June 5, 2011
Ramon Dominguez boots home a six-pack
Ever since he moved his tack full-time to New York in the winter of 2008-2009, Ramon Dominguez has so often ridden three or four winners in a single day, it's...
Instructed 'by God,' nut rescued in swim to Liberty Island
You can call it a case of divine intervention. United States Park Police rescued a swimmer after he dove into the frigid waters of New York Harbor on what he...
Sean Avery wins race at Monmouth
OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Black Swan Stable's Sean Avery romped to an 11 3/4-length victory over Awesome Son in the $75,000 Longfellow Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday. Ridden by Joe...
Seton Hall eliminated in shutout loss to Arizona
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Konner Wade threw seven shutout innings Sunday to lead Arizona to a 6-0 victory, eliminating Seton Hall in the College Station regional of the NCAA tournament....
Tragic teen struck and killed was biking against light: cops
The Brooklyn teen fatally struck on her bike is a Stuyvesant High School prodigy who was wearing headphones, had no helmet and was peddling against the light, cops said today....
Dream start: Liberty open season with win
ATLANTA — Sidney Spencer hit a tying basket on her only shot of the game with 0.2 seconds left in regulation, Leilani Mitchell made a clinching 3-pointer in overtime and...
Phillies top Pirates to end four-game losing streak
PITTSBURGH -- Roy Halladay pitched seven effective innings and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a season-high four-game losing streak, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Sunday to avoid a sweep. Neil...
Dickey shines as Mets top Braves, 6-4
R.A. Dickey pitched eight baffling innings, Jose Reyes hit an RBI double and scored twice and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves for the second straight night, 6-4...
Red Sox sweep A's in Lackey's return
BOSTON -- Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to reach 50 RBIs for the season and Carl Crawford had a three-run shot, powering John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox...
Embattled Rep. Weiner ducks pair of big parades
With Groingate swelling, embattled Congressman Anthony Weiner blew off a pair of high profile parades for causes he faithfully supports. Under fire since a lewd crotch photo was sent to...
Palin sticking by Revere story
Sarah Palin insisted today that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists. "You...
St. John's season ends with loss to East Carolina
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Brad Mincey allowed one run in five innings of relief and East Carolina beat St. John’s 6-4 Sunday to advance to the championship of the Charlottesville Regional....
Mets bench Bay for Braves finale
Jason Bay has gone from being dropped in the Mets lineup to out of the lineup entirely. After being moved from cleanup to sixth on Saturday, Bay will replaced in...
Possible prison term a deal breaker in Edwards plea: report
Philandering former presidential candidate John Edwards turned down a plea deal just before he was indicted Friday because it included the possibility of jail time, a North Carolina newspaper reported...
Teixeira slams 2 homers as Yankees top Angels 5-3
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mark Teixeira homered twice against his former team, Nick Swisher also went deep and the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Sunday to...
Nadal bests Federer for sixth French Open title
PARIS — Rafael Nadal is still better on clay than Roger Federer, beating the player with the most Grand Slam titles for the fourth time in the French Open final....
Burress to leave jail for uncertain NFL future
Locked up for 20 months for illegally carrying and firing a gun at a Manhattan nightclub, Plaxico Burress is ready to walk out of prison and face another grim reality,...
Nintendo latest victim in hack attack
TOKYO -- Nintendo said today that a server for its US unit's website had been hacked into but that no company or customer information was compromised, marking the first time...
Banned Conn. teen makes prom date after all
SHELTON, Conn. — A Connecticut teen who was briefly barred from prom for his over-the-top invitation to his date finally got to go. Shelton High School senior James Tate attended...
Beansprouts likely cause of deadly E. coli outbreak
HAMBURG, Germany — German agricultural authorities today identified locally grown beansprouts as the likely cause of an E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened over 2,200 others...
Boy, 11, arrested in arson that destroyed LI house
Police on Long Island say an 11-year-old boy used a cigarette lighter to start a fire that destroyed a house and displaced 12 people. Nassau County arson detectives say the...
Man City striker Tevez told he can leave club if he wants to
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez said owner Sheikh Mansour told him he can leave the English Premier League club if he wants to, Sky Sports reported Sunday....
Henry Kissinger welcomes Blatter's invitation to clean up FIFA
ZURICH -- The former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger confirmed Sunday he was close to accepting FIFA president Sepp Blatter's invitation to help reform soccer's troubled governing body. Kissinger,...
Ballouchy gaffe sparks Red Bull collapse
A series of errors over the game’s final 30 seconds _ starting with Mehdi Ballouchy’s ill-advised turnover and ending with Matt Kassel getting beaten down the flank _ erased 91...
Party crashers! 1,500 flood girl's birthday bash after Facebook invite
BERLIN — Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online. A teenage girl in Germany who forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook fled...
Israeli troops kill 20 in Syria border clash
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — Israeli troops today battled hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to burst across Syria's frontier with the Golan Heights, killing a reported 20 people and...
NATO strikes in Libya continue with British jets targeting military barracks in Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Libya — British jets hit a military barracks in the Libyan capital early Sunday, further intensifying NATO pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy nearly four months into an uprising...
Rivals Calhoun, Cuevas team up like old times at the Rose Classic
Sierra Calhoun remembers the last time she and Bianca Cuevas were playing for the same team in a meaningful basketball game. “We both got way better,” she said. “We used...
NYC Mayor's Cup softball rosters released
The inaugural softball NYC Mayor’s Cup all-star game, which pits the top seniors from the CHSAA against their counterparts in the PSAL, is upon us. The contest will take place...
Following last year's formula, defending champion Tots advance to final
A hard-throwing left-hander was blowing away the competition, making a fierce lineup look tame. That pitcher’s own batting order was creating havoc for the opposing pitcher, everyone from the leadoff...
First Slam meeting in two years for Federer-Nadal
PARIS — There was a time when a Grand Slam final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal was a regular occurrence. Over a 12-major span from the 2006 French Open...
French Open: Li becomes first Chinese player to win Grand Slam
PARIS — As China's Li Na tossed the ball while serving at match point in the French Open final, a cry from a fan in the stands pierced the silence...
St. Francis Prep tennis legend beats cancer, all-comers
John Brennan had just gone through his third major surgery to remove oral cancer, an operation in which a large part of his tongue was replaced by tissue from his...
Rose Classic quarterfinals roundup: Williams, Sparks hold off Falcons rally
Africa Williams has heard all about Brittany Lewis’ ability to make clutch free throws late to win games at Bishop Ford and thought she was about to see it firsthand....
Hornets are handball champs for third time in four years
For the first time in a long time, Midwood came into a boys handball season not the overwhelming favorite to win a PSAL city title. The Hornets were the hunters,...
Wisconsin-bound Vega hoping to end on high note
Quinton Vega is ranked No. 29 in the nation, was as high as eighth as a junior and the Beacon senior has signed a National Letter of Intent to play...
More than just PED crackdown behind major decline in scoring
We can give you the simplistic answer. We can tell you runs per game are down for a fifth straight year and then credit the entire offensive deflation on stricter...
Knicks owner puts capper on eye-opening seven weeks
Think about where the Knicks stood somewhere around 9:30 p.m. on the evening of Sunday, April 17. That was exactly seven weeks ago today, exactly 49 days ago. They were...
Knicks coach not concerned about losing job
Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said he is not worried at all about being back next season, though his greatest ally, president Donnie Walsh, is leaving on June 30 after turning...
Donnie decided to leave for himself and Knicks franchise
DALLAS — Donnie Walsh’s most sacrilegious compadre predicts Walsh’s semester break at his Indianapolis home will not agree with him. “The fresh air will kill him within a week,” Mel...
New GM, new challenges for revamped Liberty
There have been some astonishing streaks in New York sports history: Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak. The Islanders’ hockey dominance, resulting in four straight Stanley Cup titles. Carol Blazejowski’s 15-year...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Charles Barkley
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Hall of Fame forward who now serves as an analyst for TNT, is working the NBA Finals for NBA TV and is conducting...
The Rumble
Mets players hardly were surprised to learn rising-star SNY field reporter Kevin Burkhardt was a car salesman at Pine Belt Chevrolet in Eatontown, N.J. “Now that you say that, I...
Ford's 'Bit' finds perfect fit at Concordia
A few months ago, Anjali (Little Bit) Moncrieffe wasn’t sure where she would continue her career when her time at Bishop Ford came to an end. Saturday was Graduation Day...
Slithering out of trouble like a snake, Cedeno pitches GW back to finals
Nick Carbone compared Jariel Cedeno’s fighting spirit on the mound to that of a bulldog, which is ironic considering the George Washington senior right-hander is built like one – short...
ESPN to blame for Mavericks' Kidd being uderrated
One of these days, ESPN is going to do the smart thing and attach itself to a Secondary Audio Program (SAP) that taps into a laugh track. Thursday night at...
Mandl on their minds: GW sweeps Lehman, hopes to get coach back for finals
The only visual reminder of Steve Mandl, the legendary George Washington baseball coach suspended for alleged illegal recruiting, at MCU Park in Coney Island was his white No. 32 jersey...
Storylines galore heading into Mayor's Cup girls championship Sunday
Leighann Sahagun knows she’s going to be tired when she steps on the court for the Mayors Cup semifinals at 9 a.m. Sunday. But the Cardozo senior is really tired...
Inconsistent Wolves fall in semis, look toward next year
Grand Street Campus took advantage of errors, got hit after hit and put five runs on the board. The crowd behind the Wolves dugout was going crazy. There was just...
Lehman can't cash in on opportunities, swept by GW in semis
It appeared like it would be the big hit Lehman had been searching for all series. Angel Zapata hit a frozen rope into center field, the ball curling away from...
Weiner comes up short
Schadenfreude partly explains why so many members of New York’s political class, who have long regarded Anthony Weiner as a self-promoting empty suit, are privately delighted by the Twitter mess...
We're all porn stars
Dirty pictures are hot. And not just for congressmen. The FBI is investigating a ring of hackers for leaking nude photos of Vanessa Hudgens, Scarlett Johansson and Miley Cyrus. Now...
AIDS: How close a cure?
A San Francisco man seems to have been cured of AIDS after receiving an experimental bone marrow transplant in Berlin. Researchers in an international study said they found a way...
It's a man's man's man's world
People who study these things for a living cannot explain why prospective parents — across continents, cultures and centuries — have always preferred boys to girls. But nature agrees: The...
Bank note: DC's eyeing scapegoats
Banks may be facing some very dark days ahead. As the mortgage fiasco's global settlement with attorneys general approaches, the numbers are big. The hit to banks' balance sheets start...
Weddings can be a taxing time for couples
It's so easy to overlook some details in preparing for a wedding. You've booked the best caterer on the planet for your June wedding, the one with those great Swedish...
Road test a site
For small businesses, hiring a consultant to bring in a panel of users to critique your Web site may be an unaffordable expense. Even for large corporations, having your site...
'Fed' up savers losing interest
Dear John: I enjoyed a recent piece you wrote about people with savings accounts getting cheated by low interest rates. Just to further your point about savers getting screwed: my...
Watchdog bites
Peter Schiff runs a smallish Connecticut brokerage firm called Euro Pacific Capital, which he'd like to make bigger. But securities regulators, complains Schiff, won't allow him to hire more workers...
Behind the music of MTV
As business how-to books go, there are few as entertaining as Bill Roedy's "What Makes Business Rock." Roedy exited Viacom's MTV Networks International, where he was president, late last year...
Manhattan going digital
New York City will be on digital display this week. Internet Week kicks off tomorrow, bringing together members of the city's tech scene across industries for a full slate of...
FCC to probe Falcone's network
Federal regulators want to talk to Phil Falcone about his wireless network's leakage problem. The Federal Communications Commission will take public comments about interference from Falcone's LightSquared wireless network before...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS ANDREW MASON Groupon co-founder prepares to clip his company’s $750M IPO coupon. CHRIS ALBRECHT Starz pay-TV boss eyes $350M windfall from new Netfix pact. MEN’S UNDERWEAR Garments became all...
Wrong again Bam
It’s report card season in households across America, and at the White House, too — where the Obama girls are set to wrap up the school year later this week....
Correction officer shoots man in McDonald's beef
An off-duty correction officer shot and wounded a man during a lunchtime scuffle at a McDonald’s in Brooklyn today, cops said. The injured 36-year-old man, shot twice in the left...
Can you hire me now? Verizon hit in $175M tech 'fraud'
The city awarded a $175 million contract to Verizon, just nine days before the communications giant was cited by special schools investigator Richard Condon for "facilitating" a $3.6 million fraud...
School 'repents' on club
God is back in the building at one Long Island public high school. Half Hollow Hills HS East, which came under fire last year after it chose to suspend a...
Drone kills Qaeda big
Another al Qaeda goon is learning the truth about those 72 virgins. A US drone strike killed top al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri in a major blow to the already-hobbled...
On-the-spot shock for fotog
This cat was ready for her close-up. A Russian tourist on safari in Namibia thought photographing wildlife was a fun hobby -- until an agile leopard gave him the scare...
2nd lesson on Mike 'pass rate' inflation
The teachers changed my mind. I did not plan to pub lish more letters today about the scourge of social promotion in New York schools, but the passionate outpouring from...
Syria tanks roll vs. rebel mourners
DAMASCUS -- Tanks rolled toward the Syrian city of Hama yesterday, as 100,000 people turned out for the funeral of those killed the day before in anti-regime clashes. The government...
We're driving into 'headwinds': Bam
WASHINGTON -- President Obama says "headwinds" buffeting the economy resulted from high gasoline prices, Japan's quake and Europe's financial crisis. As an inspiration for a recovery, he's citing the US...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens The four thugs pictured here are wanted for allegedly stabbing four other men during a wild early-morning street fight in Astoria. The brawl erupted at 2:20 a.m. on April...
Copter strike on 'Dafy
French and British helicopters struck inside Libya for the first time yesterday, hitting targets in the oil port of Brega in a stepped up air assault against Moammar Khadafy. Aircraft...
Teen cyclist killed by car
A 16-year-old bicyclist was fatally struck by a car yesterday evening in Brooklyn. The unidentified girl was hit at 6:05 p.m. by a white 2011 BMW at 21st Avenue and...
Rielle loyally blonde
Beaming baby mama Rielle Hunter -- seen here holding Frances Quinn, her love child with John Edwards, yesterday -- remains hush-hush about her future with the philandering former presidential candidate....
Uzi does it at Bx. gun buyback
A gun owner said goodbye to his little friend. An example of Tony Montana's weapon of choice was taken off the streets yesterday when the owner of an Uzi machine...
New Wavey Katy is so retro-sexual
Katy Perry is more hot than cold. The curvaceous pop star channels the '80s in a pink cutout mini-dress, purple bra and strappy electric-blue sandals during a sultry photo shoot...
13 hurt as gust sends bounce houses 'flying' (VIDEO)
A joyful spring carnival turned into a nightmare yesterday when three inflatable bounce houses full of happily jumping kids suddenly lifted into the air and toppled over, injuring 13 people....
Drinking Sanit guys 'exposed'
Hurry, hide the bottles! That's the shocking caption on an old photo posted online by one of the Sanitation workers caught boozing it up during the snowstorm that crippled the...
'Carting' off the buskers
Roll over, Beethoven. Virtuoso musicians at Central Park's Bethesda Fountain Terrace may be left singing the blues now that the city has OK'd plans to turn the longtime open-air music...
Man shot twice in McDonald's beef
An off-duty correction officer shot and wounded a man during a lunchtime scuffle at a McDonald’s in Brooklyn today, cops said. The injured 36-year-old man, shot twice in the left...
The devils' advocate
Joe Tacopina could be the most hated lawyer in New York. After securing an improbable acquittal in the rape case against ex-NYPD Officer Kenneth Moreno, following unlikely triumphs for accused...
Grandpa's gay of reckoning
Erica Diaz, 22, is the les bian granddaughter of Al bany's most outspoken gay-marriage foe -- state Senate Puerto Rican/ Latino caucus chair Ruben Diaz Sr. She is also a...
A few holes in skeevy skivvy story
The New York Post was the first newspaper to get a response from Rep. Anthony Weiner's office on May 28 after news broke that day of a lewd photo sent...
Rising pol star takes a plunge
It's a bird, it's a plane -- no, it's an Acura. A rising Bronx political star spectacularly nose-dived his car yesterday off a 30-foot-high section of the Bronx River Parkway,...
Turnabout is fair play on 'foreclose' bank
This must have been very satisfying. A Florida couple turned the tables on a major bank that tried to falsely foreclose on their home -- and instead wound up foreclosing...
Yemen prez 'Owie!'
Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh went to Saudi Arabia yesterday to be treated for injuries he suffered in a rebel attack on his palace, a Saudi official said. The injured...
Shuttle 'boom' & bust
When the space shuttles are retired later this year, maybe they should seek a second career -- in law enforcement. The shuttle Endeavour helped a woman foil two guys trying...
Bernie's bidder end
He made off with Madoff's money. . . clip. What might have been one of Bernie Madoff's most beloved possessions -- a sterling-silver clip to hold his dirty money --...
Janitor's field of '$chemes'
Romonte Sutton took "pay to play" literally. The veteran school custodial worker shook down community youth-soccer coaches for after-hours practice or games on athletic fields at Boys & Girls HS...
Amputee's sue spree against businesses that aren't handicapped accessible
He's hell on wheels. Zoltan Hirsch, a double amputee in a wheelchair, says he's trying to make New York City more handicapped accessible one lawsuit at a time. But some...
Caylee mom's bizarre 'murder' coverup
She had an explanation for everything. When Tony Lazzaro asked new girlfriend Casey Anthony where her adorable, 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, was, he was told she was at the beach. When...
Empathy and $$ for Rangel
Anthony Weiner handed over a wad of money to disgraced Rep. Charles Rangel for his legal-defense fund. Weiner, who now has problems of his own, was the only New York...
Rep. Weiner's playboy past
Sexting crotch shots isn't usually his style. So say ex-girlfriends of Rep. Anthony Weiner, who tell The Post that the Queens and Brooklyn congressman -- despite his reputation as a...
Stand on 'principal'
These principals ought to teach "shop" class. Many school chiefs are going on year-end spending sprees, conspicuously consuming cash that would otherwise get lost in a bureaucratic black hole. The...
Beggars' golden boy
It's a sick operation. They hand motorists at busy intersections glossy cards with a sob story about a dying boy named "Bora Daniel," and then plead for them to open...
O's ugly economy
April ain’t the cruelest month — just have a look at May, when the US economy sailed into dangerous shoals. Ominous reports tumbled in from all quarters last week: *...
Fur flies
Thank you for “Reversal of Fur-tune in the West 20s” (May 29). To Larry Cowit, who said that the industry is “already so small”: I hope that he and all...
The Fuhrer with the golden gun
On April 20, 1939, Germany’s Nazi Party celebrated Adolf Hitler’s 50th birthday with an orgy of gift-giving and a display of military firepower unparalleled in the history of the world....
Home of the brave
I am grateful for the moving PostOpinion columns by Tom Manion (“A Grateful Nation: Remember the Heroes”) and Maureen Miller (“Ask Me About My Son’s Sacrifice”) published on Memorial Day....
In my library: Molly Ringwald
On film, she’ll be 16 forever, but Molly Ringwald is now a 43-year-old mother of three, with all the attendant joys and challenges — like trying to explain, to a...
Palin 2.0
“It’s rated X,” the director of the new Sarah Palin movie informs me as I sit down for an early screening of the biopic “The Undefeated.” I don’t know how...
P-B.S.
In one of the most amazing reversals of logic in the history of column-writing, David Boaz has turned that leftist-leaning, intellectually snobby, unfairly-critical-of-America PBS into a “government news and opinion...
First non-responders
Decades of social rot in California found their fullest expression on Memorial Day, when firefighters and police officers stood by and allowed a 53-year-old man to slowly drown himself just...
Summer's hot reads -- 21 books for the beach
CRIME & PUNISHMENT Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster, June 14) The actors portraying 007 are always changing, so why not the authors? Deaver (“The Bone Collector”) is...
Trump was right
I can’t believe Steve Cuozzo labeled Donald Trump a “zero,” when he was the only one who has been calling for the right thing, which was having the Twin Towers...
Scot-tsk
Rob Waugh’s article, “Scot Free” (PostScript, May 29), contains many wrong observations. Alex Salmond did not arrive at the Scottish parliament in a helicopter — he landed at a hotel...
Unsafe headgear
Helmets can make or break a politician (‘Doofus’-Busters,” May 30). Former Mass. Gov. and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis knows what I’m talking about. Remember that infamous photo of him...
Cold terror
Vincent Gallo has finally learned to keep his mouth shut. In "Essential Killing" (2010), by acclaimed Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, the usually outspoken actor plays a Taliban terrorist who is...
Bridge
"Magic Mirror on the wall," intoned the wicked queen, "who's the best player of them all?" "Judging by the latest masterpoint standings," the Mirror replied nervously, "Snow White is. After...
'World' of footage
There's not much new to say about Bobby Fischer, but there's a lot to show -- and only television can do that. The HBO documentary "Bobby Fischer Against the World,"...
More hot summer dates
JUNE 11: Take a tour of finger-licking food from the country's top pitmasters — without having to leave the city — during the annual two-day barbecue bonanza known as the...
Songs that sizzle
While there’s nothing quite like jumping into the cold and powerful spray of an open New York City fire hydrant on a hot summer’s day, the right song at the...
'Boom Boom' Park
You’d think it would be hard to excite Fergie, the princess in the Black Eyed Peas’ pod. She and her bandmates have had a run of best-selling records, one of...
Booze hounds
No shirt, no shoes, no problem. To some bars, tail-wagging patrons can come as they are. When dog lovers Anthony Malone, Danny McDonald, Michael Jewell and Peter Poulakakos saw a...
Rosie the riveting
In this summer’s “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Shia LaBeouf is once again battling with giants. By which we don’t necessarily mean robots. We’re talking about Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, a statuesque...
'Super' shooters
‘I met J.J. Abrams when he was 12,” says cinematographer Larry Fong, longtime friend of the sci-fi auteur. “We’d be making movies in our front yard, and he used to...
Richards may be too rich for Rangers' blood
The Rangers have heard through the grapevine that Brad Richards will be seeking a long-term contract worth a minimum of $7 million per when the free-agent market opens on July...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70yds; $27,000; clm($8,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Me You and Her(L),118S Elliott5-1-1RPrecido 2-12Snowy Elegance(L),112K Pellot3-4-5Velazquz 6-13Wilreign(L),116K Frey1-1-5Reid 4-14Splash of Roses(L),119E...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $22,000; clm($12,500); 3up BAATESH broke maiden this distance two back. MALIBU MYSTERY third versus cheaper and was...
Post's DaSilva talkin' Belmont at Gallagher's
Post handicapper John DaSilva and legendary race-caller Dave Johnson will be among the expert analysts for the 11th annual Belmont "Steaks" handicapping seminar and power lunch Tuesday at noon at...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST- 1 mile; $22,000; cl; 3up4African Gold (Lopez) 3.803.402.603Deputy Honour (Serpa)14.205.802Lion Under Oath (Mariano)5.80 Off 12:53. Time 1:41.22. Fast. * Exacta (4-3) $43.20 * $1 Superfecta (4-3-2-1) $537.80 * $1...
No-ring circus
* Is there a worse owner in sports than the Knicks' James Dolan? New York has been plagued for years by his ignorance. Donnie Walsh got the Knicks back on...
6-0 Gee blanks Braves in Mets victory
When the Mets started the season without Johan Santana, the most likely candidate to fill in as the ace of the staff was Mike Pelfrey. If it wasn't going to...
Hollywood Park Results
FIRST- 7 ½ fur; $23,000; cl; 3up2Free Range (Espinoza) 4.002.602.407Make Mine Remy (Baze)4.203.206Zees Chris (Bejarano)3.00 * $1 Ext. (2-7) $7.90 * Quin. (2-7) $9.80 * $1 Superf. (2-7-6-5) $46.20 *...
Canucks go up 2-0 on Bruins with goal 11 seconds into OT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- In a mere 11 seconds, Alex Burrows used the strengths of the Boston Bruins' two best defensive players against them. In one electric moment, the Vancouver...
Belmont Charts
June 4, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 mile(T); $45,000; alw; 3upTime: 24.52, 48.66, 1:11.84, 1:34.67.Trainer: Christophe Clement Scr: Mighty Morris, Sky Music, Thunder...
Preakness winner Shackleford is Belmont-bound
With no Triple Crown on the line in Saturday's 143rd Belmont Stakes, the 50,000 or so fans expected at Belmont Park will be treated to the next-best scenario: A rubber...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogMAVERICKS 2½ (189) HeatNHLTomorrowFavoriteLineUnderdogBRUINS$100-120CanucksHome team in CAPS
Giants not worried about being lockout laggards
The Saints are doing it. So are the Patriots. Those are two fairly successful teams with established head coaches, proven systems in place and Super Bowl pedigrees. So why aren't...
Kidd, Mavericks expect Miami to Heat up
DALLAS -- You want to talk collapse, talk to Jason Kidd. Go back to the Nets of 2002, Game 3, Eastern Conference Finals. The Nets led by 25 with less...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; pace; $18,000; claim.3Beignet (MLachance) 43.4017.4019.604Bckeye In Chrge (Morgan)29.0024.807Scotian Laddie (Allard)7.60* Exacta (3-4) $496.80 * Trifecta (3-4-7) $1,532.20SECOND-mile; pace; $12,000; cond.1Cam Boxer (Sears) 15.606.803.803Fearless Diablo (Berry)8.403.805Sr Jnthn Z Tm (MLachance)2.60*...
Walsh will help pick Knicks new president
One of the reasons Knicks owner James Dolan wanted to keep Donnie Walsh aboard as a consultant after he steps down as team president June 30 was to help in...
A-Rod, Sabathia lead Yankees over Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- In a town that sits in the shadow of Hollywood the Yankees put their biggest stars on display last night at Angel Stadium. Los Angeles and its...
Perfect 'Peelers' wins Rooney
Super filly See You At Peelers extended her career unbeaten streak to 16 straight with a rousing victory in the $307,000 Art Rooney Pace for 3-year-olds last night at Yonkers....
Hondo takes two
Hondo cleaned up last night by whisking his way to a sweep with the Rangers and Twins that lowered the accounts payable to 1,155 sundbergs. Today, one more time with...
A lot to glove about Yankees' narrow victory
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- CC Sabathia was sensational. Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano provided the muscle. Mariano Rivera required one pitch to post the save. Yet, the Yankees' 3-2 win over...
Red Bulls' winless skid hits 6 games
The Red Bulls were just 30 seconds away from snapping their five-game winless skid and get their first victory since April. But they coughed up a stoppage-time equalizer, and suffered...
Win in 14 how Red Sox Drew it up
J.d. Drew singled home Carl Crawford from second with two outs in the 14th inning Saturday, lifting the Red Sox to a 9-8 win over the Athletics in Boston after...
Pelfrey says it would be tough for Mets to lose Reyes
Jose Reyes, ex-Met? Not if Mike Pelfrey were making the decision. Pelfrey who has been with the club longer than any other current Mets pitcher, said yesterday that Reyes is...
Struggles continue after Mets drop Bay to sixth
Jason Bay didn't sign with the Mets to be a $66 million No. 6 hitter, but as of last night, that's what he is. Manager Terry Collins went to Bay...
Gee epitomizes Mets' grit
There are times when the Mets will drive you to frus tration and even anger with shoddy play, late-game meltdowns and the occasional butchering of some of the basic fundamentals...
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Auto Racing8 a.m.MotoGP: Aperol Grand PrixSPEED12:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kansas 400FOXBaseball2 p.m.Cubs at CardinalsTBS2p.m.Tigers at White SoxWGN3:30 p.m.Yankees at AngelsYES, WCBS (880 AM)8 p.m.Braves at MetsESPN, WFAN (660 AM)Basketball8 p.m.NBA...
Yankees' Hughes encouraged by throw session
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Phil Hughes threw 22 pitches to Francisco Cervelli and Chris Dickerson yesterday at Angel Stadium and exited the workout encouraged he is on the road back to...
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SOCCER: CONCACAF prez booted amid scandal Acting CONCACAF president Lisle Austin was suspended by the continental federation for allegedly violating rules. The provisional ban applies to Austin's activities with CONCACAF...
More crossbow shots may be on way
For the first time in New York, hunters will be able to use crossbows during the hunting season under a proposed regulation change. The changes will allow the use of...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
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Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 5MONJune 6TUEJune 7WEDJune 8THUJune 9FRIJune 10SATJune 11YankeesL.A. Angels3:35TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMNOGAMEBos.7:05WWORWCBSBos.7:05YESWCBSBos.7:05WWORWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.1:05YESWCBSMetsAtlanta8:05TV -- ESPNRadio--WFAN 660 AMNOGAMEMilw.8:10SNYWFANMilw.8:10SNYWFANMilw.8:10SNYWFANPit.7:05SNYWFANPit.7:05WPIXWFANLiberty*Atlanta3:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEInd.7:00No TVInd.7:00MSGRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEN.E.8:30FSCNOGAME
Chloe is Buffy for a new generation
With MTV’s dark and scary “Teen Wolf” leading the way, get ready for a whole pack of sci-fi fantasy to keep you up late all summer: “The Nine Lives of...
Bean's great 'Throne'
When it comes to actors in roles, there are certain truisms: Robert DeNiro makes a great gangster. Meryl Streep kills with accents. And did British-born Sean Bean ever meet a...
Don't miss
Silly prizes THE categories are always so random. There’s Best Fight. And Best Line. James Franco will compete with Justin Bieber for Best Jaw Dropping Moment. And the stars of...
Howling 'Wolf'
Nineteen-year-old Tyler Posey has played chess with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and was given an Xbox as a present from Jennifer Lopez. But as the star of MTV’s new scripted drama “Teen...
Reel good
GREAT EXPECTATIONS 1947 Tuesday, 8 p.m., TCM * Truly “great” is this adaptation of Dickens’ enduring classic about an orphan who becomes a gentleman, thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Poor...
'Birth' of a star
Summer television is often the repository of cookie-cutter cuties whose chief selling point — for network executives and audiences — is that they often look alike and sound alike. If...
Meet market: Director looking to cast a romantic love spell
Steven, a 25-year-old actor and director, is hoping to make a name for himself in the city. All he needs is a lovely leading lady at his side when he...
Top 5 ways to flirt during a heat wave
According to hot shoppers near the fan aisle at Kmart “Tell them you have air conditioning — in your bedroom.” — Martina “Say, ‘It’s already hot out — stop making...
Weddings
Sullivan, 31, and Cremins, 36 June 4 — John J. Cremins, a Naval Academy graduate, decided on a patriotic proposal. He popped the question to his bride-to-be, Melissa Sullivan, on...
This week’s couple: Meeting of the kinds
When we set up Diane, a 24-year-old volunteer coordinator, with Matt, a 25-year-old homeless-housing advocate, we had a hunch their do-gooder careers would help them hit it off. While the...
Weird but true
They must be really bored in this corner of Utah. Dale Price of American Fork dresses up in a different costume every morning and goes outside to wave goodbye to...
St. John's, Seton Hall lose; Manhattan eliminated
Virginia left-hander Danny Hultzen used his last start as a pitcher before tomorrow's baseball draft to showcase all he will bring to the next level. Hultzen (11-3) allowed three hits...
Live blog recap: CHSAA 'AA' baseball championship tournament, Day 4
After a much-needed day of rest, the CHSAA Class AA championship tournament heats up again Sunday as the eight-team field is reduced to four and one team, either No. 1...
Red Bulls allow stoppage-time equalizer; settle for tie
The Red Bulls were just thirty seconds away from snapping their five-game winless skid, from their first victory since April. But they coughed up a stoppage-time equalizer, and suffered through...
A-Rod's two-run homer helps Yankees beat Angels, 3-2
ANAHEIM, Calif. — CC Sabathia's ability to pitch deep into games is quite the blessing for the New York Yankees, especially their bullpen. Sabathia came within one out of his...