August 6, 2008
Rutgers sold out; Syracuse to sellout?
By BRIAN LEWISWith the best time of year right around the corner _ as college football camps throughout the country kick off _ here are a couple of little Big...
Another hurdle for Church
From MIKE PUMAThe chances of Ryan Church (pictured) returning from the post-concussion syndrome that has sabotaged most of his season may hinge on his next evaluation. Church, who took batting...
Rockies claim Livan Hernandez
APThe Colorado Rockies have acquired 33-year-old right-hander Livan Hernandez off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.The former World Series MVP and two-time All-Star was 10-8 with a 5.48 ERA in 23...
Scene-NYC streets
Art Director Sarah Foelske wears a vintage-looking Forever 21 dress, which she toughens up with Urban Outfitters shoes, a Marc Jacobs bag, Kate Spade sunglasses and vintage earrings."Inexpensive clothes, plus...
Scene-NYC streets
Amy A, a student and photo intern, wears a cute French Connection dress with funky shoes by Jeffrey Campbell."I find pieces that I love and I go for them, and...
Game 113: Padres at Mets
The Mets have Pedro Martinez on the mound tonight at home against the Padres, which means their shaky bullpen can expect plenty of work. Martinez hasnât been able to reach...
Ronaldo says he's staying at Man United
CR7 staying at Old Trafford By BRIAN LEWISCristiano Ronaldo told Portuguese newspaper Publico that he's staying put at Manchester United _ for now.The Portugal supetstar has been heavily linked with...
DEALS: $599 RT to Rome!
Phew! Just when we were about to buy into USA Today's Monday bitchfest about how flying was anymore only for the rich, along come fall sales like you wouldn't believe.The...
Box Office: Will TDK Hold Off 'Pineapple Express'?
Believe it or not, tracking indicates "The Dark Knight'' has a good shot at holding onto the No. 1 slot for a fourth weekend in a row. Steve Mason at...
Vince...and the Schedule
By FRED KERBERWhatever.Thereâs the one word to sum up how Vince Carter feels he can best help the Nets this season. Need him to lead in scoring or assists or...
Yankees Monthly Report: Top 10 Prospects
We're a little late on this list this month, but here is this month's Yankee Top 10 Prospects list. With all of the trades and promotions in the last month,...
Gabriel Cichero a go
By BRIAN LEWISCenter back Gabriel Cichero got his visa yesterday and the Red Bulls received his ITC card today. That means the 24-year-old Venezuelan National Team member can compete against...
Knicks release 2008-09 schedule
The Knicks will open the teamâs 63rd season Wednesday, Oct. 29, facing Eastern Conference-rivals Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.The Knicks' regular-season home schedule is highlighted by...
FEDS: ANTHRAX DOC HAD HIT LIST
With the feds closing in on him, alleged anthrax doc Bruce Ivins composed a "hit list" of everybody he'd kill in revenge for supposedly wronging him during the multiyear investigation...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT RANGERS
Sidney Ponson does not hold a grudge against the Texas Rangers for releasing him earlier this season, after a disagreement with manager Ron Washington. Ponson was quickly signed by the...
ON DECK: PADRES AT METS
The top three teams in the National League East are separated by two games. Each Mets game begins to take on a more-important feel, even those against the lowly Padres....
IT'S REST AND REHAB FOR JOBA
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joba Chamberlain is on the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis in his right shoulder and nobody knows if the rising star will pitch again this season....
UPDATE: Delta connects
When we interviewed a Delta rep for an article on inflight WiFi a few months ago, we couldn't have gotten a vaguer, more evasive answer about their future plans: "Uh,...
US CYCLISTS APOLOGIZE TO BEIJING FOR AIR MASKS
Four US cyclists who wore ninja-like masks covering their nose and mouths over pollution fears when arriving in Beijing apologized today to Olympic organizers. Mike Friedman, Bobby Lea, Sarah Hammer...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets remain in third place in the NL East but are now just two games out after Fernando Tatis' two homers in a 6-5 win over the lowly Padres...
US Women Fall to Norway in Olympic Opener
APQINHUANGDAO, China -- Norway jumped on the United States from the opening whistle, getting two goals in the first four minutes Wednesday to beat the U.S. women's soccer team 2-0...
Starr Report: Not 'Mad' about 'em
Don Draper might need a stiff one after AMC's hyped-to-kingdom-come "Mad Men" took a tumble in its second episode Sunday night, averaging 1.3 million viewers - a dropoff of 36...
UPDATE: Universal matches
photo by bcwood We reported in the paper on Tuesday that Disney's raising prices at its theme parks. We also reported that at press time, Universal Orlando had yet to...
Clubs Win Olympic Appeal
Three European teams won their appeal Wednesday to keep their players out of the Olympic soccer tournament.The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Lionel Messi of Argentina and Diego...
THE PERIL OF GENERATION TREY
For those interested, I am co-hosting the Michael Kay Show on 1050 AM ESPN Radio from 3-6 p.m. If you get a chance give a listen. Now on to 3...
What to do with Heilman?
From JOEL SHERMANAaron Heilman probably just completed the shortest stint as a closer. This is what happens when you give up a three-run homer to a guy named Jody playing...
3 UP: Heilman, Farnsworth and Generation K
For those interested, I am co-hosting the Michael Kay Show on 1050 AM ESPN Radio from 3-6 p.m. If you get a chance give a listen. Now on to 3...
BUSH'S REPUTATION: HEALTHY . . . IN AFRICA
THE ISSUE: Whether President Bush will receive proper credit for his healthcare efforts in Africa. What President Bush has done for the African people is remarkable, yet adoration for Bush...
AN UN-ENERGETIC CONGRESS
THE ISSUE: Congress' adjournment without legislation to address the country's energy crisis. Finally, Congress has promised us a plan to lower gas prices - after, of course, a well-deserved vacation...
PELOSI'S POWER TRIP
HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi has penned a self-help book for "America's daughters" to help them "Know Your Power." It's a pedestrian text ("As long as we recognize the power within...
BOYCOTT THE BEIJING GAMES
I LOVE everything about sports, but when the Olympic Games start later this week in Beijing, I'm not going to watch. And neither should you. Call it the People's Boycott....
PUT A MASK ON YOUR GAME FACE
The Olympics haven't even begun, but our athletes are already choking! Four members of the US cycling team caused a stir yesterday when they arrived in Beijing donning masks to...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 192; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 9085; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Mon: 515; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 4890...
CATCHING A LATE FLIGHT
Major US airlines reported more than 25 percent of all flights arrived late in the first half of the year and local airports experienced even worse results. Of the country's...
DEAD DOG'S NEW LEASH ON LIFE
It cost her $50,000, and she had to sell her California house, but to Bernann McKinney, that was a small price to pay to teach her beloved dog to play...
'THRAX DOC'S KIDS FACED FBI'S HEAT
The intense pressure tactics that the FBI allegedly used against a suspected killer anthrax scientist included trying to bribe his son with $2.5 million to turn on him and showing...
DA HAS NO CLUE WHO THIS GUY IS
Authorities in Boston admitted yesterday that more than a week of investigating had brought them no closer to figuring out who Clark Rockefeller really is. "We don't know where or...
ROCKE-SHOCKER IN 1985 MYSTERY
Los Angeles homicide detectives swooped into Boston yesterday to find out if high-society scammer Clark Rockefeller is the mysterious suspect in a 20-year-old missing-persons case. "We will interview him to...
MAC: MY CINDY FOR BIKER BABE!
John McCain drew raucous cheers at a biker convention when he joked about having his wife, Cindy, enter a beauty pageant featuring half-naked women and sexual high jinks. The GOP...
NEW PARIS HILTON VIDEO MOCKS 'OLD' MCCAIN
Professional airhead Paris Hilton yesterday slapped down president wannabe John McCain with a spoof of the GOP senator's recent ad depicting her as a celebrity bimbo. "He's the oldest celebrity...
'HONOR' KILLING FOR GOD
A Muslim father accused of murdering his daughter in a so-called "honor killing" told cops God would look out for him, as he confessed to the grisly strangulation, authorities said...
FACE OF 'QAEDA' MIT GAL
One of al Qaeda's most unlikely alleged disciples - a petite, MIT-educated mother of three - was hauled into Manhattan federal court yesterday after being nabbed halfway around the world....
CARTIER SUIT: NO TANKS!
Luxury jeweler Cartier sued Donna Karan yesterday, charging the designer with ripping off its celebrated "Tank" watch name. Lawyers for the French jeweler - which created the classic timepiece in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
A woman was arrested after stabbing a fellow patron at a club in the Financial District, authorities said yesterday. Rahnisha Toler, 23, was arguing for unknown reasons with the victim...
MTA ROLLS OUT POSTERS VS. PERVS
New York City Transit is finally moving against perverts who use crowded trains as an opportunity to grope women. Weeks ago, The Post exclusively reported that agency officials were holding...
'POT-HEAD DRIVER' CAR-SLAY RAP
An teenager high on marijuana was charged with manslaughter yesterday after he plowed the Mercedes he was driving into another car, killing a Queens couple, authorities said. Jacob Chubalashvili, 17,...
GOV'S 'HIGH NOON' AT BUDGET GAP
Gov. Paterson yesterday compared himself to the courageous sheriff in "High Noon," the Western classic in which an entire town runs for cover as their lone protector faces a gang...
STATE TO PROBE MEDICAID WASTE
ALBANY - The state's Medicaid inspector general, citing a report in The Post, yesterday vowed a far-reaching probe to recover tens of millions of dollars the state may have wasted...
TISCH CO-OP SETS RECORD
The co-owner of the New York Giants has scored a new record - he paid the highest price ever for a co-op in Manhattan, a $48 million apartment on the...
TIMES GUY 'COOKS BOOKS'
A New York Times deliveryman in Wisconsin created thousands of fake subscribers so he could boost his sales numbers and pocket more than $227,000 from the Gray Lady, authorities said....
'DEATH' MACHINE HAD LEAK
A fellow worker at the World Financial Center site where a cherry picker toppled over yesterday, sending two window washers to their doom, said he saw fluid leaking from the...
ONE MORE SHOT AT GOTTI
Mob scion John "Junior" Gotti was whacked yesterday with a new federal indictment for allegedly orchestrating three vengeful mob hits - including one carried out with help from a retired...
BOMBERS SOXED BY LAWSUIT
A roaring Red Sox fan who took a beating at Yankee Stadium for rooting for his team filed a federal lawsuit yesterday, blasting the Bombers for doing nothing to stop...
PAPERS BARE SOARES' LOVEFEST WITH SPITZER
ALBANY - More than 8,500 pages of Dirty Tricks Scandal documents released yesterday by the Albany district attorney reveal kid-gloves treatment for then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer and little interest in aggressively...
IDIOT SI SIBS PROVE 'GUIDO' MAYOR RIGHT: COPS
Days after a New Jersey mayor trashed Staten Island, two brothers from the borough were busted for trashing his town - and shoving one of its cops, officials said. Police...
CITY SCHOOLS WINNING THE WAR ON THUGS
The "surge" is working. City officials said yesterday their concerted effort to make public schools safer has resulted in major felony crimes falling 11 percent this past year. That represents...
WAITERS SUE FOR TIPS
Customers can pay more than a hundred bucks for a bowl of soup at the chic Greek eatery Milos, but the waiters insist they're the ones getting ripped off. A...
SONY'S MUSIC PLAY
Sony Corp. boss Howard Stringer is doubling down on his bet on the music business. The media and consumer-electronics giant has reached a deal to buy Bertelsmann's half of struggling...
YAHOO! ADMITS ERRORS
Yah-oops! Internet icon Yahoo! acknowledged yesterday that its vote counters at Broadridge Financial Solutions goofed when counting the votes at the company's Aug. 1 annual meeting. The new results show...
GABELLI START-UP EYES MEDIA, TELECOM BUYS
Media investor Mario Gabelli yesterday filed to raise $200 million through a so-called blank-check company and will use the proceeds to buy a media or telecom company. The new entity,...
JULY BROUGHT HEAT FOR HEDGIE PAULSON
John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who pocketed as much as $3 billion last year on bets against subprime mortgages, was shaken by a tough July - though not by...
FUELIN' THE MARKET
Stocks surged in a surprise rally as gasoline-gouged consumers finally ganged up to rout oil speculators in a sell-off retreat. The month-long revolt by motorists who've cut back sharply on...
GREEN BLDG. FOR GREEN EYE SHADE
ACCOUNTING and consulting firm BDO Seidman just leased 121,441 feet to become the anchor tenant at 100 Park Ave. Sources tell us the space on the ninth through 11th floors...
MORE PAIN FOR OCH-ZIFF HOLDERS
It's shaping up to be a tough year for Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, the $33 billion hedge fund that took its stock public last year. At $17 a share, the...
MAGAZINES SEE POOR CIRCULATION
THE magazine industry is bracing for one of its worst beatings in years on the newsstand front as the Audit Bureau of Circulations prepares to release on Monday its full...
CABLEVISION'S RAINBOW RERUN
Cablevision is likely to begin issuing a regular quarterly dividend and has directed its board to once again explore a potential spin-off or sale of either its Rainbow Media or...
$WEET MOVE BY DAILYCANDY INVESTOR
Bob Pittman, the former MTV and AOL executive who now runs The Pilot Group, cashed out of e-mail newsletter DailyCandy in a big way yesterday. The newsletter, which features 2.5...
TWICE BIDEN, NEVER SHY
A Deutsche Bank executive has filed a $10 million suit against the son and brother of Delaware senator - and possible Democratic vice presidential candidate - Joe Biden. In papers...
NEWS CORP. SAYS PROFIT GREW 27% IN 4TH QTR.
News Corp. reported a 27 percent increase in fourth-quarter net income, driven mainly by its film studio and cable networks, as well as one-time gains from an asset swap with...
DEMS PUMPING HYPOCRISY
When it comes to energy issues, Democrats' hypocrisy grows ever thicker. Yesterday, Politico.com reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, an ardent foe of offshore drilling, is privately "encouraging vulnerable Democrats...
DETAILS ON DR. DOOM
If Bruce Ivins was the lone madman behind the post-9/11 anthrax letters, as reports over past days suggest, investigators need to prove their case to the public. Today's a good...
SOARES' TROOPERGATE SWILL
Albany DA David Soares yesterday sought to put the Troopergate scandal to rest, saying it would allow the state to "move on and deal with the critical issues" it faces....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The rising price of fuel is getting to people. An Ohio woman sent a bill to Michigan road and highway officials after she got caught in standstill traffic in a...
BEIJING GETS GOLD MEDAL IN MANNERS
BEIJING - There are those who still lament the fact that the world will be gathering in London in four short years, and not in Lower Manhattan. There are some...
U.S. GALS SET TO 'KICK' OFF GAMES
BEIJING - Consider this the appetizer of the Olympics. The U.S. women's soccer team will open its quest for gold today against Norway, and kick off the Beijing Games, too....
UP IN THE AIR: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
Written and illustrated by Brian Floca STORY SO FAR: Wilbur and Orville Wright have returned to Dayton after making the first successful powered flights. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN A Secret to Keep...
DOWNTOWN TENT WITH ECLECTIC BENT
LOOK - at the South Street Seaport, near the Brooklyn Bridge! It's a theater . . . it's a bar . . . it's an outdoor disco . . ....
ABC NEWS SNUBBED: DEBATABLE
AN esteemed group of TV jour nalists, but no one from ABC News, has been chosen to moderate this fall's presidential debates - raising eyebrows in the industry. NBC's Tom...
STARR REPORT
Not 'Mad' about 'em Don Draper might need a stiff one after AMC's hyped- to-kingdom-come "Mad Men" took a tumble in its second episode Sunday night, averaging 1.3 million viewers...
SPANNING THE GLOBE
A sober overview of a vital issue? An eagerness for complexity? A correspon dent who actually seems to know what he's talking about? Has my TV been taken over by...
JONAS REALITY
TWEEN heartthrobs the Jonas Brothers are getting their own faux reality show on the Disney Channel. The series' format has changed a bit since news of their new show first...
SHALL THEY DANCE?
HERE we go again. It's time for the annual "Dancing With the Stars" guessing game, with media outlets and bloggers spitting out names of potential contestants as they're supposedly "leaked"...
GET 'SMARTER' EVERY DAY
JUST like elementary school, "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" is going daily. Jeff Foxworthy, who hosts the Prime-time version of the quiz show, is expected to sign on...
SOLO VEDDER LIFTS HIS VOICE ABOVE GRUNGE
FOR Eddie Vedder, stripping down his music to strum 'n' hum coffeehouse basics and facing an audience in a cavernous old New York movie house like the Palace has to...
TIX FOR POLICEMAN'S BALL
WITH the final stage arrangement set, two sections of seats are being released for sale today for tomorrow's sold-out Police concert at Madison Square Garden. To cop a Police ticket...
POUR RELATIONS
AS recently as 30 years ago, California wines were considered something of a joke by connoisseurs. Even most Americans were familiar only with gallon jugs of Gallo that sold for...
SEQUEL WEARS WELL
YOU could call "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" a "Sex and the City" for 'tweens, but truthfully the former is a much better movie, albeit far less raunchy....
DECANT KEEP A GOOD WINE DOWN
THE French are toast. To the list of things that America has over France - ice in drinks, a First Lady who hasn't posed nude - you can add one...
ROMANCING THE STONED
FREQUENTLY hilarious, occasionally sweet and often graphically violent, "Pineapple Express" may not be the greatest stoner movie ever made, but it will do perfectly well until we get another hit...
FORGING A LITERARY PATH
I'VE never forgotten the day Lee Israel, biographer and literary forger, showed up at my office with a haunted look in her eyes and begged me for the $150 we...
NO BOOZE, WE LOSE
THE State Liquor Authority might yank Arrigo and Giuseppe Cipriani's liquor license this month. Would the agency really take such a step, which would have consequences far beyond denying us...
A FAST PACE
One of Calvin Pace's goals this season is reaching his magic number for sacks: 10. Pace, one of the Jets' most important newcomers, is a pass-rushing linebacker who inked a...
CURLIN OPTS FOR WOODWARD
SARATOGA SPRINGS - France is out, the Old Spa is in for reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, who will make his next start in the Grade 1, $500,000 Woodward...
JOBA, YANKS ASK: WHAT'S UP, DOC?
ARLINGTON, Texas - The road from the Carl Pavano Memorial MRI tube to Dr. James Andrews isn't a path a pitcher wants to travel. Yet, at the Yankees' request, that...
CRUSHING BLOW TO YOUTH MOVEMENT
THE plan has gone horribly awry. Six months ago, the Yankees were building both their short- and long-term future around young starting pitching. Today? Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy are...
TEXAS HURLER HALTS BOMBERS
ARLINGTON - When Joba Chamberlain allows Dr. James Andrews to examine his right shoulder today, his team will be very close to going on life support. "It's critical now," Johnny...
PROBE WON'T FORCE OUT PROSPECTS
ARLINGTON - While the Yankees have placed Carlos Rios and Ramon Valdivia on administrative leave until MLB's investigative unit is done looking into allegations that money from signing bonuses in...
DEFENSE GOES HIGH-TECH
ALBANY - The news on right guard Chris Snee is encouraging. He went for an MRI exam of his ailing shoulder and, according to Tom Coughlin, the results were "good...
AIN'T THAT A KICK
ALBANY - Lawrence Tynes knows better. Given who he is and what he's been through, Tynes should have refrained from giving into his desire to ask David Tyree to autograph...
BULLS FACE BARCELONA
The name on their front is surely more important than any on the back, except perhaps for selling seats. Reams of tickets remain for tonight's visit by Barcelona FC to...
DISA-BILL-ED METS SHAKY MINUS WAGS
Call it closer by committee, Aaron Heilman's big chance or, simply, "Oh [expletive]!" Whatever your preference, a gaping hole was created in the Mets bullpen yesterday with Billy Wagner's addition...
2 HRS A REAL BLAST FOR TATIS
After Fernando Tatis' second home run in last night's 6-5 Met win over the Padres, the 52,130 at Shea chanted his name until he emerged from the dugout. And he...
KUNZ COULD BE SAVING GRACE
MAYBE if Eddie Kunz had a catchier name, maybe if his name were, oh, "Joba" or something like that, maybe then the Mets would allow the kid to do the...
AMAZIN'S SURVIVE AARON'S MESS
Welcome to Nightmare in the Dump that sits alongside Citi Field. What should have been a Met feel-good tale - getting two home runs from Fernando Tatis and beating the...
HIGH RYDER
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - As he was getting "blasted" from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other for not going through U.S. Open qualifying and for not showing...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: LeBron thinking overseasLeBron James, according to a source, reportedly would strongly consider playing overseas if he were offered a salary of "around $50 million a year." His current contract...
HONDO'S RUFFING IT
Hondo was a victim of the dreaded double-flusher last night as he swirled downward with the Pirates and Giants to slash the earnings to 540 schofields. Today, he'd like to...
YANKEES FALL TO RANGERS 8-6
Hours after learning Joba Chamberlain was being sent to Dr. James Andrews to have his bothersome right arm examined, the team searched the sweltering Texas air for some thing to...
Musings and reports on the Red Bulls' striker search
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio is back from his scouting trip, and there are reports from a couple of quarters that the two Costa Ricans heâs eyeing...
ALIVE & KICKIN'
More terrifying than a ghost sighting is speaking to someone you thought was six feet under. So it was a shocker to receive a call from Elsie Matos, the mother...
LOL
Dance Think you can dance? This is your chance to show your moves or learn new ones when the 7th Annual New York Salsa Congress rolls around. Master instructors will...
BAG TO BASICS
Hey fashionistas, want to get be green without losing style? Get yourself a Nahui Ollin bag. The colorful eco-chic handbags and clutches made of recycled Mexican foil food wrappers and...
OUT OF THIS WORLD
At 5'10" - and just about sky-high in heels - newly crowned Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza is living large. Since taking home the crown in July, her life has been...
NO SPAIN, NO GAIN
Spain is unquestionably having its moment. Javier Bardem nabbed an Oscar earlier this spring, the country's national team won the Euro Cup last month and most recently, Rafael Nadal took...
VENDOR BENDER
Stand back, Chipotle, your burritos have got some serious competition in town. Latino street-food vendors selling everything from tasty Venezuelan patacones, to mouthwatering Dominican chimis to intoxicating quesadillas are feeding...
JETS LAND FAVRE IN TRADE
CLEVELAND -- The Jets, making their boldest personnel move in team history, last night acquired Brett Favre in a blockbuster trade with the Packers.VACCARO: THIS IS SUPER - AND MAYBE...
WRONG MOVE FOR JETS
Brett Favre's interest in New York has come two touchdowns down, with 45 seconds remaining, too little, already too late. The quarterback, now headed to New York in a trade,...
MISSING COUPLE MYSTERY
Los Angeles homicide detectives swooped into Boston yesterday to find out if high-society scammer Clark Rockefeller is the mysterious suspect in a 20-year-old missing-persons case. "We will interview him to...
Mets check in on Garcia
The Mets were heavily represented at today's open throwing session in Miami by free agent Freddy Garcia (pictured). The veteran right-hander, who is attempting a comeback from shoulder surgery, topped...
TATIS POWERS PELFREY AND METS PAST PADRES
After mixing and matching his way through a nervous ninth inning, Mets manager Jerry Manuel sat down behind the microphone and took a long drink. "I feel like I need...
'DEATH' MACHINE HAD LEAK
A fellow worker at the World Financial Center site where a cherry picker toppled over today, sending two window washers to their doom, said he saw fluid leaking from ill-fated...
Deal of the Day-Christopher Deane
The fun and feminine graphics on this Peacock Print Dress by New York based label, Christopher Deane take this little black silk dress from simple to artsy.Rock it with flat...