February 14, 2008
Liberty name Blazejowski prez
The New York Liberty announced today that Basketball Hall of Famer Carol âBlazeâ Blazejowski has been named president and general manager of the team.The announcement was made by Steve Mills,...
Pierce facing dog neglect charges
APLinebacker Antonio Pierce is facing charges that he neglected one of his dogs in the days leading up to the Super Bowl.The Middlesex County (N.J.) Society for the Prevention of...
Waiting For Devean
By FRED KERBER"Ladies and gentlemen, we're in a holding pattern so we'll remain on the tarmac. . ."And if you're waiting for Devean George to change his mind regarding his...
Pettitte has lots to deal with
By GEORGE A KING IIIYankees fans who adore Andy Pettitte for his competitiveness and professionalism now may view Pettitte as a cheat and not forgive him for telling the truth...
My One Word Review of the 'Indiana Jones' Trailer
Underwhelming.Update: I've replaced this with a clearer version from Yahoo. And you might want to compare this trailer with the European version hosted by our sister paper the Sun of...
Valentine's Day Vote
Love is in the air - or shall we say, on the TV screen. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we borrowed Cupid's arrow and shot down 14 pairs that...
Warming up in Port St. Lucie
A quick wrap-up from deadline day in Port St. Lucie for Mets pitchers and catchers:1. Pedro Martinez finally arrived, one day after Johan Santana, and threw long toss with bullpen...
ADRIENNE SHELLY'S KILLER PLEADS GUILTY, GETS 25 YEARS
A construction worker admitted in chilling detail today that he strangled indie-actress Adrienne Shelly in her Greenwich Village apartment because she caught him trying to rob her. In his courtroom...
Lundqvist's deal official
By BRETT CYRGALISItâs a done deal. Henrik Lundqvist is officially locked up for the next six years with the Rangers.According to Don Meehan, Lundqvistâs agent, the new contract was completed...
First ticket deadline Monday
The Mets remind fans that Monday night, Feb. 18 at 11:59 p.m., is the deadline for online ticket registration on Mets.com or LosMets.com for the opportunity to purchase tickets to...
Box Office Preview: Anakin's One-Week Wonder
is predicting a five-day take of $30 million for "Jumper,'' the latest seemingly critic-proof lowbrow offering from 20th Century Fox. I give this incoherent $85 million sci-fi starring Hayden Christensen,...
Ben Johnson is back
The Mets announced today they have signed outfielder Ben Johnson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.Johnson, 26, batted .185 (5-27) with one double and one...
Legend Steinbrenner gets field name
APThe Yankees will rename their spring training home Steinbrenner Field in honor of the man who has owned the team since 1973. The ballpark has been called Legends Field since...
DOC CHOP SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
Police are questioning a 43-year-old suspect in the Upper East Side doc chop murder case. The man was behing held at a Pennsylvania State Police barracks. The incident occurred Tuesday...
A-Muse-ing Challenge
This week on Project Runway, we FINALLY get another actual fashion challenge. After two weeks straight of denim, pleather and Lycra, Iâm looking forward to something a little more breathable....
'Idol' Razzles and Dazzles
The Post's Melissa Jane Kronfeld (M.J.) and David K. Li blog American Idol, Season 7.The Top 24 didnât have too many surprises -- and if you read The Postâs Sunday...
Starr Report: Burnett's triple play
Burnett also has two more shows, both premiering on NBC, in the next week: "My Dad is Better Than Your Dad" and "Amnesia." Speaking of Burnett's "Celebrity Apprentice," the show's...
WISH LIST: Less valentine, more condo
What did you get for Valentine's Day? I'll tell you what I didn't get, and would like: A home in Alys Beach, Florida. Just look at the image above. It...
MICHELLE WILLIAMS IN LAST INTERVIEW BEFORE HEATH LEDGER'S DEATH
In her last interview before Heath Ledger's death, Michelle Williams said she was no longer trying to anticipate what might happen because "I don't really have an idea of what...
ZIM AND JOE
You havenât lived until you passed through Yeehaw Junction, and Iâve been lucky enough to pass through YJ three of the last four days. Iâm not in the RV, but...
SPORTS SHORTS
HOOPS: NCAA slams Indiana coachKelvin Sampson's future at Indiana was in doubt following the release of an NCAA report that says he committed five "major" violations. Sampson and his assistants...
STORM KOS AQUEDUCT
Live racing was canceled at Aqueduct yesterday morning because of the winter storm that began Tuesday and raged through yesterday afternoon. The track was open for simulcasting. Racing will resume...
TAYLOR BETTER SUITED FOR PAVLIK REMATCH
LAS VEGAS - Jermain Taylor would have us believe he took Kelly Pavlik lightly in their first fight last September in Atlantic City. That he wasn't in tip-top shape. That...
SPYGATE WON'T GO AWAY
WASHINGTON - Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opponents' defensive signals since he became the Patriots' coach in 2000, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, who said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell...
S. SHORE PAYS BIG PRICE
The PSAL Brooklyn Borough championships began Tuesday without South Shore, which likely would have been a six-seed in the eight-team tournament and qualified the Vikings for the playoffs. But the...
HUSKIES PUT BITE ON IRISH
STORRS, Conn. - The Price of doing business against UConn is dealing with one of the Big East's most improved players. In this case that's A.J. Price, the junior guard...
ALL A-BOARD AT STRATTON
STRATTON Mountain was the birthplace of snowboarding and always has offered the best in parks and pipes to boomers, blazers and women's clinics. Since 1990, Stratton's women's workshops have combined...
MARTY HITS 30 AGAIN
This record is now arguably unbreakable, 50 percent beyond the one he broke. The Devils were still a Cupless team the last time Martin Brodeur failed to win 30 games...
ISIAH HAD LITTLE CHANCE AT JASON
BOSTON - Isiah Thomas said he's been very busy on the phone with the trade deadline one week away - but he wasn't busy enough to be seriously in the...
SAME 'OL STORY
BOSTON - Isiah Thomas got an early start to his All-Star vacation. And Eddy Curry was given an even earlier one - his stunning transformation from budding All-Star last season...
ZACH DENIES ROLE IN BASH AT PORTLAND
BOSTON - Zach Randolph managed to make his first visit to Portland since the trade an eventful one, picking up 25 points, 13 rebounds and a spritz of Mace in...
PEREZ TALKS HIT SNAG
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets could be headed to an arbitration hearing for the first time since they faced off with David Cone in 1992. A hearing between the...
THE QUIET ARRIVAL
PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets are already in protective mode with Johan Santana. The team's newly acquired starting ace reported to spring training a day early yesterday, but Mets...
SANCHEZ GLAD TO BE OFF TAXI SQUAD
PORT ST. LUCIE - Duaner Sanchez won't be going on any more late-night snack runs when the Mets are in Miami in early April. Hailing a cab is also on...
FRANK MAKES DO WITH 9-MAN LINEUP
TORONTO - No Jason Kidd. Lots of emotions. No chance. Lots of points for the Raptors. The Nets had nine players for their game with the Raptors here last night...
NOT SO FAST, JASE
TORONTO - The Jason Kidd Era in New Jersey is over. Maybe. It is pending league approval - and if one of the pieces in a blockbuster deal has a...
ALL-STAR POINT GUARD NEAR GETTING WISH
TORONTO - When Jason Kidd arrived in New Jersey, he promised that a 26-victory team would get to .500 and make the playoffs, that the West Side of the Hudson...
LUNDQVIST DEAL FIT FOR A KING
In a season plagued with uncertainties and inconsistency, the Rangers are one step closer to putting a major question to rest. As reported in The Post on Tuesday, Henrik Lundqvist...
TORRE'S TAKE
vERO BEACH - A new era began for Joe Torre yesterday as he checked in as manager of the Dodgers, a sordid and sad baseball day for the Yankees' four...
CONE SAYS HE NEVER GOT ADVICE FROM MCNAMEE
TAMPA - David Cone strongly disputed an allegation Brian McNamee made in his deposition - that in 2000, Cone sought McNamee's advice on using the steroids issue as a way...
WAITING IT OUT
TAMPA - Andy Pettitte's involvement in the Mitchell Report and the congressional hearings that pitted Roger Clemens against Brian McNamee yesterday have extracted such a toll on the pitcher that...
GET USED TO IT
TAMPA - Even in the baseball equivalent of a bunker, the manager of the Yankees cannot hide. For seven hours yesterday, surrounded by coworkers and concrete at Legends Field, Joe...
GIRARDI VAGUE ON POTENTIAL ROTATION
TAMPA - Though it's believed that Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy will earn spots in the rotation, Joe Girardi only committed to Andy Pettitte, Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina. "We...
ROCKET FIZZLES IN DC
WASHINGTON - Roger Clemens' reputation is going, going, gone. Laboring through 4½ hours of withering congressional questioning, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner weakly testified yesterday that his Yankee teammate...
BUBBA'S '92 ELEX BOSS BACKS BARACK
The man who ran Bill Clinton's first campaign for president threw his support to Barack Obama yesterday, David Wilhelm endorsed Obama in a conference call with reporters, citing the Illinois...
AL: WE'D PICKET DEM HQ
The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday said the Democratic Party would commit a "grave injustice" if it seated delegates from Florida and Michigan at the party's national convention - and he...
HILLARY HAS NO CHANCE: OBAMA
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton can no longer win the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama's campaign said yesterday. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters the "only way" Clinton can overcome...
LET'S INJECT SOME COMMON SENSE
LET the Congressional Re cord show that common sense, yesterday, took most of the day off. Consider that Roger Clemens, among the most gifted and privileged athletes of our time,...
NOT FOOLED BY HIS CURVE
WASHINGTON - In the middle of the muck, in the midst of a murky swamp of politico-speak and latent lawyerese, there rose but one commonsense hero in Room 2154 of...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
A Sun-Mars aspect on your birthday means you will be all business over the coming 12 months. You have a lot to do and only a limited time in which...
LIBRAS
You may get more than you bargained for today but you will handle it with ease. Both in your private affairs and on the work front the pace of life...
CHILLING IMAGES AS MAD HACKER SLIPS IN FOR DEATH RAMPAGE
The psycho who hacked an Upper East Side shrink to death left behind two bags filled with knives, women's clothing and adult diapers - and gave a terrifying warning to...
IT'S A TOUGH CALL FOR FANS
Some baseball fans who heard Roger Clemens say under oath yesterday that he never took steroids or HGH couldn't agree on a fair or foul call on the Rocket. "I'm...
LONG-SHOT NYRA DEAL TROTS THROUGH
ALBANY - The state Legislature yesterday rushed through approval of a secretly negotiated deal authorizing the financially beleaguered New York Racing Association to run the state's three thoroughbred tracks for...
COUNCIL PUSHES ANOTHER 'JUNK' BILL
Under threat of a mayoral veto, the City Council yesterday overwhelmingly passed a bill forcing manufacturers to collect discarded flat-screen TVs, computers, monitors and other electronic items - and recycle...
QUINN PICK IRKS B'KLYN DELEGATION
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn suffered a political setback yesterday when all of the council members from Brooklyn voted against her pick for city clerk. Hector Diaz, the Bronx county...
HEAD OF THE CLASS
New York high-school students continue to lead the nation in Advanced Placement exam performance, with nearly a quarter of the city's 2007 graduating seniors making the grade on at least...
CAR DEALER ACQUITTED OF SLAY PLOT
A jury decided yesterday you can trust a used-car dealer - acquitting one of trying to whack his arch-rival in a murder-for-hire scheme. "It's a relief," defendant Matthew Silberzweig, 37,...
MIDTOWN SLAY DRIVER OFF MEDS
A New Jersey waste hauler who suffered a spasm, careened onto a Midtown sidewalk and killed two British tourists - decapitating one of them - had recently stopped taking his...
DEUTSCHE BLDG. HERO'S KIN SUE
A heroic firefighter killed in the inferno at the Deutsche Bank building last year fell victim to "serious safety lapses that converted the building into a veritable death trap," his...
DA'S HAZY CASE VS. LENS MAN
The allegedly battered girlfriend of eyeglass scion Jeffrey Cohen is now seeing things differently - and has stopped cooperating with prosecutors, his lawyer said yesterday. Blanca Zepeda's new "see no...
GARBAGE GOTTI GETS HIS GREEN
Peter Gotti can keep his dirty money. The feds have given up their bid to take the former city sanitation worker's disability pension, according to recent filings in Brooklyn federal...
MED 'RIP-OFF'
ALBANY - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged yesterday that virtually all of New York's health-insurance companies fraudulently shortchanged consumers hundreds of millions of dollars by using "rigged data" to...
FEDS WANT BANK SCAMMER'S PRIZED ART
The feds are eyeing an $8 million painting by famed Brooklyn artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that was smuggled into New York by a Brazilian banker now serving 21 years in his...
NEW RAP VS. 'KID-DUMP' COP
An NYPD cop, already in hot water for abandoning a 14-year-old Staten Island boy miles from his home after a Halloween egg-throwing incident, was charged yesterday with misusing a police...
TEEN IN BIZARRE MYSPACE 'CRIME'
A Staten Island girl may have become the first person in the state to violate an order of protection by sending a MySpace "friend request." A family had taken out...
NEW 'LITVINENKO'
The sudden death of a Georgian billionaire accused of provoking a coup in the former Soviet republic was labeled "suspicious" yesterday by British police, who are also looking into whether...
YOUNGEST 'PATS'
Tom Brady, here's your alternate universe. The "championship" shirts and hats that the New England Patriots players were set to wear had they won the Super Bowl wound up yesterday...
ROCKET FIZZLES IN DC
WASHINGTON - Roger Clemens' reputation is going, going, gone. Laboring through 4½ hours of withering congressional questioning, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner weakly testified yesterday that his Yankee teammate...
'A SAD TIME': TORRE
Despite the flameout that was Roger "the Rocket" Clemens' testimony before Congress yesterday, former teammates say the sport will survive - even if his credibility and Hall of Fame chances...
BUBBA'S '92 ELEX BOSS BACKS BARACK
The man who ran Bill Clinton's first campaign for president threw his support to Barack Obama yesterday, David Wilhelm endorsed Obama in a conference call with reporters, citing the Illinois...
AL: WE'D PICKET DEM HQ
The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday said the Democratic Party would commit a "grave injustice" if it seated delegates from Florida and Michigan at the party's national convention - and he...
HILLARY HAS NO CHANCE: OBAMA
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton can no longer win the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama's campaign said yesterday. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters the "only way" Clinton can overcome...
NRA 'GIFT' CARD
BALTIMORE - He's the last person on earth you'd guess would become a member of the National Rifle Association, but Mayor Bloomberg has become a card-carrying NRAer - courtesy of...
GIVER-WORST
The filthy-rich financier fighting his ex-fiancée to get back a $400,000 ring is a "Native American giver." So says Raoul Felder, the lawyer for multimillionaire Gerald Tsai's former sweetie, Sharon...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKL YN A woman was critically injured when she was struck by two cars in a hit-and-run accident in Coney Island last night, police said. The woman, in her 40s,...
LET'S INJECT SOME COMMON SENSE
LET the Congressional Re cord show that common sense, yesterday, took most of the day off. Consider that Roger Clemens, among the most gifted and privileged athletes of our time,...
NOT FOOLED BY HIS CURVE
WASHINGTON - In the middle of the muck, in the midst of a murky swamp of politico-speak and latent lawyerese, there rose but one commonsense hero in Room 2154 of...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 134; Lucky Sum: 8 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 8845; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 736; Lucky Sum: 16; Evening Win-4 Wed.: 6649; Lucky...
JUSTICE FOR A JIHADIST
One of the world's most dangerous ter rorists has been brought to a bloody end - and whoever laid him low de serves the thanks of a grateful world. Israel...
QUINN'S GIFT TO . . . HERSELF
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says the city needs to adopt fiscally responsible practices - but not before she gives away $260 million, just for the hell of it. To...
THOSE OPPRESSED JUNKIES
It is to laugh. First Gov. Spitzer proposes "tax stamps" for illegal drugs - to make it easier for drug dealers to pay sales taxes on their their ill-gotten gains....
BREAKING THE MOB
FEDERAL and local prose cutors were quick to brand last week's massive bust of 62 alleged Gambino crime family members, union officials and construction executives as "historic" and "a milestone...
THE JUNK ATTACK ON TALK RADIO
THE most anti-conserva tive rhetoric against conservative talk radio these days is coming from supposedly free-market conservatives. It's disgusting. In Monday's Wall Street Journal, author Mark Helprin launched an attack...
WEIRD ALL OVER
WITH metronomic regular ity (the rhythm may arise from some strangely shared metabolic urge, which may explain the mystery of their marriage) the Clintons say things that remind voters of...
WHERE OBAMA DOESN'T FLY
'BILL Clinton: Obama's White Half Won Maine," read the headline on the humor site Scrappleface this week. "Obama gets to play both sides of the race card," a fictional Bill...
IS PEDRO BIRD-BRAINED?
As a PETA member and a former Mets fan, I am disgusted that Pedro Martinez participated in a cockfight in the Dominican Republic ("Pedro Hits Fowl Call," Feb. 8). Culture...
STRENGTHENING OUR MILITARY
I would like to thank Joseph Callo for bringing attention to an issue getting little ink or discussion, especially during this election season ("What About Our Military?" PostOpinion, Feb. 8)....
JONES KEEPS UP
Tattered Jones Apparel is finally fitting well with investors, having just sewn up aggressive new deals with Wal-Mart and Macy's and reported a loss that was narrower than expected. Jones,...
MORGAN STANLEY SLASHING JOBS AGAIN
Bank of America may be plunging deeper into the mortgage business by purchasing Countrywide Financial, but the rest of Wall Street is getting as far away from home loans as...
RIGGING STOCK MARKETS IS EVEN OK ABROAD
IF you still don't believe me that the US government has an organization called the Plunge Protection Team that intervenes in the stock market, consider this: * A former Federal...
BUNNY TRIPPED UP
Playboy Enterprises shares took a tumble yesterday on disappointing fourth-quarter earnings and what CEO Christie Hefner described as "murkiness" in the publishing business and a fiercely competitive TV business. The...
MANNING GETS GIANT GATORADE AD BOOST
Madison Avenue is cashing in on New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning. Gatorade is airing a new spot highlighting how Manning held up under pressure during...
TALKING POINTS
The talks between Yahoo! and News Corp. are real - the chances of a deal, however, are remote. Sources familiar with the situation confirmed that Yahoo! and News Corp. have...
MUSICAL MOUSE GAMES
When 'tween music powerhouse Walt Disney releases the next album from boy rockers the Jonas Brothers via its Hollywood Records unit later this summer, it may pass on having international...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Nothing like asking for a divorce on Valentine's Day. A South Carolina radio station will give away a free divorce today, reminding everyone that Cupid can miss, too. WKLC-FM program...
SOUP'S ON!
Today, we'll look at one of mankind's oldest culinary delights - and it's as easy to make as boiling water. NEW England clam chowder, lobster bisque, pot au feu, Spanish...
BARNEYS' RUBBLE
AT 8 a.m. today, Barneys in Chelsea flings open its doors for their annual warehouse sale, where grown women have been known to battle it out over deeply discounted designer...
HAUTE LIST
AWEARNESS: Kenneth Cole's always been (in)famous for his socially aware ad campaigns. Cole-coined slogans such as "Shoes aren't the only thing we encourage you to wear," which ran alongside a...
STARR REPORT
Burnett's triple play Mark Burnett has hit a milestone, becoming the first producer in TV history (or so they tell me) to have three of his shows airing in prime-...
'24' CREATOR OUT
IF it hadn't been for the writers' strike, "24" creator Joel Surnow might have been too busy producing the show over the last three months to contemplate his future. But...
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE OSCARS NOW?
DAMN the writers - damn them! Why, oh why, couldn't they wait a few more weeks before settling the strike that will allow the Academy Awards to go on this...
GLOBES MAY SUE OVER RUINED SHOW
THE Golden Globes are contemplating a lawsuit against the Writers Guild of America. The organization behind the Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recently approached NBC about joining a potential...
TINA FIRST 'SNL' HOST
TINA Fey will return to her roots on "Saturday Night Live" next week as the first post-writers' strike guest host. Fey, who snagged a Golden Globe this year for her...
OFT-TOLD TALE STANDS TALL IN THE FEET
'STEP Up 2: The Streets" is such a radical departure from "Step Up" that I don't know where to begin. For one thing, in this one the girl is from...
GOBLIN FABLE, WARTS AND ALL, FALLS SHORT
'THE Spiderwick Chronicles" is overrun with malicious goblins, a vengeance-minded pig, a fast-moving troll and a giant horned ogre, but the true source of terror is scarier than all of...
TAKE THE SUBWAY
DOUG Liman's "Jumper" takes an intriguing premise - a guy who can teleport himself anywhere, anytime - and turns it into a totally ridiculous and incoherent sci-fi adventure. Hayden Christensen...
LITTLE MISS MATCHMAKER
IS "Definitely, Maybe" the best romantic comedy released so far this year? Definitely. Should you go see it? Maybe. If you absolutely have to see an example of this problematic...
SPORTS SHORTS
HOOPS: NCAA slams Indiana coachKelvin Sampson's future at Indiana was in doubt following the release of an NCAA report that says he committed five "major" violations. Sampson and his assistants...
STORM KOS AQUEDUCT
Live racing was canceled at Aqueduct yesterday morning because of the winter storm that began Tuesday and raged through yesterday afternoon. The track was open for simulcasting. Racing will resume...
TAYLOR BETTER SUITED FOR PAVLIK REMATCH
LAS VEGAS - Jermain Taylor would have us believe he took Kelly Pavlik lightly in their first fight last September in Atlantic City. That he wasn't in tip-top shape. That...
SPYGATE WON'T GO AWAY
WASHINGTON - Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opponents' defensive signals since he became the Patriots' coach in 2000, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, who said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell...
S. SHORE PAYS BIG PRICE
The PSAL Brooklyn Borough championships began Tuesday without South Shore, which likely would have been a six-seed in the eight-team tournament and qualified the Vikings for the playoffs. But the...
HUSKIES PUT BITE ON IRISH
STORRS, Conn. - The Price of doing business against UConn is dealing with one of the Big East's most improved players. In this case that's A.J. Price, the junior guard...
MARTY HITS 30 AGAIN
This record is now arguably unbreakable, 50 percent beyond the one he broke. The Devils were still a Cupless team the last time Martin Brodeur failed to win 30 games...
ISIAH HAD LITTLE CHANCE AT JASON
BOSTON - Isiah Thomas said he's been very busy on the phone with the trade deadline one week away - but he wasn't busy enough to be seriously in the...
SAME 'OL STORY
BOSTON - Isiah Thomas got an early start to his All-Star vacation. And Eddy Curry was given an even earlier one - his stunning transformation from budding All-Star last season...
ZACH DENIES ROLE IN BASH AT PORTLAND
BOSTON - Zach Randolph managed to make his first visit to Portland since the trade an eventful one, picking up 25 points, 13 rebounds and a spritz of Mace in...
PEREZ TALKS HIT SNAG
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets could be headed to an arbitration hearing for the first time since they faced off with David Cone in 1992. A hearing between the...
THE QUIET ARRIVAL
PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets are already in protective mode with Johan Santana. The team's newly acquired starting ace reported to spring training a day early yesterday, but Mets...
SANCHEZ GLAD TO BE OFF TAXI SQUAD
PORT ST. LUCIE - Duaner Sanchez won't be going on any more late-night snack runs when the Mets are in Miami in early April. Hailing a cab is also on...
FRANK MAKES DO WITH 9-MAN LINEUP
TORONTO - No Jason Kidd. Lots of emotions. No chance. Lots of points for the Raptors. The Nets had nine players for their game with the Raptors here last night...
NOT SO FAST, JASE
TORONTO - The Jason Kidd Era in New Jersey is over. Maybe. It is pending league approval - and if one of the pieces in a blockbuster deal has a...
ALL-STAR POINT GUARD NEAR GETTING WISH
TORONTO - When Jason Kidd arrived in New Jersey, he promised that a 26-victory team would get to .500 and make the playoffs, that the West Side of the Hudson...
LUNDQVIST DEAL FIT FOR A KING
In a season plagued with uncertainties and inconsistency, the Rangers are one step closer to putting a major question to rest. As reported in The Post on Tuesday, Henrik Lundqvist...
TORRE'S TAKE
vERO BEACH - A new era began for Joe Torre yesterday as he checked in as manager of the Dodgers, a sordid and sad baseball day for the Yankees' four...
CONE SAYS HE NEVER GOT ADVICE FROM MCNAMEE
TAMPA - David Cone strongly disputed an allegation Brian McNamee made in his deposition - that in 2000, Cone sought McNamee's advice on using the steroids issue as a way...
WAITING IT OUT
TAMPA - Andy Pettitte's involvement in the Mitchell Report and the congressional hearings that pitted Roger Clemens against Brian McNamee yesterday have extracted such a toll on the pitcher that...
GET USED TO IT
TAMPA - Even in the baseball equivalent of a bunker, the manager of the Yankees cannot hide. For seven hours yesterday, surrounded by coworkers and concrete at Legends Field, Joe...
GIRARDI VAGUE ON POTENTIAL ROTATION
TAMPA - Though it's believed that Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy will earn spots in the rotation, Joe Girardi only committed to Andy Pettitte, Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina. "We...
On Hold
By FRED KERBERSo the trade was agreed to by both sides.But not all the players.Devean George, who promptly showed his worth by shooting 0-of-11, has thrown a wrench in the...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan MIDTOWN EAST $660,000 245 E. 54th St. One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 800 square feet, with dining area, renovated windowed kitchen and two exposures; building features roof deck, laundry, doorman and...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Scarsdale, NY $1.34 million Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3 Square feet: 2,833 This renovated Tudor offers "exceptional" details, including leaded-glass windows, a stone fireplace and a new gourmet kitchen. Also, the...
PERFECT GETAWAY
SPENDING night after night in the Meatpacking District's hottest nightclub can get exhausting. So how do you escape? Easy. Just grab a dozen or so of your closest friends and...
'PENTHOUSE' PAD
A POSSIBLE new townhouse record could be posted now that a buyer has finally surfaced for Bob Guccione's former funhouse. The double-wide, 22,000-square-foot Upper East Side mansion at 14-16 E....
WHAT YOU CAN RENT FOR ...
$350,000 Six-BR, 7 ½-bath former tennis club on 3.5 acres in Amagansett, renovated in 2005 with dining room and country kitchen. Close to beach, has secluded pool. Agent: Peter M....
SUMMER STEALS
While the Hamptons have seen crazy prices in the past few months - a $68 million home sold in Bridgehampton, a $1 million rental in Sagaponack - there are still...
DREAM HOMES
Columbus Circle $10.95 million Four years after it was constructed, the Time Warner Center remains one of the most prestigious buildings in the city, due in large part to its...
Isiah: NBA has no room for bigs
By MARC BERMANHere are the quotes that will get Isiah Thomas fired after the season. Here are the quotes from tonight after the 111-103 Boston loss, made only seven months...
SUMMER STEALS
While the Hamptons have seen crazy prices in the past few months - a $68 million home sold in Bridgehampton, a $1 million rental in Sagaponack - there are still...
'PENTHOUSE' PAD
A POSSIBLE new townhouse record could be posted now that a buyer has finally surfaced for Bob Guccione's former funhouse. The double-wide, 22,000-square-foot Upper East Side mansion at 14-16 E....
PERFECT GETAWAY
SPENDING night after night in the Meatpacking District's hottest nightclub can get exhausting. So how do you escape? Easy. Just grab a dozen or so of your closest friends and...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan MIDTOWN EAST $660,000 245 E. 54th St. One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 800 square feet, with dining area, renovated windowed kitchen and two exposures; building features roof deck, laundry, doorman and...
GRAMERCY PARK
"Old World glamour" flows through this four-bedroom, 4½-bathroom duplex, which features a double-height parlor with two fireplaces at either end, a "sweeping" staircase, pocket doors, three Juliet balconies, an entry...
COLUMBUS CIRCLE
Four years after it was constructed, the Time Warner Center remains one of the most prestigious buildings in the city, due in large part to its location, views and -...
SCARSDALE, NY
To those who are loathe to leave Manhattan, take a gander at this "gorgeous" 6,200-square-foot brick Colonial in Scarsdale's tony Murray Hill section. It features six bedrooms, 6½ bathrooms (including...
NEW CANAAN, CONN.
This huge, "sophisticated" home is the proud recipient of a Connecticut Home Building Industry Award - though, to be honest, the house is all the trophy anyone would ever need....
UPPER WEST SIDE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 950 Maintenance: $1,457 A night at the opera, or a day in the park, is yours when you take up permanent residence in this...
GREENWICH VILLAGE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 550 Maintenance: $551 Does size really matter? This East Ninth Street alcove studio is as tricked out as any larger spread, after a 2006...
RYE BROOK, NY
Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 3,237 Do it for the kids! Imagine how much they'd enjoy the "ample" back yard that is part of the "park-like, private" property around...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1½ Square feet: 1,100 Maintenance: $1,182 Billed as "the loveliest duplex" in the neighborhood, this co-op on Orange Street features high ceilings, a working fireplace in the...
FINANCIAL DISTRICT
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,140 Common charges: $1,253 If you want prewar class with 21st-century renovations, this is the neighborhood where you'll find it. This "mint-condition" condo in...
WHAT YOU CAN RENT FOR ...
$350,000 Six-BR, 7 ½-bath former tennis club on 3.5 acres in Amagansett, renovated in 2005 with dining room and country kitchen. Close to beach, has secluded pool. Agent: Peter M....
Barneys Warehouse Sale: Sneak Peek
Here's what you'll see on the rails tomorrow, starting at 8 a.m.ReyesWas: $675Barneys sale price: $169Marc by Marc JacobsWas:$1200Barneys sale price: $299Proenza SchoulerWas: $2195Barneys sale price: $519EtroWas: $1465Barneys sale price:...