August 15, 2008
Fantasy college football
Is fantasy football with NFL players not exciting enough for you? Are the roster options too limited? Are you freustrated by the lack of quality production on the waiver wire?You're...
Melky sent down; Gardner called up
Melky Cabrera has finally (and deservedly) taken the very busy shuttle back to Scranton/Wilkes Barre. He will be replaced on the Yankees' roster by Brett Gardner, who is expected to...
Trader Mo on the go, ends flurry with Johann Smith
Trader Mo lands Johann Smith By BRIAN LEWISTrader Mo Johnston was at his best on the final day of the MLS international transfer window. In a matter of hours Toronto...
Training camp at Skidmore
The Knicks said today they have agreed to hold training camp at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs in upstate New York, yet another change under new president Donnie Walsh.The team...
Game 122: Mets at Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- The Mets will try to maintain their hold on sole possession of first place in the NL East here tonight when they open a four-game series here against...
Does Ian Kennedy = Kei Igawa?
In his Hardball blog Wednesday, Joel Sherman made a keen observation: could Ian Kennedy be turning into a right-handed, American version of Kei Igawa?The comparison isn't as far fetched as...
Wagner en route for sim
PITTSBURGH -- The Mets shifted course today with closer Billy Wagner (pictured), announcing he will join them here Saturday to throw a simulated game before coming off the DL on...
Church finally plays again
Ryan Church took a big step toward a comeback this season by serving as the DH for five innings today in Florida against the Cardinalsâ Gulf Coast League entry. It...
Red Bulls' Dane Richards heals like he runs: Quickly
By BRIAN LEWISIf Juan Carlos Osorio wasnât leaning toward giving returning Dane Richards significant minutes in Sundayâs game vs. Toronto, the speedy Jamaican planted the thought in his head as...
Stokes looks like a keeper
PITTSBURGH -- Brian Stokes (pictured) knows the Tampa Bay Rays are having a dream season but still prefers the view from New York (Shea Stadium, in particular) a lot better.If...
Is 'An American Carol' an Homage -- or Should Porky Call His Lawyers?
Well, it looks the writers of "Swing Vote'' might not be the only ones borrowing without credit from Hollywood's 1939 output. Born-again right-winger David Zucker ("Airplane!'' and many lesser spoofs)...
MELKY TO MINORS, SEXSON WAIVED
In a move designed to boost the Yankees' sagging offense, the team today demoted Melky Cabrera to the minors, waived Richie Sexson, and promoted Brett Gardner and Cody Ransom from...
Tynes hurting, Giants sign Huston
By PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - Well, that was quick.In what seems to be a recurring loop, the Giants have signed Josh Huston to handle their place-kicking duties for Monday night's preseason...
ON DECK: METS AT PIRATES
The Mets disastrous collapse of a year ago -- which still remains fresh in all of our minds -- was in part due to the struggles of Jose Reyes down...
FRIDAY'S OLYMPICS VIEWERS GUIDE
WHAT YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT: The stars of the U.S. Olympic contingent were out and shining in Beijing. Michael Phelps delivered his sixth gold medal in world-record fashion to move...
Manningham sits, frustration rises
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY â It always adds up this way: The more players hurt and on the sideline, the more the frustration level grows in the head coach. When that...
Red Bulls move on to U.S. targets
USL phenom Kandji is one of three targets left By BRIAN LEWISOK, so that's three strikes and out for the Red Bulls on the foreign transfer market, including Panamanian prodigy...
MIKE & THE MAD DOG SAY GOODBYE
With each saying it was time for a change, Mike Francesa and Chris "Mad Dog" Russo appeared together as partners for the final time this afternoon on WFAN. "I think...
ON DECK: ROYALS AT YANKEES
A late-blooming Derek Jeter could be developing in Kansas City. Not that anyone cares to notice. Mike Aviles was born in Manhattan and grew up in upstate New York watching...
Green Bay: 'Brett will always be a Packer'
Sporting News Today reports (registration required) the Packers plan to extend a lucrative marketing deal to Brett Favre whenever the current Jets quarterback retires from playing."He will always be a...
Blues interested in Shanahan
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the Blues are interested in Rangers free agent forward Brendan Shanahan, who played for the Blues from 1991-95.Team president John Davidson said of the 39-year-old,...
Blue Jackets to invite Matvichuk
The Columbus Dispatch reports the Blue Jackets will invite former Devils defenseman Richard Matvichuk to their training camp.Mativchuk, 35, spent all of last season in the Devils' minor-league system.
Coverage in today's Post
After all the Mets have been through this season, they woke up today to find themselves alone in first place in the NL East thanks to a 9-3 win Thursday...
Red Bulls' strike out on three foreign bids; down to Kandji & 2 MLS targets
Red Bulls strike out on Gabriel Torres, two other foreign targets By BRIAN LEWISThe international transfer window will close today without the Red Bulls having landed a new striker from...
Deal of the Day-Gap
The Gapâs amazing European online collection is offering this adorable Striped Tie-Back Dress for a mere $29.99.Originally $49.50, the versatile number goes great with a casual pair of Chucks and...
For the People (CBS 1965)
Click here to see Shatner in The Post's Hollywood's Hottest: 50 Years Later photo galleryIt was compelling and well-acted... and it never had a chance. CBS slotted the midseason replacement...
US Women March Into Olympic Semis
APShanghai, China -- Natasha Kai scored in overtime to help the United States edge Canada, 2-1, on Friday in the quarterfinals of the women's Olympic soccer tournament at rainy Shanghai...
Starr Report: Gervais Spawn
It's "Six Degrees of Ricky Gervais" over in the UK, where Martin Freeman, who played Tim in "The Office," and Ashley Jensen, who played Maggie in "Extras," will co-star in...
BEIJING 08: Get in the house
Looking for any excuse to throw back some free drinks and eat something other than Chinese, I've been making the rounds at the national houses, which are sort of like...
3 UP: Surging Sox, LaTroy and First-Place Mets
1. The Yankees and Red Sox have reversed their historic identities almost completely now. It is not just that it is Boston that wins championships these days. It is that...
Box Office: Woody's Comeback No. 11
After dumping the woeful "Cassandra's Dream'' in January to a domestic gross of just under $1 million, the Weinsteins are back with an actual winner from Woody Allen -- the...
A POL'S MORAL POVERTY: EDWARDS' HYPOCRISY
THE ISSUE: John Edwards' admission to having an extramarital affair and to having lied about it. John Edwards must have really meant it when he said that there are "two...
TEACHERS GO NUCLEAR
LAST week's state Senate approval of Gov. Paterson's proposed cap on school property taxes seems to have induced a nervous breakdown in the powerful statewide teachers' union. New York State...
A GENUINE SHERIFF OF WALL ST.
RATHER than playing the hero in tales of crime and punishment, with Wall Street's titans cast as the villains, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has quietly filed cases and won...
HAIL MARY & PICK JOE?
A VICE-presidential pick is always important, but John McCain confronts a starkly existential choice this year. Is he running as a Republican or chiefly as a bipartisan deal-maker? Does he...
CHINA GYMNAST '16,' GOING ON 14
A five-ring circus of questions is swirling around a Chinese gymnast and whether she was too young to compete at the Beijing Games. He Kexin, part of Tuesday's gold medal-winning...
US KICKS OFF RELIEF EFFORT IN GEORGIA
US military personnel started to distribute 31 tons of humanitarian supplies in the war-torn nation of Georgia yesterday as the Russian occupiers showed no sign of pulling back, despite growing...
MEDALIST IS BITTER SWEDE
There was a smackdown at the Olympics yesterday reminiscent of Wrestlemania. A hulking Swedish wrestler threw a fit at the Beijing Games by chucking his bronze medal to the ground...
SPAIN TENNIS TEAM'S UP TO EYEBALLS, TOO
Call it a double fault by the Spanish tennis team. Following a controversial ad featuring Spain's basketball team competing at the Beijing Games pulling back the skin on their eyelids...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 578; Lucky Sum: 20 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 1556; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Thu: 722; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win- 4 Thu.:...
HAUNTED BY MOCKEFELLER FAVORITE FILM
The phony Rockefeller eyed in the disappearance of a California couple 23 years ago once said his favorite movie was "Double Indemnity" - in which two lovers plot to kill...
MORE TROOP$ BACK OBAMA
More US troops are saluting Barack Obama than war hero John McCain with their donations, a study shows. Obama has collected $335,536 from 859 enlisted men and women, according to...
SORRY, CHARLIE! RANGEL IS LEFT OUT
Rep. Charles Rangel, a major Hillary Rodham Clinton booster who played a role in her exit from the 2008 campaign, isn't getting a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention,...
COMMON 'BOND' OF CELEB SPIES
WASHINGTON - Where do you look when you want to recruit spies? Just about everywhere, judging from the formerly top-secret records of the World War II agency that became the...
MISSILE 'SHIELD' FOR POLES
WARSAW, Poland - Poland and the United States reached an agreement yesterday to base American missile interceptors in Poland, the prime minister said, going ahead with a plan that has...
AIDE'S MOM WANTS DNA TEST FOR JOHN
John Edwards needs to step up and take a paternity test with his mistress' child immediately to prove that a loyal campaign aide isn't the baby's daddy, the staffer's mom...
HILLARY PUSHES WAY ONTO STAGE
Hillary Rodham Clinton has muscled her way into formal recognition at the Democratic National Convention by successfully pressing Barack Obama to allow her name to be placed into nomination, officials...
JOHN'S SOUR NOTE
John McCain may be running for president, but he won't be "Running on Empty" if Jackson Browne has his way. The singer-songwriter sued McCain for copyright violations yesterday after the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx This man was arrested yesterday after allegedly posing as a priest and sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl, cops said. Nathaniel Brady, 38, molested the girl several times over...
GAY-DAD 'KIDNAPPER' NABBED IN ISRAEL
The tug-of-love between two adoptive gay dads that turned ugly when one grabbed their toddler and fled to Israel ended yesterday when the boy was reunited with his legal guardian....
HEY, BRETT, MOVE OVER!
I may not be able to compete against NFL players, but at least I can make them laugh. This week, I was invited to try out at the Jets' training...
EX-COP 'IN ON' MOB MURDER
A retired NYPD sergeant likely helped three mob underlings whack a Staten Island jeweler so they could make off with a stash of precious stones, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The...
JAILER LOVE LINK IS SHOT TO HELL
They are the jailhouse "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." A female Rikers Island guard and her correction-officer boyfriend turned into characters from the Brangelina flick yesterday when she opened fire on...
HISTORIC SHUL IN DUEL
A 98-year-old East Village synagogue is in the middle of a tug-of-war between congregation members who want to replace it with a shiny new facility and local preservationists who want...
DAVE ADDS MU$CLE TO HIS TROOPER CORPS
ALBANY - The State Police squad assigned to protect Gov. Paterson is being increased by as many as 45 troopers at a cost of more than $4 million - even...
CHILD ABUSE HORROR
A demented Brooklyn man shook to death his malnourished 3-year-old daughter in the bathroom, ending a horrific life of abuse and starvation at the hands of her parents, cops said...
PREGNANT WOMAN KILLED BY BUS
A pregnant woman was crushed by this bus in The Bronx yesterday - but a superhuman effort by 30 strangers who lifted the vehicle off her body miraculously saved her...
PA CAPS ITS 9/11-SHRINE $$
Facing the prospect of rapidly rising costs to rebuild Ground Zero, officials at the Port Authority yesterday said the bi-state agency won't contribute a penny more than the $195 million...
BREAK FOR 'SEX SLAVER'
The conviction of a man who allegedly enslaved and tortured a woman was overturned by an appellate court yesterday, The Post has learned. Glenn Marcus, 55, was found guilty of...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1 Shuttle buses replace trains between 238th Street and Van Cortlandt Park from 6 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday.3 No trains between 14th Street and New Lots Avenue.4 Free...
TEMPERS HOT AS A/C RULE IS OK'D
Ignoring the pleas of irate and fearful business owners, the City Council yesterday approved a bill that requires retailers to keep their doors shut when air-conditioning units are operating to...
MIKE FEELS NO DISS FROM MAC
It looks like Mayor Bloomberg isn't taking personal affront at John McCain's description of him as "pro-gay rights, pro-, you know, a number of other issues." McCain made the comment...
TRAP PLAY TARGETS GIANTS
Feds yesterday busted a birdbrained Philadelphia man for allegedly trying to blackmail Giants Coach Tom Coughlin with false allegations of extramarital flings with two women. Herbert Simpson, 30, was released...
'WRONG MAN' FREED AFTER 14 YRS.
After 14 years behind bars, a Far Rockaway man literally jumped for joy yesterday after he was released on $150,000 bail posted by an investigator who found evidence to overturn...
GUARDS ON THE 'HOOK'
ALBANY - In the wake of Eliot Spitzer's hooker scandal, the State Police must now keep the governor in their sights at all time - unless they have a signed...
IMMUNITY FOR '9/11' SAUDIS
A federal appeals court ruled that Saudi Arabia and four princes of the kingdom cannot be sued for financing the 9/11 terror attacks - even if they purposely poured cash...
GUTFREUND GOTCHA
It looks as if the onetime king of Wall Street has found himself in another pickle with the taxman - and this time it's federal. John Gutfreund, the fallen Salomon...
APPLE'S NEW GROOVE
Steve Jobs' celebrated Midas touch is taking on a new definition. The man known more for launching the coolest must-have gadgets is now challenging onetime tech darlings Sergey Brin and...
NYS FINES STREET TITANS
Add a few more big-name firms to the growing list of investment banks settling with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Yesterday, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley agreed to shell...
ACTIVIST FUND BUYS STAKE IN CABLEVISION
Activist investment firm Harbinger Capital Partners has built up a 4.9 percent stake in Cablevision, a position sizable enough to partially explain why the controlling Dolan family has warmed up...
MIDTOWN TOP$ IN COMMERCIAL RENTS
Despite a general cooling of the commercial real estate market nationally, Midtown Manhattan has the country's lowest vacancy rate, and boasts the country's highest rents, a new Cushman & Wakefield...
WAL-MART DOWN FOR FALL
Wal-Mart raised its full-year profit outlook on better-than-expected quarterly results, but warned this fall's earnings might miss Wall Street's estimates as shoppers clamp down on spending. Wal-Mart said yesterday it...
NYMEX MAY HAVE NUMBERS FOR CME TAKEOVER
CME Group's $8.4 billion takeover of the New York Mercantile Exchange looks likely to close after executives of the Chicago futures giant won over two influential Nymex members. Robert Sahn...
CHRIS WARD'S FULL PLATE
The Port Authority's new executive director, Christopher Ward, has given up his lucrative "extra" job as a board member of the agency that oversees New York's power grid. "He felt...
A 'KILL THE GOLDEN GOOSE' TAX
Mayor Bloomberg couldn't have said it better this week when he called an Assembly plan to slap "millionaires" with stiff new taxes "crazy." Unless, of course, the goal is to...
THE GEORGIA TEST
The phone may not have rung at 3 a.m., but when word came of Russia's brutal invasion of neighboring Georgia, one of the two presidential candidates instinctively understood the adventure's...
ECO-LOGICAL TO FIRE THESE AIRHEAD POLS
BIG Brother, meet the New York City Council. Oh, brother! In a town where you can't enjoy trans fats, pig out without facing the calorie count, or bottle-feed your young...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
If some folks in Hickman, Nebraska, have their way, it will no longer be a one-horse town. Hickman officials are mulling a livestock ban that would force its lone horse,...
CLEMENS STILL IN SECOND
Eric Mangini yesterday gave Kellen Clemens a somewhat lukewarm endorsement as the No. 2 quarterback, though he did leave the door ajar for Brett Ratliff, who has had a very...
BRETT'S GET STARTED!
With all the hype, you'd think Brett Favre is 10 feet tall and can throw the football 100 yards from one knee. The reality is, there's been just one quarterback...
LIFE IN 'TRANSITION'
The fascination with Brett Favre and the subsequent saturation of coverage surrounding his new adventure with the Jets has gotten to the point where sports stations are updating the "Brett...
GOLDEN BOY TO HELP U.S. TEAM
The fortunes of the U.S. Boxing team should improve in four years thanks to a partnership with Golden Boy Promotions. Oscar De La Hoya, who won Olympic gold at the...
JOBA READY TO THROW AGAIN, BUT ROLE UNCERTAIN
Joba Chamberlain begins a throwing program today under the supervision of the Yankees' training and coaching staffs at Yankee Stadium. The two biggest questions surrounding the pitching face of the...
TIME TO IGNORE YAMMERIN' HANK
THANK goodness the Yankees have Hank Steinbrenner around for comic distraction or else our full attention would be honed on just what an unmotivated, undisciplined and mostly unwatchable group this...
GETTING LATE EARLY FOR THE YANKS
Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera believe because that is part of an elite athlete's DNA. Yankees fans have watched the three long enough to know what has made...
OLIVEA'S GIANT SHOT CUT SHORT BY INJURY
ALBANY - The Shane Olivea experiment is over almost before it started. The Giants signed the veteran right tackle to strengthen the depth on the offensive line, hoping he was...
STARTING POINT
ALBANY - He has spent so little time on the field and so much time getting iced you'd think Plaxico Burress is headed for the frozen food department. Practices come...
MARBURY EYES MILAN
Last summer, Stephon Marbury vowed hewould play in Italy after his Knick contract expired after 2009. At the time, many scoffed at the farfetched notion. But Marbury's desires have now...
UNLIKELY ACE
WASHINGTON - There's nothing spacey about Oliver Perez these days. The loopy left-hander who drove teammates and both of his managers to distraction the first half of the season has...
NOLAN NOT RETURNING TO SHEA
WASHINGTON - Nolan Ryan said no-no to the Mets. The Hall of Famer, who picked up a playoff win and key World Series save in the Mets' 1969 world-championship run...
ALL ON THE TABLE
BEIJING - There is a place like this back home, uptown, up at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. It was at Rucker Park where basketball truly became the city...
REDEEM TEAM AVENGES 2006 LOSS TO GREECE
BEIJING - This is what the experiment known as the U.S. men's basketball team was supposed to look like. Yesterday in a 92-69 victory over Greece the Americans clicked completely...
THE TWO OF U.S.
BEIJING - An American pixie took gold last night, but it was not the one with all the endorsements and hype entering these Olympics. Nastia Liukin topped teammate Shawn Johnson...
AN AGE-OLD SOLUTION: DO THE RIGHT THING!
BEIJING - If she walks like a little girl, and she talks like a little girl, and she looks like a little girl and she acts like a little girl,...
SPITZ MARK MOVES CLOSER TO OBLIVION
BEIJING - Michael Phelps is on the precipice, now, on history's doorstep, prepared to barge right in and help himself to Mark Spitz's refrigerator. He is Barry Bonds at 754...
WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL TEAM KEEPS ROLLING
BEIJING - Three things you can count on in Beijing are smog, a crazy cab ride and the American women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor rolling...
SECRETARIAT IN A SWIMSUIT
BEIJING - Michael Phelps isn't just winning every race he's in at these Olympics, he's obliterating the competition. He is Secretariat in a swimsuit. Phelps won gold No. 6 last...
JERSEY GIRL HAS SONI DAY
BEIJING - A Jersey girl is coming home with gold. Rebecca Soni from Plainsboro, N.J., set a world record in winning the 200-meter breaststroke last night. She topped her Australian...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Replay on the way Major league ballparks are being wired for instant replay, and commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday his "confidence is growing" that the technology to assist umpires...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... FRAN FRASCHILLA
FRAN Fraschilla has gone global. The former Manhattan College and St. John's coach is now ESPN's international basketball analyst, a job description that included covering Team USA's exhibition games before...
HOO-RAYS FOR HONDO!
The Rays made Hondo sweat but finally did their job, working OT to give him a victory that, along with his Tiger triumph, overwhelmed the Brew loss and boosted the...
NHL LOSING ON RADULOV
A previously secret meeting in Italy on Wednesday between Gary Bettman and KHL president Alexander Medvedev not only failed to broker a resolution on Alexander Radulov's contractual situation, but rather...
SPONSORS WEARING OUT THEIR WELCOME
FEW modern American Olympians have been shy to put their moments and medals where their money is. Who can forget that warm and wonderful moment in 1992 when the NBA...
NO LABOR FOR LOCAL FISHING
As we get closer to Labor Day weekend, we are seeing excellent fishing for fluke, bass and blues and real good action for tuna at the edge of the shelf....
EVA NIXES NECKIN'
'DESPERATE House wives" star Eva Long oria Parker would love to kiss-off her on-screen smooching scenes - now that she's married. "I always try to talk my way out of...
MICHAEL PHELPS: SAVIOR OF NBC
NBC is no longer swimming upstream, thanks to Michael Phelps. The US swimming star has driven NBC to ratings gold this week, reviving a network that ended last season in...
MAMA NEVER GAVE UP TRUE STORY OF 'GIRL LOST'
LUZ is a loving, working-class Philadelphia mom whose baby girl died in a fire. Except Luz can't accept that. She thinks her daughter is still alive somewhere. Everyone thinks she's...
SAVE GAS, WATCH TV
ABC wants your summer "staycation" to meet its fall lineup. The network is unveiling "National Stay at Home Week," a self-created "holiday" to promote its fall shows. The campaign rolls...
STARR REPORT
It's "Six Degrees of Ricky Gervais" over in the UK, where Martin Freeman, who played Tim in "The Office," and Ashley Jensen, who played Maggie in "Extras," will co-star in...
PERPETUAL PUNK PLAYERS
YOU didn't have to be a spiky-haired punk to understand Rancid - all you had to do was hear three of the band's most famous songs: "Roots Radicals," played early...
MORE LIKE 'CLONE BORES'
GEORGE Lucas' films are like Cher's face. No matter how many times you rework the same material, it's never going to be new and fresh again. And so it is...
THREE'S COMPANY
AFTER years of diminishing returns, Woody Allen spectacularly returns to form with "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," his funniest movie in years and arguably his sexiest.PHOTO GALLERY: 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' Yeah, I...
ANITA O'DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER
THE greatest female jazz sing ers of all time? According to experts interviewed in "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer," they are Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan...
NEVER APOLOGIZE
THE film "Never Apologize," in which a gray-haired gentleman stands or sits on a stage, talking for nearly two hours to an audience we never see, doesn't sound like compelling...
TO HALF AND HALF NOT
IN "A Girl Cut in Two," vet eran French director Claude Chabrol updates one of New York's most infamous mur ders to modern-day Lyon. In that 1906 case, Stanford White,...
3-D ART SOARS, BUT LUNAR 'TOON PLOT WON'T FLY
IF only the first-ever ani mated 3-D movie had as great a story line as it does 3-D animation, we could have all gone to the movies this weekend and...
JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER
YOU've no doubt been lying awake at night, unable to sleep, wondering what ever happened to Robert Englund, a k a Freddy Krueger in the never-ending "A Nightmare on Elm...
HENRY THE FAITH
LUKE Wilson is Henry Poole, a guy who just wants to be left alone to drink himself into a miserable stupor in his tract house. But life - not to...
RIVERS FLOATS ABOVE REST
BEFORE Andy Warhol painted his first soup can - and way before Damien Hirst found art in formaldehyde - Larry Rivers was stirring things up. He used stencils, collages and...
MUSICALS STAR AT-RISK KIDS
HELL'S Kitchen may have morphed into Clinton, with its upscale bars and restaurants, but it's still home to kids who need a helping hand. That's where the 52nd Street Project...
DANCE
JOYCE THEATRE: The modern dance company Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs two new programs tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 175 Eighth Ave.; (212) 242-0800;...
FILM
BRYANT PARK: The park continues its summer film series with Richard Donner's "Superman" (1978) starring the late Christopher Reeve. Monday at sundown (lawn opens at 5 p.m.), Sixth Avenue between...
BROADWAY
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** A largely new cast, led by the redoubtable Estelle Parsons, has taken over in Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize winner. But this eviscerating melodrama remains as gripping...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
LAURA CANTRELL: The country chanteuse leads a crew of musicians and vocalists through a celebration of "lost" heroines of American music Tuesday at 10 p.m. at the Spiegeltent on the...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
GOLD BREW Beer - August 16 If heading to Beijing for the rest of the Olympics is out of the question for you, don't fret! Tomorrow, you can participate in...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ABSINTHE": *** 1/2 This thrilling blend of European-style circus and burlesque offers decadent pleasures in a wonderful summertime setting. Spiegelworld at Pier 17, South Street Seaport, South Street at Beekman...
PREVIEWS
"FELA!": Bill T. Jones directs and choreographs a musical about the late Nigerian composer, performer and political activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. 37 Arts, 450 W. 37th St.; (212) 560-8912. Opens...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: The Mostly Mozart festival continues with Minnesota Orchestra director Osmo Vanska leading the festival orchestra tonight and tomorrow night at 8; (212) 721-6500.BARGEMUSIC: The Zukofsky Quartet tonight...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
SUMMER SEAPORT FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Water Street from Fulton to Broad streets. LEXINGTON AVENUE SUMMERFEST: A street festival Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6...
CABARET
METROPOLITAN ROOM: Tonight and tomorrow: Andrea McArdle performs at 7:30 p.m. 3 W. 22nd St.; (212) 206-0440.
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Tonight and tomorrow: Hilary Kole and Billy Stritch at 8:30 and 11 p.m. 315 W. 44th St; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: Through Sunday: The Latin Side of...
GOOD OR BAD, MIKE & DOG MADE HISTORY
OK, so maybe it wasn't always for the best reasons, but Mike Francesa and Chris Russo still had a good run - a great run, even - and for nearly...
Arena to Galaxy?
By BRIAN LEWISWith Bruce Arena taking in the Galaxy-Chivas match tonight from a suite, and having dinner with AEG boss Tim Leiweke at the Home Depot Center, it seems pretty...
Wagner perfect in rehab stint
Closer Billy Wagner (pictured) moved closer to rejoining the Mets on Monday in Pittsburgh by pitching a perfect seventh inning for Double-A Binghamton against Reading tonight. Wagner, who will pitch...
Why Not Margarito-Williams II?
Back by popular demand: Round by Round Boxing/MMA notes... Round 1:RampageGood to see former UFC light heavyweight champ Rampage Jackson looking fit and happy at UFC 87 in Minneapolis. He...
Report: Citi opener April 14
According to a report from The Associated Press that came out earlier tonight, the Mets will open new Citi Field next season with an April 14 matchup against the Padres....
Pitching set for Pirates series
With Mike Pelfrey (pictured) leading things off, the pitching matchups are ready for the Mets' four-game road series against the Pirates that starts Friday night at PNC Park. Here is...
'MAD DOG' RUNS AWAY FROM MIKE
Sports-talk heavyweight Mike Francesa needs a new dog. Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo has broken his WFAN leash after nearly 19 years in the studio with Francesa, the station's director confirmed...