April 8, 2007
Mussina's marathon
Mike Mussina wasn't worried about his lack of velocity in his first start of the year, even if Joe Torre felt he was trying too hard to manufacture added heat...
Miracle in Milwaukee
By MARC BERMANIt was loose and silly late Saturday night in Milwaukee inside the cramped visitor's locker room. Nate Robinson came bounding inside wearing about five multi-colored leis around his...
Braves uniforms
Click to enlargeBy MARK HALE Today the Braves are wearing their red shirts, which I like. I happen to like the New York Giants' red shirts also -- which they...
Turkey Talk 2
I made ıt! After a 13-hour flıght, plus an hour stopover ın Milan to change planes, I arrıved ın sunny Istanbul Saturday afternoon. After a rıde through traffıc that makes...
Easter Parade
In honor of Easter, the Guardian's Film Blog offers the Top 10 Films for Lapsed Catholics like yours truly.(Tip O' the Hat to Movie City News). Charlton Heston reveals how...
Is Richard Gere Jewish?
In my favorable review of "The Hoax,'' I wrote that Richard Gere gives perhaps his best performance as Clifford Irving, the man behind the psuedo-auotobiography of Howard Hughes, despite not...
DVD Extra: Going to Temple
Recommending a Shirley Temple movie on DVD is so un-hip that it's practically hip. You've probably never seen her strangest movie, "The Blue Bird'' (1940). It wasn't included in the...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
DRAMA Ticking clock Jack Bauer faces off with foe Fayed (Adoni Maropsis) this week on "24.". As the administration resumes an offensive approach, they prepare for the unthinkable. Meanwhile, National...
DESIGNING MAN
Interior designer Thom Filicia is going through major separation anxiety. That's what happens when you've finished shooting one groundbreaking reality series, Bravo's "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy," and started...
FAN QUIZ
1.Which "Sopranos" actor won a part on the show after an open casting call? a) Dominic Chianese (Uncle Junior) b) Sharon Angela (Rosalie Aprile) c) Denise Barrino (Ginny Sack) 2....
FAMILY REUNION
"It feels like a death," says Edie Falco, the three-time Emmy winner who went from relative obscurity to being the heart and soul of "The Sopranos." She is talking about...
A BAD CASE OF 'IDOL' WORSHIP
Serious question: What would stimulate the greatest amount of intelligent, informed debate among Americans, 18 years and older? a) The war in Iraq. b) Global warming. c) The 2008 Presidential...
REEL GOOD
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) Tuesday noon, TCM Frank Capra's second Oscar-winning comedy after "It Happens One Night,'' this rollicking adaptation of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's...
'DANCING' WITH THE JOCKS
After two decades of pro football, former wide receiver Jerry Rice could have gone quietly into retirement, hanging out in the broadcast booth, putting in appearances at charity events and...
DYING 'KING' SIGNALS DEATH OF INSULT SITCOMS
I have a few questions about "The King of Queens." First, is the character played by Jerry Stiller supposed to be gay, or is he just some kind of creepy...
GREY'S NEW 'STORY'
"Grey's Anatomy" now has a reputation as the place for viewers to discover new artists and bands, such as Snow Patrol, The Fray and KT Tunstall. During a one-hour special...
HOT SEAT
'YEAR of the Dog" is, in many ways, like most Hollywood love stories, except one - the love here is between a middle-age woman and her beagle. And not in...
UNFAIR 'LADY'
IN 2001, Sally Koslow, the editor-in-chief of McCall's, was asked to step out of her executive title, fancy office and even fancier shoes to make way for Rosie O'Donnell, who...
HOT LIST
1 Ultimate insult Poor Hayden Panettiere. She spends all her time staying out of trouble, not flashing her bits and toiling away on a hit TV show, only to have...
OLD COP SHOWS BUST ON DVD
There was a time when not every cop show on TV was set in New York, L.A. or Miami. This week, three of them - two from San Francisco and...
AGENT PROVOCATEUR
LIKE SO MANY THINGS in Hollywood, a pivotal moment in the new season of "Entourage" revolves around cocaine. Specifically, over who will play Medellin drug lord Pablo Escobar now that...
HOMES' FAMILY VALUES
THE beauty of A.M. Homes' novels is that she's not afraid to go into the dark, zombie heart of suburbia - into the mind of a pedophile, into twisted, fun-house...
REQUIRED READING
Rich kids who work in finance and drink gin and tonics might not be the most interesting people in the world, but somehow they're rendered amusing in Dana Vachon's "Mergers...
THE JOLLY GIANTS
SOMETHING different has been created in the dark, dungeon-like basement of Chelsea's Upright Citizens Brigade, and it's about to crawl right onto your TV screen. MTV's new sketch show "Human...
ADOPT ME
Boris is a young and beautiful Russian blue cat, who's equally gentle and friendly. He's very fond of people, loves to be held and purrs instantly when touched. A perfect...
ASK DR. MICHAEL FOX
DEAR DR. FOX: My shorthaird domestic cat Ginger is 15 years old. She's been a good cat until about three months ago, when she urinated on our bed. She used...
PETS AND PICS
Since 1904, the Humane Society of New York has been an excellent place to adopt a pet. Now, it's also a resource for art collectors. On April 16, the organization...
WHEN MEN ARE CAPTIVE PAWNS
CHESS JUST before the Iran hostage crisis ended this week, Tehran's media released a photo to dispute what they called the British servicemen's "so-called captivity." Two of them were shown...
NO-SWEAT DRESSING
Primp front-zip sweatshirt with anchors, $150, at Shvitz, 128 Thompson St. New Balance elastic waist "Downtown" jersey track pants, $40, at roadrunnersports.com Woven "Nikita" balleria slip-ons, $49, at Esprit, 110...
DEAR DIARIES
The average person's to-do list might include "pick up dry cleaning," "buy toothpaste" or "toss milk." But David Andrew Strackany - who goes by the stage name Paleo - sets...
GLAD SEEDS
On a dank weeknight at the Lower East Side's Motor City bar, guest DJ James Sclavunos spins sides by the New YorkDolls and pre-Velvet Underground Lou Reed for a crowd...
SMELLS LIKE A GOOD BIO
Thirteen rainy Aprils have passed since Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain killed himself, and the question still remains - who was he? Numerous Nirvana biographies have been published, but British music...
LOONEY TOON
YOU know a movie is downright strange when even the studio's official promo description is a head-scratcher. Want to know what "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters,"...
FILM'S PROMO EFFORTS 'FORCE' THE LAW
Regardless of how "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" does at the box office, it's already bombed. Remember how the Cartoon Network got in major trouble for planting those lighted promotional devices...
DOUBLE TAKES
Can't a guy make a movie about a shut-in spying on his possibly deranged neighbor without everyone assuming it's the new "Rear Window"? Director D.J. Caruso prefers the term "homage,"...
ROAD TO MOROCCO
BRITISH-BORN Gavin Lambert was a multi tasker before the word was invented. He wrote novels, movies, biographies, stage plays and film criticism. He was a friend to filmmaker Lindsay Anderson,...
FREE FOOD FOR ALL GET MORE THAN JUST A NIBBLE WITH YOUR DRINK
TEN minutes after I ordered a pint of Yuengling, something other than my beer appeared in front of me. Something I hadn't ordered. It was - get this - a...
FAT & FED-UP
THE call comes at 8 a.m., and I fumble with the phone on my bedside table. Doctors, it seems, are early risers. "This is Dr. Schwartz," he says. "I'm getting...
GREENBERG, 34, AND SLONIM, 35
MARCH 3 - On April 29, 2006, Gayle Greenberg embarked on a scavenger hunt with clues that led her around Manhattan and ended up on a flight to North Carolina....
BESEMER, 33, AND WALSH, 39
MARCH 23 - Dave Walsh and Heather Besemer know a thing or two about cutting it close for a big event. "Dave actually got back from a two-month stint in...
SHARP, 32, AND KELLY, 32
MARCH 24 - Redheads can always be spotted in a crowd, or so one might think. After being set up by his mother, Jimmy Kelly walked into a local New...
YOUNG, 48, AND RANSOM, 43
MARCH 17 - When Melanie Anne Young bought her antique beaded Vera Wang dress, she didn't know that she would get to wear it more than once. Young, founder and...
STARR, 20, AND GOMEZ, 26
MARCH 22 - On Jan. 5, 2007, Erick Gomez and Leigh Starr's relationship came full circle. "Erick proposed via AOL instant messenger," says Starr, a cashier. "We originally met in...
BLOOMBERG BLASTS BATTY BILL
Mayor Bloomberg is trying his damnedest to bring New York's batty City Council to its senses. Confronted with what could be the single dumbest piece of legislation the Council has...
GARDEN STATE ROBBERY
Say this for New York's governors and Legislatures: For all the fiscal shenanigans they've perpetrated since time immemorial, they've always been smart enough to keep their greedy little hands off...
U.K. SCHOOLS' SICKENING SILENCE
AS a Middle East specialist, I daily see material from Arab and Islamic sources containing hair-raising threats against America, Israel and the West. But an item in a British newspaper...
GOP FLAVOR OF THE DAY
A MAN walking along the edge of a cliff slips and plummets toward jagged rocks and crashing surf, barely saving himself by clinging to the cliff's face. But the cliff...
HAS IRAN LEFT BRITS WEAK IN THE SEAS?
THE ISSUE: The conduct of 15 British sailors and marines held hostage by Iran. Ralph Peters is right ("Where's Winston?" PostOpinion, April 3). Amid all the cheering, hugging and flag-waving...
DEMS' NIGHTMARE
GIULIANI: FLAWED OR FLAWLESS, THE ORAL BIOGRAPHYBY DEBORAH HART AND GERALD STROBERWILEY, 352 PAGES, $27.95 RUDY Giuliani has gone from being America's mayor to our top political paradox. How could...
MR. CHARISMA: OBAMA OR OSAMA?
CHARISMA: THE GIFT OF GRACE, AND HOW IT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM USBY PHILIP RIEFFPANTHEON, 288 PAGES, $26.95 DEMOCRATS are "hypnotized by charisma," warns former Sen. Bill Bradley in...
GOOGLE STROKES PORN GUY
NEVER let it be said that Google, the search giant many think is on a path to take over the world, doesn't have a soft spot in its heart for...
TICKET TO RIDE
The biggest Hollywood blockbuster this year could be the movie business itself. After experiencing several disappointing years, executives all over Tinseltown are happy this spring as box office receipts in...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSSTEVE JOBS Apple genius partners up with EMI, which is abandoning copyprotection software for its artists.JOSEF ACKERMAN Deutsche Bank boss lures highly regarded Goldman Sachs banker Bruce Evans to the...
EAU DE VODKA
The Long Island cocktail wizard who rocked the bar scene in 2003 with his popular Hpnotiq liqueur is at it again - he's set to launch a sparkling vodka drink...
HEAT ON SARBOX MAY GROW AS EURO MARKETS PASS U.S.
Attempts to overturn portions of Sarbanes-Oxley may pick up steam this week after an April 4 report showed the value of European stock markets has overtaken U.S. markets for the...
FELIX THE CAT
In December 1975, Felix Rohatyn was the king of the world. He was a wealthy and powerful partner at the mighty Wall Street firm, Lazard Freres & Co., the financial...
SKIP THE PRO; DO YOUR TAXES ONLINE
If you haven't done your tax return by now, just go online and do it already. Odds are good you don't need a pro, so empower yourself; use a tax-preparation...
OL' KIRK TAKES THE LONG VIEW FOR CHRYSLER
APPARENTLY it takes an 89-year-old to figure out what's really needed to fix the ailing U.S. auto industry - a long-term plan that goes straight to the root of Detroit's...
IT'S HARD TO GRIPE TO ONLINE BROKER
Dear John: On Feb. 28 I put a buy order on my online trading account for 10,000 shares of CanAlaska Uranium. The order was supposed to be "good for a...
SPITZER GRADES HIS EARLY WORK A '100'
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer insists his first 100 days in office couldn't have been better - despite a record-high budget negotiated in secret and polls showing his popularity plummeting with...
FREEZE-STER SUNDAY
The Easter Bunny had better wear its down coat today. Bonnets will not be enough to keep New Yorkers warm this Easter, as frigid temperatures continue one day after kids...
INMATE KISSED & TOLD
The sultry prison shrink accused of having an extramarital affair with an inmate in her care is a former NYPD psychologist who was ratted out by her behind-bars lover, sources...
SANK YOU KINDLY
New York passengers of a doomed Greek cruise ship returned home yesterday with only the clothing on their backs, and credited the captain, who was criminally charged for the shipwreck,...
20-CAR SMASHUP ON GOWANUS
A 20-car smash up on the Gowanus Expressway early this morning appeared to be caused water sprinklers left on all night by a construction crew, officials said. The train of...
COURT AIDED A NAZI PAL
An extremist civil servant slithered to the top of the secretarial heap at Brooklyn family court, becoming office assistant to supervising Judge Jane Pearl while whooping it up at hate-mongering...
I DUMPED HILL FOR OBAMA '08
Bryant Park Hotel doorman Gregory Smith campaigned door to door for Bill Clinton in 1992, he voted for Hillary Rodham Clinton in both her Senate elections - but last week...
BARACK ON TRACK UPTOWN
Barack Obama's moneymaking success has some of his New York fund-raisers wanting to push deeper into Hillary Rodham Clinton's Harlem stronghold. "Several people have talked to me about trying to...
BODY FOUND OFF HIGHWAY
A city groundskeeping crew found a twisted corpse stuffed into a duffel bag dumped by the Henry Hudson Parkway yesterday morning. The maintenance man who made the grisly find said...
MUG FIEND DRIVES OUT GRANNY, 85
An elderly victim of the same vicious mugger who beat up a 101-year-old grandmother last month said she's moving out of her Queens apartment because she fears another attack. Solange...
DOC'S MISTAKE LET OUR GIRL DIE
A Queens firefighter who raced home from Iraq to find his 2-year-old daughter in a coma blames her subsequent death on a hospital emergency room that sent the sick child...
STRAY SHOTS HIT 2 BX. TEENS
Two Bronx teenagers heading for a late-night snack at a fried-chicken restaurant were shot in a crossfire early yesterday, victims of being in the wrong place at the wrong time,...
GOV'T $$ WENT FOR PORN
A former Department of Correction worker milked the city Comptroller's Office out of thousands of dollars just to pay for porn - using the handle "John Awesome" - prosecutors charged...
SLAP AT NANNY AGENCY 'RIPOFFS'
It will take more than a spoonful of sugar to fix New York's nanny agencies, which are breaking state laws and ripping off parents, according to a City Council investigation....
'LOTS' OF TROUBLE AWAIT MET FANS
Fans heading to Shea Stadium for the Mets' home opener tomorrow will be the first to face the chaotic commuter curveballs thrown by the construction of the team's future stadium....
SURGEON SLAPPED IN '01 DEATH
A Brooklyn heart surgeon who got paid $1.2 million while racking up the state's second-worst death rate has been found guilty of medical malpractice in the 2001 death of a...
FDNY'S POST-9/11 TRAINING REGIMEN
This is not your father's Fire Department. Gone are the days when probies spent six weeks at the academy learning how to put out a fire and knock down doors....
BRUTAL AND GRISLY TRUTH OF GARDEN STATE'S REAL 'SOPRANOS'
The real Sopranos - the crime family of Ruggerio "Richie the Boot" Boiardo - were less introspective, more violent and a lot less glamorous than Tony's fictional mob, according to...
NEWBORN SMOTHERED IN BROOKLYN
A Brooklyn baby died after her mother tossed her out like trash - and the tragic tot's two aunts tried to help the mom cover up the disgusting act, police...
QNS. PICK WINS MEGA MILLIONS
The newest Mega Man or Woman likely lives in Queens, officials announced yesterday. The winner of the latest Mega Millions lottery jackpot - worth $105 million - bought the ticket...
POVERTY MOMS' REWARD 'SPLIT'
Two struggling, unemployed single mothers sharply disagree over Mayor Bloomberg's latest anti-poverty campaign that could earn them cash if they got their kids to school and looked for jobs. A...
$13M FOR LEAD-PAINT HORRORS
A Manhattan jury has awarded nearly $13 million to three men who got lead poisoning after working on the Grand Central Terminal renovation project, blaming the MTA and a major...
SWAT FRIENDLY FIRE FELLED N.J. G-MAN
An FBI SWAT-team member rushing to assist a crew of G-men outside a bank heist in New Jersey accidentally fired his weapon and killed a veteran agent Thursday, The Post...
CLUBLAND 'REFUGEES' ROCK FLATIRON 'HOOD
As the NYPD crackdown on Chelsea's wild 27th Street club scene continues, partygoers are migrating east to the Flatiron District, where crowds, clubs and fisticuffs are on the rise, police...
U.S. PLANNED AN IRAN 'AIR' SCARE
British authorities turned down an offer by the Pentagon to have warplanes fly over strategic Iranian bases during the tense hostage standoff, preferring a diplomatic route instead, a London newspaper...
SHARPTON RAGES OVER IGNOR-IMUS
After years of offending just about everybody, Don Imus - radio's original shock jock - may have finally gone too far by calling players for a beloved women's basketball team...
STARRY-EYED KIDS EYE STINT AT 'IDOL' CAMP
Who has time to worry about Sanjaya? Spunky 13-year-old Delianna Pernal of Farmingdale, L.I., is too distracted with last week's news that she's been admitted to the first-ever "Idol Camp"...
RIVALS GRIND DOWN 'GRINDHOUSE'
All the hype in the world couldn't save "Grindhouse," the new double feature from directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. The R-rated slasher flick - expected to make $20 million...
MARTHA'S BOOST FOR BEAU
A beaming Martha Stewart cheered on her billionaire beau yesterday as he blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket. Space tourist Charles Simonyi, 58, lifted off from the spaceport...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
THE BRONX Detectives in Castle Hill nabbed an ex-con wanted for holding up eight Manhattan businesses, police said yesterday. Detroit Wright, 35, was arrested on White Plains Road near Seward...
FEE-NOMENAL RISE IN PENSION COSTS
FEES paid to investment managers of the city's largest pension fund skyrocketed from $46.1 million to $69.4 million between 2005 and 2006 - and will probably go up again this...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 968; Lucky Sum: 23 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 9906; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 278; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 4967;...
FOREVER TEAMS STILL UCLA, CELTICS, YANKS
ATLANTA - The questions linger here, in this city, six days later, six days after the Florida Gators climbed a ladder and cut down a net, their second straight national...
CHAMPAGNE TO TOAST
YOU never want to judge a book by its cover. Oh, the heck with that. First of all, it is a cliche. Second of all, where is the fun in...
'DOO RESPECT
IN 1973, American agent Richard Kaner hooked up virtual unknown Dan Peterson to work the sidelines for Virtus Bologna, Italy. Over the course of 14 seasons the pint-sized despot (I...
ROBINSON'S LEGEND DOESN'T ADD UP
I'M GONNA take a beating for this one, but that's OK. Unpop ular truths are no less true than any other kind. And enough is enough. Following his death last...
PAR FOR THE COURSE MAY GOOD BE ENOUGH TO WIN
AUGUSTA - If there's a crack in the invincibility that surrounds Tiger Woods, the one knock against a game that has produced four Masters victories and 12 major championships, it's...
IT'S ABOUT TIME 4-ON-4 IS OVER
PITTSBURGH - The guar anteed-point, four-on-four overtime was introduced by the NHL in 1999-2000 to give teams an incentive to open up and go after victories in the extra five...
NOT ALL MOVERS WILL BE SHAKERS
A MOVE to the pitch ing mound worked well for former in fielder Tim Wakefield. A shift away from the mound has not yielded fruitful results for converted outfielder Rick...
TROUT AND ABOUT IN JERSEY
THE fishing season is moving right along, although Mother Na ture has taken a couple of steps backward. Trout season in New Jersey officially began at 8 a.m. yesterday with...
THE RUMBLE
Rocket-arm RudyGiuliani a big hit with S.C. first pitch Just call him the Baseball Candidate. Rudy Giuliani was at the Yankees' home opener Monday, and then in South Carolina Thursday...
DELIVERING THE WOODS
AUGUSTA - Stuart Appleby will face the three toughest opponents of his career today as he pursues the first major championship victory of his career in the final round of...
'COMEDY OF ERRORS' FOR STU
AUGUSTA - Stuart Appleby appeared to be cruising home with a three-shot lead as he stood on the 17th tee yesterday, but he completely unraveled. It began with a yanked...
CHEAPER PARTS GIVE YANKEES MORE FLEXIBILITY
Brian Cashman is aware that his decision to go with a first-base tandem of Doug Mientkiewicz and Josh Phelps has hardly met overwhelming approval. But the Yankees GM points out...
'SHOWBIZ' WINS WOOD
Running straight and true down the stretch, Nobiz Like Shobiz, the odds-on favorite in a field of six 3-year-olds prepping for the May 5 Kentucky Derby, turned back a bid...
MICHEAL RAY FIRES BACK WITH $5 MILLION LAWSUIT
Is disgraced former NBA all-star Micheal Ray Richardson truly a bigot, or simply the victim of one reporter's alleged vendetta? Richardson, who was suspended by the CBA's Albany Patroons and...
'ICE GIRLS' GONE WILD
* Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist is right. He shouldn't have to vacate his crease so that the Islander organization can parade boobs with boobs during a game [Larry Brooks: "Babes'...
VAC'S WHACKS
You know what kind of Yankees fan doesn't boo Alex Rodriguez? The kind that remembers the Stump Merrill era. And those are the kind of Yankees fans that don't deserve...
HONDO A CASH MACHINE
There's that sound again - KA-CHING! Hondo cashed with the Cubs yesterday to boost the run away Week 1 earnings to 405 hartnetts. If Ws and Ls are more your...
SPORTS SHORTS
DAVIS CUP: U.S. advances The United States made it to the Davis Cup semifinals, sweating out a tough victory by the top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan. The...
VAUGHN 'HOMES' IN ON DREAM
AUGUSTA - When the talk is about an Augusta native trying to fulfill his dream of winning a Masters near his own backyard, you think of Charles Howell III. Vaughn...
BE-LEAF THIS: BRODEUR COULD SIT VS. ISLES
Bloody murder will be screamed in Toronto if Martin Brodeur doesn't play today and the Islanders nip the Maple Leafs for the final Eastern Conference playoff berth. His Devils are...
WIN AND GET IN
PHILADELPHIA - The Islanders, spending the last week of their season trying to draw to an inside straight to a playoff berth, got lucky enough yesterday to be dealt Antero...
CURRY FLURRY
MILWAUKEE - Call it the Miracle in Milwaukee. With Stephon Marbury out, leaving the Knicks with no veteran perimeter players, Eddy Curry was asked by Isiah Thomas to do the...
STEPH'S '07 MAY BE OVER
MILWAUKEE - Stephon Marbury wore a boot and a suit last night - his season, maybe his most complete one, possibly over. Marbury said his turf toe could keep him...
NOBODY'S PERFECT
ATLANTA - Each one was dropped: A throw to Carlos Delgado and a fly ball to Shawn Green. The Mets lost three runs on two drops yesterday, their first two...
CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL
ATLANTA - Off the bat, it looked like Shawn Green might be joining Alex Rodriguez in making it a New York, New York day of baseball redemption. Just a few...
HEAD OF THE CLASS
HE IS New York's quiet superstar. Carlos Beltran is in his third year as a Met, but the city really doesn't know him. We see his great talent, which has...
CHEESESTEAK SIZZLES FEUD
PHILADELPHIA - Jimmy Rollins knows what awaits him tomorrow at Shea Stadium. He knows when he comes to the plate a little after 1 p.m. the boos from the more...
WRIGHT WHIFFS 3 TIMES
ATLANTA - David Wright had fared pretty well against John Smoltz in his career, but that wasn't the case yesterday. Wright struck out swinging all three times he faced Smoltz...
STAT'S AMAZING!
The Nets were coming off an effort that insulted and polluted the senses. But Vince Carter said throw aesthetics aside. The follow-up game, against a banged-up Washington team the Nets...
RJ FINALLY RETURNING TO FORM
Jason Kidd was sublime and Vince Carter was super. So what else is new? But if the Nets harbor any hopes of a playoff run, they're going to need Richard...
IT'S PLAYOFF TIME!
PITTSBURGH - The Rangers had better be careful now that they've gotten what they wished for - a first-round matchup with the Thrashers rather than one with the Devils. The...
HOLY POW! A-ROD SLAM SAVES DAVE
With two outs and nobody on in the ninth inning yesterday, Alex Rodriguez was four batters away from getting a chance to hit. At that moment, he still knew he'd...
HUGHES STILL HAS WORK TO DO IN SCRANTON
MOOSIC, Pa. - Perfect, he's not. But Baseball America's highest- ranked minor-league prospect certainly looked sharp in his first Triple-A start Friday. The Yankees' Phil Hughes allowed two hits and...
APPLE REDISCOVERS LOVE FOR NEW ALEX
This was Alex Rodriguez's signature Yankee moment. This is what he can do for a team. In an instant, a week of bad starting pitching and three years of a...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...JASON GIAMBI
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankees slugger about the stigma of steroids, the party life, and much more: Q: Of all the things that have been written and...
HIDEKI HAMSTRUNG
The Yankees have played four games and survived exactly one without replacing a player because of injury. With those kind of odds maybe the Bleacher Creatures will eventually get their...
IGAWA'S DEBUT A DISASTER
Kei Igawa gave his team five innings, something no other Yankees starting pitcher had accomplished this season, but good luck trying to find anything even remotely assuring about the Japanese...
DAMON WILL RETURN TO STARTING LINEUP
Johnny Damon didn't start for the third straight game with a strained right calf, and Joe Torre initially said he might not play today with left-hander Erik Bedard pitching for...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
As long as the blind aren't leading the blind, it'll soon be OK for unsighted people to hunt in Texas. The state Legislature passed a bill this week allowing the...
DEAR POST MAN
Dear Post Man: Is this article true? Page Six, January 19, 2007 -- ALEC Baldwin is available. Baldwin, 48, having broken up again with luscious Nicole Seidel, has asked Glamour...
10 NEW PLACES TO MEET SOMEONE
You could keep going to the same bars and continue trying to make eye contact at the gym... or you can try these clever ideas for connecting. By all means,...
SIMILAR APPETITES
LAST week, we wondered if a blind date could cure a serial dater's roving eye. Turns out, a better solution is just setting him up with someone equally flirtatious. While...
MEET MARKET
MOST people would think Ellen is the quintessential "nice girl" when they first meet her - and they'd be right, considering the preschool teacher claims, "There's nothing I won't do...
Avalanche Buried
Colorado is out of the hunt. The playoff seeds in the West are settled, and Calgary will face Detroit in the first round.
Down to the Wire
There's only one spot left in the Wales Conference, and right now it belongs to the Maple Leafs. With a win tomorrow night, the Islanders would wrest that position away...
Rangers to Face Thrashers in First Round
Despite losing tonight to Pittsburgh, the Rangers are the 6th seed in the East, and thus avoid a first round rematch with the Devils. The Atlanta Thrashers will be the...