November 13, 2011
Eagles blow another lead in loss to Cardinals
PHILADELPHIA — With the game on the line, John Skelton played like an old pro again. Skelton threw a 5-yard TD pass to Early Doucet with 1:53 left and the...
Dolphins make it two straight with win over Redskins
MIAMI — Reggie Bush scored the clinching touchdown, then happily heaved the ball into the stands, and the cluster of fans scrambling for the souvenir included a man in a...
Steelers hold off Bengals in AFC North battle
CINCINNATI — A rookie quarterback, a game on the line. No better time for the Steelers' defense to get back to what it does best. Grab the ball. Rashard Mendenhall...
Romo, Cowboys hammer Bills
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Tony Romo is finally healthy and now he's got a running game, too. Throw in an opportunistic defense and a kicker who hasn't missed since mid-September, and...
Lindsey's near triple-doube leads St. John's over UMBC
Nurideen Lindsey missed a triple-double by one assist and St. John’s pulled away to an 82-59 victory over Maryland-Baltimore County on Sunday. The sophomore junior college transfer had 15 points,...
Marchers protest burned cars in B'klyn Jewish enclave
About 100 people are marching through Brooklyn to protest against vandals who torched three cars and scrawled Nazi swastikas in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Protesters say they are taking a...
Mitt on top in new poll
Mitt Romney has a growing lead in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, and almost half of the party's voters expect him to be the nominee, according to...
Nicks, Manningham starting for Giants
SAN FRANCISCO – The Giants came into their game here on Sunday with their two starting receivers, Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham, both listed as questionable to face the 49ers....
Cabby shot dead in Queens
Police say a man was found shot to death in a car near Rockaway Park in Queens, and a federation of taxi drivers believes he was a livery car driver....
Follow Jets-Patriots with Post writers
The Post has tonight's Jets-Patriots game from MetLife covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.First place in the AFC East is on the...
Follow Giants-49ers with Post writers
The Post has today's Giants-49ers game from San Francisco covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.The teams each lead their division and could...
Brazilian police take over Rio's biggest slum
RIO DE JANEIRO — More than 3,000 police and soldiers backed by armored personnel carriers raced into Brazil's biggest slum before dawn Sunday, quickly gaining control of a shantytown ruled...
Cricket writer Roebuck suicide
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Respected cricket writer Peter Roebuck committed suicide in his South African hotel room, police confirmed Sunday. English-born Roebuck, 55, was staying at the Southern Sun...
Bachmann manager sorry for CBS rant
WASHINGTON -- Michele Bachmann's campaign manager called the head of CBS political news to apologize for calling him a "fraud" and a more scatological term after the Minnesota congresswoman's team...
Gov.: Penn St. coach who saw sex attack failed 'moral obligation' to stop it
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Penn State football coach who told a grand jury that he saw another coach molest a child failed to meet "a moral obligation" to intervene, Pennsylvania's...
Tiger finishes third at Australian Open
SYDNEY -- The loudest cheers were for Tiger Woods. The Australian Open belonged to Greg Chalmers. Chalmers won his national championship for the second time Sunday, closing with a 3-under...
Cops clear 'Occupy Portland' camps, hours after protesters claimed victory
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police in Oregon dismantled two "Occupy Portland" protest campsites Sunday, just hours after protesters declared victory following a standoff with officers. Protesters did little to resist as...
Memories of a legend: I was Smokin' Joe's 'white son'
I was Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s "white son." At least that’s what he used to call me. I walked into Joe Frazier’s Gym in Philadelphia in the summer of 1984. I...
Oprah Winfrey honored with Oscars humanitarian prize at Governors Awards
LOS ANGELES -- Oprah Winfrey was honored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards ceremony late Saturday alongside the actor James Earl Jones and the make-up...
Fordham loses to Syracuse
SYRACUSE -- Fordham knew what was coming, and still couldn't figure out Syracuse's stifling zone defense. Chris Gaston scored 13 points but the Rams shot just 34.6 percent from the...
PSAL Class B girls soccer final preview
James Madison and Telecommunication were seemingly on a crash course for this game since the regular season ended. Now the division rivals meet in the PSAL Class B final 9...
PSAL Class A girls soccer final preview
The PSAL girls soccer season comes down to one game and the top two seeds. NYPost.com beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Sunday’s final between top-seeded Bronx Science and No....
CHSAA girls soccer state semifinals roundup: Ricca stars in Hill's tight loss to St. Anthony's
St. Joseph Hill was where it wanted to be thanks to goalie Kristy Ricca. “If you had to write a script we were kind of where we wanted to be,”...
Mattocks, Ford stun SFP in final seconds to win 'A' title
Bishop Ford quarterback Xaviah Mattocks had just 6.7 seconds to try and win a championship for his team. It’s all the time he needed. Three plays after completing a 34-yard...
'D'-lightful: Late stops propel St. Anthony's past Iona, into 'AAA' final
The St. Anthony’s defense closing out wins has become a familiar and weekly scene, one the players can’t seem to get enough off. “That’s the way we want it,” defensive...
Girls volleyball roundup: SFP makes state final for first time since 1999
St. Francis Prep won’t leave Buffalo with a state title this weekend. But it will take back to Fresh Meadows a piece of history. For the first time since 1999,...
History lesson: Fordham Prep wins first-ever CHSAA state soccer title
For the first time in school history, the Fordham Prep Rams are state champions. “This is such an amazing feeling, being state champions,” senior Dylan Cope said. “This is a...
Pipia, McClancy get 'storybook' ending with 'A' title
Even in the toughest moments, Sal Pipia never had any doubts. Even when the Monsignor McClancy senior star thought he wouldn’t play another high school game, he felt like his...
Inside the NBA lockout talks
Welcome to inside the lockout talkszzzzz. Talk of revenue splits, luxury-tax penalties and mini mid-level exceptions is sleep-inducing enough. But for the participants — owners, players, union officials, journalists —...
A haven for ‘haden’
The federal authority that oversees our marine resources finally understands how we need to preserve species at both ends of the food chain. The Atlantic States Maine Fisheries Commission voted...
McDaniels, Kellenberg come back on Trinity, head to 'AA' final
Kellenberg’s game plan isn’t a big secret. Matt McDaniels, the Firebirds’ versatile senior quarterback, is going to have the ball in his hands, whether he’s running or passing. “Look at...
No doubting Thomas: Fill-in quarterback leads Fort Hamilton over Sheepshead
Robert Thomas isn't the usual quarterback for Fort Hamilton, but on Saturday it didn't show. Thomas, who usually finds himself at fullback, filled in under center for the banged up...
Stepinac beats Xaverian in OT thriller for first-ever 'AAA' final berth
History was rolling on the field for Archbishop Stepinac to grab. Austin Taps reached over the top and knocked the ball loose at the 2-yard line from a diving Zach...
A-Rod determined to rebound for Yankees
They are the Yankees, so you learn never to say never. They U-turned last January to sign Rafael Soriano and launched February surprises in their recent past to obtain Roger...
PSAL City Championship division playoff roundup: Boys High takes to air, flattens Flushing
Boys & Girls success this fall has been tied to its running game. For a change, the Kangaroos put the ball in the air Saturday afternoon – and junior quarterback...
Let the healing begin — for Penn State and abused boys
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — You see them every day in the city, commercial trucks proudly emblazoned on the side with names of a father and son, or father or daughter...
Penn State loses to Nebraska in game overshadowed by emotions
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- This was supposed to be a celebration, the final home game for a bowl-bound team and the expected Happy Valley farewell of coaching icon Joe Paterno,...
Jets set to bash Brady
Tom Brady is much more than a Pretty Boy Quarterback, because he has three Super Bowl rings and a Hall of Fame bust reserved for him in Canton, Ohio. But...
Jets aim to pass Patriots in AFC East
When the Jets and Patriots met last month, the Jets were scuffling and the Patriots were rolling. A month later, the roles are reversed. The Patriots come to MetLife Stadium...
Giants expect hard hits from 49ers
SAN FRANCISCO — The beauty for the Giants is that they know what awaits them this afternoon at Candlestick Park. On offense, the 49ers will not just feature running back...
Strong finish for Giants must start today
SAN FRANCISCO — A week ago, with a daunting road game against the Patriots staring them in the face and talk of the treacherous schedule ahead a heavy topic of...
PSAL Cup division football roundup: Petrides tops Lane, reaches postseason
Petrides won, and as a result, qualified for the Cup division playoffs. Joe Henry ran for 214 yards and a touchdown, Matt Kralik took a kickoff back 77 yards for...
Slighted Chicago seeks vengeance vs. Detroit
How the Bears have flown under the radar since nearly making the Super Bowl last January remains a mystery, but it looks like that’s about to change. Fresh off a...
You can’t give Flacco flak after big comeback
In this discerning football town of ours, we have a couple of starting quarterbacks who are scrutinized and nit-picked until there’s nothing left to talk about in Mark Sanchez and...
Upstart Bengals make right moves ... finally
They call the kid quarterback the Red Rifle, and should the Bengals should beat the hated Steelers today, forgive them if they start calling them the Big Red Machine. All...
Visiting Giants match up well against Niners
TODAY Giants (+31⁄2) over 49ERS: Big Blue is coming off a scintillating win over name team they match up against, perfectly. But if locals maintain their poise, Niners will wind...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Dustin Keller
Post columnist Steve Serby tracked down Jets tight end Dustin Keller for a Q&A session. Q: When did you start calling your mother before every game? A: Definitely since I've...
Little engine to rev
If New York’s economy is going to rebound, it needs Mom and Pop businesses to hire outside the family. That’s because the city’s economy is dependent on small business, according...
Wall St. suffers while geeks get year-end cash
Call it “Revenge of the Nerds.” While Wall Street traders and executives are in panic mode, fearing a sharp tumble in bonuses this year will compound their misery after they...
$633M MF game of ‘hide-seek’
The $633 million in missing client funds from Jon Corzine’s now-bankrupt firm MF Global appears to be a result of a “massive hide-and-seek ploy,” a US Commodity Futures Trading commissioner...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS ROBERT IGER Head of the Mouse House sees a nearly one-third jump in Disney profits for the quarter. KEVIN MANSELL Kohl’s CEO reports 20% profit rise, sees jolly holiday...
Franc-ly, S&P blooper not far off the mark
Oops!That clearly was the word of the week, and not just because it famously slipped from Gov. Rick Perry’s mouth during his 53-second brain freeze at the Republican debate. “Oops!”...
Jobs' 'Oh wow' moment
Walter Isaacson, author of the best-selling Steve Jobs bio, thinks Apple is in great hands as a corporation, despite the death of its inspirational leader. “He ended up with the...
Two Trees grows tech in Brooklyn
For a handful of lucky tech startups in Brooklyn, money really does grow on trees. Two Trees, the landlord for most of Dumbo’s digital enterprises, has carved out 6,500 square...
Greenback can’t even beat euro
The euro is the currency of the world’s most uncertain and unstable financial system. Its tenuous and preposterous political union is as weak as the daily confidence votes in one...
Medicaid mysteries
Dear John: I am 82 years old and live on a fixed income. I also have a few medical problems. I have gotten so many different stories about applying for...
Meeting demand
Tired of spending hours in meetings without feeling like you’ve accomplished anything? LessMeeting is a Web service designed to help you hold fewer, more productive gatherings. Before the meeting, organizers...
Owe, really, Mike?
Sure, when it comes to Washington’s spending, he’s got all the answers. But critics note New York City’s debt has ballooned on Mayor Bloomberg’swatch. Hizzoner said on Tuesday that fixing...
Gipper was no Ron Juan: Piper
He wasn’t the “great communicator” in the sack. Actress Piper Laurie describes Ronald Reagan -- who played her dad in a movie and then bedded the 18-year-old virgin off the...
Newt takes round
The winner of last night’s Republican presidential debate on foreign policy was, without question, Newt Gingrich, who has spent the last six weeks staging a clinic for all future politicians...
How NYC spent $110 a ballot on joke vote
Suppose they gave an election and almost no one came? That’s what happened last Tuesday, when a mere 150,000 of the city’s 4.2 million registered voters went to the polls....
Cancer scare over cruise ships’ suspect H2O
Talk about seasick. Thousands of New Yorkers may have been exposed to cancer-causing drinking water aboard a flotilla of luxury cruise liners, according to a bombshell report. A defective paint...
17 die in Tehran blast
A massive blast yesterday at a military arms depot near the Iranian capital of Tehran killed at least 17 soldiers and injured 16 more -- an explosion so powerful that...
Israel nixes O Iran-raid alert
Israel has refused to reassure President Obama that it would warn him in advance of any pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, raising fears that it may be planning a...
Cowardly Lions at Penn State
It is a cliché to say that football is like life. At Penn State, it is also insufficient. For under Joe Paterno, football was life. And now a glorious era...
Mex general’s Staten ex-isle
Staten Island might want to forget the Alamo. In a little-known chapter of Big Apple history, the Mexican villain of the infamous battle, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, lived in...
Dude, where’s my car? ... No, really
Charles Petraske completed last Sunday’s New York City Marathon in a respectable 3 hours and 16 minutes -- and then suffered every motorist’s worst nightmare. He couldn’t remember where he...
Getting polluted on wine
Now this is a wine to die for. A brave Brooklyn man is cultivating a massive, 50-foot grapevine a few short blocks from one of the world’s most polluted waterways,...
The skinny on Snooki
Now she’s a low-fat meatball. A slinky Snooki, obviously off the snackies, showed off her reduced frame to fans on Twitter, posting a photo that flaunted her now slim legs,...
Kidnap catcher’s rescue tale
VALENCIA, Venezuela -- His eyes tearing up with emotion, Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos embraced his rescuers and said he had wondered whether he would survive a two-day kidnapping ordeal...
Jersey City blaze derails PATH
Path train service between New York and New Jersey skidded to a halt for several hours last night after a fire caused all power to track signals to be lost....
Water foul at Prospect Lake
Brooklyn’s been slimed. Prospect Park Lake is a breeding ground for a dangerous bacteria that’s been known to kill animals and sicken humans, The Post has learned. Cyanobacteria have been...
Calling their ‘buff’
Someone’s got a pair of diamonds in the buff. These card-carrying nudists proudly anted up the stakes by playing strip poker in a storefront window of the Art In General...
Regis faces life after ‘Live!’ . . . just as everything was finally going RIGHT!
For more years than he’d care to count, Regis Philbin’s life has been lived on a narrow stretch of 67th Street on the Upper West Side, where, each weekday morning,...
Couple: We got ‘smashed’ at MSG
A New Jersey couple that says a drunken fan fell on them during a Devil-Ranger hockey game wants some information from Madison Square Garden -- so they can sue.Arleen and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan* Cops yesterday classified the death of a man whose body was found in the hallway of an Inwood apartment building Friday as a homicide.Cops have not identified the victim,...
Cancer activist Lauder dies at 75
Evelyn Lauder, a member of the Estee Lauder cosmetics family who helped create the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness, has died of ovarian cancer. She was 75.The socialite...
2nd Ave. line is a real trip
Step on a crack, break the city’s back.Seven New Yorkers have filed claims totalling $27 million against the city and the MTA for injuries caused by cracked sidewalks on a...
Blindsided by suit
Her mom sued her boss and neglected to tell her. The 26-year-old Putnam County woman who took her mom’s manager job at the Carmel Cinema learned of Marcy Starnes’ discrimination...
O backer’s Rx deal $ickening
The Obama administration secured a $433 million contract for an experimental, anti-smallpox drug with a company controlled by deep-pocketed Democratic Party donor Ronald Perelman, although it’s uncertain if the serum...
Midtown nut beats granny
A 75-year old woman was fighting for her life last night after she was viciously beaten in the early evening on a busy Midtown street by a hulking homeless man...
Jackson fit to be ‘King’
He’s been a Jedi warrior, a Bible-quoting hit man and a dinosaur’s lunch. He’s even corralled some motherf--king snakes on a motherf--king plane. But Broadway’s “The Mountaintop” turns Samuel L....
Jacko stoned all along: aide
A personal manager to Michael Jackson said the singer was taking propofol as early as 1999 and was drugged up ahead of his troubled 30th-anniversary shows in 2001.Frank Cascio, whose...
Gabby mulled being ma
Before she was shot in the head, Rep. Gabby Giffords was preparing to trade politics for motherhood. Giffords, who appears tomorrow night in an hour-long special with ABC News’ Diane...
Gay-pride parades in Bx. foe’s building
They’re loud, they’re proud, and they’re moving in. The Bronx’s largest gay-rights group is unfurling its rainbow flag tomorrow at its new headquarters -- ironically located in a building funded...
Air-traffic dodo birds bumped from Apple
They’re grounded.Supervisors who let air-traffic controllers snooze or watch movies while they were supposed to be directing flights over New York have been booted from their positions, The Post has...
Twisted sister in nun jail
This nun had a bad habit -- and she’s landed in purgatory for it. Sister Marie Thornton gambled her life away playing the one-armed bandits in Atlantic City, losing nearly...
Sad memory of Flight 587
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday was among hundreds at the 10th-anniversary memorial for American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed in Queens shortly after 9/11. Tears flowed at a reading of the names...
Silvio leaves to jeers
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned yesterday -- capping a 17-year political era of alleged corruption, sex scandals and deep economic woes. Hecklers shouted, “Buffoon! Buffoon!” as Berlusconi’s motorcade entered...
Sweat, tears & terrible shame
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- If tears can cleanse a university, then Penn State is clean today. If sweat can cleanse a football program, then the Nittany Lions are clean today....
They’re in Penn State of denial
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- They were losers on the field and in the stands. Legions of Penn State fans blinded by loyalty made a shameful show of support yesterday for...
Sandusky 'preyed' at bowl games
Accused Penn State pedophile Jerry Sandusky is the focus of probes in Texas and Florida for allegedly sexually abusing a teen traveling with the former assistant football coach to national...
Occupy Wall Street costs local businesses $479,400!
It makes no cents. The Occupy Wall Street movement has cost surrounding businesses $479,400 so far, store owners said. A Post survey of a dozen restaurants, jewelry shops, beauty salons,...
New outpost coming
Coming soon: Zuccotti, The Sequel.“There will be a new camp established,” Occupy Wall Street organizer Bill Csapo, 57, told The Post.The creation of an annex to the Zuccotti Park settlement,...
Jay-Z’s ‘T’ wears thin
Jay-Z had a change of heart and won’t be cashing in with Occupy Wall Street gear. The billionaire rapper yesterday yanked his for-profit, $22 T-shirts, which bear the words “Occupy...
‘Nazi’ brews clues
The scene of a car-torching, anti-Semitic hate crime in an Orthodox stretch of Brooklyn was littered with 27 empty Corona bottles, officials said yesterday. The bottles will be tested for...
Immig-lawyer ‘slayer’ busted
A tenant of a beloved Queens immigration lawyer who was found stabbed to death last month has been charged in her murder, cops said yesterday. Mustafa Omran, 53, was nabbed...
'Occupy'er slugs cop
An Operation Wall Street protester was busted last night after he slugged a police officer during a march on the Federal Reserve. About 100 demonstrators had left Zuccotti Park at...
The end of Down syndrome
A new, simple way to detect Down syndrome in a fetus means the condition will be virtually extinct -- but not without a great deal of controversy, experts say. Last...
53%
That’s the percentage of American adults who reported having used the Internet even once back in 2000, according to the Census Bureau’s 2012 Statistical Abstract. To illustrate how quickly the...
Talent show
Which candidate should be hired? In 1998 the Indianapolis Colts had an opening -- starting quarterback -- and had narrowed their focus to two job-seekers, each of whom presented an...
Good old Charlie Barron
We love a good joke when we see one -- oh, hello there, Councilman Barron. You’re always good for a laugh. Calling Thomas Jefferson a rapist pedophile was a hoot....
America’s future: Italy
Want a glimpse of America’s future? Then cast your eyes on . . . Italy. That’s right. Unless Washington changes course -- sharply -- it one day may be staring...
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...
Field of failure
Has Peggy Noonan not been following this Republican field of candidates (“Brand Hex,” PostScript, Nov. 6)? The current low opinion of the GOP comes from its failure to produce presidential...
You didn’t hear this from me, but...
For several weeks at 7:30 each evening, Henry Moore took a walk through Midtown. He started at Broadway and 33rd Street, a block from where the Empire State Building would...
Required reading
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton (Putnam) In her 22nd adventure, private eye Kinsey Millhone confronts a shoplifter in the lingerie section of a department store. When the woman...
Confessions of a psychopath
American Desperado My Life -- From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset by Jon Roberts and Evan Wright Crown Jon Roberts was a made man, a drug...
In my library: Gregory Maguire
“Wicked,” the backstory of Frank L. Baum’s “Oz,” has meant a great deal to a great many people (particularly teenage girls). It’s also given Gregory Maguire, who wrote the novel...
High school
Reach for the sky! Kate Ascher, who explored New York’s hidden wonders with a series of illuminating graphics in 2005’s “The Works: Anatomy of a City,” turns her attention to...
My New York: Michael Musto
Since joining the Village Voice in 1984, NYC columnist Michael Musto has covered nightlife and celebrity gossip so extensively that along the way he’s become a city institution himself. A...
Hot blooded
Here was a lot at stake for director Bill Condon’s first foray into the world of bloodsucking cinema. Presiding over “Breaking Dawn: Part 1,” the penultimate outing of the “Twilight...
Crack up!
Darrell Hammond’s impersonations of Bill Clinton, Sean Connery and Donald Trump made millions laugh, but there’s nothing funny about his personal story. The former “Saturday Night Live” fixture was abused...
'West Side' scary
Amid the tragic scenes in “West Side Story,” there are many flashes of joy -- in the songs and especially the gorgeous dance numbers. But any smiles you see in...
Clooney gets lost in paradise
"F--k paradise,” says George Clooney’s character in Alexander Payne’s new movie, “The Descendants,” echoing what the director says is a sentiment that unites us all. “That’s pretty much the theme...
Rock it, man !
Boldly going where only he dared to go before, William Shatner is back at the mike with his latest musical effort “Seeking Major Tom,” a concept album of space-themed cover...
Daddy dearest
‘God Bless Ozzy Osbourne,” a warts-and-all documentary about the pioneering heavy-metal singer turned doddering reality show flameout, presents all sides of the rocker’s life, from his impoverished upbringing in postwar...
Top 5 ways to run into love while jogging
“Lap them, then shout, ‘Hope you believe in love at second sight!’ ”Natasha “Call out to her, ‘Looks like you were born to run -- home with me!’ ”Felix “Never...
Ask Ashley: Dates that make cents
Money has been super-tight lately. I feel pretty comfortable during budget-tightening times. I like brown rice enough, and cheap beer is fine by me. I’ve just started dating a girl...
Parrish preaches gospel of ‘Godspell’
On the Showtime series “Weeds,” Hunter Parrish plays an increasingly ruthless -- and incredibly good looking -- pot dealer. That might not seem like the perfect lead in to playing...
Bridge
In the Spingold Teams at the ACBL Summer Championships, one semifinal was decided after play ended. Nick NICKELL (Ralph Katz, Bob Hamman-Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth-Eric Rodwell) had narrowly beaten James...
Champs move on
Former world chess champions are a lot like former presidents of the United States: They don’t have an official function, but they can’t entirely abandon what they’re good at and...
Have pet, will travel
* Before you go “Visit your veterinarian within 10 days of your trip to make sure your pet is healthy and ready for travel,” says Dr. Robyn Jaynes, a veterinarian...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) Underdog49ERS 3½ 3½(42½)GiantsJETSPick 2 (47½)PatriotsSteelers 3 3½(41½)BENGALSCHIEFS 4 3 (41½)BroncosJaguars 3 3 (37½)COLTSCOWBOYS 6 5½(47½)BillsTexans 3 3½(45½)BUCCANEERSPANTHERS 3 3½(46½)TitansDOLPHINS 3½ 4 (37½)RedskinsFALCONS+1Pick(50) SaintsBEARS 2½ 3 (45) LionsBROWNS 3...
Sports Shorts
Mlb: Ramos unhurt, thankfulThe kidnapping ordeal of Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos ended after two days when Venezuelan police commandos swooped in to rescue him in a flurry of gunfire and...
Aqueduct Analysis
1. 1 1/16 miles(T); $51,000; mdn; 3up(f) FILE GUMBO rallied to just miss in an off-the-turf race at Belmont; should take to grass. LILY THE PINK was right there in...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 1/16m; $24,000; clm($16,000); 2YO PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 2 HighTopSnekrs(L),115 R Curatolo 5-4-6 Boniface 6-1 3 MistressQuckly(L),120 A...
Aqueduct Charts
November 12th, 2011 Clear and Fast©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $42,000; alw; 3up(f)Off: 12:21. Good. when ready 1/4,handilyTime: 22.22, 45.61, 57.46, 1:1.04.Trainer: James IselinWinner: B F, 3, by Jump...
Jefferson tips Canarsie
Al Stewart just needed his turn in the rotation skipped a few times.The Thomas Jefferson quarterback, who struggled much of the year with shoulder problems after spending the entire summer...
Stepinac Taps Xaverian
History was rolling on the field for Stepinac to grab.Austin Taps knocked the ball loose from Zach Kearney diving for the end zone at the 2-yard line. Shane Hogan pounced...
Tiger winds up 3rd at Australian Open
SYDNEY -- The loudest cheers were for Tiger Woods. The Australian Open belonged to Greg Chalmers. Chalmers won his national championship for the second time today, closing with a 3-under...
Yonkers Results Friday
FIRST-1-1/16 miles pace; 10000clm; $9,0001CamVnBussel(CMnz)9.604.403.206C B Tower (B Sears)4.703.807Western Mac (G Brennan)5.60* Exacta (1-6) $34.80 * Triple (1-6-7) $289.00SECOND-1-1/16 miles trot; $20,0005TwnBNvgtor(GBrnnn)3.102.302.401S F Aceinthehole (JBartlett)3.102.602Mugshot Jess (J Marshall)4.00* Exacta (5-1)...
Monmouth Park
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm($10,000); 3up SUMMER IN THE CITY dueled for lead, missed by neck. HOLY DEFRERE rallied for...
Hollywood
Post Time: 3:30 p.m.. FIRST-7 1/2 fur; $32,000; alw; 2YO PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 Got Even(L),120 GGomz 1-10-4 8-5 5 He's aBandit(L),120 VEspnz 1-5-5 2-1 2...
Churchill downs grade
FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm; 3up 8-Bobby S 3-1 6-Lyddon 4-1 1-Sixoeight 5-1 7-Ham I Am 20-1 2-Mr. Ely 30-1 9-Ellio 9-2 3-Stormin' Edge 30-1 10-Devilish Belle 5-1 4-C. I. Eddie...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-$15,000, mdn cl, 3YO up, 1m3Sunny Dfrr (Fguro)11.406.003.404Festa Time (Cartwright)4.802.805Crafty Star (Maragh)3.00* Exacta (3-4) $50.00 * $1 Superfecta (3-4-5-6) $299.90 * $1 Trifecta (3-4-5) $72.90SECOND-$15,000, cl, 3YO up, 1m.6Chcken Fred...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-5f; $18,000; clm; 3up2Rght Smrt Scrt (Pdrz)15.808.805.205Goldntouch f Gn (VldvJr.)13.408.8010Nana Beach (Vergara)4.00* $1 Exacta (2-5) $98.10 * Quinella (2-5) $116.40 * $1 Superfecta (2-5-10-3) $1,442.10 * $1 Trifecta (2-5-10) $514.70SECOND-...
Home Team Lineups
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Auto RacingNoonFormula One: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix SPEED1:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Kobalt Tools 500 ESPNBasketball2 p.m.UMBC at St. John's WBBR (1130 AM)4 p.m.Lamar at Louisville SNY7 p.m.Alabama State at Cincinnati...
Devils down Capitals in shootout
WASHINGTON -- Down two goals in the opening period, the Devils didn't give up. Instead, they waited for their opportunities, exploited spotty defense and used their patented trap to make...
Promoter has no fear of UFC
LAS VEGAS -- The UFC made its debut on FOX yesterday, the start of a multi-year deal which brings the company’s mixed-martial arts catalog to primetime network television. On the...
Rangers defense growing up fast
The Rangers’ defensemen are up on the play at both ends of the ice, involved in and contributing to the offense to a greater degree than at any time since...
Pacquiao wins decision; Marquez calls it 'robbery'
LAS VEGAS -- When the bell sounded at the end of the 12th round last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Juan Manuel Marquez stood on the ropes in...
Lion through their teeth
* According to Lenn Robbins [“The legend of JoePa started in Brooklyn and ends in shame,” The Post and nypost.com, Nov. 10], Jerry Sandusky robbed Joe Paterno’s legacy? Stop with...
NHL union gets ‘book’ smart
We can’t tell you whether this is a case of hide-and-seek, but Slap Shots has learned from several sources that after exercising its right for the first time to audit...
Jets getting better in red zone
As it became clear the NFL lockout was going to last more than a few days, Jets coach Rex Ryan set out to fix some of the problems from the...
Giants rookie Scott in running for more work
SAN FRANCISCO -- Back in 2007, a rookie running back drafted in the seventh round by the Giants was an afterthought virtually all season, not getting his first NFL rushing...
Giants could be without Manningham today
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants likely are going to have to take to the air today against a 49ers defense that is the NFL’s best at stopping the run. Will...
Tributes to Frazier fall by wayside amid Penn State sex scandal
In a week lousy with perversity, it stood to perverse reason that the death of Philadelphia’s Joe Frazier, a champion so unfairly regarded and poorly treated during his boxing career,...
Knicks considered for 'Hard Knocks'-type show
The NBA reality show, “The Association’’ has contacted the Knicks about being the subject of their third season, according to a television source. “The Association’’ -- an up-close, behind-the-scenes series...
Union not bluffing with threat to disband
Hey, kids, what time is it? Considering a hostile decline of the owners’ latest slanted offer by the Players Association is all but in tomorrow’s bag, the moment of truth...
Kidnapping won’t keep Yankees' Montero from homeland
Jesus Montero is a young major league catcher who spends much of his offseason in Valencia, Valenzuela. So when Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was kidnapped at gunpoint outside his home...
Patience paying off for Giants GM
Yes, there still is half a season to go. Yes, a lot still can go wrong for the Giants, starting today in San Francisco against the upstart, high-flying 49ers. Yes,...
The Rumble
Chazz razzes Rex Actor says he never would don cap of rival Award-winning actor and New York native Chazz Palminteri called into “The Dino Costa Show” on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog...
Do TV shows need stars?
Last spring, when Charlie Sheen spontaneously appeared to go insane and then head out on media tour, no one in the media thought his show, “Two and a Half Men,”...
Don't miss
The long goodbye It seems that Regis Philbin announced his retirement ages ago (in January). Just in case you forgot, that day is coming, on Friday. After hosting his morning...
Grudge city
Revenge isn’t a dish best served cold, it’s a bottomless casserole that everyone gorges on by the sterling silver sporkful — or at least that’s the case on ABC’s latest...
L&O: SVU wish list
A casting director who can lure Jeremy Irons to “Law & Order: SVU” is always tempted to scale new heights. Here are some of the names on Jonathan Strauss’ wish...
Andy Rooney was a comic, not a crank
Of all the salutes to Andy Rooney, over the past week, I didn’t hear or read one that credited Rooney with his influence on a certain art form: Comedy. Rooney,...
Reel good
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, 2003 Tuesday, 1 a.m., PBS This George Clooney-directed biopic comes from one of the oddest confessionals ever written -- that of “Gong Show” host and...
Look who's talking
Live With Regis & Kelly 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Jimmy Fallon; Don Rickles. Tuesday: Donald Trump; Tony Bennett. Wednesday: David Letterman; Bret Michaels. Thursday: Kathie Lee Gifford; Josh Groban....
The unusual suspects
Jonathan Strauss, casting director at “Law & Order: SVU,” knew things were looking up when the representatives for Jeremy Irons stopped saying no to his requests to have the British...
Meet market: Wine lover looking for a taste of sweet romance
Tara, a 24-year-old program assistant at a nonprofit, appreciates a good glass of red. But she’s ready to put a cork in dull dates and find the perfect guy for...
This week's couple: Fright night
when we sent Shannon, a 29-year-old marketing manager, and John, a 31-year-old head of a tech startup, to new Financial District gastropub the Fulton on the weekend of Halloween, we...
10 top tips for lower airfares
It used to be all so simple, back when airfares changed so infrequently that airlines actually printed them on their schedules. You’d call your favorite travel agent to find the...
Colombia's secret Caribbean
Imagine the striking coastal setting of the now-famous Colombian city of Cartagena, its candy-colored Spanish Colonial buildings and leafy plazas, its vibrant nightlife with bars pumping out a mix of...
Starry pie-eyed
THE PIE: Banana-cream pieTHE CELEBS: Billy Crystal and Sarah Michelle Gellar “If my bubby made pies like this, I’d weigh 400 pounds,” Crystal blurbed on the back of the restaurant’s...
Weird but true
Who knew a pothole could serve a positive purpose? An Ohio girl had trouble breathing after she swallowed her golden heart-shaped locket and was being rushed to the hospital --...
Rutgers tops Army at Yankee Stadium
Rutgers’ game against Army yesterday began with paralyzed Eric LeGrand taking part in the coin toss, along with Malcolm Brown, the man he tackled on the play that ended LeGrand’s...
Duke rout knots Krzyzewski with Knight
Mike Krzyzewski tied Bob Knight atop the Division I men’s career wins list with his 902nd victory in No. 6 Duke’s 96-55 rout against Presbyterian yesterday in Durham, N.C. Ryan...
Bronx RB Green thinking of Paterno
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- They are from different generations, had different upbringings but they are forever joined by their urban roots. Joe Paterno, 84, left Brooklyn some 62 years ago...
‘Emotional’ Penn State coach keeps focus on team
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- It would seem to be a dream. Being handed the coaching assignment for a nationally-ranked team, one headed to a bowl game. Welcome to Tom Bradley’s...
TCU upsets No. 5 Boise
Boise State’s quest for perfection and BCS glory were dashed again by a missed field goal. The fifth-ranked Broncos had a chance win a last-second thriller against TCU yesterday, but...
Oregon crushes Stanford
LaMichael James ran for 146 yards and three touchdowns and No. 6 Oregon sprinted past third-ranked Stanford 53-30 last night, giving Andrew Luck’s Heisman Trophy campaign a blemish and taking...
Easy as pie
On Wednesday, Bubby’s founder and owner Ron Silver is hosting a workshop at his DUMBO location, where he’ll give tips for perfect pies. These foolproof techniques will make yours the...
Clarkson lifts Devils past Capitals in SO, 3-2
WASHINGTON — David Clarkson scored in the fourth round of the shootout, after Johan Hedberg made a pad save on Nicklas Backstrom, and the New Jersey Devils rallied for a...
GOP prez hopefuls slam Bam on Iran nuke program, but differ on strike
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Republican presidential hopefuls sharply criticized President Barack Obama's efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions Saturday night as too weak but disagreed in campaign debate whether the United...
Healthy Stewart keys Jefferson upset of Canarsie
Al Stewart just needed his turn in the rotation skipped a few times. The Thomas Jefferson quarterback, who struggled much of the year with shoulder problems after spending the entire...
Sanu sets Big East record, Rutgers outlasts Army
Mohamed Sanu set a Big East single-season record for receptions and Jordan Thomas returned a blocked punt 32-yard for a touchdown as Rutgers defeated Army 27-12 Saturday in the first...