Cooper is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who joined DraftKings in September 2025. A recent graduate of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Sports at Long Island University, he served as the chief sports editor of the campus newspaper and the lead sideline reporter for the men’s basketball team. His previous stops include amNewYork and the New York Post.
Surging squads meet on Monday night, when the Detroit Pistons host the San Antonio Spurs at Little Caesars Arena. The Spurs (40–16, 2nd West) are riding an eight-game winning streak, punctuated by Saturday’s 17-point win over the Kings. The Pistons (42–13, 1st East) have rattled off five-straight wins of their own, riding the hot hand […]
February 23, 2026
The NBA’s compact Monday slate ends in Space City, where the Houston Rockets host the Utah Jazz at the Toyota Center. The Jazz (18–39, 13th West) have won just six games since the calendar flipped to 2026 and recently got hit with a $500,000 fine for tanking. The Rockets (34–21, 4th West) have batted slightly […]
February 23, 2026
Ryan Garcia had the fight won within the first 30 seconds. The 27-year-old from Victorville, California dropped Mario Barrios with an unexpected right hand and never looked back — cruising to a unanimous decision (119–108, 120–107, 118–109) to win the WBC world welterweight title, his first world championship. Garcia entered as a -250 moneyline favorite […]
February 22, 2026
Bulls guard Anfernee Simons won’t return to Saturday’s game vs. Detroit after suffering a left wrist injury in the first half, the team announced. It’s unclear exactly when this injury occurred, though Jalen Smith started the second half in Simons’ place for the second half. He was ruled out midway through the third. Since he […]
February 21, 2026
It all comes down to this. Men’s hockey juggernauts, USA and Canada, will duke it out in Sunday’s Olympic gold medal game. The Canadians clawed out of a two-goal deficit against Finland on Friday night in a dramatic comeback victory to reach the finale. Not long after, the U.S. coasted to a 6–2 rout of […]
February 21, 2026
Top-five middleweights headline the bill on Saturday night, as No. 3-ranked Sean Strickland takes on No. 4 Anthony Hernandez in the main event of UFC Houston. A former middleweight champion, Strickland (29–7, 11 KOs, 4 SUB) returns to the Octagon after getting taken to the cleaners by Dricus Du Plessis in their title rematch last […]
February 21, 2026
Welterweight southpaws meet down south on Saturday night, as Geoff Neal faces Uros Medic in the co-main event of UFC Houston. Neal (16–7, 10 KOs) has dropped three of his last four bouts, a brutal stretch punctuated by a buzzer-beater, first-round knockout from Carlos Prates last August. Medic (12–3, 10 KOs) has won three of […]
February 21, 2026
Featherweights collide in Space City on Saturday night, as No. 14-ranked Dan Ige takes on Melquizael Costa at UFC Houston. Ige (19–10, 7 KOs, 5 SUB) persists as a perennial fan-favorite despite recent struggles, and he’ll look to rebound from his unanimous decision loss to Patricio Pitbull last July. Costa (25–7, 8 KOs, 8 SUB) […]
February 21, 2026
Top-ten heavyweights collide on Saturday night, as No. 7-ranked Serghei Spivac takes on No. 9 Ante Delija at UFC Houston. Spivac (17–6, 7 KOs, 8 SUB) has dropped three of his last four bouts, most recently a unanimous decision loss to Waldo Cortes-Acosta last June. Delija (26–7, 12 KOs, 7 SUB) had rattled off back-to-back […]
February 21, 2026
Someone’s O has got to go on Saturday night, undefeated welterweights Jacobe Smith and the debuting Josiah Harrell meet at UFC Houston. Smith (11–0, 8 KOs, 1 SUB) is 2–0 inside the UFC and is riding a second-round submission of Niko Price last June. Harrell (11–0, 6 KOs, 4 SUB) makes his first trip to […]
February 21, 2026
Middleweights kick off the main card on Saturday night, as Zach Reese meets Michel Pereira at UFC Houston. Reese (10–2, 5 KOs, 3 SUB) is unbeaten in his last three fights and riding momentum from a second-round submission over Jackson McVey in November. Pereira (31–14, 11 KOs, 9 SUB) has dropped three straight bouts, capped […]
February 21, 2026