March 4, 2013
MONDAY MATCHMAKER: Should Silva retire after knocking out Stann?
Every Monday after an MMA fight weekend, The Post’s Marc Raimondi will take a look at the next potential matchup for the fighters who competed. This week, he breaks down...
Decorated cop suspended after punching three-year-old son
A veteran NYPD detective in the Brooklyn gang unit was suspended yesterday for allegedly punching his three-year-old son in the face, officials said. Jason Sharp, 37, slugged his kid after...
Taxpayers foot extra $1 million to settle sexual harassment claims
ALBANY, N.Y. — State officials approved more than $1 million in public money — in addition to $5.3 million already disclosed — to settle sexual harassment claims against state workers...
Monkey wrench in Martha’s works
Martha Stewart and JCPenney are facing delays in their courtroom battle with Macy’s — spelling serious trouble for their spring home goods launch. As their trial yesterday entered its third...
Ex-Giants RB Bradshaw hoping to be cleared soon: report
Running back Ahmad Bradshaw hopes to be cleared by doctors on Wednesday, the next step towards moving on and starting his post-Giants career.According to Pro Football Talk, Bradshaw will visit...
VIDEO: Vaccaro takes positives from Knicks loss to Heat
Mike Vaccaro tells CineSport's Noah Coslov that he was somewhat encouraged by the Knicks' loss to the Heat in the Garden. The Knicks showed they were a lot closer to...
Queens High School student collapses in class, rushed to hosp. in critical condition
A Queens high-school junior is fighting for his life after collapsing in class today, authorities said. The 16-year-old student was in English class at Benjamin Cardozo High School on 223rd...
Dust settles on MTA's 72nd St 'warzone'
The MTA has wrapped up blasting on the Second Avenue Subway at 72nd Street, relieving residents and businesses who say the neighborhood has been transformed into a war zone. “We...
Cano's dad wants Robinson to be with Yankees 'forever'
TAMPA -- If father indeed knows best, Robinson Cano isn't leaving The Bronx. And he may have a six- or seven-year deal in place before Opening Day. Cano's dad, Jose,...
Upton, Johnson homer to lead Braves over Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Tim Hudson was pleased with his performance - when he was pitching out of jams. With the bases empty, that's another story. Hudson allowed six hits...
Garrard sees 'great opportunity' to be Jets starting QB
If David Garrard has it his way, the former Pro Bowler will be competing with Mark Sanchez for the Jets' starting quarterback job come the spring. In an interview Monday...
Twelve former Florida A&M band members charged with manslaughter for 'hazing'
ORLANDO, Fla. — Twelve former Florida A&M University band members were charged Monday with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. Ten of the band members had...
Yankees' Hughes encouraged by throwing session
TAMPA -- For the second straight day Phil Hughes was encouraged that a throwing session didn't leave him with any back discomfort."We amped up the intensity a bit and doubled...
Jets GM Idzik hints Tebow could be in training camp, says Revis 'ahead of schedule'
Darrelle Revis' recovery from knee surgery is ahead of schedule and the Jets' Tim Tebow saga could drag all the way into training camp, new GM John Idzik told fans...
BUBBLE BREAKDOWN: Boise State not just for football, Bird's alma mater sinking fast
Every week before Selection Sunday, NYPost.com blogger Marc Raimondi takes a look at the college basketball bubble teams that helped themselves and the ones that hurt themselves the most.RISINGBoise State...
Queens father sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for shaking infant daughter to death
An angry judge threw the book at a brutal Queens father today, sentencing him to five to 15 years in jail in the violent shaking death of his infant daughter....
Tiny terror titan: North Korea's Kim Jung Un has first baby
There’s a new Kim in town. South Korea ended months of speculation by verifying that the wife of North Korea’s dynastic dictator Kim Jong Un secretly gave birth late last...
Mayoral hopeful Catsimatidis unveils first radio ad
GOP mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis today unveiled the first radio ad of the campaign, touting his immigrant upbringing and the fact that he’s not a “career politician.” The 30-second spot...
Cavaliers' Irving expected back for Knicks game
CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving is expected to play against the Knicks after missing Cleveland's past three games with a hyperextended right knee. Irving made it through...
LeBron says he'll think about Magic's $1 million dunk offer
The Slam Dunk contest has gotten so bad in recent years, that Hall of Famer Magic Johnson is willing to pay LeBron James $1 million to compete in the event,...
Patriots owner had his 'fan hat' on for Brady extension
Derek Jeter ending his career in anything other than Yankees pinstripes would be like Tom Brady ending his career in anything other than a Patriots uniform. But thanks to a...
Sabres' Kaleta suspended five games for hit on Rangers' Richards
Brad Richards did not practice with the Rangers on Monday, but there is little concern from coach John Tortorella that his alternate captain will be able to play Tuesday against...
Thoughts on Nets rotation
My story in today’s Post focused on the Nets’ rotation, after interim coach P.J. Carlesimo said after Saturday’s loss in Chicago that he’ll spend the next few days looking at...
Aqueduct operator gambles on new Vegas venture
The operator of the Aqueduct gambling parlor is going to roll the dice in Vegas. Not content with waiting for New York State to legalize Vegas-style casinos, Malaysian-based Genting announced...
WATCH: Six-year-old breakdancer stuns with killer moves
She may be young, but this breakdancing tot has better moves than most. In a video posted online of a British breakdancing competition called Chelles Battle Pro 2013, six-year-old dancing...
NHL POWER RANKINGS: Parity rules in shortened season
Almost halfway through the season, every team not named the Blackhawks has bounced around in the standings, some teams moving up, some teams moving down. A few weeks ago, the...
Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg slip in 'world's richest' rankings
NEW YORK — Mexico's Carlos Slim remains the world's richest man for the fourth year in a row, according to Forbes, while Warren Buffett dropped out of the top three...
REVIEWED: Red Bull's new cranberry, lime and blueberry flavors
From the heights of a world record setting skydiver to the lows of Meatpacking District partiers wanting an energized alcohol buzz, Red Bull has found its way into every corner...
Mayor Bloomberg's net worth jumps $5B, making him 13th richest person on planet
Mayor Bloomberg's net worth has skyrocketed in the last year and he's now the 13th richest person on the planet, according to Forbes magazine. The magazine estimated the mayor's net...
Jury sees sick images at 'cannibal cop' trial
Prosecutors finished presenting evidence to a jury hearing the cannibalism conspiracy case against a New York police officer Monday after showing jurors a video of a screaming woman, made to...
'Batman' busts suspected burglar in England
LONDON — A man dressed as Batman has brought a suspected burglar into a police station in northern England. West Yorkshire Police said Monday that they do not know the...
Nadal headlines tennis at MSG
There was a little tennis at the Garden yesterday as Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro and Victoria Azarenka hit balls into the upper reaches during a timeout of the nationally...
Ohio zoo workers play 'mom' to abandoned baby gorilla
CINCINNATI — Some zoo workers in Cincinnati are going ape over a baby gorilla. They are wearing all-black outfits, grunting affectionately, and generally imitating mother gorillas to help the month-old...
Queen Elizabeth leaves hospital after stomach bug
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II returned home Monday after receiving treatment for a stomach infection that prompted a brief and rare hospitalization for the 86-year-old monarch. A smiling Elizabeth walked...
New Jersey Sen. Menendez sponsors legislation which could help political donors
WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Menendez sponsored legislation with incentives for natural gas vehicle conversions that would benefit the biggest political donor to his re-election, the same eye doctor whose private...
FDNY hunk sentenced to five years probation for assaulting transsexual stripper ex-girlfriend
A beefy FDNY calendar boy with a weakness for glamorous transsexual strippers was sentenced to five years probation today for assaulting and then continuing to compulsively contact one of his...
WATCH: Yankees' Cashman breaks ankle while skydiving for charity
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Yankees general manager Brian Cashman broke his right ankle while sky diving this morning and will need surgery. The injury occurred on the landing of the second...
Calif. woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A county official says a dispatcher followed general protocols when she pleaded with an independent living facility nurse to perform CPR on a woman who later died...
'Fake' bishop gatecrashes top secret meeting as cardinals prepare for pope vote
VATICAN CITY — A bogus bishop today crashed a top secret meeting of Catholic cardinals – as senior clergy from around the world gather inside the Vatican to elect the...
Gov't: Budget cuts already causing airport delays
WASHINGTON — US airports, including Los Angeles International and O'Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays as a result of automatic federal spending cuts, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano...
Name Check: Alex Karpovsky
You know him as one of the guys of "Girls." But this week, Alex Karpovsky is debuting two films, "Red Flag" and "Rubberneck." Karpovsky sat down with Michael Riedel for...
Casey Anthony comes out of hiding for meeting
TAMPA, Fla. — After 19 months of seclusion, Casey Anthony emerged into the public spotlight once again on Monday for a meeting with creditors in her bankruptcy case. Dressed all...
Jets free agency preview: Tight ends
This is the fourth in a nine-part series examining the Jets’ needs position by position as free agency begins. Currently on roster:Dustin KellerAge: 282012 stats: 28 receptions, 317 yards, 2...
Sorkin struggling with how to include Sandy Hook shooting in 'The Newsroom'
Aaron Sorkin says he is struggling with how to reference the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the upcoming second season of “The Newsroom.” “That’s a tough thing...
'Cannibal cop's' online pal allegedly wanted to eat UK food worker
A British nurse arrested by cops probing an international ring of cannibal suspects fantasized about killing and eating a woman who worked in his local Chinese take-out. Dale Bolinger, 57,...
Mets' Nieuwenhuis undergoes MRI on left knee
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Kirk Nieuwenhuis underwent an MRI exam Monday morning on his injured left knee, still hopeful it’s merely a bone bruise.“I can put weight on it,” said...
3UP: The Johan Santana Edition
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about the Mets and Johan Santana not exactly handling themselves well in discussing the recent and current state of the lefty’s arm.Terry...
Mark Kelly to testify for Colo. gun-control bill
DENVER — Former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, is scheduled to testify Monday in support of at least one of the seven gun-control bills before the Colorado Legislature...
Extradition hearing set for suspect in fiery Vegas strip shootout
LOS ANGELES — The man charged in a shooting and fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip is to appear Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court for an extradition hearing....
Person killed by Metro-North train in Darien
DARIEN, Conn. — Metro-North officials are investigating the death of a person struck by a New Haven Line train at the Noroton Heights station in Darien. Officials say the Manhattan-bound...
Newborn dies day after parents tragically killed in hit-run crash on way to hospital - cops ID driver
Cops identifed the driver in a Williamsburg hit-and-run that left a young couple and their newborn son dead. Police were searching for Julio Acevedo, 44, in the horrific crash that...
LI officer injured after 'drunk driver' rear-ends his car: police
PATCHOGUE — A Long Island police officer was injured when his vehicle was rear-ended by a drunk driver. It happened in Patchogue while Suffolk County police were conducting a follow-up...
Sports shorts
NASCAR: Edwards wins Phoenix Carl Edwards pulled away on a late start to snap a 70race winless streak yesterday, leading the final 78 laps on the 312mile race around Phoenix...
Knicks blow 16-point lead in loss to Heat
Placed inside the Knicks locker room stalls sat a new motivational message on a sheet of blue-and-orange paper. It read “Embrace the Pressure.’’ The Knicks instead wilted under it. LeBron...
This isn't same Heat team Knicks handled earlier in season
The dunk was mere punctuation, an exclamation point for added emphasis and extra style points. The real message was sent a second or two earlier, the second LeBron James jumped...
Knicks coach Woodson rips Smith’s reliance on 3-pointers
If J.R. Smith isn’t hitting his 3-pointers, he shouldn’t be launching so many. That’s the opinion of the only man who really matters in this situation — Knicks coach Mike...
Kidd finds range off Knicks bench
This was shaping up as one of those signature, big-pressure moments for 39-year-old Jason Kidd, something out of November and December. He lit up the Heat in the first half,...
Wade, Bosh admit Heat had Knicks game circled
There was that endearing game that opened the season for the Knicks in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The Heat lost by 20 in the Garden. Move ahead a little...
LeBron’s work in crunch busts the Knicks’ bubble
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra knew better than to ask. But this was LeBron James, who is sort of important to Miami’s overall plan. So Spoelstra inquired about LeBron’s health after...
Amar’e pinned to Knicks bench down stretch
STAT became SAT. Over the final 7 minutes, 56 seconds of yesterday’s 99-93 loss to the Heat, Amar’e Stoudemire did not get off the bench. Mike Woodson pulled his $100...
Star in stripes La La
La La Anthony puts her patriotism on display in LA. The wife of Knick star Carmelo Anthony was dining at Nobu with Kim Kardashian.
Thierry Henry says travel woes hurt Red Bulls preparation
It wasn’t the Red Bulls’ blowing a two-goal second-half lead at Portland that had Thierry Henry frustrated. No, it was the team having to waste three hours on a tarmac...
UFC on Fuel TV 8 analysis: Silva puts on vintage performance in return to Japan
Wanderlei Silva brought PRIDE back to Japan, at least for one night.The MMA legend looked like a younger version of himself – call him Wanderlei circa 2004 – against Brian...
Honorable men-tion
It’s been said that behind every man, there’s a great woman. But the reverse is also true — as these right-hand men to three of NYC’s biggest female power players...
Go to Greg
I work for employers who go the extra mile to create a great work environment. What I really need, though, is a salary increase commensurate with my great work ethic....
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Harlem Shake, Baauer 2. Thrift Shop, Macklemore/Ryan Lewis 3. One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks), One Direction 4. When I Was Your Man, Bruno Mars 5....
Business briefs
OMBurwell Walmart Foundation head Sylvia Mathews Burwell is expected to be nominated to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Burwell, 47, a veteran of Bill Clinton’s White House, would...
Kegger! Beer sales frothy after dry spell
Ahh, that hits the spot. For the first time in four years, US beer sales are on the rise. While the uptick last year was modest — about 1.4 percent,...
A big Hess mess
Former Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady’s deep connection to Hess Corp., where he is the lead independent director, is making him an easy target for activist investors looking to give him...
Tat’s my business
This isn’t your granddaddy’s America anymore: tattoo artists are stepping out of the shadows and into shopping malls, breaking out in a way that piercing parlors did a decade ago....
‘Iron Chef’ champ opening Village slider spot
Get ready for shakes, slides and rolls. Slide, opening on Bleecker Street, bills itself as a restaurant and bar that specializes in sliders, shakes and cannoli. The novel concept comes...
‘Diplo’ Rodman’s Korea peace plan
WASHINGTON — Call me? Maybe? North Korea's young leader has riled the United States with recent nuclear tests, but Kim Jong Un doesn’t really want war with the superpower, just...
Fine, I’ll take your nutty test!
He may just be the most stubborn man in the city. An eccentric Brooklyn high-school teacher was so adamant that education officials had no right to make him undergo a...
Foe rips SI hopeful’s ‘conflict’
A top legislative staffer running for a City Council seat from Staten Island violated the city’s conflict-of-interest law by soliciting campaign contributions while still on the government payroll, a rival...
Wrinkle in gut-rich-quick plan
The rich are paying more in taxes than ever before, and low-income families aren’t paying as much as they have in the past, according to a new report. An analysis...
Shel’s court ‘favor’
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is pushing a constitutional amendment that would allow his longtime pal, Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, to serve an additional eight years on the...
Home razed after massive sinkhole swallows man in bedroom
SEFFNER, Fla. — Authorities hope to get a better look at a sinkhole that swallowed a man in his Florida home once demolition crews knock down the remaining walls of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A man hard up for cash went a little too far begging for it — all the way to his baby mama’s doorstep, authorities said. John Soto,...
Damn the critics – Michelle is a star!
It’s Obama time. Michelle Obama time. I break with my fellow conservatives and even some liberals to praise the first lady, not to trash her. For Mrs. O has come...
Yao about that! NBAer makes big impression
Former Houston Rocket star Yao Ming sits head and shoulders above the rest of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a high-profile government advisory committee. The retired 7-foot-6 NBA center...
HIV baby ‘cured’
In a stunning medical development, scientists announced yesterday that a Mississippi baby born with HIV appears to have been cured after receiving early treatment. The child, now 2, was born...
SI mom of three turns herself in: 'I just shot my boyfriend'
A Staten Island mom of three fatally shot her boyfriend in the head yesterday — then aimlessly rode around on the subway for hours before turning herself in to cops,...
City knew of $2B 911 fiasco in 2011
Mayor Bloomberg’s controversial $2 billion effort to modernize the 911 system — billed as a cure-all for every emergency-communications ill — was labeled a boondoggle by the city’s own experts...
Woodward reverses course on claim that White House threatened him
WASHINGTON — Watergate journalist Bob Woodward yesterday backed off his claim that the Obama administration sought to intimidate him via a top adviser’s e-mails. Woodward said last week that White...
TSA guys hard on sex toys
Airport-security screeners apparently get a kink out of rifling through your sexy baggage. “My checked bag is searched almost every time I fly. I guess I’m just lucky, or look...
Retired police captain now a pastor with a gun in Staten Island church
A pistol-packing retired police captain who worked the city’s mean streets during its darkest decades still lays down the law — God’s law. Tough-talking John Rocco Carlo, now a pastor...
‘Jack’ No. 1 – but is no giant
It wasn’t exactly a mighty victory, but “Jack the Giant Slayer” won the weekend at the box office. The Warner Bros. 3-D action extravaganza, based on the “Jack and the...
Doctors deliver baby as Orthodox dad and pregnant mom perish in Brooklyn crash
A Williamsburg man and his pregnant wife were killed in a hit-and-run crash on the way to a hospital yesterday, but their unborn son was delivered by C-section and miraculously...
Huma in job hunt
Huma Abedin has gone from breakneck pace to break time. The beautiful wife of randy former Rep. Anthony Weiner is off the State Department payroll and plotting her next moves...
Outrage as officials sideline three Bronx judges to make way for upstate jurists
There was disorder in Bronx Criminal Court last week when officials effectively benched three in-house judges in favor of a trio of out-of-town jurists brought in to deal with a...
City GOP fears death of party
The city Republican Party is in shambles — engulfed by infighting and weak leadership that damages whatever chances its nominee has of winning City Hall this fall, alarmed GOP insiders...
De Blasio’s ‘nonunion’ boo$t
Labor darling Bill de Blasio will attend a fund-raiser tonight hosted by a developer who is refusing to use union workers on a major project in Brooklyn, The Post has...
Not being prez ‘kills me’: Mitt
Watching government gridlock from the sidelines, instead of from the Oval Office, is “killing” Mitt Romney, the former GOP presidential candidate said in his first interview since losing the election...
Rikers Island 'impostor' worked with kids at charity despite being sex offender
The convicted child rapist busted for allegedly sneaking into Rikers Island and impersonating a correction officer spends his days working with at-risk youths — despite being a registered sex offender....
Sick Queen Elizabeth in hospital with stomach bug
LONDON — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days, a rare instance of ill health sidelining the long-reigning monarch....
Tears for boy, rage at guard
The grieving parents of a 6-year-old Harlem boy killed by a truck on his way to school buried him yesterday — amid angry calls to punish a crossing guard who...
‘Hit & run’ . . . and hit
A teen driver who plowed his minivan into a car in Queens and fled crashed again soon after — into a building directly across from the home of one of...
Cop stabbed at Capitol
A state trooper patrolling the underground concourse at the Capitol in Albany was knifed in the neck yesterday, police said. Trooper Rodney Smith, 45, had stopped the man, described as...
Cardinals gather for pope pick
Cardinals from around the world have gathered in Rome to elect a new pope from among their ranks — but don’t expect them to campaign for themselves, Timothy Cardinal Dolan...
It’s wild outside the five ‘burros’
Santiago Munoz takes the title as the kid who travels the farthest to school each day — but the struggles faced by these other young scholars from around the world...
Queens teen has worst school-commute time in the world
A Bronx HS of Science student living in Queens officially has one of the longest school commutes on the planet — a journey of more than five hours each day...
In a rut on the voting rights act
Progressives are remarkably uninterested in progress. Social Security is 78 years old and myriad social improvements have added 17 years to life expectancy since 1935, yet progressives insist the program...
Still punting on Syria
New Secretary of State John Kerry told a German audience last week that in America, “you have the right to be stupid, if you want to be.” Ouch. That’s a...
Obama’s sequester-gate: Will the Prez regret it?
The Issue: A White House e-mail to Bob Woodward saying he’d regret his criticism of President Obama. *** The rest of President Obama’s steno pool should realize they’re treading on...
Putting NYU’s plans in park
The Issue: Residents of Greenwich Village who oppose the expansion of NYU on city park land. *** The community’s opposition to NYU is not about “making it as difficult as...
Christie’s ‘free’ money
Chris Christie is the most popular governor in America today. At a time when the GOP brand has been suffering, polls put the Jersey Republican’s approval rating at 74 percent....
Black cab, yellow cab
The black cabs are at war with the yellow cabs. And it’s no surprise that passengers are caught in the crossfire. The latest battle is over software that allows riders...
Ethics for fun and profit
When it comes to keeping a high profile in the midst of adversity, Shelly Silver has no peer. With an Albany ethics panel now poring over a report on the...
Letting Wall St. hang
It’s one thing for President Obama to attack Wall Street as the place fat cats roam free as proof, a class warrior justifying all the mainly useless banking regulations he’s...
Pining for the bad old days
Five full years have slipped by since then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer, now forever Client 9, self-immolated — to be succeeded by the eternally irrepressible David Paterson. God, what a pair. God,...
New ‘Cinderella’ is gourd-geous
How do you come up with a new show that also feels comfortably familiar? On Broadway, the current answer is “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” — an actual premiere by the...
It’s not ‘homey’ sweet ‘homey’
Hot on the heels of Jesse Eisenberg’s “The Revisionist” comes another off-Broadway show depicting Americans in their late 20s as neurotic and immature. The couple in Amy Herzog’s “Belleville” put...
Tiger pays again again for wayward shots
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Moments after Tiger Woods closed out his Honda Classic final round with a 74 yesterday at PGA National, finishing miles from contention, he sounded a...
Red Bulls settle for draw in MLS opener
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Timbers overcame two early goals by Fabian Espindola to forge a 3-3 draw with the Red Bulls in both teams’ MLS season opener Sunday night. “At...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2f; $21,000; cl($7,500); 4upTONY BLUE EYES cuts back in distance and drops in class after finishing third as...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70y; $17,000; mdn cl($10,000); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Soldier's Soup(L),115ABowman5-5-5Peterson6-12 Jack Pot P J(L),122K Pellot7-4-7Vega15-13 Top Partner(L),122J Torres7-7-4Gomez9-24 Music ManStan(L),122FPnnngtn5-6-xColetti6-55 Jonny Boy Conn(L),122SBermudz6-4-5Pessanh12-16...
Aqueduct Charts
March 3rd, 2013 Clear And Fast.©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $30,000; clm($25,000); 3YOOff: 12:51. 3. head to head 1/4-1/16pTime: 23.8, 47.98, 1:.27, 1:13.38.Trainer: Michael LauerWinner: CH C, 3, by...
Gullstream Park Results
FIRST-1m; $26,200; clm; 3YO; (f)4Tz Marand (Zays)7.604.203.206Bozique (Rocco,Jr.)4.803.403Sarava's Diva (Jara)4.00* Exacta (4-6) $26.00 * $1 Superfecta (4-6-3-1) $299.30 * $1 Trifecta (4-6-3) $58.30
New rules KO ‘victims’
Over the first 138 years of the Kentucky Derby, a trainer’s goal was to have his horse peak on exactly the first Saturday in May. Not any more, now that...
Affrunti at Turf Paradise Graded Entries
FIRST-6f; $6,700; cl($6,250); 3up4-Bellagio Road 5-22-El Bronco 8-13-Bubba Rooster10-15-Canal Grande 4-16-Bold Agressor 2-17-Ironhouse 6-11-Kaitlans Song 10-1SECOND-6f; $13,000; alw; 3up1-Game Seven 2-14-Indy Racer 8-13-DelSieteLeguas5-15-Artistic Venture6-17-MidnightOfficer7-26-Cattle Hauler 8-12-I'm a Vette 9-2THIRD-7 1/2f(T);...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 4TUEMar. 5WEDMar. 6THUMar. 7FRIMar. 8SATMar. 9SUNMar. 10KnicksCleveland7:00MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMEDet.7:30MSGESPNOKC8:00TNTESPNNO GAMEUtah7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENetsNOGAMENOGAMECha.7:00YESWFANNO GAMEWas.7:30YESWFANAtl.7:00YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMEN.D.7:00ESPN2WBBRNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEMarq.2:00ESPNWBBRNOGAMERangersNO GAMEPhi.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEIsles7:00MSGWBBROtt.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEWash.12:30MSGESPNIslandersNO GAMEMon.7:00MSG+2WRHUNO GAMERangers7:00MSG+2WRHUNO GAMEWash.1:00MSG+WRHUPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsToronto 7:00MSG+ NetworkWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMT.B.7:00MSG+WFANNO GAMEBuf.7:00MSG+WFANNO GAMECar.7:00MSG+WFANWinn.7:00MSGWFANYankeesNO GAME* Atl.7:05YESWCBS*+ D.R.1:05YES* St.L.1:05No...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogKANSAS24 1/2Texas TechLOUISVILLE11 1/2CincinnatiBaylor1 1/2TEXASMontana2S. UTAHNC A&T2 1/2Savannah St.NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogKnicks5CAVALIERSHORNETS9MagicHeat9T’WolvesBUCKS7JazzNUGGETS9HawksBLAZERS12BobcatsWARRIORS6 1/2RaptorsNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogMAPLE LEAFS$105-125DevilsPENGUINS$165-190LightningCOYOTES$100-120DucksKINGS$140-160PredatorsHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Cincinnati at Louisville ESPN7 p.m.Texas Tech at Kansas ESPNU7 p.m.Knicks at Cavaliers MSG, ESPN (98.7 FM)8 p.m.Heat at Timberwolves NBATV9 p.m.Baylor at Texas ESPN9 p.m.Savannah St. at N.C. A&T...
Carlesimo may trim Nets’ rotation
Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo said after Saturday’s 96-85 loss to the Bulls in Chicago — the team’s fourth in its last five games — that he’d be reassessing, and...
Jets fans ready to Gang up on Rex by phone
Jets fans have endured a lot in the last year, from the failed Tim Tebow experiment to the 6-10 season and the Buttfumble. Now, they are watching as their team...
Female kicker a bust at NFL regional combine
The goal was to make history, but the result was just plain embarrassing. A New Yorker’s bid to become the first woman to complete an NFL tryout proved to be...
Rivera’s closing in on 1st game action for Yankees
TAMPA — Mariano Rivera is getting close to moving from simulated games to actual exhibitions. “Maybe a [spring training] game,’’ Rivera said when asked what was next for him. “But...
Thompson hangs on to win Honda Classic
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — To be blunt, those who did not believe Michael Thompson would preserve the precarious two-shot lead he carried into yesterday’s Honda Classic final round surely...
Hey, TV experts, there’s nothing cool about rushing the court
It figures that in a week when TV’s sports experts finally awakened to a significant issue, they woke up ... then fell out of bed. Court-storming was an obvious, inevitable...
Islanders beat Senators in shootout to halt home struggles
There were strange sounds at Nassau Coliseum after the final shot of yesterday’s contest between the Islanders and Senators. There were cheers, applause, even chants of approval — the likes...
Hit on Richards ignites Rangers' rally past Sabres
The energy was spurred by negativity, by a play that by all accounts should not be part of the game. But last night at the Garden, it was a shove...
Miller maintains his focus for Rangers
It speaks to the mental poise of 19-year-old J.T. Miller that he has not been flustered by the fluctuations of the Rangers’ roster as he settles into his NHL career....
Reaction to hit on Richards could be defining point for Rangers
So maybe this shootout victory over the Sabres in Game 20 will galvanize the Rangers. Maybe this 3-2 triumph at the Garden, in which the Blueshirts responded to a dangerous...
Mets suffer another blow to credibility with Santana controversy
PORT ST. LUCIE — It is good the Mets and Johan Santana are not mad at each other or else we may think they were, you know, mad at each...
Mets' Gee springs back into major action
JUPITER, Fla. — Dillon Gee hadn’t faced major league hitters since last July after undergoing surgery to remove a clot in an artery. And while you could argue that’s still...
Santana throws in pen to prove Mets wrong
PORT ST. LUCIE — An angry Johan Santana arrived at Tradition Field yesterday, upset about reports that raised doubt regarding his offseason throwing program and whether that may set back...
Yankees' Ichiro avoids injury after car accident
TAMPA — Ichiro Suzuki was fortunate to avoid serious injury Saturday when his Land Rover was destroyed by another vehicle in a postgame accident at the intersection of Dale Mabry...
Jeter focused on being ready for Yankees regular season opener
TAMPA — There is nothing foolish about Derek Jeter’s re-entry into the Yankees’ universe, but the only date that matters to him is April Fools’ Day. Jeter, who has yet...
Yankees' Girardi ready to pull plug on Granderson, Gardner position flip
FORT MYERS, Fla. — With heavyweights like Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Robinson Cano nowhere near the box score, you could be charged with fraud for calling yesterday’s Yankees-Red Sox...
Trying her patients
Think that psychologists opening up their therapy sessions for reality TV would be controversial? Guess what? It is. Almost everyone seems to be weighing in on the decision of three...
Regis joins 'View' style sports panel show
Regis Philbin is coming back to daily TV and re-uniting with the producer who made him a prime-time fortune, “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” producer Michael Davies. Regis will...
Talk show guests
MONDAYMATTHEW FOX, ZOSIA MAMET - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7JENNY MCCARTHY - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 and 3 p.m., Ch. 9SUSAN LEVY,...
Run for the money
If, as Calvin Coolidge said, the business of America is business — well, business is the hottest thing on TV these days too. And we’re not talking about the droning...
Heidi Klum to judge 'America's Got Talent'
Heidi Klum is about to become the fourth judge on “America’s Got Talent.” Reports yesterday said the former top model and host of “Project Runway” will be named today to...
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Weird but true
A state lawmaker in Washington wants to slap a tax on bicyclists — because of the pollution they cause by breathing. “Since CO2 is deemed a greenhouse gas and a...
Stony Brook runs win streak to six
Carson Puriefoy scored 17 points and Stony Brook won its sixth straight, defeating visiting Albany 75-70 in each team’s regular-season finale yesterday. The Seawolves (23-6, 14-2 America East Conference) matched...
New Big East heavenly for hoops fans
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When you come off I-95 at exit 21, the service road sign reads Dave Gavitt Way, which couldn’t be more appropriate. If ever there was a man...
Harrison wants to remain with St. John's
Star guard D’Angelo Harrison has decided he wants to remain at St. John’s and is optimistic about his future as a Red Storm player, his grandmother Angela Harris told The...
Red Bulls settle for 3-3 tie at Portland in Petke debut
In Mike Petke’s head coaching debut, the Red Bulls settled for a wild 3-3 tie against Portland at JELD-WEN Field. They took a 3-1 first-half lead on a brace by...
WATCH: Khalil Edney's amazing buzzer beater sends New Rochelle to victory
Step aside, Ray Rice. New Rochelle has a new hero. His name is Khalil Edney, a 6-foot-2 senior guard who sent ninth-seeded New Rochelle High to the Section 1 Class...
Rangers slip past Sabres in shootout 3-2
Rick Nash had a goal and assist and also scored in the shootout to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night....
WATCH: Amazing HS buzzer-beater in New Rochelle-Mount Vernon game
WHITE PLAINS — It's going to be tough to beat this buzzer beater just three days into March. Khalil Edney grabbed a loose ball and made a 55-footer as time...
Sweet spot: New $1.5 billion plan for Brooklyn's Domino Sugar site
The old Domino Sugar plant in Williamsburg is about to get a taste of DUMBO. Two Trees Management Co. — credited with reviving the former manufacturing zone between the Brooklyn...
Harrison won’t leave St. John’s despite suspension
Star guard D’Angelo Harrison has decided to remain at St. John’s and could meet with coach Steve Lavin Monday morning before the team leaves for its Tuesday night game at...