August 9, 2009
Pitching set for D-backs series
SAN DIEGO -- The pitching matchups are ready for the Mets' three-game series against the Diamondbacks that starts Monday night in Phoenix. Here is the breakdown:Monday -- RHP Mike Pelfrey...
DAVE SALMONI GOES 'INTO THE PRIDE'
Dave Salmoni is an animal lover, and if you doubt it, you need to see what he goes through in his new show premiering Thursday on Animal Planet, "Into The...
HOMELESS NYC HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR LEAVES $100K GIFT
JERUSALEM -- Hebrew University has received a surprise donation of more than $100,000 from an unexpected benefactor - a woman who survived the Nazi Holocaust and appeared to be destitute,...
BOSTON MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING PATROL CAR IN NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo detectives say they've found the man who stole and burned a patrol car earlier this year. Nineteen-year-old Scott Caldiero of Boston is facing charges including criminal...
Giles: Beltran should reconsider
SAN DIEGO -- Brian Giles thinks Carlos Beltran should think twice about trying to come back this season.Giles should know: The Padres' veteran outfielder struggled thoughout 2007 with much the...
WOMAN, 75, DRIVES WRONG WAY OVER BRIDGE IN NY
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Police say a 75-year-old woman drove the wrong way on New York's Tappan Zee Bridge. State police in Tarrytown say the woman entered the highway from the...
Box Office: 'G.I. Joe' Falls Short of $60M
While it's not the disaster that some predicted, the $56.2 million domestic weekend take being reported by Paramount for "G.I. Joe'' is on the lowish side for a movie with...
Box Office: 'G.I. Joe' Falls Short of $60M
While it's not the disaster that some predicted, the $56.2 million domestic weekend take being reported by Paramount for "G.I. Joe'' is on the lowish side for a movie with...
How Gordon Ramsay Heats Up His Bedroom
Gordon Ramsay likes to heat things up in the kitchen before he really gets to cooking in the bedroom. "Just standing behind a lady, putting her apron on and tying...
Patricia Heaton Shops Target
Even big stars with sacks full of residual checks love a good bargain. Just ask Patricia Heaton. "I buy my sweat clothes in the boys' section of Target," she admits....
Kelsey Grammer Blames Heart Attack on 'Back To You' Cancellation
Kelsey Grammer would like to apologize. "I'm really sorry about 'Girlfriends' and I'm really sorry about 'The Game,'" he conceded Saturday while talking up his new ABC comedy, "Hank." "But...
2 BOMBS EXPLODE ON SPAIN'S MALLORCA; NO INJURIES
MADRID -- Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded Sunday in downtown locations on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, the government said. Police...
ABC Wants Paula Abdul
ABC programming boss Stephen McPherson would "love to get a piece" of Paula Abdul. Asked point blank if he hopes the pint-sized primetime star to his networks stable of talent,...
CHINA SAYS PLANE DIVERTED TO AFGHANISTAN BY THREAT
BEIJING -- A plane scheduled to land in China's western region of Xinjiang that was rocked by ethnic riots last month was diverted to southern Afghanistan by a bomb threat,...
1 MILLION EVACUATED AS TYPHOON HITS CHINA
BEIJING -- A typhoon pummeled China's eastern coast Sunday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Officials rode bicycles to distribute food to...
Game 111: Mets at Padres
SAN DIEGO -- The Mets hope to avoid an embarrassing four-game sweep at the hands of the last-place Padres here today when ace Johan Santana takes the mound at Petco...
BILLY MAYS' FAMILY: NEVER SAW SIGNS OF COCAINE USE
TAMPA, Fla. -- The family of TV pitchman Billy Mays said they were never aware that he used cocaine or other non-prescription drugs before his death and they were considering...
TACONIC CRASH MOM'S HUSBAND HAS OWN DWI
The husband of Taconic State Parkway drunken-driving terror Diane Schuler also hit the booze hard before getting behind the wheel. Daniel Schuler last week tearfully defended his wife Diane against...
JENNIFER ANISTON ON COX COMEDY?
Which came first, the Cougar or the Puma? Courteney Cox, 45, is busy promoting her new TV series "Cougar Town" while BFF - and former "Friends" co-star Jennifer Aniston, 40...
Coverage in The Post
SAN DIEGO -- Bobby Parnell got an incomplete for his big-league starting debut here Saturday night as the rookie right-hander barely threw any of his secondary pitches in an eventual...
7 BODIES PLUCKED FROM HUDSON AFTER MIDAIR CRASH, PLANE WRECKAGE FOUND
Police divers have found the bodies of two more victims of the deadly Hudson River air crash -- including one believed to be the pilot of the doomed sightseeing helicopter,...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
Winners ELI MANNING Giants QB close to signing $97.5M contract to make him one of the highest paid NFL stars. JOHN THAIN Ex-CEO of Merrill said BofA knew about bonuses...
DOOM FALLS 'LIKE A ROCK' ON BRIGHT DAY
A sparkling summer day on the Hudson River turned into a nightmare yesterday as stunned onlookers watched a gut-wrenching midair collision in horror. New Yorkers and tourists jamming the riverfront...
AS BIG PAPI SQUIRMS, ALEX AS CONTENT AS EVER
ALEX Rodriguez has found professional serenity.HARDBALL BLOGSHERMAN ON TWITTER If you are able to take a step back, you will recognize how incredible that is. For in February, he was...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... ROBINSON CANO
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the 26-year-old second baseman who still is seeking his first World Series title.AS BIG PAPI SQUIRMS, ALEX AS CONTENT AS EVERCC, YANKEES COMIN' UP...
PINING FOR BOBBY V
Nearly seven years have passed since Bobby Valentine last appeared in a Mets uniform. He has spent six of those years mostly out of sight here, managing in Japan.METS BLOGHUBBUCH...
METS MUST JETTISON OMAR, BRING IN BILLY
WHILE the Yankees are playing the biggest series of their season this weekend (and all the baseball world is watching), the Mets are once again a punch-line, muddled in their...
STANDING VACANT NOT A FITTING END FOR OLD YANKEE STADIUM
"WHAT'S up, old friend?" I asked the other day. But there was no response. The old friend was muffled, muzzled, unable to say anything, trapped in his new black straitjacket....
COST-FRIENDLY WAYS METS CAN DEEPEN THEIR ROSTER
IMAGINE you are made the Mets' general manager. Yes, obviously, you will give better press conferences than your predecessor. But the key to success is not about conjugating verbs well,...
SLY PATH COP CANS 'MUGGERS'
He outfoxed a wolfpack. A quick-thinking Port Authority cop corralled a crew of gang-bangers who mugged a passenger on the PATH train -- simply by locking the doors on their...
COPTER-FIRM TURBULENCE
The helicopter company involved in yesterday's crash has chalked up a checkered safety record during nearly 20 years of flying tourists above Manhattan. Two years ago, a pleasure tour turned...
$12M IN CITY PAYCHECKS SAT FOR 15 YRS.
FOR 15 years, the checks from the municipal hospital agency most certainly weren't in the mail. In an astonishing oversight, officials of the Health and Hospitals Corp. allowed 19,021 undistributed...
VICTIMS' LAWYER: NO EXCUSE FOR WIDOWER'S IGNORANCE
The lawyer for the family of two victims in the grisly Taconic State Parkway crash slammed Daniel Schuler yesterday, pointing to the widower's 1995 DWI bust as proof he and...
ICAHN'S GIRLS CLUB
Working for billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn was like living in the Lindsay Lohan flick "Mean Girls" -- with Icahn's wife Gail in a starring role, two former employees claim....
TOUR PILOTS FLY UNFRIENDLY SKIES
The lesson was written again yesterday in pilots' and passengers' blood -- deadly consequences await when scenery-hungry fliers swarm the underregulated skies over New York. This time, the tragedy occurred...
FRAME-BY-FRAME DRAMA OF HUDSON CRASH
These amazing images taken by a tourist on a Circle Line boat show yesterday's horror over the Hudson unfolding in a matter of seconds. Sonia Singh, who was traveling with...
ACCUSER'S BIG BEN 'BOAST'
The woman suing NFL star Ben Roethlisberger for allegedly assaulting her sexually is also facing an accusation -- that she bragged at work about bedding him. In court documents filed...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn * Two bakers outsmarted a would-be bandit after he tried to rob a Fort Greene shop. Sean Almond, 42, allegedly grabbed an employee as he loaded a truck outside...
JACKO NY DOC INSURE PROBE
The Manhattan ear, nose and throat doctor who declared Michael Jackson healthy enough to go on a grueling concert tour has been thrust into an investigation of possible insurance fraud,...
TAVERN ON THE 'MEAN'
It was one bun in the oven that the Tavern on the Green just didn't want to serve. Jamie Mora, a former assistant to Tavern owner Jennifer LeRoy, claims in...
BROOKLYN SLAY OVER A JET SKI
One man was killed and another was critically wounded yesterday when a gunman opened fire at a Brooklyn marina after an argument over a Jet Ski. The gunman got into...
GUARD IS ON BOOTY
It might be hot, but this lifeguard's eyes aren't where they should be. The latest lifesaver with things other than the public's safety on his mind was caught apparently canoodling...
EXPERT: MADOFF VICTIMS MAY WAIT 15 YRS. FOR FULL PAYOUT
Victims of Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme may have to wait until 2024, or longer, before all the money is collected, according to one veteran court-appointed receiver. "We are still...
LIFE & SLIMES OF BERNIE THE BORN HUSTLER
Long before Bernard Madoff became the king of Ponzi schemes, he was scamming his way through the streets of Queens and Long Island, tricking suburban moms into buying overpriced sprinkler...
Speculators influencing gas prices
Dear John: You have claimed in your columns that gasoline prices are being pushed up by speculators and not demand. But you imply that speculators here in the US are...
CAMPAIGN TIES EYED
The city Campaign Finance Board says it's watching all candidates for improper coordination with outside groups following a letter from public advocate hopeful Mark Green that was widely seen as...
VAN MOWS DOWN CYCLIST
A food deliveryman on a bike was killed when he was struck by an out-of-control van fleeing police in Queens. Martin Ocasio, 33, allegedly bought drugs in Long Island City...
TRAGEDY SPANS TWO CONTINENTS
Steven Altman and his brother Daniel were flying to Ocean City, NJ, to pick up one of Daniel's sons from summer camp. A group of five Italian tourists, in America...
9 KILLED IN FREAK MIDAIR COLLISION
A small plane carrying a family and a sightseeing helicopter packed with Italian tourists collided over the Hudson River yesterday in a horrifying spectacle that left nine people dead. Debris...
STANFORD MAY GET WHAT HE PAYS FOR IN DEFENSE
TEXAS financier R. Allen Stanford, charged with running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, could get stuck with a discount-rack legal defense team. That's because the 59-year-old son...
A LITTLE TOO HIGH
From Wall Street to Main Street, the bull is running wild. Big hedge funds, large institutions and even the smallest individual investors are jumping into the market as stocks indexes...
GOLDEN RECEIVERS
There's a bull market on Wall Street. Not for investors, but for a handful of elite lawyers and financial pros acting as court-appointed receivers or trustees of firms whose principals...
FIVE YEARS OF US 401(K) CASH GONE
The average American can kiss goodbye the last five years of retirement savings, according to a recent report. The median assets in defined contribution plans like 401(k)s fell 15 percent...
GRIMACE OVER CONDO MCD'S
It's an attack on the Big Mac. Residents of the most expensive condo in Harlem are turning their noses up at a planned McDonald's in their midst. Aghast at the...
ICAHN'T BLOG FOR NOW
Carl "The Crusader" Icahn has holstered his blogging sword and is laying low for a while. The billionaire investor surprised many by quietly gagging his own activist blog four months...
SALSA-BEAT SALUTE FOR SOTOMAYOR
AS soon as the image of Sonia Sotomayor appeared on the three plasma screens inside Creole Cafe on Third Avenue at East 118th Street in East Harlem, there was silence....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This little guy was rolling in dough. A gas station employee in La Grande, Ore., found a mouse had taken up residence inside an ATM, making a nest out of...
LAST CHANCE FOR WOODS TO BE 'GRAND' IN 2009
It's ridiculous, really. This notion that what Tiger Woods has done in 2009 will be somehow diminished if he doesn't win a major championship. His final opportunity comes this week...
THE RUMBLE
He's a true Artsis Web guru gets behind scenes with athletes Michael Artsis, who last week built a Web site for www.jockskillz.com, went to Jets camp in Cortland and within...
MARTINEZ OUTDUELS YANKEES PROSPECT
JEREMY BLEICH already has had his fair share of the spotlight in his brief career. Last spring, the left-hander was the ace a Stanford team that qualified for the College...
HONDO'S TWO CAN DO
Hondo made some progress yesterday in El Bronx where the Bombers did another zippity do-dah against the Sawx to reduce his IOUs to 460 forsches. Today, he'll open with Wandy...
ROSS GETS HIS PHIL VS. HAMELS
Cody Ross hit a go-ahead two-run homer off Cole Hamels in the sixth inning and the Marlins beat the Phillies 6-4 last night in Philadelphia. The Marlins moved within five...
STOP THE STIMULUS!
In February, the President signed a "fiscal stimulus law" to supposedly "create or save" millions of jobs. If executed according to plan, the bill will cost $789 billion, or about...
HIGH-WAY ROBBERY
It is always your rich friends who cost you. Let's have dinner, they say. Then they order the Champagne, the $89 tasting menu and the 40-year-old single malt hand-delivered to...
DEMOCRATS WHO CRY 'RACIST!'
A caricature of Obama as Heath Ledger's garish, pasty-faced Joker from "The Dark Knight" is appearing on the Facebook pages of many an Obama critic these days. And, as is...
I DON'T WANT KIDS
I remember telling my high school friends in Raleigh, North Carolina, that I didn't really like kids very much and didn't think I'd have any when I grew up. This...
DEMS GET DESPERATE
We have entered uncharted territory in the fight over national health care. There's a new tone in the debate, and it's ugly. At the moment the Democrats are looking like...
O'S SILENT MAJORITY
Like Richard Nixon, Barack Obama wants to govern on the strength of a silent majority, although with a twist. Obama wants the majority that opposes or questions his policies to...
A 40TH MANSON FAMILY REUNION
Forty years ago today, brainwashed members of Charles Manson's "Family" embarked on one of the most bizarre killing spree in recorded history. From Aug. 9-10, 1969, seven people were brutally...
IN MY LIBRARY: JOEL KLEIN
"My father never read a book in his life," says Joel Klein, who nevertheless went on to revere reading himself -- as should any chancellor of the New York City...
THE LIAR IN YOUR LIFE
"You've gained about 10 pounds, no? "Those shoes are hideous." "I've seen better looking babies, actually." Life without lies wouldn't work, says psychologist Robert Feldman, who adds, in a New...
HUNGRY
Sheila Himmel knows a thing or two about food obsession. As a Bay Area resident ("the original hotbed of food worship") and former restaurant critic for the San Jose Mercury...
LABOR DAY
Life can change forever over the course of just a few days. That's the premise of "Labor Day," which begins on the Thursday at the end of the summer of...
THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Much of Pulitzer-prize-winner Richard Russo's new novel takes place on the beach, but this not your typical beach read. The Griffins aren't your typical family. In fact, the typical family...
INHERENT VICE
In the three novels that made his reputation -- "V.," "The Crying of Lot 49" and the National Book Award winner "Gravity's Rainbow" -- Thomas Pynchon used his electric imagination...
CULTS, CONSPIRACIES, AND SECRET SOCIETIES
Branch Davidian leader David Koresh once battled a rival to see which one could revive a corpse. House of Yahweh leader Yisrayl Hawkins believed that sexually transmitted diseases contributed to...
REQUIRED READING
Street Without a Name Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova (Skyhorse) A poet and author, Kassabova grew up in Sofia in the last years of Communist rule....
ABETTING TERROR
Why doesn't the Obama administration just send an engraved invitation to al Qaeda to stage a replay of 9/11? It's a fair question, given the emerging reports on the upcoming...
CONGRATULATIONS, SONIA
With a solid 68-31 Senate confirmation vote on Thursday, there's a new justice at the US Supreme Court. Her name is Sonia Sotomayor. We've had our reservations about Sotomayor, but...
ODOR-OUS
Tiger Woods farts on the golf course, and this is news ("Frenzy Over Woods' Wind," Aug. 4)? Sonia Sotomayor could judge the event, saying that the black athlete clearly had...
CIAO BELLY!
I want to commend you as a top-notch news source with a great bunch of writers. I really enjoyed reading the article about Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito ("Feds Say: Fugedabout-eat,"...
COMING HOME
Thank you for the article regarding the return of the remains of Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher ("A Hero Repatriated," Editorial, Aug. 4). As a former Navy Air Traffic Controller,...
DON'T PAY THE KIDS
Children who would not normally pass AP exams suddenly have the ability to do so ("HS Students Cash in on Challenging Tests," Aug. 5). If these children passed because of...
PAY THE JUDGES
The Fund for Modern Courts believes that The Post's editorial, "Not-So-Blind Justice," (Aug. 5) incorrectly characterizes as a conflict of interest the decision of the NYS Court of Appeals to...
'WHOLE LOTTA' GROOVE
WHEN Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White got together to discuss their careers, their guitars and their music for Friday's documentary "It Might Get Loud," things went considerably better...
MEET MARKET
Matt may hail from Iowa, but with his Spanish skills and salsa obsession, the 27-year-old management and strategy consultant has the Latin lover thing down pat. A señorita with some...
THREE'S COMPANY
Some say three's a crowd, but not Ike and Erica. During their date at Puerto Rican spot Sazon in TriBeCa, the duo had a blast with each other -- and...
BENIGN MONSTER DEVOURED MUSIC
This Woodstock story ran in The Post Aug. 18, 1969 BETHEL, N.Y. -- You sit on the big stage watered by the blue spotlights while the Big Pink Band plays...
BACK TO WOODSTOCK
If the 500,000 hippies, Yippies, peaceniks and pimply teenagers who attended the Woodstock Music & Art Fair 40 years ago this week, Michael Lang may have been the only one...
SELLING THE SCENE
With more than a dozen new books, several tribute concerts and a slew of slickly remastered video and music sets hitting store shelves, even a capitalist pig can appreciate the...
'WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THE NEWS!'
Three days of peace, love and music might have produced some of rock's greatest moments, but it was hell on the long-term memories of the musicians. Shaking loose stories from...
AGENDA
Real estate is such a tough business, even visitors from another planet can't find a decent place to live. "District 9," opening Friday, envisions a world 20 years after an...
BOWLED OVER
Soup is rarely ordered in the summer -- no matter how rainy it is. This year, though, New York City chefs are taking a standard cold weather favorite and turning...
Q&A WITH CHRISSIE HYNDE
Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde, writer and singer of classic songs such as "Back on the Chain Gang," "Talk of the Town," and "Brass in Pocket," has lived a hard-charging rock...
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
I was babysitting for my mom's friend Kathleen's daughter the night I wrote that first fan letter to John Hughes. I can literally remember the yellow grid paper, the blue...
HUNTERS: DEC GETS IT WRONG ON ANTLERS
THE decision to with draw the antler restriction program in parts of the Catskills has riled many New York State hunters, the majority of whom it seems wanted the program....
D-LINE DEPTH WILL BE GIANT SUCCESS
ALBANY -- The Giants are not going to kill the quarter back this season, they are going to overkill the quarterback. They have a healthy Osi Umenyiora returning to a...
WEARY FANS WONDER IF IT'S 'PAP' FICTION
WE'RE well past the point of sifting through the darkened snow, trying to separate the villains from the victims of the steroid era. VAC'S WHACKSVACCARO ON TWITTER Fans? Fans are...
BUFFALO READY TO INTRODUCE T.O.
CANTON, Ohio -- When Terrell Owens makes his debut in a Bills uniform tonight, little does he realize how much influence a certain newly inducted member of the Pro Football...
NICKS SITS OUT WITH TIGHT HAMSTRING
ALBANY -- The loudest cheers generated after one week of training camp came Friday afternoon after Hakeem Nicks ran a deep post, leaped over veteran safety C.C. Brown and rookie...
SANCHEZ SHINES BUT KELLEN TO START PRESEASON OPENER
CORTLAND -- With the bright morning sun casting a glare across the SUNY Cortland practice field yesterday, Mark Sanchez took his place where many expect him to be this season....
COTCHERY GETS THE JUMP ON REVIS
CORTLAND -- Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, who has no plans to give up any touchdowns this season, yielded a long one on the first play of 11-on-11 drills in yesterday's...
MUSCLE HILL CRUISES
Operation Hambletonian: Complete. Muscle Hill, trained by master strategist Greg Peck, easily won the $1.5 million Hambletonian yesterday afternoon at the Meadowlands Racetrack. "I tried to give it a tagline,"...
BULLSBAY TAKES WHITNEY
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The spotlight shined on a new star in yesterday's 82nd running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap, while another star left the stage after a long...
VETERAN PETTITTE KEEPS ON WINNING
Andy Pettitte is jealous of new teammates who still may get an extra adrenaline rush facing the Red Sox. AS BIG PAPI SQUIRMS, ALEX AS CONTENT AS EVERCC, YANKEES COMIN'...
ORTIZ BLAMES TEST RESULT ON 'SUPPLEMENTS'
In place of the jovial, joking "Big Papi" sat an apologetic, confused David Ortiz at a 30-minute Yankee Stadium press conference yesterday in which the Red Sox star denied ever...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Vick talks to inner-city youth In Decatur, Ga., Michael Vick went to a suburban Atlanta community center to talk to inner-city youths about how to deal with potentially violent...
PADDY BEEFS UP LEAD; TIGER 2ND
Padraig Harrington kept pouring in birdies as he tried to separate himself from everyone else at the Bridgestone Invitational. He arrived at the 18th green with a three-shot lead, happy...
GIANT FIGHT BREAKS OUT AT PRACTICE
ALBANY -- It was nice and cool last night, but things heated up on the field, with the Giants engaging in their most spirited and heated practice of training camp....
REGGIE BUYS PIECES OF OLD STADIUM
Reggie Jackson has acquired two very big pieces of the old Yankee Stadium. AS BIG PAPI SQUIRMS, ALEX AS CONTENT AS EVERCC, YANKEES COMIN' UP ACESEJECTION PEEVES FRANCONAJETER'S DINGER RIGHT...
SHUTOUT PUTS YANKS UP 51/2
A week ago, there were pockets of grumbling inside the Yankees' universe about the club not making a deal to help at the trade deadline. AS BIG PAPI SQUIRMS, ALEX...
SINKING SAWX HAVE PROBLEMS GALORE
It's becoming apparent that the Red Sox's problems go far beyond David Ortiz's failed drug test. They have lost five in a row and in their last two defeats to...
EJECTION PEEVES FRANCONA
Two days after Mark Melancon drilled Dustin Pedroia in the shoulder during the series opener, the Red Sox got some retribution. AS BIG PAPI SQUIRMS, ALEX AS CONTENT AS EVERCC,...
CC, YANKEES COMIN' UP ACES
THE YANKEES managed to spend the season's first four-plus months cruising peacefully under the spotlight tracking the best teams in baseball. The Dodgers monopolized that conversation for a while, and...
JETER'S DINGER 'RIGHT' AT HOME
Derek Jeter's home runs come off the discount rack, but they count just as much as the high-end items. The latest exhibit was the 9-iron Jeter hit in yesterday's eighth...
MANUEL 'K'-OS CLOSER CONCERNS
SAN DIEGO -- Jerry Manuel brushed off concerns about Frankie Rodriguez after the Mets' All-Star closer blew his second consecutive save Friday night. METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER K-Rod failed to...
SMITH, WILSON ENSHRINED BY NFL
CANTON, Ohio -- All that was missing were the chicken wings, because the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony had a distinct Buffalo flavor. Bills owner Ralph Wilson, Hall...
SUB-PAR EFFORT IN PARNELL'S FIRST START
SAN DIEGO -- As debuts go, this one left a lot to be desired. It wasn't what rookie Bobby Parnell did in his first major-league start here last night that...
KNOW-IT-ALL FRANCESA REALLY MISSED
MIKE Francesa, Thursday, re turned from one of his long er-than-yours vacations. And not one minute too soon. I was beginning to miss the big fella, no kidding. I could...
WANNSTEDT'S TEAM PRESEASON FAVORITES
NEWPORT, R.I. -- The day after Pitt was voted the preseason favorite to win the Big East Football Conference, coach Dave Wannstedt and his wife Pam spent Tuesday in Midtown...
LOSMAN HOPES UFL ROUTE LEADS TO NFL SUCCESS
Five years ago, J.P. Losman rolled into Buffalo Bills training camp as a rookie with a bloated ego and a cannon of an arm to back it up. He was...
MEDCHILL EXCELS FOR S.I. YANKS
It's far too difficult to predict which Staten Island Yankees will make it to the major leagues, but manager Josh Paul offered one prediction he is certain will come true...
SETON HALL ALUM SHINES WITH THE DUCKS
Players in the Atlantic League are usually one of two types: career minor leaguers or former MLB players trying to prove they are good enough to get back to the...
AGE NO OBSTACLE FOR TORRES
Dara Torres is a year removed from her historic performance at last summer's Olympics in Beijing, where she stepped out from the shadow cast by Michael Phelps and grabbed a...
MATTER OF 'ROID & WRONG
* It's funny how the fans and media here in New York were quick to attack the Red Sox's accomplishments in 2004 and 2007 based on the news that David...
ADOPT ME
Larry is 10 years old, but this shy, cute guy looks much younger. When he sits in your lap, you'll feel like you've won first prize! Meet him from 11...
NIGHT HOWLIN'
DEAR DR. FOX: We have a problem with our 7-month-old female Yorkie, Tootsie. She barks continually starting around 4:30 a.m. and wants out of her cage. She gets 1/4 cup...
RUFFS TO RICHES
Many successful personalities come from humble beginnings then rise to the top, where they then hobnob with the rich and famous. Dogs are no different; they too can experience a...
TARANTINO'S MUSE
QUENTIN Taranti no's "Inglourious Basterds" is actu ally a loose remake of a 1978 Italian thriller of much the same name. In "The Inglorious Bastards," directed by Enzo Castellari (a...
TWISTED SISTERS
Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are finally freed of parental control. Until this summer, the other Kardashian girls had appeared on the relatively family-friendly "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," where their...
PRIMETIME
It's hard to imagine anything more neglectful, self-destructive and more easily fixed in any form of media. Yet it has spread through TV like an air (and cable) borne virus....
DON'T MISS LIST
COMEDYENTOURAGE, Sunday, 10:30 p.m., HBO Guy problems - Vince (Adrian Grenier) and brother Drama (Kevin Dillon) decide to up the ante during a charity golf tournament that sees them teamed...
LOVE THY 'NEIGHBOR'
As denizens of New York, chances are -- given half a chance -- you'd kick your neighbors to the curb in a heartbeat. Elsewhere in the country -- where people...
BACK IN THE HOT SEAT
REGIS Philbin is a little nervous about returning as host of "Who Wants to Be Millionaire" -- the 10th anniversary of its sensational debut, marking the beginning of something new...
Wagner moves closer to return
SAN DIEGO -- Billy Wagner threw another scoreless rehab inning in Jupiter, Fla., today, allowing one hit and striking out one while throwing 15 pitches. The target date for Wagner's...
Fight night in PM practice
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - It was nice and cool last night but things heated up on the field, with the Giants engaging in their most spirited and heated practice of...
Manuel: K-Rod's woes no worry
SAN DIEGO -- Jerry Manuel today brushed off concerns about Frankie Rodriguez after the Mets' All-Star closer blew his second consecutive save Friday night.K-Rod failed to record an out in...
YANKEES DOMINATE RED SOX BEHIND CC SABATHIA'S PERFORMANCE
CC Sabathia gave the Yankees a dominant performance that put them in position for a four-game sweep of the Red Sox. Sabathia didn't allow a runner past second base while...