January 3, 2009
No Devin
By FRED KERBERMIAMI - Devin Harris' only comment pre-game, delivered through Nets PR:"Sore hamstring, day-to-day."He's out. So that day is not today. Harris is a scratch for the game here...
Updates on Shanny, Favre and Mangini
Some interesting stuff going on around the Jets right now. The coaching search is obviosly creating news, but so are the team's former coach and possibly former quarterback. Here's a...
RAINBOW ROOM TO CLOSE RESTAURANT, CITING ECONOMY
The recession has reached the ritzy Rainbow Room, the storied special-occasion spot that looks out over Rockefeller Center. WNBC-TV reported Friday that the owners plan to shutter the Italian-themed Rainbow...
Curry practices
By MARC BERMANRumors swirled last night Eddy Curry would return to practice today, but a team official swore it wouldn't be till Wednesday during the Southwestern trip as we reported.Well,...
ISRAELI GROUND FORCES ENTER GAZA
Thousands of Israeli troops backed by columns of tanks and helicopter gunships launched a ground offensive in Gaza Saturday night with officials saying they expected a lengthy fight in the...
HOW TO LIVE TO 120
Too bad Ponce de Leon didn't live in 21st century New York City. He may not have found the Fountain of Youth, but he would have at least gotten a...
ISRAEL BOMBS GAZA MOSQUE, KILLS 10
Artillery units joined Israel's Gaza offensive for the first time Saturday while warplanes and gunboats pounded more than 40 Hamas targets and a mosque where 10 people were killed. Airstrikes...
Jets target BC coach
The Jets plan on interviewing Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski this week, according to a league source. Jagodzinski just finished up his second season as the head man of the...
Lawyer on Aggravated 'Button' Gunman: 'If He Wanted to Shoot to Kill, He Would Have'
A judge in Philadelphia has tossed attempted murder charges against Joseph Cialella, an Iraq war vet who became a hero in some quarters when he pulled out a .350 caliber...
Box Office: Fox Hits a Home Run
"Marley and Me'' continues to lead the holiday box office, with Steve Mason predicting at Big Hollywood that the pooch comedy will cross the $100 million line today and finish...
LEFT-WING POLICY WORKS FOR DEVILS
Doesn't anyone smell a plot? Here's one of the most powerful bunch of left wingers in history. They even wear red. The southpaw side is now the strength of the...
ISLANDERS' OKPOSO MAKING STRIDES
Kyle Okposo is showing signs of becoming the player the Islanders need him to be if their attempt at rebuilding is ever expected to get off the ground. That wasn't...
KNICKS' YOUNG CORE NO MATCH FOR SMALL-MARKET THUNDER
The Oklahoma City Thunder, brandishing a league-worst 4-29 record, aren't in the top 10 in any major statistical category, but their attendance figures are strong for a small-market team. The...
TIME FOR NEW YORK TO LEGALIZE MMA
I'M sure there are a lot of pressing issues to address when the New York legislative session begins Wednesday, but somewhere on the to-do list should be the legalization of...
TRENDSETTERS
CARDINALS (+1) VS. FALCONS (4:30) In the past 17 games following an offensive output of more than 30 points (31), Atlanta has covered just five of them. Atlanta also has...
D'LO HIGH PRIZE OF '08
The major steals of busts of this fantasy season: BIG STUDS DeAngelo Williams RB, Panthers Hard to imagine D'lo would be listed here after averaging 8.8 fantasy points over the...
CONTESSA TOP TRAINER FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
FOR the third straight year, Gary Contessa, the man from nowhere, has been crowned New York's leading trainer, breezing in with 150 winners, or 45 more than his nearest challenger....
VEGAS GEARING FOR WILD WEEKEND
Here's a look at how the ever-changing NFL spreads are faring this first playoff week, according to our favorite Vegas insiders. TODAY Colts-CHARGERS The Mannings are 1-to-2-point favorites. "(LaDainian) Tomlinson...
HEATHER DUCKS DUI RAP
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Heather Locklear has evaded DUI charges by pleading to a lesser offense. A court official in Santa Barbara says an attorney for the actress entered a...
IT'S BOTTOMS UP TO HEALTH
When baby's got back, she's healthier! A big behind, like the ones belonging to Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé (seen here) or Kim Kardashian, could help fight diabetes, say top Harvard Medical...
TRAGIC FIREMAN
A veteran Elizabeth, NJ, firefighter died early yesterday after being run over by a firetruck slowly backing up toward a suspicious blaze. Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage said Gary Stephens,...
SIMON SAYS BUILD MANSE
Snarky "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell will soon be able to judge his own performances. He's building a $14.5 million tropical island bachelor mansion in Barbados that will come complete...
ROGUES HIT A GALLERY
BERLIN - Thieves stole works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and others from a Berlin gallery over the New Year's holiday, police said yesterday. More than 30 works - worth...
TANKER CREW HOSES PIRATES
ATHENS, Greece - The crew of a Greek oil tanker yesterday fought off pirates with high-pressure water jets as the armed thugs tried to board the ship in the Gulf...
GRAN PALIN SLAPS PRESS
Will Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol and boyfriend Levi Johnston graduate high school? You betcha! The Alaska governor was so incensed over reports that the two would not finish school that...
YANKEES GREAT DENT PLAYED BALL WITH TEIXEIRA'S FATHER
Baseball is a tapestry and sometimes it is woven in pinstripes. Hialeah High School was on its way to a Florida state championship in 1969, one of three state baseball...
MATRON PUT OUT IN COLD
The bus matron who abandoned a mentally disabled East Harlem man on a bus - forcing him to spend 17 hours shivering and trapped alone overnight on New Year's -...
SUMMER STREET PLAN HEATS UP
The winter chill hasn't stopped the city from thinking about summer fun. The Department of Transportation is considering bringing back the Summer Streets Program, which drew tens of thousands of...
MADOFF $$ CALC TWIST
There may be a bit of good news in the fallout from Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion swindle - some of his potential victims say their losses aren't as big...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Oh, the shoe-manity! Florida state police were left dumbfounded when they discovered thousands of pairs of shoes littering a Miami highway. There were no signs of a crash and they...
PAROLE FOR '81 MURDERER COP STIRS OUTRAGE
A former cop who murdered a woman inside her Brooklyn apartment has been paroled and will become a free man next week - a decision a local pol is blasting...
TOW-TRUCK GUY SLAIN IN PUTNAM
An upstate tow-truck shop owner was found shot to death on the side of a road just steps from his Putnam County business, authorities said yesterday. The body of John...
LI FREEZE DEATH KID 'BOOZED'
A 14-year-old boy found dead on a Long Island street had guzzled half a bottle of vodka after paying two men to buy it for him, police said yesterday. Garrett...
70G 'SECOND-STORY MEN' BUSTED
Two Upper East Side thieves were caught red-handed with $70,000 in jewelry and electronic equipment, cops said yesterday. Angel Gonzalez, 27, and José Perez, 27, were decked out in matching...
HOME PARTY FOR MIKE'S MA, 100
Here's looking at you, mom! Mayor Bloomberg's mother, Charlotte, hit a milestone yesterday - she turned 100 years old. Bloomberg celebrated with his mother at her Massachusetts home. The mayor...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Police are probing the murder of a man found beaten in his Crown Heights home. Delenor Dorissaint, 67, was found in his fourth-floor apartment on Maple Street near Nostrand...
IT'S TRUCE OR DARE IN THE GAZA STRIP
Hamas and Israel exchanged fierce rocket and bomb blows yesterday despite new diplomatic pushes by the United States and Egypt to end the week-old Gaza Strip war. The White House...
ISRAEL LETS PALESTINIANS FLEE
EREZ CROSSING, Israel - Israel yesterday bowed to pressure from other governments and let nearly 300 Palestinians carrying foreign passports leave the besieged Gaza Strip. Foreign consulates told the Palestinians...
DESIGNER RIP-OFF SUIT
Famed fashion designer Elie Tahari could find himself in a bind over allegations from a former employee. In court papers, Elias Silva accuses the Israeli-born fashionista and his wife, Rory,...
TRAVOLTA'S SON DEAD IN BATHTUB TRAGEDY
John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, died yesterday after suffering a seizure and hitting his head on a bathtub while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas, police said. The boy's...
CITY ROTARY CLUBBED
Helicopter companies have started flying tourists over Manhattan - prompting noise complaints and allegations by competitors that some flight routes over Midtown are too dangerous. Zip Aviation and Manhattan Helicopters...
RAINBOW ROOM WILL SHUT EATERY
The Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center is closing its restaurant after being hit hard by the economic downturn, according to a report. The Cipriani family said they will shutter the...
OLDEST PERSON DEAD AT 115
LISBON, Portugal - A Portuguese woman who was the world's oldest person died yesterday at the age of 115, a family member said. Maria de Jesus had been the world's...
OK, DOW YOU'RE TALKIN'!
Wall Street started 2009 as if 2008 was a bad dream. A New Year's rally sent the Dow Jones average soaring above 9,000 for the first time since Election Day....
DESIGNER GONE 'WILD'
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has tanned the hide of animal-rights activists - by declaring that furs come from "beasts who would kill us if they could." The Chanel designer, 75,...
STEINEM TOUTS KENNEDY FOR NY SEAT - IN HOUSE
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem yesterday said Gov. Paterson should appoint Rep. Carolyn Maloney to the Senate - and ask Caroline Kennedy to run for Maloney's House seat instead of the...
COLO.'S NEW SENATOR
DENVER - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is expected to appoint Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill the Senate seat vacated by the promotion of Sen. Ken Salazar to...
RANGERS DRURY, MARA ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF YANKEES-RED SOX DIVIDE
They weren't booing Paul Mara inside the Rangers locker room. Rather, his teammates were going, "Yoook," as in Kevin Youkilis, the first baseman of Mara's beloved Red Sox whom the...
IT'S HELL TO PAY
Complaints against hyper-aggressive debt collectors spiked by more than two-thirds over the past year in yet another sign of the city's deepening recession. There were 1,277 complaints against abusive debt...
BID IN VAIN TO SAVE VINTNER
A Brazilian model and her hunky actor boyfriend dashed into the sea in a heroic effort to save a Hamptons wine mogul who'd been mortally wounded in a hit-and-run boat...
SENATE'S BLAGO TWIST
Senate Democrats are working feverishly to avoid a racially charged confrontation in the Capitol with Roland Burris, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointee to President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. Burris, 71,...
BOONE EYES SECOND CAREER IN THE WORLD OF EA SPORTS
Josh Boone wants to play games - and create them and design them. So this summer Boone will take the first step to what he hopes could be his second...
MEMPHIS GUARD ALSO IN YANKS' ORGANIZATION
BO JACKSON is long gone from the spotlight. His unbelievable seasons at Auburn, his days with the Royals, his tenure with the Raiders, those unique Nike commercials where he even...
WILL HAS MEGASTAR POWER AT THE MOVIES
Will Smith was one of the few people who had a great 2008, as he was picked the hottest star in Hollywood by the nation's movie-theater owners and film buyers....
APPOINTEES NO ELEX SHOO-INS
Even if Gov. Paterson appoints Caroline Kennedy to the US Senate, history says she has only a 50-50 chance of keeping the seat when it comes up for election in...
BUT HUSKIES WILL STRUGGLE AGAINST UPSTART BUFFALO
CONNECTICUT vs. BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL BOWL Today, noon, ESPN2 LINE: Connecticut -41⁄2 O/U: 52 ANGLE: Coach Randy Edsall just keeps rolling out successful seasons, such as 2008 when he lost his...
OBAMA SETS DC ECON CONFAB
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders Monday to cobble together a massive economic-recovery package that he can sign soon after he is inaugurated. As well as...
FLOODED WITH PLEAS
Flood-control and environmental groups want more water to be released from three upstate reservoirs to lessen the risk of flooding along the Delaware River. The seven groups have asked Mayor...
COPS FISH GAL OUT OF FRIGID EAST RIVER
Two cops braved the icy waters of the East River last night to rescue a woman who had taken a plunge near a swanky East Side restaurant. The 23-year-old victim,...
THANKS A TRILLION, GOVS
ALBANY - A middle-class tax-cut plan unveiled by Gov. Paterson and four other Democratic governors yesterday would increase the cost of the proposed federal stimulus package to a staggering $1...
FIRE INSPECTION RULES WATERTIGHT
The city imposed tough new standards for standpipe inspections yesterday, nearly 17 months after two firefighters died in a blaze at the Deutsche Bank building, where a 42-foot section of...
AIRLINE TERROR ERROR
Nine Muslim passengers were booted off a flight after someone overheard them talking about the safest place to sit in the event of a crash. The Muslims - including three...
ISLANDERS FALL TO COYOTES
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Shane Doan and Olli Jokinen each scored and the Coyotes held on to beat the Islanders 5-4 last night. Doug Weight had a pair of assists for...
CARTER'S BOMB GIVES NETS OT VICTORY
In one game Vince Carter went from goat to hero, from ejected in Detroit to ecstatic in the Swamp. His last-second, left-wing 3-pointer sliced the twine just as the backboard...
MVP MANNING & CO. SET FOR BOLTS
SAN DIEGO - These guys might as well be division rivals. Peyton Manning, yesterday voted the Associated Press' NFL Most Valuable Player for a record-tying third time, and his Colts...
BIRDS OF A FEATHER SET FOR DESERT CLASH
GLENDALE, Ariz. - One staged a remarkable one-season turnaround with a smooth, efficient rookie at the controls. The other emerged from a legacy of losing behind the ageless arm of...
FOR CAM, IT'S SIMPLY BUSINESS
OWINGS MILLS, Md. - The last time Cam Cameron visited Miami with the Ravens, he received a Gatorade bath and the game ball after an emotional win over the franchise...
RANGERS HOPE TO CAPITAL-IZE ON RECENT REST
The scariest player in hockey helped scare the Rangers straight 11 days ago, Alexander Ovechkin keying a Capitals comeback from a 4-0 deficit to a 5-4 overtime victory at the...
MANGINI PAL ATLAS TAKES JABS AT FAVRE
Teddy Atlas is one Jet who won't be back next year. The famed boxing trainer and Jets "special assistant" ripped the organization and quarterback Brett Favre yesterday. Atlas, a close...
JONES: I DIDN'T TRY TO DISS BRETT
Jets running back Thomas Jones said yesterday his quotes about Brett Favre on Hot 97 FM were "chopped up." In an interview with ESPN's "First Take," Jones said he did...
WOODY MUST TAB STEVE AS NEW HEAD COACH
Don't blow this one, Woody. When Steve Spagnuolo sits down with the Jets today, team owner Woody Johnson has to give the Giants defensive coordinator the hard sell he gave...
BACKUP BACK KEEPS GOING DESPITE INJURIES
PHILADELPHIA - Like any Eagles running back, Correll Buckhalter is used to a break in the action. Usually, the pause comes when Philadelphia coach Andy Reid calls 16 straight passing...
PHILLIPS, THOMAS, KEHL HAVE GIANT EXPECTATIONS
The playoff debut for Kenny Phillips, Terrell Thomas and Bryan Kehl is next weekend. They're the three most important Giants rookies, and next week's postseason inauguration is the start of...
TIME TO SHOW SOME RESOLVE
BEFORE last night's dis heartening 105-103 loss to the Pacers at the Garden, Mike D'Antoni was asked if he had any New Year's resolutions. "Just get some wins," the Knicks...
MARBURY DENIES REPORT HE'S DECIDED ON BOSTON
When Boston visits the Garden tomorrow, Stephon Marbury won't be wearing Celtics green. The banished Marbury said he would be "honored" to play for the Celtics, admitted they are on...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Vikes still pushing tix The NFL has given the Vikings one last chance to sell out the Metrodome for tomorrow's playoff game against Philadelphia. The Vikings have until 4:30...
DEVS HAB LITTLE TROUBLE IN WIN
These resilient Devils revive regularly, and the longer this survival prosperity goes, the stronger they will be for it. Last night, their surprising replacement goalie showed his team the way...
KNICKS GET JACK-ED IN FINAL TICKS
It's one thing to get outclassed by Denver's Carmelo Anthony. It's another to get whipped by Indiana's Jarrett Jack. The Pacers point guard ambushed the Knicks last night, dominating all...
OLE MISS PROVES TO BE A NEW HIT
In Dallas, behind Jevan Snead's passing, Dexter McCluster's squirming runs and some big returns by Marshay Green, No. 20 Mississippi overcame an early deficit and beat No. 8 Texas Tech...
UTES FINISH PERFECT SEASON BY ROLLING TIDE SUGAR BOWL
Utah31Alabama17 NEW ORLEANS - Utah is the best of the BCS busters. Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and the No. 7 Utes upset fourth-ranked Alabama 31-17...
BURRELL ADMITS FEELING 'LOST'
The St. John's medical staff is no stranger to injuries this season. But it is a not a physical ailment that has been holding back one of the team's top...
SYRACUSE HOLDS ON
Jonny Flynn made a key jumper with two minutes to go and Eric Devendorf hit two free throws in the closing seconds, helping No. 13 Syracuse hold off South Florida...
NOW THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!
A funny thing happened on the way to the recession - high-rolling New York nightclub owners suddenly realized they actually had to do something to draw a clientele. Call it...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY TAKE HER ED-VICE: Like a spunky, singing version of Oprah, the young heroine of "Dear Edwina" is obsessed with solving other people's problems. When a talent scout comes to...
'PRINCESS' COMES TO TOWN
MEG Cabot fans, rejoice! The author of the best-selling "Princess Diary" books is coming to the New York Public Library on Friday, tiaras in tow. Those tiaras - which adorn...
BOOK 'EM!
THE holidays are over, but the gifts keep coming. Hot off the presses are some winning new books for children, from writers known and not. We've rounded up a few...
KATH'S WRATH WRONG: CNN
RED-faced CNN officials said yesterday that foul- mouthed comic Kathy Griffin thought she was off-air when she razzed a heckler during the network's live New Year's Eve telecast. "We recognize...
Jack goes off on Knicks
By MARC BERMANIt's tough to take when it is Jarrett Jack going Michael Jordan on you. The Pacers point guard dominated the Knicks and won the game with .9 seconds...
OPRAH GIFT
THE Oprah Winfrey Foundation has do nated $365,000 to the Ron Clark Academy, an innovative private school in one of Atlanta's poorest neighborhoods. The school was founded by Ron Clark,...
JOKE'S ON YOU
Clearly the idea for this was developed without the waste of even one brain cell. CBS' new reality game show from Ashton Kutcher, "Game Show In My Head," would be...
JET-SET OUT OF JERSEY: END OF MANGINI ERROR
THE ISSUE: The Jets firing of Coach Eric Mangini following the team's disappointing season. *** I find the cover of Tuesday's Post incredibly distasteful ("Don't Let It Hit You on...
'READER-IN-CHIEF' DEBUNKS LIB MYTH
KARL Rove's recent revelation of President Bush's passion for books wasn't a surprise to me. In a Wall Street Journal column last week, Rove explained that for the last three...
FORD SALES STALL, OFF 35%
Ford Motor Co. said US auto sales industrywide fell 35 percent to 40 percent last month, meaning total purchases of cars and light trucks for 2008 will be about 13.2...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Chrysler loan Chrysler LLC received $4 billion in an initial loan from the Treasury to help stave off a col lapse that could worsen a recession. Chrysler might have run...
DAVE'S HANDOUTS . . .
Here's a troubling sign: Gov. Paterson seems intent on bringing back a culture of dependency - even though just such a culture ruined the lives of so many. And he...
. . . AND A CHANCE TO HELP TAXPAYERS
Speaking of entitlements, Sen. Chuck Schumer says President-elect Barack Obama may send New York $5 billion for Medicaid costs. That could certainly ease the state's budget woes - because, it...
HAMAS STANDS ALONE
Amid all the fury over Israel's air bombardment of Hamas' operatives and terrorist infrastructure in Gaza, a significant political development has been overlooked. The so-called moderate Arab regimes - Egypt,...
'09 FASHION VICTIM
So much for Kira Plastinina's US invasion. The 16-year-old Russian fashion designer - who opened a dozen stores in the US last year in an $80 million expansion bankrolled by...
$1.3B INDYMAC DEAL IS REACHED
A group including Steven Mnuchin of Dune Capital Management LP and firms run by hedge-fund manager John Paulson and J. Christopher Flowers agreed to acquire IndyMac Bank from the US...
GREENBRIER COULD RESORT TO A SALE
CSX Corp., the third-largest US railroad, said it's reviewing options for its Greenbrier resort because of a $35 million loss for the facility last year and declining demand for such...
GREEN GETS MEAN: SUES LEHMAN OVER DEAL
Manhattan's largest commercial landlord is suing Lehman Brothers, accusing the bankrupt investment bank of refusing to pony up almost $26 million as part of a loan agreement struck in 2007....
'PALSY' DRIVER'S RAP SHEET OF 28 ARRESTS
The bus driver grilled by police for leaving severely disabled Ed Wynn Rivera trapped in his seat overnight has a shocking rap sheet of 28 arrests, including an assault on...
JETS DON'T WANT SHANAHAN
A source familiar with the Jets' coaching search said the team wants to hire a first-time head coach rather than a proven head coach. That means former Broncos coach Mike...
UPPER EAST SIDE THIEVES BUSTED
Two Upper East Side thieves were caught red-handed with $70,000 in jewelry and electronic equipment, cops said today. Angel Gonzalez, 27, and Jose Perez, 27, were both decked out in...
MADOFF LOSSES SMALLER THAN EXPECTED
There may be a bit of good news in the fallout from Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion swindle - some of his potential victims say their losses aren't as big...
MODELS SWIM TO TRY TO SAVE HAMPTONS MOGUL
A Brazilian model and her hunky actor boyfriend dashed into the sea in a heroic effort to save a Hamptons wine mogul who'd been mortally wounded in a hit-and-run boat...
Jets don't want Shanahan
A source familiar with the Jets' coaching search said the team wants to hire a first-time head coach rather than a proven head coach. That means former Broncos coach Mike...
CNN: KATHY GRIFFIN 'INAPPROPRIATE'
RED-faced CNN officials said today that foul-mouthed comic Kathy Griffin thought she was off-air when she razzed a heckler during the network's live New Year's Eve telecast. We recognize that...