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.
Boston and Baltimore open this series in a spot where the records look close but the offensive profiles don’t. The Red Sox are 9-16, the Orioles 12-13, and the market splits the difference with an 8.5 total and both team totals sitting at 4.5. That number assumes balance. The underlying matchup leans toward one side. […]
April 24, 2026
The first round of the 2026 NFL Draft never really settled into a groove. It started with clarity—Las Vegas taking Fernando Mendoza—and then quickly fractured into competing ideas about team-building. Running back value got pushed to the top of the board. Hybrid defenders went earlier than expected. Teams toggled between immediate impact and long-term projection, […]
April 23, 2026
The first night of the NFL Draft always carries a certain theatrical calm—the stage lit, the suits pressed, the language rehearsed—but this one arrives with a different kind of tension underneath it. The board is thin at the top and crowded just beneath it, which means the evening won’t be defined by a long sequence […]
April 23, 2026
Episode 3 of Euphoria arrives Sunday night, April 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO, streaming the same time on Max, and the scattered storyline approach to Season 3 meets its first convergence point: Cassie and Nate’s wedding. The episode—titled “The Ballad of Paladin”—preview has Rue, Jules, and Maddy all in attendance, and it’s framed […]
April 23, 2026
Noah Kahan spent the last year playing to rooms that kept getting bigger. The Stick Season run carried him through festival headlines and stadium dates, including Fenway Park, while the songs followed him everywhere. In between those shows, new material started to surface in pieces—short clips online, live debuts, and small previews that stayed close […]
April 23, 2026
By Episode 3, Hacks has stopped warming up and started moving. Deborah’s comeback plan is no longer just talk-show fallout and wounded pride—it’s a live campaign to turn public embarrassment into a Madison Square Garden event. Episode 2 pushed that story through the Vegas fan expo, where Deborah and Ava had to deal with fans […]
April 22, 2026
Philadelphia limps into Wrigley at 8-15 on a seven-game skid, while Chicago is 14-9 and riding a seven-game heater that’s turned the park into a pressure cooker again. Tuesday’s 7-4 opener was was another night where the Cubs piled up traffic, controlled the game flow, and still left runs on the table. Below is my […]
April 22, 2026
New York walks into Fenway at 14-9 with control of the division and a clean 4-0 win already pocketed in this series, while Boston sits 9-14 and still searching for traction. This isn’t a warm, chaotic Fenway night where the ball jumps and turns everything into a track meet. Mid-40s air, a 7.5 total, and […]
April 22, 2026
Oakland enters at 13-11, sitting atop the AL West and riding a seven-game road winning streak, while Seattle comes in 10-15, trying to stabilize after dropping the first two games of this series. T-Mobile Park keeps the environment tight most nights, and with a total sitting at 7.5, this projects as a controlled, pitching-driven game […]
April 22, 2026
Baltimore enters at 11-13, still trying to stabilize a roster that has flashed power but not consistency, while Kansas City sits 8-16, coming off a much-needed win but still searching for traction. Kauffman Stadium in late April plays closer to neutral than its reputation, and with warmer air settling in, this shapes as a game […]
April 22, 2026
Angel Stadium sets up as a strange middle ground tonight—Toronto at 8-13, Los Angeles at 11-12, neither team fully stable, both still trying to define what their offense actually is through three weeks. The Jays just hung 10 runs on Arizona with an eight-run first inning, snapping a four-game skid, while the Angels have been […]
April 20, 2026