February 10, 2006
A SHADY DEAL FOR OAKLEY
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amOne company will now sell many of the dark shades dawned by superstar athletes and Hollywood celebrities. Well-known athletic eyewear-maker Oakley Inc., whose ads feature Lance Armstrong and Annika Sorenstam,...
XM LANDS OPRAH - STOCK POPS ON WINFREY'S 3-YR. $55M CONTRACT
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTalk show queen Oprah Winfrey is joining XM Satellite Radio, becoming the latest big-name personality to cash in on the satellite industry's high-stakes battle for exclusive content. Winfrey inked a...
TAX SWITCHEROO SLAMS SMALL APT. OWNERS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amIn an embarrassing about-face for the Bloomberg administration, the city Department of Finance just gave small apartment house owners tax boosts instead of dramatic cuts. The new figures, on which...
BIG ERRORS BY BEAR BRING BIG BOARD HIT
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe New York Stock Exchange slammed Bear Stearns yesterday, fining the firm $1.5 million for bungling trades and allowing money transfers by a Russian client involved in suspicious behavior. The...
GOOGLE AUCTIONS BIDS FOR PRINT ADS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amInternet giant Google is now holding online auctions to sell ads that will appear in about 30 magazines. Advertisers can bid on space, ranging from a quarter-page to a full-page...
MOUSE GAMES - IGER DEALS MICHAELS, SECURES OSWALD
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amMickey Mouse was reunited yesterday with his father after 78 years as an orphan, when Walt Disney boss Bob Iger bought back Disney's very first cartoon character as part of...
ROLL THE DICE ONLINE FOR ENRON VERDICTS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThanks to online gambling sites, former Enron employees might be able to win back their lost nest eggs betting on the fate of their indicted former employers. Internet gambling portal...
CARTE BLANCHE - FCC CHIEF BACKS ITEMIZED CABLE TV
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amLower-priced "a la carte" television for cable and satellite subscribers moved a step closer to reality yesterday with surprise backing from the Federal Communications Commission. Regulators said in a new...
TIME INC. LAD MAG HEADS FOR SMALL SCREEN
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTHE long-awaited online 'zine for lads that has been under development at Time Inc. for a year, Officepirates.com, is slated to debut on Feb. 22, Media Ink has learned. The...
'VERA' POPULAR - LIZ, ST. JOHN AND KOHL'S TALKING DEALS WITH WANG
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amVera Wang's moment has arrived. The designer, who has gone far beyond her bridal-gown roots to oversee a company that produces dresses, shoes, jewelry and even china, is being courted...
MAKES NO CENTS - DAILY NEWS' PROMOTIONAL STUNT BACKFIRES
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe circulation-challenged Daily News appears to have blundered in its latest promotion with a major supermarket chain by pegging its price so low it was ineligible to be counted as...
GOLIN'S LAD 'ZINE HEADS FOR SMALL SCREENS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTHE long-awaited online 'zine for lads that has been under development at Time Inc. for a year, Officepirates.com, is slated to debut on Feb. 22, Media Ink has learned. The...
IT'S THE DOUR OF 'LONDON'
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amLONDON[*] (One star) All-night jerkathon. Running time: 92 minutes. Rated R (profanity, nudity, drug abuse). At the Angelika and the Empire. REASONABLE people can disagree about whether it's fun to...
HARRISON BORED
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amFIREWALL[* 1/2] (One and one-half stars) Not wild about Harry. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, profanity). At the E-Walk, the Cinema 1, the Village East, others. ANY movie...
CHIMP OFF THE OLD BOOK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amCURIOUS GEORGE[**] (Two stars) You lost me at hello. Running time: 77 minutes. Rated G (nothing offensive). At the E-Walk, the East 86th St., the 19th St. East, others. LET's...
A DEAD BALM
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amFINAL DESTINATION 3[** 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) Fatality follies. Running time: 92 minutes. Rated R (gory violence, profanity, nudity). At the Magic Johnson, the 84th Street, 19th Street East,...
OLD YOUNG'S MUSIC MIRED IN SAP
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amNEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD[**] (Two stars) Even rust would sleep. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated PG (mild cuss words). At the Union Square, 13th Street and Broadway. TIME has...
GRAMMYS LOST IN ROAR OF 'IDOL'
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amWEDNESDAY'S "American Idol" raked in nearly 30 million viewers - almost doubling the audience watching the Grammys on CBS. The huge numbers on "Idol" and a strong performance from its...
PRACTICE SWINGS - BACKSTAGE PEEK AT A RISKY 'TARZAN'
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amOUT at the old Brooklyn Navy Yard, deep inside the hulking new Steiner Studios complex, what may turn out to be the riskiest musical ever to open on Broadway is...
SHOULDA CINEMA COMING
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amFILM GEEK[***] (Three stars)Running time: 78 minutes. Not rated (profanity, partial nudity, drug use). At the Quad, 34 W. 13th St. THE breezy slacker comedy "Film Geek" is basically a...
CLOU-SO-SO - BUMBLING FLAT CAT FAILS TO ARREST; NOT EVEN CLOUSEAU TO ORIGINAL
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amDA-DUM-da-dumped into theaters for the bleak midwinter after it was ruled not funny enough for last summer, the relaunch of "The Pink Panther" is one puny puma. Comedy ain't baseball;...
BUZZIN' FOR ELEPHANT COUSINS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amIT'S time to celebrate. The Grammys are over for another year - and lost to "American Idol" in the TV ratings - and it will be a full 12 months...
STARR REPORT
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amDoggy 'do pulls #s Last Sunday's "Puppy Bowl II" averaged 687,000 viewers on Animal Planet - up 8 percent over last year. For those who watched, and voted on the...
FILM PICK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amUnwinding suspensefully from the point of view of a little boy who lives in the French embassy in London, the Hitchcockian thriller "The Fallen Idol" (1948) brought together writer Graham...
PARTY'S OVER - 'ARRESTED' ENDS AS IT BEGAN-FUNNY BUT OBSCURE
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTONIGHT is a dream come true for "Arrested Development" fans-what's left of them, that is. According to Nielsen, they still number in the low 4 millions, but that's not enough...
WELCOME TO THE GUTTER - GANGS' WHOLE NEW WORLD OF 'DANGER'
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amWHILE we're lulled into a strange, but false feeling of safety watching "The Sopranos" - which brilliantly portrays the declining U.S. Mafia, ruled by overweight, out-of-shape men who generally keep...
MARY'S HOT PICK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTHE Temptations have had more than 20 members since the group formed in Detroit in 1961, but one original member, Otis Williams (driving) , is still standing - and singing....
BRAVEST IN LOCKER $HOCKER
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA probationary firefighter was busted yesterday for using a gift card he allegedly snatched from a fellow smoke-eater in their Queens firehouse, authorities said. Michael Hengerle, 25, was arrested at...
U.S. FOILED QAEDA L.A. PLOT: BUSH
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday revealed new details of a thwarted 9/11-type plot to fly a plane into the tallest skyscraper in Los Angeles - and said America stopped it,...
THE 'CARTOON WARS': R-E-S-P-E-C-T
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amIN his brilliant and much-misunderstood book "The End of History and the Last Man," Francis Fukuyama describes how the "need for recognition" has become the governing force in the world...
'HOT' OFF THE PRESS - SIZZLING POST IS SWIPED AND SOLD BY NEWS NITWITS: COPS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA dimwitted Daily News delivery driver apparently wasn't selling enough Snoozes to make ends meet, so he and a pal allegedly swiped copies of The Post from a newsstand -...
LIVID LARRY STICKS TO GUNS ON WTC
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amGround Zero developer Larry Silverstein launched a counter-attack on City Hall yesterday, vowing that he'll never walk away from the World Trade Center site before he has replaced all of...
THE BENIHANA SHRIMP WALKS - EATERY CLEARED IN DINER'S DEATH
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe killer shrimp didn't fly. A Long Island jury yesterday cleared the famed Benihana restaurant chain in the death of a man whose family claimed he was done in by...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTHE BRONX (s, lcf) * An Eastchester middle-school teacher was arrested after he grabbed an 11-year-old student by the throat and dragged him out of his classroom, cops said. Osagie...
MAYOR: AXED SOLITAIRE GUY WAS FAIR 'GAME'
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe city worker fired for playing solitaire on his office computer wasn't dealt a bad hand, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday "I don't think it was an overreaction at all," the...
KIDS TAKE LONGER TO GRAD HS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe percentage of city high-school students graduating after four years fell slightly last year, reversing a trend that became a political hot potato in the mayoral election, figures released yesterday...
'FAMILY-KILLING' HUSBAND NABBED - FLED MASS. FOR ENGLAND AFTER SLAYS OF WIFE, BABY
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amDistraught over his business failings, a man shot to death his wife and baby daughter in Massachusetts before chickening out of the murder-suicide plot and fleeing to England, British authorities...
VEEP CREEP CRASHES UP HIS CACHE
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA city transportation worker crashed his minivan into a tree on Staten Island, and cops found a stockpile of assault weapons, knives and drugs in his vehicle - and a...
POL SHOUTS AT NIXZMARY KIN
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA furious Bronx state assemblywoman yesterday shouted down the family of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown, publicly rebuking the girl's grandmother for not taking responsibility for the child's murder. The killing of...
CARTOON CLERIC LINKED TO BLIND SHEIK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Danish cleric who lit the fuse of the violent Muslim cartoon protests is a follower of convicted World Trade Center bombing mastermind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, U.S. counter-terrorism...
BUILDER BEATS UNION-BRIBERY RAP
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe head of a construction company demolished the feds' case that he paid thousands of dollars in bribes to mob-connected union officials in order to save barrels of money in...
TWU TALKS ON SLOW TRACK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amRoger Toussaint and the MTA aren't talking, union officials said yesterday, they're just talking about talking. There have been no "high-level negotiations," this week as the MTA claims, a union...
IMMIGRANT NIGHTMARE - MOM IN FEDS' GRIP LOSES TWIN BABIES
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amFederal agents who seized an illegal Chinese immigrant in Philadelphia - hustling her off to JFK Airport for deportation - ignored the pregnant woman's pleas for medical help for so...
BAGGAGE-THIEF SCREENER JAILED
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA former Transportation Security Administration agent who was supposed to be looking out for bombs was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for stealing cash and jewelry from the...
GRETZKY-WIRETAP ICE STORM - TALKED ABOUT HOW TO HIDE WIFE'S GAMBLING
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amIt looks as if the "Great One" is skating on thin ice. Wayne Gretzky was recorded on a wiretap talking with his assistant coach - the alleged mastermind of an...
JUDGE FREEING 10 PERVS - NIXES PATAKI AGAIN
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge says the state's inaction is forcing her to order the release of another 10 violent sexual predators. State Supreme Court Justice Jacqueline Silbermann yesterday found that the...
AIDES TORMENTED BUS KID, 8 - TAUNTS AS AUTISTIC BOY BANGED HEAD
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTwo heartless special-ed bus workers are under criminal investigation for doing nothing to stop an 8-year-old autistic boy from repeatedly slamming his head against a seat - and making fun...
TEAM BIG 'FESSES UP TO A BAD BET
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe Phoenix Coyotes' vice president and general manager has admitted he placed a $500 bet on the Super Bowl through the illegal gambling ring allegedly run by assistant coach Rick...
'BADA BING' BUST
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA New Jersey go-go lounge made famous as the location for "The Sopranos" Bada Bing club became linked to a real-life mob drama yesterday, when prosecutors announced the strip joint's...
ALARMING RESPONSE - FDNY'S TIME SLOWS BY 14 TICKS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amCity firefighters took 14 seconds longer to get to burning buildings and the number of civilians who died in fires jumped dramatically this year, Mayor Bloomberg's report card on city...
HS BIG IN PERV ARREST - SICKO SEX CALLS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe handsome, blue-eyed principal of a posh Hamptons high school was busted yesterday after cops say he terrorized at least seven women with scores of twisted, sexually explicit phone calls...
'DONUTS' SUSPECT MAY NOT BE KILLER
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amRobbery charges were filed late yesterday against an ex-con suspected in a string of recent stickups - even as investigators admitted they were all but convinced that he is not...
MIKE'S ALWAYS BEEN A SLACKER WHACKER
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is known as a tough and demanding boss who's willing to forgive mistakes and errors of judgment - but not goofing off. Lollygagging "would make him crazy," said...
BUSTA PAYS HIS RESPECTS - GOES TO GUARD'S WAKE, VOWS TO CARE FOR 3 KIDS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA "very sincere" Busta Rhymes prayed over the body of his slain bodyguard yesterday and vowed to take care of his three young sons - even as he refused to...
FLAP OVER JUDGE'S LAWYER
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amSupporters of eccentric former Brooklyn Judge John Phillips said yesterday that they planned to file a complaint today with the state's attorney general, accusing the jurist's court-appointed lawyer of selling...
BRITNEY: KID STUNT DUMB
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amOops! I was a real jerk! Britney Spears (above) has finally taken responsibility for her boneheaded decision to drive along a busy highway with her 16-week-old son precariously propped in...
OH, SNOW! IT'S 6 IN THE CITY
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amSnow is coming, and it's likely to be the biggest dose of the white stuff so far this winter. Forecasters say we could get more than 6 inches when the...
RITES FOR 'FRIENDLY FIRE' COP
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA wake for fallen NYPD Officer Eric Hernandez is scheduled from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at the Ballard-Durand Funeral Home, at 2 Maple Ave. in White Plains....
JUDGE FORCES NYPD TO OPEN COPS' RECORDS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge smacked the NYPD yesterday, finding its policy of blocking access to its cops' personnel records is illegal. A group of 35 officers had filed suit, charging the...
CALL IT NYPD VROOM
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amYeehaw! The NYPD is going to add some more horsepower to its fleet of police cruisers by adding the muscle car perhaps best known as "The General Lee" from TV's...
SHOELESS ELLEN GETS THE BOOT - MOVES OUT OF RON'S PAD
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amExit, stage left. Actress Ellen Barkin packed up and moved out of soon-to-be-ex-husband Ron Perelman's Upper East Side mansion yesterday. The "Sea of Love" star directed an army of burly...
WIN-LOSE FOR BATTLING HASIDIM
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amAn upstate judge yesterday awarded control of an Orange County cemetery to one faction of the divided Satmar Hasidim - a ruling that could affect the sect's eight-year succession dispute....
ROB RAP VS. 'FORMER' SLAY SUSPECT
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amRobbery charges were filed late yesterday against an ex-con suspected in a string of recent stickups - even as investigators admitted they were all but convinced that he is not...
BRAVEST NAILED IN $HOCKER
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA probationary firefighter was busted yesterday for using a gift card he allegedly snatched from a fellow smoke-eater's locker at their Queens firehouse. Michael Hengerle, 25, was arrested at Engine...
MOM SLAIN IN AMBUSH
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens man ambushed his estranged girlfriend when she arrived to pick up their young son yesterday - and killed her with a fusillade of bullets, cops said. Christopher Cephas,...
L.I. REV HAD SEX WITH HIS 3 DAUGHTERS: DA
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amShocking charges of sexual abuse and incest have been leveled at the minister of a Long Island church, authorities said yesterday. The 53-year-old minister at a Westbury Baptist church -...
KID-KILL BLAME GAME - POL VS. NIXZMARY KIN
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA furious Bronx state assemblywoman yesterday shouted down the family of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown, publicly rebuking relatives for not taking responsibility for the child's murder. The murder of the little...
POSEN PACKS A WALLOP - PICKS UP THE SLACK IN BLACK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amZac Posen's love of drama possibly hit its apex last night, when he capped his Fashion Week show with a white satin and feather gown that undulated like a cloud....
3 GOLDEN GIRLS JOIN PETA FUR-Y
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTHE "Golden Girls" are ganging up on their biggest fan -Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley. The stars of the hit '80s sitcom - Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Bea Arthur...
'NEW' CALVIN A WINNER - PICKS UP THE SLACK IN BLACK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amEverything at Calvin Klein is shrinking: the runway, the run-of-show - and the collection was a mere 36 looks. Designer Francisco Costa was charged with communicating his message in a...
VEEP-HATE VAN FULLY LOADED - WITH GUNS & DRUGS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA city transportation worker crashed his minivan into a tree on Staten Island, and cops found a stockpile of assault weapons, knives and drugs in his vehicle - and a...
HOT OFF THE PRESS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA dimwitted Daily News delivery driver apparently wasn't selling enough Snoozes to make ends meet, so he and a pal allegedly swiped copies of The Post from a newsstand -...
HOYAS HAMMER RED STORM
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amG'town 64 - St. John's 41 WASHINGTON - St. John's tried to delay its fate, but like everything else last night, that failed, too. The Red Storm didn't take the...
LUCKY 13 - NETS AIM TO TIE HOME MARK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amSPURS at NETS Tonight 8:00 - YES; WFAN (660) The Nets seek to tie their franchise record for consecutive wins at home tonight - 13. The first 12, which represent...
ANOTHER STARRY NIGHT FOR CARTER
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amVince Carter is in, Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson are out. For the second straight year, Carter, the Nets' leading scorer, averaging 24.1 points, will be the area's lone representative...
NO GM IN SIGHT - ISLES' WANG WON'T RUSH HIRE
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThe Islanders have not been contacted by the NHL or law enforcement officials about the unraveling Rick Tocchet betting scandal, so owner Charles Wang's main concern right now remains hiring...
HILL CLIMBS BACK TO TOP
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Daryll Hill turned back the clock Saturday night, back to a time when his left knee didn't send arrows of pain shooting up his leg, back to a...
DOHERTY USES REX EFFECTS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amREX WALTERS was a 1993 Nets first-round pick because he could flat-out bury the basketball. He wasn't much of a distributor, nor did he tangle with the bigs. He was...
DEREK: DON'T FEEL ROG IS DONE YET
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amAdd Derek Jeter to the baseball fraternity that believes Roger Clemens' career isn't over. Tuesday, Joe Torre said he felt the Hall of Fame lock would return for a 22nd...
APPRENTICE INJURED IN SPILL
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amMahmoud Fustok, 70, owner of Buckram Oak Farm, was killed Wednesday in Pompano Beach, Fla., when he was struck by SUV that went out of control when driver suffered diabetic...
LANCE'S 26 LEAD LINCOLN PAST GRADY
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amLincoln 79 - Grady 76 Lance Stephenson has drawn attention since before he got to Lincoln this year. Yesterday, he showed why he has gotten so much hype. The freshman...
MICHAELS WAS DEALT FOR RABBIT
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amDo you believe in signed contracts? No! Al Michaels and NBC made it official yesterday, announcing that Michaels would be John Madden's partner on "Sunday Night Football" next season. What...
KNICKS IN CELLAR'S MARKET
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amPOETIC justice reared its droll, ottoman-sized head Wednesday night; on the very evening of the Grammy Awards, the Knicks earned worst record of the year. Payola, anyone? In the interest...
GIONTA'S GOAL BIG FOR DEVILS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amOT: Devils 3 - Bruins 2 BOSTON - By now, everyone can stop calling Brian Gionta a "good little hockey player." "There's no reason to put that second word in...
HOYAS DELIVER STORM DIRGE
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amG'town 64 - St. John's 41 WASHINGTON - Georgetown has a coach named Thompson on the bench, a 7-2 center likely headed for the NBA and a deep, talented bench....
BRODEUR WANTED GRETZ AT OLYMPICS ALL ALONG
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amBOSTON - Team Canada goalie Martin Brodeur stands squarely behind Wayne Gretzky's decision to lead the defending gold medalists into Turin next week. "Unless they charge him, he should be...
BRODEUR: GRETZ SHOULD STILL GO TO OLYMPICS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amBOSTON - Team Canada goalie Martin Brodeur says executive director Wayne Gretzky should still lead the defending gold medalists into Turin next week. "Unless they charge him, he should be...
IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE FOR WAYNE
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amAND so now the hockey question on everyone's mind isn't whether the Rangers actually have a chance to win the Stanley Cup or whether Canada can defend the Olympic Gold...
WITTY CARRIES FLAG FOR SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - The flag of the land of the free and the home of the brave will be in particularly appropriate hands at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies tonight. Chris...
OLYMPICS TAKING TURIN FOR WORSE - NHL GAMBLING SCANDAL COULD DOMINATE REST OF WINTER GAMES
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - The Olympic torch remains unlit, but the flames of controversy have begun to flicker at these Games. As preparations for tonight's opening ceremonies were being finalized yesterday,...
SWINDLER'S LIST - LARRY MADE REQUEST TO ISIAH MONTHS AGO
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amKNICKS at HORNETS - Tonight 8:00 - MSG; ESPN (1050) Wednesday, Larry Brown revealed that Isiah Thomas asked for a list of the type of players the Knicks should acquire....
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL LEFT ON BENCH FOR '12
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTurin 2006 Notebook TURIN, Italy - IOC members lobbying to get baseball and softball readmitted to the 2012 Olympics in London struck out yesterday. Yesterday was their last chance to...
CHILLING REMINDER - RECKLESS AD FORGETS DUNK DEATH
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amJOHN Mestre, a police sergeant in Vestal, N.Y., near Binghamton, said he'd just spoken with Brent Bowers Sr., whose son was killed nearly 13 years ago. Mestre said the Bowers...
LANGENBRUNNER GETS THE POINT
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amBOSTON - The Devils' new power-play point man remembers, barely, the last time he played there. "High school," Jamie Langenbrunner said. Now 30, the Devils' right wing is taking an...
THE POST'S TOP 25
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amRank (prev) -- TEAM -- RESULT -- NEXT 1 Connecticut (20-1) Beat Indiana, 88-80 vs Syracuse (1) Hoosiers. 2 Duke (21-1) Beat FSU, 97-96 in OT at N. Carolina (2)...
SWEDE SMELL OF SUCCESS - RANGERS' LUNDQVIST HAS ENOUGH METTLE TO MEDAL
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amAt least for now, the question isn't: What impact will the Olympics have on the Rangers? It is: What impact will the Rangers have on the Olympics? While there are...
NEW LOOK FOR MSG NETWORK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amWith SportsNet New York, the Mets' new cable network, set to begin next month, MSG Network is planning to re-launch its network with part of its new focus on entertainment,...
JAMAL NEEDS TO STEP IT UP
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES It's one of the last things Larry Brown ever expected to see: Jamal Crawford playing tentatively. "You have to understand he's been asked to play an entirely different...
POUND SAYS NHL ALSO HAS DRUG PROBLEM
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - Dick Pound hammered the NHL's drug-testing policy yesterday, saying the league has been in denial about performance-enhancing drugs. Pound, the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, said...
'SPEEDY' LIMIT - PETERSON SAYS HE'S 'ASHAMED' OF BODE
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - Jeret "Speedy" Peterson had just finished interviews with Matt Lauer and Nancy Kerrigan yesterday when Peterson was handed the phone for another session with a reporter. "I'm...
M-I-C YOU ALL DAY & NIGHT ON ESPN
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amIt's time ESPN eliminate the pretense and simply re-name "SportsCenter" The Disney Home Shopping Network. Monday night's "SportsCenter," repeated seven times Tuesday, was, of course, replete with sights, sounds and...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DAN JANSEN
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Olympic gold medalist Dan Jansen. Jansen, 40, will be a speed-skating analyst for NBC during the Olympics. Q: How much of...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amTo: Sports TV Execs From: Andrew Marchand Re: Jerome Bettis CC: Marcus Allen Dear Execs: Jerome Bettis is a future Hall of Famer. He has won a Super Bowl. And...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 10, 2006 | 5:00amA pod of whales did a better job than the U.S. Coast Guard in aiding a missing diver off the coast of Puerto Rico. Marcos Calzada Colon, 40 was reported...