October 14, 2012
Safety picks Smith twice as Giants dominate NFC bully 49ers in blowout
SAN FRANCISCO – Well, Tom Coughlin got as much mileage as he possibly could have hoped with his “Nobody expects to win’’ decree heading into yesterday’s game against the 49ers....
Yankees should be wary of signing Cano to Rodriguez-like contract
The Yankees can look at Alex Rodriguez or Robinson Cano in these playoffs and receive a referendum on avoiding a mega long-term commitment to Cano. Rodriguez is just now at...
Anemic Yankees offense blanked by Tigers as they go down 0-2 in ALCS
Plant the goalposts in Yankee Stadium's turf. Change the scoreboards from innings to downs. College football is the main attraction in The Bronx. The baseball season expired Sunday when the...
Yankees' Girardi ejected arguing call in eighth inning
Yankees manager Joe Girardi was ejected from Game 2 of the AL championship series on Sunday after arguing what appeared to be a missed call by second base umpire Jeff...
Lions rally to beat Eagles in overtime
PHILADELPHIA — Desperate to save a season, Matthew Stafford rallied the Lions in the fourth quarter. With a chance to cap an unlikely comeback, Jason Hanson finished the job in...
Bryant's FG pushes Falcons past Raiders
ATLANTA — Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons have plenty of mistakes to work on during their bye week. Of course, it’s sure easier to fix the problems when you’re...
Jones' kick return TD lifts Ravens over Cowboys
BALTIMORE — Eight yards deep in the end zone when he caught the kickoff, Jacoby Jones had an instant to decide: take a knee or run. He ran — all...
Browns end losing streak, beat in-state rival Bengals
CLEVELAND — Rookie Brandon Weeden threw two touchdown passes and the Cleveland Browns snapped an 11-game losing streak that dated to last season, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 34-24 Sunday. Cleveland...
Buccaneers shut down Quinn, Chiefs in rout
TAMPA, Fla. — Ronde Barber is getting older, but no less valuable to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 37-year-old, five-time Pro Bowl selection has always had a knack for making...
Rookie QB Tannehill leads Dolphins over Rams
MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins’ dysfunction took many forms Sunday, including a backward pass by Ryan Tannehill that flew out of bounds for a 7-yard loss. His offensive linemen managed...
Jets RB goes for career-high 161 yards in impressive rout of Colts
Shonn Greene hit the ground running — and just kept going. Rex Ryan’s “Ground-and-Pound” offense returned in a big way Sunday as Greene ran for a career-high 161 yards and...
Social insecurity: Schumer wants protection from scammers
The check may have been safer in the mail. So many direct-deposited Social Security checks are getting diverted to scammers’ bank accounts, Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the government to warn...
LIVE BLOG: Tigers beat Yankees 3-0
Follow every big play from Game 2 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Tigers here -- and let your voice be heard in our comments section below.Post questions, interact...
Follow Giants-49ers with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Giants have struggled lately, especially early in games. And on the other side...
Follow Game 2 of Yankees-Tigers with Post writers
The Post has you covered from foul line to foul line with the best writers in the business.The Yankees lost a heartbreaker Saturday night in Game 1, but Derek Jeter's...
Some takeaways from Nets' preseason win over Sixers
The Nets finally took the floor in a competitive game for the first time with “Brooklyn” splashed across their chests Saturday night in Atlantic City. They claimed a victory in...
Nicks active for Giants against 49ers
SAN FRANCISCO -- The only question for Hakeem Nicks once he boarded the flight here with the Giants was if his left knee or right foot would suffer any setbacks...
More tests for Yankees' Jeter, surgery now possibility
Derek Jeter underwent further tests on his fractured left ankle today at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital to determine if he requires surgery. "It's possible,'' Joe Girardi said of surgery."That's why they...
WATCH: 'Fearless Felix' lands safely on Earth after first supersonic skydive
ROSWELL, NM — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth after a 24-mile jump Sunday from the stratosphere in a daring, dramatic feat that officials said made him the...
Valverde won't close Game 2 for Tigers, but keeping role
Jose Valverde won’t close for the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the AL championship series but manager Jim Leyland says the reliever is keeping his role for now. “I...
A-Rod batting sixth again, Nix replacing Jeter for Yankees in Game 2
At least one member of the Yankees’ iconic left side of the infield will be in the lineup Sunday.Alex Rodriguez is starting for the second straight game and batting sixth...
Former senator Arlen Specter, a GOP moderate, dead at 82
HARRISBURG, Pa. — For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds with the...
Follow Jets-Colts 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 Colts.The Jets are...
New York Film Festival: 'Flight'
Denzel Washington may very well be Oscar nominated for his showy performance as an heroic pilot haunted by demons in Robert Zemeckis' slick drama Flight,'' the closing night film at the 50th...
'Taken 2' takes down 'Argo' to top box office for second straight weekend
LOS ANGELES — Liam Neeson's "Taken 2" has defended its box-office title with a narrow win over Ben Affleck's "Argo." Sunday studio estimates put 20th Century Fox's action sequel "Taken...
Former Jets RB LT thinks Sanchez close to losing his job
Former Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson thinks quarterback Mark Sanchez is close to losing his job based on what he's hearing from the Jets locker room."Well (Sanchez's) almost at the...
Keller, Hill and Mangold all active for Jets vs. Colts
The Jets offense will get back two of its weapons Sunday afternoon against the Colts.Tight end Dustin Keller and wide receiver Stephen Hill are both active for the game, as...
Obama to be more aggressive in second debate vs. Romney, advisers say
Campaign advisers to President Barack Obama promised on Sunday he would be more aggressive and energetic on Tuesday in his second debate against Republican challenger Mitt Romney after a passive,...
Five UK marines charged with murder in Afghan death
LONDON — Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in Afghanistan last year, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Sunday. They are the first British troops to...
Inside pitch
KEY MOMENT Derek Jeter left the game in the top of the 12th when his left leg buckled as he tried to field Jhonny Peralta’s ground ball. Jeter had to...
Yankees rally, lose Jeter; drop Game 1 to Tigers
In five steps that appeared routine but weren’t, Derek Jeter went from Captain Clutch to Captain Gone and the Yankees’ chances of getting to the World Series likely evaporated into...
WATCH: Christina Applegate stars, VP debate parodied on 'SNL'
Christina Applegate brought memories and laughs to this weekend's installment of “Saturday Night Live,” leading the show to its most consistent episode so far this season. The “Up All Night”...
Yankees lose more than just a game as Jeter breaks ankle, ending season
For a moment, it felt like nobody could breathe, nobody could move. This baseball basilica, which shook with life and with energy barely an hour before, was suddenly, sullenly silent....
Falcons’ focus similar to Super Giants
When he gathered his 2012 Falcons together at training camp, coach Mike Smith delivered a message that will sound familiar around East Rutherford, N.J. “Our message was that we wanted...
Texans will expose O-line woes
Aaron Rodgers’ accuracy is good as ever, he has thrown for more than 1,300 yards in five games, and he ranks among the NFL leaders again in touchdown passes. So...
One miss, and you can get kicked to curb
I was on the phone with former Giants kicker Matt Bahr the other day and asked him what year he retired. After a pause, Bahr said, “Well, I think the...
Jeter breaks ankle, Yankees fall in 12 after miracle four-run comeback
In five steps that appeared routine but weren’t, Derek Jeter went from Captain Clutch to Captain Gone and the Yankees’ chances of getting to the World Series likely evaporated into...
Hurley bypasses job search to follow brother
Bob Hurley Jr. was being given an opportunity most assistant coaches dream of, handed the keys to his own Division I program. Only his dream -- at least his current...
Buttered up
Twenty minutes into the indie movie “Butter,” one of the main characters, played by “Modern Family” star Ty Burrell, is seen having wild, frantic sex with a stripper in the...
Square deals have Dorsey all aTwitter
There’s nothing Square about this company when it comes to the mobile-payment industry and its potential in a future $1 trillion marketplace. Square, the electronic-payment device maker and service founded...
Hey Jack, jobs nos. are worse
Jack Welch and headline writers across the country fixated on the wrong number when dealing with unemployment. The economy with all of the Ben Bernanke-led Fed stimulus and QEs only...
Ben’s gold touch
Ben Bernanke’s move in early July to begin a third round of quantitative easing, or so-called QE3, has done little for economic growth, according to latest figures, but it has...
No Nast(y) videos
Condé Nast lost an estimated 60 staffers this week, just days after The Post’s Keith J. Kelly wrote that budget cutbacks would be in the 5 percent range. Condé President...
Apple dims a Galaxy
In the three weeks since its introduction, Apple’s iPhone 5 has more Web traffic volume than Samsung’s Galaxy S III has had in its three months, according to data-analytics firm...
Playin’ chicken
Now it’s Wall Street’s big boys crying uncle, with reports of three hedge funds shutting their doors this week, including Octavian Advisors, with just under $1 billion under management. Wall...
Some MetroPCS phones unsafe: Congress
Some of Gotham’s cheapest 4G phones may be Manchurian candidates, said a House panel. MetroPCS, a no-contract wireless carrier servicing New York and other cities nationwide, offers a suite of...
Marts nix tooclose elections
Just over three weeks until election day, and the polls look about as tight as Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” maternity wardrobe. As it increasingly starts to look like the Romney/Ryan...
Health care: Who has to pay
Dear John: I am a registered nurse who has been working in a major trauma center in New York City for the past 20 years.I have a son who is...
Office yoga app
While you’ve surely heard that spending hours at your desk and staring at a computer is bad for your health, it can be hard to combat that when your job...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JAMIE DIMON JPMorgan CEO reports earnings up 34 percent; investors quit blubbering about London Whale trading. DAN HESSE Sprint CEO gets boost from Softbank’s investment interest, hopes the call...
Ahead of MoMA exhibit, scholar claims 'The Scream' has Nazi history
Already under fire by heirs who claim their art was stolen during the Nazi era, the Museum of Modern Art plans to display what one man claims is another painting...
New hope for shot Pak girl
A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban showed signs of improvement by moving her limbs yesterday, although she remains unconscious and on a ventilator, the military said....
Qns. bus mows down woman
A woman was killed in Queens last night when a Nassau County bus slammed into her, cops said. The unidentified victim was trying to cross Merrick Boulevard at around 7...
Historic ship in a land war
A Brooklyn couple says their plans for a Civil War battleship museum are being held hostage, but they refuse to abandon ship. Janice and George Weinmann have dreamed of building...
With Mike era ending, lobbyists wonder how to ‘succeed’
High anxiety is spreading among developers and lobbyists desperate to get their projects approved by City Hall before Mayor Bloomberg leaves office. The Bloomberg administration has more than a year...
IRS has 70K tax liens open against NY businesses
It’s a debtor state. The IRS has some 70,000 tax liens open against New York state businesses, ranging from $92.3 million owed by a company called Knatten Inc. in Manhattan...
Maine town on edge as court weighs naming johns in accused Zumba madam’s little black book
They’re the madam’s Maine squeezes — and they want privacy. The names of more than 100 johns at the center of a prostitution scandal gripping a quaint, seaside Maine town...
Drone got Israel-US spy pics
A drone plane transmitted live pictures of secret Israeli military bases back to Iran’s military, marking a rare breach of Israeli airspace and a new kind of arms race in...
E-book those refunds
CHICAGO — Kindle e-readers can expect to receive refunds on past e-book purchases and see future e-book prices drop — if a judge approves legal settlements with publishers accused of...
Harlem resurrection
They’ll be raising the roof in this Harlem holy house again. A developer finalized a deal last week to buy the long-shuttered St. Thomas the Apostle Church, and he plans...
Union Sq. nabe is stinkin’ mad over IHOP
She’s deaf in one ear — and still sick of the racket from IHOP. Union Square resident Rena Begleiter has endured a year of air-vent noise and bacon stink from...
LI youth baseball's mad-dad world of feuds, fists and psycho cellphone threats
It was supposed to be his moment of revenge. Robert Sanfilippo, 45, had been an enthusiastic parent, cheering for the Long Island Inferno, a youth-baseball league for 10-year-old boys —...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Two shoplifters exited an Upper West Side store with more than $3,000 worth of unpaid-for merchandise, authorities said. Joseph Melendez allegedly put the items in a bag at...
Near boat tragedy
Nearly two dozen people who were enjoying a bachelor party on what’s billed as San Francisco Bay’s only “floating wine-tasting room” are OK after their boat hit a shoal near...
Life for jail slay
A man was sentenced to life in prison in the jailhouse killing of a mobster who once testified on behalf of Mafia heir John “Junior” Gotti. Allen Archie Hurley was...
Red tape strangling city funeral aid
City to dead: Drop dead! The Bloomberg administration is using red tape to make it harder for groups to access taxpayer money intended to bury the dead with dignity, sources...
Package size changes mask product price increases
These incredibly shrinking products are putting a stealth squeeze on our already thin wallets. More companies are downsizing their packages — but many consumers don’t realize they’re getting the shaft...
Purrty gals like Tigers
Go get ’er, Tiger. The Yankees will likely tame Detroit in the playoffs — but they’re bombing at playing the field. Tiger ace Justin Verlander, 29, is dating Sports Illustrated...
Bombers tix left and right
Come on, Yankee fans. Step up to the plate! Thousands of tickets for yesterday’s American League Championship Series home opener against the Detroit Tigers were still available on StubHub hours...
Barclays Center to use wands instead of metal detectors from now on
The Barclays Center yesterday announced it's dropping its policy of using airport-style metal detectors at all events “for the foreseeable future” — shortly after The Post reported that the new...
Santa doesn’t smoke a pipe in PC rewrite of 'Twas the Night'
It’s a holiday classic Mayor Bloomberg would love. A sanitized version of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” edits out all references to Santa Claus’ pipe habit — and critics say...
Thief steals more than $50,000 worth of watches from Tourneau
This theft was well-timed. A brazen burglar made off with more than $50,000 worth of pricey watches in an overnight smash-and-grab at a fancy Manhattan jewelry store yesterday, police sources...
Politicians caught collecting Albany per diems when they're not there
In Albany, politicians can make money in their sleep. Claiming she spent a marathon 12 consecutive days in Albany on “legislative business,” Queens Assemblywoman Vivian Cook pocketed $171 for each...
‘Endorse’ reversal at DC 37
Endorsements? What endorsements?Days after the city’s largest public-employee union, DC 37, published its list of endorsements for the upcoming election, its leader bizarrely denied it had done anything of the...
Catholic agita over O show at Al Smith
President Obama and policy arch-nemesis Timothy Cardinal Dolan will share a meal and a podium this Thursday at the Waldorf — and some of the 1,000 dinner guests are hoping...
Ohio's undecided voters blame both parties for economic problems
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — Rev. Bob Montague, 58, is one of Ohio’s most sought-after residents these days: In an increasingly tight presidential race in this deciding state, he’s one of...
Toronto man’s family wants to thank Midtown good Samaritan who saved his life with CPR
New York City cares. That’s what Jason Kroft and his family learned when he suffered a heart attack on a Midtown sidewalk — and a good Samaritan suddenly appeared to...
4 more in NJ with meningitis
New Jersey health officials have linked four more fungal meningitis cases to a nationwide outbreak caused by a potentially tainted medication. The new cases announced yesterday bring the total in...
Ex was begging for her life in Bronx motel slay; suspect ID'd
A Long Island woman and her reggae-musician lover were shot dead in the parking lot of a Bronx motel early yesterday, cops and witnesses said. Blood-curdling screams woke guests at...
Car strikes Qns. ‘thief’
A shoplifting suspect being chased by a security guard ran onto busy Queens Boulevard, where he was struck by a car, police sources said.The man was spotted stealing merchandise at...
Dems finally go bonkers
After enduring three days of outlandish claims and grievances about American life at the Charlotte convention, I wrote that “something shocking is happening to the Democratic Party.” Five weeks later,...
What the heel?!
Outrageous footwear goes back a lot further than Carrie’s closet in “Sex and the City.” Royals in ancient Egypt, for example, wore sandals of pure gold. But in the past...
Curb your enthusiasm
Barack Obama 2008: Abraham Lincoln plus Martin Luther King Jr. times FDR. Barack Obama 2012: Larry David. Obama’s voting blocs have been telling pollsters they’ve curbed their enthusiasm. Prowl into...
Leave New York alone!
One issue went unmentioned during the debates so far: cities. Neither President Obama, Gov. Mitt Romney nor their running mates thought the nation’s urban population was worth a phrase. This...
CSI: Afterlife
“Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife” by Eben Alexander won’t be released until Oct. 23, but it is already No. 5 on Amazon’s bestseller list — right...
How i hooked the hook
Mary Quin stood before the red-brick mosque and waited for the man who nearly took her life. It was London, October 2000, and a group of young men guarded the...
Taliban savagery
So much for the urgent need to reach out to the Taliban — which itself reached out to violently silence a 14-year-old girl. And to silence her for the horrible...
Silver: more pain, please
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, fresh from conspiring with Gov. Cuomo to raise state taxes on “the rich,” now proposes to do the same for high-earning city residents. “People who can...
4 scary Dem facts
Here are four things the 2012 Democrats don’t want you to know. No. 1: Middle-class taxes are going up. Unless the US generates a lot more wealthy Americans — unless...
Naked stupidity
What better role model for troubled young women — actually all young people — than Tiffany Webb (“Educator Stripped of Job,” Oct. 7)? She turned her life around and became...
Last of the Top guns
Viper Pilot A Memoir of Air Combat by Dan Hampton William Morrow It’s the fifth day of the Second Gulf War, and things are already getting hairy for Air Force...
Required reading
Mrs Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn (Harper) Worn down by London fog, computers and post-Diana exhaustion, Queen Elizabeth II takes an incognito train ride to Scotland in historian...
In My Library Irvine Welsh
Rumors to the contrary, Irvine Welsh didn't write “Trainspotting” between breaks on his thesis. But it’s close: “I was doing an MBA at the time, and I kinda got into...
Adopt me!
Ryan is an adorable, orange and white, 7-month-old kitten with a sweet temperment. Meet him from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306 E....
Life of a 'late nite' legend
Chris Elliott’s new book, “The Guy Under the Sheets,” is a mostly fictional flight of fancy that’s fashioned as a memoir. It tells the tale of “Chris Elliott,” son of...
Grope therapy
Playing a polio survivor who’s paralyzed from the neck down in the new movie “The Sessions,” actor John Hawkes gives the kind of performance that is often described as raw,...
Muse ‘mad’ for Kate Husdon
No matter which way you slice it, the pros of being paired-up with someone like Kate Hudson are numerous. Getting to call one of the most beautiful ladies in Hollywood...
Jerry Stiller: My New York
The only thing more remarkable than Jerry Stiller’s career longevity is the longevity of his marriage. Stiller has been married to comedy partner Anne Meara for nearly 60 years. In...
Off The Hook
The city of Manchester, England, may have birthed New Order, but it was in the city of New York that the electronic pioneers took their first real steps as a...
Spacey Spassky
Bobby Fischer’s final years — which included being jailed in Japan and self-exiled to Iceland — are almost as bizarre as what’s been happening to his famous 1972 match rival...
Bridge
“is that Minnie’s sister?” Cy the Cynic asked me before a club duplicate. “Lotta’s here visiting.”“I’m doomed,” Cy said gloomily. “She plays like Minnie, only more so.”Minnie Bottoms wears old...
On his majesty's secret agent
Some Bonds are bigger than others. Roger Moore is one of them. While some deride him for playing up the camp elements of the British super-spy, Moore nonetheless remains the...
Crazy sexy cat lady
Actress Gina Gershon is known for many things: her memorable turns in everything from “Face/Off” to “Showgirls” to “How To Make It in America,” her irresistible smirking pout, even her...
Eli is too tough to rough up
SAN FRANCISCO — The 49ers kept coming at Eli Manning, the last quarterback standing between them and the Super Bowl. They kept beating him up and knocking him down, and...
Big Blue aim to cool red-hot San Fran in rematch
SAN FRANCISCO — Here we are again, the Giants on the road for a game they cannot win. Or probably cannot win. Or might not win. Or won’t lose. It...
Colts right team at right time for Sanchez, Jets to shine
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez enters today’s game with the Colts knowing there is one easy way to quiet the talk about his job security, Tim Tebow and every other negative...
’Hawks will cover at home vs. Pats
Today SEAHAWKS (+3 1/2) over Patriots: At worst, this looms as match of the Patriots receivers against Seahawks secondary. Don’t sell those defenders short. CenturyLink Field is a hellish place...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICODave BlezowHondoSteelers 5 1/2 (43) TITANS (Steelers, 26-23)Steelers (L)Steelers (L) ★ Steelers (L)Steelers (L)Titans (W)Titans (W)Steelers (L)Steelers (L)Steelers (L)Steelers (L)Titans (W)JETS 3 1/2 (43) Colts (Sun., 1:00, CBS) ★...
Even hero Ibanez can’t save Yankees from loss of Jeter
Think about the 74 minutes between Everest and hell for the Yankees. Between when Raul Ibanez’s drive went up at 11:34 p.m. last night and Derek Jeter went down at...
Tigers to 'discuss' closer's role after Valverde bombs again
After giving one of the worst relief efforts in years in Game 4 of the ALDS, Tigers closer Jose Valverde came in last night of Game 1 of the ALCS...
New playoff format looks a lot like regular season
The consolidated postseason schedule generally is being lambasted, so, of course, put me down as someone who loves it. Here is why: Because this postseason — of all things —...
Leyland not complaining about last-minute scheduling
The Tigers could have stayed home. Or they could have come to New York, which as it turned out, is exactly what they did. And though they were prepared for...
Backup welcomes role as Jeter fill-in
When Derek Jeter collapsed onto the infield dirt early this morning, stunning a Yankee Stadium crowd, Jayson Nix took the most pragmatic approach in the whole joint. Which is what...
Only ‘lift’ Yankees' A-Rod gets is for a pinch-hitter — again
Joe Girardi, in a futile attempt to take some pressure off Alex Rodriguez, hit him sixth in the lineup last night. The plan to shield the third baseman was thwarted...
Tigers' Anibal is ready to roar
Anibal Sanchez admitted being traded to the Tigers from the Marlins in July made him as comfortable being the guy in the middle seat between two offensive linemen flying from...
Hiroki to pitch on short rest for Yankees
The Yankees are following more rest with unprecedented short rest when it comes to Hiroki Kuroda. After giving Kuroda two extra days of rest prior to his Game 3 start...
Season over for Yankees' Jeter
At one point in the Yankees’ postgame clubhouse, trainer Steve Donohue came to Derek Jeter’s absent locker. Donohue grabbed Jeter’s sneakers and some other items and headed out of the...
Most painful loss for Bombers is Jeter
A hundred times — a thousand times — he had limped into a clubhouse, or a training room, or a dugout, nursing a sprain or a strain, hiding a bruise,...
A very costly ‘Swish’ miss for Yankees
Nick Swisher showed he’s not just capable of looking bad at the plate in the playoffs, as his misplay in right field led to the winning run in the Yankees’...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Stabbing at ‘Cuse Syracuse University ended its annual “Orange Madness” event at the Carrier Dome 30 minutes early on Friday night after a man was stabbed. Police said the...
Sparano: Jets glass half-full
The Jets offense has not provided many bright spots this season, but offensive coordinator Tony Sparano said he believes the team’s pass protection has been one of them. The Jets...
Ex-Yankee Kelly hit in head by ball
Giants first base coach Roberto Kelly sustained a concussion yesterday after getting hit in the back of the head when Buster Posey’s ball struck him while he was standing near...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $20,000; clm($5,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 African Knight(L),122 P Requena 8-10-2 Chacon 15-1 2...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-1 mile; $10,500; cl($12,50); 3,4&5YO5-Starship Godiva2-14-Lady Moss 12-11-MysticlMryM.10-16-Lady Myrka 3-12-Crystal Glitter 4-17-Eddie's Lady 4-13-Her Private Life8-1SECOND-1m(T); $32,000; mdn; 2YO(f)8-CpdsMessenge9-57-Stars Collide 5-11-Beer Goggles 6-19-Diamond Maker2-12-Iwlneversyneve8-110-Myssterjsephe4-13-Sweetly Put 8-111-Suesteps 5-14-Hoochie Koo 12-112-My Curlina...
Belmont Charts
October 13th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Good©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $31,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3upOff: 12:51. Good. rated ins to 1/4,clearTime: 23.86, 48.14, 1:12.85, 1:38.47, 1:45.13.Trainer: Alan GoldbergWinner: GR/RO...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1m(T); $20,000; cl($16,000); 3up 8 Judg Wll (Espnoz) 16.60 8.80 6.20 10 Professor Plmr (Curtolo) 35.40 17.40 1 Open Outcry (Santiago) 4.80 Scr: King's Coronation.. Henry, Departures, Fagedaboudit Sal, Themanmythnlegend,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 14MONOct. 15TUEOct. 16WEDOct. 17THUOct. 18 FRIOct. 19SATOct. 20YankeesDetroit4:07TBSWCBS 880 AMESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEDet.8:07TBSWCBSESPNDet.8:07TBSWCBSESPN$Det.4:07TBSWCBSESPNNOGAME$Det.8:07TBSWCBSESPNRed BullsNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEK.C.7:00MSGWPATKnicksNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME&Tor.7:00MSG2&Bos,7:30MSGNetsNOGAME&Wash.7:30YES&Bos.7:30No TVNOGAME&Bos.8:00TNT&Phi.7:30YESNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Hondo gets two
Hondo, who collected with Alabama and Rutgers yesterday, was closing in on a tri-sweep but the Yanks' mojo ran dry so the debt dropped only slightly to 1,255 tiants. Today,...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball4 p.m.ALCS, Game 2: Tigers at Yankees TBS,WCBS (880 AM), ESPN (98.7 FM)8 p.m.NLCS, Game 1: Cardinals at Giants FOX,ESPN (98.7 FM)Basketball2 p.m.Preseason: Spurs at Rockets NBATV8 p.m.WNBA Finals:Indiana at...
Nats fans latest to feel the pain
You never forget the first time you get your heart busted open by a team. Ever. A friend was walking through the hallways of a mall in northern Virginia yesterday...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogJETS33 1/2(43 1/2)Colts49ERS5 1/26 1/2(45 1/2)GiantsBengals32 1/2(43)BROWNSBUCCANEERS3 1/24(40 1/2)ChiefsFALCONS9 1/29(48 1/2)RaidersRAVENS43 1/2(44 1/2)CowboysEAGLES6 1/23 1/2(47 1/2)LionsDOLPHINS34 1/2(38)RamsPatriots43 1/2(43 1/2)SEAHAWKSCARDINALS54(43 1/2)BillsREDSKINSOFFOFF(OFF)VikingsTEXANS43 1/2(47 1/2)PackersTomorrowCHARGERS3Pick(49)BroncosHome team in CAPS
Making the right moves
* The leadership of the Yankees is second to none. General manager Brian Cashman made all the right moves in the offseason and refused to panic and make a bad...
Owners own lockout
So The owners and the owners’ commissioner are nearly a month into the lockout — one they designed and implemented in a naked power play to force the players to...
Celtics see ‘older’ Knicks as Atlantic Division threat
HARTFORD — The Knicks are now older than the Celtics but have they gotten better? Before the Knicks look to dethrone the defending champion Heat, they want to dethrone the...
Knicks' Amar’e rests up bad knee
HARTFORD — Amar’e Stoudemire missed his second straight preseason game last night with a bruised left knee and didn’t even make the bus trip. J.R. Smith, meanwhile, joined the wounded...
Nets' Teletovic a little off the mark in his NBA debut
Every player on a team has a role. For some, it’s to be the primary scorer or distributor. For others, it’s to rebound or defend. But Mirza Teletovic’s role with...
Brooklyn solid OT win in preseason opener
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Nets took the floor for the first time this preseason last night with a roster full of players who have spent just a short time...
TBS fails to follow Rodriguez saga
It Figured. For all the dugout shots, all the unwarranted examinations of every play, every pitch and every swing spoken from a three-man booth, for all the clutter, the gizmos...
Giants' Williams hopes history repeats itself
SAN FRANCISCO — Jacquian Williams says he is not quite sure how he will feel walking onto the field today at Candlestick Park, site of his game-changing play in last...
Cardinals' Beltran sees Giant reversal of fortune
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s not the Mets, but Carlos Beltran certainly will enjoy this opportunity to face a former employer when the Cardinals square off with the Giants in the...
Boone well versed in playoff miracles
SAN FRANCISCO — Do you believe in miracles? These MLB playoffs do. Just ask the defending champion Cardinals, who again refused to die, coming back from a six-run deficit and...
Tigers' Delmon puts hurt on Yankees
Delmon Young tortured the Yankees last year, with three solo home runs, including a first-inning shot in Game 5 of the ALDS. Young continued his act last night — and...
No rest for weary Yankees
The one-time playoff schedule wasn’t perfect from the day it was invented, and as it turned out the Yankees, who had the best record in the AL, suffered from it...
Mark can’t afford to get outplayed by rookie
Earlier this week, Jets coach Rex Ryan seemed taken aback by all the fuss made after he said Mark Sanchez would be the starter “this week” against the Colts at...
The Rumble
NBA vet teams up with L.I. pal for MSG’s Knicks coverage Long Island’s Wally Szczerbiak never got the chance to don a Knicks uniform during his 12-year NBA career, despite...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... NaVorro Bowman
Post columnist Steve Serby tracked down 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman for a Q&A before today’s showdown with the Giants. Q: Are the 49ers seeking payback today against the Giants? A:...
'Anarchy' drafts McHale
When “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter approached Joel McHale about playing a con man named Warren for a two-episode stint beginning Tuesday night, McHale’s demands were modest. “He asked...
Back from the 'Dead'
With zombies taking over the earth in “The Walking Dead,” ghosts scaring everyone on “American Horror Story” and all sorts of supernatural creatures doing who knows what on “True Blood,”...
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Terror begins at ‘Home’ Fresh from her adventures in Beirut, a restless Carrie (Claire Danes) prepares for what she hopes will be a triumphant return to the CIA. Meanwhile, Brody...
Minaj bound by rappers’ code on ‘Idol’
It might make a good, single-panel newspaper or magazine cartoon: The outside of a large auditorium is depicted. Two long lines of humans form at the two-door entrance. One line...
Reel good
ROSEMARY'S BABY, 1968 Wednesday, 9 a.m., AMC One of the most terrifying movies of all time is this thought-provoking Roman Polanski movie from Ira Levin’s novel. Rosemary (Mia Farrow), a...
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY AND MICHAEL 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Cynthia Nixon; Max Greenfield. Tuesday: Gavin DeGraw. Wednesday: Jason Aldean. Thursday: Shaquille O’Neal; Isaac Mizrahi. Friday: Whitney Cummings; Brandy. THE VIEW 11...
Got proof?
New Yorkers like options: Subway or taxi. Farmer’s Market or Whole Foods. Madison Square Garden or Mercury Lounge. These days, even bartenders are catering to our every desire by mixing...
Meet Market: Brooklyn cyclist seeks joy ride with adventurous dude
* Wheel deal Amber is happiest when she’s riding her bike, which she does all the time. “I commute to work by bike pretty much every day,” she says. *...
Top 5: Worst ways to reel in a crush before last call
“Look at your watch and say, ‘Hey, it’s makeout-o’-clock.’ ” Leila “Say, ‘The bar’s closing, which means my love den is open for business.’ ” Travis “Invite them over and...
This week's couple: Dating doughs
IS there really no such thing as bad pizza? We brought together two strangers to find out. With the hope of cooking up amore between 26-year-old Tony, a law enforcement...
Site for sore subtexts
Think you have problems because men text you nothing more than “hey. . . ?” No, you don’t, no matter what Lena Dunham and the first season of “Girls” suggests....
Weird but true
Tennessee cops busted a couple for allegedly cooking drugs at a Motel 8 in Caryville after other guests complained of smelling noxious fumes. The guy answered the knock of officers,...
OU runs wild over Texas in Red River rout
Damien Williams broke off a 95-yard touchdown run for the longest rush in Red River Rivalry history, Blake Bell powered his way in for four TDs and No. 13 Oklahoma...
Notre Dame stand stops Stanford in OT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — In what is becoming a more and more improbable season, the moment had arrived when Notre Dame was to be tested, when the opponent was just...
Rutgers (6-0) sends Syracuse off with big defeat
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — One of the East Coast’s oldest rivalries ended yesterday, with Rutgers playing its last scheduled game against Syracuse. The Orange are bolting the beleaguered Big East for...
Rally leads Temple over Connecticut
Brandon McManus kicked a 29-yard field goal in overtime and Temple, which trailed for over 59 minutes, came from behind to beat Connecticut 17-14 yesterday in East Hartford, Conn.Boston College...
Getting tipsy: 22 saved when wine-tasting boat sinks in San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly two dozen people who were enjoying a bachelor party on what's billed as San Francisco Bay's only "floating wine tasting room" are OK after their boat...
Notre Dame squeaks by Stanford in overtime
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — TJ Jones made a reaching 7-yard touchdown catch in overtime and No. 7 Notre Dame stopped Stanford inches from the goal line to beat the 17th-ranked...
Ex-Mets closer K-Rod arrested for alleged domestic violence
TOWN OF WALES, Wis. — A prosecutor says Milwaukee Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez was arrested last month on a domestic violence complaint involving his girlfriend. Waukesha County District Attorney Brad...