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.
What’s the only thing better for a baseball team than one young, flame-throwing right-hander? Two young, flame-throwing right-handers. In that regard, the Pittsburgh Pirates are blessed. Paul Skenes is the Pirates’ headliner, but he’s not the only highly-touted right-handed pitcher on Pittsburgh’s roster. Bubba Chandler hasn’t seen quite as much early career-success as Skenes, but […]
May 5, 2026
Griffin Wong offers his top Same Game Parlay on DraftKings Sportsbook for tonight's Game 1 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons.
May 5, 2026
The task for the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs was simple: survive long enough for Luka Dončić to come back, then hope for the Slovenian to carry them to victory. They managed to win the series against the Houston Rockets without Dončić, but they’ll still need to manage without him […]
May 5, 2026
Griffin Wong gives his best anytime goalscorer bet on DraftKings Sportsbook for Tuesday's UEFA Champions League match between Arsenal and Atletico Madrid.
May 5, 2026
The 162-game baseball season offers plenty of opportunities for teams that have gotten off course to quickly correct, so regular season losing streaks aren’t usually a cause for concern. Last summer, the Los Angeles Dodgers had a stretch of 10 losses in 12 games (bisected by the All-Star break), but those midsummer woes don’t factor […]
May 4, 2026
30 has now been whittled down to eight, with the second round of the NBA Playoffs set to begin tonight with a pair of Game 1’s, one in each conference. At 8:10 p.m. ET, the New York Knicks will host the Philadelphia 76ers after the Knicks dispatched the Atlanta Hawks behind a 51-point rout in […]
May 4, 2026
No team in NBA history has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to ultimately win a playoff series. Only four teams who have faced that deficit even came back to force a Game 7. After claiming Games 4 and 5, the Houston Rockets are just two games away from making the right kind of […]
May 1, 2026
There are ways to win pretty in the NBA, and there are ways to win ugly. In the playoffs, knowing how to win in both ways is extremely important, and in their first round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Toronto Raptors have done both. In Game 3, the Raptors shot 60.9% from three-point range […]
May 1, 2026
The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t panicking…yet. No team in NBA history has ever blown a 3-0 lead in a playoff series, and while the Lakers have lost each of the last two games to the Houston Rockets to bring the series back to 3-2, they aren’t quite yet on the brink of unwanted history. However, […]
May 1, 2026
The first full month of the baseball season is officially over, so it provides a good opportunity to pit 2026 teams against where they were at the same point in 2025. At this juncture last season, the Los Angeles Dodgers — who ultimately went on to win the World Series for the second straight season […]
May 1, 2026
