September 6, 2009
Jets acquire QB O’Connell, waive Woodhead
The Lions have dealt quarterback Kevin O’Connell to the Jets. What Detroit received as compensation for the backup quarterback is still unknown. The Lions picked up O’Connell off of waivers...
Game 137: Cubs at Mets
Mike Pelfrey will try to put his season back on track this afternoon at Citi Field when the Mets take on the Cubs in the finale of their three-game series.Questions...
JUST BACK: Asbury Park
The Broadway Arcade in Times Square closed a few years ago, and the boardwalks on the Jersey Shore, once a haven for bells, lights and flippers, are mostly pinball machines-free....
JUST BACK: Finland
In many parts of the world, and particularly in northern Europe, summertime is fondly considered a bright and cheery idyll, tailor-made for vacations and good vibrations in general. But it...
JUST BACK: Copenhagen
Manhattan's isn't the only meatpacking district that's gone all gritty-chic lately. West of Copenhagen's main train station, since 2008 the blue-collar and red-light Vesterbro district been morphing into the city's...
JUST BACK: Ave Maria, FL
Driving from Miami to Tampa earlier this week, I made a pitstop in Ave Maria, the two-year-old "Roman Catholic town" out amid orchards and farmland east of Naples, built by...
Coverage in the Post
Aaron Heilman was jeered in his return to Queens, but the much-criticized former Mets reliever got the last laugh in the Cubs' 5-3 victory over his old team Saturday at...
Safety second: Star QB leads Falcons
It wouldn’t be crazy to say that Al Paturzo is set in his ways – after all, the Susan Wagner football coach hasn’t utilized a field-goal kicker in more than...
Lincoln holds own in loss to Curtis
Shawn O’Connor spent the summer moonlighting as an inspirational speaker. After losing 15 of 18 games the previous two seasons, the Lincoln football coach did everything he could to instill...
Season change causes scheduling quirks
The movement of the PSAL girls soccer season from the spring to the fall has caused a change in the scheduling of games to include weekend contests for both the...
Newcomers facing new challenges
Kert Fernandez has to worry about numbers every year when it comes to his Newcomers girls volleyball team’s roster. That’s because the Queens school is for new immigrants to the...
Numbers game: Girls soccer teams struggling
The PSAL girls soccer season opens Tuesday with many coaches more worried about not forfeiting games than winning them. “Some kids are not even back [from vacations],” said School of...
PSAL football rankings: Wild first weekend
That was a wild ride. The first weekend of the PSAL football season didn’t shape up as expected. Canarsie and Sheepshead Bay haven’t regressed as some, such as the two...
PSAL football round-up: Tigers squeak by in OT
Fort Hamilton, considered by many a city championship contender, nearly started its season with a loss. The Tigers trailed rival Sheepshead Bay by double figures twice, at halftime and early...
50-move furor
BY the time someone's played 114 moves, even grandmasters get confused about rules. This happened shortly after the position in this week's diagram arose at an elite tournament in Jermuk,...
Bridge
THE story goes that a man asked God if a millennium to Him is as but a minute. "That's true," God replied. "And is it also true," the man asked,...
Frenchman bops Bruni
PARIS -- Boo-la-la! A scholarship program launched by former model Carla Bruni is being criticized as a veiled attempt to score votes for her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Bruni...
Weather's also a beaut
It looks like Mother Nature saved the best for last. After a summer with too many rainy weekends, New Yorkers flocked to beaches around town yesterday to catch some lovely,...
O's plan to help patch cracked nest eggs
President Obama has devised new ways for Americans to grow their retirement savings. As nest eggs and home values continue to nosedive, it's important for people to have easy options...
Big Apple's road kill
Deadly city roads killed somebody every 30 hours last year as the number of fatal traffic accidents shot up, shocking figures show. New York City crashes killed 292 pedestrians, drivers,...
Bad nudes for Cowboy
You'd think this political candidate would know how to file a brief. The Naked Cowboy, the Times Square guitar strummer who struts his stuff in tighty-whiteys, has ended his run...
'Assaulted model' deal
Sexy supermodel Stephanie Seymour has reached a closed-door court agreement with a security guard who allegedly slammed her into a door during a dispute at her Connecticut home. The guard,...
WTC kin find solace with relics' return
Mitchel Wallace ran to the World Trade Center as soon as he saw the first plane hit, telling a friend who urged him to flee, "I have to help." The...
Hyper over sniper
A BB-gun sniper has waged a monthlong war on the windows of a Brooklyn condo, taking potshots that have left occupants under siege, cops and victims said. The shooter --...
Woeful team's park is worse than its bite
If only real life could be as simple as a kickball game or a stickball game, if only the Mets could employ the most basic of all Wiffle ball weapons,...
Motown is 'low' town with homes selling for just 11G
Looking for a bargain property? Try Detroit. The average price of a home in the Motor City fell to $11,596 in July, down 40 percent from a year earlier, according...
Internet 'link'
The family that e-mails together stays together. Or at least that's the claim among an increasing number of married Christian couples who share an e-mail address. "There's not a Gestapo,...
Boy kept in room for 2 yrs.
A boy kidnapped during a custody battle nearly two years ago has been found alive, hiding with his mother in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's Illinois...
Un-Orthodox 'sex life' smear
A Jewish woman from Brooklyn says she's fighting a "Scarlet Letter" smear campaign -- against a prominent rabbi who's allegedly slamming her with lies about her sex life. "He said...
NATO boss tours Afghan strike site
The top NATO commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that local villagers were among those wounded at the site of an airstrike on hijacked fuel tankers and declared his resolve to...
Long Island Latino charged in anti-Hispanic rant
Dios mio! In a strange twist, police busted a Hispanic man for tossing a bottle and a piece of wood at parishioners of a Hispanic church in an area of...
'Kid'-lock alert
It's the school of hard knocks -- and sharp elbows. Francis Lewis HS in Queens will be the city's most overcrowded when classes start Wednesday -- cramming an astounding 4,700...
Schooling students on ID theft
As college students returned to school across the country, they were being advised to pay close attention to more than just their studies or the dining hall menu. ID theft...
Mike MTA 'outrage' just politics: foes
Despite Mayor Bloomberg's outrage at a generous pay hike that arbitrators granted transit workers last month -- which he warned would blow a $350 million hole in the MTA's budget...
Banks' bailout bingo
Just in time for the one year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers implosion, taxpaying Americans are being treated to a series of giddy articles heralding the "profitable" returns that Uncle...
Mets in 'foul' territory
Meet the mess. The Mets' new $850 million stadium is breaking down at about the same rate as its beleaguered lineup, the Post has learned. Less than a season old,...
Will jobs come roaring back?
Dear John: What are your thoughts on the argument that companies may have "over cut" jobs? I have heard the argument that this could lead to a stronger recovery as...
EMS 'crash' big cleared
An EMS chief who struck and nearly killed a Chinese-food deliveryman while responding to a call in Brooklyn was cleared of wrongdoing yesterday. Deputy Chief Brian Milzoff, 44, a 20-year...
Ticketed-off pol: Slam brakes on summons-crazy agents
It's meter maids gone wild. Ticket-happy traffic agents are slapping Big Apple drivers with "unfair" summonses, according to a lawmaker who wants to put the brakes on the orange blizzard....
Fire crews warned on sick time
A surge in firefighter sick time has FDNY brass fuming -- and threatening staffing cuts again. A week before the 9/11 anniversary, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta warned firefighters to bring...
JetBlue smoking signs on
Two JetBlue flights made emergency landings at Kennedy Airport last week after they filled with fumes, The Post has learned. And a small fire broke out on the body of...
Lennon's 'love' for Paul, Yoko
All you need is love, and Paul . . . and Yoko. Despite the bitter feud that led the demise of the Beatles, John Lennon admitted that band-mate Paul McCartney...
New 'truth' for Van Jones: find a new job
President Obama's green jobs czar resigned early this morning after a series of controversial comments sparked a firestorm of criticism. Van Jones, an environmental adviser for the president, had been...
$tiffed stud farm sues NYer
A Manhattan doctor failed to pay a Kentucky stud farm $60,000, according to a suit filed last week in Manhattan Supreme Court. Domino Stud, of Lexington, claims that the brood...
Not in the fuld
Call him Wall Street's toxic man. Almost a year removed from seeing his beloved firm choke to death on souring mortgages, former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld is still viewed...
Fuld eyes moles in new book
Dick Fuld is fuming. The former Lehman CEO was so perturbed over the contents of a book on the demise of his beloved bank that he angrily phoned up a...
Gone up in $moke
Actor Denis Leary's charity is burning up cash. The Leary Firefighters Foundation, which contributes money and equipment to fire departments including the FDNY, was among the lowest rated of 92...
DWI victim's kin suing bar for not saying, 'Enough!'
The family of a doctoral student killed last year by a drunken driver is suing the popular Queens bar that allegedly kept serving the man until his blood-alcohol level was...
Church's third act: mini-mall
The Limelight is getting ready to shine again -- sort of. The former Chelsea church that became home to the notorious, drug-laden nightclub is moving toward a heavenly makeover, with...
Toll still climbing for heroes
More than 800 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers have died since 9/11 -- and cancer has killed at least 270 of those heroes, new data show. The figures...
Day of remembrance: how city will pay tribute
The city's September 11th Commemoration Ceremony is Friday at Zuccotti Park, on Liberty Street between Broadway and Church Street. 8:40 a.m.-noon: The names of the 2,752 people killed at the...
Pol cries over spilt milk
Got bilked? A former dairy-company executive was thrilled to advertise his campaign for Queens borough president on millions of milk containers, plunking down thousands in moo-lah to see his smiling...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan * Police are hunting for a knife-wielding killer who stabbed a man to death during an argument on a Harlem street. The unidentified 36- year-old victim had been arguing...
Honey, I'm home!
It was supposed to stop crashes -- not cause them! A 2-foot-high lawn berm inadvertently turned into a stunt ramp early yesterday, sending a speeding SUV driven by an alleged...
Door Slammed shut on Andy earlier than expected
Big John Isner, who blocks out the sun, created maybe the darkest night in Andy Roddick's career. Armed with the biggest serve in the game, but never the head for...
Jump on the Yankees bandwagon
* I know there has been a lot of rancor between Mets fans and Yankees fans in the past, but with the Mets out of it so early this season,...
Roddick upset by 6-foot-9 American
Andy Roddick came into the U.S. Open with a retooled game and confidence buoyed from his thrilling Wimbledon final. He left a stunned, disappointed upset victim, his dream of another...
Former Met sinks old team
When Aaron Heilman entered the game yesterday at Citi Field, the fans did not give him a glad-to-have-you-back reception. Nope, in his first return to New York since being traded...
Expanded roster Amazin'ly thin
The team that pretty much ran out of major league caliber players over two months ago somehow almost ran out of players altogether yesterday despite owning a September roster expanded...
Sports flick becoming cult classic
"Thanks for taking my call." After 20 minutes on hold, callers to sports shows have become conditioned to begin with, "Thanks for taking my call." That makes no sense; that's...
Floyd shuts down Bosox
Gavin Floyd retired his first 17 batters, gave up just three hits in eight innings and struck out a career-high 11 yesterday to pitch the White Sox to a 5-1...
Erasmus topples defending champs
Before his team took the field for its first game as defending PSAL champions, Port Richmond head coach Lou Vesce grew nostalgic. That's what happens when so many of your...
Serena settles score with Spaniard, advances
The yellow T-shirt Serena Williams wore in the post-match interview room yesterday perhaps will prove prophetic in due time. Williams, who has won three of the last four Grand Slams,...
Rachel Alexandra does it again
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Rachelites flocked from miles around, 31,171 of them, to witness "Alexandra the Great" make history in yesterday's 56th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward Stakes....
Georgia teen stuns Sharapova
Melanie Oudin is the new blonde belle of the U.S. Open ball, officially replacing an ailing and shaky Maria Sharapova yesterday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. With the Flushing faithful fully...
Fed survives scare vs. ex-champ Hewitt
Roger Federer's last stroke yesterday didn't count. After Lleyton Hewitt's forehand sailed long on match point, Federer, with purpose, walloped the ball high into the sunny Arthur Ashe Stadium sky,...
Birdies aplenty at Deutsche
Sean O'Hair hasn't made many birdies lately. He saw more than his share yesterday in another day of low scoring at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and some of them were...
Maine sharp in minors; could face Phils Sunday
Not only did John Maine pitch well in his first minor league rehab start last night, but Jerry Manuel said yesterday that the injured righty could be a candidate to...
Raiders pink-slip Garcia
Quarterback Jeff Garcia, who was signed by Oakland in the offseason to push JaMarcus Russell and serve as a mentor to the former No. 1 overall draft pick, was among...
Minnesota plays spoiler in Paulus' Orange debut
Eric Ellestad kicked a 35-yard field goal in overtime to give Minnesota a 20-17 victory over the Orange yesterday in Syracuse, spoiling the debut of quarterback Greg Paulus in the...
Sports shorts
SOCCER: U.S. wins key World Cup qualifier In Sandy, Utah, the United States moved into prime position to qualify for its sixth straight World Cup, rallying from an early deficit...
Hondo has Twins
Hondo just missed touching 'em all with his four-play yesterday, scoring with the Yankees, Angels and Giants and getting rejected only with the Phils to cut the nasty number to...
Roddick match lost by millions
Cablevision's 3.1 million subscribers in the tri-state area were unable to watch one of the biggest upsets in U.S. Open history -- the Andy Roddick-John Isner five-set war that ended...
No. 1 Safina upset by unseeded Czech
Dinara Safina has spent 20 weeks as the No. 1 player in the world, and next week she'll equal Tracy Austin's 21 weeks atop the standings. But in the wee...
Oudin best story of Open
IT MUST have been that tiny incision scar on her shoulder, finally marring perfection. Never mind the fact that Maria Sharapova has been living in the United States since age...
Jesse Witten's fairy tale ends in four sets
It's back to playing in Tulsa for Jesse Witten, the U.S. Open's Cinderella story. While the world's greatest player ever, Roger Federer, worked next door, 10,000 fans packed the smaller...
Rivera ready, but Joe not sure
TORONTO -- A 20-pitch bullpen session yesterday morning was enough to tell Mariano Rivera a left groin problem has subsided enough for him to feel he can return to work...
Shad news for Hudson River anglers
Anyone who fishes the Hudson River will tell you that shad numbers have fallen off a cliff. With the American shad population in the Hudson at historic lows, the New...
Streaking S.I. Yanks earn division crown
WHEN the Brooklyn Cyclones jumped to a 16-2 start, the Mets' New York-Penn League affiliate seemed destined to take home the McNamara Division title. But thanks to a 12-game winning...
Weird but true
Where's Waldo? Florida scientists are trying to track down an underwater robot nicknamed "Waldo" that mysteriously vanished in the waters off the Gulf Coast. The remote-controlled, $100,000 robot equipped with...
Bradford hurt in upset loss to BYU
With Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford helplessly watching on the sideline, his right arm in a sling, BYU upset No. 3 Oklahoma 14-13 last night in Arlington, Texas. Bradford sprained...
Tide 'D'-livers win over Tech
ATLANTA -- In Waffle Houses from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa, Alabama fans have gathered to ponder their team's fortunes this season, and have whispered over grits a notion that once seemed...