May 4, 2007
Ducks best Canucks
Without Roberto Luongo in net, the Ducks might easily have swept the series. As it stands, Anaheim's 4-1 series win doesn't illustrate how close the series actually was.Three games went...
AIRPORT CHECK: Seoul/Incheon International
Look ma, I made this: Crafts hour at Incheon/Jason Cochran Incheon, where the Americans came on land to battle for South Korea during the Korean War, is now (according to...
Zach Braff's Cinco de Mayo Present
Are those wily Weinsteins, who are chopping "Grindhouse'' in two for foreign markets, turning Jewish actor Zach Braff into a Latino to better sell "The Ex,'' his comedy opening next...
Deal of the Day
Romantic ruffles fem up this otherwise plain preppy sleeveless oxford shirt from J. Crew.And the frolicky Striped Ruffle Blouse is marked down from $78 to $49.99, but an additional 20%...
FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: Maine, Mientkiewicz and More
We are back with Five-Thought Friday with the wonder if the rotation-plagued Yankees have Whitey Ford on speed dial:1. Going into the weekend there were 30 pitchers age 25 or...
Tribeca Limps to a Close
There are still some $25 tickets available online for the Tribeca Film Festival's closing night film tomorrow at the Borough of Manhattan Community College's Tribeca Performing Arts Center. But I'd...
Unlucky Drew, Unluckier You
Warner Home Video recently released the inert musical "Lucky Me,'' one of Doris Day's few flops, and this trend goes back as far as the ironically titled "Lucky Night,'' which...
The Studios and the Webslingers
It's a slow news day for Variety -- Tinseltown is holding its breath for the first U.S. returns from "Spider-Man 3,'' which could come as early as this afternoon if...
CALL OF THE WILD
LG VX9400 Features: Operating on Verizon's soon-to-be-everywhere V CAST Mobile TV service, this phone has an easy to hold, flip-out, wide-screen, 2.2-inch color LCD for optimum boob tube watching. You...
FREAK AND YE SHALL FIND
IN the middle of the shrieking, howling vocals that are Bjork's signature - not to mention the distinctly non-Western melodies - her show at Radio City Music Hall was everything...
WEST COAST HIPS DON'T LIE
BLONDE Redhead, Illi nois, Beirut, Amy Winehouse, Bjork, the Arcade Fire and most of the Highline Festival - basically everything you want to see - are all sold out, so...
ROCKETTE HOPEFULS KICK IT UP A NOTCH
THE requirements for being a Rockette: kick of a black belt, height between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-10 1/2, toothpaste-commercial smile - and tenacity. Chantelle Lefeure, 19, of Buffalo, showed up for...
MORRIS DOESN'T BORE US
GLUCK'S "Orfeo ed Euridice" is thrilling - a mix of opera, drama and dance fulfilling the composer's reformist ambitions but alive with a love of life and music. That love...
FURY, LUST AND DESIRE, ALL WITH A POP TEMPO
NO one in the 20th century wrote music that purred and snarled like Kurt Weill. There was no composer quite like him. Never will be, after Weill's classical music lost...
NEDERLANDER SPLIT
A furious bidding war has broken out for a chain of theaters around the country, pitting some of Broadway's richest and most powerful players against one another - including two...
CYRUS SERIOUS ABOUT SHOW
FANS of Billy Ray Cyrus are not so sure that the country singer wants to remain a competitor on "Dancing with the Stars." Cyrus' wife says he does, but on...
LOVE NEW YORK?
TIFFANY Pollard, the VH1 reality star better known as New York, will be in town Sunday hoping to find a few good men for her dating show, "I Love New...
DOUBLE ELIMINATION
'AMERICAN Idol" exile Phil Stacey says his commitment to the U.S. Navy is more important right now than his reality show fame. "My primary responsibility is to the U.S. Navy....
'GIRLS' COMES TO END
'GILMORE Girls," the critically acclaimed drama about a single mother and her daughter, has been cancelled. The final episode of the 7-year-old series, which originally launched on The WB, will...
STARR REPORT
Cause for 'Laugh'- ter ABC soap stars including Bobbi Eakes, Kelli Giddish, Julia Barr, Ilene Kristen and Kim Zimmer will gather May 14 for a staged reading of Penny Bergman's...
'FATHER BROWN
THIS weekend would have been James Brown's 74th birthday. To mark the occasion, Don Lemon of CNN's Investigation Unit put together "James Brown, Say It Proud," a special that speaks...
FORGETTING, YET UNFORGETTABLE
JULIE Christie is simply astounding as a woman slipping into the ravages of Alzheimer's in Sarah Polley's deeply affecting and artfully crafted "Away From Her." The still-gorgeous and iconic actress...
EYES ON THE PRIZE
IF you ever thought that hitting Powerball was your ticket to a carefree life filled with yachts and a marriage to a gold-digging supermodel, watch "Millions (A Lottery Story)." The...
TRY NOT TO AVOID THIS 'ICEBERG'
THE oddball Belgian comedy "L'Iceberg" is a cool way to take your mind off climate change. Fiona (Fiona Gordon), the manager of a fast-food eatery, accidentally gets locked overnight in...
TEXAS BORE 'EM
THIS spring, boredom has a new name: "Lucky You." In the poker flick, an announcer calling a climactic poker match uses a Texas hold 'em term frequently, saying, "And the...
SPROCKET MAN
THE story line of the average sports movie could be written on the back of a nickel, with room left over for the Jefferson Memorial. "The Flying Scotsman" is different....
DIM-BULB DIRECTORS DARKEN CITY OF LIGHT
TOO many cooks spoil the broth, and too many directors spoil the anthology film "Paris Je T'aime." Twenty-one directors team up on 18 shorts about love fulfilled and love thwarted...
NICE BOUQUET, SOUR AFTERTASTE
SORT of a bi-friendly "Sideways," Russell Brown's "Race You to the Bottom" is a road comedy set in California's Napa Valley featuring a bisexual travel writer (Cole Williams) and a...
CIVIC DUTY
PETER Krause, the fine actor from "Six Feet Under," gives a one-note performance that seriously undermines "Civic Duty," a thriller mining minimal dramatic payoff from the potentially potent subject of...
THE TREATMENT
'THE Treatment," a wan effort at "Annie Hall"-style comedy, has about as much Manhattan sophistication as a gas station in Chippewa Falls, Wis. Chris Eigeman, that bristling snob from "Metropolitan"...
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
BAMBOOZLE FESTIVAL: Featuring MC Hammer, Muse, Weird Al Yankovic, Say Anything, Linkin Park and others, tomorrow and Sunday at 11: 30 a.m. at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, Route 3, East...
UPCOMING
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: The duo will perform at the Nokia Theatre Times Square on July 11 and 12. Tickets: $59.50, $79.50 and $99.50, on sale now through Ticketmaster...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Heath Brothers Quartet. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Today and tomorrow: Cassandra Wilson. Sunday: Cecil Taylor....
CLASSICAL
TODAY: St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Percussion performance from the FSU College of Music Faculty and Students at Weill Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Royal Concertgebouw...
DANCE
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER: Today and tomorrow, a spring dance performance by the students and faculty of the Eugene Lang College at the New School for Liberal Arts. Tickets are $5....
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: "Radical Scavenger: The Films of Emile de Antonio." Today at 7 p.m., the filmmaker's "In the Year of the Pig" (1968). 32 Second Ave.; (212) 505-5181. BAM...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Tomorrow: "Laugh and Think for Pink" benefit. Through Sunday: Tommy Davidson. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Today: Dave Attell. Tomorrow: Greg Giraldo. Today and tomorrow: Colin Quinn, Pete...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Sunday and Monday: Barbara Carroll. 59 W. 44th St.; (212) 467-7444. CARLYLE HOTEL: Through May 26: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 744-1600. DON'T TELL...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
GOLF AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER: A 1/4-scaled replica of The Players Stadium Course's iconic island 17th hole will be open to give the public a chance to hit a shot on...
FILM PICK
"Maria Full of Grace," one of the best indies to show here in 2004, enjoys a reprise at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Museum of Modern Art (moma.org). Catalina Sandino...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * THE KILLERS play tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Borgata's Event Center. Tickets, $50. He's an oldie and a goodie, PAUL ANKA performs May 11 at 9...
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
THERE'S nothing like playing a Strad in a strapless, says Janine Jansen. "It's great, really, because you can move your arms freely," says the Dutch violinist, who often takes the...
BILLY'S HOT PICK
RON Carter on bass. Say it, and it sounds like a musical phrase. The prolific Carter - he's credited on more than 3,000(!) albums - turns 70 today, and to...
PREVIEWS
"DEUCE": Angela Lansbury returns to the Broadway stage opposite Marian Seldes in Terrence McNally's comedy about retired tennis pros. Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. Opens Sunday....
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...
WEEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1, 2 train: Downtown trains skip 66th, 59th, and 50th Streets 6 train: Downtown trains run express between Parkchester and Hunts Point Avenue. A train: Trains run local between 168th...
ALBANY INTERN-FLAP SLAP
ALBANY - An upstate Assemblyman who recently spent the night in a legislative intern's apartment bedroom yesterday became the first member of his chamber to ever be censured. Assemblyman Mike...
TOTS TEETER ON EDGE OF LOSING CLASS SPOT
Pre-kindergartners at coveted Lower East Side elementary schools could be tossed out on their little keisters thanks to enforcement of an admissions policy that parents say had previously been ignored....
FOR SALE: FITTY SWANKSTA CRIB
50 Cent wants a pretty penny for his 53-room Connecticut mansion. The 17-acre Farmington spread, which includes a 40-person hot tub, basketball/tennis court, casino, movie theater and recording studio, is...
AMY & JOEY MAY TAKE A NEW SHOT
Reunited . . . and it feels so odd? Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco are separating from their respective spouses - suspiciously on the same day - amid talk that...
SICK WORLD OF PERV E-LUST
"Chloroform," Peter Braunstein typed into his computer. "Girls. Rape. Video." The fiend kept typing - using several search engines to plumb the darkest recesses of the Internet. "Chloroform and drugged...
NEW PIRRO TAPE WOE OVER DA SLAY CASE
Former Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro secretly recorded conversations in her office and then ordered the tapes destroyed as she readied to leave the job - including one about possible new...
MOM'S HORROR AS HER SUV KILLS TOT
A year-old Bronx baby was killed yesterday when his mom accidentally knocked the SUV out of park and the vehicle rolled down the driveway, running him over, police said. The...
CON ED WORKERS RIP 'DRIVER GUARDS'
Con Ed workers are angry that the utility is hiring livery drivers to warn people away from electrically charged streetlights, manholes and other equipment. As part of a program to...
250G TRUCKER LUCK
Queens truck driver José Galarza is hauling his $250,000 Monopoly Scratch N' Win jackpot straight to the bank. "My vacation is coming up in July. I think we'll be flying...
OP CURES 'NONSTOP LAUGH' TOT
A 3-year-old Long Island girl has undergone brain surgery to remove a rare tumor that caused her to laugh uncontrollably 20 or 30 times a day. The mom, Jessica Anderson,...
KID'S 'HIT' VIDEO
A Staten Island high-schooler - angered after flunking his math class - posted a video on YouTube in which he begged viewers to shoot his teacher "in her neck," authorities...
'REV.' MCG CATCHES HOLY HELL FROM WIFE
Rev. wannabe Jim McGreevey's estranged wife isn't moved by his new higher calling. "It's the most absurd thing I've ever heard," Dina Matos McGreevey spat at news that the former...
HEARST DIVORCE KO'D ON APPEAL
She helped herself to almost all of his money and dumped him while he was in his sickbed, but Barbara Hearst wasn't "cruel and inhuman" to her newspaper-heir hubby, an...
SHUT CHURCH PRAYS - AND SUES
Supporters of a shuttered Lithuanian immigrant church in lower Manhattan are suing the New York Archdiocese to get it reopened and to stop the removal of its items. A Manhattan...
WTC'S WINDOW TO THE WORLD
Here's the first look at the dramatic three-story lobby slated for World Trade Center Tower 3, with its glass-walled atrium overlooking a new section of Greenwich Street and the Santiago...
'DRUNKEN' DRIVER RAMS COP
A drunk driver seriously injured a Nassau County cop when he smashed into the officer's cruiser during a traffic stop early yesterday morning, authorities said. Officer Edwin Martinez pulled over...
HUSTLE & SLOW IN APPLE
Move out of the way! New Yorkers are a step ahead, walking at a pace 10 percent faster than a decade ago, a new study has shown. But the pace...
B'KLYN PSYCH WARD A HORROR SHOW: SUIT
The psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital is a Dickensian nightmare where patients sleep on urine-covered floors, are beaten, and are forcibly injected with mind-altering drugs, according to a shocking...
IN-CENTS-ED AT BRONX EATERY
South Bronx residents, backed by their state senator, protested outside a Chinese eatery yesterday, saying its workers refuse to take pennies - and it makes no cents! Wayne Jones says...
GOP ISN'T THE LEASE BIT HAPPY
ALBANY - Senate Republicans yesterday threw cold water on a plan by Gov. Spitzer to keep more city apartments rent-stabilized. "We're not looking at that; clearly, it's not on our...
4-TIME RHYMES
Busta Rhymes' most popular venue is quickly becoming Manhattan Criminal Court. For the fourth time in less than a year, the rap star, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was...
SQUEEZE-PLAY BUST AT SHEA
A Yonkers man - caught red-handed with a penile pump in full action - is accused of masturbating in his school-bus driver's seat soon after dropping off about 50 kids...
WORK RESUMES ON TRAGIC TRACKS
Construction on subway tracks will resume today after a four-day suspension following the deaths of two transit workers, officials said. During the interruption, maintenance workers were retrained on track safety,...
POST MOURNS ROBERT MCNAIR
Retired New York Post paper handler Robert McNair lost his battle with colon cancer on Tuesday. He was 78. He worked for the paper for 46 years, feeding the presses...
FEES HONK OFF N.Y. DRIVERS
The majority of New York motorists who drive into central Manhattan oppose paying an $8 congestion-pricing fee, even after hearing how it will help reduce air pollution, a new poll...
NEW FUND-RAISE FURY HITS SPITZ
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer, under fire for his own fund-raising practices as he pushes for campaign-finance reform, is hosting a legislative-session-day fund-raiser for Senate Democrats on a legislative session day,...
MIKE BREAKS THE CODE
The Bloomberg administration announced yesterday that it has completed a massive overhaul of the city's building code, fulfilling a pledge Mike Bloomberg made in 2001 when he first ran for...
BARACK BEST BET VS. RUDY: POLL
WASHINGTON - Presidential front-runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani easily lap their respective primary fields - but only Barack Obama comes close to catching "America's Mayor" in a head-to-head...
RIVALS SWAY NO VOTERS
MANCHESTER, N.H. - White House contender Rudy Giuliani received the most attention last night - both good and bad - from a group of undecided Republican voters. "He's in my...
RUDY: I'LL BE NEXT REAGAN
Rudy Giuliani portrayed himself as the heir to Ronald Reagan at the first Republican debate last night, talking tough on terrorism - but struggling to present a clear and consistent...
D.C.'S TORT 'TART'
WASHINGTON - A legal secretary at a top law firm has been suspended after she admitted to secretly moonlighting for the infamous D.C. Madam's high-end escort service, it was revealed...
$QUEEZE PLAY
WASHINGTON - In a direct challenge to President Bush's stand on Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is weighing a proposal that would pay for the war at least until July...
SECRET SERVICE GUARDS OBAMA
Barack Obama has been granted Secret Service protection after reported threats - the earliest a presidential candidate has ever been guarded, officials confirmed yesterday. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff authorized...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A pizza deliveryman was robbed of $105 by a razorblade-wielding assailant on a Red Hook street, authorities said yesterday. The victim, 19, was riding a bike to a delivery...
EVIL, NOT INSANITY, 'BUZZING' IN HIS HEAD
HE WENT to bed as Peter Braunstein. And he woke up as Travis Bickle - the upsetting, head-shaved character played by Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver." You talking to...
COURT-ING A DISASTER WITH BASE
FOLLOWING the first GOP presidential candidate debate last night, front-runner Rudy Giuliani may not be the front-runner much longer. While he ended the night on a strong note - saying...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 656; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 8571; Lucky Sum: 21 Evening Nos. Thu.: 845; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 8291; Lucky...
WALLY SCHIRRA, 1923-2007
To a generation of Americans, they were the ultimate heroes: mythic, larger-than-life figures; possessors of "the right stuff," blazing trails in the unchartered reaches of space. That initial legendary founding...
BLACKING OUT LONG ISLAND
Not In My Back Yard opposition - and litigation - follow power-plant proj ects in New York as day follows night. So no one should be shocked by a NIMBY...
RHYMES WITH CRIMES
Will the real Judge Tanya Kennedy please stand up? Yesterday, the Manhattan Criminal Court jurist freed recidivist rapper Busta Rhymes on bail at his arraignment after a DWI arrest early...
KNOW-NOTHINGS
WHEN Nancy Pelosi confessed last year that she felt "sad" about President Bush's claims that al Qaeda operates in Iraq, she seemed to be disputing what every American soldier in...
PAYCHECK PANDER
THE front-runners in the Democratic presidential race have discovered the power of an idea whose time has passed: socialism in women's wages. Its power is in pandering to feminist voters,...
CONGRESS' TUG-OF-WAR OVER TROOP DEPLOYMENT
THE ISSUE: President Bush's veto of a bill that set a deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. The Democrats have recklessly and unwittingly aided our enemies in a lustful...
WESTWOOD ONE SIGNALS IT'S FOR SALE
Radio network Westwood One has tapped investment bank UBS to identify potential buyers in anticipation of putting itself on the block next month, The Post has learned. According to three...
BILL'S HARD DRIVE
Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations,...
MARTHA'S RED INK HITS $11.9M
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., producer of the cooking and home-decor "Martha" television show, posted a wider first-quarter loss on costs to pay Mark Burnett, creator of the syndicated program....
BIDDING GETS ENTHUSIASTIC
TODAY is the deadline for billionaire investor Henry Kravis to receive final offers in the wild auction for Primedia Enthusiast Group, a process that has gotten a lot more complicated...
A HOUSE DIVIDED
A Bancroft power couple - Sue and Christopher Bancroft - are being tugged from their quiet philanthropic lives to help arbitrate a growing family conflict over whether to sell their...
'BIG SKIM' NOTICED SEC WELLS WARNING
CHICAGO - After admitting over and over again during three days on the witness stand that he only "skimmed" crucial faxes and filings while chairman of Hollinger International's audit committee,...
SUBPRIME FALLOUT
Two years after noisily launching a hedge fund with $2 billion and one of Wall Street's proudest names, UBS is shutting it down due to crummy performance. Dillon Read Capital...
BIOVAIL IN LEGAL WRANGLE
A former Wall Street analyst accused the chairman and founder of Canadian pharmaceutical maker Biovail of using the dismissal of its law firm as an excuse to drag out its...
ION APPROVES NBC SALE AMID UNREST
Television broadcaster Ion Media Networks yesterday approved a takeover offer from NBC Universal and hedge fund Citadel Investment Group, despite three opposing board members and threats from a dissident group...
KILL-O-WATT
Get ready for a shock to your wallet -- Con Ed wants to boost homeowners' electricity prices by 17 percent next year. The company filed a rate increase request with...
'RACISM' CRIES ACADEMIC
THINGS Overheard Or Observed While Under Observation: I like zapping the zebras as much as the next unprofessional. But, to my way of thinking, NBA officials may be blind, but...
FOUL STENCH TO REF STUDY
WHO knew? For the last 20 or so years, I've watched the final two or three minutes of close and not-so-close NBA games regularly stretched to 15 minutes. That's when...
STREET SENSE COULD WEAR ROSES
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the first time in an age, the 133rd Kentucky Derby tomorrow has drawn the complete representative field. It pits all the best two-year-olds of last year...
TACTICS IN HANDS OF SUPER MARIO
LOUISVILLE - When we got the third pick in the post draw, I told everybody they put way too much emphasis on post positions. That's because I knew we were...
MONTAUK BOUNTY A REAL FLUKE EVENT
MONTAUK boats took quick advantage of the open season for fluke, as a number of vessels made nice scores off the East End over the weekend. Sunday, the popular half-day...
MONEY NO BALM IF OSCAR LOSES
LAS VEGAS - As if earning $25 million isn't enough to climb into the ring against boxing's best pound-for-pound fighter, Oscar De La Hoya had other reasons for signing for...
DOLLARS & 'SENSE'
When it comes to picking a winner in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, your best bet might be to follow the advice of someone who's been to the winner's circle at Churchill...
THE MIGHTY MIKES
For months, 1050 ESPN Radio has said of its morning rush-hour pairing of Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg, "What makes them different, makes them great." Apparently, what makes them great...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JIM LAMPLEY
This week, NYP TV Sports' Pat Reichart spoke with HBO boxing announcer Jim Lampley. The 58-year-old Lampley will call the blow-by-blow on HBO for Saturday night's Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd...
'COGNAC' GETS BOTTLED UP
3RD RACE - Stakes winning filly Teammate made a successful return to the race as she battled with Yachats through the stretch and determinedly won by a neck. Solarana, making...
KY. OAKS LOOKS LIKE RAGS TO RICHES TALE
LOUISVILLE - The Kentucky Derby's distaff version, today's 133rd running of the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks for 3-year-old fillies going a mile-and-an-eighth at Churchill Downs, drew a full field of 12...
WAGERING OUTLETS ARE OFF & RUNNING
Wagering for the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby will begin today at all on and off track betting outlets in the tri-state area.Win, place, show, exacta, trifecta and superfecta...
'BIZ' IS GOOD AT CHURCHILL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For many years, there was a set of rules for handicapping the Kentucky Derby, based on the history of past winners. According to those rules, Nobiz Like...
HORSEMEN AT BELMONT CHOOSE THEIR FAVORITES
Horsemen polled yesterday at Belmont Park locked in on only a few win candidates in what many believe is a wide-open Kentucky Derby tomorrow at Churchill Downs. Here are their...
WETTER THE BETTOR
LOUISVILLE - With yesterday's rain expected to continue through today and tomorrow, an off-track looms for the Kentucky Derby. Hard Spun, Scat Daddy and Teuflesberg are the only Derby runners...
HONDO'S TWIN PICKS
It was a mini-maul last night in St. Petersburg, and Hondo paid a steep price as the earnings tumbled to 690 ramoses. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will risk some Silva dollars...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Artest sentenced Sacramento forward Ron Artest pleaded no contest yesterday to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge stemming from a March 5 dispute with his wife. Placer County (Calif.) Superior...
DEVILS AWARE IT CAN BE DONE
Martin Brodeur helped the Devils storm back from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Flyers in the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, but the goalie said yesterday there's no recipe...
GIBRIL CAN'T PLAY IT SAFE
Considered a rising star after an eye-opening eight games as a rookie in 2004, Gibril Wilson hasn't ascended the way the Giants anticipated. That's why in many ways this is...
O'HARA ALREADY MISSES BARBER
Shaun O'Hara hasn't played a game since Tiki Barber retired, but the Giants offensive lineman said things already are different without the running back around. "For now, we haven't had...
ISLANDERS' DIPIETRO HAS HIP SURGERY
Rick DiPietro was bothered by more than just the after-effects of a pair of concussions toward the end of the NHL season. The Islanders goalie also had a left-hip injury...
EASLEY DOES IT!
PHOENIX - There was only one out last night. Damion Easley already had delivered twice this season with two outs in what could have been the Mets' losses. You can...
RANDOLPH MAY HAND BALL TO SOSA TOMORROW
PHOENIX - The Mets, in need of a spot starter for tomorrow's game against the Diamondbacks, have two choices: minor-league power-pitcher Jorge Sosa, or a major-league long man Aaron Sele....
BRINGING IT HOME
It's a principle of postseason survival: Avoid a Game 7 on the road. The Nets are aware of the danger a return trip to Toronto would represent to the life...
'WILL' THEY OR WON'T THEY
BUFFALO - In separate corners of the locker room, the two most experienced and decorated Rangers used the same word in anticipation of the remaining matches it will take to...
YANKS DANCE TEXAS 2-STEP
ARLINGTON, Texas - When they packed their bags in The Bronx late Sunday afternoon, the Yankees didn't know if Joe Torre would be their manager when they landed in Texas...
DUAL VICTORIES
ARLINGTON, Texas - And suddenly, there is light. There is life. There is optimism. There is belief. There is hope. There is confidence, and there is cheerfulness, there is conviction....
FIRED YANKS COACH MAKES LOW-KEY EXIT
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Yankees' disgraced former strength and conditioning coach, Marty Miller, issued a statement yesterday, 24 hours after he was fired by the club. Although Brian Cashman and...
'MIENT' CONDITION
ARLINGTON, Texas - Doug Mientkiewicz's batting average is ugly, still well south of the Mendoza Line, but at least the Yankees first baseman has made his hits count lately. Maybe...
PAVANO EXPECTED TO NEED SURGERY
ARLINGTON, Texas - Whenever Carl Pavano visits Dr. James Andrews, the noted orthopedic surgeon is expected to recommend the oft-injured right-hander needs surgery. And since Pavano is complaining of stiffness...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An upstate New York couple didn't think a few bats in the attic was a problem, until they discovered 3,500 pounds of guano - bat dung - up there. A...
Series pick
By MARK HALEFresh off my correct pick, I've got an interesting series with Arizona.If you remember from my preaseason predictions, I like the Diamondbacks a lot this year and in...