April 3, 2010
Banged-up Yankees set to invade Beantown
TAMPA — The physical problems attached to Nick Johnson, Alfredo Aceves, Francisco Cervelli and Jorge Posada haven’t vanished. None of them, however, are serious enough to land the players on...
Green earns Mets' last bullpen spot
SARASOTA, Fla. — Sean Green officially received word today, minutes after the Mets completed their final exhibition game: He’s on the team. The right-hander beat out lefty Raul Valdes for...
Lundqvist going the distance for Rangers
SUNRISE — Following practice Thursday morning in Tampa, a visitor moseyed over to the locker room area in which Henrik Lundqvist and Alex Auld dressed. "Hello goalies," the visitor said....
Toddler falls into East River, saved by dad and mysterious stranger
A 2-year-old toddler fell into the East River at the South Street Seaport this afternoon and was miraculously saved by her father and a mystery Frenchman who dove in after...
Biron's 28 saves helps Islanders beat Senators, 4-1
Martin Biron had 28 saves to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators today. John Tavares, Dylan Reese and Jack Hillen each scored goals...
Andrews angry over threat emails
Sportscaster Erin Andrews is outraged at DirecTV for failing to immediately notify her about emails threatening her life, TMZ reported today. Emails threatening the "Dancing with the Stars" contestant were...
Thrashers fall in Pittsburgh, leaving Rangers in hunt
PITTSBURGH — Jordan Leopold scored his first goal for Pittsburgh at 3:50 of overtime after Atlanta failed three times to hold leads, and the Penguins bounced back from one of...
5 arrested in 'sis pimp' gang rape
TRENTON, N.J. — Two adults and three juveniles have been charged with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister during a party at a crime-ridden apartment...
Anglican leader: Irish church lost all credibility
LONDON — The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has lost all credibility because of its mishandling of abuse by priests, the leader of the Anglican church said in remarks released...
185 Camden cases tossed, 'corrupt' police work blamed
CAMDEN, N.J. — Josephine Skinner's grandson Dequan was 11 or 12 years old a few summers ago when she says he had a run-in with a Camden police officer who...
Fatal mistake: German friendly fire kills 6 Afghan troops
KABUL — German soldiers traveling to the scene of a deadly firefight with Taliban insurgents accidentally killed six Afghan troops, the Afghan military said today. Three Germans died in the...
One dead in NJ plane crash near Greenwood Lake
At least one person is dead after a small plane crashed into a wooded residential area near the wealthy Greenwood Lake area in northern New Jersey, officials confirmed today. The...
Moving van outside Sandra's spoiled love nest: report
Movers yesterday hauled off furniture and boxes from the home Sandra Bullock once shared with her serial-cheating husband, fueling speculation that the Oscar-winning actress may be moving out and moving...
Fantasy Spring Training: Keep it on the DL
Considering this will be the last Fantasy Tracker post before the season officially begins on Sunday night, I have decided to keep it simple and give owners some information regarding...
Wait is over: iPad goes on sale
An international crowd of Apple enthusiasts — hungry for the much-hyped iPad tablet — lined the streets of SoHo this morning, eager to purchase the $499 touch-screen computer that went...
Lee tops Jabbar but Knicks routed by Warriors
OAKLAND – In another disgraceful Knick loss at the tail end of another disgraceful season, David Lee did something no NBA player has done since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1976.Lee posted...
Intense Izzo enjoying another unlikely ride
INDIANAPOLIS — It was about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night, and the Michigan State players did not believe the scene unfolding outside of a downtown restaurant in this Final Four city....
Everyone on Butler bandwagon
INDIANAPOLIS — The Butler bulldog, whose name is Blue, stood panting on a press table a little before noon yesterday, and in a matter of minutes, 29,000 fanatics who filled...
Butler, WVU top Final Four-cast
MICHIGAN STATE (28-8) VS BUTLER (32-4) FRONTCOURT: The Spartans are beasts up front, leading the nation in rebound margin. In Raymar Morgan and Delvon Roe, they have a pair of...
Local schools score big with new coaches
It's almost over. The most crowded coaching carousel in memory will soon come to a close — once Iona and Wagner announce hires — and the new faces in new...
Decades later, Frozen Flashback pits ’89 hockey finalists
Game on! At last. Players from Delbarton and St. Joseph’s will settle a 21-year-old score today in the Frozen Flashback at Mennen Arena in Morristown, N.J., finally filling a void...
Deep Tottenville lineup expects to produce plenty of offense
Tottenville’s PSAL Class A quarterfinal loss to underdog James Madison was the Pirates’ season in a nutshell – plenty of offensive opportunities, not nearly enough of them cashed in. The...
'101' doggie divas
What's black and white and pampered all over? Dalmatians. And not just any run-of-the-firehouse hounds — the 15 live, spotted stars of “The 101 Dalmatians Musical.” The show pulls into...
NY's hottest new baseball players
Baseball season? More like beefcake season! Tomorrow’s Yankees opener against the Red Sox at Fenway Park is a reminder to every red-blooded American woman about what really matters in life:...
Preston softball tournament schedule
Easter eggs will be found, jelly beans eaten and chocolate bunnies given out on Sunday. Then it is back to playing softball. After a year hiatus the Preston tournament returns...
Long Island City hopes to build on last spring's strong finish
Moments after Long Island City’s baseball season had just ended, another had already begun. The Bulldogs were ousted from the PSAL Class A playoffs by Staten Island power Tottenville, 10-0,...
Inexperienced but talented, Wolves have Grand plans
In 15 seasons under Melvin Martinez, Grand Street Campus has made the playoffs 13 times. That includes six division titles and one PSAL Class A semifinal berth. Much of that...
Kids stuff
TODAY GOOD EGGS: Little kids can search for treats without getting trampled at The Great Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Lower Manhattan Community Church, thanks to age-specific “hunt zones” (for...
Ex-NYPDer's 'Runaway Squad' means business
Kudos to A&E for air ing a reality show that actually accomplishes something -- with a protagonist who's not seeking 15 minutes of C-list TV glory. The show's called "Runaway...
'Glee' star's wild teen years
"Glee" co-star Cory Monteith may play a doofy teenage jock, but he was a real-life bad boy in his teens. "Look, I dropped out of school when I was 14...
Sheen 'exit' drama
There's still no official word on whether Charlie Sheen is re ally leaving "Two and a Half Men." And insiders are starting to wonder if Sheen's reported desire to leave...
Olivia Newton-John's ex-beau found 'alive'
A private eye says he's tracked down Olivia Newton-John's ex-boyfriend -- who was once thought to be missing at sea -- and found he's alive and well and living in...
More shilling than drilling
* President Obama's embrace of America's natural resources is just a new wrinkle on the old Clintonian "triangulation" strategy ("Slick Bam's Flip-Flop," April 1). Obama realized that he's lost the...
Bake star rolling in dough
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- One casino has found a way to attract new customers: Let them eat cake. Bally's Atlantic City hired Buddy Valastro, star of the "Cake Boss" reality...
Bunny cop lays egg
GLENDALE, Calif. -- Decoying drivers at crosswalks with a cop in a bunny costume and then ticketing them is a rotten idea, a hopping-mad pol told police. An officer wore...
Prez checks his 'one' race
WASHINGTON -- He may be the world's foremost mixed-race leader, but when it came to the official head count, President Obama gave only one description of his ethnic background: African-American....
Welcome to the cybertrenches
Google's woes in China are a warning shot in the new Cold War of our time -- the fight for dominance of cyberspace. It's a conflict the United States can't...
Netflix gets jump on rivals with iPad app
Netflix is No. 2 -- and that's bad news for its competitors. On Thursday, Netflix unveiled an application that lets subscribers watch movies and TV shows on the iPad, confirming...
Mills nanny's booby prize
Heather Mills' former nanny was proudly upfront about the boob job that the Beatle ex-wife claims sparked a tempest in a bra cup. Sara Trumble -- who is suing Mills...
New policy on jet blues
WASHINGTON -- Some pilots taking medication for mild or moderate depression will be able to fly as soon as next week under a new government rule aimed partly at getting...
'Kill all govs' fear
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is warning police nationwide that an antigovernment group's call to remove governors from office could spark violence. The Guardians of the Free Republic, whose Web site...
China-drywall 'gut' reaction
Thousands of US homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be completely gutted, according to guidelines released yesterday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The drywall has been linked to corrosion...
War shift a real battle
WASHINGTON -- As it draws down in Iraq and ramps up in Afghanistan, the military is scrambling to finish what it calls the largest movement of troops and equipment since...
A trademark win for 'bourbon' renewal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The dripping red wax seal on a bottle of Maker's Mark bourbon is not only distinctive; it now legally belongs to the Kentucky company. A federal judge...
'Dynasty' at an end: Forsythe dies at 92
LOS ANGELES -- John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in TV's "Dynasty" and the voice of the leader of "Charlie's Angels,"...
Look to Ed Koch -- a true friend of Israel
* Thank you, Ed Koch, for speaking out and representing the silent voting majority. Our representatives have lost their voices when it comes to defending New Yorkers ("How's Koch Doin'?"...
DA burns fire chief & son in benefits 'fraud'
A Long Island fire chief and his son were busted in an unemployment-insurance fraud scheme that saw the son hold three jobs while collecting $8,700 in jobless benefits, authorities said...
City's $1.4M for Haitians
Municipal employees who donated part of their paychecks for Haitian relief raised $211,693.06, officials said yesterday. When Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced the eight-week program in...
Feds charge 'Jihad Jamie'
WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges yesterday against a pregnant American woman in the Jihad Jane case. She and another American woman are accused of plotting online to attend...
Boozy onboard party led to subway slays
The two subway riders fatally stabbed along the downtown 2 line were attacked during a rowdy "train party" -- a fast-growing epidemic where youths, packing booze, smokes and sometimes weapons,...
Lawsuit a fine whine
A Norwegian wine collector is suing Christie's for $5 million for allegedly botching the sale of his world-class collection of rare wines, Courthouse News reported yesterday. The 2007 Los Angeles...
Jesse is a 'broken man': pal
Jesse James is "a broken man" and is hoping that rehab and some privacy will help him recover and save his marriage to Sandra Bullock, his friend and attorney said....
Dems dominate $$ war
WASHINGTON -- With eight months to go before congressional elections, House and Senate Democratic candidates exceed Republicans in virtually every important campaign fund-raising category. Democratic House lawmakers appear likely to...
'Bias' heat on Novartis
Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday for a major class-action trial over claims that drug giant Novartis discriminates against its female sales force, with managers allegedly telling women workers...
JFK planes: Sit happens
Flying out of Kennedy Airport has become an even more miserable experience since major construction on its main runway began. Runway delays last month were up by 613 from March...
Israeli pro: 'Better' US screening is a joke
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new "threat-based" security screenings for air passengers are getting hailed as a step toward vaunted El Al's procedures -- but the former head of security...
Voters' capital idea: Dump Albany bums
Anti-incumbency fervor has reached a fever pitch in New York -- with nearly seven out of 10 voters believing the state would be better off if most Albany legislators were...
$even-fold Pa. lotto joy
The Pennsylvania Lottery proved to be seventh heaven for thousands of lottery players this week. The lottery paid out $7.77 million after all sevens came up in the Big 4...
Woods' kindergarten race incident 'never happened': teacher
Tiger Woods has left yet another woman scorned -- his kindergarten teacher! The sex-crazed golf great's former teacher called him a big liar yesterday and demanded an apology for his...
GM and insurer return TARP $$$
General Motors Co. made a payment of $1 billion to the US government yesterday, the second under its plan to pay off $6.7 billion in federal loans by June, the...
'Kumar' ditches DC to hang with Harold
Kumar is making a change he can believe in -- back to movies. Kal Penn, the 32-year-old actor of "Harold & Kumar" fame, is leaving his White House job after...
WTC stalled extra year
Delays in taking down the Deutsche Bank at Ground Zero have forced the Port Authority to roll back the expected completion date of a crucial vehicle-security center by a year,...
Cry for health care to save St. Vinny's
Some heartbroken patients and neighbors of St. Vincent's Hospital can't understand why the doomed Greenwich Village institution can't be resuscitated under ObamaCare. "It's a vital resource for the community," said...
'Slandered' doc is suing
A former gene-therapy researcher at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine filed suit yesterday over claims that he was unfairly canned for using phony data when it was actually a...
Road-raging hardhats to gov: Are you crazy?
ALBANY -- Enraged contractors called Gov. Paterson's very sanity into question yesterday, as they fast-tracked court action over his extraordinary decision to halt funding to construction projects. A coalition of...
A creepy license to die for
A student-pilot license that belonged to Thurman Munson -- the Yankee catcher and captain who was just 32 when he perished in a 1979 crash while soloing in his new...
$5M bridge-crash suit
A Queens motorist is suing the city for $5 million after crashing his car on the Kosciusko Bridge -- which Gov. Paterson had promised to rebuild. Dennis Aryan crashed on...
Business briefs
AIG deal American International Group will pay millions of dollars it owes to Leh man Brothers Holdings under credit-default swaps it sold to the in vestment bank. Judge James Peck...
Steve Cohen's ex calls him a 'bully' and a 'coward'
Secretive hedge-fund honcho Steve Cohen is a "bully" and a "coward" who'll go to great lengths to "deprive his own children," according to e-mails his ex-wife, Patricia Cohen, sent her...
Coyote chomps poodle in Westchester
A coyote pounced on an elderly woman's toy poodle in suburban Rye, killing the pet helplessly tethered in the back yard. The nighttime attack is yet another sign of the...
Carl trumps Donald
Carl Icahn is buying up all the cards. Still smarting from a flopped gamble on Blockbuster, the billionaire investor yesterday upped the ante in his showdown with developer Donald Trump...
Newark's fresh path
More great news from the other side of the Hudson. Mayor Cory Booker just announced that Newark didn't record a single homicide in March -- the first time in more...
Letting a killer walk
Rookie Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance needs to learn that the best way to get justice is to seek justice. He fell short this week: Vance's office made a no-jail...
You can call it 'intelligence'
Airline passengers on flights headed to the United States will soon be safer, says the White House, thanks to new passenger screening procedures. Let's hope so. Not that there seems...
Bankruptcy cases up 20% in March
The total number of companies filing for bankruptcy in the US jumped by more than 20 percent in March over the previous month, as business failures in the first quarter...
NY way of the cross
Christians flocked to churches yesterday to observe the somber rites of Good Friday, reflecting on Jesus Christ's sacrifice before tomorrow's celebration of Easter. In New York, the day began when...
Gal dies in elevator
A young woman suffering from a congenital heart defect died yesterday after she got trapped in her Staten Island apartment building's elevator during a power outage, authorities and family said....
28 is the new 19, doc says
Parents wondering how long their children will act like teenagers can expect it to last up to the age of 28, an Australian psychologist warned yesterday. Dr. Darryl Cross said...
Heat on pols' pal architect
A Queens architect being probed for his ties to several political leaders in the borough has been the beneficiary of work on some of the city's biggest projects, records show....
CBS Radio finds itself soaked in soap opera
Now SpongeTech Delivery Systems is facing static from radio giant CBS Radio. The owner of WFAN is taking the New York-based seller of soap-filled sponges to court for failing to...
'We are turning corner' on jobs
CHARLOTTE, NC -- President Obama yesterday hailed a new government report showing the most jobs created in nearly three years. "We are beginning to turn the corner," he told employees...
GOP needs new chief
GOP Chairman Michael Steele is a talented guy: smart, affable, telegenic, with a gift for gab. He ran a great race for US Senate from one of the toughest states...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn This sicko did his thing a few strokes after midnight, police said. A pervert was arrested for committing a lewd act aboard an N train in Coney Island, sources...
Baby face of a terrorist
She stares into the camera with a look colder than the steel of the gun she grips in her hand. This is the chilling pose a baby-faced 17-year-old Moscow subway...
Officer dodged a bullet
A Brooklyn cop feared he was a dead man when a demented robbery suspect squeezed the trigger as the two grappled over a loaded gun -- but the revolver miraculously...
E-mail sicko threatens Erin Andrews
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews is once again being targeted by a creep -- this time someone who sent threatening e-mails, including one saying "someone should shoot her in the face,"...
Iran's end-run
An Iranian firm has gotten its hands on technologies used to enrich uranium in a mysterious multinational transaction that sparked an investigation and is sure to stoke fears of the...
New Vatican abuse shocker
The future Pope Benedict XVI took over the abuse case of an Arizona priest, then let it languish at the Vatican for years despite repeated pleas from a bishop for...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $27,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f) LADY APPLE adds blinkers and drops in class after tiring in the mud. CASH VALUE third versus cheaper this distance. ALYKELA came...
Unknowns can spring to life early
If famed baseball owner and promoter Bill Veeck was right when he said, "There are only two seasons -- winter and baseball," well, thank goodness winter is over. The mercury...
Red Bulls on the 'road' to recovery
The Red Bulls' 2010 renaissance is off to a cracking start. Open a brand-new stadium? Check. Notch a shutout in an impressive opening-day victory? Check. The Red Bulls are in...
Comeau has goals for future
Scoring the fourth-most goals on the Islanders hardly is something they give out awards for, but considering Blake Comeau has been benched this season for multiple games and started last...
Win 'Wood' clinch Derby for Eskendereya
Trainer Todd Pletcher is a surefire first-ballot Hall of Famer when he becomes eligible for the vote in 2021. By then, it's almost a sure thing he will have won...
LeBron must Cav a title before he leaves
Though Kobe Bryant is officially off the 2010 market, signing a three-year extension with the Lakers yesterday, LeBron James made a remark suggesting he'll be off the market, too, if...
A-Rod talks with MLB; still mum about FBI
TAMPA -- Although Alex Rodriguez admitted to meeting with a Major League Baseball investigation team Thursday night, he refused to discuss the FBI wanting to talk to him about a...
Rivera steps toward O's dugout after hitting Felix
TAMPA -- When Mariano Rivera hit Felix Pie in the leg yesterday and forced the outfielder to leave the game, the Orioles' dugout started barking at the Yankees' closer. Uncharacteristically,...
Yankees still have spring in steps
TAMPA -- Of course it was Nick Johnson. With Johnson, we are always just marking time between stints on the disabled list. He nearly made it out of spring training...
Tatis to see plenty of action in first-base platoon
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Mets likely won't have a problem finding at-bats for Fernando Tatis this season. When the team re-signed the veteran utilityman last winter, it was with...
Yankees' DH Johnson day-to-day after foul off knee
TAMPA -- Nick Johnson wasn't stuffed into the Carl "American Idle" Pavano memorial MRI tube, he didn't need X-rays of his right knee, and he vowed to be in the...
Jets' Feely signs with Cards
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Cardinals agreed to a two-year deal with free agent kicker Jay Feely, leaving Nick Folk as the Jets' No. 1 kicker. Feely spent the past two...
Sports shorts
NBA: Lakers ink Kobe to extension Kobe Bryant signed a three-year contract extension worth nearly $90 million that will keep him with the Lakers through the 2013-14 season. Under the...
Rangers' win boosts playoff hopes
TAMPA, Fla. -- The road to the playoffs runs through Broad Street in Philadelphia, or maybe Causeway Street in Boston, but the path is there, and it is clear for...
Mejia avoids cuts; still one more to go
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jenrry Mejia is ever so close to heading north with the Mets. The rookie sensation last night avoided a wave of Mets' roster cuts and appears...
Another last-minute loss for Devils
For the second time in eight nights, the Devils gave up the tying goal with the opposition goalie pulled, this time when the Blackhawks winger Kris Versteeg's turnaround blast from...
Rangers penalty-kill unit gets it done again
TAMPA, Fla. — They did it again. For the second straight game, the Rangers killed off a lengthy five-on-three power play against, this time 1:20 worth against the potent Lightning...
Kiki's job status with Nets in limbo
Kiki Vandeweghe has seen and read what everyone else has seen and read. Team president Rod Thorn will be back. CEO Brett Yormark will be back. And now there is...
Ex-Devil Madden now an opposing force
Of course it hurt. The Devils were the only NHL team John Madden ever knew, and they knew nothing but success with him for nine seasons. When Madden looked up...
Jones-Hopkins bout 'terrible' for boxing
Whatever happened to having respect for your elders? Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. face each other tonight in Las Vegas in a rematch of a bout held 17 years...
The Post line
NBA Favorite Line Underdog Hornets 1 NETS Raptors 1½ SIXERS HAWKS 14 Pistons Heat 5½ T'WOLVES BULLS 3 Bobcats MAVERICKS 2½ Thunder BUCKS 1 Suns NUGGETS 14 Clippers Trail Blazers...
Source: Knicks coach sees no future with McGrady
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Though the final decision belongs to Knicks team president Donnie Walsh, coach Mike D'Antoni feels it would be prudent to move on without Tracy McGrady next season,...
Weird but true
He really stepped in it. A Norfolk, Va., man filed a $1 million lawsuit against a pet-store chain, claiming he slipped on dog feces in one of their stores and...
Home cooking won't help upstart Butler
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, The Post's Tim Sullivan offers his plays: Home-court advantage is for those neat, little non-conference games in December -- when a team travels to...
For WVU fans, it's all about Mountaineers
INDIANAPOLIS -- It is different in West Virginia, different in a way that we will never know. We are a city of divided loyalties in New York, a region of...
Angel bullish on snapping road futility
The Red Bulls 2010 renaissance is off to a cracking start. Brand new stadium open? Check. Shutout in impressive opening day victory? Check. Now the Red Bulls are in Seattle,...
Final 'Harry Potter' film script found in British pub
The top-secret film script of the final “Harry Potter” book was abandoned in a pub in Britain -- after the movie's crew went on a drinking session, The Sun reported...
Eager iPad fans stake out Apple store
Gadget-seekers determined to be among the first to get their hands on an iPad began lining up outside Apple's flagship shop in Manhattan Friday, a day ahead of the tablet...
Police injured in London American Apparel sale
At least 10 police officers were injured when 2,000 shoppers caused mass chaos hunting for bargains at a clothing chain sale in London, BBC reported Friday. Police were called to...
Many challengers to Exodus NYC's Rose Classic dominance
It’s that time of year again. The high school girls basketball season might have just ended, but that doesn’t mean the players are hanging up their sneakers. Quite the contrary....
8.0 Santo Domingo quake 'faulty'
The United States Geological Survey said a preliminary report of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake 130 miles northeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic was "faulty". There was no quake, the USGS...
Eagles right for flying together
Anwar Gladden couldn’t have said it any better or any clearer. The South Shore girls basketball coach has the best grasp on why the St. Michael Academy players and coach...
A big cross on the Great Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge morphed today into a house of worship for the faithful, who recalled the death and resurrection of Christ with the annaul Good Friday march across the span.Thousand...
Death threats target Erin Andrews: report
American sportscaster Erin Andrews is the target of death threats from a man who sent hostile e-mails, including one which read: "Someone should shoot her in the face", TMZ reported...
1 dead after Dallas house explosion: report
One person is dead after an explosion Friday at a house in the Dallas town of McKinney, The Dallas Morning News reported. Police said they earlier received a report about...
The Butler Did It
With the exception of a few exposure games over the next few weeks, the high school basketball season in New York is over, ending at the state Federation tournament in...