The Stepback with Blake Griffin

Sports journalism has changed a lot, and Blake Griffin takes a step back to look at what we've lost along the way. As local newspapers disappeared, so did the beat writers who traveled with teams and worked the locker room. Blake breaks down what filled the gap, from insiders like Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania, whose scoops can double as leverage for players, teams and agents, to the embra

Blake Griffin spent years building a respectable mid-range jumper, right around the time analytics decided it was the worst shot in basketball. In this episode of The Stepback, he takes a step back to look at how analytics went from finding overlooked talent in the Moneyball era to an optimization culture where everyone copies the same math. Blake traces it from Billy Beane's Oakland A's and Bill

Blake Griffin paid $80 for a wristband to watch his own son play basketball, plus $60 to park for the weekend. On this episode of The Stepback, he takes a step back to look at how youth sports went from backyard ball to a $40 billion industry, and why it's pushing so many kids out of sports. Blake breaks down early sports specialization and why playing one sport year round leads to more injuries

Blake Griffin once refereed a game at his own youth basketball camp, and a group of eight-year-olds let him have it. In this episode of The Stepback, he takes a look at one of the toughest and least appreciated jobs in sports, and how technology is changing what it means to be a referee. Blake breaks down how few referee prospects actually make it, with the NBA scouting more than 3,000 in 2022 an