December 20, 2011
Doc sues for lost sleep, being 'forced' to work up to 96 hours a week
She was sleepless at SUNY — and now she wants a bundle of cash for all those lost ZZZs. A Brooklyn doctor claims she was fired for complaining about being...
'Roll your own' cigarette stores snuffed out by city
They're no longer on a roll. A pair of "roll your own" tobacco stores -- one in Chinatown, the other in Staten Island, and both the bane of tax collectors...
Mets cut minor league team
The Mets will have one less minor league affiliate next season.In a move designed to trim costs, the team announced Tuesday it plans to eliminate its rookie team in St....
Ryan says if Jets lose, it's on him
Jets coach Rex Ryan knows what's coming his way if the Jets lose to the Giants on Saturday. "I know It's going to fall on one person, and that's the...
Legendary Philadelphia baseball columnist accused of molesting children during 1970s
PHILADELPHIA -- Baseball Hall of Fame writer Bill Conlin has been accused of molesting four children during the 1970s, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday. Conlin, who has been a fixture...
Tuck isn't on Giants injury report
The Giants began practicing Tuesday for Saturday’s win-or-else game against the Jets but are not required to announce an injury report until Wednesday. They were nice enough to provide one,...
Yankees' Hughes working out in California
When Phil Hughes' agent, Nez Balelo, suggested sending the pitcher to API in Los Angeles this offseason to work out, the Yankees endorsed the idea."I can't say it was Phil's...
B'klyn teen critical after being stabbed in the head over basketball game
A 15-year-old boy today was repeatedly stabbed in the head by a seething, scissor-wielding classmate over a basketball game at the famed, former Erasmus HS in Brooklyn, authorities and witnesses...
College Bowl Results
Complete final scores and schedule for this season's bowl games
'Mommy and Clyde' get four years prison for $16 million SoHo embezzle
For almost a decade, they lived like a queen and a prince -- tooling around in yachts, private planes and a $127,000 Mercedes. But today, mother and son embezzlers Judy...
Crazed boyfriend slashes woman's throat, kills self
A Queens woman is fighting for her life after her crazed boyfriend slashed her throat and brutally stabbed her 22-year-old stepson before killing himself by jumping in front of an...
Christina Ricci returns to NY stage in 'Midsummer'
Christina Ricci's stage debut last year apparently didn't scare her off — she's going back. Producers said Tuesday the "Pan Am" star will join two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth...
Canadian cops cuff & charge four with murdering Bonanno boss
In a massive action targeting organized crime groups, Canadian police today arrested four men and charged them with murdering the former street boss of New York's Bonanno crime family. Salvatore...
D'Antoni says Knicks will pass on Posey
Mike D’Antoni said he does not forsee the Knicks adding 38-year-old forward James Posey to their roster.The Knicks have been in the market for a backup forward, and former Clippers...
Humphries re-signing with Nets
The Nets have filled the biggest hole on their roster.NBA sources confirmed the Nets were on the verge of re-signing Kris Humphries to a one-year deal between $7-8 million, and...
DVD Extra: Christmas with Noel Coward and Clifton Webb
"It must be tough to be orphaned at 71,'' playwright-actor-songwriter Noel Coward famously said of his friend Clifton Webb -- who starred in Coward's "Blithe Spirit'' and "Present Laughter'' on...
Ohio State hit with one-year bowl ban
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced Tuesday that Ohio State’s football program will be banned from postseason competition next season as punishment for a string of violations that occurred under former...
Broncos' Elway says Tebow is 'not going anywhere'
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A year ago, John Elway agreed to another comeback with his beloved Denver Broncos shortly after the ouster of Josh McDaniels, whom many felt had doomed the...
Elderly man fatally mowed down while crossing street
A 73-year-old man was mowed down by a box truck while crossing Third Avenue this afternoon, authorities said. The victim, whose name is withheld pending family notification, looked around the...
State Sen. Carl Kruger and his partner plead guilty in corruption probe
Choking back tears as he confessed to corruption charges, an emotional State Sen. Carl Kruger pleaded guilty today to four criminal counts that included bribery and influence peddling. The 62-year-old...
HBO axes 3 series while renewing 'Enlightened'
HBO is renewing its Golden Globes-nominated freshman series "Enlightened," but is axing three other series. "Hung" and "Bored to Death" will not return for a fourth season, nor will "How...
NBC reporter arrested for DUI after party at Sandusky's lawyer's house
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- NBC News correspondent Jay Gray was arrested for drunk driving after he attended a party at the house of the attorney for accused child molester Jerry...
Return of Rutgers’ LeGrand voted SI’s moment of the year
Eric LeGrand’s return to the field, one year after being paralyzed, was voted the sports moment of the year by Sports Illustrated readers. LeGrand led his former Rutgers teammates onto...
Gov. Cuomo announces taxi bill deal
Gov. Cuomo announced today he won’t block the city’s bill to allow livery cabs to pick up customers who hail them on streets outside Manhattan. But the details include a...
House rejects two-month extension of payroll tax cut
WASHINGTON -- The US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to scuttle a deal brokered in the Senate to extend the payroll tax holiday and federal unemployment insurance for two months....
Family believes Shannan Gilbert was murdered by Long Island serial killer
OAK BEACH, N.Y. — The mother of a prostitute whose remains were found in a Long Island marsh says she believes her daughter was murdered by a serial killer, and...
VIDEO: Hubbuch on Jets-Giants
The Giants and Jets battle on Saturday with a spot in the NFL playoffs on the line. The Post's Bart Hubbuch breaks it down with CineSport's Noah Coslov.Hubbuch talks about...
Sanchez practices for Jets
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez showed no effects of his neck injury Tuesday during the portion of practice open to the media. Sanchez practiced fully, sitting out only a few reps,...
Travelers sit in Kansas as snowstorm socks Plains
TOPEKA, Kan. — Fierce winds and snow that caused fatal accidents and closed highways in five states crawled deeper into the Great Plains early Tuesday, with forecasters warning that pre-holiday...
Three pounds of cocaine found in Bronx woman’s shoes in Houston
A 19-year-old New York woman arriving in Houston on a flight from Jamaica has been arrested after a drug dog alerted authorities to narcotics in two pairs of shoes in...
Columbia University drug peddler tossed in jail
A former Columbia University anthropology student -- caught selling pot by the pound out of the International House dorm -- was tossed in jail today after he failed a court-mandated...
Poker company co-founder pleads guilty in Manhattan court
The co-founder of an Internet poker company pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy charges, admitting that he knew he was breaking the law when he arranged for U.S. banks to process...
AFTER FURTHER REVIEW: Giants better suited for playoff run than Jets
It was inexcusable, terrible and sadly predictable. The Giants' 23-10 loss to the Redskins on Sunday was not a shock for a team that consistently fails to show up against...
Suburban Boston terror plotter found guilty
BOSTON -- A federal jury on Tuesday found Tarek Mehanna guilty of conspiring to support al Qaeda by attempting to plot terror attacks from the quiet Boston suburb of Sudbury,...
WATCH: Salvation Army cadets dance for dollars
Two Salvation Army cadets at Penn Station have spiced up the traditional bell ringing with a few dance numbers. The decision by David Kelly and Christopher Hinzman to add a...
Elias out for Devils against Rangers
The Devils are without their leading scorer, Patrik Elias, as they open the 2011-12 edition of the Battle of the Hudson against the Rangers on Tuesday night in Newark. Coach...
Nets waive Smith, Curry
The Nets put Jerry Smith and JamesOn Curry on waivers Tuesday after both received a training camp invite from the team. Curry and Smith had both played for the Nets’...
Bernie Fine friend resigns as Syracuse U. trustee
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A member of the Syracuse University board of trustees who’s a longtime friend of former assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has resigned from the board. The Post-Standard...
NY man sentenced for 1996 double murder in Eastchester
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A New York man who was in jail for 10 years during his four murder trials has been sentenced to four more decades behind bars. Selwyn...
Manhattan family among five people killed in NJ plane crash on I-287
Two heads of a Manhattan investment banking firm and the wife and two kids of one of the men died today in a small plane crash along a stretch of...
WATCH: FedEx guy tosses computer monitor over gate
This could be the worst FedEx guy ever. A worker for the shipping giant was caught on tape delivering a computer monitor in the worst way possible -- by tossing...
Egypt's ruling generals face mounting criticism over military's excessive force against protesters
CAIRO — Egypt's ruling generals are coming under mounting criticism at home and abroad for the military's use of excessive force against unarmed protesters, including women, as they try to...
Bon Jovi: 'Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey'
RED BANK, N.J. — Jon Bon Jovi wants duped fans to know he's not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it. False reports of the New Jersey-born musician's...
Alleged cop killer, accomplices plead not guilty in B'klyn cop shooting
Alleged cop killer Lamont Pride and his four accomplices all pleaded not guilty this afternoon at their arraignments in Brooklyn. Pride, 27, was charged with murder and criminal possession of...
Chicagoland: Education reform -- not resources -- is the problem
Charles Lane has an interesting column today about how President Obama is oversimplifying the solution to income inequality in the US. Lane argues that Obama wants to talk about making...
Gerard Butler rescued at big-wave surfing spot
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Gerard Butler is OK after being rescued during filming for a movie at Mavericks, a treacherous Northern California surf break known for stories-high waves. The...
China talks with US, South Korea about North's succession
BEIJING -- Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi spoke by phone Tuesday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his South Korean counterpart over North Korea's leadership succession, a government official...
Kim Jong Il body displayed, NKorea media hail son
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The body of North Korea's long-time ruler Kim Jong Il was laid out in a memorial palace Tuesday as weeping mourners filled public plazas and state...
Poll: Cuomo 'cuts' really tax hike
ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo says he cut taxes earlier this month, but most voters agree with critics who say he raised them, according to the first poll gauging reaction to...
WATCH: NJ punks in YouTube homeless beating
A young man strides purposefully into the woods as a cameraman asks what he's about to do. "About to go beat up this bum," the man in the video says....
NYPost.com Poll: Who is the city's best young girls basketball player?
The deepest pool of talent in New York City girls basketball is found at the younger levels. This crop of freshmen and sophomores – 2014s and 2015s for college coaches...
Magical milestone: O'Hare, Rubin net 1,000th point in Moore win at Disney
Jamie O’Hare and Christina Rubin aren’t going to Disney World to celebrate scoring the 1,000th point of their careers. They're already there. “I am on my way to the Magic...
Girls basketball roundup: Hot-shooting St. Mary's handles CK at TOC
Bob Mackey has been to the Nike Tournament of Champions long enough to know how unkind the draw can be sometimes. The Royals drew the host school St. Mary’s (Ariz.)...
Looking back at Giants-Jets matchups
The Giants and Jets renew regular-season hostilities Saturday for the 12th time in history with more than just bragging rights on the line — their precarious playoff hopes also hang...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Galan explodes for 39 points in Gompers' win over Truman
Carlos Galan sank seven 3-pointers and poured in 39 points, leading Gompers to a 74-47 rout of Truman in Bronx AA boys basketball Monday night. The talented junior guard also...
Starr report
Jim Sciutto is leaving ABC News after a stellar, 13-year career at the network. He’ll be moving to China to become Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to Gary...
McClancy holds coming out party, upsets host Xavier
With all five starters from last year lost to graduation and just three regulars back, expectations at Monsignor McClancy were justifiably tempered. Longtime coach Don Kent really just had one...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Dominant Hayes cruises into Kreul Classic final
Another stellar defensive effort has sent Cardinal Hayes into the Kreul Classic Sweet Sixteen Championship final. The Ravens topped Florida power St. Thomas Aquinas, 54-38, Monday afternoon behind 14 points...
Business briefs
Rich ironyThe Yale School of Management awarded former AIG CEO Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg its “Lifetime of Leadership” award. AIG was bailed out by the government in 2008.Ponzi pleaBernard Madoff’s...
New Fed regs offer banks no ho-ho-ho
It’s the equivalent of a lump of coal in Wall Street’s stocking. The nation’s already pummeled banking sector took it on the chin again after reports surfaced yesterday that financial...
Sweating it out
It’s too darn hot — if you’re trying to sell sweaters, ski jackets and snowblowers, that is. Above-normal temperatures have lingered across the eastern US since the start of the...
Why ‘self-regulating agency’ is an oxymoron
MF Global has never been disciplined by the National Futures Association. And as far as I can tell, neither has Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays Capital, HSBC...
NYT recycling day
The New York Times Co. could pocket a much-needed $100 million by unloading its 16 small-town publications scattered mostly in the Deep South. The Times yesterday said advanced talks are...
AT&T, T-Mobile hangup costs $4B
AT&T Inc. abandoned a $39 billion takeover bid for T-Mobile USA after underestimating opposition from regulators, thwarting its ambitions to become the biggest US wireless carrier. AT&T will take a...
TW Cable burning MSG Fuse
Time Warner Cable is ready to blow a Fuse. The New York cable giant dropped Madison Square Garden’s Fuse from its programming lineup last week in a broader battle over...
Kingdom comes for Twitter
Twitter shareholders sold out for a princely sum. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal pumped $300 million into the pockets of existing Twitter investors when he bought a roughly 4 percent...
WebMD won’t open books
Potential buyers for WebMD are wondering if the health-care information site is suffering from a decision-making disorder.Several private-equity firms made offers yesterday to acquire the New York-based company. But the...
Charter flight
Cable television veteran Tom Rutledge is jumping to Charter Communications just days after he abruptly resigned from rival Cablevision Systems. Wall Street cheered Charter’s hiring of the well-respected executive as...
Apple over Android in patent suit
Apple won a final patent- infringement ruling that bans some HTC Corp. smartphones from the US, bolstering efforts to prove that devices running Google’s Android system copy the iPhone. The...
Santa’s Realty Check list
If Realty Check were Santa, here’s what some of the city’s biggest players would most like to see beneath their holiday trees: 1). Related Cos. — more corporate tenants for...
NY AG, Feds team in bank mortgage probe
The New York state attorney general and the inspector general for the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are cooperating to probe how banks...
150B euro IMF boost OK’d
The Euro-zone has agreed to boost IMF resources by 150 billion euros in an attempt to ward off the debt crisis and won support for more money from EU allies,...
Get ready for holiday hell, drivers
Even Santa’s sleigh couldn’t take these roads! Just in time for Christmas, a new study is out warning drivers of the worst holiday traffic spots in the region, where dashing...
MSG wheel mean: fans
Disabled activists yesterday urged Madison Square Garden to reverse a price hike that will force handicapped fans to fork over $2,850 for courtside Knick tickets instead of the $300 they...
How the MTA stole Xmas
Bah, humbug!An MTA committee of grinches yesterday swatted down a proposal to restore some of the service that was cut from the system last year, with one calling any extra...
Senate GOP rips House GOP over nix of tax-cut deal
WASHINGTON — Congress is cooking up a holiday tax hike! House Republicans are aiming to shoot down the Senate’s two-month extension of a payroll tax cut as soon as today,...
Tech of the town
Proclaiming it a “defining moment” that will revolutionize the city’s economy, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday offered a first look at Cornell University’s gleaming-new graduate school for applied sciences that will be...
Cameron pleads for mercy
Cameron Douglas wants another chance.The heroin-addicted son of actor Michael Douglas says he’s “saturated in my own shame and penitence” as he awaits sentencing tomorrow for possessing drugs in jail.In...
Ugly inside & out
His face horribly charred from his alleged gasoline attack on a beloved Brooklyn mom, Jerome Isaac was jailed without bail yesterday, as the woman’s devastated family pressed the DA to...
Video of boys’ shop-cart drop
Shocking surveillance video was played in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday, showing two boys dropping a shopping cart from a four-story-high overpass onto a mom at an East Harlem shopping mall....
Mob star wannabe a ‘smash’: feds
Be careful what you wish for!Frank DiMattina, a reputed Genovese crime-family associate and reality-star wannabe, was caught on tape breaking a rival caterer’s windows, officials say.Brooklyn federal prosecutors plan to...
New test sit-storm
New state math and reading tests will become a grueling marathon for city public-school kids in grades 3 to 8 — taking them as long as six hours to complete.The...
Suspect cleared amid cop’s lie
A Queens man was acquitted of gun charges yesterday — after prosecutors admitted they withheld evidence involving phony police testimony. Prosecutors told jurors that Deon Davis, 21, placed a loaded...
Mrs. DSK is top femme
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s stand-by-your-man wife has been tapped as France’s “woman of the year” by a Paris magazine. Art heiress and former TV newscaster Anne Sinclair beat out First Lady Carla...
Newt’s lead evaporates
WASHINGTON — That didn’t take long. Newt Gingrich, who had soared to the top of the GOP field in recent weeks, has seen his lead shrivel or disappear in several...
Crackdown on nonprofits
About 2,000 not-for-profits that own land in the city could soon lose their property-tax exemptions, officials yesterday told The Post.Filing deadlines have come and gone, and cash-strapped City Hall is...
Another break for ‘DWI’ prosecutor
The Bronx prosecutor who allegedly had two drunken-driving cases fixed by cops got a break yesterday on a third case when a judge tossed a reckless-driving charge against her.Assistant District...
Steal cage
Disgraced political consultant John Haggerty — described by his own lawyer as broke, divorced and dishonored — was led off in handcuffs yesterday to begin serving 1 ⅓ to four...
Rev. Al hails city taxi bill
ALBANY — Mayor Bloomberg yesterday picked up an unlikely ally in his fight to expand street-hail cab service to the outer boroughs — the Rev. Al Sharpton.With tomorrow the deadline...
Kruger will cop to corruption raps
Embattled state Sen. Carl Kruger is expected to plead guilty today to a raft of corruption charges after cutting a deal with the feds, The Post has learned. A source...
Liu scours deals with pol’s law firm
City Comptroller John Liu’s office is taking a second look at the millions of dollars’ worth of legal work it doled out to state Sen. Jeff Klein’s firm to help...
Kim’s 007-nut kid in charge
The man who will have his pudgy finger on North Korea’s nuclear button is an overweight comic-book freak who is crazy about James Bond, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jackie Chan...
Fake-beard gun arrest
A man wearing a fake beard and dark glasses who allegedly shot at two cops in Queens earlier this month was bagged yesterday by officers in East Harlem. Ex-con Antonio...
NYU fires back at Franco prof
NYU says a former film professor is chewing the scenery in his battle over James Franco’s grades. School officials slammed ex-Professor José Angel Santana as a publicity hound for going...
Tragic choke suit
The mother of a 9-year-old Bronx boy who died after choking during lunch at his public school intends to sue the city, her lawyer said. Angela Jewth’s only son, Jonathan...
Yule want a raincoat with city soggy ’til Xmas
Last-minute holiday shoppers may need to take along something with their gift list this week — an umbrella.A storm that’s producing blizzard conditions over the southern plains is expected to...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan***A scam artist cashed in more than $2,200 in forged checks from a Midtown company, authorities said yesterday. Luis Jacobo, 25, cashed three checks from the West 31st Street Garage...
30% busted by age 23 in US
Three in every 10 Americans are arrested by age 23 at least once for something other than a traffic violation — increasing the odds that they’ll struggle with professional and...
Swan song for gangster
An Armenian mobster is facing the music — more than 10 years in the slammer — after pleading guilty in Manhattan yesterday to racketeering schemes that included helping a group...
Jet-Giant tix soar
Christmas came early this year — for scalpers and fans with tickets to sell for Saturday’s big showdown between the Giants and Jets at MetLife Stadium. The do-or-die game is...
‘God bless you, Daddy’
This statement from slain Officer Peter Figoski’s four daughters was read at his funeral yesterday: To all our family, friends and police officers who have become an amazing support group...
Judge returns
On the day Officer Peter Figoski was buried, the judge who once freed his accused killer in a controversial no-bail move returned to work. Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Evelyn Laporte...
Keep opening hearts, NY
As slain Officer Peter Figoski was laid to rest yesterday, New Yorkers continued their outpouring of sympathy for his family with fresh donations to the scholarship fund for his four...
Force of 20,000 in final salute to hero cop Figoski
He had been a cop for 22 years, but it was only after his death that Peter Figoski’s four daughters realized what that truly meant. “We now feel connected to...
Gambler hit with 21 mos.
For this mobbed-up gambler, hitting 21 was a loss.Reputed Mafia associate Michael “Mush” Russo was slapped with 21 months in the slammer yesterday for running poker games and bookmaking operations...
Swallowed by inferno
A firefighter engulfed in flames and desperate to escape a raging Brooklyn house fire dived head first onto a ladder yesterday before a fellow Bravest pulled him to safety and...
Jessica, Sam split
It’s splitsville for one of Tinsel Town’s longest-running couples — Jessica Lange and Sam Shephard — even though they never actually walked down the aisle, People magazine reported yesterday.“They are...
Paroled American Berenson arrives in US
NEWARK, NJ — Paroled American Lori Berenson, who stirred international controversy when she was convicted of aiding Peruvian guerrillas, arrived in the United States Tuesday morning for her first visit...
An uncertain ‘gift’
The news of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il’s death is akin to a beautifully wrapped holiday present: It’s full of promise, but might turn out to be a huge...
A ‘blame America first’ Republican
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is in a bid to make history in Iowa. Can he become the first marginal, conspiracy-minded congressman with an embarrassing catalog of racist material published...
A complicated occupation . . . and joyful homecoming
The Issue: The complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, marking an end to the eight-year war. *** In Iraq, we deposed a sworn enemy and tyrant who had invaded...
Bloomberg tech
Cornell University was announced yesterday as the winner of Mayor Bloomberg’s hotly contested competition to build a sparkling-new science campus on Roosevelt Island. Cornell will partner with Israel’s highly regarded...
So long, dad
“We now feel connected to a side of our dad we rarely saw at home. Our father would be so honored and so proud by all of this, and is...
New Kim, same as the old?
The death of Kim Jong Il, the brutal Stalinist dictator who achieved his goal of turning North Korea into a nuclear power, spreads a cloud of uncertainty over the northwestern...
Hidden taxi agendas
‘I’m not going to have anything to do with a bill that does not respect the rights of the disabled community,” Gov. Cuomo said Friday, dissing a measure that would...
A smear that prospered far too long
Five years late, Ilario Pantano has been fully vindicated. Now where does he go to get his reputation back? A dogged NCIS investigator has proven that Pantano, then a Marine...
Glaring problems
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is, as you’d expect, rubbish, but the word is slightly too kind. The David Fincher film (like the very similar Swedish one — released...
Close, but not great
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, Thoreau said, and the subject of the slight drawing-room drama “Albert Nobbs” is certainly one of them. Well, except for an anatomical technicality....
Thrilling ‘Tintin’ a win-win
I had my doubts about Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin,’’ the director’s maiden effort working with 3-D and motion capture, two processes that, badly used, have yielded many unhappy...
A dance mix mess
Momix is all about its bag of tricks, and its current show at the Joyce has plenty of them. The procession of nature-related sketches in its “Botanica” is a convenient...
Please delete this ‘Space’
In the new comedy “Close Up Space,” David Hyde Pierce plays a meticulous, high-strung book editor named Paul Barrow. Paul believes in exacting edits and le mot juste, so in...
Uncommonly brilliant raps
Album of the Week COMMON “The Dreamer/The Believer” *** 1/2 WITH “The Dreamer/ The Believer,” Chicago rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., a k a Common, dodges the gimmicks of hip-pop...
The Post Line
NFLThursdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogTexans 6½ 6½(40½)COLTSSaturdayJETS 3 3 (46) GiantsCHIEFS 1 Pick(42) RaidersBroncos 3 3 (42½)BILLSTITANS 7½ 8½(40) JaguarsBENGALS 5½ 4½(40) CardinalsPATRIOTS10½10 (48½)DolphinsRAVENS13½13½(39) BrownsREDSKINS 5½ 6 (44) VikingsPANTHERS 7 7 (48)...
Knicks could have room for Posey
In addition to possibly giving the Knicks a massive upgrade at point guard, Baron Davis could allow them to add a much-needed backup forward, as well. Because the Knicks were...
Rangers' Rupp ready for new start
Mike Rupp played in the Rangers' first seven games before going down with a left knee injury that required surgery on Nov. 9, but the winger, who returned to the...
Sports Shorts
Mlb: Meds led to Braun’s failed testRyan Braun’s failed drug test was the result of medication he was taking for a “private medical issue,” a source told TMZ yesterday. The...
Rangers win Darvish bid at $51.7M
Not that the Yankees were super sweet on Yu Darvish, but add him to C.J. Wilson and Mark Buerhle on the list of high-profile pitchers who won't be wearing pinstripes...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/8m; $22,000; mdn cl($12,500); 3upTWILIGHT TATTOO Friends Lakes colt has been on the improve in his last three...
Tomorrow’s Tampa Bay Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&40y; $9,000; cl($5,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Shilah(L),122JRodriguz2-7-2Ferraro8-12 Don'twaitTolng(L),122R Allen, Jr4-4-5Bennett5-23 Kiln Creek(L),115EBarbaran9-7-4Raymnd30-14 Babo(L),122LGonzalez6-6-8Luhr15-15 Worthy Wager(L),122L Garcia3-3-2Vazquez4-16 Atlantic Paws(L),122B Pedroza5-3-7Posada3-17 Vapor Trace(L),120RSantanJr7-2-2Cartagen9-28 Rocklane(L),122FDeLaCrz6-6-2Passero6-1SECOND-7f;...
Parx Racing Charts
December 19th, 2011 Clear And Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $23,000; cl($7,500); 3upOff: 12:26. 1,2. wide bid, drew awayTime: 22.1, 45.84, 58.36, 1:11.25.Trainer: John SketchleyWinner: B G, 7, by Graeme...
Affrunti’s Turf Paradise Grade
FIRST-6f; $8,000; cl($8,000); 2YO; (f) 5-FoxyLadyPackn 5-1 4-YellowChumrne 8-1 3-Ane'sSevenCts 4-1 6-I'm MakinNotes 3-1 2-Andonia 9-2 7-Acme Bomb 10-1 1-Paris Car Show 7-2 SECOND-6 1/2f; $9,000; mdn cl($20,000); 2YO 1-Gotaminute...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-5f; $6,200; mdn cl($8,000); 3up1Brt Eyd N Lcky (VnRsn)3.202.202.103Rocket Flame (Stevens)3.603.207Niccolo's Dancer (Piermarini)3.80* Exacta (1-3) $8.80 * Quinella (1-3) $6.20 * $1 Superfecta (1-3-7-5) $75.50 * $1 Trifecta (1-3-7) $30.30SECOND-5f;...
Mets close deal with Francisco
The Mets’ biggest catch of the Winter Meetings became official yesterday. Frank Francisco is the team’s new closer, after signing a two-year contract worth $12 million as part of the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 20WEDDec. 21THUDec. 22FRIDec. 23SATDec. 24SUNDec. 25MONDec. 26KnicksNO GAME&Nets 7:30 MSG ESPN NO GAMENO GAMENOGAME ^Bos. Noon TNT ESPNNOGAMENetsNO GAME&Knicks7:30YESWFAN NOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENO GAME^Wash.7:00YESWBBR RangersDevils7:00MSG ESPN 1050 AMNO GAMEIsles 7:00...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball6:30 p.m.IPFW at Purdue BIG TEN7 p.m.Samford at Kentucky ESPN27 p.m.Bucknell at Syracuse ESPNU7 p.m.New Hampshire at Providence SNY8:30 p.m.Lamar at Ohio State BIG TEN9 p.m.Butler at Gonzaga ESPN29 p.m.Charleston...
Injuries hit Rangers defense prior to games against rivals
Even as Marc Staal’s progress accelerates in his recovery from the post-concussion symptoms that have sidelined him all season, the Rangers face the challenge of playing three games in the...
Devils revel in rivalry with Rangers
This belated first meeting this season might be a mere distraction for the Rangers from their mug-it-up TV show, but their less-glamorous neighbors still take this rivalry seriously. The Devils...
Jets coach offers support to Holmes
Jets coach Rex Ryan said he has Santonio Holmes’ back after the wide receiver committed a bone-headed penalty in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles. Holmes drew a taunting penalty after...
Ballard unlikely, Umenyiora out for Giants
The Giants definitely will show up for Saturday’s game against the Jets. The question is if they will have any healthy tight ends to put in uniform. Jake Ballard, a...
Jets QB feeling fine after Eagles beating
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez had some late-night plans to get to last night, but it’s not what you might expect. Sanchez planned on going to the Jets’ training center in...
Humbled Giants safety Rolle won't address Jets
Antrel Rolle’s mouth provided extra motivation to the Redskins, but the talkative Giants safety promised not to give the Jets any bulletin-board material leading up to Saturday’s showdown. Asked yesterday...
49ers defeat Steelers amid blackouts
SAN FRANCISCO — "Monday Night Football" nearly became a Monday Night Fiasco when everything went dark — twice. The 49ers’ lights-out return to prime time in a 20-3 victory over...
Nets' Lopez admits he was lazy
In establishing himself as a legitimate force, Nets center Brook Lopez had 23 double-figure rebound games and 18 double-doubles as a rookie. In his second season, those numbers increased to...
Howard to Nets rumor untrue: source
After two reports hit the Internet and were subsequently denied that the Nets had reached agreement with both Kris Humphries and Andrei Kirilenko, another account gained steam out West that...
Everyone has an opinion on Baron
LOS ANGELES — Is it just me, or is the NBA preseason flying by? How about those Knicks! Just enough salary room to recruit peripheral players and they rake in...
Paul stars in Clippers debut
Chris Paul had 17 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in his Clippers debut and former Knick Chauncey Billups made an equally impressive first impression with his new club, scoring...
Davis may be far from Knicks debut
Baron Davis may be from Los Angeles, but he has spent his career dreaming of playing in New York. “As a rookie when you first go to the Garden, everybody’s...
Giants focused on saving season
Tom Coughlin's Giants have lost five of their past six games in their annual late swoon, and are coming off a thorough beat-down by a division rival that came in...
Former Giants tell Rex to 'keep his mouth shut'
For more than two years, Giants both past and present have heard Jets coach Rex Ryan talk about how his team was going to take over their stadium, their city...
Cocky Jets coach has message for Giants: ‘We’re better’
Rex Ryan likes to talk about winning Super Bowl championships, but this week he is focused on winning the city championship. The Jets and Giants meet Saturday afternoon at MetLife...
Giants must find way to silence Ryan
Over the past XLV years, we have seen a New York-New York Super Bowl only in our dreams, and you’d really have to let the imagination run wilder than Joe...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYTONY BESHARA, ROBERT PAGLIARINI, MARY HUNT - Dr. Phil, 7 a.m., (OWN)DENNIS QUAID - Dr. Phil, 8 a.m., (OWN)MARK CONSUELOS, RADIO CITY ROCKETTES, VOCA PEOPLE - LIVE! with Kelly, 9...
Cowell: We’re adding fourth ‘Talent’ judge
‘America’s Got Talent” will undergo an extreme makeover — and will add a fourth judge to join Howard Stern, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel. “I always like four-person panels because...
Old is ‘New’ again
The “Jersey Shore” cast is back where they belong — at the Jersey Shore — for what could very well be their last badly-behaved blast, if you believe the Internet...
‘Homeland’ shock ending a fan fave
Showtime’s “Homeland” ended its first season with a bang Sunday night — leaving most of its hardcore fans satisfied. That was no mean feat, considering the biggest buzzworthy series in...
He’s a ‘Dancing’ dad
JR Martinez is dancing off with another title: new dad. Martinez, the Iraqi War vet who won last season’s “Dancing With the Stars,” is having a daughter with his girlfriend,...
The show that $tarted it all
By now you’ve read it, and, by the second day of the new year, you will be able to see it for yourself — the most valuable object appraisal in...
Your South Florida survival guide
Perry Como famously crooned that there was "no place like home for the holidays," but it's a safe guess he wasn't singing about your Nana's condo in Pompano. For many...
Star trek
Up-and-comer Jamie Bell, whose Steven Spielberg-directed “The Adventures of Tintin” opens tomorrow, took a three-day break from the craziness of promoting a blockbuster with his first-ever trip to New Orleans....
Weird but true
Here’s the perfect holiday present for friends cheating on their spouses. With it, the lovebirds will be able to enjoy an intimate evening at a pub without worrying if the...
FIU guns for Marshall
ST. PETERSBURG — Florida International won a program-best eight games this season and faces Marshall (6-6) tonight in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl.The postseason appearance is the second in school...
INSIDE CHSAA/PRIVATE BOYS HOOPS: Basketball part of DNA for Xavier brothers
Matt Crockett was angry and it was easily apparent. His Xavier boys basketball team had just lost a tough home game to Monsignor McClancy, 43-41, for the squad’s first CHSAA...
Rangers, not Yanks, win right to bid on Yu
TOKYO -- The Texas Rangers have won the right to negotiate with top Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish with a record $51.7 million bid, Yahoo! Sports reported late Monday, citing sources....
Slam hunks
After a lingering lockout kept Knicks fans from cheering on their boys at Madison Square Garden, the season will finally kick off with a Christmas Day matchup against the Boston...
Workmanlike Long Island City's success continues minus star
Long Island City’s success this season is rooted in its four seniors’ determination to prove themselves. Two years ago, they heard about Jeremiah Brown; last year it was Aaron Williams....
Sen. Carl Kruger to plead guilty to corruption charges
Embattled state Sen. Carl Kruger is expected to plead guilty to a raft of corruption charges tomorrow after cutting a deal with the feds, The Post has learned. A source...
Sarah Palin says it's not too late for more entrants in GOP presidential race
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin is not convinced the Republican presidential candidate will come from the current pool of hopefuls, saying it was not too late for a new entrant to...
Giants won't have Ballard, Umenyiora vs. Jets
The Giants will definitely show up for Saturday’s game against the Jets. The question is if they will have any healthy tight ends to put in uniform.Jake Balllard, a key...
Mother of Bronx boy who choked plans to sue city
The mother of a 9-year-old Bronx boy who died after choking during lunch at school earlier this month has filed a notice of her intent to sue the city, her...