October 4, 2009
Saints D harries Jets in first loss
NEW ORLEANS — A vastly improved defense with a penchant for big plays has the New Orleans Saints undefeated through four games for the first time since 1993. Darren Sharper...
Reggae artist slashed with sword
A Jamaican reggae artist has been slashed in the head, arm and hand by a Brooklyn man wielding a 26-inch sword. Police say the musician’s neighbor was arrested and the...
Twins, Tigers in tiebreaker
DETROIT — Justin Verlander and Ryan Raburn gave the Detroit Tigers at least one more game. Raburn hit two homers and Magglio Ordonez had a solo shot to lead slumping...
Nets Start Pre-Season, Wish They Hadn't
ALBANY – One concern before the game as the Nets and Knicks opened their pre-season schedule today was the shape of the condensation-laded court here. Suffice to say they there...
Eli: Injury not Achilles
KANSAS CITY – Eli Manning said following the Giants 27-16 victory over the Chiefs that the injury he suffered to his right heel is not a problem to his Achilles...
The Boss makes a finale visit
ST. PETERSBURG -- George Steinbrenner paid a visit to the Yankees’ clubhouse prior to today’s regular season finale against the Rays at Tropicana Field. The Boss arrived at 12:15 a.m....
Tenants stuck in Bx. stair collapse
Firefighters are helping rescue people stuck on the fourth floor of a Bronx apartment building after a stairwell landing collapsed, injuring a man. The Buildings Department says the marble landing...
Mom stabs baby, herself
NEW YORK — Police say a Brooklyn mother slashed her baby in the neck and then stabbed herself in the leg. Officers were called to a home on East 38th...
Chamberlain perfect in win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Joba Chamberlain was perfect in one inning of relief, Alex Rodriguez homered twice and drove in an AL-record seven runs to help the playoff-bound New York...
Girls volleyball roundup: Wagner wins Tottenville tournament
The Susan Wagner girls volleyball team was smarting after a three-set sweep by John F. Kennedy during pool play at the Tottenville tournament Saturday morning. It was the Falcons’ first...
Eli throws three in easy 27-16 win
KANSAS CITY – If Eli Manning is OK, this was exactly the sort of victory a heavily favored football team expects to bring home. Manning, before leaving in the fourth...
Follow live: Battle of the unbeatens in Big Easy
Watch as the 3-0 Jets take on the 3-0 Saints in New Orleans...
It's over! Mets end with 4-0 win
Nelson Figueroa pitched a four-hitter for his first major league complete game, Angel Pagan keyed the offense and the New York Mets wrapped up a miserable season Sunday by completing...
Report: Jon clears out joint account
The battle between Jon and Kate Gosselin has gotten even weirder. A report by Radar Online, later confirmed by People, claims Jon Gosselin cleaned out the couple's joint checking account,...
Managers of the Year
In today’s Post, I did a Hardball column on the award winners. There was no space to include the Managers of the Year. So here are my thoughts on those...
Box Office: 'Zombieland' rules as 'Whip It,' 'Invention' bomb and 'Capitalism' fizzles
Sony's "Zombieland'' led the box-office parade with an estimated $25 million, or roughly the film's reported cost. It opened well ahead of the No. 2 film, Sony's resilient holdover "Cloudy...
Schumer: Texting kills
NEW YORK — Sen. Charles Schumer says nearly 100 teenagers have died in texting-while-driving accidents in the last five years in New York City and on Long Island. The New...
Midtown next in NYPD terror net
A network of security cameras, license plate readers and weapons sensors intended to protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats will be expanded to midtown, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. The...
Fired because of Roethlisberger gal pal: suit
RENO, Nev. — A former restaurant worker claims he was fired because he had demanded to see identification for a young-looking woman at Ben Roethlisberger’s table where the NFL quarterback...
Follow live: Big Blue looks to avoid letdown in Kansas City
Track the action as the Giants battle the Chiefs ...
Follow live: Chamberlain to work out of 'pen with playoff spot undecided
Follow the action as the Yankees battle the Rays...
GAMETRACKER: Follow the Mets action live
The Mets' Nelson Figueroa faces off against the Astros' Wilton Lopez...
Qaida boss: Pay detainees
CAIRO — Al-Qaida’s deputy leader in a video released Sunday paid tribute to a senior militant who was held in U.S. secret prisons and once gave information about links between...
Game 162: Astros at Mets
In the immortal words of Kenny Loggins, this is it: The Mets finally get to close out this embarrassingly awful season today when Nelson Figueroa takes the mound against the...
Kidnap kid taken again -- this time by state
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A newborn boy abducted by a woman posing as an immigration agent was again taken from his mother after a brief reunion, this time by state officials...
Arrest in teen's senseless slay
A gun-toting teenager fighting with a fellow high school student shot and killed a 13-year-old bystander, police said today. The 16-year-old shooter was under arrest in the death of Kevin...
Coverage in The Post
The only drama in the Mets' 5-1 win over the Astros on Saturday was Jerry Manuel's unusual decision to sit a healthy David Wright in the next-to-last-game of the season....
Positioning a new 69
If maps on the wall define any destination in Manhattan, it's the historic restaurant space at 69 Gansevoort St. For 25 years, every hometown freak worth his salt made the...
Top 5 ways to find a date at the furniture store
"Offer her a taste of your Swedish meatballs." --Sean "Ask if he wants to sit on your love seat." --Mary Ellen "Say, 'I'm not an interior designer, but I'd like...
Cops welcome home drug suspect
A dopey drug suspect was welcomed with open arms by police when he returned to his Great Kills home and found cops searching the place. Cops had raided the suspected...
Less talented yet grounded, South Bronx is back atop Cup Division
As was the case last season, South Bronx is running through the Cup Division without much of a problem. After Saturday’s 40-0 win over formerly undefeated Petrides, the Phoenix are...
Schotty-Drew friendship on hold for three hours
NEW ORLEANS — Every Sunday morning during the NFL season, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer calls Saints quarterback Drew Brees, and the two close friends wish each other luck in their...
Gang needs Sanchez to match a master
NEW ORLEANS — Mark Sanchez has gotten his NFL feet wet by dipping his toes in the water. Today, in the hostile Superdome, against Drew Brees and the explosive Saints,...
Jets see N.O. way Saints keep it up
NEW ORLEANS — Something has to give today. The 3-0 Jets against the 3-0 Saints is a classic matchup between a team that has a terrorizing defense and a team...
Tynes taking steps to prevent easy misses
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lawrence Tynes is the NFL leader among kickers with 32 points, a sign the Giants are attempting too many field goals. It also means Tynes has...
Big Blue line always puts up a united front
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Part of the many issues that plague the Chiefs these days is instability along their offensive line, which has been a virtual musical chairs of sorts...
Expect 0-3 Chiefs to be more roadkill
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There wasn’t much for the Giants to pick apart and improve upon in last week’s easy 24-0 victory in Tampa, and there’s not much to scare...
How Ryan has turned Jets into feared scheme team
Get ready for The Rex Effect. You think Jets fans are the only people paying attention to what Rex Ryan’s defense has done this year? He might soon have more...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Mario Manningham
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 23-year-old Giants receiver, who is in his second season out of Michigan. Q: The criticism of you that bothers you the most? A:...
Twins star, Cards’ Pujols MVPs in Hardball awards
A year ago at this time, Brian Cashman was an idiot, Tony Bernazard was covertly running the Mets and Brad Lidge was perfect. A year ago at this time, Derek...
Jets bring hope to jaded fans
When you have a job like I have, and when you have an e-mail address published in the newspaper, you spend a lot of time playing the part of dime-store...
Gallinari won’t start today, no lock for ‘regular’ job
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Camp Saratoga ended yesterday with a surprise announcement by coach Mike D’Antoni. The Knicks’ two young cornerstones, Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler, won’t start today’s 2 p.m....
As Knicks wait on 2010, signs point toward improvement
SARATOGA SPRINGS — So, the final season of “Clearing the Crap, er, Cap” gets underway for the Knicks this afternoon with a preseason tip-off against the Nyets at the Times...
Big plays help Cougars ground Falcons
The feeling was mutual among the Bishop Ford players. The thought of St. John the Baptist winning on a few big plays didn’t sit well with any of them, especially...
The week's winners and losers
Winners WINNIE THE POOH Loveable cartoon character safe inside Disney home after honey of a legal battle. BRIAN ROBERTS Comcast CEO appears close to dream of owning a content machine...
The Rumble
Jets’ quest to be best Favre saga says it all about team brass Brett Favre’s season with the Jets is chronicled in “No Substitute For Sundays,” written by The Post’s...
Girls soccer roundup: Lewis, Dozo tie as division race tightens
Things are getting interesting in PSAL Queens A-IV. Benjamin Cardozo, fresh off its victory over Bayside earned a 2-2 tie with division leader and city title contender Francis Lewis in...
‘Dexter’ kills me softly
ARE YOU Looking for a show that isn’t about dancing talent or lack thereof? Drama Mama can help. Here’s what paid union writers helped put on the air this week:...
Reel good
NO WAY OUT (1987) Wednesday, 9:45 a.m., AMC Before there were news stories about putrid pols and their mistresses — murdered and living — there was Gene Hackman, playing a...
Strip club
Eva Amurri is sleeping on an air mattress. The actress daughter of Susan Sarandon has just moved to Los Angeles from New York and decided to try her hand at...
Don't miss
Love behind bars When the teenage son of a former friend hires Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies, above left with Chris Noth) to defend him in a murder case, Alicia makes...
What a drag!
In 1958, Tony Curtis was a B-list actor whose star was on the rise. Newly married to Hollywood “It” girl Janet Leigh, the 33-year-old Curtis was about to make the...
PSAL football roundup: Bayside storms back for first win
Down two touchdowns heading into the fourth quarter, its first victory of the season all but out of reach, the Bayside football team could have packed it in. But coach...
In & out: fall TV
STARS IN: LL COOL J The former rapper is now a bona fide action star, thanks to the smashing debut of “NCIS: Los Angeles.” OUT: MISCHA BARTON The former “O.C.”...
Meet market: Brainy blonde sks 'shot' at love
Get your salt and lime ready, guys: Ashley, a 27-year-old vendor relations associate, is looking to share stories — and maybe tequila shots — with a tattooed, meat-loving man. Chris,...
Wanda lust
At this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner, the toughest admonishment comedian Wanda Sykes had for President Obama was to tease him for presenting Queen Elizabeth with an iPod. Her take...
Disciplined Devils squeak by New Utrecht
When Flushing started its game Saturday against New Utrecht, it was a shell of its usual self. Cornerback Talbor Campbell, middle linebacker Nate Elder Salomon, quarterbacks Jordan Beranger and Deon...
Death on the Hudson
Gary Sinise gets seasick. Under normal circumstances, it’s no big deal, but it’s a problem today because “CSI: NY” is filming on the choppy Hudson River south of Chelsea Piers....
Obama wins popularity contests, not much else
President Obama is following the advice of that great philosopher Woody Allen, who once said that “eighty percent of success is showing up.” In health care legislation, foreign relations and,...
Ricky Gervais, holy terror
Before Ricky Gervais decided to become a lumpen Charlton Heston, before he spoofed “The Ten Commandments,” before he wedged a mean-spirited putdown of Christianity into a cute date movie, he...
Terriers play for absent O'Connor
“Take him with you” and “Coach O’Connor” could be heard booming from the St. Francis Prep locker room as the team took the field. The school’s legendary football coach was...
Fling bearer
“So you don’t have a wife, girlfriend, significant other of any kind?” I asked the beautiful man sitting next to me at the bar. “Nope,” he answered with a smile,...
This week's couple: Big Apple buddies
New York natives Logan and Juliet talked all things NYC — from street carts to baseball — during their date at Lower East Side lounge Ella. But while Juliet, a...
China's hard bargain
Beijing entrepreneur Yu “Anna” Yuanyuan passed this week’s 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of the China in the most patriotic way possible — trying to make...
The case against Charlie Rangel
On April 9, 1965, a 34-year-old lawyer named Charles Rangel took out a low-interest mortgage to renovate his childhood home — a row house on West 132nd Street that he...
Rangel is Robin Hood in reverse
For those who have studied most closely the decades of Charlie Rangel’s financial tangles and fiscal subterfuge, one doggedly puzzling question overshadows all the rest. How does Rangel have so...
‘Circus’ in town
The walks are still silly and the lumberjacks still cross-dress. Four decades on, Monty Python is coming back to the stage. Or to be clear, the group isn’t, but their...
Paul Krugman makes no cents
In his weekly column and recent New York Times Magazine story, “How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?” Paul Krugman blasts economic theory, argues against free markets and says that...
Agenda
LISTEN TO THIS: * Steve Martin will be a-pickin’ and a-grinnin’ Tuesday at Carnegie Hall. The Steep Canyon Rangers will join this “wild and crazy guy” for “An Evening of...
Cap-and-conceal
The Obama administration just blew the whistle on . . . itself: The Treasury Department has reported that Team Obama’s claims about the “nominal” costs of its cap-and-trade bill aren’t...
Party poopers
Wherever the far-left Working Families Party plants its flag, it seems a good bet that you’ll find something a bit shady at work. Investigators are probing allegations of voter fraud...
Homeless doll
It was intriguing to learn of the release of “Gwen Thompson,” American Girl’s recent addition to its prestigious collection of dolls (“ ‘Homeless’ Doll Costs $95 (Hairstyling Extra),” Andrea Peyser,...
Mad ideas
Dr. E. Fuller Torrey’s article (“It’s a Mad, Mad World,” PostScript, Sept. 13) foresees disaster in relocating psychiatric patients, as ordered by Brooklyn Judge Nicholas Garaufis. But Torrey fails to...
Cuomo’s spin
Maureen Callahan’s column, “Mister Nice Guy,” (PostScript, Sept. 27) is wonderful. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s staff stiffed Callahan every step of the way, yet she still managed to give me...
Required reading
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (William Morrow) William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is now 22, an author and attending the prestigious African Leadership Academy...
Q&A with Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher led a charmed young life that reads like a fantasy on paper: She grew up with glamorous movie-star parents Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, then quickly became an...
The Second City unscripted
When he was training at the legendary Chicago improv theater Second City, Chris Farley once confronted a colleague who was being cold to him and asked, “Why don’t you like...
The boys are back
Simon Carr was driving down a beach road in New Zealand when a passer-by screamed at him so loudly that it was, he recalls, like “someone throwing a javelin into...
Precious film at NYFF
THE 47th New York Film Fes tival has eight days to go -- and what an eight days. Some of the world's most outrageous directors will be at Lincoln Center...
Bridge
MANY players feel impelled to bid whenever it's their turn, but even Mason and Dixon had to draw the line somewhere. It wouldn't occur to me to open one heart,...
On the road again
THE Odd Couple of chess are going on tour. After playing 12 speed games in an opera house in Valencia, Spain, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov -- formerly bitter rivals...
Scandal commish gets CUNY prof job
Disgraced former city Finance Commissioner Martha Stark, who quit amid a probe that she dated a subordinate and hired relatives, has landed a plum $99,274-a-year job at Baruch College teaching...
Indonesia quake toll 'will double'
PADANG, Indonesia -- The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials yesterday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under...
'Late Show' staff gals got plenty of 'advances'
Long before Stephanie Birkitt was revealed as David Letterman's squeeze, the funnyman was known to surround himself with beautiful young staffers who ministered to his daily needs -- and favored...
A'jad's Jewish secret
Funny -- he doesn't look Jewish! Holocaust-denying Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has something else to deny -- his Jewish roots, a British newspaper says. The ranting Iranian president outed his...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens * Pay up or else. A crowbar-wielding thug was willing to take a delinquent debtor's car as payment for a mere $100 debt until cops stepped in, said sources....
Tears flow at farewell for 'DWI cop' victim
The minister's daughter killed by a cop in an alleged DWI crash was laid to rest yesterday, as hundreds of devastated friends and relatives remembered her smile and angelic singing...
Ex-Gotti lawyer can't wait to grill Letterman
If the David Letterman extortion case goes to trial, the "Late Show" star will find out what a withering interview really feels like. Alleged extortionist Robert "Joe" Halderman's pit-bull attorney,...
A Royal pain
Creditors of Sarah Ferguson's defunct Hartmoor LLC can't be a happy bunch today. Owed more than $1 million, the group is looking at getting about half that amount as lawyers...
Health bill baffles Dem
You'd think they'd at least read the thing. A Senate committee has finished a version of a sweeping health-care reform bill -- but at least one senator admits he has...
Report: M'sft hoping to steal Apple corps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, gearing up to open a chain of company stores along the line of Apple's retail marvels, is looking to steal some of Apple's best employees, according...
No tax break for home buyers using pension funds
Dear John: I will be retiring soon and will be able to withdraw a good part of my pension. I plan to roll the amount over into an Individual Retirement...
To be or not to be for employment recovery
NOTHING like a presidential trip to the world's happiest country to distract people in this country from the fact that something is indeed rotten when it comes to the state...
'Ref' eyed in toxic 9/11 suits
The judge tackling 9,500 toxic-injury lawsuits by World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers may appoint 9/11 compensation czar Kenneth Feinberg to try to mediate settlements. While lawyers in the...
Colleges offer no slack on late fees
News of the global recession apparently hasn't reached behind the ivy-covered walls of academia. Despite college savings accounts being greatly depressed by the steep stock market decline, few colleges or...
Foodies cancel nuptials; bride parties on
The wedding's off, but the party's on. Celebrity chef Todd English split with his gorgeous bride-to-be, Erica Wang, just days before their wedding, but the raven-tressed beauty still enjoyed a...
E. Side thugs kill teen boxer
A 19-year-old aspiring boxer was stabbed to death by two thugs early yesterday after leaving a party on the Upper East Side, cops said. Omar Gaspar had walked out of...
Title bout: It's war over 'Tavern' name
The battle for Tavern on the Green is now hinging on what to call it. City officials, who are ousting the restaurant's leaseholder, Jennifer LeRoy, are so desperate to hang...
Trump aide: Don't dump on Jersey - that's 'racist'
Apparently, New Jersey's a big joke across the Atlantic as well. A steamed Donald Trump aide slammed a Scottish lawyer as "racist" for taking a poke at his Garden State...
Afghan boxers got it covered
Call them the battling burquas. The Afghan women's boxing team is training to compete in the 2012 Olympics wearing full Islamic covering, according to the Sunday Times of London. The...
Jewish-cemetery foes dig in
Their ancestors fled the Nazis and vowed to stay together even in death -- but now the Bronx descendants of a Lithuanian village devastated by the Holocaust are warring over...
Slain Qns. boy, 13, called 'good child'
The 13-year-old boy killed by a stray bullet in Queens was a "good child in every sense of the word," a family friend said yesterday. "He was a sweet, sweet...
Saving hurts credit
People trimming their debt during the recession by cutting back on their credit cards -- perhaps with an eye toward saving for the purchase of a home -- could actually...
Liu's 'free ride' to victory
A taxpayer-funded nonprofit whose president kicked in $2,700 to John Liu's comptroller campaign bused 1,500 Chinese voters to the polls during his runoff win over David Yassky on Tuesday, The...
Erin 'spy' is called lookie-loser
He was a minor-league creep with a major-league obsession. The alleged stalker of ESPN hottie Erin Andrews was a bland insurance salesman who in his spare time tracked the TV...
Secret pad is Letterman's top den
Lights, cameras and plenty of action! Skirt-chasing funnyman David Letterman's restricted office at his Midtown studio has all the trimmings for a bachelor on the prowl, including a fold-out couch...
Fierce fighting in Afghanistan leaves 8 U.S. soldiers dead
KABUL — Militant fighters streaming from an Afghan village and a mosque attacked a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistani border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and as many as...
Making Ivan Seidenberg sweat
Telecom unions and state regulators are giving Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg plenty of static over his plans to sell rural landlines spread throughout 14 states -- citing similar deals the...
Not easy going green
A city plan to go green is hitting plenty of red lights. Two years after Mayor Bloomberg launched his ambitious blueprint for a greener Big Apple, nearly a third of...
President is AWOL as our commander
IF you still doubt Presi dent Obama is trying to do too many things and is giving short shrift to the most important ones, consider this pathetic scene at the...
Sex felon haunts jail at age 100
Here's proof that only the good die young. Meet Theodore Sypnier, the oldest inmate in New York. The geriatric jailbird celebrated his 100th birthday in upstate Groveland Correctional Facility in...
Mike & Bill feud over 'Police Academy 2'
CONSTRUCTION of the NYPD's new $1.5 billion Police Academy in Queens has suddenly been delayed, and angry aides to Mayor Bloomberg and Comptroller Bill Thompson each say the other is...
Just getting started
Take a good look around the media world -- two years from now many of the companies in the sector will have vanished and those that remain will appear vastly...
Receipt deceit
I'll have some fraud with those fries. A Midtown steakhouse that's a popular spot for power lunches and business dinners has cooked up a scheme to help customers sneak their...
Mark Sanchez huddles with hottie
What a catch! Meet Jersey girl Jennifer Mueller, who reportedly has tackled the heart of superstar Jet quarterback Mark Sanchez. The leggy 20-year-old blonde grew up in the leafy country-club...
Embry-whoa! Docs design uber-babies
Fertility clinics are now testing embryo DNA for genetic "mutations" that can trigger dozens of disorders -- from breast cancer to Lou Gehrig's disease -- for prospective parents seeking defect-free...
Rape-lie rap looms
A woman who allegedly lied about being raped in 2005 and sent an innocent man to jail could soon be facing her own trip to prison, The Post has learned....
Savvy Shanahan should take union job
One door closed on Brendan Shanahan this week, when the Devils decided he couldn't play on one of their top three lines and thus politely invited him to step away....
MLB playoff system rewards mediocrity
Before the postsea son begins, a ques tion: What's the most embarrassing streak in baseball? The answer depends on whether, after a 162-game season, you care whether the AL and...
HS star wrongly held for murder
In a case of mistaken identity, a Campus Magnet High School football star was detained by police Friday afternoon in the murder of a 13-year-old boy before cops determined he...
An amazin' swan song
* It's time for a new Mets theme song (to the tune of "Meet the Mets"): Meet the Mets, beat the Mets Step right up, defeat the Mets Bring your...
Bobby Knight says he may coach again
His voice echoed throughout Draddy Gymnasium, the crowd of high school and college coaches silently sitting in rapt attention. The voice was so recognizable, so commanding, members of the Manhattan...
Earnhardt Jr. backs crew chief
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has given a formal endorsement for crew chief Lance McGrew. He's just not sure if that carries any weight. Earnhardt will start a season-best second in today's...
Like a 'summer' day
An 11-1 longshot when he won the Belmont Stakes, and the 5-2 second choice when he won the Travers, Summer Bird -- the Rodney Dangerfield of racing -- finally got...
Mistake to close fishery
Many in the recreational fishing community are stunned over National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to close the black sea bass fishery. NOAA announced on Sept. 30 that they were...
Nets' Harris embracing leadership role
Devin Harris hasn't shut up all week. And that's a good thing. "He's definitely been a more vocal leader," Nets center Brook Lopez said. "Pre-practice in the huddle, post practice...
Misch a hit once again
The diehards who waited out yesterday's Citi Field rain delay were rewarded. As play resumed at 5:19 p.m. -- following a delay of 2 hours, 20 minutes before the top...
Sports shorts
MLB: Blue Jays fire GM Ricciardi The Blue Jays fired general manager J.P. Ricciardi, ending an eight-year tenure marked by an inability to get past the Yankees and Red Sox...
Nothing is Wright
Solace and pity. That's the world Mets fans live in these days. Two general managers -- Toronto's J.P. Ricciardi and San Diego's Kevin Towers -- were fired yesterday, but Mets'...
Chamberlain to audition for ALDS 'pen
ST. PETERSBURG -- No one is calling it a playoff audition. However, there is no alternate way to view Joba Chamberlain being used in relief today. Chamberlain's inconsistency late in...
Stinker of start for Devils, Brodeur
There was nothing grand about the history the Devils made in Martin Brodeur's 1,000th game last night. It was the first time they ever lost a season-opener in New Jersey....
Tavares scores in debut, but Islanders fall to Penguins in shootout
After months of waiting, the Islanders finally got to see their reward last night. John Tavares, the Isles' No. 1 draft pick, scored a power-play goal and added an assist...
Rangers feel at home with bounce-back win
On a night of snap-crackling energy at the Garden opener, during which the Rangers flashed their speed and their skill, it was their mindset as articulated by the brilliant Henrik...
Hondo gets his kicks
Hondo took a step backward in Tennessee last night when he went down the tubes with the inept Vols to raise the deficit to 1,275 strouds. Today, the man of...
AL Central a dead heat with 1 to go
The AL Central has come down to the final day. The Tigers dropped into a first-place tie with Minnesota, looking listless last night in a 5-1 loss to Freddy Garcia...
Pettitte shaky in final tuneup
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Just because he has bigger game to bag this week in the Division Series, that didn't reduce the sting Andy Pettitte felt after pitching poorly last...
Wright looking forward to 2010
It was fitting that yesterday's 5-1 win over Houston, the penultimate game of the Mets' sorry season suffered through a rain delay: The entire injury-riddled campaign has been like water...
Brashear hears the boos in Garden debut
For the first time since home-opener pregame ceremonies became a fixture, the Rangers opted not to introduce players individually during the festivities that preceded last night's 5-2 victory over the...
Plenty of points in Pittsburgh
Including the 1997-2008 seasons in The Post, the Wild cat's 14-year record in print stands at 375-320 (54 percent) against the spread. THE PICKS Chargers/STEELERS Over 43: Without Troy Polamalu,...
Giants do not have 3rd road cover in them
CHIEFS (+8½) over Giants: In week replete with big numbers and road favorites,a timid vote for parity. Big Blue was practically perfect versus the Buccaneers, and expect defenses to dominate...
Weird but true
Here's the not-so-secret recipe to getting a beat-down. A couple furious over slow service at a KFC restaurant in Norwell, Mass., pummeled a man who asked them to stop cursing...
My mysterious lost month of madness
It was a cold March day as I walked to work from my Hell's Kitchen studio. The weather was clear, people were out in their coats and scarves, but something...
Rams roll to victory over ODU
Xavier Martin rushed for 187 yards on 25 carries and scored on a 3-yard run with 1:59 remaining and Fordham (1-3) rolled for 687 yards of total offense to beat...
LSU muzzles Dawgs
Charles Scott scored on a 33-yard run with 46 seconds remaining to cap a wild finish that gave No. 4 LSU a 20-13 victory over 18th-ranked Georgia yesterday in Athens,...
Jacory story: Miami tops Oklahoma
MIAMI GARDENS -- Miami has never had a quarterback like Jacory Harris. One of the most visible positions in college football has seen a parade of big, tall, white, pocket...
Priceless
On the evening of July 10, 1989, lawyer Lloyd Constantine hosted a party at his Upper West Side apartment. Guests included the assistant attorneys general from 14 states, who together...
How I lost everything
We once had limitless money. My husband had a hedge fund on Wall Street — his tax return in one year alone was $50 million. In New York, money is...
In my library: Nick Hornby
Had the Harry Potter books come out when Nick Hornby was a boy, he would have devored them. “I was happy to read anything as long as there were lots...
The greatest show on earth
Bible crusaders beware. The man nicknamed “Darwin’s Rottweiler” is setting out to definitively refute creationism with his new tome on evolution. Oxford don Dawkins lays out his task: “More than...
Weekends at Bellevue
Want a good scare? Pick up Holland’s memoir of her nine years working Saturday and Sunday nights in the E.R. of one of the world’s most infamous psychiatric wards, Bellvue,...
All’s hair in city salons
In selecting salons to feature in “Good Hair,” Chris Rock says he and his crew used a surefire method for picking locations that would generate conversational fireworks. “You can’t go...
'Do & 'fro
The first time comedian Chris Rock saw his then 5-year-old daughter Lola enviously gush about a white friend’s long blond hair, it felt like a punch to the gut. “You...
Farrell 'D' rings up 'W'
Joe Colucci wasn’t exactly aware of what he had done initially. The Farrell defensive lineman came running around the right side and hit St. Francis Prep quarterback Ryan Paccione, who...
Is your friend toxic?
New Yorkers are petrified about toxins. Mercury levels in our sushi, swine flu on the subway, second-hand sweat on shared yoga mats. But who would have thought that a major...
The sisterhood of the missing pants
Of all the dubious fashion trends in recent memory — rompers for grown-ups, homeless chic, the cowboy boot in summer — none is more dubious and perplexing than this latest...
Cutting the threads
Talk about cleaning out the closet. Nearly 8,000 dresses, pants, undergarments, shoes and hats from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned costume collection will go on the auction block in a series...
My New York: Jane Krakowski
Emmy-nominated “30 Rock” star Jane Krakowski will bare her inner chanteuse during a five-day, first-ever run at Feinstein’s at the Loews Regency starting Tuesday. Still, the self-defined “girl of the...
Light up the bark
The Parks Department graciously permits pets to play off-leash in Central Park between the hours of 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. It’s a blessing for night owls with dogs. There’s...
Yankees in another lackluster loss
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Slumping Dioner Navarro hit a two-run homer and rookie Jeff Niemann pitched five solid innings to win for the first time in more than a month...
School swine flu 'test'
NEW YORK — The New York City health department is holding a weeklong vaccination program in six schools. The program is in preparation for this fall’s vaccination effort against H1N1,...
O plans relief for laid off workers
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off workers, including possible extensions of unemployment and health benefits, officials said today. The administration has stopped...
Brooklyn Tech loses two-touchdown lead, game to Erasmus
Brooklyn Tech was nursing a lead with 35 seconds left in the first half. The Engineers were hoping to steal another score before the break, so coach Kyle McKenna reached...
Canarsie starting to hit its stride
Steven Rene plans on sending a thank you card to Campus Magnet linebacker Jhaleel Oswald sometime soon. Before Saturday’s PSAL City Championship division tilt, Oswald offered some choice words not...
Right place at wrong time
In a case of mistaken identity, a Campus Magnet High School football star was held Friday afternoon for the murder of a 13-year-old boy before cops realized he wasn’t the...