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 Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Wizards are in two very different places and have different priorities in this week’s NBA Summer League. While the 76ers have consistently come up short in the playoffs, at least they have several foundational pieces in Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. Washington is still looking for its franchise guy. The […]
July 15, 2025
The final major of the 2025 PGA TOUR season is already here, as 156 of the world’s best players will travel to Northern Ireland for the Open Championship. This weekend, players will battle coastal winds, fescue-topped hills, and cavernous bunkers at Royal Portrush on the northern coast of the Emerald Isle. Here are the Thursday […]
July 15, 2025
The Portland Trail Blazers sent shockwaves throughout the NBA when they selected China’s Yang Hansen with the 16th overall pick in the draft when he was largely projected to be a second-round pick. So far in NBA Summer League, the selection has looked good, as Yang has shown flashes of the skills that have earned […]
July 15, 2025
The final major of the 2025 season is upon us, and with a field of 156 descending on Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, the world’s best will meet, regardless of what tour they play on. The tournament offers another chance for LIV Golf to prove its legitimacy on the global stage, as PGA […]
July 14, 2025
Baseball might well be the American pastime, but slowly but surely, other countries are catching up. 27.8% of the MLB’s players were born outside the United States, the fourth-highest proportion in league history. An international player has won five of the last 10 MVP awards: Japanese slugger Shohei Ohtani (three times), Venezuelan Ronald Acuña Jr., […]
July 14, 2025
With a star-studded field for the 2025 Home Run Derby, balls will be flying deep into the Atlanta night. Eight of the game’s most notable sluggers will have three minutes or 40 balls to hit as many home runs as possible, plus a bonus round that ends after they record three homer-less swings. The new […]
July 14, 2025
When Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001, it was widely assumed that that mark would never be touched again. But Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh has 38 homers in 94 games, on pace for 65 over a 162-game season. It’s not entirely inconceivable that he could become the third player ever to hit […]
July 14, 2025
In 2024, Phoenix Suns governor Mat Ishbia controversially claimed that “26 of them [general managers] would trade their whole team for our whole team and our draft picks and everything as is” after his team was swept out of the NBA playoffs. Now, with Kevin Durant off the roster and a win total of just […]
July 10, 2025
In any given season, most teams are either trying to compete for a championship or tanking to maximize their lottery odds. It seems like the Sacramento Kings, who have played in the NBA Play-In Tournament in each of the past two seasons, are doing neither. This season, the Kings are projected to be around the […]
July 10, 2025
Normally, the NBA likes to pit the first and second overall picks against each other in the first game of NBA Summer League. However, with Cooper Flagg’s Dallas Mavericks set to take on Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers, Dylan Harper’s San Antonio Spurs will meet VJ Edgecombe and the Philadelphia 76ers instead. The […]
July 10, 2025
It seems like not too long ago that Cooper Flagg walked across the stage at Barclays Center, shook Adam Silver’s hand, and became the newest member of the Dallas Mavericks. That’s because it wasn’t; it was just two weeks ago. But the NBA calendar moves quickly, and we’ll already get our first chance to see […]
July 10, 2025