The Stretch

The Stretch

Variety talk show encompassing national stories in pop culture, sports, & the internet hosted by Eddie, Chief & White Sox Dave. Harnessing the dynamic of the Barstool Chicago Radio hour, three longtime coworkers and Chicago locals offer their comedic perspective on news for the common man. You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/redlineradio

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October 28, 2025 60 mins

On today's episode of The Stretch we recap the Bears 30-16 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. We also have a conversation about how we are not going to panic about Caleb Williams until head coach Ben Johnson does. We then get into the Blackhawks starting the season strong and improving their culture, how the Cubs may be one arm away from a title and more.


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On today's episode of The Stretch we are joined on The Spirit Of Chicago by Rex Grossman, former Quarterback of the Chicago Bears and was under center during the Bears Super Bowl run in 2006. We get into his career starting with being drafted in the first round to Chicago. We then get into the highest and lowest moments during his time in Chicago, being coached by Lovie Smith and more.


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On today's episode of The Stretch, we recap the Bears 4th win in a row over the New Orleans Saints. We then get into Big Cat's gateway game prophecy and how it is playing out in real time. We then preview the Bears upcoming game vs the Baltimore Ravens, the MLB Playoffs, College Football and more. SUPPORT THE SHOW Miller Lite - Miller Lite. The Official Beer Partner of Our Chicago Bears. Go to https://MillerLite.com/STRETCH to ...

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On today's episode of The Stretch, we give our immediate reactions to the Bears 25-24 win over the Washington Commanders. We get into how the culture has changed, the blocking improving, how to the Bears can build on this win and more.


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Today on the Stretch, we we kick things off by previewing tonight's Bears game against the Commanders (1:27). Big Cat joins us to talk about the trip to Milwaukee, where the Cubs lost game 5 of the NLDS, and we discuss what moves the Cubs need to make in the off season (21:45). Then we breakdown the Blackhawks start to the season where they are not looking as bad as usual (55:40) and Big Cat shares his feelings going into tonight's...

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On today's episode of The Stretch we are joined by Bears Safety Kevin Byard. We get into his 2 interception game in Las Vegas, how Ben Johnson has changed the culture starting with training camp and how the team and Tyrique Stevenson are preparing for Monday Night Football in Washington.


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On today's episode of The Stretch we get into recapping game 1 of Cubs vs Brewers NLDS series and how Cubs fans like Steven Cheah are tormenting White Sox Dave. We later preview the Bears upcoming game vs the Commanders and debate erupts over the "must win" status of the game. We later get into some College Football, Big Cat enforces that WSD goes to all 5 Derrick Rose night games and more.


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On today's episode of The Stretch we are joined by Silva from ESPN's Waddle & Silvy to preview the upcoming playoff series vs Milwaukee. We also get into Big Cat finally winning the 50/50 raffle, we also get into the remainder of the Bears season and more.


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On Today’s episode of The Stretch we recap the Bears messy win over the Las Vegas Raiders. First, we get into Eddies rundown of his time in Vegas (1:30) and we recap the Bears 25-24 win (7:10). Then Danny joins us to place his Jackie Parlay for week 5 (21:38), we continue our game recap (24:33), and WSD gives out his game balls and sprints (29:49). Then we talk Cubs, starting with Big Cat’s first foul ball catch at Wrigley (34:34) ...

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Today on The Stretch, we are joined by Mike Katic and T-Bob Hebert to talk about the big weekend of college football we have coming up. We talk about building Barstool’s O-line (1:36) and the Bears new Stadium plans (9:48). Katic tells us about going back to watch IU as a fan (11:30) and Katic and T-Bob share their most hated teams and the best atmospheres to play in (12:56). Then we get into the games for the weekend starting with...

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On today's episode we recap the Bears 31-14 win over the Dallas Cowboys. We are also joined by Pat Bev for his thoughts on Caleb Williams, the Chicago Bulls and his beef with Trae Young. We also preview the upcoming Bears vs Raiders game in Las Vegas and declare the game a "must win". We then get into the Cubs playoff picture and more thoughts from Pat Bev.


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On today's episode we are joined by special guest Shawne Merriman. We start by getting into his new fighting league Lights Out Xtreme Fighting. We then get into his time at with the San Diego Chargers and playing College Football at Maryland. We also talk about his thoughts on the Chicago Bears defense, and he later tells us how we wanted to dodge going to the Detroit Lions in the 2005 NFL draft.


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On today's episode of The Stretch we recap the Bears horrendous 52-21 loss to the Detroit Lions. We get into who is most to blame for a loss like that and where we do we go from here? We then get into Anthony Rizzo's return to Wrigley Field, and the Cubs are at a standstill until the playoffs. We later get into Eddie's time in Vegas for Canela vs Crawford.


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On today's show we are joined by former Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery.


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On today's recap show get into the Bears 27-24 loss to the Vikings at home on Monday Night Football. With a gut wrenching loss how can Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams pick up the pieces from here?


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On today's episode of The Stretch we start by addressing an article that took Bears fans by storm online due its negative comments about Caleb Williams from former coaches. We then preview the Bears week 1 match up on Monday Night Football vs J.J McCarthy and the Vikings and give our gut feelings. Later, Big Cat gives us his official week by week breakdown of the Bears schedule and final prediction for the Bears 2025 record. We end...

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September 5, 2025 57 mins

On Today’s episode of The Stretch we are joined by former Chicago Bear and ESPN 1000 host, Tom Waddle. We get right into our emotional state going into the season (1:58) and break down some of Caleb’s biggest areas of concern (7:07). Next we get into the importance of building trust between the quarterback and wide receivers (15:02) and which personnel package we think works best for the Bears (18:52). Then we get into our expectat...

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Today on The Stretch, we are joined in studio by Chicago legend Tommy Zbikowski. We get into what it’s like coaching St. Pats (3:57) and his involvement in football, boxing, and wrestling growing up. (7:10) Then we get into his time at Notre Dame (10:38) and recount some iconic games like ND vs. USC (17:14). Then we talk about his choice to coach St. Pats (30:03). Next he tells us about his passion for fighting and gives us his tak...

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On today’s episode of The Stretch, we get into the recent Cubs run… can we say we are officially back? Big Cat recaps his weekend in Saratoga and we talk about Colson Montgomery and what the rest of the season looks like for the White Sox. Next talk Bears and Bagent’s extension and impressive preseason performance. Then we get into some college football talk and discuss Frank Nazar’s huge contract with the Blackhawks. Lastly we rec...

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Today on The Stretch we are joined by former Chicago Bull, Chris Duhon. We talk about his time at Duke (1:23) and playing for the Bulls (4:43). He tells us his war stories from playing for Skiles and Coach K (9:41). We get his take on NIL (15:52) as well as his stories from playing on the Bulls with Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni (19:35) to being on the Magic during the Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy drama (25:28). We talk about h...

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