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• HERE’S A GAME PLAN: GO WITH JOE FOR 2 MORE

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  The Red Sox are helping Joe Torre and it has nothing to do with the support from David Ortiz. Suddenly Boston resembles the Yankees, right down to losing three of four to Cleveland so far this month...more >

• A COMMAND INDECISION

  TORRE CONTINUES TO WAIT TO LEARN HIS FATE

  By GEORGE KING and JOEL SHERMAN

  TAMPA - When it comes to determining the fate of their manager, the Yankees are moving slowly, stealthy and quite differently from what was the brash, rash standard operating procedure during most of...more >

• GAMES OFF FIELD A LOT MORE FUN

  By MIKE VACCARO

  CLEVELAND - The NL Championship Series was a coma-inducing yawner, the Rockies systematically spanking and schooling the Diamondbacks, mercifully ridding us of the most apathetic baseball fans west...more >

• OPT IN THE AIR

  YANKEES ‘WILL NOT PARTICIPATE’ IF A-ROD CHOOSES FREE AGENCY

  By GEORGE KING

  TAMPA, Fla. - The Yankees ended two long days and a lot of cholesterol intake at the Capital Grille yesterday without deciding Joe Torre's fate, but they did emerge with a warning to Alex...more >

• GIANTS' FRONT MEN

  BIG BLUE OFFENSIVE LINE THRIVING

  BY PAUL SCHWARTZ

  In the development of an NFL quarterback, reading defenses, knowing the protection packages, shaking off bad plays and making adjustments at the line of scrimmage are all part of Eli Manning's...more >

• BANGED-UP JACOBS, WARD WILL PLAY AGAINST 49ERS

  By PAUL SCHWARTZ

  Giants running backs Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward continue to be slowed by injuries but insist they will battle through the physical problems and play in Sunday's game against the 49ers...more >

• BEATING THE ODDS

  TOOMER QUICKLY REGAINS FORM AFTER KNEE SURGERY

  By BART HUBBUCH

  Conventional wisdom in the NFL says players coming off knee surgery need at least a year, maybe two, to regain their form. Amani Toomer is making that line of thought look silly. Fresh off a...more >

• DESPERATE JETS MUST SAVE FACE

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  The Jets and Bengals, who play each other Sunday in Cincinnati, are mirror images of each other. Both teams entered this season with lofty expectations and rosters full of talent at key positions...more >

• CINCY STAR DANCES AWAY FROM SPOTLIGHT

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  Cincinnati's Chad Johnson was on the other end of a conference call with reporters yesterday at Weeb Ewbank Hall when it was suggested that because of his zest for attention, he should play in...more >

• FEAR JEROME MAY NEED KNIFE

  By MARC BERMAN

  BOSTON - Jerome James' right-knee injury is more serious than the Knicks have let on - and could force him to have season-ending surgery, The Post has learned. James told The Post last night...more >

• DISGRACE!

  KNICKS STINKO IN BOSTON

  By MARC BERMAN

  BOSTON - Nothing ever changes for the moribund Knicks. Looking as pathetic as they have in the last six losing seasons, the Knicks, facing their first test of preseason against the new and improved...more >

• MAGLOIRE LEARNS FAST FROM NETS' PLAYBOOK

  By FRED KERBER

  Jason Kidd will not play. Nenad Krstic might play. Jamaal Magloire will play. So the "no, maybe, yes" status of the three Nets for tonight's exhibition game against the Knicks in the...more >

• RANGERS WARY OF PUTRID THRASHERS

  By HOWARD KUSSOY

  After three consecutive days of practice, the Rangers begin a three-game road trip in Atlanta tonight hoping they can eradicate the inconsistent play that has plagued them over their first five games...more >

• JOINING .500 CLUB

  ASHAM'S GOAL IN THIRD FUELS DEVILS

  By MARK EVERSON

  PITTSBURGH - This is a strange, new recipe that brought the Devils back to .500 on this season-opening, nine-game road trip. They allow plenty, and score more. "We had to score 11 goals in two...more >

• MANNY: ‘WHO CARES?’

  WITH RED SOX ON BRINK, LOOKS TOWARD NEXT YEAR

  By MIKE PUMA

  CLEVELAND - The great Manny Ramirez has spoken. And in Manny's World, it doesn't really matter much if the Red Sox rebound to win the AL Championship Series. “If it doesn't happen, who...more >

• DATE WITH INDI-RELLA

  HOOSIERS CHOICE OVER PENN ST.

  By TIM SULLIVAN

  NOTHING like a couple of convincing home games to turn a season around, right? That's the mantra going around Happy Valley this week, as Penn State (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten) - which travels to Indiana...more >

• A WHOLE NEW BULL GAME FOR RUTGERS

  By LENN ROBBINS

  Goal No. 1 was shattered when Rutgers was upset at home by Maryland. There went the BCS Championship game. Goal No. 2 took a blow to the head when the Scarlet Knights were upset at home by...more >

• CUP OFFERS A CLASSIC WEEKEND

  By ED FOUNTAINE

  Call it the War at the Shore. The Breeders' Cup visits New Jersey for the first time next week, on Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, at Monmouth Park, with 141 star thoroughbreds...more >

• CABRERA WINS PGA SLAM

  AP

  TUCKER'S TOWN, Bermuda - Argentina's Angel Cabrera had a birdie-eagle finish to close with a 2-under 68 to force a playoff with British Open champion Padraig Harrington (69), then beat the...more >

• HONDO STILL ON TRACK

  Hondo, who fell into the red Tuesday night with the Bosawx, roared back into the black yesterday at Belmont when he went to the winner's circle with Ms. Guacamole in the second (win and place) to...more >

• LENINGRAD TOPS STALINGRAD

  By ED FOUNTAINE

  "Hollywood Herb" McCauley, who recently came out of retirement at age 50 and has been riding at the Meadowlands, hasn't had mount in New York since Hector was a pup. For a while in the...more >

• BECKHAM MIGHT PLAY AGAINST RED BULLS

  By BRIAN LEWIS

  The Red Bulls' road game tonight at the Galaxy (11:00, ESPN2) closes out their regular season, but more than winning or losing against L.A. - and perhaps star David Beckham - it's keeping...more >