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 Kansas City Chiefs have won three Super Bowl titles in the last five seasons, so when they suit up for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans this Sunday, most of the players on the roster will be no stranger to the big moment. Perhaps the most high-profile player on Kansas City’s roster who’s never […]
February 3, 2025
If one thinks back to the most memorable catches in recent Super Bowl history, a few names come to mind. Santonio Holmes. David Tyree. Julian Edelman. And…Nick Foles? While it’s mostly wide receivers and tight ends making headlines for critical catches at timely moments — something Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who has […]
February 3, 2025
Griffin Wong shares his top picks on DraftKings Sportsbook for Matchweek 8 of the UEFA Champions League.
January 31, 2025
Griffin Wong shares his top picks on DraftKings Sportsbook for Matchweek 24 of the Premier League.
January 31, 2025
Every season, after the announcement of the 14 players named All-Star reserves, there’s always more talk about the players who didn’t make it, but arguably deserved to. There are viral videos of a young Devin Booker complaining about not being picked and of Rudy Gobert moved to tears by a snub. So with all due […]
January 31, 2025
The Western Conference All-Star reserves were predominantly new to the midseason showcase: Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Williams, and Alperen Şengün will make their first All-Star appearances, while Jaren Jackson Jr. will make his second appearance and Anthony Edwards will make his third. Then there were the two old guys: Anthony Davis was named an All-Star for […]
January 31, 2025
There were six players named first-time NBA All-Stars when the reserves were announced Thursday, and besides the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama, none of them were on a team with a worse record than the Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham, who has guided his squad to a 23-24 record, good for eighth in the Eastern Conference. […]
January 31, 2025
As the calendar turns to February, the NBA playoff push is, at long last, approaching. Now that we’ve seen these teams in action for nearly 50 games each, we have a sense of where every squad stands and what’s at stake for the final two-plus months of the season. We’ll have an even clearer picture […]
January 31, 2025
Thursday’s featured NBA slate is a modest one, with just five games on top for fans to enjoy. The nationally-televised contests are great, though; the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the only team that has beaten them twice, and the second-seeded Houston Rockets will try to extend their winning streak to five against the third-seeded Memphis […]
January 30, 2025
For Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles, next Sunday provides a chance at redemption. Two years after falling in an epic 38-35 defeat in Super Bowl LVII, the Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch for the ages. Hurts, now bolstered by running back Saquon Barkley, is hoping to lift the Lombardi […]
January 30, 2025
With the NFL on hiatus for one more week prior to Super Bowl LIX next weekend in New Orleans, football fans’ attention turns to Florida for the Pro Bowl Games. Instead of playing a traditional tackle football game — which was discontinued in 2023 given injury concerns and a lack of player effort — the […]
January 30, 2025