April 15, 2012
Jeter, Nova lead Yankees over Angels
Derek Jeter hit a three-run homer to extend his fast start and Ivan Nova won his 14th straight decision, leading the New York Yankees to an 11-5 victory over the...
Obama expects 'thorough' review of Secret Service hooker scandal
CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Barack Obama said Sunday that he will wait to pass judgment on Secret Service agents accused of improper conduct involving prostitutes, but added that he will...
Red Sox win third straight over Rays
BOSTON -- David Ortiz doubled in the go-ahead run for his seventh consecutive hit and the Boston Red Sox won their third straight game over the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-4...
Panic as anti-government goons smash up E. Village
Cops last night arrested three self-proclaimed anarchists who assaulted two police officers and terrorized patrons at an East Village coffee shop, authorities said. The melee broke out at 8:45 p.m....
Rangers' Hagelin slapped with 3-game suspension for elbow strike
Following his hearing with NHL vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan Sunday afternoon, Rangers forward Carl Hagelin said he’d have to live with whatever decision the league handed down...
Truce erodes as Syrian gov't shells Homs ahead of UN monitors
BEIRUT — Syria's 4-day-old cease-fire appeared to be quickly eroding Sunday, with regime forces firing dozens of tank shells and mortar rounds at neighborhoods in the opposition stronghold of Homs,...
Chipper homer leads Braves to fifth straight win with Mets up next
ATLANTA -- Chipper Jones hit a three-run homer in his return after missing two games, Brandon Beachy pitched seven strong innings and the surging Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4...
Branca leads ballpark tributes to Robinson
BOSTON -- Ralph Branca has thrown out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park 65 years after his former teammate, Jackie Robinson, broke baseball's color barrier. The 86-year-old Branca threw...
Leave race out of it: Cosby says Trayvon case about guns, not color
WASHINGTON — Actor and comedian Bill Cosby says the debate over the killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer should be focused on guns, not race. In an...
Knicks lose to Heat in potential playoff preview
The Heat didn’t want to give the Knicks any confidence Sunday just in case they meet in the first round in late April. Mission accomplished. A putrid offensive showing ultimately...
The market research behind your morning meal
If you're planning to start your day with an Egg McMuffin or some other fast-food breakfast item tomorrow, you're not alone. In fact, the morning meal is the fastest-growing segment...
Cruising! 'Titanic' tops $2 billion thanks to 3-D re-release
LOS ANGELES — James Cameron has shored up his position as king of the worldwide box office. Cameron's 1997 blockbuster "Titanic" sailed beyond the $2 billion mark in lifetime ticket...
Pitino's son to replace Thomas at FIU: report
One former Knicks coach is being replaced by the son of another former Knicks coach. Richard Pitino, the son of Louisville coach Rick Pitino, will take over for Isiah Thomas...
PHOTOS: Hillary Clinton parties in Colombia
It was diplomats gone wild in Colombia last night, as Hillary Clinton partied like it was spring break -- knocking back a beer and tearing up the dance floor to...
Secret Service prostitute incident may have happened before: top Republican
WASHINGTON — A Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia that has overshadowed President Barack Obama's diplomatic mission in Latin American probably isn't an isolated incident, and the agency should...
Mets bullpen struggles in loss to Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels pitched seven strong innings and Ty Wigginton drove in four runs, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-2 win over the Mets on Sunday. Hamels (1-1)...
KKR eyes mega diamond deal: report
LONDON -- Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. wants to buy the diamond mining operations of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and merge them to create a challenger...
Iraq to release Saddam Hussein's last WMD scientist
BAGHDAD -- The last Iraqi scientist implicated in late dictator Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program is to be released, deputy justice minister Busho Ibrahim said Sunday. "The...
'Hunger Games' tops box office for fourth straight weekend
LOS ANGELES -- "The Hunger Games" topped the weekend box office for the fourth week in a row, according to early studio estimates. Lionsgate's sci-fi action film earned an estimated...
Livery cab driver turns himself in after hitting grandmother at bus stop in Williamsburg
A church-going grandmother waiting at a bus stop in Williamsburg had her legs mangled after a livery-cab driver jumped the curb and smashed into her early this morning, authoriites said....
Bay sits out for Mets with jammed finger
Jason Bay was a late scratch from the Mets lineup on Sunday with a jammed right ring finger. The team announced the injury on their Twitter page, and Lucas Duda...
Motorcyclist dead in Lincoln Tunnel crash
A motorcyclist was killed after hitting a taxi in the Lincoln Tunnel this morning, authorities said. Micah J. Harris, 31, from Jersey City, smashed into the back of the cab...
TCM Classic Film Festival: What a glorious feeling
Warners' new 60th anniversary digital restoration of "Singin' in the Rain'' had its world premiere Saturday night at Grauman's Chinese, and it's a richly detailed, vibrantly colored knockout. The musical...
WATCH: Geithner says Romney claim on job losses by women is 'misleading and ridiculous'
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says a claim by Mitt Romney about disproportionate job losses by women during the Obama administration is "misleading and ridiculous." Romney said last week...
Lockerbie bomber unconscious and in critical condition in Libyan hospital
TRIPOLI, Libya -- The convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al Megrahi was unconscious and in critical condition in the hospital in Tripoli on Sunday, a close relative said. "He is...
WATCH: Tornadoes leave 5 dead, dozens injured across Midwest and Plains; more storms possible today
WOODWARD, Okla. — Bleary-eyed residents were scouring through damaged homes across the Midwest on Sunday after a violent storm system unleashed dozens of overnight tornadoes, killing at least five people...
Chavez arrives in Cuba for latest cancer treatment
HAVANA -- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba to undergo a fourth round of radiation therapy to treat a recurrence of cancer, Cuban state media reported Sunday. Chavez, accompanied...
New North Korean leader Kim Jong Un makes first public speech
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing before cheering troops and bouquet-waving citizens to place top priority...
1 dead, 4 missing in yacht race accident
SAN FRANCISCO — One sailor died and four others were missing at sea after powerful waves swept them from their yacht during a 60-mile roundtrip race off San Francisco's coast,...
Qns. woman killed in overnight fire
A Queens blaze killed a woman this morning, and seriously injured her cousin, authorities said. Firefighters discovered the unconscious body of Joanne Brown, 63, as they extinguished the flames in...
Coney's famous Eldorado bumper cars back for another season
A beloved Disco bumper-car ride in Coney Island that frequently attracted A-listers like Liza Minnelli will be back this summer for what could be a final spin.Local developer Joe Sitt,...
Taliban launches series of attacks in Kabul, other cities
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks on as many as seven sites across the Afghan capital on Sunday, targeting NATO bases, the parliament and Western...
Braziller's thoughts and observations on the Monroe and GW tournaments
There are a handful of events I look forward to each season. The first football weekend of the year. The PSAL Class A soccer finals. The basketball quarterfinals. I’ll put...
Fan spends $100,000 for day with Jets QB Tebow
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — What’s the chance to spend one day with Tim Tebow worth? A whopping $100,000 to one unspecified couple in the Florida Keys. The Jets’ new...
Tebow ready for Jets workouts
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Security guards at the Jets practice facility had better get their beauty sleep tonight, because Tim Tebow plans on beating them there tomorrow morning. Fresh...
NFL deal limits offseason practice
If it seems like the Giants and Jets are getting a late start on their offseason programs that begin tomorrow, it’s nomind trick. The entire NFL is on a reduced...
USC offensive tackle has NFL in his blood
In the third of a four-part seriesleading up to the draft, The Post looks at running backs and offensive linemen. Next week: quarterbacks and defensive backs. Matt Kalil seems preordained...
Worldwide events mark anniversary of Titanic sinking
ABOARD MS BALMORAL — Cruise ship passengers and crew said prayers at the spot in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago with the loss of more...
New Jersey rocker Bon Jovi's son gives Poly lacrosse a good name
Jesse Bongiovi isn’t a rock star on the Poly Prep boys lacrosse team. In the faceoff circle, he’s just another player. Just another player who happens to be the son...
Nets guard Williams rips Wizards
Deron Williams said he wasn’t trying to put anybody down. And then he promptly put somebody down. A Washington writer who stayed over from the Knicks game asked the Nets...
Rangers lose to Senators in OT, series tied
Reasonable people surely will agree the Rangers were damaged by an unfathomable decision by the refereeing tandem of Stephen Walkom and Ian Walsh to give Brandon Dubinsky a game misconduct...
Rangers find themselves in the Garden of Beaten
The red light spun in silence. From one bench, the white-sweatered crew poured onto the ice in celebration, basking in the silence of a beaten crowd and a broken night....
New Jersey rocker’s son gives Poly Prep lacrosse a good name
Jesse Bongiovi isn’t a rock star on the Poly Prep boys lacrosse team. In the faceoff circle, he’s just another player. Just another player who happens to be the son...
Mayor's Cup track notebook: Columbus' Livingston cuts college list
Strymar Livingston is down to his final suitors. The Columbus star, one of the nation’s best middle distance runners, has narrowed his college search down to Baylor and Mississippi State....
Villa's Sammy wins discus at Mayor's Cup, getting used to new coach
Even winning competitions and being a potential Division I athlete can’t satisfy St. John Villa’s Fridaws Sammy. “I can always do better,” Sammy said. “I don’t care about competing with...
Damon reaching 3,000 would not change Cooperstown credentials
Johnny Damon and Andy Pettitte, alumni of the 2009 Yankees championship, are due back in the majors at roughly the same time to continue careers and long-shot pursuits for the...
The Rumble
Arena’s historical photo display will have highlight for every day The “World’s Most Famous Arena” plans to show off its storied past — one day at a time. Beginning this...
Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys and Rose-less Guns N' Roses enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
CLEVELAND -- Axl Rose wanted no part of it but that did not stop hard rockers Guns N' Roses being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with Iman Shumpert
Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert let down his guard for a Q&A session with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: If you guys make the playoffs, you’re not in yet ... A:...
Panisse leads record-setting weekend for Cardozo at Mayor's Cup
It was a situation all too familiar for Alexis Panisse. Another new race. Another special performance. The Benjamin Cardozo star did it twice at the NYC Mayor’s Cup outdoor track...
CHSAA/Private baseball roundup: Sea stuns Zapata, Poly Prep
St. Joseph by the Sea already got a signature win this week against one of the area’s best pitchers. On Saturday, the Vikings added another. Brian Russell outdueled highly touted...
Eli Manning to host 'SNL'
Eli Manning's following in his brother's footsteps again. The Giants QB will host "Saturday Night Live" on May 5, with musical guest Rihanna. It's been an exciting 2012 for Manning,...
Two clear cases of wild and crazy tech valuations
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg made a few Silicon Valley twentysomethings wildly wealthy last week when he paid — or overpaid — for mobile photo-sharing app maker Instagram. The 2-year-old startup...
Silicon Alley now Gold St.
New York City’s young tech stars are bracing for nasty weather — it’s starting to rain cash. Thanks to the absurdly high $1 billion Facebook paid for the social and...
A fire sale at Forbes
The Forbes family empire continues to contract. The Greenwich Village townhouse that backed Forbes’ Fifth Avenue headquarters has been sold to condo developer the Icon Group for $7.25 million —...
April fools are tuning out everything
When the weather in April more resembles that of a lovely day in May, is it time to follow that old adage, “Sell in May and go away,” a month...
‘Tax battlers’ fighting — for your cash
They’re the surest thing after death and taxes — those pesky ads from tax lawyers and accountants that flood TV and radio every year at this time.You know the ones....
Judge bites banks
New York’s top judge is not done smacking around foreclosure mills for their bad behavior. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, faced with thousands of stalled foreclosure cases clogging his courts, is...
Ringtones, road tunes
More and more US adults and teens are listening to online radio streamed in their cars by connecting their phone to the radio, a research report says. The report from...
More fraud flags flying
Employee reports of fraud jumped more than 20 percent in the fourth quarter to an all-time high, according to BDO Consulting and the Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index by the Network...
Bank says bonds are no longer interesting
Dear John: I have some Series HH US Savings Bonds that have matured. My bank tells me that they are no longer paying interest and that I’ll have to convert...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS KEVIN SYSTROM Photo app Instagram’s CEO takes his $1B money shot, sells out to Facebook. SHERILYN McCOY It’s more than a cosmetic move as Avon names her CEO to...
Tix-scofflaw pols
Don’t pay the fine, and you can’t park on the taxpayers’ dime. Three members of the City Council found that out the hard way when their official government parking permits...
Chinese gourmand grouser
Open sesame . . . chicken!A sweet-and-sour Brooklyn scribe is so nauseated by his neighborhood’s lousy Chinese food that he’s cooked up an online petition to lure a better chef...
Knicks join Trayvon’s family team
The Knicks have teamed with Trayvon Martin’s family. Carmelo Anthony gave the slain teen’s mother and brother a VIP tour of the Knicks’ locker room before Friday night’s game at...
B’klyn kid in hit-run
A 13-year-old was in critical condition after falling off his bicycle and being mowed down by a hit-and-run SUV driver in Bensonhurst, law-enforcement sources said.Police weren’t sure whether the driver...
Hill of a ticket
It was a serious mistake, the result of a class-warfare strategy followed to a fault by a zealous Democrat. But inadvertently, one Hilary’s blunder could open the door to the...
Prober uses Facebook to nail perv, goldbrick NY teachers
Facebook is giving more Big Apple teachers a black eye. As the city Department of Education prepares to release it’s first-ever social-media policy, Schools Investigator Richard Condon has tallied a...
PA perk cut sparks brain-drain fear
Hundreds of veteran Port Authority professionals are about to be thrown from the gravy train, set to lose their longevity pay and other profitable perks.As the agency strips these benefits...
Passerby heroes scare off rapist
A perv tried to rape a jogger as the young woman ran in Riverside Park, cops said yesterday.The creep attacked the 24-year-old woman from behind and choked her until she...
This bus drives us wild
Call it the love bus! Two Manhattan women are so enamored with the M15, they’ve created the first known social network dedicated to a New York City bus. Kathleen Fitzgerald...
Sleepy driver kills 2: cops
A Long Island man on prescription drugs fell asleep behind the wheel and drove his 2011 Honda Ridgeline into a tree early yesterday, killing his 19-year-old girlfriend and a 17-year-old...
'Gentleman Groper' pals: They got the wrong guy
Karl Vanderwoude is a gentleman but not a groper, his friends insist. Pals of the alleged “Gentleman Groper,” a 26-year-old churchgoing Brooklynite accused of manhandling women in Greenwich Village, lower...
20 fire heroes hurt in blaze
Two residents and more than 20 firefighters were injured when a four-alarm blaze ripped through four Bronx buildings yesterday. The fire started at 1:15 p.m. in a three-story Morris Park...
Bx. nonprofit claims it didn’t organize squatters workshop
As the city probes a taxpayer-funded nonprofit that held a “teach-in” on accessing vacant apartments and seizing ownership, the group now claims it never endorsed the squatting seminar. Officials for...
It’s 1st and 10 children for Jets' Cromartie
Fix the scoreboard: Now it’s 10 kids from eight women in six states. Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie, 27, recently had his second child with wife Terricka, making 10 — one...
Beasties crash Rock Hall
CLEVELAND — No Sleep till the Hall of Fame. The Beastie Boys, three New Yorkers who helped bring rap music to the suburbs in the 1980s, were inducted into the...
Bubble trouble for kids at play
Tennis everyone? Angry Upper East Side parents say their kids are being cheated out of riding their bikes and playing ball at an Upper East Side park after the city...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** The man pictured above is suspected of raping a 37-year-old woman at the L train subway station in Bushwick, authorities said. He allegedly attacked her on a Stanhope...
Horrified folks watch taxi hit son, 5
A 5-year-old boy ran into a Brooklyn street and was hit by a taxi before the horrified eyes of his deaf parents, who then carried his seriously injured body half...
Rowdy NFL fans will be required to see the shrink
The NFL is shrink-rapping football fans. Unruly fans booted from stadiums this year will be required to pass a code-of-conduct exam — or they won’t be allowed back in for...
Bee Gee near death
Former Bee Gee Robin Gibb is gravely ill with pneumonia in a London hospital, British media reported yesterday. The 62-year-old musician is in a coma, according to the Sun newspaper,...
Waldorf-Astoria launches beekeeping on roof with 48,000 honeybees
The Waldorf-Astoria’s newest guests are real honeys. The ritzy hotel known for hosting heads of state and celebs is now home to 48,000 honeybees — which will check into six...
Sliwa’s a parent & Guardian to secret donor kids with fmr. City Councilwoman Melinda Katz
Melinda Katz always saw herself as the consummate independent New York woman — a lawyer, a lawmaker for 16 years and a rising star in the Democratic Party. In 1998,...
Pastor gives hell to XXX ad
This Manhattan preacher was asking for a sign — to be struck down! Baptist Rev. Freddy Wyatt was so repulsed by a steamy Vitaminwater billboard across the street from his...
Trinity dissent: ‘No’ way!
In a silent but powerful protest, Trinity Church members gave a thumbs-down to the current leadership by refusing to endorse the rector’s handpicked panel for the governing board.Nearly 45 percent...
Incendiary charge vs. Qns. candidate
This congressional candidate has a burning secret. Jeffrey Gottlieb, a late entry into the hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Rep. Gary Ackerman in Queens’ 6th District, was charged with...
Secret Service hooker flap over $47 (or just 83,475 naughty lil’ pesos)
A Secret Service agent shamed the United States after a wild night of babes and booze that ended in an argument with a Colombian hooker over as little as $47....
Vignettes show harrowing final moments of Titanic sinking
Of the 2,223 passengers on board the Titanic, only 706 made it to New York City alive. Here are a few of their stories: *** Hair-owing tale The chief barber...
Worldwide events mark anniversary of Titanic sinking
DAY 5 — Finally, this ship reached its long-awaited destination early today: the spot in the ocean where, exactly 100 years ago, the Titanic sank, at 41°43’57”N, 49°56’49”W. “We’re here...
Will we continue to feel safe in NYC?
One hot summer Sunday in 1988, I watched a mugging just barely not happen. The kid a few yards ahead of me, about 17, crouched jaguar-like measuring his prey from...
Drip, drip, drip
Utility bills are putting the squeeze on New Yorkers’ wallets. We pay more for water, electricity, and other basics than almost anywhere else in the nation. All told, the average...
Brit’s shadowy death a Chinese riddle
For more than a decade, a silver-maned British businessman name Neil Heywood had been working in China, a consultant who introduced Western companies to the nation’s rich business opportunities. It...
Gov yawns at scandal
When a scandal like the GSA’s $823,000 trip to Las Vegas comes along, you see that it takes truly risible details, like an actual clown in attendance, to move the...
What we’ve learned
So what have we learned? The GOP presidential contest of 2012 is over. Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee. What do we know now that we didn’t know in...
Mike to the rescue
That’s more like it: Mayor Bloomberg just dropped a bomb on union-owned city Comptroller John Liu. Bloomberg signed an executive order Wednesday yanking the comptroller’s century-old power to set wages...
Big Bucks for BamCare
Are there any remaining doubts that ObamaCare — should it survive the US Supreme Court’s constitutional scrutiny — would create a crushingly costly federal bureaucracy? Well, consider that the White...
100 years ago
Thank you for this account of the sinking of the Titanic; it never should have happened (“A Forgotten Journal Reveals . . . How I Survived the Titanic,” John B....
Required reading
The Presidents Club Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy (Simon & Schuster) Ever wonder what American presidents talk about when they get together? This...
Happy days are here again (and always)
My Happy Days in Hollywood A Memoir by Garry Marshall Crown Archetype Garry Marshall might be Hollywood’s one and only nice guy. That may be an admirable trait in an...
In My Library
In case “The Shoemaker’s Wife” needed operating instructions, Adriana Trigiani is only too happy to suggest some: “Bake some cookies, put on a pot of coffee and you’ll fall into...
Cluck off!
Around 1930, Harland Sanders ran a Shell gas station in a rough section of Corbin, Ky. The station prospered despite the rough locale — he kept a gun under his...
The billion dollar rasta
He was born in a Jamaican hill town without electricity and grew up in Kingston’s most notorious slum. Even as an adult, he often walked around barefoot. But now, in...
Blockbusters go Broadway
Momma Rose and Tevye . . . Marty McFly and Bluto? Yes, “Back to the Future” and “Animal House” — the musicals — are in the making, bound for Broadway. In a...
Should Brown get a break? NO!
In the three years since Brown pleaded guilty to repeatedly punching then-girlfriend Rihanna in the face and threatening to kill her, the singer has consistently seemed more hostile than humbled,...
Best of fest
This year, the huge but perpetually under-achieving Tribeca Film Festival is offering up one of the more promising-sounding lineups since it was founded a decade ago, in 2002. Emily Blunt...
My Tribeca film festival: Robert de Niro & Jane Rosenthal
In the devastating aftermath of 9/11, actor Robert De Niro and his producing partner Jane Rosenthal created the Tribeca Film Festival to bring people back downtown. Ten years later, the...
Can you forgive Chris Brown?
Remember when Chris Brown ugly-cried in front of America? It was two years ago, during the BET Awards tribute to Michael Jackson. I was sitting on the couch with my...
Top 5 ‘Mad Men’-style pickup lines
“I’d like to ‘Zou Bisou Bisou’ you all night long.” Camilla “Can I take you out for drinks? Say, 9 a.m. in my office tomorrow?” Sam “Is that a Lucky...
Ask Ashley: No cats about it
My girlfriend wants to move in together, but there’s one problem: She has two cats, and I completely loathe cats. I don’t even like being around them for longer than...
Bridge
“how’re you getting along with Wendy?” I asked Cy the Cynic. “I heard there’s been a thaw between you two.”Cy, a shameless chauvinist, and Wendy, the club feminist, have been...
New and novel
It’s getting harder and harder to come up with a truly original idea for a chess book. But a few recent works break new ground. “Invisible Chess Moves” ($23.95, New...
Honey Badger does care!
It’s been referenced on “Glee,” Olivia Wilde’s T-shirt and even turned into a nickname for a college football player, but the voice behind the wildly popular honey badger meme is...
Adopt Me!
Dominique is a dashing, loyal and petite four year old, long-haired Chihuahua. Meet her from 11a.m.-4p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306 E.59th St.; 212-752-4840
Knicks face Heat at Garden today
Watch your back, LeBron. This is a Garden and a Knicks team you have yet to see. Carmelo Anthony has designs on proving to the Heat and LeBron James today...
Knicks looking to win Atlantic Division
Knicks coach Mike Woodson has bigger visions than just posting a victory today against the Heat in their lone visit to the Garden. Woodson implored his players to get greedy...
Wright leading Mets by example
PHILADELPHIA — David Wright sent a message to his teammates yesterday: Play hard, play through pain, or go home. Playing with a fractured right pinkie, Wright came “home’’ on the...
Mets defeat Phillies; Wright returns with home run
PHILADELPHIA — For an encore, maybe David Wright will break all of his toes and run barefoot in tomorrow’s Boston Marathon. The great broken pinkie mystery finally is solved. Not...
Yankees lose to Angels; Hughes hit hard
Back in March, Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes was opening eyes by seemingly returning to the form that made him an All-Star in 2010, and catcher Russell Martin was as impressed...
Yankees struggle vs. Angels pitcher Wilson
The Yankees’ decision-makers aren’t Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson. They are general manager Brian Cashman and, perhaps, Hal Steinbrenner. Thus, yesterday Angels lefty C.J. Wilson wasn’t exactly facing...
Yankees losing patience with Hughes
Phil Hughes came to The Bronx as a symbol of a new Yankees direction, and he occasionally has justified the hype that accompanied him. Yet, as he absorbed a Stadium...
Senators’ Karlsson finds way to make his point
Erik Karlsson was not only the Senators’ best defenseman during the regular season, but he had one of the most relatively productive seasons in the history of the NHL. So...
Senators 'push back' against Rangers with physical style
Whether it was planned or not, Senators coach Paul MacLean doled out some misinformation yesterday morning before the his team pulled out a 3-2 overtime victory in Game 2 of...
Rangers forward Hagelin could be banned for elbow
Rangers forward Carl Hagelin didn’t think it was that bad, but his elbow to the head of Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson 10:32 into the second period of last night’s 3-2...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:55 p.m. FIRST-1m(T); $19,500; clm($40,000); 3YO6-Kate Mandy 5-25-FabulousSash12-11-Kitchen Boss 4-17-Will to Shine 10-12-Great Escape 12-18-DowntownDevil6-13-SauvignonBlnc3-19-Miracle At Sea20-14-Jabez 8-1SECOND-1 1/16m; $11,000; clm($10,0); 3up3-LadyMarianLse2-14-Audrey 5-11-Omegamefrst12-15-Aqua Jean 6-12-Sacred Class 4-16-Kiowa 9-5THIRD-5...
Meadowlands Results Friday
FIRST-1-mile trot; nw6500l5cd; $10,625TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:01 TIME-27.4; 57.1; 1:26.0; 1:53.3 9MonsgnorFln(AMller)6.004.003.803Action Sj (D Dube)10.609.401Ginger Tree Wanda (D Miller)3.80* Exacta (9-3) $73.40 * Trifecta (9-3-1) $291.80SECOND-1-mile trot; 3-4yrnw2cd; $9,500TRACK: CONDITION-FT...
Oaklawn Results
FIRST-1 mile; $25,000; alw; 3up 1 a-Por Que (Naktn) 3.20 2.60 3.00 3 Numismatist (Quinonez) 16.20 10.80 1 a-Chef Eric (Brzer) 3.20 2.60 3.00 * Exacta (1-3) $61.00 * $1...
Santa Anita Reults
FIRST-6 1/2 fur(T); $35,000; clm($32,0); 3YO4Dylght Mgc (Dlgdll)39.4011.407.002Call Me Jones (Talamo)3.602.805Fist Pump (Flores)3.80* $1 Exacta (4-2) $56.20 * $1 Superfecta (4-2-5-1) $945.30 * $1 Trifecta (4-2-5) $285.40SECOND-6 fur; $19,000; clm($20,000);...
Red Bulls need to defend
Offense sells tickets, but defense wins titles. Even an offensive star like Thierry Henry admits that. And unless the Red Bulls shore up a leaky defense, their fate will likely...
Sports Shorts
mlb: Shoulder lands Ellsbury on DLThe Red Sox placed center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury on the 15-day disabled list with a partially dislocated right shoulder before yesterday’s 13-5 victory over the...
Red Bulls unhappy with tie against Earthquakes
Even Thierry Henry admits defense is what wins championships, and so far the Red Bulls’ has been leaky. That Achilles’ heel came back to haunt them last night, as they...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/16m(T); $37,000; clm($30,000); 3up(f)SILENT JOY makes local debut after running evenly at this distance and level last out....
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-7 fur; $22,000; clm($7,500); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 One FrenchKiss(L),118A Arroyo2-5-3DeSancts7-22 Deputy Notice(L),111LVillanuev4-3-1Guerrero3-13 Son of Posse(L),118J Nguyen7-5-4Scanlan10-14 Captain Twitch(L),118J Torres7-5-4Carango15-15 Kiwi Humor(L),111A Suarez2-2-11Montoya2-16...
Aqueduct Charts
April 14th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile(T); $56,000; alw; 3YOOff: 12:50. Good. 3-4w trip,btwn foe lteTime: 24.21, 48.56, 1:13.22, 1:37.7.Trainer: Todd PletcherWinner: CH G, 3,...
Hondo eyes a four-bagger
Hondo eyes a four-bagger Hondo snapped his skid at five yesterday when the Metamucils let it flow in Philly to reduce the damage to 230 roseboros. Today, Mr. Aitch will...
Home Team Lineups
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Auto Racing1 p.m.NASCAR Camping WTS: Good Sam Roadside Assistance Carolina 200 SPEED3:30 p.m.IndyCar: Streets of Long Beach NBCSNBaseball1 p.m.Alabama at LSU ESPN21:30 p.m.Mets at Phillies SNY, WFAN (660 AM)1:30 p.m.Rays...
Devils look to take 2-0 lead on Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. -- It never has failed the Devils yet, the 2-0 playoff series lead they seek tonight. When they don’t grab it after winning an opener, they mostly start...
Girardi managing to lose
* The Yankees started 0-3, and all three losses had one common theme: Joe Girardi and overmanagement. In the season opener, in the first inning, Girardi’s stat book (he carries...
Another soccer player dies
MILAN — Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini died yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing during a Serie B match at Pescara. He was 25.Edoardo De Blasio, a cardiologist at Pescara’s...
Too much commentary for every pitch, swing
You must remember this: A miss is just a miss; a fly is still a fly. The fundamental rules apply ... as games go by. I’ve got this nutty idea...
Rangers crowd noisy, but city has seen louder days
This isn’t necessarily a testament to how loud a building can get. But if you closed your eyes during John Amirante’s rendition of the national anthem the other night before...
NHL latching on to Crosby, Penguins
This probably is just the echo of the Child of the ’60s conspiracy-theorist rattling inside my brain, but is it wrong to wonder whether Gary Bettman’s campaign on behalf of...
Back at cleanup, A-Rod hitless for Yankees
After getting three hits — and his first home run of the season — from Alex Rodriguez on Friday while hitting third in the lineup, manager Joe Girardi opted to...
Mets starter Niese handles Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — Jon Niese barely had a tense moment in yesterday’s start against the Phillies. Maybe the two singles he allowed in the first inning qualified as tension. But the...
Chicago’s top coach takes no bull
Even if the Bulls hadn’t harpooned the Heat on Thursday night, the overtime epic validates why Tom Thibodeau is remarkably worthy to become the first in NBA history to earn...
Nets lose to Celtics
Stuff pride. Forget being a spoiler. The Nets have something meaningful to play for as they trudge toward the end of their fifth straight losing season. Call it the future....
Don Draper’s liver
So what if Don Draper is not a real person? If you follow the “Mad Men” protagonist on Twitter, you’ll never know the difference. And you can follow him on...
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House hookup House and the team take on the case of a man whose eyes start tearing blood. Meanwhile, House is interviewing for a new favorite hooker, since his current...
The price is right
In a television season where New York City received top billing in productions ranging from “Smash” to “Person of Interest,” “NYC 22,” a new cop drama created by Richard Price,...
Too late for Current TV to be shocked
Keith Olbermann’s ex-bosses all eventually sound like ex-boat owners, those who say that the second best day of their lives is when they bought a boat, but their best day...
Reel good
Quo Vadis,1951 Monday, 5 p.m., TCM If you love camp and more over-the-top Technicolor makeup than a cartload of Kardashians, this is the one for you. Robert Taylor (right) is...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly Ripa 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: D.L. Hughley; Ice T; Paul Wesley. Tuesday: D.L. Hughley; Julia Louis Dreyfuss; Dr. Jane Goodall. Wednesday: Mike Greenberg; Olivia Wilde;Kevin Hart. Thursday: Seth...
Quirky quartets
Somehow television producers got it into their thick heads that women hang out in packs of four. This notion was first advanced in 1985 on the senior-citizen sitcom “The Golden...
Some 'Girls'
When shooting a sex scene, try not to look like you’re being murdered. That’s just one of the many lessons that Lena Dunham, creator and star of HBO’s new comedy...
Underdog week
Those under-appreciated shows that only you and Mama could love — past and present — get their places in the limelight this week: “Private Practice” (Tuesday, 9 p.m., ABC) The...
Get thee to the Greek!
When Boukiés opens tomorrow in the East Village, it will be the sixth new (or completely renovated) Greek restaurant to open in the past 10 months — and we’re not...
Meet market: Runner hopes to chase down a great date
Leo lovah “I’ve seen almost every movie Leonardo DiCaprio has ever made,” says Jessica of her Hollywood crush. Good housekeeping “I won an office bake-off a few months ago,” boasts...
This weeks couple: Surprise party
When we set up Isabella, a 26-year-old maitre d’, we didn’t know she was keeping a secret from her date Adam — that it was her birthday on their date....
Weird but true
That’s a lot of cold, hard cash. A new Marist poll says more than a quarter of Americans stash their dough in the freezer, while 11 percent prefer to stuff...
Xaverian football star Smith wins two track events at NYC Mayor's Cup
Laray Smith had a day to remember on an afternoon where the best track stars in New York City were showcased. The athletically gifted Smith, also a running back on...
Red Bulls blow two leads, settle for home draw vs. San Jose
Even Thierry Henry admits defense is what wins championships, and so far the Red Bulls’ has been leaky. That Achilles Heel came back to haunt them tonight, twice blowing leads...
Rangers fall to Senators in sudden-death OT, series even at 1-1
Chris Neil scored 1:17 into overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a wild 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 2 to even the first-round Eastern Conference...
VIDEO: Grand Street Campus celebrates second straight Monroe title
Grand Street Campus won its second straight Monroe Tournament title on Friday, routing Xaverian, 13-6, in The Bronx. The Wolves won five of six contests and also defeated host Monroe...
MSIT's Astel to play Division I basketball at Manhattan College
Kaitlyn Astel’s mind was clear after seven days on a cruise to Florida and the Bahamas. The McKee/Staten Island Tech star guard got off the boat and one of the...
Nets fall to Celtics, 94-82
NEWARK — Avery Bradley hit three straight 3-pointers and scored 11 of his 18 points in a game-deciding third quarter as the surging Boston Celtics defeated the New Jersey Nets...
