August 9, 2008
PEN IMPLODES
August 9, 2008 | 11:02pmVladimir Guerrero triggered an eight-run eighth inning with a home run, leading the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-4 rout of the Yankees on Saturday. The Angels, who began the...
MOMENT OF MADNESS STIRS US TO FEAR WORST
August 9, 2008 | 10:41pmBEIJING - The disquieting news snaked through the American sectors of these Olympic Games quickly. The first reflex, of course, is to fear the worst. That is the lesson of...
Game 116: Marlins at Mets
August 9, 2008 | 10:09pmFormer Rays reliever Brian Stokes will get a spot start for the Mets tonight when they take on the Marlins in a key NL East matchup at Shea Stadium.The right-handed...
Burgos, Parnell on the radar
August 9, 2008 | 9:32pmA couple of pitching names to watch in the Mets' system for the stretch run: Ambiorix Burgos and Robert Parnell. Burgos (pictured) continued his comeback from last year's Tommy John...
Castillo nears return, reduced role
August 9, 2008 | 9:25pmJerry Manuel said today that Luis Castillo could come off the DL as soon as Tuesday in Washington against the Nationals, setting the stage for a potential showdown between the...
Offense lagging behind
August 9, 2008 | 9:12pmBy PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY -- On the final play of practice, receiver Brandon London leaped high in the air and over cornerback Sam Madison, reached up as far as he could...
10,500 FLOCK TO SEE FAVRE PRACTICE
August 9, 2008 | 8:17pmAt 1:20 this afternoon, Elvis entered the playing field wearing a Jets uniform for the first time. When Brett Favre appeared wearing his red No. 4 quarterback jersey, the fans...
AMERICAN KILLED IN BEIJING
August 9, 2008 | 6:05pmA crazed Chinese man hacked an American Olympic visitor to death with a knife at a popular Beijing tourist site today, then jumped to his death, officials said. The shocking...
Coverage in today's Post
August 9, 2008 | 4:27pmThe Mets find themselves in second place in the NL East and just a game behind the Phillies after Oliver Perez (pictured) and Aaron Heilman, of all people, teamed on...
BERNIE MAC DIES
August 9, 2008 | 4:07pmBernie Mac, the gravelly voiced Original King of Comedy whose brutally honest and straight-to-the-point humor earned him a successful TV and film career, died today morning in Chicago. He was...
US Women's Olympic Title Defense Back on Track
August 9, 2008 | 12:01pmAPQINHUANGDAO, China -- Midfielder Carli Lloyd scored on a first-half volley to lead the U.S. women's soccer team to a 1-0 win over Japan and put the Americans' Olympic title...
MIKE'S WAR ON CIGS: PASS THE PEACE PIPE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54am* I am surprised to learn that non-residents are still allowed to purchase untaxed cigarettes on Indian reservations ("Taxing Indian Butts," Michael Bloomberg & Peter King, PostOpinion, Aug. 4). There...
HE WAS ALWAYS A FAKE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amJOHN Edwards "shocked" the political world yesterday by admitting he'd cheated on his wife of 30 years with a campaign aide, Rielle Hunter. If it looks like a phony, walks...
BEHIND OBAMA'S CATHOLIC PROBLEM
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBarack Obama has a Catholic problem. If he doesn't do better than John Kerry did in 2004 with this quintessential swing voting bloc, he won't be elected president. Obama's campaign...
MCCAIN'S ARCTIC OPPORTUNITY
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amSkagway, Alaska WHAT'S the matter with Alaska? That's the question John McCain should be asking. Next week marks the 102nd anniversary of newspaperman William Allen White's famous editorial "What's the...
RAPING GEORGIA
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amAS I write, Russian tanks grind into a brave and isolated democratic state. Assuming that the world's attention would focus on Beijing, Moscow stage-managed an elaborate act of aggression against...
THE REAL DIRTY SECRET OF 'GOSSIP GIRL'
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amTHE commercial manipulation of sex is everywhere. Reporter Matt Spec tor of ABCNews.com recently underlined how the hypersexualization of teens in advertising is intensifying. A Greek print ad for preowned...
LOTTERY
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 746; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 0706; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Fri: 836; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 7645;...
ROCKEFAKER UNMASKED AS LONG-LOST BAVARIA BRO
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amThe phony Rockefeller's true identity was finally proven yesterday when a stunned family in the Bavarian Alps confirmed he is their long-lost relative who hadn't been heard from in more...
ASTRO-NUTTIEST DR. DOOM WAS LUST IN SPACE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBetween mixing batches of anthrax and obsessing over sorority girls, maniacal microbiologist Bruce Ivins worshiped the pioneering female astronauts of NASA. Ivins, the deceased No. 1 suspect in the 2001...
LUSTY LIES OF DON JUAN JOHN
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amAfter months of flat-out lying to the public, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards finally copped to having a sleazy extramarital fling while his wife was battling breast cancer -...
'ATTACK OF THE CLONE' SHOCKER
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amDon't pet the clones. Booger, the first commercially cloned canine, may not be the loyal friend and defender owner Bernann McKinney claimed earlier this week when the five cute puppy...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amTHE BRONX * The body of a man in his 20s was found last night on the side of the West Side Highway at 79th Street. A witness told The...
MIKE HORSIN' AROUND WITH HIS BILLION$
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amIt's easy come, easy go - even for billionaires. Mayor Bloomberg last year earned more from his share of the winnings from daughter Georgina's equestrian competitions, but had to shell...
LIFE OF PARTY IN NY BEFORE SHE WENT BEDWARDS
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amThe flaky filmmaker for whom John Edwards risked his political future and his family is a former "party girl" who went from narcotics to nirvana. Rielle Hunter's résumé also includes...
STUCK ON THE EMPIRE STATE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amHundreds of tourists found themselves trapped in New York yesterday - but they couldn't have been in a better place. They were stuck in the 86th floor observation tower of...
GOV VICTORY ON TAX CAP
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amALBANY - In the clearest sign yet of their deepening alliance with Gov. Paterson, Senate Republicans delivered yesterday on the Democratic governor's call for a cap on soaring property taxes....
DUMB-'ASK' MUG SUSPECT
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amA teen who mugged a TV producer in Central Park was busted when he went to a police station house to look for his accomplice and divulged too many details...
DINA MCGRIEVING
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amNo alimony for you! That's what a New Jersey divorce court judge told Dina Matos in a decision handed down yesterday in her bitter marital split from former Gov. Jim...
WEST SIDE FOOD FRIGHT
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amPanic gripped Upper West Side foodies yesterday as high-end supermarket Whole Foods recalled tainted beef and the Loews Lincoln Center theater shuttered its concession stand because of health-code violations. "It...
MIKE KEYS IN ON NEW FAN FAVE FAVRE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amNew Jets quarterback Brett Favre hasn't taken a snap for Gang Green, but he's already gotten a warm welcome near the Canyon of Heroes. No. 4 spent yesterday at City...
FORBES PUBLISHER TO LEAVE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amThe president and publisher of Forbes for the past nine years, Jim Berrien, is stepping down. Berrien said he would take on the role of chairman at year-end and stay...
GOOGLE'S AOL STAKE SHRINKING
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amGoogle's $1 billion investment in AOL is taking on water. The Internet search giant warned in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Thursday that the value of...
WALL ST. WHIPLASH
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amStocks charged their way to a 300-point gain yesterday, egged on by a strong comeback by the dollar and a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped...
UBS SETTLES $18.6B AUCTION-RATE PAPER CASE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amTarnished Swiss bank UBS has agreed to pay a $150 million fine and begin buying back $18.6 billion in failed auction-rate securities in a rare move that will help return...
THE BEAR LASHES OUT
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amVladimir Putin made his move yester day in South Ossetia, a breakaway province of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, where he sent columns of tanks and ordered bombing raids....
JOHN EDWARDS, SLEAZE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amJohn Edwards yesterday admitted he'd had an extramarital affair even as his wife battled cancer - and that he'd lied about it. Yet Americans didn't have to hear that to...
FROM SUDAN SLAVE TO US FLAG BEARER
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBEIJING - He was able to walk at his own pace this time, a joyful jaunt around the floor of Beijing National Stadium, his hands carefully clasped around a staff...
MOVE OVER, BUBBA, YOU'VE BEEN DETHRONED
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amNEXT to John Edwards, Bill Clinton is a moral giant. Hey, political fans. Guess which of the following statements recently made by John Edwards is the truth, a lie, or...
SO FAVRE, SO GOOD
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBrett Favre said yesterday his wife Deanna had a question for him as he was being whisked on private jets, helicopters and limos from place to place during the last...
JERSEY SALES RAKE IN 4-TUNE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amIf the crowds that descended on Modell's stores yesterday are any indication, the next must-have piece of New York sports merchandise is new Jets quarterback Brett Favre's green-and-white No. 4...
SARATOGA CARD WASHED OUT
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amSARATOGA SPRINGS - A meet that already was snakebit by the weather and other factors, with flagging attendance and betting handle, received a body blow yesterday when the last eight...
JOBA: I WILL BE BACK SOON
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amANAHEIM, Calif. - Though nobody in the Yankees organization will guarantee Joba Chamberlain will pitch again this year, the fiery right-hander said he doesn't believe the rotator-cuff tendinitis that landed...
ANGEL TROUBLE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amANAHEIM, Calif. - If you thought Ian Kennedy's pitching was awful against the Angels last night, his mouth should have been washed with soap when he described the embarrassment. Asked...
MANNY'S REVENGE: EYES BX.
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amANAHEIM, Calif. - Having successfully orchestrated his divorce from Boston and his landing in with the Dodgers, Manny Ramirez would like to make life miserable for the Red Sox during...
BACKUP PLAN
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amALBANY - All around him, second and third-team youngsters were darting to and fro, in and out, aggressively and sometimes desperately trying to find a way onto a crowded roster....
OFF TO BLAZING BEIJING START
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amThe skies over Beijing glimmered with fireworks yesterday as China ushered in the start of the Olympic Games with an extravagant opening ceremony that chronicled the country's 5,000- year history....
2ND TO NONE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amOliver Perez escaped the dreaded hard-luck tag that has applied to far too many of his fellow Mets starters lately. Mets Game Gallery Two scoreless innings of relief from usual...
HEILMAN PERFECT
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amAaron Heilman's first chance as a closer was Tuesday, and it was an absolute mess. Last night, he was flawless. Brought in to pitch the eighth inning last night with...
HEY, OMAR: WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amTHE Mets defeated Flor ida 3-0 last night, climbing over the Marlins into second place in the NL East. They did it guided by the familiar and well-paid, with power...
CHURCH CLEARED FOR ACTION
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amRyan Church learned late last night that team doctors have cleared him to resume baseball activities, and the Met right fielder plans to get started right away by reporting to...
IT'S GAMES TIME!
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBEIJING - For four hours last night, politics and pollution were put aside and China kicked off the Olympics with festivities and fireworks in an elaborate opening ceremony. The display...
SAME OLD DAVEY
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBEIJING - The temples are grayer, the middle thinner, the mustache is gone, but it doesn't take much for the old cock-of-the-walk to come back, for the familiar swagger to...
EUROPE ON NBA STARS' RADAR
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBEIJING - New York may not be the only city on LeBron James' radar when he becomes a free agent in 2010. The Cavs star said yesterday he would consider...
JUST ADD WATER: PHELPS BEGINS QUEST FOR 8 GOLDS
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBEIJING - The hype ends today and the quest begins. Michael Phelps' long wait is over as he enters the pool here today with his sights set on a record...
N.J. CLUB PRO ESPOSITO MISSES CUT BY A PUTT
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Frank Esposito needed at least a five on the par-4 18th to be the only club pro to make the cut at the 90th PGA Championship....
HOLMES COOKIN'
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amBLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Rees Jones, the golf architect who redesigned Oakland Hills for the 90th PGA Championship, has heard the grumbling from players saying the layout is too difficult....
SPORTS SHORTS
August 9, 2008 | 7:54am'ROIDS: Team Clemens responds Roger Clemens' lawyers asked a federal judge to reject attempts by Brian McNamee to dismiss the former pitcher's defamation suit or have it moved from Texas...
HONDO'S PLUMMETING
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amHondo came up empty on his fishing expedition with the Marlins last night, which left him roughly a quarter mile above solvency with 440 belangers in the account. Tonight, he'll...
CHAD SIGNS WITH DOLPHINS
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amChad Pennington, who was stung badly by his release from the Jets on Thursday, rebounded quickly by signing a two-year, $11.5 million contract with the Dolphins last night, according to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 9, 2008 | 7:54amTiger Woods better watch his back. An 11-year-old boy golfing for only the third time in his life hit a hole in one on a 150-yard, par-3 hole in Bismarck,...
HONEY IN THE BANK
August 9, 2008 | 4:48amTWO unsuspecting young ladies were sitting alone at a table outside the Financial District pub Ulysses, completely unaware that they had become banker prey. The bankers approached and asked if...
THE WRITE HOUSE
August 9, 2008 | 4:48amNEVER mind the birds and the bees - try telling your kids about the donkeys and the elephants. You don't want them hearing about politics on the street, do you?...
WHAT'S UP?
August 9, 2008 | 4:48amTODAY BE MORE CHILL: An annual hit with overheated New Yorkers, Central Park Zoo's "Chill Out" weekend is filled with temperature-dropping distractions, including chainsaw-wielding ice carvers and chefs concocting frozen...
A 'SAUR POINT
August 9, 2008 | 4:48amYOU have to watch "Primeval" for the same reason you once had to watch the Jerry Lewis Telethon - to see which horrifying, scaly, 100-million-year-old fossil comes back to life...
ROSE: CLOSE CALL
August 9, 2008 | 4:48amTHE first time viewers see Ellen Parsons, the young attorney played by Rose Byrne FX's "Damages," she's bloody, bedraggled and disoriented after finding her fiance's corpse. How much does Patty...
NEWBORN FEAT OF CLAY
August 9, 2008 | 4:48amEIGHT is the luckiest num ber for Clay Aiken. His first child, a son, was born yesterday at 8:08 a.m., on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008,...
Church cleared to play again
August 9, 2008 | 2:26amRyan Church learned after tonight's 3-0 win over the Marlins that team doctors have cleared him to resume baseball activities, and the right fielder will get started right away by...
EDWARDS MISTRESS WAS 'PARTY GIRL'
August 9, 2008 | 12:21amThe flaky filmmaker who John Edwards risked his political future and his family for is a former "party-girl" who went from narcotics to nirvana. Rielle Hunter's resume also includes actress,...