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.
This is a late Big Sky spot with real pecking-order stakes, because Idaho sits 3-2 in league play and Sacramento State is 2-3, still close enough to change its seed in a hurry. Idaho’s been stout at home at 6-1, while Sacramento State has been living out of a suitcase at 0-10 away. And there’s […]
January 22, 2026
Conference USA’s middle tier is a knife fight right now, and this one sits right in the scrum. Missouri State walks in at 10–8 overall and 4–3 in league, but it’s been a different team outside Springfield, going 1–6 on the road. New Mexico State is 10–7 and 3–4 in C-USA, and the home floor […]
January 22, 2026
The 2026 Oscar nominations are officially out, and Best Director is where the Academy most plainly declares what it values. This isn’t “best effort” or “biggest movie.” It’s authorship—mise-en-scène, tempo, image-making, and the invisible logic that makes a film feel inevitable. When this category hits, it reads like a ballot on control: who shaped the […]
January 22, 2026
The 2026 Oscar nominations are officially out, narrowing the field for who could take home hardware at the 98th Academy Awards. The show will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 15. If Best Picture is the Academy’s headline, Best Original Screenplay is its conscience. This is […]
January 22, 2026
Northwestern drags an 8–10 record and an 0–7 Big Ten start into Los Angeles, and the urgency is no longer subtle. USC sits 14–4 with a 3–4 league mark, stuck in that dangerous middle where good teams can still look ordinary. The matchup feels like a referendum on style: Northwestern wants control and halfcourt edges, […]
January 21, 2026
Northwestern drags an 8–10 record and an 0–7 Big Ten start into Los Angeles, and the urgency is no longer subtle. USC sits 14–4 with a 3–4 league mark, stuck in that dangerous middle where good teams can still look ordinary. The matchup feels like a referendum on style: Northwestern wants control and halfcourt edges, […]
January 21, 2026
Nebraska has turned January into a metronome, and Pinnacle Bank Arena keeps rewarding their patience with another clean finish. The Huskers enter 18–0 and 7–0 in the Big Ten, playing like a team that expects to win every close segment. Washington comes in 10–8 and 2–5, needing a road scalp to change its league winter, […]
January 21, 2026
Tempe usually rewards speed and nerve, and Arizona State wants this one played like a sprint. West Virginia shows up at 12–6 and 3–2 in the Big 12, still chasing a clean road proof. Arizona State sits 10–8 and 1–4, and it needs a home win that feels earned, not survived. This matchup is a […]
January 21, 2026
Mississippi State rolls into Reed Arena at 10–8 and 2–3 in the SEC, and the league has already punished any team that can’t finish possessions. Texas A&M is 14–4 and 4–1, and this building has been a points factory once the game opens up. The Aggies don’t just score; they surge after halftime, dropping 48.2 […]
January 21, 2026
Virginia Tech walks into the Dome with a 14–5 record and a 3–3 ACC mark, and it feels like the kind of mid-league knife fight that decides February later. Syracuse sits 12–6 and 3–2, and the home slate has to start cashing if this is going to turn into more than a bubble grind. The […]
January 21, 2026
This one is Big East triage in a building that turns tight games into math problems. Creighton sits 11–8 and fourth in the league, and it already hung a 98–57 avalanche on Xavier back on December 17. Xavier comes in 11–7 and sixth, still good enough to matter, but not clean enough to coast. The […]
January 21, 2026