Jacob deGrom’s dominance helping Dwight Gooden fully understand his own
NY Post
Dwight Gooden only remembers what friends, family members and fans have told him about 1985. He was too much in the moment, living that magical season, dominating every fifth game.
He’s starting to relive it now — the buzz, the anticipation and the thrilling masterpiece performances — as he watches another hard-throwing Mets right-hander light up the sport. “What deGrom is doing, I can watch him and kind of understand what the fans were telling me, the joy that I brought to them, the excitement I brought to them into their house. He’s bringing the excitement to me watching him,” Gooden told The Post over the phone on Saturday, the day after another Jacob deGrom gem, a 15-strikeout shutout of the Nationals. “Me and my son were sitting there watching the game last night, we couldn’t believe it.”Two women accuse NFL kicker Brandon McManus of sexually assaulting them on Jaguars’ flight to London
A pair of flight attendants who were on the Jaguars’ Sept. 28 Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings flight to London last season have sued former Jacksonville kicker Brandon McManus and alleged that he sexually assaulted them during the trip, according to ESPN.
You are the face of Major League Baseball, the $700 Million Man, and your close friend, your interpreter, betrays you, allegedly steals $16M from your bank account to pay off his gambling debts. An MLB investigation into The Scandal Heard ’Round the World, from here to Japan and back, thankfully absolves you. It does not cost you your reputation, or your growing legacy.