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04 Feb 2011 17:34

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Biz: Bernie Madoff trustee: The NY Mets knowingly took ill-gotten cash

  • $300
    million
    the estimated amount in profits the New York Mets allegedly earned from Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme
  • $90
    million
    the estimated amount that the team reportedly took from Bernie Madoff-related bank accounts source
  • » And now they’re being pressured to give it up: Irving Picard, the trustee in charge of the insanely massive Bernie Madoff account, claims in a lawsuit that the Mets organization, represented by Sterling Equities, turned a blind eye to Madoff’s scheme and had plenty of opportunities to see red flags pop up. “The Sterling partners were simply in too deep – having substantially supported their businesses with Madoff money – to do anything but ignore the gathering clouds,” says the complaint first made public on Friday. Officials for the team call the claims “an outrageous strong-arm effort” at getting money out of them, and deny any wrongdoing.

08 Jul 2009 11:10

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Sports: Manny being unloved: Dude got ejected from a Dodgers/Mets game

  • I didn’t want to throw even more fire. I just walked away. I only play five innings, so I was leaving anyway.
  • L.A. Dodgers superstar Manny Ramirez • On his loud and brash exit from a game against the New York Mets. Angry after getting booed non-stop by Mets fans, he threw his gear and ended up getting ejected from the game, but not before driving in three runs and helping the team win 8-0. Ramirez, easily the Dodgers’ biggest star right now, just returned from a 50-game suspension for use of banned substances (which may or may not be steroids, by the way). • source

18 Apr 2009 15:27

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Sports: Finally with a team again, Gary Sheffield reaches his milestone

12 Apr 2009 21:22

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Biz, Sports: One lucky Mets fan and Bernard Madoff hater got his eBay wish

  • $1040 the face value of two tickets for tomorrow’s season opener owned by jailed bad guy Bernard Madoff
  • $7,500 amount the tickets sold for on eBay; their value doubled in the final two hours of the auction source