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.
Iowa and Ohio State get to Chicago with almost identical records and very different rhythms. Iowa is 21-11, Ohio State is 20-11, and the matchup feels like a clean stylistic argument in an 8-vs.-9 game that should be decided by possession control more than brand name. Iowa just came through Wednesday with a 75-64 win […]
March 12, 2026
Rooster opened with Greg Russo (Steve Carrell) coming to campus to check on Katie as her personal life detonates in front of a community that can’t stop watching, and by the end of Episode 1 he’s already getting tugged into the school’s orbit—an enticing professional lane on one side, and the emotional reality of being […]
March 12, 2026
Boise State and San Jose State get to Las Vegas with very different late-season rhythms. The Broncos are the No. 6 seed at 20-11 overall and 12-8 in the Mountain West, and they closed the regular season on a five-game winning streak: 84-69 over San Jose State, 72-62 over Wyoming, 69-53 at Fresno State, 86-77 […]
March 11, 2026
UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis arrive in Henderson with the same 18-13 overall record and the same 11-9 Big West mark, but they do not arrive with the same late-season feel. UCSB has dropped four of its last five, and every loss in that stretch has reinforced how thin the margin has become: overtime […]
March 11, 2026
Colorado State and Fresno State walk into Las Vegas with very different regular seasons behind them. The Rams are 20-11 overall, 11-9 in the Mountain West, and the No. 7 seed; the Bulldogs are 13-18, 7-13, and the No. 10 seed. This is a true survive-and-advance spot, and the recent form leans Ram too: Colorado […]
March 11, 2026
The Patriot League does not do soft landings, and this final feels like the league distilled into one night. Boston University and Lehigh both walk in at 17-16, both one win from the bracket, but the room tilts toward the home side because the game is in Bethlehem, where Lehigh is 12-4 at Stabler Arena […]
March 11, 2026
Indiana is the No. 10 seed at 18-13 overall and 9-11 in the Big Ten, while Northwestern is the No. 15 seed at 14-18 and 5-15 after surviving Penn State on Tuesday night. The surface read says rest edge and talent edge to the Hoosiers. The more important read is that Northwestern’s current version has […]
March 11, 2026
Morgan State walks in as the No. 2 seed at 14-15 overall and 10-4 in the MEAC, while Delaware State arrives as the No. 7 seed at 7-22 and 2-12. Morgan also swept the regular-season series, and the recent-form gap is real, not cosmetic: the Bears closed the regular season by winning four of five, […]
March 11, 2026
Washington and USC drag an old Pac-12 grudge into a new-league pressure chamber Wednesday at the United Center, and the records only sharpen the tension. USC is 18-13 and Washington is 15-16, both 7-13 in the Big Ten, with Wisconsin waiting tomorrow and no margin for error now. The surface stats still makes USC look […]
March 11, 2026
Richmond and Loyola Chicago walk into Pittsburgh carrying very different kinds of weight. Richmond is the No. 11 seed at 15-16 overall and 5-13 in the Atlantic 10, Loyola is the No. 14 seed at 8-23 and 4-14, and the winner gets Davidson tomorrow at PPG Paints Arena. That is the kind of bracket slot […]
March 11, 2026
Tomorrow, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives returns with a full-season dump for which reality TV was really built: 10 fresh episodes, one Hulu login, and an entire day’s worth of reputations waiting to be re-destroyed in real time. It premieres Thursday, March 12, 2026, on Hulu, with the full season also available through Hulu […]
March 11, 2026