July 10, 2010
RBNY GM Soler confident of adding a 3rd star; is it Rafa Marquez?
July 10, 2010 | 11:52pmRed Bull GM Erik Soler met with the media before tonight's game vs. D.C. United. And even though he steadfastly avoided using the words Thierry and Henry, he expressed excitement...
I'm pregnant with Bin Laden's grandkid
July 10, 2010 | 10:28pmThe baby she’s carrying will face a lifetime of hate, and the woman who is pregnant with Osama bin Laden’s British grandchild is terrified. Louise Pollard, 24, agreed to be...
Gang leader's actor son dead in plunge
July 10, 2010 | 10:05pmThe actor son of late “Westies” gang leader Mickey Spillane fell to his death from his Midtown apartment this morning, in what his uncle said was a tragic accident. Robert...
With German win, Paul calls another one
July 10, 2010 | 9:09pmPaul has done it again. As Germany defeated Uruguay for third-place honors at the World Cup today, there was another winner — an octopus who has successfully predicted the outcome...
Felton's two-year, $15.8M contract with Knicks finalized
July 10, 2010 | 8:51pmPoint guard Raymond Felton's contract figures, finalized today, is two years, $15.8M, according to a source. There may be a third-year team option but that has yet to be negotiated...
Video shows Riverside bash suspect
July 10, 2010 | 8:14pmThe NYPD has released surveillance video investigators believe show the Riverside Park attacker an hour after committing his horrific assaults on two unsuspecting women. The shirtless suspect is seen casually...
Pelfrey pounded as Braves blank Mets, 4-0
July 10, 2010 | 7:56pmTim Hudson pitched seven gritty innings before turning it over to one of the best bullpens in baseball, and Omar Infante's hot bat helped the Atlanta Braves beat the New...
Shakira says World Cup turned her into soccer fanatic -- AFP
July 10, 2010 | 7:53pmSexy Colombian superstar Shakira said Saturday that following the soccer World Cup in South Africa has made her "a football fanatic." She said: "I really never in my life imagined...
Throwback Hanke enjoying home after season overseas
July 10, 2010 | 7:50pmRandall Hanke emerged from the auxiliary gym at Baruch College sporting a pair of white Chuck Taylors while his mother Lynn and younger brother David waited for him the far...
The Education of Macoumba Kandji
July 10, 2010 | 7:38pmThe Red Bulls added a new striker to their bench for today _ and it's not Thierry Henry. With Brian Nielsen going on the DL, forward Mac Kandji was activated...
Will Thierry Henry do for the Red Bulls what LeBron wouldn't for the Knicks?
July 10, 2010 | 7:32pmThierry Henry has always cast a huge shadow wherever he's played, from leading Arsenal's undefeated season to scoring 26 goals in Barcelona's unprecedented sextuple, from his hated handball to get...
Germany tops Uruguay, 3-2, for third place
July 10, 2010 | 6:28pmPORT ELIZABETH, South Africa — Sami Khedira scored a late goal today to give Germany a 3-2 victory over Uruguay and third place for the second straight World Cup. Khedira...
6 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
July 10, 2010 | 5:05pmKABUL, Afghanistan — Six American service members and at least a dozen civilians died in attacks today in Afghanistan's volatile east and south, adding to a summer of escalating violence...
Aussie bizman: I only snapped at Standard Hotel snoop, not a rapist
July 10, 2010 | 4:41pmA crisp-speaking Aussie businessman insisted on a Manhattan witness stand yesterday that he didn't try to rape a chambermaid at the notorious Standard Hotel last year-- he'd merely rebuked her...
SI woman killed in hit-run after car overheats
July 10, 2010 | 2:49pmA 47-year-old driver whose car broke down on a Staten Island street was mowed down and killed instantly early this morning by a heartless hit and run drunk driver who...
Vary nice: 3
July 10, 2010 | 10:39amTis Saturday in Karlovy Vary and the Czech spa town's film festival concludes tonight with a lavish awards ceremony, and a party at the Grand Hotel Pupp, one of Europe's...
Venerable Cox gives tip of cap to Manuel
July 10, 2010 | 9:00amBobby Cox has been named manager of the year four times in his career, but in what is expected to be his final season at the helm of the Braves,...
Jerry’s rigging never seems right for Mets
July 10, 2010 | 8:58amThis was a gift, delivered courtesy of a hazy night and some difficult lights. Ike Davis had lofted the ball over the infield and Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar never saw...
Back-to-back blasts leave Mets 4 back
July 10, 2010 | 8:54amR.A. Dickey may have to rinse a little extra to get the taste of knuckle sandwich out of his mouth. Melky Cabrera delivered the initial blow in last night’s seventh...
Seattle trade talk all Smoak and mirrors
July 10, 2010 | 8:42amThe Yankees will spin now. They will say Cliff Lee was an extravagance and not a necessity. They will point out that they are glad to keep a prospect as...
Henry bound for Red Bulls
July 10, 2010 | 8:37amAfter losing out on the biggest basketball star in the world, New York will get one of the biggest soccer stars on the planet. After LeBron James spurned the Knicks...
Dutch forward wants final say
July 10, 2010 | 8:30amJOHANNESBURG — Arjen Robben doesn’t really care how the Netherlands beats Spain tomorrow as long as he can lift the trophy. “I’d rather play an extremely ugly game and win,...
Amazin’ 'Stork' continues to provide hope
July 10, 2010 | 8:25amGeorge Theodore’s baseball career was all about hope as he made the most out of his gangly 6-foot-4, 185-pound frame that earned him the nickname “Stork.” “I didn’t get that...
Shamed Margarito a draw for autumn
July 10, 2010 | 8:23amThe last thing I’m ready to see right now is Antonio Margarito fighting a major bout in the United States. That said, boxing so desperately needs to add a big...
Yankees prospect thriving after successful Tommy John surgery
July 10, 2010 | 8:18amFrom 2005 through 2008, his first four seasons as a Yankees farmhand, Hector Noesi barely saw the field. The right-hander threw 127 innings across four seasons, in part because of...
Replacements could make
July 10, 2010 | 8:12amThe Red Sox have looked more like a wing of the Red Cross of late. Injuries have decimated the playoff hopefuls’ All-Star-laden roster — Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez and Jacoby...
Christ the King's Calhoun poised for bust-out July
July 10, 2010 | 6:52amOmar Calhoun doesn’t ease into things. His first year on the varsity at Christ the King, he led the Royals to the CHSAA Class AA intersectional city title and New...
Braziller's recruiting roundup from the Roundball Classic
July 10, 2010 | 6:33amI always have respected college coaches for their powers of coercion and basketball minds. But I have a newfound respect for them. While I’m ready for a few days off...
All shook up!
July 10, 2010 | 6:14amI never feel summer’s in full swing until I’ve plunged 85 feet at a sharp angle, slammed into a hairpin turn at 60 mph and felt those dumplings I ate...
Teixeira's two homers power Yankees to 6-1 win over Mariners
July 10, 2010 | 5:20amSEATTLE — Phil Hughes joined teammates CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte as 11-game winners before the All-Star break, and Mark Teixeira’s two home runs powered the New York Yankees to...
R.A. gives up four runs as Mets fall to Braves, 4-2
July 10, 2010 | 5:16amOmar Infante made hitting R.A. Dickey’s dizzying knuckleball look easy. Then again, the Atlanta Braves’ jack-of-all trades All-Star has been making just about everything look easy this season. Infante homered...
Kid stuff
July 10, 2010 | 4:38amTODAY TUXEDO JUNCTION: Way better than watching “Happy Feet” for the hundredth time, this week’s installment of The American Museum of Natural History’s Wild Wild World series features live black-footed...
Britney Spears 'Glee' episode in the works
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBritney Spears is the latest pop star to be getting a "Glee" makeover. "We are writing a Britney Spears episode," Ryan Murphy, creator of the hit Fox show, told "ET."...
Hangin' Chad
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amNFL star Chad Ochocinco is normally chased by 300-pound behemoths every Sunday. But tomorrow night he'll be the target of 85 petite hotties as he looks for love on his...
Gettin' wiggy with it
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amIf current pop culture isn't your thing, you can revisit Paris in the 1770s at tonight's Return of Rococo party, at which powdered wigs, candlelight and cellists are rampant. The...
Blasts of the past!
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amTHE '90s The '90s were all about being earnest and real, whether strumming your guitar like Sarah McLachlan or thrashing away like Sonic Youth. Grunge isn't on the tour circuit...
'Wives' of Brian
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amWisteria Lane has added an other resident hunk. This time it's former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Brian Austin Green, who's joining the cast of "Desperate Housewives" for the upcoming season...
Brazil soccer star arrested in plot to murder ex-mistress, feed body to dogs
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amOne of Brazil's soccer superstars is under arrest for masterminding the murder of his former mistress -- a model and porn actress -- whose dismembered body was fed to dogs....
9/11 memorial shaping up
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA little more than a year before the World Trade Center memorial is finally scheduled to open, workers are piecing together thousands of granite tiles that will line the Twin...
Gulf spill cap 'by Monday'
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amNEW ORLEANS -- The federal official leading the Gulf oil-spill cleanup said yesterday a new containment cap and an additional ship collecting oil could effectively contain the spill in the...
Barefoot Bandit hotfoots it again
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amMARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas -- The fugitive US teenager who has successfully eluded teams of local police and FBI agents may have slipped off the island where he allegedly crash-landed a...
NYPD Daily Blotter
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBronx Police are looking for two thugs who mugged a 13-year-old boy at a subway station in Kingsbridge Heights. The duo, ages 15 to 17, grabbed the boy from behind...
NTP sues in wireless e-mail patents
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amNTP, best known for getting a settlement from Research In Motion over e-mail technology, is shifting its legal sights to a number of smartphone makers, including Apple and Google, The...
Buffett is looking at $800M hit
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. may record an $800 million writedown tied to asset declines in the second quarter, said Meyer Shields, the Stifel Nicolaus & Co. analyst who cut...
Starving charters
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amKudos to Gov. Paterson for blocking yet another bid by lawmakers to cheat charter schools out of their fair share of state aid. Paterson this week vetoed an education bill...
Why Israelis distrust Obama
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amPresident Obama says he knows why polls show Israelis overwhelmingly consider him pro-Palestinian, while less than 10 percent believe he supports the Jewish state. "Some of it may just be...
Bleeding the golden goose
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amThat New York's tax revenue derives mightily from Wall Street is obvious to everyone -- save perhaps the ge niuses in the state Legislature, who've been scheming to tax Gotham's...
Why Kagan's wrong on natural rights
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amFrom her confirmation hearings, we learned that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan likes to eat in Chinese restaurants on Christmas. She didn't say how she spends Independence Day, but evidently...
Prez in clean-energy push
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS -- Mixing policy and politics, President Obama called on Congress yesterday to expand a clean-energy tax credit that could pay off in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry...
Do-nothing feds & immigration
July 10, 2010 | 4:00am* The White House's contention that the president had nothing to do with the decision to challenge Arizona's immigration law is laughable ("A Contemptible Suit," Editorial, July 8). These people...
Cruisers on emPTy
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amChrysler made its last PT Cruiser yesterday -- despite having sold 1 million of the retro cars since 2000. Sales languished when Chrysler failed to invest in updates. It plans...
Bill to wow Weiner vows
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amFormer President Bill Clinton will preside at the wedding of New York Rep. Anthony Weiner to a longtime aide of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to people familiar...
The racist rules of O's Justice Dept.
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amWhy haven't national media outlets reported on the vile and violent rants of the New Black Panther Party thugs whose 2008 voter-intimidation tactics got a pass from the Obama administration?...
Bus, ambulance in grim pile-up
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amFifteen people were injured, six of them seriously, by a chain-reaction accident involving a city bus, an ambulance and a car on West 125th Street yesterday, authorities said. An EMS...
Another date in court for Goldman
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amAnother disgruntled investor is throwing rocks at Goldman Sachs. A large Boston insurance company has emerged with fresh allegations about how the once-invincible investment bank knowingly sold it a bill...
'Privatize' push in NJ
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA New Jersey task force created by Gov. Chris Christie said yesterday the state could save at least $210 million a year by privatizing motor-vehicle inspections, turnpike tollbooths, preschools, state...
NYers go for the border
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- New Yorkers are among the most generous donors to a legal defense fund set up to fight President Obama's challenge to Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants. Nearly 300...
Sons: Parents aren't moles!
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amImposible! Just because a former El Diario reporter and her husband admitted in court they were spies for Russia doesn't make it true, her son insisted yesterday. "I still believe...
Business briefs
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBP brouhaha Anadarko Petroleum, which owns a 25 percent stake in the well leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, told BP Plc that it is with holding reimbursement payments for...
ESPN kiddie-porn bust
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBRISTOL, Conn. -- Jeremy Green, an analyst for ESPN and son of former NFL coach Dennis Green, was arrested on a child-pornography charge. Green was picked up Thursday at 5...
Cuban will make pitch
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amDallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is taking another run at buying a Major League Baseball team. Cuban has emerged as a bidder for the Texas Rangers, joining forces with former...
'Drug cop' sob story
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA jailed auxiliary cop accused of being an armed drug courier broke down in court yesterday, babbling and blubbering in a bizarre appeal for a new lawyer. Rafael Jimenez unexpectedly...
Ex-model's 'Couples Retreat' lawsuit is tossed
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBeat it! A $10 million lawsuit by a woman who was upset that her picture was used as a "masturbatory prop" in a hit Vince Vaughn movie has reached an...
Hey, King James, go shove your scepter!
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amHell hath no fury like a city scorned by LeBron James. Cleveland howled, raged and moaned yesterday over the defection of the NBA megastar from the hometown Cavaliers to the...
Holy uproar as Pedro eyes church voters
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA Bronx priest is waging a holy war against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada -- accusing the scandal-scarred Democrat of using his church as a prop to gin up support...
Clintons dealing for $11M Westchester mansion
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amLooks like Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton are moving on up -- to a deluxe mansion away from prying eyes. Sources told The Post the Clintons are planning to trade...
Pols hit OTB on $1.5M hire
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amALBANY -- Two lawmakers want the state's new Authorities Budget Office to investigate OTB's hire of a chief executive at a salary of $1.5 million a year. Assemblymen J. Gary...
Arrest in hotel-heir slay
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amMIAMI -- A fourth suspect in the killing of a Florida hotel heir in a Westchester hotel turned himself in to the FBI yesterday. Joel Gonzalez, 25, surrendered in Miami...
AT&T may yank 'Mad Men'
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amAT&T U-Verse has threatened to pull the AMC network that airs Emmy-award winning drama "Mad Men" off the air just before the July 25 debut of its fourth season, as...
'Softball' interviewer was on LeBron's payroll
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amLeBron James paid the "journalist" who interviewed the hoops megastar for the ESPN special that revealed his decision to sign with the Miami Heat, it was revealed yesterday. Jim Gray,...
Search and desist
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amThe wages of détente in Google's free-speech war with China added up to a cool $1.1 billion in profits for the portfolios of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin....
Another Riverside Park beating victim comes forward
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amThe hulking thug who brutalized a bubbly Barnard College student in Riverside Park is believed to have attacked a second woman walking her dog there just 20 minutes later, cops...
Slap a falling 'star'
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amF--K LeBron James. OK, I respect him as a player, but now that he's going to the Miami Heat instead of my Knicks, all I want to do is beat...
Abduct gal gets $20M from Calif.
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a $20 million state settlement with a woman held captive for 18 years and the two daughters she bore to her abductor....
Taunted airline worker sues
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA Pakistani-American airline engineer from Brooklyn is suing his firm for allegedly allowing co-workers to taunt him by calling him "bomb-maker." Jamil Akhtar, 51, said he complained to his bosses...
Feds sue city over cop's pension 'shortchange'
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amThe feds sued the city yesterday for allegedly shortchanging a retired detective on his pension by failing to consider the overtime he lost while serving as an Army reservist. The...
SpongeTech sinking
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amJust two months after federal authorities tagged it as a pump-and-dump scheme, SpongeTech Delivery Systems has tumbled like a house of cards. According to a three-page, check-the-box form filed with...
Law and lunch order
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amFacebook Chief Ex ecutive Mark Zuckerberg got more than a Caesar salad for lunch -- in this case, a lawsuit -- at the annual Allen & Co. gathering of media...
'My son would have reached his hand to you'
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amHer son's eyes had sparkled with vitality and promise. His murderer's eyes are as cold as unlit coals. But when Chantal Hall faced her son's murderer at a Manhattan sentencing...
Lionsgate, Icahn in acquisition truce
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBillionaire investor Carl Icahn and Lionsgate Entertainment have called a temporary truce while the two work on possible deals. In a public filing, the two sides agreed to "work together...
'Muslim science' fiction
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amIn the 16th century, astrono mer Taqi al-Din built one of the world's great observato ries in Istanbul. It rivaled that of pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe -- while it...
Torch rap in Qns. inferno
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA maintenance supervisor was nabbed for sparking a massive blaze in Queens that injured almost two dozen firefighters, authorities said. Victor Hidalgo, 49, of Flushing, was illegally operating a propane...
'Fine' break for music thief
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBOSTON -- A federal judge yesterday slashed the verdict against a graduate student who was found guilty of illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs online from $675,000 to one-tenth of...
Lindsay tries lyin' Lo
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amHey Lindsay, you better be friendlier than this to your cell mate. The fair-haired train wreck is spending her last few days of freedom trying to hide from the spot...
Biden's still hot for sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amJoe Biden apparently agrees with The Post -- and the front page Thursday that asked "can we keep" sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman. The vice president let his top secret...
Gran dies in high-rise blaze
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amAn elderly Staten Island woman was killed in a fire yesterday at her high-rise apartment, officials said. Lucille Dukes, 75, was pulled from the flames of her eighth-floor apartment in...
Mad Mel's racist rack attack on ex-girlfriend
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amMel Gibson launched into his racist rant against his ex-girlfriend after telling her that she looked like a "Vegas whore" and complaining that she lied to him about having breast...
Boat-victim bodies found
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA -- Two days after a barge crashed into a stopped tourist boat, leaving two Hungarian tourists missing, authorities retrieved two bodies from the Delaware River, including a girl identified...
Man drowns in Rockaways
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA Bronx man drowned at Rockaway Beach last night while his girlfriend watched in horror, authorities said. Oscar Cruz, 22, of the Tremont section of The Bronx went into the...
Russian red-eye for redhead spy
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amSpy game over. The gaggle of Russian spies carted back to their homeland after years of living phony American existences in an elaborate intelligence gathering operation landed in Moscow yesterday....
'Salt' to premiere in . . . Albany?!
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amALBANY -- Angelina Jolie fans in Albany can get a jump on the rest of the nation when her new thriller, "Salt," premieres there one day before going national. The...
Bam & Bibi, take 2: reunited, but for real?
July 10, 2010 | 4:00am* Based on President Obama's religious mentor, advisers and associates, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be naive to believe any guarantees that Obama could give the Jewish state ("Pals...
Fatal stabbing after pool fight
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA fight at an East Harlem pool spilled out onto the street last night, leaving one man stabbed to death, cops and sources said. Aaron McMillon, 25, of Astoria, Queens,...
'Fishy' package exploded in park
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBomb-squad officers in Rockland County were dispatched to a report of a red suitcase found in a park in Nanuet. They took X-rays of the package and saw three cylinders...
Far-off eclipse
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amA total eclipse of the sun is expected tomorrow -- but will be visible only in a narrow slice of the Southern Hemisphere. It's set to start at sunrise 1,200...
Fed civil-rights probe of slay by 'sorry' Calif. cop
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amOAKLAND, Calif. -- The Department of Justice's civil-rights division will investigate a white Oakland police officer who killed an unarmed black man on a crowded train platform, a case reminiscent...
Study blasts diabetes pill
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- A review by federal health scientists reinforces potential ties between the diabetes pill Avandia and heart attack and death, opening the door for government action, including a possible...
A real 'shot' at halting cancer
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amZURICH -- An experimental vaccine for pancreatic cancer will be tested in patients next year. The 40-person study by Vaximm Holding, a joint venture between Merck and a Swiss investment...
College spending gap grows
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- Private research universities spent twice as much per student as their public counterparts in 2007-08 -- widening a gap that has made private colleges unaffordable to most students...
Devils play waiting game on Kovalchuk
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amEven LeBron James didn't need this long to decide, and he had suitors. The Ilya Kovalchuk Sale is in its 10th day, with customers conspicuous by their scarcity. The Devils...
Party starts as LeBron, Bosh join Wade with Heat
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amMIAMI -- Dressed in a white Heat uniform for the first time, LeBron James took a look at his new home crowd, folded his arms across his chest and nodded....
Dodger ball for Hondo
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amHondo suffered a third straight flush job last night when he went draino with the Metamucils, whose failure to make a deposit for him increased the IOUs to 885 ceys....
The Post line
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amCFLTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogWINNIPEG11½ (46½)TorontoTomorrowHAMILTON2 (51½)CalgaryBRIT. COL.2½ (54)Saskatch.SundayMontreal5½ (54)EDMONTONHome teams in CAPSWorld Cup SoccerThird-place gameTodayFavoriteFav.LineDrawUD LineUnderdogGermany-135(+260)+375UruguayOverO/U LineUnder-1402½+120FinalsTomorrowFavoriteFav.LineDrawUD LineUnderdogSpain+110(+230)+260NetherlandsOverO/U LineUnder-1152-105
Today's Sports on Air
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amAuto Racing8 a.m.Formula One: British Grand Prix, qualifyingSPEED7:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup, Lifelock.com 400TNT9 p.m.ARCA, Praire Meadows 250SPEEDBaseball4 p.m.Braves at MetsSNY, FAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Reds at PhilliesMLBN7 p.m.Royals at Whie SoxWGN10...
Trade bare-Lee concerns Mets
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amNo Cliff Lee, no problem. The Mets were in the hunt to acquire the ace lefty from the Mariners, but players said they won't be losing sleep over the fact...
Sports shorts
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amMLB: Strasburg K's 8 in win In Washington, Stephen Strasburg gave up a homer to the first batter he faced then shut down the Giants, allowing three hits in six...
Yankees get revenge on Mariners after losing Lee
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amSEATTLE -- By the time right-hander David Pauley threw his first pitch last night, Cliff Lee was in Texas and Yankees executives were seething about a lack of respect shown...
Dolan whiffed on LeBron -- but can make Ilya ice 'King'
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amLeBron James may have snubbed Jim Dolan's NBA team on the country's national sports television network, but the Garden CEO still can be the star of the show if the...
Tyrus snubs Nets
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amAs he headed home for the what he plans on being his last weekend as Nets president, Rod Thorn couldn't help but laugh. "I've gotten some guys some pretty good...
'Shaq' on track in Yonkers Trot
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amForget LeBron James, tonight Shaq Is Back. The 3-year-old colt, named after the basketball big man, is vying for tonight's $573,770 Yonkers Trot. Co-owner/trainer/driver Ray Schnittker was inspired to name...
CC sorry ex-mate Lee won't join Yankees
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amSEATTLE -- How sure was Cliff Lee that he was about to become a Yankee? His wife, Kristen, contacted CC Sabathia's wife, Amber, to ask about housing in the New...
Miami lets King avoid NY spotlight
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amAn NBA source who has spoken to LeBron James said the biggest reason for The King spurning the Knicks was the prospect of having his and his family's personal lives...
Knicks president says team done with free agency
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amThe Knicks' new Plan L is not for LeBron. It's for Letdown. The Knicks went from a potential dynamic pairing of LeBron James and Amar'e Stoudemire to assembling a current...
Walsh claims retirement talks are out of bounds
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amKnicks president Donnie Walsh says he is not retiring -- but wouldn't say whether he is up to finishing the final two years of his contract. In an e-mail to...
Contract disputes problematic for Jets
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amIn 24 days the Jets open training camp at SUNY Cortland, where a pressing question looms as large as that Aug. 1 start date approaches faster than a Santonio Holmes...
Double-dealing Mariners back away from Yankees, trade Lee to Rangers
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amThe Yankees moved fast to swoop in and nearly trade for Cliff Lee yesterday before, they feel, the Mariners pulled a fast one and sent the ace left-hander to the...
Bay hears more boos from Mets fans
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amBefore the last two games, Jason Bay had eight RBIs in his previous four, seemingly breaking out of his season-long slump. But that flurry of production wasn't enough to appease...
Learning to survive on Pinstriped Island
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amSEATTLE -- At least the Yankees didn't have to face Cliff Lee last night at Safeco Field, but come October it could get hot against the Rangers, if the teams...
Home Team Lineups
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amTODAYJuly 10SUNJuly 11MONJuly 12TUEJuly 13WEDJuly 14THUJuly 15FRIJuly 16YankeesSeattle10:10TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMSea.4:10YESWCBSH.R.Derby8:00ESPNA.S.Game8:00ESPNNOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:05WWORWCBSMetsAtlanta4:10TV -- FOXRadio--WFAN 660 AMAtl.1:10WPIXWFANH.R.Derby8:00ESPNA.S.Game8:00ESPNNOGAMES.F.10:15SNYWFANS.F.10:15SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMEChi.4:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEWash.12:00No TVNOGAMERed BullsD.C. Unitedû7:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio WQBU 92.7 FMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEStaten Island YankeesTri.7:00No TVBat.4:00No...
Weird but true
July 10, 2010 | 4:00amIs that a grenade in your pocket or are you just glad to see my Mercedes? A Boston car dealer was wondering that after a customer asked to test-drive a...
Cyclones beat up on the Spikes
July 10, 2010 | 2:21amSpikes 2Cyclones 4Friday, July 9 at MCU ParkDon’t let the final score fool you: this game was all Cyclones.Starting pitcher Yohan Almonte earned his third win of the season with...
Mel Gibson dropped by agent as fallout over alleged assault and racist rants continues
July 10, 2010 | 1:01amMel Gibson has been dropped by his agent, TMZ reported Friday, as the actor faces up to four years jail for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. William Morris Endeavour...
New Heights White takes top spot at Penn State
July 10, 2010 | 12:49amThe New Heights White girls basketball AAU team won the U17 championship for the first time at the Blue Chip USA Invitational at Penn State on Thursday. It went unbeaten...