August 16, 2008
GARDNER PARTY
Manager Joe Girardi really couldn't say anything different. He stressed his belief before facing the Royals today afternoon at the Stadium: It ain't over and all that, despite what those...
Game 123: Mets at Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- Winners of four in a row and seven of their past nine, the first-place Mets look to keep the momentum going here tonight when Pedro Martinez takes on...
MAD DOG ESCAPE LONG IN PLANNING
Chris Russo, the Mad Dog of radio's "Mike and the Mad Dog," admitted today he'd been plotting his exodus from WFAN for the last five months, saying he needed a...
ULTIMATE CHICK FLICK
"Lawrence of Arabia" may be the most famous single-gender film ever: in 3-plus hours, David Lean's 1962 desert epic features zero women in speaking roles. But Diane English's upcoming movie...
Wagner says he isn't ready
PITTSBURGH -- A downbeat Billy Wagner (pictured) contradicted the Mets this afternoon by saying he doesn't feel he's physically ready to come off the DL as scheduled on Monday. Wagner...
Yankees fail to sign two of top three draft picks
In a surprising development, the Yankees have failed to sign two of their top three draft picks - first-round pick Gerrit Cole, a high school pitcher from Orange, California, and...
Wagner throws 20-pitch sim
PITTSBURGH -- Billy Wagner just walked off the mound here in Pittsburgh this afternoon following a 20-pitch simulated inning against rookie left fielder Nick Evans and backup catcher Robinson Cancel....
GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMP SHOT TO DEATH IN BRONX
An undefeated pro boxer and three-time Golden Gloves champ from the South Bronx was shot to death today after an early-morning argument at a bodega. Ronny Vargas, 20, was with...
LEAVE THIS CHILD BEHIND
When it comes to thinking about our schools, politicians and educators recoil from a truth that the rest of us learned in first grade when we read "Dick and Jane."...
Report: Red Bulls chasing French forward Sylvain Wiltord
By BRIAN LEWISI got a tip last week that the Red Bulls were interested in Sylvain Wiltord. But since the 34-year-old Frenchman just doesn't fot the profile of what I'd...
Coverage in today's Post
Thanks to terrific defense, a strong outing from Mike Pelfrey (pictured) and the bullpen, the Mets remained in sole possession of first place in the NL East with a 2-1...
A New Season Is Upon Us
It has seemed like a long summer since that rain-soaked night in Moscow when we saw Manchester United beat Chelsea in that remarkable Champions League final.Now, a new season of...
Box Office: Over-Hyped 'Thunder' Fails to Light Up Ticket Sales
That may sound like a lot of money, and Mase is projecting an easy win over "Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (basically a glorified animated TV movie) with $19.5M over...
AWASH IN QUESTION OF CLEANLINESS
BEIJING - This is when the questions come, the symptom of our times. This is when all of the accumulated doubt and skepticism and cynicism rise from the dark corridors...
BUSH'S BEIJING BID
THE ISSUE: President Bush's controversial trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Though President Bush has had a rough eight years in the White House, it looks like he had the...
CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS?
THE ISSUE: Whether Gov. Paterson can steer New York away from a fiscal crisis. I do not agree with your assertion that Gov. Paterson has done no harm by vetoing...
MONSTERS IN A BOX
FOR months now people have been saying to me, "Do you really think they're gone?" "Is it finally over?" "Is the coast clear?" The questions have been in response to...
CHINA & ITS OLYMPIC-SIZED LIES
I HAVE an 8-year-old daughter. I know what 8-year-old hands and feet and hips and teeth look like. They look a lot like the hands and feet and hips and...
THE RETURN OF THE MELTING POT
A MAJORITY minority nation: That's what the US Census Bureau is projecting by the year 2042, per new figures released this week. By mid-century, Hispanics, Asians and blacks will outnumber...
RUSSIA'S GEORGIA WIN
AS the Russian Dark Lord's shadow falls across the shires of freedom once again, the response from the West has been confused, belated and inadequate: fear eclipsed courage; ignorance masqueraded...
RE'CORD' SETTER
As world records go, it may be a stretch, but a New Zealander now holds the title for most bungee jumps in a 24-hour period. It took Mike Heard only...
GYMNAST A HEARTBREAK KID
A diminutive, doe-eyed Chinese gymnast accused of being too young to compete at the Beijing Olympics gave a heartbreaking glimpse into her past year - saying she had not seen...
'THEY KILL OUR MUSIC!'
Georgia's embattled president yesterday launched into a bizarre tirade, accusing the Russians of hating "everything nice," and lamented the destruction of the country's Dolby Digital movie theater. "You know everything...
IRAN TRAINING IRAQI SHIITE HIT MEN: US
Iraqi Shiite death squads are receiving sophisticated training in Iran, then returning with hit lists of Iraqi officials and US troops marked for assassination, officials said yesterday. The number of...
SALUTING 'SIR' PENGUIN
Here's a king who just got a promotion. Nils Olav, a king penguin who lives at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, was knighted yesterday for his service as the honorary...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 818; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 6086; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Fri: 273; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 5792;...
MESSIN' WITH SASQUATCH
What happens when two backwoods hillbillies join forces with one of the Web's top crackpots? The biggest Bigfoot sighting in years, that's what! Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer of Georgia...
O, WHAT A TAXMAN: MAC
John McCain released a blistering TV attack yesterday portraying Barack Obama as a tax hiker who would be an "economic disaster" for America. The 30-second spot, appearing in 11 states,...
SPEEDO DEMON GETS $1M
Swimming phenom Michael Phelps has turned gold into green. The human fish reeled in a $1 million bonus from his sponsor, swimsuit-maker Speedo, after snatching his record-tying seventh Olympic gold...
AMERICAN STARS COULD BE A BOX SET
Make room on the Wheaties box for America's two newest sweethearts. Gold medal-winning gymnast Nastia Liukin and silver medalist Shawn Johnson could follow in the footsteps of the legendary Mary...
AQUAMAN ROLLS A SEVEN
BEIJING - One hundredth of a second. It's about the time it takes you to blink. It's the margin by which Michael Phelps kept his quest for eight Olympic gold...
BIMBO AD 'BUCKS' UP JOHN
Thanks, bimbos! Announcing a record fund-raising month, John McCain's campaign said yesterday it received a wave of Web donations after airing its controversial TV ad linking rival Barack Obama to...
THEFT RAP DUE ON HORSE'S-ASS PIT-BULL CLONE GAL
When she wanted a Mormon to marry her, she kidnapped him. When she wanted her dead pit bull to come back to life, she cloned him. And when her three-legged...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A man was shot dead and another wounded when a thug opened fire in Harlem early yesterday, police said. Cops said shots rang out on Eighth Avenue near West...
SERB SWINE 'DOING FINE'
Here's the face of a hulking goon without a care in the world. Despite having caused an international incident by fleeing the United States after beating a Brooklyn-born classmate into...
ACS BLEW CHANCE TO SAVE TOT: INSIDER
The city's Administration for Children's Services investigated but took no action against Brooklyn parents now charged in the fatal beating of their 3-year-old daughter, sources told The Post yesterday. "He...
GOV BOWS TO SHEL AS CONVENTION'S TOP DOG
In a move some politicos called unusual, Gov. Paterson - who is not speaking at the Democratic National Convention - has given the chairmanship of the New York state delegation...
SLAY RAP ON QNS. FED AGENT
A federal customs agent is facing up to 15 years in prison for shooting a real estate agent to death, authorities said yesterday. Erik Alke, 41, a Customs and Border...
BUS HUBBY'S TEARS
The husband of a pregnant woman fatally run down in The Bronx said yesterday he was devastated to lose his wife, but his thoughts were now focused on his baby...
NYPD'S U-BOAT FLEET
A pair of high-tech police boats passed a critical drill yesterday, detecting a small amount of uranium hidden in a parade of pleasure craft beneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Seventeen pleasure...
A MODEL 'MEDDLE' MUDDLE
It's a catwalk fight! Ford Models has filed suit against rival Next Management, charging the agency stole one of its top models and is trying to swipe another. Execs at...
OSI GETS STUCK ON $IDELINE
Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora is tackling a business partner he says scammed him out of $125,000. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Umenyiora says he invested $125,000...
'MAD DOG' RABID FOR $$$
Fixated on the higher salary of bloviating co-host Mike Francesa, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo was bent on leaving WFAN and even shopped his services to the station's arch rival, ESPN...
CARWASHES' DIRTY $ECRET
Carwashes are a dirty business in New York - many of their workers don't even get half the minimum wage, state officials charge. "This industry is a disgrace," state Labor...
GIANT-PLOT GUY A MENTALLY WOUNDED EAGLE FAN: PALS
The Philadelphia man accused of targeting Giant head coach Tom Coughlin in a blackmail sex scheme is a rabid Eagle fan who falls several clues shy of being a criminal...
DOLANS DROP A DIME PER SHARE
Cablevision CEO James Dolan hasn't moved this fast since a dead body washed up on the shore of his Long Island compound last year. Just 10 days after officially announcing...
ABERCRUMMY: TEENS SAY NO TO HIGH-PRICED GEAR
Profits slumped at pricey preppy retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, but shares of hipster clothier American Apparel soared yesterday on better-than-expected quarterly results. Both chains are known for edgy ads featuring...
GOLD LOSES GLITTER
Americans could get pumped up by the growing global economic slowdown. Commodities - such as oil, soybeans and gold - took a hit yesterday amid mounting evidence that economies in...
THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE
Heroes can be ordinary people managing to do extraordinary things in extraordinary circumstances. That was made dramatically clear Thursday, as New Yorkers rushed to the assistance of Donnette Sanz, a...
1-800-577-TIPS - AT 25
There isn't a New Yorker who hasn't read the notices in the newspapers or heard them on local TV newscasts: "If you have any information about this crime, call 1-800-577-TIPS."...
POLAND CHOOSES SIDES
Even as Russia yesterday continued its heavy-handed intimidation of the former Soviet bloc, the government of Poland sent a message of its own to Moscow. After 18 months of talks,...
BRETT'S JETS ON RUNWAY
This will not be your average Jets preseason game. When the Jets play the Redskins tonight, Giants StaDium likely will not look like a Red Bulls soccer match is being...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post 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...
'BAMA PROMISES DUEL
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Today's Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes at a mile and a quarter shapes up as a showdown for the 3-year-old filly championship between Proud Spell, winner of...
CHANGES, BUT SAME OL' YANKS
The rearranged deckchairs on the Titanic look great. What's next, a little paint job for the anchor? Melky Cabrera and Richie Sexson may have departed yesterday for Triple-A and points...
JOBA PLAYS CATCH
Joba Chamberlain made about 25 pitches yesterday, his first throwing activity since hitting the DL last week with tendinitis in his rotator cuff. "After eight days, when you get out...
SHAKE-UP AS MELKY'S SENT DOWN
Brian Cashman described the moves the Yankees made yesterday as "tweaking" for his beleaguered team. But the Yanks general manager also was firm in his belief that replacing Melky Cabrera...
FORGET THIS SEASON, FUTURE'S ABOUT JOBA
SPRING training 2009 starts today. Melky Cabrera was sent to the minors yesterday. As that was happening, Joba Chamberlain was in the right-field corner at Yankee Stadium doing six minutes...
GAMES HIT HOME FOR JINT CB
ALBANY - The calls that were once caring and calm remain caring but not nearly as calm. When Giants cornerback Aaron Ross dials up his fiancee, Sanya Richards, he hears...
HUSTON TO KICK VS. BROWNS
ALBANY - Last week, Lawrence Tynes slipped on the wet grass when his left leg failed to plant properly and the result was a twisted left knee. He has missed...
KOBE: D'ANTONI CAN FIX KNICKS
BEIJING - Mike D'Antoni has noticed a reaction whenever the topic of the Knicks comes up around the U.S. men's basketball players. "They usually snicker," D'Antoni said yesterday. "I don't...
CHURCH PLAYS FOR FIRST TIME IN WEEKS
PITTSBURGH - The seemingly endless Ryan Church saga took a positive turn yesterday when he made his first game appearance of any kind in nearly six weeks. Serving as the...
FIRST RATE
PITTSBURGH - The Mets are finally starting to do what first-place teams do best: beat bad teams. The Amazin's began this seven-game trip with a chance to feast on two...
PHELPS HAS THE GOLDEN TOUCH
BEIJING - This was it. This was the end of it. This was Ken Keltner, getting his glove in the way of history and Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak, only this...
SERBIA DROPS PROTEST
After Michael Phelps' dramatic 100-meter butterfly victory, Serbian officials filed a protest with FINA, swimming's governing body. FINA officials reviewed slow-motion, frame-by-frame video of the race and concluded Phelps touched...
0, CANADA! NATION IS BLANKED!
BEIJING - Dylan Armstrong could feel his feet tangle, knew he had fouled, knew that it wouldn't matter how far he had flung his shot as the judge waved her...
SPITZ SAYS MIGHTY MICHAEL'S HAUL 'EPIC'
BEIJING - Mark Spitz had one word for the performance that gave Michael Phelps his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Games and equaled his own Olympic record that had...
GAMES SET TO GET ON 'TRACK'
BEIJING - This morning the fast times will move from the pool to the track. The track and field glamour event of these Olympics comes this morning when the men's...
DOG GONE! MIKE A REAL BLOWHARD
AAAAAAAAAAH, move over, MacArthur, make room for Mikey! Never, ever underestimate Mike Francesa's ability to seize any opportunity to present himself as a self-important blowhard. Hey, it's a gift. Yesterday,...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Knicks' camp at Skidmore The Knicks said yesterday they have agreed to hold training camp at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs in upstate New York, yet another change under...
HONDO BIG ON GIANTS
Hondo logged on with World Wide Webb last night and breezed to an easy 'W' as the D'backs slithered past the 'Stros to increase the haul to 490 mar quards....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This debate got a little too spirited. Two debate-team coaches got into a profanity-laced argument that ended when one yanked his pants down and flashed his rear end at the...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY CULTURE CLUB: Broaden your kids' cultural horizons at Lincoln Center Out of Doors' Family Day, that perennial free-for-all. This year's lineup includes a colorful Puppet Pageant; a hip-hop take...
LOGAN'S LAST STAND
SO long, Mike Logan. Eighteen years after he sweated his first suspect, the growling detective played by Chris Noth is investigating his last case on tomorrow's "Law & Order: Criminal...
AN OLDIE NEIL'S NOT A GOODIE
NEIL Diamond, who concludes his four-concert series at Madison Square Garden tonight, proved his greatest strength is also his most undermining weakness. The 67-year-old musical icon is loyal to a...
PIRATES' DUTY
ONLY a kid could write a story like "The Do-Do Bird and the Dead People" - but only the Striking Viking Story Pirates could stage it, complete with puppets, "Thriller"-esque...
CUISINE QUEENS
OLYMPIC times call for Olympic measures. And while the athletes in Beijing are busy reppin' their countries, my wife and I decided to go global ourselves. Armed with $15 each,...