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.
UPDATE: There will be no injury replacement for James. LeBron James will miss the 2025 All-Star Game due to ankle and foot discomfort. He missed a contest three games ago but had played the two games prior to the All-Star break. Ironically, Shaquille O’Neal’s team also has Anthony Davis on it, and he will not […]
February 16, 2025
Ludvig Aberg ($9,800; 125.5 FPTS) won the Genesis Invitational as the fifth-highest priced golfer, and he had the sixth-lowest odds heading into the tournament on DK Sportsbook at +2200. After Thursday’s first round, Aberg was T7, six strokes off the lead after shooting a two-over 74. Aberg must’ve caught some good z’s Thursday night because […]
February 16, 2025
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
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
Alex Bregman was one of the prime free agents during the offseason, as the 30-year-old third baseman has a career .272/.366/.483 slash with an 11.9% walk rate, 13.4% strikeout rate and .210 ISO while playing excellent defense at the hot corner. With the Houston Astros trading Kyle Tucker, it looked certain that Bregman would be […]
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