May 4, 2008
DEMOTED IAN: 'I'LL BE BACK'
The Yankees' latest youth movement looks about as promising as Katie Couric's news anchoring career. Anyone got the phone number for disaster relief? With Phil Hughes (fractured rib) already on...
YANKS BECOME DARRELL-DEVILS
Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy have the sexiness, multiple chances, management's backing and millions of dollars that being first-round picks deliver. Darrell Rasner? He was dropped from the roster last...
Soccer Streaker to pose for Playboy
(photo by Gerardo Mora EFE) By BRIAN LEWISApparently soccer streaker Tiffany May is going to milk as much coin as she can out of her 15 minutes of fame, having...
OVERTIME AND DONE
PITTSBURGH - A year ago there was a sense that the Rangers' second-round playoff exit signified the start of something big. PHOTO GALLERY Now there is the sense that this...
Sun Sets on Season
By BRETT CYRGALISHenrik Lundqvist made stop after stop today at the Igloo (40 total), many of them on the Penguinsâ late-season import Marian Hossa. Lundqvist single-handedly kept the Rangers in...
Church quieting the doubters
All of the Mets fans who howled about the Lastings Milledge trade last winter can pipe down now. Ryan Church is making the argument against sending the mercurial Milledge to...
Alou clears up Bartman story
We had a brief note on this in today's Post, but here are some more details on Moises Alou disputing an Associated Press report about the infamous Steve Bartman foul...
McCain in the house
Spotted in the stands here today at Chase Field: Presidential candidate John McCain. Makes sense, considering McCain is from Arizona. What was surprising was the very tepid applause (with a...
Updating the injury list
Assistant GM John Ricco offered some injury updates this afternoon before the Mets took on the Diamondbacks, including news on Pedro Martinezâs rehabilitation: -- Pedro, out since April 1 with...
Mets at full strength for finale
With Brian Schneider and Moises Alou back, the Mets for the first time today will have the lineup they envisioned in spring training. Not only that, but ace Johan Santana...
Versatile Murphy turning heads
Mets prospect Dan Murphy, Double-A Binghamton's starting third baseman, had a great April, hitting .363 with one home run and 18 RBI in 26 games.But no matter how much Murphy,...
Schneider back a day early
Brian Schneider is back in the Mets' lineup today for the first time in nearly two weeks. The veteran catcher, sidelined since April 24 with a staph infection in his...
Kennedy to minors; Igawa likely replacement
After being speculated about here and everywhere else over the past week or so, Ian Kennedy has officially been sent down to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre today, which also should pave...
There's No Place Like Home
America can sell out soccer stadiums for boxing, too...Oscar injures hand and other notes from Homecoming weekend. By GEORGE WILLISLOS ANGELESâA sellout crowd of 27,000 was announced for the fight,...
Box Office: 'Iron Man' Passes the Century Mark
Surpassing expectations, "Iron Man'' sold a whopping estimated $100.75 million worth of tickets over the weekend, the second-best non-sequel opening since the original "Spider-Man'' in 2002 and the eighth biggest...
Mets coverage in today's Post
What are the Mets going to do with Mike Pelfrey after yesterday's 10-4 stinker here in Phoenix against the Diamondbacks? As if space cadet Oliver Perez hasn't been frustrating enough...
Serie A: Inter Keeps Champagne on Ice
By CLEMENTE LISIInter's league title celebration will have to wait until at least next week as the team suffered a 2-1 defeat today at the hands of city rivals AC...
ISRAEL'S GIFT TO THE WORLD
As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, the world should recognize the enormous gifts the Jewish state has given the world. Israel has exported more lifesaving medical technology to the far-flung...
MAY 4-10
This week: Grab a head start on Cinco de Mayo; bloggers take Brooklyn; on your mark, get set, get fit; fly high with a funny folk duo; and go green...
ANTHONY BOURDAIN
Chef-turned-author-turned-TV-host talks about loving baby-daddyhood and the unexpected charm of places like Medellín Anthony Bourdain is a mind-blowing multitasker. He's the host of the Travel Channel's eating-adventure show "No Reservations,"...
A DICK TRACY DAZZLER
A watch from the comics; driving right for PS3; old-school turntable for new-school sound; GPS for NYC; a Kodak for dummies. Logitech Driving Force GT $149.99; logitech.com You've finally upgraded...
WEB SLINGER
Women in Film glumbert.com/media/ womenfilm To see how Hollywood's vision of beauty has changed, artist Philip Scott Johnson morphed through 75 actresses - starting with Mary Pickford and ending with...
ABNORMAL'S NORMAL
WHEN a major improve ment is found in a popular opening these days, it's rarely a "natural" move, such as moving a pawn to control the center, developing a piece...
BRIDGE
"CY'S doctor told him that daily exercise is the best way to stay fit," Unlucky Louie remarked to me. The member of my club known as Cy the Cynic is...
'FUNNY FOR FIDO'
From Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor, some of the funniest comedians have tackled serious subjects. On Thursday, a new generation of comics convenes at Stand Up New York to address...
I'M NO. 1
WHO cares that Lil Wayne's new album, "Tha Carter III," was pushed back further than Rudy Giuliani's hairline? The wait was worth it, considering the sexy and hypnotic nature of...
'ROOTS' OF OUR PROBLEMS
IT'S safe to say the Roots are pretty disgusted with the current state of rap music. "Hip-hop is like a 34-year-old single woman with two children right now," explains drummer...
A WINWOOD WIN SITUATION
STEVE Winwood has been recording music professionally since his teens. But even though he turns 60 next week, the experience of recording his new CD, "Nine Lives," felt almost like...
MAKING NEW YORK 'NOISE'
Director Henry Bean was in his apartment at 97th Street and West End Avenue, just hoping for a little peace and quiet. But no. "This car alarm had been going...
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
For the avant-biopic "I'm Not There," director Todd Haynes decided that legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was so enigmatic that he could only fully capture the musical icon using six separate...
FILM BYTES
LAST week, we reported that Samuel L. Jackson's long-rumored "Iron Man" cameo as Nick Fury had apparently been cut, as he was a no-show in the film. Now comes word...
'FLASH' BACK TO SATURDAY MORNING SHOWS
What time is it, kids? It's time for a five-decade flashback into the early days of television. Thanks to Tuesday's new "Hiya, Kids!! A '50s Saturday Morning" DVD, boomers can...
A MOTHER'S ANGUISH
READERS might remember that last Sunday I wrote about Kim Ki-duk, the South Korean filmmaker who was receiving a complete retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. This week, I...
SCREEN GEM
The Indian-born director known simply as Tarsem is flat broke, and he couldn't be happier. He spent the last four years dumping whatever money he had into his latest project,...
GETTING RACY
JAPANESE animation - anime, if you want to get all technical - has a few major style characteristics. You've got your exaggeratedly big eyes and mouths, your super-short skirts on...
MAKING THE SCENE...
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PROOF POSITIVE
Creating a beer that stands out in the deli case is no small challenge, but Knights Head, crafted by the Lion Brewery outside Scranton, Pa., is a worthy newcomer. The...
THE FRENCH REVIVAL
Benoit 60 W. 55th St.; (646) 943-7373 Alain Ducasse's culinary route (on these shores, at least), has been more of the six-course tasting variety than the a la carte bite....
DECLARA, 27, AND CRONIN, 26
March 29 - The first ring Charles DeClara bought for Christina Cronin featured one opal and cost $53. DeClara, who was 15 years old at the time, only had $45...
VASWANI, 27, AND AGUIRRE, 28
April 28 - Love began as a secret for Jacklyn Aguirre and Umang Vaswani, who met as co-workers at a jewelry store. "We were friends before he confessed his feelings,"...
SUSKIN, 28, AND DAVIDSON, 25
April 6 - Days after finding each other on match.com, Alexa Davidson and Marc Suskin experienced "relief at first sight." "My friends said that people always lie about their looks...
MIRACULOUS MILESTONE
Israel this week celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding amid a national mood that is at once joyously optimistic yet filled with trepidation. Certainly, the contradictions facing the Jewish...
BIRTH OF A NATION
From The Post's editorial of May 15, 1948: Israel is reborn after 20 centuries. First recognition of Israel as a de facto State has come from the United States of...
A TINY COMMENTARY ON VICTIMHOOD
Israel's independence day is called the Nakba, or "day of catastrophe," by the Palestinians. There are fears this year - as most every year - that there will be violence...
HOLLYWOOD: BRING BACK THE JEWISH HEROES
Looking out over the splendors of Mount Tabor, a crusty Paul Newman is in the midst of one of his snarliest, least ingratiating performances, in 1960's epic of Israel's birth...
WHY I LIVE IN ISRAEL: TRADITION, LOVE
As a child and grandchild of Eastern European Jews who took refuge in Israel from one war torn nation after another, I had a feeling of entitlement and a deep...
REQUIRED READING
The bible on ancient Israel might be ... the Bible. But a bevy of modern writers have made their own literary contributions to understanding Israel. Here are our picks:90 Minutes...
WHY I LIVE IN ISRAEL: DIVERSITY, FAITH
A decade ago my family and I were new immigrants in Israel. We had moved here from Miami in July of 1997 and were fortunate enough to have our first...
EXALTATION WITHOUT JOY
If Mark Twain, no stranger to the Holy Land, were alive today, he might say about Israel six decades after its creation what he said once of himself, "reports of...
CAUSE, EFFECT
Everybody is talking about the "Bradley effect" - when white people allegedly are reluctant to say that they wouldn't vote for a black candidate ("Beyond Race Baggage," Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs,...
THAT'S THE TICKET
Glen Bolofsky, founder of parkingticket.com, complains about the increased number of parking tickets issued to drivers this year ("City Issuing Even More Parking Tix," April 27). If you park illegally,...
MISSING LOGIC
As a retired NYPD detective who actually worked on the missing-person case of Patrick McNeill, who died accidentally after an evening of drinking at a local NYC bar, a few...
VICTIMOLOGY
Bravo to Ralph Peters ("The Rev & Global Victims' Club," PostOpinion, April 30). How very easy it is to be a victim. We have seen it time and time again...
MY STARS!
I am terribly offended by the cartoon of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rev. Jeremiah Wright (May 1). It implies that Clinton is attempting to derail Sen. Barack Obama's campaign...
60 YEARS (+3,000)
Israel is about to turn 60 and the silence, outside of the Jewish community, is deafening. To date I have seen virtually no mention of the milestone in anything but...
ISRAEL'S GIFT TO THE WORLD
As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, the world should recognize the enormous gifts the Jewish state has given the world. Israel has exported more lifesaving medical technology to the far-flung...
BOOK OF EXODUS
In the history of modern Israel, unlike the Torah, it is Exodus that comes first.PHOTO GALLERY In 1947, a ship named Exodus left France bound for the promised land, carrying...
BOOK OF GENESIS
On May 20, 1948 - six days after the Jewish State of Israel declared independence - Syrian troops attacked the nation's oldest communal settlement, or kibbutz, Degania. The Syrians had...
GOLDA METTLE
Golda Meir's plane wasn't due to touch down in the US until September 24, 1969. But well before Labor Day, the State Department protocol office was already swamped with requests...
THE LAND OF TECH AND HONEY
There has not been a bus bombing in Israel for some time - but the next terrorist who attempts one may face a more difficult task than did his predecessors.PHOTO...
50 CENT SET TO GROW BIZ EMPIRE
50 Cent is taking a page out of Derek Jeter's business plan. The rapper, who already has proven his business acumen by investing in VitaminWater, owning his own record label...
BYE BUY, YAHOO!
Steve Ballmer has decided to pack up his bags and go home. The Microsoft boss yesterday decided to abandon his $42 billion takeover of Yahoo! after raising his offer by...
NEW TITLES FROM TIME LIFE, SUPER CD HITS OF 2008?
The folks behind those ubiquitous 2AM Time Life infomericals, the ones hawking "Superstars of the 80s" and "70s Music Explosion" CDs, are going legit. Direct Holdings Americas, a unit of...
PRESSED FOR CASH
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, reeling under a heavy debt load and plummeting advertising sales, is on the brink of bankruptcy, The Post has learned. One of the nation's top dailies,...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS
WINNERSKIRK KERKORIAN Activist announces he's bought 100M shares of Ford at $6.91; carmaker closes week at $8.27.LAURENCE FINK BlackRock founder, CEO gets $41.9M in total compensation in 2007, up 27...
DEBT ON ARRIVAL
The first of the $110 billion in economic stimulus checks reached taxpayers last week - either via direct deposit or through the mail. The IRS should have added a third...
KROLL EXPOSES CLIENT INFO
Inspector Clouseau is alive and well - and he appears to be working for Kroll Associates. The corporate spies, who are supposed to specialize in unearthing - and keeping -...
MCLEAN JUMPS TO VF
Bethany McLean, co-author of a best-selling book about the Enron debacle, is leaving Fortune after a 13-year run to jump to Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair. McLean co-authored "The Smartest Guys...
BUFFETT'S THUMBS DOWN ON DOLLAR
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett continues to be bearish on the dollar. Buffett, 77, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said yesterday that US policies and Americans' preferences for foreign goods will...
A CRYSTAL BAWL
WHAT do Paula Abdul and Ben Bernanke have in common? Well, in addition to their somewhat erratic behavior of late - hers as an "American Idol" judge and his as...
PAULSON'S FUNDS SLIDE
John Paulson, the hedge-fund titan who earned superstar status after earning billions by correctly predicting the collapse of the mortgage market, slipped slightly in April betting Wall Street firms such...
WHO'LL REPLACE THE BOOMERS?
Dear John: Seventy million Americans will retire over the next seven years. The problem is that only 50 million people are due to enter the workforce. In other words, we...
MEET MARKET
Ali is a 25 -year- old fashion assistant with a gorgeous set of gams. She'd like to meet a tall, confident guy who'll enjoy her three favorite, but lame, jokes!Steve,...
TOP 5 REASONS TO DATE AN ARTIST
According to museum-goers at MoMA "When you break up, instead of explaining everything that was wrong with the relationship, you can just tell friends 'he was an artist,' and they'll...
MEDIUM RARE
He said * "She's the exact opposite of anyone I would date." She said ** "He's too intense for me." ROBBIE, a 28-year-old entertainment marketing manager, told us he was...
BACK TO CHICAGO WITH AN OLD SONG IN MY HEAD
MY ex-husband was a musician. And I finally had the courage recently to play one of his songs for Super Preppy. SP was kind and patient, loving and thoughtful, squeezing...
MAKE QUINN LIABLE FOR BUDGET: POL
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn should be held personally responsible for the validity of the budget - with criminal penalties to pay for fraud, said one local lawmaker. In an...
SUPERBUG CASES IN CITY SOARING TO 700
Almost 700 cases of the extremely drug-resistant "superbug" have been confirmed in New York City since February, the first concrete tally of the MRSA infection's prevalence in the city. Hospital...
NYPD'S BUNKER SHOT
The city is planning a new $30 million "super high-tech" NYPD command bunker in lower Manhattan to serve as the nerve center for crime fighting, as well as emergency response...
NJ'S HALL OF FAME REJECTS
James "Tony Soprano" Gandolfini? Fuhgeddaboutit! Jim McGreevey? Not there! Jon Bon who? A group of Garden State boosters responsible for the state's Hall of Fame overlooked some of New Jersey's...
NYERS' FOAL PLAY
Five years ago, Long Island investment banker Michael Iavarone was commuting on the Long Island Expressway, and vowed to get out of the rat race. Now he's won the biggest...
SWINGING AT SHELDON WITH GAVEL
An upstate judge is taking aim at Sheldon Silver's wallet in the escalating war over judicial pay. John Curran, a state judge in Buffalo, may boot the state Assembly speaker's...
ATLAN-TICKED OFF
Hundreds of protesters squared off yesterday in Downtown Brooklyn over the Atlantic Yards development project. Opponents called for Gov. Paterson to put the brakes on the renovation, which includes an...
30G E-Z TAB FOR 'TOLL BEAT' COP
One of New York's Finest owes almost $30,000 to the Port Authority after evading tolls at the agency's crossings for seven years, according to court records. Like other deadbeat drivers...
TRAFFIC TRAGEDY
A 14-year-old boy was clinging to life last night after being struck by a car while crossing a Bronx highway, authorities said. The tragedy unfolded at 9 p.m., when the...
SUPERBOY A RAILROAD HERO
As a locomotive raced toward his mother's minivan, a quick-thinking Long Island boy became a virtual Superman and lifted a railroad crossing gate to let their trapped vehicle and another...
$LAMMED BY BIG 'DIPPERS'
Hundreds of New York government workers are double dippers - collecting pension paychecks for old jobs from which they retired, as they simultaneously take home salaries from new public-payroll jobs....
MAN DIES WEEK AFTER MUGGING
A Bronx man has died a week after he was robbed and beaten on a subway train, and cops are calling his death a murder. Samuel Owens, 44, of Parkchester,...
1 GIANT LEAP FOR FANKIND
A slice of sports heaven is coming to the Big Apple. The $100 million Sports Museum of America will open downtown Wednesday, unveiling eclectic exhibits that range from the original...
BELL 'PRAY-IN' DUE THIS WEEK
Furious demonstrators will conduct six "pray-ins" Wednesday to protest the acquittal of three NYPD cops who shot and killed unarmed groom-to-be Sean Bell, the Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday. Meanwhile,...
FEDS SELL OFF GOTTI PROPERTY
At least one of the Queens properties that mob princess Victoria Gotti has been trying to keep out of the government's hands was sold Friday at auction for $1 million,...
MAN SLAIN SAVING BROTHER
A brave 27-year-old Bronx man was stabbed to death when he ran to the aid of his brother, who was being attacked by a street mob, police said. Alex Cruz,...
FAB FEAT A BID TO BEAT CANCER
You go, girls - and guys, too! With a breezy chill in the air and enough confetti raining down to rival New Year's Eve, throngs of men, women and children...
FAMILY TIES, FAMILY LIES
Sitting reading a newspaper in Kissena Park three years ago, Queens housepainter Jerry Nobile heard the still-familiar voice of his ex-wife, Marlene Velez, walking with her new husband. With them...
DAREDEVIL REWIRES
Thirty-four years after he walked a cable stretched high between the Twin Towers, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recreated the magic by walking a tightrope in Washington Square Park. "I started...
DRIVERS GO PUBLIC
Who needs congestion pricing? Bridge-and-tunnel commuters, fuming over the rising costs of gas and tolls, are hanging up their car keys in record numbers. The radical off-road shift has the...
LONDON'S NEW MAYOR SWORN IN
London's new mayor, an eccentric Conservative lawmaker, was sworn in yesterday after ousting the left-wing incumbent in a vote ominous to the future of Britain's ruling Labor Party. Ex-magazine editor...
MAKING DO WITH VOODOO
CARY, NC - Hillary Rodham Clinton had a secret weapon to get through Bill's White House affair: voodoo. "One of my closest friends . . . would always send me...
INVESTORS CALL DEM TAX FUELI$H BACKFIRE
Barack Obama yesterday kept up his sharp assault on Hillary Rodham Clinton's gax-tax plan, telling crowds in Indianapolis that her tax holiday "is not about getting you through the summer;...
BARACK'S REV. 'STOLE A WIFE'
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's loose cannon of a spiritual adviser, stole the wife of a parishioner - after the man sought Wright's help in saving his troubled marriage,...
GI'S DECK HAS ACE FROM HOLE
He's got the trump card. A Pennsylvania soldier who guarded Saddam Hussein and his henchmen likely holds the biggest autographed collection of "Iraq's Most Wanted" playing cards - including one...
IT'S A CHARITY PALL
This is nothing to croon about. Rock star Sting's celebrity-studded Carnegie Hall charity concert in 2006 to save the world's rainforests raked in millions, but less than half the riches...
SWEET WITH A DASH OF TART
Miley Cyrus may claim to be "embarrassed" by risqué photos, but it wasn't the first time the tween queen has flirted with Britney Spears territory. In fact, the Vanity Fair...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN * A pair of crooks was caught on camera during a string of gunpoint robberies at pharmacies in Manhattan and The Bronx. Cops said the bandits, who both wore...
BUREAUCRATIC $$ WAR OVER B'KLYN YESHIVA
IN a classic case of government agencies working at odds, the Department of Finance awarded a property-tax exemption to a Brooklyn building that the Department of Buildings wants to fine...
FIERY TALK IS LEAVING ME COLD
I AM out of step. There is something that is upsetting others whom I care about and whose thoughts are often not unlike my own. And it's not hitting me...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 545; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 9069; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 749; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Win- 4 Sat.:...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Former Met Franco retires Julio Franco finally called it quits. The oldest player to hit a home run in the majors announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year...
HONDO HAS A BREW
Hondo took the big ugly red plunge yesterday, suffering a triple-flusher with the Metamucils, Cards and Adriano to put the deficit at 5 jensens. Today, in honor of Big Brown,...
THE RUMBLE
NJ Globetrotters Nets look overseas for lottery pick The Nets have returned to what has been foreign territory for them - the lottery. So they're scouting foreign territory, dispatching Kiki...
NO CALL FOR THESE BOOS
* I am amazed that fans even care whether or not a player comes out of the dugout for a curtain call. Funny, all we hear is how athletes are...
WALLEYE SEASON FOR ANGLERS
THE freshwater fishing season went into full swing this weekend with the opening of great sweet-water species. The season for walleye, northern pike, pickerel, and tiger muskellunge opened yesterday with...
OSCAR NIGHT
CARSON, Calif. - Oscar De La Hoya said he wanted to look spectacular, and wanted a knockout in his "Homecoming" against Steve Forbes last night in the soccer field at...
KAZMIR'S RETURN BOOST FOR ROTO OWNERS
EVERY time a star goes down with an injury, the opportunity arises for a new star to be born. More often than not, that new star flames out, and eventually...
ALAN SEIDEN, ST. JOHN'S STAR, DEAD AT 71
Former St. John's basketball star Alan Seiden, a city hoop legend who led the Redmen to the NIT championship in 1959, died yesterday at his Queens home. He was 71....
WHEN ALL HOOP DISAPPEARS
ON March 12, 1958, the last game of the regular season between the Cincinnati Royals and the Minneapolis Lakers, Maurice Stokes went over the shoulder of an opponent and hit...
BASEBALL SHRINE A HALL LOT BETTER
WHEN Jackie Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, he made it clear he wanted to be recognized for his on-the-field ability, and that's why his...
SNAPSHOTS OF THE PASSING PLAYOFF SCENE
PITTSBURGH -Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't ever recall hearing Scott Stevens announce that he needed to pace himself at the age of 36, which, in fact, is...
LARRY THE KID RIDES AGAIN
IT IS said that during his long and fruitful career as one of the most famous bank robbers of all time, Willie Sutton stole close to $2 million. Not surprisingly,...
SURVIVOR: MLB
THE loss of Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez simultan-eously is painful for the Yankees. But consider that the Angels have been operating successfully all season without Nos. 1 and 2...
HOW JOCKS SAW RACE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Jockeys of the losing horses have their say about the 134th Kentucky Derby: Gabriel Saez (2nd, Eight Belles): "After we passed the wire, I stood up. She...
TOLD YOU HE'D WIN!
Rick Dutrow Jr. trains Florida Derby winner Big Brown, who won yesterday's 134th Kentucky Derby. During Derby week, he has shared his thoughts and insights with Post readers. As told...
EINSTEIN RUNS GENIUS RACE TO TAKE WOODFORD
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - If at first you don't succeed, try again, and if that fails, try again - and that's what Einstein, the best long-distance turf horse in the country,...
BELLS TOLL FOR 'BELLES'
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Tragedy struck the Kentucky Derby yesterday when least expected. Eight Belles, facing colts for the first time as she tried to become just the fourth filly to...
GOLDEN 'BROWN' TOAST OF TOWN
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - He said he could do it, and indeed he did! Big Brown, the undefeated superstar that trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. swore all week could not lose yesterday's...
THRILLING DERBY RACE ENDS ON TRAGIC NOTE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - From the day they ran the first horse race 300 years ago or so in England till they sprung the latch on the Kentucky Derby last night,...
RUTGERS' QB OF FUTURE PAYS VISIT
It wasn't difficult to pick out Tom Savage from the other top quarterbacks on the field at Rutgers Stadium yesterday. You just had to look for the guy throwing the...
DB'S STATEN HIS CASE TO WEAR GREEN
It's rare when you find anyone voluntarily leaving Miami to come to Staten Island, but that's exactly what Al Phillips did when he left his South Florida hometown and enrolled...
NEXT CHREBET?
Danny Woodhead hasn't had the look of the most imposing player wearing a green or white practice jersey as the Jets rookies and free agents have been participating in this...
AVERY A 'MAGIC' MAN
If Avery Johnson listens to his longtime mentor, legendary black-college coach Ben Jobe, he will be beating down Donnie Walsh's door to coach the Knicks. If Walsh listens to his...
VERSATILE MURPHY TURNING HEADS
Mets prospect Dan Murphy, Double-A Binghamton's starting third baseman, had a great April, hitting .363 with one home run and 18 RBI in 26 games. But no matter how much...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 21
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. 21. Oct. 15,...
DUD IN DESERT
PHOENIX - Mike Pelfrey stood in front of his locker yesterday afternoon and proceeded to beat himself up for nearly 10 minutes. There was plenty of blame to go around...
DELGADO FINDING GROOVE
PHOENIX - Not even Carlos Delgado is sure if his recent surge at the plate is the beginning of a turnaround. The target of so many boos at Shea Stadium...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby sat down at Shea with the Mets' candid closer: Q: What would you say the odds are that you will not pitch beyond the end of...
CLIMB'S JUST BEGUN
PITTSBURGH - Can we stow the talk about how, if the Rangers win Game 5 here this afternoon, then the Penguins will really, really, really be thinking about how if...
KENNEDY FUTURE UNDER DISCUSSION
Joe Girardi wanted to talk more with Brian Cashman before going public with the Yankees' plans for struggling Ian Kennedy's immediate future. "We will have some more discussions," Girardi said...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT YANKEE STADIUM: NO. 21
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. 21. Oct....
MOOSE SHOWS 'M' HE'S STILL GOT IT
There isn't a Yankees fan alive who didn't have Mike Mussina falling in behind staff ace Chien-Ming Wang by the first week of May, right? Nobody thought Mussina was too...
DAMON LEADING THE WAY
Johnny Damon's season emerged from the outhouse on the Yankees' last road trip, and now he's got larger plans: He wants to play like the old Johnny Damon. "I've got...
DARRELL DARES TO BE GREAT
Something tells you Roger Clemens won't be appearing in George Steinbrenner's box today to announce his comeback, but otherwise the scene at the Stadium should seem familiar to Darrell Rasner....
BABY BOSS RANT BOOSTS BOMBERS
HANK Steinbrenner said late Friday night that he wanted to see better pitch ing and more of a spark from his Yankees. Quite simply, he said it was "time to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Evolution has been proven - sort of. A Florida man whose arms were caught in a press-like machine still managed to dial 911 -- with his big toe. He shook...
DaMarcus Beasley could make his Rangers return
(photo from flickr) By BRIAN LEWISRangers winger DaMarcus Beasley could finally return to the field Sunday after suffering knee ligament damage in November.With Rangers short on bodies, Beasley might some...
CABLE TV SUFFERS FROM MARKETING JARGON-ITIS
They're not "cable networks." They're "brands" and "platforms." These "platforms" don't carry "programs" anymore - they carry "content." And you are not simply a viewer, you are an "affluencer" (if...
OVER 'IDOL'
Clay Aiken doesn't have time to watch "American Idol." But the season two runner-up says that even if he did, it wouldn't be on his must-watch TV list. "I would...
DON'T MISS LIST
Love the one you're with Cristina Yang's (Sandra Oh) life hasn't quite been the same since Burke left Seattle Grace. When she gets news of his latest career achievements, she...
REEL GOOD
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) Sunday, 1 p.m., Oxygen This is a gorgeously restrained version of Jane Austen's novel about five sisters looking for love and marriage amid the rigors of...
LAUGH SQUAD
In a third-season episode of "The Office," salesman Andy Bernard, played by "Daily Show" veteran Ed Helms, loses his mind after his colleague Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) screws up a...
PRIMETIME
Not that anyone asked, but I'm ready to issue my 2008 Presidential endorsement. I'm backing WABC-Radio's Curtis Sliwa. Seriously. Sliwa's not only been-there tough on crime - street and organized...
SIMON COWELL HAD A COLD
Welcome to the home of the king of the hill. To get here, you must negotiate the dizzying roads that wind through the upper reaches of Beverly Hills. Those roads...
MICROSOFT DROPS BID FOR YAHOO
Steve Ballmer has decided to pack up his bags and go home. The Microsoft boss yesterday decided to abandon his $42 billion takeover of Yahoo! after raising his offer by...
2ND-PLACE FILLY EIGHT BELLES EUTHANIZED AFTER BREAKING DOWN
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Tragedy struck the Kentucky Derby today when least expected. Eight Belles, facing colts for the first time as she tried to become just the fourth filly to...
'BIG' STATEMENT FOR BIG BROWN
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. promised his Big Brown colt could not lose today's 134th Kentucky Derby, and he was right. On a sun-splashed, wind-blown afternoon at Churchill...