October 8, 2011
HS football scores, Week 5
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. Sunday PSAL Campus Magnet 36,...
Close call for cop who saves own life in struggle over gun
A quick-handed NYPD sergeant stopped a violent felon from shooting him in the gut by jamming his ring finger under the hammer of the felon’s .38 revolver, cops said today....
Michigan woman sues over misleading 'Drive' trailer
NOVI, Mich. -- A Michigan woman is suing the distributor of the movie "Drive" and the theater where she saw it because its trailer made it look like more of...
Ducks beat Rangers 2-1 in shootout
STOCKHOLM — Bobby Ryan scored the only goal in a shootout Saturday and the Anaheim Ducks offset the spectacular play of New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist with a 2-1 victory...
Nakatani wins five straight at Belmont
Jockey Corey Nakatani, for many years one of the leading jockeys in southern California, came to New York this summer looking to revive his career. Yesterday at Belmont Park might...
Surging Cain taking aim at lagging Perry
WASHINGTON -- With Rick Perry's support dropping and Herman Cain's rising in Republican presidential race polls, Cain, a former pizza company executive who has mostly avoided attacking his rivals, is...
Libyans face heavy resistance in Khadafy hometown
SIRTE, Libya — With NATO warplanes circling overhead, revolutionary fighters battled block by block Saturday as snipers rained fire from rooftops in fierce street fighting in Moammar Khadafy's hometown —...
Thousands pack Wall St. protest at Washington Square Park
Thousands of anti-greed protesters invaded Washington Square Park today, vowing to fan the flames of dissent and putting them toe-to-toe with cops ready to enforce a curfew. The estimated 3,000...
Yemen president says he wants to leave power
SANAA, Yemen — President Ali Abdullah Saleh made vague comments Saturday that he is willing to leave power in his first major speech since returning Yemen, but he gave no...
NJ cops charged in prisoner beating
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Three northern New Jersey police officers have been indicted by a Bergen County grand jury. Hackensack Officer Anthony Ferraioli of Paramus was accused of hitting a man...
Raiders owner Davis dead at 82
OAKLAND, Calif. — Al Davis, the Hall of Fame owner of the Oakland Raiders known for his rebellious spirit, has died. The team said the 82-year-old died at his home...
Baby, 3 others hurt in Harlem blaze
A early-morning Manhattan blaze injured a baby and three other people before firefighters snuffed the fast-moving blaze. The fire roared through the fifth floor of a six-floor brick Harlem apartment...
Girls volleyball roundup: New Dorp escapes Petrides, stays unbeaten
Survive and remain undefeated. That was the name of the game for New Dorp. The Central Cougars came back from a first set loss to beat Petrides, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23...
Girls soccer roundup: D'Arpe's OT tally powers New Dorp
Emily D’Arpe has her signature moment. The junior scored twice, including the winner in overtime, to send visiting New Dorp to a 2-1 win over Petrides in PSAL Staten Island...
Hondo eyes Tigers
Hondo diluted his big NLDS score with the Cards by losing a series play on the Diamondbacks as well as a Fresno State investment, so the debt fell only slightly...
Xaverian looks ahead to St. Anthony's after rout of Holy Trinity
Minutes after Xaverian’s 47-21 romp over Holy Trinity in a CHSFL Class AAA game Friday night at Mitchel Field, the Clippers were already looking ahead. Next week isn’t just their...
Coming or going? A look at the Yankees roster
Here is a look at what the future holds for the Yankees, whose season ended Thursday night against the Tigers in Game 5 of the ALDS. ROBINSON CANO: The Yankees’...
MSIT topples Tots, takes big step toward Island title
Jackie Bruno hesitated once, but not again. MSIT’s senior striker saw Tottenville goalie Danielle Caporicci begin to move as she was about to unleash a penalty kick into the low...
Attention getter: High-major coaches flock to Cardozo for Lawrence
Jermaine Lawrence has played in front of packed houses, full of college coaches before. Wednesday was a little different. All the high-major Division I coaches -- which included Rutgers head...
INSIDE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Preston setter named Miss Columbus, SCA lock out
The Bronx Columbus Day Parade has been a big part of Loredana Calce’s life. She’s been in attendance every single year and has marched in it three times. Now Calce...
PSAL football roundup: Flushing bounces back, topples New Utrecht
Flushing washed away the memories of last weekend’s demoralizing blowout loss to Sheepshead Bay with a thorough victory over New Utrecht on Friday afternoon in PSAL City Championship division football....
Complete performance sends Farrell past Kellenberg, second straight win
It was the complete performance Monsignor Farrell was waiting to produce. The Lions offense scored three times in the air and twice on the ground and the defense made big...
Jones’ value climbs in absence of Johnson
Losing a top wide receiver like Andre Johnson, the catalyst of the Texans offense, is like dropping the turkey just hours before Thanksgiving dinner. Stepping into the leading receiver role...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
JAMAICA HANDICAP Belmont Park, 7th race. Grade 1. Purse: $250,000. 1 1/8 miles, turf, 3-year-olds. Post: 4:13 p.m. LOWDOWN: Brilliant Speed, after three inconsistent efforts on dirt in the Kentucky...
St. Anthony's, Carew cruise in impressive win over Stepinac
The growing pains are over. Pete Carew is ready to become the next in a long line of excellent St. Anthony’s quarterbacks. After struggling the first few weeks of the...
Boys soccer roundup: Bayside tops Van Buren, wins second straight
Santiago Moore, Mohammad Yonis and Dennis Amvrosiatos each scored once as Bayside won its second straight, 4-1, over Martin Van Buren in PSAL Queens A East. Andres Huerfano had two...
Political ride may be in Iger’s post-Disney plan
Bob Iger’s days in the Mouse House are numbered. Iger said yesterday he plans to step down as the big cheese after his contract runs out in 2015, prompting speculation...
Business briefs
Citi suedCitigroup was sued by cardholders Kristina and Steven Orman of Northport over a May computer security breach that affected more than 360,000 accounts. The Ormans seek to represent victims...
Hiring numbers give reason for optimism
Put those fears of a double-dip recession on hold -- at least for a while. A modest spurt in hiring last month -- combined with payroll figures for July and...
Ex-trader to same jail as sib
They broke the law together; now they want to do hard time together.A hedge-fund trader who paid bribes for insider information was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday --...
Credit drop in August
Consumer credit in the US unexpectedly dropped in August by the most in more than a year. The $9.5 billion decrease followed an $11.9 billion increase the previous month, the...
Silence on the Street: Traders, bankers mum on protests
Even as the three-week-old protests against Wall Street grow louder, Wall Street itself remains silent. As the “Occupy Wall Street” movement continues to spread across the nation, the traders, bankers...
Sallie’s BofA severance: $6M
Bank of America, the lender seeking to trim expenses by eliminating at least 30,000 jobs, will pay former wealth-management division head Sallie L. Krawcheck $6 million after her dismissal last...
Sprint hit by spending woes
Sprint Nextel signaled that it could spend more money than it brings in over the next few years, even without accounting for the high costs of selling Apple’s iPhone, sending...
‘Extraordinary demand’ for iPhone 4S
AT&T sold more than 200,000 of Apple’s latest iPhone in the first 12 hours and said it had seen “extraordinary demand” for a gadget unveiled a day before the death...
Goldman’s jail break
There’s gold in them thar prisons.A Mobile, Ala., private equity company is about to announce a deal to purchase the largest prison phone system in the US, a source close...
Ahnold cast in bronze
THAL, Austria -- Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a larger-than-life bronze statue of himself and opened a museum dedicated to his life during a visit to his hometown in Austria yesterday. The...
US stop & ‘chop’ for Prince Harry
EL CENTRO, Calif. -- Britain’s Prince Harry is on this side of the Atlantic for eight weeks of intensive helicopter flight training. Capt. Harry Wales, 26, landed in California Thursday...
B’klyn sneaker-slay teen gets 15-to-life
A Brooklyn teen who stabbed her cousin 49 times and made off with the slain girl’s designer sneakers was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison yesterday after the...
A ‘spin’ doctor
Michael Jackson’s personal “Dr. Feelgood” tried to Moonwalk his way through a police interrogation, according to a tape played for jurors at his trial yesterday. Dr. Conrad Murray insisted to...
Jobs agreed to biography so his kids would know him
Dying and in excruciating pain, the famously driven Steve Jobs needed to complete one last task: to cement his legacy and save face with his kids. Jobs agreed to a...
Activist gals share Nobel
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee used very different tactics to confront thugs and killers in war-ravaged Liberia. One challenged a warlord for the presidency. The other...
Drivers grounded
SEATTLE -- Rental-car company Hertz indefinitely suspended 34 Somali Muslim shuttle drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for praying on company time. Hertz said the drivers are required to clock out...
$200M artful Armory redo
The Park Avenue Armory, a 19th-century landmark whose cavernous drill hall has become a cultural destination for nontradi-tional visual and performing art, has embarked on a $200 million revitalization of...
Texas man beats up wife when she doesn’t 'like' Facebook update
He should’ve just unfriended her. A Texas man was slapped with battery charges for punching out his estranged wife when she didn’t reply to his Facebook post about his dead...
US drones catch virus
A virus has infected computers of the government’s unmanned Predator and Reaper drones -- but the aircraft are still reportedly up and running. Government officials are still investigating whether the...
Terrorist’s LI links
Federal authorities became aware of an al Qaeda propagandist killed last week in Yemen when he contacted other suspected terrorists on Long Island in recent years, Rep. Peter King said...
’Bama-law blast
ATLANTA -- The federal government yesterday asked an appeals court to halt Alabama’s new and controversial immigration law -- charging that it invites discrimination, merely forces illegal immigrants into neighbor...
Jail is in the cards
In the biggest identity-theft bust in US history, the NYPD and Queens DA brought down a network of restaurant workers, bank tellers and other store employees who stole their customers’...
Rudy rips ‘prostate test’ panel a new one
Prostate-cancer survivor Rudy Giuliani yesterday blasted a government-backed panel’s advice to abandon routine prostate screening, joining a chorus of MDs decrying the recommendation as shoddy and dangerous.“The [prostate-specific antigen] test...
Bam $$ man’s Solyndra push
An Energy Department adviser and former Obama fund-raiser pushed for a California solar company to receive a half-billion-dollar federal loan despite pledging to recuse himself because his wife’s law firm...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** Cops busted a jealous man in Soundview for threatening his baby mama twice last month, court papers state. Zoilo Zarza-Reyes, 31, also known as Keith Pinckeny, allegedly...
Katrina justice
NEW ORLEANS -- A man who illegally accepted more than $120,000 in assistance from a fund that helps Hurricane Katrina victims faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading...
Gourmet cupcake vendor refusing to pay rent due to battle with Met 'squatters'
A gourmet cupcake vendor is refusing to pay his rent to the city for a coveted spot outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art because he’s in a battle with “rent-a-vets”...
Thugs held knife to tot
Police on Long Island are looking for two robbers who held up a woman while holding a knife to her 1-year-old child.Nassau County Police say the 28-year-old woman was pushing...
‘Snap’ the cuffs on
A Queens thief was arrested yesterday after the iPhone he swiped earlier in the week secretly took his picture, cops said. Brian Chattoo, 23, allegedly stole the black iPhone 4...
School aides get the ax
Nearly 700 public-school aides lost their jobs yesterday, with furious union leaders claiming that the cuts were political payback.“The reality is there is money there,” insisted Santos Crespo Jr., president...
Skelos slaps Silver tax
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos yesterday sided with Gov. Cuomo against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s proposal to keep a tax surcharge on million-dollar earners next year. Higher tax rates...
NAACP snubs schools honcho
The NAACP excluded Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott -- the city’s most prominent black governmental official -- from participating in a three-day conference that began yesterday celebrating the civil-rights group’s 75th...
State union’s final bid to avoid layoffs
ALBANY -- As the layoff clock ticks for 3,500 state employees, union leaders are trying to strike a last-minute deal with the Cuomo administration to save the jobs. The Public...
Brooklyn performance artist to give birth before audience in gallery
This may be one of the most amazing debuts the art world has ever seen. A pregnant Brooklyn performance artist is planing to have her baby in an art gallery...
‘Half off’ Astor pad for $21M
The late Brooke Astor’s palatial Park Avenue apartment has been sold -- and for only half the asking price, since it turned out to be a fixer-upper.The deal is for...
Cantaloupe toll at 21
Federal health authorities say a nationwide outbreak of listeria in Colorado cantaloupes is now responsible for 21 deaths and the number may continue to grow.The Centers for Disease Control and...
Copter kin hail pal pilot
They’re friends to the end. The family of an Australian woman killed in Tuesday’s East River helicopter crash called the pilot a hero yesterday, even as federal investigators have focused...
Slay rap in crash
A Queens woman accused of driving the wrong way on I-95 in Westchester and causing a fatal crash has been indicted on homicide and drunken-driving charges. The Westchester County district...
Hoping for ‘high’ sign
MAPLE SHADE, NJ -- A New Jersey medical marijuana facility will face questions from the public for the first time next week.Compassionate Sciences Alternative Treatment Center is one of six...
1985 Bears score with O
WASHINGTON -- Twenty-six years after winning the Super Bowl, the 1985 Chicago Bears were finally recognized in a ceremony at the White House yesterday. The team never took part in...
Bloomberg blasts Wall Street protests as bad for the city
A frustrated Mayor Bloomberg ripped the Occupy Wall Street protesters yesterday as a bunch of selfish job killers -- lashing out at the stagnant movement that has dragged out for...
Scathing Afghan appraisal
WASHINGTON -- As the United States and its allies marked the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan yesterday, they remained only “a little better” than halfway to reaching their...
'Cult' slap at Mormon Mitt
WASHINGTON -- One of Rick Perry’s top evangelical supporters slammed rival Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith as “a cult” at a gathering of religious conservatives -- the first time the religion...
GOP warned on recession
WASHINGTON -- Gene Sperling, one of President Obama’s top economic advisers, yesterday warned that congressional Republicans risk another recession if they don’t pass his $450 billion jobs bill. And while...
‘NYPD victim’ kin is suing
The family of a Brooklyn woman killed when police opened fire on a gunman near a West Indian Day Parade route has filed a notice of intent to sue the...
Look like Sheen on Halloween
If you’ve ever wanted to look like Charlie Sheen, this Halloween may be your lucky day. Costume-makers are offering enough Charlie masks and props to give anyone a “Winning!” look....
She’s safe at home
She’s got three words for battered women: “Get out early.” Queens school secretary Barbara Sheehan -- who beat a murder conviction after pumping 11 bullets into her abusive ex-cop hubby...
Douglas dealer gets 5 years
Cameron Douglas’ drug supplier will serve the same five-year sentence as him.David Escalera was convicted by a Manhattan federal court jury yesterday of dealing crystal meth but beat a more...
Jay-Z's ex-Rocawear partner sued for 'cheating' employees out of wages
Jay-Z’s former business partner at Rocawear is a cheapskate who cheated his employees out of wages while living a life of luxury, a lawsuit charges. Alex Bize, who co-owned the...
Cops ‘picture’ sex fiends
Police are showing video stills of two Brooklyn sex-attack suspects to prisoners as they pass through Central Booking in an attempt to track down the fiends. “We have some videos...
$$ woes for Gotti bio flick
The much-anticipated John Gotti biopic -- which is supposed to star John Travolta, Al Pacino, and Lindsay Lohan -- hasn’t been able to raise the money necessary to begin production,...
The democracy mess
Once upon a time, loud dissent, filibustering in the Senate and gridlock in the House were as democratic as apple pie. Sen. Barack Obama once defended his attempts to block...
Trade, jobs & a failure of leadership
Leadership, said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in his press conference Tuesday announcing he wouldn’t run for president, is something you can’t be taught or learn. “Leadership today in America...
He was the Apple of our i: Rest in peace, Steve Jobs
The Issue: The death this week of Apple founder and technology pioneer Steve Jobs. *** Farewell to an icon who was full of American entrepreneurial spirit (“Steve Jobs, 1955-2011,” Editorial,...
Remembering Anwar el-Sadat
Thirty years ago this week, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat was gunned down in Cairo -- his reward for making peace with Israel. Arab leaders took note. Does anyone truly wonder...
Ray Kelly vs. the Council
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly stood tall Thursday during a distasteful hearing of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee -- which apparently let itself be pushed by a bogus Associated Press...
Biting the hand
“The protests that are trying to destroy the jobs of working people in this city aren’t productive... If the jobs that they’re trying to get rid of in the city...
‘Acceptable’ rebels
Brian Phillips is head of communications for the NYC General Assembly, the primary group occupying Wall Street. According to National Public Radio, Phillips is “an ex-Marine with a bachelor’s in...
Nanny-state Rx: the ‘hunger’ hoax
Twenty years ago, hysteria swept through the media over “hunger in America.” Dan Rather opened a CBS Evening News broadcast in 1991 declaring, “one in eight American children is going...
Party like it's 1989
The ’80s are back. Yet again. For confimation, look no further than the new Culture Club in Times Square, where, like the decade that launched Madonna and sweated out “Pac-Man...
Isolated islands
Sure, Rat Island was just sold to a Bronx man for $160,000, but it’s not the only lesser-known island you can’t visit nearby. Here’s a handy roundup: * Rat Island...
Kid stuff
Today Not by the hair: Did the Big Bad Wolf get a fair trial? Maybe he never huffed or puffed at all. Audience members play the jury at the Atlantic...
Let's go island hopping!
For sporty familiesRandalls Island Once home to a reform school, Randalls Island has since been revitalized to include miles of bike and pedestrian paths offering great views of the Triborough...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Tobago Cays (13th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $32,000; conditional1Defiance N(G Brennan)3-7-58-53Noble'sGrandSlam(CManzi)1-5-15-15Ruthless Ace(J Bartlett)5-3-33-12Sassy Shark(E Goodell)4-4-320-14AstreosFlash(JPantaleno)1-4-56-16Kyle Major(D Dube)3-1-25-17Shotgun A(S Vallee)6-6-415-18FourTrumpsA(LStalbaum)7-5-412-1SECOND-mile trot; $50,000Fall Harvest6SteubenLonePine(JGregry)2-1-14-14Anandamide(G Brennan)2-2-27-52Starglow Hall(C Manzi)6-3-512-11Getinonthesecret(DDaley)4-5-26-11PittstopRuthie(JBartltt)2-2-96-13Fortunista(D Ackerman)8-6-615-15Honeymoonisover(JMorrll)3-1-58-17Glee(J...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur(T); $23,000; clm($20,000); 3up(f)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Ms Diller(L),113I Ortiz8-3-7Callejas 10-13Lemon Drop On Top(L),118J Espinoza5-5-3Jacobson 8-14Marie's Babe(L),121JRodriguez6-6-7Badgett 10-15Hookin the...
Phillies' season ends with Game 5 loss to Cardinals
PHILADELPHIA -- The best consecutive days any Mets fan has seen in years were complete at 11:07 p.m. last night. Not only are the Yankees done for the season without...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing10 a.m.NASCAR Nationwide: qualifyingESPN212:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: practiceSPEED1:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: practiceSPEED3:30 p.m.NASCAR Nationwide: Kansas Lottery 300ESPN27 p.m.Austrlaisn V8 Supercars: Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000SPEEDBaseball8 p.m.ALCS: Tigers at Rangers, Game...
Giants' backup center ready to fight Boothe and nail
Tom Coughlin yesterday re peated a phrase that has already been heard too often this year: "Someone else has to step up and do the job." He was talking about...
Jets coach hopes practice makes perfect
The Jets hope practice makes perfect. A week ago, coach Rex Ryan was upset by a poor practice on offense the Friday before the Jets played the Ravens. The result...
Giants' Jacobs doubtful vs. Seahawks
With their ground game already sputtering, the Giants listed running back Brandon Jacobs as doubtful for tomorrow's game against Seattle. Jacobs sat out practice yesterday, amid reports he had a...
Keeneland Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 1:15 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m; $35,000; cl($40,0); 3upCOOL C NOTE won going longer in last start on dirt. BREAK OF SILENCE won going shorter...
Giants' Tuck suffers 'a setback' in practice
Giants defensive end Justin Tuck suffered what coach Tom Coughlin called "a setback" in his comeback from injury. He sat out yesterday's practice and is listed as doubtful for tomorrow's...
Santa Anita Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
Post time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-6 ½ fur; $45,000; mdn; 2YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2ClearlyCwby(L),120MSmith3-x-x3-16MdnghtTrnsr(L),120JTalmo2-x-x5-21Frenemy(L),120MGarcax-x-x7-23Castaway(L),120CSthrd5-2-x8-14LateNghtSky(L),120RBjrnox-x-x8-15BlackythBll(L),120PVlnza4-4-x10-17MidnghtCrnr(L),120AQunnzx-x-x10-18OnlytheGold(L),120VEspnax-x-x8-1SECOND-1m(T); $30,000; cl($32,0); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3WinsomeChrm,122VEspna4-1-25-24Fire Break(L),122CSthrd1-2-43-11Porfido(L),122PVlnza1-1-47-22CalifrnSldr(L),122EMldno10-4-58-15PurpleGllry,122BBlanc7-3-58-16TheyCllHmEl(L),122AQunnz8-2-34-17Maker(L),122MGarca7-1-420-18Stoneside(L),122MPdrza4-2-43-1THIRD-6 ½ fur; $27,000; alw; 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1PrivateBnty(L),121JTalmo2-2-22-14MandatdBlss(L),118MGarca7-3-35-22Distinctly(L),121RBjrno1-4-126-13Swiss Tart(L),118HBerrs9-8-520-15ImperilPrde(L),121MSmith1-4-53-16Over Africa(L),121PVlnza1-6-x20-17Gregor(L),118AQunnz3-4-35-18Game A. P.(L),121ACedno6-6-830-1FOURTH-6 fur; $250,000; 3upANCIENT TITLE STAKESPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast...
'Stupid penalties' sink Rangers in European opener
STOCKHOLM -- Swedish is the native language here, of course, but there was nothing lost in translation with coach John Tortorella's assessment of how and why the Rangers dropped their...
Rangers look defenseless without Staal
STOCKHOLM -- And as Dan Girardi's reward for playing 30:18 in yesterday's 3-2 OT loss to the Kings, including 11:38 after the second period, the defenseman gets to go straight...
Islanders open season with higher expectations
Jack Capuano has heard enough about rebuilding, enough about the process, and enough of the other phrases that sugarcoat losses. Tonight, the Islanders and their head coach will open the...
Edgar hopes third time is a charm
Frankie Edgar of Toms River, N.J., wants to be done with Gray Maynard and move on with his life and his mixed martial arts career. They will fight each other...
End of Yankees season isn't end of world
This was Tuesday afternoon, inside an interview room in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rangers had just halted the cute little miracle run of the Rays, and Tampa Bay manager Joe...
New coach must get Devils off to good start
Either the Pete DeBoer Era begins tonight for the Devils, or the calls will multiply for the end of the Lou Lamoriello Era. Last year's 9-22-2 start is always followed...
Jets need to get physical vs. Patriots
From the moment Rex Ryan stormed into the room, vowing to take a swipe at two of theirs if they take a swipe at one of his, announcing the mere...
Jets' defense out to win chess match vs. Patriots
When does a football game become a chess match? When Rex Ryan's defense plays Tom Brady's Patriots offense. The last time the Jets and Patriots played, Ryan's defense delivered a...
Yankees' Nova won't need surgery
Ivan Nova drove out of the Yankee Stadium parking lot late yesterday afternoon with his injured right forearm wrapped after an MRI exam revealed a Grade 1 flexor strain. When...
Tiger makes cut with solid second round
SAN MARTIN, Calif. -- The fog finally lifted at CordeValle and revealed a Tiger Woods that looked vaguely familiar. Woods ran off three straight birdies early in his round, survived...
Yankees' Sabathia plans to be ace for long time
CC Sabathia has four years left on his contract with the Yankees, and assuming he opts out, as he is allowed to do at the end of this season, he...
Longtime trainer bids goodbye to Yankees
The drive in the wee hours yesterday morning wasn't the last one Gene Monahan would make from Yankee Stadium to his New Jersey home. Late yesterday afternoon, he did it...
Knicks' Stoudemire ready to test his back
Last time Knicks fans witnessed Amar'e Stoudemire on a basketball court, he was a shell of himself, rendered useless by a pulled back muscle in the first round against the...
Tigers' Benoit says A-Rod doesn't deserve boos
ARLINGTON, Texas -- There is a new bandage on the left side of Joaquin Benoit's face. The Tigers' reliever may have to take it off again tonight in Game 1...
Jets' Mangold at center of Patriots attention
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Bill Belichick's Patriots love to shower praise on even the most hapless of opponents, but there was no put-on here this week when Nick Mangold's name was...
Tigers manager made right call on Verlander
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Just call him Genius Jim Leyland. Justin Verlander wanted to call him something else, but the manager's gutsy decision to hold the Tigers ace out of Game...
Extra incentive for Yankees A-Rod, Teixeira
Mark Teixeira rolled his car to a stop yesterday and talked to a reporter from The Post just outside Yankee Stadium before heading north on River Avenue. Dark shades hid...
Offseason full of questions for Yankees
The Yankees won an AL-best 97 games in the regular season, but not the 11 in the postseason by which they define themselves. David Robertson broke out; Joba Chamberlain broke...
Patriots expect Hernandez, Haynesworth back vs. Jets
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Like the Jets, the Patriots should be newly healthy at some key positions again tomorrow. While the Jets are expected to welcome back center Nick Mangold, New...
Ryan mobilizes powerful Rangers arm-y
ARLINGTON, Texas -- There is a lot of John Wayne in Nolan Ryan, and a lot of truth to his baseball philosophies. Enough with Moneyball, how about Winningball? The Rangers...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS10 10 (43) SeahawksPATRIOTS 8 9 (49) JetsCOLTS 2 2½(38½)ChiefsVIKINGS 3 3 (45) CardinalsEagles 3 3 (50) BILLSTEXANS 5½ 6 (48½)RaidersSaints 6½ 6½(51½)PANTHERSJAGUARS 2½ 2 (37) BengalsSTEELERS 6½...
'Everything is good' on baseball's labor front
Sitting inside his car outside of Yankee Stadium, Curtis Granderson hoped a labor agreement could be reached between the players and owners. Granderson, the Yankees' player rep, is staying in...
Brewers into NLCS after walkoff win
MILWAUKEE -- Nyjer Morgan denounced his "haters." He suggested he might celebrate by taking a nice, relaxing bath. Then he erupted with a cackle. All while wearing a helmet during...
Sports shorts
WNBA: Lynx win their first title Seimone Augustus and the Minnesota Lynx completed a near-perfect postseason by beating the Atlanta Dream 73-67 last night to cap a three-game sweep of...
NBA negotiations at standstill at pivotal time
The negotiating freeze between the Players Association and the NBA became even frostier yesterday -- with commissioner David Stern's edict to cancel the regular season's first two weeks on Monday...
Home Team Lineups
Rangers!-Anaheim1:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEIslanders@Florida8:00TV -- MSGPlus NetworkRadio--WRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEMinn.1:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:00MSGWRHUNOGAMEDevils@Philadelphia7:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--WFAN 660 AMNOGAMECar.1:00MSGWFANNOGAMENOGAMEL.A.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEGiantsTomorrowSeahawks1:00TV -- FOXRadio -- WFAN 660 AMJetsTomorrowPatriots4:15TV -- CBSRadio -- ESPN 1050 AM
Peeved ‘Partridge’
Former “Partridge Family” star David Cassidy is suing show distributor Sony -- claiming he’s owed millions in royalties. Cassidy claims that Sony used his image on merchandising, without his permission,...
Oprah top-ranked TV personality on Forbes' 'Most Powerful Women' list
Oprah Winfrey was the top-ranked TV personality in Forbes’ “World’s Most Powerful Women” list. A total of 10 women working in the TV industry made the list, compiled annually. The...
Dark passage
Tomorrow night’s season finale of “Breaking Bad” plunges a red-hot dagger into the heart of darkness that’s been this show’s calling card since its premiere in early 2008. “There’s definitely...
Weird but true
This guy’s arrest was fueled by his own stupidity. Cops didn’t have much trouble busting a drunken Arden Hills, Minn., man after he drove his car up to the gasoline...
Big East remains in flux
Big East leaders held a conference call yesterday to talk about expansion and the expected loss of TCU, but no decisions were made on which schools to invite to the...
Texas out to show 4-0 start is no fluke
DALLAS -- The Texas Longhorns were by far the most disappointing team in college football last season and were considered the king of the underachievers. The season after playing for...
Not many rivalries match Longhorns-Sooners
DALLAS -- I stepped in it big time a couple of years ago. In a magazine piece on the 10 best rivalries in college football, I listed Lehigh-Lafayette ahead of...
3 major road accidents in China kill 56 in 1 day
BEIJING — Three major road accidents in China killed 56 people on the last day of a weeklong holiday, including 35 people who died after a bus collided with a...
Carpenter outduels Halladay in Game 5 as Cardinals advance to NLCS
PHILADELPHIA — The ultimate ace, it turned out, belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals. Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter to outpitch old pal Roy Halladay in a duel for the...