March 28, 2009
Gameday 2: Starting XI for Red Bulls-Revs
The lineups are in for the Red Bulls' home opener vs. New England, and both Starting XIs have some surprises:RBNY is going with: GK Danny Cepero, a back four of...
'FRIEND' OF BIDEN'S DAUGHTER SHOPPING TAPE OF HER ALLEGEDLY DOING COCAINE
A "friend" of Vice President Joseph Biden's daughter, Ashley, is attempting to hawk a videotape that he claims shows her snorting cocaine at a house party this month in Delaware.UPDATE:...
LB back in the mix
By MARC BERMANCHARLOTTE - Larry Brown credits the Bobcats turnaround to changing half their roster, adding key guys like Raja Bell and Boris Diaw.But the bottom line is he can...
Red Bulls P-1 updates
In the press box for the Red Bulls' home opener. Just wanted to pass along that Albert Celades did indeed get his P-1 visa on Friday. He still has to...
ALLEGED GEORGE WEBER KILLER DEMANDS CASH FOR INTERVIEW
It's all about the Benjamins for this accused killer. John Katehis -- the Satan-worshipping 16-year-old charged with fatally stabbing radio newsman George Weber in a sex-for-cash-tryst gone bad -- still...
MIDTOWN VAN TRAGEDY TEARS APART TWO FAMILIES
The swath of destruction that an allegedly drunken Gristedes van driver left behind didn't end with the pregnant mother of three he mowed down on a Manhattan Street. Keston Brown,...
Manuel still coy on fifth starter
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Fifth starter Livan Hernandez? Not so fast, according to Jerry Manuel. The Mets' manager stopped short of handing the No. 5 job to Hernandez today, even...
OBAMA NAMES TREASURY POST CHOICES
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Saturday named three choices for senior posts in the U.S. Treasury Department as his administration seeks to fill the ranks of officials to help...
HEIGL: I'LL STAY ON 'GREY'S' IF ASKED
LOS ANGELES -- Katherine Heigl said Friday she's ready to stay with "Grey's Anatomy" and the decision rests with the show. Attending a studio party to mark the ABC medical...
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LANDS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with...
911 TAPES REVEAL RICHARDSON'S STATE AFTER FALL
A newly released 911 call details medics desperately trying to save Natasha Richardson as her condition worsened. The tape, obtained by Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper, reveals that a few...
Bad Hop Day, Jeter Leaves in the Fourth
Derek Jeter had a scary collision at first in the first here in Disney at Champion Stadium against the Braves.He hit a grounder to second that was bobbled by Martin...
CHARITY URGES MADONNA TO RECONSIDER LATEST ADOPTION
LONDON -- A British charity has urged singer Madonna to reconsider reported plans to adopt another child from the impoverished African nation of Malawi. Save the Children UK spokesman Dominic...
WHAT'S WRONG WITH WANTING MORE? NOTHING
Maybe the on-the-job training is paying off and the Obama administration is learning. It is now on the record as being pro-greed. The president's top economic adviser Lawrence Summers said...
RBNY's Ubiparipovic must bounce back; central midfield key for home opener
The Red Bulls were shockingly beaten up and taken apart by an expansion team in last Thursday's season-opener, unable to keep the ball or keep up with Seattle's physical play....
Grapefruit: Marlins at Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The lineup is in for prospect Dillon Gee's Grapefruit League starting debut here today against the Marlins. Gee, a 22-year-old right hander, has made four appearances...
ED FOUNTAINE'S SPOT PLAYS
DUBAI WORLD CUPNad Al Sheba, 7th race. Grade 1. Purse: $6,000,000. Mile-and-a-quarter, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 1:30 p.m.LOWDOWN: Asiatic Boy is a horse-for-the-course with six wins from nine starts over...
FOR OFFENSE, DEVILS HOP ON THE Z LINE
From A Line to Z, a decade later. It's been nearly 10 years since -- in a fit of genius, inspiration and creativity -- the media stuck the Devils' threesome...
REBUILDING ISLES GEAR FOR DRAFT
During Wade Dubielewicz's 24-hour stint with the Islanders this season, he said he admired what the team was doing. "It's easy to say you're rebuilding," he said. "But when you...
TORTORELLA ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE MINUTES ON ICE MORE EVENLY
Forget the U.S. dollar, the Canadian loonie, the Russian ruble or the Swedish krona. The currency of the NHL is ice time. As such, when a midseason change is made...
ROTO FILES
With the season right around the corner, now is the time to get your fantasy baseball draft plan in order. Here's a look at the top middle infielders to look...
NETS STRUGGLE ON BOARDS DOWN STRETCH
By no means is it a two-piece jigsaw puzzle. But it's not quite nuclear physics either. And no matter how you look at rebounding, the Nets stink at it. Buck...
IT'S IN THE BLOOD: MIKE TAKES AFTER DAD D'ANTONI
Louis D'Antoni, age 95, spent the previous four winters in Scottsdale, Ariz., with his sons, Mike and Dan, when they coached the Suns.KNICKS BLOG An avid golfer, still shooting in...
LOVE WILL BE LOST WITH FINAL 4 BID IN BALANCE
BOSTON -- Yesterday they shared a laugh. Villanova coach Jay Wright and Pittsburgh point guard Levance 'Big 3' Fields met in a corridor at TD Banknorth Garden. Wright playfully placed...
EXPECT CONN-VINCING WIN
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, the Post's Tim Sullivan offers his plays of the day: JIM Calhoun has done a lot of talking this week, without saying much. Most...
BIG EAST SHOWDOWN HAS MASS' APPEAL
BOSTON -- If anyone knows what a peaking team looks like, if anyone knows what a Villanova team in the midst of a magical run looks like, it is Rollie...
PHILLIES AIM FOR DYNASTY
PHILADELPHIA -- While delirious fans celebrated the city's first major sports championship in a quarter century, postseason hero Cole Hamels was looking ahead. COMPLETE METS COVERAGEMETS BLOG "One thing I...
BAM MEETS THE PRESS: TALKS MUCH, SAYS LITTLE
There's not a lot to say about President Obama's press conference, because he didn't say a lot ("We Must Lasso Wall Street," March 25). A couple of up days on...
WALL ST. LOSES ITS 'LION' AT 95
Jack Dreyfus, "the Lion of Wall Street" who was the subject of a court battle over his care, died early yesterday. He was 95. The founder of the Dreyfus Funds...
PET PEEVE: HE (SHE?) IS NO VET
It's hard to tell whether this guy should be spayed or neutered. An Atlantic City man is accused of being a cross-dressing fake veterinarian who treated people's pets without a...
GAL PAL'S LIP SERVICE FOR HIRAM
State Sen. Hiram Monser rate's gal pal made a grand show of her love yesterday by planting a big, wet kiss on his cheek as he walked into a Queens...
ARTISTIC LICENSE
Artful dodger Lawrence Salander said yesterday he always intended to pay back every penny of the $88 million he's accused of ripping off from his well-heeled clients, but just got...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Clearly, the odds were stacked against the house. A clerk at a Greensburg, Pa., gas station "lost" a $60 bet over whether his shop had the cheapest cigarettes in town...
DRUG CONS AT END OF 'ROCKY' ROAD
ALBANY -- As many as 1,500 inmates now imprisoned for drug crimes could be eligible for release under a sweeping overhaul of the Rockefeller drug laws announced yesterday by Gov....
'ANCHOR' ANGUISH
TAMPA, Fla. -- An agency investigating a deadly boating accident involving two NFL players and friends has concluded it was caused by the vessel's being improperly anchored. The Florida Fish...
O'S DRIVING FOR 30 MPG
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration yesterday imposed a 30-miles-per-gallon standard for passenger cars and boosted the mileage floor for sport utility vehicles and pickups beginning with the 2011 model year....
EARTHLY DE-LIGHT
City landmarks will go dark for "Earth Hour" tonight at 8:30 as part of a global "lights out" for climate change. Participants will include Times Square billboards, the Chrysler Building,...
BUILDING A NATION WITH BOOT CAMP
KABUL THIS is what nation-build ing looks like -- a dozen young Afghan men standing in camouflage uniforms in a cold drizzle while they wait for the signal to drop...
BAM CHANNELS LBJ
DIRT doesn't matter. You don't defeat a trans-national terrorist organization by occupying medieval villages. Yesterday, President Obama presented his "comprehensive new strategy" for Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was neither new,...
INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU GETS HIS MAN
Police in Cyprus have arrested a man suspected of belonging to the Pink Panther jewel-thief gang, blamed for a string of audacious heists worldwide. Rifat Hadziahmetovic, 41, was arrested on...
HEZ-MEX DRUG SMUGGLE LINK
Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas are raising money by working with Mexican drug cartels to smuggle narcotics and people into the United States, it was reported yesterday. Hezbollah uses the cartels' smuggling...
BAM SENDS 4,000 MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday ordered 4,000 more troops into Afghanistan, vowing to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" the al Qaeda network in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Obama said the fresh infusion...
NBC'S LEVINE DEAD AT 86
MIAMI -- Irving R. Levine, the bow-tied NBC newsman who explained the fine points of economics to millions of viewers for nearly a quarter-century, has died. He was 86. He...
KIRK SAVES CITYCENTER
Kirk Kerkorian's MGM Mirage won a waiver from lenders to pay $200 million on its CityCenter project without partner Dubai World, staving off for now a possible bankruptcy filing by...
KB HOME'S LOSS NARROWS ON ORDERS
KB Home, the third-best performing US building stock this year, closed up 6.3 percent in New York trading after reporting a narrower fiscal first-quarter loss as orders increased for the...
RAPPER PAYS FOR GUN RAP
ATLANTA -- Rapper T.I. was sentenced yesterday to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to weapon charges. He said he tried to buy machine guns and...
EX-YANK'S GRIEF OVER BABY LIE
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Former Yankees prospect Jose Tabata said yesterday his much-older wife lied to him about being pregnant with his child before she was accused of abducting a 2-month-old...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
BofA raises Bank of America plans to increase some invest ment bankers' salaries by as much as 70 percent following the takeover earlier this year of Mer rill Lynch, people...
MORTGAGE RATES AT BOTTOM
Mortgage rates are "probably as good as it's going to get" and the housing market is likely to rebound sooner than some forecasts, Freddie Mac interim CEO John Koskinen said....
'FREE' DEEP DOWN INSIDE
* Sorry, Port Authority: Freedom is written in steel. No matter what the agency tries to rename the skyscraper rising from Ground Zero, the words "Freedom Tower" are permanently written...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Three teens were arrested after leading cops on a chase through New Brighton in a stolen car, police said. William McMaster, 18, was behind the wheel of a 1992 Nissan...
PLANETARIUM STARS
Milla Jovovich (left) and Jessica Alba turn up the heat at the American Museum of Natural History's annual ball, which despite being a black-tie affair was dedicated to "going green."...
CINC-'OY' DE MAYO TEQUILA
A New York businessman is launching a new kosher tequila in time for Cinco de Mayo. Martin Silver, president of Long Island-based Star Industries, says he wants to satisfy the...
HUNGRY WHALES GONE WILD
BOSTON -- Nearly a quarter of the world's population of North Atlantic right whales, one of the most endangered species on earth, have gathered off Cape Cod in a rare...
FIENDISH FRITZL'S SORRY NEW ACT
The monster has remorse. Josef Fritzl, in his first jailhouse interview since being convicted of locking his daughter in a dungeon and raping her thousands of times, said that when...
LIONSGATE CUTS MORE JOBS
Boutique movie studio Lionsgate Entertainment Corp., which is in the midst of a shareholder battle with billionaire Carl Icahn, is cutting 8 percent of its work force, adding to job...
SELLING OUT 'FREEDOM'
AROUND the world, people are willing to fight and die for the concept of freedom. Everywhere except, it seems, in the offices of the Port Authority. The unceremonious removal of...
CEOS TOE THE LINE
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama yesterday told the CEOs of some of the country's biggest banks that they need to "show some restraint" and be aware of how the Wall...
FDNY IN MOVE TO DOUSE OVERTIME ABUSE
The Fire Department is shutting the spigot on a runaway overtime policy that has allowed members of the FDNY to retire with exorbitant pensions, Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta announced yesterday. Scoppetta...
MARTS RALLY UNRAVELS, DOW OFF 148
Wall Street's nine-day rally fizzled yesterday as banks admitted that their recent upbeat spins, which first triggered the run-up, aren't nearly as rosy. Stocks tumbled but ended higher for the...
THAT'S A 'STOP' SIGN
It was chaos on the Whitestone Bridge yesterday when a construction crane smashed a huge overhead sign, sending it crashing down onto the roadway and creating a massive six-lane mess....
CHARTER CHANNELS CHAP. 11
Charter Communications, the cable company controlled by billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, yesterday filed for bankruptcy under pressure from a massive debt load built up over years of borrowing...
DRUG-DORM 'STORMERS'
They're the trust-fund gangsters. A group of affluent Hofstra University students, infuriated at having been sold a batch of subpar cocaine, shook down their dorm-room dealer, storming his room with...
UNDER FLOCK & KEY
The FAA has shelved a plan to release its 19-year-old database documenting bird and wildlife collisions with aircraft. The agency is reneging on a promise to turn over the entire...
WE'RE SPENDING LESS
American consumers' spending slowed in February and their confidence remained near a three-decade low this month, reflecting the toll of a deteriorating job market. Purchases advanced 0.2 percent after climbing...
REV. AL'S HALF-PRICE DEAL ON $1.8M TAXES
The Rev. Al Sharpton owed at least $1.8 million in back taxes before striking a sweetheart deal with the feds last summer that chopped the bill almost in half and...
HEY, IS $8 ENOUGH FOR THIS JUNK?
Life hasn't been so great on the D-List. Former "Eight is Enough" and "Charles in Charge" star Willie Aames, 48, was forced to sell off his personal possessions Thursday at...
PREGNANT MA DEAD IN DWI HORROR
A pregnant mom of three was crushed to death by a drunken driver on her wedding anniversary yesterday when an out-of-control supermarket van hopped a curb near the Empire State...
KOREA NUKE ALOHA
The rocket that North Korea plans to launch next month -- which has stoked fears surrounding the dictatorship and its nuclear capabilities -- may be able to reach Hawaii. "In...
MADONNA OFF TO GET NEW TOT
Madonna is expected in Malawi this weekend to pursue her adoption of little Mercy James, amid reports that the Material Mom already has a nanny caring for the girl. The...
PAIN LEAVES CRABS SHELLSHOCKED
Crabs and other crustaceans cannot only feel pain but can also remember it and try to avoid it, a study has found. Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Island,...
SHAMWOW SLAM-POW SEX TRYST
The spike-haired infomercial pitchman for the the ShamWow absorbent towel on late-night TV has been charged with slapping around a hooker after a trick went bad for him in Miami...
HATE ON THE RISE
IF you think there are no consequences to hysteri cal, anti-corporate grandstanding in Washington, pay attention to what's happening across the pond: "This is just the beginning." So warned a...
$60M POT OF GOLDMAN
A pair of Goldman Sachs partners is scoring their own personal gold-plated bailout amid a souring stock market. Outgoing Co-President Jon Winkelried and Gregory Palm, the bank's general counsel, are...
ARLEN'S INSPIRATION
Want to get a politician's attention? Threaten a primary. Exhibit A: Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania's squishy Republican. Specter said this week that he won't vote for the Employee Free Choice...
GORDON BROWN'S ROTTEN MONTH
Don't it make Gordon Brown's eyes blue? The British prime minister re ally can get no respect. Visiting Brazil Wednesday, Brown stood quietly as host President Luiz Inacio Lula da...
NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
Time to power down on Ground Zero. Cover the whole thing with a giant tarp. Or maybe build a pitch-and- putt golf course. It's just not worth it anymore. Port...
ON TRACK FOR RE$CUE
Hold off on those fare hikes! Gov. Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver presented an 11th-hour MTA rescue plan to state Senate leader Malcolm Smith yesterday that replaces tolls on...
STIMULUS $$-GRABS ALL WET
Some towns in New York want to throw a pool party -- with stimulus funds! Read The Stimulus Wish List (PDF) Municipalities across the state have asked for $183 million...
RIDERS RAIL AGAINST LAWMAKERS WHO SASS TRANSIT
The nerve! Riders in the districts of some of the Democratic state senators who stalled the MTA bailout plan -- and then scoffed when asked whether they actually carried MetroCards...
HUNT IS ON FOR BODY-DUMP DUO
Police are on the hunt for a group of thugs after they dumped a pair of bodies in Brooklyn and Queens yesterday. In the first incident, a motorist called 911...
RUTH'S '$2 MIL BONUS'
Just weeks before Ponzi king Bernard Madoff was arrested in December, his wife, Ruth, allegedly received $2 million from his London businesses, authorities said. The revelation comes as British authorities...
BERNIE: I WOULDN'T HAVE LASTED WITH WIN-NOW YANKS
Bernie Williams didn't make an immediate impact at the major league level. It took him until 1995, his third full season in the majors, to hit .300 for the season,...
CAVS' WILLIAMS INSPIRED BY BRO
Second of two parts MO WILLIAMS and LeBron James continually work the pick-and-roll to perfection. In the beginning, the defense would double James and just let Williams go. Nearing midseason,...
RANGERS MARCH TO PENGUINS
PITTSBURGH -- Well, of all the issues the Rangers will have to confront the rest of the way, at least they will not have to concern themselves with their self-described...
O'HAIR SURGES, TIGER 5 BACK AT BAY HILL
Bay Hill was so penal yesterday that most players figured it would be difficult for anyone to shoot a low number and separate themselves from the pack. Sean O'Hair apparently...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSBOXING: Report: Margarito was plastered An examination of hardened gauze inside the hand wraps collected from Antonio Margarito before his title defense against Shane Mosley last January revealed they...
YOU HAVE TO CC IT TO BELIEVE IT
TAMPA -- You really don't know CC Sabathia. You know the numbers, and they are impressive, but you don't know what he brings to a clubhouse. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEMORE: Yankees...
RED-HOT GARDNER LOOKS POISED TO TAKE CF JOB
TAMPA -- Brian Bruney walked through the Yankees' clubhouse yesterday toward a rear door when he spotted Brett Gardner holding court with reporters. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEMORE: Yankees Blog "Did you...
CASHMAN: A-ROD WON'T BE BACK UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY
TAMPA -- Don't look for Alex Rodriguez at the Yankees' complex at least until Thursday. GM Brian Cashman shut the door on Rodriguez returning to camp before the Yankees split...
K-ROD WORKS OUT OF JAM IN FIRST APPEARANCE
PORT ST. LUCIE -- If last night was any indication, Francisco Rodriguez is going to be a wild ride for Mets fans. COMPLETE METS COVERAGEMETS BLOG The team's new All-Star...
ISLES' SHUTOUT IS WORST OVER FIRST
DETROIT -- Joey MacDonald made himself right at home at Joe Louis Arena. The former Detroit goalie made 42 saves for his first NHL shutout, and Frans Nielsen and Josh...
HARRIS RETURNS, BUT NETS CAN'T STOP LAKERS
The Nets got Devin Harris back from a five-game absence. They dumped the beyond-struggling Yi Jianlian not just from the starting lineup, but from the rotation for Ryan Anderson. Then...
COULD BE SUSPENDED AFTER SCUFFLE WITH PAUL
Nate Robinson hasn't gotten a lot victories in his four seasons as a Knick, but he's gotten under a lot of people's skin. KNICKS BLOG Last night it was first...
OT LOSS IN CHICAGO DROPS DEVILS IN EAST
CHICAGO -- The past three games have been good to the Blackhawks. Not so much for the Devils. Brent Seabrook beat Martin Brodeur from the blue line at 3:36 of...
ROBINSON'S ANTICS NO BIG DEAL FOR HORNETS' STAR
From Chris Paul's version, it sounded as if Nate Robinson essentially began instigating things on an earlier possession. KNICKS BLOG Robinson and Paul got into an altercation in last night's...
LAWSON, HEELS STROLL PAST GONZAGA
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The "NCAA Toe-nament" continues for North Carolina. Led by Ty Lawson on his injured right big toe, the Tar Heels trounced Gonzaga, 98-77, in a South Regional...
LUCAS SCORES FINAL SEVEN POINTS TO LEAD MICH. STATE
INDIANAPOLIS -- The two most dynamic and accomplished guards on the floor went at each other in the final minute of last night's tense Sweet 16 battle between two proud...
UCONN READY FOR 'RELENTLESS' MIZZOU ATTACK
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It was early March of 1992, inside a wonderful old rat trap of a gym called Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Ark., and the crowd was going 10...
EMERGING CITY POWER ONE STEP FROM REPEAT
Just a few subway stops separate Collegiate's Upper West Side campus from Rice's in Harlem. Though no one is going to confuse the success that Collegiate has had in recent...
CALHOUN: 'MISTAKES' POSSIBLE
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has acknowledged that he or his staff may have made mistakes in recruiting basketball player Nate Miles. Calhoun said it's sometimes hard to...
GRIFFIN POWERS SOONERS PAST ICE-COLD ORANGE
MEMPHIS, Tenn -- Near the end of Oklahoma's 84-71 dismantling of Syracuse in last night's NCAA Tournament South Region semifinal, Sooners star Blake Griffin whacked his head on the backboard...
CLARK, LOUISVILLE STORM PAST WILDCARDS
INDIANAPOLIS -- Winning without the wow. That was Louisville's mode of operations in the NCAA Tournament . . . prior to last night's wakeup call to the nation that the...
Knicks win, Nate loses
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks' 103-93 victory tonight over New Orleans that broke a six-game losing streak took a backseat to the issue of Nate Robinson's future.Robinson had an altercation with...
ASK THE MOO
BECAUSE bringing a Manhattan style bacchanalia to a Jersey locale won't be easy, we asked Anthony "The Moo" Moussa (right), founder of njguido.com and nightlifesociety.com, to offer the Chandelier Room's...
BRIDGE & TUNNEL VISION
IT'S never been difficult to get bridge-and-tunnel partygoers into Manhattan for late-night revelry. PATH rates might escalate, toll charges increase and gas prices skyrocket, but the SUVs keep coming, stereos...
RINGLING ON (BIG) TOP OF THINGS
ZING Zang . . . what? The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is back at Madison Square Garden with a retro-themed show -- "Zing Zang Zoom" -- featuring...
ALL IN THE FAMILY
WHEN your father's a world-famous clown, running away to join the circus isn't just encouraged -- it's tradition. "When we were very young kids, our father toured, so he made...
SUTHERLAND DOC DRAMA
'DIRTY Sexy Money" star Donald Sutherland is set to star on the CBS drama pilot "The Eastmans" about a dysfunctional family of doctors. Sutherland will play the rogue and wealthy...
'BEN HUR' MINI
'BEN Hur" will ride again in a miniseries set to air on ABC. The four-hour, $22.5 million project will be executive-produced by David Wyler, the son of William Wyler --...
BRIEF, DAZZLING VISION
THE rainbow is actually a light grid, but that's the only thing artifi cial about the new Encores! production of "Finian's Rainbow" that has alighted on City Center for an...
OLD BRIT, NEW BRITS -- BOTH HITS
IF you see a Union Jack flying over Manhattan, don't be surprised -- there was a two-flank British invasion Thursday. Conquering the city with separate but equally excellent shows were...
'PRETTY' STUPID
It's another series in which rude, crude and misbehaving women get to become reality stars for a minute while setting women back 50 years. OXYGEN, which began life under Gerry...
K-Rod makes it interesting
PORT ST. LUCIE -- If tonight's outing here against the Nationals was any indication, Frankie Rodriguez is going to be a fun-but-wild ride for Mets fans from here on out....
Valentin reassigned
PORT ST. LUCIE -- As expected, the Mets reassigned 39-year-old infielder Jose Valentin to their Triple-A Buffalo affiliate. There had been some talk early in camp that Valentin would be...
Previewing Red Bull's home opener vs. NE
The Red Bulls look to rebound from last week's season-opening 3-0 humiliation at expansion Seattle with tomorrow's home opener vs. New England (7:30 p.m., FSC). Considering they have tough road...
Santana outstanding in start
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets got to savor some vintage Johan Santana here tonight as their ace needed just 75 pitches to work seven innings against the free-swinging Nationals....
Margarito Deserves Lifetime Ban
Lab report confirms Margarito's wraps had elements of plaster of Paris. By GEORGE WILLISIt's easy to be cynical when you've covered professional sports as long as I have--22 years and...