January 24, 2010
Gametracker: Vikings at Saints
Brett Favre and the Vikings square off against Drew Brees' Saints in the NFC Championship game. The winner goes to Miami for the Super Bowl and a showdown with the...
Jets' future is bright, but with 17-6 lead this was their chance
INDIANAPOLIS – The clock had hit zero and midnight at the same time, ending both a season and one of the most magical carpet rides you'll ever see. Inside Lucas...
Report: RBNY hires Goran Aral as assistant
New Red Bull coach Hans Backe is set to hire fellow Swede Goran Aral, according to website Aftonbladet. Aral recently spent time as the sport director of Djurgardens, and has...
Jets' Super Bowl hopes dashed by Colts, 30-17
INDIANAPOLIS — The Jets began the day 60 minutes away from their first Super Bowl in 41 years. Then they found themselves a mere 30 tantalizing minutes away, leading the...
Seton Hall upsets No. 9 Pittsburgh, 64-61
NEWARK – Bobby Gonzalez is a Rex Ryan fan, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that has heard the respective coaches speak. They are confident. They are brash....
Jets march quietly into title game
I was down in the bowels of Lucas Oil Stadium watching the Jets come out of the locker room, through the tunnel and onto the field for pre-game introductions and was...
Knicks destroyed by Mavericks, 128-78 - worst loss ever in Garden
Somewhere, Isiah Thomas must be smiling. David Lee had modest goals as he sat glumly on the bench in the fourth quarter, watching the Knicks' worst Garden loss in their...
Paterson tries to smoke out 'challenger' Cuomo
After months of saying nothing about Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's plans to run for governor, Gov. Paterson's campaign committee today challenged Cuomo to forward with ideas to solve some of...
Gametracker: Jets at Colts
Follow live as the Jets look to shock the Colts and get to their first Super Bowl in 41 years.
Sundance 2010: Phil goes directing
Philip Seymour Hoffman proves an able director in his debut behind the camera, the low-key losers-in-love dramedy "Jack Goes Boating." Hoffman plays (who else?) a sweetly endearing misfit who drives...
Jets' road gang mobs Indy bars
INDIANAPOLIS — It is a basketball town, after all. Raucous Jets fans took over Indiana’s sleepy capital city this weekend, turning bars and hotel lobbies green with envy in preparation...
Haiti recovers 150K bodies in capital, thousands more still buried
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The confirmed death toll from Haiti's devastating earthquake has topped 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area alone, the communications minister said Sunday, with many more thousands dead...
Israel: We'll be in West Bank forever
Israel's prime minister declared on Sunday that his country would retain parts of the West Bank forever — a statement that infuriated Palestinians and could complicate the year-old peace mission...
EXCLUSIVE: Ford reaches out to pro-choice group
Likely Democratic senate hopeful Harold Ford Jr. is set to meet with officials of the pro-choice group NARAL this week, The Post has learned. The meeting is set for Wednesday,...
NFL conference championships' TV coverage
You will have plenty of football-related television to watch today. From when you get up in the morning until the NFC champions are crowned tonight, you will have a variety...
Meet a Colt: Robert Mathis
All NFL fans know about the Colts' big guns: Manning, Wayne, Freeney and Clark. Each day leading up to today's NFL title game, the Post introduced you to a lesser-known...
Nets hammered by Jazz for 11th straight loss, tied for worst start in NBA history
SALT LAKE CITY — One possible historical timeline: The Big Bang occurs and the universe expands . . . Homo sapiens evolve in Africa and walk erect . . ....
46 injured after plane crash lands in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying 157 passengers and 13 crew crash landed in northeastern Iran on Sunday injuring at least 46 people, state television reported. The...
Father knows best
The sitcom dad has undergone a metamorphosis in the last 50 years. In series such as “Father Knows Best” and “Leave It to Beaver,” he was the wise head of...
Bin Laden claims responsibility for Christmas bombing attempt
CAIRO — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt in Detroit, in a audio message released Sunday, and vowed further attacks on the...
'Blair Witch' hopes get 'Buried' alive
Major buzz, whatever that is, attended the first screening of what sounded like a killer thriller: "Buried," starring Ryan Reynolds, who is (sort of) the only actor to appear in...
Jets LB Thomas is un-sung hero
INDIANAPOLIS — Linebacker Bryan Thomas hasn’t racked up the stats this season, but the Jets aren’t complaining. Because that’s not indicative of what Thomas does. “Bryan’s had an exceptional year...
Ex-Patriot Harrison picks Peyton & pals to win AFC title
INDIANAPOLIS — Former Patriots Super Bowl champion Rodney Harrison knows how coach Rex Ryan and the Jets must defend Peyton Manning today. “He just can’t sit back and that’s not...
Colts’ game plan: stop ground game, make Sanchez beat them
INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts’ defensive gameplan for today’s AFC Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium is simple: stop the Jets running game and make Mark Sanchez uncomfortable — real uncomfortable....
Marques Douglas' Jets diary
Jet defensive end Marques Douglas is one of three ex-Baltimore Ravens who followed Rex Ryan to New York this year. The nine-year pro helped ruin the Colts’ perfect season in...
Playoff-bitten Colts not looking ahead
INDIANAPOLIS — If not for all those Vince Lombardi trophies the Patriots won, the Colts would be considered the NFL’s team of decade. The fact that they aren’t underscores why...
Rex tells Jets they’re better than Colts
INDIANAPOLIS — Rex Ryan stood before his players last night in the final team meeting before today’s AFC Championship game and told them they’re better than the favored Colts. One...
Center of attention: Patterson leads Lady Rams
Point guard or shooting guard? Aziza Patterson has to decide on which one she is almost every possession. The Manhattan Center senior guard is the team’s primary ball handler, but...
‘Supernatural’ is the new ‘Buffy’
Sometimes, as Mama lies in her bed at night before the Ambien kicks in, she thinks of questions about her favorite shows. Here are a few for this week: *...
Word to the wise
The best comedy on cable? No contest. The daily cable news shows. Turn on one — any one of them — sit back, wait 30 to 60 seconds and enjoy!...
Reel good
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) Sunday, 4 p.m., TCM Audrey Hepburn never looked more glorious nor George Peppard more suavely handsome than in this delightful take on Truman Capote’s famous novella...
Jets' Pouha and Greene big as backups
Two weeks in October threatened to derail the Jets’ season. On Oct. 18, nose tackle Kris Jenkins tore his left ACL, a season-ending injury. A week later in Oakland, Leon...
Don’t miss
Make me a match Adaptations of Jane Austen novels never seem to go out of style. This week, PBS launches a new version of “Emma,” famously made into a 1996...
Beauty and the geeks
As initially conceived, there was no Penny, the lovable girl-next-door on CBS’ top-rated comedy, “The Big Bang Theory.” There was just a super-sarcastic neighbor named Katie who was mercilessly mean...
Rose Byrne does 'Damage' control
The FX suspense thriller “Damages” revolves around such an intricately twisted, well-manicured and time-shifted plot that even its stars sometimes lose track of the story. “It happens all the time,”...
Eagles searching for answers after loss to Vianney
If the St. Michael Academy girls basketball team was a car, then any mechanic would be happy to see coach Apache Paschall pulling it into his garage. “There is so...
Former St. Ray's duo enjoying new life in Las Vegas
If Jose Rodriguez wasn’t sure he made the right decision by leaving St. Raymond for Impact Basketball Academy and Trinity International HS in Las Vegas, he was convinced one day...
The Rumble
Knicks in the groove ‘Get There’ for Friday night telecasts With the Knicks playing 18 times on Friday nights this season — almost a quarter of the schedule — MSG...
Right choice for Fordham? It can only be Jared
At the risk of accentuating my limitations even more outside my sheltered NBA existence and inviting the wrath of colleague Tim Sullivan by trespassing onto his college beat, I want...
Jets lucked out by missing out on big-name coaches
If all science were as inexact as the science of hiring a coach or a manager, they would have to come up with a different word for it. Consider the...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Cardozo's slide continues in loss to Mt. Vernon
In two weeks, Cardozo has gone from arguably the PSAL’s team to beat to an inconsistent group in need of a jolt of confidence. The Judges have been out-classed by...
Scoreboard sparks to fly in NFC Championship game
NEW ORLEANS — The molten bronze is in on hold and in liquid suspension at Canton, waiting only for Brett Favre, at 40, to act his age and retire. In...
Toro goes off after Ford loss to Woodson
Playing right with a nationally recognized team for four quarters might have earned the Bishop Ford players a pizza party in previous years. But things are different in Park Slope...
Like Favre, Darren Sharper in new digs
NEW ORLEANS — He signed on and was heralded as the last missing piece, expected to inject the one ingredient needed to finally put his new team over the top....
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Jim Leonhard
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the Jets’ hard-nosed, 27-year-old strong safety in the lead-up to today’s AFC Championship game in Indianapolis. Q: If you win today, do you expect...
Hey Jets fans, after decades of despair . . . this is for you
INDIANAPOLIS — This is for you, cloaked in your green vestments, hardened by years of aggravation and frustration and desperation, cautiously embracing optimism for one of the few times in...
Girls basketball roundup: Better late than never for Jeff
It took awhile, but the Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team finally showed up – both literally and figuratively. The Orange Wave players battled serious MTA issues coming from East New...
O-line’s the great wall of Jets GM Tannenbaum
INDIANAPOLIS — The overhaul of the Jets offensive line began with two MRI exams. As Mike Tannenbaum watched Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler both leave a game against Jacksonville with...
Jets look to plow past Colts and be Super
INDIANAPOLIS — Sixty minutes away. The Jets are 60 tantalizing minutes away from getting to their first Super Bowl in 41 years. It’s so close it seems like a sadistic...
Destiny in sight for Rexecutioners
INDIANAPOLIS — First came Joe Namath, walking into the lobby of Jets hotel headquarters yesterday afternoon, 41 years and 11 days after Super Bowl III. Then came fiery Rex Ryan,...
Brit brat
Showtime’s new half-hour comedy “La La Land” introduces the 34-year-old Londoner Marc Wootton to American audiences in triplicate — as Cockney acting novice Gary; flamboyant, white-suited psychic Shirley Ghostman, and...
Gritty JFK upsets Mary Louis
Anxiety quickly turned to joy for Chelsea Custodio. The John F. Kennedy sophomore forward watched teammate Deaisia Acklin nearly travel on the left side. The sophomore guard recovered in time...
10.6%: What's behind New York City's horrific unemployment rate
Defending an increase in real estate taxes in 2003, Mayor Bloomberg described New York City as a “luxury product” that businesses were willing to pay more for. “It isn’t Wal-Mart,”...
Slow start again dooms South Shore
Slow starts have become too much the norm for South Shore. The Vikings have dug themselves big holes in three of their last four games to Christ the King, Midwood...
Best. Week. Ever.
Whoo-hoo, huzzah and yee-haw! This week put the party back in Republican Party. It was like watching the history of the last three years in reverse. Not since Michael Corleone...
Antidepressants, the sad reality
Most people to whom antidepressants are prescribed do not benefit from them, according to an article recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This is crucial news...
Tubbiest tabbies
A new blog about tubby tabbies has feline fanciers roaring — some with laughter, others with outrage. FatCatLover.blogspot.com — a k a F@K@Lover — collects captioned kitty pics of portly...
Repairing our heroes
They can rebuild him. They have the technology. Meet the bionic man — or at least arm. Nicknamed “The Luke” after the Star War’s character, the super hi-tech limb will...
Kristen Bell speaks (and tweets) her mind
Kristen Bell is a Golden Girl trapped in the body of a cheerleader. She may blend in well in Hollywood, with her impeccable skin and pixie-ish look, but the 29-year-old...
The two John Edwardses
As a presidential candidate, John Edwards spoke of “two Americas.” With his admission Thursday that he fathered his mistress’ child, Americans now have an all-too-clear view of the two ....
Mass. insecurity
Team Obama may have learned at least one important lesson from Tuesday’s electoral debacle: Americans are serious about national security. Here’s hoping, anyway. Just a day after Republican Scott Brown...
Schumer’s senator
As a former New Yorker, I’m embarrassed and disgusted that New York voters would allow Sen. Chuck Schumer to deny them a real choice in voting for the Senate seat...
Help is hard to . . .
It is not only Tim Geithner who should be fired; it is just about every staff and cabinet member associated with President Obama (“Payback,” Matt Taibbi, PostScript, Jan. 17). Obama...
Double dealing
I would like to take Michael Tanner’s argument one step further (“No Taxes, Please, We’re Democrats,” PostScript, Jan. 17). This agreement to not tax the health benefits of plans from...
Deaf Obama
Peggy Noonan states that there is a disconnect between President Obama and the people of this country, that he is not hearing us (“Obama Isn’t Listening,” PostScript, Jan. 17). The...
Doctors’ hours
The Post fails to include important information regarding work hours for residents at The Mount Sinai Hospital (“The Doctor Is ‘Out,’ ” Jan. 17). Twice in 2008, the New York...
All about Steve Buscemi
As anyone who’s seen Steve Buscemi casually riding the F train knows, this guy’s one of us. He was born in this city, has fought fires in this city and,...
Required reading
Shocking True Story The Rise and Fall of Confidential, ‘America’s Most Scandalous Scandal Magazine’ by Henry E. Scott (Pantheon) If you haven’t heard of loud, garish Confidential, you can thank...
Ozzy Osbourne’s actual diary
When I told friends and colleagues — and my kids — I was interviewing Ozzy Osbourne to talk about his new memoir, “I Am Ozzy,” the reaction was almost universal....
You couldn’t ignore me if you tried
You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation by Susannah Gora Crown John Hughes’ movies “changed everything,” actor Andrew McCarthy...
My New York: Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine, the founder of nonprofit pro-biking group Bicycle for a Day, takes pedal power just as seriously as he does acting. While he returns to Broadway next month as...
The Harvard psychedelic club
Arguably the second most-memorable Good Friday in history took place in the basement of Boston University’s Marsh Chapel on April 20, 1962, when a graduate student under the academic direction...
Citizens of London
Who knew Whitehall in WWII was so very . . . Melrose Place? Thank the Yanks. In this lively history, the focus is on three key Americans posted to London...
If you have to cry, go outside
Everyone thinks they know fashion PR powerhouse Kelly Cutrone from her appearances as the terrifying boss of People’s Revolution, featured on “The Hills”: the black-clad workaholic feels no remorse firing...
Elements of the table
Meat glue, xanthan and liquid nitrogen — hardly the ingredients that make mouths water. But you’d be surprised how often they can be found in the fancy meals you order...
In my library: Fred Armisen
“I’m a sucker for any new device,” confesses “Saturday Night Live” star Fred Armisen. “As soon as I heard about the Kindle, I wanted it. I want to seem as...
Star search
Oh, admit it already. You totally live and die by your horoscope. So why not go one step further down the Miss Cleo path to enlightenment? It’s time to find...
Meet market: Sexy scholar sks Wilde date
Megan is a 22-year-old college grad who loves Victorian literature. She’s looking for romance that'd make even Catherine of “Wuthering Heights” jealous. Will, 23 Financial analyst He is: a Southern...
This week's couple: bicycle built for two
It was a night of firsts for Evan and Rachel when we set them up at SoHo Italian restaurant Via Dei Mille. For both, it was their first blind date;...
Ask Ashley: sleeping with Mister Big
Some of the girls I’ve been with lately complain that I’m too well-endowed and they don’t want to have sex with me anymore because it’s painful. I know a lot...
Agenda
1) If one sentence could sum up life in New York City — the excitement coupled with disconnection; the things we want, cannot have, yet aspire to against all odds;...
Adventures of nurse Olga
Two of the most ex citing releases of 2009 -- Ulrich Seidl's "Import/ Export" and Roy Andersson's "You, the Living" -- are arriving on DVD this month, courtesy of the...
Bridge
When the World Championship began 60 years ago, it was a two-team affair. Then the number grew to four, six and nine. Last year 22 teams competed, and half of...
Ties that bind
IN a game dominated by masters in their teens and early 20s, the September years of 78-year-old Viktor Korchnoi are a shock. But even Korchnoi was stunned when he only...
Ashley: Score on and off field
Post sex columnist Ashley Dupre weighs in on today's AFC Championship game, in which the Jets face the Colts for a Super Bowl berth. Who is cuter -- Mark Sanchez...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan--Detectives nabbed a man suspected of killing his event-planner lover in their Hell's Kitchen apartment, authorities said. The cops caught up to Justin Waller, 31, in Vermont late Friday after...
Shakira hip check
Maybe her hips do lie. The creative director who oversaw the design and photography of Shakira's new album, "She Wolf," is suing Sony records for allegedly stiffing him for some...
Andy Dick busted in guy grope
Troubled comedian Andy Dick just can't keep his hands to himself. He was busted yesterday morning on two felony counts of sexual abuse in a West Virginia bar. According to...
Gal saved in LIE inferno
An anonymous good Samaritan saved Marie Stephanie Medina's life yesterday amid this deadly fireball on the Long Island Expressway. Medina's Dodge Neon stalled between exits 48 and 49 when a...
It's an alarm crock! Only 4 car-siren tix
Despite a flood of noise complaints over sleep-destroying car sirens, only four tickets were handed out in the city last year for faulty alarms, according to the city Department of...
NY's Dolan leads Haiti in mourning
On the 11th day, the people of Haiti mourned with God. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan joined hundreds of Haitians yesterday who gathered at the shattered Catholic cathedral in Port-au-Prince...
NY family suing airline for death
A 74-year-old great-grandmother who fell ill on an American Airlines flight from New York City to Argentina was ignored by crew members who ran out of oxygen, landed in Bolivia...
Be patient with investments
Dear John: I am 63 and have a one-year certificate of deposit maturing this month. The best rate I can get is 2 percent for a one year and 2.25...
Easy rider's hard truths about love
For decades, actor Dennis Hopper was the wild man of Hollywood, consuming 30 beers, a half-gallon of rum and 3 grams of cocaine a day and wandering around Los Angeles...
Shun of a gun! 1,100 in buyback
More than 1,100 guns were turned over to Bronx cops in a borough-wide buyback program yesterday spurred by a rash of recent stray-bullet tragedies. The program -- a joint effort...
King of the road
Gene Friedman, one of the city's most powerful and wealthy executives, is hardly a household name. But the 39-year-old chief executive of Taxi Club Management owns one of the largest...
Bam's history lesson
In the wake of the Democrats bruising de feat in Massachusetts last week, many pundits have encouraged President Obama to take a lesson from Bill Clinton's mid-term election meltdown in...
A gaggle of Google bully suits
Victims of cyber-bullies no longer have to cough up their lunch money without a fight. Since a judge ordered Google to turn over the e-mail address of a woman who...
Crotch fiend's '2nd bomb'
Crotch bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who nearly took down a Detroit-bound jet on Christmas Day, sent investigators scrambling when he claimed to have hidden a second explosive device on board,...
Foster kid, 7, flees his new home
Cops are searching for a 7-year-old boy who vanished from his Brooklyn foster home after living there for less than three weeks. Patrick Alford, 7, had been taken from his...
Pol's sins of the 'flash'
Some top elected officials are strangely -- and illegally -- speeding through city streets with police-like sirens and flashing lights. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's SUV was seen last week...
Green scene for Indy showdown
It was fandemonium. About 5,000 die-hards poured into the Jets' training complex yesterday -- screaming, chanting and parting like a Green Sea for their beloved underdogs as the team left...
B'klyn 'triple killer' in court
The Brooklyn man suspected of savagely stabbing his girlfriend and her two little girls to death was charged yesterday with three counts of murder and ordered held without bail. Jermaine...
Condo backers are seeing stars
A glamorous Madison Avenue condo tower that generated buzz from early buyers like Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber, is now under legal fire from both buyers and creditors....
B'klyn dogs, owners 'run' from egg attack
Barking is no yolk in Brooklyn. Petrified pooches and their owners have been walking on eggshells -- and ducking them too -- in the past month at a Park Slope...
Not the issue, O
This one is going to leave a mark -- a giant void, in fact, that used to be filled with profits that drove New York City's economy and helped fuel...
Lottery's luckiest choices revealed
Lottery lovers, we've got your numbers. If you have a dollar and dream -- and believe you can beat the odds -- start with 14, 36 and 48. Those three...
School painters spill their guts on chem peril
A potentially hazardous chemical is being used to strip paint from school windows, according to workers assigned to a city project. A painter said a supervisor told him to hide...
End of O's cowardly lyin'
We the people of the United States owe Scott Brown's sup porters a huge debt of gratitude. They didn't merely elect a senator. They ripped the façade off the Obama...
Hands off, drivers!
It's a yak attack. NYPD and state officials want to ratchet up penalties on motorists who talk on cellphones without using hands-free devices, The Post has learned. Police Commissioner Ray...
Fashion mags post March win
The recovery is underway for the nation's fashion magazines, which many consider a bellwether for the rest of the consumer magazine industry. "The spring preview issues for March are not...
Wintour freeze
Not in my Wintour garden! Vogue editrix Anna Wintour is pressing city officials to stop a developer from erecting a condo building that would loom over her private Greenwich Village...
Cabdrivers' 'gold' medallions
One of the city's best investments is right under New Yorkers' noses. Actually, it's on the hood of their taxis. Yellow-cab medallions -- those small, plastic emblems attached to the...
One toque over the line
Henry Kissinger just wants his crab cakes, darn it! When executive chef Fabio Trabocchi abruptly departed the Four Seasons this month after just three months on the job, it was...
Schumer: End terror 'tourism'
Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday proposed tough new travel rules that would stop people from 14 terrorist hotbed nations from entering the United States on multiple-entry tourist visas. The proposal would...
Aqueduct analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $28,000; hdcp; 4up INDEPENDENCE WAR finished third as the favorite this distance and level last out. He should get a better pace scenario to close...
Halligan's Irish eyes still shine
John Halligan's Irish eyes were always smiling. In three decades that I was lucky enough to know this special soul and kindred spirit, there was never a scowl, a contrary...
Dumb-lucky Jets
* I haven't seen a team that has benefited from more dumb luck than the Jets this season. From having all four teams that they needed to lose in Week...
Veteran Mavericks star Kidd makes Garden return
Plug Jason Kidd in at point guard over Chris Duhon and the Knicks likely would be at least a .500 club and lock to make the playoffs. Team president Donnie...
Walsh: Lee should be an All-Star
Knicks team president Donnie Walsh admits David Lee is better than he thought this past summer and thinks he should be named to the All-Star team as an Eastern reserve....
Sports shorts
SKATING: Cohen falters, Flatt wins U.S. title In Spokane, Wash., Sasha Cohen's comeback appears to be over while the adventure is just beginning for Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu. Flatt...
On the lighter side: Lopez, Gamboa KO competition
Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa once again showed they are among the best fighters in the lighter classes. One of these days, perhaps they'll actually fight each other. Both...
Yankees: No deadline for Damon, but offer still at $2M
Johnny can come marching home again, but only on the cheap. The Yankees have spoken with Johnny Damon's agent, Scott Boras, in recent days about the possibility of a Bronx...
Boating industry hitting higher tide
The New York Boat Show winds down today, but the industry believes boating itself will continue to climb despite the economy. The National Marine Manufacturers Association says boating will continue...
Struggles land Jets' Gholston on special teams
It has been two difficult years for Vernon Gholston. At last, the Jets linebacker is doing something special -- special teams, that is. Just five players who were eligible for...
With win, Ryan becomes Jets all-time winningest playoff coach
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Jets head into today's clash with the Colts in Indianapolis one win from the Super Bowl. And coach Rex Ryan is one win from team history. After...
Nets rookie Williams gets the point -- just in time
SALT LAKE CITY -- To say it has been a rough rookie season for the Nets' Terrence Williams would be a major understatement, like saying it has been a rough...
Nadal & Murray are standing tall at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray held off two of the tallest men and biggest servers in tennis early today to set up a quarterfinal meeting at the...
Islanders slip up, but playoffs still in sight
They are still out there, in numbers, in Long Island's bedroom communities. Of course, that's where Islander fans still largely sleep, as does their franchise, as do hopes to save...
Salvador, Devils end Islanders' home winning streak
There's still life in the Devils who are still standing. There are still lessons for the blossoming Islanders to learn. The Devils didn't solve their injury and scoring woes, but...
The Post Line
NFLConference ChampionshipsFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogCOLTS 7 8 (39½)JetsSAINTS 4½ 3½(53) VikingsHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogFLORIDA ST.3Georgia TechLOUISVILLE9CincinnatiSETON HALL2½PittsburghCLEVE. ST.6½Wis.-Milw.YOUNGS. ST.PickWis.-G.B.N. Iowa5INDIANA ST.WISCONSIN11½Penn St.TULANE7½East CarolinaCREIGHTON4Missouri St.INDIANA5½IowaCANISIUS5½St. Peter'sSiena9MANHATTANIONA5FairfieldNIAGARA9RiderN. ARIZONA12Sacra. St.NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogMavericks 2½KNICKSWIZARDS 2...
A-Rod gets emotional after winning playoff MVP award
Alex Rodriguez looked at the award he just received from Babe Ruth's granddaughter with big eyes and a broad grin. It was as if he almost couldn't believe it was...
Avery rips Rangers after 6-0 loss to Canadiens
MONTREAL -- The Rangers have 30 games to go in the season and there is a total disconnect within the team itself and between the players and the coaching staff....
Jets, Colts keep it on down-low
Jets/COLTS (Under 39½): Seems cozy way to take advantage of Jets' clock-eating, ball-control attributes without sweating every tipped pass, special-teams adventure and/or turnover. Mark Sanchez ill-advised pass attempts virtually non-existent...
Killer defense will send Jets to Super Bowl
Jets (+7½) over COLTS (Under 39): Ex-Colts coach Tony Dungy believes Peyton Manning is a far better postseason quarterback once he's gotten a same-season look at an opponent. Dungy cited...
Kovalchuk deal would burn Atlanta -- again
MONTREAL -- Since the lockout, there has been only one team forced to trade a franchise player in a deadline rental deal, and that was Atlanta moving Marian Hossa to...
It's typical Fraud-cesa
Even by Mike Francesa's noxious standard, he has been on an extraordinary roll. Only commercials have lately provided a break from his sagacious delivery of inside misinformation, bogus claims, total...
Weird but true
Some people may lose their keys, or the remote. But one St. Louis resident misplaced $1.6 million. The unidentified man had simply forgotten about a stock investment, and his brokerage...
Kentucky blows out Arkansas; No. 1 ranking awaits
Darius Miller had a career-high 18 points and DeMarcus Cousins got his 10th double-double as No. 2 Kentucky coasted by Arkansas 101-70 yesterday in Lexington, Ky. The Wildcats kept alive...
Villanova rallies past St. John's for 81-71 win at Garden
Almost any one who has watched St. John's over the last two seasons could see it coming -- the chronic lull that inexplicably overtakes the Red Storm each year. Red...
UConn tops No. 1 Texas for coach
STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut lost its coach this week, but found its swagger. Jerome Dyson scored a career-high 32 points and the Huskies overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to upset...
Temple stops Fordham
Juan Fernandez scored 13 points before being injured and Scootie Randall added 12 points off the bench as No. 16 Temple came on to beat Fordham 62-45 at Rose Hill...
Bruce Arena elected to Hall of Fame
Bruce Arena _ whose resume includes coaching the U.S. in two World Cups, D.C. United to two MLS Cup titles and Virginia to five NCAA championships _ was elected to...
Liveblogging the Screen Actors Guild Awards: 'Basterds' blows away Oscar chances of 'Hurt Locker'
Any chance "The Hurt Locker'' had of seriously challenging "Avatar'' for Best Picture on Oscar night were vaporized when SAG's ensemble prize -- its rough equivalent of best picture, where...
Liveblogging the SAG: Bullock breaks away with big win
Sandra Bullock is now officially the frontrunner for Best Actress after copping SAG's award in the category. She not only give a wonderfully self-deprecating acceptance speech, she did beautiful presentation...
Liveblogging the SAG: Upset means Bridges leads Oscar pack
For the second time this week, Jeff Bridges ("Crazy Heart'') has upset George Clooney for a major best actor award. So he's now officially the front-runner on Oscar night.
Just as 'Precious' second time around
Repeating her Golden Globe win in the same category for "Precious,'' Mo'Nique gives a short, powerful and humble speech. Like Waltz, she also looks like a prohibitive favorite for Oscar...
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sign separation papers: report
Hollywood golden couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have signed papers paving the way for a legal separation with joint custody of their six children, The Sunday Times in London...
Bridges, Bullock, 'Basterds' score at SAG awards
LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bridges of "Crazy Heart" and Sandra Bullock of "The Blind Side" claimed top acting honors at Saturday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, building momentum for possible Academy...
Screen Actors Guild Award: Waltz continues
Christophe Waltz notches yet another supporting actor award for his performance as a Nazi officer in "Inglourious Basterds,'' and gives another charming, grateful speech. He looks unbeatable for Oscar night.
Yankees make Damon latest 'final' offer
The Yankees have spoken with Johnny Damon's agent in recent days about the possibility of a Bronx encore for the outfielder. With $2 million or so remaining in the Yankees'...
Frenzied fans greet Jets in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS -- A riveting air of anticipation engulfed the Jets as they arrived to Indianapolis late this afternoon, poised to play the Colts in Sunday’s AFC Championship with a first...
Update on Nets' Devin
SALT LAKE CITY – As expected, Devin Harris is a scratch tonight against the Jazz, out with the sore right wrist. He suffered the injury Friday at Golden State when...
Haiti 'hope' telethon nets $57M
Organizers for the all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon say the event raised $57 million — and counting. "The public has set a new standard of giving for a relief...