April 3, 2008
Royals' flush
The Tigers are supposed to compete for a World Series crown.The Royals are supposed to stay comfortably in the cellar of the major leagues.So how on earth did Kansas City...
Hawk attacks child at Fenway
APA student touring Fenway Park was attacked by a resident red-tailed hawk that drew blood from a girlâs scalp today. The girl was taken by ambulance to a hospital, but...
3 DOWN: Joba's Fist Pumps, Piniella, Stupidity
1. Who cares if Joba Chamberlain pumps his fist after a strikeout? Is this what the ever-growing portion of Idiot America has come to? Really? We debate what a 22-year-old...
Preseason opponents set
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe final preseason game this summer for the Giants will come against a familiar opponent: the New England Patriots. In week one of the preseason, the Giants face...
Mula-Bye 'Idol,' hello future
M.J. talks with "American Idol" castoff Ramiele Mulabay.On "American Idol": Itâs the first real big thing that happened in my life, its experience, exposure itâs a future an Iâm really...
Larry Brown wants to coach again
Larry Brown told the Philadelphia Inquirer in today's editions that he hoped to land a head coaching job, either in the NBA or in college, for next season."I've got to...
Preseason opponents set
By MARK CANNIZZAROIn addition to traditional games against the Giants and Eagles, the Jets will open their 2008 preseason with a game against the Browns in Cleveland and theyâll also...
PREGNANT MAN VISITS 'OPRAH'
It's no hoax - this guy really is pregnant. Thomas Beatie, the transgender man with the world's most famous baby bump, appeared with his wife Nancy on "The Oprah Winfrey...
A Look Through the Yankees System: Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre
Like the major leagues, the minor leagues also begin play this week. We'll look in-depth at the rosters of each of the Mets and Yankees farm teams that begin play...
A Look Through the Mets System: Triple-A New Orleans
In this space's continuing preview of the minor league systems of both the Mets and Yankees, we'll now look at the Mets' Triple-A affiliate, the New Orleans Zephyrs. The amazing...
A Look Through the Yankees System: Double-A Trenton
The next stop in our preview of the Yankee farm system is in Trenton, with the Yankees Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder. The depth of talent at the upper levels...
A Look Through the Mets System: Double-A Binghamton
We'll now move on to the second part of our Mets minor league season preview, in which we'll take a look at the organization's Double-A affiliate, the Binghamton Mets. While...
Posada sitting out again
By BRIAN COSTELLOJorge Posada will not be in the Yankeesâ starting lineup again tonight due to a stiff right shoulder. He will be replaced behind the plate by Jose Molina...
A Look Through the Yankees System: Single-A (advanced) Tampa
The tour through the Yankee farm system continues - this time with a stop in Tampa with the franchise's Advanced Single-A affiliate. There isn't the same volume of potential pro...
A Look Through the Mets System: Single-A (advanced) St. Lucie
We'll now drop down another level in the Mets farm system, and take a look at the team's high Single-A affiliate, the St. Lucie Mets. We'll begin this look at...
A Look Through the Yankees System: Single-A Charleston
In the final installment of our preview of the Yankees' minor league system, we'll look at the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs. The previews of both the Yankee and Met Single-A affiliates...
A Look Through the Mets System: Single-A Savannah
In our final look at the Mets farm system, we will look at the Mets Single-A affiliate, the Savannah Sand Gnats.Like we stated at the outset of the Charleston entry,...
Remembering Claudette Yamin
Elliot Yaminâs mother died Monday night. A memorial banner graces Elliotâs fan pages at www.etrainstation.com. Her death and funeral, which occurred in Richmond Virginia, were attended by two reporters, Cynthia...
"Hey, I'm Giuseppe Franco..."
By DAVID FINNIGAN and DAVID K. LI"Salon Expert" Franco as seen in a mirror at his establishment. (click to enlarge) If you're a Yankees or overseas soccer fan, you know...
NAOMI CAMPBELL ARRESTED IN LONDON
Beautiful bruiser Naomi Campbell was handcuffed and hauled off a flight at London's Heathrow Airport today for slapping, screaming and spitting at her arresting officers in a fight over her...
H&M hearts Comme des Garcons
This is from our friends at H&M:COMME DES GARÃONS IN COLLABORATION WITH H&M THIS AUTUMNComme des Garçonsâ founder and head designer Rei Kawakubo will create this autumnâs guest designer collection...
WITNESS: COPS GAVE WARNING BEFORE SEAN BELL SHOOTING
One of plainclothes detectives on trial for unleashing the 50-shot barrage that killed Sean Bell shouted sufficient warning that he was a cop before firing his gun, a police witness...
Brody may get 'Hills' spinoff
Brody Jenner could be getting his own reality show.Jenner, who appears on "The Hills," is "in talks" with MTV to develop a spinoff of that show, according to people.com.Jenner's friend,...
Deal of the Day- SURevolution
We all need some hand candy to keep our fingers looking cute and colorful in all of the right ways.This arty Confeti Indented Ring is simple and comes in a...
Scary roll for Seinfeld
Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld cheated death when the brakes on his vintage Fiat failed and the car flipped over.Miraculously, the comic walked away "without a scratch," wife Jessica told The Post.Read...
'Idol's' elite eight
Last nightâs shocker wasnât the "American Idol" elimination of Ramiele Malubay.Brooke White was in the bottom three? Whereâs the justice?!In the cold light of statistical analysis, sure, maybe it was...
Starr Report: Too much info
"Survivor" host Jeff Probst says that Hatch, the original "Survivor" champ who appeared on "Survivor: All Stars" in 2004, smuggled matches onto the show by hiding them in his rectum."When...
3 UP: O.Perez, Harden/Burnett and Marte
1. We probably need to stop talking about that cab accident that cost Duaner Sanchez the past 1 1-2 seasons as completely unfortunate for the Mets. Of course, no one...
FIRST LOOK: Porter Airlines
I walked to the airport yesterday. Not because I lost my wallet and cellphone and had no other option. Not because I am broke. (Well, I am, but that's not...
POPE A PAWN IN TEACHER 'STRIKE'
One of two Catholic-school teachers unions is turning up the heat in its labor dispute with the Archdiocese of New York - threatening a strike to coincide with the pope's...
9/11 $CROOGE FLIPS ON NY AID
The California congressman who infuriated New York lawmakers Tuesday when he said that 9/11 emergency responders shouldn't get any help from the federal government yesterday had a change of heart....
WATER-BILL DEADBEATS HIGH & DRY
They said they'd do it, they warned they'd do it, and now they've done it: For the first time in history, the city has shut off water and sewer service...
CONGESTION PRICING WHEEZING IN ALBANY
Mayor Bloomberg's congestion-pricing plan was "on life support" last night after a contentious closed-door meeting of Assembly Democrats in Albany. The meeting was called by Speaker Sheldon Silver to take...
SEINFELD'S CAR FLIPS
Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld cheated death in the Hamptons when the brakes on his vintage Fiat failed and the car flipped over, police said yesterday. PHOTO GALLERY: Jerry Seinfeld Miraculously, the...
2 YANKEE FANS OUT 'STEALING'
Stealing and bunting are normally encouraged in baseball, but a pair of dumb Yankee season-ticket holders learned the hard way that the two do not go together. John Bunjaporte, 41,...
JUDGE JUNKS FIFTH AVENUE 'BORAT' SUIT
The controversial "Borat" movie got two thumbs up from a federal judge, who scrapped a suit by a New York businessman who was unwittingly chased down Fifth Avenue by comedian...
RACING KILLER GETS 9 YEARS
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to up to nine years behind bars yesterday for a car crash that claimed the life of his best friend and paralyzed another teen after...
HIGH TREESON
A crass, coldhearted thief has swiped 15 saplings planted last fall in a Bronx park to commemorate local victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The tree heist from Ferry...
FIREMAN SUES OVER INJURY
A firefighter injured by construction debris five days after a fatal fire at the problem-racked Deutsche Bank tower is suing the owner of the infamous Ground Zero health hazard. Neil...
THIS $$ IS HERS FOR THE FAKING
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office hid millions of taxpayer dollars by allocating grants to phantom organizations as a way of holding the funds to dole out political favors later...
PROFS GO TO BAT FOR ARAB PRINCIPAL
More than a dozen college educators from NYU to UCLA are demanding that the ousted founder of Brooklyn's controversial Arab-themed school be reinstated. In an open letter to Mayor Bloomberg...
NYPD PREPS $5M DISASTER SYSTEM
The NYPD is spending millions of dollars on a fail-safe satellite communication network in the event land line and cellular services are knocked out by a disaster. And officials aren't...
'HO' LOT OF DIRT TO DISH
A jailed Midtown madam allegedly linked to disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer has plenty of salacious tales to tell - and names to drop, her boyfriend told The Post. "She's willing...
FAILURE AN OPTION FOR 1 IN 4 CITY STUDENTS
Nearly a quarter of the city's public-school kids aren't making the grade and may flunk - with the youngest students apparently in the deepest trouble, according to new Department of...
ELEX BOARD PAIR BROKE RULES: CITY
An employee at the Bronx Board of Elections used his government computer for political work and another voted in The Bronx while living in Rockland County, the Department of Investigations...
'MOON' OVER PATSY'S
"Patsy's, you're the greatest!" The real-life wife of "Honeymooners" star Jackie Gleason pledged her undying love to Patsy's Italian Restaurant in Midtown yesterday during the trademark trial that's simmering in...
'SHARPIE' JAMES TO STAY MUM
He was the most anticipated witness in one of New Jersey's biggest trials, but former Newark Mayor Sharpe James won't be testifying. James yesterday told a federal judge that he...
'CASE IS MADE'
The three undercover cops on trial for killing Sean Bell will not take the stand to explain why they unleashed a 50-shot barrage - because prosecution witnesses made the shooting...
A SWEET TASTE OF FREEDOM
With 10 years in the pen behind him, Michael Clancy stepped off the bus from Rikers Island yesterday after his murder conviction was overturned and inhaled two lungs full of...
TOUGH PEDALING FOR TIMES SQ. BOMB COPS
Nearly a month after a hooded madman bombed a Times Square military recruiting station, stymied detectives are appealing to the public to help dig up clues on the only hard...
'DOZENS' RAT ON STATE COPS
ALBANY - Investigators for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo have been inundated with "dozens and dozens" of tips alleging a wide range of improper conduct - including political spying - by...
FOTO FINISHED
A military-history buff claims the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum has lost his prized copy of one of the most famous photographs of all time - the iconic picture of...
TENANT WINS VS. BEASTLY LANDLORD
It's claws for celebration. A Manhattan woman who keeps three dogs and five birds in her Upper West Side apartment won a battle yesterday against her landlords, who said her...
SO MUCH FOR NYRA 'INTEGRITY'
ALBANY - The troubled New York Racing Association violated state law when it hired its former federal court-ordered monitor as its $125,000-per- month business-integrity counsel, the State Investigation Commission found...
CAR'S KF-CRASH
A man was critically injured yesterday morning when his car smashed through the front of a Long Island KFC restaurant, police said. Michael Parisi, 52, was driving south on Phyllis...
NY POLS TRIM PORK FROM DIET
WASHINGTON - New York received less pork-barrel funding than all but one other state, and got about half the amount it took home just two years ago, a new report...
SLAYS SURGE 24%
Murders, rapes and robberies have jumped citywide so far this year, statistics released yesterday show. But the news isn't all bad - despite the sharp upturn in these categories, overall...
MOGUL'S DIRTY SECRET BARED AT PI'S TRIAL
A Long Island mortgage mogul knocked up a Hungarian beauty before paying her $120,000 to abort the pregnancy and keep quiet, she told jurors at private gumshoe Anthony Pellicano's trial...
OBAMA 'ROCKS' HILL
Sen. Barack Obama yesterday took a swing at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's claim of being cut from boxer Rocky Balboa's mold, reminding her: " 'Rocky' was a movie." "I know...
CLINTON'S GOT THAT 'SWING'
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton would sweep John McCain in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida - three critical swing states in the presidential election - and she runs much stronger against...
BARACK'S A LOST CAUSE: HILL
WASHINGTON - While lobbying for his endorsement, Hillary Rodham Clinton flatly told New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that Barack Obama could not win the presidency if he got the Democratic...
WORLD WARMS TO U.S.
Americans are a little more popular in the world this year - and even the French don't hate us as much, according to a new poll. Our image abroad, on...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens Cops are searching for the granny-bashing bandit pictured above who mugged an elderly woman as she was entering a Far Rockaway bank, police said. The man allegedly walked up...
THIS PROSECUTION IS THE BEST DEFENSE
IT'S time to go home. For six weeks, we've sat on hard, wooden benches out in Queens and watched, with curiosity and disgust, as prosecutors put on a lame and...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 447; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 0708; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 451; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 2567;...
THE BELL TRIAL: FIRST LESSONS
The prosecution rested yesterday in the Sean Bell trial. A verdict will come in due course; for now, it's worth noting how the proceeding has highlighted yet again just how...
JUDGE WEINSTEIN VS. THE LAW
Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein has been called the quintessential lib eral activist judge - and his latest ruling certainly lives up to that rep. Like many jurists, Weinstein is...
ZIMBABWE VOTES TO LIVE
It takes a special kind of dictator to fix an election - and still lose. Yet that's exactly what seems to have happened to Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, whose 28-year reign...
EL LOCO'S PAWNS IN CONGRESS
PRESIDENT Bush next week will send Con gress a trade agreement - forcing Democrats there to make an unpleasant choice: Will they follow the bidding of organized labor and reject...
CAGING THE BEAR
OF all the issues to be discussed at this week's NATO summit in Bucharest, from troop levels in Afghanistan to anti-missile defenses, none is as contentious as extending membership to...
HILLARY'S HOPE: OBAMA IMPLODES
Hillary Clinton must be channeling Winston Churchill. How often does she tell herself - paraphrasing the great leader - to never, never, never give up? One gets the feeling she...
CHARTER SCHOOLS: THE CLAMOR GROWS
TODAY is Lottery Day: Across Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Manhattan, thousands of parents will be crowding into school gyms, auditoriums and classrooms, hoping that this will be their year....
DOWN FOR THE COUNT: HILLARY'S ROCKY ROAD
How fitting that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton likens herself to Rocky Balboa - after five sequels, he didn't know when it was time to get out, either ("Hillary on a...
WHERE'S THE (BIG) APPLE JUICE?
This city is almost ready for the scrap heap ("Power Politics," Adam Brodsky, Post- Opinion, March 28). When we refuse to build new power stations, or modernize existing ones, we...
BERNANKE: RECESSION IS NOW POSSIBLE
Despite his sugarcoating our economy earlier, Ben Bernanke has finally conceded that the nation could wallow in a recession for much of the year. Facing hostile grilling at times yesterday...
SWISS KNIVES
As speculation grows that UBS' embarrassing losses on subprime mortgage securities could lead to a paring back of many of its troubled businesses, moves by the Swiss-based bank suggest it's...
WATCH THE MARKET'S REACTION TO THE JOBS REPORT
JOB losses: 50,000. Let me spell it out because it looks a lot scarier in words - fifty thousand, comparable to a capacity crowd at Yankee Stadium. That's how many...
MYSPACE DEAL RACE
MySpace is pushing hard to secure licensing deals with all four major music companies ahead of the imminent unveiling of its new joint venture with the recording industry. Universal Music...
DILLER'S PAL TO RUN WEB SITE
Dethroned queen of buzz Tina Brown is going back to work - for Barry Diller to run a chatty Web site. Brown made her move just days after Diller emerged...
GOLDMAN CUTS H2O BECAUSE OF CDOS
Things must be really tough when Wall Street's most profitable investment bank starts cutting perks. Thirsty traders at Goldman Sachs now have to spring for their own beverages after the...
NBC'S GAMBLE
Kick-starting the "upfront" ad sales market weeks earlier than usual, NBC laid out a year-round programming schedule yesterday that will change as often as the seasons. Along with its fall...
BEST BUY'S $737M PROFIT BEATS ANALYSTS
Electronics retail giant Best Buy reported a narrower-than-expected profit decline, and gave an upbeat second-half outlook that some analysts said was too rosy. Meanwhile, struggling rival Circuit City got a...
REALITY KINGS
Don't be surprised if Flavor Flav slot machines start popping up in Hard Rock Casinos. Endemol, the Dutch television producer responsible for hit reality shows like "Deal or No Deal"...
SANDS EXITS MGM
Legendary Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lost its second-highest ranking executive yesterday, as Rick Sands stepped down as COO. Sands' departure, first reported by The Post, was widely expected in Hollywood...
TW CABLE UPGRADES ITS VOD
Time Warner Cable is expanding the availability of its enhanced video-on-demand offerings in New York City, including a service that allows users to view from the beginning programs that are...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The phrase is "don't mess with Texas," but this bad guy fought the law there and he won. San Antonio officials are wondering how an inmate escaped from a jail...
CATCH SOME ZZZS
Sleep is as hard to get in our city as a rent-controlled apartment. Here's how we sleep and why we need more of it. Sleep is crucial to our wellbeing....
MADONNA DON'T PREACH
JUST who, exactly, is Madonna to be calling New York snoozey in the newest Vanity Fair? It's "not the exciting place it used to be," is it? Strange words, indeed,...
25 YEARS, 25 GOOD THINGS
1. Murders in 1982: 1,668 Murders in 2007: 4942. Crack still exists, but not on every street corner. Bad for clock-wearing rappers, good for everyone else.3. In the '80s, AIDS...
HAUTE LIST
FOR spring/summer 2008, the Subcontinent and its neighbors might be the hautest place on Earth. British/Sri Lankan pop sensation M.I.A. posed for this season's Marc Jacobs ads; Kenneth Cole tapped...
KILLER'S SAGA RESURRECTED
A decade after Broadway rejected Paul Simon's "The Cape man," his tragic urban opera stepped toward its rightful place in the great American songbook Tuesday with a performance at the...
TOPIC'S EXPLOSIVE, BUT SLOW PLAY FIZZLES OUT
SO provocative is the subject matter of "Something You Did" - about a former anarchist up for parole 30 years after her role in a fatal bombing - that you'd...
STARR REPORT
Too much info You might want to think twice about bumming a match from Richard Hatch. "Survivor" host Jeff Pro bst says that Hatch, the original "Survivor" champ who appeared...
'MOONLIGHT' FANS SEND BLOOD
THERE will be blood - from fans trying to save CBS' vampire drama, "Moonlight." The show, which has yet to be renewed, is the focal point of a nationwide blood...
TRACE TRASHES TRUMP
'CELEBRITY Apprentice" runner up Trace Adkins says that Donald Trump set a bad example by picking "evil" "America's Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan as the season's winner. "With all due...
THE SOUND OF CYLONS
DOES God exist? Or do Gods? Or is the whole idea of mono-and polytheism simply a concept created by humans to make humans and Cylons feel better? Yes, folks, these...
OBAMA HOOPS IT UP ON HBO
Barack Obama's campaign stops will in clude a visit to HBO. Obama, who's battling Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, will guest on "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" on...
BRODY MAY GET 'HILLS' SPINOFF
BRODY Jenner could be getting his own reality show. Jenner, who appears on "The Hills," is "in talks" with MTV to develop a spinoff of that show, according to people.com....
RAMIELE SINGS 'IDOL' SWAN SONG
IN A less-than- shocking "American Idol" last night, Ramiele Mulabay, who on Tuesday night didn't quite score with guest mentor Dolly Parton's "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind," was sent...
NORAH SATES HER ACTING JONES
AS a girl growing up in Texas, Norah Jones loved "Gone With the Wind." Laughing, she says, "I did my best dramatic Scarlett O'Hara impression. I'd go around," and here...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Owners won't reseed playoffs The NFL's competition committee withdrew a proposal yesterday to reseed the playoffs. The owners did pass several resolutions, including eliminating the forceout on receptions; allowing...
ALL NIGHT LABOR ROLLS HOME
Three major Kentucky Derby preps are on tap this Saturday: the Wood Memorial here at Big A, Illinois Derby at Hawthorne and Santa Anita Derby, which drew field of 11...
HUGE SCORE FOR HONDO
Hondo barked up the right tree three times yester day, hitting with three good-sized 'dogs - the Roy als, Jays and Astros (who were exceptionally clutch) - to put a...
4 SURVIVORS PASS HIS 'FINAL' EXAM
To the victors go the spoils. And when you're the coach at a school with an enrollment of a mere 1,700 students, making it to the Elite Eight is an...
MLB FINALLY ASKS CANSECO TO PLAY BALL
Jose Canseco was sitting in the green room at Barnes & Noble in midtown Manhattan a little after noon yesterday, waiting for his book signing to begin, when store security...
DEVILS ARE WORKING ON THEIR END GAME
The revival is on, just when the Devils looked like burned-out overachievers, fodder for some fortunate playoff foe. Their third straight ugly victory, a 3-2 shootout triumph over the Bruins...
LOOIE SAYS NY PAL CAN FIX KNICKS
If Donnie Walsh is able to turn around the Knicks, fans may want to thank Lou Carnesecca. The legendary former St. John's coach placed a call to Walsh before he...
KNICKS LAND THEIR TOP MAN
There was Isiah Thomas. Stephon Marbury. Eddy Curry. Larry Brown. Scott Layden. And others, of course. One by one over the years, the latest Knicks savior was trotted out for...
ISIAH FOCUSES ON SELF-PRESERVATION
MEMPHIS - Stripped of his presidency and power at a Garden press conference staged without him 1,000 miles away, Isiah Thomas kissed up to his new boss, Donnie Walsh, last...
NEW HIRE BRINGS HOPE TO GARDEN HELL
DONNIE Walsh, the Garden's Donnie Basketball, knows his way around the block, from 21st Street and 10th Avenue, from Astoria to Brooklyn, from Riverdale and Fordham Prep all the way...
'O' WHAT A NIGHT!
MIAMI - A laugher was just what the Mets needed on an otherwise downer of a night. After learning just before the first pitch that Pedro Martinez's hamstring will cause...
PEDRO OUT 4-6 WEEKS
MIAMI - Late word yesterday that Pedro Martinez will miss 4-6 weeks with a mild hamstring strain actually amounted to good news for the Mets. The Amazin's were prepared for...
DESPERATE NETS HOPE FOR MIRACLE
There have been worse situations. Think Custer, Titanic, Alamo ... But the Nets insist that, until the very last breath of playoff hope is exhaled, there's always a chance. "We...
RANGERS, GOMEZ FACE ISLES
Two points at Nassau Coliseum tonight (7:00; MSG, MSG+; ESPN, WBBR) would put the Rangers in the playoffs with two games to spare, not a bad idea since they don't...
POSADA RESTS STIFF SHOULDER
A stiff right shoulder bumped Jorge Posada out of the lineup last night, as the Yankees said they wanted to be cautious with their star catcher. "His shoulder's a little...
YANKS GOTTA FIND FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
IF it's about time the Yankees rotation got young, time also will be needed for Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy to be everything the team wants them to be. After...
GIAMBI'S GAFFES NO HELP
Jason Giambi's candidacy for a Gold Glove award probably took a hit last night. The dream was fun while it lasted. Giambi looked sharp defensively on Opening Night, but last...
BOMBERS DEFUSED
There were a bunch of things manager Joe Girardi praised yesterday with Mike Mussina, but one of them was his spring velocity. It kept going up, something Girardi explained was...
CHURCH PROVIDES AN AMAZIN' LIFT
MIAMI - The news arrived moments before the opening pitch, and it was about as hopeful as the Mets could have asked: mild hamstring strain. Four to six weeks. Which...
JOBA APPEARANCE WORTH THE WEIGHT
Joba Chamberlain received nearly as grand an ovation during his visit to Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club yesterday as he did when he was introduced at Yankee Stadium on...
LONG SHOT
WE know, we know. You've heard all about Long Island City. That it's the next big thing, the next Williamsburg, the latest outer-borough outpost of the hipster set. Perhaps you...
'JUNGLE' BROOKE
Now that "Lipstick Jungle" has been renewed, Brooke Shields is upgrading her Manhattan living situation. The brainy, and leggy, co-star and her husband, producer/writer Chris Henchy, have gone to contract...
STRONG CORE
Today, when people say Long Island City, they're generally referring to the waterfront area known as Hunters Point, where the multi-building, mixed-use Queens West development is rising on the East...
RANGE ROVING
My husband and I recently bought a 1904 Arts & Crafts bungalow in Fairfield, Conn. It's a great house, but it definitely needs a kitchen update, and we're on a...
ALMOST PURRFECT
I bought a co-op on the Upper West Side a decade ago. My first week there, my neighbor invited me for tea. We had a lovely conversation. But it wasn't...
OLDE SCHOOL
O ne man's trash is another man's treasure. For New Yorkers especially, this old saying is true. The quantity and quality of architectural salvage available in and around the city...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan GREENWICH VILLAGE $2,575,000 303 Mercer St. Renovated prewar four-bedroom, two-bath triplex loft co-op, 2,287 square feet, with 13-foot ceilings, dining room, fireplace, stainless-steel kitchen with dishwasher and Viking appliances,...
EAST VILLAGE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 850 Maintenance: $1,143 When it opened on East 11th Street in 1868, the McCreery dry goods store offered much of what you needed for...
BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 1/2 Square feet: 2,005 This semidetached brick townhouse on 75th Street features a formal dining room, "generous" living room and eat-in kitchen on the second floor....
FLORAL PARK, QUEENS
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 1/2 Square feet: 1,719 Maintenance: $2,516 Bedrooms, shmedrooms - the important statistic to know about this "gracious" co-op is that the monthly maintenance includes two parking...
UPPER WEST SIDE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 650 Maintenance: $951.45 With rich prewar details and a desirable location on West 72nd Street, this "graceful and spacious" co-op has it all -...
EAST HARLEM
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,308 Maintenance: $1,800 This large southwest corner co-op on upper Madison Avenue includes a 300-square-foot planted terrace with views of the skyline and Riverside...
FLATIRON
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,050 Maintenance: $1,967 Come on into this newly remodeled co-op and walk around - and we're just talking about the closets! Two custom walk-in...
NOHO
We thought we were finished with finishes; we've run across so many, we thought we'd seen them all. But we were floored by the "Austrian smoked oak treated with natural...
BRONXVILLE, NY
This "big and beautiful" classic Colonial - measuring 4,874 square feet with five bedrooms and three-plus bathrooms - offers "everything you've heard and more." Which, frankly, makes us kind of...
TOMKINS COVE, NY
How's this for a historical tidbit: The 150-year-old Boulderberg Manor is the first poured-concrete building in all of New York state. Wow! And it can be yours for just shy...
Isiah sucks up to Donnie
By MARC BERMANMEMPHIS - The lack of genuine emotion from Isiah Thomas tonight in Memphis was startling even for his phony standards. He had just lost the presidency to Donnie...
YANKEES FALL 5-2 TO BLUE JAYS
There were a bunch of things manager Joe Girardi praised yesterday regarding Mike Mussina, but one of them was his spring velocity. It kept going up, something Girardi explained was...
Maine ready to keep rolling
MIAMI -- Notes and quotes after the Mets' 13-0 blasting of the Marlins here Wednesday at Dolphin Stadium: -- The Mets are about to find out just how representative John...
METS BEAT MARLINS 13-0
A laugher was just what the Mets needed on this otherwise downer of a night. After learning just before the first pitch that Pedro Martinez's hamstring will cause him to...
ROTO - Beltran a risk
Right now, the team you just drafted looks like a championship squad. You choose to ignore the warts on all your veterans and lean toward the high side of potential...
Pretty and Pregnant
The latest crop of celebs gone preggers:
Yanks high on gritty Cervelli
By TIM BONTEMPSFrancisco Cervelli has gotten pretty good at blocking the plate.So good, in fact, that the Yankees minor leaguer has been involved in two massive collisions with runners trying...