November 22, 2011
VIDEO: Costello at Jets practice
Post beat writer Brian Costello reports from Florham Park as the Jets look to rebound from back-to-back losses when they play the Bills on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.csprtContainer();
Margarito-Cotto fight to stay at Madison Square Garden
Antonio Margarito has been granted a boxing license in New York, keeping his 154-pound title fight with Miguel Cotto on schedule for Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden. The New...
6 cops hurt after crashing their cars together (VIDEO)
Six cops suffererd minor injuries today when two police cars smashed into each other in Brooklyn. Around 3 p.m., a marked NYPD vehicle was heading south on Milford Street in...
Brewers' Braun wins NL MVP; Reyes 11th
Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun won the NL Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday after helping lead the Brewers to their first division title in nearly 30 years. The left fielder received...
Syracuse coach supports assistant ahead of Garden game
Walking up to a throng of reporters, Jim Boeheim drily noted that the last time Syracuse played in the NIT Season Tip-Off, nobody wanted to talk to him. The Orange...
Penguins star Crosby fine after first game
PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby woke up on the first day of the rest of his hockey life and felt something he hadn’t experienced in a long, long time. Tired. In...
Red Bull defender Tim Ream attacting EPL interest
Red Bull defender Tim Ream admittedly struggled in his sophomore season, both for club and for country. But after a subpar start he had a strong finish, with West Brom...
Ex-asst. principal of Bx. Catholic school gets no-jail deal in kiddie-porn bust
The former assistant principal of a top all-boys Bronx Catholic school last week quietly received a sweet, no-jail sentence after pleading guilty to having kiddie porn on an electronic device...
'Dancing with the Stars' gets syndication deal on GSN
LOS ANGELES – The Game Show Network (GSN) has acquired the rights to air past seasons of "Dancing with the Stars," it was announced Tuesday. Fans can begin reliving their...
Plaxico returns to Jets early
Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress returned to Jets headquarters Tuesday afternoon after cutting a pair of approved personal days short.Burress was near his hometown of Virginia Beach handing out turkeys...
Brunell takes six snaps with Jets first team
Riding a two-game losing streak, Jets coach Rex Ryan turned to a motivational ploy this week to spark quarterback Mark Sanchez: Ryan has given backup quarterback Mark Brunell reps with...
Chelsea manager Villas-Boas admits he needs a victory soon
LONDON -- Chelsea soccer manager Andre Villas-Boas admits Wednesday's Champions League clash with Germany's Bayer Leverkusen is a "massive game" as he looks to ease the pressure after a sting...
Bills lose starters McGee, Jones for season
ORCHARD PARK -- Buffalo Bills starting cornerback Terrence McGee and receiver Donald Jones haven been placed on season-ending injured reserve. The team announced the moves Tuesday, five days before they...
Beckham yet to speak to French suitor PSG over move
LOS ANGELES -- David Beckham has not yet held talks with the wealthy French club Paris Saint Germain (PSG), which is seen as the favorite to lure the former England...
US tourist dies on cruise ship, passengers reported ill
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A US tourist died aboard a cruise liner that docked in the port of Rio de Janeiro Tuesday after 79 people aboard became sickened by a...
Giants' Rolle wishes he took shot at Eagles' Jackson
Giants safety Antrel Rolle said he likes DeSean Jackson and called the controversial Eagles receiver “my boy’’ Tuesday during his weekly WFAN radio spot. But that didn’t stop Rolle from...
'NCIS' actor David Dayan Fisher pleads not guilty to choking his neighbor
LOS ANGELES -- "NCIS" actor David Dayan Fisher pleaded not guilty to allegedly trying to choke his neighbor, TMZ reported Tuesday. Fisher was arrested in September after allegedly assaulting the...
House panel calls ex-MF Global chairman Corzine to testify
WASHINGTON -- The House Financial Services Committee said on Tuesday its oversight and investigations subcommittee has called Jon Corzine, the former chief executive and chairman of MF Global, to testify...
Yankees' Rivera may need surgery on vocal cords
Mariano Rivera’s right arm appears to be ageless, but the same cannot be said about his vocal cords. At a charity event in New Rochelle, the Yankees closer revealed he...
Cops hunt man suspected in attempted rape (VIDEO)
Police are on the hunt for this sicko, caught on surveillance video, who attempted to rape two older woman in Bed Stuy. The suspect, who is seen walking out a...
5 arrested in $1 million ATM skimming case in NYsuburbs
VALHALLA, N.Y. — A police official says about 350 New Yorkers lost $1,000 each over two days at a single ATM that had been rigged by thieves. Westchester County police...
NH court upholds murder conviction in Sox-Yankees dispute
CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a Nashua woman who ran down and killed a man with her car after he and...
Conn. man says he was suicidal over home invasion
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man convicted of killing a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion said the crime got out of control and that...
Players, owners sign baseball's new labor agreement
Baseball players and owners signed an agreement for a new labor contract Tuesday, a deal that starts blood testing on human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams...
Cotto won't fight Margarito anywhere but Garden
Junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto said Tuesday he won’t fight Antonio Margarito in any other venue than Madison Square Garden, putting added pressure on the New York State Athletic Commission,...
Neil Diamond announces summer tour
Neil Diamond announced Tuesday he will hit the road again for his 2012 Summer Tour across North America. "Look out USA and Canada, here we come again! See you in...
Setbacks for Jets' Tomlinson, Kerley
Jets coach Rex Ryan said Tuesday running back LaDainian Tomlinson and wide receiver Jeremy Kerley both suffered setbacks in their recoveries from sprained MCLs.Neither player practiced Tuesday. Ryan said Tomlinson...
Ex-fundraiser Tony Rezko sentenced to 10.5 years in corruption case
CHICAGO -- Tony Rezko, a prominent political fundraiser with ties to former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and President Obama, was sentenced Tuesday to 10-and-a-half years in prison for his 2008...
Sandusky attorney fears new charges and jail time as preliminary hearing delayed
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The preliminary hearing of accused child molester Jerry Sandusky was pushed back Tuesday, while his attorney expressed concern about possible new charges and jail time for...
‘Social Network’ writer Aaron Sorkin mulls Steve Jobs biopic
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning writer of "The Social Network," may pen a biopic about the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Speaking at the P.S. Arts Express Yourself...
Regis Philbin still harboring 18-year-old grudge against Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld has coined his temporary takeover on "Live!" for Regis Philbin as "Operation Smooth Transition" but relations between the two TV titans were not always so peaceful. Once upon...
Egyptian military promises 2012 elections, parliamentary vote next week
CAIRO — Egypt's military ruler, facing the worst crisis since he took power last February, announced Tuesday that presidential elections would be held by the end of June 2012 and...
Yankees raise bleacher seat prices for 2012 season
The cheap seats aren't as cheap as they used to be.Bleacher Creatures at Yankee Stadium are going to have to fork over another $5 per game in 2012. The team...
Columbia University 'stoner' to get treatment in lieu of drug sale felony
A "continually stoned" Columbia University anthropology student smoked as much as $80 worth of pot a day, his lawyer told a judge in asking successfully for treatment-versus-felony deal today. "I...
HBO’s Namath documentary to premiere Jan. 28
There will be some football to watch the week in between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. HBO announced Tuesday its Joe Namath documentary will premiere Saturday, Jan....
AFTER FURTHER REVIEW: This Giants collapse would be worse than last year's
Last year’s second-half “collapse” by the Giants was five quarters long. It was one terrible quarter against the Eagles when Philadelphia scored four straight touchdowns to shock the Giants 38-31....
'Career criminal' gets 6 years in NYC art fraud
A judge has sentenced a New York City man to six years in prison for a convoluted art fraud scheme involving a 19th-century painting that was found in the bushes...
Ex-jail guard gets 22 years to life in LI shooting spree
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A former New York jail guard who admitted killing her ex-girlfriend and uncle during a June 2010 shooting spree has been sentenced to 22 years to life...
Oscar Watch: 'Incredibly Close' but no cigar with NYFCC
Producer Scott Rudin and his spin doctors have given a black eye to the New York Film Critics Circle (which gave his "The Social Network'' its top prize last year)...
Post Game Report Holiday Gift Guide: Sports
With the Holiday season upon us, it’s time for the Post’s Game Report to bring you the must-have titles and gear that will satisfy each and every gamer on your...
Pippa Middleton replica bridesmaid dresses sell out within hours
LONDON -- Replicas of Pippa Middleton's figure-hugging bridesmaid's dress, which stole some of the limelight at her sister Catherine's marriage to Prince William, were selling out Tuesday just hours after...
Hands-on with Spec Ops: The Line
After being in development for nearly two years, the long-awaited release of 2K Games’ Spec Ops: The Line is on the horizon.I had a chance to spend about 90 minutes...
WATCH: Kids cover house in flour
Here's what happens when you leave your kids alone with a bag of flour. A Michigan mom came home from grocery shopping and ran to the bathroom. Her sons, 3...
WWE '12 Review (Xbox 360)
The WWE already released one wrestling game this year, with WWE All-Stars hitting stores in March. While that was a more arcade-style wrestling title, WWE’s simulation title, WWE ’12, offers...
Fire destroys small school bus in Manhattan; no injuries reported
Police at the scene say a small school bus that was destroyed by fire in Manhattan was parked with no one in it. Police blocked off the busy area around...
South Korean lawmakers tear gas rivals
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's ruling party forced a long-stalled free trade deal with the United States through parliament Tuesday, enraging opposition lawmakers who blasted their political rivals with...
Test-taking 'cheats' turn selves in
They don't look so smart now. Suspects in the burgeoning Long Island SAT/ACT-cheating scandal turned themselves in this morning. Joshua Chefec, 20, son of prominent Garden City lawyer David Chefec,...
DVD Extra: Pre-code fun with 'Hollywood Party,' 'Fashions of 1934,' 'Safe in Hell'
Among many other adventurous explorations of the studio's vast catalogue, the manufacture-on-demand Warner Archive Collection has been particularly active in making available on DVD so-called "pre-code'' titles -- those sex-and-innuendo drenched early talkies that the...
Attempted murder rap for taking bite out of crime fighter
LOS ANGELES -- A man who bit off part of a Los Angeles Sheriff's deputy's ear was in custody Monday night after being booked for causing mayhem and attempted murder,...
Three Americans held in Egypt protest 'firebomb'
CAIRO -- Three young Americans were arrested in Cairo on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails at security forces during ongoing protests. Egyptian state TV showed footage of the three young...
Missing B'klyn teen found, 'snatch' suspect arrested
Police tonight found a teenage girl who was believed snatched off a Brooklyn street in broad daylight yesterday. One suspect, a thirty-year-old male, was arrested and charged with kidnapping. Witnesses...
Subway sex attack arrest
An alleged subway sex attacker has been busted in the assault of a woman at a Broadway and Houston train station earlier this month, cops said. Police last night arrested...
Oo ick, my yoga pants are right wing!
A funny thing happened to Todd Essig on his way to a 5k race. He discovered that his favorite athletic retailer has political views he doesn't agree with and this...
Turkey tells Syria's Assad to go
When your former friends are calling your departure "inevitable" perhaps packing up your dictatorship and planning a long vcacation is in order. Syrian President Bashar Assad got that message loud...
CHSAA Archdiocesan girls basketball preview
St. John Villa ended last season playing its best basketball. It finished third in CHSAA Staten Island and earned a CHSAA Class A state playoff win over St. Francis Prep....
NYPost.com Poll: Who should be The Post's All-City girls volleyball Player of the Year?
The girls volleyball season has been over for just a few hours after Cardozo’s 25-17, 25-13 win over Francis Lewis in the PSAL Class A city championship game. But it’s...
Rivalry revenge: Cardozo takes place among storied programs with repeat
Cardozo did it all last year, winning the city title for the first time in almost three decades. All expect one thing: beating archrival Francis Lewis. Lewis has ended Cardozo’s...
Patriots stay positive despite city final loss
Two matches into the season, Francis Lewis girls volleyball coach Arnie Rosenbaum believed that his Patriots had no place in the playoffs, never mind the PSAL Class A city championship...
Williams, Transit Tech fine with flying under radar in loaded Brooklyn AA
Since moving up to Brooklyn AA four years ago, Transit Tech has perennially found itself under the radar. It has finished in the top half of the city’s best division...
Banneker looks to stay grounded after shocking Bergtraum
The Benjamin Banneker girls basketball team was greeted by plenty of well wishes when they left for their season opening game against Murry Bergtraum. Their reception in the morning will...
Semifinal loss still irks Lewis core, which is eyeing a Garden party
Last season isn’t lost on Francis Lewis by any means. In fact the players talk about daily. “It really devastated us,” guard Jazmine Hamlet said. “We still talk about the...
Unproven, deep Royals driven to regain crowns
Every day Bob Mackey is finding out just how far he can push this year’s Christ the King girls basketball team. The longtime coach is afraid to hit the proverbial...
Upsets in the past, seniors get redemption as Goldstein wins 'B' title
After being upset in the PSAL girls volleyball 'B' semifinals two straight seasons, Goldstein senior Kristen Herchenroder was determined to end her high school career in celebration instead of heartbreak....
INSIDE PSAL FOOTBALL: Finally healthy, E-Hall's Jackson has breakout game
Shaquell Jackson’s career at Erasmus Hall has been marked by two things: tremendous talent and frustrating injuries. Thought of early in his career as one of the new great New...
City title-winning softball coach fired at James Madison
Call it Key-Gate. The coach who guided James Madison’s softball team to its first-ever PSAL city title and who has been affiliated with the school for more than 30 years...
4-Down Territory: Sanchez a piling-on victim, Baas a Giant misfire, Jim Leonhard, Da'Rel Scott
1. It comes with the territory when you play quarterback in the world’s biggest media market, of course, but the criticism of Mark Sanchez is over the top and not...
Business briefs
Madoff cronyThe SEC charged David Kugel, an employee of Bernie Madoff for nearly four decades, with fraud and helping to facilitate the investor’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme. The SEC alleges...
Peltz power play
Billionaire investor and hockey enthusiast Nelson Peltz is weighing a plan to buy the $250 million in debt of the troubled New Jersey Devils, a source close to the situation...
‘Reds’ featured in Netflix numbers
Netflix is seeing red. The floundering video-streaming giant said yesterday it is looking to raise as much as $400 million after warning that it will be unprofitable for the next...
Why I think they are the Stupid Committee
It really should have been called the Stupid Committee — for a lot of different reasons.Congress’ Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — dubbed the “Super Committee” when it was...
Greenberg slaps US with $25B suit
Insurance titan Hank Greenberg fired both barrels at Uncle Sam yesterday to recover $25 billion he claims was unlawfully seized from him and other AIG shareholders to finance a bloated...
HP’s drama critic
New HP CEO Meg Whitman is no drama queen. The former eBay chief, who took the helm of HP in September after the ouster of Leo Apotheker, promised yesterday to...
Foreclosure mill law firm shuts down
What’s in this law firm’s wallet?New York’s largest foreclosure law firm — which yesterday said it plans to close in the face of a firestorm of legal and administrative actions...
Shoveling it
The trustee overseeing MF Global’s messy bankruptcy dropped a bombshell yesterday — doubling his estimate of the amount missing from customer accounts to an eye-popping $1.2 billion. Previously, regulators had...
Jefferies lashes out at ‘lies’
Jefferies Group is the victim of lies, rumor and innuendo. That’s according to Rich Handler, chief of the besieged investment bank, who fired off a six-page letter to clients yesterday...
Two Bold forecasts sink RIM
Research In Motion fell to a seven-year low after two analysts cut profit estimates and the smartphone maker said some customers couldn’t turn on their BlackBerry Bold devices. Mike Abramsky,...
Groupon shares hit
Groupon the largest online daily-deal site, tumbled almost 10 percent yesterday, to close at $23.58 on the Nasdaq, marking the biggest decline since the shares began trading earlier this month.
Used home sales rose
The National Association of Realtors said yesterday that sales rose 1.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million from 4.9 million in September.Economists polled by MarketWatch expected...
SoHo spa gathers steam
When British entrepreneur Charles Denton told WWD last week he was “relaunching” the Erno Laszlo beauty products brand, he left out an important fact: The 85-year-old line, founded by a...
Lockup loss lashes LinkedIn
LinkedIn Corp.’s shares dropped to the lowest level in five months after its so-called lockup period ended, letting some early investors and employees sell the stock for the first time...
EBay gets a Hunch
EBay is stepping into the New York tech scene on a Hunch.The online auction giant bought one of the city’s hottest start-ups, Hunch, which was co-founded by Chris Dixon, a...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Police fear a teenager, described by cops as a runaway from Pennsylvania, was abducted yesterday in East NewYork. Witnesses told cops that Alicia Arter (above), 16,was forced into...
‘Sex-trafficking’ raps
Four people were indicted in two separate cases for the sex trafficking of two adolescent girls, the Brooklyn DA said yesterday.Kendal “Ace” Judge, 21, and Shanique Davis allegedly lured a...
Grimaldi’s gets left in the coal
One of the city’s most famous pizzerias is being tossed out of its building — and adding injury to insult, the rival establishment that’s moving in is inheriting its unique...
‘Surprised’ terror-plot suspect to cops: Just ticket me!
New York’s latest accused terror plotter is not only dangerous — he’s clueless. José Pimentel, the suspected al Qaeda sympathizer allegedly caught building a bomb in a Harlem pad as...
Feds to bare SI ‘Qaeda’ e-mails
E-mails sent by a senior al Qaeda official recently killed in a US missile strike will be used as evidence in the upcoming trial of a Staten Island man accused...
Fake mayor flack clams up
The woman who posed as Mayor Bloomberg’s press secretary on Sunday pulled out the old p.r. standby, “I have nothing to say,” when confronted by a Post reporter on the...
Lunch crowd back at the Zu
The people have taken back the park. Life finally returned to normal at Zuccotti Park yesterday, as a crew of hard hats working at the World Trade Center enjoyed their...
Expert pimp gets a ‘ho no’
A judge yesterday rejected a Brooklyn pimp’s request that he be qualified as an expert witness so he could explain his profession to the jury at his rape and robbery...
Scandal cop wants bail slash
The accused drug-dealing cop whose arrest sparked the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal now wants his bail fixed, too.A lawyer for suspended Officer José Ramos charges that the $500,000 bail is too...
You blight up our life
Incredibly, the song “You Light Up My Life” is still a moneymaker — but the accused-murderer son of the sappy song’s composer shouldn’t see a penny from it, the parents...
Baruch students arrested
Students at Baruch College yesterday clashed with NYPD cops and campus security officers during a protest over proposed tuition hikes — resulting in more than a dozen demonstrators getting busted,...
Woman arrested for using Fix-a-Flat in butt injections
This baby got back — and one twisted take on beauty. South Florida cops busted a syringe-wielding freak for allegedly injecting a woman’s buttocks with cement, mineral oil and Fix-A-Flat...
No jail for tot-toss ma
Manhattan prosecutors will to let the mother who threw her 19-month-old daughter in the Hudson River last year plead not guilty by reason of insanity, under a no-jail deal. Devi...
Living wage ‘threatens housing’
Legislation requiring companies receiving city subsidies to pay the “living wage” would endanger the city’s affordable-housing plan for half a million New Yorkers, the Bloomberg administration warned last night.“[The legislation]...
Neighborhoods catch a brake
Say goodbye to life in the fast lane — at least in certain parts of the city. Neighborhood leaders are now able to demand that the Department of Transportation slam...
Addict center ‘pigged’ out
ALBANY — Taxpayer money can be addicting. Phase Piggy Back, a Harlem-based drug-treatment center, used more than $1 million in state money to pay for jewelry, beauty supplies and tuition...
Gaga a shop star
Leave it to Lady Gaga to turn Christmas into a holiday for Little Monsters. Barneys opened the holiday season last night by unveiling a series of whimsical window displays designed...
City shuts famed pizzer-ick-a
A famed Brooklyn pizzeria might be a slice of heaven, but it’s got one helluva bad health record.Often called the city’s best slice joint, Di Fara Pizzeria on Avenue J...
‘Sopranos’ store goes to market
A vacant Staten Island store once featured in “The Sopranos” will become a 9,000-square-foot Key Food as part of a citywide drive to help underserved communities, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday.“This...
Kitchen confidential
Many of the low-paid maids, truck drivers and janitors who donated to embattled Comptroller John Liu’s campaign coffers are connected to businessman Sam Chang, the budget hotel king of New...
Captured US spies feared executed
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught, and US officials fear they have been or will be executed, ABC...
Groom & doom after wedding
A Bronx groom hurled himself into the Harlem River over the weekend — just hours after exchanging marriage vows with his longtime love. Fernando Brazier, 28, took the fatal leap...
They didn’t fail – they succeeded in doing nothing
The “supercommittee” has failed, or so we’re told. This group of six Democrats and six Republicans from the House and Senate couldn’t come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts...
It’s a ‘$uper’ fiasco!
Congress’ supercommittee members threw up their hands in defeat yesterday, unable to hammer out a $1.2 trillion cut in the deficit — prompting an outraged Mayor Bloomberg to accuse President...
New LI cheat busts
A brilliant graduate of Great Neck North HS who is now a senior at Tulane University has been identified as a second fraudulent test taker in Long Island’s mushrooming SAT-cheating...
Pill doc tied to 10 ODs, LI massacre
Ten overdose deaths have been linked to a millionaire pain-management physician — the same doctor who supplied more than 2,500 pills to OxyContin addict David Laffer, who massacred four people...
Man knifed in subway brawl
A man was stabbed last night during a fight on a subway train in Brooklyn, police sources said.The victim, 29, was on a G train with his brother when they...
Gingrich polls into GOP lead
WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has seized the lead in the latest GOP presidential-race poll, even as he deploys some of the same combative rhetoric that has gotten...
O visiting NH a-Mitt ad push
WASHINGTON — President Obama jets today to New Hampshire, where he’ll be greeted by a TV ad onslaught from Republican Mitt Romney, in a possible preview of a hard-hitting 2012...
Slotsa luck for $1M lotto winner
Now this is a winning streak. After collecting a $1 million lottery check yesterday, William Iozzino played the slots — and won another $50 at the new Aqueduct racino. “I’m...
Pol shook down own kin: feds
How’s this for family values? City Councilman Larry Seabrook shook down his own relatives for thousands of dollars after hiring them to work for non-profits he showered with taxpayer money,...
Doomsday for defense?
The news last week from the Pentagon’s supersecret Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that it had successfully tested a hypersonic missile capable of speeds up to 3,082 mph caused quite...
The John Liu saga: totally out of ‘comp’-trol
The Issue: John Liu’s plan to run for mayor despite questions about his character and ethics. *** You once again predict that City Comptroller John Liu will never be elected...
Cross words for a museum
The Issue: The new art exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that depicts ants crawling over Jesus. *** The depiction of Christ with ants crawling all over him has nothing to...
A damning indictment
Regarding Congress’ inability to forge a deficit-reduction deal by yesterday’s deadline, Mayor Bloomberg had this to say: “[The] failure . . . is a damning indictment of Washington’s ability to...
Yet another close call
Once again, the NYPD anti-terrorism squad has prevented New York from falling victim to a home-grown Islamic terrorist’s plans for mass murder. Jose Pimentel, a k a Muhammad Yusuf, was...
Read Andrew’s lips
“You are kidding yourself if you think you can be one of the highest-taxed states in the nation, have a reputation for being anti-business — and have a rosy economic...
Teddy Forstmann, capitalist saint
Teddy Forstmann will be remembered for many things: He was a philanthropist, an entrepreneur and a great banker. He nearly invented the private-equity business 30 years ago, and was of...
Newt’s Freddie payoff
Newt Gingrich racked up between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in payments from Freddie Mac through the years for, the former speaker maintains, essentially doing nothing. It’s not inconceivable that...
A raunchy, quality romp with Rihanna
Album of the week RIHANNA "Talk That Talk" *** Despite her sugar ’n’ spice good looks, Rihanna’s song “S&M” taught us she’s really a whips ’n’ chains kind of girl....
Some enchanted ‘Evening’
You may have heard about the Australian star currently setting Broadway on fire. The heat that emanates from “An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin,” three blocks away from...
CIA intrigue adds up to Afghani-standout
With so many playwrights indulging in theatrical navel gazing, it’s exciting to find someone who’s looking out at the world. That’s the case with J.T. Rogers, whose last play, “The...
The Post Line
NFLThursdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogPackers 6½ 6 (55½)LIONSCOWBOYS 7 7 (44½)DolphinsRAVENS 3½ 3½(39) 49ersSundayJETS 8½ 8 (42½)BillsRAMSOFFOFF(OFF)CardinalsBENGALS 7½ 7½(37½)BrownsTexans 3½ 3 (37½)JAGUARSPanthers 4 4 (44½)COLTSTITANS 3½ 3 (42) BuccaneersFALCONSOFFOFF(OFF)VikingsRAIDERS+1½ 3½(42) BearsSEAHAWKS 4½...
Devils blow 3-0 lead, lose to Panthers in coach's return
SUNRISE, Fla. — Oh, for Pete’s Sake. This was an epic collapse in a game the Devils’ newish coach wanted so badly. Payback boomeranged last night on Pete DeBoer, when...
Brother suspect in murder of Mariners outfielder
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Seattle outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death early yesterday, and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said. Rotterdam Police said it was...
Affrunti’s Finger Lakes Grade
FIRST-1m&70y; $8,000; cl($4,000); 3up; (f&m)2-PrincessMrgret2-11-CathyAlltheWy6-15-Rollicking Vista7-53-NrthernPlesre12-16-Corletta 4-14-Knwnwthsstre12-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $8,000; cl($4,000); 3up6-Kuggerand 8-52-DazzlingDerek15-14-ValidOceanPss2-13-Wildcat Stevie20-17-D' Bulldog 3-15-J. R.'s Reign 15-11-CamptownBles8-1THIRD-1m&40y; $17,600; mdn spcl wt; 2YO3-Bruce's Choice 3-22-Boston Regatta 8-14-Capella Dancer 5-25-Chilton 6-16-Thatsatruestry4-17-MagicCocktail15-11-Entertain...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-1m&70y; $23,000; clm; 3uip6Bscay By (Arroyo)3.802.202.104One of th Bst (Pnnngton)2.202.103Lake Friends (Curatolo)2.10Scr: Bird's I D, Rhyad, Virsito.* Exacta (6-4) $5.60 * Trifecta (6-4-3) $8.60SECOND-7f; $23,000; clm; 3up6Food Ruls (Gonzlz)5.603.802.601Many Crows...
Sports Shorts
Grid: Arizona hires Rich RodriguezArizona hired former Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez to take over a program that has never played in the Rose Bowl. Former FBI director Louis Freeh, tapped...
Parx Analysis
Post Time:12:25 pm. All horses appear in post position order 1. 1m; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up; (f&m) SWING EVEN Stephen Got Even filly makes her third start off a layoff...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $21,000l; cl($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Quiet Power(L),119JCastellan10-8-13Bush5-12 Skinny Peter(L),119RDomingz7-2-3Parisella5-23 Haya's Boy(L),119SHusbnds9-7-3Aquilino10-14 Token Sacrifice(L),115I Ortiz, Jr3-4-2Rodrigez4-15 D J's Revenge(L),119D Cohen11-3-1Jacobson4-16 Old Kit...
Calder Charts
November 21st, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $13,500; mdn cl($16,000); 2YO; (f)Off: 12:31. Good. drew clearTime: 21.83, 46.33, 1:.15, 1:14.57.Trainer: Antonio SanoWinner: GR/RO F, 2,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 22WEDNov. 23THUNov. 24FRINov. 25SATNov. 26SUNNov. 27MONNov. 28RangersNO GAMEFla.7:30 MSGESPNNO GAMEWash.4:00MSGESPNPhila.2:00MSG ESPNNOGAMENOGAMEIslandersNOGAMEPhila.7:00MSG+ WRHUNOGAMEDevils3:00MSG+ WRHUDevils1:00MSG+ WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEDevilsNOGAMEClmb.7:00MSG+2 WFANNOGAMEIsles3:00MSG+2WFANIsles1:00MSG+2WFANNOGAMENOGAMEMonday, Nov. 28Sunday, Nov. 27GiantsSaints8:30TV - ESPN, WWORRadio - WFAN 660 AM JetsBills1:00TV - CBSRadio...
NFL injury roundup
The Bears are confident Jay Cutler will return this season from a broken thumb on his right throwing hand. Cutler needs surgery and will be out “for an extended time,”...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball2 p.m.EA Sports Maui Invitational:Memphis vs. Tennessee ESPN24:30 p.m.EA Sports Maui Invitational: UCLA/Chaminade loser vs. Georgetown/Kansas loser ESPN27 p.m.EA Sports Maui Invitational:Michigan vs. Duke ESPN7 p.m.Rutgers vs. Illinois State CBSSN7...
Cowboys make NFC East real horse race
Don’t look now, but the Cowboys are suddenly a big factor again. As unlikely as it might seem for an outfit dubbed “America’s Team,” the Cowboys had dropped off the...
Patriots pound Chiefs, open two-game lead in AFC East
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Rob Gronkowski somersaulted into the end zone, staggered to his feet and still managed to spike the ball. "I was just fine," the Patriots star tight end...
Rangers thinking a-head to visit from Penguins star Crosby
The Penguins don’t come to Madison Square Garden for another week, and the Rangers will play the Panthers, Capitals and Flyers prior to next Tuesday’s match against Pittsburgh. But when...
Two goals, two assists for Crosby in Penguins win over Islanders
PITTSBURGH — One flick of the wrist. One guttural scream. One very simple message to the rest of an equal parts welcoming and wary NHL. Sidney Crosby is back. The...
Giants coach ignores booing
There was a time around the Giants once when their head coach, Dan Reeves, got dragged into a bit of a controversy when he said he felt the fans at...
Giants RB Bradshaw unlikely to face Saints
The running game came up with a showing coach Tom Coughlin labeled “pathetic,’’ but help may not be immediately on the way. The Giants lost D.J. Ware to a concussion...
Burress excused from Jets practice for charity work
As the Jets offense tried to work through its problems yesterday, there was one noticeable piece of the unit missing. Wide receiver Plaxico Burress was excused from practice yesterday and...
Getting the Garden experience — from the wrong POV
Knicks locked-out rookie Iman Shumpert is writing a periodic diary on his offbeat transition to the NBA because of the work stoppage. His twitter handle is @I_Am_Iman. This week was...
Knicks' Anthony sets charity game at Izod Center
Carmelo Anthony officially announced he’s taking his New York-area All-Star charity game to New Jersey — at the Izod Center on Dec. 10. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, with a...
NBA players lawyer says league in denial
If the NBA players’ antitrust lawsuit was designed to bring the league back to the bargaining table, it has not worked. Players attorney David Boies admitted as much yesterday at...
No access to footage of historic ’71-72 Lakers
One of the countless calamitous consequences of the negotiating impasse between NBA owners and players is the unavailability, because of the lockout, of game footage for anybody who might be...
Baseball a winner with Tigers' Verlander MVP
Let’s Never define Valuable. At least not when it is sandwiched between Most and Player. Let’s keep it beautifully in the eye of the beholder and award voter. Let’s keep...
Former Yankees cheer labor peace, HGH testing
When baseball’s owners and players were attempting to take each others’ eyes out during labor negotiations in the 1990s, pitchers Mike Mussina and Mike Stanton had front-row seats. Mussina, the...
Former Mets manager Valentine is Fenway front-runner
Bobby Valentine spent most of yesterday at Fenway Park, but that doesn’t mean he’s the Red Sox manager yet. The former Mets skipper met with Boston hierarchy as new general...
Jets’ playoff chances helped by other AFC losses
Maybe the football gods owed the Jets after that brutal loss Thursday night in Denver because over the weekend things started to go right even without them doing anything. While...
Jets' Scott calls fans 'discouraging'
Rex Ryan put on a humble face yesterday and said he would accept his wrist slap from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Apparently bad language toward fans is frowned upon in...
Jets coach won’t appeal $75,000 fine for cursing at fan
Rex Ryan joked he was not taking NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s calls yesterday. No one could blame the Jets coach. Goodell fined Ryan $75,000 for cursing at a fan at...
Another Giants collapse would cost Coughlin
The Giants better wake up and understand they are not just fighting for their season, they are fighting for their head coach’s future as well. If they cannot stem the...
Rolle challenges Giants to get tougher ... or else
It was all there inside the Giants locker room. Passion, courtesy of Chris Canty. Intensity flowing from Antrel Rolle. Urgency from Justin Tuck. Too bad for the Giants it was...
Mom said quit
'X Factor” rapper Astro says he’s giving the show “one more week” — even though his mother has told him to quit! The lippy Brooklyn teen — whose real name...
‘People’s Court’ last place she was seen
Orlando cops and hundreds of volunteers are searching for a mother of three who went missing last week the day she appeared as a defendant on “The People’s Court.” Michelle...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYKIM CATTRALL, DAVID POGUE - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7CHAZ BONO, CYNTHIA BAILEY - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5HUGH JACKMAN, TIM GUNN - The View,...
New ‘Mob’ wife
‘Mob Wives” is getting a new “made” member. Ramona Rizzo — the granddaughter of Benjamin “Lefty Guns” Ruggiero, the Bonnano crime family soldier played by Al Pacino in the 1997...
DiCaprio lobotomy series set at HBO
The man who invented the lobotomy, Dr. Walter Freeman, is a classic case of noble intentions gone way off track. Which may be why HBO is developing a new series...
Star trek
The leggy Adriana Lima and several of her fellow Victoria’s Secret supermodels traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the grand opening of the company's new store there. While the...
10 insane year-end deals to book now
Savvy travelers have long known about the amazing deals out there in the quiet-to-dead weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year is no exception. Scratch that -- there are more...
Weird but true
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame street? Now it’s easy if you’re on the road. A navigation device made by Garmin brings back-seat drivers...
St. John's takes on St. Francis tonight
Before St. John’s played Arizona in a semifinal round game of the 2K Sports Classic last week, Wildcats coach Sean Miller was asked what impressed him most about the Red...
Window wonderland
Tough times call for cheery windows — and this year’s holiday displays have gone to great lengths to sparkle. Once more, windows meet Windows for interactive family fun, albeit with...
Guard-heavy Commodores will run, run and run some more
Cory Semper likes to be in control. The Bayside coach prefers calling out set plays in a halfcourt setting, one of his team’s strengths last year. That plan has been...
Despite key losses, Reyes and Poly Prep remain confident
Poly Prep graduated more senior starters (4) than it has seniors (3) on this year’s team. Bill McNally, the Bay Ridge private school’s longtime coach, isn’t overly worried. And no,...
Over a dozen cuffed in Baruch College tuition protest
Students at Baruch College yesterday clashed with NYPD cops and campus secuarity officers during a protest over proposed tuition hikes — resulting in more than a dozen demonstrators getting busted,...
Crosby dazzles with two goals in long-awaited return as Penguins thrash Islanders
PITTSBURGH -- Penguins star Sidney Crosby put on a dazzling display in his first game since January on Monday night, getting two goals and two assists as Pittsburgh thrashed the...
Red Bulls release their protected list for Wednesday's expansion draft
The Red Bulls released their 11-man protected roster today ahead of Wednesday’s MLS Expansion Draft. Every team protected 11 players from its roster. The Montreal Impact _ which joins MLS...
Police shoot armed man near 'Occupy Houston' protest
HOUSTON -- Police said officers shot and injured an armed man Monday in a park near Houston City Hall, where protesters have been gathering as part of their "Occupy Houston"...
Marty dishes out 1,000-plus Turkeys for Thanksgiving to needy
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is no turkey. The Beep’s staff – including Senior Advisor and potential 2013 Borough President candidate Carlo Scissura – kicked off the holiday season at...
Senate to hold child abuse hearing in wake of Penn State scandal
WASHINGTON -- A Senate subcommittee announced Monday it would conduct a hearing in the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal to review how US laws protect children...