Month: November 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. Last week, just before a short holiday hiatus, we took a traditional approach to power rankings, focusing on the best teams in the league. Today, we’re going to put […]

With Thanksgiving now behind us, the NFL playoff race is heating up. As we head into the home stretch, let’s look at the Week 13 betting lines and odds. It’s a tale of two conferences as we enter December and the home stretch of the 2021 NFL season. While the AFC has 12 teams sitting […]

Three teams inside the Top 5 lost in Week 3, leading to a big shakeup atop this week’s college basketball rankings. If the quality of basketball we’ve seen in three weeks is any indication of what’s to come we are in line for a tremendous college basketball season. The basketball itself has been crisp with […]

Four of the six reigning division champions lost in Week 12. And the order near the top of the NFL Power Rankings continues to shift. A dozen weeks into the season and a number of teams that got off to solid starts are having their issues. There was a coming of age moment in Cincinnati, […]

A trio of running backs and a pair of interesting wide receivers make up this week’s top fantasy football pickups. Week 13 brings December with it to the NFL, making every week more critical for fantasy owners. With only two weeks left in most fantasy regular seasons, the pickups you make in a given week […]

The Big Ten-ACC Challenge and another non-conference test for Gonzaga highlight this week’s college basketball schedule. Feast Week is past us and college basketball is set to serve up another week of stellar action as the calendar flips to December. The highlight of the week is the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, which has set up a […]