When Doc Gooden toed the rubber at Yankee Stadium on May 14, 1996, most fans were sure he was done in baseball. The 1984 Rookie of the Year had been suspended for more than a season for violating ...

The mid-1980s Mets had equal parts juggernaut and jungle vibe, a supremely talented group that dominated between the chalk while making headlines for bar fights and other tabloid-worthy antics that ...

The Mets may have had as charmed an offseason as fans could have hoped for, but that hardly means the team is complete. While their lineup figures to be among the best in baseball, there’s probably ...

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With the National League Championship Series back at Citi Field for the first time since 2015, the Mets called upon two legends to get the night started on Wednesday. Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry ...

Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight "Doc" Gooden has pleaded guilty to third-degree drug possession in connection with a cocaine bust in New Jersey in June, the Monmouth County prosecutor's office ...

(So I could study for a physics exam I failed anyway, happy anniversary to me and my future wife!) ...

When Dwight "Doc" Gooden took to the mound at Yankee Stadium on May 14, 1996, his greatness was largely behind him. Having tested positive for cocaine use, the longtime Mets star was suspended the ...