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Steve Cohen was never letting Mets get away: Sherman
August 29, 2020 | 4:59pmThink of buying a sports team like purchasing art. It is an analogy offered to me by a few folks involved with Major League Baseball. The value is essentially a...
Steve Cohen is cherry on top of rare Mets utopia
August 29, 2020 | 3:48pmLook, I get so many of these things wrong, I like to relish and cherish the things I get right. My predictions and my prescience has been questioned and ridiculed...
Steve Cohen actually owning Mets isn't a sure thing: Sherman
August 29, 2020 | 1:48amCash won — for now. Steve Cohen once again has entered into exclusive negotiations to buy the Mets. He always had two advantages in this process: Motivation and money. He...
Steve Cohen closes in on buying Mets
August 28, 2020 | 10:58pmFor the second time in nine months, Steve Cohen is ready to buy the Mets. Multiple sources confirmed to The Post late Friday night that the hedge fund billionaire is...
Mets sale talks haven't included Jeff Wilpon
August 28, 2020 | 7:29pmMets COO Jeff Wilpon is not involved in talks with suitors about selling the team after complicating a prior sale agreement with Steve Cohen, sources told The Post. “Jeff’s not...
Mets' latest clown show raises bigger issues to the surface: Sherman
August 28, 2020 | 4:00pmThe Mets looked closely at the flower lapel and it again squirted water. They wore the big floppy shoes and tripped over them. They stepped on the rake and whack....
The reason behind Jennifer Lopez's pursuit of Mets ownership
August 28, 2020 | 2:59pmFinal bids for control of the Mets are due Monday. Soon afterwards, the team could have the most famous owners in sports. Alex Rodriguez could become the only former player...
Mets GM's hot-mic saga ends with him getting destroyed by the Wilpons
August 27, 2020 | 11:31pmThe Wilpons didn’t let Brodie Van Wagenen’s apology be the last word regarding Thursday’s hot-mic video flap. Mets owner Fred Wilpon and his son, COO Jeff Wilpon, blasted their general...
Mets mailbag: Behind the Wilpons' money-losing myth
August 24, 2020 | 9:00amYou ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of...
‘Jeff Wilpon hates Steve Cohen’: Simmering feud won’t stop billionaire’s Mets pursuit
August 17, 2020 | 3:55pmSteve Cohen wants the Mets, and he will not go away quietly. On Sunday, reports swirled that the Wilpons are getting ready to sell their baseball team to superstar entertainer...
Casino mogul revealed as mystery bidder who could shake up Mets sale
July 15, 2020 | 11:10amA mystery bidder for the Mets has been revealed, but it’s not a new group, it’s merely huge new players. According to multiple sources, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and...
J.Lo and A-Rod's Mets bid adds NFL star power
July 13, 2020 | 2:47pmSteve Cohen may have more money, but Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez clearly have more star power, and they’re adding to that base of recognizable names. A series of current...
'Business as usual' around Mets with team for sale
July 10, 2020 | 9:19pmAs the bidding continues in the sale of the Mets, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said Friday it was “business as usual” as far as he was concerned in running...
Steve Cohen puts in $2B bid on Mets; J-Rod still in hunt
July 9, 2020 | 11:09pmThe first round of bids for the Mets are in — and for starters, Steve Cohen appears to have made the highest offer. Cohen, the hedge-fund billionaire who had previously...
The Mets actually getting sold is starting to feel real
July 9, 2020 | 6:05pmThis would have been a momentous day anyway, because this just doesn’t happen around here very often. In the last 56 years there have only been two times — two...
Movement on Mets sale about to pick up
July 8, 2020 | 10:04pmThe sale process for the Mets finally kicks into gear Thursday with the first-round bidding deadline. Suitors will be making indicative offers, meaning they will not be making binding bids....
Steve Cohen is making another big push to buy Mets
July 6, 2020 | 8:24pmThe prodigal bidder has returned. Sources close to billionaire hedge-fund manager Steve Cohen told The Post he will bid on the Mets this week, months after having his $2.6 billion...
Mets lay off 25 employees
June 30, 2020 | 8:07pmThe Mets are among the teams to have recently cut staff. An industry source confirmed Tuesday that the team last week laid off 25 employees, most of whom worked in...
Wilpons 'need to sell' Mets very soon
June 24, 2020 | 7:08pmAccording to multiple sources familiar with Mets sale saga, the Wilpons will begin to field first-round bids on the team in July with an eye toward locking in a buyer...
A-Rod-J.Lo Mets bid gets billionaire boost they were searching for
June 22, 2020 | 2:39pmVitamin Water co-founder Mike Repole is going to bat for Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez in their bid for the Mets, two sources told The Post. He is one of...