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.
Houston walks into Allen Fieldhouse with the Big 12 title math sitting right on the table. The Cougars are 23-4 (11-3) and a game behind Arizona, but they arrive off back-to-back one-possession losses: 70-67 at Iowa State and 73-66 vs Arizona. Kansas is 20-7 (10-4) and still owns the building, but the recent shape is […]
February 23, 2026
Louisville walks into Dean E. Smith Center with the ACC ladder jammed tight and the double-bye cutline looming. North Carolina is 21-6 (9-5) and still own that building, but the rotation has been living in public, with Caleb Wilson out and the roles behind him constantly being re-stacked. Louisville is 20-7 (9-5), has won six […]
February 23, 2026
Florida Atlantic walk into The Super Pit at 15-12 and 7-7 in the American Athletic Conference, and this is a survival spot. North Texas are 15-12 and 6-8, and the home floor is the whole point tonight. North Texas just edged Temple 65-62 in a game that lived in the mud. Florida Atlantic has been […]
February 22, 2026
Iowa bring a 19-7 profile into Wisconsin with the Big Ten Conference standings packed tight behind the leaders. Wisconsin is 18-8 and 10-5 in league play, and Iowa sits 19-7 and 9-6, so this is a real seeding swing. The scene is Kohl Center at a Sunday 4:00 PM tip, the kind of window that […]
February 22, 2026
San Diego State comes in 18-7 and 12-3 in league play, but it is off a 73-63 loss to Grand Canyon. Colorado State is 16-10 and 7-8, and it just won 91-86 against UNLV with the offense humming. The board is tight at San Diego State -2.5 (-108) with 138.5 and a -142 moneyline; another […]
February 21, 2026
UConn walks into Philadelphia with the posture of a league leader and the pressure of a team that knows every March résumé line is being graded in ink. Villanova has been stacking wins and playing like the building belongs to them again, but UConn is also carrying the bruise of that big home Creighton loss, […]
February 21, 2026
Neville Arena is a pressure-cooker when Auburn needs a win, and the Tigers are walking in with that exact kind of urgency after five straight losses. Kentucky shows up 17-9 with real SEC posture, but also with the sting of an 86-78 home loss to Georgia that puts bounce-back discipline on the table. This number […]
February 21, 2026
Florida is 20-6 and 11-2 in SEC play, living in the top tier of the league race, and it walks into Oxford needing a clean road win. Ole Miss is 11-15 and 3-10, sitting on an 0-8 skid, and every home game now plays like a pressure valve. The board number is Florida -13.5 with […]
February 21, 2026
February 21, 1986 is when The Legend of Zelda showed up and quietly rewired what a videogame could feel like, and many gamers still carry that jolt in their hands. Over the decades, the series kept re-delivering that same voltage of elemental discovery by changing what exploration even meant: Koholint turned wandering into a dream […]
February 20, 2026
Hynes Athletics Center is getting a MAAC game that feels big on this Friday. Saint Peter’s walks in at 15-9 and 12-4 in league play, sitting near the top of the race. Iona is 15-12 and 7-9, and the margin for error is basically gone. The first meeting already set the tone when the Peacocks […]
February 20, 2026
Hynes Athletics Center is getting a MAAC game that feels big on this Friday. Saint Peter’s walks in at 15-9 and 12-4 in league play, sitting near the top of the race. Iona is 15-12 and 7-9, and the margin for error is basically gone. The first meeting already set the tone when the Peacocks […]
February 20, 2026