November 7, 2009
Ex-Devils coach is Wizard of Calgary
CALGARY — After listening to Brent Sutter explain his reasons for leaving New Jersey last June with one year remaining on his contract to coach the Devils, one could imagine...
PSAL Class A boys soccer final preview
New York Post PSAL boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Sunday’s Class A soccer final on Randall’s Island. Who: No. 1 Martin Luther King Jr. vs. No. 2...
PSAL City Championship football first round preview
The New York Post’s PSAL football beat writers, Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi, break down the first round of the playoffs. SCHEDULE (all games begin at 12 p.m.) No. 16...
Nets' Douglas-Roberts has swine flu
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Chris Douglas-Roberts has tested positive for swine flu, another blow to a New Jersey Nets team that is losing players as quickly as games. Douglas-Roberts had...
19-year-old behind celeb heist ring
LAS VEGAS — A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make...
Russo kicks Notre Dame into first B/Q final
Emma Pichl saw open field up the far side line and took off. The junior quickly dribbled the ball through two Bishop Kearney defenders. As the third tried to make...
Expansion beats the odds at Aqueduct
Expansion won the $150,000 Red Smith Handicap at Aqueduct on Saturday, beating favored Grand Couturier for a 1¼-length victory on the turf. Making his debut for trainer Chad Brown, Expansion...
Cop: Shrink shot soldiers running for cover
KILLEEN, Texas — One of two police officers who confronted the alleged Fort Hood killer says he shot Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan before kicking the man's weapon away, handcuffing him...
CHSAA Class A boys soccer final preview
New York Post CHSAA boys soccer beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down Sunday’s CHSAA Class A intersectional final at Belson Stadium on the campus of St. John’s University in Queens....
Ailing Lundqvist to miss Flames game
CALGARY -- Henrik Lundqvist has been scratched from his scheduled start here tonight against the Flames. Head coach John Tortorella, who on Friday named The King as his goaltender, claimed...
Psycho shrink worried fellow Muslims
FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in...
It's official! USS New York commissioned
The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into service today both as a symbol of healing and strength. "No matter...
12-y.o. bound in LI home invasion
A 12-year-old boy who was alone in his Long Island home was forced into a bathroom by a trio of push-in robbers, who duct-taped his face and tied him up...
Prez makes last-minute health care push
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation today as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage...
Nets CD-R Has Swine Flu
It just keeps getting worse for the Nets. Now, the flu-like symptoms that have afflicted Chris Douglas-Roberts have been confirmed as swine flu. The test results came in today and the...
Orlando shooting suspect mentally ill, lawyer says
ORLANDO, Fla. — The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is “very mentally ill” and crumbled under the...
Detective shoots NY teen in face
An undercover cop shot a 15-year-old boy in the cheek yesterday after the teen flashed a fake gun inside the courtyard of his Williamsbridge apartment, cops said. The teen whipped...
Three killed in deadly Queens house fire
A deadly fire ripped through an illegally converted Queens home early this morning, killing three men and leaving four injured, authorities said. Two people were found dead in the basement...
Countdown to the Cup
The Post continues its profiles of each of the eight Breeders’ Cup races to be run today at Santa Anita. The Countdown to the Cup spotlights potential nice-price winners as...
Yankees bring city together in lovefest
These are the best days of all, and only partly because they happen in the immediate afterglow of triumph, a championship in the bank and satisfaction sating every ounce of...
A-Rod caps rocky year in, um, style
A season that began with an embarrassing press conference for Alex Rodriguez ended with a triumphant trip up Broadway. Rodriguez captured his first championship, and in the process answered all...
Canseco has fighting words for Rodriguez
Former baseball player and current celebrity boxer Jose Canseco said he would like to fight Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. Speaking Thursday at a weigh-in for his upcoming fight in Massachusetts,...
A-Rod’s transformation from pariah to hero complete
For one day in his life, there were no shades to Alex Rodriguez, postseason hero, though he put a put on a pair for yesterday’s parade. A guy who has...
Bettor's guide to the 2009 Breeders' Cup
RACE 2 - Juvenile Turf Two-year-old colts & geldings. Purse: $1 million. Distance: One Mile (Turf). Post time: 4:35 p.m. Bets: WPS, exacta, trifecta, superfecta, Pick 3, Pick 4. By...
Top of the world
Mike and Joanna Rajendran had to come out for the parade — the Yankees won it all for them. The Hartsdale couple were the first to be married at the...
Dallas bandwagon grows quickly
The hotline to Las Vegas takes you inside Week 9 of the NFL season, telling bettors what direction the lines are moving, and by how much. COWBOYS-EAGLES Eagles –3: MGM...
Meaningful off weeks coming to end
Backup tight ends, defenses and kickers have a fantasy lifespan similar to “Cash for Clunkers.” They are gone before you know it. With six teams off this week, and just...
Buckeyes QB has a bull’s-eye on his back
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Welcome home, Terrelle. Or maybe not, if we are to believe what you said before last year’s Penn State game. “I’m from Ohio now.” Terrelle Pryor...
Dawson wants to avoid brawl in Johnson rematch
Light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is in a bit of a quandary. He knows the best way to defeat former champion Glen Johnson tonight in Hartford, Conn., will be to...
BCS buster
The best argument for a college football playoff is continued BCS failure. Here’s how to root for chaos this week: Outside of LSU traveling to Alabama, the schedule doesn’t offer...
Heisman watch
Each Saturday, Heisman Trophy voters Tim Sullivan and Lenn Robbins will break down three candidates, who may or may not have impressed the week before: JEREMIAH MASOLI, QB, OREGON TIM...
Tragedy, losses will sap UConn energy
CONNECTICUT at CINCINNATI 8 p.m., ABC LINE: Cincinnati –17 • O/U: 511⁄2 EYES ON: Connecticut DE Lindsey Witten; Cincinnati WR Mardy Gilyard ANGLE: No program in the nation has endured...
Walsh tired of James talk
Donnie Walsh sported a younger look tonight, a new, snazzy corporate haircut. Walsh cracked he did it for LeBron James. Who knows if he really was joking?One thing is for...
St. John's shocks Irish, falls in overtime
Everyone on the St. John’s women’s soccer team knew that their Big East semifinal matchup against Notre Dame was going to be an uphill battle. When the Fighting Irish scored...
Pinkston says it is not Tennessee, yet
It was believed that Jayvaughn Pinkston, a 6-foot-6 senior at Bishop Loughlin, had verbally committed to the University of Tennessee, but the city's top-rated senior told The Post Friday night...
Underdog Poly Prep pulls off another upset, returns to NYSAISAA final
The Poly Prep boys soccer team played 14 Ivy League games and won just six of them. They lost five and tied three. It’s been an uncharacteristic season in many...
The old & the Zoo
Freddy from The Bronx has been living there rent-free since 1958. What’s his secret? Well, he’s a turtle. And he calls the Bronx Zoo home. The AARP-eligible Fly River turtle,...
Tales from the closet
It’s the total chick show: no big sets, no swordplay . . . no James Gandolfini. What “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” does have — besides a script by...
What's up?
TODAY TRIPLE THREAT: Lincoln Center’s Jazz for Young People series kicks off with “Who Is Mary Lou Williams?” You’ll soon find out, when the kid-friendly concert honors the great jazz...
Beacon beats MSIT this time around in semis
Every time Beacon missed an opportunity on net, it got Kevin Jacobs more nervous about the outcome of his team’s game against McKee/Staten Island Tech. “We gave up too many...
A glass of Tweet red
As if being able to taste a hint of cherry weren’t difficult enough, visitors to City Winery will be all atwitter at one of its wine tastings this weekend. That’s...
The case for cell safety
It's believed that cellphones — along with peanut butter, microwaves and just about everything else in life — might cause cancer. Could be true, might be false. But now, a...
Oy, a duel!
OY vey! A rare feud brewing between Yiddish theater companies is burning hotter than, well, chicken fat on a fire. The clash has pitted members of the National Yiddish Theatre...
Girls volleyball roundup: Wingate completes undefeated regular season
Nkem Azikiwe had six kills, six digs and four assists to lead Wingate to a win Friday against South Shore. The victory gives the Generals their first-ever undefeated regular season...
It came from outer space
This season of television remakes and spin-offs —“Melrose Place,” “Eastwick,” “NCIS: Los Angeles” — would not be complete without the return of “V.” The original was a highly successful, two-part...
Experts at the obvious
IT STILL seems as if our local TV newscasts primarily target the dopiest folks in town, those who think that Jerry Springer is the news. And it continues to seem...
Reel good
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) Sunday, 12 p.m., TCM John Huston’s film noir blockbuster involves a dame with gams that won’t quit (Mary Astor) who involves tough-talkin’ P.I. Sam Spade (Humphrey...
Dark & twisty Maggie Smith
Dame Maggie Smith gives a harrowing performance as a woman haunted by a chance encounter from her youth in “Capturing Mary.” Smith, 75, was at home in Suffolk, England, when...
Spinning their wheels
Let’s get one thing straight: Kevin McHale, who plays wheelchair-bound underdog Artie Abrams on “Glee,” can really dance. In this week’s episode, we learn that Artie’s been confined to a...
Don't miss
End of the line It’s been quite a season for Don Draper (Jon Hamm, above right) on “Mad Men.” His ad agency was taken over by a bunch of Brits....
Bone voyage
Call it the Laurence Fishburne “CSI” good will tour. It all starts on Monday night, when Dr. Ray Langston (Laurence Fishburne) visits Horatio Caine (David Caruso) on “CSI: Miami” after...
King of comedy
There aren’t many people in television who’ve had as great a ride as Kelsey Grammer — or a life as dramatic. In two long-running series, “Cheers” and “Frasier,” he played...
Sew not what it used to be
"Project Runway" has struggled to make it work in its sixth season, which concludes in a two-part finale starting Thursday. The once-fascinating show's intrigue has slipped as badly as a...
Benny Hill not fit for stamp?
Britian's postal service has rejected "Benny Hill" for a stamp because his girl-chasing ways are no longer politically correct. Royal Mail, as the post office is called there, had been...
Fun with cool energy out of Africa
'Itutu" means "cool" in Yoruba. Judging from Karole Armitage's work at BAM, it might also mean "fun." For this piece, Armitage -- the former Merce Cunningham dancer and punk ballerina...
NYC is Georgetown
Make way, because the Mothership is landing in The Bronx tonight, and legendary funk artists George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic are on board. "Oh, artsy fartsy, huh?" says Clinton after being...
Chris tax vow
New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie yesterday promised to veto any potential tax rise from the Legislature next year. New Jerseyans, said Christie, who campaigned against tax increases, already face a...
Spano's 'suicide'
Why did Westchester voters throw out incumbent County Executive Andy Spano in favor of Republican challenger Rob Astorino by an impressive 58-42 margin? Taxes no doubt ranked high as an...
Behind Yanks' win: money to buy success
THE ISSUE: If unfair spending led to the Yankees' World Series triumph and the mayor's reelection. * To those bemoaning that the Yankees won only because of their high payroll,...
Shutting off the miracle-drug spigot
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was right last week when she called her latest health-care-reform proposal a "his toric moment": After decades of life-saving and cost-cutting scientific innovations from drug and...
'Too fat to kill' guy guilty
He wasn't too fat to convict. An obese Florida man who had tried to claim he was too fat to have murdered his former son-in-law was convicted yesterday after a...
Larry Fink not a contender for the top job at BofA
BlackRock's king, Larry Fink, is content with all that he surveys at his asset management firm, and isn't interested in taking the scepter at Bank of America. "Larry Fink has...
'Amazing' cop heroine who felled fiend
Kimberly Munley, a civilian cop assigned to Fort Hood, was directing traffic on the sprawling Army base when shots rang out at the nearby Soldier Readiness Processing Center. With her...
Call this horror by its name: Islamist terror
On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting, "Allahu akbar!" ("God is great!") committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants...
Dems rethink gov snub
ALBANY -- Facing a break in their ranks amid criticism that they were snubbing the governor during a fiscal crisis, state Senate Democrats now plan to attend Gov. Paterson's budget...
Gal gets max in dad slay
A Queens woman who killed and castrated her father because he had molested her was sentenced to the maximum yesterday by a judge who complained that a sympathetic verdict from...
Ft. Hood probers ponder missed signs
Disturbing new details surfaced yesterday about the deranged Fort Hood gunman and his methodical mass murder plot, which survivors say began with him screaming "Allahu akbar," before he fired more...
Rihanna: 'When'll it stop?'
Pummeled pop princess Rihanna yesterday described her battering ex-boyfriend Chris Brown as a monster, saying he had "no soul in his eyes" as he viciously beat her last February. "That's...
A-Rod wipes slate clean
A-Rod's on a roll! The often-stoic Yankee beamed with pride yesterday as he rode up the Canyon of Heroes, finally enjoying the cheers he's sought since arriving in The Bronx...
Fiancée slayer gets life
A city transit cop who killed his fiancée in a jealous rage on a street in Queens was sentenced yesterday to 25 years to life. Using his NYPD-issued 9mm Glock,...
GIs screamed: 'Shots fired! Shots fired'
Firsthand reports from inside the Fort Hood's soldier processing center describe a terrifying bloodbath during Nidal Malik Hasan's 10-minute rampage. About 300 soldiers were packed inside the center when Hasan...
Dimon dad takes job at JPMorgan
If Jamie Dimon ever needs fatherly advice, he can turn to his newest employee: Dad. Theodore "Ted" Dimon, the 78-year-old father of JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, quit...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island *Some friend. An Annadale woman admitted helping herself to more than $12,700 worth of her friend's valuables while he was hospitalized, police said. Amanda Ibanez, 23, stuffed DVDs,...
Blackstone profits in Q3
Blackstone Group LP, the world's largest private-equity company, reported a third-quarter profit of $275.3 million, helped by fees from selling assets and finding acquisition targets. Profit excluding some costs tied...
Adoring fans do Jeterian swoon
It's good to be Derek Jeter. No. It's great. Two million of my fellow New Yorkers and I mobbed the downtown streets at dawn, cramming our bodies onto rickety trucks,...
Business briefs
Gold rises Gold futures jumped to a record, topping $1,100 an ounce, on mounting speculation that low US borrowing costs will drive down the dollar, boosting gold's appeal as an...
Jet debris in near miss on Long Island
A potentially deadly chunk of a Tokyo-bound jumbo jet made an unscheduled layover in Long Island -- crash-landing by a family's driveway, sources said yesterday. The 3-by-4-foot engine tail cone...
Death shuts Gate on plan for new nightspot
Entertainment impresario Art D'Lugoff was looking to give the Village Gate a final act. D'Lugoff was just weeks away from re-launching his famed nightclub as an even bigger downtown spot...
Best. Workday. Ever. For downtown crowd
Work ground to a halt up and down lower Broadway yesterday, as Big Apple working stiffs ditched their jobs to hurl confetti at the victorious Yankees. "It's hard hearing the...
Bank blunder stiffs 60,000 ex-teachers
A $189 million bank bungle has made November pension checks disappear for 60,000 retired city teachers and school administrators, officials said yesterday. Bank of New York Mellon promised to quickly...
Kraft brews up $5B plan
That's an expensive cup of joe. If food giant Kraft manages to sell its coffee business to Sara Lee, the price tag would be at least $5 billion -- and...
Taconic mom had 'regular' pot habit
Wrong-way Taconic driver Diane Schuler smoked pot "on a regular basis" after putting her kids to bed and was downing daiquiris the weekend of the fiery crash that claimed eight...
Skype founders get stake
Online auction giant eBay ended a year-long battle with the founders of Skype yesterday, clearing the way to sell off the Internet calling service. Litigation had been flying back and...
Growing hedges
Less than a year after the hedge-fund industry suffered its worst upheaval in history, some big-name bosses are boasting that they're back to black. Phil Falcone, who made a mint...
Liberty and taxation for all
THE ISSUE: Whether upstate Indian tribes should be taxed on reservation cigarette sales. * Although I'm not a Native American, I object to the idea that Native American tribes upstate...
Tears in Brooklyn for suicide-plunge groom
Friends and loved ones bid a tearful farewell yesterday to the groom who jumped from a Brooklyn hotel room window just two days after his wedding. "You know what it...
Baby-Face Butcher crash suit
She says she's been Baby-Faced Butchered. Notorious teen murderer Daphne Abdela -- dubbed the "Baby-Faced Butcher" after her gutted victim turned up floating in Central Park Lake 12 years ago...
It's confetti & meatballs
Confetti-crazed Yankee fans in buildings along the parade route decided to use confidential financial documents in place of ticker tape -- literally tossing common sense out the window. While the...
Take a look at Hasan's old mosque
What interpretation of Islam influ enced Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan? As often before, the trail leads to the official sect of Saudi Arabia -- known as Wahhabism to most of...
Some holiday cheer
The unemployment rate hit a 26-year high yesterday, but the Grinch hasn't nabbed Christmas just yet. While the government said that joblessness soared to 10.2 percent last month, some say...
Prez leads nation in mourning
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday the entire nation is grieving for those slain at Fort Hood, and he urged people not to jump to conclusions while law-enforcement officers investigate...
Buffett's Berkshire profits triple
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said third-quarter profits tripled as stock markets advanced and the cost of compensating insurance customers for storm damage dropped. Net income advanced to $3.24...
A grand $lam for vendors
Hot-dog vendors, coffee-cart owners and bartenders scored huge pinstriped profits yesterday. More than 2 million Yankee diehards flooded lower Manhattan, painting the town blue, white -- and green. "When a...
The military's blinders
Why did the US military ig nore the clear warning signs that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspected Ft. Hood shooter, had embraced radical Islam -- and thus become a...
'Suicide' miracle
A former Naval Academy water-polo star amazingly survived a suicide leap of 212 feet off the George Washington Bridge into the 55-degree waters of the Hudson yesterday -- then swam...
Terror in Texas
The nation today ponders the irony of the slaughter of US soldiers, not on a battlefield in some dusty and distant land -- but on an Army base deep in...
Pelosi's telling delay
House Democrats may finally be taking note of voters' fears of ObamaCare. The Dems were planning to pass their bill today, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Co. yesterday realized it...
Art D'Lugoff, 1924-2009
For nearly four decades, starting in 1958, New York's most eclectic cultural venue was the Village Gate, a nightclub on the corner of Bleecker and Thompson in Greenwich Village. The...
Bruno eyed cashing in his computer chips
ALBANY -- Former Senate boss Joseph Bruno sought a meeting with then-Gov. George Pataki to discuss a state technology project pushed by a computer firm paying the GOP lawmaker as...
Fla. shoot rampage
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A gunman opened fire yesterday, killing one person and injuring five others in the offices of an engineering firm that had fired him more than two years...
America's bravest in death path
A woman who joined the Army right after the 9/11 attacks because she wanted to take on Osama bin Laden and another soldier who was three months pregnant were among...
Health vote expected today
WASHINGTON -- Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation last night and officials expressed optimism they had lined up...
LeBron owns Garden in only visit
The Knicks got a head start on July 1 by rolling out the red carpet for LeBron James last night. King James held his own Garden parade in the 100-91...
Injury-riddled Nets lose sixth straight
PHILADELPHIA -- There are matters in life that defy belief. Like the Nets losing another player to injury last night. Courtney Lee exited early in the third quarter with a...
Devils top Islanders in Elias' return
Finally getting their Newark act together, the Devils go back on the road tonight, where they've been perfect. They won their second straight at home, and third in four there...
Nets president: Don't blame coach for sorry start
PHILADELPHIA -- The Nets' start to the season has been a tragedy wrapped up in a catastrophe surrounded by a disaster. Defeats and injuries have ruled the way. But don't...
Sean Avery may see more ice time in Calgary
CALGARY, Alberta -- If Dion Phaneuf wants to go looking for Sean Avery on the ice tonight, he had better be alert, with the winger unaccountably banished by coach John...
Too bad Garden hoopla for visitors
To have to watch a Knicks game on the same day as the Yankees held a parade to celebrate their 27th World Series championship is a lot like being fed...
Hey, Yankees: Make this parade an annual event
One parade is not nearly enough. There should be a parade next year and the year after that, too. A Yankees victory parade should become as common as the Macy's...
The Post Line
NFL Tomorrow Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog GIANTS 3 4½ (47½) Chargers JAGUARS 7 6½ (42) Chiefs Ravens 3 3 (43½) BENGALS COLTS 10 9 (48) Texans FALCONS 10 10...
Grand Canyon of celebration
They've still got it! After a nine-year drought, millions of raucous Bomber fans found themselves back in familiar surroundings yesterday -- lining the confetti-covered Canyon of Heroes to watch the...
No 'snowball' chance in this Chargers visit
The Chargers haven't played in Giants Stadium in nearly 14 years, but their last trip was a memorable -- and ugly -- one. San Diego beat the Giants, 27-17, in...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 7 fur; $43,000; alw; 3up BANKING HOLIDAY comes in with a bullet work and Cohen replaces Dominguez, who is out of town today, after finishing fourth as...
'Incredible' day for Sabathia and Teixeira
CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira never had been part of anything like this. Two of the Yankees' prized additions -- and key forces in their 27th world championship -- had...
Breeders Analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 7 fur; $100,000; 3YO DAMASCUS STAKES M ONE RIFLE comes in with a bullet work after setting the pace and finishing second by nose in Cal Cup...
Yankees' offseason moves pay big dividends
The Yankees regained what matters most to their organization when they won their 27th title. And just to show their single-mindedness to that cause, manager Joe Girardi already had decided...
Giants bench Brown; LB Boley could start
The Giants have lost three straight heading into tomorrow's game against the Chargers, surrendering at least 40 points in two of them, so something was bound to change on defense....
Rival trainer says the super filly is 'beatable
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Bring her on! With the whole turf world focused today on Zenyatta's dramatic showdown against male horses in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita,...
Matsui stays mum on plans for future
Hideki Matsui appears to be in full negotiating mode already. On the same day he received some of the loudest cheers in the Canyon of Heroes for his contributions as...
2 million cheer Yankees up Canyon of Heroes
The 2009 Yankees made one last ride together -- this time up the Canyon of Heroes. After 177 games, 114 victories, nine months and one world title, the Yankees sat...
Classic test for the 'zen' master
ARCADIA, Calif. -- They call her the "Zen Master." Zenyatta, the darling of California racing fans, is a towering Amazon who achieved immortality by winning her first 13 races without...
Rib injury threatened Mo's Series
If there had been a Game 7 in the World Series, the end of the game might have been dicey. Mariano Rivera revealed yesterday he was nursing a rib injury...
Life Is Sweet for Shirreffs in Ladies'
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Emerging from the shadow of her stablemate Zenyatta, who won last year's $2 million Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita, but this year opted for today's $5 million...
Mets pick up option on Pelfrey
The Mets picked up the 2010 option on Mike Pelfrey yesterday and officially declined their option on reliever J.J. Putz. Pelfrey's contract expired after this season, but the Mets were...
CC 'trying hard' to recruit LeBron
CC Sabathia told The Post last night that he absolutely would like to see his friend LeBron James in New York, and said he would tell the future free agent...
Bucks' Jennings can show Walsh what he missed tonight
Donnie Walsh already has received heat about not selecting Milwaukee point guard Brandon Jennings with the eighth pick. The Knicks face Jennings tonight for the first time when they visit...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Tiger shares lead at HSBC in China In Shanghai, Tiger Woods birdied five of his last 10 holes at the HSBC Champions for another 5-under 67, giving him a...
Weird but true
What a long, strange trip it's been. An old hippie Volkswagen minibus stolen from the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane, Wash., was recovered when customs agents found it in a...
No. 5 Broncs bend, but stay unbeaten
RUSTON, La. -- Just when Boise State looked vulnerable, Kellen Moore and the Broncos quickly reminded a national television audience why they've been unbeatable. Moore threw for 354 yards and...
CHSAA/NYSAIS roundup: Healthy Preston pulls through in semis
For the first time since the first week of the season, Preston is at full strength. Clare Donnelly, the Panthers’ 6-foot senior middle hitter, returned Friday from a wrist injury...
Lewis returns to city final as Herrera stands tall
As the PSAL Class A semifinal between Francis Lewis and Beacon remained scoreless through 80 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of extra time and the skies grew dark, Roger...
Sad ending too familiar for Beacon
Joseph Nikic remained on the turf, his head buried in his jersey. His teammates just stood on the sidelines, transfixed, a look of disappointment, shock and pain rolled into one....
LeBron gets 33 in only MSG visit, Cavs beat Knicks
LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday...
King rolls against Tottenville in semis, reaches 14th straight final
Martin Luther King Jr. is still waiting for its first test of the 2009 postseason. No. 1 MLK, the 11-time PSAL city champion, knocked off No. 4 Tottenville, 6-0, in...
Soccer ref under investigation
The PSAL and assignor Alan Wharton will investigate allegations that an assistant referee in the Martin Luther King Jr.-Tottenville boys soccer Class A semifinal match Friday afternoon was biased toward...
'Modern Warfare' hits New York
Heads up, soldiers: Monday is GameStop, Microsoft and Activision's big "Modern Warfare 2" launch party. If you're around Union Square between the hours of 5pm and 9pm, go check it...
Mets pick up Pelfrey's option
The Mets picked up the 2010 option on Mike Pelfrey today while officially declining the same on reliever J.J. Putz. Pelfrey’s contract expired after this season, but the Mets were...
Damon says he'll have 'a lot of options'
Johnny Damon says he'd like to return to the Yankees, but at today's championship parade the outfielder left the door open for leaving.“Obviously, I’m going to have a lot of...
Midseason awards
We are at the midway point of the NFL season and that means there are only about six weeks before fantasy leagues start heading into the playoffs. This year has...
Canseco wants to fight 'lying idiot' A-Rod
Is there another ring in A-Rod's future, this one of the boxing variety? Former baseball player and current celebrity boxer Jose Canseco yesterday said he'd most like to fight Yankees...