July 27, 2007
Model Politician
Gorby the face of Louis Vuitton? Funny in a few obvious ways.Will Ray-ban sign up Mohmar Khadafi for it's Aviator's ad? Or Margaret Thatcher for Pringle ( given her statement...
Mitch Fritz vs. Colton Orr
Speaking of enforcers, here's a clip of Mitch Fritz scrapping with his now teammate Colton Orr.At the end of this clip, there are related fight videos. Check out the one...
Quick series pick
No game for me today, though I'll be out there tomorrow and Sunday. My quick series pick, though -- as I go for six correct ones in a row --...
Scene
Hala Matar, a film maker, wears an exuberantly printed top form Barcelona, a belt from the LES, an a printed skirt from Puppet in the East Village. Her red shoes...
Deal of the Day
The good natured soles at Tom's Shoes were one of the first to mass produce covetable fashion for a cause. For every shoe purchased, they give a pair to a...
FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY
We are back with Five-Thought Friday:1. With all the matters that have arisen for the Mets in 2007, they woke up Friday morning with the NL’s best record. That says...
Chandler signing postponed till today (update)
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks will announce the signing of rookie Wilson Chandler later today. They were planning on announcing it Monday but decided to move it up.The Post reported in...
Resurrecting Old Time Hockey
There have been a lot of comments about standing up to intimidation from clubs like the Flyers, and a great point was made about how the definition of "enforcer" has...
Who Would You Rather See Naked?
The best of the newcomers will likely be "No Reservations'' starring a certain Oscar-winning cell-phone pitchwoman (47 percent favorable at RT, two stars from yours truly) with around $9 million....
THE MONKEY KING
Adopted From the Classic Chinese Tale by Ji-li Jiang Illustrated by Hui Hui Su-Kennedy STORY SO FAR: Unrepentant, indestructible, and still a troublemaker, Monkey is given one chance to prove...
DREAM OF YOUTH
IN 1988, the New York underground noise- rock band Sonic Youth released its sixth album, "Daydream Nation," their last before signing with major label Geffen Records. Now, after 20 years,...
ROCKERS SING THE BLUES
AS much rock concert as play, "33 to Nothing" depicts the death throes of a band. Written by Grant James Varjas - who also plays the band's songwriter and artistic...
MEDIOCRITY IS THE MESSAGE
THE set is simply stunning - the choreography, appallingly banal. That about sums up the Ballet National de Marseille's "Metapolis II," at the Lincoln Center Festival. This 80-minute ballet -...
GIVING A PIECE OF HIS MIND
WITH "The Quantum Eye," Sam Eaton confirms my suspicion that mentalists are the high-school nerds of the magic world. Superstars Lance Burton and David Copperfield bring genuine flair to their...
DIRECTOR'S CUT
PATTI LuPone's name may be above the title - and she's giving a knockout performance as Mama Rose - but the real star of "Gypsy" at City Center is Arthur...
SPOILER ALERT: INSIDE 'GREY'S'
GREY'S Anatomy" is in damage-control mode as the new season gets under way in Los Angeles. With two episodes already wrapped, details about the September debut of ABC's doc opera...
'DESPERATE' MARRIAGE LOOKS GRIM
JOHN Slattery doesn't ex pect his run on "Des perate Housewives" as Gabrielle's (Eva Longoria) scheming new hubby to last much longer. "I don't think my chances for survival are...
DIANA MOVIE YOU HAVE TO SEE
A new docudrama - one of many such projects coming to TV next month to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death - paints a devastating picture of her...
STARR REPORT
Emmy fave's big fall "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," which led all contenders with 17 Emmy nominations last week, will be released on DVD Sept. 11 - just ahead...
CLASS REUNION
IF you are over 30 and under 60, there is no need to ex plain who "The Two Coreys" are. You know. The Coreys - Corey Haim and Corey Feldman...
BED, 'BURBS & BEYOND
THE indie feature "Laura Smiles" opens on a fate ful day for Laura - her live-in fiancé is killed by a car on what appears to be the Upper West...
LADS WITH THICK HEADS, THICKER ACCENTS
WELCOME to Nottingham, where Robin Hood and his Merry Men once stole from the rich to give to the poor. More recently, the area has been the setting for films...
END CAN'T JUSTIFY SCENES
THE mistitled Iraq documentary "No End in Sight" isn't about where the war is heading but about all of the mistakes that have been made to this point. Some documentaries...
THE CAMDEN 28
THE documentary "The Camden 28" is the compelling story of how a group of protesters against the Vietnam War risked jail for their ideals. The men and women, including four...
DOUGHNUTS TO DOLLARS, A HIT
Hide-a-lee ho, obsessorinos! The big-screen "Simpsons" takes no chances, sticking closely to a typical TV plotline - Homer causes an environmental disaster, Lisa gets a new boyfriend, Marge grumbles and...
C'EST IT AIN'T SO
THE Great Playwrights for Dummies series that began with "Shakespeare in Love" continues with "Moliére," a French clone of that grating and smarmy Best Picture winner. If you liked the...
AN ODYSSEY BY HOMER
Homer Simpson, father, snowplow entrepreneur, astronaut, bon vivant and now - movie star. But who is Homer, the man? For the price of a couple of Flaming Moe's, he agreed...
N.Y.C.'S DARKEST DAYS
'I love this dirty town!" pro claims Burt Lancaster as a ruthless Broadway colum nist in "Sweet Smell of Success," which today opens "NYC Noir," a five-week series at Film...
SO DO WE . . .
MORE bad news about Lind say Lohan: Her latest flick, "I Know Who Killed Me," wherein she plays a college student/stripper stalked by a serial killer, was not screened in...
THE KITCHEN STINK
COMBINE an Oscar-winning Welsh actress with an Oscar-nominated child star and respected B-list actor from America, put them in a Manhattan-set remake of a German movie under an Australian director...
HOT PICKS
FULL OF HOT AIR A 138-foot-tall Mr. Peanut, an 80-foot-high anniversary "cake," and an admittedly slimmed-down John Popper are among the 125 hot air balloons celebrating the 25th annual Quik...
PREVIEWS
"THE BLACK EYED": Four Arab women from varying backgrounds meet in the afterlife and pontificate about love, religion and terrorism. New York Theatre Workshop. 79 E. Fourth St.; (212) 460-5475....
BROADWAY
"A CHORUS LINE": 2 ½ STARS A clean carbon copy of a great original. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CURTAINS": 2 STARS Tony-winning David Hyde Pierce...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": HHH John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": HH½ Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; (212) 307-4747. Closes Sunday. "CHICAGO": 4 STARS...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ABSINTHE": 3 ½ STARS The sequel to last year's hit European-style burlesque show, performed in a vintage traveling tent at the South Street Seaport, (800) 276-2392. "ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN IN...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BEN KWELLER: The indie pop artist Ben Kweller, who played all the instruments on his most recent self-titled album, will have a band when he plays each of his albums...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Tonight: the Birdland Big Band. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Thursday: the Duke Ellington Orchestra. 131 W. Third St.; (212) 475-8592. DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: Through Sunday:...
CLASSICAL
TOMORROW and SUNDAY: Mark Peskanov, Steven Beck and Raman Ramakrishman play Beethoven piano trios at Bargemusic, 8 p.m., Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn; (718) 624-2083. TUESDAY: Mostly Mozart opens with Osvaldo...
CABARET
BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Anne Hampton Callaway. 131 W. Third St.; (212) 475-8592. DUPLEX: Tuesday: "Anything Goes" with Bill Goffi and Dustin Tyler Moore. DON'T TELL MAMA: Tomorrow: Poole Party!...
DANCE
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE: Parsons Dance and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet join forces for two free performances, starting with Parsons' excerpts from "Bachiana" followed by Cedar Lake's full rendition of Ohad...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVE: Festival of films by and/or about Norman Mailer, "The Mistress & the Muse: The Films of Norman Mailer." Today: Mailer's "Tough Guys Don't Dance" (1987) at 7...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Lisa Ann Walter. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMIC STRIP LIVE: Today and tomorrow: Vic Henley hosts Rich Vos and Louis Ramey. 1568 Second Ave.; (212) 861-9386. COMIX:...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
WASHINGTON SQUARE SUMMER FAIR: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., a street fair on Bleecker Street from Broadway to Sixth Avenue. 52nd ASSOCIATION JAZZ FESTIVAL: Sunday from 11 a.m....
UPCOMING
DEF LEPPARD, FOREIGNER, STYX: Twenty years ago, any one of these three rock 'n' roll superpowers would've sold out any stadium in the country. On Aug. 14, this aged axis...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * DONNA SUMMER discos tonight at 10 and tomorrow night at 9 in Caesars Circus Maximus Theatre. Tickets: $100-$125; caesars.com, (800) 677-SHOW. * GEORGE CARLIN takes the stage...
POLICE CAPT. DEAL REACHED
Officials yesterday unveiled a tentative eight-year contract that would increase the maximum base salary of NYPD captains to $141,000, which leaves the police officers' union standing as the lone holdout...
CONGESTION PLAN ALIVE
ALBANY - State lawmakers yesterday approved legislation to create a Big Apple traffic-congestion study commission. The bill falls far short of the congestion-pricing plan that Mayor Bloomberg is strongly pushing,...
ELEX POLS CASHING IN
Fund-raising for the next mayor's race and other city election contests has already hit $16 million - more than double the amount collected at the same period eight years ago,...
COLLAPSE FEARS MET WALL OF RESISTANCE
Residents of an Upper West Side apartment building complained for months of the danger posed by construction blasting next door - but the city did nothing until a retaining-wall collapse...
RESCUER'S REWARD: A CARJACKING
A good Samaritan pulled an injured driver from a flaming car wreck - only to have the man steal his vehicle and drag him down a Long Island road. James...
LAIR OF 'COP KILLERS' RANSACKED, STRIPPED BARE: LANDLORD
Burglars ransacked the Queens apartment of accused cop-killers Dexter Bostic and Robert Ellis, making off with a 46-inch flat-screen TV, a Sony PlayStation 3 and a camcorder, their landlord said...
ELIOT'S NEW LOW IN HIS EMPIRE STATE OF DENIAL
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer continued to stonewall reporters yesterday as he refused to explain why his two top aides wouldn't answer questions under oath from Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigators....
'HYPOCRITE' GOVERNOR'S OWN AIR-OGANCE
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer used the state air fleet to mix politics and state business at least twice this year - the same thing that his aides tried to tar...
DEPUTY FOLLOWS HEVESI OUT DOOR
ALBANY - Amid an ongoing investigation of the state Comptroller's office, the No. 2 official abruptly resigned yesterday, officials said. Thomas Sanzillo, who has been with the office since 1993,...
HEATING UP A SPITZFIRE GRILL
ALBANY - The subpoena-armed state Ethics Commission yesterday announced it has opened an investigation into Gov. Spitzer and his top aides in the still-unfolding scandal over a campaign to ruin...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1, 2, 3 trains: No 1 trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. Take either the 2 or 3, which are running local between 96th and Chambers. Shuttle buses replace...
CRASH KILLS 6 QNS. KIN
Six members of a family from Queens died in a horrific car crash in Virginia, relatives said yesterday. The bodies of the people who died in the crash on Tuesday...
MIKE HEAD OF THE CLASS
The number of people who think mayoral control of schools under Mike Bloomberg has been a success story has shot up dramatically in the last three months, according to a...
'LOCKED'-UP MOB BOSS: JAILERS DEPRIVE MY 'DO
You can lock up "Vinny Gorgeous" - just don't mess with his hair. Reputed Bonanno boss Vincent Basciano, whose nickname comes from the Hello Gorgeous hair salon he once owned,...
HIZZONER CALLS OUT COUNCIL
Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday he would veto a bill allowing students to carry cellphones to and from classes, and hinted he would reject a probable override on legal grounds. "No....
KLEIN PLAYS FAVES: FOES
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein is favoring some of the best schools when awarding special grants meant to aid the worst in the system, an advocacy group charged yesterday. The Campaign...
ANTHRAX WEATHER WACKO
A Brooklyn man who admittedly sent an anthrax-scare letter to Sam Champion last month was trying to persuade the ABC weatherman to "test" the enclosed so-called sample, according to a...
IN JACKIE'S MEMORY
Rachel Robinson's crusade to help minority students attend college is going into extra innings. The widow of baseball legend Jackie Robinson won the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Liberty Medal for establishing...
COP-CAR TRAGEDY
A Long Island patrol cop chasing a speeding motorcyclist accidentally rammed and killed another motorist. National Guardsman Gabriel Bergianti, 27, died just blocks from his Port Jefferson Station home Wednesday...
BOSS' PERSONAL PITCH TO STRAPHANGERS
MTA honcho Elliot Sander's got one heck of sales job ahead of him. The chief executive officer of the MTA wants the public to accept a fare increase next year...
IT'S A FARE DEAL
For the past 30 years, the subway has not only been running underground, but under inflation. As the MTA moves ahead with plans to hike the fare, straphangers can take...
RICH KID GUILTY IN MA SLAY
The well-heeled son of a Manhattan financial analyst was convicted of manslaughter last night for shooting randomly into a crowd outside a Washington Heights club and killing a beloved young...
EYEGLASS HEIR'S PAD SEARCHED
Investigators executed a search warrant yesterday at the home of the furniture-smashing scion of Cohen's Fashion Optical in the hunt for items he allegedly stole from his ex-girlfriend's apartment during...
$76M FOR COP SHOOT TURNS TO 0
A man who was once awarded $76 million after getting shot in a run-in with cops will now have to settle for nothing. A state appeals court yesterday threw out...
STEAMED DENTIST'S BLAST SUIT
A dentist to the stars filed a $25 million lawsuit against Con Edison yesterday for the massive steam- pipe explosion that shut down his Midtown practice. Dr. Bruce Haber says...
CHEFS FRY A 'PERV'
A pair of chefs saved a woman from a serial molester's groping hands, then spotted the sicko two weeks later and held him for the cops, police said. Accused pint-sized...
SPACE SABOTAGE
The space program got another black eye yesterday when NASA revealed that someone sabotaged a computer meant to blast off into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. The damaged device, which...
HERE'S WHERE IT'S @
If you're doing it in the bedroom, the kitchen, the car, the bathroom . . . even in church, you definitely have a problem - it's called e-mail addiction. A...
HILL 'HOPING' MAD
WASHINGTON - The battle for the Democratic 2008 nomination went nuclear yesterday, with Hillary Rodham Clinton responding to repeated attacks from rival Barack Obama by turning his own campaign slogan...
RUDY TUNES OUT 'TUBE' DEBATE
Front-runner Rudy Giuliani plans on skipping the YouTube Republican presidential debate on Sept. 17 because of "scheduling conflicts," campaign officials said yesterday. "We have serious scheduling issues. That's prime fund-raising...
VICK VOWS A DOGFIGHT IN COURT
RICHMOND, Va. - Star quarterback Michael Vick apologized to his mother and teammates yesterday - and vowed a vigorous court battle - as he was ordered to stand trial in...
NIFONG 'SORRY' AT LAST
DURHAM, N.C. - Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong acknowledged yesterday there is "no credible evidence" that three Duke lacrosse players committed any of the crimes he accused them of more...
ASTRONAUTS' 3-MARTINI LAUNCH
Houston, we have a drinking problem. NASA astronauts were drunk on at least two missions, yet cleared for takeoff despite warnings that they were too high to fly, it was...
CAUGHT IN PRESS
FBI agents last month questioned a longtime pal of disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy as part of a basketball betting probe - and now, the Pennsylvania man fears he'll soon...
'TAIL' OF TAPE FOR LINDSAY
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The woman who claims Lindsay Lohan hunted her down in a wild SUV chase didn't initially know the "Fully Loaded" actress was her pursuer, according to...
ROBIN BECOMES BATMAN
Cutup Robin Williams takes a cut at the ball yesterday at Shea Stadium while filming the Disney movie "Old Dogs" with John Travolta, doing the wave in another scene.
NICOLE RICHIE COURTS DEAL
"Simple Life" star Nicole Richie is expected to show up in court today - and possibly cop a DUI plea bargain that could send her to jail, sources said yesterday....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A man was arrested for making nearly $3,200 in purchases using credit cards he stole from a woman he met at a chic Chelsea bar, authorities said yesterday. Foudel...
'LAZY' DAZE HAS FRIENDS OF FRED ALL SHOOK UP
EVEN Fred Thompson's most ardent friends are getting worried about the shakeup in the former "Law & Order" star's still-undeclared White House campaign. "Does this scare me? Sure, it scares...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 003; Lucky Sum: 3 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 6046; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 764; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 4094;...
THE BEEP WHO CRIED WOLF
News alert: Two out of three re spondents to a recent survey say they've been sexually harassed - and one in 10 sexually assaulted - on New York City subways....
LET THE SUN SHINE IN
Finally: A panel with subpoena power - the state Ethics Commission - has agreed to look into Troopergate, the plot by Gov. Spitzer's office to use the State Police to...
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN, GOV
Editors' note: With Gov. Spitzer enmeshed in scandal, we asked an expert who has advised several of Spitzer's past targets for his insights. WHAT is Gov. Spitzer, suddenly awash in...
ELIOT'S M.O.: THEY FIGHT DIRTY
UNTIL recently, most of the elite media never got on Darren Dopp's bad side - or, to be more precise, the bad side of his boss, Gov. Spitzer. I did,...
AMERICA'S MORAL PARALYSIS
THE term "moral paraly sis" has been used to describe the inaction of France, England and other European democracies in the 1930s, as they watched Hitler build up the military...
THE LIBERAL EDGE
THE turn in the polls against the Republican Party appears to be stunning in its ferocity. The GOP is viewed unfavorably by 56 percent of those polled by CBS News,...
TOURO'S TROUBLE
It was Touro College itself that first learned of unlawful entries being made into its record database (" 'B.S.' Degrees $cam at Touro," July 17). The college has been praised...
POT SHOT AT TIMES' POTTER REVIEW
THE ISSUE: The New York Times pre-publication review of the new Harry Potter book. Andrea Peyser should be able to answer her own question - The New York Times hates...
AGAINST ALL ODDS: BUSH'S SHOT AT SUCCESS
THE ISSUE: William Kristol's prediction that President Bush's tenure will be considered successful. No matter how many times William Kristol attempts to make the case that the two-term Bush administration...
THE SMIRK IS WIPED OFF WALL STREET'S FACE
DOW, 14,000. Ah, remember the good ole' day! Now you really know why we have stock market crashes: in the end bad news is more powerful than irrational investor exuberance...
MARKET ROUT
Only a week after champagne corks popped across Wall Street to celebrate crossing the Dow Jones industrial average's first venture above the 14,000 milestone, the bears yesterday succeeded in putting...
FICKLE BURKLE RETURNS FOR SECOND AMI DANCE
SUPERMARKET magnate Ron Burkle is still in the hunt for a deal with American Media Inc. Accountants from Ernst & Young were said to be looking over AMI's books on...
TALK SHOW SETTLEMENT
Don Imus is about to get paid. The disowned shock jock is close to a settlement that would have former employer CBS buy out his contract as a way to...
BUFFETT TAKES A PIECE OF KRAFT
Warren Buffett, known for his love of burgers and Coke, apparently has a thing for Oreo cookies, too. The billionaire investor's holding company Berkshire Hathaway has reportedly taken a small...
BUBBLE LEAKING
The stock market's rout yesterday was driven in large part by the realization among investors big and small that the woes in the mortgage-bond sector are spreading to other parts...
SURPRISE GREETS GAP'S CEO CHOICE
Gap Inc. has turned to an executive known for selling shampoo, cold medicine and tampons as the head of Canada's largest drugstore chain to turn around its ailing apparel brands...
NORDSTROM SHEDS FACONNABLE BRAND
Nordstrom said yesterday that it had reached an agreement to sell its Faconnable brand to a privately owned Lebanese investment group for $210 million in cash. The buyer, M1 Group,...
MICROSOFT RECRUITS ONLINE AD HELP
In its drive to level the playing field with Google and Yahoo!, Microsoft is acquiring AdECN, a fledgling online advertising exchange. Microsoft didn't disclose the terms of the deal, although...
VF SHOPPING SPREE
Apparel giant VF Corp. is throwing down $885 million for two fashion companies - upscale blue jeans maker Seven for All Mankind and lucy activewear - as part of a...
BRITNEY'S BOY 'BASHED' IN VEGAS BRAWL
One of Brit's boys was allegedly bashed during a run-in with the pop tart's bodyguard and a photographer, Splash News reported. The one-time diva told police that one of her...
TEEN MISSING IN QUEENS
Police are asking for the public's help in locating a teenager who disappeared in Queens yesterday. Fifteen-year-old Laquanna Arnold was last seen leaving a summer-school program at Springfield Garden and...
GOOD NEWS FROM BAD REF? YOU BET!
IF there are two ways to look at every story, at least give the other way a shot. In other words, while this Tim Donaghy NBA gambling scandal has caused...
A HAPPY BARRY CAN'T HIDE PAIN
SAN FRANCISCO - There are times, if you try hard enough, when you can talk yourself into believing that Barry Bonds is just another baseball player, just another face in...
CAST HIM AWAY
MICHAEL Vick, man on an island, was arraigned yesterday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va. He is innocent until proven guilty of a crime - animal cruelty - that...
PAVLIK CAN HARDLY WEIGHT FOR TAYLOR
KELLY Pavlik isn't scared. Not of Jermain Taylor; not of fighting for the middleweight championship; not of sweating his body down to the 160-pound weight limit, something that isn't easy...
FAMILY BONDS
SAN FRANCISCO - In the middle of his home run chase, Barry Bonds took some time out yesterday to see things from the other side - the mound. Barry Bonds,...
VEGAS TOO TEMPTING - HOLY CROSS' STAR
While the NBA's potential plans of having a franchise in Las Vegas are, at the very least, stalled, thousands of the nation's top high school basketball players have spent much...
WAKE COACH PROSSER, 56
Wake Forest's Skip Prosser, the first coach to take three schools to the NCAA tournament in his first season, died suddenly yesterday. He was 56. Prosser had been jogging on...
CHIVAS USA BLANKS PUNCHLESS RED BULLS
The Gamble for Goals came up craps for the Red Bulls, who have now produced a woeful two in six games. Bruce Arena defied his own dogma by starting three...
JACOBSON BACK AT SPA
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The prodigal son has returned, and this time he aims to stay. Away from the game for a quarter-century, trainer David Jacobson, 52, came back with a...
HONDO SWEEPS!!
Hondo made a couple of strong moves last night as he went to the winner's circle with the Bosawx and A's to slash the negative number to 565 figue roas....
FULL OF PROMISE
ALBANY - By now, Eli Manning is entrenched as the quarterback of the Giants, and his arrival today at training camp will not produce the hubbub it once did. He...
KIWANUKA'S LB MOVE WON'T BE SMOOTH
ALBANY - The Giants are confident that Mathias Kiwanuka will be able to make a successful move from defensive end to strong-side linebacker, but first-year defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo yesterday...
MOVING UP
Those were the first words spoken by Curtis Martin as he sat with a handful of reporters and columnists who've covered him for the better part of his remarkable 11-year...
BACKUP RB HOUSTON LEAVES JETS FOR PERSONAL REASONS
On a day that Curtis Martin said his official goodbye to the NFL, the Jets also lost running back Cedric Houston, who left the team for undisclosed personal reasons yesterday....
OLIVER TWIST TROUBLES METS
It was fitting Oliver Perez produced the type of outing that may explain why Pittsburgh gave up on him nearly a year ago. And Mets fans could only shake their...
LOOKING FOR SOME RELIEF
OMAR MINAYA is looking hard for a reliever and a second baseman. It is not that the Mets GM does not want a starter, it is just that this is...
OUTFIELD STRAINS MAY PROMPT DEADLINE DERBY
THIS weekend's four-game series at Shea Stadium against Washington will be viewed through the narrow and distorted prism of Tuesday's trade deadline. It'll be as much about what the Mets...
MILLEDGE MAKES MOST OF CHANCE
Lastings Milledge was about to get bumped from the Mets' outfield mix. Now there's not enough of him to go around. If the Mets can figure out how to start...
METS SHIP SMITH TO TRIPLE-A
Mets reliever Joe Smith is about to get his first taste of Triple-A. Usually that happens before a major-league debut, but in Smith's case it's occurring due to poor performances...
STREAK OF SIX KO'D IN K.C.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If the Yankees were smart, new traveling secretary Ben Tuliebitz's first assignment would be to find Kei Igawa a seat on a plane back to Japan....
500TH COULD BE BLAST IN PAST
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - They finally found someone to cool off the Yankees and Alex Rodriguez last night - Kei Igawa. Rodriguez's 500th home run will have to wait after...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
IT'S TY FOR TRADE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Yankees fans may be tired of watching Scott Proctor and Kyle Farnsworth pitch ineffectively for their team, but that hasn't stopped other major league clubs from...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Good rehab start for Schilling In Toledo, Ohio, Curt Schilling looked ready to step back into the Boston rotation, pitching five scoreless innings and striking out eight in his...
NEAR MISS FOR 71-1 AL SHEETAHN
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, who hasn't raced since getting beat head by Curlin in Preakness, breezed half-mile in :51.2 yesterday morning on main track. Trainer Carl...
12 EYE WHITNEY
SARATOGA SPRINGS - With no standout like the recently retired Horse of the Year Invasor to scare them away, 12 older horses were entered yesterday for tomorrow's 80th running of...
KNICKS TO SIGN ROOKIE CHANDLER
The Knicks and Wilson Chandler's representatives agreed during the Las Vegas summer league earlier this month to postpone signing a contract until August to allow Isiah Thomas to explore his...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
They really do take away all your freedom in prison. A Florida inmate was convicted of indecent exposure after a guard caught him masturbating in his cell. Terry Lee Alexander,...
Indiana Jones and the Lost Star
Karen Allen told me last year there had been discussions about her appearing in the new Indiana Jones movie, and sure enough, that's her on location in Hawaii with Steven...