January 17, 2010
Because one isn't enough: 'Little Jersey Shore' parody
Over so soon? Not hardly likely, as The Situation might say. The eighth and final episode “Jersey Shore” is set for this Thursday night at 10. But videos like this,...
Soccer Notes: CBA & big summer signings (Henry? Raul?)
It was a busy Sunday in world soccer, from Ronaldinho's hat-trick in AC Milan's 4-0 rout of 10-man Siena to U.S. attacker Clint Dempsey's knee injury, one that could well...
Elias out 10 days; Devils won't call it a concussion
The Devils have a bad rep – they'd say rap – on concussions, like the one they're not saying franchise-record scorer Patrik Elias has suffered.Their history has a few blots,...
St. John's blows out lowly DePaul, 67-47
St. John’s had the closest thing it gets to a ‘gimme’ in Big East Conference play this afternoon, and to the Red Storm’s credit, they took it, blowing out depleted...
Romo's three turnovers doom Cowboys
MINNEAPOLIS — All those big-game demons that Tony Romo supposedly vanquished last week resurfaced at the worst possible time for the Dallas Cowboys. Romo lost two of his three fumbles...
Vikings bury Cowboys, 34-3; next stop New Orleans
MINNEAPOLIS — This is why Brett Favre said he was coming back. And back he is - maybe better than ever. Four - count 'em, four - touchdown passes from...
Cut off elderly 'won't live until tonight'
The old lady crawls in the dirt, wailing for her pills. The elderly man lies motionless as rats pick at his overflowing diaper. There is no food, water or medicine...
No. 4 Villanova handles Georgetown, 82-77
PHILADELPHIA -- Scottie Reynolds scored 27 points and No. 4 Villanova ended a five-game losing streak to No. 11 Georgetown, hanging on for an 82-77 victory Sunday. The Wildcats (16-1,...
Gametracker: Jets at Chargers
The AFC Championship is within sight for the Jets. Touchdowns by Dustin Keller and Shonn Greene have given the Jets a 17-7 lead halfway through the fourth quarter.
U.S. forward Dempsey injures knee, could miss World Cup
As if the U.S. National Team needed more bad news, now Clint Dempsey - along with Landon Donovan their most versatile and consistent attacking player - suffered a knee injury...
Dempsey hurts knee in another blow to US
As if the U.S. National Team needed more bad news, now Clint Dempsey -- along with Landon Donovan their most versatile and consistent attacking player -- suffered a knee injury...
Bears DE Adams dead at 26
GREENWOOD, S.C. -- Gaines Adams, an All-American defensive end at Clemson whose career never blossomed in the NFL with Chicago and Tampa Bay, died Sunday after going into cardiac arrest....
Sorry, Dierdorf: First Jets-Colts game is a huge story!
It’s safe to say Dan Dierdorf didn’t major in journalism at Michigan.During a typically loud and over-the-top CBS broadcast yesterday – the Colts’ 20-3 playoff win over the Ravens that...
UN's Ban Ki-moon to Haiti: 'Destruction is overwhelming'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Haiti today to support earthquake relief efforts and to visit his staff's devastated headquarters in what the agency is calling the...
Gametracker: Cowboys at Vikings
Tony Romo leads the Cowboys into Minnesota for a playoff matchup against Brett Favre and the Vikings. The winner gets a trip to New Orleans for the NFC Championship against...
Fear and fury as aid slow to arrive
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Prayers of thanksgiving and cries for help rose from a roofless cathedral and the huddled homeless today, the sixth day of an epic humanitarian crisis that was...
Mike Vaccaro's Jets chat rewind
See what Post sports columnist Mike Vaccaro had to say before the Jets big game in San Diego. Jets at Chargers, Mike Vaccaro
Saddam cousin 'Chemical Ali' will hang
BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging today for ordering the gassing of Kurds in 1988, killing more than 5,000 in...
Alive! NY team rescues 4 from Haiti horror
A team of New York City firefighters and police officers trained in search and rescue operations pulled four people from the wreckage of buildings destroyed by Haiti's earthquake today. Deputy...
Feud between D'Antoni, Larry Hughes continues
DETROIT METRO AIRPORT - "It's a joke.''That salvo was uttered by Larry Hughes after last night's loss to the Pistons - fourth in five games. He was referring to Mike...
Jets' super stud Namath scored in a snap
It was Sept. 21, 1969, the second game of the new football season, and the New York Jets were kings of the world, having won the Super Bowl 10 months...
Meet a Charger: Mike Tolbert
#35, Fullback, 5-9, 243 pounds, Experience: 2nd year Most fans know about LaDainian Tomlinson, Philip Rivers, Shawne Merriman and a few other stars on the Chargers. Each day leading up...
Rex’s upstarts need another upset to stay on Super road
SAN DIEGO — Making history. That’s what today’s AFC divisional playoff showdown with the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium represents to the title-starved Jets. If the 10-7 Jets, winners of six...
Live from New York, it’s a lovable underdog!
SAN DIEGO — We don’t often get the chance to play this part, the cuddly part, the lovable part, the Rudy part. We are big, bad New York City, capital...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Olga Sanchez
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with Mark Sanchez’s mom in the lead up to today’s Jets-Chargers playoff game. Q: Do you get nervous watching Mark play? A: Yes! Q: Even...
Now’s the time for Sanchez to follow Namath’s footsteps
SAN DIEGO — OK, kid. Your chance to be Namath wasn’t supposed to come so soon. But here it is. You’re not Namath, not now, not yet. But here you...
Spurrier: Backup QB Schottenheimer jump-started my 1996 championship team
Steve Spurrier may not win like he used to, but, boy, he still can deliver a story from time to time. It’s just one of those unique things that makes...
Jets’ Rhodes thriving since getting benched
SAN DIEGO — Just weeks ago, Kerry Rhodes had little idea he would be in the position he finds himself in today. Rhodes, demoted from his starting safety role after...
Jets' Ellis thinking title, not retirement
SAN DIEGO — Shaun Ellis doesn’t want to switch careers yet. That much is clear. Asked this week how much longer he plans to play, the veteran Jets defensive end...
10 most memorable Jets playoff games
Despite making the playoffs in just 13 of their 50 seasons, the Jets have played some of the NFL’s more significant postseason games, from Joe Namath’s Super Bowl guarantee to...
Saddam Hussein's cousin, "Chemical Ali" gets another death sentence
BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday of crimes against humanity and received a death sentence for his involvement in a poison gas attack on Halabja....
The Rumble
Be good, Serena! Keep it clean for Billie Jean at MSG Tennis legend Billie Jean King founded the Women’s Sports Foundation in 1974, and it will be the designated charity...
Police arrest Brooklyn man who breached security at JFK
A Brooklyn man returning from Haiti yesterday strolled through two secure doors at JFK without being stopped, triggering the evacuation of thousands of passengers and grounding all flights at Terminal...
Fantasy discrimination
Is there anyone more arrogant than a self-righteous, agenda-driven federal judge? Take, for example, US District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis — who last week declared ex cathedra that the New...
'Honest' Pedro
Just call him the most honest crook in Albany. That would be state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, the subject of a filing by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo last week...
Behind the Senate race puppet show
Despite a brief, unremarkable career, name-recognition so low that 32% of her party doesn’t know who she is, and a widespread perception that she’s the puppet of a power-hungry senior...
No taxes, please, we're Democrats
Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, puts the quid pro quo in simple terms: “We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama — $60.7 million to be...
The payback
Sometime in the upcoming days the great banks of the Wall Street Olympus will begin to reveal the size of their 2009 bonus pools. The numbers will be luridly, obscenely...
Don't Panic: because New York is still a city of dreams
So, now New York City is poised to become “Detroit,” according to Mayor Bloomberg, who’s uncharacteristically panicked by the possibility of new, punitive Federal taxes on Wall Street. The over-the-top...
Don't Panic: because American innovation will save the economy
Before you write off the American economy, consider this remark from Nathan Myhrvold, the ex-Microsoft genius who now runs an idea factory called Intellectual Ventures: “For the last few decades...
Don't Panic: because China won’t overtake the US as the world’s superpower
Conventional wisdom has long held that China is the most likely emergent superpower to rival US supremacy, but over the past few months, this fear — the West’s greatest since...
Sir Liu
Someone should remind John Liu that the comptroller’s office is not a sweatshop, Chinese restaurant or laundromat (“King Liuy’s Rules,” Jan. 12). I voted for Liu, and I’m really disappointed...
Your turn, Barry
Now that Mark McGwire finally confessed to his steriod use, Barry Bonds needs to tell the public the truth (“Sobbing Slugger Fesses Up on PED Use,” Jan. 12). But that’s...
Check mates
Your article discussing contractors using commercial check cashers to skirt their tax obligations misrepresents the situation it is describing (“State, City Eye Shady Use of Check-Cashing Firms,” Jan. 7). The...
Give us a fix
The ink is barely dry on the legislative reforms to the draconian Rockefeller drug laws, yet critics are already crying, “reform the reforms” (“Dealers Go Free,” Steve Levy & Thomas...
Ta-ta Tim
John Crudele is absolutely correct: Our cardboard-cutout Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, should never have been hired and should be summarily fired (“Why Treasury Chief Should Be Probed and Fired,” Jan....
New Yorkers talk about love
Great mystery of life, perhaps author John Bowe has found you. Bowe’s team interviewed spouses across the country for “Us: Americans Talk About Love,” a collection of first-person essays about...
I am Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne is the real-life version of “This is Spinal Tap.” The drug-addled Prince of Darkness, who reserved his seat in rock ’n’ roll’s pantheon by biting off a bat’s...
In my library: Amber Valletta
For Amber Valletta, Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays With Morrie” was more than a good read — it gave her the name of her son. She read it when she was pregnant,...
A silver finish
With a powerful one-two punch and young reserves, the United States won silver medals in the World Team Championship last week. The Americans, rated fifth in a field of 10...
My New York: Brooklyn Decker
She may not be a native New Yorker, but Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker has quite literally always been associated with the Big Apple. Funnily enough, though, neither of...
A tower-ing work of art
If you’re one of the many New Yorkers with love in your heart for the old Tower Records store on Broadway and West Fourth Street, walk by this weekend for...
Elvis' helping 'hounds'
Elvis Presley would have been 75 this month, and all over the world, from Memphis to Sydney, Denver to London, the King’s fans have been celebrating his legacy. You can...
Relics of a punk poet
In the new memoir “Just Kids,” poet and punk rocker Patti Smith reveals the collaborative, romantic and, eventually, platonic life she lived with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe — from the day...
The Post's picks: Golden Globes movie winners
Post film critic Lou Lumenick picks the most worthy nominees in the Globes’ most important categories. BEST PICTURE – DRAMA * “Up in the Air” Lou: Social satire in a...
The Post's picks: Golden Globes TV winners
Post TV critic Linda Stasi picks the most worthy nominees in the Globes’ most important categories. BEST SERIES – DRAMA * “Mad Men” (AMC) Linda: The show has lost steam,...
Inside the gloriously tipsy Golden Globes
The Golden Globes awards ceremony is arguably showbiz’s loosest, glitziest evening — often serving as a reliable predictor for the Oscars — and tonight NBC will telecast this eruption of...
Q&A: Joan Rivers
Sartorially challenged stars, beware: Joan Rivers is back. After years of exile on the TV Guide Channel, the grand dame of the red carpet is returning to E! — where...
Agenda: Spoon dips into fame
1. The story of Spoon is two stories, really.Version one: Spoon was robbed. After almost 16 years, a dozen releases and undying critical acclaim, the four-piece band from Austin, Texas,...
Funnies fur Fido
Snoopy, Odie, Pluto, Scooby. There’s never been a shortage of famous Fido cartoons, and dog lovers are certainly captivated by both the artistry and the stories behind them. Now, a...
NYC grub worth its salt
Nothing says New York like a slice of pizza, a hot dog or a bagel loaded with lox and cream cheese. “What makes these staples so good is that city...
Meet market: Cyclist sks biker chick for a wild ride
Regardless of the weather, Evan rides his bike all over the city. But now, this 26-year-old design engineer is ready to shift gears and let a lady get his heart...
This week's couple: Love spellbound
As the main ingredient in ancient love potions, the Mexican flowering plant toloache is known for its mystical powers. So we sent Andrew and Peri to the Midtown Mexican eatery...
Ask Ashley: In sickness and in health
Why do men leave their wives or girlfriends when the women are ill? Women take care of men when they’re ill, yet when a woman gets sick, many men can’t...
5 top worst things to say during a breakup
According to heartbreakers at the Point Break Bar “Now that my stocks are bouncing back, I want to start dating models again.” — Johnny Utah “It’s not you, it’s your...
Charlotte's not so sweet
Hello, hello, sweet Charlotte. Charlotte Gainsbourg -- daughter of actress-singer Jane Birkin and the late singer-actor-director Serge Gainsbourg -- seems to be everywhere in New York. At the IFC Center,...
Jailbird's lame bid
He can't stay in jail -- he's got a bullet in his leg. Career criminal Joseph Cutaia will appeal to a Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday to let him out...
FDNY's siren-ara to EMTs
The Fire Department has booted the city's volunteer ambulance companies from its emergency 911 system, The Post has learned. The volunteer ambulances "are no longer required," a high-ranking EMS chief...
Enquiring minds get news first
Even by celebrity standards, the Tiger Woods cheating scandal was a doozy. The media, both high and low brow, were in a feeding frenzy, and no one outside of the...
Kin rip GI porn rap
The family of an Illinois National Guard soldier says he has been charged with possession of child pornography in Afghanistan over innocent snapshots of a 4-year-old relative in a swimsuit....
Outrage at bin Laden 'face-lift'
MADRID -- A Spanish lawmaker was horrified to find out the FBI used his face to create a digital mockup of what Osama bin Laden might look like now. Gaspar...
Dennis Hopper's dying diss
Dennis Hopper's wife has barricaded herself in their Venice Beach, Calif., home while the "Easy Rider" star battles prostate cancer from his hospital deathbed, a source close to the family...
Cop mounts horse suit
This horse has no street cred. An NYPD Mounted Unit cop claims her not-so-trusty steed, Kodiak, can't handle the city's mean streets or bike paths. Officer Tara Brzozowski says she...
Mass. Dem's lame attack: My foe's a GOPer!
BOSTON -- Call it smear by association. It appears to be -- literally -- the only hope Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has to pull off a slender victory here,...
Candidate Thompson held back union-slam audit
Former Comptroller and mayoral candidate Bill Thompson failed to release a scathing audit of a politically influential union until long after Election Day -- and a year after his staff...
Many not getting a raise in 2010
Dear John: I believe our military received a raise this year and rightfully so. I believe that Social Security recipients and federal retirees did not get a cost of living...
Legendary hoop star says: Nike fouled me
He never played a minute of high-school or college ball, but in the 1970s legendary Harlem hoopster Joe Hammond -- a k a "The Destroyer" -- owned the blacktop at...
Anarchy amid the anguish in Haiti
The bullets whizzing over our heads are all the proof we need that things are starting to get ugly here. Desperation has gripped Port-au-Prince. Gangs are now in control of...
Suicide groom's anguish
A Brooklyn man who committed suicide two days into his honeymoon had confided to a friend's dad that he was molested by a prominent rabbi now facing charges of sexually...
In Conan, we see our econ woes
It's too early to know for sure, but it's a good bet that in Late Night Wars 2.0, Conan O'Brien will emerge the big winner. Although currently out of a...
Presidents team up for Haiti relief push
President Obama met in the Oval Office yesterday with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to announce a massive effort to raise billions of dollars to relieve earthquake-ravaged Haiti. "By...
JFK security breach
A Brooklyn man returning from Haiti yesterday strolled through two secure doors at JFK without being stopped, triggering the evacuation of thousands of passengers and grounding all flights at Terminal...
The city's most litigious lady
She's New York's serial suer. Attorney Eleanor Capogrosso loves the law -- a little too much, maybe. She sues hospitals, her dentist, her landlords, even a day spa. And if...
The doctor is 'out'
The doctor was paged to the emergency room to examine a woman in pain, but she forgot to go. It was 4 a.m., and the resident -- a doctor in...
Wyclef Jean-charity worker slain
The violence that has gripped Haiti in the wake of the massive earthquake has claimed the life of at least one aid worker -- a teenage boy killed working for...
'Wifey' widow Tequila has death grip on spotlight
She's sprawled naked across the Internet, played a bisexual babe for reality TV, even tweets every part of her life, from miscarriages to marriage proposals. Now online fameball Tila Tequila...
Dave Paterson's Latina lovely
Gov. Paterson was spotted nuzzling, neck-kissing and cooing like a smitten schoolboy with a pretty young woman -- not his wife -- in a New Jersey steakhouse yesterday afternoon, The...
Final 9/11 holdout kin fight on for 'truth' trial
One 9/11 family is still refusing to walk away from the truth. The relatives of Mark Bavis -- a 31-year-old pro-hockey scout killed when terrorists slammed United Airlines Flight 175...
Hit-run tears off part of gal’s leg
A woman was in critcal condition after losing part of a leg when a hit-and-run driver plowed into her as she left her car last night in Harlem, cops said....
Pols' plan blasted as a charter killer
Assembly leaders are set to cut off new efforts to set up charter schools in New York with an onerous plan to give the Legislature total control over where they're...
Enquirer's Edwards story beat beltway scribes at own game
The gotta-read political book on the 2008 campaigns, "Game Change," is hotter than Tiger Woods' wife -- and rightly so. John Heilmann and Mark Halperin have produced a fantastically gripping...
NY heroes on Haiti rescue mission
Four days after an epic earthquake rocked Haiti, survivors were miraculously being plucked from the rubble of decimated Port-au-Prince. Last night, a group from the NYPD-FDNY Urban Rescue Team was...
Peacock pity
In light of his comments on the Conan-NBC dust-up, it is becoming clear that Dick Ebersol is perhaps the most aptly named NBC executive. "What this is really all about...
Two bad for Obama
President Obama had some low points in his first year, but it looks like we ain't seen nothing yet. Year 2 of his reign of error is shaping up as...
Banks blast back
President's Obama's $90 billion Wall Street tax plan could rain down pain on New York City while laying the groundwork for yet another economic bubble that could send the economy...
Danger in 'crossed' walk signs
These mixed signals could be deadly. Upper West Side residents are flabbergasted by a growing number of malfunctioning crosswalk signs that display "Walk" and "Don't Walk" symbols simultaneously. At least...
$2,296: Latest tax-hike wallop to your wallet
Average New York City households will pay as much as $2,300 more in taxes and fees in 2010 than last year -- but brace your wallets for further impact. With...
Best-$eated home team
The Yankees are pulling ahead in the Subway Series of seat sales. Plastic seats plucked from the old Shea Stadium remain warehoused after seat-sales slumped like the Mets' inaugural season...
Shelter guard 'racists'
These homeless-shelter security guards are real bums. City peace officers working in homeless shelters have been ordered to cover up their tattoos because a gang element within the force has...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn--As many as six thugs, four armed with guns, busted into a Bedford-Stuyvesant home early yesterday and robbed and assaulted a man and woman, cops said. The suspects forced their...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $17,000; clm($15,000); 4upSENEGAL showed some closing ability at this distance and level last out. NEWS SOURCE makes first start since breaking maiden as favorite at Finger Lakes...
Nuts & Bolts: Chargers have long rap sheets
Maybe they should be called the San Diego Charged. In the last decade, 21 members of the San Diego Chargers football team have had run-ins with the law, including four...
San Diego's window of opportunity closing fast
SAN DIEGO -- A reporter asked Philip Rivers this week about the 2007 AFC Championship game, when the Chargers came up short against the Patriots. "Which one?" Rivers asked. "They...
Minutes may go up-Hill for Knicks rookie
AUBURN HILLS -- Jordan Hill's rookie season may have begun last night. The seldom-used 6-foot-10 Hill was on the court in the fourth quarter for the Knicks' huge comeback that...
Cortland camp key to Jets growth
SAN DIEGO -- Rex Ryan noticed how things changed in training camp. "I always talk about how when we first started there were all those different cars, one guy per...
Everybody seems to be catching Cowboys fever
MINNEAPOLIS -- It is everywhere and has even made it into this purple-crazed frozen outpost, the palpable feeling that the Vikings are vulnerable and the Cowboys are so hot and...
Sports shorts
NFL: Bengals' Lewis wins coach of year Bengals coach Marvin Lewis won the AP 2009 NFL Coach of the Year award. The Bengals won the AFC North with a 10-6...
Rangers finally score, but buried by Blues
ST. LOUIS -- At least they got a goal. Brian Boyle scored to snap the Rangers' scoring drought at 172 minutes, but the Blueshirts fell last night to the Blues,...
Reeling Nets seek answers
The Nets' 121-105 loss to Indiana Friday night left them at 3-36 starting a four-game road trip tomorrow, and one could see them more than halfway to the worst record...
Colts advance to AFC title game
INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning beat the Ravens and buried a myth. Say goodbye to the bye-week blues. In his first game since winning an unprecedented fourth NFL MVP award, Manning...
Penguins case may lead to more video high jinks
Aterribly under- publicized NHL replay rule scandal recently revealed itself, the kind that should give MLB, now that it's messing with replay rules, reason to think a lot harder, if...
Zenyatta to race again this year
The great racemare Zenyatta, who was supposedly retired after winning the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic last Nov. 7 at Santa Anita to remain undefeated in 14 starts, will race...
The Post Line
NFLDivisional PlayoffsFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogCHARGERS 9 7 (42) JetsVIKINGS 3 2½(45½)CowboysHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogVILLANOVA6½GeorgetownBALL ST.8ToledoST. JOHN'S13DePaulKENT ST.12½Bow. GreenBUFFALOPickAkronMinnesota10½INDIANAMARQUETTE9ProvidenceCHARLOTTE10Saint LouisMICHIGAN1ConnecticutIllinois St.2DRAKEDUKE16Wake ForestHAWAII2½San Jose St.ST. PETER'S5½Loyola, Md.PORT. ST.6½N. ArizonaMontana St.5½SACRA. ST.NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogMavericks...
Avalanche bash Devils; Elias carried off on stretcher
DENVER -- The Devils lost their second straight game for the first time since November, and may have lost Patrik Elias as well. Elias left the Devils' 3-1 defeat to...
Gang Green on the money as underdogs
Jets (+7) over CHARGERS (Under 42): The week off gives top seeds' walking wounded a chance to get back to themselves -- but the past half-dozen years of divisional round...
It's Doomsday in dome for Vikings
Cowboys (+3) over VIKINGS: With playoff losing streak halted -- and related mental demons quashed -- look for extended good form from visitor blessed with stout array of desirable postseason...
NFL Armageddon coming in 2011
SAN DIEGO — Look, I should apologize in advance for this. I recognize a buzz-kill when I see one, and this is worse than the cop stationed outside the front...
Bush, Saints regain spark in rout
NEW ORLEANS -- Galloping into the NFL four years ago on his white USC stallion as the second overall pick, Reggie Bush had so much talent and so much hype...
Ginobili makes habit of dazzling displays
SCOTTSDALE -- I would rather watch Manu Ginobili go scoreless than 98 percent of the league get career highs. Wednesday night against the Thunder, the Spurs' ingenious acrobat treated us...
Ravens' Reed mulls retirement
INDIANAPOLIS -- Ravens safety Ed Reed is considering retirement after an injury-filled season. The 31-year-old Reed missed four December games because of a variety of injuries, including problems with his...
Islanders top Sabres in DiPietro's Coliseum return, 3-2
Rick DiPietro had not won a game at Nassau Coliseum -- or anywhere else -- since Dec. 26, 2008, so it probably shouldn't have been a surprise that it took...
Owning up to Amazin' mess
* The Carlos Beltran debacle has shown, once and for all, that despite all their denials to the contrary, the Wilpons don't have the cash to operate the Mets in...
Chargers' 'soft' run defense improving
SAN DIEGO -- The Chargers don't have a copy of the Jets offensive game plan for today's AFC divisional matchup, but they have a pretty good guess of what it...
Bad cop and even worse judge
His official title in the league directory no longer is operative. This was the week in which Colin Campbell first and foremost became the NHL's Cleaner, in charge of dust-busting...
Pistons give Knicks another loss, 94-90
AUBURN HILLS -- The giddy dance of December has quickly turned into chaos in January. The Knicks have hit the skids. A boiling Larry Hughes called coach Mike D'Antoni's unpredictable...
Weird but true
A Florida motorist ran a red light on US Highway 98 even though a deputy sheriff's car was right behind him. Then he made a left turn, stopped his vehicle...
St. John's Mason isn't going to rush his dream
Anthony Mason Jr. has been fighting physical battles for the better part of the last season and a half. Now he must fight an emotional one. Mason played just three...
Syracuse holds off West Virginia, 72-71
Brandon Triche scored 16 points and No. 5 Syracuse nearly blew a 10-point lead in the final minute before outlasting No. 10 West Virginia 72-71 yesterday in Morgantown, W.Va. Kris...
Iona shuts down Niagara for 3rd in row
Alejo Rodriguez and Scott Machado each scored 12 points and Iona beat Niagara 64-47 yesterday in New Rochelle for its third straight win. Milan Prodanovic added 11 points for the...
Reel good
Casino Royale (2006) Sunday, 3 p.m., USA Daniel Craig gives us darker, sexier, more thuggish Bond, James Bond — and man! —does it work. We’re taken back to the beginning...
Mama welcomes change
Planning to TiVo the Golden Globes so you can fast-forward through the awards and watch Ricky Gervais? So is Mama. Here are some more shows to add to this week’s...
Jack swings into town
Terrorists are plotting to attack New York, but they’ll have to get past Grandpa first. That’s right, Jack Bauer is now a grandfather. But despite his age, the action hero...
Bringing back baby
Tune IN to the first episode of “Life Unexpected” tomorrow and you’ll be in for a shock — there isn’t a catfight, threesome, teen in four-inch hooker heels or a...
Statement win: FDR buries South Bronx in battle of division leaders
The FDR boys basketball team had Jan. 16th circled on their calendar for months. They were looking forward to hosting South Bronx for two distinct reasons – revenge from a...
Thoughts on a crotchety Sunday
When will it end? Where will it end? Can TV ever return to targeting viewers’ intellects instead of their crotches? Sunday used to be a day when even TV’s biggest,...
Heir guitar
Four guys living in Los Angeles, making catchy pop songs and clowning around? Hey, hey, they’re . . . Big Time Rush! That’s the name of the boy band that...
Don't miss
Kudos season kicks off with the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards tonight, hosted by Ricky Gervais and broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Watch as Hollywood’s brightest...
Big Apple Basketball Invitational roundup: Wings flies high
Before he went home to blow out the candles on his cake, Krystian Foriest celebrated his 18th birthday in style, taking home the MVP award as the Wings forward scored...
Cardozo comes alive against St. Raymond's
Cardozo coach Ron Naclerio described the mood surrounding his team as a “funeral” after a stunning upset loss to Martin Van Buren on Friday and the procession made its way...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Gray leads Edison past Wyandanch
Josh Gray scored 22 points, Kris Owens followed with 17 and Stephen Nwaukoni had eight points and 22 rebounds as Thomas Edison topped Wyandanch (L.I.), 78-57, in the Wyandanch MLK...
Jones saves best for last, leads Bedford Academy past MLK
One of the reasons Robert Phelps stayed away from coaching for so many years was the helpless feeling that comes with manning the sidelines. As a star at Nazareth and...
Pistons overpower Knicks, 94-90
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Rodney Stuckey scored 20 points, Charlie Villanueva added 19, and the Detroit Pistons won their third straight game, beating the New York Knicks 94-90 tonight. Detroit...
Eagles get friendly revenge against Archbishop Molloy
Victoria Jones smiled wide even before she could extend her hand to Archbishop Molloy coach Tom Catalanotto. The senior’s St. Peter’s squad had just dismantled the visiting Stanners, 65-42, in...
Medgar Evers holds on against West 50th to claim 'A' bragging rights
John Bowne. Barney Davis’ Medgar Evers girls basketball team had just beaten rival West 50th Street Campus, 49-44, at the PSAL ‘A’ Girls Basketball Showcase in a battle of the...
PSAL 'A' Girls Basketball Showcase roundup: Baruch gets defensive vs. Fort Hamilton
Baruch College Campus couldn’t buy a basket in the second quarter. The Blue Devils didn’t have a field goal and only scored one point – on a Jenny Yu free...
Molloy's Catalanotto puts team on notice after loss to St. Peter's
Tom Catalanotto has had enough. The Archbishop Molloy girls basketball coach was visibly upset throughout his team’s 65-42 loss to defending CHSAA Class AA Archdiocesan champion St. Peter’s in a...
New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL Girls Basketball Invitational preview: Bishop Ford vs. John F. Kennedy
New York Post girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at the game between John F. Kennedy and Bishop Ford at the New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL...
New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL Girls Basketball Invitational preview: Christ the King vs. South Shore
New York Post girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at the game between Christ the King and South Shore at the New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL...
New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL Girls Basketball Invitational preview: St. Michael Academy vs. Francis Lewis
New York Post girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at the game between Francis Lewis and St. Michael Academy at the New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL...
New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL Girls Basketball Invitational preview: Midwood vs. Mary Louis
New York Post girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski takes you through the meeting between Midwood and Mary Louis at the New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL Girls Basketball Invitational,...
Saints march all over Cardinals, 45-14
Maybe a little rest was all Drew Brees and Reggie Bush needed to shift the Saints' league-leading offense back into overdrive. That, and a visit from Arizona's porous defense. Brees...
New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL Girls Basketball Invitational preview: St. Peter's vs. Manhattan Center
New York Post girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Sunday’s clash between St. Peter’s and Manhattan Center at the New York Post CHSAA vs. PSAL Girls Basketball Invitational...