October 12, 2007
Another one out
By FRED KERBERWrong way to impress the boss.Nets rookie Sean Williams, a model citizen after a turbulent Boston College stay that ended with him being kicked off the team for...
The Green movement heads to SimCity
Electronic Arts and BP (the energy company) have hooked up to include climate change education in "SimCity Societies," the new version of the building/city/etc-building game out on Nov. 15. Low-carbon...
Houston is not too shabby (update)
By MARC BERMANSo far so good with Allan Houston. The Post's Brian Lewis was at Westchester headquarters today for Houston's first day of practice and saw part of Houston's first...
Deal of the Day
Tie one on with this Elbow Sleeve Cardigan from DKNY.The sweet sweater can be worn to any event in your calendar. Slap it on over a black top and trousers...
Starr Report
ABC's "Private Practice" isn't exactly what you'd call a "smash hit" by any stretch of the imagination - but it's continuing to draw the viewers that matter most to net...
Scatchard v. Dubinsky
The Rangers will likely regret not living up to their edict on prospects and their value to the club. That Dave Scatchard looks like a shoo-in to replace Brandon Dubinsky...
BIRTH OF THE 'BURBS
Sixty years ago, an ambitious plan was announced to mass-produce affordable housing for veterans returning from World War II. It was the birth of Levittown and the American suburban community....
MONK BUSINESS
YES, yes, everybody was kung- fu fighting, Grasshopper. The image of fighting monks has pervaded pop culture - both Eastern and Western - for decades. But there's more to "warrior...
IT'S SWOON BEFORE LONG AT GARDEN FOR FEM FAVE
IT'S hard to say where Adam Levine lost me, but it may have been when the Maroon 5 mastermind tried to start a sing-along by requesting that the Madison Square...
REBELS WITH APPLAUSE
BEING in love in New York does Steve Earle well: He just gave a spectacular solo show at Town Hall - with some help from his wife, Allison Moorer -...
BACKSTAGE WHISPERS
AS Broadway continued to be in limbo-land yesterday, fretting about the possibil ity of a lot of dark theaters this weekend, there was plenty of gossip flying around. Big hits...
ALL'S GAY & ROSIE
IN olden days a glimpse of stocking was something shocking, and in 1975, Ter- rence McNally's "The Ritz," with its wisecracking, half-naked gay men, still registered high on the shock...
STARR REPORT
Driving the demo ABC's "Private Practice" isn't exactly what you'd call a "smash hit" by any stretch of the imagination - but it's continuing to draw the view ers that...
THE 'WIZ' KIDS
YOU don't have to be a wizard to have pre dicted that one day TV would jump on Harry Pot ter's flying broomstick. Well, that one day starts tonight with...
SURPRISE: 'HILLS' FAKED
MTV's popular reality show, "The Hills," is being called out for its lack of, well, reality. The "Laguna Beach" spin-off starring Lauren Conrad is accused of staging an airport scene...
'BACHELOR' DEPLOYED
THE Navy is sending "Bachelor" Lt. Andy Baldwin to Iraq. Baldwin, 30, has received notice that he will serve a six- to 12-month deployment in Iraq, reports Us Weekly. He...
IN JEOPARDY!
TALK about a blue Christmas. A looming strike by Hollywood writers could mean that TV will run out of new episodes of some of the most popular shows on TV...
GETTING THE FLOCK OUT OF MONGOLIA
'KHADAK" is a charming - if a bit strange - eco- fable set in Mongolia. It opens in the snowcapped, isolated land where a young man, Bagi, his mother and...
BROTHERS IN BLAH
TOO slow to be a guilty pleasure and too dumb to be an innocent one, "We Own the Night" doesn't say a lot except We Own a Lot of Scorsese...
WHEN LAW RAISES CAINE
'I understand you're f - - - ing my wife," goes one of the many curare-tipped dialogue darts in "Sleuth," a mystery remake in which Michael Caine and Jude Law...
MIDWESTERN LOVE FOR DUMMIES
BOY meets life-size silicone mannequin in "Lars and the Real Girl," an offbeat comedy that plays as if Preston Sturges came back to life and collaborated with the Coen Brothers...
PAINTED INTO A CORNER
'CANVAS," a small, well-wrought drama about mental illness, is a sleeper that was reputedly short-listed for last year's New York Film Festival. First-time filmmaker Joseph Greco draws on personal experience...
NOBODY BEATS THE LIZ
THE great Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the English monarch in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," Shekhar Kapur's inferior follow-up to their 1998 film, which is still quite lavish and...
NAKED BOYS SINGING
THIS year's truth in advertising award goes to "Naked Boys Singing," a photographed version of the fully-frontal stage musical that is going into its eighth year as an off-Broadway institution....
THE DISAPPOINTMENT: OR, THE FORCE OF CREDULITY
'THE Disappointment: Or, the Force of Cre dulity" is either an inept documentary or a wacky satire. Take your pick, because I'll be darned if I know the answer. All...
GOLDA'S BALCONY
LET'S be honest. There aren't many people wondering what's become of Valerie Harper, who played Mary Tyler Moore's friend Rhoda on TV. But just in case somebody has been asking,...
HOT PICKS
FROM CAMERAS TO CURTAINS When "Cyrano de Bergerac" goes into previews tonight, its stars, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner , will join Claire Danes, Ethan Hawke, Rosie Perez and Chazz...
BROADWAY
"GREASE": 1 STAR Lame revival stars the winners of a TV reality show whose lack of chemistry is such that, if they were hydrogen and oxygen, they couldn't make water....
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. "A CHORUS LINE": 2 ½ STARS...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ALTAR BOYZ": 3 STARS Spoof of Christian-pop boy bands is entertaining despite one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (877) 226-9941. "CELIA": 2 STARS Bio-musical on the life...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
RAVEONETTES: Indie rock meets '60s rock with allusions to Motown tonight at 8:30 at 6 Delancey St.; (212) 260-4700. Tickets, $15. COLBIE CAILLAT: The "Bubbly" folk-pop singer, a 22-year-old California...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Tonight and tomorrow: the Ben Riley Monk Legacy Quartet presents "Thelonious Monk 90th Birthday Celebration!" 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Jane Monheit. 131 W....
CLASSICAL
TOMORROW: The New York Philharmonic performs Tchaikovsky's Fifth at 8 p.m. at Avery Fisher Hall; (212) 875-5656. TOMORROW and SUNDAY: Pianist Jeffrey Swann presents "Neo-Classicism and Neo-Romanticism: Works by Berg,...
CABARET
CAFÉ CARLYLE: Tuesday. Eartha Kitt. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 570-7189. FEINSTEIN'S: Tuesday through Sept. 20: Mary Cleere Haran: "Sings Doris Day." 540 Park Ave.; (212) 339-4095. METROPOLITAN ROOM: Tomorrow:...
DANCE
BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: Dzul Dance's "Reincarnation" is inspired by Myan culture and myth, and is performed today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at 55...
FILM
BAM ROSE CINEMA: Pianist Donald Sosin accompanies highlights from the Pordenone Silent Film Festival starting Thursday and continuing through Oct. 21 at BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave.; (718) 636-4100. For full...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Paul Mooney. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Tonight and tomorrow: Dave Attell, Colin Quinn and Greer Barnes. 117 McDougal St.; (212) 254-3480. COMIX: Wednesday: Adam Hills...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
EIGHTH AVENUE AUTUMN FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., a street fair on Eighth Avenue from 42nd to 57th streets. FAMILY EXPO: Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * KELLY CLARKSON takes the stage tonight at 8 in the Borgata Event Center. Tickets: $65. CHAKA KHAN sings tonight at 9 in the Music Box. Tickets: $55-$65....
PREVIEWS
"A BRONX TALE": Chazz Palminteri plays 18 characters in his 1989 one-man show about growing up on the mean streets. Walter Kerr, 219 W. 48th St.; (212) 239-6200. Opens Oct....
QUINN SPINS OBAMA DISS
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn did an about-face yesterday on the Barack Obama resolution she'd buried the week before, claiming it was all a misunderstanding. The Post revealed yesterday how...
GOV IN ON TRICK TO SIC IRS ON BRUNO
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer admitted yesterday that he encouraged state Senate Democrats to sic the IRS on Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno for alleged income-tax evasion - even as a...
GOP: MAKE STATE PAY FOR 'ILLEGAL' ELIOT
ALBANY - Assembly Republicans yesterday said the state - not the counties - should pick up the legal tab for any "frivolous" lawsuits brought by Gov. Spitzer against county clerks...
DRAMATIC PAUSE ON B'WAY LABOR DEAL
Broadway still faced the threat of going dark last night, as producers and stagehands remained at loggerheads over a new contract. Informal talks were held to try to get the...
NOW NAZI HATE HITS COLUMBIA
Another symbol of hate - this time a swastika scrawled beneath a cartoon of a man wearing a yarmulke - was found at Columbia University yesterday, days after a noose...
RESTAURANT ROW
If you can't take the noise, don't live above Daniel's kitchen. That's the message a Manhattan judge has for a wealthy East Side couple that's been complaining it's been bombarded...
CENTRAL PARK KNIFE ORDEALS
A flight attendant was robbed at knifepoint in Central Park last night, police said. The 37-year-old man, who works for Lufthansa Airlines, was walking through the park just after 9...
50-SHOT MAN GETS BEAT BREAK
A key witness to the Sean Bell police shooting left a courtroom yesterday holding the hand of the gal pal he's accused of battering on a Queens street. A judge...
WELCOME TO TIMES 'BARE'
What a weenie! Tourists' eyes were popping and locals' jaws were dropping yesterday morning when a curly-haired hipster bopped around Times Square in the buff. Stunned passers-by stopped, stared and...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
2, 3 trains: No 2 trains running between Atlantic Avenue and Chambers Street. Uptown 5 train replaces the 2 between Chambers and 149th Street. Free shuttle buses replace the 3...
COURT TOSSES $5M JUDGMENT AGAINST EVIL JOEL
ALBANY - The state's top court yesterday threw out part of a $15 million civil judgment against infamous child killer Joel Steinberg. The Court of Appeals unanimously tossed out $5...
MIKE'S SUMMIT
Shortly before he broke with the Republican Party, Mayor Bloomberg had a private sitdown with Ken Mehlman, one of the GOP's chief strategists and a close ally of President Bush,...
CHUCK IN AIR RAGE VS. FAA
The FAA's mismanagement of air traffic in and out of New York is to blame for the rapidly increasing number of flight delays that have been tormenting travelers, Sen. Charles...
1993 WTC FIEND NOW A 'CHRISTIAN'
Convicted terrorist Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, now says he's converted from Islam to Christianity, but his former warden thinks...
'DEUTSCHE' DOOM NEAR
The embattled head of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. said yesterday he expects demolition of the ill-fated Deutsche Bank building to resume next month. "We hope the deconstruction will resume...
STRAY-BULLET TEEN DIES
A 16-year-old who was shot in the face early Tuesday when he poked his head out his Bushwick window has died, police said yesterday. Tavin Alves' family took him off...
JURY CALLS GAY-ON-GAY ATTACK A HATE CRIME
A Brooklyn jury yesterday found that a gay man who lured another homosexual to his death last year in a plot to steal the victim's pot was guilty of a...
SHRINK RAPPED FOR SEX
A controversial doctor's license has been suspended by the state medical board for having intimate relations with a patient. Jack Gorman was indefinitely suspended for "inappropriate sexual contact" with an...
GANDOLFINI JILTS MCCAIN
He made them an offer they couldn't refuse - a campaign fund-raiser featuring "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini. Now White House hopeful John McCain will have to explain to his guests...
SLAIN L.I. SEAL'S VALOR
A Long Island son who died fighting in Afghanistan will receive the country's highest tribute, the Congressional Medal of Honor, President Bush announced yesterday. Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy of...
KID'S JOKE BACKFIRED
A 13-year-old Staten Island boy whose spleen was ruptured by classmates pelting him with textbooks during a game that called for absolute silence said yesterday his own attempt at humor...
$1.2M SCAM RAP FOR L.I. PAYROLL BIG
The high-living head of a Long Island payroll-management company was arraigned yesterday for allegedly misusing $1.2 million collected from clients to finance his own firm's operating expenses. Herbert Geller, 59,...
ANGEL BUST
The stepfather and stepbrother of a convicted cop-killer on death row were busted in a crackdown on one of the East Coast's largest angel-dust rings, police said yesterday. Detectives said...
COMPETITION 'RAIL' KEEN
Five development teams have entered the competition for a chance to build what would be Manhattan's largest new business and residential district over the West Side rail yards, MTA officials...
BEAUTY QUEEN BUSTED
A New Jersey pageant queen and PTA mom is charged with bilking an upstate New York furniture dealer out of $70,000 in antiques from an upstate New York furniture dealer...
HAUL OF $HAME GAME
A Bronx legislator who collected $71,000 in public funds to run against an unknown challenger got a mild slap yesterday for loading up on nearly $20,000 worth of furniture, copiers,...
'STABBER' ARRAIGNED
A homeless former male model was arraigned yesterday at Bellevue Hospital on two counts of attempted murder in connection with the rampage that left an elderly woman stabbed 10 times...
EX-WAITER'S SUIT SEEKS BITE OF DE NIRO EATERY
Robert De Niro's celebrated restaurant, Tribeca Grill, isn't getting stellar reviews from servers, who claim that its managers are wrongly keeping a cut of their tips. The restaurant, co-founded by...
BLAZE OF GLORY
FDNY Lt. George Brennan summed up saving the life of an 83-year-old East Harlem woman in one sentence: "It is what we do every day - and it's nice to...
COP-SLAY CREEP IS CONVICTED
A Brooklyn jury took just two hours to convict a Flatbush man of first-degree murder for shooting a police officer during a traffic stop. The widow of the slain officer,...
JAIL SUICIDE WATCH FOR UMA CREEP
Uma Thurman's "love stalker" was on suicide watch yesterday, after being indicted for bothering the blond bombshell and sending her frightening letters. Jack Jordan, a 35-year-old California man, was not...
BRIT GETS SLEEPOVERS WITH KIDS
A judge yesterday gave Britney Spears one weekly overnight visit with her kids, after she made a late, unexpected visit to court. Spears wasn't present in the morning when Commissioner...
'INCONVENIENT' VERDICT ON GORE
On the eve of Al Gore's expected win of the Nobel Peace Prize, a British judge said his global-warming documentary is riddled with nine glaring errors and should be accompanied...
JOHN & LIZ ARE 'FIRST' COUPLE
If the presidential race were decided by which candidate and spouse have the most blissful marriage, Democrats John and Elizabeth Edwards would be measuring the White House for drapes, a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Police yesterday were searching for a middle-aged man who disappeared from an Upper West Side assisted-living facility. Albert Tarlow , 56, was last seen at the building on West...
HILLARY'S SOC. SEC. HYPOCRISY
IF YOU want to know why So cial Security is on the verge of collapse after decades of disgraceful mismanagement by politicians in Washington, just look at Hillary Rodham Clinton's...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 730; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 7973; Lucky Sum: 26 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 113; Lucky Sum: 5 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...
A HERO AMONG HEROES
President Bush announced yesterday that the nation's highest military dis tinction will be awarded - posthumously - to a Long Islander of incredible valor. Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a Patchogue...
COLUMBIA'S ATTITUDE PROBLEM
Columbia University's Teachers College has an odd way of showing its supposed outrage over the placing of a noose on a black professor's door. The college kept NYPD investigators cooling...
ELIOT'S ADDICTION
Gov. Spitzer's continuing claims that he wants to focus on governing and leave his office's Dirty Tricks campaign behind, would be laughable even if that campaign weren't still ongoing. Yesterday,...
TEHRAN'S PRICE FOR 'SOLIDARITY'
ANXIOUS to create what they call "a global progressive front," Presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are sponsoring projects to underline "the ideological kinship of the...
ETERNAL NAUSEA
AND so, here we are again, on the verge of another Middle East peace conference - this one in Annapolis, starting Nov. 1. And so, again, here we are, with...
THE UAW'S SLOW DEATH
WORKERS at Chrysler's U.S. plants went back to work six hours after the United Auto Workers union struck the automaker this week. No longer can the UAW bring Detroit to...
LONDON FALLING
LONDON 'NO way, no how . . . Aw, come on!" That was Rudy Giuliani's reaction when it was suggested at this week's presidential debate that London might replace New...
TORRE DESERVES TO STAY
THE ISSUE: The Yankees' lost season and Joe Torre's future as manager. It was good to see the feisty, old George Steinbrenner come out to the stadium, growl and threaten...
UGLY ENEMY - UGLY WAR
THE ISSUE: Torture and the rules of war while fighting against terrorists. Andrew Sullivan must be incredibly naive if he believes that our country has achieved any military success without...
SAGGING SALLIE AMPS UP ITS FIGHT
Sallie Mae will stick by its guns through the coming legal battle with billionaire J. Christopher Flowers over his $25 billion deal to take the company private, the student lender's...
TWO IN THE SAC
The dirty little scandal at Wall Street's richest hedge fund apparently isn't going away - feds are now investigating allegations that a trader was forced to gulp female hormones to...
$85M IS FINALLY OK!
SINCE its launch just over two years ago, British publishing mogul Richard Desmond has spent a staggering $85 million to roll out celebrity weekly OK!, and is apparently hoping to...
CHEVY SPINS WEB
General Motors is buying up online ad space on top Web destinations for a full day - creating a massive "digital roadblock" - to tout its much-anticipated 2008 Chevy Malibu....
RECKLESS BEHAVIOR
David Stockman's self-assurance and salesmanship propelled him to a seat in Congress at age 31, a powerful White House post under President Ronald Reagan and a career on Wall Street....
COUNTRY-FRIED
Struggling mortgage giant Countrywide Financial said late payments rose, foreclosures doubled and new loans plummeted last month as Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo comes under fire for his massive stock sales....
WE TAKE AN EARLY LOOK AT REDESIGN
After 18 months of planning, BusinessWeek today unveils a new look that has everything from the logo to its layout undergoing substantial changes. The makeover, led by Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler,...
CITY'S BABY NAME BREAKDOWN
Angelina's hot, Britney's not. At least according to the list of most popular baby names culled from 125,506 births in 2006 released yesterday by the city's Health Department. Angelina grabbed...
CITY OF THE DEAD
BOSTON - There's an old banquet story I love to borrow from time to time, and it goes something like this: A guy falls into a deep coma that lasts...
D-FICIENCY IN KOBE'S GAME
IN the first quarter of the Lakers' first preseason game - Tuesday in Honolulu against the Warriors with a rematch last night - the Lakers relinquished 41 points. Kelenna Azubuike...
TAKING A TRIP TO THE TV TORTURE CHAMBER
IT'S flabbergasting, what TV has done to sports. The race seems to be to see who can do the most to be the worst. By overdoing everything, no network seems...
BIRDS THE WORD
THE Eagles are 8-0 coming out of the bye under Andy Reid, and never has this coach had more motivational fodder than he has now, with the Birds sitting at...
PLAYIN' THE TENNESSEE WALTZ
Adding to his stuffed trophy case, The Wildcat captured first place over more than 50 foes in the 2006-07 edition of Playbook's long-running Wise Guys Contest with an overall record...
ROCKIE ROLL
PHOENIX - Things could have shifted last night in the fifth inning. Starter Jeff Francis may have been sailing for the Rockies, but with two outs the tying run was...
TAVERAS TAKES LEAD FOR COLORADO
PHOENIX - The Rockies' leadoff man for last night's Game 1 was playing for the first time in more than a month. Center fielder Willy Taveras went 1-for-5 with a...
NIXON NOT EXPECTING CHEERS FROM FENWAY FANS
BOSTON - The Indians' Trot Nixon received a hero's welcome when he returned to Fenway Park to face his former team, the Red Sox, early this season, but doesn't expect...
CONFIDENCE MEN
BOSTON - One monster down, one Green Monster to go. If the upstart Indians had any trepidation about October baseball, it vanished with the hurting they put on the Yankees...
A 'PERFECT' STORM
Just give Tom Brady the damn ball! Keyshawn Johnson's cockiness can extend to his analyst's role, too. "It's crazy," the former Jet receiver - who famously called for his QBs...
HOLYFIELD WIN MAY STIR HEAVYWEIGHTS
During a press conference in Moscow earlier this week, a Russian journalist politely asked Evander Holyfield: "Evander, how is your ear?" It has been 10 years since Mike Tyson bit...
KEON CHOOSES IONA
New Iona coach Kevin Willard corralled his first verbal commitment yesterday, snagging Hackensack (N.J.) senior Keon Williams. Williams is a 6-foot-6, 230-pound power forward who averaged 25.3 and 14.5 rebounds...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...TIM MCCARVER
FOX baseball analyst Tim McCarver chats with The Post's Justin Terranova on the fall of the Yankees and the League Championship Series: Q: What are your thoughts on George Steinbrenner,...
TRENDSETTERS
BENGALS (-3) AT CHIEFS, 1 P.M. Cincinnati has covered eight of its last 10 as a road favorite and five straight as a road favorite of a field goal or...
THE ODD COUPLE
Since there are only 13 games this week, The Odd Couple (Dick Klayman & Peter Tocco) will not have their third-straight 6-8 finish against the spread ... bet on it!...
MISS CHARLEEN
SUNDAY: Jets, Bengals, Jaguars, Dolphins, Bears, Ravens, Titans, Packers, Panthers, Cowboys, Raiders, Saints. MONDAY: Falcons. BEST BETS: Jaguars, Ravens, Raiders.
O/U RICO!
Rico slipped under .500 for the first time this season, going 4-10 (0-3 on Best Bets) and bringing the season record to 37-38-1 (8-5-1). The selections for Week 6: OVER:...
HONDO GOES FROM WORST TO FIRST
Hondo was the weakest of the weak last week with an anemic 3-11 record, but the news was far from all bad for Mr. Aitch. In the all-important Best Bets...
NYRA PREZ: OK FRANCHISE NOW
New York Racing Association president Charles Hayward urged the state senate yesterday to approve Gov. Eliot Spitzer's recommendation that NYRA's franchise be renewed once it expires Dec. 31, lest racing...
STORM KOS EIGHTH, NINTH RACES
Severe storm, including tornado warning, forced cancellation of last two races, which became all-all in pick 6, with payout going to bettors who had first four winners. Late pick 4...
HONDO: LET'S GO SAWX!
Hondo, whose across-the-board play on For Al ways in the eighth at Belmont was washed out yes terday, saw his run of October baseball futility con tinue in Arizona last...
SPORTS SHORTS
OBIT: Former Giant Tex Coulter, 83 Former Giants tackle Dewitt "Tex" Coulter died Oct. 2 in Austin, Texas, after a lengthy illness. He was 83. Coulter was an All-American on...
DEVS IN TROUBLE
SUNRISE, Fla. - The snowball alert is on. Off to their worst start since 2001, the Devils' season-opening road trip is becoming a hole from which they'll have to climb...
BRANDON BUSTS OUT
When members of the Giants offensive line see Brandon Jacobs fighting for every inch, refusing to go down, standing upright and plowing forward while multiple defenders try to wrestle him...
GIANTS' ROSS A HOT CORNER
THE KID smiled his mil lion-dollar smile when someone wanted to know what he can do for an encore Monday night against Joey Harrington and the Falcons. "I don't know;...
FALCONS TACKLING O-LINE PROBLEMS
Tom Coughlin was asked yesterday if he'd ever gone into a game where one team must play without its two starting offensive tackles. "I don't know that I have seen...
LAY IT ON THE LINE
Before it's too late and the Jets' 1-4 record bleeds to 1-5, now would be as a good time as any for their offensive line to get angry and smack...
STATS DON'T LIE FOR 1-4 GREEN
ERIC Mangini is a bit of a con man. He smiles at you as if all is right in the world and then proceeds to soothe everyone's concerns about his...
QUIET MCCAREINS A FORGOTTEN MAN
Throughout training camp and at the start of this season, Justin McCareins has developed into one of the feel-good stories on the Jets. A year ago, he got off to...
GARDEN SPARES ISIAH
It was a great night for Isiah Thomas. Thomas' Knicks got an easy 112-85 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in their preseason home opener and the Garden fans spared him...
TOUGH ROAD FOR HOUSTON
Though Knicks officials gave Allan Houston this chance to make the team out of respect, Isiah Thomas said the former All-Star shooting guard has an uphill climb to crack the...
STEP FORWARD FOR NETS' KRSTIC
Bostjan Nachbar said it was Nenad Krstic's best day. So did Jason Collins. Ditto the coach and general manager. Even Krstic admitted yesterday was the best he has done in...
AVERY INJURY GIVES SCATCHARD A SHOT
If Sean Avery hadn't gone down with a sprained left shoulder, chances are pretty good Dave Scatchard would not have skated with the Rangers as he did yesterday on the...
A SEAT AT THE TAMPA TABLE
If the Yankee brain trust can't agree on an alternative to Joe Torre next week in Tampa, and Torre wants to take a paycut, there is a chance Torre could...
SHORTCHANGING JOE A NO-NO
MORE AND more, you sense the Yankees are going to make an offer Joe Torre must refuse. Yankee executives have hinted that in order to return Torre might have to...
BORAS, ALEX LOOKING AT 12 YEARS
Is Alex Rodriguez set to sign the final contract of his career? A pact that would dwarf the record-setting 10-year, $252 million he inked following the 2000 season? According to...
SAYS CANO: LET'S KEEP STATUS QUO
Robinson Cano doesn't have quite the same credentials as some of his teammates - like Mariano Rivera, for instance - who have called for Joe Torre's return, but the second...
CLEMENS JOINS TEAM TORRE
Add Roger Clemens to the increasing list of Yankees who believe Joe Torre is the right man to manage the Yankees. Even if it's highly unlikely the Yankees have an...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Thumper, a black Labrador retriever, saved his owner from a fire - started by the family cat, Princess. Roland Cote was asleep in his Greenville, Maine, home when Thumper grabbed...
The Pock (et al) Problem
If the Rangers let Thomas Pock continue to languish, it will be the latest in a series of foolhardy coaching moves. Pock deserves to play. While the logic behind pairing...