January 12, 2007
Stephon running the (talk) show
By MARC BERMANNo matter what you think of Stephon Marbury, no matter how many times you want to bury him, he's not going away anytime soon. With Steve Francis on...
STAR TREK: She swims with the fishes
How does party girl Tara Reid unwind when on business? Answers to this pressing question (it's not what you think!) revealed in today's absolutely thrilling travel spot.Currumbin, photography by Tourism...
LIVEBLOG/BOMBAY: Frankie says relax
In Bombay the streets are lined with two types of vendors, the onestrying to sell you clothes and handicrafts and the other selling tea,sandwiches, chaat and a multitude of flavorful...
WEEK'S END REVIEW: Jan. 12
Welcome to our Friday grope of the week in travel news that was. It's feeling a bit warm again, but if you need warmer, how about Aruba (pictured below). This...
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR
Today's page celebrates the life of the great Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King was born on Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Ga., to Martin...
POSH LIFE
THEY earn more than most corporations, spend more than some countries. And for the ability to kick a soccer ball and look like a stick insect, David and Victoria Beckham...
THE DB'S MAKE SOME NEW NOISE
SOMETIMES a pop song is so ingrained in your head that you can't believe it wasn't bigger than it was or that it wasn't covered by someone to give it...
EMOTIONAL 'SCENE' SHOULD BE SEEN & HEARD
NEW YORK parties will never seem quite the same after "The Scene," Theresa Rebeck's new comedy about a quartet of self-obsessed Manhattanites who wreak emotional havoc upon one another. Starring...
MAN OF THE POWER
IT'S a good time to be Peter Morgan. Whenever the writer answers his cellphone these days, he discov ers he's up for another award. There are Golden Globe nominations galore...
STARR REPORT
M.Lo's 'Extra' creditMario Lopez, who re-discovered his celebrity mojo on "Dancing with the Stars," has landed a weekend co-anchoring gig on "Extra" (with Tanika Ray). Lopez, who's worked for "Extra"...
ROME SWEET ROME
HBO's lavish, epic series "Rome" turned lavishly, un-epic, last season, focusing more on the fictional lives of regular Joes Pullo (Ray Stevenson) and Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) than on the real-life...
'IDOL' STALKING MARIAH & MCCARTNEY
PAUL McCartney and Mariah Carey - or some combination thereof - might appear on this season's "American Idol," which premieres Tuesday. The superstars' names are the ones most prominently mentioned...
HIGH 'JUMP'
EVERY now and then, a movie or TV show comes along that makes nearly everyone in it a star. "The Outsiders" and the first year of "Saturday Night Live" started...
HOPE AMID TEARS
ADD to the list of sick acts committed by the government of North Korea's "dear leader," the height-challenged Kim Jong Il: kidnapping a 13-year-old girl on her way home from...
CAMPY WESTERN IS THAI DIE FOR
WHAT do you get when you mix a Douglas Sirk melodrama with a Sergio Leone Western? "Tears of the Black Tiger," a high-camp Western from, of all places, Thailand. After...
FRAT-FOOTED
'STOMP the Yard" takes you to the world of stepping - the traditional heavy-booted dance show put on by black fraternities that resembles what the 82nd Infantry would look like...
SUDANESE NIGHTMARE TO AMERICAN DREAM
'GOD Grew Tired of Us" could almost call itself the funny Sudan documentary - a nonfiction "Coming to America." That would be stretching a point, but there are surprising comic...
STURM UND GANG
WHO knew? Justin Timberlake shows that he can do more as an actor than just take his shirt off - though he does that a lot as well - in...
'ARTHUR' A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND TABLE
AND the first great film of 2007 is . . . not "Arthur and the In visibles." Very, very not. This kids' cartoon from France is such a surreally demented...
FABRICATED TYCOON
MANI Ratnam's often absorbing "Guru" is sort of a Bollywood "Citizen Kane," a decades-spanning drama with a compelling Abhishek Bachchan as a ruthless Indian business tycoon who refuses to take...
PREVIEWS
"THE FEVER": Wallace Shawn ("My Dinner With Andre") wrote and stars in this drama about a well-heeled traveler who wakes up in a war-torn country with a fever. The New...
BROADWAY
"THE APPLE TREE": Two and a half stars For superstar Kristin Chenoweth, an effective vehicle - but so's a crosstown bus. Three one-act musicals by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick,...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": Three stars John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": Two and a half stars Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ALTAR BOYZ": Musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands manages to be entertaining despite its one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (877) 226-9941....
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It is best to call ahead before going to any event. FALL OUT BOY: The four-member band from Chicago, named after a character...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Jason Moran. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: the Crusaders....
CLASSICAL
TODAY: Cellist Allison Eldredge and pianist Max Levinson at Weill Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Violinists Mark Peskanov and Yosuke Kawasaki, violist Maurycy Banaszek and cellist Edward Arron at Bargemusic, 7:30...
DANCE
DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM: Through Sunday, Clare Byrne Dance performs the world premiere of "Rounds," exploring the boundaries of movement, ritual, mythology and spiritual practices. Tickets are $15 and $20. 280...
FILM
IFC CENTER: Through Jan. 23, "An Artist and a Gambler: Robert Altman Remembered." Today: "Images" (1972) and "That Cold Day in the Park" (1969). Tomorrow: "Gosford Park" (2001) and "The...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Today and tomorrow: Andrea Marcovicci. Tuesday through Feb. 10: Maude Maggart. 59 W. 44th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; (212) 467-7444. CARLYLE HOTEL: Tuesday through Feb. 10: Rita...
COMEDY
ARS NOVA: Thursday: Colette Hawley's "Shushie-Bush." 511 W. 54th St., at 10th Avenue; (212) 868-4444. CAROLINES: 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th streets; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: 117 MacDougal St.,...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
JERRY RICE AT THE Y: The former wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers will talk about football at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Tickets are...
FILM PICK
Take it from a tabloid writer, fans - Billy Wilder's notorious 1951 picture, "Ace in the Hole," is a rival to "Sweet Smell of Success" for its ferocious truth-bombing of...
UPCOMING
LUCINDA WILLIAMS: The singer-songwriter headlines at Radio City Music Hall March 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35, $49.50, $54.50 and $70, and go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m....
PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE SELF: THE LEGACY OF F. HOLLAND DAY
THIS is a better, more interesting show than it was meant to be. Its central artifact is seven photographs by F. Holland Day from 1898. These re-enact Christ's Passion on...
MARY'S HOT PICK
JAZZ pianist Michel Legrand is known for writing dozens of film scores including "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Summer of '42" and "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" ("The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"), the...
MUSEUM PICK
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB: Marissa Soroudi's photo exhibit, "Unspoken," features portraits of women in the Middle East and North Africa and explores how veiled women stand in contrast with the idealized...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY* Tony-nominated STEPHEN LYNCH performs tonight, Saturday and Sunday at 9 p.m. in the Borgata's Music Box. Tickets: $29.50. BRYAN ADAMS rocks out the Event Center at 8 p.m....
MEGA-VEGA
By her own account, Daphne Rubin-Vega has come a full circle. The classic downtown chick who began her career singing with the New York City freestyle group "Pajama Party," and...
ANDY & D.A. TEAM VS. CROOKED POLS
ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Albany County District Attorney David Soares yesterday announced an unprecedented partnership to crack down on public corruption in state government. "If you've been...
MIKE HESITANT TO CUT PROPERTY TAX
Despite overflowing revenues, Mayor Bloomberg expressed reservations yesterday about enacting a permanent tax cut. "Down the road, we know our expenses are going to be higher than they are now,"...
DEMS DOING DENVER FOR '08 CONVENTION
The Democratic Party yesterday opted for a "Rocky Mountain high," picking politically desirable Denver over New York to host its 2008 presidential nominating convention. The move was widely seen as...
TWO GIRLS STABBED IN 'CARNEGIE' HS RUMBLE
Mayhem erupted yesterday outside a Manhattan high school a block from Carnegie Hall when two teenage girls were stabbed during a melee. Pedestrians ran in fear and shopkeepers locked their...
39 'REMAINS' AT WTC SITE
Thirty-nine more possible human remains were found at Ground Zero yesterday, the largest discovery of 9/11 remains in weeks at the World Trade Center site. The latest findings were made...
LOVE-CHILD MA GIVES STAR ASSIST
The mother of Jason Kidd's 13-year-old love child says she has nothing but love and sympathy for the Net star - even though her life, too, could be turned upside...
ACTRESS SLAY ON TV 'LAW'
Here's one real-life tragedy that did not need to be "ripped from the headlines." The story of slain actress Adrienne Shelly - an independent film star who once appeared as...
ONE HAUL OF A 'DIRTY' THEFT
Tons of dirt are missing from the construction site of Brooklyn's planned Ikea megastore, and cops are investigating if and why the potentially toxic soil was stolen, a company spokesman...
KIDD'S EX: HE'S THE BULLY
New Jersey Net star Jason Kidd's wife filed her own domestic-violence restraining order yesterday, accusing the NBA star of using the raven-haired pixie as a punching bag. "There was a...
NYPD DOG'S BRAVE FEET
A hero police dog took one for the team yesterday after cutting his paw on broken glass during a Brooklyn bust. Ranger, 21/2-year veteran with the NYPD, stepped on a...
JURY HEARS WIFE'S DYING GASP
On the night of April 24, 2005, Christine Odierno - her body etched head to heel with two dozen stab wounds and almost completely drained of blood - summoned her...
'ROYAL' PIMP'S REGRET
The man who once called himself the "King of all Pimps" vowed yesterday he "will never run an escort agency again," as a judge ordered him to spend up to...
CLUB ON THE ROCKS
In a rare move, the State Liquor Authority slapped a two-year "timeout" on the building that houses Club Mumbai in Chelsea - which means neither the current owner nor any...
SUNY KICKS BUTTS OUT OF DORMS
SUNY students will be banned from smoking in their dormitories beginning this summer. The SUNY Board of Trustees yesterday approved the prohibition as of July 1, joining a growing number...
NYPD BRIDGE TO MUSLIMS
The NYPD has appointed an imam as outreach coordinator to the city's Muslim residents, Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. Erhan Yildirim, of the Fathi Mosque in Brooklyn, will work with...
2ND GUNPOINT ROBBERY IN CENTRAL PK.
A couple was robbed in Central Park last night - the second gunpoint robbery there in five days, cops said. Two thugs jumped the couple at 63rd Street and Center...
'NIXZMARY DAY' SPURS REFORM BID
On the first anniversary of the brutal killing of Nixzmary Brown, a lawmaker said yesterday he wants to make sure the infusion of cash pumped into the Administration for Children's...
KLEIN DECLINES 'PRIVATE' MATTER
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said yesterday that private groups would not manage city public schools, dismissing scuttlebutt on the subject in education circles as "rumors and speculation." "I will not...
PORN SPARKED HOT FDNY WAR
The flap over whether firefighters could put pictures of their fallen brethren on the front of their lockers erupted after complaints to the FDNY about much racier material, department sources...
JUST NOT MEANT TO BEE: SPELL KID SNUBBED AGAIN
Lamarre St. Phard got stiffed again. The 13-year-old Brooklyn boy, who has accused his principal of keeping him out of a regional spelling bee because of his special-education status, was...
GRAFFITI GUY GETS TAGGED
One of Staten Island's most-wanted graffiti vandals - who managed to elude cops for nearly a year - was caught in the act and arrested early yesterday, authorities said. Russell...
NEW HEAD TOPS 'GRAVE GHOUL'S' LIST
A ghoulish master mortician might never stand trial in Brooklyn for allegedly procuring corpses from funeral homes to illegally harvest body parts - because he may have suffered brain damage...
MTA'S NEW BAR ON GATES
The MTA launched an ad campaign to convince riders not to use emergency exit gates unless there's an actual emergency. Police say they'll ticket - or even arrest - riders...
2 NABBED IN RAPE AT L.I. MOTEL
Two men were arrested yesterday on charges of holding a pair of female acquaintances at a Long Island motel, where one was raped. Anthony McFadden, 29, of Providence, R.I., and...
MOVER STOLE SKETCHY ART LOVER'S PABLOS: FEDS
A mover was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing two Picasso drawings from the estate of a well-known collector - who may have been an art thief himself. In a strange...
'SAND CASTLE' CONEY CO-OPS
Coney Island will be getting a new 40,000-square-foot community center and 152 co-op apartments under a $56 million project announced yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. More than 75 percent of the...
DETECTIVE HAILED AS REAL GEM
An NYPD detective who played a key role in solving several recent heists will be honored tomorrow by the Jewelers' Security Alliance at its annual luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria. Detective...
VICTIM: KILLER A BAD SHOT
A Brooklyn pimp set out to rob a john - but wound up killing his own pal instead, after a struggle broke out in his intended target's car, a witnesses...
SUPREME 'REVENGE'
Notorious Queens drug kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff set up hits on two men in 2001 for beating up a powerful friend of his - hip-hop producer Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo, a...
RANGEL RANKLED BY FELLOW DEM PELOSI
WASHINGTON - Powerhouse New York Rep. Charles Rangel is butting heads with fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi just a week into the new Congress controlled by their party, The Post has...
IT'S BECK TO THE FUTURE
Brace yourself for the next British Invasion. English soccer giant David Beckham - and his tabloid-fodder wife, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham - are moving to the Left Coast after he...
VIAGRA 'RX-LESS' FOR THE SEXLESS
Viagra is taking a hard look at going over the counter. Pfizer Inc. this week said it is considering selling a form of its anti-impotence drug without a prescription. Food...
W.'S TEARS FOR A HERO & PEP TALK FOR GIS
WASHINGTON - Firing up fresh troops heading to Iraq, President Bush yesterday told them to "crush" the terrorists who are trying to prevent democracy from taking hold. Bush rallied the...
DEMS BURN A 'KIDLESS' RICE
WASHINGTON - Condoleezza Rice came under a shocking Democratic attack yesterday - as a childless woman who can't understand the sacrifices made by families of U.S. troops in Iraq. In...
PICASSO KLUTZ WANTS $54 MIL
Las Vegas casino king Steve Wynn estimates he lopped $54 million off the value of a Picasso painting when he accidentally poked his elbow through the prized canvas, and has...
IVY GAL FLED HER PAST
The shape-shifting swindler who conned her way into Ivy League schools using stolen identities was once an obese teenage dropout so abused by her loved ones that she wanted to...
TODDLER'S KIN IN DESPERATE MARROW HUNT
Time is quickly running out in the coast-to-coast search for a bone-marrow donor for a 2-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. Harrison Leonardo, son...
WIDOW BROWN & OUT
James Brown's "widow" may be in a cold sweat after learning that she and their child have been left out of the singer's will. The Godfather of Soul's last testament...
NYPD BLOTTER
ManhattanPolice are searching for Trishann Williams , 38, who was last seen leaving her East 96th Street home near Second Avenue at 10:30 a.m. last Friday. Police say she has...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Numbers Thu.: 087 Midday Win-4 Thu.: 6105 Evening Numbers Thu.: 999 Evening Win-4 Thu.: 1324 Pick-10 Thu.: 4, 19, 22, 24, 29, 30, 33, 36, 39, 43,...
BOXER'S LOW BLOW
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, an appalling scold from California, wasted no time yesterday in dragging the debate over Iraq about as low as it can go - attacking Secre tary...
WIN FOR THE TROOPS
YESTERDAY, Defense Secretary Robert Gates made it clear that we've finally got a Pentagon chief who understands the global threats we face and the enduring need for more grunts. In...
HOW IRAQIS SEE W'S NEW PLAN
'A SIGH of relief!" So one resident of Haifa Street, in the heart of Baghdad's badlands, reacted to the new plan to secure the Iraqi capital with the help of...
SPITZER'S DEAL
GOV. Spitzer wants to be the "reform" governor, taking on Albany's entrenched power brokers on behalf of the people of New York. To do so, he's going to have to...
GOV'S GIMMICKS WON'T FIX JERSEY
NEW Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's State of the State Address Tuesday was déjà vu all over again. He repeated his promise, made during his elec tion campaign and again in...
BUSH'S SURGE PLANS TO SECURE IRAQI MISSION
THE ISSUE: President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including increasing the number of troops. The president's plan includes a timetable, numbers and strategy on how to succeed ("W's Shift &...
WOLF PACKS UP AND LEAVES MTV
The exodus of high-profile executives from Viacom continued yesterday, as MTV Networks Chief Operating Officer Michael Wolf unexpectedly resigned after just 14 months on the job. Wolf's resignation came one...
EMI SIREN SONG
EMI, the world's third-largest major music label, is expected to fire its two highest-ranking recorded music executives, Alain Levy and David Munns as early as today, according to three sources...
DUNN'S TANGLED WEB AT THE NEWS
The Daily News, which is in the midst of overhauling its Web site, has gone out of town to hire a London-based design firm closely associated with its editor-in-chief Martin...
AMERICAN MEDIA BOSS MAY BRING STAR BACK TO BOCA
ACCOUTANTS are still scouring the books at American Media, Inc. which is facing new deadlines for its long overdue financial results for the past two years. The report for the...
APPLE WON'T GIVE UP SLICE TO CISCO
In a bid to piggyback on Apple's roaring success, Cisco Systems is seeking to cut a deal where the two companies would sell compatible phone products under the iPhone name....
EOP BONDHOLDERS BALK
Investors who hold bonds in Equity Office Properties Trust continue to play hardball with the nation's largest office landlord - a move that could potentially jeopardize the company's $36 billion...
FADING FASHION
There is no shortage of potential CEO successors at the major Wall Street banks. When Hank Paulson left Goldman Sachs to become Treasury Secretary, Lloyd Blankfein easily moved into the...
FORD BETS MODELS' HOME VIDEOS ARE RUNWAY HITS
A beautiful woman plus video content equals lots of viewers. That's the formula Ford Models President John Caplan is betting will work for this year's "Ford Supermodel of the World"...
DEFENSE: A GOOD OFFENSE
Taking care of the troops in Iraq is winning fans on Wall Street, with shares in firms that make body armor and track soldiers' steps via satellite posting record highs...
HOTEL PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN
Downtown may soon be getting a brand new W Hotel. The Post has learned that developer Joseph Moinian is in serious discussions to open a hotel with the alphabetically charming...
POOF! YOUR NAUGHTY E-MAIL'S GONE
Your naughty e-mailed videos and written secrets will soon be safe from unwanted scrutiny with a new e-mail that self-destructs in just seconds, with no traces left. The vanishing video...
ESCAPE CLAUSE
BARRY Bonds is the vehicle through which so many of baseball's past angers, ancient furies and lingering guilt is transported now. He has earned that distinction by turning himself into...
C-WEBB, SPURS PERFECT MATCH
CHOOSING any desti nation other than San Antonio once Chris Webber clears waivers would be unreasonably risky, it says here. Just as it'd be incongruous for the Spurs not to...
MYSTIC RIVERS
AFTER all they were subjected to this season, fans of the New York Football Giants now must brace themselves for a new next worst nightmare: A vanquished Bill Belichick walking...
A WEEK OF STEROIDS, SLIP-UPS AND KIOSKS
I GUESS this is the way things are; we either get used to it or get out. ITEM: Mark McGwire rejected by Hall of Fame, CBS Hails Shawne Merriman -...
'CLASSIC' WAITS ON HATTON VEGAS TEST
WE'VE seen this be fore; two marquee boxers battle on the same card in different bouts with the anticipation they will both win and face each other in the near...
ALL BOOKS & BACK-TO-BACKS FOR COLUMBIA
IT GIVES new meaning to the term "working weekend." It's not for everyone. And it's truly a test, pardon the pun, for all involved. It's the grind of Ivy League...
BEHOLD, A PEEK AT COACHING'S FUTURE
YEARS from now when you are sit ting in front of your 42-inch plasma on a Saturday afternoon watching a college football game that looks somewhat like a video game,...
RUN WITH RAVENS
THOSE who figured the Colts were going to get run right out of the playoffs were a week off. The Chiefs failed to take advantage of an Indianapolis defense that...
SAINTS - BIG & EASY
Adding to his stuffed trophy case, The Wildcat captured first place over 49 foes in Playbook's long-running Wise Guys Contest with an overall record of 25-11 ATS (going 16-2 on...
SOCCER SAVIOR
Sometimes a budding league and an iconic star meet at just the right time, like Joe Namath all but forcing the NFL-AFL merger or Pele legitimizing the North American Soccer...
UNPRECEDENTED WINDFALL FOR BRAND BECK$
From Becks to Beck$, from Real Madrid Galactico to the Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham always has done two things better than any soccer player: hit bending, curving free-kicks, and...
GREENIES AT A GLANCE
AMPED UP Barry Bonds' reputation as a performance-enhancing drug user grew with a report that he failed a test for amphetamines. Amphetamine use has been common for at least 40...
BEARS CAN'T AFFORD 'GROSS' QB OUTING
The Seahawks are without their top three cornerbacks, filling the holes in the last three weeks with guys off the street. It makes them a tempting target for a young...
STORM DRAINED
The last time St. John's played at the Meadowlands, the Red Storm blew a second-half 20-point lead in one of their worst defeats ever. Unlike last year, there was no...
LEADING THE CHARGE
LaDainian Tomlinson will be carrying more than just the ball for the Chargers on Sunday. On the shoulders of the best running back in football will be the weight of...
AMAZIN' FEELING FOR BURKHARDT
Three years ago, Kevin Burkhardt's main source of income was as a car salesman. This spring, he will be the field reporter on SNY's Mets telecasts. Burkhardt replaces Chris Cotter,...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JIM NANTZ
This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with CBS' Jim Nantz. Nantz, 47, will call the upcoming Super Bowl, Final Four and the Masters. Q: It can't get much...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
Marv Albert vs. Ian Eagle (Who is better with Mark Jackson?) Marv Albert is still Marv Albert. His play-by-play game has not slipped a bit. He is a sportscasting legend....
TRENDSETTERS
COLTS (+4) ATRAVENS, 4:30 P.M. Baltimore has tried to cover three in a row three times this season and is 0-3. This is the fourth attempt. The Ravens also have...
THE ODD COUPLE
How about The Odd Couple (Dick Klayman & Peter Tocco) and their 3-1 beating of the over/unders on Wild-Card Weekend? How about The Odd Couple (Peter Tocco & Dick Klayman)...
MS. CHARLEEN
TOMORROW: Ravens (over); Eagles (under). SUNDAY: Seahawks (over); Patriots (under).
STILL-HOT HONDO TIES ONE ON
Hondo, who closed with a furious rush the last seven weeks of the season (71-39-2), maintained his Hondomentum in Round 1 of the playoffs, moving right to the front of...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Wie trails Donald by 15 shots While Luke Donald was shooting a 7-under 63 to take the lead at the Sony Open yesterday in Honolulu, Michelle Wie had another...
WHEW! BARBARO PULLS OFF RALLY
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - The sense of doom that hung in the air Wednesday at the New Bolton Center after Barbaro suffered a "significant setback" in his recovery from the...
DEVILS GET BACK ON WHITE TRACK
The Devils play a brand of hockey that focuses on defense. With the return of Colin White tonight against the Atlanta Thrashers, that defense will be much improved. White missed...
SEARCH & EMPLOY
The ownership of the Giants stressed the desire for stability and continuity as reasons for retaining Tom Coughlin, but there are plenty of changes ahead for his coaching staff. The...
SIGHHEEERE'S STARBURY
Stephon Marbury has a new show to run and it's not the Knicks offense. In a landmark boost to his image, Marbury has landed his own TV sports talk show,...
THOMAS TO MAKE PITCH TO C-WEBB
Isiah Thomas admits his chances in the Chris Webber Sweepstakes are bleak, but at least he will get to pitch the Knicks to C-Webb in a phone conversation today, according...
LO DUCA'S AGENT RETORTS THOMSON
Paul Lo Duca's agent, Dave Stewart, hadn't seen the critical comments Blue Jays righty John Thomson made about his client Wednesday afternoon. He hadn't spoken to the Mets catcher as...
NO KIDD-ING
CHICAGO - Richard Jefferson saw it all before from Jason Kidd. "I've been here for six years talking about him. There's not too much else I can say. He's one...
RALLY KILLER
So maybe NHL senior VP and director of officiating Stephen Walkom will issue a public apology to the Rangers for the unfathomable mistake the four-man crew working last night's match...
FIRST HALF
Another Rocket launch will happen in 2007, Roger Clemens' buddy Andy Pettitte predicted yesterday. And Brian Cashman promised a "full-court press'' to bring Clemens to New York. In no uncertain...
BIG UNIT'S FAILURE MYSTIFIES RIVERA
Mariano Rivera won four World Series titles closing for Andy Pettitte and saw little but disappointment with Randy Johnson as a teammate, and he still can't figure out exactly why....
STRAHAN OWES WIFE $15.3M
A judge sacked Michael Strahan's bank account yesterday, ordering the Giants defensive end to pay his ex-wife Jean a whopping $15.3 million, plus hundreds of thousands in child support, as...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Talk about a grave offense. A brazen burglar who busted into a Florida couple's home made off with an urn containing the ashes of the couple's 4-year-old son. The parents,...
THE 6TH QUESTION W/ JIM NANTZ
By 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...