January 12, 2013
Kelly spurns Eagles, will return to Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly will be back with the Fighting Irish next season after leading them to the national title game this past season. Kelly,...
Everybody off! City school bus strike is likely to happen Wednesday
A school bus strike that threatens to strand 152,000 children is likely to begin on Wednesday — and could be announced as early as tomorrow, sources told The Post. The...
Looking back: Nets use another 2nd-half surge to beat Suns
The Nets again didn’t make it easy on themselves, but managed to overcome several injuries and illnesses – along with their own sluggish first half – to go on to...
Ex-Steelers coach Cowher says coaching in NFL again not in plans
Bill Cowher insists he’s staying in the studio and not returning to the sideline. Cowher says Saturday on CBS’ “The NFL Today” that he has no plans to coach in...
Players ratify new NHL deal, lockout not over yet
NHL players are ready to go back to work, but the lockout isn’t over yet. After a 36-hour vote that ended Saturday morning, the players’ association announced that its members...
Ravens beat Broncos in double-OT thriller
DENVER — No matter where his season or his career might end, Joe Flacco will always have The Fling. And Peyton Manning will always have to live with that throw...
Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels
BAMAKO, Mali — The battle to retake Mali's north from the al-Qaida-linked groups controlling it began in earnest Saturday, after hundreds of French forces deployed to the country and began...
Jeter no longer in boot, working out at Yankees complex in Tampa
Derek Jeter’s recovery from left ankle surgery is progressing. GM Brian Cashman confirmed on Saturday the shortstop is no longer in a boot. Jeter has been working out at the...
Recovery for Redskins' Griffin could be more complicated than expected: report
The recovery process for Robert Griffin III could be much more difficult than many originally believed.There is a much greater concern for the quarterback’s knee than anyone in the Redskins...
Wallace out, Deron questionable for Nets vs. Pacers
The Nets will be without Gerald Wallace when they take on the Pacers in Brooklyn Sunday night.Wallace was ruled out of the game when the Nets released an injury report...
RFK Jr. convinced lone gunman not solely responsible for JFK's assassination
DALLAS — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is convinced that a lone gunman wasn't solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed...
WATCH: Gorgeous female MMA star says 'you'd be dumb not to' use sex to sell
Is sexuality OK to exploit in female athletics?“You’d be dumb not to,” women’s MMA star Felice Herrig said on “The Jeff Probst Show” Friday.Herrig, 28, is one of the hottest...
CBS wants 'Two and A Half Men' and outspoken star Angus T. Jones back next year
CBS wants “Two and a Half Men -- and its outspoken star Angus T. Jones -- back for an 11th season this fall. Warner Brothers, the show’s producer, is “equally...
Flu outbreak leads NY to declare public health emergency
The state of New York declared a public health emergency today amid the worst flu outbreak in years. Gov. Cuomo pushed through legislation that allows pharmacies to administer flu shots...
St. John's doesn't show up in embarrassing loss to Georgetown
Either the beds in the Affinia Dumont, where St. John's stayed Friday night, are the most comfortable in all of Manhattan or the hotel's automated wake up call system failed...
Reddit co-founder commits suicide
The Internet genius behind the popular Web site Reddit.com committed suicide at his Brooklyn home today, police sources and friends said. Cops discovered Aaron Swartz unconscious at 9:30 a.m. and...
WATCH: Knicks' Novak makes fun of Bulls' Robinson after 'Discount Double Check' imitation
Steve Novak’s tongue is as sharp as his shooting touch from distance.The Knicks 3-point specialist fired back at Bulls guard Nate Robinson, who imitated Novak’s "Discount Double Check" celebration after...
WATCH: Rangers goalie Lundqvist plays guitar on 'Fallon'
Henrik Lundqvist’s talents are not limited to stopping pucks.The Rangers goalie appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on Friday night and took the show into break with some impressive...
Man stabbed and burnt to death in Bronx
A man was stabbed and burnt to death in the Bronx this morning, cops said. Firefighters discovered his body under a mattress during a fire that started about 6 a.m....
Lance Armstrong to admit doping, apologize during Oprah interview
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey next week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation....
NY storm commission urges flood walls for subways
ALBANY — A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airports and...
Live rude girls
It’s unclear exactly why Amy Poehler and Tina Fey decided to host this weekend’s Golden Globes (it’s because of the alcohol), but one thing we do know (besides that they’re...
Business briefs
Snub for SACHSBC has advised clients to not add money to Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital amid a US government insider-trading probe into the hedge fund, a person with knowledge...
JCPenney stock plunges after bad holiday
There was one more post-holiday markdown at JCPenney yesterday: its shares. The flailing department store’s stock opened down about 8 percent after a Wall Street analyst recommended investors sell their...
Flowers Foods buys Hostess' Wonder Bread and other brands
You don’t have to Wonder anymore. Flowers Foods, the Thomasville, Ga., bakery that owns bread brands Nature’s Own and Cobblestone Mill, will add Wonder Bread and other Hostess names to...
Later means leaner for ABC’s 'Nightline'
ABC’s “Nightline” is facing belt-tightening after getting bumped to a later time slot to make room for Jimmy Kimmel at 11:35 p.m. Staffers were told this week that they would...
JPMorgan gets off easy
This one may not even leave a mark. A federal bank regulator is expected to censure JPMorgan Chase as early as next week over lax money-laundering monitoring, sources tell The...
New top dog at Bonnier
Bonnier Group CEO Jonas Bonnier yesterday shook up the Swedish publishing giant’s struggling US unit, Bonnier Corp., replacing longtime chief Terry Snow. Dave Freygang, 57, who was most recently executive...
Slimy Swiss stock scammer lied about being a diplomat to FBI
A wealthy Swiss financial adviser, who has boasted ties to Persian Gulf royalty and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, pleaded guilty yesterday to engineering an international stock fraud. Nearly a year...
ResCap creditor hope
Uncle Sam may make an additional payout to the unsecured creditors of bankrupt mortgage lender ResCap in order to fast-track the sale of its stake in Ally Bank, The Post...
Wells Fargo’s wagon is a-waning
The Wells Fargo mortgage gravy train may be coming to the end of the line. At least that’s the fear investors appeared to be harboring yesterday — fresh off the...
March debut seen for iPad 5
Apple is going to roll out an updated iPad this spring, said Topeka Capital analyst Brian White on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” yesterday. “I think we’re going to see...
NJ Transit storms back
Full NJ Transit rail service from New Jersey into the Big Apple will resume Monday, 11 weeks after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to the agency’s equipment and infrastructure.NJ Transit...
Pay up, Zuck-ers
Would you pay $100 to message Mark Zuckerberg? Facebook says it is testing some “extreme price points” to let users pay to have their messages seen by people who are...
Husband’s jealousy allegedly sparked killer SoHo blaze
The deadly SoHo fire that claimed the life of a newlywed woman was sparked by a jealous dad convinced his wife was sleeping with another man, law-enforcement sources said yesterday....
Tot-custody scrimmage
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A Missouri court will appoint a lawyer to protect the interests of the 4-month-old daughter of late Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher as her grandparents argue...
Mercy plea for priestly prison mobster
He’s a moralist, a champion of law and order — and the street boss of the Colombo crime family.A Wharton Business School alum who served prison time for selling drugs...
BBC’s Jimmy Savile sexually abused children for more than 50 years, police report finds
The BBC’s beloved host Jimmy Savile was a pervy Pied Piper who raped and molested kids for more than 50 years and “spent every moment of every waking day thinking”...
‘Tattoo Man’ Ziad Akl from movie ‘Shutter Island’ running from law after nightclub stabbing
He can run, but it’s going to be hard to hide. The inked-up actor who played the inmate “The Tattoo Man” in the movie “Shutter Island” is on the run...
Dog mowed down in Qns.
An 87-year-old man saw his beloved golden retriever tragically killed last night after both were struck by an SUV in Queens, cops said. The injured senior was rushed to Long...
LIRR fraudster cops a ‘pee’
A medical-office worker who wet herself in court after getting busted in the LIRR “gravy train” pension scheme copped a plea yesterday.Maria Rusin, 57, admitted lying to prosecutors when she...
Tough cell for ‘cannibal’
They thought he was starving for some company.Prison officials gave accused NYPD “cannibal cop” Gilberto Valle a cellmate but picked a reputed member of the Latin Kings, Valle’s lawyer revealed...
Former 'Pretty Little Liars' star accused of $7,000 theft
Young Hollywood hunk Parker Bagley insists he’s a ruffian only on stage. Bagley, 23, a former actor in ABC’s “Pretty Little Liars,” was in court yesterday for swiping almost $7,000...
Rabid slayer gets 30 years
The ex-con who brutally stabbed a popular Brooklyn bartender to death in a fight over their dogs’ entangled leashes was sentenced to 30 years to life yesterday. The tattooed and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** Police have identified a suspect in the snatching of eight smartphones right out of users’ hands in Long Island City and Astoria, authorities said. Cops would like to...
Evil B'klyn arsonist will spend the rest of his life behind bars
The evil arsonist who said the devil made him torch an elderly Brooklyn woman to death in an elevator will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge...
I pick you, Kanye!
She’s one sexy pickpocket! A glowing Kim Kardashian slyly giggles as she explores baby daddy Kanye West’s coat pocket during a shopping trip yesterday to the Balenciaga boutique in Paris....
Slay-try rap in mistaken-ID shoot
The gunman who shot a Brooklyn father and son on the child’s birthday has been hit with an attempted-murder rap, police sources said.Jamal Ali, 19, was also slapped with assault...
Lhota foe GOP woe
Good news for mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota.Former Bronx Democratic Borough President Adolfo Carrion lacks the support necessary from city Republican Party leaders to run for mayor on the GOP line...
Afghan end is near: O
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday vowed to bring the war in Afghanistan to a “responsible end” and will speed up transition of the US military’s mission from combat fighting to...
Booker files for Senate run
Newark’s mayor might soon have a new title: Senator Booker.Popular Mayor Cory Booker filed legal papers to run as a Democratic candidate to represent New Jersey in the US Senate.And...
School-bus firm: AIG bilked us for big $$
The largest school-bus company in New York City is warning that it could go belly-up because a subsidiary of the insurance giant AIG has allegedly bilked it out of Hurricane...
Mike’s pre-K $$ issue
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday endorsed Gov. Cuomo’s proposal for full-day pre-kindergarten classes in all schools around the state, but wondered where the money to fund them are going to come from....
Liu’s in‘jury’ous rep
Embattled city Comptroller John Liu’s tarnished reputation could play a role in jury selection at the campaign-finance trial of his former treasurer and a key fund-raiser.Court papers say Jia “Jenny”...
A little summer in the city
It’s almost June in January. The city is having a winter heat wave, with high temperatures in the mid-50s today — and approaching 60 tomorrow. A strong southwestern front is...
Revolutionary ammo find
A live round was found inside an 18th-century cannon that had been on display at the Central Park Conservancy, police said.A piece of rust was removed during routine cleaning, exposing...
Britney bye-bye to beau
In a move almost as well choreographed as the dance routine to her hit song “Toxic,” Britney Spears last night called off her engagement to agent-turned-fiancé Jason Trawick — only...
Suspects sought in TV cooking-show crew member's Brooklyn slaying
A former Brooklyn café owner who worked on the set of ABC’s “The Chew” was shot dead on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street in an apparent robbery attempt, police sources said yesterday....
Subway platform door test
Stand clear of the closing platform doors. The MTA is considering adding sliding doors at L-train stations to stop riders from falling on the tracks following the deaths of two...
Bronx Zoo tiger leaper says he was testing his 'natural fear'
The kook who leaped off the Bronx Zoo monorail into a tiger enclosure — where he was mauled by a 400-pound cat — told cops that “I was testing my...
Garbage truck traffic jammed
An MTA garbage truck was stuck in the Park Avenue tunnel yesterday for two hours while dueling tow trucks struggled to dislodge it, authorities said. The driver got the truck...
Vaccinations aren’t sure shots
Flu shots are no guarantee against the flu, sheepish government scientists admitted yesterday.This year’s flu vaccine is effective in just 62 percent of cases, the US Centers for Disease Control...
Hell's Kitchen is the city's most flu-infected neighborhood, Web app shows
Hell’s Kitchen is burning up — with the flu. The neighborhood is the city’s most infected area — closely followed by the Upper West Side, Carroll Gardens and Elmhurst, Queens,...
Fury at Aurora ‘killer’
The father of a “Dark Knight” theater-shooting victim shouted, “Rot in hell!” yesterday at accused mass murderer James Holmes, whose arraignment was postponed by a Colorado judge. The outburst capped...
Artists and critics blast lousy official portrait of Britain’s Kate Middleton
What did they do to Kate Middleton? The newly unveiled official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge turned the 31-year-old beauty into a dowdy, ghostly woman at least 10 years...
Bomb-plot prison link
The alleged neo-Nazi Greenwich Village bomb plotter corresponded from jail with a suspended Rockland County correction officer facing cocaine charges and leading state troopers on a high-speed chase, a lawyer...
Woman plunges through UES sidewalk
A heavyset woman caved through an Upper East Side sidewalk last night — dropping six feet into a huge hole where she was eventually pulled out by emergency crews using...
Spanning the ages
High Line, make way for the High Bridge.Mayor Bloomberg broke ground yesterday for a $61 million restoration of the 1,200-foot long High Bridge connecting The Bronx and upper Manhattan. The...
Ed Koch called Gov. Cuomo 'a schmuck' when he was unable to congratulate him on win: documentary
“He’s a schmuck!” That was sharp-tongued Ed Koch’s assessment of Andrew Cuomo, captured by a crew filming a documentary on the three-term former mayor that will debut this weekend at...
Rapist beast gets 25 years
A remorseless rapist who sodomized a Manhattan woman in her own basement — and then tried to attack another woman a few blocks away — will spend the next 25...
Sandy mob jail break
Hurricane Sandy kept a Brooklyn mobster out of the clink.Gambino crime-family associate Emanuel Garofalo, 64, was spared jail time for extortion by a federal judge because of his efforts cleaning...
Team O shoots down NRA’s ‘no-ban’ push
WASHINGTON — The White House reaffirmed yesterday that President Obama plans to push for a ban on assault-style weapons, setting up a clash with the politically powerful National Rifle Association....
NBC sticking to its guns
NBC Sports is holding to its commitment to sponsor the largest US gun trade show next week — National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show — a month after the Sandy...
Yoko, Sean back Andy
ALBANY — Murdered Beatle John Lennon’s son and widow gave thumbs up to Gov. Cuomo’s push for tougher gun control yesterday.“It’s deeply personal for me,” Sean Lennon, whose father was...
‘Kill a python’ push in Fla.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A flourishing population of Burmese pythons in South Florida is devouring animals and threatening endangered species. So the state’s solution: offer cash for hunters to kill them....
Mayor Bloomberg predicts flood of two-wheelers in bike-share program
A two-wheeled tsunami is about to hit New York — and Mayor Bloomberg couldn’t be more pleased. A giddy Bloomberg yesterday promised that the perpetually delayed bike-share program would flood...
Her final breast in show
Beauty queen Allyn Rose is flaunting her ample assets one last time at the Miss America pageant tonight. Win or lose, Miss District of Columbia plans to undergo a prophylactic...
Obama’s phony default drama
The United States of America isn’t going to default on its debt, even if Congress doesn’t increase the statutory borrowing authority in the next couple of months. Everyone in Washington...
Parisian murder mystery
On Thursday, a nondescript building in Paris’ 10th arrondissement was transformed into a crime scene with international repercussions. French Interior Minister Manuel Valls came to witness the grisly sight created...
A bitter pill for Koch: Obama’s Israel betrayal
The Issue: Ex-Mayor Ed Koch’s disappointment with President Obama’s choice for secretary of defense. *** Ed Koch is “disappointed” that President Obama reneged on his support for Israel with Sen....
Bagging the ‘bagel pol’
The Issue: Larry Seabrook’s five-year sentence for corruption involving $2 million in taxpayer funds. *** I am absolutely disgusted by the slap on the wrist ex-City Councilman Larry Seabrook got...
Back to the trough
Monday will be the first day of the state Senate’s 2013 legislative session — but senators were already hard at work this week tackling what they apparently consider one of...
McChrystal’s clear conscience
No one would have held it against former Gen. Stanley McChrystal had he used his newly published autobiography to settle scores over the incident that abruptly ended his military career....
Benghazi terrorists, skating free
Four months have now passed since the terrorist attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. But for all...
Joe Biden’s bogus life-saving logic
‘If your actions result in only saving one life, they’re worth taking,” Vice President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday as he previewed what his commission on gun violence might actually...
Oxygen turns toxic
Television is getting a little unreal. First, the idea that Al Gore would sell out to Al-Jazeera sounded like an April Fools’ joke. Then the Oxygen network — that supposedly...
Frigid dare!
A sign in the elevator that lifts you from the ground floor up to the sky rink at Chelsea Piers reads “A great place to learn to skate!” alongside pictures...
Let's make a deal!
Working out in the cold, cruel winter is already a challenge, and the high price of gyms in New York City is an easy excuse to spend the season on...
Kids calendar
Today PREHISTORIC PREVIEW: Opening next weekend at the New Victory Theater, Erth’s “Dinosaur Zoo” features dino puppets so lifelike you’d swear they were the real thing. Not sure if your...
The Bard’s backside
‘is that the sort of thing you find funny?” hisses the title character (and target) of Tim Crouch’s solo show, as he endures one humiliation after another. Well, yes. At...
Dancers’ ‘Horse’ tales dazzle
As the title suggests, there’s more talking than turning in “From the Horse’s Mouth.” But if you’ve ever wondered about the lives of male dancers and choreographers, here’s your chance...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
Ruthless Aqueduct, eighth race. Purse: $75,000. 6 furlongs, 3-year-old fillies. Post: 3:48 p.m. LOWDOWN: Kimono set the pace to mid-stretch going two turns last out before she was run down...
Bulls are patient with Rose’s rehab
Derrick Rose, the injured Bulls superstar point guard, had just finished his pregame shooting at the Garden Friday night when he headed back to the locker room. A fan reached...
Sports Shorts
GOLF: Rookie in front at Sony Open In Honolulu, Russell Henley putted for birdie on every hole yesterday on his way to a second straight round of a 7-under 63,...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; pace; $16,000; Clyde Hirt 4 Bestjetyet (E Carlson) 5.60 3.60 2.80 1 Vodka Is Terror (T Tetrick) 4.60 2.40 8 Connery Blue Chip (J Bongiorno) 2.60 * Exacta (4-1)...
Lakers no match for Thunder
Kevin Durant scored 42 points, Russell Westbrook had 27 points and 10 assists, and the Thunder easily sent the short-handed Lakers to their sixth straight loss, 116-101 last night in...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2 fur; $23,000; mdn clm($16,000); 3YO(f)WESTERDAY was hard used throughout and finished second at this level while going...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $31,000; clm($20,000); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Street Fight(L),120CVelasquz9-2-1Contess10-12 Franky Nails(L),120E Castro6-1-8Bush15-13 Alpha Zumba(L),116K Coa5-1-9Persaud3-14 Matt and Jesse(L),115J Ortiz2-2-5P Ortiz5-15 SokitumiSamur(L),120RDomingz5-1-6Parisella9-56 Term Loan(L),120P...
Parx Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $30,000; clm($25,000); 3YO5-Fly Eagle Fly 5-24-Kiwi Storm 8-11-Bootleggin Cat 6-16-Habby's Pride 8-12-Giacokhan 9-27-Respighi 4-13-Sandazar 12-18-Disco Dancin' 10-1SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $20,000; clm($7,50); 4up3-Act of Valor...
Aqueduct Charts
January 11th, 2013Cloudy and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $50,000; mdn; 3YOOff: 12:31. Good. strong hand rideTime: 22.57, 46.08, 57.87, 1:04.11.Trainer: Michael HushionWinner: B C, 3, by Hook...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $23,750; clm($25,000); 4up4Unbrdld Ell (Mysntt)8.603.802.803Deb's Trip (Saez)7.804.601Twistin Storm (Sanchez)4.20Scr: Generations Y.* Exacta (4-3) $67.00 * $1 Superfecta (4-3-1-8) $479.50 * $1 Trifecta (4-3-1) $133.70Winner picked by DaSilvaSECOND-1 mile;...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $17,500; clm($12,500); 3YOATAJO makes route debut after fourth in last two starts. GIGANTE SABADO races with Lasix for career debut. VINNY THE EMPEROR stretches out...
Bill Smith at Yonkers Graded Entries
Best Bet: Tidewater Teddy (3rd)FIRST: mile pace; $18,000; cond2 Light Up The Sky(BSears)9-7-34-11 UpfrontEllijayEd(MMacDnld)5-7-76-15 Diamondonthebeach(Gdell)3-3-23-13 Best DreamSeeker(JBartlett)5-3-75-14 Bolder(GBrennan)3-5-210-16 Not This Time(BHolland)1-7-212-17 Ok Braveheart(LStalbaum)2-8-45-18 Fall Bliss(JStratton)1-8-68-1SECOND: mile pace; $18,000; handicap1 Spy...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Mighty Young Joe (12th)FIRST: mile pace; $12,500; cond5 All Blues(AMiller)3-5-35-23 Critical Acclaim(PBerry)1-8-78-12 Cyclone Artist(TTetrick)10-2-19-21 Action Brad(JMarohn)6-3-16-14 Terryang Fra(YGingras)9-6-28-16 Native Speed(SNason)6-4-220-17 Matt's Delivery(RPierce)5-7-820-18 Majorly Bad(JBongiorno)1-1-97-29 Im...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 12 SUNJan. 13 MONJan. 14 TUEJan. 15 WEDJan. 16 THUJan. 17 FRIJan. 18 Knicks NO GAME N.O.NoonMSGESPN NOGAME NO GAME NO GAME *Det. 3:00MSGESPN NO GAME Nets NO GAME...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing1 p.m.Daytona Winter Testing SPEED3 p.m.Daytona Winter Testing SPEED7 p.m.Daytona Winter Testing SPEED9:30 p.m.AMA Supercross Series, Phoenix SPEEDBasketball11 a.m.Georgetown at St. John's ESPN2, WBBR (1130AM)NoonMinnesota at Indiana BIG TENNoonAnderson...
Upton unlikely for Mets
Justin Upton remains on the market — and it’s obvious now the Diamondbacks are willing to trade the outfielder — but the Mets don’t expect to be in the hunt....
Knicks' Amar’e looks like ‘old’ self
Knicks coach Mike Woodson has said repeatedly we soon will see the old Amar’e Stoudemire. Through his first six games since returning from left knee surgery, we only have seen...
The Post Line
NFL Playoffs Today Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog BRONCOS 9 1/2 9 1/2 (46) Ravens 49ERS 3 3 (45) Packers Tomorrow FALCONS 3 2 1/2 (46) Seahawks PATRIOTS 9 9...
Strahan, Tuna make the short list for Hall
The Pro Football Hall of Fame could have a distinctly blue-tinged look this summer if Michael Strahan and Bill Parcells are enshrined in Canton, Ohio. Strahan is one of four...
Yankees still searching for right-handed hitting outfielder
The Yankees still are playing the waiting game in their search for a right-handed hitting outfielder, with free agent Scott Hairston holding out for a two-year deal and Washington unwilling...
The ‘B’ team gives Nets Sun screen
Call them the Killer B’s.With the score tied at 60 with 2:35 left to play in the third quarter, Andray Blatche and MarShon Brooks sparked the Nets off the bench...
Islanders’ Tavares glad he played overseas
John Tavares thought it was too important to sit idle, too important to watch months and months of the prime of his NHL career just slip away as he toiled...
Ilya likely to make late Devils return
Ilya Kovalchuk reportedly has a plan for when he will return to the Devils, but it’s not exactly the answer the team wanted to hear. According to the Russian news...
Del Zotto, Rangers may not reach deal before camp
The Rangers are poised to open training camp tomorrow without Michael Del Zotto, the unsigned 22-year-old restricted free agent defenseman who remains in a negotiating stalemate with general manager Glen...
It’s a divisional ‘dog’ day
Today Ravens (+9 1/2) over BRONCOS; Over 46: You have to remember the Ravens had their January hand largely made and melded, a month out ... so they could wait...
’Boys to hire Kiffin, 72, as DC
The Cowboys hired former Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin as the replacement for Rob Ryan yesterday. The move signals a switch back to the 4-3 alignment eight years after Bill...
Rodgers out to dismantle 49ers defense
SAN FRANCISCO — After growing up a huge 49ers fan less than 200 miles from here in Chico, Calif., Aaron Rodgers can make life miserable tonight for what used to...
Seahawks’ Lynch looks to put hurt on Falcons’ ‘D’
Please, block me. That’s the plea of more than one cornerback when Seahawks receiver Sidney Rice is moving downfield and Marshawn Lynch has the ball. The opposing defensive back would...
Schaub faces Texas-sized test vs. Brady, Pats
The Texans had given up on beaten-down David Carr and shortly after they traded for Matt Schaub, owner Robert McNair could see the light at the end of what had...
Westhoff bashes Jets’ use of Tebow
The autopsy of the Jets’ 2012 season continued yesterday with former special teams coach Mike Westhoff calling the Tim Tebow situation an “absolute mess.” Westhoff, who retired after the season,...
Jets search getting offensive
The Jets’ search for their third offensive coordinator in three years has begun. According to a source, former Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, Bengals assistant Hue Jackson and Eagles offensive...
Healthy Ravens ready to do battle with Manning, Broncs
DENVER — In sports, when one team is defeated by another and faces a rematch, the refrain from the losing team is always a familiar one: It’ll be different this...
Nets' Wallace hurt after ‘ugly fall’
Gerald Wallace is nicknamed “Crash” for a reason. The Nets’ versatile forward took a hard tumble early in last night’s 99-79 win over the Suns, and was forced to leave...
Brooklyn extends win streak to 5
The Nets had plenty of things working against them last night. First, they were left wondering up until almost tip-off as to whether or not they would have shooting guard...
Knicks' Camby out 2-4 weeks
Just as he was coming around, Marcus Camby is back on the shelf. Before Friday night’s 108-101 loss to the Bulls, the Knicks announced an MRI confirmed Camby has strained...
Knicks too slow from gate
Familiarity breeds contempt. And it breeds downright frustration when the same darn thing keeps occurring over and over. Look at the Knicks at the start of games. It has been...
Anthony returns, Knicks drop 3rd straight
There is nothing sweet or tasty about Carmelo Anthony and these Knicks now. The once vaunted, championship-contending Knicks are a depleted squad in full-blown crisis and their MVP candidate must...
It's time for Melo to take out the trash
Forget Honey Nut Cheerios, the Knicks and Carmelo Anthony need to start eating their Wheaties. This trashy trash talk is about a lot more than cereal, and Anthony and the...
Leap year
Emma Kenney would be a typical 13-year-old girl, but for one thing. She stars in a TV show she won’t see in its entirety until her dad buys her the...
‘Vampire’ spinoff getting a tryout
‘The Vampire Diaries” is getting an evil spawn. To be called “The Originals,” the spinoff would be about the first vampire family in the world — the Originals — a...
Weird but true
Cops say a Florida woman gave her ex-hubby a shock — and that wasn’t all. She allegedly used a stun gun on him, tied him to the bumper of a...
Johnnies can’t buy a free throw
St. John’s has the yips. Golfers stricken with the yips complain of all sorts of ailments — shaky hands or hands that are wrapped so tightly that if the putter...
St. John’s pursues pair of blue-chip talents
Steve Lavin’s greatest accomplishment since taking the St. John’s coaching job three years ago was making the Queens school a popular destination for elite recruits.He brought in 18 high-caliber prospects...
Rochford blossoms at Fairleigh
Mostly, Greg Vetrone was just doing his friend a favor. The Fairleigh Dickinson coach visited his longtime pal, Mark Morse, the coach at the Globe Institute of Technology, to check...
Anthony struggles in return as Knicks lose third straight game
There is nothing sweet or tasty about Carmelo Anthony and these Knicks now. The once vaunted, championship-contending Knicks are a depleted squad in full-blown crisis and their MVP candidate must...
Rob Ryan to be hired as Rams defensive coordinator
There will be no Ryan brothers reunion in New York. The Rams are planning to hire Rob Ryan as their new defensive coordinator, according to a source. Another source said...
Strikeforce preview: Era comes to end with company's final event
So this is it.When the bell sounds early Sunday morning in Oklahoma City following a fight between Nate Marquardt and Tarec Saffiedine, Strikeforce will be no more. The UFC’s toughest...
Knicks' Camby out two to four weeks with foot injury
Marcus Camby will miss two to four weeks with a strained left plantar, the Knicks announced tonight.Camby reinjured his left foot Thursday night in Indiana after landing awkwardly after a...
No charges for NBC host David Gregory over ammunition magazine
WASHINGTON — NBC journalist David Gregory won't face charges for displaying a high-capacity ammunition magazine on his "Meet the Press" news program last month, District of Columbia prosecutors announced Friday....
Blast from the past! Cleaners find 18th century cannon is still loaded at Central Park
An 18th century cannon was found loaded with gun powder and a cannon ball Friday during a routine cleaning at the Central Park Conservancy. Residual gun powder was spotted after...