Month: July 2021

Cam Akers has suffered a torn Achilles, leaving the Los Angeles Rams without their young star running back for the entire 2021 season. The Los Angeles Rams will try to reach another level with Matthew Stafford under center this season. But they’ll be doing it without a key piece of the offense, as NFL Network’s […]

The Cowboys are on a mission to make a deep postseason run this season. Here are three games they must play well in if they want to achieve that goal.  Jerry Jones isn’t willing to let the Cowboys miss the playoffs for a second consecutive season. Dallas limped to a 6-10 finish after star quarterback […]

In a forgettable 1980 game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, NBC tried the unthinkable.  Dec. 20, 1980: The only time an NFL game was seen, but not heard. In Week 16 of the 1980 season, the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins clashed at the Orange Bowl with little at stake. Neither […]

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. One of the most fun things about the Olympic basketball tournament is the reshuffling of familiar players. It’s a chance to watch NBA players in different contexts, often playing […]

St Lucia: Alex Carey will captain Australia in the first one-day match against West Indies in Barbados later on Tuesday after regular skipper Aaron Finch aggravated a knee injury during last week’s fifth T20 in St Lucia, the team said.

The Chicago Cubs made the first move of their fire sale, but scouts are reportedly less than thrilled with the return for Joc Pederson.  After hemming and hawing about trade deadline plans, the Chicago Cubs seem to know exactly what they’re going to do: Trade everyone of value. On Thursday, the Cubs traded Joc Pederson […]

Manchester: Pakistan men’s team will leave for the tour of West Indies from Manchester tomorrow at 11:10 am (UK Time).

It turns out the Green Bay Packers tried to give Aaron Rodgers what he wanted, but it still wasn’t good enough.  Just when it appeared things might be getting better in the ongoing Cold War between Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, another bomb has been dropped. A supposed sticking point this NFL offseason […]

Inside the Clubhouse rounds up the latest MLB Trade Deadline rumors and buzz, including the Cubs’ preparing to sell and the Mets looking to buy. An unintended byproduct of Major League Baseball moving the MLB Draft from June to July was that front offices focused more on the draft than the trade market. There have […]

Jordan Spieth is one of the most popular golfers in the world but will he be representing the United States at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo? Bursting onto the PGA Tour scene in his early 20s, Jordan Spieth emerged as an immediately popular figure in the golfing world in the early 2010s and his popularity […]