June 24, 2012
Yankees hold on to beat Mets in Subway Series rubber game
NEW YORK — Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees touched up R.A. Dickey for five runs in a 6-5 victory over...
Mets closer Francisco put on DL with oblique strain
The Mets lost Frank Francisco to the disabled list yesterday, an extremely difficult revelation that will cost them their closer for at least two weeks.Francisco has a strained left oblique,...
LaRussa mulling over NL All-Star roster
SONOMA, Calif. — Tony La Russa is already thinking about which players he might add to the National League roster for next month’s All-Star game. La Russa retired after leading...
Thunder GM: Jackson, Van Gundy will not be next coach
OKLAHOMA CITY — General manager Sam Presti dismissed reports that 11-time NBA champion Phil Jackson or former New York Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy could be the next coach of...
Liberty falls to Dream, has lost four or five
NEWARK, N.J. — Angel McCoughtry scored 23 points and Sancho Lyttle added 19 to lead the Atlanta Dream to a 74-64 victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday. McCoughtry...
Frank Viola's daughter wins 100-meter platform at U.S. Olympic diving trials
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Brittany Viola, in her third attempt to make the Olympics, won the women’s 10-meter platform in the U.S. Olympic Trials on Sunday. Viola dominated the competition...
Vicious wildfires spread to Colo. tourist centers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado's most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, demolishing nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and...
Red Sox trade fan favorite Youkilis to White Sox
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have traded infielder Kevin Youkilis to the Chicago White Sox for utilityman Brent Lillibridge and right-hander Zach Stewart. Will Middlebrooks’ emergence in Boston made...
Italy outlasts England in PKs, heads to semis
KIEV, Ukraine — Italy won the semifinal place its dominating play deserved, though it took a penalty shootout to overcome England’s resistance Sunday at the European Championship. Alessandro Diamanti scored...
Red Sox beat Braves in Youkilis' potential sendoff
BOSTON — Cody Ross hit two homers and drove in five runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 9-4 Sunday in a game that likely was Kevin...
Attn'y joins Manhattan DA board
A leading Manhattan attorney who specializes in white-collar criminal defense and internal investigations has been named to the board of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Associates. Thomas J. Curran, a partner...
Sea rise faster on East Coast than rest of globe
WASHINGTON — From Cape Hatteras, N.C., to just north of Boston, sea levels are rising much faster than they are around the globe, putting one of the world's most costly...
Franklin remains UFC's 'Ace' in a pinch
An Ultimate Fighter coach goes down. A pay per view main event with a UFC legend is ruined.Enter Rich Franklin.The UFC’s human Swiss Army knife did it almost exactly two...
'Jeopardy!' host Trebek suffers mild heart attack
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is in a Los Angeles hospital recovering from a mild heart attack. Sony Television spokeswoman Paula Askanas said today that Trebek was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical...
Deron likely to decide between Nets and Mavericks
A report late Saturday night by ESPN.com said what has been assumed to be the case for quite some time – that Deron Williams has narrowed the decision he has...
Swedish university professor charged for cutting off wife's lip, eating flesh
STOCKHOLM -- A Swedish university professor sliced off his estranged wife's lip and ate it -- so she could "never kiss again." The unnamed 52-year-old, who is a respected researcher...
Massachusetts homeowner finds naked woman cooking in her kitchen
TAUNTON, Mass. -- A Massachusetts woman returned home from a night away to find a naked female intruder cooking breakfast in her kitchen, police said. Katherine Ferguson, 22, allegedly broke...
Money manager Ezra Merkin to settle Madoff-related suit with New York
Money manager Ezra Merkin has agreed to pay $410 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general that accused Merkin of steering client money to Ponzi...
Former Jets RB Tomlinson almost signed with Broncos
LaDainian Tomlinson is beloved in San Diego. That’s why he chose to re-sign with the Chargers last week in order to retire as a Bolt.His other option? Signing with the...
New Hampshire post office now only open for 30 minutes a day
CONCORD, N.H. — Express service might be all you have time for at one New Hampshire post office. The hours at the post office in Sugar Hill have recently been...
Gay pride parade marks one year anniversary of New York's same-sex marriage law
Marchers following the lavender line painted on Fifth Avenue Sunday for New York's annual gay pride march marked the first anniversary of the state's same-sex marriage law. Throngs of spectators...
Disney's 'Brave' tops weekend box office with estimated $67M
LOS ANGELES — A new Disney princess has ascended to the box-office throne with a No. 1 debut for Pixar Animation's "Brave." The latest from the makers of "WALL-E," ''Finding...
Knicks' Stoudemire curses fan in Twitter message: report
Maybe in some cases it should be called anti-social media.Knicks star forward Amar’e Stoudemire responded to a taunt by a fan by cursing him out and calling him a “fag,”...
Issa predicts 'bipartisan' contempt vote against Holder
WASHINGTON -- The top Republican leading the House investigation into "Operation Fast and Furious" said Sunday that he expects a "bipartisan" floor vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in...
Granderson: Yanks have no special Dickey plan for series finale
There is no gameplan for facing R.A. Dickey, just hoping you get lucky. The Yankees are set to face the red-hot Dickey on Sunday night in the Subway Series finale...
Mohammed Morsi of Muslim Brotherhood wins Egypt's presidential election
CAIRO — Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner Sunday in Egypt's first free presidential election in history, closing the tumultuous first phase of a democratic transition and opening a...
Four-year-old boy dies in three-car crash on Long Island
A 4-year-old boy has died in a three-car crash on Long Island that also sent his mother and aunt to the hospital. Suffolk County police say the crash happened Saturday...
Off-duty cop shot in overnight fight between rival thugs in The Bronx
An off-duty NYPD cop heading to his Bronx home early yesterday was wounded in a feud between rival thugs but amazingly was able to shoot one suspect and handcuff another,...
Olympic hopeful brothers square off at trials this week
It is shortly after 11 in the morning, and the Elite Trampoline Academy in Red Bank, N.J., is quiet. Kyle Bowen is awaiting the arrival of the Gluckstein brothers, Steven...
Chisox take shot on hurler after Subway squads swing and miss
Jose Quintana is the one that got away — from the Subway Series. Who is Quintana? He played in both the Mets and Yankee systems before being plucked last offseason...
While Mets strike out in pen, Yanks find bargains
The Yankees long were the home office for wasting money on the bullpen. They paid set-up man like closers (think Steve Karsay, Kyle Farnsworth and, to some degree, Tom Gordon)....
Lopez leads Pirates to yet another title
In the end, it was Tottenville once again. Cheryl Lopez pitched a shutout and hit a three-run home run to lead the Pirates to their second straight PSAL Class A...
Grand Street earns first PSAL championship
It took 17 years, with plenty of near-misses, but Grand Street Campus finally broke through under coach Melvin Martinez. The Wolves beat George Washington to win their first PSAL city...
Ibanez, Chavez homer as Yankees beat Mets
Good thing the Mets didn’t count their chickens before they were hatched last night. Just when it seemed as if manager Terry Collins’ crew was on the verge of securing...
Yankees veterans do their job in clutch
Raul Ibanez and Eric Chavez don’t move around quite like they used to. They can’t play every day and aren’t able to do the same things in the field that...
Dickey, Sabathia are from opposite sides of track
We tracked CC Sabathia’s every move in the late fall of 2008. He received a huge offer from the Yankees on the first day of free agency, met twice with...
Stars will be shining in Subway Series tonight
Tonight at Citi Field, R.A. Dickey will see if he can tame the Mets’ archrivals and the Yankees’ ace lefty. Dickey and CC Sabathia are set to battle it out...
Brittany Viola nears first Olympics, but famous father there in spirit only
Brittany Viola enters today’s final round of qualifying for 10-meter platform diving at the U.S. Olympic diving trials in Federal Way, Wash. in first place, and as the favorite to...
The Rumble
Hope & glory Yanks’ initiative inspires hope and glory This is what Yankee Hope Week is all about: a happy-go-lucky 5-year-old boy who braves oculocutaneous albinism, which affects approximately 40,000...
Dickey's success has local coaches thinking of possibilities
R.A. Dickey’s meteoric rise this spring hasn’t just lifted the Mets into playoff contention. It is starting to open the eyes of local baseball coaches at all levels of the...
Real mayors of New Jersey
Like history, corruption in New Jersey repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. Though the 1980s, many municipal governments were under control of the mob. The scope was huge;...
Controversial Riverside Church founder Lorch remembered at memorial service
Family, friends and countless members of the city's basketball community convened upon the Church of the Intercession in Morningside Heights to remember Ernie Lorch, the multimillionaire corporate attorney and controversial...
The Post's All-City baseball honors
It took 17 years, with plenty of near-misses, but Grand Street Campus finally broke through under coach Melvin Martinez. The Wolves beat George Washington to win their first PSAL city...
The Post's All-City softball honors
In the end, it was Tottenville once again. Cheryl Lopez pitched a shutout and hit a three-run home run to lead the Pirates to their second straight PSAL Class A...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... Mike Tyson
Steve Serby went toe-to-toe with former boxing champ Mike Tyson in a heavyweight Q&A session: Q: How would you describe Mike Tyson today? A: I’m just very cautious about everything...
Dark side rises: Unregulated exchanges swamp NYSE
They’re murky and can be very dangerous for the unknowing investor. They’re called Dark Pools, and they are moving our capital markets back to a Wild West mentality. The Dark...
SEC probes Pool
One of Wall Street’s most celebrated Dark Pools, Liquidnet, told its institutional clients last week that its new Equity Capital Markets (ECM) business was under investigation by the Securities and...
Oil’s not well, it’s deflation
Remember Newt Gingrich and his plan to bring $2.50 per gallon gasoline to drivers across America last winter during the GOP primary season? Back then, gas prices were about to...
US citizens leaving the country to avoid stiff tax bills
America’s rich are renouncing their citizenship at record levels — just to get richer. Startling new data from Uncle Sam show that defections by Americans are expected to double this...
On the record(s) exec
The Senate hearing on Thursday on Universal’s purchase of EMI’s recorded-music business was far from dull. EMI boss Roger Faxon was asked why EMI would be better off as part...
Kids are home from school, now what?
Nancy and Rich thought they were doing right by their son, DJ. They saved and sent him to college, and then to law school. But then, after graduation, he was...
Ben’s Twisting turns the screws on average Joes
Well, I guess the American public can figure out why Fed chief Ben Bernanke called it Operation Twist — because they got screwed. Average, hard-working Americans are facing very difficult...
Young New Yorkers hurt by falling wages, high unemployment and a larger share of college costs
The future of New York’s middle class is at risk. Not only is the Great Recession pushing formerly middle-class New Yorkers down the economic ladder — it’s crushing the next...
Street is playing a confidence game
Dear John: Facebook is the ultimate pump and dump! This should really cement retail confidence in Wall St. T.S. Dear T.S. What confidence? That was lost back in 1999 with...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JEFFREY KATZENBERG Safari, so good for DreamWorks Animation CEO as “Madagascar 3” rules the movie jungle. WARREN BUFFETT Oracle wins court approval for probe of mortgage lender ResCap’s reorg...
Students say they blew whistle on cheating at Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business
A culture of corruption at Baruch business school was so pervasive that grad students openly cheated and a professor gave out answers during an exam, claim four ex-students who intend...
NYC teacher: Bosses made me doctor grades
A Brooklyn geometry teacher with a remarkable record of academic success says she was pressured into giving passing grades to two failing seniors so they could graduate. The inflated scores...
Student success begins at home
It’s the parents, stupid! That is the overwhelming reaction to my column praising the success of Catholic schools in New York City. Readers, including public-school teachers, don’t deny that Catholic...
82-yr.-old can still giddyup
Hi-ho, silver hair! New York’s oldest urban cowboy, George Blair, 82, is still giving free horseback-riding lessons to kids after 30 years — and has no plans to hang up...
Just ‘maid’ for a Coney parade
A Brooklyn beauty struts in Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade yesterday — covered by little more than pasties, panties and a pooch. Andrea “Poison” Ivy and her tiny sailor, Homer, were...
Get out, dirty dogs
Every hot dog has its day — except in Brooklyn Heights. Snooty weenie meanies scared off a new hot dog vendor after he’d done only a few hours of business,...
BMW ‘triple slayer’ caught
A Bronx man was arrested yesterday for the coldblooded assassination of three drug dealers in a parked BMW near Columbia University, police said. Roberto Nunez, 30, had been hiding out...
A rare rhino star is born!
Thank goodness his parents were horny! A critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros was born yesterday at an Indonesian sanctuary, only the fourth birth in captivity in more than 100 years. “Both...
Documentary captures the daredevil world of illegal alley-cat bike racing
For the past 10 years, filmmaker Lucas Brunelle has been chasing one of the world’s most dangerous underground sports — right on the streets of Gotham. It’s called “alley-cat racing,”...
Again! Veep’s Secret Service man in slugfest
The Secret Service got mixed up in an other embarrassing scandal yesterday, when it was revealed that an agent assigned to protect Vice President Joe Biden reportedly brawled with Air...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** Five eager customers spending the night outside of a Melrose shoe store to buy the new Air Jordan 12 Obsidian sneakers were robbed at gunpoint yesterday, police...
Mad Ave. ‘firebug’ employee busted
A worker at a high-end Madison Avenue store was busted for robbing co-workers and setting fire to the shop last month — causing almost $1 million in damages, authorities said....
Activists fight city to save last two buildings in ‘Little Syria’
Little Syria is facing a big problem. Activists are rallying to save the last vestiges of America’s first Arab-American neighborhood before it’s too late — but the city doesn’t think...
Petty political bickering puts 9/11 Museum at standstill
This is getting to be an embarrassment. The battle between Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg over funding of the 9/11 Museum has entered its 10th month with no resolution in...
Damascus joins hunt for downed pilots
Syria tried to avoid a counterattack yesterday by joining the search for the two pilots of a Turkish fighter plane it shot down over the Mediterranean. The Assad regime’s help...
Tillman widow reveals written gifts of love from friendly-fire war hero
When Pat Tillman was deployed to Iraq for the first time, he did something he had done throughout his love affair with his wife, Marie — he wrote her a...
Helping spread the message
Pat Tillman’s “just in case” letter changed his widow’s life — now she’s devoting herself to helping others write their own.Last week, Marie Tillman launched a Web site, justincaseletter.com, urging...
‘Moby’ nut sues for $$
You could say it’s his obsession. A Manhattan man trying to harpoon a whale of a fortune claims he’s a descendant of “Moby Dick” author Herman Melville and has filed...
Mets adopt live chicken as mascot -- then name it 'Little Jerry Seinfeld'
It’s a call to the bullhen. Mets reliever Tim Byrdak turned the team’s luxurious clubhouse into a chicken coop this weekend — buying an $8 hen in Chinatown that he...
Charlie Sheen says he was sober during 2011 meltdown
Charlie Sheen says his “tiger blood” was 100 percent untainted by drugs when he went wild last year. In a taped interview yesterday with Michael Kay for the YES network,...
Crashing Bloomy’s ‘legacy’
It’s their own Garden of Eden right on Brooklyn’s waterfront. A pregnant drunk and her beau have been camping out in one of Mayor Bloomberg’s legacy parks for years and...
Parks & wrecks for Mike
Mayor Bloomberg’s legacy parks are coming — but they’re mired in hefty price tags and design problems. The city has over-promised and under-delivered on $291 million in park projects that...
Creep with hidden camera targets young women on subway
It’s the XXX train, and you might be riding it. A sleazy stalker has secretly filmed dozens of attractive young women on the subway and posted them online — but...
Gotti’s nabe No. 1 with a bullet
The godfather may be gone — but Howard Beach still packs plenty of heat.Mob boss John Gotti’s old neighborhood leads the city in per-capita gun ownership, according to a Post...
Grab it! $1M Hamptons rental
His beach-house rental will cost you a lot more than his hourly fee.The season’s most expensive unrented Hamptons pad is a Southampton mansion on the market for $1 million, owned...
Man dead in LI boat crash
Police found the lifeless body of a man thrown into the ocean after a high-speed boat crash off Long Island yesterday morning. Suffolk County police say Christopher Mannino’s body was...
Damaging comments by Jerry Sandusky's lawyer could help convicted child molester on appeal
Damaging comments by a lawyer for Jerry Sandusky could help the convicted Penn State child molester on appeal, veteran New York defense lawyers said yesterday. “He had an ethical obligation...
Mike raves: Atta ‘Girls’
Mayor Bloomberg has a crush on “Girls.” The billionaire mayor, 70, might not fit the target audience of broke 20-somethings trying to find themselves in Brooklyn — but Hizzoner has...
Bloomy’s kid: Hail, Daddy!
So what if her dad thinks she dresses like a lady of the night — Mayor Bloomberg’s youngest daughter is thrilled her wardrobe swayed him in his consideration of a...
Rodney King funeral fiancée snub
They’re not all getting along. Rodney King’s fiancée won’t be invited to his funeral next Saturday in Hollywood — because his family thinks she may have been involved in his...
Unplugged metal detector triggers JFK chaos: sources
These fools are keeping us safe?!? The TSA’s bungling reached a new low yesterday when a JFK Airport terminal had to be evacuated and hundreds of passengers marched back through...
Plane dumb swastika boost
A dim-witted religious group flew an airplane banner defending the vile Nazi swastika, offending thousands of people trying to enjoy a summer day in Manhattan and on the Jersey shore.The...
NJ ex-wives say divorce judge favors rich hubbies
It’s divorce, Jersey style. A band of angry ex-wives from the moneyed suburbs of the Garden State are joining forces to bring down Monmouth County Judge Paul Escandon, who they...
Bronx school-bus driver dead after being beaten up for knocking off side-view mirror
A Bronx school-bus driver has died from the beating he suffered after he accidentally knocked a side-view mirror from a double-parked car, his bus company said yesterday. Juan Del Valle,...
Salute to Jets’ ‘enemy’
Yet another indignity for Jets fans: Columbia University officials say they’ll induct New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft into the Manhattan school’s sports hall of fame this year. The 1963...
Vote group’s animal antics
Maybe it’s a Demo-cat? A voter-turnout group inadvertently sent registration forms to a cat and a dead dog. Ursula Angeles of Virginia Beach got one for her cat, Scampers, and...
Why ‘Fast and Furious’ matters
Pssst — heard the one about the lethal scandal that reaches to the upper levels of the Obama administration and may turn out to be bigger than Watergate? A crime...
Air apparent
The seated president has such a huge advantage over his opponents that it almost seems like an exercise in futility to hold the election. With the trappings of office, the...
Break the news
In the speechiest moment of tonight’s speech-clogged pilot of Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO show “The Newsroom,” a bland news anchor played by Jeff Daniels is sitting between two stentorian TV...
Hynes finally gets it
Isn’t it amazing what the glare of a news- media spotlight can do? Brooklyn DA Joe Hynes — who’s been under fire for years over his questionable handling of child-sex-abuse...
Pelosi dishonors the House
If you thought that a formal censure was the most serious punishment Congress could give one of its own members short of expulsion — guess again. Former House Speaker Nancy...
One hot mess
Maria Menounos of “Dancing with the Stars” was a likeable and talented contestant. However, the recent Page Six (June 19) picture of her dancing with Mel Gibson is quite disturbing...
Required reading
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Random House) For many of us — especially harried New Yorkers — there never seems to be enough time in the day....
In my library: Alafair Burke
Like her best-selling thriller “Long Gone,” Alafair Burke’s latest, “Never Tell,” is set in Manhattan, land of privileged preppies and desperate street kids. But Burke — who named her heroine,...
Blow up
Dyn-o-mite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times — A Memoir by Jimmie Walker Da Capo Press “Good Times” was supposed to be more than a sitcom — it was going...
Adopt me!
Parker is a 1-year-old, long-haired tabby. This friendly puss is looking for someone to cuddle with, so meet him from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of...
Doggie Howlser, M.D.
The pharmacy at 1751 Second Ave. looks much like many other Upper East Side health and beauty emporiums: Shelves are filled with brushes, shampoos and creams. There’s a drug counter...
The joy of pecs
In one of the early scenes of Channing Tatum’s male-stripper movie, “Magic Mike,” a rookie stands awkwardly on stage after his first solo act. The character, known as “The Kid”...
My Hot Rod New York: Guy Fieri
When Food Network star Guy Fieri, 44, first visited NYC back in 2005, he got out of a taxi wearing flip-flops, Dickies board shorts and a yellow leather jacket —...
Bridge
Opening leads require more imagination than any other part of the game. Not even a top expert can find a killing lead every time. Any player should be satisfied if...
If moves could talk
The opening moves of a game are often a silent dialogue, filled with taunts. If White’s 5 c4 could speak in this week’s game, it would say: “Bet you never...
Shakes in the grass
A hot tip for all would-be rock stars looking for inspiration: Try driving a street sweeper. That’s where Brittany Howard, singer and guitarist for the hot buzz band Alabama Shakes,...
Meet Peter Parkour
Between 2002 and 2007, the trilogy of Spider-Man films starring Tobey Maguire and directed by Sam Raimi were the most successful superhero franchise in the history of cinema. Not only...
Old man Young
Sitting in a suite at the Regency Hotel in black jeans and a matching T-shirt, Neil Young is discussing the complexities of ordering fish, from an environmental standpoint, with his...
Cutie and the ‘beasts’
For a rising star with a performance in one of the most- lauded indie films of 2012, Quvenzhané Wallis sure has modest plans for the summer: “I’m going to ride...
Big three prepare to vie for title
WIMBLEDON, England — As Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer step back on the grass at Wimbledon, each has reason to believe he’ll be hoisting the trophy in two...
Like it or hate it, LeBron winning title helps game
It Is basketball, and so logic dictates LeBron James was going to win his championship eventually. He is too good a player, too vast a force of nature. And basketball,...
England has much to prove
KIEV, Ukraine — England has reached a familiar stumbling block at a major tournament, and this time, captain Steven Gerrard is determined to steer his country into the semifinals.England hasn’t...
Alonso, Spain oust French to reach semis
DONETSK, Ukraine — Xabi Alonso scored two goals in his 100th international appearance yesterday, leading Spain to a 2-0 win over France and a spot in the European Championship semifinals....
Mets' Bay set to start working out
Jason Bay is “astronomically” better and hoping to begin working out within the next few days. After undergoing a battery of tests yesterday, the Mets outfielder was at Citi Field...
Tex turned it around by nixing ‘other way’
Mark Teixeira Liberation weekend occurred May 18-20 in the Bronx. He didn’t start any of three games against the Reds that weekend, but this is about what he put to...
Logan and behold: Yankees bullpen shuts the door
When the Yankees rallied with four runs to take the lead in the seventh last night, it didn’t just change the complexion of the game, it changed the atmosphere in...
Loss won’t diminish Collins’ Amazin’ premonition for Mets
For a heartbeat, it looked like the ball had a chance, looked like Daniel Murphy might’ve found the perfect moment to end a 345 at-bat homer-free drought. In that split-second,...
Veteran righty helps stabilize Mets’ rotation
Chris Young made his Subway Series debut last night and was sensational ... until Raul Ibanez’s at-bat in the seventh inning. The Mets right-hander held the Yankees scoreless on two...
Mets closer Francisco a little on ‘sore’ side
The left side of Frank Francisco’s body has been hen-pecked. The Mets closer, who made news by calling the Yankees “chickens” leading into this weekend’s Subway Series, was unavailable last...
Two share lead
Englishman Brian Davis shot a 6-under 64, and Roland Thatcher had a 65 yesterday to share the third-round lead at 12 under at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.Both are...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 fur; $25,000; alw; 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Gabrilicious(L),108J Ortiz9-1-5Rodrigez3-12 QueenCleopatr(L),118A Castillo2-9-5Lake7-23 Patriot Princess(L),113K Frey6-1-4RPrecid10-14 Fuming(L),111J Acosta3-3-1Guerrero2-15 Fourteenkrtprz(L),113K Pellot4-2-4GPreciad4-16 Full Moon Frolic(L),118V Molina7-1-8McNeely8-1SECOND-1...
Belmont Charts
June 23rd, 2012Clear and Good Turf Soft©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 1/2 fur; $30,000; clm($15,000); 3upOff: 12:51. Good. 4w,between,gamelyTime: 23.48, 46.75, 1:11.96, 1:18.63.Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr.Winner: GR/RO G, 5, by...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-5 fur; $40,000; mdn; 2YO3Itsmylckydy (Srp)4.402.102.102Coach A. J. (Bravo)2.102.101Pro Prospect (Lopez)2.10Scr: Write a Song, Over and Back, Purple Egg.* Exacta (3-2) $7.80 * $1 Trifecta (3-2-1) $6.10Winner picked by FountaineSECOND-6...
Rangers aim for sniper in free agency
PITTSBURGH — The question in light of Rangers general manager Glen Sather’s declaration yesterday that the Blueshirts intend to be “as aggressive as possible” in the free agent market essentially...
Isles draft defensemen with all seven picks
Wonder how much Islanders general manager Garth Snow wanted to bolster his defense? How about seven defensemen with the whole of his picks in this year’s NHL Draft, which ended...
Devils take Severson with second round pick
The NHL’s maverick buzz-maker after drafting Son of Matteau, Matteau on Friday, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello quietly loaded up on forwards, emphasizing centers, in yesterday’s conclusion of the NHL...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:55 p.m. FIRST-7 fur; $11,000; clm($10,000); 3up6-Elissa'sroylmge8-14-Mr. Foxy 20-11-Lynch 3-15-YesHe'sInncent6-12-You Es OhClub15-17-SchatttheBandt6-53-Growl 4-1SECOND-1 mile; $13,500; alw; 3up7-Power Rules 9-55-King Kitten 15-12-TrulyDistinctive5-11-a-MasterTassel4-13-Honor's Gold 6-16-Mr. Monarch 15-14-Barra d'Oro 5-21-a-MizetheBigCt4-1THIRD-1m&70yds; $11,000;...
Yonkers Results Friday
FIRST-mile pace; $11,500; claiming OFF: 7:14 TIME-27.3; 56.4; 1:24.4; 1:54.2 2 JA'sOutlaw(JPntleno) 3.50 2.30 2.10 4 LodGovernor(MMacDonld) 4.80 2.50 5 Letthemagicbegin (E Goodell) 6.50 * Exacta (2-4) $15.80 * Triple...
Meadowlands Results Friday
FIRST-1-mile trot; 3-4fmnw2cd; $12,000 OFF: 7:16 TIME-29.1; 57.3; 1:26.3; 1:57.0 1 WeekndVcton(DMllr) 9.40 5.00 2.60 6 Mrs Mrs Jones(MLachance) 11.80 4.40 8 She Wears It Well (R Pierce) 2.20 *...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $16,000; clm($5,000); 3upCODE TWO drops to lowest level yet. REGINA BEATRIZ could be the one to catch from the rail. D'LUCCI GIRL ran third in...
Hollywod Results
FIRST-7 fur; $20,000; clm($10,000); 3up3Trmpt Plyr Jy (Mldnd)12.404.003.802My Mn Sumo (Qunonez)2.602.101Big Wags (Castanon)3.80* $1 Exacta (3-2) $15.10 * Quinella (2-3) $9.40 * $1 Superfecta (3-2-1-5) $156.20 * $1 Trifecta (3-2-1)...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; pace; $11,000; cond. 5 Jj Shark (T Hall) 35.80 13.80 3.60 7 Hot Art (J Marshall) 30.40 11.00 9 Eight Ten Eom (T Tetrick) 3.00 * Exacta (5-7) $1,071.00...
Hondo’s eyes a four-bagger
Hondo did some top-notch janitorial work yesterday, making a clean sweep with the Blue Jays and Nationals to lower the accounts payable to 1,275 bunnings.Today, Mr. Aitch will get his...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Auto RacingNoonFormula One: European Grand Prix FOX3 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Toyota/Save Mart 350 TNTBaseball1:30 p.m.Braves at Red Sox TBS2 p.m.Brewers at White Sox WGN5:35 p.m.Cyclones at Aberdeen WSOU (89.5 FM)8...
Yanks, steer clear of Rog
* After reading Ken Davidoff’s column “Bombers should open door for Rocket Return” [The Post and nypost.com, June 20], I disagree with this 100 percent! How in the world, even...
Black Caviar stays unbeaten
Confirming her status as one of the great international sprinters of all time, the Australian wonder mare Black Caviar held on desperately by a diminishing head to win yesterday’s Group...
Sports Shorts
baseball: O’s cut Moyer The Orioles have released 49-year-old pitcher Jamie Moyer, who requested the move after the team failed to promote him from the minor leagues.Moyer started the season...
Francesa deaf to intelligent fans
It’s One of those great, sustaining and senseless mysteries of life, right up there with pineapple on pizza, lawn sprinklers seen operating during rainstorms and the save rule. Why would...
Enshrine Shero already!
PITTSBURGH — When the Hall of Fame selection committee meets Tuesday in Toronto, it will be time — well past time, actually — for the 18-member board to select Fred...
Commish's appeal could delay Knicks' plans on July 1
Apparently, NBA commissioner David Stern wants to be a candidate for most hated man in New York. According to a league official, Stern’s plan to appeal the union’s victory in...
Swapping crowns leads King James to the throne
So, as I’m waiting to flotilla out of Florida, I felt compelled to support the newspaper industry by purchasing some of the local periodicals to get their take on what...
Eaton sets mark, but 100m result is in flux
EUGENE, Ore. — The second day of the U.S. Olympic trials at rain-soaked Hayward Field were highlighted by a world record and ended with controversy. Ashton Eaton was crowned the...
Look out London: Eaton sets decathlon mark
EUGENE, Ore. — Ashton Eaton is the World’s Greatest Athlete. He sealed it with a stirring final lap in the decathlon’s final event, setting a world record with 9,039 points...
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Still angry Some people thought Charlie Sheen was finished when “Two and a Half Men” Executive Producer Chuck Lorre fired him. Execs at the FX network didn’t think so, though,...
Laugh now, for tomorrow we sigh
Mama’s summer vacation includes a break from the dramatic fare. She checks in with returning summer comedies this week: “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” (Today, 11:59 p.m., Adult Swim) The “Aqua”...
Loving 'Louie'
In the third episode of the new season of FX’s “Louie,” which returns Thursday night at 10:30, comedian Louis C.K., playing a fictional version of himself, befriends a male lifeguard...
Cable news gets wake-up call on 'The Newsroom'
Can Aaron Sorkin save the news? The man who created an ideal US presidency on “The West Wing” takes on television journalism in his new HBO series “The Newsroom,” infusing...
Food for thought: TV exec taking credit
Not even on a Saturday afternoon while watching the Cooking Channel — the Cooking Channel, for crying out loud! —can one escape the content or the intent: The American TV...
Reel good
The Lion King, 1994 Sunday, 8 p.m., ABC Family Simba, a lion cub, (Jonathan Taylor Thomas voices the baby Simba, and Matthew Broderick voices the adult), who is heir to...
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY RIPA 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Carrie Ann Inaba; Chris Pine; Andy Cohen; Blues Traveler. Tuesday: Tyler Perry; Joe Manganiello; Emma Stone; Sylvia Browne. Wednesday: Michael Strahan; Andrew Garfield;...
Five great Sorkin moments
Oscar and Emmy-winner Aaron Sorkin’s career includes the TV shows we all know — “The West Wing,” “Sports Night” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” — and blockbuster movies...
Shell shock
They’re coming by boat, bus and train to Brooklyn Crab. It’s no wonder they don’t mind the wait. Since opening two weeks ago, this tri level seafood eatery in Red...
Meet Market: Entrepreneur searches for full-time fashionisto
Ha ha, boo-hoo Constance claims she’s not a crier. “Unless,” she says, “It’s from laughing really hard.” Tough guys When it comes to her celebrity crush, Constance has a thing...
5 top pickup lines to pull out during NYC’s Pride March
“Say, ‘It’s a good thing same-sex marriage is legal in New York, because I’m already planning our wedding.’ ” Matthew “Say, ‘When I’m around you I can’t think straight.’ ”...
Crazy, stupid, love
Season after season, “The Bachelorette” and “The Bachelor” prove irresistible to anyone who delights in scantily clad singles plied with alcohol and deprived of dignity, clawing their way toward a...
This week's couple: Bad timing
We sent Kentucky-born Graham, 25, out to meet 24-year-old Helen, a risk analyst, but a timing mix-up caused some confusion as to who was late and who was on time....
Weird but true
The dog’s off the hook — but the fish had to die. The parents of an 18-month-old Chicago girl suspected their pit bull had bitten off the child’s finger. But...