April 14, 2008
Soccer on TV
Here's what we here at the blog will be watching this week:Tuesday, April 15FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOLCopa Libertadores: ESTUDIANTES-CUENCA (live), 8 pm.Copa Libertadores: DANUBIO-LANUS (delay), 10 pm.GOL TVGermany: HERTHA BERLIN-HAMBURG...
WASN'T GIRARDI SUPPOSED TO LIMIT THE INJURIES?
By JOEL SHERMANRemember when Tom Coughlin came storming in as Giants coach talking about how injuries are a mindset and part of a negative culture, and that he was going...
3 DOWN: Yank Injuries, Schneider and Giambi
1. Remember when Tom Coughlin came storming in as Giants coach talking about how injuries are a mindset and part of a negative culture, and that he was going to...
'Idol' Chat: Paris Bennett
Chickezie: "I liked him; I liked his personality."Syesha Mercado: "I see her more laid back, with a very calm state of mind."Carly Smithson: "I like Carly, she does exactly what...
FOOD PRICES RISING AT FASTEST RATE IN 17 YEARS
NEW YORK -- Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20 to $25 required...
'COP ROBBER' CHARGED WITH TWO MORE HEISTS
NYPD cop-turned-robber Christian Torres was formally charged by federal prosecutors in New York today for robbing a pair of Manhatan banks to the tune of $118,000, authorities said. Torres, 21,...
Deal of the Day-Old Navy
With the beautiful weather today, itâs hard to not think about stocking up on summer tops.Check out this rust red and blue graphic Keyhole Top from Old Navy.Itâs only $9.99...
YANKS PLAN FIRST PITCH FROM SPACE
The Yankees today announced that NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman will throw out the ceremonial first pitch from the International Space Station prior to Wednesday's game vs. the Boston Red Sox....
Herschel discusses identity disorder
APFormer Giants running back Herschel Walker once played Russian roulette with a loaded pistol as he struggled with a personality disorder.âTo challenge death like I was doing, you start saying,...
Avery forces rule change
APSean Avery found yet another way to annoy Martin Brodeur, and forced the NHL to change a rule in his honor.The Hall of Fame resume of the Devils goalie doesnât...
RED BULL NOTES
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bull fans were in a tizzy after their patchwork defense gave up a first-minute goal en route to a 2-0 loss at Dallas Saturday. Their defense clearly...
Last call, Isiah
By MARC BERMANIt's a little late, but Isiah Thomas, after his last home shootaround this morning, finally acknowledged the big, bad, nasty New York fans arenât as destructive as he...
SHORTHANDED YANKS FACE RAYS TONIGHT
Poor pitching coupled with a lack of clutch hitting is what everyone in the Yankees' clubhouse will tell you is the reason they are one game under .500 13 games...
Desperate or Genius? Marcia Spoils a "Housewives" Twist!
The "Desperate Housewives" as we know them today Flashbacks have become a staple on "Desperate Housewives" where they are routinely used to explain the motivations behind some of the more...
Kate Walsh returns... and wonders why she ever left
Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) comes back to Seattle Grace for one of the five new episodes of "Grey's Anatomy," which being airing April 24.Since Kate's "Grey's" spinoff, "Private Practice,"...
JOBA GONE AT LEAST THREE DAYS
TAMPA, Fla. -- Joba Chamberlain relased a statement through the Yankees this afternoon to address his father's health, an issue that has caused the reliever to leave the team for...
And Bret's winner is...
Well, the time has come where Bret Michaels will crown his most awesome, awesome skank as his Rock of Love. Let's not waste any time, because this season has gone...
Recession dressing
Tough times call for smart, savvy shopping.Shop these steals.
Grandpa Doe On Trial in D.C.
By BRIAN LEWISEx-Red Bull striker Francis Doe, waived in February, is on trial at D.C. United.According to Unitedâs bloghttp://www.behindthebadge.com/2008/04/new-trialist.php, the Liberian was expected to join the club this afternoon on...
CLOSING STATEMENTS START IN SEAN BELL TRIAL
The case against three cops accused of killing Sean Bell was built on a "parade of convicted felons," defense lawyers said during closing arguments today. James Culleton, who represents Detective...
CONSTRUCTION WORKER FALLS TO HIS DEATH
An Upper East Side window installer died Monday in a nine-story fall at a building which the Manhattan borough president said had a history of safety violations. Buildings Commissioner Patricia...
Slater switches it up, plays Zach
"Saved by the Bell" alum Mario Lopez is pirouetting from reality TV ("Dancing With the Stars" contestant and "America's Best Dance Crew" host) to Broadway.Mario brings back his tight pants...
Behind the scenes with Paulina Porizkova
Click here to see PageSix Magazine's photo shoot with "America's Next Top Model" supermodel judge, Paulina Porizkova.
Starr Report: Best in show(s)
Lots of TV talent will be featured in the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, unspooling April 23-May 4, including Elizabeth Rice ("Mad Men") and Thomas Dekker ("The Sarah Chronicles") headlining "From...
NO MAGIC FOR MICK
AUGUSTA, Ga. - This being an even year, Phil Mickelson entered this week believing he was ready to win his third Masters. He won in 2004 and 2006 and entered...
HOW POSADA'S HITTING HURT THE YANKS
By JOEL SHERMANThe fact that Jorge Posada is one of the few catchers who can hit probably hurt the Yankees this week. Had Posada been just another weak-hitting receiver, the...
3 UP: Yank Catching, Hughes/Kennedy, Girardi
1. The fact that Jorge Posada is one of the few catchers who can hit probably hurt the Yankees this week. Had Posada been just another weak-hitting receiver, the Yanks...
RATNER'S NETS GAIN
*1. Arena real estate tax savings through 30-year Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement with state = $1,032,740,000 *2. Taxes saved on $1.406 billion federal-state-local tax-free bonds to create...
BLOOMY'S 'DUCK'ING: SILVER
Mayor Bloomberg does not really want four more years in City Hall - he just wants to avoid turning into a lame duck, a top Democrat said yesterday. "I don't...
POL'S PLAN TO MAKE FORMS LESS 'TAXING'
With the tax-return deadline tomorrow, Rep. Anthony Weiner offered a plan that would offer some relief for April 15ths in the future. Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens) said that this week he will...
HARDCORE MARILYN
Some really like it hot. In the sordid tradition of peddling raunchy video footage of celebrities a laParis Hilton, a long-buried sex movie of Marilyn Monroe recently hit the market,...
NY'S AUDIT THREAT TO 'NET SHOPS
ALBANY - Online retailers based outside New York state, such as Amazon.com, could face audits and bills for back taxes going back years unless they agree to start collecting sales...
CHUCK RIPS 'FLIGHT PLAN'
The delays at local airports last week may be merely a teaser for what's coming this summer under new FAA regulations, Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday. Schumer blasted the agency...
A YANKEE 'HEX'CAVATION
The Yankees officially reversed the jersey curse yesterday - extracting from the new stadium's concrete a David Ortiz shirt planted by a Red Sox-obsessed hardhat hoping to hex his team's...
DEVELOPERS TO GET A SECOND SHOT AT GOVS IS.
Private developers will soon get another crack at turning Governors Island into a major attraction. Avi Schick, president of the Empire State Development Corp., told The Post that the agency...
RABBI DENIES THEFT OF RELIC
Thou shalt not steal - especially not an ancient inscription of the Ten Commandments. An Israeli antiquities dealer claims a Brooklyn rabbi stole a fifth-century marble slab engraved with the...
BULLIES 'KILLED' MY GIRL
The heartbroken mother of the 12-year-old Brooklyn girl who cops say hanged herself in her closet last week said her daughter was tormented by schoolyard bullies, including one classmate who...
9/11 KIN TO PRAY WITH PONTIFF
Seven years after helping his two brothers and their dad carry the body of a fourth brother, Jimmy, from the wreckage at Ground Zero, firefighter Thomas Riches will get to...
CANCER KIDS' PLEA TO POPE
Two cancer-stricken children are praying for a miracle cure - and hoping that Pope Benedict XVI can put in a good word for them Saturday, during his first visit to...
CLASS 'ACTION' LOOMING
Local Catholic schoolteachers say they're prepared to go on strike tomorrow, in advance of Pope Benedict XVI's visit. The Lay Faculty Association, whose members work in 10 schools, set today...
PONTIFF TO HONOR LI JEW
Gary Krupp is a Jewish man from Long Island, but in Washington later this week, when he dons the uniform of a knight of St. Gregory the Great, he'll be...
TODDLER WITNESSES MOM'S SLAY
An 19-year-old woman was fatally shot and her fiancé was wounded in front of their 14-month-old son in The Bronx last night. Miraculously, the toddler, who was strapped in a...
ROWLING'S NY COURT CLOUT
Maybe she thinks Lord Voldemort could be in the courthouse. J.K. Rowling will have her very own Hagrid by her side in court today as she tries to stop publication...
COPS WILL BE RIOT READY
The NYPD will flood Queens with 1,000 extra cops the moment a judge issues the Sean Bell trial verdict, as part of a plan to maintain order and prevent possible...
LAW FAVORS OFFICERS, LEGAL EXPERT CLAIMS
Prosecutors will have one final chance today to convince a Queens judge that three cops are guilty of the 50-shot slaying of Sean Bell - and it won't be easy,...
TENANTS GET EVICTION HELP
A Queens state senator yesterday said he is giving $15,000 in state money to a group of low-income tenants so that they can pursue a legal battle against a landlord...
TWO CARS KILL CHURCH GRANDMA
A devoted 71-year-old Brooklyn grandmother who was trying to catch the bus home after evening Mass was fatally struck by two cars, police said yesterday. Nezilla Augustin was rushing across...
AWOL COPS IN SCANDAL
About 10 cops routinely forged police reports to cover for each other when they weren't at the precinct - and now, dozens of the cases they handled have had to...
YOUR 'NET' LOSS
Developer Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn is boosted by so many sweetheart deals that the public stands to pay for more than half the cost of his controversial...
FREE PASSOVER FOODS
A Jewish community group handed out 200 tons of free groceries to needy Hasidic families in Williamsburg yesterday to help them prepare for Passover. "We have families crying here saying...
CAR BAN FOR TEENS
A Queens lawmaker is seeking to ban high-school students from driving off-campus after two Long Island teens were killed in a car crash during a lunchtime rush. State Assemblyman Michael...
STRAWBERRY JAM
Let it be - not. A homeless man, dubbed the "Mayor of Strawberry Fields" for his care of John Lennon's memorial site in Central Park, has become a draw for...
DIM-BULB DOT LETS H'WAY SIGNS GO DARK
The city Transportation Department has a not-so-bright idea. The agency is allowing the fluorescent lights illuminating overhead highway traffic signs to go dark as their bulbs burn out, The Post...
UNITED FAITHS RIP TEMPLE VANDALS
More than 200 Muslims, Christians and Jews yesterday rallied to decry the desecration of a Westchester synagogue allegedly trashed by three teenage girls. Gathering outside the Mohegan Park Jewish Center...
BOTOX BRAIN 'THREAT'
You might not be able to notice it, but Botox users are scowling over a troubling new study that found remnants of the toxin can spread from the face to...
FACE BEHIND CLINTON HEALTH-CARE 'FABLE'
POMEROY, Ohio - This is the first published photo of Trina Bachtel, who died after giving birth to a stillborn son - and whose sad saga was distorted by Hillary...
'PROM' IS QUEEN OF THE FILMS
The horror flick "Prom Night" slashed its way to the top of the box office this weekend, leaving its competition for dead as it scared up $22.7 million in its...
'O' FIRES BACK AT 'GUN HILL'
Barack Obama came out with guns blazing at Hillary Rodham Clinton last night, chastising and mocking her campaign tactics after three days of attacks from the former first lady. "She...
HOOKERS: UH, WHAT RECESSION?
The world's oldest profession is apparently recession-proof. Despite the nation's sagging economy, a new report says the "escort" business is doing quite well. According to Portfolio magazine, the average escort...
3-D REVOLUTION TO BE TELEVISED
It's a whole new dimension! The first push toward bringing the 3-D experience out of movie theaters and into your living room is happening this month, when 3-D TV sets...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATAN * A Bronx teenager was arrested for seriously burning his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter in an Upper West Side office, police sources said yesterday. Joseph Jones, 19, allegedly placed the...
SUBPOENAS EYED FOR SPITZ, PATAKI
ATTORNEY General Andrew Cuomo's ac celerating probe of renegade members of the State Police may lead to grand-jury subpoenas for former Govs. Eliot Spitzer and George Pataki, The Post has...
SMART IS DUMBER
REASON No. 100 to keep your kid out of public school: Desperate to save programs for gifted students, the Department of Education has decided to dumb down standards for getting...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 330; Lucky Sum: 6 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 6140; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 699; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
CENTRIFUGE SUBTERFUGE
So this is what a "suspended" nuclear- weapons program looks like. In the months since a politicized National Intelligence Estimate tried to suggest that Iran had put the brakes on...
PORK: END IT, DON'T MEND IT
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn thinks she's found the right tweaks to fix the council's pork woes. Sorry, but pork is pork. And if ever there was a time to...
VILLAGE IDIOCY
THE Landmarks Preserva tion Commission, now weighing a contentious demolition/development proposal in the Green wich Village Historic District, can strike an inspired blow for enlightened preservationism. It should bless the...
THE ENTITLEMENT DELUSION
DURING presidential elections, when candidates postulate this or that "crisis" for which each is the indispensable cure, economic hypochondria is encouraged, so a sense of suffering is rampant. Recently The...
HILL'S HEAD HONCHOS
IMMEDIATELY after Mark Penn resigned as Hillary Clin ton's chief strategist a week ago, he was on the phone with at least two prominent Democrats to assure them that nothing...
DEMOCRATIC EXPERTS . . . IN THE FIELD OF DEFEAT
Gen. David Petraeus did a great job during his testimony ("A Message for Democrats," Editorial, April 9). He truly is an American hero. I only wish he had told Sen....
EMI'S HANDS TIED
Dead men are still walking at music giant EMI. Almost four months after Terra Firma boss Guy Hands announced plans to lay off as many as 2,000 staffers worldwide at...
STREET CRED: EARNINGS TO TEST CEOS' VIEWS
CEOs at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have been declaring the nearly yearlong credit crisis in the financial markets is at or near an end. This week Wall Street will...
SHARPER IMAGE FEUD IS HEATING UP
An angry round of finger-pointing is escalating at Sharper Image, the retailer whose hedge fund front man Jerry Levin is being criticized for failing to revive the firm - and...
GET IN THE SWING
By now we all know who won the Masters at Augusta. What better way to keep that golf-fan high, but with Media City's annual look at the golfing mags. Golf...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Officials in a central Kentucky town have been debating whether goats are pets or livestock - leaving one pet owner very nervous. Frankfort resident Gale Warfield received a violation for...
RIDING THE SERF
Percy Bysshe Shelley once wrote that poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.Change "poets" to "assistants," and you've got it about right. I should know. As editor of the...
TYPES OF TORMENT
* The Non-Spouse: He's a workaholic, who just went through a divorce. He's married to his job, and, by extension, to you. He tells you how to dress, expects you...
GO TO GREG
Q Last week, you answered a question about how an employee should handle an announced future layoff and the anticipation of a severance package. But what about the rest of...
FOR INTERNAL USE
Call it MyOfficeSpace. With social networking sites booming in popularity, especially among the younger set, the corporate world is following suit, creating internal networks for employees modeled on Web communities...
DREAM JOB: VICTORIA ZDROK
What if Dr. Ruth were hot? Meet Victoria Zdrok, centerfold and Penthouse sex-advice columnist. Oh, and by the way, she's also a doctor of clinical psychology - with a law...
JUSTIN'S STOVETOP LASAGNA
No wonder Garfield the Cat is ga-ga over lasagna. LASAGNA is one of our favorite meals. It's comfort food, filling and greattasting. The dish, which features layers of wide, flat...
PAIR'S ALTER EGOS SPIN TALES FROM THE SCRIPT
WHAT happens when a pair of sitcom writers with credits on "Seinfeld," "Cheers," "Full House" and "Laverne and Shirley" create a pair of aging alter egos to embody everything that...
RECESSION DRESSING
Click Here For More Photos * Tank top $18 at Banana Republic * Aqua skirt, $78 at Bloomingdale's, 1000 Third Ave. * T-strap sandals, $16.50 at Old Navy * Calvin...
A TOUCH OF GLASS AT MET
PHILIP Glass specializes in operas that have characters but no real incidents. They use words not intended to be understood other than as emotive syllables absorbed into a musical fabric...
STARR REPORT
Best in show(s)Regis Philbin has appeared on just about every talk show out there, except "Rachael Ray" - and he's about to cross that one off the list. Reege and...
'PAPER' DOLLS
THE first thing any journalist will notice about MTV's new est reality series, "The Paper," is that it doesn't sound real. Not that the producers feed the kids lines, but,...
BARACK O'BALLER
Barack Obama is a better baller than bowler, that's for sure. The front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination reveals his skills on the basketball court - but little else -...
'IDOL'S' PARIS GOES FOR 'BLONDE'
PETITE Paris Bennett, who wowed fans in Season 5 of "American Idol" with a head- line-making audition, is trying to break into Broadway. The pint-sized powerhouse auditioned late last week...
NINA GARCIA, YOU'RE OUT!
IT was a bad week from beginning to end for Nina Garcia, the hard-marking judge from "Project Runway." The trouble began on Monday when "Runway" jumped networks - from Bravo...
BIG DOUBLE FOR CONTESSA
Gary Contessa had stakes double yesterday, winning both divisions of $100,000 NY Stallion Stakes at seven furlongs. In Park Avenue for fillies, Like a Rose, with Mike Luzzi late sub...
SPORTS SHORTS
NHL PLAYOFFS: Bruins beat Habs Marc Savard came off the bench on a delayed penalty to score with 9:25 gone in overtime and the Bruins beat the Canadiens for the...
HONDO SAYS HALO!
No play, due to brittleness. Hondo's Mariner in vestment was nullified yesterday when Bedard came up lame, so the earnings held steady at 465 belinskys. Tonight, inspired by the Pope's...
SETBACK FOR PYRO
If last Saturday's Blue Grass Stakes were a movie, its title would be "National Lampoon's Kentucky Derby Prep." Run over a synthetic Polytrack surface (plastic, rubber, wax, sand) that's a...
ESPN/CBS CAUGHT IN TIGER TRANCE
EVEN during rigidly cli mate-controlled Masters telecasts, network excesses performed on behalf of selling Tiger Woods to an audience that long ago bought in continues to aggravate and to amuse....
TREVOR LAST MAN STANDING
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Hours before he would tee off as the final-round leader playing in the ultimate pairing of the 72nd Masters yesterday, Trevor Immelman received a powerful and poignant...
TIGER'S PUTTER NOT SO GRAND
AUGUSTA, Ga - All that talk of Tiger Woods winning a calendar Grand Slam seems a bit silly now. After watching the way he played in the final round of...
TOUGH FINISH FOR SNEDEKER
AUGUSTA, Ga. - All week around Augusta National, Brandt Snedeker resembled a golden retriever who had been let off his leash and was allowed to prance about a beautiful park....
DEVILS FIND THEIR SAVIOR IN MADDEN
John Madden has done everything else for the Devils this season. Last night, he saved that season, too. One shot away from going to the brink of being swept by...
ONE 'LUCKY' DEVIL
This time, the puck bounced the other way. This time, the Devils were the fortunate team, though everyone understands that fortune comes to those who earn it. Photos From The...
GARDEN SETS TABLE FOR ISIAH'S LAST CALL
Donnie Walsh kept up the charade yesterday, saying he hasn't decided to bounce Isiah Thomas as coach but indicated the announcement could come Thursday or Friday. But make no mistake:...
CLARK ADMITS COSTLY MISTAKE
An admitted blunder by pinch-hitter Brady Clark ran the Mets right out of a potential rally yesterday. With the Mets down by two runs to the Brewers and nobody out...
DOUBLED UP & 'WAUK-ED ON
It was seven months too late, but Willie Randolph finally vented on his sloppy and sluggish team yesterday. Mets Photo GalleryKERNAN: Sloppy Play, AttitudesMota Hears Boos, Then Closes DoorClark Admits...
MOTA HEARS BOOS, THEN CLOSES DOOR
It was rare last season that runs weren't scored when Guillermo Mota was on the mound. But for the former Met villain, yesterday was redemption. Mota ranked as last year's...
SLOPPY PLAY, ATTITUDES
THE Mets are slipping down the same hole as last year. They lose what their angry manager calls a "giveaway" game to the Brewers, yet in some corners of the...
THAT'S HOW THE PUCK BOUNCES
YOU were expecting, maybe, the Devils to go easily? Thinking, that as Sean Avery turned completely away from the puck during a second period Rangers 5-on-3 and waved his stick...
JETER WILL PLAY TONIGHT
BOSTON - Derek Jeter sat in his locker in the ultra cramped clubhouse at Fenway Park in the middle of yesterday afternoon, not knowing if the Yankees' medical staff would...
IT'S THE VARSITY, JOE!
BOSTON - These games will play crazy tricks with your mind, with your sanity, and with your sense of reason. That is what we can take away from this first...
RED SOX GO BATTY WITHOUT BIG PAPI
BOSTON - Some of the old vibrancy returned to the Red Sox lineup last night, even as something didn't look quite right. Who was that batting third, and what had...
PHIL FLUNKS FENWAY TEST
BOSTON - Phil Hughes was terrible. Their hitters couldn't knock out a very vulnerable Daisuke Matsuzaka. And then the night got worse for the Yankees when catcher Jose Molina was...
YOUNG GUNS ARE KILLIN' YANKS
BOSTON - Right now the Yankees' biggest problem is not that a Red Sox jersey was buried at the new stadium. It is that Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy are...
Penalties Drive Devils Pulse
By BRETT CYRGALISThis seemed bound to happen. Not because the Devils are a great team and they wouldnât let themselves get swept. But because the Rangers couldnât seem to get...
Weekend Wrap-Up
Step away from a computer for a few days and it's hard to catch up with all of the excitement that took place this weekend. The NHL playoffs are here...
DEVILS STRIKE BACK
So now the battle has been joined. Now, the Battle of the Hudson has a twist and turn to it. Now, after losing seven of eight to the Rangers during...
Bannister showing up Mets
As if the stumbling Mets needed the help, Brian Bannister is making their braintrust look even more foolish. Bannister, whom the Mets traded Kansas City before last season for the...