May 3, 2013
Bulls’ Luol Deng likely to miss Game 7 against Nets
If the Bulls are going to hold off the Nets and win Game 7 of their best-of-seven first round series on the road in Brooklyn Saturday night, it looks like...
Former Manhattan coach Rohrssen nears return to Pittsburgh
Former Manhattan College men’s basketball coach Barry Rohrssen is expected to accept an assistant-coaching position at Pittsburgh, a source told The Post. Rohrssen, known as “Slice,” helped make the Panthers...
In-form Red Bulls wary of Columbus
After mustering just five points through their first seven games, the Red Bulls have somewhat righted the listing ship with nine points in their last three. Now they head to...
Knicks rookie Copeland: Shoulder not 100 percent but I’m ready
BOSTON – Rookie Chris Copeland says his left shoulder isn’t “100 percent’’ but is aching to help the Knicks moribund offense tonight in pivotal Game 6 at TD Garden. Mike...
DVD Extra: Hello, Barbra!
Just-ended April was quite a month for Barbra Streisand and her fans. She was feted last week at Lincoln Center (I wasn't invited) and a couple of days later a...
Rangers' Clowe returns to ice, may play in Game 2
Ryane Clowe returned to the ice Friday morning for the first time since suffering an injury in the penultimate game of the regular season, and wouldn’t rule out the possibility...
Celtics' Williams: Knicks wearing black in poor taste
WALTHAM, Mass – File this news flash in the same category with water is wet, Trump is rich and the Yankees are injured.The Knicks and Celtics don’t like each other.Terrence...
Knicks' Carmelo: LaLa right to be upset, Celtics always throw her 'into the mix'
BOSTON – Carmelo Anthony said his wife La La Vazquez has a right to be “upset’’ that her name is reemerging during the Celtics series. Boston reserve Jordan Crawford, according...
Penguins' Crosby back for Game 2 vs. Islanders
PITTSBURGH—So all the hype finally comes to a head Friday night at the CONSOL Energy Center, when Penguins star Sidney Crosby returns to the lineup after missing over a month...
FRIDAY FIVE: Illegal PEDs
Yesterday, at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, I attended a news conference hosted by four separate entities: University of Massachusetts Boston, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Taylor...
Black Onyx scratched from Kentucky Derby
Black Onyx, a 50-1 shot on the morning line for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, has been scratched by trainer Kelly Breen. The reason is not yet disclosed, although a vet was...
3UP: The Mo Rivera edition
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about the state of Mariano Rivera exactly a year after tearing his right ACL. I spoke to five scouts who had seen...
Knicks hope to finally close out series vs. Celtics
BOSTON — The Knicks can still make this a Black Friday for the Celtics with a win tonight. The Knicks try to win their first-round Eastern Conference series in six...
2004 Red Sox are Celtics’ ‘roll’ models
The signs are everywhere now. Panic on the sidewalks of New York, lumps in throats ... hope and faith and belief in miracles in Beantown. It can’t be happening again....
With Knicks' Novak likely out, Copeland to get shot
BOSTON — It may be Chris Copeland Time again. Mike Woodson said 3-point specialist Steve Novak likely won’t play tonight in Game 6 after suffering back spasms that kept him...
Corked Mickey Mantle bat hits the auction block
Say it ain’t so, Mickey. A corked bat reportedly swung by Yankees legend Mickey Mantle is hitting the auction block – the Mick’s first known doctored bat. Grey Flannel Auctions...
Business briefs
Higher hopesA string of data yesterday raised hopes for stronger hiring and US growth in coming months. The reports came one day before the government will reveal how many jobs...
LinkedIn sinks on forecast disconnect
LinkedIn lost some of its luster yesterday. The professional social network reported first quarter results that topped Wall Street’s forecasts, but issued guidance for the current quarter that disappointed investors....
Schumer eyes corporate tax break on overseas cash
Chuck Schumer has not given up on the idea of a corporate tax break on profits parked overseas, The Post has learned. New York’s senior senator is telling some business...
Martha, Anna and Ellie: mag mavens honored
The magazine media industry gathered at the Marriott Marquis last night for the annual National Magazine Awards — and while New York and National Geographic grabbed high honors, it was...
Rewriting Scripps
Home improvement is in — and cooking shows are out. That’s the news from Scripps Networks Interactive, where its Food Network shed 17 percent of its audience during the 12...
Singer insists he’s no ‘vulture’ in Argentina battle
Hedge fund mogul Paul Singer wants to make one thing clear: He is no vulture. The billionaire’s decade-long legal battle to force Argentina to pay off the debt it owes...
Motown man
Doug Morris, the chairman and CEO of Sony Music, has had his hands on plenty of hits over the years — most recently Justin Timberlake’s “20/20 Experience.” But few, he...
Bank beef a capital complaint
Wall Street’s bristling at proposed capital rules, and they’re threatening higher fees for access to their money. The nation’s biggest banks are saying they would be forced to reduce lending...
Yelp beats the Street
Yelp shares jumped 27 percent to $32.22 after first-quarter revenue rose 68 percent to $46.1 million, topping analysts’ estimates, helped by an expansion into new markets and a jump in...
Change in store at Sears
The best thing about Sears’ loyalty card and Internet business: It makes it easier to get rid of stores. Hedge-fund billionaire Eddie Lampert, who took over Sears as CEO in...
Buffett’s pay plan
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, said his eventual successor would probably be paid more than the $100,000 he is to run the company.“I’ve written a...
‘Trading’ places
Todd Newman, the stock trader who helped take down hedge-fund firm Diamondback Capital Management with a multimillion dollar insider-trading scheme, was sentenced yesterday to 4 1/2 years in prison. The...
Cohen vows to clean up SAC
SAC Capital’s Steve Cohen told investors yesterday he is determined to clean up the $14 billion hedge fund that has seen five former employees either plead guilty or confess to...
O taps big-bucks pal for Cabinet
WASHINGTON — President Obama nominated billionaire Chicago business exec Penny Pritzker — one of his earliest backers and a key fund-raiser — as commerce secretary yesterday. “Today is her birthday,”...
Gay path to citizenship draws ire
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy is expected to introduce an amendment to immigration reform legislation next week that would extend rights to same-sex couples — a move...
Bombing’s toll in immig poll
WASHINGTON — A new poll shows a slip in support for legislation that would create a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants. A little over half of the...
Boston Marathon bombers initially eyed Fourth of July terror blast; body claimed
The Boston Marathon bombers originally planned to launch their attack on the Fourth of July — but moved up the date when they finished building their arsenal sooner than they...
Loopy Lohan on the lam
Be on the lookout for this bimbo. Lindsay Lohan went on the lam in California yesterday after freaking out and refusing to enter court-ordered rehab — and prosecutors threatened to...
’16 Dem poll: It’s all Hill
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton is dominating the Democratic field in a new presidential poll by a margin that could make her think twice about any planned retirement from politics....
Etch-a-donor OK at FDR Park
Big-bucks donors to the FDR Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island can go ahead and etch their names in the memorial stone, an appeals court ruled yesterday. The Reed Foundation...
Little Italy sidewalk cafe blasts city for ‘al fiasco’
A Mulberry Street eatery is suing to stop the city from ripping up its decades-old sidewalk cafe, saying New York can’t afford to make Little Italy any smaller. Adele Gallo,...
Prosecutors want boyfriend 'stabber' to spend 10 years behind bars
One thrust of the knife, one decade in prison. Prosecutors are playing hardball with the Latvian lovely charged with plunging a kitchen knife into the chest of her cheating boyfriend,...
W. Village residents’ bike rage
Hundreds of frustrated West Village residents last night spewed their anger over the city’s controversial bike-share program at a community-board meeting.“We’re second-class citizens in our own city,” said Sean Sweeney,...
‘Slayer’ rock star, 49, dies
LOS ANGELES — Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of the thrash-metal band Slayer, died yesterday of liver failure. He was 49. A Slayer spokeswoman said Hanneman died at a Los...
Good night, Dear Boy
Family, friends and colleagues paid tribute yesterday to late New York Post editor Roger Wood, who steered the tabloid through one of the city’s most turbulent decades. Wood, 87, who...
EPA provides Sandy boo$t
New York and New Jersey communities hit by Hurricane Sandy will get $569 million for improvements to sewage and drinking-water facilities, the federal Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday.New York will...
Newark air scare probed
The airline whose jet clipped another plane on a taxiway at Newark Airport and lost part of a wing is investigating the incident, authorities said yesterday.Scandinavian Airlines, widely known as...
A new dream Coliseum
Developer Bruce Ratner and Madison Square Garden officials yesterday pitched rival plans to renovate Nassau Coliseum that closely resemble Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and the major renovation of MSG. “It would...
MSG fans cry foul
Getting out of Madison Square Garden after Knick and Ranger games has become a cramped nightmare, fans claim. This season, ticket holders can use only the main set of stairs...
‘Killer’ son hospitalized
A man charged with bludgeoning his schoolteacher mother to death while in the throes of an epileptic seizure at their Midtown apartment last year was sprung from jail on $40,000...
Poker suspect’s court date
He’s back in action. New York art dealer Hillel “Helly” Nahmad [third from left] joined Spike Lee and others Wednesday at the Garden to cheer on the Knicks from his...
S. Pacific NYPD
The NYPD wants to send detectives to the Philippines to hunt down a fugitive home-health aide charged with murdering a wealthy Manhattan jeweler, The Post has learned. Miguel Abarentos, 26,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Police have released a sketch of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman early yesterday in East Harlem. The attack occurred in a hallway of an...
City shops fume over 21+ cig bill
Bodega and newsstand owners panned the City Council’s attempts to curb smoking as ineffective and costly during a hearing yesterday.The council is considering increasing the legal age of buying cigarettes...
Better tighten your belt: Mike
Mayor Bloomberg fired off a stern warning yesterday that the next mayor will have to rein in spending because pension and health-care costs are breaking the bank and residents won’t...
La La rips Celtics' bench player
Hell hath no fury like an angry basketball wife. La La Vasquez yesterday ripped the Boston Celtic bench-warmer who nearly started a brawl after Game 5 with a lewd comment...
A golden farewell at CUNY
The CUNY Board of Trustees has approved a $2 million send-off for departing Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, school documents show. Goldstein, the first school official to ever have the title “chancellor...
Midlife crisis now suicidal
BUFFALO, NY — The suicide rate among middle-aged New Yorkers rose 42 percent from 1999 to 2010, far outpacing the 28 percent increase seen among peers nationwide, according to a...
It’s the jewel in the Apple’s crown
Old Glory flew proudly above lower Manhattan yesterday as the flag-draped final piece of 1 World Trade Center soared to the top of the building and signaled the massive tower’s...
Porsche ‘time’ bandits
Two savvy thieves with expensive taste made off with a lucrative watch from the Porsche Design Store in Midtown, police sources said. A blond woman distracted a worker at the...
Derby horse a bridge to love
A New Jersey race-horse owner was so grateful for the Verrazano Bridge in helping him win over his fiancée, he named his prized colt after it — and now the...
DNA clue in ricin case
OXFORD, Miss. — A dust mask tossed by the suspect in the ricin-mail case tested positive for ricin and for the man’s DNA, an FBI agent testified yesterday.James Everett Dutschke,...
Reese: I acted like fool
She can’t help herself — she’s an actress! Reese Witherspoon says she was inadvertently channeling her “Legally Blonde” character, Elle Woods, when she sassed an Atlanta cop who arrested her...
$70B tab on O’s fed ‘fixes’
WASHINGTON — An avalanche of new federal regulations piled on during President Obama’s first term is costing Americans an added $70 billion a year, a new study found.The Heritage Foundation...
Liu pals guilty
Embattled city Comptroller John Liu’s ex-campaign treasurer and a former fund-raiser face decades in federal prison after being convicted yesterday of trying to scam matching funds from the city’s Campaign...
Cathie’s celeb blitz
The Bloomberg administration was forced to release e-mails yesterday that show it aggressively courted celebrities and feminist icons to bolster support for the mayor’s embattled pick for schools chancellor, Cathie...
Ethnic ID key to bust – but bill would nix it
An suspected gangbanger and iPhone thief arrested at a Queens subway station would still be on the loose under a City Council bill to prevent cops from searching for suspects...
First top 10 gal terrorist
Joanne Chesimard became the first woman on the FBI’s 10 most-wanted-terrorists list yesterday, the 40th anniversary of her execution of a New Jersey state trooper.The reward for the capture of...
Pervert’s earlier attack
Cops believe that a man who molested a young girl in Queens Wednesday is responsible for a similar attack three hours earlier. In the first attack, the suspect approached a...
A hope for answers
On Wednesday, the FBI released photos of three men present at the deadly jihadist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya; the bureau has asked the Libyans’ help in...
Setting records in sports: Does coming out count?
The Issue: The announcement by NBA player Jason Collins that he is gay, a first for the league. *** Thank you, Jason Collins (“Collins Says ‘Mind-boggling’ To Be First Athlete...
When the feds cry ‘racism’
The Issue: Whether towns should be forced to supply low-income housing to promote integration. *** The editorial discussing the federal government’s attempt to force local governments to have a certain...
The Weiner wealth model
Working moms face a perennial challenge in balancing their families and careers. But it turns out they can have it all. They just have to follow in the footsteps of...
In the name of the father
Meet the Rev. Michael Fugee, a priest now making headlines in New Jersey. In a 2001 confession he later recanted, Fr. Fugee admitted to police he had grabbed the crotch...
The schedule that counts
“State Health Commissioner Nirav Shah said Wednesday there is no timetable for completing a public-health analysis of [fracking] technology for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who will decide whether the state will...
ObamaCare falling
Four issues have dogged ObamaCare from the moment it was signed into law in 2010. First was its constitutionality. That was resolved in its favor by the Supreme Court last...
Searching for the wrong miracles
The US pharmaceutical landscape has changed rapidly and radically over the past decade — with dire consequences. Companies have exited en masse from research in traditional disease areas, plunging headfirst...
Meet the undercover cop who brought 'The Iceman' to justice
Undercover agent Dominick Polifrone was never more on his guard than during the 18 months he built up a case against the so-called Iceman — after all, serial killer Richard...
Undercooked ‘Something in the Air’ has nothing to say about high school revolution
Olivier Assayas’ “Something in the Air,” like his similarly undercooked 2010 film “Summer Hours,” has the aroma of an autobiographical confession by someone for whom life hasn’t been overly difficult....
‘Bull’ turns corporate downsizing into a fight to the death
In Mike Bartlett’s off-Broadway hit “Cock” — alternatively titled, for weaker hearts and newspapers, “The Cockfighting Play” — a man couldn’t make up his mind between his boyfriend and his...
Equity angered by Tonys special award
What would the Tonys be without a little controversy — a little tempest in tap shoes? And I don’t mean the fact that the infantile “Bring It On” was nominated...
'Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf’s' review
Director Matthew Miele rounded up almost every major fashion figure in the world for this film about the Fifth Avenue institution that is Bergdorf Goodman, but it’s the employees who...
'Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn' review
Give director Paul Borghese credit for daring in giving his movie a title that evokes Sergio Leone’s two most famous epics. The trouble with doing that, of course, is that...
Stephen Petronio’s ‘Like Lazarus Did’ is a divine piece about resurrection
It takes a lot of living to make great art about dying. Stephen Petronio is no longer the hot, young post-modern dancer he was in the late ’70s. Now 57,...
'Generation Um' review
Rarely has the title of a Keanu Reeves movie so perfectly reflected the star’s association with, shall we say, a certain beatific mindlessness. Keanu-observers may also note the scene in...
'Post Tenebras Lux' review
Mexican director Carlos Reygadas’ latest film comes with impressive art-house bona fides. It was booed last year at Cannes (a rite of passage for auteurs), then he won the festival’s...
'Kiss of the Damned' review
Here they come again: vampires. This time our primary bloodsucker is Djuna, played by the exquisite Joséphine de la Baume with an accent that Bela Lugosi would have had trouble...
'What Maisie Knew' review
‘What Maisie Knew” is set in contemporary Manhattan and adapted from an 1897 novel by Henry James, but for me it’s stuck somewhere in between: the 1970s, with all its...
'Greetings From Tim Buckley' review
A Venn diagram of moviegoers who a) gravitate to music biopics; b) are fans of folk singer Tim Buckley; and c) are also fans of his son Jeff would, I’m...
'Unmade In China' review
Gil Kofman has an interesting and funny story to tell in his documentary “Unmade in China.’’ Too bad he spends more time talking about himself than detailing his misadventures in...
NBA in no position to offer insight on Collins’ sexuality
Let’s give David Stern the benefit of his clout. This week, when he and Commissioner-in-waiting Adam Silver, in a released statement, provided Jason Collins their support and approval as an...
Strong end to regular season bodes well for Rangers, Capitals
The Rangers spent most of the season looking like a shadow of a team that rolled to the top seed in the Eastern Conference last year. But, as the Kings...
5 Questions with Larry Collmus
In his third year as NBC’S voice of the Triple Crown Larry Collmus talks about tomorrow’s Kentucky Derby favorites, potential surprises and why he was relieved when I’ll Have Another...
Giants' Boley pled guilty to child abuse: report
Three days after he was released by the Giants, linebacker Michael Boley on Feb. 8 was arrested for child abuse. The decision to cut Boley back on Feb. 5 was...
‘Julia’ set for Oaks
LOUISVILLE — This weekend at Churchill Downs, the nation’s best 3-year-olds might not be running in tomorrow’s Derby, but rather in today’s Grade 1, $1 million Kentucky Oaks for fillies...
Velazquez returns in time for Derby
Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez returned to race riding yesterday, finishing seventh aboard a first-time starter for trainer Todd Pletcher at Belmont Park, and was set to depart for...
Vic Cangialosi at Parx Graded Entries
Post time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $17,000; clm($10,000); 3YO5-Berry Girl 6-54-Irish Rose 20-11-Invalid 20-16-Early Ejection 9-52-Blankin Fast 8-17-Kitty Bell 9-23-Breilin 20-1SECOND-6 fur; $19,000; clm($7,500); 3up2-Miss Ravalo 8-55-R Clever Cat 4-11-Sweet asaKiss15-16-Judy's...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Possessed Fashion (4th)FIRST: Mile trot; $10,000; cond6 CantabAbs(Smedshammer)2-3-25-21 Glister Hanover(CRyder)3-5-86-18 OnlineExclusive(Lachance)2-10-59-22 Cajole Hanover(JPoliseno)1-9-815-13 Moms Fortune(FDelCid)6-7-712-14 The Fresh Prince(RPierce)4-6-108-15 The Franchise(YGingras)7-4-312-17 Crazy AboutPat(AMcCarthy)5-8-14-19 Variety Girl(JCampbell)1-5-X8-110 Zoli(DSwick)4-2-420-1SECOND:...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $30,000; clm($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 AmbassdrBrdg(L),122J Chamafi1-2-4Gyarmat12-12 Willy Pay(L),122I Ortiz, Jr2-3-1Quick6-13 TemeculaCreek(L),122CVelasquz4-5-8Jacobson5-24 Classic R and B(L),122E Castro4-8-6Sciacca10-15 Crushin Rock(L),122R Maragh4-1-3Levine4-16...
Belmont Charts
May 2nd, 2013Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 1/2 fur; $48,000; mdn clm($65,000); 3YOOff: 1:05. Good. asked 1/8-final 70 ydsTime: 22.73, 45.3, 1:09.72, 1:16.34.Trainer: Thomas MorleyWinner: B...
Hondo bears down with Cubs
Hondo survived the nail-biter last night with the Cards, who did everything but blow a 6-0 lead in Milwaukee before ultimately causing the deficit to fall to 190 ruthvens. Today,...
Senators rally past Canadiens for Game 1 win
The Canadiens are down a game and a key player early in their playoff series with the Senators. Center Lars Eller suffered a concussion and facial fractures after taking a...
Warriors send Nuggets home
Stephen Curry scored 22 points to go with eight assists, Andrew Bogut broke out with the best performance of his injury-saddled season and the Warriors eliminated the Nuggets with a...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Buchholz accused of cheating Clay Buchholz was accused by Blue Jays broadcaster Jack Morris of throwing a spitball during Wednesday’s win over Toronto. Another Blue Jays broadcast analyst, Dirk...
Yankees' A-Rod Tampa bound for next step back
It doesn’t mean Alex Rodriguez’ recovery from left hip surgery is progressing at a quicker than expected pace, but the Yankees third baseman has been given permission to start baseball...
Yankees send Joba to DL with bad oblique
The Yankees’ strongest unit managed to avoid the carnage that hit other areas until Thursday when Joba Chamberlain was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 3SATMay 4SUNMay 5MONMay 6TUEMay 7WEDMay 8THUMay 9YankeesOakland7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMOak.1:05YESWCBSOak.1:05YESWCBSNOGAMECol.8:40YESWCBSCol.8:40YESWCBSCol.3:10YESWCBSMetsAtlanta7:30SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMAtl.7:10SNYWFANAtl.1:35SNYWFANNOGAMEChi. Sox7:10SNYWFANChi. Sox7:10SNYWFANPit.7:10SNYWFANKnicksBoston7:00MSG/ESPNESPN 98.7 FMNOGAME* Bos.TBAABCESPNTBDTBDTBDTBDNetsNOGAMEChi.8:00YES/TNTWBBRTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDRangersNOGAMEWash.12:30NBCESPNNO GAMEWash.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEWash.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEIslandersPittsburgh7:00MSG PlusWRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEPit.NoonNBCWRHUNOGAMEPit.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAME* Pit.7:00MSG+WRHURed BullsNOGAMEClmb.4:00NBCSNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEMon.7:30MSG+NOGAMEHOMEAWAY
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdogKnicks1 1/2CELTICSHAWKS1 1/2PacersROCKETSPickThunderGRIZZLIES6 1/2ClippersNHL PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdogPENGUINS$190-230IslandersCANADIENS$120-140SenatorsBLCKHWKS$210-250WildCANUCKS$125-145Sharks Home team in CAPS
Bailey: Orb can go the distance
LOUISVILLE — When it comes to analyzing the shape of a race — how it will be run, who will go to the lead, who can come from behind and...
Black Onyx respectable long shot
LOUISVILLE — As Giacomo and Mine That Bird proved when they came from the clouds to win the Kentucky Derby at 50-1, just because the media ignores you during Derby...
Sanchez confident he’ll be Jets starter
In Mark Sanchez’s mind, he expects to be the starting quarterback on Sept. 8 at MetLife Stadium when the Jets open the season against the Buccaneers. “No doubt,” Sanchez said...
Coples eager for ‘D’ chance to move outside for Jets
Jets second-year player Quinton Coples confirmed he is moving to outside linebacker Thursday. Coples, the team’s first-round pick in 2012, played defensive tackle and defensive end as a rookie. He...
Like it or not, Sanchez is the best man to start for Jets this season
“I’m the luckiest guy in the world.” Those words came from Mark Sanchez yesterday during a 20-minute interview session — his first public words since the Jets selected West Virginia...
Jets QB's headband gets internet a-Twitter
Mark Sanchez looks like his offseason training consisted of jazzercise classes. Sanchez spoke to reporters yesterday with his hair slicked back and sporting a thin, green headband set high back...
Mayweather starts huge Showtime deal against Guerrero
Boxing has been trying to reinvent itself over the last couple of years in hopes of increasing its fan base and pay-per-view sales. There was a time when a matchup...
Buck's clutch bat kept Mets afloat in April
ATLANTA — John Buck will take the increased expectations that are sure to come if he can continue anywhere near this pace. The Mets catcher just concluded one of the...
Valdespin has shown enough to earn more playing time with Mets
ATLANTA — It’s time for the Mets to put it in ’Spin cycle: More Jordany Valdespin, please. I’ve seen enough of Valdespin to make me want to see more. He...
Rangers' Zuccarello now restricted free agent
WASHINGTON — Mats Zuccarello, who has become an important part of the Rangers’ rotation since re-signing with the organization on March 28, became an impending Group II restricted free agent...
Islanders not 'dwelling' on Game 1 debacle vs. Penguins
PITTSBURGH — There was laughter, and smiles, and the kind of small competitions that are less for practical purposes as for mental relief. In all of yesterday afternoon’s fun and...
Rangers open playoffs with a dud against Capitals
WASINGTON — The Rangers are all wearing t-shirts with the message “Stay Positive” across their chests, and for the most part that’s what they were following last night’s 3-1 defeat...
Rangers' Hagelin ends scoring drought
WASHINGTON — Carl Hagelin didn’t need 17 minutes to do what he couldn’t do in 17 playoff games last season. The second-year Swede shook the weight of three playoff series...
Woodson, Felton: Knicks need to move ball more
BOSTON — Coach Mike Woodson and Raymond Felton believe the Knicks’ ball movement needs an upgrade, and the numbers seem to bear that out. In the Knicks’ last two losses...
After assist from Garnett, Celtics' Williams now a factor
BOSTON — Now Knicks fans have another reason to hate Kevin Garnett. Forget the January flare-up with Carmelo Anthony. Overlook the 52 rebounds he grabbed for the Celtics in the...
Deron, Nets top Bulls to force Game 7 back in Brooklyn
CHICAGO — The Nets aren’t ready to go home for the summer just yet. After trailing 3-1 in their best-of-seven series against the Bulls, the Nets left United Center with...
Reserves Blatche, Humphries ‘big’ factors in Nets' win
CHICAGO — The Nets got big production from their bigs off the bench Thursday night. In their 95-92 victory over the Bulls in Game 6 of their best-of-seven first-round series,...
Time for Nets to create magic in Brooklyn
CHICAGO — Gerald Wallace admits he has no idea what to expect tomorrow night when the Nets play host to the Bulls in a winner-take-all Game 7 at Barclays Center....
Talk show guests
FRIDAYCAREY MULLIGAN, MICHAEL ROMANO, KJERSTIN GRUYS - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7MARIA SHRIVER, TIM SHRIVER, JENNIFER FINNEY - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4JAMES VAN PRAAGH - Dr. Phil,...
Meet the man who picks 'Price is Right' contestants
A mom and her two children blew their chance to appear on today’s first-ever kid-friendly episode of “The Price Is Right” — by not cheering loud enough. “I really liked...
Gordie Howe movie airing on Hallmark
An unusual part of hockey great Gordie Howe’s life has been turned into a TV movie. “Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story” does not focus on the heart of what...
Google founder says Internet video has already replaced TV
YouTube vs. TV? Forget about it. The battle is already over, says Google founder Eric Schmidt. Schmidt is now refusing to forecast when Internet video will displace TV watching as...
From reality to real-life rat
He was a “Mama’s Boy” with a starring role in a reality-TV show this time last year. But these days, Anthony Zoccolillo is starring in a real-life Mafia drug case....
The show Jon Stewart won’t be watching
Comedian Marc Maron may be on the verge of a whole new panic attack. With “Maron” premiering tonight on IFC, Maron puts a face on his neuroses. The show is...
Have over-the-top prom proposals gone too far?
When Joseph Barone was strolling along the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy, last month, the Brooklynite decided the romantic bridge was the perfect backdrop to pop the question to his...
Weird but true
An accused thief is trying to beat the rap with an unusual defense — that he took the name of the store he allegedly robbed literally. According to a TV...
Kone opts to stay at Rutgers
he reshuffling of Rutgers’ basketball roster continues, with new coach Eddie Jordan telling The Post that swingman Malick Kone is expected to return to Piscataway while big man Derrick Randall...
With Derby contender and NCAA title, Pitino already in winner’s circle
Rick Pitino will lose no sleep this week, a major accomplishment considering all the sleepless nights he had in March through early April. He will not fret and plan, won’t...
Nets beat Bulls to force Game 7
CHICAGO — The Nets aren’t ready to go home for the summer just yet. After trailing 3-1 in their best-of-seven series against the Bulls, the Nets left United Center with...
Michael Jackson's management knew how ill he was: Family
Michael Jackson’s management knew he was terribly ill, days before his death, with one of MJ's most trusted aides begging a doctor to do blood tests, according to evidence presented...
Rangers fall to Capitals in Game 1
WASINGTON — The Rangers are all wearing T-shirts with the message “Stay Positive” across their chests, and for the most part that’s what they were following Thursday night’s 3-1 defeat...
Boston 'bombers' planned Independence Day attack: report
The suspects in the Boston Marathon attacks considered suicide bombings and carrying out their attack on the Fourth of July, according to a new report. Two law enforcement officials told...
Rutgers' Kone staying, Randall leaving
The reshuffling of Rutgers’ basketball roster continues, with new coach Eddie Jordan telling the Post that swingman Malick Kone is expected to return to Piscataway while big man Derrick Randall...
Lopez has proven himself in first postseason
CHICAGO – If there’s one thing that can be said with certainty about the first round series between the Nets and Bulls, it’s that Brook Lopez has passed his first...