May 25, 2012
Knicks name Mike Woodson permanent head coach
The Knicks finally made it official tonight, naming Mike Woodson their permanent head coach, removing the interim tag.“Mike took over the team under challenging circumstances and made it clear, starting...
Gee strikes out 9, leads Mets over Padres 6-1
Dillon Gee struck out a career-high nine, won consecutive starts for the first time in nearly a year, and doubled and scored the go-ahead run Friday night to lead the...
Mermaids: The Body Found Q&A
It took five years to give birth to a mermaid.Charlie Foley, Animal Planet’s senior vice president of development, took half a decade creating, developing, writing and executive producing “Mermaids: The...
Yankees play long ball to beat Athletics
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher hit two-run homers to help the New York Yankees win for the seventh straight time in Oakland, beating the Athletics 6-3 on...
More travelers to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend
More Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend than a year ago. And they'll have a bit more money to spend thanks to lower gas prices. Memorial Day kicks...
Stocks continue to fall, but still halt three-week slide
US stocks fell Friday as investors worried about signs of distress in Spain, where lender Bankia readied to become the biggest bank to be rescued by the government in the...
Wife, daughter of confessed Patz killer 'very distressed' by secret: minister
While Pedro Hernandez was confessing to the murder of Etan Patz, his shocked wife and daughter were seeking solace in the Evangelical church that had been a big part of...
'Another' picks up pace in Belmont workouts
Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another took another tour around Belmont Park on a rainy Friday, this time galloping a mile under exercise rider Humberto Gomez. After two days of...
Westchester woman wins $197K after cop car hit her in pursuit
A woman won a lawsuit in Westchester County Supreme Court for $197,000 after a Yonkers police car hit her during a pursuit. The jury awarded Aracelis Viruet, 61, the damages...
Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend freed from Pennsylvania prison
LORETTO, Pa. — An Italian ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway has been released from a Pennsylvania federal prison following a real-estate scam. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke says...
UBS, Citigroup lost $50 million due to Nasdaq's Facebook glitches
The market-making arms of UBS and Citigroup suffered combined losses of about $50 million on trades made during last Friday's glitch-plagued listing of Facebook on the Nasdaq Stock Market, according...
Pope's butler allegedly arrested in Vatican leaks probe
VATICAN CITY -- Vatican police Friday arrested a man who reportedly is the pope's butler on allegations he leaked confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to newspapers....
Guardiola could be 'seduced' back into club soccer after Barcelona exit
BARCELONA -- Outgoing Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola suggested he may return to club soccer sooner than expected as he opened the door for Europe's top teams to "seduce" him in...
Dempsey hints at Fulham exit, Klinsmann backs Champions League dream
U.S. star Clint Dempsey may not be playing for the U.S. in their next game in Jacksonville, sidelined with a groin injury; and he might not be playing for Fulham...
Mets call up Staten Island native Egbert
Right-hander Jack Egbert has been added to the roster of the Mets, who optioned left-hander Robert Carson to Double-A Binghamton of the Eastern League. Egbert, whose contract was selected from...
Berlusconi friend says she dressed up like Obama during parties
ROME — One of the young women who attended Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" parties told a court on Friday that she dressed up as a burlesque version of U.S. President...
Jeff Van Gundy slams Magic CEO over brother's firing
ORLANDO — Jeff Van Gundy lashed out at the Orlando Magic Friday, labeling the team’s top executive as clueless about basketball and accusing him of lying about the motives behind...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon asked to testify before Senate panel on June 7
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee said Friday he is asking J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon to testify before the panel on June 7....
Brown says Woodson right to appease Knicks owner over agent
New SMU coach Larry Brown said he "wants'' Mike Woodson in New York and recommended the Knicks to him last summer despite his past war with owner James Dolan. Brown...
'B'klyn Butcher' gains at least 50 pounds at Rikers
Time to hit the prison yard, butcher. The food at Rikers Island is clearly doing a number on the waistline of accused child-killer Levi Aron, whose enormous gut spilled over...
'FCU' Web series investigates James Franco baby bump rumor
James Franco...is pregnant? Strange, but, as you'll see for yourself, apparently true. At least according to the dedicated guys at "FCU: Fact Checkers Unit." The Web series, about two overzealous...
Norway gunman Breivik asked for Band-Aid after island shootings, policeman testifies
OSLO -- The policeman who arrested Anders Behring Breivik described Friday a calm killer who asked for a Band-Aid for a small cut on his finger. On the 25th day...
Rangers embracing do-or-die mentality before Game 6
It seems like staring at their season ending has brought out the best in the Rangers all spring, and before Friday night’s Game 6 at the Prudential Center, down 3-2...
Lower gas prices a boon for holiday travel
Don't start celebrating lower gas prices just yet. So far, the data is encouraging. The average price for a gallon of regular gas has fallen each day since May 16...
FRIDAY FIVE: New baseball cities
The Mets continue their home series against San Diego tonight, while the Yankees open a series in Oakland. Which makes this list a natural: Best new cities in baseball.When I...
Dick Fuld spotted at Wednesday's Rangers-Devils game
Former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld, who once fought another parent at his son's hockey game, attended Wednesday night's Rangers-Devils game at Madison Square Garden, where he left the violence...
Madonna touches down in Israel at start of world tour
TEL AVIV -- International music icon Madonna arrived in Israel on Friday to kick off her hotly-anticipated world tour with a sold-out performance in Tel Aviv. She arrived amid tight...
Yankees sign former Mets starter Maine: report
The Yankees have signed former Mets starter John Maine to a minor league deal, according to multiple reports. The Post reported last week that the team invited Maine to their...
Devils 'not counting' on Rangers goalie struggling again
Devils coach Pete DeBoer said Friday he does not expect another three goals on five shots against Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, anticipating the King to return to MVP form in...
Righting a refugee wrong
All hail Sen. Mark Kirk for lucidity and reason in the face of decades of political propaganda. Kirk has managed to get one step closer to forcing the US State...
Ewing's competition: Sloan interviews with Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A person familiar with the situation says the Charlotte Bobcats will interview Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan on Friday for their vacant head coaching position. The person...
Nets season in review: Anthony Morrow
As general manager Billy King constructed the Nets roster this season, what he was trying to do was clear: Surround his strong inside-out combination of Deron Williams and Brook Lopez...
New Jersey will 'go forward' with sports betting, despite federal ban
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- New Jersey will defy a federal ban and let people bet on the outcomes of football, basketball and other games this fall, Gov. Chris Christie said...
US consumer sentiment rises to 79.3% in May, highest level since October 2007
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- US consumer sentiment climbed in May to 79.3 -- the highest level since October 2007 -- from 76.4 in April, a final reading of a survey by...
NBCUniversal in talks to buy out Microsoft's stake in MSNBC.com
NBCUniversal is in talks to buy out Microsoft Corp's 50 percent stake in joint venture MSNBC.com, media reports said. NBCU parent Comcast Corp is conducting due diligence and the partnership...
Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky's children's charity The Second Mile to fold
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The Second Mile, the children's charity at the center of the child molestation case against Jerry Sandusky, will fold, the nonprofit announced Friday. The charity was...
Woman almost raped by stranger in Brooklyn home
A stranger attempted to rape a woman in her Sunset Park home yesterday, police said. The creep, captured in this surveillance picture, knocked on the front door of the victim’s...
Etan Patz 'killer' charged with second-degree murder in hospital arraignment
The former SoHo bodega stock boy who confessed to murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz was charged with second-degree murder tonight after being taken to Bellevue Hospital and temporarily placed on suicide...
Apple CEO Tim Cook turns down $75M dividend
WASHINGTON -- Apple CEO Tim Cook is proving himself as much a master of employee and investor relations as he is of operational efficiency. His decisions to create a charitable...
British house dismantled to free '700-pound' teenager
ABERDARE, Wales -- "Britain's heaviest teenager," who is believed to weigh more than 700 pounds, had to have part of her house demolished because she was too big to leave...
Florida man ties up 4-year-old daughter so he can play video games
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A Florida father was charged with child abuse after tying up his four-year-old daughter with rope in the kitchen of the family home so he could play video...
Knicks' J.R. Smith arrested on warrant in Miami Beach
Knicks guard J.R. Smith took his talents to South Beach and got arrested. Miami Beach police say Smith was arrested last night on a bench warrant for not having a...
Main Beach in East Hampton the country's third best beach
CORONADO, Calif. — Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado —...
Ron Paul rockin' Romney's convention
Recently, Newt Gingrich had a warning for Mitt Romney: Watch out for Ron Paul at the Republican National Convention. “I think the biggest danger in the short run is that [Romney's...
OCD Archives: The search for 'A Man to Remember' (1938) continues
Anyone have a 16mm print of "A Man to Remember'' (1938) in their attic? Turner Classic Movies acquired rights to this long-unseen movie starring Edward Ellis as a dedicated doctor...
Typical CEO made $9.6M last year: study
Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an...
Man awaiting DWI-fatality trial to get temporary jail leave
CARMEL — A man awaiting trial on charges that he killed a Bronx woman while driving drunk in the suburbs is being allowed of jail temporarily after his second child...
Speaker proposes during NJ college commencement
CRANFORD, N.J. — The student speaker at the Union County College commencement ceremony had a surprise in his speech before more than 1,000 graduates and their loved ones. Mid-speech, Sean...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood candidate advances to second round of presidential election
CAIRO — The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, according to partial results Friday from Egypt's first genuinely competitive presidential election. A former prime...
Suspect package destroyed after bomb scare at F1's Monaco Grand Prix
MONACO -- A suspect package was detonated in a controlled explosion following a bomb scare at the Monaco Grand Prix, Sky Sports reported Friday. The discovery of a small white...
Doctor jailed for helping CIA track down bin Laden to appeal conviction
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Lawyers for the Pakistani doctor jailed for 33 years for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden said Friday that they would appeal against his treason...
Disney-inspired streaker halts Cardinals-Phillies game
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals-Phillies game was interrupted prior to the start of the seventh inning Thursday night when a fan jumped over the wall, took off his clothes and...
NYCHSAA boys lacrosse AA, A boys lacrosse final previews
NYPost.com lacrosse beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Friday’s NYCHSAA Class AA and A boys lacrosse finals. SCHEDULE Class AA final – Fordham Prep at Iona Prep, 5 p.m. Class...
DANDY ANDY: Velazquez discusses playoffs, upcoming MLB draft
Every other week this spring season, Andrew Velazquez will take us inside the Fordham Prep baseball team. In his exclusive diary on NYPost.com, the Virginia Tech-bound shortstop will give us...
WATCH: Snoop Dogg Tebowing after throwing out first pitch at White Sox game
CHICAGO -- He's certainly had to deal with some heat during his colorful career, but Snoop Dogg was bringing the heat this time. The rapper donned a White Sox shirt,...
Hurricane Bud roars toward Mexican coast
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Hurricane Bud continued to weaken early Friday as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south...
Escaped monkey holds up flight at JFK for hours
Monkey business held up a Beijing-bound flight at Kennedy Airport nearly four hours yesterday. A monkey escaped its crate in the cargo hold of an Air China Boeing 747 scheduled...
Business briefs
Zames payMatthew Zames, the banker named to clean up JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss, has 693,285 restricted and unrestricted shares valued at $23.8 million as of May 23.Sony 3-DSony...
Nasdaq CEO went ahead with Facebook IPO despite signs new software had bugs
Nasdaq Chief Executive Bob Greifeld pressed ahead with Facebook’s initial public offering despite signs that the new software Nasdaq was using to launch the much-hyped stock sale still had bugs,...
1 World Trade Center offers warm welcome
This is the first rendering of how the base of 1 World Trade Center will look up close — a shimmering, richly textured facade on four sides of glass, stainless...
Tiffany tarnished
Tiffany is starting to look downright tarnished. Shares of the New York-based jeweler slid nearly 7 percent yesterday after the company cut its outlook for this year’s sales and profits...
Oracle of Omaha sees future in ink
Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway struck a deal this month to acquire 63 newspapers, said he may buy more publications as the industry rethinks whether to offer free content on...
Hamptons mags catching the digital wave
Plum Hamptons may be gone, a victim of the bankruptcy of the parent Plum Network, but the Hamptons publishing scene appears to be thriving once again. “It’s healthy, it’s a...
It’s good to be Goldman
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein sailed through the company’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday, despite a slew of recent blowups for the banking giant, including a former exec who blasted the...
Facebook short-sellers also burnt by IPO
Even as Wall Street heaps scorn on Facebook, investors eager to bet against the over-hyped stock are having a tough time. The disastrous opening that affected everyone also burnt short-sellers...
PayPal new expansion
PayPal unveiled deals with 15 retailers including Toys R Us, JCPenney and Barnes & Noble, helping the online payment giant expand into more physical stores. The deals add to a...
FDIC: bank profits climb
US bank profits rose in the first quarter of 2012, reaching their highest quarterly income levels since the second quarter of 2007, according to a regular report by the Federal...
Gupta jury hears Raj’s wiretap call
Federal prosecutors yesterday whipped out their most damning wiretapped call in the high-profile insider trading case against former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta. In Day Four of the closely watched...
Not-so-sweet charity
State authorities are probing a scandal-ridden Long Island insurance agency for possibly funneling up to $3 million in kickbacks to clients through a non-profit family foundation, The Post has learned....
Spring time for JPMorgan
JPMorgan Chase has scooped up a prominent eight-story SoHo building to ensure it can keep its own bank branch in the building. The New York bank paid a lofty $1,900...
SEC ends Lehman investigation
US Securities and Exchange Commission investigators have concluded their probe of possible financial fraud at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and determined that they will probably not recommend any enforcement action...
Midtown landmark Prime Burger to close Saturday
Now, this really bites! Another piece of classic Old New York will disappear tomorrow when the venerable hamburger paradise Prime Burger at 5 E. 51st St. will fire up the...
‘Village Voice’ ‘pimp’ indict
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A nationwide sex-trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Village Voice Media’s Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age...
Collector took his toll: DA
A crooked toll collector on the Verrazano Bridge made a smooth $7,600 by ringing up cash-paying cars as motorcycles and pocketing the difference, authorities said yesterday. Richard Betancourt, 22, allegedly...
Sex-crimes prosecutor in Brooklyn DA's office out amid ‘coverup’
A top sex-crimes prosecutor from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office is out — just weeks after a sensational sex-trafficking case on her watch began unraveling, The Post has learned. Lauren...
RFK Jr. 'bedded' heartbroken wife of sister's loverboy: sources
Mary Kennedy went to her grave convinced that her husband, RFK Jr., had a fling with the wife of the man who broke up the marriage of his sister and...
Yemen kills 35 Qaeda
SAN‘A, Yemen — Yemen said yesterday its troops killed 35 al Qaeda militants in an attack on a hideout in the country’s south, part of a wider offensive. The attack...
Cop-ram thief guilty
A gun-toting ex-con who was cleared by a Bronx jury after running over a cop and breaking her leg with a stolen car was finally convicted yesterday in Queens of...
Bx. principal who got OT working out in the gym gets plum gig at Manhattan school
She must have confused work with working out. A Bronx principal was collecting overtime pay while exercising with a personal trainer in the school gym after hours. But instead of...
Weeping pimp slapped with prison term
He was hard on his ho’s — and now a brutal pimp will be doing some long, hard time. A Brooklyn judge yesterday slapped Anthony McCord, a self-proclaimed expert in...
Gun-run rap for Guardsman
A soldier with an elite National Guard unit in North Carolina has been charged with illegally smuggling sophisticated firearms — including assault rifles and pistols — from New York City...
Hacks take whacks at pedestrian
Only in New York. Well, maybe just The Bronx. A violent fight worthy of a playoff hockey game broke out at a Hunts Point gas station yesterday when a pedestrian...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A cat burglar hit the jackpot when he slipped into a Williamsburg apartment and swiped more than $9,000 worth of Apple products, authorities said. The thief climbed through...
Obama unleashes fierce ‘Bill’dozer
WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton is going to bat for President Obama, bashing Mitt Romney as “extreme,” in e-mails touting a blockbuster June fund-raiser in Manhattan with the current and former...
Mark's cheap nups included $25K wedding ring, Mexican food
It looked as if Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg had won the lottery when she married the Facebook boss last weekend — but now she appears to be the unluckiest lucky woman...
FB brides jump gun
I did.New brides are so eager to brag, many update their Facebook status before the reception.A new poll for David’s Bridal, a wedding retailer, says 500 recently married or engaged...
Shrink ‘insure’ stink
Now that’s crazy: A real Manhattan psychiatrist collected insurance reimbursements for her own 200 “visits” to an imaginary shrink, prosecutors say.Accused insurance scammer Dr. Sudha Kailas, 33, who until last...
B’way big in custody deal
The black sheep of Broadway’s Nederlander family has settled his bitter custody dispute with his estranged wife — but he doesn’t seem very happy about it. Eric Nederlander appeared to...
PA toll tix join Edsel
Sixty-one years after introducing toll tickets at its bridges and tunnels, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will stop accepting them beginning July 1.Toll Scrip and Universal...
Mayor hails cab fare-hike plan
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday called a proposed taxi- fare hike “a good idea” — and warned medallion owners to keep their hands off the profits. “We’ve kept taxi rates stable for...
Liu boxed out of Bam’s Dem bash
ALBANY — Snubbed!The New York State Democratic Party denied embattled city Comptroller John Liu a slot to attend the 2012 convention in Charlotte, NC, this summer to nominate President Obama...
Food ‘print’ nix will hurt the needy: Mike
Gov. Cuomo’s decision to end electronic fingerprinting for food-stamp applicants could backfire because it will force the city to investigate them more thoroughly and delay approvals, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday....
C-section kids ‘fatter’
BOSTON — Babies born by C-section are twice as likely to be overweight in later childhood, according to new research published yesterday. Scientists from Boston’s Children’s Hospital studied 1,255 babies...
Hotel’s feline groovy
She’s one perk no other hotel can match. Matilda III, the 4-year-old pussycat who lives in the lobby of the tony Algonquin, returned yesterday as the hotel reopened after a...
Pols hit cyber bullies
Lawmakers in Albany are promoting a bill to combat cyber-bullying by trying to force anonymous posters off the Web.Under the proposed “Internet Protection Act,” Web-site administrators would have to provide...
Arrest at last in 1979 Etan Patz murder; suspect to appear in court today
New York’s most notorious and chilling mystery has finally been solved. A former SoHo bodega stock boy has confessed to murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz — and will answer to the...
Etan tragedy helped other missing children
He was the 6-year-old boy whose death became a cautionary tale. The disappearance of Etan Patz changed New York City forever — and wound up helping kids who went missing...
Forever haunted & shamed
The relief is palpable. But the pain and anger will never die. Many conspired to cover up the 1979 murder of little Etan Patz — the lost boy who will...
SoHo residents react in relief, rage to arrest in Etan case
Relieved SoHo residents said last night that the abrupt conclusion of their neighborhood’s most notorious mystery brought both satisfaction and rage. “It seems so brutal,” said Derrick Miller, 38. The...
Slain Qns. woman blew boyfriend's life savings gambling: landlady
A Queens man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death was furious with her for gambling away his life savings and leaving him thousands of dollars in debt, his landlady...
Bloomy shreds Times 'Be Like Philly' stop-and-frisk editorial
Mayor Bloomberg angrily vowed yesterday that he won’t allow New York to turn into Philadelphia, where the murder rate jumped after officials settled a stop-and-frisk lawsuit and agreed to a...
Jersey’s fine with NYPD Muslim spying
New Jersey’s top lawman yesterday said the NYPD did nothing wrong in snooping on Muslims in the Garden State, but issued new guidelines for city police operating across the Hudson.Attorney...
Hacking rap for NJ mayor
The mayor of West New York, NJ, just across the Hudson River from Midtown Manhattan, was arrested yesterday and charged with hacking into an e-mail account and Web site set...
Bam’s Booker backhand: Better not cross ‘The One’
The Issue: Cory Booker’s “Meet the Press” interview in which he criticizes presidential campaign ads. *** Newark Mayor Cory Booker spoke his mind about private firms and their roles in...
Carney’s canard
White House spokesman Jay Carney trotted out some pretty obvious whoppers the other morning on Air Force One. “Do not buy into the b.s. that you hear about spending and...
Casting PBS adrift — finally
“I think there will be things that we think are nice programs, and we’ll say to ourselves, is this program so critical it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay...
Kelly’s heroes
The NYPD’s ongoing effort to keep New Yorkers safe was back in the news yesterday on two significant fronts: * A three-month investigation by New Jersey state Attorney General Jeffrey...
‘Sustain’ this, Mario
Two of the world’s greatest chefs — Thomas Keller of New York’s Per Se and Andoni Luis Aduriz of Mugaritz, near San Sebastian, Spain — have upended the culinary scene’s...
A smoke screen of self-delusion
Like a Seurat painting or a pixilated photograph coming into focus, there are now enough tiny dots of independent data to begin to form a preliminary picture of Barack Obama’s...
WATCH: Wes Anderson's sweet tale over the 'moon'
Disarmingly sweet, Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom’’ at its most appealing focuses on a tween Romeo and Juliet who take flight from their guardians on a small, fictional island off the...
Prime Cannes-didates
CANNES, France — Bootleggers and mobsters, fugitives and femme fatales — America charged into this year’s Cannes Film Festival with guns blazing. Last year, France’s “The Artist” began its journey...
Campy ‘Royale’ with cheese
A grimly futuristic society, a group of kids fighting to the death: déjà vu, eh? Japan’s bloody “Battle Royale” actually got there before “The Hunger Games” — released in 2000,...
The Intouchables
Based on a true story, “The Intouchables” arrives trailing allegations of racism from some critics. It concerns a rich, white quadriplegic (François Cluzet) and how he gains a new appreciation...
Oslo, August 31st
Norwegian director Joachim Trier follows “Reprise,” his 2006 homage to the French New Wave, with another gem, “Oslo, August 31st.” It’s the story of a 34-year-old addict, Anders, who has...
The best man & woman
Two of Broadway’s great treasures can be found on the stage of “Gore Vidal’s The Best Man” — Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones. Between the two are more than...
Too many lectures en route to liberation
Anyone who caught the revivals this year of “The Road to Mecca” and “Blood Knot” knows that South African playwright Athol Fugard takes his sweet time to get to the...
Bookish Brits’ war of words
Anglophiles with a fetish for bookish Cambridge students politely arguing about literature and life may get a kick out of “The Common Pursuit.” Others may find themselves looking at their...
OC87
In what amounts to part autobiographical documentary and part therapy project, Bud Clayman — a middle-aged former film student who was institutionalized for eight years — co-directs what’s subtitled “The...
Arjun: The Warrior Prince
Disney is billed as a co-presenter of this animated epic developed by the Indian communications conglomerate UTV before its takeover by the Mouse House last year. Even though the title...
Mighty Fine
If you can overlook Andie MacDowell’s Mitteleuropa accent as a Jewish Holocaust survivor (I know: big if), the cinematic roman a clef “Mighty Fine” has some quiet charms. In the...
Devils know they have to be better in Game 6
Ten minutes into Wednesday night’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Devils had a 3-0 lead over the Rangers. But 17 seconds into the third period, the game...
Veterans carry Yankees as young guns struggle
The Yankees, at this moment, are dealing with more problems with youth than age. It has been common to wonder year after year if a team that relies so much...
Tebow turns Jets' OTAs into big event
Organized team activities — OTAs as they’re termed in NFL vernacular — are usually non-events. They are voluntary pad-less practices, lost in the soft part of the league’s offseason calendar...
Callahan knows he must ‘C’s moment for Rangers in Game 6
He was relentless from his first shift to his last at the Garden on Wednesday, nothing less, and that was nothing less than is ever expected of and from Ryan...
Sanchez on target; Tebow struggles at Jets' OTAs
Jets fans might want to get down on one knee this morning — not to “Tebow” but to pray their team does not need to use the backup quarterback. Tim...
Behind the scenes as Leetch, Daneyko take in Devils-Ranger series
Ken Daneyko knew it before perhaps even the players on the ice did. “Something is going to happen here,” the former Devils defenseman said after New Jersey made it 3-0...
5 questions for... Jon Barry
Espn analyst Jon Barry breaks down the NBA playoffs with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: How have the Spurs adapted from a defensive team to an offensive one this season?...
Trainer suspended for drugged horses
ALBANY — New York’s troubled racing industry took another hit yesterday as state regulators suspended a harness trainer they claim illegally drugged horses in 675 races and racked up 1,719...
I'll Have Another trainer faces ban after Belmont Stakes
Doug O’Neill, the trainer of Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another, was suspended 45 days and fined $15,000 yesterday by the California Horse Racing Board in a case dating to...
Vic Cangialosi’s Parx Grade
FIRST-6 fur; $22,000; clm; 3,4&5YO6-Apache Trail 8-54-HoosierHotShot8-11-TextbookBles20-15-Rnnngnflpflps12-12-Ruling Power 7-27-WesternSnshne5-23-Holy Smoke 6-1SECOND-1 mile; $22,000; clm; 3,4&5YO5-Neon Tan 1-14-Rolling Rocker15-11-Acncertremee9-26-Kangaroo Kid 6-12-Crafty Bobbi 12-17-Mr. Nice 3-13-Don'tDoubtMe20-1THIRD-1m&70yds; $26,000; clm; 3up5-Captain Canuck2-14-Our RocketMon3-11-Twilight Tattoo...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Shanty Irish (4th)FIRST: mile trot; $19,000; N.J.S.S.3 Vic Smith(AMiller)1-5-48-56 Gym Tan Laundry(DDube)2-3-19-51 Little Brown Fox(JTakter)3-1-19-22 Kodak Lindy(MTeague)2-1-46-14 Kingapore(MLachance)4-5-615-15 New YorkMuscle(CCallahan)3-3-210-1SECOND: mile trot; $19,500; N.J.S.S.3 Market...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-4 1/2 fur; $27,000; clm($40,000); 2YO 5 Gloryndpryr (Tlm) 23.40 9.00 5.20 3 Ctzen Bernsten (Espnoz) 5.20 3.20 6 Kiptiddy Do (Valdivia,Jr.) 3.00 * $1 Exacta (5-3) $56.70 * Quinella...
Segui fires darts at Clemens trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — David Segui remembered “darts” but not dates. The former major leaguer testified for the prosecution yesterday in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, and he would have made...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 1/2 fur; $59,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Sailmate(L),121D Cohen4-1-1Kimmel7-52 Smokin Hero(L),121CNakatani7-6-3Englehart5-23 Moonlight Song(L),121J Alvarado5-1-1Baker6-14 Recurring Dream ,118E Castro3-1-1Barker3-15 Wishful Tomcat(L),121I Ortiz,...
Belmont Charts
May 24th, 2012Raining and Good Turf Good©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 1/2 fur; $50,000; clm($25,000); 3YO(f)Off: 12:51. Good. ridden out 1/4-1/16pTime: 23.05, 46.43, 1:1.81, 1:17.56.Trainer: Chad BrownWinner: GR/RO F, 3,...
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsTomorrowFavoriteLineUnderdogCELTICS5 1/276ersConference FinalsSundaySPURS5 1/2ThunderOdds to Win SeriesFavoriteLineUnderdogSpurs$170-200ThunderNHL PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdogDEVILS$105-125RangersHome team in CAPS
Sports Shorts
Golf: McIlroy throws club after bad shotA frustrated Rory McIlroy hurled his club to the ground after hitting a poor shot during the first round of the BMW PGA Championship...
Hondo: V is for vanquished
The Hondo Kiss of Death proved to be too much for The Great Verlander, who lost to the Native Americans and caused the deficit to balloon to 1,665 spahns. Tonight,...
Home Team Lineups
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Agent upset Woodson left him over Knicks' negotiations
Joe Glass, Mike Woodson’s former agent, expressed dismay yesterday with his ex-client, believing he could have shown more loyalty two weeks ago. As The Post reported, owner James Dolan recommended...
Wade to go! Heat nix Indy
INDIANAPOLIS — Miami's Big Two was more than enough to finish off the Indiana Pacers. Dwyane Wade and LeBron James turned around a season on the brink with perhaps the...
Celtics-Sixers anybody’s series to win
With the desire to become farcically repetitive, do not expect Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to walk into TD Garden tomorrow night for Game 7. No sweat! The...
Giants' Nicks breaks foot, will miss three months
One of the goals for the Giants in training camp was to find a capable No. 3 receiver, but they will spend most, if not all, of their summer without...
No place like home
The biggest home-field advantage in Division I college baseball this spring didn’t include sellout crowds or state-of-the-art stadiums. It was at a public park in the northernmost tip of The...
Yankees need to roll on this road trip
This past week’s Yankees power outage prompted discussion of toughness and grit and heart concerning your favorite $198-million ballclub, and more often than not, it’s all a bunch of garbage....
Yankees' Nova now dealing with hamstring injury
Ivan Nova is already going through the worst stretch of his career and coming off an injured right foot he suffered last week in Baltimore. The Yankees right-hander’s luck isn’t...
Cedeno flops in his shot at leading off for Mets
Terry Collins auditioned a new Mets leadoff hitter last night. For the first time since May 27, 2010, Ronny Cedeno led off a game. The manager praised Cedeno for possessing...
Yankees confident with Soriano in ninth-inning role
Joe Girardi left open the possibility that Rafael Soriano could remain the team’s closer even after David Robertson gets back. The manager said on Wednesday he’s “comfortable” bringing in the...
Mets demolished by lowly Padres
It could be that the Mets will badly miss Mike Pelfrey this season. Since Pelfrey suffered a season-ending elbow injury, the replacements have been Chris Schwinden, Miguel Batista and now...
Mets need Davis to discover swing again
This is why the Mets have to stick with Ike Davis through valley fever and a season-long slump. This is why the Mets have chosen not to send Davis to...
Bell shows Jets he was safe choice in free agency
Yeremiah Bell has been a Jet for less than a week, but the safety already looks like he’s fitting in. Bell worked with Eric Smith as the starting safeties during...
McGuire wastes ‘privilege’ by refusing to report on spat
Somewhere in the NBC Gift Catalogue must be safety-first NBC steak knives — those with a lifetime guarantee for a dull cutting edge. And the NBC frying pan, the one...
Leetch 'laughed' when he saw Messier's guarantee
The 1994 Conn Smythe Trophy playoff MVP remembers “We’ll Win Tonight.” How could he forget his buddy’s guarantee? Hall of Famer Brian Leetch said it took the Rangers’ minds off...
Rangers fans know ‘Mar-TEEEE’ now
Back then he wasn’t yet the greatest goaltender of all time, he wasn’t the holder of statistical records nor had he spent three separate days with the Stanley Cup as...
Messier answered with his words, then goals
It came out of the blue from the Blueshirts captain, Mark Messier’s guarantee the Rangers would win Game 6, which he fulfilled with a hat trick 18 years ago tonight...
Stakes for Rangers, Devils same as ’94, but rivals seek own history
This is the stage of glory now, this Battle of the Hudson. The Rangers intend to make their own glowing history, not echo Mark Messier’s 1994 chapter of their book...
Rangers' Lundqvist needs to channel Richter's ’94 effort
So I am reading my contemporaneous notes from 18 years ago tonight because, as Rangers’ coach John Tortorella once told me out of a sense of exasperation not to be...
Starr Report
As expected, HLN will air the Daytime Emmys on June 23 (live from The Beverly Hilton in LA). The official announcement arrived via e-mail late yesterday. There’s no host, yet,...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYROBIN THICKE, NICOLE KIDMAN, CLIVE OWEN - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7PITBULL - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4BILL PAXTON, JUDITH LIGHT - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch....
Big Fish Story
If you loved (or even remember) the fantastically nutty “Alien Autopsy,” you will fall madly for “Mermaids: The Body Found,” an equally nutty special — on Animal Planet, of all...
‘Idol’ winner nearly quit
Newly crowned “American Idol” champ Phillip Phillips says he almost didn’t make it to the stretch run because of kidney problems. Phillips, 21, who beat Jessica Sanchez Wednesday night to...
Maid in H’wood tale to HBO
The wife of late “Tonight Show” producer Fred de Cordova is set to be the subject of an HBO movie. “Once Upon a Time in Beverly Hills” tells the only-in-Hollywood...
‘Carrie’ me back
It’s 1984 and Carrie Bradshaw, the style icon from “Sex and the City,” is a small-town high school girl with an itch for the big time. That’s the setting of...
‘Hard Knocks’ needs a team
By this time next week, HBO expects to have locked up an NFL team for its addictive sports-reality series, “Hard Knocks.” Officials who asked not be identified because of the...
Who's zooming who!
1. UEFA Champions Soccer 5,458,949 2. NBA - Lakers vs. Thunder 4,186,486 3. BillboardMusic Awards 2,823,775 4. American Idol 2,734,023 5. NBA - Pacers vs. Heat 2,144,328 6. NBA -...
Beer & dear!
Keep your hands off the exhibits. Your lips are another story. Today, the New-York Historical Society launches what promises to be among its most popular — not to mention thirst-quenching...
Weird but true
A golfer in Tennessee hit a hole in one — with the “hole” being the mouth of a passing motorcyclist. The harried hacker hooked a 14th-hole tee shot onto a...
Hofstra has shot at softball Series
It was more than seven years ago that Hofstra softball coach Bill Edwards was leading the Pride to another NCAA Tournament appearance. Having taken over in 1990, Edwards was in...
Fordham must find new AD
Fordham’s Frank McLaughlin is the last of a unique breed. He was a sensational college basketball player, a terrific college basketball assistant and head coach, and a devoted athletic director.McLaughlin...
Murder suspects killed in Orlando car crash after speeding away from police
ORLANDO -- Two suspects wanted over a murder in Orlando died Thursday evening when the car they were traveling in raced away from police and crashed into a canal. Five...
Regis cements status among elite with third CHSAA title in four years
A dominant season ended in equally impressive fashion. Top-seed Regis knocked off visiting Cardinal Spellman, 19-25, 25-9, 25-9, 25-15, in the CHSAA boys volleyball championship match Wednesday night on the...
I'll Have Another trainer O'Neill suspended 45 days; won't miss Belmont
Doug O’Neill, the trainer of Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another, was suspended 45 days after one of his horses had an excessive level of carbon dioxide, but the punishment...