August 26, 2008
THE ODD COUPLE
August 26, 2008 | 11:58pmRudy Giuliani found himself in a love-fest with Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel during a TV interview - even though "America's Mayor" came to Denver to rip Barack Obama and spoil...
'HE OUGHT TO BE SHOT'
August 26, 2008 | 11:12pmThree "bigoted meth heads," armed with high-powered sniper weapons, were consumed by a seething hatred of Barack Obama, federal authorities said Tuesday. Authorities recovered a terrifying arsenal that could have...
Marshall continues his strong debut
August 26, 2008 | 11:00pmThe Yankees may not have been able to sign top pick Gerrit Cole, but, at least so far, they look like they found a player in sixth round pick Brett...
DEMS RIDE OLYMPIC COATTAILS
August 26, 2008 | 10:42pmNBC won the first night of the Democratic National Convention - apparently basking the afterglow of the Olympics. The network, fresh off of broadcasting the most-watched TV event ever, snared...
Mo Edu could debut in Old Firm tilt
August 26, 2008 | 10:40pmBy BRIAN LEWISMaurice Edu wanted to make the big jump to European football partly for the coin _ OK, largely for the coin _ but partly for the comp. Talk...
STRAHAN IS STAYING RETIRED
August 26, 2008 | 10:12pmAs it turned out, done really means done. "I wish I could've had different news for Giants fans but I've known for a while I'm done,'' recently and still-retired Michael...
GIULIANI RIPS OBAMA'S ISRAEL POLICY
August 26, 2008 | 9:48pmDENVER - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani ripped Sen. Barack Obama as "ambiguous" in his stand on support for Israel, miles from the convention hall where the Democrats are celebrating the...
Game 133: Mets at Phillies
August 26, 2008 | 9:31pmPHILADELPHIA –- The Mets begin an eight-game trip against playoff contenders here tonight when Pedro Martinez takes on the ageless Jamie Moyer in the first of two contests against the...
SAFIN SURVIVES FEISTY SPADEA, CONTROVERSIAL CALL
August 26, 2008 | 9:22pmMarat Safin may have won his five-set match with American Vince Spadea this afternoon. But if you saw Safin in his press conference following the match, you would have thought...
NO. 1 SEED IVANOVIC STRUGGLES, BUT SURVIVES
August 26, 2008 | 9:07pmAna Ivanovic is the No. 1 seed in name only during this Flushing fortnight. She even realizes she's a longshot to bag her first U.S. Open title as she returns...
Janice Gets Catty With Tyra
August 26, 2008 | 9:06pm"It doesn't matter if you're blind, deaf or you're a three-headed baboon... if you're qualified in this industry, that's the most important thing," says supermodel Janice Dickinson.The large-lipped reality host...
J.J. Abrams Premieres 'Fringe'
August 26, 2008 | 8:25pmWe traveled to the fringe of Manhattan last night to check out the premiere party for the new show "Fringe," starring "Dawson's Creek" heartthrob Joshua Jackson and introducing new beauty...
Jets cut Smith, waive Girault
August 26, 2008 | 7:27pmThe Jets crowded backfield took its' first significant hit today when the team released Musa Smith.The Jets signed Smith in the offseason, after he served as a backup for five...
OBAMA BACKS BUSH, AT LEAST IN ONE INSTANCE
August 26, 2008 | 6:25pmKANSAS CITY - Barack Obama says a lot of bad things about George Bush, but there's one offense he won't tag on the president: stealing your property. At a town...
ATTENTION NY DELEGATES: SHOW UP FOR PATERSON'S SPEECH
August 26, 2008 | 6:12pmSeveral New York delegation members said they'd gotten a subtle push to be in the convention hall when Gov. David Paterson speaks at 5:50 p.m. Eastern time. One insider said...
The Devil Comes Out for She-Pratt
August 26, 2008 | 5:48pmLauren wants to first confirm the guest list. For starters, can she invite Doughe? Sure, says the She-Pratt, "He's an athlete; that's my favorite kind of guy." OK, great, now...
CLINTON'S TEAM SPREADING THE WORD: VOTE OBAMA
August 26, 2008 | 5:42pmDENVER - At least one New York delegate - Senate Minority Leader Malcom Smith - said he got clear instructions from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's team that he should vote...
BEIJING 08: There really are nine million bicycles
August 26, 2008 | 5:23pmThere are nine million bicycles in Beijing, that's a fact. I just finished riding one of them, as part of the Ritz-Carlton's "Hutong Bicycle Tour" package, offered to guests staying...
CAROLINE KENNEDY PRAISES CLINTON
August 26, 2008 | 5:18pmCaroline Kennedy, who last night introduced her uncle Sen. Ted Kennedy before his convention floor speech, paid homage to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the New York delegation breakfast this...
MCCAIN TO OBAMA: GEORGIA INVASION IS NO IRAQ WAR
August 26, 2008 | 5:06pmPHOENIX - John McCain blasted Barack Obama today for equating the US "liberation" of Iraq from tyrant Saddam Hussein with Russia's invasion of "democratic" Georgia. McCain - appearing before the...
CLINTON CALLS MICHELLE OBAMA
August 26, 2008 | 4:42pmKANSAS CITY - Though reports of simmering tensions and disunity between supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have dominated the convention so far, the former first lady tried to...
Deal of the Day-T Bags
August 26, 2008 | 4:35pmA printed tunic is always a good thing to brighten up any solid basics in your wardrobe.This T Bags Rayon Button Front Racer Back Tunic is still great for fall...
Tyree put on PUP list
August 26, 2008 | 4:35pmBy PAUL SCHWARTZOff-season knee surgery has kept Super Bowl hero David Tyree off the practice field for all of training camp and no one expected him back for the start...
PELOSI HECKLED EVERYWHERE SHE GOES
August 26, 2008 | 4:28pmHere in Denver this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been heckled by fellow Democrats nearly everywhere she goes. It's to the point that before a breakfast "conversation" this morning...
WR Jennings cut
August 26, 2008 | 4:15pmBy PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants must trim their roster to 75 by 4 p.m. and they are already close to that limit. They cut three players on Monday and today receiver...
CHARLIE'S CHOICE WORDS ON TERM LIMITS
August 26, 2008 | 2:49pmHarlem Rep. Charles Rangel had some choice words today on the term-limits debate that's the top focus of the New York delegation. Rangel noted he's backing City Comptroller Bill Thompson...
Coverage in today's Post
August 26, 2008 | 2:27pmWas it really just a few months ago that Carlos Delgado (pictured) was booed relentlessly while all but being run out of town? Those boos are now cheers after Delgado...
RANGEL GETS SPEAKING ROLE AT DNC
August 26, 2008 | 2:18pmDENVER - Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel, who sources said had been denied a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention, is now slated to speak on the convention floor this...
DVD Extra: Flynn, Randy Saddle Up
August 26, 2008 | 1:00pmAmong the myriad pleasures of the most entertaining "Virginia City'' (1940), which I review today as part of a new box set devoted to Errol Flynn's forgotten westerns, is the...
MCCAIN USES '3 A.M.' PHONE CALL AGAINST OBAMA
August 26, 2008 | 12:20pmJohn McCain used Hillary Clinton as a political weapon against Barack Obama again today - reviving her damning, controversial "3 a.m." ad from the Democratic primary that argued Obama wasn't...
DVD Extra: Borzage Set Confirmed
August 26, 2008 | 12:18pmBig news today. 20th Century Fox Home Video, which offered the Cinephile event of the 2008 with the release of "Ford at Fox,'' will follow up with a box set...
3 UP: Pelfrey, Weaver and Delgado
August 26, 2008 | 11:54am1. It is analogy I have made before and will make here again: Mike Pelfrey as the baseball version of Eli Manning. He is the talented, highly drafted, highly publicized...
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Dance Crew'
August 26, 2008 | 10:34amHow to get your 15 seconds of fame.Randy Jackson "America's Best Dance Crew""American Idol" judge Randy Jackson is back with season three of the hip-hop "So You Think You Can...
BARACK & BIDEN: SHORT-CHANGING VOTERS
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amLike many Americans, I was following closely who Barack Obama's vice-presidential choice would be ("It's Joe," Aug. 23). It's like wondering who will play in the World Series. Honestly, though,...
THE REAL MICHELLE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amONE of the dangers in creating a vicious caricature of a public person is that he or she often doesn't live up to them. That's what happened last night when...
CATHOLIC JOE'S ABORTION WOE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amAS his vice-presidential running mate, Barack Obama chose a baptized Cath olic from blue-collar Scranton, Pa. - Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. But will an abortion-rights supporter really help Obama...
DEMS' MISSED OPPORTUNITY
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amOnly four speakers made any kind of impact on the opening evening of the Democratic National Convention, but only two of them were seen and heard in the crucial 10-11...
MESSIAH NO MORE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amBarack Obama has deni grated Washington experi ence, pooh-poohed tradi tional foreign-policy credentials and rued negative tit-for-tat exchanges in campaigns - in fact, these things were close to the core...
MAGIC WORDS: 'I LOVE THIS COUNTRY'
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDENVER 'I LOVE this country": Those are the magic words that Michelle Obama said at the Democratic National Convention last night. They're the words we've wanted to hear from her...
BRITS PUT EVIL FACE ON GAMES
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amTalk about getting off on the wrong foot. Organizers of the 2012 London Olympics were left red-faced yesterday after a picture of notorious "Moors Murderer" Myra Hindley was used to...
SNOOKS BACK IN LONDON
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amThe girl kidnapped by her phony-Rockefeller dad has returned home to London with her mom. Sandra Boss and 7-year-old Reigh "Snooks" Boss today appeared in public, apparently out shopping, after...
LOTTERY
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 993; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 8674; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Nos. Mon: 889; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
RAZING MCCAIN PRAISES HILL
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amJohn McCain yesterday continued to exploit tensions between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, making an appearance on "The Tonight Show" - where he went out of his way to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE '08 DNC
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDelegates were welcomed to by a giant, inflatable Trojan condom pavilion. The condom maker is distributing free prophylactics on the off-chance Democratic politics make for strange bedfellows. Inside, the company...
TED GETS PARTY STARTED
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDENVER - Sen. Ted Kennedy brought the Democratic faithful to cheers and tears last night as he emerged from a summer of treatment for brain cancer to vow that he'll...
DADDY'S GIRL STEALS THE SHOW
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amIt was a family affair for the Obamas last night - Michelle delivered the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, Barack appeared via satellite video, and their youngest daughter,...
ANGER AT HILL'S DEM PARTY FOULS
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amIt's Barack's party, but Hillary is going to make him cry 'cause she wants to. The Democratic faithful were ready to rock and roll as the convention kicked off yesterday,...
'IDOL' PANEL GETS TUNE-UP
August 26, 2008 | 8:23am"American Idol" will add top-selling, Grammy- nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi to its notorious panel of judges begin ning next year, the show announced yesterday. "I'm gonna be a straight shooter,...
DEMS SEND BACK CHARLIE'S CHECK
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDENVER - The Democratic National Committee is returning a $100,000 donation embattled Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel made at his birthday fund-raiser, saying it goes against a Team Obama ban on...
POSH TOWN BROKE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amSouthampton is singing the East Hampton blues. The town, home to Calvin Klein, Vera Wang, Tom Wolfe and countless shrub-chomping deer, is technically in the red. It has budget deficits...
NYERS GET ADVICE ON BOOZE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDENVER - The New York Democratic Party has given a warning to its delegates: It's all too easy to get a Rocky Mountain high. Party officials devoted a page in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amQueens A woman was raped and robbed while on her way home from a Richmond Hill ATM machine early yesterday, cops said. A man with a silver gun jumped the...
BEARS FEAR PLUCKY PUP
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amIf only Goldilocks had a feisty dog. A pint-sized, pugnacious pooch used his loud bark to scare off a trio of bears in New Jersey after they strayed into his...
HOOKER AIDE HAS A TRICK UP SLEEVE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA holistic health counselor and part-time hooker booker pleaded guilty yesterday to scheduling steamy trysts at the escort service favored by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer - but she's not going...
BUS HERO, BABY BURIED
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amThe pregnant NYPD traffic agent who was fatally struck by a school bus was laid to rest before 1,000 mourners yesterday - cradling her infant, who was delivered after the...
MANY STRIKES AND THE BOY PITCHER'S OUT
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amThis kid's in a league of his own. The parents of a 9-year-old prodigy pitcher say their son is being unfairly punished for his mastery of the fastball, because other...
CAR SLAMS INTO BOY ON BICYCLE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amAn 11-year-old Queens boy was fighting for his life yesterday after he was accidentally run down while riding his bike - as his little sister looked on in horror, cops...
TEACHER PROBED OVER CUBA TRIPS SAYS, 'ADIOS'
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA Manhattan public high-school teacher who twice took students on embargo-busting field trips to Cuba has resigned, The Post has learned. Nathan Turner, a popular history instructor at the top-tier...
ETHICS SLAP FOR ED. BIG
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA former school official has been fined $1,500 for violating the city's conflicts law by contacting his old agency on behalf of a new employer - even after being told...
'STEIN-SLAY' LAWYER OUT
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amThe accused murderess of Realtor to the Stars Linda Stein has booted her high-profile defense lawyer, a move that delays the case at least five weeks. Bludgeoning suspect Natavia Lowery...
SLAY-LURE VICTIM SENSED DANGER
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA Brooklyn car salesman killed after being lured to a Coney Island apartment to see a woman he'd met online nearly didn't go because he had a bad feeling about...
BEASTS' BEST BUD
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDogged crusader Regina Massaro regularly heads out to locate and help inner-city animals like Georgia, a Rottweiler-shepherd mix who lived on a Brooklyn industrial lot and gave birth to about...
EX-PRINCIPAL IN $2M BID-RIG SCAM: PROBER
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA retired public-school principal and his son used fake bids and forged references to land their teacher-training firm nearly $2 million in work for the Department of Education, according to...
DRUGLORD OF MANY FACES
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amAn alleged drug kingpin who repeatedly disfigured his face through plastic surgery to evade arrest was arraigned in Brooklyn yesterday on charges of murder, drug trafficking and money laundering. Juan...
HOW SUITE IT IS!
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amForget Hollywood - a US Open seating chart is the only star map you need. Point a pair of binoculars to the suites around center court in Flushing, Queens, for...
FAUX GYNO GROPED 4 WOMEN: DA
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amAn upstate Hasidic businessman posed as a gynecologist to perform disgusting "exams" on four unsuspecting Orthodox Jewish women in a Park Avenue medical office, Manhattan prosecutors charged yesterday. Zalman Silber,...
LEHMAN GOT NO SEOUL
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amBattered Lehman Brothers continued to take a pounding yesterday as the prospect of foreign investment in the firm further dimmed. Shares in Lehman fell nearly 7 percent to $13.45 after...
GOOD HOUSING NEWS CAN'T PROP UP MARTS
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDespite a glimmer of good housing news in an otherwise decimated real-estate market, stocks continued their wild ride yesterday with the Dow falling over 240 points on renewed fears about...
IS IT TIME TUPAC IT IN?
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA new scramble is on to buy the assets of bankrupt rap label Death Row Records, after trustees for the estate on Friday terminated a $24 million deal to sell...
BOOMING ROYALTIES FOR BMI
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amBroadcast Music Inc. reports that performance royalties it collects on behalf of songwriters, composers and publishing copyright owners for airplay of their songs on radio, TV, and the Internet grew...
TIGER TEES UP RESORT
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amAlthough Tiger Woods isn't sure when he will return to competition, his huge golf course project in the Persian Gulf is rapidly rising out of the desert sand. The initial...
TAKE-TWO AND EA TAKE THE NEXT STEP
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amRival videogame publishers Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive Software moved closer to a deal yesterday with the signing of a non-disclosure agreement. Signing the confidentiality agreement, which was hinted at...
FINALLY, THE GOVERNMENT STOPS BUYING OIL FOR RESERVE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amHAND it to our elected offi cials. They can do half as much in twice the time as anyone else in the world. I know, I know. That's hardly a...
SEARS' SOFTER ON EARNINGS
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amSears Holdings will likely show its softer side when it reports quarterly earnings Thursday. The owner of the struggling Sears and Kmart chains - controlled by hedge-fund tycoon Eddie Lampert...
FOR DEVELOPERS, LIFE'S A DITCH
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amLARGE, empty holes and vacant lots at prominent locations look jarringly out of place in thriving Midtown. Nothing looks worse than a project stuck in a holding pattern after old...
THE LION'S ROAR
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amThe Lion roared in Denver last night. Sen. Edward Kennedy - "Uncle Teddy" as Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg put in her introduction of the Democratic stalwart - is gravely ill. His...
A 'NO THANKS' FOR CHARLIE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amSorry, Charlie - your money's no good. Not as far as Barack Obama's Democratic Party is concerned, anyway. A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee yesterday confirmed a report by...
WHAT SONG WILL SHE SING?
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention tonight in a role far less substantive than the one for which she fought so long and so hard. At times...
AN AMERICAN WIFE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amFolks wondering whether Michelle Obama will be an asset or a liability to her husband's campaign for the White House got their answer last night: She's a plus - and...
BUBBA 101: PLAUSI-BULL DENIABILITY
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDENVER - Bill Clinton may not have invented the concept of plausible deniability, but he certainly has mastered it as the seamless political escape capsule from any bad situation. When...
A 'FIRST LADY' TO BE PROUD OF
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amDENVER - Even if she weren't married to this year's Democratic nominee, you get the feeling Michelle Obama would have found her way to this stage. Like the last Democratic...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 26, 2008 | 8:23amA serial bandit who's broken into a federal office building in Atlanta several times was wearing a mask when he was nabbed yesterday - after all, he's a raccoon. Authorities...
MEAT & EAT
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amYOU know an American subculture can legimately lose the "sub" prefix when it gets its own reality show. The Dog Whisperer, super sweet 16s, dirty jobs - you can now...
TRUMP GOES 'WILD'
August 26, 2008 | 8:16am'GIRLS Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis says he's going to be in the new cast of "Celebrity Apprentice." Francis, who has served time for using underage girls in his raunchy...
TWINKLE TOE
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amTHE new line-up for "Dancing With the Stars" nearly lost one of its most interesting contestants a few hours before the cast was announced. Kim Kardashian, of sex tape and...
'BUFFY' MADE WOMEN STOP GOING TO CHURCH: STUDY
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amBLAME "Buffy." The teenage vampire slayer is the reason an estimated 50,000 women a year are quitting the church, according to a study published yesterday in Britain. "Because of its...
TO INFINITY ...
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amELTON John didn't see this one coming . . . Real life "Rocket Man" Yves Rossy, 48, is planning a high-flying rocket mission over the English Channel that will be...
BRITNEY OUT OF VMAS
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amBritney Spears won't do it again - she's out of next week's MTV Video Music Awards. A guessing game started earlier this month after she starred in some commercials for...
DENISE SHOW IS CANCELED
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amE! has pink-slipped Denise Richards' reality show. Richards, who went to court last year to fight ex-husband Charlie Sheen for rights to have their children appear on the show "It's...
MPFREES
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amThe Verve, "Mover" Written during the early '90s, this poppy, guitar-driven track has been revived as a B-side for the reunited band's forthcoming disc, "Forth" - coincidentally, the group's fourth...
BILLY! BILLY! BILLY! BILLY!
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amMORE than 20 years after a spiky-haired Brit named William Broad - a k a Billy Idol - bombarded these shores with his sexy snarl, the punk rocker is still...
SADDLE UP, SWASHBUCKLER
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amBEST remembered for swashbuckling epics such as "The Adventures of Robin Hood," Australian-born star Errol Flynn also graced eight popular sagebrush sagas at the peak of his stardom. "Virginia City"...
TOEING THE LINE WHILE INJURED
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amWEEKS after working out with New York's toughest trainers and halfway through a quest to run 500 miles in 2008, my left foot gave out - my second toe felt...
WESTHOFF'S RETURN MAY COME SOON
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amEric Mangini didn't come right out and say it yesterday, but it appears Mike Westhoff will rejoin the Jets sooner rather than later. Rumors have strengthened in recent days, and...
FEARLESS FAVRE EAGER FOR ACTION
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amInteresting dynamic: While most NFL veterans are as excited about playing the fourth preseason game as they would be at the prospect of seeing their dentist for a root canal,...
NYRA WELCOMES CURLIN
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The New York Racing Association, which dropped the ball when it failed to promote Curlin's running in the July 12 Man o'War at Belmont Park, has recovered...
JOBA WORKING BACK
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amThe Yankees have a plan for Joba Chamberlain's re-entry from the disabled list, but they aren't showing their cards. "We are taking it step by step," GM Brian Cashman said...
DESPERATE TIMES IN THE BRONX
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amTHE Yankees face their greatest rival and greatest fears over the next six days in The Bronx. The first three games are against the Red Sox and three of the...
YANKS FACING 'WILD' PLAYOFF ROAD
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amSweep dreams? How about sweep and still weep? With the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium's third base dugout for the start of a three-game series tonight, everybody is jazzed over...
KIWANUKA MOVED BACK TO DEFENSIVE LINE
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amOne very prominent player was missing and a newcomer took his place as the Giants defensive linemen yesterday morning hunkered down inside Giants Stadium. Osi Umenyiora was not in the...
GIVE THEM A 'HAN
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amIt took one day for the Giants to reveal their plan for replacing Osi Umenyiora: Strong-side linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka moves back to his natural position and takes Umenyiora's place as...
COCO GOES BYE-BYE
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amSecond-seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic opened up with a 6-3, 6-1 first-round laugher over CoCo Vandeweghe, the niece of Nets GM Kiki Vandeweghe. Jankovic - who climbed to No. 1 in...
SPORTS SHORTS
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amCOURT: Bonds seeks dismissalBarry Bonds asked a federal judge yesterday in San Francisco to toss out most of the government's case against him that charges the slugger lied to a...
'ICON'-IC ENDING
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amMike Campbell stood at half-court, basking in the adoration and respect of fans and peers, his hands clutching gold. The "King of New York" was sitting on streetball's throne. Campbell,...
IT'S BO TIME
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amLINCOLN, Neb. - The Omaha cab driver admits he's not the biggest Nebraska football fan you'll find, but even he can recite the Cornhuskers' accomplishments through the years. He turns...
HONDO GOES TRIBAL
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amThe Phillies may have swept last night, but it was Hondo who cleaned up, as his conquest boosted the bankroll to a spiffy 370 newhousers. Tonight, he's hoping Cliffy can...
DUCKS TACKLE TRAGEDY
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amEUGENE, Ore. - Oregon's spread offense had the Ducks in last year's title hunt, until quarterback Dennis Dixon's knee injury derailed their dreams. As this season dawns, it remains to...
METS MUST SURVIVE IN NO-MAINE'S LAND
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amJERRY Manuel says the Mets are in the fight of their lives. John Maine was knocked out of the ring yesterday, another blow to the Mets in their battle to...
MAINE-TO-DL LEAVES BIG HOLE IN ROTATION
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amThere's nothing like a pennant race as the backdrop for an audition. Mets GM Omar Minaya and interim manager Jerry Manuel face the task of finding the right candidate for...
ONE MEANING-PHIL TWO-GAME SERIES
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amJohan Santana helped pitch the Twins into the postseason on four different occasions, so he knows what a team needs to do to get into the playoffs. He also knows...
CURTAINS FOR CARLOS: DELGADO BLASTS, BOWS
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amAnd he even took a curtain call. The only thing left for Carlos Delgado is to hit the Mets into the playoffs and force the team to pick up his...
BLAKE'S CLOSE CALL
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amThis weekend James Blake talked about how U.S. Open first-round foe Donald Young was going to be a household name one day, and how he just hoped that day was...
SHAKY OPENING
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amTop-seeded Rafael Nadal reminded everyone yesterday why he has never won a U.S. Open. Nadal's best quest for a U.S. Open title got off to a shaky start, as he...
TENNIS STARS SKIP 40TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amFour of the biggest and most important tennis stars in recent history were missing from last night's U.S. Open anniversary ceremony. Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors and Steffi Graf...
HOT IN HERE
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amNEW Orleans' French Quarter has long been many things to many people - one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the world, a place to let it all hang out,...
HOT DEALS!
August 26, 2008 | 8:16am* ATLANTIC $464/pp 10-nt cruise on Norwegian Jewel, RT out of New York, stopping in Boston, Halifax, Quebec City (pictured left) and Prince Edward Island. Leave Oct. 18, the price...
BACK TO BOGOTA
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amIT'S AS optimistic, progressive, welcoming and safe as anywhere else in the region - there's a restaurant boom, incredible nightlife (la rumba), an impressive mountain setting and comfortably cool weather...
UNPLUGGED
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amWhere would you rather be? Anywhere where phones don't work, where there's not a lot of people. Where I can just chill and read and be totally detached from everyday...
NEWS + NOTES
August 26, 2008 | 8:16amLOUNGE LIZARDS ANIMATRONICS? Lame sauce. We're pleased to report the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles has opted to go with much-cooler life-sized, Aussie-made puppets for its ongoing Dinosaur Encounters...
A-ROD PUTRID AS YANKEES FALL 7-3
August 26, 2008 | 4:00amTiger Woods was in the seats behind home plate, and Fred Couples watched his beloved Yankees take batting practice while leaning on a dugout fence last night. In a little...
Zambrano named EL Pitcher of the Week
August 26, 2008 | 3:35amThe amazing story that is Victor Zambrano continued again today, as pitcher who was infamously dealt to the Mets for Scott Kazmir (and was signed as a minor league free...
MISSUS A HIT WITH DEM CROWD
August 26, 2008 | 3:06amMichelle Obama tonight described herself as a representative of American values, speaking of her faith and work ethic while praising her daughters as "the heart of my heart." "Barack and...
Mets go over 4 million sold
August 26, 2008 | 2:27amThe Mets have surpassed four million tickets sold for the first time in club history, and there are still 16 home games left to add to the record. This marks...
'THE DREAM LIVES ON'
August 26, 2008 | 1:52amDENVER - Sen. Ted Kennedy brought the Democratic faithful to cheers and tears last night as he emerged from a summer of treatment for brain cancer to vow that he'd...
HILLARY WATCH: ANGER AT HILL'S PARTY FOULS
August 26, 2008 | 1:32amIt's Barack's party, but Hillary's going to make him cry 'cause she wants to. The Democratic faithful were ready to rock and roll as the convention kicked off today, but...
MAC TAKES NEW TACK IN BARACK ATTACK
August 26, 2008 | 1:16amJohn McCain yestoday terday called Barack Obama a "very honorable opponent"- but continued to exploit tensions between the soon-to-be Democratic nominee and Hillary Rodham Clinton. McCain released a new TV...
SAME OLD FAT CATS PICK UP THE TAB
August 26, 2008 | 1:01amDENVER - Only fools buy their own drinks at the Democratic National Convention. Every round is on the lobbyists in the Mile High City. Despite Barack Obama's pledge to rein...
HILLARY WATCH: HILL TO HOST THANK-YOU LUNCHEON
August 26, 2008 | 12:40amAmong Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's plans for her week in Denver is a thank-you luncheon for top supporters on Wednesday, hours before her husband's speech addressing the convention, sources said....
CAR SLAMS INTO 11-YEAR-OLD BOY ON BICYCLE
August 26, 2008 | 12:09amAn 11-year-old Queens boy was fighting for his life today after he was accidentally run down while riding his bike - as his little sister looked on in horror, cops...