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In the NHL, the Hart Trophy race is as loaded as it gets this season. Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, and Nikita Kucherov are your three finalists for the league's MVP award. Three generational talents, one trophy — and honestly, you could make a compelling case for any of them walking away with it.
Shifting to the hardwood, the NBA Draft Lottery is Sunday at three o'clock Eastern on ABC and ESPN, and the stakes could not be higher. Brian Windhorst is pointing out that roughly a third of the league essentially tanked their way into contention for this thing — which tells you everything about how transformative the top of this draft class is expected to be.
And out in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes are locking up their guy. Ben McCollum has reportedly agreed to a new six-year deal with the University of Iowa after an absolutely stunning debut season — guiding the program to the Elite Eight in his very first year, the furthest Iowa men's basketball has gone in the tournament since nineteen eighty-seven. That's a homecoming story worth every penny.
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