August 19, 2007
FLIRTING WITH DANGER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amIn "Burn Notice," fighting is Gabrielle Anwar's favorite form of foreplay. Stealing cars, blackmailing government agents and conning con men are all just part of the fun for Fiona, the...
COPY CAD
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWith a strong and steady voice and a quietly commanding manner, Don Draper of AMC's "Mad Men" is reintroducing classic masculinity to the small screen. His chiseled features recall the...
TUNNEL VISION
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe tenth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana - August 31, 2007 - is upon us and the media has deified and deconstructed her since early summer. First, there...
REEL GOOD
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amNAPOLEON DYNAMITE (2004) Sunday, 8 p.m., Comedy Central Jon Heder, a film school buddy of director Jared Hess, became an unlikely movie star as the frizzy haired, moon-boot-wearing hero of...
REYNOLDS TALKS TO WASHINGTON ON NEW SHOW
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amHaving eaten her slice of celebrity humble pie, Star Jones Reynolds is back in the television game and ready for a dialogue with America. "I want to be welcomed back...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amCATEGORY: COMEDY Peek-a-boo If you couldn't get to Shakespeare in the Park this summer, you can get your fill of the Bard this week when HBO broadcasts a new production...
AMERICAN BANDSTAND
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amIf you find yourself toe-tapping this summer as you watch TV, it may be because the airwaves are being filled with so much live music. No longer relegated to "The...
SORRY KIDS, THAT'S HOW WE ROLL
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe quotes are hilarious; they read as if we're all morons, as if we can't do single-digit addition, as if don't know which way the TV winds blow. And it's...
TV SCRIPTWRITERS ARE CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWhen they're not surfing or levitating, they're having the easiest sex available on the planet Earth. They're Californians, as depicted this summer on TV, where the southern Cali lifestyle -...
WORLD OF OPTIONS AWAITS IN EUROPE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amMIAMI-BORN Fabiano Caruana had just turned 10 when he became the youngest-ever American to defeat a grandmaster, at a Marshall Chess Club tournament in 2002. He seemed destined to be...
BRIDGE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amI'VE heard an expert defined in many ways: someone who knows why he lost; someone from out of town; someone who knows just when to panic. An expert is also...
HOT SEAT
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTENNIS goddess Venus Williams has balls. After years of campaigning, the California-based Wimbledon winner served up an ace this year in France - finally convincing Wimbledon and French Open tennis...
WRITER'S MOCK
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTHE funniest satire usually comes from a place of love. Such is the case with multitalented author Lynn Harris' latest sendup of the chick-lit genre told through the story of...
BRED AND WHINERS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amLIKE any proper social conservative, Diana West loathes the 1960s. But in her unapologetic defense of Western society, "The Death of the Grown-up," West points out that the cultural upheavals...
REQUIRED READING
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amIt's been a good year for former Spy staffers. Last November saw the marvelous "Spy: The Funny Years," which was almost as good as the hype. In March, Kurt Andersen's...
HOT LIST
August 19, 2007 | 9:00am1 Being unsexy The least sexy thing we've ever seen is Clay Aiken performing Justin Timberlake's hit "SexyBack," complete with puckered lips and two backup "dancers." Watch it at Hollyscoop.com2...
DRINK AND STRIVE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amSPELLING BEE. Diorama-making. The Big Quiz Thing. Bingo. No, this isn't your little cousin's elementary school class and after-school schedule. This is the New York bar scene. Any night of...
THE FICTION FACTOR
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amEVENGE ISN'T A DISH best served cold - it's dish served between two cardstock covers with a print run of at least 100,000 copies. Settling scores in the pages of...
FALL'S PERFECT PURSES
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe season's 20 best designer bags - and who's bought them!
TRUTH & SEA AIR
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWith the role of Dahlia Malloy, FX's "The Riches" has not only given Minnie Driver an Emmy nomination, but the best opportunity of her career to display real emotional depth....
FEAR DIARIES
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amMOTLEY Crue bassist and songwriter Nikki Sixx has kept a diary since just before the band's formation in 1980. Recently, while reading his accounts of the early days, he was...
SWIZZ IS BIG IN BIZZ
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amOnce P. Diddy (Puffy at the time) starred in a video with the late Notorious B.I.G., producers began going out of their way to share the limelight with the artist's...
MANDY'S DANDY
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amSo, Mandy Moore, how ya like that headline? She may be a singer and actress (with a minor in clothing design) - but as a child, Moore aspired to be...
HOW IT'S BEEN BEING BEAN
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amMr. Bean is a man of few words. Very few. If you took all the dialog uttered by the comic goofball in this Friday's "Mr. Bean's Holiday," you wouldn't have...
SPEAKING 'SPANISH'
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amLIKE most kids, Rick Gonzalez fantasized about hunting down evil robots just like Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Terminator" or taking on various armies like Sylvester Stallone in "Rambo." What sets...
GRETA TAKES A SHOWER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTALK about awkward moments. One of Greta Ger wig's co-stars in the indie comedy "Hannah Takes the Stairs" is Mark Duplass, whom she ad mits "having a crush on." And...
JT'S SEXY BACK RIBS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amAccording to Wikipedia, the phrase "Southern hospitality" conveys the idea that residents of the South are particularly warm and welcoming and use proper local etiquette - calling one "Sir" or...
ALEXANDRAKIS, 26, AND PAPPAS, 33
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amJUNE 22 - Special occasions tend to overlap for Christos Pappas and Anna Alexandrakis. "Christos proposed on Nov. 24, 2005, which was his birthday, in Queens' Astoria Park - where...
O'CONNOR, 35, AND WELLS, 38
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amJUNE 1 - When Barbara O'Connor spotted James Wells across the bar, she knew he was a keeper. "We made eye contact, he came over and before we knew it,...
ZIVIAN, 29, AND BECKERMAN, 32
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amJUNE 24 - When 250 people R.S.V.P.'d to their wedding in Rockleigh, N.J., Penni Zivian and Adam Beckerman took extra care to personalize the celebration. The Brooklynites wed in the...
PEREZ-CORTES, 28, AND BERRY, 27
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amJUNE 30 - Courtney Berry fell head over heels at her wedding - literally. "I fell down on the dance floor!" recalls the happy bride, laughing. "My bustle came undone...
FROST, 29, AND HIDER, 28
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amJUNE 10 - When you're in love, even a few missteps can't detract from a perfect wedding day. "Neither of us rehearsed any dances prior to our wedding," says Amanda...
JERSEY 'JUSTICE'
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amAlmost as shocking as the execution-murders of three college students in Newark two weeks ago is the governmental - and moral - paralysis that has informed New Jersey's reaction to...
BATTERY PARK CITY: GREEN CASH COW
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amNEW York City will soon have more parks than it can afford, but there's a clear way to finance them - expand Battery Park City. The independent Regional Plan Association...
PORKERS' PASS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amIN a letter posted on Congress.org, a constituent praises Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.) for his "brilliant intellect." As evidence, Mitchell's admirer cites the congressman's vote for the Honest Leadership and...
UMP'S JOB: IT'S A PITCH
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amPHILADELPHIA ON a recent night here, as on most summer nights for 37 years, Bruce Froemming went to work. He performed for about three hours in front of a large,...
HEAVEN'S HALL OF FAME: HOLY COW! SCOOTER'S IN
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTHE ISSUE: The death of Hall of Fame shortstop and announcer Phil Rizzuto. Even though I now live in California, I grew up in Westchester County listening to the Scooter...
WHAT IS A QUANT FUND
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amQuant funds are a type of hedge or mutual fund that rely on computer programs - not human hunches - to detect buying opportunities in stocks, bonds or other financial...
NOT SO SMART NOW
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amInside Goldman Sachs' lower Manhattan headquarters last week, Wall Street's best and brightest were beginning to sweat. The market volatility - which brought 100- and 200-point intra-day swings of the...
MORTGAGE LENDER Q&A
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWith at least nine mortgage lenders having filed Chapter 11 this year - and Wall Street raising the possibility of a reorganization for the country's No. 1 mortgage lender, Countrywide...
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO BUY A HOME, WAIT!
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amDear John: I would like to purchase a condo or co-op. With the job I have I can make $5,000 in tips by the holidays. I think I can get...
BARGAIN HUNT
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amYou have to love it when your favorite things go on sale. That's why so many people shop places like Century 21, Loehmann's and Bluefly.com. Buying your favorite designers at...
SALOON INVASION
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amAdvertisers are turning into barflies. In its thirst for young trendsetters, Madison Avenue is invading the once sacrosanct territory of the corner tavern - and doing so well beyond cocktail...
POLL: TRADERS WILL COMMIT FELONY FOR PROFIT
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWall Street traders don't mind committing the crime - it's doing the time that gives them the willies. More than half of traders questioned in a recent survey said they...
HE IS REALLY DOCTOR EVIL
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amDr. Evil has returned. Kent Brownridge, the new CEO of Alpha Media Group, looked like he was about to shed the moniker given to him during the years he served...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWINNERSWARREN BUFFETT Reveals Berkshire Hathaway purchased 2.8 million shares of Dow Jones prior to its takeover deal with News Corp.DON IMUS Puts Rutgers debacle behind him and collects $20M settlement....
SOFA SO GOOD FOR BOCONCEPT
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amFive years ago, BoConcept was a struggling furniture manufacturer in Denmark that analysts were predicting might go under. Management then changed strategy and focused on brand stores. The result: 193...
SPARK-ING A CHANGE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWHEN "American Idol" songbird Jordin Sparks makes her major label debut later this fall via Sony BMG, she'll be the first winner of the smash show not signed to the...
SECRET BURIAL FOR BROOKE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amEven in death, this family rift will not heal. A day after Brooke Astor's squabbling relatives tolerated each other long enough to be in the same room for her funeral,...
HORROR AT GROUND ZERO
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTwo of New York's Bravest perished yesterday in a massive blaze that ripped through the crippled Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero - filling the lower Manhattan skyline with black...
TOXIC TOWER'S GRIM LEGACY
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amEver since 9/11, uncertainty has hovered over the crippled Deutsche Bank building. Severely damaged that day by falling debris from the World Trade Center that gouged a huge chunk out...
INFERNO MIRACLE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amA Baptist minister was rescued from his burning two-story house in Brooklyn yesterday by a heroic neighbor who scaled an outside awning, grabbed him from an upstairs window and piggy-backed...
GRIEF, GREED IN 9/11 CUR$E
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amAfter her firefighter husband died on 9/11, Marian Fontana got millions of dollars in charity and compensation money. What she didn't get was comfort. In some ways, the windfall made...
LOBBYIST: CITY HARA$$ES ME
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amA veteran lobbyist fined for filing five reports late with the City Clerk's office said he thinks he's being targeted because of his clients. "I believe there is some connection...
KLEIN SEES 3 R'S FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amAs Joel Klein reminisced about his first five years as the city's schools chancellor last week, he envisioned a future with kids starting school sooner - as young as age...
DIPLOS TAKE EXIT FROM TRAFFIC FEE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amMayor Bloomberg promised that diplomats would pay up, just like everyone else, under his congestion-pricing plan - but it looks like he won't be able to keep that promise. According...
WEAK QNS. SEWERS BRING A FLOOD OF SUITS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amQueens residents better be good swimmers. The borough's inadequate sewer system overflows more than anywhere else in the city, causing severe flooding and costly damage, according to the city Comptroller's...
2 MORE 'NEWARK KILLERS' HELD
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTwo fugitive brothers' plans to flee the country were dashed early yesterday as U.S. marshals arrested them for allegedly executing three college students in a Newark schoolyard two weeks ago....
UNLICENSED BOUNCERS GET 86'D
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amBad bouncers beware. The State Liquor Authority has issued 83 violations this year to New York City restaurants, bars and nightclubs employing unlicensed bouncers - including trendy celebrity hangouts like...
CLUBGOER IS STABBED TO DEATH
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amA 25-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a trendy Manhattan nightspot, in an area quickly surpassing the infamous clubland strip for booze-fueled bad behavior. Jean Muller of Elizabeth, N.J.,...
BROWNSVILLE BLAZE KILLS DISABLED WOMAN
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amA wheelchair-bound woman was killed last night in a fast-moving fire in a Brooklyn housing project, neighbors and fire officials said. The "all-hands" blaze erupted at 7 p.m. inside the...
REV. AL BLOWS KISS TO KELLY
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly entered the lion's den of one of the NYPD's fiercest critics yesterday to speak at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network. But the extremely rare...
WORK SITES NO. 1 PAIN IN OUR EAR
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amConstruction work was the top source of noise complaints last month, as 2,600 residents called in reports to the city's Department of Environmental Protection about the hardhats' racket. July was...
BANK THIEF MAKES OFF AS MEDICO
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amA man robbed a Manhattan bank yesterday and then made his escape by darting into a hospital, wearing medical scrubs to blend in, authorities said. The unidentified thief was wearing...
CLAW AND ORDER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amA catfight that erupted between two Midtown women at their local watering hole spilled out of the barroom and into the courtroom after one called the other a hooker who...
HEART-IEST RED WINE IN THE WORLD
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amYou knew a glass of wine a day kept the doctors at bay, but all vino is not created equal. Red wines from southwest France are the world's healthiest. A...
BEATLE FOR SAIL
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amIt's the picture of love lost. While other A-listers party in the Hamptons this August, legendary Beatle balladeer Paul McCartney spends most of his afternoons floating alone in a little...
REF BLOWING THE WHISTLE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amDisgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy will reportedly finger as many as 20 other league officials as part of his cooperation with federal prosecutors probing an illegal gambling ring. The ex-ref...
MEET BEAUTY & THE FREAK
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amATLANTA - John Mark Karr has a new girl now. A year after claiming he killed JonBenet Ramsey, Karr is engaged to a sexy 23-year-old divorcée who has defied her...
FEDS' PORN ULTIMATUM
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amRon Jeremy, Jenna Jameson - get ready to stand and be counted. The Department of Justice wants to come up with an official list of every porn star in America...
MY ADOPT HELL
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Adoption is supposed to be a refuge - Stephen Wells entered a house of horrors. Since his adoption roughly 15 years ago, Wells says he...
HEY, BRIT: YOU GROW, GIRL!
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amShe's gone from hair-don't to hair-do. Hard-partying pop tart Britney Spears has left the wigs at home now that her hair has grown back after she shaved it all off...
GOLFER 'SHARK' AND WIFE TEE OFF
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWhen he broke the news last year that he was ending his marriage of 25 years, Aussie golf legend Greg Norman vowed that he and his wife, Laura, would remain...
'HS MUSICAL' RATINGS SCORE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amDisney is dancing into the record books. Friday's Disney Channel premiere of "High School Musical 2" became the most watched basic-cable telecast ever - attracting 17.2 million viewers and breaking...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amBROOKLYN Cops are searching for this bandit, who held up a Park Slope bank last week, authorities said. The robber strolled into the Chase Bank on Fifth Avenue near Ninth...
LOTTERY RESULTS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 561; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 4838; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 849; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Win- 4 Sat.:...
STERN WRONG? YOU BET!
August 19, 2007 | 9:00am"ROGUE" commissioner David Stern had the audacity to hold his All-Star Game - the NBA's premier showcase event outside of the Finals - in Las Vegas last February for the...
SPORTS SHORTS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amFOOTBALL: USC is preseason No. 1 For the third time in the past four years, USC begins the college football season No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25. Southern...
THE RUMBLE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amKnicks' Lee calls "Entourage" guys While Jerry Ferrara and Kevin Connolly of HBO's "Entourage" were guest hosts for Jim Rome's syndicated radio show Wednesday, they got a call from a...
WR POOL HAS SOME DEEP THREATS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amEVERY season, there's a substantial, unexpected breakout performer at wide receiver: Steve Smith, Drew Bennett, Anquan Boldin, etc. Wideouts can go from obscure to essential in one short season. They...
HEARV AND NOW
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTHE generations take longer to pass in the broadcast booth than they do on the playing field, mostly because vocal cords don't wear out as easily or as readily as...
BULLISH FOR BECKS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amSoccer icon David Beckham brought a record crowd out to Giants Stadium, but the Red Bulls brought the fans to their feet. The world's most popular athlete provided the show,...
AL EAST GETS IN ARMS RACE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amFROM the beginning of the second half through Monday night's game, the Yankees' offense was rampaging, averaging 7.6 runs per game on 11.2 hits. Then on consecutive nights, Baltimore starters...
SHEFF TAKES LUMPS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amA shoulder with the strength of a Ralph Nader presidential run would be enough to discourage any player. Add an environment where 50,000 diehards pray for spontaneous human combustion and...
SUMMER OF '77
August 19, 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...
LEAGUE: NO EFFECT ON TICKET SALES
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amFans no doubt will watch every NBA officiating call with a far more suspicious eye in the wake of the Tim Donaghy gambling scandal. But at least they will be...
CLASSEN CLASPS A SUPER STRIPER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTHERE are many ways to catch a striped bass, but wrestling with one has to be a first. Last Sunday, 16-year-old Chris Classen from East Hampton was on Montauk's south...
CUP CHALLENGE VISITS DEL MAR
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The Breeders' Cup Challenge visits the West Coast for this first time today with three "Win and You're In" races from Del Mar, "where the surf meets...
LADY JOANNE WINS BUMPY 'BAMA
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Of all the tough decisions the stewards have faced at this Saratoga meet, none was tougher than the one they had to make after the hair-raising finish...
STEWARDS HAVING TOUGH SUMMER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - It has been a challenging summer at the Old Spa for New York's three stewards: Carmine Donofrio of the N.Y. State Racing and Wagering Board, veterinarian Dr....
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
August 19, 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'S RED ALL OVER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe Angels were poor guardians of Hondo's dead presidents last night as they faltered in Fenway to cut the earnings to 15 armbristers. Today, as Mr. Aitch unwinds from last...
SOUND OFF
August 19, 2007 | 9:00am* I believe Joel Sherman, among many others, has to stop blaming Joe Torre for overusing Mariano Rivera ["Joe must lessen closer's workload," The Post and nypost.com, Aug. 16] and...
BURTON SEEKS A FAST FINISH
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amJeff Burton cannot drive the way he wants to right now. Burton needs to find a way to get more speed out of his No. 31 car and at the...
ESPN: LITTLE LEAGUE, BIG MESS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amAT ESPN, the rite of spring is always followed by the wrongs of summer. Of all the self-promotional and cross-promotional shamelessness now regularly practiced by ESPN, one continuing stunt stands...
66,237 PACK STADIUM TO CHEER SOCCER SAVIOR
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe most popular athlete on the planet came to Giants Stadium last night and brought Beckham mania with him. That, and over 50,000 extra fans who - for at least...
YOUNG TIGER EARNS HIS STRIPES
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe Tigers are hoping it was the birth of a five-tool star. After an inauspicious - no, not inauspicious, more like lousy - debut against Andy Pettitte on Friday night,...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThis week, the Post's Steve Serby checks in with first-year Giants GM Jerry Reese. Q: Who's the team to beat in the NFC East? A: Us. Q: You think this...
FIRST STEPS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amBALTIMORE - Tim Hasselbeck hopes this isn't the last time he dons a Giants uniform. Amani Toomer figures this is another step toward his full recovery following knee surgery. Anthony...
LEAKY PENN
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amIT'S a good thing for Chad Pennington's psyche, confidence and job security the erratic performance he delivered in the Jets' 37-20 preseason loss to the Vikings Friday night at Giants...
MANGINI: UGLY LOSS NOT OK
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe Jets' ugly 37-20 preseason loss to the Vikings was only minutes old and Eric Mangini stood at the podium for his postgame press conference trying his best to be...
A WIN ... A LOSS
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON, D.C. - Suffering a crippling blow, the Mets last night saw a very unsung player who's having a terrific year get seriously hurt. In the Mets' 7-4 win over...
CASTRO CATCHES DL TIME
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON, D.C. - The Mets' catching corps is further depleted, with Ramon Castro going on the 15-day disabled list yesterday. Sandy Alomar Jr. will replace him on the roster. Castro's...
R.I.P., SCOOTER
August 19, 2007 | 9:00am* You grow up in the 1960s as a young, fanatical Yankees fan. You see managers and players sitting in the right-field dugout, some for a while, some for a...
CASHMAN'S CHANGES SERVE YANKS' YOUTH
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe changes were subtle, until Joba Chamberlain came on the scene. Then the baseball world took notice that the Yankees are doing things differently these days. Young pitching is a...
VINTAGE ROCKET SOLDIERS ON
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTHIS was a day that had the feel of the playoffs, sunny with a hint of autumn in the air. There was a fly- over before Roger Clemens fired his...
THE LOWDOWN
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThink sinker. That's the best advice Joe Torre can offer Chien-Ming Wang as the right-hander attempts to shake his recent doldrums today in the finale of a three-game series against...
ROG GETS IT DONE WON MO TIME
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe boos directed at public enemy Gary Sheffield couldn't have resonated louder yesterday than The Bronx jeer Bobby Abreu lobbed into his lap. As Abreu rounded the bases in the...
FANS FINE WITH KYLE IF HE CAN KEEP IT UP
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amThe sellout crowd was in full party mode. For six innings, fans watched Roger Clemens work himself in and out of trouble with negligible damage that left the Yankees trailing...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amTalk about high-stakes poker. Two Colorado men are charged with plotting to kill the operator of a Texas hold 'em game by putting him in a box filled with rattlesnakes....
MEET MARKET
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amGraphic designer sks creative muse Fashionistas, step aside. Josh, 30, a graphic design grad student, is attracted to women who are funny, independent, spontaneous and sarcastic. "It also helps if...
LOST IN TRANSLATION
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amIn kindergarten, getting pushed off the swings usually means the pusher has a crush on you, and declarations of "girlfriend" and "boyfriend" rarely last past snack time. Oddly enough, some...
WAXING WISE, BRAZILIAN-STYLE
August 19, 2007 | 9:00amI call it Mistress of the Universe Syndrome Experience. It's not love. It's more than like. It's less than infatuation. It's the thing that makes you strut down the street...