September 3, 2009
Pitching set for Cubs series
DENVER -- The pitching matchups are now ready for the Mets' three-game series with the Cubs that starts Friday night at Citi Field. Here is the breakdown:Friday -- RHP Carlos...
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Diehl misses first game
By PAUL SCHWARTZFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Left tackle David Diehl never has missed a game in his first six years with the Giants. He never missed a game in college at...
Beloved Brooklyn baby walrus dies
Akituusaq, the husky two-year-old Pacific walrus who had the heart of a borough wrapped around his diminutive flippers, died on Sept. 1 from complications from pneumonia. Born at the New...
Plenty of reasons to look forward to PSAL football season
The long summer ends officially Saturday, the day when the entire city straps on its helmets and starts the season in earnest. It is a day I particularly enjoy, right...
Girls soccer transition taking focus off field
There has been too much chatter about who may not play and not enough of about who is going to as the PSAL girls soccer season get ready sto start....
CNG newspapers publish Democratic primary endorsements
Most of the Community Newspaper Group’s 30 newspapers published endorsements today in citywide and local Democratic Primary contests. The newspapers were unanimous in recommending William Thompson as the Democratic standard-bearer...
Light workout for Rivera
By GEORGE A. KING IIITORONTO -- If you didn't know Mariano Rivera's left groin was cranky you would have never guessed that by watching the Yankees closer play catch with...
Perennial contender drops down
The South Shore football program has fallen on some hard times. Just five years after playing in the PSAL city championship game and three years after sending a blue-chip quarterback...
Molloy forward bound for Binghamton
Kyra Aloizos had plenty of time. The senior on the Archbishop Molloy girls’ basketball team could have waited on choosing a school until the NCAA live period in the fall...
Park Slope under the microscope in new book
Shopping at the Park Slope Co-op. Strategizing to get into a good public school zone. Hanging out with mommies at Tea Lounge.Sound familiar? To readers living east of Prospect Park,...
Koosman gets 6-month sentence
APMADISON, Wis. -- A federal judge in Wisconsin has sentenced former Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman to six months in prison for not paying his taxes.Prosecutors say Koosman, a former All-Star...
Sunburst of sound headed your way
Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound always enjoy playing in New York.“It’s been so contrary to what people have you think,” says Charlie Saufley, frontman of the San Francisco-based psychedelic band....
Death becomes Al Pacino
Headline: Death becomes Al PacinoDeath never looked so good!Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino was all smiles on Avenue U near Nostrand Avenue last week on the set of his new...
Sweat 'Dreamland'!
Let there be life!A last-minute deal will reopen Dreamland amusement park in Coney Island for Labor Day weekend, as landlord Joe Sitt and his tenant, the park operator, put aside...
Only in 1 York
Michael Hirtenstein has just closed on his $16.8 million multi-apartment deal at One York, the new-construction, Enrique Norten-designed condo building in TriBeCa. As we reported three weeks ago, The Hirt,...
Six countries meet to discuss Iran's nuclear program
FRANKFURT -- Six countries trying to address concerns about Iran's nuclear program met Wednesday to review developments, and officials urged Iran to agree to talks before the U.N. General Assembly...
Aunt of Jaycee Dugard Shares Reunion Story
After 18 years, everything is back to normal. That's what the aunt of Jaycee Dugard says after the kidnapped girl's reunion with her family. Tina Dugard, the sister of Jaycee's...
Corn Ice Cream. Yummy
By FRED KERBERDevin Harris chatted with the media types today, discussing everything Nets, about style (they'll run), to strengths (they're athletic and deep) to weaknesses (they're young).But maybe the most...
Pierce back on field tonight
BY PAUL SCHWARTZFOXBOROUGH - Antonio Pierce reassured everyone wanting to know about the severity of a sore foot that kept him out of the previous two preseason games by repeatedly...
Battaglia’s Broadway Triangle “Burden”
As the proposed rezoning of the Broadway Triangle makes its way through the city’s land use review process, one member of the City Planning Commission, Angela Battaglia, has played a...
Yiddish article about Lander sparks gay marriage debate
A Borough Park newspaper article about Brad Lander has called the 39th City Council candidate’s views on gay marriage into question.At the same time, candidates in the race to replace...
Locals set to blast concrete plant
A proposed concrete plant in Red Hook has already managed to cement opposition throughout the neighborhood, which is planning to take to the streets next week to show its dismay.“We...
Duran's anniversary passes by
On July 14, 2008, 22-year-old Williamsburg resident Richard Duran was murdered in a gang shootout near the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, shadowed by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the elevated J-train.His family’s...
Road to recovery leads through Brooklyn - with Smokey Robinson
Over the last six sessions, A&E Network’s “Intervention” reality series has chronicled the lives of 138 men and women suffering with addiction. On September 12, more than 10,000 people are...
Cops crack cabbie mugging ring
The thieves responsible for a spree of cabbie robberies in Boerum Hill aren’t hailing anyone anymore.So say police, who arrested two of suspects shortly after their last heist on August...
Fringe Primary Candidates bring forth views
In Democratic Party circles, names like Roland Rogers may not ring many bells, but he has made it on the ballot to run in the Democratic primary for mayor.Rogers, along...
Campaign face-off in Sheepshead Bay
Republican challenger Gene Berardelli finally went toe-to-toe with the man he’s trying to unseat, City Councilmember Lew Fidler.The 46th City Council District candidates squared off during the Sheepshead Bay/Plumb Beach...
Crime down in 76th Precinct
Despite a recent bump in burglaries and assaults, overall crime continues a steady decent in the 76th Precinct, police statistics show.In the past 28 days, assaults are up 20 percent,...
Positive Reception in Flatbush to Health Care Reform Proposal
There was nary a vacant seat in the large meeting room at the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church as area residents descended en masse on the house of worship to take part...
Stop gap money comes to LICH
The cash-strapped Long Island College Hospital (LICH) received a boost last week thanks to a state government stop-gap measure.Gov. David Paterson, the State Senate and Assembly allocated $300,000 in grants...
Health care forum turns raucous
From protesters outside depicting President Obama as Hitler to catcalls and shouting from audience members, Rep. Anthony Weiner‘s latest health care reform town hall meeting was marked by decidedly uncivil...
Game 134: Mets at Rockies
DENVER -- Pat Misch will continue his search for his first major-league victory while the Mets will try to avoid a three-game sweep when they take on the Rockies here...
Homemade Cole Slaw Captures the Fresh Flavors of Summer
Homemade cole slaw is just so much better than anything you can buy in a store.Prepared with fresh cabbage that you slice yourself, and studded with sweet and savory vegetables...
Chelsea banned from signings until 2011
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Big news out of Europe, as FIFA has banned Chelsea from registering any players until 2011. Wow. So the toothless tiger actually has fangs!This...
Two from the Northwest
Last night I caught a double bill of Pacific Northwest companies as part of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater's Incubator series.First up was "Undine" by Portland's Hand2Mouth. It actually was more of...
Coverage in The Post
DENVER -- The Mets dropped a 5-2 decision to the Rockies on Wednesday, but a bigger concern still lingered from the night before: Mike Pelfrey. The organization's alarm level with...
WRONG WARMING RX
Article abstract from Journal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresReal Climate on el nino and globa warming
Step Aside Charlie
Rangel must leave chairmanship says The Washington Post
O'S AFGHAN WOES
Michael Yon interviewed from Afghanistan by Ed Morrissey
3 UP: BRUNEY, HINSKE, SCHILLING
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. Joe Girardi has done a terrific job of having his relievers share the burden rather than heap appearances and innings on just a chosen two...
THE RETURN OF CLIENT 9
The Atlantic's Chris Good on Spitzer's chancesBuffalo Business Journal reports a new poll
His story is not history
Two Kings County historians are sparring over factual inaccuracies in one of their books, and the fight is getting so intense that it seems they actually believe the adage that...
He is the eggman!
Councilman Vincent Gentile took Dyker Heights parrots under his wing when he postponed a park renovation that could have caused the worst egg accident since Humpty Dumpty’s infamous fall. The...
He's their goy!
Borough Park has turned into a fierce battleground in the city council’s Democratic primary as candidates John Heyer and Brad Lander have seen their names smeared and their positions on...
'Lot of abuse'
WHINY reality-TV Romeo Jon Gosselin is complaining -- again -- about his soon-to-be ex-wife, Kate. He tells Chris Cuomo of "Good Morning America" that after 10 years of marriage he...
Gokey lands deal
'AMERICAN Idol" No. 3-finisher Danny Gokey is going country. The glasses-wearing widower has signed a long-awaited deal with 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville. This marks the first time in show history that...
Heigl 'Grace' period
HOLLYWOOD will soon be free of the sound of Katherine Heigl complaining about her indentured servitude on "Grey's Anatomy." The attractive-yet-abrasive actress is taking a leave of absence from the...
This year's HOWL! should be a hoot
THERE'S going to be a lot more howling this year. Since 2003, the annual HOWL! Festival has been a late-summer celebration of downtown's vital cultural scene. This year's edition, taking...
Funny girls
'SATURDAY Night Live" is adding two new ladies to its cast of characters. The Comic's Comic blog reported Mon day that comedians Jenny Slate and Nasim Pe drad had already...
Dr. Phil back on O
DR. Phil McGraw is set to make his first appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" since launching his own show seven years ago. McGraw is set to appear Thursday, Sept....
Ted: the night that tormented me forever
Ted Kennedy admitted his behavior was "inexcusable" in the awful hours after his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, a tragedy that killed a young woman -- and...
Coney Island mourns walrus
The New York Aquarium in Coney Island suffered a tragic loss this week when Akituusaq the walrus, whose birth two years ago there made headlines, suddenly contracted pneumonia and died....
O's Afghan woes
The classified status report from Afghanistan by Gen. Stanley McChrystal was censored by the White House before its submission. As a result, it's all bun and no burger. According to...
Get ready for 'All Barack's Children'
"ABC" stands for All Barack's Chil dren. On Sept. 8, young students across the country will be watch ing TV. Yes, they'll be parked in front of boob tubes and...
Wrong warming Rx
The global-warming bill moving through Con gress would cost the na tion nearly $10 trillion -- while doing virtually nothing to stop warming. The Waxman-Markey "cap and trade" bill passed...
Flunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' runs on lawsuits. Beyond coffee and pastries, critics say Dunkin' Donuts has come up with another way to make a profit: Pressure franchise owners into paying hefty penalties and...
Warning: What I'm about to tell you is gross
Never before has this coun try's gross domestic income not increased for six straight quarters. That's the answer to this question: Why does the economy still look and feel so...
Persecute Protectors: O's Misguided Values
*** Ralph Peters is spot-on in regards to the investigations into CIA operatives who kept our country safe during the Bush administration ("Punishing Patriots," PostOpinion, Sept. 1). It seems that...
Furor over state authorities' debt
ALBANY -- The latest state records show New York's public authorities -- long criticized as a shadow government subject to little outside scrutiny -- have increased their debt to more...
Atkins denied parole
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. -- Susan Atkins, the terminally ill Charles Manson follower who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death 40 years ago, lost what could be her last bid for freedom...
Thompson shows class
Say this about Bill Thompson: The guy's got class. The city comptroller and mayoral candidate this week saw his personal life bubble to the surface in some not-especially-flattering ways --...
Henry Hudson's New York
Henry Hudson, an English explorer under contract to the Dutch, sailed into New York's Upper Bay 400 years ago today -- setting in motion mighty historical forces that led directly...
The Return of Client 9
Something has gone terribly wrong when a university professor earns just one-tenth the pay of a high-priced call girl, dontcha think? CCNY has hired former Gov. Eliot Spitzer -- who...
Health lessons from schools
If Congress creates a public option in health-care insurance, will that inevita bly lead to a single-payer system, with the government everyone's insurer? And should that happen, would the single-payer...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Once a cop, always a cop. A retired officer helped the NYPD crack a series of Chinatown assaults, authorities said yesterday. On Sunday, Alexander Corchado, 61, allegedly attacked a...
Libya fiend taken to ER en route to hell
TRIPOLI, Libya -- The mass-murdering terrorist who received a hero's welcome when he was released by Scotland last month has been moved into the emergency room of a hospital in...
HS sex 'victim' sues city
A high-schooler who says she was sexually assaulted by a classmate is suing the city for allegedly allowing her attacker -- a known troublemaker -- to prey on fellow students....
Airline now really gives a sit
DALLAS -- Unlike other carriers, Southwest Airlines doesn't give passengers assigned seats, but now, for $10 each way, it's giving customers a better shot at scoring a window or aisle...
Group wants Rudy for gov
ALBANY -- A statewide "Draft Rudy Giuliani" committee encouraging the former mayor to run for governor next year has been formed by a bipartisan group of longtime political activists, The...
Palin tried to adopt granddaughter: Levi
Conservative ex-veep candidate Sarah Palin tried to secretly adopt her teenage daughter's baby to hide the fact that he was conceived out of wedlock, the kid's dad claims. Levi Johnston...
Stanford is sued by Bellagio
Bellagio LLC, which operates a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas strip, has sued accused Ponzi mastermind R. Allen Stanford for $258,480 in gambling debts. Stanford, who is fighting...
Black-white 'flier' storm
Public-advocate candidate Bill de Blasio has outraged black politicians and many of his own constituents by sending targeted mailings to African-American neighborhoods featuring pictures of his interracial family, sources told...
She overcame taint of Nixon to rise to top
The best news about Diane Sawyer getting the anchor slot at ABC "World News" is that it's not big news. It's not like Sawyer is the first woman to anchor...
Bloomy in 'rally' low blow
If there's one day this year when city Comptroller Bill Thompson could expect the media spotlight to shine brightly on him, it's Sept. 15, when he'll almost certainly dispatch little-known...
Dem robbed Peter to pay Paul: feds
Top Democratic fund-raiser Hassan Nemazee, who's already charged with swindling Citibank out of $74 million, repaid the financial institution with $74 million that he scammed from another bank, and defrauded...
Business briefs
Still cutting US companies cut more jobs than forecast in August and boosted their workers' productiv ity the most since 2003 in the second quarter, signaling employers are seeking to...
Pfizer OKs record fine
Pfizer Inc. agreed to a $1.2 billion criminal fine, the largest in US history, and a felony plea by a subsidiary to close an investigation into what government lawyers described...
Happy 40th, Internet!
Now, even the Internet is too old to Twitter. The technology that transformed the world in which we live turned 40 yesterday. It was on Sept. 2, 1969, that scientists...
AIG wants its IPO fees cut
American International Group Inc. CEO Robert Benmosche told employees he wants to cut in half the fees paid to Wall Street banks to take the insurer's units public. AIG, which...
YouTube floating 'Blockbuster' idea
Movie-rental outfits like Blockbuster and Netflix may soon find they have a formidable rival in Google's YouTube. The popular video-streaming Web site is reportedly holding talks with some of Hollywood's...
O to address Congress on failing 'health'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans a dramatic health-care speech to a joint session of Congress next Wednesday to try to bounce back from a brutal month in which his overhaul...
Staff as 'forgetful' as the boss
WASHINGTON -- Charlie Rangel's "forgetfulness" is apparently contagious. Two of his top aides are among about a dozen highly paid staffers on the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee who...
Ratty union's got chutzpah
First a church, now a synagogue. It ain't kosher. A union has placed a huge 12-foot inflatable rat outside the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale to protest the synagogue's use of...
Roger and me
On the court, Darren Cellemme is no match for Roger Federer. But when he serves drinks behind the bar at Charley O's, the aspiring actor is a dead ringer for...
Japan 1st lady a space case
TOKYO -- Japan's next prime minister might be nicknamed "The Alien," but it's his wife who claims to have had a close encounter with another world. "While my body was...
Amazon hits Google plan for books
Amazon, the maker of the popular Kindle e-book reader, is taking aim at Google, a wannabe rival in the digital-book space. Amazon's lawyers attacked Google's proposed settlement with a group...
Patently Google
Anyone looking to Google's bare-bones home page for Web-site design inspiration might want to search elsewhere -- the Internet giant has won the right to sue anyone who uses a...
A great news day at last for Sawyer
Diane Sawyer's elevation to the "World News" anchor desk is sweet validation for the ABC News veteran. Sawyer, 63, is departing "Good Morning America" at year's end to replace Charlie...
Charlie ups the race-card ante
First it was Gov. Paterson. Now the dean of New York's congressional delegation has played the race card -- and just as the governor did, he's using President Obama to...
Klutzy ball boy lands on YouTube
A tennis ball boy is supposed to stay almost invisible, but when Jonnathan Mora lunged for a ball during a US Open match Tuesday night, he landed on YouTube. "It...
Ballad of John and no-no
A John Lennon fan who scrawled "LOVE" on his hero's Central Park memorial probably didn't imagine he'd be arrested. Michael Philippas, 51, was charged with making graffiti after he took...
Madoff nod-off
Wall Street's top watchdogs acted more like Keystone Cops than highly paid enforcers, bungling tips and missing many chances to sniff out Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff. A report by the...
Parents relieved as scores rebound
There was plenty of drama buried amid the many A's and B's awarded by the Department of Education to more than 1,000 city schools yesterday. Schools once scheduled to close...
3rd party warned on funds
The city Campaign Finance Board sent a warning yesterday to the Working Families Party and candidates who use its for-profit arm, saying they're the same entity and all expenditures must...
For Cartier, CEO has lost his luster
Looking to reinforce its traditional, low-key image as the economy sputters, Cartier has clamped down on a high-flying executive in New York. Frederic de Narp is close to stepping down...
Allen's wrenched over Charter deal
A federal bankruptcy judge yesterday questioned why Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen thinks he's entitled to compensation as part of the restructuring of his struggling cable company Charter Communications. US Bankruptcy...
Franchises lose yardage
Football teams are no longer the gold mines they once were for their billionaire owners -- as several lost value for the first time in a decade. In the first...
Bernie books are a bust
Sex and scandal haven't been enough to make big sellers out of books about Bernard Madoff. According to Nielsen BookScan, neither a much-discussed tell-all by alleged ex-mistress Sheryl Weinstein nor...
Spitzer's gal breaks her silence
The high-paid escort who notoriously romped with disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer has a message to New York ladies: You're no better than me! "Get real and get over yourself," Ashley...
Bx. group refuses Espada's 'dirty' $$
The New Bronx Chamber of Commerce has rejected a nearly $2 million gift from Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. -- whose notorious participation in a state Senate coup came...
Her ballad just might strike the right chord
NO MATTER what an ex- governor might think, ya can't hold a determined escort back. Ashley Dupre's ambition to rise to the top of the single charts with yesterday's release...
It's a grade-A beef
Talk about a learning curve. An astonishing 97 percent of the city's public and elementary schools earned an A or B "report card" grade from the Department of Education yesterday...
Brown frantic amid 'oil' spill
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted yesterday there was "no double-dealing, no deal on oil" in the Lockerbie terrorist scandal -- even amid revelations that a senior politician had sought...
Husband's 'second shot'
The man who shot his co-ed wife on a Brooklyn street as onlookers ignored her screams for help then coolly aimed his .357 revolver and blasted away again as she...
Peek-O-boo, Daddy!
I see you! Eight-year-old Sasha Obama peers from behind a couch as her father finishes some paperwork at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, apparently oblivious to his adorable...
Biker cops' safety class
The NYPD is launching a motorcycle safety course for cops. Since 2005, six off-duty officers have died while operating motorcycles, and others have been injured. The spate of motorcycle accidents,...
2nd Supreme hints at quitting
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court's liberals will retire next year. If Stevens...
Drivers in a real jam
Here's a warning for drivers who are fed up with traffic congestion: It'll get worse. The tanking economy and resulting job losses meant there were actually fewer cars on the...
A pitch at Ted seat
Curt Schilling, the former pitcher who in 2004 helped the Boston Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years, is interested in running for the late Ted Kennedy's...
Twisted sister 'drunk' on Long Island
A Long Island nun's bad habit has her in trouble with police -- who say she guzzled half a bottle of gin and went on a wild ride that nearly...
It's rocks & frocks
A stunning Manhattan p.r. executive accused of snatching nearly $100,000 in clients' bling had previously tried to build a matching wardrobe for herself with stolen designer clothes, authorities say. Mallory...
Hewitt: Bring on Federer
Roger Federer won the first of his five straight US Open titles in 2004, beating Lleyton Hewitt in the finals, something the Australian is acutely aware of. "Not a lot...
Gaudin gets shot to earn playoff roster spot
BALTIMORE -- Chad Gaudin probably is competing for a postseason spot with the man he's replacing today. Gaudin will start tonight for the Yankees in Toronto, but he's only doing...
CC Sabathia, A-Rod help Yanks get win
BALTIMORE -- In the early rounds last night the Orioles had a puncher's chance to hurt CC Sabathia. A run in the first opened a small cut above an eye...
Rivera out for couple of days with sore groin
BALTIMORE -- For the next day or two, Mariano Rivera might not be available, because the all-world closer is suffering from a sore left groin. Rivera didn't pitch during last...
Marat: Lay off my sis
It's over for Marat Safin at the U.S. Open, forever, and on his way out he said lay off his sister. Dinara Safin is the world's No. 1 ranked player...
Eli vows: Big Blue prepped
FOXBOROUGH -- Broadway Eli? Not quite, but Eli Manning yesterday did offer up something of a guarantee when he spoke at the Giants' annual Kickoff Luncheon in Manhattan. GIANTS BLOG...
Odds-on 'Rachel' facing 7
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- No filly has ever won the storied Woodward Stakes; few have even tried. But in her biggest challenge yet, super filly Rachel Alexandra will be odds-on breaking...
Once again, Dynaski looks short & sweet
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- I've picked Dynaski every time he's run over jumps at Saratoga and he's a neck from being 3-for-3. As much as I'd like to shop for a...
Jets may regret not looking at Vick
By the time the 2009 NFL season comes to an end there will be several teams wishing they had signed Michael Vick. One of them could be the Jets. The...
Jets not eyeing Marshall
A report yesterday said the Broncos are carefully monitoring any public comments made by the Jets that might indicate Gang Green is tampering with suspended Denver receiver Brandon Marshall. But...
Suspended starters making most of time with Gang
Reality is setting in for two of the Jets' most important defensive players -- linebacker Calvin Pace and defensive end Shaun Ellis. Both are preparing to play their final game...
Nadal's hair to win the mane event
Rafael Nadal made con siderably shorter work of Richard Gasquet than Rafa's stylist made of his hair, which, by Nadal's standards, ended up quite short indeed. Gasquet, cleared by an...
Last shot to make Giant impression
FOXBOROUGH -- Tonight is not about the stars or the starters, it is for the hopefuls. There are precious few roster spots open and those desperate to become a member...
Regis eyes boys soccer title
Kyle Sarnataro has fond memories of playing in the CHSAA Class A intersectional semifinals last year at St. John's University's Belson Stadium, one of the premier soccer-specific venues in the...
Martin Luther King soccer has 'phenomenal' ability
Martin Jacobson doesn't like to compare his Martin Luther King Jr. boys' soccer teams from one year to the next. He prefers to judge them based on accomplishments, namely city...
Archbishop Molloy poised for soccer repeat
The target is squarely fixed on the Archbishop Molloy soccer team. But according to senior Glenn Whelan, it has little to do with being the defending CHSAA Class A intersectional...
Young Kennedy team expects tough times
Alex Vega has been a part of the John F. Kennedy football program for 18 years, going back to when he was a 14-year-old freshman at the Bronx school. He...
New divisions change PSAL picture
Beach Channel pulled off one of the biggest upsets in PSAL football playoff history last season when the Dolphins knocked off then-defending champion Curtis in the first round on Staten...
Maturing Curtis soccer has high hopes
Star forward Christian Aldaz was confined to the bench with a knee injury and the Curtis boys soccer team was on the verge of doing something its players and their...
New offense excites Cardinal Hayes
Kwamayne Davis spent the past two seasons learning and growing comfortable in the flex bone offense at Cardinal Hayes. Now, in is his third season as the starter, the senior...
LeBron riding toward free agency
AKRON, Ohio -- Police halt traffic so the King can pass. Speeding downhill and through an intersection where the traffic signal glows red, LeBron James rolls onto a long bridge...
Boone back on field with Astros
CHICAGO -- Aaron Boone ran to his position at first base and that's when it really hit him. He was back, playing in a major league game for the first...
Boone back in bigs
CHICAGO --- Aaron Boone ran to his position at first base, and that's when it really hit him. He was back, playing in a major-league game for the first time...
Bum knee no sweat for Venus
Venus Williams took the court yesterday bearing more adhesive tape than a shelf at CVS. Her left knee engulfed in a major wrap, she didn't look the part of the...
Sports shorts
FOOTBALL: Stephens, ex-Patriot, killedJohn M. Stephens, the 1988 Offensive Rookie of the Year for the Patriots, was killed after the 43-year-old's pickup truck ran off a Shreveport, La., highway and...
Beltran returns to action
Carlos Beltran started his a rehab assignment last night for the Brooklyn Cyclones in a 4-2 loss to Hudson Valley at KeySpan Park. Beltran, out since June 22 with a...
Hondo's 3-for-all
About nine more days like that and Hondo will be back in the black. Mr. Aitch somehow came up with a couple of winners last night, scoring with the Gi...
Pelfrey's confidence a big concern
DENVER -- A devastating, season-long run of injuries left Mike Pelfrey as the last healthy man standing in the Mets' rotation. Ironically, the big right-hander is also the starter who...
Giambi-led Rockies crush Mets
DENVER -- Jason Giambi's career isn't dead just yet. The former Yankees slugger, trying to revive himself with the Rockies, laced the first pitch he saw from Mets reliever Brian...
Weird but true
John Waters would be so proud. Officials in Madison, Wis., have named the pink flamingo the city's official bird in honor of a legendary college prank at the University of...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOTIM SULLIVANLENN ROBBINSBRIAN LEWISBOISE ST. 3½ Oregon (10:15, ESPN)OregonBoise St.OregonOregonOHIO ST. 21½ Navy (Sat., Noon, ESPN)Ohio StateNavy★ Ohio StateOhio StatePENN ST. 27 Akron (Noon,...
It's time to Cowboy up
You're not going to get very far in the college football world, taking the Big 12 over the SEC on a consistent basis. Swimming in quicksand. Playing with fire. Flirting...
Rutgers looks to win elusive Big East title
In a seven-part series ending on Saturday, The Post will break down the 2009 college football season. Today, Part 5: Rutgers. Without a single Top 25 team or a clear-cut...
Seattle beats DC in U.S. Open Cup final at RFK
Apparently Seattle wins trophies, too.Freddy Montero and Roger Levesque scored to give the expansion Sounders a 2-1 win over D.C. United in the U.S. Open Cup final tonight at RFK.The...
Beltran plays, discusses rehab
From BRIAN LEWISBROOKLYN -- Carlos Beltran started his a rehab assignment tonight for the Single-A Cyclones in a 4-2 loss to Hudson Valley at KeySpan Park. Beltran, out since June...
Forget Alice! Take a seat at the Klutz’s magic tea party
Every little girl has a tiny faux porcelain tea set. I had three.Considering my childhood love of tea parties, in retrospect, it’s surprising that I never enjoyed tea sandwiches during...
Robbed on the rails
Robbed on the railsA straphanger was mugged by four thugs as he rode the J train into the Marcy Avenue station last week.Police were told that the train was nearing...
Locals set to blast concrete plant
A proposed concrete plant in Red Hook has already managed to cement opposition throughout the neighborhood, which is planning to take to the streets next week to show its dismay.“We...
Battaglia’s Broadway Triangle “Burden”
As the proposed rezoning of the Broadway Triangle makes its way through the city’s land use review process, one member of the City Planning Commission, Angela Battaglia, has played a...
Yiddish article about Lander sparks gay marriage debate
A Borough Park newspaper article about Brad Lander has called the 39th City Council candidate’s views on gay marriage into question.At the same time, candidates in the race to replace...