Month: May 2021

NSW coach Brad Fittler says there are "no excuses" for incumbent Blues No.9 Damien Cook in the race to retain his Origin spot ahead of the June 9 series opener.

It appears that it's a matter of when and not if Kiwi Super Rugby teams face the best in Japan, and Panasonic Wild Knights coach Robbie Deans says the interest in Japan would be "enormous."

Gold Coast Suns defender Nick Holman is free to play in Round 11 after having his two-match ban for tackling Geelong's Mitch Duncan overturned at the AFL Tribunal.

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. When the Milwaukee Bucks needed a tough Khris Middleton overtime game-winner to squeak past the Miami Heat in Game 1, familiar fears set in. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo […]

What channel is Nets vs. Celtics Game 2 and when will the action take place?  The Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics have a second date on Tuesday evening with control of their first-round NBA Playoffs matchup at stake. Brooklyn won the first meeting, 104-93, in a game that saw Boston jump out to an early […]

The Los Angeles Lakers look to even it up at one game apiece vs. the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Despite being the lower-seeded team, the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers looked out of sorts in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the division rival Phoenix Suns. No. 2-seeded Phoenix took Game 1 over Los […]

France coach Fabien Galthie has revealed plans to field two entirely different teams during a tricky tour of Australia in July that features three Tests within 11 days.