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.
As Super Bowl LIX approaches on Sunday, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce insisted that his focus was both on the present and the future, dismissing rumors of his impending retirement by saying that in three years, he “[plans] to be a Kansas City Chief and playing football”. The quote must have surely been […]
February 4, 2025
If the Cleveland Cavaliers weren’t 40-9, the Boston Celtics would be the talk of the Eastern Conference. The reigning champions are off to a 35-15 start to the season, on pace to win 57 games, just seven fewer than they won last year. The Celtics are really good, but their recent struggles — over a […]
February 4, 2025
Most of the memorable plays in Super Bowl history happened on either offense or defense, but on occasion, special teams units come through to make a big play. The blocked punt is one of the rarest in the NFL, with just 12 during the regular season, but it’s also one of the most exciting and […]
February 4, 2025
The Houston Rockets are reeling, having lost each of their last three games to fall back to third place in the Western Conference, one and a half games ahead of the fourth-place Denver Nuggets. They’ve been competitive without their sole All-Star, center Alperen Şengün, who has been out with a calf strain. In three games […]
February 4, 2025
Arguably the X-factor for the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest to lift the Lombardi Trophy for the third consecutive season is the team’s improved wide receiver corps. Not only did the Chiefs trade for future Hall of Famer DeAndre Hopkins during the season and draft rookie Xavier Worthy in the first round, they also signed former […]
February 4, 2025
As the dust settles in a brief respite from the wildest trade deadline in NBA history — an All-NBA player hasn’t been traded in the last 36 hours! — we turn our attention to the hoops action. Max Christie will make his debut for the Dallas Mavericks, and Markieff Morris will suit up once again […]
February 4, 2025
Among all the prop bets being offered at DraftKings Sportsbook, there are several novelty props that are offered only for football’s biggest game. Instead of choosing which player you think will score the game’s first touchdown, the 1st Touchdown Jersey Number prop allows you to stack several players together, and if any player wearing a […]
February 3, 2025
Head coach Andy Reid, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and tight end Travis Kelce get most of the credit for the Kansas City Chiefs’ dynasty, and for good reason. But defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is a superstar in his own right, and his arrival coincided with Mahomes’ second season as the starter, when they reached the Super […]
February 3, 2025
The star of the show at last year’s Super Bowl arguably wasn’t even on the field. Instead, she was in the family suite. I’m talking, of course, about Taylor Swift, the girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and arguably the most famous singer in the world. Her most recent album, “The Tortured […]
February 3, 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs will be intimately familiar with the Philadelphia Eagles entering Super Bowl LIX, given that they just defeated the Eagles to lift the Lombardi Trophy in an epic 38-35 shootout two seasons ago. In that game, quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 21 of his 27 passes for 182 yards, three touchdowns, and no […]
February 3, 2025
The NBA is beginning to settle into its second half after what has to be the wildest trade deadline in league history, with star players like De’Aaron Fox and Luka Dončić landing on new teams. There are ten games on the docket for tonight’s slate, eight of which will be featured on DraftKings. I’ll go […]
February 3, 2025