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.
Xbox Games Showcase 2026 had the peculiar energy of a company simultaneously celebrating its own history, litigating it, and trying to escape it. This was ostensibly a 25th anniversary victory lap. In practice, it felt more like Microsoft opening a climate-controlled vault and pulling out every artifact capable of triggering a different generation of gaming […]
June 8, 2026
Dan Johnson analyzes his three favorite home run props across all of today's loaded MLB slate.
June 8, 2026
The villa lost a good one tonight. Dan Johnson breaks down Sunday night's episode, including which islander was this season's first to be dumped from the villa.
June 7, 2026
Dan Johnson breaks down Sunday's Love Island USA episode, which featured the villa's first recoupling this season.
June 7, 2026
Bobby Witt Jr. left Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Twins with right knee soreness, giving the Kansas City Royals a late-game scare around the most important player in their organization. Witt was replaced defensively after the top of the seventh inning at Target Field. Michael Massey entered at second base, Maikel Garcia moved to shortstop, […]
June 7, 2026
Albion finally has a date on the calendar. Fable will launch on Feb. 23, 2027, with early access beginning Feb. 18 for Premium Edition buyers. After years of cinematic teases, dry jokes, giant actors, fairy-tale menace, and increasingly baroque waiting, Playground Games’ reboot has moved out of the fog. Xbox used its Showcase to clarify […]
June 7, 2026
Xbox’s oldest system-seller is officially getting the full modern-remake treatment. During Sunday’s Xbox Games Showcase, Halo Studios confirmed that Halo: Campaign Evolved will launch July 28, 2026, with early access beginning July 23 for Premium Edition and Collector’s Edition buyers. The game is a ground-up remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign, rebuilt for Xbox Series […]
June 7, 2026
Interview With the Vampire is still alive, still gorgeous, and still deeply unwell, but Season 3 is coming back under a new name: The Vampire Lestat. The new season premieres Sunday, June 7, at 9 p.m. ET on AMC and AMC+. That title change is the whole story. After two seasons spent inside Louis de […]
June 5, 2026
Arizona enters Friday with a cleaner pulse after splitting four games against Los Angeles. The D-backs closed that series with a 3-2 walk-off win. Corbin Carroll homered in the eighth, Geraldo Perdomo tied it late, and Ketel Marte ended it immediately. Washington arrives from the opposite direction after Miami swept three straight. The Nationals scored […]
June 5, 2026
Milwaukee brings the better record into Denver, but Coors Field has a way of flattening clean team-strength reads. The Brewers are 37-23, while the Rockies sit at 24-39 after a rough first two months. Colorado has also won four of five, including back-to-back series against the Giants and Angels. Milwaukee’s offense is carrying its own […]
June 5, 2026
Cincinnati and St. Louis enter Friday separated by almost nothing in the standings, but the pitching matchup changes the texture. The Reds are 31-30 overall and 15-14 away from home. The Cardinals are 32-28 overall and 16-16 at Busch Stadium. Cincinnati brings the louder season power profile, with 77 home runs and a .395 slugging […]
June 5, 2026