March 26, 2007
MAILBAG MONDAY
March 26, 2007 | 10:23pmMail call has to hold a bit because it was such a busy day at Mets camp. The bottom line here is that Pedro Martinez looks like he is going...
BEST OF: Playing catch up
March 26, 2007 | 10:00pmPretty Prague. Pretty, pretty Prague.Whilst you wait (with bated breath, no doubt!) for tomorrow's paper and attendant blog bonus (this week, it's all about Colombia, yes, that's right, Colombia), have...
Sanchez not definite on surgery
March 26, 2007 | 9:59pmBy MARK HALEDuaner Sanchez is here and he said that surgery is not definite. Omar Minaya, though, said that "based upon our doctors, he needs surgery," and his agent, Bean...
Torre makes right move with rotation.
March 26, 2007 | 9:55pmBy GEORGE KINGThe idea that Carl Pavano will be the Yankees' Opening Day pitcher repulses some people because in New York it's an honor to work that day. You can...
Meet Disney's Latest Classic
March 26, 2007 | 8:59pmThe trailer for Disney's latest CGI cartoon Meet the Robinsons gave me no reason to hope for anything special, but when something really fresh comes along, it's tough to summarize...
Sanchez worse
March 26, 2007 | 8:31pmBy MARK HALEOmar Minaya just spoke to us about Duaner Sanchez, and the Mets have handed out a release. Basically, Sanchez has "a hairline fracture of the coracoid, a small...
Sanchez fracture
March 26, 2007 | 8:11pmBy MARK HALEDuaner Sanchez has a fractured bone in his right shoulder, according to agent Bean Stringfellow, and the already-rehabbing Met reliever is deciding whether to have surgery.According to Stringfellow...
Uncle Remus and Cousin Quentin
March 26, 2007 | 6:21pmIf you take a few days off in this job, there's a lot of catching up to do. Disney seems to be testing the waters for a possible DVD release...
Lee won't play, Morris will
March 26, 2007 | 3:35pmBy MARC BERMAN David Lee is out. Randolph Morris is in.Not a good trade-off for tonight's showdown vs. the Magic.Lee snuck through a side door of the gym, into the...
Deal of the Day
March 26, 2007 | 2:52pmForget those overpriced vintage shop peasant tops that take a bottle of febreze and three goes in the washer to deodorize.Pick up this traditional Peasant Top by Candela available at...
Day 45: Jeter vs. Reyes, A-Rod vs. Beltran
March 26, 2007 | 10:35amThis is the time of year for predictions and I was hoping to make them a little more entertaining for those who kindly find their way to this blog. Since...
NEW JERK CITY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amWHEN he started out as a business professor at Stanford University, Robert Sutton wasn't much good in the classroom, and at evaluation time his students let him know it. So...
BAD COMPANY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amAs told to Chris Erikson and Hannah Seligson. Names were withheld to protect both the innocent and the guilty. The job: Editor at a women's magazine "I knew going in...
DREAM JOB: DAMIEN FAHEY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amBY age 12, Damien Fahey was running his own pretend radio station in his bedroom, recording his shows on tape. Two years later, he was interning at a local station...
UNHAPPY MEALS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amONE chilly Sunday morning upstate, Jerry Newman took his teenage daughter to breakfast at a local fast-food joint, where she discovered a condom peeking out of her egg sandwich. "Great,"...
GO TO GREG
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amQ. I work with an office "Sanjaya" - an empty suit who succeeds despite a lack of talent. Is it appropriate to discuss such a colleague with your boss when...
MARIAN ANDERSON - A VOICE HEARD ONCE IN A CENTURY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThe great contralto broke racial barriers with her magnificent voice and quiet dignity. Marian Anderson was born on Feb. 27, 1897, in Philadelphia. She began singing at the Union Baptist...
IDOL TUNEUPS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amSANJAYA MALAKAR Age: 17 Hometown: Federal Way, Wash. Starting look: Like a gay Michael Jackson. Makeover: From an Eva Longoria blowout to Diana Ross curls, you never know what Sanjaya...
OLD IS NEW AGAIN
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amVOICE, voice and still more voice. That is the common demand of last week's otherwise contrasted operatic new comers, a completely new production of Rossini's's rare bel canto gem, "La...
FORGET ABOUT THIS TALE OF AMNESIA
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amSHOULD you ever seek psy chiatric help, don't be sur prised if the shrink handling your case suffers from an unidentified trauma of his own. As with so many plays...
STAR STUCK
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amREMEMBER the fifth chair on "The View," the one vacated by Star Jones last June? It's still vacant, but the job - one of the highest-profile slots in all of...
SIMPLER SIMON IN AFRICA KENYAN SLUM 'HELL ON EARTH'
March 26, 2007 | 9:00am'AMERCIAN Idol" stars Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell spent only three days in Africa together - but you won't see them joke about it on the show . "It's something...
BLONDE AND BLOTTO
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amIF you drink, you die. Strict? Sure. True? Definitely. And if you're a female freshman in college and you don't die from binge drinking, then, for sure, you'll end up...
STARR REPORT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00am"Cagney & Lacey" was brought back from cancella tion once - and now light ning has struck twice. The show's first season, sched uled to be released on DVD in...
CYCLONE SWIRLS AROUND CONEY ISLAND BUILDER
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amCity officials have come out swinging against the developer promising a Vegas-glitz makeover for Coney Island's prime real estate - saying he's nothing but a huckster with a history of...
CALL WAITING (& WAITING) FOR SPECIAL-ED PARENTS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA majority of parents of special-education students are left hanging on the phone when they call the Education Department for help, a report out today charges. A survey of 98...
'HERO' WAS A HORROR
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA Bronx man who braved a building blaze to alert residents and rescue an elderly woman yesterday would have been hailed as a hero - if not for the fact...
RENT-FREE FORTRESS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA dozen artists have created a masterpiece that - depending on the viewer's perspective - might be called "A Renter's Dream," or "A Landlord's Nightmare." The artists and their families...
1 DEAD, 1 HURT IN CAR STABBING
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amTwo drivers for a Manhattan employment agency were stabbed - one fatally - in a dispute over a woman early yesterday, according to cops. Norberto Colón-Noa, 37, and an unidentified...
1 COP MISSED, 1 HIT ALL VICTIMS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThe undercover detective whose shots ignited the 50-bullet barrage that killed Sean Bell was indicted on two manslaughter raps, even though none of his ammo hit anyone, The Post has...
PATH TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA Manhattan-bound PATH train derailed shortly after it left Hoboken yesterday, trapping 300 passengers underground, officials said. No one was injured in the 2:55 p.m. derailment, which kept passengers stranded...
HOSPS HEAR NAME GAME $IREN SONG
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThe city's public hospital system is considering putting the names of big-bucks donors on some of its facilities in exchange for cash - which means Bellevue could soon be home...
LOTS OF ACHOOS ARE DUE
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amBig Apple allergy sufferers should get ready to stock up on tissues and antihistamine, as experts are predicting a spring of sky-high pollen counts. And that has New Yorkers, already...
BRILLIANT BEAUTY CUT DOWN
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA brilliant, polished Southern belle who moved to New York to work in public relations was gunned down in a seedy Boston neighborhood - caught in a gang shooting at...
'MALLED' BY JUDGE LINKS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA woman injured in a Staten Island strip mall run by the wife of a prominent judge has seen her $5 million negligence lawsuit bounced around the court system for...
MOB HIT GAL'S BIG BREAK
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThe newest "Soprano" is a regular Bronx girl who's made it good. Cara Buono, who plays the mob wife of made man Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), was originally just supposed...
HOLY SEE YA? EGAN 'RESIGNS' NEXT WEEK
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA week from today, Edward Cardinal Egan will turn 75. Within a day or two of that, he will send Pope Benedict XVI a letter offering to resign as archbishop...
POL: BEEF UP VICTIMS' LAW
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA lawmaker yesterday demanded tougher penalties for violators of protection orders - but the family of a Queens beauty allegedly slain by her accused rapist called it too little, too...
RAGE AROUND HIP-HOP HOTHEAD
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThe city's rap wars are on the brink of exploding after a thug performer allegedly beat up a 14-year-old kid for wearing a rival's shirt - and the boy turned...
HMOS FAIL TO TEST FOR LUNG ILLNESS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amNearly six out of every 10 patients with the debilitating respiratory diseases that hit many World Trade Center workers are not even given the basic lung test needed to diagnose...
B'KLYN MAN FLEEING COPS FALLS 19 FLOORS TO HIS DEATH
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA Brooklyn man who beat up his girlfriend met a grisly end over the weekend when he fell from a 19th-floor terrace trying to escape cops, police sources said yesterday....
AUXILIARY FURY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA woman whose auxiliary-cop dad was murdered in the line of duty 13 years ago says the NYPD abandoned her family - and added insult to injury by misspelling her...
DRAG CLUB BATTLE OF SEXES SUIT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA man claims a female employee of gender-bending restaurant Lucky Cheng's roughed him up, and he now wants the East Village eatery to pay up. In a lawsuit filed this...
HOSP MADE ME ILL: SUIT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA Manhattan woman who underwent a double mastectomy because of breast cancer left the hospital with a different problem she'd never expected - a potentially deadly "superbug." Nicolle Muller says...
HOME $ICK NYERS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amFrank Ruggiero could lose his Ozone Park home next year - thanks to a broker who convinced him to refinance his mortgage under a loan whose rates could triple by...
MAD. AVE. 'BURGLAR' BAGGED
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA burglar was arrested yesterday after he broke into a high-end women's clothing store on Madison Avenue yesterday. A witness saw José Torres, 44, go through the back door of...
GIRL SUES OVER SCHOOL 'SEX ATTACK'
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA Bronx junior-high-school cheerleader has sued the city Department of Education and the YMCA for $5 million, saying a male high-school student sexually assaulted her last year in the girls'...
HILL HAULS IN A COOL $10 MIL
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's weekend trip to California capped off a breathless week of fund-raising that hauled in nearly $10 million, revealing the reach of her network of...
TOP RABBIS MAKE CUT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThey must be nice Jewish boys. Three business leaders put their heads together and came up with a list of the 50 most influential rabbis in America, according to the...
ANNA ANSWERS TO COME TODAY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThe mystery of Anna Nicole Smith's death could be solved today in Florida, when the medical examiner reveals details of his six-week probe. Broward County ME Dr. Charles Perper is...
'TMNT' HAS GREEN BELT IN TIX SALES
March 26, 2007 | 9:00am"TMNT" sliced and diced its box-office foes over the weekend, according to box-office receipts. The computer-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flick debuted with $25.5 million, beating out "300," which fell...
ELTON'S GARDEN PARTY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amEven though Elton John sang, "I got no wish to be living 60 years on" in his opening ballad, the superstar had the time of his life at Madison Square...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amManhattanThis man robbed a man and attempted to rob a woman in Murray Hill, police said. The unidentified suspect first struck at about 4:45 p.m. January 15 at an ATM...
MAKING APRIL FOOL OF SPITZ
March 26, 2007 | 9:00am'GOV. Steamroller" is on the brink of suffering his second major defeat - and this one will be his biggest yet. Sources close to Gov. Spitzer, a self-described "f- -...
LOTTERY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 548 Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9854; Lucky Sum: 26 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 655; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 6306;...
REVENGE OF THE RAT RANGERS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amCity Health Commission Tom Frieden's Rat Rangers last week shut down a famous French bistro and a lowly Brooklyn veterans hall, among other eateries, as the Great Taco Bell Rodent...
IT'S ELIOT'S MOVE
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amWith just six days to go before the start of the new fiscal year, and with no state-budget deal in sight, New Yorkers are about to see just what their...
EGYPT'S MIXED REFORM BAG
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amCAIRO BACK to the future or for ward to the past? As Egypt prepared for today's constitutional referendum, the question has been hotly debated in Cairo's famous teahouses. President Hosni...
THE NEXT THREATS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amTHE U.S. military has now made over 2 million individual deployments to Iraq and or Afghanistan. The preponderance, of course, has been our "ground-pounding" soldiers and Marines - many on...
GONZO POLITICS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amTWO weeks earlier on Capitol Hill, there was a groundswell of Republican demands - public and private - that President Bush pardon the convicted Scooter Libby. Last week, as Alberto...
SAVE N.Y. BANKS: CUT PORK INSTEAD
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amNOBODY likes taxes, but we all agree that everybody should pay his fair share. The state Assembly this month passed a budget that included proposals to close "tax loopholes" -...
THE GORACLE HEATS UP: BIG EGO, BIGGER SCAM
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amTHE ISSUE: Al Gore's visit to Capitol Hill to testify about global warming. A bunch of condescending hypocrites inhabits the House and Senate ("Global-Warming Hysteria," Philip Stott, PostOpinion, March 21)....
MORGAN'S NEW CENTURY FIRE SALE
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amIn a dramatic reversal, Morgan Stanley is in the process of holding an auction for $2.48 billion in mortgages from subprime lender New Century. The loans represent the collateral given...
MIXED SIGNALS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amIn an effort to convince investors to support their $26 billion leveraged buyout of Clear Channel Communications, the private equity firms buying the radio giant have questioned bullish calls by...
SPRING PREENING
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amJust as the winter thaw chores end, spring brings work anew - and new ways to spend at home. House Beautiful knows that furniture buys are a big thrill in...
MAYOR MIKE'S GREEN DREAM
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amIn what would be a green legacy for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the administration is pushing a plan to reduce air pollution and spur the building of modern power plants. The...
VIDEO'S LONG SHOT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amUnderlying the online video joint venture between NBC and News Corp. is a risky gamble that the Internet audience will evolve from watching short clips to a long-form viewing culture....
CONFIDENT HOYAS HAD IT ALL ALONG
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amTHEY had no way of knowing it, but they'd already started playing the most perfect basketball game of their lives. The scoreboard may have told a different story, may have...
HAPPY PATS DAY
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amPATRICK Ewing was in the center of this deafening roar now, an old familiar Final Four roar, and he was standing amidst the euphoria while on his cell phone, celebrating...
TALK OF THE 'TOWN AGAIN
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amOne classic deserves another. One shocking ending deserves another. One more time Georgetown and North Carolina gave us an NCAA tournament game for the ages. Trailing by 10 with 6:02...
FINAL FLOR.
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amST. LOUIS - New Yorker Joakim Noah roared "Keep Hating!" at the crowd, then sprinted into the Edward Jones Dome stands and clasped his beauty-queen mother Cecilia in a embrace....
FLORIDA KEY: STAYING POWER
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amST. LOUIS - Win or lose in Atlanta, repeat or no, we may never see the likes of these Florida Gators again. There will be other champions, maybe even from...
JT III PART POP AND PART CARRIL
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amWith five seconds left in overtime, John Thompson III finally allowed himself to believe his Hoyas had successfully completed a remarkable comeback and would indeed go to the Final Four...
A WINNING PAIR
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThere are winners, and then there are winners. It's easy to pin that label on Greg Oden, who at 7-foot and a sculpted 280 pounds is impossible to miss. It's...
UCLA STAR AFFLALO BORN TO BE A BRUIN
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amSAN JOSE, Calif. - Arron Afflalo may have been destined to play basketball at UCLA. On Oct. 15, 1985, Afflalo was born a short distance away from Pauley Pavilion at...
TIGER CORRALS DORAL
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amMIAMI - On Saturday night, Tiger Woods spent the evening in a private box watching his pal, Roger Federer, dispatch his first-round opponent at the Sony Ericsson tennis tournament in...
JAWORSKI IN LINE TO JOIN MNF TEAM
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amAnother year, another new Monday Night Football broadcast team. Several sources told The Post yesterday that Joe Theismann has called his final Monday Night game for ESPN, and will likely...
CBS CREW CLEARLY CAPTURES THE MADNESS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amUSED to be, before tele casts became decorated with exploding graphics, "Dancing With The Stars" contestants and Tony Siragusa, that TV at least tried to make good on its promise...
GIRARD DIES AT 74
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amJerry Girard, a wise-cracking, knowledgeable and popular Ch. 11 News sportscaster for more than 20 years, died yesterday afternoon in a Westchester hospital. Girard, diagnosed with cancer a year ago,...
COMMISH DOWNPLAYS SERGIO'S SPITTING FIT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amMIAMI - PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem yesterday addressed the controversy surrounding Sergio Garcia spitting into the cup at the 13th hole in frustration on Saturday. "I'm sure we'll have...
CONTESSA'S 'PURSUIT' PAYS OFF
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amThree of six betting interests in $65,000 National Treasure overnight stakes at mile and 70 yards were saddled by leading trainer Gary Contessa: Bare Dancer and My Kitty, coupled as...
'SPUN' BOUNCES BACK
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amIt often pays to forgive one bad race, especially with 3-year-olds on the Triple Crown trail. Such was the case with Hard Spun in Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Lane's End...
SPORTS SHORTS
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amMLB: Pirates' Sanchez may miss opener In Bradenton, Fla., NL batting champion Freddy Sanchez may begin this season on the Pirates' bench. The third baseman, out since March 6 with...
ISLES' CLOCK RUNNING OUT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amJUST when it looked as if the Islanders could have launched pucks at Henrik Lundqvist until Chris Simon comes back and still never score, Alexei Yashin, who had spent two...
KNICKED UP
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amTwo more Knicks starters went down on the eve of the biggest game of the season, and Isiah Thomas isn't sure if he'll have Eddy Curry or Steve Francis tonight...
MORRIS SET FOR KNICKS DEBUT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amRandolph Morris is getting a crash course on the NBA. Working at the end of yesterday's practice with assistant coach Mark Aguirre, Morris futilely tried one of the back-down post...
TAKIN' THE FIFTH
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Mike Pelfrey came out of Willie Randolph's office late yesterday afternoon with a big smile on his face. He had just gotten word from Randolph that...
MILLEDGE OK AFTER GETTING PLUNKED
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets' grand plans for Lastings Milledge nearly blew up yesterday in the ninth inning of an 11-3 loss to the Astros, when Milledge was hit...
BOONE TOWN
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amAbout two weeks ago, when the Nets were in Oklahoma City and coach Lawrence Frank having tried virtually every combination and variation of his roster, he approached veteran Cliff Robinson....
SIX-SHOOTER
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amIf the playoffs were to begin tomorrow instead of in two weeks, the Rangers would enter the tournament as the very same sixth seed they were a year ago. Only...
MOUND MELTDOWN
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amLAKELAND, Fla. - Welcome to Staff MRI. When spring training opened, the Yankees' biggest question mark was their starting rotation. Now, one week from Opening Day, that rotation is in...
PAVANO ON THE SPOT
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amLAKELAND, Fla. - With Carl Pavano the betting favorite to be the Yankees' Opening Day starter, Jason Giambi hopes the embattled hurler capitalizes on a golden opportunity to show his...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 26, 2007 | 9:00amA Wisconsin fire marshal has agreed to resign - after he was accused of writing an online psychic and asking the spiritualist if he or others would be able to...