June 12, 2011
Bronx girl shot in head for challenging gunman
A ninth-grade girl is clinging to life after being shot in the head when she challenged a crazed gunman during a fight outside a Bronx party, cops said today. Yvette...
Gordon wins for fifth time at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. -- Jeff Gordon moved into a tie for third on NASCAR's career victories list, winning for the 84th time when he took the checkered flag Sunday at...
Howard leads Phillies' rally past Cubs
PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Howard went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs, and Roy Oswalt recovered from a rocky first to pitch seven solid innings and lead the Philadelphia...
Ortiz homers again; Red Sox rout Blue Jays for ninth straight win
TORONTO -- Jon Lester pitched two-hit ball over eight innings, David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs and the Boston Red Sox teed off on the Toronto Blue Jays...
Emotional Tyson inducted into Hall of Fame
Mike Tyson broke down in tears and cut short his speech while Sylvester Stallone proclaimed “Yo, Adrian, I did it!” as the two stars from different fields were inducted into...
Some in Ariz. allowed back as firefighters hopeful
SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — Roughly 7,000 residents of two eastern Arizona towns evacuated last week as a wildfire loomed nearby were allowed to return home today as officials expressed confidence that...
Canucks' Rome disagrees with Stanley Cup ban
BOSTON -- Vancouver defenseman Aaron Rome wouldn't change much about the hit on Boston's Nathan Horton that got him suspended for the rest of the Stanley Cup finals. Rome spoke...
Boehner gets laughs with Weiner quip (VIDEO)
COLUMBUS, Ohio — U.S. House Speaker John Boehner drew laughs from an audience at Ohio State University with a joke about the name of a colleague involved in a scandal...
Guinness names 2-foot-tall Filipino as world's shortest man
SINDANGAN, Philippines — A poor Filipino blacksmith's son who stands less than 2 feet tall was declared the world's shortest man by Guinness World Records on his 18th birthday today,...
U.S. embarrassed by Panama in first-ever Gold Cup defeat
TAMPA, Fla. -- The U.S. National Team was reeling Sunday from a shock 2-1 defeat to Panama, the country's first loss in the Gold Cup's group play, which heightened pressure on...
Manchester United may list in Hong Kong, report says
LONDON -- English football club Manchester United could have a $2.75 billion (£1.7 billion) flotation in Hong Kong as its American owners study the possibility of the club's return to...
Three sex attacks in Inwood, Wash. Hts. this weekend
There have been three separate sex attacks in Washington Heights and Inwood since Friday night, police said today. The first two attacks -- which occurred within six hours of each...
Mets give Capuano late support in shutout of Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- Chris Capuano pitched seven innings, Jose Reyes homered and the Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 on Sunday afternoon. Capuano (5-6) allowed three hits and two walks with...
Bruins defend Thomas after Luongo's swipe
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins tried to push the mute button on the controversy over Roberto Luongo’s verbal swipe at Tim Thomas. So what if Vancouver’s goalie claimed he would...
Martin struggles in return to Yankees lineup
Catcher Russell Martin was back in the Yankees lineup against the Indians after missing four straight games because of a stiff back. Martin did some running, throwing and hitting at...
Four burned in flaming dessert mishap
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Fire officials say a bananas foster dessert caught fire at a Florida restaurant and four people were burned, including a woman who had severe injuries. Officials...
Jeter closes in; Yankees clobber Indians
Derek Jeter had a pair of RBI singles, Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs and the Yankees pounded out a season-high 18 hits in beating the slumping Cleveland Indians for...
Yankees put Colon on DL with strained hamstring
The Yankees placed Bartolo Colon on the disabled list Sunday with a strained right hamstring, the latest blow to an already ailing starting rotation.Colon pulled up lame while covering first...
Animal Kingdom's owner, jockey still angry over incident at Belmont Stakes
Barry Irwin, head of the Team Valor International syndicate that owns Animal Kingdom, and his jockey, John Velazquez, were still fuming this morning over the incident at the start of...
Weiner took sexting shots at Congressional gym: reports
What a gym rat! Still more revealing photos of randy Rep. Anthony Weiner emerged today, showing the sexting Democrat posing nearly nude in a Congressional gym. Celebrity gossip website TMZ.com...
Dems demand Weiner 'do the right thing' and resign
WASHINGTON – Democrat leaders today raised the volume on resignation calls aimed at sexting perv Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Queens/Brooklyn), demanding that he “do the right thing.” “We made it clear...
First photos of Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot released
PHOENIX — Two photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released early Sunday by her office, her hair shorn short but few other telling signs of her gunshot wound...
Blanco's mad dash sends Bowne to first city title in 40 years
Adrian Blanco will never be confused with one of the ‘B’ divisions speed demons. John Bowne’s husky first baseman weighs a rotund 240 pounds, but his 180-foot dash from second...
Swings of momentum go against Pirates in loss to GW
Two swings of the bat decided Tottenville’s fate. The Pirates Michael Sullivan lined a ball deep into the left-center field gap in the top of the fifth. It was run...
Mets manager chides HoJo for panning Bay benching
PITTSBURGH — Jason Bay returned to the Mets’ lineup last night, but not before Terry Collins fired back at former hitting coach Howard Johnson for questioning the manager’s decision to...
Bay stumbles in key spots as Mets fall to Pirates
PITTSBURGH — The sellout crowd at PNC Park got a baseball game followed by Huey Lewis & the News last night. A rendition of “Stuck with You” might have been...
Anniversary gifts: Two state crowns mark 10 years of girls sports at Molloy
When the year started, Marissa Puzino hoped to end her senior year with at least one state title, if any. But after Archbishop Molloy claimed the NYS Federation Class A...
Gift of grab: Sanchez's glove saves GW again
Off the bat, Michael Sullivan was thinking double. He put his head down and sprinted for first base. As he made the turn around the bag, the George Washington fans...
Imperfect 10: Fiesty Van Buren can't finish comeback attempt
Martin Van Buren had a season full of late-inning and walk-off wins – so why would the championship game be any different? That was the feeling in the dugout until...
Yankees shut out Indians, but Colon likely headed to DL with leg strain
As Bartolo Colon has baffled hitters and shocked Yankees observers all season, one thought has constantly been in the background: Can he stay healthy? Yesterday, the answer came back no....
Indians starter tossed after plunking A-Rod
A day after Cleveland’s Fausto Carmona drilled Mark Teixeira to incite a bench-clearing dust-up, it was the Indians that felt the pain in a 4-0 loss to the Yankees. Mitch...
Yankees should turn to minor leagues for pitching help
This is the test the Yankees needed. Better now than in late September. No one thought Bartolo Colon would last the season, and yesterday his left hamstring gave out as...
Man of the hour: Clutch Trojans celebrate city crown with exiled coach
Amid boisterous chants of “32” – his jersey number – surrounded by his joyous players and assistant coaches and with tears in his eyes, Steve Mandl was finally at peace....
GW's Carbone, Lehman's Droz to have separate hearings for 'unprofessional behavior'
Nick Carbone can’t go to Disney Land quite yet. Before planning any ticker-tape parades or vacations, the George Washington interim coach has a hearing for "unprofessional behavior" at PSAL headquarters...
Time can alter perception as Tyson enters boxing’s hall
It's not uncommon to envy the life of a famous professional athlete. Who would not want to be Derek Jeter for a day or Tom Brady or Roger Federer? The...
No clear front-runner at U.S. Open with Tiger out
When the U.S. Open begins with Thursday’s opening round at Congressional Country Club, the landscape for the year’s second major championship will have a vastly different look. For the first...
Jeter has 5 games to reach 3,000 hits at home
It looks like Derek Jeter is going to have to take his quest for 3,000 hits on the road. Jeter went 0-for-4 in yesterday’s game with the Indians, remaining stuck...
Signing Reyes a risk, but losing him would be disaster for Mets
Sandy Alderson was hired as Mets general manager to deal with issues exactly like Jose Reyes’ free agency. He is viewed industry wide as an executive who does not believe...
Good luck to the man who made Nets matter
MIAMI — The thing to remember about those heady, giddy early days in New Jersey was how much of a secret Jason Kidd was. Those were the best nights. Kidd’s...
24-1 Ruler on Ice wins Belmont Stakes
Where have all the favorites gone? Lost to long shots, every one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? In a long Triple Crown campaign, through the...
Beaten down by the Triple Crown
On a sodden day more suited to ducks than horses, an unsung, unheralded gelding from nowhere by the name of Ruler On Ice sloshed through the slop to win the...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Marv Albert
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the legendary Brooklyn-born play-by-play man, who turned 70 Sunday. Q: Top events you’ve covered in your legendary career? A: What stands out to me...
The Rumble
Giants forever Supe XXI champs keep it together The youngest of them are middle-aged men now. But this weekend, when the 1986 Giants reunite to celebrate the silver anniversary of...
Memo to WH: Unleash firms for economic rebound
Last Sunday The Post was good enough to point out that the Obama administration can't seem to find the right course for the US economy. So this week I want...
Main Street frets over depre$$ion
If life is a numbers game, then the most important number of the week is 48. That's the percent of Americans who believe that we are heading into another Great...
Made in NYC
Is New York's long, sad story of industrial decline opening a happier chapter? Once the top city for American manufacturing, New York saw its industrial jobs plummet from well over...
Scarborough fair game
MSNBC's morning duo of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski wasted no time buttonholing Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes at the Newhouse School journalism awards lunch earlier this week. The "Morning...
NYC's Silicon Park
You can call it Silicon Park. A new tech corridor is emerging in the heart of Manhattan, reshaping the map of the city's vibrant Web 2.0 startup scene. If you...
$tudent moans
Bargain education at two-year community colleges are the new financial norm for an army of cash-strapped students who can't afford the savage costs of the typical four years of higher...
Labor dumb and number
Dear John: I would like to give you my thoughts regarding a possible Machiavellian scheme by the Obama administration. You probably have thought of this already, but suppose the Labor...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS BRIAN ROBERTS Comcast boss scores gold by securing the next four Olympic games for $4.4B. RICHARD DURBIN Ill. Senator wins battle with banks to roll out debit card swipe...
That guy's flying!
It's not just the Irish who are lucky. Scottish driver Allan McNish walked away from this spectacular 120-mph crash after his Audi R18 went airborne when it collided with a...
Mike Tyson facial tattoo latest pick-up trick
Forget flowers, chocolate or Twitter: Mike Tyson's facial tattoo is a hot new way to woo someone. Swinging singles are going out and having their faces painted with a temporary,...
Layoff critics rip Mike's $1B pension stash
Mayor Bloomberg has stashed nearly $1 billion for a possible pension bomb that, critics say, could instead be used to prevent firehouse closings and teacher layoffs. The extra money is...
Street honor for 9/11 Red Hook 7
Families of the seven Red Hook firefighters killed on 9/11 gathered outside their Brooklyn firehouse yesterday for the renaming of Richard Street as Seven in Heaven Way. Aidan McShane, a...
1998 embassy bomber killed
The al Qaeda mastermind behind the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people was himself killed last week in a clash with Somali security forces...
California man diving for bin Laden's body
An eccentric California salvage diver is fishing for proof that al Qaeda overlord Osama bin Laden is really dead. Bill Warren, 59, has vowed to scour the north Arabian Sea...
Topless woman walks through the Bowery
She's Gotham's Lady Godiva. A blond mystery woman strolled the Bowery and other Manhattan streets free of the burden of bra or shirt, taking advantage of New York's leniency toward...
Hero dad drowns in LI Sound
He sought to save his son, and died trying. The body of a hero dad washed ashore in Long Island Sound yesterday after his valiant attempt to rescue his stepson...
Dem dam of silence breaking
Soon after Anthony Weiner mixed his creepy confession with defiance about keeping his job, a few Democrats called for him to resign. "The dam is breaking," one story said, predicting...
Behind cyber-sex 'cure'
Rep. Anthony Weiner joins a long list of celebrities mired in sex scandals who cried "rehab" -- and experts say he needs it, describing his cyber addiction as the "crack...
Walmart eyes Bensonhurst
Walmart is reportedly eyeing the Bensonhurst waterfront for its first Big Apple store. With opponents stalling the retail giant's efforts to come to East New York, Walmart is now interested...
Imette-slay lawyer sues
Even big-time defense attorneys need to pay the rent. The lawyer for convicted killer Darryl Littlejohn has filed a $13 million libel lawsuit against the city, claiming she was slandered...
NYPD legend dies
Retired NYPD Detective John Keeney, a member of the Stickball Hall of Fame, died yesterday at home in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx. He was 87. Keeney, once...
Placards lost at 'C'
Hide your C's! That's what many Manhattan restaurants and bars are doing with the subpar grades issued by the city Health Department. Last July, Mayor Bloomberg rolled out an A-B-C...
Cops turn blind eye to underage partying, drinking at Hamptons' Nello
It was a little before midnight last weekend in Southampton, and the scene at swanky Nello Summertimes was starting to get crazy. One young man smoked a cigarette that he...
Weiner waiting until wife gets back to decide if he'll resign
His fate may rest in Huma's hands. Congressman Anthony Weiner will reportedly wait until his 10-weeks-pregnant wife, Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, returns...
Blood is spilled at Pathmark
A crazed shopper allegedly stabbed a man in the neck yesterday in the meat aisle of the Pathmark in Harlem after the suspect stepped on the victim's foot, police and...
Motorcyclist killed
A motorcyclist died yesterday when he was crushed beneath the wheels of a tour bus headed into Manhattan through the Lincoln Tunnel, officials said. The 56-year-old Pennsylvania motorcyclist was in...
City blames Big Tobacco for cigarette black market
City Hall for the first time is directly blaming Big Tobacco for the burgeoning black market of bootleg cigarettes on city streets. Newport maker Lorillard, the country's No. 3 tobacco...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Police combed through Gramercy Park late yesterday in search of surveillance video that might help identify a gang of thugs involved in an early-morning assault. Cops responding to a...
Schumer feels heat to get his pal out
Disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner's refusal to resign has put the heat on his former mentor, Sen. Charles Schumer. The top-ranking New York Democrat has been under intense pressure to convince...
Fighters intercept Camp David plane
WASHINGTON -- A small aircraft wandered into the airspace of Camp David yesterday while President Obama was there -- and had to be intercepted by two F-15 fighter jets, authorities...
Weiner refuses to resign; taking leave of absence to get 'treatment'
Sexting horndog Rep. Anthony Weiner yesterday defied demands from top Democratic leaders to resign -- instead ditching Congress on a leave of absence to get "professional treatment." "Congressman Weiner takes...
The taking of Atlantic City
He set them up perfectly. As if sitting in a basement poker game, Don Johnson played the pigeon, hoping to lull his competitor into a false confidence and a bad...
Soon may be Park 'No Drive'
A drive to turn Central Park into a no-car zone is gaining fuel. An Upper West Side community board last week joined a growing chorus of supporters backing a five-month...
Cops have eye on man in B'klyn slay
Investigators have learned the name of a "person of interest" in the deadly shooting on the Brighton Beach boardwalk, police sources told The Post yesterday. Cops have distributed information about...
Miss USA continues 'wild' partying that almost cost her crown
Her crown is off-kilter. Rules be damned, outgoing Miss USA Rima Fakih is indulging in late-night partying before she reluctantly gives up her title next Sunday. Even her royal tiara...
Sons spot 'pops' of the Rock
Their pops built the Rock. An Irish filmmaker believes he's cracked the identity of two of the 11 mystery men featured in "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper," the iconic Depression-era photo...
A 'Silver' lining in co-op sale
To tenants, he's a rent-regulation rock star -- but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has benefited nicely from market-rate real estate. The lifelong Lower East Side resident, who's pushing in Albany...
Quinn now leading in mayor race
The humiliating melt down of Rep. Anthony Weiner has reshuffled the 2013 mayoral race, with political insiders nominating City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson as the...
DA probes 'sick kid' scam
Here's a remedy for a sick scam: prosecution. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown is probing Ridgewood residents who panhandle for a "dying boy." "In light of the New York Post...
Tickled ivories
We’re “grand” central. These wild baby grands are among a symphony of elaborately decorated pianos set to be deployed from a downtown warehouse to the city’s streets and parks next...
NYC daters are cheap
Material girls, Manhattan men aren’t in your material world. New York guys are first-date cheapskates compared with bachelors in smaller cities like Seattle and Denver, according to a survey of...
Cuomo’s illegal pander
In a solid first half-year in office, Gov. Cuomo has largely avoided cheap political pandering. Alas, a troubling recent decision breaks that admirable run. Earlier this month, Cuomo bowed to...
Scandal! (1872 edition)
He was the Donald Trump of the Gilded Age — flamboyant, ambitious, egregious. He glittered when he walked, his peacock wardrobe shrieking, his diamond rings sparkling, his strawberry-blond ringlets curling...
Invasion of the body snatchers!
Kidneys are the most popular — bought and sold on the global black market at a rate of at least 20,000 per year. Blood, tissue, skin, corneas and eggs are...
In my library: Gabriel Byrne
HBO may have pulled the plug on “In Treatment,” but Gabriel Byrne — its star shrink — is only too happy to analyze the Irish love affair with words. “I...
Mitt’s it
It’s not surprising to read the cynical Michael Walsh, talking to a cynical readership, postulating the cynicism of Mitt Romney (“Having It Both Ways,” PostOpinion, June 6). Were Walsh not...
Target: Palin
The term “default” can be applicable in a number of different areas. Those who are computer literate recognize it as a value that is assigned automatically to an operating system...
How I gained (and lost) 530 pounds
My incarceration crept up on me over years, built not in a day, but in millions of moments, one upon the next, as if each were a single brick in...
Required reading
The Language of the Sea by James MacManus (Thomas Dunne) Leo Kemp lives the idyllic life. He’s a well-liked professor of marine studies at an institute on Cape Cod. He...
Why sex scandals matter
“It’s just sex,” say Anthony Weiner’s supporters. Wrong. Any legal act that is embarrassing enough to end a career, or a marriage, can slide almost unnoticed into a frantic criminal...
How Broadway emerged from ruin to become a billion-dollar business
The Tony Awards are tonight, and approximately 12 people will be watching. Broadway’s big award show on CBS is always ratings challenged, lagging far behind sporting events and reruns of...
Snow job
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association President Harry Nespoli should pipe down and let the snowstorm controversy die (“Flaky Probe Bias,” Letters, June 7). New Yorkers witnessed his men’s bypassing streets and driving...
In Staten Island, a school gone wild
On March 15, Elis Misaud, the delivery guy for Frank’s Pizzeria, carried two boxes with cheese pies and two liters of soda to the front entrance of Berta Dreyfus Intermediate...
Tweetin' Tony's dodge
Is there any humiliation Rep. Anthony Weiner won’t inflict on himself before he resigns the office that he has so spectacularly disgraced? Guess not. The Twisted Tweeter yesterday blew off...
Tweet twits
“Liar, Liar, Big Boob’s Pants ARE on Fire” (John Podhoretz, June 7) illustrates how Twitter can make or break a politician. Using Twitter is critical for politicians looking to maximize...
Yale’s cowardice
As a former visiting associate professor at the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), I see the decision to close the center as a disgrace (“Yale’s Latest...
West Side story
There was a time when the Upper West Side was filled with movie art houses, such as the Thalia, the Cinema Studio, the New Yorker, the Regency, the Metro. One...
Bridge
My approach to bidding involves the quaint idea that it's best to bid when you have something and pass when you have nothing. If you bid with worthless hands, for...
Gelfand game plan
How do you train to be come a world champion ship challenger? After becoming the newest challenger, Boris Gelfand offered some tips. When he was a boy in Minsk, Gelfand...
Man off wire
In August 1974, Philippe Petit committed what some call “the artistic crime of the 20th century.” The lithe, ginger-haired Frenchman and a ragtag gang of accomplices snuck into the then-new...
Lamb’s Quarters Pesto
6 cups lamb’s quarters, tough stems removed 1/4cup extra virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves 1 tsp. lemon juice 1/2 cup nuts, lightly toasted salt and black pepper, to taste...
From park to plate
It doesn’t get any more local than foraging for wild edibles in a city park. But what do you do with all the exotic pokeweed, sarsaparilla leaves and black locust...
Ryan Reynolds goes 'Green'
No oversized baseball mitts. That was one of the simple rules visual effects supervisor Jim Berney made to ensure that Friday’s “Green Lantern” stays as grounded as possible. Granted it’s...
Green machine: A Lantern lineup
Some of these Green Lanterns are just far out. And we don’t mean because they’re aliens and operate in deep space as a kind of intergalactic police force. Since their...
'Getting By' quite niecely
Emma Roberts may play a cigarette-smoking bad girl in the new high school emo-drama “The Art of Getting By,” but in real life the 20-year-old actress is at the top...
Monster mash
It reads like a recipe for bad-music stew — mashing up snippets of tunes from Rihanna, Fugazi and Sir Mix-a-Lot. How about Nine Inch Nails, Foxy Brown and Peter Gabriel...
Back in book
Brian Johnson joined AC/DC in the spring of 1980, following the alcohol-induced death of singer Bon Scott. That July, Johnson and the group issued the hard-rock classic, “Back in Black,”...
Let's make a deal
Sites like Groupon, Gilt Groupe and Living Social have changed the way we shop for clothes, restaurant reservations and even things such as gym memberships and apartment cleaners. Now, a...
Katy Perry’s parents condemn her lifestyle while cashing in on her eternal damnation
For an hour, Keith Hudson has been pacing around the sanctuary of the Kings Road Church on the outskirts of London. With his shaved head, wide-open eyes and thick black...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-7 fur; $17,600; clm; 3YO4-NeedanAngl 5-21-C U Baby 6-12-ChrryIncld 4-13-Needadrink 3-15-QueenfSct 5-16-DncngStll 7-2SECOND-5 ½ fur; $20,900; clm; 2YO7-ClerlyWckd 2-11-Lan Lan 12-12-CameaStorm 6-13-Queen Anna 10-14-TuraIsabel 5-15-ImaDixiDv 5-26-Mi Margarita...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70yds; $22,000; clm($12,500); 3,4&5YOPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1A Little At a Time(L),123S Uske2-4-3Tammaro 4-12Skattle Band(L),112K Pellot4-2-4Dotolo 10-13Yogonaluvme(L),119S Bermudez5-8-4Pessanha 12-14Charming Tory(L),115F...
Papi's flip no big deal
* So the Yankees didn't like David Ortiz flipping his bat after his homer Tuesday night? Are you kidding me? I bet if it was a Yankee who did that,...
Belmont Charts
%%strong%%June 11, 2011 Cloudy And Muddy. Turf: Good.%%endstrong%% %%strong%%©2011 Equibase. All Rights Reserved%%endstrong%%FIRST -1 1/16 miles(T); $63,000; alw; 3upOff: 11:36. 5. stumble bad st,7w 1/4Time: 25.33, 50.88, 1:16.03, 1:41.30, 1:47.77.Trainer:...
Monmouth Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 4 ½ fur; $45,000; mdn; 2YO(f)BELLAVINI second in both career starts. SRUMDIDDLYUMPTIOUS working well for debut. SAY A NOVENA finished fourth in debut.PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Bellavini(L),119J Bravo2-2-xBiancone1-13Luna Storm,119P Cottox-x-xMarrotta10-11a-Srumdiddlyumptious,119E Trujillox-x-xBreen5-24Stephen...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST- 1 1/16m; $22,000; cl; 3up1RJsProspct (MrqzJr.) 6.403.402.608Il Divo (Hill)4.403.202C Street (Serpa)3.40 Off 12:53. Time 1:44.44. Fast. * Exacta (1-8) $38.60 * $1 Superfecta (1-8-2-3) $169.60 * $1 Trifecta (1-8-2)...
Sports shorts
BASEBALL: Report: MLB mulls realignment Major League Baseball is considering a realignment plan under which one National League team would move to the American League and divisions would be eliminated,...
NBC's Milbury off on criticism of Sedin twins
Listen, we've all heard this sad song before from Mike Milbury, the ugly American who apparently thinks it is insightful hockey commentary to mock the manhood and masculinity of Henrik...
Heat on LeBron as Mavericks near title
MIAMI -- The waters off South Beach this time of year are as warm and turquoise as those surrounding any Caribbean Island. But by late tonight, there could be an...
Mavericks' Nowitzki blasts 'childish' Wade, LeBron
MIAMI -- When you draw the ire of easygoing Dirk Nowitzki, you know you've messed up. Nowitzki unleashed his anger yesterday on LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, who were caught...
Hollywood Park Results
FIRST- 6 ½ fur; $50,000; mdn; 3up7CrcletheMoon (Sthlnd) 5.403.202.606GodbyeChrlie (StgRys)5.404.203Lord Vronsky (Espinoza)3.20 Off 11:01. Time 1:16.68. Fast. * $1 Exacta (7-6) $13.30 * Quinella (6-7) $15.40 * $1 Superfecta (7-6-3-1)...
Yankees' Gardner stumbles on the basepaths
Brett Gardner had a good day at the plate, but a rough day on the basepaths. Gardner went 2-for-3, including a bunt for a hit in the Yankees' 4-0 win...
Mullings tops Gay in 100m
The rain had finally stopped. The fans at Icahn Stadium had risen to their feet for the most anticipated event at yesterday's Adidas Grand Prix track-and-field meet on Randall's Island....
Hondo high on Humber
Hondo bounced back from Friday night's double- flusher by breezing with the Twins yesterday, which greatly offset his loss with Brilliant Speed in the Bel mont as the debt plunged...
'Mission' wins in Manhattan
Mission Approved, making his first start of the year for trainer Naipaul Chatterpaul, took the field wire to wire in yesterday's 1 1/4 mile Grade 1 Manhattan on the turf...
Losing Belmont Stakes jockeys have their say
Here's what some of the losing jockeys had to say about yesterday's 143rd Belmont Stakes: Javier Castellano (2nd, Stay Thirsty): "I have to give credit to the winner. He was...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1 Mile; pace; $10,000; clm.7Bj's Jupiter (Gingras) 4.404.203.001Love To Rock (Merriman)11.204.602A Fool House (Simpson)2.80* Exacta (7-1) $44.00 * Trifecta (7-1-2) $266.00SECOND-1 Mile; pace; $13,750; clm.4Colonel Moffitt (Allard) 2.602.102.106FourStrzKng(MLchnce)3.802.803Getting Real (Pierce)4.00*...
Punching bag James has rep on line in series' final swing
MIAMI -- Long ago, be fore mindless reality TV ("The Decision") and premature jubilation about "five, six or seven" NBA championships and targeting oneself for full-frontal assaults, snipers and drone...
Liberty dealt 1st loss of season
NEWARK -- Memo from Liberty to Madison Garden Square officials: Please expedite transformation on arena; our first game in The Rock was a disaster. The Liberty could have been the...
U.S. stunned by Panama at Gold Cup
TAMPA, Florida — Panama scored a stunning 2-1 upset win over the United States on Saturday to advance to the Gold Cup quarterfinals. Luis Tejada scored in the 19th minute...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing6 a.m.The 24 Hours of Le Mans: The FinishSPEED1 p.m.Formula One: Canadian Grand PrixFOX1 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Pocono 500TNTBaseball1 p.m.College World Series Super Regionals:Mississippi State vs. FloridaESPN1 p.m.Indians at...
Fins to the left, fins to the right
The ocean waters heating up means an early start to the off shore season. And with makos and blue sharks already here, the tournaments will follow. One of the oldest...
Anthony Affrunti at Monticello
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.Best Bet: Iroquouindnmgc (5th)FIRST-mile; trot; $3000; CKG Billings1Alliance Hall(G Bonomo)2-3-33-14Mr Troy(R Krivelin)3-2-15-25Make It Hot(H Stein)2-5-68-12BeachVacation(KWecksten)6-2-14-13RushmoreHanover(GFildng)5-6-410-16TremendousHit(RbHechkff)5-1-79-27Notorious Buck(J Marra)6-2-57-2SECOND-mile; pace; $5200Laurie Yarock - Memory Donald Meyer5Do The West(J Faraldo)5-3-49-26Nutmegs...
Red Sox rout Blue Jays for 8th straight win
John Lackey made up for a terrible first start in Toronto this season, No. 9 hitter Jason Varitek homered and drove in four runs and the Red Sox routed the...
The Post Line
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Clawing her way to the top
Chloe King seems like every other teenage girl on TV — until the claws come out. Then she experiences special powers that make her faster and more agile and help...
Tempest in a D-Cup
Kris Jenner is a nervous wreck. And not because her daughter Kim is pregnant, as a glossy magazine recently reported. Quite the contrary — she isn’t pregnant. Nor is she...
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‘Mormon’ Choir THE show to beat for the Tony Award for Best Musical is “The Book of Mormon,” nominated for 14 prizes. “War Horse” is favored to win for Best...
'Ice'man cometh
Famous musician adored by an ambitious and attractive wife? Check. Interracial couple? Check. Original comedic story lines? Check. Meet the aspirational Lucy and Ricky: Coco and Ice-T. “There’s definitely a...
The storm over Katrina is alive on HBO
I’m waiting for something that’s not going to happen. I’m waiting for HBO to 1) admit that its programming initiatives to demonstrate that Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, was the first...
Reel good
I Love You, Man 2009 Sunday, 6 p.m., TBS uLaugh-really-hard comedy about an engaged real estate broker (Paul Rudd), who can’t help his fiancée (Rashida Jones) plan their wedding since...
If you’re under 21, shut up
Here's what your kids are watching this week. So when they start speaking to you again, you’ll have something to talk about: Pretty Little Liars Mama is hooked now that...
Ask Ashley: Can’t brush off his teeth
I’ve been dating a guy I really like for about six months. He has the absolute worst teeth. I like him and I don’t want to be totally vain, but...
Meet market: Broadway babe sks scene stealer for a night out
Kristin, a 25-year-old marketing director for Broadway shows, spends a lot of time in the Theater District. She’s hoping to take home a “Tony” of her own. Beer babe When...
Top 5 flirtatious notes to send with flowers
According to flowery flirters near Petals florist shop “May our relationship last longer than these carnations.” — Dave “Every rose has its thorn, but I don’t mind you pricking me.”...
This week’s couple: Flirting with 'flix
Steven, a 25-year-old actor/director, and Casey, a 26-year-old book publicist, enjoyed their meal at Little Italy’s Mulberry Project almost as much as they enjoyed each other’s company. Over drinks and...
The spa that will save your soles
This is the time of year when open-toe stilettos and sandals are hauled from the back of closets to be strutted down steamy concrete sidewalks. But are you, like most...
Weird but true
There was no goodwill for grandma. Workers at a Fenton, Mich., Goodwill thrift store sifting through donated items found a box labeled "grandma's ashes" with a marble urn inside. Store...
Giants sign St. John's shortstop Panik
Shortstop Joe Panik, who led St. John's to the Big East championship game and into the NCAA Tournament this season, has signed with the Giants, who chose him with the...