January 29, 2009
Report: Barca to get MLS team
Barcelona has a pre-contract giving them an MLS expansion franchise in Miami, according to Elmundodeportivo.es. This story claims the paperwork was sent from the U.S. and is now being gone...
U.S. to bid for 2018 AND 2022 World Cups
Apparently the powers-that-be are serious about bringing the World Cup back stateside.On Monday, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati will talk about the Federation's plan to submit a simultaneous bid to...
Four more on minor deals
The Mets continued to fill out their spring-training roster today, signing ex-Yankee right-hander Matt DeSalvo, righty Tony Armas Jr., lefty Valerio de los Santos and outfielder Bobby Kielty to minor-league...
Roster set for U.S. National Team camp
National Team coach Bob Bradley has called 20 players into camp at the Home Depot Center to prepare for the huge World Cup qualifier against Mexico. That game will be...
BLAGOJEVICH CONVICTED IN STATE SENATE
Gov. Rod Blagojevich was thrown out of office Thursday without a single lawmaker coming to his defense, brought down by a government-for-sale scandal that stretched from Chicago to Capitol Hill...
JENNIFER HUDSON FILMS NEW VIDEO
Jennifer Hudson has finished filming her first video since the slayings of her mother, brother and nephew. The clip for "If This Isn't Love" was done in Los Angeles and...
MTA OFFICIALS ADMIT PLAN TO TRACK BUSES USING GPS HAS FAILED
Two Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials Thursday told a Council hearing about years of failed attempts to implement a system by which buses could be tracked by satellite and said they...
CNN's Rick Sanchez Tweets His Surgery
Updated: Rick responds to Nicole on Twitter hereRS: Just met anesthesiologist watches show loves twitter she's young beautiful and about to put me under about 4 hours ago from txtRick...
SPITZER MADAM GETS 6 MONTHS IN JAIL
A woman who helped run the prostitution ring that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been sentenced to six months in prison. Cecil Suwal was sentenced Thursday...
KATE: WE'RE NO. 2!
Katie Couric's prime-time newscast was predictably steamrolled by "American Idol" Wednesday night - but it did better than everything else that wasn't singing last night. Couric's experimental 8 p.m. edition...
WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
Call him the warm and fuzzy vice president. In a stark contrast to his predecessor, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a grand ol' time...
FULTON TRANST CENTER GETS ITS GLASS TOP
The $497 million needed to construct the long-delayed Fulton Street Transit Center will be paid entirely through President Obama's economic stimulus package, MTA officials said today. The project calls for...
L.I. WOMAN WINS $22 MILLION IN MEGA MILLIONS
A Long Island woman took a big gulp after winning a staggering $22 million Mega Millions Lottery jackpot that she had bought at a 7-Eleven. Janet Alnwick, 52, who lives...
SHOOTOUT AT THE OK! CORRAL
A major shakeup has rattled OK! magazine. Editor-in-Chief Susan Toepfer, who arrived at the magazine just three months ago, is out, and the word inside is that General Manager Kent...
PRIEST DEFENDS HOLOCAUST-DENYING BISHOP
ROME - A priest in an ultraconservative society recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI has defended a bishop in his group and joined him in expressing doubts about the Holocaust....
OBAMA CALLS WALL STREET BONUSES OUTRAGEOUS
President Obama called large bonuses received by Wall Street executives last year "shameful" - saying his administration would tell financial executives that they needed to show restraint. "That is the...
Red Bulls' Hot Stove: Ogunbiyi, Luis Miguel Escalada, Carlos Johnson
The Red Bulls' roster is bound to still get tweaked a little between now and opening day. Coach Juan Carlos Osorio is hoping to see second-round pick Babajide Ogunbiyi on...
Jorge Rojas arrives in Red Bulls camp
Midfielder Jorge Rojas just arrived from Venezuela at the end of today's Red Bulls practice at the Giants Stadium bubble.He said he'd initially hoped to go on loan during the...
GAS STATION EMPLOYEE SHOT IN STATEN ISLAND
A gas station attendant was shot in the back on Staten Island during a botched robbery, police said yesterday. Mohammad Ahmad, 50, was struck on time at the Gulf station...
Fritsche traded for Reitz
The Rangers have acquired defenseman Erik Reitz from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for forward Dan Fritsche. Reitz, 26, has appeared in 31 games with Minnesota this season, registering one...
Fired candidate hired by Bucs
Former Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski, who was fired for interviewing for the Jets head-coaching vacancy, was hired as the Bucs offensive coordinator today, the St. Petersburg time reports.The...
CFL player cancels visit
The National Post of Canada reports that Toronto Argonauts defensive back Byron Parker has signed a contract with the Eagles prior to an expected visit with the Jets.Parker also worked...
Mangini takes beat-ing from writers
The Cleveland Plain Dealer today details some of Eric Mangini's tendencies when dealing the the media, which Browns beat writers will soon learn."We were stunned, absolutely stunned, he was hired...
'Idol' Fix: Kelly Clarkson Owns the Charts
Latest "American Idol" news from around the world...With just one more night of auditions to go before Hollywood, lets hope producers have saved the best for last. In the meantime,...
ASSASSIN 'KILLED ON GOTTI'S ORDERS'
A cold-blooded assassin, following orders from infamous mob boss John Gotti, sneaked up and pumped four bullets into the head of a man in the World Trade Center garage as...
DEALS: Free airfare (etc.) to Aspen
Frontier airlines and Colorado's power couple Aspen/Snowmass have found themselves entangled in a manage a trois even the Pope could bless, offering up one free airline ticket, a free day's...
ELISABETH HASSELBECK PREGNANT AGAIN
It's baby time again for Elisabeth Hasselbeck. The "View" co-host announced on today's show that she and husband Tim Hasselbeck, a former NFL quarterback, are expecting their third child in...
MAJOR, CRIMESTOPPERS OFFER MURDER REWARD
In a move that surprised the police department, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Crimestoppers are offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s) in the murder...
FRANKIE BRINGS ITALIAN HOT DOGS TO BELMONT
Ronny Barca grew up on Arthur Avenue. His father and uncle own an Italian restaurant. Barca, 22, loves hot dogs. The St. Raymond grad scarfs six or seven dogs at...
MONROE COLLEGE WELCOMES NEW DEAN
Monroe College welcomes a new Dean to the School of Hospitality Management and the Culinary Arts that will continue the school's rich tradition while bringing in some new and exciting...
STUDENTS PROTEST GAZA STRIP SIEGE, MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE
by Patrick rocchio On Thursday, January 22, teens from Bronx International High School took to the streets with artwork, video projections, and nonviolent actions to raise awareness about human rights...
PELHAM BAY'S FUTURE IS DENSE
High rise projects slated for the Pelham Bay area have residents crying foul, with many calling for a further downzoning of the area to prevent these large-scale developments from being...
BAITING HOLLOW, LI
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 2,265 Space is the final (and primary) frontier in this Colonial built in 1988. In addition to the spacious interior with a formal dining...
WEST VILLAGE
Bedrooms: 0 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 490 Common charges: $317.40 A well-priced condo in this neighborhood can be hard to find. So this alcove studio on West 12th Street makes...
Favre to Vikings -- update
The St. Paul Pioneer Press speculates "if the Vikings are unable to trade for Matt Cassel of New England or Matt Hasselbeck of Seattle, it wouldn't be shocking if they...
Oscar Watch: Who's Behind the 'Slumdog' Smear Campaign?
Is someone connected with one of the other Best Picture nominees behind a deperate smear campaign to stop prohibitive favorite "Slumdog Millionaire''? Smells that way to me. The "expose" that...
Slain baby was Eddy Curry's
Knicks forward Eddy Curry was the father of the 10-month old baby slain in Chicago last week, the Sun-Times reports.Curry's 3-year-old son witnessed the death of his mother Ava Henry...
BUSH SHOE-THROWING INCIDENT INSPIRES WORK OF ART
Iraqis have literally given former President Bush the boot. A sofa-sized shoe monument was unveiled today in Tikrit - the hometown of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein - in...
MAN TRIED TO RECLAIM BREAST IMPLANTS
VICTORVILLE, Calif. - Prosecutors say a spurned lover ambushed his ex-girlfriend and tried to cut out the breast implants he paid for by stabbing her. San Bernardino County prosecutor David...
Another Osmond Goes to Hollywood
After auditions wrapped last night, we were wondering if America's favorite reality singing competition is better off with less auditions and more singing. Only next week will tell.Salt Like City,...
DAD ACCUSED OF TOSSING DAUGHTER, 4, OFF BRIDGE
An Australian man tossed his 4-year-old daughter off a bridge in front of the girl's two young brothers in Melbourne today as scores of terrified motorists looked on in horror,...
JOBLESS RATE HITS ALL-TIME HIGH
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has reached an all-time record, the government said Thursday, and more layoffs are spreading throughout the economy. The Labor Department reported that the...
FORD LOSES $5.9B IN 4TH QUARTER
DEARBORN, Michigan - Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it lost $5.9 billion in the fourth quarter and burned through $5.5 billion in cash as sales slumped, but the company still...
'The Thing,' Take Three
Studios hardly ever lose money on horror movies, so it's not surprising in this financially perilous times that Universal has commissioned a script for a third version of "The Thing''...
End the playoff debate
By MARC BERMANThere's been a debate in some circles about whether it's good or bad if the Knicks make the playoffs this season. Let's end it right now. It's silly,...
MARGARITO HIT WITH CALIFORNIA BAN
The California State Athletic Commission hit Antonio Margarito harder than Shane Mosley did last Saturday at the Staples Center. The CSAC has temporarily suspended the licenses of Margarito and his...
PRIDE WIN THRILLER
Arminas Urbutis hit a jumper as time expired to lift Hofstra to an 80-78 win over North Carolina-Wilmington last night in Wilmington, N.C. The Pride (14-7, 6-4 CAA) was led...
FEDS RAID HOME OF BONDS' TRAINER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW
SAN FRANCISCO - Twenty federal agents raided the home of the mother-in-law of Barry Bonds' personal trainer yesterday. Madeleine Gestas and her daughter Nicole Anderson, the trainer's wife, are the...
SERENA SLAMS WAY INTO A GRAND FINAL
MELBOURNE, Australia - Serena Williams finally hit form to oust Olympic champion Elena Dementieva and move into her fourth Australian Open final. Now one more Russian, Dinara Safina, stands between...
WAKE KNOCKS OFF NO. 1 DUKE
James Johnson's layup with 0.8 seconds remaining helped No. 6 Wake Forest upend No. 1 Duke 70-68 last night in Winston-Salem, N.C. Freshman Al-Farouq Aminu scored 15 for the Demon...
ST. JOHN'S' FREE FALL CONTINUES
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - So much for that big win over Rutgers. St. John's fell behind 13-4 and never recovered against West Virginia as Da'Sean Butler scored 21 points to lead...
A SUPER PAIR
Reggie Bush may be one of the hottest young studs in the NFL - but something tells us all eyes were on his sizzling celebutante gal pal, Kim Kardashian, last...
PATHETIC 'MESSAGE'
IN his "first message to the Muslim world" Tuesday, President Obama on Al-Arabiya TV invited the Is lamic Republic in Iran to "unclench its fist" and accept his offer of...
SINGER'S 'DEAD' EX SAILED SOUTH: TV INVESTIGATOR
He's the one that they want - to find. The former lover of "Grease" star Olivia Newton-John, who has been missing for four years and presumed dead following a 2005...
BLUSH-FREE BANDITRY
Amber Sutherland's article, "Make Up Like Bandits" (Jan. 22), pretty much disgusts me, and I'm not offended easily. Department stores are following a court order; Sutherland acknowledges an "honor system"...
STOP DEPRESSES - 2 PILLS TOP LIST
Zoloft and Cipralex work slightly better than 10 other popular drugs, and should be psychiatrists' first choice for patients with moderate to severe depression, according to a new study. The...
MITCHELL: HALT GAZA SMUGGLING
JERUSALEM - President Obama's new Mideast envoy called yesterday for an end to Hamas weapons smuggling and a reopening of Gaza's borders, seeking to strengthen the shaky cease-fire between Israel...
WHEN FOOLS RUSH IN: OBAMA VS. TALK RADIO
President Obama's warning to Republicans not to listen to Rush Limbaugh reminds me of the old saying that it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think...
JEWISH OUTRAGE AT 'VATICAN' HOLOCAUST DENIER
JERUSALEM - Israel's chief rabbinate severed ties with the Vatican yesterday to protest a papal decision to reinstate a bishop who publicly denied 6 million Jews were killed during the...
'STIMULUS' OR SCAM?
FRIGHTENED people are receptive to the president's pleas for large and quick ac tion on his "stimulus" proposal: Just do it - we'll count the cost later. As Emerson said,...
THE MTA'S RX FOR WASTE
BEFORE the federal govern ment even thinks about spotting the MTA another dime for its calamitous Fulton Street Transit Center project, it should consider how the MTA bungled the vastly...
DA: #!@ ATT'Y $CAMMED SICK
It takes a special kind of thief to get Morgy this mad. Manhattan's gentlemanly district attorney, Robert Morgenthau, yesterday needed a pair of profanities to describe a big-shot guardianship lawyer...
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GDP
DID you know that the govern ment counts the free checking you get at the bank as part of your income? Not a big part, to be sure, but it...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A traffic agent issuing a parking ticket was pelted with green peppers by the vehicle's owner in Borough Park, authorities said yesterday. The agent issued the summons because the...
IRAQ BALLOTS VS. BULLETS
BAGHDAD - Soldiers, hospital patients and even prisoners filled ballot boxes yesterday in special early voting for provincial elections that will be a test for Iraqi forces trying to prevent...
CITI BANS LAVISH TRIPS FOR TOP PRODUCERS
Citigroup has pulled the plug on a series of plush, private-equity conferences and spa getaways intended to reward the highest-earning retail brokers at investment house Smith Barney. The hobbled banking...
WALL STREET BONUSES DROP TO LOWEST IN 30 YEARS
ALBANY - The wheels have officially come off the Wall Street gravy train. Bonuses paid by financial firms to their New York City employees tumbled a record 44 percent in...
SI'S FALLING DOMINO
Condé Nast Chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. yesterday unleashed his annual so-called "January surprise," pulling the plug on Domino after four years of publication and losses that were believed to have...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Boeing, gone Boeing said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs, or more than 6 percent of its workforce, including 4,500 that were previ ously announced. The new target was disclosed...
EINHORN IS BUYING GOLD
Greenlight Capital founder David Einhorn, 40, is finally taking his grandfather's advice. The $5.1 billion hedge fund is buying gold for the first time on fears of inflation from increased...
CHRYSLER, GM SHIFT FROM IDLE SALARIES
Beleaguered Detroit automakers General Motors and Chrysler are scrapping a much-maligned program in which thousands of idle employees get full pay and benefits for not working. The companies confirmed yesterday...
GORE: MOVE NOW ON ECOL
WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Al Gore presented lawmakers yesterday with a new inconvenient truth: Action on global warming cannot wait until the economy recovers. In three hours of testimony...
MADMAN MAHMOUD'S ADVICE TO O
TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called yesterday for "profound changes" in US foreign policy - including an end to support for Israel and an apology to the Islamic republic...
NEW SITE FOR HILLARY 'GAL PALS'
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton's female supporters have launched a new online forum to swap ideas. Ann Lewis, who spearheaded Clinton's women's outreach programs during her presidential campaign, announced the...
MARTS BULLISH ON BAM'S 'BAD BANK'
President Obama's "bad bank" became Wall Street traders' new best friend yesterday, sparking a rally over hopes of better rewards ahead in a banking rescue. Also yesterday, the Federal Reserve...
CONEY ISLAND'S ROCKET SPARED
Astroland Park's popular Rocket won't be blasting out of Coney Island after all. City officials confirmed yesterday that the park's longtime operator, the Albert family, has donated the famous, 71-foot-long,...
APPLE WHIZ KIDS BLINDED THEM WITH SCIENCE
Four of the city's brightest bulbs were named among the 40 national Intel Science Talent Search finalists yesterday - giving them a shot at the $100,000 scholarship that will be...
AIRLINE ADDS LIFE RAFTS
DALLAS - American Airlines is limiting the number of passengers on some planes while it orders extra life rafts in case of a water landing like the one made on...
HAMPTONS KILLER'S EX SPILLS GUTS
The long suffering ex-wife of murderer Danny Pelosi, jailed for killing a Long Island millionaire, is dishing the dirt in a tell-all memoir about her hellish 20-year-marriage to the hard-drinking,...
JESSICA'S SIS JOINS FAT FIGHT
Ashlee Simpson is sticking up for her big - really big - sister. In a preachy posting on her Web site, Jessica Simpson's little sister lashed out at critics who...
AOL FORCED TO CUT 700 JOBS
The media-and-technology layoff train made a stop at AOL yesterday, picking up 700 passengers from Time Warner's perpetually realigning Internet unit. In an internal memo obtained by The Post, AOL...
POLL POTENT AMMO FOR MAYOR 'CLASS' WARFARE
ALBANY - Bolstered by a new poll showing overwhelming public support for mayoral control of the schools, Chancellor Joel Klein defended the system yesterday in the face of lawmakers who...
HATE-SLAY CASE GROWS
The vicious crew of Long Island teens charged with the hate-fueled killing of an Ecuadorian immigrant assaulted eight other Hispanic men as a "pastime," prosecutors said yesterday. Suffolk County officials...
SEC SET TO PROBE MUSIC CITY MAN
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday accused a Nashville, Tenn., man of using the government's $700 billion rescue program to con unsuspecting investors. Gordon Grigg, an unregistered investment adviser, allegedly...
BEAN-COUNTERS TO CLOSE 300 STARBUCKS
That bitter taste in Starbucks boss Howard Schultz's mouth isn't his notoriously burnt coffee. With the economy growing colder faster than a forgotten $4 venti, the cookie-cutter coffee chain reported...
STILL PINCHED FOR CASH, TIMES TO PITCH RED $OX
The New York Times, which is scrambling to raise cash after downplaying its debt woes, reported a steep plunge in profit and said it hired an investment bank to sell...
DEAD LETTER DAY IS LOOMING
The US Postal Service is looking to cut out one day of mail delivery in the face of a ballooning deficit, it was revealed yesterday. "It is possible that the...
TERMINATOR DAD IN DEBT
The Los Angeles man who fatally shot himself after killing his wife and their five kids was awash in debt and planning to leave California, cops said yesterday. Ervin Antonio...
BEEF AT GAY INSULT
A Long Island man says his ex-boss is a real beef jerky who fired him after deeming his vegetarianism to be "gay." In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, former...
QUEENS IS KING IN 5-BOROUGH SURVEY
Queens residents are the city's most cheerful - while people in The Bronx give their borough, at best, a Bronx cheer. A new survey says 51 percent of people living...
WEILL PITCHES IN
With its fortunes crumbling, Citigroup has received a helping hand from a figure from the past. The banking giant's former chairman and CEO, Sanford Weill, has agreed to give up...
TIMES SQ. NIGHTMARE
Two years ago, as they strolled Times Square together, two carefree young tourists from Canada almost lost their lives when a deranged stranger randomly stabbed first one of them, and...
LAZARD CAPITAL'S MORAL HAZARD
Lazard Capital Markets employees are in an uproar over a demand by the boutique investment firm's bosses that workers sign a questionable sexual-harassment contract or forfeit their bonuses. According to...
NEW GRAB FOR JACKO VID PROFITS
Moviemaker John Landis claims he is due a cut of "Thriller" profits if the famed music video he directed ever makes it to Broadway, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday...
SLUSH HOUR IN CITY
After lobbing a crazy combo of snow, sleet, freezing rain and slush at the city yesterday, Ol' Man Winter is expected to make amends on Sunday. "The next four days...
BOFA BOSS DODGES YET ANOTHER BULLET
Bank of America chief Ken Lewis' embattled career lived to see another day yesterday after the bank's directors voiced support for him despite a growing sense on Wall Street that...
DRUG SWEEP
Manhattan prosecutors say they've rid a Hamilton Heights neighborhood of 15 drug dealers, all members of a Bloods-affiliated gang called Stack Money Family. The gang sold drugs 24/7 around Hamilton...
'SLAY HUBBY' ABUSE TALES
The daughter of accused wife killer John Galtieri told a jury yesterday that her father used to beat her mother before he allegedly shot to death at a Staten Island...
JAMES BRADY, 1928-2009
James Brady, who died Tuesday at 80, was a longtime member of the New York Post family. In a career spanning several decades, he was at home in the worlds...
A WARNING TO SEN. DODD?
Is there something in the water up in Connecticut? Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez was arrested Tuesday on bribery and corruption charges after allegedly receiving free work on his home from...
WOLFING DOWN A WINDFALL
For all those New Yorkers who think the federal stimulus package will hold the fiscal wolves at bay until Wall Street recovers, we say: Wrong! The Wall Street money pump...
PUTIN BLOWS LID AT DELL IN DAVOS
Years of duking it out with business rival Steve Jobs was little help for Dell Computer chief Michael Dell, who got publicly smacked down by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...
FERRY SALES INTO E-BAY
Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? No? How about the Governors Island ferry? A ferry, purchased for $500,000 in 2007 as a backup to the main boat that shuttles thousands...
$53.5M PLAZA 'ATTIC' FOR SALE
Good news, flush-with-cash New Yorkers - the $53.5 million penthouse apartment in The Plaza ridiculed for its low ceilings, small windows and obstructed views of Central Park is back on...
BRADY FUNERAL
The funeral for Post legend James Brady will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Ave. between and East 83rd and 84th...
'BIZ BILK' GAL WANTS LOOT BACK FROM FEDS
The wealthy Upper West Side woman charged with bilking $80 million from Fortune 500 firms is complaining that she can't live without her Rolex, Warhol and MontBlancs - and wants...
GOV'S WIFE NEW STAR OF SPAMALOT
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson's wife has been slapped down by her employer for using com pany e-mail to plead for support for her embattled hubby in the wake of his...
MADOFF: I'M WEAKENED AT BERNIE'S
He's "The Prisoner of Park Avenue." Bernie Madoff is whining to anyone who'll listen that he's being held captive in his palatial penthouse and unable to traipse around the Big...
CITY TO GET DUTCH TREAT
It's taken 400 years, but New York City is finally going to celebrate the achievements of Henry Hudson, with a series of Dutch-themed events this year, including a flotilla of...
HOUSE GIVES BAM SOME $TIMULATION
WASHINGTON - The House approved President Obama's $819 billion stimulus plan last night in a partisan vote on legislation loaded with increased spending and tax cuts meant to boost the...
SALMONELLA PEANUT RECALL
WASHINGTON - Federal officials have announced a recall of all products containing peanut paste or peanut oil produced over the past two years at a Georgia plant at the center...
'PONZI' PARAMOUR
The suspected mastermind of a $130 million Ponzi scheme had an affair with his secretary while he was also cheating on his clients, his vice president's lawyer said yesterday. Nick...
MTA BOARD FARES BADLY AT HEARING
Members of the MTA board were called "callous" and "oppressors" at a fare hearing in Brooklyn last night that drew nearly 500 people. The agency is struggling to close a...
POL'S A NEIGH-SAYER
Tony Avella is hoping his fellow City Council members just say "neigh" to horse-drawn carriages. The Queens Democrat will make his pitch for a citywide ban at a public hearing...
BIG BLUE BLING IS BACK
Massachusetts cops have bus ted three suspected jewel thieves and recovered 27 stolen Giants Super Bowl rings hidden in a safe deposit box, officials said yesterday. Big Blue fans were...
CURRY IS DAD OF SLAIN KID
Knick star Eddy Curry is the father of the infant girl who was killed along with the hoopster's ex-girlfriend last week, it was reported yesterday. DNA tests taken in September...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Here's a man who is desperate to follow in his brother's footsteps. The 24-year-old Michigan man broke into a gas station - and then called 911 on himself, telling cops...
OH, SAY CAN YOU SKI?
SOME of the top skiers in the world will lead the U.S. Ski Team in the World Championships over the next two weeks. Ten Olympians, including world championship medalists Lindsey...
DEREK DODGES BOOK FLAP
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Yankees captain Derek Jeter knew it was coming. His reaction to Joe Torre's new book? "I thought that was going to be the first question," Jeter...
PLAYOFFS NO LONGER A LAUGHING MATTER
STARTING Monday, Dream Week brings the Lakers, Cavaliers and - good Lord, won't the Knicks have suffered enough? - the Celtics to The Garden in five days. All Mike D'Antoni,...
LAGAT, GOUCHER ON BOARDS FOR MILLROSE
No matter what happens in the sprints or throws or jumps, the Millrose Games has always been about the mile. And tomorrow's 102nd edition, highlighted by fan favorites Bernard Lagat...
JERSEY GUY'S UNLIKELY SHOT AT GLORY
TAMPA, Fla. - The odds never have been in Darnell Stapleton's favor. Not when he had to go to junior college out of Union (N.J.) High School. Not when every...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Heilman shipped to Cubs Former Mets reliever Aaron Heilman was traded to the Cubs yesterday for infielder Ronny Cedeno and left-hander Garrett Olson, ending his one-month stay with the...
EX-GIANT BROWN OUT TO 'PICK' ON ROETHLISBERGER
TAMPA, Fla. - In the regular season, the Cardinals were among the league's worst teams as far as getting interceptions with only 13. But once the playoffs hit, watch out....
HALO IS OFF 'ST. JOE'
JOE Torre earned those four World Series championships, those can never be taken away. And Torre has every right to criticize anyone he wants, because "The Yankee Years" is his...
JETS DEMOTE SUTTON
The Jets announced a demotion for former defensive coordinator Bob Sutton yesterday. The veteran coach will stay with the team as senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach. Sutton presided over the defense...
MANAGER STANDS BY BOOK
Joe Torre isn't saying he's misquoted in "The Yankee Years." In a Newsweek.com interview, Torre said he stands by everything in the book. "I've got to," the Dodgers manager said....
CARDS EM-BOLDIN-ED BY GOOD NEWS
TAMPA, Fla. - The Cardinals for the first time this week got on the practice field yesterday at the Buccaneers training facility and WR Anquan Boldin participated fully, showing no...
NETTLES DEFENDS TORRE
In 1984, Graig Nettles co-authored "Balls" with Peter Golenbock - and it had an impact. "It got me traded," Nettles said yesterday. Joe Torre's book, "The Yankee Years," has caused...
LOPEZ GETS ROOKIE NOD
Nets rookie center Brook Lopez wanted to relax and do nothing over All-Star Weekend. His play squashed that. Lopez yesterday was selected for the Rookie-Sophomore game. While it means no...
ISLES MAY USE ALL-VETERAN TOP LINE
There was Mike Comrie skating on the Islanders' top line with Bill Guerin and Doug Weight during yesterday's practice in Syosset. Coach Scott Gordon said the three veterans were just...
MARTY'S ROLE? DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
BOSTON - It's the elephant in the room, the unspoken question that hangs over the Devils' season. What do they do when Martin Brodeur comes back? Will he, essentially, have...
KNICKS' RECENT SUCCESS HAS ISIAH'S STAMP
Isiah Thomas did a lot wrong during his 4 ½ years, but he can take pride in the Knicks' current success and feel a part of it. No one can...
KNICKS MOVE INTO PLAYOFF POSITION
Stop the presses! The Knicks are in playoff position. The Knicks eased into a tie with Milwaukee for the eighth place last night, moving past the Nets and drilling the...
PENGUINS RIP RANGERS
PITTSBURGH - It was a long night for the Rangers - and Henrik Lundqvist. Petr Sykora and Kris Letang each had two goals, and Sidney Crosby got back into action...
NETS' HARRIS OFF AT BUZZER IN LOSS
Devin Harris had it all lined up. He crossed over Joey Graham, who went slip sliding away and out of the picture. Harris had 16 unobstructed feet in front of...
STOPPING HIGH-FLYING LARRY WILL BE TALL TASK FOR STEELERS' TAYLOR
TAMPA, Fla. - Larry Fitzgerald is the star of Super Bowl XLIII. The stud. The marquee attraction. The lethal weapon. He is Hair Jordan. "I'm going to have to have...
CARDS RB HASN'T LOST HIS EDGE
TAMPA, Fla. - Edgerrin James has waited 10 long years for this moment. "I'm from the University of Miami, and confidence has never been a problem for us," he said....
AMANI: I COULD'VE HELPED GIANTS BE SUPER AGAIN
TAMPA, Fla. - Amani Toomer was hoping and expecting to leave the Giants on his own terms, having secured every significant franchise receiving record in 13 controversy-free seasons. His wish...
STEELERS DE SMITH HELPING YOUNG SON BATTLE LEUKEMIA
TAMPA, Fla. - The boy had a fever, sure, a persistent one, but isn't that part of being a kid? You get sick. You go to the doctor. You get...
SOLO GOES TRIO
OH, baby! Can this calm Madonna be Anna Netrebko - the fiery Russian soprano with the stiletto boots, champagne tastes and wicked tongue? Apparently it is. And while the late-night...
KARA DEFENDS 'RINGER'
'American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi is coming to the defense of Hollywood-bound contestant Joanna Pacitti. Get MORE 'American Idol' Coverage Here After a story in yesterday's Post cataloging a fan...
FAME GAME
IS fame so intoxicating that - given the chance - a bunch of formerly famous guys would do anything to recapture it? That's the idea behind "Confessions of a Teen...
YAHOOTUBE
YAHOO'S famous Buzz list - the top-10 feature that shows what subjects people are searching for most on the Web - is being turned into a TV series. The daily...
'DESPERATE' LOVE NEST
IT'S going to get a whole lot co zier on "Desperate House wives." Lovestruck 40-somethings Katherine and Mike (Dana Delany and James Denton), are moving in together, according to Entertainment...
OUT TO PASTOR
AS a young reporter in 1999 at NBC, Alexandra Pelosi was asked to join the press contingent assigned to George Bush's campaign. She took her camcorder along for fun -...
UPPER EAST SIDE
Most of us don't have a "domed ceiling," but this 2,400-square-foot, "triple-mint" classic six on Fifth Avenue does - in the foyer! So you can imagine what the rest of...
LAUREL HOLLOW, LI
The century has turned twice since this Queen Anne Victorian rose along these shores in 1898, but the concept of luxurious waterfront living hasn't changed all that much. The "compound"...
BRIDGEHAMPTON, LI
From this "circa 1900s" traditional Mitchells Lane "landmark," you'll be able to walk to the Hampton Classic (no need to ride your horse!). It features five bedrooms (including a master...
MIDTOWN
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,129 Common charges: $1,053 -- Forget the view from the Empire State Building - with this condo, you can step out onto your private...
NORWALK, CONN.
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Square feet: 3,564 -- Though it was built in 2006, this "sophisticated" Colonial is marketed as "better than new," thanks in part to all the "embellishments"...
GRAMERCY
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 600 Maintenance: $926 -- Some apartments are notable for floor-to-ceiling windows, but this East 17th Street townhouse co-op offering 12-foot ceilings makes quite an...
ROCK, HUDSON!
WHEN last we looked, Hudson Square, the micro-hood rising amid the warehouses west of SoHo, was undergoing serious transformation. Two years ago, the entire neighborhood was a veritable construction site,...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan GRAMERCY $3,150,000 105 E. 29th St. Three-bedroom, three-bath full-floor loft co-op, 3,000 square feet, with kitchen with granite and marble counters and Sub-Zero refrigerator, 12-foot ceilings and 19 oversized...
'HOUSE PARTY
The glamour of owning a townhouse is often offset by practical concerns, like having no doorman and questionable security. And, of course, there's the hassle of maintaining the splendor of...
50 FREEBIES
THERE are two really common four-letter words that begin with F. Chances are, the first one that comes to mind isn't the one we're talking about. If spending money has...
NETS' LOPEZ VOTED TO ROOKIE-SOPHOMORE GAME
Brook Lopez was sort of looking forward to relaxing and doing nothing over All-Star weekend. His play squashed that. Lopez yesterday was selected for the rookie-sophomore game at the All-Star...
HAUTE LIST
AT the ripe age of 34, supermodel Carol Alt was desperate. "I was the definition of insanity," she says. "Doing the same things over and over again expecting to get...
Pedro still on Mets' radar
According to a report out of the Dominican Republic by The Associated Press, the Mets might be close to bringing Pedro Martinez back to Queens for another year. The report...
Arum Says Margarito "Not A Cheater"
Bob Arum has hired a high-profile attorney to defend Antonio Margarito.By GEORGE WILLISBob Arum is confident Antonio Margarito didn't doctor his hand wraps before his bout with Shane Mosley last...
Margarito, trainer Suspended
The California State Athletic Commission has supended the license of Antonio Margarito and his trainer Javier Capetillo. By GEORGE WILLISThe California State Athletic Commission hit Antonio Margarito harder than Shane...
Kizer: Margarito Was Clean vs. Cotto
Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, told me "I'm as comfortable as I can be" Margarito's hand wraps and gloves weren't doctored against Miguel Cotto.By...
Steward: Margarito's Legacy Tainted
Emauel Steward Says Margarito's legacy is now tainted. By GEORGE WILLISAntonio Margarito was the toast of boxing last week. Now he could become its latest example of going from adored...
NM TOUGHENS TAX COLLECTIONS ON USED CAR SALES
SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico is cracking down on people who try to avoid paying taxes on used car sales by low-balling the purchase price. With New Mexico squeezed...
Giants lose assistant to Rams
St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo has hired assistant Andre Curtis away from the Giants.Curtis was the defensive quality control coach with the Giants from 2006-2008, the past two seasons...
Layoffs at 'AH'
"Access Hollywood" has laid off eight employees in its New York office, The Post has learned.The layoffs, which represent less than 5 percent of the show's workforce, were confirmed by...