Month: September 2021

NBC gave fans a Tom Brady x Bill Belichick x Adele collaboration that no one saw coming. In what was an exciting Sunday Night Football game between the Packers and 49ers, one of the most memorable moments of the night didn’t involve the action on the field. It didn’t even happen when the game was on […]

League great Paul Gallen has suggested the embarrassment from the video of Tom Trbojevic racing a punter at The Corso in Manly in February spurred him to his Dally M Medal-winning season.

Clemson football player E.J. Williams spit on NC State football fans while walking off the field. Clemson football player E.J. Williams appears to spit on NC State football fans who stormed the field after the Tigers were upset on Saturday. It has been a frustrating season for the Tigers, to say the least. While Dabo Swinney’s […]

The San Francisco 49ers are 2-1 after a last-second field goal cost them a win against the Green Bay Packers. Week 3’s Sunday night matchup between Green Bay and San Francisco would have been a huge win for both teams. The Packers were looking to prove Week 1 doubters wrong with a silencing performance, and the […]

Chicago Bears backup quarterback Nick Foles had some thoughts about the Bears’ offense. Yesterday was the highly anticipated, first career start of Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Justin Fields. The collective excitement quickly became a collective disappointment as the offense struggled against the Cleveland Browns. The disappointment was not with Fields, but the offense in general. […]

The nation’s two best players through the first month, Ole Miss’ Matt Corral and Alabama’s Bryce Young clash in a potentially defining game for the Heisman race. Plus, the players rising and falling after Week 4. For posterity’s sake, the Heisman Trophy guidelines have been checked and then checked again. Nothing’s changed and the fact […]

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. Today, The Step Back began rolling out our 2021 25-under-25 list, ranking the best young players in the NBA. This is our fifth year assembling this ranking and if […]

Paul Gallen and Phil Gould have both urged NRL players to be more wary of their company after the emergence of the league's latest off-season scandal.