Month: October 2021

Baker Mayfield has been ruled out for Thursday Night Football with a torn labrum in his left shoulder.  The Cleveland Browns’ injury woes are racking up. After re-aggravating a left shoulder injury in Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals, the injury will force Baker Mayfield to miss the team’s next game. A short week, with Cleveland […]

The NFL’s Super Bowl hierarchy is beginning to emerge, young quarterbacks are becoming the league’s driving force, and much more  In a league built on parity, the 2021 NFL season has already dispelled the late Pete Rozelle’s notion of any team being able to beat another on “any given Sunday.” Through the first six weeks, […]

The Cleveland Browns have officially ruled out Baker Mayfield for their Thursday Night Football game against the Denver Broncos. An injury suffered in mid-September will finally keep Baker Mayfield from playing in a game. Mayfield has been playing through a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder since Week 2. In last week’s battle against the […]

Happy Basketball! The NBA has returned and as is a yearly tradition, we'll look at how the 2021-22 NBA season will make history.

The annual SEC football rivalry between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers is known as the Third Saturday in October. One of the most well-known rivalries in the SEC football landscape is the one between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers: The Third Saturday in October. Historically, this is considered to be the biggest […]

The Packers ran their win streak to six games against the Bears last week. Here are five reasons why they’ll make it seven versus Washington on Sunday. Aaron Rodgers’ bold declaration that he owns the Bears capped off the Packers’ sixth consecutive victory last Sunday. He may not be able to stay the same thing […]

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. Even with a sample size of exactly one game, there are meaningful takeaways. Here’s what we learned about the Bucks, Nets, Lakers and Warriors on Opening Night. The Bucks […]