August 21, 2012
Sleeping Dogs developer interview: Building a game about an undercover cop that showed 'Not just the physical risks, but the mental anguish and conflicted loyalties'
Sleeping Dogs, which came out last week to fairly positive reviews, had a troubled road getting to stores. Initially developed as True Crime: Hong Kong and as the third installment...
Yankees slide continues as White Sox rallies for win
CHICAGO — Kevin Youkilis hit a grand slam, Paul Konerko homered and Dewayne Wise had four hits Tuesday night as the Chicago White Sox rallied for the second straight game...
GAMETRACKER: Rockies at Mets
Follow live as the Mets take on the Rockies at Citi Field. Chris Young gets the start for the Mets against Colorado's Jhoulys Chacin.
Yankees' Sabathia confident he’ll make Friday start
CHICAGO -- After throwing a bullpen session on Tuesday, CC Sabathia was confident that he would start Friday night for the Yankees. “I feel good about going out there on...
Jaguars owner tells MJD ‘train is leaving the station’
The Jaguars cannot afford to start the season without Maurice Jones-Drew or have him too far behind the rest of the offense, brought in by new coach Mike Mularkey. But...
This week's calendar, Aug. 23 to 29
Thursday, Aug. 23 Urban Girl Squad’s Affordable Art 101 Urban Girl Squad is hosting a guide to finding unique and beautiful art on a budget. Interior experts from Uprise Art...
Pregnant B'klyn woman drives over fence and into creek
A pregnant Brooklyn woman drove over a fence and landed in a Queens creek this afternoon, authorities and witnesses said. She got off at the Francis Louis Boulevard exit at...
Former Giant Strahan lands ‘Live!’ gig: report
Former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan will be named as Kelly Ripa’s co-host on Live! With Kelly, according to a report. Strahan, who was a guest co-host on the show...
Rousey-Cyborg women's MMA superfight facing challenges
The obstacles in the way of a potential women’s megafight between Ronda Rousey and Cris (Cyborg) Santos keep sprouting up.Santos told MMAJunkie.com on Monday that she could not make Rousey’s...
NYRA changes figures release policy
The New York Racing Association has announced that it will no longer release handle and attendance figures at the close of the each racing week following the last race on...
Nets' Prokhorov refers to Knicks' Dolan as 'that little man' in magazine
The rivalry between the Knicks and Nets is getting as heated off the court as it is expected to be on it this season.Some more spice was added to the...
Jets' Ellis won't be suspended after guilty plea
Jets nose tackle Kenrick Ellis will not be suspended by the NFL after the league completed its review of his legal situation following his guilty plea to misdemeanor assault and...
Fantasy Training Camp: Tight Ends
It’s that time of year, where football fans start breaking down NFL rosters and preparing for their fantasy draft.Over the next few weeks, The Post’s Fantasy Tracker will be providing...
Tennis referee arrested in NYC for LA death of hubby
A feisty 70-year-old top tennis referee who's battled the likes of John McEnroe and Andre Agassi was nabbed on her way to work at the US Open in Queens this...
Kimmel moving into thick of late-night fight
LOS ANGELES — "Jimmy Kimmel Live" is moving into the thick of the late-night fight against Jay Leno and David Letterman, ABC said Tuesday, bumping "Nightline" from its longtime perch....
B'klyn cop dead after apparent suicide
An off-duty Brooklyn cop shot himself in an apparent suicide in Ridgewood today, law-enforcement sources said. The 43-year-old sergeant was driving towards the Brooklyn North Task Force where he worked...
Kentucky Derby, Preakness runnerup Bodemeister retires
Bodemeister joins the long list of this year's 3-year-old crop that will begin a new career.The second place finisher in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness has been retired to...
Jets GM Tannenbaum knows pressure is on him, team
Mike Tannenbaum’s phone wakes him up in the middle of most nights. It starts with a ding or a buzz, and he’ll often stay awake for a while as his...
Giants' Boley 'very concerned' about missing time
Giants linebacker Michael Boley, who’s out with a bad hamstring, isn’t exactly moving along at a great pace, with the valuable defender admitting Tuesday that he’s worried about missing so...
Losing Jews, Obama goes for rabbi vote
The Obama campaign wants you to know that some of the president's best friends are rabbis. The Boston Globe reports that Barack Obama is losing support among Jews in Florida,...
Federer to be top seed at U.S. Open
Roger Federer will be the top-seeded men's player at the U.S. Open. The 17-time Grand Slam champion was ranked No. 1 in the ATP rankings released Monday. Defending champ Novak...
Mavericks owner Cuban rips Knicks’ Kidd, says team in 'better position' without Deron
Jason Kidd shouldn’t expect a warm welcome when the Knicks visit Dallas in November. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban ripped his former player on Tuesday, saying that he would not consider...
Peterson judge allows hit man testimony
JOLIET, Ill. -- The judge in Drew Peterson's murder trial gave the go-ahead Tuesday for prosecutors to introduce evidence that the former suburban Chicago police officer sought to hire a...
Green Bay boy Ryan wows in Steelers country
To the strains of Twisted Sister’s “We’re not gonna take it” Rep. Paul Ryan took the stage at the Beaver Steel Services plant in Carnegie, PA outside Pittsburgh, waving a Steelers...
Blasting at 2nd Ave. construction site blows out windows
Boulders the size of fire hydrants rained down on the street, building windows as high as three stories high were blown out and smoke could be seen billowing up from...
US drone kills 5 militants in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — An unmanned American aircraft fired missiles at a vehicle in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan Tuesday, killing five suspected militants and injuring two, Pakistani intelligence officials said....
As deadline nears, Akin reiterates plan to go on with Senate bid
ST. LOUIS — Rep. Todd Akin vowed to fight on in his embattled Senate campaign, but a significant deadline loomed Tuesday that was bound to intensify pressure on the Missouri...
Coal train derails in Md., kills 2 college students
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- A train hauling coal derailed on a bridge in this city's historic district, killing two college students who had been drinking together and hanging out on...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Red Sox are Epstein’s mess, not Valentine’s
If this were the Boston Globe and not the New York Post, I’d probably be skewered for suggesting that Theo Epstein, the man who ended the 86-year-old World Series drought,...
Introduced by Skeeters, Clemens still thinks he can 'compete a little bit'
SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Hours after Roger Clemens agreed to join the Sugar Land Skeeters, he was back on the field playing in an over-50 softball league. And the ultra-competitive...
Teen fatally shot at B'klyn birthday party
A teen was shot to death at a Crown Heights birthday party after the shooter accused the crowd of stealing his D.J. equipment, police sources said. Danius Robinson, 17, had...
Human skeleton found at LaGuardia Airport
Fragments of a human skeleton have been found in a remote area of New York's LaGuardia Airport. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says maintenance workers came...
Thousands of Charter school kids across the city return to class
They’ve already said so long to summer. It was back-to-school time for thousands of city charter school students yesterday — a full two-and-a-half-weeks ahead of their public school counterparts. All...
Atlantic City casino refuses to pay out $1.5M jackpot, claims deck of unshuffled cards to blame
At first, it seemed like a coincidence, the kind of thing that happens from time to time at a casino, where the same number or same sequence of cards happens...
Aurora seeks comments on future of 'Batman' theater massacre site
AURORA, Colo. — The Denver suburb of Aurora is asking residents what should be done with the movie theater where 12 people were shot to death last month and 58...
GOP convention session to be dubbed 'We Built This!'
The GOP is turning what some see as a presidential slight aimed at business owners and entrepreneurs into a theme for a night of the Republican National Convention next week,...
Eagles’ problems pile up in preseason
The NFL season hasn’t even started and there are already problems for the Eagles.The Eagles, coming off a disappointing season where they failed to make the playoffs after Vince Young...
Three firefighters injured in UES blaze
Three firefighters were injured battling a two-alarm Upper East Side blaze this morning, authorities said. The fire started about 7:30 a.m. on the second-floor of 797 Lexington Avenue, and spread...
WATCH: 'Name Check' with Rob Corddry
On this week’s “Name Check,” funnyman Rob Corddry -- who made his start on the Daily Show -- stops by The Post to chat with Michael Riedel about his Adult...
Israel ready to respond as Iran unveils new missile
DUBAI -- Iran unveiled on Tuesday what it said was an upgraded short-range missile and said it would build a new air defense site, in what appeared to be an...
Obama shifts to Ryan education plan
COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama drew a sharp line with Republican Mitt Romney on education Tuesday, telling Ohio voters that "putting a college education within reach for working families doesn't...
Bx. man killed by hit-run box truck: cops
A Bronx man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run box truck this morning, police said. Jermaine Eliot, 26, was crossing the Wakefield intersection of Barnes Avenue and East 233rd...
DVD Extra: At long last, 'The Country Doctor' (1936) starring The Dionne Quintuplets
The new Fox Cinema Archives manufacture-on-demand program has my everlasting gratitude for providing the first-ever video release of Henry King's ultra-super-rare "The Country Doctor'' (1936), a one-time "event movie" (before they were called...
Nyad ends Cuba-to-Fla. swim bid on 4th day
KEY WEST, Fla. — Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has ended her fourth bid to swim from Cuba to Florida after four days of storms, jellyfish stings and shark threats. Nyad's...
Russian woman kills elderly neighbor with her bra
MOSCOW - Russian investigators say a woman in East Siberia has strangled an elderly neighbor to death with her bra. The Investigative Committee in Buryatia said in a statement on...
Afghan militants hit US military chief's plane
KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents fired rockets into an American base in Afghanistan early Tuesday, damaging the parked plane of the visiting chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, the...
Listen to radios? Watch TVs? Not for Class of '16
MILWAUKEE - Remember when suitcases had to be carried instead of rolled? Or when an airline ticket was a booklet of pages separated by carbon paper? Maybe you remember when...
Syrian forces kill 23 rebels in town near Damascus
BEIRUT - Government forces stormed a rebel-held town outside Damascus Tuesday after days of fierce fighting, killing at least 23 fighters, according to an activist group and a rebel spokesman....
Poll: NYers double down on casinos, public campaign financing
ALBANY — New Yorkers are warming to the idea of casinos — and of giving their tax money to political candidates. A new poll found likely state voters leaning more...
Coughlin doesn't need Animal House atmosphere around Giants
Bully for Tom Coughlin. Bully for Coughlin telling his champion Giants to act like champions. Boys will be boys — which is OK unless one of the testosterone-fueled boys does...
Blanc out at Lincoln Center
Reservation for 3,000, please. Diners dressed from head-to-toe in white descended on Lincoln Center last night to partake in the French tradition of “Diner en Blanc” — dinner in white....
Yankees on deck at White Sox
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS YANKEES: Nova earned his 11th victory of the season during a 5-2 victory over the Blue Jays on Aug. 11 when he allowed two runs on five...
Mets on deck
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS METS: Young bounced back from a horrible start against the Marlins in a 13-0 loss on Aug. 8 to pitch 5 2⁄3 shutout innings, allowing eight hits,...
Inexperienced Clinton ready to take on Group A challenge
Howard Langley insists he wasn’t playing possum at this time last year when he said his DeWitt Clinton football team was one large question mark. The Governors went on to...
HS football previews
NYPost.com will roll out its team previews for New York City high school football over the next two weeks. Here are the links, in alphabetical order, to easily navigate the...
Business briefs
Viacom suit A shareholder of Viacom has sued the owner of the MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon cable channels, claiming the network overpaid Chairman Sumner Redstone and two top executives...
Women’s tennis turns to celebs to net fans
Quick, what do real-estate magnate Donald Trump, actress Susan Sarandon and golfer Rory McIlroy have in common? They’re all big fans of women’s tennis. With title sponsor Sony Ericsson set...
Movie house blues
The US corn crop isn’t the only thing wilting in the summer heat. The box office at movie houses across the country is expected to sag at least 3 percent...
Molesters who like FB
Facebook is refusing to take down a page on its website dedicated to pedophilia. At the top of the page is a close-up shot of a very young girl walking...
Hedge big found guilty
Doug Whitman, the 54-year-old founder of California hedge fund Whitman Capital, was convicted yesterday of securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Manhattan federal jury. Prosecutors had charged Whitman with...
Berner to lead MPA
MPA, the Association of Magazine Media, has turned to a veteran industry insider as its new CEO — tapping high-profile executive Mary Berner to be its leader. Berner, the former...
The Big Apple: market cap sets record
Apple is the MacDaddy of Wall Street. The tech juggernaut is now the world’s most valuable company — ever — after shattering the previous record held by longtime rival Microsoft....
Non parlez buyout
Vive Le Best Buy! The nation’s biggest electronics chain hired a Frenchman steeped in the hotel and restaurant businesses as its new CEO, turning up its nose at a takeover...
Thiel sells FB
Facebook director Peter Thiel sold roughly $400 million worth of shares in the Internet social networking company last week, cashing out most of his stake, according to a regulatory filing....
Soros new ManU striker
George Soros’s $25 billion Soros Fund Management took a 7.9 percent stake in Manchester United, the English soccer club that sold shares in an initial public offering this month. The...
Bit of Indy in Brooklyn
Hipsters, start your engines.It’s about the last place you’d expect to find someone building a new race-car design facility, but Williamsburg will soon be able to claim that distinction under...
6th Ave. suits Perry Ellis
Perry Ellis International wanted a looser fit for its menswear division. So with two office-location leases due to expire, the publicly traded apparel and accessories designer/distributor just inked one of...
Condi, Moore named Augusta's first female members
The Augusta National Golf Club has ended a bitter, decade-long battle over its male-only membership by welcoming its first two female members, including Condoleezza Rice. “This is a joyous occasion,”...
Right course at last
Let’s all welcome Augusta National to the 21st century. The home of The Masters is opening its doors to women members, a move so momentous it actually acknowledged it happened....
LI plane-crash survivor eyed as pilot
The sole survivor of a Long Island plane crash may have been at the controls for a test flight when the small aircraft went down, authorities believe. “It is my...
Wisecracking wiseguy slap
This wiseguy is still smarting off. Anthony “TG” Graziano — the 71-year-old dad of “Mob Wives’’ star Renee Graziano and a former Bonanno crime-family capo — yesterday was admonished by...
Ang crowd too big
Big-lipped Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, the breakout star of VH1’s reality-TV series “Mob Wives,” knows how to throw a big party.Police and firefighters temporarily shut down her Staten Island bar,...
New NYU lifesaver ‘prison’
NYU’s attempt to prevent suicides by wrapping its beautiful library atrium in a bizarre aluminum veil got a big ‘F’ yesterday from students and alumni. “It’s depressing. It’s just a...
Doc: Biz hit by Mob wife
She turned his operating room into a theater. “Mob Wives” diva Renee Graziano is being sued by her plastic surgeon for falsely telling media outlets that his “full-body lift” left...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Maybe they’d hoped to open their very own mani-pedi salon. A couple was caught stealing nearly $4,000 worth of nail polish from a Gramercy Duane Reade, authorities said. Edward...
‘SEAL’ pool-death kin sue
The family of a Navy SEAL wannabe who died in a freak accident at a city pool in Staten Island is blaming the lifeguards for his death. Bohdan Vitenko, 21,...
$it and wait for takeoff
This is your captain not speaking.JetBlue Airways has been fined $90,000 for failing to tell passengers that they were free to get off a long-delayed San Francisco-bound plane stuck at...
Last laugh for zany Phyllis
Phyllis Diller, the pioneering female comic with the zany wardrobe, maniacal laugh and the husband she created named “Fang,” died yesterday at age 95 in her Los Angeles home. “She...
‘Killer’ kissy fit
The 19-year-old thug accused of shooting a Queens man in the head during a botched livery-cab robbery showed no remorse in court yesterday — instead blowing a kiss to a...
Sitting pretty in Queens
A colorful new neighbor has taken up roost in Queens. The mystery peacock pictured here has been on the loose in Kew Gardens for more than a week — perching...
‘Boys Club’ iJackers
Charity began at home for these thieves. A slick gang of young con men swiped pricey electronics from 13 Manhattan businesses for resale on the city’s booming black market for...
Lobster crooks in $$ pinch
They may have poached the most expensive lobsters in history. Three men who illegally harvested rock lobsters off the coast of South Africa should pay a whopping $54.9 million in...
Mayor’s Khan-do attitude
Mayor Bloomberg rushed to the defense of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan yesterday, rejecting Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s description of her as a “radical” for pushing so aggressively to modify...
Mike’s Tavern on the Green-light
The winning bidder on the Tavern on the Green franchise did “exactly the right thing” by not disclosing his relationship to one of Mayor Bloomberg’s top confidants, Hizzoner said yesterday....
Taxi ruling a jobs killer: Bloomberg
For a guy who doesn’t take cabs, Mayor Bloomberg is facing an extraordinary taxi bill: a $1 billion shortfall for the city treasury that he warned yesterday could force him...
NY to feds: $ay aye to Zee
ALBANY — Uncle Sam, can you spare a billion or two? Gov. Cuomo is asking for a federal loan to jump-start the $5.2 billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement. Cuomo signed...
Mel’s new ‘amore’
Well, she’s certainly his type. Father-of-eight Mel Gibson has been getting cozy with stunning Nadia Lanfranconi, an aspiring musician who moved to the United States from Italy five years ago....
Yankees injured Pineda busted for DUI in Tampa
Apparently, Michael Pineda’s drinking arm is just fine. The injured Yankees fastballer was arrested for DUI in Tampa, Fla., yesterday after a cop spotted the burly Bronx Bomber allegedly speeding...
Casey’s ‘freedom’ mystery
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony’s year of probation is ending this week, but when she will be released from state supervision is being kept secret over security concerns.Her attorneys have...
MTA chain gang: 10 busted in signal-inspect fraud
Ten MTA workers — including two supervisors — have been arrested in a long-running fraud case for recklessly falsifying track-signal safety records to make it appear they completed inspections when...
New CUNY college has park place
It’s a classroom with a view.The city’s first new community college in more than 40 years opened smack in the middle of bustling Manhattan yesterday — with a stunning view...
NYU’s $our lemon aid
New York University’s financial aid and administration ranked first — for being the worst, according to the latest Princeton Review college rankings.The Greenwich Village school has been at or near...
Punchy pol gave guy ‘nose job’ in ’89 bar brawl
ALBANY — An insurgent Democrat who could help tip the state Senate’s balance of power once broke a man’s nose in a bar fight.Witnesses told cops at the time that...
Gal out $4.6M for rod rage
She should have overlooked the missing closet rods. Roberta Campbell, ex-wife of Intuit software chair Bill Campbell, lost her $4.68 million down payment on a swanky Upper East Side co-op...
SI pigs in Muslim slap
Vile goons left packages of uncooked bacon at a Staten Island park where Muslim revelers were celebrating the end of Ramadan. The pork was found near the New Dorp Beach...
Naomi’s hire love is probed
Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera is being investigated by both the state Attorney General’s Office and the Bronx district attorney after she allegedly looted her nonprofit and hired two lovers for cushy...
19 Bravest among 21 hurt in Qns. fire
A three-alarm fire broke out in a Queens Laundromat yesterday, injuring two civilians and 19 firefighters, authorities said. The blaze started at 2:55 a.m. in the first floor of a...
Top Gun’s final ‘thrill’
It was his last rush. “Top Gun” director Tony Scott — who sources said had been battling cancer — was a thrill-seeker who leaped to his death from a 185-foot-high...
Drake hit by hunk’s fight suit
He’s still a pretty face, but a French hunk caught in the Drake-Chris Brown melee at a Manhattan nightclub will never be a hand model. In papers filed in Manhattan...
‘Machine Gun’ Kelly: buyback takes 509 firearms off streets
Now that’s a machine gun, Kelly! A powerful Calico 9mm — with a 50-round magazine — was among the 509 guns taken off the streets at a Queens gun buyback...
Newsman’s car targeted
Bad news for this guy.A man was busted yesterday trying to break into Fox News anchor Shepard Smith’s 2012 BMW in the West Village, police sources told The Post.Daniel Rivera,...
‘Healthy’ dose of Mitt and Paul
WASHINGTON — Call it the Romney-Ryan tag team. Campaigning side-by-side for the first time in more than a week, Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan landed a one-two punch...
NY GOP’s Tampa lineup
Financial heavy hitters and GOP luminaries Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki will be among the 95 New York delegates scheduled to attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week.The...
Rape-furor pol won’t quit
WASHINGTON — The Missouri Republican Senate candidate who said “legitimate” rape victims rarely get pregnant apologized yesterday but refused to quit his pivotal race. Akin said in an interview over...
Bam swing zing
WASHINGTON — Most voters in swing states say they’re not any better off now than they were when President Obama took office. Some 56 percent of voters in key battleground...
Hill swayed O to kill Osama
Hillary Rodham Clinton talked a reluctant President Obama into killing Osama bin Laden — after the president canceled plans for the mission three times, an explosive new book claims. Obama...
Dems’ Medicare lie
President Obama is criss-crossing the country, warning that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would “end Medicare as we know it.” Attention, New York’s 3 million seniors: Don’t be fooled. It’s...
Bam’s DREAM scheme: A bid for more votes?
The Issue: President Obama’s decision to let young “exemplary” illegal immigrants stay in the US. *** There is no question that offering a pathway to some children of illegal immigrants...
Time for Dems to back the GOP
The Issue: Whether Democrats who are unsatisfied with Obama’s presidency should vote Republican. *** Jerry Della Femina makes a good point in suggesting that Democrats should vote for Mitt Romney...
The moron from Missouri
There’s no accounting for troglodytes. Take Rep. Todd Akin, the dumb-as-dog-poo Missouri Republican hoping to eject Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill from the US Senate. Akin was generally expected to do...
A test for Cuomo’s JCOPE
It doesn’t seem to matter how many boyfriends Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera puts on the public payroll — not to Speaker Sheldon Silver, anyway. He’s standing by her as “a hard-working...
A ‘Towering’ shame: Mike’s Midtown mess
Manhattan’s premier office district is increasingly obsolete — its buildings frozen in time by half-century-old zoning rules. But Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to finally up-zone the Grand Central area looks less...
It’s OK, we’re not doomed
Sometimes the news is that something was not newsworthy. The UN’s Rio+20 conference occurred in June, without consequences. A generation has passed since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, which...
Mellow jams from Morning till late
About 40 minutes into My Morning Jacket’s 2 1/2-hour show Sunday night at Williamsburg Park, a man in his late 30s was overheard telling his date, “They’re more mellow than...
An open invitation to a raging Bloc Party
Albums of the Week BLOC PARTY “Four” ★★ 1/2 THE electronic experiments that characterized Bloc Party’s 2008 album “Intimacy” (and also brought them to the edge of implosion) are no...
Down in flames
Club kids are familiar with the strange goings-on at The Box, the intimate Lower East Side venue that specializes in modern-day burlesque and risqué vaudeville acts. But the hot spot’s...
Mideast front & center
Nejla Yatkin has an appetite for dances with big ideas — sometimes more than she can digest. Born in Germany of Turkish parents, she’s a straightforward, somewhat old-fashioned choreographer, and...
No-hitter propels Fairfield
Will Lucas threw a no-hitter to lead Fairfield, Conn., past New Castle, Ind., 4-0 lastnight at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. The 12-year-old right-hander struck out...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)EASE AWAY broke maiden off six-month layoff and returns for barn that wins at...
Seau autopsy: No alcohol, illegal drugs
SAN DIEGO — There was no alcohol or the presence of illegal drugs in Junior Seau’s system when he shot and killed himself at his home in May, authorities said...
Saratoga Charts
August 20th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/8m; $85,000; mdn spcl wt; 3upOff: 1:00. Good. off inside, kept busyTime: 23.92, 47.77, 1:13.01, 1:37.22, 1:5.17. Trainer:...
Affrunti’s Finger Lakes Grade
FIRST-6f; $14,000; mdn cl($15,000); 3up2-Mingunade 7-54-No More Taxes 8-11-Life of the City 7-25-Key Grip 6-17-U OughttoKnow5-16-Double Roar 8-13-Vicariouslytpn10-18-Lucky Aly 15-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $14,000; str alw; 3up2-Liscannor Bay 4-11-DaysfLghtnng12-13-Alcanudance 8-55-Barco 10-14-New YorkTough6-16-Brave...
Parx Results
FIRST-5f; $22,000; mdn cl($15,000); 3up4So Bold (Nguyen)8.803.202.201Top Position (Acosta)3.802.107Affirmed Warrior (Villanueva)2.10Scr: Risky Recovery.* Exacta (4-1) $39.60 * Trifecta (4-1-7) $56.60Exacta picked by AffruntiSECOND-7f; $28,000; cl($10,000); 3YO; (f)3Stckyurtngt (Ays)6.404.002.806American Darlng (Flores)13.605.005Keiralicious...
The Post Line
College Football Thursday, Aug. 30 Favorite Line Underdog South Car. 7 VANDERBILT C. Florida 23 1/2 AKRON BALL ST. 3 1/2 E. Michigan a-Texas A&M 7 LA. TECH UCONN 24...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.LLWS Consolation: Uganda vs. Gresham, Oregon ESPN4 p.m.LLWS Elimination:Curacao vs. Mexico ESPN7 p.m.Rockies at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Braves at Nationals MLBN8 p.m.Yankees at White Sox WWOR, WCBS...
Hondo flying with the Bombers
Hondo had high hopes for the Orioles last night, but they failed to take flight in Texas, which caused the deficit to bounce back up to 2,190 colemans.Tonight, Mr. Aitch...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 21WEDAug. 22THUAug. 23 FRIAug. 24SATAug. 25SUNAug. 26MONAug. 27YankeesChicago 8:10WWORWCBS 880 AMChi. 8:10 YESWCBSNO GAME Cle.7:05WWORWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.1:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSMetsColorado7:10 SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMCol. 7:10 SNY WFANCol.1:10SNYWFANHou.7:10SNYWFANHou.1:10WPIXWFANHou.1:10WPIXWFANNO GAME LibertyChicago8:00No TVNO GAMEPho.10:00No TVNO GAMELA.10:30NBATVSea.9:00No TVNO...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Rays remain red hot Jeremy Hellickson pitched seven strong innings for his first home win in three months and the Rays beat the Royals 5-1 for their fifth straight...
New Jersey's Little League dream ends with loss to California
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Par-Troy East All-Stars wanted this game for all the obvious reasons — win and go on, win and you’re better than them, win and you...
No clear choices in wide-open Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Like the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, the $1 million Travers — the fourth leg of the “Quadruple Crown” — has its own personality. And in...
Vick banged up in Eagles win
X-rays on Michael Vick’s ribs were negative after the Eagles quarterback was knocked out of Philadelphia’s 27-17 preseason victory over the Patriots last night in Foxborough, Mass. Vick was leveled...
Giants WR Nicks joins team drills, on target for opener
Amid the scrutiny of TubGate, Hakeem Nicks was a ray of sunshine for the Giants yesterday. Their top wide receiver practiced in team drills for the first time since breaking...
Slack in Black: Barclays at Bethpage lacks buzz of Open
The world’s best golfers have descended again on Bethpage State Park to play the Black Course in an important tournament. But unlike in 2002 and 2009, when the Black was...
Garcia's caddie hired for week earns big-time score
The last week of David Faircloth’s life has been so improbably epic, it would make Ferris Bueller blush. Faircloth, a caddie at a private country club in North Carolina called...
Knicks' Amar’e pumped up after Hakeem visit
Forget the defending NBA champion Heat and the retooled Lakers, Amar’e Stoudemire believes the Knicks can be a “top team” this year capable of winning a championship. Now that he...
Spaniard punches ticket to Ryder
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Rainy weather left Sergio Garcia stuck in central North Carolina for an extra day. Turns out, it was worth the hassle. Garcia claimed a two-stroke win yesterday...
Dickey’s dandy, but Mets blow homestand opener
R.A. Dickey’s drive toward 20 wins remains littered with potholes to rival those on the Grand Central Parkway. A crumbling offense, a suspect bullpen and defensive shortcomings are among the...
Mets' Torres has no 'excuses’ for slump
Andres Torres has teammate Ronny Cedeno on his case regularly, but that hasn’t helped him find an offensive groove. “Ronny tells me to stay with one [approach],” Torres said before...
Back exam may force Mets' Santana to shut it down
Johan Santana may make the decision whether to shut him down real easy. Before last night’s game, the Mets had decided the two-time Cy Young winner was going to stay...
Yankees loss to White Sox cuts division lead to four
CHICAGO — It’s too bad Derek Jeter didn’t take a shot at pitching last night. With Freddy Garcia and five relievers all working to various degrees of ineffectiveness, had Jeter...
Yankees’ young pitchers spoiling long-term plans
CHICAGO -- When Hal Steinbrenner dreamed of getting the Yankees’ payroll to $189 million for the 2014 season, he was banking on the success of young arms to keep him...
Yankees will decide if CC is ready after bullpen session
CHICAGO -- CC Sabathia will throw his second bullpen session today since going on the disabled list with an inflamed left elbow. Based on the way the Yankees ace comes...
Rex has faith Jets can find end zone
Rex Ryan knows the stats. The Jets coach knows his team has scored nine points in two preseason games. He knows the end zone has just been a rumor around...
Jets WR Holmes limited in practice with eye on Sunday
The Jets are hopeful ’Tone Time is about to begin. Coach Rex Ryan said he hopes wide receiver Santonio Holmes can play Sunday night against the Panthers. Holmes has been...
Forget Hunter, Sanchez should be only focus of Jets
Let's do everyone — starting with Wayne Hunter — a favor and stop obsessing about Wayne Hunter. Let’s allow him to live the way offensive linemen live 99.6 percent of...
Hunter on thin ice as Jets starter
The Wayne Watch is heating up. How long will Wayne Hunter remain the Jets’ starting right tackle? No one around the team is saying, but coach Rex Ryan would not...
Giants' actions were silly, sophomoric, but it wasn’t bullying
It wasn’t hazing. It wasn’t bullying. The real shame is not that it happened, but that it was made public and thus subject to the slings and arrows of the...
Coughlin wants Giants to set ‘good example’
It looked like hazing and sounded like hazing, but the suddenly besieged Giants insisted yesterday that TubGate absolutely, positively wasn’t hazing. Adopting a nothing-to-see-here stance in the face of concern...
Starr Report
To quote Tom Petty, “The waiting is the hardest part.” But it’s paid off for Steve Schirripa. “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” co-star is currently up in Montreal...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYOLIVIA MUNN, ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, SKIPPER BIVINS, TRENT JACKSON - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7PAULEY PERRETTE - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch. 7DR. OZ - The Oprah Winfrey Show,...
End this now!
TLC’s horrifying child exploitation show, “Toddlers & Tiaras,” was shoved back on our radar — if not our TVs — again when a judge banned 4-year-old Maddy Verst from participating...
Rosie heart-attack drama: ‘lucky to be here’
Rosie O’Donnell says she suffered a heart attack last week and is “lucky to be here.” The 50-year-old comedian detailed the experience on her blog yesterday, saying sudden nausea, aches...
Solo no more
'Live With Kelly” is finally ready to unveil its new co-host — nearly a year after Regis Philbin left the syndicated morning show. Kelly Ripa posted a video on tout.com...
Nicki: ‘Idol’ judge?
Nicki Minaj may be joining Mariah Carey at the “American Idol” judges’ table. Us Weekly reported yesterday that the “Starships” singer is in the final stages of closing a deal...
Sweden for the bivalve-curious traveler
On any given day at the Oyster Bar at Grand Central, some 30 varieties of oysters — hailing from Long Island, Canada, Cape Cod, and as far away as New...
Weird but true
A new study of generosity among Americans finds that states with the least religious residents tend to be the chintziest about donating to charity. People living in states where religious...
PSAL set to launch redesigned, user-friendly website
The PSAL website is undergoing an overhaul that will make the league’s (WWW.PSAL.org) more user friendly than its current version. The largest high school sports organization in the country unveiled...
Rare air: Tottenville's Lopez commits to pitch at FDU
Cheryl Lopez added another rare feat to her resume. The Tottenville ace, The Post's reigning softball Player of the Year, committed to play softball at Farleigh Dickinson Monday, putting her...
Belle of the ballot
It's not easy to strut in Mindy Meyer’s shoes — preferably Louboutins — these days. “They’ll call me the Snooki senator. They’ll criticize the shape of my mouth. If that’s...
Male model sues Drake, Chris Brown, WiP club for alleged severed tendon
He’s still a pretty face, but a French hunk caught in the Drake-Chris Brown melee at a Manhattan nightclub will never be a hand model. In papers filed in Manhattan...