Allred was born in a polygamist commune in Montana, the grandson of polygamist leader Rulon Allred, and went on to become the first deaf player in the N.B.A. His life has been full of longshots, from his family leaving polygamy, to playing with Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, to becoming a highly sought-after international motivational speaker and best-selling author. In this 3 Questions interview, Fox 13’s Bob Evans gets into deep territory with a man who has had...

'The Incredible Hulk' actor Lou Ferrigno sits down with Fox 13's Bob Evans to discuss the enduring appeal of the 'Hulk,' his bodybuilding career and his unique connection to late pop star Michael Jackson.