June 5, 2008
Mets take P.R. Academy standout in second round
With thier second round selection, the Mets took OF Javier Rodriguez from the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy in Gurabo. Rodriguez was ranked No. 103 in Baseball America's Top 200, and...
CHRIS BAKER INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
The New York Jets today release this transcript from Chris Baker. The tight end in in attendance at minicamp even though he is unhappy with his contract status.On how it...
Yankees seem to reach for Stanford lefty
The Yankees, at least in the eyes of Baseball America, reached with their supplemental first-round selection in taking Stanford left-hander Jeremy Bleich. He was the 54th overall prospect out of...
Dr. J graces The Finals
By MARC BERMANBOSTON - Julius Erving was on hand tonight for Game 1 of this nostalgic Finals. The ex-Net and Sixer legend believes the Jersey franchise moving to Brooklyn in...
Mets take college pitcher in sandwich round
In the supplemental first-round, the Mets took UNC-Wilmington right-hander Brad Holt. The 21-year-old Holt, at 6-foot-4, 195 pounds, has a projectible body, and is ranked No. 98 on the Baseball...
Steroid Dealer Who Met With NFL Found Dead
APA convicted steroids dealer who recently met with NFL security officials and gave them names of players he said bought steroids from him was found shot to death in his...
Evans replaced by Nunez
In a move that came as no surprise, the Mets this afternoon sent down struggling rookie outfielder Nick Evans and replaced him on the roster with veteran infielder Abraham Nunez....
Pitcher is supplemental pick
The Mets continued to emphasize college players by taking UNC-Wilmington right-hander Brad Holt with a compensation pick (33rd overall) in the first supplemental round. The choice of Holt means the...
Tales of Transylvania
On the positive side, I laughed out loud watching "I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster,'' a French black comedy about inept crooks shot in black and white in the...
GIAMBI'S PINCH-HIT HOMER SAVES YANKEES
Jason Giambi didn't erase two months of inconsistent Yankees play today at the Stadium. The ugliness of April and May can't be deleted. However, when sore-footed and cheesy-mustache-wearing Giambi took...
TRANGHESE TO LEAVE BIG EAST
Now that the Big East has faced down death -- and that's exactly the fate it was headed for in the spring of 2003 when the ACC raided Miami, Virginia...
PI: R. KELLY'S EX-GIRLFRIEND TRIED TO EXTORT HIM
A private eye - whose celebrity clients include Bill Clinton - said this afternoon that R. Kelly's former girlfriend tried to shake down the R&B star for $300,000 in order...
SimCity Societies free preview download
What's this? Only the best PC game ever! Starting June 12 (that's next Thursday), you'll be able to download a demo version of SimCity Societies at SimCity.com.Here's what to expect...
Chris Baker speaks out
Though his situation is very similar to that of former teammate Pete Kendall a year ago, Chris Baker was a little bit more low-key while speaking at yesterday's mantatory minicamp.The...
The Yankees select Gerrit Cole
With the 28th pick in the first round, the Yankees have selected Gerrit Cole, a right-hander from Orange Lutheran (Calif.) HS. Cole's profile on Baseball America's Web site has him...
Deal of the Day-Gap
This Cut-out Dress by Three AsFour, which is part of the Gapâs collaboration with the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund, is an amazing number to wear all summer long to the...
The Nets Are Funny
A man scaling the outside of the New York Times building in the name of activism stopped on the 38th floor to take a peek at a luxury suite model...
Another local product off the board
Anthony Hewitt, from the Salisbury (Conn.) School was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies with the 24th pick of the first round. Here is Baseball America's profile of the 6-foot-1, 195...
The Mets select Reese Havens
After taking Arizona State 1B/OF Ike Davis with their first selection in the first round, the Mets followed that up by selecting South Carolina SS Reese Havens. Props to mlb.com's...
TOP AIR FORCE GUNS LEAVE JOBS IN SHAKE-UP
WASHINGTON -- In an extraordinary shake-up, the Air Force's top uniformed and civilian officials are leaving their jobs, U.S. officials said Thursday after an internal report on a mistaken shipment...
Second choice: college shortstop
Continuing their trend of going for college bats, the Mets just took University of South Carolina shortstop Reese Havens with their second pick (22nd overall) in the opening round of...
The Mets select Ike Davis
With their first selection in the first round (No. 18 overall) the Mets picked Ike Davis, a 6-foot-4, 205 pound 1B/OF from Arizona State. Davis has been rumored to be...
Jozy Altidore transfer update (Yes, they can use the $ on a DP)
Jozy could fund the next DP By BRIAN LEWISHi all. Iâm going to be headed out to the Jozy Altidore press conference preceding the Red Bullsâ 7:30 p.m. tilt against...
PASTOR CONVICTED OF SEX ABUSE
NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn district attorney says a minister has been convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl. DA Charles Hynes on Thursday announced the conviction of Dieuvais...
The Mets are on the clock
The Mets are on the clock, and there are some intriguing prospects available. College pitchers Tanner Scheppers (Fresno State), Wyckoff, NJ native Shooter Hunt and Eastern Kentucky lefty Christian Friedrich...
Mets nab Davis with top pick
As expected, the Mets took Arizona State first baseman/outfielder Ike Davis today with the first of their three early picks in the first-year player draft. Davis, son of former Yankees...
Two players linked to Mets off the board
Tow players speculated to have a shot to go to the Mets with one of their two first round picks are now off the board. Stanford C Jason Castro went...
To Buy: LEGO Indiana Jones
LEGO Indiana Jones is the first non-Star Wars LEGO game, and, frankly, itâs a blast.If you enjoyed the previous iterations in the LEGO-LucasArts franchise, youâll know more or less what...
After 10 picks, couple surprises
We're through 10 picks here in the first round of MLB's First-Year Player Draft, and some surprises have cropped up - including the selection of Jason Castro with the 10th...
NYC product Alvarez a Pirate
Pedro Alvarez, a NYC product who went on to star at Vanderbilt, has been made the No. 2 overall selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft by the Pirates. Alvarez,...
ADS: Orlando tries to get clever
Witty, lame, or accidentally hilarious? You be the judge. The Orlando CVB has opted to parody Las Vegas' old "What Happens Here, Stays Here" catch phrase in its latest ad...
Alvarez won't be No. 1 overall pick
NYC product Pedro Alvarez won't be the No. 1 pick, as sources within the Tampa Bay organization have told mlb.com that they will select Tim Beckham, a high school shortstop...
'So You Think You Can Dance" freestyles back on stage
Hey there, Americker â Cat Deeley and "SYTYCD" are back. I donât know about you, but itâs been way too long since my "pocket friend" Sabra (so named because I...
ESPN.com releases final mock draft
Keith Law, a former front-office executive with the Toronto Blue Jays and ESPN analyst for today's live draft coverage, beginning at 2 p.m., on ESPN2, has released his final mock...
Kinky new drama 'Swings' into 'Town'
CBS' new drama is redefining the meaning of "Swing your partner, 'round and 'round." Taking place in the '70s, "Swingtown" focuses on suburbanites who swap recipes by day and spouses...
ON DECK: METS AT PADRES
Jose Reyes did not dwell on the loss of his 18-game hitting streak, and four games against the injury-riddled Padres' pitching staff makes San Diego a likely place to continue...
MLB.com releases final MLB mock draft
MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo has released his final 2008 First-Year Player Draft mock first round selections, and there are a few changes from his mock from yesterday. Here are Mayo's selections:Mets,...
Allan Houston Could Land In Phoenix
Former Knicks' guard Allan Houston is contemplating a comeback with the Phoenix Suns.Houston has been working out at the US Airways Center in Phoenix and might be a part of...
Metro News: Liberty City in bad way
How many licks 2 the Tootsie Roll center You know it was only a matter of time before the Onion made fun of "GTA IV," right?Anyway, here's a link to...
Baseball America releases final mock draft
Now that we're just under three hours from the highly-anticipated (at least here in the Bushes world) First-Year Player Draft, we'll get you the final mock drafts being released today...
Coverage in today's Post
Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran are heating up, and it's no coincidence that the Mets are starting to get hot, too, after Wednesday's 5-3 win over the Giants completed their...
Bravo for your fav A-Listers!
Calling all spotlight hussies and publicity promiscuties!Everyone's favorite fashionistas, models, designers, housewives, dancers, comedians, bad girls, socialites, actors and reality hosts swarmed together for Bravo's first-ever "A-List" awards, and PopWrap's...
Starr Report: Kathie Lee
Michelle Obama "Hillary showed up in the middle of her Whitewater debacle and I was on the page of every newspaper being accused of being a child exploiter," she says....
Who will win Euro '08?
By CLEMENTE LISIEuro '08 is finally upon us. The excitement is reaching a crescendo as the clock ticks off to Saturday's opener.So, who will win the tournament? I've gotten that...
Blogger Defends M. Night Against Vast Internet Conspiracy
The clever little piece of photoshoppery above comes from a post at Rope of Silcon by one Brad Brevet titled "M. Night Shyamalan is Public Enemy #1 Because...'' that accuses...
3 UP: Ortiz, Smoltz, Pelfrey
1. David Ortiz will be wearing a cast on his injured left wrist for at least 2-3 weeks, which puts it until the end of June at the earliest that...
Mo' Cups for Motown
Kris Draper, bought from the Winnepeg Jets for a dollar, hoists his fourth Stanley Cup. "Europeans don't care about the Stanley Cup." I don't know who gets the credit for...
Vertigo at 50: The Post's 1958 Review, Aunt Rose, the BW and Me
I saw "Vertigo'' on its original run in 1958, at the old Ditmars Theater on 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, which has long housed a post office. My Aunt Rose...
SALUTE TO ISRAEL
We are disappointed that The Post did not run a story about Sunday's Salute to Israel Parade. In glorious fashion, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding with tens...
BARACK & HIS CHURCH: TESTING VOTERS' FAITH
How stupid does Sen. Barack Obama think the people of this country are ("Obama Quits Church," May 31)? Everybody knows that the only reason he quit his beloved church is...
OBAMA'S VP SEARCH MISTAKE
On his first day as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama has made his first clear, serious mistake: He named Eric Holder as one of three people charged with...
HOW 'LIBERAL' CARE WOULD KILL TED
IRONICALLY enough, the dangers of the lib eral health-care agenda are being made clear by the care that a liberal icon, Sen. Ted Kennedy, has received since his brain seizure...
HIS REAL JEWISH PROBLEM
SEN. Barack Obama's speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee yesterday displayed his many gifts. It was rousing, analytical and pitch-perfect for an audience that has a lot of...
THE MAN THEY LOVE
IN the end, the Democrats fell in love. At least, half of them did - and the party establishment, as represented by the superdelegates, wasn't going to deny them their...
HYPOCRITES ON GAS
RISING in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: "I rise to discuss rising energy prices." The president was heading to Saudi Arabia to seek...
INCEST FIEND'S SICK PEN PALS
The Austrian fiend who locked his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years as his sex slave is reportedly getting hundreds of love letters from lonely groupies who think the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 671; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 5819; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 388; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Win- 4 Wed.:...
HS KIDS IN FRISKY & RISKY BIZ
High-school kids are having more sex - and more unprotected intercourse - compared to their older siblings, according to a national study published yesterday. The Center for Disease Control reported...
HER BILLS STILL COMING DUE
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has less than three months to organize a furious fund-raising drive to retire a personal campaign loan that has swelled to more than $11 million...
RATINGS JACKPOT
As if she needed it. Filthy-rich widow Candy Spelling hit it big in Vegas over the weekend, pocketing $180,000 in a single pull of the slot machine, officials said yesterday....
ROTTEN APPLE
Punk legend Johnny Rotten punched out a female assistant in a fit over his luxury hotel room, according to a suit filed yesterday. Rotten - whose real name is John...
THE GRASS IS GREENER FOR UMA'S CREEP
Drinking a beer, smoking a cigarette, lying on green grass on a warm day - life's good for Uma Thurman's stalker. Jack Jordan - the Maryland weirdo who spent four...
O AHEAD - BUT IT'S THISCLOSE ON MAP
The vote for president looks like a squeaker - with Democrat Barack Obama edging out Republican John McCain by a razor-thin eight electoral votes, according to a Post analysis of...
OYBAMA! 'PIN'UP DEM WOOS JEWS
Barack Obama, wearing a pin bearing the Israeli and American flags, kicked off his general election campaign yesterday with an impassioned appeal for Jewish votes that promised Jerusalem must remain...
AT LAST, HILL FREEZES OVER
Hillary Rodham Clinton will end her bid for the White House Saturday, a decision that comes after a full-court press from her top allies, who said it's time to clear...
RALLYING HARD AROUND RATNER
A slew of boldface names in politics and sports has been enlisted for a rally today to garner support for the embattled Atlantic Yards project. The Rev. Al Sharpton, Curtis...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A 62-year-old man was arrested for repeatedly molesting his step-granddaughter in his Lower East Side apartment, authorities said yesterday. The man allegedly fondled the 12-year-old girl in his home...
PATCH 'SLAY' MOM'S TALE
When 6-year-old Taylor Webster complained her neck hurt, her foster mom gave her a teaspoon of children's Motrin, two cupcakes, some juice - and a narcotic medication patch designed to...
HUMAN TETRIS TRYOUTS
Auditions will be held in Times Square next weekend for a zany new game show that turns players into human Tetris pieces. "Hole in the Wall" is based on a...
SLAIN COP 'A BATTERER'
A Queens mom arraigned yesterday on murder and weapons charges said she gunned down her retired-cop husband for "beating her all the time," prosecutors charge. "I used both guns" to...
'ROID RAP FOR NYPD CHIEF
A high-ranking NYPD officer is facing departmental charges in connection with a steroid investigation, police sources said yesterday. Deputy Chief Mike Marino, of Brooklyn North patrol, has been accused of...
MCGREEVEY'S 'POOR' EXCUSE FOR A $ETTLEMENT
"She gets nothing!" That's what Jim McGreevey's lawyer Stephen Haller bellowed yesterday after Dina Matos made a bid for a $51,000-a-year support payout from the gay former New Jersey gov...
GOODBYE COLOMBOS
The acting boss of the Colombos was busted in a sweeping roundup yesterday for three murders - two of which stem from the crime family's bloody civil war, authorities said....
WRONG NUMBER
Hardhats at the site of last week's deadly Upper East Side crane collapse say that piece of machinery wasn't even supposed to be there. New York Crane, owner of the...
SMOKE RING IS SNUFFED
Nearly two dozen Arab cigarette smugglers have been smoked out for buying and then reselling contraband butts to New York bodegas and other shops. Lured by fake ads in Arabic-language...
PRINCIPALS' HANDS TIED IN TEACHER BUDGET CUTS
City principals are facing a Catch-22 dilemma as they carry out Department of Education orders to cut their school's budgets. Many would like to do so by reducing the number...
CANDIDATE 'SLAY ART' DRAWS IRE
An artist was panned by cops and Secret Service agents yesterday for showcasing signs heralding the "assassinations" of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in a Midtown storefront window. PHOTO...
DEATH FALL IN DEA RAID
A man died and two women were injured yesterday after they plummeted from a ninth-floor apartment building balcony in a failed bid to flee federal agents raiding a heroin mill...
EX NABBED IN BEAUTY-SLASH
An Albanian national who sent two goons to carve up his ex-girlfriend's face was arrested as he cowered in the basement of a Garfield, NJ, home, cops said yesterday. "He...
'MAD HATTER' BUSTED
A Long Island bank robber with a penchant for zany disguises was collared after his DNA was matched to material lifted from a Band-Aid discarded during a heist last year,...
BRAVEST GETS MEDAL FOR SAVING FIVE IN BX.
A Bronx firefighter was honored yesterday with the FDNY's top award for his heroism in battling smoke and heat to save five people trapped in a burning building last year....
CITY'S GIANT INSECT ORGY
Cicadas are succumbing to the 17-year itch. The last time the giant, but harmless, insects visited New York, David Dinkins was mayor and the subway fare was $1.15. But after...
CRACK-KING MUSCLEMAN GETS LIFE
A convicted drug dealer who went berserk at his original sentencing and attacked a female prosecutor with a razor was given two life terms in prison yesterday for his role...
WEBSTER HALL LANDMARKED
It came down to history versus property value, and history won. Webster Hall, the famed Greenwich Village nightclub that has hosted Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra, got overwhelming...
POOL FLOATS IN FOR BX. DEBUT
Two tugboats guided the "Floating Pool Lady" from its winter home in Bayonne, NJ, to Barretto Point Park in The Bronx early yesterday, Crews worked to anchor the popular summer...
ORANGE YOU A STAR?
Hue's that pretty but strangely colored girl strolling in Midtown yesterday? It's Anne Hathaway shooting her upcoming flick "Bride Wars." The "Devil Wears Prada" star turned a demonic orange because...
LOO-RID CONDUCT
A police sting has resulted in the arrests of six men at two Queens subway-station bathrooms known as notorious trysting spots for men. The six were busted over a 90-minute...
ANTI-BIAS CRUSADER HAS 'KINK' IN ARMOR
A leading lower Manhattan women's-rights lawyer watched porn at his desk, discussed his "pierced genitalia" and wears a "slave" collar at work as part of a sadomasochistic relationship with his...
E. SIDE BUILDING GETS A BREAK
The developer of the luxury high-rise on 303 E. 51st St., site of the March 15 crane collapse that killed seven people, got a reprieve yesterday from the Department of...
'PERVERT' PRIEST NABBED
A Brooklyn priest was arrested yesterday and charged with touching the breast of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, prosecutors said yesterday. Father Augusto Cortez, 44, a member of the Vincentian Fathers order,...
HEDGE FUND'S ASSETS DOWN $1B
Contrarian Capital Management, the Greenwich, Conn., hedge fund that gained notoriety for allegedly stiffing one of its portfolio managers of his bonus as the manager's son battled a brain tumor,...
2 STORES FOR JEANS RETAILER
Jeans maker 7 For All Mankind could become "7 For All Manhattan" after the retailer inked leases for its first two stores in New York - a flagship in SoHo...
DOT-COM DUELERS
Besieged by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Yahoo! announced a flurry of ad deals yesterday during a media blitz to play up the company's online strategy. Yahoo! unveiled agreements to sell...
AIG HUNTING FOR NEXT BIG BAD HEDGIE
The investment arm of insurance giant American International Group is joining the ranks of firms looking to find and fund the next big hedge fund. AIG Investments, which currently manages...
INVESTMENT TALK BOOSTS LEHMAN
The battered shares of Lehman Brothers yesterday enjoyed a respite on chatter that the investment bank might be looking to tap outside investors to raise cash. Shares of the firm,...
WASHINGTON IS LABORING OVER ITS MAY JOBS BLOOPER
WALL Street thinks 60,000 jobs were lost during May. I don't think the number will be that bad. Don't jump to the conclusion that I'm suddenly optimistic about the economy....
OPEN & SHUT CASE
A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed Louis Vuitton's claim that its Monogram Multicolore handbags designed by the artist Takashi Murakami were knocked off by accessories maker Dooney & Bourke. The...
PARAMOUNT COMBINES FILM UNITS
Paramount Pictures is folding the separate marketing, distribution and physical production departments of its independent arm Paramount Vantage, and moving those functions in-house. As part of the move, three Vantage...
HARPERCOLLINS CEO FRIEDMAN STEPS DOWN
In a sudden move, Jane Friedman is out as president and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, the book-publishing arm of News Corp. and the fourth-largest consumer book publisher in the...
COUNTRYWIDE TO COST BOFA $12B
Bank of America chief Ken Lewis is paying a steeper price for wrecked mortgage firm Countrywide in more ways than some expected. The deal is being blamed for causing the...
TECHNOLOGY TEASER
Madison Avenue is eagerly awaiting Apple's next-generation iPhone, with hopes running high that it will bridge the gap between the hype surrounding mobile marketing and the reality. The original iPhone...
OBAMA'S NEXT CHALLENGE
Barack Obama, by clinching the Demo cratic presidential nomination, has secured his place in history. Now he sets out toward a goal many Americans never believed possible: the election of...
NO LIMITS FOR MIKE
Mayor Bloomberg is gauging public support for his running for a third term. Here we go again? Two months ago, when a mayoral confidante told The Post that Bloomberg was...
CLINTON STILL IN FANTASY LAND OVER LOST CAUSE
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton is ending her quest for the presidency precisely as she began it: with a false sense of entitlement, complete self-absorption and delusional lies. Now everyone...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Maybe they should rename it cuckoo town. Officials in Lake City, Minn., are offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who either nets, hooks or takes a picture of a mythical,...
THE HOTS FOR SUMMER
WITH the debuts of two risky new series tonight, the summer TV season - the season of risk - is officially open. Among the new shows are "Middleman" (June 16,...
BEE VERY AFRAID OF 'FEAR ITSELF'
FRANKLIN Roosevelt used the words "fear itself" in a famous inaugural address (. . . "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself") to soothe anxieties caused by...
STARR REPORT
"Today" show host Kathie Lee Gifford says she and hubby Frank Gifford person ally felt President Clinton's pain during the Lewinsky era - because he wrote them heartfelt letters describing...
'IDOL' ARCHIE'S DAD CAN'T STAY OUT OF IT
THE producers of the "American Idol" summer tour have pulled the plug on a Utah concert by runner-up David Archuleta because it might hurt their ticket sales, sources say. The...
HBO WILL CONTINUE 'TREATMENT'
GABRIEL Byrne has still not said yes to a second season of "In Treatment," but a new head writer has been lined up anyway. Warren Leight, a playwright who won...
'SWING' YOUR PARTNER
CBS's earnest, serious, new drama, "Swing town," about wife swapping in the 1970s is like watching that great old classic "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" - but without...
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN: FIRST FASHION
IN a Michelle vs. Cindy style smack-down, who wins? We took the question to the people.Marlena Hill, 43: "I love Cindy. She's conservative like Barbara Bush. She's definitely no Jackie...
HAUTE LIST
PHOTOS: Haute List SO bright to just right, this season's denim runs the gamut from '80s acid-wash flashback to Hi-Liter colored - and everything in between. Whatever your mood or...
FASHION FIRST
BOTH are modern. Both comport themselves with such confidence that they are often described as "regal." Both are, as they say, dressing not for the job that they have, but...
THE SON NEVER RISES
OF all the recent quirky characters in quirky plays, Jared (Jonathan Clem), the 21-year-old at the center of Annie Baker's "Body Awareness," is the quirkiest. Super smart but unable to...
WELSHING ON 'RABBIT'
CHOREOGRAPHERS are an unpredictable bunch, now more than ever. It used to be that a Balanchine or a Robbins could produce good ballets and bad ballets - but never ballets...
RICHARDSON, MANGINI A PERFECT FIT
While Tony Richardson was surveying the free-agent market, signing with the Jets became a no-brainer. While Eric Mangini was surveying the market, signing Richardson became a no-brainer, too. Had one...
AN OLD MOOSE IS GIVING STAFF BOOST
THIS season was supposed to be about young starters in The Bronx. This was supposed to be about Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy and ultimately Joba Chamberlain unleashing their fresh...
SORE FOOT KO'S GIAMBI
The most impressive thing about Jason Giambi across the first two months was that he stayed healthy. He missed two games in early April with a left groin issue but...
JETER ADDS NEW MARK TO MANTLE
One night after The Future fizzled, The Past grabbed the title of staff ace and The Present moved past Mickey Mantle on the all-time Yankees hit list. Following Joba Chamberlain's...
SHEPPARD IMPROVING
Public-address announcer Bob Sheppard's health is improving, and the 97-year-old Yankee Stadium icon could be in his familiar seat in time for the All-Star Game on July 15, Yankees COO...
JORGE RETURNS, SHOULDER WILL LINGER
Last night's game didn't include Jorge Posada. But finally, he was at least available. After spending more than a month on the disabled list thanks to his ailing right shoulder,...
BABY BOSS: I'M DOWN, BUT ...
WHEN he picked up the phone yesterday, Hank Steinbrenner was a little down, not because of the results of Joba Chamberlain's first start - that's only step one in what...
SHOCKEY MAY SHOW ON RADAR
The last place anyone might expect to see hard-to-find Jeremy Shockey this weekend is smack in the middle of Queens, but that's where the Giants tight end is scheduled to...
DENIS OF CORK SET TO GET HIS IRISH UP
IF there is one horse in Saturday's Belmont Stakes with a sporting chance of upending the hot favorite Big Brown, it might be the colt who powered home third behind...
IT'S ONE AND DONE!
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. hoped to draw an outside post for Big Brown, just as he did in the Kentucky Derby, to give his colt a clear run in Saturday's...
FORGET POST, HE'LL WORK WAY OUT OF IT
Rick Dutrow Jr. trains Big Brown, the undefeated "Brown Bomber" who bids for the Triple Crown in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. This week he shares his thoughts and insights with Post...
RAY GUN FOR HONDO
Hondo rolled with the Reds last night but missed with the Blue Jays and Orioles, which caused bank roll- shrinkage to 430 carrasquels. Tonight, strike up the band - the...
CLASSIC RIVALRY
BOSTON - Somewhere tonight, Red Auerbach will light a cigar and look down below with a twinkle in his eye. Somewhere, George Mikan and Wilt Chamberlain will raise a glass...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Tiger back on courseTiger Woods played his first round of golf yesterday since knee surgery two days after the Masters, getting a thumbs-up from his swing coach after 17-plus...
WESTBROOK LOOKS GOOD TO KNICKS
With the sixth pick in the NBA Draft, the Knicks select, well . . . if yesterday is any indication, who knows? The Knicks worked out six prospects yesterday, two...
D'ANTONI IS GR-EIGHT, KOBE SAYS
BOSTON - Kobe Bryant expressed his "love" for new Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni but debunked a myth that he broke into the NBA wearing No. 8 in honor of the...
MARTINEZ OK AFTER OUTING
SAN FRANCISCO - Pedro Martinez described himself as none the worse for wear yesterday, hours after rolling up his highest pitch count in nearly two years. "I felt a lot...
REYES OF LIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO - Their fans fretted and fumed, but the Mets say they never doubted Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran would heat up this season. That patience is now being...
NETS' BRASS TAKING LOOK AT PROSPECTS
It was the first NBA workout for Darrell Arthur of Kansas, the second for both D.J. White of Indiana and Gary Forbes of UMass over at the Nets' facility yesterday....
HUDSON HEIGHTS
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square footage: 1,300 -- Maintenance: $1,447 Now you can own your own castle on the Hudson, or at least a Castle Village co-op with views of...
COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,285 -- Common charges: $820 This "spacious" converted prewar condo loft on Tiffany Place has 11-foot wood-beamed ceilings that make the apartment feel even...
FLATIRON
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,100 -- Maintenance: $1,608 Given that this West 21st Street "condop" is the home of an interior designer, it's not surprising that the renovation...
WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 700 -- Maintenance: $424 This "extremely bright" co-op on Prospect Park Southwest is ideally located, as you might infer, across from Prospect Park, and...
UPPER WEST SIDE
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,300 -- Maintenance: $2,003 The listing info for this corner prewar co-op on Riverside Drive urges you to enjoy your views of the Hudson...
TRIBECA
This Chambers Street condo, currently home to the architect who designed it, is "move-in ready" (nice to know this isn't some seven-figure fixer-upper!). Within its 1,624 square feet are two...
MIDTOWN EAST
Townhouse? Loft? Condo? Why choose when you can have the experience of all three - and a convenient Midtown location? This duplex home on East 53rd Street offers the "privacy"...
BEDFORD, NY
Custom-built in 2004, this "absolutely exquisite" stone and shingle center-hall Colonial with five bedrooms and six-plus bathrooms spreads out over some 9,500 square feet. It all sits on more than...
PURCHASE, NY
Renters in Purchase? Puhleeze - not when you can call this 7,228-square-foot, six-bedroom, five-plus bathroom Colonial your permanent home. The "spectacular, sophisticated" mansion is just part of the package: The...
STOOP TO CONQUER
SELLING your stuff at a stoop sale is not only a good way to get rid of unused furniture, accessories, electronics, toys and even clothing - it's also a great...
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
It's said about some houses that they're like museums - beautiful, but you can't imagine anyone living comfortably in them. Jack Lenor Larsen's East Hampton home, known as LongHouse Reserve,...
SOME LIKE IT HOT
SHINNECOCK HILLS: This eight-bedroom, 9½-bath, 12,000-squarefoot waterfront mansion overlooks the ocean and features a 14-foot-by-50- foot indoor lap pool with a Jacuzzi, two saunas, an elevator, a wine cellar, multi-level...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CENTRAL PARK WEST $4,850,000 15 Central Park West Two-bedroom, 2½-bath condo, 1,482 square feet, with 11-foot ceilings, master-bedroom suite and kitchen with high-end appliances; building features doorman, chef, gym,...
WHAT UP, HOLMES
Katie Holmes is on the prowl for a Manhattan rental. The actress/wife-bot of Tom Cruise, who will co-star in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" this fall,...
'REY' OF LIGHT
IN the middle of shooting a scene in Africa for the upcoming series "Generation Kill," Rey Valentin realized the significance of the role he was playing. "I started thinking about...
TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER
My father's name was Edelmiro Torres, a name he hated, so everyone called him Eddie. If you draw two diagonal lines across the island of Puerto Rico, where they intersect,...
LIFE GOES ON
THE FIRST THINGS you notice about Dayanara Torres are her large, luminous, Caribbean blue eyes. They reflect a joy not common in mere mortals. The second thing that strikes you...
THE LAST OF THE MAJOR-RICANS
THE DECLINE of African-Americans in the Major Leagues has been well documented in recent years, but there's another ethnic group slowly disappearing from baseball rosters around the country: Puerto Ricans....
SWEET SUCCESS
I HOLD people very responsible for what they do - very," declares Candy Pratts Price in her raspy, native New Yorker voice. Her enduring career in the fashion industry is...
STARS ON THE MENU
THEY ARE staples in the Big Apple, serving the best rice and beans, pasteles, mofongo and pernil this side of the Bermuda Triangle. So it's no surprise that on any...
ROCKING THE BORICUA VOTE
IT WAS A TYPO that put the topic of Puerto Rico in the national political conversation earlier this year. A mistake that could be a golden opportunity for activists wishing...
BURBS OR BUST
NUYORICANS ARE MOVING ON UP - out of the city and into the suburbs! As these first- and second-generation Puerto Ricans have become better educated and started earning more money,...
TWIN CHIC
NO MATTER HER SIZE, shape or weight, there's one fashion staple that every Puerto Rican woman owns - the tube top. Lucky for tube lovers, it's all about the strapless...
PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE ESSENTIALS
WHEN: Sunday, June 8START TIME: 11 a.m. END TIME: 7 p.m. or when the last float passes the finish line.THEME: Bringing Puerto Ricans TogetherROUTE: 44th Street north to 86th Street...
LOL LATIN OUT LOUD
Slave to love If you like your salsa just like your vino vintage and bursting with hidden notes then help Ponce native Cheo Feliciano celebrate 50 years in the music...
A HISTORY BUFF HOPES HIS RESEARCH ON PUERTO RICO'S GLORIOUS MOMENTS CAN LIFT A PEOPLE'S SELF-ESTEEM
WHAT began as a desire to boast about his island to his non-Puerto Rican friends is now a life passion for Jesus Omar Rivera. The 33-year-old - known to Puerto...
SKIN DEEP
OSCAR-WINNER Benicio Del Toro - who plays Che Guevara in the upcoming film "Che" - once said that while he's a very proud Puerto Rican, he doesn't feel the need...
CROWN HEIGHTS' HEWITT READY FOR BASEBALL DRAFT
Anthony Hewitt didn't have typical plans after his high school graduation last Friday. Instead of partying with classmates, the Salisbury (Conn.) School graduate hopped a flight to Milwaukee, where he...
RED BULLS' ALTIDORE HEADED TO SPAIN
The most promising young soccer player in America - the rising star Freddy Adu was hyped to be - is being sold. The Red Bulls are transferring 18-year-old phenom Jozy...
HAMM'S HAND KEY TO U.S. OLYMPIC HOPES
Any chance for the U.S. Men's Gymnastics team to compete for a medal at this year's Beijing Olympics rest on a plate and nine screws that were inserted in Paul...