May 9, 2009
Reyes, Beltran on red-hot Mets
Here is video I shot today of Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran discussing the first-place Mets' sixth consecutive win, a 10-1 laugher over the hapless Pirates at Citi Field:
JOJO SIMMONS FLEES COPS
Rev. Run's son ran. Joseph "JoJo" Simmons - whose dad was a founding member of the rap group Run-DMC - bolted after cops allegedly saw him rolling a marijuana joint...
YANKEES ADD TOMKO, SEND ROBERTSON TO MINORS
The New York Yankees purchased the contract of right-hander Brett Tomko from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre before Saturday's game at Baltimore. Tomko, who pitched for Kansas City and San Diego last...
OFF-DUTY COP KILLS ROBBER
An off-duty hero detective shot dead a brazen robber in a wild exchange of gunfire that spilled out into the street during a botched stickup at a Brooklyn auto repair...
REYES KEYS 5-RUN FOURTH INNING
Jose Reyes capped a five-run fourth with a two-run single, John Maine allowed three hits in six effective innings and the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1 Saturday...
POL: TREAT ME LIKE KIEFER
Violence-prone State Sen. Kevin Parker wants the star treatment. A lawyer for the senator, who was arrested last night for attacking a Post photographer, complained that television star Kiefer Sutherland...
Too bad Daly never guided Knicks
By MARC BERMANThe most disappointing part of Chuck Daly's coaching career for me is he lasted so briefly in New Jersey - two seasons - and never got to coach...
LAVANYA SCHOLES' WORLDWIDE SEARCH FOR BONE MARROW DONOR
PERTH woman Lavanya Scholes faces a life-or-death worldwide search for a bone marrow donor to give her a chance to live. Out of the 13 million donors registered worldwide, none...
CHUCK DALY DIES
Chuck Daly, who coached the Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 78. He died...
DON'T BLAME ISRAEL
"The task of forming an international coalition to thwart Iran's nuclear program will be made easier if progress is made in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, White House...
Jerry: 'We were right'
Jerry Manuel didn't back down today in the wake of his one-game suspension by Major League Baseball for making what he described as accidental contact with umpire Bill Welke on...
Woodson, Bomar fight for #3 QB Slot
The Giants rookie mini-camp is the unofficial start of a battle for the No. 3 quarterback spot on the roster, behind starter Eli Manning and backup David Carr.The holdover from...
NYC STARTS CHARGING RENT AT HOMELESS SHELTERS
-- Even the homeless can't escape the high price of a night in New York City. City officials this month began charging rent to some families staying in homeless shelters....
Mike Petke: Homecoming King
Red Bull defender Mike Petke _ a Bohemia native and former MetroStar _ had to wait seven years for his New York homecoming. But after riding the pine for much...
Manuel suspended one game
Mets manager Jerry Manuel was suspended by Major League Baseball for today's game against the Pirates for bumping and aggressively arguing with umpire Bill Welke on Thursday. Manuel also was...
Game 29: Pirates at Mets
The resurgent Mets, who stand just a half-game back in the NL East standings, are trying to make it six in a row and seven out of eight this afternoon...
Coverage in The Post
The Mets are on a serious roll right now after claiming their fifth consecutive win Friday night, a 7-3 decision over the Pirates that was especially notable for Jonathon Niese's...
Box Office: 'Star Trek' Picks Up Speed
Ace prognosticator Steve Mason has upped his weekend forecast for "Star Trek'' from $65 million to $77M after the film amassed an estimated $33 million through Friday, including $7 million...
EVICTION REPRIEVE
State Sen. Jeff Klein is introducing a bill that would give renters who are facing eviction because their landlords defaulted on their mortgages more time to find new homes. The...
FOE SCALPS TICKET-SALE EXEC
A Ticketmaster executive unexpectedly got his ticket punched yesterday at City Hall. Senior VP Joseph Freeman was testifying about a City Council bill that would regulate ticket sales when he...
FORECLOSING ON POL
State Sen. Kevin Parker -- a vocal supporter of foreclosure relief for troubled homeowners -- has good reason to take that position. SEN. PARKER ARRESTED IN FOTOG ATTACK His own...
TEEN RUN OVER BY 2 CARS
A teenage bicyclist was critically injured in Harlem last night when he was struck by one motorist before being trampled by a hit-and-run driver, police said. The youth, who was...
OBAMA MAY VISIT NAZI DEATH CAMP
President Obama reportedly is planning to visit the concentration camp in Germany that his great-uncle helped liberate at the end of World War II. White House officials have been laying...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A retired cop shot and wounded a thug who had attempted to rob him in Bedford-Stuyvesant, authorities said. James Singleton, 32, walked up to the 45-year-old retired police officer...
SHEL GIVES CONTROL A KEY NUDGE
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- whose opinion could make or break Mayor Bloomberg's bid to keep City Hall in charge of the public school system -- yesterday praised mayoral...
OPRAH'S ANGUISH
Oprah Winfrey feared for her California home yesterday, as a wildfire continued to rage in nearby hills. Winfrey told the audience at a taping of her talk show that the...
PLAYIN' BEAK-A-BOO-BOO
Here's what Kiefer Sutherland's forehead can do to your face. Fashion designer Jack McCullough (above) headed to the doctor yesterday sporting a huge bandage across his nose, which was shattered...
WACKY 'CRAIGS TRYST'
Oh, mama! A Long Island woman looking to settle the score with a 9-year-old who had argued with her daughter put an ad in the sex section of Craigslist and...
SHEL SAYS WTC DELAY A DISGRACE
Describing the plodding pace of construction at the World Trade Center as a national embarrassment, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday called for a high-level summit to get the project back...
BETTER 'LATE': FALLON A GRAD
"Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon is finally getting his bachelor's degree, almost 15 years after leaving an upstate college to pursue his comedy career. The TV star will pick up...
NJ PAGEANT GAL JAILED
A former New Jersey beauty queen was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for writing more than $70,000 in bad checks, and a judge characterized the former Mrs. New...
HERO SAILORS GET KEYS, EYE SEAS
Two seamen rescued from Somali pirates received keys to the city from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday and pronounced themselves ready to return to their perilous jobs. "I'm a merchant seaman. I've...
GOV'S MTA PICK FACES ROUGH RIDE
Gov. Paterson's rumored favorite to be the next MTA chief may hit some stiff resistance if he goes for confirmation in the state Senate. Marc Shaw, Paterson's lead negotiator in...
SEN. PARKER ARRESTED IN FOTOG ATTACK
Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker was busted last night after allegedly attacking a New York Post photographer who was trying to take his picture, police said. FORECLOSING ON POL Parker,...
CHARTERS TOP THE CHARTS
The city's charter schools are outperforming their peers in traditional city public schools by a wide margin on reading tests, officials announced yesterday. Third- through eighth-grade charter students bested their...
CRAIGSLIST TEEN: SEX SLAY WAS AN 'ACCIDENT'
A Queens teen accused of murdering WABC radio newsman George Weber after answering his Craigslist sex ad confessed to cops that he was the killer but claimed the slaying was...
A CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT
Here's some news even the tired, poor and huddled masses yearning to breathe free can smile about. The Statue of Liberty's crown will be reopened to tourists on Independence Day,...
MTA'S BRIGHT IDEA
Bright lights, big buses. The MTA is rolling out -- and lighting up -- 10 Manhattan buses with massive LED screens showing filmed advertisements in the next few weeks. The...
PREP 'PERV' BUSTED IN KID ABUSE
A predatory male nanny and teacher-in-training who worked with kids in some of the city's top prep schools was charged yesterday with molesting three young boys -- and investigators fear...
TAXPAYERS GET GAY-BAR TAB OF 400G
ALBANY -- Buy you a drink, big boy? Taxpayers are picking up the tap at six Buenos Aires night spots so researchers from the New York State Psychiatric Institute can...
AIR FARCE EJECTOR SEAT
WASHINGTON -- The bumbling head of President Obama's military office resigned yesterday after an embarrassing internal report revealed his failure to give a heads-up to the White House and the...
POPE HAILS ISLAM
AMMAN, Jordan -- Pope Benedict XVI began his first trip to the Middle East yesterday, expressing his "deep respect" for Islam and hopes that the Catholic Church would be a...
BRONX POL 'FE$$ES UP
A former Democratic state senator from The Bronx yesterday admitted looting more than $200,000 from two nonprofits he financed through taxpayer-funded, pork-barrel "member items." Efrain Gonzalez Jr. faces up to...
COLLEGE $QUEEZE
More financial woes lie ahead for the city's elite universities. Columbia's endowment has plunged 22 percent, to $5.58 billion, from last June's $7.15 billion, and NYU says it's raising tuition...
MORE CON ED $HOCKERS
Get set for another shock to your wallet from Con Ed. The utility is looking to jack up rates in May 2010, adding about $6.50, or 8 percent, to a...
30 YRS. FOR PERV-DAD RABBI
A rabbi convicted of sexually molesting his daughter and then relentlessly grilling her on the witness stand was slammed with a 30-year prison sentence yesterday. Brooklyn federal Judge John Gleeson...
HEARTBREAK TURNED INTO HATE FOR EVIL CO-ED 'KILLER'
Accused killer Stephen Morgan apparently had been spurned by a Jewish girl several years before turning his fury on the beautiful Wesleyan co-ed he allegedly murdered Wednesday, according to chilling...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Why worry about leaving fingerprints behind when you can just leave your entire wallet? A Kansas City bank robber did just that after walking out of a bank branch with...
'RACHEL' PLANS TO RUN WITH THE BOYS
Jess Jackson, the new owner of super filly Rachel Alexandra, said yesterday he intends to run her against the colts in next Saturday's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, and that her...
PREAKNESS WILL SHOW IF 'BIRD' RALLY WAS ONE-WEEK WONDER
A ONE-TRICK pony or a budding Triple Crown immortal? That question grips the racing universe after humble little gelding Mine That Bird demolished the Kentucky Derby with a paralyzing burst...
DAWSON'S LACK OF OPTIONS LEADS TO TARVER REMATCH
IN A perfect world, Chad Dawson would rather fight Bernard Hopkins or Joe Calzaghe tonight in Las Vegas. But he plans to make the most of his rematch with Antonio...
COLLEGE COACH WONDERS WHAT WOOD HAVE BEEN WITH WRIGHT
Call it a high school lumber party. When most upperclassman still were toting aluminum, David Wright was swinging wooden bats in a summer league after his junior year -- and...
RETIRED MUSSINA COACHING SONS
The parks and players might be smaller, but retirement isn't keeping Mike Mussina away from the game of baseball. "I spend a lot of time at the ballpark," Mussina told...
PAGLIARULO'S BUSINESS AIMS TO IMPROVE YOUNG PLAYERS
MIKE Pagliarulo is onto something. Change is coming in the way baseball conducts its scouting and development of players. The former Yankees third baseman (1984-89), who wore No. 13 just...
ROTO FILES
FORGET the Daytona 500, forget race cars, baseball had its own Speed Week recently -- eight days full of rare base-stealing exploits. On April 26, Jacoby Ellsbury performed a straight...
ELI HAS SOME TIPS FOR SANCHEZ
There's one man in this town who can best relate to the potential pitfalls and glory that await Mark Sanchez, the Jets' prized first-round draft pick. That man is Eli...
SABATHIA A SAVIOR, TOO
BALTIMORE -- A.J. Burnett listened to CC Sabathia talking between starts and believed what his new friend was selling. "He told us he was getting close," Burnett said of Sabathia....
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
PETER PAN Belmont Park, 9th race. Grade 2. Purse: $200,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, 3-year-olds. Post: 5:17 p.m. LOWDOWN: Hello Broadway began this year as a legitimate threat in the Triple Crown races,...
THREE-RUN HR INJECTS LIFE INTO YANKEES
BALTIMORE -- He begs you to watch because he wants your attention. You train your eyes on him because no matter his many faults, he can't be ignored. So, when...
FANTASY START FOR ALEX'S LAST CHANCE
BALTIMORE -- Alex Rodriguez explained it was time to grow up and he said he will do that by devoting himself more than ever to the children's game called baseball....
NIESE DAY: LEFTY EARNS 2ND SHOT
Jon Niese tried not to look at last night's game as a one-game audition, but essentially, that's what it was. And according to Jerry Manuel, the 22-year-old lefty did well...
AMAZIN'S CAN MAKE APPLE TURN OVER
THE opening is there, in the division and the city. The Mets won their fifth straight last night, beating the woeful Pirates, 7-3, at Citi Field. Mistakes were made, but...
NO PITT FALL FOR METS AFTER BIG WINS
There isn't a magic formula. One night it's the starting pitching, another night the offense or bullpen. Sometimes it's a combination of all three for the Mets. The chalkboard diagram...
MONMOUTH OPENS WITH HIGHER PURSES
OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Buoyed by a successful season last year and big purse boosts this year, the gates swing open today to launch Monmouth Park's 64th racing season. Optimism is...
REGGIE RIPS MLB FOR DRUG PROBLEM
Reggie Jackson is having 'roid rage. Tired of watching chemically enhanced sluggers match his home run totals, Jackson told XM Radio he feels "let down" by the game. Jackson's statements...
FELLOW AGENT SLAMS BORAS
Leigh Steinberg described it as a "shockwave." A day after yet another drug suspension in Major League Baseball, the super-agent and native Californian summed up what many fans were thinking...
ROOKIES MAKE GIANT IMPRESSION AT CAMP
The swagger, cockiness and bold promises that too often define the position of NFL receiver did not make its way yesterday into the Giants' rookie mini-camp, as their two new...
JACOBS: 'NO' TO BRAYLON
No to trading for Braylon Edwards. So says Giants running back Brandon Jacobs. AGENT: BOLDIN ON MARKET "I don't want him," Jacobs said yesterday on ESPN 1050 Radio. "There are...
DOM DIMAGGIO DIES AT AGE 92
BOSTON -- Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Red Sox center fielder who made his own mark on the major leagues despite playing in the shadow of Hall of Fame brother and...
TIGER LURKS, CEJKA LEADS AT PLAYERS
Alex Cejka ran off three straight birdies yesterday morning and kept right on going, shooting 5-under 67 to build a two-shot lead at 11-under over Ian Poulter at The Players...
HONDO HAS A PAIR
Hondo posted a modest gain last night when he hit with the Tigers to more than offset his miss with Los Bravos, leaving him 405 wathans above sea level. Today,...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Favre shoulder X-rays sent to Vikes A source close to the situation told ESPN yesterday that X-rays of former Jets quarterback Brett Favre's right shoulder -- he has pain...
LAKERS, KOBE RIDDLE ROCKETS
Kobe Bryant scored 33 points and the Lakers took a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series with a 108-94 victory over the Rockets last night in Houston. Lamar...
PENS STOP OVECHKIN, TIE SERIES
Alex Ovechkin disappeared, at least as much as the game's most dominant scorer can, and so did all the magic Simeon Varlamov was working. Suddenly, the Capitals are in a...
BULLS BREAK OUT
The Red Bulls came into last night's game with MLS' worst offense and second-worst record, their coach under fire and their season in jeopardy. After a complete overhaul, they responded...
GIRARDI: RIVERA IN NEED OF MO' WORK
BALTIMORE -- The more regular work Mariano Rivera gets, those missing 2-3 mph from the cut fastball will return. At least that's the way Joe Girardi sees it regarding Rivera's...
CHURCH BACK IN LINEUP
Ryan Church got back into the Mets' lineup last night, but just barely. The struggling right fielder, who was relegated to pinch-hitting duty against the Phillies the previous two games,...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Fannie boost Fannie Mae, operating under a federal conser vatorship, asked the US Treasury for a $19 billion capital investment and raised the possibility that its long-term survival may be...
TREASURY'S GMAC ATTACK: GEITHNER PLEDGES SUPPPORT
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said yesterday that the Obama administration will provide "substantial support" to troubled lender GMAC, a vital provider of financing for the domestic auto industry. "We're going...
MCDONALD'S APRIL SALES SOAR
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, said global sales rose 6.9 percent in April, topping analysts' estimates, as consumers bought more coffee drinks and chicken snack wraps. Sales at...
STRESS-FREE MARKETS RISE
Stocks soared as Wall Street cheered the positive news it had been hoping for: Job losses slowed in April and big banks don't need as much capital as some had...
CARAEFF SET TO BECOME VEVO'S PREZ
Universal Music Group plans to name Rio Caraeff, currently executive vice president of digital operations at the label, as president at Vevo, the premium music and video portal, launching later...
BUFFETT'S $1.5B BOMB
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted its first loss since 2001 on what the billionaire chairman has called his "major mistake" of buying ConocoPhillips shares when oil prices were near...
RESISTING O'S WORLD
GEN. Colin Powell is wrong to say that the Republican Party must move to the center: Now is not the time to try for triangulation. This is a time for...
SEC TO PICARD: PAY UP
The Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped into the escalating fracas over how much victims of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff should be paid by Madoff estate trustee Irving Picard, who's...
TARGET IN A CROSSFIRE
As an attack mounts against the board of "cheap-chic" retailer Target, so does a stack of allegations about conflicts of interest -- against sitting directors and nominees alike. Shareholder activist...
GONE BLOG WILD: COPYCAT PEREZ GETS HIS REVENGE
Only in Hollywood, kids, only in Hollywood. In a surreal court case, Perez Hilton, the celebrity gossip blogger who rose to fame by borrowing liberally from others, including hotel heiress...
O'S HEALTH-CARE RX: EXPECT ACHES & PAINS
If the Obama administration gets its way on health care -- ushering in a socialized system like those in Canada and the United Kingdom -- where are people from those...
GOP NEEDS ITS OWN BARACK OBAMA
American politics . . . is ultimately just a popularity contest. WE conservatives are having one of our grand knock-down, drag-out fights over the future of conservatism and the GOP....
DOWNTOWN'S NEXT 'LANDMARK'
Another day, another delay in taking down the deadly Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero -- this time thanks to an electrical fire last month. Officials now say the building...
THE NEW SCHOOL'S LOSS
Bob Kerrey now says he always meant to step down as president of New School University when his contract ends in 2011, and that last December's student sit-in, broken up...
POLS ON THE BENCH
If Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the New York-based 2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals is named to the Supreme Court, it might be because of -- not despite -- a...
TARP & FEATHERED
AMERICAN capitalism is a house divided. On one side are those corporations and financial firms dependent on government support, and thus eager to obey the diktat of their political minders....
DRAWING ON HIS MEMORIES
CALL him Grandpa Moses -- Mayer Kirshenblatt didn't put brush to canvas until he was 73 years old. After that, there was no stopping him. Pressed for stories of his...
THE LITTLE TUGBOATS THAT COULD
LIKE a neighborhood mom-and-pop store, a family-owned tugboat company on Staten Island is among New York Harbor's last holdovers from a bygone age. "It's not like it used to be,"...
WHAT'S UP?
Today BLOWIN' IN THE WIND: Lift your spirits and more at the FlyNY Kite Festival, with its family-friendly fly zone and kite-making workshop. Frequent fliers can bring their own kites...
MOM'S THE WORD
WE asked, and you told us -- and from what we've heard, there are so many magnificent moms out there, it's a shame there's only a single day that celebrates...
Red Bulls snap slump; rout San Jose 4-1
Photo by Jeff Zelevansky The Red Bulls came into last night's game with MLS' worst offense and second-worst record, their coach under fire and their season in jeopardy. After a...
'GUITAR HERO' TO THE TUBE?
ACTIVISION'S hit video game "Guitar Hero" could become a TV series. "It might make a good TV show or a good concert tour," Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said. Activision...
HOME STRETCH
Lee is approach- able and enthusiastic and doesn't talk down to her audience. I would imagine the challenge in launching a cooking show on Food Network lies in somehow differentiating...
FANS' FERDINAND'S BEST-LAID FRANZ
FRANZ Ferdinand's rush to the top of pop five years ago had a whiff of one-hit won der with their omnipresent "Take Me Out." But after seeing the band live...
DELGADO POWERS METS PAST PIRATES
Carlos Delgado hit a three-run homer in a five-run eighth inning and finished with five RBIs, helping the surging New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Friday night...
RODRIGUEZ, SABATHIA LEAD YANKEES OVER ORIOLES 4-0
Alex Rodriguez announced his return to the Yankees by hitting a three-run homer on the first pitch of his late-starting season, CC Sabathia pitched a four-hitter and New York ended...
Kudos to Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt
Lance Berkman is one major leaguer who is not afraid to talk about the Manny Ramirez suspension."I wasn't surprised," Berkman told Houston reporters. "I think that anybody that makes the...