September 21, 2012
THE MAIN EVENT BEST BETS: UFC 152
It sure has been awhile.Used to MMA cards every week or two, having to wait more than a month was difficult. Your patience has been rewarded, though. UFC 152 on...
Giants' Coughlin irked about camera position in collision
When Antrel Rolle went crashing into a camera positioned close to the left corner of the end zone at Bank of America Stadium is looked for an instant the Giants...
Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave walk into a bar
When I received the press release announcing "The Revisionist," an upcoming production from the Rattlestick company, I did a double take: It costars Jesse Eisenberg (doubling up as the author)...
Espada won't be locked up ... yet
Pedro Espada, Jr. remains on the loose – for now. A Brooklyn federal court judge today declined to lock up the disgraced ex-state senator, saying he’ll take more time to...
Nets' Prokhorov sticking with championship prediction
When Mikhail Prokhorov bought the Nets two years ago, he declared that the team will win a title by the end of the 2015 season.And after seeing his team's roster...
Jets' Landry fined for horse-collar tackle, will appeal
New York Jets safety LaRon Landry says he will appeal his fine by the NFL of $15,750 for a horse-collar tackle against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Landry says Friday he will...
Giants linemen fined after kneel-down incident with Buccaneers
The Giants believe they were the victims last week when Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano gave the order to his defense to go live on the final kneel-down play of a...
Nets questions, No. 6: How will Brooks cope with additions?
Now that we’re two weeks away from the opening of training camp, I’m going to count down what I think are the 10 biggest questions about the Nets entering training...
Yankees' Jeter: 'I can't picture myself playing anywhere else'
Despite comments in an interview with ESPN this week, Derek Jeter was firm Friday that he ��can’t picture myself playing anywhere” but the Yankees.“I’ll tell you what went down,” Jeter...
Man mauled by tiger at Bronx Zoo; rushed to hospital in critical condition
A suicidal man leaped from a moving monorail at the Bronx Zoo today to reach its dangerous tiger den, where he became a chew toy for a predatory beast who...
Fan-tasy Questions
New to the Tracker this season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will be publishing and answering the five best reader questions sent in each week.To get your question on NYPost.com, you...
Jones' NFL brother: 'He wants to be the Michael Jordan of the UFC'
Arthur Jones knows exactly why his brother, Jon, didn’t take a fight with Chael Sonnen on short notice earlier this month. It’s all about his legacy, said Arthur, who plays...
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita: Still adorable and loads of fun
Oh, Sackboy. You weird -- yet cute-as-hell -- bugger.This is Sackboy's fourth adventure as a Playstation icon (I don't know if Karting counts). And the series, thankfully, maintains a wonderful,...
State Attorney General's office files $2M lawsuit against former National Arts Club head
It's not a pretty picture for the former head of the National Arts Club. The state Attorney General's office filed a $2 million suit against Aldon James, the former head...
Melky disqualified from batting title race per own request
Melky Cabrera lost the right to play baseball by failing a drug test and now he has given up his chance to win the National League batting title. Cabrera was...
Revis will play for Jets Sunday; Keller questionable
Darrelle Revis is fully recovered from a concussion and will play for the New York Jets after practicing fully for the second straight day. The All-Pro cornerback is listed as...
Red Bulls must break funk without suspended Henry
The Red Bulls have done a good job at avoiding slumps this year, and if they have any hope of winning the Eastern Conference they’ll have to avoid one now...
Woman who ruined Christ fresco looking to turn fame into charity cash
MADRID — The image appears on T-shirts and cellphone covers, coffee mugs and wine labels. And the 80-year-old pensioner who just weeks ago was mortified by the global stir she...
Cop beatdown punk cries, asks for parents at B'klyn sentencing
Now he wants his mama. One of the two punks who loudly celebrated in the face of a seriously injured cop after he and his pal were acquitted on an...
Oscar Watch: Spielberg's 'Lincoln' test screens in New Jersey
I'm told that Steven Spielberg's much-anticipated "Lincoln" -- which, sight unseen, is the front-runner in Oscar's Best Picture race with 11-2 odds at Gold Derby -- had a test screening...
Nets owner's comments at Barclays Center ribbon cutting
For those of you not in attendance at this morning's ribbon-cutting at Barclays Center, here, in its entirety, is Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov's brief speech at the podium during the...
WATCH: The Daily’s ‘Karaoke The News’
Need to catch up on this week’s biggest news headlines? Throw on your headphones and listen to this tune. The Daily, News Corporation’s iPad-based newspaper, had some fun with the...
Jets' Scott threatens to punch reporter in locker room incident
Bart Scott had to be separated from a reporter after threatening to punch him during a bizarre scene in the Jets locker room Friday.Before the near-scuffle, Scott, who has not...
Romney to release 2011 tax returns, paid $1.9M last year
Mitt Romney's campaign, in its latest attempt to respond to calls to release more years of tax returns, announced Friday that the Republican candidate averaged a 20 percent effective tax...
Bloomberg: 'Sad' Mets have fallen apart
When you lose in a 16-1 stinker at home and are going nowhere, even Mayor Bloomberg takes notice. "It's sad that the Mets have sort of fallen apart here," the...
A bipartisan slap at Iran, but where's Obama?
Two US senators from either side of the political divide have come together in their opposition to Iranian calls for the destruction of Israel. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen....
Pacquiao will take smaller cut of revenue to fight Floyd
Manny Pacquiao says he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. so badly that he’s willing to give him a larger cut of the revenue. “I’m waiting for that [fight] to...
GMA co-host Robin Roberts undergoes bone marrow transplant
ABC's "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts is already wishing to leave the hospital following her bone marrow transplant. Her oncologist, Dr. Gail Ropoz, said on the morning show that...
Panthers' Smith says he 'lit into' Newton after Giants loss
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers receiver Steve Smith says he” lit into” Cam Newton about his actions on the sideline when the young quarterback was replaced late in the fourth quarter...
NFL Network coming to Time Warner Cable subscribers on Sunday
Get ready, Big Apple football fans: The NFL Network is coming to Time Warner Cable beginning this Sunday, media sources confirmed to The Post. The 9-year old network will begin...
Bloomberg says Muslim ad is protected by First Amendment
As "despicable" as it might be, a subway ad that depicts Muslims in a critical light is protected by the First Amendment, Mayor Bloomberg declared today. "America is different," the...
Cops shoot, kill suspect in Brooklyn
An armed thug was fatally shot in a scuffle with an NYPD sergeant and two other cops in Brooklyn—after fleeing from police who tried to bust him in an anti-prostitution...
LIU suspends basketball players after assault arrests
LIU-Brooklyn has suspended the four men’s basketball players who were arrested and charged with assault on Thursday indefinitely, athletic director John Suarez announced Friday morning.Police told The Post the four...
Sharette Dixon Classic to feature top HS hoops recruits
New York City and New Jersey is loaded with top Division I basketball prospects and they will almost all be on display at the Sharette Dixon Memorial Classic Sunday, Oct....
Ribbon cut at Nets' new Brooklyn home
It was like a death in the family for Brooklyn baseball fans when their beloved Dodgers left the borough behind in 1957 for the California coast. Times were grim for...
9/11, Va. Tech. mediator helps on Aurora shooting
DENVER - People handling the distribution of funds to victims of the Aurora movie theater shooting are consulting with a mediator who oversaw compensation for victims of the Sept. 11...
Mets great Hernandez to shave moustache for charity
No one will be able to accuse his ’stache of being trash after Thursday.Keith Hernandez will have his moustache shaved off before the Mets final home game next week. The...
Opening day review: Sara Stewart On Deeply Silly 'House at the End of the Street' With Jennifer Lawrence
"House at the End of the Street'' was not screened for critics until Thursday night, a tactic often employed by studios trying to avoid opening day reviews in print. Here's...
FRIDAY FIVE: Friday With 13 (To Go)
First, your updated playoff standings:AL: Texas (1) vs. winner of Oakland (WC1) and Baltimore (WC2), Yankees (2) vs. White Sox (3)NL: Washington (1) vs. winner of Atlanta (WC1) and St....
Arkansas QB Wilson cleared to play vs. Rutgers
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Tyler Wilson is back for Arkansas. Now the question is whether the star quarterback can get the Razorbacks out of their funk. Arkansas coach John L. Smith...
No ethics charge for Rep. Waters
WASHINGTON — California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters won't be charged with ethics violations following allegations she steered a $12 million federal bailout to a bank where her husband owns stock....
GM recalling nearly 500,000 midsize cars to fix transmission cables
DETROIT — General Motors is recalling nearly 474,000 Chevrolet, Pontiac and Saturn cars to fix a transmission problem that can cause the cars to roll away unexpectedly. The recall affects...
GWB toll stop leads to arrest of Tenn. fugitive
A Long Island trucker unwittingly gave an alleged killer a lift from Tennessee to New York -- and even had him over to his home for dinner with his family....
Democrats kill a middle-class jobs bill
House Democrats killed a middle-class jobs bill yesterday. Why? Because they can't allow a Republican idea to win. Instead of trying to do whatever they can to create jobs and grow...
NYPD searches for gay-bashing thug in razor attack at violence-plagued McDonald's
Cops are on the hunt for a gay-bashing thug who slashed a McDonald’s customer with a razor blade in Greenwich Village— and at the same troubled spot where a cashier...
US surge troops out of Afghanistan, Panetta says
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The 33,000 additional US troops that President Barack Obama ordered to Afghanistan to tamp down the Taliban attacks nearly two years ago have now left the...
Space shuttle Endeavour to sightsee around California with low flyovers
LOS ANGELES — Space shuttle Endeavour will spend its last flying day Friday not rocketing into space, but doing what most tourists do when visiting California: Taking in the state...
RIM CEO apologizes for BlackBerry outage in Europe and Africa
TORONTO — The chief executive of struggling BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion apologized Friday after an outage in Europe and Africa interrupted service for customers on the very day Apple Inc....
Universal Music Group's purchase of EMI clears regulatory hurdles in US, Europe
BRUSSELS — Universal Music Group won approval Friday from American and European regulators to buy the famed British music company EMI, including the hugely lucrative Beatles catalogue. But the EU...
At least one dead in anti-Islam film protests in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Protests over an anti-Muslim film turned violent Friday across Pakistan, with police firing tear gas and live ammunition at thousands of demonstrators who threw rocks and set...
iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans across the world
Apple is feeling the love in the Big Apple today. Customers lined up at Apple stores all over New York today to take home the iPhone 5. At Grand Central,...
O/U Rico
Rico went 7-8-1 (2-1 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders last week. The record after two weeks is 10-20-2 (2-4). The selections for Week 3 are: OVERS: Giants / Panthers (last...
NJ trooper, suspect injured in shooting
PATERSON, NJ — State police troopers and Paterson police are investigating a shooting near a strip mall in Paterson. Local news media report that a trooper and a suspect were...
Eli again a steadying force for Giants
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Some of it comes off the field. This time, it was back at the team hotel, maybe four hours before the Giants would face the Carolina Panthers...
Giants' Webster plays despite broken hand
CHARLOTTE, NC - Giants cornerback Corey Webster played in the second half of Thursday night's 36-7 victory over the Panthers with a hard cast on his right hand after breaking...
Giant contributions from Big Blue reserves
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — These are the triumphs, triumphs of the human spirit, that can bring a team together and quite possibly launch a season. When you are severely undermanned and...
Giants CB Webster plays after breaking hand
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Giants cornerback Corey Webster played in the second half of Thursday night’s 36-7 victory over the Panthers with a hard cast on his right hand after breaking...
Sabols shaped way we watch the game — even on Thursday nights
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This still feels like a national invitation to playing hooky. Thursday night football? Why not! Late enough in the week to get a head start on the...
Liberty clinch playoff spot despite loss to Shock
TULSA, Okla. — The Liberty clinched the Eastern Conference’s fourth and final playoff berth minutes after dropping a 78-66 decision to the Shock Thursday night in Tulsa, Okla. Kara Braxton,...
Brown, Barden take over as Giants beat up Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It did not bode well when one of the replacement players botched the very first play. Perhaps a rough evening was brewing for the shorthanded Giants. “We...
Jettin' it together
The Jets have to make a stand in Miami or else the season could be in the dumpster early with the 49ers and Texans up next. Darrelle Revis trumpeted that...
Here’s a chance to make some Green
Football expert Phil Steele is the owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview. Get in-depth coverage of college and pro football 24/7/365 at Phil.Steele.com. Jets (-21⁄2) over DOLPHINS:...
Hondo helps his people
QUESTION from Hondo: Are you better off today than you were five days ago? If you played his NFL picks — 9-5-2, 2-1 Best Bets — you sure are. And...
Awful start for NFL announcers
It didn't take long to be returned to the spot we were left at the end of last football season (and the one before that) — the Gardens of Absurdities,...
19-year-old fatally stabbed in brawl outside Hell's Kitchen high school
A 19-year-old with an assault record was fatally stabbed in the heart yesterday, after a catfight turned into a deadly brawl outside a Hell’s Kitchen high school, sources said. “He...
Lickety split trades
It was a man bites dog day on Capitol Hill yesterday. Wall Street veterans, fearing they will completely lose Main Street’s faith in the financial markets, actually asked for more...
Business briefs
Trulia IPOReal estate website Trulia climbed 41 percent in its trading debut.Next!The Cablevision-Echostar court battle over defunct satellite service Voom was postponed because the jury pool was too small. HBO...
Walmart puts out Fire in Amazon feud
Walmart doesn’t like the Amazon Effect. The world’s biggest retailer yesterday said it will stop selling Amazon’s Kindle devices in its stores in a move that analysts said was aimed...
PIX isn’t missed
The WPIX Channel 11 -Cablevision carriage feud is turning into one of the oddest standoffs in recent memory. No one seems to notice. While past TV disputes sparked massive ad...
Move over, GQ and Details: M mag is back
Conde Nast, which has been largely absent from the world of launching magazines since its $100 million flop with Portfolio, is returning to the start-up game next week. M magazine,...
DreamWorks up
DreamWorks Animation SKG, maker of the “Shrek” films, rose the most since June after an analyst upgraded the stock, citing the November film “Rise of the Guardians,” a boost in...
Apple: Map apps not built in a day
An Apple spokeswoman yesterday acknowledged that its mapping applications are a work in progress. Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said the company knows its map service is a major initiative. She...
‘Green’ grocer
Adem Arici’s life was a classic immigrant rags-to-riches tale — arriving from Turkey virtually penniless in 1986 and, with some partners, building up over 25 years a string of upscale...
Hostess: No one’s blinking
Bankrupt Hostess Brands is playing a game of chicken with its bakers’ union.The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread is seeking court approval to impose a proposed labor contract on...
Etsy mulls wholesale
Crafts marketplace Etsy may begin allowing sellers to market the works of others after the holidays, its CEO hinted yesterday. Members of Brooklyn-based Etsy currently may only sell items that...
More Madoff cash
Bernie’s battered victims are getting a little more payback. A whopping $2.5 billion was mailed out yesterday to burned investors of Ponzi King Bernie Madoff — the biggest distribution yet....
Jefferies falls 7% on miss
Jefferies Group, the investment bank that helped rescue Knight Capital Group, dropped the most in 10 months yesterday after reporting revenue and earnings that fell short of estimates excluding gains...
A good look for Kors Q2
Michael Kors Holdings said it will likely earn more than it earlier expected in the second quarter as the fashion and accessory designer banks on strong global sales. The company,...
WATCH: Lindsay Lohan exonerated by surveillance video in 'accident'
For once, Lindsay Lohan was not a total screw-up. The line cook who claims he was “run over” by the star was at worst grazed by her slow-moving SUV —...
Truck hits woman, 74, in Midtown
An elderly woman returning home from grocery shopping yesterday was seriously injured by a massive Dumpster truck at a Midtown construction site, authorities said. Hava Telyas, 74, had to be...
WATCH: Tan mom lightens up in new skin-care YouTube videos
Color her reformed. “Tanning mom” Patricia Krentcil has a new gig — as the somewhat reluctant spokesmodel for skin-care products. Krentcil, 44, has shot two YouTube videos with Westchester “skin-care...
Hit-run acquittal
It took a Manhattan jury mere hours yesterday to acquit the postal driver accused of leaving the scene of the accident that killed the bicycling sister-in-law of O.J. Simpson Dream...
Four LIU basketball players charged in dorm brawl
Four LIU basketball players, including the school’s three leading scorers, were charged with assault yesterday after a weekend campus fight with three men and two women on the track team,...
B’k'yn cops slay gunman
An NYPD sergeant fatally shot an armed suspect in Brooklyn last night after the cop and another officer, as part of an anti-prostitution initiative, approached a car carrying four men,...
Valor in line of fire
When NYPD Sgt. Kevin Brennan describes how it felt to take a bullet in the head at point-blank range as he tackled a Brooklyn thug, he begins: “I feel the...
Rikers guard-boss sex ‘rampant’
They lock up the prisoners — then get busy. Correction officers and their bosses are having “rampant” sexual relations on Rikers Island, says a discrimination lawsuit against the city filed...
Judge rips ‘molester’
A Brooklyn judge lost patience yesterday with a janitor accused of repeatedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl in a school, saying she “wouldn’t be sad” if he went to...
Mayor to cross Pond
Mayor Bloomberg is going to England next month to speak at the Conservative Party’s conference, his office said last night.Bloomberg, who is friendly with Prime Minister David Cameron, praised the...
That’s high ‘end’
The High Line is growing by leaps and bounds. Mayor Bloomberg yesterday launched a project to open the third and final section of the rail trestle, a $90 million effort...
Diocese swindler is guilty
She won’t get her dolls back, thank heavens.Embezzler Anita Collins pleaded guilty in Manhattan yesterday to stealing $1million from the Archdiocese of New York while working for seven years in...
Art suit vs. star trainer
A fitness guru to such celebs as Cindy Crawford and Bianca Jagger is holding a $125,000 work of art hostage, court papers charge.Upper East Side gallery Historical Design says in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A police officer was knocked cold yesterday in the Times Square subway station after falling onto the tracks as he tried to rescue a crazed homeless man, authorities...
‘DWI swap’ woman in LI home crash bares her pain
It’s the “blame the boyfriend” defense. Brooklyn hipster Sophia Anderson — who tried to take the DWI rap for “the man I was in love with’’ — was charged in...
MTV ‘lie’ has ‘chub’ pals fearing for lives: suit
Appearing on the MTV reality show “True Life: I’m a Chubby Chaser” was a big problem for a Manhattan couple. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Tristan Watson and...
Coney Is. coaster revival
The site of an old Coney Island roller coaster that was immortalized by Woody Allen and then torn down to make way for a Mets farm team in 2000 is...
PA eyes a new PATH to Newark Airport
The Port Authority yesterday announced it is considering extending the PATH train to Newark Airport — the first step in long-awaited plans to ease the ride between the airport and...
Unemployment does a job on NY $tate
ALBANY — Weaker-than-expected tax collections and continued high unemployment are putting the squeeze on the state treasury. Tax revenues came in $147 million below projections in the first five months...
Dirty NY hack taped Paris
Watch what you say the next time you’re in a New York City taxi — as a humiliated Paris Hilton learned the hard way yesterday when she learned that her...
Dish-ing dirt on cable
Space is the final frontier for Patrick Stewart’s TV. The newly arrived Brooklyn resident says he signed up for satellite television — after receiving appalling service from Time Warner Cable....
Don’t say cheese: NJ
New Jersey residents have another reason to frown — they’re not allowed to smile for driver’s-license photos.The state imposed a ban in January, saying expressions confuse facial-recognition software designed to...
Pak battle at US Embassy
More than 5,000 people, some armed with wooden clubs, clashed with Pakistani police while trying to storm Islamabad’s diplomatic enclave and reach the US Embassy yesterday.Police fired live rounds and...
Gitmo diplo ‘plotter’
An al Qaeda terrorist freed from the Guantanamo Bay prison was identified yesterday as a key suspect — and perhaps the mastermind — of the horrific attack on the US...
Judge confirms A’jad hotel reservation
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will get to bed down at a posh Midtown hotel after he arrives tomorrow for his annual hate-filled rant at the United Nations, a judge ruled...
LI girl fighting against going home after running away to meet older man
She’s safe but unsound. A Long Island teen who disappeared after going to visit an older man she met online in New York City turned up in The Bronx yesterday...
Cupcake rival already baked
Magnolia Bakery may have waited too long to accuse an ex-employee of selling copycat cupcakes — because his business has already crumbled.The popular chain sued Buba Trawally yesterday for allegedly...
What a view, Chris!
What a discovery! Visitors flocked to the opening of the Christopher Columbus art installation yesterday — and took the opportunity to steal a look up the captain’s frock. Some snickered...
Skin win for tan mom
Color her reformed.“Tanning mom” Patricia Krentcil has a new gig — as the somewhat reluctant spokesmodel for skin-care products. Krentcil, 44, has shot two YouTube videos with Westchester “skin-care enthusiast”...
Cops will be at Apple stores today to launch iPhone-theft-prevention campaign
Have no fear — the Apple corps is here! A swarm of cops will be on hand at Apple Stores and cellphone retailers throughout the city for the release of...
Jet gal jabber wacky
Everybody knows airline passengers can’t use cellphones on a plane — everybody, that is, except one American Eagle flight attendant. She refused to stop yakking as her flight from JFK...
Tim Tebow poses shirtless, discusses his dream girl in Vogue magazine
Tim Tebow is looking for a woman with a “servant’s heart.” The world’s most famous bench-warmer said the future Mrs. Tebow will be good looking, but also have a strong...
$2M suit is TV cop vs. co-op
Chung-chung. In the civil justice system, there are lawsuits. This is a “Law & Order” star’s lawsuit. S. Epatha Merkerson, who played Lt. Anita Van Buren on the TV series...
Upper West Side deli trashed by 'hate' vandals
A popular Upper West Side restaurant was trashed by vandals who scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti on the walls — and cops yesterday were investigating whether a disgruntled ex-worker was to blame,...
Terror bust for F’book ‘threat’
A Time Warner Cable employee in Queens was arrested on a felony terrorism charge for posting a drunken Facebook rant allegedly threatening to shoot his boss, authorities said yesterday. “I...
Fraud accusations fly in Vito pal’s B’klyn race
Candidates, voters and poll workers are claiming fraud at a polling site in Williamsburg in a contentious district-leader race involving the handpicked candidate of former Brooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez.District...
Romney campaign co-chair Pawlenty leaves to lobby for banking
WASHINGTON — It’s not even November, and Mitt Romney has already created a job — his campaign co-chair, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, is stepping down to take a nearly...
‘West Wing’ endorsement
President Obama and Mitt Romney should be so lucky. A candidate for a Michigan judgeship scored a major coup: Nearly the entire cast of the TV’s “The West Wing” reunited...
Obama topping Mitt by 5 in ‘must win’ Florida
SARASOTA, Fla. — President Obama and Mitt Romney yesterday both battled for Florida as a new poll showed the president holding a 5-point lead in this must-win swing state. A...
Gang that can’t lie straight
What does it mean when the president and the president’s press secretary contradict each other? Yesterday, Obama spokesman Jay Carney said of the murder of four Americans in Libya last...
Mitt’s inconvenient truth: Dependents drag US down
The Issue: Romney’s comment that he’ll be unpopular with voters who are dependent on the government. *** Mitt Romney is exactly right: Democrats have bought half the country by offering...
Meet the Met
The Post’s report on construction of the Metropolitan Museum outdoor plaza contained inaccuracies and omissions (“Rich Play Met’s Make a Deal,” Sept. 16). The article wrongly implies that a “secret”...
. . . and Libyan Reality Intrudes
Meanwhile, in Washington, the White House yesterday finally admitted that the murder of the US ambassador to Libya on Sept. 11 was a well-planned terrorist act. We’d say the confession...
Bam’s bent knee . . .
The Obama administration’s mugging of the First Amendment continues apace. The State Department was all over the airwaves in Pakistan yesterday, spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars pleading with...
Bloomageddon
The final budget season of Mayor Mike’s reign is starting — and he’s going out the way he came in: Absent radical moves in the next nine months, the next...
Chicago’s strike & NY’s lessons
For me, the just-ended Chicago teachers strike awoke personal memories of the three New York City school strikes I experienced — which I remember as ugly, traumatic and pointless. I’m...
Play bawl!
In “Trouble With the Curve,” Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino” character tells “Moneyball” to get off his lawn, and it’s a baseball field. Eastwood is delightful as a crusty baseball scout...
LAPD drama worth a ‘Watch’
Has any police department in the country been portrayed in a more consistently negative way than Hollywood’s hometown cops, the LAPD? Woody Harrelson’s sociopathic officer in last year’s “Rampart’’ is...
‘The Perks’ of being a best-selling author
What’s the surefire way to guarantee you’ll be happy with the movie adaptation of your best-selling book? Keep the rights and sign on yourself as screenwriter, director and one of...
Floored by ‘Wallflower’
While countless novelists have written screenplays, it’s extremely rare for one to also direct a film version of his own work — the only two I can think of off...
You’ll ‘Dredd’ this disaster
The Sylvester Stallone fascist police-state movies were bad enough the first time. Do they really think they’re fooling us by calling the remake “Dredd” instead of “Judge Dredd”? What’s next,...
An essential look at the struggle to beat AIDS
In 1987, in spite of a worldwide death toll of 500,000, AIDS was still a remote phenomenon for many Americans, unaware of the apocalyptic nightmare unfolding in, among other places,...
Despite Jake’s stage debut, Brit play is all wet
Describing an overprepared but underskilled contestant on “The X Factor” recently, Simon Cowell said, “You’re like a mouse trying to be an elephant.” Snap! And double snap for “If There...
Harvey hopes ‘Neverland’ will fly
Page Six’s favorite movie mogul — Harvey Weinstein — is in England trying to become David Merrick. Weinstein’s pulling out all the stops in an effort to become a big-time...
Pride & passion
The only flowers in the flamenco show “Flores para los Muertos” (“Flowers for the Dead”) are in the dancers’ hair. But for what Noche Flamenca delivered Wednesday night — emotional...
Companion piece you otter see
Paul is so devastated after Jennifer’s unexpected death that he’s wailing in pain. “She brought joy to my life,” he tells Don, his friend and colleague. “She was a f...
Fred Won’t Move Out
These days Elliott Gould’s long, saturnine features have sunk beneath a turf of gray stubble, but the nasal blare of his trombone voice is exactly the same as always. It...
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel
‘You can see the approach of revolution in clothes,” declared Diana Vreeland, the most famous fashion editor of them all. “You can see everything in clothes.” This she says in...
Ethereal indie hard to grasp
Looking around Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night, it was hard to imagine that the sincere, well-heeled crowd gathered to see Bon Iver would have swallowed some of what...
Backwards
An Olympic rower in training, 29-year-old Abigail (Sarah Megan Thomas, also writer and producer) has spent the past 10 years locked in a rigorous routine of racing, eating and sleeping....
About Cherry
Dear Penthouse Forum: I was just an innocent 18-year-old blonde when my boyfriend mentioned I should take my clothes off and pose for pictures for money. Little did I know...
Radio Unnameable
Long before Occupy Wall Street, there was Bob Fass, the legendary overnight host on WBAI whose 50-year career is lovingly saluted in the documentary “Radio Unnameable.’’ He was the man...
A quirky band of brothers
In “The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best,” half of the musical duo embarking on an eccentric US tour vows, “We’re gonna change the course of human history — like the...
‘17 Girls’ goes belly up
A 16-year-old girl (Louise Grinberg), beautiful and something of a ringleader among her clique, finds herself pregnant. Entranced by her fantasies of life as a mother, she decides to keep...
Holmgren to meet with Brown
Browns president Mike Holmgren wants to patch things up with Jim Brown. Holmgren plans to meet with the Hall of Fame running back in the next few days, hoping to...
Scab officials affecting spreads
Las Vegas casinos think this weekend’s NFL games will be the highest-scoring ever thanks to the league’s replacement officials. Oddsmakers say casinos are changing their expectations as interim referees add...
Inside Kay’s 14-hour, TV-radio-studio tripleheader
It is 10:43 p.m. on Wednesday night, and Michael Kay is leaving Yankee Stadium. He is heading home. Even for the triple-booked broadcaster — a play-by-play man, radio host and...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $16,000; cl($25,0); 3,4&5YO3-Blue Business 4-15-Like Lightning 8-11-ElGrandeMonte3-16-TrulyMemorble5-12-Small Tank 4-17-MnsterPmery12-14-Count Shondor 6-1SECOND-1 1/16m; $16,000; cl($25,0); 3,4&51-Juniper Light 2-16-Deb's Trip 6-12-ImperialRegle20-17-Glitzi's Dawn 20-13-Beverly'sCharm5-18-Crystal Glitter 3-14-Pardonez Moi 8-19-Say Grace 8-15-FlatterMssVck12-1THIRD-5...
Fairplex Graded Entries
Post Time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-1/2m; $13,000; clm($20,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 Spacecoast(L),121MPedrz6-3-63-13 CrystalCoast(L),124AJimnz4-x-x8-12 Molokini(L),121AGrydr3-11-77-24 Sexy Mobile(L),121JCarren4-10-86-15 SaturdaysMirclL121EMldnd8-2-114-17 Blue Sparkle(L),114JSnchz7-2-512-18 Mil Estrellas(L),121ADlgdll3-3-x5-19 GhostlyFever(L)124RGdgmx-x-x12-1SECOND-1/2m; $15,000; clm($32,000); 2YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds4 Gypsy Kitty(L),122MPedrz3-5-x3-11 Mindella(L),122CChrltn2-7-x7-22...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Texas Tech’s Gillispie resigns Texas Tech men’s basketball coach Billy Gillispie has resigned, due to health reasons. The school announced the move yesterday. Gillispie’s departure comes less than a...
Fairplex Results
FIRST-1/2m; $14,000; clm($12,500); 3up 4 Mck's Gld Bllt (Mldnd) 11.40 4.40 3.00 2 Nate Dawg (Pedroza) 3.40 3.20 3 C'Mon Marquis (Alberto) 3.00 * $1 Exacta (4-2) $20.20 * Quinella...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 At the Palace(L),118E Castro11-4-1Schsber12-12 PrincessReyana(L),113OHernndz6-3-10Persaud30-13 Dear Elizabeth(L),114W Garcia2-6-3Baker10-14 Get Er Up(L),118JLeparoux6-2-1Romans5-15 This Saturday(L),118J Rosario10-5-1Levine10-16 Tatoo...
Belmont Charts
September 20th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Yielding©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $30,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f)Off: 12:51. Good. steadied 1/4 & 3/16plTime: 22.59, 45.94, 58.3, 1:1.38.Trainer: Bruce LevineWinner: B M, 5,...
Hondo supports Athletics
Capuano and the fading Dodgers were of no use to Hondo last night, losing in D.C. to inflate the NRN (nasty red number) to 1,550 blairs. Tonight, Mr. Aitch expects...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYSept. 21SATSept. 22SUNSept. 23MONSept. 24TUESept. 25WEDSept. 26THUSept. 27YankeesOakland7:05WWORWCBS 880 AMOak.1:05YESWCBSOak.1:05YESWCBSMinn.8:10YESWCBSMinn.8:10WWORWCBSMinn.1:10YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSMetsMiami7:10SportsNetNYWFAN 660 AMMia.1:10WPIXWFANMia.1:10WPIXWFANPitt.7:10SNYWFANPitt.7:10SNYWFANPitt.7:10SNYWFANPitt.1:10SNYWFANLibertyNO GAMETulsa2:00MSG+EndofReg.SeasonRed BullsNOGAMEN.E.7:30MSGWPATNOGAMENOGAME NOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogJets32 1/2(40)DOLPHINSBEARS87 1/2(43)RamsCOWBOYS77 1/2(46)Buccaneers49ers67(43)VIKINGSLionsPk3 1/2(46 1/2)TITANSREDSKINS3 1/23(49)BengalsSAINTS109(53)ChiefsBills2 1/23(44)BROWNSCOLTS1 1/23(42)JaguarsEagles43 1/2(43)CARDINALSCHARGERS1 1/23(47 1/2)FalconsTexans+12(44 1/2)BRONCOSSteelers4 1/24(45)RAIDERSRAVENS33(49)PatriotsMondayPackers4 1/23 1/2(46 1/2)SEAHAWKSHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogBaylor7 (69)LA.-MONROETomorrowW. FOREST7 (56)ArmyFLORIDA ST.14 1/2 (56 1/2)ClemsonSouth Florida10...
Knucklers unite for Dickey
R.a. Dickey would really “knuck” the trend if he wins the National League Cy Young Award this season. The Mets ace, who leads the National League with a 2.67 ERA,...
Yankees' Teixeira won't put 'timetable' on return
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Woods grabs share of lead; McIlroy 3 back
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It’s official: Mets won't make playoffs after losing 16-1
Just change the name of the ballpark to Pity Field, already. You only can pity the Mets, who have been so bad lately their 1962 cousins must be chuckling. But...
Jets' Sparano won’t say name of former team
Tony Sparano spoke with reporters for 14 minutes yesterday. He did not say the word “Dolphins” once. The Jets offensive coordinator said he held no “bitter feelings” toward the organization...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBART HUBBUCHRICOGiants 1 (51) PANTHERS (Last night) ★ Giants (W)Giants (W)Panthers (L)Panthers (L)Panthers (L)Panthers (L)Giants (W) Panthers (L)Giants (W)Jets 2 1/2 (40) DOLPHINS (Sun., 1:00, CBS)Dolphins ★ JetsJets ★...
Jets need defense to lead way against Dolphins
Calling a game a “must-win” might sound premature entering the third game of the season, but the Jets should listen to their All-Pro cornerback who speaks the truth when talking...
Revis says he’s playing Sunday, but Jets coach not quite sure
It will be “Return to Revis Island” this week in Miami. Jets star cornerback Darrelle Revis, who suffered a concussion two weeks ago, was cleared for contact by doctors yesterday...
Ryan hopes sleep cures Jets' woes
Jets coach Rex Ryan was unhappy with the way his team practiced last week, feeling it contributed to a 27-10 loss to the Steelers. This week, he made some changes....
There’s no quit in Rays
The Rays are trying to make it back to the playoffs for the third consecutive season, and it doesn’t look good right now. Then again, it looked even worse heading...
Blue seats back at MSG
As the second phase of the Garden’s three-part renovation nears completion in advance of the Knicks’ home opener with the Heat on Nov. 2, there is one aspect that ought...
Rangers’ Richards not going to Europe
The NHL’s lockout-prompted autumnal migration to Europe will not include Brad Richards. “I am staying here for the fall,” Richards, the Rangers’ alternate captain, told The Post yesterday by email....
Girardi choosing Ichiro over Jones against lefties
Joe Girardi starting Ichiro Suzuki against a lefty for the second straight game in left field is an indication the manager has turned away from playing the slumping Andruw Jones....
Struggling Yankees ace out to right ship
Tonight CC Sabathia will show if he has fixed anything since his last start and if he will pitch the way the Yankees need him to down the stretch. The...
Yankees' Cano slandered by a reckless nit-Twit
Multiple sources confirmed to The Post that the Yankees’ Robinson Cano has not failed a test for illegal performance-enhancing drugs, contradicting a Twitter dispatch by some Charlotte, N.C., television dimwit...
Yankees defeat Blue Jays, remain atop AL East
He dresses in a room with others who have wide shoulders, thick muscles and not a speck of grey on their domes. None of those attributes belongs to Ichiro Suzuki....
Jeter says playing for team besides Yankees still a possibility: report
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Yankees surging, but not in clear yet
The crisis has passed now, right? The Yankees outlasted the Blue Jays 10-7 last night at Yankee Stadium, completing the series sweep of their mirthless Canadian neighbors. They have won...
Giants' Rolle says his left knee will be OK
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Bennett contributes to another Giants win
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Martellus Bennett broke free over the goal line with a nifty and nimble move for a man carrying a 6-foot-6, 265-pound frame, dusted off the safety trying...
Giants defense smothers Panthers' Newton
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Starr Report
James Caan will reunite with Alex Rocco, with whom he appeared in “The Godfather,” when he joins the cast of “Magic City,” which kicks off its second season sometime next...
Mad Maks quits
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Mario to be ‘X’ host
Mario Lopez, host of the nightly entertainment news show “Extra,” is expected to be named the new host of Simon Cowell’s “X Factor” — and it may be as soon...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYMAGGIE GYLLENHAAL - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4MICHAEL CHIKLIS, AMERICA FERRERA, RICHIE SAMBORA - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7MOLLY SIMS - Rachael Ray, 9 a.m., (OWN)GAYLE...
Who will win? Who should win?
Best Drama “Homeland” should and will win. “Game of Thrones” could win, but I think voters will discount it because they don’t think that dressing up in robes and giant...
Who's zooming who!
1. X Factor 2,330,779 2. Bears vs. Packers 998,651 3. The Voice 972,403 4. WWE Raw 952,190 5. Broncos vs. Falcons 840,888 6. Bengals vs. Ravens 745,324 7. Glee 675,647...
Weird but true
This may not end well.A shooting range in a Georgia town is about to mix guns and booze.The Governor’s Club in Powder Springs has been granted a liquor license to...
5 questions for... Desmond Howard
Espn analyst and Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard talks about his alma mater Michigan’s chances against Notre Dame, USC’s struggles and the other big matchups on Saturday with The Post’s...
Meyer: Ohio St. QB more talented than Tebow
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Boise St. nips BYU in defensive battle
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Manning, Brown help Giants rout Panthers
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Cops shoot, kill suspect in Brooklyn: sources
An NYPD sergeant fatally shot an armed suspect in Brooklyn last night after the cop and another officer, as part of an anti-prostitution initiative, approached a car carrying four men,...
3rd 'movie mask' stick-up crew arrest
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Family of woman dead during blizzard sues city
A Manhattan woman died after waiting over two hours for an ambulance to reach her during the blizzard of 2010, her family charges in a new lawsuit. Kathleen Thomas slipped...
Business man with ties to Rep. Meeks close to plea deal
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B'klyn judge loses patience with janitor accused of sex with 12-year-old girl
A Brooklyn judge lost her patience today with a janitor accused of repeatedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl in the school, saying she “wouldn’t be sad” if he went...