August 10, 2007
Microsoft: The GTA IV Delay Is Good So Shut Up
The quickest way to annoy Microsoft PR is to question why they would be happy about Grand Theft Auto IVâs delay.The company line, as I found out this week at...
Tuckered Out
The summer blockbuster season limps to a close today with the release of "Rush Hour 3,'' which Kyle gives 1.5 stars. With a reported price tag of $130 million, it...
Pedro and my series pick
I'm off this weekend but a few quick things I wanted to share:Don't get too scared about Pedro Martinez's rough first rehab outing. Pedro hit 88 mph in his debut...
Your 360 has a mind of its own
Someone we, in these parts (specifically, the Post's HQ), occasionally call the Hunter S. Thompson of the gaming world, told me about 360voice.com a while ago. Now, I gift the...
Wacky fun with Daffy Duck
A screenshot from the Sept. 18 Nintendo DS game, "Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck." It's a stylus-based game featuring the short-tempered, sputtering duck that we all love. The whole point of...
Deal of the Day
These JLO Fausta Shoes will go so well with fake boobs.Yet I am still loving them for their sassy tropical print, cork heel, and general gaudy factor.Grab them from Piperlime.com...
Size Matters (?)
I was going through some of the old entries, reading the comments, and saw another argument on size. Rather than the question that asked whether size can ever be trumped...
WHAT'S UP IN THE SKY
If you thought the sky was boring, think again. Our galaxy is full of surprises. Here's a quick rundown of the exciting things that happen up above. Our sun is...
HIDDEN STATEN ISLAND
FOOD - Killmeyer's Old Bavaria Inn Whether you are washing down Wiener schnitzel with a pint of Franziskaner Hefe, or listening to live music in their outdoor beer garden, this...
A GALA WITH CALLA
FEELING nostalgic for the early 2000 music scene, but missed the Yeah Yeah Yeahs the other night? Indulge yourself with Calla tomorrow at Studio B (259 Banker St., Greenpoint, Brooklyn;...
FRANKLY, A BIG RELIEF
WHAT did the audience at the first preview of "Young Frankenstein" in Seattle Tuesday night have in common with The Monster? Both were in stitches. Big, big laughs greeted all...
'I'M NOT SWEET'
THE invincible cheer leader from "Heroes" isn't so sweet in real life, she admits. "People look at me as sweet," Hayden Panettiere said yesterday. But "I would never describe myself...
'IDOL' TRYOUT BABY
'AMERICAN Idol" hopeful Antoria Gillon felt the words to her audition song - literally. Gillon, 20, went into labor while crooning 702's "Get It Together" in front of "Idol" producers...
ROBIN RETURNS
ROBIN Roberts, who had breast-cancer surgery Aug. 3, returns to "GMA" Monday. Roberts, 46, is "feeling great and looking forward to getting back to work," a "GMA" spokeswoman said.
KEITEL MAY HAVE 'CRIMINAL MIND'
GRIZZLED actor Harvey Keitel is nearing a deal to replace Mandy Patinkin on the CBS drama "Criminal Minds." Keitel, 67, doesn't do much TV work, and this would be his...
STARR REPORT
A.J.'s first Encore "Showbiz Tonight" host A.J. Hammer is tackling a side gig: He'll host host En core's "Before They Were Stars," airing tonight through Sunday (movies featuring future stars...
LOST IN SPACE
I wish I could have been in the pitch meeting for Sci Fi's latest reincarnation of "Flash Gordon." It must have been an out of this world experience - because...
A STAR BUST
A lavish production and Michelle Pfeiffer's wicked witch are the best things about the wildly un even screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's cult fairy tale "Stardust." Matthew Vaughn, the British...
NO LUCK, THEN SOME 'STARDUST'
'I can't imagine myself moving to Holly wood," says Neil Gaiman, best-selling novelist and fanboy idol. "I get very uncomfortable out there." And it's not just that he might get...
KUNG FOOEY
AFTER Max von Sydow played chess with Death in "The Seventh Seal," he was condemned to hell: a prominent role in "Rush Hour 3." I don't want to oversell the...
PARIS JE T'AIME, IT'AIN'T
JULIE Delpy - that Gauloise blonde - and Adam Goldberg - furious, tattooed and furry - make a surprisingly entertaining couple in Delpy's debut as writer-director, "2 Days in Paris."...
FRENCHMAN AND SONS: GLUM & GLUMMER
MAKE a movie about depressed people, and what do you get? A depressing movie. At least that's the case with the French New Wave homage "Dans Paris," directed by Christophe...
IF I HAD A STAMMER
THIS summer's desig nated Sundance crowd-pleaser, "Rocket Science," is a quirkily disarming high-school comedy that calculatingly follows in the footsteps of "Napoleon Dynamite," "Election" and "Rushmore." Writer-director Jeffrey Blitz, who...
CROSSING THE LINE
DESPITE all we've been told, life in North Korea is just peachy. No, I haven't been hitting the sake bottle with the country's Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il. I've been listening...
STEEP DROP INTO CLICHÉS
ROSARIO Dawson does the best she can playing a nice girl who gets date-raped in the pretentious melodrama "Descent." Dawson, who is 10 years too old for the part, plays...
SCHOOL TEACHER SUES LOHAN'S BODYGUARD AFTER CAR CRASH
Chalk up another drama saga for Lindsay Lohan. A school teacher who crashed into the starlet's bodyguard is suing the 21-year-old for $7,500, Splash News reported. Signe Dupuy was left...
HOT PICKS
NO STRINGS ATTACHED These guys have everything it takes to become big-time rock stars - minus musical aptitude and instruments, of course. At 7 p.m. on Thursday, 14 regional U.S....
BROADWAY
"A CHORUS LINE":2 ½ STARS A clean carbon copy of a great original. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CURTAINS":2 STARS Tony-winning David Hyde Pierce as show-bitten...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q":3 STARS John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CHICAGO": 4 STARS Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. "THE COLOR PURPLE": 3 STARS Broadway Theatre,...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ABSINTHE": 3 ½ STARS The sequel to last year's hit European-style burlesque show, performed in a vintage traveling tent at the South Street Seaport, (800) 276-2392. "ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN IN...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE:Former boy-band star plays Continental Airlines Arena at 8 p.m. Monday before bringing sexy back to Madison Square Garden 48 hours later for $5 more, bringing Wednesday and Thursday...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND:Thursday: The Music of Duke Ellington & More with David Berger & the Sultans of Swing. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE:Through Sunday: Charlie Haden And Brad Mehldau....
CLASSICAL
TODAY AND TOMORROW: Ludovic Morlot conducts Mozart's "Thamos, King of Egypt" and Violin Concerto No. 5 along with Schubert's "Tragic" in Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival at Avery Fisher Hall...
CABARET
DON'T TELL MAMA:Monday: Emily Simoness with Josh Morgan and Jordan Brown. 343 W. 46th St.; (212) 757-0788. THE METROPOLITAN ROOM: Tonight and tomorrow: The Gradie Stone Four. 34 W. 22nd...
FILM
BAM ROSE CINEMA:Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's "Fallen Angels" (1995) tells the story of a hitman, his agent, and a thieving ex-con. Through Tuesday. BRYANT PARK:The free 2007 HBO Bryant...
COMEDY
CAROLINES:Today and tomorrow: Artie Lange. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMIX:Today and tomorrow: Russ Meneve, Ted Alexandro and Kurt Metzger. 353 W. 14th St.; (212) 524-2500. DANGERFIELD'S:Sunday through Thursday: J.J. Ramirez,...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC.
FARMERS' MARKET AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER: Regional farmers sell flowers, produce and more Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., through Aug. 17. Between Fifth and Sixth avenues...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY - BEYONCÉ plays tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Trump Taj Mahal Mark G. Etess Arena. Tickets: $95.75-195.75; trumptaj.com, (609) 449-5150. - THE MOODY BLUES perform tonight at...
PREVIEWS
"GREASE ": More than 35 years after debuting on Broadway, the musical that brought us "Greased Lightning," "Summer Nights" and "We Go Together" is back for another run. Brooks Atkinson...
DANCE
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE:Tonight at 8, the Complexions Contemporary Ballet gives a free performance showcasing the ensemble's diversity through a soundtrack spanning from Bach to Marvin Gaye. With them will be...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1, 2, 3 trains: No 1 trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. Take either the 2 or 3, which are running local between 96th and Chambers. Shuttle buses replace...
GOV & MIKE: INSURE ALL N.Y. KIDS
Gov. Spitzer and Mayor Bloomberg yesterday announced a major push to get health coverage for the state's 400,000 uninsured kids. Spitzer, who toured a West Side health clinic with Bloomberg,...
FULANI BACKS OFF HER ANTI-JEWISH REMARKS
Independence Party activist Lenora Fulani yesterday renounced for the first time her past anti-Semitic rhetoric as she declared she's considering a run for mayor. Fulani had previously refused to disavow...
MAYOR YIELDS TO KIN ON GROUND ZERO RITES
Mayor Bloomberg reversed himself last night and agreed to allow the families of World Trade Center victims to mark the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Ground Zero...
CITY ARABIC SCHOOL IS SHORT ON, UM, ARABIC
The controversial Khalil Gibran International Academy scheduled to open next month has attracted only a handful of Arabic-speaking students, The Post has learned. Just six Arabic speakers and one English-language...
SHE'S IRISH FRISKY
Giddy-up! Mayor Bloomberg's youngest daughter, Georgina, has been dating a top fellow equestrian for several months, it was revealed yesterday. Georgina's handsome beau - 27-year-old Irish rider Cian O'Connor -...
MIKE KOS CELLS IN SCHOOLS
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday vetoed a City Council bill that would let parents give kids cellphones to carry to and from school as part of a battle over letting students have...
BOOZE BOTTLE NAILS 'KILLER'
Aided by a fingerprint left on a bottle of Colt 45 and a positive ID from a fearless survivor, cops yesterday charged the alleged ringleader in the Newark schoolyard massacre...
MOORE 'BAD NEWS'
One man stands out as the symbol for all the scandals plaguing the Administration for Children's Services - former case manager Roger Moore. The ex-child-welfare supervisor is allegedly behind two...
ACS AT FAULT IN 10 KID DEATHS
The deaths of 10 youngsters could have been prevented if the Administration for Children's Services weren't plagued by a "tragic" level of incompetence, a bombshell city report revealed yesterday. The...
TARGET'S MA IN HIT-MAN SIGHTS: FEDS
The victim of an unsuccessful murder-for-hire plot broke down outside a Brooklyn federal courtroom yesterday when he learned that his would-be assassin had planned to take out his elderly mother,...
'SEX BEAST' PLAYS ROLE OF A BEAUTY
The so-called Beast of Broadway - a theater star accused of sex with a starry-eyed 15-year-old girl - showed his warm and fuzzy side in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday. Actor...
GOV STORY SLAMMED
ALBANY - A top aide to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday directly contradicted Gov. Spitzer's claim that his office fully cooperated with investigators probing a plot to destroy Senate Majority...
HIT-LOSER'S MOM WILL LIVE IN FEAR
A devastated mother yesterday described to a Queens judge how she'd lavished her 30-year-old son with vacations, cruises and a house - only to have him try to hire a...
FROM STATEN IS. TO B'KLYN
The freak tornado that ripped roofs off houses in Brooklyn first touched down on Staten Island and actually tore nine miles through the city - a much longer path of...
'NYU SLAY' GAL'S KIN VISIT APT.
The distraught family of a woman slain allegedly by her jealous boyfriend near NYU visited the Greenwich Village apartment yesterday where the murder took place. "Not right now, we don't...
DOC'S PASSION
For more than two decades, Dr. Monica Sweeney worked in Bedford-Stuyvesant, educating residents on AIDS prevention and health care. "It's not about the doctor, it's about them," said Sweeney, now...
WHAT A WELCOME MATT!
Matt Damon can't seem to shake Jason Bourne. A 50-foot-tall ad for his latest blockbuster, "The Bourne Ultimatum," is hanging on the side of the East Village apartment building where...
PHIL JURORS PLAY DEAD
Jurors reenacted actress Lana Clarkson's slaying yesterday in the foyer of music producer Phil Spector's mansion - the very spot where she was blown away 4½ years ago. Five panelists...
MAFIA'S MISTER 'CLEAN'
A reputed Gambino crime-family soldier serves as ambassador to Sicilian mobsters trying to pump millions of dollars in illicit drug and extortion proceeds into real estate and other business in...
WASH. HTS. GI KILLED IN IRAQ
A decorated New York infantryman who was never able to hold his newborn daughter was killed when a hidden bomb exploded in a house he was searching in the Iraqi...
TV CHEF OUT OF FRYING PAN
A judge filleted a lawsuit against celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay over his reality show "Kitchen Nightmares." Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin announced yesterday she tossed the suit with the consent...
$1.3M BIZ PAIN IN LEX BLAST
Businesses around the site of last month's terrifying Midtown steam-pipe explosion lost nearly $1.3 million due to the disaster, according to a survey conducted by Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Most of...
THE 'WHITE' LIE
It's time to stop talking about white flight from New York. The city's white population has increased in every borough but Queens since 2001, a Post analysis of new U.S....
GUILTY IN RUSSIAN RUBOUTS
A Brooklyn car dealer with links to the Russian mob was convicted yesterday for the 15-year- old murders of a suspected robbery accomplice and a neighborhood pool hustler. Vitaly Ivanitsky,...
500G BINGO 'SCAM'
As much as a half-million dollars that was supposed to go to the handicapped has been skimmed from a bingo game run by a Long Island charity, authorities said yesterday....
HS BUMMER 'VOCATION'
Public high-school students in career-training courses are being shortchanged, according to a report released yesterday by the city's Independent Budget Office. Only 12 percent of the Department of Education's nearly...
QUEENS RAPIST GETS 40 YEARS
A 45-year-old homeless man was sentenced to 40 years in prison yesterday for raping a 34-year-old mom in Queens last year, just minutes after a another woman had escaped his...
BLAZE KILLS QNS. BOY, 2
A 2-year-old boy was killed when a fire swept through his Queens apartment building last night, authorities said. A baby-sitting grandmother rescued three other children in the third-floor apartment on...
RUDY'S 9/11 TOXIC SHOCK
Rudy Giuliani claimed yesterday he was at Ground Zero "as often, if not more" as rescue and recovery workers - and exposed to the same health risks. "This is not...
THEY STILL HAVEN'T GRASPED THE ISSUE
For the first time in our history, Democratic candidates asking to be our next president spent two hours discussing issues relevant to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in...
POST PANELISTS PICK HILLARY
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the winner of last night's gay-rights presidential forum - even though she seemed "tortured" over gay marriage, a panel assembled by The Post said. Some...
DEMS LEAVE GAYS AT THE ALTAR IN FORUM
HOLLYWOOD - Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards each defended their opposition to gay marriage last night at the first-ever candidate's forum dedicated to gay and lesbian issues....
HARE-RAISING 'SEX ATTACK'
Sexual-assault allegations rocked the Playboy Mansion yesterday after cops confirmed they're investigating a reported weekend attack. Los Angeles detectives on Monday began investigating an alleged sexual assault, two days after...
ASIAN BIGOT BUSTED
A self-proclaimed Asian supremacist who penned a column headlined "Why I Hate Blacks" pleaded guilty to attempted assault yesterday - only to be rearrested on new charges, authorities said. Kenneth...
JETSUE: ARAB T-SHIRT 'BIAS' RAP
An Iraqi-American man prevented from boarding a JetBlue plane at Kennedy Airport last year because he was wearing a T-shirt with Arabic writing was a victim of illegal discrimination, a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
ManhattanA bat-wielding maniac attacked a woman in a homeless shelter on the Upper East Side, authorities said yesterday. Jeffrey Andrews, 27, was brandishing the baseball bat when he encountered the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 291; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 7170; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 929; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...
WHAT'S ARABIC FOR 'SHUT IT DOWN'?
It's not often that United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten charts the wiser course in a dispute with Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, but her newly voiced misgivings about the...
WHY PAKISTAN NEEDS MUSHARRAF
PUNDITS of all stripes have predicted an early demise for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for almost seven years now. Just six weeks after he acceded in a bloodless coup in...
CORY'S CHALLENGE
AS Newark cops round up suspects and families prepare to bury the three innocent college kids slaughtered Saturday in a secluded school lot, it's fair to ask: Can Newark itself...
THE HUMBLE ACT GOV'S FAKE APOLOGY
LET'S just assume, for the sake of argument, that nothing further will emerge from the sorry tale of the New York governor's office trying to drop a dirty dime against...
9/11'S PIT OF ENDLESS GRIEF
THE ISSUE: The city's decision to host this year's 9/11 commemoration outside Ground Zero. Andrea Peyser has finally expressed what some Americans have been feeling, but have refrained from uttering:...
LIBERAL APPLE FALLS FAR FROM GIULIANI TREE
THE ISSUE: Caroline Giuliani's support for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. I was revolted to read that Caroline "Stabbed Daddy in the Back" (Aug. 7) by supporting Sen. Barack Obama's...
PANIC SINKS MARTS
Blue-chip stocks tanked yesterday after investors stampeded for the exit over fears of a subprime mortgage meltdown and a worsening credit crunch. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 387.18 points,...
SUBPRIME SORROW WITH FRENCH ACCENT
European regulators and bank executives scrambled to inject capital yesterday into a banking system that nearly seized up with losses from subprime and other asset-backed bonds. One of the most...
SEVEN MANHATTAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO WATCH
HERE are major Manhattan de velopers with planned office building projects that could be affected by credit-market turmoil. None has signed tenants yet. No construction plans have been filed with...
A 'SPEC' OF HOPE
THE credit crunch spawned by the subprime mortgage crisis might spoil the party for the real estate world's bravest players: developers that put up new office towers without tenants. The...
STREET APPLAUDS ICAHN'S NEW PLAN
As world markets reeled from a cash crunch yesterday, Carl Icahn launched a new venture to snap up troubled bargains collapsing in the coming turmoil. Investors rallied behind Icahn, who...
UMG'S SOUND CHECK
Universal Music Group, one of the fiercest guardians of its artists' copyrights, is set to test market thousands of tracks from such performers as Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, 50 Cent...
UNIVISION MUSIC ASSETS FOR SALE
The world's biggest music companies are lining up to acquire the music assets of Univision Communications, even as a growing payola controversy swirls around the Spanish-language media giant. Universal Music...
LIONSGATE STARS IN ITS OWN $LASHER SCENE
Lionsgate is known as the horror-movie studio - an apt description since its film and financial performance this year has been downright scary. While the studio has been successful at...
ISTITHMAR WINS BARNEYS BID WAR
Japan's Fast Retailing dropped out of the bidding war for Barneys New York yesterday, leaving the luxury chain in the hands of Istithmar, the investment arm of the Dubai government....
STUCK INSIDE A 'BLACK BOX'
First it was the mortgage bond funds that fell, and now the credit-market crunch is claiming victims in the highly sophisticated arena of so-called "black box" funds. The wounded include...
SUPPLY BIZ MARKDOWN HAMMERS HOME DEPOT
Home Depot's stock slid more than 5 percent yesterday after the giant retailer said it may be forced to reduce the $10.3 billion price that a trio of private-equity firms...
SPITZER'S KEYSTONE KOP
A state Senate hearing into Spitzergate yesterday shed a bit of light on one of the sordid affair's more mysterious elements: Why did Inspector General Kristine Hamann initially fail to...
'INTIFADA' PRINCIPAL RESIGNS
The principal of the city's controversial, new Arabic academy resigned this morning in the wake of her comments that condoned "Intifada NYC" T-shirts. Debbie Almontaser's resignation comes just days after...
IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT TO QUESTION BONDS
IT'S OK. Really, it is. If you find it repulsive or even discomforting that Barry Bonds has broken the most celebrated record in American sports, it's OK. It doesn't mean...
SPORT'S ABLE TO GET OFF CANVAS
LAS VEGAS - Those old enough can remember a time when boxing was part of our everyday sports vocabulary. Football, basketball and baseball each had their seasons, but boxing was...
KING HOLDS COURT AS ONLY HE CAN
THIS was Don King at his best. He had to be his best because deep down, under his red, white and blue denim jacket and below his "I stuck my...
STORM DALY IN PGA FORECAST
TULSA, Okla. - The beauty of golf is how so often it completely defies logic. This is what makes the inherent imperfection of John Daly such an utterly perfect fit...
SUMMER'S THE TIME FOR PORGY AND BASS
THE usual suspects were taken into custody this past week with a nice array of bluefish, stripers, fluke and porgies coming over the rails. The South Shore bays are loading...
ENGLISHMAN SURPRISE LEADER AFTER FIRST ROUND
TULSA, Okla. - Ninety-eight of the world's top 100 ranked players are assembled at Southern Hills this week competing for the PGA Championship. After one round, one of the most...
TIGER STUMBLES
TULSA, Okla. - For the first eight holes of his opening round at the PGA Championship yesterday at Southern Hills, Tiger Woods looked as if he was going to be...
RED BULLS GIVE DOE A CHANCE
Bruce Arena continued tinkering with the Red Bulls roster, signing trialist Francis Doe to a contract. The 21-year-old Liberian national team player is awaiting work papers, and will count as...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...NICK FALDO
NYP TV Sports' Justin Terranova caught up with CBS golf commentator Nick Faldo this week. The topic was the PGA Championship. Q: What do you think Tiger Woods' dominating win...
VELAZQUEZ: STARTING GATE MEETING GOOD
SARATOGA SPRINGS - John Velazquez, who was lucky to avoid injury when unseated by his mount in recent starting-gate mishap, said satisfactory meeting to improve communication was held yesterday between...
ZITO'S HORSE MAY SIT OUT TRAVERS
SARATOGA SPRINGS - With the Travers Stakes just two weeks away, only three horses appear definite to run in the $1 million "Midsummer Derby" on Aug. 25. They are Kentucky...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle for bragging...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Hardaway joins HeatPenny Hardaway and Shaquille O'Neal are together again. The 36-year-old Hardaway, who last played an NBA game in November 2005, signed with the Heat yesterday and is...
HONDO DIPS TWICE
Where there's a Willie there's a way at Shea by the bay, by the way. Harris' catch saved the Braves and sent Hondo to the winner's circle with a reduced...
KICKIN' IT AROUND
ALBANY - If the Giants' kicking derby is based on experience, Josh Huston might as well go on home now and leave the job to Lawrence Tynes. A quick exit,...
ROOKIE TE READY TO SHOW WHO'S THE BOSS
ALBANY - Of all the players gearing up for their first taste of live NFL action, Kevin Boss may find himself feeling the greatest culture shock. Boss, the Giants' rookie...
THE GREEN LIGHT
Eric Mangini wouldn't reveal his quarterback rotation for tonight's preseason opener against the Michael Vick-less Falcons or say how long his starters would play. And reading the Jets' poker-faced coach...
AMAZIN' RALLY FALLS SHORT
Willie Randolph downplayed the importance of a series victory over Atlanta yesterday morning. And when his team couldn't quite come up with one, he nevertheless praised the Mets' fighting spirit....
METS MUST DO THEIR OWN DIRTY WORK EVENTUALLY
IN A world without the Braves, the Mets would be 19 games above .500 this season. In a world without the Mets, the Braves would be two games above .500...
CHIPPER CHIPPY WITH MEDIA
Chipper wasn't chirping, at least to the New York media, a day after saying Alex Rodriguez will be the next player answering questions about steroids if he approaches the all-time...
MAINE SINKING FAST
John Maine's earned run average continued its ascent toward ordinary-pitcher territory yesterday. After arguably deserving a spot on the NL All-Star team for his first-half accomplishments, Maine's summer nosedive continued...
MILLEDGE'S DAY OFF DOESN'T LAST TOO LONG
Mets manager Willie Randolph wanted to give Lastings Milledge a day off and give Marlon Anderson a rare start in center field. The experiment lasted 3½ innings. Anderson sprained his...
NO FREE LUNCH
CLEVELAND - The Yankees start the most critical part of their schedule tonight against the Indians with a suspension hovering above Roger Clemens' head. At a time when the Yankees...
SUSPICIOUS TIMES
Alex Rodriguez's homer production has remained lofty and consistent from when he was lean and in his early 20s until his present incarnation. Because of that, his agent, Scott Boras,...
CALL OF THE 'WILD'
It was just a matter of time before the Yankee lineup clicked. The Bombers have feasted on the have-nots of the American League throughout July and early August, putting them...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
GETTING HIS PHIL
CLEVELAND - The thunder and lightning that used to dance around Phil Hughes has been stolen by Joba Chamberlain. Remember when Hughes was the Yankees' pitching prospect everybody buzzed about?...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A dumb robber ended up staring down the barrel of his own gun when he put it down on a convenience-store counter and the clerk picked it up, cops said....
Fantasy event on Long Island
Recently received an e-mail from Alex Riethmiller of CBS Sportsline informing me of a fantsy fotball gathering on Long Island.The Fantasy Football Signature Events tour will visit Dave & Buster's...
VIEWS: Hotel Vitale, San Francisco
It isn't the first hotel with this view, but it's the best hotel with this view. The Hotel Vitale is right on the Embarcadero, across from the Ferry Building, at...
Newark, Home of the Devils
The Devils will be homeless for the first 9 games, moving into the Prudential Center for their tenth contest, against the Senators.Newark is likely not high on people's lists of...