December 22, 2012

Adamek defeats Cunningham by decision

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Tomasz Adamek outpointed Steve Cunningham in a split decision Saturday in their IBF heavyweight title eliminator at the Sands Bethlehem Events Center. Adamek (48-2) received winning scores...

Hofstra downed by Tarrant, Tulane

Ricky Tarrant exploded. The sophomore guard made Tulane look more like the Green Tsunami than the Green Wave during a 20-0 run to start the second half that turned a...

St. Francis pulls away from Colgate late

Jalen Cannon scored a game-high 24 points, and Travis Nichols finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds as St. Francis (NY) pulled away to beat Colgate 73-61 Saturday. Ben Mockford...

NFL-bound Aboushi helps fellow Staten Islanders recover from Hurricane Sandy

Miles from home, Oday Aboushi watched all the news reports and felt helpless as Superstorm Sandy tore through the neighborhoods in which he grew up. The offensive lineman from the...

No. 3 Syracuse upset by Temple at MSG

Syracuse had trouble making shots at one line and behind the other. The combination of poor free throw shooting and a weak effort on 3-pointers turned into the first loss...

Knicks' Anthony has second technical vs. Bulls rescinded

Carmelo Anthony shouldn’t have been ejected Friday. The NBA today rescinded his second technical foul that sent him to the locker room with 6:45 remaining in the Knicks 110-106 loss...

49ers' Akers disables Twitter account after getting death threats

David Akers is kicking his Twitter habit after receiving death threats from fans.The San Francisco 49ers veteran, one of the best kickers in the NFL, has been slumping recently. He...

Ravens' Lewis won't play vs. Giants

Ray Lewis won't be back, perhaps until the playoffs.That means the Giants won't see the linebacker Sunday when they meet the Ravens in Baltimore. The team announced Saturday that he...

Tuck makes trip with Giants, still chance to play vs. Ravens

The Giants didn’t leave Justin Tuck behind.The team chartered an Amtrak train Saturday afternoon for the short trip to Baltimore and Tuck, who did not practice all week because of...

Staten Island man killed in early-morning house fire

A Staten Island man was killed when an early-morning fire swept through his home, police and relatives said. Jameek Champagne, 23, died in the third-floor attic of the home on...

Nets rookies still have plenty to learn despite dominant D-League performances

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – For both Tyshawn Taylor and Tornike Shengelia, a trip to play for the Nets D-League affiliate on Friday night was their first chance to play extended 5-on-5...

Well-dressed woman found dead on UES street

A well-dressed woman was found dead on an Upper East Side street early this morning, said cops. The unidentified 54-year-old woman was found unconscious at 6:20 a.m. near a bus...

'A' train derails on Upper West Side

An A train derailed as it rolled down the Central Park West express line this morning, forcing the evacuation of dozens of passengers, authorities said. Express service on the A...

Final funerals for children killed in Newtown massacre; 3 more laid to rest

Heaven claimed the last three little angels today. Josephine Gay, Ana Marquez-Greene and Emilie Parker — Newtown’s remaining little victims — received tear-drenched send-offs today, as their families and the...

Staten Island businessman accused of writing $82 million in bad checks in two weeks

A Staten Island businessman is accused of going on a massive check-kiting spree, and writing $82 million in bogus checks in just two weeks. Federal prosecutors say wholesale business owner...

Judge approves BP's settlement in class action suit over 2010 Gulf oil spill

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has given final approval to BP's settlement with a bulk of businesses and individuals who lost money because of the 2010 oil spill in...

Pope pardons ex-butler who stole, leaked documents

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in...

Obama and family arrive in Hawaii for Christmas

KAILUA, Hawaii — President Barack Obama and his family have arrived in Honolulu to spend Christmas in Hawaii, where the president was born and raised. Air Force One touched down...

Egyptians vote in second and final phase of referendum on constitution

CAIRO — Egyptians voted on Saturday in the second and final phase of a referendum on an Islamist-backed constitution that has polarized the nation, with little indication that the expected...

NYPD report analyzes Newtown massacre, other active shooter incidents

Building security checks, evacuation drills and access systems could diminish the risk of an active shooter attack such as last week's Newtown, Conn. school massacre, according to an NYPD report....

Day in photos: Dec. 21, 2012

Milk with Twinkies gets udderly pricey

Twinkies aren’t the only thing in scant supply. A worldwide milk shortage is expected to hit this spring, according to a new report, causing the price of a gallon of...

Business briefs

Job lossesNew York and New Jersey lost 41,600 jobs in November as Superstorm Sandy wiped out employment in restaurants, offices, dry cleaners, nail salons, construction sites and other businesses.Wells snafuWells...

Grupo Bimbo considering a bid for Hostess' snack cakes and bread brands

Ho, ho, hos. What do we have here? In a surprising twist, a suitor with a big appetite is considering gobbling up all of bankrupt Hostess Brands, the maker of...

Steve Jobs’ super-yacht seized in Starck dispute

Steve Jobs never got to sail his $130 million luxury yacht, Venus, before his death from cancer last year — but he’s still paying for it. The 230-foot vessel was...

Fiscal folly faceoff

It’s too bad the stock market didn’t crash yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average did decline a substantial 121 points, which is probably painful enough for anyone with the guts...

Delta job apps fly in 2 per min.

Delta Air Lines received 22,000 applications for about 300 flight attendant jobs in the first week after posting the positions outside the company. Applications arrived at a rate of two...

Martoma indicted by grand jury

Federal prosecutors yesterday lost one opportunity to build a case against hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen when a grand jury indicted one of Cohen’s former employees on charges related...

Early bonus at Oaktree

Oaktree Capital, the world’s largest distressed-debt investor, is allowing some employees to receive their bonuses before the end of the year to avoid paying higher taxes, according to a source....

Neiman Marcus-Target partnership a flop

It's official: The odd holiday tie-up between Neiman Marcus and Target is a flop. Target this week slashed prices by 50 percent on a slew of exclusive fashions and accessories...

KKR’s BMG goes (happily) Mute

BMG Rights has snapped up UK music label Mute, marking its first foray into the recorded music business. Mute, home to ’80s acts such as Depeche Mode and Erasure, is...

Movie ‘likes’ coming soon

A privacy law written for the era of videocassette rentals is about to change, paving the way for movie buffs to share what they watch online. The Video Privacy Protection...

‘Na$’ty suit over no-show

A New Jersey father-and-son team of promoters held in Angola for 49 days after Nas failed to appear for a concert there last New Year’s Eve are suing the rapper...

'Drunk' Brooklyn ADA allegedly refuses to pay cab fare, tells cops he 'outranks' them

You can’t arrest me — I am the law! A boozed-up Brooklyn assistant district attorney was busted Thursday for allegedly refusing to pay cab fare — after telling cops that...

Drug suspect brought to heel

Those are some dopey shoes! Federal and local agents arrested a Bronx man after 10 kilos of heroin disguised in the shape of shoe soles were discovered in his car...

Model who castrated lover with corkscrew in Times Square hotel gets max sentence

A Manhattan judge showed no mercy yesterday for a young Portuguese underwear model convicted of bludgeoning and castrating alive his sugar daddy with a corkscrew in their Times Square hotel...

Disney distances itself from 'hooker' Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton

There’s no way the Disney princesses are going to be hanging out with a hooker. After news broke Thursday that trick-turning track star Suzy Favor Hamilton led a double life...

Stillborn-tot mom’s Potter’s Field suit

She wants to say a prayer at her baby’s grave — and she’s suing the city to make sure she can.Dr. Laurie Grant’s only child was stillborn in July 1993,...

President Obama offers scaled-down version of fiscal cliff deal

WASHINGTON — With talks over the fiscal cliff at a stalemate and a Jan. 1 deadline looming, President Obama last night threw up a Hail Mary pass with a scaled-down...

LI miracle for shot Afghan kid

A brave Afghan girl shot by the Taliban underwent a miracle operation yesterday at a Long Island hospital that will allow the 6-year-old to breathe normally and restore her bullet-ravaged...

‘Beaten’ ex sues ‘jug’head

Dancer Dana Aber, 32, is suing her former lover — master juggler Romano Frediani, 38 — for beating her up while she was suffering from dengue fever in Thailand in...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Manhattan *** A quick-thinking straphanger snapped a photo (above) of a man who had allegedly rubbed up against her in a subway car on the Upper East Side, authorities said....

Slain Qns. bodega owner was looking forward to upcoming wedding

The American dreams of a hardworking Egyptian immigrant who labored seven days a week to bring his betrothed to the United States were shattered when two thugs shot him to...

‘Rape case’ cop custody war

A jail term isn’t the only problem for disgraced ex-cop Kenneth Moreno.The lead officer acquitted in last year’s “rape cops” trial saw his angry baby mama head to court yesterday...

Gal’s best laid plans thwarted

It just wasn’t her lucky night. A gorgeous swimsuit model who hoped to have sex before the Mayan-predicted apocalypse failed to seal the deal on “doomsday” eve. Niki Ghazian, 30,...

$100M bike-hit suit

A teenager who suffered brain damage when the dirt bike he was riding collided with an NYPD cop car in October is suing the city for $100 million.Leonel Cuevas, 17,...

Brooklyn do-gooder delivers toys to children hit hard by Hurricane Sandy

Here comes Sandy Claus. A bighearted New York political consultant has taken off the business suit and put on a beard to hand-deliver toys to kids victimized by Hurricane Sandy....

Suspect in ’05 hit-run nabbed in Spain

A hit-and-run suspect who allegedly fled the country after killing a 15-year-old Queens boy more than seven years ago is back in New York after being arrested in Spain, cops...

Greedy telemarketer ‘charity’ begins at home

ALBANY — The New York Attorney General’s Charities Bureau reports telemarketers kept on average 61.5 cents of every dollar they raised last year, providing 38.5 cents for the charities themselves.The...

Mike is kickin’ class over $250M aid loss

The teachers union’s refusal to come to the negotiating table on a new rating system for its members will end up costing the city $250 million in state education aid,...

City plans to put general-ed students on special-ed bus routes starting in 2015

The city Department of Education is planning for the first time to put general-education students on special-ed bus routes beginning in 2015, according to bid documents made public this week....

Sizzling ScarJo setting 'Roof' on fire

The roof just got hotter. Scarlett Johansson purrs on stage during a performance of the latest Broadway revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” which opened for previews this...

Advertising guru blames Obama's 'class warfare' for Hamptons mansion sale

He got taxed out of town. Legendary advertising guru Jerry Della Femina is the latest Hamptons fat cat to unload his East End spread at the precipice of the dreaded...

NRA chief calls for armed cops in schools, blasts media and Hollywood in bizarre rant

WASHINGTON — The chief of the nation’s powerful gun lobby yesterday broke his weeklong silence since the Newtown school massacre in a bizarre rant that called for armed guards in...

3 cut down in Pa. rampage

A Pennsylvania gunman killed a woman decorating for a Christmas party inside a church and then shot dead two neighbors in the driveway of a home before being slain by...

NRA aims at foes, but shoots itself in the foot with LaPierre's statements

Liberal pundits who spent the last week since the Newtown massacre treating the National Rifle Association as a pinata often underestimate the group’s popularity and hold on the loyalty of...

School threat bust

Police found two handguns in the bedroom of a teen who threatened a shooting at his suburban Philadelphia high school — just one week after the Connecticut school massacre, cops...

British Santa fired after allegedly telling kids about Newtown massacre

A British Santa from hell got the sack after he allegedly began telling three youngsters about the massacre in Newtown. He also told one child he wasn’t really Mr. Claus....

Newtown massacre rifle purchased at same gun shop as earlier kill spree

The assault rifle used in the Newtown massacre was bought at the same shop that sold a weapon to Connecticut’s last mass murderer, it was revealed yesterday. Omar Thornton bought...

Hear this in heaven, our lost angels

Traffic stopped in the street. Red-eyed firefighters bowed their heads at a memorial filled with teddy bears. Newtown residents hugged and wept. The nation’s heart broke again yesterday, as church...

Push for ‘Soto’ St.

A hero Sandy Hook teacher who died shielding her students may have a street named after her. Stratford, Conn., resident Chris Barbee had already garnered more than 1,400 signatures yesterday...

‘Duty’ kid: Game over

A 12-year-old Connecticut boy is dumping his violent video games after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary — and he’s encouraging others to do the same. Seventh-grader Max Goldstein, of...

Time to Kerry on in place of Hill

President Obama confirmed Washington’s worst-kept secret yesterday when he nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign...

Kerik pal convicted of perjury

His pal Bernie Kerik didn’t help him any. A contractor buddy of the city’s imprisoned ex-police commissioner was convicted of perjury in Bronx Supreme Court yesterday, despite a gaunt and...

Goon beats & robs lady

A thug savagely beat a Bronx woman in her building elevator and fled with her purse, cops said yesterday.The robber followed his petite 57-year-old victim into the elevator of her...

Guns in our households: protecting or killing us?

The Issue: America’s gun-control laws and the commercial availability of military-like weapons. *** When our forefathers wrote our right to bear arms into the Constitution, the arms they referred to...

Coal in Vito’s stocking

Deck the halls and hide your daughters: Assemblyman Vito Lopez is throwing an “adults only” holiday bash next week. It’s just as well that kiddies aren’t welcome at Lopez’s Dec....

Fiscal-cliff follies

Maybe America won’t go over the “fiscal cliff” after all. President Obama yesterday urged Congress to pass a middle-class tax cut for those making under $250,000 and adopt yet another...

The Sandy pork storm

New York may be about to learn a rather painful lesson: When local leaders start getting too greedy, Washinton retaliates. Recoiling at President Obama’s $60 billion request for Superstorm Sandy...

Dems’ obsession with the racial past

When will liberals stop living in the past? Specifically, when will they accept that they aren’t all that stands between a wonderful, tolerant America and Jim Crow? I was in...

Afghan peace puzzle

Chantilly, France Chantilly, 30 miles from Paris, is best known for training horses. This week, however, the luxury resort has been the scene of horse-trading among rival Afghan factions seeking...

Deck the halls (and homes)

Fresh off a runner-up spot in The Post’s Halloween decorations contest this year, Brad Yurcisin of Suffern, NY, grabs the top prize for his “Peanuts” yard decor. The 41-year-old video...

Carols from kings

For indie-label owner John Maria, Christmas is a gift that keeps giving. Three years ago, Maria, who runs the Upper West Side-based music publishing company Joma Music, pressed a record...

Kids stuff

Today FESTIVE FLICK: Take a break at J&R Jr.’s Kids Night Out, where kids ages 5 to 10 can relax with pizza and a movie (”Arthur Christmas”). 5 p.m., free....

Take our presents, please!

The O’Shea kids of Marine Park, Brooklyn, had a big-ticket item on their Christmas list: a $400 iPad Mini. But recently Mairead, 10; Colin, 9; Eamonn, 8, and 6-year-old Siobhan...

What’s in it 4 me?

It feels good to lend a hand during the holidays — especially when it’s for yourself. And luckily, New York has plenty of volunteer groups — which are always looking...

Cowboys RB can carry you to title

Nothing stings as much as making it to the title game and falling short — just ask the 1990s Buffalo Bills. So if your fantasy team has made it this...

NHL players vote to remove union from talks

Now the players have a big stick to wave at the NHL owners. In voting that ended yesterday, sources say the Players Association rank-and-file voted overwhelming to authorize — without...

Sports Shorts

TENNIS: Referee reinstated by USTA Lois Goodman, the tennis referee whose career was almost ended by a charge that she murdered her husband with a coffee cup has been reinstated...

Gulfstream analysis

Post Time: 12:45 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 5 1/2f; 17,500; mdn cl($12,500); 3up; (f&m) FLOPODOPOLUS removes the blinkers and drops in class while working steadily...

Affrunti at Tampa Bay Downs Graded Entries

FIRST-7f; $14,000; mdn cl($25,000); 2YO7-BroadwayBlues7-22-Odlum 15-16-BoogieWogeRy8-13-Dpepa 15-18-Dream of Scipio2-14-Game Wager 20-11-Tolair 5-25-Broken Legacy 8-1SECOND-6f; $17,000; cl($12,500); 2YO; (f)6-L.A.'sAwesme10-14-Oceano Gatto 5-11-Swayze Lady 9-25-Ms. Cullasaja 2-12-Straighttthebnk3-17-Emma's Image 8-13-Antia 6-1THIRD-6f; $10,300; cl($8,000); 3up;...

Tomorrow’s Gulfstream Park Entries

All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $17,500; mdn cl($12,500); 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Sentenciada(L),115H Sanchez7-9-5Garcia20-12 BackstarsGssp(M),120J Cruzx-x-xFawkes6-13 B L's Dream(L),120J Delgado9-7-3Melende20-14 Miss Guchi(L),120D Gomez6-5-xWayar8-15 Bird intheBush(M),120F Torresx-x-xWard4-16 Vaz...

Gulfstream Park Charts

December 21st, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1 1/6m; $22,500; str alw; 3upOff: 12:46. Good. stlkd, 3wd, drew clearTime: 23.83, 47.7, 1:12.46, 1:37.69, 1:43.98. Trainer:...

Heavy rematch 4 years in making

When they first fought in 2008, an immediate rematch seemed to be in order. In a classic cruiserweight slugfest Tomasz Adamek earned a 12-round split decision over Steve Cunningham at...

Gulfstream analysis continued from Page 36

Post Time: 12:45 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/16m(T); $26,200; mdn cl($35,000); 3up; (f&m)LET THE KITTEN RUN was a beaten favorite this level and was reclaimed...

Giants expecting to face Ravens' Lewis

There’s still no word from the Ravens, but the Giants are fully expecting to line up against Ray Lewis Sunday in Baltimore. Coach Tom Coughlin said Friday his Giants prepared...

The Post Line

NFL Tonight Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Falcons 3 4 (51) LIONS Tomorrow Giants +1 2 1/2 (47 1/2) RAVENS JETS 3 2 (38 1/2) Chargers PACKERS 10 1/2 12...

Home Team Lineups

TODAYDec. 22 SUNDec. 23 MONDec. 24 TUEDec. 25 WEDDec. 26 THUDec. 27 FRIDec. 28 Knicks NOGAME Minn. 5:00 MSG ESPN NO GAME Lakers 3:00 ABC ESPN Phx. 9:00 MSG ESPN...

Today's Sports on the Air

BasketballNoonMurray State at Dayton CBSSNNoonSyracuse vs. Temple ESPNNoonMcNeese State at North Carolina ESPNU1 p.m.Coppin State at Iowa BIG TEN1 p.m.Women's: UConn at Hartford SNY2 p.m.Florida State vs. Charlotte CBSSN2 p.m.Texas...

Vick says he’s not a backup

Michael Vick doesn’t know where yet. But he’s sure he’ll be a “full-fledged starter” for an NFL team next year. “I’m not a backup,” Vick told PhillyMag.com. “Just being honest,...

RG3 is likely to play for Skins vs. Eagles

Redkins quarterback Robert Griffin III is listed as probable for tomorrow’s game against the Eagles. “When I say ‘probable,’ there’s a very, very good chance he’s going to play,” Shanahan...

Mets target Liriano reportedly inks big Pirates deal

In the greatest sign yet of what a bizarre baseball offseason this has been, the Mets found company yesterday in the Yankees, of all teams. Both New York clubs have...

Source: Mariners eager to sign Ibanez

While the Yankees scour the free-agent and trade markets for a right-handed hitting outfielder, Raul Ibanez could be moving closer to leaving The Bronx. According to a person with knowledge...

Johnson concern not job, but getting Nets on track

It wasn’t long ago the Nets were sitting atop the NBA’s Atlantic Division with an 11-4 record, and Avery Johnson was being named the league’s coach of the month for...

Nets rookies get D-League shot

With Tyshawn Taylor and Tornike Shengelia having received throwaway minutes in a handful of games early in the season, the Nets took advantage of their current break in the schedule...

Knicks' Felton again a Bull blighter

After a lousy night in Chicago two weeks ago, when he took an unheard-of 30 shots, Raymond Felton again was flummoxed by Tom Thibodeau’s pick-and-roll defense in the Knicks’ 110-106...

McElroy has shot to prove his future is with Gang Green

The best thing Greg McElroy has going for him is the Jets don’t believe he is an NFL starting quarterback. Perhaps they will be dead wrong once again. Coach Rex...

Jets' Hill kneeds surgery

Wide receiver Stephen Hill’s season-ending knee injury will require surgery, which is scheduled to take place next week. Coach Rex Ryan originally had stated on Thursday that the rookie, who...

Nearly half of Jets players on roster want Rex Ryan back as coach next season

Rex must stay. This is the consensus about the future of Jets head coach Rex Ryan drawn from on- and off-the-record interviews with nearly half of the roster this week...

Jets defensive coordinator Pettine signals his exit

The Jets may be in the market for three new coordinators after this season. Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine turned down a contract extension from the team several months ago, according...

Sanchez shows tunnel vision with Jets future

Mark Sanchez may not have a choice where he plays or what team he ends up with next season, but the Jets’ former franchise quarterback was noncommittal when asked whether...

Giants eager for return of Bradshaw’s ‘fire’ and leadership

Tom Coughlin was asked this week about the intangibles Ahmad Bradshaw brings to his football team. “You asked me questions you already know the answer to,” was the coach’s response....

Tuck likely out key Giants game vs. Ravens

In keeping with the most disappointing season of his career, Justin Tuck now appears likely to miss the Giants’ most important game of the season. Big Blue is officially listing...

Stoudemire subject of Knicks summer trade talk

Knicks coach Mike Woodson said he will meet with Amar’e Stoudemire this morning and attempt to map out a game plan for his return. Stoudemire had all but ruled himself...

Knicks' Melo didn't get the calls on wild night

Carmelo Anthony already was back in the Knicks locker room, having picked up two technical fouls. He heard the Garden crowd roar. “I walked to the hallway and Woody was...

Knicks melt down as Anthony, Woodson, Chandler get tossed

The Knicks shot ugly, fought ugly and ultimately lost ugly. In the worst Garden night of the season during which they fell behind by 25 points late in the third...

Twice bitten: another ‘Dead’ exit

What is it with “The Walking Dead” axing its showrunners? AMC announced yesterday it’s renewing the biggest series in cable history for a fourth season — without showrunner and executive...

The face-off

Paula Zahn’s non-judgmental demeanor when questioning murderers and victims alike should be taught in journalism school. Tomorrow night, Zahn does it again, brilliantly, in a segment of her “On the...

‘X Factor’ finale wins night, down from Season One

Thursday night’s season finale of “The X Factor” won the night for Fox — but was down from last year’s finale. The two-hour episode, in which Tate Stevens was crowned...

Weird but true

What, the doggy paddle isn’t good enough? Colorado officials are moving to institute a rule mandating that dogs be fitted with canine life jackets in exercise pools at pet day-care...

Once just a statistic, NJIT grows program

When the New Jersey Institute of Technology basketball team joined Division I in 2006, word barely had spread before it was splattered. After a five-win debut season, the Highlanders endured...

St. John's stunned by UNC-Asheville

The scene in the hallway that leads from the court to the visitor’s locker room in Carnesecca Arena was one usually seen reserved for March at NCAA Tournament first round...

Stony Brook’s upset bid falls short

Alex Len and Dez Wells each scored 19 points, and Maryland squeezed past Stony Brook 76-69 last night in College Park, Md. for its 10th straight victory. Freshman guard Seth...

Boise St. doesn’t feel blue

What’s At StakeNo. 20 Boise State (10-2), led by running back D.J. Harper (15 touchdowns) looks for its third straight Las Vegas Bowl win. Washington (7-5) and QB Keith Price...

Cajuns put it on Broadway

What’s At StakeEast Carolina (8-4) seeks its first bowl victory since 2007. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), paced by sophomore QB Terrance Broadway, seeks to give the Sun Belt Conference a fourth-straight winning...

Postseason has fun matchups to spare

The college football bowl season goes into overdrive today with the first of 30 bowl games leading up to the Jan. 7 BCS National Championship game between Notre Dame and...

‘Ball’ of waxed by Central Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Blake Bortles threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Central Florida to a 38-17 victory over Ball State in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s...

Prep move pays off for Rector

Shane Rector was leaving a lot behind when he opted to transfer from St. Raymond in The Bronx following a stalwart junior season — from family and friends to the...

Photos of the year: January 2012

Anthony, 3 others tossed as Bulls beat Knicks

Carmelo Anthony and three other Knicks were thrown out of a foul-filled game, and the Chicago Bulls beat New York for the second time this season, 110-106 on Friday night....

Watch and remember some of the memorable stories of 2012

2012 is on its last hoorah as the New Year approaches. To commemorate the changing of the guards, The New York Post took a look back at some of the...

POLL: Should Rex Ryan be coach of the Jets next year?

There are many people to blame for the Jets’ woes in 2012 -- from GM Mike Tannenbaum to owner Woody Johnson to recently benched quarterback Mark Sanchez. Rex Ryan, the...

Kelly on NRA: 'I thought they were going to make meaningful recommendations'

The city’s top cop took on the NRA today, shooting down its call for putting armed guards in every school. NRA exec Wayne Lapierre said that “the only thing that...

RHA MA450i: From the UK with love (for your ears)

RHA has had no shortage of praise from reviewers. Their products are wonderful. And, more importantly, affordable ... Since I'm pretty sure we're all broke.From a design standpoint, the MA450i's...