April 13, 2007
Thoughts on the Playoffs: Day 3
Here are some random thoughts before day three's playoff games:Thank God for the Center Ice package. I sit at home and watch hours of hockey. I believe that if more...
Isles Need to Play Old-time Hockey
All in all, the Islanders played well in their 4-1 loss against the Sabres last night. But, if nothing changes in their game, next Wednesday will mark the end of...
Simon in the '90s
Watch video from the Sun of a younger, happier Simon Cowell on a British game show: [click here]Cowell appeared on "Sale of the Century" on Sky TV and won a...
It's Friday the 13th
Happy (totally non-official) Horror Day!And it's also the day to send a few readers in the direction of good friend Wes Phillips.You can find him here.
Isiah out of words, hope
By MARC BERMANIsiah Thomas was an emotional shell this morning. He has nothing left to say really. And he has yet to come up with a spin on the season...
Knicks Notes
By MARC BERMAN Isiah Thomas was an emotional shell this morning. He has nothing left to say really. And he has yet to come up with a spin on the...
LIVEBLOG/SEOUL: Your moment of zen
photo by Jason Cochran Spring in Seoul means magnolia blossoms at Chandeokgung Palace. Just so you know.
LIVEBLOG/SEOUL: The Perv Hyatt
The design of the Park Hyatt Seoul doesn't leave much to your neighbor's imagination Hola, amigos - it's been a while since we rapped at you from the road (yes,...
Series pick No. 4
By MARK HALE I wrote about this a little bit today in the Post -- as did Joel Sherman on his blog today -- but the Mets have some pressure...
Cinema Gandolfini
Though it's being released to coincide with the much-hyped premiere of the final season of "The Sopranos'' and James Gandolfini gets second billing, he doesn't have a whole lot to...
Turkey Talk 7
Tom DiCillo, a longtime resident of Manhattan's Upper West Side, flew to the Istanbul International Film Festival to present ''Delirious,'' which won three prizes ın San Sebastian last year, including...
FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: Glavine, Milledge and More
Today we begin Five-thought Friday: 1. Has any New York player approached an historic milestone with less fanfare than Tom Glavine is nearing 300 wins? I didnât expect marching bands...
Hollywood Six Pack
Variety thinks "Disturbia,'' a by-the-numbers "Rear Window'' knockoff showcasing Shia LaBoeuf (which scored 60 percent favorable reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, though I didn't think it was much more than mediocre)...
A POWERFUL LITTLE FLOWER
Fiorello La Guardia was one of the greatest and most beloved mayors New York ever had. Nicknamed the "Little Flower," he was no shrinking violet. Here's the story of this...
YOUNG ARTIST IN BLOOM
WITH a heavy mockney accent worthy of the Pigeon Sisters, the very likable Lily Allen dismissed the music of her substantial debut album "Alright, Still" as "rubbish." But she and...
ELEVATOR STOPS HERE
WHAT a long, strange and difficult trip it's been for Roky Erickson, who co-founded the 13th Floor Elevators in 1965, in Austin, Texas. The psychedelic rock band had just one...
LAW AND ARDOR
THERE are good plays, bad plays, and some so cunningly theatrical that even while watching them you are never quite sure whether they are this or that. What's certain is...
DENNEHY . . . NEAT
SEVEN years ago, while he was winning awards and acclaim as Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman," Brian Dennehy had a routine. After the show,...
STARR REPORT
Barber's chair ready Ex-Giants great Tiki Barber, who debuts as a "Today" show correspondent on Tuesday, says he expects - and even welcomes - the close scrutiny he'll be under....
HENRY THE ANGRY
THERE was a time when listening to Henry Rollins for two hours would have left me with a splitting headache. But for some reason, I emerged from watching two preview...
START YOUR ENGINES
IT'S getting harder everyday to separate reality from fake reality from drama. Take Fox's new series, "Drive." It plays out like a competition reality show, but in reality it's a...
WEB OF DECEIT
A misleading e-mail campaign promises a trip to Chicago to see "The Oprah Winfrey Show" - in exchange for agreeing to various marketing offers. The campaign has infuriated Winfrey's minions...
HALLE FREEZES OVER
HAVE you ever seen a movie without a single believable moment? "Perfect Stranger," a convoluted and altogether risible thriller with Halle Berry and Bruce Willis, manages this difficult feat. This...
CAVEAT EMPTOR
TWO new movies, "Slow Burn" and "Redline," are opening today without advance critics' screenings. And you know what that means! Reviews will appear in tomorrow's Post.
MURDER TALE A COP-OUT
'LONELY Hearts" is at least the third film inspired by serial killer Raymond Fernandez, who romanced and fleeced a succession of wealthy widows and spinsters in the late 1940s with...
DIRECTOR SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ISOLATION
VENERABLE French filmmaker Alain Resnais (he gave us the classics "Last Year at Marienbad" and "Hiroshima Mon Amour") keeps on keeping on at age 84. Witness his latest, "Private Fears...
WRONG PATH
A shaggy-haired pale face spends "Pathfinder" on the run from a yowling mob demanding his head. Don Imus, this is your life. The movie takes us on a journey to...
FETCHING TAKE ON PUPPY LOVE WORTH A SIT
MOLLY Shannon is wonderful as a woman pushed over the edge by the death of her pet in "Year of the Dog," a very low-key, well-acted dramedy that represents the...
PAIN IN THE 'REAR'
THERE are a few decent jolts in "Disturbia," a teen-oriented, uncredited remake of "Rear Window," but overall this ultra-predictable thriller doesn't live up to the hype. It's no more than...
LENS IN HIGH PLACES
BIG Sister is watching in "Red Road." Her name is Jackie (Kate Dickie), and she sits behind a bank of closed-circuit monitors observing what security cameras pick up in a...
HEY, IT'S A BUNCH OF WISEFRIES
DESCRIBING the cartoon "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters" today is probably a lot like describing "Monty Python's Flying Circus" in 1969. When you're dealing with three...
EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
DOUGLAS Coupland fans (of whom I am one) are likely to be disappointed by the "Generation X" author's screenplay for the pale comedy "Everything's Gone Green." Ryan (Paulo Costanzo of...
THE WHACK PACK
Here's how Post readers responded to our online poll about who'll get whacked on the final season of "The Sopranos."
PREVIEWS
"FROST/NIXON": Frank Langella is President Richard Nixon and Michael Sheen (of "The Queen") is talk-show host David Frost in Peter Morgan's play. Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W. 45th St.;...
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.; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": Two and a half stars Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; (212) 307-4747....
OFF-BROADWAY
"ACCOMPLICES": Three stars Bernard Weinraub's compelling, if occasionally clunky, historical drama deals with the indifference of the Roosevelt administration to the plight of European Jews during World War II. New...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It's best to call ahead before going to any event. ROSEANNE CASH, ELVIS COSTELLO: Country royalty and British pub rock will share the...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: John Abercrombie. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Ravi Coltrane Quartet, David Sanchez Quartet. 131...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: The Met's "Giulio Cesare" at the Metropolitan Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Soprano Susan Narucki, pianist Peter Serkin and the Zankel Band at Zankel Hall, 7:30 p.m. Clarinetist Julian Milkis,...
DANCE
CITY CENTER: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg celebrates its 30th birthday with the New York premiere of "The Seagull," based on Chekov's play about unrequited love. Through April 29. Tickets...
FILM
BAM ROSE CINEMAS: "Best of 2006." Tonight at 7, Julia Loktev's "Day Night Day Night" (2006), followed by a Q&A with the director and star Luisa Williams. Tomorrow, Nanni Moretti's...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: David Alan Grier. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Today: Dan Naturman. Through Sunday: Dave Attell, Sherrod Small, Gary Gulman, Gregg Rogell, Steve Byrne. 117 MacDougal St.;...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Sunday and Monday: Barbara Carroll. 59 W. 44th St.; (212) 467-7444. CARLYLE HOTEL: Through April 28: Keely Smith. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 744-1600.
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
EARTH BOX DAY: Students from the five boroughs will gather at Union Square to plant vegetables in "Earth boxes" to demonstrate innovative techniques of sustainable food production. Representatives from the...
FILM PICK
Paris-born Claudette Colbert plays an American showgirl and Don Ameche (born in Kenosha, Wis.) is a Parisian cabbie in the hilarious 1939 screwball classic "Midnight,'' which seems appropriate in a...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * GEORGE CARLIN makes you think and laugh tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Hilton Grand Theater. Tickets: $60-$100. DEBBIE REYNOLDS performs Sunday at 7 p.m., Monday at...
MARY'S HOT PICK
There's a whole lot of Mingus going on. To celebrate the 85th birthday of bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (at Lincoln Center's...
CONCERT PICK
If you were lucky, you caught her in "My Fair Lady," her four-night gig with the New York Philharmonic. If you didn't, you can still catch Kelli O'Hara (pictured) tonight...
CO-OP CITY BRIBE RAP
The former president of the Co-Op City board teamed up with a painter to steer a $3.5 million subsidized contract to a favored contractor in exchange for $100,000 in cash...
'DEATH $$' BOOST DUE
The City Council voted 43-0 yesterday to give line-of-duty death benefits to the families of sanitation and correction workers who die on the job. The families of cops and firefighters...
CORZINE CRITICALLY INJURED IN HIT-RUN
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine suffered several serious injuries last night after his motorcade was involved in an accident caused by a driver who fled the scene, police said. Corzine...
'SEX' JOCK A 'CRUEL CAT KILLER'
A former Mets minor-leaguer was so jealous of his girlfriend's pet cat, Norman, that he shouted, "You love that cat more than me" during a drunken fight - then brutally...
BUSTED CHEF IN HOT WATER
Hot-shot chef Jason Neroni, formerly of Porchetta in Brooklyn, was arrested after his ex-employer put him in hot water on charges of stealing paychecks. Neroni allegedly took blank checks with...
'BLOOD' LUST OF SEX SHRINK
The mystery inmate who had a jailhouse affair with a stunning prison shrink is a violent, abusive, twice-convicted felon who is a member of the Bloods gang, The Post has...
RUTGERS GALS, DON MEET FOR 3 HOURS
The Rutgers women's basketball squad went one-on-one with Don Imus for about three hours last night, and afterward described their meeting as "very productive." Imus - wearing blue jeans and...
ZAPPED!! NOW HE'S GONE IMUS
CBS permanently tuned out the I-Man yesterday, pink-slipping Don Imus over sexist, racist slurs he hurled at Rutgers women's basketball players last week. "From the outset, I believe all of...
NYC DUCKS $8B SOAKING
New York City has dodged a bullet - it won't have to build an $8 billion purification plant to protect the tap water for 8 million residents. The feds ruled...
11 GUARDS HELD IN JAIL BEATINGS
Feds arrested 11 prison guards, including a high-ranking officer, yesterday for viciously beating two prisoners and trying to cover it up, authorities said. Eight of the defendants, all former or...
POL BIDS TO NAME STREET AFTER RACIST
A city councilman has provoked outrage by trying to rename a Brooklyn street after the late "anti-white" radical Sonny Carson. Tucked into a bill that would rename 53 streets after...
WIFE IN GRISLY DEATH PLUNGE
A man was being questioned last night in the grisly death of his wife, who was impaled on a fence after plunging four stories from their Bronx apartment, police said....
CITY GOES BACK FOR SECONDS
Construction started yet again yesterday on the Second Avenue Subway with a ceremony that was part groundbreaking and part curse-breaking. A slew of officials chipped away at the south end...
NYPD RADIOS OUT 2 HOURS
The NYPD's transit radios crashed for nearly two hours yesterday, prompting police brass to rush hundreds of extra cops into the subways to double coverage until the system was back...
FOOD-STAMP BODEGA SCAM
The feds busted eight bodega owners and employees in an alleged $8 million scam to cash food stamps for a cut in the profits, authorities said yesterday. Wired informants, food...
GAL'S GROWL: HEAR ME ROAR
"I'm not a woman!" a fist-swinging lesbian shouted as she and her six girlfriends jumped the terrified man who had dared to flirt with them, according to testimony in an...
SLUGGER SLAMMED
A home run led to a beatdown in Bushwick, Brooklyn, when the ball beaned a passer-by. Cops said Alex Lopez, 24, Daniel Rentas, 16, Jacqueline Sanes, 37, and two juveniles...
MIKE TAKES A $HOT AT 'GUN' POLS
CINCINNATI - Mayor Bloomberg is putting his money where his mouth is - using his own funds for an ad campaign against a measure that could make it tougher for...
FATAL BIZ TRIP
A Staten Island philanthropist on a business trip to Panama has been found murdered, burned and mutilated in the country's capital, authorities there said last night. The brutalized body of...
BIGOT VANDAL AVOIDS PRISON
A Queens man who went on a drunken graffiti spree - scrawling swastikas and other anti-Semitic writings - will get no jail time. James Connolly, 21, was sentenced yesterday to...
'HAPPY HOOKER' COP STAYS JAILED
The notorious "Happy Hooker" killer cop, who was supposed to be released from prison after serving 32 years behind bars, isn't going anywhere anytime soon. The state Appellate Division yesterday...
IRAQ PARLIAMENT BLAST KILLS EIGHT
A suicide bomber managed to get inside Iraq's parliament building and blow himself up yesterday, killing at least eight other people in an unprecedented attack in the heart of the...
AMERICAN 'AL QAEDA PLOTTER' ARRESTED
An Ohio man whose roommate plotted to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge was charged yesterday with joining al Qaeda and planning to destroy European and U.S. government targets. Homegrown terrorist...
CROC'S A DISARMING BEAST
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! A groggy but grateful zoo veterinarian waved from his hospital bed yesterday after doctors in Taipei, Taiwan, were able to reattach his...
SORRY APOLOGY
Disgraced Duke rape-case DA Mike Nifong issued a weak apology yesterday after being branded a "rogue" for pursuing dubious charges against three of the school's lacrosse players, who are now...
LITERARY 'TITAN' VOICE OF AN ERA: PALS
His heavy-lidded eyes and wild, unruly hair made him a symbol of existential pain. And his 14 novels, blending autobiography, sci-fi and the dehumanization of man by technology, became counterculture...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BrooklynPolice yesterday were searching for a woman who disappeared while heading to a library in Crown Heights. Natasha Kinsale , 30, was last seen at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue...
BRAINLESS HYPOCRITES WIN AGAIN
HEY, as long as we're at it, why not make every second week of April National Hypocrites Week? Yeah, a week in salute to those who teach us that identifying...
A 'MY BAD' SO BAD, IT'S APPALLING
THIS is the best he's got? Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong - facing possible disbarment, potential jail time, and certainly a featured spot in hell - yesterday summoned the chutzpah...
GOT IT 'MADE'
RENT-A-RAT Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo testified yesterday that the man accused in the "Bonnie and Clyde" murders was inducted into the mob on the same day as he and John...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 126; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 7433; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 643; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 0867;...
KURT VONNEGUT, 1922-2007
Kurt Vonnegut, who died Wednesday at age 84, was a remarkable writer and a counterculture icon - but, perhaps foremost, an iconoclast. Author of more than 20 books, he won...
NIFONG'S NONSENSE
After spending a year looking to boost his career by ruining the lives of three innocent young men and accusing them of rape, Durham DA Mike Nifong now wants to...
IMUS, OFF THE AIR
CBS did the right thing yesterday in pulling the plug on Don Imus' radio show, following an outcry over racial remarks he made about the Rutgers women's basketball team. The...
WOBBLING 'WARRIORS'
THE War on Terror is over.Or, at least, the West seems to be declaring it so. We've had enough. There's been too much hostility. Too many lives lost; too many...
IMUS IN THE MOURNING
SO CBS is dropping Don Imus: Al Sharpton wins. It's hard to say what's most wrong here. For starters, Don Imus is a good man. If you're a soldier wounded...
SPRINGTIME FOR B'WAY
'THE Producers" will end its run on Broaday next weekend after 2,535 performances. It's a fitting moment to reflect on just why the show provoked a level of excitement in...
SHERIFF OF WALL STREET: DID HE SHOOT BLANKS?
THE ISSUE: Gov. Spitzers' first 100 days in office and his campaign promise for reform. Come on, give Gov. Spitzer a break ("Eliot Adrift," Editorial, April 10). Yes, he promised...
JERSEY GETS WHAT IT VOTES FOR
THE ISSUE: New Jersey's $25 billion shortage in its pension fund for government workers. To all those New Jersey pensioners: Shame on you. You keep voting for the same corrupt...
CRUISE CONTROL
Negotiations between Merrill Lynch and Tom Cruise's United Artists over a $500 million film-financing package are being held up because the investment bank is having trouble finding a partner for...
ISTITHMAR'S CHIC SHEIKS EYE BARNEYS BID
Barneys New York, long synonymous with cutting edge New York style, could soon fall into the hands of Dubai oil sheiks. Contrary to a published report, the suitor is not...
FORTUNE'S FAVORITE SON
JOHN Huey and Andy Serwer aren't waiting for the debut issue of Portfolio to hit before they launch their counter-offensive at Fortune. Serwer, who took over as managing editor of...
PEACOCK'S HEADING FOR PRIMETIME TV CELLAR
NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker and Kevin Reilly must feel lucky they just signed new contracts. Zucker, installed as NBC Universal chief in February, and Reilly, programming head for NBC television,...
NBC AND CITADEL'S FINAL TRY FOR ION
NBC Universal and hedge fund Citadel Investment Group sweetened their takeover offer for Ion Media Networks again yesterday and said it was the last bid they would make for the...
IMUS AFTER SHOCK
After losing moneymaker Howard Stern to satellite radio, struggling CBS Radio will suffer another financial blow with the loss of Don Imus. The talk show curmudgeon raked in as much...
TROUBLED VONAGE CHIEF'S LAST GASP
Disbarred broker Jeffrey Citron is personally taking over the rescue of Vonage, the online phone company he already wrecked earlier by his own missteps. As its founder and largest stockholder,...
WAL-MART FIGHT IS ON
Fired Wal-Mart ad chief Julie Roehm intends to call on Madison Avenue's top players in her nasty legal showdown against the retailing powerhouse. Roehm is forging ahead despite the company's...
CHEMICAL FIRE AT DOW
Dow Chemical ousted two executives for holding unauthorized talks with private equity firms about selling the company just a few days after reports surfaced about a potential $50 billion buyout...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
A, C A train service between Jay Street-Borough Hall and Utica Avenue Brooklyn is replaced by free shuttle bus service. There is no C service. All other A service runs...
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING DEATH PLUNGE
An unidentified man jumped to his death from the 69th floor of the Empire State Building this afternoon, police said. The jumper's body landed primarily on the 30th floor landing...
METS HOST NY'S NEWEST MEGA MILLIONAIRES
It's a good day for Gilberto Bueno. Standing proudly on the field at Shea Stadium, Bueno, 44, and his wife, Nelsy, were presented a lottery check for $105 million. Later...
MAKE A FLUKIN' DECISION
A DECISION has yet to be made about the coming fluke season in New York and it is creating angst among charter and party boat skippers. New York is the...
PACQUIAO FIGHTING WAY INTO POLITICS
Talk about an unusual campaign rally. Manny Pacquiao will be looking to influence two types of voters tomorrow night in San Antonio when he defends his WBC International super featherweight...
ICE JAM
n an apparent effort to compete with "40 Games in 40 Nights," TNT's outstanding NBA playoff coverage, the NHL will mercilessly debut "Three Games in Three Hours" during the first...
COWHERD 'HITS' BACK
This wasn't on the order of Don Imus' repugnant comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, but another radio host got himself in a spot of trouble recently, too. ESPN...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DUSTY BAKER
This week, NYP TV Sports' Pat Reichart spoke with ESPN baseball analyst Dusty Baker. During the network's tribute to Jackie Robinson on Sunday, Baker, the 57-year-old former Giants and Cubs...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Wright back on DLJaret Wright is back on the 15-day disabled list with a shoulder injury, although the right-hander and the Orioles insist this trip won't be a long...
BIG A CANCELS AFTER 2
Aqueduct cancelled racing shortly before the third race yesterday after heavy rain turned the problem-plagued main track, which opened last Wednesday for the spring meet, into a potentially dangerous quagmire....
HONDO GETS WET
Hondo, who missed with the Giants Wednesday night for his second loss of the season, was rained out with the Mariners yesterday in Fenway but re mained awash in cash...
FIRST & TEN
It's a Devils definition now. They win the first game, they win the series, nine straight times and gunning for 10. Some of their key players - Scott Gomez, Brian...
PARISE'S PAIR GETS OFFENSE OFF TO GOOD START
It took one game of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs for Devils forward Zach Parise to triple his career total of postseason goals. Granted, he had only one playoff goal...
REUBEN WANTS TO WIN
One of the newest Giants has a bright outlook for the upcoming season. Reuben Droughns, the Giants' most recent addition to a backfield sans Tiki Barber - the first time...
ISLES SUFFER SABRE RATTLIN'
BUFFALO - Rick DiPietro has been cleared to return to the Islanders goal and to jumpstart not only hope, but maybe the offense they forgot to play last night in...
CURRY: SEASON NOT A SUCCESS
The Knicks know the bar for them was set pitifully low by last season's embarrassing 23-59 record, so they can't count this season as a success despite a nine-game improvement...
STILL TIME TO WHINE
FOUR more games re main on the Knicks' regulation schedule. Camp Cablevision is advising season ticket holders there's still time to pay their playoff invoice, and, no doubt, brace for...
SKILES ON RUNNING UP SCORE: PURE BULL
Chicago coach Scott Skiles still vehemently denies running the score up in the Bulls' 98-69 rout of the Knicks on Tuesday. Skiles acknowledged, however, Malik Allen's shot with less than...
GLAV GIVES PHILS CHILLS
It was a poor beginning on the mound for the Mets last night. Following that, though, it was magnificent. After serving up three runs in the first two innings, Mets...
OLD AND LEFT OUT IN THE COLD
Tom Glavine and Jamie Moyer, combined age 85, became the oldest pair of left-handers to ever start a major league game last night. And for two 40-something pitchers, the conditions...
LASTINGS MISSES ON LAST 'BIG' SHOT
Lastings Milledge indicated that not delivering last night as a pinch hitter was something that exceeded - or at least added to - any hurt about getting demoted. Milledge, who...
ROLLINS BACKS WORDS WITH 2 MORE HOMERS
No matter how boldly he talks - or how hard he swings - Jimmy Rollins can't beat the Mets by himself. They have 153 games remaining, so the Phillies might...
NO WAY TO PLAY
CLEVELAND - The Nets have long insisted they are not into statement games. For that they should be very grateful. The only statement they made in last night's possible first-round...
HOSPITAL VISIT 'PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE'
CLEVELAND - During a visit Wednesday to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, the Nets met soldiers, many barely out of high school, who were without limbs or horribly...
LONG TIME COMING
ATLANTA - The final 1:11 of the Rangers' first playoff victory in 10 years only seemed to take a decade. For on a power play and with their goaltender pulled,...
PHYSICAL HARM
OAKLAND - Mike Mussina believes there is a chance he will avoid joining ace Chien-Ming Wang on the Yankees' disabled list, thanks to a hamstring injury Mussina suffered Wednesday night....
IGAWA GETS 2ND CHANCE TO IMPRESS
OAKLAND - George Steinbrenner wasn't pleased with Kei Igawa's Yankees debut Saturday. After watching Igawa surrender seven runs, eight hits, walk three and hit a batter in five innings against...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Police in Moundsville, W.Va., had no trouble flushing out a suspected purse snatcher after he tried hiding out in a portable toilet. When Johnny Snodgrass, 21, learned that cops had...
Tonight's Playoff Capsules
Buffalo made short work of the Islanders tonight with a convincing 4-1 victory. The Sabres' stiff defense allowed only 21 shots, including just one for the Isles in the first...
Red Wings Burn Flames in Series Opener
Detroit had everything under control, from the opening face-off to the third-period horn. Were it not Mikkaa Kiprusoff in net for Calgary, the Wings could have had twice as many...
Rangers Take Game One
Atlanta played catch-up all night, but couldn't manage to tie it up. The Rangers got out to a two-goal lead in the first period off tallies by Jaromir Jagr and...