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.
Honolulu games always come with their own physics, and this one has real Big West stakes stapled to it. Hawaii is 16–5 (8–3) and protecting an island profile that has carried the league’s top tier. UC San Diego is 16–8 (6–6), still trying to make its road identity feel as sharp as its pedigree. The […]
February 7, 2026
Saint Mary’s is 20–4 with WCC positioning to protect, and Moraga is where that posture turns into margins. San Francisco is 14–11 (6–6), jammed in the league middle, still trying to make its road offense look adult. This is the 195th meeting, but the modern reality is brutal: the Dons haven’t won in Moraga since […]
February 7, 2026
New Mexico has been building a real Mountain West résumé, and The Pit is where that resume usually turns into separation. The Lobos are 18–5 overall and 9–3 in league, sitting at 12–1 at home with conference stakes sitting in every possession. Boise State comes in 14–9 and 6–6 in Mountain West play, and it’s […]
February 7, 2026
This one still carries Pac-12 residue, even with Big Ten stakes stapled to it. Washington arrives in the late window at 12–11, chasing traction and a clean road identity. UCLA is 16–7, living in the league’s top half and protecting its seed line at home. The first meeting ended in an 82–80 squeeze, so there’s […]
February 7, 2026
Saturday afternoon in Nashville feels like a gut-check spot, not a glamour stage. Vanderbilt sits 19–3 and 6–3 in the SEC, still playing for seeding oxygen. Oklahoma arrives 11–12 and 1–9, wearing a nine-game league skid like a weighted vest. Memorial Gymnasium always plays a little strange, and that weirdness can either steady a favorite […]
February 7, 2026
Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium, Super Bowl LX isn’t going to be decided by one highlight. It’s going to be decided by whose structure stays intact the longest. The Seattle Seahawks want the game compressed—heavy groupings, condensed splits, two-high patience, no cheap explosives. And, on the other side, the New England Patriots want mass and […]
February 7, 2026
The closer we get to Super Bowl 60, the more the commercials start feeling like their own postseason. The game is headed for Levi’s Stadium, with Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots dragging an old grudge back into the light. NBC has the broadcast, the Bay Area has the stage, and the ad world has […]
February 6, 2026
Super Bowl week turns music into marquee conversation—both as vehicle-for and topic-of. In Santa Clara, the asphalt around Levi’s Stadium becomes a pop-up commons—coolers and propane, folding tables and aunties, jerseys over hoodies, a whole temporary city built on appetite and anticipation. The broadcast machine loves a clean host-city montage, but the Bay rarely cooperates […]
February 6, 2026
Santa Clara walks into Stockton in the thick of a real WCC chase, and every road night feels like a résumé deposit. The Broncos are 19–5 and 10–1 in league play, and the math says they’ve been playing like a top-tier group for two months. Pacific is 15–9 and 6–5, and this is the kind […]
February 4, 2026
Corvallis at 11 PM E.T. feels like the sport’s little private hour, and this rivalry always shows up for it. This is the 309th meeting, and the kind of late West Coast tip that turns routine into a stress test. Washington State is 6–5 in league play but has lived rough on the road at […]
February 4, 2026
Gallagher-Iba on a Wednesday night is the kind of room that tests whether a ranked team can stay composed when the game gets fast and loud. No. 16 BYU arrives at 17–4 and 5–3 in the Big 12, still trying to bank road wins in a league that punishes even a mild lapse. Oklahoma State […]
February 4, 2026