September 5, 2007
Video blog: Alexandre Herchcovitch finale
A fashion critic is born: There was an infant seated in the front row and every time a model walked by him, he would look up at her and make...
Queen of PR: Kelly Cutrone
In the hustle and bustle of fashion week, everyone loves a good Kelly Cutrone People's Revolution show -- it's always well-run, relatively on-time, well-organized, and nearly completely devoid of seat...
Wolfe-ish
Halfway around the world, at the Venice Film Festival, the look for men is apparently white tuxes. I'm not sure if this is an Italian thing, or a summer thing,...
Elsewhere in New York
When you're eyeball-deep inside the fashion week vortex, sometimes perspective can be a challenge. But there's a lot of great non-fashion-week-related design-driven stuff going on this week outside of Bryant...
A Comfort Stylus kind of touch
As ridiculous as it may seem, this bendy Nintendo DS Lite Comfort Stylus is pretty genius. Wrap it around your index finger and it becomes even easier to tap away...
Design For New Giants-Jets Stadium Released
From the AP:The Giants and the Jets broke ground today on the first stadium to be jointly owned by two NFL teams and unveiled how architects plan to make two...
Design For New Giants-Jets Stadium Released
From the AP:The Giants and the Jets broke ground today on the first stadium to be jointly owned by two NFL teams and unveiled how architects plan to make two...
Design For New Giants-Jets Stadium Released
From the AP:The Giants and the Jets broke ground today on the first stadium to be jointly owned by two NFL teams and unveiled how architects plan to make two...
Watch Week 1 wonders
How many football followers anticipated the rise of the St. Louis Rams in the 1999-2000 season? Who knew a Patriots dynasty was born out of the tuck rule? Were there...
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Photo by Elizabeth Lippman ©08-22-07
BACKSTAGE BEAUTY
Here's a sneak peek at the looks makeup-gurus Charlie Green and Charlotte Tilbury (who will also be using Flirt! Cosmetics at J. Lo's JustSweet show on Tuesday) chose for Charlotte...
Haute or not?
Oxford booties, like this pair from Niki Robinson -- do they make you think sexy librarian, or cut about four inches off your leg? Today, Christina Amoroso takes nine of...
Deal of the Day
If you're too intimidated to answer the call of the wild, start small with this classy Animal Print Silk Hairband.Crank up the volume a notch with a bold red lip...
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Karen Lam wears a vintage vest over a very chic origami collar blouse by Elijah, Levis jeans, a Miu Miu bag, Pade Vavre ring, and Philip Crangi bracelets. "I like...
AWARDS WEDNESDAY: HONORS FOR A-ROD, WRIGHT, POSADA
By Joel ShermanWeek 22 of Awards Wednesday:AL MVP1. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees.2. Magglio Ordonez, Tigers.3. Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners.Watching A-Rod go into the upper deck to left field at Yankee Stadium is...
Celeb Watch: Day 1
Keep an eye out for the following celebs wandering around Bryant Park today. (Okay, they're probably not wandering around, but will likely be coming in and out of the front...
LIVEBLOG: The view from our place
The view from Room 301 at the Water Street HotelThe little town of Apalachicola claims to harvest at least 10 percent of the nation's oyster haul, and I'm not going...
One to Watch: Naoki Takizawa
It's true, among the four big fashion weeks on schedule for the next month (New York, London, Milan, Paris) New York fashion week has the reputation of being all about...
Celeb Watch: Robert Verdi, Cory K, and SocialiteRank-istas
Hey downtown designers -- you know your legit-quotient is climbing and you're not all hype when your front row includes a celebrity stylist (Robert Verdi), the (in)famous celebrity bloggers behind...
WELCOME BACK
Summer is over and it's time to hit the books again. The new school year will bring new learning challenges. WELCOME back to Classroom Extra. This year, in addition to...
WHERE TO STAY IN FASHION
Lindsay's in rehab, Britney's gone crazy and Paris has cleaned up her act. So if you wanted to become famous, now's your best chance. Just wear your shortest skirt -...
GOING IN STYLE
He's dressed princesses and prima donnas, clad Hollywood royalty for more than four decades and even became synonymous with a color. But after 45 years in the spotlight, Italian designer...
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
FROM bows to booties, motorcycle jackets to Annie Hall vests, the fashion trends for fall will leave some bedazzled - and others scratching their heads. One woman's stylish oversized sweater...
MOM'S THE WORD
WHEN you think of lacy lingerie, you traditionally think of supermodels like Kate Moss or glamazons like Giselle Bundchen or Heidi Klum. Now, according to new ads from lingerie empire...
STARR REPORT
Clapp four times Former "NYPD Blue" co- stars Gordon Clapp and Debra Monk are reuniting for the last few episodes of FX's "Damages," starring Glenn Close. They'll play the parents...
WHOOP-DE-DO
'THE View" from here yesterday - Whoopi Goldberg's first as co-host - was mostly straight, with two sharp curves into the land of the truly bizarre. Unlike Rosie O'Donnell's debut...
BABY SWAP REALITY SHOW
NBC is planning a new show called "The Baby Borrowers," but it might at well be called "Trading Babies" or "Infant Swap." "Borrowers" is based on a controversial U.K. reality...
EMMY CENSORS JUSTIN
AN extremely popular raunchy holiday song that Justin Timberlake sang on "Saturday Night Live" last December and has been nominated for an Emmy award will probably not make it onto...
BRIT DOES VMAS
BRITNEY Spears is expected to perform a new song from her upcoming comeback album at this year's MTV "Video Music Awards." While Spears, 25, has been dogged by reports of...
THE BORE WAR
KATIE COURIC'S big adventure in Iraq looks so far like it's been very interesting for her, but for the rest of us the whole effort seems unnecessary. Let's start with...
SKILLED 'CHEESE'
JEFF Garlin ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") has his filmmaking debut with "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With," a slight but charming DIY feature in which he plays a binge-eating Chicago...
I 'BLONDE' MY MTV
HERE'S an unexpected partnership: MTV, whose core audience attends high school, and Broadway, whose core audience attends high-school reunions. MTV has struck a deal with the producers of "Legally Blonde"...
CONTROVERSIAL 'CRUISING' TO SEE NEW ACTION
NEARLY three decades after its release, "Cruising" remains the most controversial film ever shot on the streets of New York. William Friedkin's notorious thriller, starring Al Pacino as a straight...
BETSEY JOHNSON
January 31, 2007 - Born in Connecticut, this whimsical designer is best known for her ultra-feminine creations. After high school, Betsey studied at the Pratt Institute and then later graduated...
'TONIGHT' FRED MAY ANNOUNCE
Fred Thompson will tape an appearance on "The Tonight Show" tonight, during which he may or may not say that he'll seek the Republican nomination for the '08 presidential election....
BCBG MAX AZRIA SHOW
Marching through for spring, BCBG Max Azria presented diaphanous layers, pleats, multi-panels, and muted neutral tones. Celebs like Sophia Bush, Ciara and Ashlee Simpson watched as silk organza, silk twill...
HERCHKOVITCH SHOW
Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchkovitch moved his show from London to New York a few seasons ago - and lucky for us, as his runway presentation is always a breath of...
YIGAL AZROUËL SHOW
Yigal Azrouël is a hat man. Known mostly for his simplistically stunning designs, the Israeli-born designer, who premiered his Spring 2008 women and men's lines today at the Peter White...
GENERRA SHOW
If you plan to wear some of the best pieces from Generra's spring collection you'd best stop eating now. While there were a few figure-forgiving cotton jersey twist front dresses,...
ABAETE SHOW
Indulge your inner 1940's-style Miami movie star with retro inspired one-piece bathing suits and dresses with color blocks of pink, sky blue and coral mixed with vintage-looking pinstripes and oversized...
ERIN FETHERSTON SHOW
The perfect collection for waify transparent girls (and really no one else) Erin Fetherston sent models out in furry lashes and a collection comprised almost entirely of muted white, pink...
RAG & BONE SHOW
Although newbies when it comes to women's wear, this duo's offerings don't necessarily look to be from first-timers. It helps when they stick with what they know - tailoring -...
OFF THE WALL
ONE recent afternoon, I enjoyed a plump, juicy cheeseburger and a soul-stirring rock soundtrack at a colorful and bustling, 24-hour downtown brasserie. "You should see it here around 4 a.m....
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You may not think of yourself as a great communicator but your way with words will surprise, and delight, a lot of people over the coming 12 months. Maybe you...
NEW IPOD KEEPS APPLE SHARES CRISP
Sizzling July sales numbers for Apple's iPhone and a fever pitch of excitement over the first major revamp of the iPod in two years sent Apple shares surging more than...
TAKE (COM)STOCK
Beth Comstock's tumultuous two years at NBC Universal are nearing an end, The Post has learned. General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt plans on bringing Comstock - whom he parachuted into...
TAKEOVER TALK LIFTS YAHOO! BY 5.5%
Investors sent Yahoo! shares up more than 5 percent yesterday after a Bear Stearns analyst said the Internet giant is a "top pick" in the technology sector and could be...
BIZ 2.0-1.5-1.0-.5-0
JOE Mansueto, the founder of Morningstar, could not come to terms on a deal to purchase the battered Business 2.0 title from Time Inc. over the Labor Day weekend. That...
CREDIT CRUNCH VICTIM
NovaStar Financial yesterday was forced to scrap plans to raise a desperately needed $100 million in stock after the subprime mortgage lender's auditor cast doubt on its future. One of...
TASTING 'CANE': ADS BUSTING IT FOR BUZZ
CBS is hoping to give TV viewers a flavor for its new fall show, "Cane," with ads consumers can actually taste. The network is rolling out an unusual magazine ad...
HIZZONER BLOOMS IN NEW VANITY FAIR RANK
Vanity Fair's new ranking of the power elite reveals some surprising shake-ups among the rich and famous in this tumultuous year. Making rapid climbs to near the top of the...
BINN HEADS TO CHURCH
JASON Binn is moving his Niche Media publishing empire to the Sapir Organization's 100 Church St., just one block from Ground Zero. "It's about creating a great open environment," said...
CON ED TO KO ITS DC
Con Ed is no longer AC/DC. The utility has won state permission to switch off its direct current service, which Thomas Edison powered up in Manhattan 125 years ago yesterday....
GOPER RIPS 'GOV'ER-UP
ALBANY - State Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello yesterday accused Gov. Spitzer of seeking to "cover up" his involvement in the dirty-tricks scandal, saying, "It appears he is actually resisting every...
PITT 'POPS' UP IN BRONX
Brad Pitt and son Maddox get special souvenirs courtesy of the 5-year-old's favorite player last night - a bat and ball from Derek Jeter . Brad and Maddox joined Spike...
CONEY ZONEY FUROR - CHICKEN KING CLUCKS
A fried-chicken tycoon whose plan to rebuild Coney Island's Steeplechase Park in the 1990s was shot down by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani is ripping the city over its current bid to...
TAXI CRISIS PLAN
Taxi drivers will turn off their meters and charge flat rates as part of a contingency plan put into effect by Mayor Bloomberg to cope with a cab strike threatened...
JERK ROBS AUNT BLIND: COPS
A Long Island man was busted yesterday for stealing his legally blind aunt's identity and taking $8,000 from her accounts, police said. Suffolk County police arrested nephew Joseph Pajkowski, 41,...
IT'S A BADA-BOOM
Life imitating art cut a little too close to home for former "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli. A homemade pipe bomb exploded early yesterday outside a West Side theater owned by...
CLASSES WITHOUT CLASHES
In an unusual September without lingering teacher or principal contract battles, tension with the state over education funding, or schools losing money from the prior year, officials trumpeted an unprecedented...
GOPERS ARE NEIGH-SAYERS TO NYRA PLAN
ALBANY - Republican lawmakers reacted coolly yesterday to Gov. Spitzer's plan to give the scandal-scarred and bankrupt New York Racing Association another 30 years to operate the Aqueduct, Belmont and...
SHRINK SUES BODY 'GHOULS' OVER IMPLANT
A Long Island shrink who got a dental implant through a multimillion-dollar ring that allegedly harvested body parts without consent from relatives of the deceased is suing for $5 million,...
EVIL-JOEL SHOCK
Infamous child killer Joel Steinberg wants the state highest court to reduce a $15 million wrongful-death ruling against him, making the stomach-churning argument that he was a "doting" dad to...
GROUND 'ZERO TO 60'
What a difference a year makes, even at Ground Zero. Once dogged by bitter fights over how to rebuild the World Trade Center, construction there is finally booming, with more...
FOUR QUIZZED IN SUBWAY MURDER
Four reputed gang members were being questioned in connection with the savage killing of a 19-year-old restaurant worker from Mexico who was attacked inside a Queens subway station, sources said....
BROOKLYN DEATH-FALL NIGHTMARE
An emotionally disturbed man fell to his death from the 17th floor of a Brooklyn apartment building after brandishing a metal candleholder at cops yesterday, police said. Melton Davis, 33,...
DEADLY 'COFFEE' SMASH
An 84-year-old Long Island grandmother was struck and killed by a driver who told cops he lost control of his car because he had spilled hot coffee on his pants...
RIDE OVER FOR CONEY CLASSICS
Two longtime Coney Island rides were shut down yesterday to be sent overseas, the latest casualties of a developer's stalled bid to bring a $1.5 billion entertainment complex to the...
S.I. FIEND TORCHES HIS GIRLFRIEND: COPS
A drunken Staten Island man doused his girlfriend in rubbing alcohol then set her on fire, authorities said yesterday. Police were responding to a 911 call on the first floor...
LEONA PAL PET PEEVED
Leona Helmsley's little dog Trouble should lawyer up. That's according to attorney, Helmsley family friend and pet-trust specialist Rachel Hirschfeld, who says the Queen of Mean's persnickety princess is getting...
GOOD GOD: MCG STARTS SEMINARY
Disgraced New Jersey love gov Jim McGreevey started on his new road to redemption yesterday - attending his first classes at a New York seminary that could eventually lead to...
TEEN CHARGED IN LITTLE-GIRL SHOOT
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with shooting a 4-year-old Staten Island girl who was jumping rope at a neighborhood party, cops said yesterday. The arrests came as the victim,...
'NOT GAY' LARRY ALSO NOT QUITE OUT
WASHINGTON - Larry Craig cracked open the door last night to the possibility that he might not after all give up his Senate seat over his toilet sex scandal. On...
HALLE-LUJAH! BERRY FINALLY PREGNANT AT 41
It's Berry good news for Halle - the "Monster's Ball" Oscar-winner is pregnant. In an e-mail to TV's "Access Hollywood," the 41-year-old Berry yesterday confirmed rumors swirling around her and...
JERRY RUES TELETHON GAY SLUR
Cranky clown Jerry Lewis, who just weeks ago said Merv Griffin "deserved to die," is in trouble again after uttering a gay slur on his annual MDA Telethon. Lewis, 81,...
FOOD NET CHEF MARIO FLAMES OUT
Chef Mario Batali has been chopped from TV's Food Network, the influential cooking channel that made him a household name. Sources said that network executives told the spotlight-loving chef last...
HIGH FLIER FOSSETT VANISHES RIGHT INTO THIN AIR
Famed daredevil Steve Fossett's routine scouting mission for his next adventure took an eerie turn yesterday, when his tiny plane vanished over the treacherous mountains of Nevada. The millionaire-financier-turned-record-breaking-flier was...
BLOOMY'S MOM SAYS PREZ RUN ON HIS MIND
An extremely reliable source - whom Mayor Bloomberg wouldn't dare refute - says the mayor is considering a run for president. The source happens to be Bloomberg's spunky mother, Charlotte....
OBAMA'S 'MOB-TIE' $IDEKICK
WASHINGTON - A man who has long been dogged by charges that the bank his family owns helped finance a Chicago crime figure will host a Windy City fund-raiser tonight...
HILL'S VICE? NO DICE: BILL
Bill Clinton has decided that it wouldn't be constitutional for him to run as wife Hillary's vice president - but he has clearly toyed with the idea. The ex-president was...
'TV FRED ONLY ACTS TOUGH'
A top adviser to Rudy Giuliani yesterday trashed rival Fred Thompson as an actor whose experience fighting crime is busting make-believe criminals on television. "Rudy is a real crime fighter,"...
PAL ROBBED RODNEY: WIDOW
The business partner of late comic Rodney Dangerfield lifted $500,000 from their comedy club, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the funnyman's widow yesterday. Joan Child Dangerfield claims that...
PETRAEUS HINTS AT CUTBACK
The top U.S. general in Iraq hinted that next week's report on the status of President Bush's troop surge would include a recommendation for a reduction of soldiers starting in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS A pair of hoodlums shot a teenager in a Jamaica robbery, police sources said yesterday. The 19-year-old victim was walking along 108th Avenue near Spa Place when he was...
ODD LESSON ON 'JIHAD' AT ARAB ACADEMY
HERE we go again. As stu dents filed nervously into Brooklyn's Khalil Gibran International Academy yesterday, a key adviser to the school was defining the meaning of the loaded term...
DEUTSCHE-DISGRACE BIG TO FACE 9/11 MA'S WRATH
IF YOU want to see a blazing inferno with no threat to life or limb, witness what hap pens tonight at the meeting of Community Board 1. If last week's...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 683; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 6565; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 379; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Win- 4 Tue.:...
ELIOT'S E-MAIL ENIGMA
The fierce attempts by Gov. Spitzer and his aides to withhold e-mails about his office's dirty-tricks scandal raises yet again an obvious question: Just what exactly are they trying to...
EXCUSELESS EDUCRATS
New York City's 1.1 million public school students doubtless didn't no tice it when classes began yesterday, but their school system just got a cash bath - to the tune...
KOOKY KABBIES
If it's hard hailing a cab this morning, don't blame the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The TLC is forcing cab owners to stick to a deal and install global-position-satellite technology...
DEMS' FUNNY MONEY
HERE'S a peculiar thing about the holier-than- thou campaign-finance-re form crowd. Whenever the stench of dirty money starts wafting from Democratic Party coffers, the clean-election lobbyists are nowhere to be...
D.C. & IRAQ: BUSH'S WAY...
LET me make a fearless pre diction here, one that I would not have made six weeks ago: George W. Bush - you know, that deeply unpopular president who has...
...VS. GOP COMPROMISERS
THERE'S an easy way for a GOP senator to burst from semi-obscurity to the front pages: offer a compromise plan on Iraq. Sens. John Warner (Virginia), Dick Lugar (Indiana) and...
IS GOP AS GONE-ZO AS EX-ATT'Y GENERAL?
The GOP is in big trouble, and Robert Novak just barely scratches the surface of its problems ("After Gonzo," PostOpinion, Aug. 30). As much as it pains me to say...
HEZBOLLAH'S HELPFUL HOLDINGS
By using its ever-more-useful proxy Hezbollah, Iran can ensure its forces a route to Israel, to use directly or to hold as a threat ("Iran's Land Grab," Amir Taheri, PostOpinion,...
JUDE LAW ARRESTED AFTER ATTACKING PHOTOGRAPHER: REPORT
British playboy Jude Law was reportedly arrested in London after attacking losing his temper with a member of the papparazzi. The easy-on-the-eyes actor allegedly tried to grab the photographer's camera...
WATCH WEEK 1 WONDERS
HOW MANY football followers anticipated the rise of the St. Louis Rams in the 1999-2000 season? Who knew a Patriots dynasty was born out of the tuck rule? Were there...
BABY BOMBERS KEEP HOPE ALIVE
If Darrell Rasner were auditioning for a spot in the Yankees' stretch-run rotation, last night's rehab start in Staten Island was the equivalent of forgetting his lines at a casting...
IRAQ HERO ENTERS RING FOR COMBAT
When you consider Brian Stann's day job, competing in mixed martial arts might seem like recess. Stann, 26, is a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, with two tours...
LOUISVILLE'S IN GOOD HANDS WITH BARNIDGE
WHILE Michigan fans were weeping tears of sorrow, Appalachian State fans were crying tears of joy and Ohio State fans felt as if they had purchased the Mega Lottery winning...
HONDO RIDING CARMONA
Hondo posted a solid gain last night when he dou ble-'dogged his way to a power split with the Blue Jays and Orioles that inflated the wad to 330 tablers....
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Mickelson to skip Cog HillPhil Mickelson withdrew yesterday from this weekend's BMW Championship in suburban Chicago, one day after threatening not to play at Cog Hill because of a...
BIG BLUEBEARD
The timing, of course, could be a whole lot better as far as the Giants are concerned. Instead of having to force-feed Michael Strahan through four days of practice in...
TWO-FACED TIKI
HERE'S the thing Tiki Barber has yet to understand during his exciting new life as the all-seeing, all-knowing man behind the microphone at NBC: Eventually you have to answer for...
TIME FOR MICHAEL TO SACK HIS CRITICS
IT'S always about the money, but let's play make believe: If it wasn't about the money for Michael Strahan, then let it be about the money now. If Michael Strahan...
PIERCE: COWBOYS NOT THE TEAM TO BEAT IN EAST
If the Giants are to take seriously the expectations of the outside football world looking in at them, they might as well not even start their season Sunday night in...
DEVITO SET WITH JETS
Mike DeVito made it through the most difficult obstacle he's had to overcome in his life: He made the Jets' roster. Now comes the hard part: staying. When the Jets...
FAVORITES AREN'T PAT HAND
THE Patriots very well may win the Super Bowl, as so many pundits are predicting. They well may win the AFC East, as so many believe they will in a...
KIND WORDS FOR ERIC FROM BILL
Maybe along with global warming there is border-war softening. If you recall, Patriots coach Bill Belichick famously refused to utter Eric Mangini's name last year when referring to his former...
LO AND BEHOLD
CINCINNATI - There may be different ways to measure success. But Paul Lo Duca probably hadn't enjoyed a huge offensive game by any of them in quite a while. Last...
PEDRO'S DAY AFTER: 'PERFECT'
CINCINNATI - Yesterday had encouraging news again for Pedro Martinez: 24 hours after his 2007 debut, he didn't have any physical issues. "Thanks to God, perfect," he said. Following Martinez's...
HENIN 'LUCKY'
There will be no all-Williams semifinals, just like there was no seat for father Richard Williams last night and no answers from a surly Serena Williams during a bizarre post-match...
ROG-ANDY REDUX A BATTLE ROYALE
Legendary Jimmy Connors, breaking his silence, said tonight's Ashe Stadium crowd can be a big factor in his charge Andy Roddick beating the long odds and topping Roger Federer in...
RAFAEL EXITS IN LATE SHOW
This was a rough way for Rafael Nadal to go down again at the U.S. Open - at 1:50 a.m. this morning before about 4,500 lingering insomniacs at 23,000-seat Ashe...
WANG THE GUY AT RIGHT TIME
Send it in on Chien. There are very few locks in life, yet when Chien-Ming Wang is on the hill for the Yankees, wagering on the Bombers is a wise...
MORE ROCKET BELLOW DRAMA
ROGER Clemens was the last player to join the rest of the Yankees yesterday for the team photo, and that, on this day, felt just right. He flirts between being...
MOST VALUABLE POSADA
ALEX RODRIGUEZ, who is merely having the best season of any right-handed Yankee batter since Joe DiMaggio's 1937, crashed his major-league leading 46th homer last night, a solo blow into...
ARM WRESTLING
On a crystal clear day in The Bronx, Roger Clemens' immediate future and how it affects the Yankees was as thick as a San Francisco fog. While Clemens headed for...
BAD SLIDE BIG PAIN FOR A-ROD
With Roger Clemens on the shelf and Chien-Ming Wang leaving last night's game with back stiffness, the last thing the Yankees needed was another injury scare. But they got one...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
EILAND HELPS HUGHES
Dave Eiland surfaced in The Bronx to help Ian Kennedy adjust to the big leagues last weekend. However, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pitching coach is playing a role as Phil Hughes tries...
HONDO: MAY THE BETTOR MAN WIN
WELCOME to the Bettor's Guide jungle. For the next 17 weeks, Hondo and the assorted also-rans scattered about these pages will stalk the spread in an all-out war to bag...
RUNNING OF THE BULLS
THEY have such big shoes to fill. Brandon Jacobs, who steps in for Tiki Barber on the Giants, tries to fill them with the brute power of a modern-day Baby...
IT'S A FOUR-GONE CONCLUSION
LAST time, the Rams were 14-point favorites when they met the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI at the Superdome. This time, the Rams will be the heavy underdogs when they...
FIVE NEW DIVISION CHAMPS
AFC EAST 1. PATRIOTS (11-5) Coach Bill Belichick, clearly obsessed with winning a fourth championship, lassoed prize defender OLB Adalius Thomas, and QB Tom Brady is a kid in a...
N.O. PROBLEM!
THE Saints, not the defending-champion Colts, had the No. 1 offense in the NFL last season. So Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and unheralded WRs Devery Henderson and Marques Colston will...
WIN SOME BUCS IN WEEK 1
Adding to his stuffed trophy case, The Wildcat captured first place over more than 50 foes in the 2006-07 edition of Playbook's long-running Wise Guys Contest with an overall record...
LEAK OF FAITH
Anyone who has ventured into the intimidating world of home improvement learns soon enough that you never mess with the plumber. You fit him into your schedule. Chris Palmer, the...
GIANTS AT BREAK-EVEN POINT
MOST IMPORTANT OFFENSIVE PLAYER RB Brandon Jacobs. Sure, everyone automatically assumes QB Eli Manning owns this category, but as Tiki Barber's replacement, bruising Jacobs must prove he can not only...
SIZING UP BIG BLUE
QUARTERBACKS Let's get this straight right away: Eli Manning is never going to be big brother Peyton. Eli is developing into an upperechelon player at his position, but don't expect...
ATTENTION GRABBERS
"TALK is cheap" read the T-shirts Tom Coughlin had printed for training camp. So are some touchdowns Jeremy Shockey and Plaxico Burress score. Roofers don't go up ladders much higher...
JETS STILL ARE SECOND TO ONE
MOST IMPORTANT OFFENSIVE PLAYER QB Chad Pennington. Simply put, when Pennington is healthy, the Jets are a successful playoff team. He doesn't wow you with gaudy statistics, but his intangibles...
SIZING UP GANG GREEN
QUARTERBACKS Keep Chad Pennington healthy. He automatically should be better with the addition of RB Thomas Jones and in his second year in Brian Schottenheimer's offensive system. Kellen Clemens had...
PENN-ING A SEQUEL
There's no rest for Chad Pennington. But that's OK. Pennington does frenetic pretty well after all the unexpected adversity he's endured in his NFL career. The Jets quarterback, who found...
SECOND ROUND
THERE will come a time, soon enough, when the other spike will fall for Eric Mangini, when the honeymoon will end, when the morning after becomes the mourning after and...
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
WHEN Jonathan Vilma arrived four seasons ago, he excited the Jets and their fans with speed, aggression and the ability to make plays from sideline to sideline. The linebacker was...
SAVE MR. MET
This is it, Met fans - crunch time. No, we're not talking about beating up on the Phillies or the Braves and finally winning the World Series again. We're talking...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Rhode Island man is charged with extorting $20,000 from his elderly mom by threatening to kidnap her cat. Garry Lamar, 47, allegedly started making the threats when his mother,...
Gwennie had a little L.A.M.B.
The only thing getting me through me last minute rsvp-ing for shows, sorting through a mountain of emails and invites and tying up loose ends here at the paper is...
Who the heck are you and what do you want?
Even when the clothes coming down the catwalk are so bad they hurt your corneas, there's always entertainment in the front rows -- in fact, New York fashion week is...
Celebrity shmelebrity
Just because there are 365 days in a year doesn't mean special event planners want to, you know, spread their special events evenly over the course of the year. Oh...
LIVEBLOG: Where are we, again?
Greetings from Ovation, Florida!I spent far too long on airplanes today just to be in Florida. I have a rule: suffering through Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson-Hellport for greater glory only, i.e., hidden...