July 29, 2007
Lee, Curry on different roads
By MARC BERMANWe've written the last couple days about David Lee being invited to play for the USA Practice Squad that will scrimmage against Team USA in three weeks in...
ROTO FILES - What to do with DL guys?
Players on the disabled list do not accumulate fantasy stats, so the last thing a fantasy owner wants to see is a roster full of DL icons.When will your key...
Ode to Homer
Thanks in no small part to a brilliant marketing campaign by our corporate cousins at 20th Century Fox, the good-but-not-great "The Simpsons Movie'' finished its first weekend with an estimated...
'DANCE' STARS GO ON THE ROAD
Dancing is the hottest TV ticket of the summer. Viewers who can't get enough of watching the cool moves on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" can see the...
REEL GOOD
SPEED (1994) Monday, 8 p.m., FX Heart-racing good times pack this thriller starring Keanu Reeves as a cop on an L.A. city bus. The bus has been wired by mad-bomber/extortionist...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: DRAMA Threat to justice By now, anyone who's watched "Damages" has a pretty good idea that no-nonsense attorney Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) usually wins through intimidation. But this week...
SASSY 'WIFE'
Roxy LeBlanc is the firecracker among the "Army Wives," Lifetime's biggest hit series ever. She was the first character viewers met when the show debuted this summer. Roxy, petite and...
NO CONTEST
"I'm sick to death of singers," says Sharon Osbourne, one of three judges on the second season of "America's Got Talent." "It is such a relief to be on a...
BACKSEAT BINGO
Thousands of people hail taxis every day in New York. But not many think that once they tell the driver their destination, they're going to participate in a game show....
PLEASE, NO MORE TEARS FOR TAMMY FAYE
Yep, the Lord certainly does work in mysterious ways. If you didn't know who - or what - Tammy Faye Bakker was until you read her obituaries, last week, you...
GIRL POWER
You say you want a revolution? Well, Kyra Sedgwick has already started one - she has made TV the hottest place for A-list actresses to practice their craft. The success...
ORDER IN THE 'COURT': NEW NAME CONFUSING
TV execs have this great knack for fixing things that aren't broken. Take Court TV, the channel known for its live coverage of sensational trials and its evening lineup of...
ETHICAL CONDUCT NOW NO. 1 PRIORITY
Chess THIS weekend, the world chess federation (FIDE) is holding an unprecedented "ethics trial" to consider a complaint by champion Vladimir Kramnik against rival Veselin Topalov for charging that Kramnik...
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW
These celebs are channeling past eras for today's hottest looks - Here's how to steal them!
DON'T JUMP, ROMAN!
BE sure you leave a light on at home if you go forth to see "Repulsion" (1965). You won't want to re turn to a dark apartment after viewing Roman...
BERMIS, 23, AND JEAN-CHARLES, 27
JUNE 1 - Jefferson Jean-Charles and Desirae Bermis met in March 2002 after Sunday service at Horeb Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Brooklyn, and what began as a chance encounter turned...
STERN, 29, AND HAIM, 30
JULY 10 - Kenneth Haim felt a wave of serenity before getting on one knee to propose to his sweetheart, Jessica Stern, a human resource employee for CIFG services in...
SMITH, 27, AND MITCHELL, 27
JUNE 23 - Although they graduated in the same year from the same high school, Gabrielle Smith and John Mitchell met by chance at the bride's sister's birthday party, years...
CHAPMAN, 30, AND DESANTIS, 27
JUNE 1 - On the day Lauren DeSantis married Jesse Chapman, she was a cool, calm and collected bride, "which I didn't expect," she admits. Clad in a Monique Lhuillier...
GULTOM, 34, AND SILITONGA, 30
JULY 7 - For Nalom Gultom and Evelyn Silitonga, an unexpected surprise turned their wedding celebration into something out of the ordinary. "At the reception, our dearest friends surprised us...
JOHN DOE JOE
Vigilant American "John Does" may soon be safe from lawsuits - and safer from terrorists - thanks to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-I, Conn.) and a key provision in the security...
THE KOW-TOW CLUB
The Democratic presidential race has devolved into a no-holds-barred battle between the two front-runners on an utterly bizarre point: Should the next president personally sit down with the world's worst...
ALLERGIC TO 'NO'
WHAT happens to a kid who's allergic to the word "no"? Early Tuesday morning - when Lindsay Lohan was arrested (again) for felony drug possession, driving under the influence (again)...
TEENS, SEX AND CHURCH
RECENT books and studies seem to indicate disturbing sexual trends among evangelical Christians. And this time we're not talking about their pastors or political leaders. The new attention is on...
U.S.-UK: STILL SPECIAL
NEW British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with President Bush today. Proceeding the trip was a rash of reports in the British media that the Anglo-American "special relationship" had its...
SNIDE OVER GUN CONTROL: DEMS DUMP ON LAWFUL
THE ISSUE: The Democratic presidential candidates' debate over gun control. Once again Michelle Malkin hits a home run ("Anti-Gun Goofs," Post- Opinion, July 25). Of course Sen. Joe Biden and...
PEYSER'S CIVIC PARDON
THE ISSUE: Andrea Peyser's column about her recent jury-duty service in Brooklyn. "Trials of Jury Duty" (Andrea Peyser, July 23) is a surprisingly self-centered article from someone whose columns I...
IT AIN'T OVER
Investors are holding their breath this weekend after a dramatic 4.2 percent drop in the Dow Jones industrial average last week - hoping the market regains its footing this week....
INDICES CROSS UP MARKETS
Investors who have gotten a little agita over the wild swings in the markets the past couple of weeks better keep the Bromo-seltzer close: there's more volatility on the way....
BEWARE OF DOGS
You have a natural resources fund, and natural resources stocks are booming. You must be doing great, right? Well, not exactly. Even in white-hot sectors like natural resources, up 24...
WAS LATEST MARKET MELTDOWN 'THE BIG ONE'?
THIS is the question everyone on Wall Street has been asking, so let's not pussyfoot around it: Was this week's convulsive market action a correction, or a prelude to something...
PURCHASING THE FAMILY PROPERTY
Dear John: I wanted to talk to you about acquiring my first property from my parents, who have a condo worth $500,000. They paid about $235,000 back in 1984 and...
AD-JUST TO IT, TV ABOUT TO CHANGE
Get ready for the end of TV as you know it. Viewers will have to get used to longer commercial breaks, commercial breaks taken at awkward times during a show...
YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM TV ADS
By now you've probably noticed. The TV screens are everywhere - elevators, the doctor's office, health clubs and even gas pumps - delivering a steady stream of news, entertainment and...
'CRUISEN' AGAIN
Tom Cruise's United Artists movie studio and investment bank Merrill Lynch have essentially wrapped up negotiations over roughly $500 million in film financing, The Post has learned. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which owns...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS JEFF BEZOS Amazon CEO reports second quarter sales soared 35 percent, helping net income more than triple to $78 million. Thank you, Harry Potter.STEVEN COHEN SAC Capital founder is...
MORGY PROBING ID THEFT AT CITY HARVEST
The Manhattan DA is investigating a potential computer breach at City Harvest that could have put the credit card numbers of more than 12,000 donors in the hands of hackers....
LOOKING FOR A $IP
JESSICA Simpson is dreaming of rapper 50 Cent. Nothing personal, mind you, just business. The singbird, mindful that 50 Cent reportedly turned his small equity stake in Glaceau, maker of...
BRUNO TRIP A TRAIN-ING MISSION
Call it Joe Bruno's Amtrak adventure. The state Senate majority leader on Tuesday refused to seek rival Gov. Spitzer's permission for a quick chopper ride to the city, and hopped...
SPITZ DOWN, ANDY UP
ALBANY - The scandal enveloping Gov. Spitzer over the misuse of State Police to tar a political opponent could turn out to be an unexpected springboard for Attorney General Andrew...
'USHER'ED OUT
The wedding of pop singer Usher to his older pregnant girlfriend Tameka Foster went off without a hitch yesterday - that is, nobody actually walked down the aisle or got...
VICIOUS FIENDS STALKED VICTIMS FROM FOOD STORE
It was an idyllic, eye-catching scene in the Connecticut countryside: A mother and daughter, both blond, leaving their local food store, stepping lightheartedly into a bright white Mercedes that glowed...
BRAVE DAD'S CALL FOR FAITH
Devastated by the savage rape and murder of his wife and two daughters in a home invasion, a Connecticut doctor gathered his emotions - and strength - yesterday before nearly...
SUPER SLAIN IN W. SIDE APT.
An Upper West Side super was found shot to death in his apartment yesterday, sources said. Alen Gjonbalaj, 26, was found by a friend at 11:30 a.m., shot in the...
BOUND & MUTILATED BODY FOUND
Police made a stunningly gruesome discovery in Queens yesterday: the body of a bound and murdered man who had his penis sliced off. The emasculated victim was found at about...
HILL 'N' BILL HIT UP THE HAMPTONS
Hillary Clinton will be dragging hubby Bill on a blowout fund-raising tour of the Hamptons next weekend that could add $1 million to her presidential war chest. Revlon mogul Ron...
L.I. MARINE IS MOURNED
Mourners packed a Long Island church yesterday to honor a 21-year-old hero Marine struck down last week by a sniper's bullet in Iraq. Christopher Scherer - an Eagle Scout who...
CITY-WORKER CYCLIST: PRACTICE WHAT YOU'RE PEDDLING
City employees trying to do the right thing and go green, as Mayor Bloomberg has urged, have discovered that riding their bikes to work is easier said than done. An...
SAD ESTATE OF AFFAIRS
The jilted heir of storied Lazard Freres investment banker Andre Meyer, who advised Jackie Onassis, LBJ and William Paley, is making a desperate grab for his mother's spent estate by...
CRASH DAD OLLAPSES AT NEWS
The father of five Bronx siblings killed in a fiery crash in Virginia this week suffered a heart attack at his Trinidad home after learning about the horrific accident, relatives...
WOMAN SLAIN WITH BARBELL
A Queens man brutally beat his own mother to death with a barbell last night, police said. Cops received a 911 call of a woman assaulted at 65-82 160th Street...
GRANNY: 'MULE' BE SORRY
A Colombian woman coming to America for the birth of her granddaughter instead endured 21 days in a federal lockup after customs agents at Kennedy Airport falsely accused her of...
OF HUMAN BONDAGE IN QUEENS
An Indian man who claims he was kept as a slave in Queens for years says he was repeatedly told "this is what happens to people with brown skin" and...
'RAPE' VERMIN CHARGED
A pair of teen cat burglars raped a young Japanese woman at gunpoint after they burst into her Central Park West apartment from a fire escape, prosecutors allege. Laron Jackson...
FURY AS ME KEEPS PA'S BRAIN IN JAR
A Staten Island family already distraught over the death of their beloved father were reeling again when they learned, long after burying him, that the city medical examiner's office still...
YES, SIZE MATTERS
Size does matter. And in the battle of billionaires, every inch counts when it comes to yachts. In its annual survey, Power & Motoryacht magazine listed the 100 largest yachts...
WOO-HOO! 'SIMPSONS' A $29M HIT
Homer can now change "D'oh!" to dough. "The Simpsons Movie" hauled in $29.1 million in estimated box-office returns on its opening night Friday and is on course to rake in...
DUMB STEERS OF RECKLESS LINDSAY
Alcohol-addled actress Lindsay Lohan started racking up driving violations at age 17 with a speeding ticket, and got busted at least three more times - for speeding and running a...
HIMTUBE! TOUGH QUERIES FOR RUDY
As Rudy Giuliani mulls participating in YouTube's Republican presidential debate, video voters are already uploading tough questions about his business dealings, his rocky personal life, abortion, gun control and the...
GUNMEN HIT HOME OF KNICK
Three masked robbers broke into the suburban Chicago home of New York Knicks center Eddy Curry yesterday morning and held the hoopster, his family and an employee at gunpoint. Deputy...
REF MADE HIS OWN RULES
Despite a privileged upbringing, allegedly crooked NBA referee Tim Donaghy has cheated, fibbed and fought most of his life, say people who know the 40-year-old father of four daughters. Donaghy...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
THE BRONX Jealousy led one man to slash his ex-wife's new boyfriend in the lobby of a Morrisania apartment building, police said. Construction worker Issac Cassilla, 34, was leaving his...
BOROUGH BOSSES DUEL FOR THE YUMMIE$T PLUM
ONE of the most lucrative patronage plums in city government is up for grabs - and political leaders in The Bronx and Brooklyn are both laying claim to it. The...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 979; Lucky Sum: 25 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 6582; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 183; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win- 4 Sat.:...
JUST SAY NO TO THUGS
GEE, Michael Vick sure cleans up nice for court, doesn't he? Funny how so many young men will dress to look like bad dudes - right up until they're officially...
RIP-ROARING TIME
COOPERSTOWN - Dad, a catcher of modest skill and inordinate will, played and played. So Cal Ripken Jr. did, too. "My bedtime stories were about foul tips and split fingers,...
DEADLINE DAYDREAM
The feeling around baseball is there are three sure things to be traded by Tuesday's deadline: Texas' Mark Teixeira (probably to Atlanta), Kansas City's Octavio Dotel (the Dodgers are frontrunners)...
POWER OF 'ONE'
THE longtime scout took one look at the swimming pool beyond the left-field fence at Westminster Christian High School in Miami and asked the coach if his young slugger had...
HEAVY LIES THE CROWN
THE BEST part of the job has always been the fact that the men who occupy the most important offices in American professional sports get to live out one of...
KNOWLEDGE KEY TO FULFILLING
Fantasy sports used to be a hobby practiced by a dozen guys in the basement of a parent's house. Now, it's a booming business. If you haven't dipped your toes...
WHAT DO I DO WITH DL GUYS?
PLAYERS on the disabled list do not accu mulate fantasy stats, so the last thing a fan tasy owner wants to see is a roster full of DL icons. When...
SO FAR, YET SO CLOSE
After a modestly successful junior career on the links as a 0.8 handicap, Post reporter Brett Cyrgalis is forging a comeback, attempting to compete with the best amateur golfers in...
GET OUT YOUR RIFLES
NEW York has opened more of its Southern range to rifle hunting for whitetails. The governor has signed a new law that allows deer hunters to use rifles in three...
FOR GWYNN, THE HITS JUST KEPT ON
COOPERSTOWN - Alongside the road where Larry Bowa drove home during his years managing the Padres was a batting-cage emporium. "I looked and Tony Gwynn was there at 11:30 at...
HOLD ON, BARRY
SAN FRANCISCO - Dontrelle Willis grew up across the bay from AT&T Park, in Oakland. He was 11 years old when Barry Bonds began playing for the Giants in 1993....
EAST HARLEM FALLS SHORT
The East Harlem Little League team lost 6-1 to Maine-Endwell yesterday in its first game of the New York State Final Four in Wellsville, to fall into the losers' bracket...
PICK 4 PAYS 163G
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Weatherman missed by mile, predicting steady rain and storms from Friday night through today. Instead, after brief downpour yesterday morning, sun was shining bright all afternoon. Track...
'LAWYER' MAKES CASE
SARATOGA SPRINGS - He got the win, so now he's in. Lawyer Ron, ridden by John Velazquez, secured a starting berth in this year's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic by...
STEWART FEELS AT HOME IN INDY
Tony Stewart dreamed of winning the Indianapolis 500 growing up in nearby Columbus, Ind. Stewart put his dream on the back burner when he chose to drive stock cars instead...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...WHITEY FORD
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the great Yankees lefty, the Chairman of the Board, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974: Q: Boyhood idol? A: Joe...
THE RUMBLE
Lee playin' cards right Knick getting cozy with poker-tour stunner David Lee showed up in Las Vegas at the Knicks' voluntary big man minicamp earlier this month with his steady...
VAC'S WHACKS
At a time in sports when we're bombarded with bums and lacerated with louses, we need all the good guys we can get. Which makes it an especially haunting time...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: McNabb says he's '75 percent' Donovan McNabb says he doesn't need to be completely healthy to be a force in the NFL. McNabb took part in the first practice...
HONDO ROLLS WITH JAYS
Even though Papelbon turned into Papelbum, Hondo survived with the Bosawx last night, which, along with his Twin win, slashed the nasty negative number to 590 arroyos. Today, he's hoping...
GIANT GRIEF
* With training camps opening, Giants fans should consider the following: 1) They released their starting left tackle, Luke Petitgout, with no replacement in place. 2) They did virtually nothing...
WAITING GAME
ALBANY - A message from Michael Strahan was left on Tom Coughlin's voice mail yesterday at 7:40 a.m., precisely 10 minutes after Coughlin entered a team meeting. If anything, Strahan...
COUGHLIN: CAN COME OUT SWINGIN' WITH THE BEST OF 'EM.
THERE is fire in Tom Coughlin's eyes now and passion in his voice. "I'm not a lame duck," Coughlin tells The Post in an exclusive interview. "All of my actions...
TOOMER IMPRESSIVE IN FIRST PRACTICE
ALBANY - There was always a day in mind for Amani Toomer. That day arrived yesterday and he hit his mark. "This was my target date to try to get...
STRIKING A CHORD
Dulcet sounds of Mozart ease through the hot summer breeze across the Hofstra practice fields as the Jets begin their training camp sessions with some stretching and walk-through exercises. The...
'BRICK BUILDS ON OFFSEASON
Eric Mangini offered high praise yesterday for second-year left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson, the Jets' top draft pick in 2006. "One guy that's really stood out and had a really good...
LEE TO SCRIMMAGE USA
USA Basketball is expected to announce tomorrow that Knicks forward David Lee has been named to the practice squad that will scrimmage in three weeks against Team USA in Las...
METS SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE
The Mets showed some of their old offensive spunk last night, but their bullpen let them down. The only sweeping at Shea Stadium was done by those entrusted with cleaning...
AMAZIN'S NOT QUITE MATCHING 2006 STANDARDS
THE Mets have appeared to be running in place all season, even if that place is first place, and even if this year's record is only four games worse after...
PELFREY STILL WINLESS
For young pitchers still seeking their first victory of the season in late July, five-hit innings are generally frowned upon. Actually, that's true for all hurlers. Despite allowing three runs...
METS, YANKS AFTER GAGNE
The Yankees and Mets join the Red Sox as the teams still trying to land Rangers closer Eric Gagne as the trade deadline nears, The Post has learned. However, neither...
LO DUCA EXITS NIGHTCAP WITH HAMSTRING INJURY
Paul Lo Duca is headed for an MRI exam today, but vowed he'll return to the lineup by Tuesday after leaving Game 2 of yesterday's doubleheader with a right hamstring...
MOUND OF TROUBLE
BALTIMORE - Joba Chamberlain can't get into a Yankee uniform soon enough. Before watching Mike Myers, Luis Vizcaino and Brian Bruney pitch ineffectively last night during a 7-5 loss to...
GREEN GIANT
BALTIMORE - Sounds like Barry Bonds is getting a little jealous of Alex Rodriguez, who admitted last night that he is overanxious at the plate and needs to make an...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
FARNSWORTH, PROCTOR ARE LIKELY CHIPS
BALTIMORE - If the Yankees make a trade before Tuesday afternoon's deadline it's highly likely that Kyle Farnsworth and or Scott Proctor will be in it. And even if they...
MEET MARKET
'ON my worst date, the guy offered to take me out after I'd had an awful day," Katie, 22, recalls. However, his way of cheering her up involved ticking off...
STEAKS AND SPARKS
IT was more than just usual business at Benjamin's Steakhouse in Midtown. While suit-and-ties discussed profit margins and PowerPoints, Lillian, 23, a compensation analyst, and Eric, 26, president and CEO...
HE RANG MY BELL, I RENAMED HIM
I would like to think that when I die, I will be remembered for The One Great Contribution I Ever Made To Humanity - reprogramming a man's name to Exactly...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A man in Harlingen, Texas, who says he lacks the sense of smell was shocked to learn his missing wife had not run away but had died in their home...
WHERE'S JOBA?
Here in Baltimore, where the Inner Harbor is the most overrated tourist trap in the country, Alex Rodriguez has seen the light.Hopefully Yankees decision makers also will see the light...