May 18, 2007

Game One pick

By MARK HALEAll right, I said I would pick each game of the Subway Series, so my Game 1 call is. . . Mets 6Yankees 5Let's see how I do.By...

So...Second Life

According to this Times of London report (by way of Fox News), cops in Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands are mulling over whether or not "Second Life" users are guilty...

Subway series

By MARK HALEI'm a little worried about the weather this weekend for the three games, since I just checked weather.com and it looks lik the city might get rained on...

Giambi Finally Admits 'roid Use

Jason Giambi, who made an art out of non-denial denial when it came to his alleged steroid use, finally came clean yesterday in Chicago when he told USA Today he...

'Once,' It Had Perfect Reviews

Fox Searchlight's ads for the Irish musical "Once'' today boast about its 100 percent positive reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, which may have been a first for an advertisement. "Featured critic"...

Deal of the Day

Something about this dress reminds me of Courtney Thorne-Smith in the 80s cinematic gem, Summer School.Maybe it's the Miami beach pastel color scheme or the playful cut and drop waist...

Off With Her Head

Scarlett will have some awfully big kilts to fill: for starters, she'll be compared with Katharine Hepburn in "Mary of Scotland,'' directed by Hepburn's then-lover John Ford, who turned a...

FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: Piniella, Clemens, Yankee OBP

Five-Thought Friday returns:1. You know what storyline I deplore: The one where we hear how this horrible pitching is eating up Lou Piniella and how the Cub manager cares so...

Summer dreams, ripped at the seams...

To say that I am obsessed with these shorts would be an understatement. These broken-in, worn-down, cuffed shorts so perfectly reminisce of sixth grade summer sleepaway camp -- slogging it...

WHOTUBE

TV execs unveiled their fall shows this week in N.Y.C. Meet the sexy new reasons you'll be watching SARAH SHAHIAge: 27In: "Life," a detective drama in which Shahi plays Robin...

LLOYD HAS NEW VISION

GUITARIST Richard Lloyd says that his June Central Park SummerStage appearance with Television will be his last. "After 34 years, I am going to quit," he told the people at...

PASSING GRADE, NO HONORS

THE burgeoning relationship between musical theater and rock 'n' roll - so successfully explored last season with "Spring Awakening" - gets a further nudge with "Passing Strange," which opened last...

'IDOL' WORSHIP FITTING FOR B'WAY'S FANTASIA

THAT she could sing, we knew. Ever since the moment she launched into Gershwin's "Summertime" on "American Idol," there was no doubt. But that she could act . . ....

THE DOCTOR IS IN

ELL, Mel Brooks has finally found his Doktor Frankenstein. Pardon me. I mean Fronkensteen. Und he hiss . . . Roger Bart. The Tony-nominated actor had signed on to play...

EYE-FUL OF LISA

'MY life represents change," Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the gorgeous, turbulent "L" in the mega girl group "TLC" says into the camera shortly before we see her hop behind the...

STARR REPORT

Kellie tires It was (sort of) cute the first time. Now it's just tiresome. Former "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler made lots of fans during her run on the show...

DON'T COUNT BLAKE OUT

MEMO to "American Idol" mavens: Don't underestimate the power of the "cute guy" beatboxer. Common wisdom has spunky 17-year-old Jordin Sparks beating Blake Lewis next Wednesday night to claim the...

ALL SHOOK UP

MELINDA Doolittle admits she never totally "let loose" while belting out a song on "American Idol" - until it was too late. "Sadly, the first time I let loose was...

SILVIO ON 'SOPRANOS'

STEVEN Van Zandt, the guitar legend who plays Tony Soprano's right hand man, Silvio Dante, hints that a wave of extreme violence is about to rock the final three episodes...

LANGUAGE SUBTLE, MESSAGE IS NOT

BRUNO Dumont. You either love the French filmmaker's abstract and minimalist approach, or you hate it. Count me among the former. I was duly impressed by his 1999 "L'Humanité" and...

WILSON BROTHERS TAKE THE FUNNY AND RUN

SLIGHT but consistently entertaining, "The Wendell Baker Story," which was shot four years ago, is an engaging homage to '70s comedies and stars Luke and Owen Wilson. Andrew Wilson, a...

CLICHÉ RIDGE

VIVID work by Alec Baldwin as a brutal Gambino crime family captain isn't enough to justify the sub-Scorsese stylings of Michael Corrente's "Brooklyn Rules." Baldwin memorably uses a meat slicer...

GRIM REALITY

HAL Hartley's "Henry Fool," one of my favorite indies of the 1990s, was a sublime reflection on art and what it takes to produce it. Its sequel, "Fay Grim," is...

CASINO EVIL VS. BETTOR JUDGMENT

KIM Basinger gives one of her strongest performances in "Even Money," a kind of "Crash" fueled by gambling instead of racism. The family of Basinger's character thinks she spends her...

THE LAST TIME

IT'S easy to see what attracted Michael Keaton and Brendan Fraser to Michael Caleo's "The Last Time," which allows them to spout reams of faux-Mamet/LaBute dialogue as a pair of...

RECALLING IT QUITS

JAPANESE actor Ken Watanabe ("Letters From Iwo Jima," "The Last Samurai") gives an inspired performance in "Memories of Tomorrow" as a 49-year-old Tokyo ad exec who discovers he has Alzheimer's....

PRIVATE PROPERTY

IF François and Thierry were my twin sons, I'd throw them out of the house tout de suite. Fortunately for them, they belong to Pascale, a middle-age divorcée portrayed by...

SEVERANCE

'SEVERANCE" is a sloppy, implausible slasher movie by British director Christopher Smith. Seven yuppies - two of them women - from an arms company called Palisade Defence are bused to...

IN PREVIEW

"CRAZY MARY": Sigourney Weaver stars in A.R. Gurney's play about a wealthy woman and son whose quest for an inheritance leads to an insane asylum. Playwrights Horizon, 416 W. 42nd...

BROADWAY

"A CHORUS LINE": Two and a half stars A clean carbon copy of a great original. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "COMPANY": Three stars Exuberant revival...

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

"ALTAR BOYZ": Three stars This musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands manages to be funny and entertaining despite its one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (877) 226-9941....

POP, ROCK, FOLK

The following listings are subject to change. It's best to call ahead before going to any event. Z100 ZOOTOPIA: A concert featuring Fergie, Rihanna, Katharine McPhee, Omarion, Hilary Duff, Robin...

JAZZ

BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Paquito D'Rivera. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Steve Tyrell. 131 W. Third St.; (212)...

CLASSICAL

TODAY: San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Violinist Nemanja Radulovic and pianist Susan Manoff at Weill Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Pianist Olga Vinokur at Bargemusic, 8 p.m. TOMORROW:...

DANCE

CLARK STUDIO THEATER: Tomorrow through Wednesday, Christopher Caines Dance Company performs "The Farewell to Music," set to Mozart. Tickets are $24 and $30. 70 Lincoln Center; (212) 868-4444. JOYCE THEATER:...

FILM

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Through Thursday, Stefan Berg and Magnus Gertten's "Rolling Like a Stone" (2005), a documentary involving the Rolling Stones and a forgotten home movie from 1965. 32 Second...

COMEDY

CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Paul Mooney, Talent. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Today: Greg Giraldo. Today and tomorrow: Bill Burr, John Joseph, Greg Fitzsimmons, Gregg Rogell, Keith Robinson, Adam Ferrara....

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. CARNEGIE CLUB:...

FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...

COMMUNITY DAY FEST: Today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Maiden Lane between Water and South streets; (212) 809-4100. SPRING CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL: More than 60 brewers and 150...

FILM PICK

Louis Garrel, Eva Green and Michael Pitt bare all in Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Dreamers'' (2003), set during the May 1968 political unrest in Paris. Not on the same high level...

CASINO BEAT

NEW JERSEY * SEAL performs tonight at 9 in the Borgata's Music Box. Tickets: $65; theborgata.com, (609) 677-1000. * NEIL SEDAKA sings the classics tomorrow at 9 p.m. in the...

UPCOMING

DEF LEPPARD, FOREIGNER, STYX: The hard-rock groups will perform Aug. 14 at the Nikon Jones Beach Theatre. Tickets are $26, $66 and $96 through Ticketmaster and at the box office;...

BILLY'S HOT PICK

PIPA isn't just Regis' nickname for Kelly Ripa. It's a Chinese instrument - like a four-string lute - that's been around for at least 2,000 years. China native Min Xiao-Fen,...

A 'CLASSY' PARK PLAN

Sixty-nine public-school playgrounds around the city will be opened for unrestricted use all summer, weekends and evenings starting July 1, officials said yesterday. Opening up 290 schoolyards to neighborhoods for...

ATLANTIC YDS. SUIT REJECTED

A lawsuit challenging the state's use of eminent domain to make way for Bruce Ratner's $4 billion Atlantic Yards project was dismissed by a state Supreme Court Judge yesterday. A...

LAST-SUIT SETBACK FOR LIZZIE

A state appeals court isn't buying p.r. princess Lizzie Grubman's spin - ruling a victim of her infamous Hamptons smash-'em-up can sue her for punitive damages. The ruling by the...

IMMIGRANT CHEER & FEAR

Immigrant-rights leaders hailed the U.S. Senate yesterday for reaching a compromise on sweeping changes in immigration law, but expressed strong reservations about key provisions. "The promise of a legalization program...

MYSPACE 'DEATH LIST' KID BUSTED

A 12-year-old Long Island boy has been arrested for posting a death list on MySpace and announcing that "June 15 is the day I shoot up my school," cops said....

CLASSIC HOME OUT OF AFRICA

A long-lost prefab metal house, created for French colonists in Africa, has been unearthed in the Congo and shipped to New York, where it will be auctioned for up to...

BX. FUND-RAISER

The rapper and actor Bow Wow and the urban crooner Lloyd will sing their hearts out tomorrow night at a fund-raiser for two African immigrant families that lost 10 loved...

GRATE! ANOTHER CON ED PLUNGE

A woman tumbled 15 feet to within inches of her death on a Midtown sidewalk yesterday after a Con Edison metal grate shielding a mud pit of live voltage gave...

WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE

1 2 Uptown trains skip 50th, 59th and 66th streets.7 Manhattan-bound trains run express between Willets Point and Woodside-61st Street on Sunday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.C No trains...

DIX 'PLOTTER': I'M OK GUY

He's charged with helping to arm five Muslim men plotting a bloodthirsty guerilla attack on a New Jersey military base, but Agron Abdullahu said yesterday, "I'm not really a bad...

KI$$ OFF, JOEY

The former Mary Jo Buttafuoco unloaded on ex-hubby Joey yesterday, calling the two-timing jailbird a pathetic loser who hit "rock bottom." The vicious verbal fusillade comes after Joey and the...

HACKS WANT A LIFT

Big Apple cabbies, notorious for their bulging bellies and clogged arteries, are hoping to get off their beaded chairs and do a bench press between fares at JFK Airport. The...

DA EYEING 'PEEPING' COP CAPT.

An accused Peeping Tom police captain has fallen into the cross hairs of Brooklyn prosecutors who have taken a marked interest in his bust for allegedly watching a couple have...

BROOKLYN $$-FEUD SLAYING

A gunman shot two men in a Brooklyn building yesterday, killing one and critically wounding the other in a clash over money, authorities said. Xavier Harrison, 43, was found dead...

MAN SHOT BY FAKE COPS

A Brooklyn man was shot in the leg yesterday after a trio of thugs posed as cops and broke into his home, authorities said. The 70-year-old man, whose identity was...

DOLLAR DELIGHT DOWN IN DIXIE

NEWBERRY, S.C. - Yankee transplants Jurgen and Melissa Schnackenberg love South Carolina, where they went after bidding good riddance to high-tax New York. Jurgen is a teacher making about $45,000...

LI'L MASS. $UNSHINE

They don't call the Bay State "Taxachusetts" anymore. Massachusetts, once a rival to New York for the nation's highest combined state and local taxes, has taken a series of dramatic...

TEARS FOR GAL GUNNED DOWN

Wearing the white embroidered gown and tiara that she was to have been married in, a Brooklyn beauty was cremated yesterday - less than a week after her cop ex-fiancé...

OFFICER SMOKED OUT IN 'DRAG'NET

Suffolk County cops have busted one of their own for allegedly stealing $112,000 in confiscated cigarettes. A civilian property clerk and a third man are also under arrest as detectives...

DEVECCHIO COP 'TRYST' BOMBSHELL

A decorated NYPD detective who worked with the Brooklyn DA's Office to nab rogue FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio had a sexual relationship with the daughter of the star witness, a...

'TEDDY' RAP

A St. James, L.I., lawyer is accused of stealing $67,000 from the estate of a noted historian and expert on Teddy Roosevelt. Robert Shuster, 66, allegedly looted the estate of...

'CREDIT' CON BUSTED

Just call him "Unlucky" Luciano. Con man Giovanni Luciano was collared for using a stolen credit card at a place he knew was one of his victim's favorite haunts, the...

$3.5M BAIL FOR CRUELLA AND HUBBY

A Long Island couple accused of ruthlessly imprisoning a pair of immigrant servants now faces the prospect of home detention themselves. Varsha Sabhnani, 45, and her husband, Mahender Sabhnani, 51,...

2 DOCS: PETE'S NO SCHIZO

Two more prosecution shrinks testified yesterday that Peter Braunstein has severe behavioral and personality disorders, but falls short of being a paranoid schizophrenic, as his lawyers insist he is. Prosecutors...

FIRE RESSSCUE

Shocked firefighters stumbled upon a menagerie of deadly animals - including two alligators, two cobras, black widow spiders and a python - while putting out a blaze in a Queens...

GRINDER CHOPS BOY'S FINGERS

A 4-year-old boy lost four fingers yesterday after sticking his hand in a meat grinder at his family's Queens restaurant, police said. The unidentified child was in the kitchen of...

OBAMA OPENS FIRE ON HILL'S WAR VOTE

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama flashed his fangs yesterday as he tore into rival Hillary Rodham Clinton over her pinwheeling position on the Iraq war - the first time the Illinois...

COVER-GIRL PARIS

Paris Hilton has finally faced the fact that she's going to the slammer - and immediately acted like a felon ducking a perp walk. The paparazzi princess shunned the spotlight...

HISTORIC DEAL FOR ILLEGALS

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers yesterday reached a deal on a historic immigration-policy overhaul that would let millions of illegal aliens "come out of the shadows," get quick legal status and pursue...

SPECTOR 'NUT' FLIX

Music madman Phil Spector seemed to have forgotten all about the bloody death of actress Lana Clarkson on his hallway floor when, just 18 months later, he ghoulishly tried to...

GITMO LAWYERS SUE FEDS

Lawyers who may have come under surveillance while representing Guantanamo Bay detainees claim the feds broke the law by failing to turn over records of secret wiretaps and searches, and...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

Manhattan Cops are looking for two thieves they say snatched a man's chain at gunpoint in Washington Heights. The duo committed the robbery at West 176th Street and Broadway at...

POL CAVE-IN LETS DOWN OUR GUARD

THE United States has now built .286 percent of the 700 miles of fencing on the southern border provided for in 2006's Secure Fence Act. That is sufficient for a...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 845; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 5938; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 234; Lucky Sum: 9 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 8448;...

JOE HYNES' LATEST MESS

Why did the Brooklyn district attorney's office ask a judge for only $10,000 bail for accused child-snatcher Bernard Mutterperl - after he reportedly told cops that "when he sees young...

IMMIGRATION: ONE STEP

A key group of U.S. senators yesterday reached bipartisan accord on legislation that President Bush termed "an important first step toward [the] comprehensive immigration" reform that he has long championed....

PELOSI'S PETRO-PIFFLE

DEMOCRATS, seething at the injustice of gasoline prices, have sprung to the aid of motorists. So resolute are Democrats about defending the downtrodden, they are undeterred by the fact that...

ESCAPE FROM 'HELL'

IN 1993, Money Magazine called New York state a "Tax Hell" for having the nation's highest tax rates. Fast forward 14 years and surprise, surprise . . . our overall...

NY'S TRAFFIC MESS: A CITYWIDE SOLUTION

THIS morning at New York University something important will happen that the city's been missing in the four weeks since Mayor Bloomberg unveiled his plan for a "green city": a...

MIKE MEETS THE MARKET

LOOK who's rediscovered the free market: Mayor Mike still embraces price caps on such things as apartments and taxi fares - but when it comes to Midtown's streets, he now...

THE RISK IN FIGHTING FAIR IN IRAQ

THE ISSUE: The United States' half-hearted approach to winning the war in Iraq. The only thing Ralph Peters got wrong in his article, "Why Iraq's So Hard," (PostOpinion, May 14)...

ROMNEY'S CANDIDACY: BEYOND FACE VALUE

THE ISSUE: Whether Mitt Romney can become the first Mormon president. Rich Lowry could not be more correct about the way the liberal media are unfairly targeting former Massachusetts Gov....

WPP GROUP BUYS 24/7 REAL MEDIA FOR $649M

Eager to counter Google's growing clout and prove its own Web savvy, ad giant WPP Group snapped up Internet firm 24/7 Real Media in a deal valued at $649 million....

IMUS' LEGAL BLUFF

Imus is angling to get back on the air. According to four sources close to the situation, Don Imus' lawyer, Martin Garbus, is trying to use the radio personality's impending...

BUYOUT BECOMES MUCH CLEAR-ER

The board of radio giant Clear Channel Communications late yesterday was close to approving a recently sweetened $28 billion leveraged buyout deal from Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners...

HATCHET JOBS

WILL the person who claims to be behind a parody of Apple Chairman Steve Jobs remain hidden long enough for his or her book to appear? For months, cyber sleuths...

VENDOR BENDING IN DEPOT CASE

Two Home Depot employees testified this week that vendors were routinely overcharged to cover the cost of damaged or defective merchandise. Their revelations appear to contradict earlier statements made by...

UPFRONTS FILLED WITH SPIN-OFFS FOR FOX

Fox is trying to bottle and sell the ratings magic of "American Idol" by airing not one but two music-themed reality shows in the fall season. One of the shows,...

DANCE MOVES

With indications pointing toward the European Union's likely approval of both the SonyBMG merger and Universal Music Group's purchase of BMG Music Publishing, London-based EMI Group has moved into full...

CLOTHING DRIVE

Liz Claiborne's gamble might just pay off. The large apparel maker made a bet that it could increase sales with J.C. Penney by offering a new line called Liz &...

GENESCO GETS CHEAPER

Despite lowered expectations for fiscal first-quarter earnings, Genesco remains an attractive takeover target for rival Foot Locker, analysts said. Genesco yesterday slashed its earnings estimate for the three months ended...

PLAYING COACH-UP

ENDING educated speculation that highly-coveted free agent coach Sam Mitchell may leave the Raptors for the Pacers or the Bobcats, the NBA's reigning Coach of the Year and Toronto team...

NBA'S BRAWL RULE GOT IT RIGHT

SO every now and then a calamitous, scandalous, bench-clearing riot breaks out in an NBA game, the kind that spills into the stands and inspires ESPN and Fox Sports Net...

'STREET' CAN REPEAT

BALTIMORE - The 132nd run ning of the Preakness at Pimlico tomorrow boils down to a replay of the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, which guarantees...

PROUD AS CAN BE OF SPECIAL 'SPUN'

Trainer Larry Jones is preparing Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun for tomorrow's 132nd Preakness Stakes, hoping to derail the Triple Crown bid of Street Sense. This week, he shares his...

SALTWATER ANGLERS SAVORING FULL MENU

DESPITE today's mini- nor'easter, the spring saltwater action is in high gear. Fluke fishing has been surprisingly good this past week, with keepers being caught from Montauk to Jamaica Bay....

DAVIS SIGNS WITH HALL

Mike Davis appears to be ready to take the next step on his scholastic journey. While the 6-foot, 9-inch center is still waiting to meet NCAA requirements, he did sign...

NEW YORKER FRANCELLA FEELING RIGHT AT HOME

Meaghan Francella, taking some swings on the practice range yesterday morning in preparation for her Sybase Classic opening round at Upper Montclair Country Club, was hitting the ball so poorly...

'CIRCULAR' KEY

BALTIMORE - No, trainer Todd Pletcher is not allergic to crab cakes. The reason why, before this year, he ran only one of his 14 Kentucky Derby starters two weeks...

PIMLICO ACTION GETS EARLY START

Fans are reminded that Pimlico's first post today is 12:15 p.m. Advance wagering on the Preakness is available at most tri-state betting outlets. Fans can also bet the Black Eyed...

HONDO: TO SHEA!

Hondo absorbed a double-pounding yesterday, losing first with the Phils in the afternoon, then fol lowing that up by going to 'L' with the Tigers in the soiree to slice...

SPORTS SHORTS

NFL: Keyshawn may join Titans The Titans, in need of an experienced wide receiver to help quarterback Vince Young, are interested in signing 34-year-old Keyshawn Johnson. Center Kevin Mawae, who...

RALLY BIG SHOW

Bring on the Yankees. Heck, bring on the '27 Yankees. That was the feeling pervading Shea Stadium yesterday as Ruben Gotay rounded third base in the ninth inning, not stopping...

WAR IN QUEENS

IF IT wasn't a changing of the guard filling the noisy Flushing afternoon, it was a clear reshuffling of our parochial baseball perspectives. If it wasn't an official transfer of...

AMAZIN' RUN OF SUPREMACY WILL LAST A WHILE

YOU can get a pretty good Subway debate going these days about which New York team has the best left side of the infield. The edge, for now, still goes...

KINGS OF CITY

It sounds like if you want tickets from Paul Lo Duca for the Phillies-Mets series next month or the Braves-Mets series in September, you probably won't have much competition with...

THE MATCHUPS

Even the most obnoxious Yankees fans have to concede their club isn't playing as well as the Mets going into this weekend's Subway Series at Shea. Seemingly, the Yankees stick...

HOBBLED REYES WANTED TO PLAY

Jose Reyes sure tried, but his attempt to talk his way into the Mets' starting lineup yesterday proved unsuccessful. The shortstop rested his left leg, a day after leaving Wednesday's...

CARTER RESPONDS WITH OTHER THINGS

It was the sort of performance that leads to therapy and "How do you feel?" questions. Vince Carter ended a 6-of-23 shooting horror by losing the ball on the Nets'...

NETS CONFRONT DEEP SIX

When logic, common sense and virtually anyone with a working pulse - even some without - said the Nets could not overcome a gut-wrenching Game 4 loss to the Cavaliers,...

COLD CUTS

CHICAGO - The Yankees will arrive at Shea Stadium tonight in ambulances disguised as buses. And they could depart Queens on Sunday night in pinstriped hearses. It might only be...

CALF PUTS DAMON ON BENCH AGAIN

CHICAGO - Johnny Damon's right calf is still bothering him, but it sure sounded as if Joe Torre believed Melky Cabrera gave the Yankees a better chance to win yesterday...

NEW CHAPTER IN 'THE COMEBACK'

TAMPA - There has been so much talk about The Comeback. Tonight it begins in earnest at Legends Field. After months of speculation, Roger Clemens will be where he is...

WATCH OUT FOR ROCKET'S RELAUNCH

Although the Subway Series opener is of premium importance to Yankees fans, there will be some required channel surfing for the Bombers faithful during the first few innings of tonight's...

KYLE STILL COLD TO ROGER'S DEAL

CHICAGO - Kyle Farnsworth didn't back down yesterday from his opinion that Roger Clemens coming and going when he pleases isn't the ideal situation for the Yankees. Farnsworth was the...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

She's like the Morganna of the drunken set, except that instead of stealing kisses she steals wallets. Buffalo police finally stopped Myra Castleberry - a k a the "Hugging Bandit"...

ITIN:PARIS: The shopper

Get some style at BHV Homme, dude. It's Thursday! It's more Paris! It's shopping! Read on. Make sure to scroll through our other Paris Itineraries - we've got more coming...