August 26, 2010
RBNY's Thierry Henry scoring on TV ratings if not on the field
Thierry Henry hasn’t scored a league goal since joining the Red Bulls last month, but he at least has scored a moderate hit as far as TV ratings have gone....
Pettitte's bullpen session 'step one' for Yankees
Andy Pettitte will test his cranky left groin Friday with a throwing session that will begin on flat ground and hopefully progress all the way up the pitching mound.The fact...
Waiting for Godard
My Godard-worshipping colleague V.A. Musetto may not find this funny at all, but I got a big laugh out of this poster. It was devised by the pranksters at Movieline after the Hollywood...
Hank: Yankees will get to playoffs
Hank Steinbrenner said today he has no doubt his Yankees will make the playoffs.“Obviously we’re in the toughest division by far in baseball. So it’s going to be a struggle...
Statement from Sheppard family
The family of longtime Giants public address announcer Bob Sheppard, who passed away in July, released a statement of gratitude today:“Our family would like to thank everyone for the outpouring...
Pitino votes for St. John's to win Big East
When St. John's fired Norm Roberts at the end of last season, many fans hoped that Rick Pitino would succeed him. And while there was little chance of that happening...
Markowitz hoping to keep his chain gang for concerts series
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's chain gang isn't on death row yet. Both the Beep and the city Department of Corrections today shot down a published report claiming DOC is...
Italian soccer fans storm anti-hooligan meeting
Italian police were working Thursday to identify soccer fans who hurled Molotov cocktails and set cars alight at a political rally aimed at curbing soccer hooliganism. The meeting, addressed by...
AC Milan targeting Manchester City's Robinho
Manchester City forward Robinho is being targeted for transfer by AC Milan, Sky Sports reported Thursday. Robinho is being eyed by AC Milan as an alternative to its top transfer...
4-Down Territory: Jets-Giants scary debt, 18 games, Sorgi, Bulluck
1. NFL owners have long ridiculed Forbes magazine’s annual team valuations, claiming the rankings (and the information they’re based on) are nothing more than speculation and wild guesses because –...
Castillo in Mets lineup
Luis Castillo won't be a late-inning replacement, at least for tonight. The beleaguered second baseman, who has been supplanted in favor of the offensively inept Ruben Tejada, gets the start...
Giants' O'Hara wearing cast on ankle, out for preseason
Giants starting center Shaun O'Hara was put in a cast Thursday and said he'll probably miss the rest of the preseason with a sprained ankle, tendinitis and a sore Achilles....
Ackman’s hedge fund put $40M into StuyTown joint venture
Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman said his firm chipped in $40 million as part of a bid to take over downtown apartment complex Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, according to a...
Pitino picks St. John's to win Big East: report
Rick Pitino has picked St. John's to win the Big East, according to ESPN.com.In a poll used to determine this season's conference schedule, Pitino cast his first-place ballot for the...
Oscar Watch: 3 orphaned hopefuls find homes
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's "I Love You Philip Morris,'' which has missed at least three planned release dates this year -- reportedly because of its former distributor's financial problems...
'Jersey Shore' cast part of gay rights prank
It appears as if someone wants the cast members of the “Jersey Shore” to fist-pump for a cause.While the members of the toned and tanned “Jersey Shore” crew were out...
Everything you need to know about the Commerce Clause
Reason has put together a fabulous legal overview of what happened to the Commerce Clause to allow -- or not -- Congress to mandate health insurance.
Maine and New Hampshire can teach Obama tax lesson
Amity Shlaes explains how comparing these two New England states shows all too clearly why the President is on the wrong path when he suggests to families that government largesse and...
Obama's IRS discriminating against pro-Israel group?
Tax Prof. blog has the roundup on pro-Israel Z Street's claims of unfair screening practices of Israel-related charities by the IRS.
Reporter: I was wrong, but Revis will sign -- someday
Darrelle Revis hasn't re-signed with the Jets but that doesn't mean he won't, the reporter who wrote a deal was imminent said during an apology Thursday morning. "One way or...
Paterson slams Bloomberg over ‘cowboy’ and Indian bravado
ALBANY – Gov. Paterson blasted Mayor Bloomberg’s off-the-cuff calls for tobacco tax standoff at upstate Indian reservations as “inappropriate” this morning and warned such saber-rattling could incite violence.“I love the...
Some states aren’t jazzed about Obama’s ‘core’ curriculum
“Alabama...is one of the states that has not yet passed the [common core curriculum] standards. Some on the state board of education are skeptical about giving up state control over...
Drama Mama: Anti-Emmy Watch
The Emmys are upon us, but what’s out there for those of us who aren’t waiting breathlessly to find out if the same five people from the same five shows will...
Drug cash flows like water into Mexico
The Washington Post reports on the nearly impossible task of stopping billions of dollars in drug money – almost all of it in cash – from moving South across the...
Notre Dame, NBC discuss changing commercial breaks
When you have your own television network, you get control over things that most other teams do not.So is the case for Notre Dame, who is in discussions with NBC...
DUMBO’s Tobacco Warehouse to get makeover; site could be used to generate park revenue after all
A historic 19th-century open-air building in DUMBO is set to become a major source of cultural, community and education programs to be held within Brooklyn Bridge Park. City officials today...