February 27, 2011
Afghan vet struck by car, killed at own birthday party
A Purple Heart recipient survived a deadly suicide attack in Afghanistan, only to perish today in a violent car crash at his own birthday party in Long Island, officials said....
Nova throws two perfect innings in Yankees' victory
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Curtis Granderson hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning and the Yankees never lost their lead in a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on...
Oscar Watch: Academy confirms mind-numbing lineup
I'll be back later to liveblog the ceremonies, but I thought it was worth pointing out that the motion picture academy, in its wisdom, has basically confirmed the lineup of...
Cornell student from B'klyn dies at frat house
A Brooklyn biology major died Friday morning at Cornell University after being found unresponsive in his fraternity house, the upstate New York school said. George Desdunes, 19, a sophomore, was...
Young solid, Perez awful in Mets' win over Braves
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Chris Young pitched two shutout innings and Russ Adams hit a three-run homer to lead the Mets to a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday....
Mets' Capuano impressive as Koufax looks on
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Chris Capuano is showing that he's a quick study under the tutelage of Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax. In his spring training debut, the newly acquired...
Jackie Robinson's Montreal apartment commemorated
MONTREAL -- After a spring training in the segregated South, newlywed Rachel Robinson went to look at an apartment in a white neighborhood in Montreal. A French-Canadian woman who spoke...
Walker, UConn bounce back with win at Cincinnati
CINCINNATI -- Don't get Kemba Walker riled. Walker scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half, after a courtside fan took to taunting him, and 14th-ranked Connecticut snapped...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
The CHSAA got the postseason portion of the year started with two first-place tiebreakers that directly affected these rankings. St. Peter’s and Moore Catholic provided one of the season’s best...
PSAL girls basketball rankings
It’s been far too long. It seems like we’ve waited forever for the PSAL Class AA playoffs to begin in earnest after President’s Day week and a lull the week...
Monmouth coach Calloway resigns after 14 seasons
Dave Calloway has resigned under pressure as Monmouth University's basketball coach after 14 seasons. Athletic Director Marilyn McNeil informed Calloway on Sunday that the university planned to hire a new...
Rangers fall to Lightning, 2-1
Martin St. Louis had a goal and assist, and Vincent Lecavalier snapped a third-period tie during a two-man power play to lift Tampa Bay to a 2-1 victory over the...
GOP heavyweights Christie, Huckabee defend First Lady's obesity plan
WASHINGTON -- Two prominent Republicans, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and likely 2012 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, came to the defense of First Lady Michelle Obama's efforts to reduce childhood...
Former Brooklyn Dodgers star Snider dead at 84
Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame center fielder for the charmed “Boys of Summer” who helped the Dodgers bring their elusive and only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died early...
Heat's Wade thinks new Knicks will thrive together soon
MIAMI – Dwyane Wade said he feels despite all the Knicks talk about it being "training-camp mode'', the Heat superstar feels it shouldn't take long for the new Knicks to...
Rutgers fades in loss to West Virginia
West Virginia isn’t going to win any awards for running the smoothest offense in college basketball. Playing defense and rebounding are another story and the Mountaineers rode those facets to...
Lockerbie fiend blackmailed Khadafy, threatened to expose role in bombing: report
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al Megrahi blackmailed Col. Moammar Khadafy into securing his release from a Scottish jail, a former senior Libyan lawmaker said today. Megrahi threatened...
Drunk car-jacks cab, wrecks it: cops
So much for laid-back Californians. A drunken transplant from Pasadena carjacked a yellow cab, roughed up the driver and sped off on a boozy joyride before crashing at Union Square...
McCabe joins Rangers hoping for Stanley Cup run
Bryan McCabe had been linked to the Rangers for so long, the veteran defenseman was already thinking about his Broadway debut three years ago. Now at 35, and in the...
Schumer call to foil Wi-Fi hackers
Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said yesterday that major websites should speed the move to more secure web addresses that help protect users from having personal data stolen at...
One dead in Brooklyn exit ramp wreck
Police say a driver lost control of his car on an exit ramp and slammed into a utility pole. The crash killed one of the passengers and injured two others...
Walker not backing down in union battle
Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker said today he would not back down in his confrontation with state public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if...
Gingrich preparing for 2012 prez run: sources
WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends to take a formal step toward entering the 2012 presidential race within the next two weeks, Republican officials said today, after months...
Tunisia's prime minister calls it quits
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia's embattled prime minister said today that he will resign, bowing to a key demand of protesters after at least five people died in a groundswell of...
Clinton: U.S. will provide 'any type of assistance' to rebels in Libya
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration stands ready to offer "any type of assistance" to Libyans seeking to oust Moammar Gadhafi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday, adding a warning...
Protesters clash with police in Oman
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Omani security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters demanding political reforms on Sunday, killing at least one person in the strategic Gulf...
CHSAA Class AA boys basketball intersectional first round preview
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down Sunday’s CHSAA Class AA intersectional first round games at Holy Cross. Here’s the schedule: 2 p.m. – All Hallows vs. St....
Girls basketball roundup: Kline scores 1,000th point for advancing Eagles
Two days after leading St. Peter’s to a 16th straight CHSAA Staten Island title in a first-place tiebreaker win over Moore Catholic, Christine Kline added a little more history for...
Defensive-minded Iona Prep shuts down Edmund's in slugfest
When neither team could locate the bottom of the basket even if they had a magnifying glass, Vic Quirolo wasn’t exactly jumping for joy, but the Iona Prep boys basketball...
Hayes goes big to hammer Farrell in 'A' quarters
His team didn’t execute offensively and allowed Monsignor Farrell to bomb away from beyond the arc. As he walked into a classroom that was serving as his team’s locker room,...
Mount climbs quarterfinal hurdle in McClancy rout
A year ago, Mount St. Michael was supposed to be on a collision course with Iona Prep in the CHSAA Class A intersectional final. But the Mountaineers were stunned, at...
Carmelo has Knicks-Heat feeling like 'Star Wars'
MIAMI — It seems like light years since a Knicks-Heat battle has been the center of the universe. But when the teams meet tonight in Miami, it will be a...
Knicks coach's defense gives opponents too much space
MIAMI — ESPN Classic didn’t do the Knicks any favors on Friday night. Hours before the new-look Knicks would take on the can’t-watch Cavaliers in Cleveland, the network treated its...
‘I love the smell of plug-ola in the morning’
Imagine if, over the course of just a few years, your most trusted friends changed. Every time they entered your home, what they began as a good-faith chat turned into...
Bridge
Cue-bidding is a preferred method of bidding slams. A successful slam needs good trumps, winners, and controls in every suit to avoid two fast losers. The Blackwood convention can only...
Legend remembers
Mark Taimanov, who turned 85 this month, talked of his twin careers as a world-class grandmaster and pianist in recent interviews with Russian media. He recalled playing chess with Fidel...
Oscar grouch
As is my custom, I won't be watching the Oscars tonight. It might be fun to gawk as Hollywood stars saunter down the red carpet, but didn't they just do...
Hottest hosts
In an early promo for this year’s Oscars, Anne Hathaway rehearses a speech, and her dress strap falls from her shoulder. Her co-host, James Franco, rushes out from the wings,...
Brother in black
It’s tough having a superstar sibling, but the kid brother of the man who “walked the line” says he takes it in stride. Born eight years after the Man in...
Red carpet combat
LOS ANGELES — It took just one word for Melissa Leo to make herself persona non grata in this year’s Oscar race: “Consider.” That’s the slogan that ran above a...
I’m king of the word!
The King’s Speech”: Best Picture of 1982. Impossible? Hardly. If things had gone as planned, the period drama might have been garnered awards alongside “Gandhi” and “Tootsie” some 29 years...
Calling all 'Angels'
No idea is ever too old — or too dated — to be recycled. The busy 2011 television development has one major theme in mind: if a show was once...
Don't miss
Royal Flush Well, here we are at the end of a long and lively awards season and there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that “The King’s Speech” is going to...
Food for thought
For most people, having their own traveling and eating show would be enough. Not so for Anthony Bourdain, who became famous in 2000 after the publication of his book, “Kitchen...
He’s also the ‘Top’
Bourdain has a long history with “Top Chef,” TV’s best cooking competition, having been a guest judge and blogger for the show on the Bravo Web site. This season was...
Reel good
TAXI DRIVER (1976) Sunday, 10:30 a.m., AMC Martin Scorsese at his best in this bizarre tale of a psycho NYC cab driver, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), at the height...
Snoop doesn’t Dogg ‘90210’
Sunday is Oscar night, which means Mama’s all dressed up in her best pajamas with a bottle of the discount-bin champagne. Her favorite TV programs are celebrating, too, as the...
Puppy placebos
After Upper West Side resident Patricia Bear was hit by a truck three years ago, she couldn’t get out of bed for three full months. But recovering wasn’t just a...
Save 34th Street!
City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan — a k a The Thing That Ate Times Square — is on her way back for seconds. New York’s bicycle belle has her eye...
1,500 teachers paid to do union business and miss class
In the city's funny math, you get only one teacher for the price of two. The Department of Education pays about 1,500 teachers for time they spend on union activities...
Critics rally at City Hall
Several thousand union loyalists gathered in front of City Hall yesterday in a show of solidarity for public employees in Wisconsin. "We're all cheeseheads today," said one sign, amid a...
Dee's her rock
The faces on the middle-aged couple were etched in grief as they sat in federal court on Long Island -- somber in every way except for their startling biker-chic duds...
Nurse wants out of Africa
The voluptuous Ukrainian nurse believed to be Moammar Khadafy's constant companion is ready to get out of Dodge. Galyna Kolotnytska told her daughter she is planning to return home to...
Suit: He's marriage canceler
This marriage counselor is out of bounds, a Brooklyn couple claims. Sandro Romano, 41, and Christine Pappas, 37, accuse Upper West Side social worker Jeffrey Mechanic of trying to destroy...
New Zealand city crippled
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- New Zealand's premier said the Christchurch quake may be the country's worst disaster ever, as officials raised the toll to 145 dead and more than 200...
Irish party on brink of O'blivion
DUBLIN -- The party that has dominated Ireland since it gained independence 90 years ago faced political oblivion yesterday, as voters inflicted a historic mauling over its role in the...
Candle-blaze widower dies
An elderly Long Island widower who caught fire while lighting a church votive candle in memory of his beloved wife has died, police said yesterday. Every morning, Vito Baldamente, 89,...
2 rapes in 5 days at Orlando theme parks
It's hardly the happiest place on earth these days. In less than a week, two famed Orlando, Fla., theme parks have been rocked by sex-attack allegations. A 26-year-old man allegedly...
'Voodoo fire' guy's hex talk
The Brooklyn man who allegedly ignited a fatal apartment blaze during a who's-your-voodoo-daddy sex romp had liked to brag to neighbors about possessing magical powers. Nelson "Pepe" Pierre, 66, claimed...
Doll louse had Saudi backing
They were the "Baby Doll Bomber's" sugar daddies. A powerful Saudi chemical company aligned with the oil-rich kingdom's royal family were the financial bakers of the Texas student who plotted...
Cameron running for home
A-Rod's No. 1 cheerleader, Cameron Diaz, ducked out early as the Yankees were losing their spring opener against the Philadelphia Phillies in Tampa, Fla., yesterday. Alex Rodriguez, who was replaced...
IRS' form paper chase
Dear John: I am a 71-year-old US citizen who has been doing his own taxes since I went to work in 1957. In November, I received a Notice 1400 from...
Egypt bigs push elex reforms
CAIRO -- An Egyptian panel tasked with amending the country's constitution yesterday recommended easing restrictions on who can run for president and imposing presidential term limits -- two key demands...
4 more die in Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Four people have died in new unrest in the Tunisian capital between stone-throwing protesters and police on the sidelines of demonstrations against the interim government, officials said...
Something's in the water
Hollywood appears to be cuckoo for coconuts. Vita Coco, the coconut water company based here, has attracted a second round of Tinseltown dollars. Last year, Madonna, her manager Guy Oseary...
Cops to cap Wisconsin protest
After 12 days of protests, sing-alongs and raucous marches, downtown Madison, Wis., will be quiet tonight. Local police are plan ning to empty the area around the Capitol building of...
City leaves chair kid 'trapped'
She's a prisoner in her own home. Wheelchair-bound teenager Chantel Quiroz only leaves her walkup apartment in a Bronx public-housing development when two muscular men carry her and her shiny...
Luxury-car larceny bust
A Long Island man stole $4,000 worth of auto accessories from a fine-car dealership, Nassau County police said. William Mure, 30, was charged with possession of stolen property Friday after...
Jet-setter dogfight for wings
The rich and famous are jostling and dealing for better spots in one of the most exclusive waiting lines around -- for getting keys to a new Gulfstream jet that,...
Let private investors fix mess
This past week's housing num bers from S&P/Case-Shiller and the Federal Housing Finance Agency once again highlighted the depths to which the housing market has fallen. The Case-Shiller Index reported...
Paris gets into lace panty $uit
Paris Hilton has her panties in a bunch over $1.5 million she claims an Italian lingerie company owes her. The hotel heiress was set to launch a line of lacy...
Sisterly spat goes to court
It's love over blood in this Manhattan home. Lois Paulino claims her auxiliary police officer sister used her connections with the NYPD to illegally oust her from the downtown apartment...
Arab St. may hit recovery
When the acceptance speeches are delivered tonight at the 83rd annual Academy Awards celebration, it's a fair bet that some of the camera-ready winners will give a shout-out to protesters...
Rent's not too damn high for some New Yorkers
New York metro's plummeting homeownership rate, hammered by foreclosures, household debt and a tough economy, is sinking faster than the Titanic, as record numbers of residents move into cheaper rental...
Pipe dreams of NJ's wacky-weed wannabes
They've got high hopes. A bunch of dopey dope-smokers are among hundreds who want a license from New Jersey to grow or sell pot under the state's medical marijuana program....
De-Silencer restores ringer
If you're constantly putting your phone on silent or vibrate when you go into a meeting, only to realize hours after it ended that you never turned the ringer back...
Qns. store af-fronts
They're lost in translation. Businesses without a lick of English in their store signs are rampant in pockets of Queens, leaving some locals baffled about what's for sale in their...
AMT patch saves NYers $8B in taxes
The average New York/New Jersey taxpayer just dodged a bullet with the letters AMT on it. Millions of taxpayers were slated to be socked with a rich man's tax for...
Tax dodge the $tuff of Legend
John Legend decries his federal income-tax cut -- but he's OK with the massive tax break New York City is giving him. The singer told the White House press corps...
Viet vet found dead in SI home
A 68-year-old Vietnam vet and beloved great-grandfather was found dead in his Staten Island home early yesterday, police and relatives said. Robert Jenkins' son found him unconscious on the living-room...
Oracle of Omaha sees bright US future
America, hell yeah! Legendary investor Warren Buffett is bullish on the country's economic future, exuberantly telling shareholders in his annual letter that the country's "best days lie ahead." The Oracle...
UN calls on city for 311 help
"Hello. I'd like to report a homicidal dictator." The United Nations is taking a tip from Mayor Bloomberg and studying the city's 311 hot line in order to create similar...
Fracking shame
Not since the Civil War has a border skirmish created such furor -- and this battle even has its own carpetbaggers. With more than a trillion dollars worth of natural...
Co-op gripes cause city to reasse$$ its figures
An uprising by co-op owners furious at crushing proper ty-tax assessments has led the Finance Department to recalculate the values for 114 of 500 co-ops in Queens, The Post has...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A woman who sources said has a history of mental illness has vanished in East Harlem, authorities said. Syeedah McKenzie, 22, (pictured here) disappeared from her home on East...
Great expectations
Natalie Portman has a golden glow, showing off her baby bump in a pleated maternity dress (and high heels!) at the Film Independent Spirit Awards yesterday in Santa Monica, Calif....
Charlie Sheen inked with 'Apocalypse' quote
He loves porn stars at night -- and the smell of napalm in the morning. Wild man Charlie Sheen is so obsessed with his father's epic war film "Apocalypse Now,"...
Traffic-pix tix blitz
Red lights mean green for New York City. For the first time ever, the city ticketed more than 1 million vehicles for running a red light and getting caught on...
O: Time to go, Mo
Move over, Moammar. President Obama yesterday declared that loony dictator Moammar Khadafy should step down -- nearly two weeks after Libya began its bloody descent into chaos. "When a leader's...
Walk among stars
Tonight, celebrities are going to walk all over Nicole Kidman. That's because the Aussie bombshell's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is on the sidewalk just outside the Kodak...
Hustlers wreak havoc in subway stations
MetroCard mayhem has hit the MTA. Vandals and swipe-selling scammers are increasingly wreaking havoc with subway MetroCard machines, and the criminals -- some of whom are gang members -- have...
Pol seeks voter-reg. race info
A Bronx assemblyman wants to force voters to identify their race and ethnicity on voter-registration forms, The Post has learned. But Democrat Peter Rivera's bill is being panned even before...
Thugs tear trees limb from limb
City trees are being tortured. More than 100 tree-haters were busted for arborcide in 2010, and the police have already issued 18 summonses this year, according to city and court...
Heeding the call in the family
One thing Army National Guard Pvt. Jessica Pedraza has learned since she went to war in Iraq is to always salute your superior -- especially when it's your mom. Pedraza,...
Melo's wife is set to take New York by storm
When Carmelo Anthony was traded to the Knicks, his wife -- reality star, DJ, and generally bubbly person La La Vazquez -- celebrated the way she knows best: new shoes....
'Tats' amore for Knick star and wife
There's a lot of spilled ink in this relationship. Newbie Knick Carmelo An thony and his reality-TV celebrity wife, La La Vazquez, took a while to get to the altar,...
Union bile runneth over
The Boiling Over of the Liberal Mind is on full display these days, and it is not a pretty sight. Union protesters in Wisconsin compared Gov. Scott Walker to former...
Circus act hooked
Call it Cirque du Risqué. The UniverSoul Circus has axed its controversial finale just in time for its New York City arrival. The skit portrays a woman turning into a...
Banned jugheads are back
The only thing that's changed is the shape of the collection box. A pair of coin-collecting con artists who were banned from doing charity work are now quietly leading Street...
Kiddie-slap school suit
Students at a Queens elementary school are getting pushed around by the administrators, a teacher claims in a $10 million lawsuit. Teacher Cindy Grosz claims she's seen the principal and...
Turk's 'chew you' to Sarkozy
ANKARA, Turkey -- The mayor of Ankara chewed gum when he saw off Nicolas Sarkozy at the end of a visit to Turkey in retaliation for similar "disrespect" from the...
Hey Baby Boomers, grow up!
Baby Boomers are having a hard time. Not just with the economy, or the health issues that crop up in your 50s and 60s, or even getting caught between taking...
True Brit
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron has done some ridiculous and indefensible things. He called Gaza a “prison camp” and deplored Israel. One of his first acts as prime...
How Americans live now
By April 1, the US Census data for 2010 will be released. We already know we’re a nation of more than 300 million, and that states like Texas are growing...
Cuomo's tied down
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s broad challenge to government unions won’t be replicated in New York state anytime soon. The more relevant question is whether New York’s leading politicians will at...
Dislike Feast? Ciao!
The Feast of San Gennaro is a terrific celebration of the great history of the Italian people, and to consider scaling down its length because of the whining of a...
Healthy program
Health plan Facilitated Enrollment (FE) is a critical part of the Medicaid infrastructure which has helped millions of New Yorkers access and retain insurance, including 240,000 new individuals in 2010...
Heckled vet: Why Columbia needs ROTC
Controversy erupted at Columbia University recently when students protesting the return of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps., banned since the Vietnam era, booed an Iraq war hero and freshman named...
Hometown hotties
Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t need to import fashion models — America breeds the best-looking women in the world to do fashion modeling (“Mike a ‘Model’ Citizen,” Feb. 19). The good news...
The Iceman stealeth
How One Hacker Took Over The Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen Crown In 2006, a computer hacker sat outside a Marshalls department store in Miami and hacked into the...
Iran, pushing the envelope
Iran’s navy sailed two warships through the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean last week — a message the West will ignore to its detriment. The message was plain: As...
In my library: Patti Smith
If you wept over “Just Kids,” Patti Smith’s moving memoir of life with Robert Mapplethorpe — her erstwhile lover, best friend and muse — you wouldn’t be alone. “It brought...
Required Reading
The Informationist by Taylor Stevens (Crown) Vanessa Munroe is the book world’s newest tough-girl action hero. She uncovers hard-to-find information for multinational corporations, governments and the super-wealthy. A daughter of...
'I forgot to duck'
Rawhide Down The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan by Del Quentin Wilber Henry Holt Ashen and struggling for breath, President Ronald Reagan lay on a gurney as a surgeon inserted...
Save stimulus
After driving America’s economy into the ditch, Republicans plan to get it rolling again by dismantling the car (“Gov. Takes Ax to NJ Spending,” Feb. 23). America needs leaders who...
Whistle stop
Allegations of securities fraud from 168 whistleblowers provide 168 reasons why the Securities and Exchange Commission needs to fully staff its Whistleblower Office (“SEC Whistleblower Call Draws Few Tipsters,” Feb....
Arnott trade would tell if Devils plan on going for playoff push
The Devils' last chance has arrived, their final opportunity to convince Lou Lamoriello to let their Preposterous Dream live. If, as expected, Jason Arnott asks Lamoriello to deal him to...
No joke! Pistons coach loses control of players
Ever since Rasheed Wallace left the Pistons they've been in turmoil. That's a joke. Friday's insurgency -- Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Tracy McGrady, Rodney Stuckey, Chris Wilcox, Austin Daye and...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST5 ½ fur; $24,000; clm($10,000); 3YOPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Dan's Last Stand(L),121G Wales1-8-4Scanlan 8-12Laurel Valley(L),110G Santiago5-5-7Mick 10-13Ocean Lady(L),117J Bisono2-1-5Vega 5-24Thunder Zip(L),112R Montanez4-4-8Lehman...
Aqueduct Charts
February 26, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6 fur; $16,000; clm; 4upOff: 12:30 p.m. St good, won gamelyTime: 23.54, 47.34, 59.34, 1:12.37.Trainer: Ilmar LoaizaWinner: DK B/ G,...
Graded entries
Post time: 3:30 p.m. FIRST-1 mile; $23,000; cl($30,0); 3YO PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 6 Silver Luna(L),121 JRosro 2-2-3 1-1 5 GoodAcktrss(L),121 PVlnza 3-2-4 3-1 1 One Bye One(L),121...
Kiwanuka cleared to play; mixed signals from Giants
INDIANAPOLIS -- In a dizzying about-face, the Giants said Mathias Kiwanuka has been cleared to return to football just hours after general manager Jerry Reese said the defensive end's career...
Parx Results
FIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm; 4&5YO2She's Stuk Up (Moya) 40.6018.205.606Yogonaluvme (Bermudez)10.005.204Thornwell (Mangalee)2.10 Off 12:26. Time 1:48.74. Good. Scr: De Romance. * Exacta (2-6) $253.40 * Trifecta (2-6-4) $822.80SECOND-7 fur; $28,000; clm; 3YO1aBellezza...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $17,000; clm($7,500); 4up(f)SHEZA HEARTBREAKER drops in class after finishing third at this distance last out. WHY THEN stalked the pace and won at this claiming price and...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-7 fur; $31,500; clm; 3YO6Achaemenes (Castellano) 6.403.803.205Wicky Jones (Leparoux)4.002.801Take a Walk (Curatolo)6.60 Scr: Pacmanstephen, Fad, I Can and I Will. * Ex. (6-5) $27.40 * $1 Superfecta (6-5-1-8) $319.20 *...
Have and 'Cav' not
* Knicks fans can rejoice all they want over the acquisition of Carmelo Anthony. However, without a legitimate big man who can defend and grab rebounds, the Knicks are going...
Yankees' Teixeira gets hit on toe
TAMPA -- The second pitch of spring training hit Mark Teixeira on top of the big toe on his right foot. Considering he battled a broken small toe on the...
Rangers acquire McCabe from Panthers
The Rangers have been adamant over the past couple of weeks that no matter how attractive a trade may look, they were not willing to part with their most prized...
Mets to get first look at Young
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Chris Young is certain he's rediscovered "normal" as it relates to spring training. "Last year I thought I was going through a normal spring training," said...
Some good signs for Mets in exhibition opener
PORT ST. LUCIE -- As a joke, somebody from the Braves organization sent Mets manager Terry Collins an energy drink yesterday. Collins, who will never be mistaken for a corpse,...
Newton charms at combine
INDIANAPOLIS -- Cam Newton had the charisma and charm down pat yesterday. The whole "Can he play quarterback in the NFL?" question remains to be answered, of course, but the...
Analysis
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $15,000; clm($12,500); 3YO RODAN drops in class after a troubled trip in debut. HEDGE YOUR RISK adds...
Nets lose to Rockets
HOUSTON -- Deron Williams achieved his season high in assists last night, racking up 17, as he compiled his second double-double in as many games and nights for the Nets....
Kaymer 'final'-ly at No. 1
Martin Kaymer is the new No. 1 in golf, this time without much debate. Kaymer calmly rolled in an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole yesterday for a 1-up...
Nets' Williams says he won't need wrist surgery
HOUSTON -- OK, forget Waldo. It's find the silver lining for the Nets. Deron Williams said he doesn't think his sore right wrist will need surgery after the season. "No,...
Rangers GM must use his head in talks for Stars' Richards
The initial impact of general manager Glen Sather's Can't Lose Acquisition of Bryan McCabe for the unfortunate Tim Kennedy and a third-rounder was felt by Michael Del Zotto, who had...
Former commissioner says Mets' loan a 'concern'
The Mets' admission that they took a loan from Major League Baseball is yet another red flag for their ownership -- and one that is particularly distressing, according to Fay...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing2:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Subway Fresh Fit 500FOXBaseball1 p.m.Yankees at PhilliesYES1 p.m.Mets vs. BravesWFAN (660 AM)3 p.m.Angels at DodgersMLBNBasketballNoonWest Virginia at RutgersSNYNoonUConn at CincinnatiESPNU1 p.m.Purdue at Michigan St.ESPN1 p.m.Xavier...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogWest Virginia3RUTGERSCINCINNATI3½ConnecticutXavier3DAYTONLA SALLE2½UMass.LOUISVILLE1PittsburghE. MICHIGANPickW. MichiganMARQUETTE10ProvidenceFla. Atlantic3SOUTH ALA.WISCONSIN11½NorthwesternN. CAROLINA6½MarylandWASH.10½Wash. St.RIDER5½St. Peter'sNIAGARA5½ManhattanCANISIUS3½Loyola, Md.IONA6FairfieldSIENA14½MaristVERMONT9Boston U.ST. BROOK7½BinghamtonHARTFORD6New Hamp.MAINE6½Albany, N.Y.MICH. ST.1PurdueOHIO ST.17IndianaHome team in CAPSNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogHEAT 8 KnicksPACERS 3½SunsLakers 1 THUNDERWarriors 1 T'WOLVESSixers 6½CAVALIERSMavericks...
Jefferson says Nets better with Williams
HOUSTON -- The old girlfriend suddenly looks a lot better. Richard Jefferson was part of the Nets crew during the franchise's finest hours, the consecutive trips to the Finals behind...
NHL won't suspend Rangers' Stepan
When Derek Stepan lowered his shoulder into the head of Mike Green during the first period of the Rangers' 6-0 win over the Capitals on Friday, there was no penalty...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1 Mile; pace; $17,500;cond6CoursrHnvr(AMllr) 3.602.402.208SunshineSprmn(DMllr)3.602.804Bongo (Sears)3.00* Exacta (6-8) $10.80 * Trifecta (6-8-4) $41.20Trifecta picked by SmithSECOND-1 Mile; pace; $13,000; clm7NativeLghtng(Srs) 15.607.604.405Just Being A Boy (DMiller)3.402.602Final Flash (Gingras)3.00* Exacta (7-5) $56.00...
Knicks' Anthony could be slowed for two weeks with sore elbow
MIAMI -- Carmelo Anthony wore a new shooting sleeve covering his right arm after yesterday's practice, protecting a swollen right elbow. Anthony revealed he might not be 100 percent for...
Islanders lose to Capitals
The bad news came in threes for the Islanders last night. It started with three straight goals given up to the Capitals that resulted in a 3-2 loss in front...
Sports shorts
MLB: Guillen fires back at Jenks White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen responded to comments by former closer Bobby Jenks, saying he feels bad for the new Red Sox reliever. "First...
'Suffern Show' marks beginning of spring
The calendar does not show it, but for everyone who loves the outdoors spring starts Thursday, the first day of the "Suffern Show." Anglers, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts generally...
Vic C.'s Philadelphia Parx Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-7 fur; $34,000; clm; 4&5YO7-OurLoui'sLss 1221-LaddertotheMn 1185-StormyGalliac 1222-Major Dixie 1226-ReadytoBust 1223-Molto Bene 1184-Laurasia 122SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $22,000; clm; 4up2-Ben's Boots 1181-Mission Cat 1186-SkippinNAjmpn 1187-PrayingforHet 1113-SeattleJultte 1188-Mi Preciosa...
Knight case latest example of ESPN's bait and switch
It has to be somewhere. Has anyone checked the lost and found? Things just don't disappear. Or do they? Amazing how important things -- stuff ESPN for years relied on...
Colon doesn’t stink in Yankees spring opener
TAMPA — Bartolo Colon didn’t set the bar too high for Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia in the competition to be the Yankees’ fourth and fifth starters. However, the veteran...
The Post's 15th-annual best and worst of New York pro sports
OVERRATED 1. Bart Scott, Jets Filiblustering linebacker has all of two sacks and one forced fumble in two seasons of talking like he’s Jack Ham. 2. Francisco Rodriguez, Mets Twelve...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Hank Aaron
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with 77-year-old Hammerin' Hank, now a spokesman for Topps, whose 755 career homers have been topped by only tainted Barry Bonds. Q: Do you think...
Phenom Harper a majestic mix of The Mick & LeBron
VIERA, Fla. — He is the Natural. Except this is no movie. The Bryce Harper Show already is something to see. “I’ve never seen anything like this before in baseball,”...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 27MONFeb. 28TUEMar. 1WEDMar. 2THUMar. 3FRIMar. 4SATMar. 5KnicksMiami8:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEOrl.7:00MSGESPNN.O.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEClev.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENetsNOGAMEPho.7:00YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMENOGAME*Tor.3:00YESWFAN*Tor.3:00YESWFANRangersTampa Bay1:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEBuff.7:00VS.WNYMNOGAMEMinn.7:00MSGESPNOtt.7:30MSG2ESPNNOGAMEIslandersNOGAMENOGAMEWash.7:00MSG+WRHUMinn.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMESt.L.1:00MSG+WRHUDevilsFlorida5:00TV -- MSGPlus NetworkRadio--WFAN 660 AMNOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:00MSG+2WFANNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAME
Yankees' Chamberlain sharp in first spring outing
TAMPA — Is it the added pounds? The lowering of his hands? The possibility that he is pitching for a big league roster spot? Or, for the first time ever,...
The Rumble
More power to ya! A-Rod’s hip surgeon expects homer surge Two years after surgery, Alex Rodriguez’s surgeon says the Yankees’ cleanup hitter’s right hip is back to where it was...
Dawn of a new Bay for Mets slugger
PORT ST. LUCIE — There is an element of amnesia that takes over a fan’s brain sometimes. In casual conversation, when you’re discussing the Mets, it has been easy lately...
What Yankees fans should be watching
TAMPA — Come closer. I want to tell you a secret about spring training. No, closer. OK here it is: Nothing in the exhibition games matters, except for the stuff...
Rack ’n’ roll
He has a rock ’n’ roll radio show on Sirius XM. He hosts packed concerts every month. He writes a blog detailing his favorite new music. And he also runs...
Weird but true
Moooove away from the camera! A Florida lawmaker wants to make it a felony to take pictures of a farm without written permission of the owner. The legislation is designed...
Ask Ashley: Time to double down
I’ve been with my boyfriend for a year, but I’ve never had an orgasm. The thing is, he has no idea, because I’ve faked it every time. Now that we’ve...
Meet market: Movie man hopes to cast a leading lady
Saj, a 27-year-old comedy writer and producer, spends a lot of time behind the camera. He knows how to make people laugh, but he’s seeking a scene-stealer of his own....
Top 5 winning pickup lines for Oscar night
According to film lovers at the AMC 25 Times Square Oscar marathon ”Why don’t you and I try to win Best Score tonight?” — Robin ”Hey, baby, I hope you’re...
This week’s couple: Chef’s choice
Over a tasty meal at the West Village’s French eatery Paris Commune, Julia, a 23-year-old marketing coordinator, wowed Jordan, a 22-year-old software designer, with her tales of cooking classes in...
'Casablanca' vs. 'The Godfather': Which movie is better?
Every year since 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has crowned the year’s finest film. But which is the greatest Best Picture winner of all time? We...
Virginia Tech tops No. 1 Duke
Terrell Bell scored 12 points, including five straight to give Virginia Tech the lead for good, and the Hokies beat No. 1 Duke 64-60 last night in Blacksburg, Va. The...
Hofstra's Jenkins shows Pride in finale
Charles Jenkins showed yesterday why he has garnered national attention, and might be a lottery pick in this year's NBA Draft. The senior guard from Queens scored 21 points and...
St. John's star has 'Dwight' stuff
PHILADELPHIA -- The Legend of Dwight Hardy is growing, step by step, basket by basket, St. John's victory after St. John's victory. Coach Jay Wright has taken Villanova to four...
St. John's defeats Villanova
PHILADELPHIA -- When The Post asked St. John's coach Steve Lavin and his players on Thursday, "Are you a team of destiny?" there was no way to know the Red...
Princeton nabs Ivy lead with win
Kareem Maddox scored 20 points and Dan Mavraides scored all 14 of his during a late comeback as Princeton moved into first place in the Ivy League with a 66-61...
Collegiate, LuHi set to meet in tournament final
After a shaky few weeks, Collegiate has put its recent struggles in the rearview mirror, reaching Sunday’s Collegiate Invitational final. To win the tournament title, the Dutchmen will have to...
Six pack: Raiders rout rival Ravens to win New York Archdiocesan title
Jermaine Sanders wanted to set the tone, to answer what he said was St. Raymond trash-talking in the media. The Rice senior swingman buried a 3-pointer just 13 seconds into...
Balanced Stepinac blows away Fordham, earns Mount rematch
After every game, Archbishop Stepinac coach Tim Philp writes the Crusaders’ offensive numbers on the blackboard in the team’s locker room. Following Saturday’s 71-44 destruction of Fordham Prep in the...
This week's winners and losers
WINNERS DAVID GEITHNERTreasury boss’ kid brother gets huge promotion in Time Inc. shuffle MICHAEL WHITEDirecTV chief helps add 290,000 subscribers in Q4 as sales surge another 5 percent. HENRY KRAVISKKR...
Nazareth's Chandler coping after apartment goes ablaze
It was a lazy afternoon on vacation for Naquan Chandler. The Nazareth sophomore guard was relaxing with his dog in his room as he turned on a portable heater to...
CHSAA Class B boys basketball quarterfinals roundup: Covington lifts Blessed Sacrament
Choosing to transfer Blessed Sacrament brought more than just a change of schools for Malcolm Covington. The senior guard spent his first two seasons at Christ the King, one of...
Kelly's clutch free throws shoot Sea past Nazareth
Mike Kelly is no stranger to big free throws, just not in this particular situation. With his St. Joseph by the Sea team up just one in the final seconds,...
Oscar Watch: 'Black Swan' Sweeps Indie Spirits
"Black Swan'' was the big winner at Film Independent's Spirit Awards on Saturday, taking best picture, best director (Darren Aronkofsky) best bctress (Natalie Portman) and best cinematography. James Franco, who...
Capitals rally to beat Islanders
Alexander Semin snapped a tie 5:41 into the third period, and Michal Neuvirth made 29 saves for the Washington Capitals, who rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Islanders on...
Villa swings way to quarterfinals win over Victory
St. John Villa hasn’t played a game since its regular season ended more than a week ago. In practice, coach Liz Blanchard has focused on one thing: patience on offense....
Joye-ful victory: Spellman routs NDA in Archdiocesan quarters
Notre Dame Academy’s game plan was the same as most teams’ when they play Cardinal Spellman: attempt to shut down Boston University-bound star Troi Melton. That’s always easier said than...