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 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
An annual tradition that harkens the return of football kicks off on Tuesday as Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears debuts on Max. The Bears had an exciting offseason, drafting Caleb Williams No. 1 overall and adding WR Rome Odunze to give Williams a new weapon to target. Williams has +130 odds on […]
August 5, 2024
Boston-based brand CNCPTS is teaming up once again with fellow Hub-based brand New Balance to reach back into their shared archive and reference a prior collab on a new silhouette. The result of that collaboration will be the CNCPTS x New Balance 1906 “Hours and Days,” which releases today, August 2, at 11 a.m. ET […]
August 2, 2024
Another day, another gold medal for the gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles. Two days after capturing team gold, Biles took home the All-Around gold on Thursday, holding off a spirited challenge from Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. Biles’ teammate Suni Lee earned the bronze to complete her own comeback story after a trying period following her All-Around gold-medal-winning […]
August 1, 2024
Simone Biles and Team USA won the women’s team gymnastics gold yesterday and then the GOAT won the battle online with former Team USA teammate MyKayla Skinner. Skinner, who won a silver medal in the Vault at the Games in Tokyo, had criticized the current members of Team USA saying, “Besides Simone, I feel like […]
July 31, 2024
As the summer nears its end the sneaker heat rolls on! The A Ma Maniére x Air Jordan 3 Retro was perhaps biggest drop of the week on August 20, but August 23 will be the busiest. Among the shoes dropping will be: But the biggest drop will be an interesting one. Ahead of Mamba […]
July 31, 2024
Our long national nightmare is over — NFL football is BACK, baby! That’s right, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game kicks off the 2024 NFL Preseason on Thursday with coverage beginning at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+, preceded by a special edition of Countdown at 7 p.m. ET that […]
July 31, 2024
Simone Biles has done it again, leading the women’s U.S. gymnastic squad to gold in the team competition. And an iconic photo surfaced befitting such an iconic performer, showing she’s leaps and bounds above the competition. Team USA put up a total of 171.296, besting Italy and Brazil. The U.S., looking for redemption after taking […]
July 30, 2024
You may have seen a viral clip on social media that features an EPIC diving fail. It’s a clip that’s been hard to escape as the Olympics and its diving program get underway. There’s just one problem, as Pablo Torre points out on Tuesday’s edition of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. It’s not […]
July 30, 2024
NFL Week 1 salaries are out on DraftKings! You can enter the $4M Fantasy Football Millionaire contest now in the DraftKings lobby. Mike Golic Jr. and Jason Fitz celebrated getting another day closer to football by talking about some of those salaries on Monday’s edition of GoJo and Golic. Set your Week 1 fantasy football […]
July 29, 2024
I. Am…Doctor Doom? No, you didn’t read that wrong. Robert Downey Jr. is back in the MCU … just not as Iron Man. During the Marvel panel in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con, Kevin Feige not only revealed the revamped titles for the next two Avengers movies, but he also revealed the shocking […]
July 28, 2024