December 17, 2011
'Occupy' guys, including bishop, arrested in new anniversary protest
Cops busted at least 35 protesters yesterday after they broke into a private park in Manhattan to mark the three-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. The marchers also shattered the...
Short-handed St. John's beats Fordham 56-50
St. John's had five players for the first half, six for the second. The Red Storm's coach was about 1,000 miles away. Sounds like a recipe for a young team...
Knicks beat Nets 92-83 in preseason opener
NEWARK, N.J. — Carmelo Anthony scored 17 points in three quarters, rookie Iman Shumpert added 16, and the New York Knicks beat the New Jersey Nets 92-83 on Saturday in...
Obama wants payroll tax extended for entire year
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, rebuffed by Congress on a yearlong extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut, said Saturday that it would be "inexcusable'" for lawmakers not to...
NJ cop who got drunk for DWI demonstration later charged with real DWI
WYCKOFF, N.J. — Authorities say a northern New Jersey police officer was charged with drunken driving just hours after he purposely got drunk during a police academy class on alcohol's...
Hundreds pay respects to slain cop Figoski
Police commissioner Ray Kelly and hundreds of NYPD officers poured into a Long Island funeral home Saturday afternoon to say good bye to fallen hero cop Peter Figoski, who was...
LI remains are missing prostitute, police confirm
OAK BEACH, N.Y. — Investigators have confirmed that bones found in a coastal wetland on New York's Long Island this week are the remains of missing prostitute Shannan Gilbert. The...
Knicks want a look at Davis
Mike D'Antoni finally addressed the Baron Davis issue now that he's an unrestricted free agent after clearing waivers last night, saying he's definitely worth investigating to find how how healthy...
Canadiens fire coach before clash with Devils
MONTREAL — Minding their own little three-game winning streak business, the Devils today walked straight into a maelstrom here, where Canadiens coach Jacques Martin was replaced by assistant Randy Cunneyworth...
Woman dies in Queens crash
A young woman was killed in a grisly car crash in Queens early today, police said. The driver of the Toyota Corolla lost control of the car on North Conduit...
So sue me! Man changes name to Mark Zuckerberg to dodge Facebook suit
TEL AVIV -- An Israeli entrepreneur has legally changed his name to Mark Zuckerberg in an attempt to avoid being sued by Facebook. According to tech blog Zdnet.com, last week's...
'Drunk' driver mows down teen in Brooklyn
A boozed-up driver struck and killed a Brooklyn teen crossing the street yesterday evening, police said. Terence Tsao, 17, was standing on a traffic island about to cross Cropsey Avenue,...
Senate passes payroll tax cut extension, forces decision on oil pipeline
WASHINGTON — Senators racing for the exits after a year of bitter battles passed legislation today that would extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two...
Preseason Game 1: Knicks at Nets
Game Time: 2:00 p.m.Television: YES Network Nets expected starting lineup (2010-11 stats):PG Deron Williams: 20.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 10.3 apgSG Anthony Morrow: 13.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.2 apgSF Damion James:...
Iran arrests CIA spy, intelligence ministry says
TEHRAN -- Tehran claimed that it arrested a CIA spy of Iranian origin who allegedly intended to infiltrate Iran's intelligence service, the country's intelligence ministry announced Saturday. The agent, who...
Devastating Philippines floods kill more than 400, many as they slept
MANILA, Philippines — Flash floods devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing more than 400 people while they slept, rousting hundreds of others to their rooftops and...
Giants LB Boley investigated over child abuse allegations: report
GADSDEN, Ala. -- Giants linebacker Michael Boley is under investigation for abusing his 5-year-old son, TMZ reported Saturday. Boley, 29, is alleged to have engaged in repeated willful abuse of...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta makes first visit to Libya by Pentagon chief
TRIPOLI, Libya — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Tripoli Saturday, taking advantage of the ouster of Moammar Khadafy in an eight-month civil war to become the first Pentagon...
INSIDE HOCKEY: Loaded St. Anthony's hungry to build on back-to-back 'A' titles
Football is king at St. Anthony’s. The team has won 10 of the last 11 CHSFL Class AAA crowns. But hockey at the South Huntington, L.I., school isn’t far behind....
Girls basketball roundup: Price, South Shore get by Francis Lewis
South Shore remains the only PSAL ‘AA’ team left undefeated. Fannisha Price had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Vikings to a 54-43 win over Francis Lewis in...
Star freshman, Bergtraum gut out tight one against tough Lincoln
Murry Bergtraum either led or was tied late in losses to Bishop Loughlin, Banneker and South Shore. Closing games out was becoming the Lady Blazers’ greatest weakness. Not Friday. Lincoln...
Francis Lewis Winter Ball coming Sunday
Christmas is nearly upon us and you know what that means – holiday girls basketball events.There aren’t nearly as many this year, but Francis Lewis gets them started Sunday with...
Injuries shake up fantasy playoffs
Replacing a top-tier fantasy talent this late in the season virtually is impossible. The replacements a coach might use to fill in for an injured star normally don’t produce the...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
GRAVESEND Aqueduct, 8th race. Purse: $65,000. 6 furlongs, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 3:37 p.m. LOWDOWN: Rule by Night, fourth last out after setting the pace in the Grade 3 Bold...
In full Bloom: Brooklyn Tech ready for title repeat, more under new coach
Todd Bloom wasn’t just at the right place at the right time. He was at the perfect place at the perfect time. Not long after he got a job as...
Sullivan finds swagger to push Bonnies past SJP
Kristen Sullivan’s promotion to the varsity hadn’t gone as smoothly as expected. The Fontbonne sophomore, who was one of the stars of last year’s JV team, had been nervous and...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Robinson's big day carries Hayes in Kreul Classic opener
Chris Robinson scored a season-high 18 points off the bench, including the game-winning points from the free throw line in the final seconds, to lead Cardinal Hayes past Hialeah Gardens...
Business briefs
$34B TARP The Congressional Budget Office raised its estimate of the cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program to $34 billion, primarily because of a drop in the market value...
Mudd mire tightens Fortress siege
Fortress Investment Group has never looked more vulnerable. Even before regulators took aim at the firm’s chief, Daniel Mudd, with a massive mortgage fraud case, Fortress had been rocked by...
Subprime slime
Talk about getting your name dragged through the mud. Federal regulators slapped former Fannie Mae boss Daniel Mudd and ex-Freddie Mac chief Dick Syron with charges of duping investors about...
Dolan takes a hit
Wall Street was buzzing yesterday that Cablevision CEO James Dolan might be ready to cash in his cable TV chips. The whispers came after shares in the Dolan family-controlled company...
Kushner teams with Vornado at 666 5th
In a restructuring that took two years to complete, Jared Kushner has brought in Vornado Realty Trust as a 49.5 percent stakeholder in his 666 Fifth Ave. office trophy, and...
Google getting Page design
The most powerful group at Google Inc. used to be known simply as “The OC,” short for operating committee. Now, it goes by a more telling name: “L Team,” short...
RIM shares tumble 11%
Research In Motion fell to the lowest level in almost eight years after saying a new generation of BlackBerrys designed to fuel a comeback won’t be out until the “latter...
MSG urges sports fans: unplug TWC
Madison Square Garden, working to hammer out a new carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline, is racheting up the pressure on the cable company...
Zynga zapped on Day One
There’s no joy in FarmVille.The hit social game maker Zynga’s initial public offering fizzled out on its first day of trading as the share price declined 5 percent, from its...
Delta targets LGA for hub
Delta Air Lines will add more than 100 flights and 29 destinations at New York’s La Guardia by mid-2012 as it builds the airport into a domestic hub and seeks...
Unions: NY Times CEO’s $4.5M stinks
The head of the printers and mailers unions at the New York Times blasted the $4.5 million “golden parachute” outgoing CEO Janet Robinson will get to consult for the company...
Wife-killer commits suicide with kids in tow
A New Jersey man sought in the slaying of his ex-wife fled with their two young daughters and hid out at a quaint Orange County motel while police in the...
Liz hits Jacko-pot
Even in death, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson are still showstoppers! A weeklong live auction of Taylor’s prized possessions ended yesterday with a flurry of jaw-dropping sales that pushed the...
Co-ed slay verdict is just crazy
A delusional Massachusetts man who stalked and harassed a 21-year-old Wesleyan University co-ed was found not guilty by reason of insanity yesterday of killing her in 2009. A three-judge panel...
Brit gets engaged
Oops, she did it again. Britney Spears is engaged to be married — for the third time. A day after manager Jason Trawick popped the question, Spears shared the news...
Iran-bound nuke bag
MOSCOW — Russia seized luggage containing the radioactive isotope sodium-22 yesterday at a Moscow airport from a passenger who was to travel on a flight to Tehran, the customs service...
Ex-NYPD chief dies
Former New York Police Commissioner Patrick Murphy is being remembered as the embodiment of police reform after his death at age 91. Murphy died of a heart attack yesterday at...
Andy saying ‘hail, no’
ALBANY — The proposal to expand hail-taxi service to the outer boroughs would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, Gov. Cuomo said yesterday. “I’m not going to have anything to...
‘Hot’ iPhone buyers busted
A massive NYPD sting nailed 141 merchants at bodegas, newsstands and barbershops for buying what they believed were stolen iPhones and iPads, cops said. Undercover NYPD officers sold the electronics...
Dollar-van rob mayhem
A gang of teen thugs robbed a dollar-van driver at knifepoint yesterday, slashing his face and sending his vehicle careening into a packed MTA bus in Brooklyn, authorities and witnesses...
Unsafe elevation
The company that performed electrical work on an elevator hours before it crushed ad exec Suzanne Hart to death has left a trail of safety problems in other buildings, The...
Loser Paladino: I’m going to bat for Gingrich
WASHINGTON — He’s baaack!Failed New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino gave Newt Gingrich an endorsement yesterday that he may want to give back.Paladino, who famously brandished a baseball bat during...
Slam dump on Kobe
Kobe Bryant has committed one too many fouls. After nearly 11 years of marriage, the Los Angeles Laker star’s wife, Vanessa, 29, slapped him with divorce papers, allegedly for cheating,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** Police have identified a suspect in the attempted murder of two cops in Jackson Heights. Antonio Olmeda (top photo), 53, is wanted for allegedly firing at officers when...
Too cool for summer school
Just one out of every two high-school students ordered to summer school this year bothered to show up — the lowest attendance rate since at least 2003.The paltry 50 percent...
Judge tags graffiti cop
An ex-cop who once protected the city streets has been found guilty of spraying them with graffiti. Steven Weinberg was convicted of fourth-degree criminal mischief and graffiti spraying yesterday by...
Allies: Liu is ‘screwed, bro’
Embattled city Comptroller John Liu is getting no respect from union workers — even when attempting to spread cheer at their holiday parties. Liu gave a pep talk to an...
Didn’t hold the anchovies
A dozen third-graders were rushed to the hospital with food poisoning yesterday after eating pizza at their Brooklyn school.An additional six sickened PS 115 students were treated at the Canarsie...
Penn Stater: What I saw
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Penn State assistant football coach testified yesterday that he believes he saw former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molesting a boy on campus and that he fully...
Revenge sweet for ex-ADA
A former Queens prosecutor who was fired in 2007 returned to her old stomping grounds as a defense attorney and beat her ex-colleagues in a murder trial.Tamara Harris left the...
Terrorism-linked activist Berenson says she was barred from leaving Peru to go to New York
LIMA, Peru — Paroled U.S. activist Lori Berenson said Saturday that she and her toddler son were not permitted to leave Peru despite being granted permission in court to spend...
Last US base to Iraqis
BAGHDAD — Iraq took control of the last US military base in the country yesterday, a day after US forces formally marked the end of their mission, bringing a divisive...
PA downs ‘promotion’ cops
The two Port Authority officers promoted against agency rules by the chief they chauffeur around have been busted back down to their original ranks.The PA’s new boss, Pat Foye, this...
Pol: Probe Port on loose juice
The Port Authority’s longtime practice of underbilling tenants for electricity should be investigated for criminality, a state senator said yesterday.“This is just another example of a total lack of accountability...
‘Zucks’ in ‘Face’off
It’s a slap in the Facebook — or just a goofy legal name game. Israeli entrepreneur Rotem Guez says he has legally changed his name to that of Facebook’s CEO,...
Hello there, little lady!
It was a big day for this little woman. Guinness World Records named 24.7-inch-tall Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, the shortest woman in the world yesterday as she turned 18....
Off the island
Stanford University stunned City Hall yesterday by abruptly withdrawing from a nationwide competition to build a science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, leaving it to upstate Cornell University to...
Weekend wake for hero
A wake for slain NYPD Officer Peter Figoski will be held today and tomorrow from 2 to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Boyd Funeral Home, 448...
Step up to the plate, NY
New Yorkers touched by the tragic slaying of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski continued to dig deep in support of his grieving daughters. Donations to the Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund reached...
Gaveling away at the judge
A fed-up Mayor Bloomberg yesterday took another swipe at the Brooklyn judge who released ex-con Lamont Pride without bail a month before he allegedly murdered Officer Peter Figoski — as...
Five thugs indicted in slain cop Peter Figoski's 'murder'
Meet “murderers” row. The five lowlifes accused of brutally killing Brooklyn cop and father of four Peter Figoski were hauled into court together yesterday and slapped with murder indictments. As...
NY $hut out of school
State education officials need help with their numbers. For the second consecutive year, a state application for millions in grant money got turned down by federal reviewers who questioned its...
Let there be incandescent light: Bulb is saved!
Congress saved the traditional light bulb for a year — and avoided an immediate government shutdown — as it moved toward passage of a $1 trillion spending bill. Senate leaders...
I’m Israel’s BFF: Obama
President Obama yesterday assured a Jewish group meeting in Washington that his “commitment to Israel is unshakable.”“I am proud to say that no US administration has done more in support...
TSA inspector leaves note with marijuana after finding weed in rapper's bag
They just never learn. Only two months after a dopey TSA agent got canned for leaving a note in a traveler’s luggage about her sex toy, another agent pulled a...
School lunch death
A fourth-grader fatally choked on meatballs in a Bronx school cafeteria last week as clueless staff looked on and did nothing to save him, his family and a witness said...
LI high schoolers protest outside after students suspended for 'Tebowing'
They’re still Tebowing at the Long Island high school where a salute to Jesus-loving NFL quarterback Tim Tebow got 17-year-old twin brothers suspended this week. More than a dozen Riverhead...
Brooklyn native new voice of Nets
Jay-Z has found his new voice. David Diamante -- who owns the popular Diamante’s Brooklyn Cigar Lounge in Fort Greene and has announced pro and amateur boxing internationally the past...
City lets Grimaldi guy keep coal fires burning
The city is cranking up the heat on a Brooklyn pizza war. Frank Ciolli, who this week vacated his Grimaldi’s pizzeria on Old Fulton Street, won a rare city OK...
Hiram slash guilt upheld
A mid-level appeals court yesterday upheld the conviction of disgraced former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate for a brutal 2008 attack on his girlfriend. The Appellate Division, Second Department, rejected Monserrate’s...
‘Rudy!’ tackled by feds
US securities regulators yesterday charged Daniel Ruettiger — the inspiration behind the 1993 movie “Rudy” — and 12 others with running a scheme to deceive investors into buying stock in...
Inside charity ‘scam’
A bunch of hardened gangbangers have gone from hustling on the street corner to hustling Wall Street. Thugs from gangs such as the Crips and Bloods ran a brazen, $2...
US: We want more jobs, less class war
WASHINGTON — Many more Americans favor goosing the economy over reducing economic inequality — clashing with a message by President Obama that was pushed hard by Occupy Wall Street protesters,...
A perverse ‘Process’
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday ended the “Istanbul Process,” a three-day, closed-door international conference hosted by the State Department on measures to combat religious “intolerance, negative stereotyping and...
To ID or not to ID — keeping elections clean
The Issue: AG Eric Holder’s opposition to laws that require voters to provide photo identification. *** Michael A. Walsh is correct — the complaints from AG Eric Holder about voter-ID...
Aiding and abetting
That sure was some fancy footwork by Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes on Thursday — as he tried to acquit himself of having helped free accused cop-killer Lamont Pride in an...
The light went on!
Who says Republicans don’t care about endangered species? The House GOP just rescued a breed that had been targeted for extinction by the Green Machine. Let’s hear it for the...
Using your tax dollars to push for class warfare
In his class-warfare campaign for higher tax rates and more redistribution, President Obama has picked up support from the usual suspects, including union bosses, left-wingers in Congress and the establishment...
Republicans might want to rethink ‘getting real’
You hear a lot about how important “authenticity” is in politics today, but I wonder. Newt Gingrich was in the city the other week for the Monday Meeting — an...
How some homeless ‘helpers’ are actually doing harm
For some, these are the best of times, for others, they are the worst of times, but for those truly homeless, they are unbearable times. In today’s down economy, homeless...
Welcome to scentville!
The streets of NYC aren’t famous for their exquisite scents. But, deep in the heart of NoLIta, a small group of neighboring lanes have started to exude a whiff of...
Gifts from the art
You're one week from the finish line — three days if you celebrate Hanukkah — and you still can’t bring yourself to hit the department stores. So don’t! Head instead...
Kid stuff Dec 17
Today FLOWER CHILDREN: For a sweet, melodic spin on classic American folk tunes, go see Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower at Symphony Space. Special guests include Brian Selznick,...
‘Nut’ a childish charmer
Painted on the curtain of Alexei Ratmansky’s “The Nutcracker” is a pretty little house, only it’s tilted askew. It’s the perfect metaphor for this take on the ever-present holiday tale,...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogCowboys 6½ 7 (47) BUCCANEERSTomorrowGIANTS 7½ 6½(46) RedskinsEAGLES 2 3 (44) JetsPackers14 13½(46) CHIEFSSaints 7 6½(51½)VIKINGSBEARS 4 3½(35½)SeahawksDolphins1½1½(41½)BILLSTEXANS 6½ 6 (45) PanthersTitans 7 6½(41) COLTSBengals 6½ 6½(40) RAMSLionsPick...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 6f; $23,000; cl($15,000); 3up SENSATIONAL SAM finished fast to miss by neck at this level; gets big rider...
UFC ‘head-hunt’ charge
MEDICINE HAT, Alberta — Former wrestling and ultimate fighting champion Brock Lesnar has been accused by Canadian wildlife officials of shooting a mule deer buck in southern Alberta but keeping...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $21,000; mdn cl($25,000); 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 HavingaNiceTm(L),120A Lezcano8-7-7Persaud30-12 CameronCnyn(M),120L Perezx-x-xGalluscio8-13 BarnardsGalxy(M),113JRodriguzx-x-xCO'Bren20-14 Hepatologist(L),115R Curatolo8-11-xServis3-15 Daucus Carota ,120D Cohen3-3-xEnglehart5-26 Cab's Here(L),120C Amaro8-8-6Aquilino50-17 Raytessa(L),120CMontalv4-9-10Contess15-18...
Aqueduct Charts
December 16th, 2011 Clear And Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $19,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:20. Good. battled back insideTime: 23.45, 47.14, 59.83, 1:13.74.Trainer: Linda RiceWinner: DK B/ F, 3, by...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1m; $16,500; mdn cl($12,500); 2YO; (f)2Slty Wndr Grl (Brd)3.802.802.405Cher N Shout (Dsormux)4.203.003Awesome Angie (Leyva)3.00Scr: Starship Tormenta.* Exacta (2-5) $16.20 * $1 Superfecta (2-5-3-9) $130.60 * $1 Trifecta (2-5-3) $38.90SECOND-1 1/16m(T);...
Sports Shorts
Nba: Heat’s Spoelstra signs extension Erik Spoelstra and the Heat have agreed on a contract extension, ending any speculation Pat Riley’s protege would be a lame-duck coach this season. Riley,...
Gulfstream Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6f; $22,500; cl($20,000); 3up; (f&m) YOUMAKINMEMAD set pace in last two, just missed. INNER TRUTH hid vs. maidens at...
Hollywood Park Entries
Post Time: 3:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 1/2f; $21,000; cl($12,500); 3up PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 DeeDeesLegcyL118 OFigur 2-4-3 8-1 2 LookingfrCndyL122...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-6 1/2f; $18,000; cl($10,000); 3up6S Mar's Der (Tlmo)3.002.402.101Mchalasheartlte (Berros)3.803.003Magicallytown (Bisono)5.00* $1 Exacta (6-1) $5.10 * Quinella (1-6) $7.80 * $1 Superfecta (6-1-3-5) $83.30 * $1 Trifecta (6-1-3) $25.60SECOND-1m(T); $45,000l; mdn...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 17SUNDec. 18MONDec. 19TUEDec. 20WEDDec. 21THUDec. 22FRIDec. 23Nets2:00 MSG Network ESPN 1050 AM NO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENets7:30 MSG ESPN NO GAMENO GAMEKnicks2:00 YES NetworkWFAN 660 AM NO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEKnicks7:30...
Today's Sports on the Air
BasketballNoonOhio State at South Carolina ESPNNoonAmerican at Georgetown SNYNoonAlabama A&M at Michigan BIG 10NoonMSG Holiday Festival: Rutgers vs. Stony Brook MSG Plus, WOR (710 AM)2 p.m.Butler at Purdue CBS2 p.m.Exhibition:...
Cops: Milbury assaulted kid
BOSTON — Police said Friday that they’ve charged former Islanders coach and general manager Mike Milbury with assaulting a 12-year-old Pee Wee hockey player who was jawing with his son.Brookline...
Ward, Froch face off in Super bout
It was just over two years ago when six super middleweights — three from Europe and three from the United States — gathered at Madison Square Garden to announce the...
Nets' James wants competition from Kirilenko
Damion James would like to see the Nets add the likes of Andrei Kirilenko for two reasons. One, it would help the team. Two, it would be a challenge. “That’s...
Avery left watching Rangers slide
PHOENIX — Sean Avery has given up trying to figure out when he will play again for the Rangers, but he admits sitting while the team played two of its...
Scott always free to share Lou’s stage
Making Scott Niedermayer an exception has been the rule for Lou Lamoriello, so it comes as no surprise the Devils general manager authorized the ceremony in Newark last night in...
Devils retire No. 27, defeat Stars for third straight win
It was a banner night for Devils captains, past and present. First, the Devils hoisted Scott Niedermayer’s No. 27 to the rafters in Newark, then Zach Parise continued his explosion...
Bonds earns slap on wrist from judge
SAN FRANCISCO — Home run king Barry Bonds learned his fate yesterday after eight years of being pursued by prosecutors in a case that began with steroid allegations: a 30-day...
Dr. Galea gets time served
BUFFALO (AP) — Dr. Anthony Galea, the Toronto-based sports physician with a high-profile client list — including Tiger Woods and the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez — will avoid prison time for...
Reyes glad to join Ramirez with Marlins
New Miami Marlins shortstop Jose Reyes misspoke Friday talking about the teammate he bumped to third base, Hanley Ramirez. "I can't wait to play for, er, with Hanley," Reyes said....
Mattingly to perform in 'Nutcracker' ballet
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — When he was with the Yankees, Don Mattingly was known as Donnie Baseball. Now, you might call him “Donnie Ballet.” Mattingly is set to don a dress...
Knicks coach says team can win title this season
Why not the Knicks? Coach Mike D’Antoni didn’t dance around the issue yesterday of whether the Knicks are ready to win a championship this season following the mammoth acquisition of...
Amnesty victims Davis, Outlaw eyed for Knicks bench
The Knicks continue to take advantage of the new amnesty provision. They are pursuing sore-backed veteran point guard Baron Davis, who cleared waivers last night, and the club also is...
Nets at tipping point facing Knicks today
When last we checked in on professional basketball on the court in the New York-New Jersey area, the Knicks were ending their playoffs in a sweep by the Celtics long...
Billups plans to lift Clippers
LOS ANGELES — The concept of playing for the Los Angeles Clippers and working with old friends Chris Paul and Mo Williams is starting to grow on Chauncey Billups, who...
Harrison appeal denied
James Harrison is nothing if not exact. On the field and off. Though he did not address the media yesterday, after the NFL denied his appeal of a one-game suspension...
NFL not aware of player drug list
The strange, shocking case of Sam Hurd produced shockwaves around the NFL yesterday and may have left more than a few players extremely nervous. The veteran wide receiver was released...
Cowboys must defeat Bucs to keep pace
TAMPA, Fla. — If the suddenly reeling Cowboys learned anything while letting a solid grip on the NFC East lead slip away, it’s to not take anything for granted. So...
Pierce says Fewell asking Giants for too much
Former Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce called out the team’s defensive coordinator and players for their inability to stop opposing offenses. “They have to find those one or two defensive calls...
Eagles won’t lay down against Jets despite going bust
If the Cowboys and Giants do their part, the Jets could be facing a very dispirited opponent tomorrow in Philadelphia. With Dallas set to face the woeful Buccaneers tonight and...
December surge transforms Jets RB into Greene machine
The surge seems almost as predictable by now as winter itself. The temperature drops, and Shonn Greene’s production rises — along with the Jets’ fortunes. Just like last season, and...
Jets look to stop Eagles' Jackson
Every day this week, special-teams coach Mike Westhoff has shown his punt-coverage team video of what DeSean Jackson is capable of doing. It’s a video of Jackson’s game-winning punt return...
Rex says playoffs in sight for Jets
Rex Ryan said he understood Bart Scott’s message Thursday about the Jets not being playoff-caliber yet, much less a Super Bowl contender. He grasped it was just the emotional linebacker’s...
Giants can’t afford to give Redskins hope
The Giants should take a cue from the Jets in their game against the Redskins tomorrow at MetLife Stadium. They should do to the inferior Redskins what the Jets did...
Giants running game no longer weak link on team
Mitch Petrus is sure he and the Giants’ offensive linemen matter when it comes to throwing the ball. But when it comes to running it, Petrus knows just how important...
Giants' Tuck makes it through first practice of week
Justin Tuck practiced yesterday for the first time this week. The Giants defensive end is suffering from a toe injury, and did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday. He was...
‘Odd’ man in
Forget the pimped-out, one-of-a-kind Harley, the original Picasso in your aunt’s garage and even the cache of Lincoln’s letters in grandma’s attic. If you want something really unusual, you’ve got...
‘Survivor’ back to Mideast?
Mark Burnett is ready to take "Survivor" back to the Middle East. The CBS reality series - which wraps its 23rd season Sunday night - was forced to abruptly relocate...
O’Reilly’s big get
The two Bills will come together at last. Bill Clinton will appear on Bill O’Reilly’s “The O’Reilly Factor” for the first time on Tuesday. Clinton is stopping by the Fox...
Weird but true
Attention, Kmart shoppers: Some secret Santas are paying off the layaway accounts of strangers who need help buying their kids Christmas gifts. The anonymous helpers have called Kmart stores in...
New coach former Fordham QB
Fordham is bringing in a familiar face to lead the football program to a fresh start. The Rams introduced former Connecticut offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead as their head football coach...
Temple aiming to run wild
Bernard Pierce can’t say whether today’s New Mexico Bowl against Wyoming will be his final college game, but Temple’s junior running back is determined to make the game, in Albuquerque,...
Garden gathering should be annual event
If elected mayor, the first order of business would be to hold the MTA accountable. The second would be to mandate that St. John’s, Fordham, Hofstra and Manhattan play a...
Confident Rams ready to weather Red Storm at Garden
Playing St. John’s at Madison Square Garden is not a big deal -- just ask anyone who plays for Fordham. Star junior forward Chris Gaston said the Rams (4-5) are...
St. Ray's ready for City of Palms Classic, nation's top tournament
The City of Palms Classic is the nation’s top high school boys basketball tournament. Six teams are ranked nationally by USA Today and St. Raymond opens Saturday 12:45 p.m. against...
Stepinac two-way dynamo Taps tabs William & Mary
During the season, Archbishop Stepinac coach Mike O’Donnell dubbed two-way star Austin Taps as under-recruited. It wasn’t that way after the year ended. Taps led Stepinac on an incredible run...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Jefferson pulls out victory to open Kreul Classic
Jaquan Lynch scored 15 points, Jermoine Fasion had 14 and Jalen Evans 10 as Thomas Jefferson pulled ou a 63-62 overtime victory over Boyd Anderson (Fla.) in the opening round...
Kennedy transfer Grant key to Mott Haven's strong start
Hakeem Grant symbolizes Mott Haven’s success in the early going. Like the Mavericks, Grant entered the season unproven and inexperienced. But like his teammates, the John F. Kennedy transfer has...
Rapper Slim Dunkin shot dead at Atlanta music studio
ATLANTA -- Rapper Slim Dunkin was Friday shot and killed at an Atlanta music studio, according to both WSB-TV and MTV. Dunkin, whose real name is Mario Hamilton, was shot...
Knicks target Davis clears amnesty waivers
Veteran point guard Barron Davis cleared amnesty waivers at 8 pm tonight, making him an unrestricted free agent able to sign with any team.The Knicks have mentioned an interest in...
New York denied Race to the Top funds for second-straight year
State education officials need help with their numbers. For the second time in as many years, a state application for millions in grant money got turned down by federal reviewers...
12 third-graders rushed to hospital with food poisoning after eating school pizza
A dozen third-graders were rushed to the hospital with food poisoning today after eating pizza at their Brooklyn school. An additional six sickened PS 115 students were treated at the...
9-year-old Bx. boy chokes to death on school lunch
A 9-year-old Bronx boy died tragically this week after choking on two meatballs in his lunch at school, officials said. Fourth-grader Jonathan Jewth was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center not...
Time Warner Cable threatens to drop MSG
Madison Square Garden, working to hammer out a new carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline, is racheting up the pressure on the cable company...
Kobe Bryant's wife files for divorce
Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa, filed for divorce on Friday from the Los Angeles Lakers star, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. According to court documents filed in...
Hall of Fame QB Kelly discusses Tebow, Rodgers and records
Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly threw a ton of praise at the current generation of NFL quarterbacks, including Broncos QB Tim Tebow.Kelly, who was in Midtown for the "Party...