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Jackie Robinson's name dragged into Lenny Dykstra, Ron Darling legal fight
The ghost of Jackie Robinson is getting dragged into a legal fight between former Met legends Lenny Dykstra and Ron Darling. Darling’s book “108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and...
SNY played hardball when YouTube wanted Ron Darling
For YouTube's exclusive Mets broadcast on Wednesday afternoon, the service tried to have Ron Darling do the game, but SNY said no, according to sources. Instead, Al Leiter will join...
Ron Darling's lawyer: Lenny Dykstra's reputation is so bad it 'cannot be defamed'
Former Met Ron Darling says in new court papers that he couldn't possibly have defamed his old teammate Lenny Dykstra -- because Dykstra's reputation can't get any worse. “Dykstra is...
What Todd Zeile feared most subbing for Ron Darling
These are the quiet times for Todd Zeile. Zeile sits in SNY’s World Trade Center studio watching the first game of the Subway Series doubleheader on Tuesday in the green...
When Ron Darling realized it was time to return to Mets booth
His thyroid cancer stabilized, Ron Darling realized it was time to return to work over the last week. He couldn’t turn off the Mets games on their recent trip out...
Ron Darling slated to return to broadcast booth after cancer scare
After being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Ron Darling will return to the broadcast booth on Tuesday when the Mets face the Giants at Citi Field. Darling, a lead analyst for...
Mets land rooting for Ron Darling during tough times
SAN DIEGO — More than three weeks after he first took a medical leave of absence from his broadcasting jobs, Ron Darling announced Monday he has been diagnosed with thyroid...
Ron Darling diagnosed with thyroid cancer
Mets broadcaster and former pitcher Ron Darling announced on Monday he has thyroid cancer. "After the removal of the mass on my chest along with further tests, I have been...
Gary Cohen: Ron Darling's surgery was successful
PHILADELPHIA — Ron Darling’s surgery to remove a mass in his chest was successful, according to SNY broadcaster Gary Cohen, who made the announcement on the air during the Mets'...
Ron Darling taking leave of absence from SNY for health reasons
Ron Darling announced Saturday night he will take a medical leave from calling Mets games on SNY to have surgery to remove a mass in his chest. In recent weeks,...
Red Sox pitcher's 'smoking cocaine' story adds to Dykstra-Darling controversy
Oil Can Boyd said last week he believed Ron Darling's accusations that Lenny Dykstra yelled racial epithets from the Mets' on-deck circle ahead of Game 3 of the 1986 World...
Big league sue: Dykstra files lawsuit against Darling over new book
And you thought Bill Buckner’s fielding was the ugliest thing to come out of the ‘86 World Series. Former Met Lenny Dykstra took a legal bat to ex-teammate Ron Darling...
Nod to Knicks' treasured past came when needed the most
We bonded plenty over baseball, the way most fathers and sons do, but it always went back to basketball for my old man, and always went back to the Knicks,...
Lenny Dykstra fires off blistering rebuke of Ron Darling over ‘racist tirade’ claims in memoir
Last Sunday, The Post published an explosive excerpt from ex-Met Ron Darling’s new book, “108 Stitches.” The team announcer/author wrote that during pivotal Game 3 of the 1986 World Series,...
'Lying rat?' Dykstra isn't letting Darling walk away from book controversy
Ron Darling's attempt to move on from his book controversy did not go well. The SNY broadcaster said he stands by everything in his recently released tell-all book, “108 Stitches,”...
Ron Darling's tell-all skewers others, not just Lenny Dykstra
Lenny Dykstra is not the only ex-teammate former Met Ron Darling brushed back in his latest memoir. In “108 Stitches,” which the Mets author-announcer co-wrote with Daniel Paisner, Darling sets...
Keith Hernandez confirms Dykstra was barking, but couldn't hear specifics
Keith Hernandez remembers Lenny Dykstra chirping at Oil Can Boyd, just not the specifics that Ron Darling describes in his new book. Hernandez, the first baseman on that 1986 Mets...
'Shocked' Darryl Strawberry: Ron Darling is lying about Lenny Dykstra 'slurs'
Ron Darling fired some fastballs at Lenny Dykstra and now one of his most famous teammates is swinging back at him. Darryl Strawberry is the latest and most emphatic former...
Pitcher Lenny Dykstra allegedly racially slurred speaks out
Even Oil Can Boyd is squeaking over the Ron Darling-Lenny Dykstra feud. The former Red Sox pitcher said Tuesday he didn’t hear Dykstra hurling racial epithets at him from the...
Ron Darling digs in, Lenny Dykstra has backers as fight gets ugly
Ron Darling isn’t backing down, despite Lenny Dykstra’s threats to sue him over racism allegations in the SNY analyst’s new book. Darling, 58, said Tuesday he stands by what he...