October 27, 2007
OSI IS TOAST OF LONDON
Osi Umenyiora is the homecoming king in London. But what happened to the British accent? The British Press seems infatuated with Osi Umenyiora. This is a homecoming of sorts for...
Scene
Ellie Alter rocks her American Apparel. Her mom designed the belt under her label, "Motif 56" and her boots are Costume National."I vary day to day. My look is a...
REMEMBERING MARTY GLICKMAN
The last time the Giants took one of these European trips was to Berlin, Germany, in 1994 for a preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. I was on that...
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Don't be surprised if the MPAA's much-touted DVD-sniffing dogs, Lucky and Flo (Malaysian pirates have placed a 10 grand price on their heads, hence the mock poster) turn up this...
Early Box Office: Dismal Fall Season Ending With a Large Splatter
On the exclusive front, you'd better go online right now to order tonight's tickets for "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (four stars from me). It's playing only on a...
GET-UP THE PUP
Walk into any pet store at this time of year, and you'll notice they're selling dog costumes aplenty. When it comes to designing get-ups for their pups, owners are getting...
HALLOWED SCENES
SOMETIMES, Halloween feels so last year - you've been to the Village Parade (eight times), and sat in a cramped movie theater watching cheesy horror flicks while it still felt...
WHAT'S UP
TODAY FITTER CRITTERS: Billed as a cross between Teletubbies and Aesop's Fables, the Jitter Critters celebrate the virtues of healthy eating, proper hand-washing and more through song and dance for...
A HAUNTING WE WILL GO
HOW do you Halloween? Just like a jack-o' -lantern, the holiday has many faces - depending on how you carve it up. Some prefer their pumpkins with goofy grins, others...
JON'S BAD MEDICINE
YOU'D think a serving of Bon Jovi on the Jersey side would be guaranteed goodness. Sadly, this wasn't the case at the band's opening performance of a 10-show series at...
GRIM 'REALITY'
WHEN I found out that Fox News had produced a special called, "Facing Reality: Choice," I expected an anti-abortion show. Instead, I was very pleasantly surprised - if such a...
HUGH: 'I'M OUTTA HERE!'
DR. House just needs a few days off - but he won't say if it's a 48-hour virus or something more serious. "House" star Hugh Laurie, who plays the narcissistic-yet-brilliant...
WE IV SAW WHAT HAPPENS
EITHER there's been an explosion over at the Smucker's strawberry jelly factory, or "Saw IV" has arrived. After two solid entries and an OK one, the franchise is getting long...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You will come into money this year, and while to the outside world it may appear to be entirely a matter of luck, the fact is you have attracted good...
BLOOMY'S FAST-FOOD HERO
The Subway sandwich chain won an unsolicited endorsement yesterday from a guy who doesn't usually make commercial pitches: Mayor Bloomberg. The mayor disclosed he's a fan of the fast-food shops,...
FROM NORM TO 'NORMA'
Can you guess who this is starring in "Hairspray" on Broadway? Here's a hint - everybody knows his name. It's "Cheers" barfly George Wendt making his debut Thursday night as...
PARENTS STILL SICK WITH WORRY
A day after learning that a student at IS 211 had succumbed to a deadly superbug, parents said they were scared and unsure whether to believe reassurances by public officials...
SUPERBUG MED OFFICE PROBED
State investigators visited a health care facility yesterday where a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy infected with a drug-resistant superbug was treated shortly before his death, officials said yesterday. The Department of...
MOB 'BEAT UP' GOETZ ATTORNEY
The lawyer made famous for defending subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz in 1987 was attacked and beaten a month after the trial on orders from a Colombo mob boss, according to...
'NO HOPE' FOR OP-BOTCH VICTIM
The elderly Brooklyn woman tossed to the sidewalk by her unlicensed dentist following a botched surgery has gone into a permanent vegetative state, her outraged family said yesterday. "My stepmom...
PUPPY-KILLER GETS 9 MONTHS IN CAGE
An unemployed, coke-abusing dog-bludgeoner was sentenced yesterday to nine months in prison by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge who called the man's 2005 murder of his pet "unimaginable." Oleg Zhdanov,...
SPITZ HITS REVERSE WITH LICENSE DEAL
ALBANY - Following intense pressure, Gov. Spitzer is preparing to backpedal on his plan to issue state driver's licenses to illegal immigrants as he nears an agreement with Homeland Security...
FREQUENT 'LIARS' AT JFK OVER CAT DOOM
Port Authority workers are misleading cat lovers into believing the felines being evicted from Kennedy Airport will be placed in caring homes, outraged animal-adoption activists charged yesterday. The airport's feral...
EYE ON MISSING R.I. MOM
Grainy security footage of a woman using a Grand Hyatt Hotel ladies' room has provided some solace for Rob Corcoran, whose wife, diagnosed with postpartum depression, has been missing since...
JOKERS WILD
It was the greatest card game that never happened. As "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers and his girlfriend struggled to get money, he entertained the notion last year of joining in...
JUDGE'S BIBLICAL TACK IN ASTOR FAMILY FEUD
A Westchester judge played King Solomon yesterday in settling a dispute between the feuding flanks of the Astor family - as he appointed administrators from both sides to oversee Brooke...
BOMB-CALL 'HOAXER' GOES OFF
Talk about an explosive personality. Syrian-born jeweler Rimon Alkatri went on trial yesterday on charges he fingered five business rivals in a bogus, Islamic suicide-bomb threat. But he repeatedly blew...
BRONX BOY IN DEATH PUZZLE
A seemingly healthy second-grader at PS 205 in The Bronx died yesterday after classmates found him unconscious in a school bathroom, police and education officials said. Justin Leith, a "cheerful"...
DEADLY IGNORANCE
One in five American women don't want to know if they have cancer, a new survey found. Rather than seek early detection and possible cure, these women would prefer to...
GRENADES BLAST MEX CONSULATE
The Mexican consulate in Midtown was rocked by blasts from two hollowed-out grenades early yesterday - an attack strikingly similar to explosions outside the British consulate two years ago. There...
TEEN DRUG MULE IN JFK BUST
A 16-year-old drug mule from the Dominican Republic was busted at Kennedy Airport with nearly a kilo of heroin in his belly in 80 balloons, officials said yesterday. Anthony Cruz...
MITT'S SCARE TACTIC ON HILL
With Halloween approaching, Mitt Romney said yesterday he fears Americans may get trapped inside Hillary Rodham Clinton's "House of Horrors." "We'd have the Raise Your Tax room. We'd have the...
MAYOR: RANGEL TAX PLAN WOULD $OCK US
President Bush attacked Rep. Charles Rangel's sweeping tax plan yesterday, but the big surprise of the day came from Mayor Bloomberg, who warned that Rangel's revamp of the tax code...
CHENEY IN N.Y. 'BLAST'
Break out the orange vests and look out! Vice President Dick Cheney is going hunting again - and he's picked your neck of the woods. Cheney, who became the butt...
A BRITWIT!
Having done such a good job turning Britney Spears into a fine and upstanding young woman, the pop tart's mom, Lynne, yesterday announced plans to pen a book about parenting...
COLUMBIA FURY AT NOOSE TALK
A controversial author yesterday compared the treatment of conservatives on college campuses to a recent incident in which a black Columbia University professor was targeted with a noose hung on...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Investigators are hunting for this bandit (pictured right) who is believed to have held up seven bank customers in the last week, cops said. The suspect, identified as James...
WHAT THE HELL TOOK 'EM SO LONG?
WOULD you trust this government with your child's life? Maybe some parents felt they had no choice. Or maybe they placed their trust in a system that would allow a...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 196; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 9977; Lucky Sum: 32 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 055; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 5298;...
LAWYERS AT THE TROUGH
Con Ed is once again in the bull's-eye. Private engineers charged this week that the utility should've been aware of a "crack-like flaw" in the steam pipe that exploded July...
THE SMOKE CLEARS
The winds in Southern California have died down and the temperatures have cooled - allowing most of the 23 wildfires that blazed across the region this week to have been...
THE UN-KATRINA
WHEN disaster strikes, there's no substitute for effective government. Whipped up by 100 mph gusts of the Santa Ana winds and burning so hot that firefighters at times could only...
POLITICS OF SLIME
IF you think American politics have gotten nas tier, crueler and more symbolic over the last 20 years, blame Ted Kennedy. This month marks the 20th anniversary of the borking...
'WOODSTOCK' WIPEOUT
SEN. Charles Schumer denied it, but word seeped out of the Democratic cloakroom that he was steaming over being rejected by the Senate on his earmark for a Woodstock museum...
JUDAS GIULIANI'S RED SOX FAN-DERING
I understand Rudy Giuliani's logic - it's the logic of many real baseball fans: Root for the league that your team plays in ("Red Coat," Oct. 24). There are exceptions...
COUNTRYWIDE SOARS 34% ON $1.2B LOSS
Embattled Countrywide Financial, the nation's biggest home-mortgage lender, lost a whopping $1.2 billion in the third quarter - its first quarterly loss in 25 years. But Countrywide's shares surged as...
FEEDING FRENZY
Wall Street is screaming for the head of Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal - and made that point by bidding up Merrill's stock by $4.5 billion yesterday for its biggest...
TIME EXEC SAYS HE'LL RETIRE
The long parade out of Time Inc. continues, as Michael Klingensmith, one of four executive vice presidents at the Time Warner unit, is being eased out of the publishing giant....
RED BULLS SET FOR PLAYOFF PUSH
The Red Bulls know the history. They know they're opening the MLS Cup playoffs against New England, a team they can't beat in a place they can't win. Fortunately for...
HONDO: LET'S PLAY TWO
Hondo, who hit the double Thursday night with Rudy's Red Sawx and BC, maintained his earnings of 80 sambitos by staying idle yesterday. Tonight, it's back to the Bosawx for...
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - No. 25 Rutgers salvaged hopes of a Big East title last week by upsetting second-ranked South Florida. But to climb atop the conference, and give themselves a...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Vinny gets another start In Charlotte, N.C., the old man will get another chance for the Panthers. Coach John Fox yesterday named 43-year-old Vinny Testaverde the starting quarterback for...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERSLine: West Virginia by 6. Angle: This should be a great chess match between Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez, who cut his teeth on the offensive side of...
LION IN WAIT FOR NO. 1 BUCKEYES
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Welcome to Happy Valley. Or should that be Hostile Valley? It depends on whom you ask. The last time Ohio State came to play Penn State...
SOGGY STATUS A DAMP SHAME
OCEANPORT, N.J. - A local trainer stood by the rail at Monmouth Park as rain fell on the eve of today's Breeders' Cup and summed it up this way: "What...
BANNED BIANCONE GIVEN THE BOOT
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Eyebrows were raised Thursday morning when disgraced trainer Patrick Biancone - who was suspended for six months by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority for 12 substance violations,...
'BEST' IS ON LINE IN $5M CLASSIC
OCEANPORT, N.J. - The bunting's up, the flags are flying, the pavilions and tents are jammed, the highways are stacked, the rain's falling, hopes are flying high. In short, it's...
SURPRISES REIGN AT MONMOUTH
OCEANPORT, N.J. - A soggy new chapter in Breeders' Cup history was written yesterday when three new $1 million races were run in the rain and gloom at Monmouth Park....
ROCKIE ROAD
DENVER - Right now the World Series looks like a cruise and an imminent sweep. The question is whether the Rockies can interrupt that tonight. The Red Sox took Games...
ELIAS PUT ON NOTICE
The Devils move into their magnificent Newark arena tonight, and former captain Patrik Elias already has taken up residence in Brent Sutter's doghouse. Nine road games into his NHL coaching...
LONDON STALLING
COBHAM, England - As Jeremy Shockey glanced around, looking tired but excited, he knew this wasn't Giants Stadium, wasn't a cramped practice field set down in the middle of a...
FOR COUGHLIN, IT'S ROYAL PAIN
LONDON - Tom Coughlin would prefer to be the dictator, having things run his way, on his schedule, on his terms. That's how the Giants coach likes to function despite...
PICKING IT UP
Jets rookie cornerback Darrelle Revis got a dose of cold comfort from the NFL this week. It won't change the outcome, of course, but the league's director of officiating told...
GARDEN DUD
The Knicks' preseason ended in horrifically last night. Jared Jeffries sprained his left knee and likely will miss at least three weeks. They got slaughtered by the Nets, 102-86, and...
KIDD HAS HIGH HOPES FOR NETS
Jason Kidd went to the Finals twice with the Nets and played on some ridiculously explosive Phoenix teams. But Kidd said he feels this season's version of the Nets can...
DEFENSE DRIVING RANGERS
With Jaromir Jagr, Brendan Shanahan, Chris Drury and Scott Gomez, the Rangers' inability to consistently score makes about as much sense as a blizzard in Hawaii. Nevertheless, because of their...
A-ROD'S DECISION COULD HINGE ON NEW MANAGER
Hank Steinbrenner could be making a tactical mistake by believing Alex Rodriguez's decision to stay or split won't be related to Joe Torre's replacement as Yankees manager. Rodriguez is gathering...
LIKE '90S BOMBERS, RED SOX ARE KILLING 'EM WITH PATIENCE
DENVER - If you think you have seen this Red Sox offense somewhere before, you have. This is the offense the Yankees used to win championships under Joe Torre. After...
LET'S JOE, YANKS
Did Hank Steinbrenner endorse Joe Girardi early yesterday afternoon to replace Joe Torre as Yankees manager? It sure sounded that way when Steinbrenner spoke to reporters outside Legends Field. "It's...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The sound of a speeding car's hitting a violin case was music to this young musician's ears. A 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy was saved by his case, which took the brunt...
And After the Game
By FRED KERBERKidd looked great. And he was happy the team supported his pre-game claim that this bunch is special by playing defense -- granted against the Knicks -- but...
A Few Weeks Ahead
When Marty Straka, Ryan Callahan and Sean Avery are all fit again and back in the line-up, it presents the possibility that Nigel Dawes could get squeezed out. It begs...