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College football expert picks for Week 12, including predicting the winners of Ohio State-Michigan State, Arkansas-Alabama and Oregon-Utah. The penultimate week of the college football regular-season has plenty of action with College Football Playoff implications and conference title ramifications. The biggest game of the week is the Big Ten clash between Ohio State and Michigan […]

The Cleveland Browns look to avenge their worst game of the year by beating the Detroit Lions. After getting thoroughly embarrassed by the New England Patriots a week ago, the Cleveland Browns have to pick up the pieces when the winless Detroit Lions come to town on Sunday. While it was an unmitigated disaster last week […]

Ranking the best games on the college football Week 12 schedule, including the Big Ten showdown between Ohio State and Michigan State. With only two weeks left of the college football regular season, the stakes are incredibly high in conference play. Though only a handful of teams have any realistic shot of getting into the […]

There were many great players of the final decade of the 1900s, but who were the absolute best of the best in the NFL in the 1990s? Oh, the 1990s. What an interesting time they were. In the era of grunge music and denim jorts, some of the NFL’s all-time greats put on a show […]

The Oregon football team is in the right spot to get back into the College Football Playoff for the first time since 2014. At 9-1 on the season, the Oregon football program is on the verge of getting back into the College Football Playoff for the first time in seven years. Heading into Week 12, 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 Boston Celtics dropped to 7-8 on Wednesday night after a 110-99 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Jayson Tatum poured in 34 points but it was the sixth time […]

Michigan State football controls its destiny to make the program’s second appearance in the College Football Playoff. Here’s how Spartans make the field. Michigan State was riding high, undefeated and rolling behind star running back Kenneth Walker. They welcomed bitter rival Michigan into East Lansing and came away victorious. Unfortunately for them, a week later, […]

The Las Vegas Raiders will host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon with both AFC teams on two-game losing streaks. A pair of 5-4 AFC teams will clash on Sunday afternoon, as the Las Vegas Raiders will host the Cincinnati Bengals. Assuming there is no awkward tie like the one that played out last week between the Detroit […]

The Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals are among the NFL teams that need to be on upset alert in Week 11. The NFL is truly a week-to-week league and the results over the past month or so have certainly reflected that. It feels like multiple contenders have slipped up every week, including the Tampa […]

  The New Orleans Saints are looking to get their first win since Week 8 at the expense of the Philadelphia Eagles. The New Orleans Saints seemingly carried huge momentum after they defeated their rivals and the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Since then, they lost 27-25 to the Atlanta Falcons in Week […]