January 13, 2013
Former Ravens coach Billick interviewed for Eagles job
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles have interviewed former Ravens coach and current Fox analyst Brian Billick for their coaching vacancy, a person familiar with the meeting told The Associated Press...
Ex-Rutgers WR Britt wanted for questioning in brother's NJ stabbing
Kenny Britt could be in some hot water yet again.The Tennessee Titans and former Rutgers wide receiver is wanted for questioning by New Jersey police about an incident involving his...
Fordham defeated after digging 'disrespectful' first-half hole
A first-half Mass-acre proved too much for Fordham to overcome. Try and they might, the Rams were unable to dig themselves out of a 14-point deficit at the half in...
Brady, Patriots rout Texans, get Ravens next in AFC title game
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady idolized Joe Montana as a kid in the Bay Area. Now, he’s surpassed his hero for postseason wins. Brady got his 17th, the most for...
Ex-Magic player Anderson says Dwightmare was distraction in Orlando
For the Nets and anyone remotely associated with the Nets, last season’s Dwightmare involving Dwight Howard was borderline torture. He’s coming. He’s not. Yes. No. Definitely, absolutely and positively maybe.And...
Knicks' Melo says he's been fasting to bring 'clarity' to his life
Perhaps that’s why Carmelo Anthony was so grouchy last Monday with Kevin Garnett. Anthony said after today’s 100-87 matinee victory over New Orleans he’s just finishing up a 15-day fast...
'Carrie Diaries' to feature sex and AIDS in the '80s
AIDS will play a starring role in “The Carrie Diaries.” The CW’s “Sex and The City” prequel -- set in 1984 -- plans to address the consequences of promiscuity and...
Seton Hall falls to Providence as Big East struggles continue
Seton Hall entered Big East action with a sparkling record and the hope it could sneak into the top half of the league. But less than two weeks into conference...
NRA says Congress will not pass assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers...
Knicks blast Hornets in 'must-win' before heading to London
Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks had a lot to prove today at the Garden before they go across the pond. Anthony called today’s matinee vs. the rebuilding Hornets “a must-win...
Jets bringing in three GM candidates for second interviews: report
The Jets have are closing in on their next general manager.The Jets hope to have their new GM hired this week. According to an ESPN report, the Jets will have...
New Jersey's Rossi talks Fiorentina move
New Jersey native Giuseppe Rossi has completed a big-ticket transfer from la Liga club Villarreal to Serie A side Fiorentina. And the high-scoring forward told the Post that his knee...
Mets looking into signing former Giants closer Wilson
The Beard could be coming to Citi Field.The Mets are weighing the possibility of signing free agent closer Brian Wilson, according to a report by CBSSports.com. GM Sandy Alderson watched...
'Zero Dark Thirty' tops weekend box office in first weekend as wide release
LOS ANGELES — "Zero Dark Thirty" hunted down the top spot at the box office — and easily won it. Studio estimates Sunday show the controversial Osama bin Laden manhunt...
Falcons survive Seahawks rally in playoff thriller
ATLANTA — Matt Bryant kicked a 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left and the Atlanta Falcons bounced back after blowing a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter, defeating Russell...
Strikeforce analysis: Saffiedine makes case for UFC contract with win over Marquardt
Tarec Saffiedine didn’t know if he’d be on the unemployment line after Saturday night. The organization he’d been with for three years, Strikeforce, was folding up shop and the Belgian...
Newtown weighs fate of Sandy Hook Elementary School building
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Talk about Sandy Hook Elementary School is turning from last month's massacre to the future, with differing opinions on whether students and staff should ever return to...
Second JetBlue bird strike in as many days at JFK
A JetBlue flight to the Bahamas returned to JFK Airport this morning after a bird struck the plane, representatives for the company said. Flight 721 departed around 10 a.m. and...
Driver in critical condition after East Flatbush shooting
A driver is in critical condition after an early morning shooting at an East Flatbush intersection, police said. The 44-year-old man was stopped at a red light at the intersection...
Nets sign Damion James to 10-day contract
The Nets announced Sunday morning that they have signed small forward Damion James to a 10-day contract. And, after James tweeted Saturday evening that he was catching a redeye to...
Battle of Brooklyn-born PGs as Fordham, UMass square off
Where’s Brooklyn at? The answer is Rose Hill Gym, because when Fordham hosts UMass this afternoon, two of the borough’s most talented basketball players will be going head to head,...
6 arrested in new gang rape of bus passenger in India
NEW DELHI — Police said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student...
Egypt court grants Mubarak appeal, orders retrial
CAIRO — A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to...
Puck drops Saturday with Rangers-Bruins, Isles-Devs
The NHL announced its 48-game regular-season schedule last night, and for the Rangers, it will feel like the playoffs right from the opening faceoff. The Blueshirts open up Saturday at...
Playoff blitz
HERO Ravens QB Joe Flacco, who outplayed Denver’s Peyton Manning, completing 18-of-34 for 331 yards with 3 TDs and no turnovers. Flacco sent the game into overtime with a 70-yard...
Ravens prevail after Manning’s OT pick
DENVER — The epic game, which extended into a second overtime, lasted four hours and 11 minutes. And for about four hours it seemed inconceivable the Ravens could overcome the...
Legendary QB faces a long, cold winter
DENVER — He discarded his jacket, an optimist’s play, a few seconds before the ball was snapped. Maybe in a different time — a different decade — that would’ve been...
Sports has long history of players' trash talk
One time, Steve Kerr was told, former NBA skyscraper Manute Bol blocked a shot taken by fellow big man Benoit Benjamin. The 7-foot-7 Bol, a native of the Sudan, then...
Falcons carry poor playoff past into clash with Seahawks
ATLANTA — Everyone still alive wants to win. The Falcons need to win. Coach Mike Smith needs to win. Quarterback Matt Ryan needs to win. The two arrived together in...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Pacers
The Nets will hope to win a sixth straight game for the first time this season when they face the Indiana Pacers in Brooklyn Sunday evening.Here are three things to...
QB Colin Kaepernick rushes for 181 yards as 49ers top Packers
SAN FRANCISCO — Colin Kaepernick ran for a quarterback playoff record 181 yards and two touchdowns and threw two scoring passes to Michael Crabtree in leading the San Francisco 49ers...
Floor traders drop from 3,000 to 300
New York Stock Exchange floor traders already are an endangered species. But with the “ICE” age approaching, they worry about extinction. After the energy and commodities futures exchange upstart IntercontinentalExchange,...
Finra chief eyes pools
Richard Ketchum, the Street’s top cop, is taking on high-frequency trading — and the “dark pools” where it operates — with a probe, sources tell The Post. Ketchum, who runs...
Ackman’s got his Johnson shorts in a bunch
In the mind-numbing battle between hedge-fund superstars Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb over the future of the multilevel-marketing health-supplement company Herbalife (Ackman is shorting the stock; Loeb is going long),...
Scoop spats at CES
A slew of high-level CEOs and big-name celebrities attending last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas were subjected to a booking war between Comcast’s granddaddy of TV business reporting,...
Remember middle-class taxes not rising? Forget it
Instead of breathing a sigh of relief over the fiscal-cliff deal, the country should be holding its breath, says a Garden State certified public accountant. The reason? Higher taxes for...
NBC backs gun show
NBC Sports, the home to gun-control advocate Bob Costas, is sticking with its commitment to be a sponsor of the National Shooting Sports Foundation 2013 SHOT Show, which is the...
E-cigs lighting up sales
This electronic-cigarette company isn’t blowing smoke, but vapor. New Jersey-based Logic boasted a growth rate of 600 percent between 2011 and 2012, along with a product that the company says...
Minting a $1T coin is stupid
In a week in which President Obama nominated Jack Lew to replace Tim Geithner at Treasury, all of DC and NY is abuzz with a sort of treasure hunt for...
Tumblr has more ‘likes’ than FB
It’s 10 o’clock: Do you know where your kids are online? The answer is probably Tumblr. Tumblr, the New York City startup that faces a crucial year of incorporating advertising...
Cut Ben a (very small) break
Dear John: I have been reading The Post longer than you have been writing for it. I read your commentary just before I close The Post for the night! You...
A habit-forming app
Is your commitment to your New Year’s resolutions waning just two weeks into the year? Habit List may be able to help you get back on track. The mobile app...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS BRUNO MARS He’s ‘Locked Out of Heaven,’ but he’s the first artist to stream 1M times in a week on Spotify. ANTHONY WOOD CEO of online video service Roku...
Getting $oaked
Thousands of homeowners don’t realize it, but they’re about to get hit with another fiscal tsunami from Hurricane Sandy. For the last six weeks, federal officials have been working with...
Bx. man ‘stab and burn’ slay
A man was stabbed and burned to death in The Bronx yesterday, cops said. Firefighters discovered the body under a mattress during a fire that started at about 6 a.m....
Coney tenants booted after cleanup
Sandy couldn’t stop them — but their landlord can.Several carnival-style booths and other businesses in Coney Island were slapped with eviction notices yesterday just as their owners were finished cleaning...
NH cops will raffle guns
NEWPORT, NH — New Hampshire police chiefs plan to give away 31 guns, including several semiautomatic weapons, in a raffle to raise funds for a youth training academy. The New...
Cell damage: Rikers in ruins after years of neglect
Rikers is rotting! Two giant jailhouses sit empty and decaying, and the opening of a brand-new building last year was delayed after mechanical locks didn’t work and water leaked into...
Only casino-bus depot at failing shopping site
Here’s one way to gamble on taxpayer-funded urban revitalization. The only tenant so far in a long-planned retail center that’s supposed to attract shoppers to downtown Jamaica will be a...
Botox can fix your marriage and your mood: doc
Forget couple’s therapy: Botox could save your marriage. Washington, DC-based dermatologist Eric Finzi theorizes that the popular injectable toxin could actually make you less depressed and appear less angry, keys...
Stop the in‘vanity’!
Phoebe Baker Hyde is the author of “The Beauty Experiment” (Lifelong Books), which chronicles the 13 months she spent without makeup, grooming or new clothes. I pictured myself sexy at...
No bail for SoHo ‘arson-slay’ suspect
The Manhattan man who allegedly set a deadly SoHo fire during a streak of jealousy will remain behind bars without bail, a judge decided yesterday. An emotionless Wei Chu Hu,...
Rotten apples in NYC trash biz
Something stinks in the trash-hauling business.Three local companies are being investigated for alleged indiscretions ranging from operating without licenses to withholding information about possible criminal ties on city applications, a...
‘Untitled’ silence of the Lance
Lance Armstrong tossed his seven Tour de France titles down the drain last year by rejecting a deal that would’ve let him keep five had he come clean about using...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island *** We’d hate to be the officer assigned to this duty. A suspect stashed contraband in a very uncomfortable personal location as police raided a Park Hill drug...
VP: I’ll chat with Newtown kin
HARTFORD, Conn. — Vice President Joe Biden is willing to meet with any families of the school-shooting victims who would like to speak with him personally, a Newtown group said...
JFK-flight bird hit
A bird strike forced a JetBlue pilot to turn around his Dominican Republic-bound plane and return to Kennedy Airport yesterday, source said.The 3:30 p.m. flight had just departed New York...
Mob lawyer Gerald McMahon targets rats
When wiseguys have a rat problem, they don’t call an exterminator — they dial defense lawyer Gerald McMahon. “No one does rats like I do,” McMahon boasted to The Post....
Rescue raid fails
A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong yesterday, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French commando dead in...
Ex-beau’s ma will miss Brit
She would have been a great mother-in-law. The kindhearted Long Island mom of Britney Spears’ ex-fiancé, Jason Trawick, admitted yesterday that she “liked Britney. I liked her very much.” Susan...
Drunk man hit by three cars in Brooklyn and left bleeding in the street
A drunken pedestrian was hit by three vehicles in Brooklyn early yesterday and left bleeding in the street after heartless drivers fled the scene, a witness and cops said. The...
Driver ‘cycle’ of violence
A hotheaded city worker was arrested yesterday after he hit a biker with his car, then punched him in the face, police sources said.Edwin Perez, 26, and the cyclist got...
Catholics rip Andy abort bill
ALBANY — Catholics are stepping up their opposition to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to expand abortion rights under a women’s-rights package of bills.Kathleen Gallagher, director of pro-life activities for the...
Eddie Murphy once kept brother out of war zone by promising to write jokes for Sen. Al D'Amato: book
Want to influence Congress? Forget cash — bring jokes. According to a new book, Eddie Murphy once kept his brother out of a war zone by promising to write quips...
It’s spring! (for 2 days)
Baby, it’s warm outside. Unseasonably high temperatures and some sun will make the city seem like spring today. It should steam up over 60 for the next two days before...
Gov. Cuomo declares state of emergency amid deadly flu outbreak
The state of New York declared a public-health emergency yesterday amid the worst flu outbreak in years. The nasty bug has already claimed the lives of two children and 10...
Animal-rescue group to use homeless to look out for stray cats and pet abuse
Now that’s a bum steer. An animal-rescue group will tap the city’s homeless population next month in a program that puts hobos to work as stray-cat lookouts and animal-abuse whistleblowers...
Park Slopes of Miss America
Brooklyn is beautiful! A stunning Park Slope blonde won the Miss America 2013 pageant last night — the first time a New York City gal has been crowned the winner...
NY extends $415,000 contract with firm founded by fired Office of Emergency Management chief
He was axed by Gov. Cuomo over broken branches but still raked in the green. Steven Kuhr was fired as chief of the state Office of Emergency Management on Nov....
Oswald didn’t go it alone, says JFK nephew
Not all the Kennedys are on board with the single-shooter theory. Robert Kennedy Jr. says he’s convinced the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, involved more than lone...
Bus strike looms for schools
A school-bus strike that threatens to strand 150,000 children is likely to begin Wednesday and could be announced as early as today, sources told The Post. Amalgamated Transit Union Local...
New shooting in Benghazi
ROME — Terrorists in Benghazi, Libya, opened fire on the car of the Italian consul, who escaped injury, officials in Rome and Libya said yesterday. A security detail traveling with...
Hurt skater sues ‘pushy’ rink
Most people just complain about tourists — she’s suing over them.Davida Kornreich, 27, said she went skating at the Bryant Park rink on Jan. 12, 2010, and found the scene...
400-pound woman who plunged through UES sidewalk says size saved her life
Size does matter! The 400-pound Queens pedestrian who crashed through an Upper East Side sidewalk said yesterday that a thinner woman might have died from that fall. “Thank God, they...
Bathroom candles spark blazing fire in Heather Graham's Manhattan penthouse
Heather Graham is smoking hot — and, last night, so was her Manhattan penthouse. A blazing fire in the sexy actress’ Union Square pad was sparked when burning candles left...
Now No. 3 in Scientology, Tom Cruise thinks he’s on planet to vanquish aliens: book
Tom Cruise will save the world from aliens — not on the big screen but in real life. His day job as an actor pales next to the billion-year contract...
Oh, Jesus! Unholy thief steals Nativity star
It’s the Nativity scene of the crime. A parishioner of a Brooklyn church is praying that whoever stole the Baby Jesus from a $1,700 Nativity scene dedicated to his late...
Ad deal takes bad bounce
It’s a full-court press.The Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center are suing a Flatbush car service for allegedly reneging on a $4.5 million sponsorship deal, according to a new lawsuit.Other than...
Reddit founder Aaron Swartz found dead in suicide at Brooklyn apartment
The Internet genius behind the popular Web site Reddit.com committed suicide at his Brooklyn home, police sources and friends said. Cops found Aaron Swartz, 26, unconscious at 9:30 a.m. Friday...
Finally! City to tackle unwed-mom epidemic
It’s my favorite single-question pop quiz: What is the out-of-wedlock birth rate in The Bronx? The answers I get from New Yorkers who should know better usually top out at...
Gas bags
Fifty years or so after coffee became popular in Sweden, King Gustav III decided to take extreme action against this menace to the public health. In 1746, the monarch issued...
Quiet, please!
Murders are at a record low and New York (probably) isn’t facing imminent disaster. How can a mayoral candidate do what the last two mayors did: run on a platform...
Cash for drunkards
From New York to New Mexico and across the dependent plains, welfare recipients are getting sauced on the public dime. Drunk, besotted, bombed. But while politicians pay lip service to...
The F-word
My name is Sara, and I’m a feminist. What do I mean by this? Per the official definition, I support the theory of the political, economic and social equality of...
Passing the Trash
Warning to schools outside the five boroughs: Don’t believe teacher records you get from the New York City Department of Education — because they might not be telling you the...
Richard Nixon at 100
Richard Nixon would have turned 100 last week, but there were no gala celebrations or retrospectives to mark the event. Of course, he was the only president ever forced to...
All in the family
I love Andrea Peyser — she hits the nail on the head when she depicts the decay of family values (“The Land of Ick and Honey,” Jan. 10). We have...
Required reading
Mastermind How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova (Viking) In the BBC show “Sherlock,” the camera follows Holmes’ observations by filming exactly where his eyes go. Author Konnikova...
Tempest tossed
A Storm Too Soon A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue by Michael J. Tougias Scribner In May 2007, three men lay on a wildly thrashing overturned...
In My Library Sheldon Harnick
There’s a reason Sheldon Harnick’s library’s all over the map: “I feel strongly that any lyricist worth his salt should be as aware of the world as he can be,...
Decade-nce
Moneywood Hollywood in Its Last Age of Excess by William Stadiem St. Martin’s Press When screenwriter William Stadiem met Elizabeth Taylor in the mid-’80s to discuss the film he’d be...
Fancy digs for feral cats
It’s 6:30 on a Monday evening, and a small team of architects at M Moser Associates has stayed late at their Park Avenue offices to study a 3-D model of...
Guys who like 'Girls'
Edgar Aroutiounian was sitting on the N train coming into Manhattan from Astoria, Queens, not long ago, when he noticed who he was sitting next to: Lena Dunham, the creator...
Valerie Harper: My New York
Much like the lovable Rhoda Morgenstern she portrayed on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Valerie Harper has called the Big Apple home at a few points throughout her life, studying...
Quick thinking
It was a shocking finding when research psychologists reported it more than 20 years ago. But today nobody seems surprised:Amateurs play much worse as the time limit gets shortened. But...
Bridge
Unlucky Louie came into the club lounge from his penny game with his eyes glazed. “I just missed tying an all-time record,” Louie croaked to me. “Look at this hand...
Shutter to think
The documentary “$ellebrity” opens with two men running full-speed, screaming “Go! Go!” while setting off rapid flashes of light. Within seconds, two became about 20, strobes pulsating from each, as...
Yankees hitting coach: A-Rod was in pain in August
Kevin Long saw the lack of power down the stretch from Alex Rodriguez and was well aware something wasn’t right with the third baseman. “I knew it in August,” the...
RG3 inspires worst of gushy commentary
Who is my NFL Player of the Year? Glad you asked. It’s Robert Griffin III. No player had the ability — the gift, start to finish — to reveal the...
With lockout over, NHL training camps on tap
It was a four-month ordeal, one that many people on both sides of the argument thought was unnecessary. But now that the latest lockout is all but over, the NHL...
Sports Shorts
GOLF: Rookies lead Sony Open PGA Tour rookies Russell Henley and Scott Langley will play one more round together at the Sony Open in Honolulu, this time with a trophy...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70yds; $31,000; clm($20,000); 4upSOKITUMI SAMURAI drops in class and switches to Ramon after tiring in first start since breaking...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $20,000; clm($7,500); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Silver Chest(L),118C Orm6-7-3Rbertsn12-12 SuperNovaDsrt(L),118RMontanz2-4-1Farro3-13 Sejano(L),118J Nguyen3-5-8Aristone4-14 Tonigail(L),120J Acosta9-1-7White5-15 TakingaChance(L),122E Rivera1-6-2Lake9-26 Barbara'sBeaty(L),120KCarmoch1-1-6Pino5-27 Emotional Lady(L),118J Bisono3-2-6Farro8-1SECOND-1 mile;...
Parx Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-1 mile; $21,000; clm($7,500); 4up2-Atlantic Dancer5-25-Pawleys Porch 7-21-Buddha Power30-16-Military Pike 8-13-Paleo Native 9-27-Rylan's Racer 5-14-MasterDremer10-18-Fleetwing 6-1SECOND-1 mile; $24,000; clm($16,000); 4up1-Senor Quickie 5-25-Tenth Wave 9-22-Liam and Alex...
Parx Results
FIRST-6 fur; $30,000; clm($25,000); 3YO3Sandazr (Remedo)47.0018.206.002Giacokhan (Elliott)9.803.807Respighi (Boyce)2.60Scr: Bootleggin Cat.* Exacta (3-2) $348.00 * Trifecta (3-2-7) $1,684.60SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $20,000; clm($7,500); 4up3Act of Vlor (Bson)5.603.202.401Lil' Dante (Suarez)3.802.806O When the Sants...
Aqueduct Charts
January 12th, 2013Cloudy and Muddy©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $23,000; mdn clm($16,000); 3YO(f)Off: 12:31. 5. pace 2p, drivingTime: 22.65, 47.18, 59.79, 1:06.54.Trainer: Bruce BrownWinner: DK B/ F, 3,...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $27,500; alw; 4up(f)STARSHIP TRUFFLES seeks fourth consecutive victory. FOREVER NOBLE finished third in last three starts. FRENCH POLITICS defeated claimers and was claimed.PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $17,500; clm($12,500); 3YO 9 Atajo (Rios) 6.00 3.40 2.80 7 Mr. J G (Saez) 4.40 3.00 3 Make Out Man (Olivero) 3.80 Scr: Lionel's Heart, Western Concern. *...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile pace; 12,500; cond4TerryangFra(YGngrs)10.404.803.802Cyclone Artist (T Tetrick)6.004.8010Unraveled (C Callahan)5.20* Exacta (4-2) $64.20 * Trifecta (4-2-10) $608.00SECOND: mile pace; $40,000; Presidential1Golden Receiver (T Tetrick)2.202.105Fred And Ginger (D Miller)3.402Modern Legend (J...
Commish: Skins did OK by RG3
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, in Denver for the Ravens-Broncos game, said he doesn’t have a problem with the way the Redskins medical staff handled Robert Griffin III’s knee injury. Griffin...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 13MONJan. 14TUEJan. 15WEDJan. 16THUJan. 17FRIJan. 18SATJan. 19KnicksNew OrleansNoonMSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMENOGAMENO GAMEDet.*3:00MSGESPNNO GAMENO GAMENetsIndiana6:00YES NetworkWBBR 1130 AMNO GAMETor.7:30YESWFANAtl.7:30YESWFANNOGAMEAtl.7:30YESWFANNO GAMESt. John'sNOGAMENO GAMEND7:00ESPN2WBBRNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEDePaulNoonSNYWBBRRangersNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball11:30 a.m.Women's: Tennessee at Florida ESPNUNoonPenn State at Purdue BIG TENNoonHornets at Knicks MSG, ESPN 98.7 FMNoonProvidence at Seton Hall SNY, WMTR 1250 AM12:30 p.m.Women's: Oklahoma St. at Texas MSG...
The Post Line
NFL PlayoffsFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogFALCONS32 1/2(46)SeahawksPATRIOTS99 1/2(48 1/2)TexansHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogSETON HALL5ProvidenceMICHIGAN ST.18 1/2NebraskaUmass5FORDHAMOHIO ST.3 1/2MichiganWichita St.3 1/2EVANSVILLEN’WESTERN1 1/2IowaMIAMI8MarylandPURDUE10 1/2Penn St.OREGON10 1/2Arizona St.FAIRFIELD5NiagaraMANHATTAN7MaristRIDER1Loyola (Md.)SIENA1St. Peter'sIONA7 1/2CanisiusNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogKNICKS9HornetsNETS4PacersRAPTORS4BucksSPURS11 1/2TimberwolvesNUGGETS6WarriorsThunder4 1/2BLAZERSLAKERS5Cavaliers
Yanks’ $189M payroll goal has AL East’s attention
In Major League Baseball, the one big-time United States sports league without a salary cap, it’s highly unusual for a team’s long-term payroll plan to become an item of public...
Hall of a job by the voters
* The Baseball Writers Association of America made the right choice by not voting any player into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Certainly, there were viable candidates, such as Mike...
Islanders' Visnovsky just plane dawdling
There was another odd turn yesterday in the drama between Lubomir Visnovsky and the Islanders. The team bought a plane ticket for Visnovsky to return from Russia, yet the veteran...
Blueshirts ready to roll
This is the organization Rangers fans have dreamed of for generations — one that is rich in blue-blooded, blue-collar laborers who come to work with a single-minded sense of purpose...
Carlesimo righting Nets’ ship
You can find irony there, if you want: The guy who was once known as among the most volatile in a volatile profession providing stability and maturity and a calming...
Shumpert eyes London return to Knicks
All indications are the Knicks not only will see the Pistons and the sights while in London, but Iman Shumpert as well. Shumpert, who tore his left ACL and meniscus...
Knicks' Anthony: Facing Hornets ‘a must win for us’
It wasn’t all that long ago that descriptions like “championship contenders” were applied to the Knicks. Now, with the season not even half over, their best player calls today’s meeting...
Wallace to sit tonight for Nets
The Nets will be without Gerald Wallace when they take on the Pacers in Brooklyn tonight. Wallace left Friday’s 99-79 victory over the Suns with bruised ribs following a hard...
Things looking up for Nets' Lopez
Brook Lopez and Roy Hibbert will square off for the first time this season when the Nets and Pacers meet tonight at Barclays Center. But after the two of them...
Knicks must start games quicker to avoid early holes
Mike Woodson should stop at the Duane Reade near the Garden, buy the biggest alarm clock he can find and bring into the locker room for today’s noon start against...
Atlanta to cover bird battle vs. ’Hawks
Today FALCONS (-2 1/2) over Seahawks/UNDER 46: This is a skullbuster, because since a post-bye Miami loss and coach Pete Carroll’s unleashing of QB Russell Wilson, Seattle has terrorized the...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICODave BlezowHondoBRONCOS 9 1/2 Ravens (Ravens, 38-35)Broncos (L)Ravens (W)Ravens (W)Broncos (L)Ravens (W)Broncos (L)Broncos (L)Broncos (L)Broncos (L)Broncos (L)Broncos (L)Over/Under (46)Over (W)Under (L)Under (L)Under (L)Over (W)Over (W)Under (L)Over (W)Under (L)Under (L)Under...
Jets to interview Stanford’s OC
Rex Ryan’s search for an offensive coordinator to head the Jets’ new “attacking offense” has begun. Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton will be interviewed for the job tomorrow or Tuesday,...
No flak-o for Ravens’ cool QB
BALTIMORE — With 76,732 rabid Broncos fans screaming their lungs dry during introductions before Saturday’s AFC Divisional playoff game — a dramatic 38-35 Ravens victory — Ray Lewis had a...
Green Bay defenseless against 49ers’ young QB
SAN FRANCISCO — Green Bay’s defense had no answers to stop San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers “read-option” offense last night in their NFC divisional game at Candlestick...
Kaepernick’s record night leads 49ers to title game
SAN FRANCISCO — We were all witnesses. Colin Kaepernick made an playoff debut for the ages Saturday night, writing himself into the NFL record books while running and throwing the...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Rick Nash
With NHL training camp finally set to begin after long lockout, new Rangers winger Rick Nash took a shot at a Q&A session with Steve Serby. Q: You’ve only played...
The Rumble
Twin brothers, Twin Rinks Groundbreaking this week for Ferraro duo's L.I. hockey facility The Islanders may be leaving Long Island, but hockey isn’t. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Ferraro Brothers...
Texans return to site of rout in Pats rematch
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Texans and Patriots met a month ago at Gillette Stadium, and it was not even close. The Pats stomped the Texans 42-14. Now, we get the...
Along came a spider
Ever since Madeleine Stowe bared her claws — and that stony forehead — on ABC’s “Revenge” two seasons ago as meddlesome matriarch Victoria Grayson, networks have been searching for actresses...
Don't miss
Dueling divas Apparently, the reason we have been asked to watch “American Idol” this season is to witness the carefully leaked and promoted backstage catfights between new judges Nicki Minaj...
Hitting the ‘Heights’
In the first episode of MTV’s “Washington Heights,” JP Perez, an aspiring musician and one of the show’s creators, invites neighborhood people to a local bar to hear his new...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Chris Colfer; AnnaSophia Robb. Tuesday: Mark Wahlberg; Kourtney Kardashian. Wednesday: Ryan Seacrest. Thursday: Catherine Zeta-Jones; Matt Bomer. Friday: Kevin Bacon; Allison Williams....
Gore’s Al Jazeera sale suspect
Former US Vice President and still fully devoted global environmentalist Al Gore last week took a lot of heat and ridicule for dumping his viewer-starved Current TV cable network for...
Reel good
Les Miserables, 1935 Sunday, 10 a.m., TCM Before there was the singing version with Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe, there was the movie starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton. It...
'Girls' wanna have fun
On “Girls,” Hannah Horvath is the picture of calculated hipster dishevelment, with neon mesh tops, boxy denim skirts and the absence of foundation garments, but on set at Steiner Studios...
The designer behind the dazzle
He's turned tomboys into temptresses and pop stars into Golden Globe goddesses. At times he’s the most popular man on the red carpet, yet nowhere in sight. His name is...
Freezer pleasers
Some farmers’ markets, like the one in Union Square, may continue to set up shop in the winter months, but the pickings are often slim. Plus, sometimes you just don’t...
Top 5: Ways to cook up love while in line for a table
“Ask, ‘Why are all these people dying to get in here? Are you on the menu?’ ” Ramon “Say, ‘I’m a lot like this restaurant. Hard to get into but...
More than ‘words’
The best score you can get on Words With Friends is not, as it turns out, a bingo on a triple word: it’s a diamond ring and a wedding. The...
This week's couple: Funny story
LAUGHTER is key to many a heart, but what happens when the joke is on you? Ethan and Christina, both 26, discovered how much humor they had when the musician...
Meet market: Sci-fi fan sks girl who is out of this world
Biggest loser Even if his favorite teams — the Knicks or New York Giants — lose, Nick will still defend them to haters.” Lights, camera, action When it comes to...
Weird but true
Never say Wyoming lawmakers lack imagination. Legislators are pushing a bill to make the jackalope Wyoming’s official fantasy animal in honor of a long-serving legislator who loved the antlered beast...
N.C. St. hands No. 1 team 1st loss
C.J. Leslie and Richard Howell wanted this moment, the chance to help No. 20 North Carolina State make a big step forward after a bumpy start to a season filled...
Johnnies sleepwalk through loss to G’town
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 miserably...
Rutgers no match for Cincinnati
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers hopes it learns some valuable lessons from last night. Because with every rebound, every nudge or elbow or bruising play, Cincinnati taught the Scarlet Knights about...
There she is ... Miss New York, a Brooklyn resident, wins Miss America pageant
Brooklyn is beautiful! A stunning Park Slope blonde won the Miss America 2013 pageant last night — the first time a New York City gal has been crowned the winner...
Syracuse star Southerland indefinitely ineligible due to academics: report
Academic woes could cost Syracuse yet again.Star sixth man James Southerland, the Orange's second-leading scorer and its top 3-point threat, was ruled indefinitely ineligible prior to the Big East power's...