April 13, 2008
Randolph testy after latest loss
The Metsâ clubhouse wasnât a pleasant place to be after their 9-7 loss to the Brewers this afternoon. Willie Randolph (pictured) finally criticized his team for its sloppy play, which...
Inter Maintain Four-Point Lead
By CLEMENTE LISIInter maintained its four-point lead intact today over Roma at the top of Serie A standings following a 2-0 win over Fiorentina.Romaâs 3-1 at Udinese forced Inter to...
METS FALL 9-7 TO BREWERS
It was seven months too late, but Willie Randolph finally vented on his sloppy and sluggish team today.MORE: Mets Photo Gallery Randolph was rightly criticized for saying little as the...
ANOTHER HURDLE FOR HUGHES
Phil Hughes was baptized a Yankee when he made his debut April 26, 2007. Tonight he will be confirmed when he makes his first start against the Red Sox in...
Wright gets homer No. 100
David Wright just hit his 100th career home run, drilling a solo shot to deep left-center in the bottom of the first off the Brewers' Jeff Suppan. It was also...
Reyes iffy on playing Tuesday
Jose Reyes said his ailing left hamstring âa little betterâ today, but the Metsâ All-Star shortstop remains unsure if he will rejoin the lineup Tuesday for the start of a...
Sanchez on verge of return
Duaner Sanchez is on track to rejoin the Metsâ bullpen in the next few days after finally pitching in back-to-back games. Sanchez, who has not thrown in a regular-season major...
Lineups in for Brewers finale
Weâve got the lineups for todayâs series finale with the Brewers between Oliver Perez and Jeff Suppan (pictured), which is also a pitching rematch of Game 7 of the NLCS...
The Comfort Shoe of Summer 08
Everywhere you go, every retailer seems to be stocking some version of this multi-color ankle-strap comfort-shoe-inspired low-wedge for summer. Remember when you were 12, your first summer at sleepaway camp...
Should Herb be interviewed?
By MARC BERMANHerb Williams does not incite the ferocious reaction that Stephon Marbury always does on this blog. The ultimate survivor, Herb is expected to be at least interviewed by...
Why are you booing Johan?
From JOEL SHERMANOK, I get it. Met fans are angry. You donât like a lot of recent history, notably how last season ended in such historic misery. But come on,...
JOBA'S CHOICE OF FRIENDS
By JOEL SHERMANIf you do not read my friend Ken Davidoffâs work in Newsday, you really should. He splendidly combines excellent reporting instincts and deep thought on subjects. In his...
3 UP: Joba's Pal, Surprising Livan, Booing Johan
1. If you do not read my friend Ken Davidoffâs work in Newsday, you really should. He splendidly combines excellent reporting instincts and deep thought on subjects. In his column...
Miss at your own risk: "Desperate" again
Highlights for the week of April 13Bell hops across the talk-show circuit. Center of MarsIf youâre still mourning the end of âVeronica Mars,â you can get your Kristen Bell fix...
SNOW YEA!
As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea Stadiums. This week, No. 24. YANKEE...
$$ WAR WITH 9/11 CONTRACTORS
The city and its Ground Zero contractors have become embroiled in an explosive rift over who's responsible to pay 9/11 workers sickened during the World Trade Center cleanup, The Post...
$LUSH PROBERS EYE FRAUD RAP FOR QUINN
Feds probing the City Council budget scandal are weighing wire- and mail-fraud charges against those who helped send millions into a secret slush fund, The Post has learned. "If you...
'CITIZEN SOLDIER' PUSH
They risked their lives for America, but federal red tape is strangling the citizenship hopes of a new generation of foreign-born veterans. Just ask Feyad Mohammed of Queens - it...
HAMMERING THE HEX
The curse has been broken - out of the ground, that is. A pair of hardhats working at the new Yankee Stadium dropped a dime on the location of a...
'SCAM' GUY HIT 50,000
The New York-Presbyterian Hospital employee charged with selling patient information as part of a wide-scale identity-theft ring illegally accessed nearly 50,000 patient files, prosecutors said yesterday. Dwight McPherson, a 38-year-old...
'T' TIME IN THE PARK
Carriage horses could soon go the way of the Model T - literally. A coalition of animal-rights and business activists are pitching city politicians a plan to replace Central Park's...
TEEN GIRLS IN SYNAGOGUE-SMASH BUST
A Yorktown congregation is reeling after three Westchester teenage girls allegedly broke into its synagogue and wrecked the place - ripping a Torah, trampling the Israeli flag and throwing paint...
SPITZER'S LEGACY: A $3.6M PROBE TAB
Eliot Spitzer's political and sexual shenanigans are costing taxpayers upwards of $3.6 million. From Troopergate to Hookergate, a small army of lawyers, investigators and government staffers have spent thousands of...
SPENDER BENDER
New York, the day of reckoning is near. The sagging economy could blow a massive hole in the state's $122 million budget even before the ink dries, experts warn. Budget...
FINEST HOT FOR $EATTLE
The Seattle Police Department's campaign to recruit New York's Finest with the prospect of higher salaries has certainly paid off. More than 160 NYPD officers have signed up to take...
3 BUSTED IN SLAY OF URINATOR
Three Harlem men were arrested in connection with the death of a Brooklyn man who died after they detained him for urinating in their building, cops said. Superintendent Roger McFarland,...
POMP APLENTY FOR THE PAPA
An army of the faithful is furiously prepping, primping and practicing for Pope Benedict XVI's arrival Friday - an army that not only includes security scuba divers and thousands of...
FORECLOSURE ST.
Welcome to New York City's foreclosure capital - tree-lined Blackford Avenue on Staten Island. On two tiny blocks in the Port Richmond neighborhood, eight houses are in foreclosure and five...
'WRONG MAN' CLEARS COP HURDLE
A Brooklyn man who spent 14 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit moved one step closer to becoming a cop yesterday after a judge removed a last...
FEDS GET HANDS ON 'BANDIT' COP
A rookie NYPD cop accused of robbing $113,000 from a bank is being handed over to the feds for prosecution, officials said. The US Attorney's Office in eastern Pennsylvania is...
NY SURVIVOR TELLS OF DEADLY SAIL
Coast Guard investigation documents have shed new light on the mysterious and tragic voyage of the Albatross, a sailboat that foundered in a tropical storm off Bermuda in November, killing...
CHINESE PREZ HAS TIBET SNIT
With global pressure increasing for a boycott of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, China's president yesterday for the first time addressed the controversy around his harsh crackdown in...
FLIGHT TURBULENCE EASING
American Airlines scrubbed 200 more flights yesterday, but expected to be back to normal today after nearly a week of nightmarish cancellations, endless rebooking lines and furious passengers. The airline...
MITT 'VEEPS' OPTIONS OPEN WITH MCCAIN
He's in the papers and on TV, shaking hands and kissing babies, acting like any other candidate who's running for president - except he's not. Mitt Romney's running for vice...
AIDE'S BIZ TIES MAKE CLINTON LOSE 'CREDIT'
Hillary Rodham Clinton's top adman and the creator of her "3 a.m. red telephone" commercial has one of the country's biggest credit card companies on speed dial - even though...
'O' SWALLOWS A 'BITTER' PILL
Barack Obama's "bitter" words about blue-collar voters in small towns have handed rival Hillary Rodham Clinton a new way to woo working-class Democrats less than 10 days before the Pennsylvania...
SHE'LL NEED BLOWOUT OR NOTHING
A win won't be a win for Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania unless she takes a significant bite out of Barack Obama's lead in the popular vote, independent experts say....
SINGLE & HOT TO TOT
Mommies are out, baby daddies are in. As a surge in surrogate births sweeps the country - up 28 percent in the past five years - baby-loving city bachelors are...
TUG O' LOVE BABY M ALL GROWN UP
Baby M, the child at the center of a bitter custody battle between a surrogate mom and the parents who hired her, is now a beautiful college co-ed. Melissa Stern,...
2ND HEART & EERIE SECOND LIVES
In 1995, 56-year-old Sonny Graham was dying of congestive heart failure and needed a heart. Terry Cottle, a 33-year-old laborer from Summerville, SC, had just shot himself in the head....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS A dimwitted ex-con was nabbed for breaking into a Forest Hills home after he dropped a letter addressed to him at the scene, authorities said yesterday. Dennis Davis, 53,...
TERM-INATOR
Mayor Bloomberg may not be ready to return to private life just yet - even if that means tampering with term limits. A source with close ties to the administration...
BE BRAVE, DAVE, AND JUST CUT IT OUTA
THE old governor is ousted in a sex scandal, and the new governor cuts through the old partisan politics to say what the voters need to hear: Change is imperative....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 769; Lucky Sum: 22 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 6553; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 725; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win- 4 Sat.:...
ANGLERS FLOCK TO HISTORIC CATSKILLS
THE birthplace of fly fishing in this country is nestled in the mountains of the western Catskills, an area that offers history and tradition in the sport. The Beaverkill, East...
HONDO CALLS M SQUAD
Tall Ball didn't work out very well for Hondo last night as the Dodgers not only chopped Young down to size but also took a chunk out of the earnings,...
THE RUMBLE
Willie's Jackied up Big day's here at Robinson Rotunda Willie Randolph has had Tuesday circled on his calendar for a long time: He will be taking part in a ceremony...
TURNING TRAGEDY INTO HOPE
Like most New Yorkers, Carmine Calzonetti stared at his TV on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. "I was in a trance," he said. The former St. John's guard had...
SPORTS SHORTS
NHL: Red Wings roll Kris Draper's tiebreaking goal went off an opponent, Nick Lidstrom scored when one of his teammates could have been called for a penalty and Detroit beat...
BEWARE OF THESE UPSTARTS
IT SEEMS a sly Sox fan has tried to jinx the new Yankee Stadium by burying a David Ortiz jersey in the bowels of the structure. Assuming this isn't the...
BATTLING TOPS
WITH yet another irregular season coming to an end next Wednesday, I sense no better time to publish how I plan to fill in my blank ballots for the NBA's...
'MIKE & MIKE' A DAILY ESPN INFOMERCIAL
MORE than eight years into Mike Greenberg's and Mike Golic's ESPN morning drive partnership, only one thing prevents the "Mike & Mike" show from being habit-formed, must-hear sports radio: ESPN....
EXPERIENCE FACTOR
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Unseasonably cold temperatures and gusting winds of 25 to 35 miles-per-hour are in the forecast for today's Masters final round at venerable Augusta National. That makes it...
'WANNABES' YEARNING TO MASTER TIGER
AUGUSTA, Ga. - No disrespect, but they are wannabes. In their sweetest dreams they have imagined what it would be like to feel what Tiger Woods feels when he wins...
THREE-OVER DISASTER LEAVES LEFTY LAGGING
AUGUSTA, Ga. - For a while yesterday, it looked as if Phil Mickelson was poised to make a major move toward winning his third Masters in the last five years....
CHAMPION SPARKPLUG
So captivating was the Giants' remarkable run to glory in Super Bowl XLII that the difficult road traversed to get them there is often overlooked or forgotten completely. Leave it...
NO FAREWELL FOR WILLIAMS
Knicks assistant coach Herb Williams, a hard worker and intensely loyal, has become the ultimate "Survivor." And he is expected to survive another head-coaching change and even be considered by...
DIM & DIMMER
BOSTON - Pat Cummings. Chris McNealy. Eddie Lee Wilkins. Jawann Oldham. Bob Thornton. Louis Orr. Brad Wright. Tony Brown. Leon Wood. Pace Mannion. Jammin' James Bailey. Kevin McKenna. Ben Coleman....
SHEA HEY!
* April 17,1964 was a sunny and windy day. A group of fifth grade boys from Our Lady of Sorrows school took an extended lunch hour to wander the perimeter...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Mets newcomer who is starting in left field in place of the injured Moises Alou. Q: You have two daughters Angelina (3) and...
REYES SITS; MRI REVEALS STRAIN
The disabled list might not be required, but Jose Reyes didn't get a great result from the MRI exam performed on his left hamstring. The test, conducted yesterday morning, revealed...
SHEA IT AIN'T SO, JOHAN
The Shea Stadium love affair with Johan Santana sure didn't last long. Just 62/3 innings into the ace left-hander's home debut as a Met yesterday, the faithful booed Santana after...
HOME GROANS GREET METS ACE
THEY are angriest of fans here these days at Shea Sta dium. They had their hearts ripped out last year by The Collapse. So when Johan Santana gave up three...
WRIGHT'S WRONG IN THE FIELD
David Wright isn't looking like a Gold Glove winner this year. Not only did Wright commit two errors yesterday in a 5-3 loss to the Brewers, doubling his season total,...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 24
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Shea. This week, No. 24.Sept. 20, 1973...
TWO NETS IN SEARCH OF SOME ANSWERS
MILWAUKEE - The Nets' push to the playoffs is over, having fallen short for any number of reasons. So management will assess the roster, trying to answer the typical questions...
RANGERS GO FOR NUMBER 3 AT MSG
If home is where the heart is, if the Garden is going to be rocking and rolling tonight when the Rangers take their 2-0 first-round lead over the Devils onto...
ONUS ON ARBITRATOR IN BLUESHIRT BONUS CASE
NEARLY three years after the Rangers unilaterally and unaccountably withheld July 1, 2005, signing bonuses due Bobby Holik, Jed Ortmeyer and Darius Kasparaitis, the NHL grievance process is finally about...
TALENT GAP LEAVES SUTTER AT A LOSS
Better players make coaches better. So far, the Rangers have given Tom Renney the first-round edge over Brent Sutter. With the MegaMillions horses Renney has, his team has to produce,...
DUNCAN'S PATH TO BIG LEAGUES HITS ROADBLOCK
First baseman Eric Duncan was the Yankees' top-rated prospect three years ago. Now he's not even the top-rated Duncan at his position. After being the Yankees first-round pick in 2003,...
JOE BLEW IT!
BOSTON - Joe Girardi pours over tapes and scouting reports and sta tistical breakdowns, and somehow in all of that diligent study he missed one item: DO NOT LET MANNY...
RAMIREZ ADDS POP, PAPI GOES FLOP
BOSTON - David Ortiz is still an automatic out, it's too bad for the Yankees that Manny Ramirez isn't suffering from the same affliction. It was more Manny Madness for...
A-ROD FROZEN OUT BY PAPS
BOSTON - Alex Rodriguez compared it to the "freeze out" a basketball player receives before shooting free throws in the game's final moments. In this case the timeout lasted 2...
JETER NOT 2 FAR AWAY
BOSTON - If Derek Jeter doesn't encounter a problem running today he will return to the Yankees' lineup tomorrow night. Jeter, who went through a series of light running exercises,...
YANKS KO'D BY SOX' 1-2 PUNCH
BOSTON - Mike Mussina and Brian Bruney wanted to go away with sixth-inning pitches to Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis. When those pitches drifted back over the plate the hurlers...
MANO A MANO WAS WORTH WAIT
BOSTON - The first few innocent raindrops splashed off the bill of Jonathan Papelbon's blue cap as he hurried to get his arm loose in the bullpen in the top...
FOX PULLS PLUG FOR NASCAR
Nearly 40 years after the Heidi Game, it was deja vu all over again for fans watching the Yankees-Red Sox game last night on Fox. At 8:55 p.m., Fox's national...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT YANKEE STADIUM: NO. 24
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadium. This week, No. 24.Dec. 14,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Just in time for the Masters, an 85-year-old legally blind man made a hole in one in Green Valley, Ariz. Robert Dunham, who served in World War II, was playing...
APRIL 13 - 19
This week: Try your hand at a Rock Paper Scissors contest; get your geek on at Comic Con; prep your sweet tooth for some delightfully original cookies; 'don't stop till...
GOOD JOKES
Tonight's live Comedy Central special, "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education," is truly packed with so many stars - including Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Will...
SMALL PACKS, BIG THINGS
Mini video cam and laptop step it up a notch; gadget wires get special treatment; increase your workout activity; and tune into a new wearable music trend. ThinkGeek Personal Soundtrack...
WEB SLINGER
Pitchfork.tv Pitchfork.tv Last week, indie-rock taste-arbiters PitchforkMedia.com launched a separate video site, and it's already one of our go-to bookmarks for destroying workplace productivity. Pitchfork.tv's backbone is a music-video library...
SONGS FOR SPOT
'MUSIC hath charms to soothe a savage breast." Playwright William Congreve's famous line is oft-misquoted as "savage beast." In fact, one animal lover in particular deliberately misquotes the line, proudly...
THE CAT LADY
I recently ran a column about why it's not a good idea to use a water spray bottle in an effort to change a cat's behavior. Soon after, I heard...
ADOPT ME
This big, handsome, Maine Coon mix has an amazing survival story to tell. Young Matt loves the company of people and prefers them over cats. He's a great listener, and...
UKRAINIAN MAKES ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
CHESSAMATEURS often adopt an entirely new opening to change their luck. Masters prepare something more sophisticated, such as a sub-sub-variation of an opening. Sometimes the new move they use is...
IT'S BIG
HERE'S a moment in the new "Sex and the City" movie, The Post has learned, when Carrie Bradshaw is lounging in a cliff-top Mexican villa, overlooking a breathtaking view of...
Q&A: JON FAVREAU
Someone get Jon Favreau a drink. A stiff one. The genial Queens-born actor-director is currently facing what may be the second-biggest challenge of the summer blockbuster season. (The first belongs...
FILM BYTES
Jake Gyllenhaal - not Orlando Bloom, as previously rumored - has been tapped to play the lead in "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time," reports Latino Review. Disney is reportedly...
BEFORE THEY GET OLD
It's one of the most deliciously ironic lines ever sung by a certain now-wizened rock star: "What a drag it is getting old." The Rolling Stones, who gave us that...
ROMANIAN RHAPSODY
WELCOME to Romania, land of gypsies, vampires - and movies. Few would have thought just five years ago that the former Communist nation would become a powerhouse of cutting-edge cinema....
NEW RELEASES
Lars and the Real Girl Movie: 3 STARS Extras: 2 STARS (MGM, $27.98) IT'S A TESTAMENT to the talent of Ryan Gosling that he can take an absolutely absurd premise...
THE BABY DADDY
Guess what's coming to DVD on Tuesday? Here's a hint: It improbably mined the touchy issue of teen pregnancy for comedy, and if you're over the age of 50, you...
'AMERICAN DAD'
The third volume of "American Dad," in stores Tuesday, shows co-creator and lead voice Seth MacFarlane, a k a the brains behind "Family Guy," has animated humor to spare. It...
PROOF POSITIVE: CLÉMENT CRÉOLE SHRUBB
For the first time in over 50 years, Rhum Clément has given its superior line of Martinique-crafted spirits a new look. Which inspired us to finally sample Créole Shrubb, the...
EIGHTH ST. WONDER
Cho Cho San 15 W. 8th St.; (212) 473-3333 Named for the heroine of Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly," this modern Japanese restaurant joins Elettaria and Rickshaw Dumpling in transforming Eighth...
MAKING THE SCENE...THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND
159 E. Houston St.; (212) 475-0611 It turns out the Lower East Side is a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll, thanks to this Texas-themed music...
APPEL, 31, AND FIERMAN, 29
March 29 - Leonard Appel definitely hit the right note when he proposed to Sarina Fierman during the bride's 29th birthday celebration at a karaoke bar. When the couple finished...
NEWHALL, 37 AND MACMILLAN, 37
April 5 - When Kristin Newhall first laid eyes on Ross MacMillan, he was in a skirt. MacMillan, the managing director of Jeffries and Co. financial firm, wore a kilt...
TAYLOR, 22, AND HSIEH, 24
March 14 - When Brian Hsieh proposed to Mallory Taylor last March, she answered yes - even though she had no idea what he way saying. "He stuttered through a...
FORTINI, 27, AND MILLER, 27
Feb. 16 - If it weren't for a pesky friend, Joseph Fortini and Holly Miller may never have dated. "We worked at the same Staten Island supermarket in 1998, but...
TEA WITH TERRORISTS
Jimmy Carter's flacks aren't denying reports that the former president and global scold is heading for Syria for a friendly sit-down this week with Hamas terrorist-in-chief Khaled Meshaal. That would...
MAYOR MIKE PERKS UP
So what's to be done about Downtown gridlock, now that Mayor Mike's much-vaunted congestion-pricing scheme has slipped off to that giant traffic jam in the sky? Answer: Send in the...
HE'S NOT (ALL) THERE
Last week, Bob Dylan became the first rocker to win a Pulitzer, snagging a special citation "for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions...
WAR & PIECES
New information continues to blast away at last November's controversial National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the supposed dormant state of Iran's nuclear weapons program, which the US intelligence community believes...
IN IRAN VOTE, A SILENT DISSENT
Just a month ago, he was describing his administration as the most successful in the history of the Islamic Republic. Next week, however, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to fire...
HILLARY & KATIE
Little more than a year ago, in what was widely heralded as a new postfeminist era, an epic series of triumphant milestones for American women seemed as inevitable as Sen....
TWO WOMEN, ONE STRUGGLE
This week, reporter Rebecca Dana broke the story of Katie Couric's early departure from CBS for The Wall Street Journal. In March 2007, Dana editorialized for Slate.com what Couric's rocky...
BLOG WATCH
Cause o' the day Brian Wise at americandaily.com questions the sudden groundswell for Tibet. "Those on the Left suddenly outraged about the treatment of Tibet by China may now, finally,...
TRAFFIC JAMMERS
Bravo for your thoughtful editorial regarding the failed congestion-pricing plan ("Blame Mike, Not Shelly," April 9). The plan failed for a myriad of reasons. The MTA has wasted piles of...
GO CARLY!
We are not having a presidential election in America this year, we are having a rock concert ("Prez Candidates Giving Back To Gain Votes?" April 8). We're going to select...
BULLY FOR HIM
It's too bad that LIRR decorum dictator John Clifford is wasting his fury on cellphone users ("LIRR Bully Beats Latest Rap," April 9). He should ride the subways, where annoying...
GO FOR THE GOLD
If the flip-flop was an Olympic event, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton would be a gold-medal contender instead of a Beijing offender ("Clinton Tells Bush: Skip Olympic Kickoff," April 8).T. King,...
CAGED FURY
I almost vomited when I read about the move to permit and regulate Ultimate Fighting in this state ("Battle On for Brutal Bouts," April 7). That's all we need -...
REAL PATSY'S
As a NYC limo owner and driver for over 10 years, I find it hard to believe that Cindy Adams never heard of Patsy's Pizzeria uptown ("I Swear to God...
START HIM UP
Has Kyle Smith ever been to a Rolling Stones concert ("Jumpin' Jack Hot Flash," April 4)? There are many Ron Wood fans holding signs up for him at every concert....
LOCAL
Born in Manhattan, raised in The Bronx and a 30-year member of Midtown's workforce, I take exception to your criteria for passing as a native New Yorker ("Walk Like a...
TERROR'S CASSANDRA
The first World Trade Center bombing, in 1993, was the opening salvo in radical Islam's war against the US, yet its importance was missed by almost the entire intelligence and...
MEMORY FAILS
One phrase kept popping into my head after reading "War and Decision," a 674-page examination of President Bush's global war on terror written by Douglas J. Feith, the former undersecretary...
EXCLUSIVE RETORT
Is he a hero or a villain? Eric Lichtblau, author of "Bush's Law," is the New York Times reporter who exposed classified information on two federal anti-terrorist surveillance programs. His...
DEAD MENS' HANDS
"McCall, who had quietly moved behind Hickok, pulled a gun from under his jacket and shot him, crying out, 'Damn you, take that.' The bullet drilled a hole in Hickok's...
REQUIRED READING
The End of Baseball by Peter Schilling Jr. (Ivan R. Dee) No, we're not talking about the Mets collapse last year. In Schilling's novel, set in the 1944 season, baseball...
IN MY LIBRARY: MORGAN FREEMAN
Given that he's sometimes played God, it shouldn't surprise you to know that one of Morgan Freeman's favorite books is . . . the Bible. "It's just an interesting read,"...
MOB SCENE
How does a young woman from Moldovan Transnistria, a particularly bleak breakaway province of a former Soviet state, wind up enslaved in a Tel Aviv brothel above a pizza parlor,...
FOOD, NETWORK
Elaine's restaurant never suffered from lack of press. There's been forty-five years of movies, gossip columns and books that have devoted pages upon pages covering its snarky hostess and her...
HE WENT FROM THERE TO ETERNITY
A decade after his death, self-described "saloon singer" Frank Sinatra remains one of the most iconic figures in American entertainment. He might not have taken his work as an actor...
BOARD DIRECTION
The future of the Internet rests in the hands of Yahoo!'s 10-member board of directors. The board, which met Friday, is weighing whether to accept a $44 billion takeover offer...
IMMELT'S MELTDOWN: GE FALTERS
AS the only original remaining member of the Dow Jones industrial average and the No. 2 most valuable company in the land, General Electric is the quintessential market bellwether. It...
NEW BOOK UNVEILS TRICKS TO SNAG LUSH NYC PADS
Any 24-year-old who can buy her own New York City apartment - in Manhattan, no less, on a $46,600 a year salary - deserves to be listened to. Farnoosh Torabi...
PAULSON BAGS $3B IN 2007
There's a new king of Wall Street. Hedge fund guru John Paulson, who ascended to the throne from humble roots in Queens, wears the crown after earning a staggering $3...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSLEON BLACK While his Linens 'n Things chain is ailing, the Apollo Management founder is one of three partners to split $1 billion in compensation.CARL ICAHN After winning battle with...
DISS ME, KATIE
CBS boss Les Moonves was in the middle of taking heat from a 28 percent drop in the company's stock over the past year and a slide in ratings when...
BONO SINGS A FINANCIAL HYMN IN DUBLIN
DUBLIN - Bono hopes to give a rare performance in Dublin this week but don't expect to hear any of the rockstar's greatest hits. The U2 front man is instead...
ADJUST YOUR DEDUCTIONS ASAP
Dear John: If I always get a refund, can I change the amount of tax that is deducted from my paychecks so my paychecks are bigger? I.S.Dear I.S.: Not only...
AND THE LOSER IS . . .
USUALLY, when a big group gathers in the grand ballroom to hand out awards, the speeches are as bland as the chicken salad. That wasn't the case on Monday at...
MEET MARKET
Julian, a 25-year-old technology analyst, is a distinguished gentleman who appreciates the best things in life - from fine wines to restaurants with impressive culinary pedigrees. He's looking for a...
TOP 5 MOST MORTIFYING DATE MOMENTS
According to comedy fans at Comix "I wet my pants once. Guess I had a few beers too many." -Jenny "I met a guy online, and he didn't tell me...
LOVE POTION NO. 9
Ashley, a 26-year-old MBA student, is an ambitious gal seeking a confident guy who makes her laugh. Well, seek and ye shall be set up! Mike, a 26-year-old producer, showed...
MOJO QUEEN: FALLING IN LOVE GAVE ME GAME
"YOU have it," my friend Missy whispers to me over drinks one night at The Spotted Pig. "You have the mojo!" She's a little drunk, she's extra hot and she...
DON'T MISS LIST
BACK FROM THE STRIKE BONES Monday, 8 p.m., Fox A YOUNG couple decides to go skinny-dipping at a hot spring. Their adventure is ruined when they find the remains of...
SPRING FEVER
"I'm moving all the chess pieces in harmony better than I have in a long time," says "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry. "I think people are going to find the...
'ADAMS' ALTER-EGO
As the acclaimed HBO miniseries "John Adams" winds down - the finale airs next Sunday night - two giants remain from the initial rebellious group of Englishmen who decided to...
PRIMETIME
It's not likely that Kathie Lee Gifford, back on TV - this time as an NBC "Today Show" host - is bound for consideration as a significant figure in the...
ROCK ON
She may be the only person on reality television who doesn't want to be a star. Malaak Compton-Rock, Chris Rock's wife and one of three judges on ABC's "Oprah's Big...
REEL GOOD
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) Saturday, 9 p.m., Ch. 13 John Sturges directed this racially charged Western about a one-armed stranger (Spencer Tracy) who arrives in a desert town...
ROYAL DESIGN
The real stars of "The Tudors" are the costumes. It was no surprise that the show's costume designer. Joan Bergin (below), walked off with the Emmy Award last year. Her...