Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
Foxborough in December turns every breath into steam and every division snap into something heavier than normal. Buffalo walks back into this building chasing its old crown while a new Patriots regime guards the door. New England has stacked wins, built belief, and now faces the neighbor that has owned this division lately. The Bills […]
December 13, 2025
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse turns this into one of those neutral games that clearly leans one direction. West Virginia brings an 8-3 grinder profile and a defense that has already made a habit of holding teams in the fifties. Ohio State rolls in as a top-end Big Ten offense with a local crowd and a star […]
December 13, 2025
Desert Financial gets tempo and contrast more than brand juice. Santa Clara rolls in at 8-2 looking like a WCC contender that already handled real trips to Xavier and Minnesota. Arizona State is 8-2 as well, finally playing with some cohesion ahead of a Big 12 grind, and they lean into chaos more than structure. […]
December 13, 2025
Finneran Pavilion gets one of those early-December games that still feels like an old Big East argument. Villanova comes home from a humbling night in Ann Arbor, still sitting comfortably in the rankings but newly reminded they’re mortal. Pittsburgh arrives at 5-5, the full spectrum on film from upsetting Ohio State to getting bullied by […]
December 13, 2025
CHI Health Center gets a fun one. Kansas State comes in with a track-meet profile, living in the high 80s and letting volatility do a lot of the work. Creighton has worn a few early lumps but still looks like the more adult half-court outfit, with a defense that actually strings stops together and a […]
December 13, 2025
The Orange Bowl Classic always feels a little weird. Florida trades the O’Dome for an NHL arena in Sunrise, brings a defending national champion banner and a 5-4 record that includes knife-edge losses to Duke and UConn, and has to answer why a top-20 SRS looks so ordinary in the win column. George Washington rolls […]
December 13, 2025
Hinkle gets loud for this one. Providence walks in having won three straight in-state wars, playing at a pace that turns every night into a sprint, while Butler brings a cleaner body of work, a bigger scoring margin and a home crowd that has watched Thad Matta’s reboot actually bite this season. This is a […]
December 13, 2025
State Farm Arena turns this into more than a nonconference matinee. Georgia rolls in at 8-1 and leading Division I in scoring, dropping 99.9 points per game with an offense that has blown out Florida State on the road and turned home games into track meets. Cincinnati is 6-3 and has spent a week hearing […]
December 13, 2025
The final college hoops game available on DraftKings Sportsbook Thursday gives us a classic mid-major collision: a Summit contender stretching its legs on the West Coast against a Big West rebuild trying to turn a quirky gym back into a house of pain. North Dakota State arrives at 7-3, with two one-possession road losses and […]
December 11, 2025
The Dome gets a throwback intersectional feel tonight. Syracuse comes home from a bruising stretch against Houston, Kansas and Iowa State with a 5-3 mark and a real defensive identity. Saint Joseph’s arrives at 6-3, riding a four-game streak that includes a win over Princeton and a one-point escape against Temple. The market has settled […]
December 11, 2025
Edinburg gets a Texas contrast game tonight. UT Arlington brings a WAC contender’s frame, pounding the glass and defending like every trip is March. UT Rio Grande Valley leans all the way into pace and shooting, happy to trade long rebounds and 3s all night if it means more possessions. The number hangs around UTRGV […]
December 11, 2025