December 2, 2008
An up-close tour of Citi Field
Jeff Wilpon and the Mets gave the local beat reporters a behind-the-scenes look at Citi Field today. My first impression: Very, very nice. It reminded me of a larger PNC...
Avery suspended indefinitely
Sean Avery looks like he is coming back to New York, not to play hockey, but to have a meeting with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who suspended the former Rangers...
Former Met Bell arrested
My FOX Tampa Bay reports Tampa (Fla.) police arrested former Mets outfielder Derek Bell on Monday night on four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.Bell played for the Mets in...
Bass Sleeping With the Fishes
So Bart Bass is taking the dirt nap. Snore.We knew someone was going to bite it on "Gossip Girl" last night. Let's review how plainly obvious it was that Bart...
Deal of the Day-Beard & Bangs
Beard and Bangs is throwing a mega sale on their online shop until December 7th, which means their expensive but cool T-shirts are virtually free. Okay, well, $5 down from...
WHAT'S UP: AFC
In a few hours the Jets went from the trendy pick to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl to a team that will have to battle to qualify for...
WHAT'S UP: NFC
The Giants' biggest threat to losing the top seed in the NFC comes from within their locker room. The future of WR Plaxico Burress looks bleak, and LB and defensive...
'Rachel Getting Married Married,' 'Frozen River,' 'Ballast' Top Indie Spirit Nominations
The dramedy "Rachel Getting Married," the border smuggling thriller "Frozen River" and the Mississippi family drama "Ballast" topped nominations for the Indie Spirit Award today.Each had six nods, including best...
RBNY's Osorio on van den Bergh, Conway and dealing the 2nd DP
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio said he plans to coach the team next season, and if he has his way, winger Dave van den Bergh will be...
Juan Carlos Osorio to Red Bull: I'm staying. Now put a ring on it!
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio shot down a GolUSA report that he's considering leaving the team, saying he and his family are happy in New York and...
Arbitration for Fuentes, Ibanez
Two players who have drawn Mets' interest -- closer Brian Fuentes and outfielder Raul Ibanez -- were offered arbitration by their teams.The Denver Post reports: "If the team [Fuentes] signs...
Ronaldo wins the Golden Ball
By BRIAN LEWISWhen Cristiano Ronaldo said he was option 1, 2 and 3 for the Golden Ball award, he wasn't being cheeky; he was almost right. The Manchester United star...
GOTTI TRIAL MOVED TO NEW YORK
John Gotti Jr. is leaving the Sunshine for the Apple. A federal judge today thwarted prosecutors' plans to try the reputed mob scion in Florida after three hung juries in...
'Scrubs' Says Hello to 'Dirt'-y Little 'Friend'
Courteney Cox is "Scrubbing" in for her first comedy role since "Friends."Cox will slip on a lab coat as Chief of Medicine Dr. Taylor Maddox for the first three episodes...
PLAXICO DONE FOR SEASON
The Giants today made the only logical move they could with troubled wide receiver Plaxico Burress. They placed him on the reserve/non-football injury list, which ends his season and likely...
Pulse Sales-Ports 1961
PORTS 1961601 W. 26th St., at Eleventh avenue;Sale: Dec. 3-4. Wed., noon-6 p.m./Thurs., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.Pick up cashmere turtlenecks for $60.CATHERINE HOLSTEIN213 W. 35th St., between Seevnth and Eighth avenues;Sale:...
Burress arrives at Giants Stadium
BY PAUL SCHWARTZJust like any other injured player, Plaxico Burress this morning arrived to work at Giants Stadium for a mandatory treatment session. Unlike any other player, Burress might not...
NBC Monday Night Comedy Hour: 'Heroes'
I know I said "I Hate Heroes" last week (and I meant it), but it's my new favorite comedy. This show is not a drama; it's a melodrama. A soap...
PLAX IN COURT AS MIKE TAKES SHOTS
The Giants, the NFL and the prestigious New York-Cornell Hospital shamefully shielded Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress from cops after he shot himself in the leg with an illegal handgun...
Supper With 'The Sopranos'
Speaking of TV catch phrases, let's talk Bada Bing.Arguably the greatest show of the past decade, "The Sopranos" reigned as boss of the TV conversation even after the series dimmed...
COPS EYE PIERCE IN BURRESS SHOOTING
Antonio Pierce is planning to meet personally with members of the district attorney's office "in the near future," according to his lawyer, Michael Bachner. Police have been trying to talk...
Where's The Rush?
Among the myriad of problems the Jets had Sunday was their inability to get any pressure on Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler. The Jets barely pressured Cutler and it showed with...
Marbury withdraws $1M offer
By MARC BERMANI reported in today's Post that the ballyhooed buyout meeting went so poorly, Stephon Marbury withdrew his standing offer to take $1 million less than his wage. That's...
WHY PETTITTE SHOULD STAY A YANKEE
FROM JOEL SHERMANIn today's Post I wrote a column stating that if Andy Pettitte signs away from the Yankees then he should become persona non grata around the team. Not...
3 UP: Pettitte, Abreu, Hampton
1. In today's Post I wrote a column stating that if Andy Pettitte signs away from the Yankees then he should become persona non grata around the team. Not once....
PRUCHA NIXES HARTFORD STINT
Maybe Petr Prucha doesn't like Connecticut. Or perhaps he just likes watching games at the Garden. But he is determined not to go along with the Rangers' wishes and go...
HARRIS IS NEW SCORING 'WIZ'
There could have been no other choice. Devin Harris, who has set the NBA world ablaze with his senses-numbing quickness and scoring, yesterday was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player...
GHOLSTON FEELING MANGINI'S HEAT
Rookie linebacker Vernon Gholston nearly had the first sack of his career Sunday but couldn't quite get to Jay Cutler. When asked if Gholston might help a sagging pass rush,...
WON'T OFFER ARBITRATION TO PETTITTE OR ABREU
There's still a chance the Yankees will re-sign Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu, but the Bombers are unwilling to let someone else determine the price. The Yankees opted not to...
WARD: I WASN'T WITH PLAX, PIERCE
On Sunday, running back Derrick Ward vehemently denied reports he was with Plaxico Burress and Antonio Pierce at the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan on Friday night when Burress accidentally...
SILLINGER SET TO JOIN ISLES
Mike Sillinger, after recovering from microfracture hip surgery in February, should be ready to make his season debut when the Islanders visit the Capitals tomorrow night. The 37-year-old was recalled...
IF PETTITTE SIGNS ELSEWHERE, IN BRONX HE'LL BE A PHONY FOREVER
OVER the past few months, as the economy has tanked, I have received a higher volume of e-mails from fans frustrated at the amounts being offered to players. Yet, good...
VEGAS NEXT STOP IN METS' CLOSER HUNT
The next step in the Mets' slow-moving search for a new closer looks like it will come at next week's winter meetings. Free-agent closer Brian Fuentes plans to be in...
GANG GREEN NEED FIX TO RIGHT WRONGS
Eric Mangini gives his players Mondays off after a victory, so during the team's five-game win streak the day had become a pretty quiet one. Yesterday, there was an unusually...
BURRESS DEAL HAS LOOPHOLES
Plaxico Burress signed a five-year, $35 million contract extension prior to the season, but that doesn't mean the Giants are seriously committed to him for the future. MORE: Plax In...
BIG BLUE COULD FACE A PIERCE-ING BLOW
THERE isn't a team in the National Football League that can stand between the Giants and another Super Bowl championship. There is, however, a formidable team outside the National Football...
TEAMMATES SOUND OFF ON MARBURY
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said he can understand Stephon Marbury's scathing criticism of him in yesterday's Post. But D'Antoni denied Marbury's accusation that he never planned to play the point...
SIR CHARLES RIGHT TO RIP KING
DON'T know if it's the spirit of the season, the Spirits of St. Louis or the spirits I imbibed to wash down good drumsticks and bad football, but I find...
BURRESS CHARGED; GIANTS WEIGH OPTIONS
The sight of one of their star players taken on a perp walk, the hands used to haul in so many passes handcuffed behind his back, is a vision the...
STEPH BANNED FROM PREMISES AS EXIT SETTLEMENT STALLS
In another circus-like day in the Knicks' world, Stephon Marbury was told by team president Donnie Walsh to stay away from practices and games after buyout talks hit a brick...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Rickey on Hall ballot Career steals leader Rickey Henderson heads 10 first-time candidates on this year's Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, joining holdovers Mark McGwire and Jim Rice. Other...
GOOD GOLLY, IT'S LOLLI
Suck on this - it's lollipop's time to shine. Not since "My Boy Lollipop" first thrust the humble candy on a stick into the limelight have lollipops gotten this much...
Report: Osorio unsure about returning to RBNY
By BRIAN LEWISIf you thought reaching MLS Cup was going to ensure a quiet, harmonious offseason for Red Bull New York, think again. A week after returning from their loss...
AKON QUEST
OVER the course of his young life, Akon's been everything from in "Trouble," to "Konvicted" and even "Locked Up." Today, he celebrates his "Freedom." "I'm emotionally, legally, musically and financially...
MOGUL $LAMMED
Real-estate mogul Charles Kushner diverted funds from his record-breaking sale of a Manhattan office tower to help fund his son's newspaper, The New York Observer, a sensational lawsuit charges. The...
'O' RING: 30G BLING FOR MICHELLE
The country's economy is in shambles, but President-elect Barack Obama is reportedly sparing no expense when it comes to bling for his first lady. Obama is giving wife Michelle a...
US GAVE WARNING IN OCTOBER
The United States gave India a remarkably detailed warning about the impending Mumbai attack more than a month ago, it was reported yesterday. US intelligence agencies told their counterparts in...
3,500 VOTERS 'VANISHED' IN ELECTION SNAFU
More than 3,500 voter-registration forms delivered by the state to the city's Board of Elections in September weren't discovered until after the election in November, The Post has learned. "They...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Bronx This 3-year-old girl (right) and her 25-year-old babysitter disappeared following a weekend outing to a Bronx park, police said last night. Little Kayla Roman's mom, who lives on E....
STAFF ALL AFLUTTER OVER THE NEW BOSS
WASHINGTON - Staffers hovered around TV sets at the State Department yesterday to get a glimpse of new boss Hillary Rodham Clinton, and most of them - even Republicans -...
INDIA WANTS POUND OF PAK FLESH
Amid escalating tensions over the Mumbai Massacre, India demanded yesterday that Pakistan punish the culprits behind the terrorist outrage, while Pakistan again insisted it was in no way involved. Secretary...
CHOICE IS GIANT TEST FOR DAVE
ALBANY - This time, Gov. Pater son better get it right. It was one thing when the then-new governor picked Charles O'Byrne last spring as his chief of staff, only...
GET A RETRO CARD
The buses are vintage, but the fares are definitely the same. Straphangers boarded original buses from the 1960s and '70s yesterday, the first day of a holiday-season tour for the...
I WROTE THE BOOK OF LOVE
He's only 9, but this pint-sized pickup artist already knows plenty about pleasing the ladies. So much, in fact, that Alec Greven's dating primer, "How to Talk to Girls" -...
NEW SUBWAY CARS ON TRACK DESPITE MTA WOE$
The MTA promises to keep rolling out new subway cars, despite its $1.3 billion budget gap. The cars, to run on the letter lines, are similar to those already on...
CODDLED JOCK CAN NO LONGER PASS THE BUCK
PLAXICO "Brain Dead" Burress walked into the courtroom without a visible limp - or a clue. He carried nothing except a gigantic chip on his shoulder, several pounds of stupidity,...
THE UNITED 'STATE' OF HILL
CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama yesterday showcased a diverse national-security team that includes a Republican holdover, the first black US ambassador to the United Nations - and Sen. Hillary Rodham...
'GOD' SCIENTIST SUES REAGAN FOUNDATION
He's developed a scientific theory to prove God's existence, but a wealthy Upper East Side man can't figure out what happened to his $200,000 donation to the Ronald Reagan Presidential...
COUSIN POL STOLE 400G FROM DYING PRIEST: DA
A Long Island politician ripped off more than $400,000 from his elderly cousin - a Brooklyn priest with terminal cancer - after the dying man handpicked him to manage his...
REP. SAYS 'NO THANKS' TO HILL SEAT
ALBANY - Westchester Rep. Nita Lowey took herself out of the running to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, even as a latecomer to the scramble, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, proclaimed...
HOOKER AIDE IN SNOW JOB
She went from booking call girls for Eliot Spitzer's favorite escort service to booking yogis upstate - for Uma Thurman's parents. The actress' Buddhist folks last summer unknowingly hired Tanya...
RETAILERS' SIGH-BER MONDAY
Not even free shipping could deliver the goods yesterday for the struggling retail economy, as Cyber Monday sales were expected to slump for the first time since the evolution of...
IVANA SAYS MARRIAGE IS FINITO
Ivana Trump told her Italian boy toy: You're fired! Perhaps not-so-coincidentally, Trump's announcement yesterday came just hours after photos were published of her much younger hubby - entrepreneur Rossano Rubicondi...
BIG BUCKS AT STAKE IN ANOTHER TRUMP DIVORCE
Yet another Trump divorce is headed for court today, where The Donald's baby brother will face off against his wife of 25 years. Blaine Trump filed for divorce from Donald...
ELEVATOR-DEATH 'BLAME'
* The city Housing Authority is fingering poor maintenance for an elevator accident that took the life of a 5-year-old Brooklyn boy over the summer, sources said yesterday. A Department...
WAL-MART AUTOPSY
A Wal-Mart security guard had the life literally crushed out of him during a Black Friday stampede of bargain-hungry Long Island shoppers, according to autopsy results. Jdimytai Damour, 34, of...
BUS DRIVER SLAIN
A deadbeat passenger who boarded a Brooklyn bus without paying became enraged when he was denied a free transfer yesterday - and then fatally stabbed the driver as horrified passengers...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Talk about diehard fans. A Rockland, Mass., funeral home has sold the first Boston Red Sox casket, which a family purchased for $3,000 to bury their baseball-loving dad. The casket,...
FRIENDS WITHOUT BENEFITS
'TIS the season to be . . . awkward? With the economic crisis hitting New York, even if you're not among the 1.2 million Americans who've been laid off so...
GO NOW: TORONTO
IT may be cold in Toronto, but why let that get in the way? Not now, when you can squeeze about a quarter extra out of every buck you spend....
HOT DEALS!
* COLORADO $132 per night and up for lodging at the Keystone Resort as part of their Gondola Grand Opening Sale. Good for stays through Dec. 18 (keystoneresort.com).* TUCSON $399...
NEWS + NOTES
HALLO, MILAN LUFTHANSA has announced plans for a Milan-hubbed regional airline, Lufthansa Italia. It's designed to fill the void left when Alitalia all but ditched the city's Malpensa airport (lufthansa.com).CAR...
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
NOT so very long ago, in a time when things were so much sunnier, the idea of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on mega-resort projects in Miami made perfect...
MPFREES
Blonde Acid Cult "Calypso" Illinois "She's So Blonde" Val Emmich "Get On With It" MUCC "Libra" The Modern Society "Promise Land" Blonde Acid Cult, "Calypso" The band hails from New...
GIANTS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Giants' 23-7 win over the Redskins this Sunday: REPORT CARD GALLERY
JETS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Jets' 34-17 loss to the Broncos this Sunday:REPORT CARD GALLERY
UNWISE INVESTOR?
AS New Yorkers have been reading with dread their 401k and IRA statements, Albany bureaucrats working for Comptroller Tom DiNapoli have been assessing the damage to the state pension system...
ATTENTION, SHOPPERS: LIVES HAVE VALUE, TOO
* This is directed to all the animals (you know who you are) who stampeded that poor man at Wal-Mart on Black Friday ("Hell-Mart," Nov. 29): You are a perfect...
HEDGE FUND INVESTORS DEMANDING MORE CONTROL
The days of hedge funds operating behind a curtain may soon be over. Bruised and bloodied by unprecedented losses, hedge-fund investors are rebelling, demanding lower fees, greater transparency and, in...
BARACK THE REALIST
CHANGE has rarely looked so much like continuity. Barack Obama's leftward positioning and achingly idealistic rhetoric in the Democratic primaries harkened back to George McGovern or Robert Kennedy. His personnel...
THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET IN ON A MARKET RALLY
IF you are getting an itch to buy stocks, get out your calendar. Mark off the weeks of Dec. 15, 22 and 29 as possibly good times to buy. But...
MUMBAI: DEADLY MEDIA EUPHEMISMS
THE international media have already morphed the horrific slaughter in Mumbai into the murky realm of euphemism and apologetics. Al Jazeera and The Guardian label the terrorists "gunmen"; CNN calls...
HOW DAVE SHOULD USE THE SENATE PICK
AS he ponders his pick to succeed Hillary Clinton in the US Senate, Gov. Pater son needs to think outside the box - and make a choice that signals where...
LIVE NATION TEAMS WITH BLOCKBUSTER
Concert promoter Live Nation has struck a deal to sell tickets through select Blockbuster retail locations nationwide. The deal comes as Live Nation prepares to end its relationship with Ticketmaster...
FORD CEO TAKES HIGH ROAD FOR TRIP TO DC
Ford Motor hopes its latest public relations ploy of putting CEO Alan Mulally behind the wheel of a hybrid for a 10-hour drive will get as much mileage with politicians...
SUITS FLY AT AMERICAN APPAREL
American Apparel has been slapped with yet another lawsuit - this time from an ex-employee alleging that CEO Dov Charney swindled her out of her share in the fast-growing retail...
LUXURY HOTEL TO RISE ON 57TH ST.
A 1,000 foot-tall hotel and condo tower is coming to Extell's West 57th Street development site that's now a giant hole in the ground. That's according to the company hired...
MIDWAY TO NOWHERE
Market turmoil and concerns over long-term viability of ownership prompted a sell-off in Viacom and CBS shares yesterday despite a move by Chairman Sumner Redstone designed to relieve pressure on...
THE PERILS OF PLAXICO
Plaxico Burress is a world-champion football player, and a world-class moron. The scary-dude wannabe hauled an illegal handgun into a nightclub Friday and in short order shot himself in the...
OBAMA'S CHOICES
The team the president-elect tapped yesterday to protect the nation and represent it on the world stage seems competent enough. But make no mistake: America's national-security and foreign-policy agenda will...
MAXIM-UM SUIT
There's more trouble brewing for Steve Rattner in his tenure as the owner of Maxim and Blender magazines. Rattner, the head of private equity firm Quadrangle Capital Partners, runs the...
BUSH'S PARDON
With economists officially labeling the current downturn a year-long recession and President Bush saying "I'm sorry" for the economic crisis, stocks ended their 5-day winning streak with a nearly 700-point...
UNLEASHED LOOK AT RACISM'S BITE
IT took a quarter of a cen tury, but the long-sup pressed racism drama "White Dog" has escaped from the Hollywood pound. The titular canine is discovered by a young...
LUCCI CUTS PAY TO SAVE 'AMC'
SUSAN Lucci is the latest soap opera star who has been forced to take a salary cut because of the slowing economy and sinking ratings. The trade magazine Advertising Age...
SING-SONG SAINTS
ELVIS Costello needs a shave. Sorry to focus on the man's facial hair, but his feeble excuse for a beard was a huge distraction for me while watching a preview...
BRITNEY'S 'RECORD' NUMBERS
BRITNEY Spears' tell-all documentary on MTV Sunday night may not have answered all the questions about the troubled pop diva. But it did prove she can still draw a crowd....
'SVU' BABY 2
MARISKA Hargitay says she and hubby Peter Hermann want to have another child. "We're trying," the "Law & Order: SVU" star tells the January issue of Ladies' Home Journal. Hargitay,...
KISS 'GOSSIP GIRL'S' BASS GOODBYE
BART BASS is dead. The billionaire patri arch on "Gossip Girl" appeared to bite the big one last night in customary dramatic "Gossip Girl" fashion. Bart (played by Robert John...
SHE'S ONE FOR THE AGES
WHEN it comes to granny fanny, Tina Turner is simply the best. At Madison Square Garden, Tina, now 69, played a triumphant comeback concert eight years after she hung up...
Evans strains quadriceps
Left fielder Nick Evans underwent an MRI exam yesterday in New York, and the test revealed he has a mild quadriceps strain of his right knee. Evans was playing for...
Rod. Maybe a turning point. Stuff
By FRED KERBERMaybe, just maybe, when 2008-09 is all said and done and if it should emerge as a success, the Nets will look back on one game as the...
Bushes Mets Minor League Player of the Year: Daniel Murphy
Beginning today, we will list a player from both the Mets and Yankees farm systems as part of the Beating the Bushes All-Star teams for 2008. We will begin today...
Starbury impasse hurts all
By MARC BERMANWith all their dead roster spots, it makes no sense Donnie Walsh didn't take care of business today and send Stephon Marbury on his way. Wow. He banned...
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Bachelorette'
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."The Bachelorette"No tryouts in the New York area for the newest round of the modern "Dating Game." But there's always the online application.For...