Month: January 2022

The Duke Blue Devils have tended to play down to their inferior ACC competition, which could help make them one of this week’s most intriguing college basketball upset picks. Time flies when you’re having fun and this college basketball season is no exception. The calendar is about to flip to February and it looks like […]

Will Jim Harbaugh end up leaving the Michigan Wolverines for the Minnesota Vikings? It looks like he might be interested in making his way back to the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings have been searching for a new coach to get the franchise going in the right direction and it seems like they may have found […]

Odell Beckham Jr. finally has a shot at competing in the Super Bowl and Terrell Owens couldn’t be happier for the Los Angeles Rams receiver. Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has an NFL legend backing him. Terrell Owens, who was a dominant wide receiver during his playing days, took to Twitter to celebrate […]

Dwayne Johnson, better known as “The Rock”, epically trolls himself and his iconic outfit after Joe Burrow paid homage to him in the lead-up of getting the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl. Joe Burrow and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are cut from the same cloth when it comes to fashion. The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback dressed up in somewhat […]

Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo, authors of the NWFL history Hail Mary, took time to talk with FanSided about their new book. Hail Mary, by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo, was one of my favorite sports books from 2021. Together, they told the story of the National Women’s Football League, a league […]

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. consoled San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel after a hard-fought battle in the 2021 NFC Championship Game. While Odell Beckham Jr.’s Los Angeles Rams are going to the Super Bowl, Deebo Samuel’s San Francisco 49ers are left to pick up the pieces after a missed opportunity. Los Angeles […]

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. To really succeed a team needs to have multiple lineups it can rely on and depth has perhaps never been more important than this season, with the Omicron variant […]