CouchSide Sports: Recent Episodes
Kyle French and Michael Burke via WHUS
CouchSide Sports is a podcast for avid sports fans who enjoy discussing their opinions on the games they love. The two co hosts Kyle French and Michael Burke dive into a variety of sports primarily basketball, football, and baseball with analysis from the perspective of their couches. Loose laidback conversation style discussions perfect for casual sports fans who see sports from the outside looking in. Recurring topics include offseason/free agency talk, “Who Got Finessed” trade segment, bold predictions for upcoming seasons, and “Quick Hits” segment where we address big moments in niche sports. Comedy will be involved in the shows with plenty of jokes, sarcasm, and satirical comments so don’t take everything we say seriously! Enjoy the show and let us know what you like and dislike, we love the feedback. Can’t wait to interact with you guys and share our passionate opinions about the sports world.
On our final episode of Season 1 we have our Super Bowl 52 recap, “Breaking News That Isn’t News”, “Who Got Finessed” in both the NBA and the NFL, and “Recognize Greatness” for #27 athletes! Sorry for the static (Recorded Feb. 6th) *We will be on strike for better working conditions and audio quality (as […]
We recognize greatness for athletes who wore #26, recap the NFL Conference Championships, give our Super Bowl picks, debate NBA all star snubs and rosters, “Who Got Finessed is Back”, and as always some electric “Breaking News That Isn’t News”. (Recorded January 28th)
On today’s episode we discuss the greatest athletes to wear #25, recap the NFL Divisional Round playoff games, Breaking News That Isn’t News, conduct our own NBA All Star Game draft, and give our NFL Picks! (Recorded January 19th)
Today’s show the guys breakdown the first weekend of the NFL playoffs, coaching changes around the league, “Breaking News That Isn’t News”, Alabama vs Georgia College Championship, and give their predictions for the NFL Divisional Round! (Recorded January 11th)
On today’s episode the guys show love for the best athletes to ever wear #23, try to figure out what a catch is after Patriots Steelers controversial ending, recap some exciting off the couch experiences, Breaking News That Isn’t News, preview the Christmas Day basketball games, and give Week 16 NFL Picks. (Recorded December 22nd)
On today’s show we discuss the Eagles future without Carson Wentz, our favorite potential NFL playoff scenarios, the Ball brothers playing in Lithuania, Breaking News That Isn’t News, Who Got Finessed in the Nets 76ers trade, and Week 15 NFL Picks. (Recorded December 14th)
On today’s episode we discuss “Who Got Finessed” in the Giancarlo Stanton Trade, give our top 5 stupidest athlete crimes inspired by Freida Bosh trappin in Texas, we have “Breaking News That Isn’t News”, “What I Learned This Week”, “Stat of the Week”, and “NFL Picks”. (Recorded December 10th)
On our 20th drop we discuss the chaos and problems taking place in the New York Giants and Memphis Grizzlies organizations, we have “Breaking News That Isn’t News”, “What I Learned This Week”, a new segment, and we end with our NFL Picks! (Recorded December 3rd)
We dive into some Who Got Finessed NBA trade talk, Breaking News That Isn’t News, MLB season wrap up, our new segment What I Learned This Week, and NFL Picks for Week 11! You will also get some special live gametime commentary from co host Michael Burke.
On today’s show we breakdown the exciting NFL Trade Deadline moves in “Who Got Finessed”, we have “Breaking News That Isn’t News”, try to explain some hot and slow starts in the NBA, and finish with our Week 9 NFL Picks!
This week we discuss Kiko Alonso’s vicious hit on Joe Flacco, which NFL teams scare us in a Halloween special segment, some NBA player return games we’re looking forward to, Breaking News That Isn’t News, and give our Week 8 NFL Picks! (Recorded October 28th)
This episode the guys react to the opening week of NBA basketball discussing the Gordon Hayward injury and itsimpact on the Celtics, the Warriors slow start, and some incredible individual performances from Week 1. We also have Breaking News That Isn’t News and NFL Picks and analysis for Week 7! (Recorded October 22nd)
Your two co hosts talk nothing but NBA basketball as we prepare for the season to begin on October 17th. We run through each division, give our seeding predictions for each conference, make our Finals picks and analyze potential winners of awards like MVP and Rookie of the Year! (Recorded October 13th)
On today’s episode our fantasy football analysis segment returns, we gear up for fantasy basketball with some draft strategy advice, as always we have “Breaking News That Isn’t News”, and finish up with our NFL Picks featuring special guest Kennan Devaney who tweeted us his picks! Unfortunately co host Michael Burke is out for the […]
On today’s episode we discuss the events of NFL week 3 with a new segment “Not Talking Politics”, “Who Got Finessed” makes a reappearance as we see a few late NBA offseason moves, and we give our Week 4 NFL Picks! Then we get CouchSide Hockey Specialist Joe Fairbanks on the line to prepare us […]
We’re back with our fantasy football segment discussing potential adds and sleeper starts for week 3, our thoughts on the Aaron Hernandez story, Breaking News That Isn’t News, reactions to the Kevin Durant Twitter mishap, and give our picks for NFL Sunday! (Recorded September 22)
Co host Michael Burke returns via the phone lines to talk fantasy football analysis for Week 1, reactions to the Ezekiel Elliot situation, Breaking News That Isn’t News, ESPN’s disrespect to Carmelo Anthony, and we make some NFL Picks for this coming Sunday! (Recorded September 15th)
CouchSide pushes through after losing Michael Burke for the week (He will be back soon!) to discuss Patriots vs Chiefs, NFL opening day, Isaiah Thomas and Tim Duncan’s Players Tribune articles, and the FedEx Cup PGA Tour playoffs! Our favorite segment Breaking News That Isn’t News also returns and some future guests on the show […]
NFL Prediction Week! The guys dive into every franchise in the NFL giving their picks for what team will win each division, who will pick up the remaining wild card positions, and what two teams will meet for Super Bowl LII. We also compare our picks with those of misinformed Sports Illustrated writer Andy Benoit!
Kyle and Mike debate who won the biggest NBA trade of the year between the Cavs and Celtics, discuss possible repercussions of a suspicious tampering charge against LA Lakers President Magic Johnson, and detail why and why not they are excited for the biggest fight in combat history between Mayweather and McGregor!
We finally get into one of our favorite segments “Sports You Didn’t Know Were Intense”, answer a followers Twitter question (@CouchSideSportz), breakdown our strategies and picks from our leagues Fantasy Football Draft, plus more exciting sports perspectives from the comforts of our couches!
Reactions and thoughts on 2028 Olympics being held in L.A., breaking down the impact of pre season NFL injuries, discussing the Colin Kaepernick situation, Breaking News That Isn’t News, and MLB trade deadline talk. We also answer questions asked via our Twitter @CouchSideSportz, send in any questions and we will answer them in future episodes. […]
Special guest Wes Langlais joins the show to talk early NFL and NBA predictions, Kyrie Irving trade situation, and fantasy football draft strategies. Also Breaking News That isn’t News and Maybe I’m Not an Athlete segments return!
MLB All Star talk, some couch side Wimbledon and Tour de France analysis, plus a couple new exciting segments!
Back with more “Who Got Finessed” trade talk, some big NBA free agent signings, Ice Cube’s Big 3 opening week, and Kevin Durant’s new workout plan!
Travelers Championship talk, winners and losers of the NBA Draft, “Who Got Finessed” trade segment, an exclusive interview with Jimmy Butler, and NBA Awards Night Analysis!
Get to know the hosts, NBA Finals wrap up, debating LeBron James’ legacy, are the Warriors the best team ever?, and more fun sports talk!