June 7, 2009
U.S. Conferations Cup roster announced
Freddy Adu makes the Confederations cut Coach Bob Bradley has named the U.S. National Team's 23-man roster for the FIFA Confederations Cup later this month in South Africa. The U.S....
MAN KILLS ROOMMATE, GOES TO YONKERS RACEWAY
A man accused of brutally stabbing his roommate to death in their Upper West Side apartment callously cleaned himself up after the murder and headed to Yonkers Raceway. Fredrick Zappulla,...
Report: Favre had surgery
ESPN is reporting that Brett Favre had arthroscopic surgery to repair the torn biceps tendon in his throwing shoulder.Chris Mortensen writes, "Favre has thrown on a limited basis since the...
NEW ORLEANS MAYOR, WIFE QUARANTINED IN CHINA
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife have been quarantined in China after a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin's office said Sunday the couple and a...
Sutter making decision on Devils soon
Devils coach Brent Sutter told the Calgary Herald that he will decide soon whether or not he will return as the coach of the Devils next season."I know I have...
BROOKLYN DAD CLINGS TO LIFE AFTER DEFENDING SON
A Brooklyn dad was clinging to life today after being shot in the chest outside a bodega after trying to stop a deadly gun battle that was started by his...
Box Office: Photo Finish for 'Up' and 'Hangover' as 'Lost,' 'Ruins' Tank
Less than $1 million separated this weekend's top finishers, with holdover "Up'' apparently edging newcomer "The Hangover'' as their respective studios reported a margin of $44.2 million to $44.3 million...
SEWAGE CONCERNS HALT SWIMMING AT 2 NYC BEACHES
Swimmers are being told to stay out of the water at Coney Island and nearby Manhattan Beach because of concerns about a sewage overflow. The New York City Parks Department...
IRAQIS DETAIN 5 US CONTRACTORS IN BAGHDAD
Five U.S. contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in Baghdad's Green Zone, officials said Sunday, in what may become the first case of...
Jackson: Still want to coach
By MARC BERMANLOS ANGELES - ABC's Mark Jackson still has coaching on his radar. The ABC commentator recently hired an agent - CAA - to help his search. Jackson did...
Pitching set for Phillies series
WASHINGTON -- The Mets will face nothing but left-handers next week when they play host to the rival Phillies in a three-game series starting Tuesday at Citi Field. Here is...
Stuff for a Sunday
Report: Jets might consider trading JonesThe National Football Post is reporting that the Jets will consider trading disgruntled running back Thomas Jones before the season starts.Jones, who is unhappy with...
17 BODIES RECOVERED FROM AIR FRANCE CRASH
Brazilian military authorities say search boats scouring the Atlantic Ocean have now recovered 17 bodies of passengers on a doomed Air France flight that crashed a week ago. Air Force...
Game 55: Mets at Nationals
WASHINGTON -- After dropping four of their first five here and in Pittsburgh this week, the Mets will be trying to salvage an unexpectedly wretched trip today when Livan Hernandez...
Coverage in The Post
WASHINGTON -- It doesn't get much more embarrassing than this for the Mets: a 7-1 pounding by the worst team in baseball that included a blooper-reel double play and one...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn * A serial counterfeit-DVD salesman was nabbed again, police said. David Fletcher, 53, had a crowd around him at Willoughby Street near Jay Street at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, sources...
'THREE-WAY SEX' INSANE-SLAY PLEA
A Brooklyn woman accused of killing her lover in front of his wife will claim she's insane and cannot stand trial, her lawyer said. Anastasiya Andreyeva -- who was involved...
SUPREMES ASKED TO HALT CHRYSLER SALE
WASHINGTON -- Opponents of Chrysler's sale to Italian car-maker Fiat are asking the Supreme Court to block the deal. Three Indiana state pension and construction funds filed emergency papers at...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
Winners ROGER PENSKE Auto mogul buys Saturn from GM and offers to keep all 350 dealers open, saving 13K jobs. TOM ROGERS Shares in TiVo jumped more than 50% after...
TEST DRIVE: PALM'S PRE GETS A THUMBS UP
At CES 2009, we spent an impressive couple minutes with the phone Palm was counting on to save its company from irrelevance. Five hype-filled months later, Pre is out in...
BRIDGE
MY ebullient 8-year-old daughter Bessie could have been the protagonist in an anecdote I heard. In a children's Sunday school class, the teacher had told the story of Nebuchadnezzar. "We...
IPHONE 3.0 PUSHES VIDEO
Apple is expected to announce tomorrow its third generation iPhone -- one that will be faster, bigger and allow multi-tasking -- like sending a video or song to someone while...
OUR 'BLUE' HEAVEN
BETTY'S back, bigger and bolder than ever. The director's cut of Jean-Jacques Beineix's notorious "Betty Blue" is finally getting a big-screen release in Gotham. Clocking in at 185 minutes, it...
THIS WEEK'S COUPLE
WHEN Mets maniacs Jonathon and Sara met at Turkish spot Ali Baba's Terrace, it wasn't a grand slam -- but it wasn't a strikeout, either. It's safe to say Jonathon,...
BROKEN BRIDGE
What am I doing here? Standing in the center of the Brooklyn Bridge I counted them; three dates in five weeks. Three first dates. This would be the fourth. Bachelor...
MONEY TALK$
The economy is currently stumbling like a sorority girl on 27th Street, and everyone is a bit poorer. With one exception: people who write financial advice books. Two more hit...
MEET MARKET
Claire has a passion for shoes and food, which is why this 24-year-old makeup artist is looking for a romantic man who knows his way around the shoe department and...
THE DOT COM DOORMAN
FOR some, the endless possibilities are what make clubbing exciting. Who will be there? Will we get in? For others, the prospect of being turned away by a doorman justifies...
ONE-SHOT SHOPPING
Shopaholics unleashed in a clothing boutique can be a dangerous beast indeed. Add booze to the equation, and one might expect Visa cards to start going up in flames. Yet...
STRAP TRAP
During Fall Fashion Week 2007, the gladiator sandal was the it shoe. Edgy, vampy and oh-so-sexy in all of their many types, many a twiggy magazine editor and off-duty model...
SHOOTING LEAVES 2 DEAD, MAN CLINGING TO LIFE IN B'KLYN
A Wild West shootout erupted in front of a Brooklyn bodega last night, leaving two friends dead and the father of one of the victims fighting for his life, police...
'CHARITIES' LOOK LIKE PARODIES
One boldfaced name wants to teach people how to breathe. Another wants to make Central Park the best place in New York for dogs to nap. A third aims to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It was like a real-life Justice League of America. Middle-schoolers in Berwick, Maine, and their teachers broke the Guinness World Record for the most people in one room dressed as...
Q&A: JOHN KRASINSKI
We have to wonder if, 60 years from now, John Krasinski will be sitting in an empty room, turning to some nonexistent camera and absent-mindedly delivering the trademark smirk of...
TWO FURLONGS BETWEEN CHAMP AND CHUMP
WE'VE said here once, we've said it 20 times, and we'll say it again today: The last two furlongs of the Belmont Stakes are a killer. They have destroyed the...
DESORMEAUX EARNS BELMONT REDEMPTION ON LONGSHOT 'BIRD'
A Bird soared to victory in yesterday's 141st Belmont Stakes, but it wasn't the Bird everyone expected. In yet another upset that has become commonplace in the mile-and-a-half "Test of...
AGENDA
* Play this: Tee up without hitting the green with "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10," the golf god's new Wii game from EA Sports, out tomorrow.* Download this: New York...
'FLIGHT' OF FANCY
Covering almost 50,000 miles, 13 countries and five different continents in only 45 days, Iron Maiden's 2008 "Somewhere Back in Time" tour looked impossible on paper. But thanks to a...
POP'S ABOUT TO GET 'UGLY'
An album of sensual, steamy love songs would seem an anomaly for a woman who takes the line "You're as dead on the outside as you are on the inside"...
FERGIE CAN'T SAY NO
If Fergie's not careful, she may be the one who goes "Boom Boom Pow." The Black Eyed Peas singer has been going full-tilt for three years, launching a successful solo...
EXTRAS IN 'STOCK'
CONSIDERING how much times have changed, it's understandable if you're having trouble mustering any excitement for the upcoming 40th anniversary of Woodstock. If you're like most people, your only recent...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... JOHNNY DAMON
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankees' left fielder about his resurgence, his perceived betrayal by Joe Torre and much more.Yankees Blog Q: Define the personality of this Yankee...
TRAIN OF TERROR
Hostage situations on New York subways are nothing new. Why, just the other day, you were probably held at dusty boot-point by a bad mariachi band. Or made to fork...
SCOUT SAYS ORTIZ IS FINISHED, BUT PAL DAMON PREDICTS REBOUND
The decline of David Ortiz has been so rapid and so jarring to Red Sox fans, it's as if they woke up one morning and discovered the left-field wall at...
NOTHING KOBE COULDN'T DO IN GAME 1 ROUT
LOS ANGELES -- When Kobe Bryant plays as he did in Game 1 of The Finals on Thursday, he may as well be in a vacant gym at midnight with...
VIRTUAL REALITY HITS HOME
It wasn't a video game that stole the show at last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo. It was a kid named Milo. At the game industry's annual trade event held in...
NO RIGHT WAY TO PICK WINNING COACH
THE stories emanating from Florham Park, N.J., are all stuffed with sunshine now, and with happiness, and with optimism. Depending on who you listen to, Rex Ryan is either Jay...
BUMPY START FOR JERSEY SQUAD
Sky Blue FC's initial season has not been without its bumps. The club fired general manager and head coach Ian Sawyers May 28, less than two months after the club's...
MY NEW YORK
"LA is the city that you create. New York is the city that reates you." According to host Neil Patrick Harris, tonight's Tony Awards show will be funny. Which is...
KITTY CONTROL
It's kitten season in New York -- the time when mother cats everywhere are having babies, leaving thousands of kittens homeless. Therefore it's a great time to consider spaying your...
GARDEN LENSMAN HAS SEEN ALL THE SPORTS STARS FLOCK TO STAGE
SO, WHO rocks the jocks? Legendary Madison Square Garden photographer George Kalinsky has the answer to that question and much more. Kalinsky has had a backstage pass his entire career....
TO THE RESCUE!
IN the Marvel comics universe, there are superheroes, supervillains and now, superpets. The just-released comic book "Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers," the first in a four-part series, introduces a team...
SOME WILD RESULTS
THE 24 highly coveted in vitations to the 2009 US Championship were issued mainly on the basis of high ratings and achievements in qualifying events, such as winning the US...
THE RUMBLE
Swann strikes againSteeler great rolling into Bowling Hall Former Steelers Super Bowl champion Lynn Swann is being recognized as a super bowling champion. The graceful Hall of Fame wide receiver...
Q&A: JOE SCARBOROUGH
In his new book, "The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise," former House Republican Joe Scarborough -- currently the host of MSNBC's popular morning wonk-fest "Morning Joe" --...
10 DOWNER ST.
Deserted by colleagues, pounded by the opposition, attacked by his own generals and sinking deeper into the quicksand of public opinion, he ends the week ragged and shell-shocked, gravely wounded,...
YOU CALL THIS BETTER!?
For more than a decade, starting nearly 20 years ago, I believed that I would never need to think about buying sneakers again. When I needed new sneakers, I simply...
JOINING THE 'FUNEMPLOYED
Michael Van Gorkom was laid off by Yahoo in late April. He didn't panic. He didn't rush off to a therapist. Instead, the 33-year-old discovered that being jobless "kind of...
TILLER OVERBLOWN
I am writing to thank Michelle Malkin and Bill O'Reilly for their analysis of the Tiller murder and its portrayal in the mainstream media, particularly The New York Times ("Double...
PENSION PIGGYBANK
Pensions are funded assuming a steady rate of return ("NY Record Hit," May 30). During the boom times of the late 1990's and mid-2000's, these same pension funds had huge...
CHARLIE WINS
I have to disagree with The Post that Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd is the poster child for ethical conflict in the Northeast ("Dodd's Denouement?" Editorial, June 1). That distinction...
CHENEY & GAYS
All individuals have the same rights, and this includes the right of one consenting adult to marry another consenting adult ("Cheney: Yes to Gay Nups," June 2). I salute former...
CO-OP CON?
I love the concept of free market, but tell me, Josephe Morelle, is cooperative-buying among small stores code language for price-fixing for consumers ("Uncorking NY's Economy," PostOpinion, June 2)? Will...
TOO MANY TOWNS
Kudos to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for giving suburban New Yorkers a new tool that can help keep their taxes down: the Cuomo-drafted New NY Government Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment...
WEDDED TO DEMOCRACY
The wheels of American democracy turn slowly -- by design. But they're apparently not fast enough for legal hotshots Ted Olson and David Boies (of Bush v. Gore fame), who...
REQUIRED READING
Hound Dog by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller with David Ritz (Simon & Schuster) As a kid in Baltimore, Leiber made deliveries from his mom's grocery store to black neighbors,...
SATCHEL
Long before baseball players were brands and earned more than the gross national product of small banana republics, there was Satchel Paige. Legions of fans would show up to watch...
P.J. O'ROURKE, MOTOR MOUTH
The motor industry has been good to writer P.J. O'Rourke and his family -- both his dad and grandfather owned dealerships -- but the unsentimental author has no problem accepting...
MY FATHER'S TEARS
This past October, John Updike talked to the Post from his Massachusetts home as "The Widows of Eastwick" hit the shelves. "I made a goal for myself a long time...
AMERICAN PASSAGE
"I beg to say that the hunchback on me never interfered with my ability to earn my living," wrote 18-year-old Hungarian Anna Segla to the authorities at Ellis Island pleading...
IN MY LIBRARY: NEIL LABUTE
Say what you will about Neil LaBute's often nasty battles between the sexes, but the person who influenced him most was . . . his mother. "I gained a love...
MAIL TO THE CHIEF
President Obama is famous for his addictions: cigarettes, dawn workouts, and his beloved BlackBerry -- which he got to keep in January after advisers gave him the thumbs up. His...
TALES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
The usher in chief to seven presidents has cracked open the White House door -- dishing on the household lives of the "first families" he served. From Richard Nixon to...
'BAM THREAT' NUT BUSTED
The upstate loon who sparked a nationwide manhunt when he said he was on a mission to kill President Obama was nabbed by federal authorities in a casino parking lot...
LENNON'S 'LUCY' HAS LUPUS
The young British schoolgirl who was the inspiration for John Lennon's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is facing a stormy future as she battles an incurable disease. Now the...
FLIGHT 447 BODIES ARE SURFACING
The bodies of two men, a leather briefcase containing a ticket for Air France Flight 447 and a backpack with a vaccination card were found yesterday near the spot where...
'WHACK'Y KUNG FU
A secret sect of kung fu assassins could have silenced actor David Carradine as he delved into their shadowy activities, according to his family's lawyer. In a twist that could...
'NYER' PALIN ON PARADE
You betcha -- Sarah Palin's back in New York! The Alaska governor whipped out the red lipstick for a trip to Auburn yesterday at a Founder's Day celebration commemorating the...
MARKETS READY TO ROCK?
If I hear one more comment about "green shoots" or quantitative mumbo-jumbo about improvements in the "rate of change of the rate of change" I am going to throw up....
GM MAY BE DOWN BUT ITS PUT OPTIONS ARE NOT YET OUT
Dear John: Can you help me out? If I own GM put options and trading in the stock gets halted and never reopens do I lose my investment and do...
CITY $LOWDOWN HELPING KEEP THE RACKET DOWN
It took economic disaster to make New York a city that finally sleeps. Noise complaints phoned into the city's 311 hot line between January and March plummeted 16.5 percent compared...
TERRORISTS FREE TO KILL ONCE AGAIN AS THEY SLIP THE GRASP OF GITMO'S KID GLOVES
THE Pentagon now confirms that at least 74 former Guantanamo detainees have resumed terror ist activities after claiming they weren't terrorists. Such recidivism points up an alarming intelligence failure. These...
LI VET'S BRAVE JOURNEY INTO BATTLE HELL
John "Harry" Kellers, 83, of Patchogue, LI, traveled to France to mark yesterday's 65th anniversary of D-Day. He was one of 38 US servicemen to receive France's highest mili tary...
'OBAMA BEACH' SALUTE
It was supposed to be a tribute for D-Day veterans, but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had another hero in mind. The embattled PM referred to historic Omaha Beach as...
PRO: DON'T DEMOLISH HISTORY
People who never saw the original Penn Station understand why generations have mourned its destruction. And everyone who visits Grand Central Terminal marvels at its beauty and is thankful for...
STRONG BULL NOW SEEING MARKET BEAR TRACKS
THIS was the week the fat lady sang. No, not the Scottish songbird who placed second in the Britain's Got Talent competition, I'm referring instead to the music coming from...
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
MISSION, SD -- That's a lotto junk! Here's a peek at the "palatial" digs where newly-minted $232 million lot tery winner Neal Wan less hangs his cowboy hat at night....
SPA WORKERS SOAKED: SUIT
A spa failed to pay 28 current and former workers more than a $1 million in salary and stole from their health and retirement benefits, according to a lawsuit filed...
2 DEAD IN HOTEL SLAY & SUICIDE
A man and woman were found dead at a hotel near Kennedy Airport yesterday morning in what police are calling a murder-suicide. The woman appears to have been shot in...
LOOKING FOR HELP
APPARENTLY "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and its $23 million box office and the $31.5 million taken in by "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" wasn't enough for Bob and Harvey Weinstein's...
YES: BECAUSE THE BEAR MARKET ENDED MARCH 9
The charts don't lie. Investors needn't look for green shoots -- it's the green arrows on the charts that show additional upside to the major indices -- and point to...
'HISTORIC' BATTLE FOR NYC
Welcome to Museum City. If advocates have their way, enormous swaths of New York will get landmark protection -- including a 37-block stretch of West End Avenue on the Upper...
THIS GUY GETS PAID 283G TO REPAIR TRAINS
Call it the great train robbery. While straphangers suffer from higher fares and decreased services, six grease monkeys at a Long Island Rail Road maintenance facility in Queens ratcheted up...
FEELING SAFE
Despite the US unemployment rate rising to 9.4 percent last week, eight out of 10 Americans feel secure in their jobs, according to a study released last week. The study,...
FORECLOSURE-DEAL FRENZY DUE
House-hunting vultures will be circling for bargains at a huge foreclosure auction in Manhattan today -- and experts expect even more homes to hit the block this summer. Auctioneers will...
'CLOSET' AFFAIR POISONS FIRED-EMPLOYEE LAWSUIT
A LAWSUIT filed against the Health De partment alleging time-card shenanigans has taken a bizarre turn into accusations the Poison Control Unit director and a female subordinate were engaged in...
AL'S CAMEO NETS $1.3M FOR CUOMO
Environmental crusader Al Gore pulled in a lot of green for Andrew Cuomo at a New York fund-raiser last week -- close to $1.3 million, sources said. Gore introduced the...
ROOMIE KILLS HIS PAL: COPS
A man yesterday afternoon ended a vicious argument with his roommate by stabbing him to death in the kitchen of their Upper West Side apartment, police sources said. A caller...
FALLING FOR FIEND'S LIES
When suspected terrorist Said Ali al-Shihri made his pitch to get out of the federal prison at Guantanamo Bay after five years in custody, he plucked at the heartstrings of...
ANIMAL-RITES HORROR
Two of Queens' largest parks are hotbeds for animal sacrifices, according to park rangers and advocates. Longtime Parks Department ranger Joe Puleo told The Post that killing animals for ritualistic...
CON: WE HAVE TO LIVE HERE
I live in Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, a historic district designated in June 2007. It's a planned community built in the early 1920s, which comprises 16 blocks of attached and semi-attached...
HUBBY'S GRAVE SECRETS
Julie Metz thought she had the perfect life. The freelance graphic designer was happily married for 16 years to Henry, a writer, and they had a daughter, Liza. But when...
STEWART WRECKS, LOSES POLE SEAT
Tony Stewart lost his pole position and will start from the back of the pack for the Pocono 500 after wrecking his car during practice yesterday at Pocono Raceway in...
NEW LEAGUE TARGETING SOCCER MOMS, FAMILIES
The middle of a recession is not a good time to start a business, especially when that business is a pro sports league trying to carve out its own niche...
LIBERTY AIMING TO THWART SUN IN SEASON OPENER
Seated behind the visitors' bench when the Liberty played its first preseason game of the season against the Washington Mystics were two coaches from the Connecticut Sun. The Liberty coaches...
ROAD TEST FOR RED BULLS
The last-place Red Bulls go into tonight's tilt at New England (6 p.m., MSG) on an 18-game road winless streak, just one shy of the MLS record. With their battered...
RANGERS NEED STAR FOR LEGIT CUP SHOT
IF WE'VE learned any thing from this year's playoffs, it's that it is im possible to thrive in the NHL without elite offensive talent. Which means we have also learned...
SPARE THE A-ROD
* I almost threw up the other night when I heard some "fans," and I use that term very loosely, booing Alex Rodriguez after he hit into a double play...
'SEA' WINS ENGLISH DERBY
EPSOM, England -- Sea The Stars won the English Derby yesterday, becoming the first horse in 20 years to win the Epsom classic after capturing the 2,000 Guineas. Mick Kinane...
KUZNETSOVA SLAMS SAFINA TO TAKE FRENCH
PARIS -- Svetlana Kuznetsova conquered her nerves and beat a shaky Dinara Safina to win the French Open. Showing uncharacteristic calm, Kuznetsova earned her second Grand Slam title yesterday by...
AGASSI ROOTING FOR A ROGER CAREER SLAM
PARIS -- All of Roger Federer's bad memories from past French Open finals could be wiped away today. All of those so-close-yet-so-far bids to win the only Grand Slam title...
DEVIN HOPES JONNY'S IN LIKE FLYNN
Count Devin Harris among the interested parties who wouldn't mind seeing the Nets draft a third point guard. And if the Nets go in that direction, Harris likes the thought...
METS, YANKEES PREPARING FOR DRAFT
Major League Base ball's First-Year Player Draft is a hard thing for the average fan to get excited about.Yankees Blog Outside of the rare case where a player like San...
RALLY HELPS U.S. MOVE CLOSER TO WORLD CUP SPOT
Carlos Bocanegra scored on a diving header off Landon Donovan's corner kick in the 68th minute, and the United States rallied to beat Honduras 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier...
GIRARDI MANAGES TO DISRESPECT MARIANO
THE shocker yesterday in The Bronx wasn't so much watching Mariano Rivera walk off the mound with two outs in the ninth after surrendering two of the four runs eventually...
CLOSER FINDS ANOTHER NEMESIS
Maybe the Rays are turning into the Red Sox. Last year, they beat out the Yankees for the playoffs, and yesterday, for the second straight time, Tampa Bay got to...
FAILING TO HUSTLE, CERVELLI HEARS IT FROM GIRARDI
Francisco Cervelli didn't run hard on a seventh-inning pop-up yesterday, and Joe Girardi said the rookie catcher's gaffe was addressed. Yankees Blog "That's been discussed with him," Girardi said after...
ARKANSAS HITS 'BACK TO AX FSU
Andrew Darr's two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Arkansas to a 9-8 NCAA Super Regional win in Tallahassee yesterday over Florida State and a berth in...
GOMEZ TAKES 'PONTI' LAST-TO-FIRST TO WIN MANHATTAN
The Belmont Stakes wasn't the only action yesterday at Belmont Park. Some exciting races were run prior to "The Test of the Champion," including a last-to-first run by Gio Ponti...
RIVERA COUGHS UP 4; RALLY FALLS SHORT
Mariano Rivera apparently left the "Sandman" in the bullpen yesterday. The normally untouchable Yankees closer entered in the ninth inning of a tie game yesterday, but this was no lockdown...
LOWDOWN FROM THE SADDLES
Here's what some of the losing jockeys had to say about their mounts in yesterday's Belmont Stakes: John Velazquez (2nd, Dunkirk): "He battled every step of the way. He just...
BOREL'S TRIPLE BID COMES UP SHORT
Over the last month, Calvin Borel was the face of horse racing. His stunning upset victory aboard Mine That Bird in his patented rail-skimming ride in the Kentucky Derby took...
REVIVED WINGSBLANK THE PENS
DETROIT -- The Red Wings got exactly what they needed: a big win and long break. After hearing how tired and beat up they were through four games of the...
VIC C. A 'SUMMER' STAR
Post handicapper Vic Cangialosi correctly tabbed Summer Bird as the winner of yesterday's 141st Belmont Stakes. In his analysis of how the race would play out, Vic said that Kent...
IT WAS A GREAT RUN FOR US ALL
Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr., 45, trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, who finished third in yesterday's Belmont Stakes. Woolley shares his observations with Post readers. As told to Ed...
BIG 'BETT' AT MEMORIAL
DUBLIN, Ohio -- For most of a warm and wacky afternoon at the Memorial, the leaderboard was filled with a "Who's Who" of this golfing generation, five players with a...
KAREEM: HOWARD DOESN'T LOOK SUPER
LOS ANGELES -- One legendary center still is not convinced Dwight Howard will become a fellow legendary center. After all, Howard is not about to reinvent the sky hook. "He...
MARBURY SEES IFFY FUTURE -- FROM COURTSIDE SEAT
LOS ANGELES -- When Stephon Marbury signed with Boston in late February, he thought he was signing a contract to play in the NBA finals. Knicks Blog Marbury did not...
MAINE GETS POUNDED BY LAST-PLACE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON -- John Maine has had better days, and the same goes for the Mets. Both were so awful here last night that even the Nationals -- otherwise known as...
METS RUN INTO PASS-FAIL
WASHINGTON -- Mets manager Jerry Manuel and second baseman Luis Castillo have been in baseball a long time, and neither of them had seen a double play quite like the...
SAWX'S LESTER NEARLY PERFECT
Jon Lester (5-5) retired the first 19 batters he faced and finished with a two-hitter, David Ortiz homered and the Red Sox beat the Rangers 8-1 last night in Boston....
BELTRAN SLIDES INTO PITT-IFUL WAR OF WORDS
WASHINGTON -- A nice little war of words brewing between the Mets' Carlos Beltran and Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche. LaRoche took extreme exception Friday to Beltran's comments the day...
HONDO'S BIG PAYDAY
Hondo made a couple of strong moves yesterday as he stormed into the winner's circle with the Rays and Reds, while enduring minimal damage with Flying Pri vate in the...
FISHERMEN TO GOVS: KICK GAS!
THE list of problems facing our oceans is long, and with the current proposal to build natural gas platforms just a few miles from our beaches, anglers as well as...
THIS WON'T HURT A BIT!
How do you follow up an act like Carmela Soprano? It's taken Edie Falco two years, since "The Sopranos" ended, to figure it out. The charismatic New York actress, who...
CARRY ON, NURSE
Before "Nurse Jackie," the notable series about a nurse was "Julia," the 1968 sitcom starring Diahann Carroll that also shared the distinction of being the first series to star an...
PRIMETIME
TV's best, most realistic reality series will soon be left diminished by a large dose of modern reality: Political correctness. A&E's "The First 48," an enormously compelling series that tracks...
REEL GOOD
ROCKY BALBOA (2006), Tuesday, 8 p.m., FX The 900th "Rocky" sequel turns out to be quite touching and exciting. It's 30 years later and a TV show has a simulated...
FOODIE HEAVEN
Professional chefs go where amateurs cooks dread to set foot: onto "Top Chef." To subject world-class names such as Hubert Keller and Rick Bayless to the sometimes crazy challenges featured...
DON'T MISS LIST
DRAMA WEEDS, Monday, 10 p.m., Showtime - Season Premiere Drug paraphernalia / Pot luck -After being outed as an informant for the Feds, Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) revealed her pregnancy to...
'IDOL' GOES TO THE TONYS
HE didn't quite sweep "American Idol," but Constantine Maroulis, who belted "Bohemian Rhapsody" out of the box, is living out his rock 'n' roll fantasy: On Broadway. 8 times a...
BAD HAIR DAY
When TNT's "Raising the Bar" premiered last year, viewers and television critics zeroed in on one flaw. It wasn't in the script. It wasn't in the acting. And it wasn't...
Mets stick with F-Mart for now
WASHINGTON -- As expected, the Mets are keeping 20-year-old outfielder Fernando Martinez for the time being. With Ryan Church coming off the DL tomorrow, the club designated journeyman Emil Brown...
On Red Bull prospect Matt Kassel, and building a young Yank core
Midfielder Matt Kassel, one of the crown jewels of the Red Bulls' vaunted youth academy, was practicing with the club this past week. A lot has changed for the 19-year-old...
BICYCLE BANDIT MUGS 81-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
Surveillance footage shows the thug dismounting from his bike and walking it into the lobby of the building at 10 a.m. on May 25th. He then pops into the elevator,...
NEW RESEARCH ON HOW DOGS AND CATS BECAME MAN'S BEST FRIENDS
They have lived in our homes, been members of the family, slept on our laps for over 10,000 years. Yet it is only recently that science has begun to answer...