February 3, 2009
Talking with Omar Minaya
Here is video I shot of Omar Minaya making it plain today that the Mets will not be signing Manny Ramirez. Minaya also touches on several other Mets-related topics during...
Schottenheimer transcript
Here's what offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer had to say to reporters today, courtesy of the New York Jets: On his decision-making process after Rex Ryan was named Jets head coach...Throughout...
DEVILS CAPTAIN HAPPY WITH HONOR
Scoring is not what made Jamie Langenbrunner the Devils captain. But he figures it's what made him the NHL's First Star of the Month. More of a grinder, digger, jammer...
David Lee: Kobe's landmark 61 is "disappointing. It hurts your pride''
By BRIAN LEWISMike D'Antoni, about as eternally optimistic as Little Orphan Annie, insists his Knicks played good defense in allowing 61 points to Kobe Bryant, and have nothing to be...
BRIAN WOULD WELCOME BACK BRETT
Brian Schottenheimer believes Brett Favre still has plenty left in that rocket right arm. "I would welcome the opportunity to coach Brett again," the Jets offensive coordinator said today. Schottenheimer,...
A peak inside Red Bull Arena
Up until now, most of us had only seen Red Bull Arena from animated videos, the window of a train whizzing by, or maybe the occassional drive-by. But now, thanks...
BAILED-OUT WELLS FARGO PLANS VEGAS CASINO JUNKETS
WASHINGTON -- Wells Fargo & Co., which received $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money, is planning a series of corporate junkets to Las Vegas casinos this month. Wells Fargo, once...
'Idol' Fix: Simon Cowell in Brit Gang War
Latest "American Idol" news from around the world...Get ready for tears, jeers and stage fears when Hollywood Week begins tonight on "American Idol." In the meantime, here are you updates.Simon...
Torre with Mike Francesa
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAJoe Torre's appearance on Mike Francesa's WFAN show started 19 minutes late, but here's what he had to say when he was on the line. 4:19 -- Torre...
Mets make it clear: No Manny
Those fans organizing the "Million Manny March" outside SNY studios this week won't want to hear this, but Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya made it clear today: The Mets won't...
MAN GETS PRISON FOR POSTING WIFE'S NUDE PICTURES
A Maryland man will go to prison after admitting in New York City that he posed online as his ex-wife and posted nude photos of her. Thomas Gillen, of Hagerstown,...
TIGERS SIGN VERLANDER
By JOEL SHERMANThe Tigers have reached agreement with ace Justin Verlander on a one-year, $3.675 million contract, avoiding arbitration, the Post has learned.Verlander had asked for $4.15 million through arbitration...
Kendra Hops Hefner Ship, Gets Reality Show
"Girl Next Door" Kendra Wilkinson is getting her own spinoff.The ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, who was the youngest of Hef's three bunnies on the popular reality series, will try to...
TORRE FACES FANS FOR FIRST TIME AFTER BOMBSHELL TELL-ALL
Scorned former Yankees skipper Joe Torre faced pinstripe fans at a Midtown bookstore for the first time today since writing his bombshell tell-all book - insisting that his legacy hasn't...
BAILED-OUT WELLS FARGO PLANS VEGAS JUNKET
WASHINGTON - Bailed-out banking giant Wells Fargo is planning more than a week of corporate junkets at Las Vegas casinos. Wells Fargo, which received $25 billion in taxpayer money, has...
Would Manny avoid Torre?
There literally could be millions of reasons why Manny Ramirez turned down the Dodgers' one-year, $25 million offer so quickly last night.Here's one idea, though.Why would Ramirez, known for outlandish...
Injury Stuff, RJ
By FRED KERBERRichard Jefferson bolted on Milwaukee writers yesterday and the Bucks cancelled their workout this morning so the only pre-game contact with the former Net came from Devin Harris,...
Report: Milan bids $20 mil for Beckham
Boy, AC Milan weren't kidding when they said they were desperate to keep David Beckham. They've backed up the Brinks truck, reportedly upping their offer to MLS to nearly $20...
LIBRARY FORGIVES SULLY'S LOST BOOK FINE
FRESNO, Calif. -- Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is now every librarian's hero, too. When the US Airways pilot's plane ended up at the bottom of the Hudson River on...
BEANIE BABIES MAKER TO RENAME SASHA, MALIA DOLLS
OAK BROOK, Ill. - The company that makes the popular Beanie Babies is retiring the names "Marvelous Malia" and "Sweet Sasha" from its Ty Girlz collection. CEO Ty Warner of...
NEW YORK TO TELL 'VAGINA MONOLOGUES'
NEW YORK is taking her act downstairs - the saucy reality star has been tapped to appear in an all-black traveling production of "The Vagina Monologues." New York, whose real...
DEALS: All-inclusive V-Day in the DR
Tick, tock. The detonator's been triggered. You have exactly 10 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes until Valentine's Day. Screw this up, and she'll make the bombing of Dresden look...
Truth Ain't No 'Shiny Bluebird on Someone's Shoulder'
Last night, on a Very Special Episode of "The City," we learned that you can never be too thin or too bitch. Also, you can never go ho again.Then, she...
FORD'S US SALES DOWN 40 PERCENT IN JANUARY
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday its U.S. vehicle sales fell 40 percent in January, setting an abysmal start to 2009 for the automaker and the industry overall as...
PROTESTORS INTERRUPT BLOOMBERG'S SPEECH
Shouting "This is what democracy looks like!", about 100 protesters stormed a hotel ballroom Tuesday where Mayor Michael Bloomberg was addressing an economic forum and accused him of ignoring the...
STIMULUS BILL TO HELP HOLLYWOOD
WASHINGTON - Finally, Democrats have found a tax-cut they can support - one that puts even more money in the pockets of Barbara Streisand, Michael Moore and the rest of...
The Super Bowl is over ... now what?
There are 62 days until the Mets (@ Reds) and Yankees (@ Orioles) open their 2009 campaigns. Intriguing seasons for both teams -- new stadiums, new players and crippling expectations....
Last 'Bro' Standing
The boy from Boston prevails, as Luke's great personality and good heart led Brody to ultimately chose him as his new Bro bestie. Femi, watching the celebration on a TV...
DASCHLE'S STATEMENT ON NOMINATION WITHDRAWAL
Text of statement by Tom Daschle, withdrawing his nomination for secretary of health and human services: I have just informed the president that I am withdrawing my name from consideration...
'GG': WTF? and Really?
Truth be told, you could separate the two plotlines of this episode into the categories "Really?" and "WTF?" which are, as it happens, not mutually exclusive. The "Really?" plotline centers...
Fassel getting job -- in UFL
Former Giants coach Jim Fassel may have found a job -- with the Las Vegas team in the United Football League.
Another side to Mangini?
The Akron Beacon Journal says there's a softer side to Eric Mangini, "one toughened and perhaps scarred by the sudden death of his father when he was 16 and the...
Throwing the Baby Out with Ben Lyons: Guilt by Association
By far the silliest blog post I've read this season -- and there have been many -- is at stopbenlyons.com. Because the widely dissed TV reviewer chose "The Curious Case...
CITIGROUP: METS STADIUM DEAL STILL ON
Citigroup says its deal to pay $400 million for naming rights to the Mets' new baseball stadium is still on. The bank's statement came in response to a Wall Street...
Zombie alert level now orange
As if zombie fans needed another reason to get all excited about brain-eating, decaying flesh bags... Resident Evil 5 is almost ready to get gory on your butt.If you haven't...
Kobe's 61 didn't change much ... except this blog
We are starting a new take on this blog today. And there was a little introductory post all set up to explain what readers can expect.Kobe Bryant ruined this plan...
OBAMA: 'I SCREWED UP'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama today admitted that he "screwed up" after former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination as health secretary today because he had failed to pay...
MAN TRIES TO SMUGGLE PIGEON IN PANTS
What a bird brain! A pigeon-lover ruffled a few feathers today at an airport in Australia - after customs agents found two birds stuffed into his pants as he attempted...
Regis Meets Regis
Regis Philbin meets his movie alter-ego on today's "Live with Regis & Kelly" (9 a.m./Ch. 7).Actor Anil Kapoor, who plays the host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in...
METS MAKE IT CLEAR: NO MANNY
Even though Manny Ramirez is on the market -- and the Mets would seem to have the money (and need) to upgrade in the outfield -- Omar Minaya said it...
PHELPS COULD FACE CHARGES AFTER POT PICTURES
Michael Phelps may have smoked the competition in Beijing, but he may not be so lucky at eluding the law in South Carolina. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said he...
Report: Citi backing out?
Don't say we didn't warn you: According to a not-at-all-surprising report in The Wall Street Journal this morning, Citigroup is looking to buy out of its naming-rights deal with the...
UPROAR OVER JPMORGAN-SPONSORED SQUASH TOURNAMENT
This is one corporate sponsored event that should have been squashed. Despite receiving a whopping $28 billion in federal taxpayer funds, JPMorgan Chase and American Express spent $125,000 to sponsor...
IRAN, NORTH KOREA POSE MISSILE THREATS
Iran has launched its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the president said Tuesday, a step forward for a fledgling space program that has been watched with concern abroad. The...
WOMAN: WHY WON'T MY BABY GROW?
Even though she was born 14 months ago, Suraya Brown is still the same size she was when she was a newborn - a mere 7 pounds and 19 inches...
3 UP: TORRE, WIGGINTON, PEREZ
A quick 3 UP today because I am hosting the Sirius/XM baseball show this morning (and also tomorrow, Wednesday morning) from 7-10 a.m. on Sirius 210 or XM 175 if...
Thoughts on Perez signing
From JOEL SHERMAN There were many Met officials who badly wanted to have Oliver Perez back. They loved that he was still just 27 and that he is lefthanded and...
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Amazing Race'
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."The Amazing Race"It's the 15th season of this race around the world, so maybe you should lower your expectations for exciting locales; I...
MADOFF JUDGE'S DEFENSE
"I was defending myself!" That's what a federal bankruptcy judge, charged with hitting his wife, told cops as he described the fight that left her with a bruised jaw in...
EX-MET BATS VS. EX-WIFE
"Miracle Met" Art Shamsky is taking a hard slide into the ex-wife who accused him of batting from both sides of the plate and leaving her with an sexually transmitted...
O FEARS GITMO'S JIHADISTS
President Obama admitted yesterday he's worried that terrorists released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison will resume attacks against America, even as Saudi Arabia revealed that six of its most...
BANKS' URGE 2 MERGE
Troubled Swiss banking giant UBS has held preliminary talks with Wachovia Securities about forging a joint venture of the pair's North American wealth-management units, The Post has learned. Such a...
IT TAKES BLUE TO TANGO
Lawrence Taylor made his career waltzing over quarterbacks, and now he'll be "Dancing with the Stars." The legendary Giants defender will be named a contestant on ABC's popular ball room...
IRAQ TIED TO 1973 BOMB PLOT
Official Iraqi diplomatic communications - possibly at the nation's New York-based mission - were used to transmit a terrorist message that helped the feds foil a 1973 plot to bomb...
BOSS DATE TABOO
Going to dinner with your boss is a definite "don't." According to a poll in the Zagat New York City Dating (and Dumping) Guide, 75 percent would date an office...
WILL DEMS MOVE TO GUT WELFARE REFORM?
WILL Democrats use their new power in Washington to imperil welfare reform? Already, House Democrats have passed, in the stimulus bill, a provision to help states pay for added welfare...
PILOT UNION CRIES FOWL OVER DELAY OF BIRD RADAR
At this rate, the geese are winning. The feds are taking far too long to develop an effective bird-detecting radar that could prevent terrifying episodes like the crash-landing in the...
PR GAFFE IN PHELPS TOKE PIC
Michael Phelps' agents did a big belly-flop when they tried to stop a British newspaper from running a photo of the super-swimmer smoking pot by offering to have Phelps write...
ACCUSED SCAM LAWYER'S $400M SPREE
Disgraced attorney Marc Dreier spends so freely that he should get "either a federal government bailout or a Wall Street bonus," a judge joked yesterday. Federal Judge Jed Rakoff cracked...
CLA$$Y OPRAH'S GIFT TO NEWARK
O, my, is Newark excited about Oprah Winfrey! The talk-show queen has donated at least $1.5 million to help the city's kids get a better education and the less fortunate...
CLONING IS IN-EGGS-ACT
WASHINGTON - Researchers who tried to use mouse, cow and rabbit eggs to make human clones said yesterday that the effort failed to produce workable embryos, but added that they...
FASHION WEEK IS MOVING
The runways are cleared for takeoff. New York Fashion Week will ditch its digs at Bryant Park in favor of Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center beginning in September 2010, a...
SUIT OVER CITI PAWN
Citigroup may have lost $28.2 billion in the last five quarters and received a $45 billion bailout from taxpayers, but the struggling financial giant still has time to sweat the...
BRONX TO BE GRAND AGAIN
The economy may be tanking, but that didn't stop City Hall yesterday from proposing to turn a gritty South Bronx district into a neighborhood of high-rises, lofts and parks. Now...
SUPER SULLY: I WAS PLANE NERVOUS INSIDE
Steely calm on the outside - absolutely. But hero US Airways Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III says he was in emotional "turmoil" as he miraculously ditched Flight 1549 in the...
JERSEY QUAKE
A small earthquake rattled northern New Jersey last night. The magnitude-3.0 temblor struck Morris County between Rockaway and Morris Plains at 10:34 last night, according to the US Geological Survey....
HE'S A BOASTER BOY
If you're one of the subway system's most-wanted - but anonymous - vandals, it may be a good idea to keep your mouth shut. A guerrilla "artist" known as "Poster...
SALUTE TO SLAIN MARINE
Dozens of relatives, friends and fellow Marines gathered last night for a "joyful celebration" of the life of Cpl. Julian Brennan of Brooklyn, who was killed last week in Afghanistan....
IT'S A 'BOOTY' SHAKEDOWN
A politically connected parking magnate needed a nanny cam - not to protect his kids, but the thousands of dollars he thought he'd safely parked in his closet. David Avital's...
PLAYFUL HILL RAPS BUBBA
Bill's White House shenanigans may be forgiven - but Hill certainly hasn't forgotten. "I am so grateful to him for a lifetime of all kinds of experiences," Secretary of State...
TALIBAN FROM OUTER SPACE
A FUNDAMENTAL reason why our intelligence agencies, military leaders and (above all) Washington pols can't understand Afghanistan is that they don't recognize that we're dealing with alien life-forms. Oh, the...
BLOOMY'S BUDGET BOTCH: WHY SOCK TAXPAYERS?
Raising taxes and fees and making the city more dangerous, with less police, firefighters and teachers, will cut tourism spending and deter the wealthy from moving here ("Bloomy's Budget," Editorial,...
LANCING THE BOIL OF TERROR IN SOMALIA
IT'S looking like the Obama administration may spurn a gift from the Bush team - a chance to lance the boil of Somalia. "I'm very concerned now," a Western diplomat...
US OIL RESERVES NO LONGER OVER A BARREL
LET'S start today with something that the government got right - almost. It took Washington a long time to stop oil from flowing into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) last...
JOVI A JERSEY HALL OF FAMER
TRENTON, NJ - A note from New Jersey to Jon Bon Jovi: You may have been snubbed by the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, but you're still wanted in...
DODD DUMPS HIS VIP LOANS
HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd says he'll refinance two mortgages that he received through a VIP program from Countrywide Financial Corp. Dodd told reporters yesterday that the mortgages...
O IS AN FDA NUTCRACKER
WASHINGTON - President Obama, speaking as the chief executive and a father, has promised a full review of the Food and Drug Administration amid a salmonella outbreak linked to a...
RUBIK'S CUBE GOES FULL CIRCLE
The reclusive Hungarian inventor who gave headaches and sore wrists to fans of his brain-teaser Rubik's Cube nearly three decades ago will unveil his latest puzzle, Rubik's 360, this week....
BLUE PERIOD OVER FOR NYC: 2 PICASSOS STAY
The Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim will keep two Pablo Picasso paintings after reaching a settlement with a Jewish German scholar who claimed he was the rightful owner....
EXTELL'S DIAMOND TOWER IN THE ROUGH
GARY BARNETT'S Extell hopes to sell more than $355 million worth of jewelry-industry condominiums at its eagerly awaited Diamond Tower on West 47th Street. And although Extell doesn't have construction...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Nadel to NY Arthur Nadel, the Flor ida hedge-fund adviser who is accused of de frauding investors of more than $300 million, was ordered transferred from Florida to New York,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Staten Island A sloshed Brooklyn motorist with a blood-alcohol level almost four times the legal limit was busted early yesterday at the Verrazano Bridge toll plaza, officials said. Another driver...
MORGAN TO SLASH JOBS
Morgan Stanley plans to eliminate as many as 1,800 positions, or 4 percent of the workforce, a person familiar with the situation said, after posting its lowest annual profit in...
NASSAU'S CHALLENGE
NASSAU County's budget has taken a body blow: We face a budget gap that could go as high as $150 million. Yesterday, I laid out an emergency plan, stating that...
BUSCH-WHACKED
It took a couple of dudes from Indiana to topple a Clydesdale and the king of beers. Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Budweiser, ended its long winning streak in the Super...
LOST & FOUND AT MTA E-ASIER
Tracking down that scarf - or prosthetic leg - you left on the subway could be a click away. Forgetful straphangers now can file lost-and-found item reports online at a...
BY GEORGE, MARTHA WAS A HOT MAMA
We cannot tell a lie - it turns out that Martha Washington was a real babe. Forget the view of our first first lady as an old frump with a...
MACY'S MASSACRE
Warning that this year's profits will sorely miss Wall Street's estimates, Macy's said it will lay off 7,000 workers and slash its dividend. Confirming an exclusive Saturday report in The...
GHOST TO BE NAMED EPIC PREZ
Sony Music is expected to name Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Amanda Ghost as president of Epic Records as early as today, The Post has learned. Two sources close to the situation...
TWO-TIER TAX: PAYERS - AND BAM'S PLAYERS
THE Internal Revenue Service should hope as many big-time Democrats get appointments to the Obama Cabinet as possible. EDITORIAL: O'S ETHICS 'EXCEPTIONS' It has become the most efficacious way to...
FEWER DOPEY TEENS
Kids on both sides of the Atlantic are smoking less pot and going out less often with friends at night, a study of 15-year-olds in 30 countries has found. The...
TAX HIKES ON WEALTHY BAD FOR STATE: GOV
Gov. Paterson yesterday warned that the politically popular plan to impose higher income taxes on the wealthy would cost New York jobs and drive people out of the state. "What...
TAVERN ON THE BLOCK
Tavern on the Green officially went up for grabs yesterday, just in time for what's likely to be the worst restaurant slump since humans first used spoons. The city Parks...
GREENBERG, AIG FACE OFF IN $300M STARR WAR
Hank Greenberg will finally get his day in court. The founder and former chairman of American International Group is set to duke it out March 2 with the federally rescued...
CITI TO SPEND $36.5B
Citigroup, under pressure to increase its lending, says it will spend $36.5 billion to issue mortgages, make credit card loans and buy distressed assets in the tight credit markets in...
DON'T DASCH MY HOPES, BEGS 'SORRY' TOM
WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Tom Daschle apologized and threw himself on the mercy of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday in hopes that failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes...
'JUNIOR' TAKES A BIG HIT
In a taste of trouble to come for John "Junior" Gotti, a Mafia turncoat fingered the mob scion for a legendary hit on a Gambino soldier who refused to come...
SHOCK AND GNAW
Maybe you can't fight City Hall, but you can bite it. Staten Island groundhog Charles G. Hogg sunk his teeth into Mayor Bloomberg's left hand yesterday, drawing blood instead of...
REGULAR JOE THE #1 BREW
You don't have to pay a grande price to have a great cup of coffee: Eight O'Clock Coffee's Colombian joe ranked tops on a Consumer Reports taste test, beating out...
FEDERAL BUCKS WON'T EASE PAIN FOR STRAPHANGERS
The feds appear ready to bail out the MTA's big-ticket projects - but riders facing fare hikes will have to look to Albany, not Washington, for help. Federal politicians have...
'BOOZE & XANAX' IN 'HIT-RUN'
The car thief who mowed down and killed two Queens pedestrians admitted to cops he "had five or six vodka drinks and took two Xanax pills," before his joyride, authorities...
GETTING THRIFTIER, GIRDING FOR WORST
Consumer spending fell for a record sixth straight month in December as recession-battered households, worried about surging layoffs, boosted their savings rates to the highest level since May. Personal consumption...
GOV DISS IN BLIND 'SPOTS'
A hospital trade group and a health-care union yesterday released a bizarre new attack ad - using a sightless man wearing sunglasses to slam legally blind Gov. Paterson for budget...
EXPECT AN NYC GROUNDHOG TAX
"This is going to be a very long winter for the Staten Island Zoo."- Mayor Bloomberg, after his finger was bitten by the zoo's groundhog,Staten Island Chuck (who, by the...
CITI'S JOYRIDE PROBLEM
So that's why Citigroup needed to buy that extra luxury jet: to fly ex-CEOs to ritzy Mexican vacation spots. We're not kidding: The bank actually lent former Citi Chairman Sandy...
O'S ETHICS 'EXCEPTIONS'
Did the Democrats adopt a plank in their party platform last summer re quiring all of their top dogs to have serious personal tax problems? Sure looks that way. Tom...
SI RACIST GUILTY
The ringleader of a gang of racist thugs that went on an election-night rampage on Staten Island pleaded guilty to federal charges yesterday and told a judge he was drunk...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Goliath 1 - David 0. A man driving a Toyota Prius was arrested after repeatedly ramming his small, fuel-efficient car into a pick-up truck - and then shoving its 61-year-old...
ISLES' WIN STREAK SPARKS GOALIE DUEL
Things certainly are looking up for the Islanders these days. They're going for their fourth straight win and have a genuine goalie battle going on. It's almost enough to make...
RJ'S BUCK IN NEW JERSEY
Nets fans will get their first glimpse of Richard Jefferson in the Meadowlands as a member of the Bucks tonight. But after going up against his former player in Milwaukee...
D'ANTONI SHOULD'VE DOUBLED UP KOBE
WITH Andrew Bynum out indefi nitely due to torn ligaments in his right knee, Phil Jackson, suspecting Kobe Bryant's offense - a consensual 61 points last night against the Knicks...
KOBE'S 61 LEAVES HOUSTON IN AWE
Knicks executive Allan Houston looked in awe after watching Kobe Bryant's 61-point epic Garden performance last night. Houston, who once scored 53 vs. Bryant at Staples Center, told The Post,...
START OF 'DREAM WEEK' TURNS INTO NIGHTMARE
IF this is supposed to be "Dream Week," wake me up when it's over. If the remaining games against the Cavaliers and Celtics are as demoralizing as last night's 126-117...
"61'' with no asterisk
By MARC BERMANMy first observation from this historic 61-point night was the noise at the Garden. From the tip, the cheers were louder for Kobe Bryant's baskets than the Knicks'...
'SPY' SECRETS
AMONG the shocking facts thrown our way on tonight's excellent NOVA documentary, "The Spy Factory," are two that are nearly incomprehensible. First, is the information that the National Security Agency...
'8 IS ENOUGH'
KATE Gosselin knows a thing or two about what awaits Nadya Suleman, the controversial single mom who gave birth to octuplets last week - and later admitted to having six...
'STORY' NO PAGE TURNER
THE thought of Kathleen Turner and Charles Busch onstage together incites delicious anticipation of camp heaven. Who wouldn't want to see these two dueling divas - perhaps channeling their roles...
ARRANGED MARRIAGE: THE TV SHOW
CBS us shacking up with a real ity show about arranged mar riages. The new show, from the creators of "Project Runway," uses a documentary format to showcase four adults...
REGIS MEETS REGIS
REGIS Philbin meets his movie alter-ego on today's "Live with Regis & Kelly" (9 a.m./Ch. 7). Actor Anil Kapoor, who plays the host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"...
95 MIL WATCHED XLIII
MORE than 95 million viewers tuned in to watch all or part of Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday night, according to Nielsen. NBC scored a touchdown with the game (Pittsburgh...
REAL 'TREASURE'
DEEP-sea explorers claim they have discovered a legendary British man-of-war that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago. The exploration is expected to appear on an episode of "Treasure...
NO MORE DEBATE - BEN'S A BIG-TIMER
TAMPA, Fla. - There had al ways been an unwritten, unmistakable - and, as it turns out, grossly unfair - rule about Ben Roethlisberger. There was never any denying his...
GRAVES DESERVING OF RANGERS' TRIBUTE
THEY and we are honor ing a role model at the Garden tonight, honoring a superior Ranger who was and is a greater New Yorker than he was a hockey...
WARNER'S NEXT PLAY CALL: HIS FUTURE
TAMPA, Fla. - Kurt Warner come back for more? Why the heck not? Why in the world would Kurt Warner even for a nanosecond consider retiring from a profession he...
PITTSBURGH PARTYERS RUN WILD
PITTSBURGH - Gold and black-clad fans with Steeler Terrible Towels waving in the air partied into the early morning hours yesterday in an impromptu block party across Pittsburgh to celebrate...
RAMIREZ GETS L.A. OFFER
The Dodgers have offered Manny Ramirez a one-year, $25 million deal, according to ESPN.com. An earlier offer of two years for $45 million was not accepted by the star slugger....
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Commish Selig rakes it in Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a raise of about $3 million to nearly $17.5 million in 2007, according to MLB's latest tax return. His...
REPORT: CLEMENS' DNA IN 'JUICE' SYRINGES
Scientific tests have linked Roger Clemens's DNA to blood in syringes that a personal trainer says he used to inject the former star pitcher with performance-enhancing drugs, according to two...
KOBE LIGHTS UP KNICKS FOR AMAZING 61 POINTS
Kobe Bryant felt a different vibe than usual while lifting weights in the fitness room at the Lakers' hotel yesterday morning before his team's Garden showdown last night against the...
OLLIE'S BACK BUT DOOR CLOSING ON PEDRO, MANNY
The Mets finalized a three-year, $36 million contract yesterday with Oliver Perez, which not only completed their rotation, but also almost certainly ended their association with Pedro Martinez and any...
THIS WAS SUPER-EST
THE Greatest Game Ever Played was The Greatest Game Ever Played: Baltimore Colts 23, Giants 17 in OT at Yankee Stadium. After further review, I rank Super Bowl XLIII The...
TWO JAYHAWKS RETURN TO THE NEST
IT's been a long, if occasionally rocky, time coming. But for followers of the Jayhawks' Gary Louris and Mark Olson, in their various musical incarnations, the pair's gem of a...
RE-ENTER THE FRAY
THANKS to a little TV show called "Grey's Anatomy," the Fray has become synonymous with the kind of sensitive songs that bring girls to their knees, crumpled in a weepy...
DOC'S DOS AND DON'TS:
* Do blow your nose one nostril at a time. Don't continually sniffle. * Do stay three feet away from people around you for the duration of the cold. *...
COLD WAR!
A cup of warm milk with garlic a day keeps the cold away. Or is it boiled vodka that keeps the symptoms at bay? The remedies may differ in weirdness,...
MPFREES
Mark Olson & Gary Louris, "Doves and Stones" A happy-go-lucky, indie-folk track that lives up to Jayhawks fans' expectations. Audio Fiction, "Way Out" The power-pop act embraces the best of...
DESTINATION: LAS VEGAS
AT SOME point in time, you will likely find yourself in America's most unbelievably fun city. Like most Vegas visitors, you will likely fall into one of two camps: (1)...
10 SIGHTS YOU CANNOT MISS
1) Best lobby, ever Visiting the 13,000-square-foot conservatory inside Bellagio is a little like walking around inside the holiday windows at Macy's - except that it transforms five times a...
WHERE TO STAY NOW
THE need to be creative when trying to find decent accommodations in Las Vegas is so last year. The economy being what it is, you can now snag a room...
10 GREAT MEALS
1) Lotus of Siam If you eat one meal in Las Vegas, do it at Lotus. (Well, that and breakfast at the Wynn buffet - see below.) Yes, this Thai...
STRATEGIES
At the moment, the city feels a lot like a free-for-all, with discounting happening everywhere you turn. It may not always be so, though, in which case, hang on to...
BEST OF THE WEB
www.lvrj.com This is the Web site of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Great for local gossip and for reading results of the annual "Best of Las Vegas" survey, where editors...
EASY BEING GREEN!
SICK of hearing about "green" travel? It's a lot like the word "luxury" -- used so often that nobody knows what it actually means anymore. What used to be called...
50 STATES: Nebraska
A BALMY breeze laps at my winter-rough skin as an African Blue Monkey dangles mischievously inches from my head, all while a gossamer mist falls gently from a soaring Royal...
NEWS + NOTES
EPIC CURIOUS WHAT'S 150,000 tons and can hold the populations of the Falkland Islands and Vatican City combined (with room to spare)? Norwegian's new F3 ship, now officially dubbed Epic....
HOT DEALS!
* PARIS $640 per person for RT air on Air France from NYC with 4 nights at the surprisingly well-liked Villa Montparnasse. Includes breakfast, hotel taxes/service fees. Does not include...
EVENTS SHAPE THE LIVES WE'RE BORN TO LIVE
PEOPLE often ask me how one family can have one child that ends up faring well emotionally, personally and professionally, while the other child falls victim to depression, drug dependence...
DEVILS' NEW TRIO IS BORDER-'LINE' OLD
The newest, oldest Devil wondered aloud about the symbolism of his latest line's gray practice jerseys. Brendan Shanahan, John Madden and Brian Rolston can be Line 110 for their effort...
MORE SCORING THE GOAL FOR RANGERS
TOM Renney went to his "coach's toolbox" in the third period Saturday in Boston, constructing 14 different lines that nevertheless turned out to be the same old saw. A Rangers...
TiVo Alert: 31 Days of Oscars, Day 3
Alexander Hall's delightful "My Sister Eileen'' (1942), which follows at 10 p.m., was also remade, as a 1955 musical. with Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Jack Lemmon and "Robert'' Fosse. Which...
METS SIGN DE LOS SANTOS
The Mets have signed leftyy Valerio de los Santos to a minor league contract, the Post has learned.De los Santos has already played for five teams in the majors, including...