February 14, 2010
Freddy Adu scores Aris winner, 1st goal in 3 seasons
If Eddie Johnson and Freddy Adu went to Greece trying to find playing time and resurrect their flagging European careers, it looks like the move is starting to pay dividends. They...
Vonn's shin passes key test
WHISTLER, British Columbia — Lindsey Vonn's husband says she has gone through a complete slalom training session on her own, the toughest test yet for her bruised right shin. Thomas...
PSAL Class AA girls basketball seeding announced
A source provided the rather controversial PSAL Class AA girls basketball playoff seeding to me a few minutes ago. This is official, sent to coaches by a PSAL administrator.Check below....
United States wins first medal ever in Nordic combined
WHISTLER, British Columbia — The Americans broke through the Nordic combined barrier today, winning their first Olympic medal in the sport dominated since its inception by the Europeans. But it...
Iona knocks off Loyola, 70-62
Scott Machado scored 12 points to lead Iona to a 70-62 victory over Loyola (Md.) on Sunday. Jonathan Huffman scored 11 points and Trinity Fields added 10 as the Gaels...
Mass. student among Haiti dead
The body of Lynn University student Britney Gengel, who went to Haiti with her Florida school, has been found in the rubble of a Haiti hotel, her family said today....
DKNY
Bold and graphic.The backdrop said it all. The models came out in front of giant rectangular panels covered with fabric from the collection. And the pattern of the panels was...
Alice + Olivia
The Alice + Olivia girl defines PYT: she’s cute, she’s stylish, she’s whimsical, and she can never have too much sparkle. Stacey Bendet, the adorable face behind the brand, knows...
Pretty in pink
Think pink: At least, that’s what Tinsley Mortimer does when she puts together her outfits. I caught up with the Tinz at the tail end of the Alice + Olivia...
Rangers rally past Lightning for 5-2 win
And so the Rangers have stanched the arterial bleeding that just over a week ago had been threatening their viability as a playoff contender. The tourniquet was applied by Henrik...
Biden: Maybe military trial after all
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says the administration has not ruled out a military trial for the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks even if a civilian trial...
Louisville stuns No. 2 Syracuse, 66-60
Syracuse waited too long to turn up the intensity against Louisville, and the second-ranked Orange paid for the lapse. Samardo Samuels scored all eight of his points during a late...
Seton Hall holds off DePaul, 79-71
Jeremy Hazell scored 18 points, Jeff Robinson added 16 and Seton Hall held off a late DePaul rally to post a 79-71 victory on Sunday, handing the Blue Demons their...
Doomed Luger terrified of track: dad
The young Georgian luger who died in a horrific training accident hours before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Friday told his father he was terrified of the...
Report: Cardinals ending pursuit of Wang
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Cardinals are no longer interested in signing Chien-Ming Wang.This makes it further likely that Wang will sign with the Nationals. There were reports...
Report: Cavaliers close to acquiring Stoudemire from Suns
LeBron James said it’s all about winning this All-Star weekend. The Cavaliers were listening. Cleveland is close to acquiring Amare Stoudemire from Phoenix, according to an ESPN.com report. The Suns...
'Clerks' director Kevin Smith too fat to fly, booted from Southwest plane
Self-described "way fat" director Kevin Smith was booted from a Southwest Airlines flight because of his size, according to his own breathless minute-by-minute tweets. Smith, the millionare director and writer...
P.R. firm spreads the love on Valentine's Day
What, no flowers?Included in our daily snail mail delivery Friday was a most unusual card -- a Happy Valentine's Day from Brew Media Relations.While Christmas and New Year's cards regularly...
Yankees trainer Monahan being treated for 'significant illness'
You don’t survive almost a half a century in the Yankees’ organization without being tough. Now legendary trainer Gene Monahan is calling on that toughness in a very important way....
Clinton pledges 'new measures' for dealing with Iran
DOHA, Qatar — U.S. officials sought to shore up support today for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing...
Wizards, Mavericks trade closes door on rumored McGrady to Knicks deal
The Dallas Mavericks acquired Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood from Washington on Saturday, a seven-player deal that strengthens them for a playoff run and signals the breakup of a disappointing...
NATO rocket misfire kills 12 civilians
MARJAH, Afghanistan — Twelve Afghans died today when two rockets fired at insurgents missed their target and struck a house during the second day of NATO's most ambitious effort yet...
Biden: Cheney 'misinforming' on terror
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden on today belittled Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's commitment to fighting terrorism as either "misinformed or he is misinforming" and said the...
Film Preservation blogathon begins today!
One of the most dramatic and moving photographs I've ever seen is actress Kay Francis in a trenchcoat, sadly surveying smoldering ruins on what looks like the day after the burning of...
Box Office: Val Day bonanza
Warner Bros. is estimating an astonishing $45 million three-day take for "Valentine's Day,'' which means this dreadful romantic comedy could be looking at a positively scary $60M or so by...
DVD Extra: Clint's history and a bit on his next film
Today in The Post's print edition, I take a look at Warner Home Video's massive "Clint Eastwood: 35 Years, 35 Films at Warner Bros.,'' out Tuesday, but there's more to...
Lamb explodes for 49 points in loss for Oak Hill
TRENTON, N.J. – Doron Lamb held the large crowd in the palm of his hands. With each made pull-up jump shot, they gasped. Each pretty 3-pointer, oohs and aahs followed....
Girls basketball roundup: Fontbonne quiets Red Storm
Fontbonne Hall gave its division a new team to chase. The Bonnies knocked off defending champion St. John’s Prep, 56-52, in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division II girls basketball Saturday in Astoria....
Ask Ashley: Man of the house calls it
Is it snitching if I tell my girlfriend that her (over 18) daughter may be having sex under her roof? Or should I just let her find out on her...
This week's couple: Photo finish
Tyler, a 27-year-old financial counselor, was excited about spending an evening in his home borough with fellow Brooklynite Janel, a 23-year-old personal stylist and business owner. Things seemed to be...
5 top worst excuses for forgetting Valentine's day
According to forget-me-nots at Gramercy Park Flower Shop “I was too busy planning a romantic St. Patrick’s Day dinner for you.” — Andrew “I was out of town. I went...
'The good wife's pet snake
Archie Panjabi made an immediately provocative impression on “The Good Wife.” As In House Investigator Kalinda Sharma, she arrived at a crime scene in the first episode and decided to...
The show you can't kill
True love never dies. Neither does “The Bachelor.” The original prime-time dating show began its run on ABC in 2002, opening to an audience of 10 million viewers. “The Bachelor”...
Reel good
ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) Tuesday, 8 p.m., AMC The great Bruce Lee, who brought the Chinese cinema’s mixed martial arts to the world, died just weeks after making this, his...
Today in Vancouver
Don’t-miss event Two of the favorites in the men’s moguls grew up within driving distance of today’s venue — Australian Dale Beggs-Smith, the defending champion who grew up in Vancouver,...
'Jailhouse mama'
What happens in Vegas definitely does not stay there on the new series “Las Vegas Jailhouse.” As any episode of the TruTV show will attest, the city’s never short on...
Drama for the Olympics-weary
The Winter Olympics mean that we’ll all have to muddle through without Benson, Stabler and Jay Leno for the week, but there’s still plenty of good drama on the other...
Don't miss
'Target' practice Chance (Mark Valley, above) must break in then break out of the maximum-security high-rise headquarters of a weapons manufacturer when he is hired to rescue a genius engineer...
The worst show on television
When I first reviewed “The Bachelor” back in 2002, I was so appalled by that slave market full of dancing girls ready to sell themselves to some loser you wouldn’t...
Ono, it's Yoko!
In 1969, an odd advertisement appeared in the music press: a page from the telephone directory with the superimposed phrase “YOU are the Plastic Ono Band.” The ad promoted “Give...
'Million dollar' movies
Warner Bros. is celebrating Clint Eastwood’s 35th anniversary on its Burbank lot — the longest relationship any star or director has ever had with a studio in Hollywood history —...
Fashion Week buzz: Sunday, Feb. 14
Two billion bucks at the box office and a shot at Best Picture and still we haven’t seen any “Avatar”-influenced fashion — yet. “In a few months, I think we’ll...
Failure to launch?
“I had been presented — for no right reason — all these design opportunities. They were crazy ones that I had absolutely no business even pondering . . . I...
USA's Kearney steals mogul gold from hosts
VANCOUVER — The first American gold medal of these Olympics came at the expense of the host country. Hannah Kearney, a 23-year-old New Hampshire native, won the gold in women’s...
My New York: Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin, best known for her starring role in the film “Little Miss Sunshine,” calls New York City the best possible playground. “Where else can you go to a museum,...
Spill gives Ohno second, share of U.S. medals mark
VANCOUVER — Apolo Ohno made history last night — barely. The U.S. short-track speedskating star took the silver medal in the 1,500 meters in dramatic fashion when two South Korean...
Strange love
It may have been the less than sensual environment of a children’s shoe shop, but that didn’t stop Katy Perry and new fiancé Russell Brand from acting like love-struck teenagers...
The Rumble
Lyons a grass act Jets great helps Red Bulls field get off the ground Former Jet Marty Lyons’ company, the LandTek Group of Amityville, is playing an important role in...
Rangers make flurry of moves ahead of roster freeze
The term “roster freeze” is a misnomer as it applies to restrictions on player transactions during the course of the Olympics. For while teams will not be permitted to make...
Jagr deserves Olympic success and proper NHL sendoff
Tomorrow is Jaromir Jagr’s 38th birthday. And my wish is that No. 68, a Ranger for far too short a time, delivers an Olympian performance for the Czech Republic over...
Hardball’s winners and losers of the offseason
This was a good offseason to be a young ace as Felix Hernandez, Josh Johnson, Tim Lincecum and Justin Verlander all received multi-year contracts. It was a bad offseason to...
Huge gap in Apple’s baseball expectations
The sun is a wonderful antidote. The warm weather, the palm trees, the hazy humidity . . . normally, it all serves as a splendid elixir for baseball fans, a...
Agenda
1. Troop Beverly Hills: The Experience Don your most fashionable khaki and get ready to relive Shelly Long’s journey into the woods. Serious fans of the 1989 film have created...
Capt. Langenbrunner pushing Team USA to new ice miracle
Bronze, bah. Silver, so what? Team USA’s captain thinks his team can pull off the ultimate Olympic hockey miracle. Jamie Langenbrunner says he has no illusions, only ambitions for the...
Bundle up, its cold on the fall runways
For the sake of sexiness, fall shows have often looked absurdly skimpy and summery. Call it one of the perennial — not to mention stupid — truths of fashion. Perhaps...
U.S. ski jump team foots its own bills
WHISTLER, British Columbia — None of the three members of the U.S. ski jump team advanced past the preliminary round of the Normal Hill competition yesterday, so they spent the...
Risk makes dangerous Olympic events appealing
WHISTLER, British Columbia — How does the old joke go? I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out . . . Updated: I went to a car...
Wall raised after deadly luge crash
VANCOUVER — The horrific death of an Olympic luger on Friday led to changes to the track, which reopened yesterday after a 12-hour investigation. International luge officials pronounced the track...
Marty gets his close-up
When Hollywood types are asked to name their heroes, Martin Scorsese’s name always makes the short list. For budding directors, there’s no better guy to rip off, whether it’s for...
The week's winners and losers
Winners JOHN THAIN Ex-Merrill boss gets executive suite — to redo? — at embattled CIT. BRAD GREY Paramount head does well — brings smile to boss — Viacom CEO Sumner...
Food of love
Romance and food and have been partners in crime since Adam and Eve’s illicit apple. Since Lady and the Tramp’s slurped spaghetti. Since Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger’s fridge-side fondling....
Big plans: Curtis' size, aggression key to SIHSL title, future
If it wasn’t James Timmins, it was Bryan Hockaday. If it wasn’t Bryan Hockaday, it was Quentin Tate. More times than not, one of those three came up with a...
Warriors win first SIHSL tourney since 2004
This group of Curtis seniors knew all about the SIHSL tournament championship game. They saw it right away their freshman year on JV. The past two years, the Warriors have...
Motrechuk helps Eagles survive Moore rally
Ashley Motrechuk admitted to a moment of panic during Moore Catholic’s crazy run. Who could blame the St. Peter’s junior center as her team’s lead went from 28 to three...
What New York's political scandals have in common
It’s the one question that’s not really been addressed during this dubious week for New York legislators: How is it that so many — from Pedro Espada to Larry Seabrook...
A soldier's story
It’s a very difficult moral dilemma, to weigh the life of a young man of great promise against the chance of Afghan children to go to school and gain the...
Public workers feel no pain in recession
“It’s hard to believe there’s a recession,” a friend recently observed, as he navigated the jam-packed parking lot at a suburban Albany shopping mall. While private-sector workers in the capital...
When Democracy fails
You don’t have to be a C-SPAN junkie to see that our government is just plain broken. You get the feeling that more substantial work gets accomplished at a high...
Meet market: Woodsman pines for a sappy romance
Timber! Ted, a 33-year-old designer and builder, makes a living working with wood, but he’s still looking for the perfect girl to fall for. Brianne, 30associate director of publicity for...
Probing Mike’s mystery cash
Mayor Bloomberg has yet to credibly explain what happened to $750,000 of his personal cash that passed through a political operative’s shady corporate outfit in the closing days of last...
The right guy
Edward F. Cox’s correct assessment of a New York Republican resurgence fails to mention the tremendous electoral successes of his predecessor as state chairman, Nassau County GOP Chairman Joseph N....
Home front
Paul Rieckhoff gets to the point in his article — all veteran activity, like politics, is essentially local (“What Vets Need From the Prez,” PostOpinion, Feb. 4). When our soldiers...
Stuff it!
I listened to Michelle Obama’s interview about childhood obesity, in which she stated that her doctor warned her about her daughters’ health, and she responsibly took action (“Fat is in...
Fresh aria
I was at last week’s performance of “Remember Me” at the Joyce and found it to be refreshing, energizing and fabulous. The rest of the audience seemed just as enthralled...
Square deal
Steve Cuozzo would like Mayor Bloomberg to put Times Square back together again, but it will never happen (“Mayor Bloomberg, Free Times Square!” PostScript, Feb. 7). Mr. Ego thinks that...
Union Atlantic
Adam Haslett’s debut novel — his last story collection “You Are Not a Stranger Here” was nominated for a Pulitzer — is a prescient dramatization of what happens when the...
The whale
In “The Whale,” winner of the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction, Philip Hoare, like Ishmael before him, sets out on his passionate search for knowledge about the earth’s...
In my library: Robert Pinsky
Decades before he became America’s poet laureate, Robert Pinsky was seriously into sax. Only later, in his early 20s, the guy voted “most musical boy” in high school realized he...
What’s Jenny Sanford’s real story?
Sometimes new-age sensitivities and modern human relations seem short on those very two things — sensitivity and humanity. Take, for example, that show that recently was all over ABC, “Sanfords...
She's a doll
Gather round, boys and girls, while I tell you about the inflat able sex doll that came to life and got a job in a video store. Actually, I'll let...
Pawn to KGB 4
IN 1981, KGB chief Yuri An dropov created a large team of agents, cypher experts and other specialists to make sure Anatoly Karpov won his world championship match with Russian...
Club's pigeon 'snit'
Pesky pigeons are striking the rich. A kit of city pigeons is splattering the exterior of a hoity-toity social club founded in 1865 by Ivy Leaguers and power brokers, and...
She's a stealing beauty, DA says
She may have the face of an angel, but authorities say this city society gal has the heart of a thieving little devil. Kashmir Snowdon-Jones, 21, a sometime model and...
Less talk, more action from Department of Education on 'rubber room' problem
"Rubber rooms" don't work. They don't work for schools, students or taxpayers. They especially don't work for teachers, who have no desire to have incompetent or misbehaving colleagues but who...
Get incompetent teachers off the payroll
The most important factor in a child's education is the quality of his or her teachers. That's why we are working so hard to ensure only our best educators are...
Charity big & her 145G gig
When Malcolm Smith became Senate majority leader last January, he rewarded longtime associate Joan Flowers -- his former campaign treasurer and the lawyer for a politically connected charity now under...
Bam's on a budget
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said yesterday new budget rules that say spending cuts must accompany spending increases will force Congress to "pay for what it spends, just like everybody...
'Slay' prof killed brother in '86
The Harvard-educated University of Alabama biology professor accused of slaying three of her colleagues and wounding three others shot dead her teen brother in a Boston suburb in 1986, authorities...
Bad initial Buzz over privacy
Less than a week after Google introduced a new social-networking service, Google Buzz, the company is working feverishly to address user unease about the privacy of the product, The Wall...
Mass evac in Qns. blaze
A raging four-alarm fire ripped through a strip of commercial storefronts in Queens early yesterday and forced the evacuation of 54 apartments, authorities said. The ferocious blaze, which took 3½...
Delivery guy killed by 'drunk'
A boozed-up driver fatally struck a Chinese deliveryman on a motor scooter in Queens and briefly dragged the man's body while fleeing the scene, police said yesterday. The victim, Jiangiu...
All systems are snow
A mid-Atlantic storm is forecast to dump up to 6 more inches of snow on the city between tomorrow night and Tuesday morning -- and still another nor'easter could cross...
Gym rats 'lift' and run
Guard your gym shorts. More than three dozen suspected thieves have been cleaning out Manhattan health clubs, busting locks and snatching cash and valuables as victims work out, the NYPD...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens--Police are hunting for three bandits wanted in a string of stickups in Jamaica and Hollis. The robbers, believed to be between 16 and 20 years old, were captured on...
Revisiting an old housing problem
Dear John: We live in Massachusetts and have been in our present house for just one year. We were told the neighborhood was quiet -- and for the first few...
Aqueduct slots victor my best bet: Dave
Gov. Paterson refused to dish yesterday on the secretive process that handed the lucrative Aqueduct "racino" contract to a would-be political ally -- even as he admitted the final choice...
Who's that girl? A star is Osbourne
There's a new mystery girl out on the town -- a petite, peroxide-blond Kelly Osbourne, who's half the woman she used to be (in 2007). Osbourne, 25, showed off her...
Indicted Seabrook got help from see-no-evil union
IF there had ever been a vote for the legislator most likely to end up in prison, the hands-down winner would have been City Councilman Larry Seabrook -- who finally...
Germs on run from sure-handed cops
Gun? Check. Nightstick? Check. Hand sanitizer? Huh? New York's Finest have been given a new weapon to combat criminal scum -- "mobile hand sanitizers." The NYPD has begun distributing "personal...
$85 'stealth tax' pain
A typical New Yorker pays more than $85 each month in taxes tacked onto bills for living expenses like gas, electricity, phone, cable TV and transportation, The Post found. Taxing...
'$leazy 6' of rubber room
Taxpayers are on the hook for more than $540,000 a year in salaries for six rubber-room teachers who have been legally cleared to return to class -- but will never...
'DWI' cop brakes fast at Tiffany's
He was a little early for breakfast. An allegedly drunken off-duty cop slammed his car into the front of Tiffany's flagship Fifth Avenue store at 3 a.m. yesterday, leaving the...
'Stiff winds' hit O team over trial
Obama-administration officials are struggling to find a civilian court to try the 9/11 plotters because of "stiff winds" of resistance, one of the president's top national-security advisers said yesterday. The...
Shaq: I'm no duped endorser
NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal and the owner of a penny-stock investor Web site are starting to throw elbows as they battle over Shaq's appearance in ads for a company that...
CNBC's 'docu' drama
Call it the winter of CNBC's discontent. The crown jewel of NBC Universal's cable stable, CNBC has tried to extend its business day audience into primetime with original programming, but...
Hey, Mr. President, tax this!
Dear President Obama: On this Presidents' Day weekend, the US economy, as you well know, is in dire need of a plan for revival. With 8.4 million jobs lost since...
NY mortgage plan leaving owners hanging
There's more bad news for financially strapped New York homeowners. An ambitious, year-old mortgage-modification program implemented by judges in a Manhattan bankruptcy court has produced the same underwhelming results as...
US surging toward big win
Thousands of Marines and Afghan soldiers flooded the Taliban stronghold of Marjah yesterday, battling door to door with pockets of militants and picking their way through a deadly nest of...
Police snag wigged thief
An eagle-eyed NYPD captain nabbed a wig wearing bank robber in Penn Station yesterday morning --minutes after the thief struck two other banks, cops said. Robert Krieg, 42, stopped for...
NYPD shooting for 3-D tool
It's a picture-perfect way to solve a murder. And the NYPD wants it. Cops are looking to buy new machines that create 3-D images of bullets and casings from crimes,...
Granny fights off shark
An Australian grandmother who was attacked by a shark fought off the beast by walloping it in the nose, despite losing 40 percent of her blood. "I thought, this shark...
'Giddyup' to stables
The city isn't showing historic Shamrock Stables any love for Valentine's Day. Owner Ian McKeever was slapped with an eviction notice last week and ordered to appear in court this...
A hot book in a cold real estate market
Real-estate agents caught in the downward house-pricing spiral have to pull their clients into the future and away from the nostalgia of past higher home values if they want to...
Google's going social and mobile
Google is certainly into searching -- searching for what the company wants to be in two years. In the last four months, the Internet giant has made major announcements in...
Happy ending to love & war
When Ehdaa first saw the man who would become her future husband, she was 25, a Sunni doctor working at the Ministry of Health in Baghdad. He was an American...
'Try' harder, Bam
President Obama has lost the country. Poll after poll confirms the American public has caught on to his false claim to be a mainstream centrist and, in the short run,...
Tsunami cash down 'sinkhole'
Did tsunami victims get soaked, too? A charity that lists Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) among its board members claimed to have collected more than $200,000 for victims of the 2004...
'Cane fund's shamed lawman now a teach
Maybe he teaches fuzzy math. The disgraced prosecutor in charge of a shady charity that raised funds for Hurricane Katrina victims is a teacher at Queens Vocational and Technical HS,...
$$ links of mentor Flake & pupil Smith
When the Democrats won control of the state Senate in 2008, Sen. Malcolm Smith turned to Floyd Flake, his longtime spiritual and political adviser, with a request. "Reverend, I need...
Ax this hack
Republicans were up in arms last week — and rightly so — over the outrageous accusation by John Brennan, President Obama’s top anti-terrorism advisor, that his critics “only serve the...
Questions abound for 'maybe' Mets
The Mets took a pass on John Lackey and ended up with Still Lacking. Even with the $66 million spent to upgrade the lineup with Jason Bay's addition this offseason,...
Yankees' repeat hopes tied to new names
There was a deal to be made between the Yankees and Johnny Damon and it wasn't completed. The club decided Hideki Matsui's knees were too much of a risk. So...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $32,000; clm($25,000); 4upDUBINSKY drew the rail after defeating optional claimers as favorite at Laurel. Entrymate REPTILIAN SMARTS finished fourth in first start since June. STUNGBYTHESTORM steps up...
Hendrick team Daytona faves
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The NASCAR scoring tower never seems to change. A Hendrick Motorsports sweep, 1-2-3. That's how NASCAR's top team ended last season, and exactly how they opened...
Illness strikes Yankees trainer Monahan
A very familiar face and important cog in the Yankees universe won't greet the players in Tampa this week when spring training camp opens. As The Post reported yesterday, legendary...
Grim peepers
* I think it is disgusting that some sports fans and others get more of a thrill out of seeing athletes get seriously injured, like repeatedly watching the video of...
Danica crashes in Nationwide debut
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Danica Patrick's NASCAR debut yesterday ended in a 12-car accident in the Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Patrick was running 21st when several cars...
Krzyzewski: Saying 'no' to Nets 'would be easy'
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski essentially rebuffed the Nets' interest yesterday before ever hearing what the team and incoming Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov might have to offer. "The guy's Russian,...
Islanders veterans lead them to 5-4 win over Lightning
While the Islanders' focus is clearly on the future, yesterday, at least, their veterans keyed a 5-4 win over the Lightning at Nassau Coliseum, as the Isles look to close...
LeBron upset Knicks' Lee, not teammates, got All-Star nod
DALLAS -- Sources say LeBron James likes David Lee and his work ethic, but that doesn't mean King James agreed the Knicks power forward should have gotten the nod over...
Johnson, Goydos tied atop Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Dustin Johnson is powering his away around the Monterey Peninsula. Paul Goydos is poking along. The two golfers, who couldn't be more different, were tied for...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Couples tied for first-round lead In Naples, Fla., Fred Couples is in position for his first Champions Tour victory. He'll have to hold on to the lead at the...
Knicks' Robinson uses Cowboys cheerleaders to help him score third slam-dunk title
DALLAS -- Nate Robinson now has three Slam-Dunk Contest titles and four Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders as his new harem. In the signature moment of an otherwise tame dunk contest, Robinson...
Nets owner's next moves remain a mystery
You have got to be extremely wary of sources claiming they're privy to the preferences of Mikhail Prokhorov about anything or anyone. Come on, other than commissioner David Stern, who...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with ... Ryan Callahan
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the 25-year-old Rangers right wing who will play in his first Olympics for Team USA. Q: The movie "Miracle?" A: It was inspirational to...
Brodeur pulled as Devils fall to Hurricanes, 5-2
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes could do without a break in the schedule right now. They’re on their best run of the season after Ray Whitney scored two power-play...
St. Patrick finds relief in rout
TRENTON -- Kyrie Irving stole the outlet pass, hung in the air and drained an off- balance 18-foot jumper as the horn sounded to end the third quarter. The St....
Dusted in 5,000, Shani Davis hardly worried
RICHMOND, British Columbia -- Shani Davis did not finish on the medal platform yesterday, but he remained upbeat -- a change from previous Olympics. Davis finished 12th in the 5,000...
Wade: T-Mac still got game
DALLAS -- Miami's Dwyane Wade said he believes Tracy McGrady just needed more of a chance in Houston. Wade worked out with the trade target of the Knicks over the...
Warm weather postpones men's downhill
VANCOUVER -- Weather continues to play havoc with the Olympic skiing schedule. The men's downhill became the second event to be postponed at the Vancouver Games due to a course...
Hunters, lay off the Yellow Tail
The wine you are drinking maybe hazard ous to your sport. The Australian maker of Yellow Tail Wine has pledged $100,000 to the Humane Society of the United States, this...
Feherty, Red, White & Hoot!
Five years ago, CBS golf analyst David Feherty authored a book titled, "Somewhere In Ireland A Village Is Missing An Idiot." Well, those villagers can call off the search; Feherty's...
Weird but true
Get thee to confession! A Roman Catholic priest was busted for trying to buy coke in Philadelphia. Cops said they saw Father James Shimsky, 50, of the Diocese of Scranton,...
Duke rolls in Coach K's 1,000th game
Jon Scheyer scored 22 points, Brian Zoubek had 16 points and 17 rebounds and No. 8 Duke (21-4, 9-2 ACC) marked coach Mike Krzyzewski's milestone 1,000th game for the Blue...
St. John's hopes to stay hot against Notre Dame
It was a magnificent win, one that confirmed the St. John's belief that if it played 40 minutes of its style of basketball, success would be the result. The Red...
Calhoun 'embarrassed' by UConn's loss to Cincinnati
Lance Stephenson scored 14 points and Cincinnati (15-9, 6-6 Big East) beat Connecticut 60-48 yesterday in Hartford, Conn., holding the Huskies (14-11, 4-8) to their lowest point total since 2002....
Ortega's 1,000, not victory hard to come by
The outcome was in question until the final 90 seconds. No, not for the game. Murry Bergtraum routed Central Dauphin (Pa.), 64-49, in non-league girls basketball Saturday in Lower Manhattan....
Wild comeback falls short for Mavericks
Taylor Baggs felt it was time to get crazy. It was her team’s only hope. Moore Catholic was getting manhandled by rival St. Peter’s, trailing by as much as 28...
CK mistakes let Vianney escape late
The feeling was too familiar to Christ the King and it is starting to get tired of it. “We should have won that game,” senior forward Ariel Edwards said. “There...
Winter pride & groom
The pampered, pedigreed purebreds competing tomorrow and Tuesday in Madison Square Garden’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show are famous for being perfectly primped — especially the gorgeously groomed Afghans and...
Whitney power plays lead Hurricanes past Devils, 5-2
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Ray Whitney scored two power-play goals in a minute in the second period, rookie goalie Justin Peters won his second game in two outings and the Carolina...
Forbes: Man United bigger than Yankees; Beckham 2nd to Tiger Woods
I've never claimed to be a financial wizard, which is probably why I'm so intrigued by those lucky few that are. And with the bookkeepers and bean-counters having finished their...
For Jevon Thomas, new life on Long Island brings about metamorphosis
TRENTON, N.J. – Jevon Thomas gave it a shot. He spent a year at Thomas Edison, hoping to make it big as a New York City basketball star. Because of...
Chado Ralph Rucci
Kelly Cutrone's loss is our gain. Last season's monstrously large Chado Ralph Rucci fashion show was a complete disaster when it came to seating and organizing the front of house...
10 years old ... and divorced
"My wedding ceremony, which began at lunchtime, was quickly over," Nujood Ali writes of the day she became a 10-year-old bride in Sana'a, Yemen. "I advanced slowly, doing my best...
Alexander Wang
What you see is not exactly what you get. In Alexander Wang's fall collection, tops have details found on bottoms -- and bottoms have details from tops. It's probably his...
Putting aside troubles, St. Patrick routs Rice
TRENTON, N.J. – Kyrie Irving stole the outlet pass, hung in the air and drained the off-balance 18-foot jumper as the horn sounded to end the third quarter. The St....
Primetime Shootout notebook: Lincoln gets back on track
TRENTON, N.J. -- Contrary to popular belief, Lincoln’s hopes of a fifth consecutive PSAL boys basketball city championship have not been dashed. Even coach Dwayne (Tiny) Morton’s mother called him...
Duke legend laughs off interest by Nets
Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski essentially rebuffed the Nets' interest before ever hearing what the team and incoming Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov might have to offer. "The guy's Russian,...