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.
Atlanta has made June feel like an extension of its authority. The Braves enter Wednesday at 41-20, owners of baseball’s best record, after taking Tuesday’s opener 4-3. Matt Olson broke the tie with his 17th home run, while Ozzie Albies supplied two RBI. Ronald Acuña Jr. arrived in the series after a four-game homer streak, […]
June 3, 2026
The Cardinals did enough Tuesday to make the loss linger. They rapped 13 hits, pushed Texas into tense innings, tied the game in the seventh, and still walked off Busch Stadium with a 7-4 defeat. St. Louis went 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11, then watched Joc Pederson break the tie in […]
June 3, 2026
The San Francisco Giants arrived in Milwaukee fresh from hanging 19 runs and 25 hits on Colorado. Two evenings later, the Brewers have made that afternoon at Coors feel like a clerical error. Milwaukee won Monday, 16-2, then took Tuesday, 8-3, producing 24 runs and 29 hits across the first two games. The Brewers are […]
June 3, 2026
Boston’s home season has become its own small emergency, and Baltimore arrives with answers already in hand. The Orioles enter Wednesday at 29-32 after Tuesday’s 4-2 victory at Fenway, their eighth win in 11 games. Coby Mayo and Pete Alonso homered in consecutive early innings, before Rico Garcia closed the game cleanly. The Red Sox […]
June 3, 2026
Dan Johnson analyzes his three favorite home run props across all of today's loaded MLB slate.
June 3, 2026
Widow's Bay took another life this week. Here's a breakdown of episode 8, and what it means for as it rounds into the inaugural season's home stretch.
June 2, 2026
Widow’s Bay finally let the island speak last week, and of course it spoke in marriage vows, famine logic, religious mania and Hamish Linklater doing the thing only Hamish Linklater can do: looking like the handsomest man at the end of the world while clearly being the reason the world is ending. Episodes 6 and […]
June 2, 2026
A first-night coupling on Love Island USA is one of reality television’s great ridiculous cruelties. Everyone arrives freshly bronzed, still learning names and pretending that energy has nothing to do with cheekbones. Within minutes, one glance can create a safe opening couple, an immediate triangle or the faint whiff of friendship-couple doom. Season 8 opens […]
June 1, 2026
Several major characters met their ends in the Euphoria series finale. Here's a breakdown of all the deaths and endings from "In God We Trust."
June 1, 2026
The Los Angeles Rams have found the logical extreme of their own philosophy. They won a Super Bowl after trading for Matthew Stafford during a Los Angeles-hosted championship season. Four years later, with Super Bowl LXI coming to SoFi Stadium, they are finalizing a deal for Myles Garrett. Los Angeles is sending Jared Verse, a […]
June 1, 2026
Five days have rearranged the terms of this AL Central rematch. The White Sox return to Target Field at 32-27, one game behind Cleveland, after taking three of four from Minnesota and sweeping Detroit to close May at 18-10. Their five-game winning streak has carried late-inning proof: Colson Montgomery erased Sunday’s deficit with his 15th […]
June 1, 2026