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Wilpons trying to buy time on Mets sale with $250 million maneuver
With the market to buy a baseball team cooling, are the Mets looking to turn down the heat? Sportico reported on Tuesday that the Mets’ owners, who have been shopping...
The payroll catastrophe awaiting Mets if Wilpons don't sell
You 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...
International buyer emerges as Mets mystery suitor
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon’s statement Thursday, “There’s four or five suitors that are out there” to buy the franchise, is raising eyebrows in sports business circles. According to multiple sources...
Jeff Wilpon's talk of four or five Mets suitors drawing skepticism
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon’s statement Thursday, “There’s four or five suitors that are out there” to buy the franchise, is raising eyebrows in sports business circles. According to multiple sources...
Jeff Wilpon says many 'suitors' interested in buying Mets
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said Thursday there are four or five parties interested in buying the team. “The team will have some kind of transaction, I can’t tell you exactly...
J.Lo-A-Rod making second push to buy Mets with Patriots twist
J-Rod are re-circling the wagons on their dream of becoming the king and queen of Queens. Multiple sources close to the situation tell The Post that Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer...
A-Rod and J.Lo end their quest to buy the Mets
There is no joy in Flushing, for J-Rod has pulled out. According to multiple sources, Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are no longer interested in buying the Mets. That decision...
New potential Mets buyer emerges for 'fire sale only'
The latest billionaire bidder for the Mets might actually be more of a bargain shopper. According to multiple sources familiar with the situation, biotech investor Wayne Rothbaum is still interested...
Why parade of liars and cheats is so fitting in Mets ownership hunt
“I’m speechless,” he began. I sense the day is coming when Mr. Met will be pinched at JFK attempting to board a flight to the Cayman Islands. His head will...
Mets could 'fall into the laps' of A-Rod, J.Lo at coronavirus discount
Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are looking to pick up the Mets with a little help from a friend, and at a coronavirus discount. According to multiple sources familiar with...
Andrew Cuomo talks baseball-return hope with Jeff Wilpon
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he is hoping baseball can return soon and made his feelings known to Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. But with one caveat. “I said...
What NY-area sports owners have given to coronavirus fight
As the novel coronavirus has wrecked the New York area, sports owners with deep pockets have emerged to help in the fight to battle this deadly pandemic. Here’s a look:...
Mets great weighs in on team's ownership situation
PORT ST. LUCIE — Mike Piazza loves the Mets, but isn’t looking to buy them as part of an ownership group. The Hall of Fame catcher, who arrived in camp...
Mets' grind begins after day of new beginnings
PORT ST. LUCIE — New beginnings. Jeff Wilpon was given the key to the city Saturday morning as the “new’’ improved Clover Park was opened by the Mets with a...
James Dolan looking into buying SNY as Mets sale rumors swirl
Insiders said it’s not the team James Dolan is likely interested in, but rather the Wilpon family's ownership stake in the SNY cable-TV network.
Unrelenting Steve Cohen lingers over Mets sale
Steve Cohen has not given up on buying the Mets, but sources close to the situation say he would want the team’s majority stake in cable network SNY to justify...
Jeff Wilpon talks Bernie Madoff fallout, Mets sale, Willie Randolph regret
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon discusses the Bernie Madoff fallout, the collapse of the team’s sale, some of his best and worst memories, and what he thinks of this year’ club...
A-Rod emerges as potential Mets buyer
If anyone thought the soap-opera sale of the New York Mets couldn’t get any crazier after the Steve Cohen debacle, they were A-Rod levels of wrong. According to multiple sources,...
Jeff McNeil embracing his unofficial Mets reality
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jeff McNeil hasn’t officially been told he’s the Mets’ everyday third baseman, but he’s preparing toward that eventuality. Last spring McNeil worked out in left field,...
This is the Mets' biggest obstacle to magical season
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets could win the NL East. The Mets can win the World Series. That’s true even with the Yankees across the Triborough and now Mookie...