The Whiteboard: NBA win predictions and over/under picks for every team
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. As I mentioned a few newsletters ago, I am dipping my toes back into the water of making preseason predictions and picks this year. It’s something I’ve mostly eschewed […]
5 bold predictions for Raiders against Broncos
A new chapter of Las Vegas Raiders football commences vs. the Denver Broncos in Week 6. It feels like a lifetime ago that the Las Vegas Raiders were 3-0 and on top of the football world. A pair of losses to the Los Angeles Chargers and the Chicago Bears were bad, but the Jon Gruden […]
Fantasy Football: 5 bold predictions for Week 6
Last week saw some of the biggest fantasy football performances all season. Who is going to be looking at huge numbers in Week 6 in the NFL? What a week for fantasy owners, right? Well, unless you were facing Malcolm Brown in a close matchup, as he just absolutely balled out on NFL Monday Night […]
NFL Week 6 2021: 3 teams on upset alert this week
The Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos are among the NFL teams that should be on upset alert in Week 6. There were some close calls with upsets around the NFL in Week 5, including Green Bay needing overtime to survive the Cincinnati Bengals and the Minnesota Vikings needing a field goal at the gun to […]
The Long Two: Do the Nets need Kyrie and how good is the Raptors youth?
This week, The Long Two breaks down how much the Brooklyn Nets will miss Kyrie Irving on the court and how good the Raptors’ young core has looked. If Kyrie Irving were as intelligent as he fancies himself, he might have avoided getting into this mess altogether. Instead, he has chosen to put both his […]
Will the East finally overtake the West in the 2021-22 NBA season?
Western Conference teams have posted a winning record against Eastern Conference teams in 12 straight seasons. Will that change in 2021-22? Between the rise of small-ball and the proliferation of 3-point shooting, the NBA has undergone seismic changes over the past decade. Throughout it all, Western Conference teams have consistently dominated their Eastern Conference counterparts […]
30 highest-paid NFL players on their current contracts
NFL teams aren’t afraid to pay high-quality players big money. These 30 guys have the highest annual salaries on their current contracts. The NFL prides itself on being a meritocracy where the best players have a chance to make the most money. For the most part that holds true. Reading through the 30 highest paid […]
NFL coverage map 2021: TV schedule Week 6
Packers-Bears and Cowboys-Patriots are among the top NFL matchups in Week 6 but what games will be available in your area? The bye weeks are finally here so NFL fans won’t have a full 16-game slate available for quite a bit. The New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints are […]
The Buffalo Bills aren’t who we thought they were — they’re better
The Buffalo Bills delivered a statement win against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football and one thing is clear: the Bills are better than we thought. A rematch of the AFC Championship would always prove to be an interesting story arc. The Buffalo Bills were hoping to exorcise the demons from nine months […]