January 4, 2013
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: City's top football recruit picks Clemson
The recruitment of Ebenezer Ogundeko included a decommitment, more than 30 BCS-level scholarship offers, several decision dates set and changed and culminated with a pledge few predicted from the start.New...
Former parole officer cops to kiddie porn charges
A onetime-senior state parole officer – who oversaw parole officers who supervised sex offenders – pleaded guilty on kiddie porn charges in Brooklyn federal court today, authorities said. James Leone,...
Red Bulls trade midfielder Lindpere in salary dump
The Red Bulls traded Joel Lindpere to Chicago on Friday. They got just an international slot in exchange for the veteran Estonian midfielder, but the move is a salary dump. This team...
'Hardhat bandit' gets 7 1/2 years for bank robberies
The “hardhat bandit” is headed back to prison. A Brooklyn man with a long history of robbing banks while dressed as a construction worker was sentenced today to 7 ½...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Sorry Kobe, age is just a number
Kobe Bryant made headlines once again this week by claiming his Lakers are an “old damn team” and that they could not muster up the energy needed to dispatch a...
Catholic 7 hire firms to aid in defection from Big East
The seven Catholic schools that have decided to leave the Big East and form their own league continued to plot the future Friday, retaining Proskauer Rose LLP and Pilson Communications,...
Two shot cops leave hospital just one day after subway wild shootout
The tough-as-nails cop who was shot in both legs in a gunfight on Brooklyn train shrugged off his injuries just a half hour after his attack, his father told The...
D’Antoni: Defensive criticism by Knicks’ Stoudemire ‘mind boggling’
Mike D’Antoni does not think Amar’e Stoudemire meant it, but he still doesn’t understand it. The Lakers coach was asked about Stoudemire’s comments about never being “taught defense.” “I don’t...
Goodbye, Albany: Giants will train at home this summer
For 16 of the past 17 summers, the Giants held their training camp at the University at Albany but when they broke camp last summer there was a strong feeling...
Reid agrees to Chiefs deal; KC axes GM Pioli
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid arrived in Kansas City on Friday, and the Chiefs are close to making an official announcement that he will become their next coach. Reid...
GM Reese says maybe Giants should have shut down Nicks
Week after week, Hakeem Nicks pushed his body onto the field, dealing first with a surgically repaired right foot and later with a balky left knee that was often swollen...
WATCH: Knicks' JR throws down ridiculous reverse alley-oop
JR Smith’s highlight reel is not just limited to game-winning shots.In the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s game, the Knicks guard throws down a wicked reverse alley-oop dunk from Pablo...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Wizards
WASHINGTON – Following Wednesday’s stunning win in Oklahoma City, the Nets complete their three-game road trip against the hapless Wizards in the nation’s capital Friday night.Here are three things to...
Best and worst Jets playoff moments since 2003
Remember 2003? Vinny Testaverde started the season as the quarterback for the Jets and Curtis Martin was finishing up his Hall of Fame career. We were in the middle of...
Best and worst Giants playoff moments since 2003
Remember 2003? Kerry Collins was the Giants’ quarterback, Eli Manning was still slinging the ball down at Ole Miss and the team hadn’t won a Super Bowl since the Bill...
Man charged with beating friend to death yells apology
Out of the mouths of babes . . . a murder charge came. A little girl's off-handed remark about "Nunzio's cards" lead cops to find a missing's man hidden corpse...
Brigitte Bardot threatens to leave France, request Russian citizenship unless elephants spared
It’s crazier than a box of frogs in the realm of Russophile French movie stars. Long-ago screen sex kitten Brigitte Bardot threatened today to join fellow Gallic film star Gerard...
NYC's post-Sandy emergency pet shelter to close
New York City's ASPCA is shutting down its emergency shelter for pets displaced by Superstorm Sandy. The ASPCA is urging owners to reclaim their pets from the shelter it opened...
Pedestrian fatally struck by truck in Flatiron District
A female bicyclist was horrifically crushed to death today after being hit by a private garbage truck on a Flatiron District street in front of stunned onlookers. The unidentified cyclist,...
Jets coach Rex Ryan sports tattoo of scantily clad wife wearing Mark Sanchez jersey
Oh Rex! Photos of Rex Ryan were snapped while he was vacationing with his wife in the Bahamas and it was revealed that the loudmouthed Jets coach actually has a...
Jets' DeVito on Tebow: 'I would have liked to see him get a chance'
Mike DeVito was hoping for a little more Tebow Time.The Jets defensive end said Friday on WFAN that he feels bad about how things “went down” between the team and...
Tarantino: 'Disrespectful' to Newtown massacre victims to talk about movie violence
Although the issue of violence in movies has come under increased scrutiny since last month's tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Quentin Tarantino is drawing the line on any further discussions linking...
Bettman angers players, slows talks by saying some GMs would like to 'dismantle' teams
Gary Bettman infuriated players across the table from him at NHL headquarters on Thursday — and, by extension, NHLPA membership — by claiming that a number of general managers had...
Red Bulls officially terminate midfielder Palsson
The Red Bulls finally announced the official termination of Victor Palsson's contract.It was a mutual decision, and the midfielder has already been loaned to Dutch side NEC Nijmegen on Aug....
Drunk passenger taped to seat during JFK-bound flight after ranting plane was 'going to crash'
A boozed-up traveler on a Kennedy Airport-bound flight was turned into a tape mummy yesterday by fellow passengers who gagged him and bound him to his seat when they got...
'Bomb-packing' Harvard grad Aaron Greene indicted
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted alleged explosives-packing Harvard grad Aaron Greene, prosecutors announced today. A somber-looking Greene was hauled from jail to court to hear the bad news. Then...
Feds charge NJ man for offering $5K to 'cannibal cop' to abduct woman
Bring on the second course! The feds dished out a kidnapping-conspiracy charge today against a New Jersey man tied to alleged NYPD cannibal wannabe Gilberto Valle. Michael Vanhise, 22, was...
Congress approves $9.7B for flood insurance claims from Sandy
WASHINGTON — The new Congress has passed a $9.7 billion bill to help pay flood insurance claims to homeowners, renters and businesses damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The bill cleared the...
Weiner sext gal apologizes on Facebook page for 'any pain I caused'
That wasn’t so hard. Lisa Weiss, the sexy Las Vegas blackjack dealer who brought down Rep. Anthony Weiner in an explosive sexting scandal, has apologized on Facebook. "So great to...
NYPD absorbs Twitter account of Brooklyn captain who tweeted about returning convicts
The twitter account of the Brooklyn NYPD captain who used social media to warn the public about returning convicts has been temporarily absorbed into a larger NYPD account, law-enforcement sources...
Mayor Bloomberg fires back at UFT ad about evaluation negotiations
The United Federation of Teachers has released a TV ad blasting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for taking a "his way or the highway" approach to education. Bloomberg in...
Mass. cops' eggs-travagant prank on superior officer
NEWTON, Mass. — Massachusetts police responding to reports of teenagers tossing eggs at a house last month got quite a surprise when they tracked down the suspects. A department spokesman...
Al Qaeda terror chief may have booked pre-9/11 flights for hijackers: report
The FBI suspected within days of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that the American Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki may have purchased tickets for some of the hijackers for air...
LOCAL COLLEGE RANKINGS: Seton Hall stays on top
Seton Hall hangs on to the top spot after two last-second wins, while No. 2-5 are separated by the width of a toothpick. Unfortunately, with the injuries to LIU Brooklyn's...
Man killed in Bronx crash
A man lost his life this morning when he lost control of his car in The Bronx, authorities said. The 62-year-old was driving a 2001 Mercedes southbound on East 153rd...
When celebrities and paparazzi clash
The recent tragedy that claimed the life of paparazzo Christopher Guerra has led to some celebrities, including Justin Bieber, to call for stricter legislation protecting them from the sometimes rabid...
Bloomberg says his 'instinct' is against publishing names of gun permit holders
He's one of the nation's leading advocates for stricter gun laws, but Mayor Bloomberg today refused to support a newspaper's decision to publish the names and addresses of weapons permit...
Adele's '21' best-selling album in US for second year in a row; Taylor Swift's 'Red' No. 2 in 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Turns out Adele ruled 2012, too — and set a record while she was at it. The British singer's "21" was the highest-selling album in the US...
155,000 jobs added in December; unemployment rate stays at 7.8 percent
WASHINGTON — US employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff. The solid job growth...
Gabrielle Giffords to meet with families of Newtown shooting victims
NEWTOWN, Conn. — A spokesman says Connecticut's lieutenant governor has been invited to attend a meeting between former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and families of the victims of the deadly...
17 survive harrowing Brooklyn blaze
Holy smoke! Brooklyn families say it’s a miracle they escaped a fast-moving fire that erupted inside their home early this morning. "We could've died in there — it's no small...
Patrick Dempsey says he's prevailed in bid to buy coffee chain
SEATTLE — "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey may be the real "McSteamy." The actor, who was dubbed "McDreamy" by fans of the hospital drama while his co-star affectionately has been...
O/U Rico
After the first 10 weeks of the season, Rico was a unbelievable 47 games under .500. The last seven weeks, Rico was 32 games on the plus side, finishing with...
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
LONDON — Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and...
WATCH: Mayor Bloomberg 'helps' Knicks, discusses Rockettes
Mayor Bloomberg's hunger may have helped the Knicks. Bloomberg was sitting courtside at Thursday's Knicks-Spurs game when he evidently decided to order a box of popcorn. As the waitress bent...
Alabama rides bruising backs to title game
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Whether they like it or not, Alabama running backs have learned to wait their turn. Trent Richardson sat behind Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram. Eddie Lacy...
Knicks continue to show flashes of greatness
What we get now are glimpses. Peeks. Teases. The Knicks are not yet whole, not yet complete, won’t be whole for at least a month, and that’s assuming nobody else...
From Peyton to Peterson, still plenty of football for fans to enjoy
New York football fans need not go through withdrawal. The NFL playoffs beginning tomorrow will fix your addiction in no time, and here’s why and how and who: 1. PEYTON...
R&B singer Frank Ocean charged with speeding, pot possession
BRIDGEPORT, Calif. — Grammy-nominated R&B singer Frank Ocean has temporarily lost his driver's license and faces a marijuana possession charge after police say he was pulled over twice on the...
Statement by NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly
At 7:32 p.m., a lieutenant and three police officers assigned to Transit District 34 were in plainclothes on patrol in two separate cars of a Manhattan-bound ‘N’ train here in...
Three hero NYPD cops shot during nightmare hour of bloodshed
It was a nightmare hour of bloodshed for the NYPD. In barely more than 60 minutes last night, three city cops were shot in two separate incidents. In the first,...
Business briefs
Geithner exitTreasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner plans to leave at the end of January, even if there’s no deal to raise the debt ceiling, according to informed sources. White House...
Nook may be cooked
The holidays were hellish for the Nook. Sales of Barnes & Noble’s electronic reading tablet and the e-content for it tumbled 12.6 percent to $311 million during November and December...
Ex-hedgie Martoma stands firm vs. feds
Hedge-fund titan Steve Cohen must be breathing a little easier. Six weeks after Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager at Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors, was arrested by FBI agents and...
Dish gets dirtied: Ergen outfit under fire from employees
Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen ran the meanest US corporation in 2012, fingerprinting staff to make sure they’re at work before 9 a.m., haranguing colleagues in public and deducting money from...
Skippy, Spam get sandwiched
Hormel Foods, maker of Spam lunchmeat, rose to a record after agreeing to buy the Skippy peanut-butter business from Unilever for about $700 million to expand further into China. Hormel...
Starbucks $1 cups
Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest coffee-shop operator, began selling reusable plastic cups for $1 at its US and Canadian stores yesterday. The white plastic cup has the Starbucks logo on...
New Vibe in store for Uptown magazine
Len Burnett, a co-founder of Uptown magazine, has bought back the upscale African-American magazine from Intermedia Vibe Holdings. Leo Hindery Jr.’s Intermedia Partners and Yucaipa Johnson Co., headed by basketball...
Sandy victims turn insurance checks into ship-shape sales
Sales ahoy! Boaters in the Northeast are expected to drop more than $700 million in coming months to relaunch their beloved armada of more than 65,000 pleasure craft wrecked by...
Deal makes Vanderbeek sole owner of Devils
Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek has finally struck a deal to refinance the team’s debt and buy out his partners, ending months of wrangling over the cash-strapped club. The agreement with...
Martha v. Macy’s trial set
Macy’s bid to prevent Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia from executing a sales agreement with JCPenney is set to go to trial Feb. 19. The case won’t be tried before a...
Autos go pedal to metal
US auto sales rose 9 percent in December, led by foreign manufacturers, capping off the best year for the industry since before the recession. The year’s sales were driven by...
BuzzFeed nets $19M
BuzzFeed, the online publisher of quirky animal photos, 1990s retrospectives and autocorrect mishaps, raised $19.3 million in funding from an investor group led by venture firm New Enterprise Associates, bringing...
$1.4B+ Gulf oil spill deal
Transocean Ltd. will pay more than $1.4 billion, including a $400 million criminal penalty, to settle all federal claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to...
Google beats rap: FTC probe ends with wrist slap
When it comes to federal regulatory probes, Google’s Larry Page certainly gets off easy. The Federal Trade Commission yesterday closed a 20-month probe of Google’s search practices by allowing the...
Brits extradite alleged al Qaeda operative to face charges in NY subway-bombing plot
An alleged al Qaeda operative was extradited to New York from Great Britain yesterday to face charges of participating in a plot to attack international targets, including Big Apple subways....
DNA pins ’84 slay on con
An imprisoned man was arrested for a 28-year-old murder Wednesday after a DNA sample matched evidence at the scene of a 1984 killing on Long Island.Career crook Raed Innab, 46,...
Lawsuit vs. cop is finger-givin’ good
Flipping off a cop isn’t reason enough to get stopped and busted, a Manhattan appeals court ruled yesterday.In an unanimous ruling, the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a...
Bronx gran gunned down in first NYC murder of ’13
A Bronx school-crossing guard became New York’s first murder victim of 2013 yesterday when she and her daughter were allegedly shot by her daughter’s boyfriend, law-enforcement sources said. Raymond Mayrant,...
Woman killed by subway train on New Year's Day had visited city for Phish concert
The beautiful 28-year-old woman who died on the tracks beneath the wheels of a No. 2 train on New Year’s Day had come to Manhattan for a Phish concert the...
Queens woman sentenced to 23 years in prison for fatally stabbing her sister
A psychotic Queens woman who attacked a stranger moments after fatally stabbing her own sister to death was sentenced yesterday to 23 years in prison. While fleeing her Baisley Park...
‘Grenade’ foul-up at LaG
It didn’t take long for the first TSA screw-up of 2013.Security screeners allowed a woman to pass through a La Guardia checkpoint yesterday even after her purse triggered an alarm...
Family beef gets ugly
A sexy star of the sci-fi TV drama “Heroes” used her 12-year-old son to lure her ex-husband to a Brooklyn burger joint, where her current spouse attacked him — and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A fare-beater roughed up a cabby in Clinton Hill, authorities said. Andrew McElroy, 28, allegedly walked off without paying when the car stopped at Skillman Street and Willoughby...
Apt. owners facing loss of 17.5% tax break
More than half of the city’s 364,761 co-op and condo owners — mostly in Manhattan — could lose a 17.5 percent property-tax rebate under revisions to the program supposed to...
B’klyn on the hi-rise
Northern Brooklyn real estate is red hot. The price of a square foot of property in Williamsburg has grown by an incredible 174 percent in the past eight years —...
Audit finds questionable use of school credit cards -- including pizza charges
More than 70 percent of credit- card purchases made by schools were not documented or bid out properly — or weren’t for justifiable expenses, an audit found. The review of...
$$ boost for bus service
MTA riders hit with constant fare hikes are finally getting something back. The agency is making good on a promise to restore and add $17.8 million in service to more...
Fracking is safe: secret state report
ALBANY — Go forth and frack! Supporters of natural-gas drilling say a year-old draft state Health Department report that’s been kept under wraps — but that was leaked this week...
Musician uses phony online dating profile to trick iPhone thief
A smartphone thief was caught, thanks to his own libido. The horny crook was lured out on a bogus “date” this week by his victim, a guy who created a...
Bad-boy theater scion Eric Nederlander loses major divorce battle
You can’t cry poverty when your Broadway-big-shot dad’s been footing the bills. Bad-boy theater scion Eric Nederlander lost a major divorce battle yesterday when a panel of appellate judges ordered...
Feds launch probe into former NY state Senate Majority Leader John Sampson
The feds have launched a criminal probe of former state Senate Democratic Majority Leader John Sampson of Brooklyn, The Post has learned. The inquiry focusing on Sampson’s campaign fund-raising stems...
Rarin’ to go
Hillary Rodham Clinton is eager to return to Capitol Hill next week and will testify on Benghazi when details are worked out.Meanwhile, “a tsunami” of best wishes poured in from...
‘Hillary’ flick saga in works
Hillary is going Hollywood. A movie script about the wonky 20-ish Yale Law School grad who grew up to be secretary of state is being pushed toward production and is...
UWS is city's most rat-ridden neighborhood, data shows
Even the rats want this real estate! The Upper West Side is the city’s most rat-ridden neighborhood, city data show. Residents in the 10024 and 10025 ZIP codes have lodged...
‘Express’ checkout a slow go
The express lane at your neighborhood supermarket isn’t so fast after all. So many people funnel into the line to avoid the masses at the regular counter — making it...
3 cops shot in one bloody hour
It was a nightmare hour of bloodshed for the NYPD. In barely more than 60 minutes last night, three city cops were shot in two separate incidents. In the first,...
Gilgo pimp’s ‘cougar’ plea
The cougar made me do it! A Brooklyn man convicted of pimping said he deserves a shorter sentence because he slept with an older woman when he was a teen,...
A ‘red’ card for ‘Green Card’ star
France’s most famous actor is fleeing the land of wine, cheese and baked snails for the low-tax embrace of Mother Russia. Gerard Depardieu yesterday was granted Russian citizenship by President...
Get blitzed and forget about Jets & Giants
It’s been nine years since neither the Giants nor the Jets have been in the playoffs — but that doesn’t mean New Yorkers have to sit on the sidelines this...
NYers 2nd in political gift$
WASHINGTON — New Yorkers gave nearly $378 million to candidates, parties and political-action committees in the 2012 election, the most of any state except California, a new report found. Most...
Speaker’s tears amid GOP jeers
WASHINGTON — House Republicans were the ones weeping yesterday when they re-elected a teary-eyed Speaker John Boehner to the chamber’s top post. Boehner, who two years ago blubbered when House...
Brooklyn Beep beats back axed aide’s sex-bias lawsuit
Its official: Brooklyn Borough Hall is not a frat house.In a recent ruling, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Sylvia Ash dismissed a 2007 lawsuit by Borough President Marty Markowitz’s former communications...
Children of Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy return to school
MONROE, Conn. — On the most challenging back-to-school day in this region’s history, a little boy’s simple gesture comforted hundreds of worried parents and put an anxious nation at ease....
$9.7B will flood in
The House is poised to approve $9.7 billion to replenish the depleted National Flood Insurance Program today — the first phase of a massive $60 billion Sandy-aid package that comes...
Gov told to gas up for future
New York needs more gas. That’s what experts told Gov. Cuomo yesterday in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, saying a “robust strategic fuel reserve” would help prevent the chaos wrought...
Anonymous donor gives $500G to South Street Seaport Museum to help Sandy recovery
An anonymous donor sailed to the aid of the South Street Seaport Museum with a $500,000 check to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. The donation made up the bulk...
SI residents furious after Google captures 'Street View' images of Sandy damage
Google executives thoughtlessly dispatched one of their Street View cars to photograph a Staten Island neighborhood that was just devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The driver was observed by The Post...
’Nam syndrome II
The Taliban seem to believe all they need to do now is wait ’til America hightails it out of Afghanistan (coming soon), then take the country back and remake it...
NYC’s mental-health crisis: Inviting a deadly danger?
The Issue: Whether violent mentally ill people can live independently without institutionalized supervision. *** Maybe Gov. Cuomo should talk to people taking care of family members with mental problems (“Here...
Hammar’s Hell in Mexico
The Issue: How the administration handled former Marine Jon Hammar’s ordeal in a Mexican prison.***Former Marine Jon Hammar languished in a Mexican jail run by drug cartels while President Obama...
Andrew’s opportunity
Could Gov. Cuomo be about to bless the gas-extraction process known as fracking? If so, it’s been a long time coming. And if he’s so inclined, what more impetus does...
Boehner’s stealth win
Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner took another pummeling yesterday on his way to re-election as House speaker, administered largely by conservatives resentful of concessions he made during fiscal-cliff talks this...
Conservatives gone wild
The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative...
Left out of the gov’s schools Rx
Hang on to your hats, folks: Those of us who favor serious, overhaul-minded education reforms actually agree with the bullhorn of the “just spend more” crowd, the Campaign for Educational...
A big hoop-de-do!
The game clock hanging high above the hardwood at the brand-new Barclays Center indicates the second quarter is over, and as the Nets and the crosstown rival Knicks head to...
Hope floats on ‘Gaza Sea’
‘A Bottle in the Gaza Sea” opens with a black screen and the sounds of a suicide bomber blowing up a cafe in Israel in 2007. The horror prompts a...
Doc keeps ‘Up’-ing its game
‘56 Up” is as good a point as any to get hooked on the magnificent half-century series of documentaries, beginning in 1964 with “7 Up,” that has explored the lives...
‘Cat’ needs an exorcism
Happy New Year! Now let’s attack! It’s only January, but the 2013 booby prize for silliest bit of direction on Broadway goes to — drum roll, please! — Rob Ashford,...
Arias to explore
The holidays are over, the weather’s dreary and the temperature’s hovering around freezing. And yet, never before has opera been such a hot ticket! From Lincoln Center to SoHo, BAM...
What ‘A Chorus Line’ veteran does for love
Donna McKechnie’s been on the scene long enough to recall making George Abbott — the legendary director of the original “Damn Yankees” — laugh. But even at 72, the Tony-winning...
Knicks win second game this season against red-hot Spurs
Coach Mike Woodson, before tip-off, called Gregg Popovich’s Spurs “the best team in basketball right now.’’ So what does that make the Knicks after completing a sweep of the Spurs...
5 Questions for Brian Billick
Former Ravens coach and Fox analyst Brian Billick talks wild-card weekend and Jets coach Rex Ryan with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Billick has been added to the network’s divisional round...
NHL, union still talking
The players may be angry again, but mood doesn’t matter anymore. They can’t — and because they care, they won’t — let commissioner Gary Bettman’s last-minute shenanigans become the hill...
Sports Shorts
FOOTBALL: Brown wasn’t drunk An autopsy found that Cowboys practice squad player Jerry Brown Jr. was sober when he was killed in a crash that led to an intoxication manslaughter...
No. 3 Arizona survives
Kevin Parrom scored five of his 16 points in overtime after No. 3 Arizona staged an improbable late rally in regulation and the Wildcats escaped with a 92-83 victory over...
Hall of Famer Stevens returns
Hall-of-Fame jockey Gary Stevens, 49, a winner of three Kentucky Derbys, said yesterday he is coming out of retirement after seven years and will resume riding in Sunday’s sixth race...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $18,750; clm($16,000); 4upRELENTLESS ROAD drops in class for return to dirt after tiring last out. CHIA SPICE drops in class while off an extended...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 1m&70yds; $56,000; alw; 3YO TAPE IT stretches out after closing to finish second as the favorite in first...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $31,000; mdn clm($25,000); 3YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Retired(L),115J Ortiz2-6-8B Brown2-13 Circadia(L),113P Tomas3-7-5Persaud15-11 a-Fish Hooks(L),120M Studart6-7-6Jones4-14 Wrath of Cong(L),120J Davis8-6-xContess20-11 a-Sunrise Lover(L),120M...
Gulfstream Charts
January 3rd, 2013Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $17,500; clm($12,500); 4upOff: 12:46. Good. tracked, 2wd, drivingTime: 23.45, 46.54, 1:12.05, 1:25.82, 1:4.37.Trainer: Rohan CrichtonWinner: DK B/ F,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 4SATJan. 5SUNJan. 6MONJan. 7TUEJan. 8WEDJan. 9THUJan. 10KnicksNO GAMEOrl.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEBos.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEInd.8:00TNTESPNNetsWashington7:00YES NetworkWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMSac.7:30YESWBBRNO GAMENO GAMEPhila.7:00YESWFANNO GAME NO GAMESt. John'sNO GAMECin.4:00ESPNUWBBRNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMERutgers7:00MSGWBBRNO GAMEHOMEAWAY
A-Rod’s surgery remains on hold; Yankees GM says to expect fewer homers
No date has been set for Alex Rodriguez’s hip surgery and it’s not expected to be performed until the middle of the month — at the earliest. When asked for...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Elleofnxample (11th)FIRST: mile trot; $9,500; cond2 Man O Matic(AMiller)1-3-15-29 Zuerest(DMiller)2-9-89-25 Elias Joy(JGregory)6-5-715-11 Live Jazz(RSchnittker)4-2-67-23 Holly Hill Master(YGingras)7-4-520-14 Big Sky Domino(RPierce)7-7-620-16 Iron Will(TTetrick)3-8-86-17 Lubbock(ANapolitano)4-1-78-18 Missy Goldfire(ECarlson)3-4-112-110...
Swisher ready for new start with Indians
CLEVELAND — Nick Swisher is starting over not far from where his baseball career began. Swisher passed his physical with the Indians yesterday and signed the four-year, $56 million, free-agent...
The Post Line
NFL PlayoffsTomorrowFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogTEXANS54 1/2(43 1/2)BengalsPACKERS87 1/2(46)VikingsSundayRAVENS76 1/2(47)ColtsSeahawks1 1/23(46)REDSKINSHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogGEORGIA6 1/2George Wash.RHODE ISLAND9 1/2BrownVALPARAISO12Cleveland St.TENNESSEE2MemphisMISSISSIPPI21FordhamST. PETER'S2ManhattanIona9SIENALOYOLA (MD.)7 1/2RiderTULANE8WoffordNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogNets5 1/2WIZARDSCavaliers1BOBCATSRAPTORS6KingsHawks3PISTONSHEAT10BullsCELTICS3PacersTHUNDER10 1/276ersGRIZZLIES9 1/2BlazersBUCKS2 1/2RocketsSUNS3JazzCLIPPERS4 1/2Lakers
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile trot; $9,500; cond8WndsunGllno(AMller)9.404.803.804GoodSoundAdvce(YGngrs)3.202.409No Less Than Magic (D Miller)2.60* Exacta (8-4) $47.40 * Trifecta (8-4-9) $127.40Scr: Sport's Top Gun, Camp Speedy.SECOND: mile pace; $9,500; cond3CrtcalAcclam(PBerry)39.6010.404.801What'sTheStory(PLachnce)3.402.606Captain Art (D Dube)7.00* Exacta...
Nets' Blatche set for face off with former team
WASHINGTON — After Andray Blatche was amnestied by the Wizards this summer, there weren’t many teams interested in giving him a second chance. But the Nets took a leap and...
P.J. making case to keep Nets job
WASHINGTON — The Nets got the new year started in resounding fashion with Wednesday’s stunning 110-93 win in Oklahoma City over the Thunder. Now, with a soft schedule in front...
Coughlin’s been going ‘crazy’ after Giants letdown
It sounds as if Tom Coughlin could use a vacation in the Bahamas. But he won’t be joining Rex Ryan any time soon. The Giants coach has been hard at...
Reid negotiating deal to become head Chief in KC
Andy Reid and the Chiefs should be quite familiar by now.The two sides spent much of yesterday in negotiations for Reid to become the Chiefs’ coach, a person familiar with...
Headhunter holds key to Jets’ GM search
Steve Bono let out a big laugh and his smile could be felt through the phone line, all in response to a reporter asking him about the Jets’ mystery man,...
Jets fire conditioning coach
The Jets’ sorry season claimed another victim yesterday as strength and conditioning coach Bill Hughan was axed after just two seasons with the team, a league source confirmed. Hughan, who...
Writers OK with Jets delaying Rex talk
It was an inadvertent whistle. That seemed to sum up the position of the Pro Football Writers Association of America yesterday when the organization said it was “satisfied” the Jets...
Hiring Tom is no Gamble for Gang
As in many sports, NFL teams exist in a cyclical world. When one philosophy does not work the immediate reaction is to take the opposite approach. When that doesn’t work...
Jets ready to interview GM candidates
While Rex Ryan continues to sun himself in the Bahamas, the Jets’ search for a new general manager is expected to officially heat up today with the first of a...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICOTEXANS 4 1/2 Bengals (Tom., 4:30, NBC)BengalsBengalsBengalsTexansBengalsTexansBengalsBengalsTexansOver/Under 43 1/2UnderUnderUnderOverUnderUnderOverUnderOverPACKERS 7 1/2 Vikings (8:00, NBC)PackersPackersVikingsPackersVikingsVikingsPackersVikingsVikingsOver/Under (46)OverOverUnderOverUnderOverOverOverUnderRAVENS 6 1/2 Colts (Sunday, 1:00, CBS)ColtsRavensColtsRavensColtsColtsColtsRavensRavensOver/Under (47) UnderOverOverUnderUnderOverOverOverUnderSeahawks 3 REDSKINS (4:30, FOX)RedskinsSeahawksSeahawksRedskinsRedskinsRedskinsSeahawksSeahawksSeahawksOver/Under (46)UnderUnderUnderOverOverUnderUnderOverUnderHome Team...
Little bit o’ luck
The NFL is making us wait until Sunday to see Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III play their first postseason games, but here, we’ll get to those two rookie superstars...
Skins’ 1-2 punch will deck Hawks
Including his 1997-2011 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 454-393 (53.6 percent) against the spread.TONIGHTOklahoma (+3) over Texas A&M: (Cotton Bowl): Love Johnny Football, but this...
AFC profits come from home office
Football expert Phil Steele is the owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of college and pro football 24/7/365...
Hondo takes a tumble
Hondo, who was only a game back going into Week 17, went flying over the fiscal cliff as he fizzled his way to the finish line with a dismal 6-10...
Ravens take cue from retiring Ray
There’s no telling how effective Ray Lewis will be Sunday against the Colts after missing 12 weeks with a torn right triceps. Fortunately, for the Ravens, he already has provided...
Amar’e sees more time, scores 10 points in Knicks' rout
The Knicks had a 20-point lead midway through the fourth quarter last night, so their game against the Spurs was all but over. It made sense to give Amar’e Stoudemire...
Spurs' Jackson sprains ankle tripping over Bloomberg's waitress
The Knicks notched 26 assists in Thursday night’s 100-83 victory over the Spurs, but Mayor Bloomberg may need to get awarded their 27th. One of San Antonio’s key scorers, Stephen...
Talk show guests
FRIDAY WARREN BUFFETT, ALISON SWEENEY, DICK WOLF - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4 CAROLINE RHEA, PAUL ‘PAULY D’ DELVECCHIO - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 GUY...
HBO saddled with lawsuit over 'Luck'
The show’s over, but HBO’s bad “Luck” carries on. A self-described whistle-blower is suing the network over the canceled horse-racing series, claiming she was fired after witnessing “abuse and cruelty”...
'Killing Lincoln' coming to Nat Geo
Another Lincoln is moving in at the Gettysburg address. Billy Campbell (of “The Killing” and “Once and Again”) plays the 16th president in “Killing Lincoln,” the TV movie of Fox...
Redskins win scores big
NBC is savoring a welcome gift: a holiday week ratings victory powered by Sunday night football. According to Nielsen figures released earlier this week, more than 30 million viewers tuned...
New ‘Girl’ on top
There is something both revolting and compelling about HBO’s breakout, cult hit “Girls,” which returns for a second season Sunday night. When it premiered last season, “Girls” grabbed the cover...
Who's zooming who!
1. NFL: Cowboys vs. Redskins 1,182,227 2. New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1,067,927 3. SpongeBob SquarePants 667,099 4. Sugar Bowl: UF vs. Louisville 626,198 5. WWE Monday Night Raw 520,836 6....
Pure pressure!
On any given Saturday night, nightlife impresarios and twins Derek and Daniel Koch can be found rubbing elbows with models and moguls at their Meatpacking District hot spot Toy. But...
Weird but true
Hi, Mom, could you give me a ride home? I just tried to rob a liquor store. Sheriff’s deputies in Okaloosa County, Fla. busted Zachariah Dalton Howard, 22, after he...
Notre Dame great Brown: Luck of the Irish to get Alabama
It is not often that a team prefers to play Alabama. But in Notre Dame’s case, the Tide may be the ideal foe. At least that’s what Tim Brown says....
Wagner holds off Monmouth in NEC opener
Marcus Burton is turning into Wagner’s good-luck charm. When the sophomore sharpshooter plays well, the Seahawks usually prevail. That was again the case last night as Burton scored 15 points...
Aggies face former rivals Sooner than later
ARLINGTON, Texas — Spencer Nealy and some of his Texas A&M teammates were discussing potential bowl games even before their first SEC season began.“We were like, how funny would it...
No. 5 Oregon rolls in possible last game for Kelly
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Oregon’s De’Anthony Thomas raced 94 yards for a touchdown on the opening kickoff. The fifth-ranked Ducks barely looked back after that. Triggered by Thomas’ attention-grabbing return, Oregon...
Knicks end Spurs' 7-game winning streak in romp
Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points, J.R. Smith kept up his surge with 20 and the Knicks snapped the San Antonio Spurs' seven-game winning streak with a 100-83 victory Thursday night....
Cop shot twice in leg, another grazed in Brooklyn subway shooting
A police officer was shot twice in the leg and another was grazed in his vest when gunfire erupted on a Brooklyn train station, police sources said. A suspect is...
CEO expects Alvarez back in Bellator in 'short order'
Bellator has matched the UFC’s contract offer to Eddie Alvarez and CEO Bjorn Rebney expects him to be back in the organization’s cage “in relatively short order,” Rebney told The...
Off-duty cop shot in Bronx preventing apparent car dealership robbery
An off-duty NYPD police officer was shot in the leg tonight while preventing an attempted robbery in the Bronx , police sources said. Juan Pichardo, 34, interrupted a robbery crew...