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.
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
Remember when Charles Barkley said in June he was going to retire after next season? Yeah … not so much. Amid Warner Bros. Discovery announcing that it has begun “legal action to enforce our rights” after the NBA rejected its matching offer for the new Amazon rights package, Barkley told The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand that […]
July 26, 2024
The Olympics kick off on Friday with the Opening Ceremony on the Seine — live at 1:30 p.m. ET and replayed at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC. There will be 206 countries and approximately 10,500 athletes competing in Paris with countless stories to follow. Here are some of the stories we’re watching heading into the […]
July 25, 2024
The Olympics get underway on Friday with the Opening Ceremony, set to take place along the Seine and reportedly a pair of pop stars will take part in the festivities. The duo will reportedly perform “La Vie en rose,” according to French journalist Thierry Moreau. The Hollywood Reporter is also reporting Gaga’s involvement. Olympics organizers […]
July 25, 2024
Super Week is here! Your favorite DraftKings Network shows will be live from Las Vegas every day leading up to the Big Game. We’ll talk to the biggest names and our experts will provide up-to-the-minute analysis to gear you up for Super Sunday! Keep checking here for the latest news, interviews and more as DraftKings […]
July 25, 2024
The NBA formally rejected Warner Bros. Discovery’s attempt to exercise its matching rights on Wednesday and the league officially announced its anticipated media rights deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon beginning in the 2025-26 season and running through the 2035-36 season. The league said it rejected WBD’s attempt to match the package going to Amazon, […]
July 24, 2024
Earlier this week, LeBron James was named as one of the two Team USA flag bearers, having been nominated by USA Basketball teammate Steph Curry. Now we know who will be joining him on Friday as a flag bearer for the U.S. at the Opening Ceremony — tennis star Coco Gauff. The 20-year-old Gauff is […]
July 24, 2024
Will Tua Tagovailoa be the next QB to cash in? Or are he and the Dolphins still far apart on the potential terms of a new deal? Adam Schefter told the Pat McAfee Show on Monday that Miami is not as close to a deal with its star QB as the Packers are with Jordan […]
July 23, 2024