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.
Less than a month ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder won their first championship since moving to the prairie in 2008, then dished out more than $800 million in contracts to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, and Chet Holmgren. So far in the NBA Summer League, they’ve gotten the chance to test out yet another member of […]
July 16, 2025
Until last season, the Utah Jazz had never lost more than 60 games in a season in their entire history, the last franchise in the league to do so. The Washington Wizards suffered their seventh 60-loss season. Neither team was rewarded for its futility; the Jazz landed the fifth overall pick (which turned into Ace […]
July 16, 2025
Caitlin Clark is back in action tonight as part of a two-game slate of WNBA action, as her Indiana Fever visit the Connecticut Sun for an 8 p.m. ET clash and the Los Angeles Sparks host the Washington Mystics at 10 p.m. ET. For Connecticut, Los Angeles, and Washington, it’ll be the last game before […]
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
As MLB pauses its season for the All-Star break, the WNBA will do the same later this week. For now, though, teams are finishing up the first half of the expanded 44-game season with a two-game slate tonight. MVP favorite Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx will travel to face a much-improved Angel Reese and […]
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
