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.
UPDATE: Soto was scratched from Sunday’s lineup due to an illness, according to the team. It seems he should be back in action soon, and, at the worst, day-to-day. Juan Soto was scratched from the Mets’ lineup for today’s game against the Marlins, a late change that puts New York’s biggest bat back on the […]
May 24, 2026
Dan Johnson analyzes his three favorite home run props across all of today's loaded MLB slate.
May 24, 2026
The White Sox arrive at Oracle Park at 25-24, with a stronger offensive profile than their brand perception usually gets priced for: 218 runs, 68 HR, a .323 OBP and a .405 SLG. The Giants sit 20-30, 10-12 at home, with 173 runs, 41 HR, a .291 OBP and a .378 SLG, and their outfield […]
May 22, 2026
The Athletics come into San Diego at 26-24, with enough lineup damage to make the plus-money side of this matchup more interesting than the logos suggest. The Padres are 29-20, still right in the NL West race and dangerous at Petco because their bullpen can turn a one-run lead into a six-out squeeze. The starting […]
May 22, 2026
Boston comes back to Fenway at 22-27 with a three-game winning streak, a six-game homestand opening in front of it and a little more oxygen around a season that spent most of May looking stalled. Minnesota arrives at 23-27, third in the AL Central, still dangerous at the top with Byron Buxton back in the […]
May 22, 2026
The Guardians arrive in Philadelphia at 30-22, sitting atop the AL Central and carrying a six-game winning streak after a four-game sweep of the Tigers. The Phillies are 25-25, second in the NL East, and still trying to make Citizens Bank Park feel like a stabilizer after an uneven first third of the season. Friday’s […]
May 22, 2026
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
May 22, 2026
André Øvredal’s Passenger, both as a supernatural highway movie and as a B-reel curse placed on the Pinterest-board fantasy of van life, arrives with a deceptively elegant horror question: what happens when the haunted house has wheels and a composting toilet? It opens wide in theaters Friday, May 22, 2026, sending Lou Llobell and Jacob […]
May 22, 2026
Euphoria hits its penultimate episode Sunday night, and the season has finally reached the stage where everybody’s bad decisions are bleeding together. Episode 7, “Rain or Shine,” airs May 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max, one week before the finale. Rue spent Episode 6 running for her life after the DEA operation […]
May 21, 2026
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
May 21, 2026
