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No, let him stay retired.

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• CLUTCH HITS KEEP LAST BREATH AT BAY

  By MIKE VACCARO

  EVEN the man who hit the homer had to laugh at the hyperbole. "Did it save the season?" Jason Giambi had just been asked. "I'm not going to make it that melodramatic,"...more >

• GIAMBI GIVES YANKS SOME LIFE SUPPORT

  BUT LIKELY TOO LATE TO SAVE SEASON

  By GEORGE A. KING III and MIKE PUMA

  Make no mistake, the pulse is fleeting on the Yankees' season, no matter how many times Jason Giambi pumps life into it. So, after you slap a "kick me" sign on Alex Rodriguez's...more >

• JOBA SEES 'LIGHT' AFTER BP SESSION

  By GEORGE A. KING III and MIKE PUMA

  Throwing 45 pitches during a third bullpen session yesterday has Joba Chamberlain encouraged he will pitch again this season. "There is light, I see it peeking through," Chamberlain said...more >

• NOTHING 'CLASSIC' 'BOUT THIS ONE

  ONE WIN VS. SOX DOES NOT A SEASON MAKE

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  PLEASE, please, I beg the executives at YES, do not make yesterday's comeback victory over the Red Sox into a Yankees Classic. I know you are already imagining what you can do with John...more >

• BABY BOSS: DON'T BLAME JOE

  By MIKE PUMA

  Life in the honeymoon suite sure is sweet. Hank Steinbrenner yesterday said the entire Yankees organization is at fault for the team's unacceptable showing in the standings, with one notable...more >

• MURPHY'S SLUMP MIGHT BE HISTORY

  By BART HUBBUCH

  MIAMI - Daniel Murphy sure knows how to break out of a slump. The Mets' rookie left fielder did it in style Wednesday night in Philadelphia, ending what had been a miserable stretch with an...more >

• CARLOS 'KING' AGAIN

  MONSTER 2ND HALF HAS DELGADO, METS BACK ON TOP

  By BART HUBBUCH

  MIAMI - What was a no-brainer decision on Carlos Delgado two months ago for the Mets is still a no-brainer today. Only now, it's entirely the other way around. As recently as June 25, when...more >

• TYREE HAS DEVIL OF A TIME

  By PAUL SCHWARTZ

  Thinking back to the most troubled time in a life filled with troubled times, David Tyree recalls a moment darker than any other. "Somebody asked me what my name was and I told them, 'the...more >

• SUPER SNOREFEST

  GIANTS, PATS REST STARTERS IN FINAL EXHIBITION GAME

  By PAUL SCHWARTZ

  Eli Manning wasn't in the game. Tom Brady wasn't even in the building. Please, please someone do something about the NFL preseason. "Preseason is a necessary evil," center Shaun...more >

• GIANT MOTIVATION

  'UNDERDOG' BIG BLUE OPENS AGAINST 'KINS

  By JUSTIN TERRANOVA

  Disrespected, ignored and dealing with the injuries and retirement of their best players - not much has changed for the Giants, except for the rings on their fingers. The defending Super Bowl...more >

• KIWANUKA BAGS SACK AFTER SWITCH

  By PAUL SCHWARTZ

  In the first game since the devastating season-ending injury to Osi Umenyiora, the Giants last night got a look at Mathias Kiwanuka back at defensive end. Kiwanuka, a natural end, moved to strong...more >

• BACKUPS TO THE WALL

  CUTS LOOM AFTER JETS SUBS TOP EAGLES

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  PHILADELPHIA - Brett Favre and the rest of the Jets starters stood as idle as the empty baseball stadium that sits adjacent to Lincoln Financial Field, watching their team beat the Eagles 27-20 last...more >

• LIBS BOOED IN RETURN

  By LENN ROBBINS

  If the Liberty didn't get the memo - the one that informed them the Olympic break was over and the second half of the season began last night - then they certainly got the message sent by the...more >

• SERENA ADVANCES WITH 'QUICK' AND EASY VICTORY

  By BRIAN LEWIS and MARC BERMAN

  The Williams sisters - who won doubles gold in Beijing - are halfway to what would be a disappointingly-early potential quarterfinal matchup at the U.S. Open. Shortly after Venus advanced by...more >

• BLAKE WINS BY DEFAULT

  By MARC BERMAN

  James Blake owes Steve Darcis a box of Belgian chocolates. Clearly still fatigued from his post-midnight five-set escape from Donald Young early Tuesday morning, Blake played an awful first set...more >

• A LUCKY COIN

  TOP-SEEDED IVANOVIC UPSET AT OPEN

  By MARC BERMAN

  On the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Open, Ana Ivanovic provided another historic memory - the biggest women's tennis upset ever, based on rankings. Ivanovic also pulled off another first - a No...more >

• RAFA BREAKS DE HEART

  NADAL OVERPOWERS AMERICAN QUALIFIER

  By BRIAN LEWIS

  If Rafael Nadal had been suffering from an Olympic hangover and had been tired coming into this U.S. Open, three days off cured that. He got away from tennis and replaced it with golf, rested and...more >

• BORG, MCENROE PICK TOP MATCH EVER 'SEEN'

  By DAN MARTIN

  In case there was any doubt that the Wimbledon final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer was the greatest ever, the winner of the match previously considered to be the best, tried to erase it...more >

• MANU, CELTIC IN EURO DRAW

  APAP

  MONTE CARL - Defending champion Manchester United was drawn yesterday into a group with Scotland's Glasgow Celtic, Spain's Villarreal and Denmark's Aalborg in the first round of the...more >

• LPGA'S ENGLISH RULE CRITICIZED

  By DOUG FERGUSON, AP

  NORTON, Mass. - Imagine what could have happened to Angel Cabrera if he belonged to a tour that required its players to speak English. A powerful Argentine who rose from an impoverished childhood...more >

• CURLIN FAVORED IN SPA'S WOODWARD

  By ED FOUNTAINE

  SARATOGA SPRINGS - Curlin, America's 2007 Horse of the Year and ranked the best horse in the world this year by the international Timeform ratings, makes his Saratoga debut as the odds-on...more >

• WIN WAS IN THE 'EQUATION'

  By ED FOUNTAINE

  SARATOGA SPRINGS - Sunset racing today; first post 2:45 p.m. In the summer's top steeplechase race, the Grade 1, $150,000 NY Turf Writers Cup Handicap at 23/8 miles over 10 fences, Dark...more >

• SPORTS SHORTS

  BASEBALL: Beckett remains on shelf Josh Beckett was scratched again from a scheduled start, and the Red Sox ace plans to have his ailing right elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews. Beckett is to see...more >

• WORLD GONE 'MAD'

  RAYS SKIPPER RUNS TEAM THE RIGHT WAY

  By PHIL MUSHNICK

  DICK Young, who packed more into a paragraph than some sportswriters could pack into a three-part series, died 21 years ago this Monday. Geez, 21 years. Funny, how those who loved him and those who...more >

• HONDO 'DOGGIN' IT

  The Cubs were heroic for Hondo last night, rally ing to give him his fifth straight victory and boost the burgeoning bankroll to 630 torgesons. Tonight, he's hoping a three-'dog night will...more >

• STORM KOS RED STORM TRIP

  AP

  The unpredictable path of Gustav, the storm that has killed dozens, forced St. John's officials to cancel the basketball team's Labor Day weekend trip to Cancun, Mexico. The school said...more >

• RU READY TO BE CONSISTENT

  By LENN ROBBINS

  PISCATAWAY - Rutgers coach Greg Schiano admits he failed in the most fundamental of ways last season. Oh, the numbers that define a season were respectable. In fact, considering the decades of...more >

• MARKS SIGNS WITH HORNETS

  AP

  NEW ORLEANS - The Hornets yesterday signed free-agent Sean Marks, a nine-year NBA veteran who can play both power forward and center. The 6-foot-10, 250-pound Marks has been a role player...more >

• 5 QUESTIONS FOR...

  KIRK HERBSTREIT

  The NFL is a week away, but college football opened last night and continues this weekend. ESPN analyst and former Ohio State quarterback Kirk Herbstreit talked with the Post's Justin Terranova...more >

• 'PAC' IS BACK

  NFL REINSTATES JONES

  Associated Press

  Adam "Pacman" Jones did what he had to do to get back into the NFL for real. He stayed out of trouble. The cornerback-kick returner was fully reinstated yesterday from his 17-month NFL...more >

• SUMMER SIMMERS

  By KEN MORAN

  THE end of the summer has come quickly, but despite the cooler temperatures the saltwater action remains hot. Here are some reminders. The porgy regulations change starting Monday on charter and...more >

• BROWN, UCONN HAMMER HOFSTRA

  Associated Press

  Donald Brown ran for 146 yards and four first-half touchdowns as Connecticut won its season opener 35-3 over Hofstra last night in East Hartford, Conn. It was the Huskies' seventh win without a...more >

• CUBS SLAM PHILS

  Associated Press

  On his 65th birthday, Lou Piniella found himself in the middle of a noisy celebration. He can thank Aramis Ramirez for stirring up the party. Ramirez hit a grand slam in the eighth inning last...more >

• BOUT OF 'INTRIGUE'

  DE LA HOYA-PACQUIAO WILL SELL TICKETS

  By GEORGE WILLIS

  SOMEONE asked me if I was intrigued by the Dec. 6 bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao that was officially announced yesterday. "Intrigued" is an appropriate choice of words...more >