Griffin Wong has been a content writer at DK Network since November 2024. Prior to that, he was the former sports editor for the Harvard Crimson, where he covered the football team for two years and earned four Story of the Year nominations from the Associated College Press. A lifelong Lakers and Dodgers fan, Griffin’s favorite athlete of all time is Kobe Bryant. When he’s not writing, Griffin is usually skiing, running, golfing, or playing basketball — badly.
The WNBA is back after its All-Star break, and with every team having played between 21 and 24 games, the new-look 44-game regular season is halfway complete. At the midpoint, the league looks extremely likely to have a new MVP: Napheesa Collier is the runaway favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook with -700 odds, while three-time winner […]
July 22, 2025
Griffin Wong previews tonight's UEFA Women's Euro semifinal between England and Italy.
July 22, 2025
July 22 marks the start of official sports season: baseball is settling back in for the second half, the WNBA returns to action after its All-Star break, and most veterans are reporting to NFL training camps today. In the MLB, plenty of star pitchers are now well-rested after pitching in last Friday’s All-Star Game, so […]
July 22, 2025
After an exciting WNBA All-Star weekend that saw Napheesa Collier add to her tremendous season with an All-Star Game MVP, the second half of the season will get underway this afternoon. Arguably the highlight of the five-game slate will be an 8 p.m. ET clash between the Indiana Fever and the defending champion New York […]
July 22, 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers started the second half of the season right where they ended the first half: getting swept by the Milwaukee Brewers. Now the losers of 10 of their last 12 games, the Dodgers’ lead atop the NL West is down to 3.5 games. Los Angeles will hope to bounce back in a […]
July 21, 2025
The race to the AL West title is shaping up to be a pretty exciting one down the stretch: the Houston Astros are just 3-7 in their last 10 games and have the second-worst record of any division leader, and with three other teams within eight games of them, their perch atop the division certainly […]
July 21, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans suffered a huge blow earlier today when first-round pick Derik Queen underwent surgery for a torn ligament in his wrist, ending his Summer League campaign and putting him in jeopardy for the start of the regular season. Queen will miss the Pelicans’ final Summer League game against the Indiana Pacers, which […]
July 18, 2025
Something must have happened in France around 20 years ago, because the number of lengthy defenders that have come out of that country in recent years — Victor Wembanyama, Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr, and now Chicago Bulls rookie Noa Essengue — can’t be a coincidence (and should scare the United States in advance of the […]
July 18, 2025
At the All-Star break, some things are familiar. Despite a recent slump, the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are 58-39, with the best record in the National League and easily the best odds to go back-to-back at DraftKings Sportsbook. They’ll start the second half of the season with a home series against the […]
July 18, 2025
Both the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets will play their final games of NBA Summer League action tonight when they face each other at 10 p.m. ET. As veteran-laden contending squads, neither side has a lot of young guys to invest in, and this clash is merely for consolation. Each team is 1-3 and […]
July 18, 2025
The Orlando Magic and the Dallas Mavericks have been two of the teams that have defined the 2025 NBA offseason. The Magic made the first flashy move of the summer, dealing for Desmond Bane from the Memphis Grizzlies, while the Mavericks lucked into the first overall pick in the draft and selected Cooper Flagg. Neither […]
July 18, 2025