December 27, 2009
Lawyer: Someone is 'trying to frame' Hailey
Hailey Glassman did not ransack the apartment of ex-boyfriend and reality star Jon Gosselin, according to her lawyer, who blasted the incident as a "publicity stunt" in a statement Sunday....
Reports: Charlie Sheen wielded a knife, says wife
The wife of actor Charlie Sheen told police he threatened her with a knife, law enforcement sources have told TMZ. One of the two felonies for which Sheen was arrested...
UConn handles Iona, 93-74
HARTFORD, Conn. -- UConn's Stanley Robinson put on a show for his two young daughters during their first visit to Connecticut. The senior forward scored a season-high 29 points and...
Key player and moment from Giants loss
PLAYER OF THE GAME Many Giants could be held up as a symbol of the team's dismal performance against the Panthers today but Kevin Dockery gets the award. The Giants...
2 passengers detained after flight to Phoenix
PHOENIX — Two men thought to have been acting suspicious aboard a flight bound for Phoenix were detained and questioned by federal anti-terrorism authorities before they were released, the FBI...
6 train fight leaves woman with bloody face
Two straphangers broke into an ongoing fist fight that left an innocent woman bleeding profusely from the face, according to a video recorded by a bystander and posted on DailyMotion.com....
Packers crush Seahawks to clinch playoff spot; Giants need Cowboys loss to stay alive
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers are going back to the playoffs, forcing four interceptions by Matt Hasselbeck to beat the Seattle Seahawks 48-10 on Sunday - then...
Makeshift bomb explodes in Athens; no injuries
ATHENS - A makeshift bomb went off late on Sunday outside the offices of National Insurance company in central Athens causing damage to the building and nearby cars but no...
Gametracker: Jets at Colts
Mark Sanchez and the Jets look to stun the football and knock off the unbeaten Colts. A win and Gang Green is right back in the playoff race.
Giants dominated by Panthers, 41-9; playoff hopes buried
The Giants played their 283rd, last and possibly worst game ever at their soon-to-be demolished Giants Stadium. They picked a huge moment to come up infinitesimally small and on their...
Jets get all the help they need: Jaguars, Dolphins, Ravens all lose
The Jets needed three teams to lose to control their own destiny. And sure enough, the Jaguars, Ravens and Dolphins all lost today. Which means if the Jets win in...
Obama stresses heightened airline security
HONOLULU — The White House says President Barack Obama has told U.S. officials to maintain heightened airline security. Obama made the comments during a briefing Sunday with his national security...
Florida’s Meyer expects to coach next season
NEW ORLEANS -- Florida coach Urban Meyer is taking an indefinite leave of absence instead of resigning and expects to be on the sideline leading the Gators when next season...
FBI says second Detroit plane incident not serious
The FBI gave the “all clear” on Sunday after an investigation of what it said was a ”non-serious” incident on an Amsterdam to Detroit flight. A Nigerian man in his...
Arum Wants Jan. 19 Hearing To Decide Blood Tests
Bob Arum told the Post today he has made what he calls an offer that "should rap up" negotiations for a proposed March 13 bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd...
Italy avalanches kill 7, including 4 rescuers
ROME — Seven people, including a German teenager, have been killed by avalanches in northern Italy, officials said Sunday. In one incident, two Italian tourists were killed when an avalanche...
Statement on Gosselin apartment damage
Jon Gosselin's former attorney Mark Heller has released a statement that delves into detail on the damages the reality dad suffered to his apartment. Read the statement below, posted by...
Gametrackers: Follow all the teams the Giants, Jets need to lose
After getting pummeled by the Panthers, the Giants need the Cowboys to lose in Washington tonight to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. PREVIEW: COWBOYS AT REDSKINS The Jets need...
Germany evacuates 8,500 to detonate WWII bomb
BERLIN, Dec 27 - German police evacuated 8,500 people for several hours on Sunday so they could move an unexploded American World War Two bomb found near the northern city...
Bomber kills 5 at Shiite gathering in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a large gathering of Shiite Muslims in the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, killing five people and wounding 80, said...
Gametracker: Panthers at Giants
Eli Manning and the Giants will try to keep their playoff hopes alive with a win over the Panthers today. Big Blue will also be looking for help with a...
Alleged airline terrorist transferred to prison
DETROIT — An attorney for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane near Detroit says he's been transferred to a federal prison. FBI SAYS...
NJ Transit train collides with vehicle, kills driver
CLIFTON, N.J. — An empty New Jersey Transit train on its way to New York struck a vehicle that somehow got stuck on the tracks early Sunday, killing the man...
Al-Qaeda in Yemen threatened US 4 days before terror attempt
CAIRO — An Al-Qaeda operative in Yemen threatened the United States and said “we are carrying a bomb” in a video posted online four days before the botched Christmas Day...
'Avatar' leads box office for second weekend
In Hollywood's biggest-ever box-office weekend, "Avatar" held the top spot while earning only slightly less during its second week of release. READ THE POST'S 'AVATAR' REVIEW According to studio estimates...
City streamlines blood testing for DWI suspects
New York City is taking steps to speed up blood tests for suspected drunken drivers who refuse breath tests after a serious car crash. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and the...
New Year’s Eve ball gets crystal makeover
The New Year’s Eve crystal ball that drops in New York’s Times Square is getting a makeover to ring in 2010. Celebration organizers unveiled a new design Sunday for nearly...
Terror suspect 'sneaked' into Nigeria Dec. 24
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's information minister says the airline bomb suspect "sneaked" into Nigeria the day before his botched Christmas Day effort to blow up a plane over Detroit. Information...
'DNP Boys' Curry and Robinson
They look like the Odd Couple but call them the "DNP Boys'' - the 6-11, 290-pound Eddy Curry and the 5-7 ½ Nate Robinson. They've been friends before this but...
DHS: Terror attempt not part of larger plot
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that she does not think the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound plane on Friday was part of a larger plot, and...
Iran police say 5 killed in clashes in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the center of the capital Sunday in one of the bloodiest confrontations in months, opposition Web sites and witnesses...
Ailing Dick Clark still rockin' in New Year
Just don’t count him out. At 80, TV legend Dick Clark isn’t about to give up his spot in Times Square for the New Year’s Eve countdown — even though...
New York's 10 worst teams of the decade
The Post is counting down the final days of 2009 with a look back at some of the decade’s jewels and fools. We start today with worst local pro teams:...
Voices of the decade
It’s the end of an era — and many New Yorkers are breathing a sigh of relief. The “Aughties” began and ended with two tragic collapses — fi rst, of...
Reel good
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) Wednesday, 9 p.m., Lifetime Can a man and woman ever be just friends? That’s the classic conundrum in this hilarious Nora Ephron tale about two...
'Parks' beautiful
When Season Two of “Parks and Recreation” kicked off, the first episode’s subject matter was ripped from the headlines. Consider this dialogue: Marcia: When you symbolically married those penguins on...
New Year’s resolutions for Sookie Stackhouse and other TV characters
TV characters have their share of bad habits (why else would we watch?), so in the spirit of the New Year, Mama has these suggested resolutions for her favorite dramatic...
Game day menu
Bacon Dip * ¼ tsp. white pepper * ¼ tsp. red pepper chili flakes * 1 package bacon bits – about 4 oz – reserve 1 tbsp. for garnish *...
Don't miss
Despite illness and old age (and the eroding economy), Dick Clark still owns New Year’s Eve. His show is the one people will watch, just to see the countdown to...
Plane crazy
Traveling through China in 1984 with a seven-foot leather bag full of martial arts weapons can be interesting, as Mark Salzman related in his memoir “Iron & Silk.” The bag...
NYC students’ homework hell
It’s 10 p.m. I’ll tell you where your children are. Homework hell. Manhattan private schools assure reasonable homework limits at the lower and middle school levels, and at 20- to...
To bee or not to bee?
When Dave Hackenberg jerked the lids off his hives one bright November morning in Florida in 2006 and found them empty, the stunned commercial beekeeper never thought that four years...
Bumped Benedict bounces right back
Pope Benedict XVI appeared unscathed yesterday as he addressed thousands of his devoted flock in St. Peter’s Square two days after a berserk woman knocked him down at the start...
That’ll buy some peanuts!
The new law being instituted by the DOT that could fine airlines up to $27,500 per passenger if they are held on the airport tarmac over three hours sounds like...
Humble? Ha!
Maureen Callahan writes, “Tiger Woods, especially, has a lot in common with Obama: a mixed-race child of humble origins. . . first minority to break through a historically white institution”...
Sean Bell’s legacy
The unfortunate long-term damage to today’s law-enforcement community is that many officers are reluctant to take any form of police action due to the political climate created by our elected...
Bam’s promises
Matt Welsh has articulated why President Obama is losing the less-than-faithful progressive movement within his own party (“Obama’s Lost Year,” PostScript, Dec. 20). No politician has the real power to...
Well, it is an opinion section
The judgmental observations of Kyle Smith border on idiocy (“Living in Fantasyland,” Post-Script, Dec. 20). While he encompasses all of Hollywood in his critique of celebrity star George Clooney, Smith...
Ripping open new wounds
WASHINGTON — With the U.S. Senate having approved major health care reform legislation Thursday during an extraordinary Christmas Eve vote, Barack Obama moved one step closer to reshaping American medicine...
In my library: Jeannette Walls
When you’re young, poor and homeless, as Jeannette Walls was, Santa doesn’t always make house calls. “We were never allowed to believe in Santa because we couldn’t afford presents,” says...
To hell and back
I wanted to go to the Congo because I didn’t want to go to the Congo. And I didn’t want to go to the Congo for a number of excellent...
Required reading
Baby, Let’s Play House Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him by Alanna Nash (It Books) We all know Priscilla was not the only one. Alanna Nash, who previously...
Ultimate college football bowl guide
Some bowl games are already in the books, but plenty remain, especially the big ones, as the New Year dawns. There will be Horned Frogs, Badgers and Bearcats. There will...
Color scheming
Shades of Grey Viking Determining one’s position in society based on the ability to perceive color may sound like an odd idea, but then again, it’s just as good as...
No country for bold men
Nothing to Envy Ordinary Lives in North Korea By Barbara Demick Random House These are the stories you’ll never hear from North Korea’s state news agency — known as “The...
Moore, St. Peter's advance in Marist tourney
Taylor Baggs scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had seven of Moore Catholic’s 19 steals in a 42-29 win over John F. Kennedy (Paterson, N.J.) in the opening round...
Joy & comfort
Drive The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us By Daniel H. Pink Riverhead Books Let’s say you’re an average American working stiff — industrious, focused, fairly productive, but maybe, on...
Hot cameo alert!
The Imperial Cruise A Secret History of Empire and War Little, Brown and Company Anyone who thinks the Bush twins were the wildest “first children” should study their history. The...
The Rumble
Baeza back on track Legend finds job at Hialeah after scandal One of thoroughbred racing’s all-time greats is “home” for the holidays. After years in exile, Hall of Fame jockey...
Marking yes on McGwire
I would like to believe I’ve agonized this much over the kind of ballots that are really supposed to matter, the ones you fill out on the first Tuesday after...
Best movie lines of ’09
1 “I love my babies. Why would I want to push them away from me?” — hippie mom Maggie Gyllenhaal explaining why she’s opposed to strollers in “Away We Go”...
Dow investors: it was all naught(s)
The aughts were for naught. After starting out the decade with so much promise, the Dow Jones industrial average — up more than 300 percent in the Nineties — ended...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... John Madden
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 73-year-old, Hall of Fame coach who won Super Bowl XI with the Raiders and went on to a legendary career as a TV...
The ridiculous and sublime of 2009
1. Leotards. Someone invent AmericanApparelTube already. We’ve got Britney (“3”), Lady Gaga and, of course, Beyonce to thank. 2. Kate-Rod. It was fun while it lasted. Six-game series fun. Thanks,...
Peyton or not, Jets have no margin for error
INDIANAPOLIS — Rex Ryan began the week by mapping out the Jets’ complicated playoff chances. He continued by joking that the Colts, who’ve clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, should...
Could be Curt-ains for Jets
INDIANAPOLIS — The Jets are almost certain they’ll see Colts’ rookie backup quarterback Curtis Painter at some point today. Painter, a sixth-round draft pick from nearby Purdue, hasn’t thrown an...
Can’t get good Manning down, then hurry him up
INDIANAPOLIS — The Jets’ tendency under Rex Ryan is to blitz. A lot. Their singular goal on defense is to disrupt the opposing quarterback by wreaking havoc with their pass...
Warm day no way to close Giants Stadium
The weathermen clearly have no sense of history, which means they are simply a small link in the long chain of people for whom this afternoon means so much less...
Boys basketball roundup: Jefferson wins opener in Puerto Rico
Thomas Jefferson started the Puerto Rico Hoops Classic wth a workmanlike 56-47 victory over I.ME.I. (San Juan, P.R.) Saturday afternoon. In his return from an ankle injury, Davontay Grace scored...
Giants hopes live if they close stadium with a bang
All the help they need is irrelevant if the Giants do not help themselves. They need to win their remaining two games, starting this afternoon against the Panthers, and hope...
Fate in Eli’s hands, where it belongs
Peyton Manning is in Indianapolis today, trying to stay perfect against the Jets for as long as he will be allowed to play, and maybe make history. Eli Manning is...
McGilvery starts and finishes Van Buren comeback
Malcolm McGilvery had his target lined up as Holy Trinity’s Pat Aristhene drove the other side of the lane. “I knew it,” the Martin Van Buren guard said. “I was...
10 years, 10 films
Hard to believe that the 21st century is already 10 years old. Looking back on those historic years, I came up with this list of my favorite films of the...
Bridge
You know what you like in a partner. A good partner is supportive. He doesn't violate your bidding system. On defense, he appreciates your problems and signals when necessary. He...
Force be with you
IN sports and political campaigns, it's called momentum. In chess, it's "the initiative." The initiative is the ability to force matters, usually by making threats that keep your opponent from...
Drunk's beaten victim sues city
He was drunk, disruptive and too young to be legally there, but the bars kept serving him, and neither cops nor bouncers lifted a finger when he took his rage...
Given a wide birth
A rapidly growing number of Big Apple moms are delivering their babies by Caesarean sections -- with convenience and doctors' fear of malpractice lawsuits fueling the dangerous trend, according to...
My nights at the harem
Jillian Lauren was frightened out of a deep sleep by a banging at her door. "You must get ready. Five minutes," a voice barked. She dressed and timidly entered a...
Sheen's 'beaten' wife mum
Charlie Sheen's wife has clammed up about her allegations that her hubby assaulted her, says a Colorado police source. Brooke Mueller will no longer discuss the alleged physical assault that...
Blunders demand answers
One thing is clear about the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day -- we need answers. There is obviously going to be a full-scale congressional investigation into how Umar Farouk...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn * It was a tragedy that hit home. Police are hunting for clues in the execution-style murder of a man found dead in his Flatbush home on Christmas Day....
Morgy's final swipe at Mike
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau is going out with a bang, blasting Mayor Bloomberg for breeding sycophants and President Obama for fantasy foreign policy as he cleans out his desk....
Home sweet rental
Home ownership has often been considered a critical part of the American Dream -- an unwritten privilege of living in America bestowed on its financially secure citizens. Owning a home...
CARD-ing profit$
As a result of the "Great Recession" credit card users are down and out, but bankers are still kicking them with ever-more creative traps and fees. Last May, it looked...
Scary new technology in fiend's panty raid
First came the shoe bomb. Now we have the crotch bomb. Flight 253 terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's bomb was an explosive-packed condom sewn into underwear near his genitals, where al...
Your retirement fund decisions
Dear John: I have about $130,000.00 in a Fidelity Individual Retirement Account. My wife and I have about $860,000 between two 403(b) accounts paying 8 1/4 percent. I'm 63 and...
New rules creating foul air experience
Thwarted terrorist bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab just made air travel a lot more unpleasant -- and passengers are furious. Commercial airline passengers may not rise from their seats during the...
Tweeting is so 'shilly'
Meet the swag hags of Twitter. New Yorkers with more than 1,000 followers on the social-networking site are being showered with five-figure gifts -- including designer clothes and state-of-the-art gadgets...
Kin tell killer: Come clean
The sister of a man fatally stabbed on a Queensbridge subway platform wants his alleged 16-year-old killer to come out of hiding and fess up. Ex-con Thomas "Block Box" Winston,...
Vulture biz stirs bogus-tix blitz
It's New York's nastiest neighbor -- a Queens business that has made 1,030 calls to a city complaint hotline since September and sparked a sweeping inspection blitz against innocent homeowners....
'Looted' for $563M
Settlements shot up to a near-record this year. The city shelled out a near-record $563 million in 2009 to settle thousands of lawsuits ranging from car crashes to employee discrimination...
A 'minor' miracle
Every year, Merli Desrosier promised her little sister a Christmas gift better than a new doll or the latest computer game. "She was, like, 'Don't worry. Next Christmas, you're going...
It's time to bow out gracefully
I come not to praise Dick Clark, nor to bury him. Just to put his annual poststroke New Year's Eve appearances in perspective. There's no doubt that Clark's insistence on...
NY's haul of the wild
Pickled cobra that "cures" kidney problems. Chinese Viagra made with deer penis. Balms filled with powdered tiger bone. Bush els of bushmeat. These are just a few of the exotic...
Christmas may mark end of era
In the next few weeks, winter- weary Americans will be treated to a host of conflicting news reports about the economy and the vigor of the holiday shopping season. Don't...
City fumes as clubs smoke on
The city is failing to snuff out smoking speakeasies. No trendy club or neighborhood pub has ever been shuttered for repeat smoking violations, despite the city having the authority to...
Madoff son of a gun
Bernie Madoff's son is gunning for a pistol permit. Andrew Madoff, 43, applied for a license to keep a handgun in his swanky Upper East Side pad more than six...
Call it Hatin' Place
Melrose Place has nothing on 333 East 75th Street. The ladies of this swanky Upper East Side building, dubbed "The Eastbrook," act so catty that they've gotten the city, the...
Brave flying Dutchman an instant hero
He vaulted the center aisle in a single bound to become the superhero of Flight 253. Dutch national Jasper Schuringa suffered painful burns to his hands as he locked terrorist...
Aero-naughty rant gets Ivana booted
This was just plane dumb. An irate Ivana Trump was hauled off a commercial flight in Florida yesterday after she unleashed a tirade of expletives at children and police officers....
Swank digs of a terrorist
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab lived in a multimillion dollar London apartment when he was a student, according to published reports. Abdulmutallab, 23 -- whose father recently retired as chairman of Nigeria's...
Jon plus 'hate' apt. trashing
Not even eight kids could do this kind of damage. One-time reality TV star Jon Gosselin yesterday found his swank Upper West Side apartment mysteriously "trashed" -- with his high-end...
Legendary power broker Sutton dead at 89
Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a politician and media mogul, died yesterday at age 89. Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman...
Bomber was on US watch list
US authorities have known for months that the al Qaeda-linked Nigerian who tried to blow up a passenger jet before it landed in Detroit had terrorist ties -- and his...
Kosher hosp cop canned
The cockroaches in one of Montefiore Medical Center's cafeterias were definitely not kosher. But the Bronx hospital denies the charges of a food supervisor who has raised holy hell about...
NYPD presses cop-steroid ban
City cops have been told to stay off the "juice" -- or else. In an effort to create a stricter steroid ban, the NYPD last week issued a stern warning...
Flying the fiendish skies
Islamist terror’s Christmas present to America — a deadly fireball over Detroit International Airport — failed to materialize late Friday morning, but not for lack of ingenuity or dedication on...
O’s unwise silence
Tens of thousands of anti-regime protesters took to the streets throughout Iran last week to mark the death of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a leader of the 1979 revolution...
Lakers' Artest injured in fall
Lakers forward Ron Artest suffered a concussion and injured his left elbow after falling at his home. Artest didn't travel with the Lakers to last night's game at Sacramento after...
Parting Shots: Sizing up NHL decade
This was the decade in which the Devils, Lou Lamoriello, Martin Brodeur and Scott Stevens dominated hockey in our nook of the hockey world. It was the decade in which...
Aqueduct analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 1 1/16m; $18,000; clm($10,000); 3up QUIP was claimed for 16G, drops in for 10G; is 2-for-3 on inner dirt track and gets Ramon. DIAMOND DISTRICT romped at...
Why hunting numbers are up
If there is a bright side to the economic downturn over the past year, it is the fact that participation in hunting and fishing actually has increased. According to several...
Titans' new goal: Get CJ to 2K
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans' improbable playoff dreams are finished for this season. Now it's back to reality with goals quickly set on two other historic marks. Finish 8-8, which...
Panthers' Fox has fond Giants Stadium memories
Panthers coach John Fox spent five years as the Giants defensive coordinator, making today's final Giants game at Giants Stadium nostalgic for him as well. Fox recalled the 41-0 rout...
Trading down
* I can't get over the Yankees reverting to their old ways, giving up good, young players and prospects for older players like Javier Vazquez, when free agents were available,...
Curry frustrated with lack of communication from D'Antoni
One day after saying the Knicks should release him after the season if they don't play him, the divide between Eddy Curry and Mike D'Antoni is growing. Curry expressed frustration...
Harrington hits gym after Christmas struggles on mom's orders
Everyone should listen to their mother on Christmas. Al Harrington did. After laying an egg in a Christmas afternoon loss to the Heat, Harrington tried to rectify it on Christmas...
Texans will ditch Dolphins
Including the 1997-2008 seasons in The Post, Cat's 14-year record in print stands at 375-320 (54 percent) against the spread. TODAY Texans (+3) over DOLPHINS: Sea Mammals have provided their...
Big Blue won't have cakewalk vs. Fox hounds
Panthers (+7) over GIANTS: Not eager to chase 'dog fresh off rank upset of another NFC contender, but won't swoon over Big Blue after their seventh beating of their Redskins...
Lakers, fans sore losers
Win or lose, Laker fools remain con sistently bad sports. Secure a championship at home and they burn the surrounding neighborhood. Have calls go against them in a game already...
Nets' Williams fights bad rookie rep
Terrence Williams just wants to help. The Nets rookie knows he can do more, especially as a point forward, which is one role the team envisions for him. But playing...
Islanders' Okposo snaps slump in style with OT goal against Rangers
Kyle Okposo had last scored a goal on Nov. 14, which was 19 games ago. The assist, best anyone around the Islanders can remember, was by Anders Kallur, the coach...
Islanders thwart Rangers' comeback in OT
The Rangers' story, and they're sticking to it, is that they could have, would have and maybe even should have won last night's game against the Islanders if they had...
Capitals blast Brodeur, Devils, 4-1
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Capitals left no doubt that they can play with the New Jersey Devils. Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom each had a goal and two assists to...
Sports shorts
NFL: Haynesworth lashes out at 'Skins' D Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth criticized the team's defensive system and defensive coordinator Greg Blache shortly after being sent home by head coach...
Nets fight back, but fall to Rockets
The Nets, as usual, fought uphill all night. But in a decided twist, they actually fought back and got the lead. Maybe this time, the stars were aligned just right....
Weird but true
An Italian sculptor tackled the question of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. Aldo Caliro carved tiny figures of the Virgin Mary, Joseph, an angel...
Seton Hall rallies, but falls to No. 6 West Virginia in OT
NEWARK -- Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez described this as a season of good pressure for his Pirates. It's a pressure that comes with expectations: believing the days of Seton...
Meyer's choice: Living more important than job
The problem, sadly, is the first instinct that seizes you whenever you hear news like this, when a story breaks on a Saturday night that Urban Meyer is quitting his...
Florida's coach Meyer resigns amid health concerns
The strain and commitment of coaching big-time college football coaching has taken its toll, just as the demands of coaching in the NFL once forced a promising young coach to...
Pittsburgh prevails over North Carolina with late field goal
It wasn't the bowl Pittsburgh wanted to be in, but the Panthers made a case that they've returned to prominence. Dion Lewis rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown to...
Egharevba's explosive fourth leads Edison past Gompers
Ede Egharevba blew past his defender at the top of the key and took off from the middle of the paint for an empathic one-handed slam. The play, with a...
Bull’s luck is the pits
Gem is a sweet, friendly pit bull who got his name because of his sparkling personality. But these days, he isn’t feeling so bright and happy. The Sunday before Thanksgiving,...
Agenda
1) In “Facing Ali,” George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton and Joe Frazier all take a swing at the camera. The renowned boxers were re-enacting the jabs they...
Ask Ashley: win her back with trust
I miss my ex-girlfriend. It’s been three years since we broke up, and I’ve tried to move on, but nothing is the same. We spoke, but she says she doesn’t...
This week's couple: twice as nice?
We set up Jessica and John last week only for the plans to be foiled by a transportation mishap. The second time around, we sent them to West Village wine...
Meet Market: B-ballin' babe sks slam-dunk date
Shauna, a 33-year-old marketing director for an area basketball team, is hoping to score a steady assist. Len, 30 actor He is: a martial artist. “I train and compete in...
Liev-ing it up
As Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn man who becomes obsessed with his 17-year-old niece, Liev Schreiber will spend 14 weeks on Broadway, in the midst of sexual and romantic tension with...
Diva drops new ‘tear’
Mary J. Blige is back, breaking open the emotional floodgates once again with her new album, “Stronger with Each Tear.” Blige, 38, has never been one to hide her pain,...
My New York: Alan Gilbert of the Philharmonic
When you’ve grown up here, it’s easy to take this city for granted. That’s what Alan Gilbert found out in the relative wilderness of Stockholm, where he spent eight years...
City cabs to be topped off with modern art
The next place to see modern art in New York City could be on the roof of a yellow cab. A Las Vegas, Nev.-based company that sells advertising space atop...
Jon Gosselin robbed
Jon Gosselin's New York City apartment was "ransacked" by an unknown burglar who left behind a note bearing the name of the reality star's ex-girlfriend, reports TMZ. The former "Jon...
Florida coach Urban Meyer resigns amid health concerns
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Urban Meyer, who was admitted to a hospital because of chest pains following the Southeastern Conference championship game, is stepping down because of health concerns....