June 11, 2007
Alou
By MARK HALEMoises Alou remains hurt. He had an MRI today which revealed that he still has "inflammation and soreness.""Nothing's better," Willie Randolph said. Also, Ambiorix Burgos, who's at Triple-A,...
Lineup
By MARK HALEHere's the lineup update -- Shawn Green is playing and batting second. Interestingly, David Wright is hitting cleanup while Carlos Delgado is in the fifth hole. Lefty Randy...
LA and Lo Duca
By MARK HALEFlew into LA last night and missed "The Sopranos." But since everyone -- bloggers and sports media people included -- seems to be weighing in on the show,...
Expansion or Contraction?
Which makes more sense?If you're Gary Bettman or one of his cronies, the former choice is the only way to go; the commish is ruminating expansion into Las Vegas and...
Scene
Sophie Na, a fashion designer for Sweetface, wears a purple shirt from Top Shop under a vintage vest, a cool V-shaped necklace from London, Balenciaga bag, vintage boots, and Stella...
Are you going to CANCEL HBO?
We want to talk to people who were so disappointed by last night's Sopranos finale that they are calling their cable companies today to drop HBO.If you are, pls email...
Deal of the Day
It's that time of year again. If you aren't sweating in the streets, you're feeling positively anemic in the overly air conditioned office.We all need some stylish cardigans to keep...
CLEMENS, GLAVINE AND IGAWA
--This is what I thought while watching the end of The Sopranos: This show is retiring the way Roger Clemens is retiring. In other words, catch your breath, wait for...
LISTS: A beach too far?
America's best beach is on the Outer Banks. Until it blows away. The nationâs best beach isnât Malibu. Itâs not Maui. Itâs not even Miami. In fact, it doesn't start...
UPDATE: Happiest Place a bit sad
Another day, another eyebrow-raising incident down in the Land of Mouse. You may have read about it. If not: two New Haven-area youths were nabbed in the wee hours Sunday...
THE PARENT TRAP
IT wasn't Bring Your Daddy to Work Day, but Melinda Smith was bringing her father to work. After three days on the job at a fi nancial services fi rm,...
DREAM JOB: DR. KEITH ABLOW
Psychiatrist Keith Ablow doesn't need a couch to treat someone. He's done it on the air, on his morning TV talk show, "The Dr. Keith Ablow Show," where he's plumbed...
TWO FOR TEENS
On an otherwise sleepy industrial street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a happy hive has just sprung to life. Open the door of a nondescript warehouse, and Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" is...
GO TO GREG
Q. I'M a recent grad who's several weeks into a new job, and I already hate it. I've heard you should stay in your first job for at least a...
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB? FOOD STYLIST
What does a food stylist actually do all day? Working closely with photographers and directors, food stylists prepare food used in commercial photographs, films, TV shows and brochures. They use...
A BABE FOR ALL GAMES
Tomboy? Definitely. In an age where good girls didn't sweat, Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias sweated. She ran faster, jumped higher, threw farther and hit the little dimpled white ball better...
THE NEXT STEP
KEEP on your toes. This fall will bring closets full of hot heels, including bold colors, magical mirrors and sexy animal prints. The shoes were previewed at the Fashion Footwear...
PULSE SALES
MARCHESA 140 W. 57th St., 9th floor, between Sixth and Seventh avenues; (732) 539-8750 Sale: June 11-13. Mon., Tue., 10 a.m.-6 p.m./Wed., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Couture cocktail dresses and evening...
NARRATIVE NULL
WARNING. If you are going to create a story ballet, then first tell the story. Make the narrative crystal clear in dance terms and not dependent on a 200-word program...
'RETURN' RECEIPT WELCOME AFTER 102 YEARS
CONSIDERING how many plays are recycled time and time again, it's a wonder "The Return of the Prodigal" is only now getting its New York premiere - 102 years after...
AMAZIN' ASIAN STAGIN'
WILLIAM Finn's "False ttoland" - rife with bar mitzvah anxiety, catering concerns and baseball inadequacy - seems the quintessential Jewish musical. So why not recast it with . . ....
SHOW'S FINALE FIRES 'BLANKS'
THERE was nothing wrong with your television. That's the way the creator of "The Sopranos" wanted it to end after eight years and 80 dramatic hours - with a blank...
CASTMATES PARTY ON - AND HOPE THE PARTY LASTS
"The Sopranos" may have gone out with a meek bada bang on TV last night - but everyone from the show's stars to strippers at its famous New Jersey jiggle...
THE BEST MOMENTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S FINALE
1.A crushing blow - Phil Leotardo is whacked. Soprano family soldier Walden Belfiore (Frank John Hughes) got the honor of shooting New York mobster Leotardo (Frank Vincent) point-blank in the...
OH, HENRY
DESPITE the big finale on that other station last night, the first explosively terrific season of "The Tudors" also ended with a bang - a big, big bang. Hey, clearly...
MARRIAGE WOWS
IF there's one thing the shows on HBO teach us, it's that families are complicated. The pay-cable channel - fresh off the series finale of "The Sopranos" last night -...
ROSIE-LESS 'VIEW': SURPRISE ENDING
CALL it momentum or call it relief, but fans stayed with "The View" in the days after Rosie O'Donnell left the show. Ratings for the morning coffee klatch during the...
'VERONICA' FANS GET SWEET IDEA
PEANUTS worked for "Jericho," so now, the heartbroken fans of "Veronica Mars" are going to see if the Mars bar will do the same trick. CBS said late last week...
STARR REPORT
'Deadwood' redux Well, we said goodbye to "The Sopranos" last night, but for some hardcore TV viewers the real HBO show to watch wasn't Tony So prano and his "family"...
BREATHALYZER BID FOR CARS
ALBANY - The lawmaker who pushed to ban drivers from using cellphones now wants to fight drunken driving by requiring that every car be equipped with a Breathalyzer, The Post...
DEAD-CELEB BILL
A loophole that allows "unscrupulous quick-buck artists" to cash in on the names and images of dead celebrities should be closed immediately, state lawmakers said yesterday. A bill introduced last...
OOPS! ANDY LET PAST AIRPORT SECURITY
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was mistakenly waved past an airport security checkpoint last week be fore officials realized someone erred, and brought him back to be scanned, The Post has...
QUEENS POL BOOSTS MIKE'S TRAFFIC PLAN
Mayor Bloomberg has gained a heavyweight outer-borough ally for his controversial Manhattan congestion-pricing plan. Describing the new fees as basically a necessary evil to fund Bloomberg's ambitious energy and mass-transit...
RALLY BACKS BARRON AIDE
A group of Brooklyn activists rallied on the steps of City Hall yesterday to support a City Council staffer accused of threatening to "assassinate" a Queens lawmaker after a controversial...
TALE OF 2 OSAMAS
It's not easy being Osama. For a Staten Island teenager, it has meant torment at the hands of his teachers and classmates - some repeatedly referring to him as "bin...
FRIGHT FLIGHTS ARE TAKING OFF
Five airliners were involved in frightening midair "near-misses" in the New York area last month, The Post has learned. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the potentially disastrous near-collisions, which...
9/11 KIN RIP 'EVIL' EYE ADS
A series of subway ads from an insurance company that lost nearly 300 employees on 9/11 has some victims' relatives up in arms, because the models in the photos appear...
AIRPORT HACK CRACKDOWN
ALBANY - The Bloomberg administration wants to track illegal airport drivers more closely and punish them more harshly, The Post has learned. With that in mind, a bill pushed by...
PILOT FLEW OFF HANDLE: COPS
A Delta Air Lines pilot has been arrested for assaulting a customs agent at JFK Airport, authorities said yesterday. Edward Smyth, 54, got into an argument with a female customer-service...
FISHERMAN DROWNS ON L.I. BEACH
The body of a city schoolteacher and father of two was found yesterday off a Long Island beach where he drowned while fishing late Friday night, police said. William Rihm,...
WOMAN HURT IN BOAT CRASH
A woman was critically injured when the fishing boat she was aboard collided with a gasoline barge on Long Island Sound yesterday. Two men on the boat suffered minor injuries....
BLAST ROCKS CONVOY
An apparent suicide car bomber struck a U.S. convoy carrying demolition experts yesterday and took out a major highway overpass south of Baghdad, trapping American soldiers in the rubble. There...
FEAR OVER FREED W. VILLAGE PERV
A convicted child molester living in the West Village has neighbors on edge after being arrested for public lewdness and sprung without bail. "It's very disturbing. There are a lot...
KEEP COLLEGE-LOAN PAPERS SIMPLE: CHUCK
Calling for clarity from lenders, Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday unveiled a consumer-protection plan for students about to apply for college loans. The proposal would require lending institutions to outline the...
PARK AVE. HIT-&-RUN KILLS MAN
Cops are hunting a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a pedestrian early yesterday as he crossed Park Avenue South. Matthew Hopkins, 26, of Brooklyn was walking west along East...
SEX-TOY 'SICKO'
The Wall Street bigwig charged with butchering his millionaire ex-girlfriend inside a quiet Nantucket cottage had sickeningly placed a sex toy on his victim's back for cops to find, court...
WHO'LL STOP THE TRAIN?
In three years, the easiest job in New York will be L train operator - whose only job will be pushing a button every 30 seconds to prove he's still...
GOP SPOOFS FAT-CAT DEMS
ALBANY - New York Republicans will taunt Gov. Spitzer by holding a "Skinny Cats for Working People" fund-raiser tomorrow - at the same time and in the same place that...
VIVA PUERTO RICO!
Salsa music throbbed as tens of thousands of cheering people, dancing and waving flags, marched up Fifth Avenue yesterday to celebrate the 50th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade. Ricky Martin,...
GIZMOS FOR A GREEN APPLE
Sidewalks that suck up rainwater, technology to turn restaurant scraps into burnable pellets, and computer analysis of trees are some of the futuristic ideas in store for a more ecofriendly...
'OCEANS' RIDES WAVE OF $UCCESS
"Ocean's Thirteen" topped the box office over the weekend, but Lady Luck might not be smiling on the George Clooney flick, which had the weakest opening in the casino-heist trilogy....
SNOW: SAVE IMMIG BILL
WASHINGTON - The immigration bill that took a political bruising on the Senate floor last week can come back to life if Democrats allow more debate time, White House press...
BUSH SHRUGS OFF GONZO VOTE
WASHINGTON - A no-confidence vote for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is set for today in the Senate, but the White House says it won't cost him his job. White House...
JAILHOUSE VIP
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton's pals jumped prison's velvet rope yesterday, cruising past long lines of visitors to see the fashion-plate inmate behind bars. Little sister Nicky Hilton and Paris'...
DUBYA'S THE REAL MOBSTER: GOTTI MA
Fuhgeddabout John Gotti and gangsters. Think about George Bush and his mob. That was the advice of the Dapper Don's widow after she visited his crypt yesterday on the fifth...
POL RIPS FELLOW LIBS OVER AIDS
NETTIE Mayersohn is as liberal a state assemblywoman as you can get. "She won't admit this, but she's an old-time socialist," said one associate who's known her a long time....
LT. GOV'S 'END RUN' PAST ELIOT
-L-T. GOV. David Paterson secretly plotted with law makers last week to pressure the Spitzer administration into stepping up its affirmative-action efforts, sources told The Post. The Harlem-based Paterson, the...
'SPRING' FEVER
"Spring Awakening" - the dynamic, critically acclaimed musical about teen-age sexuality - won seven Tony Awards last night, including Best Musical. The show, by rock composer Duncan Sheik and playwright...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 751; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 8000; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 794; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 0337;...
A POET'S PROPER PLACE
Pols can't get trains to run on time. But they'll hire folks whose words may rhyme? Nassau County wisely - if just barely - avoided a trap last week when...
MIKE'S TOLL ORDER
Nothing incenses New Yorkers like a new tax - so gathering momentum for Mayor Bloomberg's plan to charge fees to enter most of Manhattan is strong testimony to Hizzoner's considerable...
DUBYA FEEDS GOP RAGE
JUST when it seemed President Bush's sinking prestige with his GOP base had bottomed out, his stock there hit new lows last week. Bush's seeming indifference to the sentencing of...
MIKE VS. THE MTA
GOV. Spitzer last week said he was eager to move ahead on Mayor Bloomberg's plan to charge drivers to enter parts of Manhattan during peak traffic hours. But Bloomberg wants...
THE '08 DEBATES: PLAYING NICE
SOMETHING new is going on in the 2008 presidential primaries. Call it an outbreak of nice. In past contests, attacks and negatives played a key role in the primaries. Voting...
THE VOTERS NEED A RUMBLE
WHAT'S worse than 10 candidates crowding a stage to spend two hours debating one another? Ten candidates crowding that stage for two hours to debate someone who isn't even there....
BANNING DAVE BARRY
AS college students head off to summer vacation, it's time to look back at the academic year's most ridiculous case. When it came to being just plain nuts, one university...
HUNGRY FOR AID
Let me help you to understand the need for the governor's "Working Families Food Stamp Initiative" ("John Vliet Spitzer," Editorial, June 6). As per the most recent U.S. Census Bureau...
MORE CELEBRITY JUSTICE: HILTON CHECKS BACK IN
THE ISSUE: Paris Hilton's short-lived release from jail after serving three days of her sentence. Paris Hilton got a break from jail after three days because of a tummyache to...
ON THE DOWNLOAD
In a move designed to upend the traditional record label business model, Downtown Records and Internet entrepreneur Peter Rojas plan to launch an online-only record label that will offer its...
SPECIALISTS SAY BUYOUT WAS BUNGLED
Former partners at a leading New York Stock Exchange specialist firm filed an arbitration claim against its management committee alleging that a bungled buyout offer cost them money. The Big...
YAHOO! FACES IRE
A growing number of shareholders plan to confront Yahoo! chief Terry Semel and the company's board of directors over their failure to keep up with rival Google. "The company is...
THE AFRICAN 'ZINE
Though this week's trove of magazines runs the gamut, there is one near-constant - Tina Brown's new book on Princess Diana, which gets lots of ink. There is no denying...
RIVALS TARGET APPLE'S IPHONE
As Apple cranks up its advertising for the launch of its hotly anticipated iPhone, rivals are retooling their marketing strategies for a head-on battle. Last week, Apple debuted three ads...
PARIS' JAILHOUSE CALL TO BABS
Paris Hilton had a chat with ABC's Barbara Walters Sunday. The celebu-con used the call to talk about her state of mind, what it's like in prison and how her...
JONES GIVES JOCK GOMEZ 'HARD' TIME
COWBOY Larry Jones came out with both barrels blazing yesterday against the "nonsensical" ride top jockey Garrett Gomez gave his horse Hard Spun in the Belmont Stakes. As he grazed...
COTTO-JUDAH SLUGFEST A BLOODY MASTERPIECE
You know it's a brutally good fight when the officials and judges at ringside are scurrying for sheets of paper to shield themselves from the blood being splattered from the...
ANGELS EVIL TO HONDO
The good Weaver went bad yesterday, causing the Angels to suffer a hellacious defeat that reduced Hondo's earnings to 315 fregosis. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will attempt to reverse course with...
FACTUAL CONTENDER ROLLS
Over a turf course that's been favoring speed lately, Eibar Coa sent 3-5 favorite Factual Contender to the lead, opened daylight through a lively pace, drew off to a lengthy...
MILLER'S MIRACLE
PITTSBURGH - Johnny Miller never has lacked confidence. He, too, never has been short on words. So, when you bring up in conversation his astonishing, record-setting final-round 63 to capture...
COSTLY LOSS
It's hard to know who celebrated Carlos Costly's dramatic injury time, game-winning header against Mexico more: The delirious Honduran fans among the 68,123 at Giants Stadium or the U.S. fans...
VALLONE OPTS FOR RUTGERS
Rutgers continues to build on last season's first bowl win in school history by scoring on the recruiting trail. The Scarlet Knights yesterday got a verbal commitment from highly regarded...
NOUVEAU 'RICH'
Mark you calendars. Racing's new superstar should show up at Belmont Park again in six weeks when Rags to Riches faces her fellow fillies in the Grade 1, $300,000 Coaching...
SPORTS SHORTS
GRAND PRIX: Hamilton wins in MontrealLewis Hamilton, the first black driver in Formula One history, added his first F1 victory to an already remarkable career start by winning the crash-filled...
THE ROUT STUFF
DETROIT - Tom Glavine hit another bump on his road to 300 victories yesterday, nearly turning in his worst outing as a major-league pitcher. Glavine has had bad outings before,...
GREEN GETS EXTRA DAY TO RECUPERATE
DETROIT - Although Shawn Green was eligible to return from the disabled list yesterday and felt healthy and ready to go, the right fielder wasn't activated until after the Mets'...
YANKS HAVE SIX APPEAL
Who wants an off-day now? The schedule is the only thing that has stopped the scorching Yankees in a week. Thanks to two homers and five RBIs from Alex Rodriguez...
BRONX BOBBY FINALLY GETTING IT
SUDDENLY, the Yankees have 16 long and languorous weeks to make up the six games in the loss column by which they trail in the wild card race. They have...
CLIPPED
You know things did not go well for Tyler Clippard in yesterday's start against Pittsburgh when you consider that afterward, people started wondering whether Kei Igawa should take his place...
HENN BOOSTS 'PEN
Sean Henn got a vote of confidence from the Yankees on Saturday when the team sent Chris Britton to the minors instead of him to make room for Roger Clemens....
ROCKET SET FOR METS
As expected, Roger Clemens will get the ball on Friday night against the Mets, Joe Torre confirmed yesterday. With Clemens going for his 350th victory as the Subway Series resumes,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Call this wonderful old guy a spokes-man for the poor. Eighty-one-year-old Bill Anderson is planning to raise money for the homeless as he rides his bike around Arizona's perimeter. Anderson,...
The white elephant in the room
Seen at Comme des Garcons this weekend: patent Elephant shaped handbags in white, black and red, $520. Love love love.
The great white minidress
Ask any of my office cohorts -- my favorite trend of the season (besides messed up denim shorts) is the Lindsay Lohan-in-Georgia Rule inspired little white poofy minidress. Both figure-flattering...