July 16, 2011
We’re off to see the lizard
July 16, 2011 | 11:03pmWhat's the recipe for the best Western cartoon ever made? First, start with a pirate, namely Captain Jack Sparrow. Then add a dose of “Star Wars” with George Lucas’ effects...
Red Bulls loan Greg Sutton to Montreal
July 16, 2011 | 10:45pmAfter signing German Frank Rost, the Red Bulls loaned Greg Sutton to the Montreal Impact. He had been Montreal’s all-time leading keeper and they welcomed him back. Montreal confirmed the...
No sale: Fonda claims QVC ban over 'politics'
July 16, 2011 | 10:11pmJane Fonda says she's been banished from QVC amid concerns about her political past. The network says it was a routine programming change. Fonda was set to appear on the...
Red Bull teen Juan Agudelo named to MLS All-Star team
July 16, 2011 | 9:57pmRed Bull teen prodigy Juan Agudelo was added to the 2011 MLS All-Star team by league commissioner Don Garber. The all-stars will face Champions League finalist and EPL champ Manchester...
5 N. Korean women test positive for steroids in World Cup
July 16, 2011 | 9:20pmFRANKFURT, Germany — North Korea officials blame traditional medicine using musk deer glands for five of their players testing positive for steroids at the Women's World Cup in soccer's biggest...
Three keys to the Women's World Cup final
July 16, 2011 | 8:41pmHere are three keys to tomorrow's U.S.-Japan Women's World Cup final: Aerial supremacy. Five-foot-11 target striker Abby Wambach is arguably the best player in the world in the air, with...
U.S. team looks to win tomorrow's World Cup final, escape 1999 team's shadow
July 16, 2011 | 8:38pmTomorrow’s outsized Women’s World Cup final will rife with side stories and subplots, dynasty vs. destiny. It features a powerhouse U.S. team looking to win its third title _ and...
Boxer Rosado busted in NJ cop punch
July 16, 2011 | 8:20pmATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Boxer Gabriel Rosado was in custody today after allegedly fighting with a police officer following a win in Atlantic City, N.J., WCAU-TV reported. Gabriel Rosado won...
Mets rock Phillies, 11-2
July 16, 2011 | 7:44pmScott Hairston, subbing for ailing All-Star Carlos Beltran, hit a long homer and drove in a career-best five runs as the New York Mets hammered Philadelphia Phillies ace Cole Hamels...
Clarke has one-stroke lead heading into Open final, Americans catch up
July 16, 2011 | 7:42pmSANDWICH, England — A day that began with howling rain and wind ended in bright sunshine, a turn of meteorological fortune that helped sort out a bunched-up field at the...
Marlon Guild Diary No. 3: Looking back at first live period and looking ahead
July 16, 2011 | 7:11pmOver the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of St. Peter's College men's basketball assistant coach Marlon Guild as he travels from one location to another...
Union agrees to 3-year wage freeze, furloughs
July 16, 2011 | 5:41pmA union representing 54,000 New York state employees said Saturday it has agreed to a three-year freeze in base wages, a hike in health plan costs and nine days of...
Croatian star Modric requests to leave Tottenham
July 16, 2011 | 5:09pmLONDON -- Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, one of the most sought-after stars in the English Premier League (EPL), handed in an official request to leave Tottenham Hotspur, Sky Sports reported...
Manchester City set to pounce on Aguero and Nasri
July 16, 2011 | 5:06pmSAN FRANCISCO -- Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was hoping to secure the signatures of Argentina's Sergio Aguero and Frenchman Samir Nasri by the end of the month, Sky Sports...
Jozy Altidore set to join Dutch side AZ Alkmaar
July 16, 2011 | 5:03pmAlkmaar, Netherlands - U.S. forward Jozy Altidore is set to join Dutch side AZ Alkmaar after announcing Friday night on Twitter that he has "agreed to terms to join AZ."...
Sabathia gets league-best 14th win as Yankees beat Jays, 4-1
July 16, 2011 | 4:43pmTORONTO — CC Sabathia won his seventh straight start to become the first 14-game winner in the majors, Brett Gardner had three hits and the New York Yankees beat Toronto...
Mets lineup: Beltran out vs. Phillies
July 16, 2011 | 4:40pmCarlos Beltran isn't in the Mets' lineup with flu-like symptoms Saturday as they play against the Phillies at Citi Field. Scott Hairston fills in in right and Nick Evans will...
Taliban 'sleeper agent' guns down NATO troop
July 16, 2011 | 4:37pmKABUL, Afghanistan — A man in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed a NATO service member Saturday, and the Taliban said the assailant was a sleeper agent who had...
Another grope on UES
July 16, 2011 | 4:15pmA 29-year-old woman was groped early this morning in an Upper East Side neighborhood that has been struck by a series of chillingly similar attacks, according to police. The creep...
Dad 'snatch' 3-year-old found safe in NJ
July 16, 2011 | 3:31pmPolice say they've found a missing 3-year-old boy and the father who took him from his mother in New York City. An Amber Alert had been issued last night for...
'Carmageddon' fears don't come true in LA
July 16, 2011 | 3:28pmLOS ANGELES — Southern Californians appeared today to be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to avoid the dreaded "Carmageddon" — leaving their cars in the garage. Unusually light traffic...
Back in jail: ID-swap 'killer' turns self in to cops
July 16, 2011 | 3:26pmWASHINGTON -- A man charged with first-degree murder who allegedly swapped identities with another prisoner and walked out of a Washington courthouse has turned himself in to authorities. The U.S....
8 hurt after car plunges off FDR
July 16, 2011 | 3:13pmAn SUV packed with seven passengers soared over a section of the FDR Drive at East 23rd Street and landed on a yellow cab on the road below – and...
Box Office: Harry's record $92M opening day
July 16, 2011 | 3:06pmA record opening weekend of $180 million or so in the U.S. and Canada alone seems likely after Warner Bros. estimated that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1"...
Rod Blagojevich puts Chicago home up for sale
July 16, 2011 | 1:32pmCHICAGO -- Disgraced former lawmaker Rod Blagojevich was being forced to sell the Chicago home he shares with his wife as the costs of his corruption trial and subsequent conviction...
Gal fights off sex attacker
July 16, 2011 | 12:49pmA woman fought off a would-be rapist in Midtown early yesterday morning, cops said. A large man approached the 25-year-old and began talking to her around 2:30 a.m. yesterday on...
Mets' Wright 'excited' by first rehab game: report
July 16, 2011 | 12:30pmDavid Wright described himself as rusty, but the Mets third baseman doubled Friday in his first rehab-game at-bat. "It felt good. It was obviously good to get back out there,"...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
July 16, 2011 | 6:09amJAIPUR Belmont Park, ninth race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. 7 furlongs, turf, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 5:17 p.m. LOWDOWN: Right One won his first two starts after coming to the...
Hall of a victory: New Heights 17s win Joe Brown Memorial Classic
July 16, 2011 | 5:52amThe New Heights 16U team has gotten all the press this summer with its collection of high-major talent and four signature tournament championship wins. The 17s squad, which is pretty...
Joe Brown Memorial Classic notebook: Robinson trying to step out of sister's shadow
July 16, 2011 | 5:50amRasheed Robinson has been “the other Robinson sibling” for most of his adolescence. That’s the breaks when your older sister is a perennial all-city player with a Division I scholarship...
Dolce & Gabbana to 5th
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amGlam fashion powerhouse Dolce & Gabbana is making its first foray into the heart of tony Fifth Avenue. The Post has confirmed the Italian fashion house has just leased a...
Fed's consumer woes mounting
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA measure of consumer prices climbed more than forecast in June and manufacturing stalled, highlighting the dilemma faced by Federal Reserve policy makers as they seek to boost growth without...
Business briefs
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPricier fries McDonald's is increas ing prices of some of its menu items in China to help offset the continued food-cost and wage in flation in the country, which recently...
'Cars' fuels Mattel sales
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amToys based on "Cars 2" are zooming ahead. Mattel Inc. said yesterday that sales of play sets and cars tied to the Disney/Pixar movie are selling even faster than toys...
NJ Transit parking plan derailed
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amNj Transit is stuck in park. The cash-strapped state agency unveiled a plan last fall to plug a budget gap by privatizing parking at 81 train stations. The agency asked...
Euro trash trips up Citi
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amCitigroup's exposure to Europe's debt crisis coupled with higher costs undercut what would have otherwise been a respectable quarter for Wall Street's former "problem child." Under CEO Vikram Pandit, the...
Executive decisions
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTwo top executives at News Corp. resigned yesterday amid accusations of phone hacking by reporters at the company's recently shuttered News of the World. Les Hinton, who headed the company's...
Carl Icahn offers to buy Clorox but urges it to find a better buyer first
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amMay the best man win. Corporate agitator Carl Icahn yesterday announced plans to woo cleaning-products giant Clorox with an unsolicited offer to buy the company for $76.50 a share, or...
NY's tight tech net may be a risky bet
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amNew York's thriving tech scene is focused -- some would say too focused. The Big Apple is the No. 2 hub for Internet investment behind Silicon Valley but is nowhere...
Google's growth is go-go-go
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amGoogle is on the plus-side. The search giant -- which is earning positive reviews for its new social-networking offering Google+ -- is also getting a thumbs up from Wall Street....
Love delivered, 53 yrs. late
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amCALIFORNIA, Pa. -- A long-lost love letter to a western Pennsylvania college student is on its way to him after a delay of more than 50 years. California University of...
Letterman 'trasher' indicted
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe struggling actor who landed a part in jail for allegedly trashing the Ed Sullivan Theater has been indicted on charges stemming from the stupid human trick. Investigators said James...
140G pony arrives dead at JFK
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA $140,000 horse being flown from Belgium to JFK didn't make it to the finish line alive. The pony named Virteuse was discovered dead at a JFK cargo facility shortly...
FBI takes $$ from poorfella
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe FBI seized nearly $600,000 from a Colombo crime-family soldier yesterday after the mobster forfeited the money as part of his guilty plea. Nicky Rizzo, 84, pleaded guilty to gambling...
Both drivers survived this!
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThis looks like a horrific mess of twisted steel in Centereach, LI, yesterday, but Suffolk County police say the drivers of the minivan and the dump truck survived with only...
Hey, Mo, time to go!
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amISTANBUL, Turkey -- More than 30 nations, including the United States, yesterday declared that Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy's regime is no longer legitimate and formally recognized Libya's main opposition group...
Afghan exit begins
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amAbout 650 American soldiers left Afghanistan this week, the first group of 10,000 US troops to be withdrawn from the country by the end of the year. Military officials confirmed...
Paris' crash bro to pay $4.9M
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amParis Hilton's younger brother was ordered to pay $4.9 million to a gas station attendant he was accused of hitting while driving intoxicated, according to a report. Barron Hilton, who...
Gal charged in bus-driver attack
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA Bronx teen was indicted yesterday for allegedly assaulting a city bus driver who refused to let her bring her pooch onboard. The charges against Steangeli Medina, 17, include counts...
Rich get richer in fraud suit
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA trio of investment scammers who posed as members of New York's Guggenheim investment-banking family has been ordered to cough up $1.25 million to the real Guggenheims in a fraud...
Kristen Stewart 'Eclipsed'
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIt took a wizard to best Kristen Stewart. "The Twilight Saga" star had to deal with a fender-bender in Hollywood this week, and now comes word "Harry Potter and the...
Ft. Hood slay date
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amFORT HOOD, Texas -- An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood is to be arraigned on July 20, the Army announced...
Tribes cough up cig tax
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amALBANY -- After decades of delay, New York's begun collecting taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products sold by Indian-operated companies. Inspections at 357 retailers by state and federal law...
NSA leaker gets probation
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- A former senior National Security Agency executive was sentenced yesterday in one of a series of criminal cases the Obama administration has pursued against government officials who are...
Casey Anthony to be released from jail, amid death threats
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony is spending her last day in jail today preparing for an uncertain future after nearly three years behind bars. Orange County Jail officials planned to...
Newt $1M in the red
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign yesterday admitted that it is more than $1 million in debt. The former House speaker said he'd raised $2.1 million but spent $1.8 million....
Mike 'ad'ding $5.6M as his popularity declines
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg says he has no plan to seek office again, but he's still spending millions of dollars of his own money on political advertising. Financial disclosures released yesterday show...
Dad 'grabs' B'klyn tot
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPolice are trying to find a 3-year-old Brooklyn boy after his mother says the child's father assaulted her and then abducted the tot. Cops said the 24-year-old mom called 911...
Bars to catch all the 'shots'
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe US women's quest for soccer glory kicks off at 2:45 p.m. tomorrow and will air live on ESPN. Village Pourhouse will give away shots after US goals, and Tir...
Ground Zero cancer death
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA retired fire marshal who was among the city's first firefighters to respond to Ground Zero on 9/11 succumbed yesterday to esophageal cancer. He was 58. Steven Mosiello, also a...
Mind your own bees-ness, NYC!
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWhen Arthur "Tip" Sempliner got the registered letter from the city, it seemed like he'd been caught in a sting operation. "It threatens to fine me $2,000," Sempliner said --...
Rudy: I'd run better
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amHANOVER, NH -- Rudy Giuliani may be no closer to deciding whether to run for president than he was before his arrival this week in this first-primary state, but if...
Indian Point of attack: State wins new nuke-safety review
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amALBANY -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has won a federal ruling that will require a stronger review of potential "severe accident" scenarios at the Indian Point nuclear plant...
Gov gives UN an OK to expand
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe UN headquarters is getting bigger. Gov. Cuomo yesterday signed legislation that will allow the United Nations to expand south of its current quarters and build offices on Robert Moses...
Chelsea cheering them on
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- Chelsea Clinton is joining the family business of globetrotting for Uncle Sam, joining President Obama's official delegation to Germany to cheer on the US women's soccer team in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amBrooklyn An irate passenger took matters into his own hands by slapping and choking an MTA bus driver who had refused to stop in the middle of the BQE in...
Driven to despair
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIn just minutes, foul-mouthed bickering erupted into murder. Two Queens brothers who were shot, one fatally, near a quiet neighborhood park Thursday night had moments earlier gotten into a seemingly...
Prez calls Atlantis
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPresident Obama checked in on space shuttle Atlantis yesterday to mark its historic final journey in a call from the Oval Office to space. He thanked everyone at NASA and...
Andy's got $9M handy
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo revealed yesterday that he raised $6.2 million in campaign funds -- from lobbyists, unions, businesses and a gay-rights organization -- during the first half of the...
Year in jail for pizza-slice guy
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA Gambino crime family associate involved in a knife fight with the owner of popular Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for violating his probation....
Sweet smell of success
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA Brooklyn supermarket chain thinks that the fastest way to its customers' hearts is through their noses. NetCost Market, with stores in Brooklyn and Staten Island, has installed high-tech smell-making...
3 shot at hoops game
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA Brooklyn summer basketball tournament turned violent last night, when three men were shot during intermission, sources said. A gunman opened fire at a nonprofit tournament in Flatbush at Wingate...
Making grade
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amNothing like a $65 million federal grant to get the city Department of Education and teachers union to come together to fix struggling schools. The two sides announced a deal...
Pregnant Carla's secret a-gender
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPARIS -- France's pregnant first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, sidestepped a question about her baby's gender. Bruni-Sarkozy told yesterday's Nice Matin daily, "I don't even know myself. There are things that...
Monster's ex-wife: 'Sociopath' knows right from wrong
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amAccused child-killer Levi Aron is a "cold sociopath" who's all too fit to stand trial, his incarcerated ex-wife told The Post yesterday. "His soul is doomed forever," Diana Diunov, 38,...
Pediatrician is a perv: DA
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA Long Island pediatrician sexually abused girls, some as young as 11, and compiled instructions on his computer on how to molest them, prosecutors charged yesterday. Dr. Rakesh Punn, 53,...
New York City's losing $13.5B in property-tax breaks
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIt might just be the ultimate act of forgiveness. A new analysis of the city's property-tax rolls found that religious institutions, wealthy private colleges, hospitals and other nonprofits -- and...
Splitsville! J.Lo is off the Marc
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amJennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have sung the swan song on their marriage. The stars have split up after seven years, according to a blockbuster statement they released yesterday. "We...
Brooklyn mom says Levi Aron previously tried to kidnap her boy
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA woman who lives three doors down from "the Butcher of Brooklyn" said yesterday that the madman had tried to kidnap her young son right off their block, but that...
O's pals pony up $68 mil
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- President Obama is in the money, thanks to rich friends like fashionista Anna Wintour. Obama's huge $68 million campaign-money haul in the last quarter came with a big...
Prez compares debt clash to trash TV, says 'we need to do our jobs'
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- An exasperated President Obama likened his Republican rivals to the likes of Snooki as a nasty fight over the looming debt crisis has made the cast of "Jersey...
Fatal Long Island patrol car hit
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA uniformed Long Island public-safety officer -- driving drunk at the wheel of a county-issued SUV -- mowed down a man who had just left a hospital ER after failing...
NY cheering on upstate Team USA star
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amShe’s Rochester’s rock star. Abby Wambach’s World Cup heroics have turned her upstate home on its head in recent days — they’ve even promised her a parade, regardless of whether...
Our bad-dream President
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTHE ISSUE: Whether President Obama is open to compromise and new ideas from others. *** Michael Goodwin hit one out of the park with his column, "US Too Dumb To...
Jeter's No. 3,000 -- and the IRS' foul ball
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTHE ISSUE: Christian Lopez’s tax bill after returning Derek Jeter’s 3,000th-hit ball. *** Christian Lopez may have to pay Uncle Sam taxes to the tune of around $14,000 for "gifts"...
Forgotten immortals
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThree recent sports biographies -- two about baseball stars Stan Musial and Hank Greenberg, and another about boxing great Joe Louis -- are not only interesting in themselves, but also...
You gooooooooooooo, girls!!
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWhen it comes to dominating the world's "beautiful game," it's clearly "Ladies first!" for the United States. America and Japan face off in the Women's World Cup soccer final in...
More hated than Dubya?
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA recent Zogby poll asked Arabs their view of President Obama and the United States, and guess what? They're not crazy about either one. America's approval in the Arab world...
Looney Liu
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amDeputy Mayor Robert Steel this week blasted city Comptroller John Liu's disingenuous -- and wacky -- boast about the city pension funds' 20 percent return on his watch. "In fact,...
Calling Bam's bluff
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe first principle of poker is not to give any indication that you're bluffing. Presi dent Obama violated it at one of the increasingly farcical White House meetings on the...
Dems' parade of health-care lies
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIs there a health-insurance horror story disseminated by the White House and its allies that ever turned out to be true? Now, a sob story shilled by President Obama himself...
Paul's hits keep coming
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amMove over Jeter. Paul McCartney is Yankee Stadium's new hero after hitting it outta the park with a grand slam concert last night. On a stage set in shallow center...
Met up-and-comers deliver dapper 'Don'
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amMartina Arroyo devised her Prelude to Perform ance program as an opera boot camp, designed to get young singers to learn and perform major roles. The legendary Met soprano was...
Circus workouts: It’s trapeze-y
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIf you’re inspired by the performers in Cirque du Soleil’s “Zarkana” at Radio City Music Hall, you don’t have to run off and join the circus to get their daredevil...
Hotels are making a splash, too
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWant to splash down in style? Try these chic new hotel pools. * The James New York, 27 Grand St.;212-465-2000. Guests here can take in unobstructed, almost-360-degree views at the...
Kid stuff
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amToday Swing along: It’s time once again for the annual free fave Midsummer Night Swing Kids’ Dance, where instructor Rodney Lopez (you’ll remember him from “Mad Hot Ballroom”) teaches kids...
Water world
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWhen the stock market collapsed a few years ago, I was feeling like Greece — broke. So I decided to embark on an austerity program. The first thing to go...
Monmouth Results
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amFIRST-$18,000, cl, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16mi6Burning Calories (Luzzi) 3.402.802.103Secret Tracker (Serpa)4.802.401MostWntdAffr(Mngl)2.40 Off 12:52. Time 1:48.25. Fast. Scr: Fortunate Slew, Emosewa, Soulful. * Exacta (6-3) $19.40 * $1 Trifecta (6-3-1)...
NFL players, owners on verge of reaching a new labor agreement
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThey're at the edge of the end zone, ready to punch it in. That sums up the NFL's labor situation after another hugely productive day made it clear an agreement...
Cup darling Solo comes full circle
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amMuch has changed for Hope Solo in the last month, not to mention since the last World Cup. She's gone from a pariah four years ago to a team leader....
Today's Sports on Air
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amAuto Racing9:30 a.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: practiceSPEED10:30 a.m.NASCAR Nationwide: qualifyingSPEED11:30 a.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: practiceSPEED3:30 p.m.NASCAR Nationwide: New England 200ESPN5 p.m.ARCA: Prairie Meadows 200SPEED8 p.m.NASCAR CWTS: Coca-Cola 200SPEEDBaseball1 p.m.Yankees at Blue JaysYES,...
Meadowlands Results
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amFIRST-mile; trot; $9,000; cond.9Nice Dream (Allard) 13.6010.806.4010GngrTreeWda(MLhnce) 4.404.202.206Mr Hobbs (Tetrick)4.20Scr: Bossi Corner * Exacta (9-10) $75.40 * Exacta (10-9) $50.60 * Trifecta (9-10-6) $417.40 * Trifecta (10-9-6) $293.20SECOND-mile; pace; $12,000;...
Mets hope for saving grace
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe identity of the Mets' closer matters and it doesn't. There will be a comfort level in the clubhouse and, especially, in the bullpen if the Mets can uncover a...
Yankees' Soriano could pitch rehab games next week
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTORONTO -- If Rafael Soriano's third batting practice session goes well today in Tampa, the Yankees right-handed reliever will begin a rehab assignment Tuesday by pitching in a minor league...
Trade for Rockies' Jimenez would jump-start Yankees staff
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTORONTO -- If the Yankees want to substantially upgrade their suspect rotation (more suspect now after Bartolo Colon's huge implosion Thursday and Freddy Garcia's smaller one in last night's 7-1...
Mets' Beltran would have say in trade
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amCarlos Beltran -- unlike Francisco Rodriguez -- has full no-trade rights, with no chance of a missing list. Now, it's up to the Mets to decide whether to move him...
Sun set on Liberty
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThursday evening the WNBA announced that fans had voted Cappie Pondexter as a starter for the Eastern Conference team in the upcoming All-Star Game. Last night, the Liberty's star guard...
Garcia also battered by Blue Jays in Yankees loss
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTORONTO -- The reclamation projects in the Yankees' rotation were the feel-good hit of the first three months of the season. Now, however, it seems as if "Smoke and Mirrors"...
Loss puts Mets' status in focus
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIt was one game out of 162, except it actually was one game out of 17 that remained between last night and the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. And that's...
Mets' Reyes may be back sooner than expected
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amJose Reyes could be days away from rejoining the Mets. The star shortstop, who is recovering from a Grade 1 (least severe) strain of his left hamstring, is tentatively scheduled...
Mets lose to Phillies
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amGood thing the Mets only had to face Vance Worley last night, huh? Worley is no slouch, but after a four-game stretch in which the Mets had faced All-Star starters...
Isringhausen Mets' closer, for now
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIt'll be age before youth. Terry Collins said yesterday that Jason Isringhausen was in line to be the Mets closer against the Phillies, meaning that this weekend the veteran righty...
Clarke, Glover top crowded Open leaderboard
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amSANDWICH, England -- It's a wide-open Open. Entering what figures to be a wild weekend with turbulent weather in the forecast, the 140th British Open figures to be a thrill...
Lefty, links should be good for each other
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amSANDWICH, England -- Imagination and creativity are Phil Mickelson's gifts. A perpetually positive attitude also is part of his DNA. He also has an insatiable thirst for a challenge. LEADERBOARD...
Golden oldie Watson still has ace up his sleeve
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amSANDWICH, England -- Two years ago, at age 59, Tom Watson stunned the golf world by nearly winning the British Open before losing in a playoff at Turnberry. Yesterday, Watson,...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPost time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Pet Rock (7th)FIRST-mile; trot; $175,000; N.J.S.S.3Upside Hanover(B Sears)4-2-18-110VanityTreasure(TTetrick)1-1-63-14D'orsay(Y Gingras)1-4-17-21The Sorceress(J Stark)3-2-X15-12Southbeachprincss(DMllr)1-5-29-25She's All In(G Brennan)2-8-310-16Chilitdyhtml(TSmdshmmr)6-2-310-17Primrose Volo(J Johnson)5-4-315-18Aunt Mel(A Miller)2-1-X6-19Exercise To Go(R Pierce)3-3-612-1SECOND-mile; trot; $175,000; N.J.S.S.3Vic Smith(A...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPost time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Southwind Tabor (7th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $27,000; conditional5Mcapulco(J Pantaleano)1-7-73-17PowerOfAMoment(Grgry)2-6-25-18OhokaGeorgiaN(EGoodell)1-4-210-11Shotgun A(S Vallee)5-5-64-12WoodstockHanover(Mnz)1-7-16-13Arden'sStormN(AColetta)5-4-68-14Western Bay(D Dube)2-2-88-16I'm A Gordy Too(S Smith)4-5-712-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $27,000; cond1Dark Sign(C Manzi)8-1-84-14PacificDesperado(SValle)2-5-69-52Star Party(D...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPost Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m(T); $26,000; clm($20,000); 3up(f)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Settling Seas(L),121JVelazquez7-4-4Mott 2-12Makeminechocolate(L),121RDominguez6-4-3Brown 4-13Bobs Pinup Girl(L),121R Maragh4-4-2Englehrt 5-14Love Shack(L),121CVelasquez8-1-1Rice 10-15Chick in Slacks(L),121J Chavez7-9-3Turner...
Belmont Charts
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amJuly 15, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 mi & ¼(t); $53,000; alw opt clm; 3upOff: 3:00. Good. 4w upper, up at wireTime: 25.74,...
The Post Line
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amCFLTonightFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogHAMILTON2 (51½)Saskatch.EDMONTON2½ (54)Brit. Col.Home team in CAPSWomen's World Cup SoccerThird Place GameTodayAt SinsheimSweden -135France -105Over 2½ -140Under 2½ +100FinalTomorrowAt FrankfurtUnited States -250Japan +170Over 2½ +115Under 2½ -155
New Red Bulls goalie brings elite experience
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amNew Red Bulls goalkeeper Frank Rost arrived yesterday and likely will start tonight at Chivas USA. The 38-year-old German is expected -- and expecting -- to shore up the position...
NJSACB wrong to suspend Lara-Williams judges
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amAaron Davis, the commis sioner of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, announced this week he was suspending the three judges who scored the Paul Williams-Erislandy Lara bout on...
Sports shorts
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amHOOPS: Deron inks Turkey deal Nets point guard Deron Williams will play in Turkey next season if there's an NBA lockout. Williams tweeted yesterday that he signed a one-year contract...
Vic Cangialosi's Philadelphia Grade
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPost Time: 12:25 p. m.FIRST-1 mile; $20,000; clm; 3up6-Berengaria 8-51-Deep Down 5-22-FrstLdyGln 20-13-Prnc'sPrz 10-14-PlshdPrncs 10-15-Cherry Lady 9-27-Shezagrtgl 6-1SECOND-6 fur; $22,000; clm; 3,4&5YO7-ShmrckSxty 7-51-Lu E Davor 15-12-RockNHeart 6-13-TheHghPrst 15-14-De la Warr...
Artest swaps elbows for punch lines
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe stage at Carolines on Broadway is used to seeing the biggest stars in comedy. Last night, it hosted a different kind of star, as Ron Artest’s comedy tour hit...
Tour de France
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTour de France Stage 13At Lourdes, France; 94.8 miles in the Pyrenees from Pau to Lourdes, with a Hors Categorie climb up Col d'Aubisque followed a long descent to the...
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amPost time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $14,000; clm($10,000); 3upARCHRIVAL broke maiden as favorite at Delaware. GORGELICIOUS drops in class after finishing fourth. SPELL RUN makes...
Teague will be in own league with Pace win
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe million-dollar Meadowlands Pace could be a night of firsts if driver Montrell Teague has anything to say about it. A victory guiding Custard The Dragon (post 3, 4-1) would...
Look for strong 2nd-half finishers
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amA recent Google exercise confirmed Reggie Jackson as the most commonly dubbed Mr. October and Derek Jeter (did you know he collected his 3,000th hit last weekend?) as Mr. November,...
Hondo won't 'dog it
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amHondo rebounded magnificently from Thursday night's crushing defeat with the Pods, scoring with the Native Americans last night to slice and dice the debt to 1,790 conleys. Today, it's a...
Larsson deal good one for Devils
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amBefore prize draftee Adam Larsson plays a game, he already has proven he's a team player, Devils style. The Devils' veterans should be grateful to the fourth overall pick. By...
Football fans will cheer new labor deal
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amIt appears a virtual certainty now that sanity and reason have made their goal-line stand. That greed has been intercepted in the end zone. That NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will...
Mets can deal themselves stronger farm hand
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amAs Mets general manager Sandy Alderson and his staff assess the trade market, they almost certainly, in potential deals, will be asking for prospects to strengthen the franchise's farm system....
Home Team Lineups
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amTODAYJuly 16SUNJuly 17MONJuly 18TUEJuly 19WEDJuly 20THUJuly 21FRIJuly 22YankeesToronto1:07TV YES NetworkRadio WCBS 880 AMTor.1:07YESWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.7:10WWORWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBSOak.7:05WWORWCBSMetsPhiladelphia4:10TV -- FOXRadio WFAN 660 AMPhi.1:10WPIXWFANFla.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.12:10SNYWFANFla.7:10SNYWFANRed BullsChivas10:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio -- WADO 1280 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEColo.9:30MSG+NOGAMENOGAME
Kurt's Emmy rage
July 16, 2011 | 4:00am"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter isn't happy about his show being snubbed for Emmy consideration. Sutter launched a Twitter tirade after Thursday's Emmy nominees were announced -- slamming the...
Soap Barr back
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amJulia Barr is returning to "All My Children" for the ABC soap's swan song. Barr, the "AMC" veteran who last played Brooke English in 2010, will return for a week...
War games
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amThe season premiere of "Deadliest Warrior" is one for the history books. The Spike series, which uses sophisticated technology and handcrafted weaponry to see how warriors of all types would...
Weird but true
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amWhen a California man tried to cash a check from a church account, the store clerk had a suspicion the guy wasn't a member of the congregation -- mainly because...
'Pops' showing St. John's ropes
July 16, 2011 | 4:00amMalik Stith turned 22 this week but his newbie St. John's teammates have been calling him "Pops" all summer. Stith finds himself in the most remarkable of positions. He has...
Justin Timberlake accepts invitation to Marine Corps ball in Washington DC
July 16, 2011 | 3:00amLOS ANGELES -- Justin Timberlake on Friday agreed to accompany a US Marine to a military ball, after encouraging his "Friends with Benefits" co-star Mila Kunis to accept a similar...
Gambino-linked ex-con who stabbed celeb pizza chef sentenced to one year
July 16, 2011 | 1:20amA Gambino crime family associate involved in a knife fight with the owner of popular Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali was sentenced tonight to a year in prison for violating his probation....