May 23, 2010
NYSAISAA softball quarterfinals roundup: Mann advances to semis
Horace Mann is one win away from the rematch with Poly Prep it wants. Senior shortstop Lauren DelPrete went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and five RBIs and...
Boys lax playoff roundup: Bugas shoots Riverdale past Mann in double OT
Riverdale seems to thrive under the pressures of overtime. “They might like it,” coach TJ Barnett said. “It’s not too much fun for me.” The fourth-seeded Falcons won two of...
Mejia will be Mets' seventh-inning man
The guessing game concerning Jenrry Mejia is over. For now, at least. Mejia was supposed to finish the final three innings of what looked like a blowout in Washington on...
The U.S. Defensive Dilemma
PRINCETON — Defensive breakdowns usually end teams’ World Cup dreams. And no matter how brave a face they put on or how much they denied it, the U.S. came into...
Blackhawks finish off Sharks, advance to Stanley Cup
CHICAGO -- The Blackhawks are in the Stanley Cup finals, thanks to another big goal by Big Buff. Dustin Byfuglien scored his third go-ahead goal of the Western Conference finals,...
Jersey Jozy has shot to be the man for the U.S. at World Cup
Second of a four-part Sunday series leading up to next month’s World Cup in South Africa. It says much about the United States’ unimposing strike force that the only forward...
Cannes: Bardem, Binoche, Thai film top honors
Acting laurels went to Spain’s Javier Bardem and France’s Juliette Binoche today at the Cannes Film Festival, where the top prize was copped by a Thai film about death and reincarnation: ...
Box Office: 'Shrek' underwhelms
"Shrek Forever After'' opened at an underwhelming $71.2 million, even with the second round of ticket price raises so far this year and bloated surcharges for 3-D and/or IMAX at...
Baby Bulls blast Juventus, 3-1
They’ve showcased their skills in a pair of U.S. Open Cup matches in front of a handful of fans and have impressed when coming off the bench in some Major...
'Missing' Survivor producer back in U.S.
LOS ANGELES — A former "Survivor" producer wanted for questioning in Mexico about his wife's death has returned to the United States, his lawyer said today. Bruce Beresford-Redman returned to...
Yankees lineup
Here is tonight's Yankees lineup for the finale with the Mets:Jeter SSGardner CFTeixeira 1BRodriguez 3BCano 2BSwisher RFCervelli CRusso LFSabathia P
Red Sox beat up on Halladay, Phillies
PHILADELPHIA -- Tim Wakefield pitched eight shutout innings for his first victory in nearly a year, and the Boston Red Sox roughed up Roy Halladay in an 8-3 win over...
Obama: LeBron would fit in with Bulls
If LeBron James isn't sure he can win in Cleveland, President Barack Obama thinks there's an opportunity with his hometown Chicago Bulls. "You know, like I said, I don't want...
Wagner, Port Richmond win PSAL Staten Island outdoor track titles
Shaquille Turner helped Susan Wagner claim its third straight PSAL Staten Island outdoor track & field title Thursday at Petrides. The senior won the 100 meters in a time of...
Mets set lineup for Subway Series finale
The Mets will go with the same lineup they used in their 5-3 victory over the Yankees on Saturday night. 1. Jose Reyes, ss2. Luis Castillo, 2B3. Jason Bay, LF4....
Red Bulls stun Italian powerhouse Juventus
They’ve showcased their skills in a pair of U.S. Open Cup matches in front of a handful of fans and have impressed when coming off the bench in some Major...
Gametracker: Yankees at Mets
Having met on several occasions in AL Central matchups, CC Sabathia and Johan Santana are finally ready to meet on a different stage. The ace left-handers will square off for...
Venus wins on first day at French Open
PARIS -- Whistles and whispers circulated through the stands at Court Suzanne Lenglen on Sunday, a reaction brought about not by Venus Williams' play at the French Open, but rather...
American Stanford comes up short in LPGA Match Play final
Gladstone, NJ - The last American left said she tried in vain to win one for the USA. Texan Angela Stanford admitted after Korea's Sun Young Yoo won the Sybase...
Palin suggests O oil $$ link in spill delay
WASHINGTON – An oil war broke out on TV today between the White House and Sarah Palin, after Palin accused President Obama of a “failure to grasp” the depth of...
Former Mets pitcher Lima dies of heart attack
Jose Lima, the dynamic pitcher who finished his major league career with the Mets in 2006, died this morning at 37. He won 89 games over 13 seasons, including 21...
Report: Nowitzki will opt out of Mavericks contract, join free agent class
The star-studded free agent class of 2010 could get a surprise addition.The Mavericks expect Dirk Nowitzki to opt out of his contract and hit the open market on July 1,...
Duchess of York offers to sell access to ex Prince Andrew
Britain's Duchess of York was caught on camera by a newspaper apparently offering to sell access to her ex-husband and UK trade envoy Prince Andrew and said today she had...
Mavericks owner Cuban fined $100K for LeBron comments
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for comments made about free-agent-to-be LeBron James that violated the league's anti-tampering rules. The outspoken billionaire, in an...
Reunion horror leaves 1 dead, 5 hurt
A junior high school reunion party turned bloody early today when a gunmen pumped bullets into six people in Queens, leaving one dead, cops and witnesses said. The mayhem erupted...
Yemeni cleric advocates killing U.S. civilians
CAIRO — An American-Yemeni cleric whose Internet sermons are believed to have helped inspire attacks on the U.S. has advocated the killing of American civilians in an al-Qaeda video released...
Fingers point at pilot bungle in India crash horror
The horrific plane crash that killed 158 people in India was blamed yesterday on pilot error. Indian aviation officials said that there was nothing wrong with the Boeing 737-800 on...
Pelfrey's arm, Wright’s bat power Mets to Subway Series win
Would it be blasphemy to suggest Mike Pelfrey has become the ace of the Mets’ rotation? Johan Santana still carries the title, but Pelfrey continues to pile up the big...
Mets' Bay, Wright wake as duo
It was Jason Bay who used the words. He wasn’t the first, of course. Anyone who’s watched these Mets play any or all of their first 44 games of the...
Gentry’s faith reason to believe in Suns
Let the crepe hangers belabor the Suns’ unshielded playdates with the indiscriminately terminal Lakers. As usual, I prefer to accentuate the affirmative by identifying an intangible in Game 2. With...
Players don’t get it when ghosts say boo
Well, it’s good to see that New York isn’t the only place where the generations occasionally engage in a battle to the death on who owns the city’s sporting soul,...
Bad West Coast trip in ’95 began Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte era for Yankees
On the surface, a 1-8 Yankees road trip Fifteen years ago seems easily forgettable. But it was over these nine days in late May 1995 the franchise would change forever....
Jersey kid has shot to be the man for U.S. in World Cup
Second of a four-part Sunday series leading up to next month’s World Cup in South Africa. It says much about the United States’ unimposing strike force that the only forward...
Republican wins House seat in Hawaii district where Obama grew up
HONOLULU — Republicans scored a midterm election victory Saturday when Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou won a Democratic-held House seat in Hawaii in the district where President Barack Obama grew...
The Rumble
The gift of Julia Barclays bargain tix help ailing kids Golf fans planning to attend The Barclays later this summer in New Jersey should consider buying their tickets in advance...
Bulldogs blitz Curtis for first-ever PSAL boys lax title
Long Island City couldn’t shake Curtis from its minds after a loss in its regular-season finale. It left the Bulldogs hungry for more after falling both times to the Warriors....
MLB’s Draft Class of 2010 has chance to be great
Last week, when the ping-pong balls bounced in favor of the Washington Wizards, it was understood John Wall was coming to town. Last month, when Mel Kiper Jr. was on...
Déjà vu Dolphins: Beach Channel rallies again for second straight title
Whitney Brown’s pass got away from Idalia Viard alongside the crease with the clock ticking down and the score tied. The Beach Channel senior didn’t panic. Instead, she became more...
Braziller's news and notes from the iS8 semifinals
I’ve spent plenty of time at iS8 over the last five years, but I can’t remember an afternoon quite like this. Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah was in the house,...
Midwood falls again in annual trip to lax final
There were a myriad of reasons why Midwood came up empty in the championship game for the second straight year. The Hornets lost the ground-ball battle, they didn’t execute their...
No sex, please, we're trying to have a baby
Kelly Preston and John Travolta announced this week that they're expecting, sending gossip mags and nail salons into another baby-bump tizzy. Is this a strange Scientology reincarnation? Was it accidental...
Jobpocalypse now
This week, the Senate is expected to extend jobless benefits to more than 5 million Americans through the end of the year. It is the sixth time in nearly two...
Why losers have delusions of grandeur
Charles Darwin observed that “ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” That was certainly true on the day in 1995 when a man named McArthur Wheeler boldly robbed two...
How aid groups distort our view of Africa
We’ve all seen it: the photo of a teary-eyed African child, dressed in rags, smothered in flies, with a look of desperation that the caption all too readily points out....
The week's winners and losers
Winners ED WHITACRE The GM boss takes company off life support and turns a $865M profit following a $6B loss in ’09. MARK ZUCKERBERG Facebook founder averts another black eye...
Arizona laws vs. New York practices
We learned this month that New York City cops have stopped and frisked nearly 3 million people since 2004, that most of those were minorities, that about 88% of those...
Take pride in being a reservist, Blumenthal -- I do
Westchester resident Lu Caldara was a Marine Corps Reserve gunnery sergeant during the Vietnam War, serving in Throgs Neck. He responds to Connecticut senate candidate Richard Blumenthal, also a reservist,...
The Mexico model
What, Washington doesn’t have enough two-faced politicians, so it needs to import some? In the capital for a state visit last week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon repeatedly teed off on...
Enter Andrew
The eagle has landed, in a manner of speaking. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who’s been flying lazy circles over New York’s shipwrecked government for months now, yesterday formally announced his...
NYSAISAA quarterfinals roundup: Defending champion Berkeley Carroll holds off Dalton in 12 innings
The defending NYSAISAA champs are alive and well. It took Berkeley Carroll 12 innings, but the third-seeded Lions topped No. 6 Dalton, 2-1, on Joey Martinez’s run-scoring single. It was...
St. Joe's-bound star ready to lead Tottenville back to Promised Land
Without Wendy’s, Nicole Palase might have never found her ideal college destination. The Tottenville ace softball pitcher was on an underwhelming visit to Villanova with her family when they stopped...
Law & disorder
The snobs who produce such biased programs as “Law & Order” don’t understand the free ride they get from society (“Why I’ll Miss ‘Law & Order’,” Raymond Kelly, PostScript, May...
The way it is
“Cronkite ‘Aired’ Protests” (May 15) claims that Walter Cronkite helped anti-war protesters in the 1960s, and the implication is that this was wrong. Cronkite was known as the most trusted...
Cool Cat
I don’t know whom Maureen Callahan consulted, but her article about the engagement of Andrea Catsimatidis to the grandson of Richard Nixon bordered on silly and downright nasty (“Young GOPer...
Mr. Ohio
As a Cleveland native, born and raised, I’m getting tired of the “LeBron James is going to New York” talk, mostly by New Yorkers (“Isiah Makes LeBron Pitch,” May 18)....
Slick!
Thanks to British Petroleum, we can now all walk on water. Thomas Prendergast, Brooklyn
Naval gazing
“Where Are the Carriers?” is the question that every president in an international crisis has asked since FDR (“Great Power No More,” Arthur Herman, PostOpinion, May 17). Arthur Herman’s point...
Fat chance
I am feasting on the news that First Lady Michelle Obama will try to get her arms around the weighty problem of childhood obesity (“The Fat and the Furious,” Kyle...
Summer beach book preview
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares (Riverhead, June 1) The “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” author returns with the first book of a proposed trilogy. In the present, Virginia...
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
What’s more anticipated than LeBron James playing in New York and attracting more buzz than the Waverly? Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.” Already an international bestseller...
Raimondi's news and notes from the Rose Classic
The New Heights White players looked sluggish as they entered the Rose Classic gym about 15 minutes late for a first-round playoff game against the Exodus Falcons. The team played...
My New York: Mayor Michael Bloomberg
He was a man about town before he was the mayor of town. When first elected back in November 2001, Michael Bloomberg was widely regarded as a Manhattan kind of...
In my library: Newt Gingrich
“Two of my favorite places on the planet are the American Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo,” says Newt Gingrich, who once dreamed of becoming a paleontologist or...
Tottenville again lets late lead get away in PSAL final
For the third straight season Tottenville leaves the PSAL city championship game thinking what could have been. All three trips ended in one-goal losses. “It’s more of would've, could've, should've,”...
iS8 still holds a place in Joakim Noah's heart
Joakim Noah squeezed his 6-foot-11 frame inside the tightly cramped, steamy middle school gym, gazed around at the talented high-school prospects on the court, the grown men sitting three deep...
Short and Rhoomes power Panthers into iS8 final
Although the iS8 Nike Spring Classic is held in South Jamaica, the event plays host to plenty of out-of-state national stars. As the playoffs wear on, tournament viewers could use...
One-hit wonder: First single for Mount's Martinez beats St. Edmund
Justin Martinez wasn’t supposed to be in this situation, with the chance to win a playoff game with one swing of the bat in the ninth inning. But with injured...
Nguyen, Columbus best Midwood for first PSAL boys lacrosse title
A night four years in the making wasn’t one Billy Nguyen was going to let get away. The Columbus senior scored, fed teammates and even played a few minutes in...
McClancy capitalizes on LaSalle miscues in first-round qualifying win
Nick Melito wasn’t sure what to make of Saturday's effort. Though the Monsignor McClancy coach surmised it was likely the early 11 a.m. start, the Crusaders didn’t have the oomph...
Ask Ashley: Workout hard for a honey
Every time I’m at the gym I see cute girls, but I don’t know how to approach them. Do girls even want to be picked up at the gym? —...
The wild brunch
Based on the roster of night owls at the Tribeca Grand on a recent Sunday, this 2 p.m. brunch might as well be going down at 2 a.m. Noted fashion...
For the love of Fido
Richard Gere meditates with his dog, Billie and Glenn Close hides liver treats behind pillows for her two pups, Charlie and Jake. These are just a few of the canine-centric...
Top 5 best ways to hit on a hipster
According to sexy scenesters at Beauty Bar Brooklyn *‘Excuse me, do you model leotards for American Apparel?’ “ — Eric *“Stroke his handlebar moustache suggestively.” — Flo *“Buy them a...
This week’s couple: Flirting with style
When we sent Kate, 23, an intern at a fashion magazine, on a date with Chris, 26, at Midtown’s Moda — which means style in Italian — we knew it’d...
Zombies, by George
They're coming to get you again, Barbara. "Survival of the Dead," the sixth zombie fest by George A. Romero, hits theaters on Friday. And while his earlier flicks were shot...
Bridge
The Law of Total Tricks, which players use to make competitive decisions, states that the total number of trumps both sides have in their best suit equals the number of...
When Fritz flops
The reputation of chess computers rose -- and fell -- repeatedly during Vishy Anand's successful defense of his world championship title this month. Chess-playing programs, like the popular Fritz, proved...
Daunting job is ahead for destiny's child
ALBANY--There has never been anyone better prepared to be governor than Andrew Cuomo, and if you speak to people close to the 52-year-old attorney general, the word "destiny" is often...
Labor pain for Albany: A 'judges union'
State judges are trying to join forces with the state's largest teachers union in a campaign to get raises, The Post has learned. Maverick Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack...
Times Sq. plotters are proud America-haters: Pak
Two men detained in Pakistan proudly admitted that they helped the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing, and one of the men angrily accused his interrogators of "siding with...
Cuomo's bold promise: Owe, no, I won't
ALBANY -- Andrew Cuomo barreled headlong into the state's fiscal crisis yesterday with a rejection of borrow-and-spend budget plans that's sure to impact the deficit deadlock in Albany. The presumptive...
Bam hails US buddy system
The United States cannot win in Iraq and Afghanistan by going it alone, President Obama told cadets yesterday in his commencement address at the US Military Academy at West Point....
Surf's 'pup' for bitchin' board dogs
Bow-wow-abunga! A 4-pound Pomeranian named Bobby Gorgeous wipes out while riding the ruff waves at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in San Diego yesterday. The fearless four-legged...
Slay dad's wish for 'killer'
The deranged Bronx man charged with savagely stabbing to death his girlfriend's teen daughter better seek salvation in God if he wants to survive what's in store for him in...
Bull-ies kill beast after all
That's bull! The taunted half-ton beast that horrifically gored a Spanish matador by thrusting his horn through the bullfighter's throat and out his mouth clearly won the battle -- but...
Giambi's dot-bomb
A fashion Web site backed by Jason Giambi is striking out -- and the former Yankee wants his money back. Giambi sank more than $1 million into Afingo.com, a combination...
Cuomo kicks off run for governor with vow to 'rebuild NY'
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo finally went public with Albany's worst-kept secret yesterday -- throwing himself into the gubernatorial race with an ambitious strategy to shake up the "dysfunctional" Capitol and...
Pact to boost charter cap closer
The odds of reaching an agreement to lift the cap on charter schools improved markedly after negotiators made "major progress" in resolving two controversial issues, a source close to the...
Supreme slum
This shabby housing project is going to be named after a Supreme Court judge, but the residents would prefer to have some justice. New high court member Sonia Sotomayor's name...
How A-Rod's ladies affect his performance at the plate
Hey, A-Rod! Dump Diaz and get your stripper pal back in the rotation! Yankee fans thirsting for first place should urge Alex Rodriguez to reunite with Joslyn Morse, the blond...
Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton a patient princess-to-be
She's not only the girl who would be queen -- when she marries Prince William, Kate Middleton will be the first non-blueblood since the 1600s to marry a future British...
Taliban puts bounty on NATO heads
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan are reportedly earning a bounty of up to $2,400 for each NATO soldier they kill. The shocking reward has more than doubled since the beginning of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens A man was arrested after he threatened and robbed a 13-year-old girl at gunpoint inside a Richmond Hill park. The girl had been riding her bike inside Smokey Park...
BP in '04 made Gulf rig riskier
BP agreed in 2004 to the installation of a test valve and replacement of another key part on the Deepwater Horizon's blowout preventer, although it acknowledged that doing so would...
Topless 'DWI' bust
What a boob! A topless Nevada woman was charged with stealing a bottle of wine and driving while drunk, authorities said yesterday. Brandi Smith, 41, allegedly swiped the $20 bottle...
Subway killer heads home
Ah, the sweet smell of freedom! The Brooklyn teen who stabbed two men dead on a downtown train strolled out of Rikers Island yesterday after two months behind bars --...
TV slay suspect missing in Mex.
CANCUN, Mexico -- Authorities say they can't find a former "Survivor" producer to question him about his wife's death. Bruce Beresford-Redman hasn't been charged, but his passport was confiscated and...
Dogfight fear grips B'klyn park
Local pet owners are on the lookout for signs of dogfighting in remote parts of Prospect Park. The Brooklyn DA's Office has asked for their help after receiving two complaints....
CLIO awards return to downtown just as advertised
The advertising world's red-carpet event is returning to the Big Apple. The CLIO Awards will be back after a 13-year absence this week. "I wanted to bring it back to...
Nowhere to run in mart crisis
When staying at a hotel, always read the fire escape plan on the back of your door. Even better, walk down the hall and check that the fire door opens....
'Change' for voters omits Bam
Voters sent a strong message to President Obama this week that the change they now believe in doesn't have much to do with him whatsoever -- Americans will vote for...
Euro trash-ed
Just six months ago the euro was considered the shining beacon on the hill. OPEC considered pricing its crude in euros instead of the dollar. Europeans were flocking to Manhattan...
Thin silver lining on employment figures
Dear John: I'd like to tell you what I think about the employment stuff. I'm a retired guy and I do a bit of walking. When you're walking, as you...
Bam's daze of the weak
President Obama is the backward man. Teddy Roosevelt's advice to "speak softly and carry a big stick" was meant as a guide to successful foreign relations. Obama has completely muddled...
Cerberus exits autos, enters military
Maybe you should call it the new face of Cerberus. After crashing in Chrysler and GMAC, the notoriously secretive financier Steve Feinberg wants a new maneuver into military operators. Sources...
Allergy sufferers less likely to get cancer
Turns out cancer may be something to sneeze at. Allergy sufferers are much less likely to get cancer than people who aren't tormented by runny noses, itchy eyes and coughs,...
Pathway to broken 'hip'
It's the hipster highway of horrors. The most dangerous intersection on Manhattan's East Side can be found at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge -- a span that deposits over...
Slim chance for builder
An idea for the skinniest building on the Upper West Side is causing the biggest ruckus. A long-stymied plan to build a 20-foot-wide, 17-story "sliver building" on West 86th Street...
Culture vulture$
Taxpayer-funded museums and cultural attractions suffered their worst economic crisis in decades but still paid executives fat salaries and bonuses -- and doled out perks like housing allowances and club...
Eddie cuts, Sears bleeds
Eddie Lampert's status as a retail renegade may be in jeopardy. The prickly hedge-fund tycoon has long been blasted by industry critics for merging Sears and Kmart in 2005, then...
'Chomp' time
The city is on the hook for millions of dollars because it allows its employees to accumulate thousands of hours of comp time that go largely unnoticed. Individual city agencies...
NYPD gripe over bomb-sniffing stiffing
NYPD officials are frustrated with the Department of Homeland Security’s delay in releasing funds that the Finest badly need for the prevention of a “dirty bomb” attack. The Police Department...
Juventus occasion for Bulls
When can facing one of the world's premiere teams be a bad thing, getting a chance to play the likes of Juventus' Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet and Diego be...
New Giants, Jets stadium big favorite for 2014 Super Bowl
DALLAS -- What was inconceivable just a few short months ago is on the verge of becoming reality. Around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to...
Russian team taking shot at Devils' Kovalchuk
The Devils may not have to choose between superstar left wings after all. The Russian campaign is on to lure Ilya Kovalchuk to the KHL, although it is believed no...
NHL's Arizona obsession costing players big bucks
In choosing to re main for the time being in Glendale, Ariz. -- the time being defined by the city's politicians' willingness to inflict the cost of business on its...
The Post line
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Bedoya aiming for U.S. slot
PRINCETON -- Five months ago, Alejandro Bedoya was unheralded and unnoticed, even within soccer circles. Today, the New Jersey-born midfielder is on the cusp of playing on the biggest stage...
Jay-Z may sway LeBron to New York
Sonny Vaccaro, the adidas sneaker king who has known LeBron James since James was in ninth grade, told The Post that Jay-Z could emerge as the biggest force in LeBron...
Mending fences
* The Mets stink, no argument there, but Citi Field makes them worse. If you take the home run out of baseball, it becomes a very boring game to watch...
Imperiled racing corporation stuck with New York's debt
If the New York Racing Association does not get an emergency loan from the state and shuts down Belmont Park, part of the blame will fall on NYRA itself --...
Milan wins Champions
MADRID -- Inter Milan won Europe's title for the first time in 45 years, beating Bayern Munich 2-0 last night on a pair of goals by Diego Milito in the...
Twin-killers for Hondo
Hondo went double-draino last night, swirling down the tubes with the Brewers and Phillies to raise the number on the big red deficit toteboard to 580 stiebs. Today, mark him...
Liberty looking to bounce back
Liberty coach Anne Donovan was understandably thrilled when her team stayed tough after squandering all of a 16-point lead in the season-opening win over Chicago last Sunday. Donovan believed this...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Francisco Cervelli
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the 24-year-old Yankees catcher, who is starting for injured Jorge Posada. Q: The 11-year-old boy (Matt Quinn) with leukemia that you and (Yankees special...
Spill's bad for fishin' in 'Glades
Sport fishermen from the Ever glades region in Florida feel their industry could collapse due to the Gulf oil spill, a collapse that could be felt throughout the country. If...
Wie tripped up by No. 1 Shin in match play
GLADSTONE, N.J. -- The Can't Miss Miss did, again, but this time Michelle Wie lost to the world's best. Squandering the chance to be the final-day favorite to secure her...
Spieth, 16, has Nelson chance
Jordan Spieth shot a 3-under 67 yesterday at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, putting the 16-year-old from Dallas within striking distance of the lead heading into the final...
Bulls' Noah wants LeBron in Chicago
Joakim Noah went to high school in Brooklyn and was raised in Manhattan -- but he wants free agent LeBron James to join him in Chicago. "I'm excited to have...
Flyers blank Canadiens to take 3-1 lead
MONTREAL -- Michael Leighton doesn't have time to reflect on his latest shutout. He is focused on a much bigger objective now that the Flyers are one win from the...
Castronevas wins Indianapolis 500 pole
INDIANAPOLIS -- Helio Castroneves put his foot down yesterday and proved he's still the one to beat at Indy. The defending 500 champion and three-time race winner wrapped up a...
Yankees unsure when Vazquez will make next start
Joe Girardi didn't believe Javier Vazquez's bruised index finger is that bad, but the manager won't know if Vazquez will make his next start until the right-hander throws a bullpen...
Yankees struggling with runners in scoring position
What is the best way to get the Yankees out? Let them put runners in scoring position. For the second consecutive game, the Yankees turned into The Dead Bats Society...
Mets' Santana looks to break May winless streak
What does Johan Santana have in common with every Mets starter other than Mike Pelfrey? He hasn't won a game in May. The lack of victories from the rotation has...
Maine: I can still 'shoulder' load for Mets
John Maine said he plans to consult more doctors, probably tomorrow, to find out the cause of his right shoulder problems, but he insisted he let the Mets know that...
Red Sox's Matsuzaka loses no-hitter in eighth
Daisuke Matsuzaka took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, losing his bid on Juan Castro's bloop single with two outs, and the Red Sox beat the Phillies 5-0 last night...
Mets fans just can't get into Subway Series
Since Dave Mlicki, the Subway has broken down for the Mets, air conditioning and all. The rubber game tonight might turn out to be the hidden door from the rubber...
K-Rod: Mets 'not desperate at all'
The Mets haven't reached desperation time in their season, according to closer Francisco Rodriguez. And he was insistent about that. Rodriguez was superb last night in closing out the Yankees...
Granderson's return will spell end of no-Winn situation for Yankees
Curtis Granderson can't get back soon enough for the Yankees. The injured center fielder went 0-for-4 yesterday in a rehabilitation start with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and the Yankees are hoping he'll...
Sports shorts: Mark Cuban fined for LeBron comment
NBA: Cuban fined big for LeBron comment Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined $100,000 by the NBA for comments made about free-agent-to-be LeBron James that violated the league's anti-tampering rules....
Pelfrey gets Manuel's back again
Mike Pelfrey is making a statement that neither Mets owner Jeff Wilpon nor general manager Omar Minaya is willing to make: He wants Jerry Manuel to remain as the manager....
Teixeira's bat falling flat for Yankees
A few weeks ago when the Yankees were riding high, Joe Girardi said that adversity would come at some point this season. Adversity officially arrived last night in the form...
Celtics ride Magic to within one victory of Finals
BOSTON -- There were still 20 seconds left in the game when Paul Pierce decided he didn't need to see any more and headed to the locker room. In the...
Trade for Astros' Oswalt could save Mets season
Nearly four hours before last night's game, Oliver Perez was in right field at Citi Field working on his conditioning drills. He should have been working in Allentown, where the...
Yankees' Hughes couldn't put away Mets
Phil Hughes may be wishing there were only two outs in an inning. For the second straight outing, the Yankees pitcher failed to close out innings and paid for it....
YES voices wrong to rip Rays, up 7-2, for bunting
Wednesday night on YES, Michael Kay and Ken Singleton got all over Rays' shortstop Jason Bartlett for trying to bunt his way on. At the time, the Rays led, 7-2,...
Weird but true
A Maine man had a dopey idea on how to pay off his legal bills. Stephen Petrocelli, 41, was arrested for allegedly growing marijuana in his house -- so he...
Hire authorities: Post grades area's sideline selections
Two months ago The Post warned of an eruption in the college basketball coaching profession in the metropolitan area. It happened in even more spectacular fashion than could have been...
Meet market: Karate kid hopes for a date with punch
It’s no wonder that 30-year-old Len, an actor, does all his own stunts: When he’s not in front of the camera, he’s competing in mixed martial arts. Think you can...
Rodriguez saves the day as Mets hold on for close win, 5-3
Jason Bay tied a career high with four hits and David Wright added a pair of RBI singles, backing a sterling performance by Mike Pelfrey and helping the New York...
Schlepping toward ecstasy
Even for a ruthless drug kingpin, Sean Erez had gone too far. The Israeli mobster was running a modest ecstasy smuggling ring in the late 1990s when he had a...
Believin’ one song’s Journey
It took Journey 30 minutes to write one of the most enduring songs in rock history. “Don’t Stop Believin’” is, in many ways, more popular now than when the band...
The real ‘Glee’
In the pilot episode of “Glee,” the show choir director is fired after allegedly messing around with one of his students. His departure leaves an opening for green-eyed, golden-voiced Spanish...
Play it again, Pam!
Jenna Fischer is best known as the sensible, down-to-earth receptionist-turned-saleswoman Pam Halpert on “The Office.” And when she gets a chance at other projects, she often takes on roles that...
All Jaked up
‘I guess I’ve gotten buff” was how Jake Gyllenhaal put it on “Entertainment Tonight.” Yeah, just like Jennifer Hudson’s dropped a pound or two. In the time-honored Hollywood tradition of...
Agenda: We’re all Spartacus
1. In the Stanley Kubrick epic “Spartacus,” the Romans offer slaves leniency if they’ll turn in the title character, played by Kirk Douglas. But when Spartacus rises to identify himself,...
Reel good
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (2005) Sunday, 3 p.m., WNYW Six Oscars noms but no cigar for this terrific bio of 1950s broadcaster Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn), who risked...
How does TV get away with it?
Whether it’s swinging a baseball bat, a tennis racket or a golf club, the self-evident secret to a good swing is a smooth, full, natural follow through. Anything less can...
Life after ‘Lost’
Matthew Fox (Dr. Jack Shephard), 43, says he’s through with TV after “Lost.” Of course, he also said that after “Party of Five.” He’s slated to star in Warner Bros.’...
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Good-time Charlie In the last episode of the 7th season of CBS’ biggest sitcom, Jake (the well-compensated Angus T. Jones) becomes his uncle Charlie’s (Charlie Sheen, also well-compensated and working...
