August 2, 2009
Misch optioned to make room
As expected, the Mets called up Nelson Figueroa from Triple-A Buffalo after today's 5-2 loss to the Diamondbacks so he can start Monday's series finale against Arizona ace Dan Haren....
MARTINEZ LEADS RED SOX ROUT OF ORIOLES
BATLIMORE, Md. -- The addition of Victor Martinez to the Boston Red Sox lineup has proven to be mutually beneficial to the team and its grateful newcomer. Martinez had a...
Clemens fighting INT bug
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND -- Kellen Clemens, while continuing to look sharp some of the time, threw another interception in today's afternoon session. He was picked off early in the practice...
Yankees prospect Montero out for season
By GEORGE A. KING IIIYankee stud prospect Jesus Montero is done for the season due to a fractured middle finger on his left (glove) hand. Montero suffered the injury yesterday...
TOWN CAR HITS QUEENS ECUADORIAN FESTIVAL
A out-of-control livery cab plowed into a street festival in Queens this afternoon -- sending 13 people to the hospital, officials said. The wild scene erupted near the middle of...
Spielberg Tackling 'Harvey'
Steven Spielberg has decided to remake "Harvey'' for his next project, Variety is reporting. Universal filmed Mary Chase's play about a tippler with an imaginary six-foot friend in 1950, starring...
RBNY academy wins USL Super-20s
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Tevin Jackson, Sam Petrone, Matthew Uy and Cesar Blacido also scored. For Tardy (pictured here), Anthony Vazquez and Steven Amaya, it was their second...
GATES: MAYBE I'LL GRAB DINNER WITH COP
A black Harvard scholar said Sunday he has been able to joke about his arrest by a white police officer that led to a national debate on race, but he...
MARK WAHLBERG MARRIES GIRLFRIEND RHEA DURHAM
Mark Wahlberg and his longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, have married in Beverly Hills. People magazine reports the 38-year-old "Boogie Nights" actor tied the knot Saturday in front of about...
9 STABBED AT BROOKLYN PARTY
Nine people were stabbed and slashed early this morning at a wild party in Brooklyn, cops said. The melee began after a young woman told her friends that she was...
Three start camp on shelf
By PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - It comes as no surprise that two Giants players, DT Fred Robbins and LB MIchael Boley - will start training camp on the Physically Unable to...
Sheffield reacts to reserve role
Gary Sheffield didn't appear overjoyed about not being in the starting lineup his first day back from the disabled list, but the veteran slugger wasn't complaining, either.Jerry Manuel cited the...
Figueroa set to get Monday call
The Mets won't make it official until after today's game, but a team source said right-hander Nelson Figueroa will be called up from Triple-A Buffalo to start Monday night's series...
Putz targets return in three weeks
J.J. Putz hopes to come off the disabled list in about three weeks after taking an encouraging step today in his rehab from elbow surgery.The veteran reliever threw 25 pitches...
Barcelona 2, Galaxy 1: A look back
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Last night's Galaxy-Barcelona friendly at the Rose Bowl drew 93,137 _ the most ever for an MLS team, and the biggest stateside soccer crowd...
ZHERDEV AWARDED $3.9M
By LARRY BROOKSNikolai Zherdev has been awarded a salary arbitration contract worth $3.9 million for the coming season, The Post has learned.The Rangers have 48 hours to decide whether to...
Ryan has high praise for former Rutgers star
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND _ Day three of Jets training camp took place under intermittent torrential rain today, but Rex Ryan's army forged on and had a pretty productive morning.After practice...
COPS: LI MAN SHOOTS, BEATS NEIGHBOR'S CAT
Police have arrested a Long Island man on a charge of beating and shooting his neighbor's cat. Suffolk County police arrested the 41-year-old East Islip man early Sunday on a...
Game 104: D-backs at Mets
The Mets look to pick up where they left off Saturday night when Mike Pelfrey takes on the Diamondbacks today at overcast Citi Field. Pelfrey is coming off one of...
Box Office: Not So 'Funny' Summer for Universal
Universal's last major release of the season, "Funny People,'' finished the weekend with the studio reporting an estimated $23.4 million opening weekend -- no disaster, but a disappointment for an...
Giants express concern for Pierce
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - The Giants reported today for training came, checking into the dorms at the University at Albany and there was concern for the future of linebacker of...
JUST BACK: Atlantic City
Oh. Hello. We didn't see you there, Atlantic City. Glad you're here though. Can we talk?You remember that one time, when we paid $35 round-trip to take the Greyhound bus...
Coverage in The Post
All of the controversy this week and GM Omar Minaya's inactivity at the trade deadline were forgotten for a moment Saturday night when Angel Pagan's first career grand slam carried...
STEWART OK AFTER CRASH; LOSES POLE
Tony Stewart lost his pole position and will start from the back of the pack after wrecking his car during practice for today's Pennsylvania 500 (1 p.m., ESPN) in Long...
PHELPS SETS RECORD IN 100-METER BUTTERFLY
ROME -- Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic again. No doubt about it. With a defiant performance in a supposedly inferior suit, Phelps stayed close over the outward lap and rallied...
HONDO SEES CC
Hondo was held for no gain last night as his Tiger victory offset his Cardinal loss and left him holding steady at 470 zisks below sea level. Today, Mr. Aitch...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Volquez slated for elbow op Reds right-hander Edinson Volquez is scheduled to undergo elbow surgery tomorrow. It was not immediately clear if he will have a ligament-replacement procedure, known...
HOME SWEAT HOME
The Great Recession has moved into Manhattan's wealthiest neighborhoods -- and nearly one in five home sellers in one trendy area has suffered a loss on a recently sold home....
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS BEN SILVERMAN After two years and zero hits, NBC's chief programmer walks -- right into better-paying job with Barry Diller. STEVE BALLMER Microsoft CEO takes Yahoo! to the cleaners...
GOT ONE WORD FOR YOU: PAPER
An old-fashioned tool for curbing excess spending is making a comeback: Cash. According to consumer surveys, 23% of Americans are using greenbacks more than they did a year ago. Financial...
TOP CHEFS
Animals of the genus Homo are defined by their little mouths, large guts, big brains -- and appetite for bratwurst. This, at least, is the provocative theory of evolution put...
THE 'BIRTHER' DELUSION
It's understandable that the political Right continues to be dismayed by Barack Obama's presidency, and wishes there were some way to undo last November's election results. Unfortunately, that has led...
WHAT HIZZONER WANTS . . .
It's been more than two months since Mayor Bloomberg sealed off Broadway from vehicle traffic in Times Square -- a grand "experiment," New Yorkers were told, in 21st-century urban landscaping....
THE $4 TRILLION SPLURGE
You thought you'd had enough of depressing numbers after the stimulus package passed in February. But a reporter from the Heritage Foundation, out this week, shows that those numbers were...
GHOSTS OF PRESIDENTS PAST
If Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the United States through the Great Depression and World War II -- if FDR, that canny old political operator, that shrewd judger of men,...
A FADING MEMORY
"The best memory is that which forgets nothing but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust." -- Persian proverb If only. Since the late 1950s, science...
THE VENUS FIXERS:
By Ilaria Dagnini Brey Farrar, Straus and GirouxOne of the most pleasing sights in Florence is the Ponte Santa Trinita, a masterpiece of the Renaissance that has a strong claim...
POETRY IN EMOTION
By Josephine Hart Alfred A. KnopfThis is a beautiful book, not easy to bear. It opens with the voice of a little boy, blown apart by we don't yet know...
SISTERS IN THE BROTHERHOODS
By JANE LATOUR Palgrave MacMillanThe year was 1977, the Bronx was burning, and the New York City Fire Department, nearly brought to its knees as arson fires and dangerous brownouts...
REQUIRED READING
Delhi Noir edited by Hirsh Sawhney (Akashic) Chaos is a word that aptly describes India's capital city. With more than 15 milion people, how could it be any other way?...
LOVE ON THE ROCKS
The New York Dolls ignited the explosive glam and punk rock styles of the 1970s that many feel revolutionized music. But while Dolls members David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, and Sylvain...
DUCHESS OF DEATH:
By Richard Hack Phoenix BooksIn 1914 Agatha Miller married Archibald Christie, a dashing pilot who, on his return from the First World War, encouraged her to send out her first...
IN MY LIBRARY JOYCE MAYNARD
JOYCE Maynard's life has been an open book. Her childhood, her parents' divorce -- her affair with J.D. Salinger -- she's written about it all.Her new book, "Labor Day," is...
HIGH-WAY ROBBERY
When the High Line project was first announced, many of us in the Chelsea Historic District protested the plan because of the well-known struggle we have faced for decades with...
RUFF JUSTICE
Kudos to Don Kaplan for his article "Gone to the Dogs" (July 28). Not only is the article objective and articulate, but it also services the community by illuminating the...
SEE TRAIN
Why does the MTA need to put expensive security cameras in subway cars ("Subway's Spy Cams To See All," July 28)? Didn't they get the memo that former Mayor Rudy...
MIKE & COLIN
Kudos to Mayor Bloomberg for his most recent endorsement from former Secretary of State Colin Powell ("Colin Backs Bloomy," July 29). It says a lot about our mayor that an...
SAVAGE ACTIONS
The banning of Michael Savage, as told in John O'Sullivan's column, goes to show how devious people in government can be -- and, at the same time, how stupid ("Condemned...
THE RUMBLE
Mama's little Angel Pagan's slam answer to her prayers Angel Pagan didn't just help the Mets win a game last night with his eighth-inning grand slam against the Diamondbacks at...
JUDGE OMAR ON MOVES THAT MATTER
BEING a GM is really about one thing: making the right moves. Everything else is window dressing. Tony Bernazard ripping off his shirt and ripping into minor leaguers is a...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... JEFF FRANCOEUR
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the 25-year-old outfielder who has enjoyed a resurgence with the Mets after being acquired from the Braves earlier this month. Q: Will you make...
MLB'S DIRT A SELIG-FEHR PRODUCTION
DON'T allow talk radio and ESPN to slide your focus off the bigger issues. That the MLB Players Association didn't destroy "that list" is a side story, not "the big...
REALISTIC BUCS, TRIBE DID IT RIGHT AT DEADLINE
TWO themes resonated throughout this year's trade deadline: Few teams wanted to spend money and, perhaps, fewer wanted to expend prospects. Young players make the least money, so teams are...
BROS' REUNION IS FACE TO FACE
Two brothers separated for 70 years have been reunited through Facebook. Dan Newburn, 71, and John Mellinger Jr., 70, were adopted by different families after their mom put them in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn * A 12-year-old boy was robbed by a pair of teen thugs as he walked to church in Bushwick. Mykel Miller, 17, and an accomplice grabbed the boy as...
SLAIN GUY, 90, LAUGHED AT ROBBERS
The 90-year-old Holocaust survivor murdered in his Upper East Side apartment had been pistol-whipped before by thugs demanding that he open a safe -- but he just laughed in their...
RACY NEW TELL-ALL UNCOVERS PREZES' SECRET SERVICING
A new book rips the lid off the inside world of Secret Service agents and the presidents they protect. "In the President's Secret Service," written by New York Times best-selling...
PALINS DENY DIVORCE TALK
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, rushed to deny stories of marital strife yesterday after bloggers ignited an Internet firestorm over divorce rumors. Two Alaska bloggers posted...
IT IS ANYONE'S GUESS WHAT BANKS ARE DOING
Dear John: You mentioned in a column that banks would likely flood the market with foreclosed properties this fall. I've been reading elsewhere that banks are holding foreclosed properties off...
JET SKI CRASH KILLS LI DAD
A horrific jet ski accident on Long Island yesterday left a father dead and his 5-year-old son clinging to life, officials said. The father, whose identity wasn't released, and the...
US BLEW IT IN AFGHAN, BRITS SAY
Britain, America's staunchest wartime ally, yesterday blasted US efforts in Afghanistan in a scathing report -- blaming "culturally insensitive" GIs and a bungling strategy for compromising the mission. The result...
FEDS SAY: FUGEDABOUT-EAT
He's whacked with hunger. Mobster Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito's appetite is cooked after probation officers put him on an involuntary diet last month -- telling him to steer clear of...
MARKET APPROVAL
AS if the announcement this week that actor Josh Brolin will play an evil short seller in the sequel to the movie "Wall Street" wasn't enough of a contrarian signal...
TICKET TO DERIDE
Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. copped an attitude with law enforcement long before Massachusetts police arrested him for disorderly conduct last month. After a Rhode Island state trooper slapped...
RODALE'S ORGANIC GROWTH
MARIA Rodale, the granddaughter of the founder of the family-owned publisher, who is taking over the corner office Sept. 1, doesn't think her wild-child past will be much of a...
FUNDS HIRE GUMSHOES TO VET FOR NEXT MADOFF
Forget the Securities and Exchange Commission -- large investors are starting to turn to private eyes to make sure the professionals investing their cash are on the up and up....
SUBWAYS SUFFER BOOTH LOSS
More than 100 subway booths will be shut down in the coming months as NYC Transit moves to trim $50 million in expenses from its strained budget. Among the 105...
NY'S WORST NURSES
Nurses charged with swiping drugs, giving the wrong medication, ignoring patients in distress -- in one case punching a mentally ill teen -- and other misconduct may keep their jobs...
CITY DOGS GONE WILD
Four-year-old Lee Fama sat in his stroller on a Brooklyn sidewalk when a vicious pit bull suddenly pounced and began ripping his face apart. "It just turned around and jumped...
MADONNA'S LOVE FOR SALE
She's had as many famous lovers as she's had pop comebacks. But from 1993 to 1994, Madonna enjoyed a little-known fling with Jim Albright, a former security guard at such...
DOCTOR 'I FEEL GOOD!'
Michael Jackson's shady doctor was also a personal physician to the drug-addled Godfather of Soul James Brown, according to sources. Dr. Conrad Murray, who is under investigation for Jackson's death,...
BUILDING MANAGERS SUE OVER WEB 'LIES'
Building managers at a posh Manhattan condo are dragging Twitter and other Web sites to court after anonymous posters used the forums to accuse them of murder and corruption. The...
JPM'S DIMON WAS PAULSON'S GO-TO GUY ON STREET: BOOK
Days after Lehman Brothers' stunning collapse last Sept. 15, then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson placed an urgent call to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and asked the banking veteran to buy...
JOBLESS GRAD SUES COLLEGE FOR 70G TUITION
She has given new meaning to a class-action lawsuit. Trina Thompson gave it the old college try, but couldn't find work. Now she thinks her sheepskin wasn't worth her time,...
'FACE' OF BUYER'S REMORSE
A group of Hell's Kitchen condo buyers are clicked off. They've banded together though Facebook to plot against a developer who sold them pricey condos before the economy crumbled. The...
LOWE'S SPEEDWAY NAME DEAL RUNS OUT OF GAS
Home supply retailer Lowe's, battling stagnant sales, will not renew its $3.5 million-a-year naming rights deal with Lowe's Motor Speedway, according to a published report. The deal with the 50-year-old...
CA$H FOR A CLUNKER
Eleven months into the massive, $182.5 billion taxpayer bailout of ailing insurance giant AIG, the company appears to be foundering in a stormy sea of bungled deals, consultants run amok...
SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION PACTS IN LIMBO
THE battle over may oral control of schools didn't just threaten Mayor Bloomberg's ability to oversee what goes on in the classroom. It also threatened the actual construction of classrooms....
OIL PUZZLER
Six oil companies reported second-quarter results so far -- with profits off 53 percent to 95 percent compared to last year, a result of weakened demand crushing margins. But oil...
ISRAEL GAY-CLUB CARNAGE
Three people were killed and 11 injured in a "bloodbath" last night when a gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle at an Israeli club for gay teens. The bloodshed...
LI KIDS SLAM LIBRARY LOUTS
Outraged Long Island kids slammed a plan by stuffy East Hampton bureaucrats to kill a library expansion because of fears it will attract poor people from surrounding communities. "It's just...
SCARE-PORT POLICE TACKLE FAKE BOMBER
A crazed, drunken homeless man heading to California for a reunion with his family set off mass panic at La Guardia Airport yesterday when he strolled in with a bogus...
BUST BUS STOPPERS, SAYS BEEP
Blockhead drivers are turning Midtown rush-hour bus lanes into parking lots, a new study shows. About 40 buses are blocked every rush hour by motorists illegally using the lanes --...
BRIT ZOO'S STRANGE PEN PALS
Ah, summer love. This odd couple is inseparable despite the difference in neck size. Gerald the giraffe and Eddie the goat hit it off at the Noah's Ark Zoo in...
LIRR'S $25M FED BRUSH-UP
Here's your stimulus dollars hard at work. Gov. Paterson yesterday unveiled a plan to hand a whopping $25.5 million to the Long Island Rail Road to build an environmentally friendly...
SHE'S HAPPILY 'EVA' AFTER REHAB
Ay, mama! Sultry screen siren Eva Mendes scorches the set of a new photo shoot for Marie Claire. The sexy "Hitch" star tells the British issue of the mag she...
ROCKAWAY SWIMMER DROWNS
A 19-year-old aspiring lawyer drowned and his girlfriend was rescued yesterday afternoon at Rockaway Beach after getting caught in riptides, authorities said. Lifeguards noticed the woman struggling in the surf...
PLUNGE PUP WAS SAVED BY AC UNITS
The dog that amazingly survived being flung off the roof of a six-story Brooklyn housing project may owe her life to the building's air conditioners, law-enforcement sources revealed yesterday. Oreo,...
MYTH OF GREAT MOB EATERIES
SO, Fat Tony misses Ba monte's mussels, Rao's chicken, and "great pasta" at Parkside and Don Peppe! It just shows you how out to lunch the mob is these days....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This dog's got balls. Bertie the British pooch was taken to a vet after he started walking oddly -- and nine golf balls were found in his stomach. Amazed animal...
USING SPORTS-SPEAK TO GET OUT OF (OR INTO MORE) TROUBLE
PEOPLE in sports always act as if they have the toughest jobs in the world. All the time, we hear stories of football coaches who lock themselves in their offices,...
PLAX, SPAGS GONE; GIANT EXPECTATIONS REMAIN
ALBANY -- As November gave way to December, there was no doubt in the minds of the Giants that they were headed to a second consecutive Super Bowl. Acknowledged as...
ONE DEADLY MONTH BRINGS BOXING WORLD TO ITS KNEES
They are perhaps the most macho of all athletes, modern-day gladiators who literally risk their lives every time they enter a boxing ring. Armed with only a pair of padded...
DONOVAN CAN'T FIX LIBERTY'S PROBLEMS
ATLANTA -- New coach, same result for the Liberty. Chamique Holdsclaw scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half as the Atlanta Dream spoiled Anne Donovan's debut as...
EARLY BUCKS DO PLAYERS NO FAVORS IN THE END
SO WE'RE to believe the NHL conducted an investigation of the Red Wings' 12-year, $73 million contract with Henrik Zetterberg -- under which the winger is due to receive $71...
NICKS SIGNS $12.5M CONTRACT
The Giants assured themselves of having perfect attendance for the start of training camp from their nine-player NFL Draft class yesterday when they signed Hakeem Nicks, the first-round pick whom...
RYAN FINDS CALLING, LEAVES FANS PHONE MESSAGE
CORTLAND -- Rex Ryan isn't afraid to set a tone. In fact, tone setting is proving to be his forte. Ryan didn't waste any time in his first news conference...
JENKINS SORE AFTER CALF INJURY
CORTLAND -- The worst look for the Jets through two days of training camp came yesterday, when nose tackle Kris Jenkins was on the trainer's table with an ice pack...
PIRATES ROOKIE BLASTS 3 HOMERS
Andrew McCutchen homered three times and drove in a career-high six runs, and the Pirates handed the Nationals their fourth straight loss, 11-6 last night in Pittsburgh. McCutchen, a rookie,...
GODOLPHIN DUO FAVES IN GO FOR WAND H'CAP
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- There's no such thing as a sure thing, especially here at the so-called "Graveyard of Champions." But that's no reason to bet against the Godolphin Stable entry...
MASON BACK WITH RAVENS
Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason emerged from retirement yesterday, less than three weeks after abruptly announcing the end to his 12-year career. Mason called team owner Steve Bisciotti yesterday morning,...
SHEFFIELD SET FOR RETURN TO LINEUP
Gary Sheffield, stunned and vexed when the Mets put him on the disabled list with what they termed a right hamstring strain, will be activated today. That's rare good news...
BELTRAN CONTINUES REHAB, BUT WHY?
SOME men see Carlos Beltran taking batting practice at Citi Field be fore last night's game against Arizona and wonder when he might be able to return to the lineup....
'ZONA SLAMMED BY PAGAN BLAST
Angel Pagan used his bat last night to give Carlos Beltran some friendly advice: Take your time, buddy. Just hours after Beltran took batting practice on the field as part...
MANUEL WANTS WAGNER BACK
Jerry Manuel was so encouraged by the reports that he got on Billy Wagner's first minor-league rehab appearance Friday night in Port St. Lucie that Manuel is lobbying for Wagner...
MITCHELL REPORT A MOCKERY
* When Bud Selig made his appointment of George Mitchell to head the steroid investigation, I thought it extremely ill-advised. At the time, he sat on the Board of Directors...
CUOMO FIGHTIN' FOR FISHERMEN
NEW York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is again filing a lawsuit to overturn onerous fluke regulations that have stifled the fishing industry. On behalf of the state, Cuomo filed the...
'BIRD' THIRD IN WEST VA. DERBY
CHESTER, W.Va. -- Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird's classic finishing kick wasn't strong enough in the West Virginia Derby. Mine That Bird finished third behind longshot winner Soul Warrior...
TIGER TAKES LEAD AT BUICK OPEN
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Tiger Woods drove on adjacent fairways twice on the back nine, hit a cup of beer in a spectator's hand, got rattled by a bug...
MATTHEW GRABS LEAD IN WOMEN'S BRITISH
Catriona Matthew of Scotland opened up a three-shot lead at the Women's British Open yesterday after a 1-under 71 in the third round in Lytham St. Annes. Matthew, who is...
TURF STAR WINS 2ND STRAIGHT DIANA
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Forever Together, who began her march to last year's championship as the nation's top turf female with a victory in the Diana Stakes, yesterday became just the...
YANKEES DROP THIRD STRAIGHT
CHICAGO -- In CC they trust. After two putrid performances that followed a narrow loss, the Yankees are on a three-game bender and dangerously close to erasing all the wonderful...
RED-HOT JOBA HELD FOR RED SOX
CHICAGO -- In a move Joe Girardi hinted was aimed at keeping Joba Chamberlain's innings under control, the manager said yesterday that the sizzling Chamberlain's next start would be Thursday...
BULLPEN PROVIDES NO RELIEF
CHICAGO -- When Joe Girardi was asked to assess the reason his club was kicked hard by the White Sox yesterday, it wasn't difficult for him to respond. "For whatever...
'RACHEL' 4-5 FAVE VS. BIG BOYS IN HASKELL
OCEANPORT, N.J. -- The biggest star in American racing, the super-filly Rachel Alexandra, puts her billing on the line today (6:14 post, TVG) when she faces six colts in the...
MEET MARKET
Erica, a 19-year-old civil engineering student, could use a break from studying. To her, the perfect date would include laughs with a cologne-wearing man over some exotic cuisine.Ike, 21 intern...
CURRENT AFFAIRS: WHAT'S IN A 'HEART'?
I was inspired to make a documentary above love because I was questioning the idea of love and whether I'd ever find it myself. I was 19, fresh out of...
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
College co-eds Tim and Kristina may hail from different parts of the country -- SoCal and New York, respectively -- but that didn't stop the duo from hitting it off...
AGENDA
* GO TO THIS: Talk about an odd (but entertaining) mélange: On Monday at 7 p.m., the Brooklyn Cyclones get medieval. The first 2,500 lords and ladies to enter KeySpan...
THE 'JOE' SHOW
As a World War II correspondent, Ernie Pyle met thousands of G.I.'s, but it's almost a certainty that none of them looked like smoking-hot Sienna Miller and Rachel Nichols in...
PRODUCTS OFFER SEA-PRISING BENEFITS
"Seaweed is rich in vitamins and minerals, which absorb easily into hair making it shine," says Suki Duggan, owner of Donsuki Townhouse Salon on the Upper East Side, where they...
MAKING WAVES
It's been 25 years since Daryl Hannah enchanted New York City as one of the sexiest mermaids in movie history. Now her gorgeous tresses are making another splash (d'oh!) as...
PAYING TRIBUTE TO CHILD
ONG before Rachael Ray and Giada De Laurentiis, there was Julia -- she of the tremulous voice, loopy mannerisms and killer machete chop. She taught us, among other things, that...
BORN TO BE CHILD
Guys, let's all raise a glass to our fallen heroes. We mourn Chris, whose estrogen levels rose to toxic levels after being forced to watch "Bride Wars" with his wife....
Q&A WITH PAUL GIAMATTI
Add Paul Giamatti to the long list of people in Hollywood with no soul. But at least he has an excuse. He's doing it for a role. The actor's latest...
BY GEORGE, HE PUT IT OUT!
When George Harrison died in 2001, My Morning Jacket's Jim James immersed himself in the former Beatle's classic solo album "All Things Must Pass," and laid down six soulful Harrison...
JUST CAN'T PLAY ENOUGH
IN the early '80s, Depeche Mode became the perviest group -- with lyrics about bondage, suicide and drug abuse -- to grace the cover of a glossy teen mag. Then...
LOWERING THE BAR
ANY New York dive bar aficionado can enthusiastically rattle off his or her favorite down-and-dirty watering holes -- from Jimmy's Corner in Times Square, with its soulful jukebox, to Jeremy's...
ADOPT ME
Two-year-old Gordon loves to run, play and exercise. He might look like a Chihuahua, but he's really a Jack Russell in spirit and temperament. Meet him from 11 a.m. to...
DEAR HUNTER
Cannoli, our new kitten, eats like a horse and is growing like a weed. This is a good thing. We feed him kitten food, which has the extra nutrients he...
FURRY FILM FESTS
For cinephiles, few activities are quite as relaxing as settling in with a good flick and a four-footed friend. Unfortunately, cineplexes have yet to allow movie hounds in for a...
MOVIES WITH TANG
YOU have to say this about Ang Lee: The Taiwanese-Ameri can filmmaker doesn't like to get stuck in ruts. His films range from a gay love story ("Brokeback Mountain," 2005)...
B'WAY BRILLIANCY
THIS week's diagram is the only known chess position to inspire the choreography of a Broadway-bound musical. The curious story begins more than 60 years ago, when Paul Felix Schmidt...
BRIDGE
JABEZ Stone, having struck an unwise bargain with Mephistopheles, appealed to Daniel Webster for help. "We'll play bridge for Stone's soul," Webster told Meph. "One rubber, winner take all." "Fine,"...
Barcelona prez stumps for salary cap
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!First the Bundesliga bigwigs said an MLS-style salary cap would be the way to go in the future. Now Barcelona president Joan Laporta agreed...
PRIMETIME
What the news media have lately described as "apologies" - as issued by America's biggest shots - in many households wouldn't be acceptable from a 12-year-old. Let's start with Supreme...
REEL GOOD
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959), Sunday, 10 p.m., TCM Alfred Hitchcock's most entertaining film dates only in becoming ways half a century later. Cary Grant has an iconic role as a...
SHARK AND AWE
No matter how many times you've seen gnawed-on limbs, close-ups on rows of pointy teeth and general ocean carnage, it's never enough. And that's precisely why the Discovery Channel's Shark...
'GREY'S ANATOMY' IN SPACE
Ron Livingston never did get that dream role on HBO's space- race miniseries, "From the Earth to the Moon" -- but, 10 years later, he's finally landed his own intergalactic...
QUESTIONS FOR MERRITT WEVER
When Merritt Wever auditioned for "Nurse Jackie," she blew star Edie Falco away. Falco had casting approval for the Showtime series and says, "She's never predictable. I can't take my...
Dallas drills KC 6-0; Cunningham bags 4
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Dallas just thrashed Kansas City 6-0. Yes, you read that right. No, it's not a typo _ just an outright caning.Forward Jeff Cunningham, so...
Alexander, Bradley Win Boxing Titles
Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley earned controversial victories Saturday night in Palm Springs. BY GEORGE WILLISAt a time boxing needed something to lift its spirits, it got nothing but disappointment...
Julian de Guzman turns down Toronto
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Canadian National Team star Julian de Guzman turned down a two-year, $2.75 million offer from Toronto.The 28-year-old holding midfielder has spent a decade playing...
WHITE SOX 14, YANKEES 4
Scott Podsednik and Gordon Beckham had four RBIs apiece and the Chicago White Sox finished with 17 hits Saturday in a 14-4 rout of the New York Yankees. In beating...
Random talk on Twitter trouble, Red Bull Arena, and another Jersey boy in Europe
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Players are learning by the day they have to be careful not just what they do and what they say, but also what the...