February 6, 2011
Former Mets slugger Delgado says he will ��find a way’ back to big leagues: report
Carlos Delgado isn’t done yet. The former Mets first baseman told MLB.com he’s rehabbing from hip surgery and if he is able to get back to 100 percent he will...
Jets, Giants celebrate Super weather in New Jersey
For those worried about the cold-weather Super Bowl in northern New Jersey in 2014 - Fuggettabattit! The weather was perfect for football at New Meadowlands Stadium on Sunday - sunny,...
Super seat screw-up jilts 400 ticketholders
ARLINGTON, Texas - Are you kidding me? For a game that was planned for years, Sunday's Super Bowl XLV was a pre-game nightmare for those outside and inside Cowboys Stadium....
St. Peter's winning streak snapped by Canisius
Elton Frazier scored 14 points and Canisius' defense held Saint Peter's in check in a 59-45 victory on Sunday. The Golden Griffins (12-11, 6-7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) held the...
Brodeur hurt in Devils win
MONTREAL -- Martin Brodeur looked on in a suit and tie - and some discomfort - while the Devils finished off one more win to add to his all-time record....
Obama doesn't worry about those who hate him; Says 'no going back' for Egypt
President Barack Obama says he doesn't take it personally when people say they hate him. And the thing he dislikes most about being president is the constant, intense scrutiny. "The...
400 ticket-holders don't have seat for Super Bowl
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Cowboys Stadium wasn't ready for the Super Bowl. About 1,250 fans were displaced because their seats were deemed unsafe - 400 who were sent home, and 850...
Avalanche bring back Forsberg for rest of season
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Peter Forsberg is returning to the NHL. The former league MVP signed a $1 million prorated contract for the remainder of the season with the Colorado Avalanche...
Devils' Brodeur leaves game with injury
MONTREAL -- New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur left Sunday's game against Montreal in the first period because of a bruise to his right leg. The NHL's career leader in...
Packers hold off Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV
ARLINGTON, Texas — Aaron Rodgers has turned the Green Bay Packers into Super Bowl champions once again. Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and Nick Collins returned an interception for another...
Cockfighting bird stabs, kills man
LAMONT, Calif. -- The tables were turned at a California cockfight after a man was fatally stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade attached to one of the fighting...
One dead in Ditmas Park blaze
One person died when a fire swept through a Brooklyn apartment this afternoon, authorities said. The blaze broke out in a fourth-floor apartment on Woodruff Avenue near Ocean Avenue in...
Woman killed when party crasher fires through door
A young woman manning the door at a surprise Queens birthday bash was fatally shot early this morning — apparently by a party-crasher furious that she had helped boot him...
Lemaire: 'We'll see' about returning as Devils coach
A “no” in English was a “we’ll see” in French. Devils coach Jacques Lemaire — while doing an interview with French-speaking reporters in Montreal — did not close the door...
Red Sox beat out Mets for former Yankees reliever Aceves: report
The Red Sox continue to make additions to their bullpen. They have signed former Yankees reliever Alfredo Aceves to a major league contract, according to a Boston.com report. The report...
The 'Beat' goes on as Bushwick opens galleries and studios this Friday
Catch some of the neighborhood’s most exciting emerging artists when Bushwick’s elusive art spaces open simultaneously for Bushwick Beat Nite on Feb. 18.The Friday night event is Bushwick-based curator Jason...
It's all in the 'Family' as Akron returns to Williamsburg
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Nets routed by Pacers
When Frank Vogel was growing up in New Jersey, there used to be a state tourism advertisement: “New Jersey and You: Perfect Together.” Since taking over as the Indiana Pacers’...
What a 'Rush'! Aussie madman Geoffrey Rush stars in Gogol's 'Diary' at BAM
Geoffrey Rush has a certain penchant for playing men slightly off their rockers — David Helfgott in “Shine,” the Marquis de Sade in “Quills,” the pirate Barbossa in “Pirates of...
Stoudemire, Fields lead Knicks over 76ers
That's what they call Super Stoudemire. Amar'e Stoudemire, who sounded the alarm after the Knicks lost in Philadelphia Friday, backed up his talk with one of his season's most overpowering...
Rutgers loses to Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Ben Hansbrough scored 25 points and Carleton Scott had 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 9 Notre Dame to its fifth straight win, 76-69...
Patriots' Brady becomes first unanimous MVP
DALLAS — Here’s a Brady Bunch for NFL fans: Tom Brady got all 50 votes for MVP. The New England Patriots quarterback on Sunday became the first unanimous choice for...
Egypt grants new freedoms, but protesters still want Mubarak gone
CAIRO — Egypt's vice president met a broad representation of major opposition groups for the first time today and offered new concessions including freedom of the press, release of those...
Egypt unrest could send oil prices soaring
Global oil prices could exceed $110 a barrel if political unrest in Egypt continues, a member of Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council said today. Oil prices have spiked due to tension...
Walsh says Knicks 'getting a feeling' for Carmelo trade
Donnie Walsh almost never acknowledges he's got anything hot going on the trade front, but Sunday he confessed things were starting to take shape -- a big admission for the...
Two arrested in fatal Ohio frat house shooting
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Two men angry over a dispute at an Ohio fraternity house party left the gathering and returned early today, spraying bullets into a crowd and killing a...
US hikers go on trial in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian court held closed-door proceedings today to begin the espionage trial of three Americans — two in custody and one freed on bail — whose 18-month...
Gallery takes whack at mobster fashion
This is some Cosa Nostra couture. In tandem with Fashion Week, an exhibit opening today at the Mob Scene gallery in Little Italy is putting rare mob wear on display...
Jets plan to use franchise tag on Harris: report
If the Jets are able, they will use their franchise tag on linebacker David Harris instead of on one of their free-agent wide receivers, ESPN.com reports. Due to the NFL's...
Zsa Zsa Gabor expected to leave hospital this afternoon
LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor is going home to her Bel Air mansion, just in time for her 94th birthday. City News Service reports the “Moulin Rouge” and “Queen...
Giants' Fewell learned from interviews: report
Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell is hopeful the fourth time's a charm. If not, he's glad he's gotten the chance to interview for that many NFL head coaching jobs. "I've...
Man fatally stabbed outside Trenton bar
TRENTON, N.J. — Authorities say a Burlington County man has been found stabbed to death outside a Trenton bar. The Courier Post reports 34-year-old Kenneth Burke of Willingboro was found...
Girls basketball roundup: St. Peter's cools off South Shore
Bob Daggett knew it wasn’t the ideal time to be heading to South Shore -- a day at the beach it certainly wouldn't be. The Vikings were coming in red...
Who will be the next to fall?
In 1982, Muslims in the city of Hama rose up against the Syrian dictatorship. “President” Hafez al-Assad, the father of today’s Syrian strongman, sent in his military. At least 25,000...
Knicks in three-team talks for Anthony: source
Knicks president Donnie Walsh, who has been trying to trade Anthony Randolph and get a third team involved for a Carmelo Anthony blockbuster, might have found a match for both....
Maturing Loughlin gets best of St. Francis Prep
A season of growing pains turned into three important minutes of growth for Bishop Loughlin. The Lions feature a roster filled with sophomores and juniors, many of whom were getting...
PSAL 'B' Girls Basketball Showcase roundup: Scholars schools Bedford Academy
Scholars Academy continues to make a big name for itself in a short amount of time. The second-year varsity girls basketball team beat Bedford Academy, 51-47, in the PSAL ‘B’...
Ex-Nuggets GM won’t help lure Anthony to the Knicks
Hopefully, nobody halfway coherent honestly believes Donnie Walsh’s hiring of former Nuggets VP Mark Warkentien as a glorified scout for the remainder of this season will help the Knicks in...
Pucks, pups & Snooki highlight Post’s TV tour of Super Sunday
What to watch before the game? Here is The Post’s television guide to Super Bowl Sunday. 9 a.m. “Lombardi” — HBO What better way for Packers fans, and Tom Brady,...
Stop, prop and roll
I’ve got a feeling . . . that tonight’s gonna be a good, good night. Before the Black Eyed Peas sing those words at halftime, and long before the final...
The matchups
ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s said that everything is bigger in Texas, and Super Bowl XLV, which will be played in the biggest stadium in the NFL, has the potential to...
Momentum turns in a flash for Sanders, Raiders
Rice trailed Christ the King by 10 early in the third quarter, but its press disrupted the Royals and its best player, Cincinnati-bound Jermaine Sanders, hit a pair of huge...
Super Bowl matchup one for ages
ARLINGTON, Texas — The history of the National Football League cannot be written without mentioning the Green Bay Packers in the first few paragraphs. The chronicling of rock-solid NFL ownership...
QBs armed to give Super scoreboard a workout
ARLINGTON, Texas — If there is going to be a lockout, if this is the last time we get to watch a football game until whenever, at least we have...
Surging Royals slide by Rice
Momentum had swung late in the third quarter and it seemed a solid CHSAA Class AA victory was quickly slipping away from Christ the King, literally and figuratively, on the...
Steelers, Packers ready to add to rich heritage
ARLINGTON, Texas — There’s little doubt that you could put together one of the great make-believe games of all time if you wanted to choose sides that way, feed the...
Naz, Paschall see momentum against CK slip away
Apache Paschall isn’t a believer there is such a thing as a good loss, especially one that gives a rival confidence. So after his Nazareth girls basketball team dropped a...
Jets RB Martin passed over for Hall
DALLAS — Curtis Martin will ride into the Hall of Fame — in the words of Bill Parcells — “on roller skates.” Next year. Martin, the best player in Jets...
Former Giants QB Simms accused of threatening Howard
DALLAS — Phil Simms came close to pitching the perfect game in Super Bowl XXI. Twenty-four years later, Desmond Howard is accusing him of pitching the perfect fit. In a...
Packers' Kuhn can get it done
ARLINGTON, Texas — Who he is, where he comes from, how he plays and what he represents are all reasons why John Kuhn is a favorite of Packers fans. But...
Adversity doesn’t stand in way of Steelers
ARLINGTON, Texas — Roger Goodell stood before the hundreds of reporters at his annual State of the NFL address on Friday and he looked down at the shiny, silver Lombardi...
Pointing the way: CK transfer Williams leads LIC past Bedford Academy
The game of the weekend was in The Bronx at Gauchos Gym Saturday afternoon as Christ the King and Rice reprised their classic rivalry. Aaron Williams was well aware of...
Molloy comes all the way back only to fall to Mary Louis
Tom Catalanotto could only shake his head and smile. Archbishop Molloy’s youthful exuberance brought the Stanners all the way back into the game from a double-digit, third-quarter deficit. But that...
Keys to success
I can't play even my scales now, but as a kid growing up in Boonton, NJ, I studied classical piano for 12 years. I would rather have done something else,...
Happy endings
Urging young players to study the endgame is as effective as telling them to eat their vegetables. Better is: "Study the endgame and you'll grow up to be Hikaru Nakamura."...
Bridge
In the past 30 years, systems and conventions have proliferated. Players adopt new bidding methods like kids with carte blanche in a toy store. In their zeal to tack gadgets...
A stand-up dude
It wasn’t long ago that Ed Helms — now a television and film star in hits such as “The Office” and “The Hangover” — was skateboarding around the city, dodging...
More risque business!
To help clueless cupids with raging hormones this Valentine’s Day, jewelry retail destination ice.com commissioned a survey to find out what type of gift will most likely get a woman...
It’s showtime!
On Tuesday, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Shaped American Entertainment” opens at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibit contains artifacts from the...
Back in the News
Fans of Huey Lewis and the News will be welcoming the band back to the future this Wednesday at Gramercy Theatre. It will be the group’s first Manhattan show in...
Young at heart
When singer/songwriter Keller Williams began his career as an entertainer in restaurants, there was little he could do to get people to look up from their entrees and actually pay...
Bringing sexy back?
They’d just better hope Fergie doesn’t have a wardrobe malfunction. Bucking the classic-rock trend of the past six years, the Super Bowl XLV halftime show will be headlined this year...
Bieber grows up
A year ago he had a walk. Today, Justin Bieber has a swagger. But Bieber isn’t strutting because he’s the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album...
'Code' of honor
Chicago, known for hard-core sports fans and corrupt politics, is both a real-life setting and a metaphor for today’s moral climate in Shawn Ryan’s cop show, “The Chicago Code.” “I...
King of comedy
BURBANK, CA -- Chuck Lorre produces the three hottest sitcoms, "Two and Half Men," "The Big Bang Theory" and "Mike & Molly." His track record is more than impressive. With...
Don't miss
Ain’t no ‘Sunshine’ A sports arena is the setting for the midseason replacement “Mr. Sunshine.” Matthew Perry stars as Ben Donovan, the manager. Allison Janney plays his boss, Crystal. Mishaps...
Phil goes all Julie Andrews on the tube
Raindrops on roses. Last month, these were a few of my favorite things: 1.) CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler had this to say about CBS situation comedy star Charlie Sheen...
Reel good
THE EXORCIST (1973) Friday, 12 a.m., Spike Maybe the scariest movie of all time is this tremendously crafted story about an aging priest (Max von Sydow) who, along with his...
Super 'Glee'
The post-Super Bowl episode of “Glee” features an epic, zombie-infused mash-up of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll”; a dance set to Katy Perry’s “California Gurls”...
One pot wonders
It may sound unfathomable during these days of slush, snow, sleet and everything in between, but there’s a bright side to winter: It’s the perfect time for gorging on warm,...
Playing ruff
The field is prepped. The rookies are ready. The blimp is in the air and the chicks are cheering on the sidelines. And even though the New York Jets didn’t...
Bring any guy to his knees
If men are dogs, then here's how you collar them. The dating-advice duo behind "The Man Whisperer" book promise in their step-by-step guide that getting your guy to follow your...
Hizzoner finally picks a fight
By Jove, he may have found it. Showing a sudden pas sion for pension and man date reform, Mayor Bloomberg finally looks ready to settle on an agenda worthy of...
Not in Chuck's back yard!
Sen. Chuck Schumer may be an avid cy clist, but he's no fan of the bike lane the city installed along his Prospect Park West street last summer. Sources said...
Kids stolen from their mothers and sold to new families looking for answers
Lois Kaufman will never forget the sea of blond, blue-eyed babies. It was a childless couple's dream. It was also a baby-selling business. Kaufman and her late husband, then from...
Lost 'Supe I' tape found
It's a Super surprise! The missing, never-seen footage of the first Super Bowl, held on Jan. 15, 1967, has been found. New York's Paley Media Center got the tape --...
Hinckley mad for psych gal
He's crazy in love. John Hinckley, the lunatic who in 1981 shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan to impress "Taxi Driver" actress Jodie Foster, has fallen in love in the...
'Seen all' guy's 1st miss
There's a first time for everything -- even missing a Super Bowl. Robert Cook, one of the famous foursome who have attended every Super Bowl, can't make the trek to...
Wall Street honchos huddle up for the big game
Wall Street will not let the Jets' loss spoil their Super Bowl fun today -- in fact, financial players have already made a broken-field run for a good time. A...
Stocks grind higher despite woes
As the Middle East and North Africa implode, the markets have basically shrugged it off, at least for now, and continue to march higher. This seemingly odd behavior is due...
We're having a heat wave!
Maybe Staten Island Chuck was on to something when he saw his shadow last week. New Yorkers are getting a respite today from one of the worst winters on record,...
E=MC $crewed
Relativity is lost on the university that owns the lucrative rights to Albert Einstein's name but doesn't give a dime to his family. "Everyone assumes I'm filthy rich, and they...
Cairo ruling party out
After nearly two weeks of protests that have shaken Egypt to its core, the ruling party's leadership up and quit yesterday, handing a major victory to those thirsting to end...
Jilter Jet's cruel game of love
He's been sacked. Jet cornerback Antonio Cromartie, legendary for scoring off the field -- siring nine kids with eight women in six states -- is getting blitzed by ex-fiancée Rhonda...
Chest the two of us
Apparently A-Rod wipes out as often as he strikes out! Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez and gal pal Cameron Diaz come up for air after a rough-and-tumble day of body surfing...
Running of the bulls
It's official: Fears of a crumbling US economy and a double-dip recession are fading remarkably fast -- as resilient domestic investors trade more stocks, hoping for a better economic tomorrow....
A dirty job, but a living
Don't these Bronx boobs want jobs? That's the question a steamed strip-club-owner wannabe is asking after civic leaders in the city's most unemployed borough prudishly attacked her dreams of building...
Katz's big mouth irked Madoff
Mets co-owner Saul Katz couldn't keep his mouth shut -- and it annoyed Bernie Madoff. "Saul Katz told his 'country club friends' that 'nobody knows how Madoff does it,' "...
Tragic 911 error
A 911 call for an ailing elderly woman went tragically awry when an operator directed her potentially life-saving ambulance to the wrong borough, causing a delay of 25 minutes. The...
Sheen to sex stars: Party over
He's now a porn-party pooper. Charlie Sheen has told his high-heeled Beverly Hills harem that the party is over in a series of text messages, TMZ reported. "Please lose the...
'Bully haircut' girl's ma sues
A Queens mom claims her young daughter's teacher had no idea a class bully was repeatedly lopping off her daughter's hair with scissors. The would-be pint-sized hair stylist twice got...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn The handyman for an East Flatbush boarding house was killed while trying to retrieve his tools, police sources said. Shayne Sinclair, 40, was stabbed in the chest after arguing...
Flight trackers 'dogging it' at key LI post
It's a flier alarm. The feds are investigating charges that New York air-traffic controllers endanger passengers by working just three hours per shift and acting like slackers -- chatting, texting...
Car is snow tomb for missing man
A man missing since Wednesday was found dead early yesterday in a snow-buried BMW parked in Astoria, police said. An EMS worker discovered the 31-year-old man sitting in the blue...
You got served!
This service comes not with a smile, but with fake strippers, wedding crashers and limo chasers. For more than three decades, the process servers at Serving by Irving have carried...
Booze-cruise principal out
A Brooklyn high-school principal who allowed chaperones to booze it up on a senior-prom boat ride -- and paid teachers overtime to attend -- is cruising into the sunset. Michael...
Truck kills LIE officer
A Nassau County police officer was killed yesterday in a horrific car crash that left his cruiser crushed beneath a flatbed truck on the Long Island Expressway, police said. Officer...
Valentine's love in $500 bloom
Who can put a price on love? But sending these rare flowers for Valentine's Day can be heartbreakingly costly. Incurable romantics are spending upwards of $500 on exotic Japanese floral...
New Muslim policy needed: British PM
LONDON -- State multiculturalism has failed and left young Muslims vulnerable to radicalization, British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday, arguing for a more active policy to heal divisions and...
Riot slayings
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Officers firing into an angry crowd of 1,000 people attacking the police station in the northwestern town of Kef yesterday killed two and wounded 17 others, according...
Canada 1, US 0, in jobs game
Did you hear Friday's good news about jobs? Four times as many people found work in the month of January than was expected, despite the Arctic-caliber cold weather. Meanwhile, the...
Taxi knocked into gal
A yellow cab hopped an Upper West Side curb last night and plowed into a woman, cops said. The taxi, driven by Malkit Singh, was rear-ended while waiting at a...
Oh shoot! Cops fire off-target
Duck! Over the past 10 years, city cops fired 4,702 bullets, accidentally pulled the trigger 323 times, and missed 78 percent of their intended targets, according to data The Post...
Libya on brink
A powder keg of political corruption and economic decline could make Libya the next nation swept into the Middle East's growing unrest, say US diplomatic documents disclosed by WikiLeaks. Its...
Elvis spotted again - this time in France!
Elvis lives! -- as a 6-year-old blond French boy. Marilyn Monroe pores over the classics, Chris Farley is svelte and Anna Nicole Smith has reunited with her elderly first husband....
3 return to NY - with cholera
Three New Yorkers contracted cholera while attending a wedding in the Dominican Republic last month -- but city health officials insist there's no chance of an outbreak. The three patients,...
Confound interest
Not only are credit cards harder to get today than in years past, they are also becoming an increasingly expensive way to borrow money, despite Congress' attempt to rein in...
Hit-and-drag driver kills B'klyn granny: cops
An unlicensed, boozed-up driver yesterday fatally smashed into a cancer-stricken, 80-year-old Brooklyn grandmother and dragged the victim a block before good Samaritans stopped him, cops said. The motorist, Mario Vasquez,...
Producer 'Shore' has guidette cred
She was Snooki before Snooki even knew what a tanning bed was. Meet SallyAnn Salsano, a nice Italian-American girl from Farmingdale, LI, who grew up to unleash guido culture upon...
Mets' owners' kin made millions from Madoff: suit
Their Amazin' money grubbing extended right into their living rooms. Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz recruited family members to invest with scammer Bernie Madoff -- and then used...
Toppling truck kills Bx. immig
A hardworking West African immigrant who never met his newborn daughter was crushed to death yesterday in The Bronx after a pickup truck he was trying to ship home fell...
Felony rap for 'necklace lift' Lindsay
Troubled star Lindsay Lohan will be charged with felony grand theft in the case of a missing $2,500 necklace, possibly as early as tomorrow, TMZ.com reported yesterday, citing LA police...
Hayden sure isn't a Foxy Knoxy hater
Hayden Panettiere has gone from "hero" to a zero -- defending a convicted murder ess. The small-screen star recently rose to the defense of Amanda Knox, whom she plays in...
Small biz jobs view dims
It's a difficult time, in New York and the suburbs, for job seekers, for small businesses and for those trying to save money. These are the findings of a recent...
Oil's not well that ends wells
Readers: I thought you might enjoy a "discussion" of energy prices I recently had with a reader who was obviously trying to tick me off . Dear John: I am...
New tax tab for Rev. Al
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has vowed to clean up his fiscal house, has a new tax lien to pay. Sharpton owes $359,973 to the IRS for 2009 personal income...
Dimon cuts appear
February could be considered the cruelest month for JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, and January wasn't too hot, either. The embattled banker felt the scorn of Bernie Madoff reach into the...
SoHo nonprofit teaching activists how to create a digital revolution
It's Revolution U. A SoHo-based nonprofit is fomenting revolt in Egypt and turning Third World activists into tech-savvy rebels by teaching them to use social media to peacefully overthrow corrupt...
Alphabet snoop
Alphaville 1988, Crime, Punishment, and the Battle for New York City’s Lower East Side by Michael Codella with Bruce Bennett Thomas Dunne Books After working for a couple of years...
Mike's Arizona stimulus
Times are tough all over — so how nice that city taxpayers are contributing to Arizona’s economy. That’s the upshot of the Bloomberg administration’s bizarre undercover sting at a Phoenix...
Serious business
Peggy Noonan writes that President Obama missed his chance to be a “serious man” when he failed to talk about the budget cuts that reflect the election of so many...
Want to cut spending? Cut terms
The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is promising to cut $100 billion from domestic spending this year. The Tea Party caucus’s response? I’ll see your $100 billion...
Going Dutch
One of the first times I began to question the automatic loathing for Ronald Reagan that had been beaten into me during my upbringing (in Massachusetts, the only state that...
How football sacked America
Pro baseball and basketball lie concussed, unable to get a make on the league that has blitzed their television ratings, sacked all the sponsorship bucks and driven deep into a...
It’s a high bar
New Yorkers deserve judges who are highly competent and above reproach — judges who commit misconduct should be disciplined to ensure public confidence in the judiciary. However, we take issue...
The king and I
Rich Lowry makes some good points in “Hope & Fear in the Arab Spring,” (PostOpinion, Feb. 1) but his opener rates a challenge. What happened in France in 1789 and...
Layoff limbo
Pink slips are coming five months early for hundreds of city employees — but don’t blame Gov. Cuomo and his budget ax. No, this round of firings is getting rushed...
In my library: Delia Ephron
When you grow up, as Delia Ephron did, in a family of writers — screenwriter parents, incipient novelist/screenwriter siblings — it’s only natural, later on, to draw from the same...
Meet the Mess
Courage, excellence, persistence, justice, teamwork, commitment, citizenship, determination and integrity — those are the nine words in gigantic print on the walls of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, the first thing...
A sneak peek at the iPad 2.0
If it were it a movie, the sequel to the iPad just might be titled “iPad 2: 2 Fast, 2 Light.” In the coming months, if not weeks, Apple is...
Required reading
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckey-French (Doubleday) In this quirky, dark comic novel, 77-year-old retired Memphis schoolteacher Marylou Ahearn is out to get even with the doctor...
Why NYC (still) rocks
The Great Recession was supposed to clobber New York, but the city is doing just fine. Its unemployment rate is below the national average. Per-capita earnings in the New York...
Stealing home
For all the conventional sports wisdom that can be disproved, deconstructed or, at the very least, called into question, home-team advantage is no myth. Indisputably, it exists. And it exists...
Bottom of seniority, top of the class
With federal stimulus money dried up, many school districts will have to lay off teachers. Nearly everywhere when this happens, the newest teachers, rather than the worst ones, lose their...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS BRIAN MOYNIHAN Rookie CEO is awarded $9.05M in BofA shares as bonus for 2010. JOHN RICCITIELLO Electronic Arts CEO sees stock rise on news the videogame giant raised projections....
Will he fit?
Kudos to my mother, who commented that Punxsutawney Phil should be replaced by Gopher Gore in predicting the remainder of the winter (“Happy ‘Hog-nostications,” Feb. 3). Mom knows best! Thomas...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $34,000; clm($40,000); 3YOPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1Sunshine Sarah,121Hmpshr 12-12Petrezza(L),121Alvrdo 12-13Sweetheart Samanth,121C Cruz 10-14Jimmy's Sunshine(L),121S Arias 8-15Nashway(L),116Mntnez 9-26Empire Diva(L),121FPennngtn 2-17Darn That Raven(L),121A...
NHL players union against head-hit punishments
MONTREAL -- It's a strange world, friends, when those of us who have no real stake in the matter are continually outraged by the lenient sentences applied by the NHL...
Islanders defeat Senators
Rob Schremp called it a childish penalty, and he was pleased the Islanders made the most of the opportunity. Schremp's second goal of the game broke a third-period tie and...
Graded entries
Post time: 2:00 p.m. FIRST-1 1/8 milesT; $54,000; mdn; 3YOf PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 2 WrkngAtNght(L),121 JTalmo 3-4-4 5-2 1 Rcktyrcktys(L),121 JRosro 2-2-5 2-1 3 Cadazzle(L),121 GGomz 6-4-3...
Analysis
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-7 fur; $48,500; mdn; 3YO NINJA BLADE drew rail after finishing second in both career starts. ARCH TRAVELER tired...
Inconsistent Nets spinning wheels
Throughout the season, the Nets have sought improvement, growth and progress, all the stuff teams seek when they know the playoffs aren't happening. To achieve those elements, any team needs...
Red-hot Devils trying to avoid burnout
It's a little different for the Devils. For them, this is Super Glue Sunday, when they try to patch their punctured balloon. They have as few as 12 points left...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $18,000; clm($15,000); 4upZIO TONY cuts back in distance and drops in class for new barn in first start since tiring in June when adding blinkers. SCORCH THE...
Dandy Andy
* We said goodbye this one of the Yankees' best and finest: Andy Pettitte. For 16 years Andy was the epitome of class and dignity on and off the field...
NFL, union spend two hours at labor meeting
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The NFL and its players' union met for two hours yesterday at a Dallas hotel to talk about a new labor deal, their first formal bargaining session...
Aqueduct Charts
Feb. 5, 2011 Showery And Good. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1m&70yds; $17,000; clm; 4upOff: 12:30. 5. asked 5/16, up at wire; Time: 25.20, 51.10, 1:17.01, 1:42.91, 1:47.12.; Trainer: Randi Persaud;...
Rangers' Gaborik AWOL again
MONTREAL -- The notion floating around that Chris Drury bailed out on the Rangers by claiming to have a sore left knee in order to potentially avoid the specter of...
Like Steelin' money
Super BOWL XLV Steelers (+2½) over Packers Over 44½ The Steelers took their first big step out of the modern-day shadows when they took Louisiana Tech's Terry Bradshaw with the...
Maras showing love for Steelers
ARLINGTON, Texas -- There will be a lot of Giants love inside Cowboys Stadium tonight rooting for the Steelers to beat the Packers. The rich NFL tradition of the Steelers...
Vic C.'s Philadelphia Parx Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $30,000; alw; 3YO3-ReasontoDrink 1161-Little Pep 1094-Sinatra'sDncr 1162-NewRevolution 1165-Blackburnian 1166-GottaHaveitll 121SECOND-1 mile; $30,000; alw; 3YO(f)3-Lucy Dubai 1161-QueenHatshpst 1115-PromisetoShrn 1182-C'EstLaFleet 1166-StarlightLnge 1167-Sammzilla 1164-Came of Age 116THIRD-5 ½...
Mozgov back in Knicks starting lineup
Welcome back, "The Wizard of Moz." With the playoffs no longer a certainty, a desperate Mike D'Antoni has turned to rookie Russian center Timofey Mozgov today for Super Bowl Sunday's...
The Post Line
NFL At Arlington, Texas Favorite Current Underdog Packers 2½ (45) Steelers NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog NOTRE DAME 10 Rutgers PENN ST. 3½ Michigan WISCONSIN 7½ Michigan St. Ohio St....
Sports shorts
NFL: Vick AP Comeback Player of Year In Dallas, Michael Vick took a most unusual path to The Associated Press 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award he received...
Reel Super Bowl down in the Delta
The Super Bowl this year will be played out along the Louisi ana Delta, and there will not be helmets or footballs, just boats and anglers. Top bass anglers from...
Loss highlights Rangers' power-play problems
MONTREAL -- John Tortorella bemoaned the Rangers' lack of a power-play quarterback, but the coach acknowledged that blue line problems were not the direct cause of the stunning impotence with...
Today's Sports on Air
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Super tips for viewers
In no particular order, Supe to Nuts: The Ultimate Super Bowl Nightmare: Box pool numbers 5 and 2, 8 and 9, game party at the sister-in-law's, a vegan, BYOSM --...
Yankees, Mets futures tied to shortstops
Andy Pettitte revealed his plans. Irving Picard revealed his case. And with those twin disclosures last week, the New York version of spring training became both more intriguing and more...
Home Team Lineups
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Lombardi's Playbook: Now it’s up to the players
Dan Lauria is currently playing the role of Vince Lombardi in Lombardi at Circle in the Square Theater. The Post is providing a daily insight from “Coach” leading up to...
The Rumble
The Islanders’ Michael Grabner very well may be the fastest hockey player on Earth. He did his best to prove so last weekend, winning the Fastest Skater award at the...
Serby's Super Sunday Q & A with ... Bill Parcells
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the Jersey guy who coached the Giants to Super Bowl XXI and XXV championships, and whose Patriots lost Super Bowl XXXI to the Packers....
'Snow' offense, Dallas, but this party is lame
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Metroplex has taken a beating this week. In theory, this should have been a fine place to hold a Super Bowl. Dallas is a good eating...
Weird but true
Move over, Janet Jackson. Cops on Friday finally collared the Arizona techno-pirate who allegedly managed to insert a 37- second porno clip into a cable company's local telecast of the...
Ask Ashley: Bad hair ways
How do you feel about body hair on men? Should some be left or do I get rid of it all? — John Yuck! I keep hearing from guy friends...
Meet market: Burger-loving babe hungry for a nice guy
Erin, a 25-year-old librarian, spends a lot of time eating burgers. But she's really in the market for a rare and juicy beau. Ice queen Most people are surprised to...
Top 5 worst Super Bowl pickup lines
According to football lovers at Lansdowne Road sports bar “If there were special teams for kissing, I’d be on it.” — Ray “Want to make an illegal formation together?” —...
This week's couple: Not in the stars
When Jake, a 33-year-old woodworker, and Tara, a 31-year-old teacher, dined at Chelsea’s The Ainsworth, Jake was hoping the universe would intervene. In fact, he picked Tara because of her...
Storm shafted at line in Lavin's return to UCLA
LOS ANGELES -- The postgame press conference was almost as much of a clown show as the second half of UCLA'S 66-59 win over St. John's yesterday. Red Storm coach...
Polee plays big for Storm
LOS ANGELES -- The youngest and least physical of the St. John's forwards played the biggest and the toughest yesterday in the Red Storm's 66-59 loss at UCLA. Freshman Dwayne...
Boyd double-double powers LIU past Quinnipiac
Julian Boyd scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Long Island University kept its hold on first place in the Northeast Conference by beating Quinnipiac 84-74 yesterday in Brooklyn...
Hoyas vanquish Friars despite 43 from Brooks
Georgetown nearly blew an 18-point second-half lead and overcame a career-high, 43-point performance by Marshon Brooks as the No. 13 Hoyas held on to beat Providence 83-81 yesterday in Washington...
UConn defeats Seton Hall
Seton Hall is getting good at losing close games. Last night, the Pirates worked hard to build a second-half lead, then watched helplessly as No. 6 Connecticut inexorably chipped and...
Hilltoppers hold off rival Stanners' riveting rally
Mary Louis was dominant and looking set to cruise to an easy victory over rival Archbishop Molloy. But Hilltoppers coach Kevin White knew better. “We can’t put people away,” he...
Hot-shooting Nuss far from reserved for CK against Naz
Lauren Nuss heard a voice as Bria Smith’s pass sailed her way in the right corner . “Coach [Jill] Cook from the bench was telling me, ‘You got to hit...
Boys basketball roundup: Sylvester leads Hayes past Stepinac
Davon Sylvester netted 27 points, Amadou Sidibe added 14 points, Fadil Yacabou had 11 and Jalen Jenkins added 10 for Cardinal Hayes, which defeated Archbishop Stepinac, 72-66, in overtime in...
Islanders sink Senators, 5-3
Rob Schremp's second goal of the game broke a third-period tie and lifted the New York Islanders to a 5-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators tonight. The teams split six...
Simms in MVP scuffle with ex-Packer Howard
DALLAS — In a confrontation between two former Super Bowl MVPs, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms allegedly threatened to hit Desmond Howard, the former Packers receiver/returner said, though Simms contends...
All-American Smith helps CK return favor, topple Nazareth
Christ the King wasn’t giving its division up without a fight. Nazareth beat the defending state Federation Class AA champion in Middle Village in November. It was just CK’s third...
Smith, Midwood buzz past Columbus, eye borough playoffs
Maybe it was the forthcoming challenge Tuesday against Brooklyn AA powerhouse Thomas Jefferson or just one of those off days all teams go through, but Midwood wasn’t at its best...
Jets great Martin passed over for Hall of Fame
DALLAS — Curtis Martin will ride into the Hall of Fame — in the words of Bill Parcells — "on roller skates." Next year. Martin, the best player in Jets...
Two hurt when cab jumps curb on UWS
Two people were injured when a cab hopped an Upper West Side curb and careened into a bank tonight, authorities said. The smashup unfolded at 69th Street and Broadway at...