Month: August 2021

The Memphis Grizzlies are about to pay a fourth player to go play for the Los Angeles Lakers. For many former star players to make their way to the Los Angeles Lakers, they must take a brief connecting flight with the Memphis Grizzlies first. While Memphis is a major logistics hub with FedEx being headquartered […]

The Florida Gators start their season on Saturday against the Florida Atlantic Owls. What should we expect from the opener? Gator football is almost here with the Week 1 matchup against FAU fast approaching. Florida started last season well, but things fell apart in December. They were upset by LSU, fell to Alabama in the […]

ESPN was apparently duped by broadcasting a high school football game featuring one team from a school that may or not actually exist. While ESPN has televised high school sports for years now, the one between the IMG Academy and Bishop Sycamore has made national headway for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, Bishop Sycamore is not actually a real […]

The story of a summer abroad, looking for baseball cards and dreaming of the value-inflating exploits of Shohei Ohtani and Vlad Guerrero. Before leaving for Brazil in June, I tucked one pack of baseball cards among socks in my suitcase. A three-month withdrawal seemed impossible to do cold turkey and I began seeing myself as […]

Caroline Wilson has urged the Giants to get serious with Toby Greene's repeated disciplinary issues, and is of the belief that he cannot be made the club's next captain.

Craig Hutchison says this week's semi-final against the GWS Giants has massive implications for Geelong, with a loss having the potential to draw coach Chris Scott's tenure at the club to an end.

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. We’re in the darkest part of the NBA calendar which, of course, means it’s ranking season — filling the void in the absence of any real news with arbitrary, […]

The biggest game of college football’s opening weekend involves the Clemson Tigers and Georgia Bulldogs in a test of title challengers. Fans don’t have to wait long at all this season for the first battle between Top 5 teams. Clemson and Georgia will get the first big crack at building their playoff resume in Week […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Miami Hurricanes have a featured matchup in Week 1. What should you expect from the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game? Alabama opens yet another season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country and the defending national champions. First up on their 2021 slate? No 14. Miami. The Hurricanes made it […]