July 1, 2008
Brian Campbell signs with Blackhawks
TSN reports that free agent defenseman Brian Campbell has agreed to an eight-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks worth $7.1 million a season.
Forward Aaron Voros signs
Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Aaron Voros.Voros, 26, appeared in 55 games with the...
Maine: No worries about arm
John Maine, who caused alarms to go off Monday when he cited "dead arm" as a reason for his dreadful showing in a 7-1 loss to the Cardinals, said today...
Game 83: Mets at Cardinals
The orders are in as ex-National and Pirate Tony Armas Jr. (pictured) prepares to make his Mets debut tonight here in St. Louis against the Cardinals after being recalled yesterday....
Red Bulls to unveil Jorge Rojas and Juan Pietravallo
Red Bulls sign Argentine defender Juan Pietravallo By BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls will unveil two new players tomorrow, in former Venezuelan national team captain Jorge Rojas _ whose acquisition was...
Lippi Back At Italy Helm
Marcello Lippi gave up a life of leisure to return as Italy???s national team coach today -- less than two years after guiding the Azzurri to their fourth World Cup...
Is Gaberiel Cichero next for Red Bull?
By BRIAN LEWISAfter agreeing to terms with Jorge Rojas _ a deal first reported in the Post _ now there are stories coming from South America saying that Gabriel Cichero...
And the winner is...
We asked nypost.com readers to pick their favorite movie version of a TV show, and the winner took off, was on the run, couldn't be caught (you get the point)...The...
3 UP: Reyes, Pettitte and Feliciano
1. Troy Percival went to back up third base with two outs in the ninth inning yesterday against the Red Sox and came up lame. He limped back to the...
'Project Runway' posts on Craigslist
Calling all fashion designers!Looks like Heidi Klum & co. are using the popular online community to pluck "Runway's" next rack of reality stars. Send in your resume - if you...
US DEMANDS EXTRADITION OF SERB EYED IN BRUTAL BEATING
Three weeks after a Serbian college student fled to his native country to avoid charges in New York for allegedly beating a Brooklyn man within an inch of his life,...
Coverage in today's Post
The maddening Mets continue to run in place after Kyle Lohse and the Cardinals shut them down Monday night in a 7-1 loss here in St. Louis in the opener...
NEW YORK TITANS TAB COMEAU AS COACH
The New York Titans of the NLL ended their search for a new head coach yesterday when they hired former Rochester coach Ed Comeau to replace Adam Mueller, who retired...
LIBERTY FACE SPARKS THIS AFTERNOON
The next stop for the Liberty on their five-game road trip is Los Angeles, where they'll play the first-place Sparks (10-4) at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time today (no TV). The...
Devils re-sign Salvador, Pandolfo
By MARK EVERSONThe Devils today re-signed D Bryce Salvador, LW Jay Pandolfo, RW David Clarkson, RW Barry Tallackson and signed RW Vladimir Zharkov, a third-round pick in 2006.The Devils did...
Flagging the waiver wire
You've seen the guy in the Six Flags commercial who is just waaaay too excited. "More flags, more fun . . . Six Flags!," he screams.But unlike many fantasy baseball...
Deal of the Day-Corso Como
Look ab fab this summer by the skin of your feet in these Gypsy Shoes in Snake Red.The Corso Como sandals are spectacularly sexy with a cropped trouser or simply...
Scene-NYC streets
Karolina Pietruschka, a culinary school student, wears adorable high-waisted, cropped pants from H&M with a James Perse tank, vintage wooden necklace, sunglasses from St. Mark's street, Kors shoes and carries...
Why isn't Reyes 'The Warrior'?
From JOEL SHERMANTroy Percival is 38. He was signed as a free agent by the Rays not just for his pitching, but for his team-first leadership. And at the height...
REPORT: A-ROD LATE-NIGHT VISITS WITH MADONNA
After months of divorce rumors swirling around Madonna and hubbie Guy Ritchie, Us magazine alleges that the 49-year-old pop star is cavorting with Yankees' star swinger Alex Rodriguez, 32.PHOTOS: A-Rod...
Skillful Spain's Victory Was Years in the Making
APThe skillful Spanish team that won the European Championship, lifting the country???s first trophy since 1964, had been a champion in the making for years.Several of the players who beat...
WALL-E Update: Fat's In the Fire, With Obese People, Critics (Yes, Some Are Both) On The Offensive
I'm not exactly skinny myself, but I'm more offended by a lazy column by Bill Wyman at Hitsville. Seemingly without doing any serious research, Wyman ridiculously claims that Tony Scott...
Euro '08: The Best Starting XI
Euro '08 provided a showcase of the continent's top talent.Over the course of the past three weeks, reputations were made and in some cases confirmed.Here is my best Starting XI...
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Idol'
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."Split Ends"The Style Network's "Wife Swap" for hair salons is looking for stylists in the greater New York/New Jersey area. Trade places with...
Box Office: 'Hancock' Predictions Lowered After Critics Attack Superhero; Spoilers Revealed!
You may still be wondering what Oscar winner Charlize Theron, who plays the wife of Hancock's flak Jason Bateman, is doing in this picture. Like many critics, I had to...
DON'T BE ALARMED
IT might keep you awake to learn that the American "sleep aid" market (that's everything from sleeping pills to white-noise machines and alarms to get you out of bed) is...
NEW 'PRISONER'
THE actor best known for playing Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's controversial film, "The Passion of the Christ," has been cast in the starring role of AMC's miniseries remake of...
'START OVER' YOUR SHOW
SOME Time Warner customers are about to get a second chance to see the beginnings of their favorite shows. The cable giant will introduce a new technology today that will...
SAPP TACKLES 'DANCE'
WARREN Sapp could be the latest gridiron great to turn in his cleats for a pair of Cha-Cha shoes on "Dancing with the Stars." The former defensive tackle for the...
'MAD' TO ORDER
PLOP, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is to finally see what's happened to my friends at Sterling Cooper - the brilliant, jaded advertising geniuses at the New...
AVERAGE VIEWER IS 50
THE audience for broadcast networks has grown so old, if they walked into an antique store, the salesman would keep them. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but...
'IDOL'S' COUNTRY COOK
"AMERICAN Idol's" Kristy Lee Cook has signed a record deal with Arista Nashville - for the second time. Cook was a teen when the same label first signed her -...
DARK TOPICS JUICE UP ALKALINE TRIO
DEATH, despair and doomed affection may be Alkaline Trio's bread and butter, but that doesn't mean the band lives this lifestyle by getting its jollies from sitting around in the...
MPFREES
Alkaline Trio, "Help Me" The catchy lead song off the Chicago band's latest record manages to be gloomy and joyous at the same time. Catch them at Irving Plaza on...
BLUESMAN'S HOLIDAY
PINETOP Perkins still got his mojo working. As the piano-playing blues singer approaches his 95th birthday on July 7, he might not be able to precisely define "mojo," but he...
WILL & DISGRACE
WILL Smith's latest July Fourth weekend blockbuster, "Hancock," is basically two wildly different movies joined at the sprockets. The more entertaining one is a superhero spoof crammed with laughs and...
GIVING IT THEIR FEST SHOT
SUN-struck already? Well, you can either increase the SPF in your sunscreen or duck indoors with SPF, a k a the Summer Play Festival. The fifth season kicks off tonight...
SOMEWHAT THREADY 'STITCHING'
'ALL of our problems come down to communication," declares Stu (Gian Murray Gianino) in "Stitching," Anthony Neilson's play about a couple coping with an unplanned pregnancy. Well, yes and no....
DEVILS, CAMPBELL TALK
Devil GM Lou Lamoriello has already made an early, sanctioned, start at trying to land a top star in today's opening of unrestricted free agency, where his team shipwrecked last...
MATSUI MAY TAKE BP SOON
A few days ago, there was talk of surgery for Hideki Matsui and his ailing left knee. Last night, the outlook seemed infinitely better, as the talk was of him...
BRONX SUFFERING POWER OUTAGE
THE Yankees are trying their best to stay in the AL East race, but it's clear they no longer are the Bronx Bombers. That may be their nickname, but that's...
YANKS' FLAT BATS FAIL MIGHTY MOOSE
The task before Mike Mussina last night at Yankee Stadium was to stymie a Ranger offense that ranks either first or second in the American League in batting average, runs,...
MAKING A SPLASH
Michael Phelps is not the only swimmer from Baltimore looking to make history in Beijing. His fellow Charm City native, 19-year-old Katie Hoff, is also aiming at a large medal...
SPORTS SHORTS
CYCLING: Landis loses appealFloyd Landis lost what likely is his last appeal of a positive doping test when a three-person panel at the Court of Arbitration for Sport yesterday agreed...
TIGER SAYS KNEE SORE 10-12 YRS.
Tiger Woods, in his first public comments since he revealed that his left knee was not only in need of reconstructive surgery but that he won the U.S. Open with...
HONDO GOES LEE-WARD
Hondo, whose column provides a virtual Personal Seat License for anyone wishing to sit in and ob serve baseball handicapping excellence, scored with the Rays over the Red Sawx last...
SISTERLY COMPETITION
WIMBLEDON, England - Wimbledon has already lost its top-four seeded women's players, while the Williams sisters keep rolling toward another sibling final. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are also closing...
MT. VERNON FIGHTING TO KEEP SPORTS TEAMS ALIVE
Just over two years ago, Mount Vernon High School basketball coach Bob Cimmino was celebrating his team's second state Federation title in three seasons. Last night, he met with school...
BALL TIME
In three days, thousands of spectators will watch cascading pyrotechnics illuminating the city's sky. Fortunately, New Yorkers don't have to wait until July 4 to see fireworks. That's because another...
CLARK RUNS WAY INTO HER THIRD OLYMPIC GAMES
EUGENE, Ore. - After seeing the gaggle of tangled bodies and limbs hit the track in the women's 800 semifinal, seeing other runners' Olympic dreams possibly dashed, New Jerseyan Hazel...
SUNDIN ON RANGERS' RADAR
A year ago it was about hitting fixed targets Scott Gomez and Chris Drury. This year, the free agent market that opens at noon today, is all about moving parts....
SHANAHAN MAY SIGN WITH DEVS
A free agent at noon today, Brendan Shanahan isn't going to glue a Bluetooth to his ear in anticipation of the call that probably won't come from the Blueshirts. Rather,...
D'ANTONI SAYS LEE GREAT, BUT TRADE POSSIBLE
Wearing a red Team USA polo shirt at an Olympic function at The Plaza yesterday, Mike D'Antoni put on his Knicks hat in declaring the team's biggest need is backcourt...
APPLE OF HIS EYE
During his tour of Manhattan, LeBron James had fun teasing Knicks and Nets fans yesterday about the prospect of playing in the Big Apple in 2010 when he becomes a...
BUSCH-WHACKED
ST. LOUIS - And to think the Mets could have had Kyle Lohse for peanuts as late as the middle of spring training. It's easy to second guess now, of...
REYES SHOULD LEARN FROM JETER
LIFE could be so much easier for Jose Reyes. All he has to do is look across town on how to act. All he had to do was look across...
MANUEL: NO FINE FOR JOSE
ST. LOUIS - Jerry Manuel didn't see Jose Reyes' glove-throwing tantrum in the seventh inning Sunday, so the Mets' temperamental shortstop was able to escape discipline yesterday. But if it...
A NEW SUB PLOT FOR DELGADO
ST. LOUIS -- Carlos Delgado's lack of range is about to cost the veteran first baseman playing time late in games. Jerry Manuel revealed here yesterday that his decision to...
NETS LOOKIN' TO BE FREE-AGENT FORCE
Owner Bruce Ratner spoke at the Nets' introductory press conference yesterday for draft picks Bruce Lopez, the 7-foot-0 Stanford center, Ryan Anderson, the 6-10 Cal power forward, and Chris Douglas-Roberts,...
GOOD TIMES
DON'T call it the off-season. Our picks for summertime fun at ski resorts.WHISTLER-BLACKCOMB British Columbia The resort's lifts will take you and your bike up the mountain, where there are...
DISCOVER THIS!
HEAR ye, hear ye - Christopher Columbus is a phony, overrated, Johnny-come-lately who only, at best, discovered somebody else's sloppy seconds. There, we said it. Seriously, read your Wikip ....
HOT DEALS
NEW ORLEANS $199/nt at the Ritz-Carlton, with breakfast, parking and more; based on availability (ritzcarlton.com). PARIS Book 4 nights, pay for 3 at the Hilton Arc de Triomphe. Rates start...
YOU NEED A LIFT!
IT'S the dead of summer. Time to hit the slopes. Puzzled? Don't be. Across North America, ski resorts are shoring up their summer offerings - think everything from water parks...
STICKING TO OUR GUNS: A BASIC RIGHT UPHELD
Four out of nine Supreme Court justices think that America has been wrong for 217 years ("An Escape From Fear," Linda Chavez, PostOpinion, June 27). This is a very dangerous...
BUBBA THE BABY
APPARENTLY, crippling his wife's campaign wasn't enough for Bill Clinton: He wants to drag Barack Obama down, too. While Sen. Clinton's been dutifully supporting the winner, her husband reportedly told...
THE HIGH COURT'S SUPREME CLOWN
WHY did the Founders bother toiling in the summer heat of Philadelphia in 1787 writing a Constitution when they could have relied on the consciences of Supreme Court justices like...
AL QAEDA'S PLAN B
NO one should feel safe without submitting to Islam, and those who refuse to submit must pay a high price. The Islam ist movement must aim to turn the world...
DIPLOMAT'S RESIGNATION
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's New York diplomat sent his resignation letter to Belgrade yesterday. Serbian Consul General Slobodan Nenadovic said it was wrong for his deputy to give Binghamton University...
X-RAYTED 'PLOT' VS. IRAN PREZ
Enemies of Iran tried to kill its president with X-rays during his visit to a UN food summit in Rome, the official Iranian news agency said yesterday. A security screening...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 501; Lucky Sum: 6 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 2976; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Mon: 199; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
THE OTHER OTHER WOMAN
Christie Brinkley's lawyers may have one more weapon in their attempt to paint her wayward hubby as a callous cad - a married, 31-year-old fitness model with whom he had...
GAS PRICE IS NO. 1 ISSUE
The nation's gas crisis is such a strain on people's wallets that two-thirds of voters now rank it as the most important issue facing the United States. That's a shocking...
BAM & BUBBA NOW BUDDIES
Barack Obama yesterday broke the ice with one of his toughest critics: Bill Clinton. Just days after appearing at a "unity" event in New Hampshire with former Democratic rival Hillary...
LOHAN'S SHOCK 'SISTER' ACT
Lindsay Lohan's dad took a DNA test yesterday to find out if he's the father of a Montana teen reported to be the star's secret half-sister - but if he...
BARACK BLASTS MOVEON
Barack Obama yesterday landed a right hook on one of his biggest left-wing supporters yesterday - blasting MoveOn.org for labeling Gen. David Petraeus "General Betray Us." Obama, in a patriotism...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A homeless man robbed two women near the Port Authority Bus Terminal, but was stopped by a good Samaritan who tackled him and turned him over to cops, law-enforcement...
CLERIC 'GOT NO MONEY'
A New Jersey monsignor yesterday insisted he never worked for accused con man Raffaello Follieri - but the priest's superiors admitted the two men had taken a number of trips...
CITY ADDS 276 FIREFIGHTERS TO RANKS OF BRAVEST
The FDNY's ranks just got larger. The city's 276 newest firefighters - which included 35 members of the military, two women and the brother of a firefighter who died on...
RAPPEL ROMEO BUSTED
A love-struck construction worker who became enthralled with a woman while toiling at her Upper West Side building took his obsession to new heights - rappelling off the roof to...
NJ BAKERS' FAT CHANCE
New Jersey bakers are hoping the Big Apple's trans-fat ban means more dough for them. As of today, the city's prohibition on hydrogenated oils extends to all baked goods, but...
TANKLEFF A FREE MAN
Martin Tankleff's two-decade-long legal nightmare is over. A state Attorney General's Office prosecutor announced yesterday that he would not seek to retry Tankleff for the double murder of his adoptive...
RESERVISTS' DUTY COSTS CITY $65M
More than 2,000 city workers have been called up to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan since 9/11, costing the city $65 million, Rep. Anthony Weiner said yesterday. When municipal workers...
BLOOMY ALL GLOOMY & DOOMY ON BUDGET
The budget cuts made this year to nonprofit groups are going to "look like child's play" if gloomy forecasts are on target and the economy tanks, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday....
DWI KILLER HIT WITH MAX
A Bronx man who ran down a 3-year-old boy during a drunken prank was sentenced yesterday to a maximum 5 to 15 years in prison - after the prosecutor revealed...
DOC IN DEATH PLUNGE
A prominent doctor at Beth Israel Hospital fell 17 stories to his death in an apparent suicide yesterday, officials said. Douglas Meyer, 44, plunged at around 7:15 a.m. from a...
IT'S PA-THETIC! NEW WTC CHAOS
In the latest embarrassment to hit the bungled rebuilding of Ground Zero, the agency responsible for the massive project yesterday scrapped its timetable for completing it. In fact, Port Authority...
KINKY FINANCIER COPS PERV PLEA
Investment banker, science patron, self-made billionaire, philanthropist and former math teacher Jeffrey Epstein can add a new title to his résumé - convicted sex offender. The Manhattan moneyman appeared in...
DOC BOOSTS CASE VS. 'KILLER'
Prosecutors fought yesterday to prove that an accused cop killer facing trial with "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato was in his right mind when he admitted to the slaying from a...
PATIENT IGNORED TO DEATH
They callously ignored her. Esmin Green is seen in these infuriating images collapsing on the psychiatric emergency-room floor at Kings County Hospital - stared at by one worker, ignored by...
CON ED WORKERS FACE LIGHTS OUT IF TALKS FAIL
Heated contract talks between Con Edison and the union representing 9,000 of its workers will resume this morning - but a strike could still be called tonight if the sides...
PIZZA MAN SHOT IN SI CARJACKING
A co-owner of a Staten Island pizza parlor was shot in the leg early yesterday during a carjacking, police said. Two men ambushed Bartholomew Giove, 52, of Brother's Pizzeria in...
SIKH FURY AT HAIR ATTACK
A 12-year-old Sikh student's long hair was sheared by a Queens classmate in the third such school attack in a year. Angry members of the India-based religion rallied in Richmond...
B'KLYN BOY WHO SOARED HIGH & CRASHED HARD
Long before Jeffrey Epstein was busted for sexual shenanigans in his waterfront Palm Beach mansion, he grew up near the ocean in a far less affluent community - Coney Island....
NYC JOB GROWTH BESTS NATION'S
The New York metro area added 39,800 new jobs over the past year, despite the slow economy - with the five boroughs accounting for 92 percent of those jobs, the...
CAUGHT IN A LOVE TRIANGLE
The mother of tragic model Ruslana Korshunova arrived from Kazakhstan yesterday and encountered what may have been the greatest source of her daughter's angst - the two men who claim...
WOMAN SUES GROPING POL
A woman has filed a civil suit against the former Queens City councilman who admitted to sexually abusing her before giving up his seat in March. The 52-year-old victim claims...
METS FAN JULIA SNAPS AT JETER
Actress and devoted Mets fan Julia Stiles got behind the lens at Shea Stadium over the weekend to check out the competition - Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter. The native New...
DOLLAR BURSTS IN AIR
Europe is expected to toss a lighted, giant firecracker into Ben Bernanke's lap on the eve of Independence Day. With inflation in Europe at its highest level since the euro...
SIZZLING ASSETS
The board of concert promoter Live Nation signed off on its roughly $70 million deal for pop star Shakira last week and a deal is expected to be announced within...
NEW CAR SMELLS
Wall Street dumped automakers' shares to historic new lows amid disappointment ahead of today's grim look at Detroit's future. Car sales for the normally busy month of June are expected...
A DAY OFF FOR GRIM UBS STAFF
Employees of embattled UBS have seen better days in its 150-year history as a top Swiss investment bank, but at least some might be able to boast an extra day...
GOV'T EMPLOYS FUZZY MATH IN FIGURING UNEMPLOYMENT
THE nation's unemployment rate could rise more than 10 percent when the government announces its monthly numbers later this week. But before you have a stroke, please read on. The...
MERRILL'S THAIN FACING GRAVE CONSEQUENCES
Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain could be forced to sell key assets - including the firm's stakes in Bloomberg and BlackRock - in order to ensure the investment bank weathers...
CIAO CIPRIANI: LEASE TO END IN '09
THE bitter war between the Cipriani organization and its landlord at 200 Fifth Ave. is over. Ending a year of litigation and public mudslinging, the owners of the former Toy...
GROUND ZERO: GRIM TRUTH
Port Authority Executive Director Christopher Ward confessed to the obvious yesterday: Six-plus years, two governors and hundreds of millions of dollars after 9/11, Ground Zero reconstruction has gone so far...
ISRAEL'S UGLY EXCHANGE
In the latest of far too many reminders of the lengths to which Israel will go to bring its captive soldiers home, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Cabinet formally approved one...
OBAMA MOVES ON
There he goes again. Barack Obama yesterday laced into the loony-left MoveOn.org for its New York Times ad last fall calling Gen. David Petraeus, then America's top commander in Iraq,...
DON'T SEND IN THE CLOWNS - THEY'RE ALREADY HERE
GIVE Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward credit - it took him less than two months on the job to figure out what's been clear to any newspaper reader for...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A woman who lost her class ring in Lake Michigan more than 50 years ago has it back, thanks to a metal-detector hobbyist. Robert Savage - who found it 12...
The Year's Best and Worst (So Far)
This will probably change, but so far bad movies, and some very bad movies, have far outweighed the good ones in 2008. Here's how we stand at the midway point...
Golden Holden
???He was a guy with these incredible matinee idol looks who could play these characters who were compromised morally,??? says Jones. ???But even when he???s playing a kept man, he???s...
Armas up, Phillips down
Needing a spot starter Tuesday because of last Friday???s doubleheader with the Yankees, the Mets recalled veteran right-hander Tony Armas Jr. from Triple-A New Orleans after tonight's 7-1 loss to...