February 17, 2013
Hofstra adds to its recruiting class by nabbing Queens' Moore
It’s been a trying season for Hofstra, stemming from the arrest and suspension of four significant players for burglary. The Pride have just six wins and are near the CAA...
Mets' Santana takes ball for quick 10-minute bullpen session
PORT ST. LUCIE ---- Johan Santana wasn't about to try anything "crazy" on a bullpen mound Sunday at the Mets spring training complex. Just taking the ball with the temperature...
Play-by-play man: Bellator will succeed where Strikeforce failed because of ability to create stars
To Sean Wheelock, Bellator MMA already has a leg up on now-defunct Strikeforce. Bellator has a chance to stick around for the long term because of its ability to build...
Patrick becomes first woman to win Daytona 500 pole position
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Danica Patrick has won the Daytona 500 pole, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any race in NASCAR’s top circuit. It was...
Manhattan falls to Niagara in letdown loss
Juan’ya Green has earned himself a new nickname. The sophomore guard decided enough was enough and flipped a switch in the closing minutes for Niagara as the Purple Eagles (16-11,...
Club cad bloodies Rihanna in bottle attack, after yelling something about Chris Brown: report
Bloody hell: Some lout in London crashed Rihanna's party. The sultry singer was bloodied after a man threw a bottle at her during a night out at nightclub The Box,...
Jets' Tebow to speak at church of controversial anti-gay, anti-Semitic pastor: report
Tim Tebow has booked a speaking engagement at a Texas church run by an infamous anti-gay, anti-Semitic pastor, according to the Daily Mail. The Jets reserve quarterback will talk at...
White House calls draft immigration plan a backup; it would let undocumented become citizens in 8 years
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats alike on Sunday predicted President Barack Obama would fail if he pushed forward with his own effort to overhaul the nation's immigration system and urged...
Woman, 51, slashed to death in Brooklyn
A woman was found dead today inside a Canarsie home after cops responded to a call for an assault, sources said. Hazel Robinson, 51, was found slashed in the throat...
Teen found dead outside Queens home; overdose eyed
A teen was found dead outside a home in Rosedale, Queens, this morning, police said. Aeisha Sarooqui, 15, was found outside 245-07 135th Ave. around 7:40 a.m., cops said. There...
UFC on Fuel TV 7 analysis: Barao one of the best in the world despite interim tag
Jon Jones has his unparalleled athleticism, Anderson Silva a killer instinct unlike anyone else. Jose Aldo’s striking is so dynamic. Georges St-Pierre can game plan better than anyone.Cain Velasquez and...
Obama golfing with Tiger Woods in Florida
WASHINGTON – President Obama was working on his golf game today, playing with none other than the sport's most famous player, Tiger Woods. The two played at the Floridian Golf...
Car bombs in Baghdad leave at least 37 dead, more than 100 wounded
BAGHDAD — Car bombs tore through shopping areas within minutes of each other in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding...
Cheers! Maker's Mark not cutting alcohol in whiskey after all
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After backlash from customers, the producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is reversing a decision to cut the amount of alcohol in bottles of its famous whiskey. Rob...
Clemens: Piazza would've had to 'get in line' to fight me
Roger Clemens says he had bigger enemies in his own clubhouse than Mike Piazza. The ex-Yankees ace says Piazza would have to “get in line” to fight him because there...
Latest 'Die Hard' takes top spot at weekend box office with estimated $25M
LOS ANGELES — Bruce Willis remains a die-hard at the box office. Willis' action sequel "A Good Day to Die Hard" debuted as the weekend's top draw with a $25...
Jeter believes starting for Yankees on Opening Day is 'realistic'
TAMPA -- Before exiting a press conference with a noticeable limp, Derek Jeter admitted he had lot of work to do in order to be in the Opening Day lineup...
President Obama to speak at Morehouse College commencement
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The Rev. Martin Luther...
Pistorius may have beaten girlfriend with bat before shooting her: report
“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius may have beat his girlfriend with a cricket bat before shooting her to death in his South Africa home, according to a new report. Pistorius, who...
'I've killed my baba,' Pistorius sobbed to friend moments after girlfriend shot
Oscar Pistorius sobbed to his best friend: “My baba, I’ve killed my baba — God take me away” moments after his girlfriend was shot, it emerged last night. The panicking...
Pope Benedict XVI blesses thousands at St. Peter's Square in one of his final public addresses
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI blessed the faithful from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square for the first time since announcing his resignation, cheered by an emotional crowd of...
WATCH: SNL spoofs Tarantino with Jesus skit
He is risen - and boy is it gory. "Saturday Night Life" aired a mock Quentin Tarantino movie trailer on this weekend's episode that shows Jesus Christ (Christoph Waltz) getting...
Son of former Knicks star Mason making splash at Niagara
Parents often are their children’s harshest critics. Anthony Mason, the gritty former Knicks forward who embodied their physical teams of the 1990s, took it to the extreme. He once told...
Yankees rule, Blue over Green & Nets on rise among area fans
It's no secret Yankees fans outnumber Mets fans in our backyard. But the size of the disparity may surprise you: It’s more than 3-to-1. The surprising findings come from Ben...
Jordan legend maintains rarefied Air
Somehow he turns 50 years old today, though that merely is the deceit of a birth certificate. Forever he will be 28 years old, at the peak of his powers,...
Michael Jordan's 50th birthday stirs memories of his basketball greatness
Michael Jordan hit 50 points 39 timers in his NBA career. Sunday he reaches 50 on the calendar. To commemorate the former Bulls star’s 50th birthday today, The Post reached...
No slam-dunk QBs options in this year’s draft
The NFL draft well that kept furiously pumping out star quarterbacks the past couple of years suddenly has run dry. The drought could be temporary, of course, and it still...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with...Bobby Parnell
With spring training underway, Mets reliever Bobby Parnell took a swing at a Q&A session with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How has your mound presence improved? A: If you...
Lopez interested in playing for Team USA
HOUSTON – Brook Lopez got a taste of what it was like to be part of Team USA back in 2010, when he was invited to training camp ahead of...
The Rumble
Perfect match Stadium replica survives Sandy It is The House That Grandpa William Built, a replica of Yankee Stadium constructed of matchsticks that has been an 86-year-old man’s four-year labor...
WATCH: Knicks' Anthony, Celtics' Garnett laugh off incident, joke about Sager’s suit
There was no mention of Honey Nut Cheerios, just laughter at Craig Sager’s suit.Knicks star Carmelo Anthony and Celtics star Kevin Garnett were on camera together during All-Star practice in...
A study in ‘social’ reforms
Many speak idyllically about socialism, but few of its advocates in this country have had to live under its auspices until now. By definition, socialism is “various economic and political...
Flooded homeowners face foreclosure deluge
There could be a second flood hitting the shores of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. It’s not called Sandy II, but Foreclosure I. As the flood waters receded in November,...
Mayor’s $1.8B in NYC Sandy aid
Mayor Bloomberg on Wednesday announced that city homeowners can soon apply for grants to fix their properties. The first installment will amount to nearly $1.8 billion in block grants, which...
Consumer confidence treaded water in January
Consumer confidence didn’t fall in January, but it remains low, according to the Discover US Spending Monitor. The survey found that only 31 percent of respondents thought the economy improved...
BYOD businesses risking painful hangovers
To cut costs and increase productivity, employers are encouraging their workers to link their personal smartphones to company networks, and both parties sign on without thinking through what they’re doing...
Serving prison rap
If you thought cassette-tape sales were dead, they’re not — they’re just serving life sentences in state prison. New York prisoners — long professing they got a bum rap —...
Over-50 divorce has Boomer$ reeling
Midlife crises are wreaking havoc on a growing number of 50-somethings, at the worst time it can happen financially. Divorce rates are exploding, which means many newly single older Americans...
Bulls eyeing Dow 16K
It’s the running of the bulls — again. The Dow Jones industrial index is having its biggest rip-roaring ascent in decades — an upside propelling it to record 2013 highs,...
Prez needs to gas up America
Presidents Day weekend isn’t typically a time to hear a lot of talk about soaring gas prices. Such discourse is usually held off until at least Memorial Day — but...
Shop your refi loan
Dear John: I think you missed a point last week in advising the woman in “refi hell.”Your answer should have stressed to people (some of whom apparently don’t know) that...
Smart way to record meeting
If you often need to record conversations and would like to use your mobile device, you might want to check out Audio Memos. The app features a simple interface with...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS MICHAEL KORS Designer continues to cut a da$hing figure: Quarterly sales surge 40%. WARREN BUFFETT Oracle plays ketchup by buying Heinz for $23 billion. BRIAN ROBERTS Comcast CEO buys...
I didn’t know I was married to a wiseguy — and now he has my kids!
She lived with a killer for almost a decade and hardly suspected a thing. Patricia Pisciotti knew her husband, Nicholas “P.J.” Pisciotti, had his share of run-ins with the law...
Pol: Halt welfare ‘sin’ buys
A city lawmaker is demanding the state pass a welfare-reform measure after a Post probe revealed public-assistance cash was being spent at strip clubs and liquor stores.Councilman Peter Vallone Jr....
Cop-vic ma: It’s still murder
The anguished mom whose unarmed National Guardsman son was shot dead by an NYPD cop last year demanded a federal probe of the killing yesterday, two days after a Queens...
Rita Moreno tells all about her 'near-fatal' affair with Marlon Brando in memoir
She was fiery and formidable on screen, but off screen, and in the arms of her lover Marlon Brando, Oscar-winning actress Rita Moreno, best known for her role as Anita...
Mayor-hopeful ‘string pulling’
Mayoral candidate and former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión Jr. tried to pull strings in the Democratic Party to get his wife a judgeship before ditching the party, sources told...
Wall St. bonus skimp lawsuit
Employees at Wall Street services firm Broadridge Financial claim their bosses waited until it was time to distribute bonuses that people had earned for fiscal year 2009 before explaining the...
Blackout hits southern Syria
DAMASCUS — Syria’s state news agency says a power outage has plunged Damascus and southern Syria into darkness.The Syrian Arab News Agency said the blackout was due to a broken...
Bros busted in rob slay
Two homeless brothers and a gal pal were busted in the vicious slaying of a Hamilton Heights man, authorities said.Ralph Stokes, 52, and his brother Keith Stokes, 50, were arrested...
‘Bey-Z’ took a look at Jacko ranch
Jay-Z and Beyoncé toured Neverland Ranch — Michael Jackson’s shuttered, 2,700-acre Southern California estate — and are even interested in buying it, according to Jackson family sources. Shortly after the...
Jazz singer in a boomboxing match
Her boombox might backfire. Esperanza Spalding, the jazz singer who infamously beat out Justin Bieber for the 2011 Best New Artist Grammy, has turned the cover art for her latest...
Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria sued over bloody mishap in her yoga class
Om . . . om . . . ouch! A serene yoga class run by Alec Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria Thomas, erupted into a frantic, bloody mess after a student in...
Little gratitude, just a big lawsuit
A Manhattan man whose mother helped launch “World Gratitude Day” claims his siblings have cut him out of the family business.Michael Lemle claims his sisters and brother failed to re-elect...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** The two men (one pictured at right) are suspected of robbing Harlem hotel guests at gunpoint, police said. The robbers forced their way into a room at the...
Pakistan terror blast kills dozens
QUETTA, Pakistan — A bomb hidden in a water tank ripped through a crowded bazaar yesterday, killing at least 79 people and wounding 180, officials said. Many of those wounded...
‘Island’ nabe: Call us LIC!
Don’t call us Long Island! Officials and business leaders want to change the name of Queens neighborhood Long Island City to the trendier “LIC” — so as not to be...
‘Rate rat’ cabbies still jacking up fare
Yellow-cab drivers overcharged nearly 2,000 passengers last year by setting their meters to the higher suburban rate for in-city trips — the very same scam that rocked the industry two...
Forest Whitaker claims he was falsely accused of shoplifting, frisked at Manhattan deli
Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker said he was falsely accused of shoplifting inside a Manhattan deli — and even frisked by a suspicious employee. Whitaker, who won an Oscar for...
'Historic' baseballs pulled from auction over authenticity doubts
A major auctioneer tossed a pair of purportedly historic baseballs from a New York City auction yesterday after an upstate memorabilia collector called them out as fakes. A baseball supposedly...
Henry Kravis still fighting with vineyard owner over Jasper Johns paintings
These two Manhattan fat cats have pettiness down to a fine art. Manhattan billionaire Henry Kravis finally gained custody on Jan. 30 of three abstract Jasper Johns paintings he co-owns...
TriBeCa Jackie Robinson museum is long overdue - and may never open due to rent costs
A TriBeCa museum dedicated to Jackie Robinson is three years overdue — and may never open despite spending a fortune on rent. The Jackie Robinson Foundation has raised only a...
NJ pol hooker snooker
The FBI is investigating claims that New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez romped with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, but so far hasn’t found any evidence, reports say. Federal agents...
Pot arrests down by 22%
Low-level marijuana arrests in New York City dropped 22 percent last year. Still, more than 39,000 people were picked up on minor pot-possession charges citywide in 2012. Low-level marijuana offenses...
Thieves snatch $2M in jewelry from Four Seasons display case
Three slick thieves smashed and grabbed $2 million in bling from a Four Seasons display case just feet from the Midtown hotel’s front desk yesterday — and made a clean...
Granny’s ‘nursing’ wounds
A coldhearted nurse’s aide was arrested after she was captured on video abusing an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at a Bronx nursing home, authorities said. Sandra Kerr, 55,...
Co-ed dies after boozing
A 19-year-old college student collapsed in an East Village lobby then died yesterday after a night of bar-hopping and possible drug use, police sources and family members said. A doorman...
WATCH: Slain model Reeva Steenkamp says goodbye in premiere of South African reality show
Just two days after her shocking murder, stunning model Reeva Steenkamp delivered a haunting prerecorded message about leaving a positive message in life that was aired during yesterday’s premiere of...
It’s Cap’n Crunchy!
Cheers to recycled fashion! More than 5,000 beer-bottle caps create this dazzling piece of “hops couture” by performance artist Gene Pool, who created the boozy masterpiece by hand to advocate...
City pol: Nix pub crawls
Last crawl for alcohol! Late-night revelers who like to hop from bar to bar to bar might soon be out of luck if an Upper East Side lawmaker gets his...
Hamptons burglars who posed as pollsters busted
Two Long Island burglars who posed as political pollsters will now be taking a survey of prison life, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. The phony poll takers,...
Ed Koch's secret diary bares battle with Army Jew-haters: 'I'm glad I fought'
When Edward I. Koch was just a lanky 19-year-old Army draftee from The Bronx marching off to World War II, his mother, Joyce, handed him a gift. It was a...
Stand clear of the doors!
Last week, uptown 1 train, 50th Street. Taking up fully half the doorway and immovable as an oak is a prim middle-aged lady. She doesn’t make the slightest move to...
A cure for diabetes?
Diabetes is a lifelong chronic condition that can be managed but not cured. Right? Not necessarily. Recent studies suggest that treatments as varied as drug therapy, gastric bypass surgery and...
Belle market
They say that if women ran the world, there would be no wars. If women ran Wall Street, would there have been no recession? Most definitely, according to Po Bronson...
Albany Plays, Public Pays
How do you spell P-A-R-T-Y? If you are a New York politician, you spell it C-O-N-F-E-R-E-N-C-E. As in “the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators 42nd...
Obama v. Obamaphones
First they were Reaganphones. Then they were Bubbaphones. Next they were Dubyaphones. Last year they became infamous as Obamaphones. Hordes of critics attacked the president in 2012 for giving away...
A sermon in humility
It is disquieting, the resignation of the pope. “We are in uncharted territory,” said a historian of the church. An old pope is leaving but staying within the walls of...
Bam’s hack attack
There is no better example of the triumph of political hacks in the second term of the Obama presidency than this: White House deputy press secretary and former Obama campaign...
Gov’s home plan
Gov. Cuomo’s plan to establish a quota on admissions to private adult homes for the mentally ill smacks of callous mistreatment of our most needy citizens (“NY’s Les Miserables,” Editorial,...
Required Reading
Middle Men by Jim Gavin (Simon & Schuster) The guys (mostly Southern Californians) in Gavin’s first story collection are not at the top of the heap. They are trying to...
Behind the Vatican walls
The Vatican Diaries A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis Viking For years, Pope John Paul II hosted...
In My Library
As shown by her breathtaking one-woman shows, “Fires in the Mirror” and “Twilight: Lost Angeles” — about the 1991 and 1992 riots, respectively, in Crown Heights and Los Angeles —...
‘No more mediocrity’
Radical Fighting to Put Students First by Michelle Rhee Harper In a town full of divisive personalities, Michelle Rhee, who ran Washington, DC’s public schools from 2007 to 2010, polarized...
Adopt me!
Jada is a 6-month old kitten. An adorable tabby, she has a relaxed, go-with-the-flow attitude and is quite friendly. Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane...
Citizen can
Don’t waste time with Heineken. It’s one of the first lessons hard-core canners learn. The green glass bottles are difficult to redeem at the city’s recycling centers, in part because...
Couture creatures
The blogger It’s been just three weeks since Bodhi, a 3½-year-old Shiba Inu, launched his “Menswear Dog” fashion blog (mensweardog.tumblr.com) but designers are already clamoring to work with him. “It’s...
‘Girl’, interrupted
Zosia Mamet arrived at the Bowery Hotel the other afternoon alone, on time and tattooed — proof, if anyone needed it, that she’s no Shoshanna, the frilly little filly she...
Jumpin’ Jack Sparrow
In 2008, Pogues vocalist Shane MacGowan sang a sailor’s song from the 1800s called “Leaving of Liverpool” at a show in Dublin, with Lou Reed on guitar. MacGowan’s enthusiasm —...
From liberated to leech
Housewives! They’re all the rage. Good thing Betty Friedan isn’t around to hear about it. Today marks the 50th anniversary of “The Feminine Mystique,” Friedan’s groundbreaking study of housewives’ simmering...
Rosie Schaap: My drinking New York
For writer Rosie Schaap, a bar isn’t just a place to grab a perfectly mixed cocktail on a Saturday night. As she writes in her new memoir, “Drinking With Men,”...
It's party time
The wacky president of the world chess federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, wants to create an international political party to promote the game. The “Chess Party” would run candidates for office around...
Bridge
A human skeleton has scores of bones, but to succeed at bridge you need three extras:a backbone to cope with adversity (you will meet plenty), a funny bone so you...
10 rising NYC music stars you need to hear now
Don't bother trying to seek out the quintessential New York City sound of 2013 — there isn’t one. Nor should there be, as our town is diverse enough to support...
Romance is ‘Haven’ on earth
It works like this. Girl meets boy, preferably in a quaint seaside town. Happiness. They clash. Sadness. Gradually they realize that opposites attract and fall in love. Happiness. But they...
Nets, Knicks favorites to host 2015 All-Star game
HOUSTON — The All-Star Game appears to be headed back to the Big Apple. The Knicks and the Nets have both applied to host the NBA All-Star Game, and deputy...
Knicks' White disappoints in Slam Dunk Contest
HOUSTON — James White has two dunks in regular season games for the Knicks this season, but could only finish one in last night’s Slam Dunk Contest. White’s participation in...
LeBron: I can be best ever
HOUSTON — LeBron James has the ability to be the greatest ever. Says who? LeBron James. “For me, I want to maximize my potential. I want to maximize the gifts...
Chandler’s gritty work for Knicks earns first All-Star honor
HOUSTON — Grab your handy NBA player stats package. Go to the glory entry, scoring — the statistic almost everybody cares about. Find the All-Stars. There’s Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony,...
Yankees' Cervelli won’t play in WBC
TAMPA — Though his name swims in the polluted water of a defunct Miami anti-aging clinic being investigated by Major League Baseball for providing performance enhancing drugs, Francisco Cervelli has...
Uptons give new look to revamped Braves
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Landscape creates destiny. Growing up in the Tidewater area of Virginia, B.J. and Justin Upton were surrounded by talented young players. David Wright was one...
Up-and-comers could hold the key to Yankees’ season
TAMPA — The Yankees’ age is overt. They have the oldest player in any camp in Mariano Rivera, 43. Andy Pettitte, 40 and Hiroki Kuroda, 38, are projected to be...
‘Nervous’ CC passes first test for Yankees
TAMPA — He has pitched in 383 regular-season major league games and 19 more in the postseason. So the last emotion you would expect to invade CC Sabathia’s large body...
Mets owner Wilpon should make good on debt-free claim by pursuing closer Valverde
PORT ST. LUCIE — Since Fred Wilpon just announced to the world he’s debt-free and ready to spend, well ... here’s a free agent for the taking who could help...
Mets prospect may be used as relief pitcher
PORT ST. LUCIE — After two-plus seasons in Matt Harvey’s shadow, Jeurys Familia is on his own. Harvey, the 23-year-old fireballer, is entrenched in the Mets rotation after a dominant...
Vic Cangialosi at Parx Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $21,000; clm($7,500); 4up6-Wild Banshee 8-51-a-VaultedHonor5-12-PrncessSphre15-15-Titadine 5-23-Victoria Charm 8-11-a-Antnthnbtkss5-14-Uno Touch 15-17-DangerosBehvr8-1SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $30,000; cl($25,0); 4&5Y1-FinalVindicatin1-15-TheShermantr30-12-SummaCumBm8-16-TraceyPalFrdy30-13-Meadow Cat 5-17-Sir Newcastle 8-54-Sir Frederick 15-1THIRD-6 1/2 fur; $25,000; alw;...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $30,700; clm($30,0); 4upFOG HAPPENS drops in class after tiring as the favorite. KATIE MALONE broke maiden this distance when adding blinkers. DOUBLE BERG drew the...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile; pace; $9,500; cond4SekThDrgon(YGngrs)7.004.003.008Arc De Triumph (T Tetrick)5.003.807What's The Story (P Lachance)4.80* Exacta (4-8) $34.80 * Trifecta (4-8-7) $121.00SECOND: mile; pace; $12,500; clm5BuckyInChrg(ECrlsn)7.003.402.6010New Release (R Pierce)3.402.607Pan Grad (T Tetrick)2.40*...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70yds; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4up(f)LANGSYNE closed to finish third this level while going shorter in first start off the claim....
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $22,000; clm($12,500); 4up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Nine Cracks(L),116K Coa1-4-7Galluscio6-12 Sheerflakesfgld(L),120C Hill4-3-8Duggan3-13 Stay Composed(L),115J Ortiz5-6-9B Brown3-14 Goonsquad(L),113GRodriguz7-9-1Badgett8-15 ShesTuffasNals(L),120L Perez7-7-7Kettell15-16 Thetrainwasgn(L),120E Castro2-9-1Bush5-27 Proud...
Aqueduct Charts
February 16th, 2013Clear and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $24,000; clm($12,500); 4up(f)Off: 12:30. Good. 3w move 1/2, heldTime: 23.68, 48.91, 1:14.7, 1:41.27, 1:45.94.Trainer: Rudy RodriguezWinner: GR/RO M, 5, by Birdstone-Deep...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $17,500; clm($12,500); 4up 8 Posed to Te (Lnr) 4.00 2.60 2.20 7 Son of a Tramp (Panici) 11.20 5.60 9 Run Austin Run (Trujillo) 4.00 Scr: Sabas...
Lagat wins in grand ‘old’ fashion
Last night’s Millrose Games at the Armory was where records came to be broken. Naturally, this being Millrose, it was Bernard Lagat that stole the show, as America’s track &...
Broner has no ‘Problem’ keeping lightweight title
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Gavin Rees was a gutsy little guy who fought with heart. But that’s wasn’t enough to deal with Adrien “The Problem” Broner last night at Boardwalk...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 17MONFeb. 18TUEFeb. 19WEDFeb. 20THUFeb. 21FRIFeb. 22SATFeb. 23KnicksAll-Star Game8:00TNTESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMENOGAMEInd.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMETor.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENetsAll-Star Game8:00TNTESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEMil.7:30YESWFANMil.8:00YESWFANNO GAMEHou.7:30YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEUSF7:00SNYWBBRNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMERangersWashington6:00NBC Sports NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEMon.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEOtt.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEMon.7:00MSGESPNIslandersNOGAMEPhi.1:00MSG+WRHUOtt.7:30MSG+WRHUNOGAMEMon.7:30MSG+2WRHUNOGAMEBuf.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNOGAMEOtt.1:00MSGWFANNO GAMENO GAMEWas.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEWas.12:00MSG+WFANHOMEAWAY
An Amazin’ lack of backbone
* As usual, the Mets played the waiting game, and once again they lost. I’m really fed up with the Mets, and particularly owner Fred Wilpon and general manager Sandy...
Today's Sports on the Air
BasketballNoonPenn State at Michigan BIG TENNoonHoly Cross at American CBSSN1 p.m.Ohio State at Wisconsin CBS1 p.m.Louisville at South Florida ESPN2 p.m.Minnesota at Iowa BIG TEN3 p.m.Arizona at Utah PAC126 p.m.Miami...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogMICHIGAN24Penn St.WISCONSIN2Ohio St.Louisville13SO. FLA.CLEVE. ST.7MilwaukeeGreen Bay1YNGSTWN ST.Minnesota1 1/2IOWAArizona8 1/2UTAHMiami6 1/2CLEMSONIllinois2N’WESTERNDELAWARE5James Mad.ILLINOIS ST.1Wichita St.CALIFORNIA6 1/2Southrn CalUNC GRNSBRO4 1/2App. St.MANHTTAN2NiagaraRIDER9 1/2MaristAMRICAN U.6Holy CrossNBAAll-Star GameAt HoustonFavoriteLineUnderdogWest3EastNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogRANGERS$135-155CapitalsPenguins$120-140SABRESBruins$135-155JETSSTARS$110-130FlamesBLACKHAWKS$130-150KingsWILD$115-135Red WingsCANUCKS$120-140Blues
Terps shock No. 2 Devils
Seth Allen broke a tie by making two free throws with 2.8 seconds left, and Maryland stunned No. 2 Duke 83-81 last night in College Park, Md., to end a...
Sports Shorts
Soccer: Messi leads Barca win Lionel Messi scored his 300th and 301st career goals for Barcelona and extended his record-scoring run to 14 league games yesterday in a 2-1 comeback...
Mets to look at Valdespin playing second base
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jordany Valdespin spent his winter playing the outfield in the Dominican Republic. Now the Mets want to see him concentrate more on second base. “If I...
Devils destroyed by hat trick from Islanders' Tavares
John Tavares glided from one end of the ice to the other, skating circles around Devils like they were merely props to his personal highlight reel as the Nassau Coliseum...
Nash a question for Rangers, Kreider back
With Rick Nash iffy for tonight’s game against the Capitals in Washington, the Rangers recalled rookie Chris Kreider from Connecticut of the American Hockey League just one day after sending...
Cooke escapes rap, due to rep
If You ask me, Matt Cooke’s lengthy rap sheet actually saved him from being suspended for the play in Pittsburgh on Wednesday against the Senators, when his left skate blade...
Scale of two stations
CBS Radio weighs WFAN options We understand there has been extended debate at CBS Sports Radio Network headquarters as to what should go where in New York — and soon....
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‘Abbey’ road Life after wartime affected the Crawley family of Downton Abbey in profound ways. The family nearly crumpled when their beloved Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) died shortly after giving...
With friends like these
If your best friend slept with your ex-boyfriend who is now your gay roommate, would you be mad at her? If you told your best friend that you had finally...
The last of 'Lincoln'
Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis are a tough act to follow. Their blockbuster movie, “Lincoln,” has grossed a ridiculous amount of money at the box office — more than $170...
CNN’s Nancy Grace sinks even lower
With any luck, the shameless state of US broadcast news bottomed out, last Tuesday at 10:14 p.m, ET, on CNN’s “Headline News.” That’s when Nancy Grace, the ghoulish stalker of...
Reel good
Basic Instinct, 1992 Sunday, 3 p.m., Ch. 11 From the very naughty minds of director Paul Verhoeven and writer Joe Eszterhas comes a great film noir for the naughty-noir minded....
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Jon Cryer; Kat Graham. Tuesday: Howie Mandel; Gary Allan. Wednesday: Johnny Galecki; Chris Wallace; Atticus Shaffer. Thursday: Zach Braff; Ne-Yo. Friday: Carley...
Red menace
If not for raging hormones in his youth, British actor James Purefoy might be toiling in white-collar drudgery across the pond, rather than creeping out 9 million American viewers every...
French twist
‘French” and “classic” used to go together like “Dover” and “sole.” French restaurants were the apex of fine dining in New York City, and any chef worth his toque served...
Meet market: Italian-made shoe designer sks a guy who’s a good fit
Ciao, bella Giovanna is proud of her heritage. She speaks Italian and “Like all Italians, I love preparing a big meal for my closest friends,” she says. All aboard When...
Top 5: Lines to use when you like your landlord
“i should get renter’s insurance, because I know you’re going to steal my heart.” — Kate “I hope you allow smoking in the building because your body is on fire.”...
This week's couple: Sweet time
DINNER dates are for those who like tradition. But Eddie, 32, and Katie, 33, didn’t seem like the traditional types. So we skipped entrees and sent them on a Sugartooth...
The no-drink dating guru
Last weekend, Chris, a 31-year-old editor living in Brooklyn, was planning a date, and his brain instantly went to the default option for most New Yorkers: drinks. But drinks lead...
Weird but true
This Bud’s for me. A Colorado brewery worker was nabbed for allegedly stealing 570 rare and expensive beers from his employers at Avery Brewing Company, police said. Adam James Dickinson,...
Another rough Knight for Rutgers
Worrel Clahar scored 19 points to lead DePaul to a 75-69 victory over Rutgers yesterday in Rosemont, Ill., snapping the Blue Demons’ nine-game losing streak. Brandon Young added 16 points...
Rams fall short vs. Butler
The outcome was what everyone thought it would be, but getting there was not.Fordham gave No. 11 Butler all it could handle in front of a sold-out crowd at Rose...
Syracuse senior torches Seton Hall
You can’t put a value on the four-year college basketball player, especially in that wonderfully giddy stomach-tossing ride known as the NCAA Tournament. That’s when the four years of experience,...
SI native killed in Indianapolis ambulance crash
A Staten Island native working as a paramedic in Indianapolis was killed in an early morning ambulance crash, authorities said. Timothy McCormick and another EMT were driving through a downtown...
Tavares hat trick leads Islanders past Devils 5-1
UNIONDALE — John Tavares scored three goals and assisted on another Saturday night to lead the New York Islanders to a 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils. Matt Moulson...
Nets and Knicks two favorites to land 2015 All-Star Game
HOUSTON – The All-Star Game appears to be headed back to the Big Apple.The Knicks and the Nets have both applied to host the All-Star Game, and deputy commissioner Adam...
Erin go beerless
Chugging green beer isn’t at the top of everyone’s St. Patrick’s Day activity list, especially when there are kids in your entourage. Keep debauchery at bay and check out one...
Who do we like? Yankees rule, Giants over Jets and more Facebook findings
It's no secret Yankees fans outnumber Mets fans in our backyard. The size of the disparity may surprise you: more than 3-to-1. The surprising findings come from Ben Blatt of...
Ex-Yankees pitcher Pavano says he almost died following spleen laceration
Carl Pavano almost died after lacerating his spleen shoveling snow.“I’m just lucky to be alive,” the ex-Yankees pitcher told the Minnesota Star-Tribune this week.Pavano, 37, slipped on ice and jammed...