June 18, 2008
CR7b drama drags on and on and on
Will he or won't he? By BRIAN LEWISI donât know if the Glazers are just a damn sight funnier dealing with Cristiano Ronaldo than they ever were running the boring...
PIECE OF ASSASSIN
Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr., is a "narcissistic" ladies' man, according to a government filing that argues against him being given more freedom from his loony-bin lockup. Hinckley, 53,...
Yankees sign Ponson
By MIKE PUMAThe Yankees have signed veteran right-hander Sidney Ponson to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.Ponson, who pitched briefly for the Yankees in 2006, was recently...
Russia Advances, Spain Wins Group D
APRussia dominated a 2-0 victory over Sweden on Wednesday night in a Group D elimination game, sending the Russians to the European Championship quarterfinals.Roman Pavlyuchenko scored in the first half...
Mets the butt of TV jokes
Omar Minaya and the Mets aren't getting roasted by just the sports columnists for their bungled firing of Willie Randolph. Check out this from Jon Stewart's Daily Show (which includes...
Jets add depth to secondary
The Jets today signed free agent safety Cameron Worrell, a five-year NFL veteran who spent the 2007 season with the Dolphins, playing in 12 games, making seven starts and making...
Updated Euro 2008 odds
APThe Netherlands, which swept through Group C and outscored the opposition nine goals to one, was made a 7-2 favorite tonight to win the European Championship.The Dutch play Russia on...
Yanks Claim RHP Perez
In need of some bullpen depth the Yankees claimed Oneli Perez off of waivers today and optioned him to Double-A Trenton.This is Perez's third organization this year. With Triple-A Charlotte...
VALENTINE FEELS FOR WILLIE
Bobby Valentine told a Connecticut newspaper today that he knows exactly how Willie Randolph feels. And not just because he was axed unceremoniously by the Mets, too. Valentine also was...
LIVEBLOG: The matter of the beaches
After days of asking around, I finally found the one person who proudly admitted to having visited all 365 of Antigua's beaches. Devon Ledaette couldn't offer proof, but I had...
Is Freddy Adu bound for Serie A?
Could Freddy Adu be headed to Genoa? By BRIAN LEWISHave Freddy Aduâs recent performances for the National Team bought the talented 19-year-old a ticket off Benficaâs bench and to Serie...
Deal of the Day-Helmut Lang
If youâre hunting for an effortless summer piece that can go with flat bejeweled gladiators or with a cluster of gold chains and strappy heels, look no further than this...
ON DECK: METS AT ANGELS
So it wasn't all Willie Randolph's fault. Jerry Manuel will again look for his first win as Mets manager tonight (10:05, SNY, WFAN) after losing his debut 6-1 last night...
Scene: NYC streets
Student Moura Browne wears a dress from Urban Outfitters, shoes by Steve Madden, a bag from Stores Dunnes, a necklace by Betty's Devine and a watch by Anya.âWeâre visiting, so...
Scene-NYC streets
PETA employee Elizabeth Graffeo wears a dress from Corner 24, carries a bag from Target and walks around in these Moccasins by Minnetonka."I have a laid back style, feminine, but...
Go West, young Hogan
style="float:right;margin-left:5px;">Just weeks before the July 13 debut of "Brooke Hogan Knows Best" (VH-1), The Hulksterâs little girl is packinâ up her act and heading to La-La Land.âI am actually looking...
REPORT: PLAXICO EXPECTS TO BE AT CAMP
Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress last night told a Philadelphia radio station he believes his contentious contract situation will be worked out and he'll be at the team's training camp...
Randolph: 'I deserved better'
Willie Randolph spoke to reporters in front of his New Jersey home today and disagreed with Omar Minaya that Minaya had warned him Sunday night that this might be coming....
Jenna Fischer, phone thief!
Before snagging the role of Pam on NBCâs The Office, Jenna Fischer was so hard up for cash she shared a telephone with her next door neighbor.âMy dad drilled a...
Who will win 'Celebrity Circus'?
Sooner or later it had to happen: seven (semi) celebrities, risking life and limb to perform outrageous circus acts on primetime television.âThe winner gets a trophy,â says singer and aspiring...
WILLIE RANDOLPH: I DESERVED BETTER
Ousted Mets manager Willie Randolph complained today that he "deserved better" than being unceremoniously dumped in the middle of the night and that he was fired "way too early." The...
ON DECK: PADRES AT YANKEES
This is what the Yankees envisioned in the start of the year: An entirely healthy lineup firing on all cylinders. The Bombers have exploded for 29 runs over their past...
Coverage in today's Post
Few are buying it, of course, but Omar Minaya continues to offer a spirited defense of his botched handling of the dismissal of Willie Randolph (pictured) very early Tuesday morning....
Traber replaces Wang
With ace Chien Ming Wang officially placed on the disabled list, the Yankees recalled LHP Billy Traber from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre to replace him. Traber had a 4.32 ERA in...
JOBA FEELS LIKE STAR IN ROTATION
Joba Chamberlain sees many benefits in becoming a starting pitcher. But he had a good chance to make this year's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium as a reliever. "You can't...
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), and doctors have told him...
Michelle Obama on "The View"
Michelle Obama was the guest host on "The View" today. So what did you miss?An effusive Whoopi spilled her cup of coffee before the first commercial break, Michelle called her...
WHY is she wearing that?!
What inspired your get-up last night?
'Project Runway' Season 5
As host Heidi Klum always says, one day you're in and the next day you're out - goodbye Season 4, hello new designers! Want the scoop from Heidi, style guru...
Boardwalk Blues...
It's Wednesday, the middle of the week, right in between the point where you're back into work mode and being home-free for the weekend. Although you may not have plans...
Manuel a popular choice
From BRIAN COSTELLOJerry Manuel is not your typical baseball man. He is as likely to quote Gandhi as he is to quote Gene Mauch. He can give his players a...
Starr Report: 'Carly' Nick knack
America's favorite drug-dealing mom, Mary Louise Parker The fifth-season premiere of A&E's "Intervention," meanwhile, snared 2.1 million viewers Monday night, a new series record, while the network's "Psychic Kids" averaged...
Congrats Celtics
By MARC BERMANWhat a way to clinch a championship. What a romp. What a season.The Celtics were much hungrier than the Lakers. From The Big 3 of Paul Pierce-Kevin Garnett-Ray...
France Going Home, Then Has To Rebuild
APThierry Henry put his hands together in a vain plea to the referee as another decision went against him. Raymond Domenech held out his arms in dismay as luck deserted...
NYC SCHOOL STAFFER HAS TUBERCULOSIS
A New York City school official says a staff member at a Brooklyn elementary school was diagnosed with tuberculosis. City Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg says the paraprofessional -...
Critics Hurling Bushels of Ripe Fruit At 'The Love Guru'
"Not only does the film stumble badly from one skit to another,'' writes Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter, panning "The Love Guru,'' Mike Myers' return to live-action movies after...
What if these are the Mets?
From JOEL SHERMANI think the NL is bad enough and the Mets are good enough that they should be a factor in a race for the playoffs deep into September....
3 UP: Mets, Mets and More Mets
1. I think the NL is bad enough and the Mets are good enough that they should be a factor in a race for the playoffs deep into September. But...
Will 'Bruno' Open Cannes '09?
Universal has set a May 15, 2009 opening date for "Bruno,'' Sacha Baron Cohen's followup to "Borat,'' in which he recreates another one of his TV characters, a flamboyantly gay...
Euro '08: Day 12
Day 12 of the Euros will see the conclusion of Group D -- and with it the first group stage before we prepare our eyeballs for the quarterfinals starting Thursday.Sweden...
SHARPTON'S 'SHAKEDOWN': GETTING RICH OFF 'RACISM'
THE ISSUE: Corporate donations made to Rev. Al Sharpton after his threats to boycott. When the Mafia shakes down people for money, it's called extortion, and they get arrested and...
GAY MARRIAGE: REASON TO CARE
WHAT'S all the fuss about? A couple of hundred same-sex couples in California flock to the justice of the peace - why should anybody care? This is the single most...
A SMEAR IMPLODES
YET another US Marine, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, had charges dropped Tuesday in the so-called Haditha massacre - bringing the total number of Marines who've been cleared or won case...
A HACK IS BACK
GOV. Paterson is poised to hire Richie Kessel to run the New York Power Authority - with likely disastrous consequences for Upstate. NYPA mainly handles Upstate's power needs - and...
THE QUIET REBELLION IN EUROPE
IRELAND has stunned the world by voting down the Lisbon "constitutional treaty" intended to give the European Union all the attributes of a sovereign state - without formal statehood or...
OVERPRICED PRESTIGE
STUDENTS - and often parents, too - go deep into hock to finance a prestige college education. Media hype adds to the pressure to go where the prestige is. The...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 745; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 9904; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Tue: 504; Lucky Sum: 9 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 9225;...
RIVALS TURN UP HEAT IN OIL WAR
John McCain and Barack Obama drilled each over energy yesterday. McCain called Obama a Jimmy Carter clone for proposing an oil-profits tax, while Obama blasted McCain as a toady of...
HILL, BARACK $ET DATE
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have set their first joint appearance for next week, at a fund-raiser where she will encourage a group of her wealthiest supporters...
SUITE TALK BY DE NIRO
Hey Landmarks Preservation Commission, you talkin' to me? Robert De Niro was called on the carpet yesterday to explain to the city panel why the penthouse on the new Tribeca...
MRS. O'S NY GLAMOUR NIGHT
Michelle Obama wore pearls - and made New York her oyster - as she hobnobbed with the city's couture royalty at back-to-back, swanky Democratic fund-raisers last night. PHOTO GALLERY: Obama's...
ANNE IS NOW HATHAWAY OUT DOOR
Anne Hathaway finally got smart. The "Devil Wears Prada" star has ditched her Italian rapscallion boyfriend after four years of suffering through his innumerable brushes with scandal and bad publicity,...
I ATE MCD'S, LOST 90 LBS.
McDonald's is generally synonymous with "beefy," but one man has used the Golden Arches to slim down. Chris Coleson, 42, has lost almost 90 pounds since December on a diet...
TOMATO SURPRISE!
The tomato is bouncing back. Restaurant chains in New York started putting the fruit back on their menus yesterday, a week after pulling it amid warnings of salmonella contamination. Chipotle,...
SAT FAILS TO DO 'WRITE' BY TEST-TAKERS
The writing section added to the SAT has done very little to improve the exam's overall ability to predict how students will do in college, according to research released yesterday...
OSAMA'S COURT RIGHTS
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's foreign-policy advisers said yesterday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to US civilian courts. Sen. John Kerry and former...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
ManhattanA thieving housekeeper and a male accomplice were busted for stealing nearly $5,000 from a 97-year-old woman in a check scam on the Upper West Side, authorities said yesterday. Fresia...
BIZMAN'S GREAT FISH TALE
Ed Taylor is one of the South Bronx success stories. Taylor, the owner of a sprawling fish-distribution company in Hunts Point, originally opened shop in Manhattan's Meatpacking District in the...
COLOMBIA COKE LORD COPS PLEA
A fearsome Colombian warlord and suspected mass murderer was brought to justice yesterday - pleading guilty to federal drug charges that could land him behind bars for the rest of...
MTM IN STEED TRAP
The NYPD mounted cop being probed for allegedly getting a $2.5 million stabling contract for his gal pal also steered four horses owned by Mary Tyler Moore to his girlfriend's...
LOW GRADE FOR CITY AID
The city Department of Education's method of doling out $211 million in state aid wrongly benefits schools that are already succeeding, a new report charged. Despite a state regulation that...
CON MAN HAS NO REMORSE
A heartless Long Island con man who swindled at least $11 million from elderly victims who handed over their nest eggs was sentenced yesterday to 5 to 15 years behind...
EMT GRADS ANSWER CALL
With the Emergency Medical Service facing a shortage of EMTs and an overload of calls, officials yesterday welcomed 78 new emergency medical technicians into its ranks. "We really need to...
'TELL PREPPY I LOVE HIM'
She still loves him. Shawn Kovell, longtime girlfriend of Robert Chambers, again professed her love for the Preppy Killer yesterday, after a routine court appearance on last year's coke-dealing bust....
SCHUMER: AIR TRAFFIC IS OUT OF CONTROLLERS
WASHINGTON - Flying in and out of New York will become increasingly dangerous and inconvenient over the next five years if the feds don't do something, Sen. Chuck Schumer will...
SKETCH THAT NAILED IVY RAPE SUSPECT
As a Columbia University student lay in critical condition hours after her rape and torture ordeal, she bravely drew for cops the distinctive scar she saw on her attacker's body....
OH, SHOOT! 30K GUNS 'MISSING'
Gun dealers claimed they "lost" an average of 82 firearms a day last year - totaling more than 30,000 weapons with no record of sale that likely ended up on...
NYPD PARK CRACKDOWN
The NYPD will conduct a crackdown on illegal parking today - its second in three months. About 150 cops and several tow trucks will stage a ticketing and towing blitz...
AX CHAOS AN AMAZIN' DISGRACE
The Mets callously dumped manager Willie Randolph yesterday - sparking chaos within the club and forcing the front office to explain to shocked fans why he was fired so abruptly....
SCHOOLS 'MILKING' VENDORS
Want milk? It may cost you - and your kids. The already cash-strapped Department of Education could pay $50 million more to get milk delivered to its roughly 1,500 schools...
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX: TOM WOLFE
A new proposal for a luxury residential building above the former Parke-Bernet Galleries on the Upper East Side got a far better reception yesterday than an earlier plan to build...
S. BRONX IS BACK!
Take that, Howard Cosell. A comprehensive plan for a revitalized South Bronx was unveiled yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg, who said the borough has become such a hot destination that some...
HS PRANK BACKFIRES
This half-baked prank takes the cake for stupidity. Two teachers at a Brooklyn high school were sickened when a trio of trickster students served up pieces of cake spiked with...
SUBWAY ANTI-TERROR SCANNER AT HAND
The MTA is testing a state-of-the-art security scanner designed to keep terrorists out of sensitive locations in the transit system. The gadget scans the vascular structure of a person's hand...
ER PATIENTS: IT'S ABOUT TIME
Here's one way to help patients in the nation's emergency rooms feel better - tell them how long they'll have to wait, a new survey has found. "Despite physical pain...
FIRESTARTER FLUID & 'JUST KILL ME' CLUES IN QNS.
Cops believe they've traced the origins of the fatal Father's Day arson in Queens: a pool of flammable liquid - likely a carpet cleaner - spread on the floor of...
NO SCHOOL 'HOLIDAY' FOR POLS: GOV
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson pledged yesterday to get the Legislature back into session before the November elections so it can vote on his plan to cap the growth of school-property...
PIT BILL CURBS EX-CONS' DOGS
ALBANY - State lawmakers want to prevent ex-cons from owning pit bulls, Rottweilers and other attack dogs. A first-of-its-kind bill in the Legislature would ban anyone with a felony drug...
TOURIST'S BLOODY NY ORDEAL
A 19-year-old Italian tourist was ambushed by a knife-wielding thug as she headed to a party on the Upper East Side - but she managed to disarm the attacker by...
NEW BMG BATTERY'S A RAPPIN' PHENOM
BMG Label Group, the Bertelsmann-owned half of music giant Sony BMG, is launching a new incubator label for its fledgling rap and hip-hop artists. The imprint, to be known as...
BEST BUY SLIPS AFTER STIMULUS SALES BUMP FLATTENS OUT
Best Buy's quarterly profit dropped 7 percent, but it nevertheless beat Wall Street's forecasts as it sold more low-margin gadgets such as laptops and videogame consoles to consumers armed with...
AT LAGER HEADS
The European beer giant attempting to buy the Budweiser empire went to Washington to assure miffed politicians that Bud would remain totally American under foreign owners. The iconic brand -...
GOLDMAN BEATS ESTIMATES; CUTS PERKS
Goldman Sachs has been best of breed among its mortgage-mangled brethren, but even it is starting to feel the pinch of a slackening deal flow, which has led to pink...
RAPPER LIL WAYNE BUCKS FADING CD SALES TREND
The music business has a new single week sales champ for 2008 - rapper Lil Wayne. The critically acclaimed hip-hop star's latest album "Tha Carter III," from Universal Music Group's...
MOVE TO AX CHICO'S DIRECTOR
A chorus of shareholder advisers has slapped women's clothier Chico's for its corporate governance, recommending that investors withhold support for a board member's re-election at the struggling retailer's annual meeting...
FOOD VS. FUEL IN CORN FIGHT
An unprecedented corn-shortage crisis is inflaming a new fight over its use - whether it goes into fuel tanks or shopping carts. Battle lines were drawn for the first time...
EVERYBODY GETS INTO THE POOL
NEARLY 100 bidders from around the world have submitted offers to Eastdil Secured for the four Macklowe Properties that comprise the so-called Pool One. The office towers include the trophy...
HEDGE FUND EYES TRIMMING HARDEE'S
New York hedge fund Ramius took a bite out of CKE Restaurants Inc. - the owner of burger joints Hardee's and Carl's Jr. - with a scathing letter sent to...
'DREAM' DEAL IN WORKS
A deal is reportedly close to form a movie venture between DreamWorks and a Bollywood entertainment conglomerate - a move that would marry some of the biggest names in the...
BLOGGER GETS BOOT AT STAR
TALKING head Julia Allison has lost her editor-at-large gig at Star magazine. Allison, 27, is a prolific blogger, a relationship columnist for Time Out New York and a frequent guest...
PATERSON PUNTS
Popular demand sure ain't what it used to be - at least, not with Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver and their special-interest masters. Gov. Paterson admitted...
DA BEARS
The polar bears can just deal with it. That was the welcome recent mes sage from the Bush administration as it cleared the way for major - and long-overdue -...
AMAZIN' MISCUE
A real stand-up guy got pushed off the sports stage this week - in a manner ill-befitting his character and what he has meant to this city. After the Mets'...
RACE-CARD JOKER DUG OWN GRAVE
GOOD riddance! It should have been over for Willie Randolph after the Mets went down in flames last season, trashing fans like me who've waited more than 20 years for...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Here's a new twist on "sic 'em." A Bridgeport, Conn., man allegedly ordered his 9-foot pet python to attack two cops who were trying to arrest him. The officers showed...
INVESTING FOR PROFIT
Make money grow with investments WHEN you invest your money to make it grow, you buy something that will becomemore valuable in the future than it is today. When it...
DENISE BASHES CHARLIE, AGAIN
DENISE Richards is mad as hell - and she's taking it to ex-husband Charlie Sheen. Richards, in an interview with TV Guide, lashes out, again, at Sheen in their never-ending...
HE'S OIL THAT
IT helps to be a guy under 30 to love this show. If you, like me, don't fit into even one of these categories, chances are good you will find...
BILLY RAY CYRUS' BARNYARD REACTION TO MILEY'S PICS
BILLY Ray Cyrus finally weighed in about the sexy Vanity Fair photo spread that drew so much unwanted attention to his daughter, Miley, aka Hannah Montana. "I didn't [complain]," he...
'THERE WILL BE BLOOD' FEUD
REAL Texas oilmen hate J.R. Ewing and hold a special disdain for the murderous oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood." Michael LaMonica and Rooster...
STARR REPORT
'Carly' Nick knack Nickelodeon's "iCarly" (Mi randa Cosgrove) shows no signs of slowing down. Its first "super-sized" episode, "iCarly Saves TV," which aired last Friday, finished as the week's top-rated...
GOODBYE, TIM RUSSERT
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Bush paid their respects to Tim Russert yesterday at the fallen NBC newsman's public wake at St. Albans School in Washington, DC. A private funeral service will...
'BEAUTY' ARISES A BIT
Tony Walton's Disneyesque scenes were overcrowded, the costumes were a hodgepodge, the choreography was of dubious authenticity, and the whole ballet was scattershot with pseudo-theatrical gimmicks. When the disastrous production...
HAMLET AND CHEESE
THE most interesting Hamlets convey an air of mystery, of ambiguity, that keeps us guessing: Just how crazy is he? Sadly, there's no such mystery in Michael Stuhlbarg's turn as...
SORRY, TONY, I'M TRAVELING
WHERE was Steve? Broadway was a little surprised that Stephen Sondheim didn't show up Sunday night to claim his Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. Setting aside the fact that the...
HOW TO SUCCEED AT SALAD
* Plan: If you don't have your order down pat, don't waste time in line punching away at your BlackBerry. Not only will you slow down the process, you'll also...
GETTING SPIRITED OUT EAST
The East End of Long Island is already established as a wine-producing region. But now one of its humbler, more abundant crops is hoping to steal some of the grapes'...
GET TOSSED!
IF you're looking to get ahead in business, look no farther than the bottom floor of your Midtown office building. There you'll discover a place requiring deep soul-searching and an...
BLASÉ FARE
ALAIN Ducasse's new Benoit just won't let go of La Cote Basque, Jean-Jacques Rachou's beloved temple of grand-style French gastronomy that long occupied Benoit's Midtown digs. Step through the door...
ITS CUPCAKES RUNNETH OVER
THE dessert experts from Brooklyn's ultrapopular Baked bakery crossed the river earlier this month to open Royale, a sparkling new West Village corner shop dedicated to satisfying all manner of...
LIBS SEE LESS OF MOORE
Soon after the Liberty announced on June 6 that point guard Loree Moore was day to day with back spasms, The Post speculated the injury could turn into a week-to-week...
COMING UP ACES
"Raggedy Andy" has gone into hiding, and not a moment too soon for the Yankees. With all the question marks surrounding the Yankee rotation, manager Joe Girardi didn't need to...
HEY, HANK: JOE WILL 'RUN' THINGS HIS WAY
THEY are the other team in town these days, though probably not for long, and probably not as long as Hank Steinbrenner suggests that baseball pitchers essentially be turned into...
BX. RETURN FOR WILLIE?
There's a chance Willie Randolph could end up getting a Yankee reunion. Hal Steinbrenner said yesterday the Yanks could potentially bring back Randolph in some role in The Bronx, saying,...
WANG UPBEAT HE'LL RETURN BY SEPT.
Chien-Ming Wang's rehab will include six weeks on crutches, but the right-hander seemed confident yesterday he'll rejoin the Yankees' rotation by September. "I'll try to come back early," Wang said....
YOGI: AX IS AN OLD STORY
For Yogi Berra, Willie Randolph's firing was like déjà vu all over again. Berra, who managed both the Yankees and Mets, was fired twice in midseason - by the Mets...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Owens misses minicampTerrell Owens wasn't on the field for the start of the Dallas Cowboys' mandatory offseason minicamp yesterday, and the Pro Bowl receiver isn't expected to be around...
BOSTON MASSACRE
BOSTON - You know the warning sign. In a Game 7, anything can happen. A turned ankle. One key miss. So the Celtics were determined that they would not be...
TIGER LIGHTENS HIS LOAD
Tiger Woods always leaves a tough act to follow for himself when he's finished winning a major championship. This is the price he pays for being the greatest golfer in...
HONDO'S CELTIC SCORE
Hondo's Celtic investment in the Finals paid off hand somely last night as it more than offset the betrayal by the Indians and boosted the bankroll to 355 havliceks. Today,...
R U RECRUIT COMMITS
Rutgers landed its 11th football recruit of the Class of 2009 when Brunnell (Ct.) High School wide receiver Mark Harrison committed to the Scarlet Knights Tuesday. The freakishly-athletic Harrison is...
SNOW: ISLES IN GOOD SPOT WITH 5TH PICK
Garth Snow leaves for Ottawa today for the NHL Draft with his Islanders holding the fifth overall pick in what is considered one of the best drafts in years. "It's...
CHANGES FOR RED BULLS
The Red Bulls will be without Juan Pablo Angel and Claudio Reyna for their second straight conference road game when they play at MLS-leading New England tonight (7:30 p.m., MSG)....
METS UNMOVED BY WILLIE AXING
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Willie Randolph's former players didn't exactly shed tears yesterday at the Mets manager's unexpected late-night firing. Several of the most prominent Mets appeared to welcome Randolph's departure...
AN INTERESTING SHIFT TO MANUEL
ANAHEIM, Calif. - New Mets manager Jerry Manuel made his presence felt right away yesterday while promising more changes in style and philosophy to come. Manuel's first move after replacing...
CYCLONES ALL BUSINESS
Mets first-round pick Reese Havens and supplemental pick Brad Holt flew to New York last Thursday, and met Willie Randolph while working out Saturday at Shea Stadium. They woke up...
KINGS OF QUEENS ACT LIKE CLOWNS
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...
EAST RIVALS NOT PHIL-ING ANY SYMPATHY FOR METS
PHILADELPHIA - Omar Minaya may have swung the ax that took Willie Randolph's job, but the Phillies were the ones who sharpened the blade last September. Yesterday, an overhead TV...
BIZARRE DAY HAS FITTING END - A FIASCO
ANAHEIM, Calif. - There was a sense of rebirth in the air, of reinvention, of reinvigoration. Why not? If you ply your trade in baseball, then optimism is your commerce,...
METS RUN WILLIE OUTTA TOWN
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Omar Minaya had seen and heard enough. The Mets' GM explained his bizarrely timed decision to fire Willie Randolph in the wee hours yesterday morning - after...
REYES HURT AS MANUEL LOSES DEBUT
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jerry Manuel's debut started ominously last night and got worse from there. Manuel and the Mets lost Jose Reyes to a tight left hamstring just four pitches...
PETERSON DESERVED BETTER FATE
ALL you really need to know about the people running the Mets is that they hired Rickey Henderson as a coach and less than a year later they fired Rick...
Reyes pulled with injury
An already crazy day for the Mets got even crazier here tonight against the Angels when leadoff hitter Jose Reyes left in the top of the first with an unspecified...
Megaloudis set to make MLS debut
By BRIAN LEWISChris Megaloudis could well make his MLS debut tomorrow in New England. Heck, itâs not like coach Juan Carlos Osorio has much choice.The rookie hasnât played a second...
REPORT: ANNE HATHAWAY BREAKS UP WITH BOYFRIEND
Anne Hathaway finally got smart. The "Devil Wears Prada" star has ditched her Italian rapscallion boyfriend after four years of suffering through his innumerable brushes with scandal and bad publicity,...
Scott, Waits head to New Orleans
A bit of housekeeping: The Mets named Marty Scott manager of their Triple-A affiliate in New Orleans after Ken Oberkfell was elevated to the big-league staff. Also, Mets minor-league pitching...
Lineups set for Manuel's debut
Amid all the managerial craziness, the Mets actually have a game to play here tonight in Anaheim against the first-place Angels when Johan Santana takes on LAâs John Lackey. New...
METS PLAYERS UNMOVED BY FIRING
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Willie Randolph's former players didn't exactly shed tears today after the Mets manager's unexpected late-night firing. Several of the most prominent Mets appeared to welcome Randolph's departure...
Havens out for a week with elbow injury
One of the Mets two first-round picks, SS Reese Havens, will be out of the lineup for at least a week with a strained right (throwing) elbow. Havens said he...
Kingsport Mets release 2008 roster
The Kingsport Mets, the Mets' Appalachain League (rookie ball) affiliate, has released its 2008 roster in time for tonight's season opener. Here it is (* - indicates First-Year Player Draft...
Marty Scott new Zephyrs manager
The Mets have appointed Marty Scott as the manager of Triple-A New Orleans of the Pacific Coast League.In addition, Rick Waits will now serve as the pitching coach for the...