July 29, 2008
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Next Top Model'
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."Great American Beauty"Think you're the prettiest woman or man? With no other talents required? Then here's the contest for you. Make an appointment...
Nets will keep qualifying Krstic
Nenad Krstic is gone. But being out of sight will not mean out of mind.While Krstic plays for Triumph of Moscow in Russia after accepting a 2-year deal worth $5.7...
Game 107: Mets at Marlins
The first-place Mets will try to bounce back from Monday nightâs opening loss and maintain their hold on the NL East tonight here in Miami when Oliver Perez takes on...
Toomer sits out practice
APAmani Toomer missed training camp practice on Tuesday with swelling in his left leg.With fellow wide receiver Steve Smith also missing the workout due to general soreness, the receiving corps...
Teixeira Traded To Angels
Braves first baseman Mark Teixeira has been traded to the Angels for first baseman Casey Kotchman and Class AA right-hander Stephen Marek.The Angels, who own the best record in baseball,...
PENNINGTON NOT WORRIED ABOUT FAVRE
Chad Pennington said today he's not worried about the chance Brett Favre will be joining the Jets. "I have plenty of things on my plate to worry about. That's not...
Pagan has shoulder surgery
Left fielder Angel Pagan (pictured) will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder today in New York. Pagan, one...
Knicks waive Green, Jones
Guard Taurean Green and guard/forward Bobby Jones have been waived by the Knicks.They were acquired Monday from Denver, along with a 2010 second-round draft choice, for forward Renaldo Balkman and...
Deal of the Day-In God We Trust
Get an early jump on your fall shopping with these ultra reasonable Maroon Wool Button-Up Shorts from In God We Trust.Originally $110 marked down to $50 on refinery29.com, these sexy...
Report: Favre Files For Reinstatement
ESPN, citing a source, reported that Brett Favre faxed his reinstatement letter to the NFL today.It is now Packers' GM Ted Thompson's move, as Green Bay has already committed to...
MMA Views Cost Stevens His Job?
Round by Round comes out swinging with revelation Ron Scott Stevens may have lost job as Chairman of NYSAC because of pressure from MMA proponents. And that's just Round 1....
Isiah's former boss reassigned
Scott OâNeil was hired Tuesday as president of Madison Square Garden Sports, replacing Steve Mills, who came under fire last summer in the embarrassing sexual harassment trial involving former Knicks...
Milton, Zambrano (!) throw in sim. game
APLeft-hander Eric Milton took another step in his comeback from elbow surgery by throwing 35 pitches Tuesday in his first simulated game.Milton, who had surgery in June 2007, went 0-4...
ON DECK: ORIOLES AT YANKEES
It is Darrell Rasner, not Jarrod Washburn, getting the start tonight for the Yankees against the Orioles (7:05, YES, WCBS). While rumors swirl about Washburn being dealt from Seattle to...
Meet the YouTube divorce guy
"Hi I'm Coyote Shivers and I'm a rapist, and a kidnapper."That's how the indie rocker is responding in two videos posted on YouTube to his TV star ex-wife's allegations that...
ON DECK: METS AT MARLINS
He has not been Bad Ollie or Good Ollie recently, he's been Great Ollie. Oliver Perez helped put the Mets into first place by themselves with a win over the...
Gabriel Cichero & Diego Jimenez at Red Bulls practice
By BRIAN LEWISTook in Red Bulls practice yesterday before I went out to do the Yankee-Orioles game. I've got to say, Gabriel Cichero looks just like we expected. The 24-year-old...
Oscar Echeverry done for the year (& other Red Bull notes)
Oscar Echeverry done for the year By BRIAN LEWISWith pacy Dane Richards out 4-6 weeks due to a hip flexor, the Red Bullsâ dour 1-1 tie at MLS cellar-dweller San...
Preseason schedule set; camp opens Sept. 16
The Rangers 2008 preseason schedule features three games at Madison Square Garden and a total of eight games in 12 days.The Blueshirts will conclude their exhibition schedule with a back-to-back...
NBA REF TIM DONAGHY GETS 15 MONTHS IN PRISON
The rogue referee who rocked the NBA with a gambling scandal - and even bet on his own games - was given a sweetheart sentence today by a federal judge...
NETS' KRISTIC HEADING TO RUSSIA
Look as if the Nets possibly are stashing Nenad Krstic overseas. Again. Krstic has accepted a two-year deal with Triumph of Moscow to play in Russia, the second Net to...
Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Kevin Costner Channels John Barrymore
There is no mention of Twist, Hillman or "The Great Man Votes,'' a B movie that deserves to be better known, in the credits of "Swing Vote.'' But I believe...
Coverage in today's Post
We're still awaiting the results of this afternoon's MRI exam on John Maine after the Mets' young right-hander was lifted in the fifth inning Monday with shoulder soreness in an...
Venice: Rourke, Mothers, Daughters
Darren Aronofksy's "The Wrestler'' starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei is among the titles announced today for the Venice Film Festival, which already indicated that it will open with the...
Yanks deal little help to fantsy lineups
The Yankees didn't wait around for Thursday's trade deadline to make a splash, acquiring from the Pirates reliever Damaso Marte and outfielder Xavier Nady on Friday in exchange for four...
The sweet sell of success
While interviewing for my first ad job, I was asked a question which I appreciate now more than I did then. "Tell me about the worst ad you've seen in...
OBAMA'S LESSON ABROAD: CELEBRITY TRUMPS ABILITY
If Sen. Barack Obama was so successful in Berlin, Baghdad and Jordan, he can choose to lead those who were cheering for him ("200,000 Rootin' Teutons in Berlin," July 25)....
O'S TOUR DE FARCE
TERMED a "learning" trip, Sen. Barack Obama's eight- day tour of eight nations in the Middle East and Europe turned out to be little more than a series of photo...
BARACK'S 'WORLD CITIZENSHIP' FOLLY
IF elected, Barack Obama might make history in more ways than one. He'll be the country's first black president, but also - perhaps as consequentially - could be its first...
NY NIGHTMARE
GOV. Paterson tonight will give a speech on the state's fiscal crisis - the worst since the '70s. Mayor Bloomberg said that he read of Paterson's plans to give the...
IRAN PREZ: NUKES ARE SO 1999
Iran's blowhard president said in an interview with NBC News that his country has no interest in atomic weapons - because they're out of date. "We don't believe in a...
BRUNI BARES NAKED TRUTH
France's new first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, revealed that she's posed for too many nude photos to count - and that she plans to pattern herself after Jackie Kennedy. "She [Kennedy]...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 172; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 1742; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Mon: 861; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
YANKS' HEARING DELAY
WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators looking into whether New York officials misrepresented the value of the new Yankee Stadium in order to get tax-exempt financing of the project have delayed a...
STUDENT RETURNS O'S PRAYER NOTE
The yeshiva student who took Barack Obama's personal note to God from the Western Wall in Jerusalem has gone public - sort of - to apologize. With his face obscured...
DEM VEEP TEAM VETTING VA. GOV
Barack Obama reportedly is in "very serious" talks with Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine about becoming his running mate. The Southern politician is currently being vetted by Obama's campaign to see...
COWBOY BARELY ESCAPES FINE
The Naked Cowboy is a Left Coast outlaw no more. The nearly nude performer, cuffed over the weekend for playing his guitar in San Francisco's Union Square, yesterday saw the...
RX FOR MAC AND BARACK
The White House rivals faced health issues yesterday, with melanoma survivor John McCain having a piece of skin removed from his face and Barack Obama getting a sore hip checked...
SURPRISE ALZHEIMER'S FIND
Older people taking drugs to lower their cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke may also be slashing their risk for Alzheimer's and dementia by half, a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A homeless man tried to mug a guy who refused his sexual advances on a West Village Street, authorities said yesterday. Roger Gilchrist, 20, allegedly approached the victim on...
DRIVERS HIT THE BRAKES
With the price of gasoline skyrocketing, Americans drove nearly 10 billion fewer miles in May than in the same month last year - part of a 29.8 billion-mile decrease for...
E. SIDE SITTER HEISTS
An East Side baby sitter used a stolen electronic master key to enter three apartments in the upscale building where she worked and swipe thousands of dollars worth of dazzling...
SUBWAY LOVE UNTRACKED
The subway sweethearts who were once on the express track to romance have seen their love derailed. Patrick Moberg, a Web designer from Brooklyn, has broken up with Camille Hayton,...
NEW SEXISM FLAP AT MSG
A female caterer is suing Madison Square Garden because she was allegedly passed over for plum shifts serving food to the Knicks and the Rangers in their locker rooms. Laura...
ROGUE REF IS LABELED ODDS BALL
Rogue NBA referee Tim Donaghy lost his mind when he bet on games he worked, so he doesn't deserve a lengthy prison timeout when he is sentenced today, his lawyer...
GAL FENDS OFF PERV IN LATEST QNS. SEX ATTACK
A young woman was sexually assaulted in Queens early yesterday but managed to fight off her attacker, in the latest in a spate of vicious assaults to hit the southeastern...
STATE HAS PH.D. IN BLUES
New York college students are in a sad state. Eight schools in the state ranked among the top 20 nationally for their unhappy students, according to Princeton Review's "The Best...
WOMAN WEIGHT LIFTED
In the age-old battle of human vs. machine, the "abductor" defeated its foe - a portly woman - at a Harlem gym yesterday. A "very large lady" at the New...
ROOKIE COP SLAMMED FOR CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
A rookie cop - the son of a highly respected New York City detective - has been stripped of his badge and gun after being caught on video viciously attacking...
SHOCK OF THEIR LIVES
A day after they were zapped by a lightning strike that seared their skin and set their clothes on fire, two Long Island men yesterday said they were lucky to...
GOV THROWING BEACH PARTIES AS STATE BURNS
ALBANY - As Gov. Paterson shakes the tin cup for fiscal austerity on the government level, he's gearing up to clink cocktail glasses with fat-cat donors in a series of...
THE RETURN OF STUDIO 54
Studio 54, that shrine to sex, drugs and disco, is getting its own TV series - but without a Jagger, Capote or Warhol in sight. The immortal Manhattan nightclub, which...
METS SCORE BOX-BUCKS HOME RUN
Talk about your suite spot. The Mets have sold all but one of the 49 luxury boxes at Citi Field - nine months before Opening Day at the new ballpark,...
'RAPIST' FREE, THEN NOT
The suspect in the kidnapping and rape of a young woman after she left a trendy downtown nightclub was set free on a technicality for about 30 seconds yesterday. Harvey...
P. DADDY TOTING KIDDY DIDDY
Here's Diddy with his kiddy! Hip-hop mogul P. Diddy was caught bustin' a fatherhood move in Central Park with ex-gal pal Kim Porter and their twin daughters, D'lila Star and...
MIKE & DAVE ISSUE DOOM$DAY WARNINGS
The city and state are facing a serious economic downturn that could lead to higher taxes and spending cuts, Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson warned yesterday. "We've begun a new...
UNWED MA AXED AS TEACHER: SUIT
A teacher who was fired from her job at a religious school because she was pregnant and unmarried is fighting back in federal court. Jewel Redhead, 35, a Columbia University...
$5M DOORMAN'S GAL PAL BUSTED
She was working more than just the door, cops charge. The Swedish beauty who hooked up with lucky lotto doorman Richie Randazzo has been charged with promoting prostitution at the...
KIDNAPPED BY A ROCKEFOOLER
A New York man who masqueraded as a Rockefeller and infiltrated high society allegedly kidnapped his 7-year-old daughter from his ex-wife - and may be trying to smuggle her to...
SCAMMER'S RV SEIZED
A Manhattan federal judge is putting the white RV in which hedge-fund fraudster Sam Israel hid out for nearly a month to good use. Judge Colleen McMahon yesterday ordered federal...
CULT LEADER SHOOT TALE
The founder of a Staten Island cult yesterday recounted the harrowing moments before he was shot six times by an ex-hippie who had tried to extort him and members of...
FAREWELL TO FIREFIGHTER
A Brooklyn firefighter who drowned as he tried to save his son during a family vacation in Nevada was remembered yesterday as a heroic man who loved his family. "I...
REV. AL KOS PLEA DEAL
The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday refused to plead guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct stemming from his arrest in May at a rally protesting the NYPD's fatal shooting of...
BUST IN HARLEM GUN RAMPAGE
A Harlem teen was charged yesterday with attempted murder in a Memorial Day shooting spree that wounded six bystanders. The arrest of Kahree Frye, 16, came a day after he...
KRAVIS MISSED BOAT
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts may have missed out on tens of billions of dollars by deciding to roll the dice now on its...
TAG TEAM FASHIONS SNEAKERS
Nine West and New Balance are teaming up to get a slice of the fast-growing market for fashion sneakers. Nine West, a unit of Jones Apparel Group, and New Balance...
TOYOTA NEEDS A TOW
In its first embarrassing setback in years, Toyota disclosed that its vehicle sales aren't going to be as good as predicted. The carmaker - which only this summer claimed title...
'TIME' FOR SOME ACTION
MACKLOWE Properties wasted no time finding a fancy retail tenant for 510 Madison Ave. Luxury watch emporium Tourneau has signed a lease for a 3,300 square-foot store at the fast-rising...
'SLICK' BETS PROPEL BLUEGOLD RETURNS A MONSTROUS 160%
Hedge fund BlueGold Capital might have struck black gold, with oil bets driving returns up a whopping 160 percent through the end of June. BlueGold just opened for business in...
ARTIST HIRST JUMPS THE SHARK, CUTS OUT DEALERS
Shock-artist Damien Hirst - who stunned the art world by selling a diamond-encrusted skull last autumn for $100 million - hopes to grab another $200 million auctioning formaldehyde-pickled animals, ripped-off...
FIOS TV SUBS FLUB
Verizon kicked off selling its ballyhooed FiOS television service in New York yesterday, but analysts are expressing concern about slowing demand for the offering in markets outside the Big Apple....
WE'RE LIKELY TO GET AN UGLY JOBS REPORT ON FRIDAY
FINALLY, we should get some honest figures on the health of the nation's job market. On Friday the Labor Department will report the July payroll survey and the month's unemployment...
THE GOV'S BIG CHANCE
Gov. Paterson has a big chance, in his televised address tonight, to prove that his repeated warnings about the state's fiscal woes haven't been just . . . talk. The...
GET WELL SOON, BOB
Robert Novak, whose syndicated column has appeared on these pages for more than 40 years, has been hospitalized with a brain tumor that was discovered after he fell ill Sunday....
CRITICAL MENACE
One of those cycling anarchists apparently was shoved off his bike by a cop in Times Square Friday night - but it could have been worse. Given the traffic havoc...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Politics is a dog-eat-dog world, and that might give mayoral candidate Willie Bean Roscoe P. Coltrane a leg up. That's because Willie Bean is a 7-year-old yellow Lab whose owner...
UP IN THE AIR: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
STORY SO FAR: To design their wings, Wilbur and Orville have used an equation and tables of numbers from the writings of Otto Lilienthal. Now they fear that the numbers...
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST MAKING A DEAL
MOST shoppers have a choice between cash or credit. Alex Gardega wants to introduce a third option: art. For the past few months, the Manhattan-based painter has been bartering his...
HOOPS! . . . WE DO IT AGAIN
FOR the hula hoop, what goes around comes around. Baby boomers and younger generations may recall the toy first sold by Wham-O in 1958, which spawned a national craze. Fifty...
SADDAM'S A MINISERIES
SADDAM Hussein: The Miniseries is coming to HBO next year. "House of Saddam," which premieres tomorrow night on BBC Two in the UK, doesn't have an airdate here but is...
'EXTRA' MARIO
MARIO Lopez has officially been named the sole anchor of "Extra," as The Post's Page Six reported yesterday. Longtime "Extra" co-host Dayna Devon is expected to become a special correspondent...
RAMSAY VS. PUFFINS
'HELL" Chef Gordon Ramsay nearly became a meal himself while filming his UK show "The F Word." Ramsay says he was almost killed when he slipped off a steep cliff...
'HORRIBLE' WILL BE BACK
THE creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is talking about a sequel to his Internet sensation, "Dr. Horrible." Joss Whedon, who created the three-episode Internet show with his brothers last...
DINO-'FIGHT'
IS there anything better than a good dinosaur fight? If you are as big a fan of the original 1933 "King Kong" (the only one that counts) as I am,...
NAUGHTY OR NICE?
DON'T let the bangs fool you. Little Peggy Olson - the mousy young star of the "Mad Men" steno pool - is moving up fast. In last year's finale, wide-eyed...
SPLENDOR IN THE SUPERGRASS
SUPERGRASS bassist Mick Quinn wasn't trying to be a superhero when he fell, not flew, out of a first floor window at a villa in the South of France last...
MPFREES
Supergrass, "Diamond Hoo Ha Man" The British blokes rock on this energetic track, filled with crunchy guitars and howling vocals, taped live during a London gig. Flogging Molly, "The Story...
GOOD GOLLY, FLOGGING MOLLY!
DON'T call Flogging Molly's success this year the luck of the Irish. After eight years of constant touring and four records, the seven-piece LA punk-Celtic band has arrived. In one...
SECRET SERVICE
STEVE Dublanica has swapped your decaf coffee for regular, "crop dusted" your table with his intestinal gas and called the cops on you after you got drunk and staggered out...
WHAT KIND OF TIPPER ARE YOU?
THE standard gratuity may be 15-20 percent, but according to Steve Dublanica, there are all sorts of tippers out there. Below is a sampling - which kind are you? *...
SERVE'S UP!
THINK waiters have it easy? Think again. Below, servers speak out on customer abuse, sexual harassment and other on-the-job hazards. * "There was a lady sitting down with her daughter....
TABLES ARE TURNED
WAITERS love to complain about bad tips, but sorry, we'd say these servers deserved it. * "So last week I went for dinner in Chelsea, and the waiter was remarkably...
JETS GIVEN DAY OF REST
Even Jets coach Eric Mangini appears to be tired of trying to figure out who his starting quarterback is going to be. A day after Chad Pennington called on the...
HILL BOOTS HOME TWO BOMBS
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Lovely afternoon at Old Spa, especially if you bet Channing Hill, who rode $62.50 winner in sixth race, $41.20 winner in eighth. Gut-busting stretch duel in Grade...
KLITSCHKO WANTS NEXT FIGHT SOON
Two weeks after another successful title defense, Wladimir Klitschko says he wants to fight again soon. But with an unremarkable group of challengers trying to unseat him as the world's...
BOMBERS FOR BIRDS AS HOME WIN STREAK ENDS
Mike Mussina served up back-to-back singles to start the second inning last night with the Yankees locked in a scoreless tie with the Orioles. He followed that by allowing back-to-back...
A WASH-OUT
Though the Yankees are saying otherwise, a potential deal for Jarrod Washburn isn't dead yet. Not with so much time before Thursday's trading deadline remaining. And Sidney Ponson and Mike...
MATSUI HAS GOOD DAY REHABBING
Hideki Matsui, who restarted baseball activities yesterday for the first time since the All-Star break, said his inflamed left knee felt fine afterward. Matsui, who's trying to avoid knee surgery,...
MOOSE BRINGS 'F' GAME AGAINST O'S
THERE aren't enough specialists in New York to set all of the broken ankles sustained last night by folks jumping off Mike Mussina's pinstriped bandwagon. Just when the Empire and...
SKIDDING YANKEES CAN'T CATCH BREAK
Scant hours after Jorge Posada said in worried tones that he hoped he was still in the Yankees' plans, and an hour after he tried to hit in batting practice,...
AS THE ANKLE TURNS
ALBANY - It's the same ankle, but not the same problem, and it's definitely not the contract. Got it? The world according to Plaxico Burress kept spinning yesterday, with new...
PHILLIPS' IMPACT TOO BIG
ALBANY - Rookie safety Kenny Phillips, the first-round pick from Miami, made an impact in yesterday's morning practice with some hits that probably were a bit too physical in nature....
NIXED BY KNICKS
With one eye on the salary cap and another on the need to stockpile draft picks, the Knicks yesterday traded fan-favorite Renaldo Balkman to the Nuggets for a 2010 second-round...
SURGING TATIS EARNS STARTING LEFT FIELD JOB
MIAMI - Less than three years after he was out of baseball, Fernando Tatis is the Mets' new everyday left fielder. Though the Amazin's might still trade for a corner...
THIS ONE HURTS
MIAMI - The Mets might have watched their starting rotation shrink right along with their NL East lead here last night. More unsettling than a bullpen meltdown down late in...
KRSTIC LIKELY TO LEAVE NETS FOR RUSSIA
Barring an 11th-hour change of heart, the Nets were set last night to say farewell to center/forward Nenad Krstic, who had a two-year deal worth $10 million in place with...
IN 'GOD' WE TRUST
If an atheist walked past 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan, that non-believer would have no choice but to concede that God is among us. Former Providence star God...
HONDO: CATS CAN DO
Formerly hot Hondo continued to chill for the third straight game as he was repelled from the winner's cir cle by the Chisox' dismal failure last night in Minnesota. Tonight,...
BAISLEY CATCHES ON AT FIRST
The Staten Island Yankees (24-16) had scored more than five runs in just one of their previous 19 games before Sunday night when the offense finally broke out in a...
BIG EAST WIDE OPEN
NEWPORT, R.I. - Each of the BCS conferences have a couple of elite programs that the other league members must find a way to overtake, or wither trying. Virginia Tech...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Kwame, Pistons agreeKwame Brown and the Pistons agreed to terms on a deal potentially worth $8 million over two seasons, team president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said last...
SLUMPING BRAVES LOOK TO DEAL TEIXEIRA
LAST Friday an interested team called the Braves yet again about left-handed specialist Will Ohman and was told by Atlanta general manager Frank Wren that his club was going to...
THE OTHER BIG APPLE
ANOTHER crisp Saturday night on Calle Gascona in downtown Oviedo, an old university city that's the genteel, postcard-pretty capital of emerald-green Asturias in north Spain, with happy-faced students and snazzy...
SMALL TALK
Q: Where would you rather be right now? A: Anguilla, and you know why - because it's still off the beaten path, and the folks are real there, and it's...
HOT DEALS
TURKS & CAICOS Buy 3 nights, stay 4 at 15 select properties incl. the Ocean Club, Nikki Beach and the Somerset. Good now thru 9/30, use code "Summer Promo" (turksandcaicostourism.com)....
LOST & FOUND
EVER spend two weeks in an ancient, charming city in Italy with no money and nothing to wear but a pair of giant men's boxer shorts and a trashy tank...
NEWS + NOTES
MIL-WACKY THE Wii-ification of America has come full-circle with the Milwaukee Art Museum's motion-driven installation "Act/React", running Oct. 4-Jan. 11. Interact with exhibits without keyboards or touchscreens - just your...
Dallas trades Arturo Alvarez
Dallas sends Arturo Alvarez back home By BRIAN LEWISFC Dallas shipped Arturo Alvarez to San Jose tonight for draft choices and cash. It begs the question is a team that...
GYM MACHINE HURLS WOMAN
In the age-old battle of human vs. machine, the "abductor" defeated its foe - a portly woman - at a Harlem gym today A "very large lady" at the New...
Robbie Keane to Liverpool (& the fallout that ensues)
By BRIAN LEWISLiverpool completed a $40.5 million purchase of Ireland captain Robbie Keane today. And as good as the 28-year-old striker is on his own merits, his transfer will have...
Maine lifted early from start
John Maine (pictured) has just been lifted with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning tonight with an unspecified injury. Maine did not appear happy with Jerry Manuel's...