March 9, 2013
Parnell could be permanent solution for Mets at closer
PORT ST. LUCIE- Bobby Parnell’s stint as closer may not be temporary.Terry Collins tabbed Parnell to take over the spot if Frank Francisco isn’t ready to start the season in...
St. John's falls to Marquette on buzzer beater in overtime
Vander Blue’s driving shot fell through the rim as the overtime buzzer sounded, giving No. 15 Marquette a 69-67 victory over St. John’s on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, and...
Tavares' two goals lead Islanders past Capitals
John Tavares insists he’s more concerned with wins than his own numbers. Still, the New York Islanders’ leading scorer took a moment to marvel at his 100th NHL goal and...
ROTO FILES: These arms offer mound of help
No matter what you name your fantasy baseball team (and the name of your squad is very important), it won’t matter one bit unless you prepare for the draft. You...
LIU handles Wagner in NEC semifinals
C.J. Garner scored 23 points, Jamal Olasewere posted a double-double, and four others scored in double figures to lead Long Island Brooklyn past Wagner 94-82 Saturday in the Northeastern Conference...
Police officer shoots man during traffic stop on Staten Island; driver allegedly made sudden move
A cop shot and critically wounded a man during a traffic stop on Staten Island this afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The Post. An officer and two detectives approached the car...
Red Bulls say flight delays hampering performance
It’s just two games into the season and the Red Bulls have had a second West Coast flight canceled, with daylong delays wreaking havoc with their plans. Thierry Henry said...
St. John's women advance in Big East tournament
HARTFORD, Conn. — Shenneika Smith scored 16 points to lead fifth-seeded St. John’s to a 51-45 win over Seton Hall on Saturday in the second round of the Big East...
British Navy officer ordered to remove military uniform for flight to US, she says
A brave British squaddie was ordered to remove her military uniform on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Britain in case it offended other passengers, according to reports. Royal Navy helicopter...
Giuliani urges Republican donors to contribute to Lhota's mayoral campaign
Rudy Giuliani is delivering an urgent appeal to supporters: Throw your dough at Joe! Giuliani this morning penned a fund-raising letter to GOP activists and donors to contribute to Republican...
SEE IT: UFC adds two new sexy Octagon girls
The UFC has added to its rapidly growing roster of Octagon girls.Chrissy Blair and Vanessa Hanson, formerly of Strikeforce, will join Arianny Celeste and Brittney Palmer as ladies who will...
Boyle could be healthy scratch again for Rangers vs. Capitals
Brian Boyle was on the ice for Saturday morning’s practice with the Rangers, on the fourth line with Jeff Halpern and Michael Haley, but the question remains if the struggling...
Cops find stolen lawnmower being ridden by drunk driver
BATH — State police looking for a stolen lawnmower in western New York say they found it being ridden by a drunk driver. Troopers say the 28-year-old man was spotted...
Stonehenge may have started as huge graveyard: researchers
LONDON — British researchers have proposed a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge: It may have started as a giant burial ground for elite families around 3,000 B.C. New...
Top of chimney that will signal new pope chosen has been installed
VATICAN CITY — Firefighters on Saturday installed the top of the Sistine Chapel chimney that will signal to the world that a new pope has been elected, as the Vatican...
Jeter, Rivera make spring training debuts for Yankees
TAMPA, Fla. — In a few years, this will be a scene from Old-Timers’ Day: Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera walking on the field to loud ovations. For now, though,...
Library of Congress to display second draft of Gettysburg Address
WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress plans to display a copy of the Gettysburg Address over a six-week period starting later this month. The John Hay copy is one of...
Knicks' Stoudemire to have surgery on knee, out for rest of season
Amar'e Stoudemire will have his second knee debridement surgery in four months that will put him out six weeks in a stunning turn of events that could threaten their lofty...
Jets free agency preview: Linebackers
This is the seventh in a nine-part series examining the Jets’ needs position by position as free agency begins. LINEBACKERSCurrently on roster:David HarrisAge: 292012 stats: 123 tackles, 3 sacks, 1...
'The tank is empty': Rivera announces he'll retire from Yankees after 2013 season
The greatest closer of all time is about to put the finishing touches on a sure-fire Hall of Fame career. Mariano Rivera announced Saturday morning that he’ll retire from baseball...
2 planes collide on JFK tarmac
Two planes bumped into each other on the tarmac of Kennedy Airport this morning, forcing dozens of passengers to disembark — though none were injured, sources said. Air India Flight...
Jennifer Capriati 'smacked' ex-boyfriend during Valentine's Day argument, he says
Tennis great Jennifer Capriati may come to regret these alleged grand slams. Florida cops are seeking an arrest warrant for Hall of Famer Capriati on charges that she launched a...
Family members of woman killed by lion believe it was an accident
FRESNO, Calif. — Family members of the young woman killed in a lion attack at a Central California animal park say they believe no rules were broken and the volunteer...
UES fire leaves 13 people hurt
Thirteen people were hurt this morning in a two-alarm blaze on the Upper East Side, authorities said. The fire began about 3:40 a.m. on the twelfth floor of the Second...
Left him to die: Hit-run driver mows down Ivy Leaguer on West Side Highway
A 22-year-old Ivy League grad and avid skier was killed in a hit-and-run on the West Side Highway early this morning, cops and his relatives said. Andrew Quinn, a real...
Cops bust subway suspect using Find my iPhone app
Cops tracked down a suspect who allegedly cut the pants pocket of a conked-out subway rider and swiped his iPhone and wallet using the phone's Find my iPhone app. Two...
Bronx thief steals woman's cell phone — then posts pic of himself smoking weed on HER Facebook page: police
Cops are looking for a dopey Bronx thief who stole a woman's cell phone and then was dumb enough to accidentally post a photo of himself smoking marijuana on her...
Parking lot attendant accidentally crashes van into Upper Manhattan building
What a bad parking job! An Upper Manhattan parking lot attendant accidentally drove a van through a fence, over an alley and into a five-story building last night – smashing...
Team USA humbled by Mexico in World Baseball Classic
PHOENIX — America’s game is turning into America’s shame. On a night Team USA was humbled 5-2 by Mexico at Chase Field in the World Baseball Classic Friday night as...
Firing up Fed foes
The Labor Department surprised everyone yesterday when it reported that a lot more jobs than expected were created in February. President Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in fact,...
More people moonlighting to make ends meet
Moonlighting may be underlying some of the momentum in the job market. Along with the rise of part-time workers, more Americans are holding down a second job, leading to a...
Business briefs
NabbedFlorian Wilhelm Jurgen Homm, a German hedge fund manager was arrested in Florence on US fraud charges. Homm allegedly caused at least $200 million in losses to investors in hedge...
Coinstar takes steps to avert shareholder battle
The battle for Coinstar is over before it’s begun. Faced with slowing growth and a sagging stock price, the company — best known for its Redbox DVD rental kiosks —...
Activist investors fishing for $1B+ companies
There’s no such thing as too big to rattle. Boardrooms are running scared as activist investors — who oust boards, press companies to return cash and push for corporate breakups...
NYC pension funds join effort to oust HP directors
New York City’s pension funds have joined the effort to oust two Hewlett-Packard directors who presided over some of the company’s most costly mistakes. The two directors targeted — John...
Goldman loses a round
Chalk another one up for activist investors. Goldman Sachs yesterday lost its bid to keep a shareholder proposal to split the chairman and CEO roles off its proxy statement. Yesterday,...
Fish McBites are floundering
McDonald’s new Fish McBites failed to hook enough diners to get the fast-food chain’s US sales growing in February. The world’s biggest hamburger chain said yesterday that a key sales...
Waldorf hysteria
A unit of controversial Long Island insurance broker Waldorf & Associates will operate under the supervision of Pennsylvania regulators for five years, according to the state’s Department of Insurance. State...
Goldman, JPMorgan get dinged
It’s the back of the class for Wall Street titans Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein. While both their banks passed government-mandated stress tests, they gave themselves higher grades than regulators...
State trumpets ivory seizure
A Manhattan jewelry wholesaler has admitted to having 70 pounds of illegal elephant ivory as the state continues a crackdown on trade in products made from endangered and threatened species.Department...
Lil’ Kim sues former lawyer
Brooklyn-born rapper Lil’ Kim slapped her former lawyer and business partner with a $9 million lawsuit yesterday. Kimberly Denise Jones, 38, accused attorney Sunny Barkats and pal Andrew Ro of...
One scarry ‘Slay nanny’
NOW YOU SEE IT: Yoselyn Ortega, the Upper West Side nanny who allegedly killed youngsters Lucia and Leo Krim (inset) and then slashed herself in the throat, appears in court...
Brennan in at CIA
WASHINGTON — In a gesture to his opponents, John Brennan yesterday swore to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution as the new CIA director. Brennan chose an original draft copy...
Taliban blast greets Hagel
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the Afghan Defense Ministry early today, killing at least nine Afghan civilians as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited...
Osama kin’s evil silence
Osama bin Laden’s tough-talking son-in-law had little to say yesterday when he was hauled into a Manhattan courtroom for urging Muslims to wage war on “the Jews, the Christians and...
Two-faced ‘jerks’
The three track runners at Bronx HS of Science accused of viciously hazing a freshman teammate yukked it up outside their Bronx court appearance yesterday — before getting slapped with...
Kentucky ‘pol’ Judd under fire
WASHINGTON — Actress Ashley Judd’s early moves toward a 2014 run for US senator in Kentucky got off to a rocky start, with policy stumbles and close scrutiny of her...
On fast track to prison
A retired LIRR electrician got rerouted to the slammer yesterday for taking part in the massive “gravy train” disability scam.Gary Satin, 63, was slapped with 20 months behind bars and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** One of four men suspected of robbing and sexually assaulting a transgender prostitute in a Midtown hotel has been arrested, authorities said. Jorge Castro, 25, had a pistol...
Dog-slay arrest
They chased him for months from Harlem to Albany, but investigators for the Manhattan DA yesterday finally pulled the accused torturer of a puppy off a train in Penn Station...
Nude 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' scene revealed
Emilia Clarke fans can save their cash — here’s the nude scene that sent them into a photo-snapping frenzy during Broadway’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” this week. The “Game of Thrones”...
Bye, beach bum
He’ll finally move out of Mom’s house — and into jail. Serial deadbeat Gerardo Fusella — who last year won the right to summer at his parents’ Jersey Shore vacation...
Pope vote next week
The College of Cardinals set Tuesday afternoon as the start of their closed-door conclave, making it likely a new pope will be elected by Palm Sunday. But Timothy Cardinal Dolan...
Catholic push for gay nups
A majority — 54 percent — of US Catholics want the Church to overturn its teachings and endorse gay marriage, a new Quinnipiac poll found. Only 35 percent were in...
SI beep: Ban welfare for teenage mothers
ALBANY — City taxpayers should stop playing sugar daddy to teen moms, Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro said yesterday. While praising Mayor Bloomberg’s $400,000 ad campaign to reduce teen...
Gov hails city campaign system
The Big Apple’s taxpayer-financed campaign system should go statewide, Gov. Cuomo said yesterday. “I support a public-finance system basically modeled on the New York City system,” the governor said at...
Ailing hosp lives another day
A Brooklyn judge yesterday gave Long Island College Hospital a reprieve — ordering it to stay open for business pending his decision on whether it can shut its doors for...
Cuomo ‘Taps’ bridge bucks
Gov. Cuomo says New York is close to receiving a $1.5 billion federal loan to help build the new Tappan Zee Bridge.The state had been hoping for as much as...
Something rotten in Denmark
Diners who forked out $260 before drinks for a top-notch meal in a Danish restaurant got more than they bargained for when dozens came down with food poisoning. The two-Michelin-star...
City councilman wants to plaster subway walls with photos of sex fiends
A city councilman wants to plaster the subway walls with mug shots of serial sex fiends so straphangers know whom to avoid. Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Queens), chair of the Public...
Elisabeth Hasselbeck getting boot from 'The View' over unpopular right-wing musings
Elisabeth Hasselbeck is being booted from “The View” because her right-wing musings are unpopular for daytime TV, according to a report. Hasselbeck, 35, the show’s lone conservative voice, reportedly won’t...
LIU names 1st gal prexy
Long Island University has named its first woman president, former SUNY Vice Chancellor Kimberly Cline.She is currently president of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry. She will succeed David Steinberg, who...
'Corrupt' Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks represented US at Hugo Chavez's funeral
WASHINGTON — Send in the clowns! President Obama dispatched embattled Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks to represent the US government yesterday at the funeral of Venezuelan strong man Hugo “El Loco”...
Yacht ‘robber’ sunk
A hammer-wielding man broke into a yacht at Pier 25 — only to wake the captain, who busted the crook aboard the vessel, law-enforcement sources said. Shlomo Avraham, 31 —...
Gov & mayor threat charge
A Rockland County man accused of making death threats on Facebook against Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg has been indicted by a federal grand jury.Lawrence Mulqueen, of Nanuet, is also...
Rich slum dogs
Bill Gates would probably prefer the Waldorf. Mayor Bloomberg yesterday put his foot in his mouth by suggesting homeless shelters are bursting at the seams because anyone can get a...
Kennedy fighting drug rap
Kerry Kennedy argued yesterday that the drugged-driving case against her should be dismissed because she had only accidentally taken a sleeping pill and because the only damage done was to...
Wallet thief a crook with looks
She’s a stylish but sticky-fingered thief who is wanted for a pair of sneaky city robberies. A cute 20-something snatched a woman’s wallet at the Key Food supermarket on Avenue...
Cooking oil from Louisiana restaurants powering JFK-to-Amsterdam flights
Come fly the fatty skies. New Yorkers for the first time can take a commercial flight from Kennedy Airport to Amsterdam on a jumbo jet fueled by the same grease...
Rep. King demands to know how 'bomber' got past Newark security
The undercover TSA agent who got past Newark Airport screeners with an improvised explosive device in his pants exposed a stunning lack of security that the agency had better fix...
C’town bus shut
The feds shut down another Chinatown bus line yesterday, charging the company with failing to drug-test drivers and using shoddy replacement parts.The US Department of Transportation called the Ming An...
Airline big cuts into TSA
Delta CEO Richard Anderson yesterday joined the growing opposition to the new Transportation Security Administration policy that allows passengers to carry small knives onto planes. The new rules allow passengers...
Family of boy killed on way to school to sue city, absent crossing guard for $50M
The family of the boy struck and killed by a truck on his way to an East Harlem elementary school plans to sue the city and the crossing guard who...
Tragic boy’s uncle lashes out at Mike
Mayor Bloomberg’s comments on East Harlem traffic safety evoked a stinging letter from the uncle of Amar Diarrassouba, a 6-year-old boy killed there by a truck. “Though we are all...
Bikini model’s ‘nudes’ flash
Sexy swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen posted a racy nude photo of herself on Instagram to celebrate a Twitter milestone — violating a “terms-of-use agreement” that could get her kicked off...
Lord’s in ‘cannibal’ corner
The accused “cannibal cop” could be in line for some divine intervention. Defense lawyers for Gilberto Valle revealed yesterday that Catholic missionaries in Westchester County were praying for him as...
Paying double for scam
A judge yesterday threw the book at a remorseless con man who duped women out of their money, sending him to a federal prison for four years — double the...
Racist madman to rot
You’re just a vicious racist, a Manhattan judge said in sentencing a psychotic gunman to 240 years in prison for holding 15 white patrons of an East Village wine bar...
‘Buff’oon teacher loses job after using school e-mail address in personal ads
A former male model-turned-elementary-schoolteacher sent out sexually explicit e-mails to potential hookups on Craigslist — but idiotically used a school e-mail account to do so, investigators found. Upper East Side...
Weekend warm-up coming
After two days of wind, snow, rain and slush, we’re being rewarded with a sunny weekend with highs around 50 degrees. “And there’s a shot at 60 on Monday,” said...
Salon wife killer guilty
A drug-addled and jealous ex-con was found guilty yesterday of slashing his beautician wife to death in her Garment District salon two years ago.Michael Kenny, 44, had hoped to dodge...
Hit-run demon violated probation
The Brooklyn hit-and-run driver who killed a young couple and their newborn son last Sunday violated his probation in 2007 just a month after he was released from prison, according...
When Washington was really grim
‘When I first met Richard Nixon,” Robert Bork says in the book he completed a few weeks before his death in December, “I could see in his expression the conviction...
Iran’s Latin Buddy
Was Hugo Chavez a closet member of Hezbollah and a “follower of the Imam”? According to Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the answer is an emphatic yes. “Chavez was a pure...
Not too sharp an idea: knives in our carry-ons?
The Issue: The Transportation Security Administration decision to allow small knives on planes. *** The TSA — Totally Stupid Agency — is allowing small knives on planes (“Shanks on a...
White House tour de farce
The Issue: The White House decision to cancel its public tours, citing layoffs due to the sequester cuts. *** This is a political stunt to get people’s attention regarding the...
All in the family
Favors from Assemblyman Vito Lopez always come with a heavy price — just ask Judge Pamela Fisher. The Post reported last month that a 14-year-old intern appeared to be one...
Here’s to drunken diplomats
So wild has New York become that the Obama administration is launching an abstinence campaign . . . for UN diplomats. High-level officials have been showing up to budget meetings...
Mo no mo
These days when a professional athlete calls a press conference not related to a new contract, fans have come to expect something involving steroids — or worse. But Yankee reliever...
What Congress needs
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is a real-life Murray Blum. Blum, played by Charles Grodin, is the president’s accountant in the comedy “Dave,” which I think of every time...
Conservatives & citizenship
Jeb Bush’s recent backtracking on the question of whether we should grant legal residency but withhold citizenship to the 11 million illegal immigrants living in the country today is far...
Kids calendar
Today BRING THE NOISE: Quiet time is overrated. Skip the silence and sound off at VH1 Save the Music Foundation Family Day, where live performances from the Little Orchestra Society,...
Nothing’s free from the charity stripe for Nets’ Evans
The Nets may see some “Hack-a-Reggie” in their future. Facing a huge deficit in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s game, the Wizards sent Reggie Evans to the foul line...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
Fred Cappy Capossela Aqueduct, ninth race. Purse: $100,000. Six furlongs, 3-year-olds. Post: 4:52 p.m. LOWDOWN: Clawback ran well to finish second in his first two starts at Saratoga and over...
Mets training day
GEE WHIZ His control wasn’t at its sharpest, but Dillon Gee said he felt good after allowing just one hit and a run in four innings. The only issue was...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2 fur; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4upPROS PAL cuts back in distance and drops in class after tiring and being...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile trot; $10,000; condTRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:19 TIME-27.3; 57.0; 1:27.4; 1:56.1 4CmeronChp(JMettns)3.802.802.409Melady's Monet (D Miller)11.805.805Outlaw (C Callahan)3.20* Exacta (4-9) $50.00 * Trifecta (4-9-5) $251.20Winner picked by Bill SmithSECOND: mile...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $22,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Should Make It(L),114J Davis5-5-6Contess15-12 Bird Fu(L),118K Coa9-5-1Persaud8-13 PreciousFranca(L),114I Ortiz, Jr2-5-3Sacco5-24 Proud Siren(L),121SCamchJr3-2-4J Ortiz5-15 EStreetBourbon(L),114P Morales3-7-2Ness3-16...
Vic Cangialosi at Tampa Bay Graded Entries
FIRST-1m&40yds; $25,000; mdn; 3YO2-Country Lyric 3-15-MizzentheCkes4-11-Indy Awesome 9-26-Gorgui 5-13-New Line 2-17-ChsngtheRses20-14-Dntbthermen30-18-Plime Blank 15-1SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $35,000; hdcp; 4up(f)1-It's Me Mom 1-15-Who Is Camille 8-12-Funny Sunny 6-16-Elissa Greeley 20-13-Cheechako 4-17-Glass Bottle...
Gulfstream Charts
March 8th, 2013Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m(T); $36,300; alw; 3YO(f)Off: 1:06. Good. chased, drivingTime: 23.86, 48.51, 1:11.97, 1:23.54, 1:35.72.Trainer: Jane CibelliWinner: DK B/ F, 3, by...
Sports Shorts
HOOPS: LeBron leads Heat to 17th in a row LeBron James scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Dwyane Wade added 22 points and the Heat beat the visiting 76ers...
Verrazano favored in Tampa Bay Derby
Will the Kentucky Derby prove to be a bridge too far for Verrazano? Favored at 4-5 in a field of nine for today’s Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (post...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Warrawee Needy (2nd)FIRST: Mile pace; $12,500; cond5 I Do Hanover(AMiller)3-9-37-24 Sky Is The Limit(MMiller)1-4-64-11 Arc De Triumph(TTetrick)1-10-25-22 Veto Hanover(JCampbell)7-4-812-13 Cyclone Artist(YGingras)6-7-49-26 PembrkeAlecBsh(MMcDnld)2-2-58-17 Don't Ya Know(DMiller)1-4-95-1SECOND:...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1m(T); $26,200; clm($35,000); 3upCONQUESTA drops in class after second by neck as favorite. ENGLISH CROSSING second this distance and level two back. SNIT FIT fourth as favorite...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
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The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogGEORGETOWN1 1/2SyracuseUCONN4ProvidenceBOSTON COLL.4Georgia TechMinnesota3 1/2PURDUEMEMPHIS16UabFlorida5 1/2KENTUCKYSAINT LOUIS8La SalleIowa St.2 1/2WEST VA.OKLA. ST.7Kansas St.VANDERBILT9S. CarolinaLSU1 1/2MississippiWASHINGTONPickUclaBALL ST.10N. IllinoisE. MICHIGAN2ToledoPittsburgh12 1/2DEPAULARKANSAS8 1/2Texas A&MMarquette4ST. JOHN'SGEO. WASH.1DaytonNc State3 1/2FLORIDA ST.Umass3 1/2RHODE ISL.IOWA13NebraskaMIAMI13ClemsonW. MICHIGAN12C....
Jefferson’s Johnakin works on turnaround after trouble with law
Sunday’s PSAL Class AA semifinal is more than a basketball game to Thomas Jefferson High School’s Kareem Johnakin. It is a symbol of how far he has come. Johnakin was...
Offers not flying in for Wings stars
Rather than bask in the glow of another big playoff victory, a come-from-behind win in the PSAL Class AA quarterfinals last Saturday that sent Wings Academy to the Final Four...
These arms offer a mound of help
No matter what you name your fantasy baseball team (and the name of your squad is very important), it won’t matter one bit unless you prepare for the draft. You...
Giants won’t hike tix
Teams often wait until late Friday afternoon to announce ticket increases, hoping to minimize the publicity damage using the cover of the upcoming weekend. The Giants yesterday stated they sent...
Jets lose another QB option as vet stays with Dolphins
Another one bites the dust. The Jets are quickly running out of veteran options to provide the competition they have promised Mark Sanchez as Matt Moore — thought to be...
Tiger atop star-studded Doral leaderboard
DORAL, Fla. — Leaderboard watching is not something PGA Tour pros usually do until Sunday. Yet that’s exactly what Graeme McDowell and Phil Mickelson found themselves doing during their respective...
Piazza’s Italy team stays unbeaten
PHOENIX — La dolce vita, indeed. Mike Piazza and Team Italy are living the sweet life in the WBC. Perhaps the former slugger should be the Mets’ hitting coach someday,...
Scrappy Rangers run out of gas in 3rd as Senators snap their win streak
The Rangers, with little left in their tank last night, made one last push in the hope of continuing their winning streak. The puck came to the blade of Derek...
Richards’ return to Rangers bad for Boyle
With the return of Brad Richards from a two-game absence, Rangers coach John Tortorella had a decision to make on who to sit Friday night against the Senators. Instead of...
Aged Hopkins’ future Cloud-y
Bernard Hopkins walked into a press conference on Wednesday wearing a black hoodie with dark shades and a black mask covering the lower half of his face. He was playing...
Lundqvist beaten by mentor’s son
This wasn’t as much the pupil defeating the mentor, but the mentor’s son defeating the pupil. Or, if you’re scoring (which the Rangers rarely do if Rick Nash isn’t on...
On this night, one-third of P.J’s Big Three is more than enough
Long before Deron Williams turned Barclays Center into his own personal playground last night, Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo was talking about the importance of his Big Three playing like...
Nets' Williams hits record 9 first-half 3-pointers
When the Nets convinced Deron Williams to re-sign during free agency last summer, they had nights like this in mind, nights when he would lift the crowd inside Barclays Center...
Game of shame for USA in WBC
PHOENIX — America’s game is turning into America’s shame. On a night Team USA was humbled 5-2 by Mexico at Chase Field in the World Baseball Classic as R.A. Dickey...
Knicks’ D clamps down without Melo
On Wednesday, the Knicks held the Pistons to just 77 points. On Thursday, they limited the Thunder — the NBA’s second-best offense — to 95. Without Carmelo Anthony. When Anthony...
Kenyon leaves his mark for Knicks
By adding Kenyon Martin, Raymond Felton says the Knicks have gained an enforcer, someone who can push back against other teams with physicality. “He brings a bruiser,” Felton said. “He...
Rivera walk talk today
TAMPA — Hours before Mariano Rivera makes his exhibition season debut today at Steinbrenner Field, baseball’s all-time top closer will tell the world 2013 is the final chapter of a...
Yankees' Rivera has respect from opponents
JUPITER, Fla. — The Marlins had just one workday to prepare for the Yankees in the 2003 World Series, thanks to the classic American League Championship Series that didn’t end...
Yankees' Pettitte says he's ready for game action
TAMPA — Andy Pettitte is anxious to face hitters who aren’t his teammates. Pettitte, likely to be the Yankees’ No. 3 starter, said he is ready for his first game...
Parnell’s another step closer for Mets
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Mets are still waiting for Bobby Parnell to make the leap from solid setup reliever to closer. Yesterday, he pitched a perfect inning against the Tigers...
Mets view Tejada as a fixture at shortstop
LAKELAND, Fla. — When Jose Reyes signed his six-year, $106 million contract with the Marlins, it hardly seemed realistic to think Ruben Tejada would last longer with the Mets than...
Mets need Lucas to live up to potential in Citi
PORT ST. LUCIE — One day you are Kevin Maas. You have lefty power and pop a few homers and the roster is so terrible around you that the opportunities...
Tino: Don’t count the Yankees out
JUPITER, Fla. — Maybe it’s just that old loyalties die hard. Perhaps Tino Martinez surveys his new team, destined for the National League East basement, and thinks the Yankees look...
Jeter could play today vs. Braves after testing ankle in simulated game
TAMPA — Derek Jeter’s surgically repaired fractured left ankle is healed. He had five at-bats in a simulated game against Andy Pettitte yesterday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. So, do...
Tigers' Hunter doesn’t buy into Yankees’ blues
LAKELAND, Fla. — Torii Hunter may have ended up with the Tigers instead of the Yankees this offseason, but he still is paying attention to what’s going on in Tampa....
Yankees training day
GETTING CLOSER Derek Jeter facing Andy Pettitte in a simulated game was a step forward in Jeter’s return from a fractured left ankle. ADAM AND EEK Adam Warren, who will...
‘Street’ signs
Fans of “Ripper Street” won’t be disappointed by tonight’s season finale — which ties up some loose ends and leaves other plot stones unturned. “We wanted to make sure that,...
Val to visit ‘The Doctors’
Valerie Harper, who revealed this week that she has only months to live, will appear on two shows next week to discuss her illness.The former “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and...
The 10-spot: America’s ‘Idol’ finalists
New York won’t be represented among the “American Idol” finalists this time around. Queens-born Tenna Torres, who’d made the “Idol” semi-finals, was given her walking papers on Thursday night’s live...
Sap happy!
Mention maple syrup, and New York probably isn’t the first state to jump to mind. That would be a northern neighbor that begins with a V. But graced with an...
Weird but true
Casual Fridays are nice, but one Florida health-care company takes it up a notch and treats its employees to a free brewski on “Beer Cart Fridays.” Advance Medical allows staffers...
Shorthanded St. John’s needs late-season rally
When the 2012-2013 St. John’s basketball schedule was released, there was no doubt the regular-season finale against Marquette was going to be a crucial game. It’s turning out to be...
Big East breakup official
The Big East made its split official yesterday, with seven basketball schools breaking away from the football-playing members in a deal that takes effect on July 1. Commissioner Mike Aresco...
Rutgers finishes Hall of a season sweep
Myles Mack scored 15 points as Rutgers posted a 56-51 victory over Seton Hall last night in Newark, sweeping the season series for the first time since 2000-01. Jerome Seagears...
City game brings hope to many
Basketball, the city game, has always struck me as being a cathartic sport. The drumming beat of a basketball being dribbled. The calming swish of a basketball licking the nets....
LIU begins quest for 3-peat
Liu Brooklyn hasn’t lost a game in the Northeast Conference Tournament in more than two years. It also hasn’t played one away from home. The third-seeded Blackbirds will leave their...
Cops searching for man who groped 12-year-old girl
Police are hunting a short man who touched a 12-year-old girl’s butt when she was on her way to school in Queens this morning, cops said. The man touched the...
Seton Hall recruit Wilbut arrested on robbery charge
The hits keep on coming for Seton Hall.On the heels of a disappointing season that included a season sweep by in-state rival Rutgers for the first time in a decade...
Deron hits NBA-record 9 3-pointers in first half as Nets blast Wizards
When the Nets convinced Deron Williams to re-sign during free agency last summer, they had nights like this in mind, nights when he would lift the crowd inside Barclays Center...
Scrappy Rangers run out of gas in 3rd as Senators snap their win streak
The Rangers, with little left in their tank last night, made one last push in the hope of continuing their winning streak. The puck came to the blade of Derek...
Giants' Osi: I'm going to win Defensive Player of the Year
Osi Umenyiora is a veteran of 10 NFL seasons with the Giants but he is about to embark on an adventure he’s never before experienced. For the first time, he’s...
UES teacher fired after he's caught sending racy hookup emails from school account: officials
A former male model-turned-elementary school teacher sent out sexually-explicit emails to potential hookups on Craigslist — but boneheadedly used a school email account to do so, investigators found. Upper East...