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Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs finally won a national championship. Can Smart sustain this new level of Georgia football success? They did it. Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs finally did it. When facing the Alabama Crimson Tide for the national championship to cap off the 2021 season, Smart’s Georgia football program broke through […]

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. It’s been a brutal season for the Boston Celtics, hammered again by injuries and COVID-related absences, struggling to keep themselves in the playoff picture and dealing with some apparent […]

Following the Alabama loss to Georgia in the National Championship, it sure feels like Skip Bayless took a shot at Nick Saban.  There’s a somber feeling over in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday morning. While the Crimson Tide had dreams of going back to back, things weren’t meant to be. Nope, instead all the ‘Bama fans had […]

The Georgia football program will have its first national championship parade since 1980. A story some 41 years in the making, the Georgia Bulldogs are national champions. It wasn’t easy, but whatever is with this football team. After losing its shot at perfection vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta, Georgia […]

Novak Djokovic may have held a practice session at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, his second day out of detention, but still faces the prospect of deportation because he’s not vaccinated for COVID-19.

The Duke Blue Devils and LSU Tigers find themselves among this week’s most interesting college basketball upset picks. The top of the college basketball world was really shaken up by some huge upsets. Saturday was a particularly bloody day for top teams as Duke, Kansas, Alabama and Iowa State all lost, leading to some tumbling […]

With the Green Bay Packers focused on winning the Super Bowl, the bye week could prove to be heaven for this team.  While six other teams out there will be battling it out this weekend in the NFC Wild Card Round, the Green Bay Packers will be able to rest up and watch things from […]

One Georgia Bulldogs fan may have been just a bit too overhyped after his team won the National Championship on Monday night.  The long wait is finally over for Georgia Bulldogs fans. The program hadn’t won the National Championship since 1980, but things changed on Monday with UGA taking down Nick Saban and the Alabama […]

Mike Zimmer’s downfall with the Vikings began in the 2018 offseason, when Minnesota had a decision to make at quarterback. They opted to go with Kirk Cousins. Cousins is a fine player, but one who has had a negative impact on Minnesota both on the field and for financial reasons. “I want to be really […]

The Atlanta Braves congratulated Georgia for their first National Championship win since 1980. Suddenly, the state of Georgia is a title beacon. The Braves won their first World Series since the mid-1990’s. The Georgia Bulldogs won their first National Championship since 1980. What’s next, the return of the Thrashers? Give the Dawgs credit, as they […]