October 17, 2008
Blog poll: Manny Ramirez
Manny Ramirez is headed for free agency, and the Mets are expected to at least kick the tires on the 36-year-old slugger. Ramirez and agent Scott Boras are likely to...
SI REP. FOSSELLA FOUND GUILTY OF DUI
Embattled Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella was convicted tonight of driving under the influence after a Virginia cop said the politician couldn't recite the alphabet or even stand on one...
Tatis up for comeback award
Mets left fielder Fernando Tatis is one of three candidates for the National League Comeback Player of the Year award being handed out by Topps and the Major League Baseball...
Bernazard out of M's running
According to several reports out of Seattle, Mets VP of player development Tony Bernazard is officially out of the running for the Mariners' vacant GM position. Bernazard interviewed last week...
Deal of the Day-Kohl's
This cute Bubble Skirt from Kohl's is a nifty and thrifty little find.Pair with a corduroy blazer, riding boots and brown tights for a quirky preppy fall look that is...
Red Sox had 1 percent chance
You could empty the thesaurus looking for an adjective to describe the Red Sox's stirring, stunning, shocking, season-saving rally from a seven-run, seventh-inning deficit against the Rays in ALCS Game...
Pace may not play
Eric Mangini said today he was "not sure" if Calvin Pace would play Sunday in Oakland after suffering a foot injury in practice yesterday. Mangini was asked if Pace's injury...
Big Men Down
By FRED KERBERIt sounded like there was more to it and there was.Josh Boone left practice today after expxperiencing what the team called "chest discomfort." He was examined by doctors...
MADONNA IS 'BEASTLY'
Guy Ritchie's father lashed out at Madonna today, calling the pop star's behavior since the announcement of the couple's divorce "beastly." Ritchie's father, John, told The Daily Telegraph, "She is...
Red Bulls talk suspensions & the biggest game of the year
Jon Conway _ along with Jeff Parke _ is facing a 10-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs By BRIAN LEWISA day after keeper Jon Conway and defender Jeff Parke got suspended...
Pierce unlikely to play
By PAUL SCHWARTZThere's a general rule that states you don't practice, you don't play. Antonio Pierce hasn;t practiced at all this week, as he spent today riding a stationary bike...
OBAMA: DON'T SCREW THIS UP
Just hours after Barack Obama urged his supporters not to get "cocky," he reminded another crowd of the ability of Democrats to turn a victory into a loss. "Don't underestimate...
New England Road Trip
By MARC BERMANBOSTON - David Lee and Malik Rose had front-row seats for last night's historic Red Sox-Tampa Bay contest at Fenway Park. Rose, a Philly native, obviously was scouting...
SARAH PALIN SET FOR 'SNL' APPEARANCE
A week after The Post's Cindy Adams reported that Sarah Palin would be on "SNL" this weekend, a McCain spokesman confirmed that, indeed, the VP candidate will appear on the...
Starr Report: Revolver
Local music group Little Jackie is getting lots of mileage out of their new single, "The World Should Revolve Around Me." They'll perform the song for Craig Ferguson on Tuesday's...
Things To Come
By FRED KERBERIt's not going to be that bad every night: 26 turnovers and (it seemed like) 26 fouls by Yi Jianlian and Brook Lopez.But the Nets, against the Big...
EXTREME MAKEOVER FOR NORM'S STORM
The next time a coach scoffs at having to play in Carnesecca Arena, he better take a look around what once was a rat trap on the corner of Union...
KINDLER, GENTLER HOPKINS IN FOR LONG NIGHT
ATLANTIC CITY - I don't think I've ever seen Bernard Hopkins show as much respect for an opponent as he has for Kelly Pavlik. Normally, Hopkins treats an upcoming foe...
3 UP: JOBA, RED SOX AND ORTIZ
If you are a regular reader of this blog (thank you, first of all) then you may remember that in early September I advocated in this post that the Yankees...
MAC BRAVES DAVE
John McCain was a man on a mission last night - sharing jokes with David Letterman instead of remaining the butt of them. The GOP candidate, who caught a helicopter...
MCCAIN & O ARE LAUGH OF PARTY
For one night, the slugfest became a jest fest. Barack Obama and John McCain skewered each other with humor at last night's power-packed Alfred E. Smith charity dinner at the...
BAM WARNS PALS: DON'T GET COCKY!
LONDONDERRY, NH - Barack Obama urged his supporters yesterday not to get "cocky" despite his steady lead in the polls - reminding them that he got "spanked" by Hillary Rodham...
MARTY TO THE RESCUE
* Get your facts straight ("Beeping Marty," Editorial, Oct. 13). It was my idea to bring professional sports back to Brooklyn. I advocated for Atlantic Yards, with no strings attached,...
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT: MIKE & QUINN GET COZY
* City Council Speaker Christine Quinn reversed her long opposition to reversing term limits ("Bloomy Kiss for Chris," Oct. 14). This will make it easier for Mayor Bloomberg to run...
BLIND TO BAM'S BAGGAGE
IT'S always risky to believe The New York Times, and the paper's front-page lead story Wednesday - claiming John McCain's attacks have "backfired" - vividly illustrates why. Imagine: The Times...
LETTING BAD COMPANIES GO BUST
HOW can the new president and Congress design credible, predictable ways to better protect the economy from future financial-sector failure? For starters, it must avoid the idea that since failure...
O'S MAGIC NUMBER
Barack Obama's lucky number is 95. As in 95 percent of working people will get a tax cut in an Obama administration. He trots the figure out every time he's...
SMEARS FROM A SEWER
SIX-TERM Sen. Joe Biden's got some nerve going after citizen Joe the Plumber. But the entrenched politician from Delaware had no choice. Obama-Biden simply can't tolerate an outspoken citizen successfully...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 479; Lucky Sum: 20 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 5261; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 758; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 6352;...
HIS FOLKS? ASK NOT
The latest JFK conspiracy theory has nothing to do with a magic bullet, but it does involve Marilyn Monroe. A Queens man named John Fitzgerald Kennedy is bizarrely suing the...
FBI LAUNCHES ACORN PROBE
The FBI has launched an investigation into ACORN, the scandal-scarred activist group that is facing accusations of voter-registration fraud across the country, authorities said yesterday. Word of the probe comes...
UNLICENSED? SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE!
"Joe the Plumber" has sprung a leak. Joe Wurzelbacher - an Ohio plumber who was thrust into the national spotlight after he was mentioned two dozen times in the final...
BLOW OFF MY DWI, VITO SAYS
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella will face a Virginia judge today for his DWI rap - and argue that cops administered a flawed Breathalyzer test. Alexandria police...
CANDIDATES LOSE VIEWERS TO MLB
Postseason baseball took a chunk of viewers away from Wednesday's final debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. The Obama-McCain face-off averaged 56.5 million viewers - down from the 63.2...
GUY IS 'RETARDED'
Madonna's break-up with Guy Ritchie is already getting ugly. The petulant pop star took an apparent swipe at her estranged husband in front of thousands of fans at her sold-out...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn * Cops are seeking the four thieves pictured above who swiped cellphones from a Bushwick store. According to police, the four thugs walked into the T-Mobile outlet at Knickerbocker...
TOT LEFT ON BUS 6 HOURS
An autistic 3-year-old Bronx boy was left alone on a school bus for more than six hours yesterday, cops said. José Lopez was left strapped in his car seat outside...
MOGUL BUSTED IN 'ICE' FOLLY
The market may be cooling, but this real-estate mogul is still a hothead. Heavy hitter Yair Levy was slapped with an assault charge after allegedly pummeling busi ness partner Kent...
FIREMAN'S 'POT' LUCK RUNS OUT
A city firefighter who peddled marijuana over the Web was busted after he sold drugs to an undercover cop, police said. Michael Seise, 32, was busted Wednesday after he allegedly...
HEY, LET'S 'HEIR' IT FOR POST WINNERS
The Post grabbed a treasure trove of awards from this year's New York State Associated Press newspaper contest, garnering high marks for coverage throughout the paper, including top honors for...
SPITZ MADAM COPS PLEA
Yes, you can call her madam. Buxom blonde Kristin Davis, rumored to have the biggest black book in the hooker biz - and links to ex-gov Eliot Spitzer - 'fessed...
A 'SMOKING GUN' IN BX. COP SLAY
The junkie pal of "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato fired first during the wild Bronx shootout that left an off-duty cop dead on the street, a police officer testified yesterday. Courtney...
AIRPORT BOMB
A nut job from Nevada was busted at Long Island's MacArthur Airport yesterday before he could board a Las Vegas-bound flight with a homemade pipe bomb, authorities said. Wearing a...
LITTLEJOHN TOOK A COURSE IN 'BRUTE' FORCE
Burly ex-bouncer Darryl Littlejohn took a three-day bounty hunter course in which he learned the basic confrontational skills normally taught to law-enforcement personnel, an instructor testified yesterday. Littlejohn was given...
CHELSEA BLAZE KID DIES
A horrific fire in Chelsea claimed its sixth victim yesterday when 10-year-old Jonzan Joa-Balbuena was taken off life support. Jonzan had been the only survivor of the Saturday morning blaze,...
TAKIN' IT TO THE LIMIT AT 1ST HEARING
In one of the most divisive City Council public hearings in recent memory, more than 350 voters, good-government advocates and politicians yesterday poured into City Hall to sound off on...
A BOFFO REVIVAL
It used to be that that the only things standing still in Times Square were lost or awestruck tourists, but yesterday, the Crossroads of the World became a nice place...
MO' JOE RISING AS NY PLUMBER LIKES JOHN, TOO
"Joe the Plumber" is not alone - just ask Joe Armellino from Queens. "I saw McCain talking about him, and I thought, 'That's me. I'm Joe the Plumber of New...
VICIOUS CYCLE OF MURDERS
The last thing his murder victims would hear was the revving of a motorcycle. Accused assassin-for-hire Fausto Gonzales went on trial in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday for six murders, each...
NEW 'DIPLOMA MILL' CHARGES VS. TOURO BIGS
The plot is thickening at Touro College, with more arrests and charges involving former officials, teachers and students who allegedly sold or bought degrees and grades, officials said yesterday. Two...
'HIT MAN'S 'SICK' LINE
A reputed Bonanno associate accused of brutally killing a mob pal with his bare hands and incinerating the body at a "haunted house" on Staten Island bragged on tape about...
LARGE, SMALL FLEEING FUNDS
Mom-and-pop investors fled mutual funds in record numbers this month, yanking a whopping $58.9 billion from stock mutual funds in the first 10 days of October. The last time investors...
BARAKETT BROS. LOSE HEDGE MAGIC
The hedge-fund world's high-flying Barakett brothers aren't having a good year. Trouble first came for Tim Barakett, a top manager of Atticus Capital. The $14 billion hedge-fund firm was recently...
SEARCH AND DESTROY
Google's search business remains a bright spot in an otherwise dismal ad market after the company reported third-quarter results that topped expectations. The Web giant said profit rose 26 percent...
IT'S V-OIL-ATILITY
Big investors and car drivers are beginning to see the silver lining of the historic market turbulence rocking Wall Street. With crude oil falling to its lowest close since Nov....
ADVANCE IS IN RETREAT
THE Staten Island Advance is the latest metropolitan-area newspaper to downsize. The daily, which is owned by the Newhouse family's Advance Publications, is looking for 20 volunteers, or 5.6 percent,...
FRIENDS OF THE BAND
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is plotting a possible push into the digital-music business in the wake of MySpace's launch of MySpace Music last month. The surging social-networking giant is talking...
GETTING FULD TO FOLD: LEHMAN PROBE STARTS
Prosecutors have subpoenaed a dozen Lehman Brothers executives, including CEO Dick Fuld, in connection with three grand jury probes into the bankruptcy of the storied Wall Street firm. At a...
THE PLUMBER'S CRIME
Just a few days ago, poor Joe Wurzelbacher was an anonymous, middle-class workingman who aspired to buy the plumbing company for which he's worked for the past six years. But...
THE BATTLE SHIFTS
Well, it sure wasn't going to be all wine and roses after America's resounding military turnaround in Iraq. That, at least, is the word from the Afghan defense minister, who...
THEY OUGHT TO SELL TICKETS TO THIS SHOW
THE elderly Chinese-Americans got through, thanks to their political juice. The Hasids arrived late and, with no connections, were left waiting at the gate. Yesterday's term-limits hearing at City Hall...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Florida cop has learned that a Taser doesn't have much effect on a 450-pound wild boar. When Deputy Joseph Tibor of Brooksville encountered the massive beast rampaging in a...
ELECTING A PRESIDENT - PRIMARY PREFERENCES
THE primary elections could be called "Presidential Preference Primaries" because those elections allow people to tell, long before the November 2008 Election Day, which candidates they prefer for president. Often...
GRABBING PLENTY OF SACK TIME
The Jets enter Sunday's game against the Raiders in Oakland seeking their third consecutive game with five sacks. With 12 regular season games to play, the Jets are a mere...
JETS' SMITH: NFL SCAPEGOATED ME FOR BOLDIN HIT
Eric Smith's recollection of exactly what went down three weeks ago when he and Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin collided in the Giants Stadium end zone is, to use his words,...
COUNTDOWN TO THE BREEDER'S CUP
Beginning today and continuing through next week, The Post will profile each of the nine Breeders' Cup races to be run Saturday, October 25 at Santa Anita. The Countdown to...
2008 BREEDER'S CUP PRE-ENTRIES
Here are the pre-entered horses and their trainers for the Breeders' Cup races to be held Oct. 24-25 at Santa Anita Park in Acadia, Calif.
BREEDERS' CUP SETS RACE ORDER
The Breeders' Cup enters a brave new world when it is held for the 25th time next Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita. Expanding from the original one-day, seven-race format...
BRODEUR NOTCHES 97TH CAREER SHUTOUT
ATLANTA - It was a goaltending masterpiece, but Martin Brodeur's first shutout of the season was tempered by the high ankle sprain suffered by last night's only scorer, the Devils'...
HANK: CHAMBERLAIN WILL BE IN ROTATION
BOSTON - Yankees honchos gathered at George M. Steinbrenner Field yesterday in Tampa to hatch a plan they hope will make sure this past season when they didn't make the...
TIME FOR D-LINE TO SHINE AGAIN
Last year, the Giants' pass rush led the NFL in sacks and led them to their stunning Super Bowl win. But this season that once-feared push rush has been solid...
A GIANT OPPORTUNITY
Even Jack Bauer has had 24 hours with less action. In between Monday and Tuesday afternoons, the Cowboys lost quarterback Tony Romo for up to four weeks with a broken...
COUGHLIN BLOCKS TYNES' 'STARTING' CONTROVERSY
A day after Lawrence Tynes proclaimed himself fit and said he was the Giants' starting kicker again, coach Tom Coughlin put the man who booted Big Blue into the Super...
RANGERS' 'TOP' PLAN; NOT CHANGING
When coach Tom Renney put Markus Naslund, Chris Drury and Scott Gomez together on the Rangers' top line, he envisioned a lot more than what he's been getting: poor chemistry...
TWO RED BULLS BUSTED FOR PEDS
Red Bull starting keeper Jon Conway and centerback Jeff Parke were suspended for violating the MLS Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health (SABH) Policy. They tested positive for androstatriendione (ATD) and...
THESE PHILS NO NL PUSHOVERS
LOS ANGELES - The NL World Series representative essentially has been reduced to a prop in late October. They show up to be stomped by their AL counterpart, a pit...
TRENDSETTERS
CHARGERS (pick) AT BILLS (1:00) San Diego is 5-0-1 in the last six games against winning teams, has covered five straight the week after throwing for more than 250 yards...
HONDO GOES STRAIGHT TO THE TOP
Hondo rolled to another superb performance last week, cruising to a 10-4 record and nailing all three Best Bets to commandeer a share of first place in both the overall...
CHAMPS GET OFF THE MAT IN STYLE
BOSTON - There is no burying them. There is no eliminating them. There is no getting rid of the Red Sox, who keep finding new ways to challenge themselves, to...
TIM SULLIVAN
SUNDAY: 49ers, Jets, Chiefs, Chargers, Steelers, Dolphins, Cowboys, Bears, Panthers, Lions, Redskins, Colts, SeahawksMONDAY: BroncosBEST BETS: Chargers, Dolphins, PanthersPLAY POST PICK 'EMNFL MATCHUPS, TREND STATSEXPANDED BETTOR'S GUIDE
FRANCESA TREATING TRYOUTS LIKE NO. 2
OF ALL the awe-inspiring qualities abundant in Mike Francesa, the most awesome is that he's satire-proof. His regal self-regard is so advanced that it can't be topped in a spoof;...
HONDO'S SKATING
N.C. State beat the number against the Criminoles last night, which sent Hondo to the winner's circle and increased his earnings to 455 whittenburgs. Tonight, it's ice, ice, baby -...
O/U RICO!
Rico rebounded last week going 9-5 (2-1 Best Bets) on the over/ unders, bringing the season record to 46-40-2 (13-5). The selections for Week 7: OVER: Bills / Chargers; Steelers...
BOSOX BACK FROM DEAD
BOSTON - Until you bolt the casket shut and throw the final shovel of dirt into the grave, never count out the Red Sox. And even then . . ....
SOLDIER ON WITH DA BEARS
The winner of multiple major national handicapping championships against world-class competition, the Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2007 seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5...
SPORTS SHORTS
FOOTBALL: TCU upsets No. 9 BYUJonathan Dalton threw two touchdowns to lead Texas Christian (7-1, 4-0 Mountain West) to a 32-7 victory over ninth-ranked Brigham Young (6-1, 2-1) 32-7 last...
MISS CHARLEEN
SUNDAY: Giants, Jets, Chiefs, Chargers, Bengals, Dolphins, Rams, Bears, Panthers, Texans, Redskins, Colts, SeahawksMONDAY: PatriotsBEST BETS: Chargers, Colts, PatriotsPLAY POST PICK 'EMNFL MATCHUPS, TREND STATSEXPANDED BETTOR'S GUIDE
GIANTS ON REBOUND
THE GIANTS' loss Monday night wasn't about Eli Manning's three interceptions or Aaron Ross' coverage of Braylon Edwards. It was about intensity. Big Blue lacked it, the Browns had it...
PHILS MUST OVERCOME LONG HISTORY OF LOSING
LOS ANGELES - Momentum might be on the Phillies' side, but history most definitely is not. The Phillies head to the World Series riding the high of an easier-than-expected five...
FRANCONA: BECKETT NOT HURT
BOSTON - Manager Terry Francona denied a report that Josh Beckett, his scheduled Game 6 starter tomorrow night, suffered an oblique muscle injury in his last start of the regular...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... ROB DIBBLE
OUTSPOKEN former Reds closer Rob Dibble, who won aWorld Series ring with Cincinnati in 1990, now is one of the hosts of Sirius XM radio's "The Show." He talked with...
D'ANTONI POINTS TO DUHON OVER STEPH
Chris Duhon is a winner, period. That was Mike D'Antoni's explanation yesterday on why he has all but chosen Duhon as the Knicks' starting point guard over Stephon Marbury. Duhon...
CURRY: NEWEST TATTOO DIDN'T MAKE ME SICK
DESPITE comprehensive scru tiny by doctors, it remains unknown what caused Eddy Curry to become so sick he required immobilization at the Knicks' Saratoga hotel (and two trips to the...
NETS FINALLY GET A LOOK AT DOOLING
Finally, Keyon Dooling played against someone other than his Nets teammates last night. Out with a sprained left ankle that sidelined him since the beginning of training camp - except...
UPDATE: You may now resume travel to Canada
The loonie's down. Like, down. $1.18 is now the exchange rate. So, all those destinations along the border that were worried, need not be. No, after years of depending on...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
THE POLITICATS Meow - October 18 Meet Barack Obama, who believes milk is the ideal fuel source, and John McCain, a finicky fellow who likes when you rub him behind...
'LADIES' NIGHT
HALLMARK Channel has found a nice niche for itself in appealing to women over 40 - a group too long relegated to the shadows, as far as advertisers are concerned....
BROLIN TO DO BUSH ON 'SNL'
DON'T be surprised to see Josh Brolin reprise his movie role as George W. Bush this week on "Saturday Night Live." "Expect a lot of fun and some surprising moments,"...
TALKING SEASON 3
WITH the finale of "Mad Men" just 10 days away, the future of the show is in question. Creator Matthew Weiner has not signed for a third season. And the...
OBAMA DELAYS WORLD SERIES
FOX and Major League Baseball have agreed to a 15-minute delay in the start of a possible sixth game of the World Series to carry an infomercial by Barack Obama....
STARR REPORT
Revolver: Local music group Little Jackie is getting lots of mileage out of their new sin gle, "The World Should Re volve Around Me." They'll perform the song for Craig...
NEED PEACE TO PERFORM
ALL was not always well at Wednesday's Webster Hall performance of the Cold War Kids, one of the better California garage bands to make it to the national stage. Their...
HALF-AVAST YACHT SNOTS
BLOWING some of the fam ily stash on a project of al most surreal vanity, Roy Disney and his uncle's company bring us a docu mentary about his pet sport,...
BACKSEAT DANCE
THE title "Sex Drive" is a pun about a road trip in search of nooky, but it's also an apt image of what it's like to be a teen guy....
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
CAN women follow their artis tic instincts and still function as wives and mothers? Pamela Tanner Boll's articulate documentary "Who Does She Think She Is?" answers that question with a...
MADONNA, NO WANNA
GUESS who gets custody of the directing talent? Given Madonna's utter failure to master acting in a lengthy screen career that's included such legendary bombs as "Shanghai Surprise" and "Swept...
THE ELEPHANT KING
IF you're planning to run off to Thailand to live a hedonistic life fueled by drugs, sex and kickboxing, be sure to see "The Elephant King" first. You would not...
THIS HONEY'S SACCHARINE
DAKOTA Fanning plays another traumatized young woman who is assisted by what Spike Lee refers to as "Magical Negroes" in "The Secret Life of Bees." While it's by no means...
FLASHBACKS OF A FOOL
DANIEL Craig spends lots of time practicing his moody stare in "Flashbacks of a Fool," a drama about an LA actor who spends his days in a haze of booze,...
IT'S HIGH ON GUNS AND POSES, BUT LITTLE ELSE
'MAX Payne" has three words on its mind: blam, blam and blam. Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role as a New York City detective trying to solve the murder...
MARY
'MARY" is a mess. An inter esting one, yet still a mess. But that's to be expected from its director, the erratic Abel Ferrara ("Bad Lieutenant," "King of New York,"...
POPPY'S SEED
MORE of a hastily executed charcoal sketch than a portrait, Oliver Stone's "W." is nonetheless an often compelling, tragicomic psychological analysis of Dubya, viewed through the prism of his relationship...
'GOOD DICK' ROOMIES' RUMINATIONS
A short and sweet anti-romantic comedy, "Good Dick" puts together a heav ily depressed young woman with a homeless clerk who rents her porn at a Los Angeles video store....
MOVIE'D TO TEARS
PEOPLE in Hollywood are egomaniacal back-stabbers. That's the shocking news in Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened," a fairly toothless Tinseltown exposé. Robert De Niro, more animated and loquacious than he's...
REPAIRING AN 'ELLIOT' MESS
'I'M hanging my head in shame," says Eric Fellner, producer of this season's most anticipated musical, "Billy Elliot." "I've been horrified from the minute it happened." Fellner, the head of...
NOT MUCH TO SHOUT ABOUT
THERE'S an awful lot of shouting these days at the Schoenfeld Theatre, where Arthur Miller's early melodrama "All My Sons" opened last night in a powerfully acted revival. A starry...
LIVEBLOG: Greetings from Gallup!
When planning a drive from Albuquerque to Las Vegas, it didn't occur that most of the route was part of the famous Route 66 pilgrimage. This whole Route 66 worship...