April 9, 2012
Clint Dempsey delays decision on EPL future amid links with Man United, Arsenal
LONDON -- US star Clint Dempsey said he will wait until the summer to decide on his future amid reported interest from Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham. The Fulham talisman is...
'Meat Men,' it's what's for dinner tonight
Food Network's latest reality series is taking you behind-the-scenes of the meat industry - but not in a "20/20" pink slime expose kind of way. "Meat Men" is actually about...
Maryland Mega Millions winner comes forward, will remain anonymous
BALTIMORE -- A winner in the $656 million Mega Millions drawing has come forward to claim a third of the prize in Maryland. But the identity of the person, who...
GAMETRACKER: Nationals at Mets
The Mets try to continue their unbeaten start when the Nationals come to Citi Field on Monday night. Mike Pelfrey will make his first start of the season and will...
GAMETRACKER: Yankees at Orioles
The Yankees will travel to Baltimore to take on the Orioles going for their first win of the season. The Yankees will start Ivan Nova against the 3-0 Orioles, who...
Nets sign guard Johnson to 10-day contract
The New Jersey Nets have signed guard Armon Johnson to a 10-day contract.Nets general manager Billy King announced the signing Monday, a day after the team did not renew a...
Britney Spears asks judge to add fiance in financial decision-making duties
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears has requested that her fiance join her father in decision-making duties involving the pop superstar's conservatorship, court filings show. The request was made by Spears'...
'Mad Men' recap: Pick your sickness
This week's "Mad Men" was full of mad. Lots and lots of madness. Our protagonist, the usually suave and dashing Don Draper, is sick and disgusting. Even his new wife...
Jets interested in former Dolphins safety Bell: agent
The Jets are one of three teams interested in Dolphins free agent strong safety Yeremiah Bell, according to his agent Drew Rosenhaus. In an interview on a Miami TV station,...
Marlins manager Guillen to apologize again for Castro comments
PHILADELPHIA — Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen will hold a press conference in Miami Tuesday to issue a second apology for appearing to express admiration for Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro....
Bubba must now learn how to master fame
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bubba Watson had reason to feel like a rock star. His playoff win at the Masters on the second extra hole stretched into early evening, and when...
Possible Hudson family murder trial jurors queried
CHICAGO — A judge and attorneys began questioning dozens of potential jurors Monday at the Chicago trial of the man accused of killing singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's mother,...
Red Bulls' Henry wins MLS award for third straight week
Thierry Henry of the Red Bulls has become the first player in MLS history to capture three straight player of the week awards. The league announced on Monday that Henry...
Kansas brings back former St. John's coach Roberts
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas has hired University of Florida assistant Norm Roberts, bringing back a familiar face to join Bill Self’s staff. The Jayhawks announced the move Monday, saying Roberts...
Marlins rough up Hamels, spoil Phillies home opener
PHILADELPHIA — That ailing shoulder is no longer a question for Anibal Sanchez. The righty took a three-hitter into the seventh, Omar Infante hit a pair of solo homers and...
PHOTOS: Obama kicks off 134th annual Easter Egg Roll
WASHINGTON — In an annual family-friendly rite of spring, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle kicked off the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, joining tens of thousands...
A-Rod to DH for Yankees against Orioles
BALTIMORE -- The Yankees seek their first win of the season here with Andruw Jones back in the lineup for Brett Gardner against Orioles lefty Brian Matusz.The Yankees will also...
'Game of Thrones,' inside the HBO store exhibit
If you're a "Game of Thrones" fan, you're well aware that Season 2 has already kicked off and that it's as good as you'd hoped it would be, given what...
Nets likely to land surging Rockets' first-round pick
The Nets may not be making a playoff push in their final season in New Jersey, but they look like they will be the beneficiaries of one by the Houston...
Hero B'klyn cop released from the hospital, says it's 'good to go home'
A hero cop was shot twice from just feet away — but still managed to fire back at the ex-con gunman and save his NYPD partners’ lives by shielding them...
Yankees, Mets top pitching prospects struggle
Now that the baseball season is upon us, we’ll take a quick look around the Yankees and Mets minor league systems each day, recapping the most relevant performances from both...
NFL Mock Draft: Round 1, Picks 1-5
With the NFL Draft three weeks away, The Post will have you covered with news, updates and mock drafts leading up to Draft Day on April 26.1. Indianapolis Colts –...
Facebook to acquire Instagram for $1B
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook announced Monday that it will acquire Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service for $1 billion. Facebook will finance the acquisition of Instagram with a combination of cash...
NFL denies Saints' appeals over bounties
The NFL has upheld suspensions for members of the New Orleans Saints organization over the team’s bounty payments, including a one-year ban for head coach Sean Payton. Payton’s suspension without...
Ex-FBI agent gets year and one day in prison for leaking secret files
A former FBI agent was sentenced to one year and one day of prison today for leaking secret documents to help a confidential informant with whom he was having an...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Yankees, Mets highlight strange start to season
It’s been over six months since my last baseball power rankings, one that was aptly headlined “The Dead Sox Edition” three games before they completed their epic collapse. And in...
Bloomberg ordered to turn over '911 CPR' analysis
Mayor Bloomberg was ordered this morning to release a scathing analysis of the city's perpetually troubled 911 and emergency-dispatch systems. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, after a 30-minute hearing,...
'Lion King' is Broadway's all-time box office king
Very quietly, almost stealthily, a new king has been inaugurated on Broadway. Box office figures to be released later Monday show that "The Lion King" last week swiped the title...
WATCH: 'Voice' contestants describe the road to reality TV fame
For many contestants on NBC’s “The Voice,” singing is the easy part.Their roads to reality TV fame have been paved with financial setbacks, tragic losses -- even life threatening illness.“I...
Accused Manhattan madam denied bail reduction for fourth time
A judge today rejected the fourth request by accused hockey mom madam Anna Gristina to reduce her whopping $2 million bond. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon rejected arguments by...
No grand jury in Trayvon Martin case: prosecutor
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Florida State Attorney Angela Corey announced Monday that a grand jury will not be convened in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, but said the investigation into...
Romney camp pulls negative ads against Santorum in Pennsylvania
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is pulling its negative ads in Pennsylvania as Rick Santorum took Monday off from campaigning to spend the day with his young daughter, who is in...
Judge issues gag order in Sandusky child molestation case
BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- The judge in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation case issued a gag order Monday covering prosecutors and the former Penn State football coach's defense attorneys. Judge John...
South Korea says North preparing for nuclear test
SEOUL, South Korea — Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South...
Suspects in Tulsa shooting spree confessed, police say, as bond set at more than $9M
TULSA, Okla. -- The two men accused of murdering three African-Americans during an Easter weekend shooting spree in Tulsa, Okla., confessed to the crimes, according to an affidavit filed in...
Heatwave: Start of 2012, March shatter US heat records
WASHINGTON — It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried. Temperatures in the lower...
44 dead in al Qaeda assault in Yemen
LODER, Yemen -- At least 44 people were killed Monday when al Qaeda militants raided a barracks, the latest in a spate of attacks by the extremist network that has...
Davidoff's new blog: Who I am and what I believe
Hello, and thanks for stopping by. I'm Ken Davidoff, the new baseball columnist for the New York Post. I Just started last week, and I'm thrilled to be here.Blogs aren't...
Navy compensating those affected by Va. jet crash
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Navy officials are starting to provide compensation to those affected when a military jet crashed into a Virginia Beach apartment complex. Navy representatives opened a legal...
Suu Kyi to take seat in Burmese parliament on April 23
RANGOON, Burma -- Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will take her seat in parliament for the first time on April 23, her party said Monday, following her milestone...
Food police lose Happy Meal attack
Seems the argument that McDonald's is "brainwashing" children with their ads for Happy Meals is not the danger a frivolous lawsuit presumed (Hat tip to Ira Stoll).The suit was filed...
Romney's vice president
Got to hand it to Major Garrett, none of these 'top five' lists for potential Romney runningmates. Garrett comes right out and predicts Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is going to...
Stop pandering to Latinos, part ii
As we wrote last week, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has good reason to ignore those who argue he's got to 'get' the Latino vote. The reason? The Latino vote doesn't...
Eight firefighters injured in overnight SI fire
Eight firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a fire at two residential buildings on Staten Island. Fire officials say the blaze at the two adjoining buildings, at 27 and 29 Mada...
Sony to slash global workforce by 10,000: report
TOKYO -- Sony Corp. is planning to cut its worldwide workforce by about 10,000, or by six percent, with the layoffs coming by the end of the year, according to...
CHSAA/Private baseball rankings
Iona Prep made its case this week as the CHSAA’s top team. Temple-bound Tim McCarthy was dominant as Iona blasted All Hallows, 10-2, on Wednesday. Then the Gaels romped over...
PSAL baseball rankings
Don’t adjust your eyes – that’s Cardozo at No. 1. This may seem like a drastic move, elevating the Judges to the top spot, but if you were in Washington...
NYC baseball rankings
It only took a few weeks for us to get a new No. 1 -- that's the kind of spring it may be. After George Washington's loss to Cardozo, Poly...
POST GAMES TO WATCH: April 9-April 15
The Post’s high school staff looks ahead to the most intriguing matchups in boys basketball and girls basketball for the week of April 9 through April 15. BASEBALL St. Joseph...
POST PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK: April 2-April 8
The Post high school staff takes a look at the top performers in boys basketball and girls basketball from the week of April 2. BASEBALL Connor Doyle, Cardozo The Townsend...
CHSAA/Private softball rankings
After a week of upheaval we have some minor changes and avnew member heading into the holiday break. Fontbonne Hall slides a spot behind Archbishop Molloy to No. 4 after...
Hondo goes with Bobby’s Sawx
The Reds rallied heroically in the ninth against Castro-loving Ozzie and the Marlins yesterday, which enabled Hondo to slash his deficit to a somewhat manageable 60 monbouquettes. Tonight, surely a...
NYC softball rankings
The NYC rankings remain basically intact. The only change has Fontbonne Hall dropping to No. 7 after a loss to Mary Louis. With the PSAL on holiday break the CHSAA...
Watson's 'miracle' earns him emotional Masters victory
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The white ball was launched from the pink driver directly into the green trees before coming to rest on the brown pine straw. Who knew that from...
PSAL softball rankings
Bayside is playing with a purpose. Steve Piorkowski, the program’s longtime coach, is out battling a form of cancer that has attacked his C6 vertebra and left him with a...
LiLo was watching TV, not fighting at club: sources
LOS ANGELES -- Actress Lindsay Lohan rejected a claim that she got into a fight with another woman at a Los Angeles nightclub and said she stayed in that night....
Mommy and me
When she asked her manager if she could leave early to go to a doctor’s appointment, Diana Antholis expected to get an unequivocal yes. After all, her co-workers were always...
Go to Greg
How do you give honest feedback to an employee who is not performing well without making your judgments seem personal and hurting their feelings?Unless you’re a masochist with low self-esteem,...
They’re all my children
Every parent thinks their little tyke is cute enough to be a Gerber baby or in a GapKids ad. Marlene Wallach will be the judge of that. Since 1998, Wallach...
What's up with that job?
What does a flight attendant do all day? Beyond serving food and drinks and seeing to creature comforts, a flight attendant’s main job is to ensure passengers’ safety. Before takeoff,...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Boyfriend, Justin Bieber 2. We Are Young, fun. 3. Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye 4. Wild Ones, Flo Rida 5. What Makes You Beautiful,...
Savers chain snares $1.5B in buyout bids
Prospective suitors are making rich bids for thrifty Savers.Private-equity firms CVC Capital, KKR, Leonard Green & Partners and TPG Capital have all made it through to the second round of...
Epix Turns it on
Two-year-old pay-TV startup Epix is entering a new phase of its life with a first-time branding blitz and the potential for fresh digital dollars. The profitable movie channel, backed by...
Business briefs
Bear trapThe bear downbeat might keep thumping this week amid concern over disappointing earnings, fallout from a lackluster jobs report on Good Friday and scarce demand for sovereign bonds in...
Domestic products
If the Masters golf tournament inspired you to have a perfectly manicured yard, these magazines can help. Please replace divots. Feature articles are growing like weeds in Natural Home &...
Tao sweet it is at Maritime
The Tao of all Taos is coming to the Maritime Hotel.The Tao Group has signed a lease to open a 22,000 square-foot restaurant/lounge at 363 W. 16th St., Side Dish...
Waffling Walcott
Is this déjà vu? Or are city schools cursed all over again with a case of Cathie Black II? Not since former Schools Chancellor Black, forced out of the city’s...
Afghans take lead on raids
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government and the United States signed a deal yesterday giving Afghanistan authority over military raids in Afghan homes, resolving an issue that had threatened to...
Crane firm gets testy
The construction company involved in the deadly 2008 crane accident on the Upper East Side wants the family of one of the victims to prove their son’s moving last note...
NY Jewish leader’s biz partner has ‘Iran tie$’
He sure knows how to play both sides. A Russian bank chief with suspected ties to the funding for the construction of a nuclear-power plant in Iran has just inked...
Easter feast for ‘The Hunger Games’
LOS ANGELES — Movie fans forked over big bucks over Easter weekend for “The Hunger Games,” which took in $33.5 million for its third straight box-office victory. According to studio...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** An ex-con was gunned down in Astoria, police said yesterday. Shaka Ryan, 37, was found shot in the chest and leg on 34th Avenue near 24th Street at...
He’s one for the ages
This Bronx parking-lot valet started driving when Model Ts were kings of the road. Joe Binder turned 102 yesterday, celebrating 25 years as the booth attendant at Mario’s Restaurant on...
Natural-gas glut guts firms
The US natural-gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country’s swelling surplus. After...
Burma: Time to lift bans
Burma wants the US to lift sanctions more quickly now that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said some restrictions on investment and financial services would be eased, according to...
Pair nabbed in Tulsa hate slays
Police arrested two white men yesterday for a shooting spree in Tulsa, Okla., early Friday that left three black people dead and two others wounded and terrorized the city’s African-American...
Deal near on ‘secret’ teacher evaluations
Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers are closing in on a deal to give parents full access to the new teacher-evaluation report cards, while banning their general release to the public,...
Reform supergroup to take on unions
ALBANY — Watch out, teachers unions. Groups backing charter schools, vouchers, merit pay for teachers and limits on teacher tenure plan to unite under a new, statewide supergroup, The Post...
iThieves hit JFK flights
Apple-crazed crooks have been swiping high-tech equipment from the checked luggage of unsuspecting passengers flying from JFK to Moscow, The Post has learned. Delta flight 30 -- which departs JFK...
Pols push park, pay & move
City drivers are about to get a rare parking break. The City Council is set to fast-track new legislation that would allow drivers to use unexpired muni-meter time at multiple...
Tebow gives sermon to 15,000
GEORGETOWN, Texas — A swaying, singing crowd of 15,000 people clutching Bibles and footballs climbed a hill yesterday to hear “God’s quarterback’’ address an event that was half religious revival...
Injured cop makes like Superman in B'klyn apartment shootout
A hero cop was shot twice from just feet away — but still managed to fire back at the ex-con gunman and save his NYPD partners’ lives by shielding them...
Syria deal collapses
BEIRUT — A UN-brokered plan to stop the bloodshed in Syria effectively fell apart yesterday after President Bashar al-Assad’s government raised new, last-minute demands that were swiftly rejected by the...
Following in Titanic’s wake
LONDON — A cruise ship carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago set sail from England yesterday to...
Chernobyl victim
BIRMINGHAM, England — Cancer-stricken English Premier League soccer star Stiliyan Petrov, 32, is a victim of nuclear radiation from the Chernobyl disaster, Mihail Iliev, a doctor for his national team,...
MTA’s ‘$waps’ have backfired: report
The cash-strapped MTA is trapped in “toxic” long-term debt agreements that have cost it more annually than the agency has saved by slashing subway lines and reducing service two years...
Celebs grab last coveted Hamptons beach-parking permits
The Hamptons’ most star-studded summer guest list is already full. Boasting celebrities ranging from race-car driver Jeff Gordon to actress Gwyneth Paltrow to singer Jimmy Buffett, East Hampton Village’s sold-out...
Plaza sweet deal
The Plaza hotel is about to be sold — again. India’s ambitious Sahara Group conglomerate is in advanced, exclusive negotiations to buy the legendary luxury hotel from its Israeli owners,...
Whitney’s gruesome ending
Tragic Whitney Houston died in a bathtub filled with scalding water, her body ravaged from years of drug abuse, according to a grim autopsy report. The Los Angeles County coroner’s...
Karate hero runs off rapist
A Queens man who has 30 years of martial-arts training saved a woman from a likely rapist yesterday morning. The drama unfolded at around 5:45 a.m. in Sunnyside as Mike...
She’s hard to top
You could write a sonnet about this spectacular Easter bonnet with every frill imaginable upon it as Vanessa Sterbenz promenades along Fifth Avenue at yesterday’s Easter Parade. But New York’s...
NYU drilled for Passover dental tests
Celebrating Passover is becoming harder than pulling teeth, according to Jewish students at the NYU College of Dentistry.State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating complaints that the school is violating...
Newt: I’ve ‘Mitt’ my match
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich yesterday signaled that he is almost ready to raise the white flag. The former House speaker admitted in the most striking terms yet...
City discovers ticket to more parking $$
Don’t be fooled by the drop in the number of parking tickets being doled out by agents — the city is still making a profit off them.Despite a 710,000-plus reduction...
TV legend Mike Wallace dies at 93
Mike Wallace — the brazen broadcast legend who virtually invented the in-your-face TV interview — died Saturday night at the Connecticut nursing home where he had spent the last years...
Tree’s a crowd holding up SI eco project
This is city bureaucracy at its worst. A Parks Department mandate that every individual, business and government agency replace any tree cut down for construction is threatening to hold up...
Canadian actress arrested after traveling to NY to 'harass' Baldwin
A Canadian actress was busted last night for allegedly stalking newly engaged actor Alec Baldwin after she showed up at his Manhattan apartment building, The Post has learned. Genevieve Sabourin,...
The chaos coming from Korea
Seoul Later this week, North Korea is expected to launch a long-range missile with a satellite on board; it’s likely to be just the first in a series of provocations...
O’s losing strategy
The shape of President Obama’s re-election strategy is coming clear. The key elements: 1) Don’t run on your record; run as if there were no incumbent 2) Stress class warfare;...
The court and ObamaCare: A lesson for the law prof
The Issue: Pres. Obama’s comments about how the Supreme Court should rule on his health-care law. *** President Obama should not try to coerce the Supreme Court justices on how...
Blackjack Mulgrew
Why doesn’t Mike Mulgrew just buy a blackjack and be done with it? That’s what City Council Speaker Christine Quinn must be wondering this week — after the United Federation...
Identification, please
Why does Attorney General Eric Holder hate minorities? For that matter, why are liberal groups like the Center for American Progress, the Advancement Project and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil...
NYC’s inspection misdirection
On April 2, the city Department of Health & Mental Hygiene closed down The Little Owl, a popular West Village restaurant, because of mice infestation. No one was known to...
Christie’s crossroads
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took office more than two years ago — and changed not just New Jersey but the nation. You’d think that was the hard part —...
Men flock to ‘Magic/Bird’
The four men milling around the Longacre Theater in casual button-down shirts looked as if they’d be more comfortable outside Madison Square Garden — but no, they didn’t take a...
Verdi’s ‘fallen woman’ stands up
An understudy saved the show at the Met’s “La Traviata” Friday night, but no star was born. Jumping into the role of Violetta, the self-sacrificing courtesan in Verdi’s tragedy, was...
Wood winner could be Kentucky Derby favorite
Depending on the outcome of Saturday’s Blue Grass Stakes, three horses could vie for favoritism in the May 5 Kentucky Derby, just 26 days away: 2-year-old champion Hansen, if he...
Bill Smith at Yonkers Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Greystone Cash (9th)FIRST: mile; pace; $8,500; cond1 Abriella(SBouchard)2-8-16-12 Party Hangover(JBartlett)3-6-18-57 PfortysevenGirl(MMacDnld)3-8-35-13 African Queen(CManzi)4-4-610-14 Working Stiffs(LStalbaum)5-2-112-15 Pacific Fly Cary(JGregory)3-1-38-16 Leeann Majors(RSchnittker)3-3-48-18 BittorsweetTerror(EGoodell)2-9-610-1SECOND: mile; trot; $8,500; cl($12500)1...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Avila, Tigers sink Red Sox to 0-3 Alex Avila’s two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Tigers a stunning 13-12 victory over...
Nets defeat Cavaliers in OT with owner on hand
If only Mikhail Prokhorov could attend every Nets game. The Russian billionaire watched his team play in person for the first time in more than a year last night from...
Calder Race Course Analysis
Post Time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $10,500; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)BOND BARONESS removes the blinkers and drops in class after tiring badly when adding blinkers....
Affrunti’s Parx Racing Grade
FIRST-6f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 4up; (f&m)3-Conga Bella 2-15-Lesly's Back 10-11-Popsicle Toes 3-16-Bfit 15-14-DeputyGneWld4-17-On the Level 15-12-Silver Payday 9-2SECOND-1m; $28,000; cl($10,000); 3YO3-Nebikon 9-52-Triple Vision 8-14-Cottnpcknwbbt7-25-Tonto 6-16-Officer Warrior 5-17-Country Risk 8-11-Blood Prince 6-1THIRD-1m&70y;...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 4up; (f&m)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 Briksdal(L),122RRosad1-3-22-12 MissDaddyMttL118JNguyn7-6-515-13 Orenda(L),111ASuarz4-9-96-14 Forest Machi(L),120OCastll3-3-19-25 SlumberSmrtyL118ACastill2-4-77-26 AlleghenyMonL118J Flores4-2-710-17 Bonarda(L),118JAcksel5-3-33-1SECOND-6 1/2f; $23,000; cl($7,500);...
Gulfstream Charts
April 8th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7 1/2 fur(T); $26,250; clm($25,000); 3upOff: 1:06. Good. 3 wide, drew awayTime: 24.48, 48.61, 1:13.09, 1:31.52.Trainer: Christos GatisWinner: B C, 4,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 9TUEApr. 10WEDApr. 11THUApr. 12FRIApr. 13SATApr. 14SUNApr. 15KnicksNO GAMEChi. 9:30 MSG ESPNMil. 8:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMEWash. 7:30 MSG ESPNNO GAMEMia.1:00ABCESPNNetsNO GAMEPhil. 7:30 YES WBBRNO GAMENO GAMEPhil. 7:00 YES WBBRBost. 7:30...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogPACERS10RaptorsMAGIC9PistonsBOBCATS3WizardsLakers2 1/2HORNETSGRIZZLIES3 1/2ClippersThunder4BUCKSNUGGETS8 1/2WarriorsT’WOLVES2SunsSpurs3 1/2JAZZBLAZERS3 1/2RocketsNHL PlayoffsWednesdayFavoriteLineUnderdogPENGUINS$165-190FlyersPREDATORS$115-135Red WingsCANUCKS$155-175KingsThursdayRANGERS$160-180SenatorsBRUINS$170-200CapitalsBLUES$140-160SharksCOYOTES$115-135BlackhawksFridayDevils$105-125PANTHERSOdds to Win SeriesRANGERS$190-230SenatorsPenguins$220-260FlyersPredators$100-120Red WingsCanucks$180-220KingsBruins$250-300CapitalsBlues$140-160SharksCoyotes$100-120BlackhawksDevils$190-230PanthersHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Marlins at Phillies MLBN4 p.m.Angels at Twins MLBN7 p.m.Yankees at Orioles YES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Nationals at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Brewers at Cubs ESPNBasketball9 p.m.Suns at Timberwolves...
Rangers want college star for playoffs
When the Rangers practice today in advance of their first-round playoff series against the Senators that opens at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, Chris Kreider won’t be on the...
Kovalchuk confident Devils can't be beaten
Bold words from The Big Shot. “If we play our best, nobody can beat us,” Ilya Kovalchuk told The Post as the Devils head into the playoffs. The Devils have...
Nightmare 4th breaks Mickelson
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- This was Phil Mickelson’s Masters to win. A fourth Green Jacket, which would have tied him with Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer and left him two behind...
Tiger tamed by Augusta’s par-5s
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Tiger Woods finished tied for 40th at 5-over par, his worst Masters finish as a pro. “It was just an off week at the wrong time,’’ Woods...
Woods-free Sunday not bad at Masters
Sanctuary! All we want to do is watch and listen to what we tuned in to watch and listen to. Why has that become such an iffy deal? We wouldn’t...
Granderson, Ibanez limping for Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Two-thirds of the Yankees outfield limped toward the showers yesterday, and it had nothing to do with a third straight loss. Curtis Granderson and Raul Ibanez...
Yankees testing depth of bullpen
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When people talk about the strength of the Yankees bullpen, it’s usually in reference to the three pitchers at the back end. But manager Joe Girardi...
Yankees lose to Rays, start season 0-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After getting bounced out of Tropicana Field by brooms, Joe Girardi had a message for his Yankees. “No panic,’’ was the theme of a very brief...
Yankees starter Hughes 'felt good'
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A year ago, Phil Hughes lasted four innings in his first start for the Yankees, prompting concern about his velocity that would soon turn into questions...
Bad signs for Yankees on road, but don’t fret yet
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Cory Wade was the Yankees’ best player this weekend. I guess I can go on for another 700 words to describe the implications of that. And...
Mets defeat Braves, start season 3-0
A day after the Mets rewarded Jon Niese with a five-year, $25 million contract, he rewarded them by taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning. And by the time their...
Pitching helps Mets sweep Braves
The Mets’ three-game sweep of Atlanta was their first since April 23-25, 2010, and their first against a division foe to open the season. And they don’t have to look...
No no-hitter, but great start by Mets' Niese
Tom Seaver never pitched a no-hitter for the Mets. Dwight Gooden never did, either. No one wearing a Mets uniform has pitched one. But on a sun-splashed, chilly, windy Easter...
Bubba’s not your typical champion
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bubba Watson’s next task is to learn how to change diapers. Hopefully, he won’t be wearing his Green Jacket while he’s doing it. Then again knowing Watson...
Looie’s big shot wasn’t enough
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Louis Oosthuizen made history at Augusta National yesterday, but his memory of the day will be bittersweet. He became the first player in the 76-year history of...
Shumpert stars in Knicks win
It’s been part of his imagination, part of Iman Shumpert’s dreams. Yesterday the Knicks were locked in a nationally televised showdown against the Bulls, a clash in which Carmelo Anthony...
Chandler grabs 16 rebounds in Knicks win
Knicks center Tyson Chandler was sure yesterday’s electrifying 100-99 overtime victory over the Bulls would end with a block of Derrick Rose. “I don’t even know how he got the...
Lin unlikely to begin playoffs with Knicks
Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin does not sound optimistic he will be able to beat the six-week timetable and suit up in late April for the start of the NBA...
Johnson could help Stoudemire with Knicks
Larry Johnson will do a number of things in his new post as Knicks basketball operations/business representative, but serving as an advisor to ailing Amar’e Stoudemire as he battles a...
Knicks defeat Bulls in OT; Anthony hits game winner
Owner James Dolan broke up the Knicks to get Carmelo Anthony 14 months ago for moments like this. Dolan will expect more of them in the playoffs, perhaps against the...
Knicks provide glimpse of Garden renaissance
You remember games like this if you’re old enough, if you go back to the last time the Knicks had to stagger and stumble through a truncated season. That was...
Watering hole
What's for dinner? “Tigers vs. Leopards,” one of six documentaries that comprise Animal Planet’s new weekly series “Planet Earth with Dave Salmoni,” deals with the struggles of how these big...
‘Abbey’ spoiler alert!
Get ready for some surprises on next season’s “Downton Abbey.” And they’re not all in good fun. The hit PBS series, produced in Britain, doesn’t return until January, but executive...
Doc on the ‘Road’
Dr. McDreamy is hitting the racetrack. Patrick Dempsey, who’s a huge auto racing fan, is producing a documentary series about the fabled Le Mans race. Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek...
‘Dream’ come true
Think of “Dream Machines” as being “Pimp My Ride” for sci-fi geeks. When series stars Marc and Shanon Parker were tapped to build a custom jet car for 50 Cent...
Breakfast meats TV: A bacon reality show
Bacon-lovers rejoice: There’s an upcoming reality show catering to your (salty) needs. LMNO Productions is developing a reality show revolving around all-things bacon, according to deadline.com. The as-yet-untitled show will...
Talk show guests
MONDAYSAMANTHA RONSON, SOFÃA VERGARA, L.A. REID - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7BOBBY FLAY, DAVID TUTERA - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch. 7DONNY DEUTSCH, LISA NIEMI - The Wendy...
Pulse sales
ARMANI EXCHANGE 129 Fifth Ave., between 19th and 20th streets; 212-254-7230 * Sale April 9-20. Mon.-Sun., 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Visit the first-ever A/X Popdown Shop for 40 percent off select...
Weird but true
Pretty soon, it’s going to be impossible to drop a dime on anyone in Chambers, Neb. The phone company wants to remove the small town’s only pay phone — which...
CNN anchor apologizes for reporter using n-word during news report
TULSA, Okla. -- A CNN anchor apologized on air Sunday after a correspondent covering the murder of three African-Americans in Tulsa, Okla., used offensive language during her news report. The...
Green, Morrow lead Nets past Cavaliers in OT
NEWARK — Gerald Green scored a season-high 32 points, including a clutch 3-pointer with 36.7 seconds left in regulation and a high-flying dunk in overtime, leading the New Jersey Nets...
Watson wins Masters playoff over Oosthuizen
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Trapped in the trees, Bubba Watson had no chance. Good thing he's one of those guys who never hits the ball straight. Unable to even see the...