December 13, 2009
Times Square hawkers still hustle after shootout
Antoine and Kawan Tucker had come to Times Square to ask for cash donations for their self-produced CDs. It wasn't long before police told them to take their business elsewhere....
Senate sends up $1.1 trillion bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate today passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government, including health, education, law enforcement and veterans' programs. The...
L.A. critics pick 'Hurt Locker,' but what will NY choose?
I have no idea what the New York Film Critics Circle will pick as its best picture winner tomorrow. But I'm fairly sure it won't be "The Hurt Locker,'' which got chosen for...
Gametracker: Eagles at Giants
Eli Manning and the Giants have a chance to get right back in the NFC East race if they can beat Donovan McNabb's Eagles.
Lucky 13: Colts, Saints remain perfect
COLTS 28, BRONCOS 16 NDIANAPOLIS -- Even Peyton Manning's inconsistency couldn't derail history for the Indianapolis Colts. Or preserve the NFL records of New England and San Francisco. Manning was...
Patriots rally past Panthers after slow start, 20-10
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots showed up late and sent the Carolina Panthers home with another loss. Four days after coach Bill Belichick told four players to leave...
Dolphins top Jaguars; Jets now tied for final wild-card spot
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Miami Dolphins won another close game with another late defensive stop. This one put them right in the middle of the AFC playoff picture. Chad Henne...
Jones leads Jets to romp of Bucs, 26-3
TAMPA, Fla. — With Thomas Jones, Jay Feely and a stingy New York defense answering the call, the Jets didn't need a lot from Kellen Clemens to beat the Tampa...
Damon: Yankees haven't made offer
Johnny Damon wants everyone to know where negotiations between himself and the Yankees stand. They don’t. “My friends and family are calling to tell me about this offer and what...
Edison girls off to undefeated start
The Thomas Edison girls basketball team was still looking for its identity early in the season during a non-league game against Martin Van Buren. The Vee Bees were leading the...
Five alive: Wadleigh's streak continues against Molloy
It was a practice that seemed to never end. The day after Wadleigh’s third loss in five games, to West 50th Street Campus, Mike Crump locked up all the basketballs....
Perfect 10: Syracuse blows out St. Francis, 75-51
Arinze Onuaku had 14 points, Wes Johnson added 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks and No. 7 Syracuse beat St. Francis of New York 75-51 on Sunday. Syracuse (10-0)...
Our Ten Best Lists
Kyle Smith and I offer our annual Ten Best lists here.
Box Office: Mediocre bow for 'Princess'
The $25 million wide opening of Disney's much-hyped "The Princess and the Frog'' is at the lower end of expectations -- the studio had hoped for something closer to the $30 million...
Italian premier Berlusconi bloodied by protester
ROME — An attacker hurled a statuette at Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally today and leaving the stunned 73-year-old...
Biz giant Accenture writes off Woods
Global consulting firm Accenture Ltd. has ended its relationship with Tiger Woods, marking the first major sponsor to cut ties altogether with the golfer since his alleged infidelities surfaced and...
More bad news for Nets: CD-R out with knee strain
ATLANTA – This just keeps getting better and better. No Chris Douglas-Roberts tonight.CD-R is out with a strained left knee – at least it's a strain so far. He went...
Gametracker: Jones, Gang Green look to run over Tampa Bay
There will be no Mark Sanchez for the Jets today, who will rely on Thomas Jones and the running with Kellen Clemens under center against the 1-11 Bucs.
NY $1B short; Paterson to hold 10 percent of school aid
ALBANY — New York Gov. David Paterson today ordered that 10 percent of state aid payments to schools and local governments be delayed, accusing legislators of being irresponsible and asleep...
Knicks ink Bender, who has not played since 2005
The Knicks added some size to the roster today with the signing of 7-foot forward Jonathan Bender. Bender, 28, has not played in the NBA since Nov. 5, 2005 because...
Brooksmart
WHEN President Obama honored Mel Brooks at the Kennedy Center last Sunday, it marked Brooks’ evolution from entertainer to cultural icon. As such, The Post plans to offer the first-ever...
Toddler killed by Rottweiler
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Authorities say a 20-month-old Florida boy was attacked and killed by a Rottweiler. Kevin Doll, a Pasco County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, says the toddler was...
Masters champ: Tiger unlikely to play at Augusta in 2010
LONDON - Tiger Woods’s chances of returning to action in time for next year’s first major look grim, according to former Masters champion Sandy Lyle.Woods, who won the first of...
Amanda Knox: Scared but hopeful
PERUGIA, Italy — Amanda Knox told The Associated Press from her jail cell Sunday that she is scared but hopeful eight days after an Italian court sentenced her to 26...
Masters champ: Tiger unlikely to play at Augusta in 2010
LONDON, - Tiger Woods’s chances of returning to action in time for next year’s first major look grim, according to former Masters champion Sandy Lyle. Woods, who won the first...
The Rumble
Nets ready to spread holiday cheer The Nets will hold their annual toy drive on Wednesday when the team plays host to the Jazz at the Izod Center. The Nets...
Good sport on Afghan
Wanna know why this is still the greatest country in the world? Glad you asked. Beginning Nov. 30, the day before President Obama delivered his “War in Afghanistan” strategy speech...
Reel good
CAPOTE Sunday, 11 p.m., IFC Philip Seymour Hoffman won a Best Actor Oscar for his dead-on portrait of Truman Capote in this riveting story about the relationship that developed between...
Side dish
When Gordon Ramsay did his “Cookalong” at home in England, it was an enormous hit — five million game Britons tuned in to make steak Diane with the cranky chef....
Serby's Sunday Q&A with...Magic Johnson
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the legendary Lakers guard about Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson, life after basketball and much more. Q: Advice for Tiger Woods? A: He’s gotta come...
Kitchen nightmare
GORDON Ramsay is one of the most celebrated chefs in the world, so why is he trying to take us back to the ’70s by showing us how to make...
Jets, Bucs share 'special' connection
TAMPA, Fla. — Jets special teams coach Mike Westhoff will be very familiar with the schemes the Buccaneers will run today. Why? Because Buccaneers special teams coach Richard Bisaccia asked...
The Jacksons you don't know
Jermaine Jackson says he and his brothers never considered putting the kibosh on their A&E reality show after Michael Jackson’s sudden death. “The fact that [Michael died] right during filming...
Jets' aim: Run over lowly Tampa Bay
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Buccaneers know exactly what the Jets plan to do against them today at Raymond James Stadium, and the Jets are going to do it anyway. With...
Giants look to snap Philly hex in crucial NFC East battle
Pretty simple formula, really. If there's a victory tonight against the rival Eagles, the Giants control their destiny moving forward and put themselves in prime position for a fifth consecutive...
Happy howl-idays
Don't be a Grinch and put fake antlers on your pooch. Instead, give Spot real antlers he can chew. Dogs dig Free Range Chews Buckarooz ($11.79, Amazon. com) and ZiwiPeak...
Warning: Eagles tougher than Cowboys
I am sending out an urgent allpoints bulletin today. It’s a warning actually, to the Giants, and to their loyal fans, including the Generation X diehards who sadly will not...
This week's couple: Ring around the rosey
Meeting at Columbus Circle's Stone Rose Lounge inspired Chris, a 25-year-old financial analysist, to surprise his date, Alissa, with a rose upon her arrival. The real bomb-shell hit Chris when...
Jets right to protect Sanchez
TAMPA, Fla. — If you are a Jets fan, then you already have figured out in your mind how this is going to go, because as a Jets fan you...
Meet market: Pizza lover sks whole pie
Lacy, a 30-year-old publicist, sticks to cheese when it comes to her slice, but she’s looking for a man with the works. James, 29 Credit analyst He is: a ruff...
Run of the Millen analyst
Serenity now. One would think that the defending champion Steelers losing to the 1-11 Browns, Thursday night, would be more than enough to keep a guy stuck on the NFL...
Blue man scoop
More than a dacade ago, the King of the World had an idea. James Cameron — soon to become the all-time box office champ with “Titanic” — announced that his...
When 'the world' began
“As the World Turns,” which will air its fi nal episode in September, was one of TV’s first half-hour soap operas when it debuted in 1956. Rosemary Prinz, who’s been...
S'mores the merrier!
Whether you’re looking to warm up with a rink-side hot toddy or catch up with friends over Christmas goose or lots of latkes, our holiday food-and-drink guide offers ample opportunities...
An 'Inglourious' year
KYLE SMITH'S PICKS: The year’s best films burrowed into esoteric subcultures with ruthless and funny precision, or whipped up fantastically detailed alternative realities, creating vivid new societies centered on everything...
Fergie's notes on 'Nine'
Fictionalized filmmaker guido Contini has the kind of crippling writer’s block you wish whoever wrote “Old Dogs” would get. Based on Federico Fellini and played by Daniel Day- Lewis, the...
Dude has his day
All those ex-wives might disagree, but Jeff Bridges should be grateful that Merle Haggard couldn’t stay married. Bridges is currently generating Oscar talk for his turn as a drunken country...
Shearling madness
Blimey! Winter 2009’s must-have coat comes from across the pond and costs a whopping $4,000. Celebrities including Cameron Diaz, Blake Lively and Keira Knightly are keeping their hot bods warm...
My New York: Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington has lived in several cities, but when it comes to playing favorites, she takes her lead fr om her Yorkie-shih tzu mix, who prefers New York. “She likes...
Girls basketball roundup: Prep wins, Verouhis lost for season
Jenna Halaby led St Francis Prep with 13 points and six steals in a 66-32 win over Our Lady of Mercy at the St. Dominic Winter Classic Saturday night. Shatira...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Thompson's big day carries South Shore
Danny Thompson poured in 29 points, Lawrence Duffie had 19 points and eight rebounds and Shamiek Sheppard chipped in 12 points as South Shore (2-4) knocked off H.D. Woodson (D.C.),...
14,000 "get out of jail free" cards for NYC criminals
Clivie Smith, 16, was hanging out on a Bronx street corner in 2007 when three men started harassing him. The youth ran into a nearby bodega, where a clerk handed...
Young St. Ray's shows maturity vs. Wings
Like a proud father with a newborn child, St. Raymond’s coach Oliver Antigua is watching his team grow up right in front of his eyes. After losing back-to-back games to...
The Huffington Post: liberals gone wild!
Have you checked out that game-changing HQ for political news and analysis, the Huffington Post, lately? The site is a trove of deepthink policy analysis. Take “Political Grandstanding: Excessive Compensation...
A car alarm, gentrification and Fort Greene
It began with that most common of New York complaints: The car alarm that will not stop. But it quickly became about so much more, about unresolved issues of race...
'The only thing useful banks have invented in 20 years is the ATM'
“You are not going to be very happy with my response,” PAUL VOLCKER began, when he was asked to address ideas for reforming financial services at last week’s Wall Street...
DC digs deeper
Borrow, borrow, borrow like there’s just no tomorrow. Congress has been doing that for years, and now Pelosi, Reid & Co. are getting ready to go to the well again...
Jobs for jihadis
Is there so much competition in the domestic terrorism market that homegrown American jihadis have to head overseas to find, um, work? Seems so. Case in point: Those five radical...
Penny's CEO loves Manhattan
JC Penney, which has more US department stores than any other chain, opened its first Manhattan store this summer — smack dab in the middle of one of the worst...
In my library: Howie Mandel
When you have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) with a side order of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), perhaps the library isn’t the best place for you. Which is why Howie...
The Unfinished Revolution
We (still) hold these truths to be self-evident: Most women want to get married young. Two-parent households are best for children. It’s only natural for a woman’s career to take...
The Making of a Stand-Up Guy
When freshman comedian Charlie Murphy bombed at a St. Louis stand-up show, his younger brother, Eddie, gave him some sound advice. “Richard Pryor got booed off the stage. Bill Cosby...
I Slept with Joey Ramone
For over 30 years, plenty of Ramones fans didn’t know much about frontman Joey. The legendary and groundbreaking punk group was so defined by their two-minute songs, uniform last-names and...
90-Day Geisha
Chelsea Haywood, a Canadian model since her teens, wasn’t prepared for the full-fledged culture shock that came with documenting the strange mating habits of elite Japanese businessmen as a Tokyo...
1938: Hitler’s Gamble
It’s a favorite game for historians: What if? What if, for example, European nations in 1939 had recognized and reacted to the insane hatred coming out of Germany — audible...
Required Reading
Baseball AmericanaTreasures from the Library of Congressedited by Harry Katz, Frank Ceresi, Phil Michel, Wilson McBee and Susan Reyburn (Smithsonian) It’s only about nine weeks until pitchers and catchers report...
Yo! You’re wrong!
Linda Stasi doesn’t know jack about NJ Italians (“ ‘Shore’ Fire,” Dec. 8). Sure MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is horribly insulting to the Italian culture, but unfortunately these gelled up characters...
Unrepresentatives
Michael Goodwin did a great service by pointing out that Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are consistently voting against the best interests of the majority of the people who...
What peace?
One might imagine from the title to your editorial that the Mideast was in good shape before Barack Obama became president (“Bam’s Mideast Mess,” PostScript, Dec. 6). Of course it...
Crash course
Contrary to what most Americans think about the crashers’ behavior, Kyle Smith is right on the mark (“In Defense of the Crashers,” PostScript, Dec. 6). I do not believe that...
Con jobs
Eric Torbenson hits the nail on the head (“The Un-Stimulator,” PostScript, Dec. 6). With the vast uncertainty as to the financial impact a health-reform bill will have on employers, coupled...
A Holiday Noel: Robeson rallies past Bishop Ford
Todd Myles was concerned about a letdown. On Thursday his Robeson boys basketball team went to Coney Island and handed Lincoln its first home loss in nearly four years and...
What the health care bill means for you
With the House having passed its $1 trillion dollar-plus heath care bill and the Senate poised to approve its own $850 billion version as early as Christmas, a broad rewrite...
2009's best films -- revisited
And now the moment we've all been waiting for: Cine File's Top 10 movies of 2009. Let the countdown begin. * 10. "Thirst" (Park Chan-wook, South Korea). Blood on the...
Punt that pawn!
'It's a chess game," a TV sports analyst often says after a football coach makes a critical choice and the opposing coach responds with a countermove. You'd think that chess...
Bridge
IT is not true that every hand with a seven-card suit but few high-card points is suitable for a preempt. Even if it were, some hands would be more suitable...
'Grandma shot' bust
A 17-year-old Harlem gangbanger is the punk whose stray bullet last month cut into the leg of a grandmother taking food to a sick friend, police said yesterday. Antoine Maxwell...
You dirty Pat!
Talk about offensive holding. The massive-headed mascot of the New England Patriots was flagged for illegal use of his hands, among other body parts, by the Rhode Island State Police...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn -- Police are searching for the killer who gunned down a man in East New York yesterday. The unidentified victim, in his 20s, was found shot in the back...
Kin of slain cleaning lady sue
Family members of a murdered cleaning woman whose body was stuffed into an air-conditioning vent are suing. They're blaming her gruesome death on a lack of security, the building owner,...
Small price to pay
They do their dishes in the shower, sit sideways on the toilet and need to watch their weight just to fit into their bathrooms. But these cramped New Yorkers wouldn't...
Don't be ripped off with your card rate
Dear John: I recently had a bit of a surprise when I received my CitiCard statement. Normally, I don't check my interest rate since historically it hasn't been adjusted. However...
Biz execs, at long last, fessing up their $ins
Two financial sectors titans -- Goldman Sachs and General Electric -- fessed up to bad behavior recently, which raised many an eyebrow. Goldman belatedly announced that it would pay its...
Campaign aide nailed for Liu loot
New York City's comptroller-elect was swindled by an ex-staffer who tricked his way into his boss' bank account to the tune of nearly $4,000, cops said yesterday. City Councilman John...
Tiger to suffer a '$180M' slice
A year away from golf would cost Tiger Woods $180 million in lost endorsements, tournament winnings and appearance fees -- about $15 million per floozy, industry analysts estimate. In an...
TWU raises push service off track
The transit workers are going to get their multimillion-dollar payday -- and footing the hefty bill means more service cuts for beleaguered straphangers, sources said yesterday. A state judge on...
Tiger's first love recalls a once-shy teen cub
Here is the woman who broke Tiger Woods' heart -- long before he became a lecherous links legend. The golfer was just a cuddly cub when he fell hard for...
Eye doc's shocking charge: NY schools are making your kids nearsighted
They're blinding them with science -- and reading assignments. Too much homework may be causing young students to develop nearsightedness, requiring them to wear reading glasses prematurely, a prominent Upper...
Bankers run the option
There could be one really lucky inves tor out there. At just after 3:15 on Friday, Dec. 4, there were 2,500 call options bought on New York Community Bank. As...
Berkeley riots like it's 1968
Protesters went on a rampage at the University of California, Berkeley, trashing the chancellor's house and tossing torches at it and police cars, police and university officials said yesterday. Eight...
Hard cell: Google to hawk phones
Search giant Google is about jump into a brand new business: cellphones. The Mountain View, Calif.-based tech titan is expected to roll out its own cellphone next year -- called...
$50M vote on elex machines
The city is getting ready to cast a $50 million vote. After years of delays, the Board of Elections is finally picking the polling machines New Yorkers will use to...
Sickening bonuses
Wall Streeters aren't the only ones raking in big bonuses during tough economic times. Hospital presidents and CEOs also collect fat bonuses and "incentive payments," even as health-care systems cry...
New housing crisis
Look out below! The US housing market could be looking at a second steep decline in 2010 after statistics released last week show how poorly the Obama administration's mortgage modification...
Prince William is a crown tool
Queen Elizabeth is grooming Prince William as a shadow king -- letting him stand in for her as the official representative of the British crown at public ceremonies, according to...
LI mom: bank strung us out
A Long Island family battling runaway medical bills for their two special-needs pre-schoolers are, days before Christmas, in danger of losing their house to foreclosure after their bank offered --...
Ask Ashley
Sure, she's made some mistakes. But now Ashley Dupre, the former escort who brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer, is sharing what she's learned in her new sex, love and relationship...
Qns. gal is bound and slain
An artist was found brutally stabbed to death with packing tape wrapped around her neck in her Queens apartment yesterday -- apparently the victim of a domestic-violence attack, cops said....
Music boss 'fiddled' funds
He allegedly marched to his own tune when dealing with the books, and now he may have to pay the piper. Richard Miller, a former director of the Bronx Conservatory...
Ranting on ratings
Broadcast television is at a crossroads. The four broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC -- once money-making machines, have lost a million viewers a year for the last...
135-bust hood: I'm not bad
One of the city's most chronic criminals -- recently charged with his 135th crime -- scoffs at the notion he's a career offender. "I've done some of it, but I...
Dissed pol sees shred
It just tears him up. City Councilman Tony Avella is fuming over a letter he wrote on behalf of an ailing constituent that was ripped into little pieces by a...
O's peace of history
There was much to like in President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech, including admitting his achieve- ments are "slight" and oth ers are more deserving. Candor becomes him. Other welcome...
Ma: I was 'cradle' robbed!
She gave birth to a bundle of joy -- but lost a bundle of jewels. An Upper West Side mom and Citigroup exec is suing to get back the baubles...
$$ ax making bad things worse
The performance of city agencies is tank ing even before Mayor Bloomberg chops $1.77 billion from their budgets in another round of belt-tightening, according to figures posted on the city's...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m&70yds; $39,000; clm($35,000); 3upCRAFTY BEAR has speed, draws the rail, stretches out from sprint to two turns; has won going long. DESERT FALCON rallied to handy score at Meadowlands,...
Sitting Sanchez correct move for Jets
* I support Rex Ryan's decision to sit Mark Sanchez 100 percent and actually would like to see Kellen Clemens finish the season. While Sanchez has positive upside, this injury...
Loss of Woods will cost PGA millions
Tiger Woods taking an "in definite" hiatus from com petition is positively crushing to the game that created his fame, fortune and legend -- the game that made him the...
Practicing tough for ailing Nets
ATLANTA -- Kiki Vandeweghe had it all planned. He would run what he called a "Pat Riley or Van Gundy practice." Then he looked around. Players were limping, players were...
Yankees let Wang hit free agency
Chien-Ming Wang is no longer Yankees property. The Yankees opted not to offer a contract to the injured, arbitration-eligible righty before last night's deadline, making Wang a free agent. The...
Mum NHLPA not improving player safety
If Eric Lindros held a position of power within the NHL Players Association, does anyone for a moment believe the union would remain mum on the dominant issue of the...
DEC goes after deer jackers
New York cracked down on illegal hunting this season, especially against those that were deer jacking. To describe jacking as hunting would be a disservice to honest hunters. Deer jacking...
Duhon, Hughes key to Knicks' four-game win streak
You can underline Nate Robinson's banishment as the propeller to this Knicks renaissance, if you wish. But then you would do a disservice to Chris Duhon and Larry Hughes --...
Harris says Nets are 'divided'
ATLANTA -- Abraham Lincoln, borrowing a biblical passage, famously noted that "a house divided against itself cannot stand." Old Abe probably also knew that an NBA team divided against itself...
Jets will struggle vs. Buccaneers
TODAY BUCS (+3) over Jets: Though Jake Delhomme handed Gang Green the Carolina game, and the Bills will be happy never to see Thomas Jones again, coach Rex Ryan seems...
Post blows whistle on Donaghy claims
Originally, Tim Donaghy claimed he bet 13 NBA games he refereed. Presently, the contention is 47, all but 10 resulting in wins by the point spread, or by picking the...
Eagles' Vick starting to regain old form
Michael Vick last week in his return to Atlanta scored on a five-yard touchdown run, the first time he's hit the end zone in more than three years, when he...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogEagles+1 1 (44) GIANTSJets 3 3 (36½)BUCCANEERSCOLTS 8 6½(44) BroncosVIKINGS 7 6½(43½)BengalsCHIEFS 1½Pick(37½)BillsPackers 3½ 4 (41) BEARSSaints11 10 (51) FALCONSRAVENS13 13½(39½)LionsJAGUARS 2½ 2½(43½)DolphinsPATRIOTS13 13 (43½)PanthersTEXANS 4½ 6½(44½)SeahawksTITANS13 13...
Devils' benefit to honor fallen detective
Devils alumni and the Jersey City Police team face off at today 3 p.m. in the Prudential Center in Newark to benefit the Marc Anthony DiNardo Memorial Foundation and the...
Iraq war hero inspires Giants
In another time, before another football Battle of the Bulge, coach Tom Coughlin might have summoned Gen. George S. Patton to deliver an 11th-hour inspirational message to his troops. This...
Bay blows off Red Sox, but Mets might lose out to mystery team
The Mets' chances of landing Jason Bay appeared to improve yesterday when the All-Star left fielder rejected a contract offer from Boston. Bay reportedly spurned the chance to return to...
Vitali retains heavyweight title
Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title last night in Bern, Switzerland, with a unanimous decision over American contender Kevin Johnson. The 38-year-old Ukrainian kept Johnson against the ropes for...
Sports shorts
COLLEGE: Report: Gill offered Kansas job Buffalo's Turner Gill has been offered the head coaching job at Kansas, according to a person familiar with the search. Gill is 20-30 in...
Nielsen's OT strike gives Islanders homecoming win over Bruins
After an ugly end to a long stretch of games on the road, the Islanders looked like a team quickly heading in the wrong direction, which is why their return...
Elias reaches 300 goals; Devils beat Flyers, 4-1
Strange that the Devils' all-time leading point-getter can be overlooked, but Martin Brodeur admits even Patrik Elias' teammates do it. "We take him for granted sometimes," Brodeur said after Patrik...
Reality sets in for Rangers after latest Garden defeat
The Rangers have won one of their past seven overall (1-5-1) and one of their past seven (1-6) at the Garden. They have won seven of their past 23 games...
Needy Rangers must be careful not to rush back Dubinsky
There is no question that the nose-diving Rangers need Brandon Dubinsky back in the lineup in the worst way. The problem is that the worst way is bringing the center...
Houston signs a Lyon during winter
Reliever Brandon Lyon and the Astros yesterday completed a $15 million, three-year contract. Lyon was 6-5 with a 2.86 ERA in 65 appearances for the Tigers last season after spending...
Weird but true
A superstitious Stephen King kept the last dollar for himself. The horror legend and wife Tabitha donated $12,999 to Operation Community Support, a nonprofit that helps Maine National Guard troops...
Boys & Girls up to Challenge
After losing four starters among eight graduating seniors, Boys & Girls coach Ruth Lovelace figured that to continue the recent surge her program was enjoying, the team would need to...
Ingram earns Alabama first Heisman in closest vote ever
At 5-foot-10, 212 pounds, Alabama running back Mark Ingram runs as hard as his past. He was born in fearless Flint, Mich. His father, former Giants wide receiver Mark Ingram,...
St. John's on spoiler alert against Fordham
Call it a basketball catharsis or a call it an anomaly. Time will tell. Certainly the Fordham basketball team that steamrolled Stony Brook, 93-77, on Tuesday night looked nothing like...
Seton Hall scores 134 points in rout of VMI
When Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez saw how the VMI Keydets reacted after Pirates baskets, he got an idea of how many points his team could score. "When we scored...
Navy wins battle over Army in sports' purest rivalry
PHILADELPHIA -- Army-Navy not only is one of sports' most revered rivalries, but one of its most pure. Nevertheless, a decade of Midshipman dominance and Army incompetence is turning it...
Iona blows by Providence
Kyle Smyth scored a season-high 21 points and Iona took advantage of Providence's 31-percent shooting in an 82-73 win last night in Providence, R.I. Rashard Dwight and Scott Machado each...
No. 1 Kansas stays perfect
Freshman Xavier Henry scored a season-high 31 points, Markieff Morris had a double-double and No. 1 Kansas beat La Salle 90-65 yesterday in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas (9-0) used defense...
Nets a mess by division, addition, subtraction
ATLANTA – So what weighs on the Nets' minds the most, their mental makeup which is one part Norman Bates, one part Daffy Duck and several parts even screwier or...
Islanders snap skid, beat Bruins
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Frans Nielsen scored 24 seconds into overtime to give New York a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, snapping the Islanders' losing streak at...
Sabres sink Rangers, 3-2
Tough guy Patrick Kaleta scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres shook off an uncharacteristic rough beginning by Ryan Miller in a 3-2...
Almost 1,000 cuffed at Copenhagen
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through the chilly Danish capital and nearly 1,000 were detained in a mass rally to demand an ambitious global climate pact, just as...
Devils destroy Flyers, 4-1
Patrik Elias and Niclas Bergfors each scored two goals and Martin Brodeur made 22 saves to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-1 victory over the struggling Philadelphia Flyers...
Boys & Girls' stifling 'D' too much for Xaverian
After losing four starters among eight graduating seniors, Boys & Girls coach Ruth Lovelace figured if her team was to continue the recent surge it was enjoying, it would need...
The Post's All-Staten Island girls volleyball honors
Staten Island continued its ascent in girls volleyball. Susan Wagner made the PSAL Class A semifinals for the second straight season and McKee/Staten Island Tech got to the quarterfinals. St....
Redding, three others non-tendered
The Mets declined to tender contract offers to four of their nine arbitration-eligible players at the leaguewide deadline yesterday: pitchers Tim Redding and Lance Broadway and outfielders Jeremy Reed and Cory Sullivan.Receiving...
Happy return for Robinson
Karin Robinson was glad the wait was over.“I am happy that it happened now instead of late in the season and missing [more] games,” she said.The Mary Louis Academy star...
TMLA bounces back against Loughlin, Robinson returns
Joe Lewinger didn’t yell and scream or make a big deal after his The Mary Louis Academy team was blown out by Kellenberg early this week. His players had a...