December 6, 2009
Still perfect: Saints survive, Colts cruise to 12-0
The Saints and Colts both improved to 12-0 today, but in completely different ways. SAINTS 33, REDSKINS 30 OT LANDOVER, Md. -- Oh, what a charmed life the unbeaten New...
Barron wants university trustee tossed
Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron is calling for the dismissal of a university trustee after the two men got in a shouting match. Barron said today that Jeffrey Wiesenfeld should...
Jets, playoff chances have so-so day from sidelines
There is good news and bad news for the Jets playoff chances after the early games on Sunday. Let’s start with the bad news: Matt Schaub got injured on the...
Inexperienced St. Ray's falls to Iona Prep
Brian Voelkel epitomizes what the Iona Prep basketball team is this year. The 6-foot-6 forward is strong, versatile, smart and experienced, one of five seniors the Gaels start on most...
Vick throws and runs for touchdowns in return to Atlanta
ATLANTA -- Michael Vick's return to Atlanta has been a big success. Vick has his first touchdown run and first scoring pass since his return to the NFL. Vick scored...
Raiders shock Steelers with three late touchdowns, 27-24
PITTSBURGH -- Louis Murphy caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Bruce Gradkowski with nine seconds remaining, his second score in the final 5 1/2 minutes, and the Oakland Raiders scored...
Patriots fall to Dolphins; AFC East race tightens
MIAMI -- When Tom Brady missed repeated chances to put the game away in the fourth quarter, Chad Henne and the Miami Dolphins took advantage. Henne threw for a career-high...
Nate benched again in Knicks win
The Garden fans chanted "We Want Nate'' in the second quarter when the Knicks were behind. They chanted "We want Nate'' across the fourth quarter when they were comfortably ahead.Confused?...
Gametracker: Eli, Big Blue try to get back in NFC East race
The Giants fell behind 10-0, but came back to take a 14-10 halftime lead on touchdowns by Hakeem Nicks and Brandon Jacobs.
Red Bulls to unveil Soler Monday
The New York Red Bulls are finally set to introduce Erik Soler as their new sporting director. Yes, we know everybody reported this a month ago, and it's one of...
LI guard survives 12-stab frenzy
A nightclub security guard is in stable condition after being stabbed more than a dozen times in a group attack outside the Long Island club. Suffolk County police say witnesses...
Riots rock Greece amid protest
ATHENS, Greece — Masked youths hurled firebombs and chunks of marble at police during a march in Athens Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a...
Knicks rally past Nets, 106-97
The Knicks refused to waste their chance for a winning week by losing to the lowly Nets. Larry Hughes scored 16 of his 25 points in the third quarter, and...
Zhu Zhu hamster 'poison'
ST. LOUIS -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe. But the maker of the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters defended its product today...
Schumer: End ATM double-dip
Sen. Charles Schumer is objecting to banks hitting consumers with ATM fees twice per transaction — a practice he calls "double dipping." Schumer said today that 72 percent of banks...
Williams Edges Martinez In Slugfest
Paul Williams might be called "The Most Feared Man In Boxing," but Sergio Martinez showed no fear Saturday night, waging a toe-to-toe slugfest with Williams at the Boardwalk Ballroom in...
Nets Lose Yi For Another Week
Yi Jianlian's knee is fine, thank you. His lip and face are another matter. Yi was playing 3-on-3 Saturday after practice when he took an inadvertent elbow to the face...
Rutgers lets West Virginia pick off victory
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- When Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage's pass went off Mohamed Sanu's fingers, the ball and the game hung in the snowy air, up for grabs. That is until...
DiPietro allows 3 goals in rehab assignment, no pain
BRIDGEPORT — Allowing three goals in his first nine shots wasn’t pretty, but Rick DiPietro did appear to make it through his first game in nearly a year without getting...
One man shot, another beaten in Baltimore hotel fight
BALTIMORE — One man was shot in the face and another was severely beaten when a fight erupted early Sunday morning during a birthday party at a downtown Baltimore hotel,...
‘Coke cop’ kin left stunned
A stunned family member who lived with the rogue Bronx cop now under arrest for using his badge and gun to help drug dealers said yesterday he couldn’t fathom how...
Winter Meetings set to kick off for Mets, Yankees
YANKEES 1. WHO’S THE THIRD STARTER? The` Yankees want Andy Pettitte back to start behind CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett and say Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes will prepare in...
Mets need to spend wisely, start strong, deal after draft
Mets fans hated their 2009 team. So it is not with blinders that I recommend the Mets bring back the guts of the roster for next year. It certainly is...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Scott Boras
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 57-year-old agent who has negotiated close to $4 billion worth of contracts and will be shopping Johnny Damon, Matt Holliday and others at...
Knicks, Nets enter clash on winning notes
Next. The red-hot Nets, winners of one straight, hope to make it two in a row and move to within 16 games of .500 today against the streaking Knicks, who...
Knicks not interested in trading Harrington for Tyrus
The mind boggles and the mouse Googles: A comedic acquaintance, poetically licensed to twist the truth, finds it incredulous the Knicks supposedly would consider swapping essentially Al Harrington for Tyrus...
The Rumble
Friendly fire storm Maloney’s been there — once injured JD Dave Maloney (right) probably is the only man on the face of the Earth who understood how Keith Ballard felt...
Jones draws comparisons to Jets’ legend Martin
Durable. Dependable. Humble. These were the first words that came to coach Rex Ryan’s mind when he was asked to describe his top running back. “He’s a guy that’s not...
NFL addresses concussion treatment, not prevention
So what’s the first thing reasonably vigilant parents do when the weather turns cold? Do they dress their kids in warmer clothing? Or do they send them back outside to...
Giants’ downside has become played out
This week, we are talking about flip sides. (An aside to younger readers: a “flip side” used to refer to the back side of a 45-rpm record, otherwise known as...
LT: Stand up & show some Pride
The Greatest Giant Of Them All is sending a fiery message today to his desperate old team, and he is supremely confident that Big Blue will rise up against the...
Giants, Cowboys in gunfight at not-OK corral
Maybe this is shaping up to be “one of those years” and no matter what the Giants do, they aren’t going to get out from under and make something of...
The week's winners and losers
Winners JEFF ZUCKER Beats the odds again and keeps his title after Comcast buys 51% of NBCU from GE. STEVE BARNETT Chairman of Sony’s Columbia Records Group scores his second...
CourtTV: The final verdict
Never has a once-vibrant and significant TV network died a more noiseless, anonymous death than did 18-year-old CourtTV last month. The remaining 65 or so employees of what’s now truTV...
Reel good
RADIO DAYS (1987) Tuesday, 8 p.m., TCM Woody Allen’s Fox Trot down memory lane tells the tale of an extended family from Rockaway, NY, in the 1940s who are addicted...
Don't miss
Down under A modern-day retelling of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” unfolds this week, with Kathy Bates as the Red Queen and Caterina Scorsone as Alice. The heroine is an...
Shrieking ‘Housewives’ duck plane
In honor of the “Men of a Certain Age” premiere, Mama turns her attention away from the serial killers for a week (sorry, Dexter) and toward the hybrid shows that...
Men-opause
It’s hard to imagine Ray Romano being at a loss. With the phenomenal success of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” he reached the kind of pinnacle most working actors and stand-up comics...
Christmas with the stars
Christmas isn’t what it used to be. In olden days, suave crooners like Andy Williams, Dean Martin and Judy Garland would take time out from their busy schedules to invite...
Agenda: it's mime-boggling
1. CELEBS PLAY CHARADES FOR LABRYINTH THEATHER If you think Robin Williams would be a kick-ass charades player, keep in mind that during charades, the main player is not allowed...
Schoninger shakes struggles in fourth as Fieldston rebounds
It all comes down to trust for Jacqueline Schoninger. The Fieldston guard has been the focus of box-and-1 defenses the last two games, after scoring 49 points in the team’s...
Eagles rally falls short in Tipoff Classic final
Jacob Bratman hopes his young team has learned its lesson. The senior watched his Fieldston boys basketball play poorly two nights in a row in the first half. They were...
Dog to a diva
Most New Yorkers are happy to have time off from work for the holidays. Not Jack the Maltese of Manhattan’s West Side. The job of this tiny, 9-pound dog is...
Celebrate safety
The holiday season is officially upon us, which means it’s time for a yearly reminder to keep your cat extra safe. To start, here are some common holiday items that...
Meet market: Banker beau sks priceless gal
Chris, a 25-year-old financial analyst, is looking for a high-value lady for a long-term investment. Alissa, 23,publishing content manager She is: an optimist. “I believe there is always a silver...
This week's couple: Dessert - dueling duo
Mike and Laura got to know each other over dinner at SoHo hot spot Delicatessen, where they covered all the basics: school, family and careers. But when Laura, a 24-year-old...
5 top ways to flirt while holiday shopping
According to shoppers at the Bryant Park Holiday Shops. “If it’s really crowded in the store say, ‘Wow, you must be the hottest toy of the season.’ “ — Kelly...
The crash of '09
Apparently, all you need to crash a party in Washington is a sari and a smile. Managing the same in New York is more difficult — especially if you are...
Obama: The Un-Stimulator
President Obama can authorize billions to banks, put pressure on mortgage holders to cut deals and open the nation’s wallet wide for clunkers. He can even hold a farcical “Jobs...
The shoe must go on
Once upon a time in a not-so-distant land, a beautiful young foot model who earned a pretty penny met the man of her dreams. Her would-be beau worked as a...
In defense of the crashers
Can we all just take a moment, in this season of official gratitude, to send a silent hymn of thanks to the White House party crashers? They’re American heroes. Not...
Memoirs: The other sides of the story
To be written about in the memoir of another — to become a fully animated character living in another person’s narrative, rendered in a possibly unrecognizable light — is perhaps...
Time for a new OSS
Last week, President Obama laid out his plan for prosecuting the 8-year-old war in Afghanistan. Thirty-thousand additional US troops will be headed to Afghanistan over the next several months, part...
The folly of Copenhagen
With 20,000 delegates, advocates and journalists jetting to Copenhagen for planet Earth’s last chance, the carbon footprint of the global-warming summit will be the only impressive consequence of the climate...
Q&A: Peter Jackson
Director Peter Jackson has given us dark lord Sauron from “The Lord of the Rings” and the giant ape in “King Kong.” On Friday, he unveils what could be his...
Trash talking
The Department of Sanitation should be ticketing the lazy slobs who don’t think twice about throwing their trash on the ground instead of the hard-working, tax-paying homeowner (“Pain in the...
Tigers tough out comeback win over Rye Country Day
C.J. Bernieri drove in hard and landed harder. The Staten Island Academy guard penetrated into the lane and was fouled by Rye Country Day center Alexandria Osborne-Jones. She landed on...
Judge bonu$es
Thank you for your excellent editorial “The Chief Judge’s Sweet Racket” (Dec. 1). Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman is nothing more than a bottom-feeding court administrator who used...
Nazi stain
John Demjanjuk is standing trial for helping to kill innocent people in a Nazi concentration camp, not in a “Polish concentration camp,” as you incorrectly claim (“Ohio’s ‘Nazi’ Is Finally...
Abortion & choices
Lon Jacobs is probably a good man, but “choice” is a poor substitute for decision-making (“Choosing a Life,” PostScript, Nov. 29). The “right to choose” is doublespeak. Abortion is a...
Freeman almighty
He’s played the President, a character simply called “the boss” and dozens of other authority figures. He’s even played God. Twice. Audiences know by now that you do not mess...
Required Reading
Phish: The Biography by Parke Puterbaugh (Da Capo Press) Couldn’t get tickets to the Phish shows at the Garden this weekend? Sit back, crack open a cold one and check...
Oil Panic and the Global Crisis
“Oil is not big business,” writes Steven M. Gorelick in his analysis on worldwide oil depletion, “it is colossal business.” We currently live in a world that can’t go on...
Big Apple Christmas Classic schedule set
The holiday season is upon us and that can only mean one thing: a bevy of basketball tournaments late this month.In this space we’re going to take a look at...
Dominick Dunne's "Too much money"
Dunne’s latest high-society tell-all was in its final edits this August when the author passed away from bladder cancer at age 83. At first glance, the book conforms to the...
Lance Armstrong's "Comeback 2.0"
Lance Armstrong is known for being a cancer survivor, a winner of multiple Tours de France and a serial dater of blonde celebrities including Kate Hudson, Tory Burch, Ashley Olsen...
The talented Miss Highsmith
Joan Schenkar begins her biography of author Patricia Highsmith with a warning: “She wasn’t nice. She was rarely polite. And no one who knew her well would have called her...
Downward diva
As I tiptoed into the yoga studio at Equinox’s SoHo location, dozens of yogis were already sitting cross-legged on the front of their mats. It was just days before Thanksgiving...
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
The Paris debut of Diaghilev’s ballet, “Rite of Spring,” caused a riot in 1913. Coco Chanel was in the audience and she, for one, was delighted by the uproar. Although...
In my library: Kristin Chenoweth
For someone who’s constantly flitting between theater, television and concert halls, it’s amazing Kristin Chenoweth has time to read at all. But read she does — usually at night. “I’m...
Madoff: One year later
One year ago this Friday, Bernie Madoff was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme that left thousands of investors broke. Ronnie Sue Ambrosino (above, with husband Dominic) was one of...
Sympathy for the Stones
Forty years ago today at a California racetrack, Mick Jagger stood on the edge of the stage and begged the agitated crowd, “Brothers and sisters — everybody just cool out!”...
Da best of Ol’ Dirty
There was one thing Ol’ Dirty Bastard loved more than having unprotected sex, illegally cashing welfare checks and smoking weed: making seemingly random and frequently profane pronouncements about God and...
My New York: Ana Ortiz
“Ugly Betty” star Ana Ortiz was thrilled last year when she learned production of her hit television show was moving from LA to her hometown of New York City. “There...
Morgy talks with The Post
Ninety-year-old Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau is not going into retirement quietly. Last week he lashed out at Mayor Bloomberg, calling the billionaire mayor’s comments about his office having secret office...
Films and fries
Your globetrotting critic is newly re turned from Tokyo, where he attended the 10th edition of the Filmex festival, which in just a decade has become one of Asia's major...
The name game
During the World Blitz Championship in Mos cow last month, Vladimir Kramnik sprang a new weapon against opponents who opened 1 e4. He replied 1 . . . d5 2...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn * It was the tale of the tape. A petty crook had trouble denying he broke into a Borough Park bookstore after investigators confronted him with video footage that...
Apple chills out with 1st icy precip
The season's first flakes fell yesterday afternoon, pelting the Big Apple with an icy mix of rain and snow. Each of the five boroughs was peppered by precipitation that AccuWeather...
Crushed by train
A man was in stable condition at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday after he slipped and fell into the gap between a northbound 5 train and the subway platform at Union...
Protesters rip 9/11 trial
Hundreds of demonstrators packed downtown Manhattan yesterday to protest the Obama administration's decision to put 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and others on trial in the city. "We refuse to...
Student kills prof
An upstate graduate student was charged yesterday with stabbing a beloved anthropology professor to death. Saudi national Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, 46, was held without bail for the murder of Binghamton University...
Going for gold
Thar's gold in them thar pawn shops. Despite Friday's $55.90 rout of gold on the perceived global rebound resulting in investors starting to dump the precious metal to raise money...
2 new Woods gals, S&M bombshell revealed
Tiger Woods avoids the rough on the golf course, but not in the bedroom. "Sometimes, I looked like a rag doll after we'd made love," said Mindy Lawton, 33, a...
'Witch doc' tot fighting for his life
Born 11 weeks early -- allegedly because of a jealous wife's diabolical plot -- little Anthony Jones Jr. is fighting for his life at Kings County Hospital, experts said yesterday....
Tiger's Vegas vixen set to roll dice with own tell-all
A Las Vegas stunner who works as a casino companion to high-rollers and celebrities has reportedly anted up another salacious Tiger tell-all. Jamie Jungers, 26, is set to kiss and...
Bottle of dread, bottle of fright
It's the latest verse in a life that keeps the Piano Man and his family singing the blues. On the surface, life for the daughter of Billy Joel and supermodel...
Liu set to derail pension-manager gravy train
Investment firms that have reaped hundreds of millions of dollars managing the city's mammoth pension funds over the last eight years could be in a for a rude shock when...
Dr. Ruth: 'Romper' rooms would recognize college reality
If a coed has a boy friend on campus who ends up practically living in her room, her roommate is forced into the awkward situation of having a second roommate...
He gambled away $127M!
Terrance Watanabe is the biggest loser. The Omaha party-favor mogul racked up $127 million in Las Vegas gambling losses during an astounding one-year run of terrible luck in 2007. His...
Party-boy king 'shoplift' spree
A sticky-fingered socialite wannabe arrested on charges of identity theft and pilfering credit cards is an "obsessive shoplifter" who steals everything from an $11,000 Hermes Birkin bag to $1.99 gummy...
Foxy Knoxy on 'suicide watch'
Amanda Knox's first night as a convicted murderer was spent under surveillance from Italian authorities fearful that the devastated American student might hurt herself, her lawyer said yesterday. "She's tired...
Teacher - 'drunk' times 3 - slams into cop's car
She'll have to answer to more than just the principal for this. A public-school teacher whose blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit struck an off-duty cop's car...
No interest break for the 65+ crowd
Dear John: I recently read in your column a letter from a man looking for a better rate of return on his investments without much risk. I had been discussing...
Cop held in rape of teenager
A NYPD officer has been charged with raping a teenage girl after meeting her in a Brooklyn club, police said last night. Shawqi Ahmed, 29, met the 18-year-old victim Nov....
Both Tiger & Lloyd are tarnished by recent events
What do Tiger Woods and Goldman Sachs have in common? A lot more than meets the eye. Indeed, the two fallen icons of 2009 might want to take a look...
Dorms go coed at Columbia
Columbia University students will soon be able to live in sin -- on their parents' dime. A new "gender-neutral" housing policy that will allow boys and girls to shack up...
Michael Jackson's weird art revealed
Thank heaven for little boys. In a 1999 painting he commissioned, Michael Jackson strikes the same pose as Michelangelo's statue of David with rippling abs, bulging pecs and smooth, marble-white...
Joel girl in suicide try
The 23-year-old daughter of Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley tried to kill herself yesterday by swallowing sleeping pills -- adding another chapter of sadness to a life she has...
'Tavern' fixtures all to go
Eat in. Take out. Tavern on the Green owner Jennifer LeRoy plans to shutter the famed eatery after its last dinner on New Year's Eve and then sell everything not...
Cozy-crazy couple makes tight all right in the city's tiniest studio
If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere. Zaarath and Christopher Prokop -- and their two cats -- live in the smallest apartment in the city, a...
Crippling stox-trade tax is DC's dopiest idea of 2009
Of all the dumb ideas to come out of Washington, the "trading tax" takes the cake. Many US jobs move overseas every day due to the ever-increasing cost of doing...
'Rocky' road back
Some guys just don't know when they've caught a break. In the five years since then-Gov. George Pataki originally rolled back the tough Rockefeller drug laws and allowed nonviolent offenders...
Daddy war bucks
Forget the credit crisis. Goldman Sachs's CEO Lloyd Blankfein now face what may the biggest challenge of his 24-year career at the firm -- trying to tamp down public ire...
Bam: Man in the muddle
Perhaps it was inevitable. A man who voted "pres ent" 130 times in the Illi nois Legislature couldn't possibly morph into a savvy and decisive leader of the free world...
$120M suit in 'Google' tree bash
It was a rotten break. Google engineer Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, 33, is still incapacitated by injuries he suffered when a dead tree branch in Central Park struck him in the head...
The book on Dubai, from desert to glittering oasis
Back when Dubai was best known -- if it was known at all -- for its free port and fleet of dhows, a bold Arab leader named Rashid bin Saeed...
Iran’s college ‘investments’
Federal prosecutors have moved to seize the assets of a Manhattan-based Islamic charity that, they say, has been an illegal front for the government of Iran for decades. Besides considerable...
Bam's Mideast mess
It wouldn’t be so bad, perhaps, if Team Obama’s Mideast meddling consisted of harmless dalliances. Alas, it seems almost designed to promote violence. Think about it: Almost since the day...
Robinson likely to stay on Knicks bench
As the Knicks play host to the no-longer winless Nets today at noon, don't expect Nate Robinson to shoot at his own basket like last time. In fact, don't expect...
Unselfish Naslund our sportsman of year
BUFFALO -- Derek Who? While a noted national sports publication has named some baseball player called Derek Jeter as Sportsman of the Year, our selection didn't establish a hallowed franchise...
Aqueduct analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $42,000; hdcp; 3up THE VIN MAN missed by neck after traffic-trouble trip. WILD CONGA has won three straight gate to wire and likes an off...
Giants Stadium sendoff for Tiki
Tiki Barber doesn't quite know what to expect when he makes that familiar walk through the tunnel and onto the field this afternoon at Giants Stadium. Based on his brilliant...
Red snapper ban will hurt anglers
The winter is not far off and that means many anglers will head south for warmer waters and an array of fish, except for one of the most popular, red...
The Post Line
NFL Today Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Cowboys Pick 2½ (45½) GIANTS Broncos 4 5 (38½) CHIEFS STEELERS 13½ 14½ (37) Raiders JAGUARS Pick Pick (47) Texans COLTS 7½ 6½...
Sports shorts
NBA: Oden likely out for season Portland center Greg Oden will likely miss the season after fracturing his left patella during a game against Houston last night. Oden will undergo...
Rangers end faceoff struggles
BUFFALO ��� The Rangers entered last night's game here against the Sabres last in the East and 27th overall in faceoff efficiency, winning merely 47.3 percent of the draws. Last...
Sharp Lundqvist dulls Sabres
BUFFALO -- Minutes following Monday's disappointing 5-2 Garden defeat to the Penguins in which Henrik Lundqvist had allowed a tying or winning goal in the final 10 minutes for the...
Islanders crushed by Lightning, 4-0
TAMPA, Fla. — A failed first-period power play hurt the New York Islanders. Rookie defenseman Victor Hedman scored his first NHL goal and Mike Smith made 30 saves to lead...
No apologies, Tiger
* Who are these losers who feel like they need a personal apology from Tiger Woods? Are you his wife? His kids? His mother? If not, he has no need...
Giants won't get off deck vs. Cowboys
TODAY Cowboys (-2) over GIANTS: It is December, laydown month for modern Cowboys editions. But the 10-day break is a huge aid for visitor, Big Blue injury wave continues to...
Don't get off Vince Express
THE PICKS Titans (+6½) over COLTS: Except for rout of Seattle, undefeated Indianapolis hasn't run off and hidden from anyone at home all year. Expect Jim Caldwell and Peyton Manning...
As Devils' vets return, decisions to be made
The Devils who are returning from injury have lofty standards, set by the makeshift replacements, to live up to. The transition has started well, and gives Lou Lamoriello an opportunity...
Brodeur steals shootout win over Red Wings after Devils lapse
They survived to triumph again, these Devils whose cumulative results are sometimes more stunning than their methods. So often it comes back to their goaltender, Martin Brodeur, and it did...
Giants defense seeks consistency
As members of the Giants defense boarded the charter flight from Dallas they knew they were very fortunate to be heading home on the right end of a 33-31 last-second...
Despite pain, Tuck shoulder-ing on
It is not a stretch to suggest Justin Tuck's season took a dramatic turn for the worse way back in the second game, when he had a clear pathway to...
Weird but true
An Ohio man who had just been released from prison decided to help himself to goodies in a detectives' break room, walking out with candy bars, an officer's cap and...
St. John's star emerges from rough 'hood
A lot of tattoos have become cliché -- misspelled Chinese letters or names of lovers long gone -- but the one that runs across D.J. Kennedy's chest boldly states his...
Duke too much for gritty St. John's
DURHAM, N.C. -- It was supposed to be the day that St. John's found out how good it really is. The answer: Pretty good, but not good enough to withstand...
Cincinnati rallies to stun Pittsburgh, 45-44
Cincinnati trailed Pittsburgh by 21 points late in the first half, a perfect season and BCS bowl berth in peril. Teammate after teammate came up to wide receiver Mardy Gilyard...
Texas needs last-second field goal to beat Nebraska, 13-12
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Colt McCoy and No. 3 Texas are headed for the BCS title game. Hunter Lawrence nailed a 46-yard field goal as time expired, giving a roughed-up McCoy...
Alabama swamps Tebow, Florida
ATLANTA -- For an entire year, Alabama players carried with them an agonizing burden of knowledge. They knew the only way to defeat Florida and its player for the ages,...
New coach, same team: Fordham routed by Bowling Green, 67-46
Different coach, same result. Fordham changed basketball coaches this week, but everything else about the struggling program remained the same last night. Interim coach Jared Grasso's first game was awfully...
No. 5 Kentucky nips North Carolina
John Calipari's rebuilding project at Kentucky is ahead of schedule. In Lexington, Ky., freshman star John Wall shook off a leg injury to finish with 16 points, including the clinching...
Lenn Robbins' BCS breakdown
Hunter Lawrence should receive one more Christmas card this year -- from the BCS headquarters. Lawrence kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired to give Texas a 13-12 win...
NYC’s crown (Web) jewel
Running a small, family-owned business three blocks from Ground Zero isn’t the easiest job there is. The recession has wiped out thousands of jobs—and potential customers—just as the neighborhood was...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Coley leads Jefferson past South Shore
Dave Coley had 24 points, nine assists and six rebounds, Davontay Grace added eight points and 11 assists and Eric Turpin Jr. had 14 and 13 rebounds as Thomas Jefferson...
Devils rally for 4-3 OT win
NEWARK, N.J. — The Detroit Red Wings rallied from two goals down to force overtime, but Patrik Elias scored in the fourth round of a shootout to give the New...
Lundqvist lifts Rangers in 2-1 win over Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on tonight. Lundqvist outdueled Buffalo's Ryan Miller and...
Arrest in upstate prof murder
VESTAL, N.Y. — A graduate student in New York is accused of fatally stabbing a 77-year-old Binghamton University anthropology professor. Authorities say Abdulsalam al-Zahrani was charge today with murder in...
Salita KO'd by Khan in 76 secs
Dmitriy Salita's dream to become a world champion will have to be fulfilled sometime in the future. The Brooklyn resident's first title shot ended in abrupt defeat Saturday when he...