Team of Rivals Podcast

It's a short show. (It is not a short show.) With the World Baseball Classic Final happening during the episode, the Team of Rivals crew tries to stay on track while inevitably getting distracted. This week: ⚾ WBC talk and live reactions 🎬 Elliott takes over the pop culture segment with a SPOILER-FREE review of Project Hail Mary ⚽ Ron delivers his Soccer Minute (duration may vary) Follow @TeamOfRivalsPod and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And yes… we'll see you next Tuesday. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

We promised no NFL free agency coverage. So naturally we opened the show trying to figure out what exactly happened with Maxx Crosby. But that was only the beginning of the chaos. This week, we also covered: ⚾ A quick detour into USA's impending loss in the World Baseball Classic 🏀 The ridiculous 83-point performance by Bam Adebayo ⚽ Why Brazilian soccer might be the most dangerous sporting environment in the world ⚽ Ron's deeply disappointing week of soccer fandom 🎬 A completely unexpected pop culture rabbit hole In other words… the usual Team of Rivals nonsense. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

The boys showed up with no plan… and somehow covered everything. On this episode of Team of Rivals, we ease into Spring Training with the appropriate level of skepticism (which is to say: none). We also explore a question Cubs fans may not be emotionally prepared for: Where could Ian Happ play next? Hypothetically. Probably. Jurickson Profar's PED suspension becomes a jumping-off point for a broader conversation about accountability, baseball history, and why this stuff still manages to surprise people. Then we take a hard left turn into Chicago football as Drew Dalman's sudden retirement leaves the Bears with an unexpected hole at center… because of course it does. We break down what it means and how concerned fans should be (answer: it's the Bears). We wrap with Ron's Soccer Minute, where he recounts a week so bad it crossed international borders. Across the pond. Here in the States. Misery without a passport. No rundown. No structure. Just Cubs, Cardinals, Bears, and a little global suffering. Leave a 5-star review. Tell a friend. Preferably one who overreacts to Spring Training. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

Spring Training is in full swing, and the Team of Rivals Podcast is back with all the takes you didn't know you needed. This week we cover: • This year's Cardinals Hall of Fame ballot — who joins Albert and Yadi in September? • Pete Crow-Armstrong's debut as a villain in Dodgers territory • What to do with a potentially "empty" Soldier Field • ABS first impressions Plus, Ron delivers his always-inevitable Soccer Minute, and Elliott… quietly disappears once the recording light goes off. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com  

Baseball is back. The Cubs and Cardinals will throw their first pitches in anger tomorrow, optimism is in the air, and we are all pretending that whatever happens in Arizona and Florida over the next six weeks will not emotionally ruin our summers. Tonight on the Team of Rivals Podcast:  ⚾ FINALLY, baseball returns tomorrow 👨‍👦 A completely normal and healthy discussion about our love for large adult sons (Pozo/MoBaller edition) 🏟️ The Chicago Bears advance the ball to "the half-yard-line" of their increasingly likely move to Northwest Indiana ⚽ Ron might get aggressively out over his skis after Newcastle embarrassed Qarabağ Plus: offseason delusions, civic brinksmanship, and the usual refusal to stay on topic for more than four consecutive minutes. Are we really doing this? Yes. Yes, we are. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

This week is a buffet episode. Will we talk about PECOTA projections and why spreadsheets continue to attack your favorite team? Probably. Will we mock "best shape of my life" season in Spring Training? Feels inevitable. Nick Castellanos? Kris Bryant's annual injury update? The Chicago stadium saga now featuring Iowa? The preseason #8 Bears? Newcastle winning while Thomas Frank… does not? All possible. None promised. This is that time of year where optimism is undefeated, renderings look incredible, power rankings mean everything, and we convince ourselves it's different this time. We'll attempt structure. We make no guarantees. Come hungry. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

This week on the Team of Rivals Podcast: Ron, Pete, and Elliott are back with plenty to say, including ⚾ The Cardinals rebuild and some Cubs conversation ⚽ Ron's Soccer Minute 🏈 Is the end in sight for the Bears' new stadium? All rivalry. All opinions. No filters. 🔌 Powered by GatewaySports.Net 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

The Party's Over. And no, we're not talking about your weekend. Kyle Tucker signed, the baseball hot stove is finally boiling over, and the Bears… well, they've left their fans with the perfect mix of sadness, frustration, and hopeful optimism. Join Pete, Ron, and Elliott as they break down: The Kyle Tucker contract and why baseball might be careening toward irrelevance. Trades, rumors, and chaos — how the 2026 hot stove is finally living up to the hype. The Bears' season finale: disappointment, confusion, and a faint glimmer of hope. Plus, Ron delivers a fresh Soccer Minute — because we like to keep chaos international. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

It's a big week in Cubs, Cardinals, Bears, and soccer news, and the Team of Rivals Podcast is here to break it all down. This week we discuss: • The Cubs trade for Edward Cabrera • Alex Bregman signs with the Cubs • The Cardinals finally move Nolan Arenado • Rob Manfred's in-season tournament proposal • Da Bears, making their usual noise, this time in the playoffs! • Ron's Soccer Minute 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

New Logo. Old Feed. Same Arguments. After a two-week hiatus that accomplished absolutely nothing, the Team of Rivals Podcast is back. We're kicking off Season 10, Episode 3 with: ⚾ A check-in on the offseason (yes, Cubs and Cardinals fans, we know you're still mad) 🏈 The Bears' upcoming playoff run and how confident we're supposed to feel 🏟️ The latest chapter in the never-ending Bears stadium saga ⚽ And, of course, Ron's Soccer Minute, which he swears will be quick. (It will not.) Nothing has changed. We regret nothing. 👍 Like, 💬 comment, and 🔔 subscribe so the algorithm knows we still exist (and hasn't replaced us yet). 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

You thought you were getting a break from us for a couple of weeks. (And, honestly, we were looking forward to a break from you.) But here we are. This surprise episode has nothing to do with the Bears' wild Saturday night win. It also has absolutely nothing to do with the Cardinals trading Willson Contreras. We just… missed you. Probably. We do a quick hit on everything that's happened over the last four days before we send you back into your holiday haze. Short episode. Loose agenda. Zero promises. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

After just five days off, Team of Rivals accidentally launches an entirely new season — and immediately proves that, ten seasons in, we've learned nothing. Pete, Ron, and Elliott are all back together for the Season 10 premiere, featuring: A little Cubs and Cardinals talk (because not much has happened… yet) A whole lot of Bears discussion after Chicago's bounce-back win and ahead of a rematch with the Packers A special in-person appearance from Ron's son Braden, a lifelong Packers fan and walking indictment of Ron's parenting skills. Ron's Soccer Minute We regret nothing. (Except most of it.) 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

Ron's off this week — courtesy of a shiny new promotion and actual responsibilities — so the Cardinals portion of the show is short, accurate, and probably the most honest segment we've ever done. Pete and Elliott open with a Winter Meetings "recap" of St. Louis's extremely quiet week before pivoting into all the Cubs news, rumors, almost-rumors, and projected hopes and dreams. Plus, the Bears did… well… things, so we talk about that too. A quick, sarcastic wrap-up of the week in Chicago and St. Louis sports — minus Ron, but plus jokes about Ron. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

The hot stove is officially on fire and the free agent and trade markets are moving at warp speed. With the Winter Meetings just days away, chaos is inevitable, and we're here to overreact properly. This week on the Team of Rivals Podcast: 🔥 Fast-moving MLB free agency 🏨 Winter Meetings preview & bold predictions 🏈 The Bears head to Lambeau as the NFC's #1 seed ⚽ The long-awaited return of Ron's Soccer Minute 🎬 And if time permits, Pete's Movie Minute 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

It's Thanksgiving, which means we're stuffing ourselves instead of the episode schedule. While we're gone, enjoy one of our favorite episodes from earlier this season. ----- In this fiery episode of the Team of Rivals Podcast, Ron, Elliott, and Pete tear into the latest MLB drama with all the fire and flair you'd expect. It kicks off with Ron going off on the Dodgers' controversial signing of Roki Sasaki, sparking a heated debate about the growing imbalance in the game. Ron's so fed up with baseball's direction, he might just quit being a fan altogether. The guys then stumble upon a shocking discovery – another podcast using the Team of Rivals name! Naturally, they debate whether to send in the lawyers or just invite the copycats on for a showdown. They dive into the absurdity of not even Googling your podcast name before launching and the lengths people will go for some lazy branding. Things take a turn when Pete rips into Cubs fans for rolling out the red carpet for Sammy Sosa's return at this weekend's Cubs Convention. Pete's not having it, especially with Sammy's nonstop thirst for attention – he's fired up, to say the least. The mood lightens as the trio shifts gears to honor the legendary Bob Uecker, sharing some of their favorite stories and clips from his career. Ueck's humor and wit made him a beloved icon in the world of baseball broadcasting, and the guys give him the shout-out he deserves. Finally, the guys wrap things up with a chat about the Chicago Bears' coaching search, tossing around names like Mike McCarthy and wondering if the team can finally find a leader who'll bring some much-needed success. It's a jam-packed episode full of rants, laughs, and some seriously hot takes. You won't want to miss it! 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

The MLB offseason started last week with the Cardinals. This week, Ron puts Elliott and Pete in the hot seat as the Team turns its sights on running the Chicago Cubs. They'll discuss who stays, who goes, and how to join the upper echelon of the National League in 2026. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

The Cardinals' offseason starts here. This week, Ron, Elliott, and Pete each take a turn running the St. Louis Cardinals — deciding who stays, who goes, and how to fix this roster once and for all. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

Finally! The 2025 season is over. The Dodgers are celebrating, individual awards are being handed out, and the Hot Stove is officially warming up. On this week's episode, Ron, Elliott, and Pete dive into their postseason takeaways, the award races, free-agent chaos, and trades that may or may not happen. Ron delivers his Soccer Minute, and Pete drops a turd in the pop culture punchbowl. It's going to be a very, very long offseason. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

It's late October, and while the Cubs and Cardinals are long gone, the Team of Rivals crew is still here (for some reason). Ron, Elliott, and Pete break down a marathon World Series game that the media dubbed "the greatest ever" (SPOILER: it wasn't), rant about Shohei Ohtani worship, and debate how much money is too much for one roster. The guys also dive into MLB expansion rumors, realignment madness, and what thee upcoming salary cap fight could look like. From there, it's on to Bears football (and Caleb Williams' growing pains) and Ron's Soccer Minute (featuring Liverpool's suspicious stoppage time, and a look at Newcastle's strong week and St. Louis City's season finale). 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com

This week, Pete joined Ron and the Gateway Sports crew for a no-spin, big-picture look at the Cardinals' decline — and what it'll take to fix it. Not just 2025, but the multi-year slide of what was once one of baseball's model franchises. From ownership priorities to player development to the culture around the team, this isn't your typical postmortem — it's a candid, long-form conversation about how the Cardinals got here and what it's going to take to climb back. Derek King, Rodney Knuppel, and Don Glenn, each bring their own sharp takes and deep frustrations to the table. Topics include: The slow erosion since 2015 — and whether the Goldschmidt/Pujols years just masked the problem How much blame falls on ownership's focus outside baseball Chaim Bloom's timeline for showing results Oli Marmol's uncertain future Roster direction and the lessons of holding on too long The meaning (and limits) of "The Cardinal Way" in 2025 and beyond It's an honest, unfiltered look at where the franchise stands — and whether the next decade can bring the Cardinals back to their standard of sustained success. 🎙️ Originally streamed live with Gateway Sports on October 19, 2025. 📺 Watch the Livestream: YouTube | Rumble | Facebook | X 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott @ToR_Elliott | Ron @ToR_Ron75 | @TheParkSTL 📧 Email: TeamOfRivalsPodcast@gmail.com