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.
Millett Hall is getting a ranked, undefeated team on a Friday night, and the entire building knows what is sitting on the table. The Miami (OH) RedHawks are 26-0 and 13-0 in the Mid-American Conference, with a spotless 14-0 home sheet, and the number is still only -7.5 because the league knows Bowling Green can […]
February 20, 2026
Purdue are 21-5 and 11-4 in the Big Ten Conference, and they are trying to steady themselves after the 91-80 loss to Michigan that snapped a four-game win streak. Indiana are 17-9 and 8-7, already own the 72-67 upset in the first meeting on Jan. 27, and they just showed the ceiling again by beating […]
February 20, 2026
Akron walks into Muncie with the posture of a league leader and the urgency of a team that knows every road night counts. Akron is 21-5 and 12-1 in the MAC, and this is the kind of conference spot where focus shows up in the first four minutes. Ball State is 8-18 and 3-10, sitting […]
February 20, 2026
Happy New Music Friday on this, the 20th of February of 2026! It’s a a headline week—what with next week’s lineup, I won’t quite say marquee—with Mumford & Sons, Baby Keem, and Hilary Duff all dropping full-length albums that feel built for the first-play rush. Morning subwoofers are going to put some serious early work […]
February 20, 2026
Viking Pavilion in late February is where Big Sky games stop being random and start being a receipt. Portland State are 17–7 overall and 11–2 in league, and they’ve built a real separation profile on defense and home-court habits. Idaho are 14–12 and 6–7, swinging between ceiling offense and leaky stops. The board is Portland […]
February 19, 2026
Drexel walks into Boston with legit CAA posture, sitting 13–14 overall and 7–7 in league play, the exact record line where every road game either sharpens the campaign or cracks it. Northeastern is 6–18 and 2–11 in the CAA, dragging a seven-game losing streak into a home floor that’s been unforgiving lately. Drexel just lost […]
February 19, 2026
Drexel walks into Boston with legit CAA posture, sitting 13–14 overall and 7–7 in league play, the exact record line where every road game either sharpens the campaign or cracks it. Northeastern is 6–18 and 2–11 in the CAA, dragging a seven-game losing streak into a home floor that’s been unforgiving lately. Drexel just lost […]
February 19, 2026
This is an America East top-tier scrap in February, and it should play like one. UMBC is 16–8 and 9–2 in league, riding a four-game surge and guarding its spot near the summit. Vermont is 17–10 and 9–3, three straight wins, and still wearing that annual close the door identity it drags into every tough […]
February 19, 2026
Colorado State arrive in Las Vegas sitting 15-10 overall and 6-8 in the Mountain West, with every road win shaping the bracket lane. UNLV sit 13-12 and 8-6 in league, and Thomas & Mack still treats these coin-flip nights like a referendum. The board is UNLV -2.5 with a 146.5 total, which is the market […]
February 18, 2026
Gonzaga are chasing the top line in the WCC and still treating February like a seeding laboratory, at 25-2 overall and 13-1 in league play. San Francisco are 15-13 and 7-8, playing for posture and pride, and the swing game tonight is the building. This is Chase Center again, not the Hilltop, with a late […]
February 18, 2026
West Virginia has turned the back half of the season into a posture test, and nights like this are where that posture becomes real. Utah has been living through the opposite rhythm, a team searching for clean possessions and clean confidence while the Big 12 keeps tightening the screws. The WVU Coliseum is a low-margin […]
February 18, 2026