March 9, 2007
THE 6TH QUESTION W/ JAMES BROWN
By PAT REICHARTEvery 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 is...
Wiis and Miis
If you own a Wii, chances are you've spent a ridiculous amount of time carefully crafting a mini-Mii version of yourself. I, myself, have at least 5 different Miis. I...
Dump Job of the Week
It's not the kind of thing you'd catch while eating popcorn with truffle butter at the hipper-than-thou IFC Center, but IFC's film distribution branch has opened "Believe in Me,'' an...
LIVEBLOG/FLORENCE: Day 2 - Gloves on
Just like the French can’t actually call something ‘cheap’ (just au bon marche, or a good deal), Italians lack both a word for – and the concept of – ‘trendy’...
SCHIL'S BIG BLOG
Some Friday thoughts to ponder over the weekend. The best player blog I’ve seen so far belongs to Curt Schilling. Unlike most of the players’ websites, Schilling not only has...
New look for Milledge
By MARK HALELastings Milledge has shaved off his corn rows. He came to camp today having shaved his head and comparing himself to Britney Spears."Lasto!" Jose Reyes said, laughing. "You...
Bush Is Not Leonidas (or Xerxes)
Over at Premiere and The New York Times, some who (correctly) see "300" as fascist are leaping across a chasm to tie it to the Bush administration. Uh-uh. The movie...
Deal of the Day
Hold the phones.Smart bargains(via Loehmanns.com) has slashed the tag on this telephone printed L.A.M.B. hoodie to a mere pittance.A piece of Gwen Stefani's signature style will only cost $34.99; down...
IT'S A BARGAIN: Luxury in Miami from $250/nt
A spring break in Miami doesn't have to mean liquor-fueled beach parties and more skin than Dr. Zizmor's office. (Not that there's anything wrong with any of that.)However, for the...
Flirting with Infamy
It's impossible not to come back to Chris Simon's brutal two-hand chop on Ryan Hollweg. It's a great consolation to Rangers fans and fans of the game that Hollweg escaped...
Go Tell The Spartans
"300'' is the only film going out in wide release this weekend, and pundits are wondering just how much a visually stunning, empty headed, R-rated, pseudo-historical war epic -- which...
Cut that Baby in Half!
Discussing Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodgriguez' faux double-feature "Grindhouse'' back on Feb. 11, I noted that with four faux trailers, it sounded like the total Weinstein-produced package would clock in...
Katie, Angelina and Shia
Katie Holmes, who demonstrated she couldn't convincingly play a DA in "Batman Begins,'' has begged off the sequel to the latter, citing domestic responsibilities. She will be replaced by another...
Day 28: Thoughts on Pelfrey, Green and Sanchez
Three thoughts on a Friday morning: 1. If Mike Pelfrey throws the rest of spring as he did on Thursday, it is going to be hard for the Mets not...
THE VILLAGE THAT ALMOST WASN'T
It's impossible to think of New York City without Greenwich Village. The famous neighborhood was almost history until the community, led by Jane Jacobs, fought back - and won. To...
NOTHING LIKE A DANE
THE Raveonettes' Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, the Danish retropop duo, are billing their winter tour with Pity Party as "loud, intimate and very electric." They're not kidding. On...
COULD HAVE BEEN ENTRANCED ALL NIGHT
IT was bloody wonderful - what a pleasure to hear a live, if oddly familiar, performance of "My Fair Lady," incredibly not revived on Broadway since 1976. It hardly seems...
EMBRACEABLE 'KISS'
A somberly dressed and doddering old man intrudes on a sunny subur ban wedding. Known to neither bride nor groom, he mingles with the guests and then kisses the bride....
DIGGING UP PARTS
'YOUNG Frankenstein" has a great script, hilarious songs, an out-of- town tryout this summer in Seattle and a fall opening in New York at the St. James. One thing it...
TUBE TV NOT DEAD JUST YET
THOSE heavy, boxy, old- fashioned television sets are not going away as fast as the makers of flat panel TVs would have you believe. Cathode ray tubes, the main component...
MANSLAUGHTER FOR 'PRISON BREAK' STAR
'PRISON Break" star Lane Garrison has been charged with vehicular manslaughter following a fatal drunk driving car crash in Beverly Hills last December that killed an underage passenger. Garrison, who...
'SIMPSONS' SEEKING A SPRINGFIELD
'THE Simpsons" movie is holding a contest among towns named Springfield to compete for the privilege of hosting the film's premiere. Eighteen cities in the U.S. named Springfield have been...
STARR REPORT
Top of the morning The weekend edition of "Good Morning America," anchored by Bill Weir and Kate Snow, was the only weekend morning news show to win a National Headliner...
'VIEWISH' GIRLS BURY HATCHET WITH STAR
STAR Jones - who was uncer emoniously ushered off "The View" last summer - got a shout-out yesterday from her former co-stars. The shockingly svelte Jones, who's landed at Court...
ART OF A 'HERO'
GENUINE copies of the fake art featured on "Heroes" can be yours - if the price is right. NBC is joining forces with an online auction company to sell "limited...
'IDOL' VOTERS BOOT BARBA
VOTERS last night ended the "American Idol" dream of Jersey girl An tonella Barba, who became known for her racy photos on the Internet as much as her singing on...
INDIAN STUNNER
KAL Penn of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" is toking weed again in "The Namesake" - but mostly he plays it impressively straight in Mira Nair's affecting drama...
BORDERED SILLY
JOSIP Broz Tito, who ruled what used to be Yugoslavia for more than a half century, would not find much to laugh about in the military comedy "Border Post," although...
'GIFT' HAS A GOOD RAP
OSCAR nominee Abigail Breslin of "Little Miss Sunshine" trades in her Volkswagen bus for the cancer ward in the four-handkerchief, cinematic Sunday-school lesson "The Ultimate Gift." More watchable for secular...
CREDIT DOCU FAILS TO SETTLE OLD DEBTS
'NO one would watch 'Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown,' " says Robin Leach in the documentary "Maxed Out." Except documentary filmmakers. This attack on the credit-card business works up...
BODIES AND SEOUL
'THE Host" is a horror movie with a difference. South Korea's biggest box-office hit ever, the thriller - by director- writer Bong Joon-ho - is a fantastical genre-buster. For starters,...
PERSIAN SHRUG
enemies, desecrates their remains, insults allies and confuses death with glory. His troops are like al Qaeda in adult diapers. The crack about boy-love becomes central when we meet Xerxes:...
HELP ME, RWANDA
A footnote to "Hotel Rwanda," the semi- fictional film "Beyond the Gates" con vincingly revisits the horror of 1994's civil war in Rwanda, where it was filmed. A priest (John...
PREVIEWS
"BE": A theatrical performance that combines music, movement, dance and rhythm. Union Square Theatre, 100 E. 17th St., at Park Avenue South; (212) 307-4100. Opens Tuesday. "CURTAINS": David Hyde Pierce...
BROADWAY
"THE APPLE TREE": 2 ½ STARS For superstar Kristin Chenoweth, an effective vehicle - but so's a crosstown bus. Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St., between Eighth Avenue and Broadway;...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": 3 STARS John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": 2 ½ STARS Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ALTAR BOYZ": 3 STARS This musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands manages to be funny and entertaining despite its one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., between Eighth...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It's best to call ahead before going to any event. SCISSOR SISTERS: These glam rockers may not feel like dancing, but they'll make...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Michel Legrand 75th Birthday Celebration. 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...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: Pianist Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Cellist Christian Poltéra and pianist Polina Leschenko at Weill Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. "Simon Boccanegra" at the Metropolitan Opera House, 8...
DANCE
92nd STREET Y: Tomorrow and Sunday, Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of "Fleur-de-lis," a re-imagining of religious paintings and emotions. Tickets are $20. Lexington Avenue at 92nd...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Through Sunday, "The Films of John Marshall." Today: "If It Fits" (1978) and "N/um Tchai: the Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen" (1969). Tomorrow and Sunday: "A...
COMEDY
ARS NOVA: Through Sunday: "At Least It's Pink." 511 W. 54th St., at 10th Avenue; (212) 868-4444. CAROLINES: Today and tomorrow: Joy Behar. 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th streets;...
CABARET
CARLYLE HOTEL: Through March 31: Jane Monheit. 35 E. 76th St., at Madison Avenue; (212) 744-1600. FEINSTEIN'S: Through March 17: Diahann Carroll. 540 Park Ave., at 61st Street; (212) 339-4095.
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
PRINGLES CHALLENGE: "American Idol" fans, creative individuals and potato chip enthusiasts are invited to perform in the "Jingles for Pringles" contest. Entrants will be videotaped, and the winner will receive...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY - Feeling down? Catch the BLUE MAN GROUP tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Trump Taj Mahal's Mark G. Etess Arena. Tickets: $55.50-$87.50; trumptaj.com, (609) 449-5150. - Come...
MARY'S HOT PICK
WITH Papa Henry Butler's Steamin' Syncopators, blind New Orleans pianist Henry Butler strays from his signature mix of jazz, R&B and blues to revive 1920s steamboat jazz. Tonight, the band,...
BARCELONA AND MODERNITY: GAUDI TO DALI
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street; (212) 535-7710. Through June 3. AT the end of the 19th century, fueled by a nationalistic awakening to Catalan culture, the...
CLASSICAL PICK
Talk about blowing your own horn! Kyla Moscovich took her first toot at 18 months - but didn't start studying seriously until age 9. She's since played solo trumpet in...
FILM PICK
"Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima" - Clint Eastwood's two-film meditation on the brutal World War II battle and the famous flag-raising photo - are unreeling tomorrow...
. . . AND MIKE VISITS MIAMI
At least nine people dead. Eight of them children. "It's obviously terrible for anyone to perish like this," said Mayor Bloomberg. "It just seems more painful and more unfair when...
TRAGEDY VISITS NYC . . .
New Yorkers today are doing their best to make sense of a tragedy that really defies comprehension: the Bronx fire Wednesday that took the lives of at least nine members...
IRAN: 'BIG FISH' GONE MISSING
'A VERY big fish" - so Tehran sources de scribe former Deputy Defense Minister Ali-Reza Askari (sometimes called "Asghari" in the West), who disappeared in Istanbul on Sunday. Askari's disappearance...
THE SPIRIT OF '76
YOU would think, given the state of play in the world right now, that the next president would have to be an experienced leader, someone who'll be ready on the...
DOUBLE STANDARDS: THE LIBBY TRIAL VERDICT
How did an out-of-control prosecutor, in a case about nothing, where no crime was committed, convict Lewis "Scooter" Libby ("Free Scooter Libby," Editorial, March 7)? The thing that makes me...
RESULTS SHOW THE HOLLOW IN HOLLINGER
Conrad Black's newspaper empire continues to crumble. Hollinger, the Toronto-based holding company once controlled by the indicted media baron, reported financial results for the first time in four years and...
SPAM BAN PLAN
Those e-mails clogging inboxes with stock picks that promise instant wealth aren't just annoying, but in fact may be illegal, Securities and Exchange Commission officials said yesterday after announcing a...
WALL STREET JOURNAL LITE
DOW Jones is going to team up with Barry Diller to form a new personal finance Web site aimed at a younger audience, sources tell Media Ink. The Wall Street...
DOW JONES ADS $$ FALL 10%
Shares of Dow Jones & Co. slid nearly 3 percent yesterday after the publisher's flagship Wall Street Journal said it posted a disappointing 10 percent drop in ad revenue last...
VERIZON GOES WEST WITH FIOS SERVICE
Look out, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications - Verizon's FiOS television service is coming to Southern California. Verizon yesterday opened a new front in its battle with cable and...
LIGHTNING STORM
Unlike CBS, NBC, Viacom and others, Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris doesn't seem to have any problem getting video-sharing Web sites to respect his artists' intellectual property. UMG, the...
OXLEY SET TO FLASH LAW SKILLS WITH FIRM
Michael Oxley, one of the co-writers of the sometimes dreaded Sarbanes-Oxley law, is hanging out his law shingle to help companies beat the law's complexities. Oxley, 65, retired from Congress...
FUND EXEC BOLTS
A high-profile hedge fund manager has bailed from the board of the subprime mortgage company he owns a 6 percent stake in. David Einhorn, the manager of the $3 billion...
NYSE PREZ WILL EAT HIS WORDS
Some comments from the incoming president of the New York Stock Exchange are working floor traders at the Big Board into a lather. Goldman Sachs partner Duncan Niederauer, slated to...
BILLIONAIRES GOING GLOBAL
Dollars are soaring in sweet trillions, but increasingly ending up in pockets abroad as Americans find themselves on the short end of the wealth stick this year. Forbes magazine's closely...
TAKEN 'CARE' OF
Savvy hedge funds that bet millions on mergers have made a killing on the fierce battle for prescription benefits manager Caremark Rx after getting hurt in February from a slowdown...
BLAZE ERRORS DOOMED FAMILY
Everything that could go wrong did. A series of catastrophic errors - from a delayed application for installing sprinklers to a pinched wire on a space heater, to batteries missing...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
3 train: No trains running 5 train: Uptown 2 replaces 5 train from Bowling Green to 149th Street 7 train: No trains between Times Square and 74th Street in Jackson...
'10 HUGS AND KISSES A DAY' IN HOME WHERE THE AMERICAN DREAM SHONE
Both came with the dream of a better life for their children - one forging a path for his fellow countrymen, and the other, his cousin, navigating a classic immigrant...
WE LACKED RIGHT TRUCK: FIREFIGHTER
Lives were lost because a vital piece of equipment was missing during early, critical moments of the Bronx inferno, a firefighter told The Post last night. "More people died than...
MISSING MAN MIKE
Mayor Bloomberg's decision to keep a scheduled appointment in Miami following the horrific fire in The Bronx left critics questioning whether he's fulfilling his role as the city's leader. "For...
LUCKY POT O' GOLD
He's an Italian-American born on St. Patrick's Day, and now Thomas Fancelli truly has the luck of the Irish - he won $250,000 in the Post's $6 million Monopoly Scratch...
YANKEE BEANED BY SUIT
The man Yankee pitcher Carl Pavano slammed his Porsche into in Florida last year is suing the Bronx Bomber and the team. Ernest DeLaura, 47, of Port St. Lucie, Fla.,...
RANGEL A PAIN FOR GOV
Powerful Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel yesterday rapped Gov. Spitzer's proposed $1.2 billion cuts in Medicaid as "disastrous" - and urged him to compromise to end the "food fight" with hospital...
'SCAM' SIBS TAPPED INTO STAR HUBBY
Two brothers accused of stock fraud bandied about the name of Al Reynolds - Star Jones' husband - to inflate the value of their bottled-water company, a prosecution witness testified...
BRAZEN BRAZIL BIG SHOT'S $140M SCAM
The former mayor of Sao Paulo, the financial capital of Brazil, has been indicted in Manhattan after allegedly siphoning $140 million in stolen public-works money into offshore accounts - with...
2ND TALE OF MONTESSORI BOY 'RAPE'
The sultry headmistress at an Upper East Side Montessori school took his virginity when he was only 12 years old, a former student told a Manhattan jury at a disturbing...
FIREFIGHTERS RIP INTO RUDY
The national firefighters union has drafted a blistering letter accusing White House hopeful Rudy Giuliani, whose candidacy is fueled by his 9/11 performance, of "disrespect" to FDNY members after the...
COURT OKS 'PERV' LAW
An appeals court strengthened New York state's power to track convicted sex offenders yesterday by overturning a federal judge's ruling that had threatened to let thousands of freed perverts melt...
SLUTTY TO SOBER FOR S&MER
The 46-year-old Westchester dominatrix accused of running an S&M pain palace in the mansion she rented from a yeshiva pleaded not guilty last night to charges of prostitution and criminal...
FLA. PUTS THE RAP ON FOXY
Florida prosecutors smacked Brooklyn bad girl Foxy Brown with misdemeanor charges for her alleged attack at a beauty shop, officials said yesterday. Brown - the delinquent diva whose real name...
BAD SPELL FOR FIRED 'WITCH'
Fired Long Island teacher Lauren Berrios couldn't have looked nuttier in court yesterday if she donned a pointy hat and flew around on a broom. The 37-year-old - who claims...
'ROCKER MOCKER' PERV BUST
A 57-year-old Westchester man who worked as a Rod Stewart impersonator has been arrested for trying to lure a 12-year-old boy into his car, authorities said yesterday. Ric Prince, of...
POL IS OUT AT 'HOME'
Just hours after he was certified by the city Board of Elections as the winner of a Brooklyn seat on the City Council, Mathieu Eugene asked not to be sworn...
NEW ANNA EVIDENCE
The Florida coroner probing Anna Nicole Smith's death said yesterday that he had received new evidence that will delay for at least another week his final ruling on what killed...
SECRET NETWORK HELPED DEFECTOR
WASHINGTON - A well-organized Iranian dissident group helped arrange the defection of Iran's former deputy defense minister in Turkey last month, and experts say more defectors are on the way...
HILL ENLISTS FOR BOOST IN GI BENEFITS
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ripped President Bush yesterday for being "unable to run a two-car parade" as she unveiled what she called a new GI Bill of Rights....
NYPD BLOTTER
Brooklyn A Bedford-Stuyvesant man was extradited from Florida to New York to face charges he pumped two bullets into a nightclub patron, authorities said yesterday. Brett Archer, 29, was busted...
PRAY FOR THE DEAD & KEEP HOPE FOR LIVING
THE youngest to die were twins. A boy and a girl. They were precious. They were loved. They were 7 months old. The Soumare twins left this earth as they...
A HORROR SO GREAT, EVEN THE HEROES FEEL NUMB
ANY unexpected death is tragic - but ask any cop, firefighter or paramedic about the thunder visited upon them when they see little children killed, especially if they have kids...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 984; Lucky Sum: 21/ Midday Win-4 Thu.: 6531; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 551; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 3728; Lucky...
BLAZERS EX-GM HAD NO CHANCE
IN THE judgment of billionaire Paul Allen, the last year of Steve Patterson's contract as the Blazers president/alternate governor/GM did not merit being exercised. This further confirms why I'll never...
SOMETHING EW CAN COUNT ON: ANOTHER PAT-ENTED HOYA RUN
WHEN Goliath Roy Hibbert finally slam-dunked a Villanova comeback with 7.1 seconds left, Patrick Ewing Sr. smiled and raised his right hand, wrapped around a blackberry, toward the rafters, where...
IT'S BLOOD MONEY
SATURDAY night's IBF flyweight championship on Showtime had the kind of ending that made bigger news when boxing made bigger news. It was stopped in the 12th, when Vic Darchinyan...
AUSTIN AIMS TO KO KLITSCHKO
THERE are plenty of haters and non-believers when it comes to whether Wladimir Klitschko is the best heavyweight on the planet. Sure, he flattened previously unbeaten Calvin Brock in a...
HOFSTRA COACH WON'T NIT-PICK
SELECTION Sunday just won't be the same in Hempstead this year. There won't be maddened masses huddled around televisions watching the big bracket unfold. No frenzied anticipation as the 65...
BROOK TROUT CLOUT
THE opening of the trout season is just around the corner and there is a movement afoot that will try to bring the brook trout back to its once lofty...
HOYA 'BOUT THAT: G'TOWN HANGS ON
Georgetown coach John Thompson III quietly took his seat at the head table in the post-game interview area at Madison Square Garden, looked around and drew in a deep breath....
PANTHERS GUN DOWN EAGLES
As Pittsburgh was being swept by Marquette in the regular-season, the Panthers - other than star center Aaron Gray - couldn't hit the broad side of an aircraft carrier. But...
'VILLE-POWER: SOSA-LED CARDS EARN 2 OT WIN
The way Rick Pitino coaches, the way New York kids play, they're not afraid of anything or anybody. Star or scrub, opening tip or overtime, they'll take the big shot...
ST. AGNES EYES A DREAM FINISH
Greg Dolan had waited a long time to get his first head coaching job and when he finally did, it was hardly an ideal situation. He took over a team...
EX-PHILLY COACH 'VUK' DIES
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Usually you can hear Larry Bowa before you see him. His high-energy chatter lights up the Legends Field clubhouse, whether he is instructing a player or breaking...
SUN OF A GUN!
To understand Steve Nash's emergence as the NBA's best point guard, TNT analyst Kenny Smith suggests you consider the actor Jamie Foxx. "We knew Jamie Foxx was a good actor,...
WHERE TO WATCH (AND WWW.ATCH) THE NCAA TOURNEY
March Madness is officially upon us, and NYP TV Sports considers it our duty to make sure you stay up to date with all the action. CBS will broadcast all...
5 QUESTIONS FOR JAMES BROWN
This week, NYP TV Sports' Pat Reichart spoke with CBS broadcaster James Brown. The 56-year-old Brown, known for his smooth studio work during the NFL season, will be calling play-by-play...
FAVES, FIELDS COME UP SMALL
Three races had six-horse fields, two had four-horse fields. If that's best they can scrape together, maybe it's time to cut back to eight races a day for rest of...
TWO NEW BIDS JOIN RACE
Thoroughbred Racing-NY, a joint venture being formed by gaming mogul Steve Wynn, and Catskill Off-Track Betting Corp. are both latecomers in the race to take over the state's thoroughbred racing...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Dolphins sign Feely The Dolphins signed kicker Jay Feely to a three-year contract, meaning that longtime Dolphins kicker Olindo Mare could be released or traded. Feely, 29, signed as...
SHORT-HANDED DEVS FIGHT ON
PITTSBURGH - The Devils last night slipped off the salary-cap tightrope they've walked all season. Instead of falling, though, they strengthened their perch atop the Atlantic Division pedestal, snapping their...
CURTIS, GIANTS MEET
One week into free agency, the Giants have not come close to signing any players. They completed their visit yesterday with receiver Kevin Curtis, who today will meet with the...
JETS INK MIAMI'S BARNES
The Jets wasted little time replacing departed fullback B.J. Askew, signing former Dolphins' fullback Darian Barnes yesterday. Barnes, entering his sixth NFL season, replaces Askew, who signed a free agent...
HEEERE'S STEPHON!
Stephon Marbury will be at his parents' home in the Washington D.C. area today with a group of family members to watch his debut as a TV talk-show host. "Stars...
PAINFUL LEE
At this rate, Jamal Crawford will be back sooner than David Lee. In what is fast becoming an alarming situation, a baffled Lee expressed major frustration one day after pulling...
SHELF DISCIPLINE
PORT ST. LUCIE - Duaner Sanchez' poor work ethic and attitude this spring have irritated Mets players and officials, and Willie Randolph reacted yesterday by issuing a strong message that...
EL DUQUE ROUGHED UP IN HIS FIRST START
PORT ST. LUCIE - At around 11:50 yesterday morning, Tom Glavine said to Orlando Hernandez, "Buena suerte." El Duque responded to the good-luck wish by saying, "Thank you, sir." Later...
NETS SET FOR RJ'S RETURN
HOUSTON - Help is near for the Nets, but they insist the impending return of Richard Jefferson cannot be viewed as the cavalry coming to the rescue. Jefferson went through...
'OUTSIDE' NETS LOOK TO GET IN
HOUSTON - Two years ago, the Nets made a mad dash at the end of the season, won 14 of their last 19 games, squeezed into the playoffs on the...
CHIN MUSIC
They had played nearly 120 minutes of riveting hockey from Monday to Thursday, from Manhattan to Long Island, but that had only set the stage for the final 6:31 between...
WIN HITS SPOT FOR BLUESHIRTS
THE Rangers had to pump so much rubber at Rick DiPietro Monday night to win a game 2-1, one surely questioned whether all the rubber would move to their legs....
LOOSE MOOSE
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Mike Mussina's missing arm strength will surface at some point, although don't expect mid-90 readings. His ability to paint the corners will return. And he is a...
GREEN SPRING LOOKING LEAN
PORT ST. LUCIE - The storyline du jour - every jour - with the Mets revolves around starting pitching. The focus is endlessly on the enigmatic and the arthritic, those...
CASHMAN CAUTIOUS CONCERNING ABREU
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Bobby Abreu firmly believes he will be the right fielder on April 2 when the Yankees open the season in The Bronx against Tampa Bay. According to...
REPORT: EX-YANK GOT HGH
A former Yankee is the latest athlete implicated in the nationwide steroids investigation being led by Albany County District Attorney David Soares. SI.com reported yesterday that Darren Holmes, who pitched...
THE FLINGIN' IRISH!
Are you a shooter? If so, contact Mike Brey and tell him you want to launch shots for the Fighting Irish. Twenty feet out? Twenty five? Fire away. Pump 'em...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Duke grad John Cornwell wants to relive his college fun, one to 10 beers at a time. The engineer, who now lives in Atlanta, has rigged a small refrigerator to...
Letter from Steph
By MARC BERMANStephon Marbury's TV talk show debuts tomorrow (Friday) at 4:30 p.m. with Kobe Bryant on Fox SportsNet. Want to know what you guys think of it? So does...
Nail-biter vs. Isles Goes Rangers' Way
What a barn-burner was this contest. This was not a game that could be watched dispassionately by anyone who's a fan of either the Rangers, the Islanders, or of the...