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The Big 12/SEC Challenge is a huge highlight on this week’s college basketball schedule. Every week is a joyful one to watch college basketball but this week’s slate is no exception thanks to the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The two conferences have been the best in the country this season and have given us some epic […]

Recently reissued in paperback, Louis Moore’s We Will Win The Day is a comprehensive and informative book on the history of athlete activists Anyone fighting for justice stands on the shoulders of those who have come before – ancestors who have opened doors and created wedges so that descendants may continue their journey. Knowing their […]

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. I was raised on the beautiful two-man synergies of John Stockton and Karl Malone, Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp, and Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire. There’s something magical about […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ surge into the NBA playoff picture has surprised many, but the data suggests this young Cavs team is right where it belongs. At the midway point of the NBA season, few would have predicted that the Cleveland Cavaliers would sit with a top-10 record and the league’s sixth-best point differential. The Cavs’ […]

Gonzaga and Auburn have begun to separate themselves from the pack, but who is the top dog in this week’s college basketball rankings? The college basketball season starts to attract more attention the later we get into January. With the NFL season winding down and college football already over, casual fans are starting to hop […]

On Saturday night, Aaron Rodgers left Lambeau Field in a daze. Whether it’s for the final time remains unknown, but the loss is crushing. Where to go from here? The No. 1 seed, home-field in a building where the Green Bay Packers hadn’t lost all year, and a beat-up, warm-weather team coming into Lambeau Field […]

FanSided MLB experts elect 3 to Mock Baseball Hall of Fame As this is the third year FanSided’s MLB Division experts voiced their opinion on who should be enshrined in our mock Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s only fitting that three players met those standards. At last, FanSiders elected a pair of controversial figures, at least in […]