April 7, 2012
Hanson gets to 9 under for lead at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two players from different ends of the spectrum each made Augusta National look vulnerable Saturday. Now, Peter Hanson and Phil Mickelson will be paired together for the...
GAMETRACKER: Yankees at Rays
Hiroki Kuroda makes his Yankees debut against the Rays at Tropicana Field in the second game of the teams' season-opening series.
Gionta's first goal gives Devils' 6th straight win
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice, Stephen Gionta broke a third-period tie with his first NHL goal and the New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on...
Henry, Cooper each score twice in 4-1 Red Bulls win
When the Red Bulls made a draft-day deal for Kenny Cooper, many mocked them for giving up allocation cash and a first-round pick. Turns out the trade wasn’t a good...
Video appears to show top Saddam deputy: Iraq
BAGHDAD — A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime still at large, lashing out against Iraq's Shiite-led...
Duda homers twice in Mets' 4-2 win over Braves
Lucas Duda homered twice and became the first player to take advantage of the pulled-in fences at Citi Field, leading R.A. Dickey and the New York Mets over the Atlanta...
Former Texas bank executives accused of fraud for trying to hide how bad lender was faring during financial crisis
HOUSTON -- Two former executives at Franklin Bank Corp. have been accused of fraud for allegedly trying to hide from investors how poorly the Texas lender was faring during the...
Connecticut official wants prison nursery for new moms
HARTFORD, Conn. — Victoria Steele saw her daughter on the day she was born, and was not allowed to see her again for five years. Steele, just 18 at the...
Gaza's Hamas rulers executed three men accused of spying, murder
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's Hamas rulers say they have executed three men in dawn hangings. An interior ministry statement said one man was spying for Israel. Palestinians who...
Universal head Ron Meyer on the future of the studio's movies
The head of the movie studio behind the “Back to the Future” series is looking forward to more franchises, comfortable seating and better food in theaters and, possibly, movies on...
Neo-Nazis patrolling Florida town where Trayvon Martin was killed
A heavily armed troop of Neo-Nazis are goose-stepping around the Florida town where Trayvon Martin was killed. Members of the Detroit-based National Socialist Movement are patrolling Sanford, Florida proclaiming they’re...
Mets, Niese make it official: Pitcher signs five-year, $25M extension
The Mets agreed with a Jonathon Niese on a five-year, $25 million contract extension. It includes club options for 2017 and 2018 for $10.6 million that could bring the total...
GAMETRACKER: Braves at Mets
R.A. Dickey tries to give the Mets their second straight win over the Braves at Citi Field in the season-opening series for both teams.
Cops bust Virginia man for illegal gun after he tried to slip into Times Square subway station without paying
Two eagle-eyed cops busted a Virginia man for an illegal gun when he tried to slip into a Times Square subway station without paying yesterday, police said. Travis Marks, 26,...
Sprint's new 4G service reaches top speeds in just one US town
Over the next few weeks, Sprint Nextel plans to introduce two smartphones with the tantalizing promise of super-fast speeds on the carrier's 4G LTE network. One problem -- these phones...
NJ man back home after shooting himself in heart with nail gun
CAMDEN, N.J. — A self-employed builder from New Jersey who accidentally shot a nail into his heart last weekend has been released from the hospital and is expected to fully...
Union contracts expire tonight for 40,000 AT&T workers, leaving them free to call a strike
Union contracts for 40,000 AT&T workers expire at midnight, leaving them free to call a strike to pressure the company at the negotiating table. The workers are on the shrinking...
Ford recalls 140,000 Focus cars for windshield wiper problem
DETROIT — Ford is recalling more than 140,000 Focus compact cars because the passenger side windshield wiper can fail. Federal Safety regulators say a seal in the wiper motor wiring...
No way any candidate but Romney can be Republican nominee: GOP superdelegates
WASHINGTON — It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president. That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the...
NBC News producer fired over Zimmerman 911 call: source
NBC News has fired a producer for editing a recording of George Zimmerman's 911 call the night he shot Trayvon Martin. NBC had aired an edited version of Zimmerman's call...
Teenager who moved to Indiana for new life killed in spat over sneakers
GARY, Ind. -- A Chicago man who recently moved to Indiana to try to turn his life around was killed after refusing to hand over his sneakers to an armed...
Elderly Brooklyn couple shot dead in apparent murder-suicide
An elderly couple was shot dead in Canarsie early Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide, according to a police source. A preliminary investigation indicates the man, Vincent Tropeano, shot the woman,...
Swimmer arrested after disrupting historic Oxford-Cambridge boat race
LONDON -- A wetsuit-clad protester was arrested Saturday after swimming out into the River Thames to disrupt the world famous Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. The two university rowing crews were forced...
Cops hunt gunman after shooting spree leaves 3 dead, 2 injured in Tulsa
Police are hunting for a gunman who shot five African-Americans in less than an hour— killing three — in a bloody spree that residents fear is fueled by racism. Authorities,...
Hundreds of police on Paris streets over serial killer fears
PARIS -- Hundreds of extra police were drafted into the Paris suburbs Saturday where four murders have been carried out with the same weapon since November. Fears were raised that...
Malawi's new president sworn-in after government confirms Mutharika's death
BLANTYRE, Malawi -- Malawi's new President Joyce Banda called for unity and reconciliation at her swearing-in Saturday, two days after her predecessor and political rival Bingu wa Mutharika died in...
WATCH: Greek newscaster pelted with eggs, yogurt live on-air
He's gonna need a new suit. Angry protesters broke into a TV studio and pelted a Greek journalist with eggs and yogurt -- live on-air, while the cameras were rolling...
Pilot and five injured in Virginia Navy jet crash released from hospital; investigation continues
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Zooming along at 170 mph in a fighter jet carrying thousands of pounds of volatile fuel, two Navy pilots faced nothing but bad choices when their...
Tollefson leaves Giants to sign with Raiders
Players who made significant contributions to the Super Bowl winning season, both on and off the field, continue to leave the Giants. Dave Tollefson, a reserve defensive end and popular...
Storm smashes 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's Texas ranch
FOWLERTON, Texas -- Wrestling legend "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was left stunned this week after the barn on his Texas ranch was destroyed by a storm. The 47-year-old, real name...
Cargo train kills 2 men on tracks over trestle in Chautauqua County
WESTFIELD — Authorities say a cargo train chugging over a trestle in an upstate New York village struck three men walking on the tracks, killing two and seriously injuring the...
Nets' Brooks seeing more time at point guard
MarShon Brooks won a Georgia state high school championship as a point guard, went to Providence to be a point guard and in the closing days of his rookie NBA...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
WOOD MEMORIAL Aqueduct, ninth race. Grade 1. Purse: $1 million. 1¹/₈ miles, 3-year-olds. Post: 5:15 p.m. LOWDOWN: Gemologist is unbeaten in four starts including two wins going two turns as...
Monroe Tournament preview
NYPost.com baseball beat writers Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi break down the upcoming 20-team Monroe Tournament, which starts with pool play Saturday and Monday and is followed by elimination games...
High-risk sex offender with 'South Park for Life' tattoo on the run in Houston after discarding GPS ankle monitor
HOUSTON -- A high-risk sex offender was on the loose Friday night after escaping from a Houston halfway house and discarding his GPS tracking ankle monitor, the Houston Chronicle reported....
Popular fishing show host killed in Florida plane crash
EVERGLADES, Fla. -- Popular American fishing TV show host Jose Wejebe died Friday afternoon when he crashed his single-engine plane near an airstrip in Everglades, Fla., in the southwestern part...
Wheelchair Charities HS Basketball Classic schedule
This spring marks 39 straight years of the Wheelchair Charities HS Basketball Classic. Only this time, there will be a new venue.York College (94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica,...
Loughlin star's recruitment heating up after stellar soph season
Lincoln’s Isaiah Whitehead and Archbishop Molloy’s C.J. Davis receive much of the notoriety when it comes to New York City’s top sophomores. That was before this winter. A third player...
Murdered Iraqi-American woman was planning divorce, move: brother
EL CAJON, Calif. -- An Iraqi-American woman beaten to death in her southern California home last month was planning to divorce her husband and move to Texas, her brother revealed...
Search resumes for Pakistani soldiers buried in avalanche
SKARDU, Pakistan -- The Pakistani military resumed desperate rescue efforts Sunday to find survivors after an avalanche buried up to 135 soldiers at an army camp high in the Kashmir...
'Christ, don't take me yet,' Venezuelan president Chavez weeps, as health fears grow
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Concern about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health grew Friday amid reports the cancer-stricken leader will seek emergency medical care in Brazil, a day after the president broke...
Couples tied for lead at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Who’s cooler than Fred Couples? No one in golf, that’s for sure. A rock star, maybe? Springsteen? Bono? Those guys can’t break 80, though. Couples always has...
Garcia’s doubts still linger
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sergio Garcia was talking about an infected finger he is trying to battle through this week at the Masters when someone asked him which finger it was....
Rory roars into contention with 3-under
AUGUSTA, Ga. — If Rory McIlroy can figure out the 10th hole, he just might win the 76th Masters. He has put himself in contention for the weekend after shooting...
Rose Classic hosts Apache Day tourney in memory of Naz coach
The Rose Classic will honor one of it most influential figures Saturday. It’s a thank you to Apache Paschall in Anton Marchand’s eyes. “We wanted to be simple with it,...
INSIDE BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Longtime Lafayette coach dies, Sea starts program
The PSAL lost one of its longtime volleyball coaches late last month. Steve DeGennaro, who coached the boys and girls program at Lafayette for more than 20 years, died March...
Famed painter Thomas Kinkade dead at age 54
Famed painter Thomas Kinkade is dead at the age of 54. Kinkade died at his home in Los Gatos of what appeared to be natural causes, David Satterfield said. His...
Fmr. California teacher who flaunted romance with teen student arrested for sex abuse of minor: police
MODESTO, Calif. — A former California teacher who made national headlines when he left his job and family to move in with an 18-year-old student was arrested Friday on suspicion...
Business briefs
Credit spreeConsumer credit advanced at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.2 percent to $2.52 trillion in February, the Federal Reserve reported. That is the highest pile of debt since...
Curry-ing favor
Matt Lauer’s new $25-million-a-year contract to stay with NBC’s “Today” show could cost Ann Curry her job as co-anchor. While Lauer’s new multi-year deal ended months of speculation that the...
Madman McCrudden heading to slammer
A wacko trader who went on a mad rampage last year, threatening dozens of federal regulators he claimed were persecuting him, was sentenced to two years and four months in...
Job growth slows in March
The long road to bringing back all the jobs lost in the recession just got longer. Job growth slowed to an agonizing crawl last month, with employers hiring roughly half...
Apple eyes e-book row
Apple and two publishers are preparing to fight the Justice Department in court if necessary over pricing agreements for digital books, said two people with knowledge of the matter. Apple,...
Battle of old and new in video game world
Gamers fear that the market for swapping second-hand video games — dominated by retail chain GameStop — is coming under attack. GameStop’s $2 billion market for used video games has...
Dodgers see path to home
Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers filed an amended bankruptcy reorganization plan that the team’s lawyers said will pay creditors in full and allow the team to exit Chapter 11...
No pay boosts for bailout CEOs: Feds
The Treasury Department rejected some salary increases requested by General Motors as it froze top pay packages at three companies that received exceptional assistance during the financial crisis.Overall CEO compensation...
‘Don’t worry . . . I just killed my ex-girlfriend’
A young Brooklyn mom was found strangled in her apartment yesterday after her estranged boyfriend told his own sister, “Don’t worry about where I’m going, I just killed my ex-girlfriend,”...
Barge tips over in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty, injuring two crew members
Lady Luck was looking out for crew members of a work barge who escaped with just minor injuries after their vessel overturned near Lady Liberty in New York Harbor yesterday...
Santorum’s Texas twist
WASHINGTON — To give his fading campaign another shot, Rick Santorum is trying to change a Texas primary rule, but the Republican Party says don’t bet on it. Santorum and...
Mitt job jab at Bam
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney yesterday took President Obama to task for a new government report of slowed job growth that could signal a stalled economic recovery. “It is increasingly clear...
Missiles on move
MOSCOW — The Russian military has begun deploying S-400 mobile surface-to-air missiles in Kaliningrad in the Baltics, local newspapers said.The reports come amid rising tension over Washington’s plans for a...
Rick’s daughter in hosp
VERONA, Pa. — Rick Santorum’s 3-year-old daughter, Bella, has returned to the hospital, a campaign spokesperson said yesterday. The campaign did not provide the reason for her hospitalization or additional...
Brooklyn gun nut kills self
A Brooklyn ex-con busted by cops five years ago for keeping an arsenal of guns at his home was found dead yesterday after allegedly setting his attic apartment on fire...
Egg cells from stems
The first human egg cells grown entirely from stem cells could soon be fertilized in a development that could revolutionize fertility treatments and maybe even reverse menopause in older women,...
Nearly 2,500 students were wait-listed for kindergarten slots at 125 public schools
These wee ones must wait. More than 2,400 students entering kindergarten in the fall have been put on wait lists for spots at the schools closest to their homes, education...
Miracle escape as Navy jet hits Va. homes
Two Navy pilots ditched their fighter jet in a Virginia apartment complex moments after takeoff yesterday — miraculously avoiding several deaths.Seven people, including both pilots, were reported injured, but none...
Oh, whoa, Nelly!
“Fly Like a Bird” songstress Nelly Furtado is wobbling like a penguin on the set of her new music video. The Canadian singer paced the streets of downtown Los Angeles...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Police are on the hunt for a perverted burglar who groped a Crown Heights woman, authorities said. Mussiah Mooney (top photo), allegedly broke into the apartment of his...
FDNY staff commute-$$ suit tossed
Most people would be thrilled if their boss gave them a company vehicle and paid for their commuting costs — but not these disgruntled city workers. A group of angry...
Mayor refuses to release 911 system report, but court date looms
The city won’t release a consultant’s report critical of the $2 billion revamp of the 911 system because it might be inaccurate, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. “You can’t take a...
Light’s out for bird nest
Now they can’t feather their nest! A sparrow couple that had a cozy upper East Side home in a traffic light in Central Park has gotten a red light —...
Weinstein wife seeks divorce & ‘stay away’ order
Movie mogul Bob Weinstein’s wife filed for divorce yesterday and is seeking an emergency order of protection to keep herself safe from “bodily harm.” Annie Weinstein’s Manhattan Supreme Court filing...
Setback for mentally ill
A federal appeals court yesterday reversed a judge’s order compelling New York state to provide apartments and small homes to thousands of mentally ill people.The decision by the 2nd US...
Court: School must rehire violent dean who roughed up two students
The Department of Education is being forced to hire back a hulking Brooklyn dean who roughed up two pint-sized tweens like a pair of pinatas — after an appellate court...
Unions waiting in ‘lobby’
ALBANY — The business-backed Committee to Save New York jumped to the top of the state-lobbying spending chart last year — but it had nothing on teachers unions when it...
Even ‘ax slay’ teachers are safe: Mike
The arbitration system for booting bad teachers is so one-sided that “if you were an ax murderer you might get a slap on the wrist,” Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The...
Inspector who OK’d 7 train disaster crane also checked crane in 2008 disaster
He’s Inspector Doom. The Buildings Department inspector who never checked the cable that snapped during this week’s fatal crane collapse was also the last city worker to look at the...
Newark Airport woe
Security officials at Newark Liberty International Airport are reviewing an incident in which a traveler breached a checkpoint and caused the evacuation of one of the airport’s terminals, the Port...
Kerry happy to see you!
A smiling Kerry Washington and her teeny skirt bopped out of BET studios in Harlem yesterday after an appearance on “106 & Park” to promote her new show, “Scandal.” The...
Tim runs sermon option
New Jets quarterback Tim Tebow is really elevating his game. The wildly popular and outspoken Christian QB will deliver an Easter sermon at a Texas church Easter Sunday, a spectacle...
Pair of holy feasts
Christians around the world yesterday observed Good Friday and Jews marked the start of Passover. The end of Holy Week coincides this year with the beginning of the eight-day Jewish...
DA & clergy unite to toss petty offenses
All is forgiven! Hundreds of small-time offenders waited in the wooden pews of a Bedford-Stuyvesant church on Good Friday to have their petty crimes dismissed under a “Safe Surrender” program...
Death on LIRR tracks
A Long Island Rail Road train fatally struck a man on the tracks yesterday near the Deer Park station, officials said.The victim was identified by MTA police as 42-year-old Gary...
Hit-run ‘slayer’ gives up
A Staten Island mail carrier surrendered to cops yesterday in the hit-and-run death of a hero grandmother who pushed her young grandson to safety before she was blasted by his...
‘$lap back’ at Keith
Current TV fired back at Keith Olbermann in a blistering countersuit yesterday, saying the liberal loudmouth talked about killing one network employee “with my bare hands” and asking someone to...
Calif. massacre suspect’s tuition gripes
OAKLAND, Calif. — A man suspected of killing seven people at a California college grew very angry during one of three long meetings with officials over a financial dispute, a...
Gov’t splurge jerks mock $$ waste
Workers at the General Services Administration think wasting taxpayer money is so hilarious, they can’t help singing about it! A shocking new video has surfaced showing an employee for the...
$hhhh, I’ve won
TOPEKA, Kan. — And the winner is . . . somebody! One of the three winners of the massive $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on March 30 stepped forward in...
Split is ‘Seal’ed
Heidi Klum filed for divorce in a Los Angeles court yesterday, formally ending her six-year marriage to singer Seal two months after they separated.The supermodel is asking for sole custody...
Pets dumped on death road
A highway crew discovered dozens of dead pets dumped along a highway in Westchester on Wednesday, according to Fox 5 News.The 36 dead animals found along the Hutchinson River Parkway...
Paying tragic price for iPad
BEIJING — A teenage high-school student in China sold his kidney for an illicit transplant operation and used the proceeds to buy an Apple iPhone and iPad, the Xinhua news...
NYPD cracking down on aggressive Diamond District 'hawkers'
Aggressive “hawkers” in the Diamond District are about to go the way of the squeegee men. The NYPD is cracking down on the small army of salesmen who stop traffic...
This jailbreak was a drag
Running drugs is nothing compared to walking in heels. An alleged Brazilian narcotics trafficker donned his wife’s clothes and a wig in a bid to sneak out of jail —...
Taped OWS dolts ‘deface’ the music
Here’s a tip for lawbreakers — if you don’t want to get caught, don’t invite the news media to cover your crimes.Two dimwitted Occupy Wall Street “demonstrators” found that out...
Hispanic-Americans: not a group apart
A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center says a lot about the assimilation of the nation’s largest minority group — both good and bad. Hispanics — those 50 million...
Very few of the above
President Obama says he’s in favor of an all-of-the-above energy policy — but that hasn’t slowed him down in his pursuit of his very-few-of-the-above policy. Back in 2008, then-Sen. Obama...
Teed off at President Obama
The Issue: President Obama’s weighing in on the male-only Augusta National Golf Club. *** Is this the change America voted for (“Obama Fore! Women,” April 6)? Keep your head down,...
Misreporting the news: liberal media at it again
The Issue: Whether news outlets intentionally edited their portrayal of evidence in the Trayvon Martin case. *** Is it any wonder the public is growing more disenchanted with news outlets...
Nobody here but us morons
Mystery solved. The other day, we speculated that President Obama’s astonishing broadside against the US Supreme Court meant one of three things: Either he’s ignorant, or he was trying to...
‘Let’s kill some jobs!’
“Everyone in Albany is looking for a deal here, but the fact is that they’re not negotiating with their own money. And that’s exactly why we can’t sign off on...
Mike blinks
Way back in January, Mayor Bloomberg let loose a broadside on the teachers union, which was imperiling $58 million in state funding as it attempted to protect lousy teachers from...
The racism we ignore
Marion Barry’s mouth set him up. The disgraced former mayor of Washington, DC, who was caught on tape in a 1987 crack cocaine sting, made an even bigger disgrace of...
All’s Will, ends well
If this whole showbiz thing doesn’t work out, Simon Callow would make a great professor. The British performer, best known here for such films as “Four Weddings and a Funeral,”...
Kids stuff
Today GOOD EGGS: You’ve never seen an Easter bunny like this one! Herman the Flemish hare, star of the Queens Zoo’s “Egg-stravaganza,” weighs almost 20 pounds. Besides petting the bunny,...
Alpha set for Wood Memorial at Aqueduct
When the smoke clears Saturday evening, we should have a much clearer picture of which horses are headed to the May 5 Kentucky Derby after three major prep races have...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Mickey Hanover (10th)FIRST: mile pace; $7,500; claiming9 Midnight Lawyer(TTetrick)1-2-23-11 Hurrikane Scotty J(RPierce)1-5-15-28 Long Night(SAllard)3-2-109-22 Backintheday(BDobson)5-5-420-13 Paragon(GMerton)2-1-28-14 MustBeTheBunny(CCallahn)8-6-815-15 Triple Bars(AMiller)8-6-615-16 Four Starzz Lefty(DDube)5-5-120-17 Equinox Seelster(DMiller)7-8-35-1SECOND: mile...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 7 fur; $400,000; 3upCARTER HANDICAPCALEBS POSSE stretches out after finishing full of run to be second to CALIBRACHOA in...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; trot; $8,500; cond1BrodwyRocks(AMller)4.202.602.405LndyMcdremy(RSchnttker)3.402.602Stan The Man (R Pierce)3.60* Exacta (1-5) $18.80 * Trifecta (1-5-2) $66.80SECOND-mile; trot; $8,500; cond8CllTheWrden(DMller)6.404.002.804Ima Que T (J Marohn)4.403.205Travelin Preacher (P Berry)3.00* Exacta (8-4) $31.40 * Trifecta...
Gulfstream Graded Entries
Post Time: 1:10 p.m. FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $29,250; alw; 4up(f)8-Fly Angel Fly 2-15-SmmerAtSsn's20-11-Falbala 6-16-Special Jak 15-12-Coffee Run 8-17-All County 5-13-A Little Off 12-19-Jalal 3-14-Wachacha 10-110-Pyramyst 5-2SECOND-1 mile; $19,400; clm($10,000); 3up4-Surge Power...
Aqueduct Charts
April 6th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $23,000; clm($10,000); 4upOff: 12:50. Good. 2p,vied with pair turnTime: 23.03, 46.54, 58.49, 1:11.69.Trainer: Gary GulloWinner: DK B/ G,...
Hondo flops with Yankees
If Joe Girardi makes any more boneheaded moves like he made in the first inning yesterday, then he should be made to intentionally walk the plank. Mix in the Mariano...
The Post Line
NBA Favorite Line Underdog Hawks 9 BOBCATS PACERS 2 1/2 Celtics 76ERS 4 Magic Timberwolves 1 1/2 HORNETS GRIZZLIES 3 1/2 Mavericks BUCKS 5 1/2 Blazers SUNS Pick Lakers CLIPPERS...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 7SUNApr. 8MONApr. 9TUEApr. 10WEDApr. 11THUApr. 12FRIApr. 13KnicksNO GAMEChi. 1:00 ABC ESPNNO GAMEChi. 9:30 MSG ESPNMil. 8:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMEWash. 7:30 MSG ESPNNetsNO GAMEClev. 6:00 YES WFANNO GAMEPhil. 7:30 YES...
Tyson hopes to KO crowds with one-man Vegas show
Mike Tyson will be on center stage entertaining an audience again next week. This time he won’t be in a boxing ring, but in Las Vegas where the former heavyweight...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Braves at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)4 p.m.Red Sox at Tigers FOX7 p.m.Yankees at Rays YES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh MLBN8 p.m.White Sox at Rangers WGNNBA8 p.m.Magic...
Devils seek strong finish vs. Senators
To the Devils coach on the eve of his first playoffs, Saturday's season finale is a meaningless peril, dangerous because of its unimportance and the resulting menace of injury. While...
Dufner unlikely co-leader after Masters’ 2nd round
AUGUSTA, Ga. —The 76th Masters leaderboard entering the weekend is littered with compelling storylines and personalities. Jason Dufner, a low-key, rather non-descript player with as many stand-out characteristics as a...
Linking Giants to bounties unfair
Everyone knew Justin Tuck spent much of last season battling through painful neck issues and, as much as he didn’t enjoy the discomfort, the Giants defensive end understood it was...
Showing Saints tape bothers player
NEW ORLEANS — A recording of then-Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams urging players to deliver punishing hits on specific 49ers players was released without approval from retired special teams standout...
Sports Shorts
Nfl: Ex-Giant Tollefson to join RaidersDave Tollefson, a reserve defensive end and popular presence in the Giants’ locker room, will sign a two-year, $2.5 million contract with the Raiders, a...
Thomas fired by FIU, but don’t expect Knicks to offer job
Isiah Thomas went to FIU to rehab his image to try to get back into the NBA, preferably with the Knicks. But his 26-65 record, marginal increase in home attendance...
Knicks forward Jeffries considers blood spinning for knee
Jared Jeffries, who expects to return to the Knicks lineup tomorrow against the Bulls after an eight-game absence with chronic knee pain, told The Post he plans to investigate the...
Toney making point for Knicks
Toney Douglas never begrudged Linsanity, though the global frenzy froze him in exile. The Knicks starting point guard on opening night sat in silence, never made excuses about a bum...
Nets defeat Wizards; Lopez shut down for season
With the Nets’ injury-ravaged season set to end April 26, there are 19 days yet to endure. Nineteen days. But who’s counting? Deron Williams, for one. After the Nets mauled...
Rangers playing for Presidents’ Trophy
The Rangers already may have clinched the top spot in both the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to play for in tonight’s regular...
Rangers best first-round matchup is Capitals
If the Rangers had their pick of first-round opponents, no doubt they’d choose the Panthers, who are stumbling into their first playoff appearance since 2000 having lost eight of nine...
Phil-ing good after 2nd round
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson asked one thing of himself entering the second round of the Masters yesterday: Get into position for a weekend run at another Green Jacket. He...
Woods kicks club, shoots 75 in Masters second round
AUGUSTA, Ga. — He was supposed to be back. Tiger Woods’ swing was supposed to be fixed after all of his work with swing coach Sean Foley. His mind was...
Dickey in midseason mindset for Mets
Don’t try telling R.A. Dickey he will be making his first start of the season for the Mets today. After a rough six-week stretch to begin last season, Dickey wants...
Rookie to play center field for Mets
A strained oblique kept Kirk Nieuwenhuis from seriously auditioning for the Mets in spring training, but the rookie outfielder is about to receive an even better opportunity. The 24-year-old Nieuwenhuis...
Ready or not, Tejada new Reyes for Mets
The honest, unmarketable motto for this 2012 Mets season goes something like this: “If everything falls perfectly for us, if we can catch a few breaks along the way, then...
Rays manager wins first chess match over Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — By the fifth batter of the baseball season, the Yankees already had decided to intentionally walk a perfectly pleasant Tampa Bay Rays infielder named Sean Rodriguez,...
Angels zip Royals in Pujols’ debut
Jered Weaver struck out 10 in eight dominant innings of four-hit ball, Peter Bourjos' bases-loaded infield single broke open a scoreless game in the eighth inning, and the Angels won...
Kuroda to make first start for Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hiroki Kuroda has heard about the difference between pitching in the NL West and the AL East. Yesterday, after spending four seasons with the Dodgers, he...
Ibanez bright spot for Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It was an ugly beginning to the Yankees’ season, but at least Brian Cashman’s $1.1 million wager got off to a promising start yesterday. A day...
Pineda won't be back with Yankees until May
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Michael Pineda’s first season with the Yankees will be a five-month affair at best. Before Friday's Opening Day 7-6 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field,...
Yankees ace slammed finding fastball
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — CC Sabathia was sure his fastball command, which had escaped him at the end of spring training, would return for his first start of the regular...
Rays creating amazing memories at Yankees’ expense
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The previous regular-season game played at Tropicana Field before yesterday — Game 162 of last season — was the most memorable in Rays history. Heck, it...
Yankees lose to Rays in opener; Rivera blows save
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mariano Rivera ran a brush across a bald head that minutes earlier supported symbolic goat horns. Now, baseball’s all-time save leader turned to face the questions...
Taking aim
Nothing says Easter Sunday like corruption, sex with mistresses, greed, sex with stable hands, jewels, sex with the local whores, murder, sex with one’s relatives, war, and menage-a-many — at...
Real-life ‘Stripes’
Tv titans Dick Wolf (“Law & Order”) and Mark Burnett (“Survivor”) are teaming up to produce “Stars Earn Stripes,” an NBC reality show in which celebrities will battle each other...
‘Brack’-out: ‘Idol’ Deandre gets boot
Viewers apparently didn’t like “American Idol” contestant Deandre Brackensick. The falsetto-powered 17-year-old student from San Jose, Calif., impressed the “Idol” judges with DeBarge’s “I Like It” on Wednesday’s 1980s-themed installment....
To dye for
Egg-stra, egg-stra, read all about it! Tomorrow is Easter, so it’s time to get crackin’ on your egg decoratin’. Scrambling for ideas? Mark Addison, lifestyle contributor to Better Homes and...
Weird but true
He’s a brave and braying creature. Sheep on a farm in Connecticut are safe and sound thanks to their guard donkey. “Brighty” does the work of a sheepdog, standing with...
Chris Daughtry's former bandmates suing over royalties to 'Home,' other songs
GREENSBORO, NC -- One-time "American Idol" finalist Chris Daughtry is set to face-off in court with three former bandmates who claim they are owed royalties from a number of his...
Couples tied for lead at Masters; Woods 8 back
AUGUSTA, Ga. — All signs pointed to this being a Masters for the ages. This wasn't what anyone had in mind — 52-year-old Fred Couples, silver hair and still cool...