June 13, 2010
Caddy for life
“Caddy For Life: The Bruce Edwards Story: isn’t a golf story. It’s a love story. Based on John Feinstein’s best-selling book, the Golf Channel special (tonight, 9 p.m.) chronicles the...
Hamels helps Phillies avoid sweep against Red Sox
BOSTON -- Cole Hamels cooled off Boston's surging lineup with seven strong innings, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Red Sox 5-3 on Sunday to salvage the finale of the...
Erratic Strasburg strikes out eight, improves to 2-0
CLEVELAND -- Stephen Strasburg learned life on the road isn't always smooth. Washington's rookie sensation had more trouble with Cleveland's mound than Indians hitters while lasting 5 1-3 innings during...
United States faces Euro trap; will they face it without Howard?
As the afterglow of the United States' World Cup-opening draw with England wears off, they are left with some very sobering realities. They play a must-have trap game Friday against...
State outdoor championships roundup: Brooklyn's best shine
It was quite a performance by Brooklyn athletes at the New York State Federation outdoor track and field championship this weekend. Midwood star Donald Williams placed second in the 100...
Germany dominates Australia, 4-0
DURBAN, South Africa -- Germany scored two goals in each half and Tim Cahill was sent off as three-time champion Germany beat Australia 4-0 Sunday in Group D of the...
Vandals attack BP station in Williamsburg
A BP station on Williamsburg’s Southside was attacked by protesters angry at the ongoing ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.On May 29, vandals heaved brown paint onto the Hewes...
Boricua! Thousands throng Puerto Rican Day Parade
It’s not bad enough he wasn’t their first choice for parade king – Latin crooner Marc Anthony also had to trade in his luxe convertible for a golf cart today...
Teammates defend English goalie as coach mulls switch
RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- England's players rallied around Robert Green, while coach Fabio Capello contemplated whether to drop the goalkeeper who cost them a World Cup win against the United...
Izzo still deciding if he wants to take Cavaliers job
Tom Izzo is trying to take his time as he weighs the pros and cons of leaving to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers or staying at Michigan State. Izzo indicated he's...
Veteran Alston wants chance with Knicks
Queens native Rafer Alston is hoping for a homecoming this offseason. “I’m a free agent. I’m hoping I can play here in New York…the Knicks,” Alston told Zagsblog.com Alston started...
Here it is, folks — this week's celebrity shot
TV actor Tim DeKay — best known for his guest appearances on popular shows such as “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” “Scrubs” and “CSI” — was kickin’ it in Cobble Hill on Friday,...
Update on injured U.S. keeper Tim Howard
Keeper Tim Howard was the Man of the Match in the United States' World Cup opener, a shocking 1-1 draw with favored England yesterday. Now he's being treated and will...
A-Rod might be back Tuesday
Some notes from today's pregame: Joe Girardi hopes to have Alex Rodriguez back in the lineup Tuesday against the Phillies. It may just be as a designated hitter, though. "My...
Stickup! Gunmen raid Iraq's central bank
BAGHDAD — Gunmen trying to rob Iraq's central bank battled security forces for hours today after bombs ripped through a nearby area, leaving at least 15 dead, the Iraqi military...
Feliciano starts for Francouer as Mets go for sweep
BALTIMORE- Here's today's Mets lineup against the Orioles, with Jesus Feliciano filling in for Jeff Francoeur in right, as Francoeur gets the day off. Chris Carter, who belted his first...
Mets have two draft picks in CWS
Two of the Mets' draft picks in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft last week still have their seasons alive in this year's College World Series.Fifth-rounder Matt den Dekker from Florida...
Yankees put Thames on DL
Marcus Thames was officially placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. The Yankees called up Chad Huffman, who made his Major League debut in right field....
Box Office: 'Karate Kid' kicks 'A-Team's' butt
Sony's reboot of "The Karate Kid'' pulled an upset, collecting an estimated $56 million over three days, well ahead of expectations. And that's even despite a bloated 140-minute running that...
Wright's two homers lift Mets to first road sweep
BALTIMORE --- The scent of garbage time in the blazing afternoon sun was sweet perfume to the Mets today. It should have been. Simply, the Mets do not have these...
Another Posada slam moves Yankees into first-place tie with Rays
Some order was restored in the Yankees universe this afternoon. Jorge Posada was back behind the plate, and the Yankees returned to the top of the AL East. Posada blasted...
Howard being evaluated; ribs may be broken
IRENE, South Africa — U.S. coach Bob Bradley isn’t sure whether goalkeeper Tim Howard broke ribs during a collision with Emile Heskey in the Americans’ World Cup opener against England....
Slovenia takes lead in U.S. group with win over Algeria
POLOKWANE, South Africa -- Hey England and America, look who's on top of your World Cup group. Little Slovenia! Robert Koren scored a late goal Sunday to give Slovenia a...
White House, states demand BP set aside cleanup billions
SCHRIEVER, La. — The White House and at least two Gulf states have demanded that BP create special accounts that would set aside billions of dollars to pay for the...
Ghana stuns Serbia on penalty kick
PRETORIA, South Africa -- Asamoah Gyan scored on an 84th-minute penalty kick today as Ghana beat Serbia 1-0 in a Group D match at the World Cup. Zdravko Kuzmanovic needlessly...
Don't miss
AWARDS Denzel frenzy It’s been a big year for Denzel Washington on Broadway. The Oscar winner stars in “Fences,” August Wilson’s play about a resentful sanitation worker who alienates his...
Report: Pakistani spy agency supports Taliban
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s main spy agency continues to train, fund and arm the Taliban despite U.S. pressure to sever ties with the group that Islamabad helped rise to power in...
Dr. Phil freaks out, Oz close behind
It doesn’t matter how well-intentioned and noble you are at the start. No TV show is allowed to stay up there. Sooner or later, TV will either force it down...
Buying the farm
When Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell were preparing to host a party at their farm in upstate New York last summer, Ridge didn’t want the pig pen to “look like...
How selective are NY’s hottest clubs? Guidos and geeks brave the velvet wall
A cougar, a guido and a nerd walk up to a bar . . . And none got in. At least not at the uber-hip Boom Boom Room. To see...
Reel good
“Splendor in the Grass” (1961) Mon. 11:30 p.m., TCMNatalie Wood is Deanie, a good Kansas girl in the 1920’s, who’s madly in love with rich stud Bud, (Warren Beatty). Bud’s...
Hunk-a hunk-a howlin’ love
To play a werewolf, Joe Manganiello needed to be more than just your average Joe Six Pack. “You get cast as a shifter on ‘True Blood,’ and you know that...
Cry wolf
A vampire lies still, eyes closed, in an open coffin. The floor creaks as a 3-year-old boy and his scared-out-of-her-wits mom walk slowly through the dark house, unsure of their...
Combo guard Curry carries March momentum into summer
T.J. Curry drove two steps past the 3-point line, drew the extra defender, and dropped the ball off to P.J. Torres for the open jumper. Swish. The next time down...
Miracle workers?
Hope — unlike youth — springs eternal when it comes to miracle-promising beauty products. If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we grow our eyelashes longer,...
Meet Market: Soccer star wants a guy with skills
Dana, 30, likes to play the field. But even if you can’t literally kick it with this public relations manager, she’ll settle for grabbing a beer and watching the pros...
Classic PSAL title game deserved classic ending
You wanted something wacky to happen. Christian Osmundsen to slip as he raced home, Frank Ulloa to somehow trade right arms with Jeff Francoeur and gun down Osmundsen at the...
Braziller's news and notes from Rumble in The Bronx Day 2
Admission of guilt: The last place I wanted to be Saturday afternoon was The Bronx. My Friday night – or should I say Saturday morning – was a marathon, over...
Sorgi backup plan goes from one Manning to another
Already an expert on the older Manning quarterback, Jim Sorgi has moved to the younger sibling as he continues an unusual NFL career. Sorgi, 29 years old, is best-known as...
Jets' Holmes comfortable in Greener surroundings
Mark Sanchez stood at his locker after the Jets’ final organized team activity on Thursday, dutifully answering questions about how he felt after fully participating in team practice drills for...
English, U.S. soccer fans drink South African bars dry
A mass of English and U.S. soccer fans overwhelmed the South African backwater of Rustenburg yesterday, grabbing a bed for the night in private homes and drinking the bars dry....
Argentina wins Maradona debut on header
Though Lionel Messi baffled Nigeria’s defenders, Argentina still had to sweat out Diego Maradona’s first World Cup victory as a coach. Gabriel Heinze scored on a diving header in the...
Going with unseasoned keeper may bite England's Capello
England coach Fabio Capello is paid close to $10 million a year to make the big decisions. Not the popular decisions. Not the decisions I may want. But the right...
Celebration day at N.J. bar Scots Club
KEARNY, N.J. — Halfway around the world from the United States’ World Cup opener in South Africa, as the final seconds melted away on a 1-1 tie with England, a...
Fluke goal helps U.S. tie England
RUSTENBURG, South Africa — England’s players couldn’t get off the field fast enough. The Americans lingered to savor the night. They walked to the end of Royal Bafokeng Stadium where...
U.S. goalie Tim Howard shows he's one of world's best
We had a lot of time on our hands between 1950 and 1990, when the U.S. didn’t qualify for a single World Cup, but we’re catching up fast because we...
The ladies who ‘linner’
There's been a sudden profusion of afternoon delight in Manhattan, but not the kind Starland Vocal Band sang about. A growing array of eateries are squeezing in another meal, complete...
Strasburg phenomenon is why we watch sports
What I remember, as much as anything, was the raw hope that was passed along hand to hand, desk to desk, imagination to imagination. By the time the magazine made...
Ten years later, Woods returns to Pebble Beach still chasing Nicklaus
The ultimate goal of the ambitious young boy who had Jack Nicklaus posters hanging from his bedroom walls serving as a bull’s-eye to mark the target — a task that...
Time for other stars to shine
It’s another major championship offering another week to obsess about Tiger Woods and the state of his golf game and love life. This has been the paramount story in golf...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Jerry Manuel
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with Mets manager Jerry Manuel about his team’s playoff chances and about being on the hot seat: Q: Is Mike Pelfrey a gangsta? A: (Laugh)....
Drug crackdown, young stars tilting scales in pitchers’ favor
It is not exactly 1968 again — but we are dealing with something as close to the Year of the Pitcher as we have seen since muscles in the major...
The Rumble
Oh, baby!Mets’ ace Pelfrey enjoys being a dad Mike Pelfrey will celebrate his first Father’s Day as a father -since his son, Chase Michael (Little Pelf), was born on Aug....
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS EDDIE LAMPERT Mogul outsmarts lawmakers by finding a way around proposed tax hikes on his fund. CARL ICAHN Billionaire penned nasty letter to the Lionsgate board, after Mark Cuban...
Top 5 ways to pick up a date on the dance floor
According to the bodies in motion at Marquee "Say, I have a limbo pole at my place — want to see howlow we can go?’ “ — Beth “Do the...
This week’s couple: Rock, paper, scissors, spark!
He said: The first five minutes with Emily were a little awkward, but I think that’s just natural meeting someone for the first time. I was trying to be very...
Ask Ashley: A real nude awakening
I’ve been happily married for 15 years. Like most couples, we’ve had some issues in our sex life, but we’ve overcome them. Recently, as the weather’s gotten warmer, my wife...
For the children
As recently as a few short years ago, the wholesale captivity of the Democratic Party to teachers-union interests was an indisputable fact of American politics. That’s not the case anymore...
Stung by the love bug
“It seemed like a good idea at the time,” says Whitney Fuller, who decided to adopt pets with her ex-boyfriend — about 10,000 of them. Fuller, fresh from writing a...
O’s true Gulf goof
As criticism of his handling of the Gulf oil spill rises, and his poll numbers tumble, President Obama is headed back to the region tomorrow for yet another inspection tour....
Oil lessons
George Will is correct (“How O’s Ambitions Throtttle Growth,” PostOpinion, June 10). The catastrophic failure of Deep Water Horizon also revealed a catastrophic failure of our centralized government regulators. But...
Rangel’s gall
I can’t believe Rep. Charlie Rangel is running for re-election (“Rangel Seeks 21st Term,” June 7). It’s a slap in voters’ faces that this man has the power to write...
Horrible Helen
Sean Delonas’ brilliant Page Six cartoon (June 8) depicts, better than a 1,000-word essay could, the true sentiments animating Helen Thomas’ fourdecade journalistic jihad against Israel. The familiar excuses for...
Short-time Gov.
Kudos to Gov. Paterson for making the necessary budget cuts to keep New York afloat (“Dave’s Healthy Cuts,” Editorial, June 9). It shows just how difficult it is to make...
Movie-star Tony nominees turn serious dramas into serious dollars
On Broadway, Denzel Washington is the man — the man with the Midas touch. Washington, who’s favored to win a Tony tonight for his acclaimed performance in the revival of...
Ass kick list
Since President Obama wants to know “whose ass to kick,” here is the short list: al Qaeda, the Taliban and whoever told him to run for president (“It’s Ass Kickin’...
Gone GaGa
The only thing Lady GaGa accomplished by attending her sister’s graduation dressed like an absolute fool was to prove that the Convent of the Sacred Heart was 100 percent correct...
Debt clocked
The Obama administration needs to put certainty into our economic system in order to spur business to grow jobs (“$13,050,826,460,886.97,” Michael Tanner, PostScript, June 6). With the uncertainty of tax,...
Could Central Park be slipping into the bad old days?
Central Park is not just an oasis — it’s New York City’s sanctuary, the soul of Manhattan. Which also makes it a battleground, a 1.32 square mile symbol of how...
King Lou, Queen Laurie
She’s one of the most celebrated avant-garde songwriters of our time. He’s one of rock’s most influential figures. But Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed have serious musical competition in their...
Genetic testing raises an age-old question — are the Jews a people, or a religion?
We are home, Helen, thank you very much. Two new genome studies of Jews worldwide prove that the Jewish people — long called the “People of the Book,” the “Chosen...
Why experts are usually wrong
Every day, expert advice assaults us from newspapers, websites and televisions. But judging by the state of the world and our lives, it doesn’t seem to be doing us much...
My New York: Joan Rivers
Don’t call it a comeback. Joan Rivers never went anywhere, and bristles at the idea that she paved the way for other female comics (“ ‘You opened the doors’: Go...
Divorces go gray
Conventional wisdom holds that the longer people are married, the less likely they are to ever divorce — hence the national shock over Al and Tipper Gore’s separation after 40...
Gilded age: How elderly New Yorkers hide their assets to qualify for Medicaid
Thelma, 85, has almost $1 million in assets, including the house she owns in the tony neighborhood of Roslyn Heights, and $75,000 in bonds and $50,000 in savings she hopes...
Imperial bedrooms
Bret Easton Ellis’ characters have all, always, subsisted on a feedback loop of youthful disaffectedness and alienation, so it’s inevitable that he’d reanimate the teenage protagonists of his 1985 debut,...
Breakup with Boss
Brian Fallon, lead singer of Gaslight Anthem, enjoyed his brief musical bromance with Bruce Springsteen, but now feels it’s time for an open relationship in which he can share himself...
Road kill
'No matter what you do, no matter where you turn, fate sticks out its foot to trip you." I quote Al Roberts in "Detour," Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 cult noir,...
Bridge
CY the Cynic's former job, which he refers to as "cruel and unusual employment," remains an object of speculation at my club. Cy won't provide any details, only gag answers...
Lost in space
Chess elections, as a rule, have little to do with chess. So it's fitting that the only resonating issue in the upcoming vote for the presidency of the world chess...
Department of Education's elite cla$$ grows
The number of employees in the school system earning $150,000 or more surged by 25 percent this year, even as the city braces for stinging cuts in education aid from...
State probes weight-loss deaths at NYU
The state is investigating NYU Medical Center's booming weight-loss surgery practice, after three patients perished -- including a young lawyer who may have died of thirst -- following bariatric procedures,...
School's in for summer
Hold the wailing. The city's announcement that 21,000 students are headed for summer school should not be confused with bad news. It is instead a welcome sign that standards are...
LI house-party murder
Gunfire erupted at a Long Island house party yesterday, leaving one man dead and two injured. The shooting happened just as cops arrived because of a complaint about the noisy...
O's Medicare warning
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is asking GOP lawmakers to approve billions of dollars in new spending to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare...
Germany: give us 'hit' spy
Germany is demanding the extradition of an alleged Mossad spy arrested in Poland for his connection to the hit-squad slaying of Hamas agent Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January. Polish...
Pilots strike at La Guardia
Discount carrier Spirit Airlines canceled about a dozen flights out of La Guardia and other airports yesterday when pilots walked off the job in a contract dispute. It was the...
Cops probe rape at SoHo penthouse of power couple Campion and Tatiana Platt
A stunning ex-model was choked and raped on the rooftop terrace of the ritzy SoHo penthouse owned by powerhouse couple Campion and Tatiana Platt, The Post has learned. The couple...
Unions are job won
This Tuesday, a select group of New Yorkers will party it up at Terrace on the Park in Queens, celebrating their hard-won tickets to life in America's vanishing middle class....
Silver: NY will duck shutdown
State legislators will OK Gov. Paterson's emergency spending bill tomorrow -- and prevent a government shutdown on Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said yesterday. "The speaker will not move toward...
Snack Sabbath flap at Citi Field
That's so not kosher. A kosher-food company is suing the Mets, claiming that it has lost a half-million dollars in profits because the team has forbidden its stands to sell...
Tot dies in gramps' pool
A 3-year-old Long Island boy yesterday wandered out of his grandparents' house unnoticed, got past a gate whose lock was broken and drowned in the family's backyard pool, police said....
Joran's afraid of jail slay
Accused murderer Joran van der Sloot passed his first nights in a Peruvian jail terrified that he'd be killed by inmates, newspapers reported yesterday. The 22-year-old Dutch citizen had been...
Haggling over spilt guilt
WASHINGTON -- BP must pay "tens of thousands" of economic claims from the Gulf oil spill, President Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday, a senior US official said....
Abby rescuer's 'saving' grace
The dramatic rescue of an American teen stranded in the freezing waters of the Indian Ocean almost claimed the life of the fishing-boat captain who scrambled to save her --...
It's 'cheeri-yo!'
It was the second shot heard 'round the world. In true revolutionary style, the underdog Americans came from behind and blasted the powerful Brits to a nail-biting 1-1 draw yesterday...
Curb your identity theft stress
Dear John: On Feb. 11, I received a call from Bank of America looking to confirm that I'd called at 2:30 a.m. to change my access codes and the address...
Star-chitect dies at 53
Architect J. Wallace Tutt, who made a fortune designing and building homes for the ultra-wealthy, died mysteriously yesterday in the Bahamas. He was 53. "He passed this morning. We're not...
'See you in The Bronx'
Bombs away! Seven members of the US Army Golden Knights parachuted into Yankee Stadium yesterday to celebrate Military Appreciation Day. "Ready to go, see you down in The Bronx," said...
Hope fading for swept-away Ark. flood victims
LANGLEY, Ark. -- The search for nearly two dozen people who disappeared after killer flash floods swept through a popular campground went from desperate to grim yesterday after teams that...
High corporate profits will eventually bring jobs
An unusual outcome of the high jobless rate is that corporate profits are at an all-time high. Last week, economist Art Laffer wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street...
Bx. kid-plunge slap at manager
Co-Op City bosses didn't move fast enough to seal off terraces in a building where a 4-year-old boy plunged 23 stories to his death, angry residents charged yesterday. Malachi Johnson's...
Teen shoots pal in gut
A Brooklyn teenager accidentally shot his friend in the stomach yesterday while flaunting a gun belonging to his mother -- a city Correction Officer, authorities said. The 15-year-old was playing...
Queens is trashiest
What a waste! Queens neighborhoods are at the top of the heap in garbage collection, leading the city with 160,000 tons of trash picked up by the city's Department of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Police in East Flatbush shot a knife-wielding teen who refused orders to drop his weapon, authorities said. Police were called as Stanley Cherenfant, 19, brawled with a cousin at...
Chairman Obama
Americans reacted with dismay, and rightly so, last week upon learning that President Obama has yet to meet or talk on the phone with BP CEO Tony Hayward about the...
School clocks: Time's money
At this price, kids better not be late for class. The city Department of Education is spending millions of dollars on electrical upgrades that include synchronized clocks. At one of...
Hard times hit high-end hospitality in the Hamptons
Three high-profile Hamptons hotels have filed for bankruptcy. Hamptons Resorts & Hotels, which operates the Atlantic, the Bentley and the Capri, filed on Thursday, David Waksman, a co-owner of HR&H,...
Mayor said no to $86M Tavern on the Green deal out of 'spite' for LeRoys
What was the city thinking? Mayor Bloomberg rejected a proposal that promised an extra $30 million cash for the city's depleted coffers in order to hand the lease for Tavern...
Charity begins at Meeks' home
A nonprofit founded by Rep. Gregory Meeks took in more than $1.2 million in taxpayer money over the past 15 years with little to no oversight as to how it...
Weinsteins can't let go of Miramax
Harvey and Bob Weinstein are looking to improve their chances of getting back the film studio they named for their parents 31 years ago. The Weinstein Co. is eyeing a...
The woof is on fire! (Vote for NY's cutest firehouse dogs)
Hot dogs! Furry firefighters from a dozen city firehouses want to become calendar pinups -- and Post readers get to pick the best three. Twelve pooches who live and work...
Workin' out with the stars
Tracy Anderson, the celebrity trainer who whipped Gwyneth Paltrow's butt into shape after kids for "Iron Man 2" -- Paltrow was so impressed she became a 50-50 partner in Anderson's...
'Sick' 9/11 deal snubs cancer
World Trade Center rescue and cleanup workers with post-9/11 cancer could still get far less compensation than responders with respiratory disease, a snub that may spur many to reject a...
Mike 'labored' under an illusion by letting union muscle in
Tavern on the Green was dead meat the day the city picked Dean Poll to replace Jennifer LeRoy. City Hall wanted LeRoy out -- not only for letting the place...
NHLPA should opt for salary inflator
The 2010-11 cap crunch facing the Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks and their big-market brethren will be more severe than believed if the Escrow Hawks within the NHLPA carry the day...
Nuggets' Anthony 'Melo about free agency in 2011
Let the 2011 Carmelo Countdown begin. Carmelo Anthony, the most-sought after free agent next summer, was in Harlem yesterday -- at a "Breakfast Club" basketball clinic at the Rucker Festival...
Buzz off, vuvuzelas!
* The irritating sound of the vuvuzela horns at this year's World Cup should have been addressed by FIFA when 89th-ranked South Africa was mind-bogglingly given the rights to host...
Lakers, Celtics need leading men to shine
Today's missive is spon sored by the letter "P" -- as in "Pivotal." If I had a buffalo head nickel for every time the word "pivotal" was/is used leading up...
Hondo has Met bet
The Cubs, showing why they haven't won since 1908, came up a little shy against the Chisox yester day, which caused Hondo's negative number to grow to an even-steven 900...
'Kobe stopper' ready for his next test
BOSTON -- Celtics reserve Tony Allen, dubbed by some a "Kobe Stopper" because of the exceptionally tough defense he has played on Kobe Bryant late in NBA Finals games, was...
Jeter's driving in his teammates at sizzling pace
Derek Jeter might be less than two weeks from his 36th birthday, but the Yankees captain is driving in runs at a rate as good as any in his career....
Yankees' show of power puts down latest patsies
A steady diet of cream puffs proved to be just what the Yankees needed. The Major League Baseball schedule-maker provided the Yankees with a soft 16-game stretch and, with yesterday's...
Feeling blue-fin: tuna in trouble
The number of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic has been on a downward slide for years, so why has the federal government refused to lower the daily limit for commercial...
Beltran is working hard to return 'soon' to Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The swing looks like it never took an unwanted vacation: still short, still powerful, still capable of driving a ball back through the box with such...
Lakers' sore center Bynum says 'he's ready to play'
BOSTON -- With his right knee drained -- again -- Lakers center Andrew Bynum is certain he is playing tonight against the Celtics in Game 5. "I'm going to do...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Garrigus leads at MemphisRobert Garrigus shot a 4-under 66 to grab a two-stroke lead over Robert Karlsson after three rounds at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis. * The...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing6 a.m.The 24 Hours of LeMansSPEEDNoonFormula One: Canadian Grand PrixFOX1 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Heluva Good! 400TNTBaseball1 p.m.Astros at YankeesYES, WCBS (880 AM)1 p.m.NCAA Super RegionalsESPN1 p.m.Nationals at IndiansTBS1:30 p.m.Mets...
Campbell-Brown edges Felix again
Veronica Campbell-Brown gave track and field fans a good show for their money at the Adidas Grand Prix yesterday at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island. In 21.98 seconds, the two-time...
The Post line
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Mets' Pagan gives center his attention
BALTIMORE -- Carlos Beltran played in another extended spring training game in Port St. Lucie yesterday, and though some people are eagerly awaiting news of the rehabbing center fielder's status,...
A-Rod hip better but he sits again
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Alex Rodriguez felt better yesterday, but was not well enough to play yet. Rodriguez sat out his second consecutive game with tendinitis in his right...
Mystics rip Liberty
WASHINGTON -- Monique Currie scored 20 points to lead the Mystics to an 82-65 victory over the Liberty last night. Crystal Langhorne had 13 points and nine rebounds, Lindsey Harding...
Unbeaten Calderon on the money at MSG
He owns several homes in Puerto Rico. He owns a barber shop. He has an interest in a car-satellite tracking company. He is employed by his childhood city of Guaynabo...
Awful O's can't trip up streaking Mets
BALTIMORE -- Either the Mets have discovered how to win on the road or the Orioles are such a debacle that your local beer-league team would be a threat to...
Igarashi odd man out in Mets bullpen
BALTIMORE -- Oliver Perez's disappearance to the disabled list has handed the "last man in the Mets bullpen" title to Ryota Igarashi. The struggling right-hander has not pitched since last...
Posada slam puts theory into action
In theory, it's as good an idea for the Yankees to ease 38-year-old Jorge Posada out of the catcher's crouch into the designated hitter's stance as often as possible as...
Home Team Lineups
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Weird but true
C'mon, son, I dare you! An enraged Arkansas man arguing with his inebriated son tossed a gun to the kid, dared him to "pull the trigger" -- and was shot...
Her ‘Best Shot’
‘It was a 1953 D-movie titled ‘Cat-Women of the Moon’ that inspired me to dress up in black spandex with a lot of eye makeup,” Pat Benatar writes in her...
The ‘Showgirls’ must go on
Upon its 1995 release, Paul Verhoeven’s “Showgirls” quickly became to the Razzies — the awards that celebrate the worst films of the year — what “Silence of the Lambs” was...
Southerland sparks Cardozo to 4 x 400 win at Grand Prix
Chamique Francis couldn’t tell quite how fast teammate Sabrina Southerland was going. The talented Benjamin Cardozo freshman is a distance runner and has been adapting to running 400 meters all...
The Vi-kings of the CHSAA: Sea wins first baseball title
On the long ride from the south shore of Staten Island to Jamaica, Queens Saturday, catcher Joe Stabach and pitcher Frank Stavola had plenty of time to talk. And, as...
To be Frank, Stavola pitches Sea to crown
It was a popular belief that if St. Joseph by the Se was going to win its first CHSAA Class A intersectional baseball title, Nick Pavia would be the one...
Wrist injury keeps Knights DiLeo from tossing title game
Nick DiLeo couldn’t have been more serious, but his teammates didn’t want to believe him. The sophomore had to tell the rest of the Xavier players that he couldn't take...