September 23, 2012
Raiders' Heyward-Bey hospitalized with neck injury
OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Raiders receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey has been taken to the hospital with a neck injury after a helmet-to-helmet hit from Steelers safety Ryan Mundy that was not...
UFC prez says he 'might have to make' Jones vs. Sonnen
Could Chael Sonnen be next up for Jon Jones? UFC president Dana White says he might “have to make it.”Sonnen-Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title would have been the...
Ravens' Smith to play after brother's motorcycle death
BALTIMORE — Wide receiver Torrey Smith rejoined the Ravens on Sunday night, less than 24 hours after his younger brother was killed in a motorcycle accident. Tevin Chris Jones, 19,...
Snedeker wins FedEx Cup; McIlroy, Tiger fade early
ATLANTA — Brandt Snedeker played the biggest round of his career for the biggest payoff in golf. Needing to win the Tour Championship on Sunday to beat out Rory McIlroy...
Follow the Emmys live with Post writers
The biggest night in television has arrived! Post writers will be live-tweeting the red carpet and awards show, keeping you up-to-date with all the highlights, right as they happen. Follow...
R.L. Stine's Twitter take-over
R.L. Stine is terrifying a brand-new generation with his kids show “The Haunting Hour” on Hub (now into its third season). But his original fans — kids who grew up...
South Carolina's Spurrier doesn't answer media questions
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Call it the Head Ball Coach media blackout. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier refused to take questions for a second straight session with the media, doubling up...
Replacement ref admits he wrongly awarded 49ers two challenges
MINNEAPOLIS — Replacement referee Ken Roan says he mistakenly awarded San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh two challenges after the coach had called his last timeout on Sunday against the...
Folk's do-over field goal in overtime sends Jets past Dolphins
MIAMI — First, the Miami Dolphins missed a potential game-winning field-goal attempt in overtime, and then the New York Jets had a kick blocked with a chance at a victory,...
Titans get first win, stunning Lions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Call this one Music City Mayhem. The Tennessee Titans are winless no more after an unforgettable overtime victory over Detroit featuring an endless stream of big plays,...
Succop's six FGs propel Chiefs over Saints in OT
NEW ORLEANS — Remember the hard-luck Saints of old — that mistake-prone franchise that routinely crumbled in crunch time? In their first three games since coach Sean Payton was suspended...
Orioles blow chance in ninth, fall to Red Sox
BOSTON — Cody Ross doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, Andrew Bailey escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and the Boston Red Sox ended Baltimore’s six-game...
Gabbert's 80-yard pass to Shorts sends Jaguars past Colts
INDIANAPOLIS — Blaine Gabbert saw the play perfectly Sunday in Indianapolis. The hard part was putting the ball in the right spot. Jacksonville’s second-year quarterback threw a perfect strike to...
Cowboys get by Buccaneers in defensive struggle
ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo was satisfied even after being sacked four times and turning the ball over three times in the Dallas Cowboys’ home opener. With a suffocating defense...
Ponder, Vikings stun highly touted 49ers
MINNEAPOLIS — Christian Ponder didn’t flinch against that feisty, swarming San Francisco defense. Minnesota’s flourishing young quarterback engineered a stunning victory after two of his more-decorated division peers fell well...
Dalton outshines Griffin as Bengals beat Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — On the first play of the game, quarterback Andy Dalton lined up wide right, rookie receiver Mohamed Sanu took the shotgun snap, and A.J. Green darted downfield...
Fitzpatrick throws for three TDs in Bills win over Browns
CLEVELAND — When C.J. Spiller got hurt, the Buffalo Bills lost the NFL’s leading rusher, most of their momentum and another major offensive threat. Ryan Fitzpatrick wouldn’t let them lose...
Lions QB Stafford suffers leg injury against Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford has been replaced by Shaun Hill late in the fourth quarter after coming up limping trying to chase down a Tennessee defender on...
Wright's pick six leads Bears to rout of Rams
CHICAGO — Major Wright saw Sam Bradford zeroing in on Danny Amendola and knew where the ball was headed. It ultimately wound up in the end zone, and that was...
Bills star RB Spiller won't return with shoulder injury
CLEVELAND -- Bills running back C.J. Spiller will not return to Sunday's game against the Browns because of an injured left shoulder.Spiller Hit Milestone Before InjuryBefore he left Sunday's game...
Woman dies of apparent heart attack on plane at JFK
A woman died of an apparent heart attack aboard a Korean Airlines flight that landed at JFK Airport today, said a spokesman for the Port Authority. Emergency workers met Korean...
Rutgers back in top 25 for first time in three years
For the first time in nearly three years, Rutgers is ranked in the AP Top 25. Coming off a 35-26 win over Arkansas on Saturday night, the Scarlet Knights (4-0)...
Jets' Revis carted off with knee injury in third quarter
MIAMI – The Jets may have suffered a season-changing injury Sunday with Darrelle Revis leaving the game in the third quarter with a left knee injury.Revis was untouched on the...
Widow calls elderly man killed in UES crash 'a hero'
An elderly Upper East Side man who was killed in a crash involving a member of the Pakistani Mission to the UN died a hero, his heartbroken widow said today....
UFC 152 analysis: Arm nearly broken, Jones cements legacy by beating Belfort
Fast forward 10 years from now. Jon Jones is in the twilight of his career. He’s regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter of all time, one of only two fighters...
Dolphins RB Bush limps off field with knee injury
MIAMI — Dolphins running back Reggie Bush limped off the field with 23 seconds left in the first half of Miami's game against the New York Jets on Sunday with...
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong getting treatment for substance abuse
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is headed to treatment for substance abuse. Sunday's announcement by the band's rep comes after the rock frontman had a meltdown onstage at the iHeart...
Staten Island hoops star Martin commits to Rhode Island
Hassan Martin’s plan was to pick a college in the spring. The Curtis forward, a late bloomer who got his first taste of the AAU circuit over the summer and...
St. Maarten cops arrest man in US couple's murder
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — St. Maarten police on Sunday arrested a suspect in the slayings of a South Carolina couple whose slashed bodies were found in their beachfront condominium on...
Harrison emerging as leader for young St. John's
D'Angelo Harrison didn't utter the word leader once in a long interview with reporters Saturday afternoon. The sophomore guard didn't have to -- his actions have indicated otherwise. From welcoming...
Ex-Knicks star Marbury's wife in talks to be on 'Basketball Wives': report
Hopefully for VH1, Tasha Marbury is as entertaining as her famous husband.Former Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury’s wife is in final talks to join “Basketball Wives” next season to act...
'End of Watch,' 'House at the End of the Street' tied atop weekend box office with estimated $13 million each
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is in photo-finish mode with three new movies bunched up tightly for the No. 1 spot during a sleepy weekend at the box office. Studio estimates...
Tejada's walk-off RBI single leads Mets to sweep of Marlins
Before Ruben Tejada went to bat with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, David Wright pulled him aside for a brief talk. The Mets’ de-facto team captain saw...
Kuroda roughed up, Yankees miss out on sweep of Athletics
Grant Balfour watched as Alex Rodriguez’s high fly soared toward right field and thought the worst. Hard to blame him after Oakland’s first two games at Yankee Stadium. With his...
Follow Jets-Dolphins with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Jets are down in Miami for the first time since a shocking loss...
Panda cub born last week at National Zoo dies
WASHINGTON — The giant panda cub born a week ago at the National Zoo in Washington has died, and it was not immediately known why the animal died, zoo officials...
Libya orders 'illegitimate' militias to disband
BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya's president ordered all of the country's militias to come under government authority or disband, a move that appeared aimed at harnessing popular anger against the powerful...
Iran threatens attack on US bases in event of war with Israel
TEHRAN, Iran — A senior commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran will target U.S. bases in the region in the event of war with Israel, raising the...
Tomlinson: Jets players think Santonio 'will quit' again
MIAMI – Former Jet LaDainian Tomlinson believes Santonio Holmes is the same guy who quit on his team last year."He hasn't changed," Tomlinson said on NFL Network's "First on the...
Giants' Coughlin accused Buccaneers coach of 'trying to hurt' Eli
It was clear from the moment Tom Coughlin walked across the field at MetLife Stadium and angrily confronted Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano that Coughlin was steaming. Coughlin didn’t appreciate seeing...
Neglect ruins Imelda Marcos' legendary shoe collection
MANILA, Philippines — Termites, storms and neglect have damaged part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos' legendary collection of shoes and other possessions left behind after she and her...
Germany launches war-crimes investigation against 87-year-old former 'SS guard' living in Philadelphia
BERLIN — Germany has launched a war crimes investigation against an 87-year-old Philadelphia man it accuses of serving as an SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp, The Associated Press...
Trader Joe's recalls peanut butter that has been linked to salmonella outbreak
WASHINGTON — The grocery store chain Trader Joe's is recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states. The Food and Drug Administration and the...
Protests continue over anti-Muslim film; Pakistan minister offers $100G for filmmaker's death
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Scores of people were injured Saturday in clashes in Bangladesh's capital between police and hundreds of demonstrators, as protests continued in the Muslim world against a film...
Storm delays Bruce Springsteen's birthday concert
Bruce Springsteen celebrated a late, rainy birthday last night - with his band's concert at MetLife Stadium lasting until nearly 2 a.m. According to the Star-Ledger, the rocker didn't take...
Red Bulls settle for draw
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Darrius Barnes scored his first career goal five minutes into stoppage time, and the Red Bulls were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with the Revolution...
Liberty end regular season with win
Plenette Pierson had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists as the Liberty beat the Tulsa Shock 91-74 Saturday at the Prudential Center. Essence Carson, who left with an apparent...
WATCH: Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars on 'SNL'
The Most Interesting Man's son is a funny, sleazy dirtbag. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt used fedora hats, a Razor scooter and sexy dance moves to steal this weekend’s episode of “Saturday...
Healing a boro’s broken heart
This was almost nine years ago, a few of us walking along the site that will now be a sparkling new basketball playpen but was then just a musty pile...
Nets finally have a stage big enough to earn respect
The Nets have spent the last 35 years fighting to gain a foothold in the New York market. But despite plying their trade within shouting distance of the New York...
Loss here, and season could go south in hurry
MIAMI — When the Jets stare across at the Dolphins today, they better view them as sharks. And they better show up as Great Whites themselves. They better bring a...
Jets will measure growth in matchup vs. Dolphins
MIAMI — The Jets walked out of Sun Life Stadium eight months ago a broken team. They return today to face the Dolphins again and see how far they have...
Fake gold hits NYC
Federal agents are investigating the peddling of bogus gold bars in Midtown. The Post has learned as many as 10 fake gold bars — made up mostly of relatively worthless...
Steve Jobs’ real lesson for the 2012 US economy
If you start with the premise that Apple is probably the greatest company in America, and Steve Jobs may have been the greatest entrepreneur, you’d be in good company. So...
Justin time on album
Sony Music bosses are gently trying to coax Justin Timberlake to share details of a prospective album, sources say. Timberlake has been back in the studio recording, according to several...
Google campus ready for its close-up
Google turned over its campus to star Vince Vaughn and a team of Hollywood filmmakers last week, letting them use the Silicon Valley icon for “The Internship,” a comedy about...
Winklevoss twins weigh in on the Facebook IPO
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have put their $65 million Facebook lawsuit settlement money to work, starting Winklevoss Capital, a venture-capital firm focused on technology investments. The duo were asked by...
Digital divided: Whites are lagging in smartphone usage
After all the hoopla, the Apple’s iPhone debut on Friday more than lived up to expectations, with analysts estimating as many as 10 million sales by tomorrow and more than...
Device upgrades outpace newbies
Smartphone makers will need to get smarter as more of the gizmos line pockets across the globe, but they can rest easy knowing that the US market won’t become saturated...
Hey kids, get in line for me
At first glance, images of eager customers forming snaking lines around Apple stores nationwide should inspire optimism that consumer confidence is making a comeback as 2012 winds down. Stocks are...
Lining up quality group-video calls
Looking for a free way to conduct high-quality video calls with as many as 15 people? Zoom.us is an app for PCs, Macs, iPads and iPhones that lets users video...
BamMitt, we’re mad as hell!
Dear John: You seemed aghast to find out that Mitt Romney has absolutely no support among black voters. Why? Romney has barely acknowledged there are black people on the planet,...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS DAVID VINIAR After 32 years at Goldman Sachs, CFO retires with accolades. STEVE BORNSTEIN NFL Network CEO snags a big win as Time Warner Cable agrees to carry the...
995 ‘kids’ over age 18 still attend downtown HS
They call them “super seniors,” but it’s nothing to be proud of. They are overage high-school students who lack the required credits needed to earn a diploma, so they stay...
Dunce-capping our students
Normally, I would be alarmed if the government started a file on me. In this case, I’m flattered — sort of. A report called “The Goodwin Column Cases” came after...
NYPD divers in dramatic sea rescue
Two NYPD divers staged a harrowing rescue at sea yesterday morning, fighting six-foot swells to save a man trapped underneath a boat capsized south of Rockaway Beach. The unidentified man...
‘Tipping’ point at Les Halles
No tip for you. Workers at celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s famed Les Halles have filed a class action suit against the French brasserie, claiming managers took tips and wages from...
Lady Gaga’s privacy concerns are ‘ludicrous,’ former personal assistant alleges
Lady Gaga has no private parts. A Long Island woman who claims the pop star owes her hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay says the singer’s recent demands...
FDNY douses ‘friends & family’ hiring
The FDNY is hosing down the good-ol’-boy network. A new directive forbids all employees to put in a good word or otherwise communicate with the department’s hiring bureau about entry-level...
2 boys in grandma ‘hatchet’
Two 13-year-old Wisconsin boys were ordered held on $1 million bond after being accused of using a hatchet and hammer to kill one boy’s great-grandmother before stealing jewelry and a...
Decoy cops nab iThief
They picked up another “Apple picker.” Plainclothes cops collared an iPhone thief in a decoy operation at Grand Central subway station, police said.Khomali Vinson, 20, of Kips Bay, reached into...
Updike ‘thief’ brought to book
Rabbit is not rich.A Michigan book collector claims he got a paltry payday when a Manhattan dealer sold off his extensive collection of John Updike books and manuscripts and kept...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A man was gunned down in Parkchester, police said. Victor Fortuna, 21, was shot several times in the torso on Westchester Avenue near Wheeler Avenue at about...
Cop blows away wheelchair man
A Houston police officer shot dead a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair yesterday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved...
$30M lot in SoHo sits empty
It’s a black hole of development. An 11,432-square-foot lot in SoHo on Sixth Avenue between Spring and Broome streets has sat fallow for six years, growing tall weeds behind barbed...
Subway clerk torpedoes thieves
Don’t mess with her!A 17-year-old working alone at a Bronx Subway shop fought off three thugs who tried to rob the eatery by throwing food at them. “I started throwing...
Man, 80, dead in UES chain-reaction crash
A chain-reaction crash on the Upper East Side last night — involving a driver from the Pakistani Mission to the United Nations — killed an 80-year-old man, authorities said. The...
‘Inside’ tale of NY’s biggest jailbreak
Escape isn’t easy when you’re from the South Bronx. That’s how Michael Barrett sees it, at least. In the 1960s, the Kelly Street delinquent got mixed up with the law...
Stop-frisk bill could bankrupt city: Vallone
Lawsuits against the NYPD could cost the city more than $1 billion annually if a bill against the department’s stop-and-frisk policy continues to sail through the City Council, according to...
In just 3 years, this B’klyn hosp doc has charged taxpayers for $1M in overtime
This is nuts. A city shrink at Kings County Hospital, who consistently puts in 80 hours a week or more, has now accumulated more than $1 million in overtime over...
Nets dancers’ look is Brooklyn glam
Our cheerleaders can beat up your cheerleaders. Forget colorful pompons and bright hair ribbons — black and “stretch leatherette” is the tough and sexy look for the Brooklynette dancers, who...
Lucy is $till juicy for CBS
Who wouldn’t love Lucy? More than 50 years after its last episode, “I Love Lucy” rings up $20 million a year for CBS from still-hilarious reruns on the cable channel...
FacebookFriend-zy
Dutch police detained 34 people when rioting broke out as thousands of partygoers invaded a small town for a teenager’s birthday after her Facebook invite went viral, local officials said...
NYC schools give out morning-after pills to students — without telling parents
The Department of Education is giving morning-after pills and other birth-control drugs to students at 13 high schools, The Post has learned. School nurse offices stocked with the contraceptives can...
iPad homes in on ‘thief’
A Nevada man who lost his iPad on a plane used an app called Find My iPad to locate it — in the Oregon home of a Horizon Air flight...
Suicide count tops car deaths
More Americans deliberately kill themselves than die in car crashes, a new study reports. “Suicide has emerged as the leading cause of . . . injury mortality in the United...
Felder: Aisle see ya, GOP
This Brooklyn Dem is seeing red. Simcha Felder, running for a hotly contested state Senate seat against Republican incumbent David Storobin, is hammering out a deal to caucus with the...
AG’s sister in brew-haha
Maybe she was born to be wild. The sister of New Jersey state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa was booted from a Bruce Springsteen concert Wednesday at the Meadowlands after allegedly...
LI youth baseball dad accused of stalking, threatening rival for months
It all started with a swing and a diss. A baseball coach cheering a little too loudly when his son struck out an opposing coach’s kid during a pee-wee game...
Banned teach a real ‘whiz’
A substitute teacher? He’s more of a pee brain.Shawn Charles, 41, allegedly urinated into a white plastic cup in front of a classroom full of students at PS 224 in...
Bus-thug reward $$ stalled
The MTA is stuck in idle when it comes to attacks on bus drivers, critics say. As more assaults pile up, the MTA is dragging its wheels on implementing a...
Zoo visitor who wanted to be 'one with the tiger' now faces charges
Now he’ll be one with a judge. The oddball who tangoed with a 400-pound beast at the Bronx Zoo told cops he wanted to be “one with the tiger” —...
Big cats have no taste for humans
Fear not for Bachuta. The 11-year-old Siberian tiger who mauled a Bronx Zoo patron when he deliberately jumped into the beast’s den is expected back on display shortly — and...
21-year-old woman beaten and raped in TriBeCa park, leaving trail of terror
A young woman waiting to watch the sun rise in a TriBeCa park was yanked off a bench, beaten and raped yesterday during a prolonged attack by a “savage” sex...
Shalom & welcome to NYC, A’jad!
Feel the love, Mahmoud — and taste the gefilte fish. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived last night at the Warwick Hotel in Midtown in advance of his annual hate-spewing address...
Stopgap $$ bill passes
A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November’s elections yesterday as it passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an Oct. 1...
Obama chooses 'The View' over private meetings at the UN
World leaders will be holding tete-a-tetes this week as the annual United Nations General Assembly convenes — but not President Obama, who will instead be chatting it up with the...
Koch my drift, Bam?
Think of it as Ed Koch 3.0. It means Barack Obama can expect a New York headache any day now. The Democrat and former mayor led the charge to elect...
The price of progress
Health-care costs are huge, and still rising. Based on current trends, in 2105 US health care will consume 62% of our national income. And this is nothing to worry about....
Desperate times...
After a long period of positive public relations, 2012 witnessed a summer of discontent in New York City about crime and policing. Three apparently quite different problems have generated public...
Paris Hilton’s taxi talk
Leave it to a New York cabby to turn ditz duchess Paris Hilton into a sympathetic character. Hilton was secretly recorded by a cabby badmouthing gay men while she was...
PA deflector shield
Still steaming over those steep (and soon-to-be-steeper) Port Authority toll increases imposed last fall? Not to worry. The PA’s new leadership has moved “quickly and aggressively” to “radically” reform the...
Big Love
SALT LAKE CITY — A specter is haunting the Congressional Black Caucus, the specter of integration. It is discomforting enough that the now 43-member CBC has included a Republican since...
Matt vs. Mitt
Why are the “Today” show’s ratings tanking (“Matt Lauer Turns ‘Anchor Animal,’” Sept. 19)? Because it’s election season, and we don’t feel like watching an infomercial for President Obama every...
Sending lie detectors for Afghan ‘allies’
Fearing as many as 85,000 Afghan army and police recruits may sympathize with the Taliban and aim to murder their American mentors, the Pentagon has deployed dozens more counterintelligence agents...
In My Library Harlan Coben
As Flaubert famously replied, “Madame Bovary, c’est moi!” Of Myron Bolitar, the hero of Harlan Coben’s best-selling mysteries (“Drop Shot,” “Fade Away”), Coben says, “He’s kind of me, with wish...
Mass a-peel
Wild Company The Untold Story of Banana Republic by Mel and Patricia Ziegler Simon & Schuster It was the autumn of 1978, and Mel and Patricia Ziegler, children of the...
Mitt's honest talk
Last week, Mother Jones magazine released a video secretly taken of Mitt Romney speaking at a May 17 fundraiser. Democrats and their media surrogates pounced on the remarks as some...
Adopt me!
Santa Maria is a sweet-natured, eight year old Corgi mix. Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306 E. 59th St.; 212-...
Bad apple for teachers
Maggie Gyllenhaal has built a reputation on playing edgy characters. Her breakout role in 2002’s “Secretary” featured the actress getting trussed up and spanked by James Spader, while 2006’s “Sherrybaby”...
Eva: Is she a Gisele or a Jessica?
As Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez walked out of swanky Upper East Side restaurant Daniel on Sept. 14, his mind was likely on the side dish. Not the “mosaic of rabbit”...
Just a girl (and her boys)
There's a scene in No Doubt’s famous 1995 video for “Don’t Speak” when the boys in the band appear to grow bored and irritated with singer Gwen Stefani as she...
Rae of light
As any would-be pop star will concur, there are two ways in which you know you’ve made it: One is if a member of the “Sesame Street” cast spoofs one...
Junot Diaz
When Junot Díaz was looking for a place to live that reminded him of his native Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, he chose Washington Heights, where he has lived...
Doggy do-gooders
After raising nearly $200,000, thousands will gather in Hudson River Park this Saturday for a walk to support the homeless, but they won’t be your typical charitable types. They’ll be...
Horsepowered
You start a game with the same 16 pieces and pawns that your opponent does. How can you alter this very balanced equilibrium to create chances of winning?The most common...
Bridge
“do you consider yourself an optimist who sees a glass of water as half-full,” I asked Cy the Cynic, “a pessimist who sees it as half-empty, or a realist who...
Suits you, sir!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Bruce Willis! Bruce Willis is Joseph Gordon-Levitt! At least for the purposes of “Looper,” the new sci-fi movie in which the two actors play the same man...
The Ryan game
She’s been nominated for a Tony (twice), an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a SAG award. And she’s won . . . nothing. But Amy Ryan insists she’s fine with that. “I...
A’s find way to complete with big-spending Bombers
The infield the Yankees have deployed most often of late — Nick Swisher, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez — will earn a touch more than $70 million this...
Some coaches are proving their worth
For those of you asking, Who Dat serving as the replacement coach for the replacement coach for Sean Payton? The name is Aaron Kromer. It’s far too early to conclude...
Criteria for baseball awards has changed
Casting a ballot these days has become quite an arduous endeavor, and we are not talking about voting on the Obama-Romney level. No, this is the real important stuff, like...
It never is ‘two’ soon to talk playoffs
We have reached the portion in the NFL schedule where there are fans from certain cities who either have a bloated sense of hope and confidence for where their 2-0...
Suddenly at the abyss
It Is time for the moderate and progressive wings of the NHL Board of Governors to reclaim their league from the extremists who have managed to set the collective bargaining...
Schiano has much to learn
MIAMI — Honestly, would it have surprised anybody if, during a long week of shielding himself from flak, Greg Schiano finally would have given into his inner impulses, affected an...
Giants WR’s big night includes big hug for Eli
Eli Manning takes pride in not getting surprised or shocked by anything that happens on and around the football field, but the expression on his face certainly showed he did...
Media forgets complaints about regular officials
Come to think of it, who can forget what’s-his-name? If you scroll back to roughly this time four years ago, you would find that many of the same print and...
Jets surprisingly cut LB Thomas
MIAMI — In a bit of a surprising move, the Jets released veteran linebacker Bryan Thomas yesterday. Thomas, the team’s first-round draft pick in 2002, was the longest-tenured player on...
Tiger, Rory in range of Snedeker for FedEx payday
ATLANTA — Brandt Snedeker gave himself the opportunity he wanted in the FedEx Cup. He also has the company he expected. Snedeker played one of his best rounds this year...
Mets' Dickey hooks Fish; can win 20th Thursday
As the ball fluttered and jumped and dove out of the right hand of R.A. Dickey yesterday, it carried his hopes for the National League Cy Young award, the hope...
Eagles magic ends in desert
Today CARDINALS (+3 1/2) over Eagles: Kevin Kolb aided his teammates in recognizing Eagles play calls at crunch time in last year’s Cardinals upset at the Linc. Now he can...
Sunday's Best
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Baserunning flub doesn’t ruin Mesa’s big league debut
All you need to know about this game — arguably the craziest day of the season, in a characteristically eventful Yankees campaign — is that for all of the great...
Yankees' Teixeira still unsure of return
Mark Teixeira took batting practice, fielded grounders and did some light running Saturday for the first time since aggravating his strained left calf Sept. 8. Though he felt fine, the...
Ibanez turns up power for Yankees
As reporters approached Raul Ibanez’s locker after the Yankees’ heart-stopping 10-9, 14-inning roller coaster of a victory over the A’s yesterday, clubhouse neighbor Ichiro Suzuki light heartedly asked him a...
Nova can’t get out of third inning for Yankees
Melky Mesa probably had the worst day of any Yankee yesterday. Ivan Nova came close, though. The Yankees right-hander delivered an abominable start in his team’s exhilarating 10-9 14-inning triumph...
Bombers stun A’s in 14-inning thriller
Eduardo Nunez had one thought when he saw his slow ground ball heading toward Brandon Moss at first base in the 14th inning. “We’ll win,” Nunez said after the Yankees’...
Oakland’s antics irk Chavez
Eric Chavez stared into the visitor’s dugout from first base as each devastating dagger cleared the left field fence. It was bad enough the A’s were delivering what Chavez, at...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $17,000; clm($10,000); 3,4&5YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Macho Senora(L),117J Ferrer2-4-2Glorioso2-12 Seeyahdwnthrd(L),117FPnnngtn4-2-3Wyner4-13 Screwball Kelly(L),107TMcCrthy4-5-xGonzlez12-14 R Patricia(L),117A Ayuso4-3-xMongeon8-15 Schilady(L),117C Esquilin4-2-2Aristone3-16 AwesomeRwrd(L),122J Flores4-5-5Aristone9-27 She's So Raven(L),117F...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $10,500; clm($5,000); 3up3-The Braveheart8-15-Personal Good 5-11-SchatttheBandt3-16-In Speight of It 6-12-Morador Llers 4-17-DubaiDistinctin5-24-Katz With a K 8-1SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $11,000; clm($10,0); 3up2-StormDaChaser6-15-My Schatzi 2-11-LadyMarinLse12-16-Sarafina 4-13-Sassy Q 6-17-OneShadyWmn3-14-Nice Cookie...
Belmont Charts
September 22nd, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f)Off: 12:50. Good. speed 2p, safeTime: 22.09, 44.91, 56.95, 1:1.07.Trainer: Robert BarbaraWinner: GR/RO F, 3, by...
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The Post Line
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Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $16,000; clm($5,000); 3upFANTASTICAL has sharp early speed, cuts back a bit in distance. EMPTY HANDED improved to be third when dropped to this level. UNIVERSAL...
Fairplex Graded Entries
Post Time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-1/2m; $14,000; clm($25,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds4 S S TribalGirl(L),121AAlbert2-3-85-22 ShimmeringStrL124JCarren2-6-93-11 Mass Effect ,114JSnchz9-7-x6-13 AddisonsHonorL111JRomn6-6-35-15 Ponce'sPassion,124J Scott12-x-x20-16 Our Plata(M),124R Guce7-x-x20-17 Offlee Cute(L),124ADlgdll4-3-64-19 YouvegtthtrghtL124ABison3-5-49-210 Ocean Silver(L),124R Jaime5-x-x8-111 WarrensBeatflL124EMldnd3-x-x5-112...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-6 fur; $16,000; clm($5,000); 3up3Blues Her (Cmcho)3.602.202.105Skiddles n' Bob (Serpa)2.402.104Sweet M K (Ayuso)3.60Scr: R Clever Cat.* Exacta (3-5) $7.80 * $1 Superfecta (3-5-4-1) $46.70 * $1 Trifecta (3-5-4) $23.20SECOND-6 fur;...
Parx Results
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $60,000; alw; 3up(f) 5 Cong Bell (Esquln) 21.00 8.80 6.60 6 Mad Magic (Montanez) 19.00 11.40 7 Seaside Magic (Uske) 3.20 * Exacta (5-6) $256.80 * Trifecta...
Fairplex Results
FIRST-6 fur; $20,000; clm($32,000); 2YO 3 Mjr Trth (Hrnndz) 9.80 3.00 2.40 6 Prmed nd Redy (Krgger) 2.40 2.20 5 Proud Bull (Gryder) 2.80 Scr: Taylor's Journey. * $1 Exacta...
Hondo’s in the red zone
The Fish failed to scale the odds against Bill Maher’s Mets yesterday, but ND covered the numeral against Michigan last night so Hondo’s debt held steady at 1,535 staubachs. Today,...
Home Team Lineups
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