May 12, 2013
NBA fines Bulls coach $35K for criticizing referees
CHICAGO – Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was fined $35,000 by the NBA Sunday afternoon for comments he made following Friday’s Game 3 loss to the Heat. Thibodeau was critical of...
War of words ends with Tiger victory on the course at Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods had the last word against Sergio Garcia by winning The Players Championship on Sunday. Woods ended a weekend of testy words with Garcia...
Rangers hang on after Brassard second-period goal to force Game 7
It was a grind, because of course it was. But the Rangers somehow found a way to extend their season Sunday afternoon at the Garden, sneaking by the Capitals with...
Manchester United provides Ferguson with fitting send-off
MANCHESTER, England — Alex Ferguson was given a fitting send-off in his final home game in charge of Manchester United as his club of nearly 27 years scored a trademark...
Trenton hostage taker had gun, explosives in house: cops
TRENTON, N.J. — A registered sex offender who barricaded himself for days in a home with his girlfriend's three children was shot to death Sunday as police rescued the captives...
19 people, including 2 kids, are shot at Mother's Day parade in New Orleans (VIDEO)
NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said. The...
Brooklyn great-grandmother takes up skydiving at 79
This Brooklyn great-grandmother took a leap of faith against doctors’ orders — and had the thrill of a lifetime. Carolyn Meiselbach, 79, of Carroll Gardens, recently skydived 13,500 feet out...
NFL WR Young arrested three separate times this week
Titus Young completed a rare hat trick this week and he wasn’t even competing in the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs.The NFL wide receiver was arrested Friday on charges of burglary,...
Women rescued in Cleveland happy to be home, as Castro's brothers say they had no idea
CLEVELAND — The three women allegedly imprisoned and sexually abused for years inside a padlocked Cleveland house asked for privacy Sunday, saying through an attorney that while they are grateful...
Seth Meyers to replace Fallon on 'Late Night'
Seth Meyers followed in Jimmy Fallon's footsteps by taking a seat behind the desk of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, and the pair is about to pull the same trick...
K-Mart catches flu from Smith, misses Knicks practice
INDIANAPOLIS – Kenyon Martin missed practice today at Bankers Life Field House because of flu-like symptoms – with Knicks coach Mike Woodson worried it could be spreading around. J.R. Smith...
Joba apologizes, but says he 'wouldn't change' actions in Rivera altercation
KANSAS CITY -- Even though Joba Chamberlain apologized to Mariano Rivera on Sunday for talking rudely to the Yankees' icon Saturday, Chamberlain said he wouldn't do anything differently if given...
Kuroda gem, Cano, Wells homers lead Yankees past Royals
KANSAS CITY -- A three-city road trip of eight games that ending with a twinbill in Cleveland on Monday is on the verge of being the most surprising part of...
Mets offense sputters again, giving Harvey no run support vs. Pirates
It's a lineup not even a mother could love. Matt Harvey never flirted with perfection Sunday, but wasn't going to receive any help from this floundering Mets offense, either. With...
Yankees put Nunez on 15-day DL
KANSAS CITY - As expected the Yankees placed Eduardo Nunez on the 15-day DL today and promoted infielder Alberto Gonzalez from Scranton-Wilkes Barre (Triple-A) today.Nunez has been bothered by a...
12-year-old brother arrested for stabbing 8-year-old sister to death
VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — Authorities have arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a rural Northern California community last month. The...
Gunman dead in Trenton hostage standoff, children safe
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey State Police say a standoff with an armed man at a Trenton home has been resolved and three children are safe. The suspect was killed...
WATCH: Heartless thieves rip off 78-year-old man buying memorial flowers
Two heartless thieves ripped a chain off an old man's neck as he headed home from a pre-Mother's Day trip to buy flowers for his deceased wife's memorial photo, cops...
WATCH: Video shows vicious train assault
Cops are searching for a man who viciously punched a woman on a Queens-bound 7 train in Woodside last week. A straphanger captured the assault on cell phone video at...
Kristen Wiig returns home to 'SNL'
A year later, and Kristen Wiig came home again. The “Saturday Night Live” alum returned to host this weekend’s episode, reintroducing her famous characters and bringing a nostalgic touch to...
Tip ins
HERO For the second time in three games, Pacers big man Roy Hibbert was a monster, far outplaying Tyson Chandler in the center battle. Hibbert finished with 24 points and...
With J.R. ailing, Knicks go belly up
INDIANAPOLIS — The Knicks played as sickly as J.R. Smith looked. The venue changed to the loud Bankers Life Field House, but it was Game 1 all over again. The...
Knicks' Felton flops in Game 3
INDIANAPOLIS — The postseason completely turned for Raymond Felton last night — and not for the better. Throughout the Knicks’ eight-game playoff run entering last night, Felton had been magnificent....
Mariano, Joba exchange words in Yankees dugout
KANSAS CITY - Mariano Rivera and Joba Chamberlain had an awkward exchange in the Yankees' dugout prior to Saturday night's game according to a person who witnessed it. Rivera was...
Calls to split Dimon’s job not worthy of discussion
If you want to cut a Dimon, you must be precise. So the brouhaha around JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon losing his chairman title is flawed to the core. The political...
Stalk exchange
So now we know. Bloomberg LP, the company founded by and named after our Mayor Mike, basically has a nanny-cam on every significant trading desk in the world. And these...
Mogul power plays
Calling all moguls: Can’t make Sun Valley this year? William Morris Entertainment chief Ari Emanuel has a new hot ticket — an alternative venue for pressing the flesh and cooking...
Dollar is still dinero in Mexico
Dear John: I have friends who are going to Mexico for vacation. They told me that Mexico does not accept the US dollar anymore. Could that be true? If it...
A techy new way to say, ‘Hi, Mom!’
Are you frustrated that your mom can’t easily exchange e-mails, photos and videos with you and your kids?Then you might want to use this Mother’s Day to help her stay...
Many digital wallet fears
Mobile wallets have a lot of sweet-talking to do before they can get into consumers’ pockets. Paying for stuff with your smartphone gives consumers the willies. Of the people who...
Riding Ben’s wave
What does $85 billion a month buy you in this market? Plenty! That’s what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke sees, as the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 both reached...
Job growth slows in NY
New York’s metropolitan tri-state private sector employment gains in April were a far cry from the jobs juggernaut in other areas of the country, according to a jobs report released...
New moms need a rest
The Loews Hotels is looking to give new moms — and dads a short break, when they need it most, calling it a “mommymoon”.After giving birth to her third child,...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS CEELO GREEN Singer is also chief creative officer at Primary Wave Music, which scored a $125M restructuring deal. PHIL FALCONE Hedgie gets only a wrist slap in SEC agreement...
Chris Brown’s new ‘eyesore’
LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown’s neighbors are unhappy with the creepy art he’s chosen to have painted along a wall of his Hollywood Hills home. A neighborhood group says the...
LI’l league lifesaver
She’s an angel! An 8-year-old baseball player went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing when he was struck in the chest by a thrown ball yesterday — but a good...
IRS knew in 2011 of Tea Party targeting
WASHINGTON — Senior IRS officials knew agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general’s report obtained by The AP. The...
If you see something gross, snap something gross: straphangers chronicle subway schlubs
If you see something, snap something. Straphangers are exposing slobs who have turned our trains into the New York City schlubway. Scores of Internet photos show slovenly passengers picking their...
Top NY scofflaw politicos
They’ve got the pol position when it comes to parking. State and city lawmakers whose cars sport government license plates have racked up thousands of dollars worth of parking and...
Ailing kid’s folk hero
A 4-year-old boy who needs a miracle to survive is hoping to get a little help from Puff the Magic Dragon.Ezra Fineman, who was diagnosed with a genetic disorder called...
Pension politics
Call it the $1 billion bungle.About a year and a half ago, a minor miracle occurred in city government. Comptroller John Liu and Mayor Bloomberg put aside their long-held animosities...
Chris’ weight-loss doc sued in deaths
Dr. George Fielding, the NYU surgeon who performed a weight-loss operation on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, has been accused of sloppy care that led to four patients’ deaths. Fielding,...
Boss faked letter to ax me: teacher
A Manhattan principal tried to get rid of one of his teachers by concocting — and misspelling — a letter from a “conserned” parent accusing the educator of pedophilia, according...
‘Oy’-glasses! Orthodox Brooklyn yeshiva bans ‘hip’ thick-framed glasses
Thou shalt not wear nerdy glasses! An Orthodox Jewish school in Brooklyn has forbidden thick-framed retro glasses favored by the likes of Woody Allen. “We are asking that everyone buy...
Rare Mexican wolf cubs born in NY
This Mexican wolf pup (pictured, shown 18 hours after being born in Westchester along with a brother) carries the fate of his rare and endangered species. Scientists are crossing their...
Fatherhood in bad faith
VATICAN CITY — Prominent American priest Rev. Thomas Williams of the Legion of Christ has left the priesthood after admitting he fathered a child years ago. The Legion’s then-superior said...
Author uncovers surprising secrets of female sexuality, including monogamy and fantasies
It’s everything you wanted to know about sex but didn’t know to ask. In the new book “What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire” (Ecco), author...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** The man in this picture is wanted for questioning in connection with two armed cellphone robberies in Fordham, cops said. He allegedly stole an iPad and a...
‘High’ tolerance: NYC on the road to decriminalizing pot
New York City is going green — with ganja. Pot arrests and seizures are plummeting as low-level offenders duck jail and cops ease off dealers, who are racking up record...
Peddling pigeon-blood wart ‘cure’
Eye of newt, toe of frog — and blood of pigeon? A recent ad in the Brooklyn-based, Yiddish-language Di Tzeitung newspaper boasts a use for the city’s most ubiquitous bird...
Eye-opening firing suit
He was just resting his eyes.A Rockland County man claims he was unfairly fired after his boss accused him of sleeping — even though the employer knew the man actually...
Makeup ‘harass’
Man up!A male employee at the high-end makeup chain Sephora claims that he was sexually harassed on a regular basis by female co-workers and that his manager had no sympathy...
Stuy Town tenants fume over bikini beauties sunbathing in children’s playground
This kiddie park is being taken over by a bunch of boobs. Co-eds and sunbathing beauties are baring teeny bikinis in Stuy Town’s playgrounds — pushing out children and outraging...
Bitter ‘bill’ at some Big Apple hospitals
Treatment for chest pain at Bellevue Hospital costs the average patient $9,960. Two blocks up the street at NYU Langone Medical Center, the charge was $16,660. The cost for a...
Hostage tragedy in Jersey
New Jersey police and FBI negotiators worked last night to defuse a tense standoff between an accused double killer and three young members of his victims’ family. The armed suspect,...
Smitten teen girls stir up #FreeJahar mania for Boston Marathon bombings suspect
This love is terrifying. Thousands of American teen girls are crushing on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev, 19 — and leading a social-media movement to exonerate him. The swooning...
Kidnap house sealed
The Cleveland torture house where three women suffered a decade of unthinkable horrors has been boarded up and fenced in to preserve evidence.Crews of workers covered the doors and windows...
Creeps mug Bx. man, 78
Two heartless thieves ripped a chain off an old man’s neck as he headed home in The Bronx from a pre-Mother’s Day trip to buy flowers for his deceased wife’s...
Cell ‘block’ at auction
ALBANY — A former prison camp in the northeastern Adirondacks will be auctioned, and the state is asking a minimum of $140,000 for its 27 acres and 23 buildings. Lyon...
‘Pander’ candidates give Apple to teachers
It was a “pander-palooza.”That’s how Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson described yesterday’s mayoral forum where candidates angled for a coveted teachers union endorsement.“Not a single candidate willing to stand up to...
The queen of Queens
She lost it all to Hurricane Sandy — but this Queens mama is still in seventh heaven. Tyesha Whittenburg, 31, and her seven children have spent the last six months...
‘Heated’ subway robbery
A thug wearing an MTA vest lured a Queens subway-station clerk out of her booth so he could rob it by saying he needed to heat up his lunch, law...
NYC employee gets off scot free after hit-and-run truck kills 21-year-old beauty
A year after a horrific hit-and-run killed an aspiring actress walking near Union Square, the city employee behind the wheel has gotten off scot-free, The Post has learned. Harry Robinson,...
DA to probe other slay cases of ‘wrong man’ detective
Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes has ordered a review of homicide cases handled by a decorated police detective whose record has been tainted by an overturned murder conviction, officials said yesterday.Hynes’...
The postman doesn't always ring twice: tales from a ghetto postal worker
Last week, The Post revealed that some postal workers were scared to deliver to gang-infested Brownsville. “W” delivered mail for nine years in some of Brooklyn’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods. He...
5-year Bible ‘rewrite’
Hallelujah! A 63-year-old upstate man who spent almost five years copying every word in the King James Bible was set to pen its last lines at a church ceremony last...
Comeback Pakistan PM
Nawaz Sharif declared victory for his center-right party in Pakistan’s landmark elections yesterday, as unofficial partial results put him on course to win a historic third term as prime minister....
Astros in rush spacewalk to fix station leak
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station yesterday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak. Mission Control...
Covering for Obama
Politics! Politics! They’re playing politics in Washington! Pretending to be modern Paul Reveres, Democrats and their media handmaidens are doing their damnedest to diminish the Benghazi revelations with the cheapest...
Gag order
“Decent folks who believe in tolerance and equality are no longer powerless against Limbaugh’s efforts to spread intolerance on the radio. StopRush is making a major impact by convincing advertisers...
Right under a-tax
The IRS denies having conducted a partisan witch hunt against Tea Party groups in the run-up to the 2012 election, arguing that its improper targeting of conservative groups was the...
Childhood’s end
Since President Obama’s February State of the Union address, everyone’s talking about preschool for 4 year olds. This terrifies me. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a big believer in preschool....
High water & hell
Two weeks ago, I took a day off work so that my wife and I could attend an open forum at Long Beach City Hall. Representatives from the Federal Emergency...
Sex, lies and lobbyists
You can’t keep a bad man down. At least not in our state capital. Not so very long ago, Michael Boxley was chief legal counsel to Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver....
Send choice, not flowers
Today is Mother’s Day, when across the nation we honor the women who gave birth to us, fed us and took us to school. And if a new survey by...
Shiny Dimon
Jamie Dimon dosen’t need any help (“All-Out War To Shut Up Jamie Dimon,” Charles Gasparino, May 8). He’s an experienced and well-paid banker and should be able to take some...
Required Reading
The DiMaggios Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream by Tom Clavin (Ecco) Paul Simon famously asked: “Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?” Clavin —...
The great bank robbery
Tower of Basel The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World by Adam LeBor PublicAffairs Before the Nazis took the first step toward conquering Czechoslovakia in the...
Direct hit on cancer
The Philadelphia Chromosome A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level by Jessica Wapner The Experiment The most common treatment for cancer can be as...
In my library Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer isn’t just a novelist: She’s a second-generation one. She grew up on Long Island, the daughter of “Hearts” author Hilma Wolitzer. Having a famous writer for a mother...
Summer movies prove it's the end of the world as we know it
Movie: “It’s a Disaster” Release Date: Out now Stars: Julia Stiles, David Cross, America Ferrera Plot: Los Angelenos gather for Sunday brunch so the hosts can announce the end of...
Adopt me!
This is Larkspur, one of several kittens available for adoption at Humane Society of New York. He’s often found pouncing on his brother and sister’s tails. Meet him from 11...
‘Glee’-ful Broadway debut
Some girls dream of playing brave, beautiful, young heroines. Jane Lynch wasn’t one of them. She’d rather play the shrew. “I used to have a list of things I wanted...
Back in the news
Huey Lewis used to be a renegade, and now, 30 years on from the release of the breakthrough album “Sports” and backed by the indispensable News, he’s taking a look...
Just kidding!
Lucy Louse is the hot new doll all the little girls want. Her high-tech scalp actually produces head-lice larvae, so young mommies-to-be can practice gently combing nits out of Lucy’s...
Kate Mulgrew’s next voyage
Kate Mulgrew didn’t have to study obscure scientific texts or space-nerd esoterica for her role in the new play “Somewhere Fun” like she did when she helmed “Star Trek: Voyager”...
Keeping up with the Jones
For decades, Tom Jones has been renowned as a hard-drinking, womanizing rascal. Now 72, the powerhouse lounge singer has certainly scaled back his vices somewhat, but he can still belt...
Monkey business
It takes more than a private jet to take care of a monkey. In March, Justin Bieber received an adorable, baby Capuchin monkey as a birthday gift from music producer...
Binders full of terms
Chess has many technical terms, disguised as everyday words but having their own elusive meanings.In this week’s game, White seizes “the initiative” with his pawn sacrifice 7 e6!.To a chess...
Bridge
Unlucky Louie ascribes his miserable results to bad luck despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Rose, my club member whose courtesy and kindness are so admirable, has tried to help...
Set phasers to dumb
In one of the more memorable scenes from 2009’s “Star Trek,” a young James T. Kirk speeds through the desert behind the wheel of a vintage Corvette as a Beastie...
A wry ‘Cry’
Posting a photo of his tearful toddler, Charlie — face contorted into utter despair as if the world was ending — Greg Pembroke wrote the status update: “Reason why my...
Rangers have record of survival in elimination games
The Rangers were 3-1 in elimination games during last year’s playoffs, defeating the Senators in Games 6 and 7 in the opening round and beating the Capitals in Game 7...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Matt Harvey
Amazin’ pitching phenom Matt Harvey took a swing at some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Are you driven to be great? A: Absolutely. I don’t accept mediocrity. I...
Knicks must find way to rebound from disastrous effort in Game 3
INDIANAPOLIS — Time after time the ball would be in the air, it would clank hard off the rim, the 18,185 people inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse would groan. And time...
Fever not all that ails Knicks' J.R.
INDIANAPOLIS — J.R. Smith needed not only to find his jump shot last night but a flu shot. The soap opera surrounding the embattled Smith took another turn as he...
Center fumes as Knicks don’t execute
INDIANAPOLIS — Upset with a slew of aspects in the Knicks’ Game 3 debacle last night, Tyson Chandler sounded off, declaring his team abandoned the gameplan on defending Roy Hibbert,...
Red Bulls, Revolution tie
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Lloyd Sam scored in the 55th minute to lift the first-place Red Bulls to a 1-1 draw with the New England Revolution last night. Sam scored a...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 12MONMay 13TUEMay 14WEDMay 15THUMay 16FRIMay 17SATMay 18YankeesKansas City2:10YES NetworkWCBS 880 AM+ Cle. (2)12:05YESWCBSSea.7:05YESWCBSSea.7:05YESWCBSSea.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05WWORWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSMetsPittsburgh1:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM101.9 FMSt.L.7:05SNYWFANSt.L.8:15SNYWFANSt.L.8:15SNYWFANSt.L.1:45SNYWFANCubs2:20SNYWFANCubs1:05WPIXWFANKnicksNOGAMENOGAMEInd.7:00TNTESPNNOGAMEInd.8:00TNTESPNNOGAME* Ind.TBAESPNESPNRangersWashington4:30MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FM* Wash.8:00MSGESPNTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Sports Shorts
SOCCER: Wigan upsets Man. City for FA Cup Wigan won the FA Cup for the first time in its 81-year history by beating big-spending Manchester City 1-0 yesterday in one...
Amazin’s fans: Let’s go Matts!
* I hereby make a motion to rename the Mets “The New York Matts”, named after the only pitcher on the squad. Simple marketing strategy: Charge a fifth of the...
World Peace father running hoops tourney in Bronx
Ron Artest Sr., the father of Lakers forward Metta World Peace, is staging a three-day AAU basketball tournament next weekend (May 17-19) at the New York Gauchos gym in The...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $22,000; clm($15,000); 3,4&5YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Ramrod Key(L),116E Rivera8-3-7Wlhelm-S4-12 PerfectlyLovely(L),116J Rice5-4-5Day12-13 Lexi's Pal(L),116MRemedi2-8-4Day9-24 Black Lagoon(L),116J Nguyenx-x-xAristone10-15 Catty Matty(L),116J Flores4-x-xWyner5-26 Big...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-1m&70yds; $16,000; clm($5,000); 3up1Cll M Swthrt (Frgs)7.404.203.206Delirious Tide (Cotto,Jr.)8.005.003Toninthirteen (Perez)5.00* Exacta (1-6) $58.40 * $1 Superfecta (1-6-3-4) $1,193.90 * $1 Trifecta (1-6-3) $138.30SECOND-1 1/16m(T); $20,000; cl($20,0); 3up3Indn Moon (Curtl)30.4010.006.0012The Lousan...
Belmont Charts
May 11th, 2013 Raining and Sloppy ©2013 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-1 1/16 miles; $48,000; hdcp; 4up Off: 1:05. Good. boxed 3/16-1/8,slip by Time: 24.04, 48.01, 1:13.26, 1:38.21, 1:44.51. Trainer:...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:55 p.m. FIRST-5 fur(T); $28,000; mdn; 3,4&5YO3-Nova Light 3-17-Delta Bluesman4-11-Great White 12-18-Stedfast Cat 8-12-Five Small 8-19-A TrueOriginal12-14-Mile High City 6-110-Manzutti 12-15-Dune Dancer 5-111-Running Alone 5-26-UnionintheCty10-112-PeacfulPrnce15-1SECOND-7 fur; $16,000; cl($25,0);...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm($10,000); 3upDECISION TO RUN cuts back in distance and drops in class. LADY WITCH drops in class for dirt debut. ROSE INDY third going...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile pace; $10,000; cond1AlwaysThere(CManz)6.203.403.006Net Ten Eom (A Miller)3.602.602Its Royalty (C Ryder)9.60* Exacta (1-6) $30.60 * Trifecta (1-6-2) $218.80Winner picked by Bill SmithSECOND-mile trot; $40,000; Cutler5WshngStone(YGngrs)4.002.602.407Sevruga (A Miller)3.002.806Opening Night (J Campbell)3.80*...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing7:30 a.m.Formula One: Spanish Grand Prix NBCSNBaseball1 p.m.Pirates at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM)1:30 p.m.Blue Jays at Red Sox TBS1:30 p.m.Cubs at Nationals WGN2 p.m.Yankees at Royals YES,...
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsTodayFavoriteLineUnderdogWARRIORS1 1/2SpursTomorrowHeat8BULLSNHL PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdogRANGERS$120-140CapitalsBruins$110-130LEAFSDUCKS$120-140Red WingsHome team in CAPS
Hondo a Pod-picker
The Chisox came up a whisker short last night against the Angels so, instead of Hondo vaulting into the black, he plunged deeper into the red as the IOUs grew...
Nunez may be headed for the DL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A packed Yankees disabled list is preparing to welcome another injured body. When Eduardo Nunez reported to Kauffman Stadium Saturday, he informed the training staff he...
Myths and truths about Preakness Stakes
Every year as the middle jewel of the Triple Crown approaches, conventional handicapping wisdom dishes out a number of timeworn platitudes concerning the Preakness Stakes and Pimlico. Some are based...
‘42’ made reel mistake at plate
Another legit gripe about the inexcusable flaws in the film “42”: George “Shotgun” Shuba, 88 — and one of Jackie Robinson’s Montreal Royals teammates — was the first, and only,...
Rex’s role now hands-on with Jets defense
Rex Ryan stood behind five garbage cans simulating an offensive line and shouted out the defense to a group of confused rookies. He shouted when they messed up. He praised...
Jets rookie Aboushi likes being role model for Palestinian-American community
Oday Aboushi sure is carrying a lot of flags into his budding NFL career. Not only is the Jets’ fifth-round pick a true rarity as a born-and-raised Brooklynite playing pro...
Much work ahead for Giants rookie DE Moore
Guilty as charged. That is Damontre Moore’s admission to reports he was not exactly the hardest worker during his time at Texas A&M. Not long after the Giants took the...
Selvie aims to team with JPP again
George Selvie sat on a stool yesterday eight lockers down from the one being occupied by Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul. Four years ago, Selvie and the man now known...
Rangers’ Nash on thin ice
The Rangers acquired Rick Nash to avoid being in this position, to avoid games in which the season is on the line and the offense appears for extended stretches allergic...
Series not Nabokov’s finest work with Islanders
The Islanders will remain home for a variety of reasons, from the dormant power play to drawing the powerhouse Penguins in the opening round of the playoffs. At the top...
Nielsen plays in Islanders' season finale
Frans Nielsen played coy in the afternoon, but come game time, he knew exactly what was going to happen. “There was no way I wasn’t going to play,” Nielsen said,...
Islanders must go forward
The Islanders raised all the echoes over the last week, but that isn’t this team’s most significant achievement. By forcing the Penguins to six games before overtime elimination at the...
Islanders revival season sunk in six
This is the only way it could have ended for the Islanders, in a flurry of emotion and fortitude that right now feels like heartbreak, but in a week, or...
To duplicate Seaver feats, Harvey must excel on mound, in clubhouse
The comparisons, mostly, are obvious ones, but they are the most unfair ones. Mets fans are giddy about Matt Harvey, and they have a right to be, because so much...
Bulls' Nazr ‘disappointed’ he shoved Heat's LeBron, got ejected
CHICAGO — As Nazr Mohammed sat in the locker room following his ejection for shoving LeBron James to the floor early in the second quarter of an eventual 104-94 loss...
Gasol, Grizzlies quiet Thunder
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies call it grit and grind, and it got them through another ugly game.Marc Gasol scored 20 points and hit two free throws with 1:03 left...
Pettitte bounces back to power Yankees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With Andy Pettitte dealing and backed up by David Robertson and Mariano Rivera, the Yankees didn’t need smoke and mirrors last night against the Royals. After...
Joba to Mo: ‘Don’t shush me’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mariano Rivera and Joba Chamberlain had an awkward exchange in the Yankees’ dugout before last night’s game according to a person who witnessed it. Rivera was...
Mets' Valdespin paid back for show-off home run
Terry Collins wondered aloud what was in store for Jordany Valdespin after he stared at his ninth-inning homer on Friday against the Pirates. “Will they throw at [Valdespin]? I have...
Far from a Banner Day for major group of minor talent
The reality is the Mets’ payroll is in the same neighborhood as the Marlins’ — and they are getting just about the same results. Take away the salaries of Johan...
Pirates rain down pain on sorry Mets
There was a time, not that long ago, when people thought Jon Niese might be the ace of the Mets’ rotation this season. That was before Matt Harvey started drawing...
Garcia rips Woods for distracting him during backswing
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Casting a larger shadow over The Players Championship third round than the electrical storm clouds that suspended play yesterday was a squall brewing in the...
Amar’e & J.R. battle, but can’t rescue sickly offense
INDIANAPOLIS — It wasn’t so much J.R. Smith who looked sick, and it wasn’t so much Amar’e Stoudemire who looked rusty, it was the rest of them. Neither Smith nor...
Knicks' Stoudemire solid in return from knee surgery
INDIANAPOLIS — Amar’e Stoudemire actually was one of the few Knicks who didn’t play badly on the offensive end. Stoudemire scored seven points in 8:56 as he made his return...
Knicks have no answers for Hibbert
INDIANAPOLIS — Pacers center Roy Hibbert had not spoken to the playoff media from the interview podium before. So he asked teammates whether or not he should do it. Well,...
Pacers win battle of treys
INDIANAPOLIS — So you pick up a boxscore after Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Knicks and the Pacers. You look at 3-pointers and there’s no surprise....
Rangers need biggest stars to find offense to stay alive
Henrik Lundqvist has a theory about the way to approach today’s potential elimination Game 6 at the Garden against the Capitals. “I’m definitely not thinking that it can be over,”...
Girardi lineup juggling gets even tougher when healthy players return
Joe Girardi is building Manager of the Year credentials one shorthanded day after another. It is not only that the Yankees had the third-most disabled-list stints (11) and second-most days...
All in the 'Family'
When filmmaker and actor Christopher Guest researched his family history following the death of his father, he discovered a copy of a diary written by one of his English ancestors,...
Don't miss
Someone will die Death comes a-knocking on the two-hour season finale of “Revenge.” How bad does it get? Very. First, a series of dangerous events already set in motion leads...
The many faces of Irene Adler
Irene Adler made her first appearance in the 1891 Arthur Conan Doyle story, “A Scandal in Bohemia.” This was also Doyle’s first Sherlock story, and from that filmmakers have extrapolated...
Out of ‘The Office’
ll dysfunctional things must come to an end, and so it is with the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. NBC’s “The Office,” which made stars of Rainn Wilson, Ed Helms, John...
MSNBC preaches doom for America
I enjoy sea cruises. Good value, lotsa eats, easy to relax. Can read three books in seven days. The office can’t get you unless you go to the e-mail lounge,...
Reel good
Girl, Interrupted 1999 Sunday, 3:30 p.m., WNYW The account of real-life writer Susanna Kaysen’s (Winona Ryder) 18 months in a mental hospital where she became very comfortable living with sociopaths....
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY & MICHAEL 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Jimmy Kimmel; Alyson Hanigan. Tuesday: Mark Harmon; Huey Lewis and the News. Wednesday: Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Thursday: Zoe Saldana. Friday: Connie Britton....
Sherlock in love
Natalie Dormer first saw “Elementary” on a plane, during one of the many transatlantic flights she took from London to promote the third — and most successful season —of “Game...
All about Eve
When rapper Eve first emerged in the late ’90s, she referred to herself as “a pitbull in a skirt.” Part of the Ruff Ryders crew that included rapper DMX and...
Weird but true
If you’re too drunk to drive, maybe taking charge of a large, four-legged creature isn’t a good idea, either. Cops in Billings, Mont., encountered Dawnalee Ellis-Peterson, 43, twice one night...
Meet Market: Thrill-loving bachelor sks girl who isn’t afraid of adventure
Red zone Football is Taris’ favorite sport to play. “I played in grad school,” says the New England Patriots fan. Driving force To get around the city, Taris prefers to...
Top 5: ‘Great Gatsby’-inspired seduction tips
“Brag that you have a summer share in East Egg.” — Lana “Tell her you’re a doctor. When she asks your name say, ‘T.J. Eckleburg.’ ” — Robert “Ask, ‘Is that...
Tionna's tough love
You just started dating a new guy, and you just can’t get enough of him. Sure, you’ve blown off the last couple of wine nights with your girlfriends. Maybe you’ve...
This week's couple: Cat fight
There comes a point in a date where we start talking about the things we love — and we can’t stop going on and on about them. For Ashi, 24,...
Postgame reaction to the Red Bulls' 1-1 tie at New England
The shorthanded Red Bulls earned a 1-1 tie with New England tonight at Gillette Stadium. Midfielder Lloyd Sam notched his first MLS goal and keeper Luis Robles made several key...
Anemic Knicks offense scores just 71 in Game 3 loss to Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — The Knicks played as sickly as J.R. Smith looked. The venue changed to the loud Bankers Life Field House, but it was Game 1 all over again. The...
Islanders are out of playoffs after loss to Penguins
This is the only way it could have ended for the Islanders, in a flurry of emotion and fortitude that right now feels like heartbreak, but in a week, or...