June 24, 2007
ROTO FILES - Great to get & good to go
So Kobe Bryant wants to be traded out of L.A. Oh, wait a minute . . . no, he wants to stay. Hold on . . . he wants to...
Talk Shows
Talk shows by guest:PAULA ABDUL - Regis and Kelly, WED., 9:00 A.M., CH. 7 83534RYAN ADAMS - Late Show With David Letterman, WED., 11:35 P.M., CH. 2 1117485GLORIA ALLRED -...
Rat Poised to Vanquish Bruce
"Live Free or Die Hard'' doesn't open until midnight Tuesday, but here's my three-star review from today's paper. While the Bruce Willis reboot has generated tremendous buzz, it's expected to...
Bobblehead thoughts
With Paul Lo Duca getting his bobblehead doll today, I'm trying to figure out which Met would be a good bobblehead doll to make.Endy Chavez's catch is going to be...
Delgado and Franco
Some updates for you here at Shea today:Interesting that Paul Lo Duca is playing today, the day game after a night game. Lo Duca, of course, only had to play...
Sky Walker is the choice
By MARC BERMANIt was the all-important draft after Patrick Ewing, 1986, and the Knicks held the fifth pick, trying to build around "The Big Fella.''John Salley, Dennis Rodman, Mark Price,...
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
James, a freckle-faced redhead from Broward County, Florida, won't eat carrots. "I've never had a carrot in my life," says the 11 year-old. And why should he, when he can...
REEL GOOD
THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002) Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., USA After being pulled from the Mediterranean Sea, suffering from gunshot wounds and amnesia, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) must figure out who he...
PRIZE TABLE
Reality television made the first winner of "Top Chef," Harold Dieterle, a name to watch. It also made him $100,000 richer. But when Bravo came calling again this spring to...
HEAVEN HELP HOLLY HUNTER'S NEW SERIES
Oh, God! TNT has a new show coming up next month starring Holly Hunter as a hard-boiled police detective in Oklahoma City who's pretty fancy with her fists for someone...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: REALITY Taste test After a disastrous dinner service the previous night, the remaining eight contestants are shocked to hear that their next challenge will have nothing to do with...
HERE'S 'TODAY,' GONE TOMORROW
"That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more." - Popeye the Sailor man From the earliest time I can remember - and that means the late 1950s -...
DRAMA QUEEN
It's exhausting being Paula Abdul. As revealed on the new Bravo "reality" show, "Hey Paula," it takes a quartet of underlings to keep her celebrity high-wire act going. There's Daniel,...
'60' DOWN TO ONE
The finale of Aaron Sorkin's much ballyhooed but failed drama, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," should prove satisfying for the series' few die-hard fans when it airs Thursday night....
'FIN' ARTIST
STUDIES prove that observing an aquarium lowers blood pressure. But keeping fish as pets is another story. If just one thing in their environment goes wrong, they go belly up...
THE CAT LADY
WE know a lot about feline anatomy, but the cat's purr remains something of a mystery. We know it has something to do with air flow and muscle contractions in...
ADOPT ME
Clouseau is a young King Charles spaniel mix who loves to be around people all the time. Meet him from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of...
GETTING INVITED IS HALF THE BATTLE
CHESS TWO internationally titled masters bought their way into the U.S. Championship last month by paying unprecedented fees. Today, backers of a former world champion will try to buy his...
HOT SEAT
MOST rats are happy with just a piece of cheese. Patton Oswalt is nibbling at the whole wheel. The actor-comedian, best known for playing Kevin James' nerdish cohort Spence Olchin...
HOT LIST
1 Stand-ins Paris Hilton look-alike Natalie Reid has nothing on Tiffany Clause. The Angelina Jolie doppelganger is one of the subjects of the forthcoming TV documentary show "Clones." Watching her...
THE ART OF BART
After 20 years and 400 episodes, you probably figure that you know "The Simpsons" inside and out. But did you know that Homer's head is six eyeballs high? That Bart's...
THIS WEEK'S DVDS
Black Snake Moan3 STARS(Paramount, $29.99) "Hustle and Flow" director Craig Brewer conjures another complex tale about damaged people and their drive for love and self-respect. Yes, Samuel L. Jackson chains...
GOOD GILL HUNTS
IN England, A.A. Gill writes travel pieces and two columns for the Sunday Times. And for the past two years, he's written a series of hilariously cruel pieces for Vanity...
REQUIRED READING
COMMENTING on Al Gore's "The Assault on Reason," Andrew Ferguson recently wrote a spirited essay for the Washington Post in which he wrote: "You can't really blame Al Gore for...
MAKING OF A PRESIDENT
BEST known as the head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Jack Valenti was also a decorated war hero, author, successful businessman and special assistant to President Lyndon...
STYLE TO GO FROM DAY TO NIGHT
The key to dressing is accessorizing - a little bling goes a long way!
MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE
Tribute albums often range from challenging reinterpretations of an artist or band's work to overly reverent cover-version samplers. "Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur," a two-disc set of selections...
KELLY CLARKSON: "MY DECEMBER"
After the Page Six stories about the power struggles surrounding Kelly Clarkson's third record, "My December" - from Clive Davis' demand that it be less rock and more pop to...
RYAN ADAMS: "EASY TIGER"
RYAN Adams' new acoustic ballads rank among his most consistent and listenable records, from the Grateful Dead-inspired "Tears of Gold" to his acoustic Neil Young references on "Off Broadway." But...
GABBY GLASER: "GIMME SPLASH"
LUSCIOUS Jackson co-founder and guitarist is at bat with "Gimme Splash," a stylistically diverse record that opens with the garage-rock influenced "Spirit of Long Island," taps into funk on "Fruit...
BRYAN FERRY: "DYLANESQUE"
IF you hate Bob Dylan's wounded dog vocals, but love his songs, Bryan Ferry's new interpretations will be welcome. His selections, like "The Times They Are A-Changing," are obvious, yet...
WORD OUT, YO!
No samples. No scratches. No words. After giving fans a nibble on "Check Your Head," "Ill Communication" and the cult-hit compilation "The In Sound From Way Out!," the Beastie Boys...
MOTOR CITY MOUTHFUL
Hillary Clinton's recent "Sopranos" parody might prove prescient if she ever runs into rocker/gun enthusiast Ted Nugent, as it might not hurt her to have some additional protection. "I think...
STREET FIGHTING MAN
IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS since Det. John McClane last showed up on movie screens, and since then, the box office has been conquered, year after year, by one gigantic effects-fest...
MEET JOHN MCCLANE, THE EVERYMAN HERO
THROUGH THREE MOVIES, the "Die Hard" franchise has set a new standard for action films, raking in the modern-day equivalent of $450 million and giving Bruce Willis the ability to...
CAMPIN' IT UP
It's rare for a movie studio to brag about releasing bad movies from their past on video, but Warners is boasting its four-volume "Camp Cult Classics Collection," out Tuesday, as...
LORDS & SATAN
ARE you ready for six short films and two features all for the amazing low price of just $5? And no commercials! Then get thee to Anthology Film Ar chives...
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ANCIENT!
FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Sylvester Stallone's revival of Rocky, Bruce Willis' wisecracking, buttkicking Detective John McClane returns to chase terrorists, after a 12-year absence, with the solidly crowdpleasing "Live...
GREAT BALLS OF FALAFEL
TO get your falafel fix in Manhattan, you usually had two choices: Rainbow, the Union Square pita pocket-size shop with a perpetual line (26 E. 17th St.; [212] 691-8641), or...
HERSKOWITZ, 28, AND HIRSCH, 27
MAY 27 - Adam Herskowitz may have had the best luck finding the love of his life, Vallerie Hirsch, but he didn't have the same luck when he had to...
DODSON, 34, AND SMITH, 30
JUNE 1 - Rowena Dodson and Kevin Smith are living proof that falling in love has everything to do with being in the right place at the right time. In...
RAIRDEN, 29, AND MILLAN, 35
MAY 18 - On July 1, exactly 11 years after his first date with Cynthia Rairden, Robert Millan brought her back to the same special spot to propose. "It was...
LLAMAS, 28, AND DUBY, 31
MAY 20 - Going to work at the American Institute of Foreign Study suddenly became a lot more interesting for Danielle Duby and Rafael Llamas, whose professional relationship got personal...
BACOW, 27, AND LANDON, 28
May 27 - When Jay Fleet Bacow received a note from Terri Marissa Landon on JDate in 2004, he thought he didn't have a chance. "I noticed her profile, and...
THE SURGE PROGRESSES
American forces are on the move in Iraq. The last of the 30,000 soldiers sent in as reinforcements (the controversial "surge") arrived this month. An offensive aimed at surrounding, isolating...
FOSSILIZING GOTHAM
If preservationists had their way, Gotham wouldn't be a city, but a museum. Or maybe one huge park. Consider the National Trust for Historic Preservation's recent designation of an under-used...
SQUEEZING THE SAUDIS
"By cutting off aid and closing the loophole, we send a clear message to the Saudi Arabian government that they must be a true ally in advancing peace in the...
'SHUT UP,' THEY ARGUE
MARRIAGE is the foundation of the natural family and sustains family values. That sentence is inflammatory, perhaps even a hate crime. At least it is in Oakland, Calif. That city's...
HILLARY'S REAL ACE
PROBABLY the most important insight about the Democratic presidential contest so far comes care of the famed political pundit Nick Sobotka, a character from HBO's "The Wire." Toward the end...
THE CRYPTIC CARTER: FRAUD, FOE OR FRIEND?
THE ISSUE: Jimmy Carter's claim that the U.S. seeks to divide the Palestinians. Jimmy Carter is a genuine threat to the interests of the United States as he is not...
ISRAEL'S PIECE INITIATIVE
THE ISSUE: Israel's controversial use of female models to promote tourism. I have a newfound understanding of the importance of Israel's independence and safety ("Piece in the Mideast," June 19)....
BREATH-TEST COP-OUT
THE ISSUE: A call for NYPD officers who have fired a gun to take Breathalyzer tests. If the city is going to listen to a panel when it says that...
A TASTE FOR MURDER
CAPITOL REFLECTIONSBY JONATHAN JAVITTSTERLING AND ROSS, 512 PAGES, $24.95 ON June 1, the Food and Drug Ad ministration warned consumers against using Chinese toothpaste because some products were found to...
MIDDLE EAST CORLEONES
THE TRUTH ABOUT SYRIABY BARRY RUBINPALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 304 PAGES, $24.95 WHICH Middle Eastern country is like a Mafia family with a seat at the United Nations? It might seem like...
POWER HUNGRY?
A WOMAN IN CHARGE: THE LIFE OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTONBY CARL BERNSTEINKNOPF, 640 PAGES, $27.95 CARL Bernstein's "A Woman in Charge" begs a basic question: Does a market-saturation point exist...
SEARCH & DESTROY
Paid search ads, responsible for the barrels of cash that have fueled Google's meteoric growth, could be one of the worst-spent marketing dollars on the Internet, according to an eye-catching...
MEDIA MAVENS MUFF
Media companies have fallen in love with Google's paid search ads - even when the money may be better kept in their wallets. The Wall Street Journal, for example, pays...
GRADUATE $AVINGS
Congratulations, graduate. You passed your exams. Now let's see how well you can do on the take-home exam called personal finance, a test many of your peers fail. Financial planners...
CRIME MAY NOT PAY, BUT IT'S A TAX DEDUCTION
Dear John: I understand that individuals can, via IRS section 165, claim tax deductions for stock fraud or theft. Are there any such exemptions applicable to those who suffer financial...
TRUST-FUND PETS
Yvonne O'Neill Imperiale had been caring for a feral kitten for two months when her 18-year-old cat was euthanized. In her sadness, she decided to walk on the beach. She...
RESTROOM VISITS BLOW YOU AWAY
There's a new blowhard on Broadway. Not on stage, mind you, but in the bathrooms of one Times Square multiplex. James Dyson, the man who pitches vacuums on television, is...
NO PLANES, NO PROBLEM!
William Jack Degel owns two steakhouses in New York City but much of the sizzle in his life today comes from his side business - as a corporate jet travel...
PAYING THE PIPER
While politicians loudly and proudly beat the drums for laws to block tax loopholes for Wall Street billionaires such as Stephen Schwarzman and Henry Kravis, the taxman has already stealthily...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSMEG WHITMAN EBay boss sticks with Google ad boycott, suffers very little fall-off in traffic. STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN Amid talk that Congress will sock him with higher tax bite, private equity...
BONDS SHOULDN'T ROCK MARTS
The low interest-rate environment that made stock investors so giddy in recent years is getting turned on its head, but that doesn't mean that share prices necessarily are doomed. With...
ASK YOURSELF WHY?
HERE'S a question for Ask.com owner Barry Diller: how many martinis did the marketing team tuck into before signing off on the search engine's new TV campaign - you know,...
MUSIC STUDIO IN HAND
The next time you hear some lunatic bellowing out a song on your commute home, don't assume they're insane - there's a chance they may be recording the next No....
STATE POLS BEND A BIT FOR MIKE ON $$ AID
ALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg might not have gotten approval for his congestion-pricing proposal, but lawmakers did pass several smaller measures the city was seeking before ending the legislative session last...
MTA BLITZES JETS WITH WEST SIDE 'SPILL' BILL
The Jets, still smarting from their bitter losing battle to build a stadium on the West Side, now face a final insult - an MTA demand that the team clean...
A LAX COLLECTOR
The city is carelessly letting millions of dollars slip through the cracks by failing to collect money owed by the Hyatt hotel chain, USTA National Tennis Center, New York Mets...
N.Y. GEEKS DROOL FOR COOL IPHONE
The city has gone iPhone crazy, with gadget geeks willing to do just about anything to score one of the coveted Apple creations debuting Friday - including bribery, sexual favors...
GET SET FOR FREAKY IDAY
The iPhone will go on sale at 6 p.m. Friday only at Apple stores, on Apple's Web site and at AT&T company-owned stores. Employees at several Cingular stores said they...
DEATH BUILDING 'CURSED'
The building where firefighter Daniel Pujdak fell to his death has been cursed by bad luck, including an accident in 2001 in which a man tumbled down an elevator. Owner...
HERO'S KIN: DON'T CONDEMN SMOKER
They don't blame the smoker. The big-hearted brothers of fallen firefighter Daniel Pujdak harbor no hatred for careless puffer Karen Van Wart, whose cigarette sparked the windowsill blaze that led...
CURTIS: SEE YA IN HELL, 'JUNIOR'!
Curtis Sliwa says he'd like to see down-and-out don John "Junior" Gotti move to the deep south - as in hell. The former Gambino crime boss admitted to The Post...
MODEL'S 'GOLD' FINGER INJURY MAY BRING $1M
When is a single digit worth a million bucks? When the digit is the middle finger of a Manhattan hand model who says her career was damaged when a heavy...
RUDY MEN IN WTC HEALTH HIT AT CHRISTIE
Accusations by former Environmental Protection Agency head Christie Todd Whitman that the city is at fault for health hazards at Ground Zero are "ridiculous," according to representatives for former mayor...
TENSE BOMB STANDOFF ENDS WITH RAID ON EMPTY HOME
A volatile standoff between police and a suspected bomb maker in Brooklyn turned into a dud when authorities stormed an empty apartment. The tense one-way showdown started on Staten Island...
DEAF JAMMED
The tables have turned on hot-headed hip-hopper Foxy Brown - now she's a victim of a punk who stole her purse containing her hearing aid, authorities said. The raunchy rapper...
BROOKLYN BEEP NOW A BOBBLER
Marty Markowitz will go from borough head to bobblehead Aug. 5 as part of a Brooklyn Cyclone promotion at KeySpan Park. "This is the zenith of my professional career," quipped...
TUNNEL COP 'DELIVERS'
A mother gave birth in the back of her family minivan at the entrance to the Queens Midtown Tunnel yesterday with the help of a quick-thinking bridge-tunnel cop. "I said,...
'F' STUDENT SUES COLUMBIA NURSE SCHOOL
Columbia University gave him an "F," but he deserves an "A" for audacity. Nicholas Perrino was kicked out of the Ivy League institution's School of Nursing for missing an exam,...
'BABY' FAT IN BRONX
The Bronx is not burning - enough fat. According to Department of Education statistics obtained by The Post, 25 percent of Bronx elementary school students are considered obese and more...
SUBWAY WORKER IS SLAIN
A thug shot dead an off-duty subway conductor and wounded two of his pals near a Harlem fast-food chicken joint early yesterday, sparking a wild running shootout that ended with...
OBAMA SLAMS FAITH 'STEALERS'
HARTFORD, Conn. - Sen. Barack Obama waged a holy war on the Christian right and slammed Guantanamo Bay yesterday. Thousands packed the Civic Center to see the Illinois freshman address...
JUDI IN DISGUISE ON TRAIL
Judith Giuliani is still avoiding the spotlight months after her disastrous debut as a presidential candidate's wife. Judi has been a no-show at many of husband Rudy's fund-raisers for nearly...
MIKE VS. RUDY IN 'BEST BOSS' BOUT
It would be a close race to the White House if Rudy Giuliani and Mayor Bloomberg had to compete for votes among past and present City Hall agency heads. Six...
'DEVIL' IN DETAIL$ OF ANN'S BIG-TIME BIZMAN BEAU
By today's image-driven standards, they are a golden couple. She is Hollywood honey Ann Hathaway, starlet of the "Devil Wears Prada" and the very picture of the girl next door....
GREEN MACHINE
With 150 active construction projects, 210 projects in design and dozens of others planned, the city is overseeing a record batch of park improvements. The Parks Department initiatives range from...
NYPD COPS FOOTBALL TROPHY
The NYPD football team proved yesterday they're the Gridiron Finest when they bested their L.A. counterparts in the National Public Safety Football League Championship. They defeated the LAPD 36-20 in...
THREE HIT IN HARLEM SHOOTINGS
It was hell up in Harlem last night when the neighborhood exploded with a trio of shootings. Shortly after 9 p.m. three men were hit by gunfire between 125th and...
'HEP C' MD'S NEW 'VICTIMS'
Two more people - including a mother of four - have come down with hepatitis C after receiving intravenous anesthesia from a doctor under investigation for spreading the disease by...
JOE'S TRAGIC BOYHOOD YANKS AT YOUR HEART
Yankee skipper Joe Torre is the undisputed father figure for the team, due in part to his genius at parenting the rambunctious crew of high-paid stars. But in a revealing...
I NEARLY CALLED IT QUITS: FRANK
"I wanted out," Frank Torre grimly recalls of the grueling, fever-filled days after life-threatening complications developed from his recent kidney transplant. "You reach a point where you say to yourself,...
'LENNON BE': SIBS RECONCILE
PARIS - Julian Lennon has finally given peace a chance after an eight-year feud with half-brother Sean (far left) and Yoko Ono, the widow of his Beatle father, John. This...
LARRY LANDS HILTON RESERVATION
CNN's Larry King swooped in to lap up Paris Hilton's leftover first post-jail interview, the cable-TV news outfit revealed last night. King will pick up the pieces of a controversial...
'BIKINI' FOR SLEEK PACKAGE
The coolest iPhone accessory so far is Incipio Technologies' Bikini case. It surrounds the entire back of the phone, while revealing as much of the drool-worthy phone's front as possible....
ALREADY A SCREEN $TAR
Watch out, Hollywood - the entertainment world's biggest opening weekend gross may come not from a blockbuster movie but from Apple's iPhone. The much-anticipated phone could ring up sales of...
PROFITS TO COME IN GOBS FOR JOBS
The millions of early adopters who will buy an iPhone over the next several months will be helping Apple continue one heck of a profits winning streak. The $499-$599 iPhones...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
THE BRONX Two alleged bandits robbed a Morrisania bodega at gunpoint and then tried to hide in one of the duo's homes two blocks away, police said. Edwin Salvador, 19,...
DAN MIGHT FILL MIKE'S SHOES
IF Mayor Bloomberg de cides to take the presi dential plunge, Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff would be his most likely successor. At least that's the buzz on the political circuit....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 859; Lucky Sum: 22 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 5755; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 174; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 8213;...
UNFORGETTABLE MISTER RUSSELL
SOME things you never forget, no matter how cluttered the compartments of your mind become over the years. When was I 6 or 7, maybe a bit older, my father,...
COKE WAS IT
THIS anniversary arrived a little more quietly, a little more anonymously, and maybe you can understand all the reasons for that. Everyone jumped into the mix to commemorate the 30th...
IN-GAME REPORTER KEVIN SENT
BECAUSE TV often makes no sense at all, the most diffi cult on-air job in the business usually is assigned to the newest and least-experienced person in the mix. In...
GMS IN A FIX
BRIAN Cashman and Omar Minaya are out on the tightrope now. They have to win this year. Their payrolls say that. Their owners say that. Their fans say that. But...
JOBA THE HOT
HARLAN Chamberlain was born on the Winnebago Indian Reservation in the northeast corner of Nebraska. The Winnebago Tribe settled in the area that is now Wisconsin around 500 AD and...
UNION SHOULD BUMP UP CAP
COLUMBUS, Ohio -The promotion of Boston owner Jeremy Jacobs, the most hawkish and virulent anti-union voice leading up to and throughout the NHL lockout, to chairman of the Board of...
GREAT TO GET & GOOD TO GO
SO Kobe Bryant wants to be traded out of L.A. Oh, wait a min ute . . . no, he wants to stay. Hold on . . . he wants...
HELP CURB DEADLY N.Y. FISH VIRUS
ANOTHER fish kill linked to VHS has been discovered in the Finger Lakes, the second such occurrence in New York outside of the Great Lakes. New York's Department of Environmental...
NO' REGRET$
As he awaited a flight to New York from Gainesville Regional Airport early last week, there was no place for Joakim Noah to hide. "Thanks, man," one fan told him,...
BALTIMORON
One baseball veteran stood at his locker last week and pondered the rumors that were circulating that Joe Girardi was going to become the new manager of the Orioles. "Why...
HAVEN'T SEEN LAST OF POSADA AT FIRST
As a way to keep Jorge Posada's bat in the lineup in Colorado while Mike Mussina worked with personal catcher Wil Nieves, Joe Torre gave Posada his first start at...
LIBS MUST REBOUND
After winning their first five games in a promising start to the season, the suddenly slumping Liberty have dropped five of their last seven. And going into today's home game...
ADU PUTS ON SHOW FOR USA
The U.S. men's soccer team will face archrival Mexico today for their third CONCACAF Gold Cup crown and regional supremacy. But both the women and the boys won yesterday in...
TWISTS & TURNS
Nextel Cup regulars and road-course ringers will find a challenge today when the Car of Tomorrow (COT) is raced at Infineon Raceway for the first time in the Toyota/Savemart 350...
VAC'S WHACKS
I know it's only a fake movie, one that's available only in the wonderfully fake world of "Entourage." But I'd really, really like to see "Medellin" anyway. * After listening...
THE RUMBLE
Joe's still Smokin'!Frazier's left hook packs wallop Joe Frazier, hosting a cocktail party at Merc Bar in Soho for MSG Network Wednesday night to honor its new documentary, "Mecca of...
HURT INVASOR RETIRED
Invasor, the 2006 Horse of the Year, was retired yesterday due to a cracked sesamoid bone in his right hind leg. The injury was detected following a workout at Belmont...
HONDO'S A MAINE-IAC
Hondo leapfrogged back into the red last night as Bannister seemed to take a slide against the Brew ers, which put the negative number at 30 kanehls. Today, Mr. Aitch...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: College World Series Freshman Jorge Reyes led Oregon State to within one win of its second straight College World Series title with another strong pitching performance and the Beavers...
SHEA IT AIN'T SO
* It's official: The Mets have quit on their manager, their fans and the city of New York. How quickly the mighty have fallen. No hitting, no pitching, no playoffs,...
EMPTY GUNS
If Isiah Thomas chooses another draft-pick stunner, this time it may not draw raging Garden boos. Emboldened by last season's Renaldo Balkman coup at No. 20, a selection that stunned...
LEE WANTS TO REMAIN KNICK, LOOKS FORWARD TO DRAFT
Not only is forward David Lee the most popular player with Knicks fans but also with NBA general managers. With Isiah Thomas looking to make a big move this offseason...
NINTH 1-DER
The most vocal outburst came during the game, with Paul Lo Duca getting ejected. But while quieter, the most telling aspect of last night's outing at Shea Stadium was Willie...
MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN JUST A SLUMP FOR WOEFUL DELGADO
CARLOS Delgado is falling. To fifth in Willie Randolph's batting order. To Mo Vaughn status among the Flushing faithful. To depths statistically that should be off-limits to a hitter of...
LO POINT!
Paul Lo Duca earned an ejection well before he chucked his chest protector and shin guards onto the field last night. But he might've earned a hefty fine and/or a...
BOUNCE-BACK FOR DUQUE
With two on and two out in the seventh, and with Orlando Hernandez at 111 pitches, Willie Randolph walked slowly out to the mound. Randolph didn't make an immediate move,...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...RICK PETERSON
The Post's Steve Serby sat down at Shea with the Mets pitching coach, whose father was a one-time general manager of the Yankees: Q: Funniest moment on the mound? A:...
DELGADO BUMPED TO FIFTH
Carlos Delgado has been dropped out of the cleanup spot - again. Delgado has been the Mets' fifth-place hitter, and David Wright has assumed the cleanup spot. Delgado was batting...
BIG DILEMMA
History shows far more misses than hits at No. 17. There also have been gems taken in past NBA Drafts at No. 17, where the Nets will select looking for...
RUSSIAN RIGHT IN
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tom Renney will not only get his first look on the ice Tuesday morning at Alexei Cherepanov, but the Russian first-round selection will be joined at the...
EXTRA FRAMES EXTRA PAINFUL
SAN FRANCISCO - When the baseball obit writers for 2007 catalog the expiration of this Yankees team they will chisel June 23 on the pinstriped tombstone. Yes, there is more...
PEN RUNS DRY DURING LONG DAY
SAN FRANCISCO - How deep did the Yankees dip into their bullpen yesterday? So far down that Roger Clemens not only volunteered to work in relief but also actually warmed...
JETER AIMS TO PLAY THROUGH THE STRAIN
SAN FRANCISCO - Joe Torre said there is a chance Derek Jeter may have to sit out today's game against the Giants with a strained left hip flexor muscle. As...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It was love at first write for a British woman who became pen pals with an American death-row inmate. So much so that Tracy Cope, of Nottinghamshire, has married James...
HOW TO MAKE THAT FIRST PHONE CALL
You met online, and now it's time to dial up that special someone. What to say? How long to yak? Make a great impression by following this advice. The way...
DEAR POST MAN
Dear Post Man: I think my boyfriend is trying to sabotage my diet. I keep trying to lose weight but he insists on always going out for huge meals or...
MEET MARKET
Lutherans and Taoists and Bahais, oy vey! In a multi-culti city, Daryl, a 22-year-old casting director is only looking for one thing: a perfectly matched mate. She says she's a...
THE AVERAGE JOE
It seemed likely that this week's couple, both ardent sports fans, would easily hit it out of the park at the Boathouse (appropriately, in Central Park). However, when Joe, 28,...