July 16, 2007
NFC South breakdown
The Saints became an offensive juggernaut overnight last season. But the other residents of the NFC South did not share such good fortune.The Panthers dropped about a touchdown off their...
'Manhattan' Lives On
My friend Lee Hyonju and I had a perfectly marvelous Sunday afternoon watching Woody Allen's "Manhattan'' at the Film Forum. The black-and-white comedy -- one of Woody's three best films...
The Return of Patrick Tam
Hong Kong filmmaker Patrick Tam was at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater Saturday night for a party and a screening of "After This Our Exile,'' his first movie in 17...
Scene
Beccy Gibbs, a PR coordinator, wears a printed floral dress by aussi designer Maurie and Eve with white plastic shades from eBay, and a great ring a friend bought for...
Where did she get that?
Is a question we VERY rarely ask ourselves when it comes to Paris Hilton and her heinous sense of style.But when I saw her rocking Tulle's adorable cropped jacket last...
San Diego
When I landed here yesterday, I called a friend of mine back in New York, and when I told him I was in San Diego, he said something along the...
Deal of the Day
Wear these kitschy 80%20 Jody So LA Sneakers with a healthy dose of sarcastic east coast pride.The old school palm tree and sunset colors make these sneakers a cool pick...
Schedule
In case you haven't already seen it, the 2007-08 schedule was made available on Thursday.
MET LINEUP, DAMON AND FARNSWORTH
--Donât you get the feeling that â even at full strength â Willie Randolph is going to be forced to play Ramon Castro, Ruben Gotay and Lastings Milledge more than...
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
IT'S 9 a.m. on a Friday, and Albert Babaev, 28, is busy mopping the linoleum fl oors of the Dr. Mike and Son barbershop. Albert's father, Dr. Mike, gets in...
DREAM JOB: JUNG LEE
It all started in July 2001, when Jung Lee, a real estate project manager, and Josh Brooks, a marketing manager for a dot-com, got hitched at The Metropolitan Club in...
INTERN AFFAIRS
Life isn't always easy for a summer intern in New York City. You're navigating a professional work environment, possibly for the first time, while trying to make a good impression,...
THE TIN MAN
Dennis Heaphy, 47, is a fourth-generation tinsmith. Since 1892 the Heaphys have been banging metal in Syracuse, and Dennis, who started in the trade when he was 11, is the...
GO TO GREG
Q. My employer recently started offering first-aid and CPR training to employees. I'm concerned about potential liability should I be required to assist in an emergency. Are there laws that...
60 SECONDS WITH
Your new "Buzz: How to Create It and Win With It," is a self-help business book. What advice do you offer? It's four basic rules, and they apply whether you're...
THE MONKEY KING
Adopted From the Classic Chinese Tale By Ji-li Jiang Illustrated by Hui Hui Su-Kennedy STORY SO FAR: After years of study, Master Subhodi sends Monkey away because of his disobedience....
GRATEFUL THREADS
GET your groovy on: It's the Summer of Love all over again. Green is good, war is on and activism is hot. With the 40th anniversary of the counterculture moment,...
PULSE SALES
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OH, MAMA! LUPONE ASTONISHING IN 'GYPSY'
NEW York City area audiences have been able to see several productions of "Gypsy" in the last number of years, but they haven't had the opportunity to actually be in...
'RING' AN ODD THING
TRADITION be damned! But once damned, what next? The question was put at the Metropolitan Opera House last Friday and Saturday when St. Petersburg's Kirov company offered, as part of...
I CAN'T BELIEVE I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING
WHO is starring in this fall's new shows? Transsexual hookers, among others. If you care to sample the shows as they begin rolling out later this summer, you'll also hear...
SHORT CHANGED
NBC should get down on its knees and make a giant novena of thanks that soccer star David Beckham was called back to Europe before it could finish filming his...
'DY' HARD FEUD
THE cat fights between Joan Collins' and Linda Evans' characters in the 1980s hit "Dynasty" now sound like they weren't just made up for TV. Over the weekend, Collins published...
STARR REPORT
Summer scrimmage Backup Giants QB Tim Hasselbeck and his wife, "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, will join Barbaro jockey Edgar Prado at the Breeders' Cup Challenge kickoff event tomorrow (noon)...
BAIT BALLS OF FIRE
IT'S alive. It's huge. And it's top secret. That's about all we know about pro ducer J.J. Abrams' latest pet project. "Transformers" theatergoers have been scratching their heads in frustra...
'DANGEROUS' SEX PREDATORS FREED
ALBANY - Dozens of convicted sex offenders who were kept locked up past their prison terms under former Gov. George Pataki because they were deemed still dangerous have been quietly...
MAYOR BACKS RECYCLING SITE
Building a recycling facility on West Village land designated for park use would result in "environmental justice," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "Three Assembly people tried to stop it and said,...
RACE-BIAS FLAP IN ELITE-HS TEST PREP
A free course offered by the city Department of Education to train students to ace admissions tests at elite public high schools like Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Tech has been quietly...
CONGE$T QUEST D-DAY
Mayor Bloomberg will be pounding the pavement in Albany today, in a last-ditch effort to convince state lawmakers to approve his congestion-pricing plan for Midtown. He made the rounds of...
BX. COPS' BABY BUMP
A pregnant woman and two police officers in a patrol car were hurt when their cars collided in The Bronx yesterday, cops said. "All I heard were [sirens blaring], then...
SUBWAY VICTIM ON TRACK
One millimeter. That's how close Michael Steinberg came to death one year ago, when a madman sliced into him with two power saws in a subway station on the Upper...
'HANDS-TIED' JUDGE FUMES AS SHE NIXES 'THEFT'
A Brooklyn judge reluctantly tossed out grand-larceny charges against a Borough Park couple - even though she said in her decision that they had, in fact, stolen a share of...
TOT DROWNS IN L.I. POOL
The only child of a Long Island couple drowned yesterday in the family's backyard pool, authorities said. Cops said the call for help came from 15 Princeton Ave. in Hewlett...
DIVA IS NO ONE-'HIT' WONDER
The raunchy rap diva who allegedly shot a female pal in the stomach Saturday was accused four years ago of pointing a loaded gun at a Bronx man's head and...
B'KLYN MAN'S SUIT: JETBLUE SHOOED JEW
A Brooklyn man is suing JetBlue Airways, claiming he was fired after he told the company's CEO, a Mormon, that he was an observant Jew and couldn't work on Saturday....
WAR'S BIDDER END
A Brooklyn-based military intelligence officer has put his stellar career on the line by auctioning off on eBay what he says is "the solution to the war in Iraq." Army...
WHEELCHAIR MOM SAVES KID IN BLAZE
A wheelchair-bound mom coaxed her frightened toddler out of their smoky Manhattan apartment to safety yesterday after a faulty air conditioner exploded in flames. "I was in my wheelchair in...
MOHEGAN IN RACE
East Coast casino giant Mohegan Sun has entered the bidding to run thoroughbred racing in New York state, The Post has learned. The Native-American tribal company, which rakes in billions...
HANGMAN 'COVERUP' IN BEATING OF B'KLYN INMATE
A correction officer covered up an assault on an inmate, helping to plant a noose in his cell to make it look as if he were suicidal, because she feared...
RAT MAY SQUEAL
An accused triggerman in the fatal shooting of Officer Russel Timoshenko may be set to spill the beans to federal authorities - boosting chances that his alleged accomplice could be...
CONEY BYELAND
Coney Island is having its best summer season in years, thanks to sunny skies and a growing public fear that the fabled amusement area could soon be a ghost town....
GREASE LIGHTNING
If you spot a white Ford pickup that smells like fried calamari, give the driver a five-star salute. Behind the wheel is Jimmy Sanz, a restaurateur doing his part to...
RIDE IS OVER
A controversial ride at Rye Playland will likely be shut down permanently in the wake of an employee's death there, Westchester County officials say. The whirling Mind Scrambler - from...
FLUNK MY KID
Staten Island mom Deanna Hassell wasn't shocked when her son flunked the seventh grade. What shocked her was his promotion to the eighth grade. "Are you kidding me? Is the...
THUGS TODAY 'CAN'T EVEN MAKE PROPER BOMBS': JACKAL
PARIS - For two decades until his capture in 1994, Carlos the Jackal murdered, bombed and kidnapped his way to infamy, retaining the title of world's most dangerous terrorist before...
THE GRIM REAPERS
The war on terror will soon get even scarier for America's enemies - the United States is on the verge of unleashing its best pilotless aircraft yet, the Reapers. The...
HARRY'S 'PHOENIX' FLIES HIGH AT BOX OFFICE
Harry Potter and his wizard-school pals enjoyed a wand-erful weekend at the box office. The latest installment of the series conjured up $77.4 million for a first-place finish, according to...
HILL LEADS HOLLYWOOD CASH CLASH
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Hollywood heavyweight in the battle against fellow Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama for the cash of Tinseltown titans. The former first lady...
POPE'S ON THE WAY
Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit New York and possibly several other American cities next spring, Vatican sources said yesterday. It would be Benedict's first trip to America as pope...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A motorcyclist died yesterday after his Harley slammed into a livery car making an illegal U-turn, police said. Geoffrey Seidler, 44, of Forest Hills, Queens, was heading south on...
HEVESI PAPER$ IN MYSTERY VANISH
INVESTIGATORS probing possible illegal pension fund activities during disgraced state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's tenure are being hampered by the disappearance of "volumes" of sensitive documents, The Post has learned. The...
9/11 SKEPTICS' LUNATIC FRINGE
THIS time, they've gone too far. A group of 9/11 conspiracy theorists - whackos who deny that jumbo jets brought down the World Trade Center - is on the attack....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 742; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 1697; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 907; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
DEATH OF A COP
New York City Police Officer Russel Timoshenko was all of 23 years old when he died Saturday. He'd been a cop for a year and a half. When Timoshenko and...
SILVER ON THE SPOT
Today, New Yorkers have been told, is D-Day for Mayor Bloomberg's ambi tious congestion-pricing plan - in both Albany and Washington. Lawmakers must give the plan a green-light in order...
NYPD'S INTELLIGENCE ADVANTAGE
SINCE 9/11, the NYPD has broken up, or helped break up, at least seven serious terror plots. New Yorkers have become familiar with the department's "in your face" terror exercises,...
DEMS' PORK PARADE
AS bipartisan majorities overwhelmed all attempts to eliminate pork-barrel earmarks during a recent House session, one effort actually passed. The reason that for the first time House members voted to...
WHEN HEZBOLLAH TRUMPS OLD GLORY
MOST Americans know that burning our nation's flag is protected by the First Amendment. No matter how distasteful to some, the Supreme Court has consistently held flag-burning to be protected...
NINNY NADLER'S 9/11 NONSENSE
ON June 26, Bradford Berenson, a former White House aide, testified before the House Judiciary Committee on whether suspected-terrorist detainees should have habeas-corpus rights. In one exchange, Rep. Jerrold Nadler...
IRAN OPENING?
IS the extremist agenda of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - including support for terror, development of nuclear weapons and confrontation with the United States and Israel - popular among Iranians? Are...
CAN'T QUINN QUIET VIOLA'S VIOLENT VOICE?
THE ISSUE: The firing of City Council staffer Viola Plummer for threatening behavior. "Quinn Played Like a Viola" (Andrea Peyser, July 11) is a snapshot of what ails this country....
TIVO ELEVATES ADS TO RATINGS UNIVERSE
TiVo, the bane of the advertising world, may now be a long-awaited boon thanks to its new Nielsen-style commercial ratings system. Starting today, TiVo will report monthly commercial ratings based...
DOW'S RUN TO 14,000
Just inches away from a historic 14,000-point high, the Dow Jones industrial average still needs all the help it can get this week if investors want to keep embracing Wall...
FORE! OF THE BEST
For golf fans, it's Open season, and with the British Open fast approaching, we thought it would be a good idea to get our resident duffers to review the latest...
ICAHN GOES FOR TWO
One thing's apparent now in Carl Icahn's close-knit world - he's not taking the summer off. The billionaire investor has caught his detractors off-guard again by making runs at two...
OBAMA GIRL VS. GIULIANI GIRL
The makers of June's internet video hit "I Got a Crush on Obama," follows up with a musical smackdown between the original supporters of Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama and...
MURDER 1
Three Queens ex-cons were arraigned on first-degree murder charges yesterday as the family of slain officer Russel Timoshenko and the PBA called for the feds to take over the case...
BRITISH LINKS - IN BAYONNE
AS the boat cuts through the choppy waters below and heads toward its destination, the land up ahead looks positively bucolic. There's dramatic mounding in the hills with elevated points...
THE OTHER GUY
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - For a long time, Paul Lawrie felt he was owed an apology. Now, he feels he has nothing to apologize for. Lawrie was the accidental tourist winner...
KING KERMIT
As Walter Matthysse lay prone in the center of the ring while doctors and other officials rushed to his aid, Kermit Cintron was releasing a series of primal screams. He...
BIG PLANS IN BIG EAST ... BOTH NOW AND LATER
NEWPORT, R.I. - These are heady times for the recently declared 'DOA' Big East Football Conference. You know the patient's history. Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech bolt to the...
SUNRIVER WINS BOWLING GREEN
Talk about getting new lease on life! Sunriver was up-and-coming 3-year-old for Todd Pletcher last summer, winning Peter Pan, finishing third in Belmont Stakes before being injured in Jim Dandy....
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Union mulls Artest appeal The NBA players association is considering an appeal of the seven-game suspensions given to Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson for legal issues. Both players were...
HONDO BACK ON HIS FEET
Gritty, gutty Hondo bounced right back from his Saturday night four-game massacre yesterday, ral lying with the Rangers in Anaheim to slash the defi cit to 650 kekiches. Tonight, if...
ROBINSON WINS SUMMER MVP
Knicks guard Nate Robinson said competing in a summer league, even as a third year player, beat just sitting around at home. And then Robinson gave a week-long performance that...
PLENTY OF 'O' IN AMAZIN' 'W'
The Mets proved they could beat up the rotten Reds this weekend. Now let's see how they fare against the varsity. The Mets left Shea Stadium feeling good yesterday after...
'NIGHT' TO REMEMBER
SATURDAY'S "Ralph Kiner Night," as Tim McCarver, Kiner's former TV partner might have said, was a good piece of television. Roving reporter Kevin Burkhardt roved in all the right directions....
METS' TOUGHEST TEST AWAITS THEM WAY OUT WEST
LET the record show Jose Reyes took two pitches and Ramon Castro one before delivering key hits yesterday, allowing us to interrupt all the angst about the Mets' batting approach...
WHAT A RELIEF!
Pedro Feliciano chalked up the Mets bullpen's sudden red-hot streak to luck. Billy Wagner, at a loss to explain why the relievers are suddenly pitching like they did last year,...
CASTRO'S NO TYPICAL BACKUP
Ramon Castro hadn't started a game in nine days, pinch-hitting just once in that time. But don't confuse inactivity with inability. Seemingly every time Willie Randolph turns to his backup...
PELFREY PACKS HIS BAGS FOR TRIPLE-A TRIP
Mike Pelfrey packed his bags yesterday morning without knowing whether he would be getting on a plane bound for San Diego with the Mets or to New Orleans to join...
DEJA-WHEW VS. RAYS
ST. PETERSBURG - His mom was seriously injured in an Alabama car accident during spring training. Then he lost a big league job to Josh Phelps at the end of...
QUICK, QUALITY INNINGS JUST NOT FARNSWORTH'S KYLE
ST. PETERSBURG - How long can Joe Torre stay with Kyle Farnsworth in the eighth inning? With every game crucial to the Yankees' season, Farnsworth has instilled no confidence that...
TORRE MUM ON LOFTON'S WORDS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - As he did Friday when Gary Sheffield accused him of treating white and black players differently, Joe Torre refused to comment yesterday in the wake of...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Tennessee man flying his small plane into a Kentucky airport made a perfect approach - except that he had forgotten to lower his landing gear. Thomas Lepsch, 50, skidded...