Andy Silva has been with DraftKings since 2018. A 2006 graduate of the University of Connecticut, Andy worked as a copy editor for North of Boston Media Group and then the Boston Herald prior to joining DraftKings. He is a lifelong sneakerhead going back to the heyday of Michael Jordan in the 1990s. His all-time favorites are the Air Jordan 11 and the Air Max Penny 1. Follow him on Twitter at @ByAndySilva and on BlueSky at @byandysilva.bsky.social.
The men’s U.S. basketball team brought home another gold medal over the weekend, dashing the hopes of host France. And in the final two games of the Olympic tournament, Chef Curry was COOKING! Yes, Steph hit some of the most INSANE shots of all-time as he hit dagger after dagger late to seal a U.S […]
August 12, 2024
The NBA champion Celtics will kick off the 2024-25 season hosting their longtime rival New York Knicks on October 22 on TNT, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The matchup features two of the top four teams in the odds on DraftKings Sportsbook to win the NBA title next season. The Celtics are currently the […]
August 12, 2024
Serbia gave Team USA all it could handle, but in the end Captain LeMerica and Chef Curry helped rally the troops to lift the U.S. to a gold-medal game showdown with France in to a vintage performance. And despite saying he never thought he would say this, Amin Elhassan said on Friday’s Dan Le Batard […]
August 9, 2024
Dwight Freeney is now forever enshrined in Canton. So where do you go after getting your gold jacket? You say, “I’m going on GoJo and Golic!” Yes, that’s right, the new Hall of Famer joined Mike Golic Jr. and Mike Golic Sr. on Thursday’s edition of GoJo and Golic to talk about his enshrinement, his […]
August 8, 2024
The NBA is returning to NBC beginning in the 2025-26 season and that means one thing — the return of Roundball Rock! Yes, the staple of 1990s childhoods, playing underneath highlights of Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal will be returning to our television screens ahead of NBA games and John Tesh previously told The […]
August 8, 2024
Jim Harbaugh is long gone from Ann Arbor, but we’re still feeling the reverberations of the Michigan sign-stealing scandal which shot Connor Stalions into our collective consciousness. Now the latest is a report from ESPN’s Dan Murphy and Pete Thamel about a leaked draft of the notice of allegations sent to Michigan. Dan notes that […]
August 6, 2024
In its latest Big Facts snapshot, resell platform StockX had some data about brands on the rise in the first half of 2024. And some of the names on the list might surprise you. The top brand on the rise was Asics, which saw a whopping 600% increase in trade growth in the first half […]
August 6, 2024
The will-he-won’t-he saga involving Charles Barkley and his future with Warner Bros. Discovery/TNT Sports appears to have reached its conclusion. Barkley isn’t going anywhere. Despite losing the NBA after next season, pending its ongoing litigation, TNT Sports announced on Tuesday that not only is Barkley not retiring, not only is he not jumping to another […]
August 6, 2024
Noah Lyles is officially the fastest man in the world. Yes, his mouth wrote a check that his body WAS able to cash, as he beat the field in an incredible photo finish on Sunday in the 100M final in Paris. And The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz says that is exactly the kind […]
August 5, 2024
Spike Lee, in the guise of his famed Mars Blackmon character, once said “It’s gotta be the shoes.” Apparently Noah Lyles agrees, as he celebrated his 100M gold in Paris by announcing his interest in having his own sneaker. Lyles is an Adidas athlete and was seen running in a pair of Adizero Y-3 spikes […]
August 5, 2024
The Olympics roll on, with the men’s and women’s U.S. basketball squads both advancing out of pool play and favored on DraftKings Sportsbook to bring home the gold (the men are -600 favorites and the women are -3000 favorites). Of course, the men’s USA Basketball program has seen great success throughout its history, but especially […]
August 5, 2024