November 21, 2012
Nets' Evans fined $5,000 for flopping (videos)
OAKLAND – Reggie Evans is now in the history books.Evans, who was one of the main subjects of the league's preseason instructional video about the new flopping rules, has become...
Penn Station reopens after switch problem
The switch problem that led to a complete service shutdown at Penn Station on the busiest travel night of the year has been resolved, Long Island Rail Road said. The...
Longest-sitting judge in city retires
The longest-sitting judge in the city stood up today. And while the retirement of controversial Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman is cause for celebration among the legion of lawyers...
Under-equipped authorities used canoes from stores & Boy Scout camp to rescue people on Staten Island during Sandy
Calling all boats! Under-equipped cops and firefighters on Sandy-battered Staten Island were in such desperate need for boats to save people from flooding homes that they took recreational canoes from...
VIDEO: Schwartz talks Eli, Giants-Packers game
Eli Manning, with “pop" in his arm following the bye week, looks to get himself and the Giants back on track against one of the elite teams in the NFL....
Smith leads St. John's women past Iona
Shenneika Smith is doing almost everything for St. John’s, contributing on both ends of the floor. Smith scored 21 points while Nadirah McKenith added 17 to help the 18th-ranked Red...
Harbaugh: 49ers could mix and match quarterbacks
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Alex Smith is supportive of Colin Kaepernick’s success, even if the second-year pro takes Smith’s starting job as 49ers quarterback. “If you can’t be happy for...
POSTING UP: Record set by Grinnell's Taylor not greatness -- and that's OK
Jack Taylor was a nobody on Tuesday afternoon. He was your average 5-foot-10 white kid from Wisconsin, a solid Division III basketball player.On Wednesday, his name was on the tongues...
Ken Burns 'Central Park jogger' rape documentary gets boost from filmmaker's 'friends'
Famed documentarian Ken Burns has some reel-y good "friends." Several high-powered news organizations and filmmakers' groups submitted "friend of the court" briefs today in a bid to block the city...
Intrepid Museum Pearl Harbor Day commemoration to be scaled down in wake of Sandy
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum suffered such extensive damage during super storm Sandy that it will have to drastically scale down its annual Pearl Harbor Day commemoration, officials...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Patriots matchup fitting way for Jets to end season or propel it
It was Rex Ryan’s first mandate as head coach of the Jets.“I am not here to kiss Bill Belichick’s rings,” Ryan said. And with that comment the Jets-Patriots rivalry was...
Knicks' Tyson: Carmelo 'completely different' now
DALLAS - Some players never get it, so even if it took Carmelo Anthony nine-plus seasons, at least he’s got it now. Across the Knicks first nine games entering Wednesday...
Giants' Tuck doesn't think Packers' Rodgers can be rattled
Aaron Rodgers is so tough to prepare for and deal with that Justin Tuck is making up words when talking about it.“I don’t think he’s rattleable, if that’s a word,’’...
'Unstable' man busted after headbutting guard at UES jewelry store
A deranged man clad in sweatpants and a hoodie showed the staff of a hyper-expensive Upper East Side jewelry store today that he’s got champagne-and-caviar tastes, police and witnesses said....
Hostess has received a 'flood of inquiries' from potential buyers for several brands
Hostess Brands Inc on Wednesday appeared headed toward a liquidation, though its lawyers and advisers expressed optimism that they will find new homes for many of its iconic brands, which...
Former Baylor player faces sentencing for trying to extort Redskins' Griffin
WACO, Texas — A former Baylor basketball player has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for trying to extort $1 million from Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III....
Manhattan College lands two big-time hoops prospects
Steve Masiello changed the culture in Riverdale by leading Manhattan to a 21-13 record, its best season in several years, last winter. It wasn’t just a breath of fresh air...
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress after months of medical leave
CHICAGO — Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., a once rising political star who has been on a mysterious medical leave for months for treatment of bipolar disorder, has resigned from Congress,...
Staten Island storm victims offered temporary housing in western Connecticut
NEW MILFORD, Conn. — Some people driven from their homes on New York's Staten Island by Superstorm Sandy will be offered temporary housing in rural western Connecticut. Officials announced a...
AROUND THE CAGE: Talk of Silva-St-Pierre UFC superfight bubbling over
A potential superfight between Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva has the world of MMA buzzing – and it should.Though it’s probably six or seven months away, it would be the...
$31M Ponzi schemer prison bound
He Ponzi schemed out of Brooklyn in the '90s, then Ponzi schemed $31 million more in a Manhattan case to pay it back -- all the while writing another million...
Tufts rescinds Lance Armstrong's honorary degree
MEDFORD, Mass. — Tufts University in Massachusetts has rescinded Lance Armstrong's honorary degree. A university spokeswoman says the school's trustees voted unanimously at their meeting this month to rescind the...
Heat's LeBron wants to watch 138-point performance by Grinnell's 'Sir Jack'
MIAMI — Attention, Grinnell College basketball office: LeBron James wants the tape from Jack Taylor’s record-setting scoring spree. Or as “King James” is now calling Taylor, “Sir Jack.” The NBA...
WATCH: Lakers' World Peace rubs Nets coach Avery's head in fourth quarter
LOS ANGELES – Metta World Peace and Avery Johnson got pretty familiar with each other late in the Lakers' 95-90 victory over the Nets Tuesday night.After World Peace, otherwise known...
Facebook proposes to end practice of letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies
Facebook is proposing to end its practice of letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies, though it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates. The world's...
Bankruptcy court OKs $3 billion ResCap buyout
A bankruptcy court has approved a joint $3 billion buyout bid from Ocwen Loan Servicing and Walter Investment Management for Residential Capital. The court also approved the sale of ResCap's...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Warriors
OAKLAND – After the Nets saw their five-game winning streak snapped in Los Angeles Tuesday night in a 95-90 loss to the Lakers, the Nets immediately hopped on a plane...
Looking back at Nets-Lakers
LOS ANGELES – The Nets held the lead halfway through the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the Lakers here at Staples Center. But it was at that point...
United Airlines not responsible for collapse of 7 World Trade Center: federal judge
United Airlines cannot be held responsible for the hijacking of an American Airlines flight and the collapse of a third World Trade Center building after the twin towers fell in...
Barge carrying One World Trade Center spire en route from Canada to New York
Even Santa’s sleigh couldn’t carry this gift. A barge carrying eight sections of what will be the massive spire on top of One World Trade Center is en route from...
Coughlin ready for 'huge' Packers game, tired of 'what's wrong' with Giants talk
Giants coach Tom Coughlin did not pull any punches, describing Sunday’s game against the Packers as “a huge game for them’’ and also “a huge game for us.’’ That about...
Americans prefer Tebow to Obama as Thanksgiving dinner guest
Tim Tebow is America's most popular Thanksgiving dinner guest, a new survery shows. According to the survey, conducted by Nielsen, when asked who they would like to have as a...
Packers' Finley trying to rekindle bromance with QB Rodgers
The bromance between Jermichael Finley and Aaron Rodgers is apparently on the rocks. And the Packers tight end wants to end the hard feelings with his All-Pro quarterback."Both of us...
NHL rejects 'good as we can do' union proposal
Throwing cold water on short-lived hopes for an end to the lockout, the NHL has rejected Wednesday's union offer which Players Association head Don Fehr had said was "about the...
Yankees' Suzuki sends 'Ichimeter' Mariners fan thank you note, memorabilia
Yankees free agent Ichiro Suzuki hasn’t forgotten his fans in Seattle. Suzuki sent a pair of cleats, a signed bat and thank you note to Amy Franz, who kept track...
This week's calendar, Nov. 22 to 28
Saturday, Nov. 24 Walking Tour: Modern Architecture in the West Village and High Line Discover lesser-known examples of Modern architecture in the West Village en route from Washington Square to...
Police investigate man accused of making threats on Greyhound bus from Virginia to NYC
DALE CITY, Va. — Virginia State Police are investigating a man accused of making threats on a Greyhound bus traveling from Richmond to New York City at the start of...
Prosecutors admit missing key evidence in Casey Anthony murder trial
Prosecutors and investigators in the murder case against Casey Anthony admitted they overlooked a smoking gun that could spelled doom for the acquitted tot mom, according to broadcast reports last...
USC freshman QB on Notre Dame game: 'We're gonna win'
If Max Wittek struggles against Notre Dame on Saturday night, it won’t be due to a lack of confident.USC’s redshirt freshman quarterback, who will make his first career start this...
WATCH: Epic seven-minute 'trailer' for 'The Hobbit'
No, the video below isn't actually an official trailer for Peter Jackson's hotly-anticipated Middle Earth epic, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," but it is a masterful complation of every single...
O/U RICO
Rico had his second consecutive winning on the Overs/Unders, going 9-5 (2-1 Best Bets). The season record is 59-96-4 (11-21-1). The selections for Week 12 are: OVERS: Cowboys/ Redskins; Patriots/...
Nine Fordham starters earn Patriot League honors
The Rams were well represented on the All-Patriot League teams.Six Fordham players earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors, with three others being named to the second-team.Highlighting the First-Team selections were RB...
Long Island driver killed after hitting tractor-trailer pulling out of driveway
Police say a motorist was killed after striking a tractor-trailer pulling out of a driveway on Long Island. The driver was identified as 43-year-old Roger Coiro of Bethpage. The accident...
Gunmen assassinate Benghazi security chief, Libya official says
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya's deputy interior minister says gunmen assassinated the security chief of the eastern city of Benghazi overnight. Omar al-Khadrawi says National Security Chief Col. Farag al-Dersi was...
Fewer people sought unemployment benefits last week, but figure was elevated by Sandy
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking US unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to a seasonally adjusted 410,000, though the figure was elevated for the second straight week by...
Christie's favorability rating up more than 15 points among NJ voters following Sandy: poll
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continues to receive strong support from the state's registered voters for his leadership during Superstorm Sandy. A Rutgers-Eagleton Poll release Wednesday...
Giuliani says MTA Chairman Lhota would make great NYC mayor
Rudy Giuliani believes Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota would make a great New York mayor. His adviser told the Wall Street Journal that Giuliani will do everything he can...
Egypt announces cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas to take effect tonight
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel and the Hamas militant group agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday to end eight days of the fiercest fighting in nearly four years, promising to...
Giants, Packers ready for playoff rematch
The Giants will not be wearing their diamond-and-sapphire encrusted Super Bowl rings when they take the field Sunday night. The Vince Lombardi Trophy won’t be paraded in and put on...
Lakers hold off Nets 95-90, win D'Antoni's debut
LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored six of his 25 points in the final two minutes, and the Los Angeles Lakers hung on for a 95-90 victory over the Brooklyn...
Red Sox ready to target Yankees' free agent Swisher
If Nick Swisher thought Yankee Stadium fans treated him harshly in October, what can he expect if he returns to The Bronx wearing “BOSTON’’ across his chest on Opening Day...
Kuroda coming back to Yankees for $15 million
With dependable Hiroki Kuroda returning for the 2013 season, it appears the Yankees’ rotation has a solid chance to look exactly like it did last season. Kuroda and the club...
Market suggests Mets could cash in on Dickey deal
The Blue Jays held a press conference yesterday to publicly discuss their mega-trade to obtain, among others, Jose Reyes, their controversial signing of Melky Cabrera and the hiring of John...
Jets coach Ryan praises Patriots' Brady as nearly flawless QB
Jets coach Rex Ryan is convinced if you cut Tom Brady open, you would find screws, springs and sprockets inside the Patriots quarterback. “He’s a machine back there,” Ryan said...
Jets feeling loose as underdogs vs. Patriots
The Jets may be out of the guarantee business, but that didn’t stop them from delivering a Beware of Underdog message to the Patriots yesterday. “I feel like we were...
Patriots' Belichick quiet on Gronkowski fill-in plan
Patriots coach Bill Belichick did not exactly reveal his game plan yesterday when asked how the loss of tight end Rob Gronkowski affects his offense. “Well, we’ll see,” Belichick said...
Business briefs
Unlucky 7UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was sentenced iin London to seven years in jail for gambling away $2.3 billion of the Swiss bank's money in Britain's biggest-ever fraud.Sales FitchBillionaire Ken...
Preet’s big heat: Cohen is cited in inside-trade case
Steven Cohen, the billionaire art collector and founder of hedge fund giant SAC Capital, was implicated yesterday for the first time in an insider-trading scheme. Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara...
Arrested hedgie Martoma lived large, fell hard
Mathew Martoma was living the American dream — with a $2 million country club estate in Boca Raton, Fla., a seemingly successful finance career and loads of cash to spend....
Si and whispers at Condé’s holiday lunch
As sure as the Christmas tree is about to rise in Rockefeller Center, the publishing industry’s own harbinger of the season, the Condé Nast annual holiday luncheon, took place at...
Google search may get pass
Google may skirt the most serious antitrust allegations under investigation by the US as regulators waver on whether they can prove consumers are hurt by the way the company ranks...
Bewkes staying put
Time Warner said yesterday that it has extended the term of CEO Jeff Bewkes for five years, through 2017. Bewkes’ base salary of $2 million and bonus target of around...
Mediation fails to save Twinkie maker Hostess
Ding Dong! Hostess is dead. Bankrupt Hostess said late yesterday that last-ditch negotiations with its bakers’ union to salvage the 82-year-old maker of Twinkies, Ho Hos and Ding Dongs were...
Chevron fires at DiNapoli
Chevron sought to open an investigation yesterday into New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, claiming he pressured the oil company to settle environmental litigation in Ecuador in exchange for campaign...
A mixed day for RIM
Research In Motion shares climbed as much as 4.7 percent on a ratings upgrade but ended lower after the National Transportation Safety Board said it will switch to Apple’s iPhone...
Zipcar zips on upgrade
Zipcar, the company that rents cars by the hour or day, climbed to a six-week high after Goldman Sachs raised its rating on the stock to buy. The shares gained...
News Corp. buys 49% stake in YES Network
News Corp., which already has ownership interests in 20 regional sports networks, agreed yesterday to buy a 49 percent stake in the YES Network. YES has rights to New York...
Worst. Deal. Ever. HP out $9B
Hewlett-Packard has a big case of buyer’s remorse.The computer giant leveled serious allegations against a UK software firm it bought last year, saying it would take an $8.8 billion write-down...
Sitt $coops 14th St. bldg.
Mercury is in retrograde, and communications and negotiations are taking a turn toward purgatory. Sources tell us that Peter Duncan’s George Comfort & Sons was getting ready to buy the...
Best Buy shares drop 13% as company swings to a third-quarter loss
The discount on Best Buy’s stock keeps getting deeper. Shares of the struggling electronics chain tumbled 13 percent yesterday, hitting their lowest levels in a decade as the retailer swung...
Boost for 1, 7 and J subway lines
The MTA is increasing service on three subway lines — the 1, 7 and J — because riders are packing them, officials said yesterday. The jammed 7 train got the...
‘US hack’ on France
Hackers working for the US government used sophisticated software developed with Israel to break into the computers of French presidential officials, an explosive report in the Paris-based newsmagazine l’Express charges....
Madam pimps & preens
She went out with a bang. Notorious Hockey Mom Madam Anna Gristina turned herself in yesterday for what was essentially a no-jail sentencing, then joined her lawyer in taking a...
Imelda pal in art ‘heist’
Imelda Marcos hoarded shoes. And her former personal secretary in New York hoarded tens of millions of dollars in ill-gotten Monets, according to a new indictment.Vilma Bautista, 74, hid and...
‘Hippie’ job wasn’t groovy: lawsuit
It wasn’t the summer of love in the Manhattan headquarters of the upscale Haute Hippie fashion label.Designer Trish Wescoat-Pound, whose 1960s-inspired dresses retail for $800, forced an underling to buy...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan***A woman was nabbed swiping a pricey jacket from Bloomingdale’s, authorities said. Stephanie Lynch, 39, took the coat, valued at $1,295, from the store on Third Avenue at East 59th...
Posh scandal teacher out
The married Nightingale-Bamford science teacher who allegedly had an affair with a student won’t return, officials revealed yesterday.Jonathan Fuller, 55, was suspended in September after 15 years at the tony...
Boy, oh boy! Elmo: take 2
He tickled me, too. After a second accuser came out against world-renowned puppeteer Kevin Clash, the voice behind the beloved Elmo character abruptly resigned from “Sesame Street” amid salacious allegations...
Ex sues Shakira big-time
Shakira’s hips might not lie, but her lips are a different story. The stunning songstress has been slapped with a $100 million lawsuit by her ex-boyfriend/manager, who charges she reneged...
Black Friday comes early
Turkey-stuffed New Yorkers will jam the doors of the area’s biggest stores tomorrow night as the Christmas shopping season opens earlier than ever. Retailers like Macy’s, Best Buy and Kmart,...
'Cannibal cop' planned to kidnap, eat woman for Thanksgiving: prosecutor
Forget white meat or dark meat — he wanted “girl meat” for Thanksgiving. Gilberto Valle, the NYPD officer busted by the feds as an alleged cannibal wannabe, saw his alleged...
911 underplanned and undermanned
Poor planning led the city’s 911 call center to be woefully understaffed when Hurricane Sandy hit, emergency services sources told The Post yesterday, as elected officials demanded Mayor Bloomberg get...
Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho on life support after being shot in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hector "Macho" Camacho was clinging to life Wednesday after being shot in the face while in a car, with doctors and his family expected to...
Anti-Gropez push
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio yesterday demanded that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn reject an “insider political deal” to help embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez in his potential bid for a...
Cuomo losing frack of time
ALBANY — A health review of shale-gas drilling by national experts will make it impossible to meet a Nov. 29 deadline for new fracking regulations, Gov. Cuomo said yesterday, pushing...
‘Black Sunday’ hero’s tribute
A firefighter who saved the lives of several colleagues but wound up critically injured battling the 2005 “Black Sunday” blaze in The Bronx was remembered yesterday with the unveiling of...
Fallout from Stringer’s comptroller run impacts Brooklyn
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s decision to pull out of the mayoral race and run for comptroller instead is already having political ripple effects across the river in Brooklyn. Term-limited...
Botox poker face
Card players who don’t want to give themselves away and tip their hand can turn to a Manhattan doctor who says bet on him — and “Pokertox.”Dr. Jack Berdy, an...
Judge clears Doug Kennedy
A White Plains judge yesterday found Douglas Kennedy, a son of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy, not guilty of child endangerment and harassment charges stemming from a scuffle in a...
Dean’s ‘high crimes’
The dean of students at tony Scarsdale HS was allegedly giving kids guidance by day — and smoking crack with hookers at night. David Mendelowitz, 58, was the only person...
Anne ‘Hath’ no regrets
Lovely, lacy and sexy actress Anne Hathaway talks candidly of her 2011 Oscar-hosting gig in the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter, revealing she’s still scarred from her “slightly manic”...
Tenants $torm of rage
The management of 2 Gold St. did nothing to prepare for Hurricane Sandy and, as a result, more than 800 apartments will be uninhabitable until at least March, court papers...
Chris tops with NYers
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has drawn the highest marks among elected officials in the storm-ravaged region for his response to Hurricane Sandy, a poll of New York voters shows....
Flood of evidence: NYPD cases soaked by Sandy
Thousands of pieces of evidence in NYPD storage centers were contaminated by toxic Hurricane Sandy floodwaters, jeopardizing criminal prosecutions in an unknown number of cases. The forensics disaster includes DNA...
200 homes face raze
The city expects to demolish approximately 200 houses damaged during Hurricane Sandy “in coming weeks and months,” the Buildings Department said yesterday. Most of those houses are in Staten Island,...
Jobless tempest
ALBANY — Superstorm Sandy threw nearly 50,000 New Yorkers out of work, Gov. Cuomo revealed yesterday.The number of unemployment claims jumped by almost 50,000 downstate during the first week after...
Temp ferry boost for SI
Storm-ravaged Staten Island is getting a new commuter-ferry service to help residents during the recovery, the city announced yesterday. The Department of Transportation is asking for bids from area ferry...
Mercedes mistress slammed
The mistress of a late Mercedes-Benz dealer got dressed down in court yesterday after she told reps for his former company: “I hope your children die of cancer.” Emel Dilek,...
'John Doe Duffel Bag' arrested and charged in Brooklyn serial killings
Cops today arrested and charged a Staten Island salesman — dubbed "John Doe Duffel Bag" — in connection to the murders of three separate Brooklyn shopkeepers. Suspect Salvatore Perrone, 63,...
Skateboard nightmare
A 24-year-old skateboarder who fell and was bending down to pick up his board was mowed down by a delivery truck near Union Square Park yesterday, cops said. The man...
Hamas thugs execute 'spies,' as talks to end Gaza border war continue
Masked Hamas gunmen executed Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel — and at least one victim was dragged through the streets of Gaza City. The grotesque scene yesterday accompanied some...
Terrorists’ political win in Arab world
Israel may end up reaching its tactical, limited goal as Operation Pillar of Defense nears a close — but Hamas remains on its feet and, indeed, seems strengthened. As Israel...
New ‘Kardashians’
Move over, Kardashian sisters. All we need now is a sex tape. Tampa military groupie Jill Kelley and her twin sister, Natalie Khawam, are the new K sisters of the...
Twin cozie$ up to arms big
Jill Kelley’s twin sister set up a company with one of the country’s foremost secret-weapons scientists — and borrowed $250,000 from the scientist’s daughter, records show. Natalie Khawam is one...
Benghazi intel kept from Rice – report
WASHINGTON — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence cut out references to al Qaeda and terrorism from information given to UN Ambassador Susan Rice on the Benghazi consulate...
DC’s fiscal-cliff, tax-hike chess game
Did you think the election was going to end uncertainty over the future course of US economic policy? Dream on. There are at least three ways the standoff over the...
Bibi had it right
Hamas’ decision to launch a rocket offensive against Israel did a favor for Iran, the country that has supplied the terror group with cash and weapons for a decade: It...
Hybrid lemons
Heaven help taxicab drivers who bought into Bloomberg administration propaganda that hybrid cabs would end up saving so much money from greater fuel efficiency. As The Post reports, hybrids appear...
Andrew’s latest dither
The fix is in; the frack may be out. Gov. Cuomo confirmed yesterday what nearly everybody suspected: With a three-person panel of health experts named just last week, the state...
Israel vs. Hamas — and the Role of the US
The Issue: The week-long attacks and counterattacks between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. *** President Obama claimed he was fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself against Palestinian...
Our gridlocked grid
New York and New Jersey should direct their gripes at the right targets: Don’t blame the utilities — think Solyndra. Utilities do what policymakers and regulators tell them to do,...
Helping inmates free themselves
‘What does General Motors have in common with a drug cartel?” When Mark Goldsmith posed this question to a group of inmates at Rikers Island, he meant no disrespect to...
Black Friday
Black Friday is morphing into a monster with retailers competing for your dollars by pushing into Thanksgiving Day itself. Charlie Graham, CEO of ShopItToMe.com, a site which tracks online apparel...
Bread of life
Bread is the culinary core of many Thanksgiving holiday tables, but bakeries and supermarkets have kicked up their quality and variety so much so that a new category of bread...
Globe-trotting turkey
Cooking the same Home Ec. 101 turkey with butter, poultry seasoning and gravy can get a little tiring year after year. Fortunately, there are exotic options that can help you...
Toasty toddies
Toasty toddies warm up the holiday season. From the aroma of spice to the comforting feel of a hot mug on a chilly winter’s day, the hot toddy is a...
What should I bring?
If you’ve decided to be a guest this Thanksgiving instead of hosting, you might be wondering how best to contribute. Of course, it is always polite to ask your hosts...
'Psycho' analysis of the Master of Suspense is nearly Hitch perfect
The year is 1959. Alfred Hitchcock is sweating his latest project, which may be unreleasable and in which he has sunk his own money. The film isn’t going well. “What...
‘Central’ tale incomplete
PBS legend Ken Burns, known for his multipart historical documentaries such as “The Civil War,” tackles more recent events with mixed results in “The Central Park Five,” a documentary he...
Don’t rise early to see this ‘Dawn’
In the remake of “Red Dawn,” Russians seize the East Coast while North Korea conquers and occupies the entire Pacific Northwest. Our last hope is a handful of high school...
You’ll want a second slice of ‘Pi’
Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” is the best-looking film I’ve seen this year, and possibly so far this century. It’s so hypnotically beautiful that people will be using it to...
The tooth? It’s rotten
I can’t remember ever seeing such a spectacular implosion of a squad of all-stars as “Rise of the Guardians.” Well, not since Yankee Stadium in October. This 3-D cartoon manages...
‘Rust and Bone’ doesn’t have a leg to stand on
If you hired Albert Camus to write “Rocky,” it might come out something like “Rust and Bone,” a quintessentially French effort to combine pugilism and sentimentality. But if your big...
‘Radiance’ is light on ideas
‘if it wasn’t for you, we might all be eating with chopsticks.” Those comforting words are offered to a haunted-looking man in “Radiance,” Cusi Cram’s new play that marks the...
How ‘Cats’ was purrfected
The late, great Peter Stone, who wrote such shows as “1776” and “The Will Rogers Follies,” loved a good anecdote, and one of his favorites was about the 1983 Tony...
'Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child' review
As a rule, when politicians say that something must be done “for the children,” it’s an excellent time both to make sure your wallet is secured and a helpful reminder...
'Seeds Of Resiliency' review
It must have seemed a good idea at the time: filmed interviews with a dozen good people who have had very, very bad things happen to them. From these people...
Shin Bet doc is a sure bet
The Israeli security agency known as Shin Bet is so secretive that its members are not permitted even to acknowledge that they work there. The only public faces of the...
NHL talks resume, but stuck in neutral
As negotiators for the NHL and NHLPA meet Wednesday morning in Manhattan, here’s a percentage for you to hang your hat on: zero. As in, there is a zero percent...
Red Bulls to name next coach in 3-4 weeks
New Red Bulls sporting director Andy Roxburgh said he has interviewed two coaches and plans to name Hans Backe’s replacement within three to four weeks. And, in a departure from...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $28,000; clm($14,000); 3upWON FAST BULLET returns to distance and level of last victory after finishing second as...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $46,000; clm($25,000); 2YO(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 My Smartness(L),118J Lezcano11-4-4Cannizzo6-12 Should Make It(L),115W Garcia1-7-3Contess15-13 No More Fives(L),115J Ortiz4-1-1Rodrigez6-14 Star Black(L),120A Lezcano1-4-5Persaud6-15 Rice...
Parx Charts
November 20th, 2012Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $17,000; clm($10,000); 3,4&5YOOff: 12:26. Good. ran down leader lateTime: 23.42, 47.54, 1:.73, 1:07.76.Trainer: Kathleen DemasiWinner: B C, 3, by...
Knicks coaching staff goes to Knight school
NEW ORLEANS — Bobby Knight, who coached Mike Woodson at Indiana, dropped by the Knicks practice facility Monday and gave the coaching staff a lecture on his philosophy, The Post...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. FIRST-7 fur; $10,500; clm($12,50); 3,4&5YO9-Exaltado 6-15-Awesome Bid 10-11-ExquisteObern20-16-Slew Dem 6-12-Lizard's Repent5-17-Guaperia 10-13-Put ItBackTiger3-18-ShortysFashin15-14-Emperor's Tune5-2SECOND-1m(T); $30,000; alw; 2YO2-Singanothersng5-25-Telitlikitiscoach4-11-Starship Zorro 3-16-CatFiveHrrcne12-13-WarOnLimehse6-17-Made in U. S. A.6-14-Via Marina 6-18-HanselTazwell20-1THIRD-6 fur;...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogPatriots76 1/2(48 1/2)JETSTexans33(50 1/2)LIONSCOWBOYS43 1/2(47 1/2)RedskinsSundayGIANTS2 1/22 1/2(49 1/2)PackersBENGALS7 1/28 1/2(49)RaidersSteelersOFF4(38 1/2)BROWNSCOLTS33(51 1/2)BillsBroncos1010 1/2(44)CHIEFSTitans33(43 1/2)JAGUARSBEARSOFF 1(42 1/2)VikingsFalconsPk1(49)BUCCANNEERSSeahawks33(37 1/2)DOLPHINSRavens2 1/21(47)CHARGERS49ersOFF2 1/2(49)SAINTSCARDINALS32 1/2(37 1/2)RamsMondayEAGLESOFF2 1/2(43 1/2)PanthersHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTomorrowFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogTEXAS7 (58)TcuFridayNebraska14...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball2:30 p.m.Maui Invitational, 7th place: Mississippi State vs. Texas ESPNU5 p.m.Maui Invitational, 5th place:Marquette vs. USC ESPN27 p.m.Cancun Challenge, 3rd place:DePaul vs. W. Kentucky CBSSN7 p.m.NIT Tip-Off: Delaware vs. Kansas...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Jays give manager’s job to Gibbons John Gibbons was hired as manager of the Blue Jays for the second time yesterday. He managed Toronto from 2004-08 and had a...
Wilpon: Mets may gamble with Dickey, Wright
The Mets may get nothing — and like it. Team COO Jeff Wilpon Tuesday said his preference in the absence of contract extensions for David Wright and R.A. Dickey this...
Plaxico gets another shot with Steelers
Plaxico Burress is back where he once belonged. The Steelers brought back the veteran wide receiver yesterday to provide depth at a position decimated by injuries while hoping there’s enough...
Pats carve ’em up
Congratulations to Rico for an amazing 13-1 week, missing out on Bettor’s Guide immortality by a mere half-point in the Ravens-Steelers game. Here, it’s a four-week winning run of 8-6,...
Sunday's Best
The line BRIANCOSTELLO STEVESERBY MARKCANNIZZARO PAULSCHWARTZ DREWLOFTIS JUSTINTERRANOVA MS.CHARLEEN BARTHUBBUCH RICO Texans 3 (50 1/2) LIONS (Tom., 12:30, CBS) Texans Lions *Texans Lions Lions Texans Texans Lions Lions COWBOYS 3...
Give thanks ... but take RG3!
Including his 1997-2011 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 454-393 (53.6 percent) against the spread. TOMORROW Redskins (+3 1/2) over COWBOYS: Cowpokes have now failed to...
Texans cookin’ up a winning recipe
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Hondo: Bird is the word
Hondo performed a high dive off the top rung of the Bettor’s Guide ladder last week as he went 7-7 to fall four games behind Rico, who ascended to the...
Giants' Nicks happy to give back
Hakeem Nicks jumped off the trailer of a huge Stop & Shop truck that had been filled with 1,500 turkeys donated to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. He was...
Jets' Cromartie credits Revis talk for turnaround
Antonio Cromartie admits he hasn’t been the same — either as a player or as a person — since Darrelle Revis sidled up to him on the Jets’ dejected flight...
Knicks' Woodson won’t commit to starting Amar’e
NEW ORLEANS — Mike Woodson was asked the $100 million question at yesterday’s morning shootaround at New Orleans Arena. Will Amar’e Stoudemire return as starting power forward when he recovers...
Anthony pumps in 29 as Knicks rip Hornets
NEW ORLEANS — Maybe it’s a good thing rookie sensation Anthony Davis didn’t try to play on a bum left ankle Tuesday night. He might have been spared the embarrassment...
Nets' Deron banged up, but doesn’t plan to miss action
LOS ANGELES — Ice has become Deron Williams’ new best friend. The Nets point guard sat down with the media following yesterday’s morning shootaround with ice bags wrapped around his...
Kobe's late-game heroics nix Nets' bid for an upset
LOS ANGELES — With 5:22 remaining in the fourth quarter last night, the Nets held an 84-78 lead over the Lakers. But the Nets couldn’t buy a bucket, or a...
Despite pain, winning Lakers debut for D’Antoni
LOS ANGELES — There was no jumping, definitely no running along the sidelines by Mike D’Antoni in his head-coaching debut for the Lakers. The obvious resulting limp from knee-replacement surgery...
Starr Report
Tony Denison has one of “those faces” you’ve seen so many times before — but can’t quite place where. Well, let me refresh your memory. The veteran actor, who was...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAY KELLY PRESTON - The Doctors, 9 a.m., Ch. 2 and 6 p.m., Ch. 55 ALEC BALDWIN, NICKI MINAJ - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 NATE...
Travolta's son's meds didn't work
Kelly Preston talks on TV for the first time today about the death of Jett Travolta — her son with husband John Travolta. Jett, 16, died in January 2009 from...
Channel 11 anchor having baby with Yankee broadcaster husband
Ch. 11 anchor Jodi Applegate is having a baby with her husband, Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay. Applegate, 48, announced that they’re expecting a daughter in January via gestational carrier. The...
‘Modern Family’ girl abused: child agency
'Modern Family' star Ariel Winter will remain in the custody of her older sister until the case goes to trial, a judge ruled yesterday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael...
Where do TV names come from?
Naming a television character can be a lot like naming a child. Sometimes, says “Modern Family” creator Steve Levitan, character names are even inspired by your children. On the ABC...
Weird but true
Guys who love art are undoubtedly more interested in this canvas than what’s on it. Supermodel Kate Moss has disclosed that the late Lucian Freud, one of the great artists...
Local duo leads Kansas State into Garden for NIT semis
Madison Square Garden isn’t known to be pro Kansas State, but it will likely have a few sections dotted in purple Wednesday night when the Wildcats face Delaware in the...
St. John's Greene dealing with pain of best friend's death
This is a story of young man who went from being shattered in his personal life to turning it into swagger on the basketball court. It is story of a...
No. 1 Indiana holds off Georgetown in overtime
Everybody knew top-ranked Indiana could score, but when the Hoosiers had to find a way Tuesday night to get stops against a Georgetown team in an intense overtime game more...
WATCH: Grinnell's Jack Taylor scores NCAA-record 138 points in one game!
Jack Taylor scored 138 points to shatter the NCAA scoring record in Division III Grinnell’s 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible last night in Grinnell, Iowa. Taylor, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound...
Notre Dame, Alabama will stay on title path — and cover, too
Now, about that Notre Dame game at USC ... That’s where we left off last week. Our bold prediction that Baylor would topple then No. 1-ranked Kansas State was the...
TCU no match for Texas
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Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The lineCHRISSHAWLENNROBBINSBRIANLEWISDAVIDSATRIANOTEDHOLMLUNDJUSTINTERRANOVAHONDORICOTEXAS 7 Tcu (Tomorrow, 7:30, ESPN) ★ TexasTCUTexasTexasTexasTCUTexasTexasSyracuse 7 1/2 TEMPLE (Fri., 11:00, ESPN2)SyracuseTempleTempleTempleSyracuse ★ TempleSyracuseTempleGEORGIA 13 Ga. Tech (Sat., Noon, ESPN) ★ Georgia ★ GeorgiaGeorgia ★ Georgia ★...
Pressure’s on Rutgers after Big Ten move
The popping sounds you heard yesterday afternoon at 2 was champagne bottles being opened in Piscataway. The roar was from Olde Queens Tavern in New Brunswick. The honking of car...
Former boxer 'Macho' Camacho shot in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Police in Puerto Rico say former boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho has been shot and critically wounded. Camacho was shot in the face while...
Surging Knicks roll over Hornets
NEW ORLEANS -- Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points and the New York Knicks extended the undermanned New Orleans Hornets' losing streak to four games with a 102-80 victory Tuesday night....
Three things to watch for in Nets-Lakers
LOS ANGELES – The Nets will enter Staples Center Tuesday night for one of the most hotly anticipated games of the early part of the regular season, as they take...
Anthony Davis won't play Knicks tonight
NEW ORLEANS -- Anthony Davis, the number one overall pick in the 2012 draft was ruled out of tonight's game against the Knicks with a stress reaction with his left...
Kuroda re-signs with Yankees for $15M
With dependable Hiroki Kuroda returning for the 2013 season, it appears the Yankees’ rotation has a solid chance to look exactly like it did last season. According to a Yankees’...