May 13, 2013
State Assemblyman William Boyland Jr pleads not guilty to corruption charge
Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. pleaded not guilty today to yet another corruption charge leveled against him. Brooklyn federal prosecutors indicted the Brooklyn Democrat on a new mail fraud count for...
Eli says he can deal with a rookie backup if Giants only keep two quarterbacks
The quarterback room is not a big one, as the Giants usually keep only two quarterbacks on the roster. During Eli Manning’s years he’s usually had a veteran backup to...
'Playboy strangler' brings new haircut, $4,000-a-day expert to court
Accused playboy strangler Nicholas Brooks was back in court sporting a new necktie and a new haircut today to watch his lead prosecutor pick apart the only man who could...
Pirates' Alvarez makes himself at home vs. Mets
A return home -- or was it the Mets' pitching staff? -- was the perfect antidote for what ailed Pedro Alvarez. The Washington Heights product and Horace Mann graduate came...
VOTE: What is your favorite buddy movie?
The Wolfpack is back, and with the impending release of "The Hangover Part III," The Post is drawing up a list of the top buddy movies of the modern age....
Popular psychologist, TV personality Joyce Brothers dead at 85
Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85. Longtime publicist Sanford Brokaw says Brothers died Monday in New York City. She was a...
Caroline Kennedy turns heads in coke trial jury selection
She punted on the question of whether she or any member of her family has ever been a crime victim. And she didn't mention her campaign appearances on behalf of...
Ankiel aboard, reshuffled Mets decked by Cards
ST. LOUIS — The rearranged deck chairs on the Titanic were a sight to behold yesterday with Rick Ankiel’s addition to the Mets, but this ship is still headed toward...
Acting IRS Commish knew in May 2012 that conservative groups targeted
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service says acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller was first informed in May 2012 that tea party groups were inappropriately targeted for scrutiny. A month...
Rams top pick Austin on upcoming contract: 'I've got a lot of cousins now'
Rams wide receiver Tavon Austin selected eighth overall in the NFL Draft last month doesn't have much money yet, but he knows a big pay day is in store. While...
Cop tries to save cat from tree, FDNY saves cop
A cop who tried to save a cat that was stranded in a tree in Oakland Gardens got stuck himself — and had to be rescued by the FDNY, official...
New lanes to help Brooklyn Bridge, FDR Drive congestion: officials
Drivers who are sick of the road-rage inducing bottlenecks between the Brooklyn Bridge and FDR Drive are about to get some relief, officials said yesterday. The Department of Transportation yesterday...
Justice Department secretly accessed Associated Press phone records: AP
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive...
Mets' Triple-A franchise could be leaving Las Vegas
The Mets' Triple-A affiliate may be on the move ... again.The Las Vegas 51s, featuring Zack Wheeler and the injured Travis d'Arnaud in their first year of association with the...
Mets sign outfielder Ankiel, batting seventh tonight
ST. LOUIS ---- The Mets' search for anybody even remotely capable of jumpstarting their anemic offense has led them to Rick Ankiel.The veteran outfielder signed a major league contract with...
UFC legend Franklin: If anyone could beat Silva, it would be Jones
Rich Franklin doesn’t know if Anderson Silva will ever lose a UFC fight. But he knows who has the best chance to defeat him: Jon Jones.“If anybody could beat him,...
Metro: Last Light review
The metro is everything. It’s a sanctuary from the toxic jungle above. It’s a quarantine zone where infected and mutated denizens vomit blood on clear plastic curtains. It’s a final...
Yankees split twinbill with no-name lineup
CLEVELAND — As Austin Romine stepped to the plate in the second inning of the Yankees’ 7-0 win over the Indians in the second game of today’s doubleheader, a fan...
Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell found guilty of killing 3 babies born alive
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and...
Yankees poised to promote Granderson after sending Boesch down
CLEVELAND -- Brennan Boesch was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Monday following the Yankees’ 1-0 loss to the Indians in Game 1 of their doubleheader, clearing the way for Curtis Granderson’s...
City proposal to double newsstand price caps will bring better wares, profits: operators
NEW YORK — The newsstands that dot the city's sidewalks would be able to stock cellphone chargers, offer more batteries and, perhaps most importantly, upgrade their umbrellas under a proposal...
Knicks' Chandler voted to NBA's All-Defensive First Team
Tyson Chandler was named to his first All-Star team this year, and on Monday was named to the NBA's All-Defensive First Team for the first time in his career.Chandler averaged...
Tortorella: Rangers need scoring from Callahan
WASHINGTON — In the final minute of Sunday’s Game 6 at the Garden with the Rangers clinging to a lifesaver-thin 1-0 lead over the Capitals and Washington having pulled Braden...
GOP focus on Benghazi a 'sideshow:' Obama
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday denied Republican criticism that his White House was trying to cover up information about the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya last year, as undeterred...
Obama says he won't tolerate political bias at IRS, calls targeting groups 'outrageous'
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday he will not tolerate political bias at the Internal Revenue Service and promised to get to the bottom of the agency's admitted targeting of...
Vyjack out of Preakness Stakes
The number of horses that will face Kentucky Derby winner Orb in Saturday's Preakness continues to dwindle, as on Monday trainer Rudy Rodriguez informed the Maryland Jockey Club that his...
Mexico arrests 2 men in Malcolm X grandson's death
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City prosecutors say they have arrested two men in connection with the death of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of political activist Malcolm X. An official of...
Mantle's 'corked' bat taken off auction block after family of Yankees great releases scathing statement
Mickey Mantle's legacy could have been tainted because of allegedly using a corked bat, but on Monday his family issued a statement to deny those rumors.Grey Flannel Auctions was set...
Walters tearfully confirms retirement plans: I've had an amazing career
Barbara Walters said Monday that retirement from her epochal television career is near, but it's not happening right away. Walters, who began in television news as a "Today" girl in...
Army sergeant guilty of murdering five fellow officers in Iraq
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A military judge has found Army Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat...
Brooklyn's Miss America rooting for Heat, not Knicks, in playoffs
Bad news for Knicks fans; real bad. Gorgeous Mallory Hagan, the first Brooklyn resident ever to win the Miss America crown, is a LeBron James fan. Hagan, one of hundreds...
Truck accident snarls traffic at GWB after steel beams strike toll booth
A truck accident is snarling traffic at the inbound George Washington Bridge. Several lanes were blocked off on the inbound side of the bridge's upper deck following the crash that...
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2013 so far
LOS ANGELES — The sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year. The powerful flare occurred Sunday and erupted on the side of the sun...
Man busted with pressure cooker at Detroit airport: report
DETROIT — A Saudi man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after federal agents said he lied about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker, according to a court...
Harris adjusting to Jets 'destroyed' roster
Jets linebacker David Harris is one of the few pieces left from the 2012 Jets defense. When he walked into the unit’s first meeting this spring, he looked around and...
Bronx's Okoro to transfer to Rutgers from Iowa State
Bronx native Kerwin Okoro will transfer from Iowa State to attend Rutgers this fall, according to a source.In his freshman year at Iowa State, Okoro appeared in nine games averaging...
Shumpert misses Knicks practice with sore knee, should play
INDIANAPOLIS - Add Iman Shumpert to the Knicks njury woes. Shumpert didn’t practice Monday because of a sore left knee after taking two tumbles in Saturday's 82-71 Game 3 loss....
Rangers' Stanley Cup coach Keenan to lead Russian team
Former Rangers coach Mike Keenan who led the team to a Stanley Cup in 1994, has a new coaching gig, but it's not in the NHL.Keenan signed a two-year contract...
3UP: Yankees Outfield, Joba and Mo
1. In Sunday’s Post I wrote this column about how the Yankees – with a return to health – could soon go from shorthanded to having to make tough roster...
Judge delays decision on Holmes not guilty by insanity plea
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect told a judge Monday he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, but the judge...
Carmelo confused over Chandler being critical of Knicks' offense
INDIANAPOLIS - Carmelo Anthony seemed perplexed by comments made by Tyson Chandler that the club is not sharing the ball enough. The Knicks’ offense was woeful Saturday as they scored...
Yankees ragtag lineup blanked by Indians in doubleheader opener
CLEVELAND - The Yankees have been finding ways to beat people no matter who Joe Girardi puts on the field. But even by this year’s injury-ravaged standard, Monday’s lineup was...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Cardinals staff leads team to top
There weren’t any no-hitters or perfect games this week, but the Cardinals had two guys who were pretty close. Starting on Friday, the Cardinals did something that hadn’t been done...
Obama welcomes UK PM Cameron to White House
WASHINGTON — President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron opened wide-ranging talks at the White House Monday on Syria and trade, though brewing domestic controversies were competing for the...
Giants co-owner Tisch: Tebow to Jets wasn't in 'anybody's best interest'
Count Giants co-owner Steve Tisch among those who thinks the Jets trading for Tim Tebow was not a smart move. "Had another team picked him up, after the Broncos, maybe...
Trainer: Orb 'spectacular' in swift half-mile
Coming out on the track at 6 a.m. Monday, Kentucky Derby winner Orb worked a swift half-mile in :47.18 for Saturday's Preakness Stakes, galloping out five furlongs in :59.54. Trainer...
Ariel Castro's brothers: Rot in jail monster
Ariel Castro’s brothers hope he “rots in jail” because capital punishment would be too lenient for America’s most notorious kidnapping and rape suspect, the bitter siblings said. Onil and Pedro...
Rick Springfield talks crazed fans and what happens to the underwear they throw at him
Hey, Rick Springfield -- Don’t Talk To Strangers! The 1980s heart throb, now 63, says he’s still hounded by obsessed fans and stalkers three decades after topping the charts with...
WATCH: Woman kicked off JFK-bound flight for belting out 'I will always love you' in midair concert
She may have loved her fellow fliers but they certainly didn't love her back! An American Airlines jet headed to Kennedy Airport from LA was forced to make an emergency...
Mets reality, Mariano vs. Joba and the Houston non-effect
Let’s kick things off with the Pop Quiz, courtesy of Moriches’ own Bob Buscavage: Name the 1945 film that features the classic version of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?"...
Pal says Boston bombers may have been heading to his Watertown home on night of fatal shootout
Slain Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev intimately knew the Watertown nabe where he spent his final moments during a shootout with cops. Tamerlan visited a two-family home on Boylston Street...
Woman killed after car strikes barrier near Williamsburg Bridge
A woman was ejected from a speeding car this morning after the driver lost control and crashed into a barrier near the Williamsburg Bridge, authorities said. A 23-year-old woman was...
Man dies after fall from Times Square rooftop
Police are investigating the apparent suicide of a man who jumped from the roof of a Times Square hotel this morning, cops said. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at...
OJ returns to Las Vegas court in bid for new trial
A graying and doughy O.J. Simpson showed up in Las Vegas today, rolling the dice on a long-shot courtroom bid to get his armed robbery and kidnapping convictions set aside....
Mets bats fail Harvey yet again against Pirates
It’s a lineup not even a mother could love. Matt Harvey is supposed to be the Mets’ secret weapon that can overcome all obstacles, but yesterday had the audacity to...
A step in the right direction
Congratulations, grad! You’ve bagged the diploma — and now it’s time to look for a job. Despite what you might hear from other sources, the prospects for the Class of...
Go to Greg
I have high ambitions and would like to make it to a C-suite job someday — maybe even CEO. Any general career advice for getting there? Besides developing Kevlar skin...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Can’t Hold Us, Macklemore + Ryan Lewis 2. Just Give Me a Reason, Pink 3. Mirrors, Justin Timberlake 4. Gentleman, PSY 5. I Love It, Icona...
Holes showing in deal for Wonder Bread
Don’t expect to see Wonder Bread on store shelves any time soon. Antitrust enforcers are scrutinizing Flowers Foods’ deal to buy the iconic white bread and most of the other...
Business briefs
Garden gateMadison Square Garden, facing a city proposal to move in the next 15 years to clear the way for a new Penn Station, will likely recover the cost of...
Unclean hands: Bloomberg used help desk to spy on clients, sources say
Bloomberg LP appears to have crossed the line that separates its news-gathering operations from the business side. For years, Bloomberg News reporters were given access to instant message exchanges between...
Seaside skinny
Comedian Phyllis Diller once said, “I wore a bikini and the tide wouldn’t come in.” Follow the lead of these mags and maybe that won’t happen to you. Self will...
Allen Street’s radio retreat
The gastropub trend is mutating subtly as it spreads across town. Take Hill & Dale, a gastrolounge opening this week on the Lower East Side at 115 Allen St.The 64-seat...
Gov staffers elect to quit
Disenchanted members of Gov. Cuomo’s administration, embarrassed by the worsening government scandals and convinced that Cuomo won’t be president, will soon leave their jobs — just as the governor is...
Mom's joy at Little League CPR kid
New Jersey mom Lisa McGreevey spent yesterday in the hospital, but it was still her best Mother’s Day ever. That’s because she was at the bedside of her 8-year-old son,...
The booze cruise is over: DWI busts soar as NYPD cracks down
Boozed-up city drivers, who shouldn’t get behind the wheel in the first place, had better watch out. The NYPD is putting the heat on drunken drivers, making nearly 20 percent...
Poortugal sells posh Apple apt.
Cash-strapped Portugal has been quietly selling off its assets — including a swanky prewar pad at the famed Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side, The Post has learned....
Watery death
A commercial fishing boat capsized yesterday in choppy waters near an inlet off the Hamptons, killing an 85-year-old man who was tossed overboard, officials said. Authorities managed to rescue a...
19 shot at New Orleans parade
A neighborhood Mother’s Day Parade in New Orleans turned bloody as 19 people, two of them children, were shot in what the FBI was quick to classify as random gunplay...
‘Drunk’ rams police car
A drunken Manhattan man tried to keep driving after hitting a parked car in Brooklyn yesterday — but smashed into the back of a police cruiser instead, law-enforcement sources said....
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A 23-year-old Mount Hope woman is facing multiple charges after repeatedly striking her 6-year-old son in the face, neck and arms with a belt, authorities said. Oslyn...
Trenton standoff over; boyfriend killed by police, three kids rescued
TRENTON, NJ — Police yesterday stormed a New Jersey home and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend’s three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and...
Sampson crony eyed in 400G pay probe
He was John Sampson’s $400,000 man. Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted state senator, is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming probe....
‘Cats’ caught in borough ‘bias’
GOP mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis — who claims he’s the billionaire who cares about all five boroughs — once boasted that he was a Manhattanite who felt “sorry for those...
FBI reopens cruise vanish
The FBI’s New York office will reopen the case of a Connecticut man who vanished on July 5, 2005, while honeymooning on a Mediterranean cruise, his family’s lawyer said yesterday.Evidence...
Meyers in for Fallon
NBC is going to the “Saturday Night Live” well once again — tapping the show’s head writer and “Weekend Update” anchor, Seth Meyers, to take over Jimmy Fallon’s late-night talk...
Baba: Time to wetire
After 60 years in journalism, legendary broadcaster Barbara Walters is finally pulling the plug on her TV career. The 83-year-old Walters said revealed to viewers of her daytime show, “The...
Can’t top Zoe!
It’s all in the jeans for Zoe Saldana, who wears little else in a sexy shoot for Allure. The pic, appearing in the mag’s June issue, offers a better look...
DA set to reveal e-mail ‘motive’ in designer Sylvie Cachay’s Soho House death
He stole her money. He smoked pot and drank. He cheated yet was violently jealous. And he had threatened to kill her before. Manhattan prosecutors are amassing explosive new evidence...
Cops rip pols’ bid to bare evidence
Cops are panicking over a proposed law that would require prosecutors to promptly turn over the names of crime witnesses to defense lawyers — a change NYPD detectives worry will...
War on prenups after LI ‘pre-nope’ ruling
A parade of prominent divorce attorneys is marching to Manhattan court to challenge prenuptial agreements — spurred on by an unprecedented decision that voided a Nassau County couple’s contract. In...
Riding a Citi Bike an uphill battle — as bulky, 45 lb. units not easy to maneuver
If you sign up for the city’s new bike-share program, get ready for a workout — before you even begin pedaling. Simply heaving the bulky, 45-pound cruisers in and out...
‘Fraud’ doctor’s tragedy
A doctor who was falling-down drunk when he was busted in an alleged $400 million insurance-fraud scheme was forced to sober up in the slammer after his teenage daughter’s sudden...
Hoaxer Tawana Brawley celebrated in New Jersey fund-raiser
Infamous rape hoaxster and court deadbeat Tawana Brawley got rock-star treatment in New Jersey yesterday, posing for photos with dozens of supporters honoring her as a courageous victim of injustice...
‘Gatsby’ a hit at No. 2
LOS ANGELES — “The Great Gatsby,” with Leonardo DiCaprio, scored a $51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up behind “Iron Man 3,” which made $72.5 million. Estimates...
O-pology demanded for IRS ‘Tea’ target
WASHINGTON — President Obama should personally apologize to the American people for the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, a Republican senator said yesterday. “The...
‘SNL’ in laugh gaffe
Too soon and not funny. “Saturday Night Live’s” opening bit this weekend used beau-killer Jodi Arias (Nasim Pedrad, above) and alleged Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro (Bobby Moynihan, below) to parody...
Mac attack on Hill
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain yesterday called the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi, Libya, consulate attack a “coverup” that reached all the way to former Secretary of State Hillary...
Quinn is ‘left’ out
Christine Quinn, the front-runner in the battle for the Democratic nod in the mayoral race, has lost the backing of three left-wing Manhattan political clubs whose leaders say she’s become...
Feds hail NYPD
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will accept an award in Washington, DC, today from Secretary of State John Kerry for the NYPD’s work in Haiti.The NYPD earned the “Excellence in Overseas...
De Blasio event a drag
There was nothing politic about this Democratic fund-raiser.Stars and drag queens took the stage at one of the most unbridled political events of the mayoral race — a Mother’s Day...
Drunk sounds alarm
He’s a real button-pusher! A booze-chugging bum keeps pressing an emergency “call-box” button in Tribeca — forcing firefighters to rush to the scene because he simply wants a comfy spot...
Dramatic video shows Amanda Berry’s escape; 3 captives speak out since breaking free
CLEVELAND — Dramatic cell-phone video emerged yesterday, showing cops busting down the door of accused kidnapper-rapist Ariel Castro’s house of horrors, leading to the rescue of three brutalized women. Officers...
House-rent Web site on the outs with inn law
A Web site that allows people to rent their homes for as short a period as one day is operating illegally in New York state. Now the popular rental site,...
Special-interest snakes v. the garden
New York businesses would be wise to stay tuned to Madison Square Garden’s attempt to renew its “special permit” to operate an arena. Should a group of activists and politicians...
Sign of sick times
Was the widespread sexual contact between students and teachers at Horace Mann in the 1960s and ’70s a crime, or just a sign of the times? The latter, says Gary...
Clinton and Obama: Lying through their teeth
The Issue: Testimony last week by State Department before Congress officials on the Benghazi attack.. *** When you strip language of its niceties, it can be cold and honest (“The...
Hawking’s Israel hatred
The Issue: Stephen Hawking’s decision to withdraw from an Israeli conference based on Palestinian advice. *** Stephen Hawking takes his advice from “Palestinian academics” (“Stephen Hawking’s Universe,” Editorial, May 8)?...
Cops & bikers
Mike Bloomberg has a big problem when he starts making John Liu look mayoral. It started when Mike went off last week, praising his signature initiative to turn city streets...
The Nixon wing at the IRS
In a stunning admission, the IRS has now officially apologized for subjecting 75 conservative groups to over-aggressive tax scrutiny during last year’s presidential campaign — even though it also insists...
Our moral market
At long last: a Republican who talks about Republicanism and free markets in a way designed to reach Americans who aren’t CEOs or hedge fund managers. The Republican’s name is...
Scrooge & immigration
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with “20,000 times the force” of a...
Kerry: A pavlovian peace-processor
That sure didn’t take long. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Moscow counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, launched a new peace initiative for Syria on Tuesday; on Wednesday, Russia — ouch...
There’s life & magic in ‘Death of Walt Disney’
Broadway these days is specializing in famous people played by even more famous people: Tom Hanks as the tabloid columnist Mike McAlary, Bette Midler as super-agent Sue Mengers and Holland...
Bob Glaudini and Philip Seymour Hoffman look at working-class strivers in ‘A Family for All Occasions’
The last time Philip Seymour Hoffman teamed up with playwright Bob Glaudini, they scored an unlikely hit with 2007’s “Jack Goes Boating” — an affectionate depiction of so-called losers looking...
Ike's tailspin could force Mets to drop him to Triple-A
If Ike Davis doesn’t clean it up quickly in the cleanup spot, ticket him for a trip to Triple-A Las Vegas. The Mets cannot afford to waste Matt Harvey’s starts....
Sports Shorts
MLB: Cubs re-up Rizzo for 7 Anthony Rizzo and the Cubs agreed to a seven-year, $41 million contract. According to reports, the deal includes two team options that could make...
Monmoth Park Results
FIRST-6 fur; $13,000; clm($10,000); 3up 1 Clmng Vctry (Rys) 20.00 12.40 8.40 7 Lady Witch (DeCarlo) 6.80 4.60 2 Fireymistonthehill (Moya) 4.60 Scr: Another Big Cat.* Exacta (1-7) $255.00 *...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $35,000; alw; 3up(f)1Pure Blush (Gomz)4.602.402.103Rolanda (Bejarano)2.402.105Warren's Lover (Toledo)3.00* $1 Exacta (1-3) $4.60 * Quinella (1-3) $4.00 * $1 Trifecta (1-3-5) $24.40SECOND-6 fur; $33,000; clm($75,000); 3up5Swmmn Insshn (Mldd)7.403.603.001Cornthn Melody...
Curry, Warriors even series with Spurs
OAKLAND — His spirits down, his left ankle limp and his team’s season hanging in the balance, Stephen Curry wondered whether he could recover for the biggest game of his...
Bruins, Leafs need 7
TORONTO — The Maple Leafs are close to making playoff history. Dion Phaneuf and Phil Kessel scored third-period goals and the Maple Leafs edged the Bruins 2-1 last night to...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2f; $22,000; mdn cl($15,000); 4up; (f&m)CATTY MATTY cuts back in distance and drops in class after finishing fourth...
Federer, Murray: Gay player OK
ROME — Roger Federer and Andy Murray believe there would be no problem if a men’s tennis player comes out as gay. The second- and third-ranked players were asked about...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 1/2f; $20,000; cl($7,500); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Belle's Big Boy(L),113ACastillJr2-3-4Aristone2-12 WhistleIncludd(L),120KCarmoch2-8-5Rodrigez7-23 He's So Dreamy(L),114C Orm4-1-2Ryerson4-14 Linchester(L),120J Torres7-10-7Nicholsn15-15 More Reubens(L),120R Chiappe3-3-4Abrams3-16 Link Suances(L),113JVargas,Jr5-2-7Auwarter8-17...
Belmont Park Charts
May 12th, 2013 Clear And Muddy Turf Off. .©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur(T); $30,000; clm($20,000); 3upOff: 1:05. Good. 3w, drifted out laneTime: 22.92, 46.3, 58.69, 1:11.73.Trainer: Jamie NessWinner: B...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 13TUEMay 14WEDMay 15THUMay 16FRIMay 17SATMay 18SUNMay 19Yankees+ Cleveland (2)12:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMSea.7:05YESWCBSSea.7:05YESWCBSSea.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05WWORWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSMetsSt. Louis7:05SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMSt.L.8:15SNYWFANSt.L.8:15SNYWFANSt.L.1:45SNYWFANCubs2:20SNYWFANCubs1:05WPIXWFANCubs2:20WPIXWFANKnicksNOGAMEInd.7:00TNTESPNNOGAMEInd.8:00TNTESPNNOGAME* Ind.TBAESPNESPNNOGAMERangersWashington8:00MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEL.A.1:00ESPN2HOMEAWAY
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsTonightFavoriteLineUnderdogHeat8BULLSGRIZZLIES4 1/2ThunderTomorrowPACERS5KnicksSPURS8WarriorsNHL PlayoffsTonightFavoriteLineUnderdogCAPITALS$115-135Rangers BRUINS$170-200Maple LeafsDay TBAPENGUINS$180-220SenatorsOdds to Win SeriesPenguins$280-360SenatorsHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
BaseballNoonYankees at Indians, Game 1 YES, WCBS 880 AM3 p.m.Yankees at Indians, Game 2 YES, WCBS 880 AM7 p.m.Mets at Cardinals SNY, WFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMNBA Playoffs, Conf. Semis7 p.m.Heat...
Hondo shoots for the moon
Hondo should have known not to take the Padres on Mother’s Day. Oh, well, live and learn and watch the deficit grow to 140 kneppers, which it did yesterday because...
Almost nothing off Sale, Chisox
The White Sox needed a big start from ace Chris Sale, and he nearly gave them something historic. Sale took a perfect game into the seventh inning before finishing with...
Mets reliever Francisco has setback
Frank Francisco is hurting again. The Mets reliever, on a rehab assignment for Class A St. Lucie, is scheduled to be examined by doctors this week after his elbow “didn’t...
Baxter seeing role grow with Mets
Take away Mike Baxter and the Mets could be headed to St. Louis coming off a winless homestand. The part-time outfielder, who had the game-winning hits in the team’s lone...
Capitals star Ovechkin bottled up by Rangers
It’s no longer a matter of time. It’s no longer inevitable. Alex Ovechkin has 60 minutes to do what he’s been doing his entire life, or his bounce-back season will...
Rangers' Dorsett does his job
These are the kind of things John Tortorella was excited about when his Rangers acquired Derek Dorsett from the Blue Jackets at the trade deadline. In yesterday’s 1-0 win over...
Departing a familiar challenger for Orb in Preakness
It’s an age-old story: Two boyhood chums grow up together, go their separate ways, then meet again years later in a desperate contest from which only one can emerge triumphant....
Derby win meant big changes for Orb
Jennifer Patterson, exercise rider and assistant to trainer Shug McGaughey, will help guide Kentucky Derby winner Orb through his schedule this week en route to Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico...
After Geno Smith's strong start, it's time for Jets to deal Mark Sanchez and hand reins to rookie
The Jets’ decision-makers are in love. You can tell from talking to people around the team during this weekend’s rookie mini-camp that many in the organization are smitten with new...
Rangers announcers call for penalty that never happened
It’s all an elaborate, all-in-on-it impractical joke — in high def. Knock-knock, you’re it. In the second period of Game 5 of Rangers-Capitals on Friday — Rangers up, 1-0 —...
Knicks' Martin gets flu bug from Smith
INDIANAPOLIS — Did Kenyon Martin also party with Rihanna? No, but Martin has caught J.R. Smith’s flu. Smith and Martin missed yesterday’s practice at Bankers Life Field House to rest...
Knicks must go back to firing more 3-pointers
INDIANAPOLIS — During the season, the Knicks launched almost 29 3-point shots per game. During the first eight games of the playoffs, they hoisted 24 per game. On Saturday, though,...
NBC's Miller questions Tiger's drop at The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Last month at the Masters, an incorrect drop by Tiger Woods sparked a firestorm at Augusta. So when Woods hit his tee shot into the...
Tiger wins at The Players Championship after Sergio's wet meltdown
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods is about as fond of the TPC at Sawgrass as he is of Sergio Garcia. So, the dramatic way Woods’ second career Players...
The good and bad of Garcia on full display at Sawgrass
“I’m not going to lie. He’s not my favorite guy to play with. He’s not the nicest guy on tour. We don’t enjoy each other’s company. You don’t have to...
Joba half-heartedly clears air with Yankees' Rivera
KANSAS CITY — Even though Joba Chamberlain apologized to Mariano Rivera yesterday for talking rudely to the Yankees icon Saturday, Chamberlain said he wouldn’t do anything differently if given a...
Yankees' Nuno to get first start vs. Indians
KANSAS CITY — Vidal Nuno will make his first major league start for the Yankees in the second game of a doubleheader today in Cleveland. Infielder Corban Joseph will be...
Heat's on Wade in East semis
CHICAGO — Dwyane Wade is used to being the focal point of a team’s offensive attack, as he has been for much of his stellar career with the Heat. So,...
Kuroda, ump exchange words in Yankees' homer-backed win
KANSAS CITY — Hiroki Kuroda’s solid effort was complete one out earlier than he wanted, and as he walked off the mound plate umpire Laz Diaz said something to him....
Chandler must swing back or Knicks will be KO’d by Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s entirely possible that whenever this season ends — this week, next week, next month — we will start to hear a few things about Tyson Chandler, about...
Pacers' Hibbert done apologizing for ‘O’ woes
INDIANAPOLIS — A little more than a month, roughly a quarter of the NBA season, had passed. Indiana center Roy Hibbert, after a summer that included signing a healthy contract...
Knicks' Amar’e feels no ill effects from return
INDIANAPOLIS — There was no problematic aftermath for Amar’e Stoudemire. After experiencing his first action for the Knicks in more than two months Saturday night, Stoudemire felt fine yesterday morning...
Up to Woodson to wake Knicks up or series will be over quick
INDIANAPOLIS — This is a maddening, infuriating basketball team, these Knicks, a team that only sometimes plays tough and plays smart and does not understand the kind of commitment, the...
Carmelo, Knicks face 2-1 deficit with offense struggling
INDIANAPOLIS — Faced with a 2-1 hole, an uncertain rotation, a flu bug making the rounds and a scoring tandem in the tank, coach Mike Woodson sounded desperate at yesterday’s...
Rangers stymie Capitals, force Game 7
Of course it was a grind, because the Rangers would have it no other way. With their season on the line and the summer lurking in the sunshine outside, somehow...
Lundqvist's performance fit for a King keeps Rangers season alive
One goal. That’s all the King’s men got for Henrik Lundqvist and that’s all their goaltender needed. One game. That’s all that Lundqvist and the Rangers need in order to...
How Hurricane Sandy changed the ‘Million Dollar Listing’ guys
Bravo’s slogan is “Watch What Happens.” Maybe they should change it to “Watch Your Back” — since the network’s shows usually revolve around the rich and successful conspiring against each...
Soap queen Jeanne Cooper’s touching ‘Y&R’ sendoff
Soap star Jeanne Cooper, who passed away last week, will get a touching tribute from her “The Young and the Restless” colleagues in a special episode airing later this month....
Mike Tyson is getting a cartoon
Mike Tyson — yes, that Mike Tyson — is getting the cartoon treatment. Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” programming block will feature a new ’toon called “Mike Tyson Mysteries,” in which...
Two’s a ‘Crowd’
‘Shark Tank,” which became an unexpected hit for ABC, proved one thing: in tough economic times, game shows fare much better if the prize helps insure the future of a...
Talk show guests
MONDAYJIMMY KIMMEL, ALYSON HANNIGAN - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7GABOUREY SIDIBE - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 and 4 p.m., Ch. 9DR. NATASHA...
Cee Lo is getting a new reality show on TBS
Throw another celebrity onto the reality show pile. Cee Lo Green, a judge on NBC’s “The Voice,” will be the focus of “The Cee Lo Life,” which will air on...
'American Idol' finale airs this week
Candice Glover and Kree Harrison will duke it out for the “American Idol” crown this week. Glover, 23 and Harrison, 22, will perform for the final time Wednesday night —...
Pulse sales
GANT 260 Fifth Ave., between 28th and 29th streets Sale May 14-19. Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m./Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m./ Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Women’s and men’s merchandise is up to...
Weird but true
Getting pulled over by cops is the best thing that ever happened to this guy. After Christian Felix, 18, was stopped late at night by a Phoenix cop who thought...
Long Island pair dominate their respective fields
The journeys of Frankie Vanderka and Olivia Galati span more than 20 years and less than 35 miles. Long Island isn’t all they know, but it’s all they needed to...