December 21, 2011
My Top 10 shows of 2011
Hard to believe now, but around this time last year, the "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" hysteria was just kicking into high gear -- December 21, 2010 was even an...
Yvonne Meier's 'The Shining' still packs a punch
Yvonne Meier's "The Shining" packs a punch. To your face.In a year filled with site-specific productions that often involved more or less voluntary audience participation, this revival of Meier's 1993...
Alec Baldwin nixes mayoral run, derides candidates
Alec Baldwin said Wednesday he doubts he will run for mayor of New York City and described the other candidates running for the office as "horny for their own ascension."...
Czechs bid farewell to Havel in national mourning
PRAGUE -- Thousands of silent mourners accompanied the body of Vaclav Havel through central Prague Wednesday as the Czech Republic began three days of national mourning for the icon of...
Giants do some talking of their own
Brandon Jacobs has heard all the talk coming out of the ever-open mouth of Rex Ryan, how the Jets are the better team, how the Jets were in the AFC...
Humphries voted NBA's most disliked player
Kris Humphries may have just signed a new contract, but the Nets forward is not going to win a popularity contest anytime soon.The newly-single Nets forward has surpassed Miami Heat...
Jets WR Burress aims for multiple TDs against Giants
OK, it wasn’t as brazen as Plaxico Burress’ famous 23-17 Super Bowl prediction, which he made to me in the bowels of Giants Stadium. But when the Jets receiver was...
Holmes rips Giants DBs
Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes is coming off one of his worst games with the team. You would think that has shaken his confidence. The receiver came out firing Wednesday...
Fire truck, car collide in B'klyn; 3 injured
A fire truck responding to a 911 call collided with a car in Brooklyn, sending three women in the vehicle to the hospital, witnesses and officials said. The truck had...
Occupy Wall Street protester jailed on gun possession charge
It's jail for an Occupy Wall Street protester caught last month with an unlicensed handgun and 32 rounds of ammo in his Budget rental van -- at least for now....
With Nets, Humphries 'happy to have basketball back'
Plenty of things have happened in Kris Humphries’ life since he last wore a Nets uniform in April. But after a tumultuous offseason, headlined by his lavish wedding to reality...
Feds arrest LI doctor in painkiller investigation
A Long Island physician was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of illegally peddling prescription drugs, the latest in a string of doctor arrests following a fatal shooting at a pharmacy...
POWER RANKINGS: Don't worry Jets, Giants, no one's perfect
There was one positive that came out of Sunday for Jets and Giants fans.It certainly did not come from MetLife Stadium or Lincoln Financial Field, where the Giants and Jets...
Fine accuser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse in Maine
LEWISTON, Maine -- A Maine man whose claims of sexual abuse against former Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine have been disputed by authorities has pleaded guilty to molesting a young...
Beckham to PSG reports are wide of the mark, spokesperson says
PARIS -- A report that former England captain David Beckham had agreed to sign for French Ligue 1 giant Paris-Saint Germain is not true, a spokesperson for the football star...
Liverpool star Luis Suarez hit with eight game ban for racial abuse
LONDON -- Liverpool striker Luis Suarez on Tuesday maintained he did not racially abuse Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, after England's Football Association (FA) suspended him for eight games over...
Kerley misses Jets practice again
Jets wide receiver and punt returner Jeremy Kerley missed his second straight day of practice Wednesday with an undisclosed illness. Jets coach Rex Ryan said they sent Kerley home Wednesday...
Giants' Coughlin on Ryan: 'Talk is cheap, play the game'
Sit down. Brace yourself. You are not going to believe this.Giants coach Tom Coughlin doesn’t have any reaction to his Jets counterpart Rex Ryan stating the Jets are better than...
New Yorkers support legalizing casinos: poll
ALBANY – Roll the dice! That’s the message New York voters are sending Gov. Cuomo as they overwhelmingly approve the governor plan to legalize non-Indian casino gambling in the state....
Obama urges Boehner to hold vote on Senate payroll tax bill
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Wednesday to urge him to hold a vote on the Senate's payroll tax cut bill, White House press secretary...
GOP adjourns House as Democrats try to call up Senate payroll tax bill
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats were fuming Wednesday after Republicans adjourned the chamber just as Democrats were trying to bring up the Senate-passed payroll tax cut bill, a two-month extension that...
Levi Aron's lawyer calls inbreeding a factor in his client's alleged murder of B'klyn boy
A lawyer for the Borough Park madman accused of butchering a lost little boy said that Levi Aron's actions can be partially pinned on inbreeding. "Look, everybody knows when blood...
Yellow cab plows into three pedestrians along Park Ave.
An out of control yellow cab driver jumped a curb and plowed into three pedestrians, sending one man flying through a nail salon in Murray Hill this morning, witnesses and...
Douglas sentenced to another 4 1/2 years for drug possession
Cameron Douglas, the son of one Hollywood's most famous acting families, was given 4 1/2 years behind bars -- more than twice what the feds had asked for under sentencing...
Courtney Love asks judge to toss West Village landlord's eviction bid
I am not a deadbeat, Courtney Love is insisting in asking a Manhattan Housing Court judge to scrap a landlord's bid to have the rocker evicted from her West 10th...
Giants' Baas healthier, but may have lost starting job
David Baas has apparently healed from the intense headaches and neck injury that forced him to miss the Giants' past three games. It looks as if he will be healthy...
WATCH: 'The Hobbit' trailer released
Although moviegoers will need to wait almost a year to catch the film in theaters, the trailer for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" hit the interwebs late yesterday. The two-part...
Nets in talks to sign Stevenson
The Nets just may be close to punching a playoff ticket, even without Dwight Howard.The agent for free agent guard DeShawn Stevenson, a gritty hard-nosed defender who won a title...
Baby with two heads born in Brazil
ANAJAS, Brazil -- A baby boy with two perfectly formed heads was born in Brazil this week, the country's media reported. The 4.6-kilogram 10.1-pound baby was delivered by emergency C-section...
Bx. woman admits forging painkiller prescriptions
A Bronx woman has admitted forging more than 250 prescriptions for painkillers and other narcotics. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the counterfeit prescriptions were filled in 20 counties throughout the...
Defense rests at military hearing for WikiLeaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning
FORT MEADE, Md. -- Lawyers for WikiLeaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning presented a brief defense Wednesday at the military hearing that will decide whether the 24-year-old's case should face a...
Oscar Watch: 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
Oscar bloggers and those who write about the Oscars for some newspapers have a vested interested in manufacturing drama even if none exists. That's why some writers are still hyerventilating...
St. John's recruit Garrett cleared
St. John's will get a much-needed infusion of talent, size and depth with the addition of 6-6 forward Amir Garrett from Los Angeles. Garrett signed in November of 2010, part...
'X Factor' moms tell all
JONI RENE: WHEN CHRIS HIT ROCK BOTTOM "X Factor" finalist Chris Rene was once so deep into his drug addiction that he tried to leap from a moving car on...
Eight soldiers charged in death of Manhattan's Pvt. Danny Chen
Eight U.S. soldiers have been charged in the death of a fellow GI who apparently shot himself in Afghanistan after being subjected to what a community activist said were assaults...
LI 'gift-swipe grinches' busted
Santa would not approve. A couple of grinches are accused of swiping packages delivered to homes in Lindenhurst during a three-week Christmastime crime spree, police said. Cops cuffed Colby Fiedler,...
Preseason Game 2: Nets at Knicks
Game Time: 7:30 p.m.Television: MSG 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: 4.4...
For the US, it seems, Syria will never be a humanitarian crisis
Another 100 people were killed in Syria and once again the United States is happy to sit idly by and do nothing. Instead of actually getting into the mix and...
Girls basketball roundup: Lavara, Sea top NDA
Lisa Lavara put the finish touches on a fine performance and an important win. The St. Joseph by the Sea junior netted 14 points, including two 3-pointers, and made key...
Albany shorting city $6B in taxes
New York City taxpayers are sending up to $6 billion more to Albany than they are getting back, according to a study released yesterday. Acting on a request from the...
At last, one hail of a special de‘livery’
Gov. Cuomo announced a deal yesterday to allow livery cabs to pick up customers who hail them in the outer boroughs. But the details include a much greater emphasis on...
INSIDE CHSAA/PRIVATE GIRLS HOOPS: Connell back in action for CK
It was nearly three months since Rayne Connell was on a basketball court healthy. The Christ the King senior guard suffered from mono in October and had a cyst removed...
Curtis hammers MSIT as junior makes presence felt early and often
Electric dunks, emphatic blocked shots, a soft touch in the lane, one-handed rebounds – Hassan Martin used the first Curtis-McKee/Staten Island Tech showdown as his coming-out party. The multi-talented 6-foot-6...
Jenkins, Wings fly past borough rival Eagle Academy in rout
Wings Academy star Justin Jenkins felt he hasn’t been doing enough, not playing to his full potential. It took big games from his teammates to allow him to do so....
Gill gives Mount gutty win over All Hallows with clutch shot
There’s a formula to playing at All Hallows, according to Mount St. Michael coach Tom Fraher. “You come down there, you try to get a parking spot – a good...
THE WORD OF ISAIAH: Lewis talks upcoming college commitment, more
Every other week during the winter, Christ the King's Isaiah Lewis, one of the nation's top junior guards, takes us with him on his journey for a city and state...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Ravens comeback bid falls short this time
St. Raymond looked like comeback kids for the second time in four days, erasing a big lead against nationally ranked Mater Dei. But an NBA coach’s son put the California...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Williams leads Transit Tech to first league win
Richard Williams had 22 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots and Fabian MacDonald added 19 points and six rebounds as Transit Tech knocked off George Westinghouse, 75-50, for its...
Business briefs
Verizon Verizon Wireless’s $3.6 billion worth of deals for spectrum with cable companies are under investigation by the Justice Department for their potential to hurt competition in wireless and cable.News...
Dow decks the halls with 337-point gain
Maybe it’s an early Christmas gift for Wall Street.The stock markets enjoyed their biggest one-day gain of December, boosted by better-than-expected data on new-home construction in the US and signs...
Supersized bowl
The Super Bowl, which draws the biggest American TV audience, is about to get bigger with World Wide Web coverage. For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will be...
Call him 1% king
Fourth-quarter heroics aren’t just reserved for the football field. Like Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, Goldman Sachs mounted a late-game surge to surpass rival Morgan Stanley and remain the dealmaking...
Fed pushes for new bank rules
The Federal Reserve yesterday released a package of post-crisis proposals detailing new, tougher rules for big banks, including a measure that would limit a large financial institution’s credit exposure to...
Jefferies’ bonus bust
Jefferies Group CEO Richard Handler said he is among the managers who declined bonuses for after the firm’s stock dropped more than 50 percent this year. “We’ve given back our...
Labor unrest and family intrigue at Gray Lady
Labor unrest is simmering just below the surface at the New York Times Co., and the unions appear to be gearing up for a protracted fight. Sources say that the...
BofA is talking to DOJ
Bank of America is close to settling a Justice Department probe into whether its Countrywide Financial unit violated fair-lending practices, said two people with knowledge of the discussions. A deal...
LVMH raises its Hermes
French luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has raised its stake in rival Hermes International to 22.28 percent from 21.40 percent, a filing with the French market regulator, revealed...
Bank chased out
A growing group of burned MF Global customers, ranging from hedge-fund traders to farmers, are calling for a boycott of JPMorgan Chase over fears that the bank is angling to...
Grand slam for Tennis Channel
The Tennis Channel has scored against Comcast. A Federal Communications Commission judge ruled that cable giant Comcast discriminated against the Tennis Channel by relegating it to a more expensive special...
Talbots plays hard to get with PE firm
The hour may be getting late, but Talbots is still playing hard to get.The dull-and-dowdy women’s clothier rebuffed a $212 million takeover offer from buyout firm Sycamore Partners, signaling that...
Falcone co. goes to FCC
LightSquared, the company backed by Phil Falcone’s hedge fund Harbinger Capital, yesterday asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm its right to use the spectrum licensed to it by the...
Milk Studios an udder hit
The Milk Studios building in the Meatpacking District has a lot to — er — moo about. Longtime tenant inVentiv Health has just renewed and expanded to 75,000 square feet,...
Trib $uit: Go to Zell
Billionaire Sam Zell sued former shareholders of the bankrupt Tribune Co., claiming he should be paid along with other creditors should a court rule the 2007 buyout he engineered was...
Generosity overflows
The holiday season has brought out the best in New Yorkers, who have opened their wallets to help the daughters of murdered NYPD hero Peter Figoski. Donations to the Peter...
No deals for cop ‘killers’
Brooklyn’s top prosecutor yesterday said he won’t even think about cutting plea deals with the five thugs accused of murdering cop Peter Figoski. “There will be a trial,” District Attorney...
Love for the baby SEALs
If the holiday spirit has you looking to do something for others and also support a great cause, look here. A camp for the children of Navy SEALs does both....
Time’s up for Deli
Rolex has a beef with a Brooklyn deli. The maker of luxury watches apparently is afraid its customers might confuse its products, which sell for thousands of dollars, with the...
‘Royal’ rabbi ‘ripped off’
An Orthodox rabbi and mystic-to-the-stars — who traces his lineage to King David — claims he’s the victim of a huge embezzlement and extortion scheme by two former cohorts suspected...
Kid-perv slap at columnist
Veteran Philadelphia Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin abruptly retired yesterday amid allegations he sexually molested four people, including his niece, when the victims were preteens.Three women and a man...
Roll-your-owners smoked
They’re no longer on a roll. Two “roll-your-own” tobacco stores — one in Chinatown, the other on Staten Island, and both the bane of tax collectors — have agreed to...
City $lams 2 OT kings
The city Conflicts of Interest Board yesterday fined a former FDNY supervisor $12,500 for approving staggering overtime pay for his son-in-law over two years. Robert Zerillo admitted approving a lucrative...
Slay-suicide horror
A woman died yesterday after her boyfriend slashed her throat in their Maspeth apartment, stabbed her stepson, then jumped in front of an LIRR train, authorities said. Maureen Biermann, 43,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** Police are looking for the sicko who exposed himself on an elevated train in Pelham Bay. The 30-year-old victim snapped a picture of the pervert at 9:50...
O payroll call
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday slammed House Republicans for not accepting the bipartisan Senate deal for a two-month extension of the payroll-tax break.“The clock is ticking, time is running out,”...
‘Fire fiend stole keys’
The monster accused of cornering a beloved Brooklyn grandmother in her building’s elevator and setting her ablaze waged a months-long campaign of terror against the defenseless victim — stealing the...
Nightmare HS stabbing
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the head yesterday by a scissors-wielding classmate after the pair got into a fight over a basketball at Brooklyn’s famed former Erasmus HS, authorities...
‘Extortion’ vs. Mick ex
A sexy, former gal pal of Mick Jagger was the victim of a sleazy extortion plot by her former housekeeper at her Upper East Side pad, prosecutors say.Louie Evans, 34,...
$88M apt. under her tree
It’s the best Christmas present ever. The 22-year-old daughter of a Russian billionaire received an $88 million condo from her filthy-rich dad — who dropped a fortune on what Realtors...
$14M quick-switch Lotto
He broke with tradition and walked off with a cool $14 million jackpot. Edward Foti of Staten Island had bought lottery tickets every day for the last 15 years at...
Sibs’ funeral-fury stab
A Brooklyn man enraged after being left out of his mother’s funeral planning stabbed his brother in the chest, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. John Sheppard, 52, allgedly knifed his brother,...
She’s baaack
A beaming Lori Berenson yesterday returned home to Manhattan for the first time since her terrorist-harboring arrest in Peru in 1995, and came bearing a special holiday gift — her...
Grift clan is jailed
For almost a decade, they lived like a queen and a prince — tooling around in yachts, private planes and a $127,000 Mercedes.But yesterday, mother-and-son embezzlers Judy and Joseph Del...
Mark & Rex fizz kids in new ad
If the Jets keep this up, maybe they’ll make the Super Bowl — at least the coach and quarterback, anyway. Rex Ryan and Mark Sanchez will pitch for Pepsi Max...
NYC family lost in plane horror
A Manhattan investment banker, his wife, two kids and a colleague were killed yesterday when the plane he was piloting suddenly spun into a three-mile death dive onto a busy...
Doc sues for lost Z’s
She was sleepless at SUNY — and now she wants a bundle of cash for all those lost Z’s.A Brooklyn doctor claims she was fired for complaining about being exhausted...
Bust in slay of ex-NY mob big
Canadian police swooped in on four senior made men in the Montreal Mafia yesterday and charged them with murdering the former street boss of New York’s Bonanno crime family.Salvatore “Sal...
IT geek’s apt. gizmo catches burglar in act
A computer whiz yesterday busted a brazen burglar at his Manhattan pad — all while sitting at his work desk six blocks away. Levent Cetiner, 30, an IT ace at...
Sicko doll lynch
A black baby doll was discovered hanging in a metal chain-link noose in the Parks Department’s Bronx headquarters yesterday, police said, adding they’re investigating it as a possible hate crime.An...
Your tax $$ at play
WASHINGTON — No wonder we’re going broke.The federal government blew more than $6.5 billion this year on bizarre undertakings such as preserving video games, building robot dragons and filming a...
Mud flies in Iowa ads
Iowa’s TV airwaves got even nastier yesterday, as a pro-Mitt Romney group tore into Newt Gingrich while Rep. Ron Paul released yet another slashing campaign ad against his opponents. Gingrich...
Crybaby senator going to jail
Disgraced pol Carl Kruger wiped away tears yesterday as he pleaded guilty to taking nearly half a million dollars in bribes with the aid of his gay lover — in...
GOP vows to compete for Kruger seat
Democrats won’t seize embattled state Sen. Carl Kruger’s Brooklyn seat without a fight, Republicans promised yesterday. After Kruger quit to plead guilty to taking more than $1 million in bribes,...
Save the euro, end the Atlantic alliance
After the European Union’s latest crisis summit last week, international financial markets reacted cautiously. And well they should, since this umpteenth effort to save several Eurozone countries from fiscal collapse,...
‘Lost’ republicans
The GOP contest for president has gone on so long now that it has its own convoluted plot. It’s like “Lost,” only without the smoke monster. We’re halfway through the...
Ed Koch’s mayoral pick: A liberal dose of insanity
The Issue: Ed Koch’s endorsement of City Council Speaker Chris Quinn, a “liberal with sanity,” for mayor. *** Former Mayor Ed Koch uses the words “sane” and “liberal” in the...
‘Tebowing’ for trouble?
The Issue: Whether the emulation of Tim Tebow’s prayer gesture should be allowed in public schools. *** It’s amazing that two brothers were suspended for a week from a public...
Holding Congress in contempt
’Twas the week before Christmas and all through the House (and Senate), not a creature was stirring — except for the typical Washington finger-pointers. You seriously expected something different? Holiday...
One sorry senator
What a wimp. That would be former state Sen. Carl Kruger, who in federal court yesterday cried his way through guilty pleas on four bribery and fraud charges. “I accept...
Axis of evil, southern division
“I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Khadafy, bin Laden, Hitler and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.” — Sen. John McCain...
A parade for our heroes
Last week, most Americans were pleased to learn that combat operations in Iraq have officially ceased. On Friday, Councilman James Oddo and I formally requested that Mayor Bloomberg hold a...
Don’t play games with NY pensions
Gov. Cuomo has reportedly been considering the use of public-pension funds to finance the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge and other infrastructure investments in New York. This is a...
The wilted spoils of ‘War’
Zhang Yimou, one of China’s best-known filmmakers, deserves a great big lump of coal in his holiday stocking thanks to his ludicrous soap opera “The Flowers of War,” starring Christian...
Embrace all the joys of ‘Kissing’
There are few things funnier than really bad sex — unless, of course, you’re the one having it. Happily, theatergoers get the best of it in “Kissing Sid James,” the...
Bickel's NHL debut impresses Rangers coach
So, Stu Bickel, what was the biggest adjustment you had to make last night in your first NHL game? "To tell you the truth, I didn't really see too many...
The Post Line
NFL Tomorrow Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Texans 6½ 6 (40½) COLTS Saturday JETS 3 3 (46) Giants CHIEFS 1 1 (42) Raiders Broncos 3 3 (42½) BILLS TITANS 7½...
Affrunti’s Tampa Bay Downs Grade Graded Entries
FIRST-6 1/2f; $11,000; mdn cl($12,500); 2YO3-Woods Hole 6-16-TourdeCmprse9-22-Wkepnhmeplte7-27-Jah Thunder 20-14-Zydeco Blues 3-18-Whowhathow 4-11-El Rayito 12-19-Back Away 20-15-Offlee Clever 8-1SECOND-6 1/2;f $17,000; cl($12,500); 2YO; (f)1-Forever Noble 9-52-Budidinha 12-14-Promise More 5-23-With Class...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-6f; $8,000; cl($8,000); 2YO; (f)4Yllw Chumrn (Dgz)24.407.403.603Anne's Sevn Cts (Prmrn)4.202.806I'm Makin Notes (Barton)2.20Scr: Foxy Lady Packin.* Exacta (4-3) $102.60 * Quinella (3-4) $50.80 * $1 Superfecta (4-3-6-2) $472.40 * $1...
Sports Shorts
ncaa: Perkins gets back into coaching Ray Perkins, the man who followed Paul “Bear” Bryant as head football coach at the University of Alabama and also served as head coach...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $30,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)I’M WANTED cuts back in distance after finishing second by a length as the...
Marshall defeats Florida International
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rakeem Cato threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns and Tyler Warner kicked a pair of field goals, helping Marshall beat Florida International 20-10 in the...
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 20th, 2011 Clear And Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/8m; $22,000; mdn cl($12,500); 3upOff: 12:26. 3. stalked, edged awayTime: 24.25, 5.21, 1:16.07, 1:43.55, 1:57.16.Trainer: William McCarthyHorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsTwilight Tattoo115 8 2...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 21THUDec. 22FRIDec. 23SATDec. 24SUNDec. 25MONDec. 26TUEDec. 27Knicks&Nets7:30MSGESPN 1050 AMNOGAME NO GAMENO GAME^Bos. Noon TNT ESPN NOGAMENOGAMENets&Knicks7:30YESWFAN 660 AMNOGAME NOGAMENO GAMENO GAME^Wash.7:00YESWBBRAtl.7:30YESWFAN RangersNO GAMEIsles 7:00 MSG ESPNPhil. 7:00 MSG ESPNNOGAMENOGAME...
Imperfect Rangers among NHL’s best
The first 31 games comprise a fair enough sample size from which to deduce that in a league filled with flawed teams, the Rangers are less flawed than most and...
Islanders defeat Jets in shootout
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Islanders may be near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, but they are proving to be tough to beat away from Long Island. P.A. Parenteau...
Devils lose to Lundqvist -- again
All this time, yet the tide in the Battle of the Hudson still flows full flood toward Manhattan. Again, it was Henrik Lundqvist keeping the Rangers boat afloat, while Martin...
Mets cut Florida farm team
The Mets will have one fewer minor league affiliates next season. In a move designed to trim costs, the team yesterday announced the elimination of its Port St. Lucie affiliate...
Broncos chief Elway says Tebow ‘not going anywhere’
For all those fans worried Broncos boss John Elway isn’t completely sold on Tim Tebow and might put the unorthodox quarterback on the trading block this winter, relax. Elway said...
NBA back at Knicks’ 'new' home tonight
There have been 20 men’s and women’s college basketball games played on the new Madison Square Garden floor this winter. A total of 36 college teams have competed under the...
Douglas, Fields in Knicks backcourt, for starters
Toney Douglas will start at point guard and Landry Fields will start at shooting guard for the Knicks in tonight’s preseason finale against the Nets at Madison Square Garden. But...
Novak about to join Knicks
Steve Novak is expected to join the Knicks today. If the 6-foot-10 forward clears waivers today after getting cut by the Spurs, he will sign a one-year deal, according to...
Shawne’s debut for Nets on hold
Shawne Williams is still waiting to play his first game as a Net. Williams came to the Nets, along with Kris Humphries, who is expected to re-sign with the team...
Nets re-sign Humphries for one year
Kris Humphries isn’t getting a divorce from the Nets just yet. League sources confirmed Humphries is expected to re-sign with the Nets today. He is expected to receive a one-year...
To Jets offense, Rex is ice-cream man
Think of it as offense a la mode. Jets coach Rex Ryan revealed yesterday he has been meeting every Thursday for about a month with some of his key offensive...
Jets wary of new star on Giants line
The Jets’ offensive line didn’t do much to help out their quarterback in Sunday’s 45-19 drubbing by the Eagles. And with standout Jason Pierre-Paul and the Giants’ defensive lined up...
Jets relished knocking out Giants in ’88
In all of the years leading up to Saturday’s virtual playoffs-or-go-home clash at MetLife Stadium, just one game in the 11 games the Jets and Giants have played in their...
Jets QB Sanchez ‘sore,’ but practices
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez practiced fully yesterday, two days after suffering a neck injury against the Eagles. Sanchez downplayed the injury, but admitted it is “similar” to one he suffered...
In praise of Plax
In between making dynamic game-changing plays, see the Jets receiver preen and prance after catching touchdown passes, call out teammates for poor play when the team is struggling, pout when...
Giants future riding on game against Jets
John Mara will walk out of MetLife Stadium around 5 p.m. Saturday, get in his car and make the familiar drive from East Rutherford to his Westchester home where he...
Manning gives Giants edge over Sanchez, Jets
It is a Jets fan’s worst nightmare, and should be: Jets 14, Giants 10, two minutes left, Eli Manning with the ball, and the season, and very possibly two seasons,...
Ryan needs Jets to back up boasts against Giants
Rex Ryan knows what happens if his Jets lose to the Giants on Saturday. He knows his critics are waiting for the Jets to fail so he has to eat...
‘Live’ ratings down post-Reege
Ratings for “Live with Kelly” have dropped markedly since Regis Philbin’s departure last month. In the three weeks measured by Nielsen since Philbin’s Nov. 18 swan song, “Live” has seen...
Talk show guests
wednesdayHARLEY PASTERNAK, TORY JOHNSON, BECKY WORLEY - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7MERYL STREEP, MARTHA STEWART - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4CELINE DION - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch....
‘Chew’ step
Here are the hosts of “The Chew” getting a leg up on the holidays. Friday’s episode of the freshman ABC daytime show (airing 1 p.m. on Ch. 7) features a...
HBO ‘Bored’ no more
Say goodbye to “Hung,” “Bored to Death” and “How to Make It in America.” HBO has canceled all three shows, while renewing “Enlightened,” starring Laura Dern, for a second season....
Jones-ing for a new ��X’ host
In no particular order, the acts leaving the “The X Factor” are — Steve Jones and Nicole Scherzinger! Maybe. While those might be the words America is dying to hear,...
‘Idol’ Mormon break
The music is stopping for one-time “American Idol” runner-up David Archuleta — but, don’t worry Arch Angels, it’s only a rest note. The 20-year-old has announced that he’ll be giving...
Lotsa latkes!
"Latke” refers not only to a character on “Taxi,” but the potato pancake that Eastern European Jews have eaten for centuries on Hanukkah, which began last night. And at Brooklyn’s...
Naughty vs. nice
First, the good news. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, people typically gain just 1 pound during the holidays. The bad news? Most people never lose that extra...
Attention, foodies: Don’t join this ‘club’
Down with Group — not group sex, but the “high-energy” restaurant clusters taking over the Manhattan night. We mean you, EMM Group, One Group and Tao Group, operators of the...
Weird but true
She got a shock when the lights flashed on Elizabeth Caron went to see the annual Christmas display decorating the Norwich, Conn., home of her boyfriend, Jeremy Wilcox. He asked...
Ohio State accepts bowl ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer’s first Ohio State team won’t be bowl-bound. The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and other penalties yesterday for a scandal that...
TCU to play Louisiana Tech
SAN DIEGO — The Poinsettia Bowl between No. 16 TCU and Louisiana Tech isn’t merely a matchup of teams happy to be in a postseason game. Tonight is a showdown...
No. 1 Syracuse defeats Bucknell
SYRACUSE -- Nothing seems to faze No. 1 Syracuse. Not a rowdy road crowd nor a silent one at home. Three days after beating North Carolina State at a soldout...
Showing March grit, Collegiate claims Kreul Classic Publix Challenge title
Ray Voelkel schedules a holiday tournament in Florida every December as preparation for the league season. The longtime Collegiate boys basketball coach hopes the experience against top competition leads to...
Gaborik scores 2 goals, lifts Rangers over Devils
NEWARK, N.J. — Marian Gaborik snapped a third-period tie with the first of his two goals and then sealed New York's win with an empty-netter as the Rangers beat the...
Grinch steals Christmas from LI family
A heartless Grinch stole Christmas from an under-privileged Long Island family, ripping off several high-tech gadgets and trashing their house, cops said today. Cheri Sabolenko, 40, took her 12-year-old daughter...
Black baby doll found hanging in noose in Park Dept. Bx. headquarters
A black baby doll was found hanging by a metal-chain noose in the Park Department’s Bronx headquarters today, police said. A park employee, 60, discovered the doll in the headquarters’...