August 20, 2008
OBAMA'S LEAD IN POLLS FALLS APART
As Barack Obama prepares to accept his party's nomination next week, his lead in the polls has vanished. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows Obama in a statistical...
PAVANO ON TRACK FOR SATURDAY START
TORONTO -- How bad is the Yankees' season going? The very smart money is being sent in on Carl "American Idle" Pavano, against all odds, starting Saturday night in Baltimore....
NBC LANDS FIRST WITH CROCKEFELLER
"TODAY" host Natalie Morales has scored the first sit-down interview with the phony Rockefeller who sparked an international manhunt after being accused of snatching his daughter, 7-year-old daughter Reigh "Snooks"...
Game 127: Braves at Mets
Mike Pelfrey (pictured) goes for his staff-leading 12th victory tonight when the surging Mets take on the Braves in the second game of a three-game NL East series at Shea...
APPLEGATE BACK ON 'SAMANTHA' SET NEXT MONTH
"Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, who revealed on Tuesday's "Good Morning America" that she had a double-mastectomy, will return to her ABC sitcom next month. Applegate, 36, who was diagnosed...
RBNY's Rojas gets capped, Cepero back from loan
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas is in Venezuela today for his National Team's friendly against Syria. It will be his 83rd cap, second-most in his country's history. But...
Mets add reliever Reyes
From JOEL SHERMANThe Mets today tried another avenue to upgrade their bullpen by signing Al Reyes, who was recently waived by the Tampa Bay Rays, to a minor-league contract. Reyes...
METS SIGN AL REYES
By JOEL SHERMANThe Mets today tried another avenue to upgrade their bullpen by signing Al Reyes, who was recently waived by the Tampa Rays, to a minor-league contract.Reyes was released...
Just Joshing
By FRED KERBERSo he didn't give a receipe for candied yams. But after the Netsâ workouts today, Josh Boone addressed everything from his elbow to Vince Carterâs ankle to Marcus...
Best Case For Wagner: 3 Weeks
Billy Wagner's agent, Bean Stringfellow, told ESPN 1050 that Wagner will not return to the Mets for at least three weeks.Stringfellow said that Wagner was, "surprised it will take three...
'Gossip Girl' Writer Talks Mastectomy
Cancer experts lauded Applegate for taking her fight against breast cancer public, and hope more women consider this once-radical procedure."This is a trend and it'll be more and more common....
TODAY'S PENNANT RACE BREAKDOWN
The Red Sox look to complete the sweep in Baltimore and maintain their lead on top of the AL wild-card race. The Twins are one game back after defating the...
'SHIELD': MAC WON'T BE BACK
Fasten your seatbelts--here comes the final season of "The Shield." FX's gritty series revolving around good cop/bad cop Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) kicks off its seventh and final season Sept....
ON DECK: BRAVES AT METS
These aren't your older brother's Braves. They were not at the start of the year and certainly not now that Atlanta has suffered injuries to several of their top players....
Red Bull defender Gabriel Cichero to miss TWO games
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bulls defender Gabriel Cichero was hit with a fine and one-game suspension for his red-card foul this past Sunday against Toronto FC. In the 46th minute, he...
ON DECK: YANKEES AT BLUE JAYS
If the Yankees fail to make the playoffs, many will point to injuries to the pitching staff that crippled them the entire season: from Phil Hughes to Ian Kennedy to...
Oh God! Maher Anti-Religious Doc is an Equal-Opportunity Offender
I'll have more to say about "Religulous,'' the uproarious Bill Maher attack on all organized religions, when it officially premieres next month in Toronto. But seeing as how it's actually...
WEDNESDAY'S VIEWERS GUIDE
WHAT YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT: It's become almost cliché to invoke Jim McKay's "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" introduction to ABC's old "Wide World of Sports," but...
Coverage in today's Post
It was a bad news-good day for Jerry Manuel and the Mets on Tuesday. After learning Billy Wagner could miss the rest of the season because of a swollen left...
Knight helps U.S. reach the medal round
Mets minor leaguer Brandon Knight allowed two runs on five hits in 6.1 innings to help Team USA knock off Taiwan yesterday, 4-2. The win put Team USA into the...
Kunz makes first Triple-A appearance
After being sent down to Triple-A by the Mets, Eddie Kunz made his first-ever appearance in Triple-A yesterday, throwing a scoreless inning for New Orleans last night.The 6-foot-5 right-hander gave...
'Idol' Hopefuls Show Their Character
The Post scoped the talent during auditions for "American Idol" Season 8 when a herd of Kelly-Clarkson wannabes flocked the Izod Center in the Meadowlands.Sample the talent below and judge...
Niese gets another Triple-A win
The Mets currently have three starting pitchers under contract for 2008: Johan Santana, John Maine and Mike Pelfrey. With the way Jonathan Niese is pitching, he could be making Omar...
Starr Report: As advertised?
"Mad Men" continues to shed its audience at an alarming rate. AMC's much-ballyhooed series has lost 1 million viewers since its July 27 season premiere, which snared 2.1 million viewers....
BEIJING 08: Scene and heard
SCENE Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai dislocating his right elbow while trying to snatch 326 pounds in his third lift attempt. The first time Olympian got the weight above his head...
The Mets and their bullpen
From JOEL SHERMANI hope you get a chance to read my column in today's Post. It advocates that the Mets give Mike Pelfrey a chance to help the beleaguered bullpen....
3 UP: The Met Pen Edition
1. I hope you get a chance to read my column in today's Post. It advocates that the Mets give Mike Pelfrey a chance to help the beleaguered bullpen. It...
Please, Warner Bros., Buy MGM Out and Euthanize Leo the Lion
In both the funniest and saddest story of the day, Kirk Kekorian is "rumored" to have submitted a $3 million bid for the once-mighty MGM. As Carol D'Orionotes in the...
FACING THE MUSIC, AGAIN
THE ISSUE: Robert Chambers' 19-year jail sentence for illegal narcotic activity. If Randy Credico wishes to attack the Rockefeller drug laws, he might want to find a more sympathetic figure...
THEY'RE BAAAAACK! NO END TO BILL & HILL
THE ISSUE: The Clintons' continued prominence despite Hillary's loss in the Democratic primaries. Jonah Goldberg's article is masterfully hilarious ("Monsters in a Box," PostOpinion, Aug. 16).. The Clinton's are the...
THE MENU-MANDATE FLIM-FLAM
IN a 2007 survey of California voters, 84 percent said they thought the govern ment should force restaurant chains to display calorie numbers on their menus. That may happen soon:...
THE NEXT PAK MESS
JUSTIFYING his decision to resign Monday, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said he hoped to avoid a long political crisis triggered by an attempt by the governing coalition to start impeachment...
THE PEACE-AT-ANY-PRICE PERIL
WAR doesn't change anything! How many times have we heard the claim from self-righteous leftists protected by their betters? Tell the dead in Georgia that war changes nothing. Tell it...
A SOROS SLUSH FUND
THE Democratic Party platform is like a bag of pork rinds: You never know what high-fat liberal government morsel you're gonna get. Buried in the 94-page document is a noble-sounding...
RUSSIA 'STEAL & KIDNAP' FURY
POTI, Georgia - Russian soldiers took about 20 Georgians in military uniform prisoner at a key Black Sea port in Georgia yesterday, blindfolding them and holding them at gunpoint, and...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 843; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 5187; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Nos. Tue: 239; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win- 4 Tue.:...
HERE COME THE BRIDES
The brides wore white - and wide smiles. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are on the cover of the upcoming People magazine, arm and arm in Zac Posen designs...
BARACK THINKIN' LINCOLN
Barack Obama plans to return Saturday to the historic city of Springfield, Ill. - the place where he launched his presidential run - to showcase his new running mate on...
KEY SPEECH SLOT FOR GORE
WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Al Gore has been given a key speaking slot next week at the Democratic convention in Denver, sharing the stage with nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama in...
BRAVE STAR'S SHOCK
TV star Christina Applegate revealed yesterday she had a double mastectomy and will undergo months-long reconstructive surgery to regain her figure. The "Samantha Who?" beauty said she had the radical...
POISON IVY IS GUILTY
GREENVILLE, SC - A Montana woman pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing the identity of a missing South Carolina woman to attend Columbia University. Esther Elizabeth Reed, 30, pleaded guilty to...
EDWARDS' CRUEL WIFE JAB: REPORT
John Edwards assured his mistress that they'd be together after his cancer-stricken wife died, according to a new bombshell report. Just before the former presidential contender confessed his adultery to...
POOL HERO BOWLS OVER KELLOGG'S
He's g-r-r-r-eight! Michael Phelps will be the latest Olympian to grace the front of a cereal box - but it won't be Wheaties. "There will be no Wheaties box this...
'EWW,' MIKE AND I AREN'T ITEM: HOTTIE
Sexpot swimmer Amanda Beard says Michael Phelps has absolutely no shot at doing the breaststroke with her. Beard, 26, denied yesterday that she was dating Phelps, 23, saying, "Eww, that's...
DAD'S DEEP DIVIDE WITH SWIM KING
Everyone in the world is clamoring for a piece of golden boy Michael Phelps - except for his own father. Phelps' dad, Fred, admitted to The Post that he has...
COMBAT 'DRILL' FOR PREZ FOES
John McCain and Barack Obama traded sharp blows yesterday over oil and patriotism. Standing on an oil rig in the Gulf Coast off Louisiana, McCain accused Obama of wanting to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A cyclist stabbed a pedestrian after a near-collision in the West Village, authorities said yesterday. Taleek Boyd, 38, was riding his bike at Christopher Street near Washington Street at...
SCHOOLS' CASH-TO-KIDS PLAN DOESN'T PAY OFF
A controversial initiative that pays high-school students for passing Advanced Placement tests has failed to spur more kids to make the grade. Students at 25 low-income city public schools and...
WEST SIDE 'KIDNAPPING'
A man kidnapped two boys from the Upper West Side, took them to Virginia for two days, and then brought them back, officials said yesterday. The brothers, 8 and 13,...
WAKSAL HITS ROAD EARLY
Freedom's too precious for inside-trader Sam Waksal to waste in bed. Before the sun could even rise, the early-bird jailbird got a front-door pick-up from a Lincoln Town Car around...
B'KLYN PERV STRUCK TWICE
The same sexual predator abducted and attacked two young Hasidic girls - one 4, the other 14 - from a Brooklyn neighborhood in separate incidents last summer and earlier this...
SCOUTS ARE DAM LUCKY
A brave group of New Jersey Boy Scouts rescued by Indians from flash floods that tore through their Grand Canyon campsite will be back in the arms of their thankful...
GRANNY-MUGGER PANIC
A day after cops released shocking surveillance video of the brutal mugging of an 85-year-old woman, fear and outrage spread through the Brooklyn neighborhoods where the monster has been preying...
SEX SCANDAL HITS ASSEMBLY
ALBANY - A state assemblyman is facing an ethics inquiry over allegations he carried on steamy liaison four years ago with a colleague's intern. Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo), a married father...
A JERSEY MOB OF 'IDOLS'
Forget about going to Hollywood - these "American Idol" rejects didn't even make it past the New Jersey Turnpike. "You think you have what it takes - and then you...
B'KLYN FAMILY'S HARROWING ESCAPE FROM WAR ZONE
A Brooklyn furniture salesman raced to war-torn Georgia to lead his wife and teenage kids on a daring escape after Russian troops invaded and closed off key roads. Zurab Gabunia,...
DEMS OK MILLIONAIRE TAX
ALBANY - Assembly Democrats yesterday passed the "millionaire's tax" to raise billions in new revenues, but the GOP-controlled Senate shelved the measure. The bill - touted by Assembly Speaker Sheldon...
ACTIVISTS WIN PEACE OF $2M
Dozens of pinched peaceniks yesterday won a $2 million settlement from the city, the result of a federal lawsuit claiming they were wrongfully arrested for protesting the Iraq war five...
A BICYCLE BUILT FOR 'SHOE'
Here's a sole-ful take on the common bike rack. The "high-heeled" unit near Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue is one of nine arty new racks designed by former Talking Heads...
BOY, 5, KILLED IN ELEVATOR HORROR
A 5-year-old boy plunged 10 stories to his death yesterday when he tried to jump out of a stalled, chronically malfunctioning elevator in his city-operated Brooklyn building but fell into...
BREEZY DOES IT: BLOOMBERG
LAS VEGAS - Forget Chicago. New York would claim title as the genuine "Windy City" under a dramatic proposal by Mayor Bloomberg yesterday to develop wind turbines atop the Big...
STANDING STIFF-LY
He saw himself as a standup guy - even in death. Angel Pantoja, a 24-year-old sanitation worker in Puerto Rico, told relatives for years that when he died, he "didn't...
GRANNY CLAUSE SO SAD
A Long Island grandmother has no legal right to meet her grandchild, an appeals court ruled yesterday. "How awful! That's terrible," Gabrielle Karr, 62, said when The Post told her...
SICK 'REASON' TO KILL LENNON
He saw John Lennon's face on the cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album and knew he had to kill him. In making his fifth futile attempt for parole, Mark...
AFRICAN FEST & PARADE SET
The second annual African Day Parade and Street Festival will be held on Sunday along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem, organizers announced. Thousands of marchers and spectators took...
ALBANY MAKES A DEAL FOR $400M BUDGET CUT
ALBANY - The State Assembly early today passed a measure to cut the current budget by more than $400 million to stave off ballooning deficits. "It's going to the floor....
TOT SENT HOME BY ACS DIES
A Queens toddler yanked from his abusive mother two years ago was found mysteriously dead in his bed - only a month after the ACS gave him back to the...
'BEAT' COPS STUN KELLY
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday called the alleged beating of a Bronx motorist by two female cops "horrendous," if true. "There was a witness who [saw] some of the encounter,"...
REALTY WOE FOR RAP BIG
Not even hip-hop moguls are immune to the mortgage-foreclosure crisis. Eastern Savings Bank has filed suit against entrepreneur Damon Dash, charging the Roc-a-Fella Records co-founder hasn't made a payment on...
INFLATION WORRIES STOKED WITH PPI RELEASE
The government confirmed yesterday what everyone already knew with the release of a key gauge of inflation, which rose 9.8 percent in the last year - the highest climb in...
LEHMAN LOOKED TO EAST
Lehman Brothers' embattled Chief Executive Dick Fuld nearly struck a deal to raise almost $5 billion from South Korean wealth funds and institutions but the pact disintegrated, according to sources...
CME DRILLING DOWN ON EDMONDS TO LEAD NYMEX
Now that members of the New York Mercantile Exchange have finally approved CME Group's $8.4 billion takeover, they want the Chicago futures giant to take steps to boost CME's sagging...
THE STREET POISED FOR IPHONE INFO
Wall Street is expecting Apple and AT&T to report big iPhone sales numbers when the two companies unveil their next quarterly earnings reports. Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves said in...
MARBURY NIXES RETAILER
Stephon Marbury's crying foul against his bankrupt former buddies at Steve & Barry's - claiming in court papers the broke bargain retailer stiffed him for millions of dollars in royalties...
DAILY NEWS LOOKS TO SLASH 25 JOBS
The Daily News is cutting jobs in the latest round of downsizing at the embattled tabloid. The Mort Zuckerman-owned paper is looking for 25 volunteers in the newsroom to take...
SPOTLIGHT'S ON THE LIMELIGHT
THE former Limelight could soon be hosting filmmaking, fashion shows and other special events. Joe Dirosa of the New York Artist Series says he is close to an agreement with...
GLITTER GASP: SAKS SINKS AS EVEN THE RICH CUT BACK
Luxury retailer Saks reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and gave a weak outlook for sales, noting that even the richest among its well-heeled shoppers have curbed spending. Since the economy...
$100,000,000,000.00
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need to raise as much as $100 billion in order to cover potential losses on their mortgage portfolios - a goal that might prove...
CIRCUIT CITY BANKING ON NEW EXEC
Struggling electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. promoted a dissident director yesterday in a move that some on Wall Street are taking as a sign the board may be growing...
ANTHRAX AND THE FBI
No matter what it does, says the FBI, there will always be those who doubt its case against anthrax-attack suspect Bruce Ivins. "There's always going to be a spore on...
THE VAMPIRE TAX
Sheldon Silver's band of legislative brigands sent a message to hard working New Yorkers of means yesterday - and to those who aspire to better themselves and their families through...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Some grannies just shouldn't be messed with. An 85-year-old Pennsylvania woman calmly walked past a burglar in her house, got her pistol, and ordered him to call police. "I just...
WRITERS ON THE ROCKS
MODERN lit just can't hold its liquor. From David Carr to Augusten Burroughs, writers today seem as committed to not drinking as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald once celebrated...
ODD-TOURAGE
MARGARET Cho, the out-there comic, is hilarious, vile, horifying - and did I mention hilarious? - when you go to see her in concert. She so happily stomps beyond the...
'GREY'S' FALL LOVIN'
FORGET about Meredith and Derek's boring on-again, off-again "Grey's Anatomy" romance. It's their colleagues who'll get the real juicy storylines this season - including a possible lesbian fling between Callie...
SHILL OF IT ALL: THE PITCHMAN COMETH
'HI, Billy Mays here for" - well, himself. Mays, the loud-mouthed huckster for "as-seen-on-TV!" products like OxiClean, Kaboom! and Orange Glo, will star in his own reality show. "Pitchmen" will...
STARR REPORT
As advertised? "Mad Men" continues to shed its audience at an alarm ing rate. AMC's much-bally hooed series has lost 1 million viewers since its July 27 sea son premiere,...
(TOR)MENTOR
IF the presidential election were a reality show, Janice Dickinson would have some choice words for Barack Obama and John McCain. "I would f- -k them both up, but in...
SAPP 'INSIDE'
EX-NFL star Warren Sapp has joined "Inside the NFL" in its new incarnation premiering Sept. 10 on Showtime. Sapp joins Phil Simms, Chris Collinsworth and James Brown on the "Inside"...
RAINN SHINES!
RAINN Wilson, the schlubby actor best known for the American version of "The Office," seems an unlikely prospect for stardom. He managed to be the only annoying element in a...
OGRE AND ABOVE
BROADWAY hyenas lying in wait for DreamWorks to stumble are going to have to find some thing other than "Shrek" to gnaw on this fall. The $20 million musical began...
SHO TIME
THIS fall, the city won't see a restaurant opening more daring than this one. SHO Shaun Hergatt is bringing a chef's exotic, expensive brand of South Beach-honed, poly-cultural cooking to...
MANGINI GIVES NUGENT KICK-START
Jet coach Eric Mangini made a point to seek out kicker Mike Nugent yesterday and give him a pep talk after Nugent missed a 23-yard, potential game-tying field goal as...
FAVRE & COLES TALK THE TALK
Laveranues Coles still is not speaking to reporters, an unfortunate adolescent act of sulking over his hurt feelings about the Jets' sudden release of close friend Chad Pennington when Brett...
BIG BROWN EYES TURF AT PHILLY PARK
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Big Brown is eyeing a turf race on Sept. 13 at Philadelphia Park for his next start, IEAH Stable co-president Michael Iavarone told The Post, with a...
DROPPING OUT
TORONTO - Another small nail was driven into the Yankees' pinstriped coffin last night by a leather hammer that was Johnny Damon's glove. With the return of Hideki Matsui as...
NOW IT'S CARL'S NECK!
TORONTO - Carl Pavano came out of a minor-league rehab start Sunday with stiffness in his neck and didn't throw a bullpen session yesterday. Pardon us if you have heard...
BOOZIN' IRABU ARRESTED
Ex-Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu - once ridiculed by George Steinbrenner as a "fat, pus-y toad" - was arrested in Osaka, Japan, today for allegedly assaulting a bartender after drinking 20...
BIG BLUE 'RECEIVES' GOOD NEWS
Lo and behold, the Giants actually might have their full complement of receivers on the practice field for this afternoon's practice at Giants Stadium . . . almost. No, Plaxico...
ONE UP & ONE DOWN
Two running backs at the back end of the depth chart suited up and took the field Monday night, hoping to impress the coaching staff with a move here, a...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Triple bypass for Yaz Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably last night after having triple bypass...
HONDO'S BRAVE CHOICE
The Tigers, taking a page from Barack's book, pro vided some change HondoNation can believe in last night when they tattooed Texas to boost the bulging bankroll to 440 adcocks....
KNICKS' DANILO SAYS NO TO ITALY
The Italian Stallion's back is still not 100 percent. Still resting an injured back he suffered during summer league in Las Vegas last month, Knicks first-round pick Danilo Gallinari has...
PELFREY TO PEN PERFECT IN PINCH
THE Mets have an aching need in their bullpen, and Mike Pelfrey is the best man for the Joba. Pelfrey does not have the overpowering stuff of Joba Chamberlain. But...
BILLY-ACHE WORSE
The MRI exam performed on Billy Wagner yesterday showed the inflammation in his left elbow got worse instead of better, leaving the Mets' closer concerns even more grave. Neither the...
METS ROUGH UP BRAVES' PEN
The Mets felt the Braves' pain last night. And they loved every minute of it. The Mets learned yesterday there is additional inflammation in Billy Wagner's left elbow, a condition...
NINTH IS NO-MAINE'S LAND
The Mets considered converting John Maine into a closer in Billy Wagner's absence, but yesterday the odds of that scenario went from long to longer. Maine has experienced arm soreness...
PADRAIG TIPS HAVE IRISH FIGHTER 'PSYCHED'
Irish boxing captain Kenny Egan has been giving British Open and PGA champ Padraig Harrington credit for helping him reach Friday's light-heavyweight Olympic semifinals. "We talked about how to peak,...
BOLT OF REALITY
BEIJING - Here you are: sweating, starving, locking yourself in the gym, sealing yourself in the sauna and the steam room, trying to shed a pound here, half a pound...
DON'T BE DENIED
BEIJING - When the U.S. men's basketball team boarded its bus yesterday to go to practice, signs were taped to every seat that read: "Take Nothing for Granted (we are...
WALL OF FAME IS TRULY GREAT
HUAIROU, China - First, we should correct one of the oldest of all urban myths: You can't see the Great Wall of China from the moon. It's a big wall....
VOLLEY GIRLS GOING FOR GOLDEN SPIKE
BEIJING - U.S. beach volleyballers Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won their 107th consecutive match yesterday, but it won't matter if they don't make it 108. The duo advanced to...
RED, WHITE & GOLD
BEIJING - The medal stand is where the stories end, and when they end in gold those tales are compelling enough. Sometimes, though, it helps to go back to the...
DIGGING FOR GOLD
BEIJING - One thought kept passing through Shawn Johnson's head after winning the gold medal on the balance beam last night: Finally. After three silver medals, the 16-year-old from Iowa...
FEDEX CUP LURES PADDY TO RIDGEWOOD
The chance to become only the third golfer since 1997 not named Tiger Woods to win the PGA Tour Player of the Year title brought otherwise reluctant Padraig Harrington out...
NETS' YI ON THE MOVE
There were many, including former Bucks coach Larry Krystowiak, who felt the demands and pressures on 7-0 Yi Jianlian from the Chinese National team were absurd during his rookie year...
LEHMAN'S NEW COACH IN CONTROL
Debbie Vance had hoped to take over Lehman's football program from Carmine Colasanto someday. "That was something we talked about," Vance said. "Whenever Carmine didn't want to coach anymore, I'd...
Vargas Death Leaves Lynch In Shock
Round by Round Notes. Pat Lynch thought he was going on a family vacation. Some of his worst days followed. BY GEORGE WILLISRound 1:Pat Lynch, the well-regarded boxing manager who...
LAST DAYS AT HOFSTRA FOR JETS
Diehard Jet fan Pete Wilson of Long Island has been watching his favorite team practice at Hofstra University for more than 35 years, since the days when Hall of Famer...
Church back in action again with New Orleans
Ryan Church made it onto the field for the second consecutive day for Triple-A New Orleans, playing seven innings for the Zephyrs while hitting third and playing in right field....
NL wins dramatic NY-Penn League All-Star Game
Thanks to a two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning from host Tri-City (Houston) 3B David Flores, the National League capped a three run comeback in the last...
A JERSEY MOB OF 'IDOLS'
Forget about going to Hollywood - these "American Idol" rejects didn't even make it past the New Jersey Turnpike. "You think you have what it takes - and then you...
NY-Penn League All-Star Rosters
Here's a link to the roster's for tonight's NY-Penn League All-Star Game, to be played at the Tri-City affiliate's stadium in Troy, N.Y. (for those of you who don't know...
Lyon participates in NY-Penn League HR Derby
Staten Island 3B Mike Lyon didn't pull a Josh Hamilton, but he was selected to participate in the NY-Penn League Home Run Derby last night in Troy, N.Y.Lyon lost out...
DAMON MISPLAYS FLY IN EIGHTH TO HELP JAYS WIN
Another small nail was driven into the Yankees' pinstriped coffin last night by a leather hammer that was Johnny Damon's glove. With the return of Hideki Matsui as the DH,...
OBAMA TO SHOW OFF VP IN SPRINGFIELD, ILL
Barack Obama plans to return Saturday to the historic city of Springfield, Ill. - the place where he launched his presidential run - to highlight his new running mate on...
$400M BUDGET CUT
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson and legislative leaders tentatively agreed tonight on more than $400 million in spending cuts to stave off ballooning budget deficits. "The winds of change have hit...
'EWW,' MIKE AND I AREN'T ITEM
Sexpot swimmer Amanda Beard says Michael Phelps has absolutely no shot at doing the breaststroke with her. Beard denied today that she was dating Phelps, saying, "Eww, that's nasty." "I...
INDIANS SAVE NJ KIDS FROM GRAND CANYON FLOOD
A brave group of New Jersey Boy Scouts rescued by Indians from flash floods that tore through their Grand Canyon campsite will be back in the arms of their thankful...
BROOKLYN FAMILY'S ESCAPE FROM GEORGIA
A Brooklyn furniture salesman raced to war-torn Georgia to lead his wife and teenage kids on a daring escape after Russian troops invaded and closed off key roads. Zurab Gabunia,...