February 21, 2009
BRONX CHEER
It's fitting that Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion was appointed this week as the White House's urban policy czar. After all, as the long-time poster child for urban degradation and...
WHY CALIFORNIA IS WORTH SAVING
The problem with the Obama administration's housing relief efforts isn't that this slice of the economy doesn't deserve the help. It's that it doesn't do enough. The $275 billion mortgage...
BRONX CHEER
It's fitting that Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrii 1/2i 1/2 1/2n was appointed this week as the White House's urban policy czar. After all, as the long-time poster child for...
Maine faces hitters again
PORT ST. LUCIE -- John Maine took an encouraging step forward today by throwing 40 pitches of live batting practice in separate 20-pitch segments. The young right-hander had not faced...
CHILD ABDUCTOR SAL INGHILLERI DIES IN JAIL
A convicted sex offender linked to the notorious case of a girl who was kidnapped and hidden in a dungeon more than a decade ago collapsed and died Saturday at...
PELFREY SCAMMED, OTHER METS NOT
-- Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady of the Yankees have company when it comes to losing money in the Stanford Financial money scam: Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey. Pelfrey admitted today...
OBAMA TURNS TO BUDGET, HEALTH CARE, ENTITLEMENTS
After focusing his first month on the economic mess he inherited, President Barack Obama now starts rolling out his own far-reaching agenda with a summit on fiscal policy, his first...
Pelfrey scammed, other Mets not
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady of the Yankees have company when it comes to losing money in the Stanford Financial money scam: Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey....
JASON JOHNSON DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER OF THE RETINA
TAMPA - Pitcher Jason Johnson has been limited to indoor work due to being diagnosed with cancer of the retina in the right eye shortly before reporting to camp with...
High on the hog
PORT ST. LUCIE -- You never know what some people are going to bring to camp. Pictured above is the stuffed head of a wild boar that relief candidate (and...
COPS: 11-YEAR-OLD PA BOY KILLS DAD'S PREGNANT LOVER
An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy killed his father's pregnant girlfriend with a kiddie shotgun - and then hopped on the bus to school, authorities said today. Jordan Brown allegedly shot Kenzie...
Redding out indefinitely
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Fifth-starter hopeful Tim Redding is being kept off the mound indefinitely while the former National recovers from previously undisclosed surgery on his foot in November, Jerry...
THE FORECLOSURE FIVE
When President Obama discusses his $275 billion mortgage bailout, he talks as if it was a national problem, caused by a national decline in home prices. "We must stem the...
TEACHER OF AUTISTIC KIDS CRUSHED BY BUS
A teacher of autistic kids slipped and fell under a city bus and was crushed to death last night, cops said. Hwi Wu, 26, from Ridgewood, Queens, fell beneath the...
ARREST IN DEATHS OF CURRY EX-GIRLFRIEND, HER BABY
-- Police said Saturday they had arrested a suspect in the slayings of the former girlfriend of New York Knicks' player Eddy Curry and her baby. Police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak...
POLICE CLOSE TO ARREST IN CHANDRA LEVY CASE
Washington's most enduring mystery since Deep Throat may soon be solved. Police are close to making an arrest in the slaying of Chandra Levy, the intern whose disappearance ended the...
SCOUTS: NEWEST KNICKS FAR FROM PERFECT
THE Knicks traded a collection of zeroes to acquire Larry Hughes and Chris Wilcox Thursday. And the Knicks didn't have to add to their payroll either. What gives? Hughes, 30,...
NETS ROOKIES BENEFIT BY LEARNING TOGETHER
Albert had Buck. Mike had Mike. Richard had Jason and Brian. And now Brook has Ryan. The NBA can be a scary place for rookie big men and forwards. There...
SWOBODA: HARD WORK HELPED CREATE AMAZIN' MAGIC MOMENT
CALL it the "Catch of a Lifetime," but don't call it lucky. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Miracle Mets and Ron Swoboda's full-layout, backhanded catch of a...
AS THE WORLD TURNS
With just a few weeks remaining until the start of the World Baseball Classic on March 5, it's time to break down the double-elimination opening round. This week, it's Pool...
RANGERS' DEADLINE DEALS YIELD MIXED RESULTS
THE NHL trade deadline is a week from Wednesday. The Rangers are cap-strapped, thus diminishing the likelihood they will be able to pull off a deal of significant proportions. But...
ISLES PICK UP ANOTHER DRAFT PICK
The Islanders have a lot of work to do before they get back to respectability, and they seem determined to do that by compiling as many draft picks as possible....
CLEMMENSEN HAS BEEN MASTERTON OF HIS DOMAIN
Perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey: The NHL's Masterton Trophy seems made for Scott Clemmensen this season. When he signed back with the Devils last summer, restarting his career didn't...
FREE-AGENT MARKET OFFERS TRENCH WARFARE
The NFL's free-agent signing period begins Friday. In a three-week series, Post staff writers Paul Schwartz and Mark Cannizzaro analyze this year's class, position by position. Today: linebackers, and offensive...
INTRIGUING LBS WILL BE AVAILABLE
The NFL's free-agent signing period begins Friday. In a three-week series, Post staff writers Paul Schwartz and Mark Cannizzaro analyze this year's class, position by position. Today: linebackers, and offensive...
TOURNEY FIELD MAY END UP PRETTY BIG
With just a few weeks remaining before full-scale March Madness, you can count on the following Big East teams going to the NCAA Tournament: Connecticut, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova,...
S.I. NATIVE IS MIZZOU HERO
YOU don't pull off an extensive rebuilding act in a major conference without contributions from a great many. Such has been the case at Missouri. Who supplies the motivation? Coach...
VETERAN JOCK SMITH POISED FOR STRONG 2009
NEARING his 44th birthday, Mike Smith is the oldest top-rung jockey working in the country, conceding years to the up-and-coming crop of young turks. Even so, Smith, who turns 44...
COTTO READY TO BOUNCE BACK FROM BRUTAL BEATING
AFTER the beating Miguel Cotto took at the hands (hardened wraps?) of Antonio Margarito in Las Vegas last July, nearly everyone in the boxing fraternity was concerned about his health...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
MAC DIARMIDA Gulfstream Park, 9th race. Grade 2. Purse: $150,000. Mile-and-three-eighths, turf, 4-year-olds and up. Post: 5:14 p.m. LOWDOWN: Summer Patriot looked like an up-and-coming turf star last summer for...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx The superintendent of a Williamsbridge building was shot dead outside his home, police said. Edgar McCalla, 58, had been arguing with a man at the building where he works...
YANK VP'S SON HAS 'ROID PAST
The son of Yankees senior vice president Felix Lopez Jr. was busted in 2002 for trafficking in a banned date-rape drug that has been used by athletes for muscle recovery,...
A-ROD INFO LEAKING OUT LIKE WATER TORTURE
TAMPA - I used to play this game regularly with the Yankees' former, long-time bullpen coach Mike Borzello, who also was pals with Alex Rodriguez. Borzello's was among the first...
DOES PREZ HAVE ANY IRAN POLICY?
A MONTH after he took office, some analysts are starting to wonder whether President Obama has an Iran policy. What of his controversial policy of opening an unconditional dialogue with...
B'KLYN HS GRAD AT AGE 100
He may be 100 years old, but he's still young enough to appreciate getting his high-school diploma. Centenarian Ben Parmet was awarded an honorary degree Thursday by the James Madison...
GOVERNATOR FALLING
THE Governator: What a sad artifact of a bygone era that moniker is. Arnold Schwarzenegger circa the 2003 "total recall" election was going to sweep all before him as California...
A UNION'S VALUE
Is The Post so virulently anti-union that it views any attempt by teachers to have a say in the running of their schools as a threat to academic quality ("Can...
FALLING WOMAN, 26, KILLED BY BUS
A 26-year-old woman was crushed to death by a city bus last night after she slipped and fell on a Brooklyn street, cops said. The girl was talking on a...
US TO FREE BRIT HELD IN GITMO
LONDON - A former British resident who alleges he was tortured while in US custody will soon be released from Guantanamo Bay after five years and sent back to Britain,...
BIBI PICKED TO FORM GOV'T
Israeli hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday was tapped to form a new government - a development experts said was likely to complicate President Obama's peacemaking efforts in the region. Tzipi Livni's...
'FADING' MIKE'S ELEX LEAD
Mayor Bloomberg's approval rating has dipped to a four-year low, but that hasn't hurt his lead against his Democratic rivals, according to a poll released yesterday. A Marist College survey...
ILL. GOV URGES BURRIS TO QUIT
CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn yesterday called on fellow Democrat Roland Burris to resign from the Senate, saying the controversy surrounding Burris' appointment to the seat was hurting the...
GOLD GETS ITS GLITTER BACK
Gold rose above $1,000 an ounce yesterday for the first time since last March as nervous investors piled into the yellow metal to preserve wealth amid a tumbling stock market....
A-ROID, A-FRAUD OR A LOT OF OVERKILL?
Is Alex Rodriguez the only baseball player on the steroid list ("Alex Rodriguez Continues To Confuse Everyone With Steroid Explanations," Feb. 18)? It would seem so by the coverage of...
RAIL GOOD: TRANSIT RIDERS UP 3%
Scores of straphangers flooded the subways and buses last year as overall ridership rose 3 percent, MTA statistics show. Higher gas prices, strong tourism and a population boom along train...
THE MAYORS BAM SHOULD LEARN FROM
ON Thursday, President Obama fulfilled a campaign pledge to make America's cities a priority when he established a new White House Office of Urban Affairs. But what direction will it...
BERKSHIRE FALLS TO 5-YR. LOW
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fell to its lowest price in five years in New York trading amid concern about possible losses on bets the billionaire has taken on world stock...
AS THE FEDS SPEND ON, A REVOLT IS RISING
There's something in the air: the smell of roasted pork. President Obama heralded the signing of the trillion-dollar "stimulus" bill in Denver and promoted his massive mortgage-entitlement expansion in Mesa,...
ALCOHOL 'INTERVENTION'
ALBANY - A representative of Gov. Paterson's office improperly contacted the state Liquor Authority in the middle of its meeting about whether to renew booze licenses for the Cipriani family,...
CHURCHES TO BE ALL-NIGHT 'FESS HALLS
Absolution is hard to come by in the wee hours of a cold, dark New York morning - but next month, 21 Manhattan parishes will offer all-night confession. "Who's going...
BLOOMY'S 2ND ALERT ON NJ BIZ POACHERS
New Jersey is aggressively courting city-based companies, and at least a few seem ready to sail across the Hudson, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday. "New Jersey has been going around to...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Saving green Coca-Cola Co. has re opened bottle-washing plants in Latin America, the Philippines, Russia and Turkey as it uses more returnable glass containers to lower prices amid the global...
PROFIT'S UGLY AT J.C. PENNEY
A disastrous holiday season slashed J.C. Penney's profit by more than half, and the department store said pension costs will spur a worse-than-expected first-quarter loss. The Plano, Texas-based retailer's fourth-quarter...
NYERS SAYING: HELLO, BOLLY!
New Yorkers are taking steps to join the Bollywood-style dance craze sparked by Oscar favorite "Slumdog Millionaire." "I've been getting a lot more students in my Bollywood dance classes lately,"...
TWIST ON 'NIGERIAN' $CAM
A Nigerian man helped steal $27.2 million from a Citibank account belonging to the National Bank of Ethiopia in an elaborate international scheme, federal prosecutors charged yesterday. Prosecutors said Paul...
GOV CRACKS OPEN DOOR TO TAXING THE RICH
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson appeared to signal a willingness yesterday to consider higher income tax rates for wealthier New Yorkers as he said he'd like to "address the whole tax...
TLC HAILS CAB-CALLS FOR DISABLED
Taxi officials are pushing a plan that allows disabled riders to "telephone hail" an accessible yellow cab. The cab experiment began in November, after the Taxi and Limousine Commission approved...
NEW BOTTOM FOR GM SHARES: $1.52
General Motors shares tumbled to their lowest level in more than 70 years, pulled down by a drop in the broader markets and continued speculation about the future of the...
GILLY'S GUNS
Once upon a time, Kirsten Gillibrand was a regular Annie Oakley when it came to guns. The NRA loved her. That would have been just last month, when she was...
SEN. NOT-FOR-LONG
Roland Burris remains the junior US senator from Illinois, though the odds of him keeping a job he has held for just five weeks are shrinking rapidly. On Friday, new...
SHARE THE PAIN, TWU
Former MTA chief Richard Ravitch, who chaired a gubernatorial panel on the agency's future, traveled to Albany this week to pitch lawmakers on his plan to introduce some long-term stability...
STANFORD SCAM HITS YANKEES
R. Allen Stanford's alleged $8 billion fraud has claimed its most high-profile victims yet: Yankee outfielders Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady. Damon and Nady are among the investors whose assets...
LI HERO HONORED
A hero Long Island Marine who died in Iraq stopping an explosive-laden truck from plowing into his comrades was awarded the Navy Cross yesterday. Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, 19, from...
THREADBARE FAIR
Glitz and glamour met gloom and doom yesterday as thousands of people lined up on a cold Chelsea Street to apply for a few meager jobs at a clothing-industry employment...
'ESCAPE' ROUTE WAS MISSING
A mother and her three children killed in an inferno that ripped through their Long Island home could have been saved if a fire escape hadn't been illegally ripped off...
MIKE SKIPS WHITE HOUSE STIMU-LESSON
WASHINGTON - Mayors from 85 cities around the country - minus one from the Big Apple - gathered at the White House yesterday for a lecture from President Obama about...
PUTTING OUT HOUSE 'FIRE'
WASHINGTON - The White House defended President Obama's housing plan yesterday from charges that it would merely make taxpayers pay the mortgages of reckless homebuyers. "If your neighbor's house or...
SEX SHRINK CROSSED LINE: STATE
State health officials yanked a creepy Upper East Side shrink's license yesterday after finding that he slept with two of his patients - impregnating one and paying for her to...
WHERE'S THE BEEF FROM, ASKS O
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has asked the meat industry to volunteer more information about where its food comes from. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told consumer groups, farm groups and...
MADOFF DIDN'T INVEST ONE DOLLAR FOR 13 YEARS
The shocks just keep coming for Bernard Madoff's victims. The $50 billion fraudster hadn't bought any stocks or bonds for any of his thousands of clients in more than a...
BILL TO O: BE 'CHEER'LEADER
WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton yesterday had some advice for President Obama: Get happy! The former president said in an interview that he wants Obama to express more optimism and confidence...
NEW WALL ST. BONUS REALITY: THEY EARN IT
The Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney brokerage venture yesterday unveiled a $2 billion to $3 billion bonus program that includes clawbacks and other provisions designed to keep the grumbling - both inside...
911 MAN WAS LEFT 'TO DIE'
A Bronx man who made a desperate 911 call for medical help was "abandoned" and left to die last year when emergency re sponders couldn't figure out how to get...
ROAD-RAGE LI JUDGE IS AT IT AGAIN
A Long Island judge notoriously dubbed "Senator Road Rage" for his horrifying behavior while he was a politician nearly mowed down a traffic agent in Manhattan on Thursday and then...
MARTS, BANKS TANK
As nationalization fears helped sink the Dow to another six-year low yesterday, the Obama administration is considering a plan to rescue banks that would avoid the thorny issue of an...
NASA PROBE LOOKING FOR NEW 'HOME'
If ET's home is out there, a new NASA space probe designed to hunt for worlds that could support life might find it. The Kepler telescope, scheduled to be launched...
CLINTON KITTY ENDS NINTH LIFE
Former first cat Socks has gone to the great litter box in the sky. The Clintons' 20-year-old feline, who had been losing weight for months, was put down yesterday after...
NY MEDICAID MESS
New York's Medicaid program spends $45 billion - more than any other state - yet its residents receive just average health care for their dollar, a report released yesterday reveals....
FACEBOOK SUICIDE
An aspiring actor and model hanged himself on the monkey bars of a Brooklyn playground early yesterday morning - hours after hinting at his plans to friends on Facebook, police...
DAD BEARS FACE OF RIHANNA PAIN
Battered R&B chanteuse Rihanna's dad yesterday called the police photo of her badly bruised face "terrible," but said it shows the world what his daughter endured allegedly at the hands...
ASTOR SON A 'WAITER'
Brooke Astor's son will have to wait a bit longer to defend himself against charges that he swindled the late philanthropic and society icon out of millions. Jury selection for...
1993 WTC VICTIM'S PAIN
The first trial for a victim of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing - a brain-damaged former accounting exec - got under way yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Linda Nash,...
TERRIBLE TRIO OF PUSH-IN THIEVES
Three gun-toting bandits are being sought for a terrifying rash of 17 push-in robberies in Brooklyn and Queens that targeted Dominican businessmen and their families, police said. The thugs -...
NYU BOOBS LEAVE
A bumbling band of student protesters ended its short-lived standoff with police and NYU administrators yesterday - leaving behind unused buckets of kitty litter meant to substitute for blocked bathrooms....
WASH-OUT: NETS' SKID HITS 5
At Thursday's trading deadline, the Nets brass stood pat and did nothing. And for the majority of last night's game with the Wizards, the Nets players followed suit and did...
JETS RELEASE TE BAKER
The Jets yesterday released tight end Chris Baker, but according to sources with knowledge of the situation, they hope to re-sign him for a lesser salary. Baker, who had 21...
BELTRAN CAN'T DO IT ALL . . . BUT HE'LL TRY HIS BEST
PORT ST. LUCIE - Carlos Beltran is smiling a lot more this spring, and with good reason. The veteran center fielder feels dramatically healthier than he did this time last...
GIANT PLANS FOR PLAX PUT ON HOLD
Coach Tom Coughlin, speaking yesterday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, sounded as if the Giants are in a holding pattern regarding their plans with troubled receiver Plaxico Burress....
WOODS SAYS HE CAN WIN MATCH PLAY
As Tiger Woods readies for his anticipated return to competitive golf at next week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, he said yesterday he was unsure what to expect out...
EX-MATE SEGUI: ALEX 'ROIDLESS IN SEATTLE
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez claims he was clean during his Seattle years, and his former Mariners teammate, David Segui, believes him. Rodriguez re-stated at his Tuesday press conference that his...
BRODEUR: DEVILS WIN AS TEAM
The current Devils team is tough, and everybody involved knows it. That includes goalie Martin Brodeur, who hasn't played a game since Nov. 4 because of a torn left biceps...
POSADA ZIPPING ALONG
TAMPA - When Jorge Posada began a throwing program to rehabilitate his surgically repaired right shoulder, the baseball had the velocity of a ping pong ball going into a blower....
RANGERS LOOKING 'TWO' STREAK
Two straight victories doesn't represent much of a streak, but if the Rangers can win tonight in Buffalo (7:00, MSG), at least one small hurdle will have been cleared. The...
BATHGATE CONFESSES
Turns out the shot that revolutionized goaltending, sending a broken-nosed Jacques Plante into the nets on Nov. 1, 1959, at Madison Square Garden with the first mask, was not an...
FIGUEROA HAS PASSPORT TO MLB SUCCESS
PORT ST. LUCIE -The man at the airport in Car acas kept looking at Nelson Figueroa's passport, kept thumbing through it, kept seeing page after page, stamp after stamp, some...
METS EXPECT BRIAN TO CATCH FIRE IN '09
PORT ST. LUCIE - Now that the shock of his first season playing in New York has worn off, Brian Schneider is being counted on to carry a heavy load...
A-ROD EXPECTS SCRUTINY FOR 18-24 MONTHS
TAMPA - The way Alex Rodriguez sees it, his life will continue to be under scrutiny for quite some time. "I have to think about everything. For the next 18...
RODRIGUEZ DUCKS PRESINAL QUESTION; COUSIN 'WANTS PRIVACY'
Alex Rodriguez has some more explaining to do. Just days after the Yankees star gave his public steroid "confession," his story continues to show more holes than a donut shop....
HUGHES COULD KEY PLAYOFF PUSH
LARRY Hughes and Chris Wilcox were on different teams in different parts of the country but shared the same feelings of alienation and frustration. Hughes, once named to the NBA's...
CHANDLER'S CAREER HIGH LIFTS REJUVENATED KNICKS
Even without the new guys on the floor, the Knicks have been invigorated by Thursday's trades. Maybe that's what happens when the organization's message is clear: Forget 2010, win now....
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Glavine back with Braves Ex-Met Tom Glavine has returned to the Braves, completing a $1 million, one-year deal that includes another $3.5 million in possible bonuses based on roster...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
We know the Bible says sinful behavior brings plagues, but we never thought this would happen. A courthouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., had to be shut down when it...
NORTHERN LIGHT
NETWORKS on the hunt for a sweet deal on good programming have set their sights on Canada. The strength of the US dollar in Canada has made purchasing Canadian-made programming...
HOOPS #S FLYIN' HIGH
LAST Sunday's NBA All- Star Game snared 7.6 million viewers - up 20 percent over last year in an era of downward sports ratings trends. The NBA, at least this...
CONAN CAPS LONG 'LATE NIGHT' RUN
CONAN O'Brien said goodbye to his "Late Night" show with a bang. The comedian, who ended his 16-year-long run yesterday with a special appearance from his former sidekick, Andy Richter,...
DON'T YOU KNOW WHO TORI IS?
TORI Spelling had a fit when a security guard stopped her at the entrance to the Christian Siriano show. "Don't you know who I am?" she was heard screaming -...
THE LOWDOWN - MYSTERY 'PROJECT'
THE season that never was: It never made it to air this season, but that didn't stop "Project Runway" from staging a finale show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week yesterday, anonymously...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY SHAKE IT UP: Known for their spunky, simply titled songs like "Tall" and "School," pipsqueak-centric pop stars Milkshake bring frothy fun - and free comic books - to the...
PUPPETS, WITH AN EDGIER STORY LINE
THEIR shows often feature puppets, but downtown's HERE Arts Center isn't generally a place to take the kids. Such recent fare as "Arias With a Twist" - with the cross-dressing...
IT'S IN THE BAG
A giant (cardboard) alligator, a jumbo (brown-bag) lady - and a sea of (real) children, singing along and laughing: This is what 50 looks like. This, at least, is what...
WELCOME BACK, COHEN
IN music, seeing Leonard Cohen live, and I mean alive, was as thrilling as having spotted an ivory-billed woodpecker - thought to be extinct - in the swamps of Okefenokee....
IT'S PUPPY 'LOVE' FOR 'DOG' CO-STARS
The love story from "Slumdog Millionaire" seems to have gone from reel to real. Freida Pinto and Dev Patel - who play lovebirds Jamal and Latika in the rags-to-riches Mumbai...
Knicks survive minus Jerome
By MARC BERMANShowing no ill effects from losing Jerome James in a trade, the Knicks pummeled the Raptors tonight in posting their largest margin of victory, 127-97.I've seen soft teams,...
BUSH GOES TO HARDWARE STORE THAT OFFERED HIM A JOB
Former President George W. Bush has visited a Dallas hardware store that earlier this month made him a lighthearted offer to work as a greeter. Andrea Bond, a manager at...
Martinez still a week away
The Mets top prospect, outfielder Fernando Martinez, is expected to be held out of full baseball activities for another week or so, according to my colleague and Mets beat writer...
Tannenbaum transcript from Combine
Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum spoke to the media at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.Here's what he said, courtesy of the New York Jets: On the quality of the wide...
NOT ONE STOCK
The shocks just keep coming for Bernard Madoff's victims. The $50 billion fraudster hadn't bought any stocks or bonds for any of his thousands of clients in more than a...
YANKEES VP HAS SON WITH STEROIDS CHARGE
The son of Yankees senior vice president Felix Lopez Jr. - who is the son-in-law of Bronx Bombers owner George Steinbrenner - was busted in 2002 for trafficking in a...