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.
Hacks is one episode away from the end, and Deborah is running out of places to hide. Episode 9 premieres Thursday, May 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET on HBO Max, with the series finale following one week later on May 28. The last few episodes have put real pressure on the fantasy that Deborah can […]
May 20, 2026
Brandon Nimmo left Wednesday’s Rangers-Rockies game after an apparent injury, adding another lower-body scare to a month that has already included hamstring tightness and a left ankle issue. Texas had him batting third and playing right field at Coors, so any absence would matter: Nimmo entered the day hitting .288 with four HR, 12 RBI, […]
May 20, 2026
Tuesday night left this series with smoke still hanging over Busch. St. Louis is 28-19, second in the NL Central, and coming off a 9-6 extra-inning win powered by four homers, including Iván Herrera’s 410-foot walk-off shot in the 10th. Pittsburgh is 24-24, last in a crowded division, and the four-game losing streak looks worse […]
May 20, 2026
Boston arrives in Kansas City with the kind of modest win streak that feels bigger because of where both teams have been living. The Red Sox are 21-27, still trying to claw back into the AL East conversation, and they have opened this series with 3-1 and 7-1 wins after spending more than a week […]
May 20, 2026
Atlanta and Miami stay under the closed roof at loanDepot Park with the Braves carrying first-place authority into a game that should test how much of the Marlins’ recent offensive pulse is real. Atlanta is 33-16, sitting atop the NL East, and Tuesday’s response game had the feel of a team getting its voltage back: […]
May 20, 2026
The Mets and Nationals get the rubber game in Washington with the series already feeling like it has been played inside a pinball machine. New York is 21-27, Washington is 24-25, and the first two games produced 38 combined runs, a 12-inning Mets avalanche, a Nationals comeback from 5-0 down, Bo Bichette’s two-homer night, Juan […]
May 20, 2026
Cleveland and Detroit stay inside the AL Central grind at Comerica Park with two teams moving in opposite directions. The Guardians are 28-22, have won seven of eight, and have taken the first two games of this series by 8-2 and 4-3 scores. Detroit is 20-29, has dropped 12 of 14, and keeps finding the […]
May 20, 2026
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
May 20, 2026
The Giants and Diamondbacks get the getaway-day slot at Chase Field with Arizona trying to finish a sweep and San Francisco trying to stop another late-game bruise from becoming a full identity crisis. The D-backs are back above .500 at 24-23 after winning the first two games of the series in totally different registers: Monday’s […]
May 20, 2026
Chicago and Seattle close this series at T-Mobile Park with the standings looking almost inverted from the way the brands feel: the White Sox at 25-23, the Mariners at 23-27, and Chicago carrying the more interesting current identity into the finale. Tuesday sharpened the contrast. Seattle got 5 2/3 scoreless innings from Bryce Miller, scored […]
May 20, 2026
Widow’s Bay has found its rhythm now, and it hasn’t lost any bit of freshness for it. One local legend per week, one municipal disaster per legend, one reminder that Mayor Tom Loftis keeps trying to govern a place that operates like a cursed escape room designed by someone with a grudge against town politics. […]
May 19, 2026