September 24, 2011
GAMETRACKER: Mets vs. Phillies, game 2
Follow all the action as Dillon Gee and the Mets try and sweep today's doubleheader against the Phillies at Citi Field in Queens. ...
Over 50 'occupiers' cuffed in Union Sq. chaos
The one-week Wall Street protest took a violent turn today, with a near-riot breaking out between marchers and the police. The chaos erupted during an afternoon march of about 500...
Ice Queen takes over Yonkers
Whether it’s the ice roads in Alaska or Yonkers Raceway’s half-mile oval, Lisa Kelly knows how to drive.Ice Road Truckers’ star Kelly, was a natural on the race track, jogging...
HS football scores, Week 3
The New York Post high school staff brings you football scores from all over the city. Updated throughout the weekend, you can find them below. PSAL Fort Hamilton 22, Boys...
Obama tees off with Bill Clinton
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- President Barack Obama teed off today with former President Bill Clinton. Reporters were allowed from a distance to briefly watch the current White House...
Libyans battle for Khadafy's hometown
SIRTE, Libya — With NATO jets roaring overhead, revolutionary forces fought their way into Moammar Khadafy's hometown Saturday in the first significant push into the stubborn stronghold in about a...
Jeter hits 3-run HR as Yankees bash Red Sox
Derek Jeter capped a six-run second inning with a three-run homer, rookie Jesus Montero had four RBIs in finishing a triple shy of the cycle and the New York Yankees...
Ex-World Cup ref sentenced to 30 months for smuggling heroin through JFK Airport
NEW YORK -- A former World Cup soccer referee was jailed for 30 months Friday for attempting to smuggle heroin through New York City's JFK Airport. Byron Moreno made a...
Ex-US coach Bob Bradley agrees terms with Egypt
CAIRO -- Former US national soccer team boss Bob Bradley was set to begin work Saturday as the head coach of Egypt after signing a two-year deal worth more than...
Palestinian leader rejects int'l peace blueprint
UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas strongly suggested Saturday that he would reject a peacemaking blueprint put forward by international mediators, saying he would not agree to any proposal...
Iran hikers to return to US Sunday
Two Americans released from an Iranian prison will return to the U.S. tomorrow after more being held for more than two years as accused spies. A spokeswoman for the families...
No-hitter denied, but Mets beat Phillies 2-1
R.A. Dickey took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, David Wright hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth and the New York Mets beat the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 2-1...
Chinese sex-dungeon torture
LUOYANG CITY, China — A Chinese man who kept six sex slaves locked up inside a grim, makeshift dungeon for two years forced them to act in porn videos that...
Millionaire developer guilty in wife slay
ORLANDO, Florida — A millionaire developer who lived in the same central Florida neighborhood as Tiger Woods and other celebrities was convicted today of murdering his wife in their mansion....
NBA restricts MSG Network to 1994
MSG Network aired a Knicks-Lakers contest from the 1993-94 season yesterday in continuing its 20-part series, "The 1994 March to The Finals."The Post has learned it is the most current...
'Drunk' crashes into cab
A boozed-up driver smashed into a yellow cab in Harlem earlier this morning, police said. The 26-year-old woman ran a red light when she was driving her 2010 Mazda west...
Shootings claim 2 in the Bronx
Two young men were slain in two separate Bronx shootings early today, authorities said. Kennedy Brown, 25, Bedford Park was shot in the left eye in Bedfork Park on Decatur...
Brooklyn woman killed in hit-and-run
A Brooklyn woman was killed crossing an intersection in a hit-and-run accident last night, police said. Gillian Hall, 56, was crossing Flatlands Avenue and Utica Avenue around 9:05 p.m. when...
UBS chief Grubel resigns following rogue trader scandal
BASEL, Switzerland -- UBS CEO Oswald Grubel resigned Saturday following a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss, a statement from the Swiss bank said. In a statement, UBS said it was...
Putin set to return as Russian president, Medvedev signals
MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Saturday that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should return to the Kremlin in 2012's elections for a new six-year mandate. Medvedev told the annual...
Fake collar bomb suspect faces court after arriving back in Australia
SYDNEY -- The man accused of strapping a fake collar bomb to the neck of a Sydney schoolgirl has been remanded in custody after arriving back in Australia to face...
Satellite hits Earth, likely in ocean
WASHINGTON — It's as big as a bus and weighs 6 tons, but officials probably will never be able to pinpoint exactly where a massive NASA satellite plummeted to Earth....
Shots fired ahead of pope's German mass, man arrested
ERFURT, Germany -- A shooting incident close to where Pope Benedict XVI was due to hold an open-air Mass in central Germany was not related to the pontiff's historic visit,...
VOTE: Yankees third starter
The Yankees are expected to start CC Sabathia and Ivan Nova in the first two games of the ALDS that begins Friday. After that, manager Joe Girardi must decide if...
Mets GM leads minor revival
After Sandy Alderson’s first year as Mets general manager, the franchise’s farm system looks significantly different. After years of strictly adhering to MLB’s bonus recommendations for draft picks, the Mets...
Richards, Gaborik developing chemistry for Rangers
It was just the Rangers’ first exhibition game, only the first time Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik played together against what coach John Tortorella likes to call, "different colors," but...
We didn’t think Newton could be a fantasy force, but apparently ...
Let us preface this by saying we’re not completely sold Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton is going to be the savior of that franchise. But two remarkable games into his...
Bowl move looking like right one for undefeated Madison
For James Madison, this year is all about rebuilding and enjoying wins as they come. The Knights had only won two games over the last three years in the PSAL...
Staten Island's Mendoza helping Peddie make history
Last November was a low point in Gil Mendoza’s life. His storybook season – leading the PSAL in rushing while Tottenville went into the playoffs undefeated – was cut short...
Collegiate bests Poly Prep, continuing solid play despite injury woes
Ray Voelkel has a funny definition for the world survival. Apparently, to the Collegiate boys soccer coach, it means thriving because the Dutchmen have done a lot more than survive...
Girls volleyball roundup: New Utrecht, Townsend Harris shock city powers
Vera Zhuk didn’t play last year at New Utrecht. But she came to the team with some setting experience. So when Friday's match started going wrong for the Utes, coach...
BofA sells another slice of the action
For a bank whose chief executive has said it doesn’t need to raise capital, Bank of America certainly seems to be cleaning its attic of all unnecessary assets. BofA’s latest...
New Dish deal is a Blockbuster
Blockbuster will offer an online video streaming service for customers of satellite television provider Dish Network, a move to better compete with TV and movie rental giant Netflix. The new...
Marts ‘sick & tired’
Wall Street posted a weak rebound yesterday from Thursday’s massive rout -- but after experiencing the largest weekly decline since 2008, investors will take it. While the major stock markets...
Swipe cardsharps
It’s about to cost stores more dough to sell a cup of joe. Ahead of the Oct. 1 law change that will drastically reduce the fees banks collect from each...
Flub bad for Nielsen’s ratings
Nielsen admitted a big flub in its TV data collection process yesterday, but denied it will result in any disruption to the highly sensitive $60.5 billion TV advertising market. The...
Devil-ish deal for NHL team
In a stunning development, New Jersey Devils co-owner Ray Chambers has agreed to pay $25 million to unload his 47 percent stake in the team, sources close to the situation...
Apt. flips for $35M
William Zeckendorf, a partner at Brown Harris Stevens, has made a $35.5 million killing selling two apartments in less than a year -- all thanks to a rival firm. Zeckendorf...
Business briefs
Net neutralityLong-delayed rules that aim to balance consumer and content provider interests against those who sell access to the Web will take effect Nov. 20.UncrunchedMichael Arrington, the founder and editor...
Groupon revenue goes missing
Groupon just lost more than half its revenue. The daily deals company, in its latest act of financial revisionism, chopped its revenue by 54 percent yesterday after the Securities and...
New Amazon toy
Amazon, it appears, is about to reveal its latest creation: a tablet. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant sent invites to a New York City event scheduled for Wednesday -- where it...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A shoplifter with expensive taste was arrested for stealing $20,000 in clothing from two highend boutiques, authorities said. On Aug. 9, Kenneth Graham, 32, allegedly stole a fur coat...
Elevator tragedy
A man plummeted 10 floors to his death down an elevator shaft of a 13-story commercial building yesterday morning in Midtown, police said.Robert Melito, 44, of Staten Island, an elevator...
Hold the murder!
There must be 57 ways to fake your murder. Erenildes Araujo Aguiar (pictured), a Brazilian housewife in Pidonbacu, used ketchup -- with the help of the hit man hired to...
UN showdown on Palestine
Ignoring intense opposition from the United States and Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally presented yesterday his doomed demand that the Palestinians be recognized as a nation by the UN....
PM’s visit to 9/11 memorial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an unannounced visit to the 9/11 memorial with Mayor Bloomberg on Thursday night to pay his respects and to touch the names carved in...
DSK faces showdown
PARIS -- Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the woman who accuses him of trying to rape her in 2003 have been ordered to appear before a judge to tell...
‘Centenarian boom’ tale dies
Reports of Americans living beyond the ripe old age of 100 appear to be greatly exaggerated. The Census Bureau predicted six years ago that the United States would have 114,000...
‘Ponzi’ hoops legend
Tate George, who hit one of the most memorable shots in UConn basketball history and went on to a brief NBA career, surrendered to federal authorities in Newark yesterday to...
Rx slay gun-grab attempt
A Suffolk County detective wanted to confiscate Long Island pharmacy killer David Laffer’s guns five months before the massacre, but his request was turned down, according to a report. Detective...
Daddy’s girl in ‘denial’
Barbara Sheehan’s daughter, Jennifer Joyce, who testified that she lived in fear of her slain cop father, was painted by prosecutors yesterday as an ungrateful, spoiled girl whose dad gave...
Student push left behind
President Obama yesterday gutted the No Child Left Behind law by announcing that states can apply for waivers to scrap a requirement that all students be proficient in math and...
‘Double’ grades trouble
The number of elementary and middle schools rated with D’s or F’s nearly doubled since last year -- jumping from 57 to 111, education officials said yesterday. The low ratings...
A great rebound!
What a difference a year makes. PS 195 in Queens was rated with a D and ranked in the bottom 10 percent of elementary schools in 2010. But after its...
From top to bottom
After three years of getting only A’s or B’s on its city-issued report cards, PS 377 in Bushwick sank like a stone this year -- hitting rock bottom among city...
Soccer ref’s ‘drug’ jail boot
A former soccer referee from Ecuador was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday for smuggling more than 13 1/2 pounds of heroin through JFK Airport. “He was in debt,...
Cat-nipped!
Me-ouch! Spotlight-weary Willow the cat bit her 3-year-old owner yesterday as cameras rolled on their happy if painful reunion. Little Lauren “Lola’’ Squires had barely finished cooing about how she...
City take$ ax to storm tree
A month after Hurricane Irene hurled a massive oak through a Queens house, the city yesterday ordered the tree removed -- at the homeowner’s expense. The tree smashed through the...
Bankrupt & silent: $olar duo take Fifth
WASHIGTON -- Top executives from a bankrupt California solar-energy company declined to testify before a congressional hearing investigating their half-billion dollar government loan. Solyndra Inc. CEO Brian Harrison and the...
Gov lets ‘bad’ cops keep their pensions
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo yesterday signed a bill -- over Mayor Bloomberg’s objections -- that lets 20-year NYPD and FDNY veterans keep their pensions even if they’re dismissed for wrongdoing....
Put up your Dukes in Wayne bids
Yup. A lot of Pilgrims figure to Duke it out for a chance to own some John Wayne memorabilia. More than 700 items belonging to the screen legend, who died...
‘Stunning’ JFK bust
A Saudi man was busted at JFK Airport after the Transportation Security Administration spotted a stun gun and four other weapons in his checked bag, sources said yesterday. Mohamed Hefni,...
200G ‘grab & dash’
This brazen crook should be throwing himself one hell of a party this weekend. A thief swiped $200,000 or more in cash from an armored truck in Queens yesterday --...
Chinese water torture
Chinatown is drowning -- in stinky puddles of standing water.Community leaders used yesterday’s torrential downpour to declare war on the dirty pools that accumulate and don’t drain. They said they’re...
Weekend trains a slow go
Weekend subway service is as slow and creaky as ever, showing only marginal improvement over the last year, new data shows. Trains on the 1 through 6 lines ran on...
$600M ‘dead’ payout
WASHIGNTON -- The federal government has doled out more than $600 million in benefit payments to dead people over the past five years, a new watchdog report says. Such payments...
GOPers’ 'body' shots
WASHINGTON -- Gut-punching Republican presidential contenders are now aiming for each other’s vital organs. A day after Rick Perry said rival Mitt Romney and other challengers don’t have “heart” if...
Cheers for Mahmoud -- silence for Bibi
The United Nations -- minus the US and Israeli delegations -- erupted in rounds of applause yesterday as an uncharismatic Palestinian leader mercilessly attacked Israel. Turtle Bay was almost stone...
Nik high on Niagara
Albany -- Tightrope daredevil Nik Wallenda got an OK yesterday from Gov. Cuomo to take a high-wire walk over Niagara Falls. Cuomo signed a bill into law exempting Wallenda --...
Satellite hangs on
A 6-ton NASA satellite on a collision course with Earth clung to space last night, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge.The old research spacecraft...
Commish tells cops to weed out small-pot busts
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly issued an internal order this week that will stop cops from making arrests for small amounts of marijuana, unless the drugs were in public view. A...
All’s ‘knot’ lost
The luck of the Irish held out. Irish sweethearts Ross Purcell and Annabel McCarthy tied the knot last night in a misty Central Park -- an improbably happy ending for...
‘2nd thoughts’ for Christie on running
He’s thinking about becoming the new face in the race. New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie is considering a run for president, after getting lobbied hard from some of the...
Cop shoots B’klyn man, ending wild foot chase
A 30-year-old Brooklyn man was in critical condition last night after being shot by a cop during a running gunfight, police sources said. Plainclothes cops said they approached Jerry Benoit...
Body in Jersey drum
Human remains were reportedly found yesterday in a cement-filled 55-gallon drum in the building where a missing New Jersey mom lived with her husband and baby, authorities said.The grisly discovery...
$quealing with delight
Snitches get riches. The FBI says it has paid a $2.1 million reward to tipsters for information leading to the arrest of notorious fugitive Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger...
Senate nixes disaster $$
The Democratic-led Senate blocked a House bill yesterday that would provide disaster aid and keep government agencies open, escalating the parties’ latest showdown over spending and highlighting the raw partisan...
Payoff pitch on Mets suit
The $1 billion federal lawsuit against the Mets’ owners over their Bernard Madoff money is reaching the bottom of the ninth. A judge could rule as soon as Monday about...
Tix fix: 17 cops indicted
There will be no fixing this case. A total of 17 cops were slapped with indictments by a Bronx grand jury investigating the sensational NYPD ticket-fixing scandal, sources told The...
Donning new role
John Travolta’s determined to get his “dapper” down. The actor spent more than two hours screening family movies at Victoria Gotti’s home Thursday — perfecting the walk, talk and mannerisms...
Speech gags to save pols
The pleasant sound you hear -- the clatter of bad laws crumbling -- is the edifice of campaign-finance restrictions disintegrating. Washington state provides a fresh example of the exhaustion of...
Voters’ Meek(s) response to ‘most corrupt’ pol
The Issue: A watchdog group’s decision to place Rep. Meeks on its list of “most corrupt” congressmen. *** Add Rep. Gregory Meeks to the long list of corrupt politicians representing...
Divorce -- New York-Style
The Issue: Whether New York’s no-fault divorce law is fair to the parties involved. *** Thank you for letting me know I’m not the only one who was nailed to...
A Fifth of Solyndra
Can the Solyndra fiasco get much worse for the Obama administration? What started as a steering of stimulus money to a solar-paneling firm run by an Obama donor yesterday became...
Thanks, Larry
Pop open the bubbly: Larry Silverstein’s gleaming 52-story tower at 7 World Trade Center is fully occupied, thanks to a lease inked this week. It’s a testament to Silverstein’s vision...
Jackson reconsiders, alas
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson should stand by her principles -- and resign. As The Post reported Monday, Jackson was all set to do just that two weeks back...
Strong nations should ditch the Euro
Europeans can’t say they weren’t warned. For a decade before the euro was launched, critics—and many economists — argued that one currency wouldn’t fit all, or even most, of the...
The ultimate justice
On Wednesday, two men were lawfully executed. Both insisted they were innocent. You’ve likely heard of one: Troy Davis. The other deathpenalty “victim,” Lawrence Russell Brewer, was until this week...
McCartney dance adrift
If you moved "West Side Story" even farther west -- all the way into the Hudson River -- would you end up with Paul McCartney's water ballet, "Ocean's Kingdom"? If...
Kid stuff
Today Apples to apples: Brooklyn’s early settlers sure knew how to get the most out of their fruit. Learn all about it at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum’s Annual Apple Festival,...
Welcome to the club
There's no time like Fashion Week to open a new nightclub and, indeed, last week some noteworthy boites debuted in NYC. Now that the celebs and models have christened Manhattan’s...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
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Fairplex Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
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Rangers clinch AL West
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Elvis Andrus took off on a home run trot and Texas Rangers fans cheered as he mimicked what was going on in a game 1,400 miles away....
Fan heaves banana at black NHL player
TORONTO -- The NHL called it "stupid and ignorant." Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds said he's "above this sort of stuff." A banana was thrown from the stands in London, Ontario,...
MLB will add wild-card teams, hold one-game playoff: sources
Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement for Major League Baseball are moving at a fast pace and one issue the sides have all but agreed upon is adding two...
Two do for Hondo
Ho-hum, another night another sweep. Red-hot Hondo took two again last night, scoring with the Braves and BYU to lower the accounts payable to 2,035 krukows. Today, Mr. Aitch will...
Mayweather wants Merchant out
Floyd "Money" Mayweather wants Larry Merchant fired from HBO. He told him so during a postfight interview after knocking out Victor Ortiz in the fourth round of their WBC welterweight...
Minus Mangold, Jets' Baxter ready for Raiders
Two months ago, Colin Baxter was an undrafted free agent, hoping to latch on with an NFL team. Three weeks ago, he was about to get cut by San Diego,...
Ed Fountaine's Stakes Spot Plays
KENT Delaware Park, eighth race. Grade 3. Purse: $250,000. 1 miles, turf, 3-year-olds. Post: 4:24 p.m. LOWDOWN: Early this year, Crimson China was rated above eventual Kentucky Derby winner Animal...
Revis' advice helping Jets' Wilson turn corner
After struggling through his rookie season with the Jets, first-round draft pick Kyle Wilson latched onto Darrelle Revis, the best mentor a cornerback could hope to find. Now it looks...
Getting lineup right key to Yankees' ALDS success
The Yankees can leave Robinson Cano in the fifth spot in the lineup for the postseason. But that will put a lot of their October life in the hands of...
Giants receivers facing tough Eagles secondary
No one in the Giants’ locker room was denying the obvious yesterday. The team's depleted receiver corps taking on the Eagles’ three Pro Bowl cornerbacks tomorrow in Philadelphia is an...
Eagles QB Vick says he'll play against Giants
"Sic Vick" officially became the Giants' mantra yesterday. Big Blue has been resigned all week to facing Michael Vick, but confirmation from the Eagles' star quarterback that he will play...
Red Sox GM denies rift with manager
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said yesterday he and manager Terry Francona are seeing eye to eye, and dismissed a radio report that suggested otherwise. On "The Dan Patrick...
A.J. could be favorite to make Game 3 start for Yankees
So what does the highest profile member of the "I'm Behind CC and Nova Club" think of not knowing when or if he will pitch for the Yankees in the...
Give Burnett ball in Yankees' Game 3
CC Sabathia can't start every playoff game for the Yankees; Game 1 and Game 4 are enough in Round 1. Ivan Nova will have enough on his plate as the...
Scott grabs slim lead
Adam Scott is playing well enough to win the Tour Championship. If he gets some help, he could win a lot more. Scott birdied his last two holes yesterday in...
Giants can prey on Eagles on ground
Smash them in the mouth. If you can't knock Michael Vick out of the game, keep him on the sideline by keeping the ball away from him. It is time...
Giants won't punt to Eagles star this time
Steve Weatherford will be aiming for the seats and not just the sidelines tomorrow at Lincoln Financial Field. The Giants’ veteran punter knows all too well the fate that befell...
Hunter seeking comfort zone with Jets
It was good to be around friends, who knew you long before you reached the scrutiny of the NFL. Wayne Hunter endured a rough season opener against the Cowboys, a...
Reyes not sure if it's his final Mets homestand
Jose Reyes has said all year he wasn't thinking about his impending free agency or the possibility of leaving the Mets. And that's still true -- for now. But the...
Today's Sports on Air
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Lockout costs Knicks 3 preseason games
Three down and probably many more to come. Carmelo Anthony will be in Philadelphia tomorrow night, playing in a pro-am game at The Palestra, but you can scratch Melo and...
Italian club woos Kobe
Arrivederci, Kobe! Kobe Bryant, whom Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni remembers as an 8-year-old boy shooting baskets in a Milan gym, may be going home. Bryant has been offered a $6.7...
Yankees' Cervelli hopeful he can play in ALDS
Francisco Cervelli might be hoping against hope, but the backup catcher hasn’t given up on being on the Yankees’ ALDS roster. Cervelli, who suffered a third career concussion on Sept....
Sports shorts
MLS: Red Bulls suspend Marquez Defender Rafael Marquez has been suspended by coach Hans Backe and will miss tonight's game against Portland. The Mexico international was critical of his teammates...
Cowboys' Romo still uncertain
Tony Romo is still sleeping in a recliner, still not practicing and still not certain whether he'll be able to play against the Redskins on Monday night. He's also not...
Larsson, Kovalchuk clicking for Devils
There are other issues, other job competitions, but the Devils’ preseason is quickly becoming All About Adam. Pardon the Devils if they dream that Adam Larsson proves to be the...
Rangers must weigh Campoli as option for uncertain defense
The Rangers inquired about Chris Campoli within days after the Blackhawks walked away from the 27-year-old defenseman's $2.5 million salary arbitration award this summer, The Post has learned, but the...
Home Team Lineups
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16 arrest
Joshua Rendon and Ebony Jackson-Rendon, an Arkansas couple featured on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, have lost their child to the state and face criminal charges. Officers in Little Rock, serving...
Lynch Emmy slap
Thanks, but no thanks. Jane Lynch, who hosted last Sunday’s Emmy Awards, says she wouldn’t host again if she had to decide right now. But she might think about it,...
‘AMC’-ya later
The series finale of “All My Children” didn’t so much close doors on the show -- but blow them wide open. Judging by yesterday’s finale, you’d never have guessed that...
Weird but true
She can blame social media if she doesn’t like her name. A Crystal Lake, Ill., couple who can’t agree on a name for their second daughter have turned to Facebook...
Spurned West Virginia looks to make statement vs. LSU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- My, this is awkward. Just days after being told it was not wanted by the SEC, West Virginia hosts what is arguably the best team from the...
Big East needs more Notre Dame
As far as arranged marriages go, the one between Notre Dame and the Big East has worked out pretty well to date. The Irish have found a home for their...
Girls soccer roundup: Sofer's big second half powers RKA
Riverdale/Kingsbridge understood the importance of the game coming in, but it took an explosive second half to ensure the win. “We wanted to make sure that we came out ahead,”...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Harris leads Clinton to upset of Columbus
Darren Harris scored twice and Eduardo Conforme and Jephtha Bonsu added goals as DeWitt Clinton shocked Columbus, 4-2, in PSAL Bronx A boys soccer Friday afternoon. Nestor Romero had two...
Family matters for SFP's Pierre
Kiara Pierre was nervous and not just because it was the first league match of the season. Sitting up in the stands during her St. Francis Prep team’s opener against...
INSIDE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Mackey filling in, Fontbonne without a gym
Bob Mackey is used to having one of the best girls basketball teams in the country every year. So the Christ the King co-athletic director, who is filling in as...
CHSAA/Private boys soccer roundup: Rain washes out CHSAA 'A' slate
Rain and flooding left the CHSAA Class A boys soccer league mostly idle Friday. Games between Monsignor McClancy and St. Joseph by the Sea; Mount St. Michael and Salesian; Bishop...
Khadafy's daughter says wacko fugitive Libyan dictator is 'doing well'
ALGIERS, Algeria -- Aisha Khadafy, daughter of the ousted Libyan leader, said Friday that her father was well and fighting on the ground, as she attacked the country's new rulers...