October 14, 2006
Balkman breaks out
October 14, 2006 | 10:41pmBy MARC BERMANPerhaps rookie Renaldo Balkman was not the best rookie on the floor Friday night at the Garden. Nets point guard Marcus Williams was. But Balkman still looked worthy...
ICAHN'S TIME PLAY UP $100M
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amCarl Icahn, the agitating billionaire investor, is up over $100 million on the sizable, and contentious, investment he made in media giant Time Warner. Shares of the world's biggest media...
TIME'S MAGAZINE SALE MAY BE INDUSTRY TELL-ALL
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amAbout 70 potential bidders got their first look at the 18 magazines that Time Warner is selling in its Time Inc. unit, and many industry observers feel the auction will...
'PLEASE HOLD FOR OPRAH'
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amOPRAH Winfrey finally relented - and personally called the man who's been trying to convince her to run for president in 2008. "She got right to the bottom line," retired...
EXPLOSIVE FLICK PREPOSTEROUS TO THE CORPS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amTHE MARINE (one star) Flaming discharge.Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, profanity). At the 84th Street, the Magic Johnson, the Kips Bay, others. THE Marine of the title is...
NO FUN INTENDED - LAUGHS ARE FEW IN 'TIRED' SYKES COMEDY SPECIAL
October 14, 2006 | 4:00am"Wanda Sykes:Sick & Tired" Tonight at 10 on HBO (two stars) WANDA Sykes and I have something in common - we're both sick and tired. I'm not sure what she's...
BE FRIGHTENED AWAY
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amTHE GRUDGE 2Zero stars Scareless "horror."Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13 (mild violence). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Battery Park, others. 'THE Grudge 2" is another example of...
CBGB - THE PUNK CLUB'S LONG GOODBYE FINALLY ENDS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S time to say gabba gabba goodbye to CBGB. The seedy Bowery club, which opened more than 30 years ago, will shut its doors forever after a performance tomorrow by...
HOUSE CLEANING; AMERICA WINS IN NOVEMBER
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S time to get a grip. And to be honest with ourselves. The fear- mongering and juvenile nastiness we, the people, endure from both political parties would have us believe...
BREAST-FEED $UIT A LOSER
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amA New Jersey mom may be feeling as blue as one of Tiffany's famed gift boxes - she lost her lawsuit claiming the legendary jewelry store discriminated against her for...
SOLO MIKE POOH-POOHS PERIL
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSpeaking yesterday before the feds slapped new restrictions on flights in New York, Mayor Bloomberg declared that small planes don't pose a threat to the city because "no terrorist is...
BRIT SLAY RAP VS. GIS; U.S. REJECTS VERDICT IN REPORTER'S IRAQ DEATH
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amThe Pentagon denied that U.S. Marines in Iraq fatally targeted a British TV reporter, rejecting an English ruling yesterday that his slaying was "unlawful." A coroner in Oxford said he...
SHEL SIDETRACKS STATION
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - A vote on the proposed $900 million Moynihan train station was delayed for the third time yesterday as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver boycotted a key board meeting and...
$49M DELUGE FOR CLINTON RUN
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has raked in a head-spinning $49 million for her walkover re-election campaign - a sign of her fund-raising prowess in advance of a likely...
JACKO PAYS FOR 2 KIDS; WILL GIVE EX750G A YEAR
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amMichael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe will receive $750,000 a year in a secret deal that will allow The King of Pop to keep touring the world with his kids in...
CHARRED BUILDING LOSES LOTS OF CHARM
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amThe flat-screen televisions were turned into unrecognizable pools of molten metal and plastic. The unbearably acrid smell of an electrical fire stung the eyes. As NTSB investigators completed their work...
ANDY: I'D TAKE HEVESI TO TRIAL
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amAndrew Cuomo, the front-runner in the race for state attorney general, said yesterday that he would prosecute a case against state Comptroller Alan Hevesi for using a government worker to...
SLAIN COPS HONORED IN GRANITE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amDozens of cops and their loved ones gathered yesterday to add 101 names to the NYPD's Memorial Wall in lower Manhattan. The black granite wall at Liberty Street near Battery...
COP'S CRYING SHAME; STOLE DRUG $$
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amA disgraced NYPD detective sobbed uncontrollably as he told a Brooklyn judge he robbed drug dealers not out of greed - but to feed his high-stakes gambling habit. "I do...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amTHE BRONX *** Police are investigating the murder of a man in his car in Melrose. Hugo Lopez, 30, was found in a Ford Explorer near East 159th Street and...
CITY 'EYES' B'KLYN BRIDGE-LOCK
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSurveillance cameras will soon replace police cars currently stationed at both ends of the Brooklyn Bridge. Mayor Bloomberg addressed the issue on his weekly radio show yesterday after a caller...
ASTOR GREAT SOCIETY WAR ENDS AS SON CEDES FIGHT FOR BROOKE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amBrooke Astor's son yesterday agreed to relinquish guardianship of his legendary philanthropist mom and was ordered to pay $1.35 million in tax penalties and interest - ending a bitter and...
A-ROD SAFE AS JET SLIDES OFF RUNWAY
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amA corporate jet carrying seven people - including Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez - slid off a California runway yesterday, authorities said. No one was hurt. The Gulfstream 3 had...
DIAMOND ROBBERY AT SAKS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amTwo fast-handed thieves posing as well-heeled shoppers snatched a $900,000 diamond-studded bracelet from a posh Manhattan department store, police said. The heist, captured on video, occurred last Saturday inside Saks...
TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amDOWN 1-0 on the road, Sandy Koufax not available, any manager would settle for what Tony La Russa had to throw for the Cardinals last night at Shea: Chris Carpenter,...
FEDS DO LOOP ON PLANE RULE ; LIDLE CRASH MEANS PILOTS MUST GET AIR-CONTROL OK FOR E. RIVER FLIGHTS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Facing growing pressure after Cory Lidle's fatal crash, the Federal Aviation Administration last night slapped new restrictions on small planes flying above the East River, requiring that pilots...
SEAMY SECRETS OF RAP RAG ; BOSS' 'I BEDDED STARS' BOASTS & SEX SMEARS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amWorking in the Union Square offices of The Source - the reputed "bible" of hip-hop culture - was like spending time trapped and humiliated inside a raunchy rap video, according...
JACKO PAYS FOR 2 KIDS; WILL GIVE EX 750G A YEAR
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amMichael Jackson will pay his ex-wife Debbie Rowe $750,000 - effectively buying his kids back as part of a secret deal, sources told The Post. Although several published reports said...
NOW IT'S MURDER: GAY-BASH VICTIM DIES
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amThe gay Brooklyn designer savagely beaten and left for dead in a bias attack near the Belt Parkway succumbed to his injuries yesterday, cops said. Michael Sandy, who had his...
E. SIDE INFERNO; 'MILLIONAIRES ROW' HOUSE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amA landmark Upper East Side townhouse undergoing major renovations for a socially prominent fashion family erupted in a tower of flames early yesterday. Fire officials said the blaze - first...
RICE'S 'HARD LINE' TRAVELS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to visit China next week to solidify a hard line expected to be taken today when the United Nations votes to sanction North Korea...
CAR THIEVES' BRIDGE CRASH
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amTwo thieves trying to make a narrow escape were arrested on the Verrazano Bridge last night after they stole a car in Brooklyn and hightailed it across the span, before...
RICE TO VISIT 'HARD LINE' ALLIES
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to visit China next week to solidify a hard line expected to be taken today when the United Nations votes to sanction North Korea...
FIRST LEAD, NOW SEASON, SLIPPING AWAY
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amTHIS may be the kind of game that wakes you up in the middle of January, in the middle of the night, the kind that makes you sit up straight...
SAY SO LONG: WAGS TAGGED; TAGUCHI HR IN 9TH BOPS BILLY, AMAZIN'S
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amGAME 2Cardinals 9Mets 6 On a full count, with the score tied in the ninth inning last night, Billy Wagner fired a 96 mph fastball. So Taguchi blasted it out....
MAINE & SUFFERING; CARDS DECK AMAZIN' ROOKIE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amMaybe the Mets should only give John Maine one day's notice before he pitches. The 25-year-old rookie starter gave the team an efficient outing in his first postseason start when...
FEELING PENNED IN ; METS COUNTING TOO MUCH ON RELIEVERS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amAt times last night it was hard to tell who was trying harder to get John Maine out of NLCS Game 2, the Cardinals or the Mets. The Met theory...
SPIEZIO A SUPER SUB FOR ROLEN
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amIf Tony La Russa didn't have someone as clutch as Scott Spiezio, he said he would have started Scott Rolen in Game 2 of the NLCS. Last night, Spiezio built...
LA RUSSA DEFENDS PUJOLS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amAlbert Pujols was ornery after the NLCS Game 1, insulting the Mets' Tom Glavine after the lefty's masterpiece. Tony La Russa was angry before Game 2, defending his MVP candidate...
DELGADO'S 2 BLASTS WASTED
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amIt took Carlos Delgado 13 years to get to the postseason, but the veteran first baseman looks right at home on the playoff stage. Delgado was responsible for four of...
FLOYD COULD BAT, IN A PINCH
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amNLCS NOTES Cliff Floyd had an ultrasound yesterday that left him, perhaps, available to pinch hit for the Mets last night. As it turned out, the Mets didn't use Floyd...
SAY SO LONG: WAGS TAGGED ; TAGUCHI'S HR IN NINTH BOPS BILLY, AMAZIN'S
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amGAME 2Cardinals 9Mets 6 On a full count, Billy Wagner fired a 96-mph fastball in the ninth inning of a tie game last night. It was blasted out by So...
REDBIRDS REFUSING TO FLY OFF
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amDOWN 1-0 in the series, down one premium starter, one closer and one star third baseman, Chris Carpenter managed to get the Cardinals down by scores of 3-0, 4-2 and...
MARTIN KEEPS UP CHASE FOR TITLE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amMark Martin raced this year as a favor to an old friend. Now, he's closer to winning his first NASCAR Nextel Cup championship than anyone could have imagined. If it...
RU READY FOR TOUGH NAVY TEST
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amThere have been a lot more people floating around Rutgers' locker room this season. No, the Scarlet Knights don't have a bigger roster. And no, despite the fact that alumnus...
UNIFIED FRONT; MICHIGAN PRIMED FOR PENN ST. REMATCH
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The end could not have come more quickly and cruelly, or had a more devastating effect. With time for one final play last Oct. 15, Michigan...
METS FINALLY GET BACK ON TRACH
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSteve Trachsel has waited six years to get to this moment. When he signed with the Mets as a free agent on Dec. 14, 2000, the team was two months...
NETS' HOUSE NEEDS LEFT-KNEE SURGERY
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amEddie House sounded almost positive to a fault regarding the left knee injury that will sideline him 4-to-6 weeks after he undergoes arthroscopic surgery. "It's a meniscus tear," House said...
AMAZIN'S OFF TO ROARIN' START IN POSTSEASON
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amThe first four games on their postseason road couldn't have been more smooth for the Mets. They carried their four straight playoff victories into Game 2 of the NLCS against...
LA RUSSA PUTS ROLEN ON BENCH
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amThis time, Tony La Russa didn't give Scott Rolen three games to struggle. With Rolen in a 1-for-14 playoff skid and battling a balky left shoulder, the St. Louis manager...
COMMISH CONSIDERS WILD-CARD CHANGES
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amALCS NOTES DETROIT - Good news for the Yankees. Commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday he would like to see life made a little more difficult for the wild card teams...
'SAINT' WILL MAKE RETURN
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSweetnorthernsaint, seventh as a surprising 5-1 favorite in Ky. Derby, who hasn't raced since finishing second in Preakness, returns to the races next Thursday in an allowance at Laurel Park....
DELGADO NO LONGER JUST WATCHING
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S easy to forget how much these games mean to those who wondered if they'd ever be allowed to play in one. We are so used to the idea of...
SUPPAN SOLID VS. MET VETS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amJeff Suppan's lone 2006 start against the Mets wasn't good, but he's held a few of the Mets veterans down historically. As with any mediocre pitcher, the question is whether...
ROGERS ROARS; REVITALIZED VET PITCHES TIGERS TO 3-0 LEAD
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amALCS GAME 3Tigers 3A's 0 DETROIT - All you had to do was listen to the 41,669 fans chanting "Kenny! Kenny!" at Comerica Park last night to understand the amazing...
'CHAMPAGNE' DREAMS IN BELMONT FEATURE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amNo 2-year-old has yet emerged to capture the fancy of racetrackers looking for the next "big horse." Maybe that will change in today's 135th running of the Grade 1, $400,000...
YANKS RELEASE TWO SCOUTS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amBrian Cashman continues to revamp the Yankees' scouting department. Already having fired VP of international scouting Lin Garrett and coordinator of Pacific Rim scouting John Cox, the GM Wednesday informed...
ROGERS ROARS ; REVITALIZED VET PITCHES TIGERS TO 3-0 LEAD
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amALCS GAME 3Tigers 3A's 0 DETROIT - All you had to do was listen to the 41,669 fans chanting "Kenny! Kenny!" at Comerica Park last night to understand the amazing...
KNICKS 'BURY NETS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amPRESEASONKnicks 111Nets 97 There was Stephon Marbury in the second quarter last night at the Garden, taking it hard to the hole, doing a 360-degree spin before getting fouled. Yes,...
FILTHY RICH - TWO GIANTS CALL FALCS' MCKAY A BACKSTABBING GM
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amOne is a very large and old offensive lineman, the other is a smaller and younger kicker. Both will travel with the Giants this weekend for tomorrow's game against the...
TIGHT SPOT: SEUBERT GETTING WORK AS THE THIRD TE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Like anyone who makes his living with his hand on the ground and the ball never in his clutches, Rich Seubert proudly recalls a time when he was...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amSYRACUSE at WEST VIRGINIA Noon MSG Line: West Virginia by 25. Angle: Syracuse has shown significant improvement in Year 2 of the Greg Robinson era, but reality sets in when...
ISIAH GETS STARTED
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amIsiah Thomas announced his starting lineup two hours before the preseason opener and there were no surprises. Thomas cautioned it could change by the real opening night in Memphis on...
SUPPORTING CASTOFFS - METS FIND STARS FROM OTHER TEAMS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amIndians general manager Mark Shapiro watched with interest Thursday night as Guillermo Mota took the mound for the Mets in the eighth inning of NLCS Game 1. Mota spent the...
WEIGHT D'BATE - MANGINI THINKS D'BRICKASHAW COULD STAND TO ADD SOME POUNDS
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amEric Mangini talked yesterday about what rookie left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson needed to do to become a force on the offensive line, something the Jets clearly think he's capable of....
DEVILS' GOAL TO BE LESS GOALIE-ORIENTED
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amThey never really escaped the shadows last season, the long, imposing shadows cast when Scott Stevens and Scott Niedermayer were gone. Now, they have a chance to be their own...
ISLE BE BACK: BOSSY HIRED TO BOOST GATE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amMike Bossy's first job with the Islanders was scoring goals. Some would argue his newest assignment might make scoring 50 in 50 look like a minor achievement. "Probably my biggest...
'CHAMPAGNE' DREAMS - 'NOBIZ' LOOKING SOLID IN BELMONT FEATURE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amUsually by this time of year, when the leaves start to turn and there's a nip in the air, a 2-year-old colt has emerged to capture the fancy of racetrackers...
EXAMPLES FOR A-ROD - WEAVER, ROGERS TURNED IT AROUND
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amJEFF Weaver lost Wednesday night, yet won anyway. In defeat, the Cardinals pitcher honored himself against the Mets in the NLCS opener, pitching well for the second time in as...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amAn Ohio teen has been busted - for hanging her bra from the antenna of a friend's car while they were driving on a Toledo highway. Seems the bra flew...
Quarterly report â Part Deux
October 14, 2006 | 2:02amIt could be an injury, it could be an adaptation to a new team or coach, it could be plain old poor performance, or maybe their still exhausted from an...