February 13, 2008
Thoughts on Pavlik-Taylor II
Here's my column from ESPN.com on Saturday's rematch between Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor.
Torre: 2004 ALCS started fall
APJoe Torre said he thinks his situation in New York began to deteriorate when the Yankees blew a 3-0 lead over Boston in the 2004 AL championship series.âIt started from...
KIDD GOING TO DALLAS
TORONTO -- It was in December, one opposing coach recalled, that a member of the New Jersey Nets ' front office was talking to him about Jason Kidd . "He...
Look better naked -- at the W
How to successfully fudge Valentine's Day when you haven't given it a second thought up until now -- W Hotels (there are a bunch around the city) is offering a...
Second-half wrapup
The congressional hearings involving Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee ended after almost five hours of testimony.The afternoon portion of the hearings saw some shots taken at the Mitchell Report, both...
Hearings make Duncan sleepy
By GEORGE A KING IIIShelley Duncan took a quick look at a clubhouse television before particpating in a late-morning workout today at the Yankees' minor league complex. The TV was...
Kidd traded to Dallas
By FRED KERBERTORONTO -- It was in December, one opposing coach recalled, that a member of the Nets' front office was talking to him about Jason Kidd."He said that Jason...
Clemens hearing Part 2
4:31This is my final entry of the day. I'll keep it short because I'm exhausted and I'm sure you are, too.I think the thing Clemens can't get past is the...
Lundqvist 'pretty close' to deal
Henrik Lundqvist today addressed his looming contract extension, likely to be signed soon at six years for between $38-40 million.At an average of $6.5 million a year, Lundqvist would be...
First-half wrapup
The first half of todayâs congressional hearings with Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee in front of the House Oversight Committee about the Mitchell Report and its findings has ended.While much...
Deal of the Day
If you still havenât picked out your Oscar viewing party attire, check out these golden Rough Stuff sneakers from Kenneth Cole.A riff on the standard Chuck Taylors, these metallic kicks...
Please sir, I want "Spore"
Hurrah! EA and Maxis - makers of the way fabulous SimCity/The Sims franchise - have announced that "Spore" will hit stores on Sept. 7, for PC, Mac, Nintendo DS and...
Buffalo Soldiers
The upcoming game between the Blueshirts and the Sabres on Saturday is crucial for the Rangers playoff push. Buffalo is far from the same team they were last season, suffering...
SI Swimsuit Issue Premiere Party
It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. The Post's Don Kaplan caught up with the sexy rookie and veteran models of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue at...
"Mass Effect" to hit the PC in May
Given the way "Mass Effect's" controls are set up on the Xbox 360 - ie., it feels really natural to change weapons/activate biotics and tech with shoulder buttons and shoot...
Recap: American Idol, Hollywood
The Post's Melissa Jane Kronfeld (M.J.) and David K. Li blog American Idol, Season 7.Letâs call this: "American Idol: Hollywood, Trial and Error."We credit "Idol" producers, who face sagging ratings...
Starr Report: Baby bump for 'Zoey'
In all the hubbub over Britney Spears, it's easy to forget that her kid sister, pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, (R) is starring in the fourth season of Nick's "Zoey...
Clemens hearing Part 1
1:24 updateI'm convinved Rep. Davis is wearing a Clemens jersey under his suit. Man, he's bending over backwards to side with Clemens.And now here comes the attack on McNamee .......
AIR SUPPLY: JetBlue to LAX
Many will do a double take reading the latest news from JetBlue, that it will begin JFK-LAX runs on May 21. Don't we already have that?Why no, in fact. We...
DAY-CARE CUTS
The Administration for Children's Services will slash the budgets of city-funded day-care centers that aren't at full capacity in an effort make them more accountable for their own enrollment practices,...
15G ETHICS SLAP ON FORMER PATAKI AIDE
ALBANY - A former aide to Gov. George Pataki yesterday agreed to pay a $15,000 fine for violating state ethics laws by seeking state money for a failed women's museum...
UFT'S RANDI EYES NATIONAL PREZ SLOT
The road has been cleared for United Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten to go national. The president of the million-member American Federation of Teachers, Edward McElroy, announced yesterday he...
HERALD SQ. DEATH TRUCK
A garbage truck careened onto a sidewalk near Herald Square last night after its driver suffered a heart attack, killing at least one pedestrian and leaving another clinging to life,...
CANDY MAN CAN'T
Times Square's Naked Cowboy is trying to take a $6 million bite out of a giant candy corporation, charging it stole his identity by dressing an animated blue M&M in...
THEY BEAT IT OUT OF ME
The kinky college professor who was almost strangled during an S&M session at a Midtown club told The Post yesterday he's deeply ashamed and is finally through with the double...
MTA'S DIRECT ROUTE ON WEB
The MTA has upgraded its online service that gives straphangers directions around town. The mass transit mapping system that provides walking, subway and bus directions, known as "Trip Planner," was...
NY LATINO POLS 'TROUBLED' BY OUSTER
Two New York Hispanic politicians have told Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that reports her Latina campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, was pushed out are "troubling." Queens Assemblyman José Peralta and...
TIGHT PARKING SPOT
Park and ride? Dream on. Concern that a plan to charge drivers $8 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street would turn nearby neighborhoods into parking lots is likely unfounded -...
QUOTA GOTTA GO: KLEIN
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein filed a motion in federal court yesterday seeking to end an "antiquated" racial-quota order that governs admissions at seven Brooklyn middle schools. Under the 1974 court...
NYRA KEEPS REINS IN PACT
Hold your horses. Lawmakers and the New York Racing Association have hammered out a deal to avoid a crippling shutdown of the state's thoroughbred tracks, officials in Albany said. NYRA's...
BIG WHEEL RIDES HIGH IN JERSEY
There's some wheely big news across the Hudson - the largest Ferris wheel in the nation is about to be built in New Jersey. The massive ride will rise 286...
THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED
Now you can call him Numero "Uno." Barking beagle Uno won over a sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd last night, taking Best in Show at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club...
SHRINK IN SLAY HORROR
A man went berserk at an Upper East Side psychologist's office last night, hacking her to death with a meat cleaver and critically injuring another doctor who ran to her...
SPITZ AIDE CAUGHT IN MORE 'DIRTY TRICKS'
ALBANY - A top aide to Gov. Spitzer used his official e-mail to distribute an attack on Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno to "interested New Yorkers" including local officials...
QUINN EYES RENTER AID
Renters in the city would get a $300 tax credit under a plan unveiled yesterday by Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In her State of the City speech, Quinn (D-Manhattan), who...
ATTYS' 'RANK' PRANK
In brief, it may have been legal, but it wasn't appealing - at least not to some of the female lawyers unknowingly nominated for "Hottest Female Associate" at the city's...
'SICKENING' CEO SEX SUIT
A Staten Island woman says she was sexually harassed by her CEO boss - and it made her sick to her stomach. In Manhattan Supreme Court papers, Carol Marotta says...
MOB SUSPECT BACK TO FACE RAP
A popular Brooklyn restaurateur, accused of leading a secret life as a Mafia soldier, was tanned, rested and arraigned yesterday on a $1 million bond after ending an Aruban vacation...
FEDS: PUT KILLER ON DEATH ROW
Gangbanger James McTier is a danger "to life and limb" and should be put to death for ordering the murders of three people, prosecutors said yesterday on the first day...
$7M SEX SUIT BY LI SCHOOL AIDE
A former administrative assistant for a Long Island school district claims she was sexually harassed by her bosses, who also frequently voiced anti-Semitic slurs, a lawsuit charges. Mineola Schools Superintendent...
$66M OUTRAGE
He was voted "one of the best lawyers in New York City" - but he's apparently not so good with money. Prominent Manhattan real-estate lawyer Ira L. Berman allegedly dipped...
SPIELBERG IN GAMES BAN OVER DARFUR
Steven Spielberg says he'll wage a one-man Olympic boycott, pulling his support from this summer's Beijing Games because of the Chinese government's policy on Darfur. "I find that my conscience...
JUDGE TELLS MCCARTNEY: 'NO REPLY' TO PRESS
A British judge yesterday told Paul McCartney and Heather Mills to clam up publicly about their divorce trial, as the court screened home movies in the closed-door legal battle. Justice...
KID HILTON FOLLOWS SIS INTO SLAM
A booze-fueled joyride landed another silver-spooned Hilton kid in jail yesterday. Cops busted Paris Hilton's 18-year-old brother, Barron, for driving under the influence, officials said. He was released on $20,000...
SHE COULDN'T EVEN HOLD HER 'OWN'
Hillary Rodham Clinton was trounced last night because she couldn't even hang on to her most reliable supporters - women, blue-collar workers and the elderly, according to exit surveys in...
THREE-SY DOES IT FOR OBAMA
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama won stunningly lopsided victories against Hillary Rodham Clinton last night in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC, as he extended his extraordinary winning streak to 8-0 since...
MCC: HOW SWEEP IT IS
Sen. John McCain swept the Potomac primaries last night, thumping Mike Huckabee in Virginia, Maryland and DC, and taking another big step toward becoming the Republican nominee McCain defeated Huckabee,...
BEWARE OF 'BABY BUMP' BOMBS
The feds have alerted law-enforcement agencies to the possibility of pregnant suicide bombers and women using prosthetics to fake pregnancy to smuggle explosives - but insisted there's no immediate threat...
A PLAN TO STAVE OFF FORECLOSURE
The Bush administration yesterday announced a new initiative that will give struggling homeowners threatened with foreclosure an extra 30 days to work out a payment plan with their lenders. Dubbed...
BUSH BLING BRAWL
A multimillionaire financier, once engaged to President Bush's former sister-in-law, wants his ring back - and he says it's worth more than $400,000. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court,...
BRIT DOESN'T WANT HER KIDS: 1ST EX
Britney Spears' first husband reportedly claims the pop wreck doesn't want custody of her children because she can "always have other kids." In Touch magazine quotes Jason Alexander, who claims...
MIGHTY MITE
Here's one dwarf who could toss you. Indian little big man Aditya "Romeo" Dev, 19, stands only 2-foot-9, but he's recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's...
POLS CLEAR E-PERV LAW
Legislation that would make it illegal for sexual predators to chat with minors online cleared the state Senate yesterday, as the city's district attorneys threw their weight behind the measure....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Police yesterday were searching for a girl who disappeared from Roosevelt Island. Jaslyn Gonzales, 12, who police sources say is a chronic runaway and lives in foster care, was...
'GIULIANI' GAME PLAN WILL KILL HILL
WASHINGTON - What is it with these New Yorkers running for president? First, Rudy Giuliani pins his entire presidential bid on a late-voting, big-state strategy and flames out in Florida...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 320; Lucky Sum: 5 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 9427; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 273; Lucky Sum: 12; Evening Win-4 Tue.: 7667; Lucky...
THERE HE GOES AGAIN
So much for the kinder, gentler Eliot Spitzer - the governor who, just one month ago, was calling on Re publicans and Democrats to "work together for the common good,...
SUE THE BUMS
If there ever was an appropriate target for a big, fat lawsuit, it's New York City's newly revamped public campaign-finance system. Happily, 13 plaintiffs filed just such a suit in...
JERSEY BEING JERSEY
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is catch ing hell from Mothers Against Drunk Driving for renaming an Essex County highway in honor of a congressman who once represented the area....
SAVING THE SAILORS
IN spite of a presidential waiver, last week US Dis trict Judge Florence-Marie Cooper re-issued a January injunction against the Navy's use of active sonar in anti-sub training off southern...
PAKISTAN: FAIR ELECTIONS OR BUST
PAKISTAN next week may hold its first-ever reason ably free and fair general elections. Initial attempts by elements in the military to exclude some parties have failed, as have efforts...
FINISHING THE JOB
HAMADAH, IRAQ THIS small, rural village in the Diyala Province north of Baghdad experienced a rev olution a month ago. It had been controlled by al Qaeda and its band...
THE IMMIGRATION ANSWER
ON Jan. 1, Arizona became the first state to require all em ployers to confirm workers' legal status via the federal "E-Verify" system. Having survived a federal court challenge last...
HILL-MSNBC 'HO'-DOWN: HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton found MSNBC reporter David Shuster's "pimped out" comment about Chelsea "incredibly offensive" and demanded an apology ("Chelsea 'Pimp' Fury," Feb. 9). It is offensive, but is...
NY LANDMARK ADRIFT
The Coney Island Parachute Jump illumination is an internationally recognized symbol of Coney Island and Brooklyn - created in close collaboration with NYC's Economic Development Corporation, the Department of Parks...
NO PLACE LIKE ROAD FOR SJU
Time to get giddy? Maybe. Riding a three-game Big East winning streak, St. John's has a chance to become the first conference team to win three straight on the road...
NO RACING AT YONKERS
Due to inclement weather, last night's card at Yonkers Raceway was canceled. Racing resumes Friday night.
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Twins land Livan Right-hander Livan Hernandez agreed yesterday to a $5 million, one-year contract with the Twins that could earn him an additional $2 million in performance bonuses. Last...
CLOCK TICKIN' ON DEVS DEAL
The beef-up has begun at the top, and the Devils are playing catch-up, waiting anxiously for the trades that appear necessary and inevitable, while the conference-leading Senators have already made...
FEAGLES NESTS WITH JINTS 2 MORE YEARS
Jeff Feagles was so excited about everything that's transpired with his team and his life that he could not exactly explain what was next on his busy agenda. Today, he...
KNICKS GO GREEN
The Knicks can keep it simple tonight in Boston. Forget trying to win, just score at least 60 points and consider it a moral victory. That shouldn't be too much...
ZACH DENIES ROLE AT PORTLAND PARTY
Zach Randolph reportedly was named in a Portland (Ore.) police report on Jan. 31 - the night before the Knicks played the Blazers - in relation to a disturbance at...
WILPON EAGER TO SIT ON CITI PORCH
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon is such a fan of the right field porch at Citi Field that he's going to personally own seats there. Right field may be far away...
NET-WORKING
If Jason Kidd is distracted by the trade rumors swirling around him, he sure isn't showing it. And if he truly wants to be traded, he sure isn't helping. Kidd...
NENAD'S RETURN KEYS RECENT RUN
Nenad Krstic is 3-for-3 since returning to the lineup. The Nets have won all three games with him starting alongside Josh Boone, and he followed up an eight-point, eight-rebound effort...
JUICY TWIST TO D.C. SHOWDOWN
On the eve of today's dramatic Capitol Hill showdown between Roger Clemens and his accuser, Brian McNamee, Clemens was dealt a knockdown pitch yesterday when potentially damning details of Andy...
TODAY WILL BE SURREAL AND SASSY, BUT ULTIMATELY UNSATISFYING
WASHINGTON - If we lived in a perfect world, then the biggest winner this morning would be the truth. If we lived in a perfect world, then by the time...
SHOT & BOTHERED
TAMPA - Beyond the eyes that burn with intensity and a competitive spirit that has carried him farther than his tools, Andy Pettitte is exactly like the rest of us:...
WANG WILL NOT GET LONG CONTRACT
TAMPA - Chien-Ming Wang's desire to sign a multi-year deal with the Yankees isn't going to be fulfilled. Nor does it look like the ace right-hander and the club are...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
No wonder education rates are falling. A retired California teacher says he taught for 17 years - without being able to read. John Corcoran admits he cheated his way through...
THE NEW WORLD ORDER
Our series, "GlobalWarming," continues. THE map on the right illustrates the results of computer model predictions of changes in climate patterns by the year 2025. It represents soil moisture patterns...
SCHWING TIME!
IT'S Valentine's Day tomorrow, and anyone looking to goose the ol' libido has options aplenty - besides, that is, the usual route of creepily staring in the window at Crunch....
AUDUBON: LORD OF THE WINGS
PITY the passenger pigeons. When John James Audubon painted them 150 years ago, the big-beaked birds flew in flocks so thick they'd block the sun. Now? They've flown the coop...
CAST SEARCH ISN'T OGRE
DREAMWORKS lifted the curtain - just a tad - the other night on "Shrek: The Musical," set to open on Broadway in October after an August tryout in Seattle. On...
STARR REPORT
Baby bump for 'Zoey' No such thing as bad pub licity? In all the hubbub over Brit ney Spears, it's easy to forget that her kid sister, pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie...
SIMPLY SIMON
THE final 24 "American Idol" semi-finalists have at least one thing in common - they all look like Simon Cowell. By tonight, we'll know exactly who they really resemble, when...
WIFE SUPPORT
ANDY Warhol was so wrong. In the future everyone will not be famous for 15 minutes. Some people will be famous for one minute only - which is about 59...
'IDOL' BUMPS 'JEZEBEL'
AN expanded "American Idol" results show has bumped the premiere of "Jezebel James," to a few nights later. "Jezebel," the new series from "Gilmore Girls" co-creator Amy Sherman Palladino, was...
CHILDHOOD IS MURDER
THE gun that 6-year-old Ezra is holding on the screen isn't a toy - it's real, and it fires real bullets. Ezra, you see, is one of the world's countless...
FAST-FOOD NOTION
SO, you forgot to score a reservation at one of the city's famously romantic restaurants this Feb. 14. You know, the kind that jacks up its prices and squeezes in...
THEY WILL DO WINDOWS
THE new restaurant planned to replace Windows on the World won't be as big as the original. It won't be quite as high. And it's still at least five years...
DOWN UPFRONT
With the writers' strike nearing a resolution, NBC has started reaching out to advertisers about alternatives to the annual dog-and-pony show known as the "upfront." Among the options NBC has...
BUFFETT'S BOND PLAN GIVES MARKETS A LIFT
Warren Buffett rode back into Wall Street as a long-absent white knight just in the nick of time. He managed to pledge a relatively measly $5 billion of startup cash...
TEMPORARY POSITION
BUSINESSWEEK, the McGraw-Hill flagship magazine that was rattled by pre-Christmas layoffs in the editorial department, has pushed another 20 people with contracts closer to the door. Last Friday, Executive Editor...
SYMS FLIP-FLOPS ON PLAN TO DELIST & DEREGISTER SHARES
Bowed by angry shareholders, off-price clothing retailer Syms said it will reverse recent moves it has taken to delist and deregister its shares under federal securities laws. The Secaucus, NJ-based...
ALPHA MOM BLOG GETS CASH INFUSION
Alpha Mom, the popular parenting blog that was the subject of a New York magazine cover story a few years ago, has sold a minority stake to Fahrenheit 212 in...
WWE FOCUSES ON FILM DIVISION; PROFITS SOAR
World Wrestling Entertainment's fledgling film business started to produce revenue for the first time last year, but profitability for the expansion effort remains stuck outside the ring as the company...
YAHOO! 'LEGG' WORK
Yahoo!'s second-largest shareholder wants to see the struggling Web pioneer merge with Microsoft, but thinks the software giant will have to sweeten its offer to get the $44.6 billion deal...
ATLAS (CAPITAL) SHRUGGED
AN office condo build ing located at 100-104 Fifth Ave. on the northwest corner of West 15th Street is in contract for just more than $150 million. The approximately 270,000-foot...
LIZ BRAND MAY FETCH $50M
Liz Claiborne is close to selling its Ellen Tracy brand to a private investment group for $50 million, The Post has learned. Private-equity firm Radius Group and apparel firm Windsong...