D'Angelo Russell hair: Lakers guard surprises NBA fans with fresh look at season opener 2024-25

Daniel Mader joined Sporting News as an editorial intern in 2024 after graduating from Penn State University. He previously covered Penn State, high school and local sports beats for NBC Sports, the Center Daily Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Daily Collegian and LancasterOnline. He grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with a never-fading love of baseball, but could also talk for days about basketball or football.