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Wrong Way-Driving Dwight Gooden Busted Again For DUI, This Time In Newark Wrong Way-Driving Dwight Gooden Busted Again For DUI, This Time In Newark
Wrong Way-Driving Dwight Gooden Busted Again For DUI, This Time In Newark Troubled former star pitcher Dwight Gooden was under the influence when Newark police stopped him going the wrong way down a one-way street, authorities said, just weeks after he was busted with cocaine in Holmdel. Gooden's black 2012 Chrysler was pulled over around 11:10 p.m. Monday near Ferry and Vincent streets in the city's Ironbound section, Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. EMS was called to evaluate Gooden, 54, of Piscataway, before he was taken to University Hospital in police custody, Ambrose said.  "Doc" Gooden unanimously won the National League's Cy Youn…

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by Paul Milo
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73-Year-Old Mets Media Legend -- Jay Horwitz Of Clifton -- Takes New Gig With Team 73-Year-Old Mets Media Legend -- Jay Horwitz Of Clifton -- Takes New Gig With Team
73-Year-Old Mets Media Legend -- Jay Horwitz Of Clifton -- Takes New Gig With Team Clifton native Jay Horwitz, who is in his 39th season as the vice president of media relations for the New York Mets, is transitioning into a new role with the team. The 73-year-old will be at the helm of alumni relations and the official team historian effective Oct. 1, the Mets announced Wednesday. Horwitz -- formerly the PR director for Fairleigh Dickinson University -- was interviewing for the media relations position in 1980 when he spilled orange juice on general manager Frank Cashen, MLB.com reports. Horwitz was certain he wouldn't be offered the gig after that -- but he was, and we…

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by Cecilia Levine