September 21, 2007
Leftovers
It was one of those games where because so many other things happened, a lot of guys who deserved credit and blame got overshadowed.Paul Lo Duca got overlooked for starting...
Starr Report
Benefits of Joy. Joy Behar, who's been a re assuring constant in the (es pecially lately) turbulent world of "The View," has a busy upcoming schedule.In addi tion to the...
What Happens in Vegas
"Resident Evil: Extinction,'' a three-peat that takes Screen Gems' video game franchise with Milla Jovovich (insert O.J. joke here) to post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, not surprisingly wasn't screened for critics. Kyle...
Tights in a Twist
The creative teams behind Warners' two big superhero franchises -- Batman and Superman -- are upset about the studio's plans to rush its long-threatened Justice League of America movie into...
FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: RANDOLPH'S TEMPERAMENT
A little housecleaning first: Tonight is my final appearance on the My-9 Yankee post-game show this season (it is at the top of the newscast, in case you have never...
THE FIRST NEW YORKERS
Long before we lived here, New York State was home to the powerful Iroquois. Today's Classroom Extra takes a look at this Native American nation, which formed a powerful confederacy....
TUNSTALL'S HALL TOO BIG
SCOTTISH singer songwriter KT Tunstall is a glorious amateur. Whether that's good or bad is hard to decide after seeing her imperfect yet interesting performance at the Fillmore in support...
THE NEW DESK SET
TO perform songs from his new solo disc, Super Furry Animals lead singer Gruff Rhys and his backing singer/xylophone player Lisa Jen cozy up onstage - sitting side by side...
'BEAST' HECKLED
James Barbour, the "Beauty and the Beast" star who has been charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl, is under attack from an anonymous e-mailer who is trying to...
BETRAYAL'S PAIN LOST IN CHITCHAT
GO to the theater regu larly and you start to believe that every family but your own has a deep, dark secret, just waiting to be uncovered with a dramatic,...
ODD TRAILER-PARK SENTIMENTS & SENSITIVITY
AN updated spin on "Tobacco Road" as filtered through Sam Shepard, Lucy Thurber's "Scarcity," which opened last night, depicts the desperate lives of a rural family in western Massachusetts. Married...
BRAVO, IT'S FREE
THEY came, they clapped, they had lunch . . . then clapped and cried and clapped some more. The Metropolitan Opera yesterday opened its doors for a free dress rehearsal,...
BANNER SPANGLED IN BLOOD
IT seems absurd that Hol lywood, with its long gestation periods, seems to beat theater to the punch when it comes to dramas about the Iraq war. The situation's partly...
STARR REPORT
Benefits of JoyJoy Behar, who's been a re assuring constant in the (es pecially lately) turbulent world of "The View," has a busy upcoming schedule. In addi tion to the...
WEB CELEBS
IT used to be that up-and-comers like Jerry Seinfeld and Tim Allen snared their first big TV deals through exposure on the comedy-club circuit. But the Internet has changed all...
'KID NATION' RULES
NO one is crying over the debut of the con troversial "Kid Nation" Wednesday night. The CBS reality show, in which 40 kids must fend for themselves in a New...
FOUR RULES FOR NEW SEASON
1) TWO-THIRDS OF ALL SHOWS FAIL ONLY one in three new TV shows will ever see a second season, no matter how good the other two are. There simply are...
NO ONE HOME
THE horror flick "Resident Evil: Extinction" opens today without advance screenings for critics - a sure sign the movie is a dud. Kyle Smith's review will run in tomorrow's Post.
DEAD MAN CAMPING
IN 1990, a spoiled brat named Christopher McCandless decided shortly after his gradu ation from Emory University to spite his parents by se cretly giving away his $24,000 law school...
FOUR CHICAS RAP UP DARK SIDE OF LIFE
WHEN four young women, each with a grandfather named Antonia, decide to form a rap group in their Sao Paulo, Brazil, barrio, they, naturally, name themselves Antonia. That also is...
BAD PITT
AS pretentious and lengthy as its title, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" is a gorgeous snooze, somewhere between imitation Terrence Malick and a feature version...
OMIGOD, TOTALLY A FAIRY TALE
SNOW White joins a sorority and gets some "Revenge of the Nerds" friends in "Sydney White," a cute comedy for girls. As she did in this summer's "Hairspray," Amanda Bynes...
WITH ANY LUCK, YOU WON'T UPCHUCK
'GOOD Luck Chuck," a fungal little sex comedy, doesn't need a review. It needs a tube of ointment and a shot of penicillin. After a Goth girl put a hex...
LOST IN AUSTEN
BASED on Karen Joy Fowler's novel about a bunch of white chicks (and one guy) in Sacramento who use Jane Austen's books as a form of self-help therapy, "The Jane...
SOMETHING IS AMISS IN 'ADRIFT'
ALFREDO De Villa's "Adrift in Manhattan," which won a grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival this year, is a well-acted variation on the popular theme of emotionally wounded...
BEAUTY REMAINS
THE Chinese soaper "Beauty Remains" is so beautifully filmed (as if through a gauze curtain), it is especially sad that the script doesn't measure up. The second feature by Ann...
BROADWAY
"A CHORUS LINE": 2 ½ STARS A clean carbon copy of a great original. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CURTAINS": 2 STARS Tony-winning David Hyde Pierce...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": 3 STARS John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CHICAGO": 4 STARS Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. "THE COLOR PURPLE": 3 STARS Broadway...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ABSINTHE": 3 ½ STARS The sequel to last year's hit European-style burlesque show, performed in a vintage traveling tent at the South Street Seaport, (800) 276-2392. Closes Oct. 1. "AMERICAN...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BJORK: Iceland's most famous . . . anything . . . performs her mercurial, alt-rock stylings at 8 p.m. Monday at Madison Square Garden; (212) 465-5800. DIRTY WATER DOGS: Local...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: Boccherini's Four interpretations of "La Ritirata Notturna di Madrid" are mixed into one, then followed by Beethoven's Violin Concerto, and Tchaikovsky's "Little Russian" at 11 a.m. at Avery Fisher...
DANCE
JOYCE SOHO: Jodi Liss dances "Iphigenia," and Jody Sperling performs "Dance of the Elements" today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. 155 Mercer St.; (212) 352-3101. JOYCE THEATER: Irish step-dancer Joel...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Sunday: Nancy Anderson with Ross Patterson & His Little Big Band. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Johnny Griffin Quartet. 131 W. Third St.; (212)...
CABARET
CAFÉ CARLYLE: Tuesday. Eartha Kitt. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 570-7189. CARNEGIE CLUB: Saturday: Steve Maglio. 156 W. 56th St.; (212) 957-9676. FEINSTEIN'S: Tuesday through Saturday Sept. 29: Ashford and...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Albert Serra's "Quixotic/Honor de Cavalleria" is a stylized experimental film in the spirit of Don Quixote running nightly at 7 and 9:15 today through Sept. 30 with...
PREVIEWS
"FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: RUDE AWAKENING": All of Broadway's fair game for this long- running parody as it gears up for its 25th season. New targets include "Spring Awakening" and "Curtains." 47th...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Wednesday: Ed Lover and Friends. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMIX: Thursday: Comedian Collette Hawley hosts an extreme speed-dating competition where performers interact with single audience members moderating competitions and...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
FULTON STREET FOLLIES: Today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., a street fair from Water to Gold streets. GUARDIAN ANGELS FAIR: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Seventh...
HOT PICKS
INDIA JONES In a belated celebration of India's 60th birthday, (which was Aug. 15), New York City will get curried away with a four-day gala beginning 10 a.m. Sunday, when...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * AEROSMITH rocks the Borgata's Event Center tomorrow at 8 p.m. Tickets: $185-225; theborgata.com, (609) 677-1000. Mel Brooks' "THE PRODUCERS" continues its run at Harrah's Concert Venue. Tickets:...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1 train: No trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. Take the 2 or 3 between 14th St. and Chambers. Free shuttle buses between Chambers and South Ferry. 2, 3:...
PARENTS SICK OVER 'TOXIC' HS
Irate parents are threatening to pull their kids out of a Queens high school after learning this week that it was built on ground laden with dangerous toxins. They were...
SPITZ: '08 WON'T BE A $TRETCH
ALBANY - Facing a projected $3.6 billion budget gap, the Spitzer administration expects to propose increasing spending next year "at no more than 5.3 percent." And that's before the Legislature...
ILLEGALS U-TURN
ALBANY - Illegal immigrants will be able to obtain driver's licenses under a controversial new policy to be announced today by Gov. Spitzer, The Post has learned. Under the change,...
'69 JETS GREAT IN 'OVERTIME'
If you picture the 1969 Super Bowl Jets as a bunch of gnarled guys with bum knees leaning on walkers, boy, have you got the wrong team. A Lenox Hill...
SCHOOLS IN A REAL JAM: UNION
More than 4,000 city public-school classrooms are overcrowded - and that's an improvement, according to the United Federation of Teachers. The union yesterday released its annual report on classes that...
'CHUTZPAH' RIPPED BY SURVIVORS
Holocaust survivors speaking to children yesterday at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park said they are mortified that "loose cannon" Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to visit Ground...
'DIRTY TRICKS' PROBE COMES UP CLEAN
ALBANY - Albany County District Attorney David Soares yesterday cleared the Spitzer administration of any wrongdoing in the dirty-tricks scandal. "This office has found no illegal conduct," Soares said in...
REMY MA BAIL HIKE BID NIXED
Hip-hop hellion Remy Ma gets to remain free on the $250,000 already posted by her manager after a judge yesterday refused prosecutors' request for bail hike. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice...
GUN BUST AT QUEENS HS
A 14-year-old student at Martin Van Buren HS in Queens Village was arrested yesterday after a stolen .45-caliber handgun was found in his book bag, authorities said. Police sources said...
MARBURY CUZ SUES COPS
The trouble-prone brother of Minnesota Timeberwolves point guard Sebastian Telfair and cousin of Knick star Stephon Marbury has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the city, the NYPD and the...
10 BRAVEST INJURED IN QNS. BLAZE
A four-alarm blaze ripped through two Queens homes last night, injuring 10 firefighters and four residents. Two of the firefighters' injuries were considered serious, but not life-threatening. The blaze broke...
'COP-OUT' FOR THE GAME
No rap here. The Game, a multiplatinum West Coast rapper, is no longer on the hook in Manhattan for allegedly impersonating an NYPD undercover cop last November. Charged with flashing...
POST'S PUSH PURIFIES H2O AT SARATOGA
State officials announced yesterday that as a result of an exposé in The Post, they would begin restoring the purity of the famed, state-owned Saratoga Springs mineral baths, which had...
MOIST DEFINITELY
The next time a severe storm threatens to shut down the subway system, the MTA says it will be prepared. New radar equipment, improved communications technology and text-message alerts to...
COP-SLAY MISTRIAL BID NIXED
Lawyers for alleged cop-killer Allan Cameron tried unsuccessfully for a mistrial yesterday, arguing that cops improperly seized a jacket from their client's abandoned car. "There has been an illegal search...
PHIL-JURY PUSH
The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial sent jurors back to the drawing board yesterday in hopes they'll break their deadlock. Prosecutors, defense lawyers and Judge Larry Paul Fidler haggled...
D.A. MIGHT SPRING 'KILLER'
A Pakistani immigrant, suspected of robbing and murdering a young financial analyst who innocently asked him for directions outside a Chelsea club last year, will walk free unless eyewitnesses to...
CLINICS ADDED FOR 9/11 WOES
A program offering free medical services to people experiencing health problems as a result of 9/11 is being expanded from Bellevue Hospital to two additional locations, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday....
$4M COKE RING GETS THE CHOP
A $4 million-a-year Washington Heights cocaine ring whose members brazenly sold their wares at a local meat market was shut down yesterday, cops said. "They could order cocaine with their...
CITY'S VROOM BOOM
The fleet of official city vehicles has increased in each of the last three years and is closing in on the 30,000 mark - even as the Bloomberg administration pushes...
TOWER PLAY AT FARLEY STATION
State officials reviewing a proposal to convert the Farley Post Office into a train station and a home for a new Madison Square Garden said yesterday they want to drop...
PRINCIPAL WORKS HIS OWN MAGIC
Don't tell Harry Potter, but Staten Island Principal Ronald Gorsky hasn't cast any spells to turn his school around. Thanks to Concord HS's dramatic improvement in English Regents scores, it...
STROKE VICTIM, 84, RIPPED OFF FOR 700G
A Bronx mother and daughter stole nearly $700,000 from an elderly stroke victim - including a $400,000-plus annuity, authorities said yesterday. Burnestha Wilder, 56, and Rayleshia Cage, 36, allegedly took...
SLAY DNA CLOSE BUT NO 'CIGARS'
A 30-year-old Mafia murder case just got a little colder as potentially damning DNA evidence has turned out to be a wash. FBI testing on hairs left behind at the...
WIFE SLAYER'S 'SICK' DEFENSE
The ex-con who admittedly stabbed his wife to death on a Financial District sidewalk last year is fighting murder charges by arguing he was extremely disturbed when he plunged a...
BOGUS-GOODS BUSTS MUSHROOM
Six more people have been busted in the largest trademark-infringement case in the city's history, which has rocked manufacturers for more than $26 million, authorities said yesterday. The busts were...
COP BUSTED AS $$ CHEAT
A probationary cop attending the Police Academy was busted yesterday for collecting both welfare and a city paycheck, authorities said. Claribel Polanco was arrested at her Bronx home, charged with...
HEAT IS ON OVER FIRE FAKE
The city's Department of Investigation is probing whether a convicted Brooklyn forger who scammed rides on firetrucks had help from an FDNY accomplice, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Ronald Deshields, 33,...
DEJECTED FOOTBAWL FANS AIN'T BUYING IT
Big Apple football fans are singing the blues in two-part harmony as the Jints and Gang Green wallow in last place with a collective 0-4 record. With the home teams...
'WEED' ONE'S WEE ONE
Mary-Louise Parker hits the streets of Manhattan, showing off her recently adopted baby girl, the little one becoming the latest in a series of high-profile African-adoptee celebri-tots. Parker, fresh from...
IRAN PREZ: WHY ALL THE FUSS?
He must be clueless. Despite his best efforts to obtain nukes, kill U.S. troops, aid terrorists, deny the Holocaust and wipe Israel off the map, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed...
$60M 'POL' PONZI
A fugitive former fund-raiser broke campaign-finance laws and filled the coffers of Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democratic candidates with money from a $60 million Ponzi scheme, federal authorities said...
HILL JABS AT 'DARTH' CHENEY
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton ripped into Vice President Dick Cheney, comparing him to Darth Vader in a dig at his vast powers and reputation as the administration's dark enforcer....
'DISGUSTING' MOVEON AD MOVES D.C.
WASHINGTON - President Bush ferociously defended his top general in Iraq yesterday as the Senate overwhelmingly voted to condemn MoveOn.org's ad in the Times last week accusing Gen. David Petraeus...
VICTIM'S DAD EYES O.J.'S 'OFFSHORE' $$
Fred Goldman will take his crusade for O.J. Simpson's money overseas - now that an alleged holdup victim angrily claims that he once helped the Juice stash his cash. Sports-memorabilia...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens Cops have smashed a violent drug-dealing faction of the Bloods street gang that has wreaked havoc and terrorized residents of Far Rockaway, authorities said yesterday. One of the hoodlums,...
GIVE THIS MAD COOT THE BOOT
YOU know he loves this. Wacky Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - the Holocaust denier who, despite repeated visits to our shores, can't find himself a decent haircut - wanted to...
OBAMA SLINKS FROM JACKSON'S SURLY RIP
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama slunk past a rare opportunity this week to do what millions have been dying to do for a long time. He should have punched Jesse Jackson...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 094; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 3199; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 073; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...
COLUMBIA HOSTS A THUG
Having been summarily denied his wish for an officially sanctioned visit to Ground Zero, Iranian despot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is headed for Columbia University - where he's set to be welcomed...
SOARES WIMPS OUT
Albany County DA David Soares seems set to throw Eliot Spitzer a life raft: Soares will release a report today claiming that the governor and his staff engaged in "no...
A TERRORIST FOR TEA
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address a forum at Columbia University on Monday; school President Lee Bollinger promises to ask tough questions. - News itemBOLLINGER: Mr. President, you say the...
N.Y.'S FALLING INCOMES
AFTER the record jump in Wall Street bonuses early this year, a slowdown in personal-income growth in New York and other finance-intensive states was inevitable in the second quarter. But...
ASSAULT BY 'AUDIT'
WHY, exactly, was this week's report from state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli paraded around as a major event? DiNapoli took the city Department of Education to task over its monitoring...
BACK TO THE 1990S: IT'S HILLARYCARE, TAKE 2
THE ISSUE: Presidental candidate Hillary Clinton's $110 billion-a-year health-care plan. Congratulations to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on announcing her new health-care plan ("Hillarycare 2.0," Sept. 18). Even though it raises...
MT. SINAI'S 9/11 TASK
We at Mount Sinai's Irving J. Selikoff Center stand firmly by our research findings on 9/11 responders' respiratory illnesses ("Toxic Pseudoscience . . ." Editorial, Sept. 10). The findings, published...
BEAR EARNS BITE
Bear Stearns' breathtaking drop in earnings yesterday was a stark reminder of the risks associated with being a traditional and narrowly focused investment bank. Reporting earnings of $171 million for...
GOLDMAN SHINES WITH 79% PROFIT RISE
Goldman Sachs wowed Wall Street with profits skyrocketing 79 percent - and will reward itself with a bonus pool of about $17 billion, its biggest ever. The Street's jackpot winner...
BHUTTO BOOK DEAL
BENAZIR Bhutto, the former and likely future prime minister of Pakistan, has snagged a book deal with HarperCollins, believed to be worth $500,000. "Pakistan is an increasingly volatile place, and...
RESHUFFLE FOR GM AD ACCOUNTS
Fasten your seatbelts, because struggling General Motors is shifting its ad accounts again. This time the automaker moved accounts all within Interpublic Group's ad agency fold, which GM called a...
FORBES' 400 CLUB HAS $1.3B ADMISSION FEE
Owning a cool billion is no longer enough to earn a slot on the Forbes list of America's wealthiest - this year it takes $1.3 billion. The additional $300 million...
NEW DATA SHOW AD SPENDING DECLINED
Nielsen released a report yesterday showing ad spending dipped in the first half, stirring the debate over whether Madison Avenue is headed for a recession. The latest Nielsen figures found...
AN ABU DHABI DREAM
The founders of private equity giant Carlyle Group plan to sell a stake in their firm to the oil-rich government of Abu Dhabi for $1.35 billion as it considers a...
CDO BURNED IN FIRE SALE
The aggressive rate cuts by the Federal Reserve earlier this week might have jump-started certain sectors of the bond market, but a collapse of a high-profile money manager's mortgage-heavy investment...
HAMPTONS REALTY IS RIDING THE 'MONSTER'
"Monster trophy homes" are causing home prices to jump in the Hamptons. The latest report released by Suffolk Research Service (SRS) for single-family residences shows median price increases in the...
BEN'S $LAP SHOT
You can't blame Canada for trampling on the mighty greenback. To the delight of many Canadians, their dollar - which they fondly call the "loonie" due to an engraving of...
JAWS' FLAPPING ALL WRONG
BACK before producers got the memo instructing them to destroy football telecasts, viewers weren't told much more than down, distance, time of game and the score. Sweet, huh? Today? Well,...
NO GRAND FINALE FOR GARDEN RING
DINO Duva is furious the 82-year-old boxing ring that stood as the centerpiece to hundreds of epic fights at Madison Square Garden isn't going to add one more championship fight...
NOT DEAD JET
THE most meaningful aspect of the Jets' near-miracle comeback in Baltimore last week was that it was achieved against a rabid Ravens defense that kept blitzing from start to finish....
SMITH MAKES MARK
There are a lot of great running backs in the country - Darren McFadden of Arkansas, West Virginia's Steve Slaton, Michigan's Michael Hart and Ray Rice of Rutgers. But none...
STUDY: 'ROIDS INCREASE HRS
WASHINGTON - Steroids can help batters hit 50 percent more home runs by boosting their muscle mass by just 10 percent, a U.S. physicist said yesterday. Calculations show that, by...
WORLD CUP QUARTERS SET
TIANJIN, China - Norway, Australia, Brazil and host China reached the Women's World Cup quarterfinals yesterday, completing the eight-team field ahead of matches this weekend. Norway hammered Ghana 7-2 in...
TRENDSETTERS
Chargers (-5) at packers, 1 P.M. Green Bay has covered just three of the last 14 home games, one of the last seven as a Lambeau underdog, and one of...
PACKERS REMAIN IN CHARGE
Adding to his stuffed trophy case, The Wildcat captured first place over more than 50 foes in the 2006-07 edition of Playbook's long-running Wise Guys Contest with an overall record...
THE ODD COUPLE
Having been caught taping opponents in the process of making selections, The Odd Couple (Dick Klayman & Peter Tocco) has been penalized with a 1-14-1 week (thank you, Patriots ......
MISS CHARLEEN
SUNDAY: Jets, Redskins, Colts, Chargers, Chiefs, Eagles, Bills, 49ers, Cards, Rams, Broncos, Seahawks, Browns, Falcons, Cowboys. MONDAY: Saints. BEST BETS: Chiefs, Rams, Broncos.
5 QUESTIONS FOR...STEVE PHILLIPS
NYP TV Sports' Justin Terranova caught up with former Met GM and current ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst Steve Phillips and talked to him about the playoff outlook for the hometown...
ASTRONOMIA TAKES VALOR LADY
Turns out Barclay Tagg isn't unbeatable. In $75,000 Valor Lady at six furlongs on inner turf, he sent out 7-5 favorite Stormy Kiss, beaten neck in grass dash at Spa...
HONDO SALUTES THE ODD
While Hondo was struggling to a 7-8-1 mark last week, the Odd Couple, who went a shameful 1-14-1, provided a far greater long-term service for the Bettor's Guide. From now...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Griffey hurt againKen Griffey Jr. will miss the rest of the season because of a strained groin. The All-Star outfielder left Wednesday night's game at Chicago in the eighth...
HONDO EYES BIG SCORE
The Marlins swam to Hondo's rescue last night as they rallied past the Metamucils to offset his loss with the Bucs (and then some) and increase the earnings to 85...
DEFENDING HONOR
It took Antonio Pierce five days to appear at his locker to attempt to explain away a two-game litany of failure that can be traced to the ineptitude of a...
0-2 DESPERATE OH TOO SOON
IF YOU ask me, it's a little early to be playing the "us against the world" card. It's usually tucked away deep in the pockets of coaches and prominent players...
SLOW START DOESN'T SHAKE SPAGNUOLO
As a first-year defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo knew it wouldn't be easy, but he could not have imagined it would be this difficult. His Giants have given up an NFL-high...
FISH FIRED UP TO FACE JETS
The Jets have a couple of players with a true insider's perspective on the hatred that exists in the rivalry between the Jets and Dolphins, who both at 0-2 will...
CHREBET: END HEAD GAMES
NOW that Wayne Chrebet has learned the hard way, if he would have had the chance to tell Jon Kitna, the former Jets receiver would have told the Lions quarterback...
FISH-IOUS CYCLE
This sounds familiar. The Jets face a must-win game against their most hated rival, where a loss could end a realistic chance for them to get into the playoffs. The...
CHAD LOOKS GOOD TO GO
Chad Pennington, recovering from an injured ankle, continued to take snaps with the Jets' first team yesterday, taking further steps toward starting Sunday's game against the Dolphins. "I thought he...
KNICKS ROOKIES GO TO HEAD OF THE CLASS
Not every Knick spent yesterday in court. Three Knicks rookies spent the day on a basketball court, schooling some local youngsters on the game's fundamentals at P.S. 83 in Manhattan....
CREMINS: MARBURY CAN LEAD KNICKS
Stephon Marbury's time with the Knicks has not gone well - from the team's failure on the court to the recent sexual harassment trial involving Isiah Thomas, where Marbury was...
METS MELT IN FLORIDA HEAT
MIAMI - It may be close to impossible to shrug off or overcome the crushing devastation of last night. In the top of the ninth inning, the Mets valiantly came...
THIS ONE'S THE WORST OF ALL
MIAMI - This is the way it goes once the avalanche gets a good running start down the hill. These are the consequences for allowing a baseball season to get...
MILLEDGE TOSSED
After Lastings Milledge popped out to end the seventh inning last night, he launched into a bizarre tirade. Milledge began yelling at home plate umpire Jim Joyce, ultimately getting ejected....
SPLIT DECISION
Two weeks ago, the Yankees' chances of extending their season into October were slim. Today they are a lock to be at least the wild-card winner and are in position...
STEADINESS AND STURDINESS
BRIAN Cashman is off "the big hook" and Joe Torre is off the firing line, at least for now. But both men deserve more than to be absolved of punishment....
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
CASHMAN: WINNING MAKES BOSS 'BETTER'
With the Yankees struggling in early May, George Steinbrenner said he was behind Joe Torre and Brian Cashman but wanted to see a World Series title in October. Later in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Strange way to celebrate family heritage. A New Hampshire judge has ordered a family to lay to rest the mummified remains of a baby that has been passed down for...
UPDATE: War is over. If you want it.
It's your fault, America. That's right: The so-called passport mess was and is your problem. I'm not joking around, either.Listen, you: The State Department has long had a policy of...