November 11, 2007
Hall of Fame Saturday
Two more points for the Rangers, albeit in a shootout, so Toronto gets one, but both teams earned their share of the points last night. Stephen Valiquette put in the...
Vince Update 1
By FRED KERBERVince Carter is listed as "doubtful" for tomorrow.Carter, who sprained his right ankle in the third quarter of the 112-101 thumping by the Celtics Saturday, went for treatment...
Box Office: Bad 'Santa,' Worse Cruise
This weekend box office returns came in like a lamb, off 12.5 percent from the same three days a year ago (last weekend was the first "up'' weekend since Labor...
In Lieu of a Holiday Preview
I don't like holiday movie previews, and I'm glad The Post doesn't do them. Such sections require writers to puff a movie they already know isn't all that great, or...
REEL GOOD
THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967) Monday, 8 p.m., AMC The classic movie about convicted murderers who are given a shot at freedom during WWII. All they've got to do is take...
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: COMEDY Restraining order One of the pleasures of having amnesia is forgetting the worst parts of your own life. On "Samantha Who?" Samantha (Christina Applegate) is learning, as the...
'RUNWAY' CONFIDENTIAL
Jeffrey Sebelia says he needed a stash of caffeine pills and metabolic boosters to win the hundred grand last season on Bravo's wickedly addictive "Project Runway." "It was my secret...
GO WITH GOTH
Now in its 12th edition,"The Amazing Race" has never been a beauty contest. The show's grueling physical demands - speed and traveling light are always paramount - usually make style...
PRIMETIME
Come on, Ron Kuby, you know the score by now: The lowest early birds catch the worms. Of course, you've been moved out at WABC Radio for Don Imus; who'd...
INTO THE WILD
Extreme sportsman Will Gadd has run the gamut of daredevil stunts, from paragliding off Hawaiian volcanoes to kayaking down Alaskan glaciers. When he decided to go kite-skiing in the Sahara...
PUZZLING 'HEROES' NEEDS TO BE RESCUED
You shouldn't have to be Stephen Hawking to understand a TV show, but that's who I wish I had invited over to watch last week's episode of "Heroes" to explain...
MY NEW YORK
"I like all different parts of the city - NoLIta, the Whitney, the Chelsea galleries." Known Hollywood tidbit: Couples who sizzle off-screen don't show it on-screen, and vice versa. But...
WEB SLINGER
To Catch a Criminal myspace.com/davidspade It doesn't take a genius to lampoon Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator" series. But as easily earned as the laughs are in David Spade's...
MIGHTY MOUSE
Microsoft SideWinder Gaming Mouse $79; microsoft.com/hardware/sidewinder When it comes to mice, gamers like customizability - and the SideWinder is about as malleable as Play-Doh. Not only are the buttons programmable,...
NEW RELEASES
Ocean's Thirteen Movie: 2 ½ stars Extras: 1 star (Warner, $28.98) The Vegas-loving boys are back and up to their most complicated heist to date: ripping off Al Pacino's mega-casino....
AN 'INCONCEIVABLE' TRUTH
For actor Mandy Patinkin, the evidence of how much he loved playing the revenge-seeking Inigo Montoya in the 1987 classic "The Princess Bride" could be found in his pain. "I...
'PRIDE AND PREJUDICE'
Nothing warms a romantic's heart quite like the latest adaptation of "Pride & Prejudice," Jane Austen's most famous novel. So, short of having 10,000 pounds a year and an estate...
JAVIER BARDEM
SHOULD you need a hunky Spaniard to star in your cinematic adaptation of an acclaimed literary work this fall, Javier Bardem is evidently your guy. The 38-year-old is set to...
CHOW HOUNDS
AFTER the terrifying pet-food recalls that made headlines earlier this year, we could all use some good food news, and here it is: Manufacturers are making kibble cleaner, healthier and...
THE CAT LADY
To fully understand feline behavior, one must understand how cats experience the world through their use of senses. This week, we'll look at the sense cats use for scents. Since...
ADOPT ME
Young mister Ziggy is not the only one auditioning to be your best friend, he'd like to show off his girlfriend Bootsie, too. These classic tabbies are gorgeous, intelligent and...
THE NEXT U.S. STAR ON THE RISE IN FLA.
HOW do you know if you're improving? If you're a tournament player, the answer is rating, rating, rating. A U.S. Chess Federation player is happy to gain 10 rating points...
A HIGH NOTE
HE'S the New York legend who introduced The Beatles at their 1965 Shea Stadium concert and was credited by Elvis himself for the King's radio success. Now he wants to...
SOUL DANCER
SPEAKING to The Post just days before the release of "System," his first album in four years, Seal treats us to a song - but the song he sings isn't...
SHARP THINGS GET TO POINT
Guitarist Jim Santo gravely considers some of the genre pigeonholes commonly invoked to describe his group, the Sharp Things, and deadpans: "My biggest problem is that 'Chamber Pop' sounds too...
ACTING OUT
The studios will forgive us humble moviegoers for being weary of hyperbole, especially when it comes to the Future of Moviemaking. It seems like something comes along every few years...
BOND GOING BRAZILIAN
We knew the as-yet-untitled 22nd James Bond movie is slated to open next year. We knew the script, like "Casino Royale," is being handled by Oscar-winner Paul Haggis. But what...
DUSTIN'S DUSTBIN
There's just something about the title that makes the skin crawl: "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium." It's an assault of artificial sweetness, like biting into a circus peanut, or watching Tom...
SCENES FROM A LIFE
INGMAR Bergman, who died July 30 at age 89, is being re membered at three New York art houses. The downtown IFC Center will present a two-week run (starting Wednesday)...
TOP POPS
Popcorn is one of those snacks that you really don't eat unless you've just taken an escalator and found a seat in front of a giant screen. Quite simply, it's...
MAKING THE SCENE...
500 E. 11th St.; (212) 254-4090 "We're very conscious of being a dive bar," says Angels & Kings' publicist. This, in a nutshell, sums up the East Village's first safe,...
PROOF POSITIVE
Crown Royal Cask No. 16 I've never been a fan of Crown Royal's standard blend of Canadian whiskey, but its latest super-premium offering makes a solid showing against many of...
CLINTON STREET EATS & JUICE UPTOWN
Community Food & Juice 2893 Broadway; (212) 665-2800, communityrestaurant.com DeDe Lahman and her chef-husband, Neil Kleinberg, are the beloved cause of the long line down Clinton Street every Sunday morning....
WEISS, 26, AND MILLER, 26
SEPT. 15 - Dara Erin Weiss could not have been happier on her wedding day. "It was the best day of my life, and it was the best day of...
KUSHNER, 26, AND JAGU, 26
SEPT. 1 - With a bridal party that included friends from Denmark, Sweden, England and France, Cecilia Jagu and John Kushner brought many nations to their wedding at The Pochron...
SIGLER, 37, AND DAVIDSON, 50
AUG. 23 - "We knew we were in love the second we saw each other," says Monica Sigler, a singer/songwriter who met Alan Davidson when she flew to L.A. to...
ESPIRITU, 25, AND BIONDO, 29
AUG. 4 - Coordinating a wedding party of 31 is a challenge, but Maria Espiritu and John Biondo Jr. took it to another level. Along with her own gown, Espiritu...
IN THE NATION'S DEFENSE
Today is Veterans Day, when America stops to honor the men and women who over the years have taken up arms in the nation's defense. Veterans Day is unlike its...
BACK TO THE 'GIFTED' WARS
The third time might be the charm for Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and city gifted-and-talented programs. Emphasis on might. To some fanfare, Klein recently introduced a new approach to gauging...
FRANK LLOYD WRONG
Memo to Frank Gehry: next time you put up yet another of your disastrously engineered buildings, try to find a place where it might be less conspicuous to engineers than...
REALITY TELEVISION
I was in fourth grade the first time I proudly told my friends that I was related to the inventor of television, Philo Taylor Farnsworth. (Yeah, I was a nerd.)...
BLACK LIKE HIM?
When the news broke last week that the rapper Nas intended to use a racial epithet as the title of his next album, it was no shock that a television...
MAKING THE GRADE
From Mayor Bloomberg's reforms to No Child Left Behind to a hungry twenty-four hour news media, public schools in America are being scrutinized and assessed like never before. While many...
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A EURO?
The once almighty dollar has turned our city into a bargain basement for those holding foreign currency - and may alter the face of the city for years to come....
BOOB TUBE
The one thing this strike proves is that fans had been duped into believing that TV stars had any real talent ("Quitcoms Hit," Nov. 7). Take away the writers that...
MEADOWLANDS
Obviously Douglas Blonsky hasn't spent much time in the East Meadow in Central Park - a "meadow" covered in dirt and littered with broken glass and large rocks, just to...
DOUBTING THOMAS
Just because Isiah Thomas was an outstanding player, it doesn't mean he's a great coach or GM ("Home Cookin'," Nov. 8). As a coach and GM, Thomas still must prove...
FOUNTAINDREAD
Why is MIT surprised that a building designed to look like rubbish is just plain rubbish ("Gehry Springs Leak," Nov. 7)? Since critical acclaim was inexplicably heaped on the incredibly...
GREAT FEET
Rebecca Rosenberg was greatly out of line in stating that Katie Holmes is not "fleet" and that she "huffed and puffed" her way through the NYC marathon ("Feet of Endurance,"...
DON'T FALL FOR IRAN
John Bolton's analysis of the "fading options" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is dead-on, except for its conclusion regarding the military option ("Dithering Diplomats," PostOpinion, Nov. 6)....
I (LOVE) N.Y.!
I just returned home from my first visit to your fantastic city. I have lived all of my life in the South, but have traveled to Berlin, Rome, Brussels and...
ROTARY CLUB
To paraphrase the inimitable Samuel Johnson, one ought not be impressed by how well a helicopter flies, but rather that it does so at all. In the interests of full...
WILD(1) AND CRAZY(2) GUY(3)
The title of Steve Martin's very internal new memoir, "Born Standing Up," is inaccurate - and not just literally. In the late seventies, Martin's brand of physical, visual and absurdist...
REQUIRED READING
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson by Jann S. Wenner and Corey Seymour (Little, Brown) A fond and exhilarating look back at the wild man of American journalism, put...
IN MY LIBRARY
Considering that Antonio Monda teaches Italian cinema and American literature at New York University, it may seem odd that he's written a book called "Do You Believe? Conversations on God...
HELL ON 23RD STREET
Six photos of Rachel and Dionn, two junkies desperately trying to stay off heroin. Dionn tries to embrace the pregnant, dreadlocked Rachel as she drinks a can of malt liquor...
BLUE GENES
Edward Ball doesn't think much of scientists. He finds that they're too full of themselves, too certain that they have the key to absolute truth. "Science, the secular religion," he...
SPEAKING UP FOR VICTIMS
Orlando Figes and his team of researchers use a massive catalogue of interviews, as well as memoirs, letters and diaries made available after 1991, to weave a clear narrative of...
JAY-Z, APPLE DISAGREE ON 'GANGSTER'
Jay-Z's 10th album, "American Gangster," is expected to debut at Billboard's No. 1 spot this week - even though it is not being sold on iTunes. The rapper and record...
BLUE CHRISTMAS
The Grinch is getting hold of Wall Street. Pumped-up oil prices, a weak greenback and a home-mortgage market meltdown are sparking growing jitters about a possible recession. And if that...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS JEFF BEWKES The former marketing manager at HBO named CEO-designate of Time Warner. BOB GREIFELD The CEO of the Nasdaq closes deal to acquire option-centric Philadelphia Stock Exchange for...
BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR ZELL HAS NEW LOVE: GARBAGE
Billionaire investor Sam Zell has a new love - garbage. Or more precisely, the waste-to-energy industry, which he believes has a bright future because it is green and, much like...
GETTING OFFENSIVE
DALLAS Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the NFL Network is starting to see football fans - albeit in small numbers - jump from cable to satellite in key markets in...
TOUGH TIMES
Top shelf hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert has had better years. Lampert, who ESL Investments fund has produced returns of 24 percent a year for nearly 20 years, has posted...
RETAILERS GETTING DESPERATE
Retailers, whose stocks have been hammered over fears of a weaker-than-expected holiday season, are moving to shift the financial risk of a Bah-humbug fourth quarter, The Post has learned. The...
ECON QUESTIONS TO DOMINATE '08 VOTE
ELECTION day 2008 is less than a year away, and if the events of the past week or so are any guide, it will be the first election in 16...
GOLDMAN CEO IN LINE FOR $75M BONUS
While most top dogs at big Wall Street firms could see their bonuses shrink by 20 percent or more this year, Goldman Sachs honcho Lloyd Blankfein stands to collect a...
SHAKEN MERRILL HIRING BROKERS
Merrill Lynch, badly shaken by credit market write-downs - which led to the ouster of CEO Stan O'Neal - is ramping up broker recruitment. The company is also being raided...
DON'T KEEP NEST EGG IN ONE STOCK, INDUSTRY
Dear John: I have my 401(k) in an aggressive state, meaning it's mostly in Verizon stock. Should I stick the 401(k) into a conservative fund until November? L.M. Dear L.M.:...
$500M MAN ADVICE
A-Rod, who in the next couple of months is expected to sign a long-term contract that will make him baseball's first $500 million player, needs help. No, not in his...
COVER YOUR ASSETS NOW
A Seattle man last week pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of at least 83 people using file-sharing networks. He had already bought as much as $120,000 worth of merchandise...
WTC $WINE DINING
Lawyers and executives for the $1 billion World Trade Center insurance fund - who've already spent more than $100 million in overhead and legal fees - are also wining and...
PAIR STEAL GRANNY'S 75G CASH
A pair of thugs gagged and bound an 80-year-old woman in her Manhattan apartment and made off with $75,000 in cash, the frightened woman said yesterday. Longtime Lower East Side...
GRINCHY STRIKE
The Great White Way came to a great big halt yesterday. Curtains closed at 26 Broadway theaters, thanks to a stagehand strike that could cost the industry and related businesses...
EX-WORKER BUSTED IN 'GEM' SLAY
An axed employee of an Upper East Side jewelry boutique was busted yesterday for stabbing and slashing his boss - a hardworking Bronx mom - to death after she caught...
'TURNED' AGAINST DADDY
She doesn't call him Daddy, can't identify him in a photo and doesn't grieve for her murdered father. Four-year-old Michelle Malakov has been "brainwashed" by her bitter mother, says her...
GA-GA OVER TOT CARDS
Don't be surprised if you're waving bye-bye to a 3-year-old and the kid says, "Here, take my card." On it, you'll probably see a message like "Meet me for a...
LAST DISRESPECTS
As Linda Stein's grieving friends and family laid the murder victim to rest, an alleged killer was in their midst. Stein's assistant, Natavia Lowery, 26, who cops say confessed Friday...
ROMANCE BUFF'S BOOK PROPOSAL
It was written in the stacks. Specifically, the rare-book, botany and horticulture shelves on the fabled Strand Bookstore's third floor. That's where Joshua Reich brought his girlfriend, Shianling King, on...
ELECTRO CIG GIVES 'FAUX-BACCO' FIX
A new smokeless, tobacco-free, reusable cigarette may soon blow rings around the city's smoking ban. The plastic Crown Seven electronic device, invented in China and sold online for $100, looks...
PRINCIPAL TRAINING 'LEADS' NOWHERE
One-third of the graduates of the city's Leadership Academy, the pricey principals training program heralded as the cornerstone of Mayor Bloomberg's school reform, are not leading city schools - and...
SLAIN-COP KIN RIP SPITZ PAROLE PLAN
The daughter of a slain cop expressed outrage yesterday over Gov. Spitzer's plan to make it easier for violent criminals to get out of prison - including the vicious thugs...
TRAGIC COP TOLD OF 9/11 LANDFILL TOIL
He was handed a rake and told to start digging. In an interview several months before his death last week, NYPD Sgt. Michael Ryan recalled his chilling first assignment at...
HARLEM MURDER INTRIGUE
The Harlem building janitor who was killed in a late-night shooting in his home was a parolee who served time on drug charges, police said yesterday. Willie Woods, 51, was...
'SUPER BUG' HITS 9 TOTS AT HOSP
A "superbug" outbreak in the nursery of an Upper East Side hospital infected nine babies, and another 12 newborns tested positive for the bacteria but did not become ill. New...
DEADLY CRASH IN QUEENS
A violent car crash left one man dead and a woman in critical condition last night in Queens. The carnage unfolded around 11 p.m. at Woodhaven Boulevard. and 101st Avenue...
CON ED GRATE ESCAP
Con Ed blames a garbage truck, not lax inspections, for a New Jersey woman's terrifying tumble through a sidewalk grating last spring. The utility's review of the May 17 incident...
HOSP'S FATAL MISTAKE WITH DEHYDRATED DEATH TYKE
A prestigious Queens hospital sent a dehydrated 2-year-old girl home without giving her fluids or doing simple blood tests that might have prevented her death from an infection, a recent...
AMY'S HUBBY BLUES
British singer Amy Winehouse doesn't want to go to rehab, and she really doesn't want her hubby to go to jail for the rest of his life. But that could...
HIDE & SEEK FOR CONAN STALKER
The kooky cleric accused of stalking Conan O'Brien went AWOL in Boston yesterday, sparking a frantic police search after his father warned he may be "homicidal." But the Rev. David...
LITERARY PUG & ORIGINAL HIPSTER MAILER, 84, DIES
NORMAN Mailer, the New York literary titan whose work - including the acclaimed book "The Naked and the Dead" - influenced a generation of writers died yesterday. He was 84....
MINDING HIS BUSINESS
When Rudy Giuliani walked out of City Hall six years ago, he had $2 million in the bank and the moniker "America's mayor" on his résumé. Then came the book...
NEW 'HILL SHILL' QUESTIONS
DES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton faced more embarrassing disclosures yesterday about her staff's aggressive efforts to script her campaign appearances, as a second person came forward to claim...
ELLEN'S EX-PUP IS FINE
Save your tears, Ellen. Iggy's doing fine without you. The 5-month-old Affenpinscher puppy mix whose adoption odyssey triggered an on-air meltdown by talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres is thriving in a...
ROSIE'S PEACOCK PASSZ
NBC wanted Rosie O'Donnell to host a talk show on its struggling cable network so badly that head honcho Jeff Zucker personally wooed her for six months, the comic said...
'OH, BOY!' FOR 'VIEW' MOM
It's a baby boy for "The View" gabber Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who gave birth on Friday morning in an Arizona hospital, according to ABC's Web site. "Elisabeth and I are happy...
TOM'S 'LAMBS' LAME AT BOX OFFICE
It was "Lions for Lambs" to the slaughter. The maiden production of couch-hopping headliner Tom Cruise's film company, United Artists, desperately lacked the color of money on opening night. Box-office...
BIDDER UP! 400G FOR GEHRIG JERSEY
A Yankee jersey worn by Lou Gehrig in 1938 sold for $402,500 at auction yesterday - $52,500 more than expected. The anonymous buyer bid by phone in the auction held...
PAUL & NANCY'S STOLEN KISSES
As Labor Day fireworks exploded over East Hampton in September, Nancy Shevell laughed and chatted with her son and husband on the balcony of their $8 million mansion. To anyone...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
STATEN ISLAND A dimwitted duo broke into a Christmas store to steal a Halloween mask, cops said. David Saman, 19, and Robert Tufaro, 16, were nabbed trying to break into...
CAN'T HARLEY WAIT: EMS REJECTS FREE MOTORCYCLES
IT seems like a no- brainer: Equip the Emergency Medical Service with motorcycles to weave through the city's notorious traffic jams and cut response times to life-threatening emergencies. But after...
CHRONICLER OF THE CENTURY DID IT ALL
I HAVE never known a con temporary writer who was more famous and who seemed to be less affected by his fame than Norman Mailer. He was never part of...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 318; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 9993; Lucky Sum: 30 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 549; Lucky Sum: 18; Evening Win-4 Sat.: 3660; Lucky...
HENDRICK GOING FOR THE TRIFECTA
Kyle Busch's final goal as a member of Hendrick Motor Sports will be to give his soon-to-be former team the top three spots in the Nextel Cup Chase standings before...
DO NOT BACK OFF THE PACK
Including the 1997-2006 seasons in The Post, Cat's 12-year record in print stands at 332-270 (55.1 percent) against the spread. THE PICKS PACKERS (-6) over Vikings: Vikes HC Brad Childress...
JUST SHEA NO
* During the 2000 World Series I remember pointing to Alex Rodriguez, who was in a box seat at Shea Stadium, and saying to my friends, "That's the next shortstop...
COTTO CUTS IT CLOSE
Miguel Cotto didn't figure to win a decision over Sugar Shane Mosley. Logic suggested that Mosley, the better boxer and seasoned in big fights, would prevail the longer it went....
THE RUMBLE
Blueshirts & suits Rangers dress to nines for yearbook The Rangers have given The Rumble a sneak peak at some of the pictures in their 2007-08 yearbook, which will be...
PARDON THE INDIGESTION
FOR ALL our griping over what ESPN has become as op posed to what it could've been, you still have to admire its work. For example, just when you're convinced...
G-MEN-DOUS!
TODAY GIANTS (+11/2) over Cowboys: Big Blue was tardy out of the gate this season, their defense strafed by Tony Romo in the opener in Irving. Circumstances alter cases. With...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Mickelson surges to lead in China A 35-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole and a tap-in birdie on No. 18 gave Phil Mickelson a 4-under 68 and a...
FT. HAMILTON STICKS IT TO SHEEPSHEAD
Two-time defending champion Fort Hamilton opened the PSAL football playoffs with a win yesterday, as the No. 8 Tigers beat ninth-seeded Sheepshead Bay 47-22 in Brooklyn. With the victory, Fort...
MOUNT VS. ST. ANTHONY FOR CROWN
Isiah Moody was a junior on last year's Mount St. Michael team that nearly toppled perennial champion St. Anthony's in the CHSFL AAA final, losing by just one point. The...
BEAR, DEER SEASONS NEAR
IT'S official, the start of the bear season in the Catskills will coincide with the opening of the deer season. New York has adopted a new regulation that changes the...
GARDEN PUTTING UP A FIGHT AGAIN
There was a time not so long ago when calling Madison Square Garden the Mecca of Boxing was mostly a historical reference. Between Lewis-Holyfield I, a 1999 fight marred by...
HOYAS AVOID UPSET OPENER
WASHINGTON - Georgetown raised its Final Four banner from last season and then raised its game in the second half yesterday to beat William & Mary 68-53. "I asked them...
DEVS MOUTH OFF - BUT ISLES HAVE LAST WORD
The Islanders rammed the foolish words right back down the Devils' throats. "You can't lose a game that way," coach Brent Sutter lamented after the Isles beat his Devils 2-1...
'NO EXCUSES' IN TANGLE AT TOP
The Giants the past seven weeks have won games (all six they've played) and influenced people, so much so there's a groundswell brewing that they're one of the true NFC...
TONY BALONEY
NFL coaches and scouts love to call the draft an inexact science, mainly to excuse the picks that don't pan out. Tony Romo is proof that it's no science at...
THE MATCHUPS
There is no more appropriate and enticing way for the Giants to kick off the second half of their season than by facing the rival that beat up on them...
COUGHLIN-ELI ERA AT DEFINING POINT
THE Giants haven't won a Super Bowl in 17 seasons because they haven't had the right quarterback teamed with the right coach since Bill Parcells and Phil Simms left the...
ROSS SET FOR 'BOYS REMATCH
Among the many differences between the Giants defense that was torched in a season-opening 45-35 loss to the Cowboys and the one that is facing Dallas in a rematch today...
TOM AND AGAIN
The 2007 Giants enter today's game with a chance to prove they're for real - and it's only fitting the Cowboys stand in their way. No other team has been...
LACK OF ZACH?
The Knicks don't know if they'll have Zach Randolph tonight, or whether Dwyane Wade finally will make his season debut for the Heat. But Shaquille O'Neal is playing, and that...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Hall of Fame guard who played for the Knicks from 1967-77, leading them to their only two NBA titles in 1970 and '73,...
THE NEXT WORM?
FOR those comparing Renaldo Balkman with Dennis Rodman, keep in mind the radical rebounder led the NBA in that category an unparalleled seven straight times (how did Wilt see this...
THE HAREN NOW
IF the Mets really wanted to make a splash and a statement in this city they would turn around and sign Alex Rodriguez, put him at shortstop and then use...
HURT FEELING
It was the worst of all possible worlds for the Nets. There was a mugging at the hands of the Celtics, the team they must overtake to claim the Atlantic...
VINCE HOPING TO PLAY
So how bad is Vince Carter's sprained right ankle, and will he play tomorrow? "I hope so," Carter said optimistically. "Ankles are nothing to play with. I've been there before...
RIVERS' FAMILY TRAGEDY DOESN'T SLOW BOSTON
HOURS after his father's funeral and minutes before tip-off, Doc Rivers reached into the vat of ice and drinks in the visiting locker room. "Need some caffeine," said the Celtics...
WELL DONE, ERIC
TORONTO - Eric Lin dros should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder; specifically, the builder of the cash-cow arena in Philadelphia that team chairman Ed Snider...
BACKUP VALI-DATED
TORONTO - And in the 17th game, the King rested. But it was nearly impossible to tell the difference, what with the effort turned in by Steve Valiquette in the...
THIRD WATCH
WANTED - Third baseman HITS - Preferably right-handed with pop to replace Alex Rodriguez and balance a lefty-leaning lineup. FIELDS - You bet. He's needed to cover for Derek Jeter's...
PAVANO ERROR NEARING END
The four-year, $39.95 million contract the Yankees gave Carl Pavano was a turkey. Fittingly, he probably will be an ex-Yankee by Thanksgiving. There is a strong likelihood the Yanks will...
2 FOR THE MONEY
Within the next 48 hours, the Yankees are expected to make new contract offers to two of their biggest free agents. The Yankees' exclusivity period with both Jorge Posada and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Think you look like an alien? Well, here's your big chance. The producers of the latest "Star Trek" movie are holding an open casting call for background actors. Such sought-after...
MEET MARKET
If you're active, have a good head on your shoulders and desire to jet off on a whim, consider Zach your passport to a fun date. I'm looking for someone...
TOP 5 AWFUL HABITS YOUR PARTNER TAUGHT YOU
As told by random guests at the Stoked Awards honoring Marc Ecko at Room Service "Burping in public." - Rich "Eating chicken wings on Sundays during football." - Anna "Shortening...
DISINTEREST IN DISGUISE
A dinner date on Halloween night - complete with Nice Matin's wait staff decked out in costume - seemed like the perfect setup for 24-year-old Whitney, who thrives on kick-back...
THE GAME IS WON WHEN YOU'RE THE MVP
OH, Game. So necessary and so evil. We've all heard the advice: Make him think you're unavailable. Make him think that you could disappear at any moment. Make him think...