June 16, 2008
THE WANG CHRONICLES
FROM JOEL SHERMANThe Yankees have one nine-inning complete game this year. It is by Chien-Ming Wang. The Yankees had one nine-inning complete game last year. It was by Chien-Ming Wang....
3 DOWN: The Wang Chronicles
1. The Yankees have one nine-inning complete game this year. It is by Chien-Ming Wang. The Yankees had one nine-inning complete game last year. It was by Chien-Ming Wang. The...
NFL hires Accorsi as consultant
APFormer Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi has been hired as a consultant to the NFL and will co-chair a new general managers advisory committee that includes his Giants replacement, Jerry...
Welcome back
Boy, thatâs gotta hurt. Because you just know, there was some poor soul out there who had some combination of Albert Pujols, Alfonso Soriano, Travis Hafner and/or Victor Martinez on...
METS, RANDOLPH QUIET FOR NOW
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- All was quiet on the Mets' West Coast front today. That could change quickly, but Willie Randolph and all his coaches will be on the bench here...
Croatia Beats Poland, Wins Group
APIvan Klasnic, the first kidney transplant recipient to play at the European Championship, scored Monday to give Croatia a 1-0 win against Poland.The 28-year-old striker connected in the 53rd minute...
Germany Advances
APGermany captain Michael Ballack scored on a wicked second-half free kick Monday for a 1-0 win over Austria and a place in the quarterfinals of the European Championship.In a game...
Pitching for Angels series set
While the Willie (And Coaches) Watch drags on and on, the pitching matchups for the interleague series here in Anaheim with the Angels that starts tonight are in. Here is...
WANG LIKELY OUT 10-12 WEEKS
The news that Chien-Ming Wang has a mid-foot sprained Lisfranc tendon and a torn peroneal longus tendon in his right foot could have been worse. However, it was far from...
LIVEBLOG: How many beaches in Antigua, again?
Locals on tiny Antigua -- particularly the tourism folks -â are fond of saying that this special place has 365 beaches -- one for every day of the year. In...
Harry Caray, re-imagined
It's the 100th anniversary of the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," so New York baseball fans disappointed with this season can cheer themselves up by checking out remakes...
Italy and France on Life Support in Group of Death
ReutersHeavyweights Italy and France, used to battling it out with a trophy at stake, will face each other on Tuesday with the prize of merely surviving the group stage at...
Wang likely out 10-12 weeks
Chien-Ming Wang was examined today at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Medical Center by Yankees team physician, Dr. Stuart Hershon and Dr. Justin Greisberg, foot and ankle specialist.Imaging studies revealed...
LI NEWLYWED CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A jury has convicted a Long Island newlywed of manslaughter, rejecting her claims of self-defense after she strangled her husband with an electrical cord in their home...
French Players Miss Zidane
APFranceâs players are missing Zinedine Zidaneâs leadership at the European Championship.Still reeling from a 4-1 loss to the Netherlands, the French team heads into Tuesdayâs match against Italy in Zurich...
BlackBerry wars
It's a crackberry crackdown!Sparks are flying over at ABC after ABC News snatched all company-issued BlackBerrys from their writers in response to an over-time dispute with the WGAE.ABC snatched the...
ON DECK: METS AT ANGELS
It's not going to be easy for Willie Randolph to keep his job, if he even has one by first pitch tonight (10:05 p.m., SNY, WFAN). The Mets manager, being...
UPDATE: Trouble in Paradise Valley?
Little old Paradise Valley may be the priciest and most exclusive town in the state, but it doesn't have the same international cache as neighboring (and ever-revamping) Scottsdale. Just because...
Fashion Intern 2008: Kaitlin Milliot, Siena College 2010
Hi! I'm Kaitlin, the new fashion intern here at the Post. I'll be here blogging throughout the summer with my thoughts, finds, and whatever interesting stuff I come across. At...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets' "Willie or Won't He?" circus continues. Willie Randolph (pictured) and all his coaches were on the Mets' charter flight Sunday night to Anaheim, Calif., but according to GM...
3 UP: Met Chances, Marlins and Wang
1. In Sunday's Post, I wrote about whether the Mets should be buyers or sellers come the late July trade market. I pointed out in the piece that no executive...
Deal of the Day-Shoshanna
Make your life easy and snatch up this dress for that upcoming beach wedding that youâve been too busy to shop for.The Shoshanna Tangerine Dress will look amazing with a...
'Office' staff
Aziz jumps for "Giant" "The Office" spinoff has hired its first worker.Aziz Ansari, who starred on MTV's sketch-comedy show "Human Giant," has been tapped for the new series, which is...
Starr Report: Clean sweep
"The Hoff" "America's Got Talent" judge David "The Hoff" Hasselhoffto AOL Television on his plans: "I'm really concentrating more on my music than television right now. I'm looking to buy...
'SYTYCD' Chat: Jamie and Rayven
Click here for the recapJamie and Rayven were the first two contestants to be eliminated on Â"So You Think You Can Dance" after they performed a Hip Hop routine, as...
California dreamin'
NYC hippie styles get psychedelightful during The Post's photo shoot with Elite model Shannon. Check out the trippy fashion below.Click here for photos
I'm crazy for this girl: Maki Nakamura, CSM BA 2008
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Euro '08: Day 10
Day 10 of the Euros will feature a twin bill of epic clashes.Group B will come to a close as Poland plays Croatia at 2:55 p.m. ET, while Austria takes...
FIRST DEFENCE TAKES JAIPUR
It was a successful turf debut for favored First Defence as he broke sharply and wired the field to win the Grade 3, $162,966 Jaipur Stakes at six furlongs on...
SNACKERS GET OPTIONS BEYOND SNICKERS
Touting the benefits of losing weight and eating well only goes so far when your workplace vending machine is crammed with candy and potato chips. So some companies are taking...
GIVE 'EM WELL!
DUring his busy season, Roberto Bolanos works at least 10 hours a day. Sometimes, he'll spend as many as 16 hours in the office. Bolanos, a senior audit manager at...
60 SECONDS WITH FELIX DENNIS
Felix Dennis Magazine magnate, Maxim founder and author of "How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets"Your book was a huge hit in Britain. Are...
SNACK ATTACK
IT'S 3 p.m. and your stomach's growling - no way you're going to make it to dinnertime. Next stop: the office vending machine. There you stand, dollar bill in hand,...
GO TO GREG
Q: I just found out I'm pregnant, and I'm not sure when to notify my employer. Is there a specific timeline I should follow or should I keep it to...
MARVELOUS MUSHROOMS
MUSHROOMS are one of our most versatile foods.They have great texture and flavor and can be baked, sautéed, stewed, stuffedor eaten raw.They can serve as appetizers or side dishes, or...
SUPERSIZE ME! TV'S JUMBO FAMILIES
IT'S a population explo sion as TV fills up with huge families. Who's who? Here's a guide: * Jon and Kate Gosselin, "Jon & Kate Plus 8," 7-year-old twins, 3-year-old...
STARR REPORT
Clean sweep "Today" has added Boy George to its summer con cert lineup in what it's billing as "a special comeback con cert" scheduled for July 7 on the Plaza...
THE MOTHER LODE
WHERE did Jon and Kate Gosselin and their family of eight come from? You might be asking yourself that question if you are among the many thousands who have encountered...
OLYMPIC GAMES UP FOR GRABS
NBC is in danger of losing its stranglehold on the Olympics for the first time since the mid-'90s. Fox and ESPN will make serious runs at the 2014 and 2016...
'PSYCHIC KIDS' SEE DEAD PEOPLE
QUICK! What do the following phrases have in common?: "I see dead people," "They're back" and "Mother what's wrong with me?" If you guessed they were said by characters on...
'OFFICE' STAFF
'The Office" spinoff has hired its first worker. Aziz Ansari, who starred on MTV's sketch-comedy show "Human Giant," has been tapped for the new series, which is expected to be...
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
NYC hippie styles get psychedelightful.Fashion Photo Galleryshowvideo("NY%20Post","1458_298914");
PULSE SALES
BOTKIER 172 Mercer St., between Prince and Houston streets; (646) 747-4149 Sale: June 19-22. Thurs., 10 a.m.-7 p.m./Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m./Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Handbags, shoes and wallets up to...
KISS & SELL: SAPPHIC SMOOCH SONGS, THEN & NOW
WHETHER an experiment or a lifestyle, girls canoodling with girls has always been hot - especially in rock. Just ask Katy Perry, music's latest It girl with her hit "I...
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE . . . YOU'LL NEED SOME HELP
THE question came from a young actress, newly arrived in New York: "What's it like not to be poor and afraid?" Randy Lutterman never forgot her. Having left a steady...
UNLUCKY BREAK
HOUSTON - They won't be sure until Chien-Ming Wang exits the Carl Pavano Memorial MRI tube today and the test is examined, but there is a strong belief in the...
VICTORY IS SECONDARY TO ACE'S POSSIBLE LOSS
HOUSTON - Buried below yesterday's sight of Chien-Ming Wang needing assistance from manager Joe Girardi and trainer Steve Donohue to get off the field after suffering a right foot injury...
MONDAY PLAYOFF A MAJOR MISTAKE
SAN DIEGO - Enjoy to day's 18-hole U.S. Open playoff between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate - if you get to see it that is. If you can get the...
LEE'S OPEN-LY 'DISAPPOINTED'
SAN DIEGO - The most disappointed player at the U.S. Open yesterday was easily Lee Westwood, who finished one shot out of today's 18-hole playoff at Torrey Pines when he...
BACK TO BEANTOWN
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant and Yogi Berra were right. It ain't over till it's over. It's back to Boston, though the Lakers nearly choked again. Despite a shaky offensive...
SORRY, CHARLIE
CHARLIE Jones, who died of a heart attack last week at 77, was all we could ask for from our weekend national TV sportscasters; he was versatile, reliable and, with...
HONDO'S COASTING
Hondo's Cub curse - can't win going with 'em or against 'em - jumped up and bit him again yester day, as he was flushed in Toronto to slash the...
ROCCO GETS WISH TO BATTLE WOODS
SAN DIEGO - Rocco Mediate is enjoying this dream and he doesn't really want to wake up anytime soon, which is why he doesn't mind playing 18 extra holes today...
BAVETTA'S ON COURT
LOS ANGELES - Veteran referee Dick Bavetta, under an FBI probe last summer in connection with Game 6 of the 2002 Lakers-Kings playoff series, was back on the Staples Center...
TIGER KNEEDS ONE MORE DAY
SAN DIEGO - First, the Patriots lost a Super Bowl few believed it was possible for them to lose after carving out a perfect 17-0 record. Photo GalleryWillis: Rocco Gets...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Nets 'work' Israeli Nets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe journeyed during the season to scout Maccabi Tel Aviv forward Omri Casspi. His efforts really didn't pay off. "He's young," Vandeweghe...
PEDRO FEELS THE 'LOVE' AT SHEA
Willie Randolph's Father's Day gift came from Pedro Martinez - six strong innings to help the manager's cause. Martinez's gift in return? The "love" he received from the fans in...
THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING
WILLIE Randolph made the charter. Pedro Martinez, with six strong innings, got the manager through security and Robinson Cancel handed the manager his ticket to Anaheim with a game-winning pinch-hit...
IT LOOKS LIKE A SPLIT DECISION
Willie Randolph was set to fly across the country last night, but there was no guarantee from Omar Minaya that after he landed he would even be managing tonight's game....
CHURCH WORKS BACK
Ryan Church hasn't done much but sleep and watch television during his stint on the disabled list, but he's going to try to amp things up in what could be...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 085; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 7130; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Nos. Sun .: 034; Lucky Sum: 7 / Evening Win- 4...
NOT BLACK & WHITE
Barack Obama's historic candidacy is a potential nightmare for political pollsters who must confront how racial attitudes will impact their surveys. Can public polls tracking a race between Obama, set...
'HULK' TURNS GREEN TO GOLD
Hulk smash competition. "The Incredible Hulk" easily topped box-office charts this weekend with a $54.5 million opening. "Kung Fu Panda" came in second, followed by "The Happening," and "You Don't...
BARACK TRIES NEW CHURCH
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and his family made their traditional trip to Sunday services for Father's Day yesterday, but not at their usual church. The presumptive Democratic nominee sat in...
PARADISE 'ALI'
"Heroes" hottie Ali Larter gives a tantalizing tug on her barely-there swimsuit in a steamy new magazine spread. But that's not all the Cherry Hill, NJ, native reveals in the...
IRS: THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL
If you've got kids and paid a tax pro to fill out your 2007 Form 1040, the IRS might have shorted you hundreds of dollars. The IRS blames the error...
PROF HITS COLUMBIA WITH 2ND BIAS SUIT
An internationally renowned Columbia professor is going to court to teach the school a lesson in gender equality. Opening arguments begin today in Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky's multimillion-dollar discrimination and retaliation...
MEMENT-OS LEAD PIN RACE
Manufacturers, sellers and collectors are cashing in on the best presidential campaign ever for memorabilia. Mort Berkowitz, owner of Bold Concepts in Times Square, has made 700 different buttons in...
I MAY MAKE A WRITE TURN: W.
Weeks after his tenure in the Oval Office was ravaged in a book by a former spokesman, President Bush is mulling penning a memoir of his own. "I'm going to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx Police yesterday were searching for this elderly man who disappeared from a Bedford Park hospital. Eustaquio Alvarez, 88, was admitted to Montefiore Hospital with a leg infection last...
SCREW THE POOCH
Leona Helmsley's pet pooch, Trouble, is going from rich bitch to good dog by throwing a $10 million bone to charity. A Manhattan judge quietly reduced the notoriously ill-tempered canine's...
GOV RUSHES TO STOP GET-OUT-OF-JAIL SPREE
ALBANY - The Paterson administration has rushed to court to delay a ruling that could force it to spring hundreds of murderers, robbers and other thugs - and end parole...
B'KLYN POLICY CREATES 'NO PARK' SLOPE
Park Slope has long been infamous for its lack of parking. Now, many residents say the situation's gotten worse, thanks to a recent city policy change that's supposed to provide...
PUSH IS ON FOR STILLBIRTH CERTIFICATES
State lawmakers want mothers of stillborn babies to be granted the option to receive official certificates documenting the stillbirth. Under a bill that has passed the Senate and is awaiting...
FAMILY KILLED IN QUEENS INFERNO
Three family members were killed yesterday in a horrific, fast-moving Queens fire that forced some residents to dive out windows and others to flee engulfed in flames, officials and witnesses...
AIR CONTROL PUSHING THIN
Nearly a third of the air-traffic controllers at the region's big-three airports are now trainees as the Federal Aviation Administration struggles to cope with an unprecedented wave of retirees among...
'NINJA' THIEF STEALS $1.5M IN LI SPREE
A wily cat burglar has been on the prowl in some of Long Island's poshest neighborhoods - swiping more than $1.5 million in cash and jewelry from one mansion after...
WEB SITE SETS CYCLISTS ON THE SAFEST ROUTE
A new Web site helps cyclists get from Point A to Point B - without getting killed. Ridethecity.com gives turn-by-turn directions, steering cyclists clear of danger by favoring streets with...
POWER GAL PUMMELS INTRUDER
A Greenwich Village fitness fanatic "went from fluffy to fierce in two seconds" to bravely fight off a knife-wielding man who broke into her bedroom while she slept, she told...
POL TO MTA: SELL OFF HQ TO PAY DEBT
The MTA should sell its plush Madison Avenue office building and use the proceeds to offset another fare hike, a city official said yesterday. City Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) said...
DECISION ON RETRIAL TODAY FOR TANKLEFF
Freed slaying suspect Marty Tankleff will learn today whether he faces another trial for allegedly murdering his parents 20 years ago - or if state officials have decided to let...
OTB PULLS OUT VICTORY AT THE WIRE
Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson reached the finish line yesterday on a deal to save Off-Track Betting, to the delight of Big Apple racing fans and 1,500 workers who will...
LUCKY DOGS
Seven men were collared and 16 pooches were rescued when cops smashed a dogfighting ring in The Bronx, police said yesterday. A dogfight was going on in the back yard...
'THE HEIGHTS' OF BROADWAY
The heart of Broadway moved about 130 blocks north of Times Square last night as "In the Heights" won the Tony for Best Musical. "We chased our dreams and they...
HEB-ROW AVOIDED AT SCHOOL
Officials at a proposed Hebrew-language charter school in Brooklyn are planning to fund their own space rather than seize classrooms in an existing public-school building. With the school's focus on...
BAG FEE HITS FLIERS
Skyway robbery went into effect yesterday at local airports, where American Airlines, one of the nation's largest carriers, began charging passengers $15 to check a single bag. Soaring fuel prices...
'BILLS' HIGHWAY TO BE NAMED FOR BUFFALO'S FAVORITE SON
"Go Bills!" Tim Russert's trademark sign off on "Meet the Press" was a cheer for his hometown Buffalo Bills. Now, several New York politicians are proposing to rename the road...
YOU GOTTA GET 'USED' TO HYBRID
A few years ago Joe Abutel bought a Hummer H1, hoping the gas-guzzling behemoth would impress the ladies. But as prices at the pump inch toward $5 a gallon, he's...
WAHLBERG SUED BY EX-BODYGUARD
A bodyguard who worked for Mark Wahlberg is proving as hard to shake as the actor's old "Marky Mark" moniker. Leonard Taylor filed a $20,000 Manhattan Civil Court lawsuit against...
DIGITAL STATIC FROM CHUCK
The digital revolution is coming, and many people may be left in the dark, Sen. Charles Schumer warned yesterday. On Feb. 18, 2009, all broadcast TVs will go from analog...
PERVS BUNKING NEAR KIDS: POL
Registered sex offenders in homeless shelters in The Bronx and Manhattan are living among families, according to state legislators who want the city to relocate the lawbreakers to singles-only residences....
A 2-MINUTE GLUT CUT? NO, FRANKS
AN UPROAR has gripped the World Cup of gluttony - and it's enough to induce one to upchuck. Or, in the parlance of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, spark...
'PASSING' UP A GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY
JUST when you thought Broadway was starting to get with it, the feeble-minded old Tony voters served up their usual dish - sentimental slop. Yes, "In the Heights," which pulled...
NYPD BIG'S 'HORSE TRADING'
THE gal pal of a top NYPD Mounted Unit supervisor won a $2.5 million contract to care for retired police horses upstate - even though she had little experience and...
GOV BLASTS 'NASTY' MIKE
Mayor Bloomberg is a nasty, untrustworthy, tan trum-prone liar who "has little use" for average New Yorkers - like the 1,500 workers who would have lost their jobs had OTB...
TIM SO HARD TO 'MISS'
YESTERDAY, like every Sunday for the last 17 years, "Meet the Press" was must-see television. Only one thing was missing - the man who made the program a can't-miss. Instead,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The word was "debouch," and Larry Grossman did just that - emerging (as the word means) as the winner of the senior spelling bee. Grossman, a 56-year-old teacher from Northwood,...
DEMOCRATS WISE UP - TO STUFF OWN MOUTHS
According to Jonah Goldberg, another liberal Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has woken up and smelled the coffee - at least when it comes to the Senate cafeteria ("Do as Dems...
HOT AIR ABOUT THE AIR FORCE
Ralph Peters misses the point in his zeal to defend Defense Secretary Robert Gates and attack the "Fighter Mafia" ("Gates The Great," PostOpinion, June 12). I am a 72-year-old infantry...
'CELEBRITIES BILL' MUZZLES PRESS
AFTER recently winning deserved acclaim for passing the Libel Terrorism Bill, the Legislature is at risk of jeopardizing New York's status as a haven for press freedom by rushing through...
CONGRESS' PUMP TAX
AMERICA is in an energy crisis - not because of OPEC, but thanks to the policies of Congress and the last three presidents. Since 1982, Congress has passed laws banning...
BASEBALL'S DEBT TO HUMAN ERROR
"Baseball is the only thing besides the paper clip that hasn't changed." - Bill Veeck ONE must say it ain't so. Think of the designated hit ter, which illustrates why...
FOSTERING FATHERS
ANOTHER Father's Day has passed - with New York City, and the nation, still facing a crisis of absentee fathers. As city Human Resources commissioner, I'm particularly aware of how...
DEEP DISCOUNTS MAY BE COMING ON CLEAR CHANNEL DEBT
The whipsawed leveraged-loan market tomorrow faces an important test as a cadre of banks led by Citigroup and Deutsche Bank try to sell down debt related to the hotly contested...
ALL SORTS OF SPORTS
It's not football season . . . yet. But from basketball to the Belmont to the Bronx Bombers, sports are on our mind. This week's Sports Illustrated gets caught up...
AOL'S SALE IS UP NEXT FOR TIME WARNER
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes hopes to move swiftly to find a buyer for AOL's dial-up business after the company completes its separation from the Platform A advertising division in...
BIG AIG CASUALTY
The beating that insurance giant American International Group has sustained over the past months claimed its first major executive casualty yesterday, as CEO Martin Sullivan stepped down in the wake...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Love In This Club, Usher 2. Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis 3. Lollipop, Lil Wayne 4. Take a Bow, Rihanna 5. Touch My Body, Mariah Carey 6....
COUNTRYWIDE'S PALS . . .
When it comes to charging abuse in markets like the mortgage business, American politicians, right up the ladder, should zip their lips. They're not ones to talk. That's becoming ever...
THE HIGH COURT'S NEW LOW
"Our first obligation is the safety and security of this nation and the men and women who defend it. This decision will harm our ability to do that. These are...
. . . AND ALBANY'S EXCESS
Meanwhile, on the local mortgage front, Albany appears poised to make a bad situation worse. Think fed-up New Yorkers are fleeing the state now? Just watch what happens when they...
Who replaces Wang?
With Chien Ming Wang almost definitely out for his next start - and maybe the season - the question now becomes who will take Wang's place in the rotation. Right...
WILLIE RANDOLPH FIRED
The Mets have fired Manager Willie Randolph, the Post has learned. Also axed were pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto. Story developing.
'THE HEIGHTS' OF BROADWAY
The heart of Broadway was about 130 blocks uptown last night as "In the Heights" won the Tony for Best Musical. "We chased our dreams and they have been realized,"...
OTB STAYS ALIVE
Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson reached the finish line Sunday on a deal to save Off-Track Betting, to the delight of Big Apple racing fans and 1,500 workers who will...
VICTORY IS SECONDARY TO WANG'S INJURY
HOUSTON - Buried below today's sight of Chien-Ming Wang needing assistance from Joe Girardi and trainer Steve Donohue to get off the field after suffering a right foot injury was...
TIGER FORCES PLAYOFF WITH CLUTCH PUTT ON 18
SAN DIEGO -- First, the Patriots lost a Super Bowl few believed was possible for them to lose after carving out a perfect 17-0 record. Then Big Brown, whose windbag...