March 8, 2007
You had to feel for Bowa
By GEORGE KING Anybody who saw Larry Bowa yesterday had to feel for the Yankees' third base coach. His best friend John Vukovich died at 1:50 in the morning and...
Sanchez sent home
By MARK HALE Willie Randolph just told the media that Duaner Sanchez, who's rehabbing from a separated shoulder, was ordered to go home today."He's gotten a little tardy for a...
Madonna
I'm not crazy about the clothes she "designed" for H&M but I kind of love the commercial.
'300' gay Spartans--and Hitler
"300," Frank Miller's comic-book version of the story of the 300 Spartans who hurled themselves into battle against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae, is likely to open on...
Pelfrey
By MARK HALEVery impressive performance from Mike Pelfrey, who tossed three innings and faced 13 hitters and had 12 of them hit the ball on the ground. Pelfrey said afterwards,...
Who needs pick up lines with shirts like these?
Cheaper than a cocktail at some bars, this $11.95 American Eagle Outfitters tee is a cute way to spark conversation over your favorite tipple. We also love some of their...
TiVo/DVR Alert
You may have to do some fast-forwarding through the pledge-week pitches, but we have Leonard Maltin's word it's worth checking out "Soundies,'' a PBS documentary airing tonight at 8 on...
TOP 10 TEAMS
With a little more than three weeks to go before spring training ends, I wanted to throw my top 10 teams out there, a constantly evolving list. Where’s Kernan has...
A Duque day
By MARK HALE El Duque is not having his best afternoon.Hernandez, making his first spring start after having neck arthritis, got drilled on his foot by a line drive by...
LIVEBLOG/FLORENCE: Day 1 - The great gelato con
Contributing writer Mark Ellwood's on the prowl in Art City. Of course, his priorities are in order, and the first stop is for gelato.Every Italian city has its go-to gelateria...
Pedro speaks to the Post
By MARK HALEIf you get a chance, check out today's story in the Post in which Pedro Martinez spoke exclusively to us.Pedro spoke to Joel Sherman and me after he...
Hockey Night at the Coliseum
Should there be a disappointing end to the season, there will have to be substantial changes to the franchise. Heads must roll. Glen Sather has not done enough during his...
Apple hates gamers...or do they?
Almost as soon as Apple launched their new Apple AirPort Extreme wireless router which supports the almighty 802.11n, reports surfaced that the router is not compatible with the Xbox 360's...
Deal of the Day
Just the mention of your mother's frumpy Land's End catalog would have most girls running into the arms of H&M.But their dress shirts are comfortable and classic and look super...
HD DVD or Blu-ray?
I was the first on my block in Bergenfield, N.J. to buy a VCR back in 1977. There were two rival video formats back in those days, VHS and Betamax,...
Kazakhstan is Great -- Not
And they say Condoleeza Rice has no sense of humor. Just in time for the DVD release of "Borat,'' the secretary of state released a report that lists shutting down...
The Son Also Rises
I'm totally down the idea of Shia LaBeouf playing Harrison Ford's son in "Indiana Jones 4.'' Variety says the talented star of "Holes'' and "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints''...
Making Movies May Be Hazarous To Your Health
Screen Grab's clever and entertaining roundup of the 10 Most Dangerous Movies of All Time includes such life-risking projects as "Fitzcarraldo,'' "Apocalypse Now'' and "Heaven's Gate.'' Less obvious choices on...
Epic Threatens Legal Action Over Custom Gears Of War Doll
Generally an awesome company, Epic Games has sent a cease and desist letter to the person who made an absolutely superb custom Gears of War Munny doll.The letter states:Your unauthorized...
Day 27: Happiness and Pedro Martinez
I am so glad that I got the unique experience of seeing Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch against major league hitters for the first time this spring on Tuesday and of seeing...
Getting worried about David
By MARC BERMANAs I wrote in the paper today, David Lee took himself out of practice yesterday with ankle soreness - not a good sign. I thought for sure he'd...
WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE
THE average Manhattan studio is less than 500 square feet. And we all know - the hard way - that plenty are even smaller. So when the Crate and Barrel...
LIVE SMALL, THINK BIG
Either/Or Table by Desu Design The steel-and-aluminum table pulls double duty as either an end table or a lap tray. Upright it also slides over the edge of most sofas...
DIMINUTIVE DO'S
Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan not only founded apartmenttherapy.com - he lives in a 250-square-foot apartment with his wife and baby. Here's how he makes the most of the least. * Pare down...
KING SPILLS GUTS
STEPHEN King may be the master of horror, but the only scary thing about his appearance at last month's New York Comic Con was the questionable social skills of one...
BLU-RAY ASCENDING
'THE Departed" recently premiered on two new - and utterly incompatible - video for mats in addition to standard DVD. Now the war between those formats, which has been almost...
HAUTE LIST
Hot for hip waders SO far, March has been equal parts lamb and lion - leaving those of us with fall's chic ankle boots or winter's worn-out knee-highs pretty much...
KLINE IS FINE, BUT BE LEERY OF PUBLIC'S 'LEAR'
LITTLE wonder some theatergoers are experiencing "King Lear" fatigue: Productions of Shakespeare's tragedy seem to be arriving with the regularity of trains at Grand Central. Now, after previous efforts starring...
STARR REPORT
Coogan bluffsSteve Coogan's small role as the miniature Roman general Octavius in "Night at the Museum" didn't do him any favors in exposing this talented comedian to an American audience....
WHAT A PAIR!!
THE last thing we needed was another morning show - right? Wrong. Especially one with the older man and younger blondie co-hosts. Really wrong. Mostly, I figured "The Morning Show...
LUKA WON'T PLAY DOCTOR ANYMORE
IT appears another doctor is looking to be dis charged from the "ER." Goran Visnijic, 34, who plays Dr. Luka Kovac seems to be angling to appear in a limited...
I'LL TAKE THE '5TH'
'ARE You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" host Jeff Foxworthy is a bona fide TV star now - and not just an icon of the NASCAR set. Foxworthy, whose redneck...
'IDOL' TALK
JENNIFER Hudson quietly slipped onto the set of "American Idol" last week to give the latest crop of contestants a pep talk. "It was elimination day," the "Dreamgirls" star says....
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
Not only does mind planet Mercury turn direct on your birthday but love planet Venus moves in your favor too, so in both matters of the head and matters of...
DINAPOLI GETS $NIPPY
ALBANY - The man Gov. Spitzer unsuccessfully sought to stop from becoming state comptroller said yesterday that Spitzer's proposed new budget will increase state spending "at an unsustainable rate." State...
BRUNO DECLARES WAR ON GOV'S HOSP CUTS
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno yesterday warned Gov. Spitzer that state lawmakers won't be "steamrolled" by his aggressive campaign for $1.2 billion in health-care cuts. Bruno said Spitzer's plan, coupled...
DERAILING FARE HIKE
Gov. Spitzer yesterday vowed to increase state transportation spending - and put the brakes on any plans that include a fare increase. Spitzer said he would do "everything possible" to...
I'M A VICTIM OF 'WITCH' BURNING
She taught her students about the in famous Salem witch trials. Now she says a Long Island school district is treat ing her like one. Opening arguments began yesterday in...
'RIGHTS' WRONGED US: SUIT
ALBANY - Two white women who were recently fired by the state Division of Human Rights have filed federal charges of racial and age dis crimination against Gov. Spitzer's new...
32G MONTHLY SPENDING SPREE
Hot-headed hoops has-been Latrell Sprewell has been ordered to pay his estranged girlfriend $32,000 a month in child support. Westchester Family Court Magistrate Rosa Cabanillas-Thompson has ordered the former Knick...
JONES IS STAR LIGHT
Do not adjust your television set - that really isStar Jones. Viewers may have to squint to recognize the stick-thin Jones, sporting a new hairstyle and glasses, when she appears...
SANITMAN 'TRASHES' MUSLIM GAL
A city sanitation worker who told of hating "diaperheads" was arrested for allegedly attacking a Muslim woman in Queens. Victor Lambot, 53, allegedly went berserk when he saw the 34-year-old...
SCORES IS FACING BOOZE 'HOOK'
Scores West is facing a two-year "timeout" on its liquor license after state authorities refused the strip club's settlement offer following a prostitution bust. The West 27th Street mammary mecca...
FIRE KILLS 8 KIDS
Eight children and an adult were killed and five people injured in a horrific fire that swept through a Bronx building last night, officials said. "There were kids laying in...
REJECTED PARENTS IN PRIVATE-PRESCHOOL DAZE
There were plenty of cheers - and tears - yesterday as high-powered, stressed-out parents around the city received acceptance and rejection letters from New York's elite preschools. "We're shut out,"...
PATAKI'S NO. 2 HARSHLY JUDGED
ALBANY - Former Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue's nomination by President Bush to a federal judgeship is dead, a source close to Sen. Charles Schumer told The Post yesterday. Donohue, a...
THOMPSON 'SCHOOLS' HIZZONER
Taking dead aim at one of Mayor Bloomberg's signature issues, city Comptroller William Thompson questioned yesterday whether public schools have improved under the mayor's leadership. "If you look at the...
ZOO'S SEAL OF APPROVAL
The Central Park Zoo has an adorable new inhabitant - a shy but sweet baby seal with a broken flipper that was found injured on a Maine beach. Discovered near...
MAGIC IN B'KLYN
Magic Johnson figures Brooklyn real estate will be a slam-dunk in his business portfolio. The NBA Hall of Famer and his partners are putting $12.4 million into a 130-unit condo...
QNS. COPS FIGHT LATIN GANG WAR
Latino gangs in Queens have been ramping up their violence - with five brutal attacks over the past month - and detectives are probing the feuds, The Post has learned....
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK PLANNER AXED
The Empire State Development Corp. yesterday fired the woman overseeing its controversial Brooklyn Bridge Park project - the same day The Post reported her agency spent $16.5 million in taxpayer...
BRAKE$ ON 'VETTE MAN
ALBANY - The state worker accused of ripping off $1.2 million through a sham company to finance his lavish lifestyle was suspended without pay yesterday, as his bosses said they...
WONDER WOMAN LIBERTY
The Statue of Liberty is among 21 finalists in an Internet poll to find the new Seven Wonders of the World. The 2,200-year-old original roster of tourist destinations for ancient...
HIS WAIT IN GOLD
Ed Mikkin from Long Island always knew he was meant to win the lottery. A little over two decades ago, he missed a single day playing his regular Lotto numbers...
SLAY SUSPECT 'RAILROADED' TO NEW YORK
Flight-phobic murder suspect John Galtieri - fresh from an extradition train trip from South Carolina - faces arraignment today on charges that he killed his wife in a Staten Island...
LADY TEACH IN BOY 'RAPE'
A Brooklyn junior high school teacher was arrested yesterday on charges of having sex in a minivan with a 13-year-old boy who attends her school, cops and city investigators said....
B'KLYN BRAVEST SAVE 3 GIRLS
Spurred on by cries of "Please, help my baby!" two firefighters dashed through smoke and flames to pull three little girls from a Brooklyn apartment. The blaze, which was started...
BLAZE AT MT. SINAI
An electrical space heater sparked a fire in a doctor's office at Mount Sinai Medical Center yesterday morning, injuring eight people and forcing the evacuation of 13 neurological patients from...
COPS ON HOT SEAT
Two of the five cops who killed Sean Bell in a barrage of 50 bullets testified yesterday before a Queens grand jury considering charges against them. Detective Marc Cooper, who...
'POOL CUE' BOUNCER FACES SLAY RAP
A strip-club bouncer could face murder charges now that a customer he clubbed with a pool cue was taken off life support, officials said yesterday. Cops busted bouncer Cesar Paz...
GIRL SAVES KIN FROM THUGS
A Queens girl helped rescue her family from four gun-toting thugs who invaded their home last night, police said. The quick-thinking 13-year-old quietly called 911 as her mother, father and...
SPILLING HIS GUTS
A high-ranking Iranian general who may have defected is in Northern Europe, where he is being questioned about Iran's role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in...
BORAT CULTURAL BURNING
Borat may be a box-office smash, but in his native Kazakhstan he is officially a victim of censorship. That title was given to him in a new State Department report...
'DIAPER' ASTRO IS GROUNDED
Astronut Lisa Nowak was permanently scrubbed from NASA's space program yesterday, one month after she allegedly donned a diaper and drove 900 miles in a manic mission to kidnap a...
OBAMA DENIES STOCK CONFLICT
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama played defense yesterday, insisting he didn't know he'd invested more than $50,000 in start-up companies backed by some of his top campaign donors....
RUDY HAS HILL'S NUMBER
WASHINGTON - A new poll shows Rudy Giuliani taking two of the three crucial swing states of Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio from Hillary Rodham Clinton by winning over independents and...
SCOOTER JUROR: GIVE POOR GUY A PARDON
One of the jurors who convicted Lewis "Scooter" Libby now wants President Bush to pardon him. "I don't want him to go to jail," Ann Redington, said of the former...
JITTERY FEDS BID TO STIFLE D.C. MADAM
The feds moved yesterday to gag a Washington, D.C., madam who could name names of both those who worked for her and paid for her services, The Post has learned....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN A high-school student fresh out of jail on a robbery rap was shot in the hip yesterday during his school lunch break in front of a Midtown McDonald's. The...
PARADE DISS HAS FDNY IN 'SHAM' SHOCK
NEW YORK'S Bravest are ablaze with rage after being banished from their prime marching position near the front of next week's St. Patrick's Day Parade and being sent to the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 691; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 0061; Lucky Sum: 7 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 021; Lucky Sum: 3 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 3870;...
CROCODILE FEARS
The debate over curbing New York's wasteful hospital cartel got down right crazy yesterday. True, the idea that such a subject needs to be debated is crazy enough: What sane...
FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
Hey, kids, let's set the WayBack Ma chine to Aug. 5, 1858 - the day the first telegraph message was transmitted via a trans-Atlantic cable. It was an amazing event...
BUDGET BLOAT
"While the executive recommends applying projected surpluses to close [projected budget] gaps, the underlying cause of the gaps - burdensome spending - is not addressed." - New state ComptrollerThomas DiNapoli,...
KILLING MUSLIMS
IMAGINE the reaction if Western agents slaughtered a hundred Sunni pilgrims on their way to Mecca. The outrage would spark incendiary rhetoric, riots and revenge killings from Peshawar to Paris....
'08: WHAT, NO CONSERVATIVES?
THE axiom is as old as human striving: The per fect is the enemy of the good. In politics, this means that insisting on perfection in a candidate interferes with...
TRIAL OF THE ABSURD
DENIS Collins, a Wash ington journalist on the Scooter Libby jury, described sentiments in the jury room reflecting those in the Senate Democratic cloakroom: "It was said a number of...
PATHETIC 'PATRIOTS'
LAST week, I wrote about the Gathering of Eagles (gatheringofeagles.org) - veterans, active-duty troops, bikers, activists and or dinary citizens coming to Washington, D.C., on March 17 to hold a...
BETRAYING OUR HEROES: VETS-HOSPITAL SCANDAL
Conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center truly are deplorable ("Sick Army Hosps," March 6). This "flagship" institution is at the heart of Uncle Sam's system of socialized medical care...
TAKE-TWO COUP
A group of high-profile hedge funds that collec tively control nearly half of Take-Two Interactive Software has launched a proxy battle to remove the embattled video- game designer's CEO. The...
ANGRY CUBAN LATEST TO TAKE ON GOOGLE
Magnolia Pictures, the film company owned by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, has filed court papers demanding Google hand over the identities of people who illegally uploaded movie clips to the...
PAY PACKAGE PROXY
Regulators in Washington are turning up the heat on big corporations to allow their shareholders to pass judgment on executive paychecks. Both bureaucrats and politicians are heeding investor outcries against...
WHAT JOBS NUMBER SAYS ABOUT ECONOMY
THE labor situation has gotten very bad in the eyes of Wall Street. The general consensus is that the government tomorrow morning will announce that only between 100,000 to 110,000...
FOX RERUN FOR FAWCETT
News Corp. yesterday named Dan Fawcett as president of digital media for its Fox Entertainment Group, effective immediately. The appointment marks a return to Fox for Fawcett, who earlier served...
SUBPRIME STRIKEOUTS STUN SECOND CURVE
Second Curve Capital, a $600 million fund investing solely in financial sector stocks, hasn't been hitting too many home runs lately. Truth is it hasn't even been getting to first...
KARMAZIN SIMPLIFIES PROPOSAL
Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin yesterday reiterated his commitment to increase choice and lower prices for consumers if his company's merger with XM Satellite Radio is approved. Appearing before...
SLEIGHT OF HAND
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications, faced with mounting opposition to its $26 billion takeover offer, could eventually win support for the deal by delaying its shareholder vote, according to several...
JUPITERMEDIA SHARES TUMBLE 20%
Shares of digital images provider Jupitermedia got hammered yesterday after the company said it had ended merger talks with giant picture purveyor Getty Images. It was unclear yesterday exactly what...
MACBAIN FIRES EDITOR
The "Red Queen" strikes again. Louise T. Blouin MacBain, the owner of artsy publishing house LTB Media, blew into town from the Middle East on Monday and suddenly the new...
GREEN GARBAGE
Garbage was never sweeter - at least for investors. Hitting the market are new garbage bags spun from sugar that actually dissolve cleanly under the ground. The bags - resulting...
CARLYLE'S $100M L.I. STAKE
The Carlyle Group is spreading some of its big money in the Hamptons. The Washington D.C.-based private equity firm will invest $100 million in a joint venture with east end...
BRONX FIRE HORROR
Eight kids - all related - and a woman were killed and at least five people injured in a horrific fire that swept through a Bronx home last night, fire...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Piermont, N.Y. $799,000 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,636 Set on a terraced hill overlooking the Hudson River, this restored 1898 Colonial truly meets the definition of charming. And...
TREASURE HUNTER
ONE man's garbage is another man's treasure," Christine Ebersole, star of the hit Broadway musical "Grey Gardens," says. "This was garbage!" She points proudly to a 1920s latticed-wood-and-glass cabinet she...
APPLE PICKING
Gwyneth Paltrow must be happy to keep her most reliable babysitter in the neighborhood, now that her mother Blythe Danner has bought another co-op apartment at One Fifth Avenue. Danner,...
THE EASTERN BLOCK
IF you live on the Upper East Side, particularly in the area close to 86th Street, you are well aware that the neighborhood is in the midst of a major...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CLINTON $1,070,000 415 W. 55th St. Prewar one-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 1,212 square feet, with office, 12-foot ceilings, kitchen with Miele and Bosch appliances, exposed brick, renovated bath and central...
DREAM HOMES
Gramercy $3.205 million This almost-2,000-square-foot three-bedroom, three-bath condo in a new full-service building really does take Manhattan living to another level. The main level features two master bedrooms, each with...
TRASH TAKEN OUT OF IBRAGIMOV-MORA
Normally there is a lot of trash talk between boxers during the final press conference before they are to exchange fists. But yesterday, Sultan Ibragimov and his promoters rolled out...
PURE PRO DISAPPOINTS AGAIN
On snowy day when leading riders Eibar Coa and Ramon Dominguez had one winner between them, C.C. Lopez won pair of races, as did Chantal Sutherland, including pick 6 buster...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Broncos, Ramsey reach deal The Broncos won the battle for backup quarterback Patrick Ramsey, with ESPN.com learning the club has reached a contract deal with the five-year veteran. Ramsey,...
HUNTER SUSPENDED FOR DIET DRUG
Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter was suspended 10 games without pay by the NBA yesterday after testing positive for phentermine, a banned substance primarily used for weight loss. "I'm as shocked...
CTK, ST. RAYMOND WILL MEET IN FINAL
CHSAA PLAYOFFS Not many people expected Christ the King to beat Rice after the Raiders handed CTK an 80-69 loss in their regular season finale. Even fewer people thought St....
SIX EYE NYRA FRANCHISE
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who re-opened the bidding to operate the state's three major racetracks when the New York Racing Association's franchise expires at the end of this year, announced yesterday...
HELP FROM ABOVE
The small inscriptions scrawled in blue ink on the outside of Curtis Sumpter's sneakers that read, "RIP: A.S.," likely went unnoticed by the DePaul players yesterday as he was leading...
NEW-LOOK ORANGE MAKE UCONN BLUE
FIRST ROUND There's a new look to Syracuse, trendy uniforms unveiled yesterday featuring even wider, baggier shorts and tight, fitted shirts. Coach Jim Boeheim hardly noticed. "I don't pay much...
JOHNNIES RECAPTURE GARDEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE
THERE was a moment last night when you could almost hear St. John's University begin to breathe again, growl again, prowl again. There was a moment, early in the second...
RED FLAME OUT
FIRST ROUND St. John's came home again last night, home to the building where Walter Berry (1986) and Anthony Glover (2000) led the Red Storm to Big East Conference titles....
MOUNTAINEERS CLIMB
FIRST ROUND If the NCAA selection committee is going to leave West Virginia out of the Big Dance, the Mountaineers are making it a hard decision. They keep padding their...
ROCK OF RAGES
John Rocker was celebrating his one-year anniversary with his girlfriend in Manhattan when he heard his name had been linked to a steroid investigation. Sports Illustrated reported Tuesday that Rocker's...
SLUMPING DEVILS ON JOURNEY THROUGH 'L'
PITTSBURGH - Contenders or just defenders? The Devils' three-game winless streak raised the doubts. Now they face three games of truth serum. They don't wow, but won often enough to...
ONE GIANT KICKER: IT'S NOT FEELY
If the game is close and the Giants next season need a game-winning field goal, chances are Josh Huston will be lining up to attempt the kick? Who? Yes, the...
'BIG' TASK FOR CURRY
A grizzly-faced Eddy Curry looked like a big old bear at yesterday's Knicks practice. Problem is, Curry has looked too cuddly this past week, appearing like he may have hit...
ACHING LEE BAGS PRACTICE
David Lee's status for the Knicks' game Saturday in Washington took a turn for the worse yesterday when he had to shut it down midway through practice because of ankle...
PARK PRODUCES IN DEBUT
PORT ST. LUCIE - Chan Ho Park had a strong outing in his first spring start of the season. Park, the Met right-hander who is contending for a spot in...
CALL IT PORT SAINT PEDRO
PORT ST. LUCIE - It is spring training, the perfect time to dream. So in the sun-splashed moments late yesterday morning when Pedro Martinez was throwing a baseball on a...
MET ACE FEELS GREAT AFTER PLAYING CATCH
PORT ST. LUCIE - After he walked out of the minor-league clubhouse yesterday morning, Pedro Martinez made a remark about what he saw. "It's so bright out there," he said....
FRANK-LY, NETS COACH 'FINE'
HOUSTON - The Nets have squandered opportunity after opportunity. Too often, teams they seek to catch in the playoff race lose and the Nets go belly up as well. Now...
BLACK & BLUESHIRTS
The Rangers' 2-1 shootout victory over the Islanders on Monday came at a costly price to the Blueshirts. Surging Marcel Hossa left in the second period due to an MCL...
FOLLY ROGER
TAMPA - Leave it to Roger Clemens to turn a mundane exhibition game between the Reds and Yankees into an event. Twenty-five minutes before the first pitch at Legends Field...
PETTITTE HAND HIT BY BAT
TAMPA - The Yankees received a scare in the first inning when Chris Denorfia's shattered bat caught Andy Pettitte on the left hand as Pettitte went to the dirt to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 7-year-old Wisconsin girl called the cops on her grandfather because she thought he was cheating in a game of cards they were playing. She called 911, then quickly hung...
Clemens arrives at Legends Field; still not sure if he will pitch this season.
By GEORGE KINGHe is throwing BP to minor leaguers in the Astros camp and appears to be in good shape. But Roger Clemens, 44, isn't sure if he wants to...