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.
Last year’s horror calendar kept proving there was room for sharper, stranger theatrical swings in the springtime, with Companion and Heart Eyes flopping a bit early in the year before Weapons made 2025’s a summer of horror-adjacent weirdness. Hokum arrives on May Day 2026 with a quainter, folk horror approach with spotlight aspirations: Adam Scott, […]
April 29, 2026
The Dodgers (20-10) and Marlins (12-17) close this midweek set in Los Angeles with a pitching matchup that looks like a lid on paper but plays looser once you zoom out. It’s a 3:10 p.m. ET first pitch at Dodger Stadium, clear skies, low-70s, slight breeze out—nothing suppressive. Miami just stole a 2-1 game Tuesday, […]
April 29, 2026
The spring TV slate finally gets weird this week—thank the seasons!—and it’s just in time for the lilacs to start blooming. Which, in New England, the setting of Apple TV’s new series Widow’s Bay, means it’s time for things to start getting interesting. The horror/comedy series arrives with a premise that feels deceptively simple on […]
April 28, 2026
Angels–White Sox at Rate Field puts a 19-9 Los Angeles club against a 13-15 Chicago team in a game that should play with traffic from both sides. The Angels have been more consistent at turning baserunners into runs, while the White Sox have leaned on power spikes to create offense. This is a spot where […]
April 27, 2026
Dodgers–Marlins at Dodger Stadium closes the night with one of those setups where the favorite’s edge isn’t just about winning—it’s about how the game stretches. Los Angeles comes in 19-9 with a lineup that applies pressure inning after inning, while Miami sits at 13-15, competitive but still living closer to sequencing than sustained force. We […]
April 27, 2026
Cubs–Padres at Petco Park settles into that late-West-Coast window where the game tends to take its shape early and then hold it. Chicago comes in at 17-10 riding a deeper, more stable offensive identity, while San Diego sits at 14-13 still trying to smooth out its rhythm after a volatile Mexico City series. Below is […]
April 27, 2026
Yankees–Rangers in Arlington lands in that narrow window where the game is decided before it ever feels like it opened up. New York enters at 17-10 with a steadier identity—clean innings, controlled tempo—while Texas comes in at 14-13 still searching for that same rhythm, especially with Wyatt Langford sidelined from the middle of its order. […]
April 27, 2026
Who can suppress all the greatest forces of competitive volatility for six outs? The juicy NRFI—a wager on sequencing, on command showing up immediately, on hitters needing just one more pitch to calibrate. Even this early in the season, the modern game is louder than ever—exit velocity, launch angle, damage on contact. But the first […]
April 26, 2026
Dan Johnson analyzes his three favorite home run props across all of Sunday's loaded early-afternoon MLB slate.
April 26, 2026
It’s getting late in the semester at Ludlow, and the show’s started cashing in the mess it planted early. Greg took the writer-in-residence gig, got humbled by his first real day teaching, and kept trying to play both lanes at once—campus adult and actual dad—while Katie tried to outlive the Archie fallout in a place […]
April 24, 2026
The Trop shrinks games into execution. No weather to bail hitters out, no late carry to turn fly balls into cheap runs. Minnesota walks in 10-14, Tampa Bay 12-13, and the market hangs a 7.5 total with Tampa a short favorite. That number reflects two things: starting pitching that limits damage and offenses that have […]
April 24, 2026