November 25, 2008
Monday night alive for title game
BY PAUL SCHWARTZDon't cancel your Saturday night plans on January 17. If the Giants and Jets continue their incredible surge and actually make it and play host to the championship...
And so it begins
By FRED KERBERLOS ANGELES - Last year at the start of the Nets' Thanksgiving trip, there was a critical alert.Jason Kidd, the team leader, had not spoken publicly for several...
Monday night champ. game poossible
By PAUL SCHWARTZDon't cancel your Saturday night plans on Jan. 17. If the Giants and Jets continue their incredible surge and actually make it and play host to the championship...
Champ. game contingencies
SI.com reports that if the Giants and Jets both are the home team for their conference championship game, "One team will host a game on Sunday, and the other team...
Deal of the Day-Dolce Vita
All towering T-strap shoes don't have to be harsh on your feet and knees.These High Cork Wedge Sandals are a chic and comfortable lift to go over brown tights and...
Mobley trade official
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks' deal with the Clippers became official today when the club cleared Cuttino Mobley on his physical following a second heart test.Mobley failed the initial physical on...
Mets could have had Street
From JOEL SHERMANRight after the Rockies obtained Huston Street from the A's as part of the Matt Holliday deal, the Mets called and offered Aaron Heilman for the righty. Colorado...
Oscar Watch: Weakly 'Reader'
Kate Winslet, who up until now could do no wrong with me -- and was a last-minute replacement for a then-pregnant Nicole Kidman -- seems less than entirely comfortable in...
'Fictitious' Rumors
First things first - Heidi and Spencer actually got married, in Mexico, five days ago. So on Thursday, I plan to give thanks that a gaping hole has not opened...
3 DOWN: Street, Hudson and Cruz
Barring major news, I am taking a few days off for Thanksgiving, so I figured I would weigh in with a 3 Down, rather than wait for the morning. Happy...
Jets in power rankings
Here's a look at where the Jets are rated in a sampling of NFL power rankings this week: ESPN.com: 1. Giants; 2. Titans, 3. JetsCBS Sports: 1. Giants; 2. JetsSI.com:...
Giants in power rankings
Here's a look at where the Giants (a unanimous No. 1) and the Jets rate in a sampling of power rankings this week:ESPN.com: 1. Giants; 2. Titans, 3. JetsCBS Sports:...
Giants, Jets in rankings
The so-called NFL Power Rankings are out on most sites today, and despite the hype around here, the Giants and Jets aren't No. 1 and No. 2 in all of...
TV'S TOP 10 THANKSGIVING MOMENTS
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, NYPost.com gives you the top Turkey TV moments for which we give thanks. Watch the clips below or check out the complete photo gallery here....
WHAT'S UP: AFC, WEEK 13
The scoreboard watching has begun for the Jets. After a statement-making 34-13 win over the previously undefeated Titans on Sunday, the Jets found out that almost all the playoff contenders...
Pulse Sale-11/25
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WHAT'S UP: NFC, WEEK 13
As the 10-1 Giants motor away from the rest of the NFC, leaving the surging Cowboys and the flustered Eagles, among others, in the rear-view mirror, no object appears smaller...
'I Hate Heroes'
Barack Obama said things will get worse before they get better. He was talking about the economy, but he might as well have been talking about Heroes. With each new...
The Fray 'Finds' 'Lost'
If you watch "Grey's Anatomy," you may have sneaked a peek at The Fray's dual-purpose promotional video last week.The clip not only introduced the piano rock band's new single, "You...
KOPPEL LEAVES DISCOVERY
TED Koppel joins millions of others today -- he is unemployed. Koppel and his longtime producer Tom Bettag have left the Discovery channel almost seven months before their three year...
Spring training starts Feb. 13
Yankees pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to spring training on Friday, Feb. 13, with their first workout slated for Saturday, Feb. 14.The Yankees' first full-squad workout is scheduled...
Offers for Sabathia, Burnett
The Los Angeles Times reports: "The Angels, unwilling to meet Mark Teixeira's desire for a 10-year contract, are in discussions with CC Sabathia and could offer him a contract that...
Cuttino chaos
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks are still awaiting the results of a second heart test for Cuttino Mobley and should know by late this afternoon if he passes his physical.The Knicks...
SABATHIA, THE ANGELS AND THE WBC
FROM JOEL SHERMANAs I wrote Sunday, the team the Yankees should fear most in the CC Sabathia sweepstakes is the Angels and as this story in the L.A. Times implies...
3 UP: SABATHIA, WBC AND CLEMENS
1. As I wrote Sunday, the team the Yankees should fear most in the CC Sabathia sweepstakes is the Angels and as this story in the L.A. Times implies that...
Reality TV Tryouts: Teen 'Cribs'
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."America's Got Talent"It's season four of "American Idol" for the variety-show set. Impress the Hoff with your yodeling skills or your acrobatic cat.For...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: McNabb still Eagles' starter Donovan McNabb will start at QB when the Eagles host the Cardinals on Thursday night. He was benched for the first time in his career...
SEEMS LIKE OLD CRIMES FOR 2: COPS
A pair of outlaw geezers from the old "Over the Hill Gang" joined forces for one last crime spree - but were busted after a two-state dragnet, authorities said. Amos...
CABER-YEA: $3.99 WINE BOTTLE
Got the economic-downturn blues? Grab a bottle of Recession Red. A California company called The Wine Group is selling a merlot, a cabernet sauvignon and a chardonnay - for just...
QATAR'S OWN TRIBECA
It'll be the chic and the sheiks. Robert De Niro is trading in his "Raging Bull" for a camel as he brings his Tribeca Film Festival brand to the Qatari...
NEW JERSEY CHURCH KILLER CAUGHT IN GEORGIA
The man who shot and killed his estranged wife and a good Samaritan in a New Jersey church has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said last night. Joseph Pallipurath, who...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A bar patron was arrested for attacking a man after being bounced from a Meatpacking District pub, police said yesterday. Jason Velez, 31, was booted from the Brass Monkey...
FDNY GRIEVING
Grief-stricken firefighters and relatives of an FDNY veteran who was killed when the roof of a Staten Island home came crashing down on him gathered yesterday to mourn his death....
UNION DRUMMERS BEATEN
ALBANY - The state Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that union members drumming outside the Empire State Building in efforts to organize the building's security guards are not protected by...
NYPD'S BADGE IS A $HIELD
It's always been a haven for victims of crime. Now the NYPD is becoming a shelter for victims of the economic crisis. Applications to join the Finest are soaring and...
MTA TOLL JAM IS LOOMING
The MTA's doomsday budget may take a huge toll not only on drivers' wallets but also on their time. The agency is weighing a plan to close some cash lanes...
TAX O-ATH OF SILENCE
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama yesterday ducked questions about his plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and warned of "meaningful cuts and sacrifices" that lie ahead. "The economy...
BLACK WIDOW JAILED
The Black Widow is behind bars. Stumbling after a three-hour ride from an upstate mental hospital, Barbara Kogan was booked, fingerprinted and jailed yesterday on charges she paid to have...
US 'SPIED' ON BLAIR
The United States snooped on British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair, claims a former American military worker, in an apparent breach of a long-standing agreement not to spy on each other,...
FEDS TO UNVEIL LOAN PROGRAM
The feds today will reportedly announce a program to increase the availability of auto, student and credit card loans. The Wall Street Journal says on its Web site that the...
ANGELS PREP SABATHIA OFFER
The Angels, unwilling to meet Mark Teixeira's desire for a 10-year contract, are in discussions with CC Sabathia and could offer him a contract that approaches the $140-million bid extended...
METS GET K-ROD'S MEDICAL REPORT
Contrary to a published report, the Mets didn't receive the medical breakdown on free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez until yesterday afternoon and are just now poring over it. The Mets told...
CANO WORKING HARD, DROPPING WEIGHT
While they wait for CC Sabathia to decide if $140 million is worth the headaches created by the spotlight that always scorches the Yankees, the club is jazzed about Robinson...
'SKINS TO HONOR TAYLOR BEFORE GAME
THE Giants have over come just about everything put in front of them this year, from prolific offenses like the Cardinals', strong defenses like the Steelers', bitter rivals like the...
HARRINGTON FACES LEBRON IN DEBUT KING AND AL TO FACE LEBRON
At least one player acquired in last week's trades will make his Knicks debut tonight against Cleveland and LeBron James. But Al Harrington is mainly here because in two years...
GOP POLS DANGLING $6M TO LURE DEMS
ALBANY - Senate Republicans, who narrowly lost majority control on Election Day, are moving to create a nearly $6 million honey pot designed to encourage one of the "Gang of...
CIPRIANI-BOOZE 'BULLYING' PROBED
ALBANY - The state inspector general yesterday launched a probe into whether a top aide to Gov. Paterson sought to "intimidate" the head of the state Liquor Authority into renewing...
STYLIST TAKES $HOT AT ANNIE
Working with Annie Leibovitz on a series of Disney ads was anything but a fairy tale for a New York celebrity stylist, who is suing the famed photographer for allegedly...
BIG 3 WOES $LAM NY WHEELER DEALERS
A year ago, Manfredi Chevrolet in Staten Island sold 17 cars a weekend. But with revenue down about 80 percent, the dealership's weekend sales ending Nov. 23 came to a...
PA SPITZER TAKES STAND TO FIRE BACK AT RACISM RAP
Eliot Spitzer's real-estate baron father yesterday denied claims that he had four black employees axed from a Manhattan building because of their race. "If I see a doorman, I see...
INNOCENT DUO CAN SUE IN TERROR BUST
Two Egyptian-born men who were busted by a SWAT team as their plane landed at JFK Airport, then grilled about being terrorists for more than four hours, got the green...
LENNY GETS A WALK
Former Met center fielder Lenny Dykstra worked himself out of a jam yesterday, settling a lawsuit over an unpaid $139,000 bill from a Midtown accounting firm. The scrappy former leadoff...
HE'S A WHINY LOSER ON TV & IN REAL LIFE
IF THERE'S one thing I hate, it's a whiny thug. When he was whacked on "The Sopranos," tough guy Lillo Brancato's final words, shrieked from the bottom of his soul,...
LILLO STARS IN COP-SLAY DRAMA
He was a once a promising actor who had starred opposite Robert De Niro, but yesterday's drama was no movie - Lillo Brancato was in a real-life courtroom on the...
SHE'S A COLD DISH
The serial homewrecker at the center of the Gordon Ramsay sex scandal says she never feels remorse about bedding other women's husbands. "I've never felt guilty about the wife, actually,"...
HUGH THE MAN!
Newly-minted "Sexiest Man Alive" Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman stroll the red carpet last night in Midtown for the premiere of their Outback epic, "Australia." Hordes of screaming fans -...
WHERE THE 'DEFAULT' LIES
As Citigroup careened down the road to destruction, its board and top executives were giving a bum steer - too busy counting their huge salaries, fees, bonuses and stock options...
MORE HEAT ON RANGEL
WASHINGTON - Critics of Rep. Charles Rangel are stepping up calls for House investigators to sift through his tax records after revelations that the tax committee chairman may have improperly...
JUDGMENT: MORALLY BANKRUPT
It's not just stocks that have taken a hit in the Wall Street meltdown - bankers saw their favorability ratings drop to a record low in a survey of major...
DUBYA FREES RAPPER
Grammy-winning rapper John Forti½'s 14-year cocaine-smuggling sentence was commuted by President Bush last night after singer Carly Simon and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch lobbied for him. The Brooklyn-born Forti½ was...
BOUNCE THESE BOZO BANKERS
THE Citi Never Sleeps - but, ap parently, its directors do. Washington was forced over the weekend to come to the res cue of Citigroup - a once- great bank...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 849; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 6666; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 658; Lucky Sum: 19 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 8549; Lucky...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Raleigh, NC, shopper used a frozen turkey to club a carjacker who was attacking a woman, police said. Fred Louis Ervin stole money from a gas station before running...
BIG GAFFE LIFTS ISLES PAST HABS
MONTREAL (AP) - Ryan O'Byrne blamed himself for costing the Canadiens a point. He didn't blame the Montreal fans for booing him. O'Byrne allowed the tying goal when he put...
FAST START A BIG KEY TO VICTORY
The Jets have developed into a fast-starting team, scoring on their opening drives in their last six games. The trend is not an accidental one. Putting up early points is...
PLAX INJURY STRAINS JINTS' GAME PLAN
Plaxico Burress underwent tests yesterday to determine the severity of his strained right hamstring after he lasted only three plays in Sunday's 37-29 victory over the Cardinals. Burress beforehand said...
GIANTS FOCUS ONLY ON 'SKINS, NOT PLAYOFFS
There is so much out there for the Giants that their eyes could be darting to and fro, looking this way at the NFC East title and that way at...
FANS IN FRENZY OVER GANG GREEN
Nick Mangold noticed it when he brought his car in for an oil change yesterday. Behind the counter, two of the workers sat next to the water cooler engaging in...
JETS VS. GIANTS: GIVE BIG BLUE SLIGHT EDGE IN BOWL OF DREAMS
AS we steam toward our first New York-New York Super Bowl, The Great Debate suddenly rages: Who's better, the Giants or the Jets? GIANTS VS. JETS PHOTO GALLERYGIANTS REPORT CARDJETS...
NETS FACE BIG TEST IN LAKERS
Not many people expected the Nets to have the most productive backcourt in the NBA after having traded Jason Kidd. But that's exactly what Devin Harris and Vince Carter have...
BALL'S IN KING JAMES' COURT
THE Cavaliers invade the Sexual Harassment Hacienda tonight. Prior to the game, or perhaps during, LeBron James plans to advise Donnie Walsh what he wants when he opts for free...
RANGERS FEELING ALL RIGHT
The NHL isn't a BCS-like operation, where teams are ranked as much on style points as on their respective records. Likewise, the Rangers don't compete against some mythical standard set...
MELTING POT STIRRED
ATTENTION, yuppies and others taking over New York's rough neighborhoods and gentrifying them beyond recognition. Danny Hoch would like you to leave. Or, as one of his characters in his...
'FIRE' FUELED BY CLICHÉS
'I was un-homed," ex plains the former mili tary man-turned-motivational speaker in "Geometry of Fire." That kind of emotional unmooring - his happened after a near-crippling training-exercise accident - applies...
'SHIELD' SHUTS IT DOWN
AH, the memories! A man's face sizzles on a hot stove. A fat, shirtless man holding a baseball bat bangs on the front door of a ramshackle house. A suspect...
LOOK WHO'S GOING TO HOLLYWOOD
'AMERICAN Idol" has just finished tap ing its first week in Hollywood - and the cast of wannabes includes an Osmond nephew, the reigning Miss New York USA and Jason...
FOX'S LIBERAL COLMES OVER
THE lone liberal is leaving the Hannity bus. After 12 years, Fox News Channel's Alan Colmes will relinquish his role as co-host of "Hannity & Colmes" at the end of...
SPEIDI WEDS
'HILLS" lovebirds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are, like, so married. The reality duo, stars of MTV's hit series, eloped to Mexico and tied the knot last Thursday at a...
'SNL' BITS THAT DIED YOUNG
'Saturday Night Live" - which had been drawing big audiences to online repeats of its comedy routines - has started making even the stuff it cut out which never made...
VERY LOW OPINION OF TOO-HIGH SELF-ESTEEM
IS there such a thing as having too much self-esteem? A new analysis of data collected over the past three dec ades shows that today's high school seniors are more...
LET THE FDIC BAIL OUT OF D'TOWN
IN two new, unreported deals, global research and consulting firm IDC has signed a lease at 100 Church St. and the United Jewish Congress took space at 25 Broadway. What's...
THANKS, BOSS
* Now that he's officially stepping down, it's time for all Yankee fans to take the opportunity to reflect on just what George Steinbrenner has meant to us through the...
STUFF I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
LIKE you, I have loads of ques tions about what's been going on in the financial world these days. More questions, in fact, than answers. Here are some of the...
THE EMPIRE STATE'S INDIAN IDIOCY
ON June 3, New York's state government hiked the cigarette-excise tax. But it continues to do nothing to collect the tax on sales to non-Indians at stores on Native American...
THE TRUE LESSONS OF CITI'S COLLAPSE
SUNDAY's Citigroup bailout marks the end of an era. Citi was the global emblem of American financial capitalism. But now the world sees Citigroup and its New York home base...
WHATEVER WORKS
Barack Obama has succeeded where Hillary Clinton failed. She hoped to win a third Clinton term, but it is her vanquisher who is reconstituting the Clinton administration. Obama's just-named nominee...
RFK-NYC CONNECTION: WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE?
* If anyone out there still has any illusions that our government can be trusted to act in a fiscally responsible manner with our tax dollars, the answer is clearly...
NY'S REAL OUTRAGE
WHEN news broke last Thursday that Gov. Paterson had spent $40,000 on a fancy rug for the governor's mansion in Albany, the media mocked him for spending on a luxury...
OSTRICHES AT TURTLE BAY
The United Nations clearly doesn't think much of the chances that its East Side headquarters might be the target of a terrorist attack. And who knows - it might be...
ROBERT RYAN, 1962-2008
Robert Ryan didn't have to be at the Staten Island fire that took his life this weekend. The veteran firefighter and father of four could have easily hung up his...
A GOOD-SENSE TEAM
The notion of Barack Obama as a wild- eyed radical - or even a mush- brained liberal - got another kick in the pants yesterday as the president-elect announced his...
UNCLE SAM'S 2-STEP
Uncle Sam helped buoy stocks for a second day, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 400 points by calming jittery investors with a steady diet of rescue news....
BELEAGUERED BANK SENDS OUT CURIOUS E-MAIL
At the height of negotiations with the government over a rescue plan Sunday night, ailing Citigroup saw fit to send an unusual e-mail to about 2 million of its banking...
CITI CANNOT SLEEP
If Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit thinks he's dodged a bullet with the massive $351 billion rescue package that Uncle Sam bestowed, then he better guess again. Wall Street watchers think...
FINDING 'PURPOSE'
Reader's Digest Association CEO Mary Berner is tossing a Hail Mary pass in a new multi-media deal with Pastor Rick Warren, author of the best seller "Purpose Driven Life." On...
LUDACRIS TAKES ON 'THEATRE'
WITH the release of his sixth studio disc, Southern rap sensation Ludacris is ready for his close-up. "Theater of the Mind," a lengthy 14-track disc, isn't as much a concept...
NO MAN IS A WEILAND
SCOTT Weiland is the quintessential rock star. He's as good-looking as his idols - Jim Morrison and David Bowie - and between drugs and jail, he's a bad boy's bad...
MPFREES
Forgive Durden, "Life Is Looking Up" Emo meets Broadway in this uplifting track off the Seattle indie band's new guest-vocalist-packed disc "Razia's Shadow: A Musical." They're at Bowery Ballroom on...
JOY STORY
WITH all the talk about hard times and tightened belts, we half-expected our favorite windows this year to go dark or look skimpy. Hardly! Joy, love, peace, hope - and...
GIANTS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Giants' 37-29 win over the Cardinals this Sunday: REPORT CARD GALLERY GIANTS REPORT CARDGIANTS VS. JETS PHOTO GALLERY
JETS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Jets' 34-13 win over the Titans this Sunday.REPORT CARD GALLERY
MAD MAGAZINE
EVER been to Magazine Street in New Orleans? It's never too late to join the club. One of America's most unique shopping strips is the ideal spot for picking up...
STRIP SHOW
MAGAZINE Street in New Orleans may be one of the brighter stars, but it's not the only strip that's doing its bit for interestingness these days. Check out these compelling...
HOT DEALS!
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NEWS + NOTES
ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS WANT to do Philly for under $25? The CVB Web site lists a whole slew of things to do. We like Thanksgiving Dino Weekend (Nov. 28-30)...
BIENNIAL-CURIOUS
VENICE and New Orleans appear to be matched, fate-wise. (They're both constantly in danger of disappearing underwater, in case you didn't catch our clever point.) PHOTOS: ART IN NEW ORLEANS...
Margarito-Mosley Set For Jan. 24
Antonio Margarito will defend his welterweight title against Shane Mosley on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas.The on-again, off-again bout between welterweight champion and Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley is on...
Deal of the Day-Loeffler Randall
This frock might require your companions to wear shades because it's so damn bright. But the Silk Pleated Yoke Dress is just the item to brighten up your winter wardrobe.Either...