Robin Lehner's candidness about his battle with bipolar disorder and substance abuse earned the Islanders goalie the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Wednesday night. He was honored as part of the NHL Awards show in Las Vegas.
Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning, Freddie Freeman launched an early two-run shot and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 7-2 on Wednesday night.
Quite frankly, Barry Trotz of the New York Islanders winning the Jack Adams is a mere footnote to the NHL Award's biggest news, which was that “Good Burger” reunion on stage. But Trotz deservedly won the award, voted on by the Professional Hockey Broadcasters Association, for the most one of the most compelling stories of the season: Splitting with the Washington Capitals after winning the Cup, taking over the Islanders after John Tavares spurned them, and then leading them to a 103-point season. Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Craig Berube of the St. Louis Blues were the other finalists. (Yes, we were deprived of a Jon Cooper speech after Kenan Thompson's quip about the Lightning setting a wins record in the regular season and then tying the winless record in the playoffs.) Here's how the broadcasters voted:
In the NHL Awards' most predictable result, New York Islanders goalie Robin Lehner won the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey. But it led to a touching speech. “I'm not ashamed to say I'm mentally ill. But that doesn't mean mentally weak,” he said, saying that it's time to “end the stigma” of mental illness. He thanked the staff of his treatment facility, as well as his team. “I want to thank the New York Islanders organization,” he said, “and for Barry Trotz for thinking about the human first.”
Courtney Vandersloot had 25 points, eight rebounds and six assists to help the Chicago Sky beat the New York Liberty 91-83 on Wednesday night.
CC Sabathia, seven weeks after becoming the 17th pitcher in big-league history to record 3,000 strikeouts, has added his name to the list of 48 pitchers to have registered 250 wins in a career.
The New York Islanders have hired Jim Hiller as an assistant coach.
Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer to help chase Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell in the first inning, CC Sabathia got his 250th career win and the New York Yankees thumped the Tampa Bay Rays 12-1 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
Veteran pitcher Danny Farquhar, trying to return to the major leagues after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm during a game last season, has been released by the New York Yankees.
Pete Alonso was nearly an afterthought on draft day while fantasy players lined up to draft Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Eloy Jimenez. In hindsight, would that still be the case?
Buster and Karl Ravech discuss the emergence of Eloy Jimenez, the Yankees' powerful lineup and the umpire union's response to Manny Machado (12:58). Plus, Derrick Goold with some "Inside Heat" on the Cardinals (33:00), "Hembo Knows" (47:48) and the latest Power 10 (53:18).
Giancarlo Stanton gets a day off after playing last night. Edwin Encarnación is in the cleanup spot as the Yankees close out the series with Tampa Bay: 2B LeMahieu 1B Voit C Sánchez DH Encarnación CF Hicks SS Torres RF Maybin 3B Urshela LF Gardner SP Sabathia
The 2018 Hart Trophy winner has yet to ink a new deal. Is his GM worried? Plus, thoughts on the first pick and the franchise's future.
From the serious to the silly, we identify the best and worst of what the NHL had to offer during the 2018-19 season.
Cameron Maybin homered again with his roster spot in doubt, Edwin Encarnacion went deep for his first hit with the Yankees and New York beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 Tuesday night to extend its AL East lead to 2 1/2 games.
The Knicks have declined a recent trade offer that would have sent the No. 3 overall draft pick to the Hawks in exchange for the eighth and 10th picks, a source told ESPN's Jonathan Givony.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 44 | 31 | .587 | - | W1 |
| Philadelphia | 39 | 34 | .534 | 4 | L3 |
| Washington | 35 | 38 | .479 | 8 | W3 |
| New York | 35 | 39 | .473 | 8.5 | L1 |
| Miami | 26 | 46 | .361 | 16.5 | L1 |
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 58 | 24 | .707 | - | W2 |
| Philadelphia | 51 | 31 | .622 | 7 | W1 |
| Boston | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9 | W1 |
| Brooklyn | 42 | 40 | .512 | 16 | W3 |
| New York | 17 | 65 | .207 | 41 | L1 |
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| TEAM | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 436 | 325 |
| Miami | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 319 | 433 |
| Buffalo | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 269 | 374 |
| New York | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 333 | 441 |
| TEAM | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 339 | 324 |
| Philadelphia | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 367 | 348 |
| Washington | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 281 | 359 |
| New York | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 369 | 412 |
