• Mets mailbag: Marcus Stroman’s future rides on ironic trade possibility

    Mets mailbag: Marcus Stroman’s future rides on ironic trade possibility

    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 regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Mets. Any update on [Michael] Conforto’s oblique? — @PatCollins63 Conforto is taking regular batting practice and team officials …
  • It’s only fitting Mets’ ownership hunt is parade of liars and cheats

    It’s only fitting Mets’ ownership hunt is parade of liars and cheats

    “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 be cut open to reveal purloined cash and stock certificates that he’ll claim he never knew he was carrying — someone must’ve switched heads on …
  • Ellen Pompeo: Harvey Weinstein comments made before I knew he was a rapist

    Ellen Pompeo: Harvey Weinstein comments made before I knew he was a rapist

    Actress Ellen Pompeo has responded to criticism over a newly resurfaced clip of the “Grey’s Anatomy” star appearing to empathize with convicted rapist, Harvey Weinstein. Pompeo, 50, has been accused by many of victim blaming in the controversial clip cut from an hour-long Oxford Union Q&A. The television star was quick to assure fans the …
  • Wilpons insistence on keeping SNY could stall any potential Mets sale

    Wilpons insistence on keeping SNY could stall any potential Mets sale

    The Wilpons are still interested in selling the money-losing Mets, but they are still not interested in selling money-making SNY, their regional sports network, sources tell The Post. “I don’t think that will change,” a source close to the auction said. Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez’s master plan in buying the money-losing team includes acquiring …
  • Ellen Pompeo under fire for resurfaced comments about Harvey Weinstein victims

    Ellen Pompeo under fire for resurfaced comments about Harvey Weinstein victims

    Ellen Pompeo is facing backlash for resurfaced remarks she made in a July 2018 interview about Harvey Weinstein’s victims. In a one-minute clip that was cut from an hour-long Oxford Union Q&A, the “Grey’s Anatomy” star said, “I think we bear some responsibility, not all, but it takes two to tango for sure.” She continued, …
  • Michael Jordan turned down MLB roster spot with Sandy Alderson’s Athletics

    Michael Jordan turned down MLB roster spot with Sandy Alderson’s Athletics

    Sandy Alderson’s Tim Tebow signing as Mets general manager was deemed by some as purely a publicity stunt. But that doesn’t come close to another move Alderson tried to make that didn’t come to fruition. With Michael Jordan a constant topic these days as ESPN airs “The Last Dance” documentary about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, …
  • A warning for Alex Rodriguez in his Mets ownership dream

    A warning for Alex Rodriguez in his Mets ownership dream

    J-ROD as the royal couple of Flushing? Embrace the potential thrill ride, Mets fans. Just root for some guardrails. Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez seem to be putting together a legitimate bid to buy the Mets, baseball’s most distressed asset, with The Post’s Thornton McEnery reporting the three-time Most Valuable Player A-Rod and three-time MTV …
  • Mets could ‘fall into the laps’ of Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez at huge discount

    Mets could ‘fall into the laps’ of Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez at huge 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 the situation, J-Rod is assembling an ownership group of four-to five-people that could pay up front for the entire franchise. But insiders also point out …
  • Japanese media covering Masahiro Tanaka are stuck in NY coronavirus limbo

    Japanese media covering Masahiro Tanaka are stuck in NY coronavirus limbo

    Eriko Takehama normally would be covering the Yankees this time of year, following Masahiro Tanaka with other Japanese sportswriters who are assigned to watch the right-hander’s every move. But Takehama and the rest of the Japanese media are stuck inside their apartments in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic — and unlike other New …
  • Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez take step in bid to buy Mets

    Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez take step in bid to buy Mets

    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez appear to be getting serious about buying the Mets. The power couple retained JPMorgan Chase to raise capital for a possible bid, according to Scott Soshnick of Sportico, two months after The Post first reported A-Rod and J.Lo had emerged as a potential suitor to purchase the team. Rodriguez, the 44-year-old …