November 12, 2011
Joseph helps No. 5 Syracuse beat Fordham 78-53
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kris Joseph scored 16 points, Dion Waiters added 14 and No. 5 Syracuse beat Fordham 78-53 on Saturday in their season opener. Brandon Triche and C.J. Fair...
PSAL Class A boys soccer final preview
NYPost.com PSAL boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Sunday’s Class A final between Martin Luther King Jr. and Francis Lewis on Randall’s Island. SCHEDULE 3 p.m. – No....
Jay-Z 'Occupy' shirt apparently yanked after criticism
Jay-Z's Rocawear clothing brand has stopped selling online its controversial "Occupy Wall Street" themed T-shirts in an apparent response to criticism aimed at the legendary rapper for attempting to profit...
Unshackled, Greenwood's right arm leads Campus Magnet into quarters
Antoine Allen didn’t have to hope or pray. He might not have seen the ball, but he knew Kahlik Greenwood’s pass would find him somehow. “The sun was in my...
HS football scores, Week 10
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. CHSFL 'AA' semifinals Fordham Prep...
Without Paterno, No. 12 Penn St. falls to No. 19 Nebraska
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Capping the worst week in school history, No. 12 Penn State couldn't overcome a 17-point deficit and was stopped short on a 4th-and-1 late in a...
Beer fueled Midwood hate attack
Booze appears to be the fuel for the fiery hate that torched a string of cars in an anti-Semitic attack in an Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood. Cops found 27 empty...
Tears on anniversary of deadly Queens air crash
For a few anguished hours on Nov. 12, 2001, Americans still in shock over the 9/11 attacks watched television footage of the blazing wreckage of a jetliner that had just...
First look at wrecked Japan nuke plants
OKUMA, Japan — Two reactor buildings once painted in a cheery sky blue loom over the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Their roofs are blasted away, their crumbled concrete walls...
Missing JoePa, Penn State loses as rabid fans cry 'scapegoat'
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State's first game in 46 years without Joe Paterno as coach ended in a loss today, amid swirling support for JoePa on the field and...
Giants' Manningham added to injury report
Hakeem Nicks is making the trip to San Francisco and barring any setbacks with his hamstring will play against the 49ers. Nicks, the Giants leading receiver, is listed as questionable...
Italian Premier Berlusconi resigns as government passes economic reforms
ROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned Saturday after parliament's lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era and setting in motion a transition aimed at bringing the...
Accidental blast at Iranian arms depot kills 15
TEHRAN, Iran — An accidental explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot west of Tehran killed at least 15 people on Saturday, officials said. The explosions occured when military personnel...
Syracuse loses to South Florida
SYRACUSE -- The South Florida Bulls finally got to sing their fight song. Thank you, B.J. Daniels. Daniels ran for 117 yards and a touchdown, skipped away from Syracuse's defensive...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
LONG ISLAND HANDICAP Aqueduct, eighth race.Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. 11⁄2 miles, turf, fillies and mares. Post: 3:46 p.m. LOWDOWN: Emerald Beech won three in a row on turf, including a...
Cowboys WR a cheap fill-in
The recent breakout of running back DeMarco Murray notwithstanding, the Cowboys’ offense still is anchored by quarterback Tony Romo and the passing game. As Romo goes, so do the Boys....
Former Edison star to leave Wichita State before playing first game
Queens native Ede Egharevba, a talented and smooth 6-foot-6 wing and former Thomas Edison star, has opted to transfer from Wichita State before playing his first game, Egharevba told The...
CHSAA Class A intersectional boys soccer finals preview
NYPost.com’s CHSAA boys soccer beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class A final between Mount St. Michael and Monsignor McClancy, set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John’s University’s...
Yo, Adrian: Sweeper leads Lewis back to 'A' final
Roger Sarmuksnis could’ve gone with any of his many skilled strikers or midfielders. Instead, the Francis Lewis coach chose his sweeper, Adrian Garcia, who entered the match with a single...
Mendes shoots Beacon past Lewis into fifth straight PSAL 'A' final
Beacon lost just a handful of seniors from last year's championship team. None may have been more important than center midfielder Sophie Kliger, the team’s unquestioned leader. It wouldn’t be...
Ram revenge: Fordham gets back at SFP in 'AA' state semis
St. Francis Prep took away first place in the Archdiocesan division from Fordham Prep in the regular season. SFP nabbed the city title from Fordham just five days ago. The...
PSAL Class B boys soccer final preview
NYPost.com PSAL boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Sunday’s Class B final on Randall’s Island. SCHEDULE 11 a.m. – No. 1 John F. Kennedy vs. No. 6 Washington...
PSAL City Championship division football first round preview
NYPost.com PSAL football beat writers Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi break down the opening round of the PSAL City Championship division football playoffs Saturday. SCHEDULE No. 16 John Adams @...
MLK blasts Aviation, returns to 'A' final
After a one-year absence, Martin Luther King Jr. is back in the PSAL Class A finals. If Friday’s brilliantly dominant 8-0 victory over No. 5 Aviation at New Dorp on...
PSAL Class B girls soccer semifinals roundup: Revived Madison tops Baruch, sets up rematch with Telecom
Richard Tighe saw taking over at James Madison as a reclamation project. Before the PSAL girls soccer season moved to the fall three seasons ago the Knights were one of...
Second-half outburst powers Science over Bayside in semifinals
Bronx Science was in a battle for its playoff life in the quarterfinals. It needed a late goal to tie before winning in overtime against Long Island City and found...
Business briefs
Oil gusherThe price of oil, which soared $1.21 to $98.99 yesterday, is flirting with $100 per barrel for the first time since the summer on optimism of increased demand as...
Hits and misses: Sale of EMI changes look of music business
The long-awaited sale of iconic UK record company EMI is shifting the balance of power among the top players in the music business. Vivendi’s Universal Music Group and Sony Corp....
‘Call of Duty’ scores $400M+ sales record
“Call of Duty” has conquered the video-game world once again. The third installment in Activision’s first-person shooter franchise, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” set a new first-day sales record...
Farewell to swoon: Wall Street surges on consumer, euro news
Wall Street feasted on a Thanksgiving rally yesterday, fueled by improving consumer sentiment at home and signs of steadying in Europe. The biggest boost came from Italy after the parliament...
Viacom lured to Nasdaq
Bob Greifeld wanted his MTV -- and he got it.The hard-charging chief of the Nasdaq -- who continues to scrap with NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer for big US company...
Europe law targets S&P, Moody’s & Fitch
The European Union is set on unveiling its third broadside against credit rating agencies since the financial crisis began -- and this time the Big Three face a direct hit...
Bank transfers come under scrutiny
Financial regulators are weighing more specific guidelines on banks’ ability to transfer risky assets between subsidiaries. The scrutiny comes after embattled Bank of America raised eyebrows on Wall Street by...
Robo-calls on your cell
Laws banning robotic calls to cellphones might be lifted by a new bill under consideration in Congress, reversing a 20-year-old federal policy prohibiting automated dialing of mobile numbers.Consumer advocate groups...
Luxe labels lose luster
The easy money is drying up for luxury labels.Richemont -- the Swiss jewelry giant that owns Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels -- admitted yesterday that it’s “starting to see...
Google out of AT&T lawsuit
Google withdrew its bid to intervene in the government’s lawsuit challenging AT&T’s proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA, citing a new order on how confidential data will be handled in the...
Unflagging support for heroes
Firefighters march past the Empire State Building in yesterday’s annual Veterans Day Parade up Fifth Avenue, which also featured Mayor Bloomberg, CIA chief David Petraeus, and 94-year-old Congressional Medal of...
Sultry singer killed
A beautiful Italian jazz singer -- who just moved to Manhattan to take her career to the next level -- was fatally mowed down by an SUV on the Upper...
Brangelina in Viet visit
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were in Vietnam yesterday on a family trip to their adopted son Pax’s native country. The couple, along with...
Olsens No. 1 in sis style
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are 2011’s “Best-Dressed Siblings” -- having edged out the likes of Pippa and Kate “The Duchess of Cambridge” Middleton, not to mention Beyoncé and Solange Knowles....
A walk on wild side
It’s an urban jungle out there and Blake Lively was out on the prowl in the Big Apple this week wearing “Lion Paw’’ stilettos. She left the “Gossip Girl’’ set...
Abramoff rips DC ‘traders’
WASHINGTON -- Disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff said yesterday that more than a dozen members of Congress and their aides have been involved in insider trading. “I think it was pretty...
Edwards’ Feb. court date
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards will go on trial in February on charges of violating campaign-finance laws to hide an extramarital affair. The defense and prosecution agreed to start...
‘Jackal’ trial objection
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela’s attorney general yesterday denounced as “illegal” a trial in France of jailed Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as “Carlos the Jackal.” Ramirez’s kidnapping from...
It’s ‘Mighty Mouse!’
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Scientists created super-strong mice, with muscles twice as strong as those of normal mice, by tweaking a gene. The “Mighty Mouse” is stronger, faster and can run...
Prefers death row to NY trip
When prosecutors announced last winter that a convicted California serial killer was being charged with two 1970s murders in New York, they said they were determined to have him brought...
It’s Metro-‘West’
The $7 billion plan to bring the LIRR into Grand Central might relieve crowding at Penn Station by so much that Metro-North service will finally be expanded to the West...
Oslo fiend to court
OSLO, Norway -- The gunman behind the July 22 massacres in Norway will be allowed to appear in court in person instead of via video link for a custody extension...
Blood freed ‘to shoot’
A Bloods gang member -- who convinced a Bronx jury that he needed to carry a loaded gun for protection -- has been arrested on attempted murder charges for shooting...
Heat on O energy big
The White House last night turned over a slew of e-mails to a congressional committee investigating the government’s aid to failed solar company Solyndra -- including one that bluntly advised...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** The body of a man who was savagely beaten to death was found in the hallway of an Inwood apartment building. A 911 caller told cops that a...
‘Thief’ bugged out
A man posing as an exterminator stole cash and jewelry from several Brooklyn homes after persuading the residents to leave him alone in their bedrooms, police sources said yesterday.But the...
NJ school-bus ‘DUI’
WESTAMPTON TOWNSHIP, NJ -- A New Jersey school-bus driver was arrested on DUI charges after the children she was taking home called their parents to complain about her driving. Nervous...
Texas ‘drives’ back Rebels
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas drivers lost their bid to get the Confederate battle flag added to specialty license plates, with an overwhelming rejection by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles,...
Penn St. victim: ‘No’ not an option
“You just can’t tell Jerry no.” A boy who was allegedly molested by ex-Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky later told his mom he felt helpless to stop or inform...
Twitter suicide
Eighteen-year-old Ashley Billasano had more than 500 Twitter followers when she took to the site with a flurry of increasingly desperate tweets that hinted at suicide -- but none of...
Israel plane scared
JERUSALEM -- Israel has sped up work on a missile-defense system for its commercial airliners because of fears that Palestinian militants in Gaza have obtained anti-aircraft weapons looted from Libya,...
16 killed in Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Syrian security forces yesterday fired on protesters and conducted sweeping raids, killing at least 16 -- even as Human Rights Watch accused the regime of committing crimes...
UN gives Palestinians mixed reviews
The Palestinian bid for UN membership went to a divided Security Council yesterday after its admissions committee approved a report saying there is no consensus among the 15 council nations....
An auxiliary farce
NYPD brass has failed to properly protect and equip its auxiliary police officers, state-labor officials said in a bombshell report released four years after two volunteer cops were murdered in...
‘Independent’ vet push for horses
The City Council wants independent veterinarians not affiliated with the carriage-horse industry or the ASPCA to certify the health of the animals walking the paths of Central Park. In a...
Mike’s billions donated by 2026
Mayor Bloomberg figures it’ll take about 15 years to donate his billions to charity.In a filing yesterday with the IRS, the mayor’s philanthropic foundation reported it had assets of $2.7...
Docs eye kid cholesterol
CHICAGO -- Doctors are recommending that every child be tested for high cholesterol by around the age of 10 to prevent heart disease later in life.The advice is in new...
Birthdate’s 11/11/11
Adorable newborns Madelyn and Elliot Harrison made their blanket-swaddled debuts via C-section -- because mom and dad figured 11/11/11 would be a “cool” birthday. “It’s a really cool date for...
Mother of all $uits
They wanted the newer model. A 52-year-old woman claims an upstate movie theater fired her so that it could replace her with a “much younger person” -- her own daughter....
Flight 587 memorial
A ceremony will be held today to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the crash of Flight 587 in Belle Harbor, Queens.The American Airlines flight was headed from Kennedy Airport to...
Jay-Z’s ‘Street’ $marts
The “99 percent” have got money problems -- but Jay-Z’s got none. The millionaire rap mogul is set to make a mint by hawking T-shirts based on the Occupy Wall...
‘Arbor’ home for Xmas
A 74-foot-tall Christmas tree arrived at Rockefeller Center yesterday, ringing in the traditional start of the holiday season. The 75-year-old Norway spruce from Mifflinville, Pa., was hoisted into its place...
Swing back on swag
WASHINGTON -- President Obama can forget about getting any gift bags for a while.The promotions industry is pushing back at the White House plan to cut costs by slashing the...
Gem of a find -- in city dump
MARGATE, Fla. -- A financial adviser who accidentally threw out his wife’s $10,000 engagement ring sifted through tons of garbage at a landfill -- and found the custom-made sparkler glimmering...
Staffers furious after 1,000 fired from Corzine's bankrupt firm MF Global
Screw you, Jon Corzine. All 1,066 employees of the bankrupt trading house MF Global got the boot yesterday in a pre-holiday massacre that left workers without severance and benefits --...
Hit-run cab kills gran, 88
An elderly Brooklyn woman was killed by a livery cab in a hit-and-run yesterday morning, police said.Zlata Uhr, 88, was crossing the intersection of Lee Avenue and Taylor Street in...
Cain: I’m $urviving scandal
A buoyant Herman Cain stumped for big bucks in Manhattan yesterday -- declaring he had survived a slew of sex-harassment charges. “The good news is it didn’t destroy my campaign,”...
Malpractice fast track
ALBANY -- New York courts specializing in the state’s 4,000 medical malpractice cases filed each year have begun expanding following the success of a Bronx judge in settling cases early....
Newark turns 175
New Jersey’s largest city is celebrating a birthday this weekend.Newark is marking its 175th anniversary as an incorporated city.First founded by the Puritans in 1666, Newark was incorporated as a...
Rick hopes to avoid another ‘Laugh-In’
WASHINGTON -- Republican Rick Perry is suiting up for another TV debate tonight -- hoping to recover from his spectacular “oops” moment at the last forum that made his campaign...
Promotions anger jailers
ALBANY -- The state Department of Corrections promoted 10 supervisors last week -- as rank-and-file prison workers were being forced to swallow pay freezes and sweat over possibly losing their...
Porno star too ‘class’-y
Parents at a California school were outraged when their kids were treated to a celebrity guest last week -- one who was crowned the winner of last year’s porn version...
It was tricky Dick-tation
Former President Richard Nixon told a grand jury investigating the Watergate scandal that the 18-minute gap on a tape of his White House conversations was an “accident,” according to transcripts...
Hate mongers torch cars, scrawl swastikas on Orthodox block in Brooklyn (VIDEO)
Hate mongers torched three cars on a heavily Orthodox stretch of Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn yesterday and scrawled swastikas and other vile messages on vehicles and park benches. Residents on...
'Angry Birds'-obsessed artist creates renderings of game's creatures
Now that’s avian garde! An “Angry Birds”-obsessed artist has created beautiful, realistic renderings of the video game’s scowling fowl. “I tried to reflect the right look and colors of the...
Druglords’ plot on US
Chicago The leaders of a powerful Mexican cartel, frustrated that US law enforcement was interfering with their lucrative drug business, plotted a military-style attack on a US or Mexican government...
Worse than useless measure of poverty
On Monday, the Census Bureau released a new poverty measure created by the Obama administration. Using this new calculation, Census officials assert that more than 49 million Americans are poor...
An Islamist Egypt?
Liberated from 60 years of military rule, will Egyptians hand over their destiny to parties that could impose another despotism in the name of religion? The answer could come Nov....
Testing Cain’s character: harassment from the left
The Issue: The sexual-harassment accusations against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. *** I watched Herman Cain’s press conference, and he has my vote (“Herm Warfare!” Nov. 9). I hope the...
Boyland walks
If ever there was an example of the legal difference between “not guilty” and “innocent,” it was in Thursday’s federal court jury verdict on Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. The...
Now it’s a health hazard
Will somebody please take charge? Occupy Wall Street’s sinkhole has now attracted the attention of the city Health Department -- and for good reason: Zuccotti Park seems to have become...
Read Andrew’s lips
“You are kidding yourself if you think you can be one of the highest-taxed states in the nation, have a reputation for being anti-business -- and have a rosy economic...
A ‘pro-woman’ Catholic-bash
Is there a war on women? And, if so, who exactly is waging it? This week, Laura Bassett of the Huffington Post used the meme in a nasty little piece...
‘Furious’ excuse-making
By now it’s clear that the Obama administration’s “solution” to the long-simmering Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal is as easy as one, two, three. One, scapegoating. Two, stonewalling. Three, blaming...
Rivera saved
When the Museum of Modern Art asked Diego Rivera to make it some murals, it got more than it bargained for: Not only did he deliver, as promised, five stirring...
Kids stuff
Today GREAT SKATES: Kick off ice-skating season at Citi Pond at Bryant Park’s second annual Family Day, where kids can take a spin around the rink, hear holiday stories, watch...
The Post Line
NFL Tomorrow Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog 49ERS 3½ 3½ (42½) Giants JETS Pick 1½ (47½) Patriots Steelers 3 3 (41½) BENGALS CHIEFS 4 3 (41½) Broncos Jaguars 3 3...
Rangers' Girardi left off All-Star ballot
The Rangers have four players on the NHL All-Star ballot, none of whom is named Dan Girardi. This omission does not please John Tortorella, the coach who has been touting...
Hurricanes say brother's hit not reason for Staal's concussion
Apparently the chore of answering a series of questions this week both in New Jersey and in Manhattan about the Eric Staal hit that concussed his brother, Marc, in Raleigh...
Yankees manager happy to have Sabathia back
Yankees manager Joe Girardi didn't think he would lose his ace this offseason, but he still was relieved when he found out CC Sabathia signed a five-year contract extension before...
Papelbon signs with Phils for $50M
Jonathan Papelbon can do his Irish Jig on Broad Street.A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press that the Philadelphia Phillies and Papelbon have agreed to a $50...
Tiger falls from lead at Australian Open
SYDNEY, Australia -- In the lead for the first time all year, Tiger Woods got the same result as his last time atop the leaderboard. He couldn’t break par. Woods...
Aqueduct Analysis
1. 6 fur; $42,000; alw; 3up(f) KEIKO set pace, finished third at 5-2 after breaking her maiden by five at Saratoga. WILLET broke her maiden by 14 lengths at 3-5;...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 1/16 miles(T); $51,000; mdn; 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 StrikingWonder(L),121 CNakatani 5-4-4 Toner 6-1 2 File Gumbo(L),116...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-$16,000, cl, 3YO up, 1 1/16m.3Prvt Mrqu (CttJr.)6.403.202.201Sunds Applng (Crtwrght)4.402.406Lockup (Panas)2.20* Exacta (3-1) $20.80 * $1 Superfecta (3-1-6-2) $75.10 * $1 Trifecta (3-1-6) $20.00SECOND-$13,000, mdn cl, 3YO up F&M, 1m.3Elzbth...
Sports Shorts
Boxing: Fans remember FrazierIn Philadelphia, fans lined up outside the Wells Fargo Center in tribute to former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. Private funeral services will be held Monday. Muhammad Ali...
Aqueduct Charts
November 11th, 2011 Clear and Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $21,000; clm($7,500); 3up(f)Off: 12:21. Good. inside,rated to 1/4plTime: 23.39, 47.18, 59.33, 1:12.43.Trainer: Chris EnglehartWinner: GR/RO M, 5, by Judge...
Vic C.’s Churchill Downs Grade
FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm; 2YO 3-Ease Away 5-1 8-Kittenish 12-1 1-JnebgOnstrng 30-1 9-Fantasy Slam 6-1 2-Callas 8-1 10-RedBnksRelty 30-1 4-Miss Rumpus 15-1 11-Static Charge 3-1 5-Half Pot 15-1 12-Tura Isabel...
Monmouth Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 mile; $15,000; clm($7,500); 3up CRAFTY STAR rallied to be second for 10G, drops to 7.5G. PEANUTBUTTERBROWN has shown...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 12SUNNov. 13MONNov. 14TUENov. 15WEDNov. 16THUNov. 17FRINov. 18RangersNO GAME NO GAMENO GAMEN.Y.I.7:00MSGESPN NO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEIslandersNO GAMEVan.9:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG+ WRHUNO GAMEMont.7:00MSG+ WRHUNO GAMEDevilsWashington7:00TV- MSG+ NetworkWFAN 660 AMNO GAMENO GAMEBost.7:00MSG+2 WFANBuff.7:30VS. WFANNO...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto RacingNoonNASACR: Nationwide, Qualifying SPEED1:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Qualifying SPEED3:30 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide WYPALL 200 ESPN2Basketball4 p.m.Fordham at Syracuse SNY, WFUV (90.7 FM)4:30 p.m.Presbyterian at Duke ESPNU7 p.m.St. Francis (NY) at...
Reyes has offer from Marlins; Pujols does, too
MIAMI -- A surprising visit by Albert Pujols sent a message: The Miami Marlins will be a much different franchise than the Florida Marlins. Pujols picked an unlikely locale to...
Still the Manny to beat
Las Vegas Inside the media center at the MGM Grand was a buffet of sliced carrots, cucumbers and broccoli showcasing the arrival of “Manny Pacquiao Produce,” a business promoting organic...
NBA cancels games through mid-December
Crafty NBA commissioner David Stern cancelled the first two weeks of the league’s December schedule Thursday night without the pomp and circumstance of his past cancellations. There was no formal...
NBA commissioner hands blame to agents
David Stern fired back yesterday for the first time at agents pushing NBA players toward decertification, saying it’s a bargaining ploy and if executed likely would kill the season. The...
Charity begins at home for Yankees' Sabathia
CC Sabathia sees the big picture. That’s his greatest gift. Sabathia just got back from a trip to Europe and today in Manhattan will kick off the inaugural “CC Challenge’’...
Devils overwhelmed by Ovechkin, Capitals
The Devils had no answer for Alexander Ovechkin last night, no response even when he flattened their rookie phenom. The Capitals’ captain gets to run around on them again this...
Rangers defeat Hurricanes with Dubinsky's first goal
Sheer unadulterated joy was written all over Brandon Dubinsky’s face sky as he threw his head back and raised his arms to the sky after slamming a Ryan Callahan rebound...
Giants rookie key to stopping 49ers
It’s very likely the Giants’ linebacking corps -- in fact, the entire defense -- will be turning to Greg Jones tomorrow. Jones is the rookie middle linebacker from Michigan State...
Giants kicker not worried about wind
San Francisco’s Candlestick Park has the reputation as a veritable wind tunnel, the inside of an F-4 tornado for athletes. “Candlestick is notoriously a little breezy but it’s not that...
Nicks on track to play for Giants
Hakeem Nicks participated in more than half of practice yesterday and the Giants’ top receiver said his ailing hamstring has been fine all week. “So far we’ve passed every test,”...
Keller says Jets will beat Patriots
There is no weigh-in today, no Rex Ryan and Bill Belichick stepping on the scales in their skivvies flexing their muscles, standing nose to nose, cameras flashing. But Jets-Patriots tomorrow...
Jets ready for fight with Patriots
Rex Ryan wouldn’t say if the Jets are Smokin’ Joe or The Greatest, but he sure considers the comparison fitting. Just days after Joe Frazier’s death, the Jets coach honored...
McKnight, Burress will play for Jets
Joe McKnight wasn’t going to let a little thing like a hyperextended toe keep him out this week -- of all weeks. The injury is disconcerting enough that the NFL’s...
Who’s your daddy?
Successful, uptight lawyer rushes back home from the big city to her tiny hometown when a parent takes ill. There she discovers that, yes, Dorothy was right -- there is...
Cowell behind Stern
The apparent addition of Howard Stern to “America’s Got Talent” is the latest step in an effort to revitalize the aging NBC show. “Every show, as it goes along, has...
Cops vs. ‘Blue’
Cops are seething at the CBS drama “Blue Bloods” for including a scene that reworked one of the NYPD’s darkest chapters, without acknowledging the violent death of an officer and...
Indoor score!
While we’ve had a strangely warm stretch of weather recently, it’s clearly not going to last forever. When the time does come to move indoors, it doesn’t mean weekly tailgates...
Weird but true
Good dog! An Ohio couple adopted a Saint Bernard from the pound to save him from being euthanized, and within hours he thanked them by saving their home from being...
Rutgers faces Army at Yankee Stadium today
Rutgers meeting with Army today at Yankee Stadium (3:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network) is rife with emotional subplots, from the teams’ first meeting since RU’s Eric LeGrand was paralyzed in...
Star-spangled basketball on carrier a thrill
ABOARD USS CARL VINSON -- It was artless basketball for the most part, the way you’d expect it to look when you take a game commanded by control freaks and...
Columbia loses to UConn
One of the biggest questions for defending national champion Connecticut coming into this season was who would fill the scoring and leadership voids left by the departure of Kemba Walker....
Penn State seniors set minds on game day
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Regardless what you think the proper punishments should be if the allegations of unfathomable abuse that struck Happy Valley like a biblical plague are proven true,...
Former Penn State star says Paterno 'very remorseful’
Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno was “very remorseful” yesterday while accepting visits from ex-players at his State College home, one of those players said. “We love that man to...
Reeling Penn State campus prepares for football game
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- By dusk yesterday, Beaver Stadium, the 106,572-seat, steel-gray hull that looks like a naval destroyer with bleachers, blended seamlessly into the late-autumn sky. The clouds, hues...
INSIDE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: From the beach to The Bronx, Fieldston transfer makes huge impact
It was just a few months ago that Catalina Jimenez was enjoying the beaches of Fort Lauderdale. She never imagined she’d be leading her girls volleyball team to a championship...
PSAL Class B boys soccer semifinals roundup: Irving tops Millennium, will meet Kennedy in final
Washington Irving couldn’t have been happier to see division rival Millennium in Friday’s PSAL Class B semifinal. It felt its loss during the regular season to the Phoenix was bad...
Rangers score 4 in 3rd, top Canes 5-1
Dan Girardi and Brandon Dubinsky scored 9 seconds apart midway through the third period and the New York Rangers went on to rout the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Friday night...
PHOTOS: Nationals' catcher Ramos rescued; police arrest 'abductors'
CARACAS, Venezuela — The kidnapping ordeal of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos ended after two days when Venezuelan police commandos swooped in to rescue him in a flurry of gunfire...
Obama calls Penn State situation 'heartbreaking'
CORONADO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama Friday called the Penn State child sex abuse scandal "heartbreaking" and said it should lead to some "soul searching" by all institutions, not just...
Chimera lifts Capitals over Devils 3-1
NEWARK, N.J. — Jason Chimera scored a short-handed goal 2:27 into the third period and Marcus Johansson added an insurance tally eight minutes later, leading the Washington Capitals to a...
Bayside falls to nemesis yet again, sees postseason run end in semis
Bayside has nine losses over the last three seasons. Seven have come to Francis Lewis, including the most painful one, Friday’s 3-1 setback in the PSAL Class A semifinals at...