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 Ohio River hums with October urgency as Cincinnati welcomes unbeaten Iowa State into Nippert, a Big 12 collision painted in scarlet noise and Cyclone resolve. The Bearcats sit 3–1, bolstered by a frenetic offense, while the Cyclones stride in ranked and unblemished at 5–0, a disciplined force traveling east with their reputation sharpened. The […]
October 4, 2025
Snugly back in the Five Lists of Five captain’s chair after a week off; many thanks to fellow fantasy sicko Keagan Smith for nurturing my child in Week 4, to the point where he even tossed you some bonus dynasty content. What a guy! And, honestly, what a devastating week it was. We waved solemn […]
October 3, 2025
Snugly back in the Five Lists of Five captain’s chair after a week off; many thanks to fellow fantasy sicko Keagan Smith for nurturing my child in Week 4, to the point where he even tossed you some bonus dynasty content. What a guy! And, honestly, what a devastating week it was. We waved solemn […]
October 3, 2025
Snugly back in the Five Lists of Five captain’s chair after a week off; many thanks to fellow fantasy sicko Keagan Smith for nurturing my child in Week 4, to the point where he even tossed you some bonus dynasty content. What a guy! And, honestly, what a devastating week it was. We waved solemn […]
October 3, 2025
Snugly back in the Five Lists of Five captain’s chair after a week off; many thanks to fellow fantasy sicko Keagan Smith for nurturing my child in Week 4, to the point where he even tossed you some bonus dynasty content. What a guy! And, honestly, what a devastating week it was. We waved solemn […]
October 3, 2025
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
Las Cruces should be aglow under the stadium lights on this Thursday, and the desert night vibrates with a midseason urgency. New Mexico State walks in scuffed, not broken, chasing rhythm more than revenge, the band blaring while helmets glint like hot coals. Sam Houston arrives winless at 0-4, dragging a defense conceding 42.8 points […]
October 2, 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