May 12, 2008
Frazier Selling Gym, Haye Gives Up Belt
Joe Frazier's Gym in Philaldephia is for sale, and David Haye has relinquished the WBC cruiserweight title. Associated PressPHILADELPHIA -- Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Frazier's landmark gym is up...
A-ROD WILL MISS SUBWAY SERIES
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Don't look for Alex Rodriguez in the middle of the Yankees' lineup anytime soon. Rodriguez was slid into the "Carl Pavano Memorial MRI Tube" in Tampa...
CARRIE & CO. TWO-TIME APPLE
Call this sex and the wrong city. The gals of "Sex and the City: The Movie" jumped across the pond and landed on a London red carpet last night to...
Orders in for opener with Nats
The batting orders are now up as the Mets and red-hot Carlos Beltran (pictured) try to win for the fourth time in their past five games tonight at Shea Stadium...
Red Sox cut Tavarez, keep Hansen
APThe Boston Red Sox designated reliever Julian Tavarez for assignment today, clearing room for the return of first baseman Sean Casey.Manager Terry Francona acknowledged the move was a sign of...
Box Office: 'Speed Racer' D.O.A.
The final weekend number for "Speed Racer'' was an embarrassing $18.6 million, far worse than anyone predicted and substantially under the $20.2 million Warners was claiming Sunday, along with second...
'Rock of Love' To the Nth Degree
Going through Bret Michaels withdrawal is worse than having a case of the "Daisy trembles" during elimination after watching Ambre make out while getting pounded in the head five times...
Deal of the Day-Nine West
If you havenât gotten a pedicure yet, you might want to whip your toes into shape pronto.Because the weather is coming and the sandals are adorable this spring and summer.These...
Giants sign seven
BY PAUL SCHWARTZThe recently-completed was not simply about getting some NFL indoctrination for the seven Giants draft picks. The team invited several players to the camp on a tryout basis...
SUIT: MAN FORCED TO SIT IN JETBLUE BATHROOM
A Manhattan man is feeling flush with anger after he says he was forced to sit in the bathroom for three hours on a cross-country JetBlue flight. Gokhan Mutlu is...
Kennedy to return Thursday
By GEORGE A. KING IIIYankeesâ fans will not see Kei Igawa the sequel, at least not any time soon.Ian Kennedy will be called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to pitch Thursday...
DiBella Takes Berto Card To Memphis
Unbeaten boxers Andre Berto, Chazz Witherspoon and Rayonta Whitfield headline an HBO "Boxing After Dark" tripleheader on June 21 in FedExForum. The eight-bout card is presented by New York-based DiBella...
Those who have suffered... guide
She has been raped, shot and burned in a fire. She suffered from a cocaine addiction, amnesia and a cult brainwashing.She was promiscuous, revered and forever love torn.If you haven't...
Michael Bradley's Heerenveen into UEFA Cup; Fulhamerica next?
By BRIAN LEWISMichael Bradley helped lead Heerenveen into the UEFA Cup today, even though the rising U.S. star probably wonât be at the club when they get there. Even more...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT RAYS
More than the team's name has changed in Tampa Bay. When the Yankees (19-19) open a four-game series against the Rays (21-16), formerly Devil Rays, the Bombers will be the...
ON DECK: NATIONALS AT METS
The best chance the Nationals have of slowing down Carlos Beltran tonight may be the rain that is expected to pour down on New York today, postponing the game with...
3 DOWN: A Worthy Cause, Perez and a Quiz
1. In my 25 years covering baseball, it would be hard for me to say I have met a nicer person than Jim Duquette, the former GM of the Mets...
Scene: Shane & Shawn
style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">At the Shane and Shawn flagship store opening party, Nina Sky's Nicole Albino wears a purple print Armani dress with a vintage belt and Shane & Shawn shoes. "I'm trying...
Scene: Shane & Shawn
At the Shane & Shawn flagship store opening party, hostess and actress/model Bijou Phillips wears a 3.1 Philip Lim top and skirt with a Rebecca Minkoff bag and Shane and...
Ryan Seacrest loves his 'Momma'
Ryan Seacrest Nice to know that Ryan Seacrest is comfortable enough with his manhood to allow his name to headline this press release from NBC:"RYAN SEACREST AND NBC WANT TO...
"Hitman," now out on DVD/Blu-ray
Timothy Olyphant thanks his lucky stars that the dome is relatively round What's that? The movie came out on DVD on March 11? Well, can it. I only just got...
Starr Report: They're acting up
Tovah Feldshuh ("Law & Order") takes her one-woman show, "Golda's Balcony," to her alma mater (Sarah Lawrence) for six performances (May 29-June 1) before the show opens in London's West...
Mets coverage in today's Post
With four games against the last-place Nationals starting tonight, the Mets are in position to make a charge up the NL East standings after pounding the lowly Reds on Sunday...
Full-steam Ahead for Penguins
Pittsburgh is looking more each day like a team of destiny. We knew it was going to happen. Sidney Crosby one draft year, Evgeni Malkin the next. The fantastic Jordan...
Stars Down 2-0 to Detroit
Detroit's performance in Game Two was not nearly as dominant as it was in Game One, but was just as effective. Now up 2-0 in the series, it shifts to...
3 UP: Igawa vs. Lilly, NY Closers and a Quiz
1. It is important to remember that the Yankees picked Kei Igawa over Ted Lilly. Lilly preferred going back to the Yankees over signing with the Cubs, and would have...
Zero Punctuation Isn't Racist
You people really need to relax.The cause of this weird, stupid firestorm is here.The author writes: I can only hope that Yahtzee had some kind of temporary lapse in judgement...
IKEA GOES TO SE-A IN B'KLYN
One of the Big Apple's most isolated neighborhoods will soon see its meager mass transit system boosted big-time for a long-anticipated IKEA invasion. IKEA officials yesterday revealed plans for how...
JENNA'S WEDDING ALBUM
Here are the first photos of First Daughter Jenna Bush's "spectacular" wedding.WEDDING PHOTO GALLERY The White House yesterday released a series of pictures of Saturday's nuptials at President Bush's ranch...
GIFT GRIPE VS. GOPER
GIFT GRIPE VS. GOPER|BIDDING TO REPLACE QNS. SEX-SCANDAL POLA complaint filed against a Republican running to replace scandal-scarred ex-Councilman Dennis Gallagher claims the candidate used his position as a Board...
QUINN: SLUSH FUND HELPED ME
Embattled City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has admitted for the first time that she understood that the multimillion-dollar slush fund gave her political advantage. Quinn, who is likely running for...
FDNY CREDIT CHECK
The Fire Department must impose tighter controls on the use of government-issued credit cards, Comptroller William Thompson said in an audit that found charges by unauthorized users. "The FDNY allowed...
'MERMAID' ACTOR HAS OPERATION
The "Little Mermaid" actor who broke both wrists in a 20-foot fall onto a Broadway stage underwent surgery yesterday, as a friend revealed the veteran performer also suffered compressed vertebrae...
DRAWING AN APPLE
There are more than 8 million faces in the naked city - and one Manhattan artist aims to sketch them all. Jason Polan, 25, is making it his life's mission...
MEET THE STATE'S 'NO. 1' EMPLOYEE
at they mean by watch the birdie. SUNY Prof. Alain Kaloyeros, 52, whom The Post has fingered as the highest-paid - at nearly $1 million a year - employee on...
CUNY NURSES LEAD THE STATE
Six of the top 10 most successful nursing programs in the state are part of the City University of New York system, according to the most recent data. Last year,...
CREDIT-CARD MOGUL SEXUALLY ABUSED STEPKID: SUIT
The wealthy businessman behind the technology that put credit-card machines in taxis is a closet child molester who bribed and bullied his stepdaughter into keeping quiet for a decade, a...
OLMERT'S PAL: WHAT BRIBES?
Morris Talansky, the Long Island financier at the center of a corruption scandal involving Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, says he never bribed the leader. In his first comments on...
IT'S BETTER NEVER THAN LATE AT HS
No school for you! Late-arriving students at Boys and Girls HS in Brooklyn are refused entry to the school at times and sent away, nearly a dozen defeated students told...
MOTHERS AND 'SHUN'
Disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella was 0-for-2 on Mother's Day. The two-timing congressman apparently skipped out on both his wife, Mary Pat Fossella, the mother of his three kids in Staten...
SEIZURES' TOLL ON NEIGHBORS
Spillover from the foreclosure crisis is costing city homeowners $5,000 each time a bank seizes a house near their property, according to a lawmaker. State Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Manhattan, Bronx,...
THREE EAST END INNS MAY BE OUT
It may be a lot harder to get a hotel room in the Hamptons this summer: Three of the area's hottest inns are hitting the market. And there's a chance...
TROUBLE IN LI PARADISE
Homeowners in the some of the toniest ZIP codes in the Hamptons are facing a frightening reality - they can't afford to foot the bill for their high-priced homes, The...
HARLEM FLIPS ON CLINTON
Harlem was once the only place in the nation where Hillary Rodham Clinton could count on black support. Now it's hard to find any Clinton backers there, even in the...
GULF WAR VET SLAIN IN QUEENS
An argument between two friends watching basketball on TV in Queens left a Navy Gulf War vet fatally stabbed, cops said yesterday. Henry "Rod" Frasier, 40, was drinking with pals...
DRUG COP IS A 'LIAR'
A Brooklyn narcotics cop with scores of arrests has prosecutors poring over those cases after he was charged with lying on an application for federal housing vouchers, The Post has...
NAKED TRUTH ABOUT TRICKY TIMES AD
The New York Times may say it doesn't like to run ads for strip clubs, but the Gray Lady has figured out a way to do just that with out...
GOING (BABY) BUGGY
In the event of an emergency, parents sometimes skip the pediatrician and take their kids straight to the bike-repair shop. The city's mean streets sometimes get the best of the...
PARADE OF TRIUMPHS FOR VICTIM
The most painful day of Anne Peyton Bryant's life has led to her happiest month. Eight years ago, Bryant was one of dozens of women sexually assaulted in Central Park...
CITY 'STRONG-ARMED' RESTAURATEUR OVER PERMIT: POL
A state senator is accusing the Bloomberg administration of "extorting" $68,000 from the owner of a popular Russian restaurant and nightclub in exchange for her right to operate on Brooklyn's...
BUDGET KOS BRONX BRIDGE
A planned Bronx bridge has been dropped from the city's capital budget. The 512-foot-long East 153rd Street bridge would have spanned the Metro-North rail yard east of Franz Sigel Park....
RINGS A 'BELL'
The white cops who pulled their guns on the city's highest-ranking black officer could have created another Sean Bell tragedy, community activists said yesterday. "Something is wrong with our Police...
MOM'S DAY SHOCK: BABY ABANDONED
A baby was found abandoned on Mother's Day outside a Queens home, police said last night. Neighbors heard the cries of the girl, who is about 1 to 2 months...
A SAD FINAL SALUTE TO OFFICER PATTY
A funeral Mass will be held this week for veteran cop John Patrick Burns, who died Saturday of complications from cancer. He was 76. Patty, as he was affectionately known,...
HOLLYWOOD MINING FOR VIDEO-GAME GOLD
Hollywood's hunger to piggyback on the popularity of the video-game business continues to grow as hits like Take-Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" rake in $500 million in first-week sales....
VUITTON OUT TO BAG DARFUR T-SHIRT
Danish art student Nadia Plesner may not look like a threat to global commerce - but handbag Goliath Louis Vuitton is treating her like one. Plesner, 26, has been hit...
DEMON DAD'S 'TORTURED HOOKERS'
The incestuous Austrian monster who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years also abused local call girls, subjecting them to unspeakable acts of sadomasochistic torture, a newspaper reported yesterday. Peter Stolz,...
'NEW AGE' OBAMA VS. 'RETRO' MCCAIN
It's Barack Obama's "New Age diplomacy" versus John McCain's "Cold War" mentality. In November's presidential contest, voters will have a clear choice about who should be America's commander in chief...
LONG DEM RACE NEAR END: O AIDE
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's campaign chief said yesterday that the race against Hillary Rodham Clinton is just about over, predicting a daily stream of superdelegates would announce their support of...
'SPEED' EATS 'IRON' DUST
"Iron Man" beat up on the competition for the second straight week, as the superhero scored a solid $50.5 million at the box office to remain No 1. Racking up...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
THE BRONX * A 20-year-old man was clinging to life yesterday after he was shot in the head on a Mott Haven street, police said. The victim, whose name was...
LIGHTS OUT FOR POWER BIG
DANIEL WIESE, the central figure in the Dirty Tricks Scandal probe, will be ousted within weeks, as Gov. Paterson moves to take over the GOP-controlled state Power Authority, The Post...
STRIPPER MOM IS ALL BUSINESS
AT LEAST Shakira Garcia's boys have something interesting to discuss during show and tell. By day, Shakira is a Queens mom whose two boys need a steady fix of sneakers...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 313; Lucky Sum: 7 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 2249; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 313; Lucky Sum: 7 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 0934;...
FARM BILL FROM HELL
To see what passes for "reform" in Washington these days, look no fur ther than the $300 billion farm bill agreed to last week in Congress. America's vast array of...
WHAT WILL DAVE DO?
Gov. Paterson will soon get an excel lent chance to show seriousness of purpose when lawmakers yet again stick their fists in the public till - this time with a...
WHY SIX POWERS CAN'T STOP IRAN
WOULD you take an offer if you knew that by refusing it you'd get a better one? Tehran's answer to the latest "generous package" offered to end its uranium-enrichment program...
UNION HEALTH RIPOFF
RETIREES' benefits are the fastest-growing part of overall health-coverage costs for New York state and local government. They're already nearly 40 percent of the state's employee-health budget, and they'll consume...
BEAR BALONEY
A FEDERAL judge in Cal ifornia last month or dered the Interior De partment to decide by this Friday whether to list polar bears as a threatened species because of...
A WAR FLICK WITH HONOR
HOLLYWOOD seems to have concluded that war movies don't sell. But "Prince Caspian" seems likely to prove the opposite. "Caspian," the new Narnia film from Walden Media based on the...
THE GRIM TRUTH ON GITMO
ABDULLAH Saleh al-Ajmi was a Kuwaiti soldier who deserted to fight with the Taliban in Afghanistan after the United States invaded that country in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist...
THE REV. RABBLE-ROUSER: RACE-BAITING IS HIS BIZ
* How dare a group of people disrupt a city because they are not satisfied with the outcome of a trial ("Cuffing the Constable," Editorial, May 7)? Should other communities...
READY, ABLE CABLE
This week, the big broadcast networks will take the stage to pitch advertisers on their new fall schedules during the so-called "upfronts" while their cable rivals hope to steal the...
THIS ONE'S FOR MOM
With yesterday being Mother's Day, Dina Lohan receiving a much-deserved award for being the best celebrity mom and Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella's baby mama drama grabbing the headlines, Media...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A woman recently paid off a parking ticket - from Sept. 1, 1976. Cops in Calumet, Mich., received a $20 bill, the old ticket, and a note reading: "I always...
CHORES OF YORE
The Beach Boys notwithstanding, the summer months aren't always fun-filled frolics. Many kids - even those who turn out to be the best and the brightest - have to forsake...
NO INTERNSHIP? NO FEARS
Are you in or are you out? It's a question that will be answered for many a college student in the coming weeks, as New York firms offering big-city, big-ticket...
GO TO GREG
Q I'm starting my first internship in a few weeks, for a banking firm. What can I do to stand out? A Fixing the economy or finding a strategy for...
HOT PROSPECTS
WITH Memorial Day around the corner, a few things are in order: buying a new bathing suit, hitting the gym to prepare for wearing it in public, and starting to...
HOLY PEPPERONI
You can find Pepperoni rolls, calzones or strombolis on any pizza menu. Today, Chef Justin offers up an easy recipe that you don't have to phone out for. TODAY'S recipe...
FOR SHORE
Are you ready for the summer?FASHION PHOTO GALLERY
CONSUMMATE COMEDY
CONSIDERING all it has pillaged from the London theater scene, The New Group must have racked up plenty of frequent-flier miles. Its latest import, "Rafta, Rafta . . . ,"...
ONLY 'FIRST' IN TITLE
HAVE you ever opened up a "new and im proved" box of cornflakes only to discover that they tasted much the same as the unregenerated cornflakes of old? You will...
PERFECTLY CAST 'NO, NO' A FEAST FOR THE AYES
THERE'S no better lesson in the triumph of style over substance than "No, No, Nanette." This last of the season's "Encores!" series has several things going for it, including the...
THE 'SEX' FILES
YOU say you want a revolution? VH1's got one for you, and it's called "Sex: The Revolution," a four-part documentary beginning tonight. The sexual revolution, like most other revolutions, took...
STARR REPORT
They're acting upTovah Feldshuh ("Law & Order") takes her one-woman show, "Golda's Balcony," to her alma mater (Sarah Law rence) for six performances (May 29-June 1) before the show opens...
JENNIE GOES HOME TO '90210'
JENNIE Garth is return ing to the old neighbor hood. Garth is joining the cast of the "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff - and she will again play Kelly Taylor from...
'THE GONG SHOW' GETS SECOND LIFE
A mid-'70s game show staple is making a comeback. Comedy Central is reviving "The Gong Show," which originally aired on NBC and made a star out of host Chuck Barris....
TUNED 'INN'
SAY goodbye to "Back to You." Fox has canceled the Kelsey Grammer/Patricia Heaton sitcom, while picking up a new series, "The Inn," for next season, according to trade reports. "The...
OPRAH'S 'NET GAIN
OPRAH Winfrey has been quietly beefing up her cyber-muscle. In the last few months, TV's reigning Daytime Queen has personally devoted hours of her own time towards drumming up interest...
BANROCK TAKES KINGSTON 'CAP
Sorry state of the racing industry is not limited to New York. Churchill Downs will cut purses 20 percent, effective Wednesday, because Kentucky horsemen, seeking bigger share of handle, are...
PLETCHER STILL NEEDS 'ROCKER' GREEN LIGHT
Trainer Todd Pletcher, hoping to snag his first Preakness victory after one third-place finish in three previous tries, worked his two candidates for Saturday's classic yesterday morning at Belmont Park....
SPORTS SHORTS
HOCKEY: US, Finns brawlMikko Koivu scored with less than four minutes remaining to give Finland a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the United States at the world hockey championships that was...
HONDO SOARS TO 'W'
Hondo had a blast yesterday with the 'Stros, who rocketed past the Dodgers and boosted Hondo's dead presidents to 205 dierkers. Tonight, unlike many, Mr. Aitch is not afraid to...
FRANKEL: 'BROWN' SIMPLY THE BEST
Hall-of-Fame trainer Bobby Frankel doesn't have a horse in this year's Triple Crown, but he's involved, to a degree, nonetheless. Frankel is a close friend and confidant, even a father...
UNFORGIVABLE CIN
Stick around long enough and you'll see something new in baseball. "That's the first time I've had it and this is my 23d year," home plate ump and crew chief...
'SEVEN PACK' PLAN AN 'AMAZIN' FRAUD
THIS column has long maintained that if you're unashamed of the business you conduct, you will gladly put your name, face, words and title to the sell. Saturday night during...
GRIFFEY'S HEAVY HEART
Ken Griffey Jr.'s lips briefly curled into his familiar boyish smile while he gripped his black Louisville Slugger and chatted with teammates behind the batting cage at Shea Stadium. It's...
GROWING PAINS FOR REDS ROOKIE CUETO
Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto is much like Phil Hughes of the Yankees. He's young, he's talented -- and he's getting knocked around by major-league hitters on a regular basis. Cueto,...
GRIFFEY PASSES ON TRADE TALK
Ken Griffey Jr. cleared up the trade speculation that arose this week after the Red right fielder reiterated his desire to retire as a Seattle Mariner. Or did he? Asked...
KNOCK ON WOOD
In a perfectly acceptable scenario for the Giants, Andre' Woodson develops surely and steadily, hones his quarterback skills without ever needing to play and some other team out there is...
D'ANTONI WILL REMAIN ON STAFF OF TEAM USA
Mike D'Antoni has a lot on his plate this summer, moving to New York, devising a new playbook for the dysfunctional Knicks, reconstructing his assistant coaching staff. But D'Antoni has...
DOLAN GETS IT RIGHT
KUDOS to Donnie Walsh for being Donnie Walsh. Kudos to James Dolan for not being James Dolan. If you haven't noticed, Dolan has backed off dramatically in the decision-making process....
CASTILLO HURT
Finally, the Mets' position players are healthy. Moises Alou, check. Brian Schneider, check. So they're back to a full complement. Er, not so fast. Luis Castillo pulled up with tightness...
DOING A RAIN DANCE
With today's forecast calling for rain, the Mets might not wait long to postpone their scheduled game against the Nationals. But that could have more to do with the Mets'...
AMAZIN'S PINK BATS RED HOT
Pink, pink, the Mets didn't stink. The truth is, the color or make of the bats doesn't matter. Carlos Beltran could walk to the plate with a painted broomstick these...
OLIVER'S LEFTY PERSONALITY ALL RIGHT
PEOPLE have tried explaining this left-handed stuff for years, sometimes to the point of obsession. According to history (or at least according to Wikipedia) in ancient Hebrew the term "hand"...
JETER MISSES CHANCE TO HIT IN CLEANUP SPOT
DETROIT - For what would have been the second time in his career Derek Jeter was slated to hit fourth today until rain killed the Yankees-Tigers game at Comerica Park....
TAKING THE FIFTH
DETROIT - Mother Nature slapped the Yankees hard in the face several times during April. Yesterday, she planted a big Mother's Day kiss on their lips when an all-day rain...
LIVEBLOG: How far to Hilo?
When Hawaii decided to refer to the island of Hawaii as the Big Island, they did so for a reason, and people who doubt that the Hawaiians know what they're...