February 9, 2007
Welcome
The moment the words came out of my mouth, I already was feeling, what, regret, trepidation, plain old fear. I offered to my bosses to blog daily throughout the extent...
Anna Nicole Smith
Now that we've observed a day of silence, we just had to mention that we watched "For Your Consideration'' for the third time last night, and Jennnifer Coolidge is our...
Superpals
The folks at the aptly named Super Hero Hype got their tights in twist over my post the other day reporting that Sony was taking super-heroic measures to shield "Ghost...
Valentine's Day with Xbox
Yes, yes, Xbox Overload.But, this release about Valentine's Day related events/things to do via the 360 and XBL just landed in my lap and it's making me chuckle.For the Love...
Francis back - for better or worse
By MARC BERMANThere's a chance Steve Francis comes back tomorrow night for the start of the team's three-game West Coast trip in Utah. I don't know if that's good or...
Then the Terrorists Have Won...
The Aqua Teen Hunger Forcer terror story broke last week, so this isn't exactly rolling out while the presses are hot ... but I've been thinking, and sometimes that takes...
UPDATE: Don't be messing with our Wonder Spot
AP Science and logic are used to being told to scram - if you've ever tuned in to Sylvia Browne, you know what we mean. But in the great outdoors?...
METS INK CHAN HO PARK
By MARK HALEDave Williams' surgery has prompted the Mets to augment their pitching staff with another potential starter.The Mets have agreed to terms, pending a physical, with righthander Chan Ho...
Show Me the Money
Gitesh Pandya at Box Office Guru is predicting Eddie Murphy's "Norbit'' will take in $31 million at 3,136 locations this weekend. That would make this the biggest opening so far...
JANE MATILDA BOLIN - A WOMAN OF FIRSTS
Jane Bolin had a habit of making history. Jane Bolin was born on April 11, 1908, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the youngest of four children born to Gaius Bolin and Matilda...
OSCAR? FAT CHANCE
UNTIL the last few days, the print ads for the very broad and very vulgar comedy "Norbit" asked a loaded question: "Have you ever made a really big mistake?" The...
HEATHERETTE SHOW
Late last night, Heatherette's soul sister, Kimora Lee Simmons, joined design duo Richie Rich and Traver Rains in celebrating the more-is-more school of design -- the label's fall (freak) show,...
CALVIN KLEIN
The house of Calvin Klein is one that is so color-sensitive it is almost color-phobic. The show notes are inevitably a listing of colors like fog, air, smoke and twilight,...
CYNTHIA ROWLEY
Cynthia Rowley's fall collection was a riot of metallics shown with black tights with a multi-colored metallic shimmer. The mainly dresses and skirts were short and sassy, combined with jackets,...
TORY BURCH
For all that's been made about Tory Burch's lifestyle recently -- divorcee, dilettante, former lady-who-lunches -- she has an undeniable knack for designing for that lifestyle. Women of the 10021...
HERE'S WEAR WE'D LIKE TO SEE HILLARY
Lose the pants, Hillary! Donatella Versace told a German newspaper she'd like to see our senator in more feminine attire than her ubiquitous pant suit. "I can understand [trousers] are...
STRIKING ONLY ONE POSEN
Without a doubt, Zac Posen has achieved a lot in a short period of time. Posen's shows have ballooned into packed-out spectacles that this season has lured everyone from "OC"...
ROCKER REVEALS DATING TIPS
Joel Madden's surefire way to impress the ladies? Take her to a Zac Posen fashion show. Five months ago, the Good Charlotte lead singer squired girlfriend Hilary Duff to the...
IT'S AMAZING GRACIE
FIFTIES rockabilly sensation Charlie Gracie used to crank up his guitar every weekend at Moore's Inlet, a Wildwood seaside retro rock spot that was bulldozed in 2005 to make way...
A LOT OF PLAY ON WORDS
OF Oren Safdie's new play, it could well be said, "Where's the drama? There's nothing at stake. No real tension. Just two mouthpieces, back and forth, like verbal diarrhea." I...
EXUBERANT 'HEIGHTS' RISES TO THE OCCASION
A Washington Heights neigh borhood dominated by a bodega and a unisex hair salon wouldn't seem the most promising setting for a musical. But "In the Heights," conceived by Lin-Manuel...
BLONDED BY DELIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO - Just as Elle Woods shakes up the hallowed halls of Harvard Law, so, too, the big new musical about her Ivy League adventures is rat tling Broadway....
STARR REPORT
'SpongeBob' KISSedThe day has arrived. I have finally written the words "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "KISS" in the same sen tence. "KISS" front man Gene Simmons and his wife, Shan non...
LIEV-ING LAS VEGAS
LIEV Schreiber won't be re turning to "CSI," unless the show suddenly morphs into "The Ghost Whisperer." Schreiber's future on the top-rated CBS drama "CSI" was sealed last night when...
NEW 'IDOL' GUESSING GAME
WITH the "American Idol" auditions fi nally over, fans are already trying to pick out the final 12 contestants - weeks before they are revealed on the show. Lists began...
FANS BECOMING FRUSTRATED AND 'LOST'
'LOST" is losing fans. The return of ABC's increasingly confusing island drama Wednesday night drew some of the lowest ratings for a first-run episode of the show, about 14.7 million...
O'BRIEN TAKES A PAT FALL
'THE Insider" co-host Pat O'Brien, who fa mously entered rehab in 2005, fell and gashed his head last week - missing the first three nights of the crucial sweeps period....
A DOUBLE CROSS
'DESPERATE House wives" has hired a body double for scenes featuring Marcia Cross, who is pregnant with twins and on doctor-ordered bed rest. Carolyn Howard, 26, says that while her...
BEDROOM SPIES
FLORIAN Henckel von Donnersmarck's re markable and chilling feature debut, "The Lives of Others" ("Das Leben der Anderen"), which is up for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, mostly...
NO ONE EXPECTS SPANISH INTROSPECTION
DR. Freud, I presume. And, by the way, what are you doing in this Barcelona brothel? The answer is forthcoming in "Unconscious," an overdone sex comedy from Spain, directed and...
STASI TORTURE: A TOUGH CELL
THE Stasi - which had 100,000 fulltime employees and 300,000 informers to spy on 17 million East Germans - is also the subject of the incisive Belgian documentary "The Decomposition...
CAVEAT LECTER
AFTER Ray Liotta ate his own brains at the end of "Hannibal," he remained over qualified to write the script for "Hannibal Rising." Like "Revenge of the Sith," which revealed...
NOT MUCH TO CHEW ON
LIKE many of the recent spate of films aimed at the Christian market, Michael Landon Jr.'s "The Last Sin Eater," a religious-themed period thriller filmed on beautiful locations in Utah,...
SALUTE TO WAR CORRESPONDENCE
REFLECTING on war, the novelist and Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien says, "You may have strong political opinions one way or the other, but to care about the men and women...
NEIL BARRETT SHOW
Neil Barrett's womenswear line is scarcely a year old, and yet he is already displaying similarities to the very established Marc Jacobs -- he kept the audience waiting for an...
RALPH LAUREN SHOW
Ralph Lauren is in a long, lean and sweater-filled mood for fall. Though the palette was predominantly brown, black and metallic gold, this collection was supremely refined rather than somber....
VERA WANG SHOW
Vera Wang is on a wild ride. For the past three-or-so seasons, this designer has been exploring shapes, textures and combinations that are not always traditional, but through her alchemy,...
DENNIS BASSO SHOW
Excess is an understatement for what went on at Dennis Basso's first runway show on Friday afternoon. The furrier-turned designer had a room filled with a veritable Noah's Ark of...
DONNA KARAN SHOW
Donna Karan must be thrilled that Hillary Clinton has thrown her hat into the presidential ring. After all, this is a creator who had a woman being sworn into office...
ANNE KLEIN SHOW
Anne Klein alums include such big deals as Donna Karan, Richard Tyler, and most recently Charles Nolan. So the naming of Isabel Toledo, a designer with an established name and...
CARMEN MARC VALVO SHOW
Vanessa Williams doesn't just play a front-row kind of woman on TV--she got into character by attending Carmen Marc Valvo's show on Friday afternoon. The collection was a study in...
PREVIEWS
"ADRIFT IN MACAO": Christopher Durang's madcap musical parody of film noir. Primary Stages at 59E59, 59 E. 59th St., between Madison and Park avenues; (212) 279-4200. Opens Tuesday. "THE COAST...
BROADWAY
(Reviews by Clive Barnes) "THE APPLE TREE": 2 ½ STARS For superstar Kristin Chenoweth, an effective vehicle - but so's a crosstown bus. Three one-act musicals by Jerry Bock and...
LONG RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": 3 STARS John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST":2 ½ STARS Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.,...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ABSOLUTE CLARITY": A young is woman obsessed with jazz. Players Theater, 115 MacDougal St., at Minetta Lane; (212) 352-3101. Closes Feb. 25. "ALTAR BOYZ": Musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands....
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It is best to call ahead before going to any event. DAVID BROMBERG: The folkie's first studio album since 1990 is "Try Me...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: John Tchicai Quintet, Lionel Loueke Trio. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE:...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, 11 a.m. The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Pianist Jonathan Irving at Bargemusic, 7:30 p.m. "Eugene Onegin" at the...
DANCE
92nd STREET Y: Sunday at 3 p.m., Magbana Drum and Dance showcases Guinean dance and music, mixing traditional and contemporary West African movement with modern dance, martial arts and world...
FILM
ANTHROPOLOGY FILM ARCHIEVES: "Seminal Cinema: Films from Wallace Berman & the Semina Circle." Today at 8 p.m.: Taylor Mead's "My Home Movies" (1964) and Andy Warhol's "Tarzan and Jane Regained...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Today and tomorrow: Maude Maggart. 59 W. 44th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; (212) 467-7444. CARLYLE HOTEL: Today and tomorrow: Rita Moreno. Tuesday through March 2: Judy Collins....
COMEDY
CAROLINES: 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th streets; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: 117 MacDougal St., between Bleecker and Third streets; (212) 254-3480. COMIX: 353 W. 14th St., at Ninth Avenue;...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
MEET THE OSCARS: An exhibition of 50 golden statuettes will be on display at Times Square Studios Monday through Feb. 24 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free. 1500 Broadway,...
MUSEUM PICK
If these old bones could only talk - ah, but they do! Or so it seems at the American Museum of Natural History's newest exhibit, where skeletons, fossil artifacts, graphics...
FILM PICK
Mick Jagger found satisfaction as an actor in "Performance'' (1970), directed by Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell. Jagger plays a fading rock star whose London house is invaded by an...
BILLY'S HOT PICK
Ernestine Anderson has heard a lot of music in her lifetime. The influences she's picked up in her 78 years started with Bessie Smith - whom she heard on the...
FAMILY PICTURES
Guggenheim Museum, Fifth Avenue at 89th Street; (212) 423-3500. Through April 16. THIS show's title is deceptive. These are emphatically not those photos of cute tots that grandparents withdraw from...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY - AARON LEWIS of Staind goes acoustic and solo tonight and Saturday night at 9 in Borgata's Music Box. Tickets: $50. Comedian BILL REGAN performs Saturday at 8...
FITTY CAN KEEP HIS BENJAMINS
Rapper 50 Cent can hold on to his cash, an appeals court ruled yesterday. In a unanimous decision, the state Appellate Division found the bullet-riddled rapper can't be held liable...
DINAPOLI'S DAY 1 DILEMMA: PENILE-IZE 'JERKY' SKI BUFF?
ALBANY - He's only been on the job one day, but new state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli already has a sticky situation to deal with - news that one of his...
BRITS SEND 'RAPE' EXEC BACK HERE
A British businessman accused of slipping his personal assistant a "mickey" and later raping the incapacitated woman at a Times Square hotel has been extradited to New York, authorities said...
GOV RAISES RED FLAG ON $1B+ JAVITS JOB
Gov. Spitzer is reviewing the $1.68 billion deal hammered out by his predecessor and Mayor Bloomberg to enlarge the Javits Center - raising concerns about costly delays to the long-awaited...
$3.4B FOR WTC HUB A RAIL SHOCK
The projected cost for the World Trade Center's new transit hub has soared to $3.4 billion - about $1 billion more than first estimated - prompting the Port Authority to...
TEXTING 2 HARD 2 STOP: KIDS
Despite the survey showing an alarming number of high school kids using cellphones to stalk their partners, most city teens aren't about to give up their wireless addiction. Ivelisse Rodriguez,...
MOM SEES TRUCK KILL TODDLER
A little boy crossing a Brooklyn street with his mother was struck and killed yesterday by a pickup truck. Cop originally described it as a hit-run, saying the driver deliberately...
NEW HQ FOR AFRICAN ART
It's being called the "cultural gateway" to Harlem. Officials unveiled plans yesterday for an $80 million Museum for African Art to be built on the city's Museum Mile by late...
REAL LADY 'KILLER'
He plays guitar, writes poetry and loves sunsets. He'll wait months, if he must, for that first kiss on a park bench in the Village. Accused throat-slasher Paul Cortez took...
FDNY RIPS DEGREE-GIOUS CONDUCT
The Fire Department brought charges yesterday against 14 firefighters who submitted college credits from a now-defunct online diploma mill. Thirteen high-ranking firefighters and one probationary firefighter were promoted with bogus...
CITY'S FUZZY MATH
Call it a case of contracts gone wild. The city Department of Education has paid a bankrupt tutoring firm with a history of questionable practices nearly $63 million, despite inking...
WOMAN DIES IN QNS. BLAZE
A 57-year-old Queens woman died yesterday when her home went up in flames. Elsie Charles' husband, Calvin Goodridge, cried for help as he frantically rang neighbor James Holland's bell on...
CALL FOR HELP IN SUBWAYS
More than a quarter of all subway pay phones don't work, an advocacy group said yesterday. The Straphangers Campaign tested 886 pay phones at 100 stations and found 29 percent...
BRONX POL IN 423G THEFT CASE CRIES POVERTY
State Sen. Efrain Gonzalez claims he is too broke to defend himself against charges that he ripped off $423,000 in state grant money - and is asking a federal judge...
CLUBBED COP FELT HE'D DIE
When Joseph Cho was viciously attacked with a baseball bat Monday in Queens, he lost so much blood that fellow cops thought he'd been shot - and he thought he...
FEDS GO AFTER 'SUPREME' PENALTY
Prosecutors asked jurors to show no mercy for Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff - the charismatic gang leader who built a crack empire in Queens and had two rivals assassinated in 2001...
FIRE KILLS TOTS
A faulty space heater set off a blaze that killed two young girls yesterday in their Brooklyn house as their mother stood outdoors and screamed helplessly for them. Aya Khawatini,...
LADY BANDIT KILLS MOM IN BRONX APT.
A Bronx woman was shot to death last night by a female robber she let into her apartment, cops said. "She's always trying to help people. I don't know why...
'EX SLAY' COP'S NEW WIFE BUSTED
The current wife of a retired cop who is accused of killing his ex-wife on Staten Island was arrested in Florida for refusing to honor a search warrant, police said...
'FAKE COP FLEECED LANDLORD'
The brazen con who masqueraded as a Long Island cop scammed his landlord for $200,000 by claiming the man was the victim of ID theft - and telling him to...
SLUGGO SPITZER
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer yesterday unleashed his full fury on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his colleagues - warning them a "knockout blow is coming very soon" and trashing the...
NEW DEAL FOR HAMAS AND ABBAS
Hamas agreed yesterday to share power with its Palestinian rivals - and promised to "respect" previous agreements with Israel - in an effort to end weeks of bloody fighting and...
CSI PROBE IN SIREN SHOCKER
Anna Nicole Smith, whose roller-coaster life took her from poverty to Playboy Playmate to a billionaire's widow, died mysteriously after collapsing in her Florida hotel room yesterday - and investigators...
ESTATE OF CONFUSION: BABY'S PATERNITY ISSUES A $474M MESS
Who's her daddy? The paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's 5-month-old daughter suddenly became a $474 million question as experts predicted the father would likely have dibs on controlling the Playmate's...
EERIE ECHO OF IDOL MARILYN
With her pneumatic curves, ditzy-blond persona, little-girl voice and plunging necklines, Anna Nicole Smith was America's No. 1 gold digger. The voluptuous vixen, famous for being famous, came a long...
CHUCK RIPS SECURITY CUTS
WASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer fired off a blistering letter to President Bush yesterday protesting the massive budget cuts in Homeland Security funds for the most threatened cities in the...
'TECH' STALKING
Adolescent date abuse has taken a shocking tech twist - teens are cyberstalking, text-messaging and cellphoning to dominate, humiliate and harass their partners, a new survey has found. "Alarming numbers...
GROUSE SPEAKER GROUNDED
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got her wings clipped by the Pentagon yesterday and is not happy about it. After the Pentagon refused her request for a larger, super-opulent...
NAOMI TALKING
Maybe all this anger-management stuff is working. Naomi Campbell's lawyers are in talks to reach a peaceful end to an ex-aide's assault suit against the cellphone-slinging supermodel. "We're hoping to...
RUSSERT FEELS HEAT AT TRIAL
WASHINGTON - NBC's Tim Russert deflected criticism of his ethics and credibility as he completed a heated second day of cross-examination yesterday in the trial of former White House aide...
ASTRO-NUT HINTED SHE'S OFF COURSE
In an interview just months before she allegedly tried to kill the girlfriend of her space-shuttle crush, astro-nut Lisa Nowak gushed about her kids - but made almost no mention...
G.I. JESSI'S JOY
Former POW Jessica Lynch has a new assignment - caring for her 3-week-old daughter, whom she named after a fallen colleague in Iraq. "I want to see every cry and...
NYPD BLOTTER
BrooklynThis woman used a "skimmer" to steal account information from at least five people at an Astoria Federal Bank branch in Sheepshead Bay, police said. After a victim reported an...
SAD VICTIM WAS GOSSIP'S BREAST FRIEND
ANNA Nicole Smith was a gossip writer's dream. At 5-foot-11, with her platinum hair and 38DD chest, she was a total, traffic-stopping stunner. She was busty and beautiful and could...
HE KISSED THE GIRLS AND MADE THEM CRY
HE FLOATED into the courtroom on the balls of his ballet-dancing feet - in a form-hugging sweater that showed off both his broad shoulders and uplifted nipples. Paul Cortez is...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 241; Lucky Sum: 7 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 7503; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 270; Lucky Sum: 9 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 4829;...
NELSON'S PLAYBOOK: FIGHT LIKE HELL
Back in the '60s, or so the story goes, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller was having trouble convincing a member of the Legislature to vote for his pro gram. The governor offered...
GEN. PETRAEUS' REAL PROBLEM
IN civilian clothes, Lt. General David Petraeus, the newly appointed Commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, looks more like an academic discussing an intellectual topic rather than a war...
ELIOT'S NEXT FIGHT
AS he tries to bring a semblance of rationality to New York state's dysfunctional health-care system, including its $45 billion-a-year Medicaid program, Gov. Spitzer faces a much bigger battle than...
COUNCIL'S WEIGHTY WORD BAN
THE ISSUE: City Councilman Leroy Comrie's introduction of a resolution to ban the n-word. I think banning the n-word is a ridiculous idea ("Council Bids To 'Ban' N-Word," Feb. 2)....
LIEBERMAN'S INDIE TEST: TOEING THE WAR LINE
THE ISSUE: Sen. Joe Lieberman's position on the Warner-Levin resolution and the war in Iraq. Thank you for printing Sen. Joe Lieberman's speech ("A Battle of Wills," PostOpinion, Feb. 7)....
GE CHAIR-MUM
General Electric Chairman Jeffrey Immelt is vehement about his company's desire to keep NBC Universal - that is, until he's asked about the prospect of the division not meeting its...
TRIMSPA PONDERS IMPACT OF SMITH'S DEATH
The maker of TrimSpa, the diet pill best known for ads featuring Anna Nicole Smith, was plunged into turmoil yesterday after her sudden death from yet unknown causes. Smith became...
STARRETT CITY SOLD FOR $1.3B
Starrett City, the nation's largest federally subsidized housing complex, was sold in a $1.3 billion deal that is already drawing fire because of the buyer's history of housing violations. Berkshire...
NEW BLIP ON RADAR
MAER Roshan is smoldering. Twice before, he has tried to launch print versions of Radar magazine and each time it has floundered. Now he is back yet again, with radaronline.com,...
BRONFMAN RIPS JOBS
Warner Music Group Chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. yesterday criticized Apple boss Steve Jobs for suggesting music labels abandon their requirement for copyright protection on music downloads. "We advocate the continued...
SUPER BOWL'S ADS SCORED WITH FANS
The old notion - dear to advertisers and agencies alike - that more people watch the Super Bowl for the commercials than the game turns out to be almost right....
N.J. FAMILY IN BIZARRE $CHEME
The family that steals together, stays together - probably in jail for a long time. In a sordid tale of a family of overachievers gone bad, federal prosecutors yesterday accused...
LEPORE'S ATTRACTING PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS
Nanette Lepore is the latest designer to attract the attention of private equity firms, The Post has learned. Several investment funds, including Soros Private Equity Partners, are said to be...
DEAL GOES BUST
Struggling clothing maker Eddie Bauer got a kick in the pants yesterday after shareholders failed to approve the company's proposed $614 million sale to two private equity firms. The firms,...
L&T HUNTS DESIGN TALENT FOR ITS STORES
As Lord & Taylor looks to reinvent itself, designer apparel could figure more prominently in the department store chain, which once catered to the carriage trade but has more recently...
SUPER SERMONS
SUPER Bowls always bring ce lebrity-sightings and superstar name-dropping, but this last one was a bit much. At game's end, Sunday, the halftime entertainment, Prince, was eclipsed by the Prince...
SHANE SURE HE'S AS GOOD AS EVER
LAS VEGAS - At an age when most fighters and immediate peers are contemplating retirement, Shane Mosley, 35, is feeling as young and energetic as he ever did. His hands...
MONMOUTH TRIES TO SHORE UP BID
THERE are 17 mid-major Division I schools in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area. At one time, many helped shape the game's national landscape. Clearly, times have changed. In fact,...
N.Y. CROSSBOW BILL RIGHT ON TARGET
THE use of crossbows in New York State is again on the table with considerable angst from both sides. The proposed legislation comes after neighboring states already allow crossbows and...
BULLS STILL SHOOT FOR SCORER
Zidedine Zidane, no. Augustin Delgado, probably. That's where the Red Bulls stand in their search for a much-needed goal-scorer. When Zidane, the French legend, flew to New York Tuesday and...
JUDGES RULE OVER MAGNET
Benjamin Cardozo has not lost a regular-season league game in four years, but that didn't mean the Judges didn't have something to prove heading into yesterday's clash with Campus Magnet...
LET'S PLAY TWO!
They may be linked the same way Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are in football. Kobe Bryant or LeBron James? Who would you rather have on your team? "You've got...
WCBS-2 STAYS IN-HOUSE
After initially looking outside for Chris Wragge's replacement, WCBS-2 executives are leaning toward elevating either Sam Ryan or Ducis Rogers to the station's No. 1 sportscaster position, NYP TV Sports...
5 QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL IRVIN
This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN NFL analyst Michael Irvin. The 40-year-old Irvin last week was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Q: What...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
To: Sports Fans From: Andrew Marchand Re: February CC: Cupid Dear Fans: It's appropriate that Valentine's Day is this month, because this is a time to become re-acquainted with your...
'RHAPSODY' HITS SOUR NOTE
SECOND RACE: Pleasant Rhapsody was hammered to 2-5, confidently ridden by Eibar Coa sitting well off pace as 15-1 Gentle Grace, making first start since Nov. 3, waltzed along on...
SPORTS SHORTS
BLOTTER: Tank pleads guilty In Skokie, Ill., Bears defensive lineman Terry "Tank" Johnson pleaded guilty yesterday to violating probation in a 2005 gun case. Cook County Judge John Moran denied...
ZERO WORSHIP
It has been 37 years since anyone piled up more career shutouts than Martin Brodeur. It might be longer before we see anyone do it again. By blanking the Islanders...
ISIAH LAUDS STEADY EDDY
Eddy Curry said he wasn't trying to disrespect the Knicks or Garden chairman Jim Dolan, but he meant exactly what he said about wanting Isiah Thomas to stay on as...
CURRY A NEW MEMBER OF THE THOMAS CULT AFFAIR
ONE sector of the deputy dogs I regularly brainstorm with view Eddy Curry's "I'll be trying to get out of here" (should Isiah Thomas be expunged from the Knicks after...
KNICKS ADDRESS AMAECHI ISSUE
In the wake of former NBA center John Amaechi announcing that he's gay in his upcoming book, predictably it was a topic of conversation at Knick practice yesterday, with the...
CITI FIELD RISING
Once Citi Field is completed, Jeff Wilpon is optimistic about what the excitement level will be. "I hope high," the Mets' Chief Operating Officer said yesterday. "There's no reason it's...
BENCH WARMING
BOSTON - The only number in the last 10 games that matters is 3-7. You can look at the Nets' free-throw shooting and their rebounding numbers, or their gas mileage...
NAILBITERS MAY HELP NETS' PLAYOFF RESOLVE
BOSTON - Cardiac conditions be damned. There actually is some good in all this nonsense the Nets are putting themselves and their fans through. They're getting used to games coming...
RANGERS SEEK POWER BOOST
The Rangers, who were six points out of the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference before play last night, have lost their past four games and eight of their...
ONE MORE TIME
While Bernie Williams, Brian Cashman and Scott Boras haven't confirmed Williams will be in the Yankees' camp, speculation was thick in the Tampa air yesterday that the Yankee icon would...
METS INK CHAN HO PARK
Dave Williams' surgery has prompted the Mets to augment their pitching staff with another potential starter. The Mets have agreed to terms, pending a physical, with righthander Chan Ho Park,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 75-year-old Texas woman's wallet has been returned - 60 years after she lost it as a teen in Iowa. Joan Martinek Barnes, of San Antonio, was stunned when the...