April 15, 2007

Red Wings take 2-0 Series Lead

Valtteri Filppula beats Mikkaa Kiprusoff for the final goal in Detroit's 3-1 victory over Calgary. I'm going to start by saying that I'm a Red Wings fan. As a result,...

Bruce Almighty?

Are the folks at 20th Century Fox just a teensy bit nervous about "Die Hard: Live Free or Die'' (opening June 27) now that Bruce Willis has had openings that...

Another 9/11 Outrage

Michael Moore showed some footage from "Sicko,'' his upcoming expose of the American health-care system, at last fall's Toronto International Film Festival. I wrote at the time that it looked...

Turkey Talk 9: The End

The 26th Istanbul Internatıonal Film Festival handed out prizes Saturday night, and New Yorker Tom DiCillo came up a winner. His ''Delirious,'' wıth Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt, took the...

REEL GOOD

THE SWENKAS (2005) Monday, 8 p.m., Ch. 25 Jeppe Ronde's brilliant look at how a group of Zulu men who call themselves "Swenkas" overcome the harshness of their working lives...

LET THE MUDSLINGING BEGIN

If there's one issue that voting Americans would be in near-full agreement, it's the low state of campaigns for high offices. America's body politic has been brutalized by hateful, Stone...

THE DON'T MISS LIST

COMEDY Vince and Edith Wharton Is Vince really ready to sign on to appear in a period piece? His new agent, Amanda (Carla Gugino), is pushing him to do "Glimpses...

'ACHY' BILLY

Billy Ray Cyrus has been climbing slowly but steadily out of the abyss. The actor and "Achy Breaky" country western star, a self-described "hillbilly with two left feet," has been...

FUNNY FACE

Michael Urie loves to make faces. There's his panicked face, when his eyes bulge as his character, serpentine assistant Marc St. James on ABC's "Ugly Betty," is about to get...

THOU SHALT HAVE CLASS

When Mo'Nique watched VH1's most popular reality series "Flavor of Love," she had a different experience from the rest us. While we saw trashy girls behaving badly week after week...

GRINDHOUSE CINEMA ALIVE AND WELL ON "SHIELD'

One man's splatter is another man's art. No - this is not a column about the paintings of Jackson Pollack. It is a column about splatter of a different sort...

AMERICA'S SWEETHEART

She's the only female "American Idol" contestant who goes home after singing and does her homework. Seventeen-year-old Jordin Sparks gave up school to embark on the most ambitious journey of...

HOT SEAT

THE name Jerry Springer evokes thoughts of the lowest of the lowbrow - white trash and ghetto unfabulous joining together to air their dirty laundry with the occasional fistfight thrown...

HOT LIST

1. No. 42 Sixty years ago today, civil rights trailblazer Jackie Robinson changed American baseball forever, becoming the first black player in the majors. We love him for that -...

'GRAND' SLAM

Everyone knows turnover rates in both commercial and residential New York real estate are higher than Kate Moss and Pete Doherty. One minute your favorite neighborhood jaunt is serving pints...

9 HOTTEST CELEBS ON THE WEB

ALL YOU NEED is an Internet connection and a dream. There's never been an easier time for the common man to grab at that slice of 15 minutes than right...

A 'BEACH' READ

THE Beach Boys were about surfing, custom cars, summer sun, quarterbacks and pompom girls. The pop specificity of their lyrics ensured that Brian Wilson's early music was synonymous with being...

SAVING 'GRACE'

ANNE Lamott struggles with herself, and she doesn't have any problem writing about it. In this collection of essays she offers an inside look at her flaws, foul-ups and her...

WII WOWS!

WITH its revolutionary motion-sensitive remote and relatively low price, the Nintendo Wii has become a smash hit compared to last year's other console behemoths, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Now...

TREAT 'EM RIGHT

IT'S no surprise that treats were recently added to the pet-food recall list, including Del Monte's Jerky Treats and Gravy Train Beef Sticks (for dogs), and Pounce Meaty Morsels (for...

THE CAT LADY

DO you have a bunch of stray cats hanging out in your neighborhood, maybe near a restaurant Dumpster? House cats who are abandoned or become lost tend to band together...

ADOPT ME

Little Gizmo is a fun and lively Shih Tzu. At just under 2 years old, he's a fantastic pup with star quality. Friendly and cute - he's holding auditions to...

RUSSIANS AREN'T RUSHIN' OVER HERE

CHESS THE Russians aren't coming! The Russians aren't coming! After two decades, the invasion of America by Soviet-trained grandmasters in search of open tournament prizes seems to be coming to...

LENS A LOT OF STAR POWER

AVIATORSVICTORIA BECKHAM Victoria opts for an oversize take on the traditional metal rim, these by YSL. YSL black metal aviator, $270, at Solstice, 10 Columbus Circle

FIRST FAMILY OF THE FUNK

IT'S fitting that Sylvester Stewart - better known as Sly Stone - started performing in church, where before his 10th birthday he formed his first group with brother Freddy and...

THUGS GO WILD!

FOLLOWING this year's Grammy Awards, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Krayzie Bone was simply taking in the festivities on the red carpet when TV Guide's Greg Proops reeled him in for an...

A GOOD 'YEAR'

NINE Inch Nails has never been known for its light, fluffy pop. But on "Year Zero," a cautionary tale about an Orwellian society that's ushering in the beginning of the...

AVRIL LAVIGNE: "THE BEST DAMN THING"

ON her debut, Avril Lavigne was the quintessential P.O.-ed punk chick. On disc two, she boo-hooed her way through a bad breakup. For her third CD, the Canadian singer is...

VIOLENT VILLAGES

Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have suffered for their art. They have watched 138 American action movies in a row, in the name of research. Sure, there were gems like...

THIS WEEK'S DVDS

The Last King of Scotland 4 STARS (Fox, $29.99) FOREST Whitaker's take on Idi Amin is so resonant that you'll feel empathy for the African strongman even as you mourn...

SLURPY SLOPPY

FROZEN cocktails have long been categorized into three types - the margarita, the pina colada and the daiquiri. But lately, bartenders around the city are taking the road less blended,...

JOYCE, 25, AND POINTER III, 27

FEB. 17 - Sometimes it takes a community to pull off a seamless wedding. Luckily, Nichola Joyce and William Pointer III were blessed with the support of their entire church...

MENAGER, 27, AND ESCOBAR, 29

MARCH 22 - On Christmas Day 2006, Vincent Menager gave girlfriend Yvonne Escobar a special gift: "He filled a box with rose petals and pictures from special times in our...

DIBIASE, 46, AND BOLGER, 47

JAN. 1 - Susan DiBiase and Terence Bolger reunited three years ago - nearly 30 years after their high school graduation - when DiBiase's car broke down after both attended...

SCHUMACHER, 45, AND CUBAS, 61

MARCH 22 - A trip to the bookstore turned into a trip down the aisle for Desiderio Cubas and Astrid Schumacher. "We were both in the travel section looking at...

HARRISON, 27, AND ROSES, 28

MARCH 31 - Candy can satisfy a sweet tooth, but finding a diamond amid a mess of gummy worms is the ultimate treat. "I put the ring in a bag...

AN ENDURING LEGACY

Sixty years ago today, a brave man and a courageous organization changed major-league sports, and American society, forever. Simply by stepping onto a major-league New York baseball field as a...

STRETCHED TOURS TELL THE TALE

Defense Secretary Robert Gates' decision last week to stretch soldiers' tours of duty should remove any doubt that the U.S. Army is stretched too thin - and badly in need...

RUDY'S WRONGS

DESPITE his promise to appoint "strict constructionists" to the Supreme Court if he is elected president, Rudy Giuliani recently said he has no interest in overturning Roe v. Wade, the...

SCORING FOR AMERICA

LIKE many New Yorkers leaving home for work on April 15, 1947, he wore a suit, tie and camel-hair overcoat as he headed for the subway. To his wife he...

SMEARED IN DURHAM: LAX JUSTICE MADE RIGHT?

THE ISSUE: The trio of Duke lacrosse players is cleared of sexual-assault charges. Will the black stripper who falsely accused the white lacrosse players be charged with a hate crime...

NASCENT STATE

THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ: WINNING THE WAR, LOSING THE PEACEBY ALI A. ALLAWIYALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 400 PAGES, $28 THIS engaging book is akin to a trapeze act. The author, Ali...

THE ANGLOSPHERE VS. JIHAD

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES SINCE 1900BY ANDREW ROBERTSHARPERCOLLINS, 752 PAGES, $35 'LES Anglo-Saxons," argues Andrew Roberts, were united by the English language and by the Common Law. Still...

CBS WAG TWICE BLURBS BOOK JACKET

P>AID to control embarrassing news written about CBS, executive VP and corporate communications head Gil Schwartz is instead contributing to it. On the Money noticed that the p.r. guru and...

MAGAZINE WARS

Two titans of magazine publishing will renew a decade-long battle tomorrow when Condé Nast delivers its long-awaited Portfolio magazine - packing 185 ad pages and lots of intrigue between its...

HOME SWEET HOME

Jamie Kiggen, the discredited former hotshot Internet analyst who rode to fame on Frank Quattrone's team at Credit Suisse First Boston, is back in the news - almost. Kiggen recently...

THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS

WINNERSTERRY SEMEL Yahoo! chief finally sees results - new Panama ad-search technology gains ground on archrival Google.VIKRAM PANDIT Citigroup boss Charles Prince woos hedge fund chief with an outsized $600M...

HEDGE KING$ ARE IN GOTHAM

New York City is emerging as the new home of the mega-rich hedge fund trader - stealing a bit of the thunder from Greenwich, Conn. Five of 2006's 11 highest-earning...

END OF IMUS INC. WILL BE A SHOCK TO PUBLISHING

IMUS Inc. R.I.P. The radio cowboy lost a lot more than just his access to the airwaves this week. Behind the bluster, bad hats and barbed remarks was a multimillion...

MALL MAGNATE ENJOYS REVENGE SERVED COLD

A. Alfred Taubman - the shopping center magnate who made billions through the mall-ification of America, only to end up in federal prison for helping his Sotheby's auction house fix...

THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY

For once, NBC boss Jeff Zucker got the better of his CBS counterpart Les Moonves - and Moonves is none too happy about it. The ultra-competitive Moonves is furious that...

MOVE THAT ROLLOVER IRA $ TO A ROTH IRA IF . . .

Dear John: As a 68-year-old retiree living on Social Security, would it be possible to take money out of a rollover IRA, pay taxes on that withdrawal and open a...

EARN 20% ON REFUND $

WANT to earn guaranteed double-digit returns on your tax return cash? Use it to pay off your credit card debt. The average taxpayer Stands to get a $2,427refund from the...

EXTEND IF YOU MUST

Have you done your taxes yet? If not, don't panic. For many, it's an annual tradition to save it for the last minute. Fortunately, it's miserable in New York this...

FUTURE CLOUDY FOR $1B WATER PLANT

The city's hard-fought plan to build a billion- dollar water-filtration plant under Van Cort landt Park has hit a major snag that could cost taxpayers another $200 million. That's because...

FIRE IRE AT 4-YEAR 'NEPOTISM' LEAVE

The son of former Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen was granted a leave of absence from the FDNY for more than fours years to work with his dad at Giuliani...

PRICE OF FAME

A city public school teacher makes a puny starting salary of $45,000. But actor Matthew Broderick, who played one opposite Reese Witherspoon in the high school romp "Election," is used...

MR. & MRS. SEX SHRINK

Here's alleged sex-shrink Magda-lena Sanchez and her wealthy husband yesterday on their way to the cleaners - but refusing to discuss their dirty laundry. Both wearing sun-glasses, Sanchez and hubby...

PICKUP GUY CLEARED IN GOV CRASH

Cops tracked down the driver of a pickup truck believed to have started the chain-reaction crash that seriously injured New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine - but released the man without...

GERMAN ARMY'S HATE BLITZKRIEG

Who would have thought that the German army could be so insensitive? A video airing on Teutonic television shows a German drill sergeant goose-stepping all over New York City's feelings...

WEST SIDE RAPE-BURN HORROR

A 23-year-old woman spent 19 hours of sheer terror inside her Upper Manhattan apartment, where a stranger tied her up, raped and beat her before dousing her with a flammable...

$10M SUIT SMACKS TINA AND HAROLD

Good fences make good neighbors - unless you live next to Harold Evans and Tina Brown. Cash-strapped developers of a condo that would tower over the publishing-world power couple's private...

RUDY IS CHILLED BY DRAFT

For a man intent on moving into the White House, Rudy Giuliani carries a lot of baggage - but it's his draft-dodging past that may prove the biggest drag in...

'MOLOTOV COCKTAIL' IN BRONX

A possible Molotov cocktail was recovered near the Russian mission to the United Nations in Riverdale last night - and authorities were probing if the device played a role in...

APPLE DUMPING

Local officials have issued dire warnings about the nor'easter that is expected to blast the region today with fierce winds, rain and floods. The same system swept through the Gulf...

THANKFUL LIVER KID SALUTES ALL DONORS

Thousands of organ recipients gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday with donors and the families of donors - and listened to one young recipient tell how grateful she is for...

MAD TRUMP GOES LIEN & MEAN

It's getting ugly in the battle between Donald Trump Jr. and the condo owner who ousted him from the board of one of his daddy's swanky high-rises. The owner, Eugenia...

DEFIANT STATION PLANS 'BEST OF' DON

Imus may be off the air, but one defi ant California radio station isn't listen ing. KCAA in San Ber nardino plans to play "Best of Imus" reruns starting tomorrow...

GIRL A HEIST HERO

The 8-year-old daughter of a Georgia couple tied up at gunpoint in their posh hotel suite proved to be a hero yesterday, police sources said. Ed Garibaldi, 46, his wife...

E. END TOWN HAUL

Who says you can't take it with you? Six vintage, Colonial Era buildings in East Hampton - three houses and three barns - were carted from their $100 million oceanfront...

WARMING PROTEST ON THE 'LEVEL'

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Battery Park yesterday to warn of the dangers of unabated global warming. Demonstrators, part of the Sea of People project, cautioned that if pollution isn't...

MOORE'S 'SICKO' STUNT

Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine,...

NEW MADONNA ADOPTION BUZZ

Material Mom Madonna made a vow to adopt a little girl from the same impoverished nation as her Malawian son, the child's biological grandmother told a British newspaper. The pop...

'MOCKUMENTARY' DIRECTOR BARES TOWERING INSULT

A film expected to hit theaters in the fall shows an airliner crashing into a World Trade Center-like tower in a horrific scene right out of New Yorkers' nightmares. The...

FINAL 'ALOHA' TO DON HO, 76

Hawaiian lounge legend Don Ho is singing in that big luau in the sky. The world-famous Hawaiian entertainer, best known for his signature song "Tiny Bubbles," died yesterday after suffering...

VICTIMS OF A WITCH HUNT

WHEN the three lacrosse players accused of sexu ally assaulting an exotic dancer were declared innocent Wednesday, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said the Duke University students were victims...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

QUEENS Cops say two hapless burglars unsuccessfully tried to loot a Richmond Hill home last month. The would-be crooks pried open the back door of a house on 116th Street...

MAYOR GETS STATIC FROM CITY'S OWN TV STATION

MAYOR Bloomberg was justifiably proud when NYC TV, the scrappy TV network his administration created four years ago, won seven more local Emmy Awards. But a memo obtained by The...

COWARDS KICK AWAY ANOTHER PIECE OF AMERICA'S SOUL

Author, musician and former Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman has been friends with Don Imus since 1975, when they met on stage at The Bottom Line. I MET Imus on...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 118; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 7882; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 765; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 2910;...

THE MELTING POT

I REMEMBER the first day they walked into the gymnasium as if it happened last week, and not almost 27 years ago. The guard's name was Andre Moore. The forward's...

THE JACKIE THEY KNEW

SIXTY years ago on this day, Jackie Robinson changed baseball and America by breaking the color barrier, becoming the first African-American to play in the major leagues. Major League Baseball...

CRYING WOLF?

A PRESENCE in the paint, Eddy Curry is even more of a pres ence at the plate. He's the only player I've ever seen gain weight on a break, and...

TO SLUR, WITH LOVE

OF ALL the media re sponses to the Don Imus fiasco, per haps the most fractured came from ESPN's Afro-centric Stuart Scott, the fellow who brought the charming expression "pimp-slapped"...

MLB'S DIVERSITY ON RISE DESPITE FEWER AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYERS

IT WAS the spring of 2003 when I began investigating what I thought would be a decent story. Having covered baseball since 1995, I'd noticed a trend: fewer and fewer...

CLOSERS ARE SPICE GUYS OF BASEBALL

CLOSERS often re semble musical fads. They seem invinci ble for a spell, then suddenly fall out of favor for any number of reasons - from injury to age to...

WARRIORS, COME OUT TO PLAY!

THE Wounded Warrior Project is being sup ported by sportsmen from the metropolitan area. The United Sportsmen Association of Rockland County is offering our returning heroes who would like to...

NYPOST ALL-CHSAA TEAM

SYLVEN LANDESBERG 6-5, Jr. G, Holy Cross It took Landesberg some time to learn how to deal with being perhaps the best player in the city. "He tried to force...

JARRETT'S GOAL: GET BACK INTO TOP 35

Dale Jarrett finds himself in an unfamiliar position - out of the top 35 in the Nextel Cup point standings and relying on his champion's provisional to get him a...

RED BULLS TRY TO HEAL & DEAL

The Red Bulls play their home opener against Dallas today (3 p.m., MSG), their first under Bruce Arena. Now it remains to be seen if they'll have captain Claudio Reyna...

THE RUMBLE

Papi's interlocking NYPuts on Yankees cap for ESPN promo "It's not what it looks like!" With those words, David Ortiz tries to explain himself to the Red Sox' mascot, Wally...

SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...RALPH BRANCA

The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was a witness to history when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier 60 years ago today. Q: Your first...

VAC'S WHACKS

It just isn't possible for television to get any better than "Friday Night Lights" last Wednesday, for what was the season finale. I have one thing to ask NBC executives...

WHAT AN I-MESS!

* Another great column by Phil Mushnick ["Brainless hypocrites win again," The Post and nypost.com, April 13] on the Don Imus firing. This whole episode is a prime example of...

HONDO MOVIN' ON UP

Some said he didn't have a prayer, but heavenly Hondo, the hottest man in baseball, joined the 700 Club yesterday when he rode the longshot Nats to victory out at...

SPORTS SHORTS

GOLF: Kelly grabs Heritage lead Jerry Kelly's hole-in-one helped move him past Ernie Els in the Verizon Heritage in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Kelly finished with a 67 and, at...

BIG A CARD KO'D TODAY

Live racing canceled today at Big A because of forecast for severe Nor'easter, though for some reason, track will be open for simulcasting. Nice going-away party for jockey Mike Smith,...

JOLT FROM BOLTS

One Big Switch spun this series around last night. Now the heat's on the Devils as they head to Sunny Florida. Playoff coaches are supposed to make the other team...

BRODEUR UNABLE TO SAVE DAY

The Devils have counted on Martin Brodeur at this time of the year since 1994. With three Stanley Cups and 90 playoff victories on his resume, it's hard to argue...

IN A RICK OF TIME!

BUFFALO - Rick DiPietro said he couldn't lie to us, and that all a goalie coming in from the cold could do in just one-and-a-half practices after three weeks on...

ROSE THORNS

TORONTO - A massive amount of injuries led to the Knicks' season going up in flames this spring, but veteran sage Malik Rose isn't sure a healthier squad was ready...

'L' DUQUE FALLS FLAT VS. NATS

El Duque couldn't give the Mets quality, and the offense couldn't cash in on its quantity. Orlando Hernandez faded in the sixth inning of a 6-2 loss to Washington yesterday,...

WE ARE WITNESS TO RISE OF REYES

RICK Down begins ticking off numbers and does not stop for a while. A hundred runs, the Mets hitting coach says, 100 steals, 100 runs batted in, 100 walks and...

METS' NEW CLUB IN BIG EASY HAS ITS PROS, CONS

LOCATED roughly eight miles west of New Or leans, the suburban Louisi ana town of Metairie is home to Zephyr Field, a 10,000-seat baseball stadium that has had more than...

WRIGHT SAYS HE MADE THE RIGHT PLAY

Was it a lapse in judgment or a prudent play? That depends on who provides the explanation of David Wright's fielding decision in the fourth inning yesterday that led to...

DUQUE'S WILD

The most accurate pitch Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez probably made yesterday plunked Nationals pitcher Shawn Hill's right hand in the sixth inning at Shea Stadium. But the only reward Hernandez...

WILLIE LOOKS TO HIS BENCH

Because of what he called a "weird schedule" that featured three off-days before the Mets had played eight games, Willie Randolph hasn't been able to get his bench players much...

NETS HITTING THEIR STRIDE AT PERFECT TIME

INDIANAPOLIS - Concern and worry replaced optimism and expectations. The Nets season has gone up, down, back and forward, hitting virtually all points of the known emotional world. Finally, a...

HALFWAY HOME

ATLANTA - This was a different one than Thursday's opener. This was one in which Jaromir Jagr's line got little time and space. This was one that was played in...

ONE CHECK RANGERS DON'T WANT TO GIVE HOLIK

ATLANTA -Turns out that Bobby Holik has business off the ice to set tle with the Rangers as well as the on-ice business he's conducting in the first round of...

YANKS' LUCKY 13

OAKLAND - There are times when baseball doesn't pretend to be fair. Last night at the Coliseum, the Yankees committed four errors, were caught attempting to steal second three times...

OTHER-WAY-ROD

JASON Giambi remembers chatting with Alex Rodriguez around the batting cage when A-Rod was still a Ranger. Giambi told A-Rod that when you combined his natural swing with the jetstream...

TORRE EAGER TO PLACE BID ON NO. 42 JERSEY

OAKLAND, Calif. - Until Joe Torre was informed that the No. 42 jersey he will wear today to honor the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut will be...

PIAZZA IMPRESSED WITH FORMER TEAM

OAKLAND - Mike Piazza is no longer in the National League and is 3,000 miles away from Queens, but the future Hall of Fame catcher is like a lot of...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

This might be as close as you can get to owning the pope-mobile. EBay is taking bids on a 1999 metallic gray Volkswagen Golf that had been owned by Pope...

CHARM YOUR DATE WITH HUMOR

You know people are always saying they want to date someone who makes them laugh. Be that in-demand person with these tips from five comedians; they'll get your senses of...

DEAR POST MAN

Dear Post Man: Why is it so hard to find a special person for dating or a relationship? The women I have heard from like the "bad" boys and us...

TWO THUMBS UP

Action films and blind dates - sometimes, a stunt double is necessary. Luckily for Rob, a 30-year-old Web producer, his compatible viewing taste with 27-year-old preschool teacher Ellen was a...

MEET MARKET

ATTENTION single women of New York: When you're done dating rock 'n' roll bad boys and malnourished artist types, there's a new species to try - the Nice Guy. "I'm...

...And They Take Game Two

Click to see the whole imageThe Rangers are headed back to the Garden up 2-0 over the Atlanta Thrashers. With their first two playoff victories in 10 years, the Blueshirts...

Day Four Capsules

Johan Holmqvist put in a great performance for the Lightning, while Martin Brodeur can not be happy with allowing three goals on 20 shots. The Lightning came up with a...

Miracle on Buffalo Ice

By MARC BERMAN BUFFALO – Unlike some teams I know too well, the Islanders didn’t feel sorry for themselves, didn’t make excuses and just played the final couple weeks of...

Playoff Thoughts for Day Four

Yesterday, we wrote that game two of the Sharks-Predators series would be chippy. Well, following Nashville's Alexander Radulov checking San Jose's Steve Bernier from behind, and the line brawl with...

Knicks are last place in NYC

By MARC BERMANBUFFALO - The Knicks have the dubious honor of being the only New York squad of the nine major pro teams to not make the playoffs in the...