June 8, 2007
GO WEST
I'm not normally a fan of Nine West, but I was just going through Nordstrom's half yearly sale (which is full of some great deals, mind you) and found some...
Ledee update
By MARK HALEThe Mets called up Ricky Ledee and sent down David Newhan. Ledee is set to bat ninth and play left tonight.Also, Pedro Martinez had his second bullpen session...
Motor City
By MARK HALEI'm at Comerica Park for the first time in four years right now. The last time I was here was the end of the 2003 season, and I...
Scene
Anna Griggs is a fashion intern. The bright green wrap is vintage Donna Karan from INA, a Vince top, and Rick Owens skirt with Christian Louboutin shoes and a bag...
Deal of the Day
Ahh...what to wear when the weather gets warm, but you still want to be somewhat incognito to the paparazzi?Rock this Baby Rib Sleeveless Hoodie from American Apparel for only $14.Originally...
LIVEBLOG/HANOI: Dark business
Kevin Raub There are plenty of places around Vietnam selling Western-style coffee. Just look for the ubiquitous "café" amongst the Vietnamese scrambles on signs here and you will be rewarded...
FIVE-THOUGHT FRIDAY: HOW WILL THE ROCKET DO
We are back with Five-Thought Friday: 1. Here is a big problem for Roger Clemens: He is at the point where he is at the mercy of a set-up crew...
Tribeca Shakeup: Scarlet 'Promoted' as Schaefer, Freccero Take Reins
Tribeca Film Festival executive director Peter Scarlet has apparently been kicked upstairs in a major reorganization following this year's much-criticized festival. Scarlet, who many felt made consistently mediocre programming choices...
Connery Takes a Pass
No, Sean Connery will not be coming out of retirement to reprise his role as Indiana Jones' father. In a statement posted to the official Indy website, Connery, who retired...
WYOMING - THE EQUALITY STATE
Wyoming became our nation's 44th state on July 10, 1890. Geographically, it's the 10th-largest state, covering 97,105 square miles, but it is the least-populated state, with only about 500,000 people....
FLIGHT OF FANCY
AMONG the many rumors floating about Vienna-bound Austrian Air flight 0S 1088 was that now-waifish Jenna Jameson had lost 50 pounds. It would explain why two rings slipped off her...
MIND-WOGGLING MUSIC
FEMALE-powered Lily Allen and Feist shows are sold out, but don't cry in your G&T. With the beginning of the summer music season, you may even find a free show....
SEASON OF 'SPRING'
BEFORE we get to Tony predictions (easy-peasy this year), let's talk about the Tony scandal. In a nutshell: Quite a few of the 740 Tony voters don't bother to see...
AFTER TONY, HBO HEADS TO DALLAS
TOM Hanks, who's already tackled World War II and John Adams for HBO, is set to take on the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Hanks will turn former L.A....
'RUFFIAN' WILL RUN AGAIN
THE ABC movie about horseracing legend Ruffian will air on Saturday after all. Ruffian's former trainer and jockey are suing Disney for $10 million over its "Ruffian" biopic. But an...
HEAD ON
NBC's new entertainment chief wants Rosie O'Donnell on his network- most likely for a prime-time gig. Ben Silverman, who replaced Kevin Reilly last month, "will do anything" to get O'Donnell...
'GREY'S ANATOMY' DOCTOR IS OUT
Troubled "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington was fired from the hit ABC show late yesterday. Washington, who played Dr. Preston Burke, was told his contract was not being renewed and...
STARR REPORT
Payne management The second episode of "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" went through the roof Wednesday night on TBS, setting a basic-cable sitcom record for viewers (6 million) and households...
ABDUL PERSONALITY
THE first line of the classic ballad "Hey Paula," for which Paula Abdul's upcoming reality show is named, goes: "Hey, hey Paula, I wanna marry you." Oh, boy. Doesn't that...
'SEX AND THE CITY' MOVIE A GO
'SEX and the City" is finally going to get the big-screen treatment. The show's star, Sarah Jessica Parker, says that a film based on the HBO comedy/drama is heading into...
LABUTE FANS FRATERNAL FLAMES, BUT THE LIGHT IS DIM
WHENEVER two siblings get together after many years - onstage, at least - you can expect dramatic revelations concerning secrets from the past. Neil LaBute doesn't mess with the formula...
2ND TIME OUT DOESN'T CUT IT
WITH its second entry, the "Hostel" series has already jumped, disemboweled and dismembered the shark. I gave the original three stars, but the sequel is a suspenseless rehash that takes...
THESE PENGUINS RIDE THE MILD SURF
FOR me, there can't be too many penguin movies. I look forward to flicks about penguins wielding cutlasses ("Penguins of the Caribbean"), devouring each other ("28 Herrings Later") or getting...
PORTRAYAL SOFTENS BIOPIC'S FLAWS
FRENCH actress Marion Cotillard delivers a tour de force as legendary singer Édith Piaf in "La Vie En Rose," an otherwise conventional and sometimes confusing portrait about yet another tortured...
MAN HAS A NOSE FOR NOOSE
IT is always nice, I think, when a young man goes into the same profession as his father and uncle. I make an exception, however, in the case of the...
A REAL CLASS ACT
THE mockumentary "Chalk" begins with the disturbing news that 50 percent of new teachers quit within the first three years, then takes us through nine months at a middle-class public...
BELLE TOUJOURS
JUST because Manoel de Oliveira is 98 (yes, 98) years old doesn't mean the revered Portuguese filmmaker is ready for the rocking chair. He keeps turning out films with the...
IN PREVIEW
"BEYOND GLORY": A one-man show relating the stories of eight heroes of three different wars. Laura Pels Theatre, 111 W. 46th St.; (212) 719-1300. Opens June 21. "THE BUTCHER OF...
BROADWAY
"A CHORUS LINE": Two and a half stars A clean carbon copy of a great original. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "COMPANY": Three stars Exuberant revival...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": Three stars John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": Two and a half stars Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; (212) 307-4747....
OFF-BROADWAY
"ALTAR BOYZ": Three stars This musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands manages to be funny and entertaining despite its one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (877) 226-9941....
POP, ROCK, FOLK
JOSS STONE: The British soul singer will kick off Central Park's Summerstage concerts tonight at 6:30 with a benefit performance. Central Park, 69th Street at Fifth Avenue; (212) 360-2777. COLLECTIVE...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: James Carter Organ Trio. Sunday: Todd Londagin Big Band. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Trio Beyond. 131 W. Third St.; (212)...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: Western Carolina University Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet at Weill Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Pianist Dmitry Alexeev at Bargemusic, 8 p.m. Da Capo Chamber Players at the Knitting Factory, 74...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Sunday and Monday: Barbara Carroll. 59 W. 44th St.; (212) 467-7444. CARNEGIE CLUB: Tomorrow: Steve Maglio performs Sinatra. 156 W. 56th St.; (212) 957-9676. FEINSTEIN'S: Through June 16: Michael...
DANCE
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER: Today, members of the Lori Belilove & Company and various guest dancers perform the New York premiere of "The EveryWoman Series: The Red Thread." Tickets are $28....
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Through Sunday, Manoel de Oliveira's "The Fifth Empire" (2004). 32 Second Ave.; (212) 505-5181. BAM ROSE CINEMAS: "Sundance Institute at BAM series." Tonight at 8, Jeffrey Blitz's...
COMEDY
CAROLINES: Through Sunday: Chelsea Handler. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMEDY CELLAR: Today and tomorrow: Colin Quinn, John Joseph, Sherrod Small. 117 MacDougal St.; (212) 254-3480. COMIX: Today and tomorrow: Caroline...
MUSEUMS
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Central Park West at 79th Street; (212) 769-5000. BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS: 1040 Grand Concourse; (718) 681-6000. BROOKLYN MUSEUM: 200 Eastern Parkway; (718) 638-5000....
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
Today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on West Broadway between Barclay and Chambers streets; (212) 809-4900.TRIBECA COMMUNITY FAIR: Today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on West Broadway between...
MUSEUM PICK
COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM: "Design for the Other 90%" highlights the increasingly popular trend of creating affordable and socially responsible objects made for the 90 percent of the population that...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * DON HENLEY plays tonight and tomorrow night at 8 in the Borgata's Event Center. Tickets: $95-$150. Comedian STEVEN WRIGHT performs tomorrow at 9 p.m. in the Music...
FILM PICK
Legendary jazz musician turned druggie and drunk Chet Baker, shown with friend and trumpet, in Bruce Weber's 1988 portrait "Let's Get Lost." A restored version of the film, unseen in...
MARY'S HOT PICK
Oscar Peterson and his 50-year-plus career will be honored tonight at Carnegie Hall (154 W. 57th St., at Seventh Avenue; [212] 247-7800). The 82-year-old jazz pianist (pictured) grew up in...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1 train: No trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. Normal service resumes Sunday at 5 a.m. 2, 3 trains: Trains run local between 96th and Chambers streets. Normal service...
CITY LOBBYISTS HIT $44 MILLION JACKPOT
The income of firms lobbying the city leaped 22 percent last year to a record $44 million, the City Clerk's Office reported yesterday. Lobbyist Suri Kasirer shattered the $3 million...
GOV BOOSTS MIKE'S TRAFFIC-PRICING PLAN
Gov. Spitzer yesterday made his strongest statement in support of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion-pricing plan, calling it inevitable. "This is not really a question of whether, it's a question of when...
FALLING FELINE ALERT
Cats, it turns out, don't always land on their feet. Not according to veterinarians who treat the nimble felines after they've fallen out of windows or down stairwells, tragic victims...
EDWARDS: GIULIANI'S LOSING PLAN
Democratic White House hopeful John Edwards came to New York yesterday and smacked Rudy Giuliani on his strongest issue, saying the ex-mayor "will never be elected" if he embraces President...
WHOLLY COW!
Yes, that was a live cow calmly chewing her cud on Central Park West yesterday - and the legendary Elsie milked the attention for all it was worth. The curly-horned...
SCHOOL'S DEFIANCE UNFURLED
An Upper East Side high school is waging a war of words - the printed kind - with the Department of Education over a banner protesting the school's pending eviction...
'MOB WAR' FEAR AFTER B'KLYN HIT
A member of the Genovese crime family was found slain execution-style in his Brooklyn home yesterday - only two days after a Gambino capo's son narrowly escaped an attempt on...
MIDGET MURDER
The short, troubled life of a drug-dealing Harlem midget came to a violent end yesterday when he was gunned down while guzzling beer and shooting dice outside a housing project....
'MOB FED' DEFENDANT PASSES ON PLEA
The crumbling murder case against a co-defendant of rogue FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio reached a new low yesterday when the accused killer laughed off a prosecutor's deal for two to...
POL PIPES UP ON JFK SECURITY
The state attorney general needs to step up and resolve an ongoing dispute over who is responsible for security at a vulnerable New York City pipeline, Rep. Vito Fossella said...
MISSING TEEN 'HAD SEX' WITH CONN. MAN
The missing 15-year-old girl discovered by police stashed in a cramped, secret room had been having a sexual relationship with the demented owner of the house of horrors before she...
TEACHER IN A LIP-LOCK SHOCK
A schoolteacher has been busted for giving lessons in French - kissing, that is - to an 11-year-old boy who was one of her pupils, officials said yesterday. Sonia Vargas,...
LIMO CROOK RODE INTO OFFICE: DA
The president of a Brooklyn limousine company used his position to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars - which he spent on a successful run for political office in his...
NEIGHBORS FIGHT GANGS
A group of good citizens in Brooklyn helped clear their streets of five gangs that sold crack, cocaine and marijuana after complaints at a community meeting launched a sweeping investigation....
B'KLYN FIRE KILLS BABY
A fire ripped through a Brooklyn apartment last night - killing a 1-year-old girl and injuring her two young siblings. Melanie Webb died of smoke inhalation as she napped inside...
'GREENER' DAYS AFTER GLOOM & BOOM
The site where a deranged doctor committed suicide by blowing up his multimillion-dollar townhouse is going from boom to bloom. The lot's current owner, RIGroup CEO Janna Bullock, is planning...
SICK OVER RX
A Long Island mom said she was shocked to find out her local pharmacy had closed and sold her confidential medical records to another pharmacy without notifying her. Randee Lonergan,...
DWI DAD IS SENT AWAY
A 13-year-old boy could do nothing but watch tearfully yesterday as his father was taken away for killing his mother in a DWI accident two years ago. Young Thomas Bain...
SUFFOLK THE IVY LEAGUE OF POLICE DEPTS.
Believe it or not, a person has a better chance of getting into Harvard than of getting a job with the Suffolk County Police Department. A stunning 29,300 people have...
COP HANGS UP HER GOLD SHIELD
Detective Deborah Patchen retired yesterday after a 20-year career nearly cut short by a thug's bullet in 1993. Patchen, who joined the force in 1987, worked in East New York's...
RIDING TO NYRA'S RESCUE
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer is considering a plan to allow the scandal-plagued and bankrupt New York Racing Association to continue operating the state's three thoroughbred racetracks for another 20 years...
TRIO SHOT DEAD IN B'KLYN
A Brooklyn gunman ended the lives of three young men early yesterday with a handful of .45-caliber shots. Brandon Graves, 16, Delroy Gumbs, 18, and Michael Robinson, 21, were sitting...
MALL MANIAC'S DRIVE-THROUGH
A Long Island man crashed his car into an indoor mall last night and took a wild ride, scattering shoppers and destroying at least one business before smashing his way...
$1 MIL BORK CHOP
Former Supreme Court nominee and Yale University Professor Robert Bork has had a million-dollar falling-out with the famed school's posh Manhattan clubhouse - or maybe a falling-down. The 80-year-old legal...
SUN SHINES ON FRED
WASHINGTON - Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson has surged into second place in Florida behind Rudy Giuliani, according to a Republican presidential poll released yesterday. Thompson is still officially undeclared,...
NEW BUG'S LIFE FOUND
Medical super-sleuths have discovered a species of bacteria that science never knew existed in an American tourist who went hiking in Peru and came home with insect bites on her...
POOR LI'L RICH PARIS IS FREE
LYNWOOD, Calif. - Despondent jailbird Paris Hilton, teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown, was plucked from her cell yesterday after serving just three days behind bars, and returned...
W.'S IMMIGRATION BILL DENIED ENTRY
A White House-backed bill that would legalize millions of unlawful immigrants suffered a body blow last night when it failed a decisive test vote in the Senate - handing President...
CNN'S BAD NEW$
The steamy e-mails that landed a CNN reporter in the news and out of a job detailed more than his adulterous affair - they revealed that the Africa correspondent apparently...
PUTIN'S PLAN ON DUBYA'S RADAR
The threat of a new Cold War eased yesterday after President Bush agreed to study a surprise proposal from Russia's Vladimir Putin to share a missile-defense system based in a...
JURY KICKS 'KICKBACK' U.N. GUY
A federal jury took just four hours to convict a greedy U.N. official of steering a stunning $100 million in contracts to companies controlled by a rich business pal in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A Bronx man was arrested for shooting an acquaintance on the Upper West Side amid an ongoing dispute, authorities said yesterday. Candido Baez, 23, of University Heights, was apprehended...
'NATIONAL PRIMARY' IS LAST STRAW FOR SMALL STATES
WASHINGTON - Unlike past contests, the 2008 presidential primary is shaping up to be a national election - with the influence of small, early-voting states dramatically diminished. This election shift...
JUSTICE AS PHONY AS L.A. ITSELF
PERHAPS it was her dedication to positive thinking. Or maybe it was her prayers at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. But if you believe that, then the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 603; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 9156; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 805; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 3752;...
PARIS' PRIVILEGE
The sheriff engineered the jailbreak. Imagine that. Actually, it's not hard to imagine. Paris Hilton is a Privileged Person, which means in this particular case she gets to do the...
GANGS & ADULT ENABLERS
What a city: Kids - many with ties to a violent Bushwick gang and some perhaps even gang members themselves - "organize" to assert their political "rights." And if that...
AMATEURS - NOT
BEFORE the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, al Qaeda targeted another U.S. destroyer. It wanted to hit the USS The Sullivans. But as recounted in Lawrence Wright's Pulitzer...
ISRAEL'S GREAT ROBOT HOPE
TEL AVIV 'SHOOTING and Crying": The Israeli song, popular back in 1987, protested the killing of stone-throwing street kids during the early days of the first Palestinian intifada. Many here...
ENDING NY'S DEVELOPMENT DIVISIONS
NEW Yorkers know what they want when it comes to development in their neighborhoods. From Morningside Heights to the Brooklyn waterfront, city residents are constantly debating development plans and rezoning...
SHERIFF DUBYA VS. VLAD THE KID
-T-HOSE European city slickers spent years accusing President Bush of being an outlaw cowboy - only to learn, to their dismay, that the real bad hombre in the black hat...
HONORING USS LIBERTY
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the attack on the USS Liberty by Israel's sea and air forces in international waters, in which 34 U.S. sailors were killed and another...
WRITING OFF THE ENEMY: TIMES' TAKE ON TERROR
THE ISSUE: The New York Times' coverage of the terror plot against JFK airport's fuel line. "Gray Lady, Grim Agenda" (Editorial, June 5) is certainly one for the books in...
THE DOW JONES & CO. GOLD MINE
As potential bidders circle Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co., the company is offering sweetened severance pacts to an additional 135 executives if it is sold. The move,...
STREET $TRESS
Wall Street's on the run from its most feared devil - global inflation - causing a new rout in stocks and a desperate shift in hundreds of billions in cash....
DUNN WRONG: NEWS BOUNCES 2 EDITORS
DAILY News Editor-in-Chief Martin Dunn yesterday shook up his newsroom, bouncing two longtime editors and bringing back two former editors in a sweeping reorganization that he clearly hopes will reverse...
A RICH SOUND
To sing in this recording studio, you'd better have pipes of gold. Carrying a price tag of $1.065 million, the state-of-the-art room, housed on the bottom floor of socialite Denise...
PARSONS: CABLE BIZ SHAKEOUT COMING
If there was any doubt that the motto for publicly traded cable companies is get big or get out, Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons erased it with his comments yesterday....
FUNDS TRY SQUEEZE PLAY VS. TRIBUNE
Billionaire Sam Zell's first days as a media mogul are being spent deflecting legal arrows from hedge funds aiming to squeeze extra millions from his purchase of Tribune Co. Experts...
MACY'S SLUMPS
Macy's Inc. reported further evidence yesterday that stores it acquired through a merger with the May Department Stores Co. continue to be a drag on sales. For the month of...
ANN TAYLOR TAPS HOLTZ AS TOP LOFT MERCHANT
Ann Taylor named Diane Holtz to oversee merchandising for its troubled Loft division, confirming a story in The Post about her impending appointment. Holtz will report directly to Ann Taylor...
FEDS DIG UP MICHAEL VICK'S YARD
Federal investigators have taken over the Michael Vick dogfighting probe and yesterday began digging up property owned by the NFL quarterback. A search warrant drawn up by a Surry County,...
NICE GUY TRIES TO FINISH FIRST
SAN ANTONIO - Who's more pleasantly loquacious at the post-game podium (anywhere, anytime, actually; he never fails to return a call, even on game day) than Cavaliers conductor Mike Brown?...
TARNISHED TARVER TALKS TOUGH
ANTONIO Tarver hasn't fought in nearly a year, but his mouth remains in a rare form. Tarver, who lost his light heavyweight title to Bernard Hopkins last June in Atlantic...
DON'T BOUNCE
THE 139th Belmont Stakes tomorrow, by near unanimous consent among horsemen, boils down to a simple proposition: Curlin vs. The Rest. To a man, they believe the giant chestnut, fresh...
CURLIN'S TASK: DON'T BOUNCE
Preakness winner Curlin is the fastest horse in tomorrow's 139th Belmont Stakes - the fastest horse, in fact, to run in the Triple Crown since Smarty Jones, who was the...
REDS DRAFT RU'S FRAZIER
Todd Frazier first made a name for himself in 1998 when he helped Toms River (N.J.) to the Little League World Series title in Williamsport, Pa. And the shortstop was...
RODRIGUEZ BAT LEADS MONROE INTO FINALS
When Manny Rodriguez arrived in the United States from the Dominican Republic last year, he didn't speak English, but he knew about the Monroe High School baseball team. "Everyone has...
SUNRIVER SHINES IN GRASS DEBUT
Sunriver, winner of last year's Peter Pan for Todd Pletcher, then third in Belmont Stakes, didn't have much luck since. After being injured in Jim Dandy at Saratoga, didn't race...
REGIS RALLIES INTO TITLE GAME
When Regis opened the CHSAA Intersectional playoffs with a loss to seventh-seeded Stepinac, it would have been hard to picture the Raiders eventually playing for the city title. But four...
TOP-FLIGHT FOURSOME IN N.Y. STATE OF MIND
A joint Nets-Knicks workout yesterday brought together two big bodies and two perimeter types - with all four possessing the requisite skill to be a first-round pick in this year's...
PERFECT MATCHUP FOR LIBERTY, SHOCK
Contrary to what the NBA Finals would have you believe, in most sports you need more than one star to win games. Just ask the 5-0 Liberty, who, with their...
OTB TAKING BETS IN TIMES SQUARE
The New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation will open a temporary "wagering pavilion" in the heart of Times Square today and tomorrow in anticipation of tomorrow's 139th Belmont Stakes. The...
SUIT SEEKS NAMES IN RADOMSKI PROBE
Lawyers for the San Francisco Chronicle and Albany Times-Union filed court papers yesterday saying the government should make public the identities of as many as 23 players who received performance-enhancing...
HORSEMEN: CURLIN NOT A LOCK TO WIN
Horsemen at Belmont Park yesterday offered their selections for tomorrow's Belmont Stakes and not all of them jumped on the Curlin bandwagon. Here are their picks: BARCLAY TAGG (trained 2003...
HONDO: BEAT THE METS!
Hondo, who's riding that Met Misery Train, com pleted a sweep with the Phillies last night out at Flushing's Lame Duck Dump to elevate the earnings to a robust 540...
SPORTS SHORTS
FRENCH OPEN: Sharapova oustedMaria Sharapova never recovered from a slow start against Ana Ivanovic, a Serbian teenager who soared to a 6-2, 6-1 victory yesterday in the women's semifinals of...
PILLER JOINS GIANTS
Losing veteran depth on their offensive line with the expected move of Rich Seubert into the starting left guard spot, the Giants yesterday took a step to reclaim some of...
BOWENS JET SET
As the NFL free-agency period unfolded, one name that continued to surface through various sources as someone who wanted to be a Jet was David Bowens. The prevailing thought was...
FORD LEAVING KNICKS
Knicks assistant Phil Ford, one of Larry Brown's holdovers, is leaving the club to go back home and join the Charlotte Bobcats' new coaching staff. Ford's departure could lead Isiah...
RELIEF GRIEF
Billy Wagner's streak wasn't going to last forever, but given the circumstances, last night wasn't the time to finally blow one. Are the Mets ever going to win another game?...
HEY, DEAL WITH IT!
THE PHILLIES weren't offering to hus tle any Mets back from any MRI exam appointments, just to make their bid for a sweep a fair fight. "The first part of...
OREGON ST. CLOSER OPENS METS DRAFT
For the seventh time in eight years, the Mets used their first draft pick on a pitcher. The team selected Oregon State closer Eddie Kunz in the second round (No....
BURRELL HELPS BURY THE AMAZIN'S
A dramatic ninth-inning home run help lift Philadelphia to a 6-3 come-from-behind victory, and helped hand the Mets their season-high fourth straight defeat. Naturally, it came off the bat of...
CHAVEZ LATEST MET TO HIT DL
The Mets' outfield injury woes have gone from irritant to epidemic with the loss of Endy Chavez, who joined starters Moises Alou and Shawn Green on the disabled list yesterday....
YANKEES HIT TRIFECTA
CHICAGO - Derek Jeter gave Joe Torre a hug. Mariano Rivera presented the ball. Torre kept the lineup card. Friends called offering congratulations. Yet Mike Mussina wasn't pleased with the...
TEAM GIAMBI KEEPING LOW-PROFILE
Bud Selig issued the ultimatum, now we'll see how Jason Giambi responds. All sides were quiet yesterday, one day after Selig told Giambi to testify to George Mitchell or face...
TORRE: ROGER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SAVIOR
CHICAGO - When Roger Clemens comes roaring into The Bronx tomorrow, he will bring the usual mega-dose of intensity to Yankee Stadium. He will stalk the clubhouse, weight room and...
A-ROD HAPPY WITH YANKS' PICK
CHICAGO - Alex Rodriguez not only knows Andrew Brackman, he has seen the Yankees' first-round pick pitch. While visiting his neighbor, Ramon Corona, a second baseman at North Carolina State...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 66-year-old man in Iowa Hill, Calif., got his leg pinned under a tree - so he amputated it with a pocketknife. Al Hill was cutting trees in the woods...
Fire Bettman
I know I've said it a bunch of times already, and I just posted below ... but fans of hockey need to start a movement to get Bettman fired. Anyone...