Month: January 2022

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen spoke on the fairness of overtime rules after the Bills lost to the Kansas City Chiefs without a chance on offense. In college football, overtime can go on endlessly as long as each team responds with a corresponding score. While it’s fair to allow the opposing team to respond with […]

The Kansas City Chiefs benefited tremendously from the same overtime rules they tried to change three years ago. After previously losing in heartbreaking fashion because of the NFL‘s silly overtime rule, the Kansas City Chiefs were the beneficiary of the rule they tried to change three offseasons ago. Three postseasons ago, the Chiefs lost at home in […]

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs tackled this idiot Kansas City Chiefs fans who ran onto the field in the fourth quarter of their playoff game. Maybe the Buffalo Bills could have used Stefon Diggs on the field in their last two defensive possessions vs. the Kansas City Chiefs? In what was one of the most […]

The Big 12/SEC Challenge is a huge highlight on this week’s college basketball schedule. Every week is a joyful one to watch college basketball but this week’s slate is no exception thanks to the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The two conferences have been the best in the country this season and have given us some epic […]

Recently reissued in paperback, Louis Moore’s We Will Win The Day is a comprehensive and informative book on the history of athlete activists Anyone fighting for justice stands on the shoulders of those who have come before – ancestors who have opened doors and created wedges so that descendants may continue their journey. Knowing their […]

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. I was raised on the beautiful two-man synergies of John Stockton and Karl Malone, Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp, and Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire. There’s something magical about […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ surge into the NBA playoff picture has surprised many, but the data suggests this young Cavs team is right where it belongs. At the midway point of the NBA season, few would have predicted that the Cleveland Cavaliers would sit with a top-10 record and the league’s sixth-best point differential. The Cavs’ […]

Gonzaga and Auburn have begun to separate themselves from the pack, but who is the top dog in this week’s college basketball rankings? The college basketball season starts to attract more attention the later we get into January. With the NFL season winding down and college football already over, casual fans are starting to hop […]

On Saturday night, Aaron Rodgers left Lambeau Field in a daze. Whether it’s for the final time remains unknown, but the loss is crushing. Where to go from here? The No. 1 seed, home-field in a building where the Green Bay Packers hadn’t lost all year, and a beat-up, warm-weather team coming into Lambeau Field […]