August 11, 2012
Mets designate Olson for assignment to add Santana
The Mets have cut left-hander Garrett Olson to make room on the roster for Johan Santana. Olson was designated for assignment Saturday, leaving rookie Josh Edgin as the only lefty...
Yankees sign former Red Sox starter Lowe: report
The Yankees added some pitching depth with CC Sabathia going on the disabled list Saturday.A few hours after a 5-2 win over the Blue Jays, the Yankees signed former Red...
Braves batter Mets, 9-3
Freddie Freeman had five RBIs in the first two innings and the Atlanta Braves battered Johan Santana in his return from the disabled list, routing the sluggish New York Mets...
Giants coach: Replacement refs 'trying as hard as they can'
The replacement officials need to be replaced. It seems everyone is in agreement that the sooner the NFL gets their real officials back on the field and this lockout ends...
WATCH: NBC removes video of female Olympians after backlash
Well, they can always sell the footage to Maxim’s website.A video NBC put on its Olympics page to honor female athletes in the London Games has since been removed for...
U.S. swimmer Phelps to star in golf reality show
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Now that he’s retired from swimming, Michael Phelps is ready to try a new stroke — golf. One week after ending his incomparable Olympic career with...
Parker scores 21 as U.S. routs France for fifth straight gold
LONDON — The names change, not the results. Just call the U.S. women’s basketball team Olympic champion. The Americans won their fifth straight gold medal Saturday, routing France 86-50 and...
Worker hurt in World Trade Center mishap
A worker was hurt after he took a fall at the 1 World Trade Center this afternoon. The man was working in an enclosed area on the 101st floor of...
Boudia wins first U.S. gold medal in diving since 2000
LONDON — David Boudia ended a gold-medal drought for the United States with a dramatic last dive that scored the most points of the 10-meter platform competition at the Olympics...
McIlroy, Singh in lead at rain-delayed PGA; Tiger collapsing again
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C.— First came the black cloud that has been following Tiger Woods on the weekend at the majors. The real storm arrived a short time later Saturday in...
Yankees ace Sabathia put on disabled list with elbow soreness
TORONTO — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation and pain in his elbow. Manager Joe Girardi announced the decision after...
Bolt wins third gold, helps set world record in 4x100 relay
LONDON — Be it a gold medal or a souvenir from a record relay run, Usain Bolt always gets what he wants at the Olympics. The Jamaican will leave London...
Felix earns third gold medal as U.S. wins 4x400 relay
LONDON — By the time Allyson Felix was done doing her part, her third gold medal of the Olympics was all but hanging around her neck. Staking the U.S. team...
U.S. women's volleyball stunned by Brazil in final
LONDON — Destinee wasn’t enough. Brazil denied the United States its first Olympic gold medal in women’s volleyball Saturday in a 3-1 upset that had the Brazilians turning somersaults on...
Cops shoot knife-wielding man dead near Times Square
Cops fatally shot a knife-wielding man in broad daylight near Times Square Saturday after chasing him down Seventh Avenue from 44th Street to 37th Street. The victim sustained multiple gun...
WATCH: Knicks' Stoudemire trains with Olajuwon
While Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler are chasing gold with Team USA in London, Amar’e Stoudemire is working on his game with Hakeem Olajuwon.In a video posted on YouTube, Stoudemire...
Britain's Farah completes distance double with 5000 gold
LONDON — Mo Farah won the 5,000 meters to complete an Olympic distance double for Britain on Saturday night. Backed by a boistrous, capacity crowd at 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Farah...
Ad to be Knicks boss Dolan's assistant posted online
Just make sure you have no offer sheets on the table when applying for this job.An advertisement to be Knicks boss James Dolan’s secretary has been posted on careerbuilder.com and...
Ironman athlete dies in Hudson River swim
FORT LEE, NJ — An athlete competing in the Ironman U.S. Championship in New York and New Jersey died today after having a medical problem during the swimming portion of...
Olympic gold medalist Douglas has giant mural in hometown
Gabby Douglas is really big in her hometown. Really big and painted on a wall. The gold-medal-winning gymnast has a giant mural painted in her honor in Virginia Beach, Va....
The Who, Spice Girls among London closing ceremony acts
LONDON — Get the Union Jacks out and prepare to party: Olympic Stadium is being transformed into a giant jukebox of British pop and pizazz for the ceremony that wraps...
Man shoots off-duty detective after catching cop with his wife: sources
An off-duty Brooklyn detective was shot in the shoulder in New Jersey late last night after he was caught at the shooter’s house with the man’s estranged wife, neighbors and...
WATCH: Dwight busts out Kobe impression at press conference
Dwight Howard is clearly a happy man after being dealt to the Lakers on Friday. And he isn’t shy about showing it.The former Magic big man has a stable of...
New women's tournament highlights expanding Queens Week
What Haron (H20) Hargrave saw as a possible one-time thing is now a continuing and blossoming event. “Queens Week is about having a stage to showcase your ability and talent,”...
Top recruit Lawrence focuses on skill development before senior season
It was a different type of summer for Jermaine Lawrence. The highly recruited 6-foot-9 forward spent a very limited amount of time on the travel ball circuit this with his...
Iran earthquake kills at least 250, over 2,000 hurt
TEHRAN, Iran — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 250 people and injured over 2,000 others in northwestern Iran on Saturday, state TV said. Iran's main news channel said the...
Nova halts skid, McGehee hits blast to lead Yankees over Blue Jays
TORONTO — On a day of bad news for New York’s pitching staff, Ivan Nova provided the silver lining. Nova snapped a five-start winless streak, Casey McGehee hit a three-run...
No basketball age limit likely for 2016 Olympics
LONDON — The head of basketball’s governing body doesn’t foresee an age limit for the 2016 Olympics. FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann said Saturday his feeling is that an under-23...
Mexico stuns Brazil to win first Olympic gold medal
WEMBLEY, England — Mexico is celebrating its first Olympic gold medal in men’s soccer, and Brazil is wondering if it will ever be able to add the title to its...
Gold medal game will be last in Olympics for Coach K
LONDON — Mike Krzyzewski’s job is nearly finished. Seven years after taking over a U.S. team that had been stripped of its power and grip on Olympic basketball, Krzyzewski is...
Afghan policeman kills 10 colleagues
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan police officer killed at least 10 of his fellow officers on Saturday, a day after six U.S. service members were gunned down by their Afghan...
Mitt Romney and new running mate Paul Ryan pledge to 'restore the greatness of this country'
WASHINGTON — That’s the ticket! Mitt Romney made a bold move in picking as his running mate Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman behind a hot-button conservative...
WATCH: Romney mistakenly introduces Paul Ryan as 'the next president of the United States'
NORFOLK, Va. — With the political world watching, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney misspoke while introducing his running mate. Romney mistakenly introduced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on Saturday as the...
Winners and losers from Jets preseason loss
The Jets took the field for their first preseason game Friday night, and the 17-6 loss to the Bengals wasn’t pretty. The offense really struggled to move the ball, and...
26-year-old man found shot to death in Brooklyn
City police are investigating a fatal shooting early Saturday near Brooklyn's Crown Heights community. Police say officers responding to the 1400 block of Dean Street found a 26-year-old man with...
Knicks' Melo 'can't wait' to see new-look Lakers on Christmas Day
Carmelo Anthony’s holiday season just got more compelling. Not only will the Knicks face Steve Nash and the Lakers on Dec. 25, Santa Claus will present them Superman as a...
Afghans kill 3 NATO, 3 US soldiers in single day
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led military coalition says an Afghan working on an installation shared by Afghan and foreign forces has shot and killed three NATO service members. The incident...
39 killed as bus falls into gorge in north India
NEW DELHI — Police say at least 39 people were killed when a crowded passenger bus fell into a deep gorge in northern India. Police officer Raj Kumar says the...
B'klyn man, 81, killed in hit-and-run accident
A hit-and-run accident left an elderly Brooklyn man dead after he was struck by two separate cars last night, police said. Cops and witnesses said Luis Ruiz, 81, was crossing...
Red Bulls beat Houston 2-0 to move atop East, stay unbeaten at home
After getting humbled in Houston last Friday, the Red Bulls got payback last night. After a feisty week of practice, they earned a feisty 2-0 victory over the same Dynamo...
Business briefs
AC losers Atlantic City’s casinos won $308.2 million from gamblers in July, down 9.5 percent from a year ago, the state Division of Gaming Enforcement said. Icahn mad Investor Carl...
Ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski agrees to forfeit some of looted money
Dennis Kozlowski, the poster boy for corporate greed, is going to have to pay the piper — again. The 59-year-old convicted felon, nabbed for using Tyco International cash to fund...
TCW buyout gives it 50% haircut from 2001
Carlyle Group’s majority stake in TCW Group values the troubled money-management firm at $750 million — less than half of the value the firm fetched in a 2001 sale, The...
Investor backing Mayer
Dan Loeb for Mayer. The activist investor threw his weight behind Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, who is feeling the heat from investors after disclosing she was rethinking a plan to...
Penney CEO: Be patient
Ron Johnson may be turning off JCPenney shoppers, but he hasn’t lost his touch with Wall Street. The struggling department store’s CEO said yesterday that his controversial turnaround effort is...
ManU (yawn) IPO fails to score on Wall St.
The owners of Manchester United just got a swift kick to the shins. Shares of the world-famous British soccer team flopped in their first day of trading on the New...
Fast-food chain pulls IPO
CKE has postponed its initial public offering citing market conditions, the fast-food chain operator said in a statement. The private-equity-backed company told the Securities and Exchange Commission last week that...
Retailers go all out
With Abercrombie & Fitch giving away 1,000 iPads and JC Penney offering $10 million of free haircuts, US retailers are pulling out the stops to make sure they get a...
Fund buys Netflix stake
Capital Research Global Investors, which manages money for the Capital Group’s American Funds, acquired a 10.5 percent stake in Netflix, the film and TV subscription streaming service. The holding is...
Corn spike a-maize-ing
Corn prices hit an all-time high yesterday in the aftermath of the worst summer drought to bake the farm belt in 56 years. Experts predict higher prices in grocery aisles...
Bail kept for Conn. hedgie
A judge declined to revoke bail yesterday for a former Connecticut hedge fund adviser awaiting sentencing for a major fraud scheme.Prosecutors had said Francisco Illarramendi failed to disclose a tax...
Ex-Barclays trader helps feds
A former Barclays trader fired by the bank for sending inappropriate e-mails about Libor “has cooperated” with the federal criminal probe into the alleged rigging of international benchmark interest rates,...
Beauty and the beach
Superstar songstress Rihanna takes a sexy turn on the beaches of Barbados this week, helping to promote tourism in her native home.
’Net ‘pervert’ nabbed
MERIDEN, Conn. — A man has been charged with trying to lure an underage girl into a sexual liaison during conversations on the Internet.State police say an undercover investigation by...
‘We mourn with you’
OAK CREEK, Wis. — Hundreds of people streamed into a Wisconsin high school yesterday to pay their respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh...
Liu: Let Sikh cops wear turbans
Comptroller John Liu yesterday urged the NYPD to allow Sikh officers to wear their religious turbans and beards while on duty. In a letter to Mayor Bloomberg, Liu noted that...
Mayor: ‘Sick’ bill ill-timed
If the City Council passes a bill mandating sick leave for all businesses with five or more workers, some employers will simply fire people to get below the cutoff point,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** Police are searching for the sicko pictured above who sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl in an apartment building in Flushing. The degenerate grabbed the youngster’s breasts as they...
A hole lotta filling
Officials in this Hudson Valley city of Kingston will start repair this month on an expanding sinkhole creeping closer to homes.The sinkhole, formed in April near a city intersection, is...
Rap on war vet in pal OD death
An ex-Marine who fought in Iraq and was being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder gave a fellow patient some heroin at a Veterans Affairs hospital in New Jersey, then neglected...
Thug stole bracelet from four-year-old Bronx boy in city's third toddler robbery
Bling-toting pre-schoolers are proving easy prey for New York’s most cowardly crooks. A 4-year-old Bronx boy became the third toddler since July to lose fancy jewelry to a robber when...
Mike rips pedi-scam
Memo to all New York City tourists: The next time a pedicab driver takes you for a short ride and claims the bill is $400, tell him to “stick it.”...
Harvard endowment betting on Facebook
Harvard University’s endowment has made a small investment in Facebook Inc., the social-networking service that got started on its campus by Mark Zuckerberg. Harvard Management Co., which manages the endowment,...
Mitt settles on veep
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney has chosen his running mate and will announce his pick this morning in Norfolk, Va., his campaign said last night.Romney advisers wouldn’t disclose the vice presidential...
Dems’ ‘bash Rom’ fest
WASHINGTON — Democrats plan to turn their nominating convention in Charlotte, NC, into a Mitt Romney-bashing attack-fest, according to Democratic National Convention planning documents leaked yesterday.They even plan to find...
O backs Huma as ‘patriot’
President Obama yesterday called disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin, who also is a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, an “American patriot.” “She has been...
Brooklyn's Neal comes home with bronze medal
Olympic swimmer Lia Neal brought home a bronze medal, and yesterday the Brooklyn teen made a splash as a Big Apple sports heroine. “Isn’t it great to have a hometown...
Jerry abuse ‘mate’
A new criminal probe into Penn State pedophile Jerry Sandusky is looking into the possibility that the sick sex fiend abused a child along with a prominent athletic booster for...
Old man killed after getting hit by two cars
A hit-and-run accident left an elderly Brooklyn man dead after he was struck by two separate cars last night, police said. Cops and witnesses said Luis Ruiz, 81, was crossing...
Call to slam Rolex killer
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Prosecutors say they’re recommending a 35-year prison sentence for a Bridgeport man who has pleaded guilty to killing another man to steal his Rolex watch, which turned...
N. Zealand a’ rockin’ offshore
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mass of small volcanic rocks approximately the size of Belgium has been discovered floating off the coast of New Zealand. The golf-ball-size pumice stones were...
Dime nets a pretty penny
PHILADELPHIA — A dime minted back in 1873 in Nevada has sold for nearly $2 million at the annual American Numismatic Association’s convention being held in Philadelphia. The coin, in...
Unicycling teen gets sidewalk summons tossed
He one! A unicyclist who took on the NYPD was victorious yesterday when a Manhattan judge tossed his ticket for riding a “bicycle” on the sidewalk. “Unicycling is not a...
Bloomberg to Dem hopeful: Pay your poster fines!
Now that he has finally collected $444,000 in public matching funds from his 2009 campaign, Bill Thompson should return the money to the city to help cover the fines he...
Cuomo: Tappan Zee tolls won’t be $14
ALBANY — Memo from the governor: Keep the toll on the new Tappan Zee Bridge under $14. Gov. Cuomo yesterday said he wants a task force that includes federal officials...
Fund raising for the 9/11 Memorial hurt by dispute with Port Authority, Bloomberg says
The battle over control of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum has begun to hamper fund raising for the project, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday. “It’s getting harder to raise money,” he...
Teen stole fantasy coins for video game 'RuneScape' with gun threat: cops
He turned to real-life crime to feed his virtual addiction. A video-game addict forced a fellow geek to fork over 4.7 billion “magic” coins by pulling a realistic-looking gun during...
Tornado touches down on Long Island
A tornado touched down in Suffolk County yesterday, causing over 1,000 people to lose power and knocking down power lines, damaging homes and uprooting trees. The tornado, which hit at...
‘Poison’ plan
McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. — A woman is facing charges after cops say she admitted to repeatedly poisoning a man with eye drops.Pennsylvania cops say Vickie Jo Mills, of McConnellsburg, told investigators...
New search at Etan site
An NYPD Crime Scene Unit and at least 10 detectives yesterday returned for the second time in three days to the site of the SoHo bodega that employed the man...
Arrest in kidnap bid
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — A man has been arrested in the attempted abduction last month of a 12-year-old girl, New Britain police say, adding that they believe he tried to...
Second ICE staffer claims anti-guy bias by Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano
A second employee at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano over claims his career was curtailed due to anti-male bias at the agency, The...
CNN big a ‘copy’ machine
Cnn host and Time magazine contributing editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria was suspended by his employers yesterday after he acknowledged lifting material for a recent column he wrote about gun control. Time...
Baring lawsuit vs. DA
ALBANY — A New York City strip-club owner is suing the chairwoman of the state ethics agency, claiming Janet DiFiore used taxpayer money to defend herself the last time he...
Meteor shower power
The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend, astronomers said yesterday.Cloud-free skies permitting, the show of shooting stars should be an above-average spectacle this year as the moon...
Mulling goats to scratch itch
SEASIDE PARK, NJ — Officials in a New Jersey shore town might use goats from Maryland to rid an environmentally sensitive area of poison ivy.Seaside Park can’t burn the toxic...
‘Wonka’ death
Mel Stuart, award-winning director of the 1971 children’s classic “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” died of cancer Thursday night at his LA home, his family said yesterday. He was...
Conn. chimp ‘maul’ gal: Let me sue state
The Connecticut woman who was mauled and blinded by a berserk 200-pound chimpanzee pleaded for a chance to sue the state for $150 million yesterday. “I hope and pray the...
Hero NYPD cop cheered on as he leaves hospital after treatment for gunshot wounds
A tough-as-nails cop who was shot in both legs as he chased a crook in Queens was released from the hospital yesterday to the hearty cheers of more than 100...
B'klyn cop shot twice in NJ domestic dispute: police
A Brooklyn cop was shot twice in a domestic dispute in New Jersey late last night, police sources said. The cop — who works in the 60th precinct in Coney...
Another Afghan ‘soldier’ slays US troops
KABUL — A man in an Afghan uniform shot and killed three American troops yesterday morning in southern Afghanistan, the US military command said, in the third attack on coalition...
Ironmen won’t settle for ‘No. 2’
No s#!t — the swim portion of today’s NYC Ironman competition won’t go down the toilet.A multimillion-gallon sewage leak in Westchester County threatened to affect the 2.4-mile swim course on...
‘Fate’ made me pull the trigger
A grizzled ex-con who put a bullet in his parole officer told investigators that it was “fate” that he’d shoot the man — and noted the attempted-murder case against him...
Worker lawsuit on chef’s plate
Celebrity chef Daniel Boulud was sued yesterday by a former worker who claims she was short-changed on her wages and overtime, and illegally forced to share her tips with the...
Man stung to death
JOHNSTOWN, NY — Authorities said a 53-year-old upstate farmer has died after being stung by a swarm of bees as he worked in his fields.Fire officials in Johnstown say William...
Life sentence in Ft. Hood plot
SAN ANTONIO — A soldier who tried to build a bomb to blow up a restaurant near the Fort Hood Army post in Texas to get revenge for the supposed...
3 firefighters hurt in blaze
A quick-spreading four-alarm fire in Passaic, NJ, damaged three homes, displacing up to 25 people, and landed three firefighters in the hospital early yesterday. Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said the...
Blurry eyeglasses help Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men avoid seeing 'immodest' women
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in Israel have found a way to avoid accidental — and forbidden — contact with sexy women: blurry glasses. Custom eyewear is being sold in extremely religious...
‘Piss-boor’ boss 'abused' real-estate salesman
A real-estate salesman says his former boss threw scissors at him, bit him, intentionally sneezed on him — and even urinated on his clothes. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme...
The pensions that Obama robbed
Chutzpah overload in full effect: President Obama’s sleazy super-PAC, run by his former White House spokesman Bill Burton, released an ad accusing Mitt Romney of causing the cancer death of...
To save Assad
The Syrian crisis that started 17 months ago as a peaceful uprising against a despot has passed through several incarnations, from massacre of civilians to civil war. It is now...
Pedicabs’ vicious cycle
The Issue: Pedicab drivers who overcharge tourists for rides and the need to regulate their pricing. *** It’s OK to charge $100 per person to go a few blocks, but...
Saluting Marvin Hamlisch, a New Yorker of great note
The Issue: The death of Marvin Hamlisch, legendary composer for Broadway and film. *** I was both shocked and saddened by the news of composer Marvin Hamlisch’s untimely death (“Marvin...
Cuomo’s voucher Veto
Gov. Cuomo was right last week to veto a bill that could bloat a taxpayer-funded private-school program for special-ed kids. The bill represents a giant and costly step toward a...
The Cardinal’s classy call
If you believe someone’s trampling on your religious freedom — and breaking what you thought was essentially a promise not to — there’s only one thing to do: Invite that...
NYC vs. Jefferson: unfair worship ban
Thomas Jefferson, who penned the words “wall of separation” to describe the Establishment Clause, would have agreed with federal Judge Loretta Preska’s June 29 ruling that struck down New York...
Let the good times roll
Brian Gluck, the 33-year-old co-owner of Red Lantern Bicycles in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, knows a few simple truths: People who like bikes also like coffee. And people who like bikes...
Gowanus is upon us!
Many people look at Gowanus — the gritty-hip Brooklyn nabe squeezed between more polished siblings Carroll Gardens and Park Slope — and see an industrial wasteland atop a toxic waterway....
Kid Stuff
Today ON THE BOARDWALK: Go back in time with the Coney Island History Project’s History Day at Deno’s Wonder Wheel. Besides listening to live music by the Hungry March Band,...
Mets prospect Flores turning heads
BINGHAMTON — For Mets fans, it feels as if Wilmer Flores has been around forever, because he has been at or near the top of the team’s prospect rankings since...
Burroughs proves he’s gold standard
London — It wasn’t enough that he had spent the day blitzing the world’s finest middleweight wrestlers, that he hadn’t so much conquered Iran’s Sadegh Goudarzi in the finals as...
U.S. storms into gold-medal rematch tomorrow vs. Spain
London — It looks to be 2008 all over again — British and better. Just like four years ago, Team USA dispatched Argentina in the semifinals, wearing them down in...
Magic defend Howard trade
People around the NBA are still scratching their heads over the package the Magic received in exchange for superstar center Dwight Howard Friday, when the four-team deal between the Magic,...
Mets hope they’re seeing ‘real’ Davis
It’s a 49-game sample now for Ike Davis. Is that enough? Is that representative? Or is it a harbinger of nothing? Davis has had a bizarre season, one that seems...
Old pro Kestner lived the 'dream' despite missing PGA cut
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Darrell Kestner turns 59 on Aug. 15. It will be tough to get a better birthday present than he enjoyed at the Ocean Course this week....
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile pace; $23,000; NJSS 6 Smbdythtustn(AMllr) 6.80 3.20 2.10 5 Jerseylicious (C Callahan) 2.60 2.10 1 Miss Lauren (D Miller) 2.40 * Exacta (6-5) $14.20 * Trifecta (6-5-1) $29.80 SECOND-mile;...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $10,500; clm($12,500); 3YO7-Good BoyDaddy5-24-Straightsccess20-11-Pretty Rowdy 12-15-Notimetokill 6-12-GiacomtheGret6-16-Rolfsie 2-13-Run Wilko Run20-18-Sandalye 4-1SECOND-1 1/16mT; $28,000; mdn; 3,4&5YO8-Mystic Strike 2-15-Rockitude 12-11-Rnngfrthemey12-16-WellSeeYoLter12-12-LudicrosSpeed8-17-Mr.Knckerbcke6-13-Tibo Cafe 20-19-PersonlInterest5-24-Crime Family 12-110-Forever Conga 9-5THIRD-1 1/16m; $13,000; alw;...
Saratoga Charts
August 10th, 2012Raining and Sloppy Turf Soft©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2 fur(T); $41,000; clm($35,000); 3upOff: 1:02. Good. swung 6w 1/4,ralliedTime: 22.69, 46.78, 59.56, 1:06.04.Trainer: Anthony BizeliaWinner: B G, 7,...
Del Mar Graded Entries
Post Time: 5:00 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $70,000; mdn; 2YO(f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds7 Scooter Bird(L),118RBejrnx-x-x5-22 Revive Me(L),118CNaktnx-x-x3-11 MidnightBalletL118AQnnzx-x-x5-13 KinzFnkyMnkyL118DFlores3-x-x3-14 How Lovely(L),118VEspnz6-x-x10-15 Shand(L),118KKriggrx-x-x10-16 Sharp Bella(L),118YFukng3-x-x5-1SECOND-1 1/16mT; $45,000; cl($32,0); 4pPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2 Euroglide(L),118RBejrn9-3-15-26...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Avenue Hanover (5th)FIRST: mile trot; $20,000; cond4 Big Sky Hurricane(TTetrick)1-1-45-22 PembrokeHetWve(Lchnce)8-1-410-19 Don't Know Chip(CCallahan)4-4-23-11 The Evictor(BSears)5-6-68-13 Zooming(AMiller)7-1-66-15 Sea Raven(PBerry)4-1-215-16 Unefoisdansmavie(YGingrs)6-1-710-17 Autumn Escapade(DMiller)8-2-39-28 Tac's Delight(RPierce)3-2-112-1SECOND: mile...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $27,000; clm($50,000); 2YOUNSIGHTED adds blinkers and drops in class. SWEAR ME IN races with Lasix for career debut. IMPLIED from excellent first out barn.PN...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-6 fur; $16,000; clm($10,000); 3up 3 Gryzn Sound (Pns) 19.40 5.40 2.80 1 Shimmering Rta (Trujllo) 2.80 2.10 4 Vodka High (Serpa) 2.10 * Exacta (3-1) $60.20 * $1 Superfecta...
Today's Sports on the Air
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The Post Line
Preseason NFLTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogPANTHERS23(35 1/2)TexansSEAHAWKS33(35 1/2)TitansTomorrowCOLTS2 1/21(34)RamsMondayRAIDERS21(35)CowboysHome team in CAPS
Hondo puts money on Bucs
It wasn’t in the Cards to contribute to the Hondo Deficit-Reduction Plan last night in Philly, so the dirty digits to grew to 1,920 hoaks. Today, Mr. Aitch will make...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 11SUNAug. 12MONAug. 13TUEAug. 14WEDAug. 15THUAug. 16FRIAug. 17YankeesToronto1:07 YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMTor. 1:07 YES WCBSTex. 7:05 YES WCBSTex. 7:05 WWOR WCBSTex. 7:05 YESWCBSTex.1:05YESWCBSBos. 7:05WWOR WCBSMetsAtlanta7:10SportsNetNYWFAN 660 AMAtl.8:00ESPNWFANNOGAMECin.7:10SNYWFANCin.7:10SNYWFANCin.7:10SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMEConn.7:00MSGNO GAMERed...
N.J. Little League team one win from Williamsport
BRISTOL, Conn. — Par-Troy East’s historic run continues. The Parsippany, N.J., team had never won a 12-year-old state title until this year, and are one victory away from getting a...
Mo shows horse sense
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Send him to the mound with the bases loaded and the game on the line, and Mariano Rivera doesn’t bat an eye. But after touring the backstretch...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Lsu kicks Mathieu off team Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off LSU’s football team yesterday for breaking an athletic department rule, a blow to the Tigers’ national...
Nets' Williams happy Howard saga's over
LONDON — Deron Williams had checked out of the Dwight Howard rumors after Team USA’s Las Vegas training camp. Honestly. Too many twists and turns. So when he woke up...
U.S. women's 4x100 relay team takes gold
LONDON — The look on Carmelita Jeter’s face was all you needed to know. As Jeter crossed the finish line first to clinch the women’s 4x100-meter relay last night at...
Pistorius: Olympics ‘humbling experience’
LONDON — Oscar Pistorius might have seen his South African relay team’s Olympic medal hopes go up in smoke, but the history-making double amputee described his Games experience as “phenomenal”...
Marathoner is a man without a country, so he runs for the world
LONDON — The command was a simple one, the kind every 17-year-old kid hears in gym class in those hours that aren’t filled with kickball and volleyball and floor hockey...
Pettersson proves hot tourney start was no fluke
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Carl Pettersson might be from Sweden but he seems to thrive in this part of the United States. For starters he went to North Carolina State...
Vijay Singh-ing unhappy tune after solid round
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C.—As grouchy as Vijay Singh was yesterday, you would have never known he posted the day’s best round, a 3-under par 69 that earned him a share of...
Woods in three-way tie atop PGA leaderboard
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The three-putt bogey on the 18-hole wasn’t the best finish, but if Tiger Woods can continue to putt the way he did yesterday on the Ocean...
Source: Duda may be back with Mets in August
Lucas Duda didn’t endear himself to Mets officials with his “sulking” after his demotion to the minor leagues last month, but the outfielder could return to the majors even before...
Terrible stretch won’t bump Yankees' Nova from mound
TORONTO -- The Yankees have their fingers firmly crossed that Ivan Nova, a 16-game winner last year, can climb out of a recent deep funk and add stability to a...
Suzuki smashes five RBIs as Yankees stomp Blue Jays
TORONTO — In the galaxy of stars that dominate the Yankees’ universe Ichiro Suzuki’s glow isn’t the brightest. Once, he was among baseball’s elite as he carved out a Hall...
No support for Mets' Harvey in first Citi start
Matt Harvey can eliminate “Citi Field debut” from his to-do list and add the words “get run support.” The Mets rookie took a step forward last night from an ugly...
Giant talent, but up-and-down opener
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A jumble of enticing talent intertwined with glaring gaffes highlighted and low-lighted last night’s preseason opener for the Giants, as the Super Bowl champions unveiled some youngsters...
Coples impresses for Jets in loss
CINCINNATI — The Jets did not have a lot of positives to point to after their 17-6 loss to the Bengals last night in their preseason opener. But first-round pick...
Hosley, Jernigan struggle to catch punts for Giants
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The mantra, as repeated last night by Giants coach Tom Coughlin, goes like this: “The number one thing is ball security as a punt returner. The first...
Ready or not fans, here comes Tebow
CINCINNATI — On a preseason field populated by replacement officials, here came the replacement quarterback. Not any replacement quarterback. This one was wearing a green-and-white 15 jersey. This one had...
Mixed bag for Jets, Tebow in loss to Bengals
CINCINNATI — Same Old Tebow. The Jets new backup quarterback showed the best and worst of what he can do in his preseason debut for the team last night. Tim...
Red Bulls get revenge on Dynamo
After getting humbled in Houston last Friday, the Red Bulls got payback last night. After a feisty week of practice, they earned a feisty 2-0 victory over the same Dynamo...
Yankees’ Rivera pays visit to Saratoga
SARATOGA SPRINGS Send him to the mound with the bases loaded and the game on the line, and Mariano Rivera doesn’t bat an eye. But after touring the backstretch at...
Serby’s Gold Medal Q&A with Maya Moore
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 23-year-old forward from UConn who will go for the gold medal when Team USA takes on France Saturday at 4 p.m. (EDT). Q:...
Silver medalist Nellum to carry American flag
Olympic silver medalist Bryshon Nellum will carry the U.S. flag at tomorrow’s closing ceremony of the London Olympics. Nellum was told by doctors that he might never be an elite...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
MONMOUTH OAKS Monmouth Park, 10th race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. 1 1/16 miles, 3-year-old fillies. Post: 5:26 p.m. LOWDOWN: Morrow Cove won her last two starts as much the best,...
Edgar looks to regain UFC lightweight title
Frankie Edgar gave the previous two opponents he defeated a rematch to settle the score once and for all. He defeated B.J. Penn twice and went 1-0-1 against Gray Maynard....
U.S. women go for gold tonight
LONDON — The French women’s basketball team calls their point guard Celine D., but they might smack into a Titanic-like loss tonight when they face the U.S. women’s basketball juggernaut...
Some ‘Face’ time on IFC
Every now and then you’ll come across a show that defies explanation in all the right ways. Meet “Bullet in the Face.” The six-episode IFC series, airing over two nights...
Life lessons
TLC has entered the “babies having babies” reality genre with “High School Moms.” Like MTV’s “Teen Mom” and its spinoff, “16 and Pregnant,” “High School Moms” tracks a group of...
Sheen’s ‘Anger’ spurs large episode order from FX
FX is set to order 90 more episodes of Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom, “Anger Management,” produced by Lionsgate. Lionsgate TV president Kevin Beggs says the plan is for the company...
Weird but true
This story’s all the buzz in central Texas. A warehouse worker in the town of Pflugerville suffered hundreds of stings when he disturbed a colony of Africanized honeybees that had...
Tim Tebow gets booed, throws INT as Jets lose preseason opener
CINCINNATI — Tim Tebow picked up some yards by running around a few times after avoiding a sack. Other than that, there wasn't much in his Jets debut. Certainly nothing...
It's official: Mitt Romney picks Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as running mate
NORFOLK, Va. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tapped Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to the architect of a conservative and...