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The Over and Back NBA podcast is celebrating the NBA at 75 by rewatching some of the greatest Slam Dunk Contests in NBA history. The NBA slam-dunk contest was back. Vince Carter had single-handedly resurrected the competition from the deep dark depths of death. Or did he? The 2000 dunk contest would be the last […]

Breaking down the PGA Tour expert picks for this week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club with best bets and more.  The PGA Tour can’t just sit on the sidelines and watch March Madness have all of the bracket fun, so we’re getting the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play this week from Austin Country […]

MLB teams and players have until 1 p.m. ET today to settle on salary numbers to avoid arbitration. Here’s the running count of agreed-upon deals. Today is MLB Arbitration Day, which means a slew of players are settling on contract figures with teams for the 2022 season, or preparing for arbitration hearings to come later […]

With just 16 teams remaining in the NCAA Women’s Tournament, we’re re-ranking to figure out which squads should be considered the favorites. Folks, we’ve got a Sweet 16 field, and it’s not what you expect. A pair of No. 2 seeds are out. A third, UConn, likely would have lost to UCF on Monday if […]

Former Cavaliers teammates LeBron James and Kevin Love are as close as ever—even after LeBron embarrassed love with a monstrous poster dunk. Initially, the reunion between LeBron James and Kevin Love at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse was a joyous one, with LeBron and KLove embracing like old times. That all changed toward the end of the […]

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. The NCAA Tournament shouldn’t factor into evaluations of draft prospects more than what each player has done across the rest of their season. But we all know the bright […]