August 12, 2012
Another tough major weekend for choke-prone Tiger
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C.— It was another wobbly weekend for Tiger Woods at a major championship. Woods shot an even-par 72 on Sunday — after finishing a third-round 74 earlier in...
Mets hang on to beat Braves
Jonathon Niese pitched six-hit ball over eight innings, David Wright sparked the offense with a pair of doubles against Ben Sheets, and the New York Mets just hung on to...
WATCH: Jays' Davis robs McGehee of homer by scaling wall
Rajai Davis did everything but pitch to knock out the Yankees on Sunday.The Blue Jays outfielder had five RBIs and scaled the wall – yes, that’s correct – to rob...
Jets RT Hunter: 'I always welcome competition'
CORTLAND – Wayne Hunter isn’t scared of having competition for his starting right tackle job.It looked like he’d have it in the form of former first-round pick Jeff Otah when...
Jersey kids heading to Little League World Series
BRISTOL, Conn. -- Forget the Jersey Shore. Parsippany is the story of the Garden State this summer. And a group of 11- and 12-year-olds are the reasons why. Par-Troy East...
LI Marine feared the worst days before his murder by Afghan cop
A Long Island Marine who was killed by an Afghan police officer last week told his devastated father that he was afraid for his life just days before his stunning...
Obama goes on attack vs. Romney, new VP Ryan
WASHINGTON – President Obama wasted little time going after GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s newly named running mate, accusing the ticket of shilling for the nation’s upper class. In his...
Giants coach does the robot to hammer home point
ALBANY – Tom Coughlin stomped around acting like a robot.Really.It happened on Sunday afternoon after practice, when he was discussing new tight end Martellus Bennett, who has displayed a colorful...
Velasquez gets next shot at UFC champ Dos Santos: report
Cain Velasquez will get his wish.The former UFC heavyweight champion will get another crack at the title and current champ Junior dos Santos on Dec. 29 at UFC 155 in...
Jets coordinator's message to DE: Practice how you play
CORTLAND – Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine asked the team's equipment staff for Quinton Coples game uniform Sunday morning. Pettine wanted the first-round pick to wear it during practice Sunday...
UFC 150 analysis: Henderson edges NJ's Edgar again
Stop me if you’ve heard this before.Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar fight to an entertaining, five-round decision that is extremely close. Many people think Edgar won, though afterward he is...
Olympics come to an end with rocking closing ceremony
LONDON — With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor pageant...
Amateur MMA fighter dies following bout in South Carolina
An amateur MMA fighter died following a fight Saturday night in South Carolina.Tyrone Mims became unresponsive while being monitored after his fight at the Omar Shrine Center in Mount Pleasant,...
'Honey Badger' will get second chance after LSU dismissal
Being cynical and being a journalist goes hand in hand. You can throw being jaded in there, too, while we're at it. The point is, after a while, there's very...
Former Jets WR Burress to work out with Patriots: report
Plaxico Burress beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl with the Giants. He went toe to toe with the Pats last year as a Jet. Now, he could be calling...
US ends Olympics with most medals, most gold
LONDON — Most medals. Most gold medals. The US left no doubt at the Olympics. Victory by the men’s basketball team Sunday gave the United States its 46th and final...
Police commissioner Kelly defends cops who put down knife madman, as family questions use of force
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly today defended the two officers who fatally shot a knife-wielding madman on a crowded Midtown Street even as the victim’s family lashed out at cops for...
Bolt goes from track star to DJ in London
LONDON — Usain Bolt broke a record then spun some records. The Jamaican sprint great hotfooted it from Olympic Stadium on Saturday night to a party nearby in East London...
Tebow gets two TDs, outdoing Sanchez at Jets practice
CORTLAND – Tim Tebow impressed in the Jets first practice back in Cortland since Friday night’s 17-6 loss to the Bengals in Cincinnati.Tebow finished the day 9-for-12 in team drills,...
Rainbow Room may become a landmark
The legendary Rainbow Room -- long dormant but awaiting a makeover -- may be protected for posterity. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission is set to vote Tuesday on whether to...
Giants' Cruz worried about replacement refs in real games
ALBANY – Victor Cruz was on the field with the rest of his Giants teammates Friday night when the replacement officials certainly didn’t distinguish themselves in the preseason game with...
Giants' Beatty returns to practice, hopes to play vs. Jets
ALBANY – Left tackle Will Beatty missed nearly all of training camp and the preseason opener with an achy back and sciatic nerve issues but he promised to return to...
CC vows to pitch for Yankees right after DL stint
TORONTO — CC Sabathia knew something was wrong when he woke up Aug. 4, one day after beating Seattle at Yankee Stadium, and couldn’t bend his swollen left elbow enough...
Mazal tov Paul Ryan and Romney
A month ago, we reported how Rep. Paul Ryan had auditioned for the position of running mate and should win the role. Yesterday, Mitt Romney announced that he'd decided to...
McIlroy wins PGA Championship by largest margin for second major
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Right down to his red shirt, Rory McIlroy looked every bit the part of golf’s next star in another command performance at the PGA Championship. McIlroy...
Hughes bombed, Yankees rally falls short in loss to Blue Jays
TORONTO — No one is happier to see the end of another Yankees road trip than pitcher Phil Hughes. Rajai Davis matched a career high with five RBIs, Edwin Encarnacion...
Cano getting start at DH as Yankees 'rotate' the position
TORONTO -- Robinson Cano will be the latest Yankee to take a turn at designated hitter, as manager Joe Girardi slotted the regular second baseman into the DH slot for...
'The Bourne Legacy' tops weekend box office; 'Dark Knight' falls to 3rd
LOS ANGELES — "The Dark Knight Rises" has finally fallen out of first-place at the weekend box office. Jeremy Renner's action tale "The Bourne Legacy" took over as the No....
US wins second straight Olympic gold against scrappy Spain
LONDON – The US Olympic men’s basketball team got its gold medal today, but not without a big fight from Spain and a lot of tense moments. Kevin Durant wasn’t...
Egypt's president appoints Mekki as VP
CAIRO — A spokesman says Egypt's president has ordered the defense minister and chief of staff to retire and has canceled the military-declared constitutional amendments that gave top generals wide...
Sikh temple holds first Sunday service since attack
OAK CREEK, Wis. — More than 100 people gathered in suburban Milwaukee for the first Sunday prayer service at a Sikh temple since a white supremacist shot and killed six...
GOP looks to distinguish Romney from Ryan budget
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Mitt Romney's campaign sought to put some distance Sunday between the presidential candidate and his new running mate's controversial budget proposals, even as Paul Ryan's selection energized...
Jets liked Kaepernick in 2011 Draft for Wildcat
CORTLAND – Before there was Tim Tebow, the Jets considered another quarterback to run the Wildcat.Jets coach Rex Ryan revealed Sunday that the team considered drafting Colin Kaepernick out of...
Howard could be pushing Hunter at right tackle
CORTLAND – Jets coach Rex Ryan sent a message to beleaguered right tackle Wayne Hunter on Sunday – you better get back on the field.A lower back issue has kept...
Varner of US wins Olympic wrestling gold
LONDON — Jake Varner of the United States won the Olympic wrestling gold in men's 96-kilogram freestyle, beating Valerii Andriitsev of Ukraine 1-0, 1-0 Sunday. The win gave the U.S....
Big Strick Classic notebook: Harrisons down to five, no visits planned yet
Andrew Harrison said the recruitment of him and twin brother Aaron is getting "real hectic" becuase of constant "text messaging." It won't last forever. The Travis (Texas) senior stars have...
National prospects Harrison, Mickey deny NYC in Big Strick Classic
Dayshon Smith collected a long pass running down court and thought it was just him and Aaron Harrison with a Big Strick Classic win on the line. "I didn't know...
WR Chad Johnson cut by Dolphins, out of jail on $2,500 bond
DAVIE, Fla. — Wide receiver Chad Johnson was released from jail Sunday on $2,500 bond, a day after his wife accused him of head-butting her during an argument in front...
NY state Sen. Ruben Diaz gets call from Cardinal Dolan
ALBANY — New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. says the call made him cry. The conservative Bronx minister says that while recovering from knee replacement surgery he received a...
New Barclays chairman vows to review entire business
LONDON — The new chairman of Barclays Bank says he'll undertake a top-to-bottom review of the embattled business, telling a British newspaper that he isn't wedded to any of his...
US Navy ship collides with oil tanker in Gulf
MANAMA, Bahrain — One of the Navy's guided-missile destroyers suffered minor damage when it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The collision...
Uganda's Kiprotich wins men's Olympic marathon
LONDON — A runner named Kiprotich winning the Olympic marathon? Hardly a surprise. That he was the one from Uganda and not Kenya? Major surprise. Stephen Kiprotich rounded a corner...
Russia beats Argentina to win bronze medal in men's basketball at Olympics
LONDON — Alexei Shved scored 25 points — 13 in the fourth quarter — and Russia won its first medal in Olympic men's basketball with an 81-77 win on Sunday...
US finishes eighth in men's water polo at Olympics
LONDON — The U.S. men's water polo team ended its dismal Olympic campaign with a thud. The Americans, who entered the games with hopes of improving on their silver medal...
Man accused of stabbing his mother more than 40 TIMES in B'klyn slay
An unhinged Brooklyn man with a history of mental problems stabbed his mother to death — viciously slicing her more than 40 times — then called the 911 to confess,...
Knife-wielding man gunned down by cops in Times Square
Cops shot a knife-wielding maniac dead on a packed Midtown street yesterday after several officers drew their weapons and chased him at gunpoint through Times Square. “Shoot me! Shoot me!”...
Wise Dan captures Fourstardave
SARATOGA SPRINGS — John Velazquez’s ride aboard 3-2 favorite Wise Dan in Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave at the Old Spa wasn’t exactly like his victory aboard Union Rags in...
Showdown at Saratoga
In this summer's Saratoga Showdown, the Post's pony pickers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine, Vic Cangialosi and Anthony Affrunti square off every day of the meet. Each starts with a bankroll...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... Andrew Luck
Colts top draft pick, quarterback Andrew Luck, who makes his preseason debut Sunday night, took time out to chat with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Why is it so difficult...
U.S. women grab fifth straight gold
LONDON — There they were on the medal stand last night, smiling, waving to the crowd, weeping in joy. It wasn’t the Americans, but France’s women’s basketball team. They were...
LeBron leads Team USA into gold-medal battle with Spain
LONDON — You can wake up this morning and feel good about rooting for LeBron James, on the verge of winning a gold medal today to pair with the NBA...
FIBA: No age limit expected in ’16
Basketball’s best apparently will be welcomed in Rio. The head of the sport’s governing body said yesterday he doesn’t foresee an age limit for the 2016 Olympics, tempering talk that...
Mexico stuns Brazil early to win men’s soccer gold
LONDON — With a goal in 29 seconds, Mexico extended Brazil’s wait for a first Olympic football gold for at least another four years. Oribe Peralta stunned the Brazilians by...
McIlroy tied for lead before 3rd-round halted, Tiger falters
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The only way to keep Rory McIlroy from burning up the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island yesterday was to douse it with water. That’s exactly what...
Officials confident PGA will go fourth
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — PGA officials are confident they’ll be able to finish the 94th PGA Championship today. The third-round will resume at 7:30 a.m. and players will be matched...
Falling deep in the Woods
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — If anyone needed a timeout yesterday at the PGA Championship, it was Tiger Woods. After entering the third-round with a share of the lead, he began...
Thrilla-Nova: Ivan grounds Jays
TORONTO — Ivan Nova’s strong performance yesterday comes with a significant disclaimer: The Blue Jays, well, aren’t very good. Wrecked by injuries, Toronto had four legitimate big leaguers in the...
Sabathia shelved; Yanks’ concern ‘low’
TORONTO — Yankees ace CC Sabathia is headed to the 15-day disabled list for the second time this season, this time with inflammation in his very valuable left elbow. Sabathia...
QBs, offense have to get in tune if Gang wants to win
It wasd hardly Joe Montana looking up into the Joe Robbie Stadium stands with three minutes left in Super Bowl XXIII and asking tackle Harris Barton during a television timeout...
Golden receivers make fine targets
In the third of a six-part draft preview series, the Fantasy Tracker helps you tackle the wide receiver position. Next week: tight ends, defenses and kickers. They are high-flying, acrobatic,...
Ichiro better step up to stay in lineup
Ichiro Suzuki was an instant hero in Seattle, and that is totally understandable. It was not just that he was Rookie of the Year in 2001, plus the MVP, and...
The Rumble
Know your role Big Blue co-owner’s Hollywood ideas for Giants stars Steve Tisch keeps producing smash hits — from “Forrest Gump” to “Risky Business” to “Dear God” to “The Taking...
Rally caps: Be careful what you wish for
Stock markets around the world have rallied sharply in the last two weeks on hopium — the narcotic elixir that the world’s central banks will finally step up and deluge...
Dow to hit 17,000!
Dow 17K! That’s the rallying cry from analysts and traders on the Street. Before you scoff, consider this: The Dow Jones industrial average already has soared more than 86 percent...
Consumers pulling back once again
Well, we’re still reaching for our wallets. We’re just not breaking any speed records doing it. US consumers are spending with just one hand again, according to a new study....
Trump’s Scottish right
Donald Trump made a $1 million hole-in-one at his new golf resort on Scotland’s famous dunes in Aberdeenshire. At last weekend’s opening, more than 8,000 players, hailing from some 20...
Livestream crosses river
How do you grab the most talented engineers? Open up an office in one of the hippest neighborhoods in New York. Livestream, a startup that lets individuals and businesses broadcast...
When browsing is better than sex
Internet addiction has gone viral. More than half of young Americans polled say they now suffer from the digital disease, struggling to stray from their devices and experiencing withdrawal symptoms...
Questions about the ‘GM model’
What do you think President Obama would have to say about a huge American company that earned a whopping $7.6 billion last year and didn’t pay a penny in taxes...
Facebook eyeing a drop
Facebook shares: Sell ’em if you’ve got ’em. Starting Thursday, the market will have a new wave of Facebook shares to digest as the first lockup period expires, allowing early...
Mix & matching jobs numbers
Dear John: Could you please clear up a question for me: If 368,000 people apply for unemployment each week, and 150,000 enter the work force, that is 1.54 million people...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS BENJAMIN LAWSKY NY bank regulator faces down Standard Chartered on Iran moneylaundering. JACK DORSEY Square founder on way to $1.4B personal fortune after deal with Starbucks. JAMES CRAIGIE The...
Paul Ryan worked his way up the political ladder following tough childhood
Mitt Romney’s running mate is a cheesehead, gym rat and avid hunter who wrestles catfish with his bare hands and taught his 10-year-old daughter to shoot a rifle. Seven-term Wisconsin...
O: He’s a Bush leaguer
President Obama’s campaign wasted no time in blasting Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential pick yesterday — linking him to the 2008 financial crash and slamming him for backing President George W. Bush’s...
Why Christie not picked as Mitt's VP
New Jersey’s Chris Christie was high on Mitt Romney’s list but refused to resign as governor in order to run, a Romney insider told The Post. But Christie seems to...
‘VP Petraeus’ a sly trick
Speculation last week that CIA boss Gen. David Petraeus would be Mitt Romney’s running mate was ignited by the Republican’s campaign to throw off President Obama, a GOP insider told...
The plan truth: Mitt was on ropes
Until yesterday, nobody ever accused Mitt Romney of being bold. The poster boy for caution, Romney leaped way outside the box for the most important decision he will make as...
UWS church sued over unholy racket
They’re holy rock ’n’ rollers. An Upper West Side church that rents out its hall to partygoers is shaking, rattling and rolling the million-dollar apartments next door, according to a...
Kiddie crime wave continues as monster mugs Bx. boy
A heartless monster attacked and robbed a Bronx boy who had just bought a bar of soap at a bodega — in the latest in a shocking series of crimes...
Verizon woes vexing Village
These phone problems are off the hook.Greenwich Village businesses and residents say they might have better luck with two tin cans and string than with their faulty Verizon land lines.“It...
Boys-sleepover principal quits
A Manhattan principal who was slapped on the wrist for having boy students stay overnight at his Brooklyn house has quietly stepped down. John Pettinato, 61, retired as principal of...
Cop car strikes, kills Bx. biker
A squad car ran down two men on a motorcycle yesterday afternoon in The Bronx, killing one, cops and witnesses said. The crash occurred at 12:26 p.m. on Randall and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Three plainclothes cops busted two iPhone thieves at a TriBeCa subway station yesterday, police said. Eagle-eyed Sgt. Raymond Sanchez, Officer Carmelo Rivera and Officer Joseph Marcello were patrolling...
Suicide at Ritz-Carlton
A man committed suicide at the luxury Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday by shooting himself in his room’s bathtub, cops said. The 33-year-old man was discovered by cleaning staff at around 7...
Port Newark security leaves nation vulnerable: whistleblower
The rats who want to blow up America have plenty of security holes to worm through at Port Newark. A former Homeland Security agent and private security expert says one...
Stranded jet-skier saunters through JFK safeguards
Some safety net. A stranded jet-skier seeking help effortlessly overcame the Port Authority’s $100 million, supposedly state-of-the-art security system at JFK Airport — walking undetected across two runways and into...
Flying Brooklyn fruit injured my melon: lawsuit
She got hit in the melon — with a melon. A Brooklyn woman says she was thumped by flying fruit outside a Bensonhurst produce stand in June 2009. Grace Di’turi...
Jealous husband who allegedly shot pantless B'klyn cop after catching him with estranged wife turns self in
An off-duty married Brooklyn cop — his pants and belt on the floor — was shot twice in the same shoulder with his own service revolver by a New Jersey...
Ironman swim death
A 2.4-mile stretch of the Hudson River was deadly for an athlete in New York’s first Ironman competition yesterday. The unidentified 43-year-old man suffered some kind of medical distress in...
Bullets over Broadway
Cops shot a knife-wielding maniac dead on a packed Midtown street yesterday after several officers drew their weapons and chased him at gunpoint through Times Square. “Shoot me! Shoot me!”...
Painter gets $700,000 a year, with six weeks’ vacation as nonprofit head
This pay package is a masterpiece. Hannah Achtenberg Kinn, head of a taxpayer-funded Brooklyn nonprofit for autistic kids, rakes in almost $700,000 in salary and benefits, plus six weeks’ vacation...
Cops nix WTC trash cans
Better safe than sanitary! The NYPD won’t allow garbage cans near the 9/11 memorial because it fears terrorists could drop bombs in them — a decision that is rankling downtown...
Cash for con
Bronx Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo paid campaign cash to her grandson who just got out of jail for ripping off a taxpayer-funded nonprofit, records show. She reimbursed Richard Izquierdo Arroyo a...
Bronx pol’s secret Facebook page with staffer boytoy
She’s a real swing voter. To constituents, she’s Naomi D. Rivera, a mild-mannered, bespectacled Bronx assemblywoman whose social-media page is dotted with her accomplishments, thoughtful sayings and the latest neighborhood...
‘Perv’ preyed at Orthodox summer camp
State Police are investigating whether a kosher- food deliveryman snuck into bunks at an upstate summer camp for seventh- and eighth-grade Orthodox Jewish boys from Brooklyn and sexually molested several...
Mitt gets the Paul rolling
It’s on! Mitt Romney unveiled a bold veep pick yesterday in Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, a conservative firebrand who brings into focus the fierce ideological war between Republicans and Democrats....
I sue! It’s ‘burden of goof’ in city’s most ludicrous, lawyerless cases
And justice for the off the wall! About a fifth of all cases clogging up the city’s civil federal courthouses each year are filed by people with fools for clients...
The choice
The selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate has political analysts scrambling, because they think it means Romney has decided to change the course of his election campaign...
A scam’s bitter lesson
I just got scammed for more than $50,000 by a man I had hired to help me in my “old age.” How could I have been such an idiot? For...
America: No more dreams of greatness
I cannot remember a presidential campaign quite so dreary as the one through which we are currently suffering. Carl Sandburg is supposed to have remarked that every candidate should carry...
Wine & Cheesed
When did taking pleasure in fine wine become an ideological transgression? Its time seems to have come in an America where earth-huggers now seek to de-legitimize all kinds of previously...
Liu’s latest lunacy
City Comptroller John Liu just won’t go away — no matter how much better off the city would be if he did. Instead, he’s still strutting about trying to convince...
Pentagon cover-up
After Afghan security forces gunned down four American soldiers last week, the US military downplayed the insider attacks as “isolated incidents” and not a problem of Taliban infiltration. However, the...
The Ryan blockbuster
Americans are desperate for a serious, intelligent, down-to-bedrock debate on the economy — and on the nation’s future. With Mitt Romney’s blockbuster selection yesterday of Paul Ryan as his running...
Toy guns for tots
Heather Schumaker is correct about the need for roughhousing and toy guns in healthy child-development (“Fight Cub,” PostScript, Aug. 5). I should remind all Baby Boomers that we were either...
Required reading
City of Women by David R. Gillham (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) Yet another historical novel set during World War II? Yes. But don’t stop reading just yet. “City of Women,” written...
Her world is illusion. Voices tell her to kill. She is schizophrenic. Her family is terrified. She is 9 years old
January First A Child’s Descent into Madness and Her Father’s Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield Crown January Schofield, Jani for short, a petite 9-year-old with wild, dirty blond...
In my library Woody Harrelson
Don’t let that molasses drawl fool you. Woody Harrelson’s a triple threat: He acts, writes and directs. What’s the biggest challenge of the three? “I think the hardest thing is...
Kick a$#!
Ascent of the A-word by Geoffrey Nunberg PublicAffairs What do Donald Trump, Steve Jobs, Kanye West, Bill O’Reilly, Bill Maher, Dirty Harry’s bosses and intellectual know-it-alls in Woody Allen movies...
Spies like us
FromNathan “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” Hale, to redheaded sleeper agent Anna Chapman, we’re a city of secrets. NewYork has been...
American twitto
For a long time, “American Psycho” author Bret Easton Ellis couldn’t do anything to escape being associated with fellow enfant terrible scribe Jay McInerney. Both were young and privileged, and...
Arnie get your gun
He did say he’d be back, after all. Don’t claim you weren’t warned. Nearly a decade after his last major role in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” Arnold Schwarzenegger...
My New York: Neil deGrasse Tyson
He grew up in New York City, but light pollution be damned: Neil deGrasse Tyson had his head in the stars from a young age. The Bronx High School of...
Out of Africa
Today, Afrobeat music is mainstream enough that you can hear Fela Kuti tunes at Chipotle. The colorful life (many arrests, a polygamous marriage to 27 women) and sinuous music of...
And they called it puppy love
Being a single pet owner isn’t always a walk in the park — there’s no one to share early morning toilet trips or stressful vet appointments. But Rover and his...
Bridge
Bidding has advanced over the past 50 years. Constructive bidding is more accurate; partnerships use an array of gadgets. Players compete effectively using better obstructive tactics. Judgment has improved because...
Move to adjourn
Major League Baseball is not likely to give up on the designated hitter, and the NFL isn’t about to outlaw two-point conversions. But the most curious convention of 20th-century chess...
Will you still love me tomorrow?
How do you solve a problem like Robert Pattinson? Let’s be clear: Nobody needs to be feeling all that bad for the man better known as Edward “Sparkle Vamp” Cullen,...
Whitney's bitter pill
She was laying unconscious on the bed, completely unresponsive. Having reportedly overdosed on cocaine, Whitney Houston was moments from death. In the hotel room around her lay the signs of...
Mets' Santana rocked in DL return
How about benching Johan Santana and turning to Tim Tebow? Every option should be explored by the Mets after last night’s Citi Field debacle made it clear all remains wrong...
Collins: Mets' Baxter needs reps to regain form
Mike Baxter looks healthy, but Mets manager Terry Collins knows better. After watching the outfielder struggle at the plate in his first 1 1/2 weeks back from the disabled list,...
Braves: Location issues hurt Mets' Johan
Dan Uggla led off against Johan Santana in the top of the second inning last night, facing him for the 24th time in his career. He drew a five-pitch walk,...
It’s time for robbed ’72 team to accept medals
LONDON — Unless something unfortunate happens this afternoon, such as a bizarre transportation mishap that somehow delivers their bus to Greenwich, Conn., rather than North Greenwich Arena, the United State...
Volleyball gold sets Brazil stage
LONDON — So, yeah, this is what we’re in for in four years. All week, whenever you’ve run into someone from the organizing committee for the 2016 Olympics in Rio...
Britain’s Farah, Bolt steal show on track
LONDON — It was quite a Mo-ment, one of the best of the 2012 London Olympics. Great Britain’s brilliant long distance runner Mohamed Farah captured the men’s 5,000-meter Saturday night...
Journey is marathon, not sprint
LONDON — I blame Megan Rapinoe for this. Rapinoe, the U.S. women’s soccer star, let me handle her gold medal on Thursday night while I was interviewing her. It might...
U.S. women run away with medley
LONDON — America’s dominance in the Olympic women’s 4x400-meter relay continued last night with yet another resounding victory. The U.S. women led the entire race, with each leg increasing the...
Tyson may be East’s best big man after Dwight trade
LONDON — With Dwight Howard out West and Andrew Bynum never guaranteed to be healthy, Knicks starting center Tyson Chandler may get a chance to be voted in as an...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Miami WR Johnson arrested Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson was arrested for domestic violence last night in Miami, according to a report from the South Florida Sun Sentinel. According to...
Del Mar Graded Entries
Post Time: 5:00 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $40,000; alw; 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3 K Js Maddog(L),118RBejrn2-5-18-54 Full Dancer(L),118B Blanc1-7-x5-21 FirstBlueAngelL122MGarci1-3-28-12 RoherynStriderL124EMldnd1-6-25-15 VeryUnusual(L),120S Arias9-1-56-16 LastMemories(L122JHrnnd3-2-45-1SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $70,000; mdn; 2YO(f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds5...
Pair to make stakes debut
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Two of the most impressive 2-year-olds to race so far at this meet make their stakes debuts today when Kauai Katie goes in the Adirondack for fillies,...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-6 fur; $12,000; clm($16,0); 3,4&5YO3-Starship Romeo2-15-MrCowboyMike8-11-Kinvara 3-16-Jimmy'sSbreD'4-12-Burlman 6-17-Blue Business 8-14-Whats Wrong 8-1SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $10,500; clm($5,0); 3up2-Kristina's Slew 3-15-Kylie's Wild 6-11-Cecilia Says 5-16-Occultation 8-13-Run Kitten 8-17-Oh So Sherri 5-24-FamilyHeirloom4-1THIRD-5 1/2...
Saratoga Charts
August 11th, 2012 Clear and Muddy ©2012 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $37,000; clm($20,000); 3up(f) Off: 1:01. Good. 2p turns, hand drive Time: 24.66, 5.1, 1:15.61, 1:41.27, 1:54.55. Trainer:...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $27,500; clm($30,000); 3upSNAGGLEPUSS second this distance and level in debut. QUICK SAND MISS drops in class while off two month layoff. MISS NUNN FINER second...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $27,000; clm($50,000); 2YO 4 Bck to Clss (Lopz) 18.60 9.40 6.20 2 Rosie My Way (Ayuso) 6.60 5.20 8 Unsighted (Trujillo) 3.40 * Exacta (4-2) $125.00 *...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile trot; $20,000; cond.4BgSkyHurrcn(TTtrck)3.202.602.606Unefosdansmave(YGngras)12.207.601The Evictor (B Sears)4.40* Exacta (4-6) $77.00 * Trifecta (4-6-1) $293.20Scr: Sea Raven.Winner picked by SmithSECOND-1-mile pace; $9,500; cond.6Harrah'sBest(YGngrs)6.203.402.8010Gambler's Tale (B Sears)4.203.005Ala Carte Bill (M Lachance)3.20* Exacta...
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Auto Racing1 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen ESPNBaseball1 p.m.Yankees at Blue Jays YES, WCBS (880 AM)2:10 p.m.Reds at Cubs WGN5 p.m.Little League Baseball Tournament: Mid-Atlantic Regional Final ESPN28 p.m.Braves...
Del Mar Results
FIRST-6f; $70,000, mdn; 2YO 1 Mdnght Bllt (Qnnz) 19.80 6.20 4.00 3 Knz Funky Monky (Flors) 3.60 2.80 4 How Lovely (Espinoza) 5.40 Scr: Revive Me. * $1 Exacta (1-3)...
Hondo gives Tribe a try
Sadly for Hondo, Burnett pitched last night like he was back in the Stadium, getting pummeled by the Pods to increase the deficit to 2,020 jensens. Today, Mr. Aitch will...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 12MONAug. 13TUEAug. 14WEDAug. 15THUAug. 16FRIAug. 17SATAug. 18YankeesToronto1:07 YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMTex. 7:05 YES WCBSTex. 7:05 WWOR WCBSTex. 7:05 YESWCBSTex.1:05YESWCBSBos. 7:05WWOR WCBSBos. 4:05 FOXWCBSMetsAtlanta.8:00ESPNWFAN 660 AMNOGAMECin.7:10SNYWFANCin.7:10SNYWFANCin.7:10SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05WPIXWFANLibertyNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMEConn.7:00MSGNO GAMEConn.7:00 No...
Par-Troy team has Series dream
Mike Ruggiero has watched his other children play for the Par-Troy East All-Star team and try to reach the Little League World Series. Now he and his youngest son may...
It’s time to cut Tebow a break
* In reference to Boomer Esiason’s tirade that the Jets should cut Tim Tebow, it’s no secret Tebow was brought to the Jets for two reasons: First, to motivate Mark...
Skins fans view Griffin as savior
ASHBURN, Va -- Not since the White House changed hands four years ago has a leader come to these parts carrying the high expectations riding on Robert Griffin III’s shoulders....
Bettman playing dirty
The NHL does not have a player cost problem. The NHL has a small-market revenue problem, one its initial parody of a collective bargaining proposal to the NHLPA doesn’t begin...
Lowe signed by Yankees to add relief
TORONTO — David Phelps will make CC Sabathia’s start against the muscular Rangers tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium, and Phelps’ place in the long relief role will be handled by...
Mighty Casey gets it done for Yankees
TORONTO — When the Yankees acquired Casey McGehee in a trade with the Pirates on July 31, the expectation was the 29-year-old would provide some depth at the corner infield...
Olympics, PGA coverage muddled by Twitter updates
Do you recall being consulted on this? Anyone running it by us for our approval? When did TV decide for us that it was going to further limit the view...
Giants rookies show they have the goods
ALBANY — Until you know, you don’t know. Or, at the very least, you cannot be sure you know. That’s the thought process David Wilson carried into his live-action introduction...
Coughlin angry over muffed punts in Giants loss
ALBANY -- Tom Coughlin certainly isn’t going to cast aside Jayron Hosley and Jerrel Jernigan after their muffed punts in Friday night’s preseason loss in Jacksonville, but Saturday the Giants...
Sparano: Jets won’t rely on ground
CORTLAND — Since the Jets hired Tony Sparano as their new offensive coordinator in January, the perception has been they basically were abandoning the forward pass. Coach Rex Ryan repeatedly...
Source: Jets safety Smith sprains his MCL
CORTLAND — The Jets depth at safety got a little thinner after Friday’s 17-6 preseason-opening loss to the Bengals. Backup safety Eric Smith, who injured his left knee covering a...
'Boss' lady
Actress Sanaa Lathan may not be a conjurer, but she could be forgiven for believing in the power to make things happen from the comfort of her couch. “I’ve been...
Do-tell 'Hotel'
The secret to the success of “Hell’s Kitchen” star Gordon Ramsay, the television-spawned love child of Jerry Springer and Simon Cowell, is that he takes conflict and turns it into...
Don't miss
On the run In the first season of AMC’s “Hell on Wheels,” Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) was a man bent on revenge. The former Confederate soldier joined the traveling town...
Everybody out of the water
One of the pleasures of watching “Shark Week,” which celebrates its 25th aSnniversary this week, is watching people attempt demented feats, things no sane person would ever even consider doing....
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY RIPA 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Lisa Kudrow; Larry Hagman. Tuesday: Jordin Sparks; Chris Harrison. Wednesday: Kerry Washington. Thursday: Michelle Obama; Marc Forgione. Friday: John Travolta; Martin Sheen. THE...
Con artists and their commercials
Remember, friends, you can’t spell “consumer” without the con! Part I: All of a sudden, they’re there. Loads of them. What were never before seen on TV are now seen...
Reel good
Marie Antoinette, 2006 Sunday, 3 p.m., IFC Sofia Coppola’s take on the enigmatic and very selfish Marie Antoinette, played by the sleepy-eyed Kirsten Dunst. It’s Vienna, 1770 and teenage Austrian-born...
Alcopops!
This time of year, fruity icicles sound pretty darn good. Pour some booze into the mix, and everyone’s paying attention. Once marketed as “a drink on a stick,” the ice...
Meet Market: Small-town gal sks a big city romance
Uptown girl Since moving to NYC Kim has made uptown her base, moving between Washington Heights, East Harlem and The Bronx. Southern hospitality Kim says her small-town Texas roots are...
Top 5: Ways to find love at Shakespeare in the Park
“Whisper to him, ‘When I talk dirty, it’s in iambic pentameter.’ ” Kelsey “Say, ‘Parting is such sweet sorrow — so why don’t you spend the night at my place?’...
The digital dater’s tool kit
Are you dating impaired? There’s an app for that. As a matter of fact, there are plenty of apps that can coach hapless romantics who want to improve their games....
This week's couple: What a laugh
To Calm his nerves, Ilya, 29, arrived ahead of time for his date with Emma, 27, at the French TriBeCa eatery Capsouto Freres. By the time Emma arrived, Ilya was...
Weird but true
This is one way to see the world — but St. Nick certainly wouldn’t approve. A Florida man on a mission to steal toys from all 50 states was finally...
WATCH: Cop car strikes, kills man on motorcycle in The Bronx
A squad car ran down a man on motorcycle Saturday afternoon in The Bronx, killing him, cops and witnesses said. The crash occurred at 12:26 p.m. on Randall and Coster...
WATCH: Long Island's Weidman says he'd be Silva's 'biggest challenge'
Chris Weidman’s campaign for a title shot against UFC middlweight champion Anderson Silva continues.The Long Island native says he would be Silva’s “biggest challenge” and “a bad matchup” for the...