April 28, 2012
Gee quiets Rockies bats in Mets' win
DENVER — Dillon Gee didn't let one tough inning get him down. Gee shook off the rough patch in an otherwise strong outing, Lucas Duda backed him with a homer...
Hop to it: Hopper's nine goals send Riverdale past rival Poly
Madeline Hopper didn’t like the effort she put forth in the first matchup against Poly Prep. This time she came out with something to prove and spoiled Poly’s Homecoming in...
Henry hurt in Red Bulls win over Revolution
Thierry Henry scored his MLS-leading ninth goal in the seventh minute, then went down with a right hamstring injury 15 minutes later, in the Red Bulls' 1-0 victory over the...
Jets draft Baylor's Griffin, not the quarterback
Robert Griffin is coming to the Jets. No, not RGIII, of course. Same school, though. Baylor guard Robert T. Griffin -- nicknamed "RGII," "Big Griff" and "Deuce" in school --...
Knicks destroyed by Heat in Game 1
MIAMI – It almost feels like the whole first-round series against the Heat came crashing down for the Knicks in one disastrous afternoon at AmericanAirlines Arena. A flu-ridden Tyson Chandler...
Rangers take Game 1 from Capitals with strong third period
Less than 48 hours later, there was little of the drama and desperation in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference seminfinals at Madison Square Garden that had marked Game 7...
Knicks' Shumpert carried off court with knee injury
MIAMI - Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert could be done for the first-round series after suffering what appears to be a torn ACL.Shumpert, selected No. 17th in last June’s draft, took...
Bronx 'iPhone killers' held without bail
The two Bronx men arrested for killing a young MoMA chef for his iPhone were ordered held without bail this afternoon. Dominick Davis, 20, and Alejandro Campos, 21, allegedly shot...
Baylor RB Ganaway highlights Jets' Day 3 picks
The Jets have selected Wake Forest safety Josh Bush in the sixth round of the NFL draft. Bush was an all-ACC selection last season as a fifth-year senior for the...
Tragic night on Long Island: 3 die in pair of car crashes
Three people were killed and three others were injured in a pair of horrific overnight car wrecks in Long Island. Both of accidents involved one car only and happened just...
Rose tears ACL at end of Bulls' win
Bulls star Derrick Rose will miss the rest of the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Rose was helped off the court late in...
Yankees' Gardner swings for first time since injury
Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner took swings Saturday for the first time since being placed on the 15-day disabled list April 18 with a sprained right elbow and reported no...
Giants third-round pick regrets failing drug test
Jayron Hosley knew it would hurt him because that’s what happens when you screw up on a job interview. Hosley attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and, while there,...
Garcia struggles again in Yankees loss to Tigers
Yankees starter Freddy Garcia retired five batters his last time out in Boston, surrendering five runs in the process. It can’t get any worse than that, right? Yes. Yes it...
Boyle, Dubinsky miss Rangers' Game 1 win
With Rangers coach John Tortorella continuing his terse and contentious handling of the media, he declared Saturday morning that there was “no update” on either of his injured forwards, Brian...
Blind Chinese dissident under US protection, activists say
BEIJING — A blind legal activist escaped house arrest in his Chinese village for American officials' protection, activists said Saturday, creating a diplomatic dilemma for the U.S. and Beijing days...
Sen. Grassley not satisfied with Secret Service's efforts to improve conduct of agents abroad
WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service's efforts to improve the conduct of agents working abroad is not enough for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who says he will continue to call for...
Apple and Samsung dominated mobile phone industry last quarter
The mobile phone business may soon turn into a conversation between two companies: Apple and Samsung.The two tech giants accounted for all of the profits in the mobile phone industry...
Devils coach splits up Kovalchuk, Parise in practice
It is more an earthquake in New Jersey than a shakeup. Devils coach Pete DeBoer broke up Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise in their last practice Saturday before they start...
Knicks' Chandler starting Game 1 vs. Heat
MIAMI -- Knicks center Tyson Chandler will start Game 1 against the Heat on Saturday.Chandler missed practice Friday because of the flu and Knicks coach Mike Woodson called it a...
Testaverde impressed by Jets second-round pick Hill
Stephen Hill already has one believer with ties to the Jets – former quarterback Vinny Testaverde.Testaverde spent time with Hill at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. before the NFL...
Giants compare TE from Draft to Pierre-Paul
It was not difficult to detect a theme as the Giants on Saturday finished up their selections in the NFL Draft. Of their seven picks during the three-day draft, five...
Easy way out: Fiend who killed wife, daughter commits suicide in Wash. bunker
SEATTLE — After a nearly 23-hour standoff, police blew up the top of an elaborate bunker in the Cascade Mountains on Saturday and found the body of a man inside...
Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador to Egypt amid lawyer spat
RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia decided to recall its ambassador to Cairo and close its diplomatic missions in Egypt after protests outside its embassy over an arrested Egyptian lawyer, state news...
Messi too upset to see Barca coach Guardiola bid public farewell
BARCELONA -- Soccer superstar Lionel Messi admitted he was too upset to see his Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola, publicly announce his departure from the club. Guardiola told his players early...
Apple seeking to stream films owned by Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM channel EPIX
Apple Inc began talks earlier this year to stream films owned by EPIX, which is backed by three major movie studios, on devices including a long-anticipated TV, according to two...
iPad replaces iPod as first Apple product consumers purchase: report
The iPod has had a nice run of it, but it’s no longer the gateway drug into the Apple ecosystem it once was. It is fast being replaced by one...
Earthquake shakes downtown Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- A moderate earthquake rattled Southern California Saturday, shaking buildings in downtown Los Angeles and the surrounding suburbs. According to the US Geological Survey, a magnitude 4.1 quake...
Penn Relays measuring stick for U.S. track
PHILADELPHIA — With the London Olympics starting in three months, new USA Track & Field CEO Max Siegel is standing by the lofty goal of 30 medals, which would be...
Tigers' Young placed on restricted list after 'anti-Semitic' attack
Detroit outfielder Delmon Young – facing a misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge for an alleged drunken fight during which cops say he yelled anti-Semitic slurs – went on baseball’s restricted list...
Bronx teen stabbed during subway fight over cell phone
A teen is fighting for his life after he was stabbed during a fight over a cell phone at a Bronx subway station early this morning, authorities said. The 19-year-old...
Three people held over alleged terror plot in Denmark jailed on weapons charges
COPENHAGEN -- Three people arrested in Copenhagen on suspicion of plotting a terror attack were charged with violations of weapons laws and jailed for 26 days at a hearing Saturday, the...
Gun manufacturer says Bank of America does not want its business
PHOENIX -- An Arizona-based firearms company says it is being treated unfairly by Bank of America for the type of business it does, a claim the bank denies. Kelly McMillian,...
US safer after bin Laden's death, Panetta says, but no 'silver bullet' to destroy al Qaeda
WASHINGTON -- US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday that America was a safer place after Osama bin Laden was killed but the threat of terrorism was still present and...
Pakistan spy agency claims credit for tracking down bin Laden
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Nearly a year after Osama bin Laden was killed by US commandos, Pakistan's intelligence service is claiming credit for helping the CIA track down the terror leader....
CHSAA/Private baseball roundup: Regis comes back against DiLeo, Xavier
Mike Comiskey came up huge in relief and Regis defeated one of the city’s top pitchers. Down four runs in the fourth to St. John’s-bound ace Nick DiLeo of Xavier,...
Mixed results for Mets’ pitching prospects
Two of the Mets’ top pitching prospects, Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia, are headlining Triple-A Buffalo’s starting rotation. So far, the results have been mixed. Harvey, who the Mets took...
Quiet Hopkins gets Dawson
Bernard Hopkins not having much to say before a fight is like Floyd Mayweather not caring about money. Yet, Hopkins has been quiet as a church mouse since signing for...
Walk-year guys to run with
Three of the four major-league leaders in RBIs going into this weekend — Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Nick Swisher, Josh Hamilton — had something fantastically important in common. Slugging outfielders...
Jets’ McElroy remains contrite
Jets backup quarterback Greg McElroy created a firestorm with comments he made in January. He has spent the last three months trying to put that fire out. Friday, during an...
Randle’s green-room nightmare a dream outcome for Giants
It was becoming increasingly lonely and stressful for Rueben Randle inside the green room Friday night at Radio City Music Hall. Across the Hudson River, inside the Giants’ “war room,’’...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
WESTCHESTER Belmont Park, ninth race. Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. One mile, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 5:06 p.m. LOWDOWN: To Honor and Serve came into his own late last year, winning...
WATCH: Umpire tackles streaker at Baltimore Orioles game
BALTIMORE -- Plate umpire Jeff Kellogg received a loud cheer during the Baltimore Orioles' game against Oakland on Friday night when he tackled a streaker. But the hit is unlikely...
The Post’s Peter Vecsey forecasts first round of NBA Playoffs
There’s nothing like repeatedly seeing the Eastern Conference’s seventh-best team on national TV in the so-called game of the week(end). The Knicks have been showcased five times on Sunday —...
'McDreamy' to the rescue as Patrick Dempsey saves car crash driver in Malibu
MALIBU, Calif. -- It's a swoon-worthy moment every female fan of "Grey's Anatomy" dreams of -- being saved by the doctor with the perfect hair, "McDreamy." Patrick Dempsey, who plays...
THE MATCHUPS
POINT GUARD Baron Davis shot just 37 percent from the field this season and has balanced sloppiness with creativity. Does the hurting veteran have a strong series in him? The...
Knicks edge vs. Heat may come off bench
MIAMI — It’s different for all five. Completely. Round 1 between the Knicks and Heat tips off, this afternoon and after a few whistles, the Knicks will begin to deploy...
Knicks need Amar’e of old, not old Amar’e
Amar’e Stoudemire and assistant coach Herb Williams were exchanging some friendly banter during the end of the Knicks practice yesterday at American Airlines Arena when the subject of Clippers phenom...
Left behind stars out to win 'B' title for South Bronx
South Bronx’s latest lopsided victory was full of laughs, high-fives and buckets of base hits. The Phoenix scored seven runs in each of the first two innings and cruised to...
Softball roundup: Quinones powers Spellman past St. Catharine
It was a big day for Victoria Quinones. The Spellman senior went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and two RBIs to lead the Pilots to an 8-7 win...
Sharp Falcone pitches impressive Sea past Farrell
The stage was set for Chris Falcone: A Friday night game under the lights at the College of Staten Island and his team's rival, Monsignor Farrell, in the opposite dugout....
Rangers forward Stepan starring in playoffs
It doesn’t even take 10 fingers to count the number of centers in NHL history with greater careers than Bryan Trottier, who came to the Island as a 19-year-old man...
Dubinsky, Boyle questionable for Rangers Game 1 vs. Capitals
The Rangers have managed to get by one round of the playoffs with good fortune, as their lack of depth at the forward position was masked with good timing and...
Near-perfect Kassan leads Fieldston to season sweep of Collegiate
Max Kassan was as close to perfect as Fieldston could have hoped. The sophomore southpaw tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout as the Eagles defeated Collegiate, 7-0, in Ivy Prep League...
Hairston's cycle not enough as Mets fall to Rockies
DENVER — Carlos Gonzalez was at the center of an 11-run fifth inning, hitting a homer and single to drive in five of his six RBIs, and the Colorado Rockies...
WATCH: Mel Gibson responds to latest audio recordings
Mel Gibson feels like he’s living in a B-movie. “How did I get here? It is bizarre,” he told Jay Leno Friday. The fallen blockbuster star appeared on Leno’s “Tonight...
Surging Mary Louis, Minihane knock off Molloy
This is the team Mary Louis expected to be when the year started. The Hilltoppers followed up a win over St. Francis Prep by beating defending CHSAA state champions Molloy,...
PSAL baseball roundup: Kennedy tops Morris, takes over top spot in Bronx A West
John F. Kennedy is all alone atop Bronx A West. Erich Gonzalez had two hits and scored four runs, Wilfer Heredia had three RBIs and Joshua Pacheco drove in two...
Business briefs
Slow growthUS gross domestic product grew at an inflation-adjusted annual rate of 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2012, the Commerce Dept. said. That marked a slowdown from the...
Ugg! Investors boot Deckers shares 25%
It’s going to be tougher to scrape the mud off this time. The maker of Ugg boots and Teva sandals shocked investors with a disappointing earnings report and outlook that...
LightSquared creditors have had their fill of Phil
It’s showtime for hedge fund honcho Phil Falcone. The wealthy backer of LightSquared, the 4G wireless start-up, is staring at a 10 a.m. Monday morning deadline to step down from...
Samsung tops Nokia, Apple
Sure, it’s good to be king. It’s even better to be a king twice over like Samsung. The South Korean electronics giant has not only toppled the once-mighty Nokia in...
Feds cry NBA personnel foul
The National Basketball Players Association is being investigated by the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan after President Derek Fisher asked for independent reviews of its finances and business practices, the...
A meaty Walmart
A deli manager at a Walmart store has started an online petition calling for the resignations of the retailer’s chairman and chief executive officer in the wake of allegations that...
Dewey eyed over finances
New York prosecutors are looking into possible financial mismanagement at Dewey & LeBoeuf after lawyers at the law firm requested an investigation, two people familiar with the matter said yesterday....
Ford looks to make pension payout
Ford, which yesterday posted its 12th straight profitable quarter, is looking to use some of that cash to make upfront pension payments to 90,000 white-collar workers this summer. The carmaker...
US adds financial enforcers
An Obama administration task force probing misconduct that fueled the financial crisis is increasing its ranks, adding five financial analysts and 10 new federal prosecutors spread across the country, according...
ResCap Chap. 11 could KO Ally
Ally Financial could sustain losses of between $400 million and $1.25 billion in the event of a bankruptcy filing by its troubled Residential Capital mortgage unit, the government-owned auto lender...
WATCH: Space Shuttle Enterprise soars over NYC
Here’s America’s greatest spacecraft flying over the world’s most magnificent city. Thousands of excited space fans thronged viewing spots across the region yesterday to see Space Shuttle Enterprise as it...
Student-loan brawl
WASHINGTON — The House yesterday narrowly passed a bill that would stop the interest rates on federal college loans from doubling this summer — but cash-strapped students shouldn’t celebrate yet.The...
Murder victim’s stolen iPhone leads cops back to 'killers'
The same iPhone that got a promising young New York chef murdered led cops to his killers yesterday, investigators said. Two Bronx men with criminal records were arrested in the...
Baby ‘boom’?
Cops shut down a Newark Airport terminal yesterday after TSA screeners let a baby slip through security without being checked.The scare happened at around 1 p.m. when a passenger was...
WATCH: Obama campaign ad focuses on bin Laden strike, while pro-Romney group thinks Bam is too 'cool'
WASHINGTON — President Obama has an explosive new unofficial campaign slogan: I killed bin Laden, and Mitt Romney might not have. A new campaign ad out yesterday features Bill Clinton...
The veep biles over
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden went on another of his charm offensives yesterday morning, this time calling his audience “dull as hell” during a speech. Speaking to a campaign event in...
US: Take your seat, GOPers
ALBANY — The US Justice Department yesterday said it would not challenge a plan by New York Republicans to add a seat to the state Senate through redistricting.But a lawsuit...
Bronx DA goof
Charges were dropped yesterday against Bronx dad Andre Muller, whose brawl with two parking attendants led to his son Isayah being fatally stabbed.The reason: Prosecutors failed to tell grand jurors...
Runaway’s rail odyssey
A 13-year-old autistic boy from The Bronx — who ran away from home after being bullied at school — wandered the subways for three days, jumping turnstiles and living off...
John ‘Dough’ missing again
Police yesterday tracked a missing incoherent man — who may have a multimillion-dollar hole in his head — to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, only to discover that he’d already been released....
Son of a gun blames Daddy
Pedro Espada Jr.’s son threw his dad right under the bus yesterday — with his lawyer telling a jury it was his father who ran the family’s scandal-scarred Bronx health...
Bid to beat gun rap in slay
Lawyers for a Queens wife who dodged a murder rap for gunning down her abusive cop husband has appealed her conviction on a gun rap related to the case.Barbara Sheehan,...
Zimm’s 200G ‘oversight’
SANFORD, Fla. — Calling it an “oversight,” George Zimmerman’s attorney said yesterday the neighborhood-watch volunteer and Trayvon Martin shooter did not disclose that a Web site had raised more than...
Fatal crane collapse boss 'taunted' victims' lawyers after beating charges
Now he’s dancing on their graves. Cleared of all criminal charges Thursday in the fatal 2008 collapse of a tower crane on East 91st Street, construction magnate James Lomma immediately...
Man hit by cab near Union Square
A taxi cab ran over a pedestrian near Union Square early this morning — pinning him beneath its wheels, cops and the driver said. “The guy fell in front of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** An Upper West Side teacher’s aide yesterday was cleared of charges that he molested an 8-year-old girl in the elementary school that she attends and that he’s worked...
Former aide feared John Edwards would have him killed
GREENSBORO, NC — He feared his boss would kill him. Andrew Young, a former campaign aide to disgraced former presidential candidate John Edwards, testified yesterday that he thought his onetime...
US: Qaeda is defanged
Al Qaeda’s core organization is likely incapable of carrying out another mass-casualty attack on the scale of 9/11, US intelligence and counterterrorism officials said yesterday. Government experts also believe that...
Mickey Mantle’s looking to raise money to avoid eviction
Mickey Mantle’s is down to its last out. The landlord is trying to evict the fan-favorite eatery once owned by the legendary Yankee slugger from its 25-year home on Central...
HS ‘doubles’ challenger
The class of 2014 at Staples HS in Westport, Conn., has 16 sets of twins — probably enough to wrest away the world record now held by another Connecticut school....
Performance gap
Some of the public schools slated to be closed this summer and to have up to half their staff either relocated or made substitute teachers are filled with highly rated...
Mike, Andy clash on teacher ratings
“Chaos” is in the cards if the state decides to release teacher-evaluation scores to parents while withholding them from the public, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday. The mayor said the scores...
Liu $$ gal hit with new ‘lie’ rap
City Comptroller John Liu’s former campaign treasurer has been hit with a new charge of lying to the FBI during its probe of contributions to the embattled mayoral contender. Jia...
City honcho arranged for a love nest
Former city Finance Commissioner Martha Stark went above and beyond for her lovers — not only helping them get jobs at her city agency but also finding one an apartment...
Council aide axed for firebombing military recruitment office
Now they fire him. City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez yesterday canned his spokesman after The Post revealed he served six months in federal prison for torching an Army recruitment center in...
Roll the 7 to Chelsea: MTA
The 7 train — which will soon have a new stop on 34th Street and 11th Avenue — could be extended even further down into Chelsea if the head of...
Hizzoner’s ferry dust
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday rhapsodized over the city’s blossoming ferry system, saying that the boats are so successful they might one day use MetroCards and offer free subway transfers.“Why shouldn’t you...
Two cops injured in accident while rushing to a call in Brooklyn
Two cops were hospitalized after their car was T-boned by another vehicle as they rushed to a call in Brooklyn yesterday, witnesses and police said. The cops were taken to...
Family-killing DWI cop free after 10 years in prison
A former NYPD cop was released from prison yesterday after serving 10 years for a notorious 2001 drunken driving crash that wiped out a Brooklyn family — including a pregnant...
Tigers slugger Delmon Young busted in 'anti-Semitic' attack: DA
Detroit Tigers slugger Delmon Young went on a drunken, anti-Semitic rampage outside a posh Manhattan hotel yesterday — shouting “f--king Jews” at a group of tourists before throwing one to...
Secret Service agent who 'refused to pay' hooker identified
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service agent who set off the hooker scandal that has shaken the once-revered agency to its core was outed yesterday as Arthur Huntington. He was “the...
China-envy is idiocy
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman likes to muse about how wonderful it would be if the United States could be like China for a day. The scandal engulfing former...
Hard road ahead for Libyan democracy
Libya’s civil war ended last August, after a US-led NATO force helped rebels overthrow the 42-year dictatorship of Moammar Khadafy. But true peace depends on efforts to create a new...
Autism’s full spectrum: dollars driving diagnoses?
The Issue: How to explain the explosion in the number of diagnosed cases of autism in America. *** As a retired special-education teacher, I am alarmed by the so-called rise...
The council’s terrorist
You’re fired! Those were the words of City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) yesterday — just hours after The Post disclosed that his spokesman was a convicted terrorist who tried to...
Mike’s grade-A logic
Mayor Bloomberg was brimming with common sense yesterday when he talked about the folly of trying to let only parents see teacher ratings — while keeping them secret from everyone...
‘Crucify them’: O’s real energy policy
One of President Obama’s radical eco-bureaucrats has apologized for confirming an indelible truth: This White House treats politically incorrect private industries as public enemies who deserve regulatory death sentences. Al...
An end to the border wars
The illegal immigration problem is going away. That’s the conclusion I draw from the latest report of the Pew Hispanic Center on Mexican immigration to the United States. Pew’s demographers...
Bloom Burg
Feeling stressed from her college workload, Jersey City resident Sharlen Yuan, 23, and one of her school pals decided to take a much-deserved homework break to stop and smell the...
The great escapes
THE HIKING ADVENTURE Heading up the trail at Overlook Mountain in Woodstock, you may think you’re in for a pleasant five-mile hike. But as you near the summit, you’ll find...
9 ways not to be a city slicker when spending time in the Hudson Valley
So the ink is dry on your upstate rental agreement, or your friends tossed you the keys to their cabin. Congrats. Here are some tips from a longtime Rhinebeck resident...
Kids stuff
Today FLOWER POWER: Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival is beyond beautiful. In addition to traditional Japanese dance and martial-arts performances, workshops and more, be prepared to...
Rutgers WR Sanu drafted by Bengals, for real this time
Mohamed Sanu getting the last laugh gave the second day of the NFL Draft a heartwarming angle. Tormented by an anonymous prankster who tricked the Rutgers wide receiver into thinking...
Sports Shorts
nHL: Coyotes beat Predators 4-3 in OTRay Whitney scored 14:04 into overtime and the Coyotes survived another late goal in regulation to open the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-3...
Colts team Stanford TE Fleener with Luck
Stanford tight end Coby Fleener was standing on the field across the street from Chelsea Piers on Wednesday, gazing up at some of the Jetsons-like architecture that has sprung up...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $57,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Wishingonastar(L),122E Castro4-1-6Barker5-12 Master Splash(L),122CVelasquz3-5-6Englehrt10-13 Mr Ames(L),122M Luzzi2-10-3Cox12-14 DehereoftheCat(L),116RDomingz5-1-xTrombett5-25 Ludo Bagman(L),116J Alvarado4-2-1R Dutrow6-16 Flo's Greatness(L),122A Solis3-4-1Iselin8-17...
Belmont Charts
April 27th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Good©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $62,000; alw 3upOff: 12:50. Good. 4w turn, long driveTime: 23.7, 46.79, 1:11.57, 1:36.4.Trainer: Joseph ImperioWinner: DK B/ C,...
Vic C.’s Calder Grade
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $10,500; clm($12,500); 3YO7-Johnny'sGalaxy3-14-Malibu Wave 6-11-Hertzel 9-55-SweetsthernTw8-12-DancingforLos15-16-Sugar Ryan 6-13-Straightsccess20-18-Old Puerto 5-1SECOND-7 1/2 furT;$14,000; cl($16,0); 3up1-Baltimore Saint5-17-Pico Bolivar 5-22-Evenforever 8-18-Mr Nu Nu 12-13-I Can and IWill15-19-Large Kaufy 3-14-Hey Brayden...
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsTodayFavoriteLineUnderdogHEAT8 1/2KnicksBULLS8 1/276ersPACERS9MagicTHUNDER7 1/2MavericksTomorrowSPURS10 1/2JazzLAKERS5NuggetsHAWKS1 1/2CelticsGRIZZLIES5ClippersOdds to Win SeriesFavoriteLineUnderdogHeat$650-900KnicksBulls$900-140076ersPacers$600-800MagicThunder$400-500MavericksSpurs$1450-2500JazzLakers$195-240NuggetsCeltics$160-190HawksGrizzlies$170-200ClippersNHL PlayoffsTodayFavoriteLineUnderdogRANGERS$140-160CapitalsBLUES$135-155KingsTomorrowFLYERS$145-165DevilsOdds to Win SeriesRANGERS$150-170CapitalsFlyers$145-165DevilsBlues$145-165Kings Home team in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing7 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup Series, 400 FOXBaseball12:30 p.m.Brewers at Cardinals FOX4 p.m.Tigers at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Cubs at Phillies WGN8 p.m.Mets at Rockies WPIX, WFAN (660 AM)9...
Hondo’s playing some hoops
Hondo hit a bomb with the D’backs last night but promptly gave a chunk of it back when the Nats failed in LA, leaving him with IOUs totaling 475 barnetts....
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 28SUNApr. 29MONApr. 30TUEApr. 1WEDApr. 2THUMay 3FRIMay 4YankeesDetroit4:05YES Network WCBS 880 AMDet. 1:05 YES WCBSBalt. 7:05 YES WCBSBalt.7:05YESWCBSBalt.7:05YESWCBSK.C.8:10YESWCBSK.C.8:10YESWCBSMetsColorado8:10WPIXWFAN 660 AMCol. 3:10 WPIXWFANHou.8:05SNYWFANHou.8:05SNYWFANHou.2:05SNYWFANNOGAMEAri.7:10SNYWFANKnicksMiami3:30ABCESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEMia.7:00TNTESPNNOGAMENOGAMEMia.7:00TNTESPNNOGAMERangersWashington3:00NBCWBBR 1130 AMNOGAMEWash.7:30NBCSNTBDNOGAMEWash.7:30NBCSNESPNNOGAMENOGAMEDevilsNOGAMEPhi.3:00NBCTBDNOGAMEPhi.7:30NBCSNTBDNOGAMEPhi.7:30NBCSNWFANNOGAMERed BullsNew England3:30NBCSNWLIB 1190 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Walk-year guys to run with
Three of the four major-league leaders in RBIs going into this weekend — Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Nick Swisher, Josh Hamilton — had something fantastically important in common.Slugging outfielders Ethier...
Deron not ruling out return to Nets
With the Nets' last season in New Jersey officially behind them, they are finally Brooklyn-bound. Now they just need to make sure Deron Williams is, as well. The superstar point...
Houston says Knicks have potential to beat Heat
MIAMI — Knicks assistant general manager Allan Houston is the expert on surviving a shortened, lockout schedule, turmoil, a bad seed, facing a tough Miami team in the first round,...
Yankees rough up Tigers ace Verlander
The rumors are true. Justin Verlander is mortal. Hyperbole was given the night off when the Tigers' reigning American League MVP and Cy Young winner was manhandled for a season-high...
Heat have been preparing for Knicks
MIAMI — Yes, there was a chance the Heat would face the 76ers in the first round of the playoffs. But the Heat never really thought that. And though Miami...
Heat Big 3 getting second chance
MIAMI — They were built and billed as the Miami Dream Team, a collection of three superstars whose worth and talents could carry a supporting cast of guys named Skippy...
Mets lose to Rockies, who score 11 runs in fifth
DENVER — Scott Hairston’s historic night was overshadowed by possibly the ugliest half-inning of Mets baseball in the franchise’s 51 seasons. On a night the Mets should have been celebrating...
Mets CF Nieuwenhuis makes return to Colorado
DENVER — Kirk Nieuwenhuis was back to his field of dreams last night. Returning to his roots — Nieuwenhuis was a star baseball and football player at nearby Denver Christian...
Joba back at Yankee Stadium, vows to return in 2012
Joba Chamberlain returned to Yankee Stadium on Friday night for the first time since dislocating his right ankle in March and the relief pitcher said he still intends to be...
Yanks’ All-Star Skowron dies
Bill “Moose” Skowron, who was a key part of four World Series titles with the Yankees, died yesterday of congestive heart failure at 81 after a lengthy illness outside of...
Yankees defeat Tigers; Jeter scores on passed ball in 9th
Derek Jeter’s hitting streak is over, but he still helped the Yankees win a game. The Yankees captain drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the ninth, then advanced...
Yankees losing arms race
Eventually, the Yankees’ starting pitching will run this team smack into a brick wall. It may not happen until late in the season. It may not happen until October, but...
Jets trade up for WR Hill
Mark Sanchez has a new target. The Jets moved up four picks in the second round of the NFL Draft in a trade with the Seahawks to select wide receiver...
Jets draft speedy WR Hill
Mark Sanchez has a new target. The Jets moved up four picks in the second round of the NFL Draft in a trade with the Seahawks last night, and selected...
Coples says he's 'a great value' for Jets
Before last football season, Quinton Coples was considered by many to be the best defensive player in college football. The talk was of him going No. 2 in the 2012...
Jets second-round pick Hill gift for Sanchez
Mike Tannenbaum and Jets coach Rex Ryan recognized Friday night it was time to help Mark Sanchez, finally. Or, at the very least, keep him from being swept away unceremoniously...
Giants pick Wilson says he runs like Rice
The Giants will follow David Wilson’s lead and do back flips if their first-round draft pick’s claim proves to be prophetic. On Friday Wilson said, “I couldn’t pick one’’ NFL...
Giants draft WR Randle after slide
When it came time to make their selection with the last pick in the first round of the NFL Draft, the Giants, as always, mulled over several players they had...
Queens-born safety hopes for Day 3 call
Sometimes the players who end up becoming the heart, soul and guts of NFL teams are fall-through-the-cracks guys. This is what the late rounds of the NFL Draft are all...
Giants give Kiwanuka new contract; Umenyiora waiting
The Giants gave a contract extension to one of their top defensive players, but it wasn’t Osi Umenyiora. Mathias Kiwanuka, a converted defensive end who has found a home at...
Devils turn focus toward Flyers for Game 1 Sunday
The Devils have exorcised their own demons. It will require greater supernatural force to purge the Flyers of their orange goblins. The Devils were hooting and hollering in their locker...
Rangers goalie Lundqvist finalist for Hart Trophy
In the midst of the NHL awards season, there are few stars brighter right now than Rangers goalie Henrik Lunqvist. After being nominated as one of three finalists for the...
Knicks can seize moment, beat Heat
MIAMI — The Knicks need to heed and paraphrase the mantra Frank Galvin would repeat to himself in “The Verdict,” in the tense moments of that movie when you almost...
Knicks open playoffs vs. Heat today
MIAMI — Carmelo Anthony can’t wait. Neither can LeBron James. Friends and rivals since high school, Anthony and James haven’t spoken yet since the latest playoff rendition of Knicks-Heat became...
Knicks center Chandler has flu, could miss Game 1 vs. Heat
MIAMI — Whether it was playoff gamesmanship or not, Knicks coach Mike Woodson called it “a strong possibility’’ center Tyson Chandler will sit out today’s Game 1 versus the Heat...
‘Fringe’ back for one more
Fox has renewed its cult drama “Fringe” for a fifth and final season, giving the go-ahead on 13 more episodes. The renewal will bring the sci-fi series to an end...
Baby # 2 for CW star Gellar
‘R inger” star Sarah Michelle Gellar is expecting her second child with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., according to multiple reports. Gellar and Prinze, who’ve been married for nearly 10 years,...
First words from motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker's killer in bizarre 'murder-for-hire'
Have you heard the one about the murder victim who kept backing into the knife? Well, that’s almost Kenneth Minor’s story and he’s sticking to it — and, in a...
Weird but true
This weird tradition is wild music to their ears. Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology toppled a piano off the roof of their dorm, sending it plummeting six stories...
Jets plan to hold 'open competition' at right tackle
There was plenty of speculation entering this year's NFL Draft that the Jets would select a right tackle early in the draft.After three rounds, they have ignored the position. That...
St. John's inks high-flying duo
Steve Lavin promised a landmark recruiting class and he’s come through so far. St. John’s received signed National Letters of Intent from coveted forwards JaKarr Sampson of Brewster Academy, a...
Harlem's Lawton picks Maine, realizing lifelong dream
Shaun Lawton saw himself as a Division I player. It didn’t matter that he didn’t have any offers after helping Long Island Lutheran to the New York State Federation Class...
Giants draft LSU WR Randle in second round
There was no secret the Giants on the second day of the NFL Draft had their sights set on grabbing a receiver. The problem was, they had the last pick...
WATCH: Giants draft pick does 21 back flips
Want to get drafted by the Giants? Learn how to do back flips.Giants 2012 first-round pick David Wilson, a running back from Virginia Tech, can be seen in this video...