November 24, 2006
Changeup: Back to Steph and Steve
November 24, 2006 | 5:35pmBy MARC BERMANBOSTON – The experiment is over after one game. Incredibly, Isiah Thomas pulled a flip-flop at the morning shootaround today in Boston. The Stephon Marbury-Steve Francis starting backcourt...
'ONE PARK'ING JOB ON STAR MAG'S REALITY TV SHOW
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amTHE reality show, "One Park Avenue," that was to be based on the comings and goings of Bonnie Fuller and her minions on Star magazine has been put on indefinite...
SCAM-BLED EGGS ; LONG ISLAND COUPLE ACCUSED OF FLEECING RETIREES
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amA Long Island money manager and his wife are accused of fleecing middle-class and disabled retirees out of their life savings, according to a lawsuit filed in State Supreme Court....
STARR REPORT
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amNamath bookedThis is a big weekend for Joe Namath. "Broadway Joe" will be Ducis Rogers' guest Sunday on Ch. 2's "Sunday Blitz" (11 a.m.) to talk about the season thus...
JAY-ZERIOUS - KING OF RAPPERS HAS A FORMULA FOR H20
November 24, 2006 | 5:00am"Diary of Jay-Z:Water For Life" Today on MTV at 9 a.m (four stars) THERE are two things wrong with "Diary of Jay-Z: Water For Life," a terrific documentary on Jay-Z's...
L&ONELYGIRL; ABDUCTED WEB MYSTERY GAL
November 24, 2006 | 5:00am'LAW & Order" has built a franchise on its "ripped from the headlines" approach. But this Tuesday's episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" goes one step further in its...
'CAROUSEL'-ING THE NEW SEASON
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLETNew York State Theater, Lincoln Center. (212) 870-5570. Season runs through Feb. 25. PETER Martins' New York City Ballet is a stickler for starting its fall/winter season...
STOPPARD WONDERS; PLAYWRIGHT QUERIES CROWD'S OPINION
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amON my plate today: Leftovers, tinsel and gossip: "Voyage," Tom Stoppard's new play about radical politics in pre-revolutionary Russia, is dense, dazzling, beautiful and demanding. But it's not for everyone....
MARY'S HOT PICK
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amYOU know what Ella said: "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing." This show's got it, just in time for the holiday season. Jazz composer David...
FILM PICK
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amBased on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's play "The Front Page," "His Girl Friday" is one of the top newspaper films of all time. And like a good paper, the...
CASINO BEAT
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amNEW JERSEY * TOM JONES plays tonight at 9 and Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Resorts' Superstar Theater. Tickets: $75$125; resortsac.com, (800) 322-SHOW. * JAY LENO does...
POST POST-PUNKS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amRADIO 4, part of the original post-Strokes New York rock scene, doesn't veer much from their post dance-punk style, which has more enduring appeal than the relentless appearance of post-post...
RECEIPTS ARE KEY TO HAPPY RETURNS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amShoppers, beware - saving big bucks during sales is a dream, but returns can be a nightmare if you don't know the rules. The biggest headache is trying to return...
MOM IN 20G PTA RIP-OFF: DA - CHARGED WITH FORGING CHECKS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe PTA president at a Queens middle school got a long detention when she was charged with embezzling nearly $20,000 by forging the signatures of other moms on checks and...
GOOF COULD STALL B'KLYN BALL
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amBruce Ratner's bid to build an NBA arena in Brooklyn could be headed to overtime. An Empire State Development Corp. foul-up could delay final approval of Ratner's $4.2 billion, six-block...
SCHOOLS FIGURE 'WRONG' ; SHADY GRAD STATS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe city's fiscal watchdog has sounded the alarm over a "significant and sustained" rise in the number of students discharged from public high schools, suggesting the increase could be artificially...
POLICE GET NEW RADIOS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amCops on the street will be equipped with sleek, easier-to-carry radios designed to improve communications among different commands and boroughs. The new Vertex radios are a hit with officers in...
SHOPPERS SETTING SALE; BLACK FRIDAY HORDES GET HEAD START ASDOORS OPEN EARLY
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThey're ready to wake at the crack of dawn, stand in line, size up the enemy and march into battle. The armies of shoppers out hunting for Black Friday bargains...
SLAY SURGE SETS OFF SWEEP ; NYPD OUT IN FULL FORCE AFTER STAT SHOCKERS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amA spike in shootings and murders has led NYPD brass to authorize an anti-violence blitz in 11 high-crime precincts, police sources told The Post. Officers in anti-crime units - including...
RICH & POUR ON PARADE; WEALTH OF FUN AMID THE RAIN
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe balloons were low but spirits were high yesterday as thousands braved bitter winds, steady down pours and frigid temperatures to enjoy the fun at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** A gunman fatally shot a man in Washington Heights late last night and wounded a friend of the victim, police and witnesses said. The shooter opened fire at...
SLUGGER EX-LAWYER LYING LOW
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe disbarred Westchester lawyer being questioned in the mysterious murder of his wife spent Thanksgiving holed up in his Chappaqua home as detectives searched mounds of evidence for a break...
ATL. CITY GAL'S TRAGIC DREAM FINALLY KICKED CRACK
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe PTA-mom-turned-hooker who was found slain with three other women on a seedy strip outside Atlantic City had briefly kicked her debilitating drug habit before her death at the hands...
JESSE HAS 'SHRINK' RX FOR KRAMER
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amEmbattled comic Michael Richards needs to spend more time on the couch than on a stage, according to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who called the former "Seinfeld" star "dangerous to...
WEEVENGE DUO'S AMBUSH; GRAVE THREAT TO TINKLER'S TATTLER
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man who complained that an 80-year-old cemetery worker urinated on his grandmother's grave says he was attacked by two thugs who ordered him to shut up - or...
DOUBLE THUMP; GOP WOES DEEPENING
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amPRESIDENT Bush contributed a new word to the political lexicon when he called the GOP defeat on Election Day a "thumpin'." Now, two weeks after the election, the full nature...
MOM'S JONBENET HOPE - HUBBY: SHE DIED THINKING KARR DID IT
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amJonBenet Ramsey's mom went to the grave "fighting off the rest of the world" - and believing her little girl's killer was about to be caught and brought to justice,...
SHOPPERS SETTING SALE ; BLACK FRIDAY HORDES GET HEAD START AS DOORS OPEN EARLY
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amAfter a hard day celebrating Thanksgiving, armies of dedicated shoppers decided to forego sleep and descended on malls last night - poised to march into battle at the stroke of...
ATL. CITY GAL'S TRAGIC DREAM
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe PTA-mom-turnedhooker who was found slain with three others on a seedy strip outside Atlantic City had briefly kicked her debilitating drug habit before her death at the hands of...
DON'T MISS THE BOAT: WEAR A LIFE JACKET
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amIT is a still morning and fog slowly drifts skyward as you hide in the camouflage of your small duck hunting boat, a faithful retriever alert at your side. Blue...
LINEUP FLIP'S A FLOP FOR KNICKS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe smile is gone now. The optimism is evaporating. Isiah Thomas looked heartbroken late Wednesday night at Minnesota's Target Center. "This was unacceptable," Thomas said after the Knicks were blown...
TRAINER MARTIN PASSES AWAY
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amLongtime New York-based trainer Jose Martin, the member of a renowned racing family who conditioned three champion thoroughbreds, died Wednesday at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island. He was...
FOURTH DOWNER ; NETS' LATE COLLAPSES A CONCERN
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amPHOENIX - Get the feeling the Nets don't have this closing out victories thing down just yet? They've kicked teams around, but when it comes time to stomp a foot...
GARDEN PARTY CRASHERS; BUTLER, GONZAGA PULL OFF SURPRISES
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThere's a Butler in the house. And there's a Gonzaga, too. No, this isn't an ESPN Bracket Buster matchup. It's the championship game of the Preseason NIT. Two teams with...
IT'S TIME FOR COLLEGE COACHING CAROUSEL
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amIT will not be a happy Thanksgiving weekend for some Division I-A coaches. The reality is this will probably be the last games they coach at their respective schools. With...
RJ'S NOT SATISFIED QUITE YET
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES PHOENIX - Richard Jefferson returned from his sprained ankle and is working his way back into form. As Nets coach Lawrence Frank said, Jefferson "isn't 100 percent, but...
NO HARD FEELINGS; PENNINGTON'S COOL WITH ULTRA-COMPETITIVE COLES
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amCaught in a moment of frustration Sunday at Giants Stadium while the Jets were playing the Bears, Laveranues Coles threw what could have been construed as a brief conniption fit...
BATTLE OF THE FIRST-ROUNDERS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amJET NOTES The Jets-Texans game Sunday at Giants Stadium will pit two of the highest picks from last April's draft when Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson tries to block Houston...
MAYWEATHER FUTURE AS GOOD AS GOLD
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amCOULD Floyd Mayweather Jr. be the next major boxer to sign under the Golden Boy banner? I wouldn't rule that out. Mayweather is a marquee fighter, looking to retire in...
HOLIDAY BLUES; SLUMPING ELI MUST AVOID TANKS-GIVING WEEKEND
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThere are moments on the field when Eli Manning may appear to be clueless, but that doesn't mean he is oblivious to the swirl of negativism currently hovering over him...
COUGHLIN: STOP GRIPING, TIKI
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amAngered at yet another swipe at his decision-making and the competence of his staff, Giants coach Tom Coughlin on Wednesday night summoned for Tiki Barber and in no uncertain terms...
AFRASHAD GETS IT DONE
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amTrack was sealed, sloppy. In the 93rd running of the traditional Thanksgiving Day feature at Big A, even-money favorite Afrashad, 4-year-old Smoke Glacken colt, quickly took command under Rich Migliore...
NO PROFIT FROM ISIAH'S MOVES
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amSTEVE FRANCIS "volunteered" to give up his Knicks starting spot same as I left college before being asked to leave. Two lineups down, 40 to go! Maurice Taylor and Jalen...
XAVIER DEFEATS FORDHAM PREP, 28-14
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amH.S. FOOTBALL Fordham Prep coach Pete Gorynski said it would be difficult for his team to get over the disappointment of losing the CHSFL AA final to Xaverian on Sunday....
FLICKS OF THE WEEK
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe Longest Yard (2005) A remake of the 1974 classic. The newest version stars Adam Sandler as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe, a former football star turned convict. Crewe is assigned the...
'REBUILDING' JASPERS OFF TO ROHR-ING START
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amDEVON Austin didn't give much of a response, just a word. He didn't have to say much more. His expression said it all. The question posed to this Manhattan College...
BOOTY CALL - SOUTHERN CAL QB MUST STEP UP VS. QUINN & IRISH
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amNotre Dame-USC could feature more points than a well-written editorial. While the Fighting Irish's Brady Quinn throws the ball well enough to perhaps be the No. 1 pick in the...
LOVE YA, TONY - NOW GO - MNF NOT RIGHT FORUM FOR KORNHEISER'S TALENTS
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amOn Monday Night Football, Tony Kornheiser isn't Tony Kornheiser. Kornheiser got the MNF analyst job because he is almost always insightful and funny. He is rarely either on Mondays -...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amTo: Chris Russo From: Andrew Marchand Re: Facts CC: 'Jay-C' Dear Chris: Great job once again. You really hit some out of the ballpark Tuesday - some hilariously inaccurate stuff...
5 QUESTIONS FOR BOOMER ISIASON
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Boomer Esiason. The former Bengal, Jet and Cardinal quarterback, 45, works for CBS, MSG and Westwood One. Q: Where does the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 24, 2006 | 5:00amTwo Boise, Idaho, municipal workers were fired after taking city vehicles out for a joy ride - two Zamboni ice-resurfacing machines. The employees their slow-moving vehicles through at least one...
6TH QUESTION W/ BOOMER ESIASON
November 24, 2006 | 2:40amBy ANDREW MARCHANDEvery Friday in NYP TV Sports, our sports television pullout that appears in the middle of the print edition and online, we present "Five Questions for …" This...