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.
Six weeks after suffering an MCL sprain early in the Atlanta Hawks’ October 29 win over the Brooklyn Nets, Trae Young ($9,500) is set to return to the court tonight after a 22-game absence. He returned to practice earlier in the week and was a full participant on Wednesday. The former fifth overall pick returns […]
December 18, 2025
Last season, the Portland Trail Blazers ended the season on a 23-18 run to finish 36-46, just four games behind the Sacramento Kings for the final Western Conference Play-In Tournament spot. The teams were widely expected to compete for that final spot again in 2025-26, and so far, the Trail Blazers — who sit 11th […]
December 18, 2025
The Green Bay Packers’ chances at their first NFC North title since 2021 come down to this: a second showdown with the Chicago Bears, who currently lead the division by half a game in Chicago’s quest for its first crown since 2018. The teams previously met in Week 14, when Green Bay pulled out a […]
December 18, 2025
UPDATE: Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen (injury management) has been ruled tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers, per the team’s injury report. On Tuesday night, the New York Knicks joined a prestigious group of three: teams to have won the Emirates NBA Cup. All three of those franchises will be in action tonight as part […]
December 18, 2025
Japanese free agents have been all the rage in Major League baseball recently, and for good reason: the Los Angeles Dodgers just won the World Series with arguably the three best ones of the last decade on their roster, including two who joined the roster directly from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB): World Series MVP and […]
December 17, 2025
Week 16 could dramatically shake up the NFC playoff picture, as three divisional matchups have massive implications on the division title races. One will take place on Thursday night, when the Los Angeles Rams take on the Seattle Seahawks with both teams tied atop the NFC West. One will happen on Saturday night, when the […]
December 17, 2025
Of the 16-game NFL Week 16 slate, five feature two teams already eliminated from the postseason. Arguably the most surprising of those is the clash between the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs, though not because of Tennesee. The Titans were expected to play meaningless games at this point, while the Chiefs entered the […]
December 17, 2025
For the Denver Broncos, the hard part is complete. With a 34-26 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon, they became the first AFC team to officially claim their spot in the 2025 playoffs. They still haven’t quite secured the No. 1 seed and the lone first-round bye, though they’re well on their […]
December 17, 2025
Just four seasons ago, in 2021-22, the New York Knicks missed the postseason entirely with a roster that featured notable draft busts Cam Reddish and Kevin Knox and had Evan Fournier as its third-leading scorer. The fact that, four years later, the Knicks are playing like true contenders is nothing short of a miracle. Leon […]
December 16, 2025
At the end of the first quarter of Saturday’s Emirates NBA Cup semifinal between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Oklahoma City led by 11 points as it sought to improve to 25-1. It looked like just another dominant performance for the Thunder, who have cast aside good team after good team […]
December 16, 2025
By any measure, Karl-Anthony Towns’ NBA career has been a resounding success. The 2015 first overall pick and 2015-16 Rookie of the Year has now played 669 games, starting in all of them, and he’s made five All-Star teams and three All-NBA appearances. However, the 30-year-old has not gotten his hands on any silverware, never […]
December 16, 2025