November 27, 2012
Giants sign two running backs
The Giants needed to add a running back with the loss of Andre Brown to a broken leg and they signed not one, but two of them: Ryan Torain and...
‘Deadliest Catch’ crab cakes to appear on QVC
The tough-guy “Deadliest Catch” guys are casting their fishing nets onto the land of press-on nails, porcelain dolls and those Joan Rivers butterfly pins. Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand, who star...
B'klyn shopkeeper 'killer' indicted by grand jury
A grand jury today indicted alleged Brooklyn serial killer Salvatore Perrone in the shooting deaths of three Middle Eastern store owners. Neither Perrone, 64, nor his lawyer appeared in Brooklyn...
Dolphins superfan calls Fireman Ed a 'wuss' and 'disgrace'
Dolphins superfan Big Papa Pump is taking aim at Fireman Ed, who he deems as “a wuss.”BPP, a Dolphins season ticket holder for 17 years, ripped Ed Anzalone in a...
Bronx man convicted in 2008 rape
It took less than two hours for a Manhattan jury today to convict a Bronx man who'd been linked by DNA to 19-year-old' college student's violent rape on Prince Street...
Mackenzie-Childs opens new flagship
Amidst all the hustle and bustle of Black Friday, you may have missed something big on the NYC store scene. Mackenzie-Childs, which specializes in luxury accessories and home decor has...
Looking back at Nets-Knicks
The Nets came away with what easily was their biggest win of the season – and probably their biggest win in the past several seasons – from Monday night’s 86-89...
Nets' Blatche rips old team Wizards in radio interview
Andray Blatche has resurrected his career this year with the Nets after being released by the Washington Wizards using the amnesty clause over the summer.But the Nets backup center couldn’t...
NYU opening applied science school in Downtown Bk'lyn in Feb.
NYU’s expansion plan for Downtown Brooklyn won’t have to wait until 2017—it's bringing new students to the borough beginning in February. With construction to turn a dilapidated MTA office building...
Eagles release Pro Bowl DE Babin
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have released two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Jason Babin in the first major roster move for a team that’s lost seven straight games. Babin had just...
Phillies C Ruiz suspended 25 games for amphetamines
Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz was suspended Tuesday for the first 25 games of next season following a positive test for an amphetamine. The 33-year-old was an All-Star for the...
VIDEO: Hubbuch talks Giants-Redskins, loss of Brown
The Giants battered the Packers, 38-10, on Sunday night, but lost running back Andre Brown in the process to a broken fibula. Rookie David Wilson’s emergence will be a big...
‘Melrose Place’ star faces 10 years in prison
Former “Melrose Place” co-star Amy Locane-Bovenizer was convicted of vehicular homicide and assault by auto yesterday — and now faces up to 10 years in prison. Bovenizer, who was driving...
NBC signs 'Downton Abbey' creator for 19th century NY-based series
The Season 3 premiere of “Downton Abbey” is a mere six weeks away, but NBC has signed its creator, Oscar winner Julian Fellowes, to create a period piece for American...
VIDEO: Hubbuch talks whether or not Jets can bounce back
The Jets are reeling after a brutal, 49-19 loss to the Patriots on Thanksgiving Day – and the aftermath of quarterback Mark Sanchez fumbling after running directly into the backside...
TMZ denies drone request
TMZ has denied they are pushing to own drones. The gossip site responded to earlier reports that they put in a request with the FAA for the unmanned aircraft. The...
'Killer' ma screams denials at arraignment for stab death of boyfriend
"I didn't kill him! I didn't kill him! I didn't kill him!" "I killed him, I killed him, I killed him!'' Alleged murderer Anna Adams, 38, today began crying wildly...
Man behind awful Apple Maps app ousted: report
The man behind Apple Maps, the most maligned part of Apple's wildly successful iPhone 5, has gotten the boot. Apple executive Richard Williams, who was the leader of the team...
GOP senators more troubled after Rice meeting
WASHINGTON — Three Republican senators said Tuesday they are more troubled than ever with comments made days after the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya by Susan Rice, the UN...
FBI busts 'trifecta' of organized crime allies in loan-shark ring
The FBI has busted a loan-sharking ring featuring an unlikely alliance -- between an alleged Gambino crime-family member, Westies gangster and motorcycle gang member, authorities said today. Brooklyn-based feds pinched...
Former UFC champ Edgar pitching in with hurricane relief on Jersey shore
The Jersey shore has been a huge part of Frankie Edgar’s life since he was a kid.“I grew up pretty much on the boardwalk – every summer,” the former UFC...
Dickey waiting on Mets to respond to contract counter-proposal
R.A. Dickey is waiting for the Mets to make the next move.The NL Cy Young award winner acknowledged Tuesday that the club has offered him a contract extension, but said...
Giants sign former Seahawks RB Lumpkin
The Giants needed to add a running back with the loss of Andre Brown to a broken leg and after a tryout on Tuesday they signed Kregg Lumpkin, a 28-year...
Batty blond Baldwin 'stalker' back behind bars
Alec Baldwin's perky, unhinged accused stalker was hauled in cuffs out of Manhattan Criminal Court this afternoon — charged with violating the order of protection barring her from any contact...
'Homeland' star sells SoHo loft for $5.85M
Emmy Award-winning “Homeland” star Claire Danes, 33, just sold her apartment on Wooster Street for a hefty $5.85 million – just a little less than her $5.99 million asking price....
Clear conscience: NY AG wants Sandy nonprofit disclosure
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sent letters to at least 75 nonprofits asking them to disclose their fundraising and relief efforts for Superstorm Sandy victims. His Charities Bureau...
Shot tot's mom 'living' at hospital as girl struggles in drug-induced coma
The mother of a 5-year-old girl shot by a teenage Bronx neighbor sat by her little girl’s hospital bedside this morning unable to fathom what has happened. “All I’m thinking...
Rolle expects Giants to see Packers again
Antrel Rolle figures the Giants haven’t seen the last of the Packers, a team they dismantled 38-10 last Sunday night.“The way I look at it, most likely we’ll end up...
Record Powerball jackpot boosted to $500M
CHICAGO — Get your ticket! Eight months after a trio of ticket buyers split a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot to set a world lottery record, Powerball is offering up...
DVD Extra: Deanna Durbin meets Jean Renoir
Universal's surprisingly satisfying celebration of its 100th anniversary with a robust slate of classic Blu-ray releases -- unlike Paramount, which has outsourced most of its back catalogue -- unfortunately did...
YES to air six Fordham home games
Fordham hoops picked up a big assist Tuesday, as the YES Network announced it will broadcast six of the Rams' home games for the 2012-2013 season.The games that will air...
Model snags West Village co-op
Supermodel Karlie Kloss is now the owner of a fancy West Village co-op. Kloss, 20, the number two model in the world, according to Models.com’s Top 50 Models Women list,...
Tulane fully joining Big East, East Carolina in for football
The Big East moved quickly to replace Rutgers and braced for more possible departures, getting Tulane and East Carolina to agree to join the re-invented conference in 2014. “I would...
'Superhero' Bennett saves falling fan after Giants game
Martellus Bennett has dubbed himself “The Black Unicorn’’ in his first season with the Giants but he likened himself to Cyclops of the X-Men and also Superman in chronicling what...
Injured Packers RB Benson doubling as strip-club DJ
Packers running back Cedric Benson has had plenty of free time on his hands since injuring his right foot Oct. 7. And while he can't spin around defenders right now,...
STARTING FIVE: Michigan, Duke as title contenders and the area's best mid-major
Every week during the season, New York Post reporters Zach Braziller and Anthony Sulla-Heffinger go one-on-one over the latest hot topics in college basketball.This week, they talk Michigan's title hopes,...
Cowboys fans petition Obama to oust Jones as owner
It didn't work for Ohio State fans, who petitioned President Obama to pardon their NCAA-sanctioned team so the Buckeyes could play in a bowl game this year, but now Dallas...
Knicks' Felton 'upset' with himself after awful performance vs. Nets
Jason Kidd was not in the building. The cynic might say the same of the Knicks' Raymond Felton in the historic meeting with the Nets in Brooklyn on Monday.With the...
Godfather of baseball free agency Miller dies at 95
Marvin Miller, the most influential labor leader in sports history who ushered free agency into baseball, has passed away today at the age of 95. Miller had been diagnosed with...
Pettitte to sign one-year pact with Yankees 'pretty quick'
The Yankees and Andy Pettitte are involved in serious contract discussions that will likely result in the veteran left-hander signing a one-year deal in the $11 million range.And there is...
Mets, Wright talking seven-year extension starting in 2014
The Mets and David Wright are discussing a seven-year extension -- starting in 2014 -- that would keep the face of the franchise around through the 2020 season, according to...
Off-duty NYPD cop busted in alleged LES assault
An off-duty NYPD sergeant was arrested for attacking someone this morning in the Lower East Side, authorities said. Besemah Rogers, 42, allegedly punched the victim in the face, it is...
The Onion strikes again - China calls Kim Jung Un sexiest man alive
According to the official mouthpiece of China's Communist Party, North Korea's newest supreme leader, Kim Jung Un, is the sexiest man alive for 2012. China's People Daily reached their oddball...
Oscar Watch: 'Moonrise Kingdom' takes top Gotham honors
Wes Anderson's sublime "Moonrise Kingdom'' -- ignore my three-star review from May, it really shoulda been four -- received some much-deserved love from last night's Gotham Awards, the first (if...
Wintry mix hits city
Crews have treated the highways and plows are standing at the ready across the tristate for another November snowstorm. A storm system is moving up from the Tennessee Valley region....
Longoria's signing with Rays and its impact on Mets' Wrght
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Not much happened in the baseball world since I last rapped at ya, as Jim Anchower would put it, and I'm not going...
Satellite photo shows increased activity at N.Korean launch site
WASHINGTON - A new satellite image shows a marked increase in activity at a North Korean missile launch site, pointing to a possible long-range ballistic missile test by Pyongyang in...
Teen jumps to death off Brooklyn Bridge
A teenager leapt to his death this morning from the Brooklyn Bridge during morning rush hour traffic, authorities said. The 19-year-old climbed the cables off of the Brooklyn-bound roadway around...
Obama to launch tax hike p.r. blitz
WASHINGTON – The campaign never ends. President Obama today is launching a new p.r. campaign to rally popular support behind his push to raise tax rates on the rich –...
WATCH: 2 men pose as cops during attempted robbery in Qns.
The NYPD is seeking the public's help in identifying two men who posed as police officers during an attempted robbery of a Queens home. Police say the victim allowed the...
Experts exhume Arafat's remains, test for poison
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Yasser Arafat's political heirs on Tuesday opened his grave and foreign experts took samples of the iconic Palestinian leader's remains as part of a long-shot attempt...
Start of real rivalry special for NY hoops
At the end, as the final seconds melted away and the final buzzer groaned, the eerie chant came tumbling down from the upper reaches of Barclays Center. Nothing manufactured about...
Knicks' Kidd misses historic game with back spasms
Knicks fans finally got to see Carmelo Anthony start a game at the small forward position last night. Of course, the circumstances were not what they wanted. The Knicks went...
Nets prevail in OT thriller vs. Knicks in 1st city showdown
The Nets and Knicks finally took their fight for city supremacy to the court in Brooklyn last night. Give the first round to the Nets. Thanks to a virtuoso performance...
B'klyn gal Elisse Walter to lead Securities and Exchange Commission
Brooklyn native Elisse Walter, a career regulator, was tapped yesterday to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission after Chairman Mary Schapiro said she was stepping down after four tumultuous years...
Business briefs
Greece dealGreece won breathing space with long-frozen eurozone loans to restart and a first clear admission that a chunk of the country’s debt burden will need to be written off....
Next top dog? Some names to chew on
She hasn’t even started her new job, and the Street is already speculating about her replacement. Elisse Walter, a commissioner for the SEC, was tapped yesterday to lead the agency...
Amazon’s app craps out on Black Friday
What do you get when you combine “doorbusting” savings, early Black Friday shopping hours, price-match guarantees and a smartphone app that lets you check — while in the aisles of...
NightmareWorks: $33M ‘Guardians’ open slams DWA
Maybe DreamWorks Animation should have called it “Rise (and Fall) of the Guardians.” DWA shares slumped after “Rise of the Guardians” brought in a disappointing $33 million at the domestic...
Argentina beef isn’t done yet
Argentine bondholders who fear default yesterday asked an appeals court to let them continue to get paid while the South American country and Paul Singer’s Elliott Management duke it out....
Goldman vet to lead BofE
Bank of Canada Gov. Mark Carney was unexpectedly named head of the Bank of England as the UK government looked abroad for a candidate to lead the beefed-up central bank....
Again aping Apple: Google laptop seen
Google plans to open a new front in its hardware assault on Apple with a new ultraslim Chromebook laptop. The search giant has been making strides in winning customers with...
Ex-trader’s wife smiles as hubby faces music
Mathew Martoma surfaced yesterday in Manhattan federal court for the first time since he was charged in the “most lucrative” insider-trading scheme in history. Martoma, who was arrested last Tuesday...
‘Oracle’ backs hit on fat cats
Billionaire Warren Buffett is again calling for higher taxes on the “ultrarich” and he’s urging Congress to compromise on spending cuts and tax increases. Buffett expressed his views on fiscal...
Facebook get$ new ‘like’
Facebook rose to its highest price in four months after an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. said that investors have been underestimating its sales-growth potential.Sales will be $6.98...
Cyber Monday steams ahead
Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.Shoppers are expected to have spent...
Hudson Yards shovel-ready
In a critical breakthrough for Hudson Yards, the MTA board is expected tomorrow to let Related Companies start $50 million of preliminary work on its Coach headquarters tower before the...
A Halle of a shiner: Battered ex wins protection
Halle Berry’s baby daddy yesterday obtained an order of protection against the actress’ fiancé after the men’s Thanksgiving Day brawl — and by the look of his face, he needs...
Coke bust’s Times Sq. powder outage
There’s no business like snow business! Six alleged cocaine traffickers were indicted yesterday for taking the name “the Great White Way” literally — wheeling more than 100 pounds of cocaine...
Rabbi abused girl, 12, DA says
The trial of a prominent Brooklyn rabbi accused of sexually abusing a young girl began in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday with a focus on the strict rules of ultra-Orthodox Judaism....
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn The man in this picture is wanted for questioning in the armed robbery of a an 18-year-old youth in a Brownsville subway station, police said. The suspect allegedly stopped...
A hero to the end: Fearless Mexican mayor who survived two assassination attempts is murdered
Courageous Mexican mayor Maria Santos Gorrostieta cheated death twice when she survived assassination attempts by druglords — but three times was too much. Gorrostieta, dubbed a “heroine of the 21st...
Upstate Serb thug goes free
A hulking Serbian basketball player who brutally beat a young Brooklyn man into a coma during an upstate bar brawl in 2008 got out of prison in his homeland early...
Suspect, 18, charged in shooting as 5-year-old victim has 3rd surgery
The 5-year-old girl whose lung was pierced by a stray bullet outside her family’s Bronx apartment had to undergo more surgery yesterday — as the teenage neighbor who allegedly shot...
Heiress apt. sold: $22.5M
A private-equity executive is spending $22.5 million on a Fifth Avenue co-op owned by the late copper heiress Huguette Clark, public records show. The co-op board also OK’d a request...
Pregnant plea from death ma
A Queens woman indicted on charges she killed her 2-year-old son asked a judge for more lenient jail conditions yesterday — because she’s pregnant. Afriyie Gaspard, 29, allegedly choked one...
The confetti blunderer: Office staffer brought shredded Nassau cop docs to parade
A bumbling Nassau County Police Department employee brought mounds of shredded sensitive documents to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade last week and tossed it as confetti, sources told The Post....
Kin’s rap in ‘DWI’ limo slay
The Brooklyn driver of a limo that fatally hit his brother-in-law was held in lieu of $10,000 bail on DWI and vehicular-manslaughter charges yesterday — over objection’s from the victim’s...
Jumbo jet suit: Hubby wants $6M in 'too fat to fly' wife's death
The grieving husband of the Bronx woman who died after being told she was too fat to fly home from Eastern Europe is planning to sue three airlines for a...
Baby badly hurt in Qns. crash
A Queens baby was fighting for her life last night after she was tossed from the back seat of a minivan as it slammed into a car owned by a...
Parking-garage tragedy
A Financial District parking-garage attendant was crushed to death yesterday when an SUV rolled off an elevator lift and pinned him to the ground, cops said.The 1999 Mercury Mountaineer was...
City $ox big for free tix
A former city official ended up shelling out $3,000 to see the New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox. That’s the fine that Sanford Cohen, an ex-assistant deputy...
My show is filth! ‘Two and a Half Men’ teen lashes out
Now that’s biting the hand that feeds you. The “half man” on the show “Two and a Half Men” is blasting his CBS sitcom as “filth” — and says he...
Third man files teen sex suit against Elmo voice, accuses Clash of luring him with booze
A third man claims Elmo voice Kevin Clash “tickled my heart” and engaged in underaged sexual contact, according to stunning new allegations made today against the famous puppet master. The...
Staten Island man loses everything in Sandy, then again in fire
In less than a month, Eddie Saman lost everything he owned from his Staten Island home — twice. The 57-year-old self-employed salesman had been living without heat or electricity in...
Make a squish, NYC! Crowded 4 and 5 trains worse since storm
Two of the most overcrowded lines in the subway system have been squeezing in even more riders, thanks to Hurricane Sandy. Straphangers are packing in to the 4 and 5...
Gov: Sandy topped Katrina
Gov. Cuomo yesterday put the first official price tag on the economic damage inflicted on the state by Hurricane Sandy — a staggering $42 billion, with $19 billion in the...
Push to do the ‘rate’ thing
The City Council and city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission sparred yesterday over a new taxi design that eliminates printed fares from the sides of taxicabs. Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx), Transportation...
Christie to re-up
The worst-kept secret in New Jersey is official — Chris Christie is running for re-election. Christie, 50, filed re-election papers yesterday for the 2013 race, said adviser Mike DuHaime. “There...
‘Fare’ strikes out
Pedicab drivers who overcharge unsuspecting riders are being shut down by the City Council. A key committee yesterday unanimously approved a bill that forces drivers to charge a per-minute rate...
MTA honcho loves Lhota
Even people in Mayor Bloomberg’s inner circle are jumping on the Joe Lhota-for- mayor bandwagon. MTA board member Mark Lebow — who is married to Deputy Mayor Patti Harris —...
Avella eyes Beep
State Sen. Tony Avella said yesterday he’ll run for Queens borough president next year.Avella, a Democrat who won a landslide re-election earlier this month after unseating Republican Frank Padavan in...
Seoul long, Jill
South Korea will revoke an honorary title given to the socialite tied to a scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus, officials in Seoul said today. Jill Kelley misused her...
Mobster: I’ve got ‘rat’ idea
This rat’s got a purpose. Joseph “Big Joey” Massino, who went from Mafia boss to government witness, admitted yesterday that he’s a “rat” and said he became the first don...
Dance-feud stabbing
A family team of break dancers was attacked by rival street entertainers in a battle over turf on Fifth Avenue Saturday afternoon. Joseph Berry, 34, said he was stabbed twice...
Hoop and holler: B’klyn Beep Spikes ball in Knicks-Nets rivalry
This gives new meaning to the Battle of Brooklyn. Marty Markowitz and filmmaker Spike Lee went one-on-one before last night’s much-anticipated matchup between the Knicks and the Nets at Brooklyn’s...
‘Affair’ pick to shut
It’s been a rocky five years for the Academy for Social Action: A College Board School.First, the school’s founding principal, Crystal Simmons, was canned for carrying on an on-the-job affair...
Matter of principal
Ask nearly anyone at Brooklyn’s EBC HS for Public Service how it went from an “F” grade to a “B” this year and you hear the same answer: Principal Shawn...
Schools make grade strides
The city’s public high schools earned higher marks from the Department of Education compared with last year — with 7 percent more earning “A’s” or “B’s” and 4 percent fewer...
Got what it takes
It Takes a Village Academy takes the cake.The East Flatbush HS was ranked at the top of all high schools this year — with a score of 98.7 out of...
‘F’ for fights, chaos
DeWitt Clinton HS’s “F” grade — its second year earning failing marks — could be the death knell for the large Bronx school, which saddened but didn’t shock many students....
The trouble before Sandy
As Mayor Bloomberg and everyone else keep reminding us, Superstorm Sandy packed an economic and fiscal wallop. But Sandy didn’t create City Hall’s economic and budget problems; it only made...
The ‘Demon’ guarding GOP principles
Listening to Democrats and the media, you could be forgiven for thinking the point of a deal over the looming “fiscal cliff” wouldn’t be to reduce the deficit so much...
Sorry, Vito
Great news from Brooklyn: Disgraced political boss Vito Lopez likely won’t be able to grope his way to a City Council seat. Not for lack of trying. The 14-term assemblyman...
Throwing stones at US while touting Soviet line
The Issue: Oliver Stone’s treatment of the Cold War in his new “Untold History of the United States.” *** Kudos to Clifford May for exposing the mendacity of Oliver Stone’s...
America’s black friday blues
The Issue: Whether stores opening on Thanksgiving for Black Friday sales violate the holiday’s spirit. *** There was quite an uproar when a few stores opened for a few hours...
Despot in the making?
“The presidency reiterates the temporary nature of those measures, which are not intended to concentrate power . . .The presidency stresses its firm commitment to engage all political forces in...
No quick tax fix
Gov. Cuomo offered an alarming picture yesterday of New York’s post-Sandy fiscal situation; happily, he seems set on avoiding tax hikes to deal with it. That’s commendable. And all the...
My election mistake
Is victory sweet because your side wins — or is it really because the other side loses? The infamous quote attributed in a 1928 biography to Genghis Khan tells it...
‘Poverty’ like we’ve never seen it
The federal government now considers a family of four in New York City to be poor if its pre-tax income is below $37,900.Even with full medical coverage. The calculation helps...
New music reviews
Check out new music from Alicia Keys, Solange, Rage Against the Machine, Wu Block, and more. ALBUMS OF THE WEEK: Alicia Keys “Girl on Fire” ★★ 1/2 FOR all the...
A princely ‘Nutcracker’
It’s hard to keep a nearly 60-year-old party lively, especially if you use the same music and decorations every year. But you can tweak the guest list, and George Balanchine’s...
Diva’s debut rocks like an Egyptian in ‘Aida’
The Met’s newest diva has a name your spell checker’s not likely to recognize: Liudmyla Monastyrska. But after her sumptuous debut Friday in Verdi’s “Aida,” opera fans are not only...
Adieu Marty
Marty Richards — an award-winning producer who made his mark with “Chicago” but by all accounts was the consummate New Yorker — died yesterday after a long fight with cancer....
War waged, feuds fought long before Knicks-Nets took the court in Brooklyn
If you want to go back to the very beginning, it isn’t as far or as hard a trek as you might think. You walk out of Barclays Center, take...
Withey carries Kansas
Jeff Withey had 16 points, 12 rebounds and a school-record 12 blocks for only the second official triple-double in Kansas history, and the 10th-ranked Jayhawks held off a furious comeback...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70y; $22,000; mdn cl($15,000); 3up; (f&m)RUMACK Corinthian filly debuts for barn and ships from Aqueduct after waking up late...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T): $30,000; cl($16,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 East Indies(L),115J Ortiz9-8-3Signore20-12 Loving Dove(L),120J Alvarado2-3-6Sacco12-13 Springcourt(L),120RDomingz1-1-2Jacobson3-14 Alltiffedoff(L),113P Tomas5-9-10LO'Brien50-15 Big Sky Posse(L),115W Garcia2-2-6DiPrima8-16 The Vin...
Parx Racing Charts
November 26th, 2012 Clear And Fast. ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7f; $37,000; mdn cl($40,000); 2YOOff: 12:27. Good. steady handlingTime: 23.47, 47.56, 1:13.5, 1:27.27.Trainer: Anthony DutrowWinner: B C, 2, by Bernstein-LakenheathScr:...
Affrunti at Turf Paradise Graded Entries
FIRST-3 1/2f; $4,300; alw; 3up7-News Prince 5-23-Mortons 8-18-EyemaSnwBlly6-14-Molen Road 8-110-Corna ParaTi10-15-Ruby La Jolla 5-11-LittleCountGirl20-16-Chcswthbdhbt10-12-Latest Rockn 8-19-AComancheMn4-1SECOND-1m; $6,700; cl($4,000); 3up; (f&m)5-Blue Moon High3-12-Caliente Roja 8-17-DreamintheDrk7-23-Sun City 9-24-Lady Sasha 5-26-LegendryHert12-11-Hispania 10-1THIRD-6 1/2f;...
Sports Shorts
BASEBALL: Rays’ Longoria gets added $100M All-Star Rays third baseman Evan Longoria agreed to a new contract through 2022 that adds six guaranteed seasons and $100 million. The agreement incorporates...
Hitler chants heard at Tottenham match
LONDON — English soccer faced another racism investigation after a Premier League match between Tottenham and West Ham was marred by anti-Semitic abuse by fans.West Ham pledged to impose lifetime...
The Post Line
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Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Vermont at Harvard NBCSN7 p.m.Howard at Pittsburgh SNY7:15 p.m.ACC/Big 10 Challenge: Minnesota at Florida State ESPN27:15 p.m.ACC/Big 10 Challenge: Iowa at Virginia Tech ESPNU7:30 p.m.ACC/Big 10 Challenge: North Carolina...
Mediators enter NHL labor fray
Federal mediators will enter the picture tomorrow when NHL and NHLPA leaders meet at the familiar “secret location,” but unless these individuals possess the power to force the league to...
Agent insists Yankees free agent Martin in demand
A disastrous first half to the season hasn’t made Russell Martin unattractive to other teams now that he’s on the free agent market. According to his agent, Matt Colleran, the...
Ex-pitching coach Orel: Mets ace R.A. Dickey can last
As the Mets wrestle with the decision whether to lock up R.A. Dickey or trade him as part of a rebuilding process, one of the people who helped the knuckleballer...
Home Team Lineups
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Experience ‘made a dream come true’ for Giants fan fighting lymphoma
It started with a brotherly feud and evolved into an inspirational speech that very well could have turned the Giants’ season around. Adam Merchant Jr. is a 15-year-old from Barre,...
Suh avoids suspension for Schaub groin shot
The NFL has decided not to suspend Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh for his actions against Texans quarterback Matt Schaub. League spokesman Greg Aiello announced the decision yesterday via Twitter,...
McKnight will try WR with Jets
Joe McKnight has played running back and cornerback this season. Now, the Jets are trying him at wide receiver. With several injuries to their wide receiving corps, the Jets are...
No hope left for battered Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — It’s gotten so bad, even their notorious fans couldn’t bring themselves to boo anymore in the second half. The Eagles merely prompt listless resignation now, both from this...
Giants' next task: Slow down RG3
The bridge Tom Coughlin implored his Giants to build from Super Bowl XLVII to XLVII is back under construction. But the demolition team that demolished Aaron Rodgers and the Packers...
Brown’s break gives Giants rookie Wilson a shot
David Wilson has to laugh when friends ask him how he is holding up. He knows what he has been through in his rookie season with the Giants, knows what...
Giants' Coughlin hoping Phillips’ injury nothing ‘major’
After missing six straight games with a strained MCL in his right knee, Kenny Phillips didn’t make it out of the Giants’ 38-10 victory over the Packers when he aggravated...
Beaten Jets still trying to ‘believe’
Even Antonio Cromartie concedes the Jets’ playoff hopes are looking dim. Coming off a 49-19 loss to the Patriots, sitting at 4-7 with five games left, the cornerback who assured...
Deflated Rex moves forward with Jets
Defeated. That was how Rex Ryan looked yesterday, despite being three days removed from Patriots 49, Jets 19 on Thanksgiving night, his most humiliating 60 minutes as a head coach....
Jets: Fireman Ed will be missed
Jets coach Rex Ryan was upset to hear Fireman Ed is stepping aside. “I was disappointed,” Ryan said. “I love that guy’s passion and energy he would bring. He’s a...
Deron, Watson combo not working for Nets
The Nets talked a lot during the preseason about playing their two point guards — Deron Williams and C.J. Watson — together in the backcourt. But after they were paired...
Wallace awakens with lock-down D on Melo
Gerald Wallace admitted he hadn’t been feeling like himself since returning to the lineup following an ankle injury suffered in the season opener. A solid training camp was wasted as...
Nets' Lopez comes up big vs. Knicks' Chandler
Brook Lopez knew this was not going to be just another game. Like the rest of his teammates, he came in early to watch film yesterday morning, with Lopez preparing...
Knicks' Brewer, Kidd face injuries
Knicks guard Ronnie Brewer recently has been troubled by his surgically repaired left knee, but last night it was his left hand that became the issue. Brewer left the Knicks’...
In the end, Knicks' Melo runs out of gas
Carmelo Anthony had one message for everybody on his side during the Knicks last timeout in regulation last night. Don’t even think of looking anywhere else. Anthony was having a...
Tyson’s monster game for Knicks spoiled in OT
No Jason Kidd meant the Knicks had to be perfect last night in their historic Brooklyn debut. Center Tyson Chandler nearly was perfect, but Carmelo Anthony struggled in the fourth...
Starr Report
Carly Rae Jepsen and Neon Trees are among the talent that’s been added to ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” hosted by Ryan Seacrest. The additions, scheduled to be...
Allison Janney’s house foreclosed
A house co-owned by former “West Wing” star Allison Janney is in foreclosure — and is being auctioned off. The house, located in Palm Springs, Calif., was purchased by Janney...
Dave Salmoni goes from wolves to ants
Animal Planet host Dave Salmoni has danced with wolves — but now he’s getting up-close-and-personal with . . . wait for it . . . ants. In tonight’s episode of...
‘Liz & Dick’ fourth most-watched cable movie of the year
La Liz would never settle for fourth-best. Lindsay Lohan’s starring turn as Elizabeth Taylor in “Liz & Dick” was the year’s fourth-most-watched cable movie — bowing to good, but not...
Talk show guests
TUESDAY DR. OZ - The Oprah Winfrey Show, 8 a.m., (OWN) HELEN HUNT, BRYAN ADAMS, CARLEY RONEY - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 WENDIE MALICK, TICHINA...
Get smart: ‘Invention USA’ on the hunt for the next great idea
If, last year, rednecks became the, ah, new Jerseyites, then this year inventors have become the new rednecks — and they’ve done it without bar fights or even alligator wrestling....
What to eat in Austin right now
From TV personalities to people you actually know, everyone is eating in Austin these days. The city largely known for its live music, self-proclaimed weirdness and access to barbecue country...
The bucket list
Goviva, a new service offering “once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences,” has launched with packages for everything from the Super Bowl to the Country Music Awards to a dinner at chef Rick Bayless’...
Just back: Atlantis
One of my life goals has always been to become best friends with a monkey, a dolphin or a panda. Last week in the Bahamas’ Paradise Island, it happened: I...
Weird but true
In the weirdest low-speed chase in Los Angeles since the days of O.J. Simpson, a circus camel named Abdullah fled from his handlers, who took off after him down a...
Put on your party face!
Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night” blares in the background while a gaggle of girls drink from pink martini glasses and discuss Madonna and Elton John’s tumultuous relationship: “Elton John likes...
'Elmo' voice Kevin Clash hit with third teen-sex accusation
A third man claims he had sex with “Elmo” voice Kevin Clash while still a teenager, the accuser’s attorney said today. “He’s alleging he was 16 and had sexual contact...
I have a personal stylist
‘Did you win the lottery?” That’s what Liron Amsellem’s friends asked when the 29-year-old photographer confessed to hiring a personal stylist. As far as they were concerned, if she wasn’t...
Nets take 1st Brooklyn matchup with Knicks in OT
The Brooklyn Nets worked overtime to pull out the opener of their new-look rivalry with the New York Knicks, winning 96-89 on Monday night to tie their city rivals for...
Halle Berry baby daddy gets order of protection against her fiance
Halle Berry’s baby daddy today obtained an order of protection against the actress’ fiancé after the men’s Thanksgiving Day brawl — and by the look of her ex’s face, he...
Queens baby in serious condition after traffic accident
A Queens baby was fighting for her life tonight after being tossed from the back seat of a minivan as it slammed into a car owned by a local driving...
Sex abuse trial starts for B'klyn rabbi accused of molesting 12-year-old girl
The trial of a prominent Brooklyn rabbi accused of sexually abusing a young girl began in Brooklyn Supreme Court today with a focus on the strict rules of ultra-Orthodox Judaism....