April 6, 2007
Retirement-home movies: hot new trend?
What do you get when you cross "You Can Count On Me" with "Away From Her," Sarah Polley's heartbreaking directorial debut out next month? You get (in a reductive way)...
Series pick No. 2
By MARK HALEI went 0-for-1 -- which is probably even giving me too much credit -- in my first series prediction of the year. Time for me to redeem myself.As...
Ice Girls "Incident"
The rivalry between the Islanders and Rangers has been arguably better this season than in recent years. All of the games were evenly matched, hard played, and close in score....
Five Game Recap
In the last ten days, the Rangers have played five games with mixed results. A look back:March 27, at Montreal: Canadiens 6, Rangers 4:Rangers jump out to a 2-0 lead,...
KING JOSE MOVES AHEAD OF JETER
Derek Jeter is off to a horrendous start defensively with three errors in two games. Iâve been at both games and his range was limited as well as ground balls...
Lee: I wanted to play
By MARC BERMANDavid Lee broke his silence at the morning shootaround and admitted he was ready to play Wednesday night vs. the Sixers when Isiah Thomas dealt him his season's...
Deal of the Day
Get Shorty this summer with these raspberry and turquoise cotton V-Front stripey bottoms from Ladies of the Canyon.The side pockets and pleats give these super soft shorts a bit of...
The Truth About 'The Hoax'
As I note in my review of "The Hoax'' today, Lasse Hallstrom's highly entertaining flick with Richard Gere takes almost as many liberties with the truth as its subject, Clifford...
Why I Think A-Rod Will Leave
I think Alex Rodriguez will opt-out at the end of this season. I think he will do this because the money will be just too much to ignore. But I...
Is Bruce Willis the New Toxie?
In my review of "Grindhouse'' that ran in The Post on Wednesday, I noted at one point that the character played by an unbilled Bruce Willis in Robert Rodriguez' zombie-movie...
Cruise Uncontrolled
Just when it looked like Tom Cruise was quietly resurrecting his movie career, he's back in the news with another wacko stunt. My pal longtime pal David Seifmanreports exclusively in...
A Page Out of History
Fans of old movie palaces and those of you have never seen the genuine article (the Ziegfeld, opened in 1969, doesn't really count) should check out The Lafayette Theater in...
DUPLIKATE
THE most eclectically put-together, iconoclastic and oft-copied figure in fashion is about to launch her insanely anticipated debut line - and it looks oddly familiar. Like, really, really familiar. Kate...
FROM NORWAY TO OUR WAY
NORWEGIAN export Sondre Lerche sang his way into the scene six years ago, charming Bowery Ballroom audiences with his blue eyes and blue guitar, his debut pop disc "Faces Down"...
ABANDON SHIP BEFORE ENCOUNTERING 'PIRATE'
IMAGINE "Les Miserables" going out to meet "Riverdance" and somehow missing the boat. That's what happened with "The Pirate Queen," which opened last night. It's the latest collaboration of Alain...
'GREY'-ED NERVES
CHRISTINE Ebersole has changed digs this week, swapping the raccoon-infested East Hampton dump she inhabits in "Grey Gardens" for her friend Rosie O'Donnell's elegant mansion in South Beach. Ebersole's producers...
ETCHED IN YOUR MEMORY
PLAYING a gig at Feinstein's may be dangerous to your health. Or so it seems, since so many headliners there lately seem to suffer from colds. Such was the case...
FANTASIA IN FOOTLIGHTS
SHE has survived poverty, rape and Simon Cowell. But is Fantasia Barrino ready for Broadway? Six and a half million dollars says she is. That's how much the box office...
STARR REPORT
Grier 'Here' for NBC The improv show returns this Monday night on NBC with "Thank God You're Here," a six-episode series hosted by David Alan Grier (who also performs in...
REGIS READY
REGIS Philbin's ticker is back in tip-top shape. Philbin, 75, was photographed yesterday for the first time in public since his recent triple-bypass operation. Returning from a shopping trip with...
DOING DIANA
NBC and VH1 will broadcast the upcoming "Concert for Diana" - a full-scale charity rock show starring Elton John - in July, according to reports. The show will take place...
LUCKY LOPEZ
MARIO Lopez, the "Saved by the Bell" star who made a big comeback last year on "Dancing with the Stars," is reportedly in contention to become the new host of...
LEAVE IT TO 'CLEAVER'
IT'S only fitting that the man who chopped up Richie Aprile in the backroom of Satriale's butcher shop and cut off the head of Ralphie Cifaretto should end his "Sopranos"...
TONGUE (RING) LASHING
THAY it ain't tho! The shocking departure of Gina Glocksen, the tongue ring-toting rocker, from "American Idol" this week has fans boiling mad. They blamed a prejudice against her pierced...
KLEINFELD BRIDAL GETS SHOW
KLEINFELD Bridal - the New York bridal mecca - is getting its own reality series. The untitled series was described in an announcement yesterday as "part fashion show, part love...
HOAX FOLKS' JOKE SMOKES
I'VE never been a fan of Richard Gere, but he gives the performance of his career as Clifford Irving, who became a folk hero in the early 1970s when he...
SHELTERED SON STUMBLES INTO SEXUAL SOCIETY
LIKE a Canadian "Six Feet Under," the indie dramedy "Whole New Thing" mixes characters (teen and adult, gay and straight, married and single) who seem both completely plausible and capable...
LOS MUERTOS
THE Argentinean oddity "Los Muertos" takes minimalism to the max. It opens in a jungle, birds chirping, the camera panning over two bloodied bodies. The film never goes into detail,...
G.I. JESUS
THE folks who got needlessly bent out of shape over the chocolate Jesus should not do the same over "G.I. Jesus," an indie film that marks the feature debut of...
CAN'T GET WITH THE PROGRAM
TORTURED genius has been done, so the satire "The TV Set" gives us a tortured nongenius, a show creator who wails of his latest mediocrity, "I know it's not Shakespeare....
CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN 5 DAYS
YOU can't do it in the workplace, in restaurants, or pretty much anyplace in New York. Yet you still can't quit smoking. Or maybe you're a "party smoker" who thinks...
PREVIEWS
"BLACKBIRD": Jeff Daniels stars in this edgy drama about a man forced to confront a young woman from his past. City Center Stage 1, 131 W. 55th St.; (212) 581-1212....
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. DIANA ROSS: The iconic singer will take the stage tonight at 8 at...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Jason Robert Brown. 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: Jim...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall, 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Baird Trio at Weill Recital Hall, 8 p.m. "Giulio Cesare" at the Metropolitan Opera...
DANCE
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER: Through Sunday, the jazz-ballet company Odyssey Dance Theatre of Utah makes its New York debut with a performance titled "Shut Up and Dance!" Tickets are $10 and...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Through Sunday, "Collective for Living Cinema." Screenings include H.C. Potter's deconstructive stage farce, "Hellzapoppin'" (1941), and Sidney M. Goldin's "His Wife's Lover" (1931), based on the Yiddish...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Sheryl Underwood, Paul Mooney. 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th streets; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Through Sunday: Dave Attel, Adam Ferrara, Robert Kelly, Keith Robinson, Colin Quinn,...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Sunday and Monday: Barbara Carroll. 59 W. 44th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; (212) 467-7444. CARLYLE HOTEL: Through April 28: Keely Smith. 35 E. 76th St., at Madison...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
TAXI CENTENNIAL: Celebrate the centennial of the New York City taxi with a series of events around town. Visit the Taxi 07 exhibit starting today at the New York International...
FILM PICK
Taxi! This year marks the 100th anniversary of the New York City taxi, and the IFC Center in the West Village is hailing the occasion with a seven-film, four-weekend festival...
MARY'S HOT PICK
As Gypsy Rose Lee knew, you gotta have a gimmick. The New York Miniaturist Ensemble figured out one that's hard to beat. The group, formed by Juilliard School grads in...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * Guitar great BUDDY GUY plays the House of Blues at Showboat tonight at 9. Tickets: $24-$40; hob.com, (609) 236-BLUE. * Stop in the name of DIANA ROSS...
KINDRED SPIRITS: ASHER B. DURAND AND THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
FOR some inscrutable reason, this seems to be the year of Asher B. Durand. A massive exhibition of the 19th-century landscape painter has just opened at the Brooklyn Museum and...
UPCOMING
STEPHEN SILLS: The legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter will perform at the Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on May 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are...
CHUMLEY'S CHIMNEY CAVES IN
A chimney in Chumley's, the historic lower Manhattan watering hole, collapsed yesterday, and contractors were cited for illegal and "unsafe" work. FDNY officials said a dozen residents were evacuated from...
COMPTROLLER HIT BY A $3.6M BILK RUN
A social worker stole more than $3.6 million from the city Comptroller's Office, using the fiscal watchdog's cash to buy flashy jewelry, plasma TVs and pricey cars, prosecutors said yesterday....
FBI MAN SLAIN AMID 'HEIST'
A veteran G-man was killed yesterday by another FBI agent - gunned down after the feds opened fire on three armed bank bandits they'd been tracking in north central New...
COP-SLAY TIPSTERS GET 40G
A pair of anonymous tipsters whose information helped snare the killer of two NYPD detectives each received $20,000 yesterday from COPSHOT, a group that offers cash for help in solving...
WW2 HERO'S NEW TITLE: GRAD
Irving Sokolofsky earned two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and numerous other commendations for taking a Nazi bullet in the leg at Normandy and still slogging up Utah Beach to...
HOME-BUY HELP
In a bid to stem the rising tide of foreclosures, Council Speaker Christine Quinn is proposing a $1 million program to ensure that throngs of future home buyers don't get...
TOM'S QUACKPOT FE$T TO HIT CITY
Scientology superstar Tom Cruise is coming here to promote his controversial "detox" project to 9/11 workers, and will host a mega-fund-raising gala for it. Tickets for the April 19 fund-raiser,...
SEW MAD AT IRAN'S WAR CRIME VS. FASHION
Big Apple tailors give Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an "F" - for fashion faux pas - over the ill-fitting suits he forced captured British sailors to wear as he paraded...
TV LAWYER'S PARTNER A TAX CHEAT
The law partner of celebrity attorney Mickey Sherman - who himself is under federal criminal investigation for failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars - yesterday pleaded guilty to...
NYPD'S SCORE LOSERS
The current crop of cops taking the sergeants exam is not only the most paltry in years - it's the worst-performing, as well. Just 255 out of 3,866 applicants passed...
N.Y.'S $1B POLICE ACADEMY
The search is over for a new Police Academy, and it is going to be spectacular - a 30-acre campus in Queens complete with 250 classrooms, firing ranges, indoor and...
STRAY SHOT HITS BX. MOTORIST
A man was struck by a stray bullet yesterday as he was driving through The Bronx, police said. The slug hit Manuel Marino, 38, of Kearny, N.J., as he was...
BABY SITTER BEDDED BOYS: DA
A 36-year-old New Jersey woman has been charged with having sex with two 13-year-old boys she was baby-sitting - in front of an even younger girl. A Toms River grand...
'KID PORN' FOR 'DEATH' DAD
The FBI is investigating child porn found on a computer owned by the Staten Island dad who escaped jail over charges he stood by as his wife drove a minivan...
HELP TO ESCHEW THE FAT
Lighten up, restaurateurs - a team of trans-fat busters is available to help you. Some of the city's top pan-searing chefs will advise eateries on ways to sizzle and bake...
DON'T TAKE THE CAKE!
A giant pink cupcake that twirls above a new Chelsea eatery could be iced because it violates city rules. The canopy that supports the 3-foot-tall, $20,000 Styrofoam dessert outside Burgers...
CIRCUMCISE ADVICE GETS SNIPPED AT
Black AIDS activists yesterday expressed skepticism about a city Health Department recommendation that men at a high risk of contracting the deadly disease get circumcised. "I can't imagine us going...
MIKE: PINCH-HIT FOR 'MOB'
An allegedly mobbed-up contractor linked to indicted former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik probably shouldn't be working on the new Yankee Stadium project, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "Obviously, I would prefer...
NAILED BY TOTAL-RECALL COP
A cop with a long memory busted a rape suspect in Central Park yesterday after recognizing him from a photo as the same man he had arrested three years earlier,...
ASTOR PL. BOOKSTORE IN 'NOBLE' DEFEAT
The East Village is losing another bookstore - and this time, it's a big chain operation that's biting the dust. The Barnes & Noble branch at 4 Astor Place will...
ELIOT TAPS TOP FED AS MED-FRAUD COP
Gov. Spitzer has tapped a nationally recognized Philadelphia federal prosecutor to be his pit bull against Medicaid and health-care fraud, The Post has learned. James Sheehan - who handled more...
'DAD SLAY' SHOCK
A Queens man lived in fear of his son for months before he was allegedly stabbed to death by the young man in Midtown, a pal said. Guyu Du, 35,...
RUNAWAY LAD FOUND AT JFK
The London teen who ran away to the Apple was found yesterday morning at Kennedy Airport, unscathed after his four-day American "adventure." George Lenon, 17, was picked up in the...
JACKO BRIC-A-BRACKO ON BLOCKO
Neverland Ranch may be closed, but you can still get a piece of Jacko. A collection of 2,000 of the moonwalker's personal items will be auctioned off to the public...
SITTING DUCK
The lawyer for disgraced Brooklyn judge Gerald Garson ripped into the prosecution's star witness yesterday, calling him a spineless stoolie who sold out his mentor, his clients, his partner and...
BABES' 'GOAL' TO DISTRACT
New York's hockey rivalry has spilled into cheerleaderland. The Islanders' "Ice Girls" have accused the Rangers of coldblooded harassment during Tuesday night's game - claiming that Blueshirt goalie Henrik Lundqvist...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1 train: No trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. Take the 2 or 3 instead. Shuttle buses between Chambers Street and South Ferry. 2,3 train: Trains run local between...
JOY & JABS AS HOSTAGES COME HOME
Fifteen British sailors and marines arrived home yesterday to hugs and tears from relatives, cheers from countrymen - and biting criticism of their conduct in Iran and overly friendly farewell...
RUDY CONFIRMS HE'LL SNIP BIZ TIE
COLUMBIA, S.C. - White House hopeful Rudy Giuliani yesterday confirmed he'll leave his consulting business "pretty soon" to devote his time solely to his presidential bid. "I'm largely out of...
OH, MY BOD! FIREFIGHTER LOOKS HOT IN MUGSHOT
A Cincinnati-area volunteer firefighter showed some equipment when he was busted for allegedly driving drunk in a public park - while wearing a woman's blond wig, pink flip-flops and a...
MED PANEL PROBES ANNA'S '600-PILL' SHRINK
California is investigating the shrink who wrote Anna Nicole Smith a grocery list of prescriptions just before she died, officials said yesterday. Dr. Khristine Eroshevich is under the California medical...
VP SPANKS NANCY FOR 'BEHAVIOR' PROBLEM
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney chastised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday for her "bad behavior" during a Mideast trip - and for bungling a message to Syria's dictator. "The...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BrooklynA thug was arrested for beating an acquaintance with a wooden mop handle in Crown Heights, authorities said yesterday. Shaking Fisher, 28, argued with the 44-year-old victim at Buffalo Avenue...
RAT-FINK COMMISH BELONGS IN THE HALLES OF SHAME
THE city's Ministry of Culinary Righteousness struck again yesterday, shutting popular Park Avenue South eatery Les Halles for health-code violations including "conditions conducive to rodents" - although there were no...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 495; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 6284; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 166; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 8716;...
CUOMO SMELLS BLOOD
Looks like state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo may have stumbled upon something big. The bones of the story certainly appear scandalous: Financial-aid officials at three prominent colleges - Columbia University,...
RUE, BRITANNIA
Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the wavesBritons never, never, never shall be slaves. Pathetic objects of international ridicule, perhaps, but never slaves. Not yet, anyway. "England expects that every man will...
GOODY BAGFUL OF DISHONOR
IT WAS a fitting image of the 14 wimps and a sob sister arriving back in the United Kingdom yesterday: skulking away with pink goody bags in hand. The color...
HATING AMERICA, LOVING NANCY
'THE other face of America": So Arab media and political circles describe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she winds up her tour of the Middle East amid criticism from the...
THE CAPITULATION CAUCUS
IT is growing in strength and boldness. It's not a political party or a cohesive movement - but it's on the verge of becoming the most significant force in the...
A DUBIOUS IMMIGRATION RX
WHITE House operatives are hoping that they may eke a victory out on an unlikely issue: immigration reform. For weeks now, administration officials have been meeting with Republican senators to...
IS GOVERNING BUTT ANOTHER VICE?
THE ISSUE: Tom Suozzi's move to impose a $2-a-pack cigarette-tax hike in Nassau County. The way politicians are taxing us, we will soon be charged $10 for a can of...
STEAMROLLER GOES FLAT EN ROUTE TO REFORM
THE ISSUE: Gov. Spitzer's unveiling of New York state's record high $122 billion budget. Unlike the state budget, "N.Y.'s Broken Bank" (Michael R. Long, PostOpinion, April 3) was fair and...
$4.5B TO KICK CHRYSLER'S TIRES
Sun-drenched billionaire Kirk Kerkorian yesterday tried to wiggle his way into the driver's seat of the Chrysler auction with a $4.5 billion bid that he said topped offers from powerful...
TIMES RUNS OUT
Fed up with the New York Times' dictatorial control over its investors, Wall Street is again trying to dislodge four generations of family control at the media company. It's the...
NEW BLOG RIPS HEAD OF CARMEL
An influential and popular satellite radio industry blog has become the latest critic to slam research firm The Carmel Group's controversial analysis of the Sirius and XM merger, accusing the...
BARE MIN-IMUM
JANN Wenner, head honcho of Rolling Stone and Us Weekly, is trying to tighten the screws and lower the compensation of some of his top people - but the tactic...
AMEX SUITORS GROW
The list of those interested in possibly taking a bite out of the American Stock Exchange is growing, The Post has learned. A key unit of options trading kingpin Interactive...
CABLE CRUSHING
An Internet auction site that promised to transform how TV ad time is bought and sold suffered a potentially fatal blow yesterday when the biggest cable networks slammed it. The...
TROUBLED TAKE-TWO PROBED BY SEC
The drumbeat of regulatory woes continues for controversial video-game maker Take-Two Interactive Software, as the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a formal investigation into its option granting policies. The...
WALL ST. MAY HAVE SYMBOLIC CHANGES
In the brave new world of Wall Street, nothing seems sacred anymore. The venerable stock symbols used as vocabulary of traders the world over could be changing in ways no...
BACK ON BOARD
The cost of insuring the directors and officers of corporate boards hit a five-year low as dot-com era concerns over widespread self-dealing and dishonesty in the boardroom begin to fade....
NOTHING RIGHT FOR LEFTY
AUGUSTA - The moment of crisis has come much sooner than Phil Mickelson expected in the 71st Masters. It didn't lurk in the shadows and wait to ambush him in...
DRAFT-DODGING AND THE GATORS
CHOOSING to continue college life and childhood one extra year in their pursuit to reiterate Florida's NCAA supremacy proved to be economically advantageous for two Gators juniors and somewhat costly...
JUST STOP SAYING IT, JOE
AS long as ESPN finally got the memo on Joe Theismann, its lead football analyst, it's time to throw some before-it's-too-late friendly persuasion toward its lead baseball analyst, Joe Morgan....
SHOOTING PAR AW-PHIL HARD
AUGUSTA - Augusta National was a smiling assassin in yesterday's opening round of the 71st Masters. It was a seemingly harmless 80-year-old grandmother packing heat and a pretty powerful left...
BALANCED BEEM FLIPS OVER HIS 71
AUGUSTA - Rich Beem walked into the interview room yesterday positively beaming about the 1-under-par 71 he just shot, a score that not only tied his best career round at...
DICE-K-RIFIC!
KANSAS CITY - Were the expectations absurd? Of course they were. Until around 1:25 local time yesterday, Daisuke Matsuzaka was still more myth than man, still more supernova than a...
DONOVAN STAYS PUT
Friday in the Georgia Dome, Billy Donovan and his wife, Christine, recounted a recent telephone conversation, and there was little doubt the Florida coach would not leave Gainesville and take...
GREEN MACHINE
Ten years have passed since Tiger Woods roared into the national spotlight, winning the 1997 Masters by 12 strokes and finishing a record 18-under par. Now, as Woods sets his...
'SPORTS GUY' NOW 'MONEY MAN'
Bill Simmons, a/k/a "The Sports Guy," has signed a multi-year, big-bucks contract extension with ESPN, where he will continue in his role as ESPN.com's lead columnist and also have input...
5 QUESTIONS FOR TIM MCCARVER
This week, NYP TV Sports' Pat Reichart spoke with Fox baseball analyst Tim McCarver. The 65-year-old McCarver has been calling games since retiring from the sport in 1980. Q: Even...
BIG DOUBLE FOR HONDO
Hondo bounced back from his lone setback of the season in a huge way yesterday, scoring a monster hit with the D-Rays last night to go with his after noon...
SPORTS SHORTS
OBIT: Darryl Stingley, 55Darryl Stingley, paralyzed after a vicious hit during an NFL exhibition game nearly 30 years ago, died yesterday in Chicago. He was 55. Stingley, a star receiver...
PAVO SIZZLES IN FEATURE
Track was muddy, sealed for first six races; good, harrowed from seventh on. THIRD RACE: After Lord Snowdon, at 1-4, gave chalk players some relief in second race, Go Fernando...
MARTY'S MARK
PHILADELPHIA - Apples beat oranges. Martin Brodeur didn't put the victory-inflating shootout gimmick in the game, nor declare it counts toward a storied benchmark. The Devils goalie embraced becoming the...
DESPERATE ISLES START TO BELIEVE
You know it's a different kind of night at Nassau Coliseum when the crowd is told by the PA announcer before the game that "it's OK to cheer for the...
CURRY-UP OFFENSE
Isiah Thomas promised yesterday Knicks center Eddy Curry will return next season with a 15-foot jumper that will make him more dangerous. That Thomas delved deeply into Curry's summer preparation...
FAMILIAR SCENARIO
ATLANTA - It's the undefeated Mets against the unbeaten Braves. Billy Wagner said the Braves are a better team than they were in 2006. "I tell you, they have improved,"...
ATLANTA: AMAZIN'S MEASURING STICK IN DIVISION
PHILADELPHIA - For years, the Mets were the hunters and the Braves the hunted. This season the roles are reversed. When the Mets and Braves meet today in Atlanta, it...
WIZ WOES STIMULATE NETS' SIXTH SENSE
CHICAGO - A few weeks ago - actually, just a few days ago - the idea was ludicrous for the Nets. Finish sixth in the Eastern Conference playoff standings? Hey,...
IT'S A CLINCH!
Last year's Rangers were responsible for transforming the organization's culture. This year's team has solidified that change. Hockey isn't so different here any more, the way it was in the...
CONFIDENT HENRIK
ONLY two points to go to the playoffs after a hard 12-2-4 surge. Yet they were being left hanging by the Rangers. Petr Prucha fortunately had scored early and Jaromir...
D-RAYS COOL OFF PETTITTE, YANKS
Andy Pettitte will presumably get better. But the Yankees better get better with him. And quick. Pettitte couldn't get out of the fifth inning of his ballyhooed homecoming start, while...
SLOPPY PLAY HELPS HAMPER HOMECOMING
THESE are not the same Yan kees that Andy Pettitte left when he flew the coop to Houston. Yes, it's early, but so far this season the defense has been...
ANOTHER 2 ERRORS FOR JETER
Sure, the Yankees' season is only two games old and extrapolations this early are ridiculous, but here's one to have a little fun with: Derek Jeter is on pace to...
DOUG'S BAT THAWS OUT
Doug Mientkiewicz only mustered seven hits all spring. He had three in his first three official at-bats of 2007. One of the bright spots after two games is Mientkiewicz, who...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
If you don't get any votes, have you won or lost the election? A city-council candidate in Missouri who was running uncontested received no votes - not even one from...
THE 6TH QUESTION W/ TIM McCARVER
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...
Playoff Chase Round-up
The Islanders topped the Maple Leafs and kept their slim playoff hopes alive. Ted Nolan, considering the results he's gotten in Uniondale, will likely be a candidate for coach of...
Playoff Bound
It took one more game, but the Rangers have clinched a post-season berth with their victory tonight over the Montreal Canadiens. Nowhere in sight were the Habs that exploded for...