January 17, 2009
REX RYAN EXPECTED TO GET OFFER FROM JETS
January 17, 2009 | 11:10pmAnother potential roadblock between the Jets and Rex Ryan fell today when the Rams hired Steve Spagnuolo as head coach. The Rams were the only team other than the Jets...
BARACK OBAMA RIDES RAILS TO CAPITAL
January 17, 2009 | 9:42pmThousands lining the 137-mile rail route from Philadelphia to Washington braved single-digit temperatures for hours today to catch a glimpse of the man who will be inaugurated the country's first...
HUDSON PLANE CRASH VIDEO
January 17, 2009 | 9:04pmNew York City authorities released the first video showing the spectacular crash landing of US Airways Flight 1549. Security cameras on a Manhattan pier captured the Airbus A320 as it...
GIANTS DC STEVE SPAGNUOLO TO COACH RAMS
January 17, 2009 | 8:43pmThe Giants a year ago braced for the loss of defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo but the impact never came. They sure felt it today. The hiring of Spagnuolo as the...
4 STABBED AT BROOKLYN 'BIGGIE' PARTY
January 17, 2009 | 7:59pmA party celebrating the release of a movie about the life of Biggie Smalls ended with four people being stabbed in the rapper's home borough today, cops said. The men...
ISRAEL DECLARES UNILATERAL GAZA CEASE-FIRE
January 17, 2009 | 7:27pmIsrael implemented a unilateral cease-fire early Sunday in its 22-day offensive that turned Gaza neighborhoods into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas. But Israeli...
PHILS SIGN COLE HAMELS FOR THREE YEARS
January 17, 2009 | 5:16pmBy JOEL SHERMANThe Phillies have reached a three-year, $20.5 million contract with their ace, Cole Hamels, the Post has learned.Hamels will receive $4.35 million in 2009, $6.65 million in 2010...
Sundance: The No-Show Wears Prada
January 17, 2009 | 3:14pmAnna Wintour didn't show up for last night's world premiere of "The September Issue,'' a documentary look at nine months' labor at Vogue, in Salt Lake City. My spies tell...
TIGER TO TEE UP FOR BAM'S BASH
January 17, 2009 | 10:05amBarack Obama hit the road, the furniture movers loaded up, and Tiger Woods made the cut for an inauguration the likes of which this country's never seen. The golf star...
BLACK AND GOLD WILL LEAVE ROOK FLACC AND BLUE
January 17, 2009 | 8:55amNOW The Kid ventures into uncharted waters, into a treacherous place where bloodthirsty black-and-gold sharks lay in wait. Sixty minutes from history, 60 minutes from the chance to become the...
BRUNNER BELIEVES IN FELLOW BLUE HEN
January 17, 2009 | 8:54amSeemingly everything Joe Flacco has done the past year has surprised football fans: From being a first-round pick out of Division I-AA Delaware, to immediately earning the starting job in...
TRENDSETTERS
January 17, 2009 | 8:48amCARDINALS (+4) VS. EAGLES (3:00) Arizona has covered five straight in January, four of five on grass, four of five in conference, seven of 10 at home, 11 of 16...
ROETHLISBERGER GIVES STEELERS EDGE OVER RAVENS
January 17, 2009 | 8:46amHERE'S a look at how the ever-changing NFL spreads are faring so far this week, according to our favorite Vegas insiders:RAVENS-STEELERS The Roethlisbergers are 6-point favorites. In their 23-20 overtime...
REGIMEN MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO DANILO'S PROBLEMS
January 17, 2009 | 8:45amIn some circles of the Italian media, there has been questions surrounding the Knicks' handling of Danilo Gallinari's bulging disc, which has limited him to just two games. Last night...
MILT PALACIO GAME STILL HAUNTS THORN, FRANK
January 17, 2009 | 8:44amIt came and went without fanfare. We were busy re-gifting Aunt Mabel's holiday fruitcake, forwarding it to another generation of unsuspecting victims. But Dec. 28 represented the eighth anniversary of...
LUNDQVIST UNDERSTUDY COULD BECOME BEST NO. 2 GOALIE IN RANGERS HISTORY
January 17, 2009 | 8:43amSteve Valiquette, who would be the "I" in a "King and I" Broadway show about Rangers goaltending, has allowed two goals or fewer in each of his past four starts...
GUERIN: WEIGHT AND I DID OUR PART
January 17, 2009 | 8:42amWhen Bill Guerin was reunited with Doug Weight this year on Long Island, the Islanders' captain didn't necessarily expect the duo to compete for a Stanley Cup, but he didn't...
HOLIK WASN'T THROUGH WITH LOU
January 17, 2009 | 8:42amBobby Holik left the Devils in a huff and for $9 million a year in 2002, still seething over a nasty arbitration hearing and Lou Lamoriello's failure to sign him....
KUBEK DEVOTES HIS TIME TO HELPING IMMIGRANTS
January 17, 2009 | 8:39amTony Kubek was busy making a copy of a CD for his good friend and former World Series rival Sandy Koufax, on this particular day. The CD is a baseball...
AS THE WORLD TURNS
January 17, 2009 | 8:37amThe 16 nations participating in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, which begins March 5, are in the process of putting their squads together, seeking commitments and absorbing rejections from MLB...
INAUGURATION A BIG EVENT FOR SEVERAL BIG EAST TEAMS
January 17, 2009 | 8:34amBig East players and coaches will join with the nation Tuesday in watching the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama. It's so big that some teams are changing practice schedules so...
USC RIDING BROOKLYN'S GIBSON
January 17, 2009 | 8:31amCOLLEGE players don't often open up with pride and passion in interview sessions. Keep in mind, these guys are such superstars these days - on campus, on television, on the...
AROUND THE RING
January 17, 2009 | 8:30amLuis Collazo of Brooklyn will be looking to regain a welterweight championship belt when he challenges unbeaten Andre Berto for his WBC title tonight (9:45 p.m.) on HBO's "Boxing After...
TRAINER ROACH IS MIXING IT UP
January 17, 2009 | 8:28amFREDDIE Roach likely will be named the Boxing Writers Trainer of the Year this year after guiding Manny Pacquiao to victories in three different weight divisions, including a December domination...
JOCKEY COULD CRACK TOP 10 OF ALL-TIME
January 17, 2009 | 8:26amGARRETT Gomez, favored to win his second straight Eclipse Award next week as America's jockey of the year, now is poised to make a run at joining the exclusive club...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
January 17, 2009 | 8:23amEVENING ATTIRE HANDICAP Aqueduct, 8th race. Purse: $65,000. Mile-and-a-sixteenth, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 3:49 p.m. LOWDOWN: Barrier Reef emerged as a Derby contender winning last year's Whirlaway over the Big...
CELTS NEXT FOR LEAKY DEFENSE
January 17, 2009 | 8:15amThe defense rests. The Nets have been pretty abysmal on the defensive end lately, and that's part of the reason they have lost two in a row and three of...
CLEMENS' TRAINER GRILLED BY FEDS
January 17, 2009 | 8:15amWASHINGTON - The prosecutor seeking an indictment of Roger Clemens got his first chance to question the former baseball star's chief antagonist, personal trainer Brian McNamee, during a five-hour session...
SPORTS SHORTS
January 17, 2009 | 8:15amNFL: Lions unveil Schwartz The Lions introduced Jim Schwartz yesterday as their head coach. "There's no better feeling in football than turning a situation around," Schwartz said, a day after...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 17, 2009 | 7:39amManhattan * An undercover narcotics detective shot a teen who tried to rob him amid a drug sale in Washington Heights, authorities said yesterday. Anthony Roman, 18, allegedly arranged to...
'BRACE FOR IMPACT'
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amThis is the image of fear. The dramatic photo captures US Airways Flight 1549 in the final terrifying moments before it made its miracle landing on the Hudson River Thursday...
SWAYZE GETS OUT OF HOSP
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amPatrick Swayze was released from a California hospital yesterday, one week after checking himself in with pneumonia, his publicist said. Swayze, 56, who went into the hospital Jan. 9 for...
'FAME' FOR SINGER
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amShe lost her passport and nearly drowned, but an Australian singer who survived the emergency landing in the Hudson River had something else on her mind yesterday. Emma Cowan, who...
BAM'S BRO PLAYS IN A LOW KEY
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amSHENZHEN, China - The news release didn't say who Mark Ndesandjo was. Nor did the posters and e-mails promoting the concert yesterday in this southern Chinese boomtown where he played...
STAYIN' ALIVE: SURVIVORS BEAT CHILL BY DANCING ON WING
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amCHARLOTTE, NC - They were dancing on the wings. Survivors of US Airways Flight 1549 said they fended off potentially deadly frostbite by boogying on the aircraft while awaiting a...
RUNWAY IN 'DEAD SILENCE'
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amWhen Mark Wilkinson, a pilot on the tarmac at La Guardia, heard a jet was going down in the Hudson, he knew the odds of survival were grim. Here is...
10G MADONNA PIC
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amIt's not as if you haven't seen her naked, but a 30-year-old nude photo of Madonna will cost you about $10,000 at a Christie's auction on Feb. 12. Photographer Lee...
FLAY-BROILED WAITERS' $$ FIGHT
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amCall him Bobby Flayed. Celebrity chef Bobby Flay faces a court grilling over alleged labor-law violations at his Southwestern-style restaurants. Three waiters at Flay's Bar Americain in Midtown claim in...
CELEBRATIONS APLENTY HERE
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amWhy go to DC when you can celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration the way George Washington celebrated his - right here in New York? From places to watch the ceremony on...
DAVE: '2ND THOUGHTS' ON HILL'S SUCCESSOR
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday said that he was having "new thinking" about whom to name to Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat and that he would make the appointment soon...
SO BERRY CLUMSY
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amWASHINGTON - Barack Obama's cherished BlackBerry slipped through his fingers yesterday - but it was only a butterfingers moment. Obama, who has been resisting requests that he relinquish the device...
LI 'HAZE' HS ROCKED AGAIN
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amJocks are once again getting out of control at Long Island's Mepham HS, cops said. Six years after the school was rocked by a brutal football-team hazing scandal, an 18-year-old...
BIRDS WON'T GROUND THIS NEW YORKER
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amABOARD US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1697 - We're passing through critical goose-flying range above La Guardia Airport - the exact same route that ended in terror a day earlier - and...
SPITZ HOOKER BOOKER: I WAS SVENGALIED
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amThe New Jersey prep-school grad who helped run the prostitution ring that serviced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer claims the operation's Svengali-like leader made her "as much a victim as she is...
CLEAR MY HIRAM
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amThe woman allegedly smashed in the face with a glass by state Sen. Hiram Monserrate sent a lawyer to court yesterday to demand a judge lift the order of protection...
BLOOMY & GOLISANO IN THIRD-PARTY TAG-TEAM
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amMayor Bloomberg is teaming up with upstate billionaire Tom Golisano to revamp the state Independence Party as an "issues oriented" group focusing on government reform, The Post has learned. "They...
NEW 'CLASS' OF E-MAILS
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amComing soon from a school near you: e-mail blasts! The city Department of Education is planning to offer parents and students free e-mail accounts that will allow schools to reach...
QUIPSTER MORGY NIXES GOV'S SENATE 'OFFER'
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amAfter Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau yesterday handed Gov. Paterson a $109 million check, proceeds from a recent Iranian money-laundering probe, the two suddenly seemed to be auditioning for a comedy...
SELFLESS CO-PILOT SPREADS WARMTH
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amSuper co-pilot Jeff Skiles is the kind of guy who will give you the shirt off his back - literally! The selfless Skiles, the unheralded right-hand man of Flight 1549's...
ONE MORE SEPT. 11 VICTIM
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amA 45-year-old Bronx man who died in October was yesterday declared the 2,752nd victim of 9/11 - making this the first cancer death to be officially linked to the terror...
NASTY DOSE OF PRISON 'CULTURE'
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amLONDON - Former Culture Club frontman Boy George was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in jail after being found guilty last month of falsely imprisoning a Norwegian male escort. Tried...
JURY IN $4M AMTRAK SLAP
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amA Florida retiree who broke his back in a Penn Station tumble has won more than $4.2 million in damages from Amtrak. A Manhattan federal court jury awarded Norman Denis,...
ALWAYS A QUICK THINKER
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amLike every superhero, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III has a super-sized brain - when he was 12 years old, his IQ score qualified him for membership in the genius group...
WHO NEEDS A RABBI? DEAL'S DONE
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amThey never did agree on a rabbi, but the Apthorp's warring owners have finally struck a deal over management of the $500 million Upper West Side landmark. "We have resolved...
SLAY-TRY RAP IN COP EYE-STAB
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amA man accused of plunging a knife into a police sergeant's eye was charged with attempted murder yesterday. Neil Perreira, 32, of Far Rockaway, Queens, stabbed Sgt. Timothy Smith with...
BASH-&-GRAB BROS
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amThe half-witted half-brothers charged with terrorizing the Village with a monthlong, violent mugging spree easily gave each other up under police questioning, according to confessions released yesterday. In fact, each...
BIRDS HAVE RUFFLED FLIERS' FEATHERS SINCE DAYS OF WRIGHT BROS.
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amBirds like those believed to have crippled a US Airways jetliner Thursday have been a danger to aviation since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright, so airports use everything...
'GRIEVOUS' PRODUCERS SLAP PIVEN
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amNot buying Jeremy Piven's fishy excuse for leaving the show, the producers of "Speed-the-Plow" filed a grievance against him with the stage actors union yesterday. Piven, abruptly left the Broadway...
QUIET AIR HERO IS CAPTAIN AMERICA
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amAfter hero Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III turned the Hudson from a river into a runway, his co-pilot beamed. "No one has ever pulled this off," Jeff Skiles said...
HEY, GEESE, GET THE FLOCK OUT!
January 17, 2009 | 7:20am"Round them up - and get rid of them!" Or even kill them if you like. That's the sure answer to eliminating the potentially deadly Canada geese that threaten air...
YANKS, METS $CORE AGAIN
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amThe city's Industrial Development Agency yesterday approved extra tax-free financing for the Yankees' and Mets' new stadiums. The Yankees can now secure another $319 million in tax-free financing and $112...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 17, 2009 | 7:20amA teen girl who participated in Daytona, Fla., spring-break contests involving wet T-shirts, bananas and coital positions can't file suit over photos of her antics posted on the Internet. She...
WARNER'S SUPER BONU$
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amArizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner may earn as much as $4 million in bonuses, doubling his base salary, if he leads his team to its first Super Bowl championship, according...
Apple CEO may get new liver
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amApple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs is considering a liver transplant as a result of complications after treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2004, according to people who are monitoring his illness....
CLOSEOUT AT CIRCUIT CITY
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amCircuit City has shorted out for good. The nation's second-biggest electronics chain, which had filed for Chapter 11 in November, said it will begin liquidating its stores today after it...
BARCLAYS FALLS ON CAPITAL WORRIES
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amBarclays Plc, the UK bank that declined to take government funding last year, dropped the most in two decades of London trading on speculation it would follow US banks in...
TAKE-TWO'S COO TO EXIT
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amTake-Two Interactive said COO Gary Dale will leave the company, a month after the publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto" videogames forecast a first-quarter loss. Dale's day-to-day duties will end...
US GIVES CHRYSLER $1.5B LOAN
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amChrysler Financial, the credit arm of Chrysler LLC, received a $1.5 billion, five-year loan from the US Treasury, prompting the automaker to offer no-interest financing to buyers of some of...
MADOFF'S MOM HAD STOCK-TRADING TROUBLES, TOO
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amThe feds did manage to crack down on a suspicious Madoff business - when they drove Bernie's mother out of the stock-trading firm more than 40 years ago. Sylvia Madoff...
DRURY'S OT WINNER ERASES ONE-SIDED REFEREEING
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amCHICAGO - The Blackhawks' 2008-09 slogan is, "One Goal." Perhaps that should be amended to include, "Plus Two Referees." Look, the Rangers have brought a lot of adversity on themselves...
'DUBIE' BACK IN ISLES' NET
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amIt's never a good sign when fans chant for the backup goalie - particularly when it's the backup goalie from last year and he's playing in Russia. Such was the...
WESTBROOK HOLDS KEY TO PHILLY'S FATE
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amPHILADELPHIA - Brian Westbrook ran 20 times for 38 yards against Minnesota and 18 times for 36 yards against the Giants. From that, one would assume the Eagles' Super Bowl...
IN PITTSBURGH, DEFENSE ALWAYS NAME OF GAME
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amLaMarr Woodley knows the names - Lambert, Ham, Greene, Lloyd. The Steelers linebacker and his teammates enter tomorrow's AFC Championship Game trying to add to that defensive legacy in Pittsburgh....
EDDY STILL CURRY-ING DISFAVOR
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amWASHINGTON - Eddy Curry's fall into oblivion continued, as Knicks rookie Danilo Gallinari returned from his long hiatus. Gallinari dressed for the first time since the season's second game, though...
CONTROVERSIAL GOAL POWERS DEVS TO VICTORY
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amCOLUMBUS, Ohio - The Devils thought it was the proper call. The Blue Jackets didn't think anything about it was right. John Madden scored a controversial goal to help the...
JETS UNLIKELY TO ADD FIRED CHUCKY
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amChucky on Broadway? Don't count on it. Tampa Bay fired Jon Gruden yesterday, freeing up another high-profile coach the Jets could target as they continue to search for a head...
KNICKS FOLD DOWN STRETCH VS. WIZARDS
January 17, 2009 | 6:52amWASHINGTON - The rebirth of the nation will occur Tuesday, with President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration here on the Capitol steps, six blocks from Verizon Center. The recent rebirth of the...
WILL HISTORY BE FAIR? BUSH'S LAST TEST AS PREZ
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amRich Lowry enumerates some valid mistakes and disappointments incurred by President Bush during his eight years in office ("W's Mistakes," PostOpinion, Jan 13). In his last press conference, Bush did...
A CHANCE TO END THE BORDER BATTLE
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amTHE economic crisis presents America with added concerns related to immigration - but also gives the new president the chance to start resolving many of the problems and tensions the...
AN ISSUE HIS VOTERS DEMAND ACTION ON
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amIMMIGRATION reform is one promise Barack Obama will have to follow through on. After Hispanics voted for him in record numbers, those who support putting illegal immigrants on a path...
US POLICIES TOOK AWAY MY BEST PAL
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amI LOST my best friend to this country's immigration policy. My friend, Belinda, is an illegal who in December fled back home to Peru because she didn't want to live...
UP TO 11,000 JOBS MAY GO AT GE CAPITAL
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amJeff Immelt is swinging the sharpest ax of his career at General Electric and may cut as many as 11,000 workers from the payroll at the conglomerate's finance arm. The...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amTime Warner Shareholders of Time Warner voted in favor of a planned reverse stock split after the company separates its cable-televi sion systems business. Time Warner gained 18 cents to...
THE TOXIC AVENGER
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amIn his final hours as Treasury chief, Hank Paulson made a surprise roll of the dice by urging President-elect Barack Obama to set up a new government mega-bank to soak...
MICHAEL MOORE'S COMEUPPANCE
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amFilmmaker Michael Moore may have built his career on the political ex ploitation of others' grief, but it's to be hoped that won't protect him from the long arm of...
GEESE BE GONE
January 17, 2009 | 6:33amIt's time to kill the geese. It's especially time to kill those geese most likely to wreck another jet airliner, much as a gaggle of Canada geese seems to have...
PLAY IT AGAIN, PAYOLA!
January 17, 2009 | 5:55amWHEN executives at the world's biggest music companies broke the law by paying radio stations to play certain songs, little did they know that as punishment they would one day...
THE ART OF THE SMACKDOWN
January 17, 2009 | 5:54amOH, it is so on! Hand over your milk money, you beret-wearing, art school romantics. Outta the way, wine- and-cheese-eating, card-carrying MoMA members. ArtBattles gets under way January 23 at...
HIP-HOPPED & HIGH: A CAUTIONARY TEEN TALE
January 17, 2009 | 5:50amYOU can lecture your kids until you're blue in the face, but if you really want to scare them straight, take them to "Cranked." This hip-hop infused, one-person play about...
WHAT'S UP?
January 17, 2009 | 5:49amTODAY AMPHIBIOUS AMIGOS: Sort of a slime-sodden odd couple, the heroes of "A Year With Frog and Toad" can't agree on whether to worry or unwind - but, like the...
A HOME IN THE WHITE HOUSE
January 17, 2009 | 5:47amANYONE can tour the White House, but only a few people get to call it home. Young Malia and Sasha Obama are about to join a very exclusive club: White...
HEARTBARK HOTEL FURRY SWEET TALE
January 17, 2009 | 5:44amWATCHING the gaggle of ignorant mutts in "Hotel for Dogs" sit down at a long formal table and eagerly wait to lap up the dog food served by their masters...
NBC RENEWS THREE
January 17, 2009 | 5:33amNBC has renewed "The Office," "30 Rock" and "The Biggest Loser" for another season. It also says "Heroes" (starring Ali Larter) has a "very secure" future. "We have to have...
FALLON STUDIO GOES GREEN
January 17, 2009 | 5:33amLATE night is going green. Jimmy Fallon will have one of the first TV studios that's entirely eco-friendly when he takes over "Late Night" March 2. "Everything is recycled," he...
BOBCAT'S OUT OF THE BAG
January 17, 2009 | 5:33amPARK CITY, Utah - Bobcat Goldthwait's Sundance direct ing debut three years ago was about a woman who performed a sex act with a dog. So when he describes his...
ROOM SERVICE
January 17, 2009 | 5:33amYOU gotta hand it to MTV. They have figured out a way to recycle a bunch of old teen-oriented episodes of their popular "MTV Cribs," pair highlights of those shows...
Yankees announce spring training non-roster invitees
January 17, 2009 | 5:13amThe Yankees have invited 20 players not on their major league roster to spring training. Some of the players are free agents, while others are prospects from the Yankees' minor...
CREWS HOIST DITCHED PLANE FROM HUDSON RIVER
January 17, 2009 | 5:00amSalvage crews have used a big crane to lift a downed US Airways jet from the Hudson River onto a barge. The bottom half of the jetliner looked battle-scarred as...
Choke!!!!
January 17, 2009 | 3:40amBy MARC BERMANWASHINGTON - This one was so over, I was ready to hit the send button on my Knicks' winning game story and three-game winning streak.I should have known...