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The New York Mets, saddled by bad contracts, poor performance and financial woes in recent years, apparently never wavered in identifying David Wright as the player to help lead them out of this dark period. Early Friday, that notion became official when the club finalized a $138 million contract extension with their third baseman and all-time hits leader that will keep him in Flushing for the next eight years.

Owners of the New York Mets baseball team have agreed to pay $162 million to settle a lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud.

Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra was sentenced Monday to three years in state prison in a grand theft auto case.

A judge ruled Monday that the New York Mets' owners owe up to $83 million to the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff investors, though he expressed doubt that the trustee will succeed in proving at a trial this month that he's entitled to as much as $300 million more....

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who is in talks to buy a large minority stake in the New York Mets, could become a principal owner of the baseball team in three years, the New York Times and ESPNNewYork.com reported on Saturday.

The owners of the New York Mets were accused of reaping $300 million of fictitious profits from Bernard Madoff's record Ponzi scheme, a lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for Madoff's victims said.

The New York Mets fired manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya on Monday, an expected shake-up of the big-spending ballclub after its second straight losing season.

Derrek Lee delivered the huge hit the Braves desperately needed from him, launching a go-ahead grand slam
in the seventh inning that sent Atlanta over the New York Mets 6-3 Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez has a torn thumb ligament in his pitching hand sustained during a fight with his girlfriend's father at Citi Field and will need surgery that will sideline him for the rest of the season.

The New York Mets' discouraging season took an ugly turn when closer Francisco Rodriguez was charged with third-degree assault after a postgame scuffle with his father-in-law at Citi Field...