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Tom Brady looks like the favorite to win the NFL MVP award after Week 9, and he was on a bye week. If Week 9 of the 2021 NFL season proved anything, it is that there is no favorite to win the Super Bowl. It has all the making of a wide open competition, which […]

After a bizarre week in the NFL, and with the season halfway complete, the Week 10 odds will be intriguing to pay attention to. Week 9 was arguably the strangest of the 2021 NFL season thus far. With several underdogs winning outright, the odds and betting lines for Week 10 should be interesting. Let’s take […]

Women’s college basketball season preview, including power rankings of the best teams and best players, top freshmen to watch and Final Four picks. Women’s college basketball is back! After a 2020-21 season that featured a handful of teams canceling their seasons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and games being canceled all over the place, the 2021-22 […]

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 2021-22 NBA season is still very young — most teams have only played about 10 games thus far — but we’re already starting to see separation among the […]

College basketball predictions for every Top 25 game of the opening week, including the big game between Duke and Kentucky in the Champions Classic and Texas vs. No. 1 Gonzaga. The college basketball season is set to begin this week with a litany of matchups featuring teams inside the FanSided Top 50. Let’s get set […]

Florida Gators head coach Dan Mullen had a rough time as his team was humbled by the South Carolina Gamecocks. Here’s how that impacts the SEC power rankings. Is there any coach underachieving more than Florida Gators head coach Dan Mullen? The man who became known for doing more with less and developing talent while […]

College football schedule Week 11 includes Oklahoma taking on Baylor and Ole Miss hosting Texas A&M with College GameDay coming to Oxford. This week’s slate of games has quite a few with Power Five conference championship implications. Before we highlight those, let’s take a look at the lineup for Week 11. College football games this […]

There were plenty of surprises as the season reached the halfway mark. And there were plenty of changes atop the NFL Power Rankings. Take a deep breath. All told, Week 9 featured a 14-game slate in which more than half of the contests were of the interconference variety. That includes Monday night’s clash between the […]