September 16, 2012
Jets don't score after second possession, get routed by Steelers
PITTSBURGH – It might be time to reconsider all that flowery prose written about the Jets offense last week. A week after being unstoppable against the Bills, the Jets looked...
Rosario catches three touchdowns as Chargers rout Titans
SAN DIEGO — Tight end Dante Rosario had three touchdown catches for the first time in his NFL career and San Diego’s defense harassed Jake Locker all afternoon as the...
Seahawks stymie Romo, Cowboys in rout
SEATTLE — Marshawn Lynch ran for 122 yards and a 3-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, Seattle’s special teams came up with two huge first-quarter plays that led to 10...
Pondexter drops 30 as Liberty comes back on Mystics
WASHINGTON — Cappie Pondexter had 30 points and 11 rebounds as the New York Liberty rallied from a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Washington Mystics 75-68...
Texans use fast start to dominate Jaguars
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — All those boos last week just seem silly now. No sluggish start. No moments of concern. No need for a barrage of turnovers to get going. The...
Alvarez says he's 'born ready' to face Mayweather
LAS VEGAS — When Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was asked at his post-fight news conference whether he’s ready to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., the young champion showed off both his growing...
Yankees fans caught having sex in stadium bathroom, crowd films it, they don't care
These two fans scored in a Yankee Stadium bathroom. A randy duo was filmed having sex in a bathroom while the Yankees played the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, according...
Greene leaves Jets game with Steelers due to head injury
PITTSBURGH — New York Jets running back Shonn Greene left Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second quarter with a head injury. Greene had seven carries for 23...
WATCH: Giants' Coughlin gets in Buccaneers coach's face
Tom Coughlin was less than pleased after his team’s 41-34 win over the Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon – and not just because the Giants almost threw away a game they...
UN ambassador says Libya attack was spontaneous, contradicting gov't
WASHINGTON — A deadly assault on a U.S. consulate in Libya was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim video, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday, even as...
No progress as first day of NHL lockout comes, goes
Die-hard hockey fans might need to invest in some classic NHL games on DVD. It might be the only taste of hockey for months. There’s no telling when the NHL...
Vick rallies Eagles to late win over Ravens
PHILADELPHIA — With the game on the line, Michael Vick made all the right decisions — again. Vick scored on a 1-yard TD run with 1:55 left, helping the Philadelphia...
Gostkowski misses potential winning FG in Patriots loss
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Stephen Gostkowski lay face down on the field after missing a shot at a winning field goal. On the sideline, Kevin Kolb and the Arizona Cardinals celebrated...
Bush's big day leads Dolphins over Raiders
MIAMI — Reggie Bush happily hurled the ball into the stands as he skipped across the end zone grass, then matched the crowd’s cheers with a scream of his own....
Eli throws for 510 yards in Giants' second-half rally over Buccaneers
Eli Manning needed a near-record performance to make up for his own mistakes and help the Super Bowl champion New York Giants avoid a second straight loss. Manning threw for...
Newton propels Panthers upset of Saints
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton talked all week about how much better the Carolina Panthers were on offense then they showed in their season opener. He proved it on Sunday....
Vinatieri, Luck lift Colts over Vikings
INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck sure didn’t play like a rookie Sunday afternoon. He looked like a new, younger version of Peyton Manning. The Colts rookie threw two touchdown passes, took...
Dalton's three touchdowns lead Bengals over Browns
CINCINNATI — The onside kick tumbled one last time, right into the arms of A.J. Green. Cincinnati’s Pro Bowl receiver pulled it close and covered it up, a modest finish...
Spiller sparks Bills' rout of Chiefs
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — C.J. Spiller gladly accepted Fred Jackson’s challenge. And this time, the rest of the Bills — on offense, defense and special teams — showed up to...
Follow Jets-Steelers with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Jets look to prove they are indeed for real against the Steelers in...
Harrison, Polamalu inactive for Steelers against Jets
PITTSBURGH — Steelers linebacker James Harrison and safety Troy Polamalu are inactive for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets. Harrison is still recovering from minor surgery on his right...
Lin asks to sleep on new Rockets teammate Parsons' couch
Jeremy Lin is returning to his roots. Sort of.The former Knicks point guard, who controversially was allowed to go to the Rockets in July by James Dolan, asked new teammate...
Rex found idea of Jets acquiring Tebow 'exciting': report
There is an in-depth article in this week's "New Yorker" magazine on past calendar year with the Jets. The writer was given some behind-the-scenes access and the article features some...
Took FBI months to track Chicago teen accused of trying to detonate car bomb
HILLSIDE, Ill. — The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter about violent...
Toronto 2012: It's a wrap as 'Silver Linings' takes audience award, 'To the Wonder' goes begging in red-hot market
I've been back from Toronto since Wednesday, but haven't been blogging because I needed to catch up on sleep and a lot of other things -- like writing my annual...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS TIM COOK After announcing iPhone 5, Apple stock nears $700 mark. MIKE JEFFRIES Abercrombie & Fitch chief sees stock pop 9% after hiring Goldman Sachs to ward off activist...
Young allows three home runs in Mets loss to Brewers
MILWAUKEE — Chris Young’s start was somewhat encouraging for the Mets. Despite the three home runs. Ryan Braun hit two home runs and rookie pitcher Wily Peralta gave up two...
Bradshaw, Diehl, Hixon out for Giants with injuries
Running back Ahmad Bradshaw, tackle David Diehl and wide receiver Domenik Hixon were knocked out of the New York Giants’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with injuries in the...
Paralyzed former Rutgers star takes part in Giants coin toss
Paralyzed former Rutgers player Eric LeGrand took part in the coin toss for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. A New...
Red Sox' Valentine tries to explain 'weakest roster' comment
TORONTO — Bobby Valentine insisted he wasn’t trying to be critical when he said his struggling Red Sox had “the weakest roster we’ve ever had in September in the history...
One person dead as Pakistan protesters march on US Consulate
KARACHI, Pakistan — Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video broke through a barricade near the US Consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, sparking clashes with police...
Martin's three-run home run leads Yankees past Tampa
Nick Swisher drew a nice cheer for his rare bunt, Eduardo Nunez energized the crowd with three steals and Russell Martin earned the biggest ovation for his home run. The...
'The Master' scores record-breaking per-screen average; 'Resident Evil' tops box office
LOS ANGELES — Paul Thomas Anderson's cult drama "The Master" commanded a huge following in its opening weekend, smashing records on just a handful of screens. The Weinstein Co. release...
Follow Giants-Buccaneers with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Giants will look to bounce back from a disappointing loss to the Cowboys...
Follow Yankees-Orioles with Post writers
The Post has you covered from foul line to foul line with the best writers in the business.The Yankees meet the Orioles in Game 1 of the American League Division...
Iran adds to reward for Salman Rushdie's death: report
TEHRAN, Iran — A semi-official religious foundation in Iran has increased a reward it had offered for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie to $3.3 million from $2.8 million,...
NFL pulls side judge for being Saints fan
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NFL has removed a replacement official from the New Orleans-Carolina game because it discovered he’s a Saints fan. Side judge Brian Stropolo has been replaced by...
Prince, Rivers inactive for Giants against Buccaneers
New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara and linebacker Keith Rivers are inactive for their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Amukamara was projected as a starter for the Super Bowl...
Keith Urban, Nicki Minaj named new 'American Idol' judges
The "American Idol" judges' panel is now complete with the naming of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj and country crooner Keith Urban. The Fox network officially tapped the pair with an announcement...
Lawyers for British royal family to file criminal complaint over topless Kate photos
LONDON — Lawyers for Britain's royal family will make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took pictures of Prince William's wife Kate sunbathing topless in the south of France,...
Iran commander warns 'nothing will remain' of Israel if country takes military action
TEHRAN — The top commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that his country's missiles will ensure "nothing will remain" of Israel if it takes military action against Tehran...
Violence leveling off, protests to go on in Muslim world, Panetta says
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the turmoil raging across the Muslim world is likely to continue into the days ahead, but he says the violence expected by the US appears...
At least five people injured after drag-racing Mercedes slams into van near Radio City Music Hall
A drag-racing Mercedes slammed into a van loaded with passengers headed to the airport this morning on Sixth Avenue, police said. At least five people were taken to Bellevue Hospital,...
'Game of Thrones' wins six awards at creative arts Emmys
LOS ANGELES — The fantasy series "Game of Thrones" was the big winner Saturday at the creative arts Emmy Awards. The HBO saga received a leading six trophies at the...
3rd Afghan inside attack kills 4 US troops
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan police killed four American soldiers coming to their aid after a checkpoint attack Sunday, the third "insider" assault by government forces or insurgents disguised in military...
Holocaust survivor, 93, dead after getting struck by SUV in Brooklyn
A 93-year-old Holocaust survivor was killed and her 68-year-old daughter injured last night after they were stuck by an SUV in Williamsburg, cops and neighbors said. Gitzella Katz was walking...
WATCH: Seth MacFarlane and his voices star on 'SNL'
Seth MacFarlane’s voices – all of them – starred in this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” the opener of the show’s 38th season. The “Family Guy” creator brought his...
Yankees reclaim 1st in hurler’s return from DL
The Yankees didn’t get the start they hoped for out of CC Sabathia on Friday, but they got exactly what they needed from Ivan Nova yesterday. Right now, they don’t...
Yesterday brings hope of a better tomorrow
Tomorrow. The Yankees have talked about tomorrow so much over the past seven weeks that at times it has felt like an open casting audition for “Annie.” They have had...
Buck, Bobby head different directions than anticipated
Thits was a phone call during the 2010 season. Buck Showalter was discussing the potential to become the Orioles’ manager and, at some point during the conversation, asked my opinion...
Time to Buc trend
The Giants have said all the right things in the aftermath of their season-opening loss to the Cowboys. They vowed they weren’t panicking, that they would practice harder, study harder...
Giants can erase memory of opening loss today vs. Tampa
First games of the season always are ripe for over-analysis, and the Giants have been on the couch for what seems like forever — with 11 days elapsed between their...
Heinz Field has been the Pitts in past for the Jets
PITTSBURGH — The last time the Jets walked onto the grass at Heinz Field, they were 60 minutes from a Super Bowl. That 2010 AFC Championship did not start or...
If defense gives Big Ben time, he will strike
PITTSBURGH — More than anyone, it is Big Ben Roethlisberger who stands between the Jets and the kind of victory that can launch a season and establish them as a...
The Rumble
Putting on a clinic Coaches gather for Carr Foundation event Brayden Carr’s memory remains alive. Some of the country’s top basketball coaches are making sure of that. Florida head coach...
NHL locks out players
The National Hockey League locked out its players at midnight, becoming the third major sports league to impose a work stoppage in the last 18 months. The action also marks...
Leaving card home
Consumers are voting with their credit cards. In its latest survey of cardholders, Discover card’s August numbers show consumer confidence dropped to its lowest levels in 2012, declining 0.7 points...
Bernanke: To infinity & beyond
On Thursday Fed chief Ben Bernanke stopped being the US’s central banker and became its central planner. With his Ben Lightyear announcement of “QE to infinity . . . and...
Banks giving risky loans to strapped consumers
American consumers rarely have been such a bad bet. With unemployment up and salaries down, credit worthiness has plummeted. Nearly half of American households have credit ratings that are high...
It’s Rosebud redux
Hearst Corp. has long been averse to publicity about its founder, William Randolph Hearst, and the family fortune he left behind. That may be changing a little on Tuesday when...
Time’s Lang shakes up ad buying
Buy in bulk — that’s what Laura Lang is telling advertisers. Time Inc. CEO Lang was hired last year from the digital advertising world to help breathe new life into...
Smartphone up$ide
It appears from analysts’ reports that fourth-quarter growth will soar — for shippers — on the back of high-tech gadgets being delivered. A surge in new products, including Apple’s iPhone...
PNC called on carpet
Pull back the curtain, PNC Bank.That’s the order from Bankruptcy Judge James Peck in New York. Outraged by the bank’s admission that it recently tried to foreclose on a loan...
HBO: Web doesn’t pay
It’s not TV, it’s HBO. And it’s not available online without a cable subscription anytime soon. So Netflix investors can rest easy. An HBO exec made clear to the tech...
$12,800,000,000,000
Most Americans probably won’t remember where they were on Lehman Monday, the morning of Sept. 15, 2008, when news that the investment bank was no more hit the pavement in...
The next step in networking
Looking for an easy way to connect with networking contacts that can help your career? Intro uses your LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter accounts to identify people you need to meet....
A name game in ’12 election
Dear John: How will Romney’s name appear on the ballot? If it is not as “Mitt,” how many votes will he lose because very few people know his real name?...
401(k)s ‘perk’ up
Finally, a raise! The only catch: You can’t spend it until you retire. For the first time since the market meltdown of 2007-2008, employers are significantly increasing their 401(k) matching...
HS ‘class’ warfare
In a tug of war between the intransigent teachers union and a bitter city government, these kids are collateral damage. Students at John Dewey HS in Brooklyn — one of...
Text scam snares only the lonely
There’s no love lost here. The honeymoon is over for a sleazy mobile-content provider that sent 150,000 spam text messages to New Yorkers alerting them to a “secret crush.” Clicking...
Queens teen slain in same Brooklyn ’hood that claimed his dad 14 years earlier
A Queens 17-year-old hoping to turn his troubled life around by earning a GED and joining the military was gunned down while visiting a friend — in the same Brooklyn...
Hit-run victim clinging to life
A 24-year-old man was struggling to survive yesterday after he was mowed down by a hit-run driver near Fordham University, authorities said.The victim was crossing Webster Avenue, near East Fordham...
Ax & you shall receive 300G
A City caseworker accused of falsifying official records not only beat the charges, but also walked off with a $300,000 payout from taxpayers after her case dragged on for six...
Yule never guess what season it is
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — and it’s only September. Lights, tinsel and ribbon-covered trees are already decking the halls of Midtown’s Kmart, just two weeks after...
Phones set app trap for date-rape scoundrels
A new phone app will alert friends, family and law enforcement if you’re being sexually assaulted on a date. LifeLine Response, currently available for the iPhone and Android, is marketing...
High hopes for $50M Lowline
They’re going to need a lot more grow lamps.The Lowline, a $50 million plan for a lush subterranean park, is years from realization, but its champions hope a new exhibit...
Chelsea townhouse is doubling as a full-fledged filming studio, residents say
These home movies go too far. Neighbors say a Chelsea woman is using her townhouse as a full-fledged filming studio — turning a quaint, historic block into a Hollywood horror...
Lindsay Lohan on the 'hit list' of Gotti movie
Lindsay Lohan is on the Gotti hit list — the movie, that is. It’s not a good sign when a Post-it is covering over her name on the movie poster...
Art collector blue over frame ‘flub’
You get what you pay for. A Yonkers art collector took a $1 million masterpiece to get framed at a chain store best known for stickers and scrapbooks — and...
Afghan cops’ deadly attack
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO forces in Afghanistan said four international service members were killed in an apparent insider attack by Afghan police officers.The international alliance said that the attack happened...
Money, friends abandon 'heir'-headed Astor kin Tony & Charlene Marshall
Since being convicted in 2009 of defrauding his mother, the late Brooke Astor, out of more than $60 million, Anthony Marshall has been out on appeal, hiding out with wife...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A brazen thief broke into a woman’s Williamsburg home and robbed her, police said. The suspect (pictured at right) tried turning different door handles until he found an...
Motorcyclist dies after collision with tour bus, taxi in Harlem
An overly aggressive motorcyclist was fatally pinned against the side of a packed double-decker tourist bus in Harlem yesterday when he tried to make a U-turn and was blasted by...
Granny, 93, killed in SUV horror
A 93-year-old Holocaust survivor was killed and her 68-year-old daughter injured last night after they were stuck by an SUV in Williamsburg, cops and neighbors said.Gitzella Katz was walking with...
Free-ZPass case stalls
He wanted a free ride for life, but his legal campaign to squeeze a toll break out of the Port Authority may have run out of gas. Former Port Authority...
New Yorkers forget to cash in $37M of lottery loot
Hey, you never know — and some people never find out. A whopping $37.6 million in lottery prizes went unclaimed in New York last year from dreamers who plunked down...
OWS morn of mayhem
The 99 percent is back — and bent on wreaking havoc on your morning commute tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.About 500 protesters gathered in Washington...
Tim Tebow's plate-game heroics — eating four dishes in one meal
Does this mean he had to say grace four times? Quarterback Tim Tebow, who hungers to lead the Jets, put away no less than four heaping plates of food during...
Mark Sanchez and Eva Longoria go on dinner date ahead of today's Jets-Steelers game
He’s outscoring Tim Tebow on and off the field. Here’s an eyeful of Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and gal pal Eva Longoria exiting the swanky French restaurant Daniel on the...
First title a shocker
It could have been worse. The filmmaker behind the movie that has angered Muslims throughout the Middle East first wanted the film to be even more inflammatory — by calling...
Sudan blocks Marines
WASHINGTON — Sudan is blocking the United States from sending in the Marines. American officials wanted to deploy an elite unit known as a fleet anti-terrorism security team, to shore...
Photo of filmmaker behind anti-Islam film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ emerges day after he was questioned by feds
Federal authorities yesterday grilled the filmmaker behind the controversial movie that sparked hellfire across the Muslim world for depicting prophet Mohammed as a womanizer and a pedophile, authorities said. Nakoula...
Fifth Avenue co-ops sign secret pact to shrink Metropolitan Museum of Art's plaza
It’s the people’s piazza no more. The upper crust in nine Fifth Avenue buildings signed a secret deal with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to scale down big plans for...
Harvard’s slopppy cheaters
These Ivy Leaguers are real idiots. The 125 Harvard undergrads who got caught cheating on a take-home test were found out in part because of sloppy typos and redundancies. One...
Silver’s unspoken history of payoffs
When Speaker Sheldon Silver authorized $103,000 be paid to the alleged sexual-harassment victims of Assemblyman Vito Lopez, his office said the secret payout was the only one of its kind....
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s children moved away from father's Lower East Side district — but still vote in dad’s elections
Did he really need the extra votes? Three of powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s adult children remained registered to vote in their father’s Lower East Side district long after moving...
Central Park 'rapist' suffers from split-personality disorder, his brother says
David is a quiet country boy who would do anything for his mama. Johnny is a sex-crazed fiend who brutalizes elderly women and once broke his brother’s back with a...
Flight 93 widow’s sad end
The widow of the pilot of United Flight 93, believed to have crashed in Pennsylvania on 9/11 as passengers and crew fought with four terrorists, died from a prescription drug-and-alcohol...
Chicago teen a terror ‘dud’
CHICAGO — An 18-year-old terrorist wannabe hellbent on blowing up downtown Chicago tried to detonate a car bomb outside a nightclub — only to realize too late that it was...
O the apologist
According to President Obama’s narrative, the murder of four Americans in Libya is a story of “senseless violence” provoked by an anti-Islam video. According to his Praetorian Guards in the...
Blaming our troops
Afghan security forces, our supposed allies, are slaughtering American troops. Thirty-three soldiers have been killed by “green on blue” attacks this year alone. The situation is so bad that the...
We vant to be left alone
Elaine Huguenin, who with her husband operates Elane Photography in New Mexico, asks only to be let alone. But instead of being allowed a reasonable zone of sovereignty in which...
Huddled masses
I love my wife and child. Honestly, I do. I stress this point because what follows may lead you to believe otherwise. In late July of each year, I say...
Fall housecleaning
That’s two down — but a whole heck of a lot more to go. Sleazy Albany legislators exposed — deposed? — by The Post, that is. State Sen. Shirley Huntley...
Frack, Andrew, frack
Gov. Cuomo wasn’t exactly letting a dark secret out of the bag last week when he said New York can’t expect to see hydrofracking begin anytime soon. But it’s discouraging...
What really got us into ‘this mess’
“They want us to go back to the same old policies that got us into this mess in the first place.” Was the speaker President Obama? Bill Clinton? Rahm Emanuel?...
West Nile worries
Since West Nile virus first appeared in the city in 1999, the Health Department has done its best to protect the city from this disease (“Risking the Public Health,” Jeff...
Required Reading
Joseph Anton A Memoir by Salman Rushdie (Random House) Who is Joseph Anton? It’s the alias Salman Rushdie used during his years of hiding following a death sentence from noted...
Founding foodie
Thomas Jefferson’s Creme Brulée How a Founding Father and his Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America by Thomas J. Craughwell Quirk Books In 1787, Thomas Jefferson was traveling...
In my library Nelly Silagy Benedek
It’s a New Year — 5773 by the Jewish calendar — and a new season at the Jewish Museum (thejewishmuseum.org). “What we’re celebrating this new year is a stunning exhibit...
Junk male
The End of Men And the Rise of Women by Hanna Rosin Riverhead So, women have gained the right to work soul-crushing, corporation-drone, 80-hour weeks, the right to bear and...
A nation gone Yonkers
Since 2008, several American cities have emerged from obscurity to become national bywords for fiscal calamity — California’s Stockton, Vallejo and San Bernardino all declared bankruptcy, as did Central Falls...
The dog days of fall
Grab Fido (and the last of the summer sunshine) and hit the sand. While many area beaches are off-limits to dogs during the high season, some of the finest shores...
Golden age
A sad, cold wind blows across the mantle in Richard Gere’s home, sweeping through the empty space like a storm blowing across the Kansas prairie. It’s lonely up there. The...
Hook of Mormon
Until Brandon Flowers came along, Mormon rock stars were about as rare as liberal country singers or sexually inactive rappers. But the Killers’ rise to fame has been an undoubted...
Indy’s last ride
Director Steven Spielberg says that out of all his movies, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is one of the few he can get wrapped up in and experience like any...
Penny Marshall: My New York
One of her first jobs was playing the plain girl opposite bombshell Farrah Fawcett in a 1970s Head & Shoulders commercial. But there was nothing ordinary about Penny Marshall’s life....
Cold War revisited
They didn’t win medals, but the Americans brought home something nearly as good last week at the Olympiad: They beat the Russians.The fifth-seeded US squad was outrated on every board...
Bridge
Knowing that I’m a churchgoer and was trained in music, someone gave me a list of “adjusted” hymns that a man of my age would appreciate:“It is well with my...
Beach safety tips for dogs
Dogs do come into the hospital from time to time after a beach mishap,” says Kelly Gavin, doctor of internal medicine at the Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group in Brooklyn....
Hey, Tom, your crack is showing!
To audiences, it would have been a lame joke in a forgettable John Candy comedy. To the Church of Scientology, it meant war. In 1991’s “Delirious,” actress Emma Samms mentions...
Favored Texans won’t cover on road
Today JAGUARS (+7 1/2) over Texans: Jags’ QB Blaine Gabbert multiple dismal efforts stunted our 2011 season. But now, Gabbert’s has multiple new receivers to catch the deep ball, so...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICODave BlezowHondoPACKERS 6 (51) Bears (Packers, 23-10) ★ Pack (W) ★ Bears (L) ★ Pack (W)Bears (L)Bears (L)Bears (L)Packers (W)Packers (W)Packers (W)Packers (w)Packers (W)GIANTS 7 (44) Bucs (Sun., 1:00,...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Brutal beat for Angels In Kansas City, Mo., Ernesto Frieri needed just four pitches to ruin a spectacular start by Zack Greinke, giving up two home runs in the...
Snooze button
* Who among us hasn’t had a case of the Mondays because you spent a long Sunday night tracking down New Jersey law enforcement sources or were a bit tired...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $34,000; clm($40,000); 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Boxford Belle ,119JHmpshrJrx-x-xAllard10-12 ElectoralColleg(L),119KCarmoch2-x-xNunley3-13 Kingston Terrace ,119J Bisonox-x-xServis6-14 Miss Marti(L),119A Arroyox-x-xLynch6-15 False Storm(L),119E Trujillox-x-xGoldberg4-16 SassyExpressn(M),119FPnnngtn5-7-xA...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-1 mile; $10,500; clm($12,500); 2YO6-Blue Light 2-14-Justforgetabott3-11-Chief Again 4-15-Atajo 5-12-Slicka 6-17-WesternCncern8-13-LosRomosLcs15-1SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $10,500; clm($6,25); 3up5-Kristina's Slew 4-14-Mancn'sGddess4-11-a-The Pia Angel5-11-a-Mezuman 5-12-RememberLynn2-16-Mindy Michelle 3-13-SweetandVicis8-1THIRD-7 fur; $28,000; mdn; 3,4&5YO6-Spirit Amour 3-14-No Lift...
Belmont Charts
September 15th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16 miles(T); $73,000; mdn; 2YOOff: 12:51. Good. 3w into str,brisk urgeTime: 24.25, 48.68, 1:12.94, 1:37.08, 1:43.12.Trainer: Thomas AlbertraniWinner: DK...
Shin leads Women’s British
Jiyai Shin opened a five-stroke lead in the Women’s British Open, shooting an 8-under 64 yesterday in the wild-delayed second round in Hoylake, England.Coming off a playoff victory Monday in...
Henry leads Red Bulls to key win
After already having fallen to third in the Eastern Conference, the Red Bulls coughed up a goal just two minutes in against Columbus and seemed destined to suffer their first...
Fairplex Graded Entries
Post Time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-1/2m; $15,000; clm($32,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds4 GreenDolphin(L117VBednr3-7-x3-12 Truco Latino(L),121EMldnd6-8-47-21 I Will Rise ,124R Guce3-6-75-13 Tiz Top ,121MPedrzx-x-x4-15 AdmiralRowanL124SIniguz8-7-820-16 Catcanscat(L),121J Scott2-9-79-27 Dr. Nip(L),121CChrltn4-4-35-1SECOND-6 fur; $18,000; clm($25,000); 3upPN...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $16,000; clm($20,000); 2YOVIPERA chased the pace and tired in career debut. CAROLYN SHINES races with Lasix for career debut. SEXY AND SASSY comes in...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-6 fur; $42,500; alw; 3up(f) 3 Gky Grgus (Trujll) 5.00 2.80 2.20 1 Aliraven (Lopez) 4.40 3.80 5 Believe in Dancing (Serpa) 7.00 * Exacta (3-1) $18.40 * $1 Superfecta...
Fairplex Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $24,000; clm($20,000); 3YO 3 G t th Pulpt (Pdrz) 4.00 2.80 2.40 4 Boca Bay (Hernandez) 3.40 2.80 5 Juan's Twin (Carreno) 3.20 * dq_Boca Bay (1-2) *...
Hondo hopes to roll with Jay
Hondo resumed his sweeping approach to deficit reduction yesterday when he cashed with the Yankees and Alabama to reduce the NRN (nasty red number) to 1,555 vaughns. Today, Mr. Aitch...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.MotoGP: Grand Prix of San Marino SPEED2 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Geico 400 ESPNBaseball1 p.m.Rays at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)2 p.m.Mets at Brewers SNY, WBBR (1130 AM)2:10 p.m.Pirates...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogGIANTS8 1/27(44)BuccaneersSTEELERS65 1/2(42 1/2)JetsPATRIOTS13 1/213 1/2(48 1/2)CardinalsVikingsPk3(45 1/2)COLTSSaints32 1/2(52)PANTHERSBILLS33(44 1/2)ChiefsEAGLES2 1/22 1/2(46 1/2)RavensRaiders12 1/2(39)DOLPHINSBENGALS107(39)BrownsTexans7 1/27(41)JAGUARSCowboys33(42 1/2)SEAHAWKSRedskins33 1/2(44)RAMSCHARGERS4 1/26 1/2(43)Titans49ERS6 1/27(46)LionsTomorrowFALCONS33(51)BroncosHome team in CAPS
Backward-thinking NHL shoots itself in skate
Other than the collateral damage the owners’ lockout will inflict on various groups of innocent third-party civilians who are dependent upon the NHL for income, the saddest aspect of this...
No meetings set as NHL lockout begins
The needless necessity, Lockout III, turned the NHL into a pumpkin at midnight, without even 11th-hour negotiations. The Players Association charged the league was unwilling to meet in a formal...
Jets defensive coordinator: Don’t go on cruise
PITTSBURGH — The Jets defense let up last week against the Bills after the team built a big lead, and wound up giving up 28 points. That led to the...
Giants' JPP: Replacement refs not calling holding
With replacement officials again patrolling the field today, Jason Pierre-Paul is bracing for another game without getting the benefit of the doubt on any holding calls he feels he deserves....
Mets faithful play out string, too
In An article as timeless and as remarkable as “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu” — John Updike writing in The New Yorker about Ted Williams’ final at-bat, Fenway Park, 1960...
Wright nearing Kranepool’s Mets hit record
MLWAUKEE — It is not exactly Derek Jeter chasing down Lou Gehrig to become the Yankees all-time hits leader. But as he closes in on becoming the Mets all-time leader...
Mets' Mejia blasted in 1st start since ’10
MILWAUKEE — Terry Collins said he was willing to give Jenrry Mejia 85-pitches last night, but he couldn’t even make it that far. Turns out the 22-year-old, making his first...
A-Rod making dent with bat for Yankees
As the Yankees batted in the eighth inning yesterday, they lacked momentum and insurance. The Rays had trimmed the Yankees’ four-run lead to one when Alex Rodriguez came up with...
Nunez’s defense gets ‘short’-term fix by Yankees
Derek Jeter won’t be back at shortstop until Tuesday at the earliest, and Yankees manager Joe Girardi put Eduardo Nunez back there yesterday despite Nunez making a costly error in...
Yankees' Granderson finds success versus Shields
Curtis Granderson has faced James Shields more than he has any pitcher during his major league career. Going into Saturday, he had 56 at-bats against the Rays right-hander, and he...
Joe won’t go!
When you step back from the reality that the Yankees have blown a 10-game divisional lead, it isn’t shocking that they’re locked into an ultra-tense battle for the AL East...
Drew helps A’s topple Orioles
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Drew homered and made a pair of big defensive plays to back Jarrod Parker, and the Athletics beat the Orioles 5-2 last night.Chris Carter had a...
High-flying Ravens could overtake AFC
The Ravens’ 2012 season began with a Joe Flacco 52-yard laser-beam pass into the arms of his speedy receiver Torrey Smith on the first play Monday night. The question now...
Lions might need hand in Niners rematch
All eyes will be on the handshake tonight in San Francisco. Rarely does that bit of postgame routine for coaches get much attention, but this one will be an exception...
After years of searching, ’Skins have QB who can scare Giants
Bill Parcells undoubtedly is chuckling over all the fawning and gushing over Robert Griffin III from starstruck groupies and observers who are ready to send the talk of the championship-starved...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Steve Weatherford
Giants punter Steve Weatherford kicked back for a Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Would you agree that you march to the beat of a different drummer? A: Oh...
The anti 'Normal'
The most controversial new series is NBC’s “The New Normal,” designed to offend several special-interest groups at once. Gays, because it skewers the fashion-obsessed superficiality of the culture. Heterosexuals, because...
Apocalypse now
There’s nothing like a little apocalypse to kick off the fall season. We’ve all seen the world nearly end in recent network dramas but on NBC’s “Revolution” what looks like...
Don't miss
Secret ‘Doctor’ Dr. Grace Devlin (Jordana Spiro) is a top resident at Chicago’s Roosevelt Medical Center with several ethical problems. To pay off her brother’s life-threatening gambling debt, she agrees...
How gay is your TV?
Television is having a gay old time, but when Ellen DeGeneres famously came out in the 1997-98 season of “Ellen,” only 18 LGBT characters existed on broadcast and cable shows,...
Nerds rejoice with fall sci-fi
Get your nerd on this fall as some great sci-fi shows invade: “Haven” (Friday, 10 p.m., Syfy) Mama can’t pinpoint exactly when this creepy-but-corny series based looooosely on a Stephen...
Reel good
Secretariat, 2010 Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Encore Thrilling story of the woman who shouldn’t with a horse that couldn’t who, together, went on to win the Triple Crown. Diane Lane is...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Lucy Liu; Penny Marshall; Nelly Furtado. Tuesday: Kelsey Grammer; NeNe Leakes. Wednesday: Maya Rudolph; Elizabeth Olsen: Neon Trees. Thursday: Jake Gyllenhaal; Archie...
'Voice' wild card
This season, we won’t be able to escape “The Voice.” In a flog-to-death programming maneuver by NBC, the popular music competition show will air a third broadcast, on Wednesday nights,...
Meet Market: Dancing queen ask partner to hold
Good sport If you’re into athletics, Cathy will be your cheering captain. “As long as you tolerate my cynicism towards team spirit of any kind,” she says. ‘Girl’ crush Cathy...
Hail-Mary time for football widows
For the past 11 days, NYC relationships have been on the injured list. Ever since the Giants kicked off the NFL season with a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, men...
Top 5: Ways to score with the bridal party
“Say, ‘Whoever kisses me is the next girl to get married!’ ” Brian “Ask, ‘Excuse me, are you going to be a bridesmaid? Because I’d like to be your best...
This week's couple: Late night love
SANDY, an advertising salesperson, was so nervous for her blind date with Thanassi, a photographer, at NoLita eatery Ken & Cook, that the 29-year-old hatched an early exit strategy should...
Weird but true
This is the kind of “recreation” center most men probably dream about.A retired couple in China was busted after authorities figured out that the senior center they ran was actually...
Koonce carries Rams
It took some time, but Fordham gave its homecoming crowd something to cheer about.Rams running back Carlton Koonce rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries in the...
Penn St. gets off schneid
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State football finally has a victory to celebrate.Matt McGloin threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns and Penn State overwhelmed Navy in a 34-7 win...
Notre Dame, Te’o stymie Michigan State
EAST LANSING, Mich. — With bloodshot eyes and tears on his cheeks, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o stood in front of the small section of jubilant Notre Dame fans and...
Stanford needs no Luck to KO No. 2 USC
Even without Andrew Luck, Stanford still had every answer for Matt Barkley and Southern California. Josh Nunes threw a go-ahead 37-yard touchdown to Zach Ertz, Stepfan Taylor ran for 153...
Syracuse finishes strong to top Stony Brook
Ryan Nassib hit Jarrod West for the go-ahead touchdown, Ashton Broyld scored on a 22-yard run and Syracuse beat Stony Brook 28-17 yesterday at the Carrier Dome to snap a...
Rafa Marquez strong in Red Bull return
After suffering from a strained calf, Rafa Marquez finally made his first start in exactly two months tonight. And, just in case he’d been gone so long that fans forgot...
Magnifique! Rampant Henry leads Red Bulls 3-1 rally past Crew (VIDEO)
After already having fallen to third in the Eastern Conference, the Red Bulls coughed up a goal just two minutes in against Columbus, another early goal seeming destined to cost...
