Ravens want Lamar Jackson to do less of what makes him great

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The Ravens want Lamar Jackson to play under center more in 2021. The team’s desire to make him more conventional may reduce his effectiveness.  Lamar Jackson blossomed into an MVP for the Ravens, in part, because of the team’s willingness to let him play the quarterback position differently than his peers. Unfortunately for Jackson, it […]

Yankees have actually made one big change to Gerrit Cole’s game

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Gerrit Cole’s stellar results haven’t changed since joining the Yankees, but the star pitcher’s methodology has taken a significant shift.  The Yankees gave Gerrit Cole a massive contract to become the ace of their starting rotation and he’s done just that. The interesting thing about Cole’s tenure in the Bronx is the way he’s changed […]

Next year is here: Georgia has no excuses not to win national title

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This has to be the year the Georgia football program puts 1980 to bed once and for all. After years of building under head coach Kirby Smart, the Georgia football program has the team to win its first national championship in over 40 years. During Smart’s first five years back at his alma mater, the […]

The Long Two: Bucks-Nets could be the best series of the playoffs

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The Nets and Bucks have been on a collision course all season and are finally squaring off in the second round of the NBA playoffs. It’s not often that a second-round playoff matchup delivers the best series of the entire postseason, but it’s equally rare that two juggernauts like the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets […]

The Whiteboard: Pulse check for Knicks, Wizards, Grizzlies after elimination

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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. Well that was fast. Seriously, did anyone outside of the most optimistic of Atlanta Hawks fans imagine this first-round series ending in five quick games, with the New York […]