Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Marcus Stroman is already thinking about playing for another team before his first regular-season game with the team that signed him this winter. Marcus Stroman has not even pitched in a regular-season game for the Chicago Cubs, but he is already showing some interest about potentially pitching for the San Francisco […]
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 Rookie of the Year race has tightened and it seems likely that Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham and Scottie Barnes will finish 1-2-3 in some order. While there may […]
The Celtics are locked in a battle for a high seed in the Eastern Conference, but Boston has the talent required to win it all no matter where they finish. The high-scoring duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have managed to push the Celtics into the hunt for a high seed in the Eastern […]
Aroldis Chapman is well aware that the New York Yankees have not won a World Series since 2009. Despite spending roughly half of his big league career in pinstipes, New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has not had the success in October he has envisioned there since initially coming aboard in 2016. Though Chapman has a […]
The Pelicans won’t entertain Zion Williamson trade offers unless he forces their hand. But if he does, the New York Knicks should be ready to pounce. Let’s say this off the top – the Knicks need to stay the course and continue to build through the young guns and the draft. They have a collection […]
For the second consecutive season, the Oklahoma City Thunder are one of the worst teams in the NBA. For Sam Presti, it’s all going according to plan. There may not be another executive as intrinsically tied to his team’s success as Sam Presti. The current tankathon the Oklahoma City Thunder have been on for the […]
Mike Krzyzewski has been a central but intensely private figure in the history of college basketball. It appears there may be a reason for that. Mike Krzyzewski is a singularly successful coach, the winningest in college basketball history and the only one besides John Wooden to have won five national championships. Yet he remains an […]
The United States qualified for the World Cup after missing out on the finals in 2018. Here’s what the team can expect from Friday’s draw. The United States is back in the World Cup after qualifying Wednesday night following a third-place finish in the Octagonal behind Canada and Mexico. How the USMNT will do in Qatar […]
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