Ratten questions umpires' calls after Saints loss
St Kilda coach Brett Ratten has called out the umpires after his side's defeat to Geelong, questioning the lack of holding the ball calls in the match.
The scary reality for 'soft' 0-9 Waratahs
A winless 0-13 Super Rugby season looms as a scary but very real possibility for the hapless NSW Waratahs after they were hammered 64-48 by the Hurricanes in a scarcely believable trans-Tasman opener at the SCG on Friday night.
Saints legend fumes after woeful goal-kicking
St Kilda great Nick Dal Santo has questioned whether the AFL's cost-cutting has resulted in players' skill levels deteriorating after his old team's woeful kicking.
3 surprising mistakes Steelers made this offseason
The Steelers front office was hamstrung this offseason by limited cap space, but they could have avoided these three crucial errors. Steelers fans hoping to see their favorite team splash big money in free agency were certainly disappointed. Pittsburgh simply didn’t have the cap space require to be a mover and shaker this offseason. Instead, […]
O'Brien's threat to stem 'culture' of losing
Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien asserts there is a culture of failure at the Knights and he's prepared to swing the axe to ensure it stops with him.
Legends come down hard on NRL's crackdown
The NRL's crackdown on foul play is well and truly in full swing as the opening night of Magic Round was headlined by eight sin bins across two games.
The Whiteboard: NBA play-in games wreak wonderful havoc on regular season’s end
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. All right, I changed my mind about the NBA play-in games. The last time I wrote about this topic, I confessed I wasn’t much of a fan of the […]
