November 30, 2012
Steelers rule out Roethlisberger against Ravens
PITTSBURGH — For the third consecutive game, the Steelers will be without their star quarterback. At least it appears as if they’ll have the quarterback of their defense and the...
Giants' Strahan semifinalist for Hall of Fame
CANTON, OHIO — First-time candidates John Lynch, Michael Strahan and Jonathan Ogden were among 27 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2013 class announced Friday. Joining Lynch, Strahan...
Nets should exercise extreme caution with Lopez
ORLANDO – The most important word Nets coach Avery Johnson said Friday morning came when he was discussing Brook Lopez’s timeline for returning to the court from the ligament sprain...
With Phillips likely back, Giants to load field with safeties vs. Redskins
Coordinator Perry Fewell has added a new wrinkle to the Giants’ defense with veteran safety Kenny Phillips back in the lineup. Instead of using schemes with three safeties instead of...
'Macho' Camacho gets big sendoff in East Harlem
It was a goodbye fit for a king of the ring. Boxing legend Hector “Macho” Camacho was given a royal sendoff today as his casket was paraded through the streets...
'Devil' made firebug burn elderly woman to death
The evil firebug who burned an elderly woman to death in her elevator last year now claims he takes directions from the devil. Jerome Isaac, 48, was set to be...
Underwear model convicted in sugar daddy's castration-murder
Not nuts. But definitely guilty. A Manhattan murder jury today convicted a Portuguese underwear model of bludgeoning and then castrating his sugar daddy with a corkscrew in their Times Square...
Ichiro out of patience with Yankees, talking with other teams
Ichiro Suzuki’s willingness to wait on the Yankees has declined to the point where the veteran outfielder is talking to other teams.“At the beginning we talked a lot but since...
Queens bias bash: Pair asks 70-year-old man if he's Muslim or Hindu, then beats him (VIDEO)
Cops are hunting these brutes who beat up an elderly man in Queens early Monday, after first asking if he was Muslim or Hindu, police said. The two thugs, both...
Simulation predicts Galaxy to repeat as MLS Cup champs
The LA Galaxy will defend their MLS Cup title with a 2-1 win over the Houston Dynamo before a hometown crowd at The Home Depot Center. At least according to...
'Derek Eater' jokes fly across the Twitterverse
Every move Derek "El Capitan" Jeter makes has the potential to make The Post's back cover, but rarely do Mr. Novermber's inactions cause such a stir.Friday's "Derek Eater" cover with...
Rivera passes Yankees physical, one-year deal official
Mariano Rivera’s deal with the Yankees became official on Friday when the 43-year-old closer passed his physical with the team. Rivera’s signing, which was reported on Thursday, was expected after...
Jets to make Tebow inactive vs. Cardinals: report
Tim Tebow will miss his second straight game this Sunday and be inactive for the first time as a Jet, thanks to his cracked ribs, according to an ESPN.com report.Tebow...
Pressuring GOP, Obama takes his fiscal plan to Pa.
HATFIELD, Pa. — President Obama argued Friday that allowing taxes to rise for the middle class would amount to a "lump of coal" for Christmas," while Republican House Speaker John...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Magic
ORLANDO – The Nets will try to achieve their second five-game winning streak of the young season Friday night when they take on the Magic, who they also will be...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Stern misguided in Spurs threat
David Stern’s threat to punish San Antonio for sitting its three best players against the Heat is a completely misguided attempt to get early season ratings as opposed to keeping...
Yankees 'likely' to replace Martin from within
The Yankees are all set when it comes to pitching next season.Who those pitchers will be throwing to is another matter.With Russell Martin heading to Pittsburgh, GM Brian Cashman has...
Murder case against tennis ref, accused of killing husband in NYC, dropped for insufficient evidence
LOS ANGELES — The arrest of an aging tennis referee in her husband's death was a shocker last summer. On Friday, the case took another surprise twist when prosecutors dropped...
Kidd eyes next week's road trip, Heat game for return
Knicks PG Jason Kidd said the goal is to make his return sometime on next week’s road trip that is highlighted by a showdown in Miami on Thursday. Kidd, who...
Despite picture of weight gain, Yankees GM 'not worried' about Jeter being ready for Opening Day
Derek Jeter is expected to be ready for Opening Day, despite the possible addition of a few pounds.“The one thing you don’t have to worry about is Derek Jeter,” GM...
Missouri mechanic and his wife named as one of two Powerball winners
DEARBORN, Mo. — Cindy Hill, a laid-off office manager who lives in a small town in Missouri, called her husband Thursday with urgent news that would change everything: "We won...
4 Hofstra basketball players arrested on burglary charges
Four Hofstra U. hoops players today were charged with burglary for a slew of brazen thefts from fellow students' dorm rooms, authorities said. The trio of freshmen and one sophomore...
Wright, Martin, Rivera and a brief exhange with Michael Weiner
Multiple best-laid plans went to waste as I tried to find a subject for this week's Friday conversation, but perhaps it was meant to be. There's much baseball news to...
Train filled with hazardous materials derails in NJ
PAULSBORO, NJ — People in three southern New Jersey towns were told Friday to stay inside after a freight train derailed and several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials toppled from...
Red Cross worker 'groped' Sandy victim after offering her hotel room
A Red Cross worker allegedly groped a woman who had been staying in a Sandy shelter. The victim, who accepted a Midtown hotel room from Rodney Roy, 39, after her...
Bloomberg says Con Ed is 'the best utility in the country' despite widespread power outages from Sandy
He's defended Con Ed in crisis after crisis and today, despite the widespread power loss resulting from Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg pronounced the utility the best in America. "Con Ed...
Sandy holds back consumer spending, pay in October
WASHINGTON — Americans cut back on spending last month while their income remained flat. The weakness in part reflected disruptions from Superstorm Sandy that could slow economic growth for the...
Killed for being too loud: Gunman fatally shoots one man, wounds another on Staten Island over noise
One man is dead and another is fighting for his life after they were shot in a Staten Island apartment building early this morning, police sources said. The bloodshed in...
Protests erupt after new Egypt constitution passed
CAIRO — Giant crowds of protesters packed Cairo's Tahrir Square and marched in other cities Friday vowing to stop a draft constitution that Islamist allies of President Mohammed Morsi approved...
Toll increases on Port Authority bridges and tunnels kick in Sunday
FORT LEE, NJ — Motorists will pay more as the next phase of toll increases kick in at Port Authority bridges and tunnels on Sunday. Cash tolls on the George...
WATCH: Man celebrates possible winning lotto ticket
We might have our winners. Maybe. According to ABC 7 WJLA, one of the two winning Powerball tickets may have been sold to a highway or construction worker who walked...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, hotel maid to settle
Word of a settlement agreement between former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her could bring an end to...
O/U Rico!
Rico continued his winning ways last week, going 9-7 (2-1 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders. The season record is 68-103-4 (13-22-1). The selections for Week 13 are: OVERS: Bears /...
Signing Wright a good start for the Mets, but what comes next is key
The job isn’t complete for the Mets now; in fact, it only begins, only becomes more complicated. But say this: the Mets punched back late last night, for the first...
Wright agrees to 8-year deal to stay with Mets
Finally, the Wright answer. David Wright can count on spending the rest of his career with the Mets after reaching agreement on an eight-year contract worth $138 million to remain...
German man who returned cheapskate rapper's laptop says settling over $1M promise wasn't an option
He took a $1 million roll of the dice — and wound up rolling in Benjamins. The German man who returned cheapskate rapper Ryan Leslie’s laptop said yesterday he knew...
Giants know what to expect in Round 2 vs. Griffin, Redskins
Justin Tuck is not sure about the sustainability of the read-option, jet-quick offense the Giants will see for the second time when they face Robert Griffin III and the Redskins...
Giants ready to take control of NFC East in 'most important game' of year
The Giants have no intentions of playing with fire and fighting for their playoff lives again at the end of this season. They have decided that the time to burn...
Gorman: better chill over bonus cuts
Stop whining! Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said bankers shouldn’t complain about lower bonuses as long as the industry remains in “the doghouse,” with its reputation sullied by the financial...
Business briefs
Tiff, tiff, tiff Tiffany lowered its fiscal-year sales and profit forecast for the third straight quarter after weak quarterly sales. Shares slid 6.2 percent to $59.80 yesterday.Sandy claimsAIG and Allstate...
Hostess brass get fat as 18K workers lose jobs
Most Hostess Brands workers have lost their jobs, but top executives will be rolling in the dough. Hostess — the maker of Twinkies, Ho Hos and Ding Dongs — won...
A power struggle: Schulze, PE spar over Best Buy bid
Richard Schulze is in danger of blowing another deadline. Efforts by the Best Buy founder to cobble together a buyout offer for the electronics retailer are hitting snags, sapping investor...
Open marriage for FB, Zynga
Zynga and Facebook are changing the rules of the game. The two have altered the terms of their longstanding relationship that was once key to both their corporate fortunes before...
Hachette alums could keep Whole Living alive
Martha Stewart may have finally found a buyer for Whole Living — one that will keep the magazine alive even as big publishers Hearst and Meredith stayed out of the...
Hoops and hot tips
Michael Baron, an editor at website TheStreet.com, has been linked to an insider-trading ring that exchanged tips at basketball games, wsj.com reported. Baron’s pals were among six people arrested last...
B&N loss deepens
Barnes & Noble said the quarterly loss in its Nook division increased as the bookseller increased spending on its e-readers and tablets to keep pace with larger rivals Amazon and...
Shaky start boxes in retailers
Black Friday was no match for Hurricane Sandy. Retailers posted lackluster November sales as a brisk Thanksgiving weekend wasn’t enough to make up for business lost to disruptions from the...
Zucker to sever Couric ties as he takes CNN reins
Hello cable news, good-bye Katie Couric. Jeff Zucker will give up his equity stake in the Disney-backed syndicated “Katie” show, which is co-owned with host Katie Couric, The Post has...
Cohen’s damage control
Beleaguered hedge fund honcho Steve Cohen held a conference call yesterday for his roughly 1,000 employees to explain potential civil charges against his firm, SAC Capital Advisors, sources said. The...
Icahn may bag Osh bid
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said he will drop his offer to buy Oshkosh Corp. if less than 25 percent of shares are tendered by next week. The stock price...
Reel life drama: SAC exec’s wild tale
Michael Steinberg, the SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a $62 million insider-trading scheme, once harbored Hollywood dreams. But before the 40-year-old hedgie ever got...
Former 'car czar' Steven Rattner says insurance payouts to Sandy victims were nothing more than bailouts
Former “car czar” Steven Rattner, said yesterday that payouts from federal flood insurance policies to victims of Hurricane Sandy were nothing more than bailouts — like those that saved banks...
Jobless claims off
Applications for jobless benefits decreased by 23,000, to 393,000, in the week ended Nov. 24, Labor Department figures showed yesterday. Economists forecast 390,000 claims. The drop indicates the job market...
Spending sputters in 3rd qtr.
Consumer spending in the US grew less than forecast in the third quarter, underscoring why Federal Reserve policy makers are zeroing in on fighting unemployment to spur the world’s largest...
Oct. home sales rise
Americans signed more contracts in October to purchase previously owned homes, another sign the recovery in the housing market is being sustained. The index of pending home resales climbed 5.2...
NY court $laps fling doc for bed medicine
A Long Island doctor who was supposed to be treating a married model for depression committed medical malpractice by having an affair with her — but it wasn’t all his...
Stuy Town tenants in rent $core
The owners of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village have agreed to pay a $68.75 million settlement for rent overcharges at the massive complex, it was announced yesterday. The deal,...
Kids badly hurt in Bronx blaze
Three children were critically injured yesterday in a fire that tore through the laundry-room of a Bronx apartment building, authorities said. The fire began at 7:35 p.m. at 207 Longstreet...
Jill Kelley, Tampa socialite in Petraeus sex scandal, loses special license plates
TAMPA — The socialite at the center of the sex scandal that brought down CIA boss David Petraeus has lost her prized honorary consul license plates, an official said yesterday....
‘Rubber stamp’ doc busted in online Rx ring
A once-beloved Upper East Side gynecologist was busted yesterday on charges he started rubber-stamping prescriptions for an online drug ring around the time his medical license was restricted for “gross...
$our note for Blige
The queen of R&B is having problems in her financial kingdom. Signature Bank is suing Mary J. Blige, claiming the “Real Love” singer has failed to pay up on a...
Buy your own ticket!
No more freebies!City officials will now have to pay to see Broadway shows — and give up plenty of other free tickets that once routinely came with the job.A new...
Saints march in
They haven’t forgotten. A team of New Orleans firefighters today will help repair the home of an elderly woman whose FDNY son volunteered in the Big Easy after Hurricane Katrina....
Lottery winners vow to help Sandy relief
They’re spreading their luck to Hurricane Sandy victims. Two New Yorkers who yesterday collected lottery jackpots — one for $33 million, another for $1 million — vowed to give some...
Gillibrand’s tearful tale
An emotional Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand broke down in tears yesterday during testimony on Hurricane Sandy, as she told her Senate colleagues about the terrible moment when floodwaters snatched two small...
Staten Island has secret $anta: Big-hearted Kansas City man hands out $100 bills to storm victims
He’s “Sandy” Claus! A wealthy, anonymous Missouri businessman passed out $100 bills yesterday to Staten Islanders still struggling to recover from last month’s superstorm. “The money is not the point...
Transit vs. public ‘futilities’
A commission ordered by Gov. Cuomo to investigate power companies after Sandy wants to know if the utilities responded fast enough to outages that affected public transportation. The Moreland Commission...
US, Israel rip UN’s vote of approval for Palestine
The Palestinians won virtual recognition as a nation from the UN General Assembly yesterday, but a bipartisan group of US senators warned it could cost the new “state” millions in...
MoMA to ‘Pac’ ’em in
Pablo Picasso, meet Pac-Man.The Museum of Modern Art has officially raised video games to new aesthetic heights by planning a game-only gallery with 40 of the greatest arcade, console and...
Grand new status means little new power
The Palestinian Authority joins the Vatican as the only other entity with nonmember observer state statusn at the United Nations. In practice, this title gives it few new powers. Much...
‘Iron Chef’ food fight
A restaurateur says he was unfairly chopped out of “Iron Chef” star Masaharu Morimoto’s TriBeCa eatery before its grand opening. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Michael Wainstein says...
Chimp victim settles suit
Lawyers for the woman horribly mauled by a chimpanzee in Connecticut have agreed to a settle a lawsuit against the estate of the animal’s now-dead owner, according to court documents....
Health Department cracks down on Staten Island 'petting zoo' owner after his zebra escapes
The circus is over. The city Health Department swooped down yesterday on the wacky wild kingdom run by a Staten Island animal nut — grilling him about how a zebra...
Prison for hip-hop honcho
Hip-hop producer Bryan Leach yesterday got two years in prison for attempted gun possession, but was set free until April pending appeal.The man credited with discovering Lil Jon and the...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** This man is wanted for trying to knock off a Downtown Brooklyn bank, authorities said. The suspect, sporting a salt-and-pepper beard, entered the Chase branch at MetroTech on...
Ex-Pa. Gov. Rendell to Gov. Cuomo: Fracking would be good for New York state
Gov. Cuomo and New York would be frackin’ “crazy” to continue its fracking ban. That’s the message from former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat whose state has seen an...
Roof light will mean cab is available under new rule
The cab-hailing arms of tourists — and, admit it, New Yorkers, too — will finally get a rest, thanks to new rules for yellow taxis’ roof lights: If the light...
Halt new cabs: suit
Cab owners want the “Taxi of Tomorrow” gone today.Two groups of cab owners filed suit against the city yesterday in a bid to slam the brakes on the Taxi and...
Officer’s inspiring kindness is NYC at its Finest
Police Officer Larry DePrimo makes me proud to be a New Yorker. And a human being. At 25, his small, bashful voice still cracks. But after 2 1/2 years on...
Bloomberg: Cop's selflessness is what NYPD does every day
Mayor Bloomberg said today that Officer Larry DePrimo's act of selflessness was a classic example of what the NYPD does quietly every day. "The truth of the matter is cops...
Talks between Obama and GOP stall over fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON — President Obama and Republican leaders yesterday pushed each other closer toward the edge of the fiscal cliff in a spat over taxes and spending. “This is not a...
O has Mitt for lunch (again)
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s consolation prize: turkey chili with President Obama. A few weeks after losing the presidential race, Romney slipped into Washington to lunch with Obama at the White...
Queens jury ‘pool’ $cores
Finally, something to smile about during jury duty! Seventeen members of a Queens grand jury — plus one court officer — yesterday learned that their shared $2 Powerball ticket, bought...
Quinn: Nix ‘Gropez’ district
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday demanded that a district map crafted to help embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez run for a Brooklyn council seat be scrapped. Quinn, a 2013 mayoral...
Four Orthodox Jewish men arrested for court pix of sex accuser
These alleged intimidators must think they’re judge and jury. Four Orthodox Jewish men were hauled out of a Brooklyn courtroom and arrested yesterday after they allegedly used gangland tactics to...
Lindsay in bar-punch bust as ‘Liz’ bomb fuels boozy rage
A sloppy Lindsay Lohan — depressed over rotten reviews for her TV flick “Liz & Dick” — ended a two-day bender yesterday by allegedly cold-cocking a Florida psychic in a...
Abbas’ empty ‘win’
Some West Bankers may still feel this morning as if they’ve just won the $587 million Powerball jackpot — but they’ll soon realize that, despite the dazzle of yesterday’s vote...
New York pedal power: Safe — and here to stay
The Issue: New legislation requiring pedicab drivers to display fares up front to deter price-gouging. *** The Post’s editorial states that pedicabs “are dangerous to pedestrians, to automobiles and to...
Where Republicans erred
The Issue: Predictions suggesting Mitt Romney would beat President Obama in the Nov. 6 election. *** What John Podhoretz’s column mentions about the failure of the Republican Party to motivate...
For shame!
The United Nations yesterday irrevocably repudiated the principles upon which it was founded some seven decades ago as the world emerged from a genocidal war vowing “never again.” Ostensibly, of...
Questions for Rice
“At the time Ambassador Rice [blamed the Benghazi attacks on protests against an anti-Muslim video] . . . the president of Libya [said] that 50 people had been arrested, that...
Still New York’s finest
When Police Officer Larry DePrimo stopped to help a homeless man in need on a frigid night this month, he had no idea his private gesture would become a public...
The gov’s wish list
On Monday, Gov. Cuomo huddled with Mayor Bloomberg and New York’s congressional delegation to show solidarity on wringing billions out of the feds for Superstorm Sandy. “We need help today,”...
For NYC’s students, move on evaluations
In February, Gov. Cuomo stood with state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. and the heads of city and state teachers unions to announce agreement on a new evaluation system...
Killing us slowly
‘Killing Them Softly” is already a historical curiosity: It’ll go down as the first and last gangster picture about the Romney presidency. I’m being slightly unfair, and Andrew Dominik’s hit-man...
Some like ‘Love’ not
Marilyn Monroe was probably the most famous woman on Earth when she took her life in a drug overdose in 1962, but could she possibly have imagined her life and...
'Dragon' review
It’s hard to sell yourself as a nerd when you’re as handsome as Takeshi Kaneshiro, but he manages it, and delivers the most entertaining performance in “Dragon.” Kaneshiro plays Xu...
'California Solo' review
‘The Full Monty” star Robert Carlyle gives a quietly engaging performance as a Golden State farmworker with a secret in the likable indie “California Solo.” Carlyle plays a slightly beaten-down...
Fully baked in rock ’n’ roll
If Keith Moon had lived, he could not have turned out more horrible and hilarious than Ginger Baker, the Cream and Blind Faith drummer who today lurks in a South...
'Walk Away Renee' review
Jonathan Caouette’s “Tarnation’’ — which got four stars and a 10-best slot from me in 2004 — was a groundbreaking autobiographical documentary, assembling home movies, photos, answering-machine tapes, pop songs...
'What A Man' review
Nice-looking milquetoast guys in real life do, on occasion, have imperiously shrewish girlfriends. But do they always have an even more attractive, winsome girl just waiting to offer them true...
'Otelo Burning' review
Giving your main character a name like “Otelo” lets an audience know what it’s in for right away. This South African movie’s Otelo (Jafta Mamabolo) is a teenager in the...
‘Soldier’ ready for battle
An intensity of purpose and a patient, suspenseful directing style make the B-movie “Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning” superior to most of the big-budget action films I’ve seen lately. Combining...
Play is ‘Dead’ on arrival
A lot of eating takes place in the new Broadway comedy “Dead Accounts,” but there’s little for the audience to chew on. While the producers were busy signing up Katie...
Vive ‘Les Miz’: B’way abuzz over film version
At last Broadway has a hit! The only trouble is, you won’t find it on the stage. The theater world’s buzzing about Cameron Mackintosh’s “Les Misérables” movie. Not since “Chicago”...
Mozart’s ‘Don’ a damn mess
Imagine if someone left Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl With a Pearl Earring” out in the rain. That’s what it felt like Wednesday when the Met wrecked “Don Giovanni”: an act of...
It’s Alabama vs. Georgia for shot at Notre Dame, BCS crown
For the first time in years there is no de facto National Championship game being played in December. The Southeastern Conference title game will be played this Saturday in Atlanta,...
5 Questions for Tim Hasselbeck
Tim Hasselbeck is a NFL studio analyst for ESPN and spent years as a quarterback for both the Giants and Redskins. Hasselbeck spoke with The Post’s Brett Cyrgalis about the...
Affrunti at Calder Graded Entries
FIRST-7f; $14,200; mdn cl($16,000); 3up; (f&m)7-FlatterMissVick8-13-Zennin Girl 10-12-Indian Legs 8-55-Skip the Rate 3-14-Crystal Glitter 4-16-Docs Princess 20-11-Annia's Love 20-18-Stinger Lady 6-1SECOND-1m(T); $16,500; cl($16,000); 3up3-Hoolign'sDelght3-15-Sugar Ryan 12-16-Cat 'n Fiddle 6-17-ExplosiveImage5-14-Top Dog...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $22,000; mdn cl($30,000); 2YO; (f)6Sns f Wmn (Gtrrz)4.002.202.601Diamond Flush (Gomez)2.602.402Warren's Lorie S. (Flores)6.00Scr: Big Variety, Hard Buns.* $1 Exacta (6-1) $3.80 * Quinella (1-6) $4.00 * $1 Superfecta...
Hollywood Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 3:30 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $25,000; mdn cl($40,000); 2YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds7 GreeleyAwesmL120MGtrrz3-2-87-54 Derekson(L),120T Baze2-4-93-15 Bro Derek(L),120JVldvJr7-6-89-51 Brenda's Bar(L),120EMldnd5-4-215-12 LouisthefiftnthL120OMojic7-6-915-13 CaliforniaDremL118S Arias7-11-x20-16 HappiestTgthrL118JHrnndx-x-x15-1SECOND-1 1/16m(T); $45,000; mdn spcl wt; 3upPN Horse,...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/16m; $30,000; cl($16,000); 3upFREE BRAVE just missed coming off layoff; must draw in from also-eligibles. CAPTAIN WEBB former...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $30,000; cl($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Alcomatch(L),121R Silvera2-5-8Toscano8-12 Tazered(L),121C Hill6-8-7Quick6-13 Galaxy Kat(L),116W Garcia7-7-5Aquilino15-14 Footcandles(L),121J Alvarado8-6-1Kimmel7-25 D' Sauvage(L),121J Davis6-2-6Chtterpl12-16 Ecstatic Cat(L),114GRodriguz2-2-3Serey12-17 New Yawker(L),116J...
Aqueduct Charts
November 29th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Off. ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $57,000; mdn spcl wt; 2YOOff: 12:21. Good. 3w off duel, drivingTime: 22.83, 46.23, 1:12.5, 1:4.14.Trainer: Dominick...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogJETS3 1/24 1/2(36 1/2)CardinalsBEARS43 1/2(37 1/2)SeahawksPACKERS98 1/2(46 1/2)Vikings49ers77(40)RAMSPanthers13(40 1/2)CHIEFSLIONS4 1/24 1/2(51)ColtsBILLS66(45)JaguarsPatriots77 1/2(51 1/2)DOLPHINSTexans4 1/26(47)TITANSBRONCOS6 1/27(50 1/2)BuccaneersRAVENSOFF6 1/2(34 1/2)SteelersRAIDERSOFF1(45 1/2)BrownsBengals+12(46)CHARGERSCOWBOYS910(43)EaglesMondayGiantsPk2 1/2(51)REDSKINSHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightMid-American ConferenceAt DetroitChampionshipFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogN. Illinois6 1/2 (58)Kent...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 30SATDec. 1SUNDec. 2MONDec. 3TUEDec. 4WEDDec. 5THUDec. 6KnicksWashington7:30MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEPho.NoonMSGWNYMNOGAMENOGAMECha.7:00MSGESPNMia.8:00TNTESPNNetsOrlando7:00YES NetworkWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMMia7:30YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMEOk.C.7:30YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMESt. John'sNOGAMENJIT1:00No TVWBBRNOGAMENOGAMES.Fran.10:00No TVWBBRNOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
NBA ready to punish Spurs for sending stars home
MIAMI — The Spurs will be punished by the NBA for their decision to send four top players home and not make them available to play in last night’s 105-100...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Nationals acquire Span from Twins The Nationals acquired Denard Span from the Twins for minor league pitcher Alex Meyer yesterday, giving the reigning NL East champions a natural center...
Mediation fails in NHL labor fight
Though the chances were minute, federal non-binding arbitration had to be attempted. Now that it has been eliminated, the NHL and its Players Association can get back to mutual assured...
Benching irks 49ers’ Smith
Alex Smith is trying to understand how he lost his job as starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers a month after being named NFC Offensive Player of the Week....
Watney leads World Challenge; Woods 3 back
Sure enough, putting was all the rage yesterday in the World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif. One day after golf’s governing bodies proposed a new rule that will ban the...
Falcons roll over Saints, pick off Brees five times
ATLANTA — The Falcons moved to the brink of clinching a division championship. Drew Brees and the Saints wound up with egg on their faces. After racing to a 17-0...
Now Jets kick butt
Ticket prices and spirits aren’t the only things that have been going down at MetLife Stadium of late when the place is decked out in green. Sunday’s point spread of...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICOFALCONS 3 1/2 (56) Saints (Falcons 23-13)Falcons (W) ★ Saints (L)Saints (L)Saints (L) ★ Saints (L)Saints (L)Falcons (W)Falcons (W)Falcons (W)JETS 4 1/2 (36 1/2) Cardinals (Sun., 1:00, Fox)JetsCardinalsJetsJetsJetsJetsCardinals ★...
Soldiering on with hard-nosed ’Hawks
Including his 1997-2011 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 454-393 (53.6 percent) against the spread.TONIGHTUcla (+8 1/2) over STANFORD (Pac-12 Championship, Stanford Stadium) : After years...
Hondo’s feeling grand
Hondo sat out Black Friday but was all in on Dismal Sunday, going 3-8-1 and wrapping up the week with a Blezow-ishly brutal 5-9-2 mark. However, it could have been...
Don’t give up on Texans’ defense
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Knicks’ early 3-point barrage just a mirage
Five minutes into Monday’s Knicks-Nets, it was painfully evident that this was going to be another one of those games — one starved for pace, purpose and a better floor...
With Kidd out, Prigioni to see more minutes with Knicks
With Jason Kidd expected out again tonight when the Knicks face the pitiful 1-12 Wizards, Mike Woodson may have found answers in Milwaukee about forging on without the future Hall...
Stoudemire eyes Knicks return around Christmas: source
Amar’e Stoudemire’s goal is to return around Christmas, with mid-December no longer a legitimate possibility, according to person familiar with the Knicks power forward’s thinking. The person said Stoudemire hasn’t...
Trout: I plan to take over city with win
Austin Trout discusses his bout tomorrow at The Garden vs. Miguel Cotto. As told to George Willis. I was asked by a reporter recently what I thought my career exemplified....
Celtics rip Nets' Humphries after Rondo suspension
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rajon Rondo will have a little more time to cool off following Wednesday’s brawl against the Nets. The Celtics point guard was suspended for two games by...
Nets' Lopez to miss time, but foot not broken
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Billy King heard Nets center Brook Lopez was going to get an X-ray on his right foot, he couldn’t help but think back to last Dec....
Mets, Royals talk Dickey, but little progress
The Royals have spoken to the Mets about R.A. Dickey, an industry source confirmed to The Post’s Ken Davidoff yesterday, but there is no evidence of momentum for a trade...
Signing David a good start for Amazin’s
The job isn’t complete for the Mets now; in fact, it only begins, only becomes more complicated. But say this: the Mets punched back late last night, for the first...
Yankees bring back closer Rivera on 1-year, $10 million deal
Mariano Rivera and the Yankees have agreed to a one-year deal worth $10 million plus incentives. That’s the good news. The downer is who will catch baseball’s all-time closer and...
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Yankees' Derek Jeter packing on the pounds during recovery
The ankle we knew about. The gut, not so much. Derek Jeter was spotted at a hotel on South Beach in Miami yesterday wearing a walking boot to protect the...
Martin spurns Yankees to sign with Pirates
Barring a trade for an established first-string catcher, the Yankees are going to trust their high-priced, veteran pitching staff to Francisco Cervelli or Austin Romine. That’s because free agent Russell...
Yankees badly need creativity on the cheap
Maybe we’ve just misheard the Yankees lately. I could’ve sworn they’ve been saying they intended to drop their payroll under $189 million for 2014. But is it possible we just...
Numbers never lie (except to Rex, who swears Jets ‘D’ is still elite)
Rex Ryan does not do concession speeches. The Jets coach refuses to admit his defense is bound to finish outside of the top five in the NFL for the first...
Ryan a long shot to return at Jets coach: oddsmakers
Things have gotten so bad for the Jets in the eyes of at least one oddsmaker in Las Vegas that Rex Ryan is now a longshot to keep his job...
Scott creates another fire Jets have to put out
It seems every other week when you walk into the Jets locker room there’s an issue to be addressed that has nothing to do with preparing for the next opponent....
Jets o-line coach: Ducasse playing time forced on me
Jets offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo spoke to the media for the first time this season yesterday, and sounds as if he is not a fan of backup guard Vlad...
Giants sign RBs Torain, Lumpkin to push rookie Wilson
Ryan Torain was playing seven-on-seven football in Arizona. Kregg Lumpkin was considering the corporate world of mortgage financing. And David Wilson was plodding through the typical trials of an NFL...
Phillips misses Giants practice, but Coughlin optimistic
Kenny Phillips did not step foot on the practice field Thursday, and the next two days will tell if the rangy safety can avoid missing yet another game after aggravating...
Starr Report
I wrote a story for The Post yesterday about the six-minute clip from the Brazilian TV hidden-camera show, “Pegadinha�� — in which a ghostly young girl, holding a bald doll,...
Drama mama
As the holiday season invades every block of your Google calendar, Mama’s here with three hours worth carving out for TV: “Sons of Anarchy” (Tuesday, 10 p.m., FX) What in...
Meryl Streep’s daughter’s show canceled
Meryl Streep’s daughter, Mamie Gummer, has struck out on TV — for the second time. Gummer’s series, “Emily Owens, MD,” has been axed by The CW after six low-rated episodes....
'DWTS': Not just a 'showmance'?
Sure doesn’t look like a “showmance” between “Dancing With the Stars” soap actress Kelly Monaco and her partner Valentin (Val) Chmerkovskiy yesterday in midtown Manhattan. The show’s over for the...
Boss tells ‘Two and a Half Men’ kid to come back to work
Angus T. Jones will wallow in the “filth” a little longer. After twisting in the wind for a day. the young “Two and a Half Men” actor has been told...
ABC developing real-life version of 'General Hospital'
ABC is developing a real-life version of “General Hospital” — with actual doctors and nurses filmed at an LA hospital — as a daytime show for next year. The show...
Who's zooming who!
1. X-Factor 4,644,912 2. The Walking Dead 1,298,057 3. Soul Train Awards 1,125,563 4. Monday Night football 1,085,251 5. NFL Football 1,015,746 6. iCarly Nickelodeon 918,778 7. The Voice 884,007...
Pants on fire
I am a girly-girl. Guilty as charged. But by profession and passion, I am a full-blown, fashion-obsessed stylist for The Post. I’ve learned how to tackle all kinds of trends...
Weird but true
A billy goat brought down the Chicago Cubs more than 60 years ago — and now coyotes are menacing Wrigley Field! Two of the wild canines were spotted roaming outside...
Pecora: No excuses for Fordham’s loss
Tom Pecora is not one to make excuses, so his team should not either. Pecora, in his third season as Fordham’s coach, told his players before Thursday night’s 65-58 loss...
Manhattan nips Fordham
The 105th Battle of The Bronx lived up to its billing.Though Manhattan and Fordham spent more than 30 minutes of last night’s game using Rose Hill Gym as the stage...
St. John's crushes South Carolina to continue dominance at Carnesecca
St. John’s coach Steve Lavin has used Madison Square Garden and the bright lights of Manhattan as one of his core selling points to prospective recruits. His current players are...
Rutgers' BCS berth slips away after blowing lead to Louisville
PISCATAWAY — It has been said Rutgers never would become a big-time college football program, would never take that last step. It was painful to hear, painful to think people...
Rutgers players will remember painful game they gave away
PISCATAWAY — The idea was for the lyrics to fill this frosty night, for the students and the alums and the football players to stay late, to savor the moment,...
Rutgers captain makes critical mistakes in loss
PISCATAWAY — Not once, but twice in the fourth quarter of Rutgers’ de facto Big East championship game last night, the ball came right to Tim Wright’s hands. And not...
Three children critically injured in Throgs Neck apartment fire
Three children were critically injured Thursday in a fire that tore through the laundry-room of a Throgs Neck apartment building, authorities said. The fire began at 7:35 p.m. and was...
Fordham isn't making excuses despite injury, travel woes
Tom Pecora is not one to make excuses, so his team should not either. Pecora, in his third season as Fordham’s head coach, told his players before Thursday night’s 65-58...
Lopez to sit at least two games with foot sprain
ORLANDO – The Nets will be without Brook Lopez for at least the next two games after he was diagnosed with a mild sprain of his right foot. The injury...
Former Yanks' catcher Martin reaches agreement with Pirates
The Yankees should hang a new sign at the stadium: Help Wanted -- Catcher. Russell Martin, as first reported by Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, has agreed to terms with the...
Hip Hop producer gets 2 years for attempted gun possession
Hip Hop producer Bryan Leach -- credited with discovering Lil Jon and the Yin Yang Twins -- was sentenced to two years prison on attempted gun possession today, but is...
Anne Bogart's testing 'Trojan Women (After Euripides)'
We have a lot of very good theater directors here in New York, but they're a bit lacking when it comes to visual innovation. Oh sure, they get great performances...