November 28, 2010
Columbia, Princeton get wins for Ivy League
WASHINGTON -- Dyami Starks and Brian Barbour scored 15 and 10 points in the second half, respectively, and Columbia defeated American University 64-62 on Sunday. The Lions (3-3) trailed 54-45...
Johnson-Finnegan brawl as Texans blank Titans
HOUSTON -- Andre Johnson finally had enough from Cortland Finnegan, sparking a fistfight for which both were ejected, and that could lead to further discipline from the NFL. The Texans...
Falcons beat Packers in final seconds of NFC showdown
ATLANTA -- Matt Bryant kicked it right between the uprights, then he did it all over again. The second one counted, giving the NFC-leading Atlanta Falcons a 20-17 win over...
Stoudemire, Knicks finish Pistons off in double overtime
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The leader led and the Knicks are back to .500. Continuing their dominance on the road, the shorthanded Knicks survived a double-overtime 125-116 thriller as Amar'e...
Giants rally in second half for win over Jaguars
The surprisingly-nimble David Garrard had just danced around and through about half of the feeble Giants defense on a 5-yard scramble into the end zone and as he trudged off...
Portland bomb-nut mosque burned
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Anger over a Somali-born teen's failed plan to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas tree lighting ceremony erupted in arson today when a...
Avery's Nets get the message
Suffice to say no one wore a watch at the morning shootaround called by Avery Johnson. It was a rare shootaround following a night game. Teams usually just meet a...
Obama back on the basketball court -- vs. his daughters
President Barack Obama returned to the basketball court today, two days after suffering a split lip that required 12 stitches in a bruising encounter during a rousing game of hoops....
Marquez ready for Round 3 with Pacquiao
Juan Manuel Marquez didn't waste any time after defending his lightweight title before setting his sights on Round 3 with Manny Pacquiao. Marquez stopped Michael Katsidis in the ninth round...
Federer beats Nadal in ATP Finals
LONDON -- Roger Federer gave Rafael Nadal little chance to mount a challenge in the 22nd meeting between two of the greatest players of all time, winning his fifth season-ending...
RBNY boss Beiersdorfer in German interview
In a fairly broad-reaching interview with German publication t-online, Red Bull sporting overlord Dietmar Beiersdorfer hit on a number of topics. Among other things, he confirmed an earlier Post report...
Barber afraid to die in fire perishes in Bx. blaze
In a tragic twist of irony, a beloved barber afraid to die in a fire was killed in the raging inferno that ravaged his Bronx apartment building over the weekend....
Jockey upgraded to stable condition following Aqueduct spill
Jockey Jason Gracia has been upgraded from critical to stable condition following a spill Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Gracia suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a hairline fracture of...
Former Yankees pitcher Vazquez signs with Marlins: report
Javier Vazquez is back where he belongs — in the National League. Vazquez, who went 10-10 with a 5.32 ERA with the Yankees last season, signed a one-year deal with...
Queens man clings to life after hit-run
A 31-year-old man heading to a Queens pizzeria with a pal was mowed down by a teenage hit-and-run driver and then struck again by a second vehicle, police said. Dominik...
Jets RB great Martin, Giants GM Young are Hall of Fame semifinalists
CANTON, Ohio -- Former Jets running back Curtis Martin and Giants executive George Young are among 26 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2011. Running backs...
WikiLeaks release sensitive U.S. cables
Saudi King Abdullah repeatedly urged the United States to attack Iran's nuclear program and China directed cyberattacks on the United States, according to a vast cache of U.S. diplomatic cables...
Two teams interested in Plaxico for next year: report
Plaxico Burress’ agent expects his client to be out of prison for training camp next season and for there to be a team interested in signing him. Drew Rosenhaus told...
Follow Giants-Jaguars with Post writers
The Post has today's Giants-Jaguars game from New Meadowlands Stadium covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business. The Giants come in to the game...
Sir Alex Ferguson confirms keeper van der Sar to leave United
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed Sunday he expected Edwin van der Sar to retire at the end of the season, and said the arrival of a new goalkeeper...
LA Galaxy's David Beckham says Everton loan spell unlikely
LA Galaxy star David Beckham said it was unlikely he would take up David Moyes' offer of a loan spell at English Premier League side Everton, Australian Associated Press reported Sunday....
Rangel wants House to reject censure
WASHINGTON — Rep. Charles Rangel is ready to make a last stand to salvage his reputation and tell the House that a censure should be reserved for crooked politicians. He...
Ireland says bailout talks complete, EU to OK deal
DUBLIN — Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen says his government has completed 10 days of negotiations on an EU-IMF bailout of his debt-crippled country and expects European financial chiefs to...
Wikileaks release set for next few hours
One of the newspapers working with Wikileaks confirmed Sunday that it planned to publish details of the whistle-blower website's latest release of confidential documents in its Monday edition. Simon Hoggart,...
Haiti candidates agree: scrap 'corrupt' election
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians wrapped up their election in discord today, with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for the vote to be voided over fraud and reports that...
China proposes emergency meeting on Korea tension
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — China tried today to defuse tension over a recent North Korean attack on South Korea by proposing an emergency meeting in Beijing, hours after the...
W. Side hi-rise death plunge
A woman jumped to her death yesterday off a swank West Side high-rise, authorities said. The victim, who hadn't been identified as of late yesterday, leaped just before 9 a.m....
One dead in Bronx apt. blaze
A deadly inferno ripped through a Bronx apartment building last night, forcing at least two kids to jump from windows to safety, and others to crawl through smoke and flames....
Girls basketball roundup: Nazareth runs past Kennedy
Apache Paschall didn’t expect what he saw from his Nazareth team. The coach said the Lady Kingsmen struggled in their scrimmages, but believed his squad fed off the emotion of...
Lincoln All-American sets officials as decision nears
Lincoln quarterback Andrew Vital said Ishaq Williams’ game-turning 56-yard touchdown reception, when he turned a simple 10-yard hitch route into six points, was a “college play” it was so impressive....
Taylor made: Raccuglia leads Kearney past Manhattan Center
Taylor Raccuglia didn’t hide her frustration. The Bishop Kearney senior forward grimaced in anger after missing her second open layup of the first quarter. “I was like, ‘Oh my god,...
Sloppy Stanners beat Holy Trinity in ugly opener
He has a laundry list of things he didn’t like – the 20 turnovers, the nearly blown 13-point lead with 2:17 left, the poor shooting percentages from everywhere on the...
Vaughan, Lewis rally Ford to overtime win over South Shore
Bishop Ford went back to old reliable in the second half as everything else failed to work. The Falcons struggled mightily before the break. They were outrebounded, outhustled and couldn’t...
US to WikiLeaks: Don't do it!
The Obama administration has told whistleblower WikiLeaks that its expected imminent release of classified State Department cables will put "countless" lives at risk, threaten global counterterrorism operations and jeopardize U.S....
Magnus' blunder
Three years ago, the Rus sian magazine 64 asked former world champions how world champions should be chosen. Vasily Smyslov, who won the title in a match, said the ideal...
Bridge
Many plays -- the squeeze, for example -- have self-descriptive names. Others, such as the "Morton's Fork Coup," are enigmatic. I don't know how the "winkle" got its name, but...
Dancing with the scars
Lingering on shots of bloody feet, broken toenails and ripped skin, “Black Swan” combines the raw brutality of Aronofsky’s Oscar-nominated 2008 film “The Wrestler” with the fairy-tale aspects of his...
‘Love’ lockdown
When writer-directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra took “I Love You Phillip Morris” to Miramax, the studio loved their black comedy about two men who fall in love in prison....
The force is still with him
From Darth Vader in “Star Wars” to King Jaffe-Joffer in “Coming to America,” James Earl Jones has excelled in characters with a regal baring. So watching him play Hoke Colburn,...
Pain en pointe
Director Darren Aronofsky says that Natalie Portman’s transformation into a ballerina for her role in “Black Swan” is comparable to Mickey Rourke’s metamorphosis into Randy “The Ram” Robinson for “The...
Singing in the New Year
New Yorkers put off making New Year’s Eve plans at their peril. We’ve provided this handy guide to can’t-miss concerts. Snag tickets to one of these hot shows before it’s...
My New York: Jeff Goldblum
Despite his current California zip code, Jeff Goldblum, who first moved to New York from Pittsburgh 40 years ago, is a New Yorker through and through. For one, he’s a...
Mandy Moore lets her hair down
Will someone please tell Mandy Moore that she’s a former child star and should be in rehab — or at least jail — by now? Somehow, despite long odds, Moore...
Box set bonanza
’Tis the season to reward the TV lover in your life with the gift of their favorite shows. Here’s our guide to the hottest new box sets for completionists, old...
Christmas movies
What is a classic Christmas movie? It took “It’s a Wonderful Life” a couple of decades after its TV debut to achieve this status in the late 1970s, when it...
Holiday on ice
In life, Christmas lasts one day; on television, it lasts one month, and starts the minute you have wrapped the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers. This year, the season kicks...
Don't miss
Finding the moonstone Elena (Nina Dobrev) takes matters into her own hands and offers a tempting incentive to Rose to help her. Rose later calls on Damon (Ian Somerhalder) to...
Something to be thankful for — or not
Where Credit Is Due, Part 1: In the debate as to who delivers the best opening monologue — Letterman? Leno? Jimmy? Conan? Jon? — you don’t hear, “Ellen.” Perhaps that’s...
Reel good
THE ODD COUPLE (1968) Sunday, 6 p.m., TCM After his wife throws him out, neat freak Felix Unger (Jack Lemmon) becomes suicidal and is saved by pal, Oscar Madison (Walter...
NoMad's land
Not long ago, the area north of 23rd Street and west of Madison Square Park was a culinary wasteland. Residents in search of good grub had to wait on lines...
Top Chef: canine edition
When Lindsey Kamrath returns to her Queens apartment after work, she sets about making dinner. If she makes herself a pizza, her pint-sized Pomeranian Lennon gets one too — made...
Gals' suits call shrink a sexual 'heel'
This was hands-on therapy. Two women say a Manhattan psychotherapist's sexual healing wrecked their lives. Alison Upright and Deborah Glazer, both of Bergen County, NJ, had been seeing Thomas West...
Feds are only grandstanding with insider-trading case
Last week we learned that the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are conducting criminal and civil investigations into what has been characterized as potentially a widespread...
'Erin go broke' deal
DUBLIN -- An Irish government minister said he expects an agreement by today on an EU-IMF bailout loan for Ireland worth about $115 billion, but he rejected reports that the...
Why Miss New York crashed Miss USA's Macy's Parade float
She reigned on their parade. Miss New York Davina Reeves didn't want to be just another face in the crowd at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade -- she wanted to...
Barron seeks block on Black
City Councilman Charles Barron yesterday said he will seek a temporary restraining order to halt confirmation of Cathie Black as schools chancellor if state Education Commissioner David Steiner grants her...
Truant parents off the hooky
ALBANY -- Hauling parents into family court is not the best way to combat a rising tide of kids who chronically miss school, says a report commissioned by the state's...
LI nurses 'ignored' gasp man
This makes Nurse Ratched look compassionate. A group of nurses at Medford Multicare Center on Long Island allegedly ignored for 24 minutes a warning light and buzzer that indicated the...
Bharara may be the new Giuliani
Much ink has been spilled this week on revelations that the US Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York and the FBI have gone into overdrive in an...
Hollywood against Wall
Some are calling it HollyWall as Wall Street titans exert more pressures on film studios to turn a profit. With his very public push for a MGM-Lionsgate merger, Carl Icahn...
Casino's hot streak interrupts gambling
Gambling was briefly halted at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City early yesterday when a fire damaged part of the building. No injuries were reported in the blaze,...
Bet on Black
A record amount of green was spent on Black Friday. Bargain hunters stormed malls and department stores across America in search of deep discounts, spending a record $10.69 billion --...
All sugar and 'spite'
Alicia, 29, felt "heartache and vomit-inducing stomach gripes" when the girls who bullied her in high school tried to friend her as adults on Facebook. Marcia, 54, and overweight, says...
Paris pal Brooke Mueller has 'Sheen' better days
Somebody should have warned Brooke Mueller that pajama parties with Paris Hilton never end well. The dazed and confused estranged wife of Charlie Sheen was led out of her swanky...
Boat kid's survival story
The three teens who spent 55 days lost in the Pacific survived by drinking rain puddles and eating whatever birds and fish they could get their hands on. "I thank...
Charity queen's king's ransom
Taxpayers are getting rooked. A high-society charity that funds chess programs in poor schools has become a gold mine for its executive director, a former Wall Streeter who pulls down...
Loopsy, meet your new 'mama'
She's never owned a new doll -- until now. Sweet 7-year-old Louise Cruz -- "LC" to family and friends -- has mothered dolls found dirt cheap at flea markets by...
Bernanke's QE2 is dragging dollar through the mud
Dear John: The Federal Reserve is playing with explosives and it has not been properly trained to use them. Big Ben (Bernanke) believes that dollar devaluation is the only way...
Cop suspended after Thanksgiving DWI
The NYPD has suspended without pay a cop found drunk and asleep at the wheel with his idling car facing oncoming traffic at about 3 a.m. Thanksgiving, a source said...
'Spidey' gets snagged in last-sec run-through
It's all hanging by a thread for "Spider-Man." The web slinger's foray onto Broadway -- a $65 million-plus production -- will be performed in its entirety for the very first...
New cure for party-trashers
BOULDER, Colo. -- Your head aches, you're hungry and your house is littered with sticky plastic cups. Who ya gonna call? Hangover Helpers. Two University of Colorado graduates are marketing...
Fox seals finance with Dune
Fox Filmed Entertainment extended its longstanding co-financing agreement with Dune Capital Management. Dune's entertainment arm has funded Fox's movies through multi-picture deals dating back to 2005. The latest pact, completed...
Day music piracy died
The US Department of Homeland Security seized several Web sites Friday in an effort to gain control of an online-piracy trade that annually costs American businesses and artists millions of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A woman whose naked body was found in Marcus Garvey Park last week was strangled to death, officials said yesterday. An autopsy by the Medical Examiner's Office found ligature...
Scare the hell out of 'em
The Rev. Gary Thomas knew the young lady was suffering the moment he met her. "Lisa," a twenty-something married woman, was brought to the Catholic priest's Sacred Heart Church in...
Bronx's lost-kid concern
About half of all missing children reported by the NYPD to the public this year came from one corner of The Bronx, a Post analysis found. The 43rd Precinct, which...
Taxicab confessions
In a shocking taxicab confession, a hack accused of overcharging nearly 4,000 passengers testified before a city judge that crooked cabbies conduct informal crime summits in cab garages to exchange...
Vets honor forgotten heroes
These Queens vets are semper fi. A dedicated group of military men who served in the Vietnam War has made it its mission to give proper burials to veterans whose...
Call for job seekers
New York could soon have up to 6,000 new high-tech jobs paying as much as $30-plus an hour. That's the pledge from Arise Virtual Solutions, a fast-growing virtual business provider...
'$melly' span plan to link B'klyn parks
Talk about building a bridge in the middle of nowhere. A Brooklyn assemblyman is pushing a $30 million plan to build a pedestrian bridge over a heavily polluted creek to...
'Million-dollar' parks name game yields nada
What's in a name? Not the millions of dollars a year the Parks Department had been counting on by peddling naming rights. The agency has temporarily pulled the plug on...
'Ex-butler did it!' Sued in co-op 'theft'
It's time for Jeeves to leave the building. A luxury hotelier who fled the country years ago to escape tax-evasion charges now claims that her former manservant has stolen her...
Ronni Chasen's murder baffles and fascinates Hollywood
No motive, no weapon, no witnesses, no suspects. The murder of veteran film publicist Ronni Chasen, shot to death 12 days ago while driving home from a movie premiere through...
Kim Kardashian going 'silent' for a cause
Kim Kardashian needs to get a life. The brunette bombshell, seen here in a photo hot enough to wake the dead, and a host of other celebs are sacrificing their...
HS push comes to shove
He tried to knock his Friday Night Lights out. A hotheaded Catholic high-school coach from Staten Island was on the hot seat yesterday after he allegedly shoved a football player...
Firm shares its toys with other special kids
The Post's Lalaloopsy giveaway garnered so many heartbreaking letters that Isaac Larian, CEO for doll maker MGA Entertainment, donated six other dolls. The runners-up get Lalaloopsy dolls this week. So...
Zucker at Piers end
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker may be out to lunch, but he's not talking -- though others are. Zucker is scheduled to speak at the UBS Global Media conference on...
Slain dancer beau busted
An aspiring ballerina who vanished more than a week ago was killed by her boyfriend, who dumped her body "like garbage" in an upstate park, authorities said yesterday. Steven Pieper,...
Chef Batali fries labor louts
Let the battle begin! Iron Chef Mario Batali and his business partner, vineyard owner Joseph Bastianich, have had enough of the guerrilla tactics of a labor group that has harassed...
Kin & pals mourn 'hit-run' victim
A retired nurse mowed down by an alleged hit-and-run driver on the Upper West Side had dedicated her whole life to helping those in need, friends and relatives said yesterday....
Obama returns to basketball court - as a fan
You can't say he's not a battler. Bloodied but unbowed, President Obama jokingly put up his dukes courtside at a college hoops match at Howard University yesterday -- one day...
'Bus'ted - for nothing
An MTA bus bully slapped a $100 summons on a Manhattan woman deemed too slow to show her ticket for the new express M15 Select Bus -- a service that...
S. Koreans ordered into bunkers as North moves up missiles
South Koreans were briefly ordered into bunkers last night as North Korea moved surface-to-air missiles into place on the front line, escalating tensions between the countries to new heights. Artillery...
US nixes Wiki talks
WASHINGTON -- The United States last night rejected talks with WikiLeaks over its planned release of confidential US government documents, saying the whistle-blowing Web site was holding them illegally. The...
'Terror' show
It's the closest any of a chilling new wave of young Somali-born radicals has ever come to a US terror strike, authorities say. Terrorist-in-training Mohamed Osman Mohamud meticulously plotted "a...
Inside the land of the lost
Deep in the Peruvian jungle, a small, secret tribe has survived untouched — possibly for centuries. Until last year, the tiny group of men, women and children lived without any...
Book 'em, Santa! Our holiday gift guide
Audrey 100 A Rare and Intimate Photo Collection Selected by Audrey Hepburn’s Family by Ellen Fonatana (Sterling, $40) Rarely has their been an icon of beauty, style, talent and charity...
4-alarm crackdown
City Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano, making good on his promise of three months ago, has begun calling firefighters who retired on a medical disability to come before the FDNY’s pension...
Radio flyers
“Return of the Media Moguls” (Nov. 21) inaccurately characterizes broadcast radio as a “dying business.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, by roughly every account, free and local...
Remembering the Gimbels tunnel
To revisit the long-closed Gimbels Corridor is to relive New York’s past-tense future. In the early 1970s, conditions in the pedestrian tunnel presaged the bleeding city of the 1980s and...
CAIR's Jihad
To hear the folks at the Council on American-Islamic Relations tell it, the organization has just won a landmark legal victory, one that constitutes a slap in the face to...
Out of their league
City Councilman David Greenfield recently introduced a bill to ban body scanners at airports and certain public buildings (“Grope-a-Dope,” PostScript, Nov. 21). Everyone who thinks that the local politicians on...
As Always, Julia
Few friendships begin over sharpened knifes. But then again, Julia Child is anything but ordinary. Julia Child — who is having a remarkable six post-mortem years “starring” in the blockbuster...
In my library: Stuart Woods
Stuart Woods isn’t just a novelist: He’s a bestseller machine. The author of more than 40 novels and counting — “Santa Fe Edge” came out this fall, and there are...
How the nanny president sees himself -- and us
What’s it like inside the Obama White House? A lot like what you’d guess from outside the Obama White House. In “Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside Obama’s White House,”...
Sarah? You betcha!
What is so outrageous about Sarah Palin running and becoming president (“Sarah of the Wild Frontier,” Maureen Callahan, PostScript, Nov. 21)? Could it be any worse than the media-made fraud...
We’re lost in space
Susannah Cahalan’s review of astronomer Mike Brown’s book on the demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet states that Pluto does not travel in “perfect circles” like the other...
Made in the USA?
A recent letter to the editor suggests that the Taxi and Limousine Commission choose an American-made vehicle for its Taxi of Tomorrow (“NYC’s Taxis of Tomorrow,” Letters, Nov. 20). The...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS LAUDER FAMILY Aerin and her iconic cosmetics clan cash in some of their rocketing shares for a sweet $300M. HARTWIG MASUCH New Sony BMG boss reels in Chrysalis label...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 1/16m(T); $24,000; clm($25,000); 3up(f)APRILMAYJUNE stretches out after closing to finish second as the favorite this level. UPPER GULCH closed to finish second at this distance and level. LOST...
Beatty set to tackle starting job for Giants
Shawn Andrews yesterday morning was released from the Hospital for Special Surgery after staying overnight because of extreme pain in his lower back. He remains officially listed as doubtful for...
Penn State cold to Paterno return
"I can read writin', but not when the writin's written rotten." — Popeye the Sailor Interesting, how verbal body language — the art of carefully chosen words — is ignored....
Star needs three stalls in Nuggets' locker room
Every now and then you have to hit the road to hit home . . . to hear stories unlikely shared except in person and witness uncensored scenes. Remember when...
Quit Yankin' our chains
* I am a diehard Yankees fan, but in regard to Derek Jeter (whom I would still rather have then any shortstop in baseball right now), $45 million for three...
Devils could save season by dealing ... Brodeur
Yesterday's victory over the Flyers that represented a 360 from Friday's folly on Long Island does not change Devils Surgeon General Lou Lamoriello's mandate going forward, for though his team...
Horse dead, jockeys hurt at Aqueduct
A nasty spill in the third race at Aqueduct killed one horse and sent two jockeys to the hospital. Just after entering the far turn of the mile-and-sixteenth grass race...
Broncos cited for taping 49ers
Not only does Spygate have a sequel, but there's a Bill Belichick connection, too. Coincidence? This much is certain: The NFL was rocked by another videotaping scandal yesterday when the...
Belichick always will be tied to 'Spygate'
There is absolutely no reason today for Rex Ryan to check for bugs in the lampshades and behind the clocks at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center with Bill Belichick...
Uncle has Mo competition
Uncle Mo's got company. The 2-year-old champ-to-be is the winter-book favorite for next year's Kentucky Derby following runaway scores in the Champagne and Breeders' Cup Juvenile. But the late-blooming To...
Nets are 'dogs' in loss to Sixers
PHILADELPHIA -- Before this 48-minute salute to snoozing last night, coach Avery Johnson proclaimed that his Nets are underdogs in virtually every game they play this season. And then they...
Sports shorts
GRID: Saints' Smith arrested for domestic abuse Saints defensive end Will Smith was arrested in Louisiana after he was accused of grabbing his wife's hair and pulling her down the...
Rangers win without Gaborik
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Everything seemed to be working against the Rangers last night. They were playing their sixth game in six different cities in nine nights, and were missing their...
Today's Sports on Air
Basketball1 p.m.Tennessee Tech at Michigan StateBIG TEN1:30 p.m.Knicks at PistonsMSG, ESPN (1050 AM)3:30 p.m.Women: Texas at StanfordMSG Plus3:30 p.m.Furman at Penn StateBIG TEN5:30 p.m.College of Charleston at UNCMSG Plus7 p.m.Old...
Nets to activate Murphy
PHILADELPHIA -- Troy Murphy will be in uniform for the Nets tonight against Portland. That's not saying he will play, but he will be on the active list, which was...
Jaguars go against banged-up Giants
TODAY Jaguars (+7) over GIANTS: The Jaguars are running hot, off a six-turnover game Jack Del Rio's men somehow managed to win. Fish-or-cut-bait time for coach Tom Coughlin with nicked-up...
Backup goalie gives Devils another win
The irrational, unpredictable Devils still possess a spark of life because Johan Hedberg is stopping pucks, somehow, some way, once more emphasizing the supremacy of goaltending in hockey. The Devils'...
Time to prepare for deer hunting is now
Long Island is a busy place these days with the opening of the wa terfowl season this past week, and if you plan on deer hunting this winter on the...
Jeter counteroffer to Yankees will do little to close gap
With Derek Jeter seeking substantially more money than the Yankees have offered, the gulf between the team and its captain is wide. Jeter's camp hasn't made an official counter to...
Marquez defends title
Juan Manuel Marquez successfully defended his WBA and WBO lightweight titles, stopping Michael Katsidis at 2:14 of the ninth round last night at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas....
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 9½ 7 (44) JaguarsREDSKINS 1½Pick(44) VikingsSteelers 6 6½(43) BILLSTEXANS 6 6½(45½)TitansBROWNS11 10 (37½)PanthersRAVENS 9½ 7½(42) BuccaneersEagles 3½ 3½(42) BEARSFALCONSPick 2 (47½)PackersRAIDERS 2½ 2½(38) DolphinsChiefs 1 2 (44½)SEAHAWKSBRONCOS...
Rangers' Christensen gets it done in shootout
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When Rangers center Erik Christensen stepped up to the puck as the first skater in the shootout against the Predators last night, he knew exactly what he...
Battered Giants desperate to snap skid vs. Jaguars
A home game against a team from outside the conference rarely is viewed as crucial, but after losing back-to-back games within the NFC East, the Giants have put themselves in...
Giants' Jacobs can run over Jaguars
There will be an old, familiar rumble of thunder over New Meadowlands Stadium today, and this time the forecast for the ominous gray clouds that portend gloom and gloom, if...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Terry Collins
The Post’s Steve Serby sat down with the 61-year-old new manager of the Mets for a wide-ranging interview. Q: You once said: “I’m not the monster some people think I...
Who knew Danny would head to Patriots?
For all the terrific moves Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum has made while building this Jets team, there's one pebble-in-his-shoe move that remains dubious: Releasing RB Danny Woodhead, who quickly was...
Jets confident they won’t fold this time
Two years ago this week, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum was on the other end of a telephone line calling me to wish me well while I was in the...
Holiday hangover turns Knicks into turkeys
Somewhere between the stuffing and pumpkin pie, the Knicks forgot they had a game to play yesterday afternoon at the Garden. The 1 p.m. start and the Thanksgiving hangover were...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 28MONNov. 29TUENov. 30WEDDec. 1THUDec. 2FRIDec. 3SATDec. 4KnicksDetroit1:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENets7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEN.O.8:00MSGESPNNOGAMENetsPortland7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio WFAN 660 AMNOGAMEN.Y.K.7:30YESWFANOk.C.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEChar.7:00YESWFANNOGAMERangersNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEIsles7:00MSGESPNIsles7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEIslandersNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG+2WHRUN.Y.R.7:00MSG+2WHRUNOGAMEDevilsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEMont.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEPhi.1:00MSG+WFAN
Crawford would be willing to return to Knicks
Jamal Crawford was the first victim two years ago of the Knicks' cap-clearing crusade. And perhaps he can still be part of the future. Crawford, a free agent this July,...
Hawks snap Knicks' five-game winning streak
The whole afternoon was a disaster, capped by a vanilla health shake falling off Amar'e Stoudemire's locker cubicle and splattering the sneakers he was about to put on. Stoudemire's shoes...
The Rumble
Know ’vechkinTwo rare looks at Caps great The Rumble chatted with Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin, whose DVD, “Alex Ovechkin: The Gr8,” would make a nice Christmas or Hanukkah gift for...
Giants' Tuck wears reminder of valiant young friend
When Justin Tuck puts on his uniform for today’s game against the Jaguars at the Meadowlands, he will don the usual apparel: helmet, jersey, shoulder pads and game pants. He...
Unexpected final cheer for stubborn Spectrum
True story: It wasn’t until the third or fourth time that the four-ton wrecking ball collided with the brick façade that any noticeable dent was put into the Philadelphia Spectrum...
Weird but true
Terror fears are on a roll this holiday season. Chicago commuter trains were rerouted for 30 minutes Friday due to a suspicious bag abandoned at a station. The bomb squad...
Top 5 ways to tumble into new love at a laundromat
According to flirty folders at Mega Laundromat in Williamsburg “Say, ‘Is your name Downy? Because you look extra soft.’” — Mia “If he loses a sock, hand him one of...
Ask Ashley: girl-on-girl next door
I have a lesbian roommate who brings home cute girls. How do I bring up the option of involving a man (i.e., me) without making it awkward?— Stephen, 26 Well,...
Meet market: Coffee shop queen sks sip of something tall, dark and hot!
Jessy, a 24-year-old actress and singer, loves spending hours in her favorite café. But she’s not ready to settle for any old average Joe. When nature calls. . . Prospect...
This week’s couple: Backyard behavior
With personal green space a rarity in the city, Brian and Suzanne bonded over their Brooklyn backyards. Suzanne, a 24-year-old graphic artist, and Brian, a 26-year-old actor and dancer, talked...
Possible Paterno return raises age-old question
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Four months after his re tirement, Alabama coaching legend Bear Bryant was dead, something that frightens Joe Paterno far more than any university president or donor...
Badgers own edge in 3-way Big Ten tie
Another week, another blowout for Wisconsin. This one earned the No. 5 Badgers a share of the Big Ten title with No. 8 Ohio State and No. 11 Michigan State....
UConn one win from BCS berth
Connecticut left Rentschler Field being serenaded with chants of "B-C-S!" The Huskies need just one more win to claim that prize. Jordan Todman ran 31 times for 175 yards and...
Comeback win for Fordham
Alberto Estwick scored 16 points and Fordham rallied late in a 61-57 win over Hartford yesterday in The Bronx, the Rams' second victory -- matching last season's win total. The...
St. John's tops Arizona State to win Alaska Shootout
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Trailing by double digits against Arizona State on Saturday night, St. John's went small and fast. Red Storm coach Steve Lavin started what he called his diminutive...
PSAL Cup divison championship game preview
NYPost.com PSAL football beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the Cup division championship game between No. 3 McKee/Staten Island Tech and No. 4 Petrides, set for 10 a.m. Sunday at...
Lions ride Ratliff to season-opening win
Bishop Loughlin carried the weight of going winless a year ago into its season opener, but it exited not only with a victory, but the confidence that there are more...
Gritty Bulldogs lack bite when it counts most
Campus Magnet’s motto is focus and finish. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs won’t be headed to Yankee Stadium Dec. 7 because they failed in both regards, coming out flat and failing to...
Rangers beat Predators in OT, 2-1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Erik Christensen scored the only goal in a shootout to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on tonight. After losing in...
PSAL Bowl division championship game preview
NYPost.com PSAL football beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Bowl division championship game between No. 1 Beach Channel and No. 2 Truman, set for 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Midwood...
Robeson Thanksgiving Holiday Classic roundup: Bloodman pumps in 39 points in Wadleigh win
Wadleigh coach Mike Crump is known for his wild, off-the-wall comments. After Trivante Bloodman scored 39 points in Wadleigh’s 79-65 victory over McKee/Staten Island Tech in the Robeson Thanksgiving Holiday...
Authorities in Rio - home of 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics - may storm slums with armed drug gangs
Rio authorities Saturday urged armed drug gangs bunkered in a hilltop shanty town to surrender, as police threatened to storm the area as part of a crackdown that has killed...
Brilliant Berbatov hits five to send Manchester United top of the league
Dimitar Berbatov produced a sublime individual display Saturday as his five-goal haul helped Manchester United to a handsome 7-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. Everything the Bulgarian touched...
Chelsea slips to third place after EPL wins for Arsenal and Manchester United
Chelsea dropped to third in the English Premier League after Manchester United and Arsenal both registered wins Saturday. United moved top of the table for the first time this season...
Brawl affect lingers in Tottenville's semifinals loss
Tottenville coach Jim Munson didn’t want to talk about what happened Friday night. But the locker room brawl involving his players, Moore Catholic coach Greg Rocco and the Moore players...
South Korea orders journalists to leave front-line island as tensions escalate
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — The sound of new artillery fire from North Korea just hours after the U.S. and South Korea launched a round of war games in Korean...
Manchester's other United keep FA cup fairytale alive
Few soccer fans outside of Britain will have ever heard of FC United of Manchester, the semi-professional outfit formed by disgruntled fans after the Glazer family bought Manchester United back...
US women qualify for 2011 soccer World Cup
The U.S. women's soccer team earned the final spot in the 2011 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Italy Saturday. The result in Bridgeview, Ill. gave the Americans a...
Tiny Terriers tall on experience
The St. Francis Prep boys basketball team certainly lives up to its nickname. The Lil' Terriers are, well, little. Their best rebounder, Andrew Winter, is 6-foot-3 and Glyne Straker, the...
Fort unstoppable: Relentless Tigers take out Tottenville in semis
The game between arguably the two best teams in New York City could have boiled down to just one play and it wasn’t a last-second touchdown or a batted-down Hail...
Seventeen years in the making: Seniors lead Lincoln to first title game since '93
Andrew Vital walked off the field, nearly in tears, thinking his fourth-quarter fumble could end his Yankee Stadium dreams. Wayne Williams was smiling, along with Lincoln’s other 10 defenders as...
Forget the Beatles!
The entire catalog of the greatest band in history finally went on sale digitally this month, and the world . . . yawned. Which is a relief, actually. In their...
Obama's back on the court -- this time in the stands
day after it took 12 stitches to patch a busted lip President Barack Obama suffered during a game of pickup basketball, he was back on the hard court today —...
Gaborik out vs. Predators tonight
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Rangers will be without Marian Gaborik because of a bout with the flu for tonight’s game here against the Predators. "It came on him last night,...