September 13, 2008
Game 147: Braves at Mets
Fresh off a 3-2 loss fueled by the bullpen in Game 1, the Mets try to salvage a split in Game 2 against the Braves tonight behind rookie left-hander Jon...
XXX-CITEMENT BEGINS AT JERSEY SEX CONVENTION
Let the sex-travaganza begin! Hundreds of horndogs packed a New Jersey convention center yesterday to gawk at porn stars and play with sex toys - part of a raunchy sex...
Game 146: Braves at Mets
After a rainout Friday night, the Mets will take on the Braves in a day-night doubleheader at Shea Stadium that has Johan Santana taking on ex-Met Mike Hampton in the...
Pregame news and notes
News and notes before the first-place Mets take on the Braves in a day-night doubleheader at Shea Stadium: -- This will be the Metsâ sixth doubleheader of the season. They...
GOODELL PLEASED FAVRE IS BACK
In an interview with The Post Friday night, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell admitted he is pleased Brett Favre is back for his eighth pro season, cautioned not to count out...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets are pushing Pedro Martinez back to Monday and giving 21-year-old Jon Niese his second major-league start today in Game 2 of a single-admission doubleheader with the Braves after...
Bon Anniversaire
Happy 60th birthday to Manhattan's venerable Paris Theater, which claims to be the oldest continually operated arthouse cinema in the United States. When Marlene Dietrich cut the ribbon to open...
SURPRISE SURVEY A JERSEY JOY TO JOHN
Barack Obama's lead over John McCain in "blue state" New Jersey is in single digits - with the Democratic nominee holding a scant three-point lead when "leaning" voters are factored...
BAM AD IS 'MAC' VS. PCS
WASHINGTON - Admitting that his supporters have grown "nervous" as he slides in the polls, Barack Obama yesterday unleashed a barrage of new attack ads mocking John McCain as computer...
PALIN: THERE'LL BE HILL TO PAY
Sarah Palin said yesterday that Barack Obama may have blown the election by refusing to name Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate. "I think he's regretting not picking her...
MCC WELCOMES GRILLING
Ribs for everyone when I'm president! That was the campaign pledge from John McCain yesterday, who vowed to install the First Grill at the White House if he's elected. "We...
TOUGH-GUY TOUSSAINT: TWU DUES AND DON'TS
THE ISSUE: The Transport Workers Union's action against officers advocating dues amnesty. Unfortunately, we followed Roger Toussaint when we went on strike in 2005; we got nothing for it and...
TASTELESS AS-SALT ON 'FOOD COPS'
THE ISSUE: Whether government should regulate the amount of sodium allowed in foods. I can't believe Elizabeth Whelan has the audacity to write that the government has no right to...
BRING YOUR OWN CAMERA
CHARLIE Gibson's ABC interview with Republican veep candidate Sarah Palin produced a lot of complaints from Palin fans. There's not much anyone in the campaign can do about journalists like...
PENSION PERILS
VALLEJO, CALIF. MAYOR Osby Davis, who has lived in this waterfront city across San Pablo Bay from San Francisco for 60 of his 62 years, says: "If you have a...
SILENCE OF THE MEDIA MOMS
LET'S talk Mommy Wars, double standards and the media elite. Last Friday, Howard Gutman, a member of the Obama campaign's National Finance Committee, attacked Sarah Palin's ability to be a...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 030; Lucky Sum: 3 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 4484; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 446; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 4921;...
'WINO' LIKE A ROLLING STONE
Is that Keith Richards? A haggard and frail-looking Amy Winehouse sported a scowl as she walked out of a pub near London. Winehouse's gaunt appearance following yet another late-night bender...
HOUSTON HAS A PROBLEM: IKE IS A 'WORST-CASE SCENARIO'
Monster-sized Hurricane Ike roared towards Houston last night, flooding shorefront communities and lashing the shore with wind and torrential rains ahead of a massive storm surge that could drown 100,000...
L.A. TRAIN TRAGEDY
At least 15 people were killed and 100 injured yesterday when a freight train slammed head on into a packed commuter train outside Los Angeles during the afternoon rush, authorities...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn The death of a woman found unconscious in East New York last week has been ruled a homicide, police said yesterday. Nazellon Coward, 45, appeared to have been hit...
COP-SHOOT SUSPECT GIVES UP
The suspected shooter of an off-duty cop - who was later found with marijuana on him - surrendered to police yesterday, authorities said. Naquan Thompson, 20, is the third suspect...
ARRESTS AT SCAFFOLD DEATH SITE
A day after a construction a worker plunged to his death from a Harlem high-rise, the city arrested the owner and an employee of a company working on the building...
WATER-GORED: MIKE BOOTS CRITIC OF RATES
A respected environmentalist who publicly criticized City Hall's soaking of water ratepayers was forced out by Mayor Bloomberg yesterday as chairman of the Water Board. Jim Tripp, general counsel of...
HARLEM RESHUFFLE
Beleaguered Congressman Charles Rangel withdrew his divorce against his wife of 42 years on the same day he came clean about his Dominican Republic tax dodge, The Post has learned....
'PIMP' ROLLS DICE
A Queens man who allegedly pimped girls as young as 13 on Craigslist is placing his future in the hands of a federal jury. Johnny "Daddy NY" Kelly, 25, backed...
GOV'S HARD LINE ON PENN
Gov. Paterson outlined his conditions for completing the multibillion-dollar, long-delayed Moynihan Station yesterday - and warned that if they weren't met, the project won't go forward. The governor, speaking to...
A MUSICAL OASIS
British rockers Oasis wanted to introduce their new album by playing it live. But when a crazed fan injured guitarist Noel Gallagher last month, forcing their tour to be postponed,...
QNS. POL DODGING THE GRAFT
The pol who once bragged of being "John Gotti's assemblyman" blasted the federal corruption charges surrounding his alleged bribes as "stupid" in his first public comments since his arrest. "It's...
VIGILANTE OYZ IN THE 'HOOD
Don't mess with Exodus. A group of Hasidic Jews meted out swift street justice in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to a man they say threatened to shoot a neighborhood storekeeper. At about...
ELEVATOR MISSTEP KILLS SUPER
A Manhattan building super died yesterday afternoon when he fell more than five stories down an elevator shaft, authorities said. Kieran Casey, 46, of Lido Beach, Long Island, had called...
MAN SURVIVES SUBWAY SCARE
Quick action by a veteran subway operator helped save the life of a man who had fallen onto the tracks and wound up under the train at a busy Midtown...
SHAG SHEA SOUVENIRS
How much is Shea Stadium worth to fans? The ballpark figure is $2.6 million, according to an enormous memento price list released yesterday for the soon-to-be-shuttered stadium. More than 2,500...
'TERROR MOM' IN NEW PROBE
The MIT-educated terror mom who opened fire on American soldiers is currently being investigated for her role in a Brooklyn man's foiled plot to smuggle an al Qaeda operative into...
CIVIL WAR HERO GETS HIS UNION DUE
In an unmarked grave in a Queens cemetery lies a Civil War soldier whose amazing tale of bravery will finally be honored tomorrow with a proper headstone. Roderick Connelly was...
SLAMMER SEX SHRINK GETS OFF
The married prison shrink who carried on a steamy affair with a gang-member inmate in her care finally found her conscience yesterday, weeping in court as she described her "pain...
DEFROCKING CONAN STALKER
The kooky cleric accused of stalking late-night funnyman Conan O'Brien is "in the process" of being defrocked by the Catholic Church after he decided to check himself out of a...
BROOKLYN PEDAL POWER PREVAILS
Williamsburg cyclists are on a roll. City officials said yesterday they won't eliminate the Brooklyn neighborhood's bike lanes despite concerns by the Hasidic community that they attract scantily clad hipster...
BUILDER HAS DESIGNS ON HISTORY
The developer who's bringing luxury condos to Brooklyn Bridge Park is set to buy the once-glorious Bossert Hotel - where the Dodgers celebrated their only World Series championship when they...
FLOWERS EYES AIG'S BAD DEBT
Private-equity honcho J. Christopher Flowers is considering buying billions of dollars worth of bad debt on the cheap from American International Group as the struggling insurance giant looks to offload...
VULTURES MOVE IN
As a weekend deadline loomed for Lehman Brothers to reach a deal to sell itself, the embattled investment bank yesterday was fielding bids for its asset-management business. The notion of...
MERRILL IS NEXT IN THE CROSS HAIRS
With Lehman Brothers buckling, John Thain's Merrill Lynch is taking a steep nose-dive as the next Wall Street bank in the line of fire. "The Street is focusing on which...
NOW WAMU HAS BREATHING ROOM
Washington Mutual's decision to provide an early look at its third-quarter earnings seems to have instilled some confidence that the nation's largest savings and loan can survive on its own...
LET A MILLION CHARTERS BLOOM
Here's an educational odd couple if there ever was one. Green Dot Public Schools, a wildly successful Los Angeles-based charter-school operator, has rolled out its first institution in the New...
LET'S MAKE A DEAL
There's no word as to just whose fate the Assembly's ethics committee was discussing at a surprise closed-door meeting Thursday. But the list of suspects wasn't short. It might have...
HISTORY SPEAKS
So the "Red-baiters" and the "witch-hunters" were right, after all. For more than half a century, it's been an article of faith among "progressives" that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were...
JETS CLUED INTO BELICHICK'S MANIPULATION
There's little question that the master manipulator has been tugging at the strings of his puppets behind closed doors in the Patriots' bunker up in Foxborough, Mass., this week -...
TOUGH TEST FOR BIG BROWN
Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. That's what the IEAH Stable braintrust and trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. might be thinking as Big Brown returns to the...
'OCALA' GETS IT DONE
Showers moved in around third race at Belmont yesterday, rain began falling heavily around fifth, turning track muddy and sealed, turf yielding. Post Consensus listed all six winners (two on...
NYRA OUT OF BANKRUPTCY, FRANCHISE FINALIZED
The dark clouds of an uncertain future that hung for years over the New York Racing Association dissipated yesterday when NYRA announced it has finalized a franchise agreement with the...
ANDY DANDY FOR STADIUM FINALE
Whitey Ford is unavailable to pitch a week from tomorrow, but Joe Girardi has maybe the next best thing in mind for the final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium. The...
AT LEAST DEREK HAS A 'MAGIC' NUMBER
When the powers that be scheduled the Yankees' last homestand at there current address for the next nine days, they undoubtedly thought the Yankees would be in the playoff race...
RADIO RECEPTION GOOD FOR PIERCE
The first indoor test for the speaker installed in the helmet of Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce comes tomorrow when the Giants face the Rams inside the Edward Jones Dome. Pierce...
KIWANUKA SET FOR RAMS' GIANT LT
All week, Mathias Kiwanuka has been asked about the health of his left ankle (it should be fine by kickoff of tomorrow's game in St. Louis) and what he's thinking...
RED BULLS TRYING TO ADD SCORER
Back on the Giants Stadium artificial turf tonight, the Red Bulls are doing more than trying to stretch the six-game home unbeaten streak that is propelling them toward the playoffs....
NO SAWX FOR HONDO
Hondo's tango with the Twins was washed away in Baltimore last night, leaving him holding steady at a soggy 690 backmans above the equator. Today, he'll go all day and...
OHIO STATE HOPES TO TOP TROJANS IN L.A.
LOS ANGELES - One had to hand it to Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who for the last two weeks has done a masterful job of subterfuge regarding the right...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: SWB wins league title Phil Hughes gave up one run and struck out 12 in five innings and was given plenty of run support as the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate,...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
PENN STATE at SYRACUSE3:30 p.m. ABCLine: Penn State by 27. Angle: When Penn State left the Big East for the Big Ten, Syracuse was poised to fill the void in...
METS CAN THANK YANKS FOR BELTRAN, SANTANA
THIS could have been so different. Johan Santana will start today in the first game of the Mets' doubleheader against the Braves at Shea Stadium, and Carlos Beltran will be...
JOHAN STARTS TWINBILL; PEDRO PUSHED BACK
Thanks to last night's rainout, the Mets will play a doubleheader today. They're also changing their rotation. Johan Santana was slated to start last night, so he'll pitch the first...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
You know you're dealing with a special type of vandal when his calling card is leaving behind a greasy butt-print. For more than a year, an unknown bandit has been...
BABY PHAT
Love her or hate her - there's never anything in between - Kimora Lee Simmons was born to put on a show. Cue the music - DJ Cassidy in the...
FASHION WEEK FAKE
Hugh Grant's new squeeze, designer Catherine Fulmer, hosted an after-party for her show at The Eldridge Thursday night and offered Buzz her advice for surviving Fashion Week: "Stick with your...
FINAL FANTASY
Sabyasachi Mukherjee Bollywood's main boy brought a little bit of Bombay to Bryant Park yesterday. His spring collection - exquisitely scalloped minidresses (perhaps a touch too short for real life)...
HI/LO
Since scheduled guest judge Jennifer Lopez "hurt her foot," thereby precluding her from sitting and judging the Project Runway finale, we thought we'd fill her in on what she missed.Click...
BREW YORK CITY
THINK New York is a wine town? Don't jump to any conclusions. A new libation is taking over the city this week, and winos better watch out. Beer is here....
BADGLEY MISCHKA
The mood was so light at the Badgley Mischka show that all attitudes fell to the wayside once photographers (clustered in the hole known as the photo pit) erupted into...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY BACK TO THE FUTURE: Not a fan of subtitles? You're in luck: The IFC Center is presenting a new English-language version of "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time," the...
CHELSEA BEERS
READY to really flex your beer muscles? Just in case Craft Beer Week doesn't quench your thirst for all things beer-related, next week you'll be able to check out the...
MO' BETTER BREWS
THIRSTY yet? Grab a glass and get started on your craft beer drinking with these beers hailing from New York breweries, all available during NY Craft Beer Week.Hop Obama Six...
HUGH GETS A RAISE
DR. House might as well change his name to Mr. Mansion. Hugh Laurie, who plays the cranky-but-brilliant doctor on "House," has landed a huge salary bump transforming him into one...
'HOG' TOWN
GOD bless these sandhogs. They do very important, very dangerous work that affects all of us. They are the men who bore through tons of rock hundreds of feet below...
GIBSON-PALIN PUMP ABC NEWS RATINGS
LIGHTNING-rod Sarah Palin gave ABC News a shot-in-the arm Thursday in her first TV interview since being chosen as John McCain's GOP running mate . "World News," which featured the...
PLAY DATES
AS anyone who's witnessed a toddler meltdown at "Mary Poppins" can tell you, live theater isn't for everyone. Especially at $100-plus a ticket. Thank goodness for children's theater companies! While...
Ticket policy for doubleheader
The Mets have just announced their ticket policy for tonight's rainout and Saturday's single-admission doubleheader at Shea Stadium: Only tickets marked "Game 73" will be honored Saturday for the regularly...
CYNTHIA ROWLEY
Here's the funny thing about Cynthia Rowley - just when you expect to see some pretty, girly fluffiness she answers with looks so futuristic they could have been hanging in...
Tonight's game postponed
The Mets have postponed tonight's game due to rain. It will be made up as part of a regular doubleheader Saturday, with Game 1 set to start as scheduled at...