March 30, 2007
If You Like Giorgio, You'll Love Primo
Not that I'd Ever compare Built by Wendy to Primo, but her dress(left) at $180 is quite similar and much cheaper than the $545 Alexander Wang vest dress(available at Mick...
Cuts
By MARK HALELastings Milledge and Ambiorix Burgos have made the team, while Chan Ho Park and Jon Adkins are going to Triple-A.Mike Pelfrey will join the team in mid-April.Park will...
GTA IV Teaser
The "trailer" For Grand Theft Auto IV is online.I'm not going to waste your time by writing about it. It's pretty, but it doesn't show any gameplay. This is more...
REDEMPTION FOR OPENERS
Redemption is right around the corner for Carl Pavano. Same goes for the Mets. For both teams Opening Day means more this year than in years past.As spring training comes...
The Russians are coming
Check out the trailer for "Day Watch," the Russian sci-fi thriller which will be released here June 1. It's the sequel to 2004's "Night Watch," and has broken the record...
Q's career not over despite disk surgery
By MARC BERMAN DALLAS - It's been clear since last week the Knicks would not get Quentin Richardson back. But the agent denied he was headed for back surgery. Apparently,...
Deal of the Day
Tee up for some amazing savings at Banana Republic with most of their stock reduced by 40%.I picked up a few of these super soft Twist Neck Tops last night...
Bollywood Ending For Grindhouse
I wrote here on Wednesday that New York's Last Grindhouse, the Fair Theatre in East Elmhurst, Queens, "is bound to disappear all too soon.'' But this is ridiculous. A local...
'Death Proof' Gets Bigger
I'm not even seeing the damn thing until tonight, but Variety is reporting that birthday boy Quentin Tarantino (who, strictly speaking, should have been given half a cake at the...
Day 49: Spring Training Surprises
--That David Wright would often be the Metsâ second-place hitter? --That the pitcher who would be most impressive in Yankee camp would be Mariano Rivera?--That it would be blatantly obvious...
Danger, Will vs. Robinsons
It looks like a big weekend at the box-office, with Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls predicting a $43 million haul for the Will Ferrell sports comedy "Blades of Glory,'' which...
Swing Kids
Erstwhile movie Tarzan Glenn Morris -- who had a torrid fling with Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl while she was shooting "Olympia'' and he was winning a gold medal in decathalon...
IT'S A BARGAIN!: $401 RT biz class to London
UPDATE 8:53AM: Tickets are subject to availability. You know what that means - don't wait.It's almost April Fools' Day, but this ain't no joke: upstart all-biz flyer Silverjet is offering...
FIRST LADY OF THE BENCH
Sandra Day O'Connor served on the Supreme Court for 24 years. She cast the deciding vote in some of the country's biggest decisions and became one of the country's most...
AUDUBON SHOWS EXHIBIT ANIMAL MAGNETISM
IF you thought John James Audubon was strictly for the birds, you've never seen his mammals. But starting this weekend, you can see his portraits of things both feathered and...
GET ON THE BANDWAGONER
COUNTRY Music Hall of Famer Porter Wagoner, the Thin Man from West Plains, drops into Manhattan for the first time in nearly 20 years. The original Rhinestone Cowboy - the...
REDGRAVE IS MAGICAL
DEATH is something that always happens to other people - and those of us left behind have to deal with its devastation. Most of us have suf fered the chaotic...
IN TIME, ALL BIG BROOKS RUN DRY
Michael Riedel is on vacation this week. Thomas Meehan - who, with Mel Brooks, co-wrote Broadway's "The Producers" and the upcoming "Young Frankenstein" - fills in. HEY, gimme a break...
SANJAYA-YI! 'IDOL' FANS FEAR WACKY WARBLER COULD WIN
Is Sanjaya in it to win it? That's the question haunting "American Idol" enthusiasts as they watch - slack-jawed and fretting - the improbable rise of TV's newest sensation. The...
POKING NBC NEWS
DON Imus and NBC News White House correspondent David Gregory sparred yesterday on Imus' radio show - which is also simulcast on MSNBC. "As the chief White House correspondent for...
CRACKED!
MEREDITH Vieira, who awoke with two cracked front teeth yesterday, thought for a split-second about turning her mishap into a "Today" show bit. "When I called ['Today' executive producer] Jim...
'SONS' IN HEAT
HEY, A&E, have you no shame? Is nothing too disgusting to be seen or heard on your shows? Are you familiar with the concept of standards? Remember them? These questions...
STARR REPORT
Peck perks 'Dirt' #s All the hype over "the kiss" between series star Courteney Cox and guest star Jennifer Aniston in last Tuesday's season finale of "Dirt" made a difference...
KILLER CRABS
'DEADLIEST Catch" is the only reality show where someone is almost guaranteed to die each season. The show follows the hardships and occasionally tragic ends of fishermen working hundreds of...
UNITARDED
YOU know those one-joke "Saturday Night Live" sketches that start to age after six minutes? "Blades of Glory" is one joke that lasts 93 minutes, costs $11 and could involve...
FORGET ABOUT REALISM
I like Cabernet, sirloin steak and cherry pie. So if you put them all in a blender, I'd have a perfect meal, right? About as perfect as "The Lookout," which...
WHO I DID DURING SUMMER VACATION
WHEN dementia overtakes me and I need a nurse to come in and look after me, I hope she looks like Nike, the vixenish centerpiece of the German soaper "Summer...
SACCO AND VANZETTI
SACCO and Vanzetti were railroaded into the electric chair! But first, a history lesson: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants executed for a 1920 payroll robbery in a...
BLISS, FAMILY ROBINSON
IT'S hard not to like a PG-rated 'toon that works in re ferences to "Pulp Fiction" and "Fargo," even if "Meet the Robinsons," a delightful, quirk-filled riff on "Back to...
OBSESSED WITH HAWKS, DEPRESSED BY LIFE
JULIAN Goldberger's "The Hawk is Dying" is not an easy movie to watch, and it's far from perfect - but it does have an artsy integrity and a fascinatingly intense...
AFTER THE WEDDING
ESSENTIALLY a classy soap opera, Danish director Susanne Bier's highly entertaining "After the Wedding" is full of enough plot twists to supply a whole season of "Desperate Housewives." The talented...
PREVIEWS
"THE ACCOMPLICES": An activist fights to rescue European Jews from the Nazis, only to be blocked by the Roosevelt administration. Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St., between Ninth and 10th...
BROADWAY
"THE COAST OF UTOPIA": Four stars Tom Stoppard's thrilling trilogy of 19th-century Russian activists and thinkers, together with their lovers and friends, makes up one of the epic theater pieces...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": Three stars John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": Two and a half stars Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ALTAR BOYZ": Three stars This musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands manages to be funny and entertaining despite its one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., between Eighth...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It's best to call ahead before going to any event. CHRISTINA AGUILERA: The pop singer will headline at Jersey's Continental Airlines Arena on...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Andrew Hill Sextet. 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: Clark...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, 8 p.m. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra at Zankel Hall, 10 p.m. Baritone Wolfgang...
DANCE
FLORENCE GOULD HALL: Tomorrow and Sunday, New Choreographers on Point presents the 17th year of its "Ballet Builders" program, works by seven ballet choreographers from the United States and Canada....
FILM
BAM ROSE CINEMAS: Tomorrow and Sunday, the "Creatively Speaking" series highlights independent films and videos by and about communities of color. Highlights include Raquel Cepeda's documentary "Bling: A Planet Rock"...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Bobby Slayton. 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th streets; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Tomorrow: Jim Norton. Through Sunday: Dave Attell, John Joseph, Adam Ferrara, Colin Quinn, Dan...
CABARET
CARLYLE HOTEL: Today and tomorrow: Jane Monheit. Tuesday through May 5: Keely Smith. 35 E. 76th St., at Madison Avenue; (212) 744-1600. DON'T TELL MAMA: Tomorrow: Ron Poole's "Poole Party,"...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
TARTAN WEEK: This annual starts tomorrow with a series of free events throughout the city. At Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall, enjoy the Loch Ness Monster exhibit, Scottish fashion shows, celebrity...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * Dirty girl CHRISTINA AGUILERA performs tomorrow night at 8:30 in the Boardwalk Hall Arena. Tickets: $55-$115; boardwalkhall.com, (609) 348-7000. * Everybody loves BRAD GARRETT, onstage tonight and...
FILM PICK
Andy Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick is having another 15 minutes of fame thanks to "Factory Girl," a fictional account of her life, starring Sienna Miller. This weekend and next, the...
MARY'S HOT PICK
SAX player Wayne Escoffery (pictured), 32, no longer has the accent of his native London. He lived there till he was 8, when he and his mom moved to the...
VENICE AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
THERE is a famous story about the Venetian painter Gentile Bellini. Sent to the Ottoman court in Constantinople, he painted on one occasion a severed head. But the sultan, who...
MIKE'S MILLIONSTO BE 'REWARD' $$ FOR POOR
Some of the city's poorest families will soon have a powerful incentive to do the right thing - cold, hard cash as a reward for taking their kids to school,...
DEAL A BUDGET BOOST TO CHARTER SCHOOLS
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer and legislative leaders yesterday agreed on a new state budget that officials say includes authorization for 50 new charter schools in the city. Legislative sources said...
$196 MILLION SHEIK SHACK
If you think Manhattan apartments are expensive, try shelling out $196 million for a flat in London. That's what Sheik Hamad bin Jassem al Thani, the foreign minister of Qatar,...
SHUTTERED GYM'S OWNER TO REPAY 170G
A Brooklyn health-club owner who shut down his gym without notice - then spent the $170,000 from stiffed customers on luxury trips to Puerto Rico and Florida - has been...
COMMISH: 25G STARTING PAY FOR COPS AN 'INSULT'
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned yesterday that the NYPD was being imperiled by the $25,000 starting salary for recruits, calling it an "insult" to the department. "We can't go on...
DEATH! DOOM LOOMS FOR S.I. COP KILLER
Now, he's a marked man. Cop-killer Ronell Wilson became the first federal death-row prisoner from New York since 1954 after a judge yesterday ordered his execution for the shocking slaying...
GIRLS-SCHOOL 'PERV' TEACH BUSTED
A biology teacher at an elite all-girls Catholic high school in Manhattan had sex with one student and fondled another, authorities charged yesterday. Both of Richard Ali's alleged victims were...
MAID DIES IN TRAGIC PLUMMET
A maid plunged to her death from a ninth-floor window that she had been cleaning yesterday on the Upper West Side. Cops said Joanna Piascik, 51, apparently slipped while washing...
NO-GO FOR ONE-LEG COP
A one-legged marathon runner's lifelong dream of walking a beat for the NYPD ran into a brick wall yesterday when an appeals court upheld the department's finding that he's not...
SEX-PRED PRINCIPAL GUILTY
An Upper East Side private-school head mistress faces up to 18 years in prison after her conviction yesterday for sexually preying on a young male student. After deliberating for six...
'GAME' OVER
Multiplatinum West Coast rapper The Game was a no-show again in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday, where he was to face charges of impersonating a cop so he could bully a...
NYU FRESHMEN TO PAY $50,000
The cost of partying - er, studying - at NYU will jump 5 percent in the upcoming school year. The Class of 2011 will pay $49,996 during their freshman year...
'DIRTBAG' BOSS
A cleaning-crew supervisor tried to frighten his employee, a witness to the Sean Bell shooting, and pressure him to clam up because he didn't want detectives rooting around his own...
'CAB'ASSADORS GET TIP OF CAP
The city yesterday hailed cabdrivers who went that extra mile for their passengers. Alande Nicolas, 52, a Haitian immigrant, was named Driver of the Year at the annual ceremony at...
PACE PREXY TO JEWS: SORRY
The president of Pace University has publicly apologized to a campus Jewish group that had accused administrators of using strong-arm tactics to stop a screening of a documentary on radical...
DETECTIVE SAVES S.I. FIRE KID, 4
An off-duty detective rescued a 4-year-old from a burning home on Staten Island yesterday. Detective Vincent DiCrescento was driving on the Staten Island Expressway at around 5 a.m. when he...
FERTILITY 'FAKER'
An illegal immigrant posing as a fertility doctor robbed a middle-aged couple desperate for a baby of more than $50,000 and a year of hope, authorities charged yesterday. Dolores Rodas,...
COP TELLS OF B'KLYN TENANT SLAY
A decorated NYPD lieutenant testified yesterday that he had "no choice" when he pulled a revolver on his angry tenant, fatally shooting him during a Mother's Day 2005 confrontation. Shamik...
EARLY SHOTS AT STD
City health officials have launched an aggressive campaign to distribute a vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer to girls in public schools, it was revealed yesterday. The Health Department reported...
L.I. LEGS, TORSO MAY BE LINKED
Two legs that washed ashore on separate Long Island beaches might be from the unidentified torso of a murdered woman found in Mamaroneck, police said yesterday. One of the legs...
WRITE IS WRONG IN IRAN
British leaders angrily denounced Iran yesterday for the "outrageous and cruel" manipulation of its 15 captive sailors in the worsening hostage crisis. A livid Prime Minister Tony Blair led the...
LEGS-TRA EFFORT
Break a leg! Heather Mills carries two spare limbs into a Beverly Hills prosthetics center after leaving a dance studio, where she was rehearsing for her turn on "Dancing With...
PARIS FACES CLINK
Paris Hilton's next sex tape could be titled "Caged Heat - Prison Heiress." The 26-year-old hotel princess has been found in violation of her probation and could spend up to...
POWER BOOST TO RUNNING MATE JUDI
Rudy Giuliani says in a new interview that he hopes his wife, Judith, will sit in on some Cabinet meetings if he captures the White House. In the couple's first...
SENATE OKS IRAQ PULLOUT DEMAND
WASHINGTON - The Senate yesterday ignored President Bush's emphatic veto threats and approved a measure calling for the troops to be pulled out of Iraq - jeopardizing $123 billion needed...
DITCHED BOSS IN-LAW STAYS ON JOB AFTER BAD HEIR DAY
Beleaguered Yankee general partner Steve Swindal showed up for work at Legends Field in Tampa yesterday under the impression he'd keep his high-powered job - despite the implosion of his...
PAVANO GAL PAL DROPS BOMBER
Just days away from the most important game of his life, much-maligned Yankee pitcher Carl Pavano has been given the hook - by his gorgeous girlfriend. Stunning model Gia Allemand...
RAPPIN' ROVE RAVE
WASHINGTON - Yo, yo, yo - Karl Rove can kick it with the comedy. Washington's movers and shakers were still buzzing yesterday over the White House political guru's side-splitting skit...
GARSON'S WIRE IRE
An apoplectic Gerald Garson blew his top when an angry woman filing for divorce threatened to bring reporters to his courtroom, berating her lawyer during a closed-door conference, according to...
EDWARDS SURGES AFTER WIFE'S WOE
John Edwards' poll position in the Democratic presidential primaries surged in the wake of his announcement that his wife, Elizabeth, is suffering from incurable cancer, a new Time magazine survey...
EX WANTS DUE FROM 'DEVIL'
The latest Walter Mosley mystery is: What happened to his ex-wife's money? The "Devil in the Blue Dress" author is getting sued by ex-wife Joy Kellman, who claims that he's...
COPPING AN 'AD'-ITUDE
"Runaway Bride" Jennifer Wilbanks is the inspiration behind a New Mexico police-recruitment ad. The photo, featuring a cop grabbing the veil of a woman dressed in a wedding gown and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx Three people - including an innocent bystander - were shot at a Mott Haven apartment building yesterday. The first victim was standing in front of 581 Timpson Place...
GEORGE'S SON WAITS ON DECK
TAMPA - Forget "The Sopranos." The most compelling family drama to watch is now the Steinbrenners. The intrigue over who will succeed George Steinbrenner to run the Yankees deepened this...
LIBERAL DOSE OF PAP FROM BLEEDING-HEART LAWYER
AT ONE stage, I thought de fense lawyer Mitch Dinner stein was about to throw himself on a funeral pyre after building a statue in the name of Ronell Wilson....
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 991 Lucky Sum: 19 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 4505; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 435; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 3020;...
THE WAGES OF WEAKNESS
The farce being played out in Tehran is sickeningly familiar. A group of Westerners is taken captive, in violation of international law. They are paraded before the TV cameras and...
ELIOT, OVERWHELMED
Who'd have thunk it? Eliot Spitzer is making George Pataki look like Gary Cooper. Doubt it? Just compare what each accomplished in their first few months in office - most...
SCHOOL WARS: NOTHING TO FEAR
RUN for your lives, kiddies! Mad Chancellor Klein is about to launch School Reorganization No. 3! That's the hysterical message from labor and left-wing groups opposed to Joel Klein's latest...
INVITING ATTACK
SEIZED illegally, 15 British sailors and Royal Marines are hostages in Iran. Thanks, Speaker Pelosi. It's amazing that Big Mediahasn't made the obvious connection between the congressional Democrats long- promised...
ATTORNEYS' FEE
IN pursuit of a short-term political benefit, Democrats are in danger of establishing a ruinous new standard in American politics - one they'll come to regret and rue when they...
TAXIS OF INTOLERANCE
TOLERANCE is a two-way street, as a group of Somali taxi drivers in Minneapolis and St. Paul are about to find out. In May, the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) in...
BROOKLYN DA ON TRIAL: LETTING KILLERS GO FREE
Natasha Ramen had her throat slashed by the man who previously raped her in order to stop her from testifying against him ("Law & Disorder: SVU," Editorial, March 22). Now...
WHY DO WE PROTECT TERRORISTS?
Why is this country so worried about being politically correct with people who have no rules of engagement and who slaughter POWs ("How To Treat Terrorist Dogs," Editorial, March 25)?...
BLACKS FIND FREE TIME FOR PARTY CIRCUIT
Instead of soaking in a marble tub at Chicago's Ritz-Carlton, deposed newspaper baron Conrad Black spent an evening soaking up the limelight at a Toronto literary event. Black, who has...
TAKE CONTROL
Take-Two Interactive Software's long-suffering shareholders finally took charge of the boardroom yesterday. Investors at the company's annual meeting at the Hotel Gansevoort took decisive steps by putting in a handpicked...
PRIMEDIA'S PRIMETIME
THE auction for Primedia's enthusiast magazines is heating up. Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers are handling the divestment for Henry Kravis, the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts boss who controls the majority...
EDITOR'S BIG $$ DREAM
Dean Baquet says he would bid for Tribune Co. if he were making Ron Burkle-sized billions. "I would take on Tribune," Baquet told a crowd of media bigwigs gathered to...
UNILEVER'S TECHY AXE ATTACK
Consumer-products giant Unilever is betting on the future of interactive-television advertising to help avoid the fate of consumers skipping past commercials. The company's Axe body spray first gambled on the...
PAPER TIGERS BATTLE
Los Angeles billionaires Eli Broad and Ron Burkle upped their bid late yesterday for Chicago-based media company Tribune Co., offering a total deal that would exceed that currently being offered...
WHOLE FOODS OPENS
After three years of planning and nine months of construction, the créme de la créme of Whole Foods markets finally opened yesterday at Houston and Bowery. The new store marks...
'PROM' HOOK UP
In a bid to get more eyeballs glued to its popular social-networking Web site, MySpace is hooking up with former Disney boss Michael Eisner. Under a pact announced yesterday, MySpace...
TRADE EXPO FIRM ADVANSTAR SOLD
Advanstar Communications, publisher of trade magazines and a producer of trade expos, has been sold yet again, this time to buyout firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson for $1.142 billion. It marks...
NOW VAT'S RICH
The former chief ethics officer at real estate brokerage giant Realogy Corp. allegedly consumed more wine than he acknowledged under oath in a deposition for a $40 million sex discrimination...
TOP STATE COURT OKS FIRING FORM COMMENTS
ALBANY - In a ruling that will benefit all securities brokerage firms, the state's top court yesterday found that a man cannot sue MetLife for libel over statements the company...
NACCHIO WINS ONE IN COURT
Former Qwest Communications International Inc. Chief Executive Officer Joseph Nacchio defeated a government bid to introduce evidence at his insider trading trial of a $90 million asset transfer to his...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
C train: No trains running. A train: No service between Jay Street and Utica Avenue - shuttle buses available. A will make all local stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Trains...
GAG ORDER
ITEM: Joe Theismann out, Ron Jaworski in as ESPN's lead NFL analyst. We don't enjoy kicking a guy when he's down, but how come it took nearly 20 years to...
WHY ALL THE HEAT ON RICHARDSON?
MY wife's grandmother was 7 years old, poor and impressionable when she arrived in New York City by way of S'Angelo, Italy. Lucy Chuisano was taught rich people who spoke...
TROUT SEASON OPENS
SUNDAY'S opener for both freshwater trout and saltwater winter flounder will bring out hordes of anglers. Predictions for both species would be difficult, especially after this up-and- down winter, but...
ON THEIR FOES
ATLANTA - When Georgetown's Roy Hibbert and Ohio State's Greg Oden step on the Georgia Dome court tomorrow night in their Final Four showdown, all eyes will be drawn to...
BRAND LOYALTY TO FIELD
ATLANTA - Dr. Myles Brand, president of the NCAA, held his annual pre-Final Four press conference and addressed two issues that have made news of late. After Syracuse was left...
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
If Frank Young isn't careful, he may wind up getting drafted by the Knicks. The West Virginia senior led the Mountaineers to their first NIT title since 1942, scoring 24...
GEORGETOWN VS OHIO STATE
POINT GUARD Jessie Sapp vs. Mike Conley Jr. Sapp played a masterful floor game against Carolina with 15 points, eight assists and just two turnovers. He is the embodiment of...
UCLA VS FLORIDA
POINT GUARD Darren Collison vs. Taurean Green Collison is playing his best ball of the year, shooting 59 percent from the field, 94 percent from the line, and has a...
BUCK BACK TO BOOTH
Joe Buck has officially been removed as host of FOX NFL Sunday, but will continue in his role as the network's lead play-by-play personality. The studio show's new anchor will...
EX-HOLY CROSS STAR TEARS ACL
Kevin Ogletree was set to become possibly the top receiver in the ACC this year, but now, the former Holy Cross star likely won't even get on the field for...
RED BULLS SNAG MATHIS
Bruce Arena's Red Bulls have been searching all offseason for forward help, and found it yesterday in an unexpected, but familiar, place, re-acquiring Clint Mathis from Colorado for a partial...
5 QUESTIONS FOR PETER GAMMONS
This week, NYP TV Sports' Pat Reichart spoke with ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons. Gammons, who turns 62 on April 9, is entering his 17th season with the network. Q:...
PICK 6 - AND GET LESS THAN PICK 4
Big question yesterday was how impending divorce of Steve Swindal from George Steinbrenner's daughter Jennifer might affect bid of Excelsior Racing Associates to take over N.Y. racing franchise. Swindal, who's...
OPINIONS MIXED ON TRAINER ROACH
DEPENDING on whom you talk to, Freddie Roach is either one of the best boxing trainers in the world or a back stabber. Maybe he's a little of both. Oscar...
STELLAR FIELD FOR DUBAI WORLD CUP
America's Breeders' Cup bills itself as the "world thoroughbred championships," but the year's true international title bout is the Dubai World Cup and the five $1 million-plus races that precede...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Serena reaches final Shahar Peer, a 19-year-old corporal in the Israeli Army, kept things close for an hour before Serena Williams pulled away, winning 7-6 (4), 6-1 last night...
MADDEN SAYS HE CAN PLAY
John Madden says he can rejoin the Devils' lineup tonight. His coach, no fool he, intends to be sure the 33-year-old super-checker is not risking reinjury so near to the...
JINTS WON'T GET IN COUGHLIN CORNER
A day after Giants head coach Tom Coughlin likened his image to that of Adolf Hitler, the team opted to keep mum on a remark that can be characterized as...
MAV AND MAV NOT
It's the Impossible Dream, but don't tell that to the Knicks. Winning in Dallas tonight would represent a shocking upset, especially given that the sub-.500 club is playing without David...
INJURED FRANCIS NOT ON BOARD FOR TRIP
Stevie Franchise wasn't with the franchise. Steve Francis didn't join the Knicks on the team plane to Dallas, a source told The Post yesterday. So, the starting guard seems doubtful...
STEPHON, LEBRON IN SHOE WAR
Stephon Marbury gave his sneaker rebuttal to LeBron James and said the Cavaliers superstar didn't do his "homework." James, who has a $90 million endorsement contract with Nike, took a...
LAST HAND STANDING
VERO BEACH, Fla. - Lastings Milledge intended to give it a go yesterday despite his right hand contusion. How he fared at the plate would be a hint regarding whether...
HAPPY FATHER PLAYS
PORT ST. LUCIE - He spent the first few minutes blinking away brilliant sunshine, letting the warmth fill his skin and the glare blind his eyes a little bit, and...
OFF TO THE RACES!
Sure, surviving 162 regular-season games, earning a playoff berth and winning two postseason series still stand between the Yankees and the Mets and a berth in the Fall Classic. But...
AMAZIN'S WILL BEGIN WITH SMITH IN 'PEN
VERO BEACH - Joe Smith is officially on the Mets. The side-arming rookie, was put on the big-league roster yesterday. The 23-year-old righty posted a 1.35 ERA in 11 spring...
NETS' HOUSE NOT IN ORDER
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Nets won back-to-back games, pulling one out with the aid of a near-miracle play at the end of regulation, claiming the other with start-to-finish domination....
RANGERS FEAR FLYERS FIGHT
Bad blood runs deeper than the standings. Just ask the plastic surgeon for Flyers tough guy Todd Fedoruk. The last time the rival Rangers and Flyers met, a 5-0 Rangers...
CARL & DRIVER
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Carl Pavano is going to be named the Yankees' Opening Day starter today. Unless, of course, the American Idle comes down with a physical problem before Torre...
FEW AS HANDY AS ANDY
ANDY Pettitte is back home with the Yankees. What makes this homecoming especially sweet is Pettitte is one Yankees pitcher who originally made it here from their minor league system...
LIFE OF BRIAN
TAMPA - In the past two days, Brian Cashman has double dipped, taking in minor-league games early in the afternoon and watching his major-league team at night. While on the...
YANKEES NOW MUST LET TWO GO
DUNEDIN, Fla. - The day every manager hates arrives today. That's when the Yankees will announce who will be the backup catcher and first baseman. In turn, two players will...
BACK SURGERY KO'S QUENTIN
DALLAS - Knicks swingman Quentin Richardson underwent disk surgery in Miami today that will put him out for the season, but the club expects him to resume his career next...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
You'd think a man and a woman accused of stealing millions would try to keep their noses clean in court, but you'd be wrong. They were barred from eating in...
Isiah earns respect of refs
By MARC BERMANDALLAS - I bumped into Ronnie Nunn, the chief of NBA referees, at LaGuardia Airport this afternoon on my way to Dallas. Nunn happened to be at the...