February 6, 2012
Thug sorry for fight that got rival killed
A Harlem man offered a half-hearted apology today for delivering a brutal beating that led to a rival being fatally shot in the back of the head. Michael Smith was...
Convict gets more time added to sentence after hiring 'hitman'
A prisoner who was caught plotting the murder of a witness who helped convict him was sentenced to an extra eight to 16 years behind bars. Disgraced Long Island businessman...
Cops responding to Queens man's 911 call find drugs in his apartment: feds
Always tidy up before calling the cops — it’s a lesson that Michael Cokley learned the hard way. Late last year, he called 911 to report a gunpoint home invasion...
Drunk man can't sue bar for injuries he got crossing busy highway: judge
A New Jersey man who got so drunk playing beer pong at a Greenwich Village pub that he thought walking across a busy highway was a good idea cannot sue...
Cop pleads guilty to heading contraband ring
Now he’s an army of one. A corrupt cop who bragged about leading a “good f----n’ army” of crooked cronies pleaded guilty today to heading up a contraband ring that...
'Cop shooter' indicted on attempted murder charge
A man accused of shooting a New York City police officer in the head has been indicted on an attempted murder charge. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office announced the indictment...
Trial for Jets DL Ellis delayed again
The trial of Jets defensive lineman Kenrick Ellis for malicious wounding has been postponed until May 22, according to court documents.The trial, to be held in Hampton, Va., was scheduled...
Skrillex 'Re:Generation' flick remakes The Doors and more
If you couldn't make it to the pair of Skrillex shows at Terminal 5 this past weekend, you've got another chance at seeing what this Grammy-nominated dubstep maniac is capable...
Tucson shooter Jared Loughner ordered to spend four more months in prison hospital
SAN DIEGO -- Jared Loughner, the gunman who gravely wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six in a mass shooting last year, was ordered Monday to spend another four...
Game 26: Bulls at Nets
Bulls (20-6) at Nets (8-17)Game Time: 7:30 p.m.Venue: Prudential Center, NewarkTelevision: YES NetworkNets expected starting lineup:PG Deron Williams: 20.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 8.8 apgSG Keith Bogans: 3.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg,...
MF Global trustee tracks down $105B in transactions
James Giddens, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global, said on Monday his investigators have now traced most of the $105 billion in transactions made at the bankrupt securities...
Manning gets Disney parade for winning MVP
Eli Manning got a head start on the rest of his teammates -- he already has had a Super Bowl celebration parade. As the game's MVP, Manning was flown to...
WATCH: The Post's Super Bowl wrapup
Post writers Mark Hale, Steve Serby and Bart Hubbuch wrap up Super Bowl XLVI and the Giants' big win over the Patriots.Ahmad Bradshaw scored the game-winning touchdown with 57 seconds...
Obama signs order blocking Iranian assets in US
WASHINGTON -- President Obama has signed an executive order blocking all Iranian government and central bank assets in the US. The order, signed Sunday, calls for a freezing of all...
Josh Powell's sons 'chopped to the neck' with ax before home explosion
GRAHAM, Wash. -- The young sons of Josh Powell -- the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell -- were murdered by "chops to the neck" and carbon monoxide poisoning...
Super Bowl champion Giants land at Newark Airport
The Super Bowl champion Giants are home. The team's plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport around 2 p.m. and was welcomed by hundreds of fans. As the Giants’ flight...
Iran bans 'Simpsons' dolls
Don't have a jihad, man! Iran has banned "Simpsons" dolls from the Islamic Republic, saying Bart, Homer, Marge and Lisa would corrupt the country's youth. The Institute for the Intellectual...
Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC
For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in US history. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 111.3 million people...
WATCH: Giants sing, dance on flight home
The Giants’ are still riding the Super Bowl high. The newly crowned Super Bowl champions celebrated their 21-17 win over the Patriots when the team flew home from Indianapolis on...
Bogans uses Bulls release as drive with Nets
Keith Bogans insists he doesn’t like talking about his unceremonious release from the Bulls and why he sat around for almost two months looking for work. It only ticks him...
Giants rookie Jones proposes to girlfriend after Super Bowl win
INDIANAPOLIS -- Both Greg Jones and his high school sweetheart won rings on Super Bowl Sunday. The rookie linebacker proposed to his girlfriend as confetti streamed down on him and...
Lin to start for Knicks against Jazz
Mike D’Antoni announced at the Knicks morning shootaround that Jeremy Lin would start Monday night at point guard while revealing more bad news regarding Baron Davis’ delayed debut. D’Antoni said...
VIDEO: Manning, Coughlin morning after
INDIANAPOLIS -- Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and Giants head coach Tom Coughlin talk about their win over the Patriots on Monday morning.The Giants defeated the Patriots, 21-17, in Super...
Investigator: LI grid star did get grade boost
Top administrators at a Long Island school district intentionally inflated a star football player’s grades in order to make him eligible for an athletic scholarship to Syracuse University, according to...
After Arizona and Alabama, will Obama sue Vermont?
The Obama administration has made itself very clear about states getting into the immigration enforcement business. It has said to Arizona -- for its SB 1070 -- and Alabama --...
Super Bowl Live!
The Post's Mark Hale is live from Indianapolis as the Giants prepare to head home after winning Super Bowl XLVI. Hale will recap the game's biggest moments and the news...
Giants fans shop 'til they drop in Times Square
Giants fans are shopping up a storm, scooping up T-shirts and other Super Bowl champions merchandise at a Times Square store. Shopper Stu Miller of Ringoes, NJ, wouldn't say how...
'I deserve a second term,' Obama says in interview
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said in an interview aired Monday he deserves to be re-elected, confronting his claim three years ago that if he hadn't fixed the economy by now...
Russian scientists reach hidden Antarctica lake
VOSTOK STATION -- A team of Russian scientists successfully drilled down to an "alien" lake deep below the ice in Antarctica that was hidden for an estimated 20 million years,...
Norwegian gunman Breivik claims he deserves medal for bravery
OSLO -- The Norwegian gunman charged with killing 77 people in twin attacks last summer told a court Monday he deserved the country's highest military medal and demanded he be...
WATCH: Gisele rips Patriots receivers for husband Brady's Super Bowl loss
INDIANAPOLIS -- Gisele Bundchen ripped into the Patriots receivers for the failed plays she believes cost her quarterback husband Tom Brady a fourth Super Bowl ring. The Brazilian supermodel was...
When it comes to Super Bowl, Jacobs says Giants 'could do this again'
Only hours after capturing their second Super Bowl in four years, Brandon Jacobs said he wants to remain with the Giants -- and sent a message to the rest of...
Knicks star Stoudemire to take leave after brother killed in car accident
Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire will be taking a leave of absence from the team after his older brother was killed in a car accident. Hazell Stoudemire, 35, suffered fatal injuries...
US closes Syrian embassy, presses Assad to go
BEIRUT — The US closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up...
WATCH: Giants Press Conference Live
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin and Super Bowl XLVI MVP Eli Manning will speak to the media this morning. Coughlin, Manning and the Giants won their second Super Bowl last...
Majority of NY voters in favor of reduced pension benefits for public staffers: poll
ALBANY - Less is more. New York voters strongly favor reduced pension benefits for future public employees and solidly oppose pay raises for state politicians and appointees for the first...
Syrian slaughter continues
Given a fresh license to kill, Syrian President Bashar Assad went to town -- Homs in particular -- killing another 50 people there on Sunday. Now the UN count of dead...
Abbas to head Palestinian unity government
DOHA, Qatar — The two rival Palestinian camps have agreed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head an interim unity government that is to lead them to elections. The announcement...
CHSAA boys hoops rankings
This weekend could have been a mini-version of the CHSAA Class AA playoffs. On Friday night, Christ the King defeated St. Raymond and less than 24 hours later the Royals...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
It was an action-packed week in the CHSAA, but the only major changes come in the bottom three. Nazareth firmly entrenched itself as the city’s top team. It picked up...
NYC girls basketball rankings
With the regular season coming to a close we have plenty of upheaval to our weekly rankings. No. 1 holds form with Nazareth picking up big wins over No. 2...
China defends its veto of UN measure on Syria
BEIJING — China said Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged, but denied playing...
Watch this year's Super Bowl ads - and read expert reviews
What was your favorite Super Bowl ad? Sunday's spots included a Clint Eastwood pitch for Detroit, Volkswagen revisiting its successful 'Star Wars' theme, a car duel between Jerry Seinfeld and...
NYC non-'AA' girls basketball rankings
Upheaval is the word to best describe this week’s rankings. The first three spots remain the same as we reward No. 2 Staten Island Academy for playing a 'AA' team...
NYC non-'AA' boys basketball rankings
Part of the reason we started these rankings was to highlight the lesser programs in the city. We've done our part -- now it's time for ones in the PSAL...
Boys basketball roundup: MSIT blasts Moore in SIHSL quarters
Kareem Martin and Osa Izevbuwa combined for 55 points as defending Staten Island High School League champion McKee/Staten Island Tech punched its ticket back to the semifinals. Martin had 30...
POST GAMES TO WATCH: Feb. 6-Feb. 12
The Post’s high school staff looks ahead to the most intriguing matchups in boys basketball and girls basketball for the week of Feb. 6 through Feb. 12. BOYS BASKETBALL Poly...
POST PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK: Jan. 30-Feb. 5
The Post high-school staff takes a look at the top performers in boys basketball and girls basketball from the week of Jan. 30. BOYS BASKETBALL Omar Calhoun, Christ the King...
Let record show, Parcells belongs in Hall of Fame
INDIANAPOLIS — Shame on the voters who barred Bill Parcells from the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. They embarrassed themselves and exposed the voting system as flawed. In...
Giants' Jacobs calls Manning best in NFL, hands down
INDIANAPOLIS — Brandon Jacobs sang the ballad of Eli Manning. “Eli Manning is the best quarterback in the National Football League, hands down,” Jacobs said last night after the Giants’...
Giants GM Reese put pieces together
INDIANAPOLIS -- The next time Giants general manager Jerry Reese says he thinks his football team can win a championship, maybe he’ll be taken a little more seriously. Remember all...
Giants report card
OFFENSE It’s difficult to describe how good MVP Eli Manning (30 of 40, 296 yards, 1 TD) is in crunch time. If that’s not ice-water in his veins, it’s some...
How they scored
First quarter 8:52 remaining Scoring play: Tom Brady is flagged for intentional grounding while in the end zone when he eaves the ball down the middle of the field while...
Cruz shows off moves after scoring Giants’ first touchdown
INDIANAPOLIS – Victor Cruz ran off the field afterward, pointing a finger at the crowd. Then in the interview area, the Giants wide receiver took off his jersey, put on...
Giants blitz
HERO Move over, David Tyree. Mario Manningham was practically invisible until the game-winning drive, then came up as big as any player in the Giants’ storied history with a 38-yard...
Manning bound for Hall of Fame with Super support system
INDIANAPOLIS — When Eli Manning had done it again, beaten Tom Brady again in the last minute, his wife, Abby, handed him a gift far greater than his latest Super...
Giants score in final minute to defeat Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI
INDIANAPOLIS — At the end, Tom Coughlin did not need to push and prod his Giants, did not need to preach "All In" any longer, did not need to insist...
NYC boys basketball rankings
Joe Arbitello is not going to be happy. The Christ the King coach likes nothing less than to see his team atop our rankings. Unfortunately for him, after a dominant...
Video boost to bring NYU applied-sciences school to Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn business leaders Friday stepped up efforts to support NYU’s bid to create an applied-sciences school in the growing neighborhood by releasing a 90-second video supporting for the initiative....
M.I.A. flips bird during Super Bowl halftime show
For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime extravaganza, a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. is likely to be the most remembered piece of...
PSAL girls basketball rankings
Oh that wild and wacky PSAL. South Shore was supposed to be head and shoulders above the rest this year and the Vikings could end up being that before the...
Misses mar game for Patriots QB Brady
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tom Brady set a record in Super Bowl XLVI, but it was his two fourth-quarter mistakes that were the difference between defeat and victory for the Patriots against...
Go to Greg
I’ve just been told I’m being laid off along with many others at my firm. Management would like us to keep working during a transition period before we collect our...
Giving ’em five
Chris Ferretti’s impression of Christopher Walken is so spot on, he could be anywhere — even a funeral — and people will ask him to say something in the actor’s...
60 Seconds with Charlotte Beers
As a powerhouse in the ad world, you were a trailblazer in a male-dominated field. Now in your book you say working women have it harder than they used to....
Inflated notions
You might say that Treb Heining has made a fortune from “inflated” prices. As a pioneer in the business of elaborate balloon displays, the 57-year-old has worked the Olympic Games,...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger), Kelly Clarkson 2. Turn Me On, David Guetta 3. Set Fire to the Rain, Adele 4. Rack City, TYGA 5. Good...
Facebook tells IPO banks not to talk about stock offering
Shut your pie hole! That’s the message that notoriously press-averse Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has sent around Wall Street recently, telling Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and the other...
Hostess union sets key strike vote
The restructuring of the bankrupt Hostess Brands bakery business will hit a key point tomorrow as the union representing 15,000 drivers and bakery workers votes to authorize a strike. The...
Business briefs
Your food billThe era of food prices always falling has come to an end with the world population expected to grow by 2 billion through 2050, according to Cargill, the...
Home, sweet home
More details are emerging about sweets tsar François Payard’s move to Columbus Circle.Payard, a third-generation pastry chef, and his partner, restaurateur Marlon Abela, are opening an 1,100-square-foot patisserie in the...
Moore for everyone
So many issues, so little time. Will Demi Moore get better? How deep is her addiction? What’s her relationship with her daughters? Well, here’s the scoop: Moore’s shock hospital visit...
Greek default crisis enters critical phase
European leaders maintained pressure on Greece to accept terms demanded by international lenders during a weekend of talks to avert a financial collapse. Interim Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and...
Accused Cashman stalker's mom says she made up pregnancy: sources
Only a week after Brian Cashman gave his alleged stalker $6,000 for an abortion, her mom revealed that the unstable woman was never pregnant, The Post has learned. Caroline Meanwell...
Paying the ‘pipers’ - plumbers among city's top OT earners
A new set of gut-wrenching numbers shows that Housing Authority plumbers are cleaning up on overtime. Thirty-one of the pipe workers are on the list of 100 top city overtime...
3 slain in 12 hours
Three people were murdered in separate incidents during a 12-hour spate of violence in Queens over the weekend, police said. The bloodshed first erupted at around 5:45 p.m. Saturday, when...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A crook knocked off two stores on the same day, in Soundview and Morrisania, police said yesterday. He allegedly began his spree at 8:15 a.m. Jan. 27,...
Nonprofit execs healthy wealthy
At one Catholic-run health insurer for the needy, charity starts in the executive suite. Mark Lane, the CEO of the Fidelis Care/New York State Catholic Health Plan, receives a $1.1...
Seizure horror at Qns. school show
An elementary-school talent show turned tragic in Queens after a parent suffering a violent seizure accidently punched a man who was trying to help him — and the good Samaritan...
‘We’re the remaining victims’
NYPD Officer Edwin Rivera rushed to Ground Zero a healthy, weight-lifting man and now suffers from cancer. “We sat in the pile and ate, drank water, rested — there was...
Just call him Tax-Hike Mike
WASHINGTON — Pay up, America. Mayor Bloomberg took his call for the expiration of the Bush tax cuts to the national stage yesterday, saying all Americans — not just the...
‘Chronicle’ $wats Daniel
Some unknown kids with superpowers are battling the actor who plays the world’s most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office. The 20th Century Fox release “Chronicle,” featuring a...
9/11 cops’ cancer woe
A startling number of healthy, young cops who responded to the 9/11 attacks have since been diagnosed with cancer, according to new data obtained by The Post. The statistics —...
Wrestler kills NJ mugger
A former high-school wrestler put a would-be mugger in a fatal chokehold in Newark yesterday after the thug tried to rip off a cellphone from the ex-grappler’s friend, cops said....
Shoe throw at Yemen prez
Cops arrested a protester attempting to throw a shoe at Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel yesterday. Amin Almroot, 34, of Brooklyn, was charged with disorderly conduct...
Brass to tackle cops’ NYPD blues
NYPD bosses are stepping up efforts to encourage troubled cops to get help, after the recent suicides of two officers less than a week apart, sources said. Many cops are...
Battle lines for gov, GOP
Gov. Cuomo and Senate Republicans are on a collision course that could soon return state government to the “chaos of past years,” sources close to both sides have told The...
E. Village outrage at Schwimmer’s home raze
David Schwimmer isn’t making any friends in the East Village — and he hasn’t even moved in to the ’hood yet. The former “Friends” star bought a beautiful East Village...
Giants’ victory is blue heaven
It’s deja Blue all over again! Eli Manning led another heart-stopping, fourth-quarter drive as the Giants upset the New England Patriots, 21-17, in last night’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis. Ahmad...
Giants parade in Canyon of Heroes tomorrow
Giants fans will bask in the glory of last night’s victory with a massive parade in lower Manhattan honoring Big Blue tomorrow. The city will host a ticker-tape parade and...
It was a Madge of honor
At the biggest, most important performance Madonna has ever mounted, the Material Girl was loud and over the top in her 12-minute, too-much-is-just-enough spectacle — like the Super Bowl itself....
Censors flip over gesture
The Super Bowl halftime show featured a digital, er, digit, malfunction. While tame compared to Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” eight years ago, potty-mouthed rapper M.I.A. raised eyebrows by flipping the...
Dream come true for slain cop’s girls
What a Super trip! Two of slain hero cop Peter Figoski’s daughters lived it up and rubbed elbows with A-listers during the trip of a lifetime yesterday as the Giants’...
Two-tough coach Coughlin’s a gamer – and now a Hall of Famer
INDIANAPOLIS — He had just guided his boss through the maze of cameras and klieg lights and fans and family members, given him a lift onto a podium, and now...
It’s big ‘woooo!’
It’s G-men mania! Euphoria swept Giants nation from Indianapolis to the Big Apple last night as a gutsy Big Blue squad snatched its second Super Bowl crown in five years...
Social media all a-Twitter with 16M hits
Twitter, Facebook and other social media exploded with Super Bowl activity throughout the game. There were a total of 15.8 million Super Bowl-related tweets on Twitter and comments on Facebook...
Clint scores for Detroit
Clint Eastwood scored one of the few touchdowns in last night’s advertising Super Bowl. The big-screen tough guy delivered a stirring endorsement of Chrylser, Dodge, Jeep — and Motown as...
Firing bad apples
In a series of articles last week, The Post chronicled how New York’s taxpayers continue to pay for the salaries and benefits of several bad — and sometimes downright dangerous...
Gutting the middle ground on abortion
When the abortion wars flared up last week, partisans of both sides rushed to the barricades — but the real lesson may be for the countless Americans in the middle....
Buffett loses his halo
The Issue: President Obama’s references to Warren Buffett in support of his tax-hike plans. *** Charles Gasparino finally says what needs to be said (“Saint Warren’s Dark Side,” Post-Opinion, Feb....
Another NYPD cop shot: When will judges wake up?
The Issue: The alleged shooter of Police Officer Kevin Brennan and his history of criminal behavior. *** “‘God Was Kind’” (Editorial, Feb. 2) in the case of Police Officer Kevin...
Indian Point-less objections
Two chairmen of New York Assembly committees — Energy and Corporations, Authorities & Commissions — claim that the Indian Point nuclear-power plant can be closed pretty painlessly. That is, without...
Fidler on the loose
Meet Lew Fidler of Brooklyn, whose 10 years on the City Council have apparently entitled him to, well, a grand sense of entitlement. As The Post’s Rich Calder reported last...
Order in the auditorium
The hecklers’ veto, sad to say, is alive and well — only now this thuggish tactic is being used by city high-school students. Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott was the latest...
Yes!
They did it again! The Giants bested the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl last night for the second time in four years, pulling out an absolutely spectacular 21-17...
Bam’s bogus youth agenda
President Obama is making a big push to recover his lost popularity with youth — but his promises don’t address the real needs of the under-30 crowd. Since Inauguration Day,...
Assad’s evil enablers
Russia and China’s veto Saturday of a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria dismayed and outraged Westerners. So what are they going to do about it? The double veto...
No escape from this absurd French caper
The three-piece orchestra in “Ionescopade” has barely started the overture — zany percussion, wacky noisemakers — and already the whimsy-meter is in the red. You’d think you were at the...
Pixie dust in Queens
Iceland’s eccentric musical pixie, Bjork, bridges the science of the natural world with the magic of music in her latest project, “Biophilia,” that made its US concert debut in Queens...
Affrunti’s Turf Paradise Grade
FIRST-6f; $13,000; alw; 3YO; (f)1-Racing for Gold9-52-CourageNGrace8-14-Mgeredvnentne6-13-Lynx Lake 5-25-Giacomo Girl 7-26-Joyce's Choice 4-1SECOND-1m; $13,200; cl($12,500); 4up2-Canard 5-21-Stormy Seattle 8-14-Twofisted 5-13-TrickoftheNrth4-16-Guiding Hand 2-15-Unbridled Fury 5-1THIRD-5 1/2f; $7,000; cl($6,250); 3YO; (F)5-SouthernSugah5-22-Sassy Victory...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-6 fur; $22,500; clm($20,000); 4up6City Gift (Bravo)2.602.402.101Gl Next Door (Domnguz)10.007.007Faithful Prayer (Jara)6.00Scr: Tribal Music.* Exacta (6-1) $26.20 * $1 Superfecta (6-1-7-5) $214.20 * $1 Trifecta (6-1-7) $57.10Winner picked by DaSIlvaSECOND-1...
Breeders' Cup jinx hits right out of gate
Just four weeks into the new year, the dreaded “Breeders’ Cup Jinx” already reared its ugly head. After winning all three of his starts gate to wire last year, including...
‘Game’ rolls at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. — Game On Dude defeated Uh Oh Bango by 5 1/4 lengths to win the $200,000 San Antonio Stakes yesterday at Santa Anita, giving jockey Chantal Sutherland a...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 1/2f; $22,000; mdn cl($15,000); 3YO; (f)BLITZENSTEKKLDPINK adds blinkers and faces maiden claimers for the first time in third...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Malibu Yankee(L),121FPnnngtn4-x-xA Dutrow3-12 Miss Blue Nitro(L),121E Riverax-x-xJenkins8-13 Shamrock'sTun(L),121J Flores3-x-xBetancrt9-24 Sunshine Katie(L),121J Arce5-8-xLake2-15 PeanutbutterCp(L),121L Munar2-6-2Rivera6-16 Here...
Aqueduct Charts
February 5th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $29,000; clm($7,500); 4up(f)Off: 12:21. 8. coasted in 2p, clearTime: 23.72, 47.91, 1:.28, 1:13.64.Trainer: Chris EnglehartWinner: GR/RO M, 7, by...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 6TUEFeb. 7WEDFeb. 8THUFeb. 9FRIFeb. 10SATFeb. 11SUNFeb. 12KnicksUtah7:30MSG NetworkESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEWash.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEL.A.L.8:00MSGESPNMinn.8:00MSGESPNNO GAMENetsChicago7:30YES NetworkWFAN 660 AMNOGAMEDet.7:30YESWFANNOGAMEDet.7:30YESWFANS.A.8:00YESWFANNOGAMERangersNO GAMEDevils7:00MSGESPNNOGAMET.B.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEPhil.1:00MSGESPNWash.12:30NBCESPNIslandersNO GAMEPhil.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEMont.7:00MSG+2WRHUNOGAMEL.A.1:00MSG+WRHUFla.3:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNO GAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG+2WFANNOGAMESt.L.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEFla.1:00MSG+2WFANNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog LOUISVILLE 3 1/2 Uconn Missouri 7 OKLAHOMA Texas 2 1/2 TEXAS A&M Marquette 9 1/2 DEPAUL DAVIDSON 10 Wofford ELON 1 1/2 Appalach. St. GEORGIA...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Connecticut at Louisville ESPN7 p.m.Women: UNC at Duke ESPN27 p.m.Missouri at Oklahoma ESPNU7:30 p.m.Jazz at Knicks MSG, ESPN (1050 AM)7:30 p.m.Bulls at Nets YES, WFAN (660 AM)9 p.m.Texas at...
Sports Shorts
Mlb: Penny to pitch in JapanRight-hander Brad Penny signed a one-year deal with the Softbank Hawks of Japan’s Pacific League. Penny, 33, went 11-11 last season for the Detroit Tigers...
Stanley rises from ashes
Kyle Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss last week to win the Phoenix Open, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit yesterday in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at...
Devils defeat Penguins
Red-hot Ilya Kovalchuk says the results are the message. The Devils did their talking this week by beating the Rangers, Flyers and Penguins, the three Atlantic Division foes above them....
Thomas, Bruins turn back Caps
Tim Thomas’ return to the nation’s capital was less political and more successful. Playing about 10 blocks from the White House — a place he famously avoided two weeks ago...
Rangers defeat Flyers
The Eastern Conference-leading Rangers bleed black and blue, their relentless work ethic demanded by the coach but enforced by peer pressure within a locker room into and out of which...
Knicks' new hero could start at point tonight vs. Jazz
There wasn’t a better way for Mike D’Antoni to spend Super Bowl Sunday yesterday than debating whether to start Jeremy Lin at point guard for the Knicks tonight against the...
Undermanned Nets face Bulls tonight
Nothing has come easy for the Nets this season. They started out with one of the NBA's hardest schedules, playing 14 of their first 22 games on the road through...
Once game starts, NBC walks away from ankle injury
Sometimes, all you can do is laugh. For the two weeks before the Super Bowl, the biggest unknown story was the condition of Patriots record-setting tight end Rob Gronkowski, hurting...
Jets owner congratulates Giants
At least Woody was a good sport. Jets owner Woody Johnson offered hearty congratulations all around after his team’s MetLife Stadium co-tenants, the Giants, beat their arch-rival Patriots, 21-17, last...
Boothe penalties don't hurt Giants at end
INDIANAPOLIS — In another scenario, Kevin Boothe could have been one of the scapegoats for the Giants had they not pulled out last night’s 21-17 victory over the Patriots in...
Nicks catches perfect 10 for Giants
INDIANAPOLIS — You have to hand it to Hakeem Nicks. Nicks was simply brilliant in the Giants’ 21-17 Super Bowl XLVI triumph over the Patriots, starring in his first career...
Giants punter Weatherford thanks Jets coach
INDIANAPOLIS — Even in the euphoria of the Giants’ Super Bowl-winning locker room (or perhaps because of it), Steve Weatherford couldn’t resist a dig at the Jets last night. Fresh...
Archie proud father of Eli
INDIANAPOLIS — The rest of the football world can mull the now-likely prospect of two Manning brothers one day getting into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but you can...
Giants LB Blackburn rises to occasion
INDIANAPOLIS — Chase Blackburn thought he had already written his storybook tale before he even played a snap last night in Super Bowl XLVI. It turns out the Giants linebacker...
Patriots TE Gronkowski wasn't factor
INDIANAPOLIS — Rob Gronkowski would not make any excuses after Super Bowl XLVI. The Patriots tight end swore he was 100 percent. He acted like the high left ankle sprain...
Painful victory for Giants tight ends
INDIANAPOLIS — As the Giants celebrated on the field following last night’s thrilling 21-17 victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, two of their tight ends, Jake Ballard and...
Snee says Giants had hustle, not luck
INDIANAPOLIS — Luck smiled on the Giants here last night, even if Chris Snee sneered at the mere premise. The Giants could not have lived Super Bowl XLVI much more...
Bradshaw’s accidental TD works out fine for Giants
INDIANAPOLIS — Just call him The Accidental Hero. Never has a player felt more conflicted — at least at the time — about scoring the winning touchdown in the Super...
Final TD decision debated
INDIANAPOLIS — Ahmad Bradshaw heard Eli Manning’s voice the second the ball was in his arms. “Go down, Ahmad!” Manning screeched. “Get down! Don’t score!” The Giants running back tried...
2012 NFL kickoff likely at MetLife with Giants
INDIANAPOLIS — If you’re already missing the NFL, it will be back seven months from today, very likely in New Jersey at MetLife Stadium. As Super Bowl champions, the Giants...
Giants stop Brady when it counts
INDIANAPOLIS — Tom Brady left Lucas Oil Stadium last night wearing a tailor-made suit and holding hands with his supermodel wife Gisele, trailed by a horde of cameramen and reporters....
Giants captain Tuck stands tall
INDIANAPOLIS — Even though there were still 57 seconds left in the game when the Giants kicked off to the Patriots and handed the ball to Tom Brady, Justin Tuck...
Manningham makes clutch catch on Giants winning drive
INDIANAPOLIS — As the Giants came onto the field for the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVI last night, Deon Grant and Mario Manningham had a chat. “He was down...
Patriots hindered by errors
INDIANAPOLIS — These Patriots looked like imposters at times during Super Bowl XLVI. What in the name of Bill Belichick’s hoodie was going on with some of these mistakes? Start...
Patriots' Welker 'let my team down'
INDIANAPOLIS — The smile was gone from Wes Welker’s face along with the color. The Patriots wide receiver looked crushed as he spoke to reporters following New England’s 21-17 loss...
Giants, Tuck get safety first
INDIANAPOLIS — Justin Tuck, who seems to save his best for last — see Super Bowl XLII, see Super Bowl XLVI last night — got the ball rolling for the...
Even Gisele can’t ease pain as Tom falls short again
INDIANAPOLIS — When it was over, Tom Brady’s night was sealed with a kiss and the warm embrace of his supermodel wife, Gisele Bundchen. It was not a celebratory kiss,...
Bitter end for Patriots RB Woodhead
INDIANAPOLIS — For a while, Danny Woodhead, all 5-foot-8 of him, stood tall as an unlikely Super Bowl XLVI hero for the Patriots. The running back, who was discarded by...
Patriots fall short at finish
INDIANAPOLIS — Four years ago, the Patriots lost Super Bowl XLII to the Giants after a wild pass play. Last night, they nearly pulled off one of their own. On...
Perfect end to historic season for Giants
INDIANAPOLIS — So this was how the football season was going to end, six months after the silly summer game of labor chicken, six weeks after the Giants had looked...
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‘Sister Wives’ challenging Utah’s bigamy law
A federal judge has given the green light for the stars of “Sister Wives” to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s bigamy law. Kody Brown and his four...
Love and death
Even before Kim cut out on Kris, more than 2.5 million fans of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” were consumed with Taylor Armstrong’s crumbling marriage and the rumors (and...
Matinee Idol
Broadway musicals don’t bring me joy. In fact, the very sound of “five, six, seven, eight,” makes me physically ill, and dance numbers that include top hats or flying witches...
Randy Jackson’s Twitter war with Broadway!
Broadway legend and former "Eight is Enough" star Betty Buckley launched a Twitter tirade against "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson Thursday night, for his habit of dismissing the show’s failed...
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Weird but true
Want to celebrate Valentine’s Day by ending your romance? The Bronx Zoo can help. For just $10, you can name one of its 58,000 hissing cockroaches after your love. ***...
Rutgers coach has hard-working roots
If you grew up in this exquisite melting pot of a city, a city where the faces change every day but the dreams remain the same, you know someone like...
Miami defeats No. 7 Duke
Reggie Johnson scored five of his career-high 27 points in overtime and Miami upset No. 7 Duke 78-74 yesterday in Durham, N.C. Kenny Kadji added 15 points for the Hurricanes...
Giants survive Patriots Hail Mary
INDIANAPOLIS -- The ball hung in the air for what felt like a lifetime, even longer for any Giants player or fan in Lucas Oil Stadium. The Giants know all...
VIDEO: Giants players celebrate win at Super Bowl XLVI
INDIANAPOLIS -- Giants players celebrated their Super Bowl XLVI victory over the Patriots on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium.Ahmad Bradshaw scored with 57 seconds left to give the Giants the...
Giants QB takes lead in Manning Super Bowl race
INDIANAPOLIS -- Eli Manning is now the family leader in Super Bowl rings. Eli won his second Super Bowl with the Giants on Sunday, one more than brother Peyton, who...
Bradshaw TD works out for Giants
INDIANAPOLIS -- Ahmad Bradshaw did not mean to score the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl, but he will celebrate it all the same. The Giants running back charged through...
WATCH: Interviews with champion Giants
See all the action as the Giants celebrate their down-to-the-wire victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. Ahmad Bradshaw scored on a 6-yard run with 57 seconds remaining to...
Manning drives Giants to another championship
INDIANAPOLIS -- This time, there were 3 minutes and 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter and they only needed a field goal, not a touchdown. The Giants had spent...
Woman hurt in B'klyn crash
A woman was seriously injured after her car crashed into another vehicle and then slammed into building scaffolding in downtown Brooklyn Sunday, authorities and witnesses said. The woman was driving...