May 18, 2011
Dig it: Libero leads Bryant to city title match
The Brooklyn Tech fans were loud and Godwin Sequeira was one of their primary targets. The Bryant libero, who looks young and is small in stature, heard every word. “It...
Rain putting a damper on city high school sports schedules
It’s become a rite of the spring season the last few years – crippling rain.New York City has been pounded the last three days by downpours, bringing baseball and softball...
Man shot aboard city bus in Brooklyn
A teen is fighting for his life after getting shot in stomach aboard a city bus this afternoon in Brooklyn, authorities said. The bloodshed occurred around 4:40 p.m. in the...
Mets injury updates: Pagan, Davis, Parnell
Mets center fielder Angel Pagan was scheduled to play his first rehab game with St. Lucie on Wednesday night at Tampa.Terry Collins said Pagan had no problems after his simulated...
This week's calendar: May 19 to 25
Thursday, May 19 Inside Secrets of Top BrokersREBNY will host “Inside Secrets of Top Brokers Seminar Series,” a members-only seminar. The speaker is to be announced. 5:30 pm. REBNY Mendik...
Giving back: Antigua to coach Dominican Republic U-17 squad
The Dominican Republic is more than just a vacation spot for Oliver Antigua. It’s also where he was born and the St. Raymond basketball coach will get a chance to...
Mets shut out Nationals, 3-0
Soaked through to his skin on a muddy mound, Jonathon Niese found himself trying in vain to dry off those water-logged baseballs in the seventh inning. Somehow, the New York...
Cano's two runs in 15th inning lead Yankees over Orioles
BALTIMORE — The New York Yankees survived a very scary moment, a blown save by Mariano Rivera and staggered through 10 straight scoreless innings before pulling away to another victory...
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recovering after skull surgery in Houston
HOUSTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) underwent surgery on her skull in Houston Wednesday, a milestone in her recovery after being shot in the head in January, ABC News reported....
BACK PAGE: Quiet Mets in contrast to controversial Yankees
All that’s left is to figure out who will be playing the role of Tony Bernazard. The Yankees' latest PR disaster is perhaps most similar to the recent Mets reign...
PSAL boys volleyball championship preview
NYPost.com volleyball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the PSAL boys volleyball championship match, set for 6 p.m. Thursday night at Hunter College. No. 1 Bryant Owls Head coach: Steve...
No verdict yet in 'Rape Cops' trial deliberations
The so-called "rape cops" live to fight another day. The five women, seven-man jury in the sensational -- and legally tricky -- case failed to reach a verdict after batting...
Lawyers will try to secure Dominique Strauss-Kahn's release on bail tomorrow
Embattled International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will appear in court Thursday at a new bail hearing as his defense lawyers try to secure his release, FOX News Channel...
FDNY releases list of 20 engine and ladder companies that could be closed
The Fire Department today finally released the list of 20 engine and ladder companies that are candidates for closing if the City Council can't come up with $55 million to...
Animal Kingdom gets No. 11 post, 2-1 favorite at Preakness
BALTIMORE -- Things are falling nicely into place for Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom. He’s training in the Maryland countryside, he’s been made the early 2-1 favorite for the Preakness...
Tiger top sports celebrity, but golf ranking falls
For his golf, Tiger Woods is about to fall out of the top 10 in the world for the first time in 14 years. For his star power, he still...
Actress Rosie Perez sues over injuries suffered filming 'Law and Order: SVU'
Rosie Perez will reprise her role on "Law & Order: SVU" — this time in an actual courtoom. The actor is suing the production companies behind the show, claiming their...
A-Rod planning to have hip looked at
BALTIMORE -- Alex Rodriguez is planning to have his surgically repaired right hip checked in the coming days, even though the Yankees cleanup hitter said it is not bothering him.Rodriguez...
L.A. Noire: simply amazing
L.A. Noire is, I don't know how else to say this, absolutely amazing. The groundbreaking facial animation technology, the storytelling, the acting, the detective work...It's all superb. Do not hesitate...
Macchio: 'Dancing' judges' comments were 'rude'
LOS ANGELES — Ralph Macchio feels like the judges on "Dancing With the Stars" didn't give him a fair shake. The "Karate Kid" star was kicked off the hit ABC...
IMF chief was warned to watch his behavior in the US
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was warned. Before he left to run the International Monetary Fund, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told him to control himself in the United States when it came to...
Posada out of Yankees lineup again
BALTIMORE -- Jorge Posada's return to the Yankees lineup lasted one day, with the designated hitter back on the bench with the team facing Orioles lefty Zach Britton.Derek Jeter takes...
State zaps power companies' reason for huge rate hike
Albany today unplugged power generating companies’ shocking grab for $500 million of New Yorkers’ electric bill cash over the next year. The state Senate sent to Gov. Cuomo a bill...
NJ Gov. Christie's popularity takes a hit in new polls
TRENTON, N.J. -- For the first time in over a year, the ranks of New Jersey residents who disapprove of Gov. Chris Christie have surpassed those who approve of his...
Crazed SI gunman thought victims stole his business plan: NYPD
The crazed gunman, who blew away a Staten Island business partner, was convinced the victim had stolen his ideas for developing military-grade flashlights, police said today. Before police killed Ilya...
NBA could fine Timberwolves president for suggesting lottery was fixed
The NBA is weighing whether to fine Wolves president David Kahn for remarks he made after Tuesday night's lottery in which some have construed as hinting the process is fixed,...
Thunder's Durant has your back ... pack
NBA players have never been shy about their wardrobe and fashion choices, from the loud, obnoxious-colored suits that were in style (?) in the mid-90s, to the Allen Iverson-inspired street...
'Voodoo mom' sentenced to 17 years in prison after guilty plea
The Queens mother accused of setting her daughter on fire in an apparent voodoo ritual pleaded guilty for the heinous crime and in exchange will spend the next 17 years...
Schwarzenegger's wife and housekeeper were pregnant at the same time: report
LOS ANGELES -- Arnold Schwarzenegger's housekeeper was pregnant with his love child at the same time his wife was expecting the couple's youngest son, according to a new report. Mildred...
US to hit Syria's Assad with sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will slap sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad and six senior Syrian officials for human rights abuses over their brutal crackdown on anti-government protests, for...
Pill-stealing cop busted after knocking over seven pharmacies
A retired city cop has been busted for allegedly pulling a series of armed robberies at Brooklyn drug stores, in which he made off with powerful painkillers, officials said today....
Red Bull, MLS midday notebook
The Red Bulls are off today, but here are a few housekeeping notes for you. The May 28 game at Vancouver was moved from 7 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., but...
Ex-African aid worker suing Franklin Graham's relief group over "harrowing" captivity in South Darfur
A Westchester woman who was held hostage by bloodthirsty bandits while working as an African aid worker is suing a relief group run by evangelist Franklin Graham for allegedly refusing...
Three cheers for assimilation!
The Migration Policy Institute has handed out its annual prize for "immigrant integration" -- what they call their E Pluribus Unum Awards. The point of the awards is to highlight "programs that...
Aborted attempt before Air Force One lands safely
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Air Force One with President Obama aboard made an aborted landing attempt at the Windsor Locks, Conn., airport today before trying again and landing safely, officials...
Jilted bride in China jumps out window (photos)
Devastated Li-Wan sat sobbing on a window ledge 80ft up in Changchun, eastern China, just hours after partner Wang Lu called off the big day. But as she jumped off...
Tevez brace lifts Manchester City to third in EPL
MANCHESTER, England -- Carlos Tevez proved how priceless he is to Manchester City with a stunning brace in a 3-0 victory over Stoke City Tuesday, lifting the Eastlands outfit to...
CBS unveils 3 new dramas, 2 new comedies for fall
CBS is prying loose "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" from its long-time Thursday slot next fall to make room for a new drama from "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams, the network announced...
Kaka cools talk on England move after mom's tweet
LONDON -- Real Madrid playmaker Kaka Tuesday played down talk linking him with a switch to the English Premier League next season, after his mom suggested the move was all...
Charlie Sheen could still reap $2 million per 'Two and a Half Men' episode
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen could still earn $2 million for each episode of "Two and a Half Men," even though the troubled star was kicked off the show, The...
Judgment day arrives for 'rape cops' as case goes to jury
The fate of the so-called "rape cops" is now in the hands of their five women, and seven-man jury. Deliberations in the sensational case began at a quarter-to-noon today in...
NY GOP says Rep. King should make White House run in 2012
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Rep. Peter King’s national profile has soared as head of the House Homeland Security panel. But he’s taking a wait-and-see approach to a suggestion by a...
NYPD forming unit to deal with ticket-fix claims
NYPD Internal Affairs officers will keep closer track of possible cop ticket fixing, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said today. A new "robust watchdog" IAB unit will track coiurt cases to...
Alleged military leader of al Qaeda in Iraq arrested, officials say
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi army arrested the alleged military leader of al Qaeda's offshoot in Iraq and three of his acolytes in a pre-dawn raid Wednesday, the country's defense ministry...
The problem is, she's still smokin' — and the May 23 deadline is nigh
She’s still smoking!North Brooklyn parks honcha Stephanie Thayer has tumbled off the wagon in her quest to quit her lifelong habit less than a week before the city bans on...
Syrian president: Security forces made mistakes
BEIRUT — Syria's president said the country's security forces have made mistakes during the uprising against his regime, blaming poorly trained police officers at least in part for a crackdown...
Arnold's mistress threatened to go public with news of his child
Arnold Schwarzenegger's mistress threatened to go public with the revelation that she had his child, according to a new report. The threat apparently came after Mildred Patricia Baena was fired...
Ray Harding gets wrist-slap in pay-to-play pension scandal
No jail. No restitution. No kidding. With the blessing of the state Attorney General's office, disgraced former Liberal Party powerhouse Ray Harding was wrist-slapped and turned back loose in all...
Russian president warns of new Cold War over missile defense
SKOLKOVO, Russia -- President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday warned of a new Cold War era if Russia and the West fail to agree on missile defense, in the first major...
X-ray catches 513 migrants in Mexico as trailers headed toward US
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Police in Mexico's southern Chiapas state found 513 migrants on Tuesday inside two trailer trucks bound for the United States, and said they had been transported...
Alleged IMF sex-attack victim set to go before grand jury
The IMF chief’s alleged sex-attack victim is set to testify before a grand jury about the incident. "She's prepared to do whatever she's asked to do," her attorney, Jeffrey Shapiro,...
Rebels: Khadafy fighters shell western mountains
TRIPOLI, Libya — Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy shelled villages and towns to try to take control of the high ground in a western mountain range, while a...
Ground Zero fund administrator chosen: AP source
WASHINGTON — A person familiar with the matter says the Justice Department plans to appoint a well-known New York attorney to run the fund that will be used to compensate...
Long Island man stabbed during argument
FREEPORT, N.Y. — A 47-year-old Queens man is under arrest for allegedly stabbing another man during an argument. Police say Rolando Hernandez, of Queens, allegedly stabbed the victim twice in...
Obama to talk about Middle East -- will Syria get a mention?
According to David Ignatius Assad's ouster in Syria is a matter of when and how not if. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were all in for Assad...
RELOCATED! Brooklyn Bridge Park's dance party tomorrow is moved to Tobacco Warehouse
Celebrate Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Bridge Park dance party is not only hot, but now it’s wet, too.The Prospect Park-based performing arts festival made the call this morning to move its Thursday...
Bomb kills two near Burmese capital as US envoy visits
NAYPYIDAW, Burma -- A bomb blast on a train near the Burmese capital Naypyidaw left at least two people dead Wednesday during a visit by a US envoy for talks...
UFT, NAACP to file suit to stop 22 public school closures
Deja-sue. The teachers’ union, NAACP and others are planning to file a lawsuit today to halt the closure of 22 public schools at the end of the school year –...
Egyptian military says no pardon for Mubarak
CAIRO -- Egypt's ruling military council dismissed Wednesday a report that it might pardon the detained former president, Hosni Mubarak, or his family. "There is absolutely no truth to what...
Endeavour docks to International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Endeavour and its six astronauts showed up at the International Space Station on Wednesday with the most expensive payload ever carried by a shuttle, a $2...
Freight elevator falls 3 floors, 22 injured
Twenty-two people were injured after a freight elevator malfunctioned and crashed into a basement in Chelsea, fire officials said. The accident occurred at a building on Sixth Avenue near West...
VOTE: Best rookie performance in Subway Series
When the Mets and Yankees meet Friday night in The Bronx, it will mark the 15th summer of the Subway Series. To commemorate the occasion, the Post’s baseball experts will...
PSAL Class A tennis roundup: Beacon boys return to semis
The three-time defending PSAL Class A boys tennis champions are just two wins shy of a fourth straight crown. On Friday, No. 1 Beacon blanked eighth-seeded Leon Goldstein, 5-0. Quinton...
Red-Hot American Studies advances to first boys volleyball final
To outsiders, the Academy of American Studies seems to be all about its dynamic outside hitter duo – Nino Hot and his long locks, Michal Kasza and his powerful swings....
Bayside defeats Stevenson in 12-inning, playoff epic
There was just one PSAL softball playoff game that got in Tuesday afternoon through the rain – and it was an all-time classic. No. 12 Bayside came back from five...
Terriers workhorse Derby honored to be voted city's best windmiller
Katie Derby felt like a celebrity at St. Francis Prep on Tuesday. The senior was approached throughout the halls by strangers offering well wishes and support. “I actually had some...
Injuries lead to Mets lineup changes
Jose Reyes looked at the lineup that was supposed to take the field last night and wasn’t sure what to think. “I’ve been here a long time and I don’t...
Subway series
When the Mets and Yankees meet Friday night in The Bronx, it will mark the 15th summer of the Subway Series. To commemorate the occasion, the Post’s baseball experts will...
Mets' Tejada not ‘short’ on potential
Here was Fred Wilpon in the Mets dugout yesterday sitting with David Wright, Jose Reyes, Jason Bay and Terry Collins. The franchise players and manager were dressed in their home...
Glossy move
In a major boost to the revival of Ground Zero, the glitzy Condé Nast magazine empire has finalized a $2 billion deal with the Port Authority to become the anchor...
Lampert takes a stake in Big Lots
While buyout shops appear to be losing interest in Big Lots, Eddie Lampert has been loading up. The hedge-fund billionaire -- who has squeezed Sears and Kmart for cash since...
Business briefs
LinkedIn LinkedIn now plans to sell shares at $42 to $45 each in its initial public offering tomorrow, up from a previous range of $32 to $35. At the middle...
'Biggest mistake': Dimon rues action on military families
Jamie Dimon took JPMorgan Chase's annual meeting 550 miles west to Columbus, Ohio, yesterday and apologized for the mistakes the bank has made in its foreclosure actions. Hundreds of protesters...
Galleon stoolie was taping through his hat
David Slaine, the stock picker turned stoolie whose trail led investigators to hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam, spent months making secret videos of friends and colleagues allegedly engaged in an insider-trading...
Home, sweet Woolworth Bldg.
After four long years of waiting, the iconic Woolworth Building is finally moving toward a residential conversion of its top floors. Steve Witkoff of the Witkoff Group, and a partner...
Disney going for gold on Olympic$
Disney is considering becoming a top Olympic sponsor as a way to sweeten its bid next month for media rights to the games in 2014 and 2016. In a presentation...
Feds, NYS probing banks over mortgage crisis
The day of reckoning is fast approaching for the nation's biggest banks. Several high-profile investigations, including one by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and another by the Justice...
Our towers get giant boost from this deal
Conde Nast's move to 1 World Trade Center represents victory of a magnitude no one -- not even the staunchest boosters of downtown reconstruction -- could have dreamed of just...
Gwyneth has no appetite for a food mag
Gwyneth Paltrow, in the June issue of Bon Appétit, where she debuts as the foodie title's first-ever celebrity cover, is pointedly shooting down rumors that she is cooking up her...
It's 'bad' out there: Stringer
Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer warned consumers yesterday that he couldn't keep them safe from cyber threats even as the Japanese electronics giant urged users to come back to its...
Latest gal: Lecher kept begging to sleep with me
Another woman came forward yesterday saying she had to fend off the unwanted attentions of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The woman, a reporter for a European newspaper who is in her early...
Libyan oil minister defects
TRIPOLI -- Libya's oil minister defected and fled to Tunisia, a Tunisian security official said yesterday, making him one of the highest-profile figures to abandon Moammar Khadafy's government. Shukri Ghanem,...
Bruni baby on the way
PARIS -- The expectant granddad has spilled the beans: President Nicolas Sarkozy's father told Germany's top-selling newspaper that France's model-turned-singer-turned-first lady is pregnant. And one of 43-year-old Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's predecessors...
'Sperminator' won't be back
Looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger was pumping a lot more than just iron. The "Terminator" star, who became California's governor, fathered a love child more than a decade ago with a...
'Conan' the destroyer of his wife and kids' lives
Some power-hungry sex addicts cheat on their wives: Eliot Spitzer, Jim McGreevey. Some whore hounds father children with random women while running for president, as their wives lie dying from...
Charter school is shuttered
In an unprecedented move, the State Board of Regents yesterday revoked the charter of a Bronx school that hasn't even completed a full year of service. The action was sparked...
Park eatery in Union Sq.
A prominent chef who led a campaign to serve 600,000 meals to heroic 9/11 rescue workers was selected yesterday by the Parks Department to operate a long-delayed restaurant in Union...
'Hungry' cop busted
An ex-cop's craving for a pricey rubber-chicken dinner could land him in the slammer. Retired NYPD Detective Allen Caplan was busted for posing as the director of a city agency...
DSK tried to sew shut tailor's tale
WASHINGTON -- Maybe he should have ordered his custom suits with stripes. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, now cooling his heels at Rikers Island, was protective enough of his reputation that he dispatched...
Skelos opens up on clients
ALBANY -- Disclosure-ducking Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos blinked yesterday with a dramatic about-face on his private legal clients, and he offered what could be a compromise reform proposal aimed...
Bottom of our hearts
She's got the hottest assets, Bar none! Curvaceous Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli is downright booty-ful as she treads the red carpet at a screening of the new Mel Gibson flick...
Cop blows brains out on street
A uniformed NYPD cop angry over his girlfriend's Facebook postings -- and scared she'd leave him -- fatally shot himself right in front of the woman on a Manhattan street...
'Mobster' fails to win Communion blessing
He's no Johnny Sack. A reputed Gambino crime-family soldier yesterday was denied a bid to be sprung from the slammer to attend his 7-year-old daughter's First Communion. Michael "Roc" Roccaforte...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A crook who swiped thousands in cash in a gunpoint robbery at a Bushwick social club last month was busted this week after witnesses identified him, authorities said yesterday....
'Plotter' a 'proud' American
One of the men charged with plotting terror attacks in New York City is "proud to be an American citizen," his lawyer said yesterday. Mohamed Mamdouh, charged with plotting to...
O moves on Mideast peace
President Obama said yesterday it was "more vital than ever" to seek to revive long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, even as political upheaval convulses much of the broader Middle East. Speaking after...
Madoff bonanza for att'ys
It's still hard to collect money from Bernie Madoff -- unless you're a lawyer. The court-appointed trustee and his associates seeking restitution for Madoff's cheated customers were paid $318.4 million,...
Elaine's last call
Now it will be truly impossible to get a good table at Elaine's. The famed Upper East Side eatery, which for four decades remained the preferred watering hole of the...
No such thing as 'halfway' ethical, Andy
Unhappy with the results of a biography years ago, volatile basketball coach Bobby Knight alter nately called the author a pimp and a whore. To which the author, John Feinstein,...
To drill or not to drill
New Yorkers are divided over whether the state should allow a groundbreaking but controversial natural-gas drilling technique known as hydrofracking to boost energy production and jobs upstate, a new survey...
Movie honcho's kid in arson bust
The son of a top film exec whose company distributed the Oscar-winner "The King's Speech" was arrested yesterday for setting a fire at a Brooklyn public-school playground, sources said. Max...
Mitt's model fund-raiser
WASHINGTON -- Supermodel Cindy Crawford, who backed President Obama in 2008, lent a hand to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in his effort to get bigwigs to donate an impressive...
'Movers' shaken
In a stinging slap at Comptroller John Liu, a Manhattan judge has ruled that a formula his office used to set pay rates for movers hired by the city was...
Muskrat mania
It's muskrat love on Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. The upscale residents of nearby Carroll Gardens have purebred dogs. And now the hipster houseboaters on the waterway have their own pet --...
Outing violent felons
ALBANY -- Murderers, muggers and even simple barroom brawlers will find their names on the same kind of public listings now required for pedophiles, rapists and other pervs if the...
Mike's 'me, too' pension stance
ALBANY -- Mayor Bloomberg called on Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers to include city workers in any pension overhaul yesterday. The mayor --in Albany to press for the legalization of...
LI juror's 'bribe' bid
A juror in a Long Island medical malpractice case was busted yesterday after allegedly offering to fix the case for money. Nassau DA Kathleen Rice said the juror, Deonarine Persaud,...
Lunatic in SI gun rampage
A crazed gunman blew away his business partner inside the victim's Staten Island home, wounded his wife, then held a weapon to their neighbor's head and pulled the trigger --...
Bloomy blasts French 'cuff' whine
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted back at French critics who whined that Dominique Strauss-Kahn shouldn't have been subjected to a "perp walk." "I think it is humiliating, but if you don't...
ADA rips cops in rape trial
New York's Finest? Try New York's "worst." During a more than four-hour summation in the sensational "rape cops" trial yesterday, spitfire Manhattan prosecutor Coleen Balbert called the two officers in...
Sticker shock
Her hate campaign backfired. A Long Island lawyer got custody of his two daughters after a judge ruled his estranged wife was behind a bizarre scheme that left his town...
IMF accuser in apt. for HIV vics
Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have more to worry about than a possible prison sentence. The IMF chief's alleged sex-assault victim lives in a Bronx apartment rented exclusively for adults with HIV...
GOP logjam breaks
The Republican presidential logjam has finally broken. Donald Trump, who believes not only that he'd make the best president but that he could win, declined to run because making money...
The new map of the Arab world
Last year, when the Arab League decided to hold its next summit in Baghdad, Arab leaders hoped they'd be patching up differences and fostering the illusion of unity by putting...
What do you expect from sleazy socialists?
It is utterly unsurprising that a high-ranking member of any Socialist Party would allegedly commit rape ("French Whine!" May 16). After all, the core socialist belief is that leftists are...
Drawing joy from Gallo's work
It seems somehow unfair that the unique joy and often dramatic splendor of Bill Gallo's cartoons might obscure how terrific a writer he was in the Daily News' Sunday paper...
O's Mideast 'reset'
Up until now, when President Obama announced a "reset," he was simply try ing to "correct" his predecessor's erroneous path in the world. But now, concentrating on the Mideast this...
Will Cuomo truly fix pensions
Gov. Cuomo seems close to unveiling his promised pension-reform plan for New York's state and local governments. But will it be the kind of proposal New York needs -- one...
Without Elaine, no Elaine's
It's the end of an era in New York as venerable Upper East Side nightspot Elaine's gets set to close for good on May 26. Sad news -- but, in...
Reborn WTC: Filling up fast
There's no longer any doubt: Lower Manhattan is back. That's the upshot of yesterday's dramatic announcement that Conde Nast -- one of the nation's top media companies -- has agreed...
NY's new schools boss
New York has a new schools boss: On Monday, the state Board of Regents tapped Deputy Commissioner John King to replace David Steiner as commissioner, effective July 15. King's got...
ABT offers twirl-wind preview
American Ballet Theatre's glitzy opening-night gala Monday had royalty -- rock-star royalty, that is, with Prince in attendance. Echoing his sequined glamour, the gown crowd was out in form-fitting force,...
'Louder' speaks volumes
You wouldn't expect Chicago teenagers to care much about poetry. But, as we learn in the uplifting documentary "Louder Than a Bomb," more than 600 teens from 60 Chicago-area schools...
Plenty to French boast about
One recent foggy night at the winning new La Silhouette, striped bass kissed by green spring- vegetable puree previewed the warm-weather bounty, while roasted chicken in wintry caper-olive jus seemed...
Not fully sold on Hugh revue
Give Hugh Jackman some handcuffs and a pair of ripped pants and he'll have an audience of middle-aged ladies reaching for the smelling salts. In a Vegas-y show that just...
Hot shots
In strappy sandals and a flouncy blue dress, the pretty Demetria Chappo couldn’t look more out of place with a rifle in her hand. As she aligns her arms, positions...
Nowitzki's 48 power Mavericks over Thunder
DALLAS -- Facing a long, boring wait for his next playoff game, Dirk Nowitzki did what he normally does. He went to the gym. There were daytime sessions with his...
Rookie Seguin's 2 goals help Bruins even series with Lightning
BOSTON -- Scoring five goals in one period didn't satisfy Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien. Neither did an outstanding offensive game by prize rookie Tyler Seguin. Not when the Bruins...
Phils fall again
Lance Berkman lined a bases-loaded single over a drawn-in outfield with one out in the ninth inning, giving the Cardinals a 2-1 victory over the run-starved Phillies last night in...
Twins rescue Hondo
Hondo struck out with the Phillies last night but connected with the Twins, who conquered King Felix of Seattle to lower the IOUs to 1,025 luzinskis. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will...
Yankees end six-game skid with win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Joe Girardi called for Mariano Rivera to protect a four-run lead in the ninth inning last night with two outs. Does that tell you how badly...
Yankees needed a breakout night from A-Rod
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Maybe the rest of the Yankees weren't struggling quite as bad as their right fielder, but they were getting there. Poor Nick Swisher had come down...
LPGA OK despite lack of dominant U.S. stars
GLADSTONE, N.J. -- Conventional wisdom suggests that having just one American among the top eight seeds typifies the LPGA's problem. But commissioner Michael Whan claims the international flavor is the...
Giants' Canty says season will start on time
At least one player is adamant that when Sept. 8 comes around, the NFL season will start as scheduled. "[The labor dispute] will definitely be settled. There will be a...
It's Manhattan Cup time!
The best fishing tournament on the planet kicks off Friday morning when more than 50 boats will race down the Hudson River, spreading out over New York City's waters in...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball7 p.m.Yankees at OriolesYES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Nationals at MetsSNY, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Rockies at PhilliesESPN7 p.m.Cubs at MarlinsWGNBasketball8:30 p.m.Eastern Conference Finals:Heat at Bulls, Game 2ESPN, ESPN (1050 AM)Hockey9 p.m.Western...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m; $21,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Red to Positive(L),116C Hill2-2-8Arriaga 2-12Montessori(L),116J Espinoza5-5-3Badgett 7-23Kitty's Thunder(L),116E Castro4-3-2Miceli 5-14Sky Fever(L),116I Ortiz9-3-9JOrtiz...
Parx Racing Charts
May. 17, 2011 Cloudy And Sloppy. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -7f; $26,000; clm; 3upOff: 12:26. Good. dueled, drew away. Trainer: Cathal LynchTime: 22.88, 45.78, 1:10.62, 1:23.83.Winner: CH H, 5,...
No gain in NFL talks
MINNEAPOLIS -- The NFL and its locked-out players wrapped up another round of court-ordered mediation yesterday without any signs of a new agreement and the clock ticking on the 2011...
Delaware Results
FIRST-1m&70y; $40,000; mdn spl wt; 3YO; (f&m)1Love and Pride (Saez) 7.404.002.403Spoof (Napravnik)6.002.805Aintnothinbutakiss (Rose)2.10 Off 1:15. Time 1:42.24. Sloppy. * $1 Exacta (1-3) $17.80 * $1 Trifecta (1-3-5) $26.90SECOND-6f; $16,000; clm;...
Nehro out of Preakness; points to Belmont
BALTIMORE -- Nehro's owner, Ahmed Zayat, yesterday decided the Kentucky Derby runner-up will skip Saturday's Preakness and point for the June 11 Belmont Stakes. Though Nehro, trained by Steve Asmussen,...
Belmont Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m(T); $46,000; cl($50,000); 3YOONE COOL DUDE has been working well after finishing fourth in stakes at Gulfstream. TAZERED came off pace to break maiden when making career debut. WEE...
'Animal' looks good after long gallop
FAIR HILL, Md. -- Pimlico Race Course is more than an hour away from this bucolic equine training center in northeast Maryland, hard by the borders of Pennsylvania and Delaware....
Seven fillies eye Black Eye Susan
BALTIMORE -- The $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan drew seven 3-year-old fillies for the Friday stakes at Pimlico. The Black-Eyed Susan is the companion event to the Preakness, similar to the role...
Expert says Animal Kingdown won't win Preakness, too
BALTIMORE -- Animal Kingdom's shock 20-1 win in the Kentucky Derby drew a blistering response yesterday from Jerry Brown, one of America's most prominent horse racing experts, who called it...
Sports shorts
BOXING: Leonard: I was abused Sugar Ray Leonard says in his upcoming autobiography that he was sexually abused by a coach as a young boxer in the early 1970s. In...
It's official: Mets putting Wright on DL
David Wright will join the Mets' crowded disabled list today after a CT scan yesterday confirmed the third baseman has a stress fracture in his lower back. Wright's 15-day DL...
Mets' Bay keeps chin up, even though average isn't
Jason Bay's bunt may have been a good play on Monday night, but it wasn't exactly what most teams are looking for out of their cleanup hitters who are signed...
Yankees' Soriano DL'd by elbow; big mouth just fine
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Rafael Soriano's disappointing entry into the Yankees' universe took another downward turn yesterday when the right-handed reliever was placed on the disabled list after an MRI...
Cancer claims Killebrew, 74
MINNEAPOLIS -- Harmon Killebrew, the affable, big-swinging Hall of Famer whose tape-measure home runs made him the cornerstone of the Twins and perhaps the most popular player in the team's...
The Post Line
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Karma for LeBron? Cavaliers win NBA lottery
Cleveland lost LeBron James to South Beach, but won last night in Secaucus. The Cavaliers finally got their consolation prize. After suffering through a miserable 19-63 season, the Cavaliers, with...
Despite two hits Girardi won't commit to Posada as Yankees DH
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jorge Posada was Joe Girardi's DH last night against the Rays at Tropicana Field. Tonight versus the Orioles in Baltimore? Probably not since the O's are...
Home Team Lineups
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Extra cheese
The cast of the "Jersey Shore" has been in Florence for less than a week and they've already started a cross-town pizza war. Starting next week, Ronnie, Pauly D and...
Kelsey Grammer wants kids from Camille
'Fraiser" star Kelsey Grammer's divorce from ex-wife Camille -- who starred in "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" -- just got a lot uglier. Grammer filed legal papers yesterday seeking...
Starr report
Monday night's third-season premiere of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" snared nearly 3 million viewers to become the highest-rated season premiere in the history of the entire "Housewives" franchise...
Penultimate thrill
CHICAGO -- She's positively messianic. Oprah, I mean. And since every messiah needs a madonna, even blond Madonna showed up last night -- as did dozens of the biggest stars...
Sitch sues father
"Jersey Shore” star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has sued his father, Frank — who blasted “The Sitch” in a series of profanity-laced Web videos last week. The Situation’s company, MPS...
Oprah’s a-ha style moments
Twenty-five years of Oprah in the afternoon are about to come to an end, with the talk-show queen’s last show airing a week from today. The memories, the magic ....
Weird but true
Warning: This item could make you laugh yourself to death. A Georgia group has announced the finalists in its Wacky Warning Labels contest. They include the warning on a ballpoint...
Former Michigan coach wants to clean up NCAA
There's a great job waiting for former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, one he's highly qualified for. He should become the first national college football sheriff. Give Carr a silver star...
Oh, brother: Bryant star close to duplicating siblings' feat
If Bryant doesn’t win the PSAL city title this season, its star player better start looking for a new place to live. At least that’s the joke in the Gaugler...
Going Brown: Senior star shoots budding Beach Channel to semifinals
Whitney Brown never hesitated when taking over the role of leader and the unquestionable best player at Beach Channel. For the first three years of her career, she was part...
With moving up to 'A' in mind, Telecom favorite in Class B
Telecommunications will go into this week’s PSAL Class B playoffs as the No. 1 seed and the odds-on favorite to win the league championship. But part of coach Glenn McCartney...
Mother of Schwarzenegger's love child named on website
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The mother of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child was named Tuesday as 50-year-old housekeeper Mildred Baene. After a joint investigation by RadarOnline and Star...
IMF head isolated, on suicide watch at Rikers
Guards at New York City's massive Rikers Island jail complex are taking unusual precautions to make sure IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn doesn't come to any harm behind bars. The 62-year-old...
Arms and the woman! It's lady wrestling time again
These ladies are armed and dangerous.Brooklyn’s bulkiest biceps will bravely brawl in Williamsburg on Sunday night for the city’s first-ever New York Ladies Arm Wrestling event.Eight national champs will face-off...
Here are some smokers’ paradises
Starting on May 23, city law bans smoking in public parks. But state law allows it — meaning that our borough still has plenty of places where you can light...
Rice's Gomez chooses Iona
The recruiting process had taken longer than he hoped and Joshua Gomez was considering extending it for another year. But then he went on an unofficial visit to Iona College...
Kickball was one 'Hot Mess' this weekend
Sunday’s muddy action made kickball a hot mess for everyone in McCarren Park.But Brooklyn Kickball’s largest team, Hot Mess, had the most difficult day, sloppily dropping both games to two...