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For our standards, Week 7 was actually a half-decent display from NFL officials, if only because they didn’t single-handedly ruin a slate of games. No, Week 7 was underwhelming from pretty much every angle, if only for the lack of winning teams matched up against one another. Still, however, the officials found a way to […]

Joey Gallo has a problem with the media blaming him for the drama surrounding the Yankees. New York Yankees fans are reeling after another disappointing season in the Bronx. After making moves at the trade deadline, acquiring Joey Gallo from the Texas Rangers and Anthony Rizzo from the Chicago Cubs, the Yankees were expected to […]

JJ Watt had the perfect tweet after the Arizona Cardinals’ Week 7 win over the Houston Texans. JJ Watt may be the greatest player in Houston Texans franchise history, but he now plays on the best team in football in the 7-0 Arizona Cardinals. Arizona stayed perfect by defeating Watt’s former team handily on Sunday to the […]

This week, Inside the Clubhouse looks at how the Braves went all in for the World Series, potential landing spots for Kyle Schwarber and more. In late July, the Atlanta Braves’ season was on the verge of falling apart. They were without their best player Ronald Acuña Jr., their ace Mike Soroka and leading home […]

A September loss and early struggles hurt his case, but Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is gaining ground in the Heisman race with one dominating performance after another. Over the years determining the Heisman Trophy contenders has boiled down to a flowchart, a meandering process where challengers try to avoid dead end after dead end. […]

SEC football power rankings entering Week 9 when Florida and Georgia clash in Jacksonville and Ole Miss and Auburn meet in an SEC West battle. With a relatively easy and predictable week of college football behind us, it’s time to examine how the SEC looks right now. The SEC had a fairly straightforward slate of […]

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. One week into the NBA season and 23 teams have already taken their first L (or three of them in the case of the Thunder and Pelicans). The best […]

After a brief hiatus from Top 25 teams squaring up, the college football schedule for Week 9 features three such games, all with huge conference implications. When you look at this week’s slate of games, it’s hard to single out which conference picture will be clearest when the dust settles in the wee hours of […]