August 24, 2007

Name Game

Drafting isn't the only preseason activity for fantasy football owners. There's always the unique challenge of creating a catchy, funny or otherwise interesting team name.The key is to make the...

DEALS: Puerto Rico, otoño-style

Hotel El Convento has wine for the rents, kites for the runts If you skipped the birth of your first born because it fell on the second Sunday of June...

FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: JOBA, DELGADO AND MUSSINA

Back with Five-Thought Friday:1. How is Joba Chamberlain going to react after getting hit and allowing meaningful runs for the first time? It happens to everyone. It will happen to...

Deal of the Day

If there is one juniors department that a grown woman can pull some items from without looking like Romy and Michelle, it's Nordstrom.And this Button Front Dress from Necessary Objects...

Hell's Bell

Kristen Bell’s ascent (or descent) to “Heroes” is an interesting pick for the actress with a reputation for taking some chances with her acting choices.The actress, best known as the...

Robin Good Cancer Free

"Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts says she is cancer free. "The cancer is out of my body and I'm healing from the surgery," Roberts told the AP. "Hopefully, the...

Hollywood Dumps the Dogs

Gitesh Pandya of Box Office Guru is predicting the best of the motley newcomers will be the Jet Li-Jason Straham mashup "War'' (which opened sans advance screenings; here's a 1.5...

SCREAM DREAM TEAM

WITH Screamfest '07, the hip-hop concert has come of age. The variety show at Madison Square Garden Wednesday was headlined by street hustler T.I., with sexy chanteuse Ciara, Lloyd, T-Pain,...

FUN 'DREAM'

THOUGH it's a comedy, most productions of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" stress its, well, dreamlike aspects, infusing it with a languorous poeticism that can lull viewers to sleep. One suspects...

IT'S TOO STAGED FOR POLITICS

YOU may think the cur rent campaign is going on forever, but it pales in comparison to "Fair Game," a seemingly endless new play about a female presidential candidate embroiled...

MARY-JANE OLSEN

MARY-Kate Olsen is about to surprise a lot of people. In her first role ever without her twin sister, Ashley (not counting a movie in which her small role wound...

DISNEY SWEEPS WEEK

THE tween TV wars went nuclear last week, with a "High School Musical 2"-powered Disney Channel pouring cold water all over arch-rival Nickelodeon. For the first time in memory, one...

CANCELED AFTER ONE DAY

FOX has dropped "Anchorwoman" after just one episode. The reality/comedy hybrid that drew fierce criticism from news junkies followed a bikini model, Lauren Jones, after she was tapped to be...

STARR REPORT

Oprah tix by clicks Tickets for the two shows Oprah Winfrey's taping Sept. 10 and 11 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden are now available. Starting at 9...

'SEX' INTERRUPTED

ABC has hit the pause button on its outrageous new fam ily soap, "Dirty Sexy Money." Production on the hot new series has been halted for six to eight days,...

MARY FLOPPINS

LOCKED down in a celluloid prison cell marked "The Nanny Diaries" for 105 punishingly awful minutes, I was seconds away from crying "Attica" and leading a tactical assault on the...

THE HOT THICKENS

ETHAN Hawke - actor, writer, director - couldn't come up with a good enough story to keep Uma Thurman home, but his lat est attempt at storytelling, "The Hottest State,"...

HE'S A HAS-BEAN

A big hit in Europe, "Mr. Bean's Holiday" seems aimed at an elusive segment of the American audi ence: 5-year-old cinephiles. Adults will begin yawning after their first 10 minutes...

KIDDIE LIT MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

GIVING the oddball-romance film some jittery new moves, Justin Theroux's directorial Debut, "Dedication," is a pleasingly weird, dryly funny little indie. Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore play a depressed writer...

FEATHERWEIGHT TALE WITH GLASS-JAW ACTING

'IT smells authentic," somebody says in "Resurrecting the Champ." Well, it smells, all right, but authentic isn't the word I'd use for this maudlin male weepie, a compendium of the...

THUG JUSTICE, DANBURY-STYLE

MEMO to all my peeps on the run from drug dealers who killed your dad and have been trying to shoot your mom for the last 21 years: Don't drive...

EVERYONE IS TAKEN BY STORM

DESPITE what you might believe watching news coverage, African-Americans were not the only people hit hardest by hurricane Katrina. Whites who could barely survive be fore the super storm were...

RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR

'RIGHT at Your Door" is as frightening as it intends to be, but not enjoyably so. A young L.A. couple (Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane) part ways for the day minutes...

PULPIT MASSACRE HAS WHIFF OF PEW

'SEPTEMBER Dawn" succeeds completely at failure; the unified incompetence of its writing, directing and acting suggest a man who manages to be on fire and drowning at the same time,...

WRITER SUES DISNEY OVER 'HANNAH MONTANA' IDEA

A comedy writer who claims to have invented the hit show "Hannah Montana" is suing The Walt Disney Co., alleging that the entertainment giant stole the idea from him. Buddy...

HOT PICKS

GET SERVED More than 150 pro volleyballers descended on Coney Island, Brooklyn, yesterday for the second annual AVP Brooklyn Open, which will continue through the weekend, ending with the men'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...

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...

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. Closes Oct. 1. "ANGRY...

POP, ROCK, FOLK

CAMERA OBSCURA: The infectious Glasgow sextet plays the River to River Fest tonight at 7 at the South Street Seaport, 207 Front St.; (212) 732-7678. Free. SLIGHTLY STOOPID, G. LOVE...

JAZZ

BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Gary Peacock, Paul Bley and Paul Motian. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Dave Holland Sextet. 131 W. Third St.; (212) 475-8592....

CLASSICAL

TODAY and TOMORROW: Mostly Mozart concludes with the festival namesake's "Requiem" performed by an all-star lineup of soloists, as well as Hispanic a cappella works at Avery Fisher Hall at...

DANCE

THE LAWN AT BATTERY PARK: The 26th annual Downtown Dance Festival presents companies from Europe, Asia and the United States tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Battery Park...

FILM

AMAZING COMMUNITY GARDEN: John Landis' "The Blues Brothers" (1980) unreels Wednesday at dusk at 261 Columbia St., at Carroll Street, Brooklyn; nycgovparks.org BAM ROSE CINEMA: The New Decade: Hong Kong...

COMEDY

CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Bill Bellamy and Paul Mooney. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Dave Attell, Keith Robinson, Gregg Rogell, Jim Norton and James Smith. 117 MacDougal St.; (212) 254-3480....

MUSEUMS

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM. 45 W. 53rd St.; (212) 265-1040. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Central Park West at 79th Street; (212) 769-5000. BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS: 1040 Grand...

FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...

GRAMERCY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Third Avenue from 14th to 23rd streets. THIRD AVENUE MERCHANDISE FAIR: Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m....

CASINO BEAT

NEW JERSEY - TONY BENNETT performs tonight at 10 and tomorrow night at 9 in the Caesar's Circus Maximus Theatre. Tickets: $100-$150; caesars.com, (800) 677-SHOW. - STEVIE NICKS is no...

MUSEUM PICK

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: Take a celluloid crash course in stride piano, bebop, swing, "cool" and more when "Harlem Jazz" tells the story of a truly American...

PREVIEWS

"100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW" A cleaning lady takes interest in the troubles of a priest at the church where she's employed. Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St.; (212) 279-4200....

CITY TAKES ITS LUMPS

New York City shelled out $496.4 million for claims against it in fiscal year 2006, with the bulk of the cash going to resolve malpractice cases at municipal hospitals. Personal-injury...

GRAND THEFT HITS SPIDEY'S 'MARY JANE'

Where was Spidey when she needed him? Two brash burglars sneaked into "Spider-Man" star Kirsten Dunst's swanky SoHo hotel suite and swiped her $13,000 handbag, wallets, cash, cameras and an...

WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE

1 No trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. 2 and 3 Trains run local between 96th Street and South Ferry. N Manhattan bound trains skip 52nd, 46th, 40th and...

'WILL-FUL' SON CAVES ON CODICIL

Brooke Astor's embattled son, Anthony Marshall, has decided not to enter a controversial - and possibly forged - amendment to his mother's will into probate, according to court documents. A...

$10M FOR BAD BX. SLAY BUST

He went from murder suspect to multimillionaire. A jury yesterday awarded $9.8 million to a young Bronx man after finding that he was falsely arrested and then maliciously prosecuted for...

CONEY I. GETS TAKEN FOR A 'RIDE'

Negotiations to keep Coney Island's Astroland Park open in 2008 are at a standstill, with developer Joseph Sitt seeking $3 million rent for next summer and the park's operator wanting...

'GRADE A' JOEL BOOST

Sometimes it pays to have friends in "hired" places. An e-mail sent by School Chancellor Joel Klein's communications director to high-level Department of Education staffers last Saturday alerted them to...

ANOTHER DEUTSCHE NIGHTMARE

A heavy piece of machinery plunged 23 stories off the cursed Deutsche Bank building yesterday, smashing a temporary shed and injuring two firefighters - one of them seriously - just...

BORN TO BE ONE OF THE BRAVEST

Silent and grim-faced, thousands of Lt. Joseph Graffagnino's Bravest brothers yesterday watched through tears as his casket was carried for the last time through the quiet streets of his Brooklyn...

L.I. MAN CONVICTED IN $6M LAWYER-SHAM SCAM

A Long Island businessman who impersonated a lawyer to dupe clients - and even represented himself at trial - was convicted yesterday of stealing $6 million. Mohammed Rafikian, 41, now...

IHOP SWEET ON TIMES SQ.

Start salivating over syrup and pancakes - IHOP is cooking up a deal to flip into Times Square. The Post has learned that the California-based, 1,319-location, easy-eating chain once known...

STARS & STRIPES GRAND SLAMMED

The tennis-prodigy niece of former Knick star Kiki Vandeweghe was stunned when a referee told her to remove her American flag patch just before her debut at the U.S. Open....

INFANT'S GUTS & GLORY

An 8-month-old upstate boy is leaving New York-Presbyterian Hospital today after surgeons transplanted five intestinal organs to cure a rare congenital ailment his surgeon said had been seen only once...

DON'T KNOW, DON'T CONVICT

Apparently, ignorance of the law is a defense. A Queens businessman was acquitted yesterday on charges of smuggling money out of the country after his lawyer argued that his client...

'RAPED' AND THEN IGNORED

A young woman who accuses a livery driver of rape told a jury yesterday how she clutched her toddler son and cried for more than an hour on the subway...

SAFRA-SLAYER VS. EX-WIFE IN PARENT SCRAP

The male nurse who served eight years in a Monaco prison for killing billionaire Edmond Safra began battling in court to see his children yesterday - and says he will...

A WHOLE LOT OF 'NOTHING'

Just in time for Festivus - the holiday "for the rest of us" - comes the ultimate "Seinfeld" DVD collection, all nine seasons in one box. The beloved sitcom about...

CELL SAVES WRONG MAN IN MURDER

Call him lucky. A New Jersey man's cellphone conversations won him his freedom yesterday, after prosecutors found that the call records showed he wasn't in Brooklyn at the time he...

HACK PACK EYES STRIKE

Trying to fight off a move to put satellite-tracking systems in their taxis, the city's hacks threatened yesterday to take their cabs off the streets for two days in early...

ACS RUNAWAY BACK WITH MA

A 14-year-old Bronx boy who ran away from a foster home seven weeks ago was reunited with his mom yesterday after police found him taking refuge in the Sikh community...

SLAY SUSPECT PULLS A HOUDINI

A man hauled into a Queens police station for questioning in a fatal shooting slipped out of his handcuffs and jumped from a third-floor window to freedom yesterday, red-faced authorities...

LEAP OF FAITH

Seven months after a hometown hero rescued a sick man who had fallen into the path of a subway train, he doesn't consider himself a hero and is still on...

DRESSED TO KILL

Angry East Harlem activists took to the streets yesterday, demanding that New Era baseball caps designed with the colors and symbols of three notorious gangs be pulled from shelves. The...

N.Y. VET BUSTED IN IRAQ 'BRIBE'

An Army captain from upstate was busted for allegedly taking a $50,000 bribe in exchange for steering contracts as a field-ordering officer in Iraq. While stationed in Baghdad, Capt. Austin...

RUDY'S 'ARMY'

Military veterans are ready to salute Rudy Giuliani as their next commander-in-chief - but treat Hillary Rodham Clinton like a private. Giuliani is the most popular presidential candidate among vets...

HILL: TERROR WOULD BE GOP BOOST

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year's election, warning that it could boost the GOP's efforts to hold on to...

LINDSAY GETS DAY IN JAIL- NICOLE JUST 82 MINUTES!

It was double trouble for the Los Angeles County penal system yesterday. La La Land lush Lindsay Lohan took a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken-driving and cocaine charges, agreeing to...

MARBURY TURNS TAIL ON VICK 'SPORT'

Michael Vick's father reportedly asked his son to give up dog fighting. "I told him basically, 'You don't need to be doing this. You got bigger fish to fry," Michael...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

Manhattan Police are asking for the public's help to find this man, wanted for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in Morningside Heights. Joseph Edwards, 24, allegedly attacked the woman at West...

HAWK-TURNED-DOVE DEMS RALLY ROUND THE WHITE FLAG

DEMOCRATS bristle when people call them "Defeatocrats," but they're certainly living up to that name. A surprising number of Democrats have acknowledged recently that the "surge" of U.S. troops in...

'THEY DIDN'T DIE - THEY WERE KILLED'

TOMMY McTIGUE talks as simply as he talks bluntly. "It started out as a license to steal and ended up as a license to kill," he was saying. Tommy, 68,...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 647; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 9320; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 840; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Summer is the season when news takes a vacation, but not this year - with the bizarre revelations of gubernatorial dirty tricks involving the effort of Eliot Spitzer's top aides...

A NECESSARY RESIGNATION

The Deutsche Bank building reached out and touched the FDNY again yesterday: Two firefighters were injured when a heavy tool fell from the building's 23rd floor, crashed through a shed...

HEAT, DUST & MARINES

OUTPOST DELTA,KARMAH, IRAQ MARINE Cpl. William Thomas kicked off his patrol briefing promptly at 5 a.m. The other members of 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, listened as if their...

FRUITS OF RETREAT

AND so the world of conventional wisdom is even now rearing in horror at the mere thought of President Bush daring to compare the war in Iraq to the war...

CAGING THE REAL ANIMAL: VICK IN THE DOGHOUSE

THE ISSUE: Atlanta Falcon Michael Vick's guilty plea to dogfighting charges. Mike Vaccaro refers to Michael Vick's case reaching its "tragic- comic apex" "Vick Pals Add to Sic-ening Dog Saga,"...

A WHITE (HOUSE) WEDDING?

THE ISSUE: The engagement of White House first daughter Jenna Bush to Henry Hager. It would be nice if Jenna Bush could set a wedding date so that she could...

HOME DEPOT MAY MARK DOWN DEAL

The fate of Home Depot's deal to sell its professional supply business to a trio of private equity firms remained in limbo last night as the investment banks financing the...

BANK$$$ A LOT

Bank of America's $2 billion resuscitation of Countrywide Financial appears to have locked in a hefty profit for BofA, but might do little to alleviate the distressed home-lending giant's long-term...

MAXIM-UM REVENGE

IT didn't take long for Kent Brownridge to turn his guns on his old boss Jann Wenner. James Kaminsky, who was running Wenner Media's title Men's Journal, was named editor...

$500 FEE FOR WEBCASTERS

Large Internet radio operators and the music industry yesterday reached an agreement on a cap for a rule that requires Webcasters to pay a $500 minimum annual fee for every...

FIRM BUYS BIG STAKE IN BETSEY JOHNSON

After being on the block for more than a year, eccentric fashion designer Betsey Johnson has finally found a buyer. Private-equity firm Castanea Partners has agreed to take a controlling...

EARNINGS GO HIGHER AT SHRUNKEN GAP

Even as sales continue to shrink, Gap Inc. said yesterday that second-quarter earnings rose 19 percent, mainly on cost-cutting measures, including the elimination of 2,200 jobs. Gap also said that...

THAT'S THE TICKET

Concert promotion behemoth Live Nation is contemplating ditching Barry Diller's Ticketmaster to start its own rival ticketing service, and the idea is registering positively with Wall Street. Shares in Los...

APPLE DEALS SHED LIGHT ON AT&T TIE

AT&T and Apple have kept the terms of their economic relationship around the iPhone close to the vest. But as Apple gears up to ink similar deals with European wireless...

THROWN FOR LOSS

Legendary quarterback Joe Montana and some of his wealthy football pals got sacked this month by the meltdown in the home-lending market. HRJ Capital, a California investment firm that counts...

VICK MAY DODGE ADMITTING TO DOG-KILLING: REPORT

Michael Vick may not actually admit to killing dogs or gambling on dog fights, despite a plea deal he has worked out with prosecutors to plead guilty to federal charged...

ASTRO-NUT LISA NOWAK SPEAKS OUT AFTER PRE-TRIAL HEARING

Astro-nut Lisa Nowak, who made national headlines earlier this year when she drove cross -country in diapers so she could confront a romantic rival, spoke publicly for the first time...

JUST AN OPINION: TIKI DID HIS JOB

WELCOME to my world, Tiki Barber. For better or worse, Barber is now paid for his opinion, and, for better or worse, he provided it. And his opinion spoken Sunday...

LEFTY'S BACK

IF Phil Mickelson is under duress, it isn't showing. Not in his mood that has been sarcastically pleasant all week, nor in his golf game that produced a solid 4-under-par...

BLOSSOMING GARDEN

DON King has been in New York most of this week, shopping for a network and a site for his announced bout between Felix "Tito" Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr....

BLUEFISH BITING AT TOURNEY TIME

AS THE summer season winds down, anglers look to the big bluefish tournament this weekend in Long Island Sound. The time is right for the 25th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish...

A BRASH START

Two South Africans wired with completely different personalities stand at or near the top of the The Barclays leaderboard through yesterday's first round at Westchester Country Club. The forever-brash Rory...

SINGH OUT OF TUNE

Some are driven to distraction. Others putt their way there. That 4-footer Vijay Singh missed yesterday immediately followed another errant 4-footer. Soon, the defending champion and highest playoff seed in...

OPEN MAKES SURE SECURITY IS 'BETTOR'

In the wake of the Tim Donaghy referee scandal and the Nikolay Davydenko gambling fiasco, the USTA has hired a security firm run by the former NYC police commissioner Howard...

CURACAO ADVANCES ON GAME-WINNING HR

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Down to his last strike with his team on the brink of elimination, Deion Rosalia stayed calm and settled himself at the plate. The next pitch,...

MORE BUZZ ON ABSENT TIGER

The opinions about Tiger Woods' absence at The Barclays this week keep coming from different players. Jeff Maggert and Rory Sabbatini, one of the few public Woods antagonists, expressed disappointment...

SILAS: STEPHENSON'S FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT

When the Cavaliers hired Paul Silas in 2003, it was thought he would mentor LeBron James, who was just entering the league. The pair had some success in Cleveland, but...

IONA'S ROAD LOOKS ROCKY

Kevin Willard did not make it easy on himself as he nears his first season at Iona. Coming off a 2-28 season - Jeff Ruland's last - the Gaels will...

5 QUESTIONS FOR...PATRICK MCENROE

WITH THE U.S. Open ready to start Monday, NYP TV Sports' Justin Terranova checked in with CBS tennis analyst Patrick McEnroe.Q: Rafael Nadal came close to beating Roger Federer at...

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...

TODD'S 'WAIT' IS OVER

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Todd Pletcher's long nightmare is finally over. Winless at the Old Spa since Aug. 11, Pletcher, leading trainer at previous five meets, snapped 0-for-30 streak in big...

'SIGHT' FOR SORE EYES

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Sightseeing could have run in the Kentucky Derby after a rallying second in the Wood Memorial, but trainer Shug McGaughey said no. Then the Phipps Stable's colt...

NYRA TABS HANDEL AS NEW MESSIAH

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Longtime racing executive Hal Handel yesterday was named chief operating officer and executive vice president of the New York Racing Association, effective Sept. 10, filling the vacancy...

SPORTS SHORTS

BASEBALL: David Wells joins DodgersDavid Wells, released earlier this month by the Padres, reached a tentative contract agreement with the Dodgers yesterday. The 44-year-old lefty will start for Los Angeles...

HONDO TAKES TEX.

Hondo, who bagged three beauties Wednesday, stayed hot with the Tribe in the opener yesterday, but then cooled with Shambrano and the Cubs, causing a minor reduction in earnings to...

A GIANT CHANGE

ALBANY - The impatient man nearly pitched a perfect training camp. Was that really Tom Coughlin, spending a month ensconced at the University at Albany, deftly handling every question thrown...

BIG BLUE SIMPLY BOWLED OVER

ALBANY - What is the best illustration of how Tom Coughlin has paid more attention to forging relationships with his players? Bowling. That's right, bowling. Coughlin last week surprised the...

STRAHAN STILL MISSING AS CAMP CLOSES

ALBANY - As the final whistle blew yesterday afternoon signaling the end of training camp 2007, members of the Giants defense hurled their gloves into the air in celebration. "Some...

JETS OFF GUARD

The Jets went on a Bender yesterday and it might be next season before they recover from trading veteran guard Pete Kendall to the Redskins for a future conditional draft...

FOR PETE'S SAKE, THIS WAS A REAL DUMB DEAL

THE calamitous summer-long Pete Kendall saga has come to a close. Good for the Jets, who feel like they've rid themselves of a distraction. The Jets, who traded Kendall to...

LIBERTY READY TO SHOCK 'EM

Getting ready to compete in a playoff opener can be nerve-racking. But for one of the Liberty's rising stars, center Janel McCarville, it's not a problem. "Not too much nerves,"...

COMEBACK CRUMBLED

This was a crushing loss for the Mets, and there were a few things that caused the pain. Two different and dramatic Mets comebacks were negated. They had a thrilling...

CAN'T 'PEN HAPPY ENDING

THE METS are officially a mess. Carlos Delgado can't hit. The starting pitchers can't keep the opponents off the board in a big way. The middle relief is in tatters....

AFTER 0-FOR-4, HE'S STILL DELGAD-WOE

The anger was etched indelibly all over Carlos Delgado's visage. His frustration laid bare after popping up with the bases loaded in last night's 9-8, 10-inning loss to San Diego....

PEDRO NEXT ON MOUND MONDAY

Pedro Martinez will make his fourth rehab start Monday night, pitching for Single-A St. Lucie at Palm Beach. Though Martinez has pitched at Single-A in his three rehab outings so...

SPLIT DECISION LIES AHEAD

DETROIT - The man in the manager's office will have a huge impact on what the Yankees' 2008 roster will look like. While the Yankees are involved in two races...

MOOSE ON SHORT LEASH

DETROIT - Their first preference is for Mike Mussina to bounce back from two morbid outings Monday night so the veteran right-hander remains in their rotation as they chase the...

THE RACE IS ON

A meaningless Yankees-Red Sox series in August would not have felt right, but it looked to be a certainty when the Yankees were floundering 14 ½ games behind their AL...

SUMMER OF '77

FOR the first time since July 9, they're in first place. But to the Yanks, first place is still no place. Nothing to boast about yet. Last night's 8-3 victory...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

The Big Mac now has its own museum. The shrine and restaurant in North Huntingdon, Pa., is run by Mike Delligatti, whose father, Jim "MJ" Delligatti, invented the special-sauce-lettuce-cheese-pickles-onions-on-a-sesame-seed-bun sandwich...