August 11, 2007
QB breakdown
August 11, 2007 | 3:52pmWe've given you our QB cheat sheet. Here's a more in-depth look at the top quarterbacks on fantasy draft day. STUDSPeyton Manning (Ind)Rank: 1Projected round drafted: 1 (6th overall)Thoughts: Still...
FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: JOSE VS. HANLEY, BEWARE THE JAYS
August 11, 2007 | 2:25pmDue to travel and other work-related matters, I am sorry for the one-day delay for Five-Thought Friday:1. The Yankees have scored 220 second-half runs in opening the second half with...
ELVIS!IS IN THE BUILDING
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amWELL, it's one for the money and two for the show, but it takes at least fi ve men in white jumpsuits to keep the legacy of Elvis Presley alive...
WHAT'S UP
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amTODAYGET YOUR YO-YOS OUT: Forget "Walk the Dog": Today's yo-yo tricks include stunts like "Reverse Suicide" and "Split the Atom." See them performed live at the New York State Yo-Yo...
ELVIS LIVES!
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amHow New York is honoring his legacy:IT'S NOW OR NEVER One week from today, Rick Virga & All the King's Men bring a hunka-hunka burnin' show to "Vegas on Broadway"...
MOVIE HOUSE ROCK
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amONLY a handful of the 31 movies Elvis Presley made between 1956 and 1969 are truly worth seeing - and they're mainly from the beginning of his Hollywood career, before...
LOVE HIM, SPENDER
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amYOU might have to lay off his blue suede shoes, but how about a talking mini pink cadillac? As the 30th anniversary of Elvis' death approaches, there's no shortage of...
BARRY THROWN FOR A LOSS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amCALL it Barry Bonds fatigue. The ratings for Thursday night's meaningless pre-season NFL game on Fox sacked the paltry audience who tuned in for Barry Bonds' historic home run Tuesday...
DIANA'S LAST DAZE
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amTHERE'S something inherently wrong about a channel that calls itself The Learning Channel -aka TLC - doing a re-enactment of the last days of Princess Diana. Especially if it focuses...
BOOST FOR MIKE'S GAL
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amGov. Spitzer has tapped former Pataki-administration banking honcho - and mayoral girlfriend - Diana Taylor to head the Hudson River Park Trust, officials said yesterday. "With more than 20 years...
RUDY CLEARS THE AIR
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amTrying to defuse a 9/11-related uproar, Rudy Giuliani admitted yesterday he misspoke about his presence at Ground Zero following the attacks. Giuliani attempted to clarify his initial comments - that...
GOV WARNED: DON'T HIT E-MAIL 'DELETE' KEY
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amALBANY - The head of the Senate Investigations Committee called on Gov. Spitzer yesterday to save all e-mails sent by his aides - from government as well as personal e-mail...
EX-OLYMPIAN: I'M NO PARK RAPIST
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amA former Olympian from Trinidad accused of committing a slew of sex crimes in city parks pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday to two counts of rape and...
E. SIDE ROB DUO: MAKE THAT TO GO
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amCops are hunting for a pair of burglars who have recently targeted restaurants and other businesses across the Upper East Side. The pair have broken into nearly a dozen establishments...
BUNGLERS MISSED THEIR SHOTS TO STOP A SLAUGHTER
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amIT didn't have to happen. Authorities had several chances to get José Carranza off the streets. They didn't. And so today, Newark will bury three innocent college kids who were...
BOY-AND-GIRL BANDITS STRIKE CENTRAL PARK
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amAn Upper West Side man walking his dog in Central Park was robbed at gunpoint yesterday when a gang of teenaged boys and girls swooped down on him and one...
NYU FIEND: 'I STRANGLED HER' WITH BARE HANDS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00am"I strangled her," the monster admitted. Manhattan prosecutors yesterday gave a bone-chilling peek at the murder confession of the lover accused of squeezing the life out of beautiful Boitumelo "Tumi"...
PRO-ASIAN NYU RACIST GETS BAIL
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amA self-proclaimed Asian supremacist who has cajoled Asians to rise up against whites and blacks was released from federal custody yesterday on $500,000 bond for threatening an NYU classmate over...
MOBSTER IS GUILTY IN SLAYS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amA Brooklyn thug connected to the Russian mob was found guilty of murder yesterday for ordering his teen protégé to blow away a former pal suspected of snitching to cops....
CHAOS RAINS: MTA ALL WET FOR DECADES
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amGov. Spitzer wants answers about the flooding that paralyzed the subways Wednesday within the next 30 days, but the problem has stumped transit and city officials for more than 90...
NYPD ON THE ALERT FOR QAEDA 'BOMB'
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amIn a show of force, the NYPD mobilized hundreds of anti-terrorism cops last night after an Internet report of a "dirty bomb" threat targeting the city surfaced, authorities said. An...
GREAT DANE THRILL RIDE TO CONEY
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amThe world-famous Tivoli Gardens has made good on its promise to tour Coney Island, fueling speculation that the Bloomberg administration wants the Danish amusement park to redevelop the seaside district...
BLOOMY STANDS BY CHILD-WELFARE MAN
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amMayor Bloomberg gave a glowing vote of confidence yesterday to his embattled child-welfare chief, just a day after a scathing report said the Administration for Children's Services under John Mattingly's...
FREE TO KILL
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amHe shouldn't have been free. New Jersey authorities twice allowed a suspected child rapist to slip out of custody with minimal bail without reporting his illegal immigrant status to the...
INTIF-ADIOS TO SCHOOL CHIEF
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amThe principal of a controversial city-funded Arab-themed school abruptly resigned yesterday after she ignited a firestorm by saying there was nothing wrong with T-shirts that said "Intifada NYC." Pressure for...
STEAM GRIPE
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amThe hero who went to the aid of a tow truck driver scalded in the Con Ed steam explosion is suing the utility for negligence, saying he's tormented by the...
LOST IN SPACE
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amHouston, we have a hotel. Taking luxury to new heights, a space-tourism company yesterday announced it is five years away from opening the world's first orbiting accommodation. Swanky sci-fi suites...
HER LAD'S CLASSY LASSES
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amGeorgina Bloomberg's new beau has cut a wide swath through the equestrian world and has a history of squiring the pretty daughters of tycoons. Along the way, young Irishman Cian...
PARIS' SANDMAN
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amParis Hilton and the latest addition to her "entourage," Adrian Grenier, wade through a flock of fotogs at the Malibu shore. The ex-con socialite and the "Entourage" heart-throb had been...
'SNOW' FALLS ON THE JOB
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amWork may blow, but now there's less blow at work. A study revealed a 15.9 percent decline in the number of U.S. workers testing positive for cocaine use in 2007's...
LANCE TO HOST CANCER PREZ TALKS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amLance Armstrong, who outraced testicular cancer and went on to win the Tour de France seven times, plans to host presidential forums for Democrats and Republicans on cancer-related issues this...
$10M SUIT? OH, CHEESE!
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amA West Virginia man is suing McDonald's for $10 million, claiming the fast-food giant put cheese on his burgers after he told them not to. Jeromy Jackson says he told...
NBA 'ROBBERS' IN SLAMMER
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amChicago cops busted four men yesterday in connection with the home-invasion robberies of Knick forward Eddy Curry and Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker. Cops said the men broke into Walker's...
EBAY HAS ITS EYE ON BONDS BALL
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amElectronic auctioneer eBay is looking to cash in on the good fortune of the 21-year-old Queens man who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run in San Francisco. The site...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amBROOKLYN Police are asking for the public's help in finding a Downtown Brooklyn gun-wielding bank robber. The thug walked into a North Fork branch on Livingston Street near Smith Street...
LOTTERY RESULTS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 341; Lucky Sum: 8 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 3623; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 246; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 1645;...
BLOOMBERG'S BEAR WARNING
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amThursday's near-400-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average reminded us of Mayor Bloomberg's bearish warnings of earlier this month. While the city treasury has benefited enormously from Wall Street's...
JIHAD'YA LATER
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amFirst the good news: Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser yesterday quit as principal-designate of the city's new Arabic-themed public school - though not without blaming her resignation mostly on The Post (not...
CANDIDATES & CORN
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amREPUBLICAN presidential candidates flocked to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa straw poll this weekend, an event that is both an early winnowing process for the GOP presidential field and an...
TRICKS OF TRADE
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amHILLARY Rodham Clinton may be pulling away from the pack of Democratic contenders, but she's still playing it safe. She's quick to stake out territory that puts her in the...
PORK KING'S GAVEL GAME
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amREPUBLICANS returning to the House floor on Friday morning Aug. 3 after their walkout the night before were surprised to find as presiding officer the Democrat they call "King Corruption":...
INTIFADA GROWS IN B'KLYN? ENOUGH WITH PC SCHOOLS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amIn the city's insane system of dual-language schools, the Khalil Gibran International Academy will be the crown jewel ("Joel Klein's Choice," Editorial, Aug. 7). This system, which promotes exclusion and...
CREDIT TRIAGE
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amCentral banks from around the world formed a united front yesterday as they joined forces to prevent the credit markets from seizing up. The Federal Reserve, working in conjunction with...
DOW ROLLER COASTER SCREECHES TO 31-PT. LOSS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amIn a fitting end to a frenzied week, U.S. stock prices gyrated wildly yesterday before limping to a close with major indexes flat to slightly lower. The Dow Jones industrial...
YAHOO! PREZ $TOCKING UP
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amYahoo! President Sue Decker isn't afraid to put her money where her mouth is. Decker drew attention after loading up on more than $1 million in company stock just one...
SPORTS SHORTS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amNFL: No wrestling for Pacman The Titans got a court order yesterday that prohibits suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones from participating in wrestling. Jones was scheduled to make his debut...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amPost 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...
HONDO HAS BIG CATS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amHondo pulled out his magic broom again last night, sweeping with the Orioles and Jays to lower the deficit to 180 brutons. In case you want to up date your...
FIRST-ROUND LEADER STORM SUBSIDES WITH A 76
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amTULSA, Okla. - To borrow a terrific title from XTC, a band from Swindon, England, Englishman Graeme Storm was "King for a Day." Storm, the former cake-factory worker who struggled...
CUP CHALLENGE COMES TO ARLINGTON
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The Breeders' Cup Challenge, which made its first stop two weeks ago at the Old Spa, visits Arlington Park today with three "Win and You're In" races...
VERPLANK INSPIRES CHEERS FROM LOCALS, PEERS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amTULSA, Okla. - Scott Verplank has had his share of low points - enough to break the wills of most men. Verplank has been a diabetic since age 9, and...
FUNNY CIDE GETS SENDOFF AT SPA
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The raindrops that fell yesterday morning on the Old Spa foretold the teardrops that fell later in the afternoon during Funny Cide's retirement celebration. Born and raised...
SUMMER OF '77
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amRemember 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...
TIGER BURNS UP THE HILLS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amTULSA, Okla. - You needed only to listen to the sounds around Southern Hills yesterday to know what was taking place. Tiger Woods was coming. He was coming on strong...
THIS BRONX TALE IS WRITTEN IN FUTURE PERFECT
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - If you stroll Ontario Street toward Jacobs Field, you will pass Quicken Loans Arena, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Speckled around the facility are flagpoles with picture pennants...
SHOCKEY BACKUP BATTLE IS TIGHT
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amOf all the roster spots and position battles taking shape during training camp, remaining clouded are the backup tight end spots behind Jeremy Shockey. The Giants watched Visanthe Shiancoe strike...
FIELD & SCHEME
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amThe first glimpse of what the new-look Giants defense is supposed to resemble comes tonight in the preseason opener against the Panthers, for a brief time, that is. Starters will...
KELLEN'S JELLIN'
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amEric Mangini and the Jets needed to see something from Kellen Clemens last night in their preseason opener. They saw something. They saw plenty in a 31-16 preseason victory over...
LAWRENCE WIN IS JUST OUT OF REACH
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amWhen Billy Wagner took the mound in the ninth inning last night, Mets starter Brian Lawrence was reminded of all those times former teammate Trevor Hoffman took the hill for...
WINNING TITLE WOULD BE END FOR TOM
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amTom Glavine wouldn't mind hoisting a World Series trophy for the Mets and calling it a career. With 300 lifetime victories to his name and his place in Cooperstown all...
WAGNER LETS FISH OFF HOOK
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amOne too many high-wire acts finally caught up with the Sandman last night. Splat went Billy Wagner, leaving a disturbing mess on the field at Shea Stadium. Forgotten were Carlos...
ALEX, JOE SAY CHIPPER'S OK
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Alex Rodriguez and Joe Torre said they have no problem with the comments Chipper Jones made Wednesday, when he said the closer Rodriguez gets to Barry Bonds' home-run...
PADRES PUT CLAIM ON IGAWA
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Though the Yankees aren't going to give away Kei Igawa, they have a chance to get rid of the disappointing lefty because the Padres claimed the 28-year-old pitcher...
YOUNG GUNS
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Last night at Jacobs Field, the Yankees' pitching future was so bright you had to wear shades. And the glaring present still penetrated the lenses. Phil Hughes and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 11, 2007 | 9:00amFrancis Stephenson of Chester, S.C., has come real close to winning a combined $340 million in two Powerball drawings, but he's lost out both times. But don't shed a tear...