Month: November 2021
The Whiteboard: Power ranking the NBA’s best defenses
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. The 2021-22 NBA season is still very young — most teams have only played about 10 games thus far — but we’re already starting to see separation among the […]
College basketball predictions for every Top 25 game of the opening week
College basketball predictions for every Top 25 game of the opening week, including the big game between Duke and Kentucky in the Champions Classic and Texas vs. No. 1 Gonzaga. The college basketball season is set to begin this week with a litany of matchups featuring teams inside the FanSided Top 50. Let’s get set […]
SEC power rankings: Dan Mullen humiliated by South Carolina, Alabama gets scare from LSU
Florida Gators head coach Dan Mullen had a rough time as his team was humbled by the South Carolina Gamecocks. Here’s how that impacts the SEC power rankings. Is there any coach underachieving more than Florida Gators head coach Dan Mullen? The man who became known for doing more with less and developing talent while […]
College football schedule Week 11: Oklahoma-Baylor, Ole Miss-Texas A&M headline slate
College football schedule Week 11 includes Oklahoma taking on Baylor and Ole Miss hosting Texas A&M with College GameDay coming to Oxford. This week’s slate of games has quite a few with Power Five conference championship implications. Before we highlight those, let’s take a look at the lineup for Week 11. College football games this […]
2021 NFL power rankings, Week 10: Browns romp, Bills rocked
There were plenty of surprises as the season reached the halfway mark. And there were plenty of changes atop the NFL Power Rankings. Take a deep breath. All told, Week 9 featured a 14-game slate in which more than half of the contests were of the interconference variety. That includes Monday night’s clash between the […]
Washington football: 5 potential replacements for Jimmy Lake
Will the Washington Huskies look to move on from Jimmy Lake as they continue to struggle with him guiding the program? After another frustrating loss for the Washington Huskies, it’s worth wondering how much longer they’ll stick with Jimmy Lake as their head coach. Lake was handed a program that was successful and sustainable and […]