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.
It’s all coming to a head now at Ludlow as we round into the penultimate episode. Greg took the writer-in-residence gig, stumbled through his first real day teaching, dodged Walt’s faculty-social circus to help a student, and then had his ex-wife’s dedication-weekend visit blow up whatever boundaries he’d been pretending to keep. Katie’s been trying […]
April 17, 2026
Episode 2 of Euphoria arrives Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO, streaming the same time on Max, and it lands with the show already deep into a very different version of itself. The premiere dropped Rue straight into a drug-running storyline, working as a mule for Laurie and crossing the border with fentanyl, […]
April 16, 2026
This series has now toward San Diego in a hurry. The Padres are 12-6, 8-4 at home, and have stretched the win streak to seven, taking the first two games of this set 4-1 and 7-6. Seattle comes in at 8-11, just 1-7 on the road, and the shape of the series has already shown […]
April 16, 2026
The Vanderpump universe just flipped its release model again. On April 16, Vanderpump Villa returns with a full-season drop, landing all episodes at once in a format that feels built for escalation instead of recovery. The series moves into the English countryside this time, trading the sunlit chaos of earlier seasons for something tighter, quieter, […]
April 16, 2026
The air sits lighter in West Sacramento than it used to in Oakland, and games here have a way of opening quickly once contact starts to carry. Texas arrives at 9-8, Oakland matches them at 9-8, and the board hangs a total of 10 with early scoring priced aggressively. With Ginn and Rocker on the […]
April 15, 2026
Cincinnati walks into this one at 10-7 with a lineup that can create damage in a single swing, while San Francisco, sitting at 6-11, is still searching for sustained offense to balance its mediocre pitching staff. The Reds are making a an early push in the NL Central, and it’s because of their top-to-bottom balance. […]
April 15, 2026
PNC Park has already turned this series into Scoresville, USA. Washington has taken four of its last five, opened the year 9-8, and is hitting .270/.342/.427 with 99 runs, 161 hits, and 20 home runs. Pittsburgh is 8-9, but the Pirates showed their ceiling immediately with a 16-run outburst in the opener before leaving traffic […]
April 15, 2026
Comerica Park has turned into a good place for Detroit to breathe again, and they’re ready to ride that momentum. The Tigers come into this one at 8-9, the Royals at 7-10, and Tuesday’s 2-1 game already showed the tone of the series: tight innings, thin margins, and a Kansas City offense still struggling to […]
April 15, 2026
Citizens Bank Park is settling into that early-season sweet spot where the air finally carries. Mid-80s at first pitch, a light breeze, and two lineups that have already traded blows in this series. Both teams sit at 8-9, both have shown they can score in bursts, and the market is still leaning Philadelphia like they’re […]
April 15, 2026
Target Field tightens games when the wrong lineup meets the right arm, and that’s where this one starts. Boston arrives having steadied itself with consecutive series wins, Minnesota sits 9-7 after taking two of three from Toronto, and the matchup runs straight through Garrett Crochet against Bailey Ober. Below is my preview, prediction, and pick […]
April 13, 2026
Scoring in PNC Park leans quiet when the game asks it to with its current era of pitching staff. The ball does not carry the same way, innings stretch out, and when a frontline arm takes the mound, the pace tends to follow him. Washington arrives at 7-8 off a sweep in Milwaukee, carrying early […]
April 13, 2026