June 17, 2012
Fire burns Red Bulls, scoring twice late to seal victory
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Gonzalo Segares and Chris Rolfe scored in the second half to lead the Chicago Fire to a 3-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Sunday....
Webb Simpson outlasts Furyk, McDowell to win U.S. Open
SAN FRANCISCO — Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open and put two more names into the graveyard of champions. Overlooked for so much of the week, Simpson emerged on a...
Wife convinced real-estate exec David Winoker to go on doomed skydiving trip
She talked him into it. A Manhattan real-estate scion who died in a freak parachute accident hadn’t wanted to go skydiving, but his wife convinced him to do the jump,...
Ronaldo scores twice to lead Portugal over the Netherlands
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Cristiano Ronaldo’s smile and swagger were back, and so was his scoring touch. The Real Madrid forward finally found the form he was lacking at the European...
Germany eliminates Denmark, advances into Euro quarters
LVIV, Ukraine — Germany failed to sparkle but still advanced to a quarterfinal against Greece after grinding out a 2-1 victory over Denmark on Sunday at the European Championship. The...
Worker killed by wolf pack at Swedish zoo
NORRKOPING, Sweden — A female employee at a Swedish zoo was mauled to death today after being surrounded and then attacked by a pack of wolves, local media reported. The...
Going to the movies a 'frequent source of entertainment' for only 3% of Americans: survey
Only a very small percentage of US consumers see going to the movies as a frequent activity, according to the results of a new survey.Just 3% of US consumers characterized...
Russia fined for 'improper conduct' by fans at Euro 2012
WARSAW, Poland — UEFA fined the Russian football association (euro) 30,000 ($37,800) on Sunday for “improper conduct” by fans at a European Championship match against Poland. The European football body...
Missing New Jersey boy may be in Brooklyn
Authorities searching for a missing 5-year-old New Jersey boy apparently abducted by his grandfather say the child may be in New York City. State police are looking into "several locations"...
Search ends for Japanese climbers on Mount McKinley
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Park Service says it has permanently suspended efforts to recover the bodies of four Japanese climbers killed in an avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley. A...
Former Sen. Chris Dodd to be unpledged super delegate for Connecticut at Democratic National Convention
HARTFORD, Conn. — Former Sen. Chris Dodd will join Connecticut's delegation at the Democratic convention this summer though he's been out of office for 17 months. The Hearst Connecticut Media...
Radiohead drum technician killed in stage collapse
TORONTO — Investigators combed through the wreckage of a Toronto stage today, trying to determine what caused the structure to come crashing down ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing the...
Giants' Eli Manning throws out first pitch at Mets game
Eli Manning recalled this afternoon that he played high school baseball, primarily second base.“I could turn the double play pretty well,” the Giants star quarterback said.Manning was at Citi Field...
If Edwards ended up in prison, mistress would have moved nearby: memoir
When John Edwards faced the prospect of an indictment that could put him behind bars, he calmly told his mistress he would probably wind up in a low-security prison in...
Nova pitches gem as Yankees sweep Nationals, win ninth straight
WASHINGTON — Ivan Nova pitched effectively into the eighth inning to win his fifth straight start, Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano hit solo homers, and the New York Yankees beat...
Yankees' Swisher out against Nationals with bruised quad
WASHINGTON — Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher was held out of the lineup against the Washington Nationals a day after leaving the game with a bruised quad. New York manager Joe...
Cueto, Reds take out brooms, defeating Mets
Chris Young found plenty to like about his performance — seven pain-free innings against a first-place team. Still, his first major league loss since 2009 left him disappointed “Ultimately, it...
'Madagascar 3' tops box office again as 'Rock of Ages' and 'That's My Boy' flop
LOS ANGELES — Zoo animals remain hot at the box office. Singing stars and Adam Sandler are not. Ben Stiller and his voice co-stars of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted"...
Conn. man surrenders after threat to kill parents
SOUTHINGTON, Conn. — A standoff lasting several hours in Southington ended peacefully with the arrest of a man accused of threatening to kill his parents. The Hartford Courant reports that...
Haas stuns Federer in Gerry Weber Open final
HALLE, Germany — Wild card Tommy Haas defeated five-time champion Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open for the second time Sunday. “If someone had told...
Former Jets RB Tomlinson to retire with Chargers after 11 seasons
Running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who spent the past two seasons with the Jets, will retire Monday.The Chargers announced Sunday they would re-sign Tomlinson, who spent nine years with the team,...
Rodney King, victim of brutal LA police beating, dead at 47
LOS ANGELES — Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the...
Romney continues to push for long-term plan for young immigrants
BRUNSWICK, Ohio — Mitt Romney is refusing to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The...
Greece's pro-bailout conservatives win election, allaying fears of pullout
ATHENS, Greece — Fears of an imminent Greek exit from Europe's joint currency receded today after the conservative New Democracy party came first in a critical election and pro-bailout parties...
Fire kills 13 prisoners during jail mutiny in southeastern Turkey
ISTANBUL -- At least 13 prisoners died from smoke inhalation after inmates started a fire during a mutiny in a jail in southeastern Turkey, officials said Sunday. The prisoners set...
French vote in general polls expected to give President Hollande a parliamentary majority
PARIS -- The French began voting Sunday in a general election runoff expected to hand Socialist President Francois Hollande a clear parliamentary majority to push his agenda. Opinion polls released...
Syrian troops besiege Homs, day after violence across country left 69 dead
HOMS, Syria -- Syrian troops besieged several districts of the central city of Homs on Sunday, a day after violence across the country cost at least 69 lives, a watchdog...
Texas school staff forced 'smelly, dirty' third-grader to shower, lawsuit says
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The parents of a third-grade boy have sued two Texas school employees, alleging that they forced their son to strip and shower in front of them...
Colorado wildfire destroys 181 homes, more than any other in state’s history
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The wildfire burning just west of Fort Collins, Colo., has destroyed 181 homes, Larimer County Sheriff's officials said Saturday. The so-called High Park fire has now...
Mickelson Sr. recalls how Phil learned game
SAN FRANCISCO -- In a perfect world, Phil Mickelson would love to deliver a first career U.S. Open victory to his dad on Father’s Day. But that’s likely going to...
Youngster Hossler stays in contention
SAN FRANCISCO — Beau Hossler has raised the stakes. After saying, his goal at this year’s U.S. Open was to be the low amateur, the 17-year-old now has his sights...
Veteran Els has third Open in his sights
SAN FRANCISCO — Let’s not count Ernie Els out of winning another major championship quite yet. Els, a four-time major winner (two British Opens and two U.S. Opens), has quietly...
For second major, Furyk will battle course, not McDowell
SAN FRANCISCO — Jim Furyk knows who his opponent is during today’s final round of the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club and it’s not his playing partner Graeme McDowell....
Furyk, McDowell seize control in U.S. Open as Tiger struggles
SAN FRANCISCO — Control is fickle. One minute you have it, the next it’s gone. It’s a mysterious and maddening thing when you think you’re in control and then realize...
Cops shut down Drake-Chris Brown brawl club
The club where Drake and Chris Brown got into their bloody bottle brawl was shuttered by the NYPD Saturday night right before dozens of dressed-up wannabe club-goers arrived. W.i.P. --...
Manhattan real estate exec, B'klyn instructor killed in sky-diving accident
A Manhattan real-estate executive and his Brooklyn sky-diving instructor plunged to their deaths when their tandem parachute apparently failed to open during a jump upstate, according a report. David Winoker,...
CK's Joyner tackles new position, heads to Cheshire Academy
In a year where things didn’t go nearly planned for Kalief Joyner, the Christ the King star was thrown another curveball when he arrived for practice for the Empire Challenge....
Facing uncertain future, Courcelle primed to excel at Empire Challenge
The Empire Challenge comes six months after the high school football season. The annual all-star game, pitting the top players from New York City against their Long Island counterparts is...
Low honored to represent family, St. Peter's
A St. Peter’s player competing in the Empire Challenge has been a rare occurrence in the game's 15-year history when it has included New York City players. A Low representing...
Long Island City bowls past Adams for first PSAL cricket title
The captain provided the clincher in fitting fashion. Long Island City’s first PSAL cricket championship was a foregone conclusion, but junior Mahanaz Mustafa came up with one more memorable moment....
Empire Challege notebook: Camardese won't forget Canarsie; recruiting notes
Mike Camardese isn’t coaching at Canarsie any longer, though it would be hard to tell by his attire. Camardese, a retired teacher who was fired from his post as the...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... R.A. Dickey
Red-hot Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey took a swing at some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby in a Q&A session. Q: Describe the perfect knuckleball. A: I think it’s beyond...
The Rumble
Sister of Jets center goes from gridiron to Olympics Super heavyweight Olympian Holley Mangold, the 350-pound kid sister of Jets center Nick Mangold, not only made the high school football...
401(k) fees can crack nest egg
Call the cops — your pocket’s been picked. American workers are being ripped off by excessive retirement plan fees — which may force them to work longer or live less...
I can’t turn my back on my baby
The creator of the 401(k) plan concedes there may be problems — including too many options and high fees, but he says all those are fixable in a strong economy....
It’s time to find out if euro sinks or survives
As Europe limps out of another cataclysmic weekend in which dire warnings are being issued by finance ministers across the Continent, the time has come to shock the system. Forget...
Conditional viewpoint
TechStars, an NYC-based tech incubator, recently unveiled its new crop of innovating companies. Particularly intriguing was Condition One’s technology for iPhones and iPads. While watching a video, if you move...
Burned by Facebook
Just when you think the Facebook IPO debacle couldn’t get any worse, word comes that it was pre-IPO investors who really got Face-burned. Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook told regulators that some...
NYC jobs coming back – 79,000 added last month
The Big Apple is doing better than the rest of the nation. That’s because New York City’s employment picture, despite reports to the contrary, is booming, city officials say. And...
Tech firms exploiting 'second-screen' craze
TV is creating a new generation of wealth in tech-land. With 9 of 10 tablet and smartphone owners using their gadgets to enhance their television-watching experience, Silicon Valley startups are...
Econ crushing NY’s middle class
The Great Recession is dealing a body blow to New York’s battered middle class. An astonishing 55,000 families dropped out of the middle class in New York state between 2007...
The new politics of family finances
Are you better off today than you were 20 years ago? It’s a one-liner that Mitt Romney might want to try out on the campaign trail in the coming days....
What’s in the juice?
Dear John: Why does Coke use the term “premium” — in bold letters — on its Minute Maid orange juice when the words “From Concentrate” appear just below in small...
An automatic way to stay on the job
Are you having a hard time getting work done from home? Are your kids having trouble preparing for finals because most of the time that should be spent with noses...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JAMES RIGGIO B&N founder books $29M settlement of suits over $596M buyout of his college text firm. “Math for Dummies” assures us he came out ahead. JAMIE DIMON JPMorgan...
550G-a-year fan ‘caves’
They might be the most expensive rooms — without a view — in the city. At $550,000 per year, suites in The Vault at the Brooklyn Nets’ Barclays Center arena...
Hard-line Saudi prince dies
Crown Prince Nayef Al Saud, the ultra-conservative heir to the Saudi throne, has died in Geneva of an undisclosed illness at age 78. His death may enhance prospects for social...
Euros plan for Greek chaos
ATHENS — Europe’s leaders are considering a multibillion-euro package of emergency aid for Greece if today’s general election leads to its exit from the eurozone. The cash would be pumped...
Fergie charity dries up
It’s another failure for Fergie. The Sarah Ferguson Foundation has gone up in smoke after the scandal-plagued duchess of York stopped raising money for her group. The charity, which was...
2 dead in parachute horror
A Manhattan real-estate executive and his Brooklyn sky-diving instructor plunged to their deaths when their tandem parachute apparently failed to open during a jump upstate, according a report. David Winoker,...
Govs seek 9/11 Memorial aid
The governors of New York and New Jersey yesterday called for the National Park Service to take a role in funding and managing the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum...
GE gives thank$ to Charlie
Rep. Charles Rangel received $2,500 in gifts from a General Electric PAC in the past three months, according to federal financial disclosures released last week. The contributions come four years...
Rangel foe’s charity caper
A nonprofit funded with hundreds of thousands of dollars secured by state Sen. Adriano Espaillat through legislative “member items” quietly wound down last year and threw its four paid staffers...
Bloodied B'klyn beauty saw it all as bottles flew between Drake, Brown
The sexy Brooklyn model who was partying with Chris Brown and his crew before the big Rihanna-sparked brawl with Drake told The Post she was having the time of her...
Drake due for rap on the wrist
Hip-hop star Drake will face little more than a slap on the wrist when he turns himself in for his role in the bloody brawl with rival Chris Brown, sources...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** The man pictured here used a Times Square ATM to raid a woman’s bank account, police said. The woman, 45, took out money from the ATM at Seventh...
Rap on teen in cop plunge
A charge of reckless endangerment was added yesterday to drug charges filed against a Brooklyn teen whose desperate flight from cops caused one officer to fall from a fire escape,...
Rubber-room teacher voted in as union rep
The people have spoken — and voted for the guy in the rubber room. Teachers at Staten Island’s IS 49 elected Francesco Portelos as their UFT chapter leader Wednesday —...
Parents of slain black teens Trayvon, Ramarley prepare for first Father’s Day without sons
The dads of slain black teens Trayvon Martin and Ramarley Graham shared an emotional embrace yesterday as they prepared for their first Father’s Day without their sons. “Anytime I talk...
Saddle soaring
Mitt Romney has his sights set on the White House, but wife Ann Romney is going for Olympic gold. The 15-year-old Oldenburg mare and Ann’s longtime personal riding tutor, Jan...
Mitt skirts border war
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t want to talk about President Obama’s immigration plan at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania yesterday. “I think we have to have a very careful...
The true story behind the iconic V-J Day sailor and 'nurse' smooch
As first dates go, Rita Petry thought this one was pretty great: a beautiful summer afternoon in the city, a matinee at Radio City Music Hall, drinks after, followed by...
UES residents protest gaudy 'illegal' signs at Best Buy, Staples
They’re getting in the faces of ugly facades. Teri Slater and Elaine Walsh are so fed up with gaudy storefronts and signs on the Upper East Side that they’ve created...
SI Little League coach in coke bust
A Staten Island Little League coach had more than 4 ounces of cocaine and thousands of dollars in cash on him when he was arrested in the organization’s Great Kills...
Soap Box racers roll on
For the first time in 40 years, Soap Box racers are rolling in Newark.Nearly 20 young drivers took part in yesterday’s gravity-powered exhibition races on a sloping city block.The cars...
Amy’s ode to beloved ‘Daddy’
Troubled rocker Amy Winehouse was a throwback — down to the beehive hairdo, husky jazz-singer voice and the handwritten letters she sent to her dad. In the age of e-mail,...
Dads Day diss
Dads, don’t count on expanding your tie collection today. Most Americans skimp on Father’s Day presents but splurge on those for Mom, a new online survey finds. About 81 percent...
Needle park at NJ beach
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ — A stretch of New Jersey beach was closed yesterday after medical waste was found in the water. Hypodermic needles, most likely flushed into the sewer...
B’klynite crowned Miss NY
The Miss New York beauty pageant crown — and the right to represent the Empire State at the Miss America pageant in January — went to Miss New York City,...
Drug use plagues NYC waterfront
Druggies are endangering the docks. Scores of crane operators and other workers handling tons of heavy and sometimes hazardous cargo at Port Authority docks are high as kites, and at...
Landmark church in peril
They’re praying for the immaculate construction. Preservationists hope a Manhattan developer set to buy one of Harlem’s most beautiful churches will save it. St. Thomas the Apostle Church on West...
Reel record for fat fish
ALBANY — A 5-pound, 14-ounce beauty reeled in last month in the lower Adirondacks is the biggest brook trout ever caught in the state, conservations officials confirmed yesterday.William Altman’s May...
Circus worker killed in freak Qns. bicycle accident
A circus worker died in freak bicycle accident yesterday when he slammed into an open car door on a Queens street and was impaled on his bike’s handlebars, sources said....
Shot and stabbed subway worker left with $5-a-month pension after crackdown by NYCERS
He saw something, he said something — and now he’s paying for it. In a 19-year career as a subway worker, Perry Kinard was almost killed twice. In 1978, a...
'NYPD Blue' writer pummels poodle to death: cops
It was hardly a fair fight. A 230-pound, washed-up TV screenwriter took out his anger on his 4 1/2-pound poodle — punching the pooch in the face so hard that...
UN halts Syria mission
UN observers suspended their operations in Syria yesterday, blaming intensifying violence as troops rained shells down on rebel bastions — including Homs, where the opposition warned that a massacre was...
Elderly woman found bludgeoned to death in her Bronx home
Heartless thugs bludgeoned an 88-year-old Bronx grandmother to death and left her on the floor of her apartment with her groceries scattered around her body, cops and neighbors said. Evelyn...
CUNY biz school fixed Wall Streeters' GPAs to keep receiving tuition: sources
While teaching how corporations cook their books, a CUNY business school was fixing grades. An administrator at Baruch College’s prestigious Zicklin School of Business forged professors’ names to raise the...
O invents own legend
Watching President Obama flop around like a fish out of water, careening from gaffe to desperation to dishonesty, I find myself searching for ways to put his troubling behavior into...
Something up his sleeve
Fooling Houdini Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind by Alex Stone Harper New Yorker Alex Stone, a self-described unsocialized dweeb, thought he had a cure for...
‘I want to slap the closest white person’
Perhaps jealous that Florida and California are taking away New York’s mantle of “craziest state,” politicians have jumped into action. Mayor Bloomberg is banning soda, the council is debating whether...
Stuck in the middle
A recent Pew Research Center survey confirmed what most Americans already know — Republicans and Democrats are more polarized than they have been in more than a quarter of a...
The hungry dragon
Asked to cite a running theme in her work, economist Dambisa Moyo says, “unintended consequences.” In her first book, “Dead Aid,” the Zambia-reared, Oxford-trained Moyo argued that handouts to (as...
Occupy mom and dad’s house
When Jason Siegel, 23, graduated from Lafayette College two years ago, he was in a better position than most people his age: He had a job lined up in Manhattan...
Noach dear, again
Looks like Nicholas Garaufis isn’t the only autocratic judge riding a bench in Brooklyn. Acting Supreme Court Justice Noach Dear has carried judicial activism to the height of insanity by...
Rangel must go
Sorry, Charlie — 42 years is long enough. Actually, it’s long past time for Rep. Charles Rangel to stand down. He refuses to do so, and that’s why The Post...
Ex success
Ex success Bill Clinton displays none of the modesty of the Bush family (“Wild Bill,” Kyle Smith, PostScript, June 10). Bubba even takes credit for policy triumphs during his presidency...
Required reading
American Tapestry The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama by Rachel L. Swarns (Amistad)) To some, America’s first black president — son of an African...
In My Library Buzz Bissinger
Readers know him best for “Friday Night Lights,” the book about boys and football that became a film and TV series. But only now has Buzz Bissinger written about his...
Conspirator theory
Cemetery John The Undiscovered Mastermind of the Lindbergh Kidnapping by Robert Zorn The Overlook Press It was the “Crime of the Century,” the “biggest story since the Resurrection,” and 80...
The man's man
From “The Man Show” to “Crank Yankers” to his record-setting podcast, Adam Carolla has been an outspoken purveyor of he-man entertainment for almost two decades. His new book, “Not Taco...
‘Once’ in a lifetime
No one can bring a rock star back to earth quite like his mother. Last Sunday, Glen Hansard was walking on air following the haul of Tonys pulled in by...
My Tribeca: Ina Bernstein
These days, high-end consignment shops dot Mott Street and Madison Avenue like cupcakes. But back in 1993, they were few and far between and Ina Bernstein saw an opportunity. So...
Bridge
Cy the Cynic had been summoned for jury duty again, and as usual, he had managed to get excused. “I told the judge I would be a perfect juror,” Cy...
Splitting hairs
When baseball has its All-Star Game each July, it’s accompanied by side events, like the Home Run Derby.But why did chess end up with “Blondes vs. Brunettes”?That was one of...
Reality bites
In a city where dogs can get reiki, a personal running coach and even “bark mitzvahed,” it’s clear New Yorkers are obsessed with their four-legged friends. But how far will...
Adopt Me!
Sweet Pea is a pocket-sized 8-year-old Chihuahua looking for a home. Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306 E. 59th St.;...
A touch of lass
For a studio that’s turned out movies starring talking redneck tow trucks, clownfish, trash-collecting robots and large blue monsters, Friday’s “Brave” can still lay claim to featuring Pixar’s most unusual...
Woody's women
When Woody Allen was spotted leaving posh Upper East Side restaurant Philippe with Lindsay Lohan, tongues wagged. Was Lohan poised to become Allen’s new It girl? “That was a social...
Giants' Blackburn tops offseason depth chart for first time
Entering his eighth season with the Giants, Chase Blackburn never, ever has readied himself for a training camp in the position he’s in now. His name appears at the top...
Determination helps Fordham grad become NBA voice
Mike Breen had been out of Fordham University for what, to a young guy bursting with talent and passion, must have seemed like forever. He already had spent 2-1/2 years...
DL stints hurt some teams more than others
New York is the home center for resiliency. Though they have been part of the sport-wide plague of losing players to injury, the Mets and Yankees have navigated around the...
Jets OT Hunter shoots for rebound season
Wayne Hunter still can see the play in his mind. First-and-10 on the Jets’ 22; a national TV audience watching as the NFL season kicked off on the anniversary of...
Westbrook won’t change style to suit critics
MIAMI — Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook yesterday sent a simple, direct message to those who have soundly criticized his play in the NBA Finals: Go stuff yourself. Well, maybe...
Heat's Battier says D on Durant a real chore
MIAMI — The Heat’s Shane Battier has had some pretty interesting playoff defensive assignments. In 2009, he guarded the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. In the first round this season, he was...
Brooks needs to cut powerless Perkins’ time
MIAMI — Welcome to a place made famous by Jackie Gleason, Don Johnson and the Floridians. We are gathered here for the annual rite of the passage known as the...
Russians out; Czechs advance
WARSAW, Poland — A defensive Greece held off a nearly nonstop Russian attack yesterday, putting the 2004 champions into the European Championship quarterfinals and eliminating Russia with a 1-0 victory....
Yanks' Girardi gives healthy A-Rod day off
WASHINGTON — Simply because Alex Rodriguez’s body feels wonderful doesn’t mean Yankes manager Joe Girardi is going to deviate from the plan to give the 36-year-old periodic rest. Saturday, without...
Top prospect Mejia to offer Mets relief
Jenrry Mejia’s two-week bullpen plan is scheduled to continue this afternoon for Triple-A Buffalo. As Bisons manager Wally Backman told The Post Saturday the prized right-hander is scheduled for a...
Bruce’s blast off Niese in first seals Mets’ fate
Jon Niese surrendered just two homers to left-handed hitters all of last season. Going into last night, the Mets left-hander hadn’t allowed any this season. If you swing left-handed and...
Fans who jeered Jason off base
We are a town without pity, and we often wear it as a badge of honor. We like to croon: “If you can make it here, you can make it...
Amazin’s falter in clutch spots
After excelling in the clutch all season, and bludgeoning the Rays for 29 runs in a three-game sweep, the Mets suddenly can’t buy a big hit when they needed one....
Teixeira’s double in 14th lifts Bombers to 8th straight win
WASHINGTON — Their faces were drained and ice smothered body parts from head to toe. After close to five hours Saturday the Yankees topped the Nationals, 5-3, in 14 innings...
Yankees' Swisher injured in win over Nationals
WASHINGTON — Nick Swisher needed a pair of wooden crutches to leave the Yankees’ clubhouse last night. “It’s a deep charley horse [in the left quadriceps],’’ Swisher told The Post...
Pettitte ‘gassed’ after solid outing for Yankees
WASHINGTON — Andy Pettitte became the first pitcher over 40 to start a game for the Yankees since Roger Clemens took the mound five years ago at 45. Though Pettitte...
Westwood in sight of first major win
SAN FRANCISCO — Lee Westwood knows what all the fuss is about. He just refuses to allow himself to be engulfed by it all. Westwood entered this week’s U.S. Open...
Dufner set to make customary run at title
SAN FRANCISCO — Jason Dufner is exactly where he has been at almost every tournament he’s played this year: In contention. Dufner, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this...
McDowell primed to win another Open
SAN FRANCISCO — Graeme McDowell has won a U.S. Open and made the winning putt at the Ryder Cup. Yet, the Northern Irishman is man enough to admit, he still...
Players want Knight honored
INDIANAPOLIS — Bob Knight must have felt at home at Marian University yesterday morning.The school’s nickname is the Knights, and it’s a comfortable setting for the retired coach for other...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-7 fur; $23,000; clm($7,500); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Big Mingum(L),119R Moya3-9-9Catalan10-12 Please Wait(L),119E Flores7-5-8Geist15-13 KeytotheEmpir(L),114C Esquilin6-4-4Aristone7-24 Tap Chap(L),107A Suarez2-8-1Catalano2-15 Caylee's Song(L),119V Molina7-7-9Sleeter8-16 Baraja...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-5 fur; $40,000; mdn; 2YO(f)6Trsh's Wsh (Sntg)18.006.003.602Sailngnforthewn (Serpa)4.203.001Dolly Double (Carmouche)6.60Scr: Indy's Magic Money, Sudden Romance, Watch the Magic.* Exacta (6-2) $85.00 * $1 Trifecta (6-2-1) $288.40SECOND-1 1/16m(T); $23,000; cl($22,0); 3up1Hr's...
Belmont charts
June 16th, 2012 Clear and Fast Turf Firm ©2012 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f) Off: 12:51. Good. urged chasing, driving Time: 21.8, 45.1, 57.83, 1:1.99. Trainer:...
Unappealing Mets appeal
* I can’t believe that the Mets would stoop so low as to ask MLB to overturn a ruled hit be changed to an error so R. A. Dickey would...
Sports Shorts
mlb: Burnett wins sixth consecutive start A.J. Burnett became the first Pirates pitcher since 1990 to win six straight starts as the Pirates beat the Indians in Cleveland, 9-2. Burnett...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $18,000; clm($5,000); 3upIMAGE OF DON won as the favorite this price and was claimed. EAST TO WEST won while coming off two month layoff. ROUGH...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-6 fur; $29,000; clm($20,000); 3up 2 Yu Cn Drm (Dlgdll) 6.20 3.20 2.60 4 So Tempted (Pedroza) 2.80 2.20 1 Laura's Pleasure (Flores) 3.00 * $1 Exacta (2-4) $8.00 *...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; $11,000; cond2Bestjetyet (T Hall)5.003.202.804Eight Ten Eom(MLachance)5.404.009Jolt Of Fire (W Long)28.60* Exacta (2-4) $27.20 * Trifecta (2-4-9) $842.60SECOND-1-mile pace; $15,000; clm5Inform (C Callahan)7.804.403.606Allamerican Inca (S Allard)3.402.804Stormin Rustler (M Lachance)2.80*...
The Post Line
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Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing6 a.m.The 24 Hours of Le Mans, Part 4 SPEED1 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Quicken Loans 400 TNTBaseball1 p.m.Reds at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)1:30 p.m.Yankees at Nationals YES, WCBS...
Hondo’s all over Nova
The Yankees participated in Hondo’s deficit-reduction plan yesterday, unlike Bill Maher’s Mets, whose loss to Cincy bumped the dirty digits to 1,420 monbouquettes. Today, what time is it? It’s Nova...
Home Team Lineups
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Rangers still targeting Nash
For the second time in four months, the Rangers are engaged in a high-speed pursuit of Rick Nash, sources have confirmed. Just as was the case during the chase leading...
Seattle fans not first to feel ache of abandonment
It Is easy to fall in love with the Oklahoma City Thunder. What’s not to love? They have three of the most dynamic players in the game, all under 25....
Giant does what few athletes do: He owns up to mistake
Either David Diehl didn’t get the memo, or he just doesn’t get it. What the Giants’s offensive lineman did last week following his DWI arrest was, by modern assorted celebrities’...
MarShon looking ahead
The Nets may not have a full team yet, but MarShon Brooks is working hard on improving his game this offseason. While both Deron Williams and Gerald Wallace are expected...
U.S. sprinter leaves injury in dust in race for Olympics spot
Possibly the most-scrutinized body part at the Olympic track & field trials — which start Friday in Eugene, Ore. — will be Tyson Gay’s surgically-repaired right hip. It was that...
Bristol all by herself
After “Dancing With the Stars,” one would have thought that Bristol Palin had fallen off our radar. Not so. Whether you like it or not, she’s back. And this time,...
Don't miss
Up to no good With Spencer’s mom now taking on Garrett as a client, Spencer (Troian Bellisario) is sure that there is a reason why her mother is getting involved...
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY RIPA 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Tuesday: Mary J. Blige, Rita Wilson, Mark Feuerstein. Wednesday: Michelle Pfeiffer; Sen. Marco Rubio; Snooki. THE VIEW 11 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Niecy Nash;...
'Miss' lonely hearts
As the anxious young women on Bravo’s appealing new reality series “Miss Advised” discover, it’s one thing to give advice, but it’s quite another to take it. The show’s three...
Passat ad sends the right message
TV commercials can now be so damned clever, so thoroughly over-produced that you lose the message and the product to the dazzle. You might get the joke, but you could...
Reel good
I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER, 1970 Sunday, 6 a.m., TCM What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than by watching this movie that will make you appreciate your own...
Skitter critters
Falling Skies,” executive produced by Steven Spielberg, tells of post-apocalyptic warriors who battle intelligent, human-sized aliens, with spider-like legs, known as skitters. For the show’s two-hour second season premiere, the...
Float away
Remember those root beer floats you used to love as an 8-year-old? Now imagine the buzz you’d get if the “beer” were actually creamy stout. Dream no longer. Pastry chefs...
Gym, tan, nursery
While searching through a rack of colorful dresses for something to fit over her ample breasts and growing belly, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi insists she won’t wear maternity clothes. Eyeing a...
Meet Market: Southern gentleman sks a peach in the Big Apple
Spice it up When it comes to food, Graham says he’ll eat anything with a kick. “Spicy barbecue or spicy Thai,” he says. Call him, maybe When it comes to...
Top 5 ways to adopt a date while rescuing a pet
“Wink at him and say, ‘Feel free to pet me – I’m friendly and I’ve had all my shots.’ ”Annaliese “Say, ‘If you’re searching for a faithful companion, I’m available!’...
This week's couple: team players?
WE thought Suzanne, a 27-year-old music consultant, and Matthew, a 29-year-old business analyst, seemed like an unlikely pair: She’s an artistic type, and he’s a buttoned-up suit. But over dinner...
Married away
You’re a shallow, selfish, slutty, lying bitch. In her original, unabashed list of the reasons most single women are still waiting to receive their glass slipper — entitled “Why You’re...
Weird but true
Talk about a bear hug. A Cincinnati man who has an unhealthy fascination with everyone’s favorite childhood toy has been nabbed for the fourth time by cops for allegedly doin’...
Stony Brook refuses to quit with do-or-die game looming
OMAHA, Neb. — Next to a gumball machine, just past where a handful of moms handed batting cage tokens to a group of pre-pubescent boys, was where the Stony Brook...
Arkansas clobbers Kent St.
OMAHA, Neb. — Upstarts Stony Brook and Kent State may be providing intrigue to the College World Series, but the powerhouses still are prevailing.Arkansas starting pitcher DJ Baxendale ruined the...
Gamecocks storm past rival Gators
OMAHA, Neb. -- Florida may be the No. 1 overall seed at the College World Series, but South Carolina is still the team to beat. The two-time defending national champion...