June 25, 2011
Eric Ripert's salmon and ratatouille recipe
Barely Cooked Salmon Serves 4 4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets, skin off Fine sea salt and freshly ground white pepper Put ½ cup of water in a large sauté pan (just...
Semi driver tried to brake in deadly Amtrak crash
RENO, Nev. — Authorities say a truck driver tried to stop his big rig before it slammed into the side of an Amtrak passenger car in the Nevada desert, killing...
LaToya: Brother Jacko was murdered
LAS VEGAS -- Saturday marks the two-year anniversary of the sudden death of Michael Jackson, and with each passing day, his sister LaToya Jackson is convinced the King of Pop...
'Brady Bunch' actress: Ex-NYC mayor Lindsay gave me crabs
This would have made an interesting episode of "The Brady Bunch." Florence Henderson, the actress who played perky mom Carol Brady in the beloved family sitcom, says she once got...
What a mutt! Ugliest dog a champ
She’s a mutt even a mother couldn’t love. A 1.8-pound California dog won the dubious title of "World’s Ugliest Dog" today during the 23rd annual hideous hound competition at the...
Giants adding Izzo for 'special' help
The Giants have employed many different special teams coaches and assistants but rarely have they added to their staff someone with the special teams pedigree of Larry Izzo. A special...
Three Duda doubles as Mets wreck Rangers, 14-5
ARLINGTON, Texas — Lucas Duda matched a Mets record with three doubles while going 4 for 5 with four RBIs, Carlos Beltran snapped out of a slump with three hits...
Hack attack on ex Brit PM Blair
LONDON -- Computer hackers opposed to Britain's war in Iraq apparently targeted former UK prime minister Tony Blair after his personal details were leaked online. Blair's personal address and the...
Arrests in Newark leg-sever horror
NEWARK, N.J. -- Two women were charged Saturday in the death of a man who was killed in New Jersey when their car ran him over, severing both of his...
Three-alarm Bensonhurst blaze
A three-alarm fire ripped through a row of Bensonhurst stores this morning, injuring six fighters and slowing nearby trains. Fire officials said the blaze began at 9:48 a.m. in a...
Yankees snap back, crush Rockies 8-3
CC Sabathia tossed eight stingy innings to win for the seventh time in his last eight starts, Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs and the New York Yankees finally beat...
Tears for tragic LI slaying victim Jaime Taccetta
They packed the pews of a Long Island church this morning to celebrate a woman who had finally found love again — but the tears and laughter were tragically for...
Afghan clinic car bomb kills 35
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew up his sport utility vehicle outside a small clinic in eastern Afghanistan today, bringing the building down on those inside, Afghan authorities said....
Conn. sex assault victim bites off attacker's tongue
STAMFORD, Conn. — Authorities say a Connecticut woman repelled a sexual assault by biting nearly an inch off an assailant's tongue. Stamford police said the woman bit the man's tongue...
France halts sales of 3 seeds after E. coli outbreak
PARIS — France has halted the sale of three types of seeds linked to a British company after an E. coli outbreak caused the hospitalization of eight people, officials said....
Construction on new 299-seat Brooklyn theatre for popular Shakespearean troupe begins
City officials yesterday held a ceremonial groundbreaking on a long-awaited, $48 million new Brooklyn home for one of the Big Apple’s top Shakespearean troupes.The Hugh Hardy-designed, 27,500-square-foot Ashland Place building...
Roddick upset in third round
WIMBLEDON, England — Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick was eliminated 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-4 yesterday by Feliciano Lopez in the third round, the biggest upset of the men’s tournament...
All-city teams
THE POST’S ALL-CITY GIRLS TRACK TEAM Athlete of the Year:Claudia Francis, Benjamin Cardozo The Oregon-bound Francis (right) ran the nation’s second fastest time this season indoors in the 800 meters...
All-city teams
THE POST’S ALL-CITY GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM Player of the Year: Jessica Dahldorf, Poly Prep The Northwestern-bound junior midfielder (below) helped orchestrate the best season in Poly Prep girls lacrosse history...
Brooklyn's Elcock getting his kicks in Richmond
Growing up in Brooklyn, Edson Elcock had dreams of playing at Camp Nou with the likes of Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry.But those Barcelona dreams are now a Richmond...
The Post's All-City girls track and field honors
Benjamin Cardozo again reigned over the girls track and field world in New York City. The Judges welcomed back Claudia Francis after losing star Ahtyana Johnson to aplastic anemia and...
Yankees' Chamberlain shares surgery photos
Joba Chamberlain’s right arm is feeling good enough to tweet. The Yankees reliever is posting updates about his recovery from Tommy John surgery and even posted links to photos of...
The Post's All-City boys track and field honors
The boys season was filled with close finishes, fierce competition and an unlikely champion. There was plenty of depth and variety, starting with Columbus’ Strymar Livingston picking up where he...
The Post's All-City boys volleyball honors
The traditional powers were sent home early this season in the PSAL with a final four that featured Bryant, Academy of American Studies, New Utrecht and Brooklyn Tech. The Owls...
The Post's All-City girls lacrosse honors
Riverdale’s journey to the top was finally completed in a year that included many firsts in girls lacrosse. The Falcons have been one of the city’s best lacrosse programs, but...
The Post's All-City girls tennis honors
A new PSAL champion was crowned, but the city was still owned by St. Francis Prep. The Terriers won a 12th straight Mayor’s Cup and extended their match winning streak...
The Post's All-City boys tennis honors
This has been a slow but steady process, but this spring it became a reality: Beacon owns boys tennis in New York City. The Blue Demons won a fourth straight...
Brooklyn's Elcock getting his kicks in Richmond
Growing up in Brooklyn, Edson Elcock had dreams of playing at Camp Nou with the likes of Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry. But those Barcelona dreams are now a...
The Post's All-City boys lacrosse honors
Poly Prep was the year’s biggest story. The Blue Devils didn’t end the regular season particularly well, but shook that and past postseason failures aside during the postseason. With a...
Google's playing dumb on probe by FTC
Uncle Sam has Google perplexed. The search giant yesterday took to its official blog to confirm it is the target of a broad Federal Trade Commission probe but said it...
Prosecutors: Life is good for Farkas
Lee Farkas, the ex-chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., should be sentenced to life in prison for leading a $3 billion fraud involving fake mortgage assets, US prosecutors...
Leaky oil trading suspected
Us commodity regulators are examining suspicious trading in oil futures markets that occurred ahead of news that countries around the world would release crude from strategic stockpiles, according to a...
EA is latest target of hack attack
Hackers have breached an Electronic Arts Web site and may have taken user information such as birth dates, phone numbers and mailing addresses, the company said yesterday. Electronic Arts is...
Spotlight-needy Bernanke sees popularity sink
Lower values. Off its high. Seen better days. Home prices in the US, right? Wrong! It's what America thinks of Ben Bernanke. The Federal Reserve chairman's efforts to get up-close-and-personal...
Buffett zeroes in on Kravis debt fight
Warren Buffett seems willing to lose money to make a point, especially against Henry Kravis. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, in a letter filed yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, said...
Business briefs
Down Dow Stocks fell yesterday, giving the market its sev enth losing week of the last eight. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 115.42 points, to 11,934.58. The Standard &...
Picard ups JPM suit to $19B
Irving Picard, the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm, said he filed a revised lawsuit yesterday against JPMorgan Chase, demanding a minimum of $19 billion in damages. Picard had sought $5.4...
Social stompers
Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White is putting his money where his fighters' tweets are. In an unusual marketing gambit aimed at getting his mixed-martial arts fighters a wider audience...
Black's back in the block
Arrogant to the end, Conrad Black was ordered back to prison yesterday for another 13 months to finish serving his dismantled prison sentence. The dethroned 66-year-old tycoon was gabby and...
Street guy misses $$$ bus
ALBANY -- A homeless man from Utah failed to show up in New York to claim a sizable inheritance from his brother. The Daily Gazette of Schenectady reports that Max...
Up and aweigh
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC -- The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is upright for the first time in almost 150 years. It was resting at a 45-degree angle on the bottom of...
House slaps prez on Libya
WASHINGTON -- War-fatigued House members yesterday took a symbolic swipe at President Obama's Libya policy, rejecting a resolution that would have authorized his limited military intervention against Moammar Khadafy for...
Bam push for high-tech jobs
PITTSBURGH -- President Obama yesterday launched a $500 million project to spur high-tech manufacturing -- from lighter cars to smarter robots -- in hope of catching up with Germany, Japan...
Amtrak's bumpy NY ride
Power problems on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor continue to cause headaches for rail travelers despite millions spent to upgrade aging equipment. Three incidents this week caused significant delays between Philadelphia and...
Sad Missy in a 'Graves' state
LOS ANGELES -- Hip-hop star Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott is suffering from the debilitating autoimmune illness Graves' disease. The "Work It" singer revealed in People magazine that she was diagnosed in...
Mike a lover 'buoy'
The wealthiest man in New York City has a tip for those dating on the cheap: Head for the Staten Island Ferry. The world-famous ferry is free these days but,...
Banker wheels & deals
He's copped a plea to copping a feel. The Egyptian bigwig charged in a bizarre, copycat banker-on-hotel-maid groping pleaded guilty yesterday to misdemeanor assault -- admitting he kissed the woman...
Party pooper 'Madoff' judge
One of Bernard Madoff's alleged accomplices will have to scale back her social calendar. Annette Bongiorno, awaiting trial under house arrest on Long Island, was granted permission yesterday to attend...
Rapist convicted
A registered sex offender convicted of rape yesterday in knifepoint attacks on three prostitutes faces 100 years in prison when he's sentenced next month. It took a Bronx jury less...
Comic suit laughed off
A Manhattan court yesterday blew off a comic-book writer's latest try to mess with some of Hollywood's leading funnymen. Robert Cabell had accused Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler and Robert Smigel...
Cops to crash house parties
Police are cracking down on pay-at-the-door house parties like the one where eight people were shot in Brooklyn last weekend. "We're looking at social networking and parties," Commissioner Ray Kelly...
'Debt'ing down to biz: O to join budget talks
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will dive into stalled talks to raise the US debt limit next week when he'll meet separately with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader...
Columbo hangs up raincoat
LOS ANGELES -- Peter Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in "Columbo," which spanned 30 years in prime-time television and established one...
City plugs pothole record
That's a hole lotta work! On the heels of a particularly nasty winter, the Department of Transportation filled a whopping 400,000 potholes, setting a record for the most street craters...
Graduating to heavenly angels
Jennifer Mejia's classmates packed a Long Island church in caps and gowns for the pharmacy-massacre victim's heart-wrenching funeral yesterday -- a day after she was supposed to graduate from high...
Mommy and Clyde
A mother and son lived like a queen and prince for years -- yachting, jetting, and cruising around in a $127,000 Mercedes -- while the mom plundered $16 million from...
'Prof. Pimp' tried out the merchandise: cops
ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- A Fairleigh Dickinson University professor was a loyal customer of a multistate Internet prostitution ring -- before buying the whole hot-sex service, cops said yesterday. David Flory,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan The NYPD is hunting the gun-toting thief pictured here (top photo) who has committed a rash of muggings across the borough, police said. Between June 10 and Thursday, the...
Pill-kill wife ducks slay rap
The wife of accused Long Island pharmacy killer David Laffer admitted she helped plan the robbery and drove the getaway car -- but pathetically claimed that no one was supposed...
Jen falling head over high heels
The city's hottest new couple is its worst-kept secret. Jennifer Aniston has been dashing all over town with her latest man, screenwriter/actor Justin Theroux. The forever-dating 42-year-old actress and Theroux,...
CityTime payback
The prime contractor on the scandal-scarred CityTime municipal-payroll project yesterday coughed up nearly $2.5 million in salary paid to a former exec who falsified the number of hours he worked....
'Whitey' Bulger jokes in Boston court appearance
Feared crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger enjoyed his long-delayed homecoming in Boston federal court yesterday after 16 years on the lam with a greeting to his brother and a quip...
New York legalizes same-sex marriage as cheers ring out in city
ALBANY -- Senators said "I do" to gay marriage last night in a narrow 33-29 vote -- making New York the sixth and largest state to allow same-sex couples to...
Caylee's pool photo
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Defense attorneys for Casey Anthony showed jurors several photos yesterday that they hope bolster their argument that 2-year-old daughter Caylee drowned and wasn't murdered by her mother....
100 smackeroos for seal slap
He's a real Moby Dick. A disturbed teen who slapped a monk seal at a Hawaiian beach near Kalaeloa has to cough up a $100 fine for animal abuse. Cameron...
Justice at last in beatdown
A Hasidic thug who savagely beat an elderly Orthodox Jewish man during a dispute in Borough Park nearly six years ago was convicted of robbery yesterday for his role in...
Popular support paved way
ALBANY -- Despite weeks of turmoil, political threats and at times heart-rending and highly emotional debate, it turned out to be far easier than anyone had thought. Gov. Cuomo was...
Cop grabs suicidal woman as she leaps from LES building (VIDEO)
A hero NYPD cop saved a suicidal woman from certain death yesterday, grabbing her as she leaped from a Lower East Side building and pulling her to safety in an...
One hail of a jerk: TLC nabs wild livery driver
A Brooklyn hack took a TLC officer for a wild ride -- and wound up driving himself straight to jail. Instead of just accepting a fine for illegally taking a...
Open road for boro-only cabs
Hail, yes! The state Senate gave the green light last night to Mayor Bloomberg's hard-fought plan to allow a new class of metered cabs to pick up street hails in...
Deal spares teachers & firehouses
The 4,100 teacher layoffs Mayor Bloomberg has been threatening for months were scrapped last night in a budget deal with the City Council that also saved 20 fire companies. But...
'Undocumented' -- not
With great fanfare and elite media sympathy, Jose Antonio Vargas publicly declared himself an "undocumented immigrant" this week. In the felony-friendly pages of The New York Crimes -- er, Times...
A scaled-down 'victory'
THE ISSUE: President Obama’s plan to withdraw 33,000 US troops from Afghanistan by fall 2012. *** Here we go again with President Obama's premature withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan...
The department of grotesque payoffs
The US Department of Agriculture no longer serves as a lifeline to millions of struggling homestead farmers. In stead, it is a vast, self-perpetuating postmodern bureaucracy with an amorphous budget...
Stabbed in the back
The passage of a 2 percent cap on local property-tax growth in New York should have been the crowning achievement of Gov. Cuomo's first legislative session -- complementing an austere...
Cuomo's right at home with rent-control regs
THE ISSUE: Gov. Cuomo’s push to extend rent-control regulations and raise the income threshold. *** We truly are a land of haves and have-nots -- at least by the Democrats'...
Christie wins again
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pulled off something of a miracle this week -- pushing through a package of pension and benefits cuts for government employees that will save the...
Andrew's first crisis
Looks like Gov. Cuomo might want to pull up on that victory lap before he crosses the finish line. That's because even before his admirable property-tax cap was fully enacted,...
Catch them if you can
The dancing in Pavel Zustiak's "Amidst" isn't that memorable -- but the experience certainly is. Part dance and part installation, the work plunges you into a disorienting world, much like...
Oasis dry, eye on new prize
Just when you thought old-fashioned Brit pop was dead, along comes Beady Eye, the spinoff group from long parched Oasis. At Webster Hall, making their New York debut Thursday, Beady...
Kid stuff
Today Go fish: Rods, reels and bait will all be supplied by NYC park rangers at Big City Fishing, where the rangers will teach kids the basics of catch-and-release fishing,...
Hole in fun!
TO REALLY BOGEY DOWN Pier 25 Miniature Golf, the Hudson River between North Moore and Franklin streets Pier 25 visitors who've already enjoyed the playground and beach volleyball courts can...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 ½ fur; $22,800; clm; 3up1-Be Me 7-52-Holly's Pal 6-13-BettrMkMny 10-14-Envisioning 2-15-SixPackAbs 8-16-Prize Master 5-1SECOND-6 fur; $26,600; clm; 3YO4-PeaceflTwn 8-51-ChrryIncld 5-12-BachHamltn 8-13-Soto's Hija 10-15-NeedanAngl 5-16-Addagirladdy 30-17-DareWeDrem 2-1THIRD-5...
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 fur; $45,000; cl($100,0); 2YOKNIGHT TRIPP working well for career debut. DISCO JENELLE races with Lasix for debut. SAME OLD STORY...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Forensic Z Tam (3rd)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $22,000; conditional3HandsToYourself(CManzi)3-6-48-54Cc Racy(J Pantaleano)1-3-85-11Mr Clancy N(B Holland)1-8-38-12Eckstrom(J Bartlett)6-6-35-15MyTimeHanover(EGoodell)8-3-710-16SpeakinGreek(JStratton)2-3-312-17Arden'sStormN(AColetta)6-4-510-18Shortstacked(S Vallee)4-2-215-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $22,000; cond2TalktomecourageN(JGrgry)3-3-43-14AllamericanInca(CManzi)7-2-65-13Dr C's Z Tam(P Lachance)4-5-38-11Doubleshotsctch(JBrtltt)5-4-34-15Tobago...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Takeshigemichi (9th)FIRST-mile; pace; $13,750; claiming1FourStarzzzKing(MLchnce)5-2-22-13Solocam(D Dube)9-4-97-26EquinoxSeelster(SAllard)7-4-75-12Tyrex Jimmy(B Simpson)7-3-210-14Rock N Bliss(P Berry)3-7-58-15Sadie'sSoloist(JKelley)3-3-715-17LodiGovernor(AMcCarthy)10-6-48-18Comical Star A(A Miller)7-3-39-2SECOND-mile; pace; $30,000; King Sixes4A J Corbelli(D Dube)1-3-72-13Getting Real(A McCarthy)3-3-95-12Tamayo(A Miller)2-4-93-11Magnum(P Berry)1-5-59-21Mcdana...
Clemens trial to begin July 6
WASHINGTON -- Lawyers say they will not appeal a judge's order to share interview notes with Roger Clemens' defense team, clearing the way to start the former pitching star's criminal...
USA ready for Mexico in Gold Cup final
PASADENA, Calif. -- Today's CONCACAF Gold Cup final is exactly the showdown the tournament's troubled organizers desperately wanted: Mexico, the best supported soccer team in the region, against the host...
Davey to manage Nationals: reports
It looks like Davey Johnson is coming back to the NL East. The 68-year-old, who managed the Mets to the second World Series victory in franchise history in 1986, is...
Belmont Charts
June 24, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6 fur(t); $41,000; str alw; 3upOff: 1:01. Good. rated in 2p to 3/16Time: 22.21, 45.39, 57.28, 1:09.55.Trainer:...
Pelfrey gives up early runs as Rangers outmuscle Mets
ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's pretty simple with the Mets these days. Either their starting pitcher hurls a gem and gives them a chance, or you get last night: A snoozefest...
K-Rod not on Yankees radar
The Yankees are searching for bullpen help, but Francisco Rodriguez is not on their wish list. A published report had the Mets closer saying he would be willing to accept...
Mets not looking to trade K-Rod to Yankees
ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's just as well that Francisco Rodriguez isn't campaigning to make The Bronx his new address: The Mets are in no hurry to do business with the...
No DH yet for Mets' Beltran
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Carlos Beltran isn't rushing into the designated hitter slot. Though the Mets last night began a stretch of six straight games in American League ballparks, Beltran remained...
Hoping for brighter skies
This was supposed to be a homestand of celebration. Old Timers' Day is tomorrow and Joe Torre will be welcomed back to Yankee Stadium. This is the homestand Derek Jeter...
Injury adds to Phelps' disappointment
MOOSIC, Pa. -- At first, David Phelps thought he would be fulfilling his life-long dream. After the right-hander for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre was held out of his start early last...
Making a pitch for starters with late movement
White Sox left-hander John Danks hit bottom on May 29, when a disastrous four-inning, nine-run start plunged his record to 0-8 and sent him to the waiver wire in about...
Top bouts no longer in King's domain
A video is being circulated on the Internet showing Don King doing what he does best: promoting boxing. He has been in the St. Louis area this week talking up...
Pulling Jets camp from Cortland big blow for locals
Mark Braun was setting up his mobile fish fry cooking trailer at a fundraiser event in Owego, N.Y., yesterday when his cell phone rang a few minutes before 11 a.m....
Dealing dominates NHL draft
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The series of blockbuster deals featuring marquee players and expensive contracts --which began Thursday with the Flyers' twin trades of Mike Richards to the Kings and...
NBA lockout likely after stalled talks
A group of NBA players arrived for yesterday's crucial labor meetings at a midtown hotel in gray T-shirts reading "STAND." But all the players managed to do was stand pat,...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-$16,000, mdn cl, 3YO up F&M, 6f3Sweet Trish (Maysonett) 6.803.202.402Gold Bargain (Fragoso)2.602.205Deluna (Pedroza)3.00 Off 12:53. Time 1:12.76. Muddy. Scr: Really Friendly. * Exacta (3-2) $13.00 * $1 Superfecta (3-2-5-4) $43.60...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur(T); $23,000; clm($20,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1He's a Scrooge(L),121RDominguez6-1-5Asmussn 7-22Con the Cat(L),121E Prado5-5-6PKelly 6-13Wascally Rabbit(L),117J Espinoza4-2-8Contessa 5-14Pavlov's Dog(L),121S...
Complex Nets deal complete
The Nets yesterday completed their complicated three-team deal to acquire the draft rights to 6-foot-8 Croatian wing Bojan Bogdanovic, who was the 31st pick. Minnesota obtained the pick from Miami,...
Knicks coach says Harrellson fills big need
There is quite the buzz around the Knicks' second-round pick, Kentucky's beefy 6-foot-10 center Josh Harrellson, who goes by the nickname "Jorts" because of his proclivity to don jean shorts....
Knicks coach says Shumpert can shoot, too
When point guard Iman Shumpert arrived in Westchester for his workout on June 9, Knicks brass knew he was a big, rugged backcourt defender at 6-foot-5. What coach Mike D'Antoni...
NFL talks resume next week
With training camps set to open in another month, NFL owners and players will resume negotiations next week, hoping to build on recent talks, two people familiar with the discussions...
Giants planning on camp in Albany
The Giants, unlike the Jets, have not pulled the plug on their upstate training camp plans. The Jets will not be heading to Cortland, N.Y., this summer, but the Giants...
Devils use 4th pick to steal Larsson
Missing the playoffs paid off, just don't expect general manager Lou Lamoriello to admit it. The Devils hit the jackpot at the NHL draft in St. Paul last night, stealing...
Hughes hits 94 mph in dull rehab effort
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- Phil Hughes celebrated his 25th birthday last night with a 72-pitch effort not nearly as encouraging as his previous rehab start. Inspiring, no. But healthy, yes....
Jeter has 'no idea' on return to Yankees
Derek Jeter is staring into the unknown. Speaking yesterday in Tampa, Fla., where he's undergoing rehabilitation for his strained right calf, the Yankees shortstop told the Associated Press he's clueless...
Yankees' Logan offers relief before rocky 8th
Boone Logan gave the Yankees reason to believe in him last night, and then took it away during the Yankees' 4-2 loss to the Rockies. Logan relieved A.J. Burnett with...
Sports shorts
NFL: Braylon Edwards in car crash Authorities said Jets receiver Braylon Edwards was involved in a minor car crash on the Detroit River island park of Belle Isle. Officer Phillip...
Strome joins Islanders' youth movement
One of these seasons, all these top-10 draft picks have to pay off for the Islanders. Deprived of the chance to steal defenseman Adam Larsson because New Jersey cut in...
Rangers draft American-born center at No. 15
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When the Rangers mounted the podium at the XCEL Energy Center to make their first selection in last night's NHL Entry Draft, management personnel were accompanied...
Teen amateur fires record 60
CROMWELL, Conn. -- American Patrick Cantlay became the first amateur to shoot a 60 on the PGA Tour after blitzing the TPC River Highlands course in the second round of...
Hondo tries a trey
Hondo threw a royally painful splitter last night as K.C. canceled out his triumph with the Rays, and then some, to push the deficit to a season-high 1,575 cepedas. Today,...
Nugent-Hopkins, 18, selected No. 1 overall by Oilers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was picked first in a center-heavy NHL draft by the Oilers last night. The Oilers, slotted first overall for the second straight year, selected...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto RacingNoonRolex Sports Car Series, Road AmericaSPEED5:30 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Bucyrus 200ESPN8 p.m.IndyCar: Iowa Corn Indy 250VS.Baseball1 p.m.Rockies at YankeesYES, WCBS (880 AM)4 p.m.Mets at RangersFOX, WFAN (660 AM)6 p.m.Hudson Valley...
Yankees fall to Giambi, Rockies
During the last Yankees home stand, there was a stench in the home dugout thanks to a leaky sewer pipe. When they re turned to Yankee Stadium last night, the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 25SUNJune 26MONJune 27TUEJune 28WEDJune 29THUJune 30FRIJuly 1YankeesColorado1:05TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMCol.2:20YESWCBSNOGAMEMilw.7:05YESWCBSMilw.7:05YESWCBSMilw.1:05YESWCBSMets7:10YESWCBSMetsTexas4:10TV -- FOXRadio--WFAN 660 AMTex.3:05SNYWFANNOGAMEDet.7:05SNYWFANDet.7:05SNYWFANDet.1:05SNYWFANYanks7:10WPIXWCBSLibertyNOGAMEL.A.4:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEAtl.7:30No TVS.A.7:00No TVRed BullsNOGAMEChi.2:00ESPNWQBUNOGAME*FC NY8:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMESiyanksAberdeen7:05No TVH.V.4:00No TVH.V.7:00No TVH.V7:05No TVAber.7:00No TVAber.7:00No TVAber.7:00No TVCyclonesHudson...
'X' marks its spot
"The X Factor" is get ting some early help from Fox. Simon Cowell's new series will air four hours over two nights in its first week, so it can be...
MTV: no 'Jersey' change
Goodbye Snooki? MTV is denying re ports it will re-cast the "Jersey Shore" next season. The rumors, reported earlier this week in Us Magazine and TMZ, stated the network intends...
'Ref' surprise
You'll see a slightly different version of "The Marriage Ref" when the NBC series returns tomorrow night. For starters, series co-creator Jerry Seinfeld, who was on the show three times...
Weird but true
A man sneaked onto an Arizona Air Force base dressed as a two-star general just to go shopping at the base commissary. He pulled off two illegal shopping trips before...
PS 107 gets new boss — from PS 321!
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Rangers nab forward in draft
ST. PAUL — When the Rangers mounted the podium at the XCEL Energy Center to make their first selection in tonight’s NHL Entry Draft, management personnel were accompanied by Aaron...
Budget deal averts teacher layoffs
Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council were headed towards a budget deal tonight to avert 4,100 teacher layoffs and keep open 20 fire companies that were on the chopping block,...
Costa Rica star and wife die in car crash
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Costa Rica soccer player Dennis Marshall and his wife were killed Thursday in a two-vehicle car accident in the mountains near the capital San Jose....
Arsenal rejects $43 million Barcelona bid for Fabregas
LONDON -- English Premier League giant Arsenal reportedly turned down a $43.3 million (£27 million) bid from Barcelona for Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas, Sky Sports reported Friday. The Spanish club...
MLS fines RBNY GM Erik Soler $10,000
The instant Red Bull GM Erik Soler unleashed a scathing indictment of ref Ricardo Salazar and MLS officiating during his team’s 3-3 tie at Portland, the question wasn’t whether the...