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.
The coast air cools fast in San Diego, and Snapdragon Stadium stands tall under Friday night glare. San Diego State has climbed to 3–1, a start that doubles last year’s win pace, and the Aztecs enter their Mountain West opener laying -6.5. Across the field, Colorado State lugs a 1–3 record, their rhythm broken and […]
October 3, 2025
CEFCU will run cool in the Bay air, and Friday night lights will sharpen every play while San Jose State searches for footing. The Spartans arrive scarred at 1–3, yet still favored by 2.5 against a New Mexico side striding into October with belief and rhythm. It’s Mountain West football in its purest form—urgency crackling, […]
October 3, 2025
Raymond James Stadium will bristle for its Bulls beneath the Thursday lights, the humidity hanging heavy as a night accelerant. South Florida enters with pace, balance, and the muscle of a team averaging 31.8 points per game and 399.8 yards per game. Charlotte limps in at 1–3, scoring just 18.3 per game with the worst […]
October 3, 2025
Raymond James Stadium will bristle for its Bulls beneath the Thursday lights, the humidity hanging heavy as a night accelerant. South Florida enters with pace, balance, and the muscle of a team averaging 31.8 points per game and 399.8 yards per game. Charlotte limps in at 1–3, scoring just 18.3 per game with the worst […]
October 3, 2025
When I got my first professional gig in publishing in 2016—an editorial internship at The Paris Review, one of America’s legacy literary quarterlies, known for discovering and publishing world-class literature since 1953—we were doing something with a novel I thought hadn’t been done since Charles Dickens and steampunk days. As a quarterly, The Paris Review […]
October 2, 2025
SoFi’s been buzzing for this rivalry night long before the snap, and both sidelines know it: tonight’s all about the clock. Indeed, the Rams will wear their midnight-black jerseys as time-conscious hosts who, as they say, work in the darkness to earn the spotlight. Thursday—just a tight eightyish-hour turnaround from Week 4’s final whistle—tends to […]
October 1, 2025
Yankees/Red Sox in October means ghosts in every corner, fans holding their breath on every pitch, and lineups built to punish even the smallest mistake. The rivalry is seasoned with heartbreak and triumph, yet tonight it sharpens into a duel of left-hand aces: Fried’s groundball rhythm against Crochet’s strikeout fury. One crooked inning will swing […]
September 30, 2025
This series is loaded with history and 2025 tension, not just the Chicago breeze. This is a 1984 rematch, a best-of-three sprint, and both clubs split the season series 3–3 with runs 25–25. Chicago brings 50–31 at home and a +144 run differential; San Diego rides a 90–72 finish with +81 and seven wins in […]
September 30, 2025
Bo Nix has settled into Denver’s cadence with controlled tempo and clean structure, leaning on timing throws that keep the ball ahead of the sticks. The operation tightens in the red zone, where his placement and patience turn compressed windows into routine finishes. Cincinnati can flash disguise and heat, but Nix’s composure and rhythm-based chemistry […]
September 29, 2025
At Mile High, the lights run a little whiter and the air a little thinner, and wide receiver Courtland Sutton tends to rise with it. The crowd swells, the route stems lengthen, and Denver’s most reliable boundary target becomes the release valve when drives tighten. Cincinnati’s defense brings names, not answers, and Sutton’s ball-tracking and […]
September 29, 2025
Cincinnati arrives short-handed, yet every throw with meaning still tilts toward him. He’s the single receiver Denver must shade, the one Browning trusts when pressure crowds, and the player who can turn routine slants into drive-shifting explosives. Under primetime lights and thin air, Ja’Marr Chase becomes more than a target share; he becomes, potentially, Cincinnati’s […]
September 29, 2025