March 8, 2009
DEAD LI GIRL WANTED TO BE MD
The family of a Long Island college student killed by a drunk driver as she was headed towards an airport for a mission to Africa to deliver medical supplies yesterday...
Here and there
PORT ST. LUCIE -- A few notes after the Mets claimed an 18-7 exhibition win here over the University of Michigan while a second squad dropped an 8-3 decision to...
ILL. PASTOR DEFLECTED GUNSHOT WITH BIBLE
Illinois State Police say the pastor gunned down at a church in a St. Louis suburb used a Bible to deflect the first of four rounds fired during his Sunday...
Livan fares a little better
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Meanwhile, up in Viera, Fla., the fifth-starter news was only marginally better for the Mets. Livan Hernandez gave up one run on four hits in three...
GUNMAN SHOOTS AT BARBER SHOP, WOUNDS LI TEENAGER
HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (AP) -- Police on Long Island are investigating a shooting at a barber shop that wounded a 15-year-old boy. Police say a the boy was inside the...
A-Rod or Manny?
Wasn't it interesting that just as the Yankees were losing Alex Rodriguez, the Dodgers were finally signing Manny Ramirez.The two controversial stars are arguably the best hitters in the league,...
Kirkland, Ortiz Shine on HBO
Kirkland, Ortiz gain impressive wins on HBO's Boxing After Dark By GEORGE WILLISI caught a tape of HBO's Boxing After Dark Saturday night after covering Knicks disappointing loss to Bobcats....
IS MELISSA DANCING WITH THE STARS?
Getting dumped by "Bachelor" Jason Mesnick has been very, very good for Melissa Rycroft. "Dancing With the Stars" - which just happens to need a new celeb - has reportedly...
Redding gets bombed
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Lucky for Jerry Manuel that he's home with the flu today: The manager didn't have to endure the sight of Tim Redding getting lit up by,...
THE A-LIST PLAYBOOK
Want to shoot the paparazzi who has been stalking you? Stop, take a deep breath, call your guru, remember your mantra and check out the handy flow chart on Page...
Big East Tournament schedule
FIRST ROUNDTuesdayGame 1: No. 9 Cincinnati vs. No. 16 DePaul, noon, BigEast.orgGame 2: No. 12 Georgetown vs. No. 13 St. John's, 2 p.m., BigEast.orgGame 3: No. 10 Notre Dame vs....
A-Rod will have surgery; out 6-8 weeks
By GEORGE A. KING IIIAlex Rodriguez will have surgery on his hip after all, a less intrusive procedure that would keep him sidelined for 6-8 weeks.The decision comes days after...
MRI exam next for Pagan
PORT ST. LUCIE -- This isn't a good sign: The Mets have sent outfield candidate Angel Pagan back to New York for an MRI exam tomorrow on his ailing right...
Manuel out with the flu
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jerry Manuel won't be at the park today because of the flu, the Mets said this morning. Sandy Alomar Sr. is managing the team here against...
Pelfrey discusses leg injury
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Mike Pelfrey spoke to reporters here this morning for the first time since the Mets announced he would be sidelined indefinitely with a strained muscle in...
Lineups: Mets vs. UM, Nationals
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The competition for the No. 5 starter job will be in full swing this afternoon when the Mets split up to play an exhibition here against...
The Sunday Whacks
Whenever Rick Pitino breaks out that all-white suit of his I'm never quite sure if he's fixing to design an inbounds play or start grooving to "How Deep is Your...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
Winners DUNCAN NIEDERAUER CEO of the Big Board's parent company got 21% raise in 2008, to $9.2M. KEN GRIFFIN Hedge fund boss sees his Citadel Investment Group's $10B in assets...
INVESTING IN 'SUPERMAN'
At the time of this writing, the bid on Action Comics Number 1 stood at $277,300 with exactly 10 days, 5 hours and 39 minutes left in Metropolis Collectibles' online...
MIKE EASES UP ON PINK SLIPSTALK OF FIRING 15,000 TEACHERS SUBSIDES IN ADVANCE OF STIMULUS MONEY
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing down from his threat to fire 15,000 teachers. The $787 billion stimulus package will reportedly send $1.1 billion to New York City schools. With that...
8TH AVE. FEAR - MOMS FEEL UNSAFE CROSSING
Three-year-old Wyatt Smith of Park Slope can walk quite capably on his own, but when he's with his mother and they're crossing Union Street and 8th Avenue, he's compelled to...
SUPPORTERS PUSH FOR NEW DEPT. OF PEACE
Newark, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and about 34 other local governing bodies already support the idea - and now a group of Brooklynites is pushing hard for a New York...
BROOKLYN HOME SALES CONTINUE SKID
The recession continues to pummel home values in Brooklyn, as median sales prices slid 7.5 percent in the fourth quarter, and sales activity slowed to a crawl, a recent report...
TIM'S FIXER UPPER
The Obama administration's $75 billion mortgage rescue plan appears to have been rushed into action and is missing crucial elements that doom it to failure, housing industry insiders tell The...
TIX'ED-OFF BUSTS SOAR
First they write tickets. Then they become targets. Assaults against unarmed NYPD traffic-enforcement agents surged 32 percent in 2008, with 86 reported attacks compared to 65 the year before. And...
T.G.I. FRIED DAYS
Give me a cheeseburger, some jalapeno poppers and a bag of cocaine, please. Police padlocked a T.G.I. Friday's in the Financial District after the eatery's workers allegedly turned a blind...
FIGHT FOR SCRUB JOB
MASSILON, Ohio - Evidence of the slumping economy is stacking up at an Ohio school that has nearly 700 applications for one open janitorial job. Officials at Perry Local Schools...
STARS' PEDAL POSSE
It's the biker gangs of New York. The modern version of the Rat Pack burned rubber through the city streets Friday as Leonardo DiCaprio and buddies Lukas Haas, Tobey Ma...
EX-MARINE SUES 'MAN-HATING' W'CHESTER LADY LAWYERS
He could handle the Marines, but the women of the Westchester County Attorney's Office were apparently too much for this lawyer, claims a federal lawsuit. Public ridicule, demeaning assignments and...
CHRIS PAL: RIHANNA'S THE HEEL
In a shameless bid to put the shoe on the other foot, a member of Chris Brown's camp claims the disgraced R&B singer beat his girlfriend Rihanna only after she...
LI PLANE MIRACLE
A single-engine plane crashed and exploded on the eastern tip of Long Island yesterday, leaving nothing behind but smoldering wreckage and two shaken but uninjured fliers, including a fashion photo...
WELL-HEELED 'THIEF'
VISTA, Calif. - A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her cabinetry company to make layoffs as she bought 400 pairs of shoes that she kept in a room-sized closet,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan * Police are asking for help in tracking down a bank robber who was seen on tape after a heist at an Upper West Side bank. The crook marched...
'RAPE' CABBY IS ARRAIGNED
A Queens livery cabby pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges he tried to rape a drunken woman who had passed out in the back seat of his cab. Klever Sailema,...
RANK HAS ITS $$ PRIVILEGES
It pays to be chief. Top FDNY supervisors accounted for 19 of the department's top 20 top pension earners, with most retiring with tax-free disability pensions equal to three-quarters of...
SLAMMER-DUNK BARKLEY A JAIL CELEB
Sir Charles is king of Tent City Jail. NBA legend Charles Barkley - wearing a Nike track suit and gold chain - signed autographs and chatted with fellow inmates yesterday...
SELL-OFF IS ECONOMY'S BIDDER PILL
THE cleanup of a US housing industry is finally hitting New York City today. It was only a matter of time. After more than 10 years of politically fueled meddling,...
GREAT MAUL OF CHINA
BEIJING - A Siberian tiger at a wildlife park near here attacked and killed a man who climbed into its enclosure thinking he found a shortcut down from the Great...
DON'T 'BANK' ON MORTGAGE HELP
Dear John: Over the past few months, my sister Michele has fallen on hard times because of the recession and fell three months behind on her mortgage. Through hard work...
NOT 100% BONDS
Despite the toughest recession in decades - with the Dow Jones industrial average down 53.2 percent from its Oct. 12, 2007 high and hitting 12-year lows - financial planners are...
6 HURT IN HARLEM AS VAN HITS SCAFFOLD
An out-of-control van jumped a curb and barreled into a scaffold in Harlem yesterday, injuring several pedestrians in a rain of steel pipes and wood, cops said. "It sounded like...
MEGA-AUCTION TO HAMMER IT 'HOME'
It's New York City's own version of a mortgage bailout - a massive auction today at the Javits Center where banks hope to unload scores of foreclosed homes, some for...
HORROR MOVIE
The executive producer of HBO's "In Treatment" series said he will yank the show and its 70 jobs from the Big Apple if Gov. Paterson doesn't fund the state's 30...
MAGIC'S FEELING HEAT
NBA legend Magic Johnson is being whis tled for a personal foul for his partnership with tax-preparation firm Jackson Hewitt, in which he hypes the company's very expensive refund-anticipation loans....
'STREET' TO BEAT
They went from finance to Finest. Wall Street workers are unplugging their BlackBerrys, canceling their power lunches and walking away from six-figure salaries in exchange for a gun, a badge...
'DWI' DRIVER KILLS LI'ER
A Long Island college student headed to Africa to deliver medical supplies to sick children was killed early yesterday by a drunken driver going the wrong way on a Connecticut...
MEMORABLE WIN FOR BRAINIAC
Here's a victory he'll never forget. Texas native Ronnie White proved he was a mental master yesterday, winning the 12th Annual USA Memory Championship at Con Edison headquarters near Union...
VIKINGS INVADE 5TH AVE.
In a weird twist of the global economic crisis, the parent company of upscale retailer Saks Fifth Avenue appears to have added a large and unlikely stakeholder - Iceland and...
O TURNS HIS FOCUS TO HEALTH
Just days after pledging $275 billion to bail out homeowners, President Obama turned his attention yesterday to yet another potentially massive spending measure: health care. In his weekly YouTube address,...
GE'S SHARE PRICE WILL COST US PLENTY
WITH his preterna tural calm on full display, President Barack Obama told Americans this week that he does not follow the day-to-day gyrations in the stock market. Well, perhaps he...
JOBLESS BENEFITS TAXABLE
Some Americans are learning a jarring lesson about unemployment as they prepare their tax returns. At a time when the newly laid-off are swelling unemployment rolls to record numbers, the...
GPS FOR SCOFFLAWS
* It's a scofflaw's dream - new GPS software that alerts New York City drivers to red-light cameras, speed traps and DWI checkpoints so they can steer clear of cops...
IT'S A MOB FAMILY CIRCUS
Charles Carneglia isn't in the Mafia anymore. His hairdresser said so. The accused Gambino hit man, known for his crazy eyes and a penchant for dousing enemies in acid, is...
THE KING OF FLOP
ALBANY - The day after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in dis grace last March 12, his stunned successor, David Paterson, said he felt like a "student who is getting ready...
DISABLED FIRE RETIREES JOIN 100G+ CLUB
* Nearly 200 firefighters and FDNY officers retired in the last two years with tax-free disability pensions of more than $100,000 annually, with at least seven jacking up the amount...
AUTHORS IN A 'HEDGE' ROW
Two Upper East Side wives who've written competing books are taking the "social" out of socialite - taking their feud to the cocktail-party scene and even the kiddie playground. In...
MTA HURTS OUR UNION TALKS: MIKE
AIDES to Mayor Bloom berg fear that the MTA intends to go easy on the transit union in upcoming arbitration proceedings, jeopardizing the city's attempts to extract concessions from its...
THIS MAY BE THE FACE OF SHAKESPEARE
Get thee to a gallery! A Shakespeare expert claims to have discovered the only portrait of the famous playwright painted during his lifetime four centuries ago, according to a published...
PARTING 'DEAD SEA'
Who is Charles Gadda? It's a question that's been plaguing a select group of Jewish scholars for more than two years. One of them, Dr. Robert Cargill, a California archeologist,...
BAM: DIVIDE & CONQUER TALIBAN
President Obama admitted yesterday that the United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan and said he may look to the moderate elements of the Taliban for help in...
WACKO RAIDS B'KLYN TEMPLE
A madman terrorized a Brooklyn synagogue last night, chucking soda cans at worshipers and waving a butcher knife over his head, police and witnesses said. One of the cans hit...
ESTATE OF ECKO A $$ WRECK-O
A man's home is his castle - and in T-shirt designer Marc Ecko's case, it's also a money pit. Ecko's 30-acre Bernardsville, NJ, estate, called Stronghold, has cost the entrepreneur...
TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN N. IRELAND
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Two British soldiers were shot to death and four other people were wounded in a drive-by ambush last night that politicians blamed on Irish Republican Army...
FATAL BEATING
A teen was beaten to death early this morning near Prospect Park by pack of young thugs, cops said. The 18 year-old victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification,...
DUMBO PLAN GETS BYRNE'D
An unusual suspect weighed in on a bitter neighborhood battle in Brooklyn last week - movie star Gabriel Byrne. The "Usual Suspects" star last week slammed a controversial tower proposed...
DESPITE BIZ CUTS, GRADS GETTING JOBS
Despite shedding tens of thousand of jobs because of the credit crunch and recession, Wall Street firms are still hiring 2009 business-school graduates at a healthy clip, college professors and...
OBAMA COVERS WERE A BIG SELLER FOR NEWS MAGAZINES
President Barack Obama was a rock star for newsweekly magazines in 2008 - boosting sales in a year in which the more traditional celebrities were in a prolonged slump in...
THE UNKINDEST CUTS
One is a Manhattan plastic surgeon who boasts "the talents of a sculptor" but has a string of suits complaining of botched boobs and tucks. One delivered slipshod care after...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
He just wanted to hug it out. A drunk yelling at people as he stumbled through the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich., approached a patrol car and asked a cop...
THE RUMBLE
NY'S Red rockers The Hotcakes are playing Cincy's song The Hotcakes are the Big Apple-based rock/pop/glam foursome behind the song that already is on many baseball fans' lips in Cincinnati....
HALF OFF IS CHEAP PRICE FOR SMITH'S ANTICS
BEFORE last night's come- from-behind victory over the Pistons, I wasn't sensing much love in Dixie, where Josh Smith and Mike Woodson dropped the verbal gloves at halftime of Friday...
YANKEES TITLE WITHOUT A-ROD: NOW, THAT WOULD BE RICH!
IT WAS the gifted Bill Simmons, of espn.com Sports Guy fame, who gave a name to the hypothesis that has circulated through the minds and memories of sports fans ever...
HOW YANKEES COULD SURVIVE (AND THRIVE) WITHOUT A-ROD
LET the impassioned debate whether the Yankees are better off with or without Alex Rodriguez be tabled for another day. This is only about if the Yankees can win without...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH ... BART SCOTT
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Jets' new 'Mad backer' about being a violent player, a loving father, and much more. Q: Can you see fear in guys' eyes?...
WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?
When you're a member of a hunted minority that meets glumly in the whispery shadows hoping that your hopelessness is unfounded, silly questions can take on grave importance. Right now,...
ON THE INTERNET, STATUS IS EVERYTHING
If love is a battlefield, meet its doomsday weapon: The Facebook status update. You log in everyday, you check on your friends, your boyfriend . . . wait, who's that...
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE ...
The best way judge a person is by the company he keeps. But President Obama is having trouble keeping any company at all. Recently his Cabinet nominees have been dropping...
HE'S ALL EAR(MARK)S
It's time for President Obama to put your money where his mouth is. Despite a rapidly tanking economy and a current-year $1.75 trillion budget deficit, the president says he'll halve...
A LESSON IN RESULTS
If results counted for anything, lawmakers in Albany would be rushing to renew a 2002 law, which expires in June, that lets City Hall run the schools. Last Monday, Mayor...
BLOW UP
Announcing a sale of Wiemar Wagons! Those are the ones that Germans used in 1925 to bring millions of marks to the baker to buy a loaf of bread. We...
MORGY'S LEGACY
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau should be complimented for running a DA's office that could not be bought off by the unscrupulous folks whom he brought to justice ("Morgy Steps...
FREE THE BANKS!
If entrepreneurship can survive the Obama administration, Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. John Kerry's demagoguery should be met with a capitalistic response by Northern Trust, among others ("Teeing Off at...
GOD PARTICLE
I read with great interest the PostScript article "In Search of the God Particle" (Christopher Potter, March 1). What is most telling is that after hundreds of years of searching,...
REQUIRED READING
Iwao Takamoto My Life with a Thousand Characters by Iwao Takamoto with Michael Mallory (University Press of Mississippi) You don't know the name, but you probably know the work. Los...
LICENTIOUS GOTHAM
When even the most computer-challenged preteen can easily Google an infinite number of graphic pictures, it is almost quaint to ponder antebellum porn, which was heavy on suggestion and implication...
BESTSELLER: HOUSE OF CARDS
Cohan won numerous awards and sold a lot of copies of his previous book, "The Last Tycoons," which described the history of investment firm Lazard Fréres, where he worked for...
IN MY LIBRARY: ROSARIO DAWSON
If you've ever seen her - whether it was in "Rent" (the movie), "Sin City," or the new indie flick, "Explicit Ills" - you know Rosario Dawson is remarkable. Funny,...
A PINT OF PLAIN
Ireland has long possessed an air of magic about it, seen, despite its almost eternal poverty and troubles, as a land of agrarian beauty, whimsical camaraderie and gregarious citizenry blessed...
KHOMEINI'S GHOST
As the Obama administration prepares to engage Iran diplomatically, one question is paramount: Who are the men with whom the White House hopes to reach accommodation? In "Khomeini's Ghost," British...
RUNNING NUMBERS
In stock-car racing, the drivers, cars and technologies change over the years, but for the most part, the numbers do not. So with the help of NASCAR's Brad Klein and...
STEWART HIS 'OWN' MAN
HAMPTON, Ga. - So much for Tony Stewart's learning curve. Everyone figured Smoke would need a bit of time to adapt to his new role as a car owner/driver, having...
JAGR-RENNEY REUNION IN EDMONTON POSSIBLE
A YEAR ago, Jaromir Jagr finished the NHL regular season with an eye on Russia. This year, Slap Shots has learned, Jagr finished the KHL regular season with an eye...
NETS KEEP THE FAITH
The Nets easily could have been 4-0 this past week. But they just as easily could have been 0-4. So what could have been a great week or a horrible...
HIP POINTERS
* Alex Rodriguez has an injury: Hip, hip hurray! This is a blessing in disguise for the Yankees. Without this self-centered fool, they will be a better team, especially in...
SEAN DOESN'T WANT MSG DEBUT TO BECOME CIRCUS
Sean Avery, who has managed not to embarrass himself, his team, his league or his teammates since rejoining the Rangers on Tuesday, will pull on the Blueshirt at the Garden...
MUSCLE STRAIN SIDELINES PELFREY
PORT ST. LUCIE - Mike Pelfrey, who looks like the leading candidate for the No. 2 starter job behind Johan Santana, is out indefinitely after suffering a muscle strain in...
SANTANA BP SESSION OPENS DOOR FOR OPENING DAY
PORT ST. LUCIE - Johan Santana seems to be all-systems-go for Opening Day. The Amazin' $137.5 million ace breezed through his first session against hitters yesterday, appearing to erase any...
I WANT REVENGE CAPTURES GOTHAM
After giving Pioneer of The Nile, California's top 3-year-old, all he could handle in two straight stakes on synthetic surfaces, I Want Revenge shipped to NY for yesterday's Grade 3,...
DUTCH SHOCK D.R. IN WBC OPENER
SAN JUAN - This was the ultimate Dutch Treat. The players from the Netherlands couldn't believe what they had just accomplished, shocking the Dominicans 3-2 yesterday in the opening round...
DEVILS 'EMBARRASSED' BY ISLES
The Mystique of Marty the Invincible went pop, just like a real estate bubble. "Anyone who expected me to win every game and shut down everyone, thanks for the compliment,"...
YANKS STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT A-ROD'S HIP FIX
TAMPA - The Yankees huddled for a third straight day yesterday in an attempt to decide the best way to treat the most talked about torn hip labrum in history....
CHIEN ALLOWS HR, SAYS FOOT OK
TAMPA - Even at a time when the arms are more developed than the bats, there is a price to pay for making bad pitches. "The home run was a...
PAGAN OUT WITH ELBOW INJURY
PORT ST. LUCIE - After having his promising 2008 season cut short by shoulder surgery, the young outfielder Angel Pagan is on the shelf again with an elbow injury that...
LARRY NOW IMPRESSED BY NATE
In his one season coaching the Knicks, Larry Brown rode a rookie named Nate Robinson like nobody before. He called him a "highlight reel" and mocked him when he won...
BRODEUR RECORD WILL HAB TO WAIT
HAVING industri ously killed four months of time hanging heavy on his hands, Marty Brodeur yesterday was relieved of the weighty matter of where he is going to become the...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSNBA: LeBron's triple-double beats HeatLeBron James, with 14 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, recorded a triple-double and Mo Williams scored 29 points as the Cavaliers posted an 99-89...
MISSING 'EH' GAME, USA EDGES CANADA
TORONTO - All that matters is the US avoided the embarrassment of another loss to this land of pucks, beer and bacon. J.J. Putz will throw some important pitches for...
YANG HANGS TOUGH AT HONDA CLASSIC
Y.E. Yang shot even-par 70, good enough to give him a one-shot lead over Jeff Klauk (67) and Jeff Overton (70) after three rounds of the Honda Classic in Palm...
PUDGE'S STOCK RISES WITH WIN OVER PANAMA
SAN JUAN - The Mets said they do not want Pudge Rodriguez, but they might want to reconsider. Somebody is going to grab the free-agent catcher after last night's explosion....
BILLS SIGN OWENS TO $6.5M CONTRACT
BUFFALO - Terrell Owens needed only two days to find another place to play. The Bills decided to take a chance on the talented but high-maintenance receiver, signing Owens to...
SELIG 'PROUD' OF FIGHT VS. 'ROIDS
PHOENIX - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig yesterday said he's "proud" of how far the sport has come in attempting to eliminate performance-enhancing drugs. "It's been an interesting experience for me...
STARS MAY DECIDE N.Y. IS NOT WORTH TROUBLE
RAJA Bell will be among the list of po tential NBA free agents who might be looking for a new team after the 2010 season. And considering he flourished under...
BROWN & CO. BURY KNICKS AT GARDEN
Call it Larry Brown's vindication. With owner James Dolan sitting in his customary baseline seat, Brown and his streaking Bobcats pillaged the Garden last night and dealt a devastating blow...
EINSTEIN SMART CHOICE
ARCADIA, Calif. - Brazilian-bred Einstein took charge down the stretch on the way to a one-length victory in yesterday's $1 million Santa Anita Handicap. Under a practically perfect ride by...
JOKE JOCK JUST DOIN' WHAT HE'S PAID TO DO
WHEN Detroit radio sports-talk host Mike Valenti apologized on the air Wednesday, he certainly sounded as if he meant it. Two days earlier, Valenti had read an instant-feedback joke sent...
YOUNG HUNTERS ARE LITTLE BIG SHOTS
THERE were a number of positives that came out of the most re cent big game hunting season in New York, especially the number of successful young hunters. More than...
THE PRIDE FALLS
Darius James hit two free throws with 20.2 seconds left and Jonathan Adams blocked a Hofstra shot at the buzzer to help Old Dominion beat Hofstra, 52-51, yesterday in Richmond,...
ORANGE WIN LIKE FLYNN OVER MARQUETTE
Jonny Flynn scored 20 of his 24 points after halftime and No. 25 Syracuse beat No. 13 Marquette, 86-79, in overtime yesterday in Milwaukee, handing the Golden Eagles their fourth...
STEPHENSON PUTS ON SHOW FOR SJU STAFF
St. John's had the welcoming committee out in full force for Lance Stephenson yesterday when the Lincoln senior played his first game on the SJU campus this year. Norm Roberts,...
IONA PREP BAGS CROWN FOR AILING COACH
There are plenty of ways players want to get ready for a championship game. None of them, however, includes showing up to the gym and finding out beforehand that your...
STAGS STOP MANHATTAN
ALBANY - Ever since coach Barry Rohrssen arrived at Manhattan, he has preached defense as the Jaspers' backbone. But it was that suddenly-leaky defense that broke the Jaspers' backs in...
PIRATES REVERSE COURSE, RALLY TO TOP CINCY IN OT
With a stirring comeback, Seton Hall pulled out of its end-of-the-season fade. Robert Mitchell made both free throws with 6.2 seconds left in overtime yesterday, completing the Pirates' comeback from...
CARDS TOP BIG EAST WITH ASSIST FROM PITT
Louisville 62 W. Va.59 The Big East regular-season title came down to one final shot last night - after Pittsburgh pulled off a rare double feat earlier in the day....
PROOF POSITIVE
Pig's Nose is redolent of damp earth and dried leaves, an unsmoked cigar and warm motorcycle oil. Toss in a bit of charcoal, the sweet sting of wild spearmint and...
CIRQUE DU SUSHI
Inakaya 231 W. 40th St. (on the first floor of the New York Times building); 212-354-2195 Inakaya, one of the most exciting Japanese barbecue restaurants in Tokyo's Roppongi neighborhood, has...
MAKING THE SCENE...
311 Church St., at Walker Street; 212-431-8750; Mon.-Sun., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. As evidenced by B.East, Southside and Chloe, hip restaurants with sleek downstairs lounges are the scene du...
TYSON, 32, AND LIN, 33
Feb. 8 - Forget about twice as nice. Lisa Lin and Derrick Tyson decided to triple their wedding bliss. Lin, an assistant principal, and Tyson, a senior account specialist, planned...
USINOWICZ, 27, AND DELGREGO, 27
Jan. 24 - From the decorations to the dress, much of Emily Usinowicz and Anthony DelGrego's wedding was homemade. The bride, an occupational therapist, donned her dream wedding dress, hand-sewn...
SANGHA, 29, AND KHARE, 31
Feb. 7 - Sabina Sangha made sure to follow tradition when she married Samir Khare. The bride donned a pair of old pearl earrings, a new dress and some bracelets...
KENYON, 52, AND PEPPER, 52
Jan. 3 - Elyse Pepper and Timothy Kenyon rolled out the red carpet on their wedding day. It wasn't a movie premiere, but it was close enough when the duo's...
MEET MARKET
SHEA, a 34-year-old software developer, is looking for a lady who isn't afraid to look him in the eye. Whether in New York City, the countryside or on an impromptu...
A WORK IN PROGRESS
OVER dinner at West Village spot Commerce, Fleur, a 25-year-old dancer, and Zach, a 25-year-old filmmaker and musician, found out they have a lot in common - their musical tastes,...
AGENDA
Plastic and fantastic! FASHION - Mon, 9 SideBar, 118 E. 15 St.; 212-677-2900 Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the stunning blond plaything with a pneumatic chest and high-heel-ready feet, who...
GANGBUSTERS!
Fifty-two years later, there's still a place for them: Broadway. On March 19, the fourth revival of "West Side Story" opens at the Palace Theatre. And one of its creators,...
ON THE ROAD TRIP AGAIN
HIGH school kids have one thing and one thing only on their minds: wine coolers. But a close second and third have to be sex and driving. Which is why...
WHO WOODEN WANT TO SEE IT?
Only an ogre doesn't love Jiminy Cricket, the wisecracking conscience of Hollywood's most famous wooden boy. He's cute and even sings the classic "When You Wish Upon A Star." But...
HAIRY UK COMEDIAN BRINGS HIS STYLINGS TO THE STATES
As louche rock star Aldous Snow in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," British comedian Russell Brand sported an electrified mullet and a raging libido. Turns out the character's merely a slowed-down version...
THE SON ALSO RISES
When Colin Hanks' new Broadway show opens tomorrow night, the young actor hopes records are set. Not a box office record, but a record of a more astounding kind: having...
Rust-Belt Road to Ruin
By MARC BERMANTonight was the beginning of the end to the Knicks' playoff hopes. They needed this one tonight vs. Larry Brown's Bobcats because of the road trip that lies...
FLEETWOOD MAC BACK FOR ANOTHER AFFAIR
Renowned for caustic divorces and boozy intra-band affairs, Fleetwood Mac never seemed likely to celebrate a 42nd anniversary. Throughout the years, the only constant has been drummer Mick Fleetwood, who...
THAT'S THEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe doesn't seem the type to charge angrily into a room and flip a man out of his wheelchair. But singer Vic Chesnutt, paralyzed by a 1982 car...
MY NEW YORK
WNYC radio host Leonard Lopate is both the quintessential New Yorker and a foremost authority on the city's ever-changing culture. A Bed-Stuy native who spent 25 years in Chinatown before...
ADOPT ME
Chief is a 3-year-old, neutered, chestnut brown standard dachshund who's super-friendly and housebroken. He loves a nice, long walk and playing fetch. Meet him from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m....
WET IS BEST BET
DEAR DR. FOX: I don't like the smell or mess of "wet" cat food, but should I wean our kitty away from an all-dry-food diet? - D.S., Sequim, Wash. DEAR...
LOST AND FOUND
LOST-DOG fliers always make me sad. But a recent one caught my eye and hit home. It was posted by my neighbor, Nick Cupkovic, whose adorable little Lhasa Apso, Maggie,...
LOVE AFTER THE TSUNAMI
ODDS are you missed the touching thriller "Won derful Town" when it had a one-week run last July at the Anthology. Now that the film is out on DVD (via...
BRIDGE
THE Daily Bulletin at the ACBL North American Championships often publishes the same deal twice; many deals have multiple points of interest. Today's deal from the 2008 Fall Championships appeared...
MIND YOUR OPENINGS
GRANDMASTERS often begin a game on auto- pilot, quickly making 15, 20 or more moves that they've memorized. But the psychology begins with move one. This was evident in the...
GOOD TO BE 'BAD'
Even though he's an Emmy winner with a career that's spanned 30 years, six of them as the goofy dad on "Malcolm in the Middle," Bryan Cranston still calls himself...
REEL GOOD
ALMOST FAMOUS (2000), Sunday, 2:55 p.m., MAX Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical story that won him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay also propelled Kate Hudson to stardom. It's a witty story...
DON'T MISS LIST
DRAMA DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, Sunday, 9 p.m., ABC 'Desperate' secrets - Bree (Marcia Cross) tells Lynette (Felicity Huffman) she'll give Tom (Doug Savant) a job on "Desperate Housewives." In the process,...
PRIMETIME
CBS affiliate in Philadelphia serves a viewing region in which more than six million people reside. On Tuesday night, Feb. 24, it reported a stunning development: According to a station...
NOBODY BEATS THE WOZ
Steve Wozniak, who started Apple Computer with Steve Jobs in a garage 30 years ago, is a computer geek, scientist, philanthropist, author, cult icon and - competitive dancer? Just when...
CLOONEY BACK IN THE 'ER'
THIS Thursday, March 12, the worst-kept secret in television will be revealed: George Clooney will return to NBC's "ER" for a final appearance as pediatrician Doug Ross, the role that...
KING OF THE 'CASTLE'
Most actors would kill to get a spot on a hit TV show - and hold on to it for dear life. That is, most actors besides Nathan Fillion. The...
FUNNY, YOU DON'T LOOK SHREWISH
The men on TV crime shows are quirkier than ever this season and they're paired with efficiently grim females who roll their eyes and shrug at having to work with...
POLICE: BROOKLYN EX-COP KILLS LOVER, ON THE RUN
A scandal-scarred former narcotics cop who had agreed to testify against another indicted officer fatally shot his girlfriend in Brooklyn Sunday, police sources said. The ex-officer was taken in to...
LI GIRL KILLED ON WAY TO AFRICA
A Long Island college student headed to Africa to deliver medical supplies to sick children was killed early today by a drunken driver going the wrong way on a Connecticut...
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS: A SPRING BACK
Sunday we participate in that biannual folly: Daylight Savings Time. First conceived by Benjamin Franklin as a conservation measure (think of all the candle wax we'll save!), it's become little...
PATERSON THE KING OF FLOP
ALBANY - The day after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace last March 12, his stunned successor, David Paterson, said he felt like a "student who is getting ready for...