October 28, 2006
Week 8 â Start & Sit
October 28, 2006 | 10:43pmEvery week, thereâs at least one game you can point to that will lack defensive prowess. Thereâs always a matchup or two that screams offensive fireworks. Itâs the kind of...
UNITED, AMERICAN, DELTA RAISE FARES
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amJust in time for holiday bookings, airlines are hiking fares in hopes of recouping millions they've lost gassing up their aircraft during the summer's skyrocketing fuel prices. United Airlines kicked...
ALL IN THE FAMILY - WEILL'S DAUGHTER'S FIRM TARGETED BY SPITZER
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amNew York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, having successfully embarrassed former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill a few years ago, has now taken aim at Weill's daughter - who runs wealth management...
GRACE HEADS TO SUICIDE'S HOME
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amNANCY Grace, the bombastic talk show from CNN's Head line News, is heading to Florida to revive the hunt for a missing 2-year-old - whose mom committed suicide after appearing...
SMASH THIS SILLY PUMPKIN
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amDON'T you hate it when a dead man gets revived only to become a T-Rex devil man without skin? Gosh, I sure do. Too bad the Sci Fi Channel doesn't....
EVERYBODY LOVES RAY-BAN
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amTHE only way to top off an uberfashionable retro Greed Decade outfit - leggings, off-the-shoulder sweater dress, short boots - is with a pair of genuine Ray-Ban Wayfarers. It's good...
SALES
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amMARA HOFFMAN 181 Orchard St., between Houston and Stanton streets; (212) 505-3020 Sale: Nov. 3-5. Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m../Sat., 10 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The designer marks down fall/winter...
FEAR FACTOR
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amHOMICIDAL clowns? OK. Power-tool dentistry? Uh-huh. Bad Chinese food? Now, that's scary. Gotham's grown-upsonly haunted house, "Nightmare: Face Your Fear," has returned. What began two years ago as a Manhattan-only...
'SAW' FLAWS CAUSE PAUSE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00am'SAW III" is a horror movie with brains. Unfortunately, they're usually spurting out of the back of somebody's head - but hey, what did you expect from a movie that,...
MAFIA MURDERER GETS LIFE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amA U.S. judge lit into a convicted Mafia hit man before giving him a life sentence in Brooklyn federal court yesterday. "Mr. Amato, you're just a plain, wanton murderer and...
I'M SCARED EVERY DAY BY 'HIT PLOT' HUBBY - OLD THREATS BARED
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island woman whose husband allegedly plotted to murder her so she wouldn't get a dime in their bitter divorce yesterday described him as a longtime abuser who had...
GOV SICS LEGAL EAGLE ON ALAN - MARTHA BUSTER TO TACKLE SCANDAL
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday tapped tenacious former federal prosecutor David Kelley - who sent Martha Stewart to prison - to conduct an investigation into state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's conduct...
KFC'S SLICK MOVE ON TRANS FATS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amColonel Sanders (left) is looking out for your health. Kentucky Fried Chicken has switched to a new soybean cooking oil that eliminates dreaded trans fats used to prepare its famous...
FURY OF BOOTED SCHOOL PARENTS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amTensions rose yesterday at a Lower East Side school that has caused headaches for the city Department of Education, after the principal had police toss more than 300 people out...
SOIL FOR PLANTS AND THE PLANTED
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amTwo sons of the Auld Sod have hit pay dirt. They're selling bags of bona fide Irish soil to Americans with Emerald Isle roots to sprinkle on the caskets of...
NAOMI'S 'BOOZY' FRENZY
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amViolent vixen Naomi Campbell was allegedly driven to assaulting her drug counselor in London because she was drunk and feeling hard-up, the British press reported yesterday. The Daily Mail reported...
GOPERS TAKE DRIVER FUROR FOR A SPIN IN NEW TV ADS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amA trio of blistering Republican TV ads unveiled yesterday are hanging state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's chauffeur-gate woes around the necks of his fellow Democrats. Gubernatorial hopeful John Faso, state attorney-general...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A 14-month-old East New York child was beaten to death, officials said yesterday. Cops said Teira Lewis became ill late Thursday night. "The mother said that the baby...
CAPT. CRUNCHED IN PCT. SEX TAPE - TRIED TO HOOK UP WITH LADY COP
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amA respected Bronx police commander suspended without pay was secretly recorded by the Internal Affairs Bureau trying to set up a tryst with a female cop in his precinct, The...
FINEST MOWED DOWN - 'HOT' DRIVER SHOT
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amBronx cops shot a gun-toting felon with a lead foot and a stolen car yesterday after the suspect ran over an officer trying to collar him, police said. Police Officer...
SENATE PONDERING TRIAL'S TRIBULATIONS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - With a Senate trial potentially looming to determine the political fate of Comptroller Alan Hevesi, state officials are busy combing through the legal books to find out exactly...
COP-SHOOT ARRESTS - 5 NAILED IN 'DRUG' HOUSE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amPolice took five people into custody after finding cocaine residue, scales and bullets in a Brooklyn apartment they raided yesterday near where an off-duty cop was shot after stopping a...
THE SOD COUPLE - DUO HAWKS IRISH DIRT FOR DEPARTED
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amTwo sons of the Auld Sod have hit pay dirt. They're selling bags of bona fide Irish soil to Americans with Emerald Isle roots to sprinkle on the caskets of...
2ND ABUSE TOT DIES IN BROOKLYN
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amA 14-month-old Brooklyn baby died from a beating early yesterday - the second time in a week that an infant in the city has died from abuse, police said. Cops...
FEDS FREE $40M FOR WTC WORKER HEALTH
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe feds yesterday released $40 million to treat World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers exposed to toxic air at Ground Zero, officials said. The medical aid will be distributed...
SCHOOL BUS SIDESWIPES TICKET-WRITING OFFICER
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amWriting a parking ticket almost turned deadly for one NYPD cop yesterday. The officer was in the street at the corner of Ralph Avenue and Farragut Road in Brooklyn writing...
SNAKE SODOMY GUYS FACE LIFE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amTwo Long Island teens charged with brutally sodomizing a mentally handicapped man with a plumbing snake earlier this month face life in prison after being hit with upgraded charges yesterday....
'CHUTING' THE BULL
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amMaybe it should have been called the Bill of Flights. The lawyer for a dopey daredevil busted trying to parachute off the Empire State Building said yesterday his client was...
1913 POL WHO GOT THE BOOT
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Alan Hevesi could become the first statewide official forcibly removed from office since the 1913 impeachment of Gov. William Sulzer. But while Hevesi could be booted...
N.Y. JERK 'COPS' AN ATTITUDE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amPeople in the Midwest sometimes have the mistaken notion that New Yorkers are rude and overly demanding. And sometimes they're right. A man claiming to be a New York City...
LAWYER DENIES $CAM
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Manhattan lawyer under investigation for allegedly writing herself checks for $187,000 from an Alzheimer's-stricken judge's estate fought back in court yesterday - after new questions were raised about another...
PIPE-BOMB BUST IN QUEENS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amTwo Queens men were arrested yesterday after they were caught igniting a homemade pipe bomb in a driveway, authorities said. Cops responded to a call of an explosion in front...
N.Y. JOURNO IS KILLED IN MEXICO
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amA freelance journalist from New York was killed in a shootout in Oaxaca, Mexico yesterday as pro-government gunmen there clashed with protesters in barricaded streets, authorities said. The cameraman, Bradley...
PAUL CASE: LINDA STILL CAN'T SING
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amPaul McCartney doesn't have to worry about his late wife, Linda, singing about their marital problems from beyond the grave - for the time being. McCartney - photographed in London...
GRIM DOWNTOWN DIG COVERS NEW GROUND
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe city will expand a search for human remains to areas near Ground Zero, but won't look on the site itself, officials said yesterday. After bones were discovered last week...
AMAZING CARD TRICK
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The most turvy-topsy postseason ever ended fittingly with essentially the ninth seed in an eight-seed tournament winning. The Cardinals, whose 83 victories were the 13th-best in the...
LA RUSSA JOINS SELECT COMPANY
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK ST. LOUIS - There have been two managers who have captured a World Series in the American League and the National League. Sparky Anderson and now, Tony...
CENTERING STAGE - IT'S WORTHWHILE FOR SERGEI TO BE VERSATILE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amBLUE JACKETS at DEVILS - Tonight 7:30 - FSN; WGAN (660 AM) Versatility can consign its possessor to a lesser role, the dreaded "utility" tag. Sergei Brylin is getting the...
UNCERTAIN FUTURE EATING AT DARIUS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amRANGERS at COYOTES; Tonight 10:00 MSG; ESPN (1050 AM) GLENDALE, Ariz. - Yes, it is generally better to be safe than sorry, but not necessarily always, and not necessarily when...
LAVA MAN ON A HOT STREAK
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe mighty Bernardini will be heavily favored to extend his six-race winning streak a week from today at Churchill Downs in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. But if Bernardini...
GIRARDI CLOSE TO SAYING YES
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amJoe Girardi's agent is going over paperwork, but that is merely a formality now to his signing on as a Yankees in-game analyst for the YES Network next year. Executives...
SHEFF CHANGES HIS MIND ABOUT TALKING TO BOSS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Gary Sheffield has changed his mind about talking with George Steinbrenner but not about playing first base for the Yankees on a one-year deal. "I am going...
IT'S ALL UP-HILL AT BIG A
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amTrack was fast, turf firm. Bad day for chalk: Of eight beaten favorites, six failed to finish in the money. Admission to Aqueduct is free (save $2!) this weekend due...
TIME TO SCRATCH AN 18-YEAR ITCH
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - He has seen this movie before. He has read the script. He knows the principal players, and all the improbable plot twists. He even has an idea...
ISLES NOT COOKING AT HOME
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amPANTHERS at ISLANDERS - Tonight 7:00 - MSG; WBBR (1130 AM) After earning points in five of their last six games, tonight's matchup against the Panthers shouldn't mean nearly as...
NAVAL ACADEMY - IRISH SCHOOLED IN STOPPING MIDDIES
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - There are a lot of indicators that a program is on the rise. Take for example, surging Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are 2-0 in the Big East for...
ROOKIE SPARKS NETS IN CHIPPY WIN OVER N.Y.
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amNets 138 - Knicks 121 It is the catchphrase of the bench for the Nets this season: Guys are comfortable because guys know their roles. And off the bench last...
KNICK KNOCK - ESPN'S ANTHONY FIRES BACK AT THOMAS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amGreg Anthony, the ESPN analyst and former Knick, declined to respond directly to team president/coach Isiah Thomas' stinging barbs, but retaliated in the next best way: He trashed Thomas' team....
NO DESIRE TO GO NATIONAL - CARDS PLAYING FOR THEMSELVES, NOT THE LEAGUE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The Cardinals took the field last night at Busch Stadium one victory from a world championship, a mouthful in itself. But there was an added bonus waiting,...
NO CARD READER COULD CALL THIS WORLD SERIES
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The most turvy-topsy postseason of all time ended fittingly with essentially the ninth seed in an eight-seed tournament winning. The Cardinals, whose 83 victories were the 13th...
ST. LOUIS: THE REAL CITY OF CHAMPIONS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - They covered the streets of downtown with a jazzy celebration that was certain to last well into morning, a party that began the moment Adam Wainwright struck...
NEW CROWN'S IN THE CARDS - ST. LOO WINS FIRST SERIES SINCE 1982
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amGAME 5: Cardinals 4 - Tigers 2 ST. LOUIS - Tony La Russa waved a cap to fans behind home plate. Jeff Weaver's arms went up, and he thrust his...
TIGERS THROW IT ALL AWAY
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Maybe it was the beer-cooler cold that draped itself over Busch Stadium. Perhaps grapefruits in their throats made swallowing difficult. Could have been a wishbone where a...
JUSTIN PART OF 'E' CLUB
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Justin Verlander committed the obligatory error by a Tigers pitcher, but his main skill of making good pitches provided his mates a chance in Game 5 of...
ST. LOO CELEBRATES ELUSIVE 10TH TITLE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - They covered the streets of downtown with a jazzy celebration that was scheduled to last well into morning, a party that began the moment Adam Wainwright struck...
SHEFF WON'T TALK TO BOSS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Gary Sheffield has changed his mind about talking with George Steinbrenner but not about playing first base for the Yankees on a oneyear deal. "I am going...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amNOTRE DAME vs. NAVY (at Baltimore) Noon Ch.2 Line: Notre Dame by 13. Angle: With all due respect to Navy, this can't be considered a rivalry unless the Middies post...
TRAP OR TREAT? - BIG BLUE LOOKS TO BUC RECENT TREND
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe smile was a knowing smile as center Shaun O'Hara anticipated the question as surely as he tries to repel a blitz up the middle. Each week presents a different...
NETS' WRIGHT FINALLY FEELS COMFORTABLE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amIn Antoine Wright's assessment, "the key word is comfortable." Wright is comfortable this year - with the Nets, with his game, with his role. And he's a little more comfortable...
COUNTDOWN TO THE BREEDERS' CUP
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amBeginning today and continuing all week The Post will profile each of the eight Breeders' Cup races to be run next Saturday at Churchill Downs. The Countdown to the Cup...
CHSFL SQUADS EYEING PLAYOFFS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amPerhaps one of Mount St. Michael's best games of the season came in a 34-27 loss to perennial powerhouse St. Anthony's earlier in the year. "Obviously, we were disappointed in...
LONG LIKELY UP NEXT AS YANKS' HITTING COACH
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Allard Baird couldn't gush long enough about the coaching talent Kevin Long has. When the World Series is finished, the Yankees likely will announce that Long will...
LEYLAND WAITS WITH ROGERS
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES Notebook ST. LOUIS - Tigers manager Jim Leyland reiterated why he chose to hold Kenny Rogers for a possible Game 6 of the World Series, rather than start...
HOT CORNER - 6TH-ROUNDER COLEMAN A BIG HIT
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amIf there's a player on the Jets' roster who embodies the absolute core of Eric Mangini's coaching philosophy, it's Drew Coleman. Unless you're the most ardent of Jets fans, you...
PASSING THOUGHTS COULD BE GONE WITH THE WIND
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Never, ever, Eli Manning said yesterday, has he played in a game having to deal with harsh wind conditions. Tomorrow may be his first when the Giants face...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 28, 2006 | 4:00amHer number was up. A juror was booted from a Washington, D.C., murder trial for introducing numerology into the deliberations. Other members of the panel had complained that she kept...