January 19, 2007
HOOPS, THERE IT IS: Review of NCAA March Madness 07 (360)
AS a former Bezerkeleyite, I gets no love. People associate Green Day's spawning ground with two things: (1) Hippie chicks with carpet samples for armpits who stick daisies in gun...
The Goodfather.
EA showed off the Wii version of the game ("The Godfather Blackhand Edition," due in March) at their Winter Preview event in New York last night. Blah blah blah, additional...
THE 6TH QUESTION W/ CLYDE FRAZIER
By ANDREW MARCHANDEvery Friday in NYP TV Sports, our sports television pullout that appears in the middle of the print edition and online, we present "Five Questions for …" This...
PRICE CHECK: Super Bowl, baby!
So the Jints and Jets both choked in the post - does that mean you have no interest in partying in Miami over Super Bowl weekend (Feb 1-5) now? Awwww...
Redford Goes to War
The Sundance Film Festival has always been a blue-state festival in one of the reddest of states (Utah), but its opening night films have rarely pushed the envelope -- last...
THE POWERFUL PEN OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
The Post is known for its colorful pages. Here's a brief look at one of its most brilliant editors.William Cullen Bryant had a few careers before he found himself at...
LUSH LIFE
IT'S enough to drive anyone to drink: the lure of a 30-day stay in a private, beachfront villa where gourmet chefs, private trainers, acupuncturists, sleep specialists and yoga instructors remain...
LACROSSE-OVER STARDOM
IF you missed the auditions for "So You Think You Can Dance" and "American Idol" but have your heart set on the spotlight, consider this: cheering for a lacrosse team....
HIGH LIFE ...VS. REAL REHAB
Wonderland Cost: $35,000 and up per month Where: West Hollywood, Calif., near Beverly Hills Amenities: On-site gourmet chef Personal trainers Beauty consultants Two swimming pools Yoga/meditation Advertised as "close to...
AMERICAN MUSIC OF NOTE
SAY "American Song book," and most people think of the standards written by the likes of Gershwin, Berlin, Porter and Kern. But American songwriting takes many disparate forms, as the...
THIS BEAUTY HAS A BEAT
IF you know "Uncle John's Band" isn't some relative's act, this sweet-as-a-sugar-magnolia event is for you. Tomorrow and Sunday, an array of artists will bring two 1970 albums by the...
A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
'WHEN the Lights Go on Again," the new 1940s musical, has scarce scenery and props, and costumes that are nothing to write home about. What it does have, in spades,...
IGOR, GEORGE IN STEP
PETER Martins' New York City Ballet has a new system - one that will probably irritate die-hard dance fans. From now on, instead of merrily jumbling individual ballets from one...
EXTREME $PACEY
KEVIN Spacey has taken on one tough assignment: besting Julia Roberts at the box office. After several weeks of tense negotiations, Spacey finally signed to star in the upcoming revival...
STARR REPORT
Ray takes two on 7 It was just a matter of time before it became official, and now it has: "Rachael Ray" has been renewed on ABC-owned Ch. 7 through...
ROSIE RANTS AGAIN
DONALD Trump is so yesterday - now Rosie O'Donnell is attacking "American Idol" star Paula Abdul. O'Donnell accused the "Idol" judge of being "probably intoxicated" during a rant on "The...
'BACHELOR' DUMPS NO.1 FOR NO.2
'BACHELOR" star Lorenzo Borghese, a dog-products entrepreneur, has proven to be a real hound. In recent weeks, he has ditched the woman he chose in the final rose ceremony, teacher...
'IDOL' STAYS ON ROLL
ANOTHER whopping 37 million viewers tuned into "American Idol" Wednesday night, only a miniscule drop in audience from its record-setting season debut this week. Shows traditionally drop off after the...
SEDGWICK CLIMBS TV PAY LIST
'THE Closer" star Kyra Sedgwick has a new deal with TNT worth around $16 million - making her one of the highest-paid actresses on television. She's also now a producer...
BURKE-BACK MOUNTAIN
ABC last night stepped into the "Gay's Anatomy" controversy, implying the show's star, Isaiah Washington, will be disciplined for allegedly using a slur to refer to a gay co-star. "We...
CARE APPARENT IN RUSSIAN ORPHAN TALE
THE Italian is the nickname given to 6-year-old Vanya by his comrades at a grim state orphanage in contemporary Russia in Andrei Kravhuck's highly effective heart-tugger of the same title....
IRREGULAR FILM MAKES LOVE, NOT BORE
PHILIPPE Garrel is a respected and prolific 58-year-old French filmmaker whose work rarely gets screened here. A look at his "Regular Lovers," which opens today in Garrel's first honest-to-goodness commercial...
FAMILY TRIP GETS MOBBED
WILL lighting strike twice for Rialto Pictures? Last year, the indie distributor hit it big with the U.S. debut of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 French Resistance thriller "Army of Shadows" -...
PREVIEWS
"THE FEVER": Wallace Shawn plays a well-heeled traveler who wakes up sick in a war-torn country. The New Group @ Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St., between Ninth and 10th...
BROADWAY
"THE APPLE TREE": Two and a half stars For Kristin Chenoweth, an effective vehicle - but so's a crosstown bus. Three one-act musicals by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick add...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": Three stars John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": Two and a half stars Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ALTAR BOYZ": Musical spoof of Christian-pop boy New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (877) 226-9941. "THE BIG VOICE: GOD OR MERMAN?": Jim Brochu and...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It is best to call ahead before going to any event. LLOYD BANKS: This member of the rap group G-Unit will appear solo...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Jon Hendricks & Company. Sunday: Ravi Coltrane. 315 W. 44th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Hank Jones Trio. 131...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, 2 p.m. Aramire at Zankel Hall, 8:30 p.m. A benefit concert for the Dwight School at Weill Recital Hall, 7 p.m. TOMORROW:...
DANCE
DANCE GALLERY: New York Theatre Ballet's Dance on a Shoestring Series returns today and tomorrow with performances of works created by Benoit Swan-Pouffer and Alexandra Damiani of Cedar Lake Contemporary...
FILM
IFC CENTER: Through Tuesday, "An Artist and a Gambler: Robert Altman Remembered." Today: "3 Women" (1977). Tomorrow and Sunday: "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" (1976)...
CABARET
CARLYLE HOTEL: Through Feb. 10: Rita Moreno. 35 E. 76th St., at Madison Avenue; (212) 744-1600. METROPOLITAN ROOM: Through Sunday: Ken Page's "Page By Page." 34 W. 22nd St., between...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Mike Birbiglia, Capone. 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th streets; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: 117 MacDougal St., between Bleecker and Third streets; (212) 254-3480. COMIX: 353 W....
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
EASY RIDERS: Hundreds of street bikes, dirt bikes, cruisers, concept bikes and vintage bikes will roll into the Jacob Javits Center for the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show. Today from...
FILM PICK
Patricia Knight strikes a seductive pose in "Shockproof" (1949), a rarely seen noir. She's an ex-con who has a doomed relationship with a parole officer (Cornel Wilde). Directed by Douglas...
COAXING THE SPIRITS TO DANCE: ART OF THE PAPUAN GULF
THE South Pacific galleries of the Metropolitan Museum often seem remote from the museum's main attractions. Surely these spaces have never known the press of tourists who hasten to see...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * Give BOB SAGET a full house Saturday at 9 p.m. in the Borgata's Music Box. Tickets: $45; theborgata.com, (609) 677-1000. * Country's PHIL VASSAR performs Saturday at...
MARY'S HOT PICK
The second and final night of the third annual Winter Jazzfest takes over TriBeCa's Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St.; [212] 219-3006) tomorrow, with about 19 diverse acts from around the...
WHO'S THE BOSS? MORE OFTEN, YOU
Want to enter a growth industry in New York City? Try being your own boss. A study released yesterday by Comptroller Bill Thompson found that the self-employed - from lowly...
CON ED FINES AREN'T BRIGHT IDEA: MAYOR
The day after a scathing report on Con Ed, Mayor Bloomberg defended the giant utility yesterday, saying it shouldn't be fined for last summer's crippling nine-day blackout in Queens. "If...
BLOOMBERG RIPS FREE PASS FOR CHUTING STAR
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted a judge's decision to free high-flying BASE jumper Jeb Corliss after he tried to parachute off the Empire State Building last April. "The judge said the...
LIZA & PEST GEST WRAP UP DIVORCE
Liza Minnelli won't have David Gest to kick around anymore. The gruesome twosome settled their divorce case after filing papers in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday. "Liza Minnelli and David Gest...
GIRL, 12, ATTACKED
A 12-year-old Queens girl was allegedly raped near her Far Rockaway home last night. The girl, whose name is being withheld, was walking on Beach Channel Drive at around 6...
'V' WORD IS TOO HOT FOR ST. J'S U.
There's something about "The Vagina Monologues" that's rubbing St. John's University the wrong way. Charging that the hit play is "unsuitable" and against the values that inspired one of the...
CITY SET FOR DEEP FREEZE
Brrrrrace yourself - it's going to feel colder this weekend than it has all winter. After a blustery night tonight, temperatures will rise only to the mid-to-upper 30s tomorrow, forecasters...
COLUMBIA 7 FACE DISCIPLINE IN SPEECH FUROR
Columbia University has identified seven students who could face disciplinary charges for rushing the stage and preventing the leader of an anti-illegal immigrant group from giving a speech on campus...
BROOKLYN BUST OVER GUN HOARD
A Brooklyn man was arrested yesterday after cops found a cache of guns in his home, authorities said. An anonymous tipster led the police to the home of Nick Bianchino,...
A VICTIM OF NYPD BOO-BOO
A bureaucratic blunder is keeping a highly qualified military veteran out of the new class of NYPD recruits. Particularly frustrating to Eddie Casaceli, 24, is the fact that the ranks...
26 YRS. FOR 'GATSBY' KILLER
A Long Island man who beat his girlfriend to death and dumped her body on the road to the fictional home in "The Great Gatsby" was sentenced yesterday to 26...
RANDI A TENURE TIGER
Furious union boss Randi Weingarten roared back yesterday at a proposed crackdown on teachers' tenure - a surprise to Bloomberg administration officials who thought she would play along with the...
GRAND-JURY BUZZ GROWS FOR PIRRO
A former secretary for Jeanine Pirro spent an hour at the federal courthouse in White Plains yesterday, triggering speculation a grand jury is hearing testimony against the one-time Westchester district...
BRUNO IN ETHICS ATTACK
ALBANY - Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno yesterday angrily blasted the leaders of the state's best-known good-government groups as "hard-core Democratic operatives" who have given a pass to Gov. Spitzer's...
FAMILY-MAN CABBY KILLED
A Brooklyn livery driver left behind a 5-year-old son and a pregnant wife who was just about to give birth when he died in a horrific crash yesterday, pals said....
WIGGLES HAIL KIDS' HEROES
There were giggles at a Brooklyn firehouse yesterday as The Wiggles sang "Fruit Salad" to dozens of youngsters in a special appearance to honor a fallen 9/11 hero. The hugely...
N.Y. TURNS INTO CINEMA CITY
Was that your apartment building you just saw on TV? Probably. The city hosted its highest number of film, television, commercial and music-video shoots ever last year. According to the...
'FASTEST PAINTER' RIPPED OFF
Manhattan artist Morris Katz - renowned as "The World's Fastest Painter" - was victimized by a thief who swiped his van containing an estimated $50,000 in artwork. "I am completely...
YOUCOP - YOUJEST
Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to let 911 callers send cellphone pictures to dispatchers is technically feasible - but actually building the idea into the city's creaky communications system won't be easy,...
COP BREAKS RIBS AS CAR DRAGS HIM
An NYPD sergeant had three ribs broken when he was dragged 30 feet by a speeding car in Queens last night, authorities said. The car was being driven by a...
'BEG' PARDON AS I BUM OUT THE RITZY
THE muscular store worker didn't mince words when he told me to shoo from outside the Ralph Lauren clothing shop. "Go stand by the church or I'm going to call...
HOBO-PALOOZA
He's now the most famous bum in New York. You can call him "Homeless Guy," "Defendant No. 1," or even "The Preacher" - as he is known on the Upper...
WIFE'S 'BOOK BASH'
Ex-New Jersey governor Jim "I am a gay American" McGreevey sure knows a thing or two about making blockbuster revelations - and now his heartbroken estranged wife is saying "enough...
NETS' ARENA BANKS IT IN
The future Brooklyn home of the NBA's Nets was formally named Barclays Center yesterday in a record-setting $400 million deal that gives a British bank some major name recognition in...
BOWERY CLUB KILLER CAGED
A Williamsburg punk was sent to prison for 16 years yesterday for the craven, execution-style shooting of another young man outside a Bowery nightclub after an argument. Michael Brown, 22,...
LIRR INCHES TO FIX GAPS
The MTA must mend the gaps at nearly half of all Long Island Rail Road platforms, officials said yesterday. The space between the platform edge and the train is more...
DRIVE TO STOP LAX LICENSING
Two relatives of 9/11 victims joined state Sen. Martin Golden yesterday to warn that terrorists would have a field day if Gov. Spitzer relaxes the state's tough requirements for getting...
A REAL CORKER ON WALL STREET
Here's a bottle of red that can quench the thirst of Billy Joel - and half of Long Island, to boot. The world's biggest wine bottle - weighing in at...
HOW LONDON TERROR-ATTACK DUDS 'BLEW IT'
Gathered at a bucolic campsite in the English countryside, these men appeared for all the world prayful and at peace. A year later, on July 21, 2005, these same men...
'I THOUGHT OF GIVING UP - BUT I FELT MY MOM & DAD'S LOVE': SHAWN
Telling the story of his 51-month kidnap ordeal for the first time yesterday, a Missouri teen said he was too terrified to call his mother and father, prayed to God...
N.H. POL WEED: LEGALIZE WEED
Dude, if the aptly named Charles Weed has his way, New Hampshire residents will be allowed to live free and get high. The Democratic state legislator has proposed legalizing the...
BARACK COMES A MCCALL-ING
Barack Obama is courting one of likely 2008 primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's top New York supporters, it was revealed yesterday. Former New York State Comptroller Carl McCall said he...
TEAM RUDY GETTING IN GEAR FOR PREZ RUN
Rudy Giuliani is moving to quickly "ramp up" his operation with national hires to demonstrate a credible candidacy, amid questions among some Republicans about whether he'll really run in the...
'IDOL' SPARKS PLUG
One of the most promising contestants to emerge so far on "American Idol" turns out to be the 17-year-old daughter of former Giants cornerback Phillippi Sparks. She's Jordin Sparks, who...
PLAYBOY MA KO'D IN COURT
A state appeals court has shot down an ex-Playboy model mom's bid to hold a court-appointed psychiatrist accountable for her losing custody of her twin daughters. Bridget Marks had filed...
CHILLING WORDS
"Before they get to me, I got to take my shot. When they come, I have to protect myself," Detective James Nemorin told a documentary-film crew when they asked him...
LINDSAY'S SO-FAB REHAB
Before publicly checking into rehab Wednesday, hard-partying Lindsay Lohan quietly spent a month at the facility as an outpatient - smuggling in her friends as if she were on vacation,...
NYPD BLOTTER
Staten IslandPolice prevented an emotionally disturbed woman from jumping from a ledge at her West Brighton apartment yesterday morning. The unidentified woman climbed over an iron gate on the second-floor...
SHAME ON BOY'S FOLKS AND OPRAH
YESTERDAY, the parents of Shawn Hornbeck did what any parent whose child had been held captive and suf fered hell on earth would do in this circumstance: They put him...
EVIL KILLER A BLOODY STUPID BOASTER
RONELL WILSON is adept at shooting cops in the head but his IQ has to be lower than the minimum wage in Mongolia. Yesterday, retired cop Mike Michelle told the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Numbers Thu.: 526 Midday Win-4 Thu.: 1547 Evening Numbers Thu.: 853 Evening Win-4 Thu.: 9398 Pick-10 Thu.: 4, 8, 14, 30, 31, 33, 37, 48, 53, 55,...
A DANGEROUS JUDICIAL STUNT
Look - up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's . . . Well, thanks to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Ambrecht, it may well be a...
BESIEGED BY BUMS
Is the saga of the Upper East Side an tiques dealer vs. the vagrants squatting outside his store just a 2007 version of Dickens' Scrooge tale? Not at all. Karl...
MIKE DEFENDS THE OVERDOG
Mayor Mike sure seems to enjoy sticking his thumb in New Yorkers' eyes. First, he tells them they should be grateful to Con Ed CEO Kevin Burke for last summer's...
IRAN'S BLAME BATTLE
AS tension builds up between Iran and the international community, a potentially more significant conflict is taking shape within the ruling establishment in Tehran. The conflict is centered on what...
WHAT THE SCHOOLS CAN'T DO
LIVE long enough, they say, and you'll see everything - sometimes, over and over again. That's certainly true in New York City's public schools. In the past 40 years, the...
TEARING UP TENURE
IF Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein don't go down in New York City history as the team that turned the public schools around, it won't be for lack...
BARACK TO THE PAST? NOTHING NEW FOR VOTERS
THE ISSUE: Sen. Barack Obama's formation of an exploratory committee and presidential hopes. "Barack to the Future" raised many concerns about Barack Obama's possible presidential bid, but there wasn't anything...
BLOOD ON THE STREET
Two Wall Street giants swung the axe yesterday and slashed the number of pros they keep at the New York Stock Exchange, the latest round of cuts that is turning...
NBC AND CITADEL LINK UP IN ION BID
In a bid to salvage its stake in the family friendly TV network formerly known as Paxson Communications, NBC Universal has found a buyer willing to pony up about $70.5...
TIME DROPS BOMB
THE bloodbath at Time Inc. turned out to be worse than many had anticipated, with the final number of staff cuts swelling to 289 workers and Time, People and Sports...
FINAL SIP FOR COKE AD EXEC
Coca-Cola's marketing chief is leaving "The Coke Side of Life." Mary Minnick, who helped craft the soda giant's latest ad slogan, is quitting at the end of February after 23...
EOP INVESTORS REAP REIT RICHES IN FEUD
Real estate tycoon Sam Zell and other investors in Equity Office Properties Trust are watching their wallets balloon as one of the most frenzied takeover battles in history unfolds for...
TWO STRIKES. . .
The low-ball offers to buy Tribune aren't expected to fly. Tribune will likely reject the two bids received at Wednesday's auction deadline - a takeover offer from its largest shareholder,...
BIG BEN WARNING ON BOOMER TIME BOMB
Fed boss Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that the nation is facing a potential economic disaster as the aging Baby Boom generation is set to drain the nation's retirement and...
CHURCH CLOSINGS CRISIS
The Archdiocese announced today that it plans to shut down four city parishes and another six in the suburbs as part of a large-scale restructuring to reflect a demographic shift...
SILVER BEL'
FOXBOROUGH - After all the sorrow, of burying his young son during the 2005 season, after all the heartache, of all these years spent trying to make history as the...
JUNKING JACKSON
SO what if the Suns, who previously won 15 games in a row, now have won 11 games in succession? So what if Chris Web ber (17 minutes, two points,...
FIGHTING IT OUT
JOE Frazier was asked yesterday if he sent Muhammad Ali a card to acknowledge his adversary's 65th birthday Wednesday. From the look on Frazier's face, it must have been a...
THE PITT BOSS
BARRY Rohrssen refers to it as a "coaching academy." And fortunately for Manhattan College, the first-year head coach graduated with honors. The University of Pittsburgh has some more Big East...
THE BEAR FACTS
THE NFL is down to its Final Four, and although the best team (the Chargers) has gone home, Championship Weekend still will feature arguably the three top quarterbacks in Tom...
MONTAUK MOURNS FOR CAPT. BRUMM
MONTAUK lost another great fisherman this past week with the passing of Capt. Mike Brumm. His wife Julie said she wished she could be telling me Mike was knee deep...
NO ORDINARY JOE
INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph Addai stepped up to a podium here yesterday to answer reporters' questions. Soon, though, the glare of television lights had him wiping his brow. "Man, it's hot...
DUNGY, SMITH ON VERGE OF MAKING HISTORY
INDIANAPOLIS - The night before the AFC wild-card game between the Colts and Chiefs, Tony Dungy and Herman Edwards, along with their wives, met Lovie Smith and his wife for...
DOUBLE TROUBLE
NEW ORLEANS - Make no mistake: Over the past three decades, television has provided the ultimate NFL dance studio with the mirrored walls and the glittering disco ball. A generation...
WILLIS, MESS KNOW IT'S HARD TO WIN TITLES
Willis Reed knows first-hand how important it is to have a formidable center to be a title contender in the NBA. He said the Knicks could have that player in...
BRIAN'S STRONG
You don't have to produce a championship to win over the hearts and minds of the rabid and devoted fans of Da Bears, who love almost everything about their team...
STEP UP SHUT UP
It is a legacy game. Sunday won't be Peyton Manning's last game, but it could be the one that leaves the most lasting imprint on his career. With his nemeses,...
FOX BUILDING ITS BENCH
Fox Sports has targeted Mark Grace and Eric Karros, along with the previously reported Joe Girardi, as potential analysts for its MLB coverage, sources have told NYP TV Sports. With...
5 QUESTIONS FOR WALT FRAZIER
This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with MSG Network's Knick analyst Walt (Clyde) Frazier. Frazier, 61, scored 36 points with 19 assists in Game 7 of the 1970...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
CBS vs. Fox (Whose top NFL team is better?) The greatest strength of CBS's Phil Simms and Fox Sports' Troy Aikman is also their biggest weakness. They do little guesswork,...
TRENDSETTERS
BEARS (-21/2) VS. SAINTS, 3 P.M. New Orleans has dropped three of four overall, five of six in the month of January and has never won consecutive postseason games. Chicago...
SAINTS ARE SAVIORS
Adding to his stuffed trophy case, The Wildcat captured first place over 49 foes in Playbook's long-running Wise Guys Contest with an overall record of 25-11 ATS (going 16-2 on...
THE ODD COUPLE
As brilliantly predicted by The Odd Couple (Dick Klayman & Peter Tocco), it was, indeed, the Patriots and the under scoring big Sunday night ... which saved the fellas from...
MS. CHARLEEN
SUNDAY: Bears (under); Colts (under).
GARCIA RIDES THREE WINNERS
Jockey Alan Garcia had hat trick, C.C. Lopez and Ramon Dominguez won pair each, on less-than-compelling card that lured 1,891 hardy souls to Big A. Gary Contessa, heating up again...
HONDO GOES TO THE 'DOGS
Hondo muddled through Week 2 of the playoffs by going 1-3 in spreads and 3-1 in over/unders, a mirror image of his Week 1 exercise in overall mediocrity. Nevertheless, due...
SPORTS SHORTS
GRID: Brain damage led to Walters' suicide Brain damage caused on the football field ultimately led to the suicide of former NFL defensive back Andre Waters, according to a forensic...
DEVS SHOT DOWN
He was conceding credit to the victors, but Martin Brodeur's words were an inadvertent reminder that the Devils' big boys haven't been giants this season. "They have some star players...
GILBRIDE, OFFENSE ARE OFFICIALLY WED
Although Tom Coughlin and new Giants general manager Jerry Reese recently admitted the development of Eli Manning has been slower than anticipated, apparently no blame for the sluggish improvement rubbed...
REESE NEEDS TO BE GIANTS' HEAD OF 'CLASS'
DEAR Jerry Reese: The fol lowing advice, while unsolicited, comes from the head and the heart. Forget, for the moment, running backs and linebackers. As the Giants' new GM, the...
BROWN LEAVES JETS FOR NOTRE DAME JOB
The Jets officially lose Corwin Brown as their defensive backs coach today when he will be introduced as Notre Dame's defensive coordinator at a noon press conference. Brown, who spent...
ATLANTIC GRITTY
The Knicks arrive at the season's midpoint tonight to play their season's biggest game. It's Knicks against Nets at the Garden tonight: the battle for the Hudson and, for once,...
CONFIDENT CURRY CENTER OF ATTENTION
The talent always was there, it was just waiting to spill out, the Nets insist. And this season, there has been a lot of spillage from the Knicks' Eddy Curry....
ISIAH WON'T 2ND-GUESS CRAWFORD SHOT CHOICE
Knicks coach/president Isiah Thomas had no regrets that Jamal Crawford left 12 seconds on the clock when he hit his go-ahead bucket in the lane Wednesday in Washington. It gave...
NO FREE PASS FOR COLLINS
Antoine Wright walked by Jason Collins at the conclusion of the Nets' workout yesterday and addressed him simply: "Diesel." That's what happens when "Hack-A-Twin" joins the NBA world. So Collins,...
RANGERS LOOK TO TAKE BREAK
Approaching the NHL All-Star break, the Rangers are about as bipolar as a hockey team can be. Win five, lose seven. Look awful in wins, look great in losses. Skate...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Drunkards may want to consider moving to South Carolina. A state House subcommittee has approved legislation allowing bars and restaurants to pick a day of the week as "Happy Day"...
It's beginning to look a lot like...
... fashion weeks, everywhere you go...With Milan men's fashion week come and gone and Paris Couture Week kicking off on Monday with some really fantabulous parties thrown by the New...
Ms. Pac-Man at the Shamrock
Ms. Pac-Man is still entertaining. Even though games now are more advanced, old arcade games still endure, and that's testament that video games don't need to be complicated to be...
Star Wars Galaxies Still Bites: Updated
According to a bevy of current and former subscribers, that is. A long time ago, while I was trapped in the coal mine known as CBSNews.com, I wrote this piece....
And you can quote me
Good thing the fantasy season is over, because the Fantasy Tracker had a tough time with the second week of the postseason — three of our four picks are now...