August 19, 2008
2nd thoughts about 2nd round RBs
Welcome to the bizarro world. Here, we stop, roll and drop. We leap before we look. And we donât have to start our fantasy draft by picking a pair of...
Favre and Mangini seek same page
On Tuesday, Brett Favre ad Eric Mangini had a long talk about a lot of things, but the most important part of the conversation had to do with how he's...
PAVANO SKIPS BULLPEN SESSION
TORONTO -- Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano came out of a minor-league rehab start Sunday with stiffness in his neck and didn't throw a bullpen session today. Pavano has been sidelined...
Game 126: Braves at Mets
Fresh off news that Billy Wagner could possibly miss the rest of the season, the Mets go for their seventh win in eight games tonight when Oliver Perez (pictured) takes...
BILLY WAGNER NEEDS MORE REST
Billy Wagner said today that despite an MRI exam that revealed more swelling in his left elbow, he will pitch again this season. "They told me that I'd take some...
Wagner's status remains unclear
From BRIAN LEWISAfter an MRI exam on Billy Wagnerâs left elbow showed more swelling instead of less, the Mets have cause for concern. Both Wagner and the team are hoping...
RB Harris likely done for season
BY PAUL SCHWARTZAs expected, the Giants lost running back Kay-Jay Harris in Monday night's 37-34 preseason victory over the Browns. Tom Coughlin said Harris in the closing minutes suffered "a...
CBS QBs On Favre
CBS held their NFL media day this afternoon.The network brings all their NFL talent in to discuss the upcoming season. That talent includes a lot of former quarterbacks, who gave...
BABY FOUND IN A BAG ON STREET CORNER
An adorable newborn girl, dubbed "Baby Hope," was found abandoned on a Long Island street corner stuffed inside a sports bag. An unidentified woman called 911 just before 11 p.m....
More Summer Stuff
By FRED KERBERNets having a âvoluntaryâ workout week and everybody except the tall Asian fellow has responded and is taking part. Yi Jianlian is sort of pre-occupied over in his...
TUESDAY'S OLYMPICS VIEWERS GUIDE
WHAT YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT: Nastia Liukin. Usain Bolt. Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor. How many of these names would you have recognized when August began? Now they are among...
Wagner's elbow still swollen
Don't look for Billy Wagner to close for the Mets anytime soon. The club announced today that Wagner is still experiencing pain and swelling in his left elbow after being...
ON DECK: BRAVES AT METS
To most teams, the acquisition of a relief pitcher with a 1-8 record and 5.77 ERA is not a reason to celebrate. For the 2008 Mets, it is time to...
Premiere is for Party
At Peopleâs Revolution, Whitney and Lauren continue to act as little footsoldiers supporting the denim faction of the fashion regime, intently running their hands over racks of expensive blue jeans...
BOY, 5, FALLS DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT TO HIS DEATH
A 5-year-old boy plunged 10 stories to his death today when he tried to jump out of a chronically malfunctioning elevator in his Brooklyn building but fell into the shaft,...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT BLUE JAYS
The Yankees have several factors working against them when they open a three-game series in Toronto tonight (7:07, yes, wcbs). First, tonight's starter A.J. Burnett has owned the Bombers. He...
MAD DOG RETURNS SEPT. 15
The Mad Dog will be unleashed Sept. 15. That is Sirius XM's slogan for new host Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, who will take over his own channel for the satellite...
COULD V. ZAMBRANO START FOR YANKS?
FROM JOEL SHERMANRight now, the Yankees are saying that either Phil Hughes or Carl Pavano will start Saturday in Camden Yards. But let me throw a surprise name into the...
3 UP: Zambrano, Met Pitching and Church
1. Right now, the Yankees are saying that either Phil Hughes or Carl Pavano will start Saturday in Camden Yards. But let me throw a surprise name into the mix:...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets are still in first place, but they came back to earth a little bit Monday with a 5-2 loss to the Pirates that snapped a six-game win streak....
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Real World'
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."Real World 22"Considering there are seven people chosen every season to live in the Real World, this makes you approximately guest No. 150....
TIFF: Coens' Northern Migration
It's not exactly surprising that Joel and Ethan Coen's "Burn After Reading'' is on the final list of titles released today by the Toronto International Film Festival. It will bow...
CITY COUNCIL'S LATEST: A/C BILL'S COLD SHOULDER
Give the City Council and Gail Brewer some credit here ("Tempers Hot as A/C Rule Is OK'd," Aug. 15). Discouraging certain retailers from trying to air-condition the sidewalks will ease...
BORDERING ON INSANITY
Linda Chavez's reaction to the latest Census Bureau predictions of the United States becoming a majority non-white nation by 2042 is pure delight ("The Return of the Melting Pot," PostOpinion,...
AS GOES AMERICA, GOES THE WORLD
RUSSIA invades Georgia. China jails dissidents. China and India pollute at unimaginable levels. Gulf monar chies make trillions from jacked-up oil prices. Islamic terrorists keep car bombing. Meanwhile, Europe offers...
OBAMA'S EXTREMISM
Barack Obama had a mini Bob Dole moment after the Saddleback presidential forum the other night. Asked on the Christian Broadcasting Network about a controversy over his opposition to legislation...
BUDGET BUSTERS
GOV. Paterson last week of fered a menu of more than $1 billion in savings pro posals from which he challenged the legislators to select $600 million worth when they...
JERSEY: A LESSON IN FAILURE FOR NY
IN the latest sign of New Jersey's rapid deteriora tion, its newspapers, which rely heavily on the local economy, are in dire straits. The state's biggest newspaper, The Star-Ledger, is...
PERVEZ PAKS IT IN
Embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf - a key US ally in the war on terror - resigned yesterday, days before he would have been impeached. Musharraf's hourlong, televised farewell speech...
NOW PHELPS WILL REALLY STRIKE GOLD
He's the "eight" wonder of the world! Here is the iconic first photo of a bare-chested, medal-clad Michael Phelps doing his best Mark Spitz impression - sporting an Olympic-sized grin...
EYE TREASON!
They haven't won a single game in Beijing, but members of the women's Olympic soccer team from Argentina more than qualified for the race to disgrace themselves - dissing their...
COLLINS FINDS $46M EX IS NO EASY LOVER
Marriage No. 3 was no day in paradise for Phil Collins, whose latest failed one cost him nearly $46.7 million - believed to be a record for a celebrity divorce....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 014; Lucky Sum: 5 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 5420; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Nos. Mon: 657; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
LI HUBBY GUNS DOWN WIFE, SELF
A wealthy East Hampton man shot his wife in the head yesterday, then turned the gun on himself inside their million-dollar home, police said. After getting 911 calls at 5:52...
RANGEL'S $TRANGLE
WASHINGTON - Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel has become an albatross around the necks of congressional candidates across the country. In at least a dozen contests, Republican challengers are demanding their...
MIKE STUMPS FOR ILLINOIS ALLY
NORTHBROOK, Ill. - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday urged voters in this Barack Obama stronghold to cross party lines to support Rep. Mark Kirk, a moderate Republican who was an early ally...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Queens A thug was arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at a 12-year-old boy in Fresh Meadows, cops said. Jaye Harper aimed a silver handgun at the child in front...
DA SEEKS SLAY RAPS
The Manhattan DA wants contractors and private safety inspectors working on the Deutsche Bank demolition to face homicide charges for the towering inferno that took the lives of two firefighters...
DEM'S LEGAL LAPSE
A city councilman challenging a long-sitting GOP state senator - in one of the races Democrats have tapped as a priority - let his registration as a lawyer lapse, The...
GRANNY-MUGGER STRIKES AGAIN!
Dramatic video footage shows a monster mugging an 85-year-old Brooklyn granny - the latest of at least 11 elderly victims to be targeted by the robber this summer. The footage,...
TREE-VICTIM RAGE
The family of the Rikers Island correction officer clinging to life after being hit by a tree in Queens Sunday is blaming the rail-freight line that owns the land. "We're...
HONEYMOON OVER
The cheating Long Island bride who killed her millionaire husband just eight days after their wedding ceremony - incorrectly believing she would inherit his wealth - was sentenced yesterday to...
QUEENS 'QAEDA': END THE SECRECY
The lawyer for a Queens man accused of supplying military gear to al Qaeda said the feds are unfairly withholding crucial information from his client under a Cold War-era act...
HOT-DOG BLAZE: SHOCK & AWNING
A posh Upper East Side corner turned into an old-fashioned weenie roast yesterday. A hot-dog cart caught fire, shooting flames up the awning of a Ralph Lauren store before firefighters...
QNS. SWARM BUGS COPS
A massive swarm of creepy bugs infesting a Queens house sent two cops and the homeowner to the hospital yesterday, authorities said. The swarm - described as ticks or fleas...
PEOPLE'S CHOICE: LESS SPENDING
ALBANY - New Yorkers to state lawmakers: Cut spending and don't dare raise taxes! That's the clear message being delivered by a massive majority of voters as the Legislature convenes...
GOV AND POLS $400M APART
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday faced stiff resistance from legislative leaders, who continued to shun his call for $600 million in budget cuts. Even as lawmakers made their way to...
'HALF' LIFE OF MARTHA CONVICT
After five years in the clink, infamous inside trader Sam Waksal is now on the outside. The high-living ImClone founder, who tipped off Martha Stewart when his company's stock was...
GAMBINO BOSS GETS 2 YEARS
The acting boss of the Gambino crime family was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday for extorting a cement company owner. John "Jackie Nose" D'Amico, 72, admitted in May...
LADY COPS ARRESTED IN BRONX BEAT
Two female cops were busted for punching, kicking and pistol-whipping a Bronx driver until his head cracked open - just beacuse he refused to close a car door blocking their...
CHER-RIFIC BROOKLYN HOME SOLD
The Brooklyn Heights brownstone made famous by the romantic comedy "Moonstruck" is no longer on the market. The four-story house on Cranberry and Willow streets has sold for "very close"...
S(IN)AGOGUE JOB FEARED
Investigators believe the theft of eight torahs - worth up to $400,000 - from a Queens synagogue was an inside job, according to police sources and religious officials. Bernard Newman,...
OPENING BELLS AT 18 CHARTERS
He left the top-rated Upper East Side public school he loved to start the charter school of his dreams in East Harlem. Principal Josh Klaris is one of 18 charter-school...
GOP: PROBE DEM 'THREAT'
ALBANY - Top Republicans yesterday called for a criminal probe of Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith for allegedly threatening lobbyists who fail to contribute to Democratic campaigns. "I think it...
COLUMBIA 'BIGOTED' VS. MEN: SUIT
A lawyer suing Manhattan nightclubs because he can't take advantage of ladies'-night specials is now targeting Columbia University, claiming its Women's Studies Department discriminates against men. Roy Den Hollander says...
NO BAIL FOR 'SMUGGLER'
A Taiwanese man extradited to New York on charges of smuggling military equipment home is being held without bail. Yen Ching Peng allegedly tried to buy infrared laser-aiming devices, thermal...
DUMB ROBBER'S WALLET DROP GIVES COPS AN EASY BUST
A thug robbed an 81-year-old widow in an Upper East Side grocery store and nearly got away with his crime - until he left his own wallet on the sidewalk...
DEALS TAPER OFF IN A LARRY LULL
THE last weeks of August are usually slow in real estate, but this year's pre-Labor Day crawl is more like a full stop. Large investment sales, especially of major sites...
RECESSATION: THE WORST OF BOTH ECONOMIC DIRECTIONS
UNFORTUNATELY, it really is different this time. We got the bad news last Thursday that Wall Street was hoping to avoid: Inflation is out of control. And it shouldn't be...
PERSHING CRAVES HIGHER BID
Longs Drug Stores is moving full speed ahead in its plans to be bought out by CVS Caremark Corp. for $71.50 a share, recommending yesterday that shareholders accept the buyout...
30 SECONDS TO LIFTOFF
Actor and rocker Jared Leto, frontman for the band 30 Seconds To Mars, blasted back at music label EMI yesterday, calling the $30 million breach of contract lawsuit the company...
RESTART BUTTON
The months-long shoot 'em up battle between rival video-game publishers Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive Software could be inching toward a cease-fire. EA yesterday said it would not extend for...
NAUTICA SNARES OLYMPIC ADVERTISING GOLD MEDAL
Nautica isn't an Olympic or team sponsor, but it has received plenty of primetime TV exposure thanks to an endorsement deal with US beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor. For the...
FANNIE FEARS INFECT MARTS, FORCE BIG SELL-OFF
The prospect of a taxpayer bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ate into last week's stock-market gains, and helped send the Dow Jones industrial average down by...
LOWE'S PROFIT MIXED
Retail giant Lowe's gave mixed signals on the housing market despite reporting better-than-expected quarterly results. The nation's second-largest home-improvement chain said second-quarter profit fell 8 percent as sales dropped steeply...
THE PAKISTAN PREDICAMENT
World events have intervened yet again in the War on Terror - this time to deprive America of one of its most vital allies. That's not to say that outgoing...
DAVE'S LONELY STAND
Give Gov. Paterson an E for Effort. He's bringing the Legislature back to Albany today in hopes of balancing New York's badly out-of-whack books. And give state Senate Minority Leader...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Truth in advertising. Two Kansas men have opened the Tightwad Bank. "We're seeking customers with a sense of humor," said Davis Higdon, one of the partners. A Texas man is...
NEW PILL A RAY OF HOPE FOR SUN LOVERS
AN over-the-counter pill claims to protect your skin from the sun. Doctors recommend sun worshippers take it in conjunction with - not instead of - sunscreen. Heliocare (heliocare.com) calls itself...
WACKY TABACKY
NO SMOKING in bars or restaurants, airplanes or trains. And forget about the office - what do you think this is, doll, "Mad Men"? So what's a law-abiding nicotine addict...
'9021-NO'
SAY what? The CW announced yesterday it won't be sending critics advance copies of "90210" - its spinoff of Fox's "Beverly Hills, 90210." That usually means there's trouble afoot (either...
FISHBURNE HOOKS THE 'CSI' DEAL
LAURENCE Fishburne's long-rumored journey to "CSI" is a done deal. CBS ended weeks of speculation yesterday by announcing it's hired Fishburne to replace William Petersen on the veteran procedural crime...
WHAT NOW?
NBC brass is praying that Michael Phelps' mojo will keep people interested in the Olympics - now that the newly-minted US swimming hero is done with the games. "They're hoping...
IT'S A GORGES SERIES
FOOD Network, that bastion of good taste, is getting down and dirty. The network is entering the competitive-eating fray with a new series, "Eat the Clock," in which contestants from...
WENDY GOING NATIONAL
WENDY Williams has passed her audition. "The Wendy Williams Show," hosted by the outspoken WBLS radio personality, will return in "mid-2009" after garnering solid numbers on Ch. 5 during its...
'COCO' PUFF
SOME TV movies are called "true stories." Then there are others called "inspired by the truth." These are usually low-rent versions of the truth written by lazy writers who can't...
REUSE, RECYCLE, ROCK
WHILE ". . . Earth to the Dandy Warhols . . ." is the Portland, Ore., indie rock band's most playful and freewheeling album to date, that's not to say...
BEACH BOYS
JAMIE Kennedy is no longer "Malibu's Most Wanted." The title now belongs to rapper Shwayze, who successfully married hip-hop and hippie music to create the ultimate beach-party album - thanks...
MPFREES
Shwayze, "James Brown is Dead" An ode to the "Godfather of Soul," this song features groovy, laid-back beats with lyrics that boast of bringing some soul back to hip-hop. The...
EVEN LONGER 'HAIR'
WE'VE just gotten another "Hair" extension - the glorious "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" will run yet another week under the stars at the Delacorte Theater, through Sept. 14. Rave reviews...
SHORT PLAYS A MIXED BAG
TERRENCE McNally is the ringer in "Summer Shorts 2: Series B," a second evening of one-act plays. His "Plaisir D'Amour," starring Tony nominees Stephanie D'Abruzzo ("Avenue Q") and Jonathan C....
ADDICTION'S ROOTS
AFTER 16 years practicing psychiatry, treating patients addicted to every thing from booze to food to gambling to sex - and yes, even to work! - I've learned to look...
FAVRE STILL TRYING TO DIGEST JETS OFFENSE
Brett Favre, in a radio interview yesterday, indicated that he spoke to coach Eric Mangini yesterday about trying to pare down the number of offensive plays in order for him...
'LEARNING' CURVE
Vernon Gholston has been toiling a bit in his first NFL training camp, but his fortune is the fact that his No. 1 pick presence has been overshadowed by the...
IT'S RICE'S 'DESTINY'
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Last night was NY Turf Writers annual dinner, where the "Fourstardave Award" for outstanding achievement at Saratoga went to last year's leading trainer, Bill Mott. We might...
RETURN OF GODZILLA
The Yankees plan to get one of their most clutch players back tonight for their final 38-game push for a playoff spot. Hideki Matsui, called by general manager Brian Cashman...
YANKEES MAY CALL ON PAVANO
There could be a Carl Pavano sighting for the Yanks this weekend. General manager Brian Cashman acknowledged the Yankees are considering either Phil Hughes or Pavano to assume the fifth...
NEW GIANT WEAPON
There is taking advantage of an opportunity and then there is what Domenik Hixon did last night. Hixon was already setting himself up for a roster spot with a strong...
LIKE NO 'OTHER'
ELI Manning, the artist formerly known as The Other Quarterback in his own family, is suddenly The Other Quarterback in town. The mania over Brett Favre to the Jets is...
BACKUP PLAN NOT WRIGHT
In the battle for the backup quarterback job, it was a rough outing for Anthony Wright in last night's 37-34 preseason victory over the Browns. Wright replaced Eli Manning early...
HOPES PINNED ON AYALA
PITTSBURGH - Luis Ayala might have arrived just in time yesterday, because the Mets will be wary of using reliever Duaner Sanchez in pivotal situations anytime soon. Ayala joined the...
'PEN-ALIZED AGAIN
PITTSBURGH - One loss at the end of an otherwise spotless trip rarely is cause for concern, but that was the reality for the Mets yesterday. Warning signs abounded for...
TOO GOOD FOR OWN GOOD
BEIJING - Something stunning happened to the U.S. softball team yesterday - China's first batter hit a single to center field. The Americans have been so good here, the sight...
UNEVEN OUTCOME
BEIJING - Not even Nastia Liukin understands how she lost last night. The U.S. gymnast lost the gold medal in the uneven bars by the slimmest of margins when a...
BOLT LOOKING FOR LIGHTNING TO STRIKE TWICE
BEIJING - Usain Bolt cruised into tonight's men's 200-meter semifinals with his hopes of a historic double alive. Bolt, who wowed the crowd with a time of 9.69 to win...
PAIN'S THE ONLY HURDLE LIU CAN'T CLEAR
BEIJING - Outside the National Olympic Stadium, the people wandered about aimlessly, their faces stricken, their hearts broken. Some of them had been inside this building, playfully nicknamed the Bird's...
MIKE & MATES HOOP IT UP
BEIJING - There were Kobe and LeBron sightings at the Water Cube throughout Michael Phelps' weeklong reign there. Yesterday, Phelps returned the favor, joining 19 of his swim teammates in...
NOWHERE TO HIDE
BEIJING - Years after he'd become one of the most famous faces on planet earth, John Lennon tried to put into words what it is to walk the streets of...
MADDUX TO LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Greg Maddux is headed from the Padres back to the Dodgers. The teams agreed to a trade that puts the 353-game winner in a pennant race...
HONDO'S PLAY: CATS
Guthrie was for the birds last night as he took the loss against the Bosawx, which condensed Hondo's col lection of disposable dead presidents to 390 herndons. Tonight, he's gotta...
COACH: TIGER'S FINE
Take it from Tiger Woods' coach: The news that the world's best golfer won't start swinging again until 2009 as he recovers from knee surgery is not a setback. "He's...
'TEACHER' SCHOOLS 'EM
It was Saturday afternoon in the heart of Greenwich Village. The sun was shining, the streets were packed and the air was silent. All eyes were focused on one man....
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Nadal grabs top spot A day after winning an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, Rafael Nadal officially unseated Roger Federer to become the world's No. 1 tennis player when...
DEAL ME IN!
WHEN cash flows clot, it's always the fun stuff that is first sacrificed at the altar of stinginess - in school, it's art and music; later on in life, it's...
BEEP, BEEP!
What's your favorite place in the world [besides Brooklyn, of course]? I adore Turkey.What brought this on? Brooklyn has the largest Turkish population in the country, and there are a...
NEWS + NOTES
SHOT UP UNLESS you hate America or something, you'll be celebrating National Bourbon Heritage Month this September. Kentucky - responsible for 95% of the world's corn whiskey - is to...
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
AS London has become more and more expensive for Americans, Yankee visitors to the capital have collected many a horror story. It is perversely therapeutic to catalogue the outrageous prices...
Church returns to the lineup
As Bruce Springsteen would say, it's been a Long Time Comin' for Ryan Church and the Mets.Church finally made his return to the lineup last night, albeit with Triple-A New...
Victor Zambrano back in New York
Remember him, Mets fans? That would be the same Victor Zambrano that the Mets foolishly traded Scott Kazmir for back in 2003. Well, Victor is back in New York, all...
Pavano cruises in rehab outing
Is Carl Pavano finally going to return to the Bronx? Don't laugh, Yankee fans - it could happen as soon as this weekend.Pavano continued his strong run with Double-A Trenton...
Hughes struggles with SWB
After several good starts in a row on his way back from early-season injury troubles, Phil Hughes hit a big speed bump in his return Sunday against Lehigh Valley, when...
DRUNK HIDEKI IRABU ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING BARTENDER
Ex-Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu - once ridiculed by George Steinbrenner as a "fat, pus-y toad" - was arrested in Osaka, Japan, today for allegedly assaulting a bartender after drinking 20...
HOT DOG BLAZE
A posh Upper East Side corner turned into an old-fashioned weenie roast today. A hot-dog cart caught fire, shooting flames up the awning of Ralph Lauren's store before firefighters extinguished...
DUMB UES ROBBER'S WALLET DROP GIVES COPS AN EASY BUST
A thug robbed an 81-year-old widow in an Upper East Side grocery store and nearly got away with his crime - until he left his own wallet on the sidewalk...
QUEENS SWARM BUGS COPS
A massive swarm of creepy bugs infesting a Queens house sent two cops and the homeowner to the hospital today, authorities said. The swarm - described as ticks or fleas...