October 24, 2010
Knicks waive Ewing Jr.
Patrick Ewing Jr. has been waived by the Knicks - the second time in three years he did not make the team out of training camp. Ewing was outplayed by...
Favre admits to voicemails, but no pics: report
Brett Favre reportedly admitted leaving voicemails for the former New York Jets game hostess to whom a website says he also sent lewd photos. Fox television's Jay Glazer reported today...
Brits: Investigate Iraq 'abuses'
LONDON — Allegations of prisoner abuse and civilian killings in Iraq from a cache of leaked U.S. secret military documents are extremely serious and must be investigated, a top British...
GOP says 'wave' coming; Dems sure they'll keep Congress
The Republican Party chief today forecast a wave of anti-Democratic voting on Election Day while his Democratic counterpart said a strong get-out-the-vote effort would hold back losses and help keep...
Pakistan: We'll deal with Taliban on our schedule
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's foreign minister said today that his country will deal with a key Taliban sanctuary along the Afghan border on its own timeline despite increasing U.S. pressure to...
NFL Blitz's Week 7 power rankings
Last week’s ranking is in parenthesis: 1. JETS (2) Despite a brutal opening schedule, they’re just two points away from being 6-0. 2. STEELERS (3) Will the NFL’s crackdown on...
Paladino's hometown paper endorses Cuomo
Republican Carl Paladino's hometown Buffalo News today endorsed his rival in the New York governor's race, declaring "there is no choice" but Andrew Cuomo. The endorsement continues a sweep so...
Somali pirates back at it: German ship, 2nd in two days, seized
Somali pirates seized a German freight ship off the coast of Kenya today — the second commercial vessel to be captured in the region in as many days, officials said....
Rooney relaxes as boss of rival club Chelsea backs call for salary cap
As Manchester United star Wayne Rooney celebrated his 25th birthday in Dubai on Sunday, the owner of rival and English Premier League leader Chelsea backed calls for a salary cap to be...
Former FIFA boss caught on tape naming officials who could be bribed for World Cup votes
Video was published in the U.K. on Sunday of former FIFA boss Michel Zen-Ruffinen naming the officials he thought could be bribed for their 2018 World Cup votes. The video...
Restaurant loan $tinks
Something is fishy with this loan. A senior loan officer at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, a taxpayer-funded nonprofit tied to US Rep. Charles Rangel, processed a loan for a...
Silent return for Yankees
Nick Swisher and teammates weren't talking when they climbed on the bus to the Dallas airport yesterday morning. And Brian Cashman, Joe Girardi and the rest of the Yankees who...
Foes call Flushing tactics 'dirty,' but Red Devils say they just play hard
First came a brawl. A forfeit followed. Now a suspended game, when an opposing coach pulled his team off the field late in the fourth quarter. Flushing can’t steer clear...
NFL Blitz's Week 7 picks
While what seemed like dozens of players were taking shots to the head last week, NFL Blitz took it on the chin with a dismal showing. And with so many...
Girls soccer roundup: Flushing win, Dozo tie settles Queens A-IV
Flushing has adopted a new motto and strategy: "Get the game to overtime and the ball to Melissa.” It hasn’t failed yet as junior striker Melissa Lijo scored her third...
Lady Patriot Invitational notebook: Luck not on Lewis' side lately
Francis Lewis is not used to dealing with adversity. For three years, the Patriots ruled over the PSAL with an iron fist, winning an unprecedented trio of city titles. They...
Scardapane's four TDs power Xavier past St. Peter's
Brent Scardapane’s turn came in a hotel room in Buffalo. His brother, Craig, was a star back in Xavier's single-wing offense back in 2006, followed by Shamus Kelly and last...
Yankees proved to be fatally flawed
On the surface, the Yankees loss to the Rangers in the ALCS seems shocking. But that’s based mostly on pedigree — the Yankees’ championship one and the Rangers’ lack of...
A-Rod: Wait ’til next year
For the first time in the last three offseasons, Alex Rodriguez said, he won’t have to spend the bulk of his winter rehabbing his hip. “I think for the last...
Phillies manager: Yankees lost patience at plate
PHILADELPHIA — Long before manager Charlie Manuel was taking the Phillies deep into the postseason year after year, he was considered one of the best hitting coaches in the majors....
Smith is Jets’ Mr. Everything
Tony Richardson, playing with the Kansas City Chiefs at the time, remembers racing home to his television after practice on Saturdays specifically to watch Brad Smith play his college games...
Busy times ahead for Yankees
When you look at what’s ahead for the Yankees, remember two things: owner Hal Steinbrenner doesn’t view his team through the emotional glasses his dad did. And he doesn’t spend...
RBNY to open playoffs vs. San Jose
The Eastern Conference champion Red Bulls will open this year's playoffs with a home-and-home, first-round matchup against San Jose. They'll fly to California and play their first leg in San...
No question, much to be learned about upcoming Jeter negotiations
The greatest night in Texas Rangers history was happening elsewhere in the building, out on the field and down the hall in a champagne-soaked celebration. Meanwhile, in the visiting clubhouse...
Many players failed Yankees in defeat
It hurt. It stunk. It will take a while to get over. Those emotions quietly filled a morose Yankees’ clubhouse late Friday night after the Rangers kicked them out of...
Girardi sent bad message to Yankees in lackluster August loss
There always are a thousand reasons, large and small, that a team loses a playoff series. Some of them are obvious: You throw a wheelhouse fastball to Bengie Molina, he...
CHSFL/Independent roundup: Mitchell drives Ford to first league win
Devon Mitchell couldn’t have drawn it up any better. The Bishop Ford junior watched teammate Anthony Esposito sack and knock a ball loose from the quarterback. The opportunistic Mitchell charged...
Don’t mess up perfect NFL schedule
There are few things in sports that are perfect. Josh Hamilton’s swing, perhaps. Andy Pettitte’s pitching mechanics. Kobe Bryant’s shooting form. Stuff like that. Mostly, of course, sports is about...
Peter Vecsey's 2010-11 NBA Eastern Conference preview
Before writing word one of the NBA's 2010-11 preview, I'm teeing up No. 68, David Stern, for conduct unbecoming a sports commissioner! What nerve to steal valuable space set aside...
Still neck & neck
Two of the world's best players, born months apart, have been in a race up the international rating list since they were wearing short pants. Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who...
Bridge
The Rule of 11 obtains when a lead is known to be fourth-highest. Subtract the card from 11. The remainder is the number of higher cards the other three players...
Carrie on
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is ready for Halloween with a five-day, 13-movie showcase it calls "an onslaught of spine-tingling flicks," both old and new. The spookathon opens Wednesday...
Who’s who in rock royalty?
Soul crooner Solomon Burke died this month at 70. A Grammy winner and favorite of everyone from the Rolling Stones to Pope John Paul II, Burke earned his nickname as...
Pee-Wee's new adventure
The word of the day, boys and girls, is. . . comeback! Notify your inner 10-year-old-on-too-much-sugar: Pee-wee Herman is in the Playhouse. For audiences of a certain age — or...
Wintour: Penthouse vet
If there’s one magazine powerhouse not mourning the demise of Penthouse founder Bob Guccione last week, it’s probably Vogue’s Anna Wintour. For a couple of years in the mid-’70s, the...
Its name was Mudd
Save for name checks in songs by the Ramones, Talking Heads and Nina Hagen, the Mudd Club may well be the best New York venue you’ve never heard about. While...
Making a stand
The critics pan him; the jazz world ostracizes him — but the boldfaced names love him. Eric Lewis, 37, a child prodigy pianist who won prestigious competitions and toured the...
Franken Family
Halloween is the perfect holiday for a show like “Modern Family.” With its large cast of colorful characters, the series offers endless opportunities for the writers to build entire episodes...
Don't miss
Couch potatoes As Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne) struggles with his divorce, he faces new physical challenges, mainly hand tremors that he fears might be the onset of Parkinson’s Disease....
Lessons unlearned from a gay suicide
Okay, so now what? Four weeks ago, the body of Tyler Clementi, 18-year-old Rutgers freshman, was pulled from the Hudson. Clementi killed himself after two other 18-year-old freshmen planted a...
Reel good
THE WOLF MAN (1941) Sunday, 6:15 a.m., AMC You don’t need a silver bullet to kill off this year’s terrible “Wolf Man” starring the increasingly annoying Anthony Hopkins and Benicio...
Six feet under
If you’re feeling that the fall season is a bust, you’re not alone. Just when the networks were crowing about the return of quality scripted TV, they delivered one of...
Found 'treasure'
Hollywood memorabilia collector Joe Maddalena has been in the antiques busincss for more than two decades and brings his expertise to the new Syfy show “Hollywood Treasure.” He travels the...
Miserable mutt or happy hound?
Dogs, like humans, are either pessimists or optimists, according to new research. The former are more likely to suffer “separation anxiety” when their owners leave them at home, scratching worriedly...
Sherry bomb!
Mention sherry to almost anyone and they’ll tell you a story about their granny, who used to sip it while listening to the nightly radio address. But that’s about to...
Prof proses a problem for Jane Austen fans
LONDON -- She's renowned for her precise, exquisite prose, but new research shows Jane Austen was a poor speller and erratic grammarian who got a big helping hand from her...
Widow's horror
Breast cancer had already betrayed her body, and a fatal heart attack had stolen her husband, when a grieving Long Island marriage counselor got the shock of her life. Three...
'Net babe sues over 'hot' pics
A Long Island teen beauty says an app-maker turned her into an Internet tart. Aspiring model Rebecca Battino's career got off to a strange start when sexy self-portraits she took...
City rents site that it gave Vito Lopez pals
It's the grandaddy of all sweetheart deals. First the city gave away land to a senior-citizens group linked to Assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez. Now the city pays...
Music's over for Sony Walkman
The iconic Walkman has come to the end of its run. Sony has pulled the plug on the original portable cassette-tape player, Japanese media report. The company made its last...
Aggrieved gavel-rousers eye judges union
Judges, unite! A controversial idea for a judges union is gaining traction. In a letter sent Friday to colleagues statewide, an Albany judge urged fellow jurists -- whose black robes...
Katy Perry and Russell Brand tie the knot in India
She kissed her guy. Katy Perry and Russell Brand tied the knot yesterday in a closely guarded traditional Indian ceremony, complete with an animal procession. The happy couple wed before...
'Movie' pups on parade
This chihuahua walked like an Egyptian. Owner Karen Biehl and Eli strutted their stuff -- she as Cleopatra and he as Pharaoh -- at yesterday's 20th annual Tompkins Square Park...
Queens pol was sign swine: tenant
There's no shortage of politicians eager to climb the career ladder. But a onetime tenant says ex-City Councilman Allan Jennings took things too far when he held a ladder while...
What the hell happened to Randy Quaid?
It's been a harrowing, downward spiral -- and now actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, have hit rock bottom. The kooky couple was arrested Wednesday in Vancouver for immigration...
I'm gonna get you, 'suckers'
If that pale charmer sitting next to you at the bar asks, "What's your type?" -- he might be talking about blood. New York vampire hunter Joel Martin is A-positive...
Brits bash WikiLeak offensive
Britain's Ministry of Defense yesterday condemned the release of secret US military documents on the war in Iraq by WikiLeaks, saying it put the lives of troops in danger. "We...
Team spirit builds better students
Shawn O'Connor, football coach at Lincoln HS in Brooklyn, says there's room for sports in school. To be on a sports team, you have to pass all your classes. And...
LIRR riders off the rails
About 45 percent of Long Island Rail Road commuters avoided travel yesterday, taking heed of the MTA's warning of sharply curtailed weekend service. At Penn Station, it was short lines...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A man hell-bent on returning an item attacked the manager of a Flatbush clothing store and swiped dough from the register after being told he needed a receipt, sources...
Brother, where art thou? Dennis MIA
As Randy Quaid's life implodes, his movie-star brother, Dennis, maintains his distance. The once-tight-knit siblings have fallen out over Randy's tightly wound wife, Evi, said a private investigator who once...
Grades and graduation come first
Chiara Coletti, of the Council of School Super visors and Administrators, says sports must take a back seat to academics. When budgets are slashed as many times as they've been...
MBS marts need to move Fannie, Freddie
As if the mortgage fiasco couldn't get any worse, on Thursday the Federal Housing Finance Agency said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need as much as $363 billion...
Tim's secret war
You probably haven't seen much of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner of late, not on television, not at this week's G20 economic summit, not at President Obama's side, not even playing...
App drives message home
You know the laws and you've heard the stats about car accidents caused by texting, e-mailing or calling people while driving, But if you're like most businesspeople tethered to your...
Foreclosure gamblers
Dear John: A reader recently wrote to your column telling about how banks were securitizing the amount of money still owed on the houses on which they foreclose. It would...
'Cheap' genius
In the '70s, a company called Prenatal University peddled a curriculum for kids in utero, complete with a Baby Superior diploma upon birth. In the '80s, the Pregaphone let parents...
Twin boys for Celine Dion
Celine Dion gave birth to twin boys yesterday, just days after being hospitalized as a precaution. A statement released from St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., said...
Probers eyeing Pace grid-slay video
Investigators looking into the fatal police shooting of a Pace University football player are reviewing surveillance video from a nearby bank, sparking hope it might shed light on what caused...
M101 tops bus crash courses
Next stop: the emergency room. The M101 bus was the most dangerous in the city last year, crashing 268 times on its 12-mile route between Washington Heights and the East...
Some pal! SI guy in dog-abuse bust
A Staten Island man who told a friend he would watch her two dogs while she cared for her dying mother was arrested yesterday after the pooches were found badly...
'Trolling for favors
The city Comptroller's Office is playing fast and Liu-se with ethics. The political consultants who helped run Comptroller John Liu's campaign are now lobbying his office on behalf of money...
Nailing nonprofit cheats
The special task force that goes after crooked nonprofit organizations with city contracts has racked up 33 convictions and 37 arrests in three years. Shady nonprofits snagged by the city...
Strange 7 in council race
And you thought the governor's race was crazy! Meet the crew running for City Council from Queens: a deadbeat dad who allegedly threw a punch at a rival; a lawyer...
Diver has blast with historic discovery
Here's a bombshell of a discovery. Brooklyn commercial divers believe they've uncovered what the Navy missed more than 50 years ago during a frantic search that made national headlines: roughly...
Slay thug eats lead and dies
A violent thug once busted for beating a hardworking immigrant to death became a murder victim himself early yesterday when he was gunned down in a crowded Manhattan diner. Frightened...
A house of loan horrors
Last month, banks foreclosed on more than 100,000 homes -- yet in more and more of these cases, the homeowners have decided to battle what they feel is an unfair,...
Jenn Sterger's lawyer says money can't buy her silence
Keep your money, Brett! Jenn Sterger's silence can't be bought. The curvy, 26-year-old ex-model is still deciding if she'll dish to the NFL about Brett Favre's alleged out-of-bounds texts, calls...
Flushing fire-slay 'suicide try' intrigue
A man was found with his throat slashed at the scene of a Queens fire yesterday in what investigators believe was a botched murder-suicide, police sources said. Firefighters pulled a...
Horn swap for MTA shrill ride
The MTA is replacing 300 kaput horns on new $1.3 million subway cars running on the lettered lines, NYC Transit said. Gunk from dirty tunnels was causing the horns to...
Cop foils salon heist
It was shear guts. A tough-as-nails off-duty NYPD cop yesterday foiled an armed heist while she was getting her hair done at a Brooklyn salon -- trading bullets with a...
Gunman kills bodega owner
A Laurelton bodega owner was shot to death last night in what sources said was a botched robbery. Juan Torres, 54, of East New York, was gunned down inside his...
Queens high school cuts sports to boost grades
This principal is a bad sport. Insisting her "edict" is to get kids graduated, Martin Van Buren HS Principal Marilyn Shevell has declared war on athletics, outraged students, parents and...
Holy hipsters flock to church
On Sunday evenings, a Hispanic Lutheran church on the gritty south side of Williamsburg transforms into a hipster religious revival with plenty of fashion but no irony. Worshippers with full-sleeve...
'Wasteful' spending
Until the 1980s, each New York City garbage truck had a crew of three men. In a landmark agreement, Mayor Ed Koch got the union to eliminate one man, with...
'Gift of life' ambulance for organs
The FDNY is almost ready to roll out a pioneering program to salvage the organs of people who die of cardiac arrest at home, in accidents, or otherwise outside hospitals....
I am a 'Robo' detector: Lawyer
Call him "robo" cop. David Shaev, a lawyer dealing with the foreclosure issue, says he sees a lot of what the industry calls "robo-signatures," documents signed by names of people...
Ballot question: Skip it
Voters on Nov. 2 will be asked to amend the New York City charter to limit the terms of office for elected municipal officials. Third time’s the charm, right? That...
Protect our border
We are at war with two countries halfway around the world, but the country on our border is the most irrational and corrupt (“Pirate Slay a Mex Standoff,” Oct. 17)....
Michael Caine: The Elephant to Hollywood
Michael Caine was walking down London’s Piccadilly one day when he bumped into old friend Charlie Watts, the drummer for the Rolling Stones. As they chatted, Caine’s cellphone rang, and...
Challenging Charlie
Harlem residents have an opportunity to send a message to Charlie Rangel on Election Day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi managed to bump his ethics trial back until after the election...
Frank: The voice
“The only two people I’ve ever been afraid of,” Frank Sinatra once said, “are my mother and Tommy Dorsey.” Biographer James Kaplan begs to differ. His mother, Dolly, did indeed...
Lew and the law
Brooklyn Councilman Lew Fidler parks illegally next to Brooklyn Borough Hall, but he doesn’t get a ticket and he doesn’t get towed (“Parking Perk Is a Lew-Lew,” Oct. 18). That...
In my library: Amy Sedaris
Decorative fly strips, rusty-nail wind chimes, tin-foil bracelets . . . mattresses for mice. Only Amy Sedaris could have written “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People” (Hachette), her third book...
When money died
The most devastating inflation the world has ever seen was in Weimar Germany. After the First World War, the value of the Reichsmark collapsed in a few short years from...
National public radicals
If liberals want to understand how conservatives feel about NPR, they should ask themselves this: How would I feel if I knew that every time I paid my taxes, a...
Moving picture
As I crossed the George Washington Bridge the other night, I saw the pink lights strung along the cables (“Bridge Tribute to Rutgers Bully Victim,” Oct. 17). I was nearly...
Drone rangers
I just finished reading that the ACLU is filing arguments against the United States for using drones in our attacks against terrorists in the Middle East (“In Defense of the...
Required reading
Going Home to Glory A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969 by David Eisenhower with Julie Nixon Eisenhower (Simon & Schuster) In his follow-up to the well-received “Eisenhower...
The right repeal
President Obama’s left-wing base has gone bonkers over the administration’s decision to appeal a federal court ruling deep-sixing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law on gays in the military. So,...
Finding solutions
I agree that money that is not there should not be spent (“Tisch Passes a Test,” Editorial, Oct. 16). How about some creativity in solving the problem? Students who are...
The Staten Island race that could predict the House
It’s a race so off-the-radar it has yet to be independently polled, but its outcome could determine the way the House goes in the midterms. And this competition, in New...
Why teacher scores should be released
Last week, the New York City Department of Education planned to release Teacher Data Reports, which include the names of more than 12,000 city teachers and what are known as...
Big, trouble
Americans are obsessed with living large. That doesn’t just mean eating super-sized meals — it means coming home to McMansions, driving Hummers, proposing with two-carat engagement rings, shopping at big...
O vs. W
Michael Goodwin points to President Obama’s abysmal record, noting that the change Obama has brought to America was not the one he voted for (“ ‘Change’ Not to Believe In,”...
Fehr man with a plan for NHL players union
BOSTON -- Here, essentially, is the message presumptive NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr has been presenting to the players during the autumn tour preceding union balloting: "Hire me to lead...
Can't buy 'em all
* A funny thing happened to the Yankees on their way to a much-anticipated showdown with Cliff Lee in Game 7 of the ALCS: They lost Game 6 to a...
Bradshaw-Jacobs bond runs deep with Giants
Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw thought no one could fill the huge void in his life after his older brother Ronell died of heart failure when Ahmad was just 10...
Amar'e lowers expectations after Knicks preseason
Amar'e Stoudemire said in July after his $100 million signing: "The Knicks are back." The way he has been talking this week, it sounds like he meant back to 35...
Johnson exhausting all options to see Nets gain
At the end of a grueling prac tice yesterday where the Nets had battled in a full-scale scrimmage followed by a layup drill where they ran baseline to baseline without...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing1:30 p.m.Firmula One: Korean Grand PrixSPEED1 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup Tums Fast Relief 500ESPNBaseball7:30 p.m.NLCS: Giants at Phillies, Game 7 (if nec.)FOX, ESPN (1050 AM)Football1 p.m.Steelers at DolphinsCBS, WFAN (660...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogSteelers 3 3 (41) DOLPHINSFALCONS 4 3½(43) BengalsCHIEFS 8½ 9½(37½)JaguarsTITANS 3 3 (42½)EaglesBEARS 3 3 (40) RedskinsSAINTS14 13 (43) BrownsRAVENS13½13 (40) Bills49ers 3 3 (35½)PANTHERSBUCCANEERS 1½ 3 (38)...
Giants' Bulluck fighting just to get in ring
Keith Bulluck knows the difference between taking up space and making a difference. He's an honest enough self-evaluator to know what he has and has not accomplished thus far with...
Tuck better; Nicks iffy for Giants
The Giants got mixed results yesterday from two players who sat out practice on Friday. Defensive end Justin Tuck (ankle) practiced fully and is listed as probable for tomorrow night's...
Announcers fail to realize each play changes everything to come
Nurse! It's 1-0, Texas, Friday night, top fifth, Alex Rodriguez on third, one out -- the biggest moment of the game to that point -- when TBS cut to its...
Sports shorts
OBIT: U.S. swimmer dies in open-water race Fran Crippen, a medal-winning open-water swimmer on the U.S. national team, told his coach he wasn't feeling well late in a race before...
Tavares trick wasted in Islanders loss
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Radek Dvorak saw a wide-open net and made the most of it. Dvorak's goal with 6:32 left in the third period lifted the Florida Panthers to a...
Gritty Rangers pull out road win over Bruins
BOSTON -- They're coming home as the Black and Blueshirts, winners of two straight on the road following last night's 3-2 victory over the formidable Bruins in another gritty effort...
Devils routed by Sabres; Kovalchuk sits
The rookie coach's bold moves have become bizarre, and just plain bad. Now the Devils have a coach-star controversy that could haunt them the entire season. John MacLean is knotting...
Uribe's home run in 8th puts Giants in World Series
PHILADELPHIA -- Fifty-nine years after Bobby Thomson's Giant heroics, Juan Uribe last night delivered the "Sh--!" heard 'round the Liberty Town. The Giants won the pennant. They are headed to...
Pennants without stars or pinstripes
PHILADELPHIA --There were no binders in the Giants' dugout for the manager to study, just a dugout filled with guts and glory. Bruce Bochy managed the Giants into the World...
Bat'll do it for anemic Phillies
PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Howard took it, and now will take it like Carlos Beltran has ever since. Last chance for the Phillies, last chance for their cleanup hitter to have...
Hondo regains form
Hondo bounced back from Friday night's disaster by going 3-for-4 yesterday hitting with Arkansas, Miami and Arizona and missing with Oklahoma. That trimmed the big red ugly number to 2,735...
One Giant honor for Ross
PHILADELPHIA -- The largest quantity of champagne in the Giants' clubhouse last night was reserved for Cody Ross' head. The veteran outfielder was named MVP of the NLCS, after batting...
Rangers' Prust questionable tonight vs. Devils
BOSTON -- The Rangers might have to make a roster move before tonight's match at the Garden against the Devils if Brandon Prust is unable to go after taking a...
So far, it's smooth skatin' for Rangers' Stepan
BOSTON -- Derek Stepan, the freshman pro who would have been a senior in college had he not come out of school a year early to join the Rangers, says,...
Sportsmen likely to go to polls in big numbers
Sportsmen might well be a deciding voice for who is running Washington as well as their own states as they go to the polls in mass this coming election. I...
Dallas due to get it all right, finally
MONDAY COWBOYS (-3) over Giants : Having already endured infinite quantities of authentic frontier gibberish/ailbis/obfuscations from Cowboy Fantasy Camp this season, it's being reported Wade Phillips is using officials during...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 24MONOct. 25TUEOct. 26WEDOct. 27THUOct. 28FRIOct. 29SATOct. 30KnicksNOGAMENOGAMENOGAME&Tor.7:00MSGWNYMNOGAMEBos.7:30MSGWNYMPort.7:30MSGWNYMNetsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAME&Det.7:00YESWFANNOGAMESacra.7:00YESWFANNOGAMERangersDevils7:00TV -- MSG NetworkûRadio -- ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENOGAMEAtl.7:00MSG+WBBRNOGAMECar.7:00MSG+WBBRTor.7:00MSG+WBBRIslandersNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEMont.7:30MSG+2WRHUNOGAMEMont.7:00MSG+2WRHUPhi.7:00MSG+2WRHUDevilsRangers7:00TV -- MSG Plus NetworkRadio -- WFAN 660 AMNOGAMENOGAMES.J.10:30MSG+WFANNOGAMEAna.10:00MSG+WFANL.A.10:30MSG+WFANRed BullsPlayoffsTBANOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME
Serby's Sunday Q&A with ... Mike D'Antoni
The Post's Steve Serby sat down with the Knicks coach to talk about the upcoming season, the team's new personnel, LeBron James' decision and more. Q: How close, or how...
The Rumble
What cheerleaders?Giants not distracted by Cow-girls Don’t worry about the New York Football Giants being distracted tomorrow night against the Cowboys. Asked how much of a distraction the world-renowned Dallas...
Starr report
Manhattan's own Obscura Antiques & Oddities and its owners, Mike Zohn and Evan Michelson, are the focus of a new series, "Oddities," premiering Nov. 4 at 9:30 p.m. on Discovery...
My New York: Pat Field
When reigning fashion queen Patricia Field takes time out of her overbooked styling schedule, don’t expect her to be shopping up a storm. This half-Greek, half-Armenian New Yorker likes to...
Weird but true
Here's a dance contest Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino might actually win. Not-so-hot hoofers are competing in the annual "Ugly Dance World Cup" in Hamburg, Germany, in which contestants vie to...
Ask Ashley: 'I hate her face wash!'
My girlfriend uses face wash that smells gross. She says it’s great for her skin and refuses to try something new, but it makes getting close to her very difficult....
Meet market: Snowman sks a lady to melt his heart
Jared, a 26-year-old senior case manager at an insurance company, loves to hit the mountains with his board, but would happily trade in fresh powder for the right girl. Native...
Top 5 flirtatious Facebook status updates
According to connected cuties leaving a screening of "The Social Network" “. . . is willing to change my relationship status for anyone who comes over right now.” — Corey...
This week’s couple: funny honeys
When we set up Jonathan, a 24-year-old stand-up comedian, with Jenn, a 24-year-old graphic designer, we knew there were would be plenty of laughs. While dining at West Village hot...
Missouri defeats Oklahoma
Jerrell Jackson spun free from a knot of tacklers on a 38-yard reception for the go-ahead score, sparking a 16-point fourth quarter that helped No. 18 Missouri stop the top...
Support for LeGrand proves Rutgers not alone
PITTSBURGH -- If Eric LeGrand and his family could do one thing other than will the former Rutgers defensive end to sit up in his hospital bed at Hackensack Medical...
Navy sails to victory over Notre Dame
Navy's narrow upset of Notre Dame last November shattered the psyche of the Fighting Irish, sending them spiraling to a season-ending four-game skid that cost Charlie Weis his job. Yesterday,...
Newton, Auburn run over LSU
AUBURN, Ala. -- Cam Newton and No. 5 Auburn are the last unbeaten team in the SEC. With Newton's standard mix of power and elusiveness, a huge play from Onterio...
Late TD lifts Fordham over Lafayette
Darryl Whiting rushed for 108 yards on 29 carries and scored on a 7-yard run with 47 seconds left yesterday to give Fordham a 14-10 win over Lafayette in The...
Simmons kick return sparks Stepinac in rout of Royals
Donnie Simmons and Terrel Hunt finally spoke Friday night. The Syracuse-bound stars from Archbishop Stepinac and Christ the King and been playing a bit of phone tag throughout the season....
This week's winners and losers
WINNERS JIM SKINNER McDonald’s chief sees 10 percent rise inquarterly earnings with revenue at $6.3 billion. RANDALL STEPHENSON AT&T boss reports record quarter on 5.2 million iPhone sales. TIM GEITHNER...
Top dogs: Terriers win Lady Patriot Invitational
St. Francis Prep has been known this season for its depth and abundance of hitters. But Saturday, the Terriers showed how gutsy they can be. Playing without sophomore starting middle...
Addition by subtraction: Clinton coach makes cuts, Governors respond
Howard Langley is optimistic by nature. The DeWitt Clinton football coach looks at the positives even when there are nothing but negatives. When the Governors were assessed a second forfeit...
Mount can't climb stout Fordham Prep 'D'
There’s a lot of trickery involved in Mount St. Michael’s offense, but the key, according to junior fullback Kenny Acquah, is rather simple. “Usually what sparks our offense are big...
Kinder, Fordham pass another test
Max Kinder had two tests on Saturday. The first went better than the second. “The ACTs were easier than today’s game unfortunately,” the Fordham Prep senior quarterback said. Kinder was...
A Night In 101
From the second their Red Bulls kicked off Thursday to the moment their heroes walked over to the supporters section to celebrate their worst-to-first season with them, the South Ward...
Man robs B'klyn salon, shot by off-duty cop
An off-duty NYPD cop getting her hair done in a Brooklyn beauty salon foiled a robbery this evening by striking the thug after he shot at her, police sources said....
PSAL football Bowl/Cup division roundup: Bayside snaps three-game losing streak
To Jason Levitt, his Bayside team hasn’t been itself since the very first week of the season. “I honestly think that we were very complacent, very satisfied after we beat...
PSAL football City Championship division roundup: Dukes dazzles in first start under center for Curtis
If Prince Dukes’ debut as a starter is any indication, the rest of the city ought to get used to seeing the dynamic freshman put up lofty numbers. Dukes tossed...
Hail to the Chiefs: Canarsie finally gets first win
So close, yet so far. That has been the story of Canarsie’s season thus far. The Chiefs have been within two points of beating both Curtis and Thomas Jefferson and...
