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Details of a new Kylian Mbappe contract mean the Frenchman is staying with PSG despite rumors of a transfer to Real Madrid.  Unfortunately for Real Madrid supporters, the losses for the club are coming away from the pitch and might affect how things go on it over the next few years. Real Madrid absolutely stun […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his Real Madrid rival Carlo Ancelotti are looking to win the Champions League this season. Both can make history if they do so on May 28 in Paris.  Both Liverpool and Real Madrid will do whatever it takes to win the Champions League final on May 28 in Paris — […]

The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. Clutch statistics, both for teams and players, are notoriously unreliable as predictors of future outcomes. They come with the requisite noise of small sample size, the context and style […]

The Celtics found a way to contain Giannis Antetokounmpo through two games. Can their defensive clinic sustain? Plus: the Mavs have no answer for Phoenix’s offense. The first two games between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks haven’t been particularly pleasant to watch, but even the most arduous slogs can contain interesting strategic battles. Boston’s […]

Gentlemen Only; Ladies Forbidden. The popular falsehood that this phrase is the origin behind the term “golf” is an insidious one, as there is nothing about hitting a ball with a club that has ever been exclusively male. The English golf comes from the Scottish goulf, which likely came from the Dutch kolf, the word […]

During spring, women’s professional football players take the field in one of two professional leagues: the WFA and the WNFC. Here’s how to watch women’s football this season. In January, the Women’s Football Alliance, one of two professional women’s tackle football leagues in the United States, signed a landmark broadcasting deal with ESPN2. The deal […]