Month: July 2021

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. Every team has to weigh countless variables in the NBA Draft — the skill sets and projected upsides of various prospects, their ages and physical profiles, the positions and […]

United States pole vaulter Sam Kendricks says he has had four negative coronavirus tests, including one after the the positive result that briefly sent members of the Australian team into isolation.

The 2021 NBA Draft starts tonight and the Detroit Pistons own the top pick where they are expected to take Cade Cunningham. The Detroit Pistons are on the clock with the owners of the top pick in the 2021 NBA Draft that begins on Thursday night, July 29 at 8 p.m. ET. Fans can watch […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are plotting a trade that would land them Kings sharpshooter Buddy Hield on draft night.  It turns out the Los Angeles Lakers might not have to wait all night to make a splash on draft night. The Lakers have the No. 22 pick, which means it’ll be quite a while before […]

South Africa's Rugby World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus has filmed a bizarre and extraordinary video questioning the fairness of the refereeing in the series against the British and Irish Lions.

Dual-code great Sonny Bill Williams has backed Roger Tuivasa-Sheck to make a successful transition to rugby union, saying the move is a "shot in the arm" for the code in Australia.

What’s behind the United States’ early struggles in the Olympics? Plus, two key inflection points that could determine the course of Thursday’s NBA Draft. Depending on one’s viewpoint, the early returns on the 2021 U.S. Men’s Basketball Team fall somewhere between puzzling and discouraging. Two summers after a seventh-place finish in the World Cup, Gregg […]

Suni Lee continued the dominance of the USA gymnastics team by winning gold in the all-around at the 2021 Olympics. Suni Lee is the gold medal winner in the all-around, continuing the stretch of dominance for Team USA in the event. This marks the fifth straight summer Olympics that an American has won the gold […]