April 24, 2010

Yankees clip Angels, 7-1

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Andy Pettitte threw eight sharp innings, Robinson Cano had four hits, and Nick Swisher and No. 9 hitter Francisco Cervelli each drove in two runs for the...

Bolt leads Jamaica to victory at Penn Relays

PHILADELPHIA – Everything stopped at the Penn Relays and Usain Bolt hadn’t even run yet. The world’s fastest man walked onto the infield prior to his US vs. The World...

Good Samaritan wouldn't have ignored dying man: family

The homeless Good Samaritan who lay dying on a Queens sidewalk while nearly 25 coldhearted pedestrians strolled by would never have acted so callously, his grieving family said today. "That...

Mets beat Braves, go to 9-9

With just their third three-game winning streak since last May, the New York Mets got back to .500 for the first time since the opening week of the season. Jason...

Robeson's Sandiford leaps to Penn Relays high jump win

PHILADEPHIA – O’Neil Sandiford had to go – to the bathroom. The Paul Robeson junior left the high jump competition for a few minutes to use the libratory and it...

Search for Queens runaways, 9 and 13

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a young boy and his teenage sister who they believe ran away from their Briarwood, Queens, home. Erik Bowman, 9, and...

Car wash carnage: 3 shot

Mayhem erupted at a Brooklyn car wash this afternoon when a gunman unleashed a fusillade of bullets, hitting an employee and two men waiting for their car, authorities said. Two...

With Feagles likely to retire, Giants draft punter

The selection of a punter, Matt Dodge of East Carolina, in the seventh round today was a curious move by the Giants – until word came down that seemingly-ageless Jeff...

Gametracker: Yankees vs. Angels

Follow the action as the Yankees take on the Angels ...

NJ body may be bridge-toss baby: cops

SAYREVILLE, N.J. — New Jersey state police say a body found today near the Raritan River may be that of a 3-month-old girl allegedly thrown off a highway bridge by...

Cardinals draft Fordham QB Skelton

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Big quarterback John Skelton of Fordham is headed to the Arizona Cardinals, a team he said he felt was destined to draft him after a workout and...

Jets add McKnight, Conner to changing backfield

The Jets added two players and got rid of one in their ever-changing offensive backfield. The Jets selected Southern California running back Joe McKnight, Mark Sanchez's former college teammate, after...

Report: Manuel says Maine won't need DL

Jerry Manuel said John Maine won't need to be put on the disabled list but did not know when the Mets right-hander would make his next start after suffering from...

Yankees lineup vs. Angels

Yankees lineup today vs. Angels in Anaheim, Calif. Jeter ss Gardner lf Teixeira 1b Rodriguez dh Cano 2b Swisher rf Granderson cf Pena 3b Cervelli c

The Butler Did It

For two decades, Mike Quick was the voice of high school sports in the Tri-State area. His show, High School Weekly, was a must watch, a place where players like...

RBNY's Soler: Stars want to come here

It's a testament to the New York Red Bulls' drawing power — both because of their location and deep pockets — that they are being linked with a litany of...

Teixeira knocks out rookie catcher

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The hardest thing Mark Teixeira hit last night was Angels catcher Bobby Wilson. And the crash was severe enough to send the young catcher to the hospital...

Jets trade Washington, release Faneca

The Jets today traded Leon Washington and reportedly have released guard Alan Faneca, after drafting a versatile running back and an offensive lineman this weekend. Washington, a Pro Bowl kick...

Giants finally draft linebacker in round four

The Giants waited until the third day of the NFL Draft to take a linebacker, this morning using their fourth-round pick to select Phillip Dillard from Nebraska. Given the glaring...

E-mails show Goldman praised the collapsing mortgage market

While Wall Street and Main Street were in tears, officials at Goldman Sachs cheered at having made money shorting the subprime mortgage crisis, new Senate documents show. "Of course we...

Derby will be clash of training titans

The four great training titans of America’s classic thoroughbred racing — Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert, Nick Zito and Todd Pletcher — have arrived in Louisville, Ky., locked and loaded for...

Ed Fountaine's Stakes Spot Plays

DERBY TRIAL Churchill Downs, 10th race. Grade 3. Purse: $200,000. Mile, 3-year-olds. Post: 5:17 p.m. LOWDOWN: Soaring Empire had a rough trip finishing eighth in the Florida Derby, but he...

5 questions with... Kevin Russo

How do you feel about being labeled a “utility” player? It’s a good thing just because it’s an added versatility. It’s a way I can break in ... maybe turn...

Romine gives Yankees catching depth

Yankees area scout Dave Keith always liked Austin Romine as he was coming up in Southern California. But there was one game in particular that sold him on Romine’s talent....

Giants brass misses bad-Lee

OK, I get this drafting for value thing. I happen to believe GM Jerry Reese and Marc Ross, the Giants’ director of college scouting, know what the hell they’re doing...

Giants' defense gets lift, but not at MLB

Clearly, general manager Jerry Reese and the Giants do not think middle linebacker is a dire need. Last night, with Sean Lee of Penn State sitting there for them in...

Stabbed hero dies as more than 20 people stroll past him

A heroic homeless man, stabbed after saving a Queens woman from a knife-wielding attacker, lay dying in a pool of blood for more than an hour as nearly 25 people...

CHSAA baseball roundup: Fesler leads St. Francis Prep to 11-0 win at Christ the King

After struggling in his first two starts, Chris Fesler pitched a complete-game one-hitter, striking out 14 and hitting a two-run home run to lead St. Francis Prep to an 11-0...

T-party

Bayside-Francis Lewis

Angels beat Yankees, 6-4, after Joba gives up a two-run homer

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kendry Morales hit a tiebreaking two-run homer off Joba Chamberlain in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 6-4 on Friday...

Ike's first home run helps Mets beat Braves, 5-2

Ike Davis put his head down and briskly ran around the bases after hitting his first major league home run. Angel Pagan’s path home, well, that was strictly heads-up. Davis...

Softball roundup: Palase perfect vs. Port Richmond

And they say no one’s perfect. Nicole Palase didn’t give up a run, hit or walk to lead host Tottenville to a 15-0 win against previously undefeated Port Richmond in...

T-party

When Cesar Padilla, co-owner of Chelsea’s Cherry vintage shop, was in his 20s, he traveled to South America while his mom stayed busy at home in Los Angeles throwing out...

Youthful Lewis falls short in another close game

Bryan Brown gathered his team around the pitching circle for a heart to heart talk. Francis Lewis had just fell to Bayside, 6-2, in a PSAL Queens A-I softball game...

Super markets!

Sifting through musty wares at questionable flea markets is so 2009. This year, the most haute outdoor markets are taking a cue from London and selling coconut-scented soaps, handmade jewelry...

Bites of the round table

Had you turned up for dinner at the landmark Algonquin Hotel about 85 years ago, you would’ve had a good shot at seeing actress Tallulah Bankhead sprinting through the lobby...

Bayside beats Lewis, creams center fielder

Bayside is playing loose right now. Need proof? After a 6-2 win against host Francis Lewis in PSAL Queens A-I softball Friday, the Commodores serenaded junior centerfielder Cheska Mauban for...

PSAL baseball roundup: Wagner's Nappo picks up 600th career win

Susan Wagner coach Bob Nappo picked up his 600th career win as the Falcons knocked off Curtis, 2-1, in Staten Island A baseball. Nappo, in his sixth year with Wagner,...

Loughlin lets go girls hoops coach

After going winless in its first season back in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division I, Bishop Loughlin has fired head girls basketball coach Rocco Romano, The Post learned Friday. Romano, who completed...

Kid stuff

TODAY BIG TIME: See what kind of stunts BMX pioneer Matt Hoffman pulls when the Tribeca Drive-in Outdoor Series presents “The Birth of Big Air,” a Spike Jonze/Johnny Knoxville documentary...

Cookin' Cheri

Meet Liza, the frenetic, combative, slightly off-kilter "Life Coach" who never lets her personal life interfere with her work -- while putting her clients' needs first. And if you believe...

Simon Cowell's personal fortune grows, now worth more than $250 million

Simon Cowell's making a mint off his snarky TV personality. The nasty "American Idol" judge's personal fortune grew by an estimated $69 million (45 million pounds) last year, according to...

'Dexter' OK

The wife of Michael C. Hall says the "Dexter" star is "fully recovered" from cancer and has returned to work. Jennifer Carpenter said yesterday that Hall was "incredibly brave" when...

Eye'll be steering you

BERLIN -- Tired of spinning that steering wheel? Artificial-intelligence researchers in Germany have developed a technology that lets drivers steer . . . with their eyes. A team from Berlin's...

US robot warrior in space

R2-D2 is enlisting in the Air Force. The United States has launched a robot-run space plane that can launch satellites -- and possibly drop bombs -- as it orbits for...

City watershed moment

ALBANY -- New regulations for natural-gas drilling in the New York City and Syracuse watersheds will create a bureaucratic hurdle that will effectively prevent drilling and, as a result, defuse...

'Fantasy art' kin's $$ reality

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The children of "Conan the Barbarian" fantasy artist Frank Frazetta have resolved an ugly dispute over control of their elderly father's body of work. The family feud...

Bair bullish on banks

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said the number of US bank failures stemming from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression will fall below the agency's earlier...

Afghanistan & the Eliot Spitzer law of love

At some point during the American Revolution, a frustrated British general, deep into his evening port, must have asked, "Can't these primitives understand the advantages we offer them?" In Afghanistan...

A Tinseltown mistrial

* The sentencing of Cameron Douglas to just five years in prison for a crime that carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years is an outrage ("It's Celebrity Justice in...

Sen. Espada, exposed: another shameless pol

* Where do the poor Democratic legislators in Albany find the time to take care of the people's business? They're so busy trying to find ways to fill their pockets...

France $laps veiled driver

PARIS -- A 31-year-old French woman was fined for wearing a niqab while driving, a further sign of France's bid to impose a so-called burqa ban and clamp down on...

Bret Michaels' brain woe

Rocker Bret Michaels was in stable condition at an undisclosed West Coast hospital yesterday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage, People magazine reported. Michaels, 47, was rushed to the hospital...

Palin yaks on hacker

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Her e-mail hacker forced Sarah Palin to change how she communicated with her family back in Alaska during the grueling 2008 presidential campaign, Palin testified yesterday. David...

OTB scratches jobs

ALBANY -- New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. laid off 35 nonunion employees yesterday as it launched a plan to return to long-term solvency. OTB Chairman Meyer "Sandy" Frucher said...

Greece faces task of mythic proportions

ATHENS -- The Greek prime minister chose a tiny, remote Aegean island far from Athens to tell the world on St. George's Day, his name day, that Greece could no...

Mike 'snob' story hits charter foe Perkins

Mayor Bloomberg lit into state Sen. Bill Perkins yesterday for "violently" opposing the expansion of charter schools while he himself attended exclusive private schools that are out of reach to...

Lehman fights $2B Nomura claims

Bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. accused Nomura Holdings Inc. of "egregious inflation" for seeking $2 billion to resolve claims in a series of derivatives deals and said the Japanese brokerage...

Trying to 'bi' votes

PHILADELPHIA -- The old tactic of dragging out an opponent's sexual skeletons for political gain is being turned on its head in the City of Brotherly Love. In a left-leaning...

Caught in 'drug' Web

"CrackBerry" is no joke. American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addiction, according to a new study....

O health 'savings' vanishing

WASHINGTON -- So much for all the health-care budget savings. Despite the White House's claims that ObamaCare will reduce spending, health-care costs are expected to rise about 1 percent, or...

Gun flood is killing us: Skyler

The failure of the White House and Congress to stem the flow of illegal guns into New York City "is killing people," Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler said yesterday. "What's really...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Queens Police are searching for the gun-wielding subway muggers pictured above who robbed a man in the L-line station in Ridgewood, authorities said yesterday. Two men in their 20s accosted...

BBQ for O and Michelle

Looks like Barack and Michelle Obama are taking a vacation from more than just their jobs -- they're also giving healthy eating habits a holiday. Making a weekend getaway to...

Alternative-school teachers in bid to boot UFT

Teachers at the KIPP AMP charter school in Brooklyn have petitioned to drop the United Federation of Teachers as a partner -- just over a year after announcing their intention...

Justice for the SEALs

Only one more acquittal to go. Two of the three Navy SEALs court-martialed in Iraq for supposedly mistreating a brutal terrorist were cleared of all charges this week. Petty Officer...

A revolt grows in Jersey

New Jersey voters just sent another loud reminder of their disgust with out-of-control taxes. Of 537 school budgets up for a vote in the Garden State, 315 -- a whopping...

Cowardly Central

For nearly 13 years, the irreverent -- to put it mildly -- cartoon show "South Park" has ridiculed every sacred convention in the book, from major religions and celebrities to...

Secret papers reveal Senate 'talks' between Obama and Blagojevich

WASHINGTON -- Sections of court papers filed by scandal-scarred former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich that were mistakenly made public show a deeper involvement by President Obama in picking his Senate...

Stars' factory crusade shows Hugo who's 'Boss'

Hugo Boss blinked. The German fashion house succumbed to mounting pressure from unions, pension funds, politicians and Hollywood celebrities, canceling its controversial plans to shut down an Ohio suit factory...

Stuy separation complex

The historic Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village could soon be an apartment complex divided. As the massive development on Manhattan's East Side moves toward a foreclosure sale, the two outfits leading...

'Arting' shot at Bloomberg

Hundreds of artists turned up at a Parks Department hearing yesterday to protest the city's plan to slash the number of vendors permitted to work in Central Park, Union Square,...

Greece's plea for bailout ignites clashes in Athens

Greece's debt crisis turned violent yesterday as leftist protesters clashed with tear-gas-spraying police in Athens. About 2,500 demonstrators joined the march to protest belt-tightening measures by Prime Minister George Papandreou's...

Big-league hero on jet

TV baseball announcer and former Red Sox manager Kevin Kennedy was among a group of passengers who helped subdue a crazed man on a cross-country flight yesterday. Kennedy, a broadcaster...

Wall St. socialism

When President Obama's vast new regulatory state is completed, Wall Street firms ought to have a competition over the naming rights. Will it be the CitiDeal? The Goldman Society? The...

'South Park' jihad patrol

It was no joking matter to the NYPD. Even before Comedy Central's "South Park" aired its episode that purported to feature the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit, security was...

Icahn gets ok to vote

Carl Icahn's war to take over Lionsgate Entertainment got a lift yesterday when the film studio behind the "Saw" and Tyler Perry film franchises agreed to allow the billionaire agitator...

Bury nice to see you,

Beyoncé is "sandylicious." The sexy star singer frolicked on the beaches of Hawaii yesterday then got buried up to her neck by friends. At one point, only Beyoncé's head could...

A date to quake your boobies

New York women are ready to move heaven and earth to join the "Boobquake." A worldwide protest against a wacky Muslim imam -- who claims that scantily clad women cause...

Mailers heading to jailers

A union leader who was sent in to clean up the newspaper mailers union after the previous president embezzled a six-figure sum from the union yesterday admitted he also had...

Tut nuts want their mummy

It was Tut time in the Big Apple yesterday. A line snaked halfway up a West Side block, as people eagerly awaited the opening of a Times Square exhibit of...

Analyst: Paulson's role hidden in Goldman CDO

A former analyst who assigned a rating to the complex mortgage securities at the center of the Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud case against Goldman Sachs said yesterday he didn't...

Dow extends rally

Stocks advanced yesterday, extending the Dow Jones industrial average's longest weekly winning streak in six years, as the biggest jump in new home sales in almost five decades bolstered optimism...

Police crash club's NFL fest

Sacked! The troubled M2 Ultralounge in Chelsea was once again shut down by the city just as it was warming up to host festivities for the NFL's official draft party,...

Cemetery 'dump' bust

A failed Brooklyn ice-cream-shop owner strangled his longtime girlfriend with an extension cord, then dumped her body in a Queens cemetery, authorities said yesterday. Muhammad Iqbal, 45, a Moroccan immigrant,...

Fed aims to sell $1 trillion in securities

After a 15 months of being a consumer, Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke starting next week will begin learning how to be a salesman. The Fed chief and his panel...

Wiseguy: I ain't talkin'

Keeping his vow of silence, a reputed Gambino family mobster who turned down a deal with the feds refused to say why yesterday after getting sprung from jail on $2...

Business briefs

Blue Dimon Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., sliced an other $1 million off the asking price of his Chi cago mansion. Entering its fourth year...

A trial star is porn

A New York City man dodged the threat of a 20-year kiddie-porn prison sentence -- all thanks to the kindness of a porn star. Carlos Simon-Timmerman, a pizza-delivery guy from...

Geithner: Bailouts to cost $87B

US government bailouts, including funds for Citigroup Inc. and American International Group Inc., will cost taxpayers about $87 billion, according to a letter Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner sent congressional...

He said 'sea' ya - 3 yrs. ago

The New York sailor who hoped to spend a record 1,000 days at sea has easily surpassed that mark -- but not exactly because he wanted to. Reid Stowe, 58,...

Gym 'thief' lockered up

An alleged locker-room looter is behind bars after an eagle-eyed Equinox employee recognized his picture from The Post. Abraham Luniow had been identified as one of dozens of thieves who'd...

MTA's scrub-way stations

They'll probably never sparkle and shine, but subway stations may get noticeably brighter and cleaner. MTA bosses plan to refocus the agency's station rehabilitation program from multiyear mega-projects to lower-cost...

St. Pat's plea from jailed dad

The jailbird father of a woman wanted for dumping a 3-year-old boy at St. Patrick's Cathedral urged her yesterday to turn herself in -- for fear that she'll end up...

$18M Scout 'perv' slap

A jury ordered the Boy Scouts of America yesterday to pay $18.5 million to a man sexually abused by a former assistant Scoutmaster in what is believed to be the...

Qaeda rant of bomb zombie

An al Qaeda-controlled city cabby who became a subway bomb plotter went on a tirade of hate yesterday, blaming "Zionist Jews" for "destroying this country from within" during his guilty...

That wild biker was ready to hit me: officer

He was about to attack me -- with his shoulder! Strapping ex-cop Patrick Pogan insisted yesterday that he violently shoved a Critical Mass rider to the ground because the scrawny...

B'klyn stabbing

A man in his early 20s was stabbed in the neck outside the criminal court building in Downtown Brooklyn last night, authorities and sources said. The unidentified victim was standing...

Aqueduct Analysis

Today's analysis. 1.  1 1/16m(T); $23,000; clm($25,000); 3up MIGHTY EGO drew the rail and drops in class after a gate to wire victory in turf debut. LADDIES POKER makes local...

Credit Manuel for shaking up Mets

Sure, Jerry Manuel is a little crazy, batting speedster Jose Reyes third for the first time in his career, but there's nothing wrong with that. Crazy works with these Mets....

Maine exits with left-elbow spasms

John Maine has one more worry on his plate. After three shaky starts to begin the season, the right-hander had a shot at a solid performance in last night's 5-2...

Bill had McCourty down Pat

Scouting NFL prospects has become a billion-dollar business, but in the case of Rutgers cornerback Devin McCourty, it came down to a good old-fashioned talk with an unexpected guest. Patriots...

McCoy finds 'Holm'

If Jimmy Clausen's freefall in the NFL Draft was embarrassing, Colt McCoy's was downright excruciating. The two celebrated college passers had to wait well until the second day to finally...

Osi's agent not buying Giants' four-man plan

Even though Osi Umenyiora said he has no problem with the Giants selecting another defensive end in the first round of the NFL Draft, Umenyiora's agent isn't sure there's enough...

Panthers pick cocky Clausen in 2nd round

Find me a star NFL quarterback that didn't ooze confidence. Joe Montana? It blazed in those blue eyes. John Elway? One look at that chiseled chin and jaw line said...

Former coaches cheer fortune of Jets' top pick

There might not be a soul on the planet who has a better understanding about what the Jets are getting in their first-round draft pick, Kyle Wilson, than Dan Higgins...

Jets' top pick full of Jersey pride

Kyle Wilson's favorite football player while he was growing up should come as no surprise: Deion Sanders. "He just likes to make plays," Vincent Wilson said yesterday of his younger...

To Jets' Wilson, corner's kin made him man he is

If you want to know the reason why Kyle Wilson was standing on a podium yesterday, holding up a Jets jersey with the No. 1 on it and smiling as...

Devils' after-math: Lemaire in, Ilya out?

Despite so much going so wrong for so long, general manager Lou Lamoriello said he expects Jacques Lemaire to return as Devils coach next season. "There's no question he will...

Stately Derby entry for Kentucky AG

This coming week will be party time in Louisville for Kentucky State Attorney General Jack Conway. Not the Democratic Party, though he is the Dems' top candidate to unseat retiring...

Walker fits in Knicks' plans

Bill Walker, one of this past season's pleasant revelations, said he believes one of the reasons for the Knicks' 29-53 record was a lack of leadership in the locker room....

Set up your staff with new closers

There are two words just about no fantasy baseball player wants to hear: set-up man. So if Cubs manager Lou Piniella's reassignment of Opening Day starter Carlos Zambrano to middle...

Adamek win would be no 'small' feat

Tomasz Adamek is tired of being referred to as a "small" heavyweight just because he held titles as a light heavyweight and cruiserweight before moving up. He insists his 220...

In battle of rookie phenoms, Davis tops Heyward

Before last night's game, all the talk surrounded Jason Heyward, the 20-year-old Atlanta rookie who has wowed nearly everyone in baseball. "Ain't no ballpark gonna hold what he has to...

Reyes, reordered Mets topple division rivals

Jerry Manuel's new lineup isn't going to remind anyone of the 1961 Yankees, but maybe there's hope it won't evoke images of the '62 Mets, either. Jose Reyes last night...

Sabres, Habs stay alive

Adam Mair, Jason Pominville and Mike Grier scored in the first 30 minutes for the Sabres, who rebounded from a devastating loss and beat the Bruins 4-1 last night in...

Red Bulls Phil' out new rival

From Mets-Phillies to Giants-Eagles, Rangers-Flyers to pizza-vs. cheese steak, New York has a rivalry with Philadelphia that transcends records or standings. And the Red Bulls expect today's first match against...

Hondo eyes big two-do

Streaky Hondo bagged his fourth straight winner last night when he received an outpouring of support from the Metamucils to widen the wad to 115 cole mans. Today, it's Double-Dip...

Jets' 'Trader Mike' wisely stands pat

Mike Tannenbaum popped into the interview room at the Jets facility in Florham Park late yesterday to discuss the selection of Massachusetts offensive lineman Vladimir Ducasse as the team's second...

Ducasse lines up perfectly for Jets in 2nd round

Vladimir Ducasse should thank his college football coach, Kevin Morris, after being selected by the Jets last night in the second round of the NFL Draft. Morris, speaking to the...

Pierce's jumper beats horn, Heat

MIAMI -- Paul Pierce's 21-foot jumper at the buzzer -- with injured Heat star Dwyane Wade watching helplessly from the bench -- gave the Celtics a 100-98 win over the...

Lighting Bolt ready to strike in Penn Relays

PHILADELPHIA -- The last time Usain Bolt ran in the U.S., he was an up-and-coming Jamaican trying to knock off Tyson Gay, track's reigning athlete of the year. At today's...

Wells rips A-Rod for messing a-mound

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Alex Rodriguez can continue to say he doesn't know that runners are supposed to stay off the pitcher's mound, but David Wells and other hurlers aren't buying...

Yankees fall after Joba blows it in 8th

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Asked to preserve an eighth-inning tie, Joba Chamberlain put the Yankees on their first losing streak of the season last night. Chamberlain was summoned with the score...

Weird but true

No need to jail him -- this was punishment enough. Cops hunting a man suspecting of running a meth lab found him hiding neck deep in a pool filled with...

Big East title hopes 'spring' eternal for Rutgers, Schiano

This fall marks 10 years since coach Greg Schiano took over at Rutgers. Signs of what he has accomplished are everywhere, from the expansion of Rutgers Stadium to Thursday night's...

Puzino's bloop gives Molloy extra-inning win over SFP

Molloy survived. The Stanners added another to their list of close wins this season. It took eight innings for them to pull out a 5-4 win over rival St. Francis...

Late push not enough for Cardozo at Penn Relays

PHILADELPIA – Chamique Francis felt she ran out of straightaway. The Cardozo star junior was playing catch up over the anchor leg of the Champions of America 4x400 relay. She...

NFL Draft 2nd round

Some big stars came out for the second round of the NFL Draft, in front of a nearly full Radio City Music Hall. Unfortunately, Jim Brown, Dan Marino, Ray Lewis...

Mets' Davis hits first home run

Mets rookie first baseman Ike Davis hit his first major-league home run tonight, a long drive to the Shea Bridge in right-center field in the fifth inning against the Braves.The...

Jets select OT Ducasse with second-round pick

The Jets selected University of Massachusetts offensive lineman Vladimir Ducasse in the second round of the NFL Draft, shoring up a unit that helped pave the way for the league's...

Osi says Giants' pick was 'good move'

Two-time Pro Bowler Osi Umenyiora says the Giants made a good move by taking fellow defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul in the NFL draft. Umenyiora said in an e-mail to The...