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 White Sox and Angels close a three-game set in Anaheim with Chicago sitting 17-19 and Los Angeles at 14-23, and the series has already shown two different scoring shapes. Chicago opened it with a 6-0 win behind Munetaka Murakami’s 14th homer, a Miguel Vargas homer and a 16-hit night; Los Angeles answered 4-3 Tuesday […]
May 6, 2026
Widow’s Bay Episode 3, “The Inaugural Swim,” premieres Wednesday, May 6 on Apple TV. The episode runs about 38 minutes and shifts the cursed-island machinery from the haunted inn to the town beach: it’s time for the annual beach opening, which means Mayor Tom Loftis has to “test the waters.” Apple’s own synopsis adds the […]
May 5, 2026
Rooster is one week from the finale, and Episode 9 puts all three major lanes under pressure at once. Greg has settled into Ludlow a little too well: he’s thriving in the classroom and now gets pulled into the hockey team’s world before a key game, which is exactly the kind of campus validation he […]
May 1, 2026
Euphoria Episode 4 arrives with the season coming off its messiest hour yet. Episode 3, “The Ballad of Paladin,” turned Nate and Cassie’s wedding into a disaster piece: their overbuilt suburban fantasy collapsed when Naz confronted Nate over his $550,000 debt, then escalated the threat by attacking him and cutting off his pinky toe. Cassie, […]
April 30, 2026
Hacks is changing the rhythm this week. After three straight single Thursday releases, Season 5 drops Episodes 4 and 5 together on Thursday, April 30 at 9:00 p.m. ET on HBO Max, turning the middle of the final season into a bigger pivot point than usual. Episode 3 leaves Deborah dealing with a very specific […]
April 29, 2026
The Athletics (15-14) and Royals (12-17) close the slate in Oakland with two teams arriving from very different emotional places. Kansas City has quietly steadied itself after a rough stretch and is starting to stack better at-bats across the lineup, while Oakland is trying to hold onto early-season footing as injuries and lineup changes reshuffle […]
April 29, 2026
The Giants (13-16) and Phillies (10-19) meet in Philadelphia with both clubs trying to steady very different problems. San Francisco has hovered near .500 despite a choppy offense, while Philadelphia is still digging out from a brutal start that cost Rob Thomson his job and turned Don Mattingly’s debut into a reset point. Tuesday’s 7-0 […]
April 29, 2026
Great American Ball Park hosts the second game of this set with Cincinnati 19-10 and carrying an eight-wins-in-10 stretch, while Colorado 13-17 continues to toggle between brief offensive bursts and quieter road stretches. The Reds took the opener 7-2 behind early damage and steady lineup pressure, and they’ve consistently played from in front during this […]
April 29, 2026
The Pirates (15-15) and Cardinals (16-14) close this series Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park, a 12:35 p.m. ET rubber match that has already tilted toward volatility. Tuesday’s 11-7 Cardinals win produced 18 total runs, 12 hits for St. Louis and three separate Pittsburgh home runs, with both sides creating offense through traffic and extra-base damage […]
April 29, 2026
The Cubs (18-12) and Padres (14-16) close this series Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park, a 4:10 p.m. ET first pitch with mild West Coast air and a game that has already played louder than the setting. The first two nights produced 27 total runs, and Chicago has controlled the texture—pressure early, separation late—while San Diego […]
April 29, 2026
UPDATE: Kikuchi left the game with left shoulder tightness. After pitching two innings today, Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi left the game with the team’s head trainer with, as of this writing, an undisclosed injury. As the tweet notes, Mitch Farris is coming in to relieve him. We’ll provide more updates on Kikuchi’s status as it […]
April 29, 2026