October 23, 2007
Kidd Update and some Pre-Game stuff
October 23, 2007 | 11:36pmBy FRED KERBERFace it, anything Kidd does is important. Kidd showed up early to the IZOD Center (nee Continental Airline Arena, nee Brendan Byrne Arena, nee Meadowlands Arena, nee the...
Bart's Garden trip down memory lane
October 23, 2007 | 10:18pmBy MARC BERMANIt's been some time since The Post's recent hire Bart Hubbuch had covered the NBA. So long, in fact, the Knicks were championship contenders when he last wrote...
TV's Hottest Males
October 23, 2007 | 9:11pmMcDreamy, McSteamy, McGorgeous - you name it, we got it.Click here to see TV's Hottest Male Characters.Then Click Here to tell us who you think is the hottest.
Oscar Watch: 'Blood,' Denzel Gaining
October 23, 2007 | 8:12pmThough it won't begin screening for non-long-lead press until the week of Nov. 14, Paul Thomas Anderson's "Let There Be Blood'' is rocketing up the Best Picture charts at the...
After That, a 'Flashdance' Remake?
October 23, 2007 | 7:55pmDiablo Cody, the former stripper turned blogger (real name: Brook Busey-Hunt) who is likely to be nominated for an Oscar for her smart script for the upcoming pregnant teen comedy...
Progress for Krstic, Kidd and some star-gazing
October 23, 2007 | 6:17pmBy FRED KERBERMore minutes for Krstic, more progress for Kidd, a game off for two veteran new guys, another chance for the rookie to see KG. There, in 25 words...
LIVEBLOG: Keith McNally's lawyers may like to hear of this
October 23, 2007 | 5:37pmFamiliar, much? A whopping 10,200 miles away from New York's legendary Balthazar, one finds the city of Brisbane, Australia.Apparently, the owners of that city's Belle Epoque brasserie figured that such...
Deal of the Day
October 23, 2007 | 4:44pmWe're back to the dresses that show off some curves.This INC frock from Macy's looks suspiciously like a giraffe's coat minus the yellow trim, but it's more geometric than animal...
MATTINGLY TAKES HIS HACKS
October 23, 2007 | 4:16pmDon Mattingly is at the plate.Donnie Baseball is currently meeting with Yankees brass and is the second person to interview for the spot left vacant by Joe Torre.Click here for...
From A to Zoe
October 23, 2007 | 2:36pmSome fall shoe tips from Rachel Zoe, celebrity stylist and guest editor at Piperlime:(1) A Timeless Patent – Patent comes in so many amazing colors this fall. “If you invest...
Burns' Latest Skips Theaters -Whew!
October 23, 2007 | 12:18pm"What's The Fastest Way To End iTunes Movies' Hip Factor?'' asks David Poland at the web site where I always begin my day, Movie City News. He provides the answer...
Oscar Watch: Rumors of 'War'
October 23, 2007 | 12:00pmIt's not at all unusual for a movie to have re-shoots close to release. But when it's a putative Best Picture nominee directed by Mike Nichols and starring Tom Hanks...
SAN FRANCISCO - THE CITY BY THE BAY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amStumbled upon by England's Sir Francis Drake in the 16th century, San Francisco was destined to become one of America's great cities. The city is located at the tip of...
(BR)IT GIRL
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTAMSIN Lonsdale is the woman who decides if you are worthy. "You know how there are people who have a glint in their eye and they sparkle and they have...
EVERYTHING LOOKING UP
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE kids squirmed in their seats as four Russian acrobats flew through the air, twisting and turning and looking as if they might plunk down on our heads. I'm a...
CONFIDENT BUT NOT CARRIE-D AWAY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amON her debut album, Carrie Underwood allowed Jesus to take the wheel. For her follow-up, "Carnival Ride," which hits stores today, she's driving. "I got the chance to write a...
SELF-MODE MAN
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amDEPECHE Mode frontman Dave Gahan knows that rock 'n' roll eats musicians the same way kids gobble candy corn on Halloween. Just 10 years ago, the singer was a major...
MPFREE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amDownload these free MP3s through Friday at nypost.com Carrie Underwood, "So Small" Underwood had multi-platinum success with her debut disc and she's hoping to tap in to that again with...
FIT FOR A QUEEN
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWHEN Queen Latifah was thinking about recording Phoebe Snow's 1975 hit "Poetry Man," she sought permission from a higher power: her mom. "I'm still one of those kids who wants...
SONG & DANCE MUST GO YAWN
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amIN case we needed reminding, "Greetings From Yorkville," written and performed by Robert Gursecki and Anya Turner, proves again that the self-absorption of musical theater folk is endless. Like such...
SPLITSVILLE!
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amCOMEDY imitated life as Larry David's TV wife, Cheryl, left him on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Cheryl's sudden departure on Sunday's episode of the HBO comedy series put to rest speculation...
'VIVA' ALREADY CANNED
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amCBS has yanked its musical ca sino show "Viva Laughlin" after just two episodes. "The Amazing Race" will take "Laughlin's" place in the Sunday 8 p.m. slot, starting Nov. 4....
TORRE HITS TUBE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amJOE Torre has gone from The Bronx to television land. The former Yankee skipper will be all over TV starting this week, first on HBO's "Real Sports" in a sit-down...
SHARON O WALKS OUT
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE future of Sharon Osbourne as a judge next summer on "America's Got Talent" has suddenly gotten murky. Osbourne stormed off the live results show of Simon Cowell's British Show,...
TRUMP WANTED LINDSAY'S DAD
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amDONALD Trump's plan to cast Lindsay Lo han's troubled father, Michael, in the celebrity version of "The Apprentice" has been shot down by network lawyers. NBC officials decided that Michael...
LET 'EM STRIKE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amHOW annoying is Holly wood? While Rome was burning (OK, Malibu) yesterday, the emperors were still fiddling. Thousands of people possibly being burned out of their homes? Terrible, sure, but...
BASEBALL BACK IN TV GAME
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBASEBALL is hot again - thanks to, ugh, the Bos ton Red Sox. According to early Nielsen numbers, 19 million viewers tuned in for Game 7 of the Red Sox-Indians...
PLANT, KRAUSS MIX WELL
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amRobert Plant & Alison Krauss "Raising Sand" (Rounder) * * * ½ After one spin the musical marriage between Robert Plant, iconic Led Zeppelin wailer, and bluegrass songbird Alison Krauss...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBy all means make changes where they are needed but don't throw out what has been in your life a long time just because you have grown tired of it....
BETTER WITH AGE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amSOME call them sugar daddies. (Others just call them dirty old men.) But scientists say older men who shack up with much younger women are actually the answer to longevity....
SEE DOC ABOUT ANKLE INJURY AT EVERY TURN
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amI'M going to say something that could come as a surprise, but here goes: There's no such thing as a simple ankle sprain. Nope, no such thing. Every year at...
CITY OFFERS WATER-BILL AMNESTY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThousands of single-family homeowners who have disputed their water bills with the city will have an opportunity to clear up any backlog of payments without penalties in an amnesty program,...
GOV'S EX-AIDE TO PROBERS: DOPP DEAD
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amALBANY - A former top aide to Gov. Spitzer did a dramatic flip-flop yester day and refused to provide documents or testify in the Senate Investigations Com mittee probe of...
FINEST FUTURE: FINANCIAL AID
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amNYPD recruits will be eligible for $15,000 in tuition reimbursement if they join the force. The New York City Police Foundation has created a fund to help repay recruits' college...
ALIEN-ATED UPSTATE POL DRIVEN TO SUE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amALBANY - An upstate county clerk yesterday filed the first lawsuit seeking to stop Gov. Spitzer's plan to let illegal aliens get driver's licenses. Rensselaer Clerk Frank Merola filed the...
IMUS' SILENT NIGHT
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBig-mouthed radio jock Don Imus proved shocking yet again last night - he didn't utter a word at a charity auction hosted by him and his wife. Instead, the wrinkly,...
MIKE'S GUARD BEATEN
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amA cop guarding Mayor Bloomberg on the subway yesterday was jumped by a crazed derelict just feet from Hizzoner, police sources said. The perp apparently didn't know that Officer Frank...
CBGB TO BE CHIC BOUTIQUE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amIt ain't no party at CBGB anymore - the shuttered punk palace on The Bowery has been leased to trendy fashion designer John Varvados. "We're going in by the spring,...
TRAGIC DAD WEB QUEST
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amIn 2005, a Manhattan newborn named Sarah Jane was shaken like a rag doll by her monstrous nanny. The shaking destroyed 60 percent of the rear cortex of the baby's...
DISPUTE OVER TUG WARNING
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe brother of a New Jersey man who died when a fishing boat capsized after hitting a tugboat's tow line said yesterday that the tug flashed its lights but never...
GENDER-BEND SHOCKER
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe stunning model wannabe who says she was pres sured into a hush- hush affair with bil lionaire Jeffrey Ep stein when she was only 16 has an even bigger...
JUDGE AND LAWYERS TOUR 'ARTFUL DODGER' GALLERY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe newly shuttered Salander-O'Reilly Gallery was allowed to reopen its doors yesterday, but only for a select audience - a gaggle of lawyers and a judge overseeing a fierce dispute...
NOOSE SENT TO PRINCIPAL
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe black principal of an overwhelmingly black Brooklyn high school received a noose and an expletive-laced racist letter in the mail, police and education officials said yesterday. Officials were tight-lipped...
PREP KILLER CHAMBERS BUSTED
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amPreppy Killer Robert Chambers and his longtime girlfriend were busted at their East Side apartment last night after cops executing a search warrant found cocaine there, authorities said. Chambers, 41,...
SOAP STAR COULD BE WASHED UP
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTroubled "One Life to Live" star Nathaniel Marston - Dr. Michael McBain in the daytime drama - is on the hot seat at ABC after a crate-swinging rampage that left...
FOXY SLAMMED WITH SOLITARY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amJailed rap star Foxy Brown has dug herself deeper into "the hole." The down-and-out diva, whose real name is Inga Marchand, was removed from the general population and locked away...
SHADOWS ECLIPSE ECO APTS.
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amConstruction has begun on the biggest eco-friend- ly affordable-housing development in Brooklyn history - but it will have to be built without rooftop solar panels. Atlantic Terrace, an 80-unit co-op...
EASY BANKING AT CITY JAILS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe city Correction Department has launched an automated system allowing family and friends of inmates locked in city jails to electronically deposit money in their accounts. IC Solutions, J-Pay and...
GAL STABBED IN SUBWAY ROB
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amA man stabbed a woman in the head on a Queens subway platform and grabbed her pocketbook yesterday before being arrested, cops said. The unidentified woman, in her 40s, had...
STRIKE GOES ALL TO HAIL
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBelieve it or not, there was a taxi strike yesterday - but the number of cabbies who walked out was so small, city officials declared the job action statistically insignificant....
'SEX' TEACHER GETS DETENTION
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amA former Queens math teacher who was rearrested last week for violating a court order to stay away from a teen girl he is accused of having sex with was...
PA SHOOTS DOWN FEDS' JFK PLANS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amA controversial federal proposal to slash the number of flights that take off and land each hour at JFK Airport will only worsen delays, the Port Authority said yesterday. PA...
THE CRIES-GUY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThis sob-fella is a repeat offender. Under cross-examination yesterday in the trial of accused rogue FBI Agent Lindley DeVecchio, Mafia hit man Larry Mazza conceded that his tearful breakdown on...
GO '4TH' AND PARTY, NEW YORK
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWe've got 66 strip clubs and 88 modeling agencies - and those are good things, according to a new survey ranking New York the fourth-best party city in the country....
COP GRAFT PROBES DIP, BUT GRIPES RISE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe number of corruption cases opened by the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau has declined in recent years although police misconduct complaints have been rising sharply, statistics show. In 1994, the...
20 YEARS FOR DEVIL RAPIST
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe Brooklyn pervert known as the Devil Rapist was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday. Gerard Mitchell, 31, had pleaded guilty earlier this month to raping three women near...
ROAD-RAGE 'SLAY' COP
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amAn undercover cop yesterday admitted fatally shooting an unarmed man during a road-rage argument in East Harlem - an incident from which he fled without calling authorities. Hours after Officer...
WOMB-RIPPER GUILTY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amVictoria Jo Stinnett turns 3 on Dec. 16 - a birthday that will haunt her for the rest of her life. And yesterday, the woman responsible for that gnawing pain...
TOP ADMIRAL BLASTS GENOCIDE VOTE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe commander of U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan yesterday blasted congressional leaders for pushing a resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide, saying "it just sticks a knife" in...
LAUDER SUED OVER NAZI 'LOOT'
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe grandson of an Austrian woman killed during the Holocaust has lobbed a $20 million lawsuit against Leonard Lauder over ownership of a Gustav Klimt painting that allegedly landed in...
OPRAH SCHOOL ABUSE CLAIM
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amA take-charge Oprah Winfrey flew to South Africa twice in 10 days after her beloved $40 million "dream" school for underprivileged girls was rocked with shocking accusations of physical and,...
TROT WAS TOO HOT FOR MARIE ON 'STARS'
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amHeavily huffing hoofer Marie Osmond suddenly collapsed on stage after a robust samba routine on a live "Dancing with the Stars" last night, as a national TV audience watched in...
U.S. HONORS A LIFE IN DEATH
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday publicly honored fallen Navy SEAL Michael Murphy of Long Island by presenting his grieving parents with the Medal of Honor - and pri vately recognized...
HILL'S 700-STRONG WORKFORCE TOPS OBAMA'S
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton Inc. has nearly 700 people on the payroll - topping Barack Obama's head count. Clinton has paid 697 people to work for her campaign during the...
KILLER BLAZES ROCK S. CALIF
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBlowtorch weather fueled wildfires that charred million-dollar homes and sent hundreds of thousands of people scurrying for shelter from Malibu to the Mexican border yesterday. Howling 60-mph Santa Ana winds...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amSTATEN ISLAND "SODA" got popped. Jimmy Rice, 18, of Sunnyside, was arrested and charged with spraying his tag, "SODA," on nine buildings - including churches and government buildings - in...
VALIANT WARRIOR'S EXPLOITS DWARF GREEK TRAGEDY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - From the moment he read "Gates of Fire" until a fanatic's bullet slammed into his back, "Murph" lived the life. The book told the story of the battle...
LOTTERY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 076; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 3650; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 764; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
A HERO'S HUMANITY
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amAmerica paid tribute yesterday to Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, to whom President Bush posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration for valor - the Medal of Honor - in...
FEERICK'S TAINTED PROBE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amFormer Fordham Law School Dean John Feerick's reputation for honesty has stood as New York's one hope that the Public Integrity Commission, which he chairs, would conduct a balanced, credible...
SMOKE & MIRRORS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE days of deception on the health risks of ciga rettes aren't over after all - although now the distortion's coming from the "good guys." For decades, the industry-funded Tobacco...
WHEN SKID ROW GOES CITYWIDE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amFOR years now, on any given evening, downtown Los Angeles has looked like a photo shoot from the Great Depression, with more than 5,000 homeless camped on sidewalks and streets....
NO 'NIGHTMARE'
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE former top com mander in Iraq - Army Lt.-Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (ret.) - recently called the situation in Iraq "a nightmare with no end in sight." Citing insufficient prewar...
HUCKABEE'S SWEET SPOT
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amFORMER Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told a gathering of social conservatives in Washington last weekend, in a boffo speech that received repeated standing ovations, that "it's important that the language...
TORRE'S LAST STAND: INSULT OR JUST BUSINESS?
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE ISSUE: Yankees Manager Joe Torre's rejection of the contract offered to him for next season. I think Joe Torre has lost sight of reality ("We Made You," Oct. 21)....
SMOKIN' SALES
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amNew York's failure to collect cigarette taxes on reservation sales to non-tribal customers has cost our state billions and spawned a national-security threat with terrorist groups ("Indian Butts," Martin J....
BEAR IS BULLISH ON NEW CHINA MARKET
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amJimmy Cayne is playing his China card to lift Bear Stearns from its slump and launch what he hopes will become a Wall Street-Beijing dynasty. Cayne and officials of China's...
BULL'S SEEING 'BLOOD'
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amAs Merrill Lynch prepares to report its third-quarter earnings tomorrow, there are concerns the eye-popping pre-announcement of a $5.5 billion charge from troubled bond investments might be the tip of...
OIL'S RISE A RUSE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE price of a barrel of oil has been over $80 for weeks and predictions are for $100 soon. Repeat after me: Who the hell cares! Since no consumer I...
FLOWERS, SALLIE HAVE COURT DATE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe court battle between student lender Sallie Mae and New York billionaire J. Christopher Flowers could drag on for several months following a Delaware judge's decision yesterday not to expedite...
VIDEO SCREEN GOES DARK FOR NBC-YOUTUBE CHANNEL
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amNBC has quietly pulled the plug on its year-old channel on YouTube. The move comes as the network's parent company NBC Universal and News Corp., owner of The Post, gear...
REVEILLE WILL RIDE MUSICAL 'WAVE'
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amReveille, the television production studio that NBC's new entertainment president Ben Silverman built into a powerhouse, has struck a deal to have the original music developed for its shows marketed...
BOFFO APPLE EARNS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amStrong demand for the iPod and buzz surrounding the iPhone is helping Apple boss Steve Jobs convert a growing number of PC users into Mac computer buyers. Apple yesterday reported...
EW PUBLISHER QUITTING TIME
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amAnother longtime publishing executive is exiting Time Inc. David Morris, who has been the publisher of Entertainment Weekly, is leaving the company after 21 years. The magazine will be swept...
MYSPACE DEBUTING WEB SERIES
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amMySpace is launching its first original scripted series for the Web. The social networking giant is teaming with Iron Sink Media on a new series called "Roommates," which will follow...
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE resurgent Empire State Building pulled off a trifecta this week. The iconic but once commercially marginal landmark scored its first full-floor office lease in years, a major retail lease...
AMERICAN HERITAGE REVIVED
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amAmerican Heritage will rise again. Edwin S. Grosvenor has purchased the magazine, Web site and book division from the Forbes family with plans to resume publication with a December/January issue....
HOLLYWOOD BARGAINING
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe clock is ticking for Hollywood producers hoping to avert a major writers' strike. The union representing film and TV writers returned to the bargaining table for the first time...
MAN HIT, KILLED BY TRAIN IN HARLEM
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe 1 subway line service has been disrupted after a man was hit and killed by a train at 125th and Broadway. Service on the 1 line in suspended in...
O.J. RAKED IN MORE THAN $1 MILLION FROM 03-05
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amO.J. Simpson, still on the hook for a $33 million wrongful-death judgement, raked in more than $1 million over recent three-year span, according to tax records made public yesterday. U.S....
LOVELACE BACKS HOOPS TRANSFERS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWhile the transfers of several key basketball players from Xaverian before the season caused an uproar within the CHSAA - and to a lesser extent the PSAL - Ruth Lovelace...
SPORTS SHORTS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBASEBALL: Stottlemyre joins M'sMel Stottlemyre was hired as pitching coach by the Mariners, who overhauled their coaching staff yesterday. Stottlemyre, who previously was a pitching coach for the Mets and...
CELTS ENJOY BIG-SHOT STATUS IN BOSTON
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amDoc Rivers only had to flip on his radio last week to know the Celtics were relevant again in sports-crazy Boston. "We were being talked about on the same day...
BOSOX: BRING IT ON!
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBOSTON - In the midst of celebrating during yesterday's wee hours, the Red Sox didn't care who their next opponent would be. You could have told David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez...
BECKETT BOSTON'S ACE IN THE HOLE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amBOSTON - The rea son the Red Sox are in the World Series and the Yankees are not is Boston has the top-of-the-rotation pitcher the Yanks don't. Josh Beckett didn't...
HONDO'S STUDYING
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe rag-tag Jags were dismal failures against the clearly superior Colts last night, which pushed Hondo deeper into the red at 70 hobsons. Today, he intends to devote the day...
CURLIN, HARD SPUN GO THROUGH FINAL DRILLS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTwo of the big guns for Saturday's Breeders' Cup - Curlin and Hard Spun, the colts to run in all three of this year's Triple Crown races - had their...
DREAM RUSH ONE TO CATCH
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amOver the years, some of the nation's fastest fillies - Ta Wee, What a Summer, My Juliet, to name a few - have taken on the best male sprinters and...
FILLY & MARE SPRINT
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amANALYSIS: The late-blooming 3-year-old La Traviata has won all three of her starts by the length of the stretch and will be very hard to beat if she goes here,...
NO BABE IN WOODS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amHe's come a long way, babe. There once was a time when trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. was so down on his luck, he was sleeping on a cot in a...
ONE-TWO PUNCH
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amIf there is one trainer in the Breeders' Cup worth close scrutiny it is John Shirreffs, the 62-year-old Vietnam veteran who has pulled into Monmouth armed with two barrels ready...
KEEPING KOBE IN LINE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amLOS ANGELES - I'm determined not to leave Los Angeles until either Kobe Bryant is blown away by the Santa Ana trade winds or Coby Karl calls Jerry Buss a...
LONDON CALLING
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amNext up for the surging Giants is a trip to London to face the winless Dolphins and the way linebacker Antonio Pierce figures it, this unprecedented event is an opportunity...
COUGHLIN TURNING INTO MR. OCTOBER
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe new Mr. October on the New York sports scene is Tom Coughlin, who is 12-2 in that month in his four years with the Giants following a 33-15 victory...
THE JOY OF SACKS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amQUARTERBACKS B Uneven performance from Eli Manning (18 of 31, 146 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT), who was accurate early and hurt by five dropped passes, but stagnant in second...
TRUE BLUE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTOM Coughlin won't be wearing a Bobby helmet on the sidelines Sunday at Wembley Stadium. He won't be asking the queen to show up five minutes early at the team...
NO ANSWERS AGAIN
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amQUARTERBACKS C+ Chad Pennington (20-31, 272 yards, three TDS, one INT, 111.2 rating) led the Jets to scores on their first five possessions. Both his INT and his final TD...
JETS ON NOTICE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amOne day after the Jets' fourth defeat in a row, Sunday's maddening 38-31 loss to the Bengals in Cincinnati, Eric Mangini stood before his players and assistant coaches and told...
GREEN WON'T GANG UP ON EACH OTHER
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amThe temperature is rising to uncomfortable levels in the Jets' locker room and in the meeting rooms. Often when a team is losing like the Jets are - they're 1-6...
ISIAH ABLE TO SMILE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amFor the past two days, talking to Isiah Thomas has been like talking to a lobotomy patient. After Sunday's practice and at yesterday's morning shootaround, Thomas was in an awful...
KIDD: I'LL BE READY FOR OPENER
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amIn his first interview in two weeks, Jason Kidd yesterday said his injured back feels great, that he hopes to play in one of the Nets' last two preseason games...
JAGR, RANGERS SEEK ANSWERS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWhy does Jaromir Jagr think the ultra-talented Rangers are off to a 2-4-1 start this season? "To answer the question, I would have to give you more questions," Jagr said....
PARTY STARTS WITH GIRARDI
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTAMPA - Hank Steinbrenner says Joe Girardi is smart and the Yankees aren't stupid. So, do they have a match to fill the colossal shoes left behind by Joe Torre...
TEAM TAMPA SILENT ON PLAYER OFFERS
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTAMPA - Hank Steinbrenner refused to talk about where the Yankees are in regards to making offers to Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada and what the club's timetable for a...
BOSS' SON NEEDS TO REMEMBER THESE ARE THE YANKEES, NOT THE HANK-EES
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amHANK Steinbrenner was in a question-asking mood over the weekend when he posed this beauty to this newspaper: "Where was Joe's career in '95 when my dad hired him?" The...
DON MATTINGLY MEETS WITH YANKEES IN TOP-SPOT TRYOUT
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amDon Mattingly, following in the footsteps of Joe Girardi, arrived this morning in Tampa this morning to plead his case to the Yankees Brass. The current bench coach arrived at...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25
October 23, 2007 | 9:00am1 Ohio State (8-0) beat Michigan St., 24-17 at Penn State (1) Buckeyes may not be a great team, but this is a great defense. 2. Oklahoma (7-1) won 17-7...
GET INTIMATE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amDEAR Celebrity Cruises; Launching a new cruise line can't be easy. That's why so many once-famous names have sunk, so to speak, while new ones have floated in to take...
PILLOWTALK
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amIT was a very dark time, a time not so terribly long ago, and if you've been cruising for more than a couple of years now, you remember it well....
READY, SET, SAIL!
October 23, 2007 | 9:00am1) THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL Quest 14 nights, $1,299/pp, Dec. 8. Miami to Acapulco; stopping Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and more 2) CARNAVAL IN SOUTHAMERICA Journey 10 nights, $2,399/pp,...
SAIL INTO THE SUNSHINE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amWHEN Egyptians were super-gluing together the first wooden boats back in 6,000 B.C., not the pharaohs - not even Ra - could have envisioned the size and circustry that define...
WALK ON AIR
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amQ: Been anywhere fun recently? Martha Stewart: I experienced zero gravity. I went on that flight; we actually became weightless. That was fun. You're actually floating and you can do...
HOT STUFF
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amTHE latest trend in cruising seems to be leaving no stone unturned, as exotic seas and distant ports, once the province of more specialized cruise lines, are now opening up...
NEWS + NOTES
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amSUPERSIZE ME! Seabourn will welcome a fourth ship into its fleet in 2009. Odyssey will be three times the size of its sister ships, offering 90% balcony coverage and menus...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 23, 2007 | 9:00amNobody much likes airports these days - but officials in one Iowa city seem to think that's a selling point. Sioux City leaders have scrapped plans to do away with...
It's all great for Nate
October 23, 2007 | 4:58amBy MARC BERMANAfter Draft Night that featured the Zach Randolph trade, the Knicks added three guards to their roster – Demetris Nichols, Fred Jones and Dan Dickau. There was legit...