June 17, 2011
Umenyiora threatens Eagles RB
The NFL lockout has brought to the surface some boiling blood between Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora and Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, players on arch-rival teams who clearly have...
Osi says 'no promises have been broken' by Giants
Osi Umenyiora's preference is clear: He wants a new, lucrative contract with the Giants, wants to remain with the only NFL team he’s ever known.“That would be the most ideal...
Police hunt Washington Heights robbery suspect (VIDEO)
Police are on the hunt for the robber involved in an attack on a Washington Heights woman in an elevator. The assailant grabbed a 26-year-old woman entering an apartment building,...
Weiner scandal hits overseas publications
WASHINGTON – Anthony Weiner is huge overseas. The sexting lawmaker who quit in disgrace Thursday earned worldwide ridicule as publications around the globe grabbed hold of the sensational scandal that...
Mets come up short in 4-3 loss to Angels
Peter Bourjos hit a tiebreaking double and turned in a sensational catch to help Joel Pineiro nail down his 100th major league win at last in the Los Angeles Angels'...
Obama and Boehner set to tee off tomorrow
WASHINGTON – Forget the U.S. Open. This will be the Oval Office Open. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner head out for a much-anticipated game of golf tomorrow. It...
Famed DUMBO clock-tower penthouse puzzlingly pulled off rental market
How’s this for time flying?!A famous clock-tower penthouse at 1 Main Street in DUMBO demanding $50,000 monthly from suitors was quietly pulled from the rental market today – only four...
Giffords to return to Tucson this weekend
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), grievously wounded in a shooting outside a Tucson supermarket five months ago, will return to her hometown this weekend for a private visit...
'Barefoot Bandit' pleads guilty to seven federal charges in Seattle court
SEATTLE -- The man who made global headlines as the "Barefoot Bandit" pleaded guilty to seven federal charges in a Seattle court Friday after reaching a deal with prosecutors that...
Weiner not as bad as Edwards: poll
WASHINGTON -- The indiscretions that led to New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner's downfall may have been bad, but they don't constitute the worst recent political sex scandal, according to...
Alleged cocaine kingpin pictured himself as 'Scarface'
Say hello to my little friend! Cocaine kingpin Ceferino "Papo" Perez kept a framed picture from the movie "Scarface" with his head superimposed over star Al Pacino's in one of...
Girardi back at Wrigley with Yankees
CHICAGO -- When Joe Girardi was just a little kid, he dreamed of playing for the Chicago Cubs. He grew up rooting for the forlorn franchise, often making the trip...
Mara to run for cancer charity
Frank Mara is running for a cause.The youngest son of late Giants co-owner Wellington Mara is raising $50,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by participating in the RunAmuck Mud...
Jagr talking to Red Wings, Penguins
Former Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr is talking to the Red Wings and Penguins about a return to the NHL, his agent said Tuesday.“Quite a few teams are in the picture,...
Dig this! Nets bringing Brooklyn 300 trees
How’s this for trees growing in Brooklyn?The Nets have teamed up with Lawns by Yorkshire to plant 300 trees in parks in Brooklyn – just in time to watch them...
Floyd Mayweather no-shows deposition in Pacquiao defamation suit
LAS VEGAS -- Already facing a litany of legal problems, undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. failed to appear at a deposition Friday as part of a defamation lawsuit brought against...
'Bay Ridge Madoff' sentenced to 20 years in prison
A Brooklyn money manager dubbed "the Bernie Madoff of Bay Ridge" was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for defrauding hundreds of investors across the U.S. with some retirees...
Appeals court hears arguments in ex-state Sen. Joseph Bruno's corruption case
Former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's claim that he should be cleared of corruption charges met with skepticism from a panel of Manhattan appellate judges this morning. "I think...
Kim Kardashian teams up with former dancing pal Mark Ballas
LOS ANGELES -- Kim Kardashian is getting dance lessons from her former "Dancing with the Stars" partner Mark Ballas in advance of her wedding to fiancé Kris Humphries, the Celebuzz...
Jets' Holmes part of NFL casino investigation
DOTHAN, Ala. -- The NFL is investigating the reported investment by Jets receiver Santonio Holmes in an Alabama casino that has been shut down, a business venture that might have...
Portland's John Spencer suspended; Trevor James to coach vs RBNY Sunday
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced that Portland Timbers head coach John Spencer will be suspended for one game and fined $2,500 for inappropriate public comments about officiating in MLS....
Yankees lose to Cubs at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO -- Alex Rodriguez really enjoyed his first game at Wrigley Field in nine years. Except the part involving Doug Davis. Rodriguez and the Yankees managed just three hits against...
Police net 140 in week-long drug sweep; 56 busted in Queens
Police announced the arrests of 140 individuals in a massive drug sweep throughout the city this week. The largest takedown took place in Far Rockaway, Queens, where 56 people were...
McIlroy leads Open at record 11-under
BETHESDA, Md. — In one of those can’t-miss moments in sports, thousands of fans covered every inch of space on the hill behind the 10th green at Congressional. They spilled...
Why can't the U.S. build a soccer star?
The United States has won more than 1,000 Olympic gold medals. It has produced 26 British Open champions, 14 No. 1 tennis players and two winners of the Tour de...
EPL openers set, Man United to start title defense at West Brom
MANCHESTER, England -- English Premier League (EPL) champion Manchester United was set to open its title defense at West Brom on the opening weekend of the 2011-12 season, it was...
Black's popular 'Friday' video pulled off YouTube
LOS ANGELES — Rebecca Black's official "Friday" music video has been taken off YouTube. The page where the video starring the 13-year-old singer once played now says it "is no...
Revival Circuit: Hawks and Hitchcock
I was going to write about Michael Kinsley's unusually savage (but on-the-money) pan of "Front Page: A Year Inside the New York Times'' in the Paper of Record today, but...
Catholics rally against New York same-sex marriage vote
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Catholic Church officials were mounting a full-court press Friday to convince lawmakers in Albany to vote against same-sex marriage legislation, which stands a vote or two from...
Feds drop charges against Osama bin Laden
You can't try a dead terrorist. A judge today signed off on the feds' decision to drop hundreds of criminal charges against Osama bin Laden, more than six weeks after...
Hotel housekeeping head gets prison in Essex House killing
A former housekeeping manager at the swanky Essex House was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison today for the murder and attempted rape of a resident of the...
Dodgers owner McCourt reaches divorce settlement with wife
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his estranged wife, Jamie, reached a divorce settlement Friday. The financial terms of Friday's settlement have yet to be disclosed....
Historic Marine base gets 1st female general
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the first time in its 96-year history, a female general is taking charge at the famed Marine Corps training depot at South Carolina's Parris Island. Brig....
Fight breaks out among spectators at Casey Anthony trial (VIDEO)
ORLANDO, Fla. — A brawl broke out among spectators waiting in line for Casey Anthony trial tickets in Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reports that two men tried to cut in...
Gardner in Yankees lineup against Cubs lefty
CHICAGO -- Joe Girardi put a little twist into his starting lineup for Friday's 2:20 p.m. start at Wrigley Field, starting Brett Gardner in left field against lefty Doug Davis...
India protests diplo's daughter's arrest at Queens school
The U.S. State Department says India lodged two official protests over the wrongful arrest of a diplomat's daughter. Krittika Biswas was removed from her Queens school in handcuffs and held...
One of Weiner's sext buddies says she was 'flattered' to have online romance with him
The cheerleading instructor who admitted to being one of former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s sexting friends said her friendship was "more than just sexual" and that she was "flattered" to have...
Devils in contract talks with Parise
The Post has confirmed its Monday report that the Devils have opened negotiations on a new contract for Zach Parise, against the backdrop of Friday's filing for club-requested arbitrationParise could...
Hotels in major US cities warned after al Qaeda threat
WASHINGTON -- Authorities are warning hotels in major US cities to be vigilant after intelligence recently obtained in Somalia shows al Qaeda was planning to launch a Mumbai-style attack on...
Al Qaeda-linked site posts 'hit list' of US targets
The Department of Homeland Security has sent out an internal alert warning that jihadist websites last week posted a "hit list" of American executives, officials and companies -- an alarming...
President Obama says Weiner will 'bounce back' from sexting scandal
President Obama said that former Rep. Anthony Weiner will "bounce back" from the sexting scandal that forced him to resign from Congress. "I wish Rep. Weiner and his lovely wife...
Bloomberg rips cabbie who refused to drive councilman's daughter
The cabbie who refused to take City Councilman James Sanders' daughter from Manhattan to Yonkers last week now has Mayor Michael Bloomberg on his case. "It is horrible," Bloomberg declared...
Greece names new finance minister as Merkel, Sarkozy seek aid package
ATHENS -- Embattled Greek prime minister George Papandreou appointed a new finance minister Friday in a bid to win support for his government's unpopular austerity measures, as the leaders of...
Khadafy vows NATO will be defeated as rebels claim 10 dead in Misrata shelling
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy took to the airwaves again Friday, delivering an audio message vowing that NATO was "bound to be defeated" in its bombing campaign against...
President Saleh will not return to Yemen, Saudi official says
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Ali Abdullah Saleh will not return to Yemen from Saudi Arabia, where he is being treated for wounds sustained during an attack on his palace,...
Syrian security forces shoot dead 16 protesters as Angelina Jolie visits refugees
BEIRUT — Syrian security forces killed at least 16 people Friday, including a teenage boy, as thousands of people poured into the streets across the country calling for the downfall...
Gas tax expected to pass in PA
Perception vs. reality. That's a lot of the trouble and misinformation surrounding natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. For instance, the state is getting closer to approving an impact fee otherwise known...
DSK tried to claim immunity
Dominique Strauss-Kahn reacted with imperious disbelief — falsely claiming diplomatic immunity and complaining about his handcuffs — as he was pulled off a Paris-bound plane at JFK a month ago...
Vancouver riot kisser an Aussie, his mother says
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A mystery man photographed in an embrace with a woman on a Vancouver street while Wednesday night's hockey riots went on around them was unmasked Friday...
Marine reservist arrested in major security alert near Pentagon
ARLINGTON, Va. -- A Marine Corps reservist was arrested Friday after he was found near the Pentagon with a backpack full of suspicious items, the FBI confirmed Friday, in an...
Karolina’s hot & cool at the pool
Silvery supermodel Karolina Kurkova is all pool-decked-out in Miami yesterday as she celebrates the 25th anniversary of Virgin Atlantic Airlines at The Mondrian hotel. The Czech beauty has loads of...
Gordon’s first start with Yankees ‘dream come true’
Brian Gordon is a fan of the movie “The Rookie.” “It’s a good one,” the Yankees’ Accidental Starter said yesterday after coming out of nowhere to live his dream, after...
McIlroy takes 3-shot lead at Open
BETHESDA, Md. — Rory McIlroy has starred in this movie before. The question now as the 111th U.S. Open moves forward at Congressional is whether the fresh-faced 22-year-year from Northern...
Right from start, Lefty off game at Open
BETHESDA, Md.—The mass of humanity, easily in the thousands, outlined the 10th hole at Congressional Country Club yesterday awaiting the 1:35 p.m. grouping that featured Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and...
World’s top 3 bottom out early at Open
BETHESDA, Md. — The “Big Three” came up small in yesterday’s U.S. Open first round. The ballyhooed threesome of Luke Donald, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, Lee...
Tiger’s new swing coach says injuries not serious
BETHESDA, Md. — Not a lot of people know Tiger Woods better than his new teacher, Sean Foley. And yesterday, while stalking the grounds of Congressional Country Club during the...
Second annual CHSAA-PSAL baseball Mayor's Cup all-star game preview
The Post’s baseball beat writers, Zach Braziller and Dylan Butler, break down Friday’s second annual Mayor’s Cup PSAL-CHSAA all-star game at MCU Park in Coney Island. What: Mayor’s Cup PSAL...
Course will be winner at this weekend’s Open
For four days each year, golfers who battle to break 100 get to watch the world’s best endure similar struggles. The face you make when inevitably slicing a driver, chunking...
Vega, Sahagun end stellar tennis careers with Wingate honors
Quinton Vega didn’t see high school team tennis in his future before attending Beacon. The area’s best prospects rarely play team tennis and it would cut into his training time....
Spellman, Maria Regina to join SI girls basketball division next season
The CHSAA Archdiocesan girls basketball landscape will be getting a makeover next season. Cardinal Spellman and Maria Regina will join the five remaining CHSAA Staten Island teams, Spellman athletic director...
George Washington's Regalado saves best for last
George Washington had several sources of motivation in last Saturday’s PSAL Class A championship game. There was suspended coach Steve Mandl sitting front row at MCU Park in Coney Island,...
Macy's strike averted
After an all-night bargaining session with workers, Macy's hammered out a deal to avert a walkout yesterday at its New York area stores. The department-store giant -- which hasn't seen...
Pandora is $inging the blues
Investors are panning Pandora. A day after its much-hyped initial public offering, Pandora's shares closed yesterday below Wednesday's offering price of $16, plunging 25 percent in their second day of...
Capital One pockets ING online bank
Guess what's in Richard Fairbank's wallet? The Capital One chief has emerged as the winner in a heated auction for ING Group's online bank business, ING Direct USA. The $9...
TWC tests Web usage
Time Warner Cable, the second-largest US cable-television operator, is testing technology to measure consumption-based billing for broadband Internet use, said CEO Glenn Britt. The company is working on installing meters...
Angie's IPO
Angie's List, a Web site that provides consumer reviews, is preparing to file in August for an initial public offering, said two people with direct knowledge of the plans. The...
Tiger's grip slips
Go figure. Tiger Woods, despite his mediocre play, his injuries and his lost endorsements, is still the No. 1 paid jock in the world, taking home a tidy $62.3 million...
Ackman pumps up
Activist investor Bill Ackman, who's known to pick a fight with troubled companies, is bulking up -- his hedge fund, that is. Ackman, who has tangled with corporate heavyweights like...
HP targets rival Oracle
Hewlett-Packard sued Oracle over claims that in a period of eight months Oracle went from partner to "bitter antagonist" and has breached its contract. The lawsuit cites Oracle's hiring of...
Auto-shutoff for iPhone camera in works
Apple may soon clamp down on fans who have been using their iPhone cameras to record concerts and sporting events. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer giant has developed new technology that...
Zynga suit slams kin of Kushner
Joshua Kushner, tech entrepreneur and brother of media mogul Jared Kushner, is caught in a game of LawsuitVille. Zynga, the social-gaming giant, has called out Kushner's company, Vostu, for allegedly...
Comcast's CEO gives NBCU plan
Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts said the cable company plans to use cash generated by NBC Universal to buy the rest of that unit from General Electric, rather than on...
Business briefs
Steady state New York City's sea sonally adjusted unem ployment rate held steady at 8.6 percent in May, the state Labor Department said.Levi's leader Levi Strauss named Procter & Gamble...
Meredith demolishes shelter mag ReadyMade
Only five years after Meredith Corp. bought the critically acclaimed shelter magazine, ReadyMade, from its founders, the Des Moines, Iowa-based media giant is shutting it down, making it the latest...
Oprah OWN's up
Ratings for Oprah Winfrey's fledgling cable network have fallen short of the levels promised to advertisers by nearly a third, The Post has learned. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, which...
BlackBerry ugly
Research in Motion has gone from CrackBerry to CrackedBerry. The Canadian company behind BlackBerry, once the premier business phone so addictive it was nicknamed CrackBerry, continues to free-fall. RIM yesterday...
Targeting new Osama
CAIRO -- Osama bin Laden's longtime deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, a fiery ideologue who helped plan the 9/11 attacks, has taken control of al Qaeda -- and US officials yesterday vowed...
Very social networks
Facebook fanatics -- long believed to shun real-world relationships and real-world issues like voting -- have more friends and are more politically engaged than people who don't use the popular...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens A man was found slain in College Point, cops said. Javaun Hooper, 25, was discovered with knife wounds at 11:34 p.m. Wednesday at 124th Street and 22nd Avenue. Hooper,...
Worker 'loyally' screwed
How's this for loyalty? A lifelong employee who helped his boss, a retired NYPD sergeant, scam more than $60 million said yesterday that he bore no bitterness for getting caught...
Vancouver stud has all the 'riot' moves
He shoots, he scores! This amorous Vancouver couple got more action than their losing hockey team, and found romance in the midst of a post-Stanley Cup riot. It's not known...
Staff saw real 'whopper'
The beginning of the end for Anthony Weiner came on Sunday, June 5, when his closest advisers realized he had been lying to them -- and the world. For more...
Female Catholic teacher slapped with perv rap
The Staten Island Catholic-school teacher accused of carrying on an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student was charged yesterday with sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities...
Late $hift pays
Cindy Magnes thought she could earn some extra money by working a late shift at the Costco in Melville last month. She ended up earning $3.5 million extra. The office...
Union: Christie is Hitler
A New Jersey union leader flipped his lid yesterday -- comparing Gov. Christie to Adolf Hitler and Democratic legislative leaders to Nazis for pushing a law requiring government workers to...
Socialite's Starbucks defense
The socialite accused of shoplifting an $11,000 scarf wants an acquittal with her venti, nonfat mocha latte. Surveillance video from a Greenwich, Conn., Starbucks will likely prove Manhattan fashion designer...
Beautiful mourning
The political death of Anthony Weiner yesterday came complete with a legislative wake. After weeks on life support, Weiner finally pulled the plug on a congressional career stained by a...
TV pitchman's scam: feds
A Tv pitchman bilked investors out of $51.8 million through his get-rich-quick infomercials, authorities said yesterday. A federal grand jury in Phoenix slapped a 41-count indictment on Don Lapre, 47,...
Architect in attack dies
A prominent architect whose work is featured at the Museum of Modern Art died yesterday from injuries suffered during a savage attack on the Upper West Side, police sources said....
Drug cop faces lying rap
An NYPD narcotics detective was charged with perjury yesterday for allegedly lying to a Bronx grand jury and a judge about cocaine sales that never happened. Detective Francisco Payano falsely...
So long Weiner, what a 'sorry' excuse
Hold the tears and sympathy. Anthony Weiner is only sorry he got caught. Now we know why he found it so easy to lie to the cameras and his wife...
The 1-grand rabbi
It's such a blessed buck, it's actually worth $1,000 -- and it may be floating somewhere in a Florida waterway. The Chabad House-Lubavitch of Palm Beach is offering a $1,000...
Gov rips rent-law delay
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo scolded state senators yesterday for "betraying" Big Apple tenants by letting rent regulations expire and he threatened to keep lawmakers in Albany through the weekend to...
White House: Hot dog!
WASHINGTON -- The crash-and-burn ending to Anthony Weiner's political career turned out to be a wiener roast -- literally. When the disgraced congressman made the call Wednesday to House Minority...
HS football field falls shy of goal
Members and alumni of the Lehman HS football team say they plan to sue the city over an under-construction football field that will fall 50 yards short of regulation length....
Even friends won't touch this ding-dong
Anthony Weiner exited the political universe the same way he entered Planet Earth -- naked in his shame. And utterly alone. Weiner's pregnant wife, Huma Abedin, steered clear of him...
Casey's team pops a shock
The trial of alleged child killer Casey Anthony took a bizarre turn yesterday with the defense suggesting that tragic 2-year-old Caylee had been fathered by her grandfather or uncle --...
Accuser in Trader Joe's pad Thai fight lashes out at verdict
"I should have decked her." The accuser in a wacky diva-on-doctor slapdown at the Upper West Side Trader Joe's came to that realization after a waste-of-taxpayer-dollars trial ended in an...
Mike hold$ hammer over GOP on gay nups
ALBANY -- Ka-ching. Ka-ching. Mayor Bloomberg brought his massive political checkbook to bear on Albany's gay-marriage stalemate yesterday as Senate Republicans continued to agonize over whether to allow a decisive...
Marc Jacobs COO fired for 'cooking books' not harassment: court filings
Marc Jacobs' former chief operating officer wasn't fired because he complained about employees being forced to do pole dancing -- he was canned for cooking the books to the tune...
Ambitious hot shot's flameout
It didn't take long for Anthony David Weiner to go from rising star to national disgrace. Before May 27, few people outside New York could identify him -- and those...
Man, 91, dies in hit-run
A 91-year-old man was killed by a hit-and-run driver yesterday as he crossed a busy street near his Brooklyn home. Cops said Milton Levine was crossing Avenue Y at Nostrand...
Rudy pushes GOP pal for vacant seat
With Anthony Weiner out of the political picture, Rudy Giuliani and GOP leaders think a Republican has a real shot at succeeding the randy representative as the next Queens-Brooklyn congressman....
Weiner finally yanks himself
Rep. Anthony Weiner closed the book on his political career -- and the tawdry scandal that brought him down -- with a raucous resignation announcement yesterday at the Brooklyn senior...
Weiner's sense of Huma returns on LI getaway
Anthony Weiner stood alone as he closed the book on his scandal-stained political career -- but he walked off into the sunset with his humil iated wife yesterday. Less than...
Yelping pooches paintballed
An uptight Swiss man was so annoyed by the ceaseless barking of a Brooklyn neighbor's dogs that he allegedly opened fire on the pooches with a paintball gun. Daniel Lacin,...
Uptown 'coke' machine
He's the alleged CEO of a $1 million drug ring -- but it's hard to tell whether the "C" stands for cocaine or cad or both. Authorities say East Harlem...
Future's bright - just ask Spitzer
Patience will prove a lucrative virtue for Anthony Weiner. The ousted lawmaker won't have a hard time finding a second career as a lobbyist, teacher, TV personality or -- believe...
Boehner rips O on Libya
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner yesterday rejected President Obama's contention that US forces face no hostilities in Libya. The administration had sent a report to Capitol Hill in response...
Huddle on Afghan pullout
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's top general in Afghanistan has given him a range of options for withdrawing American forces as a July deadline for starting the drawdown approaches. Gen. David...
Skewering Sarah: a media obsession
THE ISSUE: The media's review of some 24,000 of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mails. *** The Sarah Palin frenzy has entered the realm of the ridiculous ("Mama Grizzly Exposed,"...
Weiner's expiration date
THE ISSUE: Rep. Anthony Weiner resignation from Congress following his Internet sex scandal. *** The Weiner case is finally closed, and New Yorkers probably don't have to worry about him...
State Senate's pathetic posturing
For mass-transit riders, the good news is that the state Senate spent time talking about the MTA this week. The bad news? The most substantive conclusion was on new MTA...
Twitter = zero tolerance
Yes, the footage is horrible, and the vulgar confrontation it depicts deeply discomfiting, but the truth is that Anthony Weiner got what he deserved yesterday in a resignation event almost...
Mike's budget battle
With less than two weeks to go before the start of New York City's 2012 fiscal year, Mayor Bloomberg insists he must eliminate 6,100 teaching positions and close 20 fire...
Hillary's broken vow to Congo women
On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned from a whirlwind tour through Zambia, Ethiopia and Tanzania, on which she sat down with national leaders and spoke on the benefits...
Jersey leads again
No sooner did New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic legislative leaders sign a landmark pension-reform deal than unionized government employees took to the streets of Trenton yesterday to block...
Graceless to the end
Anthony Weiner could have just written a letter. But that would have been the dignified way to end the circus he started by sending a lewd picture of himself to...
Tax cap or bust
Good news: State regulations on city rents officially expired Wednesday. Bad news: Lawmakers are sure to renew them soon nonetheless. Really bad news: The regs may be renewed without simultaneous...
Battle for Brooklyn
You have to admire the tenacity of Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley, who spent seven years documenting the sadly doomed grass-roots struggle to stop the Atlantic Yards project, a development...
You'll flip(per) for 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'
"Mr. Popper's Penguins" is in part a tale of Tavern on the Green. So -- it's a dis aster movie? No. Instead, the chintz- tastic Central Park tourist magnet helps...
Goes strictly 'By' the book
Justifiably lambasted when it premiered at Sundance as "Homework," Hollywood's equivalent of the Witness Protection Program may have provided a new title to hide under. But there's still no good...
R
If you were among the many who thought highly of "A Prophet," the French prison drama that played here last year, you'll want to see the brutally realistic Danish thriller...
'Spidey' sales $tuck
"Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark" pulled off a miracle this week: It opened. But for all the hoopla surrounding the show's troubled preview period (which began in the Pleistocene Epoch)...
Slanted doc shows only best of Times
Not exactly stop-the- presses material, Andrew Rossi's "Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times" is basically a carefully airbrushed and authorized portrait of the Gray Lady during 14...
Angel of Evil
As a youth, Renato Val lanzasca helped free a tiger from captivity in a circus. He was sent to reform school, which he called "good training for my future." How...
Buck
I don't know why, but I just can't get all worked up over Dan (Buck) Brannaman, subject of the documentary "Buck." Sure, he survived a hellish childhood to become a...
Dim 'Lantern'
His face largely pasted on a computer-generated body, poor Ryan Reynolds acts only from the neck up in “Green Lantern,” a relentlessly silly superhero flick with eyeball-rolling dialogue — set...
Jig
Smallpox has been eliminated from the planet -- so why can't our finest minds seem to be able to do anything about Irish step dancing? The documentary "Jig" bids to...
Getaway from Broadway!
The first stop on any itinerary should be the Williamstown Theatre Festival (wtfestival.org, 413-597-3400). Located in the bucolic college enclave of Williamstown, Mass., the fest has drawn name actors and...
Sports shorts
MLB: Pirates player's wife attacked A man attacked the wife of Pirates catcher Chris Snyder in a traffic dispute while Snyder sat in the car, unable to get out because...
Balk beats Mets in loss to Braves
ATLANTA -- Of course it was too good to be true. Two outs away from getting back above .500 and closing out a sweep of the Braves at Turner Field,...
Mets won't rest Reyes before next month
ATLANTA -- Don't expect Jose Reyes to miss any Mets games in the near future. Terry Collins said before last night's game that he planned on playing the shortstop every...
Yankees sweep Rangers with new arms
Brett Gardner knows the deal. When the Yankees face a left-handed starting pitcher, there's a good chance he's spending the day watching from the bench. Curtis Granderson is hitting home...
Wade provides big relief for Yankees
The man who earned the win yesterday at Yankee Stadium didn't have a nameplate in his locker or a personal computer screen in his stall, so new was he in...
Bass galore for anglers
Striper fishing was front and center on the minds of most anglers this past week with large bass being the rule rather than the exception. Expect to see the offshore...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Farmers Tuition (11th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $10,000; conditional4ReiVenLunatic(GBrennan)1-5-16-52Cc Racy(J Pantaleano)3-8-65-13RockinrollinNow(JBrtltt)1-3-64-11CockneyHanover(BHolland)6-7-510-15Durango Kid N(J Gregory)5-5-112-16Basil Hanover(E Goodell)7-6-530-17TrevorWinForUs(CManzi)4-5-620-18General Mcardle(D Dube)3-3-28-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $22,000; cond1SFAceinthehole(JBartltt)3-7-48-53Ulay Boko(C Manzi)2-1-75-12Credit Blues(D...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: China Gal (6th)FIRST-mile; pace; $15,000; conditional4Don't Point At(S Allard)4-1-59-51BuckStopsHere(AMiller)3-1-37-27Weekend Update(D Miller)2-6-16-12Show The World(B Sears)2-6-610-13Kings Violet E(P Allen)1-7-48-15Music Row(T Tetrick)3-7-85-16Sight To See(Y Gingras)7-2-69-2SECOND-mile; trot; $9,000; conditional10He's...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST 6 ½ fur; $20,000; clm($7,500); 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 One...
5 questions for ... John McEnroe
With Wimbledon days away, NBC analyst John McEnroe breaks down the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal rivalry and more. McEnroe talked with reporters on a conference call with Jimmy Connors promoting a...
Belmont Charts
June 16, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 1/16 miles(T); $57,000; alw; 3upOff: 1:00 p.m.St.good, won drivingTime: 25.84, 50.29, 1:14.31, 1:37.18, 1:43.05.Trainer: Todd PletcherWinner:...
Cyclones, Yankees face off in opener
When the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees begin their seasons each June, you can expect to see two things: a lot of recently drafted players, and winning baseball. This...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 6:00 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $14,300; clm; 3up1-Wild Tizzy 5-22-Rap Star 3-13-SmKndfFrnd 30-14-DrmngfTylr 12-15-RulsfRmnc 20-16-RatinlRctn 8-17-AcacinSprt 3-18-Lady Toccet 20-19-CashmrMffn 4-1SECOND-6 fur; $16,500; clm; 3up1-NothingWld 2-12-Abelia 4-13-GripeySarh 15-14-ChromeCrsr 9-25-Lions N Legs...
Nets look at Seton Hall's Hazell
Home. It is a word of comfort, a reassuring word. It conjures up soothing images. But for Seton Hall's Jeremy Hazell, "home" frightens him. It was Christmas night and Hazell...
Bone crack 'not a major thing' for Animal Kingdom
The bumper-car start that cost Animal Kingdom any chance of winning last Saturday's Belmont Stakes also caused the Kentucky Derby winner to suffer a "tiny crack" in his left hind...
Torre, Williams set for Yankees' Old Timers' Day
Joe Torre, Bernie Williams and Lou Piniella will make their Old-Timers' Day debuts on June 26. The Yankees released the list of old timers attending this year's festivities yesterday. There...
Knicks may take shot at 'next Reggie'
How poetic would it be if Donnie Walsh chooses the next Reggie Miller with his final draft pick of his Knicks presidential career. The next Reggie could be Washington State's...
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $17,000; cl($20,0); 3pTROUBLE FOR TIGER stretches out after finishing second as favorite. AVARAS drops in class for return to dirt....
Foster draws field of 11 at Churchill
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A sizeable field of 11 has been set for tomorrow's $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. Giant Oak, winner of the 2010 Clark Handicap, is set...
Islanders thinking trade before draft
Garth Snow has been here before, and if there's one thing he's learned as general manager of the Islanders it's that come draft time, you never limit your options. So...
Rangers can't buy out injured Drury
It appears as if the Rangers will be unable to buy out the final season of Chris Drury's contract because of a degenerative condition in the captain's left knee that...
Yankees catcher Martin 'back' with no issues
Yankees catcher Russell Martin answered any questions about how his back was feeling in his first at-bat Thursday. Martin gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead in the second inning of...
Veteran Love off to strong start at Open
BETHESDA, Md. -- He's closer to the Champions Tour than to his prime, but Davis Love III turned back the clock yesterday at Congressional Country Club, shooting a 1-under-par 70...
Canuckleheads wreak havoc
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Almost 150 people required hospital treatment and close to 100 were arrested after rioters swept through downtown Vancouver following a Canucks loss to the Bruins in...
Expanded baseball playoffs fueled by greed
How can you call yourself a big baseball fan when you just sit there with a blank look as Bud Selig and his puppeteers continue to disfigure The Game? I...
Rangers lefty Wilson could be offseason target for Yankees
C.J. Wilson's girlfriend resides in New York, but the Rangers' lefty free agent-to-be says she isn't trying to get him to come to the Big Apple. "She works a lot,...
Garcia shoots 69 at Open
BETHESDA, Md. -- There was a time not long ago when Sergio Garcia would have been considered a favorite to win the U.S. Open. Now, it's a mild surprise to...
NBA Finals bring out the one-liners
Having just returned from my role as designated heckler at the Anthony Weiner Members Only Mea Culpa Resignation Rotunda, I felt inspired to whip up some final NBA Finals impertinence...
Rock's long day pays off at Open
BETHESDA, Md. -- It has been a long and expensive trip for Robert Rock, but when the Englishman finally got to Congressional Country Club, he got his money's worth. Amazingly,...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; trot; $10,000; cond.10ChneseCuisine(Prce) 14.807.604.406The Triple Lindy (Allard)6.603.409Bristles Winner (Sears)4.00Scr: Buzz Bomb, Darlacon Man * Exacta (10-6) $82.60 * Trifecta (10-6-9) $270.40SECOND-mile; trot; $10,000; cond.5CbrtPrncss(Prce) 4.202.402.201Southwind Amiga (Sears)2.602.407Dixieland Delite (AMiller)3.00*...
Osi says Giants GM lied in contract talks
Osi Umenyiora has called Giants general manager Jerry Reese a liar. In a sworn affidavit, the Giants defensive end says Reese, prior to the 2008 season, promised him he'd receive...
Jets coach won't rule out Plaxico: report
Three days after Plaxico Burress said he'd be interested in joining the Jets once the NFL lockout lifts, Rex Ryan on Thursday night did not reject the idea. Nor did...
Hondo's bread on Fred
The Twins got Hondo's day off to a sunny start yesterday, but it turned dismal last night when he stumbled with the Rays and Cardinals to raise the deficit to...
Mets GM not throwing in towel on team
ATLANTA -- It might be time to put away those "Everything Must Go" signs at Citi Field. Although it long has been considered a given that the Mets would hold...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing11:30 a.m., 2 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide practiceSPEED12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup practiceSPEED5 p.m.ARCA: RainEater Wiper Blades 200SPEEDBaseball2 p.m.Yankees at CubsYES, MLBN, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Angels at MetsSNY, WFAN (660...
Brutal beat or not, season still matters for Mets
Here are a few rules I've tried to live by in my years occupying this space: I will never -- ever -- tell you how to spend your money. I...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 17SATJune 18SUNJune 19MONJune 20TUEJune 21WEDJune 22THUJune 23YankeesCubs2:20TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMCubs4:10FOXWCBSCubs8:05ESPNWCBSCin.7:10YESWCBSCin.7:10WWORWCBSCin.12:35YESWCBSNOGAMEMetsAnaheim7:10TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMAna.7:10WPIXWFANAna.1:10WPIXWFANNOGAMEOak.7:10SNYWFANOak.7:10SNYWFANOak.1:10SNYWFANLibertyChicago8:30No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEL.A.10:00ESPN2NOGAMETulsa12:30No TVRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEPort.10:00MSG+WQBUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMESea.10:00ESPN2WADOSiyanksBrooklyn7:00No TVBklyn.6:30No TVBklyn.5:00No TVH.V7:05No TVH.V7:00No TVH.V6:35No TVAber.7:05No TVCyclonesStaten Island7:00No TVRadio--WKRB...
Alien concept
For some reason, aliens are still invading Steven Spielberg's Planet Earth. Throughout his career, America's foremost filmmaker has allowed his native soil to be conquered -- and reconquered -- so...
High on new 'Skies'
If "Walking Dead" weren't alive, up and taking a vacation to generate new blood, Steven Spielberg's "Falling Skies" would be the best current sci-fi series on TV. Unfortunately, "Walking Dead"...
'Killing' me softly
Did Darren Richmond kill high school student Rosie Larsen, or was it one of his campaign workers? All signs point to the handsome politician, who's running for mayor, being named...
Oprah's dream interview? O.J. Simpson
Oprah Winfrey has a dream -- to interview O.J. Simpson. Winfrey, who signed off "Oprah" May 25 after 25 years, still hasn't lost the itch to perform -- saying yesterday...
Weird but true
It's pretty easy to gross out the nice folks in Portland, Ore. After a drunk 21-year-old man was caught peeing in the city's water reservoir, officials were so skeeved that...
The Post's All-Staten Island softball honors
Staten Island continues to be New York City’s softball oasis – even in a supposed down year. Every senior except one on our first team will be playing the sport...
Rivals Hill, McFarland share softball Wingate Award
One had three hits, including the one that eventually scored the game-winning run in the PSAL Class A city championship. The other put forth an incredible pitching performance into the...
Weiner and wife head to the Hamptons
Anthony Weiner stood alone as he closed the book on his scandal stained political career — but he walked off into the sunset with his humiliated wife. Just three hours...
91-year-old man killed in hit-and-run
A 91-year-old man was killed by a hit-and-run driver today as he crossed a busy street near his Brooklyn home, police said. Cops said Milton Levine was walking across Avenue...
Kennedy's Cummings flips life path through gymnastics
All V Dal Cummings wanted to do was flip since he was a young boy. The John F. Kennedy senior took one final tumble as a high school athlete with...
Friday's U.S. Open tee times
7:00 a.m. (1st hole) — Alexandre Rocha, Brazil; Andres Golzales; United States; Bubba Dickerson, United States. 7:00 a.m. (10th hole) — Ty Tryon, United States; Maarten Lafeber, The Netherlands; Scott...
Bryant's Gaugler gets Wingate, matching older brother
Troy Gaugler’s job wasn’t finished when Bryant won the PSAL boys volleyball city title last month. Yes, the championship matched those won by his two brothers, Todd and Tyler. But...