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.
Tonight, NBA fans were expected to be treated to a marquee battle between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($10,700) and the Oklahoma City Thunder and Victor Wembanyama ($10,000) and the San Antonio Spurs. It would’ve been the fifth time this season that these two mega-stars would’ve faced off, with Wembanyama’s Spurs claiming victory thrice. However, just hours before […]
February 4, 2026
In comparison to the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics tends to be about the death-defying and the extreme. Perhaps no winter event encapsulates this better than the four-man bobsleigh, where teams crowd into a small sleigh to race down a narrow, twisting track, reaching speeds of up to 90 miles per hour. Given the extreme […]
February 4, 2026
UPDATE: Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sustained an abdominal strain and will be sidelined until after the All-Star break, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Chet Holmgren (back), Isaiah Hartenstein (eye), Lu Dort (knee), Ajay Mitchell (abdominal), Alex Caruso (injury management), and Ousmane Dieng (not with team) have also been ruled out. For the fifth and […]
February 4, 2026
The Western Conference has seen quite the shake-up already as Thursday’s NBA trade deadline approaches: the Memphis Grizzlies, who had been one spot out of the Play-In Tournament picture, traded star forward Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Utah Jazz for salary filler and three first-round picks, so they’ll likely fall in the standings. That would […]
February 3, 2026
Tuesday, February 3 stands out as the final Tuesday before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, and while it’s been a quiet deadline so far, it could easily heat up across the next couples of days. So while it’s a long-shot, it’s technically possible that Tuesday’s King of the Court — the player who leads the slate […]
February 2, 2026
The Winter Olympics are set to begin this Friday in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy as more than 2,000 of the world’s best athletes descend upon the Alps. 235 of those athletes — the most among the 93 National Olympic Committees represented — will don the red, white, and blue of the United States, making […]
February 2, 2026
Nearly four years after the flame was extinguished over the Beijing National Stadium in China, the Winter Olympics are back. Thousands of the world’s best winter sports athletes have descended upon Milan and the Italian Alps town of Cortina d’Ampezzo to compete across 116 events between February 6 and February 22. 93 different nations will […]
February 2, 2026
Thursday’s trade deadline unofficially marks the beginning of the stretch run in the 2025-26 NBA season, as contenders make win-now moves to start jostling for playoff positioning and lottery-bound teams sell off their good players to dive towards the bottom of the lottery. That means injury reports should be monitored carefully today for the eight […]
February 2, 2026
During the 2025 playoffs, the Denver Nuggets eliminated the LA Clippers in seven games, falling in an uncompetitive Game 7 in which each of the Nuggets’ starters and sixth man Russell Westbrook scored at least 15 points. The teams will face off for the second time this season tonight at Ball Arena, with tip-off scheduled […]
January 30, 2026
Nobody is more synonymous with the New England Patriots’ dynasty than Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, the former of whom is an almost unanimous GOAT and the latter of whom was stunningly snubbed from first-ballot Hall of Fame honors. It makes sense: Belichick consistently schemed dominant defenses and became the winningest postseason head coach in […]
January 30, 2026
