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.
Cam Henderson Center should feel familiar tonight, even if the nameplates on the jerseys have shuffled. Western Kentucky and Marshall spent years trading blows in Conference USA, and the rivalry never really cooled. Now they meet in a December nonconference slot with both fanbases starving for a statement and a building that gets loud on […]
December 10, 2025
A Wednesday evening proving ground: VCU trying to prove last March’s A-10 sweep wasn’t a blip under a new staff, New Mexico trying to show its 7-2 start travels out of The Pit. The Rams are 6-3 and 4-0 at home with that familiar VCU buzz building around a top-50 efficiency profile. The Lobos roll […]
December 10, 2025
Wednesday night in Raleigh gives us a new-look heavyweight trying to reestablish itself and a mid-major that never blinks at pedigree. NC State under Will Wade is still figuring out how its transfers fit, but the bones of a top-tier ACC offense are obvious. Liberty shows up as a rare true-road Quad 1 shot, a […]
December 10, 2025
Hall of Fame Classic moves the Commonwealth feud west to Springfield, with Boston College sitting 5-5 and UMass at 6-3 on a three-game heater. This is their first meeting since 2014, when UMass won 71-62, and the line has BC laying -1.5 on a neutral floor with a total around 141.5. The pro-town crowd gets […]
December 10, 2025
SoFi under the lights turns into a route-running clinic whenever Ladd McConkey starts rocking defenders out of their leverage. Two eight-win teams are trading narratives, but Justin Herbert’s safest answer in the chaos is still No. 15 breaking option routes and glance digs on time. While everyone chases A.J. Brown fireworks and Herbert’s fractured left […]
December 8, 2025
SoFi gets two 8-4 teams tonight, but they are headed in different directions. Philadelphia opened the season as a bully, then spent the last month stuck under 21 points in every game. Los Angeles looked disjointed early, then quietly stacked a 3-1 stretch with only one clunker in Jacksonville. The Eagles bring the bigger brand […]
December 8, 2025
De’Von Achane suffered a rib injury in the second quarter of Week 14’s game against the New York Jets. He’s now headed to the locker room. With him out, the backfield should shift to a more traditional split between Ollie Gordon and Jaylen Wright. Gordon likely handles most of the early-down work and short-yardage situations; […]
December 7, 2025
UPDATE 1:07pm ET: Sometimes, if it looks like a duck, etc. And, based on initial speculation, many folks thought the non-contact bit of this injury could mean the dreaded Achilles tag. And, indeed, that’s what’s happened. Daniel Jones, according to the Colts, is officially out for the game with an Achilles injury. Where Indianapolis goes […]
December 7, 2025
Arrowhead gets December under the lights, and both teams walk in knowing the math. Kansas City is fighting to keep the Mahomes era from its first real playoff whiff. Houston climbed from 0-3 to 7-5 and can flip its postseason odds from roughly 40% to near 80% with a win. Temperatures will sink into the […]
December 7, 2025
The James Madison–Oregon first-round matchup is up at DraftKings Sportsbook, with Oregon a massive -21.5 home favorite and JMU +1100 on the moneyline, total set at 51.5. Oregon vs. JMU opening odds That number is a pure snapshot of where these programs sit in the sport’s ecosystem right now. Oregon comes in as the top […]
December 7, 2025
The first on-campus playoff rematch is live on the board, with No. 6 Ole Miss hosting No. 11 Tulane and opening odds already posted at DraftKings Sportsbook. Ole Miss vs. Tulane Odds The Ole Miss–Tulane opener is exactly what a 6-vs-11 campus playoff game should look like on the board: SEC hammer priced like a […]
December 7, 2025