November 29, 2009
Key play and player from Jets win
KEY PLAY: CB Darrelle Revis' first-quarter 67-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Panthers had driven 41 yards to the Jet 39, when Jake Delhomme's pass bounced off Steve Smith's...
D'Antoni still not worried about Curry
Worried about Eddy Curry? Yes, Mike D'Antoni has been there before.Curry missed his third straight game tonight vs. Orlando, his left knee still swollen. A tender left knee cost Curry...
Colts come back from 17 down against Texans; stay unbeaten
HOUSTON -- The Indianapolis Colts stayed perfect by extending their dominance of the Houston Texans. Peyton Manning threw for three touchdowns and the Colts rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit...
Eagles rally past Redskins, 27-24
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Eagles enjoyed a rare fourth-quarter comeback so much they did it again. David Akers kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1:48 remaining and the Eagles rallied...
T.O. helps Bills bury Dolphins, 31-14
A long field goal by Rian Lindell and a long touchdown catch by Terrell Owens in the final minutes propelled the Buffalo Bills to a 31-14 win over the Miami...
Box Office: Royal gross for 'Princess,' but what does it mean?
Disney's "The Princess and the Frog'' -- the studio's first hand-drawn animation in five years and its first featuring an African-American princess -- averaged a whopping $356,000 over the three-day weekend...
0-16 Nets fire Frank
LOS ANGELES – The expected axe fell one day sooner. The Nets fired coach Lawrence Frank Sunday afternoon.Team president Rod Thorn, who did not accompany the team on this West...
Defense leads Jets over Panthers, 17-6
Jets special teams coach Mike Westhoff stood before his players in a Saturday night meeting as they made final preparations for the Panthers and delivered a message that resonated through...
Transcript of 911 call reporting Tiger Woods crash
Female dispatcher: 911, what's your emergency? Neighbor: This is uh ... in our subdivision. I need an ambulance immediately. I have someone down in front of my house. They hit...
Ex-Jets head coach Groh axed by Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia fired Al Groh after nine seasons as football coach at his alma mater Sunday, ending a tenure marked by his inability to beat rival Virginia Tech.Groh's...
Susan Boyle's first album tops British charts
LONDON — In the contest, she finished second. But on the charts, she’s number one. Susan Boyle’s debut record, “I Dreamed A Dream,” entered the British album chart in the...
0-16 Nets fire head coach Frank; no replacement named
LOS ANGELES – The expected axe fell one day sooner. The Nets fired coach Lawrence Frank Sunday afternoon. Team president Rod Thorn, who did not accompany the team on this...
Gov. Paterson taking $1.6B in emergency measures to cover December bills
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson is now taking $1.6 billion worth of temporary, emergency measures to cover the state’s December bills. That’s while he’s continuing to try...
Tortorella wants change to instigator rule
John Tortorella wants the instigator rule removed from the book as it currently stands. The Rangers’ head coach expressed that opinion after Matt Cooke elbowed Artem Anisimov in the head...
Iran OKs play to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities
TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian government approved a plan Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion in defiance of U.N. demands it halt the program. The...
It's when, not if, Frank will be fired
LOS ANGELES – The timing appears to be all that remains. Nets coach Lawrence Frank is expected to be fired when the team returns from its West Coast trip which...
Competency hearing set in Elizabeth Smart abduction
SALT LAKE CITY — For the third time since his arrest in 2003, a court will hold a competency hearing for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth...
4 cops shot dead in 'ambush' at Washington coffee shop
PARKLAND, Wash. — One of four police officers killed in an ambush at a coffee house Sunday fought with the gunman and may have wounded him before the officer died...
Woods takes blame for car accident, cancels 3rd police interview
Tiger Woods today again backed out of meeting with Florida Highway Patrol over his bizarro SUV smashup early Friday as he released a statement taking responsibility for the accident, and...
Gametracker: Revis, defense having big day against Carolina
The 4-6 Jets are leading the Panthers 14-3 at the Meadowlands late in the third quarter.
Eli's right foot still an issue
It goes from bad to worse to possibly unthinkable for the Giants.As if losing five of the past six games is not bad enough, this beleaguered team continues to deal...
Box Office: Bullock nearly 'Blind Side's 'New Moon' with year's second $100M+ grosser
As expected, Summit's "New Moon: The Twilight Saga'' led the long Thanksgiving Day weekend, with an estimated $66 million over five days and $42.5 million from Friday to Sunday -- a...
NYC boys basketball preseason rankings
Another season is upon us, and -- big surprise -- Rice and Christ the King start at the top. The two national powers met in last year's CHSAA Class AA...
Cops: LI mom left girl in car while shopping
WOODMERE, N.Y. — A Long Island mother has been arrested and accused of leaving her toddler in a car while shopping. The 32-year-old woman from Woodmere was arrested on a...
5 people dead from swine flu on Muslim pilgrimage
MINA, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi health minister says five people have died from the H1N1 flu virus during the annual hajj. Abdullah al-Rabeeah said Sunday authorities recorded 73 cases...
Osama bin Laden within U.S. grasp in 2001; troops chose not to pursue
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to...
These culprits bear the most guilt for this debacle
When you are 4-6, when you have lost six of your last seven, when you have teased your fan base yet again by inflating expectations, you are subject you to...
Jets' running game key vs. Panthers
A week ago, coach Rex Ryan cried in front of his team and then he fired his defensive line coach. This week, Ryan first included himself into the team’s offensive...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Chris Douglas-Roberts
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the Nets guard about his team trying to get that elusive first victory, his college career and much more. Q: Are you dreading making...
Pressure point: Transit Tech relying on Prescott's adjustment to new role
The duo in the frontcourt of shot-blocking machine Rhamel Brown and versatile scorer Barry Posey could be the best in the city. The bench, a rotation that could go as...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS GREG HOROSKI Long Island man and wife see judge rip up mortgage, blast bank in foreclosure battle. IRVING PICARD Trustee liquidating Bernie Madoff’s estate asks court to OK $22M...
Messier makes dream come true for special fan
It was a dream come true. In a suite at Madison Square Garden, 15-year-old Matthew Von Dollen was watching the Rangers game with his parents, siblings, cousins and his friend...
The Rumble
Giving spirit NFL linebacker brings food to the less fortunate Kudos to Broncos linebacker Darrell Reid (left) for giving Thanksgiving turkeys and assorted trimmings, through his Footz Foundation charity, to...
Hi ho silver, up and away
I am so sick of reading about gold. “Gold hits a new high!” “Gold going to $2500 per ounce!” Why do people buy gold and forget about its paler and...
No judge of character
It’s hardly news that weekday “Judge” shows are reliant on the dimwitted — as plaintiffs, defendants and viewers. But an installment of “Judge Joe Brown,” seen here on Fox 5...
Piece of ‘Cake’
The squabbling Gosselin family is being replaced by sweeter fare as “Cake Boss” takes over the time slot that has been occupied by “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” which is...
‘Lie’ plays poker
Still hungry after Thanksgiving dinner? Let Drama Mama suggest some good TV to gorge yourself on: * “Lie to Me” (Monday, 9:01 pm., Fox): From the “Of Course! What Took...
Reel good
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936) Wednesday, 8 p.m., TCM My second favorite Bette Davis movie of all-time. A vagabond intellectual (Leslie Howard) offers to make a deal with desperado gangster Duke...
Don't miss
On two nights in November, Madison Square Garden hosted concerts that celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On the first night, the lineup included...
New York Post preseason All-City boys basketball selections
New York Post boys basketball beat writers, Zach Braziller and Dylan Butler, break down the city's elite players as the 2009-10 season begins in earnest this week. ALL-CITY Player of...
The end of cap-and-trade
Surprise: Hacked e-mails have revealed that sober, empirical, fact-loving scientists at the heart of global-warming research behave like a crazed group of Delta girls engaged in a flame war to...
WikiLeaks.org aims to expose lies, topple governments
This week, the website WikiLeaks.org released half-a-million pager messages sent on 9/11. It wasn’t the first time the site has generated comment or controversy. The two-year-old WikiLeaks has rapidly made...
Out for justice
The titles of Steven Seagal’s films — such as “Marked for Death,” “Above The Law,” and “Today You Die” — convey a world of violence most action heroes would never...
A 'Twilight' wake-up call
Fret, dear reader, about the future of the American female — especially the ones who flocked in droves to “Twilight: New Moon.” Sure, it seems like harmless fun, a love...
Why you should keep getting mammograms
How could this happen to me? That’s all I could think of in a midtown doctor’s office 12 years ago when a radiologist broke the news that I had breast...
Saga of New York's youngest serious criminal
It was early October, just before dawn, and two young men stood nervously outside a row house on 122nd Street in Kew Gardens, Queens. One walked up and down the...
Hudson gridlock
The new rules proposed last week by the Federal Aviation Administration are common-sense measures that will enhance safety up and down the Hudson River flight corridor — and we fully...
Probably not
Remember that old saying, “You get what you pay for”? I wonder if the suckers who paid for a “personal seat license” to keep their Giants and Jets season tickets...
Golden intentions
As a Goldman Sachs employee who volunteered to work at a Salvation Army community center on Thanksgiving, I take exception to your mean-spirited attack (“Gobble Gobble Goldman,” Nov. 21). My...
Grow up!
Is Melissa Lafsky for real (“Little Girls Going Straight to Heel,” PostScript, Nov. 22)? Her freaking out over the sight of a cute little girl dressed in her best outfit...
Bow wow
I thought Michael Goodwin’s piece (“World of Hurt for a Sliding President,” Nov. 22) was right on the money. Having been involved in businesses in Asia for a good part...
Palin’s problems
I take a back seat to no one when it comes to my fascination with Sarah Palin, and I have never read anything so cogent and insightful about her as...
All booked up for the holidays
Twenty great reads for everyone on your gift list For the host who likes to boast Momofuku by David Chang and Peter Meehan Clarkson Potter, $40 David Chang’s Momofuku mini-empire...
Hellraisers
Sometime after the release of “Lawrence of Arabia,” a newly famous Peter O’Toole collapsed in a drunken heap on the set of the Johnny Carson Show. The film’s producer, Sam...
With Pinkston back, Loughlin Lions ready to roar
Bishop Loughlin still has another week to go before opening its regular season against Thomas Jefferson at the Sixth Annual Catholic League vs. Public League Challenge at Baruch College. But...
Cleaving
New Yorker Julie Powell — the blogger who spawned a bestselling book and the blockbuster movie “Julie & Julia” — is back with a second serving on love and finding...
Food fur a cause
At this time of giving thanks, New York’s needy pets can now feel part of the citywide celebration. The Animal Relief Fund (ARF-NY) is a new breed of charity that...
In my library: Lynn Redgrave
When you grow up in an acting dynasty — particularly one without a television set — books become pretty important. And so they were for Lynn Redgrave and family. “We...
Rap’s big spin
1) It’s hard to grasp the enormity of Jam Master Jay’s impact on Run-DMC until you see what the pioneering rap group looked like before he joined. In the new...
Meet market: Sweetheart sks real-life Mr. Goodbar
Laura, a 24-year-old p.r. assistant, has had her fill of dating (milk) duds. She’s looking for a date that’ll end with a kiss — chocolate or otherwise! Mike, 28 attorney...
Daters without borders
There are more than 8 million people in the city of New York. Most are either too young, too old, too married or too incarcerated to date. The remaining 17...
This week's couple: Globetrotting twosome
From Central America to Europe, Kyle and Milan rehashed their travelogues while dining at Italian eatery Giano in the East Village. Kyle, a 24-year-old bartender, tried to impress Milan, a...
Zine scenes
With ’90s nostalgia — from Doc Martens to Winona Ryder — rampant, it’s no surprise that zines are making a comeback. Zines are homemade magazines, usually cut and pasted and...
Slack is back
Have you noticed how everything smells like teen spirit lately? Go ahead and take a whiff — the musty scent of ’90s nostalgia is unmistakable: Two Nirvana albums, “Live at...
Join the club
It's 5 p.m. on a Saturday, and in the small walled garden of Chelsea’s private Norwood club 15 New Yorkers are staring intensely at a dish of flabby, uncooked scallops....
Jersey boy
Considering that I grew up in a rural New Jersey town teeming with Nazis, mobsters and squirrel-eating hillbillies, my adolescence was relatively innocuous. Still, I tried to adhere unfailingly to...
'Shore' thing
When the mayor of Belmar, NJ, blasted Staten Island as the epicenter of the obnoxious “guidos and guidettes” who were ruining his quaint seaside town, most saw his stereotype-filled tirade...
PSAL girls basketball preseason rankings
The top team – Murry Bergtraum – is pretty clear cut. That’s what happens when you’ve won 11 straight PSAL city titles. Every other squad after that, though, is a...
Fired 'Up'
Most every profession has its iconic, onscreen hero – that one badass who represents everything cool about an industry and to whom everyone in it looks for inspiration. Fighter pilots...
Former Nazareth star Robert Phelps tries hand at coaching with Bedford Academy
If the Bedford Academy boys basketball team didn’t know their new coach, Robert Phelps, was a special basketball player before meeting him, they do now. “Everywhere we go,” senior forward...
Tipping points
New Yorkers don’t like to be forced to do anything. Wait at the crosswalk until the walking guy shows up? We’ll take our chances and look both ways. Turn our...
My New York: Miranda Kerr
This Tuesday night, CBS will broadcast “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show,” that annual ritual of sensuality and controversy that causes detractors to decry the over-sexualization of network television while others...
Cold play's a draw
What happens when the world's best players get sick? They make draws. That was the story this month at the Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow, which broke a 13-year-old record...
Bridge
"Hear about Millard's great defense?" a player at the club asked me. Millard Pringle is a sweet little man -- retired from the IRS -- whose elevator doesn't go quite...
True test of O's mettle
When President Obama finally an nounces his Afghani stan decision Tues day, the number of additional troops he sends will dominate headlines. But the real test of his leadership will...
Iran's UN nuke rebuke
An extremist Iranian legislator warned yesterday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- a move that could seriously undermine world attempts to prevent Iran from...
Secret Service: No margin for error
The fact that a photo showing the presi dent shaking this woman's hand is in circulation is not a good thing. Does it mean our enemies can harm him now,...
Ohio's 'Nazi' is finally standing trial
An ex-Nazi soldier is to stand trial in Germany this week for allegedly helping to kill 28,000 Jews in a Polish concentration camp during World War II. John Demjanjuk, 89,...
Russia train derail terror
A homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train careering off its tracks, killing at least 26 people in what Russian officials said yesterday was an act of terrorism. Authorities...
Pup's a master of modern arf
This pooch is a regular Paw-blo Picasso. Tillamook Cheddar, a 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier from Brooklyn, is quickly gaining notoriety as the world's pre-eminent canine artist. The dog's abstract works...
Greener Black Friday
US shoppers dropped more than $10.6 billion in stores on Black Friday, enough to drive up sales a mere 0.5 percent from 2008. The preliminary data comes from Shopper Trak...
Chelsea flowering as new inn place
Hotels are the only thing blossoming in Chelsea's Flower District. Since 2008, 1,877 rooms in nine hotels have opened or started construction in a 12-block area that once teemed with...
WH crashers want pricey TV interview
They may be in big trouble, but the White House party crashers are just eyeing the big bucks. The desperate and broke fame-seeking duo has postponed their highly anticipated TV...
What to do with my 401(k) at 64?
Dear John: I lost my job of 16 years on Aug. 26 while I was still 64 years old and on Sept. 13 I turned 65. Needless to say, I'm...
It may be two minutes to midnight at the oasis
It's a fair bet that few around the Thanksgiving dinner table talked much about Dubai last week, even as that Emirate quietly rocked world financial markets with the surprise prospect...
Aol's plan may pay help very little
Tim Armstrong's "secret sauce" for turning Aol into a content-creation machine may include a reverse-auction Web site that would have freelancers competing to see who would produce content for the...
134 busts! So why is this guy free?
You can't keep a bad man down. Benjamin Doctor, 53, has been convicted 134 times on misdemeanor offenses -- but he's walking the streets of upper Manhattan, free as a...
Shot cop sues over 'bad vest'
A wounded undercover cop claims the department hadn't adequately covered him when he was shot by a subway fare-beater. NYPD Officer Shane Farina, 39, who was shot when the suspect...
Manhattan's double dip
Just when New Yorkers thought housing prices here might have finally hit bottom, there's fresh evidence of a nasty double dip recession for Gotham's residential real estate -- which some...
Another kid hit by stray shot
A teen girl was hit by an errant shot early yesterday in The Bronx -- the latest in a string of people struck by stray bullets across the city. The...
NJ dad kills son in kin-shoot rampage
A New Jersey man yesterday morning chased down and shot his wife and their two sons -- killing the 7-year-old -- before being fatally wounded by an off-duty cop, authorities...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Bronx *Talk about a black Friday. A 20-year-old man was shot at the Old Navy store at the Bruckner Boulevard Shopping Center on White Plains Road near Story Avenue at...
Lawyer sues 'deadbeat' pol
City Councilman Larry Seabrook is struggling to repay legal fees racked up during 2003 and '05 Campaign Finance Board audits, according to a suit filed by his former lawyer. The...
Dubai debt smacks NYC
A block-full of landmark New York City real estate is being sized up for the auction block in the fallout of the Dubai debt crisis rocking global markets. Dubai, one...
Dialing up a future
Aol is losing the "Running Man" logo. Too bad it can't outrun its past. After eight tumultuous years, Time Warner will spin off AOL -- er, Aol -- next week...
Many New Year's pub permits get the Eve-ho
New Year's Eve might not be so rockin' this year. A 60 percent plunge in the number of Big Apple bars, clubs and restaurants that have been issued special permits...
Transsex journalist in suicide
LOS ANGELES -- LA Times sportswriter Mike Penner, who announced two years ago he was a transsexual and was changing his name to Christine Daniels, was found dead in his...
Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz survive stampede on movie set
It's no bull -- that's really Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz riding for their lives from an angry herd in Spain yesterday. The Hollywood heavyweights were bravely doing their own...
The 'tweety' jailbird
Life in prison is a steady string of cavity searches, lessons on hot-wiring and bad food, according to screenwriter Roger Avary, who has seemingly been using Twitter to chronicle his...
Sachs tower nightmare grows
Glass from window panes rained down from the upper floors of the trouble-plagued Goldman Sachs tower in lower Manhattan, snarling traffic for more than two hours yesterday afternoon, authorities said....
Sickening spending
A statewide crackdown on Medicaid abuse has revealed $96.7 million in misspent funds, with New York City hospitals and health-care providers to blame for half of the hefty tab. The...
'Gag' reflex by Espada as charity probe heats up
Embattled Bronx politico Pedro Espada Jr. is advising staffers at his health-care charity to check with his lawyers before speaking to state investigators probing allegations of financial misconduct -- a...
Village of the 'cloned'
It's been an inexplicable phenomenon for decades: a remote Brazilian village full of blond-haired, blue-eyed twins. Dozens and dozens of twins, all with the clean-cut Aryan features that Nazi war...
Pot-puffing Pitt & paranoid Jolie on road to breakup amid loud & 'scary' fights
Hollywood's most glamorous couple is headed for Splitsville, according to a blockbuster book, "Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie" (Transit), out Tuesday. Author Ian Halperin, who...
Staffers' 'primary day' job
A large chunk of the City Council staff took off on primary- election day to work on politics. More than 40 percent of the council's 244 central-office staffers weren't at...
Shopping tragedy
A Bronx woman killed in a hit-and-run on Black Friday was returning from Christmas shopping with her fiancé when she was mowed down by an ex-con with four license suspensions,...
Judges charge taxpayers for frivolous expenses
Objection, your honor! State judges are using taxpayer money to buy everything from spa trips to self-portraits to electronics, The Post has learned. On Nov. 1, New York Chief Judge...
Woods & wife turn away police twice, but expected to talk today
A roughed-up Tiger Woods and his wife blew off another meeting with Florida police yesterday -- the second time in two days the couple stonewalled cops looking to unravel the...
Gitmo snitches in witness protection
LACKAWANNA, N.Y. -- Three of the "Lackawanna Six" -- men who were convicted after 9/11 of attending al Qaeda training camps -- have apparently entered the government's witness protection program...
He's no escape artist
Close, but no cigar. A sniveling, teary-eyed suspect landed back in cuffs after he escaped from a Lower Manhattan police station yesterday, cops said. "Please, don't beat me up," crybaby...
Crashergate: now what?
It was one of the most egregious security breaches in memory, but the Secret Service was quick to assert that President and Mrs. Obama were never in any danger during...
Crime: Back to the ’80s?
Two recent Post reports from the criminal-justice front reinforce the notion that those who forget the past are likely to repeat it. For one, it’s starting to look like the...
Fans will turn ugly if Giants stink it up against Cowboys
There is a game to be played next Sun day afternoon against the despised Cow boys, and the Giants are going to hear it long and loud if they continue...
Smith's solid play has opened Ryan's eyes
It has been quite a year for Jets safety Eric Smith. Shortly after coach Rex Ryan took over the Jets, by Ryan's own admission, he looked at Smith as an...
Pollin's passing gets ignored by the media
In a world consumed by sack totals, wild card races, triple- doubles and what Chad Ochocinco does next, it made perfect illogical sense that the passing of Abe Pollin, last...
Knicks find Nugget of hope after close Denver loss
A long, strange trip, it was. The Knicks are back at the Garden tonight after enduring an 0-fer out West, playing host to Orlando. They lost all three games to...
Milicic stuck in D'Antoni's doghouse
There have been no "Free Darko" signs in the Garden stands, but the 7-foot Serbian center realizes he is trapped in coach Mike D'Antoni's doghouse with no way out. In...
Giant disappointment
* Dear Giants: You have a diehard fan base that puts off other commitments to watch you play. We don't make millions like you do. We work very hard for...
Kowboy smokes 'Mile' competition
One year-end championship that was still up in the air after the Breeders' Cup -- the Eclipse Award for best sprinter -- was likely settled yesterday at Aqueduct when Kodiak...
Aqueduct analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $18,000; clm($15,000); 3up MIGHTY MORRIS comes in with a bullet work for new barn in first start since tiring in the slop in May. MR....
Banged-up Devils roll past Islanders, 6-1
Defiance defines these Devils. It has gone beyond resilience, far beyond. Another major injury to one of their key sparkplugs, and they stick out their chins and follow with their...
Islanders still work in progress after 1-2 stretch against top teams
Scott Gordon said the Islanders' three-game stretch against the Flyers, Penguins and Devils would show his young team where it was. "It gives you a pretty good idea where you...
Big Ben likely to sit tonight
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is expected to miss tonight's game at Baltimore because of a concussion. People familiar with Roethlisberger's status spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity yesterday....
Sports shorts
MLB: Report: Jeter S.I.'s Sportsman According to an anonymous e-mail tip sent to the Web site gawker.com, Derek Jeter is going to be named Sportsman of the Year by Sports...
The Post line
NFL Today Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog JETS 3 3 (41½) Panthers Colts 3½ 3 (47½) TEXANS BENGALS 14 13½ (38½) Browns VIKINGS 9½ 11 (47) Bears EAGLES 9 9...
Outdoors class for women
Women from around the state can advance their outdoor skills by attending a New York sponsored workshop. Becoming an Outdoorswoman is a program that offers weekend-long, outdoor skills workshops for...
Devils' Clarkson out 4-6 weeks
It will be 2010 before the Devils see David Clarkson back in their lineup. Clarkson is expected to miss 4-6 weeks recovering from a hairline fracture of his right leg,...
Thorn mum on Frank's future
LOS ANGELES -- Nets team president Rod Thorn said "nothing has changed" regarding the status of head coach Lawrence Frank. Nothing for the good. Or bad. "That's all I'll say,"...
L.A. next stop for 0-fer Nets
LOS ANGELES -- Finally, the Nets are mad as hell. But they still might have to take it some more. Like tonight. They're playing the Lakers, as bad an assignment...
Bringing back Iverson would be Philly pholly
Other than generating some desperately (the op erative word) needed ex citement among the missing masses and possibly selling enough tickets for the remainder of the 76ers' so far 5-11...
Time for NHL to break away from shootout
PITTSBURGH -- The shootout has never been a legitimate process for deter mining a winner (and half a loser) in an NHL game. Now, five seasons into the unfortunate experiment,...
Redskins will give Philly fits
TODAY Redskins (+9) over EAGLES: Despite mounting injuries and Jim Zorn's time-management issues, things are looking up for the visitor, and Cat will embrace superior defense and the points (+9)...
Panthers' run game will vex Rex's crew
TODAY Panthers (+3) over JETS: Remain long-term bullish on Mark Sanchez, but not today. Long Island's team often falters when theyfail to win the time-of-possession battle when favored, and Carolina...
Erratic Rangers blasted by Penguins, 8-3
PITTSBURGH -- Nearly one-third of the way through the season, it is impossible to identify anything the Rangers do well. They do not play with discipline. They are an easy...
Weird but true
Claudia De La Rosa is the kind of team player any company would want. The Florida secretary was arrested after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to Miami International Airport...
Manhattan routs Fordham in Bronx battle
Battle of the Bronx? It was more like a beatdown, a wire-to-wire 68-44 Manhattan rout of borough rival Fordham last night at Draddy Gym that earned the Jaspers a three-game...
Stanford beats Notre Dame, 45-38, with Weis on way out
STANFORD, Calif. -- Toby Gerhart turned what could be Charlie Weis' final game as Notre Dame coach into his own Heisman Trophy infomercial. Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three...
St. John's tops Temple to improve to 5-0
PHILADELPHIA -- St. John's has stood on this cliff before and fallen hard and fast. They had climbed to the jump point two years ago after beating Marist in the...
'Grateful' UConn bowls over Syracuse
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut is bowl eligible for the third straight season, but running back Andre Dixon has a special appreciation for this one. "With everything we've dealt with...
Bellfield, UNLV upset No. 16 Louisville
Oscar Bellfield scored 17 points, Tre'Von Willis scored 16 and UNLV hung on to upset No. 16 Louisville 76-71 yesterday in Las Vegas. The Cardinals (4-1) used a 30-11 run...
Rutgers bitten by Gators
Kenny Boynton scored 19 points and Vernon Macklin had 14 to lead unbeaten Florida to a 73-58 win over Rutgers last night and win the Legends Classic in Atlantic City....
Tebow bids farewell to Swamp
Tim Tebow's final home game went about like everyone expected. There were tears, touchdowns and another thumping. Tebow threw for three TDs, ran for two scores and top-ranked Florida beat...
No 'park'ing! Critics say Brooklyn Bridge Park entrance isn't so grand
Grand entryway or condo driveway — you decide.State development officials have released a rendering of what they call a “strong” design element for the entrance to the soon-to-open northern portion...
Penguins rock Rangers, 8-3
PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby had his fourth career hat trick and added two assists for his second five-point game and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the fourth time in five...
Park Circle looks better than ever — except for drivers!
Cyclists and pedestrians — and horseback riders — are already hailing the still-unfinished transformation of the perilous traffic circle at the southwest corner of Prospect Park, but some drivers are...
CHSAA girls basketball preseason rankings
There are no surprises in the top three teams. The programs have been some of the best in the city in recent memory. St. Michael Academy, fresh off its first-ever...
Dad's deadly ambush kills wife, son
PATERSON, N.J. — Paterson officials say a man chased down and shot his wife and their two young sons on today — killing one boy — before he was fatally...
Hot-shooting Mavericks run past Kearney in opener
Taylor Raccuglia uttered words not often associated with Moore Catholic last season. “Those girls could shoot,” the Bishop Kearney junior forward said. A year ago the Mavericks won the CHSAA...