November 20, 2011
Terror bomb plotter arrested in NYC
An "al-Qaeda sympathizer" who plotted to blow up police cars and postal facilities in Manhattan as well as soldiers returning home from the war was arrested yesterday, just one hour...
Romo leads Cowboys over Redskins in OT, 27-24
LANDOVER, Md. — Tony Romo went this way and that way, scrambling to find Laurent Robinson for the game-tying touchdown and Jason Witten for the go-ahead score — both in...
Finance great Ted Forstmann is dead at 71
Legendary financier Ted Forstmann, the architect of Wall Street’s big money tool that armed executives to buy out their own companies and changed corporate America , died today. He was...
Occupy protesters hold drum circle near mayor's house
ccupy Wall Street demonstrators banged drums, cowbells and upturned frying pans Sunday in a noisy protest near the Manhattan town house of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The protesters said they were...
Occupy protester busted with handgun and ammo, in more arrests at Zuccotti
The Occupy Wall Street protest could have been one bad temper away from turning lethal. Cops busted a man from Youngstown, Ohio this weekend for driving around the OWS protest...
Fla. DOT under fire for graphic videos of people hit by cars
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida state senator is arguing that a graphic video showing real incidents of cars mowing down pedestrians should be removed from the state's Department of Transportation...
UC pepper cops placed on leave
SAN FRANCISCO — Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in the pepper spraying of seated protesters were placed on administrative leave Sunday, as the school's chancellor accelerated an...
Three die in Egypt assault on protesters
CAIRO — Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in the middle of Cairo's Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday...
Cops hurt breaking up Washington Heights bar brawl
A Washington Heights club brawl injured two responding cops early this morning, law-enforcement sources said. A large fight erupted at the night club Vintage on Tenth Avenue near West 211th...
Deficit supercommittee gets ready to announce failure: report
With no deal in sight and the deadline fast approaching, the bipartisan special deficit-cutting committee is preparing to announce tomorrow failure in its quest to cut the nation's debt by...
Battle of storied coaches in MLS Cup final
CARSON, Calif. -- As much as the focus may be on players at the Home Depot Center Sunday night, the MLS Cup final will also see two legendary coaches vying...
Robbie Keane hopes David Beckham will stay in LA beyond MLS Cup final
CARSON, Calif. -- Robbie Keane said he hopes Sunday's MLS Cup final will not be David Beckham's last appearance in an LA Galaxy jersey. A win against Houston Dynamo at...
Top flight German referee attempts suicide hours before kick-off
COLOGNE, Germany -- A soccer referee who attempted to commit suicide Saturday morning just hours before he was scheduled to officiate a top flight German league game is stable in...
Bronx man dies after being run over twice
An unfortunate Bronx pedestrian was run over twice late yesterday and killed, police said. Bosey L. Johnson, 53, was crossing Boston Road in Tremont, near 174th Street, when a 1995...
3 partygoers mowed down in hit-and-run outside Queens night club
A Queens night club was the scene of a bizarre string of violence that left four men injured early this morning, authorities said. Several thugs first jumped a 23-year-old man...
Captured Khadafy son, Seif al-Islam, to be tried at home, Libya says
ZINTAN, Libya — The Libyan information minister says Moammar Gadhafi’s son and one-time heir apparent will be tried at home and will not be handed over to the International Criminal...
Pressure lifted: Defending champion Cardozo to play for title again
The burden of being the defending PSAL champion for Cardozo was heavier around midseason than the actual weight of the trophy the Judges hoisted last year. There was a loss...
Cops looking for convicted killer indicted in identity-theft scheme
Cops are looking for a convicted killer indicted in a scheme that fleeced dozens of diners in Manhattan's best restaurants, including Wolfgang's Steakhouse, The Capital Grill and Smith & Wollensky....
NYC Mayor's Cup soccer roundup: Collins nets two as CHSAA girls tops PSAL
John Fayad was faced with an early decision. The Christ the King coach was ready to make a change in his CHSAA all-star team’s forwards and debated between Fontbonne Hall’s...
Back with a vengeance: Lewis stuns top-seed Stuy to make title match
Francis Lewis started the season losing two straight league matches after going undefeated in PSAL Queens A6 for five years. The Patriots suffered injuries at different points to almost every...
Coaching scandals affecting city recruiting
Syracuse was one of the first schools to offer Isaiah Whitehead a scholarship. The Lincoln star’s favorite player is Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks forward and Syracuse alum. And he has...
Thomas, Fort Hamilton go down swinging
Robert Thomas was talking about his college prospects, the interest he has garnered from big-time schools such as South Carolina and Maryland. He was asked which position he prefers, inside...
Webb set to lead fresh faced, athletic Spellman
Onia Webb is ready to call Cardinal Spellman her team. The 6-foot-2 wing transformed her game this summer on the AAU circuit with her Baseline travel team and earned a...
Action Jackson: Senior running back leads E-Hall back to semis
One of the oldest rivalries in New York City public school history got a little more heated on Saturday. In a series that dates back to 1898, No. 5 Erasmus...
PSAL City Championship division football semifinals roundup: Lincoln holds off Jefferson, Tottenville routs Campus Magnet
Lincoln handled its first dose of adversity like it had been facing deficits all year long. There wasn’t panic on the sidelines. Just the same cool and calm confidence the...
DC picks winners; we lose
The catastrophic collapse of MF Global, one of the largest futures and commodities brokers in the country, has just sent the halls of Washington shaking — and they don’t want...
NY home loan woes hit 10% mark
Ten percent of New York state homeowners are seriously delinquent or in foreclosure — and the crisis destroying the American dream hasn’t even hit the halfway mark. The pain is...
Corzine contagion
Richard Handler might want to get John Mack on his speed dial. The embattled CEO of Jefferies Group is scrambling to keep his midsize brokerage firm alive amid a barrage...
And the beat goes on
When it comes to M&A activity, you have to love the music business for its never-ending swirl of deal-making. Citigroup’s deal to sell Universal and Sony pieces of EMI is...
Oprah finding she has problems of her OWN
O don’t know cable. Talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey is losing money, viewers, executives — and even her best friend, Gayle King, who bolted this week — in her battle to...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS HOWARD SCHULTZ Starbucks venti named Fortune magazine’s “Man of the Year.” ANGIE HICKS Founder of Angie’s List sees IPO get rave reviews from investors. VIRGINIA ROMETTY IBM chief, come...
Stores working to convince consumers to buy this holiday season
Not jolly, nor merry. “Careful” is the way experts are characterizing both shoppers and retailers this year. ’Tis the season, but there has to be a reason to spend. So...
Time to lambaste turkeys
It’s Thanksgiving week: time to roast the biggest turkeys in the business world during the year. Timothy Geithner: Yes, this cagey bird has remarkably survived another year in Obamaland, but...
Credit card cutting curtails sales
New Yorkers are losing their appetite for credit card debt faster than the rest of the country. That’s according to the latest report from CreditKarma.com, which says declining card debt...
Retail gold all over globe
For retailers who are watching Europe’s crisis unfold, Laura Pomerantz has some advice: Don’t panic! Last week, Abercrombie & Fitch disclosed that business has slowed at its flashy flagship stores...
Repeating history
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” was not written by George Santayana with Wall St. in mind, but a quick look at the parallels of...
Remember the Milk — and the meeting
As helpful as it is to have a voice-activated personal assistant on your iPhone 4S, don’t you wish Siri would work with non-Apple apps you already use? Unfortunately, Apple has...
Revenues up, hiring down
Dear John: You recently wrote a column that I believe has a major flaw. You said companies aren’t hiring because their executives are trying to keep their stock prices high....
Mrs. DSK has had ‘enough’
The long-suffering wife of embattled ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn reportedly has run out of patience with her serial-cheater husband, who is embroiled in yet another sex scandal. “It’s enough,” American-born...
Despot’s dead end
Syria’s president has reached “a point of no return” and faces the same fate as former despots in Libya and Iraq, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday.“I think he...
Bee Gees’ Robin sick
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is gravely ill with liver cancer, according to a report. The disco-music star, 61, who along with his brothers sold more than 200 million records...
3 more schools in SAT $candal
Three more Long Island high schools are now implicated in the growing SAT cheating scandal — with students paying test-taking surrogates as much as $3,500, The Post has learned.The new...
Ancient ad ‘reins’ over Times Square
The oldest still-standing advertisement in New York City — there for more than a century — is hidden in, of all places, Times Square. “J.A. Keal’s Carriage Manufactory Repairing” —...
Germans ‘pound’ Brits over euro
Germany has suggested Britain’s economy will force it to shed its pound and join the euro.German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble urged Prime Minister David Cameron to back Europe’s ailing single...
Thugs slash man in Central Park
A tuxedo-clad man walking near Wollman Rink in Central Park early today was mugged and slashed in the hand by a group of thugs, authorities said.The violence erupted at 12:31...
Son of Khadafy nabbed
And then there were none. Seif al-Islam Khadafy — the last son of Moammar Khadafy still wanted by the Libyan regime — was captured in the country’s southern desert yesterday....
'Marching' orders result in Columbia win
The shamed Columbia University marching band returned to the field yesterday under strict orders to stop making wisecracks about the winless team — and the results were amazing. The Lions...
Sanit man grope-a-dope
A dirty Sanitation worker was charged yesterday with grabbing a woman’s buttocks on a Manhattan subway, police said.Anthony Marcelle, 50, allegedly groped the 21-year-old victim’s rear when she was boarding...
Horror at Yale
A festive tailgate party before yesterday’s Harvard-Yale football game took a deadly turn when three revelers were mowed down by a beer-keg-filled U-Haul driven by a Yale student. Cops swarmed...
Lady Gaga gives 50 percent of her earnings to her father
How does the biggest pop star on the planet reward herself after she’s spent the past year touring the world, performing for President Bill Clinton, opening her own boutique in...
Ex-wife in ‘stab & dump’
A violent squabble between a divorced couple still sharing a home on Long Island turned deadly when the ex-wife stabbed her former spouse, leaving him to bleed to death overnight...
EU water-slides into absurdity
The European Union has banned the manufacturers of bottled water from saying their product — water — can prevent dehydration.The head-scratching edict is the result of a three-year scientific investigation...
Busted exec ‘knife fight’ with DA
An award-winning advertising executive with Fortune 500 clients is facing a year in prison on weapons charges after cops busted him with a knife he says he uses at work....
Couple forced to exchange Facebook passwords during divorce
Breaking up just got harder to do — thanks to a Connecticut judge who ordered a soon-to-be divorced couple to exchange their Facebook passwords. The legal precedent, in the midst...
Brain dead in LIE crash
A drunken and unlicensed driver’s Jeep hit a tractor-trailer on the LIE early yesterday, leaving a 37-year-old woman brain dead and landing three other passengers in hospitals, cops said.John Gillette,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A scooter-riding thug held up a 26-year-old woman at gunpoint in Park Slope, cops said. The woman was walking on Carroll Street after exiting from the Grand Army...
Porn shop of horrors
A Brooklyn porn-store clerk was bludgeoned to death during a robbery after buzzing his killer into the store.Sri Lanka native Nemal Randunu, 52, was working the night shift at Video...
Gillibrand’s stock crock
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s move to end insider trading by members of Congress is so full of loopholes it would do almost nothing to end the lucrative practice among lawmakers and...
Janitors out, kids in: Newt
Kids, clean up your rooms! Newt Gingrich wants to battle poverty by firing school janitors and replacing them with their students. “Most of these schools ought to get rid of...
Congress’ millionaire club
WASHINGTON — About half of Congress’ members are millionaires, and their net worth has risen steadily since 2008 despite the financial crash, a new study shows. Some 250 members of...
GOP bigs spank OWS
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Republican candidates vying for a presidential nomination lambasted the Occupy Wall Street movement yesterday at a debate organized by Christian groups. “Go get a job...
South China Sea-sic on O
China pushed back yesterday against US complaints over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, a passageway for cargo ships.Chinese Premier Win Jiabao griped to President Obama that he...
Passenger pulls his cord on C’town bus
He was having a little too much chow fun on this ride. A Brooklyn man was busted on a Philly-Chinatown bus yesterday for pleasuring himself in front of disgusted fellow...
Speak in tongues
It’s Our Lady of Spin the Bottle. Pastor Maurice Johnson of the Winners Church in Queens delivers the sexiest Sunday sermon in town, preaching on how to keep romance alive...
'Grope' claim a $$ grub: Da Silvano owner
A big-tipper restaurateur accused of groping a parking lot attendant turned the tables on the worker yesterday, claiming he was a “money-hungry monster” looking to cash in on the owner’s...
City taking aim at Vito’s charity chief
The executive director of the politically connected Ridgewood Bushwick social-services empire is going to come under pressure from the city to resign after a blistering report found she received hundreds...
NJ takes away ‘Nazi’ newborn
Their own little Aryan nation is dwindling. A New Jersey couple who gave their three children Nazi-inspired names — including Adolf Hitler — say the state took custody of their...
Rikers inmate’s tall tale sparks suit
He’s sleeping like a baby and doesn’t like it.A Rikers Island inmate is suing the city because his prison bed — which he claims is too short for his 6-foot-1...
Occupy Wall Street protesters stay at $700-a-night hotel
Hell no, we won’t go — unless we get goose down pillows. A key Occupy Wall Street leader and another protester who leads a double life as a businessman ditched...
Rabble returns to Zuccotti to ‘drum’ up support
The annual holiday lights went up yesterday in a suddenly tentless and spruced-up Zuccotti Park — but things were hardly back to normal at the symbolic epicenter of the anti-Wall...
Mike��s a bit pro-Occupied
After hearing Mayor Bloomberg offer another lame excuse for why he waited two months to clear Zuccotti Park, I feel like the exasperated Aflac duck trying to make sense of...
How a New York heiress made her nurse a millionaire
She was Daddy’s little rich girl who never grew up, a centenarian with a vast fortune who could have had the world at her feet, a life of parties and...
All dolled up: Eccentric’s own toyland
Huguette Clark’s 42-room Fifth Avenue home doubled as her dollhouse — filled with thousands of custom-made figurines, including this one, her last. Created by French artist Heloise, the $3,600 doll...
Battle of will-power
A lawyer and an accountant with a shady past who were put in charge of Huguette Clark’s fortune have met with fierce opposition in their efforts to administer her estate....
With friends like these ...
This week an eccentric Midtown Manhattan newspaper editorialized, seemingly with deadpan irony, that “The Occupy Wall Street protesters had achieved a great deal” before the forces of Mayor Bloomberg literally...
Among the ‘smuts’
In the spring, sex education will be mandatory for middle and high schoolers in New York City. But 15-year-old “Michelle,” a city student who agreed to talk to The Post...
7.9 billion
That’s the total number of pounds of fish and shellfish caught in 2009, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2012 Statistical Abstract. What’s the most-caught? Fish sticks! Well, pre-fish sticks,...
Long shadow of antisemitism
Does history repeat itself? Residents in Midwood, a predominately Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, may have thought so on the morning of Nov. 11. They awoke to flashing red lights, billows...
Crude awakening
The great recession ended about a year ago at Gramma Sharon’s Family Restaurant, to the point where now the concept of an economic slowdown is, at best, a dim memory....
Will New York miss out on the revolution?
As Brad Parks makes clear on these pages, America’s energy market is on the cusp of enormous change — with the advent of new technologies, like fracking, to extract oil....
Congressional payday
Hedge-fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam drew 11 years in lockup last month for insider trading. Martha Stewart got five months just for lying about it to federal agents. Members of Congress?...
Pork-barrel polka
File this one under “Why Are We Not Surprised?”: City investigators have found irregularities at a nonprofit tied to Brooklyn political boss Vito Lopez. Troubling? Yes. Shocking? Hardly (alas). Lopez...
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...
Stop lobbyist racket!
As I built what became the nation’s largest individual lobbying practice — with 40 employees at its peak — I remained the only lobbyist in the firm who had not...
Craven critics
Peggy Noonan and a host of other pusillanimous establishment Republican pundits pontificate from their perches in RINO-dom about the purported shortcomings of conservative candidates for the presidency (“Let’s Get Serious,”...
Required reading
Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston (HarperCollins) When Crichton died in 2008, he had writen a partial manuscript, a full cast of characters and an outline. Science writer and...
Smart bombshell!
Hedy’s Folly The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes Doubleday After a German U-boat sank an English ship in...
In my library: Christopher Paolini
Ever since “Eragon,” the first draft of which he wrote at 15, “It’s been quite a wild ride,” confesses Paolini, author of the Inheritance Cycle books. “I’ve been gnawed on...
Balloon pop!
Balloons over Broadway The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet Houghton Mifflin Showman Tony Sarg was already a renowned master puppeteer when he moved from...
The frog whisperer
There's never been a time that Jason Segel hasn’t thought was the right one to put on music. To light the lights. To get things started (again) on “The Muppets.”...
Rose has her thorns
Rose McGowan’s latest role is the sexually powerful Marique, an evil sorceress who slices up virgin slaves in “Conan the Barbarian,” out on DVD Tuesday. It sees her transformed into...
5 questions for Miss Piggy
Is Kermit still viable as a leading man? Kermie is fabulous in the movie . . . almost as good as moi, which is high praise indeed! I thought the scenes where...
Beauty and the boat
Her body was found floating just below the surface in a secluded cove about a half-mile from the yacht. Some 200 yards away, tangled in giant kelp, bobbed a rubber...
Natalie Wood's life: A timeline
*1938: Born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko in San Francisco to Russian immigrant parents. *1946: Lands her first role in “Tomorrow Is Forever,” with Orson Welles and Claudette Colbert. RKO Pictures changes...
My obsession with Marilyn
When her family moved from Montana to California, 9-year-old Michelle Williams decorated the walls of her new bedroom with posters of her favorite stars. Chief among them was Marilyn Monroe....
Top five ways to ask your crush to Thanksgiving dinner
“Give them a wishbone with a note saying, ‘I wish you’d be my Thanksgiving date.’ ” Henry “Ask him, ‘Are you a breast man or a thigh man? Because I’ll...
Film with no stars, sound or color proves silence is golden
You experienced the eye-melting 3-D in “Avatar.” You were hit with the Aroma-Scope technology of “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World” (if you were unlucky enough to buy...
Bad is not good
There are people who don’t play chess — as well as some who do — who believe you can psych out an opponent by making bad moves if the moves...
Gourmutts
A new cookbook for dogs by Kathryn Levy Feldman and Sabina Louise Pierce, “The Culinary Canine,” lets pups enjoy people-worthy food. So much better than the same old kibble, the...
Bridge
You might think that in the final of one of world’s most prestigious team events, you wouldn’t see many shenanigans: players trying to sow confusion by bidding what they don’t...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3½ 5 (45½)EaglesFALCONS 6½ 6 (44) TitansDOLPHINS 2 2 (43) BillsRAVENS 9 7 (40½)BengalsBROWNS 1½ 1 (34) JaguarsVIKINGS+1½ 1 (45½)RaidersLIONS 7 7 (47½)PanthersPACKERS14½14 (48½)BuccaneersCowboys 7½ 7 (41½)REDSKINS49ERS10...
Time for Giants to clip chirping Eagles
So here we are, 336 days after the Miracle of the Meadowlands II. One ill-fated punt from one quivering rookie leg, one unconscionable touchdown return, one shellshocked stadium, one devastated...
Giants can crush Eagles' season with win tonight
The Giants bit their lips back in the summer when the Eagles, after their free-agent feeding frenzy, were anointed as no less than the kings of the NFC East. Heck,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 20MONNov. 21TUENov. 22WEDNov. 23THUNov. 24FRINov. 25SATNov. 26RangersNO GAME NO GAMENO GAMEFla.7:30MSG ESPNNO GAMEWash.4:00MSG ESPNPhila.2:00MSG ESPNIslandersNO GAMEPitt.7:00MSG WRHUNO GAMEPhila.7:00MSG+ WRHUNO GAMEDevils3:00MSG+ WRHUDevils1:00MSG+2 WRHUDevilsNO GAMEFla.7:30MSG+ WFANNO GAMEClmb.7:00MSG+2 WFANNO GAMEIsles3:00MSG+2 WFANIsles1:00MSG+2 WFANTonightSunday,...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing3 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Ford 400 ESPNBasketballNoonHall of Fame Tipoff: ODU vs. Kentucky ESPNU1 p.m.Coppin State at Connecticut SNY2 p.m.Puerto Rico Tip-Off: Maryland vs. Iona ESPNU5:30 p.m.Puerto Rico Tip-Off...
Sports Shorts
Ncaa: Meyer says no deal with Ohio State Urban Meyer isn’t interested in answering questions about Ohio State. Meyer declined comment to the Associated Press, yesterday, then said he hadn’t...
Vic C.’s Churchill Downs Grade
FIRST-1 1/16m; $23,000; clm; 2YO2-Annaclone 2-15-Bionic Bonnie 8-11-Saturday Romp6-16-Snicker Star 15-13-SimplyMavels30-17-DotheCharlestn3-14-Bekat Bekat 8-18-DangerosDrem7-2SECOND-1 mile; $16,000; clm; 3up2-ClosetoMyHert5-25-Canook 12-11-Sir Jock 9-26-Goldfinder 12-13-Knownforstone 4-17-Hero's Empire 3-14-Prince Teton 4-1THIRD-1 1/8m; $15,000; alw; 3up2-Lambeau...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:15 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $24,000; clm($40,000); 3up JERSEY HOME GROWN adds blinkers after tiring last out. PRINCESS PERFECT finished third in...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-6 fur; $28,500; clm($62,500); 2YO 2 Trethrlkldy (Vrgr) 29.80 12.00 8.00 6 Where's Henry (Espnoz) 8.60 5.80 7 Hammer the Bay (Pedroza) 10.80 Scr: Adonis D N A. * $1...
Aqueduct analysis
1. 7 fur; $50,000; mdn; 3up(f) CASH FOR CLUNKERS stretches out for local debut after finishing third at Monmouth in career debut. SCOOTLES drew the rail after setting the pace...
Tomorrows’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $23,000; clm($7,500); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 a-Bird's I D(L),118E Vaz2-2-8Aristone7-22 Laberinto(L),118J Flores7-7-7Smylie12-13 Lake Friends(L),113R Curatolo3-4-4GPreciad9-24 One of the Best(L),118FPnnngtn1-2-2Demasi2-15 Virsito(L),118SGonzalez11-7-3Goldberg6-16 Biscay Bay(L),118A...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-$14,000, cl, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16.2Mss Br A (Mnglee)3.802.402.105Skip Away Belle (Jurado)3.002.206Devilofanargument (Rivera)3.20* Exacta (2-5) $11.00 * $1 Superfecta (2-5-6-4) $95.90 * $1 Trifecta (2-5-6) $19.10SECOND-$14,000, cl, 3YO up...
Aqueduct Charts
November 19th, 2011 Clear and FastTurf Firm©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $43,000; alw; 3upOff: 12:20. Good. 4w 1/4, mild hand rideTime: 24.01, 47.35, 1:11.4, 1:36.67.Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr.Winner: DK...
How does it feel to be Tebowed?
* Rex Ryan and his Jets learned this week Tim Tebow is a man who likes to travel, although the Broncos quarterback completely avoided the popular “Revis Island.” Tebow did,...
Henderson outlasts Rua in UFC bout
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dan Henderson took such a beating in the final two rounds of his light heavyweight bout with Mauricio Rua that he wasn’t able to make it...
Clinton upends Hamilton
Four years ago, Jeremiah Obeng-Agyapong decided to attend DeWitt Clinton instead of traditional Bronx power John F. Kennedy to get out of his older brother Stephen’s shadow. Yesterday, Jeremiah helped...
Less not always more for stars' ice time
MONTREAL — So I look at Alex Ovechkin’s pedestrian numbers and forget the seven goals and 14 points in the first 17 games. The one that leaps off the page...
Islanders shut out by Bruins
Tim Thomas started the day with 27 shutouts. No. 28 might have been the easiest in his stellar NHL career. Thomas turned away 23 shots, and Chris Kelly scored two...
Rangers shut out by Canadiens to snap seven-win run
MONTREAL — They had no legs, they had no life, they scored no goals, and when it ended 4-0 for the Canadiens here last night, the Rangers had no winning...
Surging Devils defeat Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. — Pete DeBoer’s Devils, winners of six of their past eight games, head into the coach’s revenge homecoming visit to the Panthers tomorrow admitting that motive matters. “For...
Yankees' Swisher not concerned about playoff woes, uncertain future
The Yankees picked up Nick Swisher’s option for next season, but there’s no guarantee the right fielder will remain in The Bronx even though general manager Brian Cashman has said...
Giants will replace Boley with multiple rookies
The Giants do not have one player who can replace Michael Boley at linebacker, so tonight they will use three and possibly four of their rookies to find a way...
Woods’ win gives USA fourth straight Presidents Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Americans returned Down Under and this time wound up on top in the Presidents Cup. Jim Furyk became the fourth player to win all five of...
One-game wild-card playoff only misstep in new MLB plan
The major leagues delivered the right playoff system — almost. As part of a new collective bargaining agreement, which likely is to be announced as early as tomorrow, there will...
Yankees' Girardi, daughter lend voices to film
The look in Joe Girardi’s eyes said it all as he sat in a recording studio in Manhattan this past week, watching and listening intently as his daughter Serena read...
Retired Shaq proves athletes should be seen, not heard
If I’ve learned nothing else (no debate there) from disseminating and deciphering decades of drivel, I’ve deduced that athletes are like children — they should be seen a not heard....
Warning to NBA: Death of season doesn’t scare many
It may be a story the media don’t want to do deal with because we’re afraid it might be true. I know I’m afraid it’s true. This NBA thing? No...
Giants' Kiwanuka has matured since Young 'tackle' travesty
You do not want to see a picture of you allowing Vince Young to escape your clutches under the headline “Tackling Dummy,’’ but that’s the way it was for Mathias...
Jets aim to avoid another late slide
The Jets return to work tomorrow, trying to shake off the effects of their heartbreaking 17-13 loss to the Broncos on Thursday night. The challenge for them is to put...
Serby’s Sunday Q&A with ... Jake Ballard
For this week’s Q&A, Post columnist Steve Serby targeted the Giants tight end, one of Eli Manning’s new favorite targets. You were inactive on the sidelines for last year’s infamous,...
Philly can cover Giant number
Today Eagles (+4) over GIANTS: Philly’s teetering on the edge of the plank, after last week’s shock loss to the Cards, in which Eagles were apparently still using signals with...
Super Rodgers makes fans forget Favre
There is no Aaron Rodgers Steakhouse yet in Green Bay. But if and when he wins his second straight Lombardi Trophy? “Oh, I’m sure there will be,” a man named...
Rookie Dalton painting pretty picture
You can’t call them the Bungles anymore. It’s time to take the usually hapless Bengals seriously again, considering Cincinnati has won three consecutive road games and still is in the...
Bolts need their patented playoff charge
One of the most curious stories in the NFL this season has been the plight of the Chargers. San Diego — which has become accustomed to slow starts and furious...
The Rumble
Ex-Knicks point guard Derek Harper was watching film of the memorable 1994 Eastern Conference semifinals Game 3 between the Knicks and Bulls and got “goosebumps.” Was that because of the...
Moving into 'House'
You can’t have a “House” without women. And this season, producers have introduced two new female characters, trying to fill a terrible void created when Lisa Edelstein, who played Dr....
Is this any way to choose a President?
Think what it now takes to become a front-runner in the race to be elected President of the United States. All you need is one, good wisecrack — something worthy...
Woody the man behind the movies
Director Robert Weide says that Woody Allen was initially cool to the idea of a documentary on his career that’s finally airing on “American Masters’’ three years after he first...
Reel good
CRAZY HEART, 2009 Sunday, 10:30 a.m., HBO Jeff Bridges won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance as a washed up country singer with a drinking problem: if he doesn’t...
Look who's talking
WENDY WILLIAMS 10 a.m., Ch. 5 Monday: Adrienne Maloof. Wednesday: Teresa Guidice. Thursday: Roseanne Barr; Levi Johnston. Friday: Linda Evans. THE VIEW 11 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Cat Cora. Tuesday:...
Talking turkey
Along with that quintessentially American Thanksgiving meal comes the traditional holiday programming — the parade, the National Dog Show, the NFL games with the Lions and the Cowboys. But let...
Up in the air
Anthony Bourdain has been indulging his wanderlust on “No Reservations” for several seasons now, bringing his insatiable curiosity about food, customs and people to far-flung locales and raising the profile...
Meet market: Old romantic seeks a beautiful dreamer
Dancing with the stars Ezra says he’s a catch because he knows how to ballroom dance. Gym rat Ezra loves spending time at the New York Sports Club. “They are...
This week's couple: BK Blunder
We sent Evan, a 28-year-old startup COO, and Tara, a 24-year-old program assistant, to the West Village’s Mexican eatery La Camelia, but Evan didn’t get the memo. He showed up...
Ask Ashley: Easing into bed with Mr. Big
I have what most of my friends keep telling me is not really a problem, but it is. My new guy is too big for me. Sex is not pleasant...
A very Batali Thanksgiving
Mario Batali is on a mission to gather families around the dinner table. “We’re all so hooked in, electrified, amplified, tweeted and totally handled in a way that we are...
Weird but true
He must have suffered from serious shrinkage. A Swiss man, who was fined $111 for hiking naked in the Alps, lost his appeal this week in Switzerland’s highest court. The...
Ohio St.: Don’t diss Penn St.
Ohio State publicly urged its football fans to be “respectful” toward visiting Penn State, which played the Buckeyes yesterday in Columbus, Ohio, in the Nittany Lions’ first road game since...
Penn State tops Ohio State, first win without Paterno
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The last time Penn State won a game without Joe Paterno as coach was December 1965. That day, the Nittany Lions used a strong defensive effort to...
Top NYC recruit rejects Syracuse over scandal
Syracuse was one of the first schools to offer Isaiah Whitehead a scholarship. The Lincoln star’s favorite player is Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks forward and Syracuse alum. And Whitehead has...
Syracuse defeats Colgate without assistant coach
SYRACUSE -- There were no chants, no signs, no visible show of support from the Carrier Dome crowd of 21,084 yesterday for Syracuse assistant coach Bernie Fine, the target of...
No. 20 Cincy ‘Hosed’ by Presbyterian
Khalid Mutakabbir led Presbyterian’s comeback from a 15-point deficit and hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 7.6 seconds left yesterday, rallying the Blue Hose to a 56-54 upset of No. 20...
Baylor batters BCS with win over Oklahoma
Robert Griffin and Baylor created even more chaos in the national championship race with a stunning blow against No. 5 Oklahoma. Griffin threw for 479 yards and four touchdowns, including...
Crimson clobber Bulldogs
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Harvard continued its football dominance over Yale, spotting the Bulldogs an early touchdown before rolling to a 45-7 victory in “The Game,” the third-longest rivalry in...
Bowl-banned USC stuns No. 4 Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. — Matt Barkley threw for 323 yards and four touchdowns and No. 18 USC held off No. 4 Oregon 38-35 last night when Alejandro Maldonado missed a 37-yard...
Rutgers defeats Cincinnati, on verge of Big East title
For all Greg Schiano has done rebuilding the country’s oldest football program, Rutgers has never won a Big East championship. But after yesterday’s 20-3 rout of Cincinnati — with dominant...
Fordham fires coach after season-ending loss
Ryan Taggart accounted for 397 yards of total offense and four touchdowns to lead Holy Cross in a 41-21 victory Saturday over Fordham, which fired coach Tom Masella after the...
PSAL Class B girls volleyball semifinals roundup: Goldstein gets over hump, stunning Scholars
Goldstein was supposed to have two PSAL Class B titles by now, earning the top seed in the playoffs two straight seasons. But the Dolphins were stunned twice in the...
Hunt on for B'klyn 'killers' caught on tape
Dramatic video released by police shows a teen basketball player and his friends running for their lives, seconds before the athlete was fatally gunned down behind a Canarsie drugstore. Cops...
Brodeur makes 21 saves, Devils zap Lightning 4-2
TAMPA, Fla. — Martin Brodeur held the Tampa Bay Lightning scoreless for 51 minutes, David Clarkson had a goal and an assist, and the New Jersey Devils hung on for...
Islanders shut out by Bruins, 6-0
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Chris Kelly scored two goals and Tim Thomas turned away 22 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to their eighth straight win, 6-0 over the New York...
Rangers' streak snapped in loss to Canadiens, 4-0
MONTREAL — Carey Price made 17 saves for his second straight shutout, and the Montreal Canadiens ended New York's seven-game winning streak with a 4-0 win over the Rangers on...
Fordham Prep again tops Firebirds on 2-point conversion, claims CHSFL 'AA' crown
Everyone knew what was coming. There was no doubt. “In the regular season [coach Pete Gorynski] went for two to win the game,” Fordham Prep junior running back Logan Williamson...
Stepping out of his brother's shadow, Obeng leads Clinton into semis
Four years ago, Jeremiah Obeng-Agyapong decided to attend DeWitt Clinton instead of traditional Bronx power John F. Kennedy to get out of his older brother Stephen’s shadow. He helped Clinton...