A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that injury-plagued pitcher Kelvim Escobar and the New York Mets have reached a preliminary agreement on a $1.25 million, one-year-contract. ...more

December 27, 2009

Looking to fill two big holes and add much-needed power to their lineup, the New York Mets have made contract offers to a pair of free agents: left fielder Jason Bay and catcher Bengie Molina. ...more

December 11, 2009

As Bernard Madoff sits in a North Carolina prison serving a 150-year sentence, remnants of the fallen financier's once lavish lifestyle are going on the auction block at a Manhattan hotel. ...more

November 14, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Of all the items set to go on the auction block this week at a midtown Manhattan hotel, there's one that would take some mettle to wear in public: A satin New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with the name "Madoff." ...more

November 9, 2009

The ESPN production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination also has been fired from the sports network, a spokesman said Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009

Tampa data center sale announced One of Tampa's major data center companies will be acquired in a transaction valued at $689 million. Foster City, Calif.-based Equinix Inc. announced a deal to acquire Switch & Data Facilities Co. of Tampa in a cash and stock deal. ...more

October 22, 2009

Tampa's Dwight Gooden is back in baseball at the independent minor-league level. ...more

September 10, 2009

The New York Mets are inviting an old friend to play at their new stadium. ...more

June 3, 2009

Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run Friday night to become the 25th player in major-league history to reach the milestone, belting a drive to left off Milwaukee's Mitch Stetter leading off the seventh inning. ...more

April 18, 2009

A federal bankruptcy judge signed off Tuesday on a plan to raise tens of thousands of dollars for victims of the Bernard Madoff fraud by auctioning off pricey New York Mets season tickets owned by the disgraced financier's investment firm. ...more

April 15, 2009