Month: February 2022

The latest round of MLB collective bargaining agreement talks between owners and players lasted just 15 minutes. Yes, you read that correct. There is no right and wrong party to blame for the lack of movement in MLB CBA talks at this point. While the owners made the decision to lock out the players in […]

Conor McGregor blasts Nate Diaz for downplaying a potential trilogy fight. Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has hit back at Nate Diaz after the Stockton, CA native downplayed the idea of a trilogy happening anytime soon. McGregor is still on the road to recovery following a devastating leg break he suffered against Dustin Poirier at […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is already recruiting Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto to his beloved MLB team, the New York Mets.  Even though Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has been in Utah his entire five-year NBA career, his baseball fandom still lies close to home in Elmsford, New York. Mitchell is not only an NBA […]

Despite his role in the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, free agent shortstop Carlos Correa could sign with a former enemy in the Los Angeles Dodgers. Correa’s connection with the Dodgers isn’t new, as Los Angeles could use a shortstop after losing Corey Seager to the Texas Rangers. Now being repped by Scott Boras, Correa is […]

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. If you had spent much time reading scouting reports before the 2021 NBA Draft then you probably recognized the Golden State Warriors taking Jonathan Kuminga with the No. 7 […]

The Dallas Mavericks have turned their season around with one of the NBA’s best defenses, while Derrick White has given the Celtics exactly what they need. It wasn’t long ago that the Dallas Mavericks’ season, and a year of Luka Dončić’s prime, was on the brink of falling by the wayside. On December 30, Dallas […]

The Over and Back NBA podcast is celebrating the NBA at 75 by rewatching some of the greatest Slam Dunk Contests in NBA history. There’s only one place we can begin a series on slam-dunk contests: the “inaugural” NBA slam-dunk contest in 1984. The 1984 NBA slam-dunk contest, of course, wasn’t the first professional dunk […]

High Point head coach Tubby Smith announced he is stepping down as the men’s basketball coach after a second bout of COVID kept him away from the team. Tubby Smith is stepping down as the men’s basketball coach at High Point. The 70-year-old Smith was forced to take an extended absence from his team after […]

We’re celebrating the NBA at 75 by remembering the teams, players, moments and moves that helped make us who we are as basketball fans. The NBA is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, even if their conscious decision to recognize this as the 75th season of the league overlooks some of its early history. We’ve […]