March 11, 2008
Minus regulars, Mets fall
A quick wrap-up (non-Pedro Martinez division) from Port St. Lucie after the Metsâ 4-3 Grapefruit League loss to the Red Sox in Fort Myers:1. Angel Pagan, a Mets draft pick...
HOWARD STERN AGREES WITH ME
Got a call this morning from my son Casey who said he heard Howard Stern agreeing with me and reading parts of my Billy Crystal (Jokeâs On Yankees) column this...
Deal of the Day-Calypso
I donât know much about pythons in New Orleans, but these shoes by the same name are absolutely gorgeous.Wear them over brown or black tights for the next few weeks...
3 DOWN: Reed Johnson, Blanton and Benitez
1. The Mets have inquired with the Blue Jays about righty-hitting outfielders Shannon Stewart and Reed Johnson. It would seem unlikely that Stewart would be a match for the Mets...
SPITZER MAY STAY ON ONE MORE DAY
Disgraced love guv Eliot Spitzer may be sticking around one more day. Albany sources tell The Post that it doesn't appear the hooker-happy first-term governor will step down today. "I've...
PEDRO, METS PLEASED WITH PROGRESS
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Pedro Martinez and the Mets pronounced themselves pleased after his 59-pitch, four-inning simulated game here this afternoon. Facing Carlos Beltran and three rookie-level minor leaguers on...
Pedro steady in simulated game
PORT ST. LUCIE â- Pedro Martinez and the Mets pronounced themselves pleased after his 59-pitch, four-inning simulated game here this afternoon. Facing Carlos Beltran and three rookie-level minor leaguers on...
New NCAA Bracket Projection
Just days away from Selection Sunday, here's a look at who we think is in and out through Monday's games. FINAL FOUR: West vs. South; Midwest vs. EastWest (Phoenix)Played in...
SPITZER HAS USED HOOKERS FOR 10 YEARS: SOURCES
Disgraced Gov. Spitzer dropped up to $80,000 on sex with prostitutes, sources revealed tonight. Spitzer, a millionaire, was hopping into bed with harlots for as long as 10 years and...
Tribeca Announces More Titles
The slimmed down Tribeca Film Festival, which will offer 122 features from April 23 to May 4, released titles for its World Narrative, Documentary and Encounters section today. They include...
How I Met A Train Wreck
Britney Spears is making headlines again - but it's not what you think.Britney Spears. The troubled pop star is in talks to guest-star on the popular CBS sitcom "How I...
Starr Report: Disappearing spot
Charles Grodin "This comes under the heading of just when I thought I'd heard everything," Grodin wrote, relaying how he was supposed to appear on WOR to promote his April...
Ziegfeld Launches Revival Season
The Ziegfeld Theatre may be the best place in New York to see a movie, but it's often challenging to fill the city's last remaining 3000(or so)-seat, single-screen theatre, especially...
August Berth for Woody's Latest
The Weinstein Co. sent over an updated summer calendar yesterday, and Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona,'' the flick the Woodman shot in Spain with Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett...
Summer Blockbusters Just Can't Wait
"Speed Racer,'' the summer tentpole from the Wachowski Brothers, will apparently close this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Stu Van Airsdale at The Reeler says the Emile Hirsch-Christina Ricci epic will...
3 UP: Opening Day, Delgado and Randy Johnson
1. Red Sox GM Theo Epstein and manager Terry Francona talked on Monday about not pushing players, in this specific case Josh Beckett, just to make Opening Day. For the...
WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND
* Be & D Annie satchel, $895 at Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Ave. * Laundry by Shelli Segal trench, $170 at Macy's, 151 W. 34th St. * JOB patent...
SPORTS SHORTS
FOOTBALL: Rams bring back Green Trent Green, released by the Dolphins last month, agreed yesterday to terms on a three-year contract to return to the Rams. He replaces Gus Frerotte...
YOUTH IS SERVED
The sellout crowd paid an average of $125 a pop last night at the Garden to watch Roger Federer play Pete Sampras for the first time on US soil. And...
IT'S GOOD TENNIS FOR PETE SAKES
THE World's Most Fa mous Arena is no longer so famous for tennis. The women's tour year-end event moved out of the Garden in 1999; the men hadn't played seriously...
ROGER HITS JACKPOT
Roger Federer will be able to buy lots of new black tennis outfits for this summer's US Open after pocketing $1 million for last night's exhibition showdown at the Garden...
BULL-ISH IN CHICAGO
In 1977, Jimmy Boylan was the adroit architect of Marquette's NCAA title team coached by audacious Al McGuire. "He'd allow you to say something to him during a game," Boylan...
STANDING PAT SERVED DEVS
MONTREAL - The Devils can add another cliche to their quotebook: The one that the best deal sometimes is the one not done. The jackpot price the Penguins paid to...
GIANTS TAKE CARR FOR TEST RUN
Two quarterbacks taken with the very first pick in the NFL Draft on the same team? It could happen, as David Carr, according to sources is scheduled to pay a...
JETS LOOK AT UTECHT
The Jets refuse to rest during their aggressive offseason push to improve on their miserable 4-12 season in 2007. One day after agreeing to terms with former Dolphins running back...
KNICKS AWOL IN DALLAS
DALLAS - Dallas owner Mark Cuban dripped buckets of sweat during a 60-minute workout on the StairMaster yesterday in the Maverick locker room as he spoke about Knick owner James...
ROSE SWEET TO ISIAH
DALLAS - Isiah Thomas threw a bouquet at Memphis superstar freshman point guard Derrick Rose, who would fulfill every Knicks fans' dream if they win the lottery. Rose, projected as...
METS ARE FEELING AMAZIN'
PORT ST. LUCIE - The injury-battered Mets should be able to move closer to full strength over the next couple of days. Not only is Pedro Martinez scheduled to throw...
SANTANA MAKES SOX RED-FACED
PORT ST. LUCIE - Johan Santana gave the Red Sox another taste of what they could have had this winter. Making his third spring start as a Met, Santana dominated...
CARLOSES TWICE AS NICE
PORT ST. LUCIE - The heart of the Mets' order - and arguably two of the biggest deciding factors in their season - returned from a lengthy absence yesterday. Carlos...
WILLIE MUST TAKE SOME GIANT STEPS
PORT ST. LUCIE - Willie Randolph watched the Super Bowl from his living room, saw Tom Coughlin put the finishing touches on his trek from firing line to genius. It...
ROCKET POWERED
HOUSTON - Outside the Rockets' locker room before the game, Rick Adelman, coach of the hottest team on the planet, gave the usual coaching caution that no one with a...
COULD BE BLUESHIRTS VS. BRUINS IN BX.
If the Rangers play at Yankee Stadium next winter - like the Sabres and Penguins played in Buffalo this January - NBC is pressing for the Blueshirts' opponent to be...
RANGERS SURVIVE CLINKER
BUFFALO - The shootout's one redeeming feature is that it gives players who were lousy in the actual 65-minute game a chance to redeem themselves. Take, for instance, Scott Gomez...
JOBA WELL DONE
TAMPA - On the night the Yankees and commissioner Bud Selig made a farce out of the game by signing all-time foof Billy Crystal to a ludicrous one-day contract and...
COMIC DISBELIEF
TAMPA - The Yankees gave new meaning to the term "Billy Ball" last night - and you can be sure Billy Martin is turning over in his grave. The Yankees...
RODRIGUEZ, POSADA GET BACK ON FIELD
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez returned to third base last night but didn't test his tender right shoulder by trying to fire lasers across the infield. "It felt good but I...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
Let your mind soar this year. Let your thoughts carry you up to and beyond the barriers that others say cannot be breached. It won't be long before you realize...
GOV NAILED IN HOOKER SHOCK
Gov. Spitzer, who crafted a national reputation as a crusader against corruption, was exposed yesterday as the penny-pinching client of a $1,000-an-hour hooker. The bombshell allegations against Spitzer - referred...
RED-TAPE DISS FOR DEAD VETS
The bodies of 11 unclaimed or indigent veterans have been indefinitely put on ice at the city Medical Examiner's Office - after a past bureaucratic snafu unceremoniously dumped others in...
BANE OF THE BROTHELS IS HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD
In a plot twist worthy of a "Law & Order" episode, Eliot Spitzer spent his hard-charging career as attorney general targeting scores of sex-crime suspects. In 2003, Spitzer's office took...
HIS TRYST WITH KRISTEN
She was waiting for him near the king-sized bed in Room 871, a stunningly sexy, petite brunette who called herself "Kristen." She knew Client-9 had paid good money - $4,300...
MISSUS SACRIFICED TO BE WIFE & MOM
Tough-as-nails former corporate lawyer Silda Wall Spitzer was fond of telling people that her name meant "Teutonic War goddess." Yesterday, as her eyes welled up with tears and she inhaled...
THE GOOD NAME HE DRAGGED IN THE DIRT
The man whose name Gov. Spitzer used as his alias in his hookup with a prostitute is a high-powered hedge-fund manager, political donor - and one of Spitzer's best buddies....
THE DIZZYING RISE AND FALL OF 'CLIENT-9'
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer has had many nicknames over his two decades in public service - "Sheriff of Wall Street," "The Enforcer" and, of course, "F- - -ing Steamroller." Now...
IMPACT FELT FOR YEARS
The impact of Gov. Spitzer's fall will be felt in Albany for years to come, political experts predicted yesterday. "The implications are incredible, the dominoes are falling over by the...
CLAMOR GROWING FOR A QUICK RESIGNATION
Stunned politicians in both parties last night called on Gov. Spitzer to resign. Democratic Assemblyman John McEneny (Albany) said: "I don't think anyone remembers anything like this. The fact that...
CHAMPAGNE FLOWS AMID CHEERS ON WALL ST.
Cheers erupted on trading floors around the city yesterday as word spread of the stunning downfall of Gov. Spitzer - who spent most of his term as attorney general torturing...
MAN WHO WOULD BE GOV
David Paterson, legally blind since he was a baby, has spent his entire life trying to defy expectations. The 53-year-old Harlem politician with a salt-and-pepper beard and a raspy voice...
NEW-LOOK HARLEM CLEARS A BIG HURDLE
Amid shouts of "Uncle Tom" and "sellout," the City Planning Commission yesterday approved a controversial rezoning plan for 125th Street that would create condos, more performing-arts space and a 21-story...
BAD TEACHERS URGED TO CASH IN
Give us your mean, your inept, your lazy. A national anti-union group has launched a $1 million campaign against bad teachers, seeking nominations for the 10 worst unionized instructors to...
D'AMATO RAI$ING MCCAIN
Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato is headlining a fund-raiser tonight at The Plaza hotel that will drop "about $1 million" into John McCain's campaign kitty, sources said. D'Amato said he's bullish...
THEATER KIDS GET THE HOOK AMID PIER 40 PERILS
A theater program for kids at Hudson River Park's Pier 40 has been ordered to evacuate most of its space because of falling concrete inside the aging structure, which is...
CRIME SCENE 'TAINT'
A series of police blunders and failure to secure the Queens crime scene where Sean Bell was killed may have tainted evidence that could have cleared the three detectives who...
QUEASY RIDERS
Subway managers are sick of sick passengers. New York City Transit has put up ads telling New Yorkers to take the day off if they're laid up - and stay...
TIME RUNNING OUT ON CARDS
Unlimited-ride MetroCards sold at the old rates are about to reach the end of the line. The MTA announced yesterday that such cards purchased before March 2 will expire in...
BODY-PART GHOULS' SICK SYSTEM
A gang of body-parts harvesters fudged next-of-kin's names, causes of death and medical histories in order to make their tissue chop-shop look legit, prosecutors said yesterday. "Whatever it took to...
FEDS THROW BOOK AT 'BIGOTED' BIZMAN
A business owner with a crude mouth agreed yesterday to fork over $180,000 to 21 former employees who claimed he subjected them to rampant racial and sexual harassment, according to...
'GENTLE' BOMBER
The Times Square bicycle bomber may have spent several hours hanging out in a local McDonald's before the explosion to case the area so that he didn't cause any casualties,...
PROSECUTION TAKES A SHOT AT REMY MA
Remy Ma leveled her .45-caliber. She cocked the slide, loading a bullet. The silver gun glinted in the pre-dawn street light as the rapper stared down the girlfriend she thought...
HOSP ERR LED ME TO ABORT: MA
A heartbroken mom claims doctors at Roosevelt Hospital gave her a terrible misdiagnosis that led her to terminate her pregnancy. In papers filed in Bronx Supreme Court, Mbayme Ndoye says...
BARACK TO HILL: I AM NOT YOUR MATE
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama yesterday ridiculed Hillary Rodham Clinton's suggestion that he run on her ticket as vice president - saying her offer was an attempt to "hoodwink" his supporters....
MADONNA HAS A BALL AT THE HALL
The 23rd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony went from desperately seeking Madonna, with rumors circulating that the Material Girl was going to be a no-show at the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN A carjacker has been busted for forcing three drivers out of their cars at gunpoint in Midtown and the West Village, authorities said yesterday. Kevin Bloomfield, 30, allegedly approached...
STEAMROLL THIS LOUSY BUM, SILDA
SILDA SPITZER was an accom plished woman. Loving mother and devoted wife. Yesterday, her miserable husband stole it all. Silda walked out to face the cameras hanging on to her...
BULLY GETS HIS COMEUPPANCE
ALBANY - A disgraced Gov. Spitzer has been publicly and privately de scribed for more than a year by New York's top political figures as a ruth less, sanctimonious, amoral...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 537; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Mon: 4338; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 387; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 2340;...
NY'S NAKED EMPEROR
Eliot Spitzer must resign. The governor's brief statement late yesterday, in which he apologized to his family and to the public for an unspecified transgression - but hinted that he...
BLOOMBERG'S BAD EXAMPLE
You can always make do with less." That's what Mayor Mike has often said about the city's spending plan. And it's what he's instructed his various departments over the last...
SHE'LL NEVER RELENT
SHE'S going to keep coming. The Obama campaign can tout "the math." Pundits can insist she leave the race. Former liberal supporters can complain about her smash-mouth tactics. But Hillary...
IRAN'S FEAR - IRAQ'S CHANCE
'I HAVE lost hope of liberating Iraq and turning it into an Is lamic society." So said Muqtada al-Sadr in an open letter to his followers published last week. The...
GOV. LONGSHOT?
NEW York may be about to have its first African- American governor - and not a minute too soon. The "dirty tricks" scandal - Gov. Spitzer's attempt to use the...
MCCAIN VS. GOP PORKERS
THE congressional GOP es tablishment's charade - pretending to crack down on spending earmarks while actually preserving their uncontrolled addiction to pork - faces embarrassment this week when the Democratic-designed...
MUSLIM OR CHRISTIAN: IRRELEVANT FOR A PREZ
Amir Taheri, please stop trying to scare the Americans into believing that a vote for Obama is a vote for a Muslim ("Obama's Real Middle East Problem," PostOpinon, March 5)....
TIMES SQUARE FALLOUT
To the loser who bombed the Army recruiting center: I hope they get you and send you to Iraq ("Big Apple Powder Trail," March 7). Maybe, since you're so talented,...
LEHMAN LAYS OFF 1,400 AS WRITEDOWNS LOOM
Lehman Brothers will lay off 5 percent of its workforce amid the deepening crisis in the mortgage markets - a move that could set the stage for wider job cuts...
TAKING LIBERTIES
John Malone took the stand as the first witness in the Delaware court trial pitting his Liberty Media against Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp and immediately started throwing verbal grenades at his...
BLACKSTONE PROFIT PLUNGED 89%
Billionaire buyout boss Stephen Schwarzman can't seem to get a break. Yesterday, Schwarzman's Blackstone Group reported that fourth-quarter net profit - excluding costs tied to its June initial public offering...
IT'S ONLY WORDS
Sony and Bertelsmann are close to a deal that would allow their Sony BMG recorded music joint venture to start signing acts to music publishing contracts, sources familiar with the...
AOL'S PLATFORM A PRESIDENT TOSSED
AOL ousted Curt Viebranz, the president of AOL's Platform A ad business, just seven months after tapping him for the top post. The company said Lynda Clarizio, president of AOL's...
BEAR SKINNED
The never-ending credit crisis took another toll on Bear Stearns yesterday as jittery investors dumped shares of the Wall Street icon on unfounded rumors that the firm's access to capital...
LEONA'S LAIR HITS MARKET
THE Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, where Leona Helmsley lived in a palatial suite with her pampered pooch, Trouble, will soon hit the sale block, sources said. Although her estate has...
NONPLUSSED
The owner of women's plus-size apparel retailer Lane Bryant is suing a pair of activist hedge funds, accusing them of misleading the chain's investors as they mount a proxy campaign...
STRATEGIES: Renting in Rome
The view from the author's Rome apartment. This week's print cover talked about renting apartments in Rome. I asked the author, Robert Rorke, to walk us through the process, step...
SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA'S FIRST CITY
No trip to the Land Down Under would be complete without a stop in Sydney. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and is located on the southeast...
CLINE FAN NO PATSY
ONE of Nashville's top twangers, Keith Urban, is an Australian. Another of the genre's elite is Canadian Shania Twain. So it's with laughter and more than a dose of homegrown...
MPFREE
The Black Crowes, "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution" The first single off the band's recently released album, "Warpaint" - the first in seven years - is typical of the disc's...
LIFE'S SIDESHOW
AT the beginning of "Par adise Park," an every man character named Benny (William Jackson Harper) walks up to the ticket window at an amusement park. "What do you want?"...
'DIGGITY' THE KATZ MEOW
HORSES had "Black Beauty," birds had Au dubon - and cats had their own Broadway musical. The nearest dogs got to that kind of media exposure was "101 Dalmatians," which...
STARR REPORT
Disappearing spot Charles Grodin is peeved. The actor/author/WCBS radio commentator e-mailed me yesterday about being squelched from an appear ance on WOR (710 AM). "This comes under the heading of...
MSNBC FROM RIGHT TO LEFT
CONSERVATIVE cable-news host Tucker Carlson is out at MSNBC and David Gregory - who made his reputation knocking heads with President Bush - is replacing him. Gregory's new show -...
SAINT'S ALIVE
SIMON Templar is coming back. Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana have announced plans to resurrect "The Saint," the '60s British TV hit, for American viewers. The original show, which aired...
'I'M LUCKY TO BE HERE'
LOS ANGELES - Dead "Idol" walking . . . and still singing! Contestants Amanda Overmyer, Kristy Lee Cook and Chikezie - consistently panned by judges leading into tonight's Top 12...
BOMB GIRL WANTS BACK TO IRAQ
CBS war correspondent Kimberly Dozier - who cheated death in Iraq two years ago - is ready to go back to the war. It is her family and bosses at...
BRITNEY TURNS TO SITCOM FOR HER COMEBACK
Britney Spears is mak ing headlines again - but it's not what you think. The troubled pop star is in talks to guest-star on the popular CBS sitcom "How I...
GET PREPPED FOR SPRING SPORTS
MANY people spend the winter hibernating, thinking they can just pick up their athletic pursuits where they left off at the end of last summer. Wrong! The month of March...
FLAT CATS
I HAVE been to Rome five times. Each visit has been great, except for one thing. The hotels have always been a letdown. When my mother asked me to take...
OPEN UP!
IN January, the United States and European Union sat down at the table and hammered out a new agreement, changing the rules on how airlines may operate between the two....
CHOC-TASTIC!
WHEN it comes to a chocolate factory, Charlie said it best: "It's the most wonderful place in the whole world!" What's not to love, right? Chcolate rivers, surprises around every...
Cuban: Knicks need lottery win
By MARC BERMANDALLAS - It is probably unfair to compare any owner to Dallas' irrepressible Mark Cuban but the disparity between him and James Dolan struck home tonight in Big...
Shooting 'Em Out
So this team may not be made for shootouts, but theyâve sure got a knack for winning them.They picked up their second shootout win in a row tonight, 3-2 against...
Mets, Red Sox settle for a tie
A quick wrap-up (non-Johan Santana division) from Port St. Lucie after the Metsâ 1-1 Grapefruit League tie with the Red Sox:1. Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado were a combined 0-for-5...