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 first round of the Eastern Conference could end tonight, with the conference semifinals beginning as soon as Thursday. The Cleveland Cavaliers already punched their ticket to the second round yesterday with a 138-83 demolition of the Miami Heat, but the Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, and Boston Celtics all have a chance to close […]
April 29, 2025
Two of the eight first-round series have already come to an end, as the first seed in each conference — the Oklahoma City Thunder in the West and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East — both swept their first-round opponents. Three more teams have a chance to join them in tonight’s four-game slate, as the […]
April 29, 2025
I don’t think that enough baseball fans have been talking about the Colorado Rockies, who are now 4-24 in this early stage of the season and have lost seven straight games. If that putrid form continues, Colorado will finish with a record of 23-139, the worst record in baseball history by 17 games. At some […]
April 29, 2025
Griffin Wong previews the odds to win the 2025-26 Premier League at DraftKings Sportsbook.
April 28, 2025
With a 117-115 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday, the West’s No. 1 seed, the Oklahoma City Thunder, secured a 4-0 sweep in the first round of the playoffs. Tonight, their Eastern counterpart, the Cleveland Cavaliers, will seek to join them and dispatch the Miami Heat. Cleveland made light work of the regular season, […]
April 28, 2025
The second round of the Western Conference playoffs could begin as early as Friday, as both the 2-7 and 3-6 matchups in the conference are lopsided, with potential series-deciding Game 5’s on the docket for Wednesday night and Game 6’s scheduled for Friday. The sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves are up 3-1 on the third-seeded Los Angeles […]
April 28, 2025
After suffering a lopsided 117-98 defeat at the hands of the Indiana Pacers in Game 1, the Milwaukee Bucks surely hoped that Damian Lillard’s return would change fortunes in Game 2. It didn’t; Indiana came away with a 123-115 victory that wasn’t as close as the final score makes it seem, taking a 2-0 lead […]
April 25, 2025
Griffin Wong previews the Copa del Rey final between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
April 25, 2025
The Los Angeles Lakers absolutely needed to bounce back on Tuesday during Game 2 of their first-round series against the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves, and bounce back they did, with an ugly 94-85 win. LeBron James followed up a poor Game 1 with a significantly better outing on Tuesday, especially in the first half. Los Angeles […]
April 25, 2025
The Boston Celtics did it — they took a 2-0 lead over the seventh-seeded Orlando Magic in the first round of their 2025 playoff run with a 109-100 victory on Wednesday night. It wasn’t particularly convincing; Jaylen Brown needed virtually all of his 36 points, the third-best outing of his playoff career, in order to […]
April 25, 2025
Friday is the best day of the week for several reasons. Not only does the work week end, baseball starts new series. And because the regular season started on a Thursday and MLB pitchers take the mound roughly once a week, late-week games tend to have a higher proportion of star pitching battles. Tonight, the […]
April 25, 2025