July 3, 2011
Winter arrives early: South Shore wing commits to VCU
Jenice Winter played sparingly as a freshman. From the bench she watched a team led by Baytania Newman, Angel Porter and Jasmine Odom lead South Shore to Madison Square Garden...
No charges likely in deadly postal truck accident
Authorities are not expected to bring charges against the US Postal Service truck driver who ran over and killed famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s sister-in-law, police sources said today — infuriating...
Hunt for 2 in Qns. mistaken-identity slay
Two gunmen killed an innocent nursing assistant in Queens while aiming for her teenage son -- but he wasn't even the right target, either, police sources said today. In a...
Rain relief: 12,000 head home as NM fire fight goes on
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — A smattering of summer rain gave a boost to firefighters battling a huge forest fire near Los Alamos, giving authorities enough confidence to allow about 12,000...
NJ grocery owner shot, killed inside store
PLAINFIELD, N.J. -- A New Jersey grocery store owner was shot and killed at his store yesterday, police said. An employee was also injured in the shooting. Police said members...
David and Victoria Beckham await Independence Day baby
LOS ANGELES -- L.A. Galaxy star David Beckham was looking forward to Monday -- not just because it is the Fourth of July and his wedding anniversary -- but his wife...
Mancini to honor deal with EPL side Manchester City
MANCHESTER, England -- Roberto Mancini plans to see out his contract at English Premier League side Manchester City, dashing any suggestion that he could return to Italy, Sky Sports reported...
Yankees' Nova sent to minors to make room for Hughes
Ivan Nova is the odd man out in the New York Yankees' crowded rotation. Despite an 8-4 record, Nova was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre today to open a spot for...
Full of Gut scratched, finally, from Sunday's sixth race
In Sunday's sixth race at Belmont Park, scheduled for the turf course, Full of Gut was entered for the main track only. The Rick Dutrow-trained filly raced here last Friday;...
Prayers to Pope Pius cured my cancer; Docs say it was chemo
CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, Italy — Maria Esposito was ready to give up. Wasted away at 92 pounds, she couldn't bear another dose of chemotherapy to fight the Stage IV Burkitt's...
Party of ousted PM's sister wins Thai elections
BANGKOK — The sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra led Thailand's main opposition party to a landslide victory in elections Sunday, heralding an extraordinary political turnaround five tumultuous...
Visiting senators slam Obama's Afghan withdrawal
KABUL, Afghanistan — Three U.S. senators visiting Kabul said Sunday they are worried that President Barack Obama's planned withdrawal of 33,000 American troops by September 2012 could undermine Afghan morale,...
Mets' Reyes out of lineup, but makes NL All-Stars
Jose Reyes is out of the New York Mets' lineup and the team is waiting for test results on his injured hamstring. The star shortstop left Saturday's game against the...
Mets rally to prevent sweep, beat Yankees 3-2
Pinch-hitter Ronny Paulino came through with a tying single off Mariano Rivera, Jason Bay drove home the winning run in the 10th inning and the feisty New York Mets ended...
Biker protesting helmet laws thrown from bike, killed
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Police say a motorcyclist who was participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York has died after he went over the handlebars and...
NY man, 2-year-old killed in home horror, shooter on loose
An East Village man and a 2-year-old boy were killed in a horrific home shooting in rural Pennsylvania, authorities said today. Joseph Shay, 43, of East 10th Street and Gregory...
New No. 1 Djokovic beats Nadal for Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England — When Novak Djokovic realized he was the Wimbledon champion, he fell to the ground and covered the grass like a blanket. It was a fitting celebration for...
Casey Anthony weeps as prosecutor calls her a liar
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony briefly broke down crying today as prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that she murdered her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because the child prevented her from...
David and Victoria Beckham await Independence Day baby
LOS ANGELES -- LA Galaxy star David Beckham was looking forward to Monday -- not just because it is the Fourth of July holiday and his wedding anniversary -- but...
Connecticut man charged with bomb-making after police found fireworks-filled container
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Fairfield man has been charged with bomb-making and possession of explosives after police found a shipping container filled with fireworks in vacant lot in Bridgeport. Police...
McCarty solid in Red Bull debut
After being acquired on Monday, and with just two days of practice, new Red Bull Dax McCarty started last night at San Jose. And if early indications are to be...
Mladic plans to boycott Monday hearing at war crimes tribunal: lawyer
BELGRADE, Serbia — Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic plans to boycott Monday’s hearing at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, where he is scheduled to enter pleas to charges...
Chord Overstreet dismissed from 'Glee' as series regular
LOS ANGELES -- McKinley High will be missing a student when "Glee" begins its third season this fall after the television musical's creators declined to renew Chord Overstreet's contract as...
Red Bulls tie again, 2-2 at San Jose
Apparently there are far more sure things around the Red Bulls than death and taxes: Like blown leads, goalkeeping gaffes and disappointing draws, the latest one last night’s 2-2 tie...
Mets' Reyes takes breath away, for better and worse
Inside the ballpark, you could see the news pass aisle to aisle, row to row, section to section, a little like that famous old Norman Rockwell painting. You could see...
MRI exam today after Mets' Reyes exits with leg tightness
An injury did yesterday what no team has been able to do this year: slow down Jose Reyes. The Mets’ superstar shortstop left yesterday’s 5-2 loss to the Yankees at...
CHSAA boys volleyball all-stars storm AAU nationals
Alex Chan is a self-described volleyball enthusiast. And he’s always looking for a way to bring as much of the sport to his players at Regis – and others –...
Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State
Curtis Kelly is ready to move forward. He just isn’t sure where that is yet. The former Rice star is coming off a frustrating final season at Kansas State after...
Pain of lockout starting to set in for NFL fans
“TALKING RESUMES FOR NFL” — N.Y. Post, June 29 “SIGNS ARE GOOD IN NFL TALKS”— N.Y. Post, June 30 “NFL LABOR TALKS HIT SNAG”— N.Y. Post, July 1 “NFL TALKS...
Smith needs to deliver deal to NFL union
DeMaurice Smith is tiny compared to the people he represents. He didn’t play football and he uses the dust-covered term “dig” so relentlessly that you would swear he just walked...
USGA director not about to change ‘course’ values
Earlier this week, the executive director of the USGA sat in the clubhouse of the Olympic Club in San Francisco and was thinking about the historic U.S. Open that just...
Well endowed
As the nation's elitist private universities sit on billions in their coffers, middle-class America can't afford to send its kids to these colleges anymore. In a crisis that can make...
App lets you manage e-mails
Constantly checking your e-mails can suck up hours of your time and keep you from doing more important things, like work. With AwayFind, you can close your inbox but still...
Munger: Megalomaniacs did it
Charlie Munger took the bankers and financial professions out to the wood-shed in his annual investor speech. The vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and longtime partner to Warren Buffett said...
More jobs fireworks exploding on Friday
Dear John: I know that many times you have highlighted the dubious nature of jobs data. Would you mind sending me an archived article of yours that explains the birth-death...
Facebook's video chat-ter
Mark Zuckerberg sent the tech blogs scrambling late last week when he said Facebook would have an "awesome" announcement this week. Many Internet analysts thought the announcement might just be...
Tech giants tag-team Google
Topping Google makes for strange bedfellows. On Friday, Apple joined with rivals Microsoft and Research in Motion to outbid the search giant for a patent portfolio from Nortel Networks and...
Networking for jobs
You don't have to be a deal-maker or hopelessly rich to attend Herb Allen's media maven conference in Sun Valley. In fact, you don't even have to be employed. On...
NYC business owners sick over ObamaCare
Rohit Arora runs a small business credit service. His firm provides the much-needed capital for companies to grow, expand and to hire. So when Arora, the CEO of Biz2Credit, a...
The conspiracy behind cheating
Reports of cheating, dishonesty and brazen fraud seem rampant on Wall Street lately. Bernie Madoff, Galleon Group's Raj Rajaratnam and this week's alleged scammer, ex-Citigroup banker Gary Foster, among others,...
Goldman reinforces Gov't Sachs nickname
The revolving door between Goldman Sachs and central banks is spinning again. Coming into Goldman, the firm said Friday, is Bank of England economist Andrew Benito. This comes the week...
Muddy eyes other firms
Muddy Waters founder Carson Block said he's looking at "a number of suspicious" Chinese companies that may have accounting irregularities. Block's report questioning Sino-Forest's books prompted the stock's largest drop...
Marts love Congress in recess
With the nation just one month away from a debt showdown that could rock financial markets around the globe, it has come down to this: The Senate will play nice...
Pooper snoopers
It's poop-ulation control. A just-opened Long Island rental building has ordered up DNA-sampling kits for dogs as a way to catch scofflaw owners who don't clean up after their pets....
UES cobbler will make soles of cheap shoes look like Christian Louboutins
Women across New York are telling a little red lie. Phony fashionistas are flocking to an Upper East Side cobbler who has come up with a breakthrough in faux fabulousness...
NATO ups Libya strikes
TRIPOLI, Libya -- NATO said yesterday that it has begun ramping up its airstrikes on military targets in the western part of Libya, where rebel forces have claimed advances through...
Jaycee details 18 years of hell
The young blond girl was on her way to school in Lake Tahoe, Calif., when she heard a car "creeping" behind her, and then a male voice asking for directions....
Casey slay trial's courtroom climax
After more than 33 days of testimony and 400 pieces of evidence, the murder trial of accused child-killer mom Casey Anthony is set to reach its dramatic final arguments today....
Locals barking at stinko ginkgos
Please stop planting trees that make our sidewalks smell like puke. That's the plaintive cry from city residents about ginkgo trees that have fruit so foul it can make you...
GI Afghan toll at 197
KABUL, Afghanistan -- American troops in are being killed at the same rate as last year -- despite the Obama administration's moves to shift the burden to the Afghans. The...
'Inmate'? That's offensive!
Who you callin' an inmate? The family of a coldblooded killer serving 25 years to life in state prison for shooting a man in the head complains he's being stigmatized...
Hot yachts on spot
Holy ship -- these are some awesome boats! A jaw-dropping flotilla of mega-yachts is docked in downtown's North Cove marina this Fourth of July weekend, as the rich and powerful...
Maid 'laid' low as DA paid for digs
She was turning tricks on the taxpayers' dime! The Sofitel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a sex attack in his suite wasn't just a hotel hooker -- she continued...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn 'refused to pay' hooker maid for sex
She had dollar signs in her eyes. Before she ever walked into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's dazzling suite at the Sofitel, his accuser was well aware of his VIP status -- and...
Go-kart to no kart in 'DWI'
That'll be a no-go for one Long Island go-kart driver. Shelter Island police said they stopped a drunken Lennon Sarfarti, 18, after he'd driven his go-kart two miles on a...
Baboon back in custody
The escaped baboon who went on a wild run through the suburbs of New Jersey was finally nabbed yesterday at a horse farm. The approximately 2-year-old female was brought down...
Manhattan DA's office ignored concerns about DSK case
They knew she was lying -- but the bosses didn't want to hear it. Two top sex-crimes specialists on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case had serious doubts about his accuser's credibility...
Jose Reyes' journey from the Dominican Republic to Mets star
Thirty years ago, under the blazing Dominican sun, a poor, young farmer, preparing to marry his childhood sweetheart, hacked at the stubborn plants around him and made an impassioned plea...
Trinity Church is building on history
A 300-year-old land grant from Queen Anne of England, disputed in court for two centuries, could become Manhattan's newest residential neighborhood. Historic Trinity Church in lower Manhattan, which received the...
Vito's be$t buddies
Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez's gal pals continue to rake in the cash at the scandal-scarred social-services agency he founded. Christiana Fisher, the executive director of Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops are hunting a sicko who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl in Harlem. The creep followed his prey into the elevator of an undisclosed building at 6:25 p.m. June...
Qns. mom slain in car
Two gunmen opened fire into the car where a hardworking Queens hospital worker sat with her teen son last night -- killing the mom in what may have been a...
Mom slain in posh apt. stab horror
A deranged man yesterday brutally knifed his mother to death inside their luxury Upper East Side apartment, cops said. Jonathan Schwartz, 41, began arguing with his mother, Barbara, shortly before...
Heartless $$ grab in the name of a victim
A Manhattan insurance executive used the name of a prominent 9/11 victim he didn't even know and, without ever telling the man's family, started a namesake scholarship fund that never...
'All My Children' actor doesn't know what happened to money raised for 9/11 victims
Here's one performance that won't win him a Daytime Emmy. Hunky actor Jack Scalia, who once played Susan Lucci's love interest on "All My Children," started two patriotic charities --...
Olympic scheme an ice-capade
The feds have put a 9/11 charity run by an Olympic figure-skating champion's agent on ice. Ice princess Tara Modlin, who reps flashy bronze medalist Johnny Weir, latched onto the...
De Blasio's 'real' pals for mayoral run
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is making improbable friends in an industry that's far removed from his progressive politics: real estate. "Bill's going to be on the other side of...
Bike tragedy
Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz's sister-in-law was killed yesterday when she was mowed down by a seven-ton US Postal Service truck while she and her husband were bike-riding in Manhattan, police...
Forgetting Founders' tough love
The second sentence of the Declaration of Inde pendence contains the most beautiful song of human liberation ever composed. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are...
Players behind land grab
State leaders went out of their way to push through a controversial land deal -- which robbed taxpayers of millions of dollars -- to gain the favor of a politically...
Burning down the house
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” — Emerson The louder they talked about the disadvantaged, the more money they made. And the more...
A First Amendment court
The Supreme Court last week defended the rights of American minors to maim and murder, rob the elderly . . . and assassinate President Kennedy. Well, the right to do...
Unfair frisk
Richard Thompson Ford uses statistics regarding the demographics of New Yorkers arrested and prosecuted in the past to justify the highly disproportionate effect that the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy has on...
Limits of growth
I enjoyed reading Nicole Gelinas’ column, “A Desperation Move,” (PostOpinion, June 27). However, she fails to mention what she and millions of others know — growth has its limits. We...
Toll of guns
With the help of a dedicated school, Terrel Fountain looked to make something out of his life (“ ‘Senseless’ Killing Claims College-Bound Teen,” June 27). Fountain overcame a tough childhood,...
Wild at heart
Dani’s Story A Journey from Neglect to Love by Diane and Bernie Lierow with Kay West Wiley She had never learned to swim. Had rarely bathed. But perhaps the only...
5 things you didn’t know about Independence Day
1. Independence was not declared on July 4 Each July 2 my wife and I drag out the grill and invite friends to a cookout to celebrate American independence. Why...
KleptoNation
Ten percent of Americans do it, retailers pretend it doesn’t exist and companies spend billions to stop it. And because of the retail world’s dirty little secret — shoplifting —...
In my library: Harold Holzer
Not many people pick their passions out of a hat, but Harold Holzer did. The award-winning historian — who’s written, co-written or edited 41 books about Lincoln and the Civil...
8 years, $1 million -- what it took to fire a city teacher
Where’s Donald Trump when you need him? It took eight years and well over $1 million in taxpayer funds to get rid of Murry Bergtraum HS Spanish teacher Yvonne Chalom....
Just say neigh
Carriage horses need a lot more than a five-week “vacation” every year (“A Needed Neigh-Cation,” June 26). The window-dressing legislation passed in 2010 did not provide carriage horses with necessary...
Late to party
Where in the world has Sen. Chuck Schumer been all these years while Columbia University was banning ROTC (“Chuck in Plea Over ROTC,” June 30)? All of a sudden he...
Required reading
The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown by Paul Malmont (Simon & Schuster) The author of “The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril” mines similar ground in his newest pulp homage, a...
One small step
This day has been a long time coming, but the delay has done nothing to answer what our future in space entails. NASA has no rocket to replace the retiring...
... Meanwhile, a cat fine that ‘shocks’ teach
A Queens teacher who left a defenseless, 1 1/2-pound kitten to suffocate in a plastic bag is fighting a $12,500 fine by the city Department of Education. Saying animal cruelty...
Vito's latest payday
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s incorrigible college of klepto-clowns is at it again, this time coughing up nearly $4.4 million for a politically juiced Brooklyn nonprofit that’s under federal investigation...
Bridge
"Is there a secret to success at this game?" one of the club's less-experienced players asked me. Many new players, I've observed, aspire to be winners overnight. "Yes," I replied,...
Enter calculating
In Russia, they're going to tear down the fourth wall. In theater talk, the "fourth wall" is the invisible barrier that separates the actors from the audience. When an actor...
They’re slim and ready to swim!
Three fearless women agreed to do the unthinkable — start a diet over Memorial Day weekend and pose for The Post in bikinis! We gave our dieting dames three of...
The foods that make you fat!
You think ice cream and cake are the ultimate diet busters? Think again! A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that the least waistline-friendly...
Hollywood’s hot threesome
How do you out-hang “The Hangover”? An almost-naked Jennifer Aniston man-raping her assistant just might do the trick. The Post sat down with the three stars of “Horrible Bosses” to...
Q&A with "Horrible Bosses" director Seth Gordon
The Post’s Mandy Stadtmiller asked the director of "Horrible Bosses" why Jennifer Aniston was essential to this movie, why Charlie Day is a really bad dirty talker and how this...
'Tribe wars'
Backstage at the 2008 Rock the Bells tour, A Tribe Called Quest’s two main rappers, Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, engaged in a screaming argument so intense that F-bombs and even...
Chip off the old block
When “wild thing” musician Chip Taylor saw the building he’s performing in on Thursday, he couldn’t believe his eyes. “I put the address in my pocket and took a cab...
Too-cool canines
More than half of the dogs who star in the new book “Hipster Puppies” by Brooklynite Christopher Weingarten ($14) are wearing glasses or scarves. “If you were going to draw...
‘My brother the chimp’
In 1973, Jenny Lee was a 13-year-old girl growing up on the Upper West Side with her mom, stepfather, six siblings and a dog. Her already-sizable family increased by one...
Summer sips
For a boat Yellow Tail Moscato $9 If a ripe apricot could effervesce into wine, it would be this new white from mighty Aussie winemaker Yellow Tail. It’s hard not...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position orderFIRST7f(T); $52,000; alw opt clm; 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Luigi P,121A Lezcano5-2-2Bizelia 8-12Upper Afleet(L),121A Solis2-2-4PKelly 20-13Break Up the Game(L),117JVelazquez4-2-1McGghyII 4-14One...
Affrunti's Calder Grade
Post Time: 12:30 pm.FIRST-1m&70y; $11,800; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)3-Blk'slckyp 5-24-Emm'sFrstT 6-15-SplshfSlvr 4-12-Drmlttldrm 6-16-Norma Claire 5-11-Republcn 3-17-Peacephilly 12-11a-ScrdClss 3-1SECOND-5f; $11,300; cl($6,250); 3up; (f&m)9-Niki's Ice 5-21-LouisnWrrr 8-15-Cash City 3-16-TomorrwsGn 6-12-Pay Your Way 15-13-CiaoBllssm...
Belmont Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 2 1/4m(T); $50,000; 4up; stplchaseWilliam Entenmann Novice StakesGOOD REQUEST has strong late kick, has been fresh ened by top jump trainer. ALL TOGETHER lost photos to Complete Zen last...
No Djok: Novak's No. 1
WIMBLEDON, England -- From 1983 to 2003, the world's top two players never met each other in the Wimbledon men's final. It's about to happen for the seventh time in...
Mets' Dickey to face Yankees
R.A. Dickey's prior start resulted in an embarrassment of riches for the knuckleballer. At Detroit, he was supported by a 14-run outburst that included two Mets grand slams. "I'm not...
Monmouth Analysis by Ed Fountaine
Post time: 12:50 pm.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70y; $20,000; cl($5,000); 3upTOO GOOD won easily for this price at Calder. IL DIVO missed by less than a length in...
Kvitova stops Sharapova for Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England -- Soft-spoken 21-year-old Czech Petra Kvitova celebrated her Wimbledon singles title with a shy smile yesterday, a stark contrast to the destructive tennis she employed to destroy former...
Drury a true sportsman
* While it was obvious it was going to happen, I am sad Chris Drury's time with the Rangers has ended. On a sports landscape littered with overpriced, self-centered egomaniacs,...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST- 6 fur; $32,000; cl; 3up6Duffy's Tavern (Lopez) 7.804.402.603Jet Set Vinny (Lezcano)2.802.604Lucky James (Marquez, Jr.)3.00 Scr: Aldomear, New Adventure. * Exacta (6-3) $27.80 * $1 Trifecta (6-3-4) $56.70Winner picked by...
U.S. rolls past Colombia
SINSHEIM, Germany -- Anyone can sign autographs or pose for photos. The U.S. women found a better way to say "thank you" to the American military members who turned their...
Small-market buying spree good for NHL
No doubt there will be grumbling from the few NHL precincts with owner ship issues that prevented a handful of clubs from joining either Friday's free agent festivities or last...
Hondo Sawx it to 'em
Hondo's wing-ding with the Orioles was no cause for celebration last night as they flopped in Atlanta to boost the IOUs back up to 1,520 lonborgs. Today, he'll give the...
Jeter agrees, says Reyes is 'greatest'
TRENTON -- Alex Rodriguez thinks Jose Reyes is the "world's greatest player." Derek Jeter agrees with him. "He's probably right," the Yankees shortstop said after his successful first rehab game...
Yankees manager says Robertson having All-Star season
The rosters for the All-Star Game will be announced today at noon, with five Yankees position players in line to be starters. But if it actually is possible for a...
Hollywood Park Results
FIRST- 1 1/16m(T); $35,200; cl; 3up4Lamm (Bejarano) 8.003.803.001Asperity (Quinonez)6.404.603Prince Rexy (Talamo)3.80 Off 1:01. Time 1:42.26. Firm. * $1 Exacta (4-1) $21.80 * Quinella (1-4) $24.20 * $1 Superfecta (4-1-3-2) $392.60...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball1 p.m.Yankees at MetsSNY, YES, WBCS (880 AM), WFAN (660 AM)2:10 p.m.White Sox at CubsWGN8 p.m.Dodgers at AngelsESPN, ESPN (1050 AM)Cycling8 a.m.Tour de France, Stage 2VS.Golf8 a.m.European: Alstom Open de...
The Post Line
CFL Today Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog SASKATCH. 6½ (52½) Edmonton Home team in CAPS
It's one Flat Out win in Suburban
The 3-year-olds aren't the only inconsistent bunch racing this year -- the older-horse division also has its share of upsets. The latest of these was Flat Out, who won yesterday's...
Rangers better with Richards
The bottom line isn't $60 million over nine years that includes $20 million over the next 12 months going to Brad Richards. The bottom line is the Rangers have a...
Klitschko wins 14th straight title bout
HAMBURG, Germany -- Wladimir Klitschko wanted to punish David Haye for all the trash talking he did leading up to their title fight. He settled for merely making Haye another...
Belgian takes first stage of Tour de France
MONT DES ALOUETTES, France -- Philippe Gilbert won the first stage of the Tour de France yesterday to take the yellow jersey, while defending champion Alberto Contador lost more than...
Unfamiliar foe doesn't faze Yankees' Cano
Mets rookie right-hander Dillon Gee had not faced any active Yankees batter until yesterday. So as far as Robinson Cano knew, he might very well have been facing Matt Dillon...
Yankees Posada designated to bench for Subway Series
Jorge Posada has seen his share of Subway Series, just not from this vantage point. Posada is healthy but not playing, a new experience for the guy who had been...
Capitals toss vet Vokoun into goalie mix
So much for leaving it to the two youngsters. Tomas Vokoun will now be a part of the goalie mix for the Capitals. Vokoun signed a one-year contract worth $1.5...
Yankees' Colon stifles 'short'-handed Mets in return
The words that nearly silenced Citi Field came around 4:45 p.m. yesterday, effectively turning the Mets' world upside down: "Now playing shortstop, No. 11, Ruben Tejada." About the only thing...
Jeter breezes through first rehab start
TRENTON -- One down, one to go. After a successful first rehab game last night for Double-A Trenton, Derek Jeter is one more injury-free performance tonight from rejoining the Yankees...
Yankees play role in Dillon killin'
It was in the bottom of the second inning of Yankees 5, Mets 2, when Dillon Gee first realized the Mets' world had been turned upside down. "I was sitting...
Mets may shuffle infield -- again
What infield logjam? Mets manager Terry Collins might have one less decision to make about the Mets lineup for the immediate future, pending the results of Jose Reyes' MRI exam...
Yankees' Nunez to get undeserved seat
Eduardo Nunez can hit 1.000 -- and, believe me, against the Mets he is trying -- and he is heading back to the bench this week. He can win admirers...
Padres win on three-ball walk
San Diego's Cameron Maybin walked after just three balls were thrown by Seattle's Doug Fister and came around to score the only run of the game on Antonio Gonzalez's fifth-inning...
Curtis' HR jumpstarts Yankees
For five-plus innings, the Yankees were shut out by Mets starter Dillon Gee, smothered by his changeup and offspeed pitches. That is until Curtis Granderson, who had dismissed the notion...
Colon heaven 'scent' for Yankees
In the third inning yesterday at Citi Field, Bartolo Colon blew away Josh Thole with a 95-mph fastball and caught Ruben Tejada looking at a 93-mph fastball. Then he opened...
Sports shorts
HOOPS: Nets' Williams has new agent Nets superstar point guard Deron Williams has picked a new agent, according to an ESPN report. Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management will represent...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1 Mile; pace; $13,750; clm4Tilt Ya Kilt N (AMiller) 22.009.004.001TheMidnightOwlN(Bgt)6.003.206Equinox Seelster (Sears)2.40Scr: Western Edge * Exacta (4-1) $79.00 * Trifecta (4-1-6) $203.40SECOND-1 Mile; pace; $27,000; NJSS6E Street Plan (Gingras) 18.605.804.601Rockndream...
Giants GM facing big decisions
Whenever the NFL gets its act together there will be no lurching back to business. It will be a whirlwind swim-or-be-eaten dive into the free agency waters and Giants general...
Red Bulls rally for tie
STANFORD, Calif. -- Joel Lindpere scored his second goal in the 85th minute and the Red Bulls tied the San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 last night. San Jose went ahead on...
Wasn't always a holiday with Steinbrenner, the FBI informant
Every Fourth of July it has become ritual here to remind New York that George Steinbrenner, now deified in death, was born on the Fourth of July. Yup, a real...
Fans provide Thunder-ous reception
TRENTON -- It was a sweltering summer afternoon at Waterfront Park, but it was going to take more than some high temperatures to keep loyal Yankees fans from a chance...
Legislation to protect outdoor rights
Sportsmen and women's pursuit of the outdoors will be fully protected in New York under new legislation that needs a little boost to get passed. The New York State Senate...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Terry Collins
The Post’s Steve Serby had an in-depth chat with Mets manager Terry Collins, who has his team playing above expectations. Q: Would you like to manage beyond two years here?...
Switch-hitters jump-starting offenses for Yankees, Mets
It is a New York, New York, weekend and that feels right. It works either way. Because more than any other matchup Yankees vs. Mets — or Mets vs. Yankees...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 3MONJuly 4TUEJuly 5WEDJuly 6THUJuly 7FRIJuly 8SATJuly 9YankeesMets1:10TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMCle.6:35YESWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.1:05YESWCBSMetsYankees1:10TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AML.A.D.9:10SNYWFANL.A.D.10:10SNYWFANL.A.D.10:10SNYWFANL.A.D.10:10SNYWFANS.F.10:15SNYWFANS.F.9:05SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMES.A.8:00No TVNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMETor.8:00MSG+WQBUNOGAMENOGAMED.C.7:30MSGWADOSiyanksBrooklyn6:00No TVBklyn.7:00No TVBklyn.7:00No TVConn.7:00No TVConn.7:00No TVConn.7:00No TVVer.6:05No TVCyclonesStaten Island6:00No TVRadio--WKRB 90.3...
The Rumble
Amazin’ voice Mets’ Cohen follows in footsteps of Scully They could call it Pay Per Listen: nine innings, for the heavyweight championship of baseball announcing, 10 points to the winner...
New faces of America
In “Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip,” we see a woman in a red dress and American flag socks leading a courtroom in a sing-along of a song called...
‘Day’ of the undead
‘Torchwood: Miracle Day,” a 10-episode sci-fi drama, kicks off with the attempted execution of child killer Oswald Danes by lethal injection. Danes — played by Bill Pullman — convulses, is...
Don't miss
Patriot blast JIMMY Smits will host “A Capitol Fourth,” a Washington, DC, holiday extravaganza that celebrates the eclectic. It’s amazing how many of these people were available: why, hoity-toity comedian...
Mama needs laughs this summer
Mama claims her own brand of freedom this weekend by throwing off the tyranny of dramas and electing to watch comedies: Wilfred The hijinks of a hobbit (Elijah Wood) and...
Who you going to believe? Me or your eyes?
"I see,” said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw. We’ve lately been asked by too many people in too many places to believe only what...
Reel good
MR. BROOKS 2007 Monday, 12 p.m., Lifetime uWho would have imagined that Portland’s Man of the Year, that loving dad down the street (Kevin Costner), is actually a serial killer?...
This week’s couple: Ooh la la?
When we sent Rachel, a Ph.D. student, and Jeremy, a graphic designer, to Gramercy’s Pierre Loti Wine Bar — named after a French novelist who made a name for himself...
Ask Ashley: A pregnant pause
I had a one-night stand with one of my friends and now my period is late. I don’t know if I should tell him, but I could really use the...
Meet market: Fine artist seeks a brush with love
Jeff, a 35-year-old painter, has a studio full of masterpieces — but his love life is still a work in progress. Ladies, put on your smocks, because he’s ready to...
Top 5 ways to pursue someone patriotically
According to America-lovers waiting for a Statue of Liberty ferry “Sing, ‘Oh say can you see . . . me in your bed . . . by the dawn’s early...
Weird but true
This nutjob's the one who's out of line -- or maybe it's just an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. A Jacksonville, Fla., guy mailing a package allegedly used a gun...
This week's winners
WINNERS CHELSEA HANDLER Sorry Conan! The late-night comedy scene now belongs to E!’s sassy talk queen. BRAD GREY Paramount Pictures chief sees new Transformers film pull in $64.5 million in...
Owens, Philson excelling on national track stage
Eddie Owens realized his dream.Coming into the US Junior Outdoor championship, the Packer Collegiate seniors talked about earning a chance to represent the United States for the first time in...
Search for missing Bx. teen
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating this missing Bronx teen. Julissa Torres, 16, disappeared this afternoon about 5 p.m. She was last seen on the corner of East...