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 Los Angeles Dodgers, stuck in a May malaise, lost their second series in the span of three last weekend against the New York Mets. Shohei Ohtani provided early fireworks in the rubber match with a leadoff homer, but Los Angeles couldn’t get anything going after that. Thankfully, the Dodgers should have a good chance […]
May 26, 2025
If not for the absolute power display going on in The Bronx and the New York Knicks’ 20-point comeback in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Pete Alonso and the New York Mets might be the talk of the Big Apple. One season after losing in the NL Championship Series, New York is 32-21 […]
May 26, 2025
Last night, during the Los Angeles Dodgers’ series finale against the New York Mets, I got to watch Shohei Ohtani in person for the first time. He didn’t disappoint, taking his second pitch of the game deep for his league-leading 18th home run of the season. It smacked into the second deck of Citi Field. […]
May 26, 2025
No NBA championship-winning team has ever lost a playoff game by more than 40 points. That’s the sort of history that the Oklahoma City Thunder will need to confront after falling, 143-101, to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. Some kind of history will happen — either the best team […]
May 26, 2025
The series doesn’t truly start until the road team wins a game — or, in the case of the New York Knicks-Indiana Pacers series, until the home team wins a game — and thanks to the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 143-101 thrashing of the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, that series […]
May 26, 2025
Griffin Wong gives his best bets at DraftKings Sportsbook for Matchweek 38 of the Premier League.
May 23, 2025
After a heartbreaking loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the New York Knicks will be back for redemption tonight with a must-win Game 2 on friendly hardwood at Madison Square Garden. The track record for teams that fall behind 2-0 in a series isn’t great — just 7.3% of those teams have […]
May 23, 2025
There are heartbreaking losses, and then there’s the 138-135 overtime defeat that the New York Knicks suffered in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. The Knicks led by nine points with less than a minute to go, but a furious flurry by Pacers guard Aaron Nesmith left […]
May 23, 2025
Griffin Wong offers his top same game parlay on DraftKings Sportsbook for tonight's Game 2 of the Pacers-Knicks series.
May 23, 2025
If you don’t yet have plans for this long Memorial Day weekend, there are plenty of sports on. Not only are the NBA and NHL playoffs in the conference finals, but the MLB is about one-third of the way through its regular season. Five teams have already crossed the 30-win threshold for the season, while […]
May 23, 2025
Griffin Wong previews Friday's match between Napoli and Cagliari.
May 22, 2025