June 18, 2011
Just for kicks: Xaverian two-sport star to play football at Fordham
Michael Marando grew up playing soccer and had every intention of competing at the college level. It turns out he was half right. Marando will be a Division I athlete...
McClancy's move to co-ed will not change philosophy: AD
An all-boys Catholic high school since 1956, Monsignor McClancy will be a co-ed school beginning in the Fall of 2012, it was announced last month. But athletic director Gerry O’Riordan...
Pelfrey pitches complete game as Beltran, Mets down Angels, 6-1
Mike Pelfrey pitched his first complete game in nearly three years, Carlos Beltran hit a mammoth home run and the New York Mets handed Dan Haren a rare beating Saturday...
Red Bulls sign defender Mike Jones
The Red Bulls have been quietly concerned about their depth at fullback. Today they took a step to help remedy that problem, signing young defender Mike Jones. He'll be available to play Sunday...
Mets' Reyes denies Boras rumor, sticking with rep Greenberg
Jose Reyes won’t be getting beamed up to Scotty anytime soon. The Mets shortstop today responded to a report indicating he had met with super agent Scott Boras about his...
Intelligence sources: Pakistan tips off militants, again
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say Pakistan has apparently tipped off militants at two more bomb-building factories in its tribal areas, giving the terror suspects time to flee, after U.S. intelligence...
Four hurt battling Gramercy fire
A two-alarm fire blazed in a five-floor Gramercy residential and commercial building this afternoon, and sent four firefighters to the hospital. The fire started in the walls of the first...
Another hack attack: Sega latest victim
LONDON — Video game developer Sega said that its online database has been hacked, making it the latest in a string of games companies to be attacked. The company sent...
4 die in Westchester County plane crash
A Manhattan family and teenage friend aboard a small private plane destined for Montauk died this afternoon when their aircraft suddenly crashed while trying to make an emergency landing, authorities...
Cano, Granderson power Yankees past Cubs, 4-3
CHICAGO — Curtis Granderson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and Brett Gardner made a terrific play in the outfield to lead the New York Yankees to...
Family in deadly NJ Ferris wheel fall wants safety belts
WILDWOOD, N.J. -- The family of a young girl who fell to her death from a Ferris wheel in New Jersey earlier this month said they want lap restraints put...
Expert calls kid autopsy in Caylee case 'shoddy'
ORLANDO, Fla. — A renowned forensic expert says the autopsy done on 2-year-old Caylee Anthony was "shoddy." Dr. Werner Spitz gave testimony today in the trial of Casey Anthony, the...
Child killer says American Knox didn't kill roommate in Italy
PERUGIA, Italy — A convicted child murderer testified today at the appeals trial of Amanda Knox, saying that a fellow inmate had told him the American student had nothing to...
United Airlines chaos to continue through weekend
CHICAGO — It could take several days for thousands of stranded travelers to get home after a United Airlines computer system shut down for several hours, leading to widespread cancelations...
Man flying kite on office roof falls, dies
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- Workplace safety officials in California were investigating today the death of a man who died while flying a kite at his office, KTLA-TV reported. Perry...
Karzai: US in peace talks with Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai said today that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near...
Rain closes 17 LI beaches
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Seventeen beaches in Nassau County have been closed because of heavy rain. The county health department said 13 of the county's beaches on the North Shore of...
Yankees, top pick Bichette agree to deal
CHICAGO — The Yankees and Dante Bichette Jr. agreed to a deal worth $750,000 today. He was the Yankees’ first pick in the draft (51st overall). Bichette reported to Tampa...
Former Jets QB Pennington won't rule out 2012 return: update
Chad Pennington will be calling his signals from the booth next season.The former Jets quarterback will team with Sam Rosen on FOX NFL telecasts, the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail...
O, Boehner team up for golf win
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner put partisanship aside, at least on the golf course, and teamed up to triumph on the final hole today in...
Suit: Untrained crew on new $27M FDNY fireboat
The FDNY has been operating its new $27 million fireboat without a properly trained or licensed crew, a veteran firefighter charges. The department was in such a rush to get...
Levi? Puke! Bristol Palin reveals the joy of teen love
Bristol Palin was so drunk on wine coolers the night she first slept with boyfriend Levi Johnston that she couldn’t recall losing her virginity at the tender age of 15...
1 dead, 8 wounded in Brooklyn shooting
A Brooklyn party ended in a blood-drenched bang after a terrifying fusillade of bullets left one reveler dead and eight wounded early this morning, police said. Thugs were still popping...
Mets great Carter rushed to hospital after coughing attack
Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who is battling Stage 4 brain cancer, was diagnosed with bronchitis after being rushed to the hospital following a coughing attack. His daughter, Kimmy...
Mayor's Cup notebook: Telecom's Tejada caps memorable year with all-star appearance
Of the 50 players in the second annual Mayor’s Cup CHSAA-PSAL all-star game, nobody was more unlikely to be at MCU Park in Coney Island than Michael Tejada. The Telecommunications...
Agent Boras meets with Mets' Reyes: report
Jose Reyes could have even more than his ridiculous offensive stats working in his favor as he heads towards free agency. He also could have super agent Scott Boras in...
Moment finds A-Rod, then eludes him in Yankees' loss
CHICAGO — It never fails, right? Near the end of an afternoon spent flailing at Doug Davis’ Bugs Bunny slowballs, following inning after inning of popping out meekly and grounding...
Yankees can't solve Cubs' Davis in 'frustrating' defeat
CHICAGO — Freddy Garcia and Doug Davis couldn’t crack your windshield with fastballs thrown while standing on the hood, but yesterday at Wrigley Field, the soft-tossing veterans employed smarts and...
No ‘Grand’ trip home for Yankees CF
CHICAGO — Returning home to play in front of family and friends is not new for Curtis Granderson, who went to high school in the area and college at Illinois-Chicago....
CHSAA has ball in Mayor's Cup blowout win over PSAL
Baseball bragging rights again belong to the CHSAA. For the second consecutive year, the league defeated the PSAL to win the Mayor’s Cup, winning this year’s nine-inning all-star game, 9-3,...
McIlroy picking up where Woods left off
BETHESDA, Md . — This is all Tiger Woods’ fault. He was the one who made golf cool and gave a kid from Northern Ireland the belief he could he...
Shorthanded PSAL drops second straight Mayor's Cup
When the PSAL roster was announced for Friday night’s second annual Mayor’s Cup all-star game, Melvin Martinez imagined a potent lineup full of speed and power that could get revenge...
Bryant's Vera adds two more honors to impressive wrestling résumé
The only thing William Vera knew about wrestling was the WWE's version, where outlandish characters are as liable to grapple as they are to hit each other with steel chairs....
11-under McIlroy rewrites Open record book
BETHESDA, Md. — When Tiger Woods was en route to winning 14 major championships faster than anyone in the history of the game — remember that? — he was so...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
OGDEN PHIPPS Belmont Park, ninth race. Grade 1. Purse: $250,000. 1 1⁄16 miles, fillies and mares. Post: 5:17 p.m. LOWDOWN: Payton d’Oro came off a two-month layoff to just miss...
Lehman players prepared to sue to get their field of dreams
The Lehman football team is prepared to take this battle from the gridiron to the courtroom. If the NYC School Construction Authority (SCA) doesn’t build a full-length field for the...
Shorthanded Red Bulls open four-game road swing at Portland
The shorthanded Red Bulls start a four-game western road swing tomorrow in Portland (10 p.m., MSG+). And after snapping a six-game winless skid last Friday against New England, they’ll try...
Low bid for BJ's from PE
Talk about a big discount. Private-equity firms Leonard Green & Partners and CVC Capital Partners bid roughly $50 a share for BJ's Wholesale Club, The Post has learned. That price,...
So what's on Netflix? Not Sony (no baloney)
For the second time this year, Liberty Media's StarzPlay has reduced the number of shows it makes available to Netflix' "Watch Instantly" service. Netflix VP of Content Acquisition Pauline Fischer...
Econ index bodes well
The Conference Board's index of US leading indicators rose more than forecast in May after declining for the first time in almost a year, a sign economic growth may pick...
SIPC backs Madoff trustee vs. Mets
The Securities Investor Protection Corp. opposed an effort by the owners of the New York Mets to move a $1 billion suit filed by the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's defunct...
Business briefs
Streak snap US stocks snapped a six-week decline. Yester day, the Dow Jones in dustrial average rose 42.84 points to end at 12,004.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained...
Financial tensions ease in Greece
Greece appeared to step back from the prospect of a devastating debt default yesterday after its prime minister quelled chaotic political infighting and Germany softened a demand on a new...
BlackBerry jam: Stock sinks 20%
It was BlackBerry Friday. Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry, continued its downward spiral yesterday with its shares falling more than 20 percent to close at $27.75. Analysts also...
Dodgers' fate sealed by TV
The Los Angeles Dodgers are turning up the pressure on Major League Baseball in a high-level stare-off over who can engineer a team sale. Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his...
Scripps Interactive pops on court petition
The owner of Food Network and HGTV saw its stock jump nearly 6 percent yesterday after it sought a court ruling that could open the door for an easier sale...
Love affair over
Corporate chieftains' latest version of the gold rush, the initial public offering, isn't panning out the way some expected. Six weeks of sagging stocks and fears of another economic slump...
Macy's staff gives thanks
Macy's workers in the New York area have new schedules, wages and benefits worth cheering about, according to union officials. The department store giant agreed to a new, five-year contract...
India ire over diplo daughter's Queens bust
The State Department says India has lodged two protests over the arrest of a diplomat's daughter. Krittika Biswas was removed from her Queens school in handcuffs and held for more...
NY-native Marine killed
CLAYTON, NC -- A New York state Marine who adopted Clayton, NC, as his hometown has died of injuries received in Afghanistan. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported yesterday...
Trashed dog needs home
An emaciated dog that was thrown out with the trash in The Bronx is recovering and may soon be put up for adoption. Animal Care & Control director Julie Bank...
Yemen prez's vow
SANA'A -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government vowed yesterday the wounded leader would return to his country within days, as thousands of demonstrators in the capital demanded he step...
Saudi gals hit gas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A Saudi woman defiantly drove through the nation's capital yesterday while others brazenly cruised by police patrols in the start of a campaign against the...
Spain grabs Hosni aide's $$
MADRID -- Spanish police said yesterday they had frozen millions of dollars and property linked to Egyptian-born businessman Hussein Salem. Salem, one of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's closest aides,...
A phone gall from Khadafy
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Provoked by renewed daylight NATO bombing of his capital, Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy raged against the alliance yesterday, literally spitting his message via phone and daring Western...
Israel: Let spy visit dying dad
JERUSALEM -- Seventy-one of Israel's 120 members of parliament have written the Obama administration a letter requesting permission for incarcerated Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to visit his 95-year-old dying dad,...
Bidder battle for Capone gun
LONDON -- A gun that belonged to gangster Al Capone is expected to fetch more than $100,000 when it is put up for auction next week. The Colt .38, to...
'SpongeBob' fungus fest
SAN FRANCISCO -- A scientist has made a startling discovery in the forests of Borneo -- a mushroom that looks almost exactly like a sponge. It was so strange that...
State probe over ash trash
The state has launched an investigation into a Long Island crematorium after glass, staples and springs were discovered among the ashes of a North Patchogue grandfather. A spokesman for the...
Anthony's $1.3M pension wad
Anthony Weiner's going to score again. The taxpayers will have to shell out up to $1.3 million to the randy rep over the course of his post-Congress career. Under federal...
Mike 'racial' cab rage
The cabby who refused to take a black Queens legislator's daughter from Manhattan to Yonkers last week incurred the wrath of Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. "It is horrible," the mayor said...
Bruno bid to ax case doubtful
Former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's claim that he should be cleared of corruption charges was met with skepticism from a panel of Manhattan appellate judges yesterday. "I think...
Mini Madoff gets 20 yrs.
A Brooklyn money manager dubbed "the Bernie Madoff of Bay Ridge" was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of investors across the country -- with some...
Chaos at United
Passengers around the country were hit with delays after a United Airlines computer outage, the airline said last night. Starting at 8:15 p.m., the computer outage wiped out the airline's...
9/11 victim No. 2,753
The name of a 63-year-old Manhattan man who died of lung disease in December was added yesterday to the official list of 9/11 victims. The city Medical Examiner's Office ruled...
Gal decked and pecked
It was a cross-check by a cop that set the stage for the now-famous tonsil-hockey riot photo. Details emerged yesterday of the series of bizarre accidents it took for a...
A 'stay' on rent regs
ALBANY -- A threat by Gov. Cuomo to keep the Legislature at work through Father's Day led lawmakers yesterday to agree to extend rent regulations for 2.5 million city tenants...
Travel aid for WTC families
Relatives of 9/11 victims who can't afford to travel to the city for the 10th anniversary of the attacks won't have to miss the event, thanks to a program that...
Christie foe's Fuhrer furor
Democrats and Republicans alike yesterday demanded that Communications Workers of America Vice President Chris Shelton be fired for comparing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to Adolf Hitler. Shelton made the...
Cat's mee-owch!
She's down to eight lives. An Upper West Side tabby proved that cats always land on their feet after she fell 12 stories from her owner's West End Avenue apartment...
NY autism-aid bill passes
ALBANY -- State lawmakers have passed legislation that would require New York insurers to cover screening, diagnosis and treatment for autism-spectrum disorders. Sponsors say that would include routine toddler screenings,...
O & foe on golf go
Forget the US Open. This will be the Oval Office Open. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner plan to play their much-anticipated "golf summit" today in a bid to...
Bloomy eyes charity cases
City Hall is making an end run around Albany officials blocking the release of $400 million in tax-exempt financing to help dozens of not-for-profits improve their facilities. The city created...
Gabby goes back home
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was back home in Tucson last night -- the first time she's returned since she was shot in the head by a deranged gunman last January....
Low on list of weasels
As political scandals go, Weinergate isn't exactly shocking Americans' senses. Anthony Weiner's downfall ranked last in a poll of "worst" political sex scandals that was full of surprises, including Bill...
'Edge'ing toward lawsuit
LOS ANGELES -- California officials denied a plan by U2's lead guitarist, The Edge, and his associates to build mansions overlooking the Pacific, saying the project would be a blight...
Readers: Great headline!
"Obama Beats Weiner" is a winner. The popular June 14 front page with that headline, about President Obama's slam at Rep. Anthony Weiner, was voted the best of 12 New...
23 yrs. in slay
A former housekeeping manager at the swanky Essex House was sentenced yesterday to 23 years to life in prison for the 2009 murder and attempted rape of a resident of...
Lotto luck for NJ pol
A New Jersey congressman won $24,835.33 in the Garden State lottery. The prize was Rep. Frank Pallone's one-third share of a winning lotto ticket he shared with his father and...
Gay-marriage push gives devout an out
ALBANY -- Senators left town without voting on gay marriage yesterday, but Republican efforts to strengthen the bill's religious protections -- rather than kill it outright -- buoyed supporters' hopes...
Trapped by her dirty rat
Anthony Weiner's pregnant and publicly humiliated wife feels hopelessly trapped in her marriage to the disgraced pol, whose online antics have completely disgusted her once-supportive family, a source close to...
Playin' 'Scarface'
Say hello to my little friend! Busted cocaine kingpin Ceferino "Papo" Perez kept a framed picture from the movie "Scarface" -- with his head superimposed over star Al Pacino's character...
'Miss Demeanor' sprung from Rikers for drug treatment
She'll have to be in rehab for a year, but former Miss Russia Anna Malova was flashing a beauty-queen smile after getting sprung from Rikers Island yesterday after more than...
Illegal-alien airline security shocker
In a colossal failure of 9/11 security measures, an illegal immigrant used the stolen ID of a Bronx man with an arrest record to get hired as an airline flight...
Fowl butcher plucked
The owner of a Chinatown poultry-processing firm agreed to clean up his act after feds charged him with peddling 5,000-plus pounds of uninspected duck meat. In settling the civil suit...
Terror scare hits DC
A Marine Corps reservist carrying a backpack containing what he claimed were explosives set off a major terror alert near Washington yesterday after fleeing from police who approached him for...
No Osama doubt
It's a mortal lock that Osama bin Laden is dead, federal prosecutors said as they officially dropped their case against the slain mass murderer. Testing compared DNA from bin Laden's...
Wash. Heights elevator fiend (Video)
Police are hunting a vicious robber in a chilling elevator attack on a Washington Heights woman. The assailant on June 4 grabbed a 26-year-old woman as she entered her building...
'Embezzler' faces music
A former payroll manager embezzled about $421,000 from a record label that features rock artists ranging from Megadeth to the Steve Miller Band, authorities said. Sharanda Houser was being held...
Bristol swats at Levi
Bristol Plain, in a tell-all book set to come out next week, blasts ex-fiancé Levi Johnston as a "gnat" and describes how he impregnated her on a camping trip after...
Little extra summertime
Kids will be able to relish one extra day of summer this year after school officials and labor unions agreed to ring the opening bell a day later than planned....
Jolie's Syrian solidarity
ALTINOZU, Turkey -- UN envoy Angelina Jolie traveled to Turkey's border with Syria yesterday, sharing fruit and dessert with some of the thousands of Syrian refugees -- and getting a...
'Drugnet' nails 140
The NYPD busted 140 drug suspects in a weeklong series of massive sweeps throughout the city. The largest takedown took place in Far Rockaway, Queens, where 56 people were arrested,...
Charters get these kids so totally wired
A newly approved Bronx charter school will offer students more than a good education -- it's giving them each a computer and e-reader to use at home. Tech International Charter...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A dispute in Harlem escalated into a deadly shooting, cops said. Kwabena Poku, 23, allegedly argued with a foe at 8:50 p.m. Thursday before returning to his apartment building...
Free and 'ferry' popular
They're victims of their own success. NY Waterway is warning customers planning to take advantage of its new East River ferry service to anticipate "long boarding delays" -- and possibly...
Father's Day 'vanish' pain
With Father's Day looming, the anguished dad of a missing college co-ed from Scarsdale issued a poignant plea to parents, and begged anyone withholding information to speak up. "Get the...
Case packs a punch
Courtroom junkies who snap up the 50 daily tickets for the trial of accused murder mom Casey Anthony -- a testy collection of the unemployed, obsessed and bored -- have...
Sorry, this isn't Selma
Just a week after Gov. Cuomo praised the Legislature for passing "historic" ethics-reform legislation, state senators opposed to enacting a "historic" same-sex marriage law are being courted with promises of...
When beeps fly
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz plays many roles: cheer leader, concert-promoter, free-food-ingester and taxpayer-cash-inhaler. Now he's looking to take on a new one: mayor of New York. As The Post's...
'We own the economy'
Real New Yorkers tell the truth. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the new head of the Democratic National Committee and a Forest Hills native, sure did this week. "We own the...
Ground Zero grotesquerie
Mayor Bloomberg didn't waste any time endorsing a hefty admission fee for the over-designed 9/11 mu seum at Ground Zero. "Well, the money's got to come from someplace," the mayor...
How we killed history
The Declaration of Indepen dence is a poor excuse for an obscure historical docu ment. It's not the Magna Carta or the Peace of Augsburg. Its name is so straightforwardly...
New Orleans, fact & fiction
THE ISSUE: HBO’s response to Hurricane Katrina and to recent storms in the South and Midwest. *** After reading "The Storm Over Katrina Is Alive on HBO," (June 12) I...
Aiding the enemy: America's Pakistan folly
THE ISSUE: Pakistan’s arrest of five CIA informants and the future of US-Pakistani relations. *** It appears the need to take a bow by officials of the Obama administration for...
Breezy comedy with thighs and doll
THERE'S a mini-Russian spring happen ing at American Ballet Theatre, some of it by accident -- literally. Bolshoi Ballet sensation Ivan Vasiliev wasn't supposed to dance with the company, though...
Speed to 3-D 'Dial'
DIAL M for 3-D. Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder," the 1954 thriller, starring Grace Kelly, about a "perfect murder" gone wrong, was originally shot in 3-D. But that version...
Props for pops
Every year we ask our younger readers to count the ways their dads have made a difference in their lives — and each time they’ve responded in force. This year...
Kid stuff
Today Jazz daddy: The rare Father’s Day weekend activity that’ll keep the whole family entertained, Brooklyn’s Best Jumpin’ Jazz Fest, at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, will get dads and kids...
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $45,000; mdn; 3upPURELY AWESOME goes turf to dirt for local debut. FARMER JONES just missed by nose two back....
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1 mile; $21,000; clm($10,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Redwood Falls(L),117J Sanchez5-4-1Brown 5-22Call the Ball(L),117CVelasquez9-4-6Rodriguz 3-13Wing Glider(L),117J Espinoza2-5-4Contessa 12-14Crash in Boston(L),117J...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Jas Outlaw (10th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $22,000; conditional1WesternDakota(EGoodell)1-X-74-14AlastorHanover(JBartltt)1-5-73-13DaysOfCourageN(BHolland)7-5-35-12I'm A Gordy Too(S Smith)1-4-710-15DetermineThis(JGregory)7-1-66-16Winforu N(C Manzi)6-2-712-17Arden'sStormN(AColetta)4-5-48-18Tough Love(J Stratton)5-7-412-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $22,000; cond1DreamlandsArt(EGoodell)2-7-63-18Dear Mac(J Pantaleano)4-6-44-15HandsToYourself(CManzi)6-4-55-12BigPuffDoggie(BHolland)5-4-510-13Dr C's Z...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Keep Going (9th)FIRST-mile; pace; $10,000; claiming4A Fool House(B Simpson)3-5-32-13RockyBellboa(EAbbatillo)8-7-415-15Hedges Lane(Y Gingras)6-3-67-21Liberado(J Baggitt)8-7-820-12Top Doc(J Rattray)8-4-815-16P H Turbo(S Allard)5-7-710-17Astrope(J Marmarou)9-8-1020-18Melvyn(M Lachance)1-2-39-29TopNotchHanover(DDube)8-6-110-110Cam's Tux(P Berry)4-9-88-1SECOND-ml pc; $15,000; conditional7American Arena(S...
Cyclones edge Yankees in NY-P opener
The Brooklyn Cyclones are back for another spin. The Mets' short-season Single-A affiliate struck the season's first blow against the rival Staten Island Yankees, taking a 5-3 victory over the...
Mets bats go silent in ninth vs. Angels
Terry Collins doesn't care for interleague play, and now the Mets manager has another reason not to: Angels closer Jordan Walden. After a crushing defeat in Atlanta on Thursday, the...
Devils prepare to keep Parise
The Devils can rest assured that Zach Parise will be playing for them next season. The club filed for salary arbitration yesterday to keep the 26-year-old out of restricted free...
Alvarez fighting to become next Chavez
THE GREAT Julio Cesar Chavez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame last week in Canasota, N.Y. He captivated the sport with a splendid combination of sweet boxing...
Minor prospects could deliver major boost
BASEBALL aficionados will not soon forget the excitement of last June 8, the night Stephen Strasburg made his major league debut in Washington and struck out 14 Pirates across seven...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-$17,000, mdn cl, 3YO up, 1mi 70yd2Audeamus (Santiago) 4.202.202.103Trouble for Tiger (Trujillo)2.402.105Avaras (DeCarlo)2.40 Off 12:53. Time 1:42.81. Fast. Scr: Harlan's Point. * Exacta (2-3) $6.20 * $1 Superfecta (2-3-5-8) $11.60...
Mets' Pagan gets into swing of things
Everything Angel Pagan did wrong before his disabled list stint, the Mets center fielder has done right since his return. After pressing to try to follow up his breakout 2010...
Mets' Reyes meets with agent Boras: report
Jose Reyes could have even more than his ridiculous offensive stats working in his favor as he heads towards free agency. He also could have super agent Scott Boras in...
Small-market owners slow NFL progress
Not so fast! The raging optimism about a seemingly imminent resolution to the NFL's labor mess has waned dramatically in recent days because of concerns raised by owners of several...
Cubs' Dempster could pitch his way to Yankees
CHICAGO -- If the Yankees decide to add pitching before the trade deadline, there are a couple of arms that could help in the other dugout at Wrigley Field. Carlos...
Osi says GM didn't lie; seeking Giant raise
Osi Umenyiora's preference is clear: The defensive end wants a new, lucrative contract with the Giants, wants to remain with the only NFL team he has ever known. "That would...
Umenyiora hits back at Eagles RB
The NFL lockout has brought some bad blood to the surface between Osi Umenyiora and Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, players on rival teams who clearly have no use for...
Mickelson's day spoiled on 18th hole at Open
BETHESDA, Md. -- Phil Mickelson's thrill ride at the 111th U.S. Open continued yesterday. Though the end result was better than it was in the first round -- Mickelson shot...
Hondo tanks with Yanks
Shame on Hondo for thinking the big bad Yankees might be able to stop the immortal Doug Davis from picking up his first victory of the season yesterday. The miscalculation...
Tryon to be positive after early Open exit
BETHESDA, Md. -- Ty Tryon is no longer a fresh-faced kid. As much as his name brings to mind the pomp and circumstance surrounding the hype when he turned professional...
Yang's new approach paying off
BETHESDA, Md. -- Brian Mogg was the swing coach for Y.E. Yang when he defeated Tiger Woods to win the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine. But now Yang has decided...
Short game keeping Zach in contention
BETHESDA, Md. -- If you're one of the people who didn't think Zach Johnson would be in contention after two rounds of the 111th U.S. Open, you were not alone....
Angels manager says Kazmir deserves another shot
The name "Scott Kazmir" still resonates with Mets fans, many emotionally scarred years after seeing the crown jewel of their farm system traded for Tampa Bay's Victor Zambrano and watching...
Sports shorts
NBA: Rubio to join T'wolves Ricky Rubio is making his long-awaited move to the NBA and will join the Timberwolves next season. The highly touted 20-year-old Spanish guard ended two...
Reeling Liberty drop third in row
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Sylvia Fowles had a season-high 27 points and 11 rebounds and the Chicago Sky ran their winning streak to three games, beating the Liberty 85-73 last night....
Tuesday talks may fend off NBA lockout
Tuesday could be NBA's D-Day. With major progress made yesterday on the issue of non-guaranteed contracts during a 4½-hour labor session, commissioner David Stern said the next session Tuesday in...
Jets' Holmes probed for casino tie
Call them slots receivers. The NFL is investigating the reported investment by at least 25 NFL players, including Jets receiver Santonio Holmes, in an Alabama casino that has been shut...
Mets manager took Angels' lessons to heart
When the Mets hired Terry Collins to be their manager before this season, he said he had learned from his last stint in the majors with the Angels -- which...
Westwood to Rory: Gotta stay 'brilliant'
BETHESDA, Md. -- Though Englishman Lee Westwood called Rory McIlroy's performance "brilliant," he also applied a little verbal pressure on his fellow European and Ryder Cup teammate. "Great golf," Westwood...
Mets shouldn't trade Ryes -- and that's the Truth
This YEAR marks the 40th an niversary of the worst trade in Mets history, when they shipped Nolan Ryan to the Angels for Jim Fregosi in 1971. Trading Tom Seaver...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-5 fur; $22,800; clm; 2YO4-Ay Mamita 5-21-BlushingRn 5-12-EssncfBbbl 8-13-Dynamite Red 4-15-DchssfDlmm 3-16-Zarch 8-17-Dncnnthlll 5-1SECOND-6 fur; $21,500; clm; 3up3-Sngngmyhym 4-11-Solo Vino 20-12-All Ready 9-24-Campton 8-15-PagosaPeak 3-16-MonOvrGshn 5-17-Pttnwynstb 6-18-Laope...
'13' on spin cycle
'WAREHOUSE 13" might need more space. Talk of a spinoff starring the hit Syfy series' villainous HG Wells character (played by Jaime Murray) is heating up. The proposed spinoff --...
Doc workers
AFTER watching the premiere of "Com bat Hospital" -- premiering Tuesday on ABC -- I can't decide if it's more like an updated version of "M*A*S*H" or just a military-themed...
HBO 'Sex' in spotlight
Dominique Strauss- Kahn's sex-assault case has put New York City's sex-crimes prosecutors under a microscope as they prepare for their close-up. "Sex Crimes Unit," a documentary that goes behind their...
Weird but true
Oops! A Phoenix SWAT-team sniper wound up shooting a hostage after the hostage taker swapped clothes with her at gunpoint. The victim is in critical condition but expected to live,...
New park ready for College World Series
OMAHA, Neb. -- The College World Series opens at the new TD Ameritrade Park today after 61 years at Rosenblatt Stadium, and coaches are doing all they can to keep...
God'sgift continues journey at St. John's
If you were God, you proba bly would carry some sort of identification because, let's face it, there are a lot of doubters out there. So God'sgift Achiuwa, the rugged...
Spotlight on 'Glee Project' hopeful Cameron
Chances are you were one of the many people who missed the premiere of Oxygen's new reality competition show, "The Glee Project." (After all, only 455,000 people tuned in last...
South Korean troops mistakenly shoot at civilian passenger jet: report
SEOUL -- South Korea's Marine Corps guards mistakenly fired at a passenger jet flying near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea, news agency Yonhap reported Saturday citing a...
Great catch!
The Yankees and Mets don’t face off again until July, but you can catch a subway series — or subway-ferry series — when the big clubs’ Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten...
More minor league action
Want more minor-league baseball action? Take a short trip to find another field of dreams. NEWARK BEARS: Unaffiliated Atlantic League Big-league connection: Ex-Yankee Tim Raines is the manager and his...
Ex-Miss Russia Anna Malova heads to rehab after jail release
A former Miss Russia who got into drug trouble in New York is out of jail and headed for a year of inpatient addiction treatment to try to resolve charges...
NY gay marriage no closer to floor vote
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was cautiously optimistic his gay marriage bill will soon become law as he held more one-on-one negotiations Friday with Senate Republicans. The...
Death count in Sept. 11 attacks increases by 1
A man who died last year of lung disease was added Friday to the official list of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. New York City’s medical examiner ruled that...