April 13, 2013
Right-hander loses no-hitter in seventh, still leads Mets over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — Matt Harvey captivates an audience each time he pitches for the Mets, but Saturday took it to another level. With two outs in the seventh inning on a...
Hughes disappoints again in Yankees' loss to Orioles
Phil Hughes picked up right where he left off a year ago. The right-hander surrendered three home runs in the Yankees’ 5-3 loss to Baltimore Saturday in a start even...
UFC's Mir regrets breaking Nogueira's arm (video)
Frank Mir wishes he never broke Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s arm. The former UFC heavyweight champion calls the submission victory in December 2011 one of the highlights of his career and...
Look, up in the sky: Northern lights could be seen over New York tonight
New Yorkers might get a ticket to a stellar show tonight, seen on the world's biggest screen. A solar flare could mean the northern lights make a rare appearance over...
Guards clash with prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
MIAMI — Guards clashed Saturday with prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison as the military sought to move hunger strikers out of a communal section of the detention center on...
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: Players favor Rutgers assistants
Rutgers’ immediate future isn’t at bleak as it may seem — assuming the Scarlet Knights retain men’s basketball assistant coaches David Cox and Van Macon.The program’s current core, featuring sophomores...
Russia bans 18 Americans from entering country, including Dick Cheney's former chief of staff
MOSCOW — Russia on Saturday banned 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations. The list released by...
Jets hoping to trade late-round pick for Saints RB Ivory
The Jets are circling backup Saints running back Chris Ivory in hopes of bargaining for the restricted free agent, sources confirmed today.Ivory, a 6-foot, 222-pound power back struggling to find...
Pope Francis names eight cardinals to advise on governing, reform
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month...
UFC lightweight champion Henderson: 'I hate' cutting to 155 pounds
The UFC lightweight championship belt may be getting a bit too tight for Benson Henderson these days. Entering his third title defense next Saturday against former Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez,...
Barge carrying crane partially sinks off Coney Island
Fire and police officers were ready to pump water from a construction barge sinking off Coney Island today. The barge, which is carrying a big construction crane, is being used...
Lakers' Kobe vents on Facebook about injury: 'Why the hell did this happen?'
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant has taken to Facebook to vent about the Achilles tendon injury that likely ended his season. He writes that the "frustration is unbearable" but the...
PSY says he hopes North Koreans enjoy his new single
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rapper PSY says he hopes North Koreans will enjoy his new single even as tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula. PSY released his...
Woods stays in contention despite penalty; Snedeker, Day tied for lead at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods dropped two strokes at the Masters before he even hit a shot Saturday, and he still has a chance to wear another green jacket. Woods...
Raging Bronx fire leaves five people, including a child, seriously injured
A raging fire caused terror in a Bronx apartment building this morning, trapping residents and injuring 26 people, authorities and witnesses said. The three-alarm blaze kicked up around 7:40 a.m....
WATCH: Mother of Newtown shooting victim fights back tears as she pleads for gun control
WASHINGTON — The mother of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shooting used the opportunity to fill in for President Barack Obama during the weekly radio and Internet...
US and China commit to process to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons
BEIJING — The United States and China committed Saturday to a process aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons, with the Obama administration gaining at least the rhetorical...
45 people hurt after plane crashes into ocean in Bali
BALI, Indonesia — All 108 passengers and crew survived after a new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the...
Business briefs
Pay delayA federal bankruptcy judge has temporarily blocked a proposed $20 million severance payment for American Airlines CEO Tom Horton.Raking it inGoldman’s board awarded CEO Lloyd Blankfein a 75 percent...
Malone: Split sports nets from cable lineup
It’s time to break up the bundle. Cable pioneer John Malone warned yesterday that the runaway cost of sports programming poses a threat to the pay-TV industry. Malone, who recently...
Herald Sq. heist: Penney knocks off Macy’s with its Martha deal
JCPenney is getting away with its risky bet to manufacture a slew of Martha Stewart home goods despite a lawsuit from Macy’s — for the moment, at least. A New...
Rotting BlackBerry
Blackberry is in the bargain bin. Retailers are turning to steep discounts on the newest Blackberry Z10 smartphone in an effort to move millions stockpiled on store shelves. Analysts said...
Netflix chief friending SEC social media rules
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted quarterly viewer data on Facebook a day after announcing he’d take advantage of new rules allowing material information to be disclosed via social media. “Over...
$62M for CBS CEO Moonves
CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves received $62.2 million in total compensation in 2012, a drop of 11 percent that still left him among the highest paid executives in...
Herbalife’s buyout hopes dim
Investors betting on an Herbalife buyout shouldn’t hold their breath. DA Davidson analyst Tim Ramey said a potential purchase of the controversial maker of protein shakes is “much more difficult”...
Banking big in plea deal
Former top investment banker Kareem Serageldin, the highest-ranking executive to be charged for crimes tied to the mortgage meltdown, pleaded guilty yesterday to inflating the value of toxic mortgage assets....
JPM, Wells profit on cuts
JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, the most profitable US banks, relied on cost cuts and smaller loan-loss reserves to generate record income in the first quarter as lending was less...
BofA’s ‘kickback’ in the pants
Bank of America Corp. must face claims by homeowners that it took kickbacks from private insurers, a judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge Berle Schiller in Philadelphia denied the bank’s request...
Monday’s moanday for porn
That’s one cure for the Monday blues. From New York to Reykjavik, people watch more porn on Monday than on any other day of the week, according to statistics compiled...
Head of CUNY is resigning
Matthew Goldstein, who set the City University of New York on the road to an academic renaissance, announced yesterday he plans to step down as chancellor this summer.He became chancellor...
Kosher rat food
These eats are definitely not kosher. The feds seized more than $1 million worth of food from a New York manufacturer of popular kosher jellies and puddings after finding a...
Transit vet to head MTA
City bus and subway boss Thomas Prendergast is being promoted to run the entire MTA, Gov. Cuomo announced yesterday in a move cheered by transit advocates.Prendergast, president of NYC Transit...
'Wrong man' in 1975 slay enjoys first day of freedom in 38 years
A Bronx man who spent nearly four decades in jail for a child murder he may have never committed spent his first day of freedom catching up on technology and...
Pro-biz Mike blasts council bid for credit-check ban
Another bill aimed at restricting the hiring practices of businesses here makes Mayor Bloomberg wonder why anyone would want to open a business in New York City.The mayor took a...
Weekend subways a rail mess
It’ll be a weekend of subway hell in New York as construction work jams up train travel all over the city. Only three lines will run normally — the D,...
‘Affair’ dad hits Halloran
Disgraced City Councilman Dan Halloran preyed upon the “naive” staffer with whom he carried on a yearlong affair — and should rot in jail, the woman’s father told The Post...
Low times for pot-push editor
A former writer at High Times magazine has been laid low by the feds. Matthew Woodstock Stang faces up to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in a massive...
Qns. building roof cave-in
A Queens building with a host of code violations partially collapsed last night, authorities said.The roof of the vacant two-story structure at Jamaica Avenue and 79th Street in Woodhaven caved...
Lived to make us laugh
LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comic whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio...
Taxpayers must keep paying for Gov. Cuomo's helicopter commute: state ethics board
Taxpayers must keep picking up the tab for Gov. Cuomo’s helicopter commute to and from his Westchester County home, the state ethics board said yesterday. Each flight to Albany costs...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Cops are hunting a man (police sketch above) wanted in three rapes — including that of a 15-year-old girl, authorities said yesterday. The fiend first struck on April...
School wait-list woe for 2,300 ‘K’ kids
More than 2,300 children at 105 public elementary schools were put on kindergarten wait lists for the coming school year — including at persistently popular and overcrowded schools in TriBeCa...
$2.6M OT byte out of education budget
The city Department of Education has been forced to shell out millions of dollars to pay teachers for overtime unintentionally created when they were put on a slow and faulty...
Jersey boy wonder a new top DOE exec
Dudes, I’m the new COO! City education officials yesterday appointed a fresh-faced 27-year-old — who graduated from college just in 2007 — as the chief operating officer of the nation’s...
Out of coma, off to concert
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The first words of a 79-year-old Michigan woman as she emerged from a five-year semi-coma were, “I want to go to a Bob Seger concert.” And...
Hello! A $15M iPhone
And you thought iPhone prices were dropping? Photos recently surfaced of a $15 million version of the iPhone 5, with a 24-carat gold chassis and hundreds of gems including a...
$53M Apple refund on the line
Apple has agreed to shell out $53 million to iPhone and iPod owners who were turned down when they asked for replacements for devices that were wrongly labeled as “water...
Drug-gang busts
Forty-one members of two Manhattan street gangs — one of which delivered its coke via car services — have been indicted on drug-trafficking charges, authorities said yesterday. Thirty-three are with...
UFT won’t endorse ‘class clown’ Weiner
Anthony Weiner shouldn’t count on a mayoral endorsement from the city’s powerful teachers union. The shamed former congressman’s possible mayoral bid was treated “as a joke” by United Federation of...
Violent crime spiking in wealthy Manhattan neighborhoods
Some of Manhattan’s wealthiest neighborhoods are exploding in a wave of violent crime that hearkens back to the bad old days when people feared going out at night, according to...
JFK passenger detained after talking about 'bomb' sandwich
His lunch was “the bomb.” Airport officials detained a traveler who mentioned an explosive device at JFK — only to discover he was actually talking about food referred to as...
Palestine rally boots unjust
Four Jewish students kicked out of an anti-Israel forum at Brooklyn College in February were wrongly removed — but it wasn’t because of their religion, according to an independent investigation...
Cheese seller pepper-jacked
A gunman snatched $300 from a cheesemonger, then cuffed him and his son to a forklift and sped off with his car, leaving the pair stranded in a Williamsburg factory...
Billionaire Bill Koch wins $12 million from wine maven who sold him bogus Bordeaux
Billionaire wine lover Bill Koch uncorked a major courtroom victory yesterday — draining $12 million in punitive damages from a fellow oenophile who sold him 24 bottles of bogus Bordeaux....
182G in Fat Cats donations
That’s a lot of green apples! Billionaire supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis has pumped more than $182,000 into the city’s county Republican committees — and now has three of the five...
70% back immig reform
WASHINGTON — Nearly seven in 10 Americans favor legislation that lets immigrants become permanent residents, according to a new poll.And nearly as many people — a 65 percent majority —...
OK, kid, back off!
Now he’s threatening Japan. North Korea and its erratic leader, Kim Jong Un, yesterday vowed the strongest US ally in Asia would be “consumed in nuclear flames” if the weeks-old...
Newtown mom plea
WASHINGTON — President Obama today ratchets up pressure on Congress for new gun laws by turning over his weekly radio address to Newtown mom Francine Wheeler, who lost her 6-year-old...
O’s 18.4% fed tax
WASHINGTON — President Obama earned $608,611 in income last year and paid $112,214 in total taxes — for a federal tax rate of 18.4 percent, according to a release of...
Teen-beating bust
A teenager who allegedly brutally beat a girl in Queens was busted last night, law enforcement sources said.Omer Khogali, 17, of Astoria was in custody in the 114th Precinct and...
Brazen bling sting
An armed gang of at least four masked robbers cleaned out a Connecticut jewelry store and made off with more than $4 million in bling after kidnapping the store manager...
First woman to have successful uterus transplant is pregnant
A Turkish woman who was the first person ever to receive a successful uterus transplant is now hoping to be a miracle mom — she’s pregnant. Derya Sert, 22, was...
Billy Joel hires Paul McCartney's detective to foil daughter’s stalker
A cyberstalker barraged Billy Joel’s daughter with Facebook messages that were so terrifying that the Piano Man hired pal Paul McCartney’s best private eye to hunt the creep down. Sheryl...
‘Robber’ Wagner grid stars sacked
Two players on the Wagner College football team were busted for allegedly swiping jewelry, a video game and a pair of piggy banks from dorm rooms during spring break, cops...
Trump’s hot under collar
It was “The Apprentice: Courtroom Edition.” Donald Trump took the witness stand yesterday to slap down allegations that he stiffed a licensing firm in the launch of his clothing line,...
Hamptons socialite allegedly stabbed life coach with a fork
This New York socialite apparently has a thing against hired help. Joselyn Wohl, 33, allegedly stabbed her life coach with a fork — just six months after she was arrested...
Birthday hobo ‘run over’ by subway – and lives
A troubled 26-year-old Queens man got the gift of life on his birthday — he miraculously survived being run over by a subway train, his family and authorities said.Alexander Flefleh...
‘Drug kingpin’ on way to NY
A South American alleged drug kingpin is facing extradition to New York after getting busted in connection with millions of dollars worth of heroin found hidden in a shipment of...
Midtown bank rob
Cops are on the lookout for a brazen crook who robbed a Midtown bank yesterday morning, authorities said. The man walked into a Sovereign Bank at 711 Third Ave. in...
Vid alibi bid in slayings
The Staten Island man accused of killing three Brooklyn shopkeepers shouted in court yesterday that subway-surveillance video will prove his innocence. “It is impossible I was present at the time...
Bitter taste of tax hike
WASHINGTON — President Obama wants to tax your blueberry vodka.The administration’s new budget proposes to scrap a provision in current law that taxes flavored alcohol less than pure spirits.The change...
Shadowing Kim
A very pregnant, very protected Kim Kardashian showed up — but Kris Humphries didn’t. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star arrived under heavy security for a pretrial settlement conference...
Genuine conversations on race
Are Brad Paisley and Rand Paul the bravest men in America? Er, no. At least not by my lights. But the country singer and the senator are contenders for that...
Anthony & Malcolm
Sunday’s New York Times magazine features an interview with disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, which Weiner granted in a bid to gauge if the public is ready to accept him...
Great exploitations: Obama’s Newtown props
The Issue: Whether President Obama should have parents of Newtown victims at gun-control talks. *** Jacob Sullum’s “Abusing Dead Children” (PostOpinion, April 10) made an excellent point about how the...
Food fight over letter grades
The Issue: Whether the city Health Department’s rules and grading system for restaurants is effective. *** “A Misbegotten War on Restaurants” (Steve Cuozzo, PostOpinion, April 9) missed the key purpose...
Frost on the Arab spring
Let’s hope tomorrow won’t bring a repeat of the ugly attack on Egypt’s national cathedral. That happened this week, when Christians leaving a funeral service at Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral...
‘A shepherd in combat boots’
America traditionally bestows the Medal of Honor on those who display uncommon valor on the battlefield. But sometimes heroism doesn’t use a weapon. Which is why President Obama this week...
You’ve got mail
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the US Postal Service will lose about $1,500. It loses an absurd $17,361 a minute — or $25 million a...
Inside the wage gap
Fifty years after the passage of civil rights laws outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex, blacks, Hispanics and women still earn less than white men. In many circles,...
Our President’s charmless budget
President Obama’s latest budget proposal makes a good predicate for a grand bargain — between the White House and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Granted, the White House envisions a higher...
Spa Week deals for $50
Exhale Spa Five mind-and-body classes; choose from core fusion, cycling and yoga, normally $170 Individually tailored facial peel, normally $195 Mani-pedi with nail therapy and foot scrub exfoliation, normally $85...
Beauty perks with quirks
Getting pampered during Spa Week (spaweek.com), which begins Monday and runs through April 21, won’t break the bank. Treatments at participating salons are an affordable $50. Try one of these...
Chelsea's hottest hotspots!
Get out of the cafe! Thanks to free outdoor Wi-Fi in Chelsea, now you’ll never have to settle for coffee — and fight over a table or an electrical outlet...
Kid stuff
Today SWEET PEAS: As regulars on Nick Jr. and the winners of several Parents’ Choice awards, you really can’t go wrong with a Hot Peas ’N Butter show. Expect a...
Recruits & players favor Rutgers assistant
Rutgers’ immediate future isn’t at bleak as it may seem — assuming the Scarlet Knights retain men’s basketball assistant coaches David Cox and Van Macon. The program’s current core, featuring...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
Jenny Wiley Keeneland, ninth race. Grade 1. Purse: $300,000. 1 1/16 miles, turf, fillies and mares. Post: 5:05 p.m. LOWDOWN: In her first start since November, Centre Court was favored...
Triple play of a lifetime for jubilant Yankees
This was just your everyday, run-of-the-mill 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 triple play. “That was not quite how you draw it up,” Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay said with a straight face. “That’s nothing...
Aussie leads as Augusta bites back in 2nd round
AUGUSTA, Ga. — After a postcard-perfect opening-round Thursday had players sashaying around the venerable course as if they were strolling around a park without a worry in the world, the...
Bullying teenager reflects poorly on Masters officials
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tianlang Guan isn’t the fastest player on a golf course. That was evident in his opening round Thursday when he took his time gauging the elements, selecting...
Even at 53, veteran trying to make it a Couples’ weekend
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Couples has been here before, and he’s thinking the same things you are. Can he do it at age 53? And, how cool would that be?...
Guan, 14, makes cut despite 1-stroke penalty for slow play
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters second round was marred yesterday by a controversial one-stroke penalty assessed to 14-year-old Chinese player Tianlang Guan, who has been a star of the week....
No kid gloves
Tianlang Guan, a 14-year-old Chinese golfer and youngest competitor to ever play in the Masters, was assessed a one-stroke penalty for slow play in yesterday’s second round. Here’s a glance...
Sports Shorts
HOOPS: Kobe likely out for season In Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant scored 34 points while playing much of the second half in obvious pain from his injured left leg, and...
Ragged back nine leaves Phil in hole
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson has plenty of ground to make up today if he is going to get himself into contention to capture his fourth Masters. Mickelson struggled Friday...
Tebow excited for Jets workouts
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow plans to report for offseason workouts Monday with a “great attitude.” Speaking at his annual charity event in his hometown...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4upJACOBSON ENTRY Our Entourage plunges into 12.5G claimer for first start since running in three...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 First Penny(L),118P Fragoso3-5-7Sciacca10-12 Smarty Bull(L),111M Franco3-3-4Servis3-13 Silver OverGold(L),118C Hill5-7-9Matties12-14 Jungle Juice(L),118J Ortiz3-4-4Galluscio7-25 Skiddles n' Bob(L),113K...
Aqueduct Charts
April 12th, 2013Raining and Sloppy©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $36,000; clm($30,000); 3upOff: 12:50. Good. off ins,bid 1/4,drvngTime: 23.37, 47.17, 59.19, 1:12.25.Trainer: Gary GulloWinner: B G, 4, by First Samurai-Pleasant...
Bill Smith at Yonkers Graded Entries
Best Bet: Something For Doc (9th)FIRST: Mile pace; $20,000; cond3 P H Jackpot(GBrennan)2-3-23-15 Lightning Strike(BSears)6-2-54-17 Forest Vic A(SSmith)6-3-25-11 Southwind Tabor(JBartlett)4-2-15-12 Our Crown Law N(TTetrick)3-5-16-14 Four Trumps A(LStalbaum)7-3-810-16 Lightning Raider N(SVallee)5-7-56-1SECOND:...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Four Starz Twins (12th)FIRST: Mile pace; $18,000; Hudson River3 Domethatagain(CCallahan)1-4-15-22 Ideal Champ(DMiller)5-1-15-15 BakinOnTheBech(JCmpbell)2-4-39-21 A I'm The PiedPiper(Pierce)3-3-44-11 Take It Back Terry(SAllard)2-2-34-14 RelentlessDremer(McDnld)4-9-1020-16 Long Live Rock(PBerry)4-3-115-17...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 13SUNApr. 14MONApr. 15TUEApr. 16WEDApr. 17THUApr. 18FRIApr. 19YankeesBaltimore4:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMBal.8:05ESPNWCBSNOGAMEAri.7:05YESWCBSAri.7:05WWORWCBSAri.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSMetsMinnesota4:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMMin.2:10SNYWFANCol.8:40SNYWFANCol.8:40SNYWFANCol.8:40SNYWFANCol.3:10SNYWFANWas.7:10SNYWFANKnicksNOGAMEInd.3:30MSGESPNCha.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEAtl.8:00MSGESPNEndofreg.seasonEndofreg.seasonNetsNOGAMETor.3:30YESWBBRWas.7:30YESWBBRNOGAMEDet.8:00YESWBBREndofreg.seasonEndofreg.seasonRangersIslanders7:00MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMENOGAMEPhi.7:30NBCSNESPNNO GAMEFla.7:00MSGESPNBuf.7:00MSGESPNIslandersRangers7:00MSG PlusWRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMENOGAMEFla.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMETor.7:00MSG+2WRHUNO GAMEDevilsNOGAMENOGAMETor.7:00MSG+WNYMNO GAMENOGAMEPhi.7:30NBCSNWFANNO GAMERed BullsD.C. United7:00MSG Plus 2NOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEK.C.7:30MSG+NOGAMENO...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogMAGIC3 1/2CelticsBucks5 1/2BOBCATSGRIZZLIES3 1/2ClippersT’WOLVES7 1/2SunsNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogISLANDERS-105-115RangersCanucks$145-165AVALANCHESABRES$100-120FlyersBruins$155-175HURRICANESMAPLE LEAFS$100-120CanadiensCAPITALS$150-170LightningPenguins$170-200PANTHERSWILD$135-155B. JacketsSharks$130-150STARSOILERS$170-200FlamesKINGS$125-145 Ducks Home team in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing7 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: NRA 500 FOX2:30 a.m. (Sun.)Formula One Racing: Grand Prix of China NBCSNBaseball1 p.m.Rays at Red Sox FOX1 p.m.Braves at Nationals ESPN 98.7 FM4 p.m.Mets at...
Giant setback for Hondo
It was a rough day for Sergios. First Garcia shot 76 at Augusta yesterday, then Romo failed miserably in the ninth inning at Wrigley, costing Hondo’s Giants a victory and...
Ennis goes from Canada to N.J. to Jordan game
Tonight’s Jordan Brand Classic is a nationally televised showcase, meant to display the talents of the nation’s top 24 high school basketball players. For St. Benedict’s Prep’s Tyler Ennis, the...
Back spasms KO Pettitte's next Yankees start
The Yankees had been on a roll. They had actually gone several hours and no one had gotten hurt. And then Andy Pettitte tried to get off his couch. So...
Yankees' Teixeira still not in ‘swing’
Mark Teixeira’s injured right wrist isn’t strong enough for him to start swinging and though the Yankees first baseman is encouraged, he’s not ready to predict when he will be...
Rangers’ old rivals not to be trifled with
It’s not just another game against just another opponent, regardless of John Tortorella’s desire to frame it that way. While the Rangers coach yesterday merely repeated a variation of the...
Islanders greats flash back to glory days of Coliseum
Denis Potvin is in a side hallway in the bowls of the Prudential Center in Newark, and the former Islander great and Hall of Fame defenseman puts his left hand...
It’s no hoax: Te’o visits with Giants
Manti Te’o never actually saw his imaginary dead girlfriend Lennay Kekua, but the past two days he got an up-close-and-personal look at the Giants during a visit at the team...
Jets' Sanchez unlikely to be piece in Revis, Buccaneers deal
The latest trade rumor involving Darrelle Revis is a real doozy. The website Pro Football Talk reported Friday the Jets and Buccaneers have discussed including quarterback Mark Sanchez in a...
Devils slump continues
If anyone is curious what a team suffering from being snake-bit actually looks like, Exhibit A was on display last night at the Prudential Center. That’s where the Devils, reeling...
Former Met Pelfrey likes life out of N.Y.
MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Pelfrey misses some of his old friends with the Mets, but has quickly learned to embrace life removed from the spotlight. No longer subjected to the pressure...
Buck, Mets bats get hot in cold Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — What the Buck? While R.A. Dickey tries to figure out the American League, a spare part in last December’s mega-trade that sent the knuckleballer to Toronto has brought...
No ‘Flash’ in pan
Nonito Donaire was posing with the Radio City Rockettes the other day when he noticed how precisely the dancers stood when being photographed. “They’re pretty straight,” he told a confidant,...
Reyes ankle sprain = DL
Jose Reyes heard a pop in his left ankle as he awkwardly slid into second base. After that, everything else was a blur to the Blue Jays last night in...
Yankees seal fourth straight with triple play
Kevin Youkilis tagged out Alexi Casilla at third, looked up and saw Manny Machado stranded hopelessly between first and second and one thought entered his mind. “I knew right away,...
Yankees' A-Rod tried to buy, destroy PED docs: report
Major League Baseball officials purchased Biogenesis records because their investigators believed an involved player had done the same, an industry source confirmed to The Post. That player, a report asserts,...
Bombers escape with one lucky victory
Well, that was a well-earned victory over the feisty Orioles Friday night at Yankee Stadium, wasn’t it? Scrappy and gutty, the kind of game that the homer-happy Yankees of the...
Melo, Knicks one win from securing No. 2 seed in playoffs
CLEVELAND — In early March, Quicken Loans Arena was the scene of a great Knicks comeback and Carmelo Anthony’s lowest moment of the season. This is where Anthony tripped, fell...
Nets will open playoffs at home
INDIANAPOLIS — The Nets have been waiting all season for their Big Three to fire on all cylinders. With one week to go before the playoffs, they finally are. The...
Jones inked by Knicks; Thomas cut
CLEVELAND — Solomon Jones is 6-foot-10, athletic, can block shots and rebound. That’s all the desperate Knicks need right now as they go through a big-man crisis. Yesterday they tried...
Sergio, Johnson fall apart again
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two high-profile players who often gravitate to major championship calamity did so in yesterday’s Masters second round. Sergio Garcia, who seems to define the phrase “self-fulfilling prophecy,’’...
‘Dog’ bites back on CMT’s ‘Hunt’
Famed bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman, who starred with wife Beth for nine seasons on A&E’s “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” is back on TV with a new series, “Dog and...
Can’t ‘Top’ this
If you thought the first five episodes of “Top of the Lake” were strange, wait until you see the two-part finale on Monday night — which is so out-there that...
‘Virgil’ exits ‘Homeland’
David Marciano, who played surveillance expert Virgil on “Homeland” for two seasons, is leaving as a series regular.Marciano could still appear in a recurring role, according to deadline.com.He’s now the...
Weird but true
We’d like to see authorities set up a police lineup for this! A San Francisco motorist whose car was rammed by a hit-and-run woman driver in a parking-space spat “racked”...
Hurley Sr. may want Rutgers job
Rutgers’ men’s basketball program is in such disarray it has made New Jersey high school coaching legend Bob Hurley Sr. reconsider moving to the college ranks. Hurley, 65, told The...
Jewish students shouldn't have been booted from anti-Israel forum: investigation
Four Jewish students kicked out of an anti-Israel forum at Brooklyn College in February were wrongly removed - but it wasn’t because of their religion, stated an investigation released yesterday....
Nets outlast Pacers to clinch home court in 1st round
INDIANAPOLIS — The Nets have been waiting all season for their Big Three to fire on all cylinders. With one week to go before the playoffs, they finally are. The...
Knicks close in on No. 2 seed with win over Cavs
CLEVELAND — In early March, Quicken Loans Arena was the scene of a great Knicks comeback and Carmelo Anthony’s lowest moment of the season. This is where Anthony tripped, fell...
Devils blanked by Senators, 9th straight without win
If anyone is curious what a team suffering from being snake-bit actually looks like, Exhibit A was on display Friday night at the Prudential Center. That’s where the Devils, reeling...
Queens building partially collapses
A Queens building with a host of code violations and a vacate order partially collapsed today, authorities said. The roof of the vacant two-story building on the corner of Jamaica...
John Buck's grand slam leads Mets to victory over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — What the Buck? While R.A. Dickey tries to figure out the American League, a spare part in last December’s mega-trade that sent the knuckleballer to Toronto has brought...
Kosher food manufacturer warehouse riddled with rats
This food is definitely not kosher. The feds seized more than $1 million of food from a New York manufacturer of popular Kosher jellies and puddings after finding a warehouse...
The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale preview: UFC missed chance to hype second women's fight
Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche got the main event of a pay-per-view card, countless buildup and loads of mainstream media attention. Those two competed in the first UFC women’s fight...