March 2, 2009
Philly just won't let up
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets were given the day off today, so it will be quiet on the blog front until Tuesday morning. In the meantime, though, the folks...
MADOFF CLAIMS HE AND WIFE CAN KEEP LUXURY APARTMENT, $62 MILLION
Lawyers for accused swindler Bernard Madoff say a Manhattan apartment and $62 million in accounts held by his wife are unrelated to the investment manager's purported fraud, according to court...
RBNY make Leitch trade official; Pacheco claims personal terms agreed
Even though MLS offices were closed today, that didn't stop the Red Bulls from finally making their trade of Chris Leitch official. They shipped the right back _ whom they'd...
OUSTED ILLINOIS GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH TO WRITE BOOK
CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich's publicist says the former Illinois governor plans to write book "exposing the dark side of politics." Glenn Selig says Blagojevich signed a six-figure deal Monday. Selig...
DOW-N FOR THE COUNT
How low will it go? The ongoing recession brought the Dow Jones to yet another unwanted milestone this afternoon - its first drop below 7,000 in more than 11 years....
SMALL ASTEROID NARROWLY MISSES EARTH
Talk about a near miss! A 200-foot wide asteroid zoomed past Earth today at an altitude of 40,000 miles - swerving far enough from our planet to avoid total destruction,...
ST. JOHN'S, MARY IMMACULATE SHUT THEIR DOORS
Mary Immaculate and St. John's Queens hospitals closed their doors permanently Monday after providing more than a century of service for Queens residents. Emergency medical technicians, ambulance drivers, nurses and...
Talk Show Guests: Jimmy Fallon Kickoff
Tonight:EVANGELINE LILLY -- Jimmy Kimmel LiveNEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK -- Jimmy Kimmel LiveKATIE COURIC --Late Show With David LettermanPARIS HILTON -- Craig FergusonJASON MESNICK -- Jimmy Kimmel LiveDEE DEE...
Closure: Final Nail in a Dying Show's Coffin?
For example, after bad fan reaction to the sudden departures of "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money," ABC has decided to give its latest cancellation, "Life on Mars," (left) the...
Tribeca: Woody's Latest to Open Fest
Woody Allen's "Whatever Works'' will open this year's Tribeca Film Festival on April 22. Allen's first New York-set movie since the 2004 flop "Melinda and Melinda'' (the one with Will...
First Citi game a quick sellout
The Mets announced that the first ever game at Citi Field sold out in 45 minutes this morning. Not a Mets game, but one between St. John's and Georgetown on...
STATE SENATE LEADER: MTA NEEDS AN AUDIT
ALBANY, N.Y. - State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith says there should be a comprehensive audit of the Metropolitan Transit Authority before lawmakers agree on new measures to solve its...
COPS ACCUSED OF RAPE LOSE GUNS, BADGES
Two police officers have been stripped of their guns and badges as investigators look into claims at least one of them raped an intoxicated woman after they escorted her into...
'CELEBRITY APPRENTICE' EARNS TRUMP OK RATINGS
The new season of Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" premiered to mediocre numbers. Last night's opening episode, which saw Andrew Dice Clay get the heave-ho, averaged 8.8 million viewers from 9...
Waiver Stuff
By FRED KERBERThe Nets let Stromile Swift go last night creating a roster spot and a lot of speculation about who will fill the void.They've called about Luther Head, released...
KIM RAVER TO STAR IN ABC PILOT
Pound another nail into the coffin of "Lipstick Jungle." Series co-star Kim Raver has signed a deal to star on an ABC pilot--just days after another "Jungle" co-star, Lindsay Price,...
COAST GUARD FINDS MISSING NFL PLAYERS' FISHING BOAT
TAMPA - A missing man found clinging to an overturned boat was rescued today off Florida's Gulf Coast, but the search continues for two NFL players and another man aboard...
MLS roster compliance (Cut-down day)
Today is roster compliance day for MLS, when every team has to shave the trialists and prospects and projects down to 24 players and get under the salary cap. With...
ECONOMIC WORRIES KEEPING AMERICANS UP AT NIGHT
Nearly a third of all Americans are losing sleep because they worry about the sagging economy or the prospect of losing their job, a new poll finds. Money fears far...
CLINTON MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, declared the Obama administration committed to pushing intensively to find a...
NFL free agent updates
The Buccaneers are interested in CB Corey Ivy, who visited the Jets this weekend.The Browns may have interest in SS Jim Leonhard, who also visited the Jets.The Jets also have...
SCOTT WOULD'VE STAYED IN BALTIMORE
Bart Scott said if the Ravens had come closer to the contract he signed with the Jets, he would have stayed in Baltimore, but he did not pit his old...
Favre didn't want to say "No" to trade
Brett Favre told the Orlando Sentinel that he had mentally committed to joining the Buccaneers before last season and approved his trade to the Jets because he was concerned about...
Starr Report: 'K&K' not OK
NBC ordered a full season of "Kath & Kim" early on last fall, but to what end? The Molly Shannon-Selma Blair sitcom, which never really got off the ground, fell...
Report: Dolphins not interested in Coles
There apparently will not be a reunion between Laveranues Coles and Chad Pennington.According to an ESPN report, the Dolphins have no interest in signing Coles. The Jets restructured Coles contract...
Knicks sign Samb to 10-day contract
The Knicks added some depth down low today, signing center Cheikh Samb to a 10-day contract.With Eddy Curry playing less than three minutes this entire season, the Knicks have been...
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT
New York City will hold a special election to fill the seat vacated by the Bronx Borough president who has taken a job in the Obama administration. Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
CIA DESTROYED 92 INTERROGATION TAPES
WASHINGTON - New documents show the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency destroyed nearly 100 tapes of terror interrogations, far more than has previously been acknowledged. The disclosure Monday comes as a...
RBNY deals Leitch for cash & foreign slot
The Red Bulls traded veteran right back Chris Leitch to San Jose, according to the Mercury News. New York got an undisclosed sum of allocation cash and an international slot...
What's Jerry saying?
Our Back Page Blog looks at Jerry Manuel's media missteps and what it may mean for Johan Santana's elbow.
Manuel's transmissions a rough ride
Jerry Manuel said it best, which is really saying something."One of the faults of myself is, whatever's on my mind I express it," the Mets manager told MLB Network this...
Serie A: Boring or Exciting?
Whether David Beckham ends up in Serie A on a permanent basis or not makes little difference because Italy's top flight is once again Europe's best league competition.Serie A was...
AIG POSTS LARGEST EVER QUARTERLY LOSS AT $61.7B
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - American International Group Inc., once the world's largest insurer, said Monday it lost $61.7 billion in the fourth quarter, the biggest quarterly loss in U.S. corporate history,...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
Meanwhile, over in Port St. Lonesome, at the gathering formerly known as Camp Tranquility, there is finally a whiff of friction in the air, Mets ace Johan Santana and Mets...
3 UP: NFL vs. MLB, and Johan
1. When do I get to next hear what a family-oriented, classy operation the Maras run? It is coming. Because in the NFL, reality never intrudes on the cover story....
GO TO GREG
Q: How do you answer the dreaded "What's your greatest weakness?" interview question? A: Well, one of my greatest weaknesses is that I'm such a perfectionist when writing this column...
FUR-LOWS AND HIGHS
One way to measure the rise in the mandatory furlough is to track postings, or "Tweets," on the subject on the popular Web site Twitter, which is abuzz with folks...
STATUS CONSCIOUS
WHEN Erica and Rob found out they were expecting, they were anxious to let the world know. So Rob opted to spread the word in an increasingly common way -...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Whatever You Like, T.I. 2. Heartless, Kanye West 3. Single Ladies, Beyoncé 4. Let It Rock, Kevin Rudolf 5. Love Lock Down, Kanye West 6. If...
A SHRINKING FEELING
When corporate executive Jane Brown (not her real name) was called into her boss' office last December, she knew the news wouldn't be good. Given that the once-robust real estate...
PULSE SALES
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HOT TROPICS
Spring Break never seemed so far away. And we know we're not the only ones indulging in a little deskside day- dreaming in the middle of this frigid NYC winter....
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
CLASSIC rock couldn't have got classier than it did this past weekend with Van Morrison at the Gar den's WaMu Theater and David Byrne at Radio City Music Hall -...
D.H. LAWRENCE PLAY IS IN MINT CONDITION
THE Mint Theater has done it again. While the rest of the town's classical theater companies are mainly content to showcase the usual endless diet of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Williams and...
HENDRIX VENUE IN SONG SUIT
The famed Greenwich Village nightclub that put Jimi Hendrix on the road to rock 'n' roll stardom is being sued for allegedly ripping off the writer of his debut single....
ECONOMY IN A FIX
"Shop 'til you drop" has become "stitch 'til you fix." Recession-reformed spendthrifts are flooding tailors, furniture fixers and electronics repairmen with their hole-in-sole shoes, ripped pants and broken iPods. All...
'SUPER' DOLAN TURNED US INTO A FAMILY
He's New York's new archbishop, but to a once-childless Wisconsin couple, Timothy Dolan is the "superhero" who stepped in and made them a family. "He's changed our lives forever," said...
GOP LEASE FUROR
ALBANY - State Senate Republicans received more than $250,000 in contributions from a company that later got a $7.9 million lease for an unneeded Albany office building, according to an...
CITY COPS' BADDY BUDDIES
MOVE over, Mafia Cops! More than 100 of New York's Fin est were investigated last year for allegedly associating with criminals - from boozing with mobsters to pulling off robberies...
GAMING FIRM LOSING BIG
ALBANY - A gaming firm hoping to take over New York's large and lucrative lottery operation risks losing a similar deal in Australia for poor performance. Greek gaming giant Intralot...
EX-CRITIC BACKS TROOP WITHDRAWAL
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday said he was "comfortable" with President Obama's plan to withdraw most troops from Iraq within 18 months - less...
ED. BIGS NIX LOW BIDDERS
City education officials facing severe budget cuts awarded a $2 million consulting contract to a company whose bid was four times as high as the lowest offer. The contract to...
GOV DRAGGING DEMS DOWN WITH HIM: DIAZ
A PROMINENT Bronx state senator is going public with what many of his fellow Democrats are saying in private - that Gov. Paterson's bumbling performance may cost Democrats their newly...
VITAL REFORMS
SHARED sacrifice by all, for the good of the country. That has been the theme of President Obama's approach to the economic crisis. Everyone must do their part. In the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A woman was arrested for swiping letters and threatening a mailman in Coney Island, authorities said yesterday. Sylvia Cruz, 30, clashed with the letter carrier on Mermaid Avenue at...
$750B FEDERAL KITTY SET ASIDE FOR BANKS
President Barack Obama's administration is prepared to seek congressional approval for as much as $750 billion in new aid to bolster US financial institutions if it is needed, a top...
JOINT CHIEFS CHAIR: IRAN IS THE BOMB
One of the nation's top military officials yesterday agreed with a United Nations report that said Iran has enough nuclear material to eventually make a bomb. "We think they do,...
TOTS & TV: THEY DO MIX
Whether watching television hurts or helps babies' development has divided researchers and parents. A study released today concludes it does neither. The study of 872 children found no correlation between...
2 NFLERS MISSING AT SEA
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Detroit Lion defensive end Corey Smith and Oakland Raider Marquis Cooper were among four boaters missing yesterday off Florida's Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard said. Smith and...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Stanford James M. Davis, the second-highest ranking executive at the Stanford Financial Group of com panies, refused to coop erate in the SEC investi gation of an alleged $8 billion...
KATIE IN A TIGHTS SPOT
Katie Holmes is one hot mama! Mrs. Tom Cruise took a break from daughter Suri to flash shoulder and leg in April's Glamour magazine, which hits newsstands next week. Holmes,...
TOLL PLAN RIPPED
Politicians opposing the proposed $2 toll on 13 city bridges said yesterday the plan places an unfair burden on the outer boroughs and would further divide the city along class...
GOP: BUDGET IS O-VERLY OPTIMISTIC
WASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday hammered President Obama for his $3.6 trillion budget plan, saying it would not create jobs. "What we see in this budget, frankly, is an attempt, again,...
THE SCI-HI KIDS
Pukar Hamal hopes to clone another science award and genetically engineer it to the top. The Forest Hills HS senior was among 1,000 young scientists competing yesterday at the New...
DADDY'S HOME!
For more than 100 Brooklyn families, the war is over. After nine grueling months in Iraq, members of the New York Army National Guard tearfully reunited with their loved ones...
CITY GETTING FEDERAL GREEN FOR MORE NYPD BLUES
The city will be able to put more cops on the streets, beginning with 400 before the year is out and 3,500 by 2013, thanks to an influx of federal...
OBAMA CHIEF: RUSH NO PAL
President Obama's chief of staff yesterday said conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is rooting for the economic recovery plan to fail. Rahm Emanuel told CBS's "Face the Nation" that...
INSURER SHOCKER
The US government is set to dole out an additional $30 billion to AIG, according to people familiar with the matter, raising concerns the insurance giant deemed too big to...
'MADEA' IS TWO MUCH FOR RIVALS
"Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" locked up $16.5 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office for a second straight weekend, beating out "Jonas...
HSBC SET TO NIX US PERSONAL-LOAN BIZ
In a move suggesting worsening confidence in the US consumer, global bank behemoth HSBC is expected to further pull back on lending to debt-laden Americans. HSBC, which already ceased originating...
THERE'S NO USE ARGUING
WHAT? You think Jews argue a lot? You got a prob lem with that? More than 60 members of my tribe shoved into a room on the Upper West Side...
POL'S PICK FOR BENCH UNDER FIRE
Brooklyn Democratic Party boss and Assemblyman Vito Lopez is ramping up pressure on Gov. Paterson to appoint a judge with little experience to a coveted appellate position, sources said. Lopez...
SI SCHOOLS UPROAR OVER RACIST 'JOKES'
A Staten Island appointee to an Education Department parent council yesterday admitted that he forwarded to dozens of friends an e-mail containing racist jokes about blacks - including one that...
SIEGFRIED & ROY - AND THAT DARN CAT
Easy there, tiger! Here are Siegfried and Roy, returning to the stage with a famously ferocious feline for a one-night-only comeback. The veteran illusionists didn't seem to bat an eyelash...
PUTTIN' PUTIN IN HIS PLACE
Once again, Ralph Peters hits the mark ("The Putin Plan To Sucker America," PostOpinion, Feb. 25). Since the days of Ivan III, Russia has sought to expand its empire. In...
THIS REVIVAL IS A BAD BET
LIKE Adelaide, the nightclub entertainer who provides the sweet, klutzy emotional center of "Guys and Dolls," theatergoers are used to thwarted hopes. Adelaide (Lauren Graham) has been engaged to Nathan...
FOR DECADES OF INK . . . READERS THANK SMITH
I am shocked and saddened that you will no longer be publishing Liz Smith's column ("I'll Miss You, NYC!" Liz Smith, Feb. 26). It's a sad day for The Post.Kira...
SEX SLAVERY: AMERICA IN DENIAL
SOCIETY calls them pros titutes, but it would be more accurate to call them slaves. Hollywood glamorizes the "happy hooker" and the media deceive by portraying the exception (the woman...
IT'S IN-SAANE!
In a move many would call in-saane, a Brooklyn businessman is reviving one of the most scandalous names in retail history - Crazy Eddie. Jack Gemal has purchased the trademark...
HILLARY IN EGYPT FOR GAZA SUMMIT
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the Middle East last night - ready to tell the Israelis that she means business. Clinton, making her first trip to the...
SUIT: ESTATE TRAILER-TRASHED
A building contractor turned a posh Hamptons estate into a squalid trailer park - complete with a Winnebago left on the front lawn - when he let about 30 pals...
CITY'S HEALTH CRI$IS
Health-care costs for the city's municipal retirees, including more than 10,000 under age 49, are expected to balloon 128 percent over the next eight years, siphoning even more cash from...
HOT STUFF!
Vanity Fair honors top comic actors in an edition that hits newsstands on Thursday. Funnymen Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Jonah Hill are on the VF cover. "Saturday...
QNS. STUDENT DIES
A college student from Queens was found dead yesterday in upstate Geneseo, and investigators said they believed alcohol was involved. A fellow SUNY-Geneseo student found the body of Arman Partamian,...
MOMA SLASHES 'VANDAL' ADMAN
The Museum of Modern Art yesterday dumped a rogue ad executive who had ordered the vandalism of his own promotion campaign in Brooklyn. Doug Jaeger heads The Happy Corp., which...
'RAPE' COPS ON TAPE
A uniformed cop accused of raping an East Village woman in her apartment tried to hide from a surveillance camera while using a key to enter her building, sources said...
PREZ'S CHALLENGE TO NYC TEACHERS
IN his speech before Congress, in his stimulus bill and in his new budget, President Obama has sent a clear mes sage to the educrats who argue that money is...
NYC SOCKED BY LATE-SEASON STORM
The strong winds and nearly 8 inches of snow left the city no choice but shutter schools this morning, Mayor Bloomberg said. Although the decision left many parents scrambling for...
COPS LINKEDTO MOB HIT
A retired NYPD detective and a man who would become a Long Island cop helped John Junior Gotti rub out a drug dealer who bragged about dealing coke for the...
US JOURNALIST BUSTED IN IRAN
An American journalist and former Miss Dakota, has been arrested in Iran because, her father said, she bought a bottle of wine from someone who turned her in. Roxana Saberi,...
BAM'S BAD MEDICINE
PRESIDENT Obama's new budget dedicates $634 bil lion over the next 10 years to what he calls health reform. He promises - or perhaps threatens - that this vast sum...
THE WRONG CRUSADE
Just call it the "Crosswalk of the World." Mayor Bloomberg last week unveiled his most audacious move yet in his bid to banish autos from vast swaths of the city:...
SHARE THE PAIN
Tick, tick, tick . . . The warning signs are mounting: New York's public pensions are a time bomb, primed and waiting. So when will officials finally act? Pension and...
HADES TO HOBBIES
With so many people either depressed about the economy or suddenly finding themselves with a lot of time on their hands due to layoffs, it's a good time to take...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Colorado cops withdrew a jaywalking ticket from a good Samaritan who pushed three people out of the way of an oncoming pickup truck. Jim Moffett, 58, of Denver, suffered broken...
JERRY, MAURY MOVE TO CONN.
JERRY Springer's car- wreck TV talk show is being moved to Connecticut to save money starting next fall. And Maury Povich is going with him. Springer's show has been produced...
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK
IN his first almost-State of the Union Address the other night, President Obama definitively declared that "United States of America does not torture." While it is sad, bizarre, insane and...
'HEROES' FUTURE 'TOUGH'
"HEROES" star Greg Grunberg, who plays mind-reading cop Matt Parkman on the sci-fi suspense series, is suggesting the show may be finished. On a twitter to fans yesterday, Grunberg wrote:...
OFF THE AIR
PAUL Harvey didn't really read the news as much as preach it. The offspring of several generations of bible-thumping ministers, radio legend Harvey - who died over the weekend at...
STARR REPORT
'K&K' not OK NBC ordered a full season of "Kath & Kim" early on last fall, but to what end? The Molly Shannon-Selma Blair sitcom, which never really got off...
NBA FORCED TO SCRAP KRYPTO-NATE T-SHIRT
Nate Robinson and his Krypto-Nate alter-ego have become such a phenomenon, DC Comics, the originator of Superman, wants a piece of the action, The Post has learned. Two days after...
A-ROD 'COOPERATES' IN MLB QUIZ
SARASOTA, Fla. - Alex Rodriguez played it smart with MLB last night in Tampa. Rodriguez and members of MLB's investigative department met for two hours to discuss Rodriguez's admitted use...
PEACE AT LAST ... FOR THREE WEEKS
SARASOTA, Fla. - The sideshow becomes somebody else's burden for the next few weeks, somebody else's surreal diversion. Alex Rodriguez left the visiting team clubhouse at Ed Smith Stadium at...
IN THIS ECONOMY, FORGET RAMIREZ
ONE month from the start of the first baseball season to start in the throes of the worst recession since the Great Depression, you can still find fans, some still...
RENNEY SAYS SATHER WELCOMED HIS INPUT
Tom Renney spent 327 games as the Rangers' head coach without ever pointing a public finger at his players or those with and for whom he worked in the front...
WBC EXODUS LEAVES MANUEL WITH EMPTY FEELING
PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets' clubhouse suddenly got a lot emptier yesterday afternoon. The club's 15 participants in the World Baseball Classic all departed for their respective national camps...
PISTONS 'RIP' CELTICS
BOSTON - The Pistons are back to their old mainstays and back to their old, winning ways. Richard "Rip" Hamilton had 25 points, Tayshaun Prince scored 15 and each hit...
SHUTOUT NO. 100 FOR MARTY
Making history in a hurry, Martin Brodeur is even overshadowing Wednesday's trade deadline. He has piled up three victories, two by shutout, in his first four days back from November...
THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT AN ACE
PORT ST. LUCIE - You could tell by Johan Santana's big smile that he felt no pain in his precious left elbow during yesterday's 31-pitch bullpen session. COMPLETE METS COVERAGEMETS...
SANTANA THROWS MINUS PAIN
PORT ST. LUCIE - The Great Elbow Scare appeared to pass yesterday, but not without some apparent friction between Johan Santana and Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen. COMPLETE METS COVERAGEMETS...
JORGE: SHOULDER FEELS OK
SARASOTA, Fla. - Proclaiming his right shoulder "much better," Yankee catcher Jorge Posada hopes to be back in the lineup today against the Astros. "If it's good and progressing, I...
HIGH-ROLLIN' GIANTS LAND TACKLE CANTY
Before free agency began, GM Jerry Reese warned that the Giants weren't going to rush out for the marquee attractions, but firmly stated, "we have our eye on a few...
OGILVY, IN CONTROL FROM OUTSET, WINS 2ND TITLE
MARANA, Ariz. - Geoff Ogilvy isn't the superstitious type, but after winning the Accenture Match Play Championship yesterday the mild-mannered Australian couldn't help but notice a probable parallel to 2006....
WILLIAMSES, KING CUP GRIP GARDEN
Jelena Jankovic didn't have to win a Grand Slam title last year to be ranked first on a WTA Tour that suffers from the Williams sisters' disinterest in playing enough...
TWO-YEAR-OLD CHAMP SUNK BY INJURY
The Derby Dozen underwent a major overhaul this weekend as The Pamplemousse and Quality Road cracked the top 12 with impressive victories in the Sham Stakes and Fountain of Youth,...
ISLANDERS BUMBLE TRADING OF GUERIN
By all accounts, Bill Guerin wants to be traded and the Islanders would like to deal him for a draft pick and maybe a prospect. With the trade deadline Wednesday,...
SHAQ TOPS KOBE, L.A.
PHOENIX - Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were dominant forces on the same court where they were All-Star Game co-MVPs three weeks ago. Give this one to Shaq and the...
HORNETS DEFEAT NETS WITH LATE COMEBACK
This was going to be one to tell the grandkids about, a victory to propel the Nets on their playoff push. There were so many heroes as the Nets transformed...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Cutler, Broncs coach at odds Trade talks involving Jay Cutler have strained the relationship between the Broncos' franchise quarterback and new coach Josh McDaniels. Before Matt Cassel was traded...
HOLY CROSS ADVANCES
With Sylven Landesberg now one of the top freshmen in the ACC at Virginia, the chance of Holy Cross repeating as CHSAA city champion is remote, but the Knights took...
'CUSE ROLLS OVER CINCY
In Syracuse, Jonny Flynn scored 17 points and the Orange held Cincinnati to just two baskets in the first 10 minutes, rolling to an easy 87-63 victory yesterday. Every starter...
Becks' staying in George Clooney's pad
Give David Beckham this much; no matter where Goldenballs goes, he doesn't slum it. Oh, sure, his AC Milan team got uncerimoniously dumped out of the UEFA Cup by Werder...
LOVE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Recently, a friend of mine was having a typical Friday-night encounter. Boy meets girl. Boy attempts joke, girl fakes a laugh. Boy brushes her arm, girl bats an eyelash. Boy...
Can Man United win the quintuple?
Can Manchester United actually win a quintuple? After Spurs boss Harry Redknapp saw the rampant Red Devils beat his side to win the Carling Cup, Man U is essentially halfway...
MISS NORTH DAKOTA ARRESTED IN IRAN
A U.S. journalist has been arrested in Iran, and her father said Sunday she told him in a brief phone call she was detained after buying a bottle of wine....
Robbins in no danger
By PAUL SCHWARTZThere's been speculation all sorts of places - even earlier on this blog - that the signing of Chris Canty the day after adding another defensive tackle, Rocky...