September 29, 2006
LIVEBLOG - Sailing on the Queen Mary
September 29, 2006 | 6:36pmInterested in sailing? The last transatlantic crossing of the season--from Southampton to Fort Lauderdale leaves England on November 18. Fares begin at $1,299 per person, based on advance booking.For more...
LIVEBLOG - Day 6, Friday
September 29, 2006 | 6:06pmIt's the last day. Everyone seems a little bummed. And also antsy. The elevators are full, dining rooms are overflowing, everyone's just milling around, trying to take it all in...
NHL ICES A DEAL FOR FIRST STORE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe National Hockey League will soon plant its puck in Midtown with plans to open its first-ever retail store on Sixth Avenue at 47th Street, The Post has learned. The...
FBI'S SECRET SOURCE - STOCK PRO WORKED FOR FEDS V. FAIRFAX
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA forensic accountant sued by embattled Fairfax Financial Holdings for being part of a short-selling cabal attacking the firm was actually working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Post...
NEWS CORP. ADDS WEEKLIES
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amNews Corp. completed the purchase of two weekly newspaper chains in Brooklyn and Queens that between them publish more than 30 titles. Executives said the company is still eyeing additional...
ZUCKER PUNCH - NBC'S NO. 2 BECOMES HEIR APPARENTLY-NOT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amJeff Immelt wants to see other people - including a casual encounter with Tom Freston - before he makes a commitment to Jeff Zucker. The NBC Universal wunderkind, who rose...
STAFF WALKS THE PLANK AT LISTING PIRATE CAPITAL
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThere's blood aplenty on the decks of Pirate Capital, a $1.7 billion hedge fund that saw nearly half its investment staff depart this week. Norwalk, Conn.-based Pirate has garnered attention...
BW CUTTING STAFFERS- NEW EDITOR CLEANS HOUSE; 14 WRITERS, EDITORS AXED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amBUSINESS WEEK'S new Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler is slashing and burning. In its second round of cutbacks in less than a year, the McGraw-Hill flagship lowered the boom on 12 editorial...
H-P CIRCUS HITS CAPITOL
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - It's not surprising that Hewlett-Packard has become the laughingstock of corporate America. That often happens when a group of people are consumed by paranoia and behave like idiots....
COMIC RELIEF
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amCOMEDY Central is making a star-studded charity benefit its first-ever live event next month. The telecast, called "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education," will feature...
CHARLIE ON THE CHEAP - NO MORE $1-MILLION-A-WEEK TV STARS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00am"ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEE HOW MANY FEWER VIEWERS ARE WATCHING BROADCAST TV. THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON SALARIES." BEING TV's highest-paid sitcom star ain't what it used...
YEAH, IT'S THAT BAD! - REMEMBER THE LAST TIME KEVIN COSTNER MADE A WATER MOVIE?; COSTNER, KUTCHER ALL WET
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amTHE men who make the Coast Guard in "The Guardian" strive to be the best of the best. The men who made "The Guardian" strive to be the averagest of...
21ST FARM AID PLOWS INTO N.J.
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amIN what has become one of music's longest-running annual benefit concerts, Farm Aid celebrates its 21st anniversary tomorrow with its show in Camden, N.J. Tickets are still available for the...
THE 3 FACES OF HANK III
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amTHE volatile and talented Hank Williams III (along with a band that includes mesmerizing and manic bass player Joe Buck) tunes up three ways at Northsix (66 N. Sixth St.,...
DEFROSTING TRICKY DICK
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amLONDON - Nicole Kidman and Kevin Spacey have been raving to friends about his performance. Judi Dench and Ian McKellen have feted him at dinner. And Harold Pinter says he...
MEMORIES OF MEAN QUEENS CREATE VIVID TALE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amDITO Montiel's "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," an autobiographical coming-of-age film, won the directing award at Sundance - but it's not at all the sort of art-house snoozer that...
FLUNKED FILM CLASS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00am'SCHOOL for Scoundrels" teaches one important lesson: Avoid anything carrying the banner of The Weinstein Co., which is to the multiplex what bagged spinach is to the produce aisle. Les...
GOOD WORD OF (NO) MOUTH
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amVENTRILOQUISM isn't for everyone. Most people who want to throw their voices can go ahead and throw them and, for all I care, leave them in the cloakroom, uncollected. But...
SIMON SCOFFS AT FEAT OF CLAY
September 29, 2006 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol" judge Simon Cowell labeled Clay Aiken an "idiot" for whining about his panic attacks. In an interview with Diane Sawyer last week, Aiken admitted to taking the anti-depressant...
MARY'S HOT PICK
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amSICILIAN singer/songwriter and acoustic guitarist Carmen Consoli's latest CD, "Eva Contro Eva," made its debut at No. 1 on the Italian charts, but she doesn't have a chance of usurping...
CASINO BEAT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amNEW JERSEY * Soul diva PATTI LABELLE performs Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Hilton Grand Theater. Tickets: $60; hiltonac.com, (609) 340-7160. * D-list celebrity KATHY GRIFFIN performs Saturday at...
STARR REPORT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00am"Law & Order," which will feature Chevy Chase playing a hate-filled Mel Gibsontype character, has now set its sights on the late Patsy Ramsey - with Liza Minnelli in the...
FOOT FOR THOUGHT - 'DEXTER' KILLS ONLY KILLERS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amFORTUNATELY for the citizens of Miami, there are plenty of serial killers in their midst. While that might not seem advantageous at first glance - especially for the victims of...
AL-LEY CATTIN' A GUY THING: POL
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amIt's just what men do. That's what state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., who introduced Jeanine Pirro to the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization yesterday, said about Al Pirro amid new...
QAEDA NUT CLAIMS 4K WAR DEAD
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq yesterday revealed that more than 4,000 foreign fanatics have been killed in the Iraq war, as he urged Muslims to turn...
LIEBERMAN'S MOJOE RISING VS. LAMONT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amConnecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has a 10-point lead over Democratic rival Ned Lamont, with the upstart anti-war candidate having a tough time bringing independent and GOP voters into his corner,...
EVEN HEROES GET TIRED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amFT. KNOX, KY. THEY keep gold here, and in more ways than one. Everybody knows about the Ft. Knox national gold repository - anybody who's ever seen the James Bond...
ATTORNEY'S LAWSUIT VS. HYNES TOSSED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA federal judge has tossed out a Brooklyn lawyer's suit alleging that DA Charles Hynes prosecuted her as payback for challenging him in the 2001 primary. Judge William Pauley dismissed...
COP A 'GHOUL THIEF' - CORPSE-CREDIT BUST
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amAn NYPD cop has been busted for allegedly stealing credit cards - from corpses. Officer Eduardo Saillant, 38, of the 60th Precinct in Brooklyn allegedly took the cards while taking...
$5M ECSTASY RING SMASHED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe feds yesterday arrested 25 members of an ecstasy ring believed responsible for smuggling more than $5 million in pills into the United States from Canada - and then marketing...
NYERS GET PEEK AT TOURIST SPACESHIP
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amBillionaire businessman Richard Branson offered space fanatics a glimpse into the future yesterday - a cutaway of the interior of the VirginGalactic SpaceShip2 he expects will soon be taking tourists...
T.O. PILL CRISIS AFTER BREAKUP - TRAINER BARES OWENS WOES OVER 2 GALS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amDALLAS - Brash football star Terrell Owens was aching from a busted hand and a broken heart when rescuers saved him from an apparent suicide bid, it was reported yesterday....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * The NYPD yesterday released a photo (above) of a thief who attempted to rob a Murray Hill bank. The unidentified bandit, sporting a goatee and carrying a knapsack,...
SUBWAY STATION TO COST $2.1 BIL - CITY TO SHELL OUT IN W. SIDE DEAL
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe city will pay $2.1 billion to build a single subway stop on the No. 7 train extension as part of its deal with the MTA to share a role...
HILL HITS SPEED STUMP
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is hitting the heartland to stump for Democratic congressional candidates down the stretch - and hobnob with voters in advance of a likely 2008...
PARTY IN RUINS - WHY PIRRO IS THE BEST THE GOP CAN DO
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amSO now it has come to this: The only Republican candidate for a statewide office with any star power at all this year finds herself enmeshed in a perplexing scandal...
A GOOD 'READ' - CHARTER KIDS OUTPERFORM OTHERS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amStudents in city charter schools are more likely to be reading at or above grade level than their counterparts in traditional public schools in the same neighborhood, a new analysis...
FERRY SUIT IS SETTLED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe husband of the last victim to die from injuries sustained in the Staten Island ferry disaster settled his lawsuit with the city yesterday. Bill Castro's wife, Debra, died two...
MY SIS MADE UP 'MARRIAGE TO PA' TALE - 'SICK' BID TO EXTORT FUND MOGUL
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe woman at the center of a twisted incest tale is a lying gold-digger trying to extort money from her multimillionaire hedge-fund dad, her stepsister charged yesterday. Linda McMahan's sexual...
GANG-RAPE VICTIM SET TO TESTIFY
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe four girlfriends drove from New Jersey one Saturday night to drink blue Hawaiians in an Inwood hot spot. By dawn, one, weighing a mere 100 pounds, had been tricked...
QUEASY DOES IT - DE NIRO GIVES MIKE UNAPPETIZING LOOK WHEN MENTIONING TRANS-FAT BAN PLAN
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amLooks like something Mayor Bloomberg said left a bad taste in Robert De Niro's mouth. The actor gave Hizzoner his trademark "You talkin' to me?" expression yesterday at a press...
JEANINE'S FEAR OF 'OTHER LADY' - TOLD PALS THE WOMAN WAS WIFE OF AL'S LAWYER
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amJeanine Pirro confided to friends that she feared her scandal-plagued husband was having an affair with his lawyer's wife, Lisa Santangelo - a stunning brunette 20 years her junior, sources...
PAL BOXING PROGRAM IS COUNTED OUT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe Parks Department knocked out a longtime boxing program yesterday in Brooklyn - angering the police officers who formed the league more than 20 years ago. The Police Athletic League...
WHY FEMALE POLS WILL LIVE WITH A LOUSE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S the million-dollar question on everyone's mind: Why the hell does Jeanine Pirro, the wounded Republican candidate for state attorney general, stay with her cheating, speeding, ex-con louse of a...
CLUBS SEEK WILD WEST SIDE 'SHERIFF' - SUMMITEERS TALK OF CITY NIGHTLIFE OFFICE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amParticipants in yesterday's first-ever "nightlife summit" agreed that police must help nightclub owners keep the peace and that there must be better regulation of the $10 billion-a-year industry - possibly...
DEAD S&M GUY A BEGGAR
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe leather-masked mystery man, who was found hanging from a chain link fence in the West Village decked from head to toe in S&M gear, was drunk and asking for...
'PERV' PLAYS MOTHER CARD
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA married Manhattan tax attorney, charged with repeatedly paying for sex with two underage sisters in his Midtown pied-a-terror, plans to call an unlikely witness to testify on his behalf...
GIRL-MOLEST PERV CAGED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly former screenwriter was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for a horrific crime - sexually violating a 5-year-old girl in her Lower East Side bedroom as the...
GRANNY FALLS IN LIRR GAP
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amAn 82-year-old passenger slipped and fell between a Long Island Rail Road station's platform and the train she was exiting yesterday in Lawrence, hitting her head and injuring her left...
GIRL-MOLEST FIEND CAGED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly former screenwriter was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for sexually violating a 5-year-old girl in her Lower East Side bedroom last year as her transsexual dad,...
'MICKEY MOUSE' ROBBER
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA female bank robber, carrying a distinctive bag with pictures of cartoon characters, including Mickey Mouse, has committed at least two bank robberies on Long Island, cops said. Her latest...
T.O. PILL CRISIS AFTER BREAKUP - TRAINER REVEALS NFL STAR'S GAL WOE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amDALLAS - Brash football star Terrell Owens was aching from a busted hand and a broken heart when rescuers saved him from an "accidental overdose," it was reported yesterday. Owens'...
IT'S THE LADY IN BLUE - LIGHTS UP FOR ]]ANNIVERSARY
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe Statue of Liberty usually wears green - but last night she stood tall in blue. Lady Liberty was given a temporary color makeover to celebrate the forthcoming 120th anniversary...
ANTI-W. $OROS: I QUIT POLITICS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amBillionaire liberal financier George Soros, who spent millions of his fortune trying to oust President Bush in 2004, yesterday said he hopes to stay out of politics from now on....
BOMB SCARE SHAKES JFK
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA bomb scare at Kennedy Airport last night caused flights to be delayed and the partial shutdown of the AirTrain, authorities said. A black duffel bag, found unattended at 8...
BROOKLYN COP SAVES BABY'S LIFE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA quick-thinking Brooklyn cop was hailed as a hero last night after she used her instincts as a former EMT to save a baby's life, police said. Sgt. Barbara Fischer,...
WOMAN FALLS INTO LIRR GAP
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amAn 82-year-old passenger fell between a Long Island Rail Road station's platform and the train she was exiting yesterday in Lawrence, hitting her head and injuring her left ankle. The...
CHESS KING WAGES WAR OVER 'THRONE'
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA $1 million chess match is about to blow up because a world champion accuses his Russian opponent of cheating - in the bathroom. The match began with a shock...
NYPD AVENGER - HAUNTS DUO WHO KILLED HIS GRANDPA
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA rookie cop who wears the same badge as his murdered NYPD grandfather will appear at a hearing today to demand that two killers convicted for the 1980 slaying be...
CHESS KING 'CHEATS' ON THE THRONE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA $1 million chess match is about to blow up because a world champion accuses his Russian opponent of cheating - in the bathroom. The match, the biggest to chess...
'PIANO MAN'-SION FOR SALE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amBilly Joel is movin' out - but only if someone ponies up the $37.5 million he's asking for his Long Island mansion. The singer/songwriter has just listed his renovated 14-acre...
NEW JERSEY - THE GARDEN STATE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amWith more than 150 varieties of fruits and vegetables grown in the state, New Jersey earned its nickname. On Dec. 18, 1787, it became the third state to ratify the...
STAND BACK! GREAT BALL OF FIRE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amA roaring fire swept through a second-floor apartment in a Brooklyn building late yesterday, authorities said. More than 60 firefighters from six units responded to the blaze, which broke out...
A GOOD 'READ' - CHARTER-SCHOOL KIDS OUTPERFORM OTHERS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amStudents in city charter schools are more likely to be reading at or above grade level than their counterparts in traditional public schools in the same neighborhood, a new analysis...
LIEBERMAN MOJOE RISING VS. LAMONT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amConnecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has a 10-point lead over Democratic rival Ned Lamont, with the upstart anti-war candidate having a tough time bringing independent and GOP voters into his corner,...
'PARTY' GAL HILL HITS SPEED STUMP
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is hitting the heartland to stump for Democratic congressional candidates down the stretch - and hobnob with voters in advance of a likely 2008...
ROSTER'S LIGHT ON PITCHERS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees won't finalize their postseason roster until Sunday, but Joe Torre said it will likely contain 14 players and only 11 pitchers. He acknowledged the roster will...
RUDY (1993)
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe miraculous victory that Notre Dame pulled off this past weekend might remind viewers of another extraordinary story from the Fighting Irish's past. The movie is based on the real...
NETS GIVE WILLIAMS 2ND SHOT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amJay Williams just wants to prove people wrong. Again. The former second overall pick, whose career seemed doomed by a devastating motorcycle accident, signed a non-guaranteed, make-good contract with the...
TEEL'S BEEN A SILENT KNIGHT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amHe's undefeated this season. He quarterbacks the No. 23-ranked team in the nation. And he's been a principal piece in Rutgers' football rebirth. But sophomore Mike Teel hasn't truly won...
DEARTH CONTROL - BIG BLUE FIXING PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY MULTIPLY
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amFour days spent in self-analysis, not on the couch but on the field and the meeting room, concluded yesterday with the Giants parting ways for a three-day weekend corresponding to...
CATCHING FIRE - COLES EXCELS BY SHEER WILL
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amPete Kendall was a relative newcomer to the Jets when they reacquired Laveranues Coles in a March, 2005 trade with the Redskins for Santana Moss. Kendall knew, however, before Coles...
RANGERS CONTINUE TO GEAR UP
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe Rangers will enter the final weekend of the preseason with their lineup two players lighter. Defenseman Daniel Girardi and rookie forward Greg Moore were both cut from the NHL...
NEW FULLBACK MAY GET TO OPEN HOLES
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amJET NOTES Don't be surprised to see fullback James Hodgins in the Jets' lineup on Sunday even though the newcomer has been with the team for only a few days....
BROWN AND KNICKS ON COLLISION COURSE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amKnicks brass doesn't believe Larry Brown gave it his all to win games last season. But it's clear Brown is hell-bent on winning today, treating his meeting with the Knicks...
FEW MORE CUTS TO GO FOR ISLES
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amTryouts will go a week longer than expected. The Islanders will make not-so-final cuts this weekend after the exhibition finale against the Devils. But thanks to NHL schedule-makers, one player...
GORDON: ROLLINS OVER JETER
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amFormer Yankee Tom Gordon claimed Wednesday that present teammate and Philadelphia star Jimmy Rollins is a better player than Derek Jeter. And while the Bombers were tactful - a sign...
SHUG'S SIGHTSEEING PAYS OFF
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amTrack was fast, turf firm; John Velazquez took off mounts again because of bum ankle. SECOND RACE: Shug McGaughey's Sightseeing, Phipps homebred 2-year-old Pulpit colt who ran second last out...
DEVILS NIP FLYERS IN SHOOTOUT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amSergei Brylin scored the only goal of the shootout to give the Devils a comeback 5-4 preseason victory over the Flyers last night at the Meadowlands. Trailing by three in...
CABRERAA ONE-HITWONDER
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amOrioles 7Yankees 1 With one out in the ninth last night at the Stadium, Robinson Cano broke up the Orioles' Daniel Cabrera's no-hit bid with a slicing single to left....
EX-YANK GORDON: ROLLINS TOPS JETER
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amFormer Yankee Tom Gordon claimed Wednesday that present teammate and Philadelphia star Jimmy Rollins is a better player than Derek Jeter. And while the Bombers were tactful - a sign...
1-HIT WONDER - CABRERA'S NEAR NO-NO STOPS BOMBERS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amOrioles 7 - Yankees 1 With one out in the ninth last night at the Stadium, Robinson Cano broke up the Orioles' Daniel Cabrera's no-hit bid with a slicing single...
POHLAD'S DOLLARS CAN'T BUY SENSE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amCARL POHLAD may be the 78th wealthiest person in America with a 2005 net worth of $2.8 billion as gauged by Forbes Magazine, but the owner of the Twins sure...
A PERFECT STUDY
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amCOLLEGE NOTES Contenders? Pretenders? Offenders? As we head into the second third of the season, there are 18 undefeated teams remaining after TCU lost its first game last night. Some...
SAINTS' SUPERDOME SHINDIG SATURATED BY ESPN
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amGIVEN the daily reminders delivered by ESPN about ESPN - a network that sells and oversells everything it owns until we retch - what should we make of ESPN's soulful,...
FALL SIGNALS START OF BLACKFISH SEASON
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amTHE fall marathon is on with lots of action along the North and South Shores. The fall run of stripers is in full swing especially around the South Fork and...
DUDDY FACES TOUGH VET
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amJohn Duddy's story is a familiar one to past generations of Irish-Americans who fled their homeland in search of a better life. Like them he settled in the city, driven...
THESE JETS CAN ROAR - ERIC-CHAD COMBO COULD MAKE NOISE VERSUS COLTS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amBS' Randy Cross knows the Patriots about as well as anyone on television does. So when Cross starts to see a lot of New England in Hempstead, it means something....
TURNER CALLS CAL - RIPKEN EYED FOR NEW MLB PACKAGE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amPerhaps the most revered retired baseball player, Cal Ripken Jr., has had talks with TBS about joining its new Major League Baseball package that begins next season, sources have told...
5 QUESTIONS FOR RON DARLING
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with SportsNet NY's Ron Darling. Darling, 46, is in his first season on Met games. Darling will work SNY's pre- and post-game...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - JOE TORRE VS. WILLIE RANDOLPH (WHO'S BETTER WITH THE MEDIA?)
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Willie Randolph meets with the media before games, he has that "I can't wait till this is over'' look. During the sessions, Randolph is at best guarded and at...
BETTOR'S GUIDE: WEEK 4 - INDY IN FOR A FIGHT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amOK, so you expect the Colts to wipe the field with the Jets Sunday. Well, here are a couple of reasons to grab the hefty nine-point spread: * Peyton Manning...
HONDO ON ROAD TO GREATNESS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amWhat's truly odd about the Odd Couple is that they're in first place. You don't have to be Nostradamus to know that's not going to last. Meanwhile, Hondo remained a...
ROSTER LIGHT ON PITCHERS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre said the Yankees won't finalize their postseason roster until Sunday, but did say it will likely contain only 11 pitchers. "In all likelihood we're going to...
MET FANS, IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amTHERE is something you really should ponder if you are a Mets fan, if your teeth are chattering, if your knees are clattering, if you're convinced - in the time-honored...
FLOYD GETS A SHOT
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Cliff Floyd's ailing left Achilles was getting a cortisone shot yesterday. The Mets said their left fielder was back in New York, with his left ankle...
TORN TENDON IN CALF SHELVES MARTINEZ
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amMETS 7 BRAVES 4 ATLANTA - The season is over for Pedro Martinez. According to GM Omar Minaya, the Mets' ace learned via an MRI exam yesterday that he has...
PSST ...HEY, CARL, YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amCARL Pohlad may be the 78th wealthiest man in America with a 2005 net worth of $2.8 billion as gauged by Forbes Magazine, but it sure seems as if the...
EL DUQUE, GLAVINE - NOT PEDRO - READY TO ROLL
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTA - Game 1 and Game 2 next week have been assigned. Willie Randolph announced his starters for the opening two games of next week's NLDS yesterday, handing the opening...
TRENDSETTERS - THE TOP PLAYS
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amCardinals (+7) at Falcons 1 p.m. The Monday Night loser from the previous week - Washington, Oakland, Pittsburgh - is 03 this season. The Falcons could be next. Arizona is...
AMAZIN'S HOPE SHOT BOOSTS FLOYD
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Cliff Floyd's ailing left Achilles was getting a cortisone shot yesterday. The Mets said their left fielder was back in New York yesterday, with his left...
PLAYOFF POSSIBILITIES
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTA - If the playoffs began today for the Mets, they would be going against the Dodgers. The Dodgers, however, may not ultimately be the Mets opponent, as things continue...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThere'll be no more wet T-shirt contests at the Silhouette Showbar strip club in Coopersburg, Pa. - officials have turned off the water. Why? It's simple - the club didn't...
LIVEBLOG - Day 5, Thursday, Part II
September 29, 2006 | 3:48amClanging dishes, rattling carts, a sommelier who can't pronounce the names of the wines only he is allowed to serve and a waitress with a full-blown cold.Is this the same...
Nice to meet you
September 29, 2006 | 12:12amWelcome to my little corner of the World Wide Web, also known as the Fantasy Tracker blog. Together, we’ll do out best to hook you up with the individuals you...