October 4, 2006
Isiah's 10-man rotation not set
October 4, 2006 | 9:35pmBy MARC BERMANThe Knicks are filled with big names, big egos and big contracts, and second-year phenoms whom demand playing time. So for Isiah Thomas to choose the 10-man rotation...
Training Camp Day 2
October 4, 2006 | 7:54pmBy FRED KERBERAnd on the second day... Day 2 of Nets training camp, containing the observations of Evan the Islander for The Post, brought a bad neck for Nenad Krstic,...
THE HIT SHOW
October 4, 2006 | 5:26pmBy KEVIN KERNANU there?Yankee fans are U there? Do you love what you see? I'm talking about the lineup, not the setup men in the bullpen.The first six batters of...
THE HIT SHOW
October 4, 2006 | 5:02pmBy KEVIN KERNANU there?Yankee fans are U there? Do you love what you see? I'm talking about the lineup, not the setup men in the bullpen.The first six batters of...
Week 4 - Wire Circumstances
October 4, 2006 | 3:56pmA few surprising performances this week. What more surprising, these might not be the only guys worth picking up off your waiver wire this week. Of course, all news is...
WEEKEND CLINIC: Celebrate fall, before it's gone
October 4, 2006 | 1:31pmWhat's ailing you: Autumn is upon us. You grew up somewhere that had a lot of trees. Now you live in New York, which doesn't have very many. You're bummed....
AIR SUPPLY: The latest to fall from the skies
October 4, 2006 | 12:45pmThe A380 is late. Again. Singapore will still get its first delivery in 2007, but everyone else waits until '08 and '09. [Airbus]Continental launches non-stop service from Newark to Bonaire...
STRATEGIES: Sleeping well on the road
October 4, 2006 | 12:15pmWorkaholic clients of the Four Seasons Silicon Valley in East Palo Alto, Calif. won't get chocolates at turndown this month. Instead, they will be offered tips for better sleep, thanks...
NEW PARENT SEES L&T GAINS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amLord & Taylor's new parent NRDC Equity Partners said yesterday that the retailer was posting stronger-than-expected sales gains, a sign that a long-awaited turnaround might be gaining some traction. Sales...
AG, SEC LOOKING INTO ANALYST'S FIRING
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe New York Attorney General's office and the Securities and Exchange Commission have launched full-fledged probes of a small but influential Wall Street firm that fired an analyst who tried...
RITZ SITE GETS ARITZY PRICE: $52M
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amBARRY Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group has gobbled up the now vacant Ritz site at 105-07 W. 57th St. for a whopping $52 million. The narrow site next to the Buckingham...
THE WORST OF TIME; NEWSPAPER GUILD GIRDS FOR FIGHT AS MORE CUTS LOOM
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amJUST when you thought things couldn't possibly get any more demoralizing at Time Inc., along comes news that the media giant is planning more job cuts next year. The company...
GAS FROM THE PAST AT $2.31 A GALLON
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amChristmas is coming early for drivers as gas pump prices continue to slide toward $2 a gallon. With crude oil prices on a downswing, gas fell for the eighth-straight week...
HARRAH'S EXECS LOOK BUYOUT SHY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe harsh criticism of management-led buyouts is playing a key role in how casino giant Harrah's is framing the recent $26 billion bid it received from private equity powerhouses Texas...
JUST OPENED; FRITE-FOR-ALL ON 75TH ST.
October 4, 2006 | 4:00am* B. Cafe240 E. 75th St., between Second and Third avenues(212) 249-3300 Starters: $8 to $14; entrees: $13 to $26 A Belgian bistro from the owner of B. Frites is...
STARBUCKS' B'FAST BATCH LAYS AN EGG
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amWAKE up and smell the bacon, egg and cheese. Starbucks, in its hyper-caffeinated quest to master the universe, debuted four warm breakfast sandwiches this week to go with its potent...
CLAW AND ORDER; LIVE CRUSTACEAN A MENU SCARCITY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAFTER eons dwelling off muddy North Sea shores, the Scottish live langoustine has come out of its shell. Luscious and prized, the little crustacean with funny black eyes is the...
TALES FROM NAKED CITY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amSHORTBUS (three stars) Graphic sex, plus a plot.Running time: 102 minutes. Not rated (graphic sex and nudity, profanity, drugs).At the Chelsea and the Sunshine. 'SHORTBUS," John Cameron Mitchell's adventurous, big-hearted,...
MORGAN'S GOING TO PLAY TWO
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amESPN's Joe Morgan is pulling a rare announcing double-header today. He just better hope the Triborough Bridge wants to play ball. Morgan, the network's lead baseball analyst, will work today's...
STARR REPORT
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amFord motors (mouth) Getting attention, 101: Diss a co-star. That's what Willa Ford did on last night's "Access Hollywood" in talking about her "Dancing with the Stars" cohort Vivica A....
THE NEW 'DEAL' - IT'S ONE TRIVIA GEEK 'VS. 100'
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amTHE promos running on NBC make it seem complicated, but the truth is, "1 vs. 100" is so easy, even Bob Saget can understand it. Saget, who admits he's "not...
HEROES' CUTS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amNBC will edit out a scene from last week's "Heroes" in which a cheerleader shoves her hand in a garbage disposal to prove to herself that she is invincible. The...
DON'T SHOOT - 'NINE' AIMS TO HYPE A MYSTERY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00am"The Nine" Tonight at 10 on ABC/Ch. 7 (three stars) THE Nine" should be a four-star show. For one thing, the cast is outstanding. For another, the story is a...
THE N.Y. DIET - HOW TO BALANCE CITY LIFE WITH HEALTHY LIVING
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amDAVID Kirsch thinks it's easy to lose weight without losing your 24-hour, work hard, party harder lifestyle. And many New Yorkers would rather keep the latter than give up the...
LOTS A-CHANGIN'
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amTHE ax is swinging again at "The Times They Are A-Changin'," the new Twyla Tharp musical based on the music of Bob Dylan. Yesterday it fell on leading lady Caren...
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN - GENERAL PETER PACE IS THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHALL
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amGENERAL Peter Pace made U.S. history last year as the first Marine to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This not only made his fellow Marines proud...
THEY'RE BACK ON THE ATTACK - ELECTRONICA PIONEERS RETURN TO U.S. AFTER EIGHT-YEAR ABSENCE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amMASSIVE Attack used to hate the trip-hop label, but now the pioneers of the danceclub sound have learned to embrace it. "We resented any reference to trip-hop because it took...
N.Y. CRA$H PADS; MANHATTAN APT. PRICES PLUNGING
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe top-heavy Manhattan residential real-estate market is teetering toward a long downward slide, new sales data show. Third-quarter market reports released today by the city's top four real-estate companies show...
TOWERING RISE IN NEW BUILDING STARTS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amFueled largely by a housing boom, construction across the city is hitting a record level this year, with $20.8 billion worth of new apartment buildings, office towers and public projects...
9/11 MEMORIAL VANDAL 'SORRY'
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe man who tore down a Queens memorial to fallen 9/11 cop Paul Talty told police he thought the crucifix was a political message, then apologized. "Did not know it...
GOV TAKING A SHRINE TO MIKE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amGov. Pataki said Mayor Bloomberg would be an ideal candidate to head fund-raising efforts for the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation - but insisted the foundation's board members will name...
MIKE BLOWS OVER COCAINE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAdd Mayor Bloomberg to the chorus of elected officials denouncing the new high-energy beverage Cocaine. "I think that the bottlers ought to have their heads examined," the mayor said yesterday....
VENDORS 'TIXED' OFF
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThrongs of street vendors gathered at City Hall Park yesterday to protest what they dubbed a ticket blitz amid a fine hike to a maximum of $1,000. "If you drive...
'WILL'FUL SPITE OF ASTORS; BROOKE'S SON: A CONSPIRACY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAnthony Marshall, the key figure in the Brooke Astor scandal, insists his son filed shocking elder-abuse charges against him only because the younger man was furious about not being named...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amManhattan *** (LCF) Cops say this man (above) is the knife-toting bandit who held up seven high-end clothing boutiques in Chelsea, the Upper East Side, Midtown, and Greenwich Village in...
TINY GUN A BIG WORRY FOR NYPD
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThey are small and dangerous - a powerful miniature handgun that fires tiny bullets and a pint-sized plastic handcuff key that can be easily hidden by suspects and prisoners in...
NYC POPU-POWER
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amCity officials announced yesterday that they had successfully challenged the U.S. Census Bureau's data on the city's population, resulting in the figures being revised upward. The bureau reported that the...
RICE MAKES NICE; TRIES TO HEAD OFF PALESTINIAN 'CIVIL WAR'
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday pleaded with Palestinians to head off a civil war, and urged moderate Arab states to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. But the...
LADIES LAST IN PREZ POLL; JUST 50% BACK FEMALE DEM IN BLOW TO HILL
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amOnly 50 percent of Americans would be willing to vote for a female Democrat for president in 2008, according to a surprising new nationwide poll that spells potential bad news...
TEARY FAREWELL TO HIT-RUN CABBY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amA cabdriver from Russia was laid to rest yesterday as police searched for the hit-and-run driver who mowed him down on Queens Boulevard as he walked home from a synagogue...
CRASH KIDS TOLD THEIR FOLKS DIED
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThree orphaned kids pulled by two hero cops from a burning van have been told the devastating news that their parents were killed in a horrifying weekend crash on Staten...
GRAND DAY FOR BX. MUSEUM
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amIt took 35 years, but a mayor finally visited the Bronx Museum of the Arts yesterday and for good reason - to cut the ribbon on a new $19 million...
CUOMO TIGHT-LIPPED ON HIS RIVAL'S PLIGHT
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAndrew Cuomo sidestepped questions yesterday about the federal probe of rival Jeanine Pirro in his first public appearance on the campaign trail since news of the investigation broke. "I'm not...
QUEENS 9/11 SHRINE VANDAL SORRY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe man accused of tearing down a Queens memorial for a beloved cop killed on 9/11 told police he did it because he thought the crucifix was some kind of...
I SURVIVED THUG WHO KILLED NICOLE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amWhen a .357 Magnum revolver was smashed against his head on Delancey Street two winters ago, mugging victim Adam Chavez had no idea how lucky he was. Nearby later that...
AMAZIN' GRACE; MET FANS RALLY IN MIDTOWN
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAll right, New York, climb aboard for an Amazin' race toward a Subway Series. Thousands of spirited Mets fans - many itching for a postseason rematch against the Yankees -...
FEDS PROBE AL'S LAWYER
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Federal investigators want to know if prominent Westchester attorney Michael Santangelo provided free legal defense services to Albert Pirro during his tax-evasion trial - with an eye toward...
'DWI' DEATH RAYS; TRUCK LIGHTS BEAR DOWN ON LIMO IN VID
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amWith a flash of oncoming headlights, a screech of breaks and an explosion of crumpling steel, a video of the horrific crash that killed 7-year-old Katie Flynn and the driver...
RECORD $MASHER; STOCKS SHAKE OFF 9/11 WITH NEW HIGH
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe stock market reached an all-time high yesterday - capping the five-year post-9/11 recovery. Jubilant traders whistled and pumped their fists in victory at the New York Stock Exchange as...
'DISGUSTED' DUBYA RIPS PAGE-PERV BOY STALKER
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A "disgusted" President Bush condemned former Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit Internet messages to former male House pages yesterday, as Speaker Dennis Hastert dismissed calls for his resignation...
LOVESICK TO CAR SICK
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAn NYPD tow-truck operator, angry at his ex-girlfriend, hooked up a legally parked car on a Brooklyn street and secretly dumped it a mile away, sources said yesterday. David Fletcher,...
FIEND LOST LONG WAR WITH HIS DEMONS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe slaughter inside a one-room Amish schoolhouse was, for Charles Carl Roberts IV, the "final surrender" to 20 years of building agony over his repressed sexual desires, experts said yesterday....
ALZHEIMER FRAUD RAP
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amA world-renowned Manhattan psychiatrist lined his pockets by advertising "free" Alzheimer's disease screening for the elderly - and then wrongly diagnosing the patients with the debilitating illness in a scam...
GOV GETS MIKE JUICES FLOWING
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amGov. Pataki got zapped by Mayor Bloomberg for signing a law that makes it harder to build a planned power line for the city. The law, limiting the use of...
KIDS 'DEAD TO ME': MA LUCE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe widow of Time Inc.scion Henry Luce III says her two adult daughters - who accuse her and Luce of sexually abusing them as children - are "quite, quite dead...
ANTI-GAY SCIENTOLOGISTS BACKED MARK
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress because he got caught sending sexually suggestive e-mails to teenage male pages, had a political relationship with the very anti-gay Church of...
LESBIAN GANG-STAB SHOCKER
October 4, 2006 | 4:00am"Everyone jumped in because he is a man," the leader of an alleged gang of bloodthirsty lesbians told cops when the group was charged with trying to stab a filmmaker...
SICK NEW FOLEY E-MAILS; HAD VIRTUAL SEX WITH TEEN BETWEEN VOTES
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Shocking new Internet messages surfaced yesterday, revealing that former Rep. Mark Foley engaged in online sex with a male high-school page - while taking a break from an...
MIKE GAVE $10M FOR 9/11 SHRINE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amA secret $10 million donation by Mayor Bloomberg was revealed last night as Hizzoner was nominated to take over as head of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. Further details...
SWINDLE SURGEON $LASHED
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amA disgraced Park Avenue plastic surgeon - dubbed "the Butcher" by one of his mangled clients - has to pay $23,000 in refunds and fines for cosmetic procedures he never...
STREET VENDORS GET 'TIXED' OFF
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThrongs of street vendors gathered at City Hall Park yesterday to protest what they dubbed a ticket blitz amid a fine hike to a maximum of $1,000. "If you drive...
SCHOOL KILLER HAD PERV PAST; WROTE OF MOLESTING TOTS & BUILT TORTURE RACK FOR NEWEST VICTIMS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amSelf-loathing Amish-school slayer Charles Roberts revealed in a sickening, last-minute confession to his wife that he sexually assaulted two toddler relatives as an adolescent - and had been tormented for...
'LIES' CANNOT SINK PIRRO CLAN: DAUGHTER
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe daughter of embattled state Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro lashed out last night at her mom's critics, and blasted "lies and leaks" about a federal probe into her family....
TRAGEDY & MIRACLE FOUND IN ONE FAMILY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amLANCASTER, Pa. - The three young Fisher sisters were all inside the Amish schoolhouse of horrors Monday, and by a twist of fate, one was killed, one suffered serious wounds...
IRAQ BLAST KILLS BROOKLYN GI
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn soldier who worked tirelessly at Ground Zero after 9/11 has been killed in Iraq, officials said yesterday. Sgt. Mario Nelson, 26, of Canarsie, died when his vehicle struck...
ME-OW! TIGERS HAVE LOST THEIR CLAWS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amIf you want to see a real, live Detroit Tiger in the flesh, you'd better come to the Stadium tonight. This breed is on the extremely endangered-species list. Yes, the...
NO RIDING COACH ; THOMAS DISPLAYS SOFT SIDE AS KNICKS OPEN CAMP
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - The most poignant moment of Isiah Thomas' first practice as Knicks coach yesterday occurred in the final 20 minutes of the two-hour session, during "suicides." In the...
LOOKING TO WRIGHT NEW NETS' CHAPTER
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amLooking back, Antoine Wright wishes he could have lost the "deer-in-the-headlights" look. But he didn't as a Nets' rookie last season, and was pretty much pulverized by the 18-wheeler that...
OH BROTHER, SINORICE OUT; MOSS TO MISS CLASH VS. SANTANA
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amBack home in Miami, there are those who still cannot tell Santana and Sinorice Moss apart, which creates some frustration, but more amusement, from the two brothers. "Some people say...
SHOCKEY WON'T BE BENCHED
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES There is precedent for Tom Coughlin benching a player for not adhering to team rules or for displaying conduct detrimental to the team. Coughlin did it last season...
RANDY 'FINE' AFTER WORKOUT
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Randy Johnson played catch with bullpen coach Joe Kerrigan yesterday, and it didn't appear Johnson was battling a herniated disc in his 43-year-old back. Johnson started at 60...
GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE; GOOD START MAY HELP MOOSE RETURN TO BRONX
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amConceivably, tonight could be Mike Mussina's final start in pinstripes. And, as much as he might fight it, next season has crept into his mind. "When you're 37 years old,...
JETER FORKS UP FIVE-SPOT; CAPTAIN 5-FOR-5 AS YANKS RIP TIGERS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amGAME 1Yankees 8Tigers 4 It wasn't exactly the varsity against the freshmen last night in Game 1 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium. But when it came to Derek Jeter,...
JOE OUT TO LIMIT MO TO ONE-AND-DONE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amJOE Torre was annoyed. He told a media gathering on Monday that he plans to limit Mariano Rivera to one inning, and the follow-up question delved for clarification. No four-out...
FALDO MAKES JUMP TO CBS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amCommitting nearly full-time to broadcasting, Nick Faldo has signed on to be CBS' lead golf analyst starting next year. Faldo replaces Lanny Wadkins. The move means Faldo will be sitting...
GAME 1 COULD BE MAINE EVENT
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amJohn Maine was just another name in "transactions" when the Mets acquired him in January as part of the deal that sent Kris Benson to Baltimore. Now, his name may...
DETROIT STARTER NOT VER-Y NERVOUS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amIf Detroit's starter, 23-year-old Justin Verlander, is nervous about taking the mound tonight against a lineup that his manager described as "Murderer's Row and then Cano," he isn't showing it....
LOWE HAS DODGERS FLYIN' HIGH
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe Dodgers' Derek Lowe - who'll start NLDS Game 1 today - has an impressive postseason dossier, having won the clinching games for Boston in the 2004 ALDS, ALCS and...
METS GOTTA GO BATTY - OFFENSE NEEDS TO CARRY IFFY PITCHING
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amDAVID Wright offered a simple solution yesterday to the Mets' pitching woes. As he made his way through the Shea clubhouse after a workout on a sunny October day that...
NOMAR'S FEELING NO PAIN
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAfter all the injuries he suffered, Nomar Garciaparra can surely empathize with Pedro Martinez, but pardon the Dodger star if he doesn't shed any big crocodile tears for the Mets'...
HOT OCTOBER SUN SHINES ON BELTRAN
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amWHEN Carlos Beltran stepped into the batter's box for his first career postseason at-bat in October 2004, his knees were rubber, his hands were numb and his mind went blank....
O'NEILL CONFIDENT IN GARY'S 1B MOVE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amPaul O'Neill tried to move from the outfield to first base in 1988 for the Reds, and he couldn't wait to move back after 21 games there. "It's a little...
CARLOS FEELING A LEG UP
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Carlos Beltran's strained left quad is improving even more. The Mets' star center fielder said yesterday his leg "feels a lot better." He estimated its strength at "about...
ABREU A FALL GUY - IN NICE WAY, AT LAST
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amHe waved his red glove to the crowd, an acknowledgment by Bobby Abreu that he heard the chants of his name, an acknowledgment that in just a few months everything...
A-ROD BRINGS HIS B-GAME
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amLast night, Alex Rodriguez seemed like the kid at the party who showed up late and didn't make any impression. But at least he wasn't the kid who embarrassed himself...
O'NEILL CAN RELATE TO SHEFF
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amChalk up Paul O'Neill as one right fielder whose conversion to first base never took. In fact, after playing 21 games at first for Cincinnati in 1988, O'Neill wanted to...
JETER'S POSTSEASON CLUTCH HITTING REACHES SUPERHERO PROPORTIONS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amDerek Jeter's postseason hit No. 136 was a sharp, first-inning single to left. No. 137, with Johnny Damon going on a hit-and-run, was your basic single to left-center that Jeter...
HAPPY BOSS SAYS DEREK 'MEASURED UP VERY WELL'
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner has seen Derek Jeter hit game-winning home runs in the World Series and make plenty of sparkling defensive plays in the playoffs, but the Boss had never seen...
CAPTAIN 5-FOR-5 AS YANKS RIP TIGERS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amGAME 1 Yankees 8 Tigers 4 A record-tying five hits, a crushing homer in his final at-bat, three runs scored and the starting of a nifty double play that killed...
A-ROD'S POSTSEASON PATH MUST CHANGE ALONG WITH LINEUP SPOT
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amJoe Torre can run from the real reason the American League's reigning MVP was hitting sixth as the Division Series opened last night, but Alex Rodriguez can't hide. If being...
BOSS: A-ROD MOVE NO BIG DEAL
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAlex Rodriguez hadn't batted lower than fifth in any lineup in more than a decade until Joe Torre inserted him in the No. 6 slot for Game 1 of the...
TORRE: NO ISSUES OVER PLAYOFF LINEUP
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThree hours from the first pitch of ALDS Game 1 last night against the Tigers at a jammed Yankee Stadium, Joe Torre wasn't joining the debate whether dropping Alex Rodriguez...
JOE HOLDS TRUE ON RIVERA
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amJoe Torre insisted on Monday that he would only use Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, since the closer is still dealing with the after-effects of a forearm strain following...
IT'SSINKING IN - STRONG GAME 1 PROVES WANG IS ACE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amTHIS was Aug. 2, with New York in the midst of a brutal heat wave and the Yankees at home against the Blue Jays. The game was long over and...
PEN PINCHERS - YANKS CAN'T AFFORD TO GET OFF ON WANG FOOT
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe Yankees went into the playoffs with 11 pitchers on the ALDS roster, which is one fewer than they carried against the Angels last year, and is probably at least...
FEARLESS TIGERS STICK OUT THEIR CLAWS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amNo fear! That was the defiant Tigers message just hours before last night's ALDS began in the Bronx. The Tigers, who blew winning the AL Central title on the last...
OMAR: IT'LL COME DOWN TO 'PEN
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amNow the real season starts and the Mets and Omar Minaya are starting to understand what it's like living in the Yankees' world. It's all about the finish. "We're in...
GLASS IS CALF-EMPTY FOR METS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amAT FIRST, it seemed like he had to be joking. This was a hoax, right? Willie Randolph was fiddling with a water bottle and sitting behind a podium, 26 hours...
INJURED EL DUQUE COMPLICATES PITCHING PLANS
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe Mets' poor luck has surfaced again. Orlando Hernandez injured his right calf yesterday, and the veteran right-hander could end up being scratched from today's Game 1 NLDS start -...
NO RIDING COACH - THOMAS DISPLAYS SOFT SIDE AS KNICKS OPEN CAMP
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - The most poignant moment of Isiah Thomas' first practice as Knicks coach yesterday occurred in the final 20 minutes of the two-hour session, during "suicides." In the...
MO READY FOR EARLY CALL
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amJoe Torre insisted on Monday that he would only use Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning since the closer is still dealing with the aftereffects of a forearm strain following...
ISLANDERS' DIPIETRO: THE PUCK STOPS HERE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amFranchise stopper Rick DiPietro doesn't care how low expectations are for the Islanders this year. On a mission to win and prove he's worthy of a 15-year deal, DiPietro is...
CAP RELIEF ALLOWS DEVILS TO SIGN FIVE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amThe NHL's hard cap is a bit softer today, and the Devils are whole again. Enhancing his reputation as Loophole Louie, Devils GM Lou Lamoriello yesterday was granted precedentsetting Long-Term...
BASS TEST GIVES IT OL' COLLEGE TRY
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amI GUESS it was bound to happen, bass fishing both as a collegiate sport and a weekly TV program Bass fishing is slowly becoming a national craze on the same...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 4, 2006 | 4:00amElected officials are usually offended when they're called clowns, but if he's elected mayor of Alameda, Calif., Kenneth Kahn won't mind. Kahn, 41, is a funnyman known professionally as Kenny...