April 14, 2009
KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
He banged on the St. Patrick's Cathedral door -- and the faithful answered. With Edward Cardinal Egan at his side, Timothy Dolan was given a warm embrace by the New...
NFL Team Schedules
2009 NFL Team Schedules; By The Associated Press Arizona CardinalsSept. 13 San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.Sept. 20 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m.Oct. 4 BYEOct. 11 Houston, 4:15 p.m.Oct....
Jets 2009 Schedule
By BRIAN COSTELLOThe Rex Ryan era begins in Houston on Sept. 13 with the Jets' season-opener against the Texans.The team's schedule, released last night, features two games in primetime -...
Milledge sent down to Triple-A Syracuse
Lastings Milledge - once the top prospect in the Mets system, as well as one of the top prospects in all of baseball - finds himself back in the minor...
Live chat: 1 p.m. Wednesday
I will be holding another of my weekly, hour-long blog chats on the Mets tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. So be sure to check back then and have your questions,...
Jets, Giants get schedules
The NFL has released its 2009 schedule, and the Jets will play the final regular-season game at Giants Stadium.The stadium's NFL life could end Jan. 3 when the Jets face...
FORMER METS PITCHER GETS 9 MONTHS IN PRISON
Former Mets relief pitcher Ambiorix Burgos is going to the pen - not the bullpen - after he was sentenced today to nine months behind bars for beating his girlfriend...
Golden Boy Hangs Up Gloves
Oscar De La Hoya Announces His Retirement Press ReleaseLOS ANGELES -Famed boxing champion and future Hall of Fame fighter Oscar de la Hoya, one of the most decorated pugilist in...
BO ARRIVES AT THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his family have welcomed their new dog Bo to the White House, and they're showing him off around the grounds. The 6-month-old Portuguese water...
JUDGE: DIVORCE OF BRUCE'S 'OTHER WOMAN' TO STAY OPEN
A judge tossed a bid today by a New Jersey housewife accused by her husband of having an affair with Bruce Springsteen to seal the divorce proceedings from the public...
WELLS PROMISES TO BEHAVE
David Wells figures people are already taking bets on how long before he slips and uses a profanity on air in his new baseball analyst gig with TBS. "That's something...
Champions League: Chelsea Eliminates Liverpool
Chelsea advanced to the semifinals of the Champions League on Tuesday following a dramatic 4-4 draw with Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea won the classic quarterfinal encounter 7-5 on aggregate...
MLS commish Don Garber, RBNY boss Erik Stover deny Red Bull selling club
A report surfaced over the weekend that Red Bull was looking to sell its MLS team in New York, a report that a team official denied at the time. Today,...
REPUTED MOB BOSS TO BE DEPORTED
The feds last week secretly busted the reputed acting boss of the Bonanno organized crime family --- Salvatore "Sal the Ironworker" Montagna -- and are on the verge of deporting...
Garber: Pacheco's ITC in or "on the way''
The Red Bulls say Alfredo Pacheco's ITC card still hasn't been received yet; but MLS commissioner Don Garber says it's either in, or will be imminently."It's not being held up,''...
ALLEGED NAZI CAMP GUARD DEPORTED TO FACE CHARGES
A appeals court granted a last-minute stay of deportation for accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, just hours after immigration agents dragged the 89-year-old man from his Cleveland home...
Nats send Milledge to Triple-A
APOff to an 0-7 start this season after finishing with a majors-high 102 losses in 2008, the Nationals optioned starting center fielder Lastings Milledge to Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday.Milledge, a...
Champions League: Can United Make History?
Champions League holders Manchester United must fight for its title on Wednesday. Manager Alex Ferguson has just one option - beat Porto or go home. On paper, Manchester United has...
Go Golden Panthers!
By MARC BERMANHere's the press release from Florida International University on the hiring of Isiah Thomas. Donnie Walsh spoke about Isiah today at the Knicks' final practice and admitted in...
Two Islanders in the playoffs
When the Islanders started the season they could only dream of having Kyle Okposo starting in the playoffs in Nassau Coliseum against the Penguins.Guess what? That dream has come true....
Report: Giants will land Edwards
Yahoo! Sports is reporting "Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards is expected to become a member of the New York Giants before the NFL draft on April 25-26, according to...
NYC CHURCH AWAITS RETURN OF CREW MEMBER
The pastor of the New York City church where one of the Maersk Alabama crew members attends says "we're just thanking God for his safe return." The Rev. Robert Jones...
Ovechkin's Top 10
A Rangers fan worst nightmare with their team playing the Capitals in the first round of the playoffs starting tomorrow night in Washington.Sam Rosen on the call: "And here comes...
METS' WAGNER THROWS OFF MOUND
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Injured Mets closer Billy Wagner threw off a mound Tuesday for what was believed to be the first time since elbow ligament replacement surgery last...
JUDGE OKS SALE OF MADOFF'S METS TICKETS
A federal bankruptcy court says it will allow the sale of New York Mets season tickets owned by Bernard Madoff's company. Some April seats already have been sold for individual...
NY GOV TO PUSH GAY MARRIAGE BILL
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York legislative officials say Gov. David Paterson is expected to introduce legislation to legalize gay marriage. Two officials say he will introduce the legislation Thursday. They...
WHITE HOUSE TO NORTH KOREA: TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH
WASHINGTON -- The Obama White House called on North Korea Tuesday to "cease its provocative threats" and respect the will of the international community by honoring its international commitments. That...
ALABAMA CAPTAIN, CREW TO RETURN TO US ON WEDNESDAY
NORFOLK, Va. The shipping captain held hostage by Somali pirates will return to the U.S. with his crew on Wednesday. Maersk Line Limited said Tuesday that Captain Richard Phillips and...
Around the Minors: Tuesday, April 14
In the first matchup between the new Mets Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons, and the Yankees Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees, it was the Yankees that came out on...
TRENDS: But it's still not a good time to go to Tampa
You may have already guessed that hotels are for the most part cheaper than they have been in ages. What you may not know is just how cheap. To the...
PROMOS: Show me your papers
Instead of illegible stamps and the small-children-scaring, 2" x 2" mugshots occupying the typical traveler's passport, inside Joie De Vivre's "Explore California Passport" are free, two-night stays at each of...
WATCHDOG: PORK-BARREL PROJECTS UP 14 PERCENT
WASHINGTON - A watchdog group that tracks congressional pork in the nation's capital is once again squealing with disgust. The non-partisan Citizens Against Government Waste today released its annual "Pig...
Yanks must match opponent's intensity
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAEighteen times last season the Yankees opened a series by losing the first two games.For the entire season the Yankees played 52 series, so that means the Bombers...
OBAMA SEES ECONOMIC PROGRESS - BUT 'NOT OUT OF WOODS YET'
President Obama gave Americans a progress report today on his steps to rescue the recession-battered economy - saying that there are "glimmers of hope" but "by no means are we...
COUPLE ACCUSED OF MAKING 'GRAVE' REPAIRS TO PATIO
Talk about committing a grave offense. Two Nevada state employees are being investigated for taking home 77 gravestones from a veterans cemetery and turning the stones into a new patio,...
AG: LI FIRM DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE ABOUT LAWSUITS
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today announced criminal charges against Long Island-based American Legal Process and its CEO William Singler for a fraudulent business scheme in which the company allegedly failed...
TALIBAN EXECUTE COUPLE TRYING TO ELOPE
KABUL -- Taliban gunmen used a firing squad to kill a young couple in southern Afghanistan for trying to elope, shooting them with rifles in front of a crowd in...
Report: Isiah accepts FIU job
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAESPN is reporting that Isiah Thomas has accepted Florida International's head-coaching job.A representative for the former Knicks coach and president was in South Florida to finalize the terms...
Jets Draft Preview: RBs
By BRIAN COSTELLOIn the days leading up to the NFL Draft on April 25, we will examine the draft position-by-position through the eyes of the Jets. Today we take a...
Coverage in The Post
Citi Field was beautiful, but opening night was a downer for the Mets as a sixth-inning error and balk nullified a big rally and paved the way for their fourth...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
As for the Mets ... whew. Three pitches is all it took to make Citi sound an awful lot like Shea, as my audibly astute pal Joel Shermanpoints out. Joel...
3 UP: WANG AND THAT SINKING FEELING
1. Mike Pelfrey and Chien-Ming Wang share much in common. They are big righties who depend to a large degree on heavy, sinking fastballs for groundballs and efficiency. They both...
Pelfrey already at crossroads?
From JOEL SHERMANMike Pelfrey and Chien-Ming Wang share much in common. They are big righties who depend to a large degree on heavy, sinking fastballs for groundballs and efficiency. They...
3 UP: PELFREY/WANG, CITI FANS AND HUDSON
1. Mike Pelfrey and Chien-Ming Wang share much in common. They are big righties who depend to a large degree on heavy, sinking fastballs for groundballs and efficiency. They both...
UNDETERRED PIRATES ATTACK 4 MORE SHIPS
NATO says Somali pirates have hijacked another cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, the fourth ship seized in the last two days. NATO spokeswoman Shona Lowe says the Lebanese-owned...
HOLLYWOOD 'VIRGIN' REBORN WITH 'PILLOW TALK'
OSCAR Levant once famously quipped, "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin." The dyspeptic actor-composer was referring to Day's unlikely rebirth as a born-again virgin, which made her...
DVD Extra: Great Day
It's interesting to compare the 37-year-old virgin played by Doris Day in "Pillow Talk,'' which I review today for its 50th anniversary DVD release, with some work from earlier in...
MRI EXAM ON TEIXEIRA'S WRIST OK
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- It's never good to link Carl Pavano to any big-league player, but Mark Teixeira and the "American Idle" were connected yesterday when the Yankees stuffed the...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Giants re-sign cornerback Dockery Giants cornerback Kevin Dockery signed a one-year free agent tender for $1.54 million yesterday, agent Drew Rosenhaus said. Dockery had 36 tackles and an interception...
HONDO FISHING FOR 'DOG
Hondo plunged back into the red stuff yesterday when the Nats, through no fault of their bats, were bludgeoned by the Phillies to put the nasty number at a manageable...
ECO-LICIOUS BOOTY
WITH the detrimental toxins and excess waste created by glamour gizmos -- from producing, packaging and distributing them -- your beauty routine may be making Mother Earth ugly. Instead of...
PAK POLS BOW TO TALIBAN
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani lawmakers passed a resolution yesterday urging that the president sign a regulation that imposes Islamic rule in a northwestern valley in exchange for peace with the Taliban....
CHIMP-PIX LEGAL FIGHT
Attorneys for a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee asked a judge in Stamford yesterday to seal photos of the victim and her medical records from the public. Matt Newman,...
COP-SHOT 'WHITE'WASH: SUIT
A white Westchester County cop cleared in the racially-charged shooting of an off-duty black Mount Vernon police officer hid the dead cop's badge after killing him -- so it would...
HIS BETTER ANGEL
Disgraced former Rep. Vito Fossella suddenly dropped his fight against DUI charges yesterday -- saying he was moved by the death of the LA Angels pitcher killed last week by...
PORN QUEEN CHAMBERS DIES AT 56
Legendary porn queen Marilyn Chambers -- who went from selling soap to starring in dirty movies -- has died at 56 in her mobile home near Santa Clara, Calif. Chambers,...
BO AND O HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
The exerciser-in-chief has finally found a jogging partner who can keep up with him. Fitness fanatic President Obama takes new First Dog Bo for a quick run in the East...
FIRE I. POLICE ARE ACQUITTED
An acting Fire Island police chief and another officer have been cleared of all charges stemming from a tourist's alleged August 2005 beating. A jury in Riverhead, LI, rejected yesterday...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A greedy crook made off with nearly $9,000 from a Midtown bank after repeatedly demanding more money from the teller, police said yesterday. The suspect (right) slipped the teller...
RECYCLING PUSH FOR THE LONG HAUL
Garbage costs are piling up. Moving trash from a Brooklyn transfer station to other states via rail instead of traditional garbage trucks costs $134 per ton -- up from $85...
5-YEAR-OLD RIDES RAILS
A headstrong Bronx half-pint gave his mom the fright of her life yesterday, stealing away for a train ride the length of Manhattan after vanishing from her side, only to...
GAY BRANDED 'HIV BOY' SUES
A gay man says his boss at an international branding company mocked his sexuality and labeled him "HIV boy." In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking $3 million in...
MIKE TAKES 'SHOT' AT VA. CANDIDATE
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Mayor Bloomberg yesterday helped launch an attack ad on a gun-friendly Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia. Joining with families of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre, Bloomberg...
SHOTS HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD
WHAT a shot! Not just one shot -- but three, simulta neous. Without secret clearance, most of us will never know exactly what went through the minds of the three...
'$WIPE' A TAXI
MetroCard, meet your match. Passengers could soon pay their fares with a Taxicard, plastic that's like a debit or credit card but can be used exclusively on cab rides, according...
CLASSY LI COUNTRY CLUB SLASH AND BERNS
Bernie Madoff has left a venerable Long Island country club in the rough. The North Shore Country Club lost a third of its members after many victims of the swindler...
MIKE EYES FINANCE BOSS HANKY-PANKY
City Finance Commissioner Martha Stark was on shaky ground yesterday after Mayor Bloomberg called a Post report that she's dating a one-time subordinate a "serious" allegation -- and added that...
JUDGE GIVES BABY TWO MOMS
A city judge has granted the adoption petition of a woman whose egg was implanted in her domestic partner and resulted in the birth of a son. Surrogate Court Judge...
DA BATTLES 'KILLER'S' BID FOR FREE ATT'Y
Alleged murderous cop Jerry Bowens has too much money to qualify for a court-appointed lawyer, a prosecutor said yesterday, as she demanded he bankroll his own defense. "There's a pension,"...
FIREFIGHTERS SAVE 8 FROM B'WAY BLAZE
Firefighters plucked eight people to safety yesterday when a raging inferno erupted below their apartments at an upper Manhattan building and gutted a 99-cent store, officials said. More than 100...
O EYES CUBA LIBRE
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will allow Americans unlimited travel to visit family in Cuba and ease other financial restrictions that have been in place against the oppressive Communist regime for...
KNOCK & IT'LL BE OPENED
A knock on the bronze doors of St. Patrick's Cathedral tonight will usher in a new era for the Archdiocese of New York. Archbishop Timothy Dolan, with Edward Cardinal Egan...
SELES' SILENT PAIN
Former tennis superstar Monica Seles has revealed that she battled bulimia for nine years. Seles, now 35, said she began binge-eating, then purging, to cope with being stabbed during a...
BIRDBRAIN GROUNDED
A Queens man pleaded guilty yesterday to sneaking 13 finches through JFK by stuffing the songbirds inside hair curlers. Terrence McLean, 36, admitted he lied on US Customs paperwork to...
SCHOOLKIDS IN FOR SUGAR SHOCK
City schoolkids can check their sweet tooth at the door when they return to classes next fall. In an aggressive attempt to combat the growing obesity epidemic, the Department of...
THREE CHEERS FROM THE FANS
THEY came for a party, and they got a party. They came to celebrate and to crane their necks and to kick the tires and to marvel at what a...
SUGAR SMACKS
Talk about a sugar high! A dopey drug mule was wrapped up after he tried to smuggle more than $400,000 worth of heroin through JFK disguised as candy bars, officials...
SEA FIENDS WERE ALL YOUNG BUCS
The Somali pirates picked off by Navy sharpshooters after holding Capt. Richard Phillips hostage for five days were a ragged band of boys with little experience -- but plenty of...
CAPTAIN'S WIFE: THANKS, AMERICA
The wife of hero Capt. Richard Phillips yesterday offered her family's wholehearted thanks to US officials and the nation "for their overwhelming concern for my husband's safety." "The constant outpouring...
MADONNA MANOR
Looks like Malawi will have to wait -- Madonna is moving to the Upper East Side, The Post has learned. Madge has signed a contract to buy a four-story, Georgian-style...
MORE TRANSIT CUTS LOOMING
The MTA's doomsday budget just got worse. State finance officials yesterday readjusted the amount of tax dollars they expect the MTA to receive in 2009, and predicted the transit agency...
RADIO DAZE IN SUBWAY HIT
A city official hit by a No. 1 train could have been spared injury had the conductor and operator used their radios correctly, NYC Transit says. Ronald Melichar, of the...
COURT GIVES FRANKEN NOD IN SENATE RACE
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A Minnesota court confirmed yesterday that Democrat Al Franken won the most votes in his 2008 Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman, who immediately announced plans...
MEL TO GET HIS FRRREEEDOM!
The passion of the marriage is over. Mel Gibson -- so staunch a Catholic that he favors the Latin Mass -- and his wife each filed for divorce yesterday after...
PASSENGER LANDS PLANE
A passenger calmly took the controls of a twin-engine plane and landed it safely after the pilot died. The Beechcraft King Air, with four passengers, left Marco Island, Fla., for...
2 KILLED IN THAI RIOTS
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thousands of troops yesterday pushed anti-government protesters who rampaged throughout the capital into a federal stronghold -- where the political unrest turned deadly when residents turned against...
BINGHAMTON KILLER'S PARENTS BARE ANGUISH
The parents of the crazed gunman who killed 13 people and himself in upstate Binghamton said their son started cracking 19 years ago. Henry Wong, 66, and Mui Thong, 61,...
IT SURE FEELS LIKE HOME
Call it the $800 million field of screams -- of joy and sorrow. Fans were ecstatic last night as the New York Mets broke the seal on their brand-new ballpark...
SPECTOR GUILTY
Phil Spector was thrown behind bars yesterday after a jury convicted the music legend of murdering actress Lana Clarkson more than six years ago. Spector's wife, Rachelle Short, 28, burst...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This dictionary gives new meaning to "overdue." A Denver man returned the book 110 years after his great uncle borrowed it from a library in Canada. The fine for the...
THE GREEN BRIGADE
The Go Green Expo -- the city's showcase of the savviest eco-friendly products and services -- is back for its second year and according to its founder, Bradford Rand, the...
DR. SEAL GOOD
Want to know what "America's Next Top Model" photographer and judge Nigel Barker dreams about? It's not the gorgeous hotties he shoots for the popular show. These days, the British...
SIXTEEN CANDLES
Fancy candles look nice and can smell delicious, but if you knew that formaldehyde, ethanol and acetone were components of the fragrant air you're breathing thanks to those candles, chances...
6 WAYS NYC IS GOING GREEN
1 FOOD By joining a neighborhood CSA -- Community Supported Agriculture -- urban dwellers don't merely share in farming without getting their hands dirty and get fresh produce. They also...
THESE GUYS ARE MONEY
IF you're anything like me, you might have a 401(k) and even own a few falling stocks -- i.e., you're not a complete loser when it comes to understanding finance....
B'WAY 'PLAYS' BEAT THE CLOCK
Teams of Broadway writers and thespians broke the Sondheim barrier yesterday as they raced to create, choreograph and perform new musicals in less than 24 hours. It was anything goes...
SEAL OF APPROVAL
POLITICS and passion are the heart of "Soul," the remarkable Motown covers album that Seal will perform Thursday at his Radio City Music Hall recital. For more than 20 years,...
TREATMENTS UNDER $100
Look like a million for under $100 -- because it's all about the Benjamins, baby. Here are some of the best beauty bargains, all for under $100. * Wax on,...
GET NAILED!
FROM the queen B to the B train -- Minx is nailing it. Airbrushing is so yesterday; Minx is now. The must-have nail-shaped films are applied to clean, buffed fingertips...
THE A-ROD WORKOUT
TAMPA -- Alex Rodriguez arrived at the Yankees' minor-league complex at 11:29 yesterday morning in a Ford Explorer limousine. He shook hands with the driver, offering a "well done." At...
MARRIOTT HOTELS SCALES BACK FREEBIES; GANNETT FEELS PAIN
Marriott plans to cut back the number of free papers it offers hotel guests, delivering more bad news to beleaguered publishers, especially USA Today owner Gannett. Rather than automatically dropping...
CAPITALS' OVECHKIN SHOOTS FOR PLAYOFF IMPROVEMENT
ARLINGTON, Va. -- When Alex Ovechkin cranks up the DVD player to review his playoff debut, he'll see some very un-Ovechkin performances. Take last year's Game 4 between his Washington...
WINDS OF CHANGE HELPED HURRICANES
RALEIGH, N.C. -- They brought back a former coach, traded for a fan favorite and now the Carolina Hurricanes have returned to an old habit: winning. After matching a franchise...
THE AUDACITY OF ROPE
A TRUE American hero has been freed. Three pirates are dead. A fourth pirate is in custody. Our Navy shone. Now the hard work starts. This weekend's success won't be...
A ONE-WAY TRIP TO DAVY JONES' LOCKER
Well done to the US Navy on the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from the hands of the pirates ("Free!" April 13). President Obama gave the order to use force...
AN ATTACK ON KIDS
BUFFALO mom Liz Evans was "shocked" when New York lawmakers decided to put her daughter's education in jeopardy. When her daughter was miserable in her district public school, Liz turned...
DOE'S REAL NUMBERS
As the city confronts a financial crisis of historic proportions, New Yorkers must demand of their political leaders and their newspapers alike a commitment to play it straight, especially when...
WORLD NEEDS THE US 'GOLIATH'
IF every Obama-era negotiation is as clear-eyed and unsentimental as that over the fate of Capt. Richard Phillips, the nation's interests will be well-served. President Obama approved negotiations with the...
THIS US HOMEBUILDER IS NOT A HOUSE OF CARDS
IN some parts of this country, you could buy a home for $500 and still have enough spare change to pick up pizza for the housewarming party. However, you'd probably...
EXXON CEO'S PAY BOOST
Exxon Mobil raised CEO Rex Tillerson's compensation by 34 percent last year to $22.4 million. Tillerson's salary rose 6.9 percent to $1.87 million and his bonus increased 19 percent to...
KIRK MAY RESET $9B VEGAS DEAL
Facing his biggest defeat in high-stakes casinos, Kirk Kerkorian is showing a gambler's comeback streak with a possible deal to rescue his celebrated but stalled project on the Las Vegas...
$25M MADOFF HITS
The small town of Fairfield, Conn., secured $25 million in cash and property from some of the people the town accused in a lawsuit of helping convicted swindler Bernard Madoff...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
TARP man Fannie Mae CEO Herb Allison is the leading candidate to run the Treasury office oversee ing the $700 billion US bank-rescue program, according to a source. Allison, 65,...
FLORIDA BLOGGER WAGES WAR ON STREET GIANT
In a classic case of David vs. Goliath, a Florida entrepreneur is ready to battle Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs over the use of the bank's name in a Web...
GORE'S CURRENT BALKS ON IPO PLAN
Current Media Inc, parent of Current TV, the youth-focused television network launched by former US Vice President Al Gore, has withdrawn plans for an initial public offering. In a letter...
HOG-WILD ON NINTH
THE Meatpacking District's relentless gentrification shows no sign of abating. Aurora Capital Associates has just acquired a ground lease at Nos. 21-27 Ninth Ave., giving the partners control and redevelopment...
NBC'S BOSTON UNIT SUBMITS
NBC's Boston affiliate caved and will air Jay Leno's new show in primetime after incurring the network's wrath. Yesterday, the owner of WHDH-TV in Boston, Ed Ansin, backed away from...
PAPER GETS A SI-GH
The Jersey Journal has survived another near-death experience. The Newhouse-owned daily newspaper -- put on deathwatch in early February -- will stick around for a while longer, though in slightly...
REMEMBER THE ALABAMA
President Obama, basking in the after glow of Sunday's three-shot, three- kill rescue of Richard Phillips, master of MV Maersk Alabama, showed yesterday that he can talk the talk when...
HOW TO BUY A CITY COUNCIL
Eyebrows shot up last week when teachers-union operatives handed out pre-printed questions for City Council members to ask at a hearing. But the UFT was merely calling in an IOU....
ROLLING BACK TARP
Goldman Sachs officially announced its intention to get out from under the microscope of Uncle Sam and pay back billions in taxpayer funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program after...
MEXICAN BURGER 'BEEF'
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult. An advertisement for Burger King's chili-flavored "Texican" burger that has run in Europe shows a...
CHURCH HAS NIGHT TO FORGET
Ryan Church has had arguably the best start of any Met player, and clearly the most surprising. He's been stellar at the plate and solid in the field -- that...
WANG GETS HOOK IN SECOND INNING
ST. PETERSBURG -- Nick Swisher was the most effective Yankee pitcher last night against the Rays. Considering Chien-Ming Wang started, that tells you how dreadful an evening the Yankees experienced....
METS, PELFREY DROP BALL IN DISCOURAGING DEBUT
Citi Field was ready for prime time, but the Mets definitely were not. Their performance last night was as ugly as the new $800 million ballpark was beautiful in its...
NEW BALLPARK . . . SAME OLD MESS
THREE pitches. That is how long it took the theme song to move from one side of the parking lot to another. And we are not talking about "Meet the...
OPENING DAZE: BELL, SANCHEZ STELLAR FOR PADRES
Heath Bell feels both appreciation and resentment toward the Mets. He talked last night about how the Mets gave him his professional shot, but he also knows they gave up...
LEFTY'S ONE UP ON TIGER
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The golf world got exactly what it craved Sunday at the Masters. The only thing missing was the result we all wanted. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson...
MARTY WANTS BIGGER WORKSPACE
Expecting some Carolina cage-crashing tomorrow, Martin Brodeur says goalies need a larger workshop to do their job. "I believe in hockey today, the crease is not big enough," Brodeur told...
ISLES GET CHANCE TO 'PICK' WINNER
Even if the Islanders get the first pick in tonight's NHL Draft lottery, GM Garth Snow insists he doesn't know whom the team will pick. "It's still too early in...
HARRY KALAS DIES AT AGE 73
THOSE of us who grew up on Staten Island and in Central Jersey were geographically blessed in that we had three shots at big league baseball clearly coming through the...
DWYANE, LEBRON KEEP THINGS INTERESTING
AS we dispense with our final irregular slander of yet another irregular season, we begin with big ups to Thomas Jefferson. Our third president and author of the Declaration of...
MARBURY: CELTICS 'GREATEST EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD'
Stephon Marbury rode an Amtrak from Philadelphia to New York yesterday to visit his Central Park South dentist. On his off day in Manhattan, there was no need to pull...
RANGERS' 'D' SET TO DEAL WITH OVECHKIN
This was back in 1997, when head coach Colin Campbell matched the defense pair of Ulf Samuelsson and Alexander Karpovtsev against Eric Lindros and left wing John LeClair. Karpovtsev, a...
FIDRYCH FOUND DEAD
BOSTON -- Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, the fun-loving pitcher who baffled hitters for one All-Star season and entertained fans with his antics, was found dead yesterday in an apparent accident...
A NEW LOOK IN THE MIRROR FOR A-ROD
TAMPA -- Apparently, Alex Rodriguez looked in the mirror when he was in Colorado. And this time he wasn't kissing himself. A-Rod went through his first baseball workout yesterday since...
ISIAH MAY COACH FLA. INTERNATIONAL
Isiah Thomas is on the verge of leaving his untitled position with the Knicks and accepting an offer to coach Miami-based Florida International University, according to sources. The former Knick...
NETS BRASS GETS FRANK
It was not a guarantee, but Nets coach Lawrence Frank picked up what sounded like a ringing endorsement last night. The support came from principal owner Bruce Ratner, who likes...
SOUR FINISH CAN'T ERASE AMAZIN' BEGINNING
Tom Seaver's fastball -- if you want to call it that -- nestled into Mike Piazza's mitt last night, signaling that Citi Field was open for regular season business. This...
DAVID'S DINGER SHORT SOLACE
FOR one very solid, very satisfying mo ment, it was possible to be at Citi Field and not wonder if the Mets had gone and allowed architects and planners to...
SHEFFIELD WILL START IN RIGHT FIELD TOMORROW
Gary Sheffield wasn't in the historic starting lineup yesterday as the Mets christened Citi Field, but he won't have to wait long to test out right field. Manager Jerry Manuel...
'24' TAKEDOWN
LAST night's shocking murder of FBI agent Larry Moss on "24" had to shake even the show's most hardcore fan. It wasn't so much that Moss (Jeffrey Nordling) was gunned...
'TUDORS' EYES DEMISE
ONE more season of "The Tudors," and then it's off with its head -- for good. Showtime has picked up the period costume drama for a fourth and final season....
SPIKE HUNTS FOR PIRATES
SPIKE is venturing into the dangerous waters of real-life pirates -- particularly timely with Sunday's miraculous rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from his Somali captors. "Pirate Hunters: USN," which begins...
AN EVER SURPRISING SLICE OF LIFE
IF Raul Castillo's play about two Mexican sisters temporarily living with their well-heeled relatives in Texas feels authentic, it could be because the playwright spent his childhood shuttling between the...
BLIND 'IDOL' KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
RECENTLY axed "American Idol" finalist Scott McIntyre hasn't let blindness stop him from playing music -- and he didn't let kidney failure hold him back, either. "I can remember a...
WHITE 'WILD'
FOR my birthday last year, I trekked through parts of the Amazon, slept in a hut in the jungle and zip-lined over a 350-foot waterfall hanging from a rope with...
HOT DEALS!
LONDON $2,078 roundtrip business-class fare from JFK and Newark on British Airways, for travel between May 30 and Sept. 2. Tickets are only available this Thursday through midnight next Tuesday...
LET US BRAY
A QUAINT English village called Bray, just 50 minutes outside London, is an unlikely gastronaut paradise, boasting two restaurants with three Michelin stars. Six Michelin stars -- that's as many...
50 STATES: Louisiana
WERE there ever a perfect gentleman's cocktail, it would be the Sazerac. When, in celebration of your return to New Orleans, you raise one of Roger Blais' expertly crafted renditions...
NEWS + NOTES
OPEN SESAME THE second of May marks the 29th season opener of Sesame Place, the "Sesame Street"-themed amusement park (ironically owned by Anheuser-Busch) in Langhorne, Penn. New this year is...
HITTING THE JACKPOT
IF YOU went online a couple of Fridays ago and saw the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas going for $189 that night, calm down. You weren't that lucky. Last...
PENA, KAZMIR LEAD RAYS PAST YANKEES
The Tampa Bay Rays raised the first division and league championship banners in franchise history, then went out and played like a team capable of getting back to the postseason....
Isiah back to college?
By MARC BERMANThere were two jobs Isiah Thomas had a shot to get coming off his disastrous Knicks' stint -director of college scouting or college head coach.Most people in the...
A Big Vote For Frank
By FRED KERBERLawrence Frank received a very strong vote of confidence tonight from a guy whose vote means a lot.Principal owner Bruce Ratner."I think the coach has done a good...
METS OPEN CITI FIELD WITH A DUD, LOSING TO PADRES
Their new home was gorgeous. The Mets looked lost. Jody Gerut christened Citi Field with a leadoff homer, Adrian Gonzalez also connected and the San Diego Padres spoiled New York's...
Ugly, ugly Yankees
So, what's up with Chien-Ming Wang. I'm sitting here at Tropicana Field, just watched Wang get blasted for eight runs in one inning, plus four batters in the second.Everything he...
Champions League watch parties
Soccer fans love nothing more than a good viewing party at the pub, and the folks over at ESPN and Verizon teamed up on a couple for this week's big...