August 15, 2010
Gametracker: Mets vs. Phillies
Watch Mike Pelfrey and the Mets as they take on the Phillies at Citi Field ...
Brazen Diamond District heist
Two ninja-like robbers dressed head-to-toe in black pulled off a brazen, mid-day heist at a Diamond District store today, tying up the owner and his son and swiping $60,000 in...
David Beckham's sister on welfare -- Report
The sister of multi-millionaire soccer star David Beckham is claiming jobless benefits, The News of The World reported Sunday. Mother-of-three Lynne Beckham, 38, receives $255 (£164) a week in income support...
Maradona interested in vacant Aston Villa job, agent says
Former Argentina boss Diego Maradona is eyeing a return to management in the Premier League with Aston Villa, Sky Sports reported Sunday. At one point, British oddsmakers had installed U.S....
RBS denies preparing to take on Liverpool soccer club -- DJ Newswires
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) denied Sunday it was preparing to take control of Liverpool soccer club, saying it was still confident a buyer can be found. A...
Another 'Shore' arrest
Another MTV "Jersey Shore" cast member has been arrested — but this time for unpaid parking tickets, not booze. Seaside Heights, N.J., police say 24-year-old Ronald "Ronnie" Ortiz-Magro was taken...
Republicans bash Bam over mosque
Republicans attacked President Barack Obama today for his comments on a controversial plan to build a Muslim cultural center in New York, saying he was "disconnected" from the nation in...
Ed Towns reads the wrong book to kids
Rep. Ed Towns was no meatball for a bunch of kids last Friday.Small rain clouds of confusion rolled over the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights on Aug. 13 when...
Royals' one run is enough in Yankees loss
Bryan Bullington, the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2002, threw eight crisp innings for his major league win, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 1-0 victory over the...
'Craigslist killer' kills self
Accused “Craigslist killer” Philip Markoff — who was awaiting trial on charges that he killed a New York masseuse in a hotel room — committed suicide this morning in a...
Carmelo taking time with Nuggets' contract offer: report
Carmelo Anthony says he's in no rush to sign a contract extension offered to him by the Nuggets, contemplating free agency -- and perhaps the Knicks -- in his future.Anthony...
'Head of the Class
Sebastian Telfair’s Idol was Stephon Marbury. Lance Stephenson looked up to Telfair. Isaiah Whitehead, the heir to the throne at PSAL powerhouse Lincoln and roundly considered the top rising freshman...
Charges dropped in Buffalo massacre
A prosecutor said the evidence didn't back up murder charges against a parolee who had been accused of opening fire outside a downtown restaurant, killing four people and wounding four...
Wright's wrong is a doozy
David Wright gave the Phillies two extra runs last night, thanks to his glove. The Mets’ struggling third baseman let what should have been Jimmy Rollins’ inning-ending grounder go under...
Shayk, rattle and roll!
She’s read Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” Twice. She can play Beethoven concertos flawlessly. She volunteers for a charity for orphans and she doesn’t watch TV (unless, of course, she’s on...
Cancer: it's a scream
Darlene Hunt calls the Showtime series she created, “The Big C,” a “cancer comedy.” But those two words don’t really go together, so Hunt offers some qualification. “Cancer itself is...
Don't miss
Adoring 'Dora' ON Aug. 14., 2000, Dora Marquez made her television debut on Nickelodeon and instantly made history as the first leading animated Latina character. The show debuted at number...
Reel good
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) Sunday, 3:45 p.m., TCM While this classic is a fave with Judy Garland fans, it’s on so often that even die-hard (see below) fans...
Hasseling The Hoff
Three years ago, in the most unappealing display of food consumption seen outside of the Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest, a shirtless David Hasselhoff made viral video history...
In Oprah we trust, all others are trash
Every time Oprah Winfrey excuses herself for what’s about to take place on her show — every time she tacitly boasts to her audiences that she’s above the ratings fray...
Roman holiday
Rome would seem like a logical destination for Anthony Bourdain, host of “No Reservations,” something he would have crossed off his list in the series’ first season. It’s easy to...
Shake a tail!
America is getting fat — and its people aren’t the only ones chowing down. Vet studies show that 45 percent of dogs are obese. Gail Miller Bisher was working in...
New knicknack kitty
Cannoli is now a very active 14-month-old cat. He has an open basket full of toys from which he can always choose what he wants to play with. When I’m...
Bringing up Bieber
Scooter Braun wants you to know this — he was not drunk when he discovered Justin Bieber. No, he was “very much sober” three years ago when he came home...
My New York: Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise may not actually be a New Yorker, but he plays one on TV and has roots here as deep as the subway tunnels. The star of CBS’s “CSI:...
Rutgers coach Schiano sees a lot of himself in Vallone
Greg Schiano has recruited thousands of players — wide receivers from Tampa, tackles from Piscataway — so what was it about former St. Anthony’s of Long Island star Scott Vallone...
Right where it hurts
Phil Mickelson hit his second shot on the par-5 11th hole during yesterday’s third round into the lap of a spectator, Matt Reinhart. According to USGA rule 19-1, any time...
Camp Cortland
FEAT OF THE DAY S Brodney Pool picked off a Mark Sanchez pass in a 7-on-7 red-zone drill. FLOP OF THE DAY Rex Ryan was ticked off at his offense’s...
Sutton’s 11th season makes him longest tenured coach in Jets history
CORTLAND — There haven’t been a lot of things to count on as a Jets fan over the years, with an often volatile team that’s cornered the market on thrills,...
Access Albany
FEAT OF THE DAY Rookie punter Matt Dodge enjoyed kicking with the breeze, averaging 60.3 yards on nine punts, including a screaming 85-yard cannon shot. His hang time, though, was...
New-look DBs revitalizing Giants
ALBANY — The vision of a general manager in the spring and summer is not always the sight he sees in the fall and winter. Jerry Reese a year ago...
Trainer’s miracle horse — his wife
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Part “Rocky,” part “Ghost.” That’s how a screenwriter described the story of hardscrabble horseman Tim Snyder and Lisa’s Booby Trap — the fairytale filly Snyder named after...
'Kids’ back on block
Whether deconstructing gay stereotypes or just showing a chicken lady trying to score a cute guy, the Kids in the Hall never shied away from satirizing sexuality on their classic...
Mets have no workable way to build championship team
Let's assume the Mets begin getting stuff right. They figure out the right person to succeed Jerry Manuel. They properly fortify their front office with better decision making around Omar...
Golf announcers speak language all their own
It's a language called “Golflish,” and no executive producer is powerful enough or inclined to mute it, let alone stamp it out before it lives another day. Golflish is spoken...
Watney’s sparkling 66 leaves him
KOHLER, Wis. — Tiger Woods probably won’t be a factor and neither will Phil Mickelson, but that doesn’t mean a star won’t emerge during today’s final of the 92nd PGA...
Abominable snowman ruins round
Rob Labritz of GlenArbor in Bedford is the only club professional to make the cut at this year’s PGA Championship. He is chronicling his experience at Whistling Straits for The...
Power plays
Had things worked out differently, Public Enemy’s militant masterpiece “Fear of a Black Planet” would have been a lot sunnier. The group’s third album, the 20th anniversary of which PE...
Slouching Tiger must burn to earn Cup spot
KOHLER, Wis. — Today we will find out just how badly Tiger Woods wants to be on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, or whether the only thing he really cares...
The Rumble
A proud new 'Knick' Somehow, life will go on at the Garden without Isiah Thomas. On the same night Amar’e Stoudemire makes his Knicks debut, Criscia Richardson will be making...
Surfin’ Gershwin
Before he was one of the 20th century’s most revered pop legends — or even a Beach Boy writing hit songs about surfing, California girls and hot rods — Brian...
8 dead, 12 hurt at off-road race in Calif. desert
LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. — An off-road truck sailed off a jump and hurtled into a crowd at a race in the California desert, pinning bodies beneath it and sending others...
Serby’s Sunday Q&A with ... Kenny Phillips
The Post’s Steve Serby sat down with the Giants’ 23-year-old strong safety who missed most of last season with a knee injury. Q: Are you ready to be Superman again?...
Katy-clysmic!
Before she was the wig-wearing, girl-kissing, Russell Brand-loving Katy Perry, the one who descends from ceilings on giant bananas, straddles fake cherry Chapsticks, and dives into massive birthday cakes —...
Joe D, LT among stars who went Revis route
Darrelle Revis is only the latest athlete to play this game, a game as old as . . . well, games, or at least games in which the players are...
Super cool!
Tired of waiting in line behind screaming toddlers every time you crave an icy treat? Well, fare thee well tots. Citywide restaurants (and one new truck!) are embracing a more...
Short takes
Finally, a book for the ADHD in all of us — “Four Word Film Reviews.” Inspired by the success of the Web site fwfr.com, where anyone can submit his or...
Meet market: Nurse wants a woman who’s worthy of his care
* Lovin’ ‘Life’ Oren has a little crush on former “My So-Called Life” actress Claire Danes. * Top chef To relax, Oren loves to whip up a meal: “I really...
The complex, tragic life and death of Pat Tillman
In May of 2003, an enlisted infantry soldier named Pat Tillman wrote in Baghdad, “a bunch of EPWs [enemy prisoners of war] escaped from across the street today. Twenty escaped...
In my library: Susan Isaacs
“Who knew?” So begins Susan Isaacs’ latest, “As Husbands Go” (Scribner), in which Susie Gersten — beautiful, rich and shallow — learns her husband is dead. Even worse: His body...
Required reading
Blind Man’s Alley by Justin Peacock (Doubleday) When three construction workers die on a condo in SoHo, the building’s developer, Simon Roth, faces a fallout — including mounting legal problems,...
Top 5 ways to flirt at a flea market
According to love hunters at the Brooklyn Flea “Say, ‘Let’s buy something together . . . for our future apartment.’ ” — Darrell “Pick out an old chair and ask...
Naomi’s tale
Naomi Campbell not being charged with perjury reduces the legitimacy of all future testimonies at The Hague (“The Tragic Life of Naomi Campbell,” PostScript, Aug. 8). The pictures of the...
Ask Ashley: porn vs. the girlfriend?!
I met a 40-year-old guy at a happy hour four months ago and we’ve been in touch, mostly via flirty text messages, ever since. (He looks more like he’s 32,...
This week’s couple: like at first site
Molly, a 29-year-old p.r. rep, and Scott, a 31-year-old professor, are also avid bloggers. Over Mediterranean food at Veranda in the West Village, the two Internet enthusiasts chatted about their...
Road to ruin?
The path we are on as a nation is increasingly alarming, as Peggy Noonan notes in “Coming Apart at the Seams” (PostScript, Aug. 8). Our elected representatives seem to have...
Unevolved
Mayrav Saar’s article, “Apes — They’re Just Like Us!” (PostScript, Aug. 8) is ridiculous. Iyad Zalmout reveals his faith in the evolutionary fairy tale by asking, “How long does it...
Pensions are fair
There is a concerted effort to demonize public workers and the pension benefits they receive (“Finally Cracking Down,” Editorial, Aug. 7). New York City’s fire officers have enjoyed a 20-year,...
Who’s probing Pyongyang?
Here’s unusual news: An international body is looking into possible human-rights abuses by North Korea. What, the UN Human Rights Commission is at long last moving past its anti-Israel obsession...
Medicaid nightmare
State officials last week cheered Congress’ new $26 billion stimulus package — especially since it includes $1.4 billion for New York’s Medicaid costs. But if charges in a potentially blockbuster...
Citizens by 'birthright'
Adopted in 1868, the 14th Amendment defined citizenship — making it clear that former slaves and their descendents were American citizens. But part of that amendment, that everyone “born in”...
Can you change your personality
The secret of personality? It’s elementary. A study out of the University of California Riverside showed that personality traits noticed by primary school teachers in the 1960s significantly predicted how...
Israel stands alone vs. Iran
JERUSALEM — When Israel declared independence in 1948, it had to use mostly small arms to repel attacks by six Arab armies. Today, however, Israel feels, and is, more menaced...
Connecticut is ready to rumble
Of this season’s crazy, contentious, wide-open Senate races — in Ohio, Florida, California, Arizona, Nevada — none is as wild as what’s going on in Connecticut. In one corner: Democrat...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS TERRY LUNDGREN Macy’s boss guides retailer to beat Wall Street’s 2Q sales estimates. LEN RIGGIO Delaware judge backs Barnes & Noble CEO, who’s battling Ron Burkle for control. DAN...
Bragging rights: Sanders, Jack lead Queens past Manhattan
When it comes to New York City basketball, Queens is often the forgotten borough. Brooklyn has all the star power while Manhattan – notably Harlem – is known for producing...
Braziller's news & notes from the World Basketball Festival at Rucker Park
I’ve never pretended to be overly intelligent, but my decision to make my return from vacation at Rucker Park for Nike’s World Basketball Festival on Saturday wasn’t one of my...
Holocaust film ratings flap
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch is ticked off, but it has nothing to do with music. He's upset because "A Film Unfinished," a Holocaust documentary which is being distributed by his...
The vain game
Chess book writing has become a form of van ity publishing. Authors fill their latest tome with games played by their favorite player: themselves. For example, of the 64 annotated...
Starr report
D'oh! Last Thursday's episode of "Jersey Shore" broke its own record, snaring 5.5 million viewers. It also delivered series highs in persons 12-34 and now has the year's top three...
Jen’s life script
In Friday’s “The Switch,” Jennifer Aniston plays a character that must have been a stretch: The 41-year-old single actress, desperate to have a child, plays a 40-year-old single woman desperate...
'Doctored' books
St. Vincent's Hospital was looted by execs and consultants in the two years before it closed, then grossly exaggerated its debt, according to blockbuster papers set to be filed tomorrow...
Andy's already pulling strings
The election isn't until November, and the inauguration is in January 2011 -- but for months, front-running gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo has been flexing muscle as if he's already the...
Hormonal new dads
New dads are full of raging hormones, according to researchers at Israel's Bar-Ilan University. Close contact with their newborns triggers a surge of "parenting hormones" that alters the brain to...
Cops' new tactic: Facebook 'em!
Police in a small New Jersey town have set up a Facebook page that reaches out to "friends" to help them nab bad guys. Instead of family photos, the seven...
Unshakeable Bam's latest shaky stand
Thanks for nothing, Mr. President. Now we know how Arizona feels. First Obama stood with the president of Mexico as he bashed Americans as bigots for exercising their right of...
'Bared' beauties take a shellacking
Here are the sexy photos that have caused a world of controversy for the Miss Universe pageant. The beauty contest has been rapped for having its contestants strip down --...
Here's the cure for the economic blahs
Dear John: Why am I so pessimistic about our economy ever recovering? I know FDR had World War II to get him going and then there was Silicon Valley to...
Smitten Guidettes mob 'Jersey Shore' house
Caitlin Fortunato, 18, is spending her summer vacation chasing a dream -- to become Mrs. Vinny Guadagnino. She's arrived on a mission to get hitched to Vinny, one of the...
Go east, for land
Someone forgot to tell Montauk about the real estate crash. Young hotshot developers are circling the East End community more than the striped bass this season. Boldfaced names are snapping...
Subway push guy: What? I did that?
The crazed creep who nearly killed a woman by pushing her into a speeding R train claims he was so drunk at the time he didn't remember anything that happened....
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island A gun-toting thief nicknamed Crazy Eddie was busted for robbing a dollar store in Rosebank -- after his own wife called the cops. "Don't f- - -king say...
Heart doc, 94, collecting and working
We should all be as disabled as this 94-year-old retired city employee -- he's enjoyed a cushy tax-free pension for more than two decades and has still worked for the...
Holy hell over LI shutdown
Inspectors shuttered a Long Island mosque just days before the beginning of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim year, citing construction violations -- but some worshippers question the timing...
JetBlue nut does about-'face'
Wing-nut flight attendant Steven Slater suddenly refuses to say what caused the bloody gash on his forehead that he originally blamed on a luggage-greedy passenger. "I can't say anything about...
Half-hour of bloody hell
It was a blood-soaked half-hour of hell in The Bronx yesterday. About 20 minutes after Tashawn Bromfield, 16, was gunned down at 12:40 a.m., a man was shot in the...
Bx. gang kills teen
A Connecticut teenager visiting his dad in The Bronx to go shopping for school was gunned down yesterday in a random drive-by shooting being eyed as a gruesome gang initiation,...
Back-to-school sales equal nails on chalkboard
How much have you been spending per day this August on items like flip-flops, sunscreen, Kindle books and back-to-school clothing for the kids? No, this question is not inspired by...
Facebook app for job hunters
LinkedIn may be viewed as the premier professional-networking service, but ask any recent college graduate if they use it and you're liable to get a blank stare. Meanwhile, these same...
Risk appetite
This is what an economic recovery looks like. Vik Manchanda wants to take a chance on an unconventional 1,400-square-foot restaurant, and is able to get the needed money. Others see...
Axed fireman's chutzpah
A disgraced former firefighter has a burning desire to rejoin the FDNY after losing his job for calling in bogus 911 calls to make his Bronx firehouse appear busier than...
Here's a good bonus
Step right up and get your Wall Street bonus. Financial services firm Maxim Group has money to give away and is scouting for applicants -- not for jobs, but for...
What drives New Yorkers up a wall
Hey, get outta the way! Subway door hogs and foot-dragging tourists are New Yorker's top annoyances, a Post survey has found. "It's a hospitality issue," Rashaun Simon, 23, a Williams-Sonoma...
Taliban's chilling hunt & slaughter
"What's going on?" Upstate optometrist Tom Little, 62, reportedly shouted his final words as Taliban fighters, faces covered by scarves and bodies wrapped in blankets, rushed at him and nine...
Teachers' 'party pay'
A Brooklyn high-school principal -- on the rocks for allowing booze at a boat-cruise prom where a tipsy staffer was caught kissing a student -- put in overtime pay for...
Obama mosque retreat
President Obama carefully backpedaled on his support for building a mosque near Ground Zero, saying yesterday that he was merely defending the legal right to religious freedom -- but not...
Death do they part
A crazed gunman turned an anniversary celebration for a pair of childhood sweethearts in Buffalo into a bloodbath yesterday, killing the husband and three others as he coldly sprayed celebrants...
Star Wars nerds hail return of lost 'Jedi' clip
Lap it up nerds. "Star Wars" diehards had the thrill of a lifetime when they were treated to a never-before-seen clip from "Return of the Jedi," the third of the...
K-Rod: 'Sorry' (not you, pop!)
Francisco Rodriguez is out at home -- and off to anger management. Hours after the fireballing Met hurler's possessions were removed from the Long Island house he shared with girlfriend...
Retail earnings fill the calendar this week
In corporate earnings news this week, retailers including Limited Brands, Gap and Chicos may give investors a peek into the worrisome back-to-school season and how markdowns will affect margins and...
Union: Film firm a reel deadbeat
A bicoastal film and TV production company that works with "The Real Housewives of New York City" and "Inside the Actor's Studio" stiffed at least 10 freelance producers, graphic designers...
Charity head has kid-porn past
A Washington Heights charity that aims to protect children from the dangers of lead poisoning is run by a man with a past conviction for attempting to obtain child pornography,...
Stylish but not pricey
When Laura Alber was named CEO of Williams-Sonoma in January, she got some advice from the company's 94-year-old founder, Chuck Williams: "Don't change it. Make it better." If only it...
Subway's sweatiest
Summer straphangers are sweating it out on the 1 and C lines. Commuters who ride those lines are encounter ing more sweltering train cars than other strap hangers because the...
Perv rabbi gets special jail meals
It's unholy. A rabbi convicted of sexually abusing a teenage boy has his kosher meals picked up from a Queens store by an on-duty jail captain. Baruch Lebovits, a once-respected...
Invest ace is 'broke'
He made a killing managing $10 billion in other people's money, but couldn't handle his own family's finances. Blueblood investment-firm founder William Stewart Jr. squandered a $400 million fortune by...
Charity 'pall'
The city has cut off funding to Alianza Dominicana -- a powerful Washington Heights charity supported by beleaguered Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel -- at the same time the Department of...
Traders fueling profits
The only green being made in the "green energy" biodiesel market appears to be by traders who never touch the fuel. Biodiesel is a fuel mixture of soy and diesel,...
Boot on tow kingpin
He's been impounded. A motormouth disbarred lawyer who ran a virtual monopoly filing license renewals for tow-truck companies allegedly threatened the city Consumer Affairs commissioner in a dispute over a...
'Inside' lobby work
Why lobby others when you can lobby yourself? Two part-time city commissioners who work fulltime as lobbyists are paid tens of thousands of dollars by clients who stand to gain...
'Best player' leads U.S. squad vs. France
There were just a few minutes left in Wednesday's practice at John Jay College when Kevin Durant got raked across the face. Mike Krzyzewski, now four-time NCAA tournament champ and...
Head-less icemen 'led' to slaughter
Maybe morale was as low when Alan Eagleson was representing the players in a felonious manner. Maybe it was this bad when the players regretfully recognized that Bob Goodenow had...
A-Rod's 3 homers carry Yankees in K.C.
KANSAS CITY -- Was it turning back the clock or the start of a muscular finish? Did Alex Rodriguez offer the ultimate long-ball tease last night when he slugged three...
Eva Longoria: Tony Parker longs for New York
Tony Parker's wife, actress Eva Longoria, was overheard last night saying the San Antonio point guard wants to come to the Big Apple. The couple was at sold-out Red Bull...
Grand win for Rays
Kelly Shoppach hit his second career grand slam and a solo homer Saturday, leading the Rays to a 7-3 victory over the Orioles yesterday in St. Petersburg. Trailing 3-0 in...
No class in K-Rod
* When Frankie Rodriguez was arrested on Wednesday for assaulting his girlfriend's father, I shook my head and murmured "no surprise." His stylized antics after a victory speak volumes about...
Time for Jets to hit the other guys
CORTLAND -- It's unanimous: The Jets want a piece of the Giants in tomorrow night's preseason opener at the teams' new stadium. It's not because they dislike the Giants, but...
Giants backups battle amid rhetoric
ALBANY -- There is only one comment in the silly verbal spat going on between the Giants and Jets that makes any real sense heading into tomorrow night's preseason opener....
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing 8 a.m. MotoGP: Czech Grand Prix SPEED 1 p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup: Carfax 400 ESPN Baseball 1:30 p.m. Dodgers at Braves TBS 2 p.m. Yankees at Royals YES,...
Telling rules again in Sword Dancer
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- There's no telling when he will win again, if ever. But as long as they card the Grade 1, $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational every summer at the...
Lefty loses mojo in 3rd-round flop
KOHLER, Wis. -- Phil Mickelson said he felt he was back in contention for the PGA Championship after shooting a 3-under 69 in the second round. But instead of closing...
Sports shorts
BASEBALL: Ellsbury back on DL The Red Sox placed center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury on the 15-day disabled list for the third time this season. Ellsbury was diagnosed with bruising on...
Marquez, Red Bulls lost in Galaxy
The Red Bulls saw last night's game against MLS-leading Los Angeles as a way to mark their progress, to see if they were ready to compete on a championship level....
Mets in 'sorry' state of affairs
Being a Mets fan is always having to say you are sorry. Sorry for your team. Sorry for having to put up with all the amateurs running the show. Sorry...
Liberty make it eight straight wins
It was a record-breaking night for the Liberty. They pounded the Phoenix Mercury for their eight straight victory, clinched a playoff spot and scored a franchise high for points in...
Hondo tries the Tribe
Hondo received no support from the A's and Rang ers last night, who failed to carry out their tasks, and, as a result, elevated the NRN (nasty red num ber)...
The Post line
NFLTodayFavoriteCurrent (O/U)Underdog49ers 3½(33½)COLTSBENGALS 3½ (32½)BroncosMondayJETS 1½ (33)GiantsCFLTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogCALGARY 8½ (52½)EdmontonHome team in CAPS
K-Rod says sorry, but Mets fans boo him anyway
Francisco Rodriguez didn't have to throw a pitch before he was booed by Mets fans last night. The combustible closer returned to the scene of his alleged crime yesterday for...
Pelfrey Phil-ing very confident
Mike Pelfrey's confidence is high that he can keep his pitches low. After six weeks of putrid performances, the Mets righty had what he hopes was a breakthrough game, when...
Halladay, Phillies blank Mets
In honor of Francisco Rodriguez's return, the Mets punched Pat Misch in the face every chance they got last night. David Wright, in particular, belonged in a Citi Field hold...
Amazin'ly disingenuous reaction
In less than 24 hours, the Mets transitioned from the euphoria of their knuckleballer to the apologies of their knucklehead. Francisco Rodriguez shared one element in common with R.A. Dickey's...
Yankees' Hughes feels he can be even better
KANSAS CITY -- He is one win off the AL lead and with Andy Pettitte on the disabled list for who knows how much longer, Phil Hughes is the Yankees'...
It's easy to hunt for a license
It's that time of year when hunters must start thinking about the coming season, and the first step begins tomorrow when licenses become available. New York's hunting licenses and permits...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 15MONAug. 16TUEAug. 17WEDAug. 18THUAug. 19FRIAug. 20SATAug. 21YankeesKansas City2:10TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMDet.7:05YESWCBSDet.7:05WWORWCBSDet.7:05YESWCBSDet.1:05YESWCBSSea.7:05YESWCBSSea.1:05YESWCBSMetsPhiladelphia8:05TV -- ESPNRadio--WFAN 660 AMHou.8:05SNYWFANHou.8:05SNYWFANHou.8:05SNYWFANHou.8:05SNYWFANPitt.7:05SNYWFANPitt.1:35WPIXWFANLibertyPhoenix7:30TV -- MSG NetworkNOGAMEInd.7:30No TVNOGAMETul.7:30No TVWash.7:00No TVNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMETor.1:00MSGWQBUStaten Island YankeesTri-City5:00No TVNOGAMEAllStarGameBklyn.7:00No TVBklyn.7:00No TVConn.7:05No...
Weird but true
Next time someone whispers "Here come da judge" in court, make sure not to laugh. A Fayetteville, NC, courtroom visitor learned that the hard way when he started chortling and...
Well-traveled Ortiz 'not sure' if he's coming back to Lincoln
Chris Ortiz has been so many different places this summer, yet he still doesn’t know where he’ll end up for school next month. The 6-foot-7 forward says he is “not...
Good PR: Rice's Andujar impressed on international stage this summer
After a 67-58 win for his Puerto Rican U18 team over the EBC high-school all-stars, coach Wichi Ruiz was excited. What impressed him the most second to the experience of...
Red Bulls lose 1-0 to Galaxy
The Red Bulls saw tonight's game against MLS-leading Los Angeles as a way to mark their progress, to see if they were ready to compete on a championship level. And...
Cyclones finally bust out for a big win
Cyclones 4Crosscutters 2Saturday, Aug. 14 at WilliamsportStarter Yohan Almonte (7-3, 1.73 ERA) was amazing, yielding just two hits in seven shutout innings, before closer Ryan Fraser got his ninth save,...