- Bill Conlin: Tal Smith is king of the SABR-rattlers
New York disgustingly canonizes new ace before he even pitches
NEW YORK - In the realm of the nauseating, this was even worse than Eli Manning and the fellas parading the Lombardi Trophy through the Canyon of Heroes (because the Giants earned it, after all). You really had to see the way they welcomed Johan Santana to the New York Mets to believe it.
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AS APOLOGIES from public officials go, the one from Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Bernice DeAngelis to Edward Harris is pretty sweet.
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Stu Bykofsky: Sympathy for the BRT
- FUMO'S FILE IS 'LOST'; HEY, STU'S LOST A FEW THINGS HIMSELFI SYMPATHIZE with the Board of Revision of Taxes. Not as sure-handed as the Swiss Guards who protect the pope, the BRT mysteriously mislaid the file on state Sen. Vince Fumo's 27-room, six-story Victorian chateau in the hills of the charming Spring Garden district, according to an Inquirer story.
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John Smallwood: This 'Diesel' is out of gas
- SHAQ TOO OLD, TOO BANGED UP AND DOESN'T FIT SUNSSOMEWHERE IN retirement, Jerry West is smiling, knowing that his protégé, Mitch Kupchak, learned his lessons well. If Kupchak wasn't already the NBA's general manager of the year for fleecing the Memphis Grizzlies of All-Star forward Pau Gasol for virtually nothing, the clinching shoe dropped when the Phoenix Suns - in a desperate overreaction - acquired fading center Shaquille O'Neal.
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Jim Coleman: How to stop that meringue from weeping
- Q: For Valentine's Day, I am making my boyfriend's favorite dessert, lemon meringue pie. I have his family's recipe, and the last time I made it, I followed the recipe exactly. It looked great and tasted great, but there was one problem: The golden meringue pulled away from the edges of the pan, and underneath the meringue was very watery. Can you please send me another recipe and tell me how to prevent this mistake? Is there a way to fix the recipe I have?
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Kimberly Garrison: Exercises for you when you're exercising for two
- Benefits are clear: Staying fit during pregnancy is good for your heart, during labor & for your newbornHEY, PHILLY, your favorite personal trainer is expecting a bouncing bundle of joy in just 14 weeks. So far, I've had a terrific pregnancy, free of any complications and, with some minor adjustments, I've pretty much been able to maintain my fitness routine.
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Tattle: Slew of drugs killed Heath Ledger, M.E. says
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THE NEW YORK CITY medical examiner says it was an accident. Unfortunately, it was the type of accident you might have if you fell behind the counter at your local pharmacy and bottles of anti-depressants fell off the shelves and into your mouth.
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Jenice Armstrong: Getting older and irksome
- WHEN WE'RE in the midst of cooking a big dinner, my guy has this habit of fixing whatever dish it is that I happen to be preparing.
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Dan Gross: Alycia's hearing moves up
- GREAT NEWS for any local TV stations looking for a late-February sweeps story. Alycia Lane will now face a criminal hearing in Manhattan on Feb. 25, not April 3 as previously scheduled, a spokeswoman at the Manhattan district attorney's office confirmed yesterday.
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Ellen Gray: 'Jungle' women want it all
- LIPSTICK JUNGLE. 10 tonight, Channel 10. FIVE MINUTES ago, ABC gave us a show called "Cashmere Mafia," about four high-powered New York women who may not be able to have it all.
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Dick Jerardi: Even the refs are monitored at this Web site
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HOW MANY TIMES have you watched a game on television one night and seen an official from that game at one you attend the next night, wondering whether that official can possibly be sharp. It happens all the time during the 4-month college basketball regular season.
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Sam Donnellon: Flyery disposition
- He was a forward in a goalie mask, gentleman off iceIT SEEMS LIKE just yesterday that Ron Hextall was slinging that puck into the Bruins net, or running Chris Chelios in the corner, or trading punches with Felix Potvin and Rob Pearson, or holding that, uh, very revealing interview with the late Tom Mees in the locker room following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.
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John Baer: Why the Ill. senator will be president
- I'VE TOLD THIS story to family and friends. I was on the floor of the 2004 Democratic convention in Boston's Fleet Center talking with Pennsylvania delegates about John Kerry's chances of carrying the state that November (I didn't think they were great; he narrowly won, by 144,000 votes).
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Jill Porter: When did electing women lose cachet?
- YOU CAN'T BLAME Geraldine Ferraro for being irked. The mountaintop she's been climbing toward all of her life is within reach. Post a comment
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Ellen Gray: The hazards of Duke
- Susan Sarandon stars as the famed heiress in HBO's anti-biopic 'Bernard & Doris'BERNARD AND DORIS. 8 p.m. Saturday, HBO. NEW YORK - When Susan Sarandon brought her dog, Penny, along to a round of interviews at HBO last month, it seemed only fitting.
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Tattle: Brit's 'manager' runs afoul of her mom
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THE BRITNEY SPEARS soap opera took another plot twist yesterday as a restraining order was put out against her "friend" and "manager" Sam Lutfi.
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Jenice Armstrong: Why Obama got my vote
- REGULAR READERS know I'm a big supporter of women's issues and causes - from the need for cleaning up misogynistic hip-hop lyrics and music videos to women's reproductive freedom.
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Dan Gross: Honor for Ben Kingsley
- SIR BEN KINGSLEY will be honored by the Bryn Mawr Film Institute at its Casino Royale Silver Screen Gala March 8 at Bryn Mawr College's Thomas Great Hall. The "Gandhi" star receives the Silver Screen Inspiration award at the black-tie gala to benefit the non-profit film institute.
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Jonathan Takiff: That special Valentine's gift? Color it high tech
- The Gizmo: Fashion-conscious high-tech gifts from the heart. Shop Til You Drop: You could buy her a sweater or some sexy underwear, if you dare, or maybe some flowers. But what fun is it for a guy to shop for those kinds of Valentine's Day presents, when he could be hanging out instead at his favorite electronics store, and buying his honey something that he feels comfortable with, and that she could really use and (effectively) wear, day in/day out?
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Rich Hofmann: St. Joe's finally wins the war
- AS DAY TURNED into night yesterday, as another hot appointment in the old gym beckoned, the thought had to have entered the heads of Pat Calathes and Rob Ferguson, at least fleetingly. This was going to be the last chance for the two seniors who start for the Saint Joseph's Hawks, their last swing in a rivalry played with bludgeons, their last chance to beat Villanova.
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Ronnie Polaneczky: Jack Diaz would love to be with EMS in Philly
- TALK WITH ANY of the paramedics who work in the Philadelphia Fire Department, and you'll hear tales of bone-deep exhaustion.
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Dick Jerardi: Get past other stuff, Knight was a winner
- HE WON more games than any coach in Division I history. He was the youngest head coach in D-I history. He was a backup player on one of the great college teams in history. He was like nobody in college basketball history.
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Sam Donnellon: Burrell's year worth following
- THAT YEAR IS finally here. The 2008 season is upon us, the final one in a 6-year, $50 million contract Pat Burrell signed back in 2003, when he was deemed the face of a franchise in desperate need of a plastic surgeon. After this season, you never will have to see him again . . .
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John Baer: State budget tug of war starts with big ideas
- WELL, HERE HE goes again. Gov. Ed today presents to the Legislature another round of big ideas, including a $2.3 billion economic-stimulus package, as part of his proposed state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Tattle: For Britney, a hearing here, a hearing there...
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BETWEEN THE conservatorship issues and the child-custody issues, being Britney Spears' lawyer is like winning the lottery. Yesterday, Britney's child-custody hearing was quickly rescheduled after a closed-door meeting involving her lawyers, her ex-husband and her conservators.
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Jenice Armstrong: Still skirting pants issue
- IT'S HARD TO imagine in 2008 that a hiring manager would have a serious issue with a female job candidate's showing up in a pantsuit instead of a skirt.
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Dan Gross: Visiting with Mo'Nique
- "ANYTIME YOU come to Philly, you go to Miss Tootsie's (1314 South); if you don't, it's a shame." So says actress/comedian Mo'Nique, who hit the soul-food spot Sunday night shortly after arriving in town to promote her movie "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins," opening Friday.
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Ellen Gray: 'Lives' switches focus from the famous to ordinary folks
- AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES 2. 9 p.m. tomorrow and Feb. 13, Channel 12. TURNS OUT I'm not the only one who's sometimes worried that Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. might be a little starstruck.
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