April 27, 2007
Smoltz, Series pick and the Draft
By MARK HALETough break for the Mets on multiple fronts regarding John Smoltz's extension with Atlanta.For one, I'm sure it was a longshot, but the Mets could have bid for...
'Hockeyvillage'
For a city renowned for its hockey fanaticism, Joe Louis arena was mighty empty last night.Read this article in the Freep (Detroit Free Press) to get the whole picture.
Get yours
The Xbox 360 Elite hits stores this weekend, on Sunday to be precise. As you probably already know, its big selling points are that it's "shellacked in black with metallic...
FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: Phil Hughes and Moises Alou
We are back with Five-Thought Friday with this thought certainly on our mind: the Yankees need to win a series this weekend. 1. Count me as someone who is taking...
End of Season Clearance
It's entirely appropriate that a movie titled "Next'' will likely lead the final weekend before the rush of summer titles, since moviegoers will likely stay away from theaters in droves...
24 (seconds, that is...)
Click to see full imageThe Sharks needed only 24 seconds to score two goals, taking the first game from the Red Wings with a combination of quick scoring and solid...
OLDIES BUT GOODIES
IF you want to experience pure pop-music history, catch Neil Sedaka celebrating his new "Definitive Collection" CD set. Sedaka has sold tens of millions of copies of such hit songs...
LINCOLN CENTER OF ATTENTION
THIS being the centen nial of the birth of Lin coln Kirstein - prime motivator and co-founder, with George Balanchine, of New York City Ballet and the School of American...
KNITTERS ARE XCELLENT
PLAYLIST may as well book a room in Wil liamsburg this week, with all the inviting sounds coming from Luna Lounge (361 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn; [718] 384-7112). Tomorrow brings...
NODS SQUADS
'IT'S a good thing I've had many years of therapy," jokes a veteran Broadway publicist. "Because this week I've had every pro ducer you can think of on my couch."...
NEW YORK HUNTS FOR LOVE: PT. 2
NEW York is back in the market for a man. Tiffany Pollard, better known as the VH1 reality star New York, has agreed to participate in a second season of...
ROSIE STICKS TO STORY
ROSIE O'Donnell insisted yesterday that she was leaving "The View" on her own and wasn't pushed. "The nicey nice. . . on the show was a little too fake," wrote...
JORDIN GETS PUNKED
POOR Jordin Sparks. Fans were out raged at Wednesday night's psych out elimination of the 17-year-old singer. When host Ryan Seacrest announced that Chris Richardson was safe, Sparks broke into...
HALO EFFECT
GETTING Elvis on stage with Celine Dion on Wednesday's "American Idol" required some cutting-edge technology and a stand-in Elvis impersonator. "Hearing about it ahead of time," says Terrence Masson, author...
STARR REPORT
Naming namesKelly Wallace co-anchors tomorrow's "Saturday Early Show" with Tracy Smith. And, beginning Sunday, ABC's Bob Woodruff re ports on May Day from Cuba (Havana). He'll be there with cameraman...
HEART TO HEART
REGIS Philbin says he never doubted he'd return to "Live with Regis & Kelly" after undergoing triple-bypass heart surgery. "I never thought I would never come back. It never crossed...
TEDIOUS FISH TALE BAITED WITH MISERY
A warning at the begin ning of "Jindabyne" alerts any Aboriginals in the audience that the film contains images of the dead. Why not go a step farther and warn...
CRITICAL DEFECT
'POISON Friends" deftly sketches the fine line - is there one? - between "critic" and "loser." Two would-be artistes at a French university flit around the shaggy magnificence of their...
HACK TO THE FUTURE
'NEXT" is the sort of brainless sci-fi action thriller where Eastern European terrorists are planning to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles for no clear reason. I'd like to...
DIGGERS
A low-key homage to "Diner," this male version of a chick flick focuses on guys who earned their living digging clams in the Bicentennial-era Hamptons, even as big business and...
SNOW CAKE
A lonely old geezer gets a little soul-defrosting from three free-spirited women in "Snow Cake," a heartfelt but utterly predictable indie drama. Alan Rickman holds the film together as an...
EXECUTIONER'S WRONG
ABOUT halfway though "The Con demned," somebody on screen exclaims: "This is wrong, this is sick!" She's talking about the reality show within the film, but she might just as...
COMPULSIVE COLLECTOR CHARMINGLY CAPTURED
THERE are people who collect things and then there's Allan Stone, the in fluential New York art dealer given a loving tribute by his daughter Olympia in the documentary "The...
PREVIEWS
"BAD BLOOD": A young couple faces a dilemma when the wife accepts a dream job in El Paso. Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, 304 W. 47th St.; (212) 239-6200. Opens Thursday....
BROADWAY
"THE COAST OF UTOPIA": (4 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": (3 STARS) John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": (2 ½ STARS) Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; (212) 307-4747. Closes July...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ACCOMPLICES": (3 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. THE KILLERS: The alt-rockers will take the stage at Madison Square Garden tomorrow...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: John Pizzarelli Big Band. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Poncho Sanchez. 131 W. Third...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Vertavo String Quartet at Weill Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. "Giulio Cesare" at the Metropolitan Opera House, 7:30 p.m. East Coast Chamber...
DANCE
CITY CENTER: Through Sunday, 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. Tickets, $35...
FILM
BAM ROSE CINEMAS: "Barbara Stanwyck Centennial." Today, Lewis Milestone's "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" (1946). Tomorrow, Howard Hawks' "Ball of Fire" (1941). Sunday, Douglas Sirk's "There's Always Tomorrow" (1956)....
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Louis CK. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Today: John Joseph. Today and tomorrow: Mitch Fatel, Dan Naturman, Colin Quinn, Andrew Kennedy, Lisa Landry. 117 MacDougal St.;...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Sunday and Monday: Barbara Carroll. 59 W. 44th St.; (212) 467-7444. CARLYLE HOTEL: Today and tomorrow: Keely Smith. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 744-1600. CARNEGIE CLUB: Tomorrow: Steve Maglio...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
CRAFTS ON COLUMBUS: The annual event showcasing jewelry, wearables, art and home decoratives, will kick off tomorrow and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will continue weekends through...
FILM PICK
Sean Connery and Margaret Nolan are caught in a compromising position in "Goldfinger." The 1964 hit unspools today and tomorrow at the downtown Film Forum, opening a three-week, 13-film salute...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY - Twist and Shout with the ISLEY BROTHERS tonight at 9 in the Borgata's Music Box. Tickets: $75. GEORGE BENSON and AL JARREAU team up tomorrow at 9...
MARY'S HOT PICK
LATIN jazzman Poncho Sanchez (pictured), 56, and his all-star band wrap up Conga Madness week tonight through Sunday at the Blue Note (8 and 10 p.m.; Blue Note, 131 W....
PICTURE THIS
LONG before we picked up our cellphones and started snapping away, photography in this city was pretty sparse. So when the Midtown Y cleared out a corridor in 1972 and...
UPCOMING
NELLY FURTADO: The Canadian pop singer performs at Madison Square Garden on June 7. Tickets are on sale today at 11 a.m. through Ticketmaster and at the box office, Seventh...
BLOOMY'S BATTLE OF THE (BUDGET) BULGE
With tax revenues piling up to skyscraper levels, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday that now's the time to prepare for the inevitable downturn and not to run wild on "wine, women...
POLS PAVE WAY TO HIKE OWN PAY
ALBANY - The state Senate this week quietly introduced a bill that could lay the groundwork for the first legislative pay raise in a decade. In a rarity, the bill...
POST PRICE RISE
Starting Monday, the price of the weekday editions of the New York Post will increase to 50 cents. This is the first price increase for the Monday to Friday editions...
'GRANNY BASHER'
A Queens man wanted for robbing a woman last year is also a suspect in the vicious attacks on two grannies last month, law-enforcement officials told The Post yesterday. Investigators...
CARJACK DRAMA ON S.I.
A brazen ex-con took police on a wild ride on Staten Island yesterday - from a high-speed chase to a carjacking to a fiery crash to assaulting an officer to...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1 train: No trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. Take the 2 or 3 instead. 2, 3 trains: Manhattan-bound trains skip Atlantic Avenue. Until 1 p.m. Sunday. 4 train:...
'SMOKE' AND FIRE
The surgeon general may want to place a new warning on cigarette packages. Smoking was the leading cause of fatal fires in New York City, according to FDNY statistics. Seventeen...
HUNTER KID IN 'TECH THREAT'
A Hunter College student was arrested yesterday for threatening an attack on classmates worse than the Virginia Tech shooting, campus sources said. Adam Ruducha, a senior from Brooklyn, made the...
IMUS' PAL RIPS 'SKUNK' SHARPTON
Fired shock-jock Don Imus' longtime producer ripped the Rev. Al Sharpton last night, blaming him for blowing out of proportion the I-man's infamous "nappy-headed ho's" comment and unfairly driving their...
250G FIT FOR A KING
Tiffany King was dancing for joy when she won $250,000 in The Post's $6 Million Monopoly Scratch N' Win game - and you could be the next jackpot winner, with...
EMBRYO CANCER SCREEN
Two British couples with family histories of breast cancer will be the first people to screen their embryos for a mutant gene linked to the deadly disease - to prevent...
PERV MAIL LOOPHOLE IS CLOSED
ALBANY - The state's top court reinstated a Manhattan man's conviction for attempting to send sexually-charged e-mails to a 14-year-old boy, who turned out to be an undercover cop. The...
ATLANTIC YARDS BLDG. COLLAPSE
Part of a building targeted for demolition to make way for the Atlantic Yards Brooklyn arena project collapsed yesterday, raining bricks down on parked cars and leaving 350 homeless people...
'I AM BLESSED'
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, who nearly died in a car wreck that shattered a leg, 11 ribs, his sternum, a shoulder blade and a vertebra, said yesterday he's eternally...
HS COACH CUFFED IN BAT ATTACK ON FANS
A bat-swinging Manhattan high-school baseball coach is facing felony assault charges for his alleged role in the beating of two students cheering for the opposing team - one of whom...
TEEN IS STABBED IN EYE DURING GIRL FIGHT
A Brooklyn teenage girl was likely to lose an eye last night after a classmate stabbed her during a scuffle over a boy, cops said. The fight broke out inside...
LEAD ALERT FOR EYE MAKEUP
Some imported eye cosmetics contain high levels of lead and should not be used, city health officials warned yesterday. The products - Hashmi Surma, Pure Kohl, Hashmi Kohl Aswad and...
KID SPEARED BUDDY OVER 'ROCK TOSS'
An 11-year-old Brooklyn boy who all but killed a playmate when he hurled a sharpened wooden stick at his head claimed he did so only after being pelted with a...
'ACCE$$IBLE' ELIOT FLOORS REFORMERS
ALBANY - Government-reform leaders who stood with Gov. Spitzer in support of his campaign-finance overhaul proposals were stunned yesterday to learn he's offering access to those who can raise bundles...
FORECLOSURE HOT LINE SET UP
New Yorkers at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure can now call a city-funded hot line for counseling, officials announced yesterday. The hot line, part of the city comptroller's...
END OF LINE FOR A, C WORK
"Early" is not normally in the vocabulary of the MTA, an agency known for projects that come in overdue and overbudget. But yesterday, transit officials pleasantly surprised riders with news...
SHOCK RUDY SNUB
Republican state party Chairman Joseph Mondello is blocking New York's GOP elected officials and county political leaders from endorsing hometown favorite Rudy Giuliani for president, sources have told The Post....
COPS: PSYCHO ARMED TO TEETH
A 45-year-old Queens man with a psychiatric history had a cache of more than 30 illegal weapons - including a gun that fires special bullets that can penetrate body armor,...
JACK-ASHES LOST OUR MA: SUIT
First Dana Bailey lost her mother to cancer. Then she lost her remains to a funeral parlor. In a $750,000 Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, Bailey says she didn't discover the...
BX. PERV'S 3RD STRIKE
A day after a pervert was foiled trying to snatch two girls off a Bronx street, he attempted to grab a third victim. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday the...
QNS. MAN DIES AFTER COP CUFFING
A Queens man died early yesterday after suffering a heart attack while cops were trying to cuff him, authorities said. Patrick Ryan, 39, was busted at 4:20 a.m. after cops...
'AIDING ENEMY' ARMY COLONEL MAY FACE DEATH
A top officer at a U.S.-run Iraqi prison had an affair with his translator and could face the death penalty for aiding the enemy by providing a cellphone to detainees,...
ISRAEL FUMES OVER TERRORIST ROCKETS
JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets toward Israel yesterday, the army said, and Israeli officials warned they were losing patience with attacks that have undermined...
HELP ME, DR.
Alec Baldwin went to boob-tube shrink Dr. Phil McGraw for family advice after angry comments the actor made to his 11-year- old daughter were made public last week, the therapist...
UNDERDOG UPSTAGES DUEL OF THE TITANS
THERE were eight candidates on stage at last night's debate, but it was really between front-runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. Clinton did little to distinguish herself, although she...
BARACK 'DISAPPOINTS'
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton came off as "presidential," Sen. Barack Obama seemed "timid," and former Sen. John Edwards got kudos on health care. Those are some of the impressions that...
DEM RIVALS IN TERROR CLASH
ORANGEBURG, S.C. - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama locked horns last night in the first Democratic presidential debate, differing broadly on how they would respond to a new terror...
SPECTOR TEAM'S SUICIDE 'PROOF'
Phil Spector's defense raised the volume yesterday on his claims of innocence, claiming to have evidence that the gun that killed Lana Clarkson was loaded by the B-movie actress herself...
SHOW ME THE MONET
Three spectacular Monet paintings will be on public display for the first time ever as part of a major retrospective of the impressionist painter opening at a private gallery inMidtown...
HURLER HUGH'S MEAN BEANS
Londoners throw baked beans on just about everything - but Hugh Grant took it a step too far. The moody British actor was arrested after hurling a tub of baked...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Cops are searching for Theodore Smalls , 58, who was last seen leaving a work program on Williams Street last Wednesday. Smalls, who lives on East 30th Street, suffers...
WIGGED-OUT WEIRDO VS. DO-GOOD DA IS A TV HIT
IT was the best show on TV yesterday - and it may turn into the best reality show ever. I'm talking about Court TV's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the murder trial...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 586; Lucky Sum: 19 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 5322; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 087; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 7915;...
DAVID BRINKERHOFF'S SACRIFICE
Most people probably think of state troopers - if they think of them at all - as men and women whose main job is to hand out speeding tickets on...
THE PBA'S HANDCUFFS
Mayor Mike had some encouraging budget news for New Yorkers yesterday: Revenues keep flowing into City Hall hand over fist. The latest projection: a $4.4 billion surplus for the current...
GOV FOR SALE
Gov. Spitzer sure thinks big: He's asking folks to round up $1 million each, ostensibly for his 2010 re-election bid. In return, he's offering something of great value: himself. And...
A FAITH IN DEFEAT
SENATE Majority Leader Harry Reid had a bright, shining moment of honesty when he said that the war in Iraq is lost. He unburdened himself of what he and many...
THE NANNY IN GREEN
'MAMA Mike' is at it again - telling New Yorkers how to live their lives. This time, he wants us to cut down on electricity. And pay a hefty price...
DUBYA DIGS IN: GAGA ON GONZO
A REPORT as routine as what the Identity Theft Task Force put out Monday normally is released without a White House statement, but this time the announcement came from President...
WHO WILL HISTORY BLAME FOR A WAR GONE BAD?
THE ISSUE: Majority Leader Harry Reid's push for troop withdrawal from Iraq. Citizens should be demanding the resignation of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ("Reid's Bloody Hands," Editorial, April...
SOUND ADVICE
Wall Street's takeover frenzy took a new twist yesterday as dealmakers Henry Kravis and Goldman Sachs offered existing shareholders a chance to play along in their $8 billion buyout of...
EMI 'AMES' HIGH WITH NEW LEADER
EMI Group yesterday appointed longtime consultant and widely respected music executive Roger Ames to lead its North American recorded music operations. Ames' appointment plugs the holes left by Alain Levy...
START YOUR ENGINES
OVER the next week or so,Henry Kravis, head of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., will finally find out if busting up Primedia was a good idea after all. Final bids...
XM PUTS POSITIVE $PIN ON MERGER
After spending much of last year missing subscriber and financial targets, the fact that XM Satellite Radio reported first-quarter results that were in line with Wall Street expectations was reason...
FOOT LOCKER IS STEPPING SOFTLY
Foot Locker, which launched a hostile bid for Genesco last week, remains interested in pursuing its rival but is not rushing to launch a proxy fight, The Post has learned....
DELAY-PER-VIEW
Just as TV executives have long feared, TiVo is turning out to be a serious threat. An explosion in the popularity of digital video recorders, or DVRs, is taking a...
ANALYST HIT ON REPORTS
A Wall Street analyst has raised eyebrows among competitors and customers because he did not speak to the senior management he wrote about prior to launching coverage of seven well-known...
APPLE BEEFING UP MEATPACKING RETAIL
Apple has found the beef in the Meatpacking District, with the hip electronics retailer leasing a whopper of a store at 401 W. 14th St. - its third in the...
TWO DAVIDS, TWO STORIES
FOR THOSE who knew the celebrated author David Halberstam only a little bit, his sudden death, Monday, hit one much harder than the rest. And that's David Halberstam, or, "the...
NO GRIZZ-LED VET
EVERYBODY Asks Me, So . . . * No, I don't believe Memphis will be Larry Brown's Next Town. No, not even should Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley make him an...
OSCAR'S VIEW OF TOP RANK IS LOW
It didn't take long for Top Rank president Todd DuBoef to hear his company had been dissed by Oscar De La Hoya during the boxer's final conference call before his...
NEW RULES ON FLUKE ISSUED
NEW York's fluke regu lations came out this week and they are what everyone expected. The new emergency regulation, which is effective immediately, opens the season year-round and raises the...
BLOODY MESS
Doug Mientkiewicz remembers being in the trainer's room before Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS as doctors tried to fix Curt Schilling's ankle. The Yankees first baseman, who was then...
SERBY'S MOCK DRAFT
RAIDERS: JaMARCUS RUSSELL, QB, LSU: Someone ultimately convinces Al Davis that Snake Stabler isn't planning a comeback . . . just don't be shocked if it's Brady Quinn . ....
RU'S LEONARD ONE TO WATCH
The way Brian Leonard saw it, why wait? Tomorrow's NFL Draft, where Leonard projects to go in the second round, was fewer than two months away and the big money...
A PRIZE CATCH
How much does ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury respect Georgia Tech receiver Calvin Johnson as a super talent? Consider this astonishing assessment: "Johnson is so good that even if [John] Elway...
YANKS-BOSOX REALLY RATES
When it comes to TV ratings, the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry remainsunrivaled. Sunday night's 7-6 Red Sox win at Fenway - called by Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, and featuring Japanese...
5 QUESTIONS FOR PATRICK EWING
This week, NYP TV Sports' Pat Reichart spoke with NBA-TV analyst Patrick Ewing. The legendary Knick center will work as a studio analyst for the network throughout the postseason. Q:...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Ailing dogs found in Vick's home Police conducting a drug investigation raided a house in Smithfield, Va., owned by Falcons QB Michael Vick and found dozens of dogs, some...
REDS MENACE HONDO
The Big Red Machine broke down in the middle in nings yesterday in St. Louis, causing Hondo's earn ings to drop to 740 nuxhalls. Tonight, Mr. Aitch is ordering three...
NO 'MARITAL' BLISS AT BIG A
FOURTH RACE: Nobiz Like Shobiz fans hope Barclay Tagg is as hot week from tomorrow at Churchill Downs as he's been during current meet at Big A. Here, going mile...
4-GET ABOUT IT!
Embarrassed and humbled afterward, the Devils somehow also stood defiant. It sort of mirrored the way they lost. "Everyone's going to count us out, now. That's fine," Brad Lukowich said...
MARTY'S MELTDOWN STUNS SENS
The first period wasn't over and the Senators had just eight shots on goal - and yet when Dany Heatley blasted one past Martin Brodeur, Ottawa found itself up 4-0....
BUSH TO GIANTS: JARRETT'S A PLAYER
The Giants have a couple questions to address going into tomorrow's 2007 NFL Draft, one of which is finding a possession receiver. The Giants could use a big, strong target...
ALBANY'S BARKSDALE ON GIANTS' RADAR
With all the comprehensive scouting, time and money invested in the NFL Draft, true sleepers may no longer exist. But there are undiscovered gems to be mined and the Giants...
CHARACTER KEY FOR MANGINI
Although the early morning light was shining into most of the offices at Weeb Ewbank Hall yesterday, Eric Mangini's corner office was rather dark and, as usual, the white projection...
POWER OUTAGE
The Mets entered their day off yesterday in first place in the NL East . . . despite sub-par efforts so far this season from two of their biggest hitters....
LASTINGS OUT WITH SPRAINED RIGHT FOOT
Tests revealed that Lastings Milledge sprained a ligament in his right foot, and he'll be placed on the minor-league disabled list, the Mets announced yesterday. The 22-year-old outfielder batted .333...
ACHIN' JASON A NET WORRY
The good vibes from stealing homecourt advantage from the Raptors have officially evaporated. Jason Kidd is hurt, with a strained left knee that puts a strain on the Nets' aspirations...
CARTER 'SHOOTS' BACK AT CRITICS
Vince Carter yesterday responded to criticism that he took dumb shots in the first two games, saying any shot he takes is a good shot and he's not about to...
OUTLOOK NOT ROZ-Y
BUFFALO - The burden of proof shifts tonight to the Rangers after going down rather meekly in Wednesday's 5-2, Game 1 defeat to the Sabres. The burden is on the...
RUST NO LONGER AN EXCUSE FOR RANGERS
BUFFALO - The Rangers were rustier than this downtown in Game 1, played creakier than Brendan Shanahan's bones. The Sabres were no day at the beach that it looked like...
HUGHES LEFT FEELING BLUE
Phil Hughes is no longer a prospect. Now, with one big-league game on his resume, the right-handed stud's responsibility is to help the Yankees win games. The hype is over....
PUSHING THEIR LUCK
THERE was a sweep by the Devil Rays in Florida. Two kids fresh out of the minors were asked to make their first starts. There was rotation upheaval, underachievement and...
WITH FEET NOW WET, THE FUTURE SHOULD GO BACK DOWN ... SOON
HE WAS already off the mound by the time Joe Torre hopped out of the dugout, proving that you don't have to be in the game as long as Connie...
WHOLE NEW BALLGAME
The Yankees aren't big on excuses, but raise the sore topic of last weekend's Red Sox sweep of them at Fenway Park, and they'll offer a gentle reminder they weren't...
FENWAY FLOP
All wasn't so bad from the Yankees' perspective a week ago. Alex Rodriguez had homered in the ninth to complete a three-game sweep of the Indians at the Stadium, and...
TORRE'S NOT SURE OF IGAWA'S FUTURE
Say hello to baseball's most expensive long reliever. When Joe Torre decided yesterday that Jeff Karstens will start tomorrow against the Red Sox instead of Kei Igawa, the $46 million...
HUGE NIGHT FOR HUGHES FAMILY
The confusion was understandable. Philip Hughes Sr. and his wife Dorianne had never heard anyone call for their son in such a manner before, and automatically figured the crowd at...
MATSUI'S READY TO ROLL 'DICE'
Hideki Matsui has not faced Daisuke Matsuzaka in nearly five years. And the Yankees left fielder's memories of the last time they faced each other are not good ones. "I...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Need a tooth filled? Come to my garage. That's what a West Palm Beach, Fla., man was offering before being busted for illegally performing dentistry without a license. Roger Bean...
Obsessives: Days of Whine and Rosie
Weâre not one to kick Rosie OâDonnell when sheâs down (or out of âViewâ), but âI Hate Rosieâ sites are apparently all the rage. Here are some of the mean,...