Fountain City Sports Media: A Kansas City Chiefs Podcast

Go West Duffman  The Kansas City Royals deal fan favorite Danny Duffy to the Los Angeles Dodgers. With the Royals long since removed from playoff contention, is there anybody else on the squad who may follow suit?    Episode highlights include: •Discussing the Danny Duffy trade. (4:20) •Are other Royals on the trade block? (10:49) •Sporting Kansas City defeats the Seattle Sounders. (15:54) •This W...

Giannis and Gianluca. That is All.   It was a great week for two young stars in the professional sports world. Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the Milwaukee Bucks to an NBA Title thanks to some historic numbers, while Sporting KC's Gianluca Busio is seeing some good lucking numbers of his own thanks to an impending transfer to Venezia FC.    Episode highlights include: •Giannis goes on an NBA Finals s...

We traded in our Baseballs for Crystal Balls With the big three Kansas City teams on break, it gave us time to sit down and revisit one of our favorite episode concepts: The What If Episode. Hot Take Mando and Referhys each bring a paradigm shifting sports hypothetical to the table and debate the ripple effects they may have caused on professional sports as a whole.    Episode highlights include:...

That's Called a Winning Streak  After three straight wins over the 3rd, 4th, and 5th ranked teams in the Western Conference, Sporting KC stakes their claim as hottest team in the MLS and a contender for the Supporter's Shield. We analyze the team's latest win over the LA Galaxy, and what it means for the team going forward.   Episode highlights include: •Complete match breakdown of Sporting KC vs...

Those hot seats are looking mighty toasty...  As the Kansas City Royals continue their free fall, fingers are starting to point in the direction of pitching coach Cal Eldred and the club's front office. The KC Kid Noah Metzger returns to determine if these feelings are justified, or just the grumblings of perpetually frustrated fans.   Episode highlights include: •The regression, and continued str...

When it Rains, it Portlands  In a sports week that was rougher than a two dollar steak, we've got the cure for what ails you. Ale. Rhys and Armando talk about the exciting NBA playoffs, how a Chiefs star's routine traffic stop turned into a potential felony, and Sporting Kansas City getting chopped off at the knees in a Western Conference showdown.  Grab a cold one, settle down, and listen in. Epi...

Just Like How Avengers Endgame Really Should Have Been Called Infinity War Part II    It's Part II of this weeks "Rebrand-ening" podcast! We promised you updates on Kansas City's big three teams, and like Karl Malone, you better believe we came to deliver. If you haven't listened to Part I yet, go give that a listen now. Otherwise tune in to jump right back into the action!   Episode highlights in...

Cool New Look, Same Great Takes!  The Fountain City Crew are back with a hot new logo, and equally hot takes. It has been a packed month of June for all of Kansas City sports, and you better believe we're going to give each team their due. Strap in, crack a cold one, and hit play.   Episode highlights include: •A HUGE thank you to all of our Patreon supporters, and a shoutout to YupYup Design (5:3...

Time to Get Philosophical The Kansas City Royals haven't been this relevant heading into June since 2016. But as it stands, the team still sits at .500. Do the Royals have the firepower to go toe to toe with the top teams? Can they find the consistency to keep up in a tight AL Wildcard race?    Episode Highlights Include: Pitchers, or belly itchers? (11:05) The batting order: High powered, or wall...

Aka, Richter and Sporty  Sporting Kansas City leaves San Jose with a huge 3 points after a resurgent week from Alan Pulido and company. What brought on this offensive firepower, and can the team keep up their winning ways heading into June? Episode highlights include: •Alan Pulido shines, and the Sporting offense carves up San Jose (6:12) •Good offense from Sporting? Or poor defense from San Jose?...

Noah Records His First Save of the Season  The Kansas City Royals went on a slide. Down a rocky hill. Into a tire fire. But now they're back! The KC Kid Noah Metzer makes his return to talk us through a wild and exciting first quarter of the Kansas City Royals season. Can the bats find consistency? Can our stars stay healthy? Can this team continue to contend long enough to keep the postseason in...

It's Getting Real Drafty in Here  The Kansas City Chief's 2021 draft is in the books! We've combed the tape of all six selections and are set to hand out some player grades. Who's a day one starter? Who's a sleeper star? Listen in and find out!   Episode highlights include: •Round 1 pick/the trade for Left Tackle Orlando Brown (6:53) •Round 2 pick 58: Nick Bolton-Linebacker (13:01) •Round 2 pick 6...

WHAT YEAR IS IT The Kansas City Royals in first place? Sporting KC...exactly where we predicted them? Don't say we didn't tell you so #oracles. Catch up on our two favorite summer season teams on this week's episode of Fountain City Sports Media!   Episode highlights include: •Kansas City Royals: Real deal, or fools gold and blue? (6:25) •This Week in Craft Beer: Dogfish Head opening south Florida...

WE DARE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING   ...but for those of you who have other things going on in life, that's completely understandable. In case you missed the show, we've captured AND TIMESTAMPED all of our segments and specials guests from this week's special livestream.  Tune in and listen to the good times, analysis, and laughs we shared with with our incredible correspondents. (Language W...

It's Time for Yakamaniacs Jordan Williams, brewer at Free State Brewing Co joins the podcast to give us the lowdown on how he went from chamber choir to fermentation chamber. Hear about how how an experience while at St Olaf College lead him to his love of craft beer (8:42), how this love lead him to brewing (13:04), and how brewing lead him to a tornado (28:32)!? Later on, Jordan gives us a histo...

The Worst Kind of Jerk is a Knee-Jerk 14-run games, ERAs tickling 20, and a .500 record. The Kansas City Royals are three series in and you better BELIEVE we're prepared to point fingers and hand out gold stars. The crew vehemently discuss their excitement and optimism for the Royals and what they've shown so far in this young season. Can the team keep it going for another 154 games? Episode highl...

Bring Back the Argyle  With spring back in full command, we are just a couple weeks away from the return of MLS and our beloved Sporting Kansas City! With a number of longtime club staples either in their twilight or gone all together, Sporting looks to reload and build towards the future. Listen in as Kyle leads our Sporting KC preseason preview. Episode highlights include: •Record Academy call u...

On Pace for 162-0  Soler blasts and live casts can only mean that baseball's back! For the first time since 2019 the Kansas City Royals give their fans an offensive spectacle, defeating the Texas Rangers 14-10 in a wild shootout. Hear about the history made, and if the Royals bats can stay hot over the next six months. Episode highlights include: •Adalberto Mondesi injured (3:59) •An unthinkable f...

Let Them Drink Cake  Courtney Servaes, Founder and Head Brewer at Servaes Brewing Co, joins the podcast! Hear how a career in criminal journalism lead to a passion for creating high quality, innovative beers (6:44). Courtney shares the virtues of thinking outside the box and brewing unique flavors consumers love (26:15), and also shares about personal life including comic books, her Food Network f...

Looking for an Offensive Rebound  In an offseason highlighted by significant signings and acquisitions, the Royals look to jumpstart their lineup and light up the scoreboard. Will the new bats be enough? Will Adalberto Mondesi take the next step in becoming an offensive juggernaut? Will we see Bobby Witt Jr sooner than we thought?  Episode highlights include: •Kyle's shoutout from the Royals, Arma...

Making Pitches Worthy of Don Draper  As we continue to make our way closer to MLB Opening Day, the Kansas City Royals seek stability in an evolving and revolving rotation. We preview the Royals' starting pitchers, and determine if the bull pen can continue their high level of play after a surprisingly successful 2020 campaign. Episode highlights include: •Celebrating some exciting podcast mileston...

We're Talkin' Baaaaaseball  Spring is in the air which means Major League Baseball and the Kansas City Royals make their triumphant return! A bitter cold winter met with hot investments has left us chomping at the bit for the beginning of spring training! Tune in as we discuss the biggest offseason storylines and how this year suddenly got exciting for the Boys in Blue. Episode highlights include:...

It's a Bye Week Beerstravaganza!  Welcome to Season 2! With the Kansas City Chiefs' season in the rearview mirror, Armando and Rhys take a much needed bye week from sports to talk nothing but beer! So crack a bottle, go full throttle, BUT DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!   Episode highlights include: •2 members of our beer family get nominations in USA Today's Reader's Choice Awards (7:28) •2 times the beer...

The Power is YOURS!  It's day one of the Kansas City Chiefs offseason and the "Take it Back" campaign. The crew hop into the shoes of General Manager Brett Veach to share their top moves and acquisitions the organization needs to make between now and training camp. JJ Watt? AJ Green? TY Hilton? Tune in to find out! Episode highlights include: •The crew lay down their must make moves during a long...

Why Do We Fall, Bruce? So We Can Learn To Pick Ourselves Up.  The Kansas City Chiefs and the Run it Back campaign fall just short. This week's episode will be a talk therapy exercise as we try to make sense of what went wrong, what Tampa Bay did right, and what Chief's Kingdom can build on coming off of this loss. Episode Highlights Include: •Special Announcements about Fountain City Sports Media...