July 17, 2010
Freed Polanski makes first public outing in Switzerland
July 17, 2010 | 10:43pmDirector Roman Polanski, freed this week after Switzerland refused an U.S. extradition request, made his first public outing Saturday to see his wife perform at the Montreaux Jazz Festival. High...
Gulf well still leak free but BP extends observation period
July 17, 2010 | 9:54pmNEW ORLEANS — The Gulf Coast found itself in an odd moment of limbo Saturday: The oil has been stopped, but no one knows if it's corked for good. The...
Swedish driver Takter pacing himself
July 17, 2010 | 9:21pmLast weekend, trainer Jimmy Takter was hot to trot, but now he's got a place to pace. With top contenders in tonight's Meadowlands Pace and tomorrow's Ben Franklin at Harrah's...
Yankees prospect Warren wins first Double-A start
July 17, 2010 | 9:13pmA day after Andrew Brackman earned his first Double-A win in his fifth start for Trenton, Adam Warren equaled him in his first outing with the Thunder.The right-hander, who was...
Yankees lose 10-5 to Rays
July 17, 2010 | 8:02pmOn the day George Steinbrenner was laid to rest in Florida, the Yankees gave a performance that would've riled up The Boss. Reid Brignac had his first two-homer game and...
Divers find, drink, possibly oldest champagne
July 17, 2010 | 6:27pmSTOCKHOLM — Now that's some vintage bubbly. Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, one of the...
George Steinbrenner family mourns at cemetery in Florida
July 17, 2010 | 6:05pmTRINITY, Fla. — The Boss was laid to rest in his own Monument Park today. The body of the beloved baseball giant, who resurrected the Yankees and transformed the sport,...
No one under Hackensack parking garage rubble
July 17, 2010 | 4:45pmHACKENSACK, N.J. — Authorities called off a 22-hour rescue mission at a partly collapsed parking garage Saturday after determining that no one had been trapped when a glass canopy attached...
Yogi Berra misses Old Timers' Day after fall at home
July 17, 2010 | 4:28pmOld Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium was a little empty today.Yogi Berra, one of the most beloved Yankees, didn't participate after taking a fall at his Montclair, NJ, home last...
Let me be clear: Obama's condescending phrase
July 17, 2010 | 4:17pmAmong his favorite phrases -- “make no mistake,” “whole host,” “change isn’t easy” -- one is President Obama’s obvious favorite: “Let me be clear.” He uses it -- deliberately and...
Paris Hilton in France drug bust
July 17, 2010 | 3:54pmParty girl Paris Hilton was briefly held by police on the French island of Corsica after being caught with cannabis in her handbag, according to police sources cited Saturday by...
Dave Matthews Band a tower of Citi power
July 17, 2010 | 3:14pmAa goofy as Dave Matthews is on stage -- with wacky chicken-on-a-hot-plate dance steps, not to mention mumbled Popeye-like patter and his loopy tenor vocal sweeps -- he and his...
Arm yourself
July 17, 2010 | 9:12amMost of the dominant plotlines of baseball’s first half concerned standout pitching: Ubaldo Jimenez of the Rockies scaled to 15-win heights. Nationals treasure Stephen Strasburg debuted his rocket right arm....
Surging SS prospect back in All-Star game
July 17, 2010 | 9:09amALLENTOWN, Pa. — Eduardo Nunez wasn’t surprised to get an invitation to his second minor league All-Star Game, after leading the International League with 107 hits for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre...
Unknown Oosthuizen blows into lead
July 17, 2010 | 9:05amST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The 36-hole leader of the British Open is ... “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re joined by Peter Oosthuizen, who scored 5-under 67 for a 12-under par total...
A gusty performance by Tiger
July 17, 2010 | 9:00amST. ANDREWS, Scotland — All the signs were there yesterday. Tiger Woods is back. He’s ready to win again, ready to win another major, ready to make history at St....
Boss & Voice honored with video, silence--and victory
July 17, 2010 | 8:52amThe first game of the rest of the Yankees’ lives was preceded by a soundtrack of Frank Sinatra singing, “My Way.” “My Way” as in George Steinbrenner’s Way — “My...
Yankees wear emotions on hearts & sleeves
July 17, 2010 | 8:46amThe Yankees honored The Boss with a pregame ceremony last night, and he will have a private funeral today in Florida. But the Bombers homage to George Steinbrenner won’t stop...
Dick Schaap, Part 4: How manager talked his way into Boss' doghouse
July 17, 2010 | 8:40amA born winner who hated to lose. A businessman-turned-showman who attacked his work with a vengeance. Generous to the needy but tough on his ballplayers — he paid them a...
Tri-State Classic notebook: Richardson returns to Germany
July 17, 2010 | 5:56amEverage Richardson is ready to get back overseas right now. The 6-foot-3 shooting guard and Brooklyn native enjoys coming home for a short time, but has a great opportunity awaiting...
Boys & Girls-Lincoln rivalry remains intense -- even in July
July 17, 2010 | 5:48amThe weather was hot and muggy, the blacktop court tiny, and much of the crowd was businessmen and women just out of work. Not even a foreign court and less-than-ideal...
Boys & Girls hoops star plans on committing in October
July 17, 2010 | 5:20amInitially, Mike Taylor found his fake Facebook account amusing when his girlfriend sent him the link. The person impersonating him posted pictures of Taylor and reached out to his friends...
Boys & Girls' Lee verbals to Connecticut
July 17, 2010 | 5:17amEvery day, Wilbert Lee received stacks of mail from Division I schools such as Georgia, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Wisconsin and Ohio State. Connecticut didn’t send quite as much mail; the...
Giants shut out Mets again with 1-0 win
July 17, 2010 | 5:15amSAN FRANCISCO — Barry Zito struck out 10 in eight dominant innings of two-hit ball and the San Francisco Giants beat New York 1-0 Friday night, shutting out the slumping...
Kid Stuff
July 17, 2010 | 5:11amTODAY A SWING THING: Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing (pictured) shifts into afternoon mode for Kids’ Day, the free annual family workshop. Dance teacher Pierre Dulaine of “Mad Hot Ballroom”...
The sounds of summer parks
July 17, 2010 | 5:08amCentral and Prospect parks offer fantastic concerts, but some neighborhood parks also host big names. Here’s a sample of free shows: *Asser Levy/seaside park, Coney Island Aretha Franklin, Aug. 12,...
Brush with genius
July 17, 2010 | 5:06amHow do you like your art — as a cerebral challenge, or something simply to see and savor? You can have it both ways at MoMA’s new show of Henri...
Blanket coverage
July 17, 2010 | 5:00amLAWN PARTY ASTORIA PARK Where: Astoria Park South and Shore Boulevard, Astoria; 718-626-8621 View: Urban magnificence; East River, RFK and Hell Gate bridges and the Upper East Side Details: This...
The Matrix reloaded: Grant finally gets chance overseas
July 17, 2010 | 4:41amThere is a sense of build up and anticipation among anyone watching Ron (The Matrix) Grant when he gets the ball in his hands, but not for the 5-foot-9 point...
Help for Surrob, Hoops in the Sun notes
July 17, 2010 | 4:18amRobert (Surrob) Negron gave and gave and gave to the New York City basketball community. Now, people have a chance to give back to him.Negron, the legendary hoops photographer and...
Back to school: Nolan returns to Ford as boys hoops coach
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWhen Denis Nolan stepped down as Bishop Ford girls basketball coach three years ago, he was sure he’d somehow return to his alma mater. He just never thought it would...
Burt offering
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amIt's great to see Burt Reynolds back in the saddle -- giving, well, a typical "Burt Reynolds"-type performance in this Thursday's episode of USA's "Burn Notice." Reynolds, now 74, hasn't...
HBO shopping 'True Blood' reruns
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amHBO is hoping to tap a fresh cash vein with "True Blood" reruns. The pay-cable channel is shopping repeats of the hit vampire series starring Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer...
Teorema
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA big flat-screen TV plays episodes of the TV documentary "Meerkat Manor" during Ivo van Hove's "Teo rema." It's a cheeky detail: The series tracks the ups and downs of...
A Disappearing Number
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amShortly into the Complicite theater company's "A Disappearing Number," a professor (Saskia Reeves) delivers a lecture on mathematics. As she scribbles ever more complicated equations, you can practically feel the...
Boy, 9, shot riding bike
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA 9-year-old boy riding his bike near his Brooklyn home was shot in the leg last night after he stumbled on a gunfight, cops said. The victim was struck less...
Chaplin as a Kop
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA lost, 16mm Charlie Chaplin film bought by a collector for $100 at an antique fair will receive its first public showing this weekend -- nearly 100 years after it...
Absinthe-minded
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAbsinthe sweetened life for the likes of Vincent van Gogh and Oscar Wilde. Now distillers in a Swiss valley have caused an uproar by claiming exclusive rights to a spirit...
Iroquois give up the fight
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amTime ran out yesterday for a team of Iroquois lacrosse players who have been blocked from traveling to a tournament in England because of a passport dispute. The 23 members...
Special-ed spending
July 17, 2010 | 4:00am* Until public schools are able to provide all children, regardless of their disability, with an appropriate education, the law provides for parents to be reimbursed for the cost of...
Painful hit for Aerosmith
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was recovering yesterday after his racing motorcycle was hit by a 62-year-old grandmother as he rode through Massachusetts, The Boston Herald reported. Perry, 59, suffered a...
Byrd seat to W.Va. Dem
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin is tapping former chief counsel Carte Goodwin to succeed the late Sen. Robert Byrd, Democratic officials said yesterday. Goodwin, 36, a Charleston lawyer, would...
Ruff, tragic flights
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- Short-snouted breeds like bulldogs and pugs made up about half of the purebred dogs to have died on airplanes over the last five years. The Transportation Department yesterday...
Junking US justice: Obama & Holder's sins
July 17, 2010 | 4:00am* As much as I enjoy and respect The Post, you occasionally show your naivete. While discussing obligations that AG Eric Holder has in his position, Victor Davis Hanson implies...
Clooney plays 'fashion police' in Italy
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amGeorge Clooney works his Oscar-winning charm yesterday at an Italian courthouse -- where he testified against three defendants accused of using his name to promote their clothing company without his...
Judge brushes off artists
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA federal judge has upheld new regulations seeking to cap the number of art vendors allowed in Manhattan's busiest parks. Judge Richard Sullivan yesterday denied motions in two cases brought...
Columbia lab is shut down
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amColumbia University has shut down a major brain research lab on its campus after the Food and Drug Administration launched an investigation of the facility, officials said. Work has stopped...
OTB still kicking: boss
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amThe new $125,000-a-month president of the Off-Track Betting Corp. pledged yesterday to have a plan in place within 30 days to rescue the bankrupt operation. "I view this as a...
Mayor doubts stimulus
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday expressed reservations about the multibillion-dollar stimulus plan promoted by President Obama to revive the nation's economy. "If you had time, and you really tried to do things...
Crashing juvie jail's orgy party
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amALBANY -- The state's youth detention agency was ripped as incompetent in a blistering report yesterday for allowing three murderers and a robber to attend a sex-soaked "social dance" at...
Party gives Mike a 'rip-off' refund
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amActing under pressure from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., the state Independence Party is finally coughing up more than a quarter-million dollars that prosecutors charge was part of a...
'Crotch' cleric blacklisted
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- The feds yesterday added a US-born, al Qaeda-linked cleric accused of helping to plan the failed Christmas Day airline "crotch bombing" to a terror blacklist. The Treasury Department...
DA: Perv doc taped nude girls
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA Long Island pediatrician made secret video recordings of female patients as young as 11 after asking them to disrobe in his office, prosecutors say. Dr. Rakesh Punn, 52, of...
Bam's Maine event
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amPresident Obama and his family -- daughters Sasha (pictured) and Malia and First Lady Michelle -- enjoy a weekend getaway in Maine, where they took in the beautiful vista on...
NYPD Daily Blotter
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA fiend was busted after he knocked on the Upper West Side door of an elderly acquaintance, socked the guy in the mouth and stole his wallet, cops said. Gregory...
Dave's big crisis $$
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amGov. Paterson, facing three major investigations, spent $700,000 on legal fees and another $150,000 on crisis communications in the last quarter, his latest campaign filings reveal. The legal fees went...
Dave's frisk-list nix imperils NYers: Mike
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday that future crime victims will be the losers as a result of a new law that deletes the city's stop-and-frisk database. Bloomberg said he and Police...
Drug thugs' deadly blast
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A Mexican drug cartel was responsible for a cellphone-detonated car bomb that killed four people in a city on the Texas border, authorities said yesterday. In...
When the rules change
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWhen Rome was "falling," did it feel like it? When all of the tasty, leafy fronds started vanishing, did the dinosaurs say, "So this is what extinction looks like"? When...
Wrong folks to fix the banks
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAnytime Congress passes a 2,300-page law that creates 500-plus new regulations and sets up a complicated bureaucracy, we should be nervous. The major financial overhaul that has cleared the final...
Bloomy: FinReg bad
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amNew regulations aimed at Wall Street will pinch regular people in the Big Apple more than rein in the big banks, according to Mayor Bloomberg. In a radio interview, Hizzoner...
China's mein event
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWhile Google's China experience has been full of fits and starts, and many entertainment companies have found their US success hard to translate into the giant Asian market, Vince McMahon's...
Tiger's off his 'game'
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amEven video-gamers are tuning out Tiger Woods. Woods, who lost approximately $30 million in sponsorship cash when corporations dumped him after news of his sex scandal broke last November, is...
B'klyn rape fiend gets 70 years
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amCalling her rapist a "predator" and "sociopath," a woman pleaded with a Brooklyn judge yesterday to throw the book at the man who attacked her on her way to work...
Qaeda eyed NYC clubs
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAl Qaeda may have planned a terror hit on New York City clubs and restaurants in conjunction with its failed Christmas Day "crotch bombing" attack aboard a Detroit-bound airliner, newly...
'Mad.' old bandit dead
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amThe armed geezer who shot up a posh Madison Avenue men's store and then went on a bizarre interstate crime spree was killed after he crashed into a parked car...
High heel hell for eternity
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amCaution: Ditching the high heels may be bad for your health. That's according to scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University in England, who found that repeated high-heel use causes the Achilles'...
Tragic crash driver home
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amThe driver who survived a horrific crash that claimed the lives of three young camp counselors from Long Island -- including her own brother -- was released from the hospital...
Jobs' freebie 'fix' for faulty iPhones
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amNow that's a stretch. Apple's highly anticipated remedy for the 3 million iPhone 4's with faulty antennas is a bunch of free plastic "bumpers" that completely change the look and...
Union big is 'nailed'
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA carpenters union official pleaded guilty yesterday to sharing bribes with the once-powerful labor leader Michael Forde. John Greaney, former president of Local 608, sold out Forde and fellow union...
Drown outrage
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAn embattled Harlem middle-school principal was awarded tenure just days after a 12-year-old student drowned on a field trip he'd set up, education officials said yesterday. While José Maldonado-Rivera's tenure...
Fear overtaking fun in Riverside Park
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amSun worshippers were on edge yesterday in Riverside Park, where three young women were almost raped by a homeless man just one week after two others were beaten by a...
Hushin' Russian in Brooklyn med 'fraud'
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amKeep those lips zipped, comrade -- and help us rip off Uncle Sam for $72 million! A Brooklyn medical office used a Soviet-era propaganda poster to tell Russian-immigrant patients to...
Business briefs
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAIG pays American Interna tional Group Inc. agreed to a $725 million settle ment with investors who lost money as the insur er's stock plunged amid a New York probe...
Benihana shareholders' beef
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amTwo separate sets of Benihana Inc. shareholders yesterday fired warning shots across the bow of the chain of Japanese steakhouses -- signaling their intent to shake up the board of...
Lock up the Lockerbie bomber
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amNow even the Brits admit it: Handing a get-out-of-jail-free card to a terrorist who brought down Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270, was a mistake. It's about time....
An outrageous tragedy
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amNew charges by teachers suggest that Jose Maldonado-Rivera -- the prin cipal of the school that drowning victim Nicole Suriel, 12, attended -- was a disaster waiting to happen. If...
Bug Music bids don't thrill bank
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAt least three potential buyers have dropped out of the bidding for indie music publisher Bug Music at the current price, The Post has learned. But that won't prevent them...
Radioshack bids leader
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA pair of private-equity giants has emerged as the leading bidder for RadioShack, The Post has learned. Blackstone Group and TPG are in talks to make a combined bid for...
KKR's debt-swap cashout
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amHenry Kravis has taken a large step toward saving the biggest -- and potentially most disastrous -- leveraged buyout of all time. Yesterday, his firm, KKR & Co., and co-investors...
Blankfein gets raves for Goldman escape
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amGoldman Sachs' record $550 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission may have earned Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein some job security -- at least for now. The Bronx-born CEO...
Treasury tempest
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amOn his first day under the new rules of Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had to fight fires in his own office. Geithner tried to throw cold water on...
Dow tumbles 2.5% as earnings fall short
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWall Street suffered a bout of earning indigestion from possibly too much merriment over early positive profits. Stocks yesterday lost most of their gains made earlier in the week from...
Caesar's ghost now lives here
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner never truly occupied this new building. His energy, his endless demand for winning and -- of course -- his money helped turn the current Yankee Stadium from concept...
Dog guy collared in heists
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amAn Upper East Side dog walker allegedly took at least $90,000 worth of his clients' jewelry for a stroll, sources told The Post. Felipe Domingues, 23, of Queens had several...
Good 'Scam'aritan
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amHe couldn't resist one last scam. A career fraudster was sent to the slammer for nearly 24 years after giving a White Plains federal judge phony photos of himself doing...
Rescuers dig for missing people trapped under collapsed NJ parking structure
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amRescuers frantically dug through the rubble of a collapsed New Jersey parking garage yesterday in a desperate bid to reach up to five people they believed could be trapped in...
Con Ed's Queens $$ 'con'
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amCon Ed reimbursed only a fraction of the money lost during a 2006 power outage in Queens that lasted 10 days. That's according to a Pace University study that says...
Spy degree nixed
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amBOSTON -- Harvard University has revoked a degree in public administration it gave to a man who turned out to be a Russian spy living in Massachusetts under a stolen...
O's man: Plug may not hold
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amHours after President Obama expressed hopes that "we've killed the well," officials said the Gulf oil leak may return. The results of "well integrity tests" -- which could prove that...
Yankees pay tribute to Steinbrenner, Sheppard
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amTears of pinstriped pain filled Yankee Stadium last night as thousands of fans and grieving players gathered to remember the life of The Boss, George Steinbrenner. The pregame sadness later...
LA judge strips Mel Gibson of his lethal weapons
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA Los Angeles judge has ordered Mel Gibson to hand over his lethal weapons -- on the same day a photo was released of what Gibson's gal pal claims is...
Swisher wins one for Boss with walk-off single in 9th
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amSomewhere, George Steinbrenner is taking credit for making the trade for Nick Swisher. Swisher hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Yankees to...
Thorn would have stayed for LeBron
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amRod Thorn was a Nets assistant ABA coach who marveled at the skills of Julius Erving. He was the Bulls general manager who drafted Michael Jordan. He was the Nets...
Red Bulls gun for first
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWith all the talk of Thierry Henry's arrival in New York, there's this little matter of the Red Bulls' first-place clash at Columbus tonight (7:30 p.m., MSG), a battle for...
Tonight's Pace features heavy dose of 'Heaven'
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amTrainer Bruce Saunders hopes tonight's $1 million Meadowlands Pace is a little bit of Heaven on Earth. Saunders trains Rock N Roll Heaven, the 5-2 morning-line favorite from post 3,...
Rattled Rory follows great start with ugly 80
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Rory McIlroy, just one day removed from a record-tying performance, walked off the Old Course looking rattled. McIlroy, who shot 63 in Thursday's British Open first...
Exec: Mozgov has 1st-round talent
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS -- One NBA executive who deals extensively with Europe credited the Knicks for showing the guts to sign 7-foot-1 Russian center Timofey Mozgov, saying he would be a...
Stoudemire: Knicks will be fine without LeBron
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS -- Amar'e Stoudemire, fresh off attending Carmelo Anthony's wedding, made an appearance at the Las Vegas summer league yesterday and hinted that LeBron James may one day regret...
50-somethings in contention
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- This week's British Open at St. Andrews figured to be a warm-up for next week's Senior British Open at Carnoustie for Mark Calcavecchia and Tom Lehman....
Artest wanted James in N.Y.
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amRon Artest said he was disappointed, like every other New Yorker, when LeBron James spurned the Knicks and signed with the Heat. "I wanted him to come to New York,"...
Outage KOs Belmont
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amLess than an hour before post time yesterday, live racing and simulcasting were cancelled at Belmont Park. The closure was because of power outages in the neighboring community of Averill...
Devils still on Ilya radar
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amDon’t crown King Kovy quite yet. A source close to Ilya Kovalchuk today said that the superstar free agent still is mulling offers from a few teams, indicating that at...
Watson says bye to the Old Course
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- In a fascinating twist, at 9:40 p.m. in fading light over the Old Course last night, a Tiger Woods gesture to wave Tom Watson's group to...
The Post line
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amCFLTodayFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogSASKATCH.7 (56½)EdmontonHome team in CAPS
No blood for Hondo
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amHondo ended up treading water last night when he was hosed by the White Sox, which offset his win with the Reds and left the deficit holding at 1,005 willoughbys....
Sports shorts
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amNBA: Magic re-sign Redick The Magic shelled out $19 million to retain shooting guard J.J. Redick. They matched a three-year offer sheet that the Bulls made for Redick last week....
George saluted with a Yankee classic
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amA night that began with somber dignity at the Stadium ended with a pie in the face. Mariano Rivera placed two roses on home plate to honor the memories of...
Jeter honors 'family' Boss
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amWhen Derek Jeter woke up Tuesday morning, his cell phone was filled with messages. As he began to listen to them, Jeter did not yet know George Steinbrenner had died...
Girardi feeling pinch of not running for Papi
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amYankees manager Joe Girardi defended his decision not to pinch run for David Ortiz in the ninth inning of Tuesday's All-Star Game, saying he would have been left with no...
No Reyes, no Amazin' lineup
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO -- Somebody might want to tell the Mets the second half of the season has started. Once again the Mets were caught without their best lineup last night...
What a pain in the neck! Pelf start pushed back
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO -- You snooze, you lose -- your chance to face the Giants. Mike Pelfrey awoke from a nap on a flight here Thursday with a stiff neck, enough...
Mets shut out for second straight night
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO -- In the battle of Naughty and Niese, the Mets hardly stood a chance. Jon Niese was in a groove last night, but it became evident as the...
Home Team Lineups
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amTODAYJuly 17SUNJuly 18MONJuly 19TUEJuly 20WEDJuly 21THUJuly 22FRIJuly 23YankeesTampa Bay4:10TV -- FOXRadio--WCBS 880 AMT.B.1:05YESWCBSNOGAMEL.A.A.7:05WWORWCBSL.A.A.1:05YESWCBSKC7:05YESWCBSKC7:05YESWCBSMetsSan Francisco9:05TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMS.F.4:05WPIXWFANAri.9:40SNYWFANAri.9:40SNYWFANAri.9:40SNYWFANLAD10:10SNYWFANLAD10:10SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMEInd.4:00MSGNOGAMEConn.8:00ESPN2NOGAMENOGAMEChi.8:30No TVRed BullsColumbus7:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio WADO 1280 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMETott.8:00FSNNOGAMEStaten Island YankeesVermont6:05No...
Weird but true
July 17, 2010 | 4:00amThe town's buzzing over his stupidity. Propane salesman John McMillan, 59, set himself on fire after he was confronted by bees near a customer's tank in Colorado City, Colo. He...
U.S. defender Carlos Bocanegra signs for France's St Etienne
July 17, 2010 | 3:42amUnited States National Team defender Carlos Bocanegra is set to join French side St Etienne, Sky Sports reported today.Bocanegra, 31, has parted company with current French side Rennes and will join up...
Tupper Thomas finally speaks about goose slaughter
July 17, 2010 | 3:38amBut the park boss didn’t respond to our week’s worth of questions, but issued a statement to “Friends of Prospect Park.”Since we’re “friends,” we got the statement, and pass it...
Clones get just enough offense to win their fourth straight
July 17, 2010 | 2:05amScrappers 1Cyclones 2Friday, July 16 at MCU ParkUndefeated starter Angel Cuan gave up lots of singles, but got outs when he needed them, giving up just one run on eight...
What anti-incumbent mood? Many many lawmakers are running unopposed
July 17, 2010 | 1:44amSo much for that “anti-incumbent” mood!Out of 33 potential contested seats in Albany and in Washington, there will only be 11 primary elections this year — and many of them...
What anti-incumbent mood? Many many lawmakers are running unopposed
July 17, 2010 | 1:44amSo much for that “anti-incumbent” mood!Out of 33 potential contested seats in Albany and in Washington, there will only be 11 primary elections this year — and many of them...
What anti-incumbent mood? Many many lawmakers are running unopposed
July 17, 2010 | 1:44amSo much for that “anti-incumbent” mood!Out of 33 potential contested seats in Albany and in Washington, there will only be 11 primary elections this year — and many of them...
Gametracker: Mets at Giants
July 17, 2010 | 1:14amThe Giants look for their eighth win in nine games when they continue their four-game home series against the ailing Mets.
B-b-b-b-b-bad! George Thorogood's movin' on over on July 29
July 17, 2010 | 1:02amGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers hit Asser Levy Seaside Park hard on July 29 — and if that isn’t enough bad-to-the-bone rock and roll for you, Southside Johnny and the...
Hear this 'Swell' act at the band shell on July 30
July 17, 2010 | 1:02amThe unlikely pairing of Irish rocker Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Markéta Irglová has been charming listeners since the understated 2007 musical “Once” introduced the world to their heart-felt folk...
Shapiro: Lindsay Lohan will do time
July 17, 2010 | 12:23amAttorney Robert Shapiro confirmed Friday that he is representing Lindsay Lohan in her drug and alcohol case -- but only on the condition that the actress serves her jail sentence....