October 23, 2011
Holland throws gem as Rangers clip Cards, Series tied at 2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Derek Holland kept Albert Pujols in the ballpark and the Texas Rangers in this World Series. In a title matchup that's getting more interesting with every game,...
Fed-up Brownsville: 'It's not snitching, it's saving a life!'
Start snitching. Angry Brownsville mourners tonight called for their community to abandon its cultural code of silence and tell cops anything they might know about the killer of an innocent...
Conn. monster's boast: I killed many more
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man convicted in a deadly home invasion bragged in a letter from death row that he has killed 17 people and collected victims' sneakers...
Nets star Williams ‘OK’ after earthquake in Turkey
Nets guard Deron Williams tweeted he was “OK” and far from a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake that collapsed buildings and killed dozens in the city of Van, Turkey and the surrounding...
Deadly SUV crash on Staten Island
An SUV packed with seven people flipped over on the Staten Island Expressway today -- killing one passenger and wounding five others. Rabindra Sawh, 45, was inside a 2006 Dodge...
Garden bout leaves Donaire frustrated
At various points Nonito Donaire went from frustrated to bored to POed. He wanted to bring a taste of old school boxing to the Garden Theater Saturday night, the kind...
Rangers' Lundqvist says skate issue is 'all taken care of'
WINNIPEG,Manitoba — Henrik Lundqvist practiced Sunday in Edmonton without any ill effects from the left foot pain he experienced because of a skate issue that forced him out of Saturday...
Tebow, Broncos rally from 15 down to beat Dolphins
MIAMI — For 54 minutes, Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos couldn’t score. Then they couldn’t be stopped. Tebow rallied the Broncos with two touchdown passes in the final 2:44...
Toy gun twits 'gangbangers'
The three stooges who tried to rob an off-duty detective with a toy gun in Far Rockaway are alleged gangbangers with criminal records, The Post has learned. Davone Torres, 19,...
Burress' three touchdowns leads Jets comeback
Plaxico Burress had the big breakout game the New York Jets have been waiting for. The veteran wide receiver caught three touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score that was set...
SI 'miracle' gal who survived crash busted in Little League burglary
A Staten Island teen who had her arm nearly severed in a deadly crash this summer was arrested yesterday for twice burglarizing a Little League facility -- once before the...
Scientist: Satellite must have crashed into Asia
BERLIN — A defunct German research satellite crashed into the Earth somewhere in Southeast Asia today, a U.S. scientist said — but no one is still quite sure where. Most...
Epstein pays 'infinite thanks' to Red Sox
BOSTON — Outgoing Boston general manager Theo Epstein paid “infinite thanks” for a decade’s support in an open letter to the “Red Sox Nation” in Sunday’s edition of the Boston...
Another US credit downgrade seen as likely
The United States will likely suffer the loss of its triple-A credit rating from another major rating agency by the end of this year due to concerns over the deficit,...
City demolishes United 6-1 in Manchester derby
MANCHESTER, England -- The hotly-anticipated derby matchup between Manchester United and Manchester City turned into a 6-1 rout Sunday as City, inspired by Mario Balotelli and David Silva, destroyed a...
Luke Rodgers 50-50 for Red Bulls playoff opener
While Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez are the Red Bulls’ most famous players, it’s fairly clear Luke Rodgers has been their most pivotal one throughout the regular-season. But now there’s...
Police ID American killed in shark attack
ROTTNEST ISLAND, Australia -- Police have named the victim of yesterday's fatal shark attack in Western Australia as American man George Thomas Wainwright. The 32-year-old US citizen, from Texas, was...
Stringer: Unemployed face bias in job hunt
A city official says city and state lawmakers need to pass legislation banning bias against the unemployed in hiring efforts. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer says his office found plenty...
With split still on her mind, J.Lo breaks down crying on stage
Still stinging from the breakup of her marriage, Jennifer Lopez ran off a Connecticut stage in tears after performing a song with lyrics that hit too close to the heart....
Francesa blames Jets for creating controversy
Jets star Darrelle Revis addressed Friday’s radio hang-up with WFAN host Mike Francesa after Sunday's 27-21 win over the Chargers.“I don’t dislike Mike,” the cornerback said.Revis sais he was instructed...
Devito inactive for Jets vs. Chargers
Jets starting defensive tackle Mike DeVito is inactive for Sunday's game with the Chargers after injuring his knee in practice Thursday.The Jets were hopeful that DeVito could play, but the...
Coke creep busted at 'Occupy' park
Now, he’s occupying a jail cell. A drug dealer was busted trying to peddle cocaine last night to Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park, The Post has learned. Garfield...
Follow Jets-Chargers with Post writers
The Post has today's Jets-Chargers game from MetLife Stadium covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.The Jets come in 3-3 after Monday night's...
Libyan liberation declared as questions surround Khadafy's end
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated today after an eight-month civil war, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to...
'Sign Man' has message for NBA
Matt Asen, known as the "Sign Man'' at Pacers' games, is a native New Yorker and former Knick fan. The signs are "locked up'' for now as he endures the...
Death toll in Turkey quake reaches 239
ERCIS, Turkey — A survivor of the 7.2-magnitude quake that has killed at least 239 people in eastern Turkey was pulled from the rubble with three other people on Monday...
CHSFL/Independent roundup: Holy Trinity thumps Sea for first win
Chris Laviano showed exactly why he is considered the CHSFL’s best quarterback. Following a disheartening loss to Kellenberg last week the junior put together his finest effort of the season...
Rangers' Boyle heats up after slow start
EDMONTON, Alberta -- After appearing completely out of sorts the first three games of the season, Brian Boyle neither was looking for nor received a pat on the back from...
Pujols hits three HRs; Cardinals defeat Rangers in Game 3
ARLINGTON, Texas — Move over Babe and Reggie. Albert has made a threesome out of a very exclusive World Series club. Albert Pujols delivered the most impressive World Series performance...
St. Louis slugger looks like Mr. October
ARLINGTON, Texas – By the end, by the top of the ninth inning, everyone had settled into their roles. Playing the part of Charlie Hough – the veteran pitcher, now...
Sharette Dixon Memorial Classic notebook: St. Ray's Dingle talks visits
Daniel Dingle has taken official visits the last two weekends to Auburn and Temple. He enjoyed both places thoroughly. The 6-foot-7 St. Raymond forward isn’t ready to make a decision...
Dynamic duo: Parker, Brown lead Mount to rout of Farrell
Bruce Parker Jr. was a little annoyed after Mount St. Michael’s game with Monsignor Farrell and it had nothing to do with the score. The host Mountaineers won handily for...
Trick play, Iona spoil opening of Stepinac's new field
It didn’t take Iona Prep long to crash rival Archbishop Stepinac’s big night. The Gaels christened the Crusaders' new turf field with the first touchdown on the first-ever snap taken....
PSAL Bowl/Cup division football roundup: Madison makes mark with win over Grady
James Madison came in with an impressive record, just no signature win. A forfeit victory against Beach Channel – the Dolphins had an ineligible player – didn't count. The Knights...
Coaches make peace as Campus Magnet remains on top in bitter Queens rivalry
Instead of verbal barbs, Flushing coach Jim DeSantis and Campus Magnet’s Eric Barnett tossed bouquets at one another. The two Queens coaches, who nearly came to blows after last year’s...
Hall of a victory: Erasmus ends Fort Hamilton's win streak
Erasmus Hall’s rollercoaster season hit a new high yesterday – in the form of one the program’s greatest victories. The enigmatic Dutchmen defeated Fort Hamilton, 32-14, in PSAL City Championship...
PSAL/Private boys soccer roundup: Beacon blanks Stuyvesant, finishes second in Manhattan A
Jeremy Hardy produced a hat trick and Gideon Rosenthall had two helpers as Beacon blanked Stuyvesant, 4-0, Saturday afternoon to wrap up second place in Manhattan A. Alejandro Newsom also...
Traveling Chargers at least in East
TODAY JETS (+2) over Chargers: Dolphins ineptitude kept Gang Green in Monday nighter until eventual takeoff. Likely inspired by expected return of tight end Antonio Gates (active in practice Friday),...
Jets look to prove themselves against Chargers
The story of the Jets’ season has been a simple one so far. Their three wins have come against losing teams. Their three losses have come against winning teams. Today,...
Jets must back up coach against Chargers today
This is the day we truly find out if Rex Ryan still is the coach he thinks he is, and has been, and if he has the team he thinks...
Cardozo, Molloy make Lewis tournament semifinals
Cardozo didn’t leave Francis Lewis with a tournament trophy Saturday. But if there was any question whether or not the Judges were still a force after losing to Stuyvesant in...
PSAL City Championship division football roundup: New Dorp tops Adams, gets first win
Despite a winless start to the season, Chris App was convinced his New Dorp football team wasn’t as bad as it record would indicate. The Central Cougars, he said, were...
The Rumble
Family affair Federal mediator has sportswriting in his blood George Cohen, President Obama’s appointee as federal mediator who attempted to save the NBA season this past week, nearly became a...
Long season, extra playoff teams erode interest in World Series
Say, whatever happened to the World Series? Whatever happened to the greatest event in American sports? First, let’s stop with this easily parroted absence-of-big-market-teams explanation. Even when TV ratings weren’t...
Bespectacled Barnes, defense propel Tots to complete win over Curtis
Brandon Barnes looked like a cross between Horace Grant and Eric Dickerson. The Tottenville quarterback was wearing goggles for the first time and it wasn’t meant to be a fashion...
Lockout be damned, we’ve got the game
There is a lasting image of the last NBA lockout that stays with me. This was at the McCann Center, in Poughkeepsie, on the campus of Marist College. It was...
$1 trillion in student loan debt sparks furor
Three years after the housing-market meltdown, a college education may be the next part of the American Dream to turn into a nightmare. For the first time, Americans owe more...
OWS should be held on campus
Google “Occupy Wall Street” and “Student loans,” and you will get more than 11 million results. If there is any unifying theme among the young 99 percenters, it is that...
Baby, times are tough
It’s no secret why Jessica Simpson is hiding her baby bump from the paparazzi. But the $500,000 payday she’s seeking from celebrity mags to officially let the cat out of...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS HENRY JUSZKIEWICZ Lead guitarist for Gibson does some quick-picking to line up pols in his corner after federal raid factory. LARRY PAGE Google CEO hits sweet spot with new...
Apple’s next move: Smart TV
One of Steve Jobs’ last ideas was to take the Boob out of the Boob Tube. The Apple co-founder’s last horizon was going to be the dumb monitors sitting in...
Stop kickin’ Greece can down road
Almost two years ago, mired in a swamp of debt, Greece began its long painful graveyard dance.In the 27-country European Union -- of which Greece is one -- a member...
Call it work, but there’s no salary
With today’s job market as it is, desperate measures are called for in order to land a paying job. Wearing a sandwich board in front of the firm you want...
Radio to daze the net
Commercial radio was once synonymous with consolidation, cost-cutting, ads that go on forever and the same old playlists. But fast-forward to today, and a number of private-equity players are making...
Carnegie’s classic
Take a genuine interest in people or a business. Praise them whenever possible and don’t fake it with phony flattery. Figure out ways to help people in personal or business...
Now find customers who are looking for you
Thanks to Twitter and location-based check-in services like Foursquare, millions of people are telling the world what business they’re visiting in real time every day. With check-in-based marketing service LocalResponse,...
Grad tip 101: Get a job, kid!
Dear John: When I got out of college back in 1983, interest rates were at 18 percent, and unemployment was 9.6 percent. With all due respect to the Occupy Wall...
W. Side income ‘lax’
It’s the Upper Debts Side. The taxman cometh for 500 income-tax deadbeats in two Upper West Side neighborhoods. In the 10025 ZIP code alone, the feds issued 273 tax liens...
Mosque developer can't take care of vermin-infested apartment building
The developer who wants to build a $100 million mosque and community center near Ground Zero can’t take care of a rat-ridden apartment building with just 14 units. Sharif El-Gamal,...
Pia Toscano back together with Queens catering-hall manager boyfriend
She’s dancing with the caterer. “American Idol” songstress Pia Toscano is back with her hometown beau, Queens catering-hall manager Carlos Nunez, just days after dumping her Hollywood hunk, Mark Ballas...
Achtung! Satellite falling
COLOGNE, Germany -- A German research satellite was expected to crash to Earth last night or today, but scientists said they couldn’t predict where it would land. About 30 pieces...
Cop shoots thugs who toyed with him
Never bring a toy to a gunfight. Four bozos tried to rob an off-duty police detective with a toy gun in Far Rockaway yesterday, then scattered when he pulled a...
Union prez laid down for Mike: lawsuit
A labor leader who now has his eye on the city’s top political office sacrificed his rank and file to curry favor with Mayor Bloomberg as the mogul fought for...
They want $lice of the occu-pie
Even in Zuccotti Park, greed is good. Occupy Wall Street’s Finance Committee has nearly $500,000 in the bank, and donations continue to pour in -- but its reluctance to share...
Bus driver’s slurring DWI
This guy doesn’t know when to say when -- or when to keep his mouth shut. Juan Carreras, 58, who cops say is an off-duty MTA bus driver, put his...
Princely bro eyes the reins
DUBAI -- Saudi Arabia’s Prince Nayef is the most likely successor to ailing King Abdullah after his brother, Crown Prince Sultan, died in New York. Prince Sultan, long ailing from...
The ‘art’ful dodger
Shortly after receiving a ticket for public urination yesterday, an Occupy Wall Streeter scaled a 70-foot sculpture in Lower Manhattan, demanding a cigarette, a jacket, and Mayor Bloomberg’s resignation. He...
Dealer of death on trial
This, he admits, was the most exciting cat-and-mouse game he’d ever played in his 29 years with the DEA, and finally, on the morning of March 6, 2008, Tom Pasquarello’s...
Qns. tot dumped
A 2-month-old baby was discovered abandoned in a stroller early yesterday morning on a frigid Queens street -- and her mother was later arrested, police said. A neighbor heard the...
Mo’ had $200B
He probably paid for his beloved solid gold guns with pocket change. Moammar Khadafy may turn out to have been one of the wealthiest men on earth -- secretly stashing...
Sex-thug attacks
Police are hunting a violent sexual predator who has assaulted five women in eastern Queens over the past month, cops said.The thug first attacked a 44-year-old woman as she entered...
Attack vic’s friendship with attacker
She repaid the kid who almost killed her -- with friendship.Victoria Ruvolo was 44 years old and just two blocks from her Lake Ronkonkoma, LI, driveway on Nov. 13, 2004,...
Inside 'clueless' Lindsay Lohan’s life of 'delusion'
LOS ANGELES -- Slumped on the sofa at a private house party in Malibu, Lindsay Lohan reaches clumsily for her bag. Her artificially plumped lips parted company with their last...
3rd Australia ‘Jaws’ death
Jaws-like hysteria is gripping Western Australia after a 32-year-old American diver was ripped apart by a great white shark yesterday. The unidentified man was the third person killed by a...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** He committed a boo-boo. Patrick Cloonan, 38, allegedly tried to swipe a box of Band-Aids and a mirror in the Upper East Side from a Duane Reade on...
She’s Prince Harry’s ‘Kate Gone Wild’
Randy royal Prince Harry is romancing a tattooed cocktail waitress he met in San Diego -- and she looks just like Kate Middleton. Harry, 27, met California girl Jessica Donaldson,...
App has Siri-ously silly side
There’s even an app for that. Apple’s new virtual assistant, Siri, a program that comes free with the new iPhone 4S, is handier than you’d think -- it will even...
Madge’s unlucky star
It’s no material world for Madonna’s brother. Anthony Ciccone, 55, is living like a vermin under a bridge in a gritty little Michigan town, according to a Web site. Ciccone...
Shootings way up in two weeks
Bullets are flying over Broadway -- and everywhere else in the city. The number of people shot surged 154 percent two weeks ago -- to 56 from 22 over the...
Hero mom shot down in Brooklyn left 12 kids behind
The selfless mother of 13 gunned down trying to shield a group of children from a gangbanger’s bullets joins her two brothers as murder victims on the blood-soaked streets of...
Brownsville a gangland battle zone
Brownsville is a battlefield. The gang warfare that cut down Brooklyn mom Zurana Horton is an endless epidemic that has residents so terrified that they don’t even feel safe walking...
Peter Scolari, Judy Collins among 500 Upper West Side tax deadbeats
It’s the Upper Debts Side. The taxman cometh for 500 income-tax deadbeats in two Upper West Side neighborhoods. In the 10025 ZIP code alone, the feds issued 273 tax liens...
Meeks H2Owes
Rep. Gregory Meeks is soaking the city, racking up an $11,489.22 water bill for his Queens home. Meeks has failed to pay his quarterly bills at the Hollis house since...
NY1 gal’s ‘pol’ turn
Fired NY1 reporter Adele Sammarco, who lost her federal sexual-harassment suit against the Time Warner cable company last year, is back in the news -- this time as a political...
Schools in ‘condom boss’ hunt
Wanted: condom czar. The city Health Department is looking to hire a condom coordinator to keep the city’s public high schools stocked with free birth control. The former condom czar,...
Parent furor at bawdy sex ed
A New York City education will now cover readin’, ’ritin’ -- and rubbers. Sex ed, which becomes mandatory in city middle and high schools next year, is meant to stem...
'Remedial class' nightmare at CUNY
Nearly 80 percent of students entering CUNY community colleges have to take basic remediation classes, and most languish there -- never earning a college degree, a new report reveals. A...
One Liu-Liu of a campaign-finance probe due
There’s more trouble ahead for Comptroller John Liu at the Campaign Finance Board.The board has already begun scrutinizing $1.5 million raised by Liu for the 2013 mayoral race, in reaction...
Too old to drive? Her victim says yes
She can’t drive 55 -- especially at 90 years old. That’s the claim of a Staten Island man whose leg was severed when a Manhattan nonagenarian crashed into his motorcycle...
Upgrade due on the waterfront
Red Hook’s waterfront may be going from grit to glitz.The Port Authority’s ouster of the company that had operated the piers since 1994 will boost a city scheme to transform...
O’s unanswered question: Iran
As President Obama walked from the podium after announcing his plan to withdraw all troops from Iraq, a White House reporter shouted out, “What about Iran?” Obama ignored the question...
Feeling flat
The nightmare on Main Street -- the federal income tax code -- is ending, which is fantastic news for our beleaguered economy. Dramatically simplifying this monstrosity would unleash a powerful...
5,533 square miles
That’s how much land the United States has lost since 2000 -- as if an entire small state vanished off the map. But take heart -- if you include lakes...
Outing the gropers
Over the last two months, the number of reported cases involving women that have been groped or fondled in public places has increased dramatically in New York City. Some have...
Think vs. blink
You may be an expert on some subjects, but how well do you understand something as fundamental as the way you think? “Thinking, Fast and Slow” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux),...
Mind of its own
You move through life forming opinions and cobbling together a story about who you are and why you did the things you did -- which, taken as a whole, seems...
Quinn the job-slayer
City Council speaker and mayoral wannabe Chris Quinn launched a bizarre attack on a familiar target Friday. “I am disheartened by reports that Walmart is substantially rolling back health-care coverage...
Anthrax and the FBI
It has been 10 long years since envelopes stuffed with anthrax spores terrorized the East Coast -- and just one year since the FBI officially closed the case in a...
Anger-free prez
If getting mad led to the American presidency, then Ron Paul would become president (“Get Mad, Mitt,” PostScript, Oct. 16). Anger doesn’t play well in American politics. Herman Cain didn’t...
Required reading
Iq84 by Haruki Murakami (Knopf) This is not your father’s 1984 -- though the latest from Murakami, author of such award-winning novels as “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” and “Kafka on...
Losing his cool
Steve McQueen: A Biography by Marc Eliot Crown Archetype A bright Southern California day in 1967, and the movie star Steve McQueen is inside his shady Brentwood home leisurely knocking...
The roles Steve McQueen almost had
“Ocean’s Eleven” (1960) -- McQueen was a favorite of Frank Sinatra’s but passed after getting advice that going Rat Pack was career suicide.“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961) -- Angrily unable to...
In my library: Jordan Roth
He jokes that his first big production was his bar mitzvah, where he sang a Broadway medley. These days, Jordan Roth pretty much calls the tune as president of Jujamcyn...
Hollywood on the Hudson
If you had to wager a guess at New York’s biggest industries simply by surveying the sidewalks, the list would probably go something like this: candied nuts, performers in dirty...
Frankel-y, my dear, you lied!
Bethenny Frankel, the light-hearted queen of “keeping it real” in reality TV, is looking more and more these days like the Princess of Darkness. As the star of Bravo’s “The...
Invisible superstars
Tucked away on the wrong side of a smart north London neighborhood, flanked by grim public housing, lies the small, squat HQ of the most successful band Britain has produced...
‘Rum’-dinger!
‘It was the kind of town that made you feel like Humphrey Bogart: you came in on a bumpy little plane, and, for some mysterious reason, got a private room...
Top 5 best couples costumes for Halloween
“Lindsay Lohan and her parole officer.” Kun “Me as Arnold Schwarzenegger and my girlfriend as a maid.” Chris “An Occupy Wall Street protester and a banker guy, like Gordon Gekko.”...
Smooth criminal
How much do you crave your daily cup of Starbucks java -- enough to give up four minutes of your life? Time is literally money in the new film, “In...
Bridge
“Your Honor,” the district attorney stated, “we will prove that West committed a felony, resulting in a 530-point loss.” “Proceed,” said the judge. “East doubled North’s one club for takeout,...
Victorious victim
They stole everything but his most valuable possessions, his computer and his composure. Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine won one of the most dramatic games of 2011 after he and his...
Hair of the dog
All month long, while you’ve been clinking steins at Oktoberfest and uncorking bottles on the North Fork, where’s Fido been? Likely drooling by his bowl, hoping for a sip of...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $28,000; clm($25,000); 2YOPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2She's So Evil(L),119J Ferrerx-x-xGlorioso 6-13Uptown Charmer(L),119A Arroyo3-7-8Cibelli 5-24Miss Ribot,119KMcManigllx-x-xSnyder 8-11a-Lexi's Crowd,112C Ormx-x-xAllen...
Belmont Charts
Oct. 22, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Yielding. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -I mile(T); $43,000; alw; 3upOff: 1:01. Good. perched 3w, drivingTime: 24.81, 49.99, 1:14.41, 1:38.71.Trainer: Steven AsmussenWinner: CH...
Lock 'em all out
* I'm still trying to find a sports fan who is truly upset the NBA season is in jeopardy. The greed of the owners and players has completely turned off...
Hondo goes to Holland
Hondo wiped out last night with his 6-team par lay, losing the opener with Virginia, and then flop ped with the overmatched Rangers to boost the debt to a season-high...
Magnet downs friendly rival
Instead of verbal barbs, Flushing coach Jim DeSantis and Campus Magnet's Eric Barnett tossed bouquets at one another. The two Queens coaches, who nearly came to blows after last year's...
Fort Hamilton winning streak snapped by Erasmus Hall
Erasmus Hall's roller-coaster season hit a new high yesterday -- in the form of one of the program's biggest victories. The enigmatic Dutchmen defeated Fort Hamilton, 32-14, in PSAL City...
Islanders lose to Panthers in Florida -- again
SUNRISE, Fla. -- The Islanders travel to play the Panthers. They lose. Rinse and repeat. The Islanders fell to 0-9-1 in their past 10 visits to the Miami area after...
Sports shorts
AUTO: Wheldon laid to rest Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was remembered as a champion, loving husband, father and brother during an emotional memorial service for the British racer...
Thin-in-middle Devils fall to Penguins
PITTSBURGH -- They can call their top trio the Dunkin' Line and their second threesome the Krispy Kreme Line. It's time for Baker Lou to fill the center holes of...
Red Bulls learn playoff opponent tonight
Now that the Red Bulls have earned their way into the MLS playoffs, they will have to wait until tonight to learn their foe. And while American athletes stick to...
The Post Line
NFLFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogJETS 1½ 1 (43½)ChargersBears-x+1½ 1 (43½)BuccaneersPANTHERS 3 2½(43½)RedskinsBROWNS 3 3 (41) SeahawksTITANS 3 3 (44) TexansDOLPHINS 3 Pick(42) BroncosLIONS 4½ 3½(47½)FalconsRAIDERS 3½ 3½(41) ChiefsSteelers 4 3½(43½)CARDINALSCOWBOYS10½13½(43) RamsPackers 9½...
Donaire keeps title at Garden
Nonito Donaire was hoping to look impressive in the first fight of his career on the East Coast. But he would have needed an opponent willing to engage him to...
Lundqvist leaves Rangers loss; coach won't answer questions
EDMONTON, Alberta -- A pathetic Rangers performance marked by a scare when Henrik Lundqvist was forced to leave the game midway through the third period with pain in his left...
Umpire admits to blown call in Game 3
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Suus Kulpa. On a night when muscle finally surfaced at the World Series it was a blown call by umpire Ron Kulpa's skull that played a big...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing2 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Good Sam Club 500ESPNBaseball8 p.m.World Series: Cardinals at Rangers, Game 4FOX, ESPN (1050 AM)Football1 p.m.Chargers at JetsCBS, ESPN (1050 AM)4:15 p.m.Packers at VikingsFOX8:15 p.m.Colts at...
Humane Society misses mark
It appears that most of the money raised by some animal rights groups is not spent on the animals they say they are trying to save. The HumaneWatch.org, a project...
Pujols' Game 3 homers make up for Game 2 error
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Cutoff throw? What cutoff throw? Albert Pujols changed the conversation in a hurry with three home runs totaling roughly 1,226 feet last night in the Cardinals' 16-7...
Jackson gives praise to Pujols
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The last man to hit three homers in a World Series game was hunting for Albert Pujols' phone number late last night. "I would love to congratulate...
Vic Cangialosi's Monmouth Grade
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $20,000; clm; 3up4-Goose Bay 3-11-Manado 7-22-Bobados 5-13-OneHotRnnr 15-15-Sal's Boy 10-16-Don's Peach 3-27-FlyingDuke 8-1SECOND-1m&70yds; $16,000; clm; 3up4-SadlerPowr 9-51-Lockup 7-22-Mr. W. B. 4-13-FlrttsSml 12-15-SndsApplng 8-16-Gojira 9-27-Zosogood 5-1THIRD-6...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST- 5 ½ fur; $13,000; cl; 3up1No Mandate (DeCarlo) 20.206.804.606Holy Defrere (Cartwright)3.002.202BrnrdinesGift (Mysnt)3.60 Off 12:53. Time 1:08.05. Fast. * Exacta (1-6) $67.80 * $1 Superfecta (1-6-2-3) $241.10 * $1 Trifecta...
NFL makes another London jaunt
The NFL keeps upping the ante on its bet that England can’t get enough of the American version of football. The league’s London experiment continues today with the Bears facing...
Giants find surprise with tight end Ballard
The Giants locker room was filled with noise, mostly emanating from the defensive backs and running backs — usually the loudest noisemakers. Cornerback Aaron Ross was bouncing a basketball on...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 23MONOct. 24TUEOct. 25WEDOct. 26THUOct. 27FRIOct. 28SATOct. 29RangersNOGAMEWinn.8:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMETor.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEOtt.3:00MSGESPNIslandersNOGAMENOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMES.J.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNOGAMENOGAMEL.A.10:30MSG+WFANNOGAMEPho.10:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEDal.8:00MSGWFAN
Jets in hurry to ditch slow starts
All of the attention has been on the slow starts by the Jets’ offense. But the defense has looked like it was sleep-walking through some first quarters this year, too....
Oakland raids future drafts in Palmer gamble
Shock waves reverberated around the NFL earlier this week when the Raiders acquired quarterback Carson Palmer from the Bengals in a trade. The shock didn’t come from the acquisition itself....
Tomlinson transforms for Jets' pregame pep talks
Before every Jets game, LaDainian Tomlinson experiences an out-of-body experience that helps inspire and motivate his teammates. If you’re at the Jets-Chargers game today and you notice a pregame pow-wow...
NHL referees need Shan-holding
EDMONTON, Alberta -- The area of inconsistency undermining the NHL isn’t supplementary discipline as applied by VP Brendan Shanahan, but rather initial discipline as determined by the league’s referees. Seriously,...
Cardinals pitching coach worthy of Hall of Fame
ARLINGTON, Texas -- You have to start with the question: Do you think a coach should be eligible for the Hall of Fame? The Hall thinks so little of the...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with ... Brandon Moore
Jets offensive guard Brandon Moore blocked out some time to answer some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What happened when Rex Ryan called you and Santonio Holmes to...
Tebow gets chance to silence critics
Just because you won the Heisman Trophy doesn’t mean you can play quarterback in the NFL. Just because you have undying faith doesn’t mean you can play quarterback in the...
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Mr. Goodbar Susan (Teri Hatcher) is mortified when her art teacher, Andre Zeller (Miguel Ferrer), asks the students to show up to class in the nude in order to help...
Mike & Molly's monster bash
Halloween will be celebrated a week early this year, starting with “Mike & Molly.” In this episode, Molly (Melissa McCarthy) drags Mike (Billy Gardell) to an office party to boost...
Oldies report card
No one said it’s easy to keep a hit show going. Five or six seasons in, the signs of wear and tear always show: the actors are tired, the writers...
Anyone here remember Egypt?
Not that there were any corrections, retractions or apologies, but six months ago, the national news media, in what seemed to be a don’t-want-to-be-the-last exercise, began to report the most...
Fairy tale fever
A swashbuckling Snow White, a vegetarian Big Bad Wolf who does Pilates, a mayor of a small town who’s also an Evil Queen: Fairy tales are coming to prime time,...
Reel good
Due Date 2010 Sunday, 1:35 p.m., Cinemax A crazy, often screamingly funny, tale of an annoyingly driven guy (Robert Downey Jr., left), who must be back in LA in time...
Look Who’s Talking
Regis & Kelly 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Matthew Broderick; Leann Rimes. Tuesday: Tea Leoni. Wednesday: Salma Hayek. Thursday: Eva Longoria; Snooki. Friday: Judge Judy. The View 11 a.m., Ch....
Meet market: Broadway hopeful seeks starry-eyed leading lady
Chris, a 27-year-old teacher, actor and producer, is pursuing a career in theater. He’s looking to cast an adventurous woman in the most important role of his life. Ultimate fantasy...
This week's couple: Art and soul
When we set up creative types Ellen, 24, and John, 26, we had a hunch that their artistic outlooks would make for a colorful evening. When the talented duo dined...
Ask Ashley: The recurring ex factor
My boyfriend of two years talks about his ex-girlfriend all the time. It began when we first started dating, but calmed down when I talked to him about it. She’s...
Denmark's the spot!
From dark, piquant Finnish rye rounds to artfully prepared open-faced sandwiches known as smørrebrød, a swell of Nordic cuisine has reached this side of the Atlantic, proving there’s more to...
Weird but true
How did men in Britain get away with this one? Apparently one in five British women believe “man flu” is real, a survey of 2,000 adults in that country found....
Essington TDs power Stony Brook
Kyle Essington threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Stony Brook over Virginia Military Academy 42-14 yesterday in Lexington, Va. Essington was 18-of-23 for 255 yards and...
USC spoils 'golden' moment for Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The new golden helmets glistened in the lights at Notre Dame Stadium, so America's College Football Team looked the part. The fans waved towels. Some 25...
VIDEO: Michigan State stuns Wisconsin with Hail Mary
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Keith Nichol caught a 44-yard pass from Kirk Cousins on the game's last snap for a tiebreaking touchdown, giving 15th-ranked Michigan State a 37-31 victory against...
Texas Tech upsets Oklahoma
Seth Doege threw for 441 yards and connected with Alex Torres on three of his four touchdown passes, and Texas Tech snapped No. 3 Oklahoma's 39-game home winning streak with...
City stars slam New Jersey counterparts in Sharette Dixon Classic
Much of New York City’s roster was new to the Sharette Dixon Memorial Classic, the annual event held in honor of New Heights’ athletic director Kimani Young’s deceased wife. Omar...
Kennedy's goal in 3rd lifts Panthers over Islanders, 4-2
SUNRISE, Fla. — Tim Kennedy scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Jacob Markstrom earned his first NHL victory in relief of Jose Theodore to lift the...
Manchester City's Balotelli in house blaze drama after firework let off in bathroom
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli escaped unhurt from a blaze at his home that was sparked when a firework went off in his bathroom. Two fire engines...
Penguins ice Devils, 4-1
PITTSBURGH — Jordan Staal scored twice to give him 100 career goals, James Neal added his NHL-leading eighth goal and the Pittsburgh Penguins won their third consecutive game, 4-1 over...