September 25, 2011
Jets fourth-quarter rally falls short against Raiders
OAKLAND, Calif. – Not this time. The Jets have made a living off dramatic, how-did-they-do-that, fourth-quarter comebacks in the last year. But, Sunday the Raiders denied them another line on...
Iran hikers: We were jailed because we're Americans
Declaring that they were detained because of their nationality, not their actions, two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison came home Sunday, ending a...
A polar bear sighting in the Andes
A polar bear and a parrot defy death in South America. Shot in the Andes Mountains in Bolivia and Peru, the second season of “IRT: Deadliest Roads,” which debuted on...
Ellsbury's 3-run HR lifts Red Sox over Yankees in game 2 of doubleheader
The Red Sox salvaged their AL wild-card lead Sunday when Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-out, three-run homer in the 14th inning of the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader, lifting Boston...
NYPD's Kelly says cops could take down an aircraft
The NYPD now has anti-aircraft capability. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly tells "60 Minutes" that the NYPD has "some means to take down a plane" in what he termed...
Vick doesn't know if he can play next week for Eagles
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Vick has a broken right hand, and it's uncertain when the Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback will return. Vick left Sunday's 29-16 loss to the New York Giants...
Braves' late-season swoon continues with loss to Nationals
WASHINGTON -- Altanta's NL wild-card lead was cut to one game over St. Louis, with the top four hitters in the Braves' lineup, including Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla, going...
Bills, down 21, upset Patriots
ORCHARD PARK -- No matter how big the deficit, no matter which opponent, Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Buffalo Bills are proving they're not the same old NFL pushovers. One week...
Rays top Blue Jays to move closer to Red Sox
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- B.J. Upton and Ben Zobrist homered in the first inning to back Wade Davis, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Sunday...
Nazareth's Faulk picks West Virginia
New York City’s top senior is off the market.Nazareth point guard Darius Faulk committed to West Virginia on Sunday at the end of her official visit in Morgantown, she confirmed...
Box Office: 'Moneyball' comes in at No. 2 -- barely
How big a star is Brad Pitt really, when the debut of his esctatically-reviewed, heavily advertised "Moneyball'' comes in over the plate an at estimated $1.5 million below the second...
Miracle! Man with broken leg survives 4 days in Utah desert
SALT LAKE CITY — A North Carolina man crawled four days across the Utah desert after breaking his leg on a solo hike, inspired by a Hollywood movie about a...
Giants stun Eagles behind Cruz's big day; Vick breaks hand
PHILADELPHIA -- Eli Manning delivered the knockout blow after Michael Vick got knocked out of another game. Manning threw four touchdown passes, including two to Victor Cruz, and the New...
Mike rips Buffett Rule as 'theatrics,' says wealthy pay their share
Mayor Mike won't be joining the Buffett bandwagon. Bloomberg, speaking this morning on "Meet the Press," blasted billionaire investor Warren Buffett's call for the super-rich to pay more in taxes...
Madman machete attack in Bronx
A Bronx man set himself on fire this morning after savagely attacking a neighbor with a machete, authorities said. Teddy John, 36, was engulfed in flames after spilling flammable liquid...
Staal won't leave with rest of Rangers for Europe
Rangers head coach John Tortorella confirmed after Sunday's practice that defenseman Marc Staal will not be with the on team's flight to Europe following Monday night's preseason game in Philadelphia....
Follow Jets-Raiders with Post writers
The Post has today's Jets-Raiders game in Oakland covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.The Jets hit the road for the first time...
Giants punter calls Philadelphia 'a dump'
Steve Weatherford got the Sunday smack talk started even before the Giants-Eagles game kicked off. The Giants punter tweeted, “Just arrived in Philly. What a dump, Let's get a W...
Phillies rough up Pelfrey, Mets
Mike Pelfrey stood frozen on the mound, barely moving when Shane Victorino's shot banged off the right-field wall. No turning around to follow the play, no running to back up...
Uneasy alliance: Fearing attack by Afghan 'allies,' Brit troops to sleep with pistols
LONDON -- British troops in Afghanistan should be armed with a pistol at all times -- even while sleeping -- because of the high risk of being attacked by their...
Senator Graham: Consider military action against Pakistan
WASHINGTON — A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said today that the U.S. should consider military action against Pakistan if it continues to support terrorist attacks against American...
Bloomberg: Bam can win, but I'm not endorsing anyone
WASHINGTON — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he thinks President Barack Obama could win re-election next year in spite of the country's high unemployment rate. Bloomberg cites the...
Red Sox lose to Yankees; wild-card lead down to 1/2 game
The bumbling Boston Red Sox lost yet again, with A.J. Burnett making his most impressive start in nearly three months and Jorge Posada hitting a two-run homer that led the...
Queens teen fatally stabbed in head
A 16-year-old girl who’d just been savagely stabbed in the head made a desperate call to 911 as she lay bleeding to death on a Brooklyn street corner, police sources...
Follow Giants-Eagles with Post writers
The Giants upset the Eagles, 29-16 in Philadelphia on Sunday. Victor Cruz scored two touchdowns for the Giants, who are now 2-1. The Giants held Michael Vick down for most...
That stings! Man 'o wars sink Nyad's distance swim try
MIAMI — Endurance athlete Diana Nyad ended her swimming ultramarathon from Cuba to Florida today after medics warned another painful sting from a Portuguese Man o' War could be life...
Everest tour plane crash in Nepal kills 19, including 2 Americans
KATMANDU, Nepal — A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal today, killing all 19 people on board, including 13 foreigners, officials said....
Iran hikers back in NY: 'We were jailed because we're Americans'
Declaring that they were detained because of their nationality, not their actions, two Americans held for more than two years in an Iranian prison came home Sunday, ending a diplomatic...
Saudi king gives women right to vote for first time
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi King Abdullah announced today that the nation's women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in...
Libyan revolutionaries discover grave containing remains of 1,270 inmates killed in 1996 prison massacre
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan revolutionary authorities say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of 1,270 inmates killed by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in a 1996 prison...
Gal lays a 'brick' suit
A Staten Island woman claims the city Housing Authority won't give her a fair shot to become its first female bricklayer. Rita Walsh, 52, claims she was wrongly passed over...
Dominant first half powers Curtis past Brooklyn Tech
Most teams hope to be regarded highly by media outlets and pundits. Not Curtis. “Keep us ninth,” Warriors quarterback Prince Dukes said of The Post's PSAL rankings. “Leave us the...
CHSFL/Independent roundup: Richardson rallies Hayes past CK late
James Richardson took a huge step forward with a long run and a short pass to complete a game-winning drive. The junior dreamt of being the quarterback at Cardinal Hayes,...
Battle of the Bronx roundup: Fieldston falls in final without two key players
The beginning of Fieldston’s undoing came midway through the first set. Senior libero Sarah Graham fearlessly chased after a ball out of bounds and slammed her foot against the bottom...
Mr. Anderson: Junior back, Friars run past Rams
When St. Anthony's lost its star running back Dariyan Riley to an ankle injury last week, the Friars knew someone needed to step up. Fortunately for them, junior back Anthony...
Watt, Science win inaugural Battle of the Bronx title
Dominique Watt missed school Friday with flu-like symptoms and was absent for Bronx Science’s win over Lehman. She was not going to miss out on the inaugural Battle of the...
Tax-deadbeat billionaire
Philip Falcone controls a billion-dollar hedge fund but couldn’t cough up $192,182 to pay the city taxes he owes on his two Upper East Side homes. Falcone and his wife,...
Movement to extend porgy season
There is a move in New York to team up with Connecticut in trying to extend this year’s porgy season. New York’s Marine Resource Advisory Council (MRAC) was informed that...
Giants aim to avenge recent misery vs. Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — It could be a nightmare scenario this afternoon as the Giants get their first look at the self-proclaimed “Dream Team” Eagles, who in their home opener at Lincoln...
How Giants can ground high-flying Eagles
They will be greeted with curses and taunts as soon as their bus pulls up, and inside their visiting locker room before kickoff, they will hear the bloodthirsty howls of...
Eagles WR Smith facing former team
Steve Smith delighted the Giants in 2009 when he set a franchise record with 107 receptions. He bummed them out this summer when he rebuffed their offer and instead signed...
The Rumble
A New York Post sportswriter once referred to Tom Seaver as “the last of the non-adulterous ballplayers.” A fascinating new book, “The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times,” details...
Real easy for Jets to hate Black Hole
OAKLAND, Calif. — This was a few years ago, before a Jets-Raiders playoff game at the Coliseum. Joe Namath was talking, about old rivalries and old resentments, about the way...
Jets geared to run through Raiders
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jets guard Matt Slauson put it diplomatically when asked about Raiders fans this week. "They are a little bit different," Slauson said. Uh, yeah. That’s fair. But...
Jets rookie becomes center of attention for injured Turner
OAKLAND, Calif. — Rob Turner broke his right leg in the Jets’ first preseason game, but he was a valuable member of the team this week. Turner, a five-year veteran,...
Deception is a sport of its own
How do you like your frauds? Scrambled or over easy? Case I: Just before PSL Stadium opened, the Jets concocted and publicized an online auction to sell its best PSLs....
Cutler gets shot at redemption
When we last saw the Packers and Bears at Soldier Field, Green Bay was headed to the Super Bowl as Jay Cutler was being fitted for a roasting spit in...
Dolphins are not on road to recovery
Here's the good news for the Dolphins today: They’re not playing at home, where they have lost 11 of their last 12 games dating back to the end of the...
Upstart Lions, Bills on the way to reversing fortunes
The magic of the NFL is that in any given season, a renaissance can grip any given city and flood it with unbridled joy and hope and cheer. Suddenly, Detroit...
Yankees crush Red Sox, secure home-field advantage through ALCS
There were plenty of reasons for the Yankees to smile yesterday. They watched Derek Jeter slug a three-run homer. They saw Jesus Montero continue to stake his claim for the...
Starter won't decide Yankees' Game 3 fate
Free your mind. Stop thinking about who will start Game 3 of the American League Division Series for the Yankees and focus on the strategy that will be employed in...
Teixeira OK batting fifth for Yankees
Declaring that the team’s priorities are what matters, Mark Teixeira said he has no problem hitting fifth in the Yankees’ postseason lineup. “Oh, yeah. That’s fine. It’s all about the...
Verlander outshines others in Hardball awards
Welcome to our annual consideration of the word “valuable.” Actually “Valuable,” capitalized and the middleman between Most and Player. Three little syllables creating one big pain when it comes to...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Yankees trainer Gene Monahan
Longtime Yankees trainer Gene Monahan, who will retire this year following his 49th season with the team, shares a half-century of pinstripe history with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Your...
Generation of fans know Mets as second-rate
It was 18 years ago that the Yankees first began to show signs that they were emerging from the haze. They won 88 games that year, finished seven games behind...
Tough cuts ahead for Rangers
The first cuts were the easiest, if not for the players to absorb, than certainly for management to enact. The critical preseason personnel decisions all remain ahead for the Rangers,...
Standard time on Shanahan’s watch
There's nothing not to endorse at the onset of Brendan Shanahan’s Administration of Transparency, including the way the sureshot future first-ballot Hall of Famer introduces himself as the "NHL’s Senior...
Red Bulls beat Portland 2-0; back into last wildcard spot
Despite being arguably MLS’ biggest underachievers, and suspending star Rafa Marquez for their biggest game, the Red Bulls have somehow climbed back into the playoff hunt. They clawed their way...
Silicon Boro
Jalak Jobanputra -- a veteran venture capitalist with cred on both coasts and around the world -- sees immigrants from India as a key ingredient energizing New York City’s tech...
'Rise and $hine' is new film dawn
Crowd sourcing comes to the big screen. When two nontraditional filmmakers, attorney Nick Lewis and acupuncturist Ranko Tutulugdzija, sought to finance a documentary about their friend, soccer star Jay DeMerit,...
Saying goodbye to savings bonds
Dear John: Effective next January people like me -- all over the country -- will no longer be able to go to a bank, fill out a US savings bond...
This week's winners and losers
WINNERS JAMIE DIMON JPMorgan chief’s firm is No. 1 to work for in financial services workplace poll. MEG WHITMAN Named CEO after HP discarded Leo Apotheker like a used printer...
Fed up with Ben
Ben Bernanke left the American public “Twisting” in the wind with the Fed’s latest announcement last week. The Fed chief’s new program of selling short-term Treasuries and buying longer-termed notes...
Cheap China goods cost NY 161K jobs
Americans’ mad craving for low-cost goods from China has come at a shocking price: The loss of 161,400 jobs in the past decade. And some 300,000 New York jobs now...
Comeback Kid should get a call
Well, if we learned one thing this past wretched week on Wall Street, it’s that Warren Buffett doesn’t need the IRS to take his billions away. Just days after President...
It’s end of an error
There will be no more rides on the Highlander, the 151-foot yacht built in a Dutch shipyard 25 years ago that was once the centerpiece of the trappings of power...
Rare Marilyn photos to be auctioned off
Photos from Marilyn Monroe’s first photo shoot -- including a color shot of her smiling in a striped bikini on the sand -- are hitting the auction block. A bankruptcy...
Yang eyes Chinese cash
The Yahooligans are at it again. Founder Jerry Yang, who said after the firing of CEO Carol Bartz that the company was not for sale, admitted to employees in a...
$1M handout to ill health 'exec'
A wealthy Hasidic real-estate family with a checkered past and a nonprofit medical center in Williamsburg has paid its patriarch more than $1.2 million in recent years with taxpayer cash...
From HS dropout to online sensation
It’s the YouTube of urban antics -- and a formerly homeless ninth-grade dropout from Queens is the mogul behind it. Hollis native Lee “Q” O’Denat makes sure WorldStarHipHop.com is “real,...
Schools at 'scan still'
Kids are sneaking fewer guns and knives into city schools, but the NYPD and city Department of Education are loath to cut back on their airport-style metal detectors, The Post...
2nd Ave. $nubway on damage claims
The Second Avenue subway project is rattling nerves, cracking tiles, jarring gas lines -- and caused a dog named Buttons to nearly lose an eye. The unlucky pup was walking...
Sibs fight ‘incest’ rent slap
These siblings say they’re psychic, but they didn’t see this smear campaign coming. Clara Sharma, 75, and her roommate-brother, Charles Steene, 71, claim their landlord is trying to roust them...
Deserted island
Welcome to Shutter Island. The main drag of Roosevelt Island, a 14,000-resident bedroom community in the middle of the East River, is like death row, with nine of 35 storefronts...
'Felonious' monk flap
There’s no vow of poverty for these Monks. A well-known chain of thrift stores that says it shares part of its proceeds with a Brooklyn church apparently believes that charity...
E. Side eatery bicycle terror
These take-out cowboys are taking out pedestrians. Bicycling deliverymen are the scourge of East Side sidewalks and intersections, according to a survey of 1,300 residents by Councilman Dan Garodnick (D-Manhattan)...
Rent-a-pal dinner for A’jad
Iran’s wacky leader has to buy his friends. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known for changing his clothes only once a week, offered $1,500 to guests to dine with him at the...
Scarlett Johansson backing Scott Stringer for mayor
Over the summer, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer sat down for coffee at the Carlyle hotel with Scarlett Johansson, her twin brother, Hunter, and Stringer’s pregnant wife, Elyse, to casually...
Money-grub 'tip' suits driving eateries out of business
A top restaurateur is throwing in the apron, saying he’s done with New York City because a wave of vicious lawsuits, coupled with draconian state regulations, threatens to cripple the...
NYC gals getting out-dated
There ain’t much sex in this city. The 10001 ZIP code that straddles Chelsea and the Penn Station area has one of the highest ratios of young women to men...
Funk legend Sly Stone homeless and living in a van in LA
In his heyday, he lived at 783 Bel Air Road, a four-bedroom, 5,432-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion that once belonged to John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas. The Tudor-style...
Mohammed shows face at the Met
The Met is no longer non-prophet. After at least an eight-year absence, images of Mohammed will return to the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the renovated Islamic galleries reopen in...
Here’s a tip, O: Pay up!
Dear President Obama: Fork out! That’s the message an irate hotel honcho sent the president last week -- along with a bill for $5,000 -- after Obama’s midtown visit on...
Plan’s senior moment
The city’s $125 million rent-subsidy program for seniors is plagued with massive problems, despite claims by the Finance Department that it has corrected computer glitches that fouled up thousands of...
Christie feeling the prez-ure
Promises of money and support are flooding in from key GOP donors and backers desperate to get New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie into the 2012 presidential race, even as insiders...
‘Fix’ is in: Wrist slaps for previous tix cops
As the 17 NYPD cops indicted in the ticket-fix scandal sweat out the weekend before their surrender, dozens of other cops have already been slapped with punishments by the department....
Prez will be Vlad all over
All hail Vladimir Putin, the once and future leader of Russia. Putin, still the country’s most powerful politician even after being term-limited out of office as president in 2008, will...
‘Hard line’ in sand
It’ll be easier to pass a camel through the eye of a needle than to get Mahmoud Abbas to negotiate with Israel. The petulant Palestinian leader threw cold water yesterday...
State of confusion
The Palestinian request for statehood is expected to move to the UN Security Council tomorrow, but no action is expected on it for months. Ultimately, the plan will come to...
Libyan fighters push into ’Dafy’s old ’hood
SIRTE, Libya -- Hundreds of revolutionary fighters pushed into Moammar Khadafy’s hometown yesterday in the first significant assault in about a week as Libya’s new rulers try to rout remaining...
Beer & movie in ‘house’
Now you can drown your existential angst at the next Woody Allen flick with a six-pack. One of the country’s largest chains, AMC Theaters, which operates 24 theaters in the...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** Police are looking for two thugs (one pictured here) who robbed a deliveryman at knifepoint at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. One thief held a knife...
Jail pen attack
A Rikers Island inmate stabbed a captain and an officer with a pen after he was caught trying to smuggle in contraband. Hector Matos, 40, tried to slip in two...
Clintons plot a mulligan
With poll after poll showing President Obama’s prospects sinking along with the economy, wild scenarios suddenly pop up in conversations. Some Dems, for example, believe there is a small but...
Wall St. protests end in mayhem
A near-riot broke out yesterday when the week-long Wall Street protests took a violent turn in a clash between hundreds of marchers and cops on the streets surrounding Union Square....
Gunman scare for pope
Erfurt, Germany -- A man was arrested in a shooting incident 600 yards from where Pope Benedict XVI was celebrating Mass yesterday, authorities said.The man fired four shots from an...
No bull: It’s olé to go!
It’s the last olé! Spain’s top matadors are enjoying a final weekend of taunting toros before bullfighting is banned from Catalonia, a large state in the country’s northeast. Catalonia now...
Satellite down in the Pacific
All -- or nearly all -- of a six-ton satellite plunged into the Pacific Ocean, NASA officials said yesterday.Even though it was as big as a bus, NASA says it...
Rick rocked in Fla.
Orlando, Fla. -- Former pizza businessman Herman Cain surprised rival Rick Perry with an upset victory yesterday in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, dealing a shocking loss to...
Bravest, indeed!
A hero Marine who was presented the military’s top honor by President Obama nearly saw his dream of joining the FDNY crushed by bureaucratic red tape -- but the city...
Man killed over iPhone
A 27-year-old man was fatally shot over an iPhone in Brooklyn last night, cops and friends said. The victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was shot in the...
Hit-&-run kin’s plea
A daughter grieving her mom’s death in a Brooklyn hit-and-run accident begged yesterday for the heartless driver to surrender to cops. “For someone to take her so brutally, it hurts,”...
Hubby busted in NJ mom slay
A day after the remains of missing New Jersey mom were discovered in a cement-filled drum, her husband was charged in the grisly case, it was reported last night.Steven Acuna...
Blow out
It’s not an insult to say that the best part of star hairdresser Carrie White’s new book “Upper Cut” is the end. That’s because it’s only in her afterthought that...
In my library Mario Batali
"I love to read in the kitchen," says Mario Batali. "I'll pick up a book while things are simmering on the stove." It seems the affable chef has a lot...
Obama adrift
The subtitle of Ron Suskind’s new book on the Obama administration, “Confidence Men,” is “Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President.” It’s that last bit that is the...
Required reading
Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story by Michael Seth Starr (Applause) Most people know Redd Foxx from his hit 1970s series “Sanford and Son.” But Post TV writer Michael...
In dog we trust
They say every dog has his day, but Rin Tin Tin’s lasted half a century. He surfaced with his tawny coat and expressive eyes at almost every important juncture of...
Cheap dates
In today’s lousy economy, men can take comfort in knowing that there is one sought-after good that is becoming steadily more affordable: sex. Women are jumping into the sack faster...
In-toll-erable
New Yorkers’ supermarket carts will soon be even lighter than Barbara Hollingsworth fears (“Getting Slammed at the Supermarket,” PostOpinion, Sept. 20). A tractor-trailer going to the Hunts Point market now...
Stuck in the middle
Ed Thomas has a house in Darien, Conn., four cars, an over-achieving son at American University, and 20 years behind him as a middle-manager, earning six figures a year. He...
The private lives of terrorists
Stymied in his attempts to conduct a love affair with another man, a frustrated young gay Saudi finds an outlet: His thoughts turn to a life as a terrorist. “That’s...
Meeks’ moral morass
A DC-based watchdog group has come to the same conclusion that Post readers likely reached some time ago: Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) is one of the most morally corrupt people...
Liu’s City Council legacy
City Comptroller John Liu dumped a bowlful of ugly on New York last week, accusing a city agency of sitting on $9.3 million meant for job creation, mostly in The...
Everyone lives to 100? Yeah, about that ...
Reports of Americans living beyond the ripe old age of 100, it appears, were greatly exaggerated. The Census Bureau predicted six years ago that the country would be home to...
Running on time
Experienced players know how to live with a bad pawn structure or cramped position. Now they have to know how to "live on increments." That's what happens under today's time...
Bridge
Legendary football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant said he'd had players who were good and knew it, who were good and didn't know it, and who were bad and knew it....
'Hur' majesty
Looking to develop new special features to support Tuesday’s Blu-ray debut of “Ben-Hur,” Warner Home Video president Jeff Baker asked the son of the classic’s Oscar-winning star, Charlton Heston, if...
See Jane fun
Not only has Jane Lynch conquered the world of movies as Christopher Guest’s secret weapon, and TV as brutally hilarious cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on “Glee,” but she’s now tackled...
Broken bonds
She’s the Cambridge-educated actress with high cheekbones and an impeccable pedigree. He’s the brawny working-class son of a bar owner who dropped out of school at 16 to pursue acting....
Smells like 20 years later
Talk about typical slacker irony — the greatest rock album of the ’90s album sounded terrible to the man who wrote its songs and sang them. Disappointed by so many...
Blues over shoes
Some songs are comets on the charts and others, like Foster the People’s anthem “Pumped Up Kicks,” need an entire summer to make it to the top. The California band’s...
Hello, kitties!
Every cat-sitting assignment is an adventure — just ask Jeanne Adlon, New York author of the new book “Cat Calls.” During her 37 years caring for hundreds of cats, Adlon...
Wrong number
What’s your number, baby? Not the cell, the other one — how many people have you slept with? In the new film “What’s Your Number?” based on a 2006 chick-lit...
Raunch code
This year’s hot new accessory for women: a gross-out sense of humor. “I think there was a notion in Hollywood that audiences didn’t want to see a messy woman or...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $24,000; clm($35,000); 2YO TEMPESTUOUS ONE drops in class after tiring in debut. SHISHA finished third in last...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST 1 mile; $23,000; clm($7,500); 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Flagged(L),118 V Molina 5-7-8...
Fairplex Analysis
Post time: 4:00 p.m. FIRST-1/2m; $12,000; clm($20,000); 3up PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 2 BrbryCstGrl(L),121 MPdrza 2-7-9 1-2 4 HeyLookMOvr(L),121 CChrln 4-12-7 10-1 3 BeBravBLcky(L),121 RGuce x-x-x 5-1 5...
Parx Results
FIRST-1 mile; $35,000; clm; 3up2Kat's Mystery (Batista) 7.404.602.604Berengaria (Rivera, Jr.)3.602.403Serene Queen (Pennington)3.80 * Exacta (2-4) $23.40 * Trifecta (2-4-3) $79.80Winner picked by Vic C.SECOND-1m&70yds; $38,000; alw; 3upf2Overlook (Lezcano) 13.407.404.005Hot Smile...
Mo accolades
* Mariano Rivera is making his case to be considered the greatest pitcher in baseball history. The greatest closer was a given even without 602 saves. The best hitters on...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm; 3up7My Pal Val (Maragh) 20.6010.205.001Quarry of Gold (Maysonett)5.603.802Leave It to Bern (DeCarlo)4.00 Off 12:53. Time 1:12.49. Muddy. * Exacta (7-1) $94.80 * $1 Superfecta (7-1-2-8) $1,403.10...
Belmont Charts
September 24, 2011 Cloudy And Muddy. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -7 fur; $22,080; clm; 3upOff: 1:00 p.m.St.good, won drivingTime: 22.60, 46.40, 1:11.35, 1:25.15.Trainer: David JacobsonWinner: CH G, 3, by...
Strawberry says Reyes should stay with Mets
Darryl Strawberry claims he is no role model when it comes to free agency. The former slugger yesterday said he goofed when he left the Mets more than two decades...
Hondo pickin' & kickin'
Hondo took a few steps in the wrong direction last night as his lone victory with Oklahoma State was overwhelmed by losses with the Marlins, Giants and Oklahoma, which boosted...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing7:30 a.m.Formula One: Singapore Grand PrixSPEED2 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Sylvania 300ESPNBaseball1 p.m.Red Sox at YankeesYES, WCBS (880 AM)2 p.m.Royals at White SoxWGN2:10 p.m.Phillies at MetsWPIX, WBBR (1130 AM)4 p.m.Giants...
Red Sox fall continues with laugher
Terry Francona knows his team is beyond the point of speeches or tantrums to stop its ugly collapse, so before yesterday's game in The Bronx, the Red Sox's manager had...
Another big game for Yankees rookie Montero
Jesus Montero is a fast learner. On Sept. 1 at Fenway Park, Montero's first major-league at-bat for the Yankees came against Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester with the bases loaded,...
Looks like choke's on Boston
It's not hard to tell when things are going well for the Red Sox. "Usually when we win, I get to brag about these guys and when we lose, I...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Baddeley, Mahan tied for Tour Championship lead In Atlanta, the battle for the Tour Championship and FedExCup honours remained wide open after Aaron Baddeley and Hunter Mahan charged into...
Mets sweep struggling Phillies
R.A. Dickey watched Nick Evans make a circus catch to end the sixth inning yesterday and couldn't help but think the Mets' streak of 7,962 games without a no-hitter might...
Red Bulls shut out Timbers to help playoff chances
Despite being arguably MLS' biggest underachievers, and suspending star Rafa Marquez for their biggest game, the Red Bulls have somehow climbed back into the playoff hunt. They clawed their way...
Cardinals trim Braves' lead to 2 games
The Cardinals stayed alive in the NL wild-card race by keeping their bat on their shoulders. Carlos Marmol forced home the tying run with a bases-loaded walk to Ryan Theriot...
Islanders power play back on easy Streit
It has been 17 months since Mark Streit played a game in an Islanders uniform, but it didn’t take long for him to jog everyone’s memory of how important he...
Devils' hopefuls fizzle in loss to Islanders
The Devils' job seekers advanced by sitting out last night. Hardly any hopefuls helped their cause. Most wasted what may be their last best chance in a 6-2 mauling by...
Vic Cangialosi's Philadelphia Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-5 ½ fur; $20,000; clm; 3up 4-HpsAlphbtS 2-1 1-Summiting 20-1 2-WinthrpHs 6-1 3-Chcksndbln 7-2 5-Palamonium 6-1 6-BigRedRngr 10-1 7-Moon Royal 3-1 SECOND-5 ½ fur; $25,000; clm;...
Giants CB Ross earns double duty vs. Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Ross has been with the Giants for five years, ever since he was a first-round draft pick in 2007 out of Texas. For every one of those...
Yankees ace helps rookie after rocky debut
This is what you want when you drop seven years and $161 million on a player and another reason why the Yankees should present CC Sabathia with a blank check...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYSept. 25MONSept. 26TUESept. 27WEDSept. 28THUSept. 29 FRISept. 30SATOct. 1Yankees*Boston1:05TV -- YESRadio WCBS 880 AMT.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.7:10WWORWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBSEndofReg.SeasonALDSGame 1TBDMetsPhiladelphia2:10TV -- WPIXRadio -- WBBR 1130 AMCinc.7:10SNYWFANCinc.7:10SNYWFANCinc.1:10SNYWFANEndofReg.Season*-Doubleheader; second game to start at 6:30. Both games...
Vick, Eagles can’t fly over high number
TODAY EAGLES (-71⁄2) over Giants: Michael Vick likely will start, in yet another miraculous Eagles post-concussion recovery. Big Blue put up some good tech numbers in this kind of situation...
Don't miss
Make room for daddy Will Arnett’s whole world is quickly becoming a Dirty Diaper Zone. The retooled NBC comedy “Up All Night” isn’t a literal depiction of his baby-raising adventures...
The many meanings of double talk
Decision 2012! We’re wrong, again, aren’t we? We thought the last TV-delivered Presidential campaign was the toughest ever to take, a strain on the brain, a yearlong demagoguery and platitudes...
Pack your bags
It’s likely that the last time you flew a plane, you swore you’d never fly again. You endured any number of humiliations. The groping by security guards. The cramped seating....
The real fly girls
Many talented artists at “Pan Am” have gone to great lengths to reproduce the glamorous feel of what it was like to fly during the Jet Age, but only one...
Let me entertain you
Few fall series have met with the kind of advance hand-wringing that NBC’s drama “The Playboy Club” has, from calls for a boycott (from feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a former...
Reel good
The Children’s Hour (1961) Sun. 12 pm, TCM After the headmistresses of a private girl’s school, (Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine), are accused of having a lesbian relationship by a...
Look Who’s Talking
The View 11 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Elisha Cuthbert Wedneday: Bill O’Reiley Friday: Goldie Hawn The Ellen DeGeneres Show 4 p.m., Ch. 4 Monday: Wanda Sykes, Julianne Hough, Tuesday: Kate...
Ask Ashley: Giants game vs. girlfriend
I’ve been dating a girl for six months. I love her — but I also love the New York Giants. I let her know about my passion, and all seemed...
Meet market: Tea for two? Herbalist sks sipping partner
Dan, the co-founder of a tea company, loves showing off his brews.All this 26-year-old needs is someone special to invite to his tea party. * The high life Dan loves...
Top 5 ways to check out a mate during a chess game
According to the chess-obsessed in Bryant Park “Say, ‘Chess is just like love: It requires patience, strategy and fighting for a powerful woman.’ “ — Leonard “Say, ‘I’m feeling generous,...
This week’s couple: Love offline
When we sent Sara and Karl to Millesime, a seafood brasserie inside Midtown’s Carlton Hotel, we had a feeling that the 25-year-old design student and 27-year-old design manager would bond...
How sweet it is!
Children, kids at heart and stars alike are the denizens of decadence at the legendary Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side. The eatery is renowned for serving up whimsy...
Weird but true
Willow the cat has some competition. Oscar, a 5-year-old tuxedo cat who disappeared three years ago from Seattle, is having his turn in the limelight.He was reunited Friday with jubilant...
Oklahoma State rallies for win over Texas A&M
Brandon Weeden threw for a school-record 438 yards and two scores and Justin Blackmon and Josh Cooper combined for 244 yards receiving as No. 7 Oklahoma State rallied for a...
St. John's coach to have new cancer treatment
St. John's basketball coach Steve Lavin needs to take a different method in treating his prostate cancer, but doesn't expect it to interfere with the upcoming season. The 47-year-old, diagnosed...
Syracuse gets help from officials in OT win over Toledo
SYRACUSE -- Cornerback Kevyn Scott made an interception in the end zone on the first play of overtime, Ross Krautman kicked four field goals, including the 27-yard winner, and Syracuse...
Sanu sets Big East record in Rutgers' win over Ohio
PISCATAWAY -- Every time Chas Dodd looked down the field, Mohamed Sanu was open, so the Rutgers quarterback kept on throwing pass after pass after pass at the junior receiver....
Rees-on to celebrate as Irish QB turns tables on Pitt
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh spent 45 minutes knocking Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees around. The sophomore needed less than five minutes to knock the Panthers out. Rees shrugged off a miserable...
Forsaken West Virginia no match for LSU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The game was dubbed "Gold Rush," which was more than just a bit ironic considering the mad dash for TV cash we've witnessed lately in college athletics....
Margolis, Riverdale rout rival Fieldston
Jake Margolis had to be patient to make an immediate impact. The Riverdale sophomore running back missed all of the preseason with a sprained ankle and practiced just once before...
Clinton makes E-Hall look like mud, rolls in signature rout
DeWitt Clinton is a team that isn’t afraid to get down and dirty. With one of the only grass fields left in the PSAL, the Governors thrive on poor conditions...
PSAL football City Championship division roundup: Kennedy cuts fat, shuts out Grand Street
It was a trying week at John F. Kennedy. The Knights started the season with two miserable losses, the first on a kickoff return for a touchdown at the end...
PSAL football Bowl/Cup division roundup: Bayside blasts Columbus, improves to 3-0
After Saturday’s 26-6 win over Columbus in PSAL Bowl division football, Bayside is 3-0 and outscoring its opponents by a combined 86-16. For some reason, though, coach Jason Levitt isn’t...
Yates gets help from friends as PR tops Jefferson, remains unbeaten
Aaron Yates didn’t need to score a touchdown in the game’s final 90 seconds on Saturday. Port Richmond wasn’t behind this time. The junior wide receiver found pay dirt anyway,...