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Bernie Madoff Interview: Were the Banks and the Mets' Owners in the Know?

What did the banks know? In Bernard Madoff's recent interview with a New York Times journalist -- the first interview he's granted from prison -- the Ponzi-schemer says that the banks "had to know" he was presiding over an enormous fraud. The accusatory statement is reverberating around the Internet today. What's...

Madoff Lawsuit: Mets Owners Owe Victims $300 Million

NEW YORK -- The owners of the Mets turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff's massive fraud, reaping $300 million in false profits and using a large chunk to run the team, according to a lawsuit unsealed Friday. The lawsuit claims the owners were so dependent on the disgraced financier's too-good-to-be-true returns that they...

Man Tweets Irritations, Receives Free Tickets to Jets-Patriots Game

If only life were so simple and we could just tweet our troubles away. Well, leave it to the fine folks over at Edge to help take the ... edge off. Case in point, Matthew DeCoste of New York City tweeted last weekend that he was irritated he couldn't find tickets to this Sunday's Jets-Patriots game. He added the hashtag...

Roto Rush: Mets Looking to Void K-Rod's Contract

Poppin' out of the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday. Mets (former?) closer Francisco Rodriguez didn't take the field on Monday, but there isn't a single player whose fantasy value has been altered more in the last 24 hours. By...

Roto Rush: Mets Welcome Back Carlos Beltran

There may have been more newsworthy performances on Thursday night -- see Tim Lincecum's complete-game shutout -- but for Mets fans and fantasy GMs alike, there probably wasn't a bigger moment than when Carlos Beltran stepped into the batter's box for the first time since last October. Beltran collected just one hit in...

Background on Mets

The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division.

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