December 29, 2009
D'Antoni 'intrigued' by McGrady
DETROIT -- Mike D'Antoni acknowledged publicly for the first time the Knicks have interest in Tracy McGrady, saying the Rockets swingman feels he has plenty left in the tank and...
NYPD seeking potential deadly B'klyn fire witness
Police are looking for a "potential witness" who may have information about a suspected arson fire in Brooklyn that killed a 17-year-old girl, officials said tonight. Sofia Olivo was killed,...
Vance to appoint Spitzer aide to be top secretary
Incoming Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. has chosen as his chief gatekeeper disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's chief of staff, The Post has learned. The new DA intends to tap...
UPDATE: NYE/D parties
Woe be unto those who greet 2010 in a civilized, sober fashion. Especially when even its Roman numeration -- MMX -- sounds like some gonzo bloodsport Vince McMahon's running on pay-per-view.But once you drink your way through the daylight...
Police seek witness in fatal Brooklyn fire
Police and fire officials are looking to speak to a man who witnessed a fatal Brooklyn fire believed to be arson. One person died and five others were injured in...
Girl, 16, turns herself in for ex-con's subway stabbing death
The 16-year-old girl accused of fatally stabbing an ex-con turned herself in today and was scheduled to appear before a police lineup in Astoria, Queens, her lawyer said. Cyan Brown...
Halderman using Tiger Woods' case for defense
David Letterman's alleged blackmailer is playing the Tiger Woods card. In newly filed court papers, Robert Halderman's lawyer said his client simply had valuable information and wanted to get paid...
Girl, 11, accused of trying to kill mother in Florida
CLEARWATER, Fla. — An 11-year-old Florida girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend have been charged with attempted homicide after police say they tried to kill the girl’s mother. Samantha Broadhead and...
Obama: There's a systemic failure in airline security
HONOLULU — President Barack Obama said Tuesday “a systemic failure” allowed the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam. He called it “totally unacceptable.” The president said...
Special mentions of 2009
After a few days of vacation off the grid, I'm going to continue looking back at 2009 with some special mentions and observations.* Laura Benanti confirmed she's one of our finest...
Lawsuit: Bar's moose head fell, hurt woman
A restaurant-goer says she was struck by the decor at a Manhattan restaurant — but not in a visual way. Raina Kumra says in a negligence lawsuit filed last week...
Paterson pardons vet, opening way to NYPD career
A Queens man who served time for gun possession before becoming a hero Army paratrooper in Afghanistan — only to have his dream to become an NYPD cop dashed because...
Radical imam's plans are 'operational': official
The radical Yemeni-based cleric connected to two violent plots in the U.S. has "gone operational," a senior U.S. official told Fox News, suggesting Anwar al-Awlaki is becoming an increasingly significant...
Cotto 'Questions' Pacquiao's Reluctance
Three-time world boxing champion Miguel Cotto issued a release on Tuesday saying Manny Pacquiao's refusal to agree to Olympic-style blood testing for a proposed bout with Floyd Mayweather "raises questions"...
Mets get Bay for 4 years, $66M
The Mets have reached agreement on a four-year, $66 million contract with Jason Bay pending a physical, The Post has learned. Mets officials refused to confirm the agreement, largely because...
Identical twins charged in $2M stock scam
Identical siblings made a twin killing off of about 30 friends and acquaintances, swindling them out of over $2 million, prosecutors said. Makara and Tsele Nkhereanye got a hold of...
N. Korea: We have detained American who entered country
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea acknowledged Tuesday it had detained an American for illegally entering the reclusive country, news welcomed by relatives of an Arizona missionary who feared they...
Iranian cleric: Opposition leaders should be executed
TEHRAN -- A representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday opposition leaders were “enemies of God” who should be exceuted under the country’s Sharia law, state...
From Week 16 of the NFL
After an awful Week 16 for the Giants and a perfect one for the Jets, the playoff scenarios are pretty simple. Giants are done, Jets win and they are in,...
Draft reports indicates State senate will kick out Monserrate
ALBANY – A draft report discussed yesterday by the Senate committee weighing the fate of Hiram Monserrate suggests the convicted senator is poised for harsh discipline. The strongly worded report...
Nate talks of playing tonight
DETROIT – Mike D'Antoni gave no indication Nate Robinson might play tonight in Detroit, but N8 did. Asked his reaction to getting fined $25,000 by the NBA for his agent...
Bush adviser Karl Rove divorced
Karl Rove, a former top adviser to President George W. Bush, was granted a divorce in Texas last week after 24 years of marriage, Politico reported. Rove and his wife...
Report: Ex-Red Bull Celades to Getafe?
Thomas Wolfe was wrong. Obviously you CAN go home again, and ex-Red Bull midfielder Albert Celades is proving it. After announcing his retirement the day before New York's season finale,...
Rep. King wants military tribunal for plane bomber
WASHINGTON — The leading Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee says the Nigerian man accused of attacking an airliner as it approached Detroit should be tried by a military...
Brazilian family vows to fight for NJ boy
SAO PAULO — The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father says it will fight to regain custody. Lawyers for the Brazilian relatives...
The Doctors' Dilemma
Task Unfinished (Virginia Pilot)
It's the Incompetence Stupid
Marty Peretz says everything is not Copacetic, Janet (The New Republic)Profiling is one answer (South Coast Today)Philip Baker says TSA will probably do the wrong thing (Huffington Post)
Driver mystery in Bronx crash that killed girl, 12
Cops are trying to figure out who was driving the SUV in which a 12-year-old girl died early today in a single-vehicle smashup in the Bronx. Kaitlin Booth, 12, of...
Crotch bomber's Web musings reveal religious dilemma, sexual desires
Years before he made his choice clear by trying to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger jet, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab wrote of his "dilemma between liberalism and extremism" as a Muslim,...
Tipping Point in Iran
Abbas Milani says democracy movement will last but needs structure and strategy (Wall Street Journal)
Somali pirates seize tanker, cargo ship
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates seized a ship carrying fertilizer from the U.S. in the Indian Ocean and a British-flagged chemical tanker in the heavily patrolled Gulf of Aden —...
Suspicious package detonated at Milan airport
A bomb squad detonated an abandoned package found by a cleaner in a men's restroom at Milan's Malpensa airport near check-in area 10 Tuesday. The rudimentary parcel bomb was equipped...
Lying to Ourselves
A Murderous Ideology (Telegraph)Gabriel Schoenfeld on politics and the No-Fly List (Los Angeles Times)
On Planet Janet
Eugene Robinson says the system doesn't work (The Washington Post)Didn't We Learn? (Philadelphia Inquirer)Napolitano's Words aren't enough to assure (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Lou & Kyle's top 10 movies of the decade
10 years and countless films later, the aughts produced a bumper crop of great movies. Here are Kyle Smith’s and Lou Lumenick’s top picks of the decade. Read a full...
Yemen: Up to 300 more plotting to strike United States
SAN’A, Yemen — Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is far from alone. Hundreds of other fighters from Yemen, where Abdulmutallab may have received his instructions to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas...
New bonus policy set at Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is preparing to change how it pays its top executives, with more of their bonuses coming in the form of deferred stock that could be clawed back in...
Giants LB Boley hits back at legend Carson
The names of legendary figures from Giants history are listed in a ring of honor around the ceiling of the Giants locker room. One of the names inscribed there is...
North Carolina grinds out win over Rutgers
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Freshman Dexter Strickland scored a season-high 18 points, including a key 3-pointer late, to help No. 9 North Carolina beat Rutgers 81-67 on Monday night. Deon...
Stocks of Tiger Woods sponsors tank
Tiger Woods' corporate backers have been worth a lot less green lately.Researchers found a red $12 billion link between Woods' domestic affairs and the stock prices of the companies the...
Woods, Uchitel spotted together?
Tiger Woods partied with alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel over the holiday weekend, according to reports.The golf legend has been in hiding for a month since the car crash that led...
Star trek
JENNY MCCARTHY: Hawaii is our favorite place to go. We probably go three or four times a year. It’s beautiful; tropical. I don’t have to speak a different language and...
Tiger reportedly partying with Rachel Uchitel
Love rat Tiger Woods has been seen partying with his alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel, it was reported last night. The golf legend has been in hiding for a month since...
China executes British citizen for heroin smuggling
A British man who smuggled four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of heroin into China while dreaming of pop stardom has been put to death by lethal injection. Akmal Shaikh was scheduled...
Drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold dead at 28
LOS ANGELES - The drummer with Avenged Sevenfold, a rising force in the heavy metal scene, died Monday at his home in southern California, the group and authorities said. James...
35 dead in Nigeria after Islamic militant fight
BAUCHI, Nigeria — A Nigerian official says at least 35 people died in a clash among Islamic militants in northern Nigeria. Bauchi state police spokesman Mohammed Barau says violence happened...
Boys basketball roundup: Taylor's clutch 3-pointer propels Boys & Girls
Mike Taylor hit a 25-foot 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left, lifting Boys & Girls to a dramatic 51-50 victory over Good Counsel (Md.) in the opening round of the STOP-DWI...
Reality TV Tryous: 'Teen Mom' finale
"Teen Mom" finale If you can't be on a reality show, you can at least be in the studio audience for the finale. If you've been following Farrah, Maci, Amber...
PSAL killers Loughlin knock off Cardozo on Frazier's layup
Santa Claus arrived late for Branden Frazier and his Bishop Loughlin teammates. He didn’t slide down the chimney the morning of Dec. 25 with any new clothes or sneakers. Instead...
Brooklyn Basketball Challenge notebook
Bedford Academy’s over-reliance on seniors Anthony Mason Jr. and Brent Jones came back to haunt them Monday afternoon. Banneker was the happy recipient, rallying for a 58-56 come-from-behind victory in...
Cropper, Orange Wave can't finish comeback
The close out eluded Alicia Cropper. The Thomas Jefferson senior guard spent nearly the entire game dribbling her way past two defenders and driving into two and three. She scored...
OT loss deja vu for Judges
Ron Naclerio was listing one positive after another. His big men – senior Ryan Rhoomes (16 points) and Dwayne Brunson – combined to limit Bishop Loughlin standout Jayvaughn Pinkston to...
Girls basketball roundup: Kennedy bests West 50th upstate
Isis Alonso had 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and Jazzarae Campbell added 10 points for John F. Kennedy in a 54-43 win against West 50th Street Campus out of PSAL...
Bengals' Palmer doesn’t want to give Jets a break
More fascinating speculation and subplots await this week as the Jets and Bengals ready to play the final game of the NFL regular season Sunday night. Like Colts coach Jim...
Rex & crew vow to finish playoff tear
And the expectation around town is that for Rex Ryan it is Do Or Cry — give New York a party that will make New Year’s Eve feel like tea...
Jets need to beat Bengals to finish gift run
As simply as it can be stated, Jim Leonhard laid out the stunning opportunity that the Jets have before them in Sunday’s win-and-they’re-in game against the Bengals at Giants Stadium....
New York's 10 worst players 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. Today, we continue with New York’s worst players:...
Bergtraum squeaks past game Molloy
CeCe Dixon had no answer, no explanation as to why the Murry Bergtraum girls basketball team didn’t look at all like itself. The toughness of Archbishop Molloy contributed. Perhaps running...
Best films of the decade
Videotapes didn’t do it, DVDs didn’t do it, and even the recent recession didn’t do it; nothing can kill the power of the movies, which this year brought in more...
A Berry good time
Booking Chuck Berry isn’t easy. Just ask the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which had to do without its No. 1 inductee at its recent 25-year anniversary concert at...
Stanners scare Bergtraum in close loss
Tom Catalanotto didn’t mince words at halftime. In fact, he used some that are unprintable in a family publication. The Archbishop Molloy coach wasn’t all too pleased with his team’s...
I’ll clink to that
Depending on whom or what you believe, the practice of toasting (saying a few words followed by a swig from a glass of something — often followed by a bro-hug)...
Banneker's double dip illegal: PSAL commish
The Benjamin Banneker girls basketball team broke a PSAL rule by playing two games in one day, according to PSAL girls basketball co-commissioner John LoSasso. The Warriors beat Truman at...
Midwood stands firm versus Hartley, North Babylon
Midwood held a 12-point lead in the third quarter, but it was far from comfortable – not with UConn-bound Bria Hartley, one of the best players in the country, on...
No let down for St. Mike's in win over Western
Assistant coach Ron Kelley issued his usual warning to St. Michael Academy just before the team took the court for the second half. He told the players to look at...
Inside Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston's ugly custody fight
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A judge’s ruling has revealed a heated legal custody battle between Sarah Palin’s daughter and the father of her grandson. Bristol Palin’s request to keep the proceedings...
Tense 'Subject' doesn't translate
A compelling story doesn't al ways make compelling the ater. Case in point: "A British Subject," the true-life account of a crusading journalist's efforts to save a man from execution...
Sheen's free pass
Nothing says "holiday joy" like jail for TV's most famous men. Late Thanksgiving night, the highest-paid (not to mention the randiest) man in all of sports got into a domestic...
Bad news for news
Year-end ratings are showing that CNN is down a shuttering 30 percent in 2009. The ratings are for primetime only -- but that is where the biggest audiences are, as...
Tyra stops talking
Move over Oprah, now Tyra Banks is quitting her afternoon talk show. The model-turned-girl-power-enthusiast said yesterday she will end her show this spring. "This will be the last season of...
Reporters group hits NBC for flight
NBC has been accused of "checkbook journalism" in its coverage of a New Jersey father fighting for custody of his son in Brazil. NBC News flew David Goldman and his...
22 die in Pakistan bombing
KARACHI, PAKISTAN -- A suicide bomber blew up a Shiite Muslim procession yesterday in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, killing at least 22, the latest in a series of attacks across...
Lying to ourselves
On Christmas Day, an Islamist fanatic tried to blow up an airplane whose passengers were mostly Christians. And we helped. Our government gets no thanks for preventing a tragedy. Only...
How one immigration law cheats the elderly
HOW would you feel if you found out that Washington was treating families with young children better than it was treating old people? Now, how'd you react if that inferior...
A year of living indebtedly
This past year has been one of runaway, crazed political recklessness. We now face extraordinary dangers as a country -- and President Obama gives no sign of planning to apply...
The doctors' dilemma
Since I first began to criticize the health-re form legislation sev eral months ago, I've received hundreds of e-mails and blog entries from other doctors who are also upset with...
Dimon irked by UK tax
JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon told UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling that his 50 percent tax on banker bonuses would unfairly penalize the US lender, a person close...
It's the incompetence, stupid
Janet Napolitano is impressed with Janet Napolitano's work. In an instantly notorious statement on CNN over the weekend, the Homeland Security secretary said "the system worked" when a man boarded...
Static over gov's cops
ALBANY -- Senate Republicans yesterday called for an investigation into the decision to assign more than 200 members of the State Police to protect Gov. Paterson -- allegedly to make...
Ponzi cave-ins nearly quadrupled last year
It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Two thieves were arrested in a rash of purse snatchings in the East and West Village, authorities said yesterday. Between Dec. 7 and 22, Fallo Nicole, 29, and Nicholas...
Dem legislated while intoxicated: conservatives
WASHINGTON -- Conservatives are charging that powerful Sen. Max Baucus delivered a three-martini soliloquy on the Senate floor in the run-up to last week's pivotal health care vote. Baucus, who...
It's a lot worse than you think
TUCKED into Jones Lang LaSalle's just-released, year-end "Skyline Review" is this holiday-season party pooper: "Net effective rents in Midtown have fallen by 42 percent since the second quarter of 2008."...
Business briefs
AIG gains AIG, recipient of a $182.3 billion taxpayer- funded rescue, gained the most in the Stan dard & Poor's 500 index after the govern ment removed caps on aid...
Most valuable CEOs got small S&P gains
Brown-Forman Corp.'s Paul Varga and Johnson & Johnson's William Weldon are among chief executive officers left behind in the 2009 stock-market rebound even after creating the most value for their...
Flipping Janet forced to concede security flopped
It took a while, but she finally caught on. Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano did a 180 yesterday -- and conceded the nation's anti-terror system "failed miserably" in the foiled...
Oil hits a 5-week high
Oil rose yesterday to touch a five-week high over $79 a barrel as expectations of colder weather in the United States and signs of economic recovery boosted the outlook for...
Airline shares lose altitude on terror fear
Airline stocks hit a pocket of turbulence yesterday as Wall Street reacted to the news of the Christmas Day attempt to bring down a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit....
'Arson' horror
It was a leap of faith she wouldn't take. A 17-year-old girl died in a suspicious fire early yesterday morning in Bushwick when she refused to follow her friends and...
Mayor OKs 'Bell' street
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday approved renaming a Queens street for Sean Bell, who was killed in 2006 by undercover cops who said he tried to run them down outside a nightclub....
O rips Tehran tyrants
With the death toll climbing and hundreds of Iranian protesters languishing in jail, President Obama yesterday denounced the "iron fist of brutality" and urged Tehran to stop the escalating violence...
Pol to NYRA: Cut 'manure'
ALBANY -- The head of the Assembly's gaming committee dismissed as "horse manure" yesterday the New York Racing Association's claims of poverty and called on the group to immediately open...
Rate slip likely for oil tankers
A 26-mile-long line of idled oil tankers, enough to blockade the English Channel, may signal a 25 percent slump in freight rates next year. The ships will unload 26 percent...
Public peek at transit 'cheats'
The public has a right to know why you jumped that turnstile -- even if it was to race to the bathroom. A judge has ordered New York City Transit...
Jon gal just 'took stuff'
Jon Gosselin's girlfriend was in the Upper West Side apartment he claimed she trashed and looted over the weekend -- but she was merely picking up her stuff, her lawyer...
Deep in derivatives
Greed may be out of style, but risk is still good. That seems to be the lesson big banks like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase have learned from the credit...
Better off 'shred'
New Yorkers brought their most loathsome memories of 2009 to Times Square yesterday and tossed them into a giant shredder. Some acquaintances should be forgot, and the annual "Good Riddance...
Apple's bite out of crime
Crime in the Big Apple -- one of the safest cities in the country -- has plummeted to "staggering" lows this year. Serious crimes have dropped by 10 percent compared...
Guys slip after snip
Nearly half of the men who get vasectomies don't get tested to see if the operation actually worked, a new study found. Doctors recommend that vasectomy patients return after three...
Meeks not so blessed
Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks allegedly agreed to intercede directly with Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez on behalf of a now-indicted fat cat who helped bankroll several lavish Caribbean trips for the...
Cy-onara, Morgy pals
The first new Manhattan DA in more than three decades plans to shake things up when he takes office later this week, The Post has learned. Cyrus Vance Jr., the...
Travel agent offered a package 'steal': DA
A Brooklyn travel agent took off with more than $26,000 by booking clients on trips to nowhere, prosecutors said yesterday. Peter Galin, 40, faces up to seven years in prison...
Trump trimmed
Not even Lady Luck seems to want to help. Less than a year after filing for bankruptcy, a trio of Atlantic City casinos bearing Donald Trump's name are now worth...
Passion out of fashion for O
WASHINGTON -- This is no time for the return of Professor Obama. Responding to the attempted terror attack on an American plane in US skies, Obama took a break from...
Woods' endorsement sinks stocks
Tiger Woods' corporate backers have been worth a lot less green lately. Researchers found a red $12 billion link between Woods' domestic affairs and the stock prices of the companies...
Percy Sutton, 1920-2009
Percy Sutton, who died over the week end at 89, was a trailblazer. He may not have been the first African-American to hold political office in New York, but his...
On Planet Janet
President Obama yesterday pulled his head out of the sand long enough to promise a thorough review of US se curity practices after the near-suicide bombing of a commercial airliner...
Rikers officer busted sleeping on job
Maybe the inmates really are running the asylum. A correction officer has been disciplined for dozing on the job after a colleague snapped a picture of her asleep while on...
Judge trashes East Siders
Upper East Siders have lost another round in their battle against a new sanitation facility. In a decision released yesterday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman tossed out the latest...
Sharing the dough
Dunkin' Brands has found a new way to make nice with its franchisees. In the new year Dunkin', one of the most litigious major franchisers in the country, is going...
'Death threat' over Dodger cap way off base
There are millions of rabid baseball fans, but this guy's a screwball. Marcos Esteban, 38, threatened to kill a stranger -- for wearing an LA Dodger cap in Brooklyn 52...
Bomber had enough explosives in underwear to rip hole into plane
Call them Jihad Jockeys. These are the explosives-packed underpants worn by Umar Farouk Adbulmutallab (here in a mug shot released yesterday by the US Marshals Service) when he tried to...
Skate 'scam'
Olympic skating champ Alexei Yagudin captured the gold in 2002, but his manager's been making off with it ever since, court papers say. The skater says his former "asset manager,"...
Gay gauchos tie the knot
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Two Argentine men yesterday became Latin America's first same-sex wedded couple -- even if they did have to travel to the southernmost tip of the Americas...
Gov. Paterson's dad warns Cuomo
Gov. Paterson's father last night raised the issue of Andrew Cuomo's racially divisive 2002 campaign against then-state Comptroller Carl McCall -- and suggested that the attorney general could lose the...
Silver-bashing judge slapped
ALBANY -- The upstate judge who called state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver "a slug" in a Post story last year was censured yesterday for pushing too hard for a pay...
Ex-Gitmo goons did it!
A Yemeni al Qaeda faction -- whose masterminds had been released from Guantanimo Bay -- claimed responsibility yesterday for orchestrating the bungled Christmas Day terror attack aboard a Detroit-bound jet....
'Absolute chaos' at NYC airports
Airline passengers thwarted the Christmas Day terror plot -- and now passengers are getting the shaft. International fliers are falling victim to insanely repetitive security questions, invasive pat-downs and overzealous...
Sheen said he'd kill me: wife
DENVER -- Charlie Sheen's wife told police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her in a Christmas Day fight...
'Brazil boy' yet to call pop Dad
The 9-year-old boy who was reunited with his New Jersey father after a five-year custody battle in Brazil has yet to call him "Dad." "But now, we're together and we'll...
Bristol Palin's 'pot' shot at Levi
Sarah Palin's daughter hints in court documents that Levi Johnston, the father of her son, may have issues with marijuana use. Bristol Palin's petition in a heated custody battle over...
Say it ain't so, Rudy: New York needs you
I find the news that Rudy Giuliani will not run for governor a bit disheartening ("Rudy Punts Again," Editorial, Dec. 24). Giuliani would make a good governor or senator, and...
McCain's '09 victory
Bill O'Reilly's choice of Sen. John McCain as his "Person of the Year" (PostOpinion, Dec. 24) is a little misguided. I applaud and respect McCain for his service and heroism....
Philadelphia Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $21,000; cl($7,500); 3upVICTORY CURE stalked pace and finished second in the mud in first start off the claim. SHOW LOW drops in class after closing to finish...
Rangers' Prospal out up to three weeks
Already suffering from a lack of depth in terms of scoring lines, the Rangers suffered a serious blow yesterday with the news that Vinny Prospal will be out 10 days...
Islanders' Tavares looks to break out of rookie slump
Garth Snow never doubted whom he would pick with the Islanders' top selection over the summer and John Tavares has made the Islanders' GM look good for much of his...
Tinsley dissed by TV crew
What has gotten into Monta Ellis, whimper free his first years with the What Me Worriers? Like Kobe Bryant, he, too, is now above committing a foul and cannot be...
Jets-Mets connection hardly one that inspires confidence
Surely, there is plenty of cross-pollination at work across mighty Gotham. Surely, there are plenty of Giants fans who are also Mets fans, and plenty of Yankees fans who are...
Knicks' Curry could face season-long benching
With the focus on grooming 7-foot Jonathan Bender to be part of "the future," and with David Lee playing at "an All-Star level," Mike D'Antoni said there's a strong possibility...
Coughlin, Eli say 'sorry' to fans
There was nothing to add about how embarrassingly small the Giants came up in their biggest game of the season -- leaving only one sentiment, above all else, that Tom...
Giants' apology not accepted
It should not have been surprising that when coach Tom Coughlin met with the Giants' leadership council yesterday, the dozen or so players offered little insight as to why a...
Ochocinco tweets he'll escape Revis Island
The Twitter chatter between Darrelle Revis and Chad Ochocinco has been going on since early this season — even though their respective teams weren’t scheduled to meet until the regular-season...
Mets finalize Escobar deal
The Mets have formally signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year contract. The team announced the deal yesterday. He was expected to get $1.25 million. Escobar, an 18-game winner in 2007,...
'Gift' talk doesn't fly with Jets' Ryan
With a night to sleep on their huge win over the Colts Sunday, neither Rex Ryan nor the Jets players had any apology for beating the Colts' backups in the...
Osi's rant didn't burn Giants' bridge
There was calm yesterday after the storm created by Osi Umenyiora following the Giants 40-9 loss to the Panthers, with coach Tom Coughlin saying the unhappy defensive end, "is very...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogVIKINGSOFFOFF(OFF)GiantsJETS 7 10 (36½)BengalsBILLSOFFOFF(OFF)ColtsPANTHERSOFFOFF(OFF)SaintsBROWNS 2½ 3 (38½)JaguarsCOWBOYS 3 3 (47½)EaglesLIONSOFFOFF(OFF)BearsTEXANS 6½ 7½(46) PatriotsDOLPHINSOFFOFF(OFF)Steelers49ers 7 7 (40½)RAMSFalcons+1 1 (41½)BUCCANEERSCARDINALS 3 3 (43½)PackersBRONCOS11 13 (38) ChiefsRavens10 10 (38) RAIDERSCHARGERS 8...
Esiason still feels sting from losing Jets '93 win-and-in finale
Boomer Esiason in 1993 was in the same spot these Jets are in -- regular-season finale in Houston, win-and-they're-in, lose-and-go-home. The final was Oilers 24, Jets 0. Boomer and the...
Union protests Nate's $25,000 fine
Players' Association executive director Billy Hunter Jr. is seething after the NBA fined Nate Robinson $25,000 yesterday for agent Aaron Goodwin's published remarks in which he revealed his trade demand...
Zach scores 2 -- and Howe!
The ultimate No. 9 figures to be back to watch the Devils' version of No. 9 again tomorrow. Gordie Howe saw plenty from Zach Parise last night. Mr. Hockey, now...
Sports shorts
NFL: Report: Panthers' Fox can stay A day after the Panthers (7-8) routed the Giants for their third win in four games, the Charlotte Observer reported coach John Fox and...
Durant hits 40; Nets hit 2-29
Kevin Durant can sympathize with the Nets. Not show sympathy, mind you -- witness his 40 points last night, an opponent high against them this season. But he can feel...
Durant's 40 drops Nets to 2-29
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant can sympathize with the Nets. Not show sympathy, mind you -- witness his 40 points last night, an opponent high against them this season. But he...
Parise's pair of goals leads Devils over Thrashers, 3-2
The ultimate No. 9 figures to be back to watch the Devils' version of No. 9 again tomorrow. Gordie Howe saw plenty from Zach Parise last night. Mr. Hockey, now...
Clarkson back in Devils' lineup
Back from a broken leg, David Clarkson hopes he learned something while he was out. "I watched hockey. That was all I did. A lot of hockey," said Clarkson, who...
Favre's fading Vikings fall to Bears in OT
CHICAGO --Brett Favre cranked up and made one more impossible throw, zinging a touchdown pass in the fading seconds. Too bad for the Vikings, that merely put them into overtime....
Weird but true
Two upstate women certainly know how to get their money's worth -- they've exchanged the same birthday card for 32 years. Shirley Dahlgren of Verplanck and Bonnie Wiles of Queensbury...
Georgia cruises over Texas A&M in Independence Bowl
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Joe Cox threw two touchdown passes, Caleb King added two rushing scores and Georgia beat mistake-prone Texas A&M 44-20 yesterday in the Independence Bowl. Cox hit Aron...
Abuse alleged vs. Texas Tech coach
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech suspended Mike Leach yesterday while the school investigated complaints from receiver Adam James and his family about how the player was treated after a concussion....
NYC on track for lowest murder total on record
Strict gun laws and specialized programs targeting dangerous areas combined with and good old-fashioned policing have kept crime on the decline in New York City for much of the decade,...
Rex: No apologies from me or my players
With a night to sleep on their huge win over the Colts Sunday, neither Rex Ryan nor the Jets players had any apologies for beating the Colts’ backups in the...
New York on terror watch New Year's Eve
Assuming their city is the "number one target" for terrorists, New York Police have revealed they will be on high alert on New Year’s Eve – one of the most...