January 21, 2010
Man found dead in apt with neck slashed
January 21, 2010 | 11:05pmA 41-year-old man was found fatally slashed in the neck in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment today, police said. Police went to the West 46th Street building at 2:30 p.m. after...
Mark Green Strikes (Out) Again
January 21, 2010 | 10:56pmAfter losing the public advocate race last November, Mark Green officially retired from politics (again) and annouced that he would return to private sector pursuits, such as Air America where he...
Colts could be without starting CB
January 21, 2010 | 10:55pmThe Indianapolis Star reports, "The availability of (Colts) starting cornerback Jerraud Powers is in question after the rookie suffered a foot injury during last weekend’s divisional win over Baltimore."Mike Chappell...
Cuomo subpoenas Espada's son
January 21, 2010 | 10:33pmALBANY – Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office served the son of embattled Democratic Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada and two other employees of Espada’s for-profit company with subpoenas today designed...
RBNY confirm Santos tilt March 20
January 21, 2010 | 10:29pmRed Bull New York finally confirmed their game against Brazilian power Santos, on March 20, 2010. That will be the dry run _ and grand opening _ of Red Bull Arena in Harrison. The MLS Home...
Mischa Barton sued over $7,000-a-month rent
January 21, 2010 | 10:25pmMischa Barton’s landlord says the actress is refusing to pay rent on her $7,000-a-month apartment in New York City. Landlord M.R.A. Realties Inc. says in a lawsuit that Barton rebuffed...
Rex gives game ball to Marty Schottenheimer
January 21, 2010 | 10:04pmRex Ryan sent a game ball to Marty Schottenheimer after last weekend’s playoff upset of the San Diego Chargers, the team that fired the father of the Jets offensive coordinator...
Toyota to recall 2.3M more vehicles over sticking accelerator
January 21, 2010 | 9:46pmToyota Motor Sales of Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will recall an additional 2.3 million vehicles to fix sticking accelerator pedals on certain Toyota models. This is separate from...
Dow tumbles 200 points on Obama's bank-restriction proposal
January 21, 2010 | 9:30pmA drop in financial shares pounded the stock market after President Barack Obama proposed greater restrictions on big banks. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 213 points after dropping 122...
Defensive-minded Calderon brings contagious energy to Hilltoppers
January 21, 2010 | 9:25pmChristy Calderon isn’t picky, nor does she have to be. “It doesn’t matter to me,” she said. “I will guard people big, small, most aggressive, the person who scores the...
UFA head: I like Ford Jr.
January 21, 2010 | 9:25pmSteve Cassidy, head of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, this morning became the latest high-profile figure to meet with Harold Ford Jr. on his rapid-fire listening tour as he weighs a...
Bloomberg has big job in mind for Klein aid
January 21, 2010 | 9:24pmMayor Bloomberg has tapped a top deputy of School Chancellor Joel Klein for a big new role - his new head of state legislative affairs.The move takes Micah Lasher from...
MLS, players moving closer to new CBA, avoiding lockout
January 21, 2010 | 9:10pmMLS' negotiations with the Players' Union over a new CBA was always bound to be long, tedious and at times contentious. But sources say the talks have taken a turn...
Dancers lapped it up at strip club: cop
January 21, 2010 | 8:55pmIt was just your typical nightclub. OK, so there was a bed in the middle of the dance floor. And porno movies playing on a big screen -- right above...
Lightning claim Islanders’ Thompson
January 21, 2010 | 8:44pmThe Lightning have claimed center Nate Thompson off waivers today from the Islanders.Thompson has been a healthy scratch the past four and the Islanders needed to clear a roster spot...
RBNY academy updates on Bernardo & Agudelo
January 21, 2010 | 8:44pmFormer Red Bull youth academy prospect Vincenzo Bernardo is on trial with the Kansas City Wizards. After leaving Napoli he is set to come to MLS, and is concentrating on the...
Harrison Ford, Dee Wallace and the cutting-room floor
January 21, 2010 | 8:27pmDid Dee Wallace ("E.T.: The Extraterrestrial'') have a romantic subplot that was cut from Harrison Ford's new picture opening tomorrow, "Extraordinary Measures?'' Blogger Tony Dayoub, brought to my attention by...
Ryan: Jets ready to knock out Colts ... like George Foreman
January 21, 2010 | 8:17pmDuring Rex Ryan’s press conference today, the Jets coach was asked whether he thinks it compliments or shortchanges Gang Green when people say they have a puncher’s chance versus the...
Cowboys give Phillips two more years
January 21, 2010 | 8:14pmIRVING, Texas -- Wade Phillips has a new two-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys, a deal indicating that owner Jerry Jones being is encouraged yet not satisfied. “This contract represents...
Jets' Rhodes limited in practice with knee injury
January 21, 2010 | 8:13pmKerry Rhodes was limited in Jets practice today, thanks to a right knee problem, and in the locker room sported a giant ice pack on the area. Rhodes didn’t talk...
Massive new 'Mass Effect 2' trailer
January 21, 2010 | 8:11pmThis is probably going to be the last new trailer that EA and BioWare put out to promote the Tuesday (Jan. 26) release of "Mass Effect 2." That's fine by...
Crispin Porter exec gets creative crown
January 21, 2010 | 8:06pmAlex Bogusky, co-chairman of Crispin Porter & Bogusky and Madison Avenue's "it" boy, is getting an even more glorified title after leading his agency to the top of the industry....
Trial starts for cops accused of subway sodomy
January 21, 2010 | 8:00pmLawyers defending three police officers charged in a subway station baton sex attack case portrayed the accuser as a scam artist who made up the story to get money from...
HAIKU-PON: California
January 21, 2010 | 7:58pm"Murder She Wrote" house, a crustacean holocaust Mendo is killer --What: Mendocino County's Crab & Wine Festival kick off its 11th annual go-round this weekend.When: January 22-31Deal(s): * $159 -$189 Sun.-Thurs. rates...
Jets Shop offering AFC Champs gear
January 21, 2010 | 7:56pmRex Ryan's confidence has rubbed off on the people who sell Jets merchandise.The team's shopping Web site is offering AFC Champions merchandise, adorned with the Super Bowl XLIV logo. It's...
Download tunes to help Haiti relief efforts
January 21, 2010 | 7:52pmInstead of giving your $1.29 or 99 cents to iTunes or Amazon (or whatever LEGAL site you use to download music these days), why not donate that money to help...
Daughtry goes on an arena kick
January 21, 2010 | 7:32pmStill one of the best-selling artists in recent years, Chris Daughtry - who didn't win "American Idol" when he was on it, go figure - is gearing up for the...
Woody Johnson speaks about daughter's death
January 21, 2010 | 7:28pmFor the first time since the tragic loss of his daughter, Casey, who was found dead in Los Angeles three weeks ago, Jets owner Woody Johnson spoke to several reporters...
Don’t worry about bank regs: Oppenheimer
January 21, 2010 | 7:27pmBank stocks are plummeting on President Obama’s new reform plan, but investment bank Oppenheimer & Co. thinks the panic is overblown. In a note to clients today, the New York...
Angel on the rise: Maturity key to Nunez's transformation
January 21, 2010 | 7:25pmThe trip took much longer than planned, but when Angel Nunez finally stepped onto the court at Baruch College Saturday, the Harlem native looked vastly different than he did when...
Jets owner opens up about his daughter's death
January 21, 2010 | 7:10pmThe fact that his Jets are a mere 60 minutes away from their first Super Bowl in 41 years hasn’t eased the pain for Woody Johnson, whose life in the...
IPG elevates possible CEO successor
January 21, 2010 | 7:09pmInterpublic Group tapped Nick Brien to lead its largest unit, McCann Worldgroup, potentially putting him in line to succeed the ad giant’s chief executive.Michael Roth, who assumed the CEO role...
City's 'sidewalk sheds' get a makeover
January 21, 2010 | 6:58pmNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is announcing a new design for the wood and steel structures that protect pedestrians near construction sites. So-called “sidewalk sheds” already dot the city, wherever...
Can't blame free agents for passing on these Mets
January 21, 2010 | 6:56pmIn one short year the Mets have gone from World Series favorites to an afterthought at best, a punchline at worst.In two days, two average players have scorned the Mets...
Gal accused of stealing from Paris Hilton wears Lohan's necklace to court
January 21, 2010 | 6:55pmLOS ANGELES -- A woman accused of burglarizing Paris Hilton's house was charged Thursday with more counts after appearing in court wearing a stolen necklace belonging to Lindsay Lohan. Prosecutors...
Tiger butt of jokes at Australian Open
January 21, 2010 | 6:54pmTiger Woods has been spotted at a major tournament -- well, sort of.Fans at the Australian Open -- the first of the year's four Grand Slam tennis tournaments -- found...
Macy’s to open first Bloomingdale's Outlet stores
January 21, 2010 | 6:50pmFashionistas who had to cut out the trips to Bloomie’s during the recession can breathe a sigh of relief. Macy’s Inc. said Thursday it will open its first Bloomingdale’s bargain-priced...
Hairston: Yankees waiting for Damon’s price to drop
January 21, 2010 | 6:49pmThe Yankees are still holding out hope Johnny Damon’s salary demands will drop to their price range, says former teammate Jerry Hairston Jr. Hairston was in talks to return to...
Gov accuses Cuomo allies of pushing him out of race
January 21, 2010 | 6:47pmALBANY – Gov. Paterson this afternoon accused allies of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of running and "orchestrated" campaign to run him out of this year's race for governor.This is how...
NYPD to help train Haitian police
January 21, 2010 | 6:42pmThe NYPD will sending New York’s Finest to help train cops in earthquake-ravaged Haiti under a new agreement signed yesterday with the U.S. State Department. At a press conference at...
Prosecutors: Mom repeatedly abused kids, pets
January 21, 2010 | 6:41pmRIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to abusing her children and family pets, sometimes forcing the children to witness her torturing animals to death, prosecutors...
Man gets day in jail for throwing taco
January 21, 2010 | 6:33pmFAIRBANKS, Alaska — An Alaska man who hit a Taco Bell manager in the face with a double-decker taco has been sentenced to one day in jail and one year...
Motorhead 's Lemmy Kilmister narrates motorsports movie
January 21, 2010 | 6:31pmLove music and motorsports? Then, you should probably keep an eye out for the new documentary "Mind of the Demon: The Larry Linkogle Story." The movie is a look at...
Bloomberg: How about basing pay on performance in Congress?
January 21, 2010 | 6:26pmMayor Bloomberg suggested today that Congress impose the same tough standards on itself as it wants to enact on bankers."I just find it sort of ironic that congressmen, senators who...
Coachella 2010 line-up is here
January 21, 2010 | 6:16pmSpeed dial your travel agent - the 11th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival line-up is out. The event takes place from April 16 through April 18 and is being...
Man arrested after World Cup death threats
January 21, 2010 | 6:11pmPolice arrested one of two men today who'd gone on TV and threatened to murder fans at this summer's World Cup according to Reuters, touching off already-existing concerns about safety...
Obama targets banks for tougher regulation
January 21, 2010 | 5:58pmWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama stepped up his campaign against Wall Street on Thursday with a far-reaching proposal for tougher regulation of the biggest U.S. banks. "We have to get...
Red Bulls are going to Disney World
January 21, 2010 | 5:49pmThe Red Bulls are one of four MLS teams that will compete in the first Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic on Feb. 25 and 27 at the ESPN Wide...
Tiger will have to tell Elin all of his sexy tales
January 21, 2010 | 5:24pmIt'll be D-Day for Tiger Woods.The world's greatest golfer is going to have to spill his guts -- in painful, explicit detail -- to his beautiful wife, Elin Nordegren, as...
Senate fire seen as charter payback
January 21, 2010 | 5:06pmALBANY – The abrupt dismal of Senate staffer close to Sen. Craig Johnson (D-L.I.) yesterday is being seen as retaliation against the Nassau lawmaker for daring to speak up for...
Ray Kelly to speak to Young Republicans Club
January 21, 2010 | 5:05pmIn an unusual move for him since he became police commissioner, Ray Kelly is slated to be the featured speaker at the New York Young Republican Club monthly meeting tonight.The...
Sundance 2010: Banksy's surprise visit
January 21, 2010 | 5:01pmToday Sundance announced its "Spotlight Surprise" selection: It's "Exit Through the Gift Shop," the first film by the famed (at least in the UK) underground graffiti artist Banksy, about how...
Forest Hills resident bids to unseat Hevesi
January 21, 2010 | 4:25pmForest Hills resident Lilianna Zulunova said she plans to challenge state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) in this year’s Democratic primary and is going around the community to spread word...
Protesters fight boro bus cuts
January 21, 2010 | 4:22pmThe MTA’s proposed cuts to bus service will cripple commuters across the borough, former City Councilman David Weprin warned Sunday as he urgedQueens residents to get their heads out of...
Eric Ulrich celebrates Council inauguration
January 21, 2010 | 4:21pmElected officials from throughout the borough and beyond celebrated the inauguration Sunday of City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Rockaway Beach) at the Scholars’ Academy School in Rockaway Park.Ulrich, who was first...
Hevesi, Miller pose new law to ban noisy trains
January 21, 2010 | 4:20pmState elected officials from the Glendale area are working on legislation to ban locomotives from idling near homes, the latest development in a clash between residents and a freight railroad...
More charges may be coming in terror cases: Prosecutors
January 21, 2010 | 4:18pmProsecutors said Tuesday that a Flushing man arrested Jan. 7 in connection with an ongoing probe of an alleged Al Qaeda terror plot to bomb locations in New York City...
LIJ takes time out to remember King
January 21, 2010 | 4:16pmThe country has come a long way since the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but the nation is still not without shortcomings, the keynote speaker at...
Oscar Watch: BAFTA nods like 'District 9,' but not 'Nine'
January 21, 2010 | 4:13pmLooks like "Nine' will be mostly MIA on Oscar ballots as well as DOA at the box-office when polls close on Saturday. At least that's the impression I get from...
Seminerio faces 14 yrs. in jail for hospital bribes
January 21, 2010 | 4:12pmAnthony Seminerio, a 74-year-old former state assemblyman from Richmond Hill, faces up to 14 years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 4, a federal judge said last week in...
Ford: I continue to learn about New York
January 21, 2010 | 4:11pmTAPPAN, N.Y. — Harold Ford Jr. ventured to the suburbs Thursday to test the waters outside New York City for a possible U.S. Senate bid but admitted he still has...
More students worsen traffic at Queensborough
January 21, 2010 | 4:11pmBayside community leaders said an already-busy intersection in the community has been snarled by even more traffic during the past few months after Queensborough Community College’s student body grew exponentially...
Goldman gets gold-plated protection as it reports earnings
January 21, 2010 | 4:07pmIf the scene outside Goldman Sachs' downtown headquarters is any indication, you gotta think CEO Lloyd Blankfein took an armored car to work this morning.On the day that Goldman reports...
Colts' trash talk has to come from columnist
January 21, 2010 | 4:03pmWith all of the Colts refusing to say anything close to provocative -- with the possible exception of linebacker Gary Brackett -- it's up to the media to reveal what...
Clinton: China should investigate Google intrusions
January 21, 2010 | 4:01pmWASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized China on Thursday for restricting the free flow of information, and asked Beijing to conduct a full investigation into accusations by...
MTA chief promises better transit system for the city
January 21, 2010 | 3:57pmMTA Chairman Jay Walder said the agency still operates much as it did decades ago and spends too much money ineffectively while “buses still crawl through traffic,” but he pledged...
Qns. pols support ouster of Hiram after special report
January 21, 2010 | 3:43pmA week after a special committee recommended the state Senate either expel or censure Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst), the Queens legislator’s fate remained undecided. Aides to Democratic Senate Conference...
Queens kids meet the Mets
January 21, 2010 | 3:41pmThe students at New York Child Learning Institute in College Point were introduced to a new set of role models last Thursday afternoon: sports stars and a man with a...
Brown: I'm open to health care reform
January 21, 2010 | 3:40pmWASHINGTON — Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown, whose election was heralded as a possible death knell for the Democrats' health care overhaul, said Thursday he was "open" to voting for a...
Maspeth homeless removed
January 21, 2010 | 3:40pmIt was hardly a dramatic uprooting, but police and city Department of Transportation staff cleaned out a pair of homeless encampments alongside the Long Island Expressway in Maspeth Tuesday morning,...
Flushing to host Lunar New Year Parade Feb. 20
January 21, 2010 | 3:39pmPreparations are underway for the Lunar New Year Parade, one of Flushing’s grandest and largest annual cultural events, to ring in the Chinese Year of the Tiger.Winding its way through...
Bleak economy causes MTA ridership to decrease
January 21, 2010 | 3:38pmThe economic recession that has left the MTA in critical condition has cost the agency $100 million as the result of millions of fewer riders on subways, buses and commuter...
Haiti's mass graves swell, doctors fear more death
January 21, 2010 | 3:38pmPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Workers are carving out mass graves on a hillside north of Haiti's capital, using earth-movers to bury 10,000 people in a single day even as relief workers...
Supreme Court rolls back campaign spending limits
January 21, 2010 | 3:36pmWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns....
LIJ physicians save baby from rare condition
January 21, 2010 | 3:36pmJulian Olivares said he considered his son Justin’s birth to be a “miracle.”It took a team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and technicians at the Children’s Hospital at Long...
City expands choices of school emergency alerts
January 21, 2010 | 3:35pmQueens parents will now be able to receive information about school emergencies as they unfold thanks to the expansion of an alert system, city officials announced at JHS 217 in...
Pelosi: We lack votes to pass health care bill
January 21, 2010 | 3:35pmWASHINGTON — The leader of the House of Representatives says she lacks the votes to push the Senate's sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to...
Open Kew Gdns. Hills library Sundays: CB 8
January 21, 2010 | 3:34pmCommunity Board 8 members unanimously approved a resolution calling for the Kew Gardens Hills Library to be open Sunday. Kew Gardens Hills is one of 14 libraries slated for closure...
Cops hunt for killer of 2 men in Jamaica
January 21, 2010 | 3:33pmPolice were still on the lookout for whoever committed the double murder last week that shut down a South Jamaica block for an entire evening after two unidentified young men...
Goldman swings to a profit, tops analyst estimates
January 21, 2010 | 3:33pmGoldman Sachs said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income was $4.95 billion, or $8.20 a share. Revenue for the quarter was $9.62 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the...
Queens high school students vie for Intel science award
January 21, 2010 | 3:31pmSeven Queens students were named as semi-finalists in this year’s Intel Science Talent Search, one of the oldest and most prestigious science research competitions in the country.Two of the students,...
Halloran rips Kim’s spending
January 21, 2010 | 3:31pmDan Halloran (R-Whitestone) is eligible to receive additional funding from the city, but the newly elected councilman for northeast Queens said the money could have been more useful during last...
Gov’t ends Gotti prosecution after fourth hung jury
January 21, 2010 | 3:30pmFree at last. Free at last. John Gotti Jr. is once again free at last.Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has announced that his...
Gillibrand, Maloney push small-biz tax cut
January 21, 2010 | 3:28pmNew York’s elected officials are pushing for a tax cut they said would boost new jobs for small business owners throughout the state and country, but when such a measure...
Film lauds eye doc’s discovery
January 21, 2010 | 3:27pmA former Forest Hills doctor who became known as the grandfather of small incision surgeries is the subject of a public television documentary that premiered Wednesday and will be shown...
State Legislature introduces ethics reform bill
January 21, 2010 | 3:27pmA week after Gov. David Paterson unleashed an ambitious ethics-reform agenda in his State of the State address, the state Legislature rolled out its own initiative.Unlike Paterson’s proposals, the Legislature’s...
Boro immigrants make gains
January 21, 2010 | 3:22pmThe top three neighborhoods in the city with the largest percentage of immigrants are in Queens, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said last week in a report that showed newcomers make...
College Pt. pair charged in transgender hate crime: DA
January 21, 2010 | 3:15pmA Queens grand jury has indicted two men who are accused of taking part in the brutal beating of a 49-year-old openly gay man in College Point last fall, the...
Queens leaders call for census participation
January 21, 2010 | 3:15pmWhen the final U.S. Census 2000 tallies were calculated, New York lost two seats in Congress, in part as a result of low response rates in areas of the state...
CB 8 to battle city plan to close Jamaica High
January 21, 2010 | 3:14pmCommunity Board 8 members threw their support behind Jamaica High School last week and unanimously passed a resolution calling on the city Department of Education to keep the school open...
NE Queens remembers Bayside High teacher
January 21, 2010 | 3:11pmNortheast Queens community activists paid homage last week to a longtime Bayside High School teacher, whom they believed to have the longest tenure ever at the school, after he died...
Tiger MIA from Nike's Web site
January 21, 2010 | 2:52pmDespite being the top spokesman for Nike, Tiger Woods is all but missing from the company's Web site, CNBC.com reported today.He's no longer on the homepage of the site and...
Oy vey! Flight diverted after confusion over prayer
January 21, 2010 | 2:36pmPHILADELPHIA — A misunderstanding about an Orthodox Jewish prayer ritual led a US Airways Express captain to divert his Kentucky-bound plane to Philadelphia this morning, authorities said. A 17-year-old boy...
Gov: Failed charter school deal kills me
January 21, 2010 | 2:01pmALBANY – Still stinging over his failure to reach a charter school deal with the state Legislature, Gov. Paterson chided lawmakers this morning for allowing a critical deadline to pass...
Radio (City) Gaga
January 21, 2010 | 2:00pmThe lady is a tramp, and that’s just the way we like her. At Radio City Music Hall last night, for the first night of her four-night residency at the...
Quinn to boot Barron from education committee
January 21, 2010 | 1:23pmIn a move to punish a disobedient member, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is expected today to strip Council firebrand Charles Barron of his chairmanship on the Higher Education Committee,...
Lessons from Haiti
January 21, 2010 | 1:14pmGlenn Harlan Reynolds explains that in a disaster best preparation is self reliance (Popular Mechanics)
Dutch Cowardice
January 21, 2010 | 1:04pmDafydd Ab Hugh on the exception that tests the rule (Hot Air)
You Can't Beat Something With Nothing
January 21, 2010 | 12:58pmGOP expects recruitment pickup (The Hill)Charles Mahtesian talks recuitment day (Politico)
Lobbyists Love Obama
January 21, 2010 | 12:54pmArthur Delaney says industry thirved even through recession and 'anti-lobbying' administration (Huffington Post)
Edwards' dirty secret: He fathered Rielle Hunter's daughter
January 21, 2010 | 12:34pmWASHINGTON -- Who's your daddy? Disgraced former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards finally came clean and admitted today he fathered a child with a campaign staffer -- even asking that...
Conan O'Brien reaches agreement to exit the 'Tonight' show
January 21, 2010 | 12:02pmConan O'Brien is finally strutting away from the Peacock network. Following weeks of drama and late-night zingers, NBC reached a $45 million deal with O'Brien in order to secure his...
Bay State 'Universal Care' Blues
January 21, 2010 | 11:05amThe Debt Commission will effect health care reform (Wall Street Journal)
Hit the Reset Button
January 21, 2010 | 10:41amAmy Walter says Democrats won't win back independents by attacking opponents (National Journal)Mary Kate Cary says loss should push Democrats back to the middle (US News & World Report)
Mason seeing game mature in second season at Ford
January 21, 2010 | 9:44amDiani Mason said she is starting feel more of a vibe as all the aspects of her game begin to sync together. “She is maturing,” first-year Bishop Ford coach Mike...
Face it: Sanchez can fill Joe Willie’s shoes
January 21, 2010 | 9:36amThe Face of the franchise, the Face of the future, is shrouded in a beard now, the result of the rampant, contagious superstition now making its way through the hallways...
Rex’s philosophy paying off
January 21, 2010 | 9:36amOf all the things coach Rex Ryan has given the Jets, the most important thing may be their identity. For most of this franchise’s existence, identity is something it’s lacked....
Key play: The Stand-Around Defense
January 21, 2010 | 9:36amEach day this week, The Post will give you a glimpse inside the Jets’ playbook, as NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger diagrams key plays for this weekend’s AFC Championship game...
Jets' Feely not phased by opponents' kicking struggles
January 21, 2010 | 9:36amIn what has become a part of this magical ride the Jets have been taking en route to Sunday’s AFC title game, several of their moments sprinkled with stardust have...
Jets CB Darrelle Revis relishes full-throttle rematch
January 21, 2010 | 9:16amDarrelle Revis wasn’t satisfied the last time the Jets played the Colts. He says Reggie Wayne caught three passes too many. And Revis said he thinks that because the Colts...
Peyton’s top target savors showdown with Revis
January 21, 2010 | 9:16amINDIANAPOLIS — Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne had this to say about his matchup with Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis: “May the best man win.” It sounds like something you might...
Deion, Irvin: Colts won’t shy away from Wayne despite tough matchup
January 21, 2010 | 9:14amTake it from a Hall of Fame wide receiver and a future Hall of Fame cornerback, who have five Super Bowl rings between them: Sunday’s AFC Championship game could hinge...
Meet a Colts player: Donald Brown
January 21, 2010 | 8:58amAll NFL fans know about the Colts’ big guns: Manning, Wayne, Freeney and Clark. Each day leading up to the AFC title game, The Post will introduce you to a...
Girls basketball roundup: Tight defense leads Terriers past Kearney
January 21, 2010 | 8:51amJoAnn Wagner has said all season that this year’s version of the Terriers is more of a team than it was a year ago, not dependant on one player night...
'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' each earn 8 noms for British Film Awards
January 21, 2010 | 8:20amLONDON — Sci-fi extravaganza ’Avatar,’ Iraq drama “The Hurt Locker” and coming-of-age story “An Education” have earned eight nominations apiece in the race for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain’s...
Mason, Ford top TMLA in overtime
January 21, 2010 | 8:02amRegardless of how it gets there, crunch time has brought out the best in Bishop Ford. The Falcons came up with all the big plays late in a win over...
As center of attention, Timmins excels for Curtis
January 21, 2010 | 6:55amDespite his hulking 6-foot-4 frame, James Timmins is used to being overshadowed. During football season, he played second fiddle to Dominique Easley, the Florida-bound defensive lineman. When Curtis became the...
Moore's big night not enough for MSIT in loss to Curtis
January 21, 2010 | 6:38amAtigi Moore’s party didn’t last long. McKee/Staten Island Tech’s senior wing went over the 1,000-point marker in his career with a 3-pointer from the left corner. The game was stopped...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: BK Collegiate runs win streak to six
January 21, 2010 | 6:21amBrooklyn Collegiate extended its Brooklyn A East winning streak to six games with a 97-29 shellacking of Erasmus Hall Tuesday night. Arnold Fripp had 23 points and 20 rebounds, Valworth...
Mary Louis lacks finishing touch in loss to Ford
January 21, 2010 | 6:11amCamille Romero dribbled into the paint and was met by a wall of Bishop Ford defenders. As The Mary Louis Academy senior retreated, she stumbled with the Hilltoppers trailing by...
Sundance 2010: Knicks documentary 'Winning Time' hits from downtown
January 21, 2010 | 6:07amDan Klores's witty and fascinating sports documentary "Winning Time: Reggie Miller Vs. the New York Knicks" is not only a terrifically entertaining piece of work (which, at 68 minutes, is...
Who's that lady?
January 21, 2010 | 5:25amAs with most things Lady Gaga, this latest controversy is swathed in mystery. Did she really cancel a performance last Thursday night just to go on “Oprah” the next day?...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Regis rolls past LaSalle
January 21, 2010 | 5:20amRegis raced out to a 14-point lead after one quarter and never looked back as the Raiders defeated LaSalle, 84-64, in a CHSAA Class A game Wednesday in Manhattan. Rob...
Sealed with a kiss: Midwood upsets South Shore
January 21, 2010 | 5:14amOnly a few seconds had passed when the ecstatic Midwood players gathered around the logo at halfcourt, paving the way for coach Artie LaGreca. He advanced on the Hornets blue...
Open fire!
January 21, 2010 | 5:14amIf you just woke up from a three-year coma, you’d be forgiven for thinking that absolutely nothing had changed in Williamsburg last week — at least as far as real...
Just sold!
January 21, 2010 | 5:14amManhattan CHELSEA $830,000 130 W. 20th St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 707 square feet, with open kitchen with dishwasher, oversized windows and central AC; building features doorman, lounge and courtyard. Common...
Clock watch
January 21, 2010 | 5:14amJay-Z and Ralph Lauren have both found time to drop by the ClockTower Building at 1 Main St. and check out Brooklyn’s ultimate trophy apartment. That’s where developer David Walentas,...
Square feet
January 21, 2010 | 5:13amThere aren’t many people who can say that they learned how to ride a bicycle in the middle of Times Square. With an estimated 500,000 people coming in and out...
'Diaries' stars almost famous
January 21, 2010 | 5:13amVampires thrive by avoiding detection and so does the cast of “The Vampire Diaries.” When not shooting on their Atlanta set, “We all stay under the radar,” says Katerina Graham,...
South Shore stung by early Hornets run
January 21, 2010 | 5:03amIf there was one thing most evident about South Shore’s losses to CHSAA powers Christ the King, Bishop Ford and Mary Louis this season, it was that the Vikings are...
'Glee' hits the road
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amMore proof that "Glee" is bucking for "American Idol" status -- the cast is hitting the road for a live concert tour. Fresh off the hit show's Golden Globes win,...
The lunar, the better
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIn space, no one can hear you scream -- but in a planetarium, everyone can hear you sing. The Gotham Chamber Opera proved as much Tuesday night, performing Haydn's 1777...
King-size hero's last night in Memphis
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe most chilling moment in "The Man in Room 306" occurs before the show begins -- as the audience walks through a re-creation of the balcony of Memphis' Lorraine Motel,...
Tebow's 'Idol'
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amCollege football star Tim Tebow has a gal pal who might get a starring gig of her own -- Top 24 semifinalist on "American Idol." Janell Wheeler, a blonde whose...
Larry David helps out Jerry
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amLarry David, who enlisted old pal Jerry Seinfeld for a story arc on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," is now returning the favor. David will appear as a guest judge on Seinfeld's...
Sheen's wife lands in the ER
January 21, 2010 | 5:00am'Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen's estranged wife, Brooke Mueller, was rushed to intensive care with a mouth infection yesterday -- and Sheen visited her despite a court...
Emeril's back
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amBam! Emeril Lagasse is getting a new show on the Ion Television network. But the celeb chef is expanding beyond the kitchen into an hour-long talk show titled "The Emeril...
Push for 9/11 trial on Govs I.
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amA lower Manhattan community board, whose members are outraged over the plan to hold a 9/11 terror trial in their neighborhood, called on federal officials yesterday to move it to...
Labor big backs Andy for gov
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amALBANY -- A leading New York labor leader, citing the "stunning defeat" of the Democratic senatorial candidate in Massachusetts, yesterday became the first top Democrat to endorse Attorney General Andrew...
No-help EMTs back on job
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe two coldhearted EMTs suspended for refusing to help a pregnant woman suffering a fatal seizure in a Brooklyn coffee shop return to work today, sources said. Jason Green, 32,...
US leads by example in Haiti
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe tragedy in Haiti is heartbreaking ("Send in the Marines," Editorial, Jan. 19). The United States is quite correct in stepping up to help, but how long until American aid...
Stymied by Silver: a loss for NY's kids
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amChutzpah, that's what Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the emperor of New York, exhibited when he accused the mayor and governor of "ignoring the voices of parents" regarding charter schools ("No-Class...
British air crackdown
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amLONDON -- Britain's government said yesterday it would create a new terrorist no-fly list, target specific airline passengers for tougher security checks, and suspend some international flights in response to...
O's pick for TSA pulls out
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- President Obama's choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name yesterday, a setback for an administration still trying to explain how a man could almost blow...
Afghan troop boost
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amKABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan government and its international partners agreed yesterday to significantly increase the country's security forces, and outlined plans to lure Taliban militants from the fight and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amBrooklyn--Cops say a man robbed and tried to sexually assault a 13-year-old girl aboard a subway train in Brooklyn Heights. The suspect approached the girl aboard a No. 3 train...
Cops yank thug
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amAn avid Yankees fan struck out when he robbed three men at gunpoint on the Upper East Side -- and police easily nabbed Him, since he was decked out in...
Take $wing at A-Rod's 500th
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIf your bid hits it out of the park, you can catch A-Rod's 500th home-run ball. The milestone baseball that Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez smacked Aug. 4, 2007, went under...
NBA owner's estate dropped ball: NY charity
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amDETROIT -- A New York-based charity that promotes Hebrew-language charter schools is calling a foul against the estate of late Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson. Areivim Philanthropic Group claims in...
Hit the reset button
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWhat a difference a year makes. On the anniversary of Barack Obama's swearing-in, Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown grabbed the prize Senate seat held by liberal icon Ted Kennedy for nearly...
Blame game is aflame
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amShocked Democrats from Massachusetts to Washington, DC, pointed fingers at one another yesterday as they tried to find culprits for Tuesday's staggering Senate defeat in Massachusetts. David Plouffe, President Obama's...
You can't beat something with nothing
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amJust a few weeks ago, Beltway pun dits weren't giving Scott Brown a snowball's chance in his quest to win the Massachusetts Senate race. The polls had him 20 points...
Bay State 'universal care' blues
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amBOSTON US Sen.-Elect Scott Brown bobbed and weaved a bit at his post-election press conference yesterday when asked about Massachusetts' universal-health-care law. Yes, Brown acknowledged, he voted for it, which...
ArrOgance is exposed!
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe people have more than spoken. From the heart and soul of dependably Demo cratic Massachusetts, a state long saddled with the unfortunate nickname "Taxachusetts," voters have issued a primal...
Recall has moms goin' baby buggy
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIs no stroller safe? Yet another brand of popular strollers has issued a recall after a dangerous part chopped off the fingertips of several children, government officials said. Graco put...
Lessons of the Mass. revolt: Feel the anger
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amScott Brown's historic vic tory in the Massachusetts special election might signal huge Republican victories and massive Democratic bloodletting up and down the ballot in November. But the operative word...
The worries behind market's tumble
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWas that hissing noise on Wall Street yesterday the sound of the latest stock-market bubble starting to deflate? After being down more than 200 points at times yesterday, the Dow...
200,000 Haitians can apply to stay in US
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amAs many as 200,000 Haitians living in the United States during last week's devastating earthquake could take advantage of a government program that allows them to remain here for up...
Indies put Scott over the top
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amA tidal wave of support from independent voters propelled Republican Scott Brown to victory in liberal Massachusetts, exit polls found -- striking fear in the hearts of elected Democrats across...
Condé: We are family
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amLucky Publisher Gina Sanders will succeed Richard "Mad Dog" Beckman as head of Fairchild Publications, publisher of Women's Wear Daily. Beckman, a 24-year veteran of Condé Nast, left the Nastie...
Dems' new debt-defying act
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- A day after the Massachusetts election, partly considered a referendum on runaway government spending, Senate Democrats yesterday proposed letting the federal government borrow an additional $1.9 trillion to...
Good Sam's deli shutters
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe Long Island deli owner who shot to fame after giving a would-be robber $40 and a loaf of bread last year was forced to close because of dwindling sales....
Business briefs
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amStarbucks Starbucks raised its annual earnings fore cast and posted first- quarter profit that ex ceeded analysts' esti mates. Net income climbed to $241.5 mil lion, or 32 cents a...
Now GOP must step up to plate with own ideas
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amBOSTON -- The thumping Scott Brown delivered in Massachusetts was a shocking rebuke of President Obama and Democrats in Congress, but it is Republicans who should take this moment to...
Macklowes are back
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe Macklowes are closer to gaining control of the old Drake Hotel site on Park Avenue between 56th and 57th streets, The Post has learned. Sources yesterday said Macklowe Properties...
'Rape' club is shut for good
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe party's over for Chelsea's Club Duvet. Facing steep fines for numerous violations -- and a series of crimes including the rape of a patron -- the owners of the...
Sexual healing for caged Tiger
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWhat's new, pussycat? Bagged by a photographer for the first time since his serial catting around sent his career -- and marriage -- into a nose dive, Tiger Woods emerged...
YouTube goes rental
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amYouTube will begin testing a limited video rental service this week, the company announced on its official blog yesterday. The Google-owned company has signed a deal with the Sundance Film...
BofA posts $194M loss
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amA rocky economy is still taking its toll on some of the nation's biggest banks. Bank of America, one of three major financial firms to report results yesterday, posted a...
Feds want to ban snake imports
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amSnakes on planes are wreaking havoc on the ground. Burmese pythons and eight other constrictor snakes brought in from other countries are threatening American wildlife -- as well as the...
Bleat and greet new city goat
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThere's a new kid on the block at the Central Park Zoo. An adorable, droopy-eared Mini-Nubian goat was born at the zoo a little more than a week ago to...
2nd quake adds to horror in Haiti
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amA powerful aftershock shook earthquake-devastated Haiti yesterday, sending already traumatized survivors running into the streets and creating new devastation after a massive temblor killed an estimated 200,000 people last week....
Kid takes gun into 3rd grade
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIt was one hell of a show-and-tell. An 8-year-old boy was nabbed for bringing a loaded pistol into his Long Island classroom yesterday after his teacher noticed him trying to...
Say Dubai, Mr. Jackson
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amDavid Jackson's credit cards have finally gotten the scissors. The flamboyant investor -- who became a poster-child for private-equity excess as his extravagant buyouts of luxury properties including Barneys New...
Message from Blue Dogs to liberals: Heel!
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- The Republican upset in Massachusetts sent conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats yelping for a new direction on health care as party leaders scrambled to find a way forward. "Full-speed...
NYPD cop's wife found dead in car, in pool
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe wife of an NYPD inspector was found dead yesterday after she apparently backed her car into the swimming pool behind her family's Rockland County home, police said. Fifty-two-year-old Marianne...
Apple is searchin'
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amApple has stepped up its rivalry with Google, in a skirmish that cuts to the core of how both companies do business. The tech titans used to be tight. But...
UK bank for Blackstone
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amPrivate-equity giant Blackstone was preparing to mount a major assault on Britain's retail banking sector, Sky News reported yesterday. Blackstone plans to launch a lender called The Home and Savings...
Live Nation puts assets on line to help merger
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIn an effort to get its merger with Ticketmaster approved, concert promoter Live Nation has signaled to rival Anschultz Entertainment Group that it's willing to sell its venues on favorable...
Obama Street theater
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amPresident Obama's Street tax apparently isn't enough. Siding with Main Street against financial fat cats, the president is planning to announce new proposals on limiting the size and complexity of...
Lehman's blow to Whistler
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe operator of Winter Olympics venue and ski resort Whistler Blackcomb could face foreclosure as soon as next month after a group of creditors led by the estate of Lehman...
Do-nothings get do-over chance in June
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amNew York is getting a second chance at millions of dollars in federal education funds -- but it will have to get its act together to prove it deserves a...
Hero disarmed MIT 'terror' mom
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amTalk about a perilous path to citizenship. An Afghan interpreter testified yesterday that the feds rewarded him with a green card and an American apartment after he saved a roomful...
Dutch cowardice
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amHow do you say "free speech" in Dutch? Apparently, you don't. Dutch MP Geert Wilders appeared yesterday in an Amsterdam court to face criminal charges for, essentially, criticizing Islam. The...
Tea time
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWho's laughing now? Besides Sen.-elect Scott Brown, the big winner from Tuesday's stunning upset victory in Massachusetts is the so-called Tea Party movement -- grassroots activism sparked by out-of-control federal...
White House reality check
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amEven before Republican Scott Brown shook the political world Tuesday by winning Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in ultra-blue Massachusetts, Democrats had themselves a new leader: Virginia Sen. Jim Webb....
Girls gag at dad's gaffe
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amBOSTON -- Just because your dad figured out how to get Massachusetts liberals to vote Republican doesn't mean he's a genius when it comes to matters of the heart. The...
Kids' dreams fade
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThey're some of the best schools the city will never see. Dozens of charter schools backed by New York's most respected community groups are now unlikely to open their doors...
Harsh cure will require X-rated tell-all to Elin
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIt'll be D-Day for Tiger Woods. The world's greatest golfer is going to have to spill his guts -- in painful, explicit detail -- to his beautiful wife, Elin Nordegren,...
SI & LI bus lines face ax
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amExpress-bus lines on Staten Island and some Long Island bus routes are on the MTA cutting block, as the agency finishes revisions of a massive service-slicing plan to close a...
Times' online pinch
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe New York Times will make you pay. The Times announced yesterday that it will end its free-for-all online service and start charging to read complete articles. Print subscribers will...
Opera man mercy plea
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amOpera-loving fraudster Alberto Vilar is hoping for a final act outside the slammer. In a desperate jailhouse letter, the crooked money manager begged a judge to "grant me time outside...
Warren Buffett's thoughts on bailout, housing, tax
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe first thing we do, let's blow up some houses. That was a cheeky suggestion by billionaire investor Warren Buffett on how to deal with the glut of housing in...
Crashing bores
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- White House gate crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination yesterday, refusing to answer a House committee's questions about their uninvited appearance at...
G-man survives BQE crash
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amAn off-duty Secret Service agent miraculously avoided serious injury on the BQE in Brooklyn yesterday when the rear wheels of a tractor-trailer flattened the front of his vehicle, sources said....
I snapped a miracle called Kiki
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amPost photographer Matthew McDermott, who traveled to Haiti with the disaster-relief or ganization AmeriCares, snapped this amazing rescue shot, which appeared in some editions of yesterday's Post. I spent seven...
Jenny Craig gets fat lip in Round 1 of diet fight
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amStuff a sock in it, Jenny! Weight Watchers International yesterday won a temporary restraining order banning TV commercials in which former TV star Valerie Bertinelli claims that Jenny Craig's diet...
Loss throws rest of president's agenda into doubt
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe White House insisted yesterday it wants to stick to a broad and diverse long-term agenda -- but President Obama's aides signaled that many tough-to-pass items are going to fall...
Feds hit a bad spell
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe nation's most sophisticated intelligence databases lack the "Google-like" ability to decipher misspelled words, counterterrorism officials sheepishly admitted yesterday on Capitol Hill. "We do not have that exact capacity," said...
Dems plan to take scalpel to health bill
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amHumbled Democrats prepared yesterday to dramatically scale back their unpopular health-care plans in light of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown's shocking victory. His upset denies the Democrats the 60 votes needed...
Watch out for Brown bomber, DC
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amNewly born political star Scott Brown said yesterday his election to Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in Massachusetts is a clear message to Washington -- and he took a few...
It's showtime for B'way Mark Sanchez
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amHe's not Broadway Joe yet -- but he does love Broadway shows. Jet quarterback Mark Sanchez's passion for musical theater is the subject of much ribbing from his teammates, players...
Bam: I fell out of touch
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amPresident Obama yesterday tried to explain the shocking election of a Republican senator in overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts, insisting he understands voters' anger -- even while admitting he lost touch with...
Bloomy: We'll aid little guy
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIn the first State of the City speech of his third term, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday pledged to do "more than any city has ever done" to improve the lives of...
New job for Morgy at 90
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amRobert Morgenthau's just not the retiring kind. Barely three weeks after he left his nearly four-decade job as Manhattan district attorney, Morgenthau announced yesterday that he has joined the New...
School cops beat us: suit
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe NYPD's school safety officers treat the city's high-school and middle-school students like common street criminals, according to a class-action lawsuit filed yesterday in Brooklyn federal court. The lawsuit, which...
DA fears 'lesbian' defense
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIt's the love that dare not speak its name -- but the DA isn't taking any chances. Prosecutors in a Manhattan prostitution trial yesterday said they may force the fiancé...
Gov: Ethics bill too weak
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe Legislature passed an ethics-reform bill yesterday -- but Gov. Paterson said he will veto it because he wants a tougher measure. The bill "does not go far enough to...
'Sodomy-cop' jury picked
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amA jury was selected in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday to hear the case against a cop accused of sodomizing a suspect with a nightstick. Officer Richard Kern is charged with...
2 cops suspended after video shows them 'beating' suspect
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amTwo NYPD cops have been suspended -- and face possible arrest -- int he wake of a shocking videotape which shows one of the officers brutally punching and kicking a...
U.S. alpine skiers show heavy medal
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe U.S. alpine ski team is on course for taking home medals from the Olympics next month as evidence by some exciting finishes by Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn. The...
Ryan: Jets 'unafraid' of big moment
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amCoach Rex Ryan said yesterday that he loves the way his players are preparing for Sunday's AFC title game because he feels they're unafraid, that the stage isn't too big...
Devils rebound, blank Panthers
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe Jersey Juggernaut reopened for business, and put the emphasis on naught. Their magical season starting to unravel, the Devils reverted to their fundamental identity, the shut-down, defensive style so...
Lundqvist welcomes Rangers' goal support
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amConfidence is contagious, and if the Rangers wanted to trace why they have suddenly found the ability to score -- after it was so distant to them for the first...
Girardi: Jets sure lookin' like champs
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amYankees manager Joe Girardi knows a champion when he sees one, and he likes the Jets' chances of beating Peyton Manning and the Colts on Sunday and getting back to...
Dungy's warning to Jets: Manning rules in rematches
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amDon't book those Super Bowl flights to Miami yet, Jets fans. Former Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy remembers the Broncos taking advantage of his Colts reserves late in 2003 and '04...
Woody, Faneca tell Jets it's all about the bling
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amBig, loud and gaudy. Those words appropriately describe Rex Ryan, but they, too, describe Super Bowl rings. The Jets are playing for -- and are keenly motivated by -- both...
Jets need to Ground & Pound Colts into submission
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amMark Sanchez will be at the controls of a steamroller Sunday, a Mean Green Destruction Machine. The game plan, especially when Peyton Manning is lurking on the other sideline, is...
The Post Line
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amNFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogCOLTS 7 7½(39½)JetsSAINTS 4½ 3½(52½)VikingsHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogSETON HALLPickLouisvillePENN ST.10½IndianaFLA. ATL.6½Ark.-L. RockMiddle Tenn.1LA.-MONROEArkansas St.2FLA. INT'LN. TEXAS7South Alab.TROY1½W. KentuckyLA.-LAF.12New OrleansILL.-CHICAGO1½ValparaisoButler11½LOY.- OF CHI.GONZAGA25½PepperdineFlorida2ARKANSASSTANFORD5½Oregon St.PORTLAND13½Loy.-Mary.La.Tech5½SAN JOSE ST.Utah St.3FRESNO ST.PACIFIC10Cal...
Aqueduct Analysis
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amToday's analysis.1. 6 fur; $31,000; clm($30,000); 4upSAINT DAIMON drops in class for first start since closing to finish second by neck this distance in March. BASE COMMANDER came off the pace...
Hockey mourns former Rangers PR head Halligan
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amAs well as anyone, anyone, John Halligan personified the finest in New York hockey. The longtime Rangers and NHL public relations head and 2007 winner of the Lester Patrick Award...
NHL gives Isles' Sutton two-game ban
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amFor a team not known for its physicality, Andy Sutton's hulking presence has been critical to the Islanders' recent success. But the Isles will be without the 6-6 defenseman for...
Quiet Colts itching to shut up Jets
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- If only there was more time, maybe we could learn how the Colts really feel about the Jets and their trash talk about beating Indianapolis in Week 16....
Trade Nate? Knicks see no reason
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amNate Robinson was in no mood to discuss trade rumors out of Boston, no interest in talking about anything other than the Knicks' game tomorrow night against Kobe Bryant and...
Giants' Steve Smith joins O'Hara at Pro Bowl
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amGiants receiver Steve Smith will replace Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald on the NFC Pro Bowl team. The Giants announced the change yesterday, making Smith the team's first wideout to be selected...
Feeble replacement for Pacquiao-Mayweather
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe quality of the opponent defines the quality of the reputation. Muhammad Ali was soooo good and so fortunate to have fought not only three epics with Joe Frazier, but...
D'Brick faces tough foe in Freeney
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amIn a locker room full of players unafraid to speak their minds, D'Brickashaw Ferguson is the quiet man. The big left tackle says very little to reporters and doesn't even...
Saints' Sharper wants revenge against former team
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amMETAIRIE, La. -- Darren Sharper loves a good story, even more so when it involves him. The NFL's interception king is on the cusp of only the second Super Bowl...
Our man Mushnick honored
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amPost sports columnist Phil Mushnick was named yesterday New York State Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. It's the sixth time since 1997 the NSSA...
Pineiro picks Angels over Mets
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThe Mets can remove another free agent from their list of targets. Joel Pineiro last night accepted a two-year contract worth $16 million from the Angels, leaving Mets GM Omar...
Sports shorts
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amBLOTTER: Former Yanks voice headed to prison One-time Yankee sportscaster Robert Gamere, who did play-by-play for the Bombers on WHN Radio in 1970, was sentenced in Boston to five years...
Fassel denies report of Raiders interview
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amALAMEDA, Calif. -- Jim Fassel denied a report yesterday that he has interviewed with Raiders owner Al Davis about replacing Tom Cable as head coach. "I'm not lobbying for the...
Suns hammer Nets, but Amar'e sees New Jersey's 'potential'
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amPHOENIX -- There was the expected here last night. The Nets played a game, the Nets lost a game. No surprise. But there also was the unexpected as Suns four-time...
Venus makes it into 3rd round of Australian Open
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amMELBOURNE -- Venus Williams today won her second-round match at the Australian Open, beating Sybille Bammer of Austria, 6-2, 7-5. Williams fell behind 2-0 in the second set before pulling...
Weird but true
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amThis crime carries a high bale. Pennsylvania police were left scratching their heads after someone stole 245 bales of hay from a farm near Wellsville. They're not sure how the...
Calhoun is UConn's missing man
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amHARTFORD -- Athletic directors have recently turned to a favorite saying: Athletics is a university's front porch. George Mason makes it deep into the NCAA Tournament several years ago and...
UConn handles St. John's, 75-59 without Calhoun
January 21, 2010 | 5:00amHARTFORD -- Norm Roberts will never admit to these two hard truths: The one program he wants desperately to beat is Connecticut, the official raider of elite New York City...
Brodeur makes 22 saves, Devils beat Panthers 2-0
January 21, 2010 | 3:02amMartin Brodeur made 22 saves for his 108th NHL shutout and Travis Zajac scored the winning goal late in the second period as the New Jersey Devils snapped a three-game...
RBNY's Backe banks on skill over strength
January 21, 2010 | 1:46amMLS has earned a reputation as a physical league _ or alternately brutal or clumsy, depending on what South American player you caught in a more reflective moment. But new...
Atlantic Yards foes protest homeless shelter closing
January 21, 2010 | 1:31amA homeless shelter shuttered days before the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday became a cause célèbre among elected officials and opponents of the Atlantic Yards project.The Pacific Dean Shelter, 603...
Signs point to Friday farewell for Conan O'Brien
January 21, 2010 | 1:13amLOS ANGELES -- Late night TV host Conan O'Brien all but tacked up a farewell banner on this week's "Tonight" shows, even as his exit deal with NBC remained under...
Beaten for cell phone
January 21, 2010 | 1:11amBeaten for cell phoneAn area man was hospitalized last week after three teens jumped him for his cell phone on Morgan Avenue.Police were told that the victim was nearing Flushing...
Lessons learned from gas explosion
January 21, 2010 | 12:50amWhile no one was hurt when three manhole covers blew their stacks and popped out of their housings Monday, residents in Brooklyn Heights want to make sure they’re not subject...
Colts convinced decision will pay off Sunday
January 21, 2010 | 12:49amINDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning is on a simple mission this week: Strike fast, stay on the field and take the Colts back to Miami. The four-time MVP and his Colts...
Calhoun's condition not career threatening
January 21, 2010 | 12:47amHARTFORD, Conn. -- Jim Calhoun’s medical condition is not career threatening, according to Connecticut’s athletic director, but there is no timetable for the coach’s return. Jeff Hathaway spoke Wednesday before...
City eyes uses near Red Hook terminal
January 21, 2010 | 12:40amThe city is planning to enliven the area adjacent to Red Hook’s cruise terminal, an area critics charge has yet to live up to the promise city officials once touted,...
Burg prices hit floor, brokers say
January 21, 2010 | 12:40amIsaac Newtown theorized that what goes up must come down. Williamsburg’s real estate developers are hoping for the opposite. After a year that was predictable only for its volatility in...
CB 2 brings cyclists, pedestrians and motorists together
January 21, 2010 | 12:40amIt’s like trying to negotiate peace in the Middle East without Israel at the table.The Community Board 2 Transportation Committee this week held a panel discussion titled “Sharing the Road,...
Knicks midterm grades
January 21, 2010 | 12:16amWith this three-day break in the Knicks' schedule, it's midterm-grade time. The Knicks entered the season's midpoint at 17-24 following Monday's MLK Day win over Detroit.The good news is they've...