August 11, 2008
Jets fallen tight end returns to the field
Perhaps the best sight of the yesterday’s practice was Jets’ tight end A.J. Schable back in uniform only days after suffering what appeared to be a serious neck injury in...
Damon not in lineup
By GEORGE A. KING IIIJohnny Damon, the AL’s leading hitter with a .322 average going into today's action, wasn’t in the Yankees' starting lineup versus Twins lefty Glen Perkins at...
Gabriel Torres is Red Bull's latest striker target
By BRIAN LEWISWith MLS’ international transfer window fast approaching on Friday, the pressure is building on Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio to complete his search for a striker. That...
Hunter Freeman has left the building
By BRIAN LEWISHunter Freeman won’t be back with the Red Bulls next season. Not only has the Post confirmed that the 23-year-old is bound for Europe this winter, but it...
JETS' SCHABLE BACK AT PRACTICE
A.J. Schable returned to Jets' practice today, far sooner than he expected. The Jets' first preseason game ended early for Schable after a startling head-on collision with Browns offensive lineman...
OLYMPICS VIEWERS GUIDE
WHAT YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT: A rousing finish to a busy night in the pool. In the final race of the evening at the Water Cube, the United States' underdog...
Trio is Red Bulls' new spine
By BRIAN LEWISTalk to enough players around MLS over the years, and you would’ve heard the word on the Red Bulls, and the MetroStars before them _ and the word...
'PREPPY KILLER' PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG CHARGES
"Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers is headed back to prison. The notorious strangler pleaded guilty to a felony drug possession charge in Manhattan Supreme Court today in return for a 19-year...
METS LOSE TO PIRATES, 7-5
Jerry Manuel still calls it a bullpen, but the proper term might be bull excrement. The stench permeated the air above Shea Stadium late this afternoon and had the Mets...
PENNANT RACE BREAKDOWN
The Red Sox look to salvage a split in Chicago against the White Sox with Josh Beckett on the mound tonight at 8:11. The White Sox, who lead the AL...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT TWINS
Maybe the mustache should come back. Maybe all the Yankees should grow one. After a 3-for-4 outburst on his first day free of lip fur, Jason Giambi has gone back...
Tori's new story
Update: Tori Spelling Walks Away From '90210' SpinoffDon't expect to see Tori Spelling on The CW's new "90210" spinoff--at least not just yet.Spelling has refused to appear on the show...
'LOST' LOVERS BOOST PAYCHECKS
ABC is ready to open its wallet for the stars of "Lost." Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly, who play Jack Shephard and Kate Austen, respectively, have begun negotiating new deals...
Game 118: Pirates at Mets
The Mets begin what looks like a promising stretch in their schedule this afternoon when Pedro Martinez takes on the lowly Pirates at Shea Stadium in a makeup game. Pedro...
'Mad Men' meets the spit take
Don Draper (Jon Hamm) with wife Betty Draper (January Jones) I'm reminded of the shoot I attended for a major QSR ("quick service restaurant"). The one with the clown and...
Coverage in today's Post
Yet another quick turnaround today for the Mets, who face the Pirates at home in a makeup game before departing for Washington on Tuesday. That means Jerry Manuel's club won't...
Starr Report: For the benefit of...
Radio: Author Tim W. Brown (Bronx River Press) guests today at noon on Air America's "The Lionel Show" (1500 AM) to discuss his critically acclaimed novel, "The Walking Man," and...
BEIJING 08: Who is this Jared Leto?
If you’ve checked out any of the footage thus far from the Summer Games, you might have noticed something missing: the fans! The stadiums for a vast majority of the...
NO EXCUSES FOR THE YANKS
FROM JOEL SHERMANI am hearing the faint drumbeat of excuses beginning to alibi away this Yankee season. I am hearing exoneration statements for Joe Girardi and his team because they...
3 UP: Yank Excuses, Castillo, Rockies
1. I am hearing the faint drumbeat of excuses beginning to alibi away this Yankee season. I am hearing exoneration statements for Joe Girardi and his team because they have...
KEEP HOOP ALIVE
BEIJING - There was no shocker this time. Four years after getting stunned in the first game of the Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team showed these Games will be...
YELLING FOR YAO
BEIJING - The first trace of thunder came at 9:48 p.m., Beijing time, when the disembodied voice, in English, said, "And now, introducing a" but there was no introducing anyone,...
GIMME A BREAK!
In France, every employee - from bricklayer to civil servant, and right down to the lowliest pot-scrubbing plongeur - is entitled to 30 paid vacation days every year. Throughout Scandinavia,...
SEAT MATES
A SKING a guy if you can feel his pants isn't a standard interview line. Then again, having him jut out his canary-yellow seersucker-clad butt and enthusiastically suggest, "You might...
DREAM JOB
If Nostradamus were alive today - and had a subscription to Fortune and a booking agent - he'd have a hard time keeping up with Gerald Celente. The Bronx native...
60 SECONDS WITH SARAH LACY
What does it take to make it in the Web 2.0 world? I think the biggest thing is authenticity. That's the one quality that goes across the board, whether you're...
WHAT'S UP WITHTHAT JOB?
What does a meteorologist do all day? Contrary to the title, meteorologists don't analyze meteors - they study the Earth's atmosphere using data from satellites, radar and other instruments. An...
LETTING THEIR PEOPLE GO
While American employers may not be the world's most generous when it comes to vacation, some are going in the opposite direction - letting their workers take unlimited time off....
GO TO GREG
Q: I've been a medical transcriptionist for the past 25 years. I want to change careers, but when I apply for jobs such as secretary or administrative assistant, I'm told...
THE COST OF KILLING 'NIGHTLINE'
TALK about a Mickey Mouse paycheck. A new Jay Leno-hosted late night talk show on ABC would cost the Disney-owned network more than $200 million just to get started, according...
BERNIE MAC TRIBUTE
FOX said yesterday that it is working on an on-air tribute for Bernie Mac, who died unexpectedly over the weekend. "We are discussing something for Monday," Scott Grogin, a FOX...
DANGERFIELD'S WIDOW SUES FOR RESPECT
RODNEY Dangerfield's widow and his daughter have settled an ugly legal dispute over the comedian's legacy. The existence of a feud between the two most important women in Dangerfield's life...
'MALL' DARK & HANDSOME
YOU expect a colon to come after the title. Like "The American Mall: A True Tale of Modern Horror." Or "The American Mall: Inside the Cinnabon Wasteland." But MTV's riposte...
STARR REPORT
For the benefit of. . .Radio: Author Tim W. Brown (Bronx River Press) guests today at noon on Air America's "The Lionel Show" (1500 AM) to discuss his criti cally...
JERSEY... SURE!
FROM beefcake to funnel cake, Jenkinson's Boardwalk, Casino and Pier at Point Pleasant, NJ, has everything a girl needs. We spent the day perusing both boardwalk and beach for eye...
STAR'S RETURN SHEDS LITTLE THEATRICAL LIGHT
NO wonder it's taken six years for "Buffalo Gal" to get from Buffalo to here. A.R. Gurney's comedy/drama about an actress returning to her hometown to star in a local...
'ABSINTHE' INTOXICATES
IF you need motivation to jump-start that exer cise regimen, look no further than "Ab sinthe," now in its third season at the Spiegelworld entertainment complex located at the South...
'ONE OF THE GUYS'
It was a surreal sight. Brett Favre, who - to borrow a well-worn phrase from Bill Parcells - is headed to the Hall of Fame of roller skates, was running...
SECONDARY: BRETT MAKES US BETTER
The wide receivers and tight ends aren't the only Jets who have had their practices altered since Brett Favre's arrival. The defense - and secondary, in particular - has been...
LATITUDE FORTY, BANROCK WIN
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Thunder rumbled before second race, lightning arrived soon after, then rain began to fall before third, but the storm passed and the rest of day was cool...
WRONG DIRECTION
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Joe Girardi gathered his fading Yankees in the clubhouse early yesterday afternoon and delivered what was described as a quick pep talk. What the manager should have...
DEMOTED KENNEDY SORRY FOR POSTGAME FAUX PAS
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Ian Kennedy packed a lot of common sense into the luggage that accompanied him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre yesterday. Kennedy, one of the pitchers the Yankees refused to...
PLAX: CONTRACT TALKS DEAD; HE SITS AGAIN
ALBANY - Plaxico Burress doesn't envision a new contract coming his way this season, and coincidentally, of course, he isn't in any hurry to start practicing with the Giants as...
BULLS GORE UNITED
The Red Bulls responded to their biggest game of the season by turning in their most impressive performance in years, thrashing D.C. United 4-1 for their most lopsided win ever...
WAGNER MAY REHAB AT B'KLYN
Closer Billy Wagner, who is on the disabled list with a strained left forearm, might make a rehab assignment with the Single-A Brooklyn Cyclones this weekend, according to interim manager...
NOW'S TIME TO MAKE HAY
THIS is the real test. It's easy for the Mets to get up for the Phils and the Marlins. The Mets' problem in the recent past has been letting the...
JOHNSON GIVING MARLINS A BOOST
The Brewers got C.C. The Marlins got J.J., and Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez calls it even. Florida is 6-0 in games started by Josh Johnson since his July 10 return...
METS CAN'T PUT FISH TO SWEEP
There were pitches that Mike Pelfrey threw yesterday that weren't good. But he regretted some others because they weren't smart. It was a tough day for Pelfrey and the Mets,...
'WE ARE A FAMILY'
BEIJING - The worst of it was Saturday, with the news trickling in slowly, in baleful bursts and sorrowful spasms, each bit of it stabbing a little bit deeper, a...
'WINGMAN' LEZAK BAILS OUT MICHAEL
BEIJING - At the final turn, a thousand thoughts flooded Jason Lezak's brain, a thousand images, a thousand memories. And one awful, cold fact: The fastest swimmer in the world...
PHELPS GETS A HELPING HAND
BEIJING - Whatever endorsements Michael Phelps gets after these Olympics, a cut should go to Jason Lezak. Lezak, a 32-year-old Californian, swam the fastest relay leg in history, coming from...
FAMILIAR FEELING FOR SERGIO
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - It was the second time Sergio Garcia thought he might win his first major championship and the second time Padraig Harrington hoisted the victor's trophy at...
PADDY DOES IT AGAIN
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - You might call Padraig Harrington a whiner. But that's what makes him a winner. Before the British Open the Irishman complained about a bad wrist that...
THIS TOURNAMENT WAS MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT
BLOOMFIELD TOWN SHIP, Mich. - Oakland Hills has been the site of many memorable major championships, including Ben Hogan's 1951 U.S. Open victory, Gary Player's triumph in the 1972 PGA...
HONDO SNAPS OUT OF IT
Hondo, who'd been slightly chilly lately, broke the schneid yesterday, hitting with the Chisox to increase his collection of dead presidents to 440 osteens. Today, it's Danks for the memories...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Rays set win record The AL East-leading Rays set a franchise record with their 71st win of the season in yesterday's 11-3 rout of the Mariners, but their division...
SMELL OF EXCESS
STOP the sports world, I wanna get off! Sensory overload. Brett Favre, the Olympics, the PGA Championship, PSLs, the Jets and Giants back at it, the Mets and Yanks trying...
'OLD DUDE' VS. 'BIMBO': WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
Paris Hilton looked confident and relaxed in her video mocking John McCain - a far cry from the antics we saw as she cried for her mommy when she had...
DOES WALL ST. HATE CAPITALISM?
Thanks to The Post and Charles Gasparino for the article on the Wall Street titans and other mega-rich Americans who support Barack Obama ("Wall Street Death Wish," PostOpinion, Aug. 4)....
ANSWERS TO ANTHRAX
IN the wake of last week's release of much of the evidence against Bruce Ivins, critics are calling for the disclosure of some key scientific work on the murder weapon...
HOW COP BASHERS MENACE MINORITIES
THE New York Civil Liberties Union last week again proved that it doesn't care about the lives of black (or Hispanic) New Yorkers, by launching another tedious lawsuit against the...
DEMS' OSTRICH APPROACH ON OIL
TO plan a long and challenging jour ney, would you reject Mapquest and GPS and only consult an atlas from the 1970s? Unlikely. But to pinpoint America's offshore oil deposits,...
EAST SIDE OVERLOAD
THE City Planning Commis sion is set to vote today on the Hospital for Special Surgery's bid to expand in the East 70s. It should OK the plan - but...
MAD SLASHER'S MARITAL WOES
The bloodthirsty nut who hacked a prominent American businessman to death in Beijing was a two-time marital loser whose domestic discord pushed him toward madness, cops said yesterday. It still...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 555; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 4095; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Sun: 020; Lucky Sum: 2 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
HILLARY'S NIGHT IN SPOTLIGHT
Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention - but Barack Obama's negotiations to placate his former nemesis appear to be far from over. The...
HOW DARE THAT BRAZEN FLOOZY!
Me-ow! John Edwards' nasty mistress cattily dissed his cancer-stricken wife to a friend - and later coldly blamed the ailing spouse for getting her fired from a videography job on...
ISAAC HAYES DIES
Isaac Hayes, the iconic soul man whose sexy baritone earned him the nickname "Black Moses" - and who became the first black composer to snag an Oscar - died yesterday...
BRAINIACS' FARE-BEAT CLASS NIXED
Free speech clashed with free rides yesterday when three MIT students were barred from giving a free lesson on how to beat the subway fare in Boston. They had been...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Straphangers got a scare yesterday afternoon when a gun misfired in the Fifth Avenue station at 42nd Street, cops said. Rival gang members were exchanging words on the No....
CAR-FREE ZONE BIZ WAS FEA$T, FAMINE
The Park Avenue car-free zone was a godsend for food vendors, but caused indigestion for businesses relying on vehicular traffic. Mark Barbosa, manager of Manhattan Cabinetry near East 30th Street,...
GALS CAST 'FILMMAKER' AS PERVERT
A creepy bogus moviemaker is trolling Manhattan, telling women he's casting for Hollywood - but he's really out to cop a cheap feel, victims told The Post. Several women said...
DIRTY-BIRDY TYCOON
The rambunctious kids of a Manhattan real-estate bigwig have been tearing across a habitat of an endangered bird in fancy all-terrain vehicles - ruffling feathers among their Hamptons neighbors, and...
DOMINICANS GO GRANDE
Thousands of flag-waving, whistle-blowing, merengue-loving revelers filled Sixth Avenue yesterday for a Dominican Day Parade filled with pride and pomp. Paradegoers thronged to the Midtown streets with music and colorful...
'SEX' SUIT AT TIMES
A New York Times copy editor grabbed himself during an office training session, but it was his colleague who got suspended for sexual harassment, according to a lawsuit. Charles Cretella,...
CONEY ISLAND MOB BEATS EX-MARINES RESCUING GIRL
A wolf pack of at least 30 thugs viciously attacked two hero ex-Marines in Brooklyn after they rescued a teenage girl who was being assaulted, police and witnesses said yesterday....
TOP-NOSH KOSHER GROCER
It's the kosher version of Whole Foods, selling gourmet products at high-end prices to wean customers from the familiar "schlocky" fare of local competitors. The kosher megastore Pomegranate is muscling...
NY TEAM OWNERS PITCH IN FOR MAC, PLAYERS FOR O
Most owners of New York's pro sports teams are putting their greenbacks behind John McCain's presidential candidacy - even as most of their athletes play ball with Barack Obama, campaign...
VIOLANTHROPIST
When 16-year-old violin virtuoso Jourdan Urbach gives a concert at Carnegie Hall in November, his performance will be the latest piece in a philanthropic motif that began when he was...
SHOCKING POWER SCAM JOLT$ NY CONSUMERS
Con Ed customers and electricity users across the state were scammed out of hundreds of millions of dollars - and New Yorkers were put at risk of a blackout -...
'FAVRE FEVER' SENDS JETS' TICKETS FLYING
The resale of Jet tickets on the Internet have taken off like one of Brett Favre's trademark bullet passes since the blockbuster trade for the superstar quarterback, according to ticker...
SHELTERS TO HOMELESS YOUTHS: SCAT
The city has stomped all over the rights of countless homeless young adults - mostly pregnant women or those with kids - by callously turning them away from city shelters...
UPPER E. SIDE FIRE KILLS PAIR
Fire ripped through an Upper East Side apartment early yesterday, killing a retired postal worker and his elderly, wheelchair-bound mother, authorities said. The blaze in the five-story building at 327...
SAFETY JUST AN 'OPTION'
Safety-code compliance is merely optional for hundreds of structures throughout the city - including the proposed Freedom Tower - despite strict new building codes that went into effect after 9/11,...
'LEAD PAINT' DEFENSE
A young woman woke up in her Central Park West sublet in July 2007 to find her fire-escape window open and two 15-year-old boys standing over her bed. One of...
BIG BLUE $CREW
Diehard Giant fan John Costantini says he has to raid his retirement fund to pay for his half of the $80,000 fee his family now has to fork over for...
UPPER EAST $IDE IS TOPS FOR ALL POLS
WASHINGTON - Residents of the Upper East Side gave more political contributions than any ZIP code in the nation, according to calculations by a Washington watchdog group. Candidates for president,...
CITY DIGGING DEEPER TO SETTLE SCHOOL LAWSUITS
City payouts for lawsuits filed against the Department of Education shot up by 29 percent last year, to $47 million, according to the City Comptroller's Office. That was nearly $11...
IRAQ GI AT WAR OVER KIDS ON HOMEFRONT
Like most good dads who are away from home, Jonathan Maldonado tried phoning his daughter on her birthday in June. But hearing his 2-year-old's adoring voice wasn't going to happen....
BEYOND THE SKY
Mel Karmazin is on a mission. Now that the creation of Sirius XM is official, terrestrial radio's formerly brightest star is after nothing short of total domination of his old...
JOCK TREATMENT
With legendary quarterback Brett Favre now a Jet, and the Beijing Smog Games in full (choke) swing, journalism's playpen comes leaping and bounding into focus this week. So grab your...
EA IS HOPING TO AVOID A 'MADDEN NFL' HIT
With Electronic Arts' $2 billion bid for rival Take-Two Interactive still up in the air, investor focus on the video-game giant is about to shift to the health of its...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Take a Bow, Rihanna 2. I Kissed a Girl, Katy Perry 3. A Millie, Lil Wayne 4. Get Like Me, David Banner 5. Put On, Young...
NO MORE UNSAFE SCHOOLS
Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chan cellor Joel Klein deserve praise for the good news in their report last week about falling crime rates in Gotham's schools. Major felonies dipped 11...
HE DID NO HARM
Citing New York's increasingly worri some fiscal outlook, Gov. Paterson has vetoed some 34 bills that would have imposed undue costs and regulatory burdens on the state. Good for him....
I WAS TWEEN FOR A DAY
TALK to me when my ears stop ringing and my voice comes back. This weekend, I traveled to the vortex of crass consumerism, preteen obsession, and little-girl heat. That's right,...
A REAL KICK IN THE A$H
THE bad economy is even taking a toll on the dead. More financially pressed families are opting for the lower-cost alternative of cremation, as opposed to in-the-ground burials, for their...
POLS FEARING A SENATE TIE BIND
SENATE Republicans and Democrats alike fear a "night mare scenario" in which each party returns to the Capitol in January with 31 members - with no lieutenant governor in office...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Two Midwestern newborns will forever embrace the number 8. Hailey Jo Hauer and Xander Jace Riniker were both born at 8:08 a.m. last Friday - 8/8/08 - and weighed in...
Mike Magee Lives!
By BRIAN LEWISThanks to numerous injuries, poor form and unrealized potential, the longest-tenured Red Bull had somehow become a forgotten man. Then Mike Magee reminded us that when he gets...
JUSTIN'S SUPREME ORGANIC SUMMER SALAD
A salad is a bowl full of goodness - especially if it's organic. Chef Justin visited the organic farm of Erik and Susan Selby in Pennsylvania and loaded up on...
It's time to play percentages
The fantasy baseball season is rounding third base. Hopefully, your team is still in the game. And much like deciding on a pinch-hitter or which arm to go with out...