July 5, 2009
YANKEES 10, JAYS 8
July 5, 2009 | 9:31pmDerek Jeter had four hits including the a go-ahead two-run homer, Hideki Matsui homered and drove in four runs, and the New York Yankees rallied from a four-run hole to...
PHILLIES 2, METS 0
July 5, 2009 | 8:25pmJoe Blanton pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning and Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley each homered off Johan Santana, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-0 victory over the...
HONDURAN MILITARY TOLD TO TURN BACK ZELAYA'S JET
July 5, 2009 | 8:14pmHonduras' exiled president took off for home in a Venezuelan jet in a high-stakes attempt to return to power, even as the interim government told its military to turn away...
4 METS, 3 YANKEES NAMED ALL-STARS
July 5, 2009 | 7:58pmThe injury-riddled Mets lead the NL with four All-Star selections. Center fielder Carlos Beltran and third baseman David Wright were both elected by the fans, but Beltran has been out...
TENN. POLICE RULE MCNAIR'S DEATH A HOMICIDE
July 5, 2009 | 7:51pmShot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday. But authorities wouldn't say...
YANKEES' WANG GOES ON DL WITH SHOULDER INJURY
July 5, 2009 | 6:57pmYankees starter Chien-Ming Wang went back on the disabled list Sunday with a right shoulder strain, and manager Joe Girardi said he's not sure how long the right-hander will be...
BIDEN: WE 'MISREAD' THE DEPTH OF THE ECONOMIC TROUBLES
July 5, 2009 | 6:08pmThe Obama administration "misread" the depth of the economic troubles it inherited and still expects more new jobs in the long term as the spending pace from the $787 billion...
Santana, K-Rod also All-Stars
July 5, 2009 | 5:44pm(UPDATED) PHILADELPHIA -- Despite a 39-41 record going into today's game here, the Mets will have four players on the All-Star roster -- the most of any team in the...
15 LOVE!
July 5, 2009 | 5:41pmRoger Federer was playing for history. Andy Roddick was playing the match of his life. On and on they dueled, Federer trying for a record-breaking 15th major championship, Roddick striving...
Box Office: Photo Finish
July 5, 2009 | 4:59pmWe'll have to wait until tomorrow's "final'' figures to see who won the July 4 weekend box office crown, since Fox and Paramount are both claiming an estimated $42.5 million...
FORMER D.C. MAYOR MARION BARRY CHARGED WITH STALKING
July 5, 2009 | 4:48pmPolice say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested...
WALT DISNEY WORLD MONORAIL CRASH KILLS EMPLOYEE
July 5, 2009 | 3:54pmTwo monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator, emergency officials said. The transit system, which shuttles thousands of...
Drama Mama: 'Hung' over
July 5, 2009 | 3:01pmHot dog hangover? Drama Mama has the cure: a heaping helping of hearty scripted series. Here's what to look for this week:HBO Catchup: "Hung" and "True Blood" (Sunday, 8 p.m.,...
Wright, Beltran All-Star starters
July 5, 2009 | 12:54pm(UPDATED) PHILADELPHIA -- As expected, David Wright and Carlos Beltran were the two Mets among the NL starters announced today for the July 14 All-Star Game in St. Louis. Wright...
Game 81: Mets at Phillies
July 5, 2009 | 12:50pm(UPDATED) PHILADELPHIA -- The reeling Mets will try to avoid an embarrassing sweep at the hands of the Phillies here this afternoon when ace Johan Santana takes the mound at...
Coverage in The Post
July 5, 2009 | 12:22pmPHILADELPHIA -- The once-resilient Mets have become the bumbling, stumbling Mets after they looked helpless defensively yet again Saturday in a 4-1 loss here to the Phillies. Two misplayed foul...
Jamie Dornan in Milan
July 5, 2009 | 12:19pmDuring the most recent Milan men's fashion week I spent a day (and by day, I mean day, 9 a.m. to midnight) with the new face-body-butt of Calvin Klein underwear,...
YACHT-SEE! RICH FLOAT INTO TOWN
July 5, 2009 | 8:31amIt's "Monaco on the Hudson." North Cove, New York's glamorous downtown marina, was flooded with mega-yachts this July Fourth weekend, as boldface names onboard partied like the global economy had...
WHAT A BUNCH OF CARDS!
July 5, 2009 | 8:26amWhen Los Angeles graphic-designer Emerson Taymor found himself unemployed last year, he decided that his job hunt plans would include a unique business card design to help him stand out...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
July 5, 2009 | 8:17amWinners JIMMY DOLAN Cablevision CEO wins battle to host televisionrecording service on its servers. COOKIE CUTTERS NLRB decision gives Stella D'Oro strikers their jobs back. OSWALD GRUBER UBS chief credited...
WEE, THE PEOPLE!
July 5, 2009 | 7:23amIt's true -- size doesn't matter. Three thousand little people arrived in the Big Apple this weekend for the largest-ever convention of small folks. The Little People of America event...
DOGGED YANK ON A ROLL
July 5, 2009 | 7:23amWiener-gobbling food king Joey "Jaws" Chestnut kept the Nathan's hot-dog-eating championship title in the United States yesterday, as he beat legendary Japanese munchmaster Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi by downing a world-record...
EX-BEATLES, STONES MANAGER KLEIN DEAD
July 5, 2009 | 7:23amControversial music manager Allen Klein, a rough and tumble power broker who wrangled his way into tumultuous deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died yesterday in his New...
NFL QB MURDER MYSTERY
July 5, 2009 | 7:23amFormer NFL superstar quarterback Steve McNair and a 20-year-old gal pal were found shot dead in Tennessee yesterday in a shocking murder mystery. The married McNair, 36, who took the...
WOW! NY SHOOTS THE (FIRE)WORKS
July 5, 2009 | 7:23amA stunning Fourth of July fireworks display thrilled millions of onlookers in the Big Apple last night -- with revelers packing Manhattan streets to catch a glimpse of the pyrotechnics....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 5, 2009 | 7:23amSome things are hard to live down when you're a 7-year-old boy. A Lakeside, Calif., kid looking for a lost toy got his head stuck in a storm drain and...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... DEREK JETER
July 5, 2009 | 7:20amThe Post's Steve Serby sat down with the Yankees captain for a wide-ranging interview that includes his thoughts on his future with the team, his side interests, the possibility of...
ZOBRIST, PUJOLS HEAD HARDBALL'S HALF-SEASON AWARDS
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amTHE worst of the first half was a plague of hip surgeries and three members of the 500-homer club being confirmed as users of illegal performance enhancers. Of course, Alex...
DEFIANT NORTH GOES BALLISTIC
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amNorth Korea fired off three more banned missiles yesterday, upping the ante in its poker game against the United States with its biggest barrage in three years. Analysts said all...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amStaten Island * A man was caught switching price stickers to give himself a deep discount at a Home Depot in Westerleigh, cops said. Lawrence Malafonte, 46, was shopping at...
BLOODY TALIBAN ATTACK ON BASE
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amTaliban fanatics launched a surprise counterattack in the battle for Afghanistan yesterday with two frenzied assaults on US bases that left two GIs and at least 42 militants dead. The...
APPLE'S IPHONE BILLS DUE
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amWHEN it comes to Apple approving cutting-edge and much-wanted apps for its iPhone, the buck stops with the company -- and that's just the problem, according to group of developers....
GEM OF A PROPOSAL FOR LIBERTY BELLE
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amIt was the crown jewel of marriage proposals. Aaron Weisinger, 26, climbed 354 narrow steps to the top of the Statue of Liberty yesterday to take a giant leap, dropping...
BOARD STARS BURST
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amAS far as we know, Mi chael Jackson never was one, but Lance Armstrong was -- and, so too O.J. Simpson, actor Sidney Poitier and former General Tommy Franks. They...
COPS SHOOT BX. GUNMAN
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amPolice pumped three bullets into a man in The Bronx yesterday morning as he ran at them with a gun, authorities said. Career criminal Jesus Roldan -- who has eight...
NO SCREEN TEST FOR CONTENT
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amWhile a growing number of Americans are spending more and more time watching their favorite TV shows whenever they want to and are devouring more and more Internet videos, these...
CROWNING MOMENT AS LADY OPENS ARMS
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amVisitors carrying a torch for Lady Liberty huffed up hundreds of steps to her pinnacle yesterday as the statue was opened to the public for the first time since the...
FEDS TRAP BX. 'BEAR' DRUG RING
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amThey're cute, fuzzy -- and smack full of, uh, smack. A massive Bronx drug ring was busted yesterday on suspicion of using and abusing brown teddy bears to move more...
THE JACKSONS THRIVE
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amThe show must go on! Michael Jackson's siblings are reuniting to take over their beloved brother's show, using 100 hours of the pop king's rehearsal-video footage as the show-stopper centerpiece...
'MOB TAINT' BUILDER SCORES 'WINNING' BID
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amA LONG ISLAND con struction company whose owners in 2001 admitted making payoffs to the Luchese crime family is the low bidder on a major Sanitation Department contract to build...
CRUDE SPECULATION
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amCrude oil and gasoline prices are once again being highjacked by speculators. Though the global recession has cooled demand and inventories have swelled this year, the price of crude oil...
NO JUSTICE FOR TRAGIC LAURA
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amIt's been seven months of relentless pain, unanswered questions and frustrating dead ends for the family of missing Brooklyn beauty Laura Garza -- and there's no end in sight. Garza,...
LET MARTS WORK: TRADER
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amLimiting speculation on oil prices is anti-free market -- and unnecessary, critics claim. What consumers and investors have witnessed over the last year -- as oil has come down from...
REIN IN SPECULATORS: POL
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amLawmakers in Washington are sick and tired of the wild price spikes in crude oil and are out to limit speculation. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) has asked the Commodities Futures...
MULLAH SPRUNG FROM GITMO JAIL NOW LEADS FOE IN AFGHAN CAMPAIGN
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amKABUL, Afghanistan -- As Marine Corps forces roll into southern Afghanistan, they face an enemy familiar to US officials -- Mullah Zakir, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who now leads...
THE BURIAL PLOT THICKENS
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amMichael Jackson may be quietly laid to rest tomorrow to avoid a media circus, although some relatives are pushing everyone to wait to see if the King of Pop can...
TEEN LATEST SLAY-SPREE VICTIM
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amGAFFNEY, SC -- A 15-year-old girl shot while helping her dad in the family's furniture store died yesterday, the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South...
LI SAILOR IN CAPSIZE TRAGEDY
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amA lifelong Long Island boat enthusiast died yesterday after the sailboat he and his wife were piloting capsized during a race in Suffolk County, authorities said. John Everitt, 65, a...
CHASE THE MARKET RALLY, CAUTIOUSLY
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amDear John: I've read most of your great articles in The Post and mostly agree with what you say. That said, it has kept me from buying or getting back...
TOLL OF POST-OP TRAGEDY
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amColonoscopies, plastic surgery and other medical procedures done in state doctors' offices resulted in serious complications for nearly 300 patients this year -- including 15 deaths -- The Post has...
AUTO-MATIC
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amVroom! Martin Cadillac in tony Englewood Cliffs, NJ, had its best month ever in June -- selling 100 cars. The sales record made it one of the top three Cadillac...
TIMES SQ. IS SITTING PRETTIER
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amBryant Park is coming to Broadway. The flimsy rubber folding chairs currently lining the new Times Square pedestrian plaza should be gone by the end of the month, replaced with...
GEEZERS' 'GAB' SUIT
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amThey tried talking it out. Now they're off to court. Five Staten Island seniors banned from shooting the breeze in their condo's lobby -- a tradition dating back 14 years...
$HADY LAND OF DODD
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amUS Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut may have lowballed the value of a vacation property he acquired in a sweetheart deal in Ireland. According to the Democrat's latest financial disclosures,...
LUXE HOMEBUYERS GRASP LOOPHOLE IN DOWN MARKET
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amBillionaire Alex Shnaider's bid to get out of his $25 million condo purchase is based on an obscure federal law intended to stop developers from swindling unsuspecting homebuyers. The 1968...
'HOOKY' PRINCIPAL RETURNS
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amA Brooklyn principal under investigation for playing hooky and allegedly padding her paycheck returned to New York following an expense-paid field trip to Miami Beach last week after The Post...
LIGHTNING BOLT ZAPS MAN DEAD
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amA lightning strike at a Fourth of July gathering in central Florida killed one person and injured 27 others, officials said yesterday. About 100 people from a church group were...
BILLIONAIRE SOURS ON $25M SUITE DEAL
July 5, 2009 | 7:16amOops, never mind. Canadian billionaire Alex Shnaider, a steel magnate who once partnered with Donald Trump, is trying to back out of a deal to buy $25 million in penthouse...
FOOTBALL FANS DON'T LET DRUGGIES GET 'EM DOWN
July 5, 2009 | 7:14amPHILADELPHIA -- Maybe football fans are just smarter than everyone else. Seriously: when was the last time you saw a football fan open up a little notebook and jot down...
THE ALL-IMPORTANT, EVER-CHANGING DYNAMIC BETWEEN PITCHER & CATCHER
July 5, 2009 | 7:12amTim McCarver was in his junior year in 1958 when Bill Dickey came to his high school in Memphis. The Hall of Fame catcher had retired from the Yankees 12...
SIS DETHRONES VENUS FOR TITLE
July 5, 2009 | 7:09amWIMBLEDON, England -- Serena Williams fell to her knees on the grass, eyes closed, arms raised, and threw back her head. After six years, it was her turn to hold...
RODDICK IS THE ONLY THING STANDING IN WAY OF FEDERER, ALL-TIME RECORD
July 5, 2009 | 7:07amWIMBLEDON, England -- A year ago, plenty of people were feeling sorry for Roger Federer. They were sending him letters with good wishes or -- believe it or not --...
HEATHCOTT OVERCOMES OBSTACLES TO BECOME YANKEES' TOP PICK
July 5, 2009 | 7:01amAFTER the Yankees selected outfielder Slade Heathcott with the No. 29 pick in last month's First-Year Player Draft, they brought him to New York to show him what they hope...
THE RUMBLE
July 5, 2009 | 6:53amKnick City Survivor Sparks fly in dance-team tryouts The Knicks City Dancers held open auditions at the Garden to select the new members of the 2009-10 squad. The 82 hopefuls,...
SPORTS SHORTS
July 5, 2009 | 6:49amBASEBALL: Indian pitching prospects debut In Miami, left-hander Rinku Singh and right-hander Dinesh Patel, two former aspiring cricket players who won a reality show in India called "The Million Dollar...
GOOD GUIDE FOR YOUNG ANGLERS
July 5, 2009 | 6:49amMEN have been taking fish from Gardiners Bay since the mid 1600s and that tradition continues today. Gardiners Bay, located between the North and South Forks of Long Island, has...
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
July 5, 2009 | 6:46amIn December 2005, on his way home from work, accountant Lewis Shayne was stabbed to death outside his Forest Hills, Queens, apartment. The killing was tragic, but luckily, not common....
COME FLY WITH ME
July 5, 2009 | 6:45amIs it us, or are big commercial airplanes falling out of the sky with the frequency of a Nicolas Cage film? It's us, actually. The flurry of plane disasters --...
THE RETURN OF MEASLES
July 5, 2009 | 6:43amMedical officials used to worry about the outbreak of long-preventable diseases in poor, remote countries. Now they're fretting over Brooklyn. Because of widespread but unfounded fears about vaccines, middle class...
ALBANY, I GIVE UP
July 5, 2009 | 6:42amHaving witnessed the anarchy, chaos and lack of leadership that has engulfed the state Capitol during the past month, I have a painful confession to make. After three decades as...
PLAYING DEAD
July 5, 2009 | 6:41am"When the editors commissioned this article, we all knew there was a chance I wouldn't live to see it published. I was diagnosed last September with a disease that was...
BAM'S BLUNDERS ABROAD
July 5, 2009 | 6:34amIt took a week for President Obama to say something of substance against the violent repression of anti-government protesters in Iran. Fear of meddling, he said, was the reason for...
NO CLASS PROPOSAL
July 5, 2009 | 6:34amThere's no question any longer that kids need as much time in school as possible. Yet City Council members are calling for more days off from school. It's bizarre, but...
DEPP PERCEPTION
July 5, 2009 | 6:33amYou got it right: Johnny Depp is the coolest ("Johnny Be Cool," June 28). Brenda Cibelli, Manhattan
KABOOM!
July 5, 2009 | 6:32amI'm saddened by the untimely death of Billy Mays ("TV's Pitch King Dies," June 29). Billy epitomized what it means to be an American. Or at least what it once...
DANCING QUEEN
July 5, 2009 | 6:32amThank goodness for enthusiastic, good-hearted people like Mary Murphy, who is one of the judges on "So You Think You Can Dance" ("We Love Mary . . ." June 29)....
DE-FENSE!
July 5, 2009 | 6:31amPeter Brooks' recent article, "Learning To Love Missile Defense," correctly highlights the importance of missile defense (PostOpinion, July 1). Our current administration needs to remember how much of a deterrent...
COOKIE MONSTER
July 5, 2009 | 6:31amI see that workers' pay isn't the only thing that Stella D'Oro has been cutting back ("A Sweet Victory," July 1). I was wondering what was happening at Stella D'Oro...
REQUIRED READING
July 5, 2009 | 6:29amThe Girls Come Marching Home by Kirsten Holmstedt (Stackpole Books) In her follow-up to "Band of Sisters," Holmstedt looks at America's frontline female soldiers fighting in Iraq -- and finds...
YOU'VE GOT SHE-MAIL
July 5, 2009 | 6:29amA massive hit in the U.K., "Holly's Inbox" -- a novel told entirely via e-mail -- has drawn the inevitable comparisons to "Bridget Jones' Diary." And not only because both...
COOKING DIRTY
July 5, 2009 | 6:27amReally, another book about the supposedly glamorous world of bad-boy chefs? Except that the culinary world inhabited by cook-turned-critic Jason Sheehan isn't glamorous -- it's a dark, drug-addled place filled...
IN AFGHANISTAN
July 5, 2009 | 6:26amJohn Lawrence, a mid-19th Century British frontier official, once argued that his country's biggest mistake was "occupying Afghanistan at all. The Afghan will bear poverty, insecurity of life; but he...
HOW I BECAME A FAMOUS NOVELIST
July 5, 2009 | 6:25amPeter Tarslaw is a rudderless loser who gets paid to ghostwrite college application essays, filling them with clichés and syrupy life lessons. When he discovers that his former girlfriend is...
IN MY LIBRARY: BERNADETTE PETERS
July 5, 2009 | 6:24amBernadette Peters loves animals. That's why she steers clear of books like "Old Yeller" and "Marley and Me." "I can't read those things," she confesses. "Since I was little, if...
PILL HEAD
July 5, 2009 | 6:24amBack in 2003, everyone in my office at Jane magazine started receiving e-mail spam that blasted "Buy Vicodin online -- No prescription needed!" I didn't believe it could be that...
RUN, SARAH, RUN
July 5, 2009 | 6:20amOpponents -- and even some former allies -- were quick to criticize Sarah Palin's announcement Friday that she will step down as governor of Alaska. The suddenness of the decision...
FINAL LAP WRECKS STEWART'S VICTORY
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart led lap after lap around Daytona International Speedway, using a flawless pit-road performance to inch closer to his second win as owner of his...
F1 CHIEF 'HEILS' HITLER
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amLONDON -- Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone faced criticism from politicians and Jewish groups yesterday after being quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler "got things done." In an interview with...
MAKE IT A DUNN DEAL
July 5, 2009 | 6:18am* Mets general manager Omar Minaya should be working the phones night and day for a trade to get Adam Dunn from the Nationals. The logic here is this: Dunn...
RANGERS BROKE BOND SIGNING BRASHEAR
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amAPPARENTLY it's considered a greater sin in Rangerland to step on the logo sewn into the carpet on the locker room floor than it is to attempt to decapitate one...
QUICK STRIKES BEAT BULLS
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amFRISCO, Texas -- Jeff Cunningham scored twice in a two-minute span of the first half to lead FC Dallas to a 2-1 victory last night that extended the Red Bulls'...
CANCELLARA WINS FIRST STAGE, LANCE 10TH
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amMONACO -- Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong went out early and put up a solid time in the opening stage of the Tour de France yesterday, then was upstaged by Fabian...
UNHAPPY HALLADAY AT BANDBOX FOR BLUE JAYS' ACE
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amIt's not often Roy Halladay gives up three home runs in a game. FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST FRANCHISES Yesterday, in fact, was just the seventh time it had happened...
'PEN COMES UP HUGHES
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amAfter trying to go deep into games for most of his baseball life, Phil Hughes threw just eight pitches yesterday -- and did exactly what the Yankees wanted him to...
HONDO HAS HIS PHIL
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amHondo started his Fourth off with a bang yesterday when he made some noise with the Brewers but fin ished with a dud by the Metamucils, leaving him with a...
JORGE WINS IT IN 12TH
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amAfter nearly 12 innings of taxation without enough representation on the scoreboard, Jorge Posada declared the Yankees free from Canada yesterday. FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST FRANCHISES But hold the...
DRY MARTINI PULLS OFF UPSET IN SUBURBAN
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amWhen 33-1 pacesetter Finallymadeit turned for home in front in yesterday's 123rd running of the Grade 2, $400,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park, and 8-5 favorite Asiatic Boy was working...
GEHRIG SPEECH STILL RESONATES
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amSeventy years later, it's still the most famous farewell speech in baseball history. FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST FRANCHISES The Yankees yesterday remembered Lou Gehrig -- on the anniversary of...
HUGHES BACK TO ROTATION THE 'WANG' MOVE
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amFOR FIVE innings, the luckiest man on the face of the earth yesterday appeared to be Chien-Ming Wang, enjoying a reunion with his long-lost sinker. FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST...
KIM POISED TO FULFILL FANTASY VS. WOODS
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amBETHESDA, Md. -- Anthony Kim spent his youth aching to be part of a moment like this. As a youth, he spent hours on the practice putting green pretending to...
OMAR, IT'S TIME TO FIX THIS MESS
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amPHILADELPHIA -- This can't continue. It just can't. The Mets are non-watch able now and, worse, they are non-competitive. Day after day, game after game, they grind through a Groundhog...
PERSISTANT ALLEN EYES 1ST WIN AT 50
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amBETHESDA, Md. -- If Michael Allen is nothing else in his life as a professional golfer, he's resilient. Allen, who turned 50 in January, finds himself in perhaps the best...
MARTINEZ KNEEDS A LITTLE REST
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amPHILADELPHIA -- As if the depleted Mets didn't have enough injury woes already, Fernando Martinez is now sidelined indefinitely, too. METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER The rookie outfielder said he is...
OLLIE BACK IN STARTING ROTATION
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amPHILADELPHIA -- The Mets threw caution to the wind yesterday by throwing Oliver Perez back into their rotation. METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER The loopy left-hander, on the disabled list since...
METS FALL THREE BACK THANKS TO POOR PLAY
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amPHILADELPHIA -- The injuries can no longer be used as an excuse. No matter how many Four-A players the Mets have playing out of position these days, manager Jerry Manuel's...
'WOOD' CHIP TOPS BOSOX
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amChris Woodward's bases-loaded pop up in the ninth inning dropped behind a partially drawn-in infield to score the go-ahead run and lift the Mariners to a 3-2 win over the...
U.S. ROLLS WITH YOUTHFUL GROUP
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amSEATTLE -- The United States returned home from the FIFA Confederations Cup and used one of its youngest lineups in recent memory to rout Grenada 4-0 last night as it...
HOW CABLE BOTCHED RAGS' FOURTH OF JULY NO-HITTER
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amIT'S not the most patriotic of connections, but the Fourth of July I will most remember was Monday, July 4, 1983. I always will remember it for the day Dave...
BLAZERS PLAYING WAIT-AND-LEE
July 5, 2009 | 6:18amThe Blazers and the agent for Knicks forward David Lee held July 4 talks following Hedo Turkoglu's stunning rejection of Portland's contract offer Friday. KNICKS BLOG The Blazers have interest...
BRITISH BOD INVASION
July 5, 2009 | 5:43amYOU may not recognize Jamie Dornan's face, but his butt might look familiar. "That was my bum," Dornan proudly says of his 2004 Calvin Klein jeans billboard, which was dismantled...
SNAP, CRACKLE & SWAP
July 5, 2009 | 5:40amFancy some cereal for dinner tonight? Good news: You won't have to stay home and indulge in a guilty bowl in front of late-night TV. This summer, a handful of...
MEET MARKET
July 5, 2009 | 5:37amShe may come from Atlanta, but Melissa ain't your average Georgia peach. The 26-year-old account supervisor doesn't want another Rhett Butler; rather, a mile-high man who can bowl a strike...
FOUR'S A CROWD
July 5, 2009 | 5:35amJoey, a 35-year-old musician, brought a whole new meaning to double date when he had two friends join him and Nicki during dinner at National Underground, the Lower East Side...
CURRENT AFFAIRS
July 5, 2009 | 5:33amA few months ago, I was at a family gathering when my retired, 60-something mother calmly announced that she was getting a tattoo. Of a big black raven. On her...
VAMPIRE VACATION
July 5, 2009 | 5:32amIn Washington state's scenic northern Olympic Peninsula, you can find "Twilight" body glitter for $2.99. "I Love Jacob" Christmas ornaments for $11.99. Four different daily tours of "Twilight" destinations for...
PAGE SQUIRMERS
July 5, 2009 | 5:28amTHRILLERFEST: No, it's not what you're thinking. As opposed to the video everyone's been watching ad infinitum, this event celebrates a particular genre of novel. Wednesday through Saturday, authors and...
AGENDA
July 5, 2009 | 5:27am* DO THIS: Channel Baby and Johnny by having the time of your life up on the roof of the JCC Thursday at 7:30 p.m. First, take a cha-cha lesson...
DUPER FREAK
July 5, 2009 | 5:22amTHE scheisse is about to hit the fan. Following 2006's "Borat," Sacha Baron Cohen is about to unleash his latest theatrical project, Friday's "Bruno." And while devotees of the British...
FRENCH CONNECTION
July 5, 2009 | 5:14amA gypsy cab screeches to a halt in Midtown. The back door swings open and out steps a sweaty middle-aged man in a rumpled shirt who reaches out his hand....
ADOPT ME
July 5, 2009 | 5:11amSam is a 6-year-old neutered cocker spaniel who's housebroken, super-friendly and very well behaved! Meet him from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306...
CONNECT FUR
July 5, 2009 | 5:11amTHE day after Independence Day is a good time to talk about feline independence -- or at least the myth of feline independence. You know the myth of which I...
FELINE A LOT BETTER
July 5, 2009 | 5:10amIt is one of life's cruel ironies that some of the sweetest cats are the ones whose lives are drastically shortened by feline leukemia (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV),...
BRIDGE
July 5, 2009 | 4:50am"BUT Holmes, I fail to see why you adopted a play so decidedly against the odds!" Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were reviewing a match against Holmes' archenemy, Professor Moriarty....
OUR GMS MOVE UP
July 5, 2009 | 4:50amIN a rarity in nearly 40 years of international ratings, several Americans are joining the world's elite players. The international chess federation (FIDE) issues a new rating list every three...
A DAY TO REMEMBER
July 5, 2009 | 4:50amTO mumblecore or not to mumblecore, that is the question. To be specific, is "Humpday," out Friday, part of that genre du jour? Who better to ask than Lynn Shelton,...
REEL GOOD
July 5, 2009 | 4:00amTO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A (1985), Tuesday, 8 p.m., MAX A terrific casts heads up this thriller about a Treasury agent (William L. Petersen) out to nail a counterfeiter...
PRIMETIME
July 5, 2009 | 4:00amIn the minutes before CNN would confirm a report that Michael Jackson had died, it tried to hold its audience with this startling conclusion: Jackson had not been looking well....
DON'T MISS LIST
July 5, 2009 | 4:00amREALITY TOP CHEF MASTERS, Wednesday, 10 p.m., Bravo 'Masters' making magic - In week four of the competition, famed chefs Anita Lo (Annisa), Douglas Rodriguez (Alma de Cuba), John Besh...
20 HIDDEN GEMS OF HULU
July 5, 2009 | 4:00amTHE SUMMER doldrums are upon us and we're casting about for something new to watch. Well, the best bets out there may be something classic and the best place to...
TAVERN OF THE SCHEMES
July 5, 2009 | 4:00amIt's a three-way race for Tavern on the Green -- and the hotly favored contenders told The Post exactly how they plan to transform the legendary restaurant if they win...
On the fashion radar: Velvet
July 5, 2009 | 1:47amNo, not the fabric, the song:I'm at home this weekend going through some of my Milan men's fashion week notes and I remember scribbling down the lyrics to this song...