January 21, 2012
Gaborik scores 2 as Rangers beat Bruins 3-2 in OT
BOSTON — Marian Gaborik scored twice, the second on a third-try backhander with 3.6 seconds left in overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Saturday...
St. John's falls to Villanova 79-76 in OT
Maalik Wayns had another big game for Villanova, and it meant the Wildcats' first winning streak since late November. The junior guard scored 28 points, his third straight game with...
PP goals sink Devils in loss to Flyers
NEWARK — Scott Hartnell scored two power-play goals, and Wayne Simmonds had a goal and two assists, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils...
She did it! Teen finishes solo sail around the world
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — Laura Dekker set a steady foot aboard a dock in St. Maarten on Saturday, ending a yearlong voyage aboard a sailboat named "Guppy" that apparently made...
Wayne Rooney gets 500,000 Facebook fans in 30 minutes
MANCHESTER, England -- English soccer star Wayne Rooney has continued his foray into social media, relaunching his Facebook page Friday and picking up 500,000 fans who "liked" it within 30...
Pele says Messi is no match for him
PARIS -- Brazilian icon Pele dismissed claims that soccer superstar Lionel Messi is now a worthy challenger for his title as the greatest player in the history of the game....
Divers find body in cruise ship corridor, toll climbs to 12
ROME — The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa...
Radical Islamist sect kills 143 in Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria — Coordinated attacks claimed by a radical Islamist sect killed at least 143 people in north Nigeria's largest city, a hospital official said Saturday, as gunfire still echoed...
Marist College student dead in house fire
A fatal fire engulfed a Marist College off-campus house early this morning, killing at least one student, officials said. Flames erupted around 1:30 a.m. at 112 Fairview Avenue. A passerby...
Sundance 2012: 'Red Lights' a no-go
"Red Lights,'' Rodrigo Cortes' followup to his Sundance sensation "Buried,'' is a laughably hokey thriller about a pair of scientists (Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy) trying to expose a celebrity psychic...
Game 16: Thunder at Nets
Thunder (12-3) at Nets (4-11)Game Time: 8:00 p.m.Venue: Prudential Center, NewarkTelevision: YES NetworkNets expected starting lineup:PG Deron Williams: 18.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 8.4 apgSG MarShon Brooks: 15.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg,...
Red Bulls' Marquez plans to raise his level, says MLS harder work than Europe
In a lengthy talk with the Post, Red Bull star Rafa Marquez acknowledged he’s had to work harder in MLS than in la Liga, that for much of 2011 he...
Heidi Klum to divorce husband Seal: report
What appeared to be one of the happier celebrity marriages may be over. TMZ reports that supermodel Heidi Klum will soon file for divorce against her longtime husband Seal, citing...
Man on tracks killed by L train
A man was struck and killed by a Brooklyn-bound L train in Manhattan early this morning, police said. Cops said the subway smashed into the 22-year-old when he was standing...
Youth worker nabbed as 'kid flasher'
A city employee who works with kids was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to an 11-year-old girl as she walked to school, cops said. Andrew McFall, 41, of the Bronx,...
Aqueduct cancels racing Saturday
Because of the winter storm, live racing at Aqueduct has been canceled Saturday. The track and the Belmont Cafe remain open for simulcasting, and NYRA Rewards phone and Internet betting...
One dead, 1,500 powerless in snowstorm
One person was killed in East Harlem and a traffic accident blacked out 1,500 Con Ed customers in Staten Island as the city cleaned up after the winter's first snow...
Dirty work
The Post’s Mark Hale takes a closer look at the men in the middle who will be doing the dirty work for the Giants tomorrow: ROCKY BERNARD Position: Defensive tackle...
Meet a Niner
Each day leading up to tomorrow’s NFC Championship, The Post will introduce you to a 49ers player who figures to make a big impact in the showdown with the Giants:...
Giants Ballard, Nicks have slight injuries, expect to play
Giants receivers Jake Ballard and Hakeem Nicks revealed injury scares yesterday. Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Ballard underwent "a little procedure" on his ailing knee Thursday night, and Nicks rolled...
Giants coach recruits Patton for inspiration
War is hell, and football is a game, so of course the two should never be compared, except in this regard: The most successful head coaches generally lead like generals,...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
KITTEN’S JOY Gulfstream Park, 10th race. Purse: $100,000. 1 1/16 miles, turf, 3-year-olds. Post: 4:45 p.m. LOWDOWN: Cozzetti, who is bred for turf top and bottom, showed decent late kick...
Broadway Boxing making its mark
Lou DiBella started his Broadway Boxing series nine years ago because he thought it was important for boxing to have a presence at a grass roots level in New York...
Red Bulls expect to add a central midfielder next week
As the MLS hot stove season has heated up, the Red Bulls have added striker Kenny Cooper and centerback Marcus Holgersson, and been linked to defender Wilman Conde and a...
Girls basketball roundup: Horace Mann's Gordon nets 1,00th point
Madison Gordon tried to treat it like any other free throw, but she knew it wasn't. “The first one felt like a normal one,” she said. “The second one I...
Relieved by qualifying SAT score, Libroia leads Cross over SFP
Anthony Libroia couldn’t even seem to hit the most wide-open 3-pointers earlier in the season. The Holy Cross guard, known for his shooting prowess, struggled and he knows exactly why....
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Wings nips Wadleigh on late free throws from Jenkins
Justin Jenkins sank two free throws with 0.8 remaining as Wings Academy edged Wadleigh, 59-57, to complete a treacherous week 3-0. Jaequan Brown led Wings (18-2, 14-0), which clinched the...
Sharpshooting Moore Catholic blitzes Cardinal Spellman
There is something about shooting at Moore Catholic for Christina Rubin. The Iona-bound guard has hit 12 3-pointers combined in her last two games at the Graniteville gym and against...
Knight moves: McFarland, Kennedy stifle red-hot South Shore
John F. Kennedy’s potential to be a legitimate city title contender seemed to evaporate with a disappointing loss to Murry Bergtraum on Wednesday. Evidently, the Knights didn’t get the memo....
NHL could loan cash-strapped Devils money for operating costs
The National Hockey League is in talks with the money-losing New Jersey Devils to advance the team money so it can continue to operate through the season, The Post has...
Business briefs
Talbots upTalbots has started an auction to sell itself, and its shares rose as much as 22 percent. Talbots’ adviser Perella Weinberg has started actively soliciting bids for the women’s...
Zynga’s CasinoVille could bring real cash
Don’t bet the FarmVille on Zynga’s gambling future. The social-gaming company tipped its hand yesterday by acknowledging that it was exploring getting into online gambling. Some Zynga watchers took this...
MSG face-off could last a year
Knicks and Rangers fans in Manhattan and other Time Warner Cable locations better sit down — you may not get to see your favorite teams on television all season. The...
Dow’s sleeper rise
This is one stock market rally that slipped under the radar. Wall Street has been so worried about Europe’s debt woes, stubborn unemployment and the weak housing market that no...
‘Mega’ bust nearly went boom
Kim Dotcom, the German-born founder of content-sharing site Megaupload.com, was found holed up with a shotgun as New Zealand authorities moved in to arrest him.“When we first entered the property,...
Netflix axes top marketer
Netflix, the mail-order DVD and movie-streaming service, is replacing its top marketing executive after a customer revolt over changes to prices and terms. Leslie Kilgore, chief marketing officer for the...
No slammer for Slaine
David Slaine, the former Galleon Group trader who helped the feds nail the firm’s founder, Raj Rajaratnam, was sentenced to just three years probation for securities fraud. Manhattan federal judge...
Greece near debt swap deal
Greece and its private creditors are closing in on a debt swap accord that’s crucial to cutting in half the country’s borrowings, with a face value of 200 billion euros...
Morgan CEO pay cut to $10.5M
Morgan Stanley paid Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Gorman $10.5 million for 2011, a 25 percent decrease from the previous year, a person familiar with the decision said. Gorman,...
Mark Wahlberg blames media for 9/11 comments
His perfect storm of idiocy just got worse. Delusional Hollywood tough guy Mark Wahlberg committed another act of phony “heroism” yesterday — by bravely going on radio and blaming the...
Church goes dry
The prayers of residents near Park Avenue and 63rd Street have been answered by a state court, which ruled that a catering hall in a historic church in the neighborhood...
Heat on property-tax man
Another showdown is looming between the City Council and the city’s Finance Department over property taxes.Council members yesterday questioned the reliability of the latest assessments rolls, as they did last...
$$-dodge lawyer jailed
A notoriously cranky ex-lawyer suffering from myriad mental and medical problems was slapped with a 45-day prison sentence yesterday for stashing more than $26 million in Swiss bank accounts.Ailing octogenarian...
Top HS grid Twit expelled
He tweeted himself right off the playing field. A star high school football player who ranks among the nation’s best has been expelled from his elite New Jersey school and...
Powerball players balking at $2 tix
Powerball players are thinking twice — and playing half as much — now that the price of a ticket has doubled to $2. Cookie O’Neill, a Methodist Hospital nurse in...
DOE cheat probe in no hurry
The city Department of Education’s internal investigative unit took seven months to conduct a cheating probe at a Bronx high school that questioned just two people — who both admitted...
Hope for wedding belles
Ladies, whataya mean there are no single men around?A new analysis of New York City’s population shows that the number of single men is actually greater than the number of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A drunken straphanger’s shenanigans at a PATH train station during yesterday’s morning rush hour created a brief security scare, authorities said. Lawrence Baca, 33, jumped onto the tracks...
Cruise-crash gal: I wasn’t tappin’ cap’n
He’s a coward and a crybaby — but not a “lover.” The craven cruise-line captain who abandoned his ship as it sank off the Italian coast was not fiddling with...
Etta James dead at 73
LOS ANGELES — Etta James, whose passionate rendering of the iconic love song “At Last” made her a legend across genres and generations, died yesterday from complications of leukemia. She...
Officer sues in IAB mess
An NYPD detective is suing a former pal’s girlfriend for allegedly siccing Internal Affairs on him in retaliation for the reopening of a probe into the suspicious death of the...
Union bid to keep control of pension fund
A much-ballyhooed plan to overhaul the city’s pension system is withering on the vine as key unions are pushing their own proposal, which would maintain their power over the massive...
2 hurt in gov-guard crashes
Two pedestrians were struck in the span of 19 hours this week near Gov. Cuomo’s Westchester County home by State Police drivers assigned to his security detail. State Police are...
Mike: Teachers see ‘merit’ in pay plan
If they ever get to vote, city teachers would approve merit pay even if their union opposes it, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. “Will the teachers union stand in the way...
Jay-Z's 40/40 club shut down for health violations, faces 'C' grade
Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club was shut down for a slew of health-code violations just a day after its celebrity-drenched $10 million relaunch — and now it faces a dreaded “C” grade,...
Work on 7 line to proceed despite snow
Today’s bad weather brings good news for most straphangers — except for the unlucky ones who depend on the 7 train. The MTA canceled nearly all weekend construction work in...
Waste-line lunch $queeze
Your lunch and coffee could be killing you — financially.A new survey has found that Americans spend on average $1,000 a year on coffee and $2,000 on lunch out, Gothamist...
Newt Gingrich's ex-wife Marianne reportedly had affair with married man
Takes one to know one. She blasted her ex-husband for cheating on their vows, but Marianne Gingrich reportedly carried on a prolonged affair of her own with a married man...
Union hits Mitt
TAMPA, Fla. — The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is spending almost $1 million in Florida on a TV ad attacking Mitt Romney’s business career. Romney has...
Gingrich surging in polls on eve of SC primary despite ex-wife's accusations
CHARLESTON, SC — Tawdry accusations of Newt Gingrich’s philandering by an ex-wife haven’t put a dent in his remarkable resurgence, with a new national poll showing him quickly closing the...
Obama to strike middle-class tone in State of Union
President Obama will again strike a middle-class tone in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, with the White House promising that his words will be backed by substance. A...
Desperate call
The fiancée of an NYPD cop who fatally shot himself at a crime scene called his Queens station house just minutes earlier with a cryptic warning that one of its...
Kidnap gal to marry
SALT LAKE CITY — Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart is engaged, a family spokesman told the Deseret News yesterday. Smart, who was taken at knifepoint from her parents’ Salt Lake City...
Ad-dition by subtraction
They were extremely insensitive and came down incredibly fast — thanks to The Post. Ads for a Tom Hanks film featuring the burning Twin Towers vanished from Ground Zero and...
Slow blow to riders
Bus drivers aren’t happy with the MTA’s hardball contract-negotiation tactics — and we might have to pay for it! Some steamed drivers — incensed over everything from the agency’s calls...
Net-piracy bill on hold
WASHINGTON — Yielding to strong opposition from the high-tech community, Senate and House leaders said yesterday they will put off further action on legislation to combat online piracy.Senate Majority Leader...
WATCH: Cleveland TV station uses puppets to report on high-profile corruption trial
It’s courtroom drama crossed with “Sesame Street” as a Cleveland television station barred from using cameras during a high-profile corruption trial depicts the highlights with a nightly puppet show. It...
City hammers FDNY judge
The federal judge who last year mandated broader judicial oversight over the FDNY “abandoned a neutral role” while presiding over the case and injected personal, “extrajudicial beliefs,” city lawyers wrote...
Mansion workers grilled in probe into Christmas Day fire in Connecticut
Employees of a contractor who sparked a Christmas Day fire that killed his girlfriend’s three children are being grilled over the renovation work done at the house as part of...
Rushdie death threats
MUMBAI, India — Salman Rushdie has pulled out of a literary festival in India because of multiple death threats. The renowned writer revealed yesterday that he’d been warned to stay...
$75M divorce hit on Kobe
Kobe Bryant’s wife is taking the air out of his basketball fortune.The LA Laker star reportedly will hand over $75 million to Vanessa Bryant in the couple’s divorce settlement —...
Hong Kong flewy jailed
A lawyer accused of fleecing the heavy-hitting international law firm that hired him — then fleeing to Hong Kong after his bosses discovered the alleged $7 million theft — was...
Niners to be crying in their Cristal at this party
SAN FRANCISCO — Hut, hut, chutzpah! A cocky nightclub here has scheduled a nonrefundable NFC Championship After-Party to be hosted by a slew of 49er players hours after tomorrow’s showdown...
Extra security precautions taken for Giants-49ers game
SAN FRANCISCO — They make Philly fans look tame. San Francisco football fans have gotten so thuggish that the 49ers and the NFL have adopted several extraordinary security measures for...
Giants fan's 'lucky' tree going to San Francisco, thanks to lottery win
The pathetic-looking Christmas tree that was on hand for Giants fan tailgates before the last four victories — including the win in Green Bay — will make the trip to...
Gold rushing to Bay bar
Displaced 49ers fans will have a place of their own to commiserate when they get trounced by the Giants tomorrow. Finnerty’s, a San Fran-friendly sports bar in the East Village,...
Brady covering the spread
If Tom Brady doesn’t make it past the AFC Championship game tomorrow, he and Gisele Bundchen — and a couple thousand of their closest friends — can enjoy watching the...
Will Iran answer O?
Last week, Tehran circles tipped a “top secret message” from President Obama to Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei. This week, almost everyone seemed to know (or pretend to know) something...
Supremes slap racial bean-counters
The US Supreme Court yesterday handed down a unanimous decision in three consolidated cases involving redistricting in Texas, overturning lower court orders that had redrawn the legislative districts drawn by...
An obscene 9/11 boast: Wahlberg ‘the fighter’
The Issue: Mark Wahlberg’s claim that he could have saved one of the hijacked planes on 9/11. *** The comments made by Mark Wahlberg show how disconnected with reality some...
Playing the percent-ages
The Issue: Profiling the “1 percent,” and the rhetoric of the president and the OWS movement. *** What a wonderful change of heart for The New York Times to publish...
Toodles, Judge Poodle
Speaking of out-of-control judges, it’s au revoir for state Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman — the leftist lapdog we dubbed Judge Poodle for her slavish devotion to the city’s...
Begone, Garaufis
It’s about time. The Bloomberg administration has demanded that federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis be removed from the ongoing lawsuit over the Fire Department’s hiring practices. That lawsuit, says the city,...
An administration full of 1 percenters
Stephanie Cutter, an adviser to the Obama re-election campaign, wrote a scathing memo the other day about Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital, subtitled “Profit at Any Cost.” Cutter sounded...
Bam’s jobs fantasy
‘In the Treasury we do not speak of tons of silver. Our unit is the troy ounce.” That was the response from some bureaucrat when Leslie Groves, the man who...
Culture, crime & cuisine
*FOR GOOD-LUCK SEEKERS Museum of the Chinese in America, walking tour Starting point: Lobby of MoCA (215 Centre St.) As MOCA tour guide Eric Zhang leads a walking tour along...
Cheer of the dragon
Dragons are hot! And not just because they breathe fire. There’s that girl with the tattoo heating up the multiplexes. And now, here comes the Year of the Dragon. For...
Holiday happenings
Chinese New Year celebrations go way beyond the Chinatown Lunar New Year parade (Jan. 29, 11:30 a.m. at Canal and Mott streets). From firecracker ceremonies to three-course dinners, there are...
Poor ‘Instinct’ stinks
The four scientists in “Instinct” spend most of the play’s 85-minute running time debating parenthood, religion and sexual identity. Oh, and they’re also trying to halt an epidemic killing hundreds,...
Off-kilter ‘Earth’ lacking in gravity
A Midwestern mother and her businesswoman daughter travel to a small American city. Their purpose? To identify the body of a family member who committed suicide.Hilarity ensues.If that sounds off-kilter,...
Kid stuff
Today HUNGER GAMES: Calling all young gourmands! Citi Pond at Bryant Park’s first Kids Food Festival will turn young eaters on to healthy edibles. The fest features more than 30...
Devils trade for Ponikarovsky prior to playing Flyers
This deal should be a steal of a rental for the Devils. Last night, they acquired 6-foot-4 winger Alexei Ponikarovsky from the Hurricanes for Albany defenseman Joe Sova and a...
Sports Shorts
tennis: No American man left standingFor the first time in four decades, there will be no American man in the fourth round of the Australian Open after John Isner lost...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; $10,500; clm 9 Ol' ManRiver(DMiller) 7.80 3.40 3.40 4 Gaelic Thunder (B Sears) 5.20 3.40 6 Tyree (P Lachance) 5.80 * Exacta (9-4) $34.00 * Trifecta (9-4-6) $224.40...
Vic C.’s Parx Grade
FIRST-1m&70yds; $28,000; clm; 3YO1-Holy Invader 7-55-Noble's Honor 5-12-He's All Alex 10-16-Can Do Kid 15-13-Karen's Saint 2-17-Mr. Montana 15-14-Alex's Mojo 8-1SECOND-6 fur; $22,000; clm; 4up9-Free Me 5-16-Captain Twitch 8-11-Fusethepprtnty6-17-OneFrenchKss15-12-Jay E Tee...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Rescue Plan (11th)FIRST: mile pace; $18,000; Complex1 ARiskManagement(MKkley)2-10-19-54 Voice Of Truth(BSears)1-4-75-25 Joltin' Colt(TButer)3-1-86-11 Arsenal(YGingras)7-1-79-51 B Major Belle(DMiller)3-1-19-52 Nathan Feelsgood(RPierce)6-6-68-13 Itsovalightsout(AMiller)7-5-810-16 Avenue Hanover(DDube)3-1-17-2SECOND: mile pace; $18,000;...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderPost Time: 12:35 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $21,500; alw; 4upCAPITALISM AT RISK won this level going shorter. CLEAR FAITH lost two race...
Aqueduct canceled
Because of the winter storm, live racing at Aqueduct has been canceled Saturday. The track and the Belmont Cafe remain open for simulcasting, and NYRA Rewards phone and Internet betting...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $26,000; clm($7,500); 4up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Donna'sSandee(L),120CMontalv7-7-6DeMola30-12 Sky Fever(L),115I Ortiz, Jr3-4-5J Ortiz10-13 Victoria Pool(L),120D Cohen8-7-9Chatterpl4-14 Brownsteins(L),120CVelasquz2-3-2Hennig3-15 Lake Song(L),120J Espinoza10-11-4Contessa4-16 Money Magnet(L),120C...
Aqueduct Charts
January 20th, 2012 Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $38,000; clm($30,000); 4up(f)Off: 12:20. Good. stead'd 7/16 & 1/4plTime: 24.23, 49.81, 1:16.21, 1:4.84, 1:44.7.Trainer: Brad BakerWinner: B M, 5, by...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $16,500; clm($12,500); 3YO7Kujaa (Maragh)9.405.203.605Bostonian Cat (Saez)12.406.2010Cheer N Shout (Trujillo)4.00Scr: Carolina Lizard, Miss Directed.* Exacta (7-5) $99.80 * $1 Superfecta (7-5-10-4) $1,046.00 * $1 Trifecta (7-5-10) $277.80SECOND-6 fur; $51,500;...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 21SUNJan. 22MONJan. 23TUEJan. 24WEDJan. 25THUJan. 26FRIJan. 27KnicksDenver 7:30 MSG Network ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENOGAMECha.7:00MSGESPN Cle.7:00MSGESPNNOGAME Mia.8:00MSGESPNNetsOklahoma City 8:00YES NetworkWFAN 660 AMCha. 6:00 YES WBBRChi.8:00YESWFANNOGAMEPhi.7:00YESWFANNOGAMECle.7:30YESWFANRangersBoston 1:00 MSG Network ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENOGAMEWinn.7:00MSG2WNYMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEIslandersCarolina...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball11 a.m.Maryland at Temple ESPNUNoonAlabama at Kentucky CBSNoonPurdue at Michigan State ESPNNoonRutgers at Georgetown SNY, WOR (710 AM)1 p.m.Xavier at Dayton ESPN21 p.m.Villanova at St. John's ESPNU, WBBR (1130 AM)1:30...
Rangers face test vs. Bruins today
What better way for owner James Dolan to see if the Rangers are “pretty close” to a Stanley Cup than to see them play those who have been closest to...
Parise hopeful Devils won’t have to cut payroll
Devils captain Zach Parise, the NHL’s most-coveted trade deadline “rental” candidate, said he hopes the team doesn’t go down the payroll-cutting road if the league advances Jeff Vanderbeek’s ownership group...
The Post Line
NFL PlayoffsTomorrowFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)Underdog49ERS12 1/2(42)GiantsPATRIOTS6 1/27(50 1/2)RavensHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballEast-West Shrine GameAt St. Petersburg, Fla.FavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogWest1 1/2 (38 1/2)EastNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogx-TEMPLE10MarylandWake Forest1BOSTON COLL.ST. BONA.14 1/2FordhamGEORGETOWN11 1/2RutgersMICHIGAN ST.8PurdueDETROIT8 1/2Wright St.KENTUCKY11AlabamaVillanova1 1/2ST. JOHN'SDAYTONPickXavierAUBURNPickS. CarolinaKansas...
Sabathia says new Yankees help title chase
TAMPA, Fla. — Michael Pineda has pitched one season in the majors and Hiroki Kuroda never has been out of the NL West, but CC Sabathia said he is convinced...
Mets manager knows tough task ahead
Terry Collins faced a daunting task a year ago when he became Mets manager with the team’s uncertain future. But at least he had Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran to...
Jets coach says he'll learn from failed boasting
Get ready for Rex Ryan Light? The Jets coach said yesterday he will consider toning down his bravado and brash talk next season after hearing what running back LaDainian Tomlinson...
Dolphins hire Philbin as head coach
MIAMI — A month of wrenching emotion for Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin took another turn yesterday when he landed the Dolphins’ head coaching job. The deal was sealed less...
Nets face Thunder, who can be their model
The Nets, in trading for veteran point guard Deron Williams and trying to acquire established star center Dwight Howard to play alongside him, have chosen to build their team one...
Gallo is eager to face Melo in Garden return
Danilo Gallinari, returning to the Garden tonight for the first time since leaving in February as part of the trade for Carmelo Anthony, just wants to win in Denver’s initial...
Anthony ejected, now Knicks face Nuggets
Talk about bad timing. Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony heads into tonight’s grudge match against his former team, the Nuggets, at one of the lowest moments of his NBA career. Anthony...
D’Antoni not solely to blame for Knicks mess
James Dolan should not fire coach Mike D’Antoni today. Because if he did, in good conscience, the Knicks owner also would have to fire himself, interim general manager Glen Grunwald,...
Knicks lose to Bucks; booing fans chant 'Fire D'Antoni'
The Knicks and Nuggets will face each other tonight for the first time since the Carmelo Anthony trade last February. The Knicks may have gotten the best player in that...
Patriots-Ravens matchups
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots have returned to their rightful place — playing host to the AFC Championship Game, something they will be doing for the third time since the...
These Patriots want to make own marks
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — There is a powerful, underlying movement at work inside the Patriots locker room as they methodically push the intensity level toward a crescendo for tomorrow’s AFC Championship...
Rice makes Ravens run into matchup with Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The play is one that Ray Rice called “the fondest moment in my NFL career.’’ Conversely, it’s one the Patriots have blocked out of their minds like...
Giants have plan to run past 49ers
It’s the matchup in tomorrow’s NFC Championship that’s supposed to go against the Giants: their once-anemic running game against the 49ers’ formidable run defense. But Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw...
Party’s over for 49ers’ Davis
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Vernon Davis is no longer host of a party following tomorrow’s NFC title game with the Giants. Word got out yesterday the 49ers tight end was...
Brain sometimes gets 49ers QB in trouble
The one element 49ers quarterback Alex Smith has yearned for his entire NFL career is the one he has never had — stability. Not just the stability of playing in...
Jets coach predicts Giants-Ravens Super Bowl
Here’s something that may give Giants fan a chill: Rex Ryan is picking the team to go to the Super Bowl. That might not be good news for Big Blue....
Former Rutgers OT Davis has 49ers vs. Giants in family
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis, a Giants-49ers NFC Championship showdown is no big deal. He lived it as kid. “Growing up, my grandmother was a...
Giants Pierre-Paul prefers Super Bowl over Pro Bowl
Next weekend is the NFL Pro Bowl, and Jason Pierre-Paul might not go, because he may have a previous engagement in Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI. “I’m not thinking about...
Childhood pals Gore, Rolle to square off when Giants play 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A bond born on the Pop Warner fields of Dade County 20 years ago that is both friendship and rivalry will get its toughest test tomorrow...
Giants linebackers, linemen key to success against 49ers
There are plays when Mathias Kiwanuka has a hole in the line of scrimmage that isn’t filled by a blocker. The Giants linebacker can fly to it unimpeded, and when...
Defensive ends started Giants' roll
The Giants’ return to glory under Bill Parcells was built around his linebackers. Heck, even when they weren’t good, the linebackers were beasts. From Brad Van Pelt to Hall of...
Touch of evil
Maybe young women should be warned against marrying men whose last name is Peterson. Of course no one can forget the heinous 2002 murder of pregnant wife Laci Peterson by...
Simon: ‘I was too smug’
Simon Cowell says he “got a big wake-up call” when several of his shows, including Fox’s “The X Factor,” went through a rough patch last year. “I got a bit...
Discovery Concordia probe
They’re still searching for missing passengers from the Costa Concordia, but that isn’t stopping Discovery from turning the disastrous cruise ship crash into the topic of a new documentary. The...
Weird but true
Draper, Utah, is definitely not Cougar Town. When officials at a new high school surveyed students on what they wanted to name their sports teams, they voted for the cougar....
Pinkston, Villanova face St. John's today
JayVaughn Pinkston expected to come away with some great stories about his freshman year playing at Villanova. Pinkston, The Post’s 2010 high school player of the year from Bishop Loughlin,...
Sundance: The trouble with indie comedies
Two films that premiered here on Friday -- Todd Luiso's "Hello, I Must Be Going'' and Leo Toland Krieger's "Celeste and Jesse Forever'' -- once again demonstrate the tendency of...
Netflix announces changes in executive team
Netflix Inc. on Friday announced a set of executive changes at the video-streaming and DVD-rental company, MarketWatch reported. Leslie Kilgore, Netflix's chief marketing officer, will join the company's board as...
Eagles exact revenge, hand Collegiate first Ivy loss
Over the last 11 days, idle Fieldston had one thing on its mind: Collegiate, the four-time NYSAISAA Class B and New York State Class B Federation champions. But really, the...
Bucks beat Knicks 100-86 for first road win
Brandon Jennings scored a season-high 36 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks won on the road for the first time this season by beating the Knicks 100-86 Friday night. The Bucks...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Louglin beats All Hallows for fourth straight win
Bishop Loughlin has been successful this season due to its mental toughness in tight games and the play of sophomores Khadeen Carrington and Mike Williams. Their classmate, Elisha Boone, had...
Beckham, Galaxy confirm interest in Frank Lampard
LOS ANGELES -- David Beckham said it was possible English Premier League star Frank Lampard could be lining up alongside him in a Los Angeles Galaxy jersey in the future....
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger's civil sexual assault lawsuit settled
RENO, Nev. -- A sexual assault civil case brought against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been settled, but neither side has disclosed the terms of the agreement, the Reno...
Red Bulls' coach Hans Backe bracing for loss of Rodgers or Agudelo....or both
The Red Bulls are bracing for the possibility of their depth at forward getting a little less deep. Coach Hans Backe said he can’t count on or even expect to get both...
Red Bulls, Lindpere brace for contract showdown
Throughout his two-year stay with the Red Bulls, Joel Lindpere has consistently been regarded as one of New York’s most pivotal performers and one of MLS’ most underpaid players. It...
Dolphins hire Packers coordinator Philbin as head coach
MIAMI -- A person familiar with the decision says Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin has accepted an offer to become the Miami Dolphins’ head coach. The person confirmed...