March 12, 2009
Live blog: Johan Santana
PORT ST. LUCIE -- I will be live-blogging Johan Santana's first start of the spring here tonight against the Marlins, so keep checking this file for batter-by-batter updates. 7:07 P.M....
Big Roy Vows to keep Jr. Focused
Roy Jones Sr. is helping his son prepare for a fight for the first time since 2005. By GEORGE WILLISRoy Jones Sr. says his son wasn't prepared mentally for his...
Rivera ready to go
By GEORGE A. KING IIIMariano Rivera is slated to throw batting practice tomorrow and if that goes well look for Rivera to work in a game next week."Mo is behind...
Report: Jets sign DT Green
SportingNews.com reports "the Jets have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Seattle free-agent defensive tackle Howard Green."The Web site says, "Green played for the Ravens in 2002 when...
OBAMA MEETS WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER
WASHINGTON - As tensions rose over a U.S.-China sea dispute, President Barack Obama met China's top diplomat Thursday and stressed the need for more frequent and intense communications to avoid...
Martin out with broken wrist
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Left-handed relief candidate Tom Martin fell down the stairs at his home here on the off day Wednesday and suffered a broken right wrist. Martin will...
VILLANOVA DEFEATS MARQUETTE AT BUZZER
At first, it seemed the game clock was moving faster than it should have been for Villanova. Then, less than a second was taking forever. An improvised play led to...
Grapefruit: Marlins at Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The lineup is in for Johan Santana's long-awaited Grapefruit League debut here tonight against the Marlins. Santana, who has not appeared in a game since undergoing...
OFFICIALS: FOREIGN OBJECT SUCKED INTO JET ENGINE
Mechanics and engineers suspect some kind of foreign object got sucked into the engine of an American Airlines jet that made an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport, airline officials said...
Dodgers show interest in Pedro
The AP says Pedro Martinez has caught the attention of Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti, who said today he is "curious" about the possibility of filling the team's fifth spot...
WALL STREET RALLIES AFTER DAY OF GOOD NEWS
Investors have been clamoring for months for a bit of good news. On Thursday, they got a load of it. The Dow Jones industrials shot up about 240 points, bringing...
CHILD DIES WHILE PLAYING IN QUEENS
A 13-year-old kid playing outside a Queens school died after collapsing while playing basketball and going into apparent cardiac arrest, officials said today. Alhaarith Atthahabi, of Woodhaven, was shooting hoops...
Ten Degrees and hot in Minnie
By MARC BERMANMINNEAPOLIS - It's freezing in Minneapolis, but that shouldn't cool down the sweltering Knicks when they go for a 3-0 start to their four-game Rust Belt Tour tomorrow...
Embarrassed Reyes returns
PORT ST. LUCIE -- A shellshocked Jose Reyes returned from the World Baseball Classic today still shaking his head at the Dominican Republic's ouster by The Netherlands. Reyes and Fernando...
NO RIHANNA ON OPRAH
Today's "Oprah," devoted entirely to Chris Brown's alleged beating of girlfriend Rihanna, was standard-issue Oprah Winfrey in both style and substance. While neither Brown nor Rihanna made a surprise appearance...
PROVIDENCE NEEDS GOOD LUCK
One former Providence coach thinks the Friars should be in the NCAA Tournament, but the present one isn't so sure. Providence struggled with Louisville's press defense for most of their...
Box Office: Can The Rock Dethrone 'Watchmen'?
"Race to Witch Mountain,'' a Disney re-invention of a short-lived '70s franchise, will edge "Watchmen'' out of first place this weekend, predictsSteve Mason at Big Hollywood. Mase thinks "Watchmen'' --...
'True Blood' Casting Strengthens 'Dexter's Craft
"Dexter" has a serial pattern.Aside from the protagonist's predilection for serial killing, the show itself has a hobby of wrapping up season-long storylines during finales.Valerie Cruz, who played Prado's wife...
2 ARRESTED IN RAID ON DC TECH OFFICES
WASHINGTON - FBI agents have arrested a city government worker and another man while they search the offices of the city's chief technology officer. The head of that city office,...
GEITHNER GRILLED ON OBAMA'S BUDGET
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's ambitious spending blueprint faced bipartisan skepticism Thursday as senators questioned the administration's long-term budget outlook and the deficits it envisions rising in the middle of...
Didn't Help the Playoff Picture
By FRED KERBERSAN FRANCISCO - Going 2-2 on the trip got a lot harder.And the Nets certainly did nothing to enhance their playoff status.Losing to the Warriors in Oakland Wednesday...
ROUGH TRANSITION FOR BERNIE MADOFF
Wall Street scam artist Bernie Madoff has gone from the penthouse to the penitentiary. After pleading guilty today to orchestrating a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, Madoff was hauled away in...
DEALS: San Diego room and a ballgame for $249/night
Save for Tim Lincecum and Manny Being Manny, the NL West is weak sauce, and will likely continue being weak sauce this season. But PETCO Park, home of the Padres,...
MAYOR: MY MONEY'S NOT INTIMIDATING
NEW YORK - Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday he doesn't believe his wealth is intimidating potential challengers and causing them to sit out of the mayor's race this year....
2 LI SCHOOLS LOCKED DOWN
NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. - A New York man surrendered to police after a 4½-hour standoff that prompted officials to lockdown two Long Island schools. Suffolk County police say the standoff...
PAPELBON CALLS MANNY 'CANCER'
Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon on Thursday stood by a magazine interview in which he compared former teammate Manny Ramirez to cancer and said Boston made the right decision when...
Bubble Watch, volume 7
BY TIM BONTEMPSAfter the first day of major conference tournaments, there has already been some drama on the bubble. Thanks to 29 straight points from Mike Singletary, Texas Tech pulled...
ASTRONAUTS EVACUATED AFTER DEBRIS THREAT TO ISS
WASHINGTON - The crew of the international space station had a close call with space junk Thursday. The three astronauts briefly took refuge inside a Russian escape capsule before returning...
Brodeur at 618 and counting
Our Back Page Blog examines how many wins Devils goalie Martin Brodeur would have if he had not lost more than a season-and-a-half to NHL labor disputes.
Will George Show up Tonight?
Update: Clooney (and Margulies and Sarandon) did show! If you missed it, or just want to rewatch the movie star slip into his old scrubs, get the clips after the...
BLOOMBERG: HARLEM SCHOOL IS 'POSTER CHILD' FOR U.S.
Mayor Bloomberg visited one of Harlem's most successful charter schools this morning and told students they were living proof that President Obama was right to challenge states and schools districts...
MADOFF'S STATEMENT AT HEARING
Plea Allocution of Bernard L. Madoff Your Honor, for many years up until my arrest on December 11, 2008, I operated a Ponzi scheme through the investment advisory side ofmy...
WIFE OF NFL BOATER FILES FOR DEATH CERTIFICATE
TAMPA, Fla. - NFL player Marquis Cooper's wife is seeking a presumptive death certificate a week after the Coast Guard called off its search for the missing boater and two...
April, May tickets going on sale
A press release from the Mets ...The Mets today announced that single game tickets for April and May home games for the inaugural season at Citi Field go on sale...
NHL EXECUTIVE CAMPBELL REMOVES HIMSELF FROM ANYTHING PANTHERS
NHL Senior VP Colin Campbell, whose son Gregory plays for the Panthers, will recuse himself from all supplementary discipline hearings and decisions relating to incidents involving Eastern Conference playoff contenders,...
WEINER PUTS THE BRAKES ON HIS MAYORAL CAMPAIGN
Though U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Forest Hills) has raised millions for his mayoral campaign and has insisted for months that he is a contender in the 2009 race, the congressman...
Boomer & Carton off on CC, Johan
On "Boomer & Carton" this morning, WFAN's morning duo talked about CC Sabathia's poor spring-training performance.It started off predictably with Craig Carton, an esteemed athlete, making the predictable crude fat...
CONVICTED MURDERER BORUKHOVA HOSPITALIZED
Dr. Mazoltuv Borukhova, the Forest Hills woman who hired her uncle to shoot her estranged husband to death in front of their daughter, was admitted to Elmhurst Hospital Wednesday, a...
Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart
Update: Watch Stweart & Cramer Square OffThe battling basic-cable TV hosts, "The Daily Show" anchor Jon Stewart and CNBC personality Jim Cramer, will get to thrash it out mano a...
Thursday's Bracket
Yesterday's results did not affect the bracket. Not too many upsets. Texas Tech beating Texas A&M was the biggest surprise, but I'm keeping the Aggies as a No. 8 seed...
CHINA DEMANDS END TO US SURVEILLANCE OFF ITS SHORES
China demanded today that the US Navy end surveillance missions off the country's southern coast following a confrontation this weekend between an American vessel and five Chinese ships. In its...
LIST OF FELONY CHARGES AGAINST MADOFF
Here is a list of 11 felony charges brought by federal prosecutors against Bernard Madoff: Count 1: Securities fraud Maximum penalty: 20 years in prison; fine of the greatest of...
GE LOSES COVETED AAA CREDIT RATING
WASHINGTON - General Electric Co. lost its prized top credit rating from Standard & Poor's over fears of rising loan losses and lower earnings at its lending arm. The credit...
Where would Brodeur be?
Devils goalie Martin Brodeur goes for regular-season win No. 550 tonight against the Coyotes in Newark.A victory would give him a chance to tie Patrick Roy's all-time record of 551...
Kent Jones Latest Departure In Ongoing Lincoln Center Bloodbath
"People shouldn't be worried,'' says Richard Pena, Film Society of Lincoln Center chairman and program director, tells IndieWire's Eugene Hernandez, who broke the news last night that hugely respected ace...
IRAQI SHOE THROWER GETS 3 YEARS IN PRISON
BAGHDAD - A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an angry...
Manny and the NY teams
From JOEL SHERMANA person close to Manny Ramirez said that Scott Boras considers the contract Ramirez just signed a one-year contract, and that the $20 million player option for 2010...
3 UP: MANNY AND THE NY TEAMS
1. A person close to Manny Ramirez said that Scott Boras considers the contract Ramirez just signed a one-year contract, and that the $20 million player option for 2010 is...
3 UP: Manny, Coke and Maine
1. A person close to Manny Ramirez said that Scott Boras considers the contract Ramirez just signed a one-year contract, and that the $20 million player option for 2010 is...
YANKS SIGN JOBA, METS SIGN MURPHY
By JOEL SHERMANThe Yankees signed Joba Chamberlain to a one-year, $432,575 contract. If he were sent to the minors, Chamberlain would be paid $234,000.The Yanks also signed Alfredo Aceves for...
MADOFF PLEADS GUILTY IN $65B PONZI SCHEME
Disgraced Wall Street financier Bernie Madoff was hauled away in handcuffs today after he pleaded guilty to 11 felony charges - including securities and wire fraud - in connection with...
Mets sign Murphy, 9 others
From JOEL SHERMAN The Mets signed 10 more pre-arbitration players today: Daniel Murphy ($401,000), Nick Evans ($403,000), Robinson Cancel ($408,000), Rocky Cherry ($406,000), Sean Green $471,000), Eddie Kunz ($400,000), Jon...
JOBA SIGNS WITH YANKS, MURPHY WITH METS
By JOEL SHERMANThe Yankees signed Joba Chamberlain to a one-year, $432,575 contract. If he were sent to the minors, Chamberlain would be paid $234,000.The Yanks also signed Alfredo Aceves for...
The Daily Whacks, Thursday Edition
With last night's scintillating win in Detroit, I have officially quit trying to predict what the Knicks are capable of day to day, despite having done that very same thing...
CELADES ADDS FIRE TO BULLS
When Spaniard Albert Celades came to training camp with the Red Bulls last month, in many ways they were as much on trial as he was. It would appear both...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A 14-year-old student was being questioned last night after a teacher overheard him tell a classmate he was going to make a bomb. He was searched and found to...
BLOGGER: YANK THE SKANK SUIT
What's so bad about being a "skank"? Calling someone a "skank" and "ho" online may be "vulgar," "snide" and "odious," but it shouldn't get you sued, the lawyer for an...
CIRCUS OF THE SPEARS
It was all razzle-dazzle and smoke 'n' mirrors last night for Britney Spears' engagement at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, where the pop tart unveiled her circus-theme extravaganza. The concept...
JETS SNAG SPECIAL TEAMS STANDOUT IZZO
The Jets, who have watched several of their free agents sign with the Browns in recent days, yesterday signed veteran special teams standout Larry Izzo. This likely was a welcome...
RICE, CTK MAKE FINAL
Rice and Christ the King high schools lived up to preseason expectations and will meet in Sunday's CHSAA AA championship on Sunday at Fordham. Rice, led by Jermaine Sanders' 19...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Patriots add pair of CBs The Patriots signed free agent cornerbacks Shawn Springs and Leigh Bodden, who were released this offseason by the Redskins and Lions, respectively. * A...
BU AXES HOOPS COACH
In a baffling move, Boston University yesterday fired basketball coach Dennis Wolff after a 17-13 season that included an 11-4 record in the America East Conference. Wolff, a New York...
ROBERT MORRIS LATEST TO GRAB DANCE TICKET
Dallas Green picked up a loose ball and made a hurried shot with 2.5 seconds remaining for his only basket of the game, and regular-season champion Robert Morris shook off...
HAUTE LIST
ALL hail the king! Iconic Italian designer Valentino Garavani - along with a gaggle of famous friends and fellow designers - is back from retirement with "Valentino: The Last Emperor,"...
THESE GUNS FOR HIRE
IN a game of word association, "SoHo" and "guns" don't exactly go together, but it turns out that the Manhattan neighborhood boasts one of the largest arsenals on the East...
THIS PARTY'S OVER
"DC Party Poopers Scare Clubs," (March 9) is an exercise in misdirection. My legislation is simple: If a huge company accepts bailout funds from the taxpayer, they cannot waste it...
LISTEN TO THE GITMO FIVE
AS White House staffer Jane Austen put it to Sen. Darcy: "It is a truth univer sally acknowledged that a single terrorist in possession of a good bomb must be...
BENEDICT'S MEA CULPA
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict has written an "anguished" letter to Church leaders admitting the case of a Holocaust-denying bishop was mishandled and warning the Church risked "devouring itself" with...
CHINA TESTS - AND TEAM BAM BLINKS
JUST two weeks after the Obama Pentagon crowed that the recent US-China military-to-military talks were practically the best ever, Beijing's navy confronted a US ship operating in international waters in...
EATERY 'DUCKS' CLOSING
LONDON - Famed restaurant The Fat Duck, which closed two weeks' ago after dozens of diners fell ill, reopens today after being given a clean bill of health, owner Heston...
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE JUDGE IN THE MADOFF CASE
THE prosecutors handling the case of Bernie Madoff, the biggest crook in history outside of government, have asked people who were affected by this crime to submit e-mails to the...
ALABAMA KILLER HAD HIT LIST
A crazed gunman who killed 10 people in the worst mass shooting in Alabama history had a list of co-workers "who had done him wrong" at the sausage plant he...
SPENDAHOLICS
GOV. Paterson and state legis lative leaders announced yesterday that they've agreed to use most of New York's unfettered federal stimulus money to restore spending to the governor's budget and...
NEIMAN MARC-DOWN
Neiman Marcus, which lost more than $500 million during the holiday quarter amid massive asset writedowns, said it's slashing costs and lowering prices in response to the drop-off in luxury...
VEGAS CRAPS OUT: TOURISM PLUNGES $131M
President Barack Obama has proven that words can in fact hurt. A seemingly off-the-cuff comment from the president a few weeks ago is delivering repeated gut punches to Las Vegas'...
GOV 'STRIPS' DOWN PLAN FOR TAXES
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday abandoned plans to impose $1.3 billion in nuisance taxes on such things as sugared sodas, iPod downloads, movies and haircuts - and he also ruled...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
UBS loss UBS posted an $18 bil lion loss for 2008, more than initially reported, and said it remains "ex tremely cautious" about the outlook for this year. The figure...
FORD: UAW PACT TO $AVE COMPANY
Ford Motor Co., the first US automaker to reach a mid-contract union agreement, said labor concessions will save about $375 million this year and allow consolidation of vehicle assembly between...
$3M CHECK IN MAIL
When humble mailroom clerk Tristan Assent saw an ad for the Jumbo Bucks scratch-off game on TV, he saw himself. The spot showed a fellow clerk talking about his knuckle-headed...
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER? NOT ON OBAMA'S WATCH
After reading Arthur Herman's article regarding President Obama's disregard for the legacy between Britain and the United States, Obama has, once again, proven to be in over his head ("What's...
WEINER BID NOW IN LIMBO
After insisting he will challenge Mayor Bloomberg this year and raising $5.2 million for his campaign, Anthony Weiner touched off speculation yesterday that he is dropping out of the race....
RHETORIC WON'T FIX THIS ECONOMY
CHARLES Dickens, who vis ited in 1842, described Washington as a "city of magnificent intentions" because of the incongruity between the city's grand aspirations and muddy, swampy actuality. Today Washington's...
BUST FOR 'ROBBING' THEM BLIND
An ex-con posed as a blind man in a bizarre attempt to rob a group of guys in the East Village, sources said. Dominick Lapsley, 21, was strolling with a...
CHECK OUT THE BOD ON THE NEWEST IPOD
Apple downsized again - but made sweet music in the process, with an even smaller iPod Shuffle. The third generation of Apple's teeny, tiny music machine debuted yesterday with an...
TEXTBOOK CASE OF '$TEALING'
A brazen Department of Education purchasing agent used his DOE debit card to make more than $55,000 worth of personal purchases, investigators said yesterday. Among the more unusual toys Cecil...
FLAGS MAY BE FLYING IN THE VINCENT AFFAIR
As the National Football League Players Association gathers in Hawaii this weekend to select a new executive director, questions of improper business dealings continue to dog the candidacy of former...
JET DEBRIS RAINS DOWN
Passengers on an early flight from La Guardia Airport got a frightening jolt just moments after takeoff yesterday when they heard a loud bang followed by the pilot's chilling words:...
PAULSON BETS HIT BRIT BANKS
John Paulson, the investing guru who pocketed as much as $3 billion betting against subprime loans ahead of the financial meltdown, is now profiting from his latest play: betting against...
AW, THE POOR MILLIONAIRES
The number of American millionaires fell by more than a quarter last year, as the financial crisis decimated their investments across the board, a report said yesterday. The number of...
TIMES' FLYING APART
The New York Times' high-flying days are over. Yesterday, the struggling publisher disclosed that it had put its 12-year-old corporate jet on the market. With newspaper ad revenue in a...
DAD RABBI GUILTY OF CHILD SEX
A Hasidic rabbi was convicted yesterday of sexually molesting his daughter. Israel Weingarten, 59, was found guilty of taking his daughter to foreign countries in order to abuse her -...
NIAGARA FALLER LIVES
A naked man miraculously survived a plunge over Niagara Falls yesterday, and wasn't very happy about it - he fought with authorities as they tried to rescue him, officials said....
LONG AND SHORT OF GOTHAM
You might want to pick up a few good paperbacks if you're planning to commute from East New York, since residents there endure the city's longest travel times, according to...
BUST IS BOOM TIME FOR BLOOMY
It's good to be king. Mayor Bloomberg is no longer just the most powerful man in town - he's the richest too. Hizzoner has risen to the top of the...
RIGGER HIT IN CRANE DEATHS
A Midtown crane disaster that killed seven people last March could have been avoided if workers raising the rig had attached chains - and not polyester straps - to a...
COMBATIVE CUOMO
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday took off the gloves in his fight for details about how Merrill Lynch distributed $3.6 billion in bonuses, accusing the firm of "misleading"...
50 KIDS GET BOOST TO TOP SCHOOLS
The Department of Education is embarking on an ambitious, three-year pilot program that aims to catapult a group of underperforming middle-school kids into the city's top public high schools, The...
ICAHN'T DEAL WITH LIONSGATE
Carl Icahn is roaring mad at Lionsgate. The billionaire investor-agitator yesterday abruptly broke off talks with the film studio over adding members to its board, saying an "agreement could not...
KIRK'S CASH MIRAGE
Kirk Kerkorian's Vegas luck appears to have run out. As the sun-drenched casino magnate-cum-investor nears his 92nd birthday, Kerkorian is grappling with the reality that he has seen his net...
SILENCE OF THE SCAMS
Bernard Madoff is an evil crook - but apparently not a rat. The investment fraudster, who pleads guilty today to a $64 billion Ponzi scheme, refused a deal with prosecutors...
RODALE FOLDS BEST LIFE
Rodale yesterday killed off Best Life, after the title failed to meet internal goals while losing an estimated $3 million last year while racking up a 22 percent jump in...
POLS JUST WORK ON FIX: DIMON
It looks as if the months of vilification of Wall Street is starting to get to JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon. Yesterday during a speech to the US Chamber of...
$5M VICTIM: I'LL BEAR WITNESS TO SCUM'S DEMISE
A former New Jersey mayor who is one of the thousands of investors ripped off by Bernard Madoff said he'll be in court today to watch the mega-swindler finally admit...
BARCLAYS' ELITE CARD BETS THE RICH ARE STILL DIFFERENT
Talk about timing. While most credit-card issuers have pulled back their lending and are placing more restrictions on borrowers, UK bank Barclays is wheeling out its own version of the...
ROCKY REFORM, ALAS
Gov. Paterson - moderate? Sort of. At a moment when Albany Democrats look to finally overturn the so-called Rockefeller drug laws, long-time opponent of the laws Paterson is putting forward...
PROMISES, PROMISES
President Obama once again solemnly promised congressional earmark re form yesterday - even as he signed a deficit-ballooning ($410 billion!) bill stuffed with 8,500 of the critters. Listen to what...
NY TEACHERS WHO SHARE IN $UCCESS
At Middle School 324 in Washington Heights - where an experimental merit-pay program is working - parents, teachers and students were overjoyed yesterday that President Obama is on board. Principal...
'DIRTY' WORDS IN ADS
Here are seven dirty words you can't say in real-estate ads: exclusive, quiet, private, bachelor, kids, walking and playroom. Despite repeated warnings in state-mandated training sessions that such language could...
MURDER ORPHAN 'HAPPY' WITH UNCLE
The law guardian for little Michelle Malakov - at the center of a bitter custody battle that ended in the murder of her father - hopes the 6-year-old girl is...
THE POST LOSES ITS RENAISSANCE MAN
Braden Keil, a New York Post reporter who launched the city's love affair with celebrities' real estate and wrote about what he called "New Yorkers' favorite topics - gossip, food...
OBAMA: I HATE ALL THIS PORK - & I APPROVE IT!
WASHINGTON - President Obama vowed yesterday to reform the congressional earmark process, even as he signed a $410 billion spending bill larded with thousands of the lawmakers' pet projects. Obama...
MOMENT OF TOOTH
These amazing pictures show an epic, two-hour battle between spear fisherman Craig Clasen and a 12-foot tiger shark in the Gulf of Mexico. The life-and-death struggle took place off New...
PALIN KID & FIANCÉ SPLIT
The teen love story is over for the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and the young mom's baby's daddy. Levi Johnston said yesterday he and high-school sweetheart Bristol Palin,...
DINKINS HEALTH COMMISH TO FDA
President Obama will name former New York City Health Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Hamburg was commissioner during the early 1990s under Mayor David Dinkins....
DOC DISLIKES HIKE
A city doctor whose low-cost health-care plan was popular with patients but peeved state pencil-pushers has settled with the bureaucrats. Dr. John Muney will continue operating his AMG Medical Group...
GERMAN TEEN GUNS DOWN 15
WINNENDEN, Germany - A 17-year-old wielding a Beretta 9 mm pistol burst into classrooms at his former high school yesterday and gunned down students - some of whom died with...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This guy's in a weird state of mind. A man pulled over for DWI in Easton, Pa., claimed cops had no jurisdiction over him because he is his own country....
LOVE'S NEW THRUST
PUBLISHING may be wheezing, but the romance novel just keeps blowing up. While hardly a day hardly goes by when print isn't declared dead, romance literature has seen sales of...
MCNAMEE SAYS HE INJECTED ROCKET AT OLD STADIUM
Don't expect to find this tidbit in the museum at the new Yankee Stadium, but Brian McNamee is now saying he injected Roger Clemens in the hot tub at the...
SANTANA SET FOR FIRST GAME ACTION
FOLLOW SANTANA'S START HERE PORT ST. LUCIE - D-Day has finally arrived for Johan Santana and his prized left elbow. The Mets' ace left-hander makes his first game appearance of...
PELFREY GETS MAD, BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD
PORT ST. LUCIE - Mike Pelfrey got so mad at himself during yesterday's bullpen session that he picked up a ball and threw it into center field at adjoining Tradition...
CC REFUSES TO DISMISS DISMAL OUTING
LAKELAND, Fla. - CC Sabathia didn't climb to the top of the baseball world by not caring about results. So, it wasn't surprising that he didn't immediately dismiss yesterday's ineffective...
ADVICE LEADS TO BETTER JOBA
LAKELAND, Fla. - Jorge Posada watched Joba Chamberlain's outing against Team Canada on March 5 and knew he had to say something after Chamberlain didn't retire any of the five...
RICE EARNS SPOT IN CHSAA TITLE GAME
Durand Scott doesn't want to leave Rice without a CHSAA title this season. Although some expected the senior to lead the Raiders to one almost single-handedly, the team knew better....
STILL SOME FUN LEFT FOR AREA SNOW FANS
The ski season may be winding down for some, but the winter has provided great conditions, and the resorts are offering great deals - so don't pack 'em away just...
NETS BLOW GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
OAKLAND, Calif. - This one could leave a mark. The Nets had the Warriors, one of the teams that logic and records both said would be one of the marks...
TROUPE MOVEMENTS
WHAT a difference your own com pany makes! When San Francisco Bal let last year pre miered Paul Taylor's "Changes" - set to pop songs by the Mamas & the...
MATCHMAKER GETS 'TOUGH'
WHO knew I could fall in love with a show about falling in love? Call me a sap, but "Tough Love," VH1's new reality show, brings together all the right...
FILLING HIS DAD'S BIG, FLOPPY SHOES
A steamer trunk. A funny hat. A fake banana and some balloons. That's just about all it takes - plus charisma and talent - for Lorenzo Pisoni to deliver his...
'CASE,' 'TRACE' THREATENED
'COLD Case" and "Without a Trace" could be goners. Then again, maybe not. CBS is thinking of axing both shows because they're too expensive to produce, and has informed both...
'BONES' TO PICK
'BONES" is going out with a bang this year. After almost four seasons of teasing fans with their witty repartee and undeniable chemistry, FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and...
OBJECTION OVERRULED
FOR the first time in "American Idol" history, the judges have the power to change America's vote. The new rule, revealed on last night's results show, gives them veto power,...
PLAYOFFS IN SIGHT FOR KNICKS AFTER COMEBACK WIN
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Knicks' Rust Belt Revival Tour continued last night at The Palace -as did the revival of Larry Hughes' career. Coming off his 39-point Milwaukee explosion,...
LUNDQVIST HAS FULL PLATE
One bite at a time, Henrik Lundqvist tells an upset stomach still not allowing him to enjoy a full meal. It's a problem the Rangers goalie is finding even harder...
TIGER IS 'READY TO WIN' AT DORAL
DORAL, Fla. - The buzz is back on the PGA Tour, where life has been rather sleepy since Tiger Woods was forced out of action with left-knee surgery last June....
ISLES VISIT MONTREAL
Apparently beauty is in the Isle of the beholder. In the wake of the last-place Islanders' 3-2 overtime loss to the sub-.500 Maple Leafs in Toronto Tuesday night, coach Scott...
DEVILS NEAR HISTORY
The Devils are knocking on the door of history. That door could open tonight versus the Coyotes, when the Devils seek to win their ninth straight home game for the...
FELIPE NOT ALOU-SER
SAN JUAN - The World Baseball Classic continued on its merry way last night at Hiram Bithorn Stadium without the Dominican Republic. Its manager, Felipe Alou, left with a bang....
CELTICS BOSS BELIEVES IN MARBURY
Celtics GM Danny Ainge wants Stephon Marbury back in Boston next season. Ainge, at the Garden yesterday for the Big East tourney, told The Post yesterday he hopes the Celtics...
NO BIG LOSS FOR TEAM USA
TORONTO - You couldn't blame Team USA for having a case of the blahs last night. Between the two-day layoff and an outbreak of flu-like symptoms - J.J. Putz, Mark...
FRIARS LIVING LARGE ON NCAA BUBBLE
All that stands between Providence and an all-but-guaranteed bid to the NCAA tournament is a victory over Louisville in today's Big East Tournament quarterfinal. However, that's like saying the only...
ST. JOHN'S PROGRAM A DISASTER
NORM Roberts insisted that his team shouldn't be judged on one game, and when your team has just been thrashed by 29 points, at home, by a team missing its...
PUTRID PERFORMANCE LEAVES BURRELL AND CO. IN TEARS
What's going on here? If one man's trash is another man's treasure, the only member of the St. John's basketball family who could possibly have walked out of the Garden...
IRISH LUCK RUNS OUT
In case you missed the entire second half of Notre Dame's season, fear not. The Irish summed it all up in last night's 74-62 loss to West Virginia in a...
THAT'S HALL, FOLKS!
First, the Hall lost its poise, then it lost the game. Syracuse didn't test Seton Hall's shooting or their rebounding or even their defense in last night's second-round Big East...
GREENWICH VILLAGE
Want to start over with a clean slate? Then maybe you should pick up this huge blank slate of a condo in the prime Gold Coast area on West 13th...
OYSTER BAY COVE, LI
Want to make $70,000 a year? Well, listen up. First, you'll need to invest in this bluest of blue-chip properties. Built in 1915, "Holly Court" is a "classic" center-hall Colonial...
UPPER EAST SIDE
It was a really good idea back in 1870 to design this seven-level townhouse with three terraces, a "historic" Georgian façade (OK, so it wasn't historic yet) and 9,000 square...
BOERUM HILL, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 2+ Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 2,100 Common charges: $227 -- Currently configured as a two-bedroom duplex with a media room, this Bond Street condo will be converted to three...
WEST VILLAGE
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,200 Maintenance: $1,531 -- "Fully remodeled" less than two years ago, this co-op with a split-bedroom layout in a full-service, postwar building on Jane...
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Square feet: 2,838 -- This "light and airy" home in the London Woods section of town can be expanded by finishing the nearly 800 square feet...
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, LI
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Lot square feet: 7,150 -- A good location means many things. For example, this expanded 1947 Colonial (with a fireplace in the formal dining room and...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CENTRAL PARK WEST $1,100,000 444 Central Park West Renovated prewar two-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,400 square feet, with dining room, washer/dryer, den and windowed kitchen with granite counters, walk-in pantry...
MON AMOUR!
Ten years ago, when Susie Cuseo was looking to move from The Bronx to Connecticut, she had one particular perk in mind: no neighbors. A real estate broker led Susie...
WORLD OF HIRT
'I own all these places, and I'm a renter," serial real estate investor Michael Hirtenstein says with a laugh. And what a renter he is. Hirtenstein, who says he owns...
CHOP SHOP
If you really want to get your slasher kicks this Friday the 13th, all you need to do is check out your local real estate listings. Yes, the economic crisis...
Thanks Knicks
By MARC BERMANAUBURN HILLS - Thank you Larry Hughes and Nate Robinson for extending this playoff push with your back-to-back clutchness so we can keep writing about the games. Hughes'...
BRISTOL & LEVI CALL IT QUITS
Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, have broken off their engagement, he said Wednesday, about 2 ½ months after the couple had a baby....
X-Factor After D-League Bust
By FRED KERBEROAKLAND - The bottom for Sean Williams arrived when he returned to the Nets after a disastrous tour of the D-League.And you've got to figure he was pretty...
Beckham's ESPN interview
By now many of you may have seen David Beckham's interview with ESPN this morning; but for those of you who didn't see his chat with Hannah Storm _ where...