October 19, 2007
LIVEBLOG: Room with a view
The sun is setting over Mexico's miraculous Copper Canyon and I'm sitting on my balcony in room 64 at Hotel Posada Mirador, the top hotel in the region, and a...
Scene
Melis Dedeoglu, who works at Assouline, wears a cool sweater/coat from Anthropology, perfectly offset by her cute black dress, Barneys boots and street sunglasses. "I love flats, anything big and...
Jerome's sad saga
By MARC BERMANJerome James knows his reputation in New York is not good, maybe a shade lower than even James Dolan.But as he sits out another training camp and debates...
Talk about Fashion Victims
Okay, so who knew, but the record for most T-shirts ever worn at once was set in Essex, England in September this year -- some overachieving top-wearer put 224 on....
Remake Alley: For the 'Birds'
Nobody except Alfred Hitchcock himself ("The Man Who Knew Too Much'') has ever made a successful remake of one of his flicks, but that doesn't stop Hollywood from trying. Following...
Deal of the Day
These studs kind of look straight out of the Monopoly box, and the Boot Earrings are positively Boardwalk adorable.But at $70 down from $100, they will only cost a bit...
Ladies Who Launch
Awards wag Tom O'Neil notes at his saucy Gold Derby site that the "testosterone-charged'' New York Film Critics Circle has nearly doubled its female membership with the election of the...
There Will Be Blood!
He prognosticates the poorly-titled terrorist-torture expose "Rendition'' with Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep and Alan Arkin (2 stars from Kyle, 40 percent favorable at RT) will do $9 million...
Starr Report
I spent hours with Joey, both over the phone and in person, in the late 1990s, when we be came acquainted after I interviewed him for The Post. I ended...
Podcast
Farewell and Godspeed to John Podhoretz, who ends his distinguished 10-year career with The Post today to become editorial director of Commentary magazine. John's farewell column modestly doesn't mention he...
NEW YORK'S CARIBBEAN SON
That face on the $10 bill is full of history. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton might have been born 1,300 miles away on the Caribbean island of Nevis, but he would...
IN HIS MID-90S, HE'S STILL GOT LEGS
THEY'LL never accuse Feinstein's at the Regency of ageism. This glamorous venue has long spotlighted stars of a certain age, including the late Kitty Carlisle Hart, who performed there several...
IN THE MAIN, THE BEST PART PLAINLY IS DANES
THINK of "My Fair Lady" without the music. Blimey! You could have sighed all night - despite a daz zling Claire Danes as the daisy-fresh flower girl, Eliza Doolittle. Even...
TOUGH STEP FOR 37 ARTS
THE money pit into which Mikhail Bar yshnikov and hot shot Broadway pro ducers Kevin McCollum and Jeffrey Seller have tumbled is getting deeper. McCollum and Seller's state-of-the-art off-Broadway theater...
NOT YET ON FIRM FOOTING
NO dance company in living memory has been launched with such a barrage of publicity as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company - and there's been no more enthusiastic a publicist than its...
STARR REPORT
So long, pal A few words about Joey Bishop, who died Wednesday at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. He would have been 90 in February. I spent hours with...
VEGAS DIVORCE
YOU know how Las Vegas was never the same after the Corleone family showed up? Well, "Las Vegas" just ain't the same since Sonny left, either. I'm talking about the...
COLBERT TAKES PREZ CAMPAIGN FARTHER
PRESIDENTIAL wannabe/Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert will be a guest this Sunday on "Meet the Press." Colbert is expected to discuss his plans to run for the nation's highest office...
DOGGY ADIEU
ELLEN DeGeneres is so dog tired after a week of battling a canine adoption agency, that she called in sick yesterday. The daytime talk show host canceled two tapings scheduled...
'HANNAH' GOES 3D
FOR those rabid "Hannah Montana" fans who just can't seem to get their hands on concert tickets, a 3D film culled from the upcoming tour will hit theaters next spring....
JON 'LATE NIGHT' READY
JON Stewart seems to be positioning himself to potentially take over David Letterman's chair when the "Late Show" host retires in 2010. Stewart, who has made no secret of his...
GOING DOWN IN FLAMES
'THINGS We Lost in the Fire" was made to win awards, and I'm here to present it with one: the Cliché of the Year honors, otherwise known as the Hackney....
GETTING THEIR SLIT TOGETHER
WELCOME to the after life. Not the one the nuns at Our Lady of Mount Carmel insisted was my right if I was a good guy on Earth. This one,...
BEN FLAIR, DONE THAT
BEN Affleck might be much maligned, but he makes a far more than credible directing debut with "Gone Baby Gone," a twisty, morally am biguous and satisfying neo-noir derived from...
FANGS FOR NOTHING
YOU could make a horror film with shocking story developments and creepy twists. Or, you could just have monsters with pointy teeth jump into the frame while making loud noises....
DULL AND CONTRIVED TALE IS JUST 'ROAD' KILL
IN the mood for some dead-child entertain ment tonight? "Reservation Road" has what you're looking for. It's "In the Bedroom" crossed with, um, "Fever Pitch." This anguish-o-rama about a lawyer...
FACE OF A KIWI KILLER
IN the autumn of 1990, a local gun nut, armed to the teeth, went on a nearly 24-hour rampage in the small, picturesque New Zealand town of Aramoana. The middle-age...
WAR & REESE
'RENDITION" makes an effort to convince us that the war on Islamist fanatics is really an attack on the Reese Witherspoons of the world. Good luck selling that one, guys....
DARKBLUEALMOSTBLACK
JORGE (Quim Gutiérrez), the focal point of the Spanish soaper "DarkBlueAlmostBlack," is quite the multi-tasker. He toils as a janitor, cares for his wheelchair-bound father, and goes to school for...
BROADWAY
"GREASE": 1 STAR The latest and lamest revival stars the winners of a TV reality show whose lack of chemistry is such that, if they were hydrogen and oxygen, they'd...
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 Musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands is entertaining despite one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (877) 226-9941. "ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN IN LOW-RISE JEANS...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BILLY BRAGG: Though nearly 50 years old, blue-collar folk-punker Bragg is sure to deliver poignant messages and catchy tunes tomorrow at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W....
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Wednesday through Oct. 27: Phoebe Snow. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Monday: Christian Scott. Tuesday through Oct. 28: David Sanborn. 131 W. Third St.; (212) 475-8592....
CLASSICAL
TODAY: The New York Philharmonic performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Zemlinsky's "A Florentine Tragedy" at 2 p.m. at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center; (212) 875-5656. TOMORROW and SUNDAY:...
CABARET
CAFÉ CARLYLE: Tuesday. Eartha Kitt. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 570-7189. CARNEGIE CLUB: Tomorrow: Steve Maglio. 156 W. 56th St.; (212) 957-9676. DON'T TELL MAMA: Tuesday and Thursday: Donna Moore,...
DANCE
CITY CENTER: American Ballet Theatre's opening night features highlights from the coming season, including previews of "Ballo" and "Fancy Free." Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at City Center 131 W. 55th...
FILM
BAM ROSE CINEMA: Pianist Donald Sosin accompanies highlights from Italy's Pordenone Silent Film Festival through Sunday at BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave.; (718) 636-4100. For full schedule: bam.org FILM FORUM: Running...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
FINANCIAL COMMUNITY DAY FESTIVAL: Today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., a street fair on Maiden Lane between Water and South streets. WASHINGTON SQUARE FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to...
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 Thursday.CYRANO...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * SHERYL CROW performs tonight at 10 and tomorrow at 9 p.m. in Caesars' Circus Maximus Theatre. Tickets: $100-$200; caesars.com, (800) 677-SHOW. * QUEEN LATIFAH is live at...
HOT PICKS
KOREA IN QUEENS The 25th Annual Korean Harvest and Folklore Festival runs tomorrow from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and features food,...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Thursday: Jeff Garlin. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Tonight and tomorrow: Darrell Hammond, Colin Quinn, Keith Robinson, Dave Attell, Greer Barnes and Mike Destefano. 117 McDougal St.; (212)...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1, 2, 3 trains: Uptown 1 and 2 trains skip 50th, 59th, and 66th streets. Downtown 3 trains run on the 1 line between 96th and Chambers streets. 6 train:...
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO ADD KIDS
As many as 14,000 additional city kids will have access to free after-school programs, boosting the number to 80,000, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. "More young New Yorkers than ever are...
PUSHING FREEDOM
Port Authority officials yesterday signed a deal with Cushman & Wakefield to market the Freedom Tower and recruit tenants to what will become the city's tallest skyscraper when it's complete...
COMPTROLLER TRASHES DEALS
Comptroller Bill Thompson is refusing to register two Sanitation Department towing contracts that would have netted the city up to $1 million in revenue, because he suspects the companies involved...
MTA PICK DEFENDS CLUB
Gov. Spitzer's nominee to take the reins at the MTA said yesterday his membership in a predominantly white club should not disqualify him. Dale Hemmerdinger, 62, a real-estate developer, told...
MIKE WARNS: I'LL PUT OTB OUT TO PASTURE
Mayor Bloomberg threatened yesterday to shut down the city's financially strapped Off-Track Betting Corp., setting up a possible confrontation with Albany. "The state uses it as a cash cow and...
WHEN 'CAPT. 'ROID' WAS A SEMEN
The "S" on his chest is not for steroids - it's for Super Sperm. This exclusive photo shows Deputy Inspector Michael Marino, whose name has surfaced in the probe of...
BACK TO TAXI STRIKE ZONES
Yellow alert. When taxi drivers strike again Monday, the city will impose the same zone-based fare system it used in September, officials said yesterday. The Taxi Workers Alliance is striking...
WTC DUST DIDN'T KILL HERO: M.E.
In a shocking conclusion, the city medical examiner yesterday said the death of a 34-year-old police detective from lung disease was not related to his weeks of work at Ground...
2 ARRESTED IN 'RACE' BEAT
Cops arrested two men for hate crimes yesterday and were questioning two others in connection with an attack on a black man on Staten Island. Daniel Avissato, 24, and Mark...
HIT MAN FOR MOB LOST COUNT OF CORPSES
There was a time during Larry Mazza's bloody career as a member of Gregory "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa's crew when he got close enough to his boss to ask the...
MOMA GETS AN ART TRANSPLANT
MoMA mia! The Museum of Modern Art has acquired several hundred pieces of art for its collection - including works by famed American painter Jasper Johns and sculptor Richard Serra...
FRED: RUDY SOFT ON ILLEGALS
Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson accused Rudy Giuliani yesterday of condoning illegal immigration as New York's mayor. "I was walking the walk when others weren't even talking the talk yet, [when]...
NYPD SCHOLARSHIP BOOST
A scholarship in honor of late NYPD Chief Michael Markman will be extended for at least another year, a member of the fund's board said last night after what he...
CLUBS & COPS IN DEAL
Police will ease up on ticketing nightspots for minor violations in return for the clubs' promise to provide a "safe nightlife atmosphere," officials said yesterday. "This will improve safety in...
SEAT BELTS SAVE KIDS IN BUS-BENDER
A busload of elementary-school children on their way to a science museum in Queens got a lesson in highway safety instead. Cops said the school bus, carrying 26 youngsters, bumped...
60 DAYS IN JAIL FOR 'BEAT' COP
As he beat his cop mistress on a Greenwich Village sidewalk last fall, Capt. Alberto Sanchez brushed off an NYU security guard who tried to intercede, telling him, "I'm on...
BIANCA: GIMME SHELTER
It's exile on Park Avenue for Bianca Jagger. A state appeals court has given the go ahead to Katz Park Ave. Corp. to boot the ex-wife of Rolling Stones front...
'SUCKER PUNCHER' PUFFSTER
His Diddyness does it dirty. Sean "Diddy" Combs blindsided his longtime acquaintance with a one-two combo of sucker punches after arguing over women the men have competed to bed, sources...
PAINT MISBEHAVIN' AT CO-OP
A former president of the Co-Op City board and a house-painting cohort 'fessed up yesterday to steering a $3.5 million subsidized painting contract to a favored company in exchange for...
BABY KILLED IN STROLLER HORROR
A baby boy was killed in Queens yesterday when an SUV backed over his stroller as his horrified grandmother stood behind him, police said. Eight-month-old Kyle Distasio was being pushed...
KID SHRINK'S 'KID PORN'
A Manhattan psychologist who works with children was arrested yesterday after he was found with child porn, police said. Dr. James Bonczek, 58, was arrested at his Stuyvesant Town apartment...
L.I. RAIL ROGUE
The Long Island Rail Road's controversial etiquette enforcer was back on the beat yesterday, facing off with two women he characterized as serial serenity spoilers. Retired NYPD cop John Clifford...
LIB RANDI'S SMASH-HIT TALE OF WOE
Liberal radio talker Randi Rhodes was back on the air yesterday, and she kicked off her show by saying she doesn't know how her face got smashed Sunday afternoon outside...
NOOSE ALERT IN NASSAU
Another noose has been found in a government workplace on Long Island - this time at a Nassau County Department of Public Works garage, police said. Nassau Detective Lt. Kevin...
SODA JERK IS WARNED
A sexy young swindler who tried to squeeze a married Pepsi exec out of $125,000 was warned she'd better stick to soda after the feds busted her for breaking house...
'PERV' COP A FUGITIVE
A retired NYPD detective facing a federal child-porn rap has been declared a fugitive after skipping a scheduled court date, authorities said yesterday. Michael Neibling, 65, was indicted last month...
QAEDA MASSACRE TARGETS BHUTTO
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - who strongly supports America's war on terror - narrowly escaped assassination yesterday when horrific explosions rocked her motorcade and slaughtered her supporters as...
EPIC WAR SAGA OF MEDAL HERO
"They were armed to the teeth," Marcus Luttrell said of the 100 Taliban fighters who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. "They were looking for a fight. And they found...
BRAVERY TALE CAN'T TAKE AWAY PAIN
Medal of Honor winner Michael Murphy's family has heard the details of his fatal battle one time too many. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, the only survivor of the June 2005...
BUMMER OF '69
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans yesterday brought the curtain down on a pork-barrel project to build a Woodstock museum upstate - leaving backers Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer dazed and...
'AWOL' BRIT LOSES SON VISITS
The courts hit musical mom-strosity Britney Spears one more time yesterday, stripping her rights to visit with her sons. The fallen pop tart, who has already lost custody of Sean...
GERM PROBE WIDENS
Test results are expected today on a third Connecticut high-school student who may have contracted a potentially deadly drug-resistant staph infection. Two Connecticut students have already been diagnosed, and Gov....
'LOVE-SLAY' JURY IS HUNG
The trial of a South Carolina garbage man accused of the love-triangle murder of a Tombs correction officer ended in a hung jury in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday. The inconclusive...
GAY MILITARY AD A TURN-OFF
Maybe the military should have asked. The Army, Navy and Air Force unintentionally advertised for recruits on a Web site for gays. That's a no-no because under the military's "don't...
CHARLIE TO GET CENTERED
WASHINGTON - Rep. Charles Rangel's effort to secure $2 million in taxpayer funding for a Harlem center to be named after himself sailed through the Senate yesterday, as lawmakers chose...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Staten Island Two Tompkinsville residents were nabbed trying to break into a home in Port Richmond, authorities said yesterday. Louis Castro, 43, was caught red-handed prying open the rear sliding...
CROSS HIM & WIND UP DEAD AT CHURCH
WHEN Joe "Olive Oil King" Profaci ran the Brooklyn mob, he would hold court on the steps of his church. By the time Greg "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa was running...
REPUBLICANS PIN 'BIG-TAX' TALE ON DONKEY
WASHINGTON - Still staggering from last year's bruising elections, Republican strategists say they hope to win in 2008 by highlighting Democratic plans for big tax hikes. "I think it's going...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 592; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 5276; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 356; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...
THE 2007 LIBERTY MEDALS
Let's hear it for the 10 New Yorkers who won the sixth annual New York Post Liberty Medals at a ceremony near Ground Zero Wednesday night. The Liberty Medals acknowledge...
JOE TORRE, WINNER
It's over. Joe Torre won't be back as manager of the Bronx Bombers. The Yankee skipper yesterday rejected a 1-year offer to return in 2008. So be it. After a...
A VERY VENGEFUL GOVERNOR
Is there no agency of government that Gov. Spitzer won't deploy against his political foes? In the wake of Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker's reports this week about the...
'08 TERROR TEST
IF you think the '08 presidential wannabes are living up to their party's reps on national security, maybe it's because . . . they are. That's what I found after...
A 10-YEAR ROLLERCOASTER
AN impeachment. An air war in the Balkans. Terror strikes on two U.S. embassies in Africa and an American naval vessel in Yemen. A disputed presidential election. The first act...
WEST SIDE 'FLIP'
Gov. Spitzer has two major headaches on his hands in the push to redevelop the far West Side of Manhattan - a plan to expand the Javits Convention Center is...
RUDY & RELIGIOUS RIGHT NEED DIVINE INTERVENTION
THE ISSUE:Rudy Giuliani's "traditional values" record and his bid for the presidency. How can anyone who actually reads the New Testament and believes the words of Jesus support Rudy Giuliani...
RAGE-A-HOLIC ON THE RR
THE ISSUE: One man's efforts to establish commuting decorum on the Long Island Rail Road. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes or Dr. Sigmund Freud to see the obvious ("Bully of...
STATE OF SHOCK
The nation's bruised big banks could face even darker days ahead, judging from the stunning losses at Bank of America. The banking giant yesterday became the latest financial institution to...
GOOGLE'S $1.07B PROFIT JUSTIFIES $648 STOCK
Google, which recently surged past $600, didn't disappoint yesterday when it reported third-quarter results that topped already lofty expectations. The search giant said profit jumped 46 percent, to $1.07 billion,...
PENTHOUSE'S PERP-WALK
PENTHOUSE Editor-in-Chief Mark Healy is out, heading over to GQ from whence he came. Although Penthouse President and Publisher Diane Silberstein had high praise for Healy, the magazine's owners were...
REALITY CHECK
Fear of a possible writers' strike is rapidly spreading from Hollywood to Madison Avenue. A walkout by TV and film writers after their contract expires at midnight on Halloween would...
FLOWERS CALMS INVESTOR CONCERNS
Billionaire mega-financier J. Christopher Flowers sought to reassure investors in his $7 billion fund that they won't take a beating if he loses the legal battle over his attempt to...
DOW JONES SALES ROSE 20% IN Q3
Dow Jones & Co. beat analysts' estimates with its third-quarter earnings, as sales jumped 20 percent to $493.3 million, driven in part by growth in online advertising. The report yesterday...
A 'SIGNATURE' DEAL
Fresh from stealing Madonna from Warner Music Group, concert promoter Live Nation is in advanced talks to acquire the Material Girl's merchandising company, Signatures Network, The Post has learned. A...
MINKOW ACCUSES USANA OF ILLEGAL SALES IN CHINA
Stock swindler-turned-fraud fighter Barry Minkow is once again gunning for nutritional supplement maker Usana Corp. Minkow, the colorful ex-convict who makes up for his swindles in the 1980s by uncovering...
BROADCAST PROBLEMS
Pressure is rising on Google to adopt stricter measures for policing against unauthorized video on YouTube, after a who's who of entertainment and technology companies yesterday announced they are adopting...
WOMAN CLAIMS DAVID COPPERFIELD RAPED HER: REPORT
A Seattle woman has made a rape claim against magician David Copperfield, law enforcement sources tell FOX News. The woman told Seattle police the magician raped her while she was...
MANY DIFFERENT FACES OF MANNY
CLEVELAND - He is out there, because he is always out there, doing something crazy, doing something zany, doing something otherworldly, doing something that makes you want to tear your...
HOW ESPN CAN FIX MNF
LET'S try to get Monday Night Football on ESPN straightened out just one more time, then, I swear, I'm done. Perhaps. It's real simple, fellas. The six of you -...
PHIL ENDS KOBE'S BEEF
WAY I hear it, Phil Jack son banned Kobe Bryant from being around the Lakers Tuesday when his petulant VIP - offended that owner Jerry Buss alerted the Los Angeles...
PERKS FOR PAVLIK
THE Kelly Pavlik victory tour made a stop at the American League Championship Series this week when the new middleweight champion threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 4...
GO WITH +9ERS
ADD four Giants wins in a row to three straight Niners losses and you get an uncomfortably high spread. Though it's not inconceivable Big Blue could grind out a fourth...
CHIEFS RULE IN BLACK HOLE
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...
HOMEWARD BOUND
CLEVELAND - Don't call them Dead Sox just yet. With the fat lady humming, not yet into full verse, Josh Beckett last night helped ensure there will be more baseball...
JOSH NOT ROCKED BY EX'S ANTHEM
CLEVELAND - Were the Indians looking to mess with Josh Beckett's head last night? According to a report in yesterday's Cleveland Plain Dealer, country-music singer Danielle Peck, who sang the...
GLORIOUS KNIGHT
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Last year's team had become yesterday's news. After consecutive stunning upset losses at home, Rutgers, America's 2006 college football story, dropped from the 2007 rankings like an...
BORAS UNFAZED BY GM
Last offseason, Scott Boras was perceived to have no leverage in negotiating for Daisuke Matsuzaka. The Red Sox were the only major league team for which the righty could pitch...
TREY TALKS WITH ROYALS
Trey Hillman, who has long been considered a possible sleeper candidate within the Yankees' organization in the event Joe Torre departed, is in serious negotiations to be the next manager...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...TONY GWYNN
TONY Gwynn witnessed the dominance of Colorado in the NLCS. The Post's Justin Terranova caught up with the TBS color analyst to discuss the Rockies' roll, the ALCS and the...
TRENDSETTERS
LIONS (-2) VS. BUCS, Detroit has covered four straight following a loss and is 4-1-1 vs. winning teams. Tampa Bay has dropped four of five in Detroit and five straight...
THE ODD COUPLE
AT LAST!!!!! On a week in which most of our "experts" exposed themselves as full-time frauds, The Odd Couple (Dick Klayman & Peter Tocco) finally emerged from its funk to...
MISS CHARLEEN
SUNDAY: Giants, Jets, Redskins, Saints, Bills, Dolphins, Lions, Texans, Raiders, Cowboys, Bears, Seahawks, Broncos. MONDAY: Jaguars. BEST BETS: Redskins, Saints, Lions.
BIANCONE OUT OF BREEDERS'
Next weekend's Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park dodged bullet yesterday when Patrick Biancone, suspended year by Kentucky Horse Racing Authority for variety of substance violations, including cobra venom, with ban...
HONDO'S A BEST BET 'GENIUS
Hondo may have struggled with the compulsories (3-8-2) last week, but he managed to achieve separation from the pack in the all-important Best Bet standings by going 2-0 with a...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Falcs make Leftwich turnByron Leftwich will start at quarterback for the Falcons Sunday when they visit New Orleans. Despite a career record of 24-48 with the Lions, Dolphins and...
O/U RICO!
Rico had another down week, going 5-8 (1-2 on Best Bets) and bringing the season record to 42-46-1 (9-8-1). The selections for Week 7: OVER: Giants / Niners; Redskins /...
HONDO PLAYS CARDS
Hondo's luck with Anthony Affrunti, The Post's Puny Pony Picker (if the diet works), ran out yester day when Dutch Law failed to deliver in the second at Belmont. Tonight,...
DEVS DO NOTHING
PHILADELPHIA - This was a different Martin B. stealing the show in goal, perhaps a sign of changing times in the Atlantic Division. "On the road for so long, I...
NO BLUES FOR MADISON
A four-time Pro Bowl cornerback, Sam Madison isn't used to playing in anyone's shadow, much less a rookie's. That might explain why the Giants' normally mild-mannered 33-year-old briefly lost his...
CAREFUL, TOM!
IT will not be Joe Montana quarterbacking the 49ers on Sunday against the Giants. It won't be Steve Young behind center at the Meadowlands. It might not even be Alex...
CIN-SATIONAL RECEIVERS
You hardly expect to hear a sliver of modesty coming from Bengals receiver Chad Johnson. Yet when he was asked about the prolific receiving tandem he and T.J. Houshmandzadeh have...
HOUSTON'S COMEBACK STUCK ON ISIAH'S BENCH
Allan Houston said he wasn't angry. But he was clearly disappointed. And that disappointment almost is certain to rise after Isiah Thomas admitted Houston's chances of making the team are...
KNICKS' TICKET SALES STEADY
The Knicks have not experienced a season-ticket falloff because of the 11.6 million Isiah Thomas-Anucha Browne Sanders sexual harassment verdict. The Knicks report a 91-percent renewal rate on season tickets,...
KIDD TAKES SHOT AT EASING STRAIN
Jason Kidd went for an MRI yesterday. That alone was a good sign. The Nets announced the test confirmed what they already knew: Kidd has a lower back strain, suffered...
RANGERS RIPPED
ATLANTA - There was usually imperturbable Henrik Lundqvist smashing his stick over the crossbar, not once, not twice, but three times after the Thrashers scored a shorthanded goal at 10:33...
TORRE STORY REACHES END
TAMPA, Fla. - The Joe Torre Era ended at Legends Field yesterday when the second winningest manager in Yankee history and a four-time World Series champion rejected a one-year deal...
HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE COMES OFF THE FIELD
JOE Torre's worst mistake of October was not starting Chien-Ming Wang on the road or failing to demand a delay when those Lake Erie midges showed up at Jacobs Field....
CLASS DISMISSED
CLEVELAND - The more you think about it, the more you understand that there was nothing the Yankees could ever do to make this end well. Joe Torre was never...
PLAYERS MAY FOLLOW JOE OUT DOOR
TAMPA, Fla. - As usual, the big-hearted Johnny Damon was concerned about others when he heard Joe Torre and the Yankees parted ways yesterday. "He has meant a lot to...
WHO'S ON DECK?
NAME: Don Mattingly ODDS: 3-1 THE SKINNY: George Steinbrenner's choice. Never has managed a game at any level. Said following Torre would be like "following John Wooden." NAME: Joe Girardi...
JOE TORRE HOLDS PRESS CONFERNCE
Joe Torre here and here and here. Joe Torre here and here and here. Joe Torre here and here and here. Joe Torre here and here and here. Joe Torre...
OUTSIDE THE LINES
JOE TORRE removed Johnny Damon from center field, Mike Mussina from the rotation and Jason Giambi from the every-day lineup. Torre did all of that last season and not only...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An angry divorcee allegedly tried to kill her ex by asking his new girlfriend to spike his drink with cocaine. Patricia Reiman, of Williamsport, Pa., knew her ex has a...
Thrashed
Atlanta proved tonight that last season was last season, and that the past means absolutely nothing when it comes to the game at hand. The formerly winless Thrashers have gotten...