December 28, 2011
VIDEO: Costello at Jets practice
Post beat writer Brian Costello reports from Jets practice in Florham Park as the team prepares for it's must-win game Sunday at Miami.The Jets also need losses by the Titans,...
Red Sox trade for A's closer Bailey
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Bobby Valentine has found his new man for the back end of the Boston bullpen. The Oakland Athletics traded All-Star closer Andrew Bailey and outfielder Ryan Sweeney...
Rangers-Flyers Winter Classic 'hot ticket in town'
PHILADELPHIA -- After his final shift is over in the NHL’s version of Old Timers’ Day, former Flyers great Eric Lindros wants to stick around and catch the Winter Classic....
Wings wins STOP-DWI opener as Jenkins' torrid stretch continues
Binghamton, N.Y. -- New setting, unknown opponent, same old Justin Jenkins. Everything, in fact, was different about Wings Academy’s matchup with Dixie Heights (Ky.) in the opening round of the...
B'klyn judge fines HSBC, law firm in case over foreclosure robo-signers
A Brooklyn judge fined HSBC $10,000 and its law firm another $5,000 as he likened the bank to a combination of Pontius Pilate and TV's goofy Sgt. Schultz of "Hogan’s...
Post Power Rankings: The desperate Jets edition
Rex Ryan opened training camp by mocking the rest of the NFL for not being able to beat the Patriots.“I think we have to find somebody out there to beat...
Dolphins' Marshall says Revis gets 'Jordan Rules'
Brandon Marshall is lacing up his gloves. Speaking on a conference call Wednesday, the Dolphins wide receiver discussed his excitement at squaring off with Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis on Sunday...
Jets coach takes blame on himself
Jets coach Rex Ryan tried to deflect the criticism directed at offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer onto himself Wednesday. "I know Brian takes a ton of heat. … It should be...
Ewing preaches to Magic's Howard difficulty of playing in New York
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dwight Howard has had everybody in his ear – his agent, Magic brass, NBA friends – telling him do this and do that regarding his future.But there...
Romney leads in Iowa, Santorum surging in new poll
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is leading in Iowa with 25 percent support ahead of Texas Rep. Ron Paul with 22 percent and a surging Rick...
Looking back at Nets tough home opener
The final home opener in New Jersey was one to forget for the Nets, who were blown out of the Prudential Center Tuesday night 106-70 by the HawksHere are a...
NYT in e-mail gaffe
The Gray Lady is red-faced. The New York Times, hours after denying it sent possibly more than 1 million e-mails to subscribers and hinting that it was the victim of...
Third baby sickened by bacteria that killed Missouri newborn
ATLANTA -- A third baby has tested positive for a bacteria that killed a newborn in Missouri last week and prompted several major retailers to pull a baby formula from...
Surging in Iowa, Ron Paul takes his turn as rivals' punching bag
WASHINGTON -- For months, Ron Paul was by turns ignored, tolerated and occasionally even praised by his opponents in the Republican presidential race. But with the libertarian-leaning candidate surging to...
Bx. 'tot-drop' dad released from jail, could face murder rap
The Bronx man who dropped his 3-month-old baby girl on a bed before she died was released from jail today but could face a murder rap pending the infant's autopsy,...
Miracle: 88 survive Kyrgyz jet crash
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A Soviet-built jet operated by a Kyrgyz carrier broke its wing, overturned and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in deep fog in southern Kyrgyzstan,...
Forrest Gump, Hannibal Lecter join film registry
WASHINGTON — Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the...
Winning Mega Millions ticket sold on LI, winner still a mystery
Santa worked overtime this year for one lucky Long Island lotto winner. A Middle Island King Kullen sold a Mega Millions ticket worth a whopping $206 million Tuesday morning but...
US warns Iran against closing key oil passage
TEHRAN, Iran — The US warned Iran on Wednesday it will not tolerate any disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran threatened to choke off the vital...
Cowboys' Romo practices, expects to play vs. Giants
Despite struggling with a swollen hand, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo all but guaranteed he would play in Sunday night's NFC East showdown against the Giants. "It's getting better every day,...
Moore practices as Jets prep for Dolphins
The Jets returned to practice Wednesday and right guard Brandon Moore participated in a Wednesday practice for the first time in four weeks. Moore has been resting his surgically repaired...
Giants' Nicks sidelined by hamstring strain
Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks knows he is prone to hamstring pulls and strains, so before games he gets on the field extra early and undergoes an extensive stretching regimen...
Garage attendant has violent past, police records show
The garage attendant, who slapped the owner of famed Greenwich Village eatery, DaSilvano, with a saucy sexual harassment suit, has a violent arrest in his past, according to police records....
Osi returns to Giants practice
The question for Tom Coughlin was required even though everyone assumed they knew the answer.“What about Osi Umenyiora?’’ the Giants coach was asked on Wednesday.Everyone was prepared for the standard...
NBC's Collinsworth wants to clear air with Giants’ Rolle
Cris Collinsworth said he hasn't yet dissected the game tape from the Giants’ 37-34 Sunday night win over the Cowboys three weeks ago the way Antrel Rolle has. The NBC...
Public safety maintains record levels in NYC: mayor
Public safety was maintained at near record levels with fire deaths and murders reaching close to the all-time bottoms, Mayor Bloomberg announced today. With Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Fire...
Generation of workers gaming the system
USA Today reports on a disturbing trend among public sector employees to boost their retirement pensions and cost their states money they don't have. "The practice, called buying "air time,"...
WATCH: Clergymen clash at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The annual cleaning of one of Christianity's holiest churches deteriorated into a brawl between rival clergy Wednesday, as dozens of monks feuding over sacred space at...
Cause of fatal New Jersey plane crash still unknown
WASHINGTON -- Investigators have yet to reach a conclusion on what caused a small plane to crash on a New Jersey highway last week, killing all five people on board,...
Appeals court upholds convictions in Fort Dix plot
TRENTON, NJ — A federal appeals panel on Wednesday upheld the convictions and sentences of five Muslim men accused of planning to attack Fort Dix or other military bases, though...
Yankees sign former Red Sox lefty Okajima
The Yankees have signed former Red Sox lefty reliever Hideki Okajima to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training.Okajima, who turned 36 on Christmas and...
Giants DE gets NFC honor again
The hits keep coming for Jason Pierre-Paul.A newly named Pro Bowler in his second season, Pierre-Paul on Wednesday learned he’s been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week. If...
Anthony Weiner wanted threesome with woman and man
Anthony Weiner proposed a threesome with texting pal Traci Nobles and a man, according to a new report. The Queens Democrat made the suggestion in the midst of his texting...
Canadian tourists find severed human leg washed ashore in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A group of Canadian tourists made a gruesome discovery Tuesday outside the Florida home they were renting for the holidays when they spotted a severed human...
Family still waiting to bury B'klyn woman burned to death in brutal elevator attack
The body of the Prospect Heights woman burned to death in her apartment building elevator is still awaiting final burial. The family of Deloris Gillespie said that because she was...
Dolphins' Taylor to retire after playing Jets
MIAMI — Former Jets linebacker Jason Taylor walked across the locker room brushing his teeth, then ducked into the equipment room to rinse and spit. Minutes later he tried to...
Titans coach Munchak not interested in Penn State opening
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Munchak, reportedly the top pick of the search committee tasked with replacing Joe Paterno at Penn State, is not interesting in...
Pig manure used to flush drug youths out of woods
MIDDLESBROUGH, England -- British officials found a smelly solution to complaints about a drug den in local woodland -- by stinking the users out of the area with a truck...
Syrian protesters in Homs deny entry to Arab League observers
HOMS, Syria -- Residents in a flashpoint protest neighborhood in Syria refused entry to Arab League monitors because an army officer is accompanying them, a human rights group said Wednesday....
Knife-wielding thug attacks woman, ransacks Tribeca law firm: cops
He’ll have to get another lawyer when he’s caught. A knife-wielding thief barged into a lower Manhattan law firm, shattered the jaw of a female employee, tied her up with...
NKoreans salute, cry for late leader Kim Jong Il
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's next leader escorted his father's hearse in an elaborate state funeral on a bitter, snowy day Wednesday, bowing somberly and saluting in front of...
Dinner with terrorists: Ayers and Obama's National Endowment for the Humanities
Who knew that the Weather Underground terrorists Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn were foodies? Ayers and Dohrn, who set off firebombs in the 1970s (and nearly killed dozens of...
Girls basketball roundup: Powell shoots Vikings to Diamond State Classic win
Shelby Powell made sure her points counted. The South Shore guard had just four of them, but they came in the closing minutes to give the Vikings an impressive 38-35...
Prokhorov misses Nets home opener
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov didn’t attend last night’s 106-70 shellacking at the hands of the Hawks in the Nets’ final home opener in New Jersey. In his absence, Prokhorov, who...
Holy Cross' Moore excels in return from broken toe
It didn’t take long for Marquise Moore to find his groove after an 18-day layoff. The versatile 6-foot-2 senior guard didn’t start, but he made his presence felt immediately upon...
INSIDE CHSAA GIRLS HOOPS: Talent, numbers down on the Island, Sea doing more with less
The last year has brought plenty of changes to CHSAA girls basketball on Staten Island --some abrupt, others gradual. But the landscape is as different as it’s ever been with...
Boys basketball holiday roundup: St. Ray's Dingle reaches 1,000 points in win over Middle Creek
Another game, another 1,000-point scorer for St. Raymond. Daniel Dingle reached the plateau in the Ravens’ 66-56 win over Middle Creek (N.C.) in the opener of the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational...
Business briefs
Home pricesThe S&P/Case Shiller composite index of home prices in 20 metro areas dropped 1.2 percent on an unadjusted basis in October, worse than economists’ expectations. LCD pactSharp, Samsung and...
Apple, Android and apps ruled the Yule
It was a very appy holiday for US consumers.Continuing to embrace an increasingly mobile and digital lifestyle, shoppers from coast to coast unwrapped a record number of Apple and Google...
Sears woebucks
If you think Sears and Kmart stores look depressing, check out the stock price of the company that owns them. Shares of Sears Holdings plunged 27 percent yesterday after the...
Cruisin’ to no. 1
Brad Grey must feel like the king of the world. The Paramount Pictures boss, finishing up his seventh year atop the 100-year-old studio, finds his movie house the box-office champ...
Turcotte takes a hike at freebie AM New York
Newsday-owned AM New York, a freebie paper distributed primarily in Manhattan five days a week, is now without a publisher, amid continuing upheaval at the paper. Paul Turcotte, who has...
NYT unloads small dailies for $143M
The New York Times, as expected, has agreed to sell its regional newspaper group, which includes mostly small daily papers in Florida, the Carolinas and Louisiana, to Halifax Media Holdings...
The 2011 Golden Bricks
After a year characterized by no billion-dollar building sales but a whopping 1.1 million square-foot lease by Condé Nast at 1 World Trade Center, we look fondly back with our...
‘Rock Band’ smackdown
Entertainment conglomerate Viacom Inc. said it has challenged the final payout due to former shareholders of music-based games developer Harmonix Music Systems, which it acquired in 2006 for $175 million,...
Unleashed, MetLife tells Ben: Take a walk
Snoopy doesn’t like walking on Ben Bernanke’s tight leash. MetLife — which uses the spunky comic-strip beagle as its corporate mascot — said it is so fed up with the...
Liking little hedges
Small and obscure hedge funds are the new black. After a decade of favoring hedge fund behemoths — funds with $5 billion in assets and larger — deep-pocketed investors in...
KKR reps exit Kodak
Eastman Kodak said two directors from KKR & Co. resigned from its board, two years after the PE firm helped the 131-year-old company refinance debt. Adam Clammer and Herald Chen...
Follow the $8.5B BofA bounce
A Us appeals court here granted an appeal of a controversial ruling that moved consideration of Bank of America’s $8.5 billion settlement over mortgage debt to federal court. The court...
Morgan Stanley cuts
Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that said it will cut 1,600 jobs globally, may eliminate 580 positions in New York City, according to a filing with state labor regulators. The...
Powell, Stein get Fed noms
President Obama said he will nominate two former Treasury Department officials for the Federal Reserve Board, including one who served in a Republican administration. Jerome Powell, an attorney who was...
Town’s move stinks
AVALON, NJ — State environmental regulators think one town may be doing something a bit smelly in its effort to control skunks.Officials in Avalon have been capturing and moving skunks.The...
$10M spent on air war
WASHINGTON — GOP presidential hopefuls have spent more than $10 million to saturate Iowa’s radio and TV airwaves this season, a new analysis reveals.Texas Gov. Rick Perry and a pro-Perry...
Romney likens new Gingrich campaign to 'I Love Lucy'
DES MOINES, Iowa — Newt, you got some splainin’ to do! One week before next Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses, Republican Mitt Romney ridiculed rival Newt Gingrich’s campaign organization as a slapdash...
Court win for kin of WTC cop
A hero cop injured at the Twin Towers on 9/11 died from World Trade Center-related cancer, a state appeals court ruled yesterday. The Appellate Division ruling means Frank Macri’s widow...
End of swingin’ life for Tarzan chimp
Hollywood is mourning a legend.Cheeta-Mike, the lovable chimpanzee who played Tarzan’s sidekick Cheeta in the classic Johnny Weissmuller films of the early 1930s, died Saturday of kidney failure at the...
‘Prez’ Prokho: Nyet to partying
Russia’s billionaire bachelor Mikhail Prokhorov pledged to stop partying and maybe even marry if he is elected president. “If I become president, I won’t be able to party anymore,” Prokhorov,...
Man tried to kill wife in Facebook fight: cops
Maybe she didn’t friend him. A Pennsylvania man was arrested for allegedly trying to kill his wife because she was on Facebook too much. Harry Hibbs Jr., 51, and his...
Get set for DSK: the movie
It’ll be “Bad Lieutenant” meets Frisky Frenchman. Director Abel Ferrara is working on a film inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, with French actor Gerard Depardieu playing the former International Monetary Fund...
Elevator haters
The maintenance company responsible for the elevator that crushed a Madison Avenue ad exec to death faces a litany of lawsuits filed by people who claim they were injured in...
‘SNL’ guy’s last laugh
Only a comic could leave a suicide note peppered with punch lines.Joe Bodolai, a former “Saturday Night Live” staff writer and powerful Canadian TV network executive who co-wrote the first...
Schoolgirl on front line
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel — A shy 8-year-old schoolgirl has unwittingly found herself on the front line of Israel’s latest religious war. Naama Margolese is a ponytailed, bespectacled second-grader who is...
D’ough! $muggler at JFK
The money was funny, but the criminal charges are no laughing matter. A Colombian woman was busted at JFK with nearly $300,000 of counterfeit US currency in her luggage, federal...
Deal for nurses
Nurses at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center have reached a tentative deal on a four-year contract that would avert a threatened strike.Continuum Health Partners Communities and the New York State Nurses...
Yemen prez puzzler
The White House and Yemen’s government have sharply disagreed over whether the United States has decided to allow embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh to come to New York for medical...
Infant dies after being dropped by Bx. dad: cops
A 3-month-old girl died after her father dropped her on a bed while scuffling with her mother and grandmother, cops said yesterday.Kevin Palmer, 20, was arretsted for misdemeanor assault after...
Court axes fireman’s ‘reverse bias’ lawsuit
A suburban firefighter who claims he’s the victim of reverse discrimination saw his civil-rights suit snuffed out by a Manhattan appeals court yesterday.The ruling said Mount Vernon firefighter Joseph Carroll,...
Iraqis free LI contractor
A Long Island Army veteran was headed home last night after being detained in Iraq for more than two weeks while working as a contractor.Alex Antiohos and two other employees...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** The thief who hit three lower Manhattan banks Friday afternoon peppered the tellers with holiday cheer, authorities said yesterday. The suspect (pictured above) started his crime spree at...
Metro-North’s bill of rights
You may not get where you’re going on time, but at least the restrooms will be tidy.Metro-North officials have agreed to a nine-point riders bill of rights that guarantees cleanliness,...
’Pike hike like h’way robbery
New Jersey officials are ringing in the new year by reaching further into drivers’ wallets. Hours after the ball drops in Times Square, tolls for travel along the New Jersey...
Greyhound ‘thief’ bus-ted
WATERTOWN, NY — A man stole a Greyhound bus in Syracuse and visited a friend 60 miles north, police said.Andrew Hickey, 39, of Peekskill, boarded the empty bus Sunday morning...
Giants-Cowboys tix reaching $7,000
You’ll need to strike oil to afford a seat at the Giants-Dallas game on Sunday night. The do-or-die game against the Cowboys is one of the NFL’s hottest tickets of...
16 daze of marriage
It was a need for weed that caused Sinead O’Connor’s latest marriage to go up in smoke almost as soon as it started The “Nothing Compares to You” songstress is...
Shady Seabrook can hand out 350G
Indicted City Councilman Larry Seabrook will still be allowed to distribute more than $350,000 in “member item” funds to local groups next year — even though he’s under federal indictment...
Postmortem on Heavy D
LOS ANGELES — Authorities say rapper Heavy D died of natural causes.Hip-hop’s self-proclaimed “overweight lover,” who became one of rap’s top hitmakers with a combination of humor and positivity, collapsed...
Schools risk $135M loss
City schools could see $135 million in federal funding pulled next week if the Department of Education can’t reach a deal with teachers and principals on new evaluations, state officials...
Albany after Pedro for hiring uncle
ALBANY — Pedro Espada Jr. may be gone from the state Senate, but he hasn’t been forgotten by the Legislature’s ethics cops. Espada’s former legislative colleagues are accusing the disgraced...
Subway suit lost
A judge has given the green light to a controversial Upper East Side entrance to the planned Second Avenue subway.The owner and residents of the massive Yorkshire Towers apartment complex...
Mayor Mike’s gift to New Yorkers: life
Who knew the most powerful man in New York also has the power to grant longer life! After a decade in office, Mayor Bloomberg’s many health-care prescriptions, from banning smoking...
‘Slay’ widower is sued
The estranged husband of a money manager found dead in her Upper West Side apartment on New Year’s Eve 2009 is being sued for allegedly murdering her. Although he’s never...
The mistakes that took 5 lives
Two fatal mistakes may have cost the lives of the three little girls and their grandparents who died Christmas morning when a century-old Victorian mansion went up in flames and...
Mother’s beau: We will make it through
The man who survived the horrific Connecticut fire that took the lives of his companion’s three little girls and her parents vowed yesterday — in his first interview since the...
Mike keeps bull caged
The bull stays in the corral. Metal barricades will continue to surround the famed bronze Wall Street bull in Bowling Green Park for the foreseeable future, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday....
NYers in holiday $pirit
The Christmas weekend brought out the best in New Yorkers looking to help the four daughters of slain NYPD cop Peter Figoski — as donations surpassed $1,490,000 last night. Figoski...
Heartless thugs rob wheelchair guy
A wheelchair-bound panhandler who once competed in the New York City Triathlon was robbed of valuables by armed bandits who broke into his Bronx apartment. Byron Breeze, 38, who was...
Unluckiest shoplifter
An unlucky thief was nabbed yesterdaywhen he mistakenly ran into a wall of police investigating a stabbing near Union Square, sources said. The stickyfingered man was fleeing the Walgreens on...
Death on tracks
A man was fatally struck last night by a subway train in Washington Heights — and cops are investigating whether he went onto the tracks to relieve himself, police sources...
The slogan that just quit working
The new year will be a time for President Obama to focus on the activity at which he’s been most effective: campaigning. As president, he’s been, well, he’s tried really...
Santorum’s moment
In a Republican nomination contest full of “second looks,” former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum may be heading toward a “first look” in the finale of the Iowa caucuses. If you...
Bye bye, Baghdad: A fleeting peace & victory
The Issue: The outbreak of violence in Iraq since the final withdrawal of all US troops last week. *** The last American troops have left Iraq, and, lo and behold,...
A favor for Chuck?
A lack of evidence to the contrary suggests that one Kevin McNulty is qualified for a seat at the federal bench — to which he’s just been named on the...
Towns’ car
Is Brooklyn’s Rep. Edolphus Towns more arrogant than dumb? Or vice versa? For sure, he’s a lot of both. As The Post’s S.A. Miller reports, Towns has been leasing a...
King draws a line
Teachers unions are playing chicken with State Education Commissioner John King over some $105 million in federal funds — about $58 million for New York City alone — and King’s...
How the feds are tracking your kid
Would it bother you to know that the federal Centers for Disease Control had been shown your daughter’s health records to see how she responded to an STD/teen-pregnancy-prevention program? How...
More bang for NY’s buck
As Gov. Cuomo prepares his executive budget — and looks to close a $1.7 billion gap that’s left after this month’s tax hike on high earners — he’ll need to...
Sweet & Grimm ‘Snow White’
Take a Grimm fairy tale and mix it with equal parts ballet, Baroque masque and circus act. Drop it all in a converted tow-truck warehouse in Carroll Gardens and —...
You’ll embrace ‘Pariah’
More movies directed by women are opening in New York this December than perhaps any month ever — and one of the most impressive is Dee Rees’ auspicious debut feature,...
Mexican hit man’s a hit
After 20 years in which he killed, tortured and kidnapped for a Mexican drug cartel, a sicario — hit man — tells all in the documentary “El Sicario, Room 164.”...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3 3 (46½)CowboysDOLPHINS 2 1½(41½)JetsEAGLES 9 9 (46½)RedskinsFALCONS10½13 (47) Buccaneers49ers10½10½(35½)RAMSBears 1 1 (40) VIKINGSLions+3 3½(46½)PACKERSSAINTS 9 9½(55) PanthersTitans 1½ 3 (40½)TEXANSRavens 3 2½(38) BENGALSBROWNSOFFOFF(OFF)SteelersJAGUARS 5 4 (37)...
Affrunti’s Tampa Bay Grade Graded Entries
FIRST-1m&40y; $9,000; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)7-Put It On a Jet 5-22-Win Picture 10-15-Gimmearide 3-14-Fiery Girl 4-13-Markswayrnwy5-16-Debere 20-11-Miss Seduction 9-28-Norma Claire 20-1SECOND-6f; $22,200; alw opt clm; 2YO; (f)4-BackstageMgc5-21-Aint She a Saint5-12-She'sCopacetic7-23-Awaassif 3-15-Sugadadeze...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball5:30 p.m.Northwestern at Ohio State BIG TEN6:30 p.m.Oklahoma State vs. SMU ESPNU7 p.m.Georgetown at Louisville ESPN27 p.m.Seton Hall at Syracuse MSG, WABC (770 AM)7 p.m.Villanova at West Virginia SNY7:30 p.m.Indiana...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-6f; $5,700; cl($3,500); 3up; (f&m)6Pinfire (Rivera)49.6018.6012.604Tate B (Collins)16.008.205Ciera Bay (Piermarini)6.00* Exacta (6-4) $691.40 * Quinella (4-6) $265.60 * $1 Superfecta (6-4-5-9) $9,731.00 * $1 Trifecta (6-4-5) $1,693.80SECOND-6f; $13,000; alw; 3up7Ambekay...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $52,000; alw; 3YO; (f)VICKI’S DANCER debuts for new barn and reunited with Dominguez, who guided her to a...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m; $29,000; cl($15,000); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Money Magnet(L),120C Amaro3-6-7F Martin15-12 Evan's Rocket(L),115I Ortiz, Jr6-6-6J Jerkens2-13 By M K(L),121CVelasquz1-2-5Hennig6-14 Sky Fever(L),116JRodriguz5-8-4J Ortiz30-15...
Debbie Little at Monticello Graded Entries
Best Bet: Aristotle (13th)FIRST: mile; pace; $2800; cond6 Unending Love(JTaggartJr)10-8-87-21 Fellas Ella(JPyott)2-3-23-13 Help Me Howard(SMngeon)2-2-55-22 MistressQckly(KDIBenedett)4-x-812-14 Thin Ice Dance(JBongiorno)x-x-x5-15 Dimitry(TColucci)5-4-59-27 Edit Away(RHarp)5-4-28-18 Astrope(JDevaux)5-4-510-1SECOND: mile; trot; $4500; cond3 Ackbro Ms Perfect(JDevaux)1-1-15-24...
Parx Racing Charts
December 27th, 2011 Rain And Fast (1-6) Good (sealed) (7-9).©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70y; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 2YOOff: 12:29. 1. drew away, driftedTime: 24.63, 49.93, 1:15.87, 1:43.92, 1:48.51.Trainer: Michael PetroWinner:...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 28THUDec. 29FRIDec. 30SATDec. 31SUNJan. 1MONJan. 2TUEJan. 3KnicksGolden State10:30MSGESPN 1050 AML.A.L.10:30TNTESPN NOGAME Sacra.8:00MSGESPNNOGAMETor.7:30MSG ESPNNOGAMENetsNO GAMEOrl.7:00YESWFANAtl.7:30YESWFANNO GAMEClev.6:00YESWBBRInd.7:30YESWBBR NO GAMERangersWashington7:30VS.ESPN 1050 AMNO GAMEFla. 7:30 MSG ESPNNOGAMENOGAME^Phi.1:00NBCESPNNO GAMEIslandersNO GAMECal. 7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEEdm.1:00MSGWRHUNOGAMENOGAMECar.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsBuffalo7:00MSG PlusWFAN 660 AM...
Manning, Pierre-Paul earn Pro Bowl nods for Giants
Jason Pierre-Paul’s name did not appear on the Pro Bowl ballot distributed to fans because though the Giants knew he had a load of potential, they decided to nominate veterans...
Revis, Mangold, Ferguson named to Pro Bowl for Jets
The Jets had three players selected to the Pro Bowl, but it was one omission that was the most surprising development. Cornerback Darrelle Revis, center Nick Mangold and tackle D’Brickashaw...
Sports Shorts
College: Pitino sees retirement in 2017Rick Pitino said yesterday he won’t coach past the 2016-2017 season when his current contract ends at Louisville. The former Providence and Kentucky coach has...
Jets QB Sanchez has no fear for job
There’s no avoiding the influx of criticism mounting against Mark Sanchez, but the Jets quarterback yesterday said he doesn’t feel obliged to explain why he should have job security. “I’m...
Henrique proving he belongs on Devils’ top line
When a Devils center is scoring a point-per-game, even a rookie, the incumbent doesn’t just get back his top spot automatically. Adam Henrique is making a case for rookie-of-the-year votes,...
Red-hot Rangers face Capitals
The Rangers keep finding ways to win despite all of their injury problems. The Rangers’ 3-0 win over the Islanders on Monday was their fifth in a row, putting them...
Nets trounced by Hawks; fans chant for Howard
Kris Humphries, booed from MSG to Washington, was the object of fan affection at the start of the Nets’ final home opener in New Jersey last night. By the end...
Nets' Humphries cheered at home
At least somebody loves Kris Humphries. Humphries, who has been mocked by opposing fans over his failed marriage to reality television star Kim Kardashian, was warmly embraced by Nets fans...
Knicks add former Harvard guard Lin
Impressed with what they had seen out of him in the past, the Knicks claimed former Harvard and Warriors guard Jeremy Lin off waivers yesterday. The 23-year-old, 6-foot-3 Lin was...
Loss spells trouble for Wizards
WASHINGTON — It took only one game for the new-look Wizards to resemble their same old dysfunctional selves.Andray Blatche took to Twitter yesterday to, in effect, criticize the way his...
Celtics can’t cool off Heat
LeBron James scored 26 points, rookie point guard Norris Cole came up with 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Heat nearly blew a 20-point lead...
Chandler chose Knicks over Warriors
Knicks center Tyson Chandler has gotten to know new Warriors coach Mark Jackson over the past few years, seeing him at restaurants and living near him in California. This offseason,...
Knicks growing from David into a Goliath
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Remember when David Lee was the Knicks’ starting center? Neither do I. Two years ago, Lee and Nate Robinson were the faces of the Knicks. It only...
Yankees' A-Rod saw German doctors on advice from Kobe
Kobe Bryant can be credited with an assist to Alex Rodriguez. According to multiple sources, the Yankees third baseman recently followed a recommendation from Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers star,...
Jets offense lacking explosive players
As Victor Cruz ran 99 yards down the field to the end zone on Saturday, there had to be plenty of thoughts running through Jets fans’ minds. If we could...
Manning, Romo have done this dance before
One game to win. One quarterback to win it. In this corner, wearing the white trunks with the star, former Brett Favre impersonator, former Bill Parcells quarterback, former Jessica Simpson...
Giants’ hate of Cowboys runs deep
Take what the Giants felt about the Jets based on playing them once every four years and having to share a stadium and community, take that animus and bottle it,...
Play it by Year
Who had a good 2011? And who had a year of living shamelessly? JANUARY American Idol (Fox). Recovered its footing, not to mention its rabid fans by adding unexpected judges...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYBRET MICHAELS - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4BILL CLINTON - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch. 7GABOUREY SIDIBE, TOM BROKAW - The View, 11 a.m., Ch. 7SONNY ROLLINS - Tavis Smiley,...
TV’s Twitter sitcom No. 2
What is it about Twitter and sitcoms? The Peacock network has inked a deal with Twitter personality Kelly Oxford to script a half-hour sitcom — less than a year after...
Big bong theory
No doubt about it — she inhaled. A clip from the upcoming season of WE’s “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best ?,” shows Joan Rivers inhaling a generous lungful of...
Sandusky wants Oprah, ‘60’
Jerry Sandusky and his wife, Dottie, are looking to sit down with Oprah. Or “60 Minutes” or Barbara Walters or the new “Rock Center” with Brian Williams, according to Sandusky’s...
Winter hot spots!
Feeling blue about the white stuff winging our way? Then why not pretend it’s summer by eating outside all winter? Alfresco bars and restaurants let you ignore the plunging mercury...
The snake oil
And you thought Halliburton was corrupt. Now check out that other oil industry — the olive oil industry. That business is among the most crooked, most rife with fraud of...
Weird but true
My name is Darrin Porter, and I might be an alcoholic. The 45-year-old was “extremely intoxicated” when he walked into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Cincinnati with a beer in...
Seton Hall takes aim at No. 1 Syracuse
SYRACUSE — A year ago, Seton Hall entered the Carrier Dome with a losing record and stunned the hometown faithful with a barrage of 3-pointers en route to a 22-point...
NC State defeats Louisville
Mike Glennon threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns and David Amerson returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown as North Carolina State defeated Louisville 31-24 in the Belk...
Irish roll past Pitt
Alex Dragicevich hit four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 22 points to lead Notre Dame to a 72-59 win over No. 22 Pittsburgh in the Big East opener for both...
St. John's defeats Providence; Harkless sets debut record
D’Angelo Harrison entered the interview room a few minutes after Moe Harkless last night, so he was not aware that his teammate had just made history in St. John’s 91-67...
Improving Tottenville routs rival Sea
Following a slow start, Tottenville was looking for a new beginning. The Pirates lost four starters from a team which finished second in PSAL Staten Island A and lost in...
North Korean state TV loops old footage as Kim Jong Il's funeral reportedly begins
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Two hours after the funeral for Kim Jong Il was expected to start Wednesday, it remained unclear whether North Korean state television would air any live...
St. John's tops Providence in Big East opener
Freshmen Moe Harkless and D'Angelo Harrison had season highs of 32 and 25 points, and St. John's opened Big East play with a 91-67 victory over Providence on Tuesday night,...
Money manager hubby sued for her 2009 death
The estranged husband of a money manager found dead in her Upper West Side apartment on New Year’s Eve 2009 is being sued for allegedly murdering her. Although he’s never...
LIVE BLOG RECAP: STOP-DWI Holiday Classic, Day 1
The STOP-DWI Holiday Classic is perennially one of the best tournaments in this week full of them – and this year’s event promises to be one of the Binghamton, N.Y....
Cops hunting suspected perv in B'klyn
A pervert impersonated a cop as a guise to sexually assault a teen boy in Brooklyn, police said. The 15-year-old had thrown a bag of chips onto the platform of...
Critics question appointment of school 'closer' principal
Cue the executioner. In a detailed plan they submitted to the state in May requesting millions of dollars to fix a struggling Bronx high school, city Department of Education officials...
Go go gadgets: headphones
Your pockets are lined with cash from the holidays. You've stocked up on iTunes credit, but there's a limit to what you want to buy. What should you do with...
NYers asked to help hurt firefighter by donating blood
The Bravest are asking New Yorkers to give blood for a firefighter badly burnt during a raging Brooklyn house inferno last week. Fire Rescue 2’s Robert Weidmann is undergoing surgery...
Giants Pierre-Paul, Manning selected to Pro Bowl
Before the season, Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul confided to his best friend, “This year I’m going to do way better than I did last year because I know what...
STOP-DWI Holiday Classic preview
NYPost.com boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down this week’s STOP-DWI Holiday Classic at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y. featuring city programs Christ the King...
Jets Revis, Mangold, Ferguson chosen for Pro Bowl
The Jets had three players selected to the Pro Bowl, but it was one omission that was the most surprising development.Cornerback Darrelle Revis, center Nick Mangold and tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson...