NHL Awards Watch: Who’s leading for Hart, Norris, Calder and more?

Greg WyshynskiFeb 4, 2025, 09:20 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The NHL’s most valuable player award winners usually have one thing in common: They aren’t goaltenders or defensemen. There are all sorts of justifications for the Hart Trophy almost exclusively going to forwards: Like the fact that goalies and defensemen … Read more

Championship duo chasing Aussie teen who’s been likened to Mark Viduka and linked to Bayern Munich

Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday are locking horns in the race for Australian teen sensation Thomas Waddingham, talkSPORT understands. It is also understood striker Waddingham’s transfer will net A-League club Brisbane Roar a six-figure fee, with the deal also poised to be completed in the early weeks of the January transfer window. 3 Waddingham has attracted … Read more

North Carolina transfer class, coaching staff in 2025: Who’s in as Bill Belichick enters Year 1 with Tar Heels

North Carolina made the biggest splash of the 2024-25 coaching carousel when it hired NFL legend Bill Belichick, who brings eight Super Bowl wins to Chapel Hill. Though Belichick has earned his stripes as a guaranteed Pro Football Hall of Famer, this is his first stint as a collegiate coach, entering at a time when … Read more