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Coming out of the annual GM meetings, Around the Horn takes a spin around the league looking at MLB trade rumors and offseason buzz for 10 teams. Everyone, and I mean everyone, in the industry expect the owners to lock out the players once the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires at midnight Dec. 1. The […]

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. We’re still months away from seeing an NBA MVP crowned for the 2021-22 season but individual campaigns have a way of codifying earlier, building momentum that sets the narrative […]

Updated college basketball rankings after the opening week saw Gonzaga, UCLA and Duke score big wins over top-10 teams. The first week of the college basketball season is in the books and there was a lot of fun action for diehard fans. The highlights of the week were a pair of Top 5 matchups, including […]

College football schedule Week 12 games include the Big Ten showdown between Ohio State and Michigan and a Pac-12 game between Oregon and Utah. Week 12 is the last “normal” week of the college football season. Next week is for rivalries. So let’s dive into this week’s pre-holiday feast of games. We’re coming down to […]

Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud and Michigan State running back Kenneth Walker III meet in Columbus in a clash that will factor heavily if the Big Ten is to end its Heisman drought. Just four remain. You can make your case for a defensive player — see Alabama’s Will Anderson or Georgia’s Jordan Davis — […]

It was a big weekend for the state of Mississippi with Ole Miss and Mississippi State getting big wins to make a move in this week’s SEC power rankings. This college football season continues to be bizarre. Unfortunately for two future members of the Southeastern Conference, things weren’t easy on Saturday. This past week, the […]

The Hall Of Fame Tip-Off and Gavitt Games highlight the top college basketball games this week. One week is in the books and the college basketball season has been incredibly fun. The top matchups from last week delivered in spades, including a dramatic overtime showdown at Pauley Pavilion on Friday night that saw UCLA outlast […]

The Tigers made the first big splash of the offseason, signing former Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez to a five-year deal. Rodriguez has had a rough go of it the last few seasons, showing flashes but also dealing with COVID-19 symptoms. Yet, his value hasn’t fully deteriorated, as evidenced by the Tigers going all-out to […]