The Whiteboard: Power ranking the NBA’s most improved players

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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 first few weeks of the NBA season are always dotted with breakout performers, players showing significant skill growth, or just taking advantage of new roles or opportunities. Over […]

Derrick Henry injury: Who is Derrick Henry’s backup on Titans depth chart?

November 1, 2021 admin 0

Derrick Henry’s injury shuffles the Tennessee Titans depth chart with the team fearing he’s out for the year. Henry’s backup is Jeremy McNichols. Derrick Henry will undergo an MRI to determine the extent of his foot injury suffered in the Tennessee Titans overtime win vs. the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. The team fears Henry suffered […]

5 breakout fantasy football stars to pick up for Week 9

November 1, 2021 admin 0

Mike White and Jordan Howard are among the top fantasy football pickups for Week 9. The byepocalypse is over and Week 8 was a much more normal one for fantasy football managers. Only the Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens were off on Sunday, giving us more football to dissect as the critical stretch run […]

2021 NFL power rankings, Week 9: Cardinals fall for first time

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Once again, it was a big week for the road teams. And thanks to more than a handful of surprises, this week’s NFL Power Rankings have a much different look. It was a Happy Halloween for 13 of the 26 teams that played on Sunday. Earlier in the week, the lone unbeaten team in the […]