November 2, 2009
Humbled Jets take some time off
There was a very subdued vibe inside the Jets locker room today despite the fact that Rex Ryan has given the players six days off for the bye week. The Jets...
MLB looking at Yankees' frequent mound meetings
PHILADELPHIA -- All those meetings on the mound called by catcher Jorge Posada and the Yankees are giving Major League Baseball pause, too.Posada and pals visited pitcher CC Sabathia eight...
NYPD officer drunk when he hit woman
An off-duty NYPD detective had more than two and a half times the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he ran down and killed a 67-year-old Bronx woman,...
Pena replaces Cabrera on Yankees' roster
Injured outfielder Melky Cabrera has been replaced by backup infielder Ramiro Pena on the Yankees' World Series roster.Cabrera left the Yankees' 7-4 win in Game 4 on Sunday night in...
Help on the way for Giants
Yes indeed, help is on the horizon. Tom Coughlin said today that LB Michael Boley and DT Chris Canty are both scheduled to take part in practice on Wednesday when...
Francoeur has thumb surgery
You knew we couldn't go too long without writing about a Met injury, and they finally ended that drought today.Jeff Francoeur had the long-planned surgery to repair a torn collateral ligament in...
TNT picks up NBC's axed police drama 'Southland'
Cable network TNT says it has rescued the shot-down NBC cop drama "Southland" and will bring it back in the new year. Beginning Jan. 12, TNT will broadcast all six...
50 STATES: North Carolina
WHEN you come from Zimbabwe and marry someone from New Jersey, there are no easy solutions to finding a place to live where both parties will feel like home. This...
NYPD: Robbery suspect is posing as deliveryman
New York City police are hunting for a Manhattan thief who poses as a deliveryman to get inside apartments where he ties residents up and makes off with their cash...
Police search for infant that vanished on Halloween
CHIPLEY, Fla. — A 7-month-old infant has gone missing from her home in a small town in the Florida Panhandle. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that Shannon Dedrick...
Rafer starts again, Nets await word on Harris
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Rafer Alston gets another start at point guard tonight, Terrence Williams in reserve, as Devin Harris is in Chicago to consult with a specialist regarding his sore...
Open Eire
HAD you asked a typical Irishman about “the Troubles” a few years ago, they might have mentioned their opinion of the IRA. Or launched into a screed about the Ulster...
Philly paper jumps the gun on World Series congrats
A Philadelphia newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles. The Yankees held a commanding 3-1 lead in...
Peter stole from John in Gotti case
Oh brother! While John "Junior" Gotti was sitting in an upstate prison, his brother Peter collected on an old loan and stole $10,000 from him, according to testimony today in...
MLS: Beckham to return to Milan in January
David Beckham will return to AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian club reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.The England midfielder played...
Posada on bench for possible clincher
PHILADELPHIA – Tonight might be a little harder for Jorge Posada. Throughout the playoffs, the Yankees have had Jose Molina catch A.J. Burnett's starts, and it's hard to dispute the...
NYPD to review DWI tests after 2 off-duty cops kill pedetrians
New York City officials are reviewing the legal process of determining whether someone was drunk behind the wheel when an accident occurs. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly convened a panel Monday...
Board Calls for More Precise Language from DCP
Those on the front lines of the curb cut wars are pleased that the Department of City Planning (DCP) is trying to eliminate loopholes in the city’s zoning text that...
Jay says Letterman's sex scandal would 'kill' him
No matter how much Jay Leno might wish he still had a late-night show, he wouldn't want to be in David Letterman's seat. "I wouldn't trade places with Dave now...
Browns owner 'sick' with team's performance, but Mangini safe for now
CLEVELAND -- Browns owner Randy Lerner says he is "sick" about the state of his NFL team but he will not make a coaching change.Cleveland dropped to 1-7 after Sunday's...
Real Madrid visit Milan in role reversal
AC Milan and Real Madrid will swap roles on Tuesday when they meet again in the Champions League while Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid are among 10 sides still seeking...
Marathon-winner, Meb, an American hero
It had been 27 years since an American had won the New York City Marathon, an entire generation during which U.S. distance runners had gone from incline to decline to...
Two Area Groups in the Limelight
BRAVO ambulance was in the spotlight at the October meeting of Community Board 10, as the volunteers that have kept the group running were lauded for their efforts on behalf...
Local Civic to Hold Fundraiser
A local civic group is reaching out to the community for help.The Association of Informed Voices, a fixture in Canarsie for nearly a decade, will be holding a fundraising meal...
Jeers for “soulless” CB13
Community Board 13 members are “soulless” for failing to join Brighton Beach residents in opposing Borough President Marty Markowitz’s controversial $64 million amphitheater project for Asser Levy Seaside Park.So said...
Brooklyn Bishop Blesses Vito, Candidates
Williamsburg residents have been receiving a higher calling this week: an automated message from Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio urging voters to support Assemblymember and Kings County Democratic Chair Vito Lopez...
Campaign “Tricks” at Former Candidate’s Home
Former City Council candidate Gerry Esposito may be the victim of campaign trickery, as his Williamsburg property on Conselya Street was vandalized in the early hours of October 30.Esposito, Community...
Jury seated for Bruno corruption trial
ALBANY, N.Y. — Twelve jurors and four alternates have been seated for the corruption trial of former New York state Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno. Opening arguments are scheduled for...
Queens imam pleads not guilty in terror case
An imam accused of lying to FBI agents investigating an alleged bomb plot against New York City by a suspected al-Qaida associate pleaded not guilty Monday. “I have nothing to...
'Mission to Moscow' inspires TCM series created by Self-Styled Siren and me
I've been promising some big news about "Mission to Moscow'' for a while, and here it is. Below is a press release about "Shadows of Russia,'' a series that will air on TCM in January....
Upon further review: Giants loss as ugly as it looked
What the heck happened to the Giants in their 40-17 loss to the Eagles down at Lincoln Financial Field? Unfortunately for the Giants, a lot of what happened is what's...
Damon out-smarted the Phillies
As I was watching Pedro Feliz try to find Johnny Damon at second base it occurred to me for a split second, Feliz must have been thinking, " Where’s Damon...
DVD extra: 'The Crucible' minus the politics
My review of "The Claudette Colbert Collection,'' arriving today as part of Universal's valuable Backlot DVD series, is here, and I focus on Elliot Nugent's pioneering screwball comedy "Three-Cornered Moon'' (the...
Ford posts surprising profit
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford, the only U.S. automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and...
Christie takes slight lead over Corzine: poll
With one day to go before the closely watched New Jersey governor’s race, Republican challenger Chris Christie has taken a slight lead over Gov. Jon Corzine in two new polls...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
In so many ways, the Johnny Damon dash from first to third exemplifies the entirety of the Yankees postseason, on every level possible. Think of it:1. Above all else, the...
Karzai declared winner of Afghan election
KABUL -- Afghanistan's election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country's tumultuous ballot Monday, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis two and a half...
3UP: Mo, Damon and Joba
1. Every closer in the playoffs has now had a devastating implosion, every closer except Mariano Rivera. It is no coincidence that the Yankees are one win away from a...
Thompson narrows gap with Bloomberg: poll
A new poll says the Democrat challenging Mayor Bloomberg has narrowed the gap a few points. The Quinnipiac University survey finds William Thompson Jr. 12 points behind Bloomberg, with one...
Walking back on settlements
Laura Rozen reports Hillary Clinton's two-step (Politico)
Preparing for a bad election day
Jake Tapper says the White House isn't planning to party (Political Punch)
Lefties last ditch effort in NY-23
Organizing for America makes a stand in upstate (Bizzy Blog)
Who Wins with ObamaCare
David Frum talks to Bill Bennett
Conservative upstart closes in on tight upstate House race
ALBANY -- The nationally watched battle for an upstate congressional district -- rocked over the weekend by the dramatic exit of Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava -- took another turn when...
Serie A: Napoli offers up Halloween trick on Juventus
A resurgent Napoli pulled off the ultimate Halloween trick on Saturday, coming back from a two-goal deficit to defeat Juventus 3-2 in Turin. Midfielder Marek Hamsik spearheaded the comeback with...
Firemen save marathoner
Quick-thinking firemen saved the life of a Texas man who collapsed in upper Manhattan yesterday while running the New York City Marathon. An eagle-eyed member of Ladder 35 noticed the...
Nothing is better than Public Option
Joe Lieberman says he'd rather have no reform than this (Huffington Post)
Biggest Loser of 'Reform'
The worst bill ever (Wall Street Journal)A Donald Miller on the real road to Reform (Napa Valley Register)
Navy ship made of WTC steel arrives in NYC; 9/11 families salute it
The World Trade Center sailed into the city this morning. The USS New York, which has a bow built from 7.5 tons of Twin Towers steel, stopped near Ground Zero...
Burnett faces Phillies' Lee in Game 5
PHILADELPHIA -- A.J. Burnett gets a chance to live every kids dream tonight. You know, winning the deciding game of the World Series and heading home for the winter as...
Watch live: USS New York arrives in NYC
Watch live streaming video of the USS New York as it arrives in New York City.
Atomic Oops
Jackson Diehl on Iran's unlovable opposition (Washington Post)Jeffrey Goldberg asks is Iran immune to rational self-interest (Atlantic)Frida Ghitis says delay and confound is Iran's plan (Miami Herald)Brian Murphy says Iran...
Saved or Created?
Eamon Javers reports the White House can't tell (Politico)
New York, New York
Sailing into its namesake harbor (Newsday)Deborah Toth says visit USS New York (Examiner)A visit with one New Yorker serving on USS New York (Troy Record)
Upstate car crash kills four
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Authorities say a two-vehicle crash in Erie County has killed four people and injured two others. According to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office, a van with...
Man suspected of killing 4 in North Carolina arrested
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A man suspected in the fatal shootings of four men at a North Carolina television shop has been captured in Virginia. Police in Mount Airy, N.C., said...
Game 4: A-Rod puts Yankees one win away
PHILADELPHIA — The Yankees are nine innings away from returning to a place Derek Jeter and others firmly believe a season is a failure if they don’t. Tonight at Citizens...
NYC girls volleyball rankings
The PSAL is topsy-turvy. The John F. Kennedy tournament Sunday threw a monkey wrench into the PSAL rankings picture. Midwood and Hunter College HS had poor performances and Bronx Science...
Where I Work: Jonathan Lethem
Job Much-lauded author of novels including “Motherless Brooklyn,” as well as short stories, nonfiction and comics. Lethem, a winner of the 2005 MacArthur “genius” award, toils in a communal artists’...
Led by Pinkston, New Heights climbs iS8 mountain
New Heights has created a name for itself the last several years by producing Division I athletes and winning several prestigious tournaments. Even so, Sunday’s thrilling 87-83 victory over the...
Go to Greg
Q I just started a new job and was recently hit up for a donation for someone’s wedding. I said I didn’t know the person and would not contribute. Any...
Kept in check
Tony Parker, a self-described “typical entrepreneur who jumps around to a lot of different things,” was working in Internet marketing and sales at his buddy’s startup when it ran out...
Second acts
When life handed lemons to Courtney Adams and Chris Merritt, they didn’t make lemonade. They made lasagna instead. Downsized within one week of each other last December and three weeks...
Chill factor
Top music downloads 1. Best I Ever Had, Drake 2. Run This Town, Jay-Z 3. Knock You Down, Keri Hilson 4. Down, Jay Sean 5. Successful, Drake 6. Break Up,...
Girls volleyball roundup: Kennedy wins tourney, Goldstein shocks field
John F. Kennedy got heroics from an unlikely source at the most opportune time. Backup middle hitter Michelle Esteva ripped off nine straight service points to take Kennedy from six...
Fort Hamilton is the team to beat for several reasons
If ever there was a play that typified Fort Hamilton, it came late in the fourth quarter of Saturday's blowout victory. The Tigers held a comfortable 35-6 lead over New...
A-Rod earning his elusive pinstripes
PHILADELPHIA – It had to boil down to this, didn't it? That's always been Alex Rodriguez's rarest gift, the way the moment seeks him out, stalks him, finds him. That...
Royal flush: Xavier crushes Christ the King
Having already solidified its position in the CHSFL Class AA playoffs, Sunday night’s Week 8 matchup against Christ the King was essentially meaningless for the Xavier football team. That is,...
Memory Lane trip affecting
IN the strange, singular world of Irish playwright Enda Walsh, the mundanity of domestic life is merely the springboard for the sort of bizarre, stylized ritual that would have made...
Bio shows only his best conduct
VALERY Gergiev is the charismatic Russian con ductor who heads the historic Mariinsky Theatre (formerly the Kirov) in St. Petersburg as both artistic and general director. But he's more than...
Yanks still on top
Baseball again is surprising the experts -- as Game Three of the World Series scored higher Saturday night than all three other networks combined. The Yankees-Phillies game -- delayed for...
Hoff: Call me Amy
David Hasselhoff's drinking problem has gotten so bad that he's now comparing himself to train-wreck pop singer Amy Winehouse. The judge from "America's Got Talent" has been in and out...
Harvard class on 'The Wire'
'THE Wire," HBO's gritty se ries about life in the Baltimore ghetto, is about to become a course at Harvard. The announcement came at a panel discussion at the school...
It's over
Adam Lambert and his long time boyfriend, interior de signer Drake LaBry, have split. The news broke via Twitter, by one of Lambert's pals who was partying with the "American...
The V-make
WHAT would happen if a giant, alien-filled mother ship suddenly hovered over New York? Would gang-bangers from all boroughs immediately get out their illegal assault weapons and shoot that mother,...
Best of Claudette is all set
THE very first screwball comedy? It wasn't, as commonly believed, "It Happened One Night" with Claudette Colbert, which won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Picture. Six months earlier, Colbert...
Horror landlord $oaked
A Brooklyn landlord faces $80,000 in penalties, all because he refused to say two words: "I approve." For nearly two years, according to the city's Human Rights Commission, Kong Chae...
Runoff-election translators at a loss for words
Poll workers weren't the only ones with nothing to do at September's feeble Democratic runoff election. The New York City Board of Elections hired more than a thousand Chinese and...
Gov's Yankee freebie 'foul'
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson secretly solic ited five free tickets to last week's World Series opener, in apparent violation of the state ethics law, even while publicly claiming it was...
Cop-on-cop gun suit blames city
A Queens cop is suing the city -- claiming a hot-headed fellow officer pulled a gun on him. When South Task Force Officer Joseph Giordano, a 14-year NYPD vet, returned...
NYC: a $hove story
Native New Yorker Marie King loves the Big Apple and always will, but she had to head south with her 16-year-old son, Michael, to pursue her goal of owning a...
An Afghan-do election: Hill
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday it was up to Afghan officials to decide the next step in the election process after presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah...
How cashed-up Rangel $preads the love
WASHINGTON -- Among New York lawmakers who woo their constituents by doling out campaign cash to charities and other groups, Rep. Charles Rangel is the Daddy Warbucks of political gift-givers....
Freeze wages now
LAST week, Gov. Paterson activated New York's "health-emergency preparedness plan," as a prudent precautionary measure to deal with a potential swine-flu epidemic. It's time to take a similar approach to...
Can't beat 'It': Jacko film is No. 1
"Michael Jackson's This Is It" pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run. The...
Playing doctor at hosp
A prominent, married Connecticut surgeon repeatedly had sex with his mistress in a sterile wing of Greenwich Hospital within feet of "patients, operating rooms, nurses and staff," according to allegations...
Big salaries on campus
New York state is home to three of the top 10 highest-paid private-college presidents. Leading the charge is Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate Troy, who...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island *A drunken motorist was arrested yesterday after slamming into a guardrail on the Staten Island Expressway, killing his female passenger, police said. José Sandoval, 24, was driving with...
Virgin Mary a no-show
DUBLIN -- About 10,000 pilgrims gathered at an Irish shrine hoping to see an apparition of the Virgin Mary, despite pleas from an archbishop to ignore the event. The head...
Verdict on O one year later: Nothing doing
ONE year ago this week, I stood shoulder-to-shoul der with thousands of tearful, hopeful Ameri cans and Oprah Winfrey in Chicago's windswept Grant Park to witness the coming of a...
Honored port pilot harbors 9/11 grief
At 5:30 this morning, the Navy was to toss harbor pilot Neil Keating the keys to its newest warship. After shaking hands with USS New York Cmdr. Curtis Jones and...
6 hurt as cabs crash
Two cabs collided in a spectacular crash in the East Village last night -- bringing down a sidewalk scaffolding shed as they jumped the curb, officials and witnesses said. Six...
Gay-nups vote is Maine event nationwide
WASHINGTON -- The state best known for its blueberries, buttery lobster and Yankee independence is not normally a bastion of social conservatism. That's why a ballot proposal on gay marriage...
Flakes no fakes
China now controls the weather. Meteorologists in Beijing made it snow yesterday, seeding clouds in an effort that officials hoped would end a drought. The man-made weather did have some...
'TWI' and relax
Robert Pattinson enjoys chilling out with a beer and a smoke, but he's usually about as reclusive as a vampire. While the "Twilight" heartthrob is grateful for his stardom, the...
Dropout GOP pol: Vote Dem
WASHINGTON -- Just a day after abruptly withdrawing from an upstate congressional election, Republican state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava yesterday threw her support behind the Democrat in the race and asked...
Bam's butt on the line for Corzine
Jon Corzine isn't the only Democrat whose political neck is on the line in the too-close-to-call governor's race in New Jersey. President Obama, who made his third trip to the...
Mad as hail at taxi tax
It ain't fare! Riders and cabbies alike yesterday railed against a surcharge slapped onto taxi fares in an attempt to raise money for the cash-strapped MTA. The 50-cent hike took...
Building business with jobs on hold
Businesses are finally willing to spend more money on equipment, a healthy sign for economic recovery. For the first time in nearly two years, firms ponied up more money for...
Chuck takes flu 'shot'
Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday slammed the federal government's swine-flu response, citing "gaping holes" in the Centers for Disease Control's efforts to get enough vaccine to those who need it. "The...
Rev. Al girl nixes his aid
Don't expect the Rev. Al Sharpton to lead any protests over his daughter's weekend "road-rage" arrest. She's asked him to butt out. Dominique Sharpton, who was arrested with her mother...
Business briefs
Ford fiasco Ford Motor workers have overwhelmingly re jected contract changes that would have allowed the automaker to cut labor costs, leaving Ford at a disadvantage to its Detroit rivals...
Survivor: Icahn
Carl Icahn's victory in the CIT bankruptcy drama is giving him a seat at the table. In a last-minute compromise with the troubled lender, Icahn won the right to appoint...
Mel Gibson is octo-dad
Mel Gibson has added another member to his cast -- a daughter. Gibson's fiancée, Oksana Grigorieva, gave birth Friday. Sources told RadarOnline.com that everything went well, and parents and baby...
UPS fake eyed in Village robberies
Cops are looking for this thug in a string of home-invasion robberies in the West Village — including one in which he allegedly posed as a UPS deliveryman. The suspect,...
Elton John in hospital for E. coli
Elton John has postponed some concerts and checked himself into a London hospital for treatment of an E. coli bacterial infection and the flu, the singer's reps revealed yesterday. John,...
Teen shot in the eye with a BB
The great-granddaughter of Benjamin Ward, the city's first black police commissioner, was shot and partially blinded by a BB while standing outside a "haunted house" for Brooklyn kids and their...
Bill goes radio silent vs. slur
Bill Thompson yesterday failed to challenge an anti-Semitic statement by a caller on a radio show who slammed Mayor Bloomberg as caring only about "the Jewish people of his persuasion."...
Atomic oops
WHEN talks between Iran and the six major powers, including the United States, started in Geneva last month, the stated objective was to persuade the Islamic Republic to comply with...
Biggest loser of 'reform': small biz
SMALL businesses have the highest hopes for health reform, but they'd be big losers under the bills Con gress is debating. For more than 20 years, small-business owners have listed...
Son of 'hubby slay' mom back with sibs
The eldest son of a Long Island woman accused of stabbing her husband to death returned to the family's home last night determined to support his devastated siblings. "It's the...
Hall of foam brewer goes on the market
Have a hankering for a Pabst Blue Ribbon, Old Milwaukee or a Schlitz? Well, the benefactor that owns the Pabst Brewing Company and its iconic brands has put the Milwaukee...
LI teen dead in Yale dorm
A Yale student from Long Island was found dead in his dorm room yesterday. Roommates discovered Andre Narcisse, 19, of Roosevelt, unresponsive at around 11 a.m. and called police. Rescuers...
9/11 'firebug': I was drugged
A Harvard Law School grad accused of torching a 9/11 memorial says someone may have slipped something in his drink and caused him to whack out, his lawyer said. The...
Happy 'berth' day!
ABOARD THE USS NEW YORK -- As crew members swabbed and painted the deck in preparation for this brand-new ship's emotional arrival in the Big Apple this morning, Mayor Bloomberg...
Horses home for holidays
Hold your horses. A Midtown stable won't be torn down until months after the holiday season, a city spokesman said yesterday. Hansom-cab drivers feared the shutdown would force them to...
Saluting dead heroes, shortchanging live ones
THE ISSUE: Pres. Obama's tribute to fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force Base. *** While the living heroes wait for reinforcements, Obama uses the KIAs for a photo op. Disgusting...
Re-Peet 'offender' is in jail
The daring skylight burglar who lifted Amanda Peet's $900 jewelry box from her TriBeCa loft was in the clink last night after getting busted for a similar heist, police sources...
Politics as usual in dirty Jersey
THE ISSUE: New Jersey's gubernatorial election, and The Post's endorsement of Chris Christie. *** I thought New York had the country's dumbest voters, but seeing that Gov. Corzine has closed...
Full throttle
Fright Night turned really scary for Paris Hilton. The party-hearty heirhead and her boyfriend du jour, Doug Reinhardt, were spotted in an apparent boozy grapple early yesterday -- with him...
'1'-derful! fans set for Yanks' clincher
PHIALDELPHIA -- We're one win away! Fans hailed A-Rod as Mr. November last night after he sparked the Yankees' offense -- and silenced the Phillies' offensive fans -- in a...
Curtain up today on Bruno corruption trial
ALBANY -- Today begins Joe Bruno's last big bout. The former state Senate majority leader and one-time Army boxing champ is due to appear in federal court for the start...
New York, New York
USS New York -- the 684-foot amphib ious-assault ship forged, in part, from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks -- sails into New York Harbor...
Holiday gift thrift
The minute the last trick-or-treater leaves, our attention naturally shifts from orange to holiday green. This year, the "green" is of the decidedly different type -- so, with money as...
The Post's Endorsements
Regional voters will decide key races tomorrow, but two -- for New Jersey governor and for an upstate congressional seat -- carry enormous national and local importance. Over the weekend,...
Owners 'Russian' to sell
The owners of Brooklyn’s two priciest penthouses are warring to score a trophy tenant -- Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire playboy set to buy the New Jersey Nets and move...
Meadowlands analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $17,500; clm($20,000); 3up CANCANIER stalked the pace and finished second in both career starts at this distance and level. NO FRET was hard used throughout...
Baffert really feels 'Lucky'
ARCADIA, Calif. -- The Breeders' Cup extravaganza gets underway today and what better way to start than with a winner, a sure thing, right from the trainer's mouth. Well, we've...
Godolphin is aiming for glory
ARCADIA, Calif. -- In the history of the Breeders' Cup, to be run for the 26th time this Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita, few outfits have come as loaded...
You're on, Francesa!
I prefer not to spend space defending myself. I'm a big boy; I take my shots, lots of them, thus I expect to be shot at, in return. I know...
Lundqvist, Rangers blank Bruins, 1-0
And then there are those times when safe is worth two points. For that's what the Rangers earned at the Garden yesterday afternoon by executing a simplified game plan based...
Dolphins, Porter get last word
There's been no shortage of words exchanged between the Jets and Dolphins this season, and some of the loudest voices in the week leading up to yesterday's game belonged to...
Keflezighi wins NYC Marathon for U.S.
Seconds after pointing to the USA emblazoned across his chest, Meb Keflezighi crossed the tape and then crossed himself in prayer. He dropped and did a push-up, kissing the cold...
Jets fall to Dolphins a-Ginn
The Jets 30-25 loss to the Dolphins yesterday at Giants Stadium was, in so many ways, inexplicable. But then, if you've followed the Jets long enough, you're much more familiar...
Jets dealt bad hand to Sanchez
It seemed as if it was all build ing to a magical finish, the kind of game-winning drive that could be bragged about over the next two weeks, making Mark...
McNabb, Eagles soar with Giant blow out
PHILADELPHIA -- As he left his team in the visitors' locker room at Lincoln Financial Field, Tom Coughlin kept calm as he waded through the wreckage of yesterday's 40-17 loss...
Heavyweights too much for free fallin' Giants
PHILADELPHIA -- Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson and Phil Simms must be wearing bags over their heads. These aren't the Big Bad Giants those proud old warriors are watching these...
Molina is likely to catch Burnett
PHILADELPHIA -- Manager Joe Girardi didn't surprise anybody who has been paying attention when he named A.J. Burnett as the Yankees' World Series Game 5 starter tonight on three days'...
Tim's convoluted analysis can make your head spin
What has happened to Tim McCarver that he now latches on to dubious issues, losing sight of the clearest and most present ones? What now makes him so sure of...
Godspeed, Godzilla
This may change, because anything around the Yankees is subject to change, subject to the whims and the wonders of the men who own and run the team. But it...
Kate's a huge help to Rodriguez
Does Kate Hudson get voted a half-share or a full share for the World Series? There were so many distractions in Alex Rodriguez's life before this year, but he's got...
New York fans flock to Philly for double rumble
PHILADELPHIA -- The welcome mat, such as it was, was a huge bed sheet, stretched out horizontally across a fence in the very front of the Lincoln Financial Field parking...
Hondo heating up
Quote the Ravens evermore! Hondo poured it on with Baltimore and the Yanks yesterday to increase his winning streak to four and lower his debt to 1,715 crosettis. Tonight, he...
Hamels 'can't wait for season to end'
PHILADELPHIA -- The fallout from Cole Hamels' horrific Game 3 start Saturday lingered into yesterday for the Phillies. That fallout was so great, in fact, that it could alter Philadelphia...
Plunking A-Rod draws warning
PHILADELPHIA -- Was that Joe Blanton or Joe Blatant who drilled Alex Rodriguez in the back last night? There is the old Don Drysdale philosophy -- why waste four pitches...
'Bad Brad' returns to bite Phils
PHILADELPHIA -- The regular-season Brad Lidge reared his ugly head at the worst possible time for the Phillies. The embattled closer had appeared to turn around his awful year in...
For Philly fans, sad ending to big sports day
PHILADELPHIA -- Mike Carter, No. 82 not in your Eagles program, reached over the pulled-down hatch, past the television set and beer cooler and yanked out a Phillies jersey. "Want...
Sabathia solid after short rest
PHILADELPHIA -- CC Sabathia came so close to another great performance. He just didn't count on Chase Utley forcing him off the mound in the seventh inning last night, with...
This fall, this team, is A-Rod's
PHILADELPHIA -- It had to boil down to this, didn't it? That's always been Alex Rodriguez's rarest gift, the way the moment seeks him out, stalks him, finds him. That...
Damon one step ahead
PHILADELPHIA -- Johnny Damon has always been a step ahead of the opposition, and last night that made all the difference. Now the Yankees are one step away from their...
Rollins' prediction looks ridiculous with Yankees up 3-1
PHILADELPHIA -- Maybe Jimmy Rollins should stick to playing shortstop. Nostradamus he ain't. The Phillies are not going to win the World Series in five games, as Rollins predicted, or...
This Joba nearly a disaster
PHILADELPHIA -- Plenty of his teammates told Joba Chamberlain not to worry after the reliever blew the Yankees' lead in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 4 of...
Ankle sprain KOs Nate for 2 weeks
Now the Knicks will really need the surging Danilo Gallinari to continue his rise. The Knicks' chances of closing in on their franchise record for worst start increased yesterday when...
27 away from 27th
PHILADELPHIA -- There were two outs and none on, and the score was tied. But in the top of the ninth inning, for the Yankees, it felt like a deficit....
Eli refuses to call foot fault
PHILADELPHIA -- Despite his recent struggles, Eli Manning yesterday again insisted his right foot is not an issue. "It feels great," Manning said after he threw two interceptions in a...
Scott gives props to 'Super' Miami team
A second loss to the Dolphins in three weeks left the Jets eating many things, including their tough-talk words -- everyone, that is, except linebacker Bart Scott, who dripped with...
Faces Lee in Game 5
PHILADELPHIA -- A.J. Burnett gets a chance to live every kid's dream tonight. You know, winning the deciding game of the World Series and heading home for the winter as...
Flawless Mo keeps on ticking
PHILADELPHIA -- It was a record-setting night for Mariano Rivera. And a flawless one. Rivera set the all-time record for World Series appearances last night at Citizens Bank Park with...
Nets' slow start simply D-testable
CHARLOTTE -- The credo was issued on Day 1 of the preseason. The Nets were to be a "defense first" team. Sure, there were other proclamations. Play hard, play together,...
The Post line
NFL Tonight Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog SAINTS 8½ 11½ (55) Falcons Sunday GIANTS 3 3½ (47½) Chargers JAGUARS 7 6 (42) Chiefs Ravens 3 3 (43) BENGALS COLTS 10...
Devils need defensive help
The Devils expect left wing Patrik Elias, their all-time record scorer, to practice with the team for the first time this season today. But even with an addition of that...
Weird but true
This thief is out of his gourd. A mystery ghoul spent last week stealing pumpkins displayed on lawns and porches in Manassas. Va., and returning them carved for the holiday....
UF, Texas 1-2 in BCS
Texas took a small step forward in the BCS standings -- from third to second place, ahead of Alabama and behind Florida -- as the remaining unbeaten teams held down...
Lenn Robbins' Top 25
The Post's college football expert Lenn Robbins breaks down his top-25. 1. Florida (8-0, beat Georgia, 41-17 in Jacksonville) UP NEXT: vs. Vanderbilt PREVIOUS: (1) THE SKINNY: Tim Tebow, your...
Yankees on verge of title after beating Phillies, 7-4
PHILADELPHIA - The Yankees are nine innings away from returning to a place Derek Jeter and others firmly believe a season is a failure if they don’t. Tonight at Citizens...
PSAL football Cup Division roundup: Automotive remains undefeated
With an undefeated record and playoff spot all but sewn up, Haseeb Khawaja took the time to remember a rather poignant moment in the evolution of his still-burgeoning program at...
Melky leaves Game 4 with injury
Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera has left Game 4 of the World Series with an injury.Brett Gardner took over in center in the sixth inning, with the Yankees leading the...
Barone Stern sends NDA to Archdiocesan semifinals
Bill LaTour hadn’t been able to find the most productive place to play freshman Sarah Barone Stern. The Notre Dame Academy coach has put her on the backline and gave...
CHSFL/Independent roundup: Spellman gets first win on Senior Day
Tony Ward and Anthony Warme gave their classmates and team a Senior Day to remember as Cardinal Spellman beat Bishop Ford 24-14 in the teams’ CHSFL AA-A regular-season finale in...
Mendoza sends SJU to Big East semifinals
Tara Mendoza received the pass from CJ Ludemann and immediately recognized she was open from 30-yards out, but shooting was the last thing on her mind. “When I got the...
Bam's last minute stump for Corzine
CAMDEN, N.J. -- In a final campaign swing on behalf of the only governor seeking re-election this fall, President Barack Obama today pitched Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine's bid as a...
Burnett to get the call in Game 5
PHILADELPHIA --- Three is company and four would be a crapshoot.The Yankees have gotten to November riding the backs of three starting pitchers, so changing the formula now isn't the...
Knicks' Harrington fined 25K for criticizing refs
Knicks forward Al Harrington has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for criticizing referees.The fine, announced Sunday, was for comments Harrington made two nights earlier after the Knicks' 102-100 loss...
Jeter wins Hank Aaron award
PHILADELPHIA -- Derek Jeter is stockpiling awards named after Hall of Famers.The New York Yankees shortstop and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals won the Hank Aaron Award in...
Live blog: Yankees-Phillies (Game 4 of World Series)
Chase Utley strikes again to pull the Phillies within 4-3, but nice job by Damaso Marte to retire Ryan Howard. We go to the eighth.The Yankees will be thrilled to...
Gametracker: Tied heading to the ninth
A solo home run by Chase Utley in the seventh inning cut the Yankees lead to 4-3 and sent CC Sabathia to the showers. The following inning, Pedro Feliz took...
Favre hears boos at Lambeau; leads Vikings over Packers, 38-26
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre sprinted downfield, arms thrust high in the air, index fingers raised. No matter what jersey he's wearing, whether he hears cheers of jeers, No....
World Series ratings soar with Yankees
World Series television ratings are at their highest levels in five years.The New York Yankees' 8-5 win over Philadelphia on Saturday night in Game 3 received a 9.1 rating and...
Rangers play it safe; top Bruins, 1-0
And then there are those times that safe is worth two points. For that’s what the Rangers earned at the Garden this afternoon by executing a simplified game plan based...