November 7, 2008
Red Bulls' task simple, but hardly easy
By BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls' job Sunday (3 p.m., MSG Plus) couldn't be simpler; but it also couldn't be any harder. The worst road team in MLS has to go...
Yankees AFL Update
Unlike the Mets, who have mostly seen success during the Arizona Fall League, the Yankees' prospects have been much more up-and-down for the Peoria Javelinas in the AFL this year....
Mets AFL Update
Some things change, some things stay the same. One thing that has been a constant all season long has been Daniel Murphy's hitting prowess, and that is one thing that...
Review: I'm Probably Never Going To Finish Fallout 3
I don't mean that in a bad way. I just mean that there's way too much for me to do in the game.I'm going to keep this short, since I...
Learning on the Fly...Winning Whenever
By FRED KERBERIt's not nuclear physics but it is a new system the Nets have been trying to learn.And complicating the matter is that mainly there are new Nets learning...
Phillips to make first NFL start
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe long-awaited and much-anticipated first NFL start in the career of rookie safety Kenny Phillips comes Sunday against the Eagles in Philadelphia."It's a coming out party,'' Phillips said....
Report: Rams' Jackson out Sunday
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports, "Barring a sudden and highly unexpected change in Jim Haslett's original stance, count RB Steven Jackson out for Sunday's game against the New York...
Walsh feeling Stephon strain
By MARC BERMANWASHINGTON - Donnie Walsh is already feeling the strain of the Stephon Marbury saga, looking this morning like a McCain campaign manager.Marbury confirmed at the morning shootaround he...
PHOTOS SHOW OBAMA ON ELECTION NIGHT
In the first glimpse at how Barack Obama spent his historic election night before delivering his victory speech, new photos show a man who was content and relaxed, with a...
Starr Report: Stats of the weak
It has to be discouraging for network execs to read the daily ratings reports in these times of dwindling viewership. Wednesday night was no exception: NBC's "Knight Rider" - inexplicably...
TIM SULLIVAN
LAST NIGHT: Browns (L) SUNDAY: Eagles, Rams, Lions, Bears, Bills, Saints, Seahawks, Vikings, Texans, Panthers, Chiefs, Steelers MONDAY: Cardinals BEST BETS: Steelers, Texans, Bears
MS. CHARLEEN
LAST NIGHT: Browns (L) SUNDAY: Eagles, Rams, Lions, Bears, Patriots, Falcons, Seahawks, Vikings, Texans, Raiders, Chargers, Steelers MONDAY: 49ers BEST BETS: Eagles, Falcons, Texans
BAM HAS DATES TO MEET PRESS & PREZ
Barack Obama holds his first press conference as president-elect today, and he and wife Michelle will travel to the White House on Monday for a meeting with President Bush, officials...
BATTERING RAHM TO HIT DC
Make way for "Rahmbo." Rep. Rahm Emanuel accepted Barack Obama's offer to become his chief of staff yesterday in a move that's sure to bring a sharp edge the White...
HAIL TO THE NEW WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF LAUGH
After eight years of easy laughs at the expense of a bumbling President Bush, now the joke is on Barack Obama. Comedy writers began a liberal new era of laughs...
OBAMA GETS INSIDE SCOOP
CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama got his first top-level national security briefing yesterday, as the nation's spy masters revealed the full extent of the dark threats the United States faces...
COOL OBAMA HAS IT MADE IN THE SHADES
CHICAGO - Check out the cool leader of the free weights. President-elect Barack Obama, sporting sunglasses, sweats and a White Sox cap, finished up an extra-long workout yesterday before changing...
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ASKS BAM TO GET DOWN TO BIZ
The head of the US Chamber of Commerce yesterday urged President-elect Barack Obama to make an economic revival his top priority. "Unless we have a vibrant economy," there will be...
PLANE TRUTH ABOUT BAM: HE HAS A NIXONIAN SIDE
THE ISSUE:Barack Obama's hand-picking of the media outlets allowed access to his campaign. I have to laugh at Kirsten Powers ("A Nixonesque Move From Team Obama," Post- Opinion, Nov. 1)....
BACKSTABBING SARAH
SUNKEN ships loosen bitter lips. The failed McCain campaign, for all its talk of honor, duty and courage, is now teeming with unscrupulous gossipmongers. The finks turned to Newsweek and...
'STANDARDS' BAIT & SWITCH
RICHARD Mills, stepping down as state Education Commissioner after 14 years, has been widely touted for the reforms he introduced in testing. In fact, New York's educational standards have gone...
THE PREZ-ELECT'S QUOTA CHALLENGE
AS someone who makes his living in large part by opposing racial preferences - a k a, affirmative action - I have decidedly mixed feelings about the prospect of an...
RAHM-ARKABLE
PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama sent an important signal with his first major appointment of Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff: He's no "Obambi." Rep. Emanuel (D-Ill.), a former Clinton administration...
BRITS ARE PAYING PRICE FOR PLASTIC
LONDON - Stores charging for plastic bags has become both a welcome and controversial topic in Britain. Marks & Spencer - Britain's biggest clothing/grocery retailer - started the trend by...
SLIME IN THE MAHMOUD FOR LOVE
Iran's Bush-bashing leader congratulated Barack Obama yesterday - the first time the fanatical regime has offered kind wishes to a US president-elect since radical Muslim clerics seized control in 1979....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 510; Lucky Sum: 6 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 4362; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 355; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 3119;...
THE ROMIJN EVENT!
Rebecca Romijn - seven months pregnant with twin girls - is a little touchy about her body these days. "I have not been without a bra this entire pregnancy," she...
PREZ-ELECT A TOUR DE FORCE
Tour operators already are giving Barack Obama the George Washington treatment by breaking out the "Obama Slept Here" signs to generate business. The Illinois Bureau of Tourism is planning to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Police are searching for the Greenpoint bank robber pictured above. The hooded bandit approached a teller and demanded cash at the Sovereign branch on Manhattan Avenue near Norman Avenue...
911 BACKUP PLAN TAKE$ A MAJOR HIT
After years of delay, plans to build a backup center to handle 911 calls in case of a terrorist attack or other calamity are being revised again after the cost...
IT'S MUCH A-DOO FOR DOG OWNERS
Some dog owners are happy that the fine for failing to pick up after pooches has soared - but they really "doo" dislike the city's plan for a nickel surcharge...
250G BAIL LETS 'KATT' OUT OF CAGE AFTER GUN BUST
"Pimp Chronicles" comedian Micah "Katt" Williams and members of his entourage were busted early yesterday for gun possession - hours after he bizarrely blew off an appearance on "Late Night...
SEX WASN'T AS GOOD FOR LIVID RING CONVICTS
The Emperors Club VIP quartet that put beautiful women in the arms of well-heeled johns like New York's sex-starved ex-governor will all suffer a fate far worse than their most...
ISRAELI-KID ABDUCT SUIT
An Israeli man who couldn't find work here is suing his wife, saying she abducted their son and is keeping him at her parents' home in Queens. Avi Halaf's lawsuit...
A FEW 'BAD' MEN
Four Marines accused of breaking into a Brooklyn-raised Iraq veteran's California home, sexually assaulting his wife and executing the couple could face the death penalty amid speculation the mixed-race couple...
FAREWELL, 'GI JOE'
As a boy growing up in the South Bronx, Deon Taylor loved to play with GI Joe action figures and protect little kids from bullies. As an adult, Taylor battled...
OFFICER'S 'SODOMY' TESTIMONY
In stunning testimony to a grand jury yesterday, a cop said a fellow officer ran a metal baton against the buttocks of a handcuffed man who later claimed he was...
FBI HAS GOODS ON $20M 'SCAMMER'
An Upper West Side woman who allegedly bilked Fortune 500 firms out of $20 million bought goods from the companies at huge discounts - supposedly for charity - and then...
GREEN TOTE COUTURE'S ALREADY IN FASHION
The fashion world is way ahead of Mayor Bloomberg when it comes to jumping on the eco-friendly handbaggin' wagon. Businesses from food stores to fashion houses already are offering pretty...
WARY COPS AVOID TASER IN STANDOFF
A disturbed off-duty NYPD traffic agent stabbed his girlfriend, then held Bronx cops at bay for 13 hours yesterday as he stood nearly naked on a narrow window ledge, police...
SHOPPING PLAZA
Get out your credit card, Eloise. Manhattan's iconic Plaza hotel is hoping to draw the attention - and cash - of Fifth Avenue shoppers with a sprawling new retail concourse...
HEROIC BEAU BUSTS 'RAPIST'
A Greenwich Village man who found his unconscious girlfriend being raped in their vestibule not only tackled and held her attacker, but also called the cops while doing it, police...
PRINCIPALS FEAR BIG $QUEEZE
This year's school budget cuts are a mere ripple compared to the tsunami that will hit next year, principals told The Post yesterday. On the heels of a 1.3 percent...
MALCOLM PLAYS HISPANIC CARD IN MANO A MANO
ALBANY - State Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith yesterday named former state Housing Commissioner Angelo Aponte to head his transition team - and to help him earn the support of...
SHOPPERS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG
Call it a mixed bag. Mayor Bloomberg has proposed slapping shoppers with a 5-cent surcharge for each plastic bag they get at stores - a move that left consumers sharply...
HOMEOWNERS HOWLING OVER MAYOR'S REBATE-AND-SWITCH
Furious at the last-minute switch, small homeowners were in all-out revolt yesterday over Mayor Bloomberg's plan to rescind a $400 annual rebate. City Councilman Oliver Koppell (D-Bronx), who has criticized...
POOCH MOOCH RAPPED
Bad dog walker! Bad! A Manhattan judge has curbed a dog walker who was allegedly poaching customers from a TriBeCa kennel, ordering him not to walk pooches within a 10-mile...
$11M BALLPARK FIGURE
The Yankees have agreed to fork over $11 million to the city in back rent - money the team probably would have preferred to spend on an ace starting pitcher...
JURY NAILS LI CON ON THE LAM FOR 900G SCAM
A professional swindler's mysterious disappearance didn't stop a federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday from convicting him of stealing more than $900,000 from investors and ordering him to repay the money....
WHAT A RELIEF! SPITZ GETS OFF
He's gone from "Client 9" to Cloud 9. Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer escaped prosecution yesterday for a sensational hooker scandal that forced him to resign, despite admitting to investigators...
MERRILL BROKERS WIN ON CLIENT-DATA ISSUE
Merrill Lynch's 16,800- strong brokerage arm scored a big win this week in an ongoing battle over how they will be treated when the company merges with Bank of America...
PASSPORT FUND FALLS BY 38% IN OCT.
Add another hedge fund to the growing roster getting slammed in October - which is on track to be the worst month in history for the industry. Passport Capital, the...
RECESSION THEME
A slowing economy has finally caught up with the Mouse House. Walt Disney Co. yesterday posted a 13 percent drop in fiscal fourth-quarter profit to $760 million as its once-bulletproof...
CABLEVISION REPORTS PROFIT OF $27.1M
Cablevision Systems yesterday agreed to pay another 10-cent-per-share dividend to investors next month and also suspended its pursuit of so-called strategic alternatives. The new 10-cent dividend marks Cablevision's second payout...
RECORD TURNOUT FOR MAGS
TIME and Newsweek, which both rushed election specials onto newsstands early, say the issues are already selling out in the major metropolitan markets. Both hit newsstands early yesterday morning -...
CITADEL SUFFERED 22% LOSS IN OCT.
Citadel Investment Group founder Ken Griffin continues to be haunted by the Wall Street meltdown horror show, as October proved to be more challenging than September. The Chicago-based hedge fund...
MALL-OWEEN MAULING
October was one of the scariest months on record for retailers, as skittish shoppers slammed their wallets shut amid the credit crisis. Luxury stores were hit hardest, as a threatened...
ALL TAPPED OUT
Wall Street's jarring ride could cause more pain than the crash of 1987 unless investors snap out of their shell shock, analysts say. Stocks tumbled yesterday in the worst two-day...
... AND HIS FIRST TEST
Well, that didn't take long. Barely 24 hours after Tuesday's election, even as Americans were still taking the full measure of Barack Obama's historic victory, Russia's leaders may well have...
OBAMA'S PROPER PICK ...
President-elect Obama yesterday named Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) to be White House chief of staff. Those expecting - or even hoping for - the appointment of an ideologue to the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
There are blue states - and then there are booze states. An election-night party in Akron, Ohio, turned ugly after the promoters offered a free drink for every state Barack...
TOUGH TURN-AROUND A BIG TEST FOR JETS
This could be a turning-point week for the Jets. It certainly be a busy one. By next Friday, Gang Green - now in a three-way tie for first place -...
NUGENT NEARING RETURN
It appears Mike Nugent is creeping ever so close to returning to his duties as the Jets kicker. Nugent, who injured his right thigh in the season opener in Miami...
JETS' REVAMPED D STUFFS THE GROUND GAME
Kris Jenkins can't truly appreciate the remarkable resurrection of the Jets' run defense this season after they had been so pathetic in the most basic tenet of defense for the...
BRODEUR HAS SURGERY
Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur underwent successful surgery to repair his torn left biceps near the elbow yesterday, according to a statement from team president/GM/CEO Lou Lamoriello. "Martin Brodeur underwent surgery...
LOCAL FIGHTERS HIGHLIGHT GARDEN UNDERCARD
Though the main event featuring Joe Calzaghe of Wales and Roy Jones Jr. of Pensacola, Fla., might be considered an international showdown, there will be plenty of local flavor on...
MEETINGS TAUGHT YANKEES' GM HE HAS CHIPS
DANA POINT, Calif. - Brian Cashman's high-stakes wagering may have to wait until Las Vegas. The Yankee general manager left the GM meetings yesterday without any new additions to his...
MARIANO TO YANKEES: SI, SI ON CC
If CC Sabathia signed with the Yankees, Mariano Rivera wouldn't exactly complain. Rivera said last night that he strongly favors having Sabathia join him in pinstripes, though he insisted the...
SPAGNUOLO COORDINATING ANOTHER BIG SEASON
FUNNY how things work out, right? This was January of 2006, and Brad Childress, just been hired off Andy Reid's staff in Philadelphia to coach the Vikings, was in the...
TUCK RULES ON, OFF LINE
The Giants swept the rival Eagles on the way to last year's Super Bowl on the strength of a pass rush that dropped Donovan McNabb a team-record dozen times in...
ELECTION MOVES GIANTS
The Giants locker room certainly wasn't 100 percent pro-Barack Obama, but every player The Post spoke to at least acknowledged his election Tuesday as a milestone in American history, and...
RANGERS STRIKE LIGHTNING WITH COMPLETE GAME
The Rangers responded to their first serious challenge of the season with their most assertive and complete performance of the year. They got the puck in deep, they drove to...
IT'LL BE A BREES FOR SAINTS
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 record in print stands at 354-294 (54.5 percent)...
BEAR-ABLE HUNTING NUMBERS
BEAR hunters in the Adi rondacks have had a much tougher time of it than those who hunt the southern part of New York. The early season take in the...
FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
THE Giants at 7-1 have the best record in the NFC and have won their past three games in Philly, so it has to give them at least a little...
ALL-SPORTS NETWORKS AREN'T ALL RIGHT
THE problem with all-sports networks is that we expect too much of them. We expect that given their only focus, they will know at least as much as those inclined...
NO 'DYESS' IN DENVER
I ASSUME yesterday afternoon's completion (finally) of the Pistons-Nuggets trade requires the four involved players to report to their respective teams, not just those who feel like it, namely Allen...
5 QUESTIONS FOR
CBS college-football analyst Gary Danielson will be calling the Alabama-LSU matchup Saturday. He talked about that game, and some of the nation's other top teams, with The Post's Justin Terranova....
HONDO SOLOING AT THE SUMMIT
Here's some change you can believe in: Hondo regained sole possession of the Bettor's Guide mountain top last week by keeping it real solid with an 8-6 mark that moved...
PEAVY HEADING FOR ...
DANA POINT, Calif. - Jake Peavy is going to be a Brave or Cub in the next few weeks. Padre GM Kevin Towers said yesterday, "The train has left the...
O/U RICO!
Rico slipped again last week, going 6-8 (1-2 Best Bets) on the over/unders. Rico lost on the under last night to bring the season record to 63-63-5 (16-10-1). The selections...
SPORTS SHORTS
Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina, coming off his first 20-win season, added to his accolades with his seventh Gold Glove, as Carlos Pena raised the Rays' profile yesterday when he became...
D'ANTONI YANKS GALLINARI FROM ROTATION
How do you say garbage time in Italian? Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said yesterday rookie forward Danilo Gallinari is out of the rotation for now and will only play in...
KNICKS WON'T LET STEPH PRACTICE AT LINCOLN HIGH
Exiled Stephon Marbury's dream of going back to high school has been squashed. In another bizarre development, the 31-year-old Marbury said earlier yesterday he would like to practice with his...
MARKET LOOKS SET TO DELIVER RELIEF TO 'PEN
DANA POINT, Calif. - Now is one time the Mets are happy the Yankees have Mariano Rivera. And that the Red Sox have Jonathan Papelbon and the White Sox Bobby...
IVERSON TO MAKE PISTONS DEBUT
Allen Iverson is the NBA's active career leader in points per game and a former league MVP, but is he the solution to the Detroit Pistons' title hopes? "The Answer"...
DROLL MODELS
CALL me sentimental, but can I just confess something to you guys? It's just that I kind of have this soft spot for . . . misanthropes. Nothing quite sweetens...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
CUCKOO FOR COCOA Sweet - November 7 This weekend, New York is becoming a chocolate city - with the 10th annual Chocolate Show. It's like a giant kiss to the...
PEERING INNOCENTLY INTO A NAZI DEATH CAMP
DADDY'S got this cool death's head insignia on his uniform. He's taking us to live in a country house. From my window, I can see the local farmers who live...
THE GUITAR
THIS bizarre art-house equiva lent of "The Bucket List" suggests that receiving a diagnosis of inoperable cancer, losing your job and being dumped by your boyfriend in the same day...
GARDENS OF THE NIGHT
TOM Arnold plays the fatherly head of a child-prostitution ring and John Malkovich a sympathetic social worker - two clever casting twists that constitute the main interest in the grueling...
DARK FUTURE, BAD SOUNDTRACK
THERE probably aren't enough futuristic Goth rock musicals, but "Repo! The Genetic Opera" is weak on a couple of things a musical needs: music and lyrics. This demon nightmare takes...
SEQUEL ALONG SAME LIONS
THERE was a time, back around the first "Shrek," when DreamWorks Anima- tion seemed interested in competing with Pixar to produce sophisticated 'toons that would appeal as much to adults...
PREVIEWS
“BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL”: Elton John wrote the music for this story of an English coal- miner's son who loves to dance. Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St.; 212-239- 6200....
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
FALL FAIR: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on University Place between Waverly Place and 14th Street.HOLIDAY EXPO: Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Madison Avenue between...
FILM
LANDMARK SUNSHINE THEATER: Tonight and tomorrow at midnight, "Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut" (2001/2004), starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Drew Barrymore. 143 E. Houston St.; 212-330-8182.TWO BOOTS PIONEER THEATER: Say goodbye...
DANCE
BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE: The Montreal-based contemporary ballet company La La La Human Steps performs "Amjad," a modern version of a combination of "Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake," Wednesday...
CABARET
FEINSTEIN'S: Florence Henderson sings tomorrow night at 8 and 10 at 540 Park Ave.; 212-339-4095.OAK ROOM: Paula West sings with the George Mesterhazy Quartet at 8:30 and 11 tonight and...
JAZZ
BLUE NOTE: The Charlie Haden Music Liberation Orchestra tonight through Sunday at 8 and 10:30 p.m. at 131 W. Third St.; 212-475-8592.DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: Hank Jones leads his quartet Wednesday...
THE DEAD-END KID
IF you, like I, have been waiting for a movie with a gay- zombie sex orgy, rejoice because said event takes place in "Otto; or, Up With Dead People," by...
HOUGH TO 'DANCE' AGAIN
'DANCING With the Stars" high-stepping hoofer Julianne Hough, who underwent surgery two weeks ago, is not expected to return to the dance competition for another week. "I'm feeling phenomenal," the...
FRANKLY, WE DON'T GIVE A VAN DAMME
'JCVD" stands for Jean-Claude Van Damme, who plays a parody of himself in a curio that combines a sketch-comedy premise with pacing like a philosophy seminar. Van Damme is a...
VERY FEW FONDA MEMORIES
JANE Fonda, as reported earlier this week, will star on Broadway this winter in Moises Kaufman's new play "33 Variations." Here's hoping this one goes a little better than the...
LIBERIA DOC FITTING TO A T
CHARLES Taylor is a world-class SOB. A warlord elected president of Liberia in 1997, his reign of terror led to a deadly civil war that seemed to go on forever....
HERE'S MR. MAN
A Barack Obama cam paign worker from California has been identified as the man on whose shoulder Oprah Winfrey cried during an election-night victory rally in Chicago. Co-workers say he...
BIG WOMAN, BIG MYSTERY
RUBY Gettinger could be the poster girl for that terrible phrase: "But she has such a beautiful face." Ruby, you see, was a hugely overweight single woman living in Savannah,...
STARR REPORT
Stats of the weak It has to be discouraging for network execs to read the daily ratings reports in these times of dwindling viewer ship. Wednesday night was no exception:...
OLD SCHOOL
MIRANDA Cosgrove has been working for Nickelodeon so long, she can't even remember what it was like in the beginning. "I can remember I just turned 9 and I was...
DEATH BE NOT PROUD
AND you thought "The Dark Knight" was morbid. "Soul Men," containing the last performances of the late Bernie Mac - he has a previously filmed Disney picture in the can...
BROADWAY
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** A largely new cast, led by the redoubtable Estelle Parsons, has taken over in Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize winner. But this eviscerating melodrama remains as gripping...
OFF-BROADWAY
"A BODY OF WATER": * 1/2 Well-acted (by Christine Lahti and Michael Cristofer) but murky existential drama about a couple with amnesia. 59E.59th Theaters, 59 E. 59th St.; 212-279-4200. Closes...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
SMASHING PUMPKINS: These American alternative rockers never get old. Catch them in a more civil setting than usual tonight at 8 at the United Palace Theatre, 4140 Broadway; 212-568-6700.CLOUD CULT:...
Chris Rock jabs Duhon
By MARC BERMANNew starting point guard Chris Duhon, averaging just 6.8 points per game on 37.5 percent shooting, hasn't made a fan in comedian/diehard Knick fan Chris Rock. During a...