Month: July 2022

NBA Power Rankings are a fraught subject. While numbers often look like facts, the truth is they pretty much boil down to a person’s opinion. Yours too. Sometimes there are numbers, or letters, or tiers in a specific order. Sometimes this happens for things you care about a lot like teams, or players, or foods. […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are going to have to pay up for offensive tackle Orlando Brown, as he reportedly wants a huge contract extension. Brown is signed through the end of this season, where he’ll make over $16 million as things currently stand. However, where matters stand is not necessarily in Brown’s best interest. The […]

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 shadow of a Kevin Durant trade still looms over the NBA offseason and Adrian Wojnarowski added an extra dose of chaos last night with a report that the […]

The MLB trade deadline is approaching and these are the top ten players both in talent and availability. Here are the MLB Power Rankings: Mid-July means turning our attention directly on the MLB trade deadline. It’s a holiday celebrated every summer by the teams in contention. It can be a horror show for the clubs […]

The 2022 NFL season is on the horizon. And each team has a performer worth keeping an eye on throughout the season that could be a difference maker. He could be a veteran newcomer to the franchise. It may be a second-year NFL player who came on strong during his rookie campaign. It may also […]