September 26, 2009
Cano goes deep in 3-0 win over Boston
CC Sabathia combined on a two-hitter to become the major leagues' first 19-game winner, Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking, opposite-field homer off the top of the left-field fence and the...
Gamtetracker: follow the action live
The Mets' John Maine takes on Mariners' lefty Sean West...
Reyes runs but still done for year
MIAMI -- Jose Reyes ran “with some intensity” for the first time in months at a training facility in New York today, although Jerry Manuel said the Mets still don’t...
Game 155: Mets at Marlins
MIAMI -- The Mets hope to keep doing their part to eliminate the rival Marlins here tonight when John Maine takes the mound at Land Shark Stadium.The Mets damaged Florida's...
Bulldogs 'play until they win' against Grand Street
Campus Magnet left little to chance this week. Eight days after blowing a three-touchdown lead in a demoralizing home loss to Erasmus Hall, the Bulldogs showed no mercy. They scored...
Grand Street takes a step back
Ed Gazzillo felt last week’s demolition of Grady was the victory his Grand Street Campus football team needed to get on a roll. It wasn’t, not with Campus Magnet its...
HS football score recaps
Here are this weekend's complete list of scores: PSAL New Utrecht 20, Tottenville 18 Fort Hamilton 34, Port Richmond 0 Curtis 54, James Madison 0 Lincoln 28, Columbus 3 Sheepshead...
Slain Yale grad Annie Le laid to rest
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. -- Shared grief has made them like family, but not the way they had ever wanted, the mother of a slain Yale grad student told her...
Gametracker: Follow the action
C.C. Sabathia and the Yankees take on Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Red Sox...
Rep. Maloney's husband dies in climb
Clifton Maloney, 71, husband of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, died yesterday while descending a mountain between Nepal and Tibet, the lawmaker’s office said today. It’s not clear what happened to Maloney,...
Knicks season almost here: Get back in the game
We're almost there, training camp beginning Monday with Media Day after which the Knicks fly to the Capital District. First practice is 9 a.m., Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs.This marks my...
Terror lawyer: No explosives found
DENVER — Claims that an Afghan immigrant was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks are missing...
We win — again! More awards for your Brooklyn Paper!
The Brooklyn Paper has done it again — winning a trifecta of top awards at this weekend’s Independent Free Papers of America annual conference just outside of Chicago.In a clean...
HS team slapped in 'meat haze'
A western New York high school has been roiled by a hazing ritual that entailed hurling raw meat at new players on the girls’ varsity soccer team. Schools Superintendent Chris...
Hanged census worker was nude, bound
BIG CREEK, Kentucky — The part-time census worker found hanged from a tree in rural Kentucky last week with the word "fed" written on his chest was naked and bound,...
Lux heli service shuts down
A helicopter company that shuttled jet-setters from Manhattan to two major airports abruptly suspended service Friday. U.S. Helicopter says on its Web site that it expects the shutdown to be...
Iran to allow inspectors at 'secret' nuke site
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s nuclear chief says his country will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to inspect its newly revealed, still unfinished uranium enrichment facility. Ali Akbar Salehi didn’t specify...
Girls soccer roundup: Lumey, Kobayashi propel Bard past Lab
Emma Lumey and Mina Kobayashi each had two goals and two assists for Bard, who edged Lab Museum, 4-3, to improve to 4-1-0 in Manhattan A-II play. Dana Krause scored...
Coverage in The Post
MIAMI -- The Mets came from behind in the ninth inning to exact a little revenge on the Marlins with a 6-5 win Friday that had help from Daniel Murphy's...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Tottenville takes over Staten Island A lead
Damian Vuotto made 18 saves, Allan Tarkatchev scored his second and third goals of the season and Dardan Nika and Nick Baracella also scored once apiece as Tottenville handed Curtis...
"The Beautiful Life" becomes first cancellation of fall TV season
NEW YORK — The CW network’s “The Beautiful Life: TBL” has become the first television series from the new fall crop to be canceled. The network says it’s being pulled...
Mourners remember Annie Le
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — A Yale University doctoral student found murdered on what was to be her wedding day is being remembered Saturday as a brilliant woman who hoped...
Head conk KOs Conan
Conan O'Brien hit his head during filming for the "Tonight Show" yesterday, halting production of the late night talk show, NBC said. A person close to the production said O'Brien...
Pay-phone robber nabbed
He may pay a big price for stealing small change. David Chin, 47, caught the attention of a cop as he tinkered with a pay phone at 168th Street and...
Jets thank fired-up Fireman
The Patriots weren’t the only ones who noticed how Fireman Ed got the Jets fans fired-up in Sunday’s win over New England. Rex Ryan noticed, too, and gave the ubiquitous...
Chiefs new QB will get up to speed, eventually
THINGS will get better for Chiefs QB Matt Cassel. They have to, right? Because it can’t get much worse. The high-dollar free agent looked good subbing for an injured Tom...
Without Phillips, Giants doing safety dance
Reality set in for the Giants yesterday. Just two days away from facing the Buccaneers, Big Blue was learning to live without free safety Kenny Phillips, who is done for...
Jets will lean on backup CBs
Facing the talented and desperate Titans tomorrow, the Jets’ primary concern will be stopping fleet-footed running back Chris Johnson, who is coming off a 284-yards-from-scrimmage explosion. A secondary concern? Well,...
BCS buster
The best argument for a college football playoff is continued BCS failure. Here’s how to root for chaos this week: The Buster loves to see unbeaten teams get the shaft...
Heisman watch
JACORY HARRISQB, MIAMI TIM SULLIVAN: He’s good, make no mistake. The Hurricanes are, too. But there’s far too much attention being given to a quarterback and a team that has...
Miami will be more than Hokies can handle
MIAMI at VIRGINIA TECH 3:30 p.m., ABC LINE: Miami –21⁄2 • O/U: 471⁄2 EYES ON: Miami LB Colin McCarthy; Virginia Tech RB Ryan Williams ANGLE: One of the earliest signs...
Trendsetters: the top plays
VIKINGS (-7) VS. 49ERS (1:00) The home team has covered five of six in this series. In Week 3 the last six years, Minnesota has lost just once. The Vikings...
No joke: D'Funnybone could be next Big Brown
IF YOU were tempted, heaven-forbid, to get a bet down today on next year’s Kentucky Derby, there is just one horse you would be looking for: D’Funnybone. No joke intended....
Arreola win over Vitali would bring belt back to U.S.
BOXING'S heavyweight division largely is a foreign affair these days, with Ukrainian brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko holding three of the four major belts and Russian giant Nikolay Valuev set...
Sea sinks St. Anthony's, 28-24
The emotion still hadn’t sunk in for Joe Lane, but the St. Joseph by the Sea quarterback had a clear grasp of the importance of the Vikings' 28-24 victory against...
Business briefs
No Goods Demand for US durable goods unexpectedly fell 2.4 percent in August — the most since January — and sales of new homes rose less than forecast. Citi suit...
Molloy can't close door on upset, settles for tie against SFP
The Molloy girls soccer team had many chances to upset St. Francis Prep. Junior Kyra Meli knew it and nearly did enough in the second half to make it happen....
Super sophomore: Avendano leading St. Francis Prep
The St. Francis Prep girls soccer team doesn’t have a secret weapon. No, the Terriers’ best weapon is well known – despite her size and age. Wendy Avendano is a...
Blue Devils girls volleyball bounces back against Trinity
It’s probably too early to call any match a must win, but Poly Prep was reeling this week. The Blue Devils were one of the preseason favorites to win the...
Tweet on the street
The social-networking Web site Twitter has become an essential kitchen tool for New York’s free-ranging street chefs. While most people use the site as a forum to post wisecracks and...
Act now!
IT’S no surprise that “Fame” is back in movie theaters: Who doesn’t dream of becoming a star, especially in this city? But acting classes aren’t just for the starry-eyed. Learning...
A poets house by any other name
ROSES are red, violets are blue, writing good poetry is a difficult thing to do. But for New York’s aspiring bards, it’s about to get easier, thanks to the grand...
Wheel scenic
GOT wheels? At least 1,200 cycling fanatics plan to get the heck out of New York today with the New York Cycling Club’s annual “Escape New York” ride. Starting at...
Top cart
TODAY is street meat’s moment in the sun. The Vendy Awards, an annual cook-off to select the best street vendor in New York City (and therefore the world) takes place...
QC women's volleyball player overcomes disability
Athleticism, tremendous leaping ability, power. Those were all things Queens College women’s volleyball coach Pascale Lubin noticed when potential recruit Nicole Nieves sent in her game tape last year. Nieves...
Rover Cleveland
CLEVELAND Brown would be a prime candidate for flop-sweat, if such a show-biz condition existed for animated TV characters. Cleveland, who was Peter Griffin's put-upon neighbor in Fox's popular "Family...
Four out on 'Intent'
'LAW & Order : Criminal Intent" is making dramatic cast changes for next season -- with four regulars departing. Star Vin cent D'O nofrio is expected to exit some time...
'My pals and I are the victims'
The events of Sunday morning, Sept. 13, 2009, will remain with me forever. On that day, due to the false accusations of a young lady with deep problems, my life...
Tuning out Tosca remake
*** If the set for the Metropolitan Opera's "Tosca" cost between $500,000 and $600,000 to be built, somebody's really making out ("Blight at the Opera," Sept. 23). Estimating about $3,000...
A bullet dodged
THE 12-page indictment against Najibullah Zazi should make it clear that Americans, especially New Yorkers, have dodged yet another bullet -- or, in this harrowing case, a weapon of mass...
Kha-Daffy got one right: Get the UN out of NYC
*** I agree with Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy on one thing: The United Nations should be moved to another hemisphere ("96 Min. of Moammar Madness," Sept. 24). Let's get that...
Church man in perv bust
A Brooklyn church worker was busted for sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy and is being eyed in more than a dozen other cases of molestation, law-enforcement sources said. Angelo Serrano,...
Bright futures
If these school walls could talk. Ruth Lande Shuman believes that vibrant colors can have a positive effect on attitude and behavior, and since 1994, she's been empowering at-risk students...
2 Flight 103 kin meet Khadafy
While most relatives of the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 were out protesting against the man believed to have ordered the bombing, two Americans who lost family members in...
'Slandered' PM
JERUSALEM -- Ehud Olmert yesterday became the first sitting or past Israeli prime minister to go on trial, insisting in a Jerusalem courtroom that he was innocent of corruption allegations...
Jail Dem $$ man: feds
Prosecutors have urged a judge to sentence former Democratic fund-raiser Norman Hsu 30 years to life in prison for violating campaign-finance laws. The government said Hsu deserves a lengthy sentence...
Swine shots just days away
ATLANTA -- The swine-flu vaccine should be in some doctors' offices as early as Oct. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday. The first batches will protect...
Kooky Quaids' wild cop clash
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, became total nutjobs after they were arrested in a tiny Texas town Thursday for skipping out on a $10,000 California hotel bill, cops...
Appease-y does it for weak Prez on road to a Mideast apocalypse
DID it surprise a single Post reader that Iran's been hiding a big nu clear weapons development fa cility? It stunned our president when he learned about it months ago....
Guilty plea in UBS overseas tax case
A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty to failing to tell the US government about a $6.1 million account with UBS in Switzerland and is cooperating with prosecutors investigating the offshore...
Mattress maker plans Chap. 11 filing
ATLANTA -- Simmons Co., maker of Beautyrest mattresses, held by private-equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners since 2003, said it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Cops are hunting for a dapper robber who targeted Staples office-supply stores in Brooklyn and Queens. The thief, decked out in a business shirt, tie and vest, stuck up...
Bid on Obamas' B'way hot seats
The Broadway theater seats the president and first lady sat in last spring are being auctioned. A charity, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will sell the Belasco Theatre's seats K101 and...
Tough to blow it to kingdom Qom
Iran secretly built its heavily protected nuclear plant deep inside a mountaintop near Qom, the holy city that was the birthplace of Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution. Western intelligence officials believe...
BofA responds to SEC case
Bank of America filed a formal answer to the Securities & Exchange Commission's complaint yesterday on its disclosures regarding bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch employees after a federal judge rejected...
Chicago cabbies' 'retch'ed $lap
CHICAGO -- Cabbies are asking for a rate hike and the imposition of various fees, including one that penalizes passengers for vomiting in the taxi. The drivers asked a City...
Mother of all $$$$uits
Unhappy Bank of America customer Dalton Chiscolm is suing the bank for $1,784 billion trillion -- really! "Incomprehensible," US District Judge Denny Chin said in a brief order released Thursday...
Text-twisted driving dopes
Chatty drivers are routinely thumbing their noses at roadway safety, a new study shows. One in every five drivers said they've written and sent text messages while behind the wheel,...
O's arrogantly foolish UN speech
It was the most Obamaes que address to date. "For those who question the character and cause of my nation," the president pronounced at the United Nations on Wednesday, "I...
Second Ave. on snail rail
Construction on the Second Avenue Subway is really making all the local stops. The $4.5 billion MTA mega-project has suffered yet another setback, this time due to shaky apartment buildings....
Upending the immigration debate
For the first time in dec ades, the number of for eign-born individuals living in America declined last year, according to new numbers released by the Census Bureau's American Community...
Yassky: Beware Liu as 3rd party's 'plaything'
The union-backed Working Families Party will use the Comptroller's Office as its "plaything" if its candidate for the office, John Liu, wins Tuesday's runoff election, rival candidate David Yassky charged...
A 'master' thief: suit
What Cha-gall! A Manhattan art collector who plunked down $145,000 for a watercolor by master Russian-born painter Marc Chagall has filed a lawsuit against the dealer claiming that the work...
Airline 'gravy' shock
Airlines have come up with a turkey of a fee to gobble up money from their customers this holiday season. United, American, Delta/Northwest and US Airways slapped a $10 surcharge...
Tax-evader $moke signals
A court order hasn't stopped a brisk business in tax-free cigarettes on a Long Island Indian reservation. Customers looking for cheap smokes filled the narrow lanes of the Poospatuck Reservation...
Aide to ex-pol gets jail
A onetime aide to ex-state Sen. Efrain Gonzalez Jr. has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Miguel Castaños, who pleaded guilty in April...
Travolta tape bares 'extort' medic's claim
NASSAU, Bahamas -- A paramedic on trial for allegedly trying to shake down John Travolta for $25 million was caught on tape telling one of the actor's lawyers that he...
He's gunning for Bear
Nearly two years after the stunning collapse of Bear Stearns, activist investor Bruce Sherman doesn't appear able to put the firm's demise behind him -- and that's bad news for...
It's one fray at a time: Phillips-sis 'rape' feud
Mackenzie Phillips had a family feud on "Oprah Winfrey" yesterday, battling with her kin over her claims that she had sex with her dad, hippy crooner John Phillips. The former...
No more 'Kumbaya'
After a dreamy week in which President Obama presided over an endless chain of "Kumbaya" moments at the United Nations, yesterday was wakeup time on Iran. Talking in Pittsburgh, where...
Czar early on exec pay rules
President Obama's pay czar is running ahead of schedule. Kenneth Feinberg said yesterday that he will likely issue his long-awaited determinations on executive pay at the top seven bailed-out companies...
Ex-champ Holyfield packs a solar punch
Evander Holyfield is training for a return to the ring at 47 -- but this time, he hopes to score a financial knockout with some help from the sun. The...
Tavern-staff 'green' fear
Employees of Central Park's Tavern on the Green yesterday protested "life-altering" pay, benefit and staff cuts they fear from the fabled eatery's new operator. "Salaries are going to be cut...
O Goth! Bam outs Spain prez's kids
No, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama aren't at a "Twilight" convention. They're posing yesterday with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, his wife, opera singer Sonsoles Espinosa,...
Manson's most chilling zombie is dead in jail
She missed out on Helter Skelter, but now she can enjoy hell. Susan Atkins, the cold-hearted Manson Family member who took part in on one of the country's most savage...
Ed. honcho bails out
Easy come, easy go. The former Bear Stearns moneyman who swooped in to run the finances of the city's school system last year has resigned after just one year at...
Rats deserting a sinking ACORN
Like rats deserting a sinking ship, ACORN's many enablers over the years are racing for the exits as the scope of the organization's shenanigans come to light. Even leftist fellow-traveler...
Time for plan B, Bam
Surprise, surprise, surprise, as Gomer Pyle used to say: Iran has been try ing to hide a second uranium-enrich ment plant. But then, really: Just how much of a "surprise"...
Times buyout is back
More cuts coming. The job-cut knife is again being brandished at New York Times Co., as the struggling newspaper publisher prepares to launch another round of employee buyouts to further...
Merrill exec eyes return
Merrill Lynch's onetime second-in-command, Greg Fleming, is gearing up for a return to Wall Street wheeling and dealing after spending a little more than eight months recharging his batteries in...
Comical Spidey 'swiper'
Call this movie "Dunst and Dumber." One day after Spider-Mannequin Kirsten Dunst fluttered and giggled her way through testimony about the theft of her $2,000 Balenciaga purse, the alleged thief...
Prisoner No. 09-R-3260's new look
Plaxico Burress has a bling-free, clean-shaven look to go with his new number. State prison officials yesterday released the official mug shot for the gunslinging former Giant, and it shows...
Scripps suicide
A tormented woman who struggled with the horrific bludgeoning death of her newspaper heiress mother climbed a railing of the Tappan Zee Bridge and then flung herself over the side...
Stanford treated after prison fight
R. Allen Stanford, awaiting trial on charges he swindled investors in a $7 billion scheme, was hospitalized overnight after getting into a fight with an inmate in a Texas jail,...
Iran's nuke lie puts heat on O
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday he still favors dialogue with Iran -- even after it was revealed the country has been caught building a second top-secret nuclear plant inside...
2nd rap in $290M scheme
A Colorado man faces charges that he helped a wealthy Democratic fund-raiser cheat banks out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Federal prosecutors said yesterday that Shahin Kashanchi, of Telluride,...
Zazi arrives in B'klyn for terror trial
The suspected al Qaeda-trained jihadist at the center of a multistate terror probe plotted to detonate homemade bombs in New York on the anniversary of 9/11, federal prosecutors in Denver...
'Cry rape' gal getting a pass
The Hofstra freshman whose wild tale of a bathroom gang-rape landed four men behind bars until she recanted learned yesterday she can avoid charges in exchange for undergoing psychiatric treatment...
Gal shot outside school
A 24-year-old woman was clinging to life last night after a man shot her in the head as she waited in her car outside a Brooklyn school, police said. Detectives...
LI adoption-scam bust
A Long Island attorney has been busted for taking advantage of couples hoping to adopt children -- scamming the prospective parents out of tens of thousands of dollars to help...
Marine killed in Afghanistan
A 24-year-old Marine from Yonkers was killed in action in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said yesterday. Lance Cpl. John J. Malone, a machine gunner stationed in Hawaii, died Thursday...
Gitmo may still be open
The White House acknowledged for the first time yesterday that it might not be able to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay by January as President Barack Obama...
Housing 'shark' busted
A city Housing Authority supervisor was busted for loan sharking after he tried to rip off subordinates in the Brooklyn office where he worked, authorities said. Derek Mitchell, 54, who...
Hairston cleared for postseason
Jerry Hairston didn't need Dr. Melvin Rosenwasser to finish the sentence. As soon as the utility player heard the hand specialist tell him that "he couldn't hurt it any further,"...
Chamberlain's 30th start makes encouraging case
THE pre-game media session with a manager is routine, like batting practice or playing catch. But Joba Chamberlain started last night. So there was nothing routine about Joe Girardi's 15...
A-Rod in fine (regular-season) form
The weather and the Yankees' opponent sure made it feel like October. Then Alex Rodriguez homered and you knew it was still September. The Yanks will need such clout from...
Even in defeat, Boston dodges bullet
THE sweetest sound the game of baseball allows is when -- as the old-timers say in their old-timey way -- you have a round ball and a round bat and...
Jeter, Yankees steal the show
In typical fashion, Derek Jeter led off the game with a single. The trend the Captain started afterwards was anything but typical. Setting a tempo of high-energy and unpredictability that...
Niekro specialty led to long career
THERE is crying in baseball. Hall of Famer Phil Niekro and his 318 wins and 3,342 strikeouts are proof. The biggest day of the knuckleballer's career came 50 years ago...
Girardi could learn from Brenly's first-time success
Eight Octobers ago, Bob Brenly was preparing to manage in his first postseason, and when you're doing something for the first time, maybe you ask people for tips. "Everybody's willing...
Confident Francoeur looking forward to 2010 season
Jeff Francoeur's confidence has gone from zero to 100. Francoeur admits his belief at the plate was non-existent before the Mets' acquired him in July. Now he is completely sure...
Big bets moves Raiders from faves to 'dogs
THE HOTLINE to Las Vegas takes you inside Week 3 of the NFL season, telling bettors what direction the lines are moving, and by how much. BRONCOS-RAIDERS Broncos -1: The...
Walsh: Knicks 1st in cap room
After re-signing David Lee and Nate Robinson to one-year deals yesterday, team president Donnie Walsh said the Knicks were No. 1. In salary-cap flexibility, that is. In re-signing Lee and...
With Avery iffy, Rangers wing it
When the Rangers' roster is established for Friday's opener in Pittsburgh against the banner-raising Stanley Cup champion Penguins, Sean Avery is doubtful. "If Sean comes back, another winger will go...
Dress rehearsal: Sox could be ALCS foe
The next series opener the Red Sox play at Yankee Stadium could be less than three weeks away. A little Yankees-Red Sox ALCS redux, anyone? "It would be fun to...
Cuban phenom is 'free'
As the Yankees and Red Sox begin another battle on the field in The Bronx this weekend, they could be engaged in one off the field soon, as well. Left-hander...
Devils sign Rob Niedermayer
The Devils' youth movement took a detour yesterday when they signed free agent Rob Niedermayer to become their checking center. New Jersey was looking toward their crop of prospects, notably...
Liner ends Lester's night early
Jon Lester's right knee was blasted last night, but the star Red Sox left-hander apparently survived the blow with minimal damage. "He's going to be OK," manager Terry Francona said....
Joba, A-Rod come through in key win
Challenged by the manager and pitching coach, Joba Chamberlain helped the Yankees move closer to clinching the AL East. Following a morbid outing Sunday, Chamberlain was told by manager Joe...
NYRA will pay off two superfectas after snafu
The New York Racing Association said yesterday it will pay off the correct ($800) and incorrect ($1,073) superfecta payouts in Thursday's ninth race that resulted from the placing judges confusing...
Tiger surges to lead in Tour Championship
Tiger Woods had a chance to pull away from the field. He had to settle for a one-shot lead yesterday in the Tour Championship in Atlanta, which still was not...
Boston a fine fit for Wags
Billy Wagner didn't get to go to the playoffs the last two years, thanks to the Mets' consecutive collapses. He considers himself lucky to get the chance now. "I don't...
Hondo's getting busy
Hondo had his disposable dead presidents on the Ti gers' despicable dead offense last night, which caused his financial burden to grow to 1,410 grieses. Today, no less an authority...
Murphy working hard to improve
MIAMI -- The Mets still don't know if Daniel Murphy is an answer for 2010 and beyond at first base, but they're enjoying his late-season campaign for the job. Murphy...
Mets rally in 9th to sink Fish on Sullivan single
MIAMI -- While David Wright was setting a franchise record, the Mets exacted a little revenge on the Marlins last night. As Wright eclipsed Howard Johnson's club mark with his...
Weird but true
Somebody call Tippi Hedren. Wild turkeys have laid siege to Cherry Hill, NJ, attacking residents in a flurry of feathers. No one knows where the large, dimwitted birds came from,...
Shannon changing the felonious culture at Miami
ROBBINS' NEST: Halfway through the most brutal opening four-game stretch in college football, Miami is undefeated and quarterback Jacory Harris is gathering some Heisman Trophy momentum. But those are not...
Penn State disses talk of revenge
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The most overused word in college football is respect. Everyone is playing for respect. Everyone feels disrespected. Everyone has been slighted or dissed. The second-most overused...
Girls volleyball roundup: Falcons take flight against MSIT
If Susan Wagner wasn’t the full-fledged favorite to win PSAL Staten Island A9 to start the season, the Falcons certainly are now. Wagner beat perennial Island powerhouse McKee/Staten Island Tech,...
Yanks, A-Rod bruise Red Sox
The Yankees really bruised the Red Sox. Jon Lester was knocked out by a line drive near his right knee Friday night, when Joba Chamberlain led New York over Boston...
Report: Sol Campbell chased by MLS, sources say RBNY unlikely
In a story that borders on the cliché, right after 34-year-old English defender Sol Campbell walked out on Notts County, three MLS teams _ including the Red Bulls _ are...
Williams' Red Bulls face Chivas for 1st time since Osorio's ouster
The last time the Red Bulls faced Chivas USA, they lost 2-0 on Aug. 15 at Giants Stadium, and saw beleaguered coach Juan Carlos Osorio quit just days later. Tomorrow’s...
Terriers still have plenty of bite
The St. Francis Prep girls volleyball team wasn’t supposed to pack as big of a punch as it did in winning the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens championship the last two years. All...
Mary Louis, feisty in defeat, steals set against SFP
Mike Schober was hardly upset. There were a few things nagging at him – his team’s passing, especially – but the Mary Louis girls volleyball coach was taking a positive...
Mayweather v Marquez: 1 million buys
Floyd Mayweather's comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas attracted 1 million pay-per-view buys, according to figures released today by HBO PPV....
Reyes a longshot, Delgado now home
MIAMI -- Jose Reyes’ alleged bid to return for the final two or three games of the season is all but over when he decided not to test out his...
PSAL boys soccer notebook
Through its first five games, all wins by at least two goals, three-time defending champion Martin Luther King. Jr. has yet to be pushed. The Knights, ranked ninth in the...
Mets claim Egbert from White Sox
MIAMI -- The Mets claimed Staten Island native Jack Egbert off waivers from the White Sox today, although the 26-year-old right hander won’t join them until spring training next season.Egbert...