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.
Say what you will about the show as a cultural artifact, but one thing is certain: Euphoria has been sprinting toward sordid adulthood with a narrative speed and commitment for which few audiences were ready. Season 3, however, arrives after a lollygagging four-year gap. The show returns as something heavier, less contained—no longer a high […]
April 10, 2026
Petco Park tends to turn games into shape tests rather than slugfests, and this one lands right in that lane. The San Diego Padres come home at 6-6 after a 4-2 road trip that steadied the season, while the Colorado Rockies arrive at the same record but from a very different path, riding a four-game […]
April 9, 2026
Kauffman Stadium doesn’t usually rush a game, but this one sets up to move quickly through its cleanest stretch. The Kansas City Royals return home at 5-7 after a flat series in Cleveland, while the Chicago White Sox arrive at 4-8 after getting swept in Baltimore. The weather is warm enough to keep the ball […]
April 9, 2026
The strangest part of the Hacks final season might also be the most deliciously on-brand. According to Deadline, what started sounding like one of those too-perfect internet jokes now has real reporting behind it: Hacks Season 5 reportedly folds The Amazing Race into its final-season story, with Phil Keoghan said to appear and a Deborah-adjacent […]
April 9, 2026
Target Field in early April means low-40s at first pitch, dipping into the 30s, with heavy air that punishes lift and rewards pitchers who can control contact. That matters tonight because this series has already leaned toward tighter, lower-event baseball. The Detroit Tigers are 5–6 and have scored just five total runs across the first […]
April 8, 2026
The first two games of this series have already told you how thin the margin is—and how quickly it disappears for Oakland. The New York Yankees are 8–2 and have now won games in multiple scripts, including Tuesday’s 5–3 comeback after trailing 3–1. The Oakland Athletics, now 3–7, have been competitive enough to build leads […]
April 8, 2026
Monday belonged to Los Angeles—clean starting pitching, a couple of loud swings, a 6–2 win that felt controlled. Tuesday flipped hard in Atlanta’s direction, a 7–2 game with more traffic, more leverage, and a much clearer reminder that the Braves still have a deeper offensive floor even when the stars are not fully lit. So […]
April 8, 2026
There’s a different kind of pressure in games like this—two teams that haven’t separated themselves yet, trading blows in a series that’s already produced a 9–6 Washington win and a 7–6 St. Louis extra-inning response. The St. Louis Cardinals sit at 5–6 trying to stabilize after an uneven opening stretch, while the Washington Nationals, now […]
April 8, 2026
In the bottom of the first inning of today’s game between the Guardians and the Royas, Kansas City ace Cole Ragans left the game after getting two quick outs and then falling apart due to an injury he suffered when Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez lined a ball directly off Ragans’ left (pitching) hand. Below is […]
April 8, 2026
There’s a difference between losing and being outplayed, and right now the Seattle Mariners are living in that gap. At 4–8, they’ve dropped four straight, but every one of those losses has come by a single run—tight, low-variance games where one swing or one mistake decides it. The Texas Rangers, sitting at 6–5, have taken […]
April 8, 2026
The Baltimore Orioles come in at 5–6 still searching for a clean, complete game, but the underlying offense has stabilized—more traffic, more playable at-bats, fewer empty innings. The Chicago White Sox sit at 4–7 with a different feel: more sporadic power, but a lineup that still runs thin once you get past the top. Wednesday […]
April 8, 2026