February 26, 2012
'The Artist' earns best-picture, lead-actor Oscars; Streep best actress
LOS ANGELES — "The Artist" won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony...
Livetweeting the Oscars
For maximum snark to make Oscar night pass a little more painlessly, go to Twitter.com and follow Lou Lumenick (@loulumenick), the staff (@newyorkpost) and myself (@rkylesmith). Other cinemaniac wits sure...
Santorum: no apology needed for Koran burning
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum criticized President Barack Obama's apology for the burning of Korans in Afghanistan, adding that Afghanistan should apologize to the U.S. for the deaths...
Alleged gunman in shooting of Bronx boy has violent past
The teenage thug accused of shooting an 8-year-old Bronx boy in the shoulder is no stranger to gun violence. Eduardo Rodriguez, 15 — who was arrested in last week’s bodega...
No one stopped to help: Passers-by ignore beaten WWII vet
DETROIT — A World War II veteran said nobody helped him in the minutes after he was attacked and carjacked during daylight at a busy Detroit gas station and he...
Calif. girl, 11, fights classmate, dies hours later
LONG BEACH, Calif. — An 11-year-old girl died following an after school fight at a Long Beach elementary school, but authorities say they have no immediate plans for arrests. Police...
Devils lose to Lightning
Martin St. Louis scored three goals and set up another to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. Mathieu Garon made...
Tragedy: Jersey City teen shoots half-brother, 12, dead
JERSEY CITY, NJ — The teenage son of a corrections officer used her service weapon to fatally shoot his younger half-brother this weekend at the woman's northern New Jersey apartment,...
Nationals, Zimmerman agree to $100 million extension
Ever since he became the Washington Nationals’ very first draft pick, Ryan Zimmerman wanted to stay with the club for the long haul. Now he’ll get that wish. The Nationals...
Stony Brook clinches America East with win over Maine
Dallis Joyner scored 12 points and Stony Brook defeated Maine 55-48 Sunday for its second America East regular season championship in three years. The Seahawks (20-8, 14-2) led 30-24 at...
Wounded journalists likely to be rescued from Syria Monday, Red Cross says
DAMASCUS -- The evacuation of wounded journalists from the Syrian flashpoint city of Homs will most likely take place on Monday because it is "dangerous" to pull them out Sunday...
Mets manager says Tejada 'got the message' after arriving later than hoped
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada has reported to spring training camp on time. Still, it was later than manager Terry Collins had anticipated. “I just think...
Owner of bankrupt giant Glasgow Rangers hides out in Monaco
MONACO -- The owner of top Scottish soccer club Glasgow Rangers was tracked down to a luxury apartment in Monaco amid revelations of the chaotic finances that pushed the club...
Thierry Henry fit & healthy, seeking chemistry with Kenny Cooper
Red Bull captain Thierry Henry’s loan stint at Arsenal was hailed by team GM Erik Soler as a fantastic move for not only the player but both his old and...
Mets practice field replicates new Citi dimensions
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Mets won’t have to wait until opening day to gauge how the pulled-in fences at Citi Field will lead to more long balls. One...
'Bridesmaids' director Paul Feig and Focus CEO James Schamus talk digital distribution at Writers Guild Awards
Even though “Bridesmaids” is the most-ordered on-demand title of all time, director Paul Feig might not have been thrilled if his movie was on pay-per-view while it was still in...
'Act of Valor' storms weekend box office
On Oscar weekend, the real-life action stars of “Act of Valor” bested Hollywood’s pretend heroes. The Relativity Media action flick, starring real, active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs, topped the weekend box...
US advisers shot dead in Afghan interior ministry had been mocking Koran protests: source
KABUL — Two US advisers who were shot dead in the Afghan interior ministry by a colleague had been mocking anti-American protests over the burning of the Koran, a government...
Swisher has not asked Yankees for extension
TAMPA -- As much as Nick Swisher adores being a Yankee, he didn't tell his agent to ask the Yankees for a contract extension during the offseason.Swisher can become a...
VIDEO: Knicks can be dangerous playoff team
At NBA All-Star Weekend, Jeremy Lin's story was on everyone's mind. How can he help the Knicks in the second half? Marc Berman of the New York Post discusses with...
Christie would listen if Romney asked him to be his vice-presidential candidate
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he’d listen if Mitt Romney asked him to be his vice-presidential candidate, but he noted that he’s not really interested. "I love my party...
Algorithms scratched from Fountain of Youth Stakes
Trainer Todd Pletcher's unbeaten 3-year-old colt Algorithms, among the top contenders for this year's Kentucky Derby, was scratched on the morning of Sunday's Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park,...
Manningham '75-percent' sure he won't be back with Giants
Both coach Tom Coughlin and general manager Jerry Reese in the past few days expressed doubt about the Giants ability to retain receiver Mario Manningham, who on March 13 is...
Avril Lavigne in talks to become 'X Factor' judge: report
LOS ANGELES -- Avril Lavigne is in talks to become a judge on "The X Factor," TMZ reported Sunday. The Canadian singer believes her experience in the limelight from the tender...
1.3 million still homeless from Iraq conflict, UN officials say
BAGHDAD — Officials say more than 1.3 million Iraqis remain homeless after being forced to flee six years ago during widespread sectarian violence that threatened their lives. United Nations diplomat...
Clinton appeals for all Syrians to abandon President Assad
RABAT, Morocco — Syrians in the military and business who still support President Bashar Assad should turn against him, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday. “The longer...
Israel inks $1.6 billion arms deal with Azerbaijan, bringing sophisticated military technology close to Iran
JERUSALEM — Israeli defense officials on Sunday confirmed $1.6 billion in deals to sell drones as well as anti-aircraft and missile defense systems to Azerbaijan, bringing sophisticated Israeli technology to...
Arizona governor endorses Mitt Romney ahead of state's primary
WASHINGTON -- Arizona's Republican governor, Jan Brewer, endorsed Mitt Romney for president Sunday, just two days before her state's primary. Brewer announced her endorsement on NBC's "Meet the Press," saying...
Seven US troops wounded in grenade attack as Afghan president calls for calm
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- A protester was killed and seven US soldiers were wounded Sunday in a grenade attack on their base in a sixth day of anti-American protests, police said,...
Nelson Mandela leaves hospital following abdominal procedure
JOHANNESBURG -- Former South African leader Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday following successful treatment for an abdominal complaint. The 93-year-old ex-leader underwent laparoscopy -- a procedure in...
New animal virus found on 74 British farms
LONDON -- A disease that causes birth defects and miscarriages in livestock was spreading across farms in Britain. The Schmallenberg virus, which is thought to be spread by midges, has...
CHSAA Class AA intersectional playoffs preview
NYPost.com’s CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class AA intersectional playoffs, which begin Sunday with two outbracket games at Holy Cross. SCHEDULE Sunday, Feb. 25 First...
Motivated St. Edmund rolls past Sea, reaches 'A' semis
There may not be a more motivated team in New York City than St. Edmund Prep. Last year’s CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens ‘A’ regular-season champion was picked to finish last this year...
Xavier stops Spellman, advances to 'A' semifinals
Xavier coach Joe McGrane described his team’s season as a rollercoaster ride through a series of peaks and valleys. Saturday’s CHSAA Class A quarterfinal matchup with Cardinal Spellman was the...
Rangers trade Wolski to Panthers
There is apparently always a market for Wojtek Wolski, the 26th overall selection in the 2004 Entry Draft who has now been traded three times in 24 months with diminishing...
Packer wins 18th straight game, ends Friends' 10-year finals streak
Ethan Feldman and the rest of red-hot Packer Collegiate don't plan on cooling down anytime soon. The 6-foot-2 sophomore and the streaking Pelicans downed Friends Seminary with relative ease, 55-36,...
SIA exacts revenge on St. Ann's in ACIS semifinals
Staten Island Academy wouldn’t stand for a third consecutive loss to St. Ann’s. Led by the strong play of Mike Langford and James Morisano, the Tigers warded off past struggles...
Six pack: Panisse powers Cardozo to PSAL city indoor crown
Add another chapter to Alexis Panisse’s stellar senior season. The Benjamin Cardozo star turned in an exceptional effort to lead her team to a sixth straight PSAL indoor city title...
Glory Rhodes: Senior edges Livingston, leads 'Roos to first PSAL indoor crown since 1998
Robert Rhodes could feel Strymar Livingston trying to push past him on multiple occasions. “I wasn’t going to let him by,” the Boys & Girls senior said. Columbus’ Livingston, the...
Yankees catcher Cervelli took 'Rocky' road to team
TAMPA — Francisco Cervelli is baseball’s “Rocky.” Never count him out. In an Apollo Creed clubhouse overflowing with superstars, Cervelli is the Yankees’ underdog in pinstripes, the player from nowhere...
Yankees DH Ibanez covets ring after '09 Series loss
TAMPA — Like a lot of other Phillies, Raul Ibanez was powerless to stop Johnny Damon from stealing second and third on the same play in Game 4 of the...
Knicks star breaks barriers for Asian youth
All of them — the kids, their parents, the organizers and coaches of the national championship tournament that, for them and them alone, has been May Madness over the past...
Queens mom praises release of teacher data
Queens mom Christina, whose son is a third-grader, wrote this letter to The Post yesterday praising the release of the teacher data. She declined to identify the school or teacher...
As St. John’s freshman stars, brother faces murder charges
You need to be warned: This may have a heartbreaking ending. Then again, it may have a heartwarming ending. Can you have both in the same story? When you have...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Terry Collins
With the exhibition season on the horizon, Post columnist Steve Serby pitched some questions to Mets manager Terry Collins. Q: How fiery and emotional will you be when you address...
Recent history not kind to Yankees’ hopes of good ‘old’ days
TAMPA — Spring-training camps are open for every team now, but not everybody. It is difficult to miss who is not present, considering the pedigree of those absent. A few...
Sandler sets Razzie record: 11 worst-movie noms
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When Adam Sandler's bad, he's really bad, according to voters for the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that singles out the worst movies of the year....
2011 victory came as surprise to Daytona’s youngest
Defending Daytona 500 champ Trevor Bayne, 21, last year was the youngest ever to win of the race, one day after his 20th birthday. He shares his thoughts with The...
The Rumble
When Wally Backman saw Gary Carter for the last time in January, Backman knew that his friend and former teammate was dying. Right after the visit, he knew how he...
Public and private pension plans can't fund retirement
The ticking time bomb of public and private pension plans has a shorter fuse now, given the paltry returns garnered in the markets. In an eye-opening report, Credit Suisse says...
Newt has the right gas ideas
It has been a long-standing observation in Washington that the longer you work with Newt Gingrich, the less you like him. After seeing him nearly a year on the campaign...
401(k)s are OK
Can 50 million people be wrong? That’s how many Americans have 401(k)s, with close to $3 trillion invested in the plans. Looking at it from a taxpayer’s perspective, defined-contribution plans...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JAMES DOLAN His MSG network is hitting from downtown in the ratings, thanks to Lin’s reviving arrival with the Knicks. SERGEY ALEYNIKOV Ex-Goldman computer coder receives get-out-of-jail free card...
Mideast $$ to US bonds
Middle East oil producers like Saudi Arabia have been showing up at recent Treasury auctions. OPEC members with heavy wallets full of oil-tied dollars — as crude surged to highs...
Sony shuffles ahead
Sony Corp. CEO in-waiting, Kazuo Hirai, is wasting no time to implement his turn around plan. With just a few weeks left in current boss Howard Stringer’s tenure before he...
School choice: Middle class priced out of endowment enclaves
Each March, hundreds of thousands of families with high-school seniors gather around their kitchen tables to decide which college the kids are going to attend in the upcoming fall. These...
Little banks may be ‘stressed out’ of business
Small US banks don’t have to undergo government-mandated “stress tests” to prove their viability, but they have plenty else to sweat about: More than 750 could be at risk of...
Buffett picks his heir
Warren Buffett released his letter to his shareholders yesterday and told them not to fear a successor has been chosen to take over his roles at Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett, 81,...
A pessimist, an optimist
Dear John: I read your columns regularly; I also watch Larry Kudlow nightly on CNBC. I respect you both. However, there seem to be parallel universes that you two live...
US credit-card debt nearing toxic levels
More American households are falling back into the debt hole — this time without the safety net of home values to help bail them out. Last year, total US consumer...
App is Johnny come latte
Do you ever wonder in the afternoon whether drinking another cup of coffee could keep you from falling asleep at night? The Caffeine Zone 2 app lets you keep track...
Unorthodox ‘betrayal’
She’s got some chutzpah! A gal who ditched her hubby and ultra-Orthodox Satmar community in Brooklyn left behind a trail of broken hearts and hurt feelings to pen a controversial...
US bigs slain in Af’stan
Two high-ranking US military advisers were shot dead inside a secured command post at the Afghanistan Interior Ministry in Kabul yesterday, prompting NATO to pull all its staff out of...
Dozens more die in Syria attacks
At least 94 people were killed across Syria yesterday as regime forces pounded rebel-held neighborhoods in the besieged city of Homs.At least 16 were soldiers who died from explosions and...
LI journalist Marie Colvin's last moment
A simple gesture of respect cost veteran journalist Marie Colvin her life. Long Island native Colvin, 56, was killed Wednesday in Syria during a rocket attack on a makeshift media...
Taking swings at NYPD
In keeping with the spirit that no good deed goes unpunished, the New York Police Department is now a pinata. There have been no successful terror attacks in 10 years,...
PA warns Qns. nonprofit on parcel
The head of the Port Authority blasted a Queens nonprofit for failing to develop property that it bought with $2.7 million in taxpayer cash. Patrick Foye said the PA, which...
Julianne feels Palin’s pain
After walking a mile in Sarah Palin’s pumps, actress Julianne Moore has sympathy for the former Alaska governor. “I do think the situation that she was put in was a...
NYPD detective under investigation for sexual assault spent hours drinking with cop pals before tryst
The NYPD detective under investigation for sexually assaulting a waitress in an uptown steakhouse spent four hours eating and drinking wine with his cop pals before taking the woman to...
Mike’s in-house Muslim critic
There’s no shortage of Muslim leaders attacking the NYPD for secretly monitoring their communities as part of its strategy to head off new acts of terrorism. But only one of...
'Psycho' 17-year-old shot, beat classmates to death
When she was a teenager, Rachael Koloroutis, who lived in a suburb outside of Houston, used to keep a photo of her close friend Christine Paolilla in her handbag. On...
Iran spy game is deadly real
In the video game “Assault on Iran,” players can test their skills as a Special Forces soldier assigned to put a halt to Iran’s nuclear-weapons program. “Your team’s mission: Infiltrate...
Brooklyn nautical center $inking fast
A Brooklyn woman who runs a not-for-profit out of an old oil tanker that doubles as her home says the historic vessel might be sleeping with the fishes unless she’s...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** An East New York car accident left a woman dead and her husband critically injured yesterday, police said. Their car was struck by a 38-year-old motorist driving his...
SI lifesaver dies from train smack
A man who last month was struck by a train while rescuing a drunken filmmaker who had stumbled onto Staten Island Railway tracks died from his injuries yesterday in an...
Axed guy hammers Topps Co.
This rookie’s baseball card is worth $4 million — in legal damages. A New Jersey man claims he was railroaded by his bosses at The Topps Company, who allegedly fired...
Fashion designers fighting to dress Rooney Mara
Her family’s team was champion on the turf, and now Rooney Mara is queen of the carpet. At tonight’s Academy Awards, where Mara is up for Best Actress for “The...
Kennedy sparked hosp alert
A maternity nurse called in a “code pink” — the hospital alert for a newborn abduction — when one of Robert F. Kennedy Sr.’s sons tried to take his bundled-up...
A-Rod says Lin can crash with me
A-Rod’s choice of roommate would throw everyone for a curve — the Yankees star has a case of Linsanity. “Wow, what a run,” Alex Rodriguez said of Knicks point guard...
Pols give it an ‘A’
Local politicians yesterday cheered the release of the teacher-evaluation data, saying the Department of Education needs to be accountable for its massive budget. “They are educating our children, and we...
Nearby Bx. schools miles apart
What a difference three miles makes. At PS 86 in Kingsbridge Heights in The Bronx, 50 percent of the teachers are rated “above average” in how effectively they help students...
Queens parents demand answers following teacher's low grades
The city’s worst teacher has parents at her Queens school looking for a different classroom for their children. Pascale Mauclair, a tenured $75,000-a-year educator at PS 11 in Woodside, ranked...
Parents praise release of NYC public school teacher ratings
City parents gave The Post an A-plus yesterday for publishing teacher-evaluation data that revealed valuable information about the educators who are leading their children. “You never know what’s going on...
A show $topper at WTC
Plans for a performing-arts center at the World Trade Center are becoming more and more remote because of a lack of funding — threatening yet another downsizing of ambitious plans...
Museum’s reminders of ’93
Trapped in a smoky World Trade Center elevator 19 years ago, Carl Selinger composed what he thought would be a final farewell to his family. “Barbara — I’ve always loved...
Faux-gettaboutit!
He wants real jail time for fake-ID peddlers. State Sen. José Peralta (D-Queens) is proposing a measure to make the punishment for selling a phony ID comparable to the one...
One hour and $260 can get you phony green card, soc. security and license
It’s a passport to trouble — and it can be bought for just $260 on the streets of Jackson Heights, Queens. In just one hour, The Post was able to...
Higher authority
He is the happy warrior of the Archdiocese of New York — but how much power does Timothy Cardinal Dolan actually wield? And how does he lead behind closed doors?...
He’s grateful to Gotham
This hat’s for you, New York!Timothy Cardinal Dolan tipped his new red biretta to New Yorkers yesterday morning during a special prayer service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral meant to celebrate...
Condo Sukkot lawsuit
A high-rise holy war has broken out at the Trump Place Condominiums, where one man’s straw Sukkot has left a concerned couple soaking wet and steaming mad.Thomas Tagliani and Leslie...
Track-push nightmare
A 62-year-old Manhattan man survived being shoved onto the Times Square subway tracks early yesterday by a vagrant who was visibly intoxicated, police said.The victim was waiting for a Brooklyn-bound...
Husband of woman hit by shopping cart at Harlem Target suing shopping center
The husband of a Manhattan real-estate agent left with severe injuries after a shopping cart was dropped on her head from an East Harlem parking garage claims lax security caused...
'SNL' cutup Jason Sudeikis lucky with A-list ladies
He’s New York’s most unlikely lothario. Aw-shucks “Saturday Night Live” comedian Jason Sudeikis, 36, is rumored to have broken Jennifer Aniston’s heart, fathered January Jones’ baby boy, romanced Eva Mendes...
It’s ‘Bin’ bulldozed
Chateau bin Laden is biting the dust. Pakistani security forces have begun demolishing the compound in Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy SEALs last May.The government...
Death-ship hottie talks
It was a premature evacuation. The blonde who caught the eye of the cowardly captain of the Costa Concordia told a British newspaper that she likely would have bedded him...
Elderly father, mentally disabled son found dead in Bronx apartment
Eighty-five-year-old Joseph Valerio Sr. and his 46-year-old son, Joseph Valerio Jr., were found dead in their Bronx apartment Saturday night. It wasn't homicide. It wasn't suicide or carbon monoxide. It...
How the house became a home
If Walls Could Talk An Intimate History of the Home By Lucy Worsley Walker & Company In the Middle Ages, humans’ homes consisted of one room. One space for all...
Why social issues matter
One of the most frequently heard predictions about American politics is that social issues no longer matter. This prognosis repeatedly surfaced in 2010 and 2011, when the US economy was...
‘Militant sanctimonious fascist hippies’
The Park Slope Food Co-Op near Prospect Park in Brooklyn is not like your ordinary neighborhood Buy N’ Large. Few grocery stores on earth are as sustainably eco-adoring, cruelty-abjuring, social...
Hard cell
Heart-disease patients. The paralyzed. Families of people struggling with Alzheimer’s disease. So many had hoped cures were just around the corner. But three years after the Obama administration’s easing of...
Life on the beat
The past three months have been a tough time to be an NYPD officer. First, patrolman Peter Figoski was killed in December. Another two officers were shot, one barely escaping...
NYPD work in 1850
It was a city of “mysteries and miseries,” an ambitious commercial port town in which the pigs were free to wander and gangs like the Roach Guards and the Bowery...
Even Lisa’s on board
When even a reflexively overreaching extremist like US Environmental Protection Administrator Lisa Jackson sees only an upside to hydraulic fracturing, isn’t it time for Albany to climb on board too?...
NY’s (e)Bay Bridge?
With a $2 billion federal loan application in, and bids being requested from several construction firms, a replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge seems finally to be in the...
Live long in bad times
A weak labor market imposes enormous stress on people. Given the added anxiety created by a weak economy, you might think life expectancy would decline. Oddly, though, during recessions, exactly...
A fitting memorial
George Will’s article, “The Unknown Greatness of Ike,” (PostOpinion, Feb. 20) is right about the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial. We’ve already had one presidential memorial spoiled by pretentious architects....
Required reading
The Day in Its Color Charles Cushman’s Photographic Journey Through a Vanishing America by Eric Sandweiss (Oxford University Press) Like the recently discovered Vivian Maier, a nanny who constantly snapped...
In my library Jodi Picoult
“I loved writing, and I wrote all the time,” says best-selling novelist Jodi Picoult, who spent her Wonder Bread years in Nesconset, LI, where she wrote and illustrated her first...
Flirt with danger
Restless Souls The Sharon Tate Family’s Account of Stardom, the Manson Murders, and a Crusade for Justice by Alisa Statman and Brie Tate It Books They were among the most...
My New York: Paul Dano
He's starred in some of the most acclaimed movies of the past few years, including “There Will Be Blood” and “Little Miss Sunshine,” yet Paul Dano, 27, has thus far...
An Oscar valentine
French actress Bérénice Bejo has a pretty great reason to be cheerful tonight: She’ll be at the Oscars as a Best Supporting Actress nominee for her first American film role,...
Give Brad the gold!
Critics have been carping endlessly that tonight’s Oscars may be the most snoozeworthy and least attractive to mainstream audiences in years. There’s just not much to get excited about, and...
Worst Things to Say If You Get Caught Cheating
“Well, at least now we have something new to talk about in therapy.”Kevin “I couldn’t help it — she reminded me of a younger version of you.”Reid “I imagined your...
Ask Ashley: Get decked out to do it
I love my beard. Unfortunately, my girlfriend does not. In fact, it’s a huge point of contention. I’m starting to think it’s really putting a rift in between us. I’d...
Return of Diamond Dave
With David Lee Roth back on the mike, Van Halen’s legendary career has “come full circle,” the singer says. Two weeks ago, the revamped quartet broke a 27-year drought, releasing...
Lin-sane names
Linsanity, Tim Tebow and the presidential race reached the world’s biggest chess team tournament last week. The occasion was the 2012 US Amateur Team East championship in Parsippany, NJ. Every...
Cat, fancy
Last year, Julie Song, a costume designer who graduated from Parsons School of Design, was inspired to begin crafting cute and clever outfits for her cat. She made an elf...
Adopt Me!
Zoe is a 10-month-old English bulldog. True to her breed, she is a real bully and would be best in a home without children. Meet her from 11 a.m. to...
Bridge
Today’s deal reminds me of a story about a 105-year-old man who was being interviewed by a reporter.“To what do your attribute your longevity?” the reporter asked.“Well, I always tried...
Castellano goes with Algorithms
If jockey Javier Castellano could clone himself, he would be almost a sure thing to ride the winner of today’s Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park...
Sports Shorts
AUTOS: Danica is a wreck After starting from the pole position in yesterday’s Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway, Danica Patrick was caught in a crash when teammate Cole...
Bobby V. bans alcohol in Red Sox clubhouse
FORT MYERS, Fla. — There will be no drinking in the Red Sox clubhouse this season. The team will ban alcohol in the clubhouse and on the last plane flight...
Chiefs 'crazy' about chance at Peyton
INDIANAPOLIS — Give Romeo Crennel credit for honesty, even if it might get the Chiefs’ new coach in hot water with the NFL. Unlike Jets coach Rex Ryan and several...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto RacingNoonNASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500 FOXBasketballNoonCincinnati at South Florida SNYNoonMaine at Stony Brook CBSSN1 p.m.Indiana at Minnesota ESPN2 p.m.Pittsburgh at Louisville CBS, ESPN (1050AM)3 p.m.Women: Duke at North Carolina...
Aqueduct Analysis
1. 6 fur; $25,000; mdn clm($12,500); 3upWAR HITCH cuts back to sprint and drops to lowest claiming level of career after tiring in first off claim. MAHFOUZ stalked the pace...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $22,000; clm($15,000); 3YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Surfers Sister(L),110ABowman4-5-7Albertran6-12 Wade County(L),121FPnnngtn9-4-3A Dutrow8-53 MataDaHotTmt(L),121PHrnndzO6-10-6White30-14 Fuming(L),121S Russellx-x-xKeefe4-15 Hello Dalai(L),121A Arroyo8-6-3Pregman3-16 Shamrock'sTun(L),121RMontanz5-3-xBetancrt6-17 SolidIntheMiddl(L),121R Bracho6-6-xMaymo12-1SECOND-5 1/2...
Aqueduct Charts
February 25th, 2012Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $28,000;clm($7,500); 4upOff: 12:20. Good. urged 6w into upperTime: 24.07, 47.3, 1:14.13, 1:4.64, 1:45.11.Trainer: Benjamin Perkins, Jr.Winner: DK B/ G, 5, by...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-6 fur; $16,500; clm($10,000); 3up3Bellaridge (Lopez)3.602.402.201Odalys Halo (Garcia)8.605.405Kristina's Slew (Bernardini)7.40* Exacta (3-1) $26.40 * $1 Superfecta (3-1-5-4) $425.40 * $1 Trifecta (3-1-5) $89.30SECOND-1 mile; $26,500; alw; 4up7Mjstc Exprss (RccJr.)4.203.402.806Pure Attitude...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogS. FLORIDA2CincinnatiC. MICHIGAN9N. IllinoisLOUISVILLE8PittsburghDENVER9 1/2North TexasCalifornia2 1/2COLORADOILLINOIS8IowaMIAMI3Florida St.OREGON ST.4OregonMARISTPickNiagaraSIENA9 1/2CanisiusIONA22St. Peter'sFairfield3 1/2RIDERMANHATTAN2 1/2Loyola (Md.)OHIO ST.10 1/2WisconsinMINNESOTAPickIndianaOHIO4 1/2AkronNBAAll-Star GameAt Orlando, Fla.FavoriteLineUnderdogEast2 1/2 (283)WestNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogSENATORS$140-160IslandersDEVILS$200-240LightningPENGUINS$240-300B. JacketsCanucks$120-140STARSPANTHERS$100-120CanadiensSharks$130-150WILDDUCKS$100-120BlackhawksHome team in CAPS
Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm; 3YO3-PermanentVctn5-25-Glorious Union 6-11-Pool Party 3-16-BroadwyNmber8-12-SheltoweeTrce9-27-Caymus Girl 7-24-Shock Appeal 12-1SECOND-1 mile; $24,000; clm; 4up1-a-Oh Mandie 5-25-SpeedboatSally8-12-Marciannie 12-11-a-BurningClres5-23-SweetasYouAre4-16-L. A. Girl 9-24-Parish Hilton 8-17-Behold a Lady 7-2THIRD-6 1/2 fur; $22,000;...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile; pace; $14,000; cond.6GramsLegcy(RPerce)3.602.602.407Relentless G (D Dube)4.403.405No Surrenders (T Tetrick)5.60* Exacta (6-7) $12.40 * Trifecta (6-7-5) $109.80Winner picked by SmithSECOND-1-mile; pace; $9,500; cond.1ArtsIdelHnover(RPrc)2.802.202.104Spunky Monkey (D Miller)9.404.408Dungeon Dragon (T Tetrick)3.40* Exacta...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $17,500; clm($8,000); 4upWILLS AFLEET drops in class after tiring in first off claim. VALID CITIZEN third in slop in first off claim. DRIVEBYMEDIA adds blinkers...
Parx Results
FIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm; 3YO 6 Tap Chap (Arroyo) 14.80 6.20 5.20 7 Eiswein (Rivera) 23.60 10.00 5 Lil' Dante (Frey) 4.60 * Exacta (6-7) $193.00 * Trifecta (6-7-5) $943.80...
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