June 23, 2012
Ibanez, Chavez rally Yanks past Mets
NEW YORK — Raul Ibanez tied the game with a three-run homer, pinch-hitter Eric Chavez came through with a go-ahead shot moments later and the New York Yankees rallied past...
Spain tops France 2-0 to reach Euro 2012 semifinal
DONETSK, Ukraine -- Defending champion Spain beat France 2-0 in a Euro 2012 quarterfinal Saturday played in Donetsk, Ukraine. Spain, which won the tournament in 2008, will play Portugal in...
Tropical Storm Debby forms in the Gulf
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Debby formed in the Gulf of Mexico today, interfering with oil and gas production and putting officials on alert for flooding and strong winds from southern...
Orioles part ways with 49-year-old Moyer
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles released 49-year-old Jamie Moyer on Saturday, parting ways with the crafty left-hander at his request. Moyer started the season with Colorado, where he became the...
Red Sox righty Buchholz scratched from start
BOSTON — Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz will miss Sunday’s start against the Atlanta Braves because of an illness. Boston manager Bobby Valentine said Buchholz would likely be skipped and...
Mets' Davis out of lineup with 'possible food poisoning'
Ike Davis, one of the Mets' hottest hitters lately, was scratched from tonight's Subway Series game due to what the Mets called "possible food poisoning."With Davis out, Daniel Murphy shifted...
Cristiano Ronaldo's gelled hair sparks models' Twitter catfight
WARSAW -- Top models Bar Refaeli and Irina Shayk got into a Twitter catfight over soccer god Cristiano Ronaldo's super-gelled hair. Israeli beauty Refaeli insulted the styled-up 'do of Shayk's...
Red Bulls brace for Eastern Conference showdown with archrival DC
The Red Bulls lost their last clash with archrival D.C. United, getting drilled 4-1 at RFK back on April 22. And both captain Thierry Henry and coach Hans Backe admit...
Turkey threatens action after Syria downs jet
ANKARA, Turkey — Syria said today it shot down a Turkish reconnaissance plane because the plane entered its airspace, insisting it was "not an attack" as both sides desperately tried...
Alonso scores twice to lead Spain past France, into semifinals
DONETSK, Ukraine — Even if Spain failed to live up to expectations, Xabi Alonso exceeded them. The defending champions, who are looking to win a third straight major title, advanced...
South Carolina eyeing third straight College World Series title
OMAHA, Neb. — Arizona came to the College World Series as one of the hottest teams in the nation and swept three straight games to reach the championship round. Yet...
WATCH: 'Soccer kicks' should be outlawed in all MMA
There’s a reason why “soccer kicks” are illegal per the unified rules of mixed martial arts.Those guidelines stipulate that a fighter cannot kick or knee the head of a downed...
Round by round NHL Draft selections by local teams
Here's a look at the round by round selections of all three of the local teams in the NHL Draft over the last two days.RANGERS 1. BRADY SKJEID6' 2"196USHLUSA U-182....
Maynard tops Guida by split decision at UFC in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY — Waiting for the decision, Gray Maynard smacked himself on each side of the face a few times to rile up the crowd. At last, some hitting. Clay...
Syrian President Assad issues decree forming new government
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree forming a new government Saturday, but it will be headed by a key loyalist and the foreign, defense and interior ministers...
Russians fined for unruly fan behavior at Euro 2012
WARSAW, Poland — The Russian football federation was fined (euro) 35,000 ($44,000) on Saturday for the unruly behavior of its fans at the team’s final European Championship game, further tarnishing...
Sandusky placed on suicide watch after convicted of sexually abusing kids
BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Jerry Sandusky has been placed on suicide watch as a precaution after a jury found the former Penn State assistant football coach guilty of 45 of 48...
Federer eyes record-tying seventh Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England — No one makes Wimbledon fashion choices quite like Roger Federer, who showed up at the All England Club on Saturday sporting a collar-popped, long-sleeved cream sweater with...
Shop worker arrested for robbing and setting fire to store
A worker at a high-end Italian store on Madison Avenue was arrested yesterday for robbing and then setting fire to the shop, causing almost $1 million in damages, authorities said....
Terminal 7 at JFK temporarily evacuated after equipment problem at security checkpoint
Hundreds of air passengers and staff were evacuated from a terminal at New York City's Kennedy Airport after a metal detector malfunctioned at one of the security checkpoints. The Transportation...
Police: 2 dead at Beverly Hilton in murder-suicide
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Two people have been found dead in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide at the Beverly Hilton, just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards are being...
Two people killed in car accidents in Brooklyn
Two people were killed in fatal accidents in Brooklyn early today, including a 17-year-old girl, police said. The driver in the first accident lost control of a Mercedes about 5:40...
Black Caviar remains unbeaten in 22 starts, just barely
The Australian wonder mare Black Caviar held on desperately to win Saturday's Group 1, $775,000 Golden Jubilee at Royal Ascot in England, running her remarkable record to 22 wins from...
Bronx school bus driver dead after being beat up for knocking off side-view mirror
A Bronx school bus driver died yesterday from the beating he suffered after he accidentally knocked a side-view mirror from a double-parked car, a spokeswoman for his bus company said....
Suspect taken into custody in Columbia triple slay
A suspect was taken into custody this morning in the execution-style shooting of three men found dead earlier this month in a parked BMW near Columbia University. A heavily armed...
Mets reliever Tim Byrdak buys live chicken after teammate's taunt
The Mets may have a new team mascot.Wacky reliever Tim Byrdak revealed Friday night on Twitter that he bought a live chicken in Chinatown and brought it into the clubhouse...
Pope convenes cardinals to discuss leak scandal
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI convened a special meeting of cardinals Saturday to get their advice about how to deal with the scandal over leaked Vatican documents, another sign...
Sad end: Searchers find man's body after drunken boat crash
Police found the lifeless body of a man thrown into the ocean after a high-speed boat crash off Long Island this morning. Suffolk County police say Christopher Mannino’s body was...
Wales 'psychic' guilty of tricking young women into sex acts
NEWPORT, Wales -- A self-proclaimed "psychic" in southeast Wales has been found guilty of tricking two bereaved young women who sought his spiritualist skills into sex acts. Newport Crown Court...
Bear attacks construction worker sleeping in unfinished Arizona cabin
PAYSON, Ariz. -- An Arizona construction worker sleeping in a half-built cabin was bitten on the calf by a bear Thursday night. The incident happened east of Payson, near Tonto...
Seven killed, 44 injured in Croatia bus crash, officials say
SVETI ROK, Croatia -- A Czech bus carrying about 50 passengers crashed near a tunnel in Croatia early Saturday, killing seven people and injuring at least 44, the national rescue...
Fans applaud, boo Roger Clemens at Fenway Park
BOSTON -- Roger Clemens was met with a chorus of boos when he was picked up by the stadium camera during his return to Fenway Park for the Red Sox-Braves...
For Yankees' Nova, Citi brings back a lot of demotion
Ivan Nova would rather not think about his last start at Citi Field. Not because he didn’t pitch well — he gave up just one run in five innings and...
Veteran looking like an Amazin' Young-ster
Chris Young is partying like it’s 2009. The last time the veteran righty felt this strong physically was the beginning of the season three years ago with the Padres. Various...
Roto owners: Let’s slow it down
Fireballers are the stuff of fantasy, but the reality is leagues aren’t won on the radar gun. Fastball velocity is seductive, especially when you consider strikeout-stacking studs Stephen Strasburg and...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
DEBUTANTE Churchill Downs, 10th race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. Six furlongs, 2-year-old fillies. Post: 5:25 p.m. LOWDOWN: Floral Sky, who cost a hefty $230,000 as a yearling, was a prompt...
Rangers select ‘elite skater’ Skjei in NHL Draft
PITTSBURGH — Gord Clark, the Rangers’ director of player personnel, was talking to The Post about perception not quite being everything during a conversation Thursday afternoon. “The narrative is that...
Local Olympic hopeful Wilson reaches 800-meter semifinal
EUGENE, Ore. — Two of the biggest schoolgirl phenoms in the county are New York areas runners. Both raced at yesterday’s Olympic trials, with one’s dream of London dashed while...
Mets batter Yankees early, then Francisco survives 9th
Frank Francisco played warden and locked up the chicken coop. After calling the Yankees “chickens” — as reported by The Post yesterday — the controversial closer survived last night’s ninth...
Frank's comments add Subway Series spice, but do they qualify as trash talk?
Nothing ever happens in a vacuum around the Mets, so you knew Frank Francisco was going to come trotting out of the bullpen in the top of the ninth inning,...
The Post's All-City boys track & field honors
There were plenty of memorable performances by the city’s top boys track & field athletes. Robert Rhodes was the heart and soul of Boys & Girls’ resurgence and a PSAL...
The Post's All-City girls lacrosse honors
It was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years in New York City girls lacrosse. Tottenville held off Curtis in a four-overtime thriller for its second consecutive PSAL...
The Post's All-City boys lacrosse honors
It was a return to glory for a number of city boys lacrosse teams. Fieldston and its high-octane offense again rose to the upper echelon of the Ivy Prep League...
The Post's All-City boys volleyball honors
It was the year of the Eagle in boys volleyball. Academy of American Studies rolled through the city almost untouched to win its first city championship – and the first-ever...
The Post's All-City girl track & field honors
The city was again a hotbed for girls track and field talent. The spring was dominated by a historic season from distance runner Alexis Panisse and Cardozo, which repeated as...
Serby's Subway Series Q&A with... Josh Thole
The Post's Steve Serby caught up with Mets catcher Josh Thole on the eve of a Subway Series to talk knuckleballs, no-hitters and his biggest inspiration: Q: Your first impressions...
All-city teams
THE POSTS ALL-CITY GIRLS TRACK TEAM Athlete of the Year: Alexis Panisse, Benjamin Cardozo The Tennessee-bound Panisse enjoyed a season for the ages as the Judges again captured the PSAL...
Business briefs
MF lawyer Creditors of MF Global Holdings, bankrupt parent of the brokerage, asked a judge to let them hire Proskauer Rose LLP, where their former lawyer Martin Bienenstock moved after...
Judge likens Goldman logic to Orwell’s ‘1984’
No one is buying Wall Street double-speak. A federal judge blasted Goldman Sachs for its “Orwellian” defense against a lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors in the sale of risky...
Paging Larry: Google CEO loses voice
Mum’s the word on Larry Page’s health. Speculation about the Google CEO’s well-being ricocheted around Wall Street yesterday after the search giant told investors the 39-year-old boss will miss a...
Investors laugh off Moody's bank downgrades
So much for Wall Street’s Moody’s blues. What a joke. Less than 24 hours after ratings firm Moody’s Investors Service dropped a ratings-downgrade bombshell on some of the nation’s biggest...
Sigh of relief for banks
Massachusetts’s highest court ruled that a foreclosure sale in the state can be valid even when the entity foreclosing on the home doesn’t hold the mortgage note. The state’s Supreme...
Wells’ risky business
One out of every three home loans in the US is now funded by Wells Fargo. The company scaled back its subprime lending in 2004, well before the housing crash....
Euro’s big four talk $$
Spain’s government plans to make its official request for European Union aid for its banking sector on Monday, Finance Minister Luis de Guindos said yesterday, as Spain and its European...
Ex-execs in AIG settlement
Five former insurance executives accused of engineering a fraudulent reinsurance transaction to mask a drop of reserves at American International Group reached a deal with the government to avoid prosecution...
Fourth BlackRock exit
Robert Capaldi, who served as senior client strategist for BlackRock Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Laurence Fink, has left the firm, a source familiar with the move said yesterday. His...
Cable customers largely unaware of 'TV Everywhere': report
Manhattan is arguably the savviest media market in the world — but only 12 percent of Time Warner Cable customers there know they can access TV shows on the Web...
Mike rips kid ‘smutphones’
Mayor Bloomberg came up with a new rationale yesterday for banning cellphones from schools — kids might use them to watch pornography. “You have a big liability with pornography. The...
NJ woman sues after being hit in face with baseball overthrown by Little League kid
Ain’t that America! A greedy New Jersey woman is trying to cash in on a clutzy Little League catcher — claiming he intentionally beaned her in the face with a...
Cheney gal in same-sex nup
WASHINGTON — Mary Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, married her longtime partner, Heather Poe, in Washington, DC, yesterday, Fox News Channel reported....
It’s a Mel & Charlie team-up
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood hotheads Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson will be on the same movie set in Robert Rodriguez’s movie “Machete Kills.” Sheen was just cast to play the...
Good Samaritan tries to save suicidal drowning man at Coney Island
A good Samaritan risked his life in an attempt to save a suicidal drowning man early yesterday, police said. Cops said Lawrence Bowers, 49, plunged off of the Coney Island...
Brooklyn jihadist gets ‘Parked’ in prison
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Muslim convert from Brooklyn was sentenced yesterday to nearly 12 years in prison for posting online threats against the creators of the “South Park” animated TV...
Tie knot for Bam
CHICAGO — Getting married? President Obama’s re-election campaign has the perfect wedding gift in mind. The campaign has started an “Obama event registry” to let engaged fans of the president...
‘Tailored’ Romney ads
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s plan for “Day One” in the White House sounds a little bit different depending on where you live.A new batch of Romney TV ads that outline...
Mother of woman punched into a coma over parking spot unleashes fury at brute at sentencing
A mother had these words yesterday for the smug brute who punched her daughter into a coma over a parking spot in the East Village last year: Never forget my...
No knives at O lunch address
WASHINGTON — It seemed like a friendly crowd for the president . . . until the Secret Service took their forks and knives away. Guests at a lunch for Latino...
Cabbies off ‘hook’
Cabbies can pick up all the scantily clad women they want without worrying about being charged with promoting prostitution, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday.After two days of ruminating, Bloomberg signed a...
B’klyn cycle stunt horror
A dumb stunt killed two motorcyclists in Brooklyn early yesterday, police said. A 45-year-old biker performing a wheelie smashed into a 22-year-old biker stopped at a red light at Halsey...
Bank fights ‘change’
TOMS RIVER, NJ — TD Bank is resisting efforts by a New Jersey county to test the accuracy of its coin-counting machines. Ocean County recently filed a complaint against the...
Msgr. guilty in sex cabal
PHILADELPHIA — A former senior Roman Catholic Church official accused of failing to protect children from alleged molestation by priests was convicted of one count of child endangerment and acquitted...
PHOTOS: Cops' dramatic 'suicide' save
A group of NYPD officers with arms of steel yanked a suicidal and soaking-wet man from certain death yesterday in a remarkable rescue on the fifth floor of a Manhattan...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** She’s one tough mama. An 18-year-old was scolded by his mother after he stole an iPhone at the Whitman Houses in Fort Greene, police said. The teen hood’s...
Christie Brinkley takes shot at ex-husband Peter Cook's new wife
The claws came out in court. Peter Cook’s former and current wives verbally tangled during a rage-soaked Long Island court appearance yesterday as the Hamptons architect and ex-spouse Christie Brinkley...
Taliban luxe hotel terror
Taliban guerrillas armed with rocket-propelled grenades stormed a luxury hotel outside the Afghan capital of Kabul at midnight yesterday, taking more than 40 people hostage and triggering a 12-hour gun...
Dogfight fiend hit with raps
The monstrous Bronx super who kept 47 fighting dogs in a canine chamber of horrors below his building was arraigned yesterday on charges of promoting animal fighting, criminal possession of...
Principal bent testing rules: sources
A Bronx principal knowingly broke testing rules and ordered math instructors to teach science in a bizarre bid to show that all of his eighth-graders could earn high-school credits, sources...
State OK on school closures
State Education Department officials yesterday approved the city’s controversial bid to improve 24 struggling schools by closing, restaffing and reopening them while keeping the students in place. They also oddly...
Calling all parents
Mayor Bloomberg went on the warpath yesterday over a watered-down teacher-evaluation plan enacted by Albany that he said is “of no real use” to parents trying to figure out schooling...
George Washington’s copy of the Constitution sells for record $9.8M at auction
A copy of the Constitution that belonged to the father of our country went for one mother of a price at auction yesterday — a record $9.8 million. George Washington’s...
Trio of thieves broke into Bergdorf Goodman and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry
A trio of thieves busted through the front door of Bergdorf Goodman in a brazen overnight jewelry heist — and made off with a sweet six-figure score, The Post has...
Gov sticks by Rangel
Gov. Cuomo took sides in fiercely contested Democratic congressional primaries yesterday — endorsing the re-election of ethically challenged Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel.Rangel is running against state Sen. Adriano Espaillat and...
MTA fat cats sure can u$e a vacation
Top MTA bosses are cashing in on a contract clause that allows them to exchange unused vacation time for fat, lump-sum payments, according to documents obtained by The Post. Five...
Paterno’s kin pray for vics
While remorseless sex fiend Sandusky was beginning his new life in prison, the family of his former boss, Joe Paterno, said they were praying for his 10 victims. The late...
Sandusky found guilty of sexually abusing children, could face life behind bars
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky — onetime heir to one of the most storied programs in college sports — was found guilty last night of sexually abusing...
Holder yer horses!
WASHINGTON — A day after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of targeting Attorney General Eric Holder because of his department’s crackdown on state voter ID laws, GOP lawmakers...
State trooper fired for promoting Buffalo-area prostitution parties
A party-loving state trooper was fired yesterday for promoting wild soirees with prostitutes — and two more troopers were suspended in the scandal. Titus Taggart, an 18-year veteran of the...
Nets-arena job rush
There’s a full-court press to work at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Operators of the Brooklyn Nets’ future home said yesterday they’ve already gotten 18,812 applications for 1,900 part-time and 100 full-time...
Site of Chris Brown-Drake bottle brawl slapped with 14 violations and could soon be shut down
The State Liquor Authority filed 14 charges yesterday against the trendy SoHo nightclub where Drake and Chris Brown had a bloody throw-down over Rihanna — and the place could soon...
State-pol pay raise in works
ALBANY — The stage is set for a post-election pay raise for state lawmakers. With a little help from Gov. Cuomo, lawmakers left some important business unfinished when they ended...
Celebs’ NY pitch to biz
ALBANY — The state is trying to change its image nationwide in an effort to attract businesses to the state, with New Yorkers such as actor Robert De Niro and...
Hedgie sues poker pro ex-wife over her 1,200-pair designer shoe collection
What a heel. A wealthy hedge-fund boss is suing his poker-pro ex-wife for a reason that would be like a stiletto to the heart of any pump-crazy New York gal...
Lance slams ‘dopes’
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong filed a scathing response yesterday to the latest doping allegations against him, accusing the US Anti-Doping Agency of violating its own rules and possibly breaking...
‘Perv’ rabbi: Chance meet
Even a rabbi who’s been accused of being a pervert can live wherever he darn well pleases.A defense lawyer for Rabbi Joel Kolko insisted yesterday that his client did no...
Cool! Storm breaks heat
A severe thunderstorm that aimed a bolt at the antenna atop the Empire State Building yesterday broke the back of the grueling, three-day heat wave. The rainstorm hit between 2...
Ex-NYPD cop sentenced to 4+ yrs. for racist bust
An ex-NYPD cop who locked up a black Staten Island man on a bogus charge — and later boasted he had “fried another n----r” — was sentenced to nearly five...
Hit rap on hip-hop mogul
A hip-hop mogul recently convicted of narcotics trafficking was hit yesterday with a new rap: murder for hire. James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond was indicted for allegedly ordering a 2009 killing...
China doll slay ’fess
The “Jackie Kennedy of China” has admitted she killed a British businessman to cover up a massive financial scandal implicating her high-flying family. Gu Kailai, the glamorous, high-powered lawyer-wife of...
The truth about the tax-hike pledge
‘Tell me something cheerful” is how Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has started most of the conversations I’ve had with him over the past 20 years....
Made-up memories
It’s becoming increasingly clear that President Obama is not burdened with too heavy a commitment to honesty. This is hardly a shock about any politician, but revelations of dishonesty hurt...
Learning on a prayer: The catholic advantage
The Issue: Lessons that the city’s Department of Education can learn from the Catholic school system. *** As someone who taught in an inner-city Catholic school, I’d like to add...
Crunched: Big apple crime stats
The Issue: Whether the rise in crime in New York City is due to under-policing or over-reporting. *** “Apple Crime up 4 Percent,” (June 20) details how crime is up...
Mike’s data dump
“Let me tell you what we’re going to do. We’re going to have our schools call every single parent. We will tell you, you are entitled to this information —...
A terrorist comes calling
Anyone at the State Department ever heard of Google? Apparently not. Otherwise, a member of an Egyptian terrorist organization wouldn’t have been invited to Washington — and then given red-carpet...
Christie’s tenure coup
Here’s a sign that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is fundamentally reshaping the Garden State: He’s got teacher-union leaders sounding like, well . . . Chris Christie. The gov is...
Of politics and power
Wondering what to get as a graduation present this year? Consider “The Passage of Power” by Robert Caro, the new volume in his monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson. Its revelations...
Democrats’ coming convention disaster
There aren’t Greek columns tall or wide enough to camouflage Barack Obama’s impending North Carolina catastrophe. In September, the campaigner-in-chief will travel to Charlotte for his party’s presidential nominating convention....
Pretty swell, uptown ‘Fella’
A gloomy, middle-aged immigrant becomes “The Most Happy Fella” in Frank Loesser’s much-loved 1956 musical. But the audience for the Dicapo Opera’s spunky new revival has plenty to be happy...
Kid Stuff
Today IN THE SWIM: Coney Island’s annual Mermaid Parade is an absolute must for any kid from NYC. (Out-of-towners will love it, too!) Standing on the boardwalk to watch the...
Sports Shorts
baseball: Ex-Yank Curtis to stand trialFormer Yankees’ outfielder Chad Curtis has been ordered to stand trial on five counts of criminal sexual conduct for touching two female students at a...
U.S. Open winner Simpson to skip British
U.s. Open champion Webb Simpson said it was an easy decision for him to skip the British Open, which begins July 19. Simpson’s wife, Dowd, is due to give birth...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $77,000; alw; 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Questing(L),117I Ortiz, Jr5-4-5McLaghln4-12 A McCoughtry(L),119RNaprvnk1-4-3JJerkens20-13 Risk a Chance(L),114W Garcia4-2-3Kimmel8-14 Baffle Me(L),117J Lezcano3-5-6Hennig12-15 Garnet Street(L),123KDesormx1-1-xRonen5-26 Book...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:55 p.m. FIRST-1m&70yds; $10,500; clm($5,0); 3up3-WhazamdderU6-15-Tyler's Wildcat 4-11-WellExcuuzeMe2-16-Positive Action 6-12-Edge Ahead 12-17-Winaway 3-14-I Go Through 8-1SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $13,500; alw; 3up(f)2-Cool Vixen 3-15-Tikitocki 6-11-Party Playmate5-16-SweetandVicis20-13-Intense Elvira 8-17-Logan Square...
Belmont Charts
June 22nd, 2012Clear and Sloppy Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile(T); $60,000; alw; 3YO(f)Off: 12:50. Good. bobble brk, wait 1/4Time: 22.8, 46.15, 1:1.1, 1:34..Trainer: Steve KlesarisWinner: DK B/ F,...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-1 mile; $13,000; clm($10,000); 3up 6 Shdowfxfbl (DCrl) 10.80 5.80 3.00 5 More Than Crfty (Lopez) 3.00 2.40 3 Tough Enough (Coa) 11.20 * Exacta (6-5) $23.40 * $1 Trifecta...
Black Caviar looks to win 22nd in a row
American racing fans who fell in love with Zenyatta after she won her first 19 starts before finally losing in the Breeders’ Cup Classic can watch a racemare with an...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile trot; $12,000; cond1WeekndVcton(DMllr)9.405.002.606Mrs Mrs Jones(MLachance)11.804.408She Wears It Well (R Pierce)2.20* Exacta (1-6) $80.60 * Trifecta (1-6-8) $370.40SECOND-1-mile trot; $11,000; cond6InsdeBroadwy(BSers)6.402.602.402World Cup (T Tetrick)2.102.105Sweeping Victory (A Miller)3.80* Exacta (6-2) $11.20...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Blatantly Good (10th)FIRST: mile pace; $11,000; cond1 Joe Rocks(AMiller)9-2-25-24 Legal Dream(GGrismore)7-1-79-29 Eight Ten Eom(TTetrick)2-4-43-12 Blueridge David(SAllard)8-8-212-13 Only Rock N Roll(DDube)4-5-38-15 Jj Shark(THall)5-6-315-16 Rock N Roll...
Yonkers Results Thursday
FIRST-mile pace; $11,500; claimingTRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:12 TIME-28.3; 58.1; 1:26.0; 1:56.0 7Late Flyin N (C Manzi)8.905.403.301MarieTheArtist(LStalbaum)4.103.602Wizzard Queen (D Dube)4.10* Exacta (7-1) $40.60 * Triple (7-1-2) $140.00Scr: Our Girls Chance N.SECOND-mile...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 pm.FIRST-5 fur; $40,000; mdn; 2YOITSMYLUCKYDAY rallied for second in well-bet debut. COACH A.J. makes his debut for Pletcher. PRO PROSPECT is bred for speed, draws rail.PN Horse,...
Hondo rolling with the Jays
Roy Harvey Oswalt was on target last night against the Rockies, causing Hondo, whose Ray play was rinsed in Philly, to fall 1,420 blefarys below sea level. Today, Mr. Aitch...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 23SUNJune 24MONJune 25TUEJune 26WEDJune 27THUJune 28FRIJune 29YankeesMets7:10FOXWCBS 880 AMMets8:00ESPNWCBSClev.7:05YESWCBSClev.7:05WWORWCBSClev.1:05YESWCBSWhite Sox7:05YESWCBSWhite Sox7:05YESWCBSMetsYankees7:15WPIXWFAN 660 AMYankees8:00ESPNWFANCubs 8:05 SNYWFANCubs 8:05 SNYWFANCubs 2:20 SNYWFANDodgers10:10 SNYWFANDodgers10:10 SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMEAtl. 4:00 MSGNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMERed BullsNOGAMED.C.7:00NBCSNWLIBNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMES.I. YankeesHudson Valley7:00No TVH.V.4:00No TVAber.7:00No TVAber.7:00No...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.Formula One, qualifying SPEED10 a.m.NASCAR: Nationwide qualifying ESPN2NoonRolex Sports Car: Road America SPEED3:30 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, Sargento 200 ESPN29 p.m.IndyCar: Iowa Corn Indy 250 NBCSNBaseball1 p.m.Blue Jays at Marlins...
Rangers don’t expect to re-sign Prust
PITTSBURGH — Impending free agent Brandon Prust is likely in his final days as a Ranger, general manager Glen Sather told The Post last night before the first round of...
Matteau, Matteau to Devs in first round
The Devils embraced one of their worst-ever moments, the one they thought they put to bed last month, by drafting rambunctious forward Stefan Matteau, as in Son Of, with their...
Jordan Staal dealt to ’Canes
PITTSBURGH — Jordan Staal wanted a family reunion, and the Penguins obliged.Pittsburgh traded the talented center to the Hurricanes for two players and Carolina’s first-round pick in the NHL Draft,...
Isles trade for Visnovsky, take Reinhart with No. 4 pick
It was earlier this week when Islanders general manager Garth Snow proclaimed his utmost concern going into the NHL Draft was to land a veteran defenseman — if not more...
Schilling: Baseball fortune’s gone after company falls apart
The bloody sock has been replaced by a bloody bank account. Curt Schilling admitted yesterday he lost most of his baseball fortune after his video game company filed for bankruptcy...
Back to the Futures for prospect duo
One is a prospect on the rise, and the other has seemingly been around for a decade, but Tyler Austin and Wilmer Flores both will be representing their respective organizations...
Favorites’ 4 scores add to Greek tragedy
GDANSK, Poland — With Chancellor Angela Merkel cheering every step of the way, Germany dominated Greece — on the football field. The Germans reached the European Championship semifinals for a...
France out to be Spain in the neck
DONETSK, Ukraine — Spain is looking for a little history and a little revenge today in its European Championship quarterfinal against France.Spain has never beaten the French in six major...
Top U.S. sprinter chooses 100, 200
EUGENE, Ore. — Allyson Felix began her quest for an Olympic Trials double last night at rain-soaked Hayward Field — it’s just a different double than she’d planned. She will...
Stage set for Lin, Novak return but NBA will appeal
The union won and so did the Knicks. In a bonanza to their free-agent summer, Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak have been granted their “early-Bird rights” by an arbitrator, giving...
Knight to guard Nets in B’klyn
Get ready to meet the Brooklyn Knight, defender and supporter of all things Nets. Captain Brooklyn or the Brooklyn Decker or Brooky the Bridge apparently didn’t cut it for the...
King conquers title pressure
LeBron 1, Cavs 0. When LeBron James made his choice to bolt from Cleveland and take his talents to the Heat and Pat Riley World, bitter Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert...
Wall’s not lost for Mets' Bay
Jason Bay is still undergoing tests, but there are early indications the concussion he sustained last week is not as severe as the one that cost him the final two...
No Castillo-like drop this time for Mets
As Omar Quintanilla settled under Mark Teixeira’s sky-high pop fly with two outs in the top of the ninth inning last night at Citi Field, Mets fans could be forgiven...
Homer-reliant Yankees may never get clutch
I’d steal from Dennis Green and say that, in last night’s second Subway Series opener, the Yankees and Mets were who we thought they were. But there’s no need, thanks...
First inning HR sets tone for Mets win
After launching a blast to deep right field in the first inning last night, Ike Davis saw Nick Swisher parked on the warning track. “I thought I got it a...
Mets fans: It’s OK to love gritty underdogs
The rotation features two guys who have returned from a shoulder surgery no pitcher had ever returned from successfully and has another guy missing a ligament in his elbow that...
Early struggles new for Pettitte
Andy Pettitte had made seven starts for the Yankees since coming out of retirement, and lasted at least six innings in all of them. Friday night, he barely made it...
Swisher’s miscue gives Davis decisive homer
Nick Swisher leapt as high as he could to catch the towering fly ball Ike Davis sent down the right field line with two outs in the bottom of the...
Hand of fate
If your husband is playing online poker until four a.m., getting up at six to run five miles — and starts patting his bald spot as though he’s got magic,...
‘King’ hoops it up for ABC
‘King James” and his Miami Heat were ratings royalty for ABC.The network notched the best NBA Finals numbers in eight years — for a five-game series — with Miami’s 121-106...
Frenchie opens the closet door
Former “American Idol” and “The Voice” alum Frenchie Davis has emerged from the closet. Davis, who was booted off the second season of “Idol” in 2003 because of her affiliation...
Weird but true
Jailers in Atlanta have come up with a new program for prisoners — break out and win free food. The Fulton County Jail replaced its locks after the old ones...
Ahoy, Mickey!
t’s 10:30 on a Friday night, and I’m feeling out of my element. I’m a resident in good standing of the so-called new Brooklyn. I’ve got a Park Slope ZIP...
Jerry Sandusky convicted of sexually abusing young boys
BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- A jury found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty of sexually abusing young boys late Friday, after a day and a half of deliberations....
State OKs city's plan to reconstitute struggling schools
State Education Department officials this evening approved the city’s controversial bid to improve 24 struggling schools by closing, restaffing and reopening them while keeping the students in place. They also...