May 21, 2006
CA$HING IN - YANKS LOOK TO SCORE TOP RADIO DEAL
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAt the end of the season, the Yankees will probably be looking up at the Red Sox - at least when it comes to the value of a key media...
INVESTMENT OPTIONS WITH RETIREMENT IN VIEW
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amDear John, I am looking to work for 10 to 11 more years. My variable annuity is maturing soon. It's a seven-year contract and it did not have a good...
ALL ABOARD FOR BOAT MISHAPS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAs folks get ready to put their boats into the water for a summer's worth of fun, there is one certainty - many will be headed for accidents and assorted...
MUSIC PUBLISHERS, RECORD LABELS CLASH FOR CASH
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAs CD sales dwindle and new distribution areas emerge, the historically collaborative relationship between music publishers and record labels is getting increasingly competitive. Music publishers are moving beyond simply collecting...
DE BEERS FINDS THAT HEADACHES ARE FOREVER
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amDe Beers, the world's No. 1 diamond producer, has certainly found the streets of America paved with gold. The U.S., the world's No. 1 diamond market, makes up the largest...
TRUE COLOSSUS; OPRAH'S FITNESS BOOK TO $ET NONFICTION RECORD
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amOPRAH Winfrey has inked a deal to publish a fitness book with her personal trainer Bob Greene in what industry insiders say is the richest nonfiction book deal in history,...
LINDSAY ON THE BUBBLE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amHollywood insiders are beginning to wonder if Tinseltown's tabloid teenager Lindsay Lohan will ever be a bankable star. The soon-to-turn-20 actress, whose penchant for getting herself in the tabloid mags...
CHEAP JERSEYS? BOMBERS ARE IT
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAlex Rodriguez is cheap. No, baseball's highest-paid star is not a stingy tipper and, no, he has not decided to take a cut in his $252 million contract. But for...
ICEMAN COMETH; DIAMOND UPSTART COULD ROCK INDUSTRY
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amMemorial Day may be around the corner, but a huge ice storm is about to hit Manhattan federal court. A 62-year-old third-generation Manhattan diamond merchant next week will take on...
AUDREY LEAVES '24' - ALIVE?
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amNO one at "24" is saying whether Jack Bauer gal pal Audrey Raines makes it through the season alive, but here's one clue: Kim Raver, who plays Audrey, will star...
'DIARY' PAYS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN SOLDIERS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTHE reason why Iraqi dogs are so vicious is never explained. Perhaps they're not fed adequately. Or maybe, due to the war or, before that, the reign of Saddam Hussein,...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amCARTOON Singing siren After a passionate kiss between Marge and Homer airs on the Isotope Jumbotron, struggling second baseman Buck Mitchell turns to the couple for marital advice. The Simpsons...
REEL GOOD - LINDA STASI PREVIEWS THIS WEEK'S BEST MOVIES
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amBIG (1988) Monday,10:15 p.m.,AMC A kid (Tom Hanks) who wishes he could be a grown-up and is granted his wish by a mechanical wizard. Not knowing what to do, he...
SAME STORY IN BLACK OR WHITE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amWe gave the story plenty of time - nearly two months - to see if the same network newscasts, newscasters and news commentators made the connection. We gave the national...
COME & SEE THESE FILMS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amELEM Klimov and Larisa Shepitko were Russian film-school sweethearts - "He was tall and elegant; she was stunningly beautiful," the Guardian of London once said - who married and, despite...
NEW RULES FOR A PAPERLESS SOCIETY
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTOURNAMENT players have to provide a writ ten record of their game to make it official. Some players make their next move on the board and write it down on...
OK, BOY: HEAL! THERAPY DOGS SPREAD CHEER TO SPEED RECOVERIES
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amWAS it destiny that Joey the Australian labradoodle would become a therapy dog? Absolutely, believes her owner, Dr. Elton Strauss: "She was bred to help people, and that's precisely what...
HOT SEAT - AL GORE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amLASTweek, "Saturday Night Live" opened with a shot of Al Gore sitting at the Oval Office desk. In one of the best lines of his mock-presidential address, the former V.P....
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
May 21, 2006 | 4:00am1.The new pong The creators of "Grand Theft Auto" tackle ping-pong's dark side in "Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis." No guns or drugs, but still addictive. 2. Robot pride Adam...
LADIES WHO PUNCH - SURE, THEY'RE GORGEOUS, BUT THE X-WOMEN TAKE GIRL POWER SERIOUSLY
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amWOMEN and comic books have not, historically, been the best of friends. That could have something to do with the fact that most mainstream female comics characters are relegated to...
THE AMBIGUOUSLY POLITICAL MUTANTS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amWhen is a mutant not just a mutant? Pretty much since the beginning of the X-Men comics series, back in 1963. "The original comic books were a corollary of Malcolm...
ANGELIC - FORMER BLINK - 182 ROCKER REBORN IN NEW BAND
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amLISTEN to Tom DeLonge talking about his new band Angels and Airwaves - AVA for short - and you might think he's in therapy. "Angels and Airwaves was the rebirth...
CHICKS CHANGE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amDIXIE CHICKS "Taking the Long Way" (two and a half stars) Columbia SOMEHOW, the Dixie Chicks managed to market themselves as radicals by confessing that President Bush embarrassed them in...
KILLED STORIES FILL 'LIFE' - GAY TALESE'S MEMOIR
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amA WRITER'S LIFE Gay Talese (two and a half stars) Knopf, $26 RESPONSIBLE journalism: There's a concept. In this year of fake memoirs and plagiarizing authors, it's nice to see...
BATTLE ACTS - NEW WWII RELEASES STORM OUR SHORES
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amON the eve of Memorial Day, a wave of new DVD releases offers ways to remember how Hollywood and the Greatest Generation dealt with World War II, a subject that...
'GIFTED' YOKO: CAFÉ 'TABLE' GUY IS TOPS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe owner of an Upper West Side café looking to sell John Lennon and Yoko Ono's favorite table for $50,000 on eBay had a change of heart and offered it...
FDNY'S 9/11 BRONZE METTLE; MEMORIAL TABLET SHOWS ALL HOW TO GET IT DONE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amLeave it to the Bravest to get the job done. With the official memorial to 9/11 now mired in fecklessness, confusion and finger-pointing, New York City firefighters Friday night set...
FDNY'S 9/11 BRONZE METTLE - 'BLAME THE VICTIM' FURY
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe city has four words for many World Trade Center recovery workers who have fallen ill: It's your own fault. In court papers seeking to dismiss all lawsuits by the...
'FIEND KILLED MY KIDS AND HE FLED'; N.J. MOM RELIVES HIT-&-RUN HORROR
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amA grief-stricken New Jersey mom yesterday recounted the horror of watching her baby boy and her 5-year-old daughter killed in a hit-and-run Thursday night. "A car came out of nowhere...
LEONAR-DOUGH 'DA VINCI CODE'; $29M HIT FOR LOUVRE OR MONEY
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amNew Yorkers didn't let bad reviews and religious controversy shake their faith in "The Da Vinci Code." Most Manhattan showings of the much-hyped Ron Howard film sold out quickly yesterday...
CITY GETS $OCKED IN ER DEATH
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amA jury has socked the city for $1.75 million in the case of an elderly Bronx hospital patient who fell from a gurney and died after being left unattended for...
JOLTIN' DOUGH; DIMAGGIO-MARILYN AUCTION A $$ HIT
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe last uniform ever worn by Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio sold for nearly $200,000 yesterday at a Midtown auction of the Hall of Famer's personal memorabilia, where everything from his...
RUDY PAL A NAIL IN MIKE FOOT
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amIF they ever put up a most-wanted poster in City Hall, Randy Mastro's face would certainly be on it. A former deputy mayor in the Giuliani administration, Mastro has become...
TRAGIC WTC COP'S KIN: WHAT ABOUT US, RUDY?
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe anguished mom of a veteran cop who died of a freak cancer four years after working at Ground Zero is demanding that his family get the same consideration as...
PALESTINIANS INCH CLOSER TO CIVIL WAR
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Rumors swirled on the Gaza Strip yesterday about growing tensions between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority as an Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians, including a top Islamic Jihad...
HORROR CRASH ON WEST SIDE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amA dramatic crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway left four people fighting for their lives late last night. The accident happened at about 10 p.m. on the highway just below125th...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** A knife-wielding assailant was being sought for stabbing a man in the back in a dispute at a Harlem bodega, cops said yesterday. The violence erupted at 6...
VIDEO GAME SHAME; COLUMBINE THEME
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAn underground video game that emulates the shocking Columbine HS massacre is attracting a loyal following of lurid thrill-seekers - and outraging victims' families. "Super Columbine Massacre RPG" allows players...
DELIVERY DEVILRY; 1-MAN ROBBERY WAVE HITS UPPER E. SIDE EATERIES
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTwo bicycle deliverymen for Upper East Side restaurants - victims of a three-day robbery spree by the same fake customer - were back on the job yesterday, nervous and shaken...
HARD-DRIVE CRASH; BULLETS FLY AS 110-BLOCK FDR CHASE ENDS IN BANG
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amShots rang out and cars swerved to avoid a wrong-way driver on the FDR Drive yesterday before a brave cop stopped the speed demon by swerving into the car's path....
HIT-AND-RUN KILLS B'KLYN GRANDDAD
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly Sunset Park man returning home with milk and cat food from his daily stop at the local supermarket was killed yesterday morning by a hit-and-run driver, cops said....
L.I. MARINE LAID TO REST
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amHundreds of mourners turned out at a Long Island church yesterday to bid farewell to 1st Lt. Michael LiCalzi, a 24-year-old Marine killed in Iraq on May 11 when his...
INSURE FUND UNDER THE GUN
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe head of the company formed to administer a $1 billion insurance fund created to cover claims from the World Trade Center cleanup will brief Rep. Jerrold Nadler on its...
BAD MOVE: TEEN SHOT BY COP HE MUGGED
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAn off-duty cop on his way to visit his mom in the rough-and-tumble Bathgate section of The Bronx last night wound up shooting a teen mugger who just happened to...
'ACID'-TOSS MURDERER MELTS BX. MAN'S FACE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amA man was killed in a gruesome attack yesterday - after someone threw a caustic substance on him and melted his face in The Bronx, police sources said. The 48-year-old...
MASSIVE BLAZE AT BX. BUILDING
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amA fire broke out in The Bronx early this morning, sending at least eight people to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The two-alarm fire broke out in a six-story...
9/11 'VICTIM-BLAME' ; CITY POINTS FINGER BACK AT WORKERS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe city has four words for many World Trade Center recovery workers who have fallen ill: It's your own fault. In court papers seeking to dismiss all lawsuits by the...
LOVE LETTER TO GRUNTS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amBLOOD STRIPES, THE GRUNT'S VIEW OF THE WAR IN IRAQBY DAVID J. DANELO STACKPOLE BOOKS, 352 PAGES, $29.95 GET this book. Get it and read it. "Blood Stripes" is exactly...
FIEND RABBI ON RUN; VICTIMS IN U.S., ISRAEL
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amA popular New Age rabbi accused of sexually abusing three co-workers in Israel has fled to the United States - to the horror of several New York women who say...
SMOKIN' 'SOPRANO'; FDNYER'S GAY ROLE A 'CAKE'WALK
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amHoly smokes! The TV fireman who stole a gay gangster's heart on "The Sopranos" wasn't just playing around - he's a retired city fireman. John Costelloe, a straight-arrow former member...
HIT-&-RUN FIEND KILLS BROOKLYN GRANDPA
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly Sunset Park man returning home with milk and cat food from his daily stop at the local supermarket was killed yesterday morning by a hit-and-run driver, cops said....
AMERICAN IDOL - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? HIGH AND LOW NOTES AS ALSO-RANS TRY FOR POST-'IDOL' ENCORES
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amMATTHEW ROGERS, 29 THEN: Ninth place in Season 3 NOW: Sportscaster and new dad. "My singing career is done," says Rogers. The former college-football star, who played in the 2001...
HIT-RUN FIEND MOWS DOWN GRAMPS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly man was fighting for his life after being struck by a hit-andrun driver yesterday morning as he was crossing a Sunset Park street, police said. "You could see...
TEEN-SLAY WITNESSES OPEN UP
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amFamily and friends of an 18-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet on Mother's Day heard emotional new accounts of her tragic end from witnesses yesterday, who said the dying...
TRANSIT FINES 'TAXING' RIDERS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amScofflaws coughed up millions of dollars in fines this year as New York City Transit expanded a program to collect decade-old debts by tapping tax-refund checks. NYC Transit began skimming...
TIESHA SLAY TWIST - BEAU CLAMS UP
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe boyfriend of a charismatic prep-school grad who was slain executionstyle in the couple's Brooklyn apartment is no longer volunteering information on the case. Police have no suspects in the...
JOLTIN' DOUGH - DIMAGGIO-MARILYN AUCTION A $$ HIT
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe last uniform ever worn by Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio sold for nearly $200,000 yesterday at an auction of the Hall of Famer's personal memorabilia, where everything from his golf...
SMALL'S LOOKING FOR BIG NIGHT OUT
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe Yankees' savior of a summer ago tries to recapture that magic tonight at a time his team desperately needs it. Aaron Small, 10-0, last year, makes a fill-in start...
GLAVINE TO UNIT: I FEEL YOUR PAIN
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTom Glavine can certainly relate to Randy Johnson's struggles. A year ago, fans and media members in New York were writing Glavine's obituary. The similarities were eerie: a graying left-hander...
YANKS MAKE SURE BILLY'S NOT HERO ; WAGNER, METS BLOW 4-0 LEAD
May 21, 2006 | 4:00am11 INNINGSYankees 5Mets 4 Untouchable Friday night, Billy Wagner wasn't near that level yesterday. He was dreadful. The Mets closer, who struck out all three Yankees he faced Friday, had...
NEVER FORGET WHO'S BOSS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTHERE was no reason for this. There was no rhyme for this. The Yankees were not only dead, their ashes had already been scattered. Mets fans, who really should know...
'TALK' STIFLES 'ARTIE' IN DIXIE; 'TALK' WHISTLES IN DIXIE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amSTAKES ROUNDUP BALTIMORE - Better Talk Now, the 2004 Breeders' Cup Turf winner making his first start since finishing 12th in the Japan Cup at the Tokyo race course last...
SUNRIVER EYES BELMONT
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amSunriver may have earned himself a spot in the Belmont Stakes as the Todd Pletcher trainee caught Lewis Michael nearing the wire to win the 53rd running of the Grade...
ABLE TO SURVIVE DEFENSE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amJoe Torre called the Yankees' defense "terrible" yesterday. And that was before the visitors almost gave away a victory to the Mets at Shea Stadium. "It's been terrible," Torre said...
ANNIKA MAKES SYBASE CHARGE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amAnnika Sorenstam delivered her promised charge. She says how is the mystery, and today is the question. She'll try to keep it going in today's final 18 holes to become...
BARBARO HURT ; LEG INJURY OPENS THE DOOR FOR BERNARDINI
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Another Triple Crown dream ended yesterday at Pimlico under tragic circumstances as Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, after breaking through the gate before the start, was eased in the...
SIR CHARLES SCHOOLED
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Predictably, Charles Barkley backpedaled, backstroked and principally punked out in Kobe Bryant's presence Wednesday when they met face-to-fool on TNT's Atlanta set. Predictably, the mouth big enough for...
MELKY FINDING HIS WAY
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amNobody knows what the future holds for Melky Cabrera, a switch-hitting corner outfielder for the Yankees who hasn't been overmatched by big-league hitters but also hasn't displayed power. The 21-year-old...
DAY OF DREAMS FADES TO BLACK
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - There are some days in the racing business when catastrophe and sadness so overwhelm the emotions that the game seems hardly worth the candle. Such a day was...
BARBARO HURT, LIFE IN DANGER; GUT-WRENCHING INJURY CLOUDS RACE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - A bright, sunny afternoon at Pimlico that dawned with the promise of greatness suddenly, tragically, turned into one of the darkest days in the 300-year history of thoroughbred...
BULLS DON'T NEED GUEVARA
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amRed Bulls 5Chivas 4THE change was clear and quick last night, like a black cloud being lifted from over the Red Bulls; or maybe just a locker room cancer being...
ROENICK WOULD CURE NHL BORE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amI DON'T know Elton Brand from Elton John, but up very late Tuesday night, not only did I watch the last hour of the Clippers-Suns double-OT playoff game, I stayed...
SIMPLY SHAMEFUL LOGIC FROM SMITH
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amEXCUSE the self-indulgence, but I'm not going to let Stephen A. Smith get away with it. Not that I'm surprised, but it's all a self-fulfilling prophecy for Smith. In other...
GOV. PATAKI PROVES HE'S A GOOD SPORT
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amGOV. Pataki has proposed a broad legislative package that should please those who like to hunt and fish. The package includes protection for fish and wildlife habitat, increased hunting, fishing,...
HOW TO AVOID TURNING INTO A LOHSER
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTHERE has been an abundance of pitching movement - and thus, rotisserie excitement - this season. This week alone, MLB's waiver wire has been abuzz with shake-ups. For instance: Kyle...
BOMBERS STILL ON MEND
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amSUBWAY SERIES CONFIDENTIAL You needed a ticket to get into trainer Gene Monahan's room yesterday. In addition to Gary Sheffield's bothersome left hand - which didn't respond to a hitting...
TORRE CAN'T DEFEND FIELDING
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amJoe Torre called the Yankees' defense "terrible" yesterday. And that was before the visitors attempted to give a game to the Mets, who watched in horror as Billy Wagner gave...
SOLER GETS MET CALL-UP
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amSUBWAY SERIES CONFIDENTIAL Alay Soler will be taking the mound for the Mets shortly. Last night, Soler's team, the Double-A Binghamton Mets, issued a release saying Soler was promoted. The...
YANKS MAKE SURE - WAGNER, METS BLOW 4-0 LEAD
May 21, 2006 | 4:00am11 INNINGS Yankees 5 Mets 4 A fly ball to center was the only out Mets closer Billy Wagner got in the ninth inning yesterday. In a dreadful appearance, Wagner...
PAVANO: I'LL PITCH THIS YEAR
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amLooking at a date with Dr. James Andrews' scalpel Thursday in Birmingham, Carl Pavano vowed his season isn't cooked before it starts. "I feel there is no doubt in my...
WAG THE DOG - BILLY'S SUBWAY SERIES OUTINGS ARE NIGHT & DAY
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amIN LESS than 24 hours, Billy Wagner was transported from hero to Looper. He out-Riveraed Rivera on Friday night and was Benitez yesterday. Wagner came on to "Enter Sandman" and...
ANOTHER AMAZIN' PEDRO PERFORMANCE FLUSHED BY METS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amPedro Martinez hasn't won now in his last four starts, but it was his teammates who needed the encouraging words after yesterday's game. Martinez was electric over seven innings and...
BARBARO STRATEGY SAYS REST IS BEST
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - When Barbaro sailed under the wire to win the Ken tucky Derby by the biggest winning margin in 60 years, he may have ushered in a revolution in...
'ARTIE' SMARTING - 'TALK' WHISTLES TO WIN IN DIXIE
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Better Talk Now, the 2004 Breeders' Cup Turf winner making his first start since finishing 12th in the Japan Cup at the Tokyo race course last Nov. 27,...
SIR CHARLES GETS A HOOPS LESSON
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Predictably, Charles Barkley backpedaled, backstroked and principally punked out in Kobe Bryant's presence Wednesday when they met face-tofool on TNT's Atlanta set. Predictably, the mouth big enough for...
PHILLY PHENOM - SHEA'S NEXT STOP FOR HAMELS EXPRESS
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTHE pitching lessons began at 12 years old for Cole Hamels. The life lessons continue. Hamels is the most ballyhooed prospect to come through Philadelphia in a long time and...
'NL WORST' NEEDS NEW NICKNAME
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amIT WAS supposed to be the joke within the joke, the feeblest division within the inferior National League. But a funny thing happened on the way to the NL Worst...
METS WHIFFING ON ARMS DEAL
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amRival executives describe no GM as more aggressively pursuing a trade than Omar Minaya, who is hunting for pitching. And the key word is "pitching." Minaya sees a starting market...
STOLEN ACE: WHY METS FANS CAN'T 'GET OVER' KAZMIR DEAL
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amTHERE are a number of differences between Yankees fans and Mets fans, and much of that has been on display this weekend during the first of these biannual inter-borough conventions....
YANKEE UNIFORMS VANISHING IN NEW ENGLAND
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amThe chapters are never-ending in the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry that picks up again tomorrow in Boston. Here's one that has reached down to youth-league baseball. In Red Sox Nation, many...
BLAST FROM THE POST - A LOOK BACK AT GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTS: MAY 21 - 27
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amMAY 22, 1963 - Mick has (almost) left the building A funny thing happened to the Yankees on the way to a 7-0 laugher over the Kansas City A's last...
BULL'S GOTTA STOP
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amSOFT. Choker. They are among the worst insults an athlete can hear, but not the most indicting. The worst, most damning insult is a four-letter word: Quit. And that is...
THE POST'S ALL-CHSAA TEAM
May 21, 2006 | 4:00amFIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR CURTIS KELLY Rice 6-8, Sr. F The top player in the city for the second straight year, Kelly, who is slated to go to...