February 7, 2009
Galaxy rejects Milan's Beckham bid
The Galaxy may play a sorry brand of soccer, but they're showing they do know how to play hardball pretty well.AEG CEO Tim Leiweke gave AC Milan the Heisman, rejecting...
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STATEMENT
Major League Baseball executive vice president of labor relations Rob Manfred issued the following statement today regarding today's Sports Illustrated news story: "We are disturbed by the allegations contained in...
Red Bulls draw Wizards 4-4
Dane & Dom give RBNY pace Anyway, Red Bull coughed up a pair of goals _ both set up by Wolff's sharp passing _ but equalized in the 69th when...
Is the Zeitgeist Right for a W.C. Fields Comeback?
"W.C. Fields: Comedy Hero for the new Depression'' is the headline on a blog post from the L.A. Times' Patrick Goldstein, who last week called me a "crackpot conspiracy theorist''...
Report: Stars put Avery on waivers
ESPN.com is reporting the Dallas Stars have put winger Sean Avery on waivers, which could clear the way for hsi return to the Rangers.The report says, "The controversial winger was...
Report: Giants tell Toomer goodbye
As reported by The Post last month, NJ.com says today that the Giants have told receiver Amani Toomer "they are not likely to bring him back fo a 14th season...
OBAMA POSTER ARTIST ARRESTED
Police in Boston say the artist famous for his "Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested on outstanding warrants. Shepard Fairey was in Boston on Friday for his new...
Mets updates now on Twitter
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Report: A-Rod tested positive
Sports Illustrated is reporting that "In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers,...
TRENDS: Feed me!
America is hungry. Will somebody feed it already? According to a survey by OpenTable.com (the restaurant reservation people), most of us prefer dinner to jewelry as a Valentine's Day gift.It's...
HUMAN RIGHTS SCORECARD FOR POLS
Hey, we’re only human. But that doesn’t mean our city legislators are staunch advocates for human rights. So say members of the Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center,...
MTA BRASS BASH - BK RIDERS JEER FARE INCREASE
In a raucous atmosphere reminiscent of an Isiah Thomas-coached New York Knicks game, hundreds of community members and dozens of elected officials from throughout the borough lambasted MTA board members...
BKLYN SLAY TIME - STATS ON VIOLENT CRIME
Year-end statistics for 2008 reveal that murder and rape plummeted in the trendy brownstone neighborhood of Fort Greene. But other neighborhoods in this northern region of the borough, like Williamsburg,...
TOY GUN RING BUSTED
No matter what the fiscal climate is, black marketers are always, well, in the black. That is, until they’re caught. Two Bensonhurst illegal toy gun runners and alleged purveyors of...
OCEANA TO GET BIGGER
With a single dissenting voice, Community Board 13 approved a planned expansion of the Oceana housing complex in Brighton Beach. At the group’s meeting last week, 27 board members voted...
KIKI FOUND NUGGET WITH 'MELO IN '03
Validation came before one practice was complete. There really wasn't any question in the minds of the Nuggets' brass that they had someone very special in Carmelo Anthony. "The first...
SOURCES SAY KNICKS' ITALY TRIP GETS BOOT
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni will not be sharing a gondola ride on the Venice canals with Danilo Gallinari this October. According to two people familiar with the situation, the Knicks'...
THE LIST OF AVAILABLE QBS DOESN'T GO DEEP
The NFL's free-agent signing period begins Feb. 27. Over the next three weeks, Post staff writers Paul Schwartz and Mark Cannizzaro will analyze this year's class, position by position. Today:...
GIANT RUNNERS TOP FREE-AGENT CLASS
The NFL's free-agent signing period begins Feb. 27. Over the next three weeks, Post staff writers Paul Schwartz and Mark Cannizzaro will analyze this year's class, position by position. Today:...
JAMIE'S PRESEASON BATTLE TO FIND SOME ZUBRUS HUBRIS
That scrap Jamie Langenbrunner had with teammate Dainius Zubrus in training camp wasn't just a reactive response to a rude hit. "I know how good Zubes can be, and I...
HORSEMEN SADDLE UP
We already know of Mark Messier's desire to return to the Rangers in a front office or coaching position. The captain went on record in The Post early last month...
DANIS SHOWS NOTHING POISON ABOUT IVY
Not surprisingly, many of Yann Danis' classmates who graduated from Brown in 2004 are doing OK for themselves. There are people in the medical field and others doing research around...
AS THE WORLD TURNS
JAPAN With less than a month remaining until the start of the World Baseball Classic on March 5, it's time to break down the double-elimination opening round. First up, Pool...
CHURCH HAS VISIONS OF '09 REBOUND
RYAN Church confesses he's a "homebody." When the Mets outfielder wants to relax at night at home in Viera, Fla., he usually goes online to play the video game "Call...
BOXER PROMISES TO KICK SOME ARCE
TOO BAD Vic Darchinyan isn't a heavyweight. If he were, say, 6-foot-3, 220 pounds he would be just the attraction boxing needs: a boxer who trash talks his opponents and...
SPEED FIGURES ALONE DON'T PROVE DRUG CHEATS
ANDREW Beyer, the founding father of the modern speed figure movement, lobbed a grenade into the racing business last week by linking drugs to so-called "supertrainers" with high winning percentages....
GOLDEN EAGLES GUARD AGAINST NAYSAYERS
Question: If the Big East is supposedly the biggest, baddest conference in the history of college basketball, why was the only undefeated team in league play getting shot down like...
A-10 COACHES: FORDHAM FUTURE BRIGHT DESPITE DISMAL SEASON
THEY may not want to see it in print these days. They may not want to hear it, either. Heck, the way things are going at Fordham this year, they...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
SILVER-BULLETDAY Fair Grounds, 8th race. Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. Mile-and-a-sixteenth, 3-year-old fillies. Post: 3:55 p.m. LOWDOWN: Steve Asmussen's War Echo showed a good bit of class last year, going right...
240G 'THIEF' FLAUNTS IT
A Queens woman who allegedly stole $240,000 while working for a Long Island doctor turned herself in - wearing a mink and driving a Mercedes-Benz, cops said yesterday. Debra Camilo,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A slaughterhouse employee was busted after he allegedly bit a co-worker in Sunset Park. Ahmed Mohammed, 38, had been cleaning chickens at Eldabie Chicken on Second Avenue shortly after...
'WHY ONLY AM I HERE?'
A firefighter temporarily paralyzed when he plummeted from a fourth-floor window to escape the "Black Sunday" inferno broke down yesterday as he desperately tried to understand why he lived through...
BIG WUSSY: I DIDN'T HIT HER
Big Pussy? Try Big Wussy. Sopranos co-star Vincent Pastore took the witness stand in Manhattan yesterday, insisting he's a crier, not a batterer - no matter what his ex claims...
PHELPS: I'M OK WITH SLAP
Michael Phelps says he's ready to take the hit. The pool prince says it's fair for USA Swimming to suspend him for three months after he got caught on camera...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An anti-littering vigilante has been posing as a state trooper in Gardiner, Maine, pulling over motorists he sees throwing trash from their cars and chewing them out. He uses a...
IDENTICAL TWINS BEAT DEATH PENALTY
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Identical twin brothers escaped the death penalty in a Malaysian drug trafficking trial after the court ruled authorities could not prove which man committed the alleged...
IRAQI DEMOCRACY PUTS DOWN ROOTS
WITH the results of Iraq's latest elections nearly complete, it's clear that the nation has taken another major step toward lasting democratization. A robust campaign - more than 14,000 candidates...
FDA'S MED MILESTONE
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration made history yesterday as it approved the first drug made with materials from genetically engineered animals, clearing the way for new therapies. GTC...
VLAD'S A LIAR, ABBA-SOLUTELY
MOSCOW - A British-based ABBA tribute band confirmed yesterday the Kremlin whisked it away to perform a private concert for Vladimir Putin, even as Putin's people said nyet to the...
GE'S RATING 'UNSUSTAINABLE'
General Electric Co.'s AAA rating is "unsustainable" and the company will probably have to cut its dividend, said Stephen Tusa, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst, as he lowered his...
A CON GROWS IN B'KLYN
THERE'S no point blaming New Yorkers for making a stink over a new building that might block their views - the right to whine is inalienable. But public officials and...
VAT'S ALL, FOLKS
Congress will have to create a brand-new tax to make its fiscal ends meet. INEVITABILITY: What has to happen, hap pens. No matter how you say it, some forces in...
IT'S MEGAN'S FLAW
TRENTON, NJ - Megan's Law hasn't deterred sex offenders from committing new crimes, according to a federally funded study in the state where the law originated. The report found that...
BATTY VAL MULLING A GOV RUN
Holy bat race! Batman actor Val Kilmer is considering throwing his mask in the ring for governor of New Mexico in 2010. "I'm just looking for ways to be contributive,"...
THESE DOCS ARE BAD EGGS
HAD medical guidelines been followed, it's doubtful Nadya Suleman would have ever had triplets, let alone octuplets. Following their miracle birth, many have asked: Would a physician really transfer six...
DIVORCE GETS IN HER 'FACE'
A British woman learned that her husband wanted a divorce in a devastating new way - on Facebook. Emma Brady, 35, told the London paper The Daily Mail that she...
WELFARE-$$ SHOCK SEEN
WASHINGTON - The massive economic-stimulus plans in Congress dramatically lowball the real amount of increased welfare spending - with one estimate predicting it may be more than triple the forecasts,...
JOB LOSSES HIT 35-YEAR HIGH
It's getting worse - much worse. The US economy shed 598,000 jobs in January, the biggest single-month loss since 1974, vaulting the unemployment rate to a staggering 7.6 percent. "The...
ALL HOPE'S DASCHLE'D FOR PROMISES OF CHANGE
President Obama didn't "screw up" as he claims when he nominated Tom Daschle as secretary of the Health and Human Services department, he just tried to pull a fast one...
MIKE: 'IT'S A DISASTER'
Even the city's wealthy are feeling the pinch. Just listen to the stories Mayor Bloomberg has to tell. From bankers fearing layoffs to empty aisles at Bergdorf's, New York's billionaire...
ENVISIONING BIG BUCKS
The 3-D mania that has gripped Hollywood is headed to Madison Avenue, which hopes to wow consumers with more sophisticated versions of a decades-old gimmick. The ad industry paid close...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
GM layoffs GM, trying to cut enough costs by a March 31 deadline to keep $13.4 billion in US aid, is readying a plan to fire thousands of salaried employees,...
CITI CANCELS PRIMERICA'S JUNKETS
Citigroup Inc., the bank that received $45 billion in government bailout funds, canceled its Primerica Financial Services Inc.'s convention in Atlanta and a planned trip to the Bahamas this month...
STEVEN SPIELBERG $TUCK IN THE TEMPLE OF GLOOM
Steven Spielberg apparently can't go home again. The famed director's DreamWorks SKG movie studio is expected to announce a distribution deal with Disney after a deal Spielberg's studio had with...
EXEC IN 400G THEFT BUST
A former Morgan Stanley executive and his wife looted $400,000 from bank accounts set up by customers to pay for their children's college education, police sources said. Patrice Delatour, 32,...
JENN'S 'VOICE MALES'
Relationship victim Jennifer Aniston admits she's just an aging schoolgirl at heart - she keeps voice messages from her ex-boyfriends, including ex-hubby Brad Pitt. Aniston, a star of the film...
'JFK LOVE CHILD' FIGHT
The trustees of JFK's estate are ducking a suit by his alleged love child with Marilyn Monroe, the man's attorney claimed yesterday. Lawyer Paul Dalnoky said concierges blocked a process...
MIKE'S 'RIOT' WARNING OVER SCHOOL CONTROL
In his strongest language yet on the issue, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday warned of "riots in the streets" if state lawmakers don't renew mayoral control of the city's schools. "If they...
MORT HALTS MIDTOWN TOWER AFTER LAW FIRM DROPS OUT
Mort Zuckerman's Boston Properties yesterday said it is putting off building a $980 million office tower in Midtown after a law firm backed out of its plans to lease a...
LEWIS SLAMS CRITICS
Ken Lewis came out swinging against criticism that his Bank of America is on the skids - vowing it doesn't need any more federal rescue cash and can go it...
I'M A NEWS SMEAR VICTIM
A humble hairstylist from Queens is living proof you can't count on what they print in the Daily News - she says the paper smeared her twice by running a...
LOONY OCTOMOM IS BABY 'BUGGY'
Octomom Nadya Suleman kept popping out babies even after doctors diagnosed her with paranoia, depression, wild mood swings and post-traumatic stress syndrome. But as far as the single California mother...
ACKMAN MI$$ES TARGET
Bill Ackman's investment in Target is in disastrous shape, leaving the activist investor scrambling to maintain support for his idea of spinning off the trendy retailer's land holdings. Ackman's hedge...
$34M ANGER IS BUILDING
WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department is in line to get a $34 million face-lift, thanks to the stimulus bill - drawing howls of protest from lawmakers who insist the building's...
OBAMA PROMISES ACTION IN MEETING WITH VICTIMS' KIN
WASHINGTON - President Obama held an emotional meeting yesterday with family members of 9/11 victims and told them he wants "swift and certain justice" for the jailed terrorists. The family...
'MR. PRESIDENT, DON'T FORGET MY SON JIMMY'
Jim Riches, a retired deputy chief with the FDNY, was one of the 9/11 victims' family members invited to speak with President Obama yesterday. His son, Jimmy, a firefighter with...
GET WELL, JUSTICE GINSBURG
News that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was stricken with pancreatic cancer and had to undergo surgery Thursday is upsetting - whatever one may think of her judicial philosophy....
TEAR IT DOWN, PART 75
They broke another fire-fighting stand pipe at the star-crossed former Deutsche Bank building near Ground Zero. This time, happily, the damage was discovered right away, before anyone's life was placed...
BEGGING FOR TERROR
Military judge Susan Crawford on Thursday dropped all charges against Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the mastermind of the 2000 suicide-bomb attack against USS Cole - a cowardly act that...
SEC HAS A COP IN MIND
Securities and Exchange Commission boss Mary Schapiro could be close to naming her new sheriff. Robert Khuzami, a former federal prosecutor, is said to be at the top of Schapiro's...
GORY CAREER OF COLE FIEND SEEKING TO DODGE JUSTICE
Rahim al-Nashiri - the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 American sailors - was a committed jihadist who worked alongside Osama bin Laden and rose to...
PIMP MY RIDE TO PRISON
The aging pimp whose prostitution ring brought down ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer was hit with a maximum 30-month prison term yesterday by a judge who rejected defense claims that his crimes...
RUFF SEX SLAM ON 'SHAM'
Kim Shamsky's nasty fight with her Amazin' ex-husband is really going to the dogs. The scorned wife's battle against Art Shamsky hit a new low when she quoted yesterday a...
'GWEN' RECALL
Superstar songstress Gwen Stefani's kiddie clothes are being yanked from the shelves. The former No Doubt lead singer's Harajuku Lovers clothing line has a possible choking hazard with drawstrings, the...
$827B DEAL ON STIMULUS PLAN
A group of key Senate Democrats and Republicans emerged from backroom talks last night with a handshake deal on a whittled-down stimulus plan they hope will save the nation's disintegrating...
BLUESHIRTS PUMMELED BY SHOOTING STARS
DALLAS - For the Rangers, the defense rested. The Stars scored their most goals since the franchise moved from Minnesota in 1993, crushing the Rangers last night, 10-2. Nikolai Zherdev...
DEFENDING CHAMPS SURGE IN 4TH
With Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in their rearview mirrors, the Knicks had a chance to end Dream Week with dignity. They fought the Celtics for three quarters in a...
CELT TEAM SCHEME DEADLY AS LEBRON, KOBE
KOBE Bryant started Dream Week with a Garden-record 61, a one-man show beaten two nights later when LeBron James fell just one rebound short of becoming the first player since...
METS WON'T 'GUARANTEE' BIG NAME FOR 'PEN
The Mets keep bringing in left-handed bullpen candidates, but they are now likely to stay away from recognizable names. Though GM Omar Minaya spoke with the agent for former Brave...
WITH BIG TESTS WAITING, LOPEZ IN PERSONAL 'HELL WEEK'
It's not quite "Dream Week" for Brook Lopez. Facing Denver's Nene, Orlando's Dwight Howard and San Antonio's Tim Duncan in a four-day span can't be anybody's idea of a dream....
CHAMBERLAIN GETS EARLY START TO SPRING
Pitchers and catchers still have six days before they are required to report to Yankees camp, but Joba Chamberlain is among those already deep into spring workouts. The right-hander threw...
DAVID EX-BECKS TO ESCAPE L.A.
MILAN - David Beckham wants to stay with AC Milan because he's "rediscovered" himself as a soccer player. The ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid player has expressed a desire to...
CAMILO ENDURES BLUSTERY BUICK
SAN DIEGO - Camilo Villegas accomplished his goal yesterday in the Buick Invitational, keeping it around par and keeping the lead while playing the tough South Course at Torrey Pines...
LEBRON HANDED TRIPLE WHAMMY
The NBA ruled it was not so "LeMazing." In a bizarre press release yesterday from the league, the NBA changed history and took away LeBron James' triple-double against the Knicks....
ISLES' GOALIES DUEL
Exhibit B in the Islanders' budding goalie controversy will be presented tonight in Tampa. Exhibit A was Thursday night's 3-2 loss to the Panthers in south Florida, which snapped the...
DODGERS ADD ARM IN WOLF
Pitcher Randy Wolf and the Dodgers agreed yesterday to a one-year, $5 million contract. A 32-year-old left-hander, Wolf was a combined 12-12 with a 4.30 ERA last year with San...
DEVILS THRASH ATLANTA
ATLANTA - The Thrashers' power play provided excellent scoring opportunities for the Devils. Kevin Weekes made 31 saves, the Devils scored three goals in the first 12 minutes and recovered...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSNFL: Haley to the Chiefs Todd Haley was hired as coach of the Chiefs yesterday after helping the Cardinals reach the Super Bowl as coordinator of one of the...
RETURN OF PAGE SIX SEAN RIGHT MOVE FOR RANGERS
THE last week of February, that's when you should expect to see Sean Avery in a Rangers uniform, assuming all goes well in the rehabilitation and waiver processes designed to...
FEISTIER, BUT RIVALS NEED PLAYOFF HEAT
Both the Knicks and Celtics say the best rivalries are forged in the playoffs, and right now the Knicks aren't good enough to be a real test for the champs....
FIRST-PLACE EAGLES FALL OFF THE MARQ
Jesus Verdejo scored 21 points and Dominique Jones made a driving layup to put South Florida ahead with 15.9 seconds to go, and the Bulls held on for a 57-56...
Get Gallo out of there!
By MARC BERMANLate in the third quarter, I said to my courtside mates on press row - Mahoney and Adamek - that Mike D'Antoni is too smart to bring Danilo...
UNFUNNY COMEDY OF AIRS
THERE'S plenty of "Music in the Air" at the Encores! production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's 1932 musical - but not a whole lot of fun. This antiquated...
TEXTUAL HEALING
ONCE upon a time in a faraway land, guys and gals spent hours agonizing over what to say during that crucial first call to a new love interest. Voices quaked....
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY FIRST STEPS: If your tot got hooked on tights and tutus at "The Nutcracker," try the New York City Ballet's "Ballet for Young People." The hourlong program for kids...
ELMO LETS THE FUR FLY
THE red guy's back in town, and he's not alone. In "Elmo Makes Music," the "Sesame Street" gang takes the stage at Madison Square Garden to sing the praises of...
AFTER 'TWILIGHT'
WITH months to go before the "Twilight" movie sequel hits theaters and Stephenie Meyer officially putting the final nail in the coffin of her infinitely popular saga, there's no time...
'DEA' AD DOA
SPIKE is pulling radio spots referring to Newark as "one of the most dangerous cities in America." The spots, promoting its new series "DEA" - which follows federal narcotics agents...
RE-'GIFTED' FEEL
'Gifted Hands' has scenes that cue the next dramatic moment with the subtlety of a sledge- hammer. IT'S hard to criticize a movie with noble in tentions - but here...
JERRY LOSES 'TALENT'
JERRY Springer is gone as host of "America's Got Talent." Springer said in a statement that he's leaving the show because of other commitments, including his syndicated talk show and...
TRENDS: Times are tough, things are hard
As seen in my personal Flickr! account mailbox today.All well and good, except:1) The photos in question ran in the New York Post already. Last November.2) If Conde Nast is...
DEAL REACHED ON SENATE STIMULUS BILL
With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with a small group of Republicans Friday night on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama's plan...
LeBron loses triple-double.
By BRIAN LEWISThe New York Knicks couldn't keep LeBron James from getting a triple-double on Wednesday; but the NBA's New York offices could. King James was stripped of his historic...
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL BOARD PROBES OCTUPLET BIRTH
The fertility doctor who helped a California woman have 14 children, including octuplets born last month, is now facing a state investigation on top of harsh criticism from medical ethicists....
BRONX MAN HOLDS 2 HOSTAGE WITH GRENADE
A Bronx man - distraught over being evicted - who said he had a grenade held two terrified women hostage for hours in his apartment today, cops said. An NYPD...