May 29, 2010
Donovan, 2nd-half sub Torres give U.S. 2-1 comeback win over Turkey in final World Cup sendoff
PHILADELPHIA _ With U.S. National Team coach Bob Bradley's roster decisions already made, he's turned his attention to tactical ones: Who to sit and how to start _ and where....
GAMETRACKER: Mets at Brewers
The Mets' 6-15 record away from Citi Field is the NL's worst, and if they can't bounce back against the Brewers in Milwaukee, they'll remain without a road series victory...
How sweep it is: Maguire leads Xavier against Rams
It was the biggest start of his high school career, but Rob Maguire was living a nightmare. Prone to bad starts, this was the worst of them all. The Sacred...
O'Connor steps down, Luken takes over as girls hoops coach at Hill
Joe Luken helped bring Mike O’Connor into coaching more than 20 years ago. Now he will replace him as St. Joseph Hill's girls varsity basketball coach. “When he was leaving...
Nguyen gets chance to continue remarkable career at St. John's
Billy Nguyen’s head was still dizzy with joy after leading Columbus to its first ever PSAL Class A boys lacrosse title. It was hard to imagine things getting much better....
It's all good from Norwood: All Hallows forces Game 3
All Hallows returned to The Bronx last night a tired and dejected team. The Gaels were victimized by several errors and had to return to the field less than 12...
Say it ain't so, Joe: Fiori throws gem in 2-1 loss
Joe Fiori deserved a better fate. The Monsignor Farrell ace was outstanding in his best outing of his senior season. He didn’t allow a hit until the fifth inning and...
Indians pitcher struck in the head by A-Rod line drive
A scary scene unfolded at Yankee Stadium this afternoon when an Alex Rodriguez line drive hit Indians pitcher David Huff in the head. The screaming liner drilled Huff in the...
Granderson gets a day off
A few notes from Yankee Stadium as the Yankees and Indians play game two of a four-game series today.- Curtis Granderson got the day off after playing in his first...
Actor Dennis Hopper dead at 74
Actor Dennis Hopper, whose 50-year film career spanned such classics as “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Easy Rider,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Blue Velvet” died Saturday following a battle with prostate cancer....
Yankees fall to Indians 13-11; Cleveland pitcher hit by line drive
Cleveland pitcher David Huff was hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Alex Rodriguez, and was recovering in a hospital when the Indians rallied from...
Serena Williams wins, Andy Roddick loses at French Open
PARIS — Serena Williams looked ill, and not only because she had lost five games in a row at the French Open. Battling a cold, Williams received a visit during...
BP execs announce failure of ‘top kill’ attempt; oil still flowing
BP Saturday said the company’s “top kill” attempt to plug the leak caused by the explosion of its Deepwater Horizon rig, the worst oil spill in U.S. history, was not...
India halts trains after at least 115 die in crash
CALCUTTA, India — Railway authorities canceled all night trains in an eastern Indian state Saturday after a passenger express train derailed and was hit by a cargo train, killing at...
Gored Spanish bullfighter suffering infection
MADRID — A Madrid hospital says Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio has returned to intensive care and is fighting an infection after a horrific goring in the throat by a bull....
Fogerty to play ‘Centerfield’ at Cooperstown ceremony
John Fogerty had no idea that he was going to rewrite baseball’s song record book when he wrote these simple words: Well, beat the drum and hold the phone —...
Ex-Jersey star van Riemsdyk seeks Cup with Philadelphia
Here’s one way for a Rangers fan to get to the Stanley Cup Finals: Turn coat and become a Flyer. What a short, strange trip it’s been for James van...
Romero finally finds way into Hall of Fame
After cooling his heels on the waiting list for years, retired jockey Randy Romero finally will enter the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. He was one of four...
'Test of the Champion' is great race in its own right
A great lament has spread across the land that the Belmont Stakes next Saturday is a bust because the winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness are giving it...
Prospect enjoys ‘minor’ success
From the day Azusa Pacific University’s baseball coach Paul Svagdis first saw tape of Kirk Nieuwenhuis from his Denver high school, he thought he found a special talent. “We always...
No. 900 and counting for George Washington coach
Steve Mandl sprinted away from the Gatorade bath like he was stealing a base. He accepted it later like he was taking a pitch to reach base. Doused and soaked,...
Vikings prove themselves despite sloppy loss to Clips
The stellar starting pitching and defense that led St. Joseph by the Sea to the CHSAA Staten Island division crown didn’t make it to Shore Road Friday afternoon. As a...
Girls tennis roundup: New Dorp wins first PSAL title in 20 years
New Dorp kept Tottenville from a sweep of the PSAL Class B tennis titles and collected its first title since 1990. The fifth-seeded Central Cougars edged the second-seeded and defending...
Cascello helps lead Farrell to Game 1 win vs. All Hallows
Matt Cascello had 24 hours to mull over a situation that he's never been in before. The Monsignor Farrell pitcher stepped back on the mound facing a bases-loaded jam with...
X-Men cometh: Xaverian earns top seed in CHSAA intersectional playoffs
Xaverian coach Lou Piccola calls it the “hat trick,” and the Clippers are two-thirds of the way there after beating St. Joseph by the Sea, 8-5, at Shore Road Park...
CHSAA baseball playoff roundup: Iona Prep edges St. Francis Prep, 3-1
Iona Prep capitalized on four St. Francis Prep errors, scoring all of its runs in the third inning to beat the Terriers, 3-1, in the opener of a best-of-three third...
Boys tennis roundup: Pirates top Kennedy for PSAL B crown
It was quite a run for Totteville. The third-seeded Pirates beat No. 2 John F. Kennedy in the semifinals and easy handled top-seeded Hillcrest, 4-1, to claim the PSAL Class...
Yankees' Nick Swisher engaged to actress Joanna Garcia
What a catch! Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher is set to tie the knot with gorgeous flame-tressed actress Joanna Garcia. But it's not certain when or where the right fielder, a...
Wagner TKOs Bayside in back-and-forth slugfest
Susan Wagner’s strategy wasn’t all that complex: hit early and often. “They came out swinging,” Falcons coach Marco Altieri said of his players. “They weren’t waiting for a first pitch...
Maher's blast makes Madison a winner
Moments after Matt Maher’s fielding error gave John Adams the lead, he sat in the dugout by himself to collect his thoughts. Madison coach Vinny Caiazza went over to his...
Hot pursuits!
Water taxi beach @ South Street Seaport Monday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; South and Fulton streets; admission is free; watertaxibeach.com. Build a sand castle on the faux beach, duel...
Parka life
Imagine yourself amid howling winds, below-freezing cold and a passel of penguins. Is that any way to kick off a summer in the city? The American Museum of Natural History...
First-inning woes do in Kennedy in loss to Monroe
Alex Torres knew his team’s best shot was to get ahead early. John F. Kennedy hasn’t been great at coming from behind and the longtime coach didn’t what them to...
Kid stuff
TODAY PIRATES’ BOOTY: For children’s theater, there’s no more entertaining ticket in town than the Striking Viking Story Pirates, an engaging troupe that performs original musical skits based on stories...
Parra's gem, Almonte's slam powers Monroe past Kennedy
The only thing on Ricardo Parra’s mind on Friday was his first career playoff start. The Monroe freshman couldn’t concentrate on his work during the school day and was dead...
Bobea's best not enough for punch-less Lewis in loss to GW
Jonathan Bobea stood on the on-deck circle -- bat in hand, Francis Lewis pullover on – as second-seeded George Washington celebrated its 1-0, second-round PSAL Class A playoff victory. He...
Andy Richter close to deal to host 'Pyramid' game show on CBS
Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter is adding game show host to his resume. Richter is nearing a deal to host "Pyramid" for CBS, while remaining with O'Brien when he moves...
Rough waters
The lawyer for Peter Bethune, the "Whale Wars" star impris oned in Japan, says he's in "shockingly good spirits" as his trial unfolds in Tokyo. "Pete is not a pessimist...
'Glee' singers stage a hit
Althought there's more to Fox's hit TV show "Glee" than campy, bombastic glee club cover songs, you wouldn't know it from the Broadway-style stage version that landed at Radio City...
Indian pigeon a fly-by spy
Indian police say they've captured a top-secret operative sneaking into their country on a "special mission to spy" on behalf of Pakistan's intelligence agency. It's a pigeon. On Thursday, cops...
The Tea Party's Wisconsin hope
MILWAUKEE Before what he calls "the jaw- dropping" events of the last 19 months -- TARP, the stimulus, Government Motors, the mistreatment of Chrysler's creditors, ObamaCare, etc. -- the idea...
Super Bowl, 2014: 'snow joke for Jersey
* I want to compliment The Post for its imaginative, humorous and to-the-point front page on Wednesday ("Touchdown!" May 26). The photo composite is a perfectly fun image regarding New...
US plan to nail Taliban
WASHINGTON -- The US military is developing plans for a unilateral attack on the Pakistani Taliban if the terrorists successfully strike within the United States, according to a report. The...
Big house of ill repute
* Now I have heard everything ("Probers Hot Over Jail Orgy," May 25). Here we have prison officials providing a suspected prostitute to an orgy for a bunch of gang-bangers...
Alleged celeb swindler Kenneth Starr dumped sickly wife
Call her Starr crossed. Disgraced money manager Kenneth Starr dumped his multiple sclerosis-stricken wife of 16 years, leaving her and their two daughters financially ruined, the heartbroken ex told The...
Back to clink for killer ex-cop
A former NYPD transit cop has been ordered back to prison for fatally shooting a man during a 1996 off-duty fight in the parking lot of a Westchester deli. An...
Feds nix 'temple plot' terror
The case against four men accused of plotting to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will not focus on whether they were members of a terrorist group,...
Gov furlough a no-no: judge
ALBANY -- A federal judge yesterday ordered a halt to Gov. Paterson's attempt to impose furloughs on about 100,000 state workers and to withhold negotiated raises. US District Judge Lawrence...
GOP populism can get ugly
Are the likes of Rand Paul and Russell Pearce becoming the face of the Re publican Party? Let's hope not. Paul, who recently became the Senate nominee from Kentucky, has...
BP tries some junk in the gunk
BP ramped up its efforts to stop the spew of oil into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, adding new materials -- including golf balls -- to its ambitious "Top Kill"...
3 years for putting 600G bite on insurer
A crooked Brooklyn dentist was given a wrist slap of three years behind bars for carrying out a $600,000 insurance scam while treating dozens of Port Authority cops. Barry Cohan,...
Slimed Bam takes slick day
President Obama traveled to the oil-ravaged Gulf Coast yesterday to visit a polluted beach and vowed that his administration -- which has been under fire for its response to the...
Bloomberg defends Ground Zero mosque as freedom-of-faith issue
In his fiercest defense yet of the mosque proposed near Ground Zero, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday that it must be allowed to proceed because the government "shouldn't be in the...
Call it Coney high!!!-land
Coney Island's hot again! Hundreds of Brooklyn kids yesterday got a sneak peak at a new amusement park -- getting a jump on what forecasters expect to be a mostly...
Chinatown beauty school raided over aid 'lie job'
A "hole in the wall" Chinatown beauty school that somehow managed to collect millions of dollars in federal aid was raided by agents yesterday after a two-year fraud probe, The...
UK's Pru scrambles to save $35.5B AIG deal
Prudential has entered talks to cut its $35.5 billion offer for AIG's Asian life insurance arm, in a last-ditch bid to salvage a deal criticized by shareholders as too expensive....
Fuller bids $600M for CKX
CKX Inc., owner of "American Idol," confirmed that it received an acquisition proposal yesterday from an investor group led by Simon Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment and creator of the...
Extended auction winner bids $3.9B
Paulson & Co., Centerbridge Partners and Blackstone Group won a bankruptcy auction for hotel chain Extended Stay Inc. with a $3.9 billion bid, two people familiar with the matter said....
Business briefs
Slow spend Consumer spending was little changed in April after climbing 0.6 percent in March, as in comes rose 0.4 percent.'Hurt' lawsuit Voltage Pictures, pro ducer of "The Hurt Locker,"...
Obama sent Bill Clinton to recruit Sestak
WASHINGTON -- After months of stonewalling, the White House yesterday admitted that it dispatched former President Bill Clinton to offer Democrat Joe Sestak a position in exchange for backing out...
No. 1 charter-school foe suddenly a 'friend'
Hell has frozen over! Facing a primary challenge from a staunch charter-school supporter, Sen. Bill Perkins (D-Harlem) -- the state Legislature's No. 1 charter hater -- yesterday voted to more...
Mounted cop clears hurdle
An NYPD internal inquiry has cleared the head of its Mounted Unit for euthanizing three retired police horses when he went to a Pennsylvania farm to transfer a herd of...
Apple probe grows
The Justice Dept.'s probe into Apple is expanding to include how the iPhone and iPad maker does business with media outfits in areas beyond music, The Post has learned. According...
Al Pacino spurned alleged celeb swindler Kenneth Starr
Timing is everything. "Godfather" star Al Pacino yanked his cash out of the firm owned by money manager Kenneth Starr just weeks before the purported financial wizard was busted by...
Morgan gives Mack a raise
Morgan Stanley is more than doubling Chairman John Mack's annual base salary to $2 million effective Tuesday, according to a regulatory filing by the bank. Mack's base salary had been...
$tar Ke$ha owe$ u$: mu$ic $uit
Ke$ha's former manager wants a lot of $$ from the pop sensation. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, David Sonenberg says the "Blah Blah Blah" singer reneged on their...
Wynn likes mahjong
After living his American dream, casino billionaire Steve Wynn is turning his back and dissing the US, saying he now prefers China any day. His attacks came yesterday in a...
Data order for Google
A federal judge in Oregon has joined a bevy of European regulators in demanding that Google turn over private data it grabbed from non-password protected wireless networks in people's homes....
Parents earn an A for helping make history
Yesterday's passage of a law to increase the cap on charter schools in New York state is a historic moment. Not just because it represents one giant leap toward winning...
Sestak's lesson for NY
So the White House tried to bulldoze Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak out of a primary challenge to GOP-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter? Big deal. The White House has been taking aspiring...
The cap gets raised
Victory! It was a tough fight, but the Legislature yesterday grudgingly agreed to more than double the number of charter schools permitted in New York state, from 200 to 460....
Mike fights Morgy for 'master'y
Mayor Bloomberg doesn't want nemesis Robert Morgenthau anywhere near the city's push to hire more blacks and Hispanics at the FDNY. Citing Morgenthau's longstanding feud with Hizzoner and other top...
May sours: Spain euro pain mangles markets
The pain of Spain remained largely on Wall Street yesterday, which was left with its worst May for stocks since 1940. After Spain was stripped of its gold-plated AAA rating...
Pols lift charter cap in big day for reform
The state Legislature yesterday passed a landmark measure to more than double the number of charter schools after a day of round-the-clock drama that included a powerful behind-the-scenes confrontation and...
House vote 'carries' tax hike to PE tycoons
Private-equity tycoons are now looking toward the Senate to keep their tax rates from rising -- but those hopes soon may be dashed, a well-placed source said. The House yesterday...
'Killer kidney' hosp cleared
A Queens jury yesterday cleared an NYU surgeon of malpractice for unwittingly transplanting a kidney from a woman with uterine cancer into his patient. Kimberly Liew, whose husband developed cancer...
Jamaica Coke buddies busted
Jamaican authorities yesterday rolled up high-ranking members of a drug ring accused of moving tons of marijuana through New York City -- but still couldn't find kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke....
Giants' Mathias Kiwanuka, brother in bad crash
The brother of Giant defensive lineman Mathias Kiwanuka is in critical condition after the two were involved in a motorcycle crash yesterday afternoon in Indianapolis. Benedict Kiwanuka, 32, hit a...
Bomber Swisher engaged to bombshell actress
What a catch! Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher is set to tie the knot with gorgeous flame-tressed actress Joanna Garcia. But it's not certain when or where the right fielder, a...
Troubled '80s child star Gary Coleman's life is cut short at 42
Gary Coleman, the pint-sized child star of the hit 1980s sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," whose life was plagued by health, financial and legal woes, died yesterday at age 42. The diminutive...
Chainsaw horror
A Long Island man died yesterday after accidentally cutting his neck with a chainsaw, police said. Theofilos Zervos, 35, was cutting wood outside his home on Bayview Avenue in Baldwin...
'I am the crossbow cannibal'
LONDON -- A 40-year-old man accused of murdering three prostitutes told a British court yesterday that his name was "the crossbow cannibal." Stephen Griffiths, a student studying criminology at Bradford...
Nasty fight with friend led to teen’s killing
The cold-blooded ambush killing of a 16-year-old girl near her Boerum Hill home followed a relentless campaign to pressure her to drop charges against a suspect who’d assaulted her just...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A man fatally shot his estranged wife outside her Harlem home moments after she had dialed 911 in a final, desperate plea for help. Massielle Abreu, 29, called police...
NJ jail order in tug-of-love
A violinist who was arrested in Guam after she absconded with her two young children to South Korea will remain behind bars in New Jersey until the children are returned...
'Up' and across the Channel
Like a scene from the animated movie "Up," an American daredevil soared past the White Cliffs of Dover and crossed the English Channel yesterday -- hanging on to just a...
Obama sending Clinton to talk to Sestak was foul, but not afoul of law: experts
WASHINGTON -- Legal experts said yesterday that President Obama's team steered clear of anti-bribery laws in its efforts to ease Rep. Joe Sestak out of the Pennsylvania primary -- even...
Yankees' bats, Hughes bust out with vengeance
When Robinson Cano saw his name in the cleanup spot of the Yankees lineup yesterday, he asked manager Joe Girardi, "You sure?" Girardi was sure, and a few hours later...
'Grand' return forces Winn off Yankees
Randy Winn's time with the Yankees came to an end just two months into the season. The veteran outfielder was designated for assignment by the Yankees yesterday, the first significant...
Hero Artest late to practice
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Ron Artest had perfect timing in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals -- and not so much the next day. Artest was fined by the...
Nate boosts Boston back to Finals
BOSTON -- The NBA's most-decorated team avoided the biggest playoff collapse in league history and earned a chance to hang an unprecedented 18th championship banner from the rafters. Paul Pierce...
Johnson to meet with Nets
Let the real interviewing begin for the Nets. And it will today when Nets president Rod Thorn sits down with former Mavericks coach Avery Johnson to discuss particulars about the...
Henin, Sharapova set up showdown
PARIS -- So much has transpired in the nearly 2½ years since Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin last played each other. Sharapova needed right shoulder surgery and was off the...
The Post line
NBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogSUNS 1 (215½)LakersNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogBLACKHAWKS$170-200FlyersOdds to Win SeriesBlackhawks$210-250FlyersHome team in CAPS
Lima mourned in Queens
Robinson Cano still seemed stunned when he walked out of Coppola-Migliore Funeral Home in Queens yesterday after paying his respects to the family of former major league pitcher Jose Lima,...
Hondo wins again
Suddenly hot Hondo hit with the Cards yesterday afternoon and came right back last night with the A's to raise his winning streak to four and lower ac counts payable...
Phil misses Colonial cut
FORT WORTH, Texas -- There will be no Phil in pink at the Colonial -- and no top ranking. Phil Mickelson missed the cut in his return to Colonial after...
Pierce: Coughlin is on hot seat with Giants
Former Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce is enjoying his first offseason without a team, and in it he has found some time to make an evaluation of Tom Coughlin's job security....
Sports shorts
BASEBALL: Cabrera hits 3 HRs in Tigers loss In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera hit three home runs in a game for the first time in his career, but it was not...
Mets' Nieve wants out of bullpen
MILWAUKEE -- Fernando Nieve's memory of his last start at Miller Park mostly relates to the upset stomach that kept him running to the bathroom. The goal for Nieve today:...
Teixeira puts his Gold Glove to good use
Phil Hughes appreciated and admired Mark Teixeira's performance last night -- and he let his first baseman know it. "I told him, 'Way to work for me' after the game,"...
Cora in Castillo's corner
MILWAUKEE -- Alex Cora doesn't mind the extra playing time, but doesn't know if the Mets are better for it. With Luis Castillo battling a bone bruise in his right...
Cellar dwellers arrive at the right time
The First game of the underbelly of the Yankees' schedule, in which 13 of the 16 will be played against Cleveland, Baltimore and Houston, the three dregs of the majors,...
Beasley's renewed vigor beneficial for U.S. squad
PHILADELPHIA -- The United States' reserve-filled loss against the Czech Republic on Tuesday was about paring down the roster, while today's match vs. Turkey is about fine-tuning the World Cup...
Offense is not 'D' big question mark for Americans
PHILADELPHIA -- Practically the only thing younger than the concept of the United States being good at soccer is the front line we are sending to South Africa for the...
Knicks' Walsh fine with free-agent sitdown
Knicks president Donnie Walsh knows the top NBA free agents plan to talk to each other. He wants to make sure they talk to him. Speaking on ESPN 1050 Radio...
Find players on verge of power trip
Folks over at the electrical company have noticed some odd patterns on the power grid this spring. In Queens and Hollywood, Atlanta and Denver, customary hubs have experienced curious outages....
5 Questions with ... Brandon Laird, Double-A Trenton Thunder third baseman
Wednesday night, you hit a walk-off home run to complete the cycle. Were you thinking about the cycle when you stepped into the batter's box? No, I didn't go up...
Foreman will get special escort by New York's Finest
Boxers can come up with some creative ring entrances, but most are confined from the distance between the locker room and the ring. When Yuri Foreman takes on Miguel Cotto...
Mets' streak ends with walk-off loss
MILWAUKEE -- Corey Hart ripped the heart right out of the Mets last night. Ryota Igarashi dealt a fastball that looked gone from the instant it hit Hart's bat. Bernie...
'Breathless' turns 50
It's had to believe, but Jean-Luc Godard's im mortal French New Wave classic "Breath less" is 50 years old. Yes 50, as in half a century. To mark the milestone,...
Weird but true
Kids, just say no to drugs. A first-grader in Massachusetts stumbled upon three big bags of heroin near his bus stop and took them to school, where he gave them...
UConn not keep Calhoun down
From the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington to South Orange, N.J.; from Providence, R.I., to Jamaica, Queens, you can hear the cynical laughter and snide remarks like the grating wheels of...
It's Saturday — and a new day dawns at Coney Island
Coney Island’s new amusement park made its brief debut this weekend, before closing for more renovations.Luna Park, the first new amusement area to open in the hard-luck “People’s Playground” in...
PSAL Class A baseball playoff roundup: Nunez pitches No. 6 Morris into quarterfinals
Rich Corbo wanted to see Arismendy Nunez, his ace right-hander, warm up Friday afternoon before committing to the senior with the sore ankle. The Morris coach was ready to give...
PSAL Class A softball quarterfinals roundup: Madison routs RKA
When he was coaching basketball, Jeff Meltzer was always more inclined to make a player run a fast mile rather than stretching him out to two or three miles. He’s...
Young Patriots' run ends in quarterfinals
It wasn’t that Francis Lewis lost its confidence. It was unceremoniously taken away. The Patriots threatened right away Friday when Samantha Lallave and Bianca Concepcion bunted for singles to lead...
Cardozo beats rival Lewis, heads to second straight semis
If Larry Alberts has learned one thing in 25 years on the bench at Cardozo it is that the unknown might be the worst thing for a team. “Mystery,” the...
Lazio wins backing of NY's Conservative Party
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio has won the endorsement of New York's Conservative Party. It's a boost for Lazio, a former Long Island congressman seeking the GOP nomination for governor....
Mets in no rush to add Murphy
According to an organizational source, the Mets are in no hurry to bring back Daniel Murphy as he hones his skills at multiple positions for Triple-A Buffalo. Murphy will have...
U.S., rededicated DaMarcus Beasley host Turkey tomorrow in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA _ The U.S.' reserve-filled loss against the Czechs on Tuesday was about paring down the roster, while tomorrow's tilt vs. Turkey (2 p.m. ESPN2) is about fine-tuning the World Cup...