January 20, 2009
ESPN changes MLS days
APMajor League Soccer and ESPN are moving games from a regular Thursday night time slot to different days of the week in hopes of boosting ratings. The average audience on...
Deal of the Day-Gap
An extra and colorful layer never hurts in this, the most drab time of year.This Puffer Vest in a canary yellow will brighten up even the most dismal wind whipping...
STOCKS TUMBLE ON OBAMA'S FIRST DAY
The dawn of the Obama presidency was not enough to shake Wall Street from its dejection over the banking industry's growing problems. After hearing the new president's inaugural address Tuesday,...
Mets new Triple-A affiliate begins to fill out its roster
As the Mets move their Triple-A operations north from New Orleans to Buffalo, they have begun to fill out the Bisons' roster as Spring Training looms ever closer on the...
First Look: 'FNL's' Aimee Teegarden on '90210'
No, the lockers behind Aimee Teegarden do not belong to Dillon High.Teegarden, who plays Coach Taylor's (Kyle Chandler) daughter Julie on "Friday Night Lights," switches high schools for an upcoming...
Mets sign Church, four others
The Mets avoided arbitration by signing outfielders Ryan Church (pictured) and Angel Pagan to one-year contracts while signing left-handed pitchers Tom Martin and Casey Fossum and catcher Omir Santos to...
Mock drafts -- updated April 24
CBSSports.com has five mock drafts with five different players going to the Giants with the 29th pick in the NFL Draft.The players are: North Carolina WR Hakeem Nicks; Southern Mississippi...
Sundance: Being Paul Giamatti, Being Michael Cera
Today is is my last day at Sundance -- I have three more screenings to go, including a "sneak preview'' of Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience'' before I fly home...
Nady, Cabrera sign
From APRight fielder Xavier Nady agreed to a $6.55 million, one-year contract, and center fielder Melky Cabrera accepted a $1.4 million, one-year deal shortly after exchanging proposed arbitration figures with...
SEN. TED KENNEDY SUFFERS SEIZURE
WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with a brain tumor, was hospitalized Tuesday but quickly reported feeling well after suffering a seizure at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack...
TEARS OF JOY IN HARLEM
New York's historic black neighborhood of Harlem brimmed with joy Tuesday as Barack Obama took office as America's first black president. Elated crowds filled theaters and churches and jammed sidewalks...
Did You Get Accepted to College Via Text?
Something's in the water on this week on "Gossip Girl": boring Dan inadvertently talks dirty, Chuck's heart grows three sizes and Page Six will get you everywhere.It's early decision day...
REDDING PUSHED TO JOIN METS
Tim Redding always wanted to pitch in New York. To get here, he had to be unwanted by the worst team in baseball. Redding, who signed with the Mets on...
'Idol' Fix: Sanjaya Tell-All
Not to be outdone by a new crop of "Idol"-wannabes, Sanjaya Malakar is following up his five song album with a book of the same title. The tome, "Dancing to...
'Paranormal State' of Ryan Buell
"Paranormal State," A&E's widely popular reality series about things that go bump in the night, returned Monday with a spooky story that had a local twist.In the show's season premiere,...
BUSH BIDS GOODBYE TO CAPITOL
WASHINGTON - With one last handshake to President Barack Obama, George W. Bush boarded a helicopter on Tuesday at the Capitol and began his post-presidential life, closing a two-term administration...
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'SPONGEBOB' DOCUMENTARY
Fun-loving "SpongeBob SquarePants" will get the highbrow treatment in an upcoming documentary. Noted filmmakers Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley will produce a history of "SpongeBob" for Nickelodeon to mark the...
A look at Pettine, Jackson
Rex Ryan may fill out his Jets staff with Ravens assistant coaches, with linebackers coach Mike Pettine as defensive coordinator and quarterback coach Hue Jackson as offensive coordinator (if Brian...
'VERONICA MARS' MOVIE IN WORKS
There's a "Veronica Mars" movie coming down the pike -- if everything goes right. Series creator Rob Thomas, who's currently working on ABC's "Cupid," says he's been given the go-ahead...
"F.E.A.R. 2" demo on way to you
How's that for a gory image? Yeah, it's just one of the things you can expect to see come Feb. 10, when "F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin" hits stores for Xbox...
JOE BIDEN SWORN IN AS 47TH VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden, whose foreign policy expertise, Washington savvy and personal style earned him Barack Obama's trust and faith, was sworn in Tuesday as the 47th vice president of...
How 'bout them Cowboys
The Dallas Morning News has a revealing report on the turmoil within the Cowboys, most notably how several players feel about high-profile quarterback Tony Romo. The report says, "According to...
MARCIA CROSS' HUSBAND HAS CANCER
CANCER has touched the cast of "Desperate Housewives" for real this time - Marcia Cross' husband is undergoing treatment for the disease. Tom Mahoney, 50, who fathered twins with Cross...
ROBERTS FLUBS SWEARING-IN OATH
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts swore in President-elect Barack Obama as president of the United States on Tuesday with a slight stumble over the wording of the oath of...
The Brody Jenner Story
There were so many tears on this week's episode of "Bromance," that I wasn't sure whether I was watching MTV or the Lifetime network. Alex and Luke opened up the...
10 SIGHTS YOU CANNOT MISS
1) Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Think of it as Disneyland East. This 107-acre theme park provides the alphabet for the whole Disney culture: Space Mountain, the Pirates of the...
BARACK OBAMA'S INAUGURATION SPEECH
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank...
CROWD OF 1 MILLION OR MORE TO TEST DC
WASHINGTON - More than 1 million people crammed onto the National Mall and along the inauguration parade route Tuesday to celebrate the swearing-in of the nation's first black president in...
NY STUDENTS REVEL AT OBAMA SCHOOL
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Students coast-to-coast are gathering in school gyms and auditoriums to watch the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president. The excitement is especially acute...
ROADBLOCK THROWN IN WAY OF CLINTON'S CONFIRMATION
WASHINGTON - The confirmation of Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state will be held up for at least a day due to the objection of a single senator....
CELEBRANTS AROUND THE WORLD CHEER OBAMA
LONDON - A world made weary by war, recession, joblessness and fear shed its collective burden Tuesday to celebrate the arrival of a new American president. Bulls and goats were...
BARACK OBAMA 44TH PRESIDENT OF US
Barack Obama took his place in history as the nation's first black president today, with a sweeping call to the nation to join with him to begin the task of...
DEMENTIA RX: PALS
Keeping a full social calendar may help protect you from dementia, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said yesterday. Socially active people who were not easily stressed had a...
MORGAN TO CANCEL OIL-STORAGE TANKER
Morgan Stanley scrapped a deal to hire a supertanker for storing crude in the Gulf of Mexico, two people familiar with the situation said. Traders for the bank canceled the...
ZIMBABWE CHAOS FEARED AS TALKS NEAR 'COLLAPSE'
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the opposition are in danger of collapse, an opposition source said yesterday, raising fears an economic crisis will deepen...
BIDDER TIMES FOR CHRISTIE'S STAFF
LONDON - Christie's is considering a number of cost-cutting measures, including job cuts, as the art market feels the credit-crisis crunch, the auction house said yesterday. Christie's would not comment...
FLIGHT 1549'S TOP GUN: THANKS FOR YOUR HEROISM
We now have a chance to show our kids what a real hero looks like - Chesley Sullenberger ("Miracle Workers on the Hudson," Editorial, Jan. 16). As a fellow Air...
TRAIN SLAMS CAR IN JERSEY
SEA GIRT, NJ - A car crashed through safety gates at a railroad crossing in Sea Girt and was struck by a train yesterday morning, seriously injuring the driver. The...
THE VOICE BEHIND THE CEREMONY
WASHINGTON - Just before noon today, a magisterial voice - rich and befitting the moment - will utter to the multitude spread before the Capitol the words: "Ladies and gentlemen,...
YOU, TOO, CAN GET NEW BONO SONG
DUBLIN, Ireland - U2 fans, get your boots on - for the first song from the band's first album in five years. U2 began broadcasting the up-tempo single "Get On...
44 FACTS ABOUT OBAMA
1. He collects comic books: Spider-Man is his favorite. 2. As a teenager he worked at Baskin-Robbins - and now he can't stand ice cream. 3. The name Barack means...
SALMONELLA ALERT
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that salmonella was found in a single package of Kellogg's peanut-butter crackers, the company said yesterday. Kellogg recalled 16...
WILD WOMAN OF THE WOODS
BERN, Switzerland - A German woman missing for 12 years has been found living in the woods on the outskirts of the Swiss capital with just an umbrella and tarpaulin...
A BAD STADIUM DEAL
However angry it makes the Yankees and The Post, the money going to pay for Yankee Stadium is 100 percent taxpayer money and it totals $4 billion ("Brodsky's Baloney," Editorial,...
HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA CAN HELP THE ECONOMY
TODAY President Obama is partying. But he has a global "to do" list in his back pocket: dog for the kids, Peace On Earth, save the world financial system. That...
RUSSIAN RIGHTS HERO SHOT DEAD IN BRAZEN HIT
MOSCOW - A human-rights lawyer who fought the early release of a Russian colonel convicted of killing a Chechen teenage girl was shot to death in central Moscow yesterday by...
WHIZ KID BEHIND SPEECH
Barack Obama wrote today's historic inaugural address with a big assist from his 27-year-old phenom speechwriter, New Englander Jon Favreau. Favreau got the speechwriting bug working on John Kerry's presidential...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
BofA cuts Bank of America is expected to lay off up to 4,000 employees in its capital markets busi nesses, or 30 to 40 per cent, starting this week, the...
RBS LOSS NEARS $41B
Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's biggest government-controlled bank, said yesterday it may post a loss of as much as $41 billion as the credit crisis worsens. The company's shares plunged...
MISS USA'S MISS XXX
A former Miss USA-turned-TV-soap-vixen has a new title: Miss XXX. In a jump from pageant to porn, Kelli McCarty, who won the Miss USA crown in 1991 and went on...
MAKE 'PERV' FACE THE MUSIC
Two aspiring actresses who said they were sexually attacked by an Oscar-winning songwriter in a creepy casting-call scheme are furious that he has yet to be charged. Former "American Idol"...
BIDEN WAS OFFERED HILL'S JOB, SAYS WIFE
WASHINGTON - Oops! Joe Biden's wife let slip yesterday that Barack Obama had first offered him Hillary Clinton's job before giving the secretary of state post to the former first...
VET IS GETTIN' HOSED
An Iraq war veteran who spent two years fighting America's enemies now finds himself battling city bureaucrats over his standing to become an FDNY firefighter. Now that he's back home,...
CITIGROUP MAY DELAY NIKKO DEAL
Citigroup, the bank that's splitting in two and selling units to endure the credit crisis, plans to keep Japanese broker Nikko Cordial Securities for at least a year, said two...
'STEEL' THE RATINGS
With the Super Bowl less than two weeks away, NBC is looking at solid - but probably not stellar - ratings for its first broadcast of the big game in...
ODD COUPLE GOES TO WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON - Give Al Sharpton and New York schools chief Joel Klein high marks for diversity training. The surprise allies for education reform yesterday got together for one of the...
THAILAND JAILS SCRIBE
BANGKOK, Thailand - A few lines in a novel that sold just seven copies have earned an Australian writer three years in a Thai prison. The conviction of Harry Nicolaides...
FROM THE MALL TO THE CAPITOL
ON Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, at one end of the National Mall in Washington to proclaim his dream...
HOT DOG OF WAR ON LI
What a bunch of wienies! An East Hampton man who proudly adorns his back yard with a 6-foot statue of a smiling hot dog (below) said his neighbors' gripes are...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Police released this sketch of a pervert (above) who sexually abused two young girls in TriBeCa and Chelsea. The suspect followed a 12-year-old girl into a building on West...
ICEBOX MIRACLE
Two fishermen are miraculously alive after spending 25 terrifying days floating in shark-infested waters in a large cooler. The Burmese men told rescuers they had clambered into the 5- by...
TIME WILL TELL IF HE LIVES UP TO HYPE
MY FAVORITE piece of Barack Obama inauguration memorabilia was something I saw in ABC Carpet as early as Christmas: a white living-room chair, modern and austere, with Obama heads printed...
TEEN STABBED AT GORY 3-D HORROR MOVIE
The credits rolled but the blood kept flowing. A Long Island security guard allegedly stabbed a moviegoer after a showing of the gruesome splatter flick "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" in...
THE LONG ARM OF LAW FIRMS BIG DEAL
AS banks contract, vacancies soar and rents plummet, any evidence of residual market strength is welcome. We got word of such a morsel over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day...
CLASS ACT IN CITY SCHOOLS
City public-school leaders will be dancing a fine line today between education and celebration, with nearly 1,200 schools planning to stream the inauguration live using a feed that the Department...
FIAT EYES CHRYSLER
Shares of industrial giant Fiat skidded to a new low on reports it might rescue languishing automaker Chrysler in a partnership deal to build cars for each other. Fiat, whose...
HEY, WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT, CAN YOU FIX THE ECONOMY?
Today, he is president, but yesterday, Barack Obama was like any other volunteer. On a day where he arranged several service- related events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s...
CALLING THE BETTER ANGELS
TODAY - like Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and so many others before him - a new president, Barack Obama, will call on the better angels in our nature....
GOLDMAN'S GLOOMY FORECAST WHACKS OIL
Crude oil futures fell below $34 a barrel in New York on forecasts faltering global economic growth will drive down fuel consumption for a second year. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.,...
HOUDINI'S CRA$H COW
Houdini-like accused swindler Marcus Schrenker - who last week tried to kill himself after failing to fake his own death - has a bogus $15 million fender-bender damage suit in...
MAN-CINI OVERBOARD
The mystery surrounding Newsday's missing editors deepened yesterday as Editor-in-Chief John Mancini and Managing Editor Deborah Henley remained out of the newsroom for the fifth-straight day. "It's bizarre," said one...
JETER'S DOUBLE-PLAY PARTNER
It's Jeter at the plate. Derek Jeter, who has been known to like 'em and leave 'em, spent some quality time with actress Minka Kelly in Puerto Rico this week...
PELOSI'S PROSECUTION PROBLEM
After two years of being roasted on a spit by her party's wingnuts for refus ing to impeach President Bush, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now says she's open to prosecuting...
OBAMA'S OPPORTUNITY
After the longest presidential election in American history - and a 10-week transition marked by crises foreign and domestic - Barack Obama today becomes the 44th president of the United...
THE ROOTS OF HIS CONFIDENCE
BARACK Obama has consciously set out to invite comparisons with the greatest American president who ever lived, Abraham Lincoln. This takes a vaulting self-confidence and a set of preternaturally steady...
DICK HURTS BACK ON MOVING DAY
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for today's inauguration. White House press secretary Dana Perino...
OUR OWN BARACK-O-RAMA
Thousands of New Yorkers and tourists will flock to Times Square and other sites across the city today to watch Barack Obama's historic inauguration. A large screen and two large...
GOV: I'M CLUELESS ON SENATE CHOICE
WASHINGTON - Gov. Paterson said yesterday he still hasn't decided whom he will appoint to the Senate seat to be vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I can say I don't...
BUSH FREES GUARDS WHO SHOT DRUGGIE
President Bush yesterday ordered the release of two former border guards who were jailed for wounding a notorious drug dealer - but failed to grant last-minute, Clinton-style pardons to any...
CONEY IS. PLAN BITES NATHAN'S
Mayor Bloomberg's plan to revitalize Coney Island could mean the end of the original Nathan's Famous hot-dog stand. That revelation is hidden deep within the draft of the 47-acre rezoning...
TERRORISTS' 9/11 BOAST
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Two of the five men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 terror attacks offered unapologetic admissions of guilt yesterday in a sometimes chaotic - and...
SHEEKEY PEEKY
Rep. Anthony Weiner may be Mayor Bloomberg's fiercest campaign critic, but he and Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey had a private chat near City Hall 14 months ago, according to records...
KIDS JOIN IN JOYOUS CELEBRATION
Thousands of youngsters last night flocked to a kid-centric inaugural concert featuring teen stars, and were urged to contribute "something incredible . . . to the life of this nation."...
SLIM GIVES TROUBLED TIMES $250M BOOST BY JAY SHERMAN
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú late last night reached an agreement to lend The New York Times Co. $250 million, providing the troubled newspaper company much-needed cash ahead of a...
MR. COOL CHILLS OUT BEFORE BIGGEST DAY
Becoming leader of the free world? It's no sweat to Mr. Cool. That was Barack Obama's ice-water-in-his-veins message yesterday as he took part in an event highlighting national service on...
NEW ERA AS BAM TAKES THE REINS
WASHINGTON - When Barack Obama stands on the steps of the Capitol today and swears to "faithfully execute the office of president of the United States," he will make history...
FUND FUGITIVE'S '05 'FINAGLING'
As authorities widen their search for alleged hedge-fund swindler Arthur Nadel from Florida to Louisiana, sources say suspicions about his funds' performance date back at least to 2005. Officials have...
NEW AIR SCARE BARED
Two days before a disabled US Airways airliner landed in the Hudson, the same plane had alarmingly similar engine trouble over Newark and almost returned to La Guardia Airport for...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Talk about a tough decision. Gary Johnson, of Flint, Mich., is being offered a waiver of the nearly $3,800 he owes the state for his baby's hospital birth - only...
VOROS TO RETURN TO RANGERS LINEUP
Aaron Voros says he has already been told. "Yeah, I'm playing [tonight]," he said. It's been a while for Voros, the Rangers' left winger who hasn't gotten any ice time...
OVECHKIN CAPS WIN OVER ISLANDERS IN OT
Maybe one day, this season will pay off. Maybe the Islanders will land the top pick in this year's draft and get John Tavares. And maybe he - or whoever...
NETS MOVE ON FROM BENCHINGS
Lawrence Frank's risky second-half benching of his two best players Saturday raised eyebrows and ruffled feathers. Vince Carter has moved on, but Devin Harris admits he was perturbed at the...
METS, SANCHEZ SIGN NEW DEAL
Duaner Sanchez was among the responsible parties in last year's Mets bullpen meltdown, but you wouldn't know it by his new contract. The veteran right-hander yesterday avoided arbitration with the...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: O's Markakis leads signing flurry Nick Markakis reached a preliminary agreement on a six-year, $66 million contract with the Orioles, and Ryan Madson struck a three-year, $12 million deal...
SHANAHAN NETS 'FIRST' GOAL IN WIN
First game back, first goal, first place. More than 17 years later, it was quite a return to the Devils for Brendan Shanahan. Lou Lamoriello's free and cheap acquisition -...
MURRAY, SERENA START HOT
MELBOURNE - Andy Murray's first win at Rod Laver Arena lasted only 45 minutes. Lucky him. With the temperature today topping 104 degrees in Melbourne, Serena Williams wanted her first-round...
LAKERS TOP CAVS
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James tussled to a virtual standoff last night in Los Angeles. But Bryant's supporting cast was far more effective, and that was the difference as the...
THE SHAPE OF SINGS TO COME
CARL Newman writes unabashed pop music - but his lyrics are anything but pop. The Canadian songwriter is better known as the leader of the indie-rock supergroup the New Pornographers,...
HONEY MOONLIGHTING
'ACTORS in bands," says Adrian Grenier, the star of HBO's hit series "Entourage." "Yeah, somehow that got a bad rap, right?" Ignoring people's skepticism about thespians moonlighting as musicians, Grenier...
FISH TALE FELICITOUS FOR MACY
YOU don't need a thermometer to tell you William H. Macy is hot. Even so, the mercurial Jeremy Piven felt moved to give his "Speed-the-Plow" successor a shoutout. "He's a...
VARIOUS ARTISTS
WHILE politics may make strange bedfellows, the marriage of music to the Obama presidential run has been pretty sweet. To celebrate that union, the Presidential Inaugural Committee today releases the...
CHANGE OF TUNE
IF Sunday night was anything to go by, the music world is ready to Barack out. Performing at the all-star "We Are One" event, Shakira, Beyoncé, Usher, U2 and others...
DUO EMBRACE GAY ROLES
PARK CITY, Utah - "It was a dream come true," said Jim Carrey, when asked about kissing co-star Ewan McGregor in "I Love You Phillip Morris," wherein the man-on-man action...
DIFFERENT VISIONS, SAME 'OBSESSION'
HUNKY heartthrobs of two dif ferent generations - Robert Taylor and Rock Hudson - both had career breakthroughs in different versions of "Magnificent Obsession." The 1936 original, co-starring Irene Dunne...
SPOTTED
'Gossip Girl' Recap: Yale Accepts Students Via Text'GOSSIP Girl" stars Penn Badgley and Jessica Szohr, who play best friends Dan and Vanessa on the hit show, share a laugh while...
'MEN' BACK BY JULY
'MAD Men," which had been teetering on the edge of extinction because of a contract dispute with the show's creator, is in a mad rush to get back on the...
THE 'IDOL' MAKEOVER CONTINUES
'AMERICAN Idol" will incorporate some tried-and-true reality show elements into its top-rated mix, a Fox official says. Can "Big Brother"-type "alliances," backstabbing and showmances be far behind? "We'll be doing...
FRESH 'MEET'
IT could be called "Meet The New Guy" instead of "Meet the Press." I'm talking about David Gregory who stepped into the giant, gilded shoes of Tim Russert, whose untimely...
OPRAH LETS OZ STAY HOME
'DR. OZ," the new daytime medical show being launched next fall, will be the first Oprah Winfrey-produced show to call Manhattan home. The show, hosted by renowned New York heart...
TIPS FOR CALM PARENTING
MILLIONS of parents across America think they have short tempers that interfere with parenting. They want to be loving and nurturing with their children but find themselves yelling at their...
SUPER BOWL'S MESSAGE TO JETS: FIRST-TIMERS CAN WIN
PHOENIX - On the morning radio shows, it was difficult to discern if Ken Whisenhunt had just led the Arizona Cardinals to a stunning berth in Super Bowl XLIII the...
NEW ERA, SAME OLD STEELERS
PITTSBURGH - The Steelers refuse to change faces, alter systems or break up teams based on the latest offensive gimmick or defensive scheme. They hire a new coach only once...
GIANTS PROMOTE SHERIDAN
There's no need to fix something that isn't broken, but there was a need to replace Steve Spagnuolo, who left the Giants to become head coach of the Rams. Wanting...
DUHON TASTED O'S AUDACITY OF HOOP
IT'S not often that one of your playing partners in pickup basketball is inaugurated President of the United States. That's why Knick point guard Chris Duhon will be more than...
WHISENHUNT EXCITED ABOUT FACING FORMER TEAM
As his club put the finishing touches on a 32-25 victory over the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game, Ken Whisenhunt knew what was coming next. His Cardinals made it...
LONGTIME ASSISTANT UP TO BIG CHALLENGE OF 'DREAM' JOB WITH JETS
The Jets are all Rexed up. Gang Green made it official yesterday, announcing Rex Ryan is their newest head coach. The team will introduce Ryan at a press conference at...
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: BRETT OUTTA TOWN!
THE Rex Ryan inauguration is tomorrow, and the Jets need him to be a difference-maker as much as this country needs Barack Obama to be one. Here's hoping Ryan doesn't...
SLAMMIN' DANILO DAZZLES GARDEN IN KNICKS VICTORY
The game was televised live in Italy, so viewers from Milan to Rome had to be out of their seats, along with the Garden crowd, when Knick rookie Danilo Gallinari...
GANG GLEEFUL OVER 'COLORFUL' NEW LEADER
Damien Woody is looking forward to Rex Ryan's introductory press conference as much as any Jets fan. The offensive tackle is excited to see his new head coach step behind...
JOSE TORRES DEAD AT 72
PONCE, Puerto Rico - Jose Torres, a former light heavyweight world champion and Olympic silver medalist, died yesterday. He was 72. He died of a heart attack at his home...
FROM JIM CROW TO OBAMA, NEWCOMBE HAS SEEN IT ALL
First of two parts. LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama today changes the color of the White House. "I cannot put into words what that means to me," says Don Newcombe,...
SPAGNUOLO INTRODUCED
ST. LOUIS - The Rams introduced former Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo as their coach yesterday, hoping he is the man to turn the struggling franchise around. "When it was...
NEWS + NOTES
TWOFER BEHOLD a very anti-Park City value package for skiers, offered through Feb. 12, at The Canyon Resort: 2 lift tickets, 2 burgers and 2 beers for a mere $109...
HOT DEALS
ST. MAARTEN 25% off rooms at the Westin Dawn Beach Resort & Spa when you stay Jan. 2 though April 19, plus a $150 resort credit, when you stay 3...
GRAPE ESCAPES
WHETHER you're looking for a wintry weekend or a sun-drenched escape, you'll cure the winter blahs with a bout of heavy drinking at one of these notable wine festivals. 1.)...
MPFREES
The Honey Brothers, "Demonstration" Swirling indie-pop melodies and old-timey folk harmonies get along handsomely with this track's occasional, vaguely Eastern instrumentals. A.C. Newman, "Submarines of Stockholm" This indie-pop song strikes...
DESTINATION: ORLANDO
IS there anywhere more American than Orlando? You'd have a hard time finding a destination that presents a more distilled version of our brassy obsession for branding, our panache for...
10 SIGHTS YOU CAN'T MISS
1) WALT DISNEY WORLD'S MAGIC KINGDOM Think of it as Disneyland East. This 107-acre theme park provides the alphabet for the whole Disney culture: Space Mountain, the Pirates of the...
4) WALT DISNEY WORLD'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
It's nobody's favorite Disney park, but that's simply because it's being compared on a daily basis to a dazzler like the Magic Kingdom, just up the road. Slapped together by...
UNIVERSAL ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE
Built with a reported $2.6 billion price tag in 1999, Islands of Adventure put Universal into the game as a multi-day Orlando destination to reckon with. There's no question that...
WHERE TO STAY NOW
1) Celebration Hotel In a town overloaded with mega-hotels, junky motels, and convention-oriented disappointments, true romance is hard to find. But the kids stay mostly away from this jewel buried...
10 GREAT MEALS
1) Dandelion Communitea Cafe Perhaps unsurprisingly considering the corporations that hold sway here, Orlando has a burgeoning culture of casual, principled people who are tired of living under the thumb...
STRATEGIES
1) Just about everything Walt Disney World sells is priced to trick you into staying longer than you should. That includes park tickets that get cheaper the longer you linger,...
BEST OF THE WEB
Allears.net Many Disney fans have abandoned reason in their slavish devotion to the cause, much like the Star Trek fan who exclusively speaks Klingon or a Lord of the Rings...
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO
If Disney is sweet-souled and candy-colored, Universal is the place where a 13-year-old boy can find his bliss. Opened in 1990 as an improved (and more easily navigable) version of...
50 STATES: New York
LIKE many other things in this great state of ours that are not directly related to the speck of land hanging off the bottom that we call New York City,...