May 7, 2011
Quick starting, physical Poly powers past Midwood
May 7, 2011 | 11:35pmPoly Prep is a welcoming bunch. The Blue Devils are physical, aggressive and skilled with their sticks at every part of the field and they make sure opponents are aware...
Young Owls having a hoot a year ahead of schedule
May 7, 2011 | 11:30pmWally Hausdorf’s position at the beginning of the season was that his Bryant softball team was built to win – in 2012. With eight freshmen and sophomores on the roster,...
Rangers squeeze past Yankees, 7-5
May 7, 2011 | 11:28pmARLINGTON, Texas — Julio Borbon asked for the chance to squeeze in the go-ahead run for the Texas Rangers. And the New York Yankees were even anticipating the play. Borbon...
PSAL/Private baseball roundup: Horace Mann shocks Riverdale
May 7, 2011 | 11:23pmHorace Mann’s emergence continued Saturday afternoon in a major way. The Lions, who already have surpassed their win total last spring, upset Riverdale, 3-1, in the Ivy Prep League in...
Arm problems scratch Young
May 7, 2011 | 11:19pmChris Young's fragile arm acted up again tonight and was scratched from his start against the Dodgers. He was replaced by Dillon Gee.Young has already spent time on the disabled...
Riverdale riding high after two big wins, looking to make history
May 7, 2011 | 11:18pmIt all started the end of last year for Riverdale. The Falcons softball team finished with a losing record, but upended Horace Mann, which later advanced to the NYSAISAA final,...
Mets PH Turner breaks tie; Mets beat Dodgers, 4-2
May 7, 2011 | 11:03pmPinch-hitter Justin Turner came through with a long single that snapped an eighth-inning tie and the New York Mets stopped Andre Ethier's hitting streak at 30 games Saturday night in...
Animal Kingdom wins Kentucky Derby
May 7, 2011 | 10:38pmLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Animal Kingdom sped past the leaders in the turn at Churchill Downs on Saturday and roared down the middle of the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby....
2012 GOP contender Huntsman defends Obama role
May 7, 2011 | 10:18pmCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican Jon Huntsman, weighing a White House bid, used his first formal event after stepping down as President Barack Obama's ambassador to China to confront the line...
David Beckham unhurt after LA freeway accident
May 7, 2011 | 9:28pmLOS ANGELES -- Galaxy star David Beckham was involved in a car accident on a Los Angeles freeway, and while he was not injured, the driver of the other car was...
UFT vows 'Wisconsin' protest over teacher cuts
May 7, 2011 | 8:14pmThe head of the city teachers’ union declared war today on Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to layoff 4,100 teachers – and angrily vowed a massive Wisconsin-style protest this Thursday as an...
Underwear weirdo caught packing pistol at Waldorf Astoria hotel
May 7, 2011 | 6:55pmA loopy 46-year-old Connecticut woman wearing hot pink underwear outside her pants was arrested at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel this morning with a unloaded gun, cops said. Around 9:30 a.m.,...
Slumping Posada safe as Yankees’ DH
May 7, 2011 | 5:36pmARLINGTON — Brian Cashman isn’t formulating a plan to replace Jorge Posada as the Yankees’ designated hitter. Posada goes into tonight’s game against the Rangers at Rangers Ballpark hitting an...
New Osama videos show 9/11 monster watching himself on TV
May 7, 2011 | 3:35pmHere is the private face of Osama Bin Laden. Stunning home movies of the 9/11 mastermind at home in his Pakistani compound, watching himself on the news on multiple cable...
Scrap-yard horror death
May 7, 2011 | 2:28pmAn elderly man died yesterday in a horrific accident at a Brooklyn scrap metal business, cops said. The 75-year-old man — whose name is being withheld pending family notification —...
Vinny G defense lays a 'rat' trap
May 7, 2011 | 2:26pmDefense attorneys representing former Bonanno crime family boss Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano rested their case yesterday in a strategy that seems designed to portray former mobsters who testified as government...
Report: RBNY looking at Ze Roberto again
May 7, 2011 | 2:05pmThe Red Bulls acquired attackingmidfielder Dwayne De Rosario, and have steadfastly claimed they're only going to have two Designated Players. But they;ve also said that's always open to change, and...
London's QPR heading for EPL after escaping points penalty
May 7, 2011 | 2:01pmLONDON -- Queens Park Rangers will not face a points penalty this season or the next, English soccer governing body the Football Association (FA) said Saturday, confirming the club's elevation...
Takeover of Rangers completed for $1.64. You read that right.
May 7, 2011 | 1:59pmGLASGOW -- Businessman Craig Whyte finally acquired a majority shareholding in Scottish soccer giant Rangers after a lengthy takeover process, Sky Sports reported Saturday. The buy-out sees Whyte take 85.3...
Kentucky Derby field
May 7, 2011 | 11:42amToday's field for the 137th Kentucky Derby, with program number and morning-line odds. Post time is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. 1. Archarcharch, 10-1 2....
Post expert picks for the Kentucky Derby
May 7, 2011 | 9:57amThe Post's panel of experts provides its picks for the 137th Kentucky Derby, to be run today at Churchill Downs. A field of 19 will take to the starting gate...
CHSAA softball roundup: Mitchell, Kearney hold off CK
May 7, 2011 | 7:51amNick Trani had a gut feeling. His Bishop Kearney softball team had just taken a one-run lead in the top to the sixth with a chance to break the game...
Castano and Co. propel Cardozo past Adams in battle of division leaders
May 7, 2011 | 7:47amFriday’s showdown of undefeated Queens division leaders felt more like a routine mid-season regular season meeting at the outset rather than a collision of borough powers. Neither John Adams nor...
Trying to read mixed-up 'pens
May 7, 2011 | 6:32amTony La Russa always has been an iconoclast in the dugout. Ozzie Guillen, you never know what he will do next. But when a by-the-book baseball man such as Dodgers...
Mets prospect Holt back on track
May 7, 2011 | 6:23amIt has taken three seasons, but Brad Holt finally has enjoyed some success in Double-A. When the right-hander initially was promoted to Binghamton in the summer of 2009, he quickly...
Mosley will put up good fight, but Pacquiao will get his KO
May 7, 2011 | 6:10amLAS VEGAS — Sugar Shane Mosley has never been knocked out in his Hall of Fame boxing career. But he will be tonight when he faces Manny Pacquiao for the...
Stars finally aligned for Red Bulls-Galaxy showdown
May 7, 2011 | 6:03amEver since MLS’ inaugural season 15 years ago, New York-Los Angeles has been the bi-coastal rivalry the league has dreamed of fostering. That dream becomes a reality when the Red...
With Uncle Mo out, Kentucky Derby wide open
May 7, 2011 | 5:59amLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Uncle Mo is a no-go — the latest in a litany of leading hopefuls for today’s 137th Kentucky Derby to drop out of what has become a...
Breeders’ jinx strikes again
May 7, 2011 | 5:56amLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Uncle Mo is the latest victim of the dreaded “Breeders’ Cup Jinx.” Of the 27 horses to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile since its inaugural in 1984,...
Pridie's homer helps Mets dump distressed Dodgers
May 7, 2011 | 5:46amThe Dodgers came into Citi Field as the one team in baseball with more problems than the Mets. And Jason Pridie made things even worse. After Ike Davis was intentionally...
Painful setback leaves Mets' Pagan sidelined
May 7, 2011 | 5:43amAngel Pagan won’t be playing center field tonight for the Mets, and the team doesn’t know when his oblique injury will allow him back on the field. Pagan had a...
PSAL baseball roundup: Jerez leads Grand Street attack in win over FDR
May 7, 2011 | 5:22amWilliams Jerez homered, tripled, scored twice and drove in two runs as Grand Street Campus remained undefeated in league action with an 11-3 victory over FDR in crossover Brooklyn baseball....
Close again not enough for Terriers
May 7, 2011 | 5:16amThe feeling has become all too familiar at St. Francis Prep. Despite the Terriers beating Archbishop Molloy last season on its Senior Day, the Stanners have had the better of...
CHSAA baseball roundup: Terriers bite Stanners, 7-6
May 7, 2011 | 4:41amChris Cannon belted a pair of doubles, including a two-run shot off the fence in left in the seventh, to help lift St. Francis Prep to a wild 7-6 win...
Failed bases loaded opportunity dooms Adams in first league loss
May 7, 2011 | 4:10amJohn Adams’ first league loss came down to the Spartans blowing their best scoring opportunity and Cardozo taking advantage of theirs. At least that’s the way Adams coach Glenn Meyer...
Moore errors, walks haunt Mavericks in stunning defeat
May 7, 2011 | 4:08amFor four innings Friday, Moore Catholic did everything right. Starter Matt Kostalos allowed one unearned run on one hit and the Mavericks capitalized on Monsignor Farrell’s mistakes and manufactured runs...
Web masters
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amIn 2009, a bunch of friends who'd been cheerleaders together in the 1970s reconnected at their Mesquite, Texas, high school reunion. It seemed to the four women as though no...
Ruler's crown and out
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amDid we really need this "King Lear"? That depends. If you love the play, you may want to catch this production from London's Donmar Warehouse just to see what Derek...
'Doc' work
May 7, 2011 | 4:00am"The Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels is double-dipping in the doctor pool. Michaels, who's leaving "Loser" after this season, will join "The Doctors" next season as a co-host and will...
'Idol' goin' Gaga
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amLady Gaga is going to show "American Idol" how being a pop idol is really done. Ryan Seacrest revealed on Twitter that the superstar singer is set to mentor the...
Kid stuff
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amToday Cake for a snake: OK, it’s not exactly water for elephants, but there will be plenty of treats for Fantasia, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s 260-pound Burmese python, at her...
Mom date
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amDidn't score the coveted brunch reservation at your favorite Sunday hot spot for Mother’s Day? Well, creativity has always been the way to a mother’s heart. Tomorrow, instead of going...
Mothers superior!
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amEvery year we ask readers to write about their moms — and each time they amaze us. This year, we heard not only from children, but from folks 40 and...
Eyeing Silvio pimp raps
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amROME -- Milan prosecutors yesterday asked a judge to indict three aides of Premier Silvio Berlusconi on charges they recruited a girl and several women for prostitution. The premier went...
242G spacesuit
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA Russian spacesuit worn during the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project fetched $242,000 at Bonhams auction house in Midtown. Apollo-Soyuz marked the first international manned space flight. Soyuz commander Alexei Leonov...
Morocco bomb arrests
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMARRAKESH, Morocco -- The main suspect in last month's deadly bomb attack in Marrakesh was previously expelled from Libya and Syria, Morocco's interior minister said yesterday after three people were...
Blavatnik bid OK'd by Warner
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amLen Blavatnik's Access Industries inked a deal to acquire Warner Music Group for $3.3 billion, beating a rival bidding group in the final round of the auction. The Russian-born tycoon...
Mike's Mich.-mosh: send illegals to Detroit?
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amTHE ISSUE: Mayor Bloomberg’s suggestion that immigrants be sent to Detroit to help its economy. *** After nine years of pandering to the city's illegal population and providing it with...
Yemenis clash over prez
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amSANA'A, Yemen -- Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets to protest for and against President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday, after efforts to revive a plan for him...
School-aide 'drug threat'
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA Bronx school worker was busted yesterday for allegedly trying to force a teenager to sell drugs, sources said. Anthony Davis, 41, a school aide at IS 98 in the...
Woman dead in LI motel
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA woman was found dead inside a cheap motel on Long Island and police are investigating. Police identified the victim as Henrietta Sholl, 53. She was found Thursday afternoon on...
Summer vacation comeback
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMore Americans have summer travel plans this year than in 2010, despite rising gas prices, according to an American Express Co. survey released yesterday. About 59 percent of Americans are...
Deadly day in Syria protests
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAMMAN, Jordan -- Syrian security forces yesterday killed 22 protesters demanding an end to President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power, rights campaigners said. The bloodiest confrontation took place after Friday...
Heir-slay penalty is up to feds
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA Westchester prosecutor says he's waiting for the Justice Department to decide whether to seek the death penalty against a Florida woman accused of arranging the 2009 killings of her...
Why not kill Khadafy?
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amThe welcome end of Osama bin Laden at the hands of helicopter- borne US military commandos raises a number of issues. Privately, Americans are probably relieved that this psychopathic mass...
'Gabby' shuttle delayed
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The penultimate space shuttle flight has been delayed again. Endeavour will now blast off no earlier than May 16, shuttle managers announced yesterday. The two-week mission...
Deport halted for gay hubby
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA New Jersey judge yesterday halted the deportation of a Venezuelan salsa dancer who legally married an American man in a same-sex ceremony last year. The decision comes a day...
'Dafy dame's on run again
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMoammar Khadafy's Ukrainian nurse has fled again, this time seeking asylum in Norway. Galyna Kolotnytska, 38, described in US diplomatic cables as a "voluptuous blonde" who was close to Khadafy,...
Dad slain in front of wife, kid
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA devoted Bronx dad was stabbed to death in front of his horrified wife and young son in an attack by cold-blooded assailants who'd followed the family home from the...
Glorifying a blight
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amRarely does a museum ex hibit cause a crime spree. That's the dubious distinc tion of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, where a show on "street art"...
Slapping the folks who found Osama
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amWhile the Obama administration deservedly revels in the success of the US operation to kill Osama bin Laden this week, one question remains: Why is the Justice Department threatening criminal...
Subway mug spree
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amFor straphangers, these thieves were Public Enemy No. 1. Two bandits ripped off cellphones and cash from victims as young as 14 during a string of robberies on the No....
US Defense Secretary: Death of bin Laden could be 'Game changer'
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amGOLDSBORO, NC -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that the death of Osama bin Laden could be a "game changer" in Afghanistan. "Bin Laden and [Taliban leader] Mullah Omar...
Inferno in Queens
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amFlames and choking smoke erupted from a second-story window of a wood-frame Queens house yesterday morning, sending a man and a woman fleeing into the street, authorities said. The fire...
OTB talks on track
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amALBANY -- Betting on the Kentucky Derby could become a sure thing next year if state lawmakers get their OTB overhaul plan across the finish line. Two key lawmakers are...
Rutgers Web-'spy' gal's deal
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA former Rutgers University student charged in a Webcam-spying case linked to a classmate's suicide agreed yesterday to cooperate with authorities as they prosecute another defendant -- and could avoid...
Security guard gets McSlashed
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA loud argument in a notorious McDonald's near Penn Station triggered a slashing that left a security guard wounded yesterday, authorities said. The violence erupted at 10:24 a.m. at the...
Business briefs
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amSpongeTech George Speranza, who had receptionists answer phones for five ersatz customers of now-de funct sponge peddler SpongeTech in a scheme to trick regulators and the New York Post in...
Liberty up; set to split
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amLiberty Media's Liberty Starz tracking stock, which includes the Starz pay-television business, rose 4.4 percent after the company said it expects to split off Liberty Starz and Liberty Capital. Liberty...
Obama shakes hand of warrior who killed bin Laden
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amFORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- A grateful President Obama yesterday shook the hand of the Navy SEAL who shot and killed terror nemesis Osama bin Laden. At Fort Campbell, one of...
Paul McCartney to wed MTA board member Nancy Shevell
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMaybe he's amazed. Wrinkly rock legend Sir Paul McCartney is engaged to MTA board babe Nancy Shevell after a nearly four-year courtship, reps for the singer told The Post yesterday....
Optimistic O hails job growth
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- Refocusing on the nation's economic struggles, President Obama welcomed news yesterday that the economy added more than 200,000 jobs last month, exceeding expectations. "We are regaining our footing,"...
Driving USA out of business
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amTHE ISSUE: New York City’s selection of Nissan to make its official “Taxi of Tomorrrow.” *** New York City has given a $1 billion, 10-year contract for new taxis to...
Libraries get noisy over cuts
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAngry New Yorkers want to throw the book at Mayor Bloomberg for proposing deep spending cuts to the city's libraries. The mayor's budget plan would slash library spending by 29...
New look after gifted-kids makeover
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAn overhaul of the city's "gifted-and talented" programs three years ago that was meant to diversify them had mixed results -- with the percentage of black students enrolled declining by...
Oil ends week with slide to $97
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amCrude oil capped its biggest weekly decline in more than two years as the death of Osama bin Laden and a strengthening dollar triggered a five-day rout in commodity prices....
Bin Laden lived like a hermit
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAn American detention cell may not look so bad after five years holed up with Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden's wife of 10 years, Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah, 29, may be...
Oprah's underachieving cable network shakes things up
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amThe Queen of All Media is having trouble conquering cable. Just five months after her fledgling cable network launched to much fanfare, Oprah Winfrey and her financial backer, Discovery Communications,...
Jaguar's mean green machine
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amThis Jaguar could really start James Bond's engines -- it's an eco-friendly hybrid with raw power, serious speed, a sexy silhouette, and a staggering price tag of up to $1.5...
Sony CEO's sorry blog
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMore than two weeks after Sony first detected its PlayStation Network was breached and accounts and information of more than 100 million users were hacked, embattled CEO Howard Stringer apologized....
Private-sector jobs jump fires up Street
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amPrivate-sector payrolls grew at an unexpectedly brisk pace in April, their biggest gain in five years, giving Wall Street just the jolt it needed to recover from its pounding earlier...
Mike trying to breathe new life into his kill-LIFO push
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amSchoolyard brawl! Mayor Bloomberg yesterday revived his push to scrap the "last in, first out" law after proposing to lay off 4,100 teachers in his executive budget plan. LIFO job...
Offing Osama is no 2012 silver bullet
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amKilling Osama bin Laden is a strange way to start a presidential campaign season, but that's where we are. Now, bin Laden wasn't taken out for partisan political reasons. Nor...
Bloomberg budget brings on showdown with school union
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg set the stage yesterday for a showdown with the teachers union by refusing to back off a plan to get rid of 6,100 of its members as early...
Goldman holders get testy
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amFor Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, the past is prologue. Fallout from the financial crisis that rocked Wall Street three years ago is still dogging his gold-plated financial institution....
Zoned out at Ft. Osama
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amNot only did the Pakistanis let a mass murderer live right under their noses -- they also looked the other way on zoning-code violations! They didn't even go after him...
Arthur Laurents, 1917-2011
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAt 5-foot-2, he was known as the Tiny Terror of Broadway for his often-tart tongue -- but there's no denying that Arthur Laurents was one of the greatest figures on...
Cuomo's clubless crusade
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amFinally: Gov. Cuomo is launching a cam paign to pass a property-tax cap. It sure took him long enough. On Wednesday, we noted how little he'd done, aside from drafting...
Bloomy's budget fib
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amWhat a fibber, that Mike Bloomberg. The mayor yesterday introduced his budget for the 2012 fiscal year by asserting that it totals "less than last year's budget. "Not just less...
No verdict yet from Raj jurors
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amJurors in the insider-trading trial of New York billionaire hedge-fund guru Raj Rajaratnam ended their second week of deliberations without having reached a verdict. Rajaratnam, charged with 14 counts of...
Dykstra's indicted
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES -- Former Mets and Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for bankruptcy fraud for allegedly selling items from his $18 million mansion...
'Rape cop' partner pilloried on stand
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amIsn't it romantic. Officer Franklin Mata took the witness stand at the scandalous "Rape Cops" trial yesterday, telling jurors that his partner was merely "building a rapport" and having a...
'Bloodbath' as runaway car smashes into bus stop, bodega
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAn out-of-control car hurtled into two people standing at a Brooklyn bus stop yesterday, then careened into a bodega, smashing into several customers sitting at tables, police and witnesses said....
Demand Media: up food chain
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amQuality is in demand. Demand Media, a so-called content farm that has suffered from Google's recent tweaks to its search engine, is now focusing on "premium" content -- and is...
Media CEOs top salary ranks as financiers fall
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amIt's good to be king. CEOs of S&P 500 companies in 2010 had average pay packages of $9 million, up a very healthy 24 percent compared to last year --...
Johnson & Johnson heiress drops $48M on Vanderbilt Mansion
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amNew York real estate is back in the money! Johnson & Johnson heiress Libet Johnson has just plunked down at least $48 million for the Vanderbilt Mansion at 16 E....
Cop-union big spills on tix fix
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amA police union honcho went before a Bronx grand jury to testify against a delegate who allegedly fixed a ticket for him, The Post has learned. Former PBA lawyer Dave...
Conn. jewel-shop killer to rot in jail for life
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amHARTFORD, Conn. -- A former Queens man who killed a husband and wife during a robbery at their Connecticut jewelry store in 2005 was sentenced yesterday to life in prison...
Doggone losers
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amDog charities who were begging a judge to help them get a bigger bite of Leona Helmsley's billions were barking up the wrong tree. A Manhattan judge has denied a...
NYPD Daily Blotter
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amManhattan The thugs pictured here are wanted for robbing two hookers -- both of whom advertised their services online -- at Midtown hotels, sources said. One victim, 24, told cops...
Evil cleric evades US missile strike
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amThe United States launched a drone strike aimed at killing an American-born radical cleric suspected of orchestrating at least three terror attacks here, it was reported last night. Cleric Anwar...
Dodgers' Ethier extends hit streak to 30
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAndre Ethier has changed plenty of things during his 30-game hitting streak. He hasn't been married to the same breakfast. He hasn't made sure to always take the same seat...
Decision was an easy one
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amQueens native and business mogul Mike Repole has one horse in the Kentucky Derby - Stay Thirsty, after Uncle Mo was scratched Friday. The Vitamin Water co-founder and Pirate Brands...
Vic Cangialosi's Parx Grade
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amPost Time: 12:25 p. m.FIRST-6 fur; $24,000; clm; 3YO4-PardsbythC 8-51-MyGifttoY 12-12-I'm Wanted 10-13-Fashiontt 7-25-Tahiti Shack 6-16-CrazyKimbr 5-2SECOND-7 fur; $22,000; clm; 3,4&5YO6-LaddrtthMn 5-11-PioneerBrd 15-12-ThsTrpIsOn 15-13-B My Secret 12-14-Champoro 12-15-Set Sail 4-17-DangrsBhvr...
Another bad break for Yankees' Chavez
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amARLINGTON, Texas -- There is hope that Eric Chavez's fractured left foot won't cost him the rest of the season. Joe Girardi said he was optimistic the Yankees infielder might...
Phillies' Lee K's 16 but falls to Braves
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amDerek Lowe took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Braves won their sixth straight game, beating the Phillies 5-0 last night in Philadelphia despite Cliff Lee's 16 strikeouts....
Granderson's HRs, Nova's super night stop Yankees' skid
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amARLINGTON, Texas -- A team in dire need of something, anything to end a three-game bender, will take help from any locker. And with all the stars in the Yankees'...
Yankees' Posada thanks Girardi
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amARLINGTON, Texas -- If Jorge Posada was managing the Yankees, he would be thinking about what to do with Jorge Posada the ice-cold hitter. "I told him, 'Thank you for...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amPost Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1 1/16m(T); $23,000; mdn clm($25,000); 3up(f)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Isabella Bella(L),123J Espinoza3-x-xTerrccno 12-12Tulane Up(L),123V Santiago2-6-6Terranva 10-13Satwa Tune(L),123JCastellno7-10-4Albrtrni 8-14Another Please(L),118E Prado4-2-xKimmel...
Mavericks push Lakers to brink
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amJust when they were about to make things interesting, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers blew it. Unable to stop Dirk Nowitzki all night, and their big lineup too slow to...
Belmont Charts
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMay 6, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Good. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6 fur; $33,000; clm; 3YO(f)Off: 1:00 p.m.St. good, won gamelyTime: 22.65, 45.94, 58.31, 1:11.55.Trainer: David JacobsonWinner: B...
Beacon of light: Fallen mate gone, but not forgotten
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amBeacon sits comfortably atop Manhattan A West, the division they have owned over the last decade, by relying on winning tenets such as lockdown starting pitching, solid defense and timely...
Golf Scores
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amGolfScores Wells Fargo Championship At Quail Hollow Club; Charlotte, N.C.; Purse: $6.5 million;Yardage: 7,469; Par 72 Second Round Pat Perez67-65: 132 -12 Bill Haas64-70: 134 -10 Jonathan Byrd66-68: 134 -10...
It's one 'Pretty' victory in Oaks
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Trainer Bob Baffert's Plum Pretty took the lead turning for home, then held off the late charge of St. John's River by a neck to win yesterday's...
Nehro gives Zayat another shot at Derby glory
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Two men, who have suffered the cruelest blow in all of racing, have a chance to rebound in glory and make history in this afternoon's Kentucky Derby....
Lions roar back vs. Mavericks to stay unbeaten
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMonsignor Farrell is the lone undefeated team left in the CHSAA, but that was in jeopardy yesterday as Staten Island rival Moore Catholic had a four-run lead with three innings...
If lineup drop comes, Jeter, like Mattingly, must be gracious under fire
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amThe iconic Yankees captain could no longer consistently hit the ball with authority. He was holding onto his familiar place high in the lineup on past achievement and because the...
Perez soars to the top
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amPat Perez went from watching a great round of golf to playing one himself. Perez was four shots behind playing partner Lucas Glover, then birdied five of the last six...
The Post Line
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amNBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogGRIZZLIES 3 (200) ThunderCELTICS 3 (182½)HeatBoxingWBO Welterweight TitleAt Las VegasFavoriteMoneyUnderdogPacquiao$600-900MosleyNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogCANUCKS$180-220PredatorsHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on Air
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amAuto racing7 a.m.Formula One: Turkish Grand Prix, qualifyingSPEED7 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Showtime Southern 500FOXBaseball1 p.m.Twins at Red SoxFOX7 p.m.Dodgers at MetsWPIX, WFAN (660 AM)8 p.m.Yankees at RangersYES, WCBS (880 AM)8:30...
Sports shorts
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amFAVRE: Coaching or TV work in future Brett Favre says he might become a coach or work as a television analyst in the future, though he has no plans to...
Bruins eliminate Flyers
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amMilan Lucic scored twice, Johnny Boychuk got the go-ahead goal, and the Bruins stopped any chance of another historic comeback by the Flyers with a 5-1 win last night in...
Hondo has 'Appeal'
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amHondo partially offset yesterday afternoon's loss by the Cubs by cashing with the Rays last night, which left him with a deficit of 1,065 arcaros at the close of business...
Home Team Lineups
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amTODAYMay 7SUNMay 8 MONMay 9TUEMay 10WEDMay 11THUMay 12FRIMay 13YankeesTexas8:05TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMTex.2:05YESWCBSNOGAMEK.C.7:05YESWCBSK.C.7:05YESWCBSK.C.7:05YESWCBSBos.7:05YESWCBSMetsLos Angeles7:10TV -- WPIXRadio -- WFAN 660 AML.A.1:10SNYWFANColo.8:40SNYWFANColo.8:40SNYWFANColo.3:10SNYWFANNOGAMEHou.8:05SNYWFANRed BullsLos Angeles11:00TV -- ESPN2Radio WQBU 92.7 FMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEMont.7:30NOGAMENOGAME
Weird but true
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amGet Donald Trump on the case. A baby girl in Nebraska has been denied a birth certificate by state officials because her father changed his last name to the tot's...
Pitino coaching tree has new roots in Big Apple
May 7, 2011 | 4:00amSteve Masiello was ready, more than ready. Rick Pitino had told him to be patient on more than one occasion, but when the Manhattan job opened this March, Pitino got...
Heart of a Lion: Farrell rallies from 4-run deficit to beat Moore
May 7, 2011 | 3:58amMonsignor Farrell is the lone undefeated team left in the CHSAA, but that was in jeopardy yesterday as Staten Island rival Moore Catholic had a four-run lead with three innings...
Private baseball roundup: Morton powers Packer to rout of Dwight
May 7, 2011 | 3:57amNick Morton doubled twice, scored twice and drove in three runs and Harry Rossman went the distance, striking five and allowing just one earned run, as Packer Collegiate topped Dwight,...
Crazy eight: Molloy beats SFP in extras, clinches B/Q title
May 7, 2011 | 3:50amThere was a feeling of inevitability when Taylor Moss stepped to the plate. She was set to lead off the top of the eighth in a tie game against rival...
2 online escorts assaulted, robbed in Manhattan hotels
May 7, 2011 | 2:33amTwo prostitutes were assaulted and robbed in Manhattan hotel rooms last week by a man responding to their online ads. Police are looking to speak to two people in the...
Salty and sweet — here's one heck of a ribs recipe
May 7, 2011 | 12:01amRibs are all the rage this month as the Brooklyn Kitchen hosts a class on how to slow-cook a rack on May 21. But you don’t have to wait until...