October 9, 2012
Corrupt cop gets 3 years for gun smuggling
A corrupt, active-duty cop who helped steal a truckload of cigarettes and smuggle guns into New York City was sentenced today to three years in the slammer. Eddie Goris made...
St. John's dean accused of turning foreign students into private servants
A former St. John’s University dean pressured vulnerable foreign students into becoming her private servants, threatening to yank their scholarships if they refused, prosecutors said today. Cecilia Chang — on...
Jury clears Queens man of stealing gun from cops' lockers
A Queens jury today cleared a man who was accused of stealing guns from a precinct’s lockers — even selling one cop’s stolen gun back to the NYPD. Ronald DeShields,...
Mavs' Cuban: Deron threw Nets front office 'under the bus'
As expected, Mark Cuban didn't take the comments Deron Williams made following Monday's practice lying down.After the Nets point guard said that Cuban's absence from his meeting with the Mavericks...
No jail, no probation for former state pension honcho
The state pension fund's former chief investment officer was finally sentenced to no jail and no probation today, two years after he pleaded guilty to violating business law and cooperated...
Goodell re-issues bounty discipline
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith on Tuesday for their role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal and reduced penalties for Scott...
49ers goat Williams looking forward to rematch with Giants
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Kyle Williams circled this week's game against the Giants as soon as the NFL schedule was released in April. He and his San Francisco 49ers teammates...
Knicks don't care that Nets favored to have better season
Vegas appears to agree with the Brooklyn Nets’ claims of becoming the city’s top basketball team, proclaiming them more likely to win the NBA title than the Knicks. Predictably, the...
Russian immigrant claims ex-boyfriend posted photos of her online, tried to get her visa revoked
A young Russian immigrant says her dentist ex-boyfriend posted steamy photos of her on a prostitution website and then sicced US Immigration officers on her in a bid to get...
WATCH: WWE Superstar CM Punk punches fan in stands
Things escalated quickly on Monday night’s episode of Raw. Following the show’s main event, WWE Champion CM Punk went into the crowd, where fans groped and began to touch the...
Transient accused of raping elderly woman in Central Park pleads not guilty as prosecutors say he was on spree
He was on a sex-attack spree that day, officials say. The tattooed transient accused of violently raping a 73-year-old birdwatcher near Strawberry Fields marched straight from that attack to the...
Bradshaw: Nicks hinted to me he’ll play vs. Niners
These things are always tricky, taking what one player “hears’’ from another and running with it as gospel. Tom Coughlin has been remarkably non-committal about the status of Hakeem Nicks...
Girardi won't rule out dropping A-Rod in Yankees lineup
Alex Rodriguez may not be locked into the No. 3 spot in the Yankees lineup.After saying Monday night he "didn't have any plans" to move the struggling third baseman down...
Argentina rejects Singer’s $20M in ransom for ship’s release
Argentina is refusing to pay the $20 million in ransom that New York hedge fund honcho Paul Singer is demanding in exchange for releasing the country’s premier naval vessel. At...
LI con man allegedly tried to hire hit on federal judge, prosecutor
A Long Island con man doing time in the pen for a $40 million collectible coin scam tried to hire a hit man to kill the judge and a prosecutor...
Yankees' train troubles slowed trip back to New York
The Yankees players can now relate to LIRR commuters.The Amtrak train that was taking the Yankees back from Baltimore early this morning encountered electrical problems and the players did not...
Kris Jenner in talks for daily talk show on Fox
Throw another Kardashian on the pile. Kris Jenner, the tireless “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” matriarch and mom-ager of the clan’s $65-million business empire, is quietly working on a daily...
Armed thugs steal body of slain Mexican drug kingpin from funeral home
MEXICO CITY — Armed body snatchers stormed a funeral home in northern Mexico early Monday morning to steal the body of one of Mexico's most feared drug lords after he...
Wednesday service organized for slain Red Bulls youth coach Mike Jones
A memorial service has been organized tomorrow for Mike Jones, the Red Bulls youth soccer coach who was slain Sunday morning in New York. The service will be held at First Baptist...
Cuomo taps NBC News exec as new communications director
ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo has tapped a top NBC News public relations pro as his new communications director. Allison Gollust will replace Richard Bamberger. She'll be paid $169,000 a year,...
DNA on cigarette butt sends rapist away for 15 years
Smoking was definitely bad for this rapist. Fourteen years after ski-cap-wearing fiend Lerio Guerrero violently violated a 28-year-old college professor in a Lower East Side alley, he's finally going to...
Winners & losers from Jets Week 5 loss
The Jets nearly pulled it out Monday but fell 23-17 to the undefeated Texans. Here are the Jets winners and losers from the game:WINNERS ANTONIO CROMARTIE – The Jets cornerback...
Investigators suspect teen in fatal LI crash was 'high'
Investigators suspect that the unlicensed Queens teen “was high" on “pot” when his souped-up Subaru spun out of control on a Long Island highway in a one-car crash that killed...
Soccer slay suspect flees America for Mexico
The psycho who fatally slashed a youth soccer coach in Greenwich Village over the weekend has fled to Mexico, law-enforcement sources told The Post tonight. Police identified the fiend this...
DOE bars SI tech teacher from bringing computer equipment to rubber room
They pulled his plug. The Department of Education is barring a teacher who has been live-streaming his painfully boring and costly work days assigned to a “Rubber Room” from bringing...
WATCH: Knicks’ Smith stars in Sean Paul music video
J.R. Smith is taking a shot at an acting career.The Knicks shooting guard scored a role in Sean Paul and Kelly Rowland’s new music video “How Deep Is Your Love.”Smith...
Giants' Rolle says knee injury 'lingering,' but will play
Antrel Rolle will once again be on the injury report the Giants issue on Wednesday heading into Sunday’s NFC Championship Game rematch with the 49ers. He also will promise to...
Lawyers: Tennis ref passed lie test, denies killing husband with coffee mug
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for a nationally known professional tennis referee charged in her husband's death say she has passed a lie detector test in which she denied bludgeoning him...
Jets beat Yankees in ratings in New York and nationally
Yankees playoff baseball stood no chance against Tebow-mania.The Jets, who played the Texans on ESPN’s "Monday Night Football," outdrew the Yankees’ ALDS Game 2 loss to the Orioles in both...
Sesame Street wants Big Bird out of Obama campaign ad
WASHINGTON – President Obama has ruffled some feathers at PBS by putting Big Bird in a TV ad attacking Mitt Romney. “We have approved no campaign ads, and as is...
FIFA ’13 Review
What a beautiful game.Not just soccer, but FIFA ’13.There hasn’t been a sports game that I have become more addicted to this year than FIFA ’13, and that’s definitely a...
Report: US Protestants lose majority status
For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious...
TE Keller expected back for Jets vs. Colts
Jets coach Rex Ryan expects to have starting tight end Dustin Keller back on the field Sunday against the Colts. Keller has missed the last four games with a hamstring...
Stuy HS cheated me: suit
A senior at Stuyvesant HS says a lifetime of hard work is in jeopardy after being falsely accused in the cheating scandal there. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court,...
Rex: 'No question' Sanchez remains Jets starter
Jets coach Rex Ryan did not hesitate when asked if Mark Sanchez remains his starting quarterback Tuesday.“Yeah, no question,” Ryan said on a conference call with reporters.The clamor for Tim...
Tough to blame Yankees for Game 2 loss
Funny game last night, replete with as many bad plays as good ones. Here's my column, in which I discussed the Orioles' unsurprising resilience.I've given up on trying to figure...
Jets' Mangold to have MRI on injured ankle
The Jets are awaiting news on the right ankle of center Nick Mangold.Mangold injured his ankle in the third quarter of Monday night's loss to the Texans, but missed just...
DVD Extra: Hitchcock, Davis, Crawford, 'Little Shop' Redux
The great thing about a first-rate Blu-ray of a classic movie -- even one that's received a fine DVD release -- is that you notice things you haven't seen before,...
Hollywood trade Variety sold to Jay Penske’s media group
Variety was finally sold to Jay Penske, owner of Deadline.com, at a price far below what Reed Elsevier was hoping to fetch when it kicked off the auction seven months...
Egyptian-born terror suspect pleads not guilty in plot to blow up US embassies
An Egyptian-born preacher has pleaded not guilty in New York to charges that he conspired with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. Abu Hamza al-Masri...
Resident Evil 6 Review
Capcom tried to jump the shark by releasing its flagship fall title for 2012 a month before the rest of its competitors.While there are some things that Resident Evil 6...
Defiant Sandusky sentenced to at least 30 years in child sex abuse case after rambling speech
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Delusional child-sex fiend Jerry Sandusky delivered an off-his-rocker, football pep talk in court today, before facing his grim reality: a life and eventual death behind bars. A...
Romney erases Obama's advantage among women in new poll
Mitt Romney's post-debate surge appears to have all but wiped out President Obama's once double-digit lead among women voters. A new Pew Research Center survey depicted a remarkable swing in...
New York Film Festival 2012 Oscar Watch: 'Lincoln'
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln'' showed as a (not-so) "secret screening'' as a work-in-progress Monday night at the New York Film Festival. While there are many things to like about this bio-pic covering...
Panetta, Allen to reassure NATO on insider attacks
BRUSSELS — NATO defense leaders gathering here Tuesday are committed to the war in Afghanistan, according to US and alliance officials, but there are growing signs that the Afghan political...
Liberty-loving teen girl, 14, gunned down by Taliban in Pakistan near school bus
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A teenage Pakistani children's rights activist was shot in the head Tuesday by a would-be assassin who flagged down her school bus in the former Taliban stronghold...
Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.
MIAMI — The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday. About 30 contestants...
After drone, Israel deploys missile defense unit
JERUSALEM - Israel's military has deployed a missile defense system near the Lebanese border, days after warplanes shot down a mysterious unmanned aircraft that entered its skies. An army spokesman...
American, Frenchman win Nobel for quantum physics
STOCKHOLM — A French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to observe the bizarre properties of the quantum world, research that has led to...
Avery wants to Nets to channel Detroit's ‘Bad Boys’
The “Bad Boys” Pistons of the late 1980s and early 1990s used their rugged, physical style of play and suffocating defense to fight their way to back-to-back championships. No one...
In great shape, Anthony set to spark Knicks
There are no more excuses. The stage is set for Carmelo Anthony to have his best season. Maybe not his best scoring year, but his MVP year. Spurred on by...
Nets' Deron: Cuban's absence in talks hurt Mavericks' chances
Deron Williams had two clear choices when he entered free agency in July. On one side were the Nets, the franchise that had taken a leap of faith to trade...
Rasheed fights to get fit so he can join Knicks practice
Rasheed Wallace is already throwing punches at Knicks training camp, but in a productive way. Wallace, known for his volatile nature, was on the sidelines yesterday in boxing gloves during...
Jets report card
OFFENSE The unit was better than last week when it got absolutely nothing going, but it wasn’t enough. Mark Sanchez (14-of-31, 230 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT) completed less than...
Yankees’ bats turn silent as O’s seize momentum
BALTIMORE — They should have scored more than one run in the first. With the bases loaded and one out in the fourth, they didn’t score. Two hits and an...
Inside pitch
HERO Wei-Yin Chen (above) had plenty of playoff experience in Japan, but last night was his first time in a postseason game in the majors — and he looked like...
Yankees' Pettitte wants just one pitch back
BALTIMORE — Andy Pettitte came back to pitch in the postseason, and last night he got his chance, but it didn’t go as he had hoped. The 40-year-old lefty hadn’t...
Even when A-Rod hits liners it turns into outs for Yankees
BALTIMORE — The liner seemed destined for right-center field, where it would have landed as an RBI single in the first. But this is Alex Rodriguez, and even when he...
Showalter preys on playoff struggles of A-Rod, Swisher
BALTIMORE — Buck Showalter played this bit of strategy in the seventh inning last night with the tying run on second base: He brought in his best righty reliever, Darren...
Jets blitz
HERO Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (above, sacking Mark Sanchez), caused an interception and changed the game with a deflection of a quick slant pass intended for Jeremy Kerley deep...
Yankees bats fall silent as Orioles tie ALDS at one game apiece
BALTIMORE -- Prior to the start of the postseason Russell Martin stated pitchers were at a competitive disadvantage working against the Yankees. "I feel bad for whoever we face,'' Martin...
Business briefs
Apple dipApple, the world’s most valuable company, slumped 2.1 percent and dropped below $600 billion in market value on investor concern about iPhone 5 supplies. HP split urgedHewlett-Packard Co. should...
Barneys doesn’t do Dallas anymore
Barneys New York is hanging up its spurs in Texas.The swanky luxury chain is closing its struggling store in Dallas in April to focus on better-performing locations in cities such...
Fatfinger factor: Cyber slips boost Facebook’s ad clicks
Facebook is suffering from fat-finger syndrome. That’s the opinion of one influential Wall Street analyst — bolstered by a growing body of research — who believes that some of the...
Windy City Fed president is full of hot air
Let’s hope Charles Evans is merely stupid. Evans is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and next January he will become a voting member of the Fed’s...
Amex ♥ Walmart
Don’t leave the trailer park without it! American Express is teaming up with Walmart to offer prepaid debit cards for lower-income shoppers — a radical departure from Amex’s decades-old strategy...
Wall Street digs deep for Romney
Wall Street is with Mitt.Less than a month to go before the presidential election, the Republican candidate and former private-equity head honcho is leading President Barack Obama by a wide...
China’s ‘spy’ games
China’s two largest telecom equipment makers should be barred from certain deals with US companies because they provide Chinese intelligence services too great a chance to spy in this country,...
PE firms pay $166M to settle Mervyn’s claims
The private-equity firms behind the disastrous leveraged buyout of Mervyn’s will cough up $166 million to settle allegations that they doomed the department store chain to failure.Sun Capital Partners and...
Hedgie trustee named
A white-collar crime expert has been named the bankruptcy trustee for Fletcher International, the hedge fund run by Alphonse “Buddy” Fletcher that is involved in a bitter dispute with three...
NYT union members take it to the streets
Hundreds of Newspaper Guild workers briefly walked off the job yesterday at the New York Times to protest the slow pace of talks over a new contract. The action marked...
Goldman $6.8M fine
Goldman Sachs Group agreed to pay $6.75 million to eight US exchanges to settle claims over the way it handled options trades from January 2004 through May 2010, according to...
Best of frenemies at 4 TS
A unit of the consulting firm that put out a mostly complimentary audit of the Port Authority has been hired by the agency to help it find tenants to replace...
Bus ban for suspect in driver syringe stab
She stuck it to him! A Brooklyn judge yesterday forbade a man accused of stabbing a city bus driver with a syringe from using city buses without an escort. Shelwyn...
The perfect ‘kvetch’
Wealthy Larry Greenfield says he’s lonely and looking for love — but he snubbed lovely business consultant and comedian Maxine Gordon after just one date. “I think he’s looking for...
Tragic kids of ’01 Hamptons slay: We grew up in agony
They were children of privilege who became collateral damage in the murder that rocked the Hamptons 11 years ago — and now, as adults, the tragic Ammon twins are finally...
High lifesaver
A semiconscious construction worker lay on a narrow board at the edge of a building being erected over the waters of Mill Basin — and Emergency Medical Service Lt. Derrick...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A registered sex offender molested a 13-year-old girl in a Harlem housing project, authorities said yesterday. Andre Youngblood, 37, abused the girl as she slept in her King...
LI crash nightmare
An unlicensed 17-year-old driver joyriding along a dangerous Long Island highway with high-school friends lost control of the vehicle and killed four of his pals yesterday, authorities said. Joseph Beer,...
‘Perfect’ chance for Yank fans
Yankee icon Don Larsen has a perfect plan for some old pinstripes in his closet. The hurler hopes to score $1 million for his grandsons’ education by auctioning the uniform...
They miss Chris! Paraders rage over Columbus coverup
Many Columbus Day revelers in Manhattan yesterday were left a bit deflated — because the man of honor spent the day holed up in his new penthouse. Marchers at the...
2 Manhattan ATMs had fake bills
Two Manhattan bank ATMs had $110,000 in counterfeit bills stocked yesterday, cops said. The forgeries were easy to spot since the bills had printing on only one side, sources said....
Don’t police the NYPD: Bloomberg
Appointing an inspector general to oversee the NYPD is a recipe for disaster, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday. “I think if you want to bring crime back, let’s go politicize control...
Mayor: Rich tax a rule of ‘dumb’
Raising local taxes on the rich is about the dumbest policy there is, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday in a direct attack on Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. “If you want...
Cuomo backs Addabbo
Gov. Cuomo, chummy with state Senate Republicans, endorsed Democratic incumbent Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. yesterday in a key Queens race. A new Siena College poll shows Addabbo 2 points ahead...
‘Bagel’ pol kept up $chmear campaign
A bill for a $177 bagel isn’t the only outrageous expense claimed by former City Councilman Larry Seabrook. The Bronx Democrat — whose doctored bagel receipt was part of a...
A happy vending for Mike
Mayor Bloomberg is winning the soda wars. Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are bringing out new vending machines that put calorie counts at your fingertips — literally. The American Beverage...
Cashing out on Hudson Bridge
The Henry Hudson Bridge will no longer take cash come November as it adopts electronic tolling.No cash lanes equals fewer traffic jams and fewer carbon emissions from idling cars, says...
Love story is cut short
Maybe it’s not always sunny in Philadelphia. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman yesterday stunned Hollywood with news that they’ve separated after more than four decades together. A rep for the...
Firm-ative action: Columbia law grads #1 in jobs
What job crisis? Columbia Law School managed to get 99 percent of its graduates a gig within nine months of leaving — the top rate among law schools nationally, according...
Dean trial opens
Jury selection begins today in the Brooklyn federal court trial of a former St. John’s University dean accused of forcing students to work as her servants for nearly 20 years.Cecilia...
Driver-slay cop wants to testify
The NYPD detective who fatally shot an unarmed Army National Guardsman during a Queens traffic stop is “extremely anxious” to testify before a possible grand jury, his lawyer said yesterday....
‘Killer’ was obsessed
She was always on his mind — so he killed her. Jury selection is due to start today for the Manhattan rape-murder trial of love-obsessed Senegalese accused killer Bakary Camara...
Sandusky still in denial
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky professed his innocence and vowed to continue fighting his child molestation conviction in a recorded statement broadcast on the eve of his sentencing Tuesday, a...
Jailed Sloot to be a pop
AMSTERDAM — Joran van der Sloot, a former suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba, has impregnated a woman while imprisoned in Peru, it was...
Dad: Slain Red Bulls coach treasured NYC
The devastated father of Michael Jones, the young soccer coach killed in the West Village in an incredibly brutal knife attack, said yesterday that his son had wanted to permanently...
Luxury-car airport thief
A fleet-footed, 300-pound thief is being sought by Port Authority cops for swiping two luxury cars at Newark Airport yesterday.He first targeted the driver of a 2011 Mercedes who briefly...
Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket attack
Israel’s air force pounded terror targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday after Hamas and Islamic Jihad hit southern Israel with more than 50 rockets and mortar shells.Five people were wounded...
O foreign policy a disaster: Romney
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney yesterday declared war on President Obama’s foreign-policy record. “America’s security and the cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four years,” Romney...
Veep debate no second fiddle
WASHINGTON — This year’s vice-presidential debate is suddenly a high-stakes bout.Mitt Romney’s big win against President Obama last week in their first debate upped the ante for the face-off Thursday...
Key polls ‘swing’ to Mitt
WASHINGTON — President Obama saw his lead in battleground Virginia shrink in a new poll yesterday as another national survey found Mitt Romney pulling ahead to a 4-point lead among...
Team pulled despite slain diplo’s plea
WASHINGTON — The State Department removed a key security detail from Libya before the attack on the Benghazi consulate that killed a US ambassador — who had requested the security...
Thug puts us on hook for 16G
We’re giving this hatemonger a hand — and probably two. Taxpayers will foot the bill to replace radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri’s infamous hooks, The Post has learned. And...
Teen niece ‘rape’ ordeal
A Queens couple made life a living hell for their 15-year-old niece — duping her into leaving El Salvador for a better life in America, only to have the husband...
Ex-pimp suspect sues DA
One of four black men wrongly accused of raping and pimping a troubled young Orthodox Jewish woman has sued the city and Brooklyn district attorney’s office for malicious prosecution, defamation...
Raises hang on elex: gov
Gov. Cuomo yesterday hinted that pay raises for state legislators hinge on which party controls the state Senate. “Let’s get to Election Day and see who wins,” he said, adding,...
$1M bust in meth house
Federal agents and local cops seized more than $1 million in drugs from a New Rochelle boardinghouse in what authorities yesterday described as the largest methamphetamine bust in state history.The...
Light was speeding! Lawyer victim of 'gotcha' camera
Next time you see a yellow light while driving in New York City — floor it! An Upper West Side lawyer claims he was hit with a $50 ticket from...
The day polling died
Mark it down on your calendars: Yesterday — Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 — may go down in the annals of history as the day political polling died. It was the...
Team O’s pathetic ‘liar, liar’ attack
Credit President Obama’s aides with discernment. Even before the first presidential debate was over, they knew they needed to come up with an excuse, and fast. They settled on one...
Romney’s creative cuts: no money for muppets
The Issue: Mitt Romney’s promise to end federal subsidies to PBS if it means borrowing from China. *** GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s big idea is to end the subsidy...
Should we have seen it coming?
The Issue: The administration’s attempts to push an investigation of the attack in Libya until after the election. *** Are the failures of our government to protect our consulate in...
Leading from the front
Mitt Romney traveled to the Virginia Military Institute yesterday — and took just 15 short minutes to shred the Obama-era first-term foreign-policy legacy. It’s “the responsibility of [the] president to...
Countrywide redux?
Looks like Countrywide Financial may not have been the only bank with a most-favored-borrower policy for members of Congress. As The Post’s Carl Campanile reported yesterday, Rep. Steve Israel (D-L.I.)...
The great cigarette-tax lie
New York’s highest-in-the-nation cigarette taxes are failing to drive down smoking rates; instead, they’re just putting a heavy extra burden on poor New Yorkers. A new study funded by the...
Hoping it goes away
In his foreign-policy speech yesterday, Mitt Romney said that as president he’d confront Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: “I will work with our partners to identify and organize those members of the...
Fat girls fight back
Anybody starting to feel like they’re back in middle school? There’s been a preponderance of the F-word — “fat” — lately that calls to mind a serious “Mean Girls” resurgence....
New music from Babs, Adele & more
Album of the Week Barbra Streisand “Release Me” ★★ BARBRA’S newest isn’t exactly new — these 11 outtakes from official albums date all the way back to 1963. Not surprisingly,...
Good tunes, twee story
‘The Old Man and the Old Moon” is a hauntingly beautiful production, filled with ingenious lighting effects, lovely shadow puppetry and an accomplished and original folk music score. So why...
At home with Alice & Co.
You’ll discover what it feels like to disappear down a rabbit hole at “Then She Fell,” the fiendishly clever immersive theater piece inspired by the life and writings of “Alice...
Peck’s new steps
Nearly everything improves with age. New York City Ballet put on a program of commissions Friday night, two from earlier in the year and a much ballyhooed premiere by 25-year-old...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2f; $17,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)DOTTIE’S A HOTTIE adds blinkers and drops in class after finishing third while...
Fever shades Sun to force decisive Game 3
INDIANAPOLIS — Shavonte Zellous’ jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining lifted the Indiana Fever over the Connecticut Sun 78-76 in Game 2 of the WNBA Eastern Conference Finals last night to...
Tomorrow’s Keeneland Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/8m; $21,000; cl($20,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Curmudgeon ,118A Jimenez4-1-1Estes12-12 Southern Joy(L),118JLeparoux1-5-7Maker3-13 Vee One Rotate(L),118D Cohen6-6-5McPeek2-14 Sound Effect(L),118J Graham5-5-2Stidham8-55 Artillery(L),118C Lanerie4-4-4Montan20-16 Cheyenne...
Belmont Park Charts
October 8th, 2012 Cloudy And Good. Turf Yielding.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f(T); $30,000; cl($20,000); 3upOff: 12:50. 14. ang out 1/4,hand urgedTime: 22.54, 45.67, 57.89, 1:1.3. Trainer: Gary GulloScr: Turn Up...
Affrunti’s Finger Lakes Grade
FIRST-6f; $14,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)5-Saratoga Silver 2-14-Last Slice 5-22-Miss Apollonia 7-26-Zulan 8-13-Eddies Dream 6-17-Kelowna 8-11-August Gala 6-1SECOND-1 1/16m; $9,000; cl($4,500); 3up; (f&m)9-Aivazovsky 3-15-MoneyMagnet12-12-Warrior Lass 7-26-MssedtheNtes20-14-Mostly Love 5-17-Quite a Feat...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-5f; $20,000; cl($5,000); 3up3D' Wld Affr (Flors)4.002.602.102Serendpper Moon (Surz)6.602.805Sok Sok (Ferrer)2.20* Exacta (3-2) $21.20 * Trifecta (3-2-5) $55.00SECOND-7f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)1Erm Deuce (Flors)22.609.004.608Skng th Lls (HrnndzOrtg)9.205.003A Lady Called Max...
Sports Shorts
COLLEGE: Georgia Tech fires Groh Georgia Tech has fired defensive coordinator Al Groh. Head coach Paul Johnson announced the move yesterday, two days after the Yellow Jackets (2-4, 1-3 Atlantic...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 9WEDOct. 10THUOct. 11FRIOct. 12SATOct. 13 SUNOct. 14MONOct. 15YankeesNOGAMEBal.^7:37TBSWCBSESPNBal.TBATBSWCBSESPN$Bal.TBATBSWCBSESPNTBDTBDTBDRed BullsNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEKnicksNOGAMENOGAME&Wash.7:00MSGNOGAME&Bos.7:30MSGNOGAMENOGAMENetsNOGAMENOGAMENO GAMENOGAME&Phil.7:00TBANOGAME&Wash.7:30TBAHOMEAWAY
Hondo’s in the Red zone
Hondo bounced back from Sunday’s dismal one-for-four as he cashed with those gritty Jets last night, which lowered the NRN (nasty red number) to 1,170 nuxhalls. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will...
WFAN to simulcast on FM dial
Wfan will be joining its sports-talk competition on your FM dial. CBS Radio announced yesterday that WFAN will be simulcast on 101.9 FM in the late fall. The move comes...
RG3 ‘looks good’
Robert Griffin III felt good enough to attend something called a Rookie Success Program meeting yesterday and seemed, by all accounts, to be doing just fine on the day after...
Giants DT Canty aiming to face Redskins next week
Defensive tackle Chris Canty shook his head when he thought about sitting out another game, especially this game. “That was kind of a bummer that this one’s not a week...
Rex risk backfires on Jets
Depending on your viewpoint, Jets coach Rex Ryan made either a brilliant or a boneheaded call in the third quarter last night. After Joe McKnight’s 100-yard kickoff return, Ryan called...
The Post Line
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Woods apologizes to rookies for lackluster Ryder Cup
Tiger Woods felt so bad about his performance at last month’s Ryder Cup, he apologized to the Americans’ four Ryder Cup rookies, it was reported on Golf Channel yesterday. Golf...
Beltran's two homers help Cardinals even series with Nationals
ST. LOUIS — Carlos Beltran’s resume might be screaming “greatest postseason hitter of this generation” if not for that little incident with the Mets in 2006. Just to tell everybody...
Down 2-0, A’s say it ain’t over against Tigers
OAKLAND -- The Athletics are baseball’s grunge band: raw, pure noise. If they don’t like something, they will let you know. They believe they have the baseball gods behind them...
Reds want to put Giants to sweep
CINCINNATI — Homer Bailey played catch in the sun-splashed outfield at Great American Ball Park, his usual routine the day before a start. Nothing different at all, as far as...
Giants S Hill suspended four games
The Giants gained one safety and lost another yesterday, and the prescription drug Adderall played a part in the return and departure. Will Hill, the promising first-year safety who made...
Giants offensive line looks to keep Eli, Ahmad safe from Niners defense
Of course there was so much praise and exultation for what was accomplished, but amid the back-slaps there continue to be reminders the Giants — specifically their offensive linemen —...
Giants pass rush trio bad in ‘D’ sack
Paging the Giants’ pass rush. You’ll be needed on Sunday in San Francisco. Be there by 1 p.m. Pacific Time and be prepared to be at your best for at...
Jets have no interest in T.O.: source
Terrell Owens' Twitter pitch has fallen on deaf ears. The former star wide receiver, who has been hampered by ineffectiveness and incessant drama surrounding him, tweeted Monday night during the...
Sanchez’s pick to end half threw Jets out of sync
Sometimes one play can change the course of a game. In some cases, a single play can even alter a season. In the case of a Mark Sanchez bad-luck interception...
Tebow's Jets playbook remains locked up
So much for Tim Tebow’s expanded role this week. Pregame buzz the Jets planned to finally — at long last — open up the Tebow playbook that coach Rex Ryan...
Jets tickets available for very little Green
The Jets denied a report that 12,000 tickets were unsold for last night’s matchup with the Texans, but it’s clear that good seats — a lot of them — are...
More trickery on tap for Ryan, Jets
Rex Ryan wore a look of exasperation when he entered the postgame press conference last night after the Texans outlasted the Jets 23-17 on Monday Night Football at MetLife Stadium....
Missed chances, interceptions doom Jets against Texans
A season-changing victory for the Jets went through Jeff Cumberland’s hands. With just under two minutes to play, the Jets backup tight end could not pull in a Mark Sanchez...
Just because Sanchez, Jets fell short doesn’t mean it’s Tebow Time
Mark Sanchez did enough last night to make you believe he gives the Jets their best chance to win ... and enough to let some imaginations run Wildcat with visions...
Orioles get even — again — with Yankees
BALTIMORE — Come on, now. You really thought the Orioles were going to crawl into a hole and give up, after losing the American League Division Series opener in dramatic...
Orioles rookie turns in big Wei-Yin win
BALTIMORE — Things worked out better this time for Wei-Yin Chen. The bases were loaded with one out last night in the fourth inning of Game 2 of the American...
Orioles’ Johnson able to put Game 1 debacle behind him
BALTIMORE — Darren O’Day could tell Jim Johnson had put his meltdown behind him. After Johnson allowed five runs in one-third of an inning Sunday night as the Yankees won...
Gritty Orioles specialize in serial drama
BALTIMORE — You remember that first moment when Butch and Sundance, tired of getting chased all over Wyoming, weary of being hunted down like bucks and bears, finally rolled their...
Troopers not welcomed back in Yankees dugout
BALTIMORE — According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Maryland state troopers were not positioned in the Yankees’ dugout for last night’s ALDS Game 2 against the Orioles...
Yankees' Granderson bats at bottom of lineup
BALTIMORE — It’s not very often the eighth spot in a batting order is filled by a guy who hit 43 homers in the regular season. But that’s where Curtis...
McHale stints on 'Anarchy'
When “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter approached Joel McHale about playing a con man named Warren for a two-episode stint beginning next week, McHale’s demands were modest. “He asked...
Talk show guests
TUESDAY CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, CONNIE BRITTON, RICK SPRINGFIELD - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 DONNY DEUTSCH, JASON KENNEDY, JEANNIE MAI - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m.,...
Blunt ‘60 Mins’ reporter speaks out
'60 Minutes” reporter Lara Logan is blasting the US government for what she is calling a “major lie” about the war against the Taliban. “There is this narrative coming out...
Twitter reacts to ‘Steel’
Even the day after Lifetime’s all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias” aired, it was causing a stir. The movie, which featured Queen Latifah and Phylicia Rashad, came 23 years after the...
'Nashville' is a smash
We’ve seen it before — the devious, young up-and-comer who is determined to punch out the old star’s lights. Bette Davis rose into the stratosphere after she played the fading...
A Linq to Brooklyn
Back in January 2011, we wrote a story about hipster-friendly Sin City. “Las Vegas discovers its inner Brooklyn,” we proclaimed. And now it’s really official. Williamsburg bowling alley/music venue Brooklyn...
Virginia’s East Coast is tops for bird-watching
If there was ever a guy who could get you stoked about seeing a seagull, it’s Captain Rick Kellam. “That’s a Lesser Black-Backed Gull, see the dark feathers? And that’s...
Weird but true
“Nice offer, Batman, but we’ll take it from here.’’ Cops in Petoskey, Mich., searching for a hit-and-run driver, turned down a superhero’s offer of help. A man dressed as Batman...
Jets show fight, but still poor offense, in loss to undefeated Texans
A season-changing victory for the Jets went through Jeff Cumberland's hands. With just under two minutes to play, the Jets backup tight end could not pull in a Mark Sanchez...
WATCH: Griffin advises Bonnar not to punch, kick or submit Silva at UFC 153
As long as you don’t try to punch, kick or submit Anderson Silva, you’re cool.That’s the advice Forrest Griffin gives Stephan Bonnar in this hilarious preview video for UFC 153....
Ripped from the runway
Dying for Balenciaga, Prada or even Jil Sander? Now you can pay your rent and still get the look at your nearest fast-fashion chain. More than ever, stores such as...
TO to depleted Jets: 'I'm available!'
Terrell Owens has made his pitch to the injury-ravaged Jets.The former star wide receiver, who has been hampered by ineffectiveness and incessant drama surrounding him, tweeted Monday night during the...
Sandusky denies he molested children
Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, on the eve of his sentencing for molesting 10 boys, on Monday denied he committed the "alleged disgusting acts" and said his wife...
Fare and square
The mobile-payments company Square, founded by Jack Dorsey, is finalizing a deal to expand a partnership with the city to get its credit-card reader into more New York City taxis,...
Red Bulls working with family of Mike Jones to set up memorial service
The Red Bulls are working with the family of Mike Jones – their slain youth academy coach – to arrange for a memorial service in the area. The 25-year-old Jones...
Yankees-Orioles Game 2 in rain delay
Much like Sunday night, Game 2 of the American League Division between the Yankees and Orioles will not start on time Monday due to rain in Baltimore. The game is...
Follow Jets-Texans with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business at MetLife Stadium with the Jets playing host to the Texans.The Jets come...