December 4, 2011
Tiger ends two-year title drought
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — After going more than two years and 26 tournaments without a win, and after so much turmoil in his personal life and with his golf game,...
Lincoln defeats Erasmus Hall to win PSAL title
After 18 long years, Lincoln is back atop New York City football, and it’s there with a hard-nosed, gritty bunch of seniors. One year after getting to the PSAL City...
Jets roll; beat Redskins 34-19
LANDOVER, Md. — Another shaky performance for three quarters by Mark Sanchez and the Jets. And then, another fourth-quarter comeback. Sanchez hit Santonio Holmes for a 30-yard touchdown pass with...
Oscar Watch: New Yorker jumps the gun on 'Dragon Tattoo''
David Denby of the New Yorker is publishing what is apparently the world's first review of David Fincher's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' tomorrow, eight days ahead of its...
Cops bust dad of SI tot shot in face after finding hidden drug stash
The drug-dealing dad of a 2-year-old Staten Island girl who lost an eye to gunfire in September was busted after cops spotted a suspicious bulge in his pants over the...
Follow Giants-Packers with Post writers
The Post has today's Giants-Packers game from MetLife Stadium covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.The Giants will attempt to hand the Packers...
Bronx bouncer fatally shot in case of possible mistaken identity
A bouncer was shot to death early today at a Bronx nightclub -- blasted by a bullet that may have been aimed at another worker, a witness to the shooting...
Obama insists attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was not deliberate
WASHINGTON -- US President Barack Obama contacted his Pakistani counterpart Sunday to offer his condolences over the deaths of 24 soldiers killed in a botched NATO airstrike. Obama made clear...
Support for Putin's ruling party wanes in Russian vote
MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered a surprise drop in support Sunday in legislative elections seen as a test of the Russian strongman's popularity ahead of his planned return...
Thin blue line: C David Baas out with headaches; Boley, Bradshaw return
The Giants will play against the unbeaten Packers on Sunday afternoon severely limited on the offensive line. They knew Saturday night they would have to play without reserve lineman Stacy...
Man walks into B'klyn stationhouse with fake 'bomb'
So, a man walks into a Brooklyn stationhouse and says he has a bomb … What sounds like the set-up for a really tasteless joke actually happened today when Steven...
Conn. Powerball winners donate $1M for veterans
GREENWICH, Conn. — A trio of Connecticut money managers who split a $254 million Powerball jackpot say their new charitable trust is giving $1 million to five organizations that support...
Republican contenders woo former Cain supporters
WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential contenders Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann were fighting Sunday to win over voters looking for an alternative to Herman Cain. "A lot of Herman Cain supporters...
Gathering marks 6 months since upstate student vanished from IU
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The mother of an Indiana University student who vanished in June says she doesn't feel any closer to finding her daughter six months later. Charlene Spierer told...
Nadal secures fifth Davis Cup title for Spain
SEVILLE, Spain -- Rafael Nadal secured Spain's fifth Davis Cup title with an enthralling victory over Juan Martin Del Potro on Sunday. Spain led Argentina 2-1 after the first two...
Follow Jets-Redskins with Post writers
The Post has today's Jets-Redskins game from FedEx Field covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.The Jets will try to win their second...
Giants OL Stacy Andrews hospitalized
The Giants received a shocking new injury Saturday night when reserve offensive lineman Stacy Andrews needed to be hospitalized with pulmonary embolisms in both lungs. The Giants believe the blood...
Attorney: Grand jury delayed in NYC bomb plot case
Prosecutors and a defense lawyer have agreed to delay having a grand jury weigh in on a terrorism case against a man accused of assembling a homemade bomb to try...
Real Madrid boss Mourinho named Rolling Stone's 'Rockstar of the Year'
MADRID -- Rolling Stone magazine has named Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho as their "Rockstar of the Year" for 2011. An artist's impression of Mourinho appears on the cover of...
Manchester United striker Hernandez facing month out with ankle-ligament damage
BIRMINGHAM, England -- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes star striker Javier Hernandez could be out of action for a month after damaging ankle ligaments against Aston Villa on...
Iran says it shot down unmanned US spy plane
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Sunday that it shot down a US stealth drone near the country's eastern border, but US officials in Afghanistan said the craft could instead be...
US begins exit from Pakistan's Shamsi Air Base
SHAMSI AIR BASE, Pakistan -- US personnel have begun leaving Shamsi Air Base in Pakistan, and US cargo planes have reached Shamsi Airport to take equipment out of the country,...
13 hurt in Oklahoma State victory crush
STILLWATER, Okla. — Thousands of fans stormed the field and tore down goalposts after Oklahoma State's 44-10 victory over archrival Oklahoma, leaving at least 13 people injured, including two in...
Yankees aim to trim payroll by 2014 to escape luxury penalties
The Yankees are not going after C.J. Wilson or Mark Buehrle because they do not like the costs especially in 2014. To understand the Yankees' current thinking, you must understand...
Reyes, bullpen are Mets' priorities
Sandy Alderson's big haul last year at his first Winter Meetings as Mets general manager consisted of D.J. Carrasco, Ronny Paulino, Pedro Beato and Brad Emaus. Dare it be suggested...
Former Rangers defenseman Gilroy enjoying Sunshine State
TAMPA, Fla. — As a fellow from New York suggested, you can call No. 97, Happy Gilroy. Maybe it’s the sun, but Matt Gilroy was refreshed and reinvigorated in chatting...
Mathieu’s big game prompts Heisman talk
ATLANTA — Honey Badger came up short yesterday. LSU’s cornerback/punt returner Tyrann Mathieu said he envisioned himself scoring three touchdowns in yesterday’s SEC Championship game against Georgia. He scored one...
PSAL boys basketball rankings
One week into the season, we’ve learned one thing: Brooklyn is as good as advertised. Transit Tech nearly upset South Shore, losing by one in overtime, and Thomas Jefferson gave...
Beasts rule top-heavy east
Upcoming free-agent moves in the East won’t change the balance of power, with the Heat and Bulls still looking like strong bets to war again in the conference finals. The...
Christ the King responds to early test from Jefferson with impressive win
Christ the King was down seven points, Thomas Jefferson’s tiny inferno of a gymnasium was rocking and Joe Arbitello couldn’t have been happier. This was exactly what the Royals coach...
Better depth in the West
The Heat may have been the league’s most talked about team, and the Bulls may have finished with the league’s best record, but the Western Conference was the far deeper...
Private schools girls basketball preview
Amanda Cecil had to step away from the Dalton girls basketball program for a season after getting the job as the Manhattan private school’s assistant athletic director. She had been...
Jets looking for first win in Washington since ’93
LANDOVER, Md. — Bruce Coslet was the Jets head coach the last time the team beat the Redskins. In fact, the 3-0 victory in 1993 is the only time the...
History suggests it will be hard for Jets to Capitol-ize vs. NFC East
LANDOVER, Md. — Rex Ryan has taken great pleasure across his first two-plus years in charge of the Jets in trying to distance himself from the ghosts that have haunted...
Defensive front holding line for Jets
The Jets defensive line is a group that does not draw a lot of attention, but they may be the most consistent unit on the team. Led by nose tackle...
Message to champs should be: Wince, Lombardi
The Giants today try to show they can rise up off the canvas and fight, for 60 minutes this time, all of them. They try to stiff-arm their latest second-half...
Giants need bounce back vs. unbeaten Packers
The season doesn’t end today if the Giants, like everyone else in the NFL this season, aren’t good enough to beat the unbeaten Packers. The Giants can put a much...
Be Frank: law stinks
When Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank announced that he would not seek a 16th term as representative from the Bay State, you could hear the sigh of relief on Wall Street....
Feds target HAMP scammers bilking owners
Once again, mortgage servicers are hitting ordinary New York homeowners where it hurts. The latest evidence is widespread scams tied to the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, which was...
Student debt over $25K
The average debt of US college seniors who graduated this year with student loans rose 5 percent from a year earlier to $25,250, according to the annual report of the...
Discussing the family finances
One spouse handled the finances, and the other knew nothing about them. Then the expert dies and the ill-prepared surviving spouse faces another problem besides the emotional one — the...
Media maven melee
The head of the media industry’s Albanian army — namely, Reed Hastings — is slated to speak at the UBS Global Media and Tech conference on Tuesday, where he’ll likely...
This weeks Winners
Laura Lang Digital ad-agency chief is tapped to be the new mag maven of Time, Inc. JEFF BEZOS Amazon’s head honcho quadrupled Black Friday sales of Kindle devices over printed...
Magic eyes Dodgers bid
Basketball hall of famer and former LA Laker Magic Johnson is teaming with Guggenheim Partners Chief Executive Officer Mark Walter to bid on baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers. “Guggenheim Baseball Management...
Stop the free ride
In his new book, “Free Ride,”author Robert Levine looks at how the Internet is destroying the very thing it wants content. While NBC programs like “Heroes” and the “SNL” parody...
Other people’s money
Other People’s Money! This is what Europe’s great econ-drama escape should be called. In a compilation of dramatic performances worthy of a Greek tragedy, the Spanish Inquisition and an Italian...
Middle-class workers swell NY homeless
The plight caused by the economic downturn hits home at the city’s support services as winter approaches. As reflected in Friday’s monthly unemployment report for November, nearly 600,000 people are...
Get best price with Savvy shopping
Did you miss out on Black Friday? Or did you participate in the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy, but are now worried that the full-priced products you bought will go on sale...
The mysteries of Medicaid
Dear John: I worked all my life and was in the Army. Just this year I received a pacemaker. I was getting $1,445 a month from disability, and I received...
Gloom service! Thugs bring fear back to 42nd St.
Part of the new Times Square is looking a lot like its same old self. Just a stone’s throw from Theatre Row, a true-crime drama unfolds every day at Geffner...
Naming NY’s price
New Yorkers could be sunbathing in the Coppertone Meadow in Central Park or swimming in the Clorox Pool in Brooklyn. City bean counters have quietly resuscitated a controversial cash-generating plan...
US floats spy sub
GROTON, Conn. — With the smash of a champagne bottle, the Navy christened the Mississippi yesterday as its newest submarine at the Groton shipyard.The 377-foot-long Mississippi is the ninth member...
How Salman wooed and shooed me away
She didn’t put out, so he screwed her — in the press. Reality-television star Devorah Rose says her literary idol, award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie, pursued her and then humiliated her...
Andy gets twisted on taxes
Andrew Cuomo stood out from the crowd in the best way possible. When the Democratic Party embraced tax hikes and spending increases with the zeal of a fetish, Cuomo said...
Airborne cop lives
A wild crash on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway yesterday catapulted an off-duty cop in his car from the elevated roadway to the street below — and miraculously, he is expected to...
Baghdad bomb targeted leader
BAGHDAD — A massive car-bomb blast in Baghdad’s Green Zone last week was an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader said yesterday.“The preliminary intelligence information says...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** The well-dressed man pictured above is the gunman wanted for trying to slaughter a team of rookie cops responding to a report about the suspect’s strange disguise and...
Benefit for brave boy
He was born with half a face — but he’s all heart. Bobby Nawrath just turned 6 and has already undergone 15 surgeries to correct birth deformities from Treacher Collins...
Harlem’s cops are otherwise ‘occupied’
When in doubt, blame the hippies.Uptown cops can’t beef up patrols in bullet-riddled Harlem because they’ve been redirected to Wall Street, a top cop allegedly told furious residents last week...
SI man: Monster-in-law spread infertility lie
A Staten Island man says he’s got the mother of all monster-in-laws. Mohammad Shoman, 29, says the Brooklyn busybody was so determined to humiliate him that she obtained his confidential...
Cycler’s suit comes ’round
Mind your bike manners! A pedestrian who was flattened by a bicyclist in Central Park and then got sued for being in the rider’s way says she’s not to blame...
Narc cops rescue scaffold dangler
Brooklyn narcotics cops on patrol took an unexpected detour yesterday to save a man they spotted clinging to a rope of a broken scaffolding three stories high on a Crown...
Slain student warned ‘killer’
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Less than five months before she was shot to death in an off-campus bookstore, a Wesleyan University student, in an e-mail to the man now on trial...
TV’s quiet ad-justment
They’ll still be annoying — but soon TV commercials won’t hurt your ears. A law mandating a volume cap on ear-splitting commercials will go into effect Dec. 15, at which...
25 slain in Syria
Twenty-five people were killed in Syria yesterday in a clashes between loyalist troops and a growing force of army defectors determined to boot President Bashar Assad.The worst violence erupted in...
The king of NY
He’s a Giant among fans. Today will mark the 500th time Jerry Dressel, 79, has gone to a New York Giants football game, a remarkable string spanning one world war,...
Bring on the tears: Heroes’ reunions a Web hit
Welcome home, soldier — here’s a tissue. Videos of soldiers returning home and surprising their families have become an online phenomenon, the modern equivalent of the parade down Main Street....
Upstate Hasids’ unorthodox war
Hasidim living in an upstate Orthodox boomtown say anti-Semitic neighbors are trying to shut them out.The Village of Kiryas Joel claims the adjacent village of Woodbury’s rezoning effort is nothing...
A$$ault in her wounds
SAN DIEGO — First, Crystal Harris was sexually assaulted by her husband — and now she’s being attacked once again by a California court. Because of a bizarre legal loophole,...
‘A’jad pal’ rabbi a deadbeat
He questions the Holocaust — and denies his landlord the rent.Anti-Zionist Rabbi Moses Friedman — a pal of Holocaust-denying Iranian President Ahmadinejad and a believer in the destruction of Israel...
Looters crash B’klyn grocery
A BMW crashed through the front of a Brooklyn grocery store yesterday, leaving three men injured and prompting a wild looting rampage. After the wreck, dozens of onlookers ran into...
Jewish guilt tripper
The Israeli government has taken Jewish guilt to the next level. An ad campaign by its Ministry of Immigrant Absorption is urging expatriates in the United States to move back...
Rising star on a ‘Mission’
She’s so hot, this photo will self-destruct in five seconds. Paula Patton chose to accept her mission as Tom Cruise’s co-star in the new “Mission: Impossible” movie and cherished every...
Missing pup’s 8-yr. sojourn
Lassie finally came home!A terrier who went missing from a Virginia farm in 2003 amazingly popped up at a Northern California animal shelter yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reported.The pooch,...
Haiku back at you, Ms. Commish
Last week, city Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled 12 haikus about traffic on signs that will be posted at 144 intersections citywide — poetic reminders intended to distract New Yorkers...
Bedbugs take battle to city agency’s turf
Maybe these bedbugs are seeking revenge.The pesky bloodsuckers are invading the Department of Housing Preservation and Development — the city agency charged with keeping them in check. They were spotted...
Horse senseless
An NYPD cop-turned-animal-welfare agent is stepping forward to charge that the ASPCA is cutting ethical and legal corners in its attempt to abolish the city’s horse-carriage industry. “It’s like targeting....
None in the oven
It may be the longest pregnancy in human history. A chain-smoking panhandler with a rap sheet as long as her blond tresses has been winning the hearts and handouts of...
‘No Santa’ clod: I’m so sorry
She may have ruined Christmas for her second-grade students, but at least she’s sorry. The upstate elementary school teacher vilified for telling a class full of 7- and 8-year-olds that...
Joe never asked
Ousted Penn State football coach Joe Paterno never once confronted top aide Jerry Sandusky about allegations that he was molesting little boys, the accused sex predator claims. Despite an eyewitness...
Nut’s naked ambition foiled in Harlem chase
A crazed man shed his clothes and rolled naked through the streets of Harlem yesterday — and then led cops on a wild chase that left two officers injured, authorities...
Soares admits trysts
ALBANY — The George Soros-backed Albany County district attorney who has refused to prosecute Occupy Albany protesters reportedly admitted yesterday to an intimate relationship with a young staffer. DA David...
It’s no ’paign, no Cain
He used up the last of his 9-9-9 lives. In a bizarre, rambling speech that began two hours late, Herman Cain yesterday took his floundering, scandal-wracked presidential bid off life...
Staten Island Tea Partiers: Newt’s a beaut!
Benefiting from the political demise of Herman Cain, surging GOP presidential-primary candidate Newt Gingrich got a hero’s welcome at a Staten Island Tea Party event yesterday — as he slammed...
Mother McCready! Mindy found with son
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The missing 5-year-old son of country singer Mindy McCready was found hiding in a closet with her in Arkansas, authorities said yesterday.Zander and his mother were...
O should let AG go: Mitt
Gop presidential hopeful Mitt Romney demanded the resignation of President Obama’s attorney general yesterday amid allegations his department misled a top senator about the Fast and Furious gun-sting scandal.Attorney General...
Eyes of a bus ‘killer’
This is the face of evil. Lunatic ex-con Damel Burton, 34, glowered yesterday on his way to court to face charges in a demonic slaying spree that culminated in a...
Council hits unemployed ...
Picture a guy playing wide receiver for the Jets who had never seen a football before and you’ll get the sense of how amusing it is to watch political hacks...
... and ObamaCare kills jobs, too
In 1941, Carl Karcher was a 24-year-old truck driver for a bakery. Impressed by the large numbers of buns he was delivering, he scrounged up $326 to buy a hot...
106
That’s the number of new college football teams that have been created since 1990, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2012 Statistical Abstract. The NCAA recognizes 639 college teams, which...
The Iraqi who captured Saddam
It’s one of the defining images of the Iraq War, the capture of Saddam Hussein by US forces on Dec. 13, 2003. In the years since, it’s floated around the...
Rise of the girl gangs
When teen hoop star Tayshana Murphy was chased and shot dead by gang members in her project in Morningside Heights in September, few knew her death was a double tragedy....
Confessions of a switchblade sister
She’s prone to giggling and has a cherubic baby face, but Kim, a 16-year-old Harlem high school student, is no angel: She’s been in an all-girl gang, stashing guns and...
Spending isn’t a solution
The spectacle of hordes of shoppers schlepping through the mall at midnight with children in tow, stuffing their carts after stuffing their bellies, was a sight to behold. And apparently...
Read Andrew’s lips
“My father was governor of this state before your time. He was against the death penalty. Everyone in the state wanted the death penalty. Everyone. Near 80 percent. [But] he...
Shades of ’79
Iran loosed a pack of thugs on the British embassy in Tehran last week — recalling the turmoil of 1979, when Iranian students seized the American embassy and held 52...
Herm, we hardly knew ye
Even without the multiple sexual-harassment allegations or the adulterous affair, Herman Cain was almost certainly not going to be the Republican presidential nominee. Still, there’s no denying that his quixotic...
Ban pit bulls
“Leash the Hounds” (Gary, Buiso, PostScript, Nov. 27) speaks to the complete lack of reason and compassion when it comes to protecting adults and particularly children in this city. In...
Required reading
Extra Virginity The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller (Norton) Forget the oil crisis — there’s an olive-oil crisis. Expanding on his eye-opening New Yorker article...
Murder, he wrote
Mr. CSI How a Vegas Dreamer Made a Killing in Hollywood, One Body at a Time by Anthony E. Zuiker Harper It was the unlikeliest of hits: the most emotionally...
In my library Barbara Cook
Ask Barbara Cook how she keeps her voice in such crystalline shape, and the 84-year-old responds with silvery peals of laughter. “I got good genes, honey,” she says. “I was...
The eyes have it
The eye, Charles Darwin wrote, is the “organ of extreme perfection.” Yet eyes were also one of the most controversial elements of his groundbreaking “Origin of the Species.” Because they...
Carols no one should sing
For all the great holiday albums, there have been more clunkers than Santa’s got elves. Here are the best of the worst: “Roseanne Barr Sings the Christmas Classics” As a...
When bands attack!
What does iconic “Tonight Show” bandleader Kevin Eubanks think of the Roots’ controversial entrance song for Michele Bachmann on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”? Eubanks, now on the road touring...
My New York: Dale DeGroff
Bartender extraordinaire Dale DeGroff made his name at the legendary Rainbow Room, where his classic cocktail menu marked a departure from the highball era of the ’80s and helped to...
The spy who schlubbed me
George Smiley may be the most realistic spy ever portrayed in literature and film. Introduced in the 1974 novel “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” by former British intelligence officer John le...
The skinny on Jonah Hill
Screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka had a simple idea: Wouldn’t it be funny to watch Jonah Hill cussing out little kids? And so “The Sitter” was born, an R-rated...
Top 5 Ways to skate into love while ice skating
“Say, ‘I can see why they call it figure skating because your figure is all I keep staring at.’ ” Mike “Fall right in front of him and say, ‘Oops...
Forever ‘young’
In her latest film, “Young Adult,” screenwriter Diablo Cody has given Charlize Theron a whole new kind of monster to play — the ultimate narcissistic mean girl. The character is...
Might-have-been
It takes enormous ability but also enormous desire to become world champion. Some people have one out of two — but not the one out of two that Jay Whitehead...
Adopt Me!
Marcus and Malcolm are 8-week-old twin brothers who will perform acrobatics if requested! Meet them from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306 E....
Fetch ‘Artist’
Meryl. Leo. George. With awards season heating up, the usual names are being tossed about as Oscar contenders, but there’s a new one being praised: Uggie. The scene-stealing sidekick in...
Bridge
“A friend of my wife wants me to invest in his invention,” Unlucky Louie remarked to me. “It’s a solar-powered flashlight.” “It sounds like a winner,” I said. “Maybe next...
Sister act
All 80 of the gorgeous, long-legged, wildly fit dancers who have made the competitive cut to be able to call themselves “Rockettes” say the experience is almost like having a...
Rocking the stockings!
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he happens to love manic pixie dream girls and ex-junkie grunge rockers. The holiday season brings a slew of unexpected yuletide music,...
Gulfstream Analysis by Ed Fountaine
Post time: 12:35 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 ½ fur; $16,500; cl($12,50); 2YOSHEIK POLIS rallied to just miss in best effort yet. ABUELOTONTO made the lead in stretch,...
Vic Cangialosi's Parx Grade
Post Time: 12:15 p.m.FIRST-5 fur; $28,000; clm; 3,4&5YO5-Tiger Tough 3-11-HeckuvaRd 8-12-StickyCcts 6-13-Not for Sale 9-24-Ra 2-16-MuffinsMgc 9-2SECOND-5 ½ fur; $22,000; clm; 3up2-Freezrcrwd 8-51-AliBntDmn 20-13-Mi Preciosa 6-14-PassinPnch 9-25-Quickn'Tr 5-26-PrvtVlntn 8-17-Omega Mine...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m&70yds; $20,000; clm($7,500); 3up(f)HOOPSKIRT takes big drop in class, goes turf to dirt. BROWNSTEINS has been running well at Monmouth; handles two turns. ILLGIVEYOUWATTEVER has touch of early speed...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-$34,000, cl, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16mi, tf6Farley Star (Bejarano) 3.602.602.105Jeopardy Lady (Berrios)4.802.801Picture Perfect (Rosario)2.60 Off 12:31. Time 1:42.76. Firm. * $1 Exacta (6-5) $8.20 * Quinella (5-6) $8.80 *...
Early Christmas gift for Davis & family
It's a wonderful life! Christmas came early yesterday at the Big A for Robbie Davis, one of the most popular jockeys in New York before he retired in 2002. Davis...
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogPackers 7 6 (54) GIANTSJets 3½ 3 (38½)REDSKINSBILLS 1½ 1½(43) TitansBEARS 9 7 (37) ChiefsDOLPHINS 2½ 3 (43) RaidersSTEELERS 7 7 (42½)BengalsRavens 7 6½(38) BROWNSFalcons+1 2½(38) TEXANSBUCCANEERS 3½...
Rex & Co. can handle Shanahan ’Skins
Today Jets (-3) over REDSKINS: Rex Grossman now has more weapons at his disposal than in his earlier D.C. days, with Santana Moss in functioning order and RB Roy Helu...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZTIMBONTEMPSMIKEBATTAGLINOMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICODave BlezowHondoEagles 3 (43) SEAHAWKS (Seahawks, 31-14)Seahawks (W)Seahawks (W)Eagles (L)Seahawks (W)Seahawks (W)Eagles (L)Seahawks (W)Eagles (L)Seahawks (W)Seahawks (W)Eagles (L)Jets 3 (38 1/2) REDSKINS (1:00, CBS)JetsJets ★ Jets ★ Jets ★...
Parcells’ Romo Rules help mold QB
You are Bill Parcells, and there is a gunslinger in your midst, this fearless kid who liked to shoot first and ask questions later. A kid whose gift was also...
Falcons brush off slow start
They have gone from the NFC’s highest flyer to flying well under the radar. That can happen when you waste home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a 27-point loss to...
Hoge sticks to his guns amid Tebow-mania
You couldn’t blame Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow for putting a mimicking twist on that cell phone commercial and asking ESPN studio analyst Merril Hoge, “Can you see me now?’’There isn’t...
Tiger falls behind
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tiger Woods lost his three-shot margin with every shot that looked good until the wind decided otherwise. He lost his lead in the Chevron World Challenge...
Giants WR on pace to break team records
Victor Cruz began this season searching for his first NFL reception. He might end it putting up one of the most prolific seasons ever for a Giants receiver. “It’s crazy,’’...
Knicks target Raptors big man
The Knicks continue beating the bushes for a big man and have placed Toronto’s young 7-2 French center Alexis Ajinca among their targets. Ajinca — who began last season with...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm($12,500); 2YO PN Horse, Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Alex's Mojo(L),121 FPnnngtn 3-3-x A Dutrow 5-2 2 Lemon Zing(L),121...
Aqueduct Charts
December 3rd, 2011 Clear and FastTurf Yielding©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $21,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:20. Good. rail run, drew clearTime: 24.12, 48.1, 1:.1, 1:11.99.Trainer: Jason ServisWinner: DK B/ M,...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-7f; $17,500; cl($8,000); 3up8Kdstrong Fevr (Sz)4.802.602.204Thou Swell (Lopez)2.402.206Salo Jak (Monterrey,Jr.)3.20Scr: Great Victorian.* Exacta (8-4) $9.20 * $1 Superfecta (8-4-6-3) $32.00 * $1 Trifecta (8-4-6) $13.30SECOND-1m; $25,000; cl($15,000); 3up7Plyng Jok (Trujllo)5.603.402.605Nathan...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Suh’s bad week continues Police said Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh crashed his car into a tree in downtown Portland, Ore., early yesterday but was not injured. Police say...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball2 p.m.BB&T Classic: George Washington vs. TCU VS.3:30 p.m.South Carolina at Clemson ESPNU4 p.m.North Carolina State at Stanford MSG Plus4 p.m.Baylor at Northwestern BIG TEN4:30 p.m.BB&T Classic: Maryland vs. Notre...
Moulson scores 4 in Islanders win over Stars
DALLAS — Matt Moulson was pleased after the best goal-scoring night of his career. The Islanders’ left winger also felt he could have had more. Moulson had a career-high four...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 4MONDec. 5TUEDec. 6WEDDec. 7THUDec. 8FRIDec. 9SATDec.10RangersNO GAMETor. 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMENO GAMET.B. 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMEBuff.7:00MSGESPNIslandersNO GAMENO GAMET.B. 7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEChi. 7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNO GAMENO GAMETor.7:00MSGWFANNO GAMEOtt. 7:00 MSG+2 WFANNO GAMEMont.1:00MSG+WFANTodayTodayGiantsPackers4:15TV...
Reese’s pieces leave bad taste
* With the Giants in their annual second-half nose dive out of the playoffs, we’ve heard the names of coach Tom Coughlin, offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride and defensive coordinator Perry...
Players not keen on NHL's four-conference format
TAMPA, Fla. — With realignment the major issue at the Board of Governors meetings that will commence tomorrow at Pebble Beach, Calif., Slap Shots has learned the NHL Players’ Association...
Devils lose to Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — For the Devils, it was another night to forget. Evander Kane scored a pair of goals to lead the Jets over the Devils 4-2 last night. It...
Rangers defeat Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. — The secret to the Rangers’ success is ... well, it’s not a secret at all, but rather a formula, and that formula is, according to Ryan Callahan,...
UCLA, Lakers legend remembered fondly
What people on the sidelines remember most about Walt Hazzard was his commanding presence on UCLA’s initial 1963 Final Four foray and the succeeding season’s first NCAA championship for coach...
Cotto TKOs rival Margarito
Miguel Cotto got his revenge, and Antonio Margarito probably has to see another eye doctor. In a brilliant display of boxing skills and determination, Cotto got his long-awaited justice, earning...
Odd behavior at Syracuse justified action of some kind
Forget, for a moment, if you can, what anyone might’ve actually seen as it relates to a smoking gun or even what was allegedly seen behind the steam in a...
Yankees to watch until prices drop
Brian Cashman and staff arrive at the Winter Meetings in Dallas tomorrow open for anything. What they leave with Thursday will depend on the action of others. “Brian is giving...
Hoops icon Vitale voices some support for Rivera
When Dick Vitale heard prior to Thanksgiving that Mariano Rivera was headed for vocal cord surgery, he attempted to reach out to baseball’s all-time closer. Having undergone surgery on his...
Yankees GM high on Noesi
Two years ago, the Yankees came up with an 18-game winner. Last year they came up with a 16-game winner. They got them not at the winter meetings, but rather...
N.Y. teams have endured Eagles’ woes
WASHINGTON — We feel your pain, Philly. We do. We are New York City, the home office for high expectation, so even if we may presently be reveling in where...
Serby’s Sunday Q&A with ... Michael Strahan
Post columnist Steve Serby tracked down former Giants pass rusher and current Fox NFL Analyst Michael Strahan to talk about today’s Giants-Packers showdown, his Big Blue days, and all things...
The Rumble
If they named a movie after Erin Sharoni’s life, it might go something like this: Wall Street Meets the Mets. Or Jets. Or Knicks. Or Rangers. The perfect storm landed...
Attack of the co-stars
It takes a lot of time, money and planning to assemble the cast of any television show. And someone always gets top billing. Julianna Margulies. Ed O’Neill. Zooey Deschanel. But...
Don't miss
Express Christmas It’s a sunny day in December. The family’s hanging out, poolside, at Jay and Gloria’s (Ed O’Neill and Sofia Vergara) when it dawns on everyone that they won’t...
The man in black
In his early twenties, actor Titus Welliver, known to fans of “The Good Wife” as former state attorney Glenn Childs and to “Lost” die-hards as The Man in Black, developed...
On the waterfront
Anybody who thinks television is glamorous should come on a location shoot for “Person of Interest.” The grittiest of the new New York-based CBS dramas, “POI” goes where most other...
Local news 2011: Shills and no thrills
Who’s the “Biggest Loser”? We all are. It’s not just the big-time athletic departments, those directing the deeds and indulging the misdeeds of coaches and, cough, gag, cough, “student-athletes.” Throughout...
Reel good
THE LEOPARD, 1963 Today, 2 a.m., TCM Of the “they-don’t-make-movies-like-that-anymore” variety is this wondrous Luchino Visconti film that takes place in 1860s Sicily and surrounds the attempts of the Prince...
Look who's talking
KELLY RIPA 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Derek Hough (co-host); Elizabeth Olsen; Jeffrey Donovan; Paula Deen. Tuesday: Sarah Jessica Parker; Emily VanCamp. Wednesday: Josh Groban (co-host); Zac Efron. Thursday: Josh...
Meet market: Businessman sks a lady to consult with at home
Angel, a 34-year-old managing partner at a tech consulting firm, spends most of his time at the office. But he’d take more than a coffee break for the right gal....
This weeks couple:Makin’ it work
We sent Lauren, a 22-year-old product development assistant, and Amos, a 25-year-old writer and performer, to Chelsea’s La Bottega, which means workshop in Italian. We hoped the Italian eatery’s name...
Ask Ashley: Keeping things open
I am a well-educated and successful investment banker who works like an animal. Once every three months, I get a hotel room and invite someone other than my girlfriend to...
Taking the cake
Catch, a new three-story seafood restaurant and lounge in the Meatpacking District, may be shucking shellfish, but it’s their cakes that A-list guests are “catching” wind of, thanks to executive...
Weird but true
What a New Year’s smooch!A tiny town in Maine dependent on the fishing industry and near the Canadian border puckers up for an eight-foot sardine sculpture that drops at the...
Delle Donne a hometown hero
There’s irony in the fact Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne — who walked away from a scholarship at powerhouse Connecticut and once put basketball in her past — is now hailed...
Kentucky’s kids squeak past UNC
Pushed and pressured all day, Anthony Davis finally went somewhere else no one could on the floor. Up.The freshman soared to block John Henson’s shot in the final seconds and...
S. Brook edged out in playoffs
Tim Flanders rushed for 102 yards and the go-ahead 7-yard touchdown with 1:01 left as Sam Houston State defeated Stony Brook 34-27 in a FCS second-round game yesterday in Huntsville,...
LSU defeats Georgia for SEC title
ATLANTA — An open letter from BCS headquarters to LSU’s Tyrann “Honey Badger” Mathieu: Dear Mr. uh, Badger. We’d like extend our sincerest appreciation for your performance in yesterday’s SEC...
No. 3 Oklahoma St. cruises to Big 12 title
Joseph Randle ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns, Richetti Jones returned a fumble for a score and No. 3 Oklahoma State (11-1, 8-1 Big 12) throttled No. 13 Oklahoma...
Young Orange Wave fall short against Christ the King, but remain confident
Lawrence (Bud) Pollard isn’t into moral victories. The Thomas Jefferson coach wants to win and he expects to win. He scheduled Christ the King because he felt his players could...
Girls basketball roundup: McGill's seven treys power Curtis past NDA
Shannon McGill was feeling mixed emotions waking into Notre Dame Academy for the first time as an opposing player. There was a comfort, but something didn’t feel the same. “Tonight...
Under Armour Classic roundup: Lewis falls to Kellenberg
The road back to the PSAL Class AA semifinals won’t be an easy one for Francis Lewis. After a season-opening loss to league rival Truman, Lewis fell to Kellenberg (L.I.),...
Boys basketball roundup: Hauser's last-second layup sends Regis to victory
What a way to start the season. Sam Hauser’s layup with less than two seconds left gave Regis a thrilling, 52-50 win over Monsignor McClancy in CHSAA Class A boys...
Rangers beat Lightning 4-2
TAMPA, Fla. — Derek Stepan had a tiebreaking goal and added an assist, helping the New York Rangers extend their winning streak to five with a 4-2 victory over the...
Man posts video of python eating kitten
The hunt is on for a sicko who posted a video of himself feeding a helpless kitten to a Burmese python on the internet. In the video, titled “Python Christmas”,...
Sister, sister: Rubins shoot gritty Moore to rout of Kennedy
The look of frustration was a familiar one to anyone who knows Christina Rubin. The Moore Catholic guard’s season didn’t get off to a flying start. She missed her first...
Gingrich surges to the lead in Iowa Poll
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has surged to the front of the field in the race to win the all-important Iowa caucuses, according to the Des...
Vaughan leads Ford again in rout of Sachem East
Bishop Ford cruised to a win on Saturday in a game where senior guard Shanice Vaughan had almost half its points. The senior guard scored 23 in the Falcons’ 48-35...
Gallagher shakes off ankle injury to lead Molloy past Virginia state champ
Nothing could stop Archbishop Molloy's Carolyn Gallagher – not even a foot injury. Despite missing nearly an entire quarter, the junior still led the Stanners with 19 points in their...