September 14, 2008
PATRIOTS BEAT JETS 19-10
Opportunity sat tantalizingly before the Jets yesterday - like a hanging curveball headed for the fat of the bat. Yet, they swung and missed. Here were the wounded Patriots, with...
CANO BENCHED FOR LACK OF HUSTLE
It may be too little, too late, but Joe Girardi finally took a stand with Robinson Cano. In a year in which Cano's lapses in attention and effort have been...
LEHMAN BANKRUPT
In one of the biggest financial disasters in Wall Street history, investment-banking powerhouse Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy early this morning after the feds refused to put taxpayers on the...
BANK OF AMERICA SIGNS DEAL TO BUY MERRILL LYNCH
Bank of America last night bought embattled brokerage giant Merrill Lynch for at least $44 billion, or $29 a share - as the impending collapse of Lehman Brothers left Wall...
GIANTS ROLL OVER RAMS 41-13
ST. LOUIS - The champs weren't exactly on the ropes, but there was the potential for a little wobble in their legs. The Giants lead this afternoon had shrunk to...
JETER TIES GEHRIG, YANKS BEAT RAYS 8-4
Derek Jeter didn't just jump into the Yankees record book today, he did it in dramatic fashion. The Yankees captain tied Lou Gehrig for the most hits all-time at Yankee...
BRAVES RALLY IN NINTH; TOP METS 7-4
That's what you call a gut punch. The only question now is whether today's latest ghastly meltdown by the Mets' bullpen in a 7-4 loss to the Braves damaged any...
Box Office: Family Values
Business was up 79 percent over the dismal post-Labor Day weekend, with the Coen Brothers scoring their best-ever opening with one of their weaker films, "Burn After Reading'' thanks to...
Game 148: Braves at Mets
Their NL East lead now down to 2½ games, the Mets will be hoping Oliver Perez can give them a series win over the Braves today when he takes on...
Quad injury sidelines Easley
Second baseman Damion Easley is sidelined indefinitely by a strained right quadriceps muscle suffered while running out a ground ball late in Game 1 on Saturday. Easley underwent an MRI...
Coverage in today's Post
An unexpectedly rousing effort from Jon Niese in the nightcap Saturday enabled the Mets to split a doubleheader with the Braves after the bullpen had blown a win for Johan...
Miss at your own risk: 'Biggest Loser' returns
Highlights for the week of Sept. 15"Close" to endBrenda and the team are racing against a bomb in "The Closer" finale Monday on TNT."House" Time for TuesdayPlenty to see on...
Toronto: 'Slumdog Millionaire' Gets a Leg Up on the Oscars
As Kyle notes below, the People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival went to Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire.'' The film, out Sept. 26 from Fox Searchlight, is a...
Inter Win, Roma Lose in Saturday's Games
Fabrizio Miccoli scored twice on Saturday to propel Palermo past Roma 3-1 at home, while champions Inter won its first game of the season and took temporary control of first...
THE INNER GARRY
GARRY Kasparov put a lot of himself into his latest book. Finally. "Kasparov vs. Karpov, 1975-1985" is the seventh in his series on the history of world championship matches, and...
Q&A WITH RICKY GERVAIS
WATCHING the latest season of the American version of "The Office," with its sweetly romantic Jim-and-Pam story line, you could almost forget its origins: the brutally awkward world of David...
BRIDGE
CY the Cynic says it'll be interesting to see how long the meek can hold on to the Earth after they inherit it. The prevailing wisdom at bridge seems to...
AGENDA
Britney look-alikes show 'pieces' of the famous pop tart; scream (and run!) for ice cream; free WiFi in Central Park; Moby returns to the DJ booth; and Funny Gay Males...
FREE AS A BIRD
On a recent Saturday afternoon, my neighbor Bob Pomilla came running toward me with his hands cupped, cradling a tiny sparrow he'd found at the foot of a tree. "He...
JAY'S LAST DEF JAM
The trilogy is almost complete. And Jay-Z's time at Def Jam is nearly done. The rapper is feverishly piecing together "The Blueprint 3," the latest installment of his elaborate game...
SHADY IN WAITING
THE king has not left the building - "King" Marshall Mathers, that is. For the past four years, Eminem, hip-hop's most controversial rapper, has been in hibernation dealing with a...
OLD METALHEADS ROCK OUT WITH NEW SALES GIMMICKS
THE old dogs of heavy metal are using some very new strategies to release their latest CDs. "Black Ice," the first studio album in eight years from Aussie chord-crunchers AC/DC,...
TWO DAVIDS & A 'DREAMGIRL'
Auditions for the eighth season of "American Idol" wrapped this summer. And the show's not due back on TV till January. But fall is hardly a bleak season for fans...
LEGENDS OF THE FALL
P!NK "Funhouse" (Oct. 28) With the first single "So What" - a defiant breakup song - already climbing radio charts, the road is definitely being paved for the cheeky, no...
WHITNEY'S 'UNDEFEATED' LEADS LIST OF ALBUMS LIKELY TO MISS 2008
On her Web site, Whitney Houston offers you a chance to "be the first to hear about Whitney's new album." The odds keep getting longer and longer. Houston hasn't released...
FILM BYTES
Continuing the competitive streak between "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight" (Robert Downey Jr. memorably remarked "F - - - DC Comics!" after seeing the Batman flick), Screen Rant reported...
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT TALK
AFTER talking with her for five minutes, it's hard to believe director Deborah Kampmeier is the same woman who's been accused of exploiting Dakota Fanning in her Southern-Gothic movie "Hounddog,"...
CHEERS FOR KAZAKHSTAN 'TEARS'
AS has been my custom for 15 years, I spent a long Labor Day weekend at the World Film Festival in Montreal. Being only human, I was able to catch...
WELL-SUITED FOR THE 'DUCHESS'
He made his name starring in "The History Boys," but now British actor Dominic Cooper's playing a full-on History Man. Charles Grey, a k a Earl Grey - prime minister,...
A TASTE OF THAILAND
Tong 39 E. 13th St.; 212-253-2697 Tong, which comes from Thai food veteran Lenny Limleartvate of SEA, Spice and Highline, celebrates old-world Thailand in a soaring, temple-like two-level space in...
PROOF POSITIVE
Pizza and beer go together like Brangelina. But pizza-flavored beer? Sounds scary. Fear not: This unique amber ale has fab possibilities as a cooking ingredient and for food pairings. Illinois...
BOBB, 29, AND O'CONNOR, 35
Aug. 21 - As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. Neither Bani O'Connor nor Ebou Abdou Bobb wanted to go on a blind date two years ago, but it's a...
FIORINO, 35, AND BARNETAS, 34
June 7 - In May 2007, Fred Barnetas popped a less traditional question to Stephanie Fiorino. "He asked me what would make me happiest, and I replied, 'Being with you...
BELTON, 30, AND DICKERSON, 34
July 12 - Jane Belton and Andrew Dickerson made vows to shelter each other for eternity - in the most literal way possible. Five years after meeting his bride at...
TYMKIW, 41, AND MEYER, 45
Aug. 16 - Michael Meyer got an extra special birthday present this year - a wife! Meyer, an IT security analyst at Janus Associates in Stamford, Conn., exchanged vows with...
BRUNCHING BLUNDER
When Sean, a 35-year-old actor, model and writer, chose Angel, a 32-year-old audition's department associate with a background in theatre, we thought the date was perfectly cast. Turns out the...
MEET MARKET
Hair this ladies: The way to Rob's heart is through your luscious locks! The 28-year-old online operations manager has a thing for blondes. He's looking for a laid-back girl with...
NEW YORK IN GOP'S 'TRY STATE' AREA
John McCain is in a New York state of mind. The Arizona senator's campaign on Friday held a rally in Midtown to kick off his outreach to Hispanic voters across...
LIFE OF THE PARTY RETURNING AT LAST
SPEAKING as a generality, the typical Re-publican - upscale or working class - believes in an effective and assertive foreign policy, limited, efficient government, traditional values - up to and...
'08 SOLDIER BOYS ARE TOUR-OF-DUTIFUL SONS
John McCain's teenage son, Jimmy, a lance corporal in the Marines, will embark on a second tour of duty by the end of 2008, The Post has learned. That will...
MAC HATER HAS A LOUSY 'IMAGE'
Controversial celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg, a self-professed "hard-core Dem," deliberately took a series of unflattering shots of Republican nominee John McCain for the current cover of The Atlantic - and...
A TEARFUL REUNION FOR NAZI SURVIVORS
In the waning days of World War II, 15-year-old concentration-camp prisoner Hillel Himmel and hundreds of other terrified Jews lay at the bottom of a muddy makeshift grave, staring down...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 200; Lucky Sum: 2 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 6418; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 689; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 5001;...
WATCHDOG DEMANDS FED PROBE
An ethics watchdog is calling for "an immediate investigation" of embattled Rep. Charles Rangel by the US Justice Department, asserting that the portly pol potentially earned millions in rental income...
HIGH WATER . . . & HELL IN TEXAS
Rescue crews in trucks, boats and helicopters fanned out along the Texas coast yesterday in the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Ike, which left a vast swath of flooding, power outages...
ANOTHER POWER 'TRIP' BY RANGEL
For nearly a decade, Rep. Charles Rangel has enjoyed free trips to luxurious Caribbean destinations paid for by lobbyists from large corporations such as Pfizer and Macy's, who bundled their...
FATED LAST HOURS OF IMETTE
BEST friends Imette St. Guillen and Claire Higgins had happily collapsed on the couch in Hig gins' Morningside Heights apartment, exhausted after their flight home from a Florida vacation with...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN * Cops are seeking the public's help in tracking down this man wanted for the armed robbery of a Subway sandwich shop on the Upper West Side. Cops said...
HOSP PROBED AMID QUEENS POL SCANDAL
The Queens hospital executive linked to Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio's dubious consulting firm remains under a cloud of suspicion for failing to fully report his $2.2 million pay. The state Health...
DIPLO 'GONG' BUSTER
The State Department is considering expelling New York's Chinese consul general after the official was allegedly caught on tape saying he helped incite violent attacks in Queens against the Falun...
SCIENCE ED. PLAN $PUTTERS
The Department of Education's multimillion-dollar science project is falling further behind the curve - and leaving teachers' heads spinning. A test that was to be a key element in a...
GIRL, 10, IN GUN HORROR
A 10-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet last night as she celebrated with her family at a block party in Brooklyn, police said. Dania Kerse, 10, was walking...
RIKERS SHAKE-UP
There's been a major shake-up at the Rikers Island maximum-security unit where accused cop killer Lee Woods allegedly got booze, drugs and sex from guards, The Post has learned. Correction...
PARK PERK FOR ELITE SCHOOLS
Public school teachers have had most of their golden parking passes pulled - but private schools with city-sanctioned parking spots have been left untouched by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to...
ID SWAP IN SCAFFOLD 'COVER-UP'
A hardhat charged with posing as a foreman at the site of a fatal construction accident in Harlem told investigators that he had been on the job two days when...
DAD APOLOGIZES FOR 'HATE' SON
An apologetic New Jersey dad whose troublemaker son threatened to shoot a Hasidic shopkeeper in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in a boozy tirade last week insisted yesterday that his wayward offspring is...
BIG BEEPING DEAL
A Liza Minnelli concert, a doo-wop show, hours of "private" time, and a fancy reception at Cipriani. It's all a week in the life of the city's $160,000-a-year borough presidents....
IT SERBS HIM RIGHT
A Serbian company has agreed to stop sponsoring a basketball league in which a hulking 6-foot-9 goon - wanted in New York for the savage beating of a Brooklyn college...
AMAZIN' HR APPLE PRESERVED
The Shea Stadium apple won't be rotting on some big-buck bidder's lawn. It's heading to Citi Field, The Post has learned. Even as the Mets put a price tag on...
SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Rudy, you missed a spot. Squeegee men - the window-washing bane of city streets who became a symbol of Big Apple blight and a top target in former Mayor Rudy...
'JAWS' OF DEATH
Long Island lost a legendary figure this week when Frank Mundus - a shark-fishing pioneer and reputed inspiration for the crusty boat captain Quint in "Jaws" - died Wednesday at...
ICON ARTIST
Shock artist Damien Hirst - who stunned the art world by selling a diamond-encrusted skull for $100 million last year - is trying to unload a warehouse full of his...
WAMU: NO WAMPUM
US taxpayers could be on the hook for as much as $24 billion to rescue embattled Washington Mutual, the country's No. 1 savings and loan, a top banking analyst is...
CRAPS: CASINO BUSINESS EATEN UP BY THE RECESSION
The casino business continues to roll snake eyes. Revenue on the Las Vegas Strip fell 15 percent in July, the seventh-straight monthly decline out west. Meanwhile, in Atlantic City, which...
STATIC-FREE
Tama Broadcasting is not in Chapter 11 and the complaint it filed with the Federal Communications Commission is over control of its radio station licenses, not ownership. The company, which...
HIGH INTEREST RATES DICTATE DEBT SOLUTION
Dear John: I have been reading your column for many of my 77 years and find it very interesting and useful. I have recently built up a large debt on...
BAILOUTS COSTING TAXPAYERS AND INVESTORS ALIKE
HERE'S one of my favorite head lines of late - and it has nothing to do with lipstick or pigs. It reads like this: "Ford CEO Says Federal Money Will...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS ERIN CALLAN The former Lehman Brothers CFO now an executive at Credit Suisse looks on as her old firm prepares to sign off. JOANNE BRANFORD Former Microsoft executive lands...
WAKING UP NAPSTER
Everyone wants to be like Carl. Napster Inc. shareholders Perry Rod, Thomas Sailors and Kavan Singh won't be confused with Carl Icahn anytime soon, but they're making headlines for ripping...
NOT TOO BAD 'SOFA'
US furniture makers and retailers have been superheroes so far this year. Despite a massive housing slump, a credit crunch, unemployment reaching 6.1 percent and a general pullback in consumer...
FATHEAD'S GETTING ITS FAVRE ON
SOMETIME today, Brock Weatherup will become the latest business executive to warm up the Brett Favre sales machine. Weatherup is the CEO of Fathead Inc., the 21/2-year-old company that has...
WITH NO FED BAILOUT, LEHMAN PLAN STALLS
Talks between top Wall Street executives and federal officials to determine the fate of the troubled Lehman Brothers broke off last night without a deal - due, in part, to...
TERM ENDEARMENT
Mayor Bloomberg wants to ensure that Christine Quinn keeps her post as City Council speaker before he decides whether to extend term limits, according to political insiders. "This is a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
There's nothing like a free cruise to Nevada. Canadian authorities are warning people not to give out their personal information after an apparent con artist infiltrated a county fair in...
ILL SMITH
I'm still trying to comprehend the purpose behind publishing "Welcome to the Palindrome" (Kyle Smith, PostScript, Sept. 7). It was a sophomoric screed more befitting of a high school paper...
TRIG EQUATION
I wish to thank Rich Lowry for his beautifully written and inspiring article ("What Trig Can Teach America," PostOpinion, Sept. 9). VP candidate and new mother Sarah Palin, by her...
UN-PRINCIPALED
Your editorial, "Protecting Bad Principals," (Sept. 8) is somewhat shortsighted. I am in my second year as an excessed assistant principal. I have always received satisfactory ratings and have been...
RUMOR HAS IT ...
"There's a sucker born every minute," circus kingpin P.T. Barnum once said. Actually, Barnum didn't say that - but the story behind the misquotation explains how rumors can become more...
SNOPES.COM GRINDS DOWN THE RUMOR MILL
It's the doctored pictures that puzzle David Mikkelson the most. "How can anyone think Bush is really holding a book upside down?" asks the co-founder of rumor-debunking site Snopes.com. "But...
ROCK THE SCHOOLS
Charter school entrepreneur Steve Barr was formerly a Democratic party fundraiser who co-founded the innovative "Rock the Vote" voter-registration campaign in 1990. After losing his brother (to a drug overdose)...
KEEP THE CHANGE
It's funny how the harder you look at something, the harder it can be to understand it. I can't recall a US presidential election that has attracted more attention. But...
AMERICAN SECESS STORY
Sarah Palin's secessionist sympathies sparked minor hysteria last week. Her crime was hailing with round praise the work of the cranky Alaskan Independence Party, which advocates a statewide plebiscite on...
MAGILLA GUERRILLA
TORONTO - The biggest celebrity at the Toronto Film Festival last week neither appeared in a movie nor strode the red carpets. Why should he? He prefers to walk on...
BLOG WATCH
Youth gone mild "Obama's popularity took off among young people because he hit a tipping point where his very popularity generated extreme popularity. Once it seemed that loving Obama was...
AUTISM'S FALSE PROPHETS
Physician and researcher Dr. Paul Offit has spent most of his professional career advancing the understanding of the genetics of rotavirus, a disease that kills nearly 1 million children each...
BESTSELLER: BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Lovers of the English language will be comforted to know that the best-selling children's book on Amazon.com is this ode to expanding your vocabulary. Aimed at kindergartners, and written by...
AGAINST US
Jim Sciutto, a veteran TV correspondent, poses a question that has puzzled many Americans since the 9/11 attacks: Why does so much of the Muslim world seem to hate the...
THE OTHER ISLAM
One day in 1979, Stephen Schwartz went into a famous bookshop in Paris and found a book by a Rabbi Ariel Bension about the relationship between Jewish and Muslim mysticism....
BAGHDAD AT SUNRISE
When it comes to the war in Iraq, we've endured an embarrassing procession of don't-blame-me books by failed diplomats, failed generals and failed Pentagon apparatchiks. Reporters raced into print to...
HOMETOWN APPETITES
If the food writer Clementine Paddleford were alive today, she would have at least two Food Network shows (one devoted to cooking, a second to travel), a weekly newspaper column,...
INDIGNATION
Marcus Messner, son of a kosher butcher, is 19 years old, a straight-A student at his local college in Newark N.J., tall, dark and handsome. But his father - oy....
NOTHING IS QUITE FORGOTTEN IN BROOKLYN
There's a hint of irony in the title of Alice Mattison's latest novel, "Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn," a delightfully suspenseful domestic drama. In fact, former Brooklynite Constance "Con"...
IN MY LIBRARY: ALAN ZWEIBEL
When you've written for Billy Crystal, Gary Shandling and Larry David as long as Alan Zweibel has, well . . . sometimes you just want to speak for yourself. Now...
REQUIRED READING
Zen and Now On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Mark Richardson (Knopf) When Required Reading was in college back in the '70s, "Zen...
GET 'THRAX FACTS
The often-partisan Democratic-run Congress has found a worthy target for the legislative branch's constitutional oversight responsibilities: The FBI anthrax investigations. The House Judiciary Committee notified FBI Director Robert Mueller that...
NYCLU SMEARS AGAIN
The NYPD's annual report on shooting incidents involving city cops is out and it's chock full of bad news - for the department's noisy critics, that is. But that didn't...
BRETT'S CREW LOOKS TO GET LEG UP ON RIVAL
PLAY POST PICK 'EM If you have any question about what the atmosphere will be like at Giants Stadium for today's Jets-Patriots showdown, consider these factors: * It's the 1-0...
FEELY GLAD TO BE KICKING AGAIN
When kicker Mike Nugent suffered a strained right thigh muscle on a kickoff in the first quarter of the Jets' 20-14 victory over the Dolphins Sunday, Jay Feely sat at...
TIME FOR BRETT, JETS TO STAND UP TO BULLY
FOR Brett Favre, this is Brettribution Day. It's the day he gets to send an unmistakable message to the Green Bay decision-makers that forced him out. It's the day he...
BIG BROWN HOLDS ON
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Fans at Monmouth Park lined the walking ring three deep and let out a whoop when Big Brown walked into the paddock before yesterday's $500,000 Monmouth Stakes...
LIBS HOPE TO 'SHOCK' DETROIT
The Liberty close out their regular season today at the Garden against the Detroit Shock (4 p.m., MSG). Though the Liberty have locked up the No. 3 seed and will...
FIVE CRITICAL MISTAKES YANKS MUST FIX FOR '09
THE games are only about nostalgia now at Yankee Stadium. The worst Yankees team in 15 years already has removed the drama from the final homestand ever at this famous...
YANKS NEED $MART MOVES
THE Yankees' body language yesterday in the Game 1 loss to the Rays was clear. They were getting pummeled and didn't want any part of it. This was no way...
YANKS GAIN SPLIT; DEREK DELIVERS SIX HITS ON DAY
Yankee manager Joe Girardi admitted he was geared up to play a second game last night. His team had been routed in the opener of its doubleheader against the Rays,...
YOGI CATCHES PIECE OF HISTORY
NO IMAGE from Yogi Berra's 19-year career as a Yankee is more memorable than him jumping into the arms of Don Larsen at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 8, 1956 after...
HUGHES COULD START WEDNESDAY
The Yankees promoted Phil Hughes yesterday, and there's a shot he could start Wednesday. Thanks to yesterday's doubleheader, the Yankees need a starter that day against the White Sox at...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT YANKEE STADIUM: NO. 2
As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week, No. 2:Yankee Stadium...
WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S AWAY
ST. LOUIS - My way or the highway, Tom Coughlin said when he accepted the Giants coaching job in 2004. But coming off 8-8 in 2006, he came to the...
JACKSON LOOKS TO GET OFF THE GROUND
ST. LOUIS - Timing, rhythm, repetition. Every quality running back needs all three to prepare for a season. Steven Jackson had none, because he missed all of Rams training camp...
CONFIDENT BIG BLUE INVADES ST. LOO
ST. LOUIS - It's on the road again for the Giants and, judging from their recent history, there's no place they would rather be. PLAY POST PICK 'EMMORE: Complete Giants...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH PLAXICO BURRESS
PLAY POST PICK 'EMThe Post's Steve Serby caught up with the receiver who hauled in the winning touchdown pass for the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. Q: My brother-in-law thinks...
OSORIO'S SPEECH REVS UP RED BULLS
With a little halftime heat from their coach, the Red Bulls came from behind last night to complete their entire MLS summer unbeaten at home. After coach Juan Carlos Osorio's...
SURGE PARALLEL TO HUNTER'S RIDE WITH YANKEES IN '78
THIS time, there was no anesthesia involved (none that we know of), nothing quite as complicated as a "manipulation" performed (none that we've been told about, anyway). There have been...
AN OFF-THE-BALL LOOK AT YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS CELEBRITIES
Reggie's locked in . . . and other Stadium goodies in demand Reggie Jackson is like a lot of current Yankees players when it comes to the closing of Yankee...
HONDO'S 'STROLLIN'
Hondo, whose investment was washed out Friday night, treaded water yesterday, splitting with his Jay plays to leave the earnings at 690 kneppers. Today, he's counting on Wolf to give...
IT'S CHAD TO WORSE FOR FISH
Including the 1997-2007 seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5 percent) against the spread. THE PICK CARDS (-7) over Dolphins: Apprehensive about the Bidwells...
RAMS WILL HANG TIGHT WITH JINTS
TODAY RAMS (+81/2) over Giants: Silly line, given how Giants got early jump on 'Skins (breaking in their fourth head coach in the last eight seasons - Snyder Stability, baby!),...
SHRILL SCHILL
* Curt Schilling should stick to what he does best: Stealing money from the Red Sox every payday. At least his mouth is in better condition than his shoulder. Let...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Karlsson takes lead In Pulheim, Germany, Robert Karlsson of Sweden took a three-stroke lead after the third round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship, overcoming a one-shot penalty to shoot a...
NIESE OPENS EYES, CALMS FEARS
In his first major league start, Mets rookie John Niese had the distinct look of a deer in headlights. In his second, he did his best impersonation of an ace...
BELTRAN GETTING 'RESULTS'
Carlos Delgado is hearing the MVP chants, but Carlos Beltran continues to be every bit as good as his celebrated teammate lately. The Mets' center fielder was their offensive catalyst...
NIESE SHUTS OUT BRAVES IN NIGHTCAP
The kid was more than all right. Rookie left-hander Jon Niese gave the Mets an unexpected lift when they badly needed it last night, redeeming himself in the process. Bouncing...
MANUEL SHOWS LITTLE FAITH IN 'PEN
SOMETHING vital happened in the top of the eighth inning of yesterday's double header opener. This happened when the soundtrack of Shea was still cheers and chants of "M-V-P." Here...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 2
As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week, No. 2:Shea Stadium...
GUN FOR FIRST CUP WIN SINCE 1999
ON PAPER, the United States team has about as much chance of beating the Europeans at the Ryder Cup at Valhalla Golf Club this weekend as Sarah Palin has of...
'NUB' IS ALL HE NEEDS
The first part of the Eddie Delaney story is a fish story. When the incoming freshmen on the Albany football team ask the defensive end from Holtsville, L.I., how he...
OSU-USC PROMOS DROWN OUT RU GAME
AT some point, you figure, ESPN will tire of wrecking every event it touches. At some point, you figure, it actually will try to cover the game it encouraged you...
Toronto's Big Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire"
From Kyle Smith, Back from the Toronto Film Festival You have to love it when the big prize at the film festival is not the one selected by a journey...
POETS ADDING RHYME AND METER TO PRIME TIME
It's the second coming of Yeats. That would be the late William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), who is suddenly emerging as the poet laureate of TV. One of the Irish poet's...
HOW TO 'LOSE' IT
Everyone knows that contestants struggle to lose weight on "The Biggest Loser." But this time, one of the show's two trainers also went through hell. Jillian Michaels, a sleek, ripped,...
DON'T MISS LIST
(Season finales) CATEGORY: DRAMA Bomb scare Brenda's (Kyra Sedgwick) newly renamed Major Crimes Division investigates the death of a teenager that might be related to a highly organized plan to...
'SOPRANOS' ON BIKES
Veteran "Shield" writer Kurt Sutter knew that for "Sons of Anarchy," his new FX show about an outlaw motorcycle gang, authenticity was paramount. So he hooked up with a top...
PRIMETIME
What, these days, distinguishes CBS's "60 Minutes" from "Entertainment Tonight" and the Home Shopping Network? Not much. "60 Minutes," once a must-watch for Americans with a nose for news and...
REEL GOOD
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004) Sunday, 4 p.m., AMC Clint Eastwood's heartbreaking film about a hardened trainer who takes an aspiring female boxer under his wing - only to see her...
FLESH AND 'BLOOD'
Thank goodness vampires don't age. Otherwise there'd be no accounting for the appeal of Bill Compton, the 173-year old bloodsucker who's half of the to-die-for couple on HBO's new series...
Red Bulls 2, Real Salt Lake 1
By BRIAN LEWISI actually covered the Mets' doubleheader today _ they split against Atlanta _ but I wanted to touch on the Red Bulls' 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake.It...