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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. When talking about the state of competitiveness in the NBA, the discussion generally revolves around two extremes — parity and elitism. Whether you’re talking about the entertainment product, the […]

The Houston Rockets haven’t been able to trade John Wall and now he doesn’t want to sit out and wait anymore. Does this make things better or worse? John Wall wants to play again. After sitting out all of the Houston Rockets’ games so far this year, he is now expressing a desire to rejoin […]

From Michael Jordan to Antawn Jamison to Tyler Hansbrough and all the great Tar Heels in between. Ranking the top 30 UNC basketball players ever. North Carolina’s men’s basketball team is one of the most storied programs in the history of college sports. Ranking first all-time in Final Fours (20), second in win percentage (.735), […]

With Jamal Murray still out and Michael Porter Jr. undergoing back surgery, are the Denver Nuggets watching their championship hopes slip away? As Game 5 of the 2012 NBA Finals came to an end, the broadcast cut to a shot of Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Kevin Durant together on the sideline. The three men […]

Ranking the worst college basketball hires of the last century. In college basketball, there have been some fantastic programs throughout the years. We’ve seen Blue Blood programs do fantastic things, while other teams have made just as many memories throughout time. The success of some of these programs is due to their head coaches and […]

The Detroit Tigers have signed former Chicago Cubs and New York Mets infielder Javy Baez, who is expected to play shortstop in MoTown. Baez slid all over the infield in Queens, in part because the Mets already had a high-caliber shortstop in $300 million man Francisco Lindor. Per numerous reports, the Tigers are inking Baez. […]

There have been several bad free-agent signings in NFL history, and today we look at the worst of the worst for each team. The NFL free agency period is one of the most exciting times of the offseason. Plenty of star players relocate to different teams, and the speculation of what could happen the following […]

A new season of the podcast Blind Landing shines a light on the ongoing challenges even elite athletes face when raising safety concerns in gymnastics. Glaring arena lights. Hard mats. Unfamiliar equipment. These are a few of the things elite gymnasts say they have faced in recent years when traveling to world championships and the […]

Shahd Abboud made history as the first-ever Arab-Israeli captain of a team in Israel’s Female Basketball Premier League. She’s using her platform to create more opportunities for women like her. When it comes to basketball in the United States, the focus is always on the NBA and the WNBA — and for good reason. The leagues […]