August 7, 2008
'NO GUARANTEES' FROM FAVRE
August 7, 2008 | 11:08pmBrett Favre didn't start his Jets career as the next Joe Namath. "I hope that I play at the level that I've always played at. There's no guarantees, there's never...
CONDOS KEEP IT CLEAN
August 7, 2008 | 10:23pmWhen you ask Harlem residents about their neighborhood, you'll discover a lot of them are protective. History matters. Culture matters. Environment also matters. And when we say "environment," we mean...
GREEN ROOMS
August 7, 2008 | 10:20pmBy JENNIFER GOULD KEIL One of the greenest houses in the city can be found in an unlikely place. It isn't new construction; it's a 1910 brownstone on West 122nd...
A picture says a thousand words
August 7, 2008 | 9:58pmThere is nothing I could say that would make this photo better than it already is Bikini clad girls, fighting zombies. "Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad." Xbox 360. "Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie...
Fire and brimstone, "Damnation"
August 7, 2008 | 9:48pmCodemasters has released a trailer for their forthcoming shooter, "Damnation."The game's set in a world - aka Damnation - where a 40-year conflict is being fought between the Nationalist and...
Deal of the Day-ShopBop
August 7, 2008 | 9:42pmEveryone needs some amazingly thin and worn T-shirts but who wants to pay a gazillion bones for the pleasure of said worn top?Not me, and thatâs why this Long Sleeve...
Burress, Tyree out tonight
August 7, 2008 | 9:11pmOut of action for the Giants tonight in their preseason opener against the Lions in Detroit:WRs Plaxico Burress (ankle), Steve Smith (groin), David Tyree (knee) and Mario Manningham (quad); G...
How to dress like a Rockstar: My American Heart
August 7, 2008 | 8:46pmMusic is a muse for many things, fashion being one of them. Pop idols and rockstars set the standard for what to wear and itâs obvious that current trends are...
Pettitte says: 'I'm fine;' Joba to Tampa
August 7, 2008 | 8:41pmBy GEORGE A. KING IIIDespite Internet reports to the contrary, Andy Pettitte said today he's going to make his next scheduled start, Sunday in Anaheim against the Angels."I am fine....
Chad Pennington released
August 7, 2008 | 7:46pmThe Jets have released QB Chad Pennington, who no longer was affordable or had a starting spot available after the acquisition of Brett Favre.âI appreciate everything Chad Pennington has given...
DEALS: $79 OW to Toronto!
August 7, 2008 | 7:02pmPlenty of people who do not live there can't find Canada on a map as is (true story). So, the news that LAN Airlines, a South American carrier, will now...
Final four supahstahs
August 7, 2008 | 6:52pmClick here for more photos from last night's showItâs the return of Wade Robson! Hallelujah! This is a routine about a couple going through hard times, and Joshua and Katee...
JETS RELEASE CHAD; DOLPHINS CALL
August 7, 2008 | 5:57pmWith Brett Favre on board, the Jets released longtime quarterback Chad Pennington this afternoon. It reportedly didn't take long for someone else to show an interest. The Palm Beach (Fla.)...
2008 BEIJING SUMMER OLYMPICS VIEWERS' GUIDE
August 7, 2008 | 5:35pmLive from Beijing. . . it's the Summer Olympics! NBC will beam 3,600 hours of coverage from China to your TV set and computer with events like swimming and gymnastics...
Cervelli makes it back to Double-A
August 7, 2008 | 5:30pmIt took a few months, but Francisco Cervelli made it back to the Trenton Thunder.Finally back following his broken wrist suffered in the home plate collision with Tampa Bay's Elliot...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT RANGERS
August 7, 2008 | 5:25pmThe Yankees roster is filled with far more grim realities than bright spots. In a season so far defined by injuries, the Yankees go into Rangers Ballpark tonight to wrap...
Olympic fever
August 7, 2008 | 5:06pmClick here for photos from last night's 'Runway'In the van on the way to the field trip destination du jour, Tim and Blayne discuss Blayneâs tanning sickness. He looks straight...
CLUB WORKER CONFESSES TO KILLING WOMAN
August 7, 2008 | 5:01pmCops arrested a worker in a Times Square club where a partygoer was bludgeoned to death and left on the roof of a night spot where she was last seen...
FAMILY: WE KNOW WHO FAKE ROCKEFELLER IS
August 7, 2008 | 4:38pmA Connecticut family believes the phony Rockefeller who kidnapped his own daughter and is eyed in the disappearance of a California couple, was the strange German student who lived with...
Pavano, Hughes continue rehab stints tonight
August 7, 2008 | 4:15pmInjured Yankee starters Carl Pavano and Phil Hughes will continue their rehab stints tonight in Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes Barre, respectively. Pavano will start for the Double-A Thunder tonight at home...
NFL Network: Specifics of the trade
August 7, 2008 | 4:03pmNFL Network reports the following conditions on the draft pick the Jets will send to the Packers to complete the trade for Brett Favre: * The Packers will get a...
Mets set club mark for tickets
August 7, 2008 | 3:54pmThe Mets have set an all-time franchise ticket sales record of 3,863,542 for the final season at Shea Stadium, marking the third consecutive year the club has broken its previous...
Game 114: Padres at Mets
August 7, 2008 | 3:51pmThe Mets will try to salvage a home series with one of the worst teams in baseball when Johan Santana (pictured) takes on the Padres in an afternoon rubber match...
More Olympic soccer
August 7, 2008 | 3:43pmBy BRIAN LEWISSo the U.S. gutted out a 1-0 win over Japan in their Olympic soccer opener, thanks to a 47th-minute goal from Stuart Holden. Never mind the fact that...
Report: Chad will be released
August 7, 2008 | 3:35pmProfootballtalk.com says the NFL Network has reported that Jets quarterback Chad Pennington will be released, not traded, prior to 4 p.m. today.The report says the Jets have chartered a plane...
WRIGHT'S WALK-OFF GIVES METS WIN
August 7, 2008 | 3:33pmDavid Wright can buy a few beers for the Mets' relievers -- better known these days as closer by cracked committee -- for providing him an opportunity to experience a...
Coverage in today's Post
August 7, 2008 | 3:31pmThe Mets have a quick turnaround with today's 12:10 p.m. matinee, so Jerry Manuel's club won't have much time to dwell on Wednesday night's 4-2 flop against the lowly Padres...
Complete Tannenbaum transcript
August 7, 2008 | 3:29pmHere is a complete transcript of GM MIke Tannenbaum's conference call with media members this morning regarding the Brett Favre trade.Transcript provided by the New York Jets.Opening Statementâ¦Thank you for...
Rainn Wilson looking hot
August 7, 2008 | 1:13pmClick here to see behind-the-scenes footage of "The Office" star's Page Six Magazine photo shoot.
U.S. Tops Japan in Olympic Opener
August 7, 2008 | 11:52amAPTIANJIN, China -- Stuart Holden ended the United Statesâ three-game scoring drought with a goal in the second half, giving the Americans a 1-0 victory over Japan on Thursday in...
3 UP: Joba, Yankee Offense, Favre
August 7, 2008 | 11:48amI am co-hosting the Michael Kay Show on ESPN-1050 AM again today if you have the time, and now off to 3 UP:1. I wonder if we might be heading...
THEY LEFT THEIR HOMES IN SAN FRANCISCO . . .
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amI have always loved San Francisco and have visited many times, but I have often made the same observations about the homeless problem there as Ralph Peters ("American Calcutta," PostOpinion,...
BAD TIMES CAN BOGGLE BAM
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTHE conventional wisdom has it down pat: A bad economy works against the candidate from the party in power, as voters take out their rage and fear on the president's...
OBAMA'S OIL ANXIETY
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTHE pundito cracy is per plexed. Why isn't Barack Obama trouncing John McCain in the polls? Some credit the McCain camp's ads ridiculing Obama as a celebrity airhead; others think...
BROWN'S CALIFORNIA COMEBACK
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amSAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA'S former and perhaps future governor, Jerry Brown, says it took him 13 minutes to get here from Oakland, where he was mayor for eight years and now...
HUGO'S ARMS SPREE
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amBOGOTA, COLOMBIA WHILE Colombia has gone great guns in quashing the narcoterrorist FARC insurgency here - including a daring July hostage-rescue raid - trouble is still brewing right next door...
BUSH BLASTS BEIJING
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTwo days before the official start of the Beijing Olympics, President Bush yesterday delivered his sharpest rebuke of China's human-rights record. "America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of...
LOTTERY
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 464; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 9635; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Wed: 234; Lucky Sum: 9 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 3507...
VOTERS OD ON MEDIA 'O'-VERKILL
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amWASHINGTON - Obamamania may be filling Barack Obama's campaign coffers and making him a global celebrity, but Americans are getting tired of hearing so much about him. With Election Day...
BLIGE SUED OVER TUNE
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amA California hip-hop label is suing singer Mary J. Blige and a popular music producer, accusing them of stealing their tunes for her megahit, "Work That." "The music is identical,"...
BEYONCE THE PALE
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amBeauty giant L'Oréal appears to have whitewashed Beyoncé Knowles in a shocking magazine ad, digitally lightening her complexion and making the world-famous singer virtually unrecognizable. The L'Oréal Paris spot in...
HELLO, GOOD BAYH
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amBarack Obama campaigned in Indiana yesterday with Sen. Evan Bayh, fueling speculation that the favorite son of the Hoosier State may be his choice for vice president. Standing side by...
DR. DOOM'S LONG, 'DERANGE' TRIP
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amWith the feds closing in on him for killing five people with anthrax letters, Bruce Ivins got increasingly frantic - plotting to gun down everybody who ever "wronged" him, authorities...
FEDS BARE CHILLING CASE AGAINST MAD SCIENTIST TO PROVE HE ACTED ALONE IN REIGN OF BIOTERROR
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTwisted scientist Bruce Ivins was the sole person responsible for killing five people with a rash of anthrax mailings that terrorized Americans after the 9/11 attacks, federal authorities declared yesterday,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amBrooklyn Police are seeking the public's help in finding this teen who vanished in Brownsville. Kevin Mason, 14, was last seen at home on New Lots Avenue near Hegeman Avenue...
GOP BEGS MIKE FOR MEGABUCKS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amState Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told Mayor Bloomberg yesterday the GOP needs roughly $10 million to hold on to its one-vote majority - a breathtaking figure that's nearly double...
IT'S 'GRUNGE CENTRAL' STATIONS FOR BX. RIDERS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amThe Bronx is turning subway riders' stomachs. A transit-advocacy group issued its hall of shame for subway stations yesterday, and two of the worst three surveyed were in the borough....
ROCKE-NUT'S 'GERMAN' I.D.
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amInvestigators believe the phony Rockefeller charged with kidnapping his young daughter may be a German national who moved to the United States as a teenager, sources said yesterday. They're trying...
SUBWAY RIDE NOT IN CARDS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amRiders ran into trouble yet again yesterday using their credit and debit cards at two major subway stations, but officials said that the snafus were not related to major breakdowns...
SLAY AT BASH FOR LIL' KIM
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amThe bludgeoned body of a Queens woman was found last night on the roof of the Times Square club where she was last seen on Sunday - at a birthday...
'PAT' ON THE BACK: RECORD APPROVAL
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amALBANY - Gov. Paterson's warnings of an impending fiscal crisis are going over well with New York voters as a new statewide poll yesterday showed his approval rating leaping to...
HELL'S KITCHEN GRANNY, 86, FOILS THUG
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amA feisty, 86-year-old Hell's Kitchen woman fought off an ex-con who threw her to the ground and tried to snatch her bag while she walked home from church, sources said....
BONANNO THUGS COP TO 2 HITS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amFour Bonannos 'fessed up yesterday to the shooting deaths of two of the crime family's enemies. Acting boss Michael "The Nose" Mancuso and soldier Anthony "Ace" Aiello copped to killing...
SON OF 007 FOILS NEMESIS 'DR. NO'
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amThe son of former 007 Sean Connery scored another victory against his arch-enemy Dr. Sultan yesterday when a Manhattan judge threatened to throw the ophthalmologist in jail if he keeps...
BOOZE BOSSES BLESS CIPRIANI
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amBellini lovers, rejoice. Cipriani's is still in business. The State Liquor Authority yesterday voted to accept a record-setting $500,000 tax-evasion penalty instead of revoking booze licenses at the Italian eating...
TWIN-DICATED
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amMary-Kate Olsen, whose role in the accidental drug overdose death of actor Heath Ledger has been vexingly unclear, got another free pass from an official inquiry, The Post has learned....
KID-SHOOT BUSTS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTwo teens were busted in connection with a shooting that left a 9-year-old Brooklyn boy critically injured, cops said yesterday. Shamshawan Kelly was caught in the crossfire of a shootout...
'KILLER' CUFF COMPLAINT
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amHulking bouncer Darryl Littlejohn - charged with the grisly rape and murder of a 24-year-old John Jay College co-ed - whined yesterday that his handcuffs are too tight. The accused...
VIRUS SCARE AT LI HOSP
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amMore than 400 people who were treated at Long Island's Stony Brook University Medical Center this summer have gotten a letter of caution about possible exposure to a childhood disease....
HS BOSS' MESSAGE FOR KIDS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amWhen students arrive at Concord HS on Staten Island for the first day of classes, they'll find Principal Ronald Gorsky waiting at the front door to greet each of them...
MIGRANTS' 'VOTE' SUIT
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amA federal court is expected to rule today in a case that could result in hundreds of thousands of immigrants getting their citizenship in time to vote in the 2008...
SHELLY RIPPED FOR 50G LAW LOAN
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amALBANY - A political rival yesterday blasted closed-mouthed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for lending $50,000 to a small company that funds personal-injury lawsuits and could be hurt by efforts to...
FEDS TURN UP HEAT ON GOTTI-CASE 'DIRTY COP'
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amA former NYPD detective is under investigation by the FBI for his alleged role in a mob hit ordered by John "Junior" Gotti and is expected to face federal charges,...
'WILD' LI SEX ATTACK
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amThe boss of a "Girls Gone Wild" video crew went wild himself - sexually assaulting a young woman aboard a raunchy-party bus after a shoot in a Long Island bar,...
'SUICIDE' CROOK IN 'SICK' PLEA
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amHedge-fund crook Sam Israel, who bilked $450 million from investors in his Bayou Group, was too sick yesterday to enter a plea to charges that he faked his own death...
THE FED HAS BIAS TOWARD SLOWER ECONOMIC GROWTH
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTHE Federal Reserve told us this week that it was concerned about both the slow economy and rising inflation. If it had to pick one, which would be the bigger...
FOUNDERING FREDDIE
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amWall Street pounded down the value of mortgage misfit Freddie Mac another 19 percent - this time for slashing its once-prized dividend to a measly nickel and posting a loss...
PLAYBOY'S LATEST DISH: HUMBLE PIE
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amOne has to wonder whether Christie Hefner knows the story about the pot and the kettle. Just a week after the Playboy chairman and CEO suggested newspaper companies should follow...
GOOGLE SELLS PERFORMICS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amGoogle is unloading search-marketing company Performics, which was part of the acquisition of online services firm DoubleClick, after criticism that owning it created a conflict of interest. French ad giant...
MILLER'S MASS. MISCUES
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amLegendary fund manager Bill Miller of Legg Mason took another punch on the chin yesterday when he was fired, along with four other investment managers, by the $50.6 billion Massachusetts...
FULD IN PIECE TALKS
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amHard-charging Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld is in scramble mode as he pursues multiple strategies designed to raise much-needed capital while at the same time ensuring that the 185-year-old investment...
TIME WARNER TO SPLIT AOL UNITS; PREP FOR SALE
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTime Warner is moving closer to a sale or spin-off of AOL as the struggling Internet business continues to drag down results for the overall company. The media giant said...
BLACKSTONE: NO RECOVERY UNTIL 2010
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amBlackstone President Tony James provided a dire outlook for an economic recovery yesterday as he announced the private-equity firm's second-quarter earnings. "We still don't see things improving for a while,"...
YAHOO! VOTE SNAFU
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amDespite Steve Ballmer's talk of being "done" with Yahoo!, Microsoft continues to trash talk the Internet company behind the scenes - leaving some to believe the software giant's pursuit of...
SHOOTING FROM THE LIP
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amTne New York Civil Liberties Union has a novel fund-raising tactic: It's accus ing the NYPD of "hiding" racial data that's already been made public. Give 'em points for creativity,...
ANTHRAX ANGST
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amThe FBI and the Justice Department yesterday finally laid out their case against Dr. Bruce Ivins, the biode fense researcher they allege perpetrated the anthrax attacks that killed five and...
I'M CONVINCED THIS WAS LAB RAT WHO BIT ME
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amMark Cunningham, a Post op-ed editor, was one of three staffers who contracted skin anthrax from a letter that officials say was sent by mad scientist Bruce Ivins. He recovered,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 7, 2008 | 8:08amHow many dumb cheerleaders does it take to stop an elevator? Twenty-six, apparently. That's how many teen girls at a Texas cheerleading camp crammed into a University of Texas residence-hall...
UP IN THE AIR: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amSTORY SO FAR: Wilbur and Orville lock away their flying machine in early 1905. They won't show it again until they have it patented and have sold the rights to...
COMEDY FEST TIX ON SALE
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amTICKETS are available for the first time today for this year's New York Comedy Festival, which runs Nov. 5-9. The fest features the biggest names in comedy, including Sarah Silverman,...
MESS FOR SUCCESS
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amSUMMER is steaming up offices all over the city - and we're not talking temperatures.PHOTO GALLERY: This Just Doesn't Work! Lately, exposed cleavage, pastel bra straps, the odd half-moon and...
BLOOD SHOT
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amMORE than 30 years ago, Randy Newman wrote a song about how hard it is to live in Baltimore. That might be as true now as it was then, but...
'KIDS' ARE ALL RIGHT
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amNEW Kids on the Block have saved the "Today" show from embarrassment - gallantly replacing Paula Abdul on the show's summer concert series. "Today" announced last week that Abdul had...
A REAL SKIN FLYNT
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amWHEN Communist screen writer Dalton Trumbo wrote a novel about Andrew Jackson in 1941, Time wrote, "General Jackson's opinions need surprise no one who has observed George Washington and Abraham...
'MONTANA' IN A GOOD STATE
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amBEHOLD the power of Miley Cyrus. The "Hannah Montana" star led her Disney Channel series to its best numbers in nearly a year last Sunday. The episode (8-8:30 p.m.) was...
SHOWTIME FOR VON SYDOW
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amLEGENDARY actor Max von Sydow is making a rare trip to the small-screen. The Oscar-nominated Von Sydow, 79 - famous for his collaborations with director Ingmar Bergman - will appear...
HAUTE LIST
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amPHOTOS: Haute List IT'S August, and if you haven't gotten fit for the beach by now, better call it quits. But that doesn't mean you have to stay home with...
SIMILARITIES DILUTE TROUPE'S STRENGTH
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amWE'VE become accustomed to Chicago standing high as one of the nation's great theater and opera centers. So it's perhaps only logical, after many ineffectual attempts, that it's established itself...
FAVRE TOO LITTLE, FAVRE TOO LATE FOR JETS
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amBRETT Favre's interest in New York has come two touchdowns down, with 45 seconds remaining, too little, already too late. VACCARO: THIS IS SUPER - AND MAYBE SUPERSERBY: BROADWAY BRETT...
BROADWAY BRETT HAS GREAT SOUND
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amYOU won't see him in any fur coat or white shoes, and he won't be wearing a Fu Manchu mustache, or pantyhose, or No. 12.VACCARO: THIS IS SUPER - AND...
FAVRE JOINING UP WITH GANG GREEN
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amCLEVELAND - The Jets, making their boldest personnel move in team history, last night acquired Brett Favre in a blockbuster trade with the Packers. It's a move that completely alters...
THIS IS SUPER - AND MAYBE SUPER
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amBEIJING - Here is how big Brett Favre is: We are 12 hours ahead of you here, and there are thousands of athletes representing dozens of nations and there is...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amPost handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and defending champion Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle...
A.P. SMITHWICK OFFERS SOME HIGH ACTION
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Stakes horses jump today in the $80,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial, and the field includes a little bit of everything. One thing it won't include is Mixed Up,...
TAGG, COA A WINNING TEAM
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Big day for Barclay Tagg and Eibar Coa with NY-breds on turf. They took eighth race with 9-2 Nehantic Kat, then came right back in ninth, Cab...
YANKS WIN AS LOSSES MOUNT
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amARLINGTON - They beat the Rangers. Sidney Ponson pitched well. Derek Jeter showed signs of escaping a slump. Mariano Rivera proved his back was OK, and the relievers in front...
TELL US HOW TO SAVE YANKS' SEASON
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amWith the Yankees bordering on falling out of both playoff races - and missing the postseason for the first time in 14 years - The Post looks at three hooks...
FINAL MURCER FAREWELL
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amARLINGTON - Joe Girardi, Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte were thankful for the chance to attend Bobby Murcer's memorial service yesterday near Oklahoma City. Murcer, a popular long-time Yankees and...
JOBA DL'D; WILL TEST CUFF NEXT WEEK
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amARLINGTON - Joba Chamberlain is on the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis in the right shoulder, and nobody knows if the Yankees' best pitcher will work again this season....
HUGHES NEAR 'MAJOR' STEP
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amARLINGTON - Phil Hughes, rehabbing from a fractured rib, could be two minor-league starts away from providing help to the Yankee rotation. Hughes starts tonight for Triple-A Scranton, and is...
ELI'S READY TO GO
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amDETROIT - The last time Eli Manning picked up a football and knew the stakes were high and the rush was live, he led the Giants on a remarkable game-winning...
WIRED HELMET IS SOUND MOVE
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amDETROIT - Tonight's preseason opener is the first chance for the Giants to use the NFL's new defensive communication system, which allows for one player on the field to have...
BARCELONA ROUGHS UP RED BULLS
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amMen were thrashed by supermen in another example of why MLS and its salary cap has such an uphill climb in a land that demands world-class in its sports. FC...
KNICKS OPEN VS. HEAT
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amThe Knicks' Donnie Walsh-Mike D'Antoni era will begin on Oct. 29 when they host the Heat and Dwyane Wade at Madison Square Garden, so at least the NBA found a...
SUDDENLY, NOTHING'S GOING WRIGHT FOR DAVID
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amDavid Wright's bat has cooled off the past week, but far more ominous for the Mets than his skid at the plate are his struggles in the field and on...
AN AMAZIN' FLOP
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amThe Mets' continued slumber with the lumber made all the pregame speculation over who interim manager Jerry Manuel would use at closer a moot point. With no Fernando Tatis heroics,...
IT'S A RARE QUALITY START FOR MARTINEZ
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amPEDRO Martinez is no longer the top shelf pitcher who made it possible for Mets' fans to come out of hiding when he signed that pre-Christmas present of a four-year...
NIESE UNLIKELY TO PITCH SATURDAY
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amThough the Mets reached no decision yesterday on a starting pitcher for Saturday's game against the Marlins, it appears as if left-hander Jonathan Niese will not be the choice. A...
COMPLETE OLYMPICS TV LISTINGS
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amYour Day-By-Day Guide THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 4:55 a.m. - 7 a.m., TELEMUNDO, Men's Soccer - Honduras vs. Italy (LIVE) 5 a.m. - 7 a.m., MSNBC, Men's Soccer - USA vs....
FORTUNATE STROKE
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amBEIJING - It should have been one of the best moments of his life, but Eric Shanteau had mixed emotions after qualifying for these Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke at...
U.S. CYCLISTS APOLOGIZE FOR WEARING MASKS
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amBEIJING - Several American cyclists caused a stir here Tuesday by wearing masks when they got off their airplane here and yesterday they apologized. The pollution in Beijing has been...
IT'S MR. OLYMPIC
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amBEIJING - All is well inside the Water Cube, the $200 million swimming facility that looks like a bright blue soap dish in the middle of the Olympic Complex. You...
NETS BEGIN ON ROAD
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amThere are plenty of dates to note on the Nets' schedule for renewing old acquaintances. And that's not just talking Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson. Right off the bat, the...
SPORTS SHORTS
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amMLB: Rockies claim Livan The Rockies got a pair of pitching reinforcements yesterday, claiming Livan Hernandez off waivers from the Twins and activating Jeff Francis from the disabled list. Hernandez,...
CRASH COURSE
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - The "Walk of Champions" sits next to the first tee at Oakland Hills Country Club. It's a monument park of sorts with plaques embedded in large...
CHARGE TOLEDO 'FIXER'
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amTOLEDO - A former University of Toledo basketball player has been charged with point shaving, according to a federal bill of information filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Sammy...
HONDO STAYS PUT
August 7, 2008 | 7:34amTwo wins, four losses, one rainout, no blood. Hondo broke even yesterday on Big 'Dog Day, as vic tories with the Pirates and Padres negated losses with the Phillies, Orioles,...
MAHOPAC, NY
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amBedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 1/2 Square feet: 2,738 -- This "stunning" Colonial on a cul-de-sac about 55 miles upstate is "almost new" - and it almost doesn't get better than...
EAST VILLAGE
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amBedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 700 Common charges: $299 -- Located in a townhouse on East Fifth Street, near Cooper Square, this "triple-mint" condo is "utterly charming," but with...
UPPER WEST SIDE
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amBedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,200 Maintenance: $1,154 -- This "generously proportioned" prewar co-op in a doorman building on West End Avenue features high ceilings, "fantastic" closet space and...
WILLIAMSBURG
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amBedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,044 Common charges: $395 -- Want views? This corner condo loft has three exposures, plus two private balconies and a roof deck. The "designer"...
MIDTOWN EAST
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amHow would you like having Le Cirque as your downstairs takeout joint? That should give you some idea of the level of living you'll find in this high-floor condo at...
DARIEN, CONN.
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amWell, well, well - welcome to Three Wells Lane, one of Darien's "most desirable private lanes." Here, you'll find this "timeless" and "impeccably cared for" home, a 6,061-square-foot spread with...
WAWAYANDA, NY
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amBedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 1 1/2 Square feet: 3,673 -- This "absolutely charming" 1870 farmhouse about 80 miles from the city sits on approximately 3 acres with landscaped gardens, an in-ground...
UPPER EAST SIDE
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amBedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 862 Common charges: $899 -- Here on East 84th Street, an area dominated by classic co-ops, you'll find this condo with a renovated granite...
WEST VILLAGE
August 7, 2008 | 4:43amWhat's better than one historic West Village townhouse? If you said, "two," then, wow, you are really on the ball (and if you said "two for the price of one,"...
JUST SOLD!
August 7, 2008 | 4:36amManhattan CENTRAL PARK WEST $1,110,000 444 Central Park West Prewar two-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,170 square feet, with stripped doors, skim-coated walls, renovated kitchen, washer/dryer, new windows, through-the-wall A/C, California closets...
HARLEM SHUFFLE
August 7, 2008 | 4:33amTwo weeks ago, the Lotta seemed like one of Harlem's most promising condo buildings. A beautiful old structure built before the first World War, it was being renovated and turned...
BROADWAY BRETT GIVES JETS PERSONALITY
August 7, 2008 | 4:25amBEIJING - Here is how big Brett Favre is: We are 12 hours ahead of you here, and there are thousands of athletes representing dozens of nations and there is...
HOFF THE MARKET
August 7, 2008 | 4:23amPhilip Seymour Hoffman has a new home in the West Village. The Oscar-winning actor and his longtime girlfriend, costume designer Mimi O'Donnell - who have two children together - have...
Jets get Favre in trade
August 7, 2008 | 4:18amFOX Sports reports the Jets have traded a draft pick to Green Bay to acquire quarterback Brett Favre.READ STORY HERE
VEGGING OUT
August 7, 2008 | 4:17amTHE 124 square feet of space I added to my home is a jumble of colors, a bouquet of fragrances. It started out orderly in the spring, but by late...
EA Sports: Favre will lead Jets to playoffs
August 7, 2008 | 4:17amBy BRIAN LEWISWith Brett Favreâs monthlong melodrama finally ending in a Jet uniform _ a story first reported by Foxsports.com _ the good folks over at EA Sports used Madden...
EA Sports predicts Favre leads Jets to playoffs
August 7, 2008 | 4:15amBy BRIAN LEWISWith Brett Favreâs monthlong melodrama finally ending in a Jet uniform _ a story first reported by Foxsports.com _ the good folks over at EA Sports used Madden...
FINDING THE SOFT SPOTS
August 7, 2008 | 4:09amEveryone knows the real-estate market is soft these days. As I mentioned in my last column, this means it's a good time for buyers to bargain. But you can do...
WILL POWER
August 7, 2008 | 4:00amYou might say that Stephanie Anderson, 43, did the unthinkable: When her daughter Elle was almost 2, Anderson and husband Matt Aronowitz (pictured) moved away from Park Slope, Brooklyn -...
JUST SOLD!
August 7, 2008 | 4:00amManhattan GRAMERCY $745,000 235 E. 22nd St. Prewar one-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 875 square feet, with dining area, renovated windowed kitchen, fireplace and two exposures; building features doorman, concierge and laundry....
SAM ISRAEL 'TOO SICK' FOR COURT
August 7, 2008 | 1:40amHedge-fund crook Sam Israel, who bilked $450 million from investors in his Bayou Group, was too sick yesterday to enter a plea to charges that he faked his own death...
NEW CLUE IN 'ROCKEFAKER' MYSTERY
August 7, 2008 | 1:27amInvestigators were working today to determine if the phony Rockefeller charged with kidnapping his daughter - and who is now being eyed in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple...
Deal of the Day-Shop Intuition
August 7, 2008 | 1:03amA cherry red bag is a plum way to make a statement, and this Patent Tote with a front pocket to store your blackberry is 46.99 down from $95 at...
'GIRLS GONE WILD' VIDEO BOSS BUSTED
August 7, 2008 | 12:56amThe boss of a "Girls Gone Wild" video crew went wild himself - sexually assaulting a young woman aboard a raunchy-party bus after a shoot in a Long Island bar,...
FREE PASS
August 7, 2008 | 12:20amTwin troll Mary-Kate Olsen, whose role in the accidental drug overdose death of actor Heath Ledger has been vexingly unclear, has been given another free pass from an official inquiry,...