April 21, 2007
Gorman's Picks
Tonight's games...and my picks, guaranteed to make you like a hero to your friends and family!Calgary vs. Detroit: In tying the series, the Flames got back to playing Flames hockey...
MO AND MORE
If Mariano Rivera is not Mariano Rivera, the Yankees problems are just beginning.The feeling here is that if Rivera is going to struggle, itâs best he struggles now because he...
WHAT'S UP
TodayIF THE SLIPPER FITS: Under the pressure of all those pirouettes, will the glass slippers used in the New York Theatre Ballet's version of "Cinderella" crack? Find out at this...
GREEN DAYS
IT'S never been easier to be green this Earth Day weekend. Whether you're looking to give back to the environment or simply romp outdoors - especially after last weekend's monsoon...
MAKE YOUR MOM A STAR!
SURE, you can buy her a card or some carnations, but this Mother's Day, why not make your mom famous - by telling the world the best things she has...
IT'S HUNTING SEASON
WHAT travels in packs, fumbles with maps and often looks confused? Hint: We're not talking about tourists. These befuddled searchers are actually natives - and they're on scavenger hunts. Once...
PHILLY FLAVOR ON MSNBC
A simulcast of Philadelphia radio personality Michael Smercon ish's show will fill the old Don Imus timeslot on MSNBC next Monday through Wednesday. An MSNBC official said there will be...
A NEW 'EDITION' TO CH. 9
'INSIDE Edition" is getting a new home. The long-running newsmagazine, hosted by Deborah Norville, will begin airing on Ch. 9 at 6 p.m. beginning Monday. While the show will retain...
GOOD DOGS!
DOGS have been around for so long that it is hard to believe that our knowledge of them is not yet complete. But, as this incredible installment of the PBS...
COUNCIL RIDES OVER PEDICABS
In an unusually harsh attack before a City Council committee voted to override Mayor Bloomberg on pedicabs, a Bronx legislator charged yesterday the mayor had insulted the council by vetoing...
ELIOT OPENS PROBE INTO AIDE'S 'THREAT'
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer announced yesterday that his office has ordered an investigation into claims that one of his top aides threatened the job of a Public Service Commission member...
PRINCIPALS NEARING NEW PACT WITH CITY
Talks to end a protracted and ugly contract stalemate between the city and the union for public school administrators intensified late yesterday as the two sides worked to ink a...
BLOOMY GETS REEL-Y SNOOTY ON CAR FEE
Hey, you can afford it. Mayor Bloomberg scoffed at opponents of his $8 fee to drive into Manhattan, saying in effect that New Yorkers have the money to pay for...
NEIGH-KED 'POTTER' TO LEAD HORSE PLAY TO B'WAY
Harry Potter is taking his striptease to Broadway. The revival of Peter Shaffer's play "Equus," starring Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, will finish its London run in June, and comes to...
POL'S 'PET' PROJECT: A KIBBLE TAX
ALBANY - Call it the Fido tax. State Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Queens) has introduced a bill to create a special 3 percent sales tax on pet food and supplies, with...
FINALLY! LATE SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Put down that down jacket! The Big Apple will bask in temperatures in the 70s today through Tuesday - with the high near 80 on Monday, said Carl Erickson, a...
SHINNE-COP QUITS AMID DRUG BUST
A promising rookie cop was forced to resign from the Southampton Village Police Department Thursday after a massive drug raid on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation this week, sources said yesterday....
WEEKEND REPRIEVE
A Brooklyn judge gave accused FBI mob mole Lindley DeVecchio more time out of his hole so he could enjoy "dinner and a show" on the weekends. At a scheduling...
SUPPORT FOR RAPIST-SLAYER
A Queens man who shot and killed a serial sex predator who'd raped his girlfriend in 1991 is a "model prisoner" and should be released from prison, an Albany judge...
BUTTERING HEADS IN COURT
Consumer giant Unilever slapped the maker of two personal lubricants - "Boy Butter" and "You Won't Believe It's Not Boy Butter" - with a lawsuit yesterday for infringing on the...
HOTEL ASKED TO 'FOOT' BILL
A stay at one Midtown hotel can cost an arm, a leg, and even a few feet, a lawsuit charges. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Pillet Hand Prostheses...
TOUGH GRAN, 101, GIVES MIKE EARFUL
The 101-year-old Queens woman who made national headlines when she fought a mugger got a chance yesterday to offer some advice to Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. She...
'FALSE' BEDTIME TALE
Jim McGreevey yesterday shot back at his estranged wife - who claimed in bombshell divorce papers that the gay ex-gov lets their young daughter sleep overnight in bed with him...
LOCAL POLS CRUISED IN FREE TO TOM GALA
Two City Council members who attended Tom Cruise's fund-raiser for a controversial 9/11 "detoxification project" didn't pay the $6,250-a-ticket entry fee, but officials said they acted within the ethics rules....
ROOMIE SUES 'MR. PEEPERS'
A Manhattan woman has filed a $1 million lawsuit against her former roommate after finding porn on his computer - of her. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Claudia...
3RD BUST IN $3.6M SCAM
There's been a third arrest in the case of the social worker accused of buying $3.6 million in diamonds from "Jewelry Television" by electronically transferring the money out of a...
'EVIL RAPIST'S RX'
The twisted thug who brutally raped a Columbia University student forced her to swallow so much pain medication that doctors thought she'd need a liver transplant, authorities revealed yesterday as...
LID'S ON $3M 'ID THEFT' RING
A sophisticated identity-theft ring stole at least $3 million from the credit cards of more than 1,000 unsuspecting restaurant patrons in Chinatown and throughout the metro area, officials announced yesterday....
'SHOOTING' FOUL
Coney Island hoops sensation Sebastian Telfair and a pal were busted early yesterday in Westchester after police stopped him for speeding and found a loaded handgun under a seat in...
'WE'LL NEVER GIVE IN'
WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday vowed that the United States will "not give in" to insurgents in Iraq as he slapped down white-flag-waving Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid and his...
'HE HAS MADE THE WORLD WEEP. WE ARE LIVING A NIGHTMARE.'
The family of Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui spoke out for the first time yesterday, apologizing for the killer who "made the world weep" by unleashing a violent "nightmare." "We...
CBS DUMPS IMUS PRODUCER FOR 'HO' NO-NO
Don Imus' producer has joined his former boss on the unemployment line. Bernard McGuirk was officially canned late Thursday by CBS Radio - a week after Imus was axed by...
6 YEARS FOR PERV WRITER
A perverted gossip writer was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for trying to solicit sex online from someone who he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Timothy McDarrah -...
'SUICIDE' PETE 'DIDN'T FLINCH'
Accused fire fiend Peter Braunstein barely flinched as he repeatedly stabbed himself in the neck moments before his arrest, the University of Memphis cop who busted him testified at a...
GIULIANI BANDWAGON BRANCHES OUT TO ISRAEL
A group of Israelis has launched a grass-roots effort to get people living in the Jewish state who are eligible to vote in the United States to line up behind...
BREAKING BARRIERS
Appearing with the Rev. Al Sharpton, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton made an impassioned plea yesterday to become the first woman president as she urged women to wage a campaign against...
'PIG' BALDWIN OINKS UP AN APOLOGY
Hotheaded Hollywood heavyweight Alec Baldwin insisted yesterday he is not a bad parent in the wake of the "thoughtless little pig" tongue-lashing he gave his young daughter - and shifted...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Police are asking for the public's help in finding an Upper East Side woman missing for two days. Cecille Ford , 68, who suffers from Alzheimer's, was last seen...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 733; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 8556; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 639; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 8131;...
BRUNO'S BOOB BAIT
Rarely do we find ourselves agreeing with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Sil ver, but when he's right, he's right. Which he is - in contrast to his counterpart, Senate Majority Leader...
KEEP AT IT, AL
What does it say about the hip-hop in dustry that it can lose the moral high ground to . . . Al Sharpton? That happened this week when Sharpton, fresh...
THE END OF KING LEONARD
Finally, after more than a quarter of a century, could Yonkers' long local nightmare be over? We certainly hope so. Unfortunately, only one person can make that decision: His Imperial...
GREEN MYTHS
AS we mark the 38th Earth Day tomorrow, it's worth noting that this secular "religion" has led many Americans to fervently believe some things that just aren't true. Environmentalist values...
WOMEN POLS VS. THE MACHINES
OFTENTIMES, the women who gain access to New Jersey's behind-the- scenes political gatherings aren't wearing much in the way of clothes. That, at least, is the impression James McGreevey imparts...
GOP PRODS BUSH ON PORK
PROMINENT congressional Republicans are urging a reluctant White House to make sure President Bush's anticipated veto of the supplemental-appropriations bill does not just protest the measure's deadlines for removing troops...
DEUTSCHLAND'S DIG AT THE BRONX
Evidently we took Nazism out of Germany but failed to take the Nazi out of some Germans ("Hate-Video German Is Still on Job," April 16). Kevin O'Kane Thiells * *...
A CLASS TRIP TO CUBA: EDUCATION ADRIFT
The antics of Nathan Turner are a sober reminder of the insanity currently prevailing in some of our schools ("Club Red," April 16). Instead of extolling the benefits of American...
FOOT IN THE DOOR
Foot Locker yesterday put the boot to rival shoe retailer Genesco by going public with its offer to buy the company for $46 a share or $1.2 billion in cash....
CLEAR CHANNEL SELLS RADIO, TV STATIONS FOR $1.5B
Clear Channel Communications, the nation's largest radio broadcaster, sold off some of its television and radio stations yesterday for a combined $1.5 billion - a price that may help the...
DOW NEARING LUCKY 13,000
Wall Street showed off a new spring bounce in its step as stocks soared to yet another record amid fresh optimism on the economy. A surge of strength in corporate...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Pacman appeals to fans Suspended Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones bought a full-page newspaper advertisement to print an open letter in which he promised to regain the trust of...
'FLIPAROO' BED O'ROSES FAVE
A field of five fillies and mares goes seven furlongs today in the Grade 2, $150,000 Bed o'Roses Handicap. Allen Jerkens' Swap Fliparoo, shipping up from Gulfstream Park and cutting...
FOR GORDON, WINNING COULD BE EVERYTHING
NASCAR put a greater emphasis on winning races this season, yet its winningest driver has been left in the dust. Jeff Gordon, who is seventh all-time and the active wins...
HONDO ON BREWS CRUISE
Torre's panic move last night with Mariano in the eighth victimized the Yanks and Hondo, who lost his second straight and seems to be experiencing a minor correction after a...
LO DUCA HORSE 'GAME' IN VICTORY AT THE BIG A
"Guts" and "game" are words you associate with Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, so it was fitting a 3-year-old filly named Guts Game gave Lo Duca one of life's big...
PUT UP OR SHUTOUT
The Devils' biggest edge came through at the biggest moment, and now bigger things can happen. Questioned and questionable, Martin Brodeur responded last night with his first shutout of these...
ISLANDERS BUFFALOED
BUFFALO - Down 4-1, down their steadiest defenseman, the Islanders stayed true to themselves to an end that would have been inspirational if it wasn't so bitter. Despite the unexpected...
HILL GETS 20-GAME DRUG BAN
BUFFALO - The Islanders were eliminated last night without defenseman Sean Hill, who the team learned yesterday morning had been suspended for 20 games for violating terms of the NHL/NHLPA...
CLYDE: I'D LIKE TO TUTOR COLLINS
Former Knicks great Walt Frazier will ask Isiah Thomas if he can work with rookie guard Marty Collins this offseason, The Post has learned. Frazier said he wants the chance...
PEREZ BRUSHES OFF ROUGH START
Oliver Perez has had 10 days to think about his last outing, when he walked seven and hit a batter in 22/3 innings against the Phillies in a 5-2 Mets...
CHIPPER MAKES MORE SHEA MAGIC
Chipper Jones promises Mets fans he won't name his next child "Citi." The Braves third baseman famously named his son "Shea" in honor of how well the old stadium in...
ROBINSON SALUTED
It was disappointing when the Mets' tribute to Jackie Robinson was scratched last Sunday due to terrible weather. Yet something wonderful came out of the rainout. The rescheduling allowed Robinson's...
PEL-TED AT SHEA
You couldn't blame the most cynical Mets fans for muttering a fatalistic thought after last night's 7-3 loss to Atlanta: Maybe it was just a one-year aberration. Maybe the Mets'...
IT'S KIDD STUFF
TORONTO - He is the security blanket, a warm cup of cocoa, soothing music in times of stress. Yes, the Nets are going into a hostile playoff environment against the...
CONFIDENT HENRIK INSPIRES RANGERS
Fifteen minutes into Rangers practice yesterday, Henrik Lundqvist watched as a hard Michal Roszival slap shot was deflected by Martin Straka, clanked off the crossbar and ended up behind the...
ONE-MAN BAND
BOSTON - Each time Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa batted in 1998 you came to expect long-ball majesty. Even more than when Barry Bonds set the single-season record for homers...
SCHILLING SEEING RED AFTER TWO-HR BARRAGE
BOSTON - Hey, Curt Schilling got Alex Rodriguez to fly out in the second inning last night. That kind of performance will get you AL Pitcher of the Month consideration...
TOUGH LUCK, ANDY
BOSTON - What had the look of Andy Pettitte's triumphant return to Fenway Park disintegrated in the eighth inning last night. All Pettitte could do was watch helplessly as old...
POSADA BRUISES THUMB
BOSTON - Add Jorge Posada to the long list of Yankee injuries. And while X-rays on the bruised left thumb were negative, the Yankees don't know how long they will...
GAME-WINNING FLARE REVIVES '01 NIGHTMARE
BOSTON - The final hit, the last brick of the crumbling wall, was so familiar you almost had to laugh. You've seen this in your nightmares for 5½ years: one...
OH MO! A-ROD 2-FER RUINED
BOSTON - If you want to label Joe Torre a liar, he pleads guilty. On the first day of spring training, Torre said he was going to limit Mariano Rivera...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Like mother, like daughter. An Ohio mom and and her offspring gave birth to newborns just minutes apart - with the deliveries by the same doctor. Theresa Crouse, 39, gave...
The Final Blog: Onto the Nets
By MARC BERMAN I can't thank all the readers and bloggers on this site enough for visiting this blog, reading and writing their thoughts. You really made this the most...