February 23, 2007
Pondering the PS2
Are people rushing out in droves to buy PS2 games? Why are developers even bothering with PS2 games these days? Do people still care about the PS2 now that the...
MMPOG: Basketball
"World of Warcraft," eat my shorts! The cool kids know the new hotness for MMPOGs is basketball. Hey, it could happen -- 30 million kids in Asia are playing Sierra...
Avril Lavigne, "Burnout" superstar
EA just announced the full soundtrack listing for "Burnout Dominator," the PS2/PSP game due March 6. Leading the pack, is the world premiere of Avril Lavigne's new song, "Girlfriend." Which...
Green Frogs
Driving from team to team around Florida is beneficial in many ways. You get to see how the players interact with one another in the clubhouse. You get to see...
Pat + Payless
OSCAR SCOOP: Forget Prada, Patricia Field will be walking the red carpet on Sunday in Payless. The well-heeled stylist, up for her first Oscar for costume design in The Devil...
Gisele bulks up
Following the enforcement by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana in Milan of Body Mass Index standards -- runway models may not walk unless they have a BMI of at...
LIVEBLOG/MIAMI BEACH: Ready, set, gorge
Everywhere you go at the SOBE Wine & Food Festival, there are pretty girls looking to serve you free liquor.Greetings from Miami, where Post editor Andy Wang is covering the...
Sundance Sale
NY Post film critic Lou Lumenick dropped us a note this morning to tell us about the sale on Sundace '07 merch.He says he usually snaps up the sturdy, comfy...
Deal of the Day
Invest in your wardrobe with this feminine update on an old man classic. Its halter neck comes to a criss-cross crescendo in the back injecting some life into the once...
Haynes Her Way
I'd never seen it and unless you move quickly, you may not get another chance to see "Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story,'' which somebody uploaded to You Tube . Todd...
"Game Head" gives good...TV!
Why waste time playing video games when you can be watching TV shows about playing video games? M'fraid I don't have a good answer for that. Nonetheless, Spike TV and...
Astro-nutty
In my review today of the charming Capraesque fable "The Astronaut Farmer,'' I remark that it's the kind of film you hardly see anymore coming from a major studio. Hollywood...
Day 14: Thoughts Leaving Yankee Camp
I am back home for about a week before heading to Met camp for about 10 days. Here are a few thoughts I had as I departed Yankee camp:--For a...
Gird Your Loins
You might just want to skip lunch beforehand if you're planning to attend "Mondo Cane,'' which I will be introducing Saturday at 2 at the Museum of the Moving Image...
LIVEBLOG/MIAMI BEACH: School lunch
Here's a restaurant you won't likely see too much of in the party pictures for the Wine & Food Festival - contributor David Appell discovers a school lunch room in...
'TRAIN' ON TRACK
GET onboard tomorrow, when the O'Jays bring the sound of Philadelphia to the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts (on the campus of Lehman College; 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West,...
BONUS POINTS FOR LEAD ATARI
THE Ataris concert at the Bowery Ballroom Wednesday seemed as doomed as the computer games from which the band snagged its moniker. The guitars wouldn't stay in tune, the sound...
DOMINICAN PRIDE
Dominican Independence Day will come early in New York when A-list Dominican performers take center stage tonight at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. According to Vidal CedeÑo, one of...
JOURNEY'S REWARDING FROM BEGINNING TO END
WAR is hell - and it's a different hell for dif ferent times and even different generations. The Flanders trenches in World War I - that first war to end...
MAX'D OUT AT LAST
THE boys said no, so the show is closing. After keeping Mel Brooks on edge for two weeks, Mat thew Broderick and Nathan Lane, Broadway's first - and best -...
ARMED FOR BATTLE
FANS of "The Shield" rejoice - the end is not near. That's the word from John Landgraf, president and general manager of FX, and Shawn Ryan, executive producer of "The...
O'DELL NOT BUMPED
TAKE that, Donald! Nancy O'Dell will host "The Miss USA Pageant" after all, despite reported attempts by pageant owner Donald Trump to dump her because she's pregnant. TMZ.com reported that...
'IDOL' BOOT KICKS 1ST 4
FOUR "American Idol" contestants were shown the door last night as the field of 24 semifinalists was whittled down for the first time this season. Among those sent home by...
FALLON 'LATE NIGHT' BUZZ
FORMER "Saturday Night Live" star Jimmy Fallon's name has surfaced as a possible replacement for "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien. Fallon is said to be close to a new development...
STARR REPORT
Goin' to CaliforniaRegis Philbin returns to his old stomping grounds next week when "Live with Regis & Kelly" airs, well, "live" from L.A. with a bevy of A-list guests including...
HAPPILY EVER AFTER
HOLY matrimony! "The O.C." ended with a touching wedding scene last night - capping a memorable series finale sure to be fondly remembered by its loyal fans. The trailblazing Fox...
ANSWERS IN THE GAME SHOW OF LOVE
SHIFTING the self-deprecating japery of "High Fidelity" from a record store to a quiz show makes "Starter for 10" a sweetly endearing date movie. When a working-class nerd named Brian...
SLAVE TRADE'S HOLY WARRIOR
'AMAZING Grace" isn't quite an accurate title for this entertaining history lesson, but no one will ever write a song titled "Amazing 20-Year Period of Parliamentary Maneuvering to End Britain's...
FLATFOOTED FUN
WE have a report of a comedy in progress, ma'am. I need you to show me any explod ing whale guts, men in short- shorts, or handcuffed chick ens you...
THE TASTE OF TEA
JAPANESE director Katsuhito Ishii, best known to fans of Asian cinema for "Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl," a violent 1998 chronicle of a fashion-conscious hit man, makes a...
THE RIGHT STUFF
'THE Astronaut Farmer," a charming, low-key Capra- esque fable from reformed hip sters Mark and Michael Polish ("Northfork"), is the sort of movie you hardly ever see being released by...
GAY-THEMED 'GRAY' SIMPLY DOESN'T MATTER
THE press material for "Gray Matters," a deadly coming-out comedy, notes that its debuting director, Sue Kramer, has sold a bunch of unproduced screenplays. Small wonder. There isn't a remotely...
MELON FOLLY, BABY
THE Taiwanese sex musical "The Way ward Cloud" is notable for its bizarre uses of watermelons. I won't give you the details because my editor would just cut them out....
THRILLER'S GOT YOUR NUMBER
RUN for your lives, "The Number 23" is everywhere! Number of times Britney photographed baring her giblets: 23! Combined weight of Olsen twins: 23 pounds! Typical age of girls who...
PREVIEWS
"BE": A theatrical performance that combines music, movement, dance and rhythm. Union Square Theatre, 100 E. 17th St., at Park Avenue South; (212) 307-4100. Opens March 13. "BILL W. AND...
BROADWAY
"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 Sheldon Harnick, they add...
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...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ABSOLUTE CLARITY": Yuri Joffe directs this play about a young woman obsessed with jazz. Players Theater, 115 MacDougal St., at Minetta Lane; (212) 352-3101. Closes Sunday. "ADRIFT IN MACAO": Some...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It's best to call ahead before going to any event. TIBET HOUSE BENEFIT: Tibet House will host its 17th annual benefit concert honoring...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: T.S. Monk. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Ahmad Jamal....
CLASSICAL
TODAY: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall, 8 p.m. New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street, 8 p.m. New York Philharmonic at...
DANCE
92nd STREET Y: Through Sunday, Claire Porter/Portables performs the world premiere of "Words Away From Home," which includes "Interview," about the awkwardness and discomfort of fitting in somewhere new. Tickets...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIEVES: Through March 4, Tsai Ming-liang's "The Wayward Cloud" (2005), about two people in Taiwan trying to work around a terrible water shortage. 32 Second Ave., at Second...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Donnell Rawlings. 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th streets; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Today: Tom Papa, Gregg Rogell. Today and tomorrow: John Joseph, Andrew Kennedy, Dan Naturman,...
CABARET
CARLYLE HOTEL: Through March 2: Judy Collins. 35 E. 76th St., at Madison Avenue; (212) 744-1600. DON'T TELL MAMA: Tomorrow: Ron Poole's "Poole Party," Tommy Femia's "Judy Garland Live." 343...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
THE YEAR OF THE BOAR: The Grand Street Settlement celebrates the Chinese New Year today from 10:30 to 11:50 a.m. with traditional Chinese folk dances, Chinese and Spanish songs, and...
FILM PICK
"Mondo Cane'' (1962), an Italian-made documentary that contrasts odd Third World practices with those in what were then called civilized nations, was a huge hit around the world. Post movie...
UPCOMING
DIANA ROSS: The singer takes the stage at Madison Square Garden on April 6. Tickets are $59.50, $99.50 and $149.50, and go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster...
MARY'S HOT PICK
The off-Broadway musical "Blind Lemon Blues" recalls the life and work of 1920s Texas-blues pioneer Blind Lemon Jefferson, using more than 60 songs to tell his tale. As legend has...
GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806)
A Celebration The Frick Collection, 1 E 70th St.; (212) 288-0700. Through May 27. THIS may not sound like much, but George Stubbs may well be the best horse painter...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY - FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS take you down memory lane Friday-Sunday at the Borgata's Music Box. Tickets: $49.50-$75; theborgata.com, (609) 677-1000. - Catch the acrobatic troupe...
RUDY ON THE MONEY TRAIL
Rudy Giuliani will be making an aggressive fund-raising push over the next six weeks - holding more than two dozen events from coast to coast - with an eye toward...
GUYS, SIZE MATTERS
Scoreboard 1, James Monroe Campus HS 0. That was the tally at the Bronx schoolhouse yesterday when delivery of a brand-new, 7-by-9-foot scoreboard was blocked by too-small doorways on the...
COURT UPHOLDS CITY'S DANCE 'BAN'
Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him? A bid to overturn the city's cabaret law was tripped up yesterday when a state appeals court held that the statute, which bars...
BUS BOOBS FINALLY ADD RIDES
Deluged with complaints from thousands of parents and students, the city Department of Education has backed down in its plan to cut school-bus service - and will restore 17 routes...
BURNED DOC'S ATTACK TALE A CROCK: COPS
Cops investigating the bizarre attack on a prominent Upper East Side doctor have ruled out his version of events - and suspect he's the victim of a vicious attack by...
BACK IN A LINE OF 'FIRE'
They served their country in war, and now they will serve the city. Meet the newest members of the Fire Department - 23 firefighters who served in the military graduated...
COP BITES DOG 'SCAMMER'
A Queens pet-store owner, caught on TV selling a cute pup with a dislocated hip, was nearly caged herself after a cop realized she was wanted in Iowa. Susan Kendrick,...
HELL-HOUSE CUSTODY FIGHT
A Long Island mother who was discovered living with her three young daughters in a putrid house of horrors - littered with hundreds of bottles of urine, rotting food and...
NOISY STUDIO STEWS
The owner of an Upper East Side Pilates studio says her business is being ruined by vermin - mice, an abusive landlord and construction workers who have been sexually harassing...
DRIVER RAMS PREGNANT GAL: COPS
A Brooklyn man repeatedly hit a pregnant woman with his car after she called cops to complain that the vehicle was blocking her driveway, police said yesterday. Shlomo Fine, 64,...
ELIOT BACKTRACKS ON WTC WALL OF HONOR
Under intense pressure from Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Spitzer yesterday beat a quick retreat from his surprise pledge to reopen the emotional question of how to list victims' names on the...
NEW SLAP AT DIRTY COP
A former narcotics cop already serving time in a federal pen was sentenced yesterday for shaking down a drug dealer for $169,000. Julio Vasquez and his partner in crime, ex-cop...
GOV GETS AN EARFUL ON TRAGEDY
Orthodox Jews are responding in big numbers to bloggers' calls to ring up Gov. Spitzer's office and demand better cellphone service on a remote upstate highway where a Brooklyn man...
COLD-CASE SLAY: 'GOT HIM'
"We got him." With those three words, a Cold Case Squad cop told the niece of a Bronx widow that police had finally solved her gruesome murder and dismemberment in...
MIKE: YOU'RE TAXED MORE 'CAUSE YOU GET MORE
New Yorkers pay more taxes because they get more services, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday as he defended the city's sky-high tax rates. "I would love to reduce taxes more," he...
UNLUCKY 7 FOR RIDERS AGAIN
Riders on the No. 7 train are in for another rough weekend, as the MTA once again suspends service in order to complete vital track and signal work. There will...
5 INDICTED IN '02 MOM-SLAY
A 4 1/2-year investigation has yielded indictments against five people accused of taking part in the Coney Island shooting murder of a woman, prosecutors said yesterday. The four men and...
NYU 'ALIEN' WAR
As NYU student Republicans faced protesters furious over their "Find the Illegal Immigrant" game, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday called the college kids' stunt "downright stupid." "We all spend too much time,...
DA: HOME WRECKERS STOLE 183G
Two shady lawyers, who claimed to be helping a financially troubled Queens woman, instead sold her home out from under her, prosecutors charged yesterday. John Lewis, 48, and Angelyn Johnson,...
ANDY TAPS TOP ALBANY WATCHDOG
ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday unexpectedly tapped a longtime critic of state government - and a sometime critic of Gov. Spitzer - as his special adviser on policy...
MOB SON 'TOOK MY HEAD OFF'
The neighbor who claims he was smashed in the face by mob boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano's son testified yesterday that his mind was "scrambled" and his cheek had to...
MTA WORKER 'HELPED $ELF'
An MTA worker has been busted for allegedly trying to swipe $38,000 in Medicaid money from a city-funded group. Vladimir Prokopchuk, 40, used Bronx Jewish Community Council bank-routing and account...
FREEDOM FOR 'WRONG KILLER'
A father of three who was wrongfully convicted of a Bronx murder and spent 15 years behind bars could walk free as soon as today, now that a federal judge...
'EVICT' WAR ON HOLD
he Coalition for the Homeless will have to wait at least another month before it can add cancer victim Luz Bonano to the ranks of the city's homeless. Manhattan Supreme...
B'KLYN POL'S WIN ON HOLD
The winner of a City Council special election will have to prove that he moved into his Brooklyn district by the day of the vote to claim his seat, council...
WEINER NEARS '09 MAYOR RUN
Rep. Anthony Weiner is moving closer to a run for mayor in 2009. Weiner (D-Queens) said yesterday he has filed campaign papers with the Board of Elections for a citywide...
PARK 'PET' PEEVE
There was much yelping and whining yesterday at a hearing on whether dogs should be allowed to run free from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. in some city parks. The...
GOV'S WAR ON HOSP HONCHOS
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer yesterday declared war on the powerful hospital-workers union and the Greater New York Hospital Association, calling them defenders of a health-care status quo "that doesn't work...
RAPPER BUSTA'D AGAIN
Busta Rhymes was busted again yesterday - this time for driving without a license in lower Manhattan - barely a day after appearing before a judge on two assault charges....
CLINTON'S S.C. PAY PALS
WASHINGTON - Two key black South Carolina lawmakers who are partners with Hillary Rodham Clinton's controversial $200,000 supporter-for-hire have thrown their endorsements behind her 2008 White House bid. State Reps....
STAR-CROSSED HILL STILL A CAU$E CELEB
WASHINGTON - Take that, Barack! With a string of big-money meetings yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton set out to prove she's still the Toast of Tinseltown by raking in cash from...
EX-MARINE, 70, KILLS TOUR THUG
A retired 70-year-old Marine killed a mugger with his bare hands after a tour bus of U.S. senior citizens was held up in the Costa Rican city of Limon, authorities...
BAWL'S IN THE JUDGE'S COURT
A blubbering Florida judge broke down on the bench yesterday and said through a torrent of tears that Anna Nicole Smith should be buried in the Bahamas, under direction of...
RE-RE-REHABBER SPEARS IN TRY NO. 3
Britney Spears' revolving-door rehab kept spinning yesterday as she agreed to head back into a detox clinic for the third time in a week - only after her husband, Kevin...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BrooklynA thug clubbed his victim in the face during a Midwood mugging, authorities said yesterday. Dmitry Martynov, 23, grabbed the victim at Avenue R and East 16th Street at 4:30...
BOZO ON THE BENCH IS JUST TOO SKEEVY FOR TV
DON'T give this man a TV show! I beg you. Yes, the very place that bred the hanging chad - Broward County - and the place that just brought us...
WOW, K-FED LOOKS LIKE FATHER WHO KNOWS BEST
GO K-FED! He may not have a life. Or a career. Or a clue. And his track record in pursuing adult commitments is nearly as pathetic as that of his...
MISS USA TURNING INTO MESS BROADWAY
SHE'S not exactly giving them the old razzle dazzle. Tara Conner, who, after a couple of drinks, used to wear her Miss USA crown lopsided, is having a rough time...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 927; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 2362; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 881; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 2840;...
THE SPEAKER DOTH PROTEST
Vice President Dick Cheney has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a snit. At a news conference in her hometown of San Francisco, Pelosi claimed that Cheney had questioned her patriotism:...
WORSE THAN YOU THOUGHT
This isn't exactly what you'd call news: Taxes in New York City, by virtually every measure, are among the highest in the land. The latest piece of evidence is a...
TINSELTOWN 'TRUTH'
Nearly a year before the first primary voters go to the polls, two White House wannabes - Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama - are locked in the mud-wrestling...
JUDGING BRITAIN'S PULLOUT PLAN
THERE are two ways to see Britain and Denmark's decision to set a time table for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Those who are convinced that liberating Iraq was a mistake...
NUCLEAR & GREEN
AS co-founder and former leader of Greenpeace, I once opposed nuclear energy. But times have changed, and new facts of compelling importance have emerged - and so my views have...
'MISSIONARIES' FROM AFRICA
HEY, the Africans are trying to impose their culture on us! That's what Episcopalians in the United States are saying about last week's summit in Tanzania, where global Anglican leaders...
THE CITIZENS' RIGHT TO VOTE
THE ISSUE: A City Council bill granting legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections. First you become a citizen of the United States, and then you can vote...
BIG CITY MAYOR NEEDS SMALL TOWN APPEAL
THE ISSUE: Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential aspirations and his national exposure. Make no mistake: Rudy Giuliani is the right man for the GOP in the upcoming presidential election ("The...
TIFFANY PRICING
Two years after vowing to get cash from the cable-TV companies that broadcast his network, CBS boss Les Moonves is making good on his promise. Nine small cable companies representing...
EMI SUITORS INCLUDE PRIVATE EQUITY
Apollo Management and Permira have resurfaced as potential suitors for EMI, but music industry sources are casting a skeptical eye on whether any private equity firms would actually bid for...
GAS TO EXPLODE
Just six days remain before our annual gas pump-gouging season officially opens - this time pushing gasoline prices up sharply toward the $3-a-gallon mark. Even as New York thaws, the...
JUPITER MERGER IN GETTY'S ORBIT
Digital image seller Jupitermedia confirmed that it is engaged in active discussions to sell itself to stock photo giant Getty Images for $9.60 a share in cash - a price...
DREAMS FALL ON NOVASTAR REIT WRECK
This week's stock-price meltdown of a small Midwestern real estate investment trust has proven devastating to the hundreds of shareholders who've frequently visited a little-known Internet message board. Falling victim...
PAULSON PLEASED BY HEDGE WATCHERS
A presidential panel of financial regulators said yesterday that Washington's current oversight of the hedge fund industry is "working well" and the secretive investment firms are doing a good job...
MORTGAGED-OUT
The collapse of the subprime mortgage market is now spilling into the executive ranks, with giant mortgage lender HSBC showing the head of its North American unit the door yesterday....
COLA WARS HEAT UP: NOW IT'S VITAMINS
As if the cola wars, diet cola wars and mid-calorie cola wars weren't enough, a new ad battle is brewing between beverage behemoths Coke and Pepsi. The opening salvo will...
TIMES KEEPS IT IN FAMILY
New York Times scion Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger's sister is leaving the newspaper giant's board and will be replaced by a cousin. The Times - which has faced heavy criticism from...
D.J. SIGNS OFF TOO SOON
How wretchedly ironic Dennis Johnson, 52, dropped dead from a heart attack on the day of the NBA's trading deadline. How sorrowfully strange the relatively young Celtics great and Red...
NO SHOT!
HOW FAR do you sup pose you'd get if you landed a news job as an automobile-industry expert and you reported that Chryslers are made in the Chrysler Building? Or...
ORLANDO BLOOMS ON PITT'S BENCH
BARRY Rohrssen remembers the con versation as if it were yesterday. He and Jamie Dixon had just left the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. It was 2003,...
PIAZZA CATCHES ON TO NEW ROLE
PHOENIX - Mike Piazza stood on one of the back fields at the spring-training facility of the Oakland A's watching catchers block wild pitches. He stood off to the side,...
ROLLIN' RICE CAPTURES 16TH IN ROW
No one was quite sure how good Rice would be this year with a roster filled with underclassmen. There is little doubt how good the Raiders are now. "We came...
WHAT STREAK?
Entering this week's Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Ariz., much has been made of Tiger Woods' seven consecutive victories on the PGA Tour. NBC golf analyst Johnny Miller is...
TUNA TIME AT ESPN
It looks like ESPN has landed The Tuna. Bill Parcells is "about 99.9 percent'' set to join the network as a studio analyst on the Monday Night Countdown pregame show,...
5 QUESTIONS FOR RON DARLING
This week, NYP TV Sports' Pat Reichart spoke with SNY Mets analyst Ron Darling. The 46-year-old former Mets pitcher, who received an Emmy nomination for his work last year, plans...
ARROYO BACK WITH A BANG
Binocs said it before: Best bet at racetrack is first mount back of jockey returning from injury or suspension. In sixth race, Norberto Arroyo Jr. - sidelined since going down...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Raiders release Brooks The Raiders cut ties with Aaron Brooks, declining to pick up the option on the quarterback's contract after one difficult season. Brooks, who would have been...
ICE TRANCE
Tiny margins, parlayed, became so emphatic. The Devils have left the Rangers reeling, desolate in their dust, in need of new and major inspiration, a turnaround, something, anything, somewhere, if...
WHOLE NEW DEAL
Anyone familiar with the Knicks' master plan knew this day was coming. The Knicks, newly financially responsible, stood pat at yesterday's 3 p.m. trading deadline. The retooling will have to...
KNICKS BENCH MUST RESPOND TO PRESSURE
Isiah Thomas didn't back off yesterday from the scathing critique of his Knicks' play in Wednesday's 104-84 loss to the Sixers, but he clarified it somewhat. The coach/president said he...
METS IN ONE 'EL' OF A BIND
PORT ST. LUCIE - Even though it's an ailment that's not crippling, Orlando Hernandez is having physical problems. The 41-year-old El Duque, who is the Mets' number-two starter, flew to...
LET THE HEILMAN DEBATE START ANEW
PORT ST. LUCIE - They have been steadfast about this issue. Some would say they have been stubborn about this issue. The Mets see Aaron Heilman as a relief pitcher,...
LO DUCA SHOT RITE OF SPRING
PORT ST. LUCIE - Last spring, Paul Lo Duca mentioned he had right-hand tendinitis that routinely flared up in the opening part of spring training. The Mets catcher received a...
ANGRY WILLIE DISPUTES CLIFF
PORT ST. LUCIE - Agitated and annoyed, Willie Randolph was not thrilled yesterday with questions about Cliff Floyd's comments regarding last year's NLCS Game 7. In yesterday's Post, Floyd said...
NO NET GAIN
Finally, all the rumors and reports settled down. Phones stopped ringing, chatter stopped buzzing. All options and alternatives were weighed, considered. And then ... Nothing happened. The Nets, as expected,...
GUESS WHAT? KIDD HAS CRACKED RIB
Don't ask, don't tell. That was the Nets' policy regarding Jason Kidd - yes, he is still a Net, although a hurting one. Kidd has been playing with a cracked...
COME ON, JAGR! STOP SITTING OUT SHOOTOUS
IT IS unfathomable. In what, by definition, was the most important game of the Rangers' season, because each succeeding match becomes the most important for the unsuccessful 11th-place Blueshirts, Jaromir...
HUGHES DA MAN
TAMPA - The Yankees can't play the media card ever again concerning Philip Hughes. No longer is he a product of the hype machine. As of yesterday, every story concerning...
HOW FAR CAN CANO GO? IT IS UP TO HIM
TAMPA - In separate inter views conducted on different days, Alex Rodriguez and Larry Bowa nevertheless used the same words to respond to a question about how good Robinson Cano...
'NO' MAN'S LAND
Bernie Williams is home alone. And now more than ever, it appears that's where he'll stay. Williams told The Post yesterday afternoon that nothing has changed regarding his status, although...
SURPRISE! PAVANO DRAWS APPLAUSE
TAMPA - Andy Pettitte was welcomed back to the Yankees family with hearty applause from the Legends Field crowd watching batting practice yesterday. However, the most surprising reaction was the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Dude, you might want to try turning the lights off when you leave the house. Richard Redden, of Weatherford, Texas, got an electric bill for $24 billion. Fortunately, it was...
Big draft for Isiah
By MARC BERMANWith the Knicks standing pat at the trading deadline as expected, their focus now centers on the stronger-than-usual NBA Draft June 28th. Isiah would like to draft a...
THE 6TH QUESTION W/ RON DARLING
By PAT REICHARTEvery Friday in NYP TV Sports, our sports television pullout that appears in the middle of the print edition and online, we present "Five Questions for â¦"This is...
Two-goal Lead Becomes Ranger Defeat
There isn't much to say about the game tonight besides what's in the headline. The Rangers squandered a two-goal lead, and sloppy defending gave the Devils every opportunity to score....
Tower of Buzz
One of my oldest and most trusted Oscar sources thinks "Babel'' will pull off the Big One come Sunday night. "Whoever wins is going to have significantly less than 50...
What a Nerve
"Itâs no great surprise that Iâve never been a particularly big fan of Lou Lumenick, the chief film critic of the New York Post,'' writes Bilge Ebiri of Nerve's hip...