• Steve Cohen is cherry on top of rare Mets utopia

    Steve Cohen is cherry on top of rare Mets utopia

    Look, I get so many of these things wrong, I like to relish and cherish the things I get right. My predictions and my prescience has been questioned and ridiculed for years, and legitimately. I once predicted a Rich Kotite Jets team would win 10 games (missed by seven). I once called for Tom Coughlin …
  • Breaking down Mets-Steve Cohen sale drama timeline

    Breaking down Mets-Steve Cohen sale drama timeline

    Friday night, The Post confirmed billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen had won the bidding and entered into exclusive negotiating rights to purchase the Mets from the Wilpon and Katz families, likely ending a roller-coaster process that began with him agreeing to $2.6 billion deal earlier this year only to back out and later return …
  • Steve Cohen’s true test will be crossing Mets finish line: Sherman

    Steve Cohen’s true test will be crossing Mets finish line: Sherman

    Cash won — for now. Steve Cohen once again has entered into exclusive negotiations to buy the Mets. He always had two advantages in this process: Motivation and money. He grew up a Mets fan and wanted this team. He already had it slip away once. The fact he won negotiating rights when the Wilpons …
  • Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez ‘so disappointed’ as Mets bid falls short

    Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez ‘so disappointed’ as Mets bid falls short

    Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez wasted no time expressing their sadness in not getting to own the Mets. The group led by the engaged former Yankees star and the singer/actress announced they had pulled out of the bidding war to buy the franchise late Friday night, paving the way for hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen …
  • Steve Cohen closes in on buying Mets

    Steve Cohen closes in on buying Mets

    For the second time in nine months, Steve Cohen is ready to buy the Mets. Multiple sources confirmed to The Post late Friday night that the hedge fund billionaire is in exclusive talks to buy the Mets in a deal that is rumored to be in the ballpark of $2.4 billion, a figure that would …
  • Mets sale talks haven’t included Jeff Wilpon

    Mets sale talks haven’t included Jeff Wilpon

    Mets COO Jeff Wilpon is not involved in talks with suitors about selling the team after complicating a prior sale agreement with Steve Cohen, sources told The Post. “Jeff’s not been involved at all,” a source close to one of the bidding groups said. “Jeff has divorced himself from the sales process,” a second source …
  • Steve Cohen-backed management firm declares war on Hollywood agencies

    Steve Cohen-backed management firm declares war on Hollywood agencies

    Things are about to get ugly in Tinseltown. Hollywood’s newest management firm, backed by billionaire Steve Cohen, has been promising investors it will succeed by waging war on an ailing industry weakened by the coronavirus, according to a leaked investor pitch deck. The new firm, dubbed “Moxie Media,” has been handing out a pitch deck …
  • Steve Cohen out to gobble up Hollywood big fish with new management company

    Steve Cohen out to gobble up Hollywood big fish with new management company

    Hollywood is on its knees — and Steve Cohen smells an opportunity. The controversial hedge-fund boss — who’s been battling Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez to buy the Mets — is bankrolling a new entity that’s looking to poach top talent in an industry roiled by the coronavirus, sources told The Post. The venture arm …
  • Steve Cohen’s SEC history could doom Mets bid

    Steve Cohen’s SEC history could doom Mets bid

    Steve Cohen is known for many things: Billionaire, hedge-fund trader and owner of a $1 billion art collection that features sculptures and paintings by the likes of ­Picasso and Jeff Koons. He may soon be something even more illustrious: Owner of the Mets. He’s up against the celebrity duo of J-Rod (Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer …
  • ‘Jeff Wilpon hates Steve Cohen’: Simmering feud won’t stop billionaire’s Mets pursuit

    ‘Jeff Wilpon hates Steve Cohen’: Simmering feud won’t stop billionaire’s Mets pursuit

    Steve Cohen wants the Mets, and he will not go away quietly. On Sunday, reports swirled that the Wilpons are getting ready to sell their baseball team to superstar entertainer Jennifer Lopez and her fiance, Alex Rodriguez. That news came just days after The Post detailed a flurry of tips that MLB owners are casting …