Stan joined DraftKings in December of 2020. It was a glorious time, except for that whole COVID thing, when we got Madden streams and boisterous bat flips from the KBO. I was brought on board to bring some West Coast flavor. I especially love hoops, and most of my content is in that arena. When I walk along the beach, strumming my guitar, the beat that I hear is not one of crashing waves. No, it is the beat of the ball bouncing off the hardwood with highs provided by the squeaks of the sneakers. Ball is life.
In the $1M Sand Trap Special tournament, there were 24 golfers rostered on at least 10% of teams. Five of those were unable to make the cut for the weekend: Sepp Straka ($8,000; 14 FPTS) was the fourth-most rostered golfer at 18.71% but missed the cut by six strokes. After Thursday’s 78, Straka fired a […]
February 14, 2025
It’s All-Star weekend, and while it’s the unofficial halfway point of the season, most teams have played around 65% of their games. Which means that money time, aka the playoffs, are right around the corner. Here are the current odds for NBA Champion at the All-Star break up at DK Sportsbook: Since Mark Daigneault took […]
February 14, 2025
In the $1M Sand Trap Special tournament for The Genesis Invitational, Scottie Scheffler ($12,300; 32.5 FPTS) is the highest-priced golfer, while Rory McIlroy ($10,900; 18 FPTS) is the highest-rostered golfer at a whopping 41.42%. And it all makes sense because Scheffler is the number-one ranked golfer in the world while McIlroy is coming off a […]
February 13, 2025
There are five NBA games on Thursday’s slate. DAL, GSW, HOU, LAC, MIA, MIN, NOP, OKC, SAC and UTA are playing the second leg of a back-to-back. As for injuries, all the teams are playing the second leg of a back-to-back, so injury reports haven’t been submitted. Keep track of all the pertinent injury updates […]
February 12, 2025
DraftKings, your paradise of DFS nirvana, has done it again with a new contest called NBA Starting 5. You select one point guard, one shooting guard, one small forward, one power forward and one center. There is no salary cap. The only stipulation is that you must select players from at least two different teams. […]
February 12, 2025
UPDATE: Maxey has been ruled out. Tyrese Maxey ($9,800) was not on the injury report heading coming into Wednesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, but was downgraded to questionable late in the afternoon due to a right knee contusion. Maxey played 34 minutes on Tuesday and there’s been no mention of when the injury took […]
February 12, 2025
DraftKings, your paradise of DFS nirvana, has done it again with a new contest called NBA Starting 5. You select one point guard, one shooting guard, one small forward, one power forward and one center. There is no salary cap. The only stipulation is that you must select players from at least two different teams. […]
February 10, 2025
There are four NBA games on Tuesday’s slate. No team is playing the second leg of a back-to-back. As for injuries, Gradey Dick and Grayson Allen are probable. Joel Embiid, Myles Turner, OG Anunoby, Vasilije Micic and Eric Gordon are questionable. Lonzo Ball is out. Keep track of all the pertinent injury updates at DK […]
February 10, 2025
UPDATE: Gafford has been diagnosed with a Grade 3 MCL sprain and will miss at least six weeks, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. UPDATE: Gafford has been ruled out for the remainder of the game. Early in the second quarter of Monday’s game against the Sacramento Kings, Daniel Gafford went to set a pick for Kyrie […]
February 10, 2025
LaMelo Ball sprained his left ankle a few weeks ago, causing him to miss five games. He returned on Friday and played 36 minutes, but then sat on Sunday with the Hornets playing a back-to-back. On Monday, Ball exited in the second quarter and has now been ruled out for the remainder of the game. […]
February 10, 2025
Kevin Durant ($9,000) missed the last three games due to an ankle injury, but he’s off the injury report for Tuesday’s contest against the Grizzlies. Bradley Beal will miss his third straight game with a toe injury. Grayson Allen ($4,900) missed Saturday’s game due to a knee injury. He had started the two prior games. […]
February 10, 2025