November 25, 2006
Maybe Curry package wasn't a Bulls steal
November 25, 2006 | 4:50pmBy MARC BERMANIf there is any weekend in the past 13 months in which Isiah Thomas can say the Eddy Curry trade does not look so horrendous, it is this...
SHOPPING POP; BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS GOOD OMEN FOR HOLIDAY RETAIL
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amThe holiday shopping season got off to a whirlwind start yesterday, as a combination of earlier opening times, bargains galore and crisp fall weather across much of the country created...
SWEATERS, NEW ELMO, HDTVS FLY OUT DOORS
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amConsumer electronics, toys and sweaters were among the most sought after products yesterday, as shoppers swarmed stores in search of the best bargains. High definition and LCD flat screen TVs,...
SWEET! CHARITY - SAFE RIDES AND OTHER FUN WAYS TO GIVE BACK
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amVOLUNTEERING is about spreading cheer - not yawns. We get it: You want to do good over the holidays, but dishing out a turkey dinner, though noble, doesn't always make...
WE'VE GOT GAME - OUR PICKS FOR VIDEO FUN FOR EVERY AGE
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amAFTER all the recent hoopla over the brand-new videogame consoles - Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 - it's time to focus on what really matters: games that kids will enjoy....
KING LEER - HOW GENE RAYBURN TURNED 'MATCH GAME' INTO A RISQUE BUSINESS
November 25, 2006 | 5:00am"The Real Match Game Story: Behind the Blank" Tomorrow night at 8 on Game Show Network (three stars) GENE Rayburn was the most frightening of all game-show hosts. Unlike most...
BLE$$INGS ON A GOOD FRIDAY; STORES SCORE BIG AS SHOPPING SEASON STARTS OFF WITH A BANG
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amMillions of crazed Christmas shoppers stormed retailers across the city and the nation yesterday to take advantage of the wee-morning store hours and spectacular sales - making it one of...
SHUTTERED EATERY AT WAR WITH HEALTH DEPT.
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amA worker at a Chinatown restaurant tested positive for salmonella after 10 patrons fell ill and the Health Department shut the eatery, The Post has learned. That was more than...
ATHLETIC KIDS:EVICTION NOT GYM DANDY
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amTwo dozen Queens schoolkids made a last-ditch attempt to save their after-school gym facilities yesterday with a boisterous rally at City Hall. The youngsters, participants in PSAL gymnastics competitions, have...
JONBENET NUT STILL 'SUSPECT'
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amCreepy kid-lover John Mark Karr may have been set free as a bird after DNA failed to link him to the killing of JonBenet Ramsey - but a new report...
DAD SLAIN IN HOLIDAY SHOOTING
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amA doting Manhattan dad celebrating his daughter's first Thanksgiving left a family dinner to go out for a pack of cigarettes and was fatally gunned down on a Washington Heights...
HEVESI AIDE EYED BY FRAUD SQUAD ; DA PROBES 'MOD' ACTRESS' RIDES, TOO
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The Albany County district attorney's criminal probe into Comptroller Alan Hevesi has been expanded to include his top lieutenant, who is suspected of providing a round-the-clock, state-paid chauffeur...
N.Y. DEMS ANTE UP & $CORE ON FULL HOUSE
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New York lawmakers invested millions in Democratic candidates across the country down the campaign stretch in a frenzied effort to win control of Congress - and collect political...
ATL. CITY GAL DIED WITH PAL; 2ND 'STRANGLER' VICTIM
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amOne of the three unidentified victims of the "Black Horse Strangler" is believed to be a fellow streetwalker and close pal of Kim Raffo, the only one of the four...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** An off-duty city employee was busted for trespassing and public drinking at an East Harlem housing project, officials said yesterday. Robert Nichols, 53, a veteran caretaker for the...
BUBBA MOURNS SLAIN CHAPPAQUA NEIGHBOR
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amFormer President Bill Clinton spoke out for the first time yesterday about the murder of his Westchester neighbor, a popular teaching assistant gunned down in a mysterious roadside shooting. But...
QUEENS HIT-RUN
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amPolice are searching for the driver who mowed down a woman in her 50s yesterday on a busy Queens street before fleeing, police said. The unidentified woman was walking near...
SHE-TIGER BARES HER CLAWS AT 'LIBEL'
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amTiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren has bitten back against an Irish magazine for publishing fake nude pictures of her during September's Ryder Cup tournament in Ireland, her lawyer said yesterday....
A NEW 'LEASH' ON LIFE
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amThe pampered pooches of Manhattan have an increasingly popular way of dealing with the stress, and expanded girth, of apartment living - their own personal trainers. The city now has...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amSOUTH CAROLINA at CLEMSON NoonESPNLine: Clemson by 51/2. Angle: Welcome to one of the nastiest rivalries in college football. Remember the brawl two years ago? This is the Gamecocks' first...
RAIDERS REFUSE TO GIVE UP
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amPSAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS To get to the PSAL football semifinals, Port Richmond had to win a triple-overtime game in the first round and another overtime game in the next. First-year...
TROT BACK AT YONKERS
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amAfter a two-year hiatus, Yonkers Raceway's signature event, the Yonkers Trot, returns home tonight with $728,930 on the line. The talented field of eight features the top-ranked 3-year-old trotter in...
PITT CRUDE; JAGR TO PENS' FANS: LET 'EM BOO ME
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - A year ago, Jaromir Jagr recorded five goals and two assists in four visits to this town with the Rangers, including a hat trick performance on Nov. 12,...
PLAY IT AGAIN; HARD TO TOP USC-ND 2005 THRILLER
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Owning the rights to the 2006 college football highlight DVD might be more attractive than the chance to judge the Venice Beach bikini contest. Consider: Notre Dame...
COA GIVES TOP FLIGHT EFFORT
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amOver a fast, harrowed track, Eibar Coa won the first three races, then took the Grade 1, $150,000 Top Flight Handicap aboard Malibu Mint, but needed help from stewards to...
'CAT' OUT OF BAG; 3-YEAR-OLD TOPS CIGAR FIELD
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amEver since Discreet Cat galloped to a six-length victory in the United Emirates Derby last March at Nad Al Sheba racecourse in Dubai - crushing a field that included eventual...
THE BUTLER DID IT! UPSTARTS SLAY ZAGS TO CAPTURE CROWN
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amButler 79Gonzaga 71 After Butler lost in the second round of the NIT a year ago, A.J. Graves turned his attention to the NCAA Tournament and quickly found a team...
BACK TO LIFE; ISIAH REVIVES OLD LINEUP AS KNICKS ROUT CELTICS
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amKnicks 101Celtics 77 BOSTON - Isiah Thomas went from pariah to prophet last night. After just one game, Knicks president/coach Isiah Thomas pulled a flip-flop, announcing the Stephon Marbury-Steve Francis...
CURRY CARRIES OFF INSIDE JOB
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES BOSTON - The Knicks' guard play would be mostly an afterthought if Eddy Curry could dominate the way he did last night. Not since the home opener had...
SUN BURNED; NETS' 4TH-QUARTER RALLY FALLS SHORT
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amSuns 99Nets 93 PHOENIX - This was a game, Nets coach Lawrence Frank maintained, where the glass was either half-full or half-empty. The half-full types will look at a magnificent...
MCKENZIE: NO NEED TO WORRY
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Right tackle Kareem McKenzie usually doesn't say much. He would rather lead by example. But he has whispered in the ears of some of his teammates this week,...
BACKFIELD BOGGLE - JETS RUNNING GAME A WEEKLY QUESTION MARK
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amFor a man who stood at a podium yesterday morning and for 13 minutes preached consistency above all else, it's surprising that Jets head coach Eric Mangini presides over one...
JEFFRIES: I'LL BE BACK VS. INDY
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES BOSTON - Jared Jeffries finally put a conservative date on when he expected to make his Knicks' debut - Dec. 15 at Indiana. A native of Bloomington, Ind.,...
LATE BREAKIN' - NETS NEED TO FIND THE FINISH LINE
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amPHOENIX - The Nets were coming off two losses that should have been wins. Their record was sub-mediocre. Their late-game defense has been as solid as whipped cream. The offense...
TIK-ED OFF - BARBER DOESN'T BACK OFF CRITICISM, REMAINS AT ODDS WITH COUGHLIN
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amRead between the lines and gauge the body language and it doesn't take Dr. Phil to figure out a family feud still lingers within the Giants. Forty-eight hours before the...
FLOP, THEN FLIP - MARBURY-FRANCIS TOGETHER AGAIN
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amBOSTON-Never mind. After one game, Knicks president/coach Isiah Thomas pulled a Larry Brown flip-flop at yesterday's morning shoot-around, announcing the Stephon Marbury-Steve Francis starting backcourt would be reunited for last...
TYLER'S 'HEEL' DEAL - HANSBROUGH'S 27 FUEL NORTH CAROLINA
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amUNC 101 Tenn. 87 Tyler Hansbrough is considered by some to be the best player in college basketball and he's not used to losing. "To come to New York and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 25, 2006 | 5:00amA German mother was so thrilled to see her baby taking his first steps, she didn't notice that he was about to lock her out of the house and onto...