December 11, 2011
Oscar Watch: L.A. critics back 'The Descendants,' snub 'The Artist,' 'Incredibly Close'
Declining the follow in the footsteps of the New York Film Critics Circle (which voted on awards before them for the first time this year), the Los Angeles Film Critics...
Iona loses to Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Damier Pitts scored 25 points and DeAndre Kane had 19 points and five steals as Marshall defeated Iona 82-63 on Sunday, ending the Gaels’ seven-game winning streak....
Bryant frustrated with Lakers trading Odom
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Even Kobe Bryant can’t figure out why the Los Angeles Lakers apparently are trading Lamar Odom to one of their biggest rivals. “To be honest with...
Hasselbeck hurt in Titans loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Drew Brees showed Titans rookie quarterback Jake Locker how to close out a win. The New Orleans veteran threw two touchdown passes to Marques Colston in the...
Gronkowski's big day helps Patriots hold off Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — Rob Gronkowski got his record, and the New England Patriots’ bend-but-don’t-break defense almost broke. Gronkowski set the NFL single-season mark for touchdown catches by a tight end,...
Eagles top Dolphins in Vick's return
MIAMI — Early in the game, Michael Vick’s helmet went rolling into his end zone, an apt symbol for the direction of the Philadelphia Eagles’ season. Time to concede? Not...
Assemblyman: Require NYPD recruits to live in NYC
A state assemblyman -- angry over racist comments allegedly posted online by cops about the city's West Indian Day Parade -- is calling for legislation that would require all NYPD...
Texans drop Bengals to 7-6 with late touchdown
CINCINNATI — A rookie quarterback led the biggest drive in Houston Texans history, one that took them to the end zone and their first playoff berth. cm-bd T.J. Yates threw...
Nets' Morrow honored by Howard's praise
During a summer tour in Russia, Dwight Howard did a sit-down interview with a Russian TV outfit. He was asked to name the players he would most like to have...
Joe Paterno fractures pelvis in fall
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno re-fractured his pelvis Sunday after he fell inside his home, but he is not expected to need surgery. The former Penn State football coach,...
Jets dominate Chiefs, cruise to third straight win
Mark Sanchez jogged onto the field for the first play of the game and immediately had to call an embarrassing timeout. It was just about the only thing that stopped...
Lindsay Lohan’s stolen purse returned, minus $10K cash
LAIE, Hawaii -- Lindsay Lohan's stolen purse was returned Sunday, missing $10,000 in cash. The massive sum was inside the $5,000 Chanel bag along with Lohan's passport, other identification and...
Cincinnati's Gates suspended six games for punch
CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati forward Yancy Gates got a six-game suspension on Sunday for throwing punches during a brawl with No. 8 Xavier in the closing minute of their annual crosstown...
Follow Giants-Cowboys with Post writers
The Post has tonight's Giants-Cowboys game from Dallas covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.First place is on the line in the NFC...
Amy Winehouse's posthumous album reaches No. 1 in UK
LONDON -- Amy Winehouse has made it to the top of the UK's album chart more than four months after her death. Her posthumous collection "Lioness: Hidden Treasures," featuring original...
Paterno breaks pelvis in fall: report
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno fractured his pelvis again following a fall at his home but will not need surgery, a person close to the family told The Associated...
Jets' Leonhard likely out for season with leg injury
The Jets believe safety Jim Leonhard has a torn ligament in his right nkee and will miss the remainder of the season, according to sources. Leonhard will have an MRI...
Woman fatally shot, man injured at Bronx nightclub
A woman was fatally shot early Sunday at a Bronx nightclub. The motive for the killing was unknown, WNBC-TV reported. The shooting occurred at around 4:00am local time at Club...
Nets star says Stern a 'bully' for vetoing Paul deal
Deron Williams and Chris Paul have been compared and contrasted in every possible way ever since they were drafted third and fourth overall, respectively, in the 2005 draft.So it’s only...
Jets' McKnight out against Chiefs
Jets running back and kick returner Joe McKnight is inactive for Sunday's game against the Chiefs. McKnight suffered a hyperextended right elbow last week against the Redskins. The Jets will...
Follow Jets-Chiefs with Post writers
The Post has today's Jets-Chiefs game from MetLife Stadium covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.The Jets will go for their third straight...
Top tax cop gunned down by ex-NYPD husband in Queens: authorities
One of New York state’s top-ten tax cops was brutally gunned down in her Queens home last night by her ex-NYPD husband. Clarence Cash, 49, blasted his wife 10 times...
Knicks won't include Douglas in deal for Crawford: source
The Knicks, Hawks and Warriors were in talks Sunday on a three-team sign-and-trade that would bring combo guard Jamal Crawford back to the club, according to an NBA source.Although a...
Adelphi commit Andrews leaves St. Anthony for Boys & Girls: source
The rich just got richer.Two-time PSAL Class AA boys basketball city champion Boys & Girls has added New York City native Rashad Andrews of St. Anthony in Jersey City, The...
Girls basketball roundup: Puglia, Lander lead Mann to Peg Duggan title
Horace Mann left its gym a champion. Kaitlyn Puglia had 13 points and 12 rebounds and Rachel Lander had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mann in a 50-21 rout...
Lead fishing equipment in danger of being banned
After failing to get lead banned in hunting and shooting sports the same people are looking to have lead banned in many types of fishing tackle. Last month, the U.S....
Christ the King climbs back in loss to powerhouse Carroll
There is a method to Bob Mackey’s madness. Why else would he schedule Bishop Ford, a tough league opponent, and perennial national power Archbishop Carroll the first week of the...
How Wall St. engineers a merry year end
Are those Santa’s bells ringing in the background? This time of year is historically the most wonderful time of year for the stock market. After the worst Thanksgiving week since...
Top Street talent grab bigger bonuses
The gap is growing between the rich and poor — at Wall Street banks.While the overall bonus pie may shrink by 30 percent this year, some star bankers are set...
Euro holds no currency for rescue
What would a fortnight be without a European-inspired rally on Wall Street, backed only by hope? That, of course, is what we got on Friday after the technocrats in Brussels...
BlackBerry tries on a backup role
BlackBerry will soon open its data-backup hardware to iPhones, iPads, and Android devices, trying to hold on to its server market and shore up its declining smartphone sales. Research in...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS TRUDY SULLIVAN Talbots CEO sees shares jump more than 62% after Sycamore Partners’ buyout offer. ARYEH BOURKOFF UBS exec got Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to open up about his...
‘Loving Story’ season
Investment banker Marshall Sonenshine, who’s well-known in movie finance circles, seems an unlikely candidate for the glitz of the Academy Awards. Nevertheless, he’s getting behind “The Loving Story,” a documentary...
Sallie to ride again
Where in the world is Sallie Krawcheck and when will she be back on the Street? The latest word from Fox Business on the former Citigroup and Bank of America...
MF may happen again
Dodd-Frank was enacted to avoid the collapse of firms like MF Global, but according to a Commodities Futures Trading Commission chief, we don’t have the tools to stop it and...
Can’t wine about $110M in revenue
Wine drinkers worldwide are calling him the Anti-Christie’s. John Kapon, a 40-year-old New Yorker with a scruffy beard and gravelly voice, has become the world’s biggest wine auctioneer during the...
The gift card’s in the mail
Talk about a looming cash crunch. Americans are forecast to send each other a lot less physical cash as gifts this season — and not because the Grinch stole Christmas....
Get to it on time
Constantly showing up late for appointments and out-of-office meetings — and worried this persistent tardiness will affect your career? If only there were an app that would not only alert...
Yo! So ’sup with your 401(k)?
Yo John! I always read your work, after the hot chick in the front and Giants in the back, but I do read your work all the time. I absolutely...
McBeat-the-rap job
“McHero” is staying in the restaurant business.The ex-con McDonald’s worker caught on video bashing two dyspeptic female customers with a metal rod told The Post he landed another job after...
Transit honcho knifed
An MTA foreman allegedly sliced his boss in the stomach in The Bronx early yesterday after getting chewed out for being late, transit sources said.“The guy just walked up to...
Russia ‘Putin’ on the blitz
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of people held the largest anti-government protests that postSoviet Russia has ever seen yesterday to criticize electoral fraud and demand an end to Vladimir Putin’s...
Pasta with ‘claim$’
Justice is not being served on Arthur Avenue. That’s according to four eateries in the famed Little Italy of The Bronx, which are being targeted by a wheelchair-bound state lawyer...
‘Tunnel vision’ guy sues
It’s revenge of the Mole Man!An urban explorer from Brooklyn is slapping the city with a $100 million lawsuit that he hopes will enable him to go back underground to...
For Newt, good to be bad
The higher Newt Gingrich flies, the more flak he gets. Some of it comes with the turf of being the GOP front-runner, but in Gingrich’s case, it’s also true that...
Dad Gretzky checks his wild child
LOS ANGELES — Send her to the penalty box. Hockey great Wayne Gretzky was “at the end of his rope” when he finally ordered his 22-year-old daughter to remove provocative...
LI laser loser busted
What a beam brain. A 21-year-old Long Island man was taken into custody Friday night for allegedly aiming a laser pointer at a small plane flying over Suffolk County —...
Ex-roomie shot dead
A masked man allegedly killed his college roommate with an AK-47 assault rifle in a dispute over counterfeit money on Staten Island, authorities said yesterday. Armond Skrine, 34, of Queens,...
Shantytown, NJ
It’s Hooverville on the Hudson. Like a throwback to the Great Depression, a shantytown has risen in Union City, NJ, on the embankment of the river, plywood hovels with million-dollar...
Two-timin’ Simon
Mick Jagger got a little too much “satisfaction” from Carly Simon — at least according to Bianca Jagger. When Jagger’s then wife heard that her husband had supplied vocals on...
‘Sex prof’ lawsuit
There was a lot of heavy breathing in this Columbia University class — and it wasn’t even phys ed. A Bronx woman claims in a lawsuit that her instructor repeatedly...
‘Phony cop’ bust
Three police imposters sporting NYPD gear ripped off a pricey computer from a hapless seller on Craigslist in an elaborate scam, authorities said.The scam unfolded on Oct. 28 after the...
Flatbush tour is turning Japanese
A bonsai grows in Brooklyn. And it graces the entry of an iconic home on Prospect Park South in Flatbush — the so-called “Japanese House,” whose owner is saying “konnichiwa”...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A motorist struck and killed a man crossing a Williamsburg street Friday, police said. Meilech Weiss, 62, was crossing at Flushing and Bedford avenues when a 1996 Mitsubishi...
Kyoto gasbag chaos
Talks to regulate greenhouse gases descended into chaos last night at a UN conference in South Africa. Global negotiations to craft a legally binding treaty to cut emissions are now...
WATCH: Alec Baldwin pokes fun at airplane tantrum on 'SNL' (VIDEO)
Alec Baldwin just had to have the last word. The rage-a-holic thespian showed up on “Saturday Night Live” early this morning for a skit joking about the headline-making airplane tantrum...
LI family of 5 hurt in ‘drug’ crash
A child was critically injured while riding in a car with his parents and two siblings yesterday when a drugged-out driver hit the family’s pickup truck on Sunrise Highway on...
In grip of a rapist
All she wants to do is smile again. But the 22-year-old victim of an attempted rape Wednesday told The Post she’s got only tears — and a harrowing story to...
Syrian soldiers gun down mourners
BEIRUT — Syrian forces fired on funeral processions and clashed with army defectors yesterday, killing at least 12 people as France called on the international community to “save the Syrian...
City job freeze? Hundreds hired
The hiring freeze that Mayor Bloomberg imposed two months ago hasn’t prevented hundreds of new additions to the city’s enormous payroll. Since the freeze was announced on Oct. 4 —...
Teen flees Filipino terrorists
An American teen made a mad dash to freedom from Muslim terrorist captors in the Philippines yesterday. “I’m hoping and praying [he’s home in time for Christmas],” his aunt, Aida...
Shaking that moneymaker for 10 grand a night
The best night Tali ever had working the night shift at Rick’s Cabaret in Midtown, one of the most profitable strip clubs in the nation, she took home $10,000 —...
NYC’s patent pending
This is some yarn! A low-tech device used to nab murderers and rapists may also capture some serious moolah for the city. The “high-sensitivity crime-scene swab kit” is on its...
Thief cornered in tunnel
An iPhone-thief shut down two subway lines for an hour when he led cops on a wild chase down the tracks under Atlantic Avenue, authorities said. The drama unfolded at...
Getting braces — just for grins
Forget metalheads — they want to be metal mouths. Trendy straight-toothed teens are getting braces to look geek chic. It’s a fashion statement that costs anywhere from a few pennies...
The Post's horrible holiday sweater contest
Hey Post readers — do you think you have the most horrible holiday sweater? Send us a picture of yourself modeling the tacky gem, along with a little bit about...
Lucky dog survives four-story fall
He’s no Underdog. Kai, a 2-year-old Shiba Inu puppy, thought he could fly, but it turns out he can only fetch. Yet he miraculously survived a four-story fall from the...
Fulton faux fir fury
On Fulton Street, they’re pining for the real thing. An artificial Christmas tree — the first of its kind at the South Street Seaport — has prompted locals to compare...
Rev. Al deep in the red
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 — even as it carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The Post. In all, the controversial activist...
Meeks’ money man eyes plea deal
A Queens businessman who once gave Congressman Gregory Meeks $40,000 is negotiating a plea deal with federal authorities in Brooklyn, according to court records obtained by The Post. The “extensive...
Seabrook jurors ‘blind to justice’
They saw no evil — because they wouldn’t look. A frustrated member of the Manhattan federal court jury that deadlocked on corruption charges against City Councilman Larry Seabrook said yesterday...
PA workers raking in big bucks
They take your cash . . . in so many ways. Port Authority toll collectors not only grab your money at New York-New Jersey crossings, they’re now pulling down stunning...
Some Port Authority employees getting 80G-plus for not working
The cash just keeps rolling in to Port Authority employees’ bank accounts — even after they quit working. At least nine retired PA employees have pulled in more than $80,000...
Brooklyn DA's Orthodox Jewish liaison helps guide families through the fear
Henna White straddles two worlds. As the Orthodox Jewish liaison for Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, she has to coax reluctant child sex-abuse victims and their parents in the insular,...
Orthodox sex abuse scandal
He looks like a movie star, but many members of Brooklyn’s Jewish community believe he is a monster. Andrew Goodman, 27, who worked for Jewish social-service agencies, is charged with...
Fight against intimidation must rage on
In 1985, Avrohom Mondrowitz — a Hasidic “therapist” working in Brooklyn — was indicted for abusing five young boys. Police suspected he abused well over 100 more. Mondrowitz fled to...
‘False cancer’ lawsuit
First doctors uttered the three most dreaded words in the English language: You have cancer. A few weeks and six radiation treatments later, they stunned a Manhattan woman with three...
Gingrich in Mich. surge
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Newt Gingrich is surging in Michigan, where he’s pulled ahead of native son Mitt Romney, a poll reveals.Gingrich is favored by 31 percent of voters likely...
NJ stirred, not shaken
What’s shaking in New Jersey? Apparently not an earthquake.Many people in southern Jersey reported feeling the ground vibrate at about 10 a.m. yesterday.But geophysicist Paul Caruso of the US Geological...
Bam: I’m a middle-class act
President Obama is rejecting the charge that his economic plan amounts to a redistribution of wealth. In a “60 Minutes” interview set to air this evening, Obama said his real...
$10,000 question
The explosive Republican presidential debate last night in Iowa exploded all over Mitt Romney’s nice suit. The former front-runner’s performance last night was pretty much a disaster, largely because the...
A final justice
It took more than 65 years, but a brother and sister living in Brooklyn finally got justice -- by winning the last outstanding claim by Jews who survived German persecution...
Spend, spend, spend
Forget all the spin about “reform,” “fairness” and “job creation” emanating from Albany during last week’s lightning-fast special session of the New York state Legislature. The deal ultimately was all...
33.8%
If there’s one thing the rest of the world thinks about Americans, it’s “fat.” And with good reason — in 2008, one-third of our population was obese, according to the...
What’s the matter with Kansas?
Osawatomie, Kansas, holds a special place in the history of this country — and I say that not only because an exceptionally congenial American, my mother, was born there. This...
War is heal
American soldiers have lost lives and limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, but they have given life — through warzone medical advances — to countless others. New technologies have led to...
Putting death on ice
From Rip Van Winkle to “2001: A Space Odyssey,” suspended animation or human hibernation has been a dream for writers and medical experts. While science hasn’t yet figured out a...
Inflating the college bubble
The public is in a foul mood over increasing college costs and student debt burdens. Talk of a “higher education bubble” is common on the contrarian right, while the Occupy...
The fat-cat frolic
Even as Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature were hard at work last week socking New Yorkers with a multibillion-dollar tax increase, the principal beneficiaries of the heist, er, hike were...
Occupy intimidation
Occupy Wall Street zombies — yes, they still exist — organized another downtown “rally” early Friday morning, but this time they chose an odd target: not voracious banker billionaires, but...
Praise responders
While attending a luncheon with mourners at the Century Club, Andy Rooney’s lifelong friend Bob Ruthman suffered a heart attack, triggering a sense of helplessness and urgency in the room....
Required Reading
The Leopard by Jo Nesbø (Knopf) In this eighth Harry Hole book, Nesbø’s troubled Norwegian detective is in hiding — on the run from his demons. When two Oslo women...
In my library: Justin Bartha
Call it “The Hangover” hangover: That one film and its sequel has brought Bartha more fans than all his other film and stage work put together. “It’s become a cultural...
Chaos theory
James Madison, fourth president, is having a revival. The bicentennial of the War of 1812, which he asked Congress to declare, will put him front and center, along with Old...
Lou Lumenick's best movies of the year
This is one of the weakest years for movies I can remember. Just two 2011 releases earned four stars from me, the smallest number since the early 1980s. There’s no...
Kyle Smith's best movies of the year
Last year my Top 10 list mainly consisted of un-heralded indies. This year I give up: I liked “Captain America” and “The Tree of Life,” but I can’t put them...
Bridge
A CAPABLE defender operates like this: He visualizes a hand for declarer, consistent with the bidding and play, that will let the defense prevail. Then he proceeds on the basis...
Macy's New York: Monica Bella-Bragg's tour of Macy's Herald Square
Nothing says Christmas in New York like Macy’s at Herald Square. The quintessential department store is just as renowned for its holiday spirit as it is for collaborations with designers...
The height of insanity!
A pop-culture oddity is hiding some 2,700 feet above the baking Dubai desert. Atop the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and its 160 stories of glass filled with condos,...
Mission: ‘Dark Knight’
Need more incentive to shell out the admittedly pricy $19 for an IMAX ticket when “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” opens Friday? Try this: You’ll also get to see a...
The name game
In 1989, when Garry Kasparov broke Bobby Fischer’s record for achieving the highest-ever chess rating, his impish colleague Mikhail Tal joked, “Garry is playing so well now that he can...
A Bunny tale
It was a scene out of Dickens: Coming home late on a cool night this past October, my partner and I spotted a crib flush against the local elementary school’s...
Adopt Me!
Pebbles is an eight-year-old Cocker Spaniel. She is vision impaired, but sweet, and loves to play! Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New...
‘Dragon’ slayer
Noomi Rapace would like to be clear: Lisbeth Salander has left the building. The actress who played the title role in 2009’s Swedish version of “The Girl With the Dragon...
Magnificent ‘basterd’
He won an Oscar for playing sadistic Col. Hans Landa in “Inglourious Basterds.” Now Christoph Waltz is facing off against something far more intractable than Nazis: Brooklyn parents. Black comedy...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogCOWBOYS 3½ 4 (50½)GiantsJETS 9½10½(36½)ChiefsRAVENS16 16½(41½)ColtsBENGALS 1 3 (38½)TexansPACKERS12 12 (51½)RaidersLIONS12 9½(46½)VikingsSaints 4½ 3½(50) TITANSDOLPHINS 3½ 3 (45) EaglesPatriots 8½ 8 (48) REDSKINSFalcons 3 3 (47½)PANTHERSBuccaneers 2 3...
Giants' Cruz on record-setting receiving pace
When Victor Cruz first started as a Giant last season, he didn’t wear No. 80, he wore No. 3. Maybe that is appropriate. The last time a New York athlete...
Jets know it’s time to step up
Plaxico Burress has been through this before. In 2007, no one thought much of the Giants until they finished strong and won a Super Bowl. If it happened once, it...
Jets' playoff push must continue vs. undermanned Chiefs today
The playoffs begin in one month. If the Jets want to have a game on the schedule that weekend, they better win the one on their schedule today. The Chiefs...
Giants playoff hopes slim if they fall to Cowboys
If the Giants lose tonight to the Cowboys, and all but concede the division title, all Big Blue eyes turn to the NFC wild-card race with the Lions, Falcons and...
Raiders, Broncos to determine how West will be won
When this season began, there didn’t appear to be a less interesting and more moribund division than the AFC West. Seemingly since John Elway retired, the AFC West has been...
Saints QB on cusp of history
Drew Brees is zeroing in on Dan Marino as the Saints zero in on the playoffs. New Orleans is red hot in large part because that also describes the play...
Cowboys rookie running with opportunity
IRVING, Texas — It looks like salvation for the Cowboys’ floundering season was in their midst all along. The only question now is what took them so long to give...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: UCLA tabs Mora as head coach Veteran NFL coach Jim Mora was hired as UCLA’s coach yesterday, replacing Rick Neuheisel and becoming the first football coach of the Bruins...
Brewers' Braun tests positive for PEDs: report
National League MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for a banned substance and is appealing to avoid a 50-game suspension, according to people familiar with the case. ESPN cited two...
Jets’ intern coach energizes Maybin
You won’t find Mike Smith’s name on the Jets’ roster. The name does not mean much to even the most diehard fan of the team. But this 30-year-old coaching intern...
Giants' Cruz confident against Cowboys secondary
ARLINGTON, Texas — Before facing the Packers, Giants receiver Victor Cruz mentioned Green Bay’s cornerbacks often gambled and played extra-aggressively, which the Giants could use to their advantage with big...
Fludd has Boys & Girls Truckin’
Christ the King’s Omar Calhoun has the name, gets the headlines and has the scholarship to UConn. Leroy (Truck) Fludd, though, thinks he’s just as good and the Boys &...
Affrunti’s Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-7f; $24,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m) 5-Lantana Lady 5-2 2-JustDoItPlease 10-1 3-Whatsnottolike 3-1 4-HappyCherkee 4-1 6-Hollopenny 9-2 7-Sneakin Up 10-1 1-Major Dixie 8-1 SECOND-6f; $23,000; cl($7,500); 3up 2-Stake Out 3-1 3-SecondthtEmtn...
Gulfstream Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-7f; $33,000; mdn cl($50,000); 2YO GOOD POLICY finished second at Churchill in best effort yet. DISTINCTIVE PICK ran second...
Hollywood Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 3:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6f(T); $30,000; cl(25,000); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 KissMySwiss(L),118 JRosari 3-8-7 8-1 3 Entabeni(L),122...
Hollywood results
FIRST-7 fur; $21,000; clm($12,500); 3up 3 Indiara (Quinonez) 9.20 4.40 3.40 6 She's Very Rare (Flores) 4.00 3.00 2 Folk Dancer (Talamo) 5.00 Scr: Ballistic Blonde. * $1 Ex (3-6)...
Gulfstream results
FIRST-6 fur; $19,000; clm($15,000); 2YO 2 D' Nxt Exprnc (Brd) 5.00 3.20 2.60 4 Starship Captan (Slvera) 6.20 4.00 8 Lord Chelsie (Sanchez) 2.80 Scr: Hey Brayden, Singapore Thunder. *...
Aqueduct analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 1m&70y; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up SECRET GETAWAY won two straight at Monmouth; hard to go past in very weak...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-5 1/2f; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 2YO PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Atlantic Surfer(M),120 F Boyce 3-3-x Allard 9-2 2...
Parx Racing Entries
FIRST-1 mile; $28,000; clm; 3,4&5YO 5 On Nc R (AlvrdJr.) 7.60 2.40 out 1 Plymouth Squr (Montnz) 2.10 out Scr: Apache Trail, Readybutnoonesawme, Rubsomedirtonit. * Exacta (5-1) $12.40 SECOND-5 fur;...
Aqueduct Charts
December 10th, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm ©2011 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $43,000; alw; 3up Off: 12:21. Good. angled out, rallied Time: 23.92, 48.61, 1:14.19, 1:39.86, 1:46.07....
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 11 MONDec. 12 TUEDec. 13 WEDDec. 14 THUDec. 15 FRIDec. 16 SATDec. 17 Rangers Florida 7:30 MSG Network ESPN 1050 AM NO GAME Dal. 7:00 MSG ESPN NO GAME...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball 1 p.m. UNC-Greensboro at Florida State YES 2 p.m. Florida A&M at South Florida SNY 3 p.m. N.C. Central at N.C. State YES 5 p.m. Stony Brook at Boston...
No reason to Reyes a stink
* The Marlins did New York a huge favor by taking Jose Reyes off of the Mets’ hands. The Mets wouldn’t pay him that kind of money and quite frankly,...
Time for NHL to give up the fighting
BUFFALO — In this space on March 15, I recounted the late Derek Boogaard’s reaction 10 days previously upon learning renowned and troubled NHL heavyweight Bob Probert, at the time...
Devils’ offense sputters in loss to Canadiens
Treading water doesn’t lead anywhere, and it would be a stretch to credit the Devils with even that. The season is one-third over and they can’t wait for Travis Zajac...
Callahan leads Rangers over Sabres
BUFFALO — Martin Biron was strong in net, the penalty-killers struck twice, the power play unit scored once and Carl Hagelin got a pair of goals but it was Ryan...
Crosby-less Penguins dominate Islanders
The Penguins and Islanders don’t agree on much. They did both believe that major penalty assessed to New York defenseman Travis Hamonic for a hit on Brooks Orpik wasn’t a...
McCarver deserving of Frick Award
Maybe you are one of those people who have grown weary of Tim McCarver, who think he has been sitting in baseball’s big booth too long, who think he talks...
Nets' Williams sees Lopez as a future All-Star
The Nets continue to chase after a perennial All-Star center, Dwight Howard, to play alongside Deron Williams, their perennial All-Star point guard. But what if the Nets already have one...
Howard wants to be traded to the Nets
Christmas could come early for the Nets. League sources confirmed to The Post last night that Dwight Howard has requested a trade to the Nets, bringing the franchise one step...
Teams never get equal value for stars
Only once during four decades of covering professional basketball do I recall a team that became almost whole in a forced trade by its franchise player ... and that took...
Tyson deal gives Knicks swagger
Tyson Chandler said his union with the Knicks is the “perfect storm.’’ It came late, without warning and could wreak plenty of damage, transforming the defense-poor Knicks into the tornado...
Lakers pull out of Paul deal: report
The three-team trade between the Lakers, Hornets and Rockets that would have sent Chris Paul to Los Angeles has fallen apart, according to ESPN.com reports. The Lakers have pulled out...
Knicks near deal with 2010 pick Jordan
Another 7-footer is on the way. Jerome Jordan, a 2010 second-round pick, was involved in contract negotiations yesterday to bring him to the Knicks, according to his agent, Todd Ramasar....
Bibby signs one-year deal with Knicks
Despite his wretched stint in Miami last season, the Knicks will roll the dice on point guard Mike Bibby. Bibby signed a one-year deal at the veteran’s minimum of $1.4...
Serby’s Sunday Q&A with ... Chris Canty
Post columnist Steve Serby tracked down Giants defensive tackle, and former Cowboy, Chris Canty before today’s clash in Big D. Q: What was it like being a Dallas Cowboy? A:...
Giants will aid another late Big D decline
Today Giants (+3 1/2) over COWBOYS: Off four consecutive losses, Giants coach Tom Coughlin’s troops need immediate aid to make it to January. The best way to proceed would be...
Giants' playoff chances, coach’s future could hang in balance
ARLINGTON, Texas — Eli Manning wanted New York, wanted to play for Giants coach Tom Coughlin. Four years later, he was a Super Bowl champion. Eight years later, he is...
The Rumble
It wasn't always this way for the Mets. They didn’t always lose their best player to free agency without making an offer or acquire mid-level relief pitchers and outfielders looking...
Giants face Cowboys in battle for first place in NFC East tonight
ARLINGTON, Texas — It has been a long time since the Giants won a game, and it seems even longer. “It does,’’ guard Chris Snee said. “These losses add up,...
Big brain 'Theory'
Mayim Bialik doesn’t just play a brainy geek on “The Big Bang Theory” — she is one. A real life, honest-to-goodness neuroscientist. “I am by far the nerdiest person in...
Brosnan’s brand-new ‘Bag’
Two decades have passed since Pierce Brosnan starred on ABC as Remington Steele. Now the 58-year-old actor, best known for his role as James Bond, returns to television as best-selling...
Don't miss
Christmas divas When New Directions is asked to perform at two different events on the same day, at the same time they have a tough decision to make. Will they...
Fairy tale fever
Fairy tales are big busthese days. Besides “Once Upon a Time,” we have: “Grimm.” NBC’s drama puts a homicide detective on the trail of mythological creatures from the famous fairy...
Senioritis strikes ‘Five-O’
This week, Mama asks some of her favorite actors: What the $%@#!! are you thinking?: “Hawaii Five-O” (Monday, 10 p.m., CBS) This show should be the hottest, hippest drama on...
Pretty poison
Since when do I care about anyone else’s happiness but mine?” In the duel role of Evil Queen/Regina Mills on ABC’s hit fairy-tale fantasy “Once Upon a Time,” actress Lana...
What? Was Snooki unavailable?
Apparently the only reason the GOP is allowing Donald Trump to host/moderate/conduct its next televised presidential debate is because Krusty the Klown is a cartoon character, Bozo the Clown is...
Reel good
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 1951 Monday, 8 p.m., TCM An every-year-must in our house is this version of the Dickens classic starring the greatest Ebenezer of them all: Alastair Sim. A...
Look who's talking
THE VIEW 11 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Donald Trump. Tuesday: Marlo Thomas; Jon Huntsman; Dylan Lauren. Wednesday: Rachael Ray; Guy Fieri . Thursday: Harry Connick Jr. Friday: Claire Danes; Lisa...
Meet market: Printmaker doesn’t want just any guy on the block
Homebody Katie says she loves going out with friends, but she’s equally happy “watching Netflix or catching up with ‘The Daily Show.’ ” Bridge and tunnel “My favorite place in...
Top 5 ways to hit on a hottie while holiday shopping
“Say, ‘This store is sold out of the only thing I want this year — your phone number.’ ”Dominik “Tell her you’re shopping for your grandmother’s present and you need...
This week's couple: On iCloud 9
When we sent tech lovers Angel, a 34-year-old managing partner at an online consulting company, and Jennifer, a 32-year-old cloud technology consultant, to Alphabet City’s Italian restaurant Spina, we hoped...
Ask Ashley: Dealing with Bridezilla
My oldest friend from grade school is getting married this coming April . . . in Mexico. Over the years, we have always been the go-to person for each other,...
Weird but true
Maybe this furry fiend has an all-you-can-eat buffet squirreled away somewhere. Nature lover Paulette King keeps a chair in her Lisbon, Maine, garden for the obese squirrel she named “Chubby,”...
Sam Houston St. advances to semis
Richard Sincere had a career game, and Sam Houston State dominated the battle of rushing offenses. Sincere rushed for a career-high 160 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries as...
Duke holds off Washington at Garden
Forget Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke may want to relocate a few hundred miles north and make Madison Square Garden its new home. The No. 7 Blue Devils won for the...
Pope leads Seton Hall over Wake Forest
At the Big East Media Day back in late October, Seton Hall forward Herb Pope, a little more than one year removed from heart surgery, laid down his personal objective....
Indiana shocks No. 1 Kentucky at buzzer
Indiana finally has the horses to beat top-ranked Kentucky. Christian Watford’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the left wing stood up to a replay review last night in Bloomington, Ind., giving the...
Griffin is first Heisman Trophy winner in Baylor history
DeJon Griffin knew her baby brother was a ridiculously gifted athlete when she saw him throw a football over the family’s one-story ranch house, race to the other side, and...
Navy beats Army for 10th straight time
LANDOVER, Md. — For the first time in a decade, America’s Game lived up to its billing, the Army-Navy clash finally turning in a competitive nail-biter. But it ended the...
NCAA spits on academics and NFL glorifies violence
Has there ever been a time when suspension of common sense has been more vital to sustaining your interest in sports? Every week is loaded with the sense-defying. Tuesday, on...
Frontrunner Gingrich assailed by rivals, fires back at Romney in GOP debate
DES MOINES, Iowa — Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, newly minted Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney in campaign debate Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts...
Old York City
They were icons of the Big Apple — that now exist only in black and white photographs. There was a time in Old New York when trolleys cluttered the street...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Washington leads Pathways past Bowne
Jordan Washington pumped in 34 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Pathways past John Bowne, 72-63, in the Francis Lewis Holiday Classic on Saturday afternoon. Kalil Safiedeen chipped in...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Fordham Prep picks up win in Buffalo
Fordham Prep bounced back for a big win in Buffalo. Connor Murphy had 13 points and Sean McNamara had eight points to lead Fordham to a 38-35 win over McQuaid...
Budding Bachman powers Spellman past St. John Villa
Cardinal Spellman's Maria Bachman is still getting accustomed to her new role and the importance that comes with it. The long and lanky sophomore forward needed a moment to let...
Foodie pyramid
You can’t eat a truffle in this city without tasting at least one shaving from a “Top Chef” alum. As season nine of Bravo’s reality cooking competition series steams ahead,...
Hit by a Truck: Fludd leads Boys over Christ the King
Christ the King’s Omar Calhoun has the name, gets the headlines and has the scholarship to UConn. Leroy (Truck) Fludd, though, thinks he’s just as good and the Boys &...
Without its star, Lincoln routs South Shore
Shaquille Davis and Ethan Telfair were forgotten last year, overshadowed by a hotshot freshman and a series of experienced seniors. With those seniors gone and the freshman – Isaiah Whitehead...
Chelsea boss orders players to include him in goal celebrations
LONDON -- Manager Andre Villas-Boas has ordered his Chelsea players to include him in their goal celebrations, The Sun reported Saturday. Villas-Boas issued the demand to his Blues stars days...
Sir Alex Ferguson reluctant to find January recruits to cover Man United's injury problems
MANCHESTER, England -- Sir Alex Ferguson said he remains reluctant to sign players in the January transfer window, despite Manchester United's season threatening to be derailed by injuries and loss...