May 26, 2009
FORMER DEVIL ZEZEL DIES, 44
TORONTO -- Peter Zezel, a center who played 15 NHL seasons after breaking into the league with the Philadelphia Flyers as a teenager, has died. He was 44. Zezel, who...
TYSON'S 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DIES AFTER ACCIDENT
The 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day after her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home, police said....
STRESS TEST
Shutting down Broadway to cars passed its first major test today, with traffic flowing smoothly out of the city during the usually horrendous rush hour. Drivers cruised down Ninth and...
METS' MARTINEZ MAKES MAJOR-LEAGUE DEBUT
Bobby Parnell played with Fernando Martinez at three different minor league stops: Binghamton, St. Lucie and Hagerstown. He saw Martinez compete at multiple levels. "I felt like he was able...
SUMMER VACATION IN THE SLAMMER
A 19-year-old college student took his last final and then went to jail for his summer vacation. Anthony Vega, a sophomore at Queensborough Community, pleaded guilty today to reckless endangerment...
ASTOR WOULDN'T DISCUSS WILL WITH SON
Socialite Brooke Astor's former lawyer says that when her son Anthony Marshall asked her about her will in 2002, she refused to discuss it. Attorney Henry Christensen testified Tuesday at...
STUDENT KILLED IN GARBAGE TRUCK ACCIDENT
A college student was killed and another critically injured today, when they were struck by a garbage truck on their Long Island campus, authorities said. Kaeli Sarah Kramer, 19, of...
Posada could be back by weekend
By GEORGE A. KING IIIARLINGTON, Texas -- Jorge Posada could rejoin the Yankees at some point in the upcoming Cleveland series this weekend."That's possible,'' Joe Girardi said before tonight's game...
'I Swallowed a Bug'
Early accounts of Sam Raimi's new movie "Drag Me to Hell" are lauding the "Spider-Man" director's return to his gory roots. The moment in the trailer that's got me all...
This week's calendar, May 28-June 3
Yes, the long holiday weekend is over, but New York is gearing up for a busy week of real estate and home events.PICK OF THE WEEKPrivate Spaces/Private AccessOpen House New...
Gary pickup has been Sheff special
By JONATHAN LEHMANThis Sheff can still cook.When the Mets claimed Gary Sheffield off waivers from the Tigers in early April, the addition of a notoriously prickly 40-year-old slugger who spent...
Reyes on DL; Martinez called up
From MIKE PUMA The Mets heralded the Fernando Martinez era today by placing both Jose Reyes (calf) and Ryan Church (hamstring) on the 15-day disabled list. "It is in the...
Ashton Kutcher Tweets Twitter TV Show...
And doesn't like it. In response to today's news that Twitter maybe getting its own reality show, avid Twitterer Ashton Kutcher tweets:"Wow I hope this isn't true. I really don't...
Another wasted Boomer-Carton debate
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThis morning Craig Carton and Boomer Esiason had a lengthy debate about Sunday's Yankees-Phillies game and Joe Girardi's decision to not have Mark Teixeira bunt in the bottom...
DEALS: NYC to AC for 30 bucks
While the bad-pun police are still hungover, the coast is clear to mention Atlantic City Express Service's "All Afford" promotion -- grab a ticket on the new direct train service...
OJ SIMPSON APPEALS VEGAS ARMED ROBBERY CONVICTION
LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson has appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for armed robbery and kidnapping during a a Las Vegas hotel room confrontation with...
2 MORE NEW YORKERS WITH SWINE FLU DIE
Two more New Yorkers who were infected with swine flu have died, it was announced today. A 41-year-old Queens woman and a 34-year-old Brooklyn man died sometime since Friday, city...
Update: 'Jon & Kate' Premiere to Record Ratings
Jon and Kate Gosselin may hate the tabloids, but TLC should send them flowers. Last night's season five premiere of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" was seen by 9.8 million...
PHILLIES STILL USE METS AS MOTIVATION
Coming off a series victory over the Yankees, the Phillies are still keenly aware the Mets are lurking in their rear-view mirror. Speaking on ESPNews this afternoon, Phillies first baseman...
Game 45: Nationals at Mets
(UPDATED) Despite a patchwork lineup due to injury, the Mets have won three of their past four games and can move back into first place in the NL East tonight...
The Soderbergh experience
With all due respect to my fellow Post critics, Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience'' is better than indicated. "Citizen Kane'' it's not, but it is an innovative, clever work, with...
DRIVERS FURIOUS OVER B'WAY BLOCKADE AT TIMES SQUARE
Drivers are fuming over the Broadway pedestrian malls. The first workday of the car ban has been a total bust for truckers, cabbies and other motorists caught in countless traffic...
The Question People Always Ask Film Critics
People so often say the same thing when they learn I'm a film critic, that I've considered saving them the trouble: "I'm Kyle. I'm a film critic. I see about...
Report: Boldin fires agent Rosenhaus
ESPN.com reports the Cardinals' Anquan Boldin has fired agent Drew Rosenhaus, who seemingly has failed the unhappy wide receiver in his search for a trade or renegotiated contract.Boldin, unhappy since...
'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!' Packing List
The bold-faced names of "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" are traveling light. Really light. The day before flying out to the jungles of Costa Rica, Stephen Baldwin -...
UAW TRUST TO GET 17.5 PERCENT OF GM SHARES
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. will give the United Auto Workers union 17.5 percent of its common stock, $6.5 billion of preferred shares and a $2.5 billion note to fund...
PARENTS OF TEEN CANCER PATIENT AGREE TO CHEMO
The parents of a Minnesota boy who refused chemotherapy for his cancer have told a judge they now agree to the medical treatment, and the judge ruled Tuesday the boy...
CALIF. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS GAY MARRIAGE BAN
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before...
Billy Eichner is on the loose
On Monday night I caught Billy Eichner's new "Gay, White and Terrified!," at Joe's Pub. I'm a huge fan of Eichner's previous project, "Creation Nation," a live talk show in...
Renney to join Oilers staff
APFormer Rangers coach Tom Renney will join the Edmonton Oilers as an associate coach under new head coach Pat Quinn.Renney was fired by the Rangers in February and replaced by...
N. KOREA TEST MAY FUEL TERRORISTS' NUCLEAR AMBITIONS
WASHINGTON -- North Korea's nuclear test makes it no likelier that the regime will actually launch a nuclear attack, but it adds a scary dimension to another threat: the defiant...
'Jon & Kate' First 8 Minutes Says it All
Update: 'Jon & Kate' Premiere to Record RatingsDuring last night's season premiere of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," Jon and Kate took to separate confessionals to address the couple's recent...
500 EVACUATED FROM LI COURTHOUSE
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- More than 500 employees, jurors and others have been evacuated from a state Supreme Court building on Long Island after authorities say a bomb threat was called...
MAN STRUCK, KILLED BY NYC SCHOOL BUS
A New York City man has been killed by a mini school bus after stepping out into the street from between two parked cars. Police identified the victim as 25-year-old...
Clay Aiken Apologizes For Slamming Adam Lambert
"Who knew I had so much influence and that my words and opinion mattered so much to so many people!?!?!" writes Clay Aiken on his blog. The "American Idol" season...
My Top 10 in Baseball
A week ago, The Sporting News put out its list of baseball's 50 best players, based on what the release said was "a panel of 100 Hall of Famers, major...
SWISS BANK GIVES $235M BACK TO MADOFF PAYOUT FUND
A European bank that was among the biggest losers in the Bernard Madoff swindle has agreed to pay $235 million to resolve potential legal claims by the trustee trying to...
'Real Housewives' Heads to White House
Bravo is taking its "Real Housewives" franchise to the nation's capitol."The Real Housewives of DC" is in development and will be "set in the influential metropolitan region of Washington, DC,"...
Extreme art
"Want to know what the theater is?" director Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill) asks in "All About Eve." "A flea circus. Also opera. Also rodeos, carnivals, ballets, Indian tribal dances, Punch...
Pulse Sales: Charlotte Ronson
CHARLOTTE RONSON1071 Avenue of the Americas, between 40th and 41st streets; 212-616-1003Sale: May 27-29. Mon.-Wed., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.Platforms for $30.JULIE HAUS & GUSTTO39 W. 38th St., between Fifth and Sixth...
'CROCKEFELLER' TRIAL STARTS IN MASS.
BOSTON -- Jury selection is moving quickly in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. By midday Tuesday, 10 out of the 16 jurors needed had...
Coverage in The Post
Ah, another day, another home-run video replay for the Mets. This one worked in their favor as Gary Sheffield's shot to left in the sixth inning was upheld and powered...
OBAMA PICKS SONIA SOTOMAYOR FOR SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, praising her as "an inspiring woman" with both...
QUARTER-POLE MLB AWARDS
The season is still young, but it's past the quarter-pole. Here are my awards for the first one-fourth of the MLB season.MVP - RAUL IBANEZEverybody ripped this signing, but Ibanez...
Manuel deserves Willie treatment
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAIt was a year ago today that Willie Randolph was put through a day of meetings with team brass where it was going to be decided if he...
N. KOREA REPORTEDLY TESTS 2 MORE MISSILES
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea reportedly tested two more short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after detonating a nuclear bomb underground, pushing the regime further into a confrontation with world...
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SOARS IN MAY
Consumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more American shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them. The...
SCHOOLS REOPEN AFTER SWINE FLU SCARE
A Queens school once again bustled with activity Tuesday, about a week after its assistant principal became the city's first death linked to swine flu. The Susan B. Anthony Intermediate...
Return of 'Rashomon'
There are many conflicting, yet equally valid points of view of Akira Kurosawa's 1950 murder drama "Rashomon." Is it a masterly inquiry into the nature of point of view? Is...
NY JUDGE RISES FROM PROJECTS TO SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
Sonia Sotomayor's path to the pinnacle of the legal profession began in the 1960s at a Bronx housing project just a couple blocks from Yankee Stadium, where she and her...
'ZABRISKIE POINT' GETS 2ND LIFE ON DVD
MICHELANGELO Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point" (1970), one of the most controversial and notorious flops in Hollywood history, is getting another chance on DVD. The most spectacularly unsuccessful attempt by a studio...
KAYE MUSICAL'S NOT OK
St. Luke's Theatre, 308 W. 46th St.; 212-239-6200 HERE'S the problem with a show like "Danny and Sylvia": If the audience is old enough to recall the legendary Danny Kaye...
MEL GIBSON: CALL ME OCTOMEL
Mel Gibson and his girlfriend, Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva, are expecting a baby, only six weeks after his wife filed for divorce. The 53-year-old actor confirmed that 39-year-old Grigorieva is...
Omar must act at shortstop
From JOEL SHERMANOmar Minaya needs to go find a shortstop, and that has as much to do with Alex Cora as Jose Reyes. Cora is going to be disabled until...
3 UP: JETER'S EVOLVING OFFENSE
Derek Jeter has been a more patient, powerful hitter so far in 2009 than just about any other point in his career. Is it the leadoff thing? Is it age...
3 UP: REYES, JETER AND HUGHES
I have surrendered to Twitter. You can join me at nyp_joelsherman.1. Omar Minaya needs to go find a shortstop, and that has as much to do with Alex Cora as...
TOT RULES IN KIDDIE POOL
JOHNSTOWN, NY -- Keith O'Dell Jr. is still in diapers, but the 2-year-old boy is already a pool shark with a mean bank shot, although he has to stand on...
JUSTIN-SUIT GAL MENACED BY INTRUDER
An Upper East Side woman who recently filed a sex-harassment suit against Justin Timberlake's barbecue joint said she was later ambushed in her apartment by a mysterious intruder who hissed,...
BOO-ZE FOR THE YANKS
He tended bar for 27 seasons at the House that Ruth Built, but now, John Vendikos says the Yankees have dumped him for the same reason they ditched their storied...
GI PROVES HIS MEDAL - AT 92!
It took more than six decades, but a 92-year-old Brooklyn vet yesterday finally got a proper hero's tribute -- awarded the medals he earned in World War II but never...
A BANNER DAY FOR HEROES
A 100-foot American flag was unfurled on the deck of the USS Intrepid yesterday during a moving Memorial Day ceremony at which Gov. Paterson saluted the nation's fallen war heroes...
TYSON KID, 4 CRITICAL AFTER CHOKE HORROR
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter was in "extremely critical" condition on life support last night after nearly strangling herself while playing with an electrical cord at her mom's...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Blame It, Jamie Foxx 2. Kiss Me Thru the Phone, Soulja Boy 3. Dead And Gone, T.I. 4. Turnin' Me On, Keri Hilson 5. I'm a...
PELOSI ON GREEN KICK
SHANGHAI, China -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, long a fierce critic of Beijing, toured China's financial capital yesterday on a visit focused on environmental issues rather than human rights, though...
IRAN FLEXES NAVAL MUSCLE
TEHRAN -- Iran has sent six warships to international waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to show its ability to confront any foreign threats, its naval commander said yesterday. Adm....
BAM GOES BALLISTIC
WASHINGTON -- North Korea's underground nuclear blast yesterday was up to 20 times more powerful than the atomic detonation it set off in 2006, officials said as the test was...
STARBUCKS BOMBED
A crude bomb exploded outside a Starbucks on the Upper East Side early yesterday, rocking the tony neighborhood and sending cops scrambling to determine whether the attack was related to...
REPUBLICANS DESPERATELY NEED A STAR
WASHINGTON -- Turns out Republicans were right all along. Hellbent terrorists around the world really do want to kill Americans, and the best place to keep those we catch is...
GM CRASH & $PURN
They ain't too proud to beg for billions, but when it comes to compensating two Long Island girls critically injured in a horrific head-on crash, General Motors officials are telling...
EX-MET SETTLES EX-RATED SUIT
Miracle Met Art Shamsky's settlement of a suit filed by his ex-wife includes a no-harangue clause, The Post has learned. Kim Shamsky, a temp-agency mogul, humiliated the former outfielder, 57,...
UFT CHARTER SCORES BELOW 'CLASSMATES'
The United Federation of Teachers' own charter school is an oasis of learning in Brooklyn's East New York -- but its students still lag behind kids who attend charters run...
FROM FALCON TO JAILBIRD: VICK'S RUFF ROAD AHEAD
Now that Michael Vick's out of jail, I bet the liberals will have a field day and try to ban him from playing in the NFL ("Vick Unleashed," May 21)....
HOW TWEET IT IS: TV FOR TWITTERERS
The TV world is all a-Twitter. The social-networking service said yesterday that it has teamed with Reveille Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop an unscripted series based on the...
UNCLE SAM'S WAY-TOO-NOSY SURVEY
WHERE'S the outrage? With all the recent ob sessing over the "rights" of terrorists in Guantanamo, and the idea that President Obama's Supreme Court nominee should support "the constitutional right...
SULLY'S CO-PILOT TRASHES LA GUARDIA PLAN
The co-pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, which miraculously landed in the Hudson after geese knocked out its engines, says the city should ditch a proposed trash-transfer station near La...
B'KLYN ROOTS OF EVIL
These killers are both silent and deadly. Some of the world's nastiest plants are being put on display at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to show just how much punch can...
BROKEN ESCALATORS BRING STRAPHANGERS DOWN
Some subway stations are turning into Stairmasters for straphangers. The MTA has released a list of 23 of its worst-functioning elevators and escalators -- and the busy Herald Square station...
MTA SPENDS MILLIONS EACH YEAR IN SUIT LOOT
The chronically cash-strapped MTA has become a money train for riders filing personal-injury lawsuits, forcing taxpayers to dole out tens of millions of dollars a year. The payouts come from...
WIATT EXIT LIFTS EMANUEL OF HOLLYWOOD
The business of Hollywood is getting as predictable as its movies. Less than a month after a merger with Endeavor, Jim Wiatt, CEO of formerly venerable but now neutered Tinseltown...
A DEBATE AS OLD AS TIME
The fossil Ida is being used by scientists as an assault on a gullible public ("Meet Your Dear Old Aunti 'Ida,' " May 20). One fossil does not represent a...
MOVING VAN FOR CONDé NAST
Mag giant Condé Nast, which has been shedding employees like last year's schmattas and just pulled the plug on Portfolio magazine, is pruning its office inventory, too. Word came yesterday...
'MUSEUM' TERMINATES 'SALVATION'
"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" beat "Terminator Salvation" at the box office. The comedy starring Ben Stiller won $70 million over the Memorial Day weekend, according to...
BUILD 'EM NOW
THE city's Eco nomic Develop ment Corp. is crowing over a magazine report that named New York this year's "North American City of the Future." Published by the Financial Times,...
RED BULL'S COKE SHOCK
BERLIN -- Six German states have told retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks after a test found a trace amount of cocaine. It was just 0.4 micrograms...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A woman was robbed at gunpoint near her swank West Village building, sources said. The 30-year-old victim was just steps from her door on Leroy and Hudson streets early...
WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS CHECK SCAM BLEEDING STATE
A former undercover detective who once infiltrated the mob is telling investigators that New York state is being ripped off for many millions of dollars by commercial check cashing businesses....
CANCER KID BACK
MINNEAPOLIS -- A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother who fled Minnesota to avoid chemotherapy have returned, according to authorities. Daniel Hauser and his mother, Colleen, had been due to...
SYMS AND MEN'S WEARHOUSE LOOK TO BUY FILENE'S
A high-stakes battle is brewing for off-price clothier Filene's Basement. While one group has submitted a $22 million bid to keep the 100-year-old retailer alive, discount clothing rivals Syms and...
SUNNING WILD ON BROADWAY
Broadway turned into the Great Tan Way yesterday as thousands of New Yorkers and tourists sunned in beach chairs right in the middle of Midtown's newly car-free streets. Lounging on...
JAYSON WILLIAMS BUSTED AFTER BAR FIGHT
Cops busted disgraced former basketball star Jayson Williams yesterday after the accused killer punched out another bar patron in North Carolina, police said. The dust-up outside the Ugly Monkey Party...
DOG-O-MATIC A REAL SPOT CLEANER
There are dog walkers, and doggy day care. And now -- canine fluff 'n' fold. A French entrepreneur has invented an automatic dog-washing machine that promises to clean and dry...
JETS' RHODES CLEARED IN NJ RAPE PROBE
Star Jets safety Kerry Rhodes is not suspected of rape and is not the target of any criminal investigation, a New Jersey prosecutor said yesterday. But a spokesman for Morris...
OBAMA'S DUBIOUS HEALTH-CARE CLAIMS
PRESIDENT Obama may pretend otherwise, but if Congress passes his health-care agenda, America will be taking a giant leap toward Canadian-style, government-run health care. And many Americans will find themselves...
CITY KEEPS SWINE-FLU 'SECRETS'
Mayor Bloomberg dropped a blanket of secrecy over the city's latest swine-flu fatality -- even as critics demanded details about the "underlying conditions" that contributed to the unidentified Queens woman's...
CHUCK RIPS SCAM CALLS
Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday demanded that the feds stop companies that target consumers with automated calls pitching mortgage scams and bogus credit-card rates. Schumer (D-NY) said he sent a letter...
FISCAL CRISIS GUTS CITY PARK PLANS
There's not enough green in the city's budget to fund New York's biggest park projects, the Post has learned. Only two years ago, Mayor Bloomberg was hailed as a city...
HAMPTONS HORRORS MAR START OF SEASON
A man and a woman who called a taxi to take them home after a night of boozing at a trendy Southampton club were critically injured early yesterday when their...
CHOKING CHARTERS (UH, NEVER MIND)
There's dumb, there's Albany dumb -- and then there's state Sen. Diane Savino (D-SI), who needed the help of a Post reporter last Wednesday to understand the contents of a...
CHRISTIE FOR JERSEY GOP
With Gov. Jon Corzine sinking in the polls because of the state's eco nomic woes, New Jersey Republi cans appear to have a chance this fall to accomplish something they...
HARVARD GAL SLAY PROBE
A brilliant scholar from Brooklyn is being eyed as the possible link between a slain pot dealer and three men who killed him in her Harvard dorm last week, sources...
NADAL, ANYONE?
With the French Open under way, it seems Rafael Nadal is on the minds of everyone in the magazine world -- and we mean everyone. Bloomberg Markets takes a stab...
INSTANT JUSTICE
WE made one great mistake regarding Guantanamo: No terrorist should have made it that far. All but a handful of those grotesquely romanticized prisoners should have been killed on the...
MICROSOFT 'BING'-ING IT ON GOOGLE
Microsoft is hoping "Bing" will put some zing into its languishing search engine. The software giant is set to unveil a broad revamp of its Live Search engine at an...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A woman rolled for four consecutive hours at an Atlantic City craps table over the weekend, setting an amateur record. Patricia Demauro, of Denville, NJ, was the shooter for four...
KNEE PAIN PUTS PINCH ON BELTRAN
Admitting it hurt to play last night, Carlos Beltran revealed that what's ailing his right knee is much like what's ailing Jose Reyes' calf. METS BLOG "The doctor saw me,"...
METS' SHEFFIELD HITS 'REPLAY' HR AGAINST NATIONALS
The 2009 Mets have their unofficial rallying cry. Cue Warner Wolf hollering "Let's go to the videotape!" Fast becoming the kings of instant replay, the Mets last night got a...
ORANGE DEUCE: SYRACUSE REPEATS LACROSSE TITLE
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Kenny Nims never realized how desperate things had become for Syracuse because he refused to consider the possibility that the defending NCAA lacrosse champions might actually lose....
DENVER KNOTS SERIES BEHIND J.R.'S SHOOTING
DENVER -- The Nuggets evened the Western Conference finals last night, beating the Lakers 120-101 in Game 4 despite a hobbled Carmelo Anthony. Chauncey Billups and J.R. Smith scored 24...
D-DAY ON RACHEL GETTING TARRIED
Will she or won't she? Stay tuned. The decision on whether to run super filly Rachel Alexandra in the June 6 Belmont Stakes, which was expected to come yesterday after...
GIRARDI: BRUNEY WASN'T 'FORTHRIGHT' ABOUT ELBOW
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joe Girardi and the Yankees wished Brian Bruney told them his right elbow has been continuously barking since spring training instead of not being completely honest with...
WILLIAMS GUARANTEES CAVS WILL ADVANCE
ORLANDO -- Sunglasses concealing the cuts and bandages framing his puffy left eye, struggling Cavaliers guard Mo Williams plopped down on a table inside a ritzy hotel ballroom yesterday and...
YANKEES' HUGHES ROLLS EASY EIGHT IN HIS FAVORITE 'BALLPARK'
ARLINGTON, Texas -- If Chien-Ming Wang's re-entry into the Yankees' rotation is tethered to Phil Hughes' performance, Wang will be old, fat and gray by the time opportunity possibly arises....
A-ROD BUSTS LOOSE AGAINST RANGERS
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Kevin Long didn't need to see Alex Rodriguez match a career high with five hits yesterday. Nor did the Yankees' hitting coach, whose eyes never leave Rodriguez...
BRIBON TOPS SMOOTH AIR FOR 'MILE' WIN
Yesterday's Grade 1, $600,000 Metropolitan Handicap, the traditional Memorial Day feature at Belmont Park, did not feature the strongest field in the race's 116-year history. But it provided one of...
MAGIC LEAVE 'KING' THRONE OFF COURSE
AS Orlando looks to drive LeBron to LeBrink in Game 4 tonight, I'm hoping to be among the first one or two thousand square-dance callers to overreact and advise Cavaliers...
JOCKEY MAY BE PARALYZED
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Jockey Rene Douglas may be paralyzed after being thrown from his mount during a race at Arlington Park, his agent said. Dennis Cooper said Douglas spent...
'CANES SCORING STAALS
RALEIGH, N.C. -- It's been five months since Eric Staal went this long between goals. If the All-Star center doesn't start producing soon, he might have to wait that long...
RAYS CRUSH HONDO
Those amateurs in the Tampa Nay bullpen were unable to preserve a 10-0 lead last night, so Hondo, who was already counting his dead presidents, saw his still chunky wad...
INDIANS' 7-RUN NINTH CAPS COMEBACK
Victor Martinez lined a two-out, two-run single into center field, capping a seven-run ninth inning, and the Indians rallied to beat the Rays 11-10 last night in Cleveland after trailing...
REYES NOT HEADED FOR DL -- YET
The Mets are willing to play the waiting game with Jose Reyes. METS BLOGTONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Nationals at Mets Though Reyes last night missed his eighth game in the last 11...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Good news, bad news for Rays The Rays rewarded manager Joe Maddon for leading them to last season's World Series, announcing a three-year contract extension yesterday that runs through...
METS KEEPING REYES OFF DL MAKES NO SENSE
THE Mets are quickly becoming their own Abbott and Costello comedy routine. You know, Who's on first? What's at short? But even with injuries abounding, general manager Omar Minaya's decision...
ARMY BECOMES 'LONG'-SHOT
Memorial Day did not treat Army kindly. After winning their third Patriot League Championship in the past six years, the Black Knights (34-19) were rewarded with a first-round matchup in...
FAB JERSEY GAL IS SUBCONTINENTAL
HELLO, Bellywood! Tina Sugandh can sing and dance, and her killer abs don't hurt either. Sugandh, a k a TablaGirl -- nicknamed for the Indian hand drums she plays --...
EXCUUUUSE ME!
Steve Martin -- the original wild and crazy guy -- is serious. He's talking banjo. Not banjokes -- like How can you make a million bucks as a banjo player?...
A NEW TAKE (OFF) ON BOOK READINGS
STRIP club Rick's Cabaret in Midtown is better known for its T&A than its Q&A, so it was a bit disconcerting when author Sara Barron (fully clothed) mounted the stage...
FINAL LOTUS
OM my god! Is there a yoga backlash brewing? It's hard to say exactly when some started to turn on America's favorite legging-wearing pastime -- it may have been about...
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
FOR a taste of what the new Syfy Channel holds in store for you, look no further than "Warehouse 13." The flagship series of the soon-to-be-rebranded Sci Fi Channel --...
LENO LEAVES WITHOUT TEARS
THE last time the host of "The Tonight Show" left, it was like a week of national mourning. But back in 1992, Johnny Carson was going into retirement after 30...
HD BOOM
A survey, conducted in February, shows that 33.3 percent of US homes have HDTV -- up from just under 20 percent a year ago. Nielsen, which conducted the survey, says...
MTV TACKLES SOCIAL CLASS
MTV is looking for young people dating over their heads for a show about clashing-class romance. "Is your significant other from a different class or social standing?" asks a casting...
GONE 'MENTAL'
YOU don't have to be nuts to love "Mental," which is a kind of schizophrenic "House" -- but you do have to be willing to suspend disbelief to the point...
WHOLE HOG
THERE may be no "official" celebration planned for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, but that other "Summer of Love" milestone -- the 1969 film "Easy Rider" -- is being honored...
NEWS + NOTES
LEMME IN! YOU may remember the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative from the last time you were hassled for your passport flying back from Canada or Mexico. Come June 1, you'll...
HOT DEALS!
* FLORIDA $99 a night midweek -- $119 weekends -- at the Costa D'Este resort in Vero Beach. Call (877) 562-9919 or log on to www.costadeste.com and ask for the...
50 STATES: Kentucky
THE airport in Lexington, Kentucky, likes to tout the view passengers get when they fly in as one of the prettiest in the United States. I wasn't paying attention as...
The Special One stays at Inter Milan
Jose Mourinho has signed a contract extension to stay at Inter Milan until June 2012. The ex-Chelsea boss brought the Serie A title to Inter Milan in his first season...
Edu, Beasley rep the Stars 'N Stripes
Here on Memorial Day, it just warms my heart to see this scene: U.S. National Team midfielders Maurice Edu and DaMarcus Beasley celebrating at a packed Ibrox after winning the...
DAUGHTER OF BOXER MIKE TYSON CRITICALLY INJURED
Phoenix police say boxer Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter is on life support after she was found with her neck on a treadmill cable. Police Sgt. Andy Hill says the "tragic...