May 17, 2008
Quentin: I like Mike
This is from the Associated Press, catching up in Chicago with Quentin, who was one of the unsung reasons why the Knicks were 23-59 last season. He couldn't toss the...
Tracy Byrd's Update on Chris
Tracy Byrd reassured fans her husband is OK after a "scary" night Friday night in Las Vegas. STATEMENT BY TRACY BYRDLAS VEGAS, NEV (May 17, 2008) -- Tracy Byrd issued...
Bruce Arena speaks
The Bruce is back...for a day By BRIAN LEWISFormer Red Bulls coach Bruce Arena made his first return to Giants Stadium today since parting ways with _ read: getting fired...
A-ROD GOES DEEP IN FIRST REHAB GAME
ST. PETERSBURG The smile on Alex Rodriguez's face as he crossed home plate told the story- the Yankees third baseman felt just fine, thank you. A long home run will...
Red Bulls' lineup for tonight
Hereâs the Red Bullsâ lineup for tonightâs 7:30 p.m. tilt against Kansas City, and hereâs the surprise: Andrew Boyens starting in central defense._____Juan Pablo Angel____Jozy Altidore__________________Mike Magee_______________Dave van den Bergh_______Dane...
SANTANA PITCHES METS TO 7-4 VICTORY OVER YANKEES
In the middle of May, a manager at Yankee Stadium strongly hinted his struggling club had entered a must-win situation. His team had staggered through the turnstiles into the Subway...
Randolph sets starters for twinbill
The Mets expect to go with Claudio Vargas (pictured) in Game 2 of Tuesdayâs doubleheader in Atlanta, with Mike Pelfrey to follow as the starter Wednesday. John Maine still is...
Wagner being Wagner
We in the media love him because he's such a go-to quote, but the Mets are at a loss at what to do with Billy Wagner. Not on the field,...
Portsmouth Wins FA Cup
By CLEMENTE LISIPortsmouth did as expected today and won the 127th FA Cup, 1-0, over Cardiff City at London's Wembley Stadium.Nwankwo Kanu scored the first-half goal for a Portsmouth club...
Orders in for Subway opener
The weather here in New York is perfect, allowing the Mets the chance to break out of their current slump by facing the Yankees today in The Bronx in the...
A-Rod plays
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez played an extended spring training game this morning against Rays minor leaguers.Rodriguez went 1-for- 4 with two strikeouts and a home run.Rodriguez hopes to return...
Mets coverage in today's Post
There is a quick turnaround today from Friday night's rainout at Yankee Stadium, with Johan Santana taking on Andy Pettitte in a 1:10 p.m. start. In the meantime, you can...
Cannes: Cruz Sizzles for Woody
Scarjo -- who's not in Cannes -- is OK in a rather passive role, but British actress Rebecca Hall scores a breakthrough as Johansson's neurotic fellow American pal, who succumbs...
SIMMONS' EXPLETIVE . . . A NY STATE OF MIND?
Some people can curse and swear, and it doesn't even sound offensive because of their pleasant personality ("Boozy Suzy," May 14). Others can do the same, and it sounds horrible....
NEW AMERICANS
A NEW study by the Manhattan Institute should dispel a few myths on immigrant assimilation. The study looked at a range of factors to assess whether today's immigrants are becoming...
HILLARY'S FIGHT CLUB
SHE can't win. The pundits say it. The polls say it. The math says it. It's even the word on the street. If Huggy Bear from "Starsky and Hutch" were...
SHILLS TOUTING 'TIGHTWAD' HILL
AGENTS for Sen. Hillary Clinton, trying desperately to keep alive her presidential campaign, are privately telling Democrats that she is so "tight" with a dollar that she wouldn't continue her...
WII VS. WEE GIRL
Nintendo was forced to issue an apology after its new Wii Fit game - which calculates a body mass index from players' weight and height - called a "solidly built"...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 898; Lucky Sum: 25 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 1854; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 048; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 2729;...
LOCKED 'N' LOADED: JOHN BLASTS BARACK
John McCain put Barack Obama in his sights yesterday while hunting for votes at the National Rifle Association's annual convention. Before his speech, the GOP presidential standard-bearer even visited a...
LAST STOP: 'ATLANTIC AVE.'
The subway's gone submarine . . . again. A fleet of retired city subway cars was dumped into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland yesterday as part of...
SPRINTING OFF TO JAIL
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery must spend nearly four years cooling his heels behind bars for bank fraud, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The former gold medalist was hit with...
ELLEN'S 'BRIDE' AND JOY
Ellen DeGeneres will be dancing down the aisle now that a Califor nia court has over turned a ban on gay marriage. A decade after com ing out of the...
REF IN COURT BRAWL
Disgraced basketball referee Tim Donaghy is bickering with the feds over how much money he cost the NBA by betting on games over the last four years, new court papers...
ANGRY OBAMA: 'APPEASE' IS A TOTAL SLEAZE
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama fired back at President Bush yesterday, accusing him of an "appalling attack" for suggesting that the Democratic presidential hopeful wanted to appease America's enemies. "Now, that's...
BARKLEY FOULED BOOKIE
Gambling deadbeat and retired NBA star Charles Barkley bamboozled a bookmaker long before he tried to stiff the Wynn casino out of $400,000. Six years ago, Nick Bogdanovich was the...
NYC WATER BOARDED WITH 14.5% RATE HIKE
No matter how sunny it is this summer, you're going to get soaked if you're a homeowner, because the Water Board yesterday approved a 14.5 percent hike in water rates...
VITO STUNS POL GALA
Signaling he's still interested in running for office, scandal-singed Rep. Vito Fossella showed his face at a Conservative Party dinner on Staten Island last night - his first political appearance...
WEB 'PEEPER' PERVS PINCHED
New Jersey troopers busted three convicted child predators yesterday for allegedly lurking on Internet social networking sites in violation of a new law aimed at protecting kids on the Web....
FLIGHT PLAN: $52 MIL FOR QUIET CLASS
Education officials yesterday released a bid to soundproof a Queens high school that sits under the flight path to JFK Airport - for a whopping $52 million. The project is...
BOMBER GOES LONG IN A THONG
Forget steroids. Yankee slugger Jason Giambi tries putting pop in his bat with a performance-enhancing thong. The scandal-scarred first baseman reportedly has admitted that he dons a sensual, tiger-striped, gold...
MASSACRE IN NJ HOME
The decomposing bodies of three people - all stabbed to death - were found in a New Jersey house of horrors yesterday. A relative discovered the corpses of an elderly...
POST PRICE INCREASE
The weekday price of the New York Post will rise to 50 cents starting Monday, May 19, as a result of increased production and transportation costs. For hard-hitting news, world-famous...
BOY BADLY BURNED
An eight-year-old boy was clinging to life last night after being severely burned while roasting S'mores with his friends at a Murray Hill building, officials said. The unidentified victim, was...
UNIONS' NUMBER$ GAME OVER: SHEL
A red-faced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday ordered new cost estimates on union-backed legislation after it was revealed that phony numbers were being used to artificially lower the projections. The...
VAN PLOWS LEX CROWD
An out-of-control van careened into a crowd of people at a Harlem subway entrance yesterday, injuring seven people, including a young child, after the driver had a heart attack and...
'RABID' SLAYING DEFENSE
Police defended their wrangling of an Upper East Side raccoon, saying yesterday they did what had to be done when they shot the masked mammal after finding it up a...
NYU DOES 'WRIGHT BY VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE
A historic Greenwich Village playhouse - which once featured the works of famed playwright Eugene O'Neill - will not be demolished as part of an NYU project, officials said yesterday....
B'KLYN DRY-CLEANER OWNER SLAIN
A 63-year-old woman was killed inside her Brooklyn dry-cleaning store during a robbery. Kyong-Sook Woo, who owned Eden Dry Cleaners in Windsor Terrace, was found dead by a store employee...
TENSION IN CROWN HTS.
Crown Heights erupted in anger yesterday as nearly 300 people marched in protest after a 16-year-old Jewish teen was beaten and robbed in the early morning. Police have made no...
ASSAULT RAP STUNS DELI DEFENDER
A Brooklyn bodega owner who expected to be cleared yesterday of charges he attacked a teen customer with a hammer instead found himself indicted on first-degree assault charges. "I'm disappointed,"...
QNS. DRUG BUST NETS 41
Cops busted 41 people in connection with selling drugs at a Queens housing project, police said yesterday. During a six-month NYPD probe at the Woodside Houses in Woodside, undercover cops...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan * Police have arrested the estranged husband of a woman found stabbed to death Tuesday inside a parked car in a garage on the Lower East Side. William Davila,...
COP BIG'S SUICIDE NOTE A BOMBSHELL
A former top State Police official who killed himself left behind a detailed suicide note focusing on Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's probe of the Dirty Tricks Scandal and feared an...
SUBWAY SAVIOR STABBED
A crazed homeless man spit on a pregnant woman in the subway yesterday - then allegedly stabbed a man who valiantly intervened to protect her. The victim, Clarence Carter Cochran,...
'$3M FALL' GAL A HOLE LOT RICHER
An elderly Bronx woman tripped in a pothole, broke her leg, and fell into a pile of gold. A Bronx jury awarded $3.8 million to Janie Utsey, 83, who suffered...
PLAYERS WINE UP FOR CHARITY
Subway Series catchers Jorge Posada of the Yanks and Brian Schneider of the Mets are among 30 pro athletes lending their faces and names to wines in an effort to...
LI DOUBLES DOWN ON BIG BROWN
While Big Brown prepared for the race of his life yesterday, his Long Island hometown was abuzz with Preakness fever, with fans flocking to betting parlors in hopes of cashing...
CRUDE JOKE ON US
As analysts ring new alarms for ever-rising doomsday oil prices, consumers are facing the grim reality of having to live with far less if they want to keep their gas...
LAYOFFS LOOM LARGE FOR 1,400+ AT LEHMAN
The scythe is about to fall at investment banking powerhouse Lehman Brothers. The white-shoe firm is expected to cut about 5 percent of its workforce, according to a person familiar...
PENSION FUNDS HOWL AT YAHOO!
Two Detroit pension funds are claiming that Yahoo! is intentionally blocking public portions of their lawsuit against the company's board because it would lend support to Carl Icahn's efforts to...
THE TROOPER PLOT THICKENS
Albany's dirty-tricks scandal seemed serious but straightforward at the outset: The Spitzer administration deployed state troopers and a credulous local newspaper reporter to put a hit on a political enemy....
GENDER-BENDER SPENDER MENDER
As bizarre decisions go, Manhattan Family Court Judge Sheldon Rand's ruling last year that the city must pay for a 21-year-old former foster child's sex-change operation set a new standard...
OVERREACH ON THE LEFT COAST
Gay activists understandably are elated at the California Supreme Court's his toric decision legalizing same-sex marriage in that state. But the ruling was yet another unwise exercise in judicial activism:...
BRONX BACKING
Andy Pettitte, who has known Willie Randolph for years because of their time together with the Yankees, is rooting for Randolph to stay as Mets manager. "Obviously, I know him...
TEMPESTS PUMMEL SINKIN' SHIPS
Plenty of rain fell at the Stadium yesterday, allowing two sinking ships to take on more water. Even as the Mets and Yankees waited in dry quarters, then had the...
RASNER PASSED FOR START
Last night's rainout not only cost Darrell Rasner his start. It might give him quite a rest before his next one. Rasner's outing was rained out last night in what...
QUICK RAINOUT PLEASES JOHAN
Johan Santana expressed relief the Yankees didn't waste any time postponing his first start at Yankee Stadium as a Met. The quick rainout decision pushed back Santana's start to today,...
TIME TO REFLECT ON A LONG SEASON
THERE are a million stories in the naked city, and contrary to popular belief, Billy Wagner is the source for no more than half of them. This was a bad...
HANK: 'THERE'S STILL TIME'
For Hank Steinbrenner, the way the Yankees have played is more tolerable because of where they are in the season. Speaking to the Associated Press yesterday in Tampa, Steinbrenner didn't...
MAKEUP LIKELY PART OF 2-PARK TWINBILL
No makeup date has been set for last night's Subway Series washout, but Yankee GM Brian Cashman said there's a strong chance the game will be made up as part...
BOILING POINT
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell believes Spygate is over. But the bad blood between Patriot coach Bill Belichick and former videotaper Matt Walsh continues to boil over. Now it's scorching hot....
'STUDENT' GETS AN A
BALTIMORE - Relishing the sloppy going, Student Council charged from well off the pace to run down front-running Gotcha Gold in deep stretch to win yesterday's Grade 1, $250,000 Pimlico...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Phils' Werth blasts 3 HRs In Philadelphia, Jayson Werth homered in his first three at-bats and tied a Phillies record with eight RBIs in a 10-3 win over the...
BRAVO FOR HONDO!
Hondo, who suffered bankroll-shrinkage Thursday when the Giants came up short, held steady at 190 treshes above sea last night when his stab with the Yanks was washed out. Today,...
RED BULLS SEEK FIFTH STRAIGHT
The Red Bulls will try to run their unbeaten string to five games against visiting Kansas City tonight (7:30 p.m., MSG), but they will have to do it with star...
REACHING HIS PREAK
BALTIMORE - How low can he go? When Big Brown ran away with the Kentucky Derby, he immediately became the odds-on choice for today's 133rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Don't...
UNEASY LIES THE CROWN
BALTIMORE - The trainer who engineered the second-biggest upset in Triple Crown history is taking dead aim to do it again today by upending hot favorite Big Brown in the...
LIVING A DREAM TODAY
Rick Dutrow Jr. trains undefeated Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, the favorite for today's 133rd Preakness as he bids to sweep the Triple Crown. This week he shares his thoughts...
PRADO MISSING OUT ON 'BIG' RIDE
BALTIMORE - No jockey is following Big Brown's Triple Crown saga so intently - and wistfully - as Edgar Prado. Prado thought he had the mount sewn up, only to...
BUBBA DOES A LIL' SHAKE'N 'BAKE'
For the cynics among us, it smacked of a calculated, for-your-eyes-only moment. There were the Jets on Thursday afternoon, conducting their first organized team activity (OTA) practice in front of...
OMAR GIVES WILLIE VOTE OF 'SUPPORT'
Embattled Mets manager Willie Randolph received a tepid vote of confidence from GM Omar Minaya last night at the same time Randolph was trying to put out the latest Billy...
WILLIE OR WON'T HE?
WHEN last season ended miserably, the Mets' front office identified four areas that had to be upgraded. The Mets felt the club needed a No. 1 starter, and the response...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
South Carolina's mythical "Lizard Man" has been exonerated. Forensic scientists have proven that a mysterious attack on a Bishopville couple's car that left bite marks and blood all over the...
Early Box Office: 'Prince Caspian' Shocker
Based one early Friday numbers, it looks like "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'' did only $18 million on Friday, down 22 percent from the opening of "The Lion, the...
OH, 'TENENBAUMS'
CANNES - Perhaps the best place on the planet to see a movie is the Cannes Film Festival's massive Grand Theatre Lumiere, which fills up every morning at 8:30 for...
ARE YOU READY FOR...THE HAMPTONS?
DESPITE a debut here and closing there, it's generally safe to say the more Hamptons nightlife changes, the more it stays the same. This year, however, an increasing number of...
WHAT'S UP
TODAYTHE DIVINE EQUINE: Horse around for free at the opening-day festivities for the new American Museum of Natural History exhibit, "The Horse." There'll be demos of horseshoeing and mane- and...
THE SOUTH FORK
THE Hamptons dining scene may be glamorous and star-studded, but innovative? Not so much. And with most of this season's newcomers falling into the steakhouse or rustic Italian categories, don't...
BUY, BUY BABY
INTERMIX 87 Main St., East Hampton; (631) 907-8025 Open: Mon./Thurs./Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m./Sun., noon-6 p.m.Tues.-Wed., closed Mix up your summer looks with pieces from Stella McCartney, Chloe, Diane von Furstenberg,...
REAL HEAD CASE
FOR the past 20 years or so, the mystery of ancient crystal skulls found in archaeological digs, or stumbled upon in other locales, has set conspiracy theorists and renegade ex-NASA...
SMITH SIDLES UP TO 'CSI'
'CSI" will have a new cast member next season. Canadian actress Lauren Lee Smith, who appeared on Showtime's "The L-Word," will join the veteran CBS drama as Bryce Adams, "a...
CARNEGIE KIDS
HOW do you get to Carnegie Hall? Ask the Children's Music Campaign NYC for a lift! The program teams musicians from the Juilliard School and elsewhere with kids from city...
SOLID ROCK AIN'T KIDDING
HE called it his rock 'n' roll revival show, but Kid Rock would have been more accurate if he tagged his four-hour extravaganza the history of rap 'n' roll. At...
George Foils Byrd Comeback
Chris Byrd looked terrible his first fight at 175 pounds. Credit Shaun George for a late knockout.BY GEORGE WILLISChris Byrd's attempt to resurrect his career as a light heavyweight proved...
Some Minor Musings - Mets edition
After catching up on the Yankees yesterday, we're now going to turn our attention to the Mets minor league system today. - We'll start with the biggest story in Met...