December 19, 2011
Rollins signs 3-year, $33M deal with Phillies
PHILADELPHIA -- When Jimmy Rollins had the chance to go somewhere else, he just couldn’t walk away from the Philadelphia Phillies. The smooth-talking, slick-fielding shortstop has spent nearly half his...
Bengals need help from Jets to make playoffs
CINCINNATI -- The Bengals got some help in narrowing the wild card field. They’ll need a little more to come out on top. Cincinnati is still in playoff contention heading...
AT&T drops planned purchase of T-Mobile USA
DALLAS -- AT&T bowed to US antitrust authorities and withdrew its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Monday, ending a nine-month fight to complete a deal many saw as a...
Madoff’s ex-controller pleads guilty in NYC
The former controller for imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff blamed him for directing her to trick regulators and the Internal Revenue Service as she pleaded guilty in New York to conspiracy...
Ex-aide to imprisoned NY pol gets 4 months
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A man who was chief of staff to a disgraced New York state senator has been sentenced to four months in prison for obstructing justice. Raymond...
Kiwanuka responds: Giants are better than Jets
Rex Ryan said he knows the Jets are better than the Giants. Mathias Kiwanuka does not agree.“I mean, I know we’re the better team,’’ the Giants defensive lineman said Monday....
NYPD arrests suspect in fake beard shooting
He was no master of disguise. Police today collared the bizarrely dressed gunman who shot at two cops in Queens while donning a fake beard and dark glasses earlier this...
Sundance 2012: Four more titles with Eisenberg, Leo, Giamatti
Philip Dorling and Ron Nyswaner's "Predisposed,'' starring Jesse Eisenberg as a piano prodigy and Melissa Leo as his "troubled'' mother, was added today to the Premieres slate at next month's...
MTV confirms 'Punk’d' revival with Ashton Kutcher as producer
LOS ANGELES -- MTV confirmed Monday it is bringing back "Punk'd," the hit show about unsuspecting celebrities getting pranked, after a four-year hiatus. Ashton Kutcher, who developed the show and...
Jets' Holmes apologized for taunting penalty
Jets coach Rex Ryan said he has Santonio Holmes’ back after the wide receiver committed a boneheaded penalty in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles.Holmes drew a taunting penalty after scoring...
'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer released
The trailer for the Christopher Nolan-directed "The Dark Knight Rises" hit the Web today, the final flick in the "Batman" series starring Christian Bale.The two-minute trailer introduces the villain Bane...
West Virginia suit against Big East gets go-ahead
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a West Virginia University lawsuit aimed at speeding up its exit from the Big East, indicating doubts about whether...
Judge screens video of boys' near fatal cart-toss prank
Shocking surveillance video was played in a Manhattan courtroom today showing two boys dropping a shopping cart four stories down onto a philanthropist mom at an East Harlem shopping mall....
Iraq issues arrest warrant for Sunni vice president
BAGHDAD -- Iraq issued an arrest warrant for its Sunni vice president in an anti-terror case Monday, deepening a crisis that one of the country's leaders warned could force the...
Egypt's military tries to discredit protesters
CAIRO — Egypt's ruling military questioned the morals of a female detainee, accused a prominent publisher of incitement and bashed the media for allegedly working to destabilize the country in...
'America's Got Talent' to get fourth judge
"America's Got Talent" is getting a top-to-bottom makeover -- and a fourth judge. "I always like four person panels because it leaves less room for error," creator Simon Cowell tells...
Winning Darvish bid to be announced tonight
TOKYO — An announcement will be made Monday night on which major league team has won the right to negotiate with top Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish, FOX Sports reported. The...
Syracuse still on top of AP poll
Syracuse is on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a second week and UNLV and Virginia are newcomers to the Top 25. The Orange (11-0) received 53...
Deron will get 'grumpy' if Nets aren't winning
Before Deron Williams came to the Nets, the point guard was a playoff fixture with the Utah Jazz. Last year, the Nets’ playoff push fell short, by 13 games. That...
Devils' Elias ill, may miss Rangers game
Devils leading scorer Patrik Elias, who set the team's career goal-scoring record with his 348th Saturday in Montreal, sat out practice Monday because he was ill, the team said. His...
Staal closer, but Rangers defense takes another hit
The big picture on defense became that much brighter for the Rangers with Marc Staal’s revelation that he could be cleared for contract drills, “in a few days if all...
Paul McCartney announces new album of cover songs
LONDON -- British music legend Sir Paul McCartney announced Monday he will release an album of cover songs early next year. The album, which does not yet have a title,...
VOTE: What are the best and worst Christmas songs of all time?
Can't stand "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"? Do you listen to "Santa Baby" on repeat? Vote for what you think are the best and most annoying Christmas songs below, and see...
House postpones payroll tax extension vote until Tuesday
WASHINGTON -- The US House of Representatives Monday night postponed voting on extending the payroll tax cut until Tuesday, FOX News Channel reported. The decision to delay the vote came...
Dozens of Syrian army deserters killed by machinegun fire, activists say
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Dozens of Syrian army deserters were killed by machinegun fire as they tried to flee their military posts in northwestern Idlib province Monday, a rights group said....
Mets make Francisco deal official
Reliever Frank Francisco has signed a two-year contract with the Mets.The 32-year-old went 1-4 with 17 saves and a 3.55 ERA in 54 games with the Toronto Blue Jays in...
Rolle won’t say how many out of 100 Giants would beat Jets
Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman went on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Monday and admitted that the harsh comments by Giants safety Antrel Rolle made Washington feel “disrespected.’’ Grossman said coach Mike...
New York Times on verge of selling regional newspaper group
The New York Times Co. said Monday it is in "advanced discussions" to sell 16 regional newspapers, other print publications and related businesses to Halifax Media Holdings. Among the papers...
VIDEO: Red Bull GM Erik Soler discusses Rost, a 3rd DP, Agudelo & development
I was knee-deep in NFL football last week, but for the futbol fans, here is a two-part sit down interview with Red Bulls GM Erik Soler that the team actually...
Davis excited to team with Knicks' new frontcourt
The Knicks may have needed a point guard, but Baron Davis chose to sign with them because of their imposing frontcourt of Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler.“You just...
Mayor Bloomberg's eulogy for Officer Peter Figoski
Maryanne, Frank, Robert, James, Paulette, Christine, Caitlyn, Caroline, Corinne; members of the NYPD – including Pete’s friend and partner, the brave Officer Glenn Estrada: my heart goes out to you...
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's eulogy for Officer Peter Figoski
Monsignor Heller. Monsignor Romano. Mayor Bloomberg. To Pete’s parents, Frank and Mary Anne. To Paulette and the children. And to all of the members of Pete’s family. On behalf of...
Violent crime keeps falling in US, FBI data shows
WASHINGTON -- Violent crime continued to fall in the US in 2011, despite cutbacks in many local police departments and fears among experts that hard economic times would lead to...
Man City boss admits Balotelli Santa Claus rumors could be true
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini laughed at suggestions Mario Balotelli was impersonating Santa Claus on the eve of Sunday's 1-0 win over Arsenal, but admitted anything was...
B'klyn 'fire fiend' held without bail in elevator torch slay; DA says he committed 'brutal murder'
The wild-eyed fiend accused of burning a Brooklyn woman to death inside an elevator was held without bail at his arraignment today and placed in protective custody. Jerome “Jerry’’ Isaac,...
10,000 cops come out to mourn Officer Peter Figoski at LI funeral service
Goodbye Officer Peter Figoski. Some 10,000 cops from across the country and region assembled this morning at a Long Island church for the emotional funeral mass for the decorated Brooklyn...
Rex says Jets 'better' than Giants
Game on.Jets coach Rex Ryan wasted no time Monday getting the hype machine rolling for Saturday’s showdown with the Giants."I recognize that they’re an excellent football team, but I think...
WATCH: Runaway golf cart mows down crowd at Cowboys Stadium
ARLINGTON, Texas — A runaway golf cart raced unmanned from an end zone to midfield at Cowboys Stadium and ploughed into several people, including a head coach, causing havoc as...
Rolle calls out Giants teammates for missing practice
The Giants lost a game in pathetic fashion on Sunday. It seems as if Antrel Rolle believes the game was lost earlier in the week. In a rant that came...
Kim's death rocks NKorea, gives region jitters
BEIJING — It was the scenario strategists from Beijing to Washington fretted over: Kim Jong Il's sudden death befalls North Korea, before the isolated regime completed a power transfer to...
WATCH: FDNY firefighter pulled to safety from B'klyn blaze
A firefighter literally engulfed in flames was pulled to safety out of the third floor of a Brooklyn brownstone by a fellow firefighter this morning in a dramatic rescue that...
Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company said Monday they are investing a combined $300 million into Twitter, increasing the microblogging site's...
Strauss-Kahn's wife named France's woman of the year
PARIS -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's wife, who stood by the former IMF boss as he battled sex assault allegations in New York and Paris, was named France's 2011 woman of the...
Winners & losers from Jets loss
PHILADELPHIA -- The Jets lost their first game in a month Sunday when the Eagles took them apart 45-19. Though the loss was embarrassing for the Jets, it did little...
Hopes dim for survivors of Russian oil rig disaster
SAKHALIN ISLAND, Russia -- The bodies of 14 crew members from a sunken drilling rig were found off Russia's far eastern Sakhalin Island, as hopes faded Monday that the 39...
President Obama revises his Iran record
As Jonathan Tobin points out President Obama's pitch to Liberal Jews to vote for him because of his Iran policies was totally disingenuous. President Obama said this: "We’ve worked painstakingly...
Haggerty sent to prison for 1 and 1/3 years for Bloomberg campaign cash theft
Disgraced political consultant John Haggerty -- described by his own lawyer as broke, divorced and dishonored -- was sentenced this morning to serve at least one and one-third years --...
Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point
After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, senior US officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is...
ESPN sees Monday Night Football ratings dip
Cable channel ESPN, a unit of Walt Disney, has seen the average audience for its Monday Night Football broadcasts drop about 10 percent this year, according to figures cited Monday...
Low-skilled immigrants means more American jobs
On Sunday, the Occupy Wall Street movement tried to make common cause with illegal immigrant activists and revitalize their movement with a new rallying cry: "Immigrants are the 99 percent."...
Saab files for bankruptcy
STOCKHOLM — Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy on Monday, giving up a desperate struggle to stay in business after previous owner General Motors Co. blocked takeover attempts by Chinese investors....
North Korea test fires two short-range missiles off eastern coast
PYONGYANG, ,North Korea -- North Korea test fired two short-range ballistic missiles off the country's eastern coast just before midnight Sunday, the same day leader Kim Jong Il's death was...
Obama's memorial gobbledy-goo
The President is a lawyer and not an historian so maybe he should be forgiven for spouting generalizations so broad they become meaningless. But when presented with the opportunity to...
POST GAMES TO WATCH: Dec. 19-Dec. 25
The Post’s high school staff looks ahead to the most intriguing matchups in boys basketball and girls basketball for the week of Dec. 19 through Dec. 25. BOYS BASKETBALL St....
PSAL girls basketball rankings
South Shore is No. 1 and the rest? Well that’s up in the air. We moved Murry Bergtraum up to No. 2 this week, but there a number of teams...
NYC girls basketball rankings
Changes seem to be a weekly thing in these rankings and there are a few more again this time around. Despite getting lit up by Ossining’s Saniya Chong on Sunday,...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
Another week and another set of changes. Mary Louis continued to struggle in league play and Archbishop Molloy picked up a win over Bishop Loughlin, moving them up to No....
NYC non-'AA' girls basketball rankings
The approaching holiday season has many teams choosing to stay idle and has brought no changes to the rankings. Fontbonne Hall picked up one of last week’s biggest wins by...
POST PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK: Dec. 12-Dec. 18
The Post high-school staff takes a look at the top performers in boys basketball and girls basketball from the week of Dec. 12. BOYS BASKETBALL Daniel Dingle, St. Raymond It...
CHSAA boys basketball rankings
So much for New York City basketball being down. St. Raymond defeated Kentucky’s top team, Trinity, at the country’s top tournament, the City of Palms Classic on Saturday. Cardinal Hayes...
NYC non-'AA' boys basketball rankings
Think you have a handle on our NYC non-'AA' boys basketball rankings? Think again. We don't even know what's going to happen. Aside from top-ranked Brooklyn Collegiate and No. 5...
Giants' playoff picture
Though Eli Manning and the Giants were pounded yesterday, they still control their playoff destiny. But their loss kept the Eagles alive. Here's a look at the NFC East playoff...
Jets' playoff picture
Despite the Jets' loss yesterday, they remained in playoff position and in control of the final AFC wild-card spot. Though the Titans, Raiders and Chargers are still alive, the Jets...
Francis Lewis Winter Ball notebook: Bronx native Chong goes off for 54 against Molloy
Ossining’s Saniya Chong is one of the nation’s most prolific scorers. She dropped 61 points on John Jay-East Fishkill in last year’s Section I Class AA quarterfinals. She dropped 43...
Jets report card
OFFENSE (F) Where do we start? Four turnovers, failure to sustain drives, just total horrific play. WR Santonio Holmes (four catches, 40 yards, 1 TD) had a huge fumble, a...
Mary Louis beats Bergtraum to snap four-game slide
Mary Louis can take a collective deep breath. “I was just like a load off their shoulders,” TMLA coach Joe Lewinger said. …“When we went in [the locker room] it...
Giants report card
OFFENSE (F) A 60-minute dud, led by Eli Manning (three interceptions) in his worst outing of the season. Especially brutal on third down and in the red zone. Huge early...
Jets blitz
HERO Eagles tight end Brent Celek put Philly up 14-0 with a 26-yard touchdown catch, on his way to a career-high 156 yards on five receptions. The 26-year-old helped seal...
Colgate-bound Kriftcher leads LuHi over Truman
Paige Kriftcher is Christina Raiti’s best friend and they’ve been playing together since they were young. Raiti knows that Kriftcher’s contributions are not always necessarily shown in the box score....
Boys basketball roundup: Berkeley Carroll wins Loyola Christmas Tournament
Berkeley Carroll won the Loyola Christmas Tournament in impressive fashion – by taking out the host team in the final. The Brooklyn private school topped Loyola, 67-46, on Sunday. Shane...
'Sherlock' tops another sluggish weekend at box office
LOS ANGELES — Sherlock Holmes is facing his worst enemy: declining crowds at theaters as this year's domestic movie attendance dips to the lowest in 16 years. Robert Downey Jr.'s...
NYC boys basketball rankings
The holiday season means holiday tournaments and that means out-of-state challenges for the city's best. So far, so good -- Thomas Jefferson and Cardinal Hayes are both in the Kreul...
US weighs North Korea policy after Kim Jong Il's death
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it remains committed to stability on the Korean peninsula and is closely monitoring developments there following the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong...
Speaking volumes
The sluggish economy this year did little to dam the usual flood of books offering workplace advice, inspirational business tales and other words aimed at the career-minded reader. We’ve sifted...
Go to Greg
I’ve been an executive assistant for 20 years and make a good salary. I’m forever facing competition from those who are younger and willing to work for less money, and...
A biz built on short sales
By her 50s, Pam Starobin had enjoyed what she calls “a very interesting and varied career.” She had launched and run a successful computer program for the food service industry,...
Pam Starobin’s tips for launching a business
Test the waters. “Don’t be afraid to start small,” says Starobin, who launched her product with only a small investment and a low-key Web site. “It was a nice way...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1 Sexy and I Know It, LMFAO 2 We Found Love, Rihanna 3 We Are Young (Glee Cast Version), Glee Cast 4 It Will Rain, Bruno Mars...
No pretty Penney
Trust me — I used to work at Apple. That’s the message JCPenney workers and suppliers say they’re getting from hot-shot CEO Ron Johnson as he mounts an ambitious transformation...
Ad tech bellwether grows in Silicon Alley
Move over Madison Avenue. Ad technology firm AppNexus is making a more permanent home in the heart of Silicon Alley.AppNexus, which operates a platform for the buying and selling of...
Business briefs
AT&T troubleAsset sale talks intended to help AT&T win approval for its T-Mobile buy have gone cold, WSJ.com reported, the strongest sign yet that AT&T may abandon the $39 billion...
Downhill lowdown
Useful ski questions: “Where is the bunny slope?” “Your lobby or mine?” “Would you like to sign my cast?” These magazines can answer lots of your ski queries. If your...
LiVin’ it up on potatoes
Before developers had their way, the Hamptons were known as much for their potato fields as for their beaches. Perhaps that’s why a Long Island Spirits company is making a...
Juror unwraps Novell case
The lone holdout juror who prevented a Utah company from getting as much as $1.2 billion from one-time rival Microsoft for alleged antitrust violations says he’s at peace with his...
Crackdown on pickups by liveries
The free ride’s over for livery drivers who pick up street hails outside Manhattan. After months of ignoring illegal pickups in the outer boroughs, the city is now set to...
Boehner’s lump of coal in payroll-tax fight
WASHINGTON — The Senate had better put its Christmas vacation on hold — because the payroll-tax fight ain’t over yet. House Speaker John Boehner yesterday flatly rejected a bill that...
GOP paper scrap
WASHINGTON — GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich yesterday turned a prized newspaper endorsement for rival Mitt Romney into a “liberal” liability. Gingrich said he was “delighted” that Romney was endorsed...
Quinn gets big boo$t – in NJ
Christine Quinn has the vote locked up — in New Jersey. Some of the top benefactors to the City Council speaker’s $4 million 2013 war chest for a presumed mayoral...
Do your part to aid kids
As Officer Peter Figoski is laid to rest today, New Yorkers are reminded that they can still lend a hand to the hero cop’s four heartbroken daughters. The Peter Figoski...
10,000 mourning cop
Officer Peter Figoski receives a final salute from more than 10,000 of his grieving brothers in blue today when the hero cop is laid to rest on Long Island. Exactly...
Judge’s bail ruling of little matter
He would have been free anyway. Sources close to the Brooklyn judge who's been pilloried for releasing a low-level drug perp who allegedly turned cop killer last week say Lamont...
Take lid off land deal: judge
A Manhattan judge has backed state investigators who are trying to get to the bottom of a controversial deal to sell state land to an Indian community group in Queens.The...
Wary state of relief across Iraq
BAGHDAD — Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last US troops yesterday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display. Politicians feuded...
Roosevelt I. Cornell campus
Cornell University has won the bid to construct a science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, sources yesterday told The Post.Mayor Bloomberg is to announce today that the upstate Ivy...
Kim Jong Il, N. Korean dictator, dead at 69
Kim Jong Il, the reviled ruler of North Korea who let his people starve while he built nuclear bombs, has died. The demented dictator who had an insatiable thirst for...
Hasidic teen critically hurt
A Hasidic teen was fighting for his life this morning after he lost control of a machine in a Brooklyn armory last night. Yanky Stein, 17, was part of a...
Luckily for tabloid news, sin’s still in
Pop the cut-rate bubbly, New Yorkers, and gather ’round the Hanukkah bush. The year 2011 may turn out poor in terms of money, hygiene and moral virtue. But the dwindling...
Play fare, TWU
Here’s a nasty lump of coal for the MTA’s largest union.The transit agency’s “significant financial problems” mean it’s not obligated to fork over raises to its unionized employees, an arbitration...
'Miracle' on our Street
It’s the famous Long Island house that brought joy to Natalie Wood’s little-girl character in the Christmas classic “Miracle on 34th Street.’’ But for the couple living in the charming...
MIT’s online degrees
Think you can hack it at MIT? If so, the world-renowned Massachusetts university will give you a new kind of document to prove it. It’s announcing today it will offer...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Looks like a serial purse snatcher who mugged three women in as many days in the Lower East Side will be behind bars for the holidays, authorities said...
Winners and losers of the year gone by
’Tis the season to pick the biggest winners and losers of state politics in 2011 — and there were plenty of both.The year was dominated by Gov. Cuomo’s aggressive new...
Cuomo shows DC tough gov
ALBANY — Welcome to the big time, governor. Gov. Cuomo will host Democratic governors next month and tell them his successes in New York could, and should, be a model...
‘Impossible’ beauty
Despite her impossibly good looks, actress Paula Patton insists she is not just another pretty face. The “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol’’ stunner tells GQ she got down and dirty...
MSG roll$ fans
A quadriplegic former Brooklyn high-school basketball star is calling a foul on the Knicks for slam-dunking disabled fans with a 900 percent ticket-price hike. Alanzo George learned from a pal...
Fiend confesses to elevator blaze that killed B'klyn woman who fired him
A Brooklyn fiend repaid the kindness of an elderly woman who hired him for odd jobs by first stealing from her — and then burning her alive when she fired...
Billboard biz to pay $3M in sign fines
It’s sign-off time for hundreds of illegal billboards. In a record settlement, the nation’s largest billboard company has agreed to pay the city a $3 million fine to clear up...
HS students’ plea: MORE discipline!
A Lower East Side high school has gotten so lawless even the students are calling for a tougher sheriff. The pleas for stronger discipline at Marta Valle HS come just...
Lawyer pol well suit-ed
Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein couldn’t lose. The Democrat enjoyed a profitable “of counsel” position with a personal-injury firm that specializes in suing city agencies — while his own firm...
Professor claims NYU fired him after he gave James Franco a 'D'
James Franco’s tired James Dean act got an NYU professor booted from the school last year — after the teacher dared to give the overhyped Hollywood hunk a “D” for...
Brothers shot to death in car
Two young brothers were killed and another man was wounded in an early-morning shooting yesterday on Long Island, Suffolk County cops said. Enston Ceron Jr., 21, and Ricardo Ceron, 19,...
Diamond girl wins $1M bet
She had a million bucks worth of diamonds. An incredibly lucky lady bet $20 and won $1 million at an Atlantic City resort yesterday, playing “Three Card Poker 6 Card.’’...
Poisoned Xmas ‘gift’
It’s getting to look a lot like Christmas. President Obama is parading around in his Santa outfit as a “tax cutter” and champion of the middle class, and the seasonably...
’Tis the season of giving: Honor Figoski’s legacy
The Issue: The killing of NYPD cop Peter Figoski and the fund launched to aid his four daughters. *** Kudos to The New York Post and the New York City...
Farewell to Officer Figoski
New York says good-bye to a hero today. Last respects will be paid to Police Officer Peter Figoski at an 11 a.m. funeral mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Babylon....
Words vs. deeds
Jurors deadlocked recently on charges that City Councilman Larry Seabrook steered taxpayer funds to his mistress and relatives, but Albany last week did them one better — by conspiring actually...
Why NYC needs ‘a liberal with sanity’
Early April 1980, a moment in time I will always remember: The transit union had called an illegal strike. Mayor John Lindsay’s inadequate answer to a previous transit strike —...
The real outrage
According to a bill recently introduced in Albany, heroic Police Officer Peter Figoski, killed last week responding to a robbery, wasn’t fit to serve the city. Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries,...
A ‘Schlemiel’ fit for a king
You’ll probably head straight for a deli after “Shlemiel the First,” the delightful morsel of a 1994 klezmer musical based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Chelm” stories. In this world, food...
High-flying crash course in Extreme Action
Everything about Elizabeth Streb’s “Kiss the Air!” is an exclamation point. She’s been on the scene a quarter-century, making pieces she calls PopAction — a bit of traditional dance mixed...
Amateur ‘Barber’ truly gels
In an unlikely venue — a converted gymnasium off Avenue B — one of New York’s newest opera companies is keeping musical tradition alive. On the 99-seat Connelly Theatre’s postage...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) Underdog49ERS 3 3 (38) SteelersThursdayTexans 6½ 6½(40½)COLTSSaturdayJETS 3 3 (47) GiantsCHIEFS 1 1 (42) RaidersBroncos 3 3 (42) BILLSTITANS 7½ 8½(40) JaguarsBENGALS 5½ 4½(40) CardinalsPATRIOTS10½10½(48½)DolphinsRAVENSOFFOFF(OFF)BrownsREDSKINS 5½ 6 (44)...
Sports Shorts
Hoops: Depleted Xavier fallsIn Cincinnati, Dominique Morrison scored 19 points yesterday, leading Oral Roberts to a 64-42 victory over previously unbeaten and eighth-ranked Xavier, which couldn’t do much without three...
Nets’ Horner getting noticed
Nets forward Dennis Horner entered training camp determined not to get his hopes up. He was, after all, nothing more than a call-up from the Nets’ D-League affiliate, the Springfield...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-1 mile; $22,000; clm; 2YO3Imprl Crwn (Arry)20.007.603.005Alex's Mojo (Pennngton)3.402.108Jelly Donut (McManigell)2.10Scr: Double Dutch Bus.. Merlin, White's Alley* Exacta (3-5) $63.60 * Trifecta (3-5-8) $156.00SECOND-7 fur; $30,000; clm; 3up6Csmc Dnc (Pnnngtn)9.405.403.401Tyrana...
Affrunti’s Turf Paradise Grade
FIRST-5f; $6,200; mdn cl($8,000); 3up 3-Rocket Flame 7-2 2-SpectaculrPlpt 8-1 6-Maze Like 12-1 4-Trckee'sSecre 10-1 8-Officer Lusk 15-1 5-MasterDemand 6-1 1-BriteEyedNLcky 1-1 7-Niccol'sDncer 15-1 SECOND-5f; $11,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m) 5-Savan'...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $19,000; clm($15,000); 2YO6Frm Jmp Strt (Trjll)22.005.203.408Mss Sherwood (Maragh)2.602.207American Darling (Centeno)3.20* Exacta (6-8) $63.60 * $1 Superfecta (6-8-7-3) $446.60 * $1 Trifecta (6-8-7) $126.30SECOND-6 fur; $29,500; clm($30,000); 3up6Ltn Rocks...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 6f; $23,000; cl($7,500); 3up MOON ROYAL has a win, two seconds in last three starts. HARDIAN’S IMAGE romped...
Griner carries Baylor past UConn
WACO, Texas —— Brittney Griner scored 12 of 25 points in the closing run that pushed top-ranked Baylor past No. 2 Connecticut 66-61 last night. The Lady Bears (11-0) won...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/8m; $22,000; mdn cl($12,500); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 St Andrews(L),120JHmpshrJr4-3-3Day5-12 Royal Cross(M),120G Wales5-3-xCaiazzo12-13 PremiumJustic(L),116E Rivera5-6-xAllen12-14 Special Energy(L),120J Floresx-x-xGlorioso8-15 Vander Gelder(L),120V Molina6-6-3Shavelsn8-16 Rock...
Aqueduct Charts
December 18th, 2011 Clear And Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $21,000; mdn clm($25,000); 2YOOff: 12:20. Good. dueled, clear, drivingTime: 23.39, 47.57, 1:.37, 1:14.1.Trainer: Rudy RodriguezWinner: B G, 2, by...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 19TUEDec. 20WEDDec. 21THUDec. 22FRIDec. 23SATDec. 24SUNDec. 25NO GAME NO GAME&Nets 7:30 MSG ESPNNO GAMENOGAME NO GAME^Bos. Noon TNT ESPNNO GAME NO GAME&Knicks 7:30 YES WFANNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO GAME...
Dubinsky turning things around for Rangers
GLENDALE, Ariz. — After scoring a career-high 24 goals last season, Brandon Dubinsky had high expectations for himself this season. So did the Rangers, who signed the 25-year-old to a...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball6:30 p.m.Howard at Indiana BIG 107 p.m.Cleveland State at South Florida SNY7 p.m.Nicholls State at UNC ESPNU8 p.m.UNC-Greensboro at Duke YES8:30 p.m.UMKC at Michigan State BIG 109 p.m.Davidson at Kansas...
Hollywood Park Results
FIRST-$24,000, cl, 3YO F, 6f1So Temptd (Gomz)10.204.402.603March Mary (Talamo)3.202.205For You My Heart (Bejarano)2.60* $1 Exacta (1-3) $16.00 * Quinella (1-3) $13.40 * $1 Superfecta (1-3-5-6) $79.10 * $1 Trifecta (1-3-5)...
Lions roar back to sink Raiders
Matthew Stafford threw a 6-yard TD pass to Calvin Johnson with 39 seconds remaining to cap a 98-yard scoring drive as the Lions rallied from 13 points down late in...
Colts get 1st win of Peyton-less season
INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts avoided their first 0-16 season thanks to a quarterback who was trying to prevent his second. Dan Orlovsky, who closed out the NFL’s only 0-16 season...
Selfishness gets glory on ESPN
The Weak In Review: Now that ESPN owns a majority of our sports, we’d like to ask of it a small favor: Please try to preserve some of what you...
49ers face Steelers tonight
SAN FRANCISCO — When members of the 49ers’ dominant defensive line step into their meeting room, they might start off by discussing life away from football or any personal issue...
Rivers, Chargers rip Ravens
SAN DIEGO — Philip Rivers isn’t going to get caught up trying to figure out what it will take for his Chargers to reach the playoffs. He just knows that...
Packers’ unbeaten run spoiled in KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike McCarthy never put a whole lot of stock in a perfect season, except as a means of gaining home-field advantage and setting the Packers up...
Tyson says Spike 'planted that seed' for Knicks
Give Knicks superfan Spike Lee credit for planting the seed in Tyson Chandler’s mind last season. Lee, who has become tight with the Knicks front office and attends periodic practices,...
Ailing Davis to join Knicks today
The Baron is coming to Broadway. With the Knicks uncertain about the proclivity of Toney Douglas as starting point guard, they are rolling the dice Baron Davis’ back will be...
Redskins make loudmouth Rolle eat his words
After Antrel Rolle had crowed his Giants would beat Washington 99 out of 100 times, the Redskins shoved those words back down his throat yesterday, as Rolle’s mouth wrote a...
Tuck has no answers for Giants loss
Giants defensive captain Justin Tuck was listed as questionable yesterday against Washington, a game-time decision with a painful toe injury. He played, but it was his team’s effort and intensity...
Giants Ballard, Thomas injured
The Giants lost a game and very likely a tight end yesterday when Jake Ballard was forced out in the first half with a sprained knee during their 23-10 loss...
Giants don’t rally to Eli’s aid
Eli Manning has had his teammates’ backs all year. You know who had Manning’s back in yesterday’s stunning 23-10 loss at MetLife Stadium to a Redskins team that was inexplicably...
With sun in eyes, Giants' Nicks left in fog
During warmups yesterday, Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks tested out how the sun was to deal with. And quarterback Eli Manning pointed out how bright it was. “Coach Coughlin was...
Awful Amukamara not happy after Giants benching
Prince Amukamara was a disaster yesterday. The rookie Giants cornerback suffered through an abysmal game, committing two huge misplays that led to Redskins touchdowns in the Giants’ miserable 23-10 loss...
Giants lose to Redskins, can still make playoffs
The Giants yesterday finally avoided playing a close game that took them down to the frantic closing seconds. They ditched the late dramatics in a startlingly effective way: They barely...
Holiday jeers for Giants
If this is the shameful way these Giants decide to play football down the stretch, if yesterday was a reflection of how much they care, then they do not deserve...
Tight end again dooms Jets defense
PHILADELPHIA — The focus all week for the Jets was stopping the Eagles’ explosive weapons Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy. They forgot about Brent Celek. The Eagles tight...
Eagles love stayin’ alive
PHILADELPHIA — They live. Somehow. Some way. Eleven days ago, the Eagles were 4-8 and looked like Jersey Turnpike road kill. This morning, they are 6-8 — which is still...
Brady, Patriots school Tebow, Broncos
DENVER — Tim vs. Tom was a mismatch of biblical proportions. The only fourth-quarter miracle here yesterday was the Patriots failing to reach 50 points as they took advantage of...
Holmes’ antics leading Jets down wrong path
PHILADELPHIA — His teammates call Santonio Holmes “Tone,” a nickname that was appropriate last night because the Jets wide receiver set the tone for one of the Jets worst performances...
Jets QB takes beating in defeat
PHILADELPHIA — Mark Sanchez never had a chance. Saddled with an early deficit and poor pass protection, the third-year quarterback was just lucky to walk away after the Eagles 45-19...
Jets lineman Hunter struggles
PHILADELPHIA — Wayne Hunter is officially being hunted. Continually beat by Eagles defensive end Jason Babin throughout yesterday’s 45-19 humiliation at Lincoln Financial Field, the Jets right tackle looked lost,...
Boo York, Boo York! Battle of the beaten
PHILADELPHIA — So this is how the coaches of your football teams kicked off our weeklong Countdown to The Big Game: one looking like he’d been rolled under a Zamboni,...
Jets humiliated by Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — The Jets look like a Super Bowl contender right now about as much as Rosie O’Donnell looks like a threat for Miss America. Rex Ryan’s crew delivered an...
Talk show guests
MONDAYROONEY MARA, MARK CONSUELOS - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7RALPH MACCHIO - The Wendy Williams Show, 9 a.m., Ch. 5 and 3 p.m., Ch. 9RACHAEL RAY - The...
Reality at ‘work’
In Bravo’s cheesy world of fake “Real Housewives” and loudmouth matchmakers, there is a ray of sunshine so brilliant, it nearly obliterates all the hatred and hateful people that populate...
Sarah Palin in talks for ‘Alaska’ Season 2
Sarah Palin is ready to get back to work — as a reality TV star. Producer Mark Burnett says he is in discussions with TLC to bring “Sarah Palin’s Alaska”...
TV 2011: By the numbers
The numbers don’t lie. People cared about two things this year — football and Snooki. See for yourself. Three charts rank what we watched on TV, what we talked about and...
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Readers $ave capt.-feud kid
A married Army football coach may not be providing for his ailing alleged love child, but Post readers are. Capt. Clarence Holmes was sued earlier this month by Nicole Logsdon,...
Weird but true
Schoolkids in La La Land just don’t have a taste for healthy food! The Los Angeles Unified School District will shake up its lunch menu for the second time this...
Cornell wins huge Roosevelt Isl. science campus: sources
Mayor Bloomberg is set to announce tomorrow that Cornell University has won the bid to construct a massive new science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, sources told The Post....
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, dead
SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong Il, the mercurial and enigmatic North Korean leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade, has...
PSAL boys basketball rankings
If the first month of the PSAL basketball season has taught us anything, it’s to assume nothing. Anything is possible. Top-ranked Lincoln nearly lost to Grady, Cardozo fell to Campus...
Brady outduels Tebow; Patriots clinch AFC East
DENVER -- Not this time, Tim Tebow. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots shut down Tebow's late-game heroics and clinched a playoff berth with a 41-23 victory over the...
Jets routed by Eagles, tied for final playoff spot
PHILADELPHIA – Bart Scott was right. Like the linebacker said, the Jets look nothing like a playoff team right now. Gang Green were embarrassed Sunday in an ugly 45-19 loss...