June 17, 2008
YANKEES RETURN 'POSSIBILITY' FOR WILLIE
Jorge Posada said today Willie Randolph "will always be a Yankee." There's a chance the now ex-Mets manager could return to be one again. The Yankees are Randolph's former employer...
Scott, Waits replace Oberkfell, Warthen in Triple-A
Marty Scott and Rick Waits replace Ken Oberkfell and Dan Warthen as the New Orleans Zephyrs manager and pitching coach, respectively, as both men were promoted to the majors to...
Cyd Charisse (1922-2008)
Here's the late Cyd Charisse with Fred Astaire in the "Girl Hunt Ballet'' from "The Band Wagon,'' one of the great MGM musicals she graced with her enormous dancing talent...
MANUEL GETS REST OF SEASON
Jerry Manuel already has something Willie Randolph did not: a guarantee that he will be Mets manager for the rest of the season. At today's press conference, GM Omar Minaya...
MINAYA: 'STANDARD PROCEDURE'
A firing executed at quarter past three in the morning at the team hotel, announced via e-mail, after the manager made a cross-country flight with his job clearly in jeopardy,...
WILPONS DESERVE BLAME
Mets ownership, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, completed the impossible: They have made Hank Steinbrenner appear the level-headed baseball owner in town. They oversee an organization that fired a manager and...
WILPONS ARE TO BLAME
Mets ownership, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, completed the impossible: They have made Hank Steinbrenner appear the level-headed baseball owner in town. They oversee an organization that fired a manager and...
First look at "High School Musical" reality show
Imagine Simon, Paula and Randy dressing up as their favorite "American Idols." That's pretty much what's happening here in a first look at the judges for "High School Musical: Get...
Peterson shares his feelings
The Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel news conferences just ended, and while we transcribe the comments, here is video I shot of Rick Peterson's departure from the team hotel in...
Starting lineups from S.I. - Brooklyn season opener
We're out in Brooklyn tonight for the New York-Penn League season opener between the two local nines, the Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn Cyclones. We've got the starting lineups...
Italy Advances, Romania Eliminated
APItaly advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Championship with a 2-0 win over short-handed France on Tuesday in a rematch of the 2006 World Cup final the Italians also...
Van den Bergh to left back a precursor of signings to come
By BRIAN LEWISDave van den Bergh starting at left back tomorrow in New England is only partly about needing to get more quality on the field and touch on the...
Red Bulls to juggle lineup at New England
By BRIAN LEWISAfter this past weekendâs humiliation in D.C., Juan Carlos Osorio is going to make wholesale changes in the lineup, or at least as close as he can to...
Scene: NYC streets
Student Samantha Ives wears a dress by H&M, shoes by Salt-Water, blue Ray Ban sunglasses and carries a vintage bag from grandmother.Samantha likes to be "breezy and comfortable."Photo by Elizabeth...
Cross resigns as team president
APJay Cross resigned as president of the Jets today after eight years with the team to accept a position as president of Related Hudson Yards. The Jets also named Mike...
Yankees a 'possibility' for Willie
Hal Steinbrenner, at a promotional event today for the All-Star festivities, was asked whether the Yankees might rehire former player and coach Willie Randolph â- even in an honorary capacity...
'Dakota Fanning Rape Movie' Abandons Summer Release
"Hounddog,'' the lurid Southern melodrama that raised hackles over a rape scene with under-aged star Dakota Fanning before it got laughed out of town at the '07 Sundance Film Festival,...
Peterson talks about dismissal
Newly fired Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson gave a statement to reporters without taking questions as he departed the team hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif., this morning. Peterson is being...
Deal of the Day-Banana Republic
If itâs one piece that will work all year round, itâs a nice middle width leather belt.Because it can be worn over fitted vests or dresses now or over a...
WILLIE: I WAS STUNNED
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Willie Randolph met with the media for less than a minute at the team hotel prior to returning to New York as a former Mets manager.showvideo("PostSports","1458_335934");...
More from Randolph on axing
We have the transcript of Willie Randolph's brief talk with reporters here this morning in Costa Mesa, Calif., as he left the team hotel following his early-morning dismissal as Mets...
Randolph, Peterson speak
Willie Randolph and now-fired pitching coach Rick Peterson just left the Mets' hotel here in Costa Mesa, Calif., on their way to the airport for flights back to New York....
HYBRID CARS GET PREFERENCE IN L.I. PARKING LOT
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Reserved parking spots near the front entrance of some Long Island office buildings are being reserved for the drivers of environmentally friendly hybrid automobiles. Scott Rechler of...
JETER: I FEEL BAD FOR WILLIE
Derek Jeter says he's sorry to see former Yankee Willie Randolph gone as manager of the Mets. "I feel bad for Willie," Jeter said today on WFAN's "Mike and the...
ON DECK: METS AT ANGELS
The Jerry Manuel Era begins for the Mets tonight in Anaheim, Calif. Win and he may be fired. Willie Randolph's run curiously ended in the wee hours of the night...
ON DECK: PADRES AT YANKEES
Andy Pettitte just became the Yankees' ace. And it was not based on his one-run, eight-inning performance Thursday in Oakland. Chien-Ming Wang tore a tendon in his foot Sunday and...
OMAR GAVE WILLIE A CLUE
Omar Minaya said today that he alerted Willie Randolph in person Sunday night that a decision was going to be made soon on the fate of the manager and coaches....
Billy Ray Cyrus: 'The more you stomp in poop, the more it stinks'
Billy Ray Cyrus finally weighed in about the topless Vanity Fair photo spread that drew so much unwanted attention to his daughter, Miley, aka Hannah Montana."I didn't, [complain]" he told...
Coverage in today's Post
First, an explanation to all print readers for the back page and ensuing coverage in today's editions of The Post: The Mets didn't fire Willie Randolph and two of his...
Omar gives some details
We just spoke with Omar Minaya in the lobby of the team hotel here, and he said he alerted Willie Randolph in person Sunday night that Minaya was going to...
Box Office: Agent 86 Looks Set to Blow Away Erstwhile Austin Powers
The Steve Carell reboot of "Get Smart,'' which I found to be far funnier than the pans in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter would suggest, is expected to trounce the...
THE METS MESS
Thoughts on Willie's Firing.With friends like Omar, who needs enemies?This is the most gutless, most embarrassing moment in Mets history. The firing of Willie Randolph, Tom Nieto and Rick Peterson...
Picking up the Peabody
Pop Wrap's Jarett catches up with the gorgeous Heidi Klum, the talented Tina Fey, the hilarious Stephen Colbert and many more at the Peabody Awards. Check it out below.
Italy and France Prepare for Battle
AFPFrance go into their do-or-die clash with Italy Tuesday beset by doubt, internal strife and player fatigue.The backdrop to this latest instalment of the rivalry between the old foes could...
Starr Report: And the award goes to...
Tim Russert In other TV-related news, CBS' Lesley Stahl subbed for Brian Williams at yesterday's Peabody Awards, since Williams was just back from Afghanistan and was dealing with the death...
Toronto: Canadian World War I Epic Gets Opening Night Slot
Canadian filmmaker Paul Gross' "Passchendaele,'' in which he also stars as a soldier severely wounded in France during World War I, will open this year's Toronto Film Festival on September...
DVD Extra: Miranda Warning
Busby Berkeley's psychedelic World War II musical "The Gang's All Here,'' which made its DVD premiere just two years ago in an Alice Faye box set, has been gorgeously re-mastered...
Euro '08: Day 11
Euro '08 heads into Day 11 with a rematch of the 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France at 2:55 p.m. ET, while the other Group C game between...
MANUEL TAKES CHARGE
New Mets manager Jerry Manuel wasted no time putting his stamp on the struggling team, telling third baseman David Wright he would be the DH tonight against the Angels. "The...
Heartless, petty move by Minaya
From JOEL SHERMANIf you are a Met fan this is a sad day. Not because of the removal of Willie Randolph, booed heavily the last time he was seen at...
THE WILLIE IS FIRED EDITION
1. This is literally 3 Up -- up in the middle of the night with the news that the Mets have fired their manager. If you are a Met fan...
WITHOUT RUSSERT, SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
The passing of legendary journalist Tim Russert leaves a tremendous void in an arena known for its trash-talking players ("Tim Russert, 1950-2008," June 14). Not unlike his much-beloved father, Russert...
ELEX: WHAT IRAQ NEEDS NEXT
THE elections that gave legiti macy to the new system in Iraq, thus helping bring about the tipping point against the insurgency, are starting to fade in Iraqi memories. In...
ONE-CLICK NUCLEAR SHOPPING
IMAGINE clicking and downloading your own nuclear-bomb blueprints. That, it seems, is what the nuclear-technology-smuggling ring led by renegade Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan allowed its customers to do, for...
DON'T KILL NY JOBS
WITH the state Legislature in the final days of its session, we face the annual mystery over what will actually happen when the dust settles. Yet the facts of New...
AL QAEDA'S VIETNAM
LATELY, the Iraq War has looked more and more like another Vietnam - not for us, but for al Qaeda. CIA Director Michael Hayden says the terror group has suffered...
BRITS BACK BUSH
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday handed President Bush a major victory in his efforts to put the squeeze on Iran over its nuclear-weapons program - and agreed...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 064; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 8299; Lucky Sum: 28 / Evening Nos. Mon: 198; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
SPAS STILL FIT DOG BUDGET
The late Leona Helmsley's pampered pooch may be $10 million poorer - but she can still lap up the luxury. The $2 million earmarked to cover the rest of Trouble's...
OBAMA CAMP: WE CAN WIN WITHOUT FLA. & OHIO
Throw out the old electoral map. Barack Obama's campaign has designed a strategy to get him more than the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the presidency - without winning...
IT'S 'GO' TIME FOR O
Showing he's ready to perform on the global stage, Barack Obama said yesterday he plans to visit the Mideast before voters head to the polls in November. Obama told reporters...
RUSSERT SON TAKES THRONE
Tim Russert's grieving son claimed the late host's "Meet the Press" chair, saying it would always be an emotional link to his dad. In his first public comments since the...
LOAN-WOLF SENS. FACE DC PROBE
WASHINGTON - Two powerful senators in hot water over allegations that they sought special treatment from a mortgage lender could be forced to answer to their colleagues in a series...
COLUMBIA RIPS 'BIAS' PROF
The renowned math and economics professor suing Columbia for gender discrimination and retaliation for an earlier lawsuit is, "by all accounts, a brilliant woman" - but she's a lousy employee,...
DIVORCE LAWYERS LICKING THEIR CHOPS
Gay couples in California last night began a stampede to the altar, but it was New York divorce lawyers doing the celebrating - over the prospect of a wave of...
CLEAN, GREEN MACHINE
The eco-friendly car of the future is finally here. As gas prices soar past $4 a gallon, Honda became the first carmaker ever yesterday to unveil a zero-emission car that...
HILL FANS RIP AIDE'S BAM JOB
Supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton were fuming yesterday after Sen. Barack Obama's campaign hired the ex-candidate's ousted campaign manager to work for the Democratic nominee's running mate. Team Obama...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A Washington Square Park drug dealer's stickup plan went bust - after the young would-be buyer he stiffed boldly ratted him out to cops, authorities said. A teenager told...
'THELMA' THIEF'S THERAPY
She's trading jail for a shrink's couch. Jennifer Jones, half of a "Thelma and Louise" open-house robbery team, has agreed to plead guilty to grand larceny charges and spend a...
SLAY PROBE IN QNS. FIRE
Investigators believe that the horrific Queens fire that killed three members of a family, including a noted movie makeup artist, and injured five other people was started by one of...
SCHUMERS GET KICK IN A$$ETS
Sen. Charles Schumer's household income hit an all-time high of $467,000 last year, according to financial disclosures released yesterday. Between a successful new book, a raise for Capitol Hill lawmakers...
SLAIN COPS HONORED
The mothers of three slain cops received the Police Department's highest award on behalf of their sons yesterday. Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly gave the Medals of Honor...
DA PROBES 'HORSEPLAY' OF NYPD STABLE MATES
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has opened a sweeping probe of corruption within the NYPD after a Post story disclosed that a $2.5 million horse-stabling contract was given to the...
KATE'S DATE
Kate Hudson and new love Lance Armstrong have finally been caught together in New York - stepping out of her West Village townhouse en route to MSG for a, um,...
NO JAIL FOR FAKE DENTIST
A phony dentist whose patient died after a routine procedure will serve just five years' probation after the city medical examiner determined the woman died of natural causes. Alexander Poperetchny,...
COOK BUSTED IN LOBSTER LARCENY AT JUNIOR'S
A cook at Brooklyn's famed Junior's Restaurant was charged with larceny yesterday after co-workers caught him with 15 frozen lobster tails stuffed down his pants and into bandages around his...
A ONE-MAN IVY LEAGUE
Not many teenagers get the chance to say "no" to Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Georgetown, Stanford or NYU. But New Utrecht HS valedictorian Lukasz Zbylut denied offers from...
THAT'S A 'LOTTO' BULL!
Vinny Vella was a millionaire - for a day, at least. That's $5 million, to be exact. But just like that, the lottery took it all away. Vella thought he...
COP COPS TO BANK HEIST
An NYPD cop-turned-robber pleaded guilty yesterday to sticking up a bank in Pennsylvania, as prosecutors in New York unsealed an indictment against him and a teller pal for two heists...
OUTRAGE AT TOT'S WAKE
Mourners called for justice at 3-year-old Kyle Smith's wake yesterday in Brooklyn - even as the charges against Nymeen Cheatham, 31, and Lemar Martin, 25, the couple accused of torturing...
SCHOOL TAX CAP BACKED
ALBANY - Nearly three-quarters of New York voters back Gov. Paterson's plan to cap the runaway growth of school property taxes, with the support spanning all sections of the state,...
A MATTER OF 'WIFE' AND DEATH
A Long Island jury took less than four hours to convict a newlywed of manslaughter for strangling her husband in their waterfront dream home. Kelly Forbes, 29, sobbed after hearing...
X-RAY COMES UP POSITIVE FOR COKE
It took 10 hours of searching a specially rigged tractor trailer before drug agents in The Bronx discovered its mother lode: 400 pounds of cocaine worth $16 million. Investigators from...
BID TO FIX CONVICT SNAG
ALBANY - Paterson administration officials huddled with lawmakers yesterday, scrambling to craft legislation to block the release of hundreds of killers, robbers and thugs who have been improperly sentenced. The...
ABC NEWS 'BERRYS' HATCHET WITH STAFF
When does it pay to use your BlackBerry after work? At ABC, only on certain occasions - for example, during big, breaking news stories. ABC staffers had been feuding with...
GAL'S PICS HELP BAG GROPE PERV
A teenage girl helped capture the convicted sex offender who allegedly molested her on a Manhattan subway - by snapping cellphone photos of the pervert that cops used to create...
GUNSHOT SUICIDE AT RANGE
The 20-year-old college-student son of a globetrotting UN staffer fatally shot himself in the head at a popular Chelsea rifle range that had sold him ammunition, rented him a high-powered...
CARS CAN'T CRASH THIS PARTY
"Park and ride" will take on an entirely new meaning this summer when Park Avenue will be closed to motor vehicles for three Saturday mornings so hundreds of thousands of...
PRICE OF FREEDOM
The Freedom Tower is up for grabs. Although Port Authority of New York and New Jersey insiders deny wanting to sell it outright, the agency has approached major developers about...
PIER 1'S SECOND TRY
Pier 1 Imports signaled that it may pursue a hostile takeover of Cost Plus after the rival home-furnishings chain roundly rejected its initial offer. Complaining that Cost Plus "made no...
FULD MAKES A CASE
Lehman Brothers' faltering reputation received a shot in the arm yesterday as CEO Dick Fuld made a rare appearance and sought to dispel balance sheet questions leveled against the firm...
CITI TOWER WILL GET NEIGHBOR
WITH Wall Street lay offs mushrooming and construction costs soaring, the last thing you'd expect is a big new commercial building in an outer-borough neighborhood not known as an office...
HANK GETS SECOND CHANCE AT AIG
Hank Greenberg's odds are looking better for a triumphant return to the table at the AIG empire he headed for decades. The 83-year old insurance mogul was booted three years...
NOW'S THE TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE OUT THAT LOAN
IF you are planning to borrow money, do it now. But if you are looking for higher yields on your savings, wait before locking up your money. This is another...
A-MAIZE-ING: CORN'S PRICE HIGH AS AN ELEPHANT'S EYE
Corn is likely to be rationed and not used as ethanol this summer as the precious crop that feeds the globe suffers record devastation from recent Midwest flooding. The sudden...
EA NEEDS TIME FOR TAKE-TWO
Video game publisher Electronic Arts is going to have to draw a new line in the sand in its takeover test of wills with target Take-Two Interactive. Analysts and industry...
TIMES TAMER'S $4B FUND PUSH
Phil Falcone's Harbinger Capital Partners - the hedge fund that won a battle to land board seats at The New York Times Co. - is expanding its size and presence...
GOV. DAVID PATAKI?
There couldn't be a worse choice to run the New York Power Authority than long-time Long Island gadfly and political gofer Richie Kessel - yet Gov. Paterson seems set to...
THE REV'$ RACI$M CURE
Hey, that Al Sharpton is a regular War ren Buffett, isn't he? Fortune 500 companies can't wait to hear what he has to tell them. And they're falling all over...
IKEA DEBUT IS CRAZY IN-TENTS
MY HOME borough has lost its collective marbles. People, repeat after me: It's not worth it! Silence. What do I know? Folks began showing up at the brand-new IKEA store...
TELL THE TRUTH, GOV
ALBANY - The laughable nature of Gov. Paterson's half-hearted denials that he called Mayor Bloomberg a tantrum-prone liar wouldn't be significant if New York's accidental governor hadn't vowed from the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The groom may now kiss - and punch - the bride. A brouhaha over a missing camera erupted into a 100-person brawl at a wedding reception in the Orange County...
RANDOLPH FIRED
By JOEL SHERMANIn a bizarre move that was not officially announced until about 3 a.m in New York, the Mets finally ended the ongoing saga of when and if Willie...
RANDOLPH, 2 OTHERS ARE FIRED
By JOEL SHERMANIn a bizarre move that was not officially announced until about 3 a.m in New York, the Mets finally ended the ongoing saga of when and if Willie...
THE FLATIRON BUILDING
Today's page looks at our most unusual skyscraper, famous for its shape. THE Flatiron Building is one of the city's most famous, recognized not for its height, but for its...
GOD SPELLED BACKWARD
ON any given Sunday at the Church of the Holy Trinity on the Upper East Side, the choir sings a melodic hymn while one congregant chimes in with an enthusiastic...
KELLEY'S NEW COP SHOW ARRESTED
'LIFE on Mars," the highly-anticipated ABC cop drama, may be left for dead. The show, an adaptation of the popular British drama, follows the life of a 21st century cop...
STARR REPORT
ABC's "Good Morning America" won a Daytime Emmy last Friday for Out standing Morning Program - the second consecutive year "GMA" (Diane Saw yer, Robin Roberts, Chris Cuomo, Sam Cham...
LAKERS-CELTICS TIPTOE PAST TIGER'S TALE
THE hoops beat the links in the Sunday-night battle for viewers. Game 5 of the NBA Finals - in which Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 103-98 to...
'TOP GEAR' MAY TEST AD TOLERANCE
THE cozy relationship between automakers and NBC may weather a harsh road test next season, when the beloved British car show, "Top Gear," shifts into the US. "Top Gear" is...
'CSI' EARTH'S NO. 1 SHOW
PHOTOS: 'CSI' Tops Shows'CSI" is officially the most popular TV show on the planet. According to a new study, nearly 84 million viewers around the globe watched the CBS crime...
DRAG? NOT 'TALENT'
HOW good is the third season of "America's Got Talent?" It is, without Question, the best talent competition show on TV. Period. That's the good news and the bad news...
ALL HANDS ON DECK
TIME, we hear, is of the essence. Especially when you're a woman in New York, where the number of dates and parties is rising as steadily as the summer temperatures....
THEY R.E.M.EMBER
IN the gap between the rage of punk and the reign of alternative music, R.E.M. was born. It was 1980 and the little band from Athens, Ga., discovered that jangly,...
EMMYLOU HARRIS EXPLAINS WHAT SHE 'INTENDED'
THERE'S no mistaking an Emmylou Harris song. Whether it's an Appalachian ballad, some banjo-pickin' bluegrass or a wah-wah guitar-driven rocker, with her angelic voice, you can tell it's her. But...
MPFREES
The Offspring, "Hammerhead" The punk vets return to their roots on this headbanging single off a new album that's destined to get mosh pits going when the band plays it...
STILL PRETTY PUNK (FOR SOME AGING GUYS)
PUNK rock might be the soundtrack of disaffected youth, but that doesn't mean you're too old for it once you graduate from high school. Just ask Dexter Holland, lead singer...
FRUITS OF HER LABOR
THANKS to her fruit-topped hats, eye-popping outfits and outsized personality, which continue to inspire contemporary fashion (not to mention drag queens), singer-dancer Carmen Miranda is better known than many of...
CASH: TRADE A LAST RESORT
Yankees GM Brian Cashman said ace Chien-Ming Wang's right foot injury would cause him to miss at least 10 weeks and perhaps more; and that while he'd keep his ears...
BULLPEN GETTING JOB DONE WITHOUT JOBA
One of the reasons Dave Eiland was the choice to replace Ron Guidry as pitching coach was because Eiland had worked with Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy in the minor...
BLOW TO CHIEN: A KO UNTIL SEPT.
It could have been worse, but yesterday's news on Chien-Ming Wang's right foot was devastating. When Wang departed the Carl Pavano Memorial MRI tube at New York Presbyterian Hospital, he...
DON'T EXPECT C.C. SOON
THE George Steinbrenner Yankees of our memories will not vanish. The Boss' first three decades as an owner were so over-the-top pro-active and star-driven that even now our first reaction...
HANK: NL'S LACK OF DH SENSELESS
HANK Steinbrenner says it's time the National League joins the 21st century. It's time to play by the same rules as the American League for the good of the game...
GARNETT NO GEM
BOSTON - You've heard of "Survive and Advance?" Well, the 2008 NBA Finals officially has reached its "Survive and Schlep" stage, as in 2,500 miles of (wasted?) jet fuel. Showing...
FAREWELL TO FAME
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Heath Bell stood beneath the overhang at the entrance to Doubleday Field to avoid the downpour while he signed autographs around the time yesterday's 68th and final...
EX-O GIBBONS A DUCK
The Long Island Ducks have been giving second chances - not to mention third and fourth shots - to players for years. You can add Jay Gibbons to that list....
'EVERYMAN' BATTLED TIGER TO VERY END
SAN DIEGO - Rocco Mediate didn't get his coveted first major championship victory or even a win out of it, and he doesn't get a trophy, either. But score one...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Mariners fire GM The Mariners fired general manager Bill Bavasi yesterday, as the team lags with the worst record in baseball after starting the season with playoff hopes. Vice...
FINAL CONFLICT
The Celtics and Lakers flew 3,000 miles across the country yesterday, back to Boston - one team intending to hang a 17th championship banner above the parquet, the other intending...
GUTS AND GLORY FOR WOODS
SAN DIEGO - Reggie Jackson, Mr. October himself, was inside the ropes at Torrey Pines South yesterday following Tiger Woods' U.S. Open playoff thriller against a determined Rocco Mediate. Jackson...
HONDO TRIES THE TRIBE
Johnny "Big Blast" Bowker rushed to the rescue for the Giants last night, which had the residual ef fect of sending Hondo to the bank to make a deposit that...
TIGER ROARS TO OPEN WIN
SAN DIEGO - This time, Tiger Woods did the impossible: He outdid himself. When the final, most definitive book is written on Woods' astonishing career, the chapter about this week's...
METS FIRE RANDOLPH
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mets GM Omar Minaya staged his own Midnight Massacre last night. In a bizarrely timed housecleaning, Minaya fired Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base...
BELTRAN, HEILMAN FUEL WIN
ANAHEIM - At least Willie Randolph can say he went out with a victory. It ultimately wasn't enough to save his job, but the Mets' now ex-manager could hold his...
METS THINK SKED'S JUST PLANE CRAZY
ANAHEIM - The Mets don't appear to be fans of baseball schedule-maker Katy Feeney. Thanks to Feeney's handiwork, the Mets are here on the West Coast for the third time...
MIDNIGHT MASSACRE AN AMAZIN' ACT OF COWARDICE
ANAHEIM - The e-mail was time-stamped 3:14 a.m., Eastern time. In a simpler time, in a different world, maybe the Mets would have succeeded completely in this cowardly purge of...
NETS AUDITION AGGIE BIG MAN
DeAndre Jordan, center out of Texas A&M, was asked about what the Nets need. "I know they need a big man who's going to be there to block shots for...
HOT DEALS
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OPEN SKIES
NOT all treehouse stays cost nearly $2,000 a night - only the ones close to New York. Check out these awesome addresses around the world.FREE SPIRIT SPHERES Qualicum, BC It's...
NEWS + NOTES
NEW LOOK VERMONT'S ye olde Equinox resort has a new look after $20 million worth of renovations, including new rooms, new restaurants and a sparkling new lobby. Check it out...
OFF-PEAK FARE
IS there any place on earth as fun as the California Wine Country during the fall harvest? Sure: being there without the crowds. Or how about the Florida Keys -...
AWAY GAMES
Go anywhere fun this winter?A: I try to mix it up a little bit and find different, new places. I like to explore. Been down to the Caribbean a few...
HIGH TIMES
DO YOU remember those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books? All the rage some years back, I was surprised to find them on the bookshelf in my hotel room, considering that...
WOODS OUT FOR YEAR
Tiger Woods made a decision last night to go ahead with season-ending knee surgery. Woods will have reconstructive surgery on his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), but doctors have told him...
Whelan promoted to Trenton
RHP Kevin Whelan, one of the Yankees better pitching prospects, has been promoted to Double-A Trenton from Single-A Tampa. Whelan had a late start to his season, first getting into...
S.I. Yankees release 2008 roster
The Staten Island Yankees released their initial 2008 roster today in advance of their season-opening game tomorrow against Brooklyn. 16 2008 First-Year Player Draft selections will open the year with...
Orders in for Anaheim opener
Despite the swirl of reports and rumors, Willie Randolph and all his coaches are here in Anaheim tonight as the Mets open an interleague series with the first-place Angels behind...