December 23, 2007
Box Office: Who Needs Dave and Jay?
Hollywood had another monster weekend without a single piece of talent warming a late-night host's couch. Business was up 33 percent from the same weekend a year ago and yearly...
Kobe makes list public on Broadway
By MARC BERMANIt seemed very convenient Kobe Bryant revealed his summer wish list while on the biggest stage. Knicks, Bulls, Mavericks, Suns, on the eve of his lone game at...
Box Office: Jessica Simpson Sets A Dubious Record
"Blonde Ambition,'' a Jessica Simpson comedy with Luke Wilson that's receiving a vanity release at 8 Texas theaters in advance of its being dumped on DVD on Jan. 22, grossed...
WINTER PREVIEW
The writers' strike hasn't entirely wiped out the TV schedule. Starting the first week of January, there are programs to suit every possible. Reality shows, like everyone has warned you,...
REEL GOOD
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) Sunday, 10 a.m., TCM The only novel that Emily Bronte ever wrote became one of the most romantic movies ever made. Bronte tells the tragic story of...
PRIMETIME
For years, we've watched come-on commercials attached to fabulous prizes: Buy a six-pack of beer, batteries or baking soda and win a home stereo unit. Sign up to win a...
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: MUSIC Sir Paul in Paris After seeing the Edith Piaf biopic "La Vie en Rose," Paul McCartney decided to perform at the most famous concert hall in Paris, the...
CARSON FOR HIRE
Carson Kressley is doing double duty in the land of makeover TV this winter. "Crowned: the Mother of Pageants," on which he is one of three judges, has just premiered...
A DOG'S LIFE
After 45 days of active duty in Iraq, a war veteran seemed equipped to go back to his successful career as an agent for the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
FIVE SHOWS DEFINED THE BEST OF 2007
When these five shows ended, I wondered if I would ever see such a group all in the same year again - a run of shows that began last summer...
'ELF' YOU
The holidays are the best time when to do nothing but lay around, sip egg nog, eat the cookies you meant to give to your coworkers and watch classic movies...
MY NEW YORK
"Every time we come back to New York, we have a new approach. It's special. It's our most important audience - our constituency." Who's more New York than the Staten...
ALL THAT'S JAZZY
Light cycle Fifth Avenue and 59th Street; (212) 802-8222 When biking at night, you could just fly down the sidewalks like pizza deliverymen, or better still, team up with Time's...
DINO-MIGHT!
Ellsworth The Ride $3,000; ellsworthride.com Inspired by a concept originally belonging to Leonardo Da Vinci, Ellsworth's continuously variable planetary drive provides an alternative to the sprocket-driven ones used on traditional...
WEB SLINGER
"Backlash" Where to see it: funnyordie.com (search title) Apparently, there are people in this world who've grown weary of the viral videos that writer/director Judd Apatow releases to promote his...
FOCUS ON FIDO
'TIS the season for photographing friends and family, so get in the spirit by capturing your pets, too. Just be sure your choice of camera helps you amass an album...
THE CAT LADY
My cat Yin Yin has rules for everything: how to serve her dinner, how to be brushed, where to put her pillows, and, of course, how to enjoy the Christmas...
ADOPT ME
Lulabelle is a young and vivacious French bulldog. She's friendly and fun, and her black and white markings really make her stand out. Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4...
GATA GETTIN' CLOSER TO WORLD TITLE BID
CHESS GATA Kamsky, 33, of Brooklyn completed a remarkable three-year comeback, after a nearly decade-long absence from chess, by winning the World Cup in Siberia last week. He is now...
'WORD' OF HONOR
Pedal steel wunderkind Robert Randolph might be the only musician alive to become a legitimate member of a supergroup with a grand total of one professional gig under his belt....
I'M NO. 1
In these times of MySpace stars and YouTube glory, it's nice to know that earnest golden oldies still have a place in our hearts - or our cell-phones, as the...
UNSILENT NIGHT
AS an alternative to ordering Chinese food three nights in a row and hitting up another multiplex this Christmas season, Jews can continue relishing in the wonders of their eight-day...
'BLOOD' BROTHERS
WHEN you're facing off with a crazy-eyed Daniel Day-Lewis, fully immersed in character, lobbing heavy objects at you, it's only natural for things to get a little freaky. "Yeah, Daniel...
DEATH WISHES
We all have things we want to do before we die: see the Pyramids, or for the less ambitious, supersize it. In "The Bucket List," a dramedy opening Christmas Day,...
COMING ATTRACTIONS
IN addition to the usual beer and soda commercials, the Super Bowl is also a place to roll out ads for high-profile movies. This year, we'll get a look at...
NEW RELEASES
Eastern Promises Movie: 3 1/2 STARS Extras: 3 STARS (Universal, $29.98) As they did in "A History of Violence," director David Cronenberg and star Viggo Mortenson explore the world of...
DRAWN TO BE BAD
I've been carrying around a certain idealized image of Marjane Satrapi ever since I read her groundbreaking graphic novel, "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood," back in 2003 - and...
MERRY SLASH-MAS!
I am spending the holiday at my snow-covered estate in Woodstock, sitting beside the fire, sipping cognac and egg nog and watching Christmas DVDs. No, not "It's a Wonderful Life."...
Q&A: DENZEL WASHINGTON
It's a little bit strange to hear one of the biggest names in Hollywood describe his role in "The Great Debaters" as "like getting a promotion or something," as though...
PROOF POSITIVE
Godiva Carmel Milk Chocolate Liquer Chocolates, especially those made by Belgian chocolatier Godiva, have long been an indulgance that some say is better than sex. Well when you take away...
MAKING THE SCENE
Bar 44 at the Royalton Hotel 44 W. 44th St.; (212) 869-4400 When Ian Schrager's Morgans Hotel Group opened the Royalton almost 20 years ago, its modern design and hip...
BIG, PHAT & YUM
Kellari's Parea 36 E. 20th St.; (212) 777-8448, kellari-parea.com If Lebanese food is preparing for its closeup, Greek cuisine is almost ready for a lifetime achievement award. Restaurants like Molyvos...
EDUT, 34, AND SLEEBOS, 38
OCT. 20 - In March 2006, the stars were aligned. Ophira Edut's best friend, who worked at a West Village French bistro, told her that she was going to introduce...
SIROTA, 41, AND BERRY, 31
OCT. 20 - Regan Berry and Alan Sirota joke, "We have the Gecko to thank," regarding how they met three years ago. When Sirota, a claims manager for Geico Insurance...
GUSMANO JR, 38, AND BRODIGAN, 41
OCT. 27 - "I finally found the one I was looking for," says Lorna Brodigan of Peter Gusmano Jr. "It took a long time, but it was worth the wait."...
RUSSELL, 24, AND HOYOS, 33
NOV. 30 -When Andres Hoyos proposed to Marisol Russell in September, he preferred to keep things simple. "Andres is very traditional, so he did the whole one-knee bit," recalls Russell,...
$ANITY U.
New York's public-university system has long cried out for reform, particularly in its financial areas. Last week, a state panel offered some promising suggestions for how to fix things. Most...
HOPE FOR CUBA
Was ailing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro sending his countrymen - and the world - an early Christmas present last week by hinting that his nearly half-century of brutal one-man rule...
HOW TO WIN IOWA
Somebody somewhere told Rudy Giuliani he could take a detour around Iowa to the White House. Had America's Mayor asked directions months ago, folks here would have told him to...
BUTT OF JOKES
Thank you all for coming. As you all know, we're here today to talk about my alleged use of banned comedy-enhancing substances. I'm going to read a prepared statement that...
PASS GO, COLLECT $200
Following a hallowed seasonal tradition next week, like countless other families, some time between the end of Christmas lunch and the beginning of the first James Bond film, we will...
HUCK'S CROSS PURPOSES
I didn't see the famous floating cross. What I saw when I watched Mike Huckabee's Christmas commercial was a nice man in a sweater sitting next to a brightly lit...
THE WORST AD IS HILLARY'S
Well, the most disgusting, craven, shameless political ad of the election season has just come out in time for Christmas - and, no, it's not from Mike Huckabee. It's from...
PRINCESS OF WAILS
This week's little cocktail sausage was the evidence of Lady Annabel Goldsmith, that her friend the Princess of Wales told her that she needed marriage to Dodi Fayed "like a...
NO, NO, NO
I read The Post during lunch and would like to request that you not print any more pictures of Amy Winehouse ("Amy Jailhouse," Dec. 19).John Murray, Huntington
BEAT IT!
Ah, the holidays are once again upon us. As we contemplate time spent with family and friends during the season and our thoughts turn to the inevitable holiday fruitcake, how...
HIS WAY
The Giuliani administration back in 2000 proposed that a statue of music icon Frank Sinatra be erected in Times Square. There was much controversy as to Sinatra's supposedly shady background....
RICE IS RIGHT
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should be the poster person for the United States - what a great role model for all children ("Writing Her Off," PostScript, Michelle D. Bernard,...
TORTUOUS
Mike Ramirez's cartoon about waterboarding is absurdly simplistic (NYPost.com, Dec. 18). Waterboarding is illegal, and has been for many years. Why is it that people who have been tortured, have...
FA-LA-TIGUE
When did Christmas become a marathon? It is a one-day holiday, but everyone, including myself, is exhausted before it arrives. Christmas has become the Ramadan for Christians.Wayne Olson, Suffern
CHRISTMAS GIFT
Every year during the Christmas season, I give $100 to a new charity. It's not much, but it's something, and I spend time choosing a non-profit that really impresses me...
LABOR PAINS
Why does The Post provide a soapbox for Tim Miller to climb on and spew his anti-labor propaganda ("Giving Away the Store," PostOpinion, Dec. 17)? If you take the time...
UH, RON PAUL?
Oprah Winfrey endorses Barack Obama. Chuck Norris backs Mike Huckabee. Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins and Danny Glover all throw their support to John Edwards. Does anyone know who Britney Spears...
REALITY CHECH
The global confrontation brought about by the rise of radical Islam had its culminating moments on 9/11, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in the sudden appearance of Mahmoud...
FORCED TRIPLE PLAY
There's a game afoot in "Diary of a Bad Year," the latest novel by the famously stern Nobel Prize winning novelist J.M. Coetzee, which is both a political polemic and...
REQUIRED READING
Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends by Pete Fornatale (Rodale) On Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" album, there were 11, instead of a then-standard 12 tracks. The two couldn't agree...
IN MY LIBRARY: CINDY MARGOLIS
When AOL was still the e-mail address of choice and Google was but a glimmer in a geek's eye, Cindy Margolis was queen of the Internet. The Guinness Book of...
IT'S ELEMENTARY
Halfway through Andrew Lycett's biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, the subject chairs a literary society dinner attended by W.B. Yeats. The name of a giant of modern poetry comes as...
EAT, PRAY, LOATHE
When not selecting Presidential nominees, Oprah Winfrey goes about her day job of instructing lesser mortals on what to buy, how to raise their children, and, most famously, what to...
GOLDMAN: KING OF THE DEAL
Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs has done it again. The New York investment bank, led by Lloyd Blankfein, has once again taken the top spot in the much-watched league tables...
END OF AN ERROR
The golden era of Wall Street's superstar titans is limping to a quiet end as their once infallible grip slips on the global economy. Last week's profit massacres at Wall...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS PETER JACKSON After a public squabble, "Lord of the Rings" director agrees to produce prequel "The Hobbit" for New Line Cinema.BILL ACKMAN Pershing Square hedge fund boss looks like...
MIDDLE CLASS FEELING THE BIG $QUEEZE: OFFICIALS
The middle class is experiencing the most severe financial hardship it's seen in more than five decades, a top Harvard University official has claimed. According to research compiled over the...
PRODUCTION PALS
IT'S fitting that the first show to come out of production studio BermanBraun is called "Duel" since there are probably plenty of people at Paramount Pictures and Yahoo! that Gail...
IT'S A HOLIDAY, WHY GO OUT, LET'S ORDER IN?
It's rare to see kids clamoring for green beans, but the ones that Laura Memisha served on Thanksgiving were so delicious her 13-year-old nephew requested them for Christmas Eve dinner....
CUSTOM SHIRTS FINISH THE SUIT
Executives in the Big Apple - pinched by lower bonuses and depressed profits caused by the subprime contagion and ensuing credit crunch - are ready to trade down to $400...
INVESTOR AGITA
Investors looking to get fat on restaurant stocks have gotten nothing but indigestion lately. Thanks to rising commodity prices, soaring gas prices and sinking home values - which have driven...
'TIS TAX SEASON
Ignore this story if you believe you didn't pay enough to Uncle Sam this year and want to pay more taxes in 2008. Fine, now that I have everyone's attention...
SURPRISE! BUSINESS WITH THE ARABS IS HELPING THE US
WHAT a difference a few years make. Back in early 2006 when a United Arab Emirates-based company was merging with Britain's P&O, Americans were whipped into a xenophobic frenzy when...
AMERO DOESN'T MAKE $ OR CENTS
Dear John: I've just been reading about something called the amero, which supposedly will replace the dollar. Is there any truth to this? And if so, is this the reason...
LAWYERS GET ON MTA GRAVY TRAIN
The MTA is lining the pockets of some of the city's wealthiest lawyers with "astronomical" fees paid by unwitting transit riders - who next year will have to shell out...
AIR-CONTROLLER AGING ANXIETY
As a record number of planes crowd the air over New York, a looming wave of air-traffic control retirements has many wondering: Who will watch the skies? Nearly a quarter...
'I'M IN DISBELIEF'
COMSTOCK, NY - With a shot at freedom staring him in the face, Marty Tankleff was beaming with joy yesterday as the reality of the bombshell decision to overturn his...
GUN POP FACES 5 TO 15
The Long Island teen at the center of a bogus rape threat on the Internet that led to the slaying of a teenage boy said only hours before the conviction...
PAINED PANEL'S VERDICT HARD WON
It was the weekend before Christmas, but the judge in the John White manslaughter trial wanted the jury to keep deliberating. The physically and emotionally exhausted six men and six...
RACE-SLAY JURY ENDS DEADLOCK: MANSLAUGHTER
A Long Island jury found a black man accused of gunning down a white teen during a racially charged confrontation - in which he feared he was facing a "lynch...
'CAT SLAY' GAL BUSTED
A Manhattan AIDS counselor brutally beat her boyfriend's cat inside his Upper East Side apartment because she hated the feline, authorities said yesterday. Sarah Favorite, 25, allegedly pummeled and throttled...
SANTA CLOD'S BLOODY INSULT
It's the nightmare before Christmas all over again. The Big Apple's own "Bad Santa," Joel Krupnik, who is notorious for his gory holiday displays, is apparently up to his old...
INJURED HS GRIDDER 'SUITS' UP
The Brooklyn parents of a student player injured in a varsity football game are suing his former high school and coach for putting the second-stringer on kickoff duty against much...
POOR HOSP $HAME
The top executives at three hospitals that serve many poor and uninsured patients in Brooklyn and Queens get paid millions in extra salary and benefits through an unlicensed management company,...
SCAFFOLD GUY 'UNTRAINED'
Of two window-washer brothers who plunged 47 stories from an Upper East Side high-rise Dec. 7, the one who miraculously survived lacked state-required training certification, officials said. The state Labor...
QUEENS WIFE-SLAY BUST
A Queens man was busted yesterday for allegedly stabbing his wife - who was nicknamed Lovely - in front of their 4-year-old daughter, cops said. Shahida Sultanna, 32, was found...
'BRAINIACS' JUICING UP A STORM
It's not just big-time athletes popping pills to pump up. An increasing number of New Yorkers, from Wall Street execs to pro poker players, are taking enhancement drugs to boost...
NYPD TELLS PUP TO BITE THE BULLET
A woman watched a Brooklyn cop open fire on her playful dog in a Bedford-Stuyvesant park - and now she wants to know why he did it and why the...
PHOTO BEASTS PROWL FOR $$
Forget Santa Claus; the new holiday mascots of Midtown are raggedy Winnie the Poohs, stain-spattered Tiggers and washed-up Willy Wonkas. Unlicensed, uncounted, unofficial and unfettered, the growing hordes of cartoon...
TRUCKER'S 5 HRS. OF HIJACK HELL
The FedEx driver who spent a harrowing five hours held at gunpoint while would-be thieves tried to steal his 18-wheeler full of holiday bounty recounted the bizarre ordeal last night....
$21M HOUSE OF HORRORS
What's the big idea, Donny Deutsch? Well-heeled neighbors are fit to be tied over nerve-jangling construction at the $21 million East 78th Street townhouse of their noisy neighbor, the CNBC...
DREAMERS AND STREAMERS
Health, wealth, a good man - those New Year's wishes and thousands more are being collected in Times Square this week. And come midnight Dec. 31, they'll rain down with...
STUPID OLD NAZI PET TRICK
It's the ultimate in paw taste. A Hitler-adoring German man has been jailed for teaching his part-German shepherd mutt, Adolf, to perform a Nazi salute, London's Daily Mail reported. The...
FEDS BAG 'HILFIGER $CAMMER'
Federal prosecutors have charged the chief financial officer of a company that makes handbags for Tommy Hilfiger with stealing more than $4 million from its accounts. Martin Bodner, 59, of...
TAT-TLERS: JAYONCÉ KNOT NOT YET TIED
They're "Crazy in Love," but have hip-hop's superstar couple made it official? Rumors are swirling around the Internet that R&B diva Beyoncé Knowles and rap-mogul boyfriend Jay- Z secretly wed...
PINUP'S NAKED JUSTICE
A white-shoe law firm is being blasted for standing by its bunny - a young lawyer whose Playboy past was revealed by staffers angry that the firm plans to retain...
'LOVE 101' FOR JAMIE
He's a beefy, blue-collar pipe-layer who played high school football and dropped out of college because it "wasn't for him." She's a perky, home-schooled former cheerleader from a dysfunctional family....
BALDWIN DID $HAKY JAVA PITCH
The owner of a coffee company hyped by actor Stephen Baldwin ripped off dozens of investors, skimming more than $1 million from victims across 34 states. Baldwin, once a VP...
BRITNEY'S 1ST EX: WATCH THOSE SHARP SPEARS
KENTWOOD, La. - The man married to Britney Spears for an eye-popping 55 hours has a strong message for her sister's baby daddy - lawyer up and watch your back....
GOING BARACK & FORTH
Barack Obama has been flip-flopping like a carp on a boat deck, changing his position over the years on everything from the death penalty to the Patriot Act to Cuba,...
RUDY: 'JUST A HEADACHE'
It's the case of Rudy Giuliani and the mystery malady. After telling the world he had the flu, he said yesterday that he actually didn't have the flu when he...
CANDIDATES 'BLITZEN' AIRWAVES
We now interrupt this holiday cheer with a shameless ploy for votes. With the critical Iowa caucuses 11 days away, the presidential frontrunners are debuting a slew of new holiday-themed...
YULE BE SORRY: 65M TRAVELING
It's more expensive than ever, and Mother Nature isn't feeling festive at all, but Americans are still dashing home for the holidays in record droves: * About 65.2 million are...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS Police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying and locating a bandit who stuck up a Forest Hills bank. The crook walked into a First Central Savings branch...
OFF COURSE IN BRONX
IT looks like the city might have to take over the botched Ferry Point Park golf course project in The Bronx, which is nowhere near completion after seven years of...
LONG ISLAND A SUBURB STILL SHORT ON JUSTICE
THERE is no justice. Not on Long Island. Four days and thousands of tears after it started deliberating, a jury last night found John White guilty of manslaughter - a...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 572; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 3025; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 522; Lucky Sum: 9; Evening Win-4 Sat.: 2935; Lucky...
GOODIES GALORE AT BOAT SHOW
THE New York Na tional Boat Show, which opens Sat urday at the Javits Center, always has a few new and hot items for your perusal. Cruisers Yachts will debut...
FIGHTER-OF-YEAR RACE WIDE OPEN
IN recent years, selecting box ing's Fighter of the Year has been more anti- climatic than highly anticipated. Normally one fighter stands out (i.e.: Ricky Hatton in 2005, Manny Pacquiao...
HEY ROCKET: COME CLEAN!
* In Roger Clemens' first public statement regarding his connection to steroid use he said "I plan to publicly answer all questions at the appropriate time in the appropriate way."...
THE RUMBLE
Tuna's familiar cast May unite with LT, Mara in Miami Be on the lookout for a potential Bill Parcells-Lawrence Taylor reunion in Miami. "He's just like a bad penny; you...
30 NOT ENOUGH FOR STOMPIN' SIMON
CHRIS Simon ought to quit while he's ahead, for if the Islanders' winger thinks he has anything to gain by appealing the 30-game suspension he received for slew-footing and then...
PAINFUL VICTORY
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Tony Romo's sore thumb appeared fine, and the Cowboys were driving down the field on the way to taking a 14-0 lead. Then Terrell Owens sprained his...
SPORTS SHORTS
NCAA: 36 Seminoles not bowling Thirty-six Florida State players won't be going to the Dec. 31 Music City Bowl against Kentucky because of an academic cheating scandal, violations of team...
GREATNESS IN OUR TIME
THEY make it difficult to embrace them, which is a shame. Because if you are at all interested in the history of professional sports in this country - and almost...
FLEX THE HALLS
BEFORE we get started, a couple of brief announce ments about some last-minute changes: * All NBC and NFL employees are to be advised that this year's Christmas and New...
NO PEDS IN HOF
THE end of the year means it's time to send in my Hall of Fame ballot. Three names stick out on my ballot this year, and not for the best...
BUFF & TUMBLE
TODAY BILLS (+21/2) over Giants: Be not afraid to fade a team with throbbing playoff need, especially if that motivation results in a marked-up number, with the Pats on deck...
IT'LL BE A BREES IN BIG EASY
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...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Pro Bowl defensive end who leads the Giants with 12 sacks this season, including six vs. the Eagles' Donovan McNabb on Sept. 30....
JINTS FEELIN' CLINCH PINCH
ORCHARD PARK - Playoff clinching, take two. The first attempt, a 22-10 Giants loss to the Redskins, is best left on the cutting-room floor. Now comes the second try, and...
ELI'S GOING TO NEED SOME HELP
ORCHARD PARK - It seems too cruel that Old Man Winter was getting ready to greet Eli Manning with a slap in the face today. A season on the line,...
BIG BLUE TASK: GET MORE TURNOVERS
ORCHARD PARK - Even at its best, the Giants defense was not particularly adept at causing turnovers, but lately, there has been a stark decline that no one on that...
ISLES WORK OT, WIN 2ND IN ROW
It's a long way, usually the full 180 feet, to every hard-earned Islander goal. Also, a long way until March, the goal-scorers' rental season, for the most feeble offensive team...
JETS SHOOT FOR TITAN-ICUPSET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - While speaking to reporters on a conference call Wednesday, Titans head coach Jeff Fisher called the Jets "the best 3-11 team that I've ever seen." Was Fisher...
AUDITION GAME FOR CHAD
CONSIDERING his 32 regular-season wins in 60 starts, a 41-0 playoff win over Peyton Manning, and the highest completion percentage (.653) of any quarterback in NFL history, Chad Pennington's next...
HAYNESWORTH TOUGH TEST FOR INCONSISTENT CLARKE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Offensive linemen aren't accustomed to attention. They generally live their lives in anonymity while the so-called skill-position players have the spotlight shining on them. In the case...
BIG APPLE KOBE'S EYE
Amid the darkness and hopelessness of the Knicks' season came a purple ray of light when Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant revealed yesterday New York's troubled franchise is on his four-team...
JACKSON: THOMAS CAN'T GET A BREAK
They are both wildly unpopular, accused of incompetent leadership, and have many calling for their ouster, so perhaps it should come as no surprise that Lakers head coach, and history...
ISIAH STILL PUTS SMILE ON DISASTER
Isiah Thomas continued his bizarre defense of his Knicks administration, highlighting the franchise's financial success over the won-loss success yesterday on his four-year anniversary. Thomas appeared to be citing the...
ACT OF SABOTAGE
ISIAH ("Let's Get Physical") Thomas be rapidly unravelin'. Making a move on Anucha Browne Sanders in private was damaging enough. Making a move toward Quentin Richardson during an ignominious Knicks...
TREY, TREY AGAIN
In case you feel you saw this subplot before, you did. But you really have to search the memory banks. Go all the way back to, let's see, when was...
BOONE FEELING IN FLOW
OK, it's not cocky. But Josh Boone admits it. "I'm starting to feel pretty good about myself right now," the young Net center said. There is a difference between cocky...
LA HAS PLAN AT READY FOR KIDDNAPPING NET
THE Lakers are angling to shoplift Jason Kidd, a Western hearing aide claims, for a couple draft picks, Kwame Brown's expiring contract ($9M), Jordan Farmar ($1M) and Vladimir Radmanovic ($5.6M...
ON THIN ICE
It is no wonder the Rangers are seeking the slightest threads on which to build positive reinforcement, no wonder Brendan Shanahan would talk about finding good in the wholly bad...
THE CASE AGAINST THE ROCKET
Former Yankee Roger Clemens on Tuesday vehemently denied allegations in the recently released Mitchell Report that he used performance-enhancing drugs. In last Sunday's Post, Rohan Baichu, a former Yankees massage...
VIDEO: CLEMENS 'NEVER' USED STEROIDS
Roger Clemens' defense against allegations he used steroids took the next step today with the disgraced pitcher issuing a video statement on his personal Web site. Clemens has stayed out...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Wyoming man learned the hard way that it's not nice to peek at your Christmas presents - his wife caught him sneaking a look and stabbed him. Misty Johnson,...
MEET MARKET
Barry may have been a frat guy during his college years, but nowadays he's more likely to get his beer in a glass than from a keg-stand. He's a "real...
TOP 5 BEST HOLIDAYS TO BE SINGLE FOR
"Valentine's Day, because all the people who don't have people end up f***ing each other." - Ariel "New Year's. Everybody's f***ed-up and hooking up." - Liza "Every day's a holiday...
A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES
Typically, one eye roll from your date means you're put on warning, two means you're probably not getting her number and three means you're paying for the meal, giving her...
SUPER PREPPY GOES HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
MY hands are completely covered in sap. Sticky, dirty, jacket-ruining sap. And I've never been happier. "Do you like this one?" asks a Christmas tree seller on Second Avenue. "It's...
MY HOF VOTE AND YOURS
Casting a Hall of Fame ballot is fun and visiting Cooperstown is a blast, especially in winter when it's the only game in town.Iâve been covering baseball since 1988 for...