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.
Selection Sunday finally feels big again. And messy! For the first time, the College Football Playoff is handing out 12 invitations instead of four, and the sport wakes up knowing there are more chairs than ever and still not nearly enough. Conference championship banners are barely dry, flights are booked but not yet announced, and […]
December 7, 2025
Glendale gets the late window with two franchises heading in opposite directions. One is fighting for seeding after a jarring loss in Carolina. The other just shut down its franchise quarterback, parked its blue-chip wideout and started treating Sundays like a live tryout. The Rams arrive at 9–3 with a top-five scoring offense and a […]
December 7, 2025
Lambeau gets the late window with something rare attached: Chicago walks in as the team wearing the better record. Green Bay counters with the hotter quarterback, three straight wins, and the sense this is still their division until someone rips it away. Caleb Williams has been managing games while the Bears defense and run game […]
December 7, 2025
December brings Ravens–Steelers back to that familiar Baltimore hum: deep shots swallowed by night sky, hits echoing off the river. Both teams sit 6-6, their seasons teetering between wild-card relevance and wasted talent. Pittsburgh arrives with Aaron Rodgers and scars from a 26-7 loss in Buffalo; Baltimore walks in fresh off a 32-14 collapse against […]
December 6, 2025
Orchard Park remembers everything these two teams have pushed through its air. The Damar Hamlin stoppage, last year’s playoff disappointment, the sense that Buffalo and Cincinnati now measure each other as much as anyone in the conference. The Bills arrive 8-4, fresh off a 26-7 correction in Pittsburgh, trying to prove that win was restart, […]
December 6, 2025
Midnight basketball on Oahu turns scoreboards into mirages. Cal State Fullerton flies in with a box-score profile that screams shootout, sitting at 3–6 with about 88.4 points scored and 88.3 allowed and one of the fastest tempos in the country. Hawaii waits at 7–2 with a completely different identity, winning home games with defense, glasswork […]
December 6, 2025
Madison Square Garden gets Ole Miss and St. John’s in a December slot that feels like a proof-of-concept for both coaches. Chris Beard walks in at 5–3, carrying a three-game losing streak and an offense that has sagged late in tight games. Rick Pitino counters at 4–3 with a top-25 ranking, a noisy 92-point scoring […]
December 6, 2025
Jacksonville gets playoff stakes without the branding on Sunday. Two 8-4 teams walk in knowing first place in the AFC South sits on the table, and only one walks out controlling it. The Colts arrive leaking confidence after consecutive one-score losses, their early-season fireworks dulled by injuries and inconsistency. The Jaguars come home riding four […]
December 6, 2025
Nashville gets a top-15 double feature that feels more like March than early December. Illinois shows up at 6–2 after getting humbled by UConn’s length, finally seeing its ninety-point scoring average trimmed back to earth. Tennessee walks in 7–2 with back-to-back tight losses, still carrying a reputation built on defense and rebounding rather than fireworks. […]
December 6, 2025
Indianapolis gets an early December matinee that feels like March. Louisville shows up ranked No. 6, proud of a 7-1 start and a top-five offense. Indiana walks down from Bloomington at 7-1, licking wounds from that Minnesota loss and staring at its first real brand-name measuring stick. Gainbridge Fieldhouse will tilt crimson and cream, but […]
December 6, 2025
Week 14 tight end play feels like the position is testifying under oath. Russell Wilson is spending the Giants’ bye in a CBS studio instead of a huddle, a demoted starter smiling through analysis while Jaxson Dart keeps his job. C.J. Stroud just shook off concussion rust and walks into a Texans-Chiefs game that might […]
December 5, 2025