September 28, 2009
Tears of a Clown
Jets receiver David Clowney joked all summer about his speed to Rex Ryan, playfully asking him, "Who's going to stop 'The Clown.?' '' Well,. on Sunday, Ryan stopped "The Clown,'' sitting him out...
PSAL boys soccer season hard to figure out
On more than a few occasions this fall I have scrolled through the day’s PSAL boys soccer schedule without coming up with a course of action. I have gone through...
Gametracker: Mets at Nationals
The Amazin's start the season's final week against a team they are actually better than. The Amazin's and Nationals face off in Washington. Nelson Figueroa will go to the mound...
Gametracker: Royals at Yankees
The Bombers will look to get everything in order for the postseason with Kansas City in town. The Yankees have already clinched homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Chad Gaudin gets...
Boston's Beckett scratched with back spasms
BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has been scratched from Monday night's start because of back spasms. The team did not say when Beckett is expected to pitch...
Jets receiver suspended for selfish tweets
If you think Rex Ryan is just a happy-go-lucky “players’ coach,’’ consider a few things he’s done lately to show his disciplined side.After a spotty practice last Thursday, Ryan admonished...
50 STATES: South Dakota
I WAS almost disappointed in Mount Rushmore. Not in its magnificence, scale or sheer size, but in its shameless lack of tackiness. Unlike other heavily trafficked landmarks — from Niagara...
Mets mull uniform changes
WASHINGTON -- The Mets are considering a couple of significant alterations to their home uniforms in 2010, according to team officials.The club has talked about abandoning the pinstripes that have...
Report: Ex-Hamburg boss Beiersdorfer named Red Bull Soccer sporting director
Dietmar Beiersdorfer will be named sporting director for all of Red Bull soccer, according to respected German publication Kicker. He replaces Heinz Hochhauser; but I'm told the latter was Red Bull Salzburg's version...
Giants' ground game gets going
The Giants running game has caught up with Eli Manning and the passing attack, and that's not good news for opposing defenses. If teams put eight defenders in the box...
McKenzie, Seubert nursing knee injuries for Giants
Giants starting right tackle Kareem McKenzie has a sprained right knee and his status for this weekend's game in Kansas City against the winless Chiefs is uncertain.McKenzie, who has not...
Dolphins' Pennington could miss significant time
A person familiar with Chad Pennington’s condition says the Miami Dolphins quarterback dislocated his shoulder. Pennington underwent tests Monday on his injured right shoulder, and now may seek a second...
Revolution's Ralston tears ACL
New England captain Steve Ralston tore the ACL in his right knee Saturday against Seattle, and will miss the rest of the season. It’ll be a devastating injury for a...
Sully takes on new role at US Airways
Sully is going back to work but he’ll do more than fly jets. The Miracle on the Hudson pilot will also take on a new role as part of US...
Teen: Mom kept me in closet for 4 1/2 years
OKLAHOMA CITY — A woman was arrested after her 14-year-son told authorities he escaped from a home where he'd been kept for 4 1/2 years, spending most of his time...
Manhattan DJ claims cops refused to file report in gay-bashing incident
A popular Manhattan deejay today said cops did nothing after he and two friends were attacked in a gay-bashing incident in Hell’s Kitchen over the weekend. "It’s the first time...
Lucy of 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' fame dies
LONDON -- Lucy Vodden, who provided the inspiration for the Beatles' classic song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," has died after a long battle with lupus. She was 46....
Feds investigate online poll asking whether Obama should be assassinated
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday. The poll, posted Saturday on...
String of bombings kills at least 18 in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- A string of bombings killed at least 18 people across Iraq on Monday, shattering a relative lull in violence during the celebration that marks the end of the...
Report: Mangini may not make it through the season
The Jets may not be the only team to fire Eric Mangini in 2009. ProFootballTalk is reporting there are grumblings that Mangini might not make it through his first season...
Game 157: Mets at Nationals
WASHINGTON -- The Mets embark on their final road series of the year here tonight when Nelson Figueroa takes the mound against the last-place Nationals at Nationals Park.The Mets are...
Secret Service probing Facebook poll on Obama
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday. The poll, posted Saturday on...
Heiress' daughter killed herself same way father did
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — A family tragedy has apparently made an eerie full circle in the waters of the Hudson River, as authorities work to confirm that the daughter of a...
Activists protest Va. strip club's Obama banner
RICHMOND, Va. -- Activists gathered outside a downtown strip club Monday to denounce as racist a banner depicting President Obama as the Joker from Batman. "Not only is it an...
2 passengers taken off NYC to LA flight
LOS ANGELES — Authorities removed two men from a United Airlines flight at Los Angeles International Airport for suspicious behavior on Monday, but later called the incident a false alarm....
Moor is less
Like most of my colleagues, I disliked Peter Sellars' "Othello." It's never easy to write a negative review, and for me it's even harder when it attacks a director-driven take on...
3 accomplices in terror plot ID'd
Investigators have identified possible accomplices of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack on New York, a law enforcement official said Monday, but the whereabouts of the helpers...
Ex-Ranger Fleury gives up comeback
Theo Fleury's career is ending in the place it began. The 41-year-old forward decided to give up his comeback attempt and retire as a member of the Calgary Flames. "I...
Nets' training camp primer
Naturally, almost everything written about the Nets in the last week concerned their sale to their Russian protector Mikhail Prokhorov, and how that definitely will lead them to Brooklyn and...
South Florida's program-changing win highlights weekend's action
In the final full week of non-conference action in the Big East, several major developments took place. The most important came in Tallahassee, where South Florida proved it still has...
3 charged in beating death of Chicago teen
CHICAGO -- Prosecutors have charged three teenagers with first-degree murder in the beating death of a Chicago student who was walking home from school. Family members believe the victim, 16-year-old...
Ex-Rep. Fossella fuels comeback talk at NY forum
Former U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella spoke at a weekend health care forum, fueling speculation that he could return to politics. It was one of Fossella’s first political appearances since he...
1,400-pound bull drags officers down NJ street
PATERSON, N.J. -- Police say a 1,400-pound bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a street and ran 10 blocks before being...
Texas trial starts for NY man accused of killing 6
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas prosecutor says jurors will have no doubt a New York man killed the daughter of his ex-girlfriend and another girl once they see all the...
Racial bias eyed in Jayson Williams' manslaughter
SOMERVILLE, N.J. -- Current and former employees of a New Jersey prosecutor's office will be asked whether the manslaughter case against black former NBA star Jayson Williams has been racially...
Mayor honors teen battling rare bone disease
A Brooklyn teen who is battling a rare disease received a boost from Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a fundraiser for the Bay Ridge youth at the El Caribe Country Club....
An Exercise in Ego Gratification
Robert Samuelson on health care's politics of ego (Real Clear Politics).
12 charged in NY with Colombia terror link
Authorities in New York say 12 members of a Colombian organization are charged with conspiring to aid a foreign terrorist group and taking a U.S. citizen hostage. Prosecutors said Monday...
Pols pick sides on Paterson mess
Oh, Obama...Why’d you have to go and do something like that?That was the sigh-laden response among borough state legislators last week as they found themselves in a political lurch after...
An Exercise in Ego Gratification
Robert Samuelson on why health care is more about the politicians than about real problems (Real Clear Politics).
Bank of America suspends work with ACORN
Already facing the loss of federal government funding, the community-organizing group Acorn also has run afoul of one of its big corporate partners, Bank of America Corp. In response to...
Russian Billionaire buy Nets
And now, here’s your Brooklyn Nyets!As this paper went to press, it was announced that Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov will take over as majority owner of the NBA’s Nets team...
Jackson sneak peek screenings sell out in 2 hours
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson is still playing to sellout crowds. Advance screenings to the music documentary "Michael Jackson: This Is It" sold out within two hours early Sunday as...
Our stunning award sweep — live from Chicago
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...
Knicks enter training camp with direction, but lack of talent
During eight straight losing seasons, the Knicks often boasted a load of high-priced talent, but no chemistry, no leadership, no direction, no plan. The talent level of the 2009-2010 Knicks...
The Afghan Answer
Obama and Afghanistan: making plans, faking plans, breaking plans [Neo-Neocon blog]
Yassky pulled into Broadway Triangle Vortex
Williamsburg activists are hoping time is on their side. With less thanmonth before the City Council takes up the Broadway Triangle rezoning, a group of Williamsburg residents demonstrated in front...
More power, more space: Sen. Sampson moves into bigger digs
Canarsie State Senator and newly minted Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson’s move up the political ladder is starting to trickle down to Canarsie.The Senator is poised to open a new...
Unholy act: Thousands stolen from dying priest
A beloved priest who dedicated his life to protecting and nurturing the faiths of Catholics throughout the borough found himself helpless to his own cousin, who pleaded guilty last week...
Lady Gaga named Billboard's 'Rising Star'
Lady Gaga's already famous, but she's being honored as Billboard's "Rising Star" at the trade publication's annual Women in Music event this week. Lady Gaga's debut CD "The Fame" has...
Bay Ridge bar bends to neighborhood pressure
Neighbors of a noisy Bay Ridge bar can look forward to a respite.Shenanigan’s, at 8901 Third Avenue, is having soundproofing installed, according to the establishment’s manager, Wendy Miller.Miller told members...
The Post's Endorsement
For Comptroller, David Yassky (Brooklyn Paper)
Three children die in upstate NY house fire
HUGUENOT, N.Y. -- Police say three children have been killed in an upstate New York house fire. State Police Capt. Wayne Olson says two other people escaped from the home...
Philippine storm toll rises to 140 dead
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines appealed for international help Monday after a tropical storm killed 140 people in the country's north and warned a new storm could strike this week,...
Polanski will fight extradition to the US
ZURICH — Imprisoned director Roman Polanski is in a “fighting mood” and will battle U.S. attempts to have him extradited from Switzerland to California to face justice for having sex...
LA police hunt 2 gang members in baby-killing
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles police are looking for two gang members who killed a 4-month-old boy and wounded a pregnant woman during a dispute with the infant's father. Police...
Too Much Government
A possible GOP Comeback? (San Jose Mercury News)
Witness: Two threatened Travolta with 'incriminating' documents
Separately, a key piece of evidence in the John Travolta extortion case was destroyed by one of two people on trial, according to a new report. The refusal of treatment/transportation...
Charter School Clincher
Stanford Review's blog demolishes the charter "cherry-picking" chargeReal World blog on Hoxby report
It’s all good in District 21
School District 21 is in the clear.“We are no longer a ‘District in Need of Improvement.’ We are a ‘District in Good Standing,’” Community Superintendent Ann Marie Lettieri-Baker announced at...
BC Dorm Could Open This Coming Spring
Brooklyn College’s new dormitory could be open as soon as next spring.Steve Little, the vice president of finance and administration for the college, and Sefi Zvieli, of New Brooklyn Development,...
Kansas bigotry falls flat at Brooklyn synagogues
A handful of hateful Midwesterner’s brought their anti-Semitic and anti-gay message to two Brownstone Brooklyn synagogues on Saturday — where they were met with anger, condemnation, and some old-fashioned chutzpah.Though...
Iran tests most advanced missiles yet
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran tested its most advanced missiles Monday to cap two days of war games, raising more international concern and stronger pressure to quickly come clean on the...
Teens fail at attempted robbery
Three teens tried to rob a man in a Tompkinsville convenience store, authorities said yesterday. Douan Dotts, 17, Adam Neils, 16, and Jamiele Pender, 17, wouldn't let the victim pass...
3UP: A-Rod, The Clinch and Misch
1. The Yankees clinched everything to play for in a regular season with a week to go: AL East, best record in the AL, best record in baseball. That is...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
The Yankees clinched the A.L. East yesterday by doing almost all of the things they've done in building a 100-win team: they tortured the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium (now...
Prez heading to Denmark to pitch games for Chicago in 2016
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's decision to fly to Denmark to support Chicago's Olympics bid elevates the Games to an issue of national importance — and exposes him to political...
'The Wizard of Oz' in 3D: Don't Hold Your Breath
Looks like that 3-D version of "The Wizard of Oz'' I wrote about a couple of years ago isn't happening anytime soon. I quoted officials at IMAX -- which has...
Accused of killing man in Midtown
Police are searching for the assailant who stabbed another man to death outside New York City’s main post office. Police on Monday identified the victim as 20-year-old Christopher Gutierrez of...
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Rigging the route to a 51st state
It sometimes seems like Congress thinks Puerto Rico is a Never-Never Land: No matter how many times the island’s people vote to keep their identity as a separate nation affiliated...
PSAL girls soccer roundup: Lincoln ties Fort Hamilton, further muddling division race
Brooklyn continues to be one of the most unpredictable boroughs in PSAL girls soccer. One day after Leon Goldstein upset powerhouse Brooklyn Tech, Lincoln earned a tie against first-place Fort...
Madison cements status atop Brooklyn A West
Sunday’s Brooklyn A West showdown between Brooklyn Tech and Madison was filled with highlights that could make ESPN’s Top 10 plays of the day. The Knights just had more of...
Go to Greg
Q I graduated from college last year, and ever since then I’ve been working a job at a company that is going through some major changes. The workload has been...
The site stuff
By now we all know Monster.com and LinkedIn, but practically every day new Web sites launch that aim to help you find jobs, stay on top of your industry, improve...
PSAL football rankings: Week 4
The last two city champions have hailed from Staten Island. Of the 16 teams to make the City Championship division’s playoff tournament, four have come from that same borough both...
Business briefs
Goldman jobs Goldman Sachs is seeking to hire up to 200 asset management staff across all regions, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview with Marc Spilker, co-head of the...
Chill factor
Top music downloads 1. Best I Ever Had, Drake 2. Knock You Down, Keri Hilson 3. Boom Boom Pow, Black Eyed Peas 4. Run This Town, Jay-Z 5. Successful, Drake...
New York City girls volleyball rankings
Both leagues got rolling last week and we’ve already found out plenty about some of our top teams. Francis Lewis is going to be a handful in the PSAL after...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Sandler leads Stuyvesant to upset of Beacon
Krit McClean scored a second-half goal and Alex Sandler made nine saves as Stuyvesant blanked Beacon, 1-0, in Manhattan A boys soccer action Sunday afternoon. The victory, Stuyvesant’s second in...
'ER' plus explosives
If you've seen the idiotic trail ers, promos, print ads and billboards for NBC's new blood-drenched drama "Trauma," for sure you think it's nothing more than the "A Team" meets...
'SNL' newbie f-bomb
It was a memorable opening night for the newest cast member of "Saturday Night Live," Jenny Slate -- who dropped a f-bomb during a skit. The obscenity was apparently unintentional....
Kardashian prenup issues
Are they or aren't they? Yet another reality show is skirting the traditional meaning of that word when Khloe Kardashian married LA Lakers star Lamar Odom in a quickie wedding...
Conan back after injury
Conan O'Brien is expected to return to the "Tonight" show this evening after suffering a concussion last Friday during a taping with "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher. The Friday night...
Cowell the $100M man
Simon Cowell is about to become the highest-paid star on TV. The "American Idol" judge who fans love to hate has signed a deal worth more than $100 million a...
Starr report
ABC emerged as a clear victor in the fall season's opening week. Thursday night's series pre miere of "FlashForward" (Joseph Fiennes, John Cho) opened strongly with 12.5 million viewers at...
Off to see the 'Wiz'
Believe it or not, "Wizards of Waverly Place" wasn't created just to make Selena Gomez a star. As usual, the story is a lot more complicated than that. Todd J....
Big record deal
I was hooked the second I saw the turntable. Those hooked on their iPods have no idea of the thrill involved in picking up a needle, setting it down on...
New Shakespeare tragedy
Peter Sellars loves Shakespeare so much, he's "improved" him. It's clear the director, long opera's bad boy, has read "Othello" very closely. You might want to bring the same level...
Grown-up Gilbert returns to 'Prairie' in NJ
Melissa Gilbert may not feel old, but the rest of us sure do. The star of TV's long-running "Little House on the Prairie" -- she played the young Laura Ingalls...
Docs not 'tube' bright: lawsuit
Denise Rivera used to be well enough to work through her muscular dystrophy to perform tasks like cooking. But Rivera, 52, is now helpless and hooked to a ventilator in...
'Dead meat' Dave will quit early: Dem
ONE of the state's most prominent Demo crats predicted yes terday that Gov. Paterson will resign before his term ends next year -- for a higher-paying job with a brighter...
Gov: I'm blind, not oblivious, to Obama's tactics
A beleaguered Gov. Paterson defied President Obama on national TV yesterday, insisting that New Yorkers "are the ones who should choose their governor." In a nine-minute interview on NBC's "Meet...
'Cat fight' in the Hamptons
A Hamptons couple had their neighbor busted after he rescued a trapped cat at their multimillion-dollar beachfront home. Tom Young, 71, of Westhampton Beach, a retired Nielsen Media exec, told...
Parents' turf battle over LI sports fields
A "turf" war over spending millions on artificial-turf sports fields is erupting among parents in a suburban Long Island school district. Taxpayers clashed earlier this month at a meeting of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death yesterday outside the James A. Farley post office in Midtown after he accidentally bumped into his assailant, police sources said. Christopher Gutierrez...
Big-spending Rikers ed. boss off the island
The longtime principal of a public high school for incarcerated city teens has been forced to step down after a probe found that he spent "exorbitant" sums of school money...
Crime & transit stats coming to your phone
Welcome to real-time crime updates. The NYPD is going digital, partnering with Nixle, a California-based Internet messaging-service provider, to text or e-mail to residents' cellphones information on crime stats, traffic,...
Pols in transit $ecurity push
Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and several federal lawmakers yesterday demanded federal funds for a security program for area transit systems. Rep. Peter King (R-LI) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman...
Feds pay for NYPD recruits
The city's January police class, which had been slated to be canceled due to budget cuts, has been restored at a fraction of its usual size, thanks to a federal...
'Meatballs' back for seconds at box office
Movie fans lined up for a second helping of "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," which took in $24.6 million to remain No. 1 at the box office for a...
Bibi means business . . . too bad Bam doesn't
*** Bouquets to Jennifer Fermino's article "Bibi Blasts Spineless UN: Uses Holocaust File To Shame Israel-Haters" (Sept. 25) Fermino extracts the most important message from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
Plunge girl doing well and doing good
A bubbly Bronx girl who miraculously survived a seven-story plunge from a broken window says it's her destiny to be a doctor. Young Destiny Antonio said she is so inspired...
Iran's warning shot
Iran boasted that it successfully test-fired at least two short-range missiles yesterday -- in a defiant show of force after Washington and its allies warned Tehran over a newly revealed...
Sizzling Cruz a 'sheer' beauty
Penelope Cruz oozes sex appeal as she strikes a smoldering pose in a pair of sexy, see-through tights. Cruz revealed quite a bit for her photo shoot in the new...
Tragic final descent
The body of Rep. Carolyn Maloney's 71-year-old husband was carried to a camp 9,000 feet below the summit of a Himalayan mountain peak he had scaled last week -- as...
The last word for newsman Safire
William Safire, the conservative columnist and word warrior who feared no politician or corner of the English language, is dead at age 79. The Pulitzer Prize winner died yesterday in...
German chief stays in power
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday won the center-right majority that eluded her four years ago -- nudging Europe's biggest economic power to the right. Voters ousted the nation's...
Runoff frenzy
It's crunch time for the four Democrats competing in tomorrow's runoffs for public advocate and city comptroller. Councilman Bill de Blasio is battling Mark Green for the public-advocate seat that...
Hugo hosts summit
PORLAMAR, Venezuela -- Anti-imperialist rhetoric flowed yesterday at a summit dominated by South America's leftist leaders and some of Africa's best-known dictators. Flanked by the likes of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe,...
Silvio hits O in off-color 'joke'
ROME -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi is still talking about President Obama's "tan" -- and this time, the gaffe-prone Italian leader has made a wisecrack about Michelle Obama's skin color as...
Don't bank on the buck: Zoellick
World Bank President Robert Zoellick is expected to hit a few nerves in Washington, DC, today with a speech warning the dollar is in danger of being booted as the...
The Afghan answer
MULLAH Muhammad Omar must be wondering what is going on in Washing ton. The reclusive Taliban leader, presumed to be hiding near the Pakistani city of Quetta, this month issued...
Fire stud caught in 'Wife Swap' split
The smokin'-hot firefighter who sparked an FDNY scandal with a full-frontal nude video is embroiled in another scorcher -- he's named as the "other man" in the New Jersey divorce...
SEC looks for SpongeTech stain
SpongeTech, a New York sponge maker that advertises at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for possible securities law violations. In an...
Scripps heiress' body found after bridge leap
The grim hunt for the daughter of a slain newspaper heiress who jumped from the Tappan Zee Bridge ended yesterday. The remains believed to be of Annie Morell Petrillo, 38,...
Homing in on Bernie sons
Bernie Madoff's two sons may soon have to look for cheaper digs. The trustee representing their convict father's victims said yesterday he may go after their homes. Irving Picard and...
California, here we come
If David Paterson truly is determined to remain governor of New York, it might help if he started acting like one. The state's worsening financial picture has been in plain...
Schools cannot pay this Bill: Mike
Big spender! That's the tag Mayor Bloomberg's campaign is slapping on Democratic rival William Thompson, charging that the city comptroller's "pie-in-the-sky" education proposals will cost the Big Apple more than...
Polanski busted in '70s sex case
Famed director Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland over the weekend after LA prosecutors laid a trap for him there in a 1977 child-sex case . The LA District Attorney's...
Humpback comeback
HONOLULU -- The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered-species list. A study for the National Marine Fisheries Service shows the North Pacific humpback population has...
Hit-run driver smashed into kid twice: kin
The heartless hit-and-run driver who critically injured a Brooklyn girl struck the child a second time as he backed up over her to flee, her family members said yesterday. Destiny...
NYPD's plaque sheep
The fox was guarding the hen house. The NYPD cop in charge of the city's crackdown on parking-placard abuses has been booted from his post after one of the coveted...
Anti-shooting star
Kim Royster is an avid cabaret crooner by night, but by day, she's a top NYPD crimefighter who has won kudos for directing the department's gun-buyback amnesty program, which took...
Married cop in Hiram's slash is unmasked
The PBA union card that sent state Sen. Hiram Monserrate into a jealous rage after he found it in his girlfriend's pocketbook belongs to a married cop who claims he...
Sun block at E. Side co-op
Ain't no sunshine for these folks. A ventilation tower for the chronically delayed and overbudget Second Avenue Subway is about to leave the angry owners of 28 Upper East Side...
Boozy police officer in killer smash
A boozed-up NYPD officer fatally mowed down a Brooklyn woman yesterday, and his passengers -- including a fellow off-duty cop -- fled the scene as the victim lay dying, police...
Village 'ear' rage: Neighbors take on hipsters' hot spot
BEFORE dawn, Melissa Hickson slips out of her apartment on Jane Street in the far West Village and scoops up broken beer bottles, cigarette butts -- and the occasional used...
Marty hails Nets' buyer
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz yesterday broke his silence over the anticipated sale of the New Jersey Nets, claiming he’s not red-faced over billionaire Russian playboy Mikhail Prokhorov taking the...
Too much government
Here's another warning sign that Presi dent Obama's health-care overhaul doesn't seem to be quite what the American people want: A new Gallup poll finds that 57 percent of the...
The Post's Endorsement
City Democrats go to the polls tomor row to vote in a pair of primary-run off elections likely to determine the ultimate victors. In the public-advocate contest, our feelings have...
Charter-school clincher
A new study has just blown away any remaining doubts about the remark able success of charter schools. Maybe now Albany will stand up to the teachers union and finally...
Citi may not forgive debt by EMI
Citigroup is getting a reputation for being unforgiving with delinquent corporate borrowers, and that may mean a hard day's night for Beatles record label EMI. Citi has been trying to...
Strange bedfellows
If you're a political junkie, this past week had it all: from the goings on at the United Nations to the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh to the televised rantings of...
Gotti: The day our boy was stolen away
Released from prison in 1977, John Gotti was quickly rising through the ranks of the Gambino crime family on his way to becoming "boss of all bosses." Even in his...
Philadelphia Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $33,000; mdn cl($40,000); 3up; (f&m)CAYO COSTA has been setting pace vs. special weights at Delaware; drops into maiden claimer. MOCHA LOCA rallied from far back to finish...
Wright misses Marlins after lack of hustle
MIAMI -- David Wright never needed a day off more than the one Jerry Manuel gave him here yesterday. The Mets' All-Star third baseman was conspicuously absent from the 4-0...
Mets win a Misch-match
MIAMI -- Pat Misch, the most unlikely of candidates to throw the Mets' first complete-game shutout of the season, did exactly that yesterday afternoon to further damage the Marlins' wild-card...
WWE preys with Rev. Al
I TRY not to start this col umn with "I" or with stories about faux sports. But this one's significant, and few in my business are inclined to touch the...
Bruney's strong outing wins over fans
Brian Bruney spent his entire life searching for one moment. Not a big strikeout to win the World Series, or a perfect game, or even a shutout. The moment Bruney...
Yankees prepare for postseason
Not wanting to risk a leg injury to Johnny Damon on the wet grass, Girardi started Melky Cabrera in left and batted Brett Gardner in Damon's No. 2 spot. "It's...
Another D-lightful day for Gang Green
You can already tell that most every game the Jets play will look like this, feel like this, a million nails being bitten to the quick, thousands of voices scraping...
Tuck sees action with bad shoulder
TAMPA, Fla. -- Justin Tuck played yesterday with a harness to protect his injured right shoulder. He did not start, but played mostly on third-down situations. "I made it through,"...
Weekend's a big zero for Pedroia
If someone asked Dustin Pedroia what he did this weekend against the rival Yankees and he replied "nothing," that would be dead-on. The Red Sox second baseman -- and reigning...
Johnson's Dover win keeps title in sight
Jimmie Johnson dominated again in a Chase race yesterday, sweeping the season races at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del., to accelerate his bid for an unprecedented fourth straight Sprint...
Giants run over inept Buccaneers
TAMPA, Fla. -- It was hard to distinguish just what was more evident at Raymond James Stadium yesterday. Are the Giants that good? Or are the Bucs that bad? Ultimately,...
Fast start, turnovers put Gang Green at 3-0
Letdown? What letdown? So much of the talk about the Jets in the week following their stirring win over their rival Patriots last Sunday was about whether they'd suffer an...
Vick does little in debut for Eagles
PHILADELPHIA -- About 15 animal lovers -- mostly ignored, occasionally told to leave Michael Vick alone -- kept vigil in the drizzle yesterday morning outside Lincoln Financial Field. Their thunder...
So Favre, so good! Vikes still unbeaten
Greg Lewis leaped for a 32-yard touchdown with two seconds left while a flattened Bret Favre watched from his stomach, and the Vikings stunned the 49ers 27-24 yesterday in Minneapolis...
Resurgent Matsui gets clutch hit
Hideki Matsui began his sixth inning at-bat against Takashi Saito with two strikes against him, just like he began the 2009 season with two strikes against him -- his age...
Bombers follow A-Rod's lead
ALEX RODRIGUEZ is the Yankees, and the Yankees are Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez has never symbolized the team more than now. He is the richest player on the richest team. He...
The Rex-ing crew simply smashing
Rex Ryan coached defenses in Baltimore that were trash-talking, hard-hitting and, most of all, game-changing. He has built this Jets defense into the same thing, a Ravens North, and opponents...
Sanchez uses his head to make history
ONE of these days, it won't be a safety named Michael Griffin waiting for Mark Sanchez at the goal line, it will be someone bigger and meaner and tougher, someone...
Pettitte puts capper on huge season
Andy Pettitte has one more milestone victory for his scrapbook. The veteran lefty beat the Orioles to get the final win at the old Yankee Stadium last September, and appropriately...
Bombers sweep Sox to win East
Eleven. In order for the Yankees' season to be painted as a success, that's how many postseason games they must win. Yesterday, the Yankees took the second step toward winning...
Jets' special teamers especially good
Jets special-teams coordinator Mike Westhoff told his group before yesterday's win over the Titans that they were going to be needed to win the game. They did their jobs, forcing...
At last! Lions end skid at 19
DETROIT -- Matthew Stafford held his head down on the bench for the final snap. Dominic Raiola couldn't watch, either, fearing a 20th loss in a row and 100th setback...
Misery for Titans' Collins in Meadowlands return
Kerry Collins' return to the Meadowlands as a Titan was a miserable one, as the former Giants quarterback was harried, harassed and eventually hammered by the Jets' top-ranked defense. Gang...
Vindication for Joe
Joe Girardi fi nally got a mana gerial champagne bath. After playing for Yankees world championship teams in 1996, '98 and '99 be fore joining Joe Torre's staff as the...
Red Sox: New season once playoffs start
There's no argument from Jason Bay about who's better this morning, the Red Sox or the Yankees. That said, Boston's left fielder knows that's not too big a deal in...
Phil takes Tour, Woods wins Cup
ATLANTA -- Phil Mickelson had the smaller check and felt like the biggest winner. Tiger Woods was congratulated after he finished second in the Tour Championship. Yesterday was the ninth...
Girardi's been Rangers bust
WASHINGTON -- The Rangers' defense had enough question marks without Dan Girardi becoming one of them. But that's just what's happened throughout a 16-day preseason that closed here yesterday with...
Devils demote four
The Devils yesterday trimmed their roster to 29 by assigning goaltender Jeff Frazee and forwards Olivier Magnan-Grenier, Ben Walter and Vladimir Zharkov to AHL Lowell. The Devils still need to...
Sports shorts
NCAA GRID: Tebow out of hospital Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was out of the hospital and back home yesterday, recovering from the concussion he sustained during the Gators' 41-7 victory...
Hondo needs twin wins
Hondo hit with the ol'-reliable Jets yesterday, but then went double-draino with the ol'-pitiful Steelers and Cards to end the day 1,435 allisons in the hole. Tonight, he'll keep it...
Weird but true
A South Carolina politician is gunning for votes. Republican Dean Allen, who is campaigning to be the head of the state's National Guard, held a weekend fund-raiser at a shooting...
Lenn Robbins' Top 25
Post college football expert Lenn Robbins breaks down his Top 25. Florida had a scare with Tim Tebow going down, but remain atop the rankings. While BCS Busters Boise State...
Florida's Tebow out of hospital
Tim Tebow is not for everyone. Or as a colleague recently quipped, "He's the future of the Republican Party." Good grief. But regardless of where you fall on the liberal-conservative...
Robbins Top 25
1. Florida (4-0, won 41-7 at Kentucky)=Idle=(1)=Lane Kiffin criticizes the Gators for beating up on second-tier SEC teams. 2. Texas (4-0, beat UTEP, 64-7)=Idle=(3)=The nation has become blasé to Colt...
Goldstein girls soccer has new lease on life
Leon Goldstein was in danger of not even being able to field a girls soccer team just a few short months ago. A large portion of the squad participates in...
CHSFL roundup: Xavier stuns St. John the Baptist, 26-0
Sitting in his office, Chris Stevens didn’t like what he saw from St. John the Baptist. “I saw them on film against St. Peter’s and I was afraid,” the Xavier...
Holy letdown: Knights falter in 19-14 loss to Holy Trinity
Long before Anthony Brunetti rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns, including a key 3-yard gain on fourth down late in the fourth quarter to seal Holy Trinity’s 19-14 win...