January 27, 2009
TORRE'S TRASHING CONTINUES
Joe Torre paints a vivid portrait of the decline and fall of the Yankees in his new book, revealing an angry side rarely on display during his dozen years in...
Bonnie and Clyde and Helen and Guy
The hilarious news that Hillary Duff (!) is in negotiations to play Bonnie Parker in a non-remake of "Bonnie and Clyde'' is a good enough excuse to post this wonderful...
RANGERS SEEK FLEXIBILITY
When Tom Renney was asked whether he'd like to have seven defensemen on the Rangers roster, the head coach answered, "In a perfect world, yes." That perfect world could present...
Shimmer of Hope for 'Lipstick'
Pucker up "Lipstick Jungle" fans, here comes another hue of hope.Offering one more reason for "Lipstick" lovers to apply easy, NBC Entertainment co-chair Ben Silverman said the show could get...
Top 4 SAG Moments
You didn't need to tune in to last night's 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards to know that "Mad Men," "30 Rock," "Slumdog Millionaire" and Kate Winslet were all going...
Video games predict Super Bowl
Have you entered your office's Super Bowl pool yet? (I did last year and totally didn't win, just like the year before that and the year before that...and every year...
More Manuel on Manny
Jerry Manuel, on Manny Ramirez, to MLB.com today: "It's rare that you get that type of talent. Would you like to add that? Yeah. Would you like to add something...
The Wii gets "Cursed" - ooooooooh!
Here's a look at what you can expect to see in the upcoming Wii-only, survival horror game, "Cursed Mountain."As you can see (if you hit the jump), these screenshots show...
For the wee little gamer in your life
This Feb. 15, veteran game developer Scott Langteau (Spark Unlimited, Medal of Honor, etc.) will release a book for little kids about...wait for it...practicing moderation when playing videogames. Funny, when...
PATERSON AGAIN DENIES KENNEDY MUD-SLINGING
ALBANY - Pinocchio's nose may be getting longer. Gov. Paterson vehemently denied today that he tossed mud at Caroline Kennedy - saying he "had nothing to do" with the smear...
LI 'MADOFF' ORDERED HELD WITHOUT BAIL
The accused Long Island head of a $370 million Ponzi scheme was ordered held without bail today after prosecutors revealed how he spent millions on a lavish lifestyle, bad investments...
TOO 'GHETTO' FOR TROPIC ZONE
She had everything a bikini-themed restaurant could want - waitressing experience, ample motivation, and a more than ample bra size of 34-D. But pretty Melody Morales says she was still...
Sundance: Critics Love 'Push,' Too
Lee Daniel's Harlem drama "Push'' -- which won both the grand jury prize in the dramatic competition and the audience award -- handily topped a survey of critics at Sundance...
Is Beck$ gone for good?
So, it seems both AC Milan and David Beckham are finally admitting what everybody else already knew: That the Italian giant and the superstar midfielder are trying to find a...
Archie Makes Acting Debut on 'iCarly'
Last season runner-up David Archuleta wants you to know he can do more than just sing. The 18-year-old "Idol" wannabe, who sung the socks off last year's competition, will try...
DVD Extra: Sir Dickie's Latest Award Winner
Remember Sir Richard Attenborough, the actor-director who won an Oscar for directing "Gandhi''? He also directed the severely underrated "Chaplin,'' which got Robert Downey Jr. an Oscar nomination and is...
Wright designated for assignment
APLeft-hander Chase Wright was designated for assignment Tuesday to clear a roster spot for Andy Pettitte.The 25-year-old was a combined 10-3 with one save and a 2.85 ERA last year...
Cera's Weinstein Problem
Bad news for fans of Canadian sex idol Michael Cera. "Extreme Movie,'' which was pulled back from a planned DVD release last summer for a planned theatrical run that never...
AGENT: MANNY IN TALKS WITH SEVERAL TEAMS
Maybe Jerry Manuel jump-started the market for Manny Ramirez. Monday, Manuel said the thought of managing Ramirez was "exciting." Later that night, Scott Boras announced that interest in the right-handed...
BUBBA'S POCKETS FULL OF FOREIGN BENJAMINS
Looks like Bubba imported a bunch of Benjamins from overseas. Former President Bill Clinton pocketed a whopping $6 million in speaking fees last year - collecting the loot mostly from...
DELTA SHARES PLUNGE AFTER $1.4 BILLION LOSS
ATLANTA - Demand for air travel continues to weaken as deep fare sales in recent weeks have not spurred customers to open up their wallets in droves, Delta Air Lines...
Starr Report: Ferguson Victory
Craig Ferguson's "Late Late Show" continues to corral viewers. For the week ending Jan. 16, "Late Late Show" beat Conan O'Brien's "Late Night" in total viewers (2.1 million to 1.9...
GILLIBRAND TAKES SENATE OATH
WASHINGTON - Kirsten Gillibrand, a little-known, pro-gun Democrat from upstate New York, was sworn in Tuesday as the state's junior U.S. senator. Gov. David Paterson appointed the second-term congresswoman to...
Brody's Girlfriend 'Plays' With Bros
After faux interviews with E!, the boys were greeted by Brody, who had been watching the carpet from a remote TV, instead of the BJ Launch Party they were expecting....
NYPD HUNT FOR STOLEN $40G TORAH
New York City police are searching for the person responsible for stealing a Torah scroll from a parked car in Brooklyn. The scroll of Hebrew scripture was taken on Monday...
Update: Raye hired by 49ers
Former Jets running backs coach Jimmy Raye has been hired by the San Francisco 49ers as their offensive coordinator, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.The Jets on Tuesday hired Anthony...
RABBIT AT REST
John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died Tuesday at...
CASHMAN: BOOK COULD BRING US CLOSER
Brian Cashman is hoping the book that mocked Alex Rodriguez's relationship with his teammates will help bring the Yankees third baseman closer to them. The Yankees general manager spoke to...
GOP LEADERS OPPOSE STIMULUS MONEY FOR ACORN
Talk about a nutty idea. President Obama's plan to set aside over $4 billion in his stimulus package for controversial community groups such as ACORN amounts to a "payoff" in...
GATES: MORE TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON - As the Pentagon prepares for a major buildup of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday that the United States cannot become bogged down in...
DEALS: Luxe for less in Vancouver
By god, it hasn't been open a week and already the new Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver -- the first in the HK-based hospitality giant's clan to hit our continent -- is...
THAIN, ALPHIN SUBPOENAED OVER MERRILL BONUSES
The New York attorney general on Tuesday issued subpoenas to former Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain and Bank of America's chief administrative officer, J. Steele Alphin, amid an investigation...
BLAGO TAPES PLAYED AT IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The voice of Gov. Rod Blagojevich boomed through the Illinois Senate chambers as senators listened to secretly recorded conversations in which Blagojevich appears to talk about pressuring...
Pierce: Burress isn't done with Giants
Giants LB Antonio Pierce told ESPN.com he believes Plaxico Burress will be back with the Giants."I think it comes down to how he goes about his business," Pierce said. "He...
CLINTON: US NEEDS OPEN APPROACH TO IRAN
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's intent to change the direction of U.S. foreign policy gives Iran a "clear opportunity" to engage more productively on its nuclear program and other issues,...
MPFREES
Duncan Sheik, "We're Here To Tell You" The singer remains sensitive and caring, even while singing of scary things, in this chamber-pop track from his new album.READ: THE SHEIK OF...
CITIGROUP CANCELS PLANS TO BUY $50M JET
Airhead Citigroup execs took their heads out of the clouds today to say they are grounding plans to purchase a new $50 million corporate jet in the wake of a...
AIR SUPPLY: Virgin's mystery meals
One of the funniest letters ever sent to an airline, ever, right here. With sexypix. (Thanks Paco!)
THOUGHTS ON THE TORRE BOOK
FROM JOEL SHERMANI will be back blogging full time after the Super Bowl, but felt I just wanted to add my thoughts on this forthcoming book by Joe Torre and...
THOUGHTS ON THE TORRE BOOK
I will be back blogging full time after the Super Bowl, but felt I just wanted to add my thoughts on this forthcoming book by Joe Torre and my friend...
1 DEAD IN L.I. FIRE
WESTBURY, N.Y. - Fire officials say a house fire on Long Island has killed one person and injured another. More than 100 volunteer firefighters responded to the fire on Pilgrim...
IRAN WILL HAVE NUKE 'THIS YEAR': THINK TANK
Iran will "reach the point" this year where it will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb, according to a bombshell report by a British group. The London-based...
DVD Extra: The Discreet Charms of Troy Donahue
"If Troy Donahue could be a movie star, then I could be a movie star,'' sings a character in "A Chorus Line.'' Well, maybe if it was the late 1950s,...
SAG GOES BACK TO BICKERING
After taking the night off to toast Hollywood and hand out awards, the deeply divided Screen Actors Guild is back to bickering as usual. Yesterday, a majority of SAG's national...
NEW YEAR COMES IN LIKE A LION
A child reaches out to pet a dancing lion in Chinatown yesterday - the first day of Chinese New Year - during festivities ushering in the Year of the Ox....
RODDICK, HEAT KO DJOKOVIC
MELBOURNE - Defending champion Novak Djokovic is out of the Australian Open after retiring from his quarterfinal against Andy Roddick today with a heat-related problem. Roddick was leading 6-7 (3),...
CURLIN REPEATS AS HORSE OF THE YEAR
Curlin, the four-year-old colt who became the first North American race horse to pass the $10 million mark in earnings when he won last year's Jockey Club Gold Cup, was...
HS COACH PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN DEATH
LOUISVILLE - A Kentucky high school football coach yesterday pleaded not guilty to reckless homicide in the heat-related death of a 15-year-old player who collapsed while running sprints at a...
JASPERS BEAT STAGS
After the humiliation Manhattan had suffered Saturday - losing to rival Iona by 20 and losing center Herve Banogle to a fight-related suspension - the Jaspers needed redemption. That's exactly...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: League settles with Stringer widow The widow of Vikings lineman Korey Stringer has reached a settlement with the NFL over his heatstroke death during training camp in 2001. Under...
GOODEN DENIES RADOMSKI CLAIM
Dwight Gooden denied accusations by steroid peddler Kirk Radomski that Radomski twice took urine tests for him in the early 1990s. Radomski made the claim in an interview with ESPN's...
THEY'RE TRAINED ACTORS
Think your morning subway commute is unpredictable? Try staging a full theatrical production on those same trains - complete with props, set dressing and a cast and crew of 35...
GILLIBRAND FOR SENATE: SMART PICK FOR NY?
Good luck to Kirsten Gillibrand ("One Farce Ends," Editorial, Jan. 24). From all accounts, she is not factually impaired, is not a carpetbagger and her wardrobe is not restricted to...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Eating less may help older people improve their memory and prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, says a German study published yesterday. Simple lifestyle...
OBAMA ON ARABIC TV
CAIRO, Egypt - President Barack Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, part of a concerted effort to repair relations with the...
B'KLYN MARINE SLAIN
A beloved Brooklyn Marine whose grandfather was a hero in World War II was killed fighting in Afghanistan, officials said yesterday. Lance Cpr. Julian Brennan (right), 25, of Park Slope,...
A SLIPPERY SLOPE TO CHARTER FAILURE
NEW York state's decade-old charter-school experiment is a success - so far. Yet these schools can lose hold of what makes them special - if teachers, administrators or bureaucrats lose...
AFGHAN-'NAM BLUES
A NEW president with a strong domestic agenda and a career-long lack of interest in foreign policy inherits a distant war and feels he has to demonstrate his toughness: That...
MADOFF MAY HAVE CHEATED BEFORE HE SWINDLED
BERNIE Madoff was a cheat before he became a crook. The now infamous alleged perpetrator of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme apparently honed his skills by using his position as...
CONGRESS' 'FIX' DOESN'T HELP US NOW
NANCY Pelosi doesn't, in White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's words, want to "waste a crisis." She has concocted a hideous stimulus brew brimming with eye of newt, toe...
TRAVOLTA MEDIC CHARGED
NASSAU, Bahamas - A Bahamas paramedic was charged yesterday in an alleged scheme to extort $25 million from John Travolta after the star's son died of a seizure at the...
KERIK EYES 'GEITHNER' TAX BREAK
Disgraced ex-top cop Bernard Kerik wants to be treated more like Timothy Geithner. In new court papers, the former police commissioner complains that the feds want to send him to...
PATERSON LYIN' KING OF STATE
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday insisted he had no idea who did the slime job on Caroline Kennedy - although the source of the information is about as close to...
SHUL BE SORRY, TORAH THIEF
A thief apparently unfamiliar with the Eighth Commandment - thou shall not steal - smashed into a rented SUV in Crown Heights yesterday and made off with a hand-inked Torah...
RACIST BRUTE PLEADS GUILTY
A Staten Island thug who went on a racism-fueled Election Day rampage in reaction to President Obama's victory pleaded guilty yesterday to beating three black teenagers. Brian Carranza, 21, is...
RENT-TO-OWN BOOMING
It's not just the poor turning to rent-to-own retailers to watch the Super Bowl on flat-screen TVs anymore. The economic crisis has drawn more affluent customers, officials said yesterday at...
GOV JUNKS SWISS JUNKET
There'll be no Swiss bliss for Gov. Paterson after all. Facing widespread criticism for planning to jet off to Switzerland during a budget crisis, Paterson announced yesterday that he had...
DOCTOR'S HELPER 'HELPED' HERSELF
The assistant to a prominent Manhattan pediatrician allegedly stole $265,000 from the practice by purchasing everything from plane tickets to cars with company credit cards. Drane Ulaj, 33, of the...
O'S CLOTHIER GOES BROKE
Hartmarx Corp., a Chicago-based maker of men's suits, including President Barack Obama's inauguration tuxedo, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company, along with 50 affiliates, listed assets of $483 million...
TOURADJI CASE INCLUDES BRIBERY CHARGES
A lawsuit filed against hot-shot hedge-fund manager Paul Touradji has taken a nasty turn as a former employee who claims he's owed more than $30 million accuses his ex-boss of...
CONDO PLAN FOR DIAMOND TOWER
THE Diamond District's mysteries are many: There's no explaining why two men were trying to sell persimmons - no other fruit, just persimmons - off a sidewalk table on deserted...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A shoplifter was busted after she pilfered more than $5,000 in merchandise from Bloomingdale's and then returned the goodies to the store for cash, authorities said yesterday. Juliane Minching's...
CELL THIEVES RIDING RAILS
Straphangers better hold on to more than bars in the subway. Crooks are grabbing snazzy cellphones right out of the hands of unsuspecting riders, NYPD Transit Bureau Chief John Hall...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Home sales Sales of previously owned homes in the US unexpectedly rose 6.5 percent to an annual rate of 4.74 million from 4.45 million in November, the National Association of...
A SOCK IN THE FACE
THE House of Representatives this week is expected to pass a federal stimulus package that could pump at least $17 billion of noncapital funding directly into New York's state and...
CABBY RETURNS IPOD
Cabdriver Mohammed Islam scored a $51 tip - nearly two-months after he accepted an iPod as payment for Natalie Lenhart's fare to JFK Airport. Lenhart, who had to give Islam...
JESSICA IS A BIG STAR
Wow, Jessica Simpson looks as if she could be an offensive lineman for her quarterback boyfriend. A plump, jeans-busting Simpson stunned fans with her new bulky build over the weekend....
LOON FLIES COOP
HE'S Blago-loco! At break fast, the governor of Illi nois with the unpronoun ceable surname and mop of Beatle hair compared himself to Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. and...
MAYOR'S $WEET CHARITY
The tottering economy didn't stop Mayor Bloomberg from stepping up his charitable contributions last year to a breathtaking $235 million, according to figures the mayor's office released yesterday. In 2007,...
O'S BID FOR LESS GASSY NY
President Obama will make New York state greener by letting it impose strict auto-emission standards, Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson said yesterday. Obama ordered his environmental officials to review a...
IT WAS A PINK-SLIP MONDAY
As far as showing up for work on a Monday goes, yesterday was about the worst. In one of the worst-single days ever for widespread layoffs, more than 78,000 workers...
MIKE RIPS 'CHEAP' SHOTS AT KENNEDY
Mayor Bloomberg raged yesterday over the Paterson administration's treatment of Caroline Kennedy after her abrupt withdrawal from the bidding for Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat, calling it "cheap, dirty politics."...
CONGRESS TO GRILL SEC BIGS OVER MADOFF
WASHINGTON - Top securities-enforcement and -examination officials will testify today at a congressional hearing into Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion fraud, the Senate Banking Committee said yesterday. The committee has...
REED TITLES TAKE A HIT
Reed Business Information sacked 7 percent of its work force, including such titles as Publishers Weekly, Variety and Broadcasting & Cable. Publishers Weekly Editor Sara Nelson - a one-time books...
'FREIGHT TRAIN OF FIRE'
A firefighter yesterday described in vivid detail seeing an "orange fireball" before he jumped 50 feet from a Bronx building in the 2005 "Black Sunday" blaze that killed two fellow...
END MAY BE NEAR FOR MADOFF-VICTIM TREMONT
Hedge-fund firm Tremont Group Holdings, which lost more than half of its assets to alleged scammer Bernard Madoff, is winding down operations and could shutter its doors by summer, sources...
SHAREHOLDERS SUE MARVEL
Marvel Entertainment Inc., maker of the movie "Iron Man," and comic-book creator Stan Lee were sued by Stan Lee Media Inc. stockholders over ownership of assets including "Spider-Man" and "The...
STOLEN E-MAIL MESS
A batch of internal e-mails stolen from American Apparel on Christmas Eve has caught the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission, sources told The Post. The SEC has launched...
DIGITAL DANCING AT CONDé
Condé Nast, long seen as one of the least tech-savvy publishing giants, yesterday said it will consolidate all of its digital units into a single group called Condé Nast Digital....
A 'CHUTING GALLERY
Go home, Jeb Corliss! The daredevil parachutist who tried to jump off the Empire State Building is the subject of a wacky tug-of-war. A Manhattan prosecutor wants him to move...
BERNIE HOME TP'D BY TEENS
Two Florida teens whose trust funds went down the toilet because of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff vented their rage by wrapping a tree on his Palm Beach estate in toilet...
MONSTER SMASH IN MAKING
It could be a "Thriller" on Broad way. The Nederlander Organization announced yesterday it had pur chased the stage rights to Michael Jackson's "Thriller," with hopes of developing the famous...
CEO'S '$100' PAD IS A TOUGH SELL
This costs $100!? That's what beleaguered ex-Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld preposterously claimed when he "sold" this sprawling, exclusive property in Jupiter, Fla., to his wife, Kathleen. The 3.3-acre estate...
CITIBOOBS
Citigroup's arrogance is about to fly sky-high. Literally. As The Post reported yesterday, the bank - having wrangled a $45 billion cash handout from US taxpayers, plus another $306 billion...
THE FABULOUS FABULIST
Gov. Paterson came to his senses yesterday and canceled his junket to this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. We take full credit. After all, didn't we gently chide...
SPINNING CLASS
Disgraced ex-Merrill Lynch chief John Thain went on a p.r. blitzkrieg yesterday defending a reputation in tatters since he was ousted Thursday by Bank of America boss Ken Lewis. In...
GATES CHARTERS A NEW CAUSE
Charter schools have a new best friend - Bill Gates. The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has donated more than $2 billion to educational causes in...
SNOW TONIGHT
A nasty winter storm headed our way could sock the New York area with as much as 4 inches of snow starting tonight. The snow will begin blanketing the Big...
$130M 'SCAM' BUST
Police last night arrested a convicted Long Island swindler suspected of stealing more than $130 million in a Ponzi scheme. Nicholas Cosmo, CEO of Agape World, surrendered to authorities after...
SENATE OKS DIGITAL DELAY
The US Senate yesterday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12, setting the stage for the House to pass the proposal...
OBAMA & CONGRESS BLAST CITI OVER JET
High-flying Citigroup executives, trying desperately to hang on to their new, $50 million luxury jet, took heavy flak yesterday from the White House and Congress after The Post revealed how...
TEEN'S CIG STING
The city's buy-and-bust program targeting stores that sell cigarettes to minors lacks a vital ingredient - teenage ingenuity. An enterprising teen who questioned the city's claim last year that only...
DEMS BENDING ON $$ PLAN
House Democrats seem likely to drop family-planning funds for Medicaid recipients from the $825 billion economic stimulus bill after an appeal from President Obama, who is trying to woo Republican...
HOT WEINER CATCHING UP TO BLOOMY IN POLL
Mayor Bloomberg leads his closest Democratic challenger, Rep. Anthony Weiner, by a wobbly 7 points, a new poll shows - an unexpectedly close margin certain to send a jolt through...
BOLDLY GOING TO HEAVEN
Space will be their final frontier. The ashes of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and his wife, actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who died last month, will be catapulted into the...
MOM HAS OCTUPLETS
BELLFLOWER, Calif. - It's a boy (times six) and a girl (times 2). A woman gave birth to eight babies in Southern California yesterday, the world's second live-born set of...
SCANDAL HITS EX-COMMISH
Former state Health Commissioner Antonia Novello has been accused of abusing her power by turning her subordinates into personal servants forced to take her on shopping excursions and run other...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 14-year-old Chicago kid - decked out in a police uniform - passed himself off as a cop before the long arm of the law caught up with him. The...
TOTALLY '80S 'GIRL'
THE new "Gossip Girl" spinoff will launch as the season finale episode of the popular CW show next spring. The yet-to-be-titled show will begin to unfold in episode 24 of...
PRIESTLEY SHAKES UP '90210'
FORMER "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Jason Priestley is back directing an episode of The CW's updated version - and is promising some surprises. "We're in a hospital - a female...
CAN 'RUNWAY' MAKE IT WORK?
THE next season of "Project Runway" may never make it to TV, but producers plan to film the big, New York Fashion Week finale anyway. Taping of the new season...
HULU'S 'SUPER' DEBUT
THE dotcoms are back in the Super Bowl. Or at least there's one. Hulu, the video site co-owned by NBC and Fox will launch its first-ever advertising campaign during the...
MARIANO & JORGE CONCERNS
Yankees GM Brian Cashman admitted yesterday he has concerns about closer Mariano Rivera and catcher Jorge Posada, who both underwent shoulder surgeries. "It's very early in the process for those...
OLD TROY NETWORK
IF he's remembered at all, early 1960s teen idol Troy Donahue (1936-2001) is perhaps best known today for being name-checked in the song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" from...
LOADS OF QUALITY MATERIAL DELIVERED
EXPERIMENTAL theater too often seems like medicine that's good for you but hard to swallow. That's not the case with Young Jean Lee's "The Shipment," an examination of black-identity issues...
THE KILLERS
HIP hype act the Killers finally lived up to their reputation with a knock 'em dead show at Madison Square Garden Sunday. After years of playing smaller halls, their 90-minute...
PETTITTE OKS 1-YEAR YANKEES PACT
The money mattered to Andy Pettitte. But not enough. Earlier this offseason, the Yankees offered the veteran left-hander a $10 million contract for 2009 - $6 million less than he...
SUTTER CONFIDENT DEVS ARE 'LEGIT' CONTENDERS
KANATA, Ontario - Initial modesty gave way to pride when Brent Sutter started the post-All Star stretch by calling his Atlantic-leading Devils "legit" contenders. "I let other people worry about...
RANGERS HALF 'WORK TO DO'
The Rangers have had trouble scoring and winning consistently, but things could be worse. It could be last year. Or the year before. In both of the previous two seasons,...
ROETHLISBERGER AIMS FOR REDEMPTION
TAMPA, Fla. - Ben Roethlisberger arrived here yesterday anxious to exorcise the demons from his last Super Bowl. Don't get Big Ben wrong. He's happy Pittsburgh won Super Bowl XL....
HEY, GIANTS: MAKE ANQUAN YOUR 'GO Q GUY'
TAMPA, Fla. - Anquan Boldin was poised, polished, polite and professional when he met the media late yesterday and primed for a monster Super Sunday, when his Cardinals meet the...
ARIZONA PLAYERS: WE DESERVE SUPER SHOT
TAMPA, Fla. - The Cardinals are here and if you don't like it, tough. If you are one of the many who insist the presence of the Cardinals as the...
JOHN ISAACS: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
PHONE conversations with Carl Green these days are dominated by discussions about dead people. A few weeks ago we discussed Hank DeZonie's passing. Last week it was Alan Seiden's. Yesterday...
STEELERS WR GIVES AS MUCH AS HE RECEIVES
TAMPA, Fla. - When he heard his name called, there were a couple of things that began to fill Hines Ward's mind and his memory. This was Feb. 5, 2006,...
BOWA: TEAMMATE SHOTS AT ALEX ALL IN FUN
Alex Rodriguez may have been referred to as "A-Fraud," but it was in jest, says former Yankee coach Larry Bowa. In Joe Torre's latest book, "The Yankee Years," it's reported...
WILSON: TILLMAN A BIG INFLUENCE
TAMPA, Fla. - Adrian Wilson recalls that in 2001, his rookie year with the Cardinals, a veteran safety named Pat Tillman was very kind and giving to him, though "Pat...
ON 2ND THOUGHT, PUT JOBA IN 'PEN
NOW that Andy Pettitte is signed, sealed and finally delivered, it's time the Yankees throw a high, hard one at the opposition. Forget about Joba Chamberlain being in the rotation...
MANUEL: I LOVE MANNY
Calling Manny Ramirez a historic hitter, Jerry Manuel said yesterday he'd relish the chance to manage the free-agent left fielder. During a TV interview, the Mets manager labeled Ramirez, "probably...
CURRY TO TAKE LEAVE
Grief-stricken Eddy Curry missed last night's game and was expected to take a leave of absence, according to a source. He likely will soon fly to Chicago to see his...
NETS SNAP, CRACKLE AND POP
OKLAHOMA CITY - There are better ways to end a road trip than what the Nets did here last night. Like maybe board the wrong plane and fly to balmy...
CHANDLER, KNICKS TOP YAO-LESS ROCKETS
Off the court, the Knicks are a circus. On the court, they are hanging in as a legitimate basketball team. In their season's first victory trailing after three quarters, the...
YOUNG HOT-SHOTS GUN FOR PLAYOFFS
IT'S rarely about the start, of course, always about the finish - even if Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni, tired of watching his team fall behind by 15 points in the...
Celtics deny Starbury vow, but admit to talks
By MARC BERMANDo you think there was any chance the Boston Celtics were going to publicly confirm they have a secret verbal commitment to Stephon Marbury when he's still under...
THE SHEIK OF OFF-BROADWAY
THE voice, guitar work and songwriting skills of Duncan Sheik are often described as "haunting." On "Whisper House," Sheik's first CD since he stormed Broadway with his Tony-winning musical "Spring...
ENTER UNDERSTANDMAN
HEAVY metal masters Metallica couldn't be shinier than they are right now. The band - featuring singer James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich - is at the top of this...
IT'S A TAXICAB CREDIT CRISIS
WHEN Natalie Lenhart was forced by cops last week to hand over her iPod to a cabby because her credit card was declined, the 20-year-old tourist faced a dilemma familiar...
INSECURITIES MARKET
WAS it really only eight months ago the city's instantly infamous Fashion Meets Finance party none so subtly attempted to unite low-wage girls who like to shop with Wall Street...
Two relief possibilities added
Following up on their signing of utility infielder Rob Mackowiak over the weekend, the Mets added pitchers Kyle Snyder and Jon Switzer with minor-league deals tonight. Snyder, a right-hander, had...
50 STATES: West Virginia
THERE IS a common misconception that our founding fathers were slavishly committed to the cause of building a great nation and nearly nothing else. That's odd. It has been well...
4 MORE THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia is one of those states that hides in plain sight, and if you're wondering why, try getting anywhere, fast. First, there's its nutty topography, an impossible swirl of...
PERFECT WEEKEND IN RIO
GUESS what? The girl from Ipanema has cellulite! Not to mention wobbly upper arms. (And a flatter chest than I had imagined - but I let that pass.) But is...
NEWS + NOTES
TAP THAT IT'S that time of year again! Nope, not the Super Bowl. We're talking sugar season. Up in Frost Valley, the local YMCA organizes interactive day trips to the...
GET AWAY!
NEED a quick break from winter? Getting away - whether your tastes run toward warm sands, cool cities or sexy slopes - hasn't been this affordable in ages. Here, 10...
DESTINATIONS
■ ORLANDO + GALLERY ■ LAS VEGAS + GALLERY ■ CANCUN + GALLERY ■ THE BAHAMAS + GALLERY ■ MIAMI + GALLERY ■ SAN JUAN + GALLERY ■ COSTA RICA...
Naazim Calls Doctored Wraps 'Deliberate'
The California State Athletic commission is investigating two hard blocks of gauze that were found in Antonio Margarito's gloves before Saturday's WBA welterweight championship at the Staples Center. By GEORGE...
Jon Conway practicing, more RBNY notes
Couple of notes for you guys while I'm sitting courtside at Draddy Gym.MLS got back to the Red Bulls and has officially given the team permission for Jon Conway to...