May 22, 2011
Birmingham, Blackpool relegated on EPL Survivor Sunday
LONDON -- Birmingham City and Blackpool were both relegated from the Premier League Sunday following defeats to Tottenham and Manchester United. Birmingham suffered the agony of relegation after an injury...
Shields' gem helps Rays avoid sweep against Marlins
MIAMI -- James Shields pitched a three-hitter with a career-high 13 strikeouts and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Florida Marlins 4-0 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Shields (5-2)...
Hamilton sheds light on Armstrong's 1999 samples
New revelations from Lance Armstrong's former teammates on "60 Minutes," combined with recent requests by federal authorities for evidence in France, have fed a sense of growing trouble for the...
Shackleford, 'Animal' headed for Belmont battle
BALTIMORE -- Preakness winner Shackleford and Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom could meet again in next month's Belmont Stakes, resuming a newfound rivalry among a group of 3-year-old colts that...
Hunt on for Qns. burglar caught on tape (VIDEO)
Smile! This Queens burglar was making her getaway when she ran right into a security camera. Police said the woman caught on tape, described as a black or Hispanic somewhere...
No. 19 Cilic is first upset victim at French Open
PARIS — Marin Cilic became the first seeded player to be eliminated from the French Open, losing to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 Sunday in the...
Newborn Brooklyn baby thrown out with trash, mom arrested
A bundled newborn baby was found alive this morning at the bottom of a Brooklyn housing complex’s trash compactor, where police say the mother threw the boy out with the...
Chelsea parts with Ancelotti
Here is a release from Chelsea regarding parting ways with Carlo Ancelotti.Chelsea Football Club can confirm that Carlo Ancelotti parted company with the club today (Sunday, 22 May). The owner...
'Light Up' composer, alleged rapist Brooks kills self
Joseph Brooks, who notched an Academy Award for his hit "You Light Up My Life," but faced charges in a string of casting-couch rapes, was found dead of an apparent...
Russell Brand booted from Japan; Katy 'sad'
TOKYO — Katy Perry tweeted today that her husband, British comedian and actor Russell Brand, was deported from Japan upon arriving in the country to watch her perform. "So...my husband...
Kerr rallies to advance to match play final
GLADSTONE — After cruising through her first four rounds, Cristie Kerr delivered a rousing comeback to edge fellow American Angela Stanford Sunday to reach the final of the LPGA Sybase...
Polee II to transfer out of St. John's
As a sophomore next season, Dwayne Polee II would have been one of St. John’s most experienced players. Instead the California native will transfer out of St. John’s to play...
Phillies' Utley nears return
PHILADELPHIA -- Chase Utley is in Philadelphia. He is not, however, on the Phillies' roster. The five-time All-Star second baseman returned to the team Sunday and appears close to being...
Man suspected of beating Giants fan arrested: report
LOS ANGELES — Police in Los Angeles have arrested one of two suspects believed to have been involved in the beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, the Los...
Bust in savage beating of SF Giants fan
LOS ANGELES — A tip from a parole officer led to the arrest of one of the suspects in the attack on a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium...
O stands firm on Israel 1967 borders
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama warned America's pro-Israel lobby today that the Jewish state will face growing isolation without a credible Middle East peace process. He defended his endorsement of...
Yankees beat Mets with eight runs in seventh
Derek Jeter tied the score with a two-run single that sparked an eight-run rally in the seventh inning, Alex Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run with yet another hit after...
GOP gov Daniels a no-go in 2012
WASHINGTON — Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind., said today he won't run for president because of family concerns, narrowing the field but making a wide-open race even hazier. "In the end,...
Iceland closes main airport, cancels flights amid powerful volcano eruption
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled all domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles...
Yankees live -- and die -- by home run
Curtis Granderson embodied the character of the 2011 Yankees offense last night. For two at-bats and two pitches, Granderson could not have looked more incompetent against Mets lefty Chris Capuano....
Yankees slam four homers to even Subway Series with Mets
Chris Capuano stuck the Mets between the closing train doors last night, then watched the muscular Yankees slam the Subway Series sliders on them. One night after R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball...
Red Bulls get stoppage-time equalizer in Houston, tie 2-2
Much-maligned Mehdi Ballouchy’s stunning equalizer in second-half stoppage time gave the Red Bulls a dramatic 2-2 road draw at Houston last night. And even though they fell out of first...
Storm brewing: St. John's recruits impress at iS8, lead Real Scout to final
Six months before the start of the college basketball season, a series of Big East matchups broke out in South Jamaica sans television cameras. It was St. John’s against Georgetown,...
Hopkins becomes oldest boxer to win title
Bernard Hopkins made boxing history Saturday night, becoming the oldest man to win a legitimate world title when he captured the WBC light heavyweight championship dethroning Jean Pascal in Montreal.Hopkins,...
Led by elite newcomers, Sean Bell reaches iS8 final
Technically, the Sean Bell All-Stars are a local team. Their coach, Raheem (Rah) Wiggans, is a South Jamaica product who spends his entire summer in the five boroughs coaching in...
Big day for Little
Debbie Little was the only Post expert to forecast a winning ticket in the Preakness yesterday, not only correctly choosing Shackleford ($27.20) to win, but also picking Kentucky Derby winner...
Shackleford repels Animal Kingdom, wins Preakness
BALTIMORE — Once again, a Triple Crown bid went up in smoke yesterday at Pimlico when 12-1 shot Shackleford pulled off a shocker in the 136th Preakness Stakes, outfinishing Kentucky...
Shackleford continues long-shot success at Preakness
BALTIMORE — Another year, another Preakness and another Triple Crown bust. In a year marked by one sensational upset after another in all the important three-year-old races leading up to...
Mets Hall of Famer Carter has four brain tumors
Mets Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter got some bad news on Friday. “I learned that four very small tumors have been found on my brain, following an MRI on...
Carter took over New York when he joined Mets
It is a question we’ve grown obsessed with, one that doesn’t necessarily cover us in glory, truth be told. “Is he a New York guy?” we ask before the pitcher...
PSAL Class A boys, girls lacrosse finals preview
NYPost.com lacrosse beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Sunday’s PSAL Class A boys and girls lacrosse championships at Aviator Sports Complex. SCHEDULE May 21 Girls Class B Final 9 a.m....
Other coaches praise Thunder's Brooks bold benching
SARASOTA, Fla. —The buzz name on the lips of the coaching civilization that migrated here in flocks Friday night from all over the country and helped raise over $1 million...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS REID HOFFMANLinkedIn boss celebrates blockbuster IPO as shares soar 109% on first day for the $9B company. VIKRAM PANDITCiti chief gets $16.6M retention bonus, to keep him at troubled...
Treasury's behind the rate curve
The LinkedIn IPO wasn't the only market frenzy gripping Wall Street this week. From the campus of MIT in Boston to the Team Disney building in Burbank, some of the...
Time for Fed to take training wheels off the economy
As the Fed signals the end of Quantitative Easing 2 -- like the sage who warned us the world was going to end yesterday -- we are left wondering what...
Lap of luxury: $56 for a box of condoms?
Size matters. I refer to the size of your wallet, when it comes to Naked condoms. Naked is one of the most upscale brands in the growing business of luxury...
Wall St. returns to its headhunting ways
Jonathan Geiger was snatched up by Charles Schwab's Upper West Side branch from another Wall Street firm, and now the headhunters are after him again. Geiger is a financial consultant...
It may not be the time to dock QE2
Dear John: I share your skepticism about government jobs figures -- always have. But something else you recently wrote puzzled me. You say that because of the phony jobs figures,...
Note taking at your fingertip
While you can easily type notes on your iPad the way you would on any portable computer, if you need to draw a chart or graph or write out a...
Not so fast, Eddie
Eddie Lampert can't be serious. That's what retail insiders are saying as the prickly hedge-fund tycoon insists he's still pushing to revive Sears and Kmart, despite announcing a quarterly loss...
Mortgage servicer abuse facing state, fed probes
On Wednesday, consumer defense attorney Linda Tirelli added another outrageous example of mortgage servicer misbehavior to her growing file of hundreds of such abuses against New York homeowners. The overcharging...
Can LinkIn do the job?
In a jobless recovery how do you price a networking Web site? This week's hot IPO -- LinkedIn -- had buyers clamoring on Thursday to get into the social media...
Sext-educators end up with no class
Texting students day and night -- and, in one case, allegedly sending a lewd picture -- landed an assistant principal and two teachers in hot water. Rivky Love, 36, a...
New book reveals hookers, coke and Xmas orgies at ESPN
Andy Brilliant was thrilled -- he had the sexiest secretary in the office. She was drop-dead gorgeous, fun-loving, and propelled him to the top of an informal contest among his...
Iran: We busted thirty US spies
Iran has arrested 30 people it claims were spying for the United States. Iran's secret service said its agents uncovered activities of a CIA-run espionage network that sought to recruit...
City Island boat death
A man was found dead early yesterday in a boat on City Island, police said. The man, whom police did not identify, was found face-down and bleeding in the 36-foot...
Funeral massacre in Syria
Syrian security forces killed at least three people participating in a massive funeral procession yesterday, activists reported. The bloodshed began as tens of thousands of marchers exited the Tal al-Nasr...
Diplo wife death jump
The wife of a British diplomat plunged to her death early yesterday from the roof of her Manhattan apartment in what police are calling an apparent suicide. Catherine Hurd, 46,...
Osama widows' pique
It's the Abbottabad version of "Desperate Housewives." Osama bin Laden's three widows are turning on one another -- with the two elders blaming the youngest for leading Americans into their...
No restrooms at 9/11 Memorial and Museum
The National September 11th Memorial and Museum is flush with cash -- but not bathrooms. The nonprofit foundation running the $508 million project is expecting millions of visitors from across...
It's a dog's life: cops' $uit
That kibble costs money. Nearly 100 NYPD cops have sued the city, claiming to have been cheated out of overtime pay earned while caring for their trusted police dogs. "They...
Teach: I'm devout & kicked out
She didn't have a prayer. A veteran city educator and devout Christian who prayed in her empty Brooklyn classroom claims her principal not only mocked her for her beliefs, but...
Bibi, Bam 'chill' out for a day
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama will be face-to-face again today at a pro-Israel gathering -- after their tense closed-door meeting at the White House Friday. Obama's speech...
Judge's ex gets job ax in 'family' court
The ex-wife of Judge Luis Gonzalez has been canned from his court along with nine others amid statewide layoffs. Gonzalez, the presiding justice of the Appellate Division First Department in...
Second 'bridezilla' suit splits hairs
This battle is like a bad divorce -- even when it's over, no one's happy. A Boston woman who hired celebrity wedding planner David Tutera for her $300,000 Singapore nuptials...
Ahnold: I'll be broke
It's not a rumor: If Maria Shriver terminates her marriage with Arnold Schwarzenegger, it could be one of the costliest celebrity splits ever. Horny Arnie and his jilted journalist-wife, who...
Baby mama sick of 'True Lies'
Arnold's baby mama, Mildred Baena, is sick and tired of all the stories being spread around about her -- and her lawyer spoke out last night for the first time...
Doomsayer confused as world doesn't end
That's a Wrapture. When the world did not end at precisely 6 p.m. yesterday, Doomsday prophet Robert Fitzpatrick's fragile grasp on reality crumbled. "I don't understand why nothing is happening,"...
Strauss-Kahn 'scrambling' to find more permanent residence
The French stinker still can't find a hole to call home. International man of shame Dominique Strauss-Kahn is "scrambling" to find more-permanent housing during his expected long house arrest --...
Thin-house owners eye fat return
Flip this house -- with a spatula! New York's skinniest house is back on the market -- and at $4.3 million, the asking price is nearly twice what it sold...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn The man in this sketch (top image) allegedly opened fire aboard a city bus in Bushwick, wounding an 18-year-old passenger. The suspect allegedly fired once as the B-60 neared...
Coney boardwalk rollback
Coney Island is on a roll – rickshaws are back on its famed boardwalk for the first time in nearly 50 years. Two of the classic wheeled wonders went on...
Road hogs plan Central Pk. car ban
This will be no roll in the park. Yet another anti-car measure -- banning motor vehicles in Central Park 24-7 for up to five months -- is gaining traction. Several...
Chick pops for papa Pale Male
Pass the cigars: Pale Male's a baby daddy again. For the first time in six years, the randy red-tailed hawk who watches over Fifth Avenue has produced a live chick...
Big Apple 'culture' $hockers
These nonprofit execs certainly profit. The heads of some of the city's largest taxpayer-funded cultural institutions reaped fat salaries, bonuses and benefit packages -- including taking retirement money without having...
Strauss-Kahn made advances on two hotel staffers, flight attendant
This frog was one horny toad. Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn attempted to lure two attractive hotel employees to his $3,000-a-night hotel suite -- and later put the moves...
Bouncing bubbes of New York
Oy. We should all be so lucky. A close-knit group of New York Jews with Eastern European roots may hold the secret to a long and healthy life -- many...
Teen critical after hit-run
A 15-year-old Queens boy was struck last night by an SUV driver who fled the scene, police said. The boy was hit at around 8 p.m. at Rockaway Beach Boulevard...
Suspect takes leap of faith
He could be the world's luckiest crook. A Staten Island man dove nearly 200 feet from a ramp leading to the New Jersey side of the Goethals Bridge -- and...
Asking for the moonlight
It's the city workers that never sleep. Thousands of municipal employees are moonlighting or want to, from an FDNY techie who seeks to skipper schooners to a city councilman who...
New woe for Vito charity
The troubled nonprofit Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, already under federal investigation, is in hot water again. The Brooklyn-based senior-services and housing provider -- a pet cause of Assemblyman and...
Rikers 'alien' probes on ICE
Federal immigration cops claim they've lost their best weapon to boot foreign-born criminals. But civil-rights advocates say the city is finally following the law. The result is that thousands of...
City 'disables' pension
In an explosive development for the city's crippling pension crisis, doctors have determined that a firefighter who retired on a $75,000-a-year disability pension in 2003 -- and went on to...
Freedom to fail breeds success
On It's face, the lawsuit filed by the teachers union to block the closing of 22 city schools is an obvious scam to protect union jobs. But in a deeper...
Bloomy’s billions
“Bloomy’s $hadow City Gov” (May 15) argues that Mayor Bloomberg is supplementing his agenda through charities funded by his own money. All politicians are elected to promote one agenda or...
Border politics
Kyle Smith’s assumptions regarding Latino voters are thinly veiled threats to those of us who feel strongly about not rewarding illegals with jobs, housing and health care (“Over the Border,”...
Vex and the city
The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman Wiley To be a New Yorker is to be in a perpetual state of annoyance. Leaving doesn’t help...
Crazy, not funny
I often find humor in The Post’s “Weird but True” column (May 17), but your coverage and tone regarding the “Subway Shoe-Licker” is irresponsible. You are doing this man and...
An election on the cutting edge
ROCHESTER — When future historians assess the seeming self-contradiction of American politics circa 2011, they may recall it as the Parable of the Shirtless Republicans. Scott Brown, the onetime nude...
Innocent until perp walked
All that international conspiracy stuff about the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn aside, the French do have a point: What is the American obsession with the perp walk? “There’s no question...
Meanwhile, inside Larry King's head ...
Broadcast legend Larry King has released a new memoir called “Truth Be Told” (Weinstein Books). But anyone who expects his writing to be more coherent than his interview style will...
In my library: John Leguizamo
His life is an open book — or so it seems, as John Leguizamo lays bare his personal and professional life in one show after another. “I guess the only...
Liu's labor of love
Note to city Comptroller John Liu: Your strings are showing. A Manhattan judge has ordered New York’s labor-lovin’ comptroller to reset the “absurd” pay scale he tried to force on...
Loose lips
Thanks to the leaky faucet known as Team Obama, Americans and al Qaeda operatives alike know most of the sensitive details of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin...
No love
According to a new global poll, 80% of Arabs hate the United States (“Arabs Hate US,” May 19). Did anyone poll Americans about what we think? After 9/11, the shoe...
The lyon king
Stories My Father Told Me Notes from the Lyon’s Den by Jeffery Lyons Abbeville Press He dined with Alfred Hitchcock in New York’s swankiest restaurants, called Orson Welles his “best...
$#*! my mayor says
Learn the subways, Mike! There’s only one way to make sense of Mayor Bloomberg’s off-the-wall statement that “there aren’t very many panhandlers left, c’mon,” on the subways: He mistook all...
Larry, Moe & Charlie
With filming about to begin for the much-anticipated “Three Stooges,” the producers will certainly have a major hit if they select Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen and Arnold Schwarzenegger for the...
They want it all
Last week, President Obama said Israel must agree to a two-state solution that recognizes the borders of 1967 — a proposal that outraged many Israelis. But it may not satisfy...
Required reading
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo (Knopf) Fans of Stieg Larsson, rejoice: A serial killer called the Snowman is stalking innocent mothers and wives in Norway. And Nesbo’s anti-hero cop, Harry...
A third way
Eye of Newt, Hair of Trump and Tears of Boehner — the GOP is beginning to look more like a coven of witches than a legitimate political party (“GOP Logjam...
Cold comfort
Return with us now to the good old days of the Cold War, as seen in Norman Jewison's "The Russians Are Coming, the Rus sians Are Coming" (1965), one of...
Dark horses ride
Predicting the out come of chess matches is dicey, but rarely have the consensus forecasts been as wrong as they were about the current series to choose the next world...
Bridge
UNLUCKY Louie's bridge took a turn for the better: He quit -- and left for a vacation in the mountains. But when he came back in late May, his game...
The Wit of the Waverly Inn
In the eyes of many an aspiring writer, Fran Lebowitz is living the dream: the 60-year-old humorist published two insanely quotable essay collections in 1978 and 1981, and she’s been...
When Charlie was really winning
As the opening credits roll on Oliver Stone’s brutal 1986 Vietnam war drama “Platoon,” the Best Picture winner that gets a 25th anniversary Blu-Ray release on Tuesday, Charlie Sheen steps...
‘Tree of Life’ blooms with strange fruit
Enveloped in lush music and swirling cinematography, there’s a moment in Terrence Malick’s new film, “The Tree of Life,” where the film suddenly veers wildly, taking us to a scene...
Beyoncé’s new vid has the bite stuff
On Wednesday night, America got to see Beyoncé take two snarling, drooling, chained hyenas for a walk — while wearing a flowing, white Givenchy haute couture gown. She did so...
Sugar & spice
Emma Hearst doesn’t play by the rules. “When I was 4, I’d cover ice cream cones with cheese, and put some salsa in there,” says the chef and owner at...
Flame out
As she prepares to release her second album tomorrow, Lady Gaga, who once could do no wrong for her legions of “little monsters,” is finally seeing her Kobe-quality meat dress...
Jeong’s bad medicine
Sometimes, it’s the little things that lead to big opportunities. Ken Jeong’s career exploded after the “The Hangover,” in which he played gangster Mr. Chow, who bursts out of a...
Dog bless you!
Seasonal allergies are so bad this year, even dogs are taking Claritin. Just ask Paul Berberian. His 2-year-old French bulldog, Elvis, with whom he lives in the East Village, pops...
'The Hangover Part II' strives to be wilder, weirder and raunchier
"The Hangover” was the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time, earning legions of bro-centric fans who appreciate raunchy humor, reckless partying and hot strippers. Like Bill Clinton, for instance. The...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70yds; $25,000; clm($5,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Untuttable Jet(L),122J Ferrer6-1-3Brooks 5-22Lunch Money(L),120A Mariano5-1-5Budrewcz 4-13Blue Hill Bay(L),120C Fusilier10-10-11Everett 12-14Most Wanted Affair(L),120N...
Belmont Charts
May 21, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Yielding. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6 fur(T); $44,000; alw; 3upOff: 1:01. 5. hit gate, alter courseTime: 23.72, 47.63, 59.23, 1:11.14.Trainer: Christophe Clement...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST- 6 fur; $17,000; cl; 3up2Our Concerto (Moya) 17.004.803.206Stimulus Program (Fragoso)2.402.105Sammy's Trip (Cotto, Jr.)2.20 Off 12:52. Time 1:11.07. Good. Scr: Jetties Beach. * Exacta (2-6) $28.60 * $1 Superfecta (2-6-5-3)...
Rangers' Boogaard laid to rest
REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Derek Boogaard might have been "The Boogeyman" during his rough life as an NHL enforcer, but he was remembered Saturday as a gentle giant off the ice....
Rangers need Richards on Broadway
There's one guy and one guy only the Rangers intend to target when the free-agent market opens on July 1, and everyone has known it for months. Brad Richards isn't...
Hollywood Park Results
FIRST- 1 1/16m; $20,000; cl; 3up1Twodlarstown (Tlmo) 3.802.402.106Merrytagio (Rosario)2.802.403DerbyMemo (StgoRys)4.80 * $1 Ex (1-6) $4.50 * Quin (1-6) $5.60 * $1 Sup (1-6-3-4) $102.30 * $1 Tri (1-6-3) $26.30; Ex...
Managing without
* Derek Jeter is too old. Jorge Posada is done. Alex Rodriguez is broken down. But through all of this, two key players in the Yankees' "demise" have gone blameless:...
Hondo plays his ace
Whew . . . that was a close one! But then again, it always seems like Doomsday here in Hondo-Land. The so-called rapture provided no rupture in Mr. Aitch's losing...
Pimlico Results
FIRST- 6 fur; $34,100; alw; 3up9Technique (Prado) 14.007.204.802BorealForst (Dnklbgr)3.002.603Devilish Gait (Pimentel)6.00 * Turner, Carolyn's Moon. Exacta (9-2) $52.20 * $1 Superfecta (9-2-3-8) $750.20 * Trifecta (9-2-3) $548.80SECOND- 1 1/16m; $25,000;...
Despite setback, Mets' Capuano inspired by teen fan
Mets lefty Chris Capuano was reminded last night that the game doesn't always play out the way you want it to on the mound. It's not always Amazin'. Capuano surrendered...
Federer out of spotlight at French Open
PARIS -- It's been eight years since the last time Roger Federer was not seeded No. 1 or 2 at a Grand Slam tournament. It's also been that long since...
'Paddy' wins Dixie Stakes
BALTIMORE -- He's back -- with a vengeance. Paddy O'Prado, the grey colt who ran third in last year's Kentucky Derby, then went on to win three graded stakes races...
Lebedev KOs Jones
MOSCOW -- Denis Lebedev knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the final round of their non-title cruiserweight fight in Moscow yesterday, handing the American his third consecutive defeat. With seconds...
Blatter plays D vs. FIFA critics
JOHANNESBURG -- Sepp Blatter launched an impassioned defense of FIFA's integrity yesterday, insisting world football's ruling body was not institutionally corrupt and that critics should stop staying it is. The...
Red Bulls rally for tie
HOUSTON -- Mehdi Ballouchy scored for New York in second-half stoppage time to give the Red Bulls a 2-2 tie with the Houston Dynamo last night. Ballouchy sent a header...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing7:30 a.m.Formula One: Spanish Grand PrixSPEED2 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, John Deere Dealers 250ABCBaseball1 p.m.Mets at YankeesWPIX, YES, WFAN (660 AM), WCBS (880 AM)2 p.m.Dodgers at White SoxWGN8 p.m.Cubs at...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogHEAT 5 (179) BullsNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogSHARKS$100-120CanucksHome team in CAPS
Jeter ties Henderson as Yankees' all-time steals leader
With Derek Jeter approaching 3,000 hits, the focus deservedly is on that historic milestone. However, it's not the only one on Jeter's radar. Jeter swiped second base in the eighth...
Lightning rally from 3-0 down to even series with Bruins
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mike Smith was perfect in relief of goalie Dwayne Roloson, and Simon Gagne snapped a tie in the third period for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who erased...
Stanford back in Match Play semis
GLADSTONE, N.J. -- Angela Stanford, the rueful runner-up at the Sybase Match Play championship last year, says she doesn't intend to make the same mistake again. Odd, though, Stanford seems...
Sports shorts
MLB: Marlins' Johnson to DL Marlins ace right-hander Josh Johnson went on the disabled list with inflammation in his throwing shoulder. Although Johnson is tied for the major league lead...
Losing Preakness jockeys have their say
BALTIMORE -- Here's what some of the losing jockeys had to say about yesterday's Preakness Stakes: John Velazquez, (2nd, Animal Kingdom): "We were just too far back. When I wanted...
Yankees' Burnett rebounds after bad first inning
After letting his frustrations get the better of him in his previous start, imploding for his worst outing of the year Monday in Tampa, A.J. Burnett vowed not to do...
Mavericks avoid collapse, hold off Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points during an off night for both of the game's superstars, and the Mavericks built a huge lead early before hanging on for...
Lee shuts down ex-Texas mates
Cliff Lee threw eight dominant innings against the team he led to the World Series last year, Ryan Howard hit a solo homer and the Phillies beat the Rangers 2-0...
Mets rookie Beato returns, ERA still perfect
Someone recently approached rookie Pedro Beato -- the 24-year-old right-hander from Queens doesn't even remember who -- and told him he was approaching a franchise record for most innings without...
Mets' gritty approach fails again
There was a time when the Mets would try to win like this game after game, when they would try to scratch out a couple of runs every day and...
Mets' Pelfrey on right track entering Subway start
Mike Pelfrey can punctuate his in-season turnaround with a strong performance against the Yankees today. After a disastrous stretch to begin the season, the Mets right-hander has settled into a...
Mets' Capuano bombed in Bronx debut
Chris Capuano's indoctrination to the Subway Series last night consisted of getting flattened by the Bronx-bound No. 4 train. That's four, as in the number of home runs allowed by...
Yankees' Cano fails to match lofty 2010 stats
John Sterling may have to change his call to: Robbie Cano, where'd ya go? Lately, the Yankees second baseman looks little like the player who finished third in AL MVP...
Posada 'left' out of Yankees lineup -- again
Jorge Posada was left out again. Absent from the Yankees' lineup with left-hander Chris Capuano starting for the Mets last night, it appears Posada only will be the designated hitter...
Power outage dogs Mets' Bay
The Mets are waiting for Jason Bay to revert to the power hitter he was when they signed him. And he's trying to get there. Bay said he no longer...
Jersey gets funding right
New York's saltwater anglers should take note of two bills being introduced in New Jersey that would raise money for fish and wildlife. According to the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA),...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $18,000; clm; 3up6-Silent Spin 8-51-RefinedSlk 4-12-ChromeCrsr 5-23-Addagirladdy 10-14-Abelia 4-15-QueenfSct 12-1SECOND-6 fur; $19,000; clm; 3up7-Noah'sHumr 2-11-Uncensored 4-12-AndLovngIt 4-13-MonasheVsn 6-14-PureHomBrw 3-15-Be a Bidder 12-16-LombardGrs 12-1THIRD-5 ½ fur;...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $14,000; clm($10,000); 3up MARIAS PASS finished third at Gulfstream in last two starts. INNISFREE adds blinkers and...
Home Team Lineups
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The Rumble
Don't sell her short Things are looking up for mini PR exec Her name is Courtney Greenberg, and to make a long story short, she calls herself Shortney because she...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Justin Turner
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with Mets' 26-year-old utility infielder. Q: You were drafted (29th round, 2005) by the Yankees after you lost to Arizona State in the Super Regionals...
Yankees' Girardi channels the greats
Twice in recent days, we saw people in authority in sports act the way we would like to see them act all the time. Last Saturday, Joe Girardi batted Jorge...
Taped Olympics and XFL tarnish Ebersol’s legacy
This is one of those dirty-job columns. Dick Ebersol, big-shot head of NBC Sports since 1989, abruptly resigned Thursday, a story that’s impossible to ignore. Equally impossible to ignore is...
Oprah's 15 greatest shows
Oprah Winfrey is much more than a living legend or a media empress. She is a sorcerer: for social change, for greater education, for healthier living and for helping people...
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Crash pilot THE collapse of Lehman Brothers and other US banks drives the plot of “Too Big To Fail,” the ironic drama about how the deregulation of the financial industry...
The last soap star
Deidre Hall’s a memory. Susan Lucci and Erika Slezak are on their way out. For soap opera lovers, the divas are dropping like flies, just like the soaps they used...
In too deep: TV takes on floods
We’re running out of words, here. If ridiculous is followed by preposterous, what comes after preposterous? Several weeks ago in this space we noted that local TV newscasts’ preoccupation with...
Reel good
APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX (2001) Saturday, 8 p.m., AMC If you are a fan of Francis Ford Coppola’s second-greatest masterpiece, the underrated, “Apocalypse Now,” you must see the reedited version which...
Ask Ashley: Wanna hold your hand?
Like many women, I have some trouble having an orgasm with a partner. My boyfriend knows my wants and likes, so it usually goes gangbusters, but sometimes it doesn’t. I...
Meet market: Lawyer hopes to court the perfect lunch date
Dan, a 29-year-old attorney, loves spending his lunch hour outside in Bryant Park.But his day would be lovelier if he had a sweetie to share the sun with * Arrested...
Top 5 worst pick-up lines in a therapist’s waiting room
According to amorous analyzers in the couch aisle at Ikea “Almost all of my personalities find you attractive.” — Amber “Can I get your number? I’m here for marriage counseling,...
This week’s couple: A ‘real’ treat?
When Danielle, a 27-year-old furniture designer, and Mike, a 24-year-old production assistant, agreed to be set up, they were prepared for a bit of the spotlight in terms of appearing...
Hot pants!
Women are really wearing the pants in the family these days. “Women focused on building their wardrobe around dresses for so many seasons,” says Tracey Lomrantz, Glamour’s contributing style editor....
Weird but true
Talk about hay fever. A seemingly harmless senior class prank at Durango HS in Colorado shut down classes for a week after 30 bales of hay were spread throughout the...
PSAL baseball roundup: Lehman routs Monroe, clinches Bronx A West crown
Lehman clinched its second straight Bronx A West in impressive fashion – by routing rival and Bronx A East champion Monroe, 14-4, in Bronx baseball crossover action Saturday morning at...
Brooklyn native West ends basketball odyssey with Duquesne commitment
A.J. West always played basketball – he just never envisioned a future in the sport. He didn’t see himself playing high level high school basketball, let alone college. He attended...
LaGuardia takes off, comes back on PR without ace
Alexandra Sappington is one of the best pitchers in New York City. She has a spot on the team next year at Division I Furman in South Carolina. She led...
Softball playoff roundup: Sarcone sends Wagner past Bayside
Taylor Sarcone tossed a two-hitter, struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter to lead No. 5 Susan Wagner to a 4-0 win over No. 11 Bayside in the PSAL...
Yacovone's stellar effort not enough for Cardozo
One minute Shelby Yacovone looked like a fun-loving sophomore enjoying playing in the biggest game of her career to date and joking with freshman catcher Daysia Wehder. The next you’d...
Caba, Clinton come back to beat Cardozo, earn quarterfinal berth
There was no hiding the joy Ambar Caba was feeling. DeWitt Clinton’s senior catcher couldn’t stop smiling with a feeling of relief and excitement washing over her all at once....
Heaven sent: First-year player puts Environmental Studies in first softball quarters
Emily Malave didn’t join the Environmental Studies softball team until this year – as a junior. When she came to tryouts back in the winter, coach Jose Ferrer was floored...
NYSAISAA roundup: Berkeley Carroll rallies past LuHi
Down to its final at-bat with third-place hitter, catcher and ace Joey Martinez at a local hospital after suffering a broken leg, Berkeley Carroll’s season seemed to be ending in...
CHSAA baseball roundup: Xavier romps Regis
Xavier came out swinging Saturday, belting 16 hits in a 9-2 rout of division rival Regis in a CHSAA Class AA Bronx/Manhattan division game at Ravens Field in The Bronx....
Fieldston flies into NYSAISAA semis
Will Savage has dreamed about one day getting a walk-off hit in a playoff game and he accomplished that goal Saturday afternoon. Just not the way he imagined it. The...