Month: June 2021

Two of the 2018 Draft’s brightest young stars have found playoff success in different ways, but each is helping push his team into NBA championship contention. Between Luka Doncic, Trae Young and Deandre Ayton, these playoffs have been heavily shaped by the top of the 2018 NBA Draft. Ayton and Young are the last two […]

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. Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks just won’t stop surprising people. Despite being the road team in all three of their playoff series so far, despite being viewed as […]

The fight for the title started in February bit the champion will be decided tonight when Multan Sultans lock horns against Peshawar Zalmi for Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six title in Abu Dhabi.

The Los Angeles Clippers return home two games behind the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference Finals. Find out how to watch Game 3 on Thursday night. After Deandre Ayton’s miraculous “Valley-Oop” game-winner with less than a second remaining in Game 2, the Phoenix Suns now have a 2-0 lead against the LA Clippers. There’s […]

With the NBA competition getting tougher and LeBron James getting older, did he miss his last opportunity to win a championship during the 2020-21 season? The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2020-21 season as the favorites to win the championship for a second straight year. Even though they had the shortest offseason in NBA history, […]

Former Australian tennis star Sam Groth says the short turnaround for next week's Wimbledon will impact Ash Barty and Nick Kyrgios.

Southampton: India captain Virat Kohli hailed New Zealand for winning the inaugural World Test Championship but has suggested comprising a minimum of three Tests between the two finalists.

NSW coach Brad Fittler has called out teen Queensland bolter Reece Walsh for taking dives in the NRL and warned the prodigious fullback against exercising those antics on his State of Origin debut.