January 8, 2012
Saints take playoff show on road
METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are still undefeated at home and have lost just three times all season. So, it might be a bit of nitpicking to say...
Falcons deal with another poor playoff performance
Being embarrassed in the playoffs is becoming a habit for the Atlanta Falcons. It’s one that has them wondering what they can do to break it. Eli Manning threw three...
Iran said to be enriching uranium in underground bunker
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site built to withstand possible airstrikes, a leading hard-line newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against...
Iona stays perfect in MAAC with win over Marist
Mike Glover scored 31 points and Iona dominated the first half in a 100-76 win over Marist Sunday. Glover, who averaged 18.2 points coming in, scored 18 in the first...
Manhattan edges Fairfield
Kidani Brutus made a 3-pointer with 2:27 remaining and Manhattan held on to beat Fairfield 53-51 on Sunday. Brutus’ long-range shot capped an 11-3 run, in which the Jaspers went...
Nicks, defense lead Giants to wild-card win over Falcons
Eli Manning doesn’t have to do everything himself. The Giants have found their running game and defense just in time. After routing the Atlanta Falcons 24-2 Sunday in the NFC...
Tebow, Broncos stun Steelers with touchdown on first play of overtime
DENVER – Tebow time works overtime even during playoff time. Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow added another chapter to his legend, hitting Demaryius Thomas with an 80-yard touchdown on the first...
Giants Ross, Ware suffer concussions
It wasn't all good news for the Giants on Sunday. Cornerback Aaron Ross and backup running back D.J. Ware were both knocked out of the Giants' 24-2 wild-card victory over...
Help on way for iced-in Alaska city
A Coast Guard icebreaker is cutting a path through icy seas for a Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel for the iced-in Alaska city of Nome. The 370-foot ship, hauling more...
Venezuela diplo expelled over 'cyber-attack' talk
The Obama administration is expelling Venezuela's consul general in Miami after allegations surfaced that she discussed possible cyber-attacks on U.S. soil while she was stationed at her country's embassy in...
Looking back at Nets-Heat
LeBron James clearly stole the show in Miami’s 101-90 win over the Nets at Prudential Center Saturday night, but he was far from the only storyline to come out of...
Schumer: New 'super painkiller' could spark more deadly holdups
Following fatal shootings in two New York pharmacy robberies, a Sen. Charles Schumer is warning that a new batch of "super painkillers" now under review could force repeats of recent...
Giffords leads pledge at Tucson massacre memorial
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords led a crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, her words ringing out across a cold Tucson night in a rare public appearance Sunday evening...
Falcons top CB out against Giants
Atlanta Falcons starting cornerback Brent Grimes will not play in the NFC wild-card game against the Giants on Sunday.Grimes did not play in the Falcons' season finale because of a...
Follow Giants-Falcons with Post writers
The Post has today's Giants-Falcons wild-card playoff game from MetLife Stadium cover goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The winner of the game will travel...
Gingrich, Romney tangle in NH debate
CONCORD, N.H. — A combative Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of "pious baloney" Sunday and charged him with hiding behind inaccurate attack ads aired by allies in the increasingly rancorous...
What's in a name?
When petfinder.com announced their list of 2011's most popular pet names last month, it revealed that for the fifth year in a row Buddy topped teh charts for dogs, while...
Expect tighter regulation on flounder, scup
It appears summer flounder and scup regulations will be tighter this coming season, despite the higher quotas that were recommended back in August by Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. At a...
Broncos QB Tebow faces stiff test vs. Steelers
DENVER — When it was going well — and it was really going well for a spell — Tim Tebow’s popularity was so polarizing that, had it continued, he probably...
Boys basketball roundup: Dingle returns, St. Ray's beats Paul VI
St. Raymond has put together perhaps the city’s toughest schedule and picked up another national-level win Saturday. Daniel Dingle, in his first game back from a shoulder injury, had 21...
Girls basketball roundup: Custodio hurt in Kennedy win
John F. Kennedy was rattled and then recovered. The Knights jumped ahead early, but found themselves trailing heading into the fourth after senior guard Chelsea Custodio left the game with...
Giants must avoid upset vs. Falcons
He has been here, done that, but it never gets old for coach Tom Coughlin. It has been two long years since the Giants maneuvered their way into the playoffs...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with the ... New York Giants
Post columnist Steve Serby made the rounds this week, chatting with a number of Giants before today’s NFC Wild Card showdown with the Falcons. Q for VICTOR CRUZ: Who is...
Former WNBA star Hampton reinforces lessons to Loughlin after Vianney loss
Bishop Loughlin has heard the critiques and points before – just never like this. The Lions had a special guest in their locker room following a 59-53 loss to New...
Ndokaj, Farrell win host Ironman Invitational
The last time Monsignor Farrell wrestling team won the Dave Ironman Invitational was 2009. That was also the season the Lions took home their second CHSAA state title. Could Saturday...
BCS coaches have little in common
NEW ORLEANS — Bud Johnson, the assistant sports information director at LSU when the Tigers won their first national championship in 1958, pulled his car into the service station in...
The Rumble
The Wright way Mets star gives back to hometown Despite the success David Wright has achieved with the Mets, he never has forgotten his Virginia roots. That’s why the 29-year-old...
Void felt at Nazareth Homecoming with no girls game
There was basketball at Nazareth on Saturday for the first time since the untimely death of Apache Paschall. His girls team was not able to be a part of the...
CES Report: Google tablet debuts
Google’s latest version of its Android software is finally available in tablets — just not in US stores. China’s Ingenic Semiconductor showed off its new line of Novo7 tablets powered...
Odd jobber: I went from Ritz to pits
These are truly the dog days for Michelle.When the 45-year-old executive worked in the marketing division of a major advertising firm, she enjoyed expensive meals out, theater dates, shopping sprees...
Bonus battles: Disgruntled bankers threaten to sue or walk
Wall Street bankers are fuming about the prospect of paltry payouts come bonus time — and plan to go nuclear. They’re taking their cues from their disgruntled brethren in London,...
Corzine’s financial my$tery
It’s been a long while now since that frightful Halloween when MF Global filed the eighth-largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States. Too long a time if you...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS SCOTT THOMPSON Ex-PayPal boss tapped by Yahoo! to save the struggling company — or help in its sale. REED HASTINGS Embattled Netflix boss breathes sigh of relief as members...
Record sales for discs
Music sales are finally generating some black numbers. Album sales — which saw digital surpass physical for the first time — were up 1.3 percent in 2011, according to Nielsen...
Icahn’t believe Carl’s 35% return
Investors who fled Carl Icahn’s hedge funds after losing money with him in 2008 might want to sit down for this one. In a year when the average hedge fund...
PayPal to the Depot
EBay’s PayPal division plans to announce a partnership with Home Depot that lets shoppers use the payment system at checkout. The initiative takes aim at Visa and MasterCard’s credit card-swiping...
How to help your team get it together
Looking for a high-tech way to keep track of who’s doing what in group projects? Free Web app Asana is designed to help everyone stay on task. Developed by Facebook...
Americans end stock love affair
One week into the new year, the early indications are that 2012 could be an auspicious year for stocks. Not only was the market’s first-day performance a particularly strong one,...
Dream’s dark hour
Americans are now accepting the fact that they will have less than their parents, according to a recent poll. The American Dream for many — higher education, owning a home,...
Car shoppers say Yahoo! to a new approach
That lovely new-car scent can quickly turn foul, seconds after realizing you’ve overpaid for it.Despite months of online research and the occasional face-to-face encounter with shady salespeople, the average consumer...
The boomers’ housing bomb
Dear John: The show “60 Minutes” recently ran a segment about Cleveland, Ohio, tearing down houses that banks abandoned. That reminded me to ask you a question. If baby boomers...
Amanda’s pornin’ glory
Amanda Seyfried is a looker-alike to late porn star Linda Lovelace last week on the LA set of “Lovelace,” a biopic of the “Deep Throat” sex queen. Seyfried gets the...
ScarJo puts mom in ‘out’ house
She’s the mother of one of the world’s biggest movie stars — but she can’t afford to buy a Manhattan apartment. Scarlett Johansson’s mom and former manager, Melanie Sloan, signed...
‘The Sitch’ is chickless
Good news, ladies. The man with the most famous abs in the world is still on the market. “Jersey Shore” co-star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was spotted partying on New...
Alec ‘Bored’win tweets!
He’s back and bloviating once more. Hothead actor Alec Baldwin reactived his Twitter account last night after more than a month. At 6 p.m. Baldwin’s 560,000 followers were greeted with...
Calendar girl’s a fire-fido
She’s the pinup pooch of Park Slope. Furry firehouse mascot Nikki loves wowing kids with her stop-drop-and-roll trick, taking long naps, and catching the wind in her face as she...
Hosp-bill insult to ‘false rap’ injury
A Brooklyn man claims in a lawsuit he was accosted by cops who accused him of swallowing “contraband” and hauled him to a hospital in a failed bid to prove...
‘Cancer-free’ prez shocker
BUENOS AIRES — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s doctors have decided she never had thyroid cancer after all — reversing an earlier diagnosis that led them to remove her thyroid gland....
It’s Drew love for NYer fiancé
Can the scion of one of New York’s most established society families tame Hollywood’s wild child? Drew Barrymore — who famously checked into rehab at age 13, was married and...
Break‘fat’ club
A top Department of Health official has criticized a free breakfast program in city schools, saying it makes poor kids fat. Obesity czar Gretchen Van Wye (pictured) says in-class meals...
Friar’d up over MTA dig
There’s going to be a blast at the Friars Club, but no one’s laughing about it. The members of the legendary comedic Midtown club are steaming mad after the MTA...
Arrest in Bronx kid-shoot
A teen was busted yesterday for shooting an 11-year-old Bronx boy through a closed apartment door, police said. Kijana Jenkins, 17, and an unidentified cohort fired the shots into the...
Bx. ADA hit with DWI rap
A Bronx assistant district attorney was arrested on a drunken-driving charge early yesterday after he was stopped at a Manhattan checkpoint, sources said.Rafael Urena, 26, who allegedly blew a .081...
Corpse mystery sketch
Suffolk cops released a composite sketch of a woman whose body parts were found last year at Gilgo Beach, along with 11 other women. The victim’s partial remains were discovered...
Out of ‘order’
She ordered a pizza — and got an extra topping of racism. When Harlem resident Minhee Cho, 24, ordered a small pizza from a Papa John’s restaurant, she was shocked...
The grudge: Mike vs. Andy
The tense relationship between Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo reached a low point last month, when the city’s chief Albany lobbyist was temporarily banned from the governor’s office. The sources...
Iran hails bold US rescue
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s government yesterday welcomed the US Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held by pirates — at the same time it stepped up saber-rattling military exercises. “The...
NYPD slaps soused sarge
An NYPD sergeant who was kicked off a Greyhound bus in Philadelphia for being too drunk has been suspended without pay, police said yesterday. Off-duty Sgt. Carlos Fabara refused to...
Towel gal gets snapped
Have some decency, it’s a locker room. Two Manhattan gym customers are suing New York Sports Club for sexual harassment after a female employee allegedly barged into the men’s locker...
DSK’s DC manse takes a $$ hit
The price of Dominique Strauss Kahn’s luxurious Georgetown pad is dropping faster then the French philanderer’s silky pants. The federal-style brick mansion where DSK and his wife, Anne Sinclair, lived...
Crushed cop on mend
The cop whose legs were horribly crushed between two cars during a traffic stop in Brooklyn was recovering yesterday following surgery. Detective Alex Rosario, 34, underwent the emergency procedures Friday...
The quiet victory of Mia & the kids Woody left behind
As celebrity scandals go, it’s probably second only to the O.J. trial: Woody Allen leaving Mia Farrow, his girlfriend and muse of 14 years, for her adopted teenage daughter Soon-Yi....
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A man was fatally stabbed in his pal’s Vinegar Hill apartment, cops said yesterday. Marcquel McDuffy, 22, and his friend were drinking and mock-fighting in the Farragut Houses...
Jail guards busted
Two off-duty corrections officers were arrested in separate incidents in The Bronx, police said yesterday. Capt. Darrel Williams, 48, got into a vicious fight in Norwood and assaulted a man...
Eli’s kid is baby 'Blue'
Here’s your first look at Eli Manning’s smallest biggest fan. Punt-sized cutie Ava Frances, the Giant quarterback’s 10-month-old daughter, will be raising the rattle when her daddy takes on the...
‘Tot TD’ dance due for Cruz
Victor Cruz is going to have a lot more on his mind today than catching passes and salsa dancing in the end zone. The star Giants wide receiver and longtime...
Making $20K off dis‘cards’
John Jones makes thousands of dollars playing cards. The 41-year-old Brooklynite (pictured) plucks thrown-away MetroCards from platforms and garbage cans and claims he’s earned $20,000 reselling them over the past...
‘Extort’ slap at GOP’s Queens kingmakers
City Councilman Eric Ulrich is demanding an investigation into claims that Queens GOP leaders milked candidates “for financial gain.” His call comes amid mounting criticism of the county party from...
Amazing grace: Cart lady forgives punks
The philanthropist mom clobbered by a hurled shopping cart bears no ill will to the pint-sized punks who did it, though the assault left her brain-damaged and unable to care...
White House threw secret 'Alice in Wonderland' bash during recession
It was the tea party the Obamas just couldn’t resist. A White House “Alice in Wonderland” costume ball — put on by Johnny Depp and Hollywood director Tim Burton —...
Columbia class nix
Columbia students can still protest the 1 percent — they just won’t get course credits for it anymore. Less than a week after The Post reported the Ivy school was...
OWS has money to burn
The cash is burning a hole in their pockets. As the Occupy Wall Street movement loses steam, protesters are pitching new and creative ways to spend the $300,000 remaining in...
Eyes on Meeks’ shady house sale
A watchdog group is asking federal prosecutors to examine a real-estate deal involving Rep. Gregory Meeks. The Queens Democrat sold his Far Rockaway home in 2006 to a buyer with...
Site is PA’s wa$te land
Maybe the Port Authority would rather hike tolls than collect the $2.7 million it is rightfully owed from a politically connected nonprofit in Queens. The PA forked over the taxpayer...
Luxe penthouse up in smoke
A raging fire destroyed a luxurious, multimillion-dollar penthouse on the Upper East Side last night, authorities said.The blaze started at 7:50 p.m. at 2 East End Ave., quickly engulfing the...
Evangelicals planning plot against Romney
Mitt Romney hasn’t got a prayer. That is, if the most prominent evangelical leaders in the country — who are holding crisis talks next weekend in Texas over the thinning...
It’s a ‘Mitt’ wrap
That’s a wrap. I’m calling this thing. Unless something terrible comes out about him in the next few weeks, Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee.If you were to analogize...
Beyonce gave birth last night: reports
Beyoncé has reportedly become Bey-MOM-cé. The superstar singer gave birth to a baby girl last night, according to her hometown paper the Houston Chronicle. The tot was delivered by c-section....
Easy Andy’s hard left
There are two possible explanations for the sudden change in Gov. Cuomo: Either he fell and hit his head, or he’s making a sharp left turn. Because there have been...
Hey, remember this guy?
With all eyes on the Republicans and their presidential-nomination donnybrook, behind the scenes President Obama is still busy with the “fundamental transformation” of the US that he promised during the...
Cut Ozone!
Sentence that has never been uttered by any tourist visiting New York: “Hey, kids, let’s go kick up our heels in Ozone Park, Queens!” Gov. Cuomo’s admirable effort to be...
Kodak down, moments live on
The death knell for film has been ringing for a long time. But the news this week that Kodak appears close to going belly-up stirred a particularly poignant surge. Kodak,...
Rise of the neighsayers
There was a time in this city — during the dangerous, near-broke 1970s — when a significant number of residents contemplated escape. To find the grievance that could lead at...
Big Blue heaven
The New York Giants this afternoon open up what they hope will be another championship run, hosting the Atlanta Falcons in the Meadowlands. It looks to be a heavy lift,...
Not-so-super fund
Nearly two years after designating Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site, the US Environmental Protection Agency has finally come up with draft plans for cleaning up the notoriously gunky...
Dollars for Defense
“If they’re not going to give anything up, they don’t have the resources to do all the things they say they want to do. It just doesn’t add up.” —...
Quit your Barkin
The real reason why Ellen Barkin is upset with the NYPD is that one of The Finest didn’t recognize her and give in to her hissy fit (“Someone Stop This...
Santorum could win
Even after a surging Rick Santorum had tied Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, Intrade, the predictions market for politics, put Santorum’s chances for the Republican presidential nomination at less...
Monopoly man
William Gottlieb looked like a bum, drove a station wagon with busted windows and carried his important papers in a shopping bag. Yet before his death in 1999, he accumulated...
Required reading
New York Diaries 1609 to 2009 by Teresa Carpenter, editor (Modern Library) It took journalist Carpenter seven years to complete her book of diary entries from New Yorkers over 400...
Hitler to hippies
From Fuhrer power to Flower Power — the journey of the bubble-backed “Love Bug” may be the oddest in automotive history. Once the dream of the Porsche family patriarch, the...
In my library: Rob Bartlett
One is tempted to call Rob Bartlett a professional second banana, considering the roles he plays on radio and TV’s “Imus in the Morning” and on Broadway, where he and...
iSpy
I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did Social Networks and the Death of Privacy by Lori Andrews Free Press If you post a photo online from...
Mighty Mark
Thursday night is date night in the Wahlberg household. It’s the time Mark and his wife, model Rhea Durham, have set aside to get some alone time away from their...
Queen of beans
In her new video, “In Your Arms,” singer-songwriter Kina Grannis is lifted aloft by birds and balloons, is invaded by a worm jumping from an apple into her ear then...
Ask Ashley: They are fam-ily. But you?
My 29-year-old boyfriend and I have a terrific relationship, but we’ve been dating for 14 months and he still hasn’t introduced me to his parents or brother. (He’s from New...
Top 5 ways to flirt with a techie
“Have Siri ask them out for you.” Dan “Say, ‘Nice body. Is there an app for that?’ ” Jen “Say, ‘You’re so hot that when I look at you I...
January jonesing!
Seeing a movie in January used to be a dangerous gamble. You would step into the warm confines of the cineplex only to be assaulted with radioactive studio runoff like...
Double trouble
Making the first move of a game is an advantage. But if you’re White in one game of a match, you’ll have Black in the next, so the chances of...
Bridge
“minnie’s in the hospital,” Rose told me worriedly in the lounge. “They’re doing another bypass.”Minnie Bottoms, my club’s senior member, has a history of heart problems.“Been to see her?”“Cy was...
NYC's soap bubble bursts
When shooting ran late on the Manhattan set of “Guiding Light,” some of its stars’ moods began, counterintuitively, to improve. “We had one actor who had a bar in his...
The Post Line
NFL PlayoffsFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3½ 3 (47½)FalconsSteelers 8 8½(33½)BRONCOSHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightGoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.FavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogArkansas St. 1½ (65)N. IllinoisTomorrowBCS National ChampionshipAt New OrleansAlabama 2 (40)LSUNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogIndiana6PENN ST.Wisconsin2MICHIGANVILLANOVA8DePaulLA...
Parcells, Martin finalists for Hall of Fame
Bill Parcells won two Super Bowls as head coach of the Giants and was an inaugural member of the team’s Ring of Honor. He now is one step closer to...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $37,000; clm($30,000); 4upRIVRAV drew the rail for local debut after a gate to wire victory in allowance...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm($12,500); 3YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Beelzebub ,121V Molina8-4-6Mosco12-12 Palmetto Jim(L),121R Chiappe5-4-7Iannotti2-13 Flying Tomato(L),121M Rosario5-7-xSmith15-14 Lemon Zing(L),121E Rivera4-4-9Jenkins9-25 West Is Best(L),121G Wales7-11-xMerymn15-16...
Aqueduct Charts
January 7th, 2012Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $27,000; clm($7,500); 4upOff: 12:20. Good. hard drive 1/4-1/16plTime: 22.96, 46.17, 58.57, 1:11.97.Trainer: David JacobsonWinner: B G, 7, by Formal Dinner-Arctic...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $22,500; clm($25,000); 3YO6Str Dstnctn (RvrII)8.404.603.408Starship Romeo (Jara)14.208.804Side Party Ralph (Leyva)4.00Scr: Hertzel.* Exacta (6-8) $111.20 * $1 Superfecta (6-8-4-3) $1,156.90 * $1 Trifecta (6-8-4) $348.70SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $33,000;...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: O’Brien: I’m ready to coach Penn State Pronouncing himself the new leader of the Penn State family yesterday, Bill O’Brien was introduced as the Nittany Lions’ new head football...
Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $28,000; clm; 4&5YO5-Not for Sale 5-24-Wolfcamp 3-11-RideCandyRde15-16-BelieveItsTrue12-12-Nibiru'sReturn12-17-Grandad Bud 5-13-Link Suances 2-1SECOND-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm; 4up4-Serene Queen 8-55-Marciannie 5-21-School Play 7-26-Missbauer 15-12-Country Green 8-17-TresBenEnsee15-13-Oh Mandie 5-1THIRD-1m&70yds; $30,000; alw; 4up6-Allen's...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderPost Time: 12:35 p.m.FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $22,500; clm($20,000); 4upREIGN OF KINGS won last two starts on dirt. ELECTORAL VOTE tired...
Parx Results
FIRST-7 fur; $22,000; clm; 4up1Dngrs Bhvr (Brmdz)27.2012.607.003Celtc Heartbeat (Bracho)4.803.802Miss Daddy Matt (Bowman)12.00* Exacta (1-3) $132.40 * Trifecta (1-3-2) $1,912.80SECOND-1m&70yds; $20,000; clm; 4up2Record Hgh (Rver)22.607.603.204Renaissance Girl (Frey)4.202.601Holladay Dixie (Montanez)2.80* Daily Double...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; $7,500; clm2InKnny'sHonr(TTtrck)12.606.003.603HurrknAnthony(JBongorno)8.204.604Something New (G Brennan)6.60* Exacta (2-3) $107.40 * Trifecta (2-3-4) $973.80 * $1 Superfecta (2-3-4-6) $1,647.60SECOND-1-mile pace; $16,000; cond 5Real Flight (T Tetrick)4.603.203.203Flowmaster (B Simpson)10.405.207Rhombus (J Pantaleano)3.80*...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 8MONJan. 9TUEJan. 10WEDJan. 11THUJan. 12FRIJan. 13SATJan. 14KnicksNOGAME Char. 7:30 MSG WBBRNO GAMEPhil. 7:30 MSG ESPNMem. 8:00 TNT ESPNNO GAMEOk.C. 8:00 MSG ESPNNetsNOGAMEAtl. 7:30 YES WFANNO GAMEDen. 9:00 YES WBBR...
Today's Sports on the Air
BasketballNoonDePaul at Villanova MSGNoonIndiana at Penn State BIG TEN1 p.m.Women: Memphis at UTEP MSG Plus1:30 p.m.Wisconsin at Michigan CBS3 p.m.Women: Oklahoma at Texas A&M MSG Plus5:30 p.m.Arizona at USC MSG...
A ‘Winter’ disgrace
* “There is no acceptable explanation or excuse for commentary challenging the integrity of the League, its officials or its broadcast partners,” NHL VP of operations Colin Campbell said when...
Rangers' Staal 'starting to get into it'
Rangers defenseman Marc Staal said he still feels awkward on the ice and has not found his form yet after missing the first 36 games of the season. But his...
Devils defeat Penguins
PITTSBURGH — This was the “Live by the Sword” half of shorthanded goals for a team that has done a lot of dying by them. The Devils are chasing the...
Islanders lose to Coyotes
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Islanders were on the wrong side of the record book last night. At last, in his 16th NHL season, Shane Doan has a hat trick, and...
NHL responsible for role in realignment
The NHL has gone out of its way to manufacture the perception of a crisis with its unilateral decision to abandon realignment for next year while simultaneously launching an attack...
Insensitivity shows Jets coach is classless
The written and spoken autopsies of the Jets’ season thus far have not included what, to me, was the most enduring and revealing moment, one clearly captured by TV —...
Okur latest Nets injury
The injuries continue to mount for the Nets. After Deron Williams (side) and Kris Humphries (shoulder) missed Wednesday’s loss in Boston and MarShon Brooks (ankle) and Damion James (foot) missed...
Nets lose to Heat
DeShawn Stevenson of the Nets has had as much success slowing down LeBron James as anyone in the NBA, including in last year’s Finals for the Mavericks. But when James...
Heat's Big 3 co-exist after growing pains
Erik Spoelstra isn’t about to send any sympathy cards to the Knicks over their early-season struggles. But the Miami Heat coach can relate. A year ago he was going through...
Douglas exits Knicks game with pain in shoulder
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Toney Douglas’ surgically repaired shoulder is now a big issue. A combination of poor play and a lingering right-shoulder pain has cost Douglas his starting point-guard...
Knicks roll past Pistons, now 4-4
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Carmelo Anthony wasn’t at full health last night, but the Knicks look like they have healed fast on this two-game weekend road trip that ended emphatically...
Petulant stars nothing new in NBA
On second thought, I was wrong to make it appear coach-killers DeMarcus Cousins and Tyreke Evans are more full of themselves than self-absorbed slugs back in the day. It only...
Yankees' Posada decides to retire
Jorge Posada won’t be venturing outside The Bronx to extend his major-league career. A source yesterday confirmed Posada has decided against trying to play in 2012, and will retire a...
Right decision for Yankees' Posada
Jorge Posada made the right call. The man who spent so many years calling pitches for championship Yankees teams is calling it a career. Posada is going out on his...
Giants’ hopes will die at MetLife
Today Falcons (+3) over GIANTS / OVER 47 1/2: Giants still might be here even if Tony Romo didn’t ding his throwing hand against the Eagles, but Romo clearly wasn’t...
Sunday's Best
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Giants pass rush should scare Falcons
Last week, as always, Kevin Boothe and his teammates on the Giants offensive line took a quick breath before embarking on the two-minute drill portion of practice, the only time...
Broncos set to open up offense against Steelers
DENVER — Can “Tebow Time” work during playoff time? Quarterback Tim Tebow and the Broncos are playing at home and won their division, but are heavy underdogs with the Steelers...
Saints defeat Lions, will face 49ers
NEW ORLEANS — Shred all the newspapers. Break all the TVs. Sever all Internet connections. Cancel the mail. Short out the radios, even the short wave radios. Shoot the carrier...
Sparano, Koetter on Jets' list of coordinator candidates
The Jets have begun to look at candidates to replace Brian Schottenheimer as offensive coordinator if he gets a head coaching job. According to sources, the Jets have targeted former...
Texans defeat Bengals, first playoff win
HOUSTON — Andre Johnson hugged his coach at the end of Houston’s first playoff victory — a moment a decade in the making. “This is something not just for me,...
Super Bowl hero Tyree praises Cruz
Former Giants receiver David Tyree, known best for one magical moment, has kept a close eye on the current Giants receiver Victor Cruz, who has been stringing together a series...
Season-ending loss hurts more than joy of victory
Always in these moments, it is good to go back to Mile High Stadium, just outside the visitor’s locker room, Jan. 17, 1999. Always, it is wise to remember the...
Giants DBs talking the talk
The Giants defensive backfield faces a big challenge with the arrival at MetLife Stadium of Roddy White, Julio Jones and tight end Tony Gonzalez as NFC Wild Card targets for...
Manning capable of Giant step
Eli Manning delivered a Super Bowl championship four years ago when no one thought he could, and today it is time for him to put his stamp on a special...
Giants' Snee sneers at homebound Jets
Rex Ryan and the Jets helplessly will be watching the Giants in the playoffs today, if they can bear it. Ryan, before his team imploded, bellowed that the Jets were...
Falcons prepared to unleash former Jets DE Abraham
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — This is why the Falcons have been saving John Abraham all season. Still going strong in his 12th NFL season, the former Jets star had his...
'Abbey' road
Newbury, ENGLAND — “Get ready,” says the cab driver as he aims his black taxi down a crushed gravel road that winds through a rolling 1,000-acre estate in County Hampshire,...
Don't miss
Broken gaydar When Tessa (Jane Levy) is asked to show new guy Josh Sherman (Dan Byrd) around school, she becomes convinced that he’s gay, when in fact he’s an undercover...
Drama mama
Why’s TV so great this winter? I came up with five good reasons. Three of the shows could be the best new dramatic series in years — if they don’t...
Reel good
Holes, 2003 Sunday, 7 a.m., ABC Family Oh that damned Yelnats family curse! After many generations of living with a family curse, young Stanley (Shia LaBeouf, left) gets wrongly convicted...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly Ripa 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Guest host: Mark Wahlberg; Tori Spelling; Dean McDermott; Reggie Bush. Tuesday: Guest host: Carl Edwards; Laura Prepon; Kate Beckinsale. Wednesday: Guest host: Boomer...
My foodie New York: Daniel Humm
Daniel Humm has nice things to say about the competition. The chef of Eleven Madison Park (which received three Michelin stars after he took over from his mentor, Danny Meyer)...
Hot pots
On a blustery, chilly evening — when the wind is blowing off the East River and your teeth are chattering uncontrollably — you should take a lesson from the Swiss...
Runner longs for someone to chase after her
Cher thing Do you “believe in life after love?” Risa does — listening to Cher is her No. 1 guilty pleasure. Miss independent Don’t get clingy, guys! “I value my...
This week's couple: Sex and politics
Everyone knows some conversation topics are off limits on a first date, but when we sent Meghan, a 23-year-old online consultant, and Kevin, a 24-year-old assistant producer, to Midtown’s steak...
Weird but true
Happy Birthday Toledo, Ohio. “T Town” marked its 175th birthday, but no one seemed to care. No celebrations were planned for the city on the shores of Lake Erie, and...
Syracuse holds on
Kris Joseph scored 17 points, Brandon Triche added 16, and top-ranked Syracuse remained unbeaten with a gritty 73-66 victory over No. 20 Marquette yesterday at the Carrier Dome The Orange...
Rutgers defeats No. 8 UConn in Calhoun's return
Jim Calhoun’s return to the Connecticut bench following a three-game suspension was not a successful one as Rutgers beat the eighth-ranked Huskies 67-60 last night in Piscataway. The loss was...
LSU, Alabama play hard-nosed football
NEW ORLEANS — The curse of playing in the BCS National Championship Game is the opportunity to watch each of the 35 previously played bowl games. This is a sampling...
McDermott’s two TDs power SMU over Pitt
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — J.J. McDermott ran and threw for first quarter touchdowns and SMU beat Pittsburgh 28-6 yesterday in the BBVA Compass Bowl. Rishaad Wimbley ran for two scores for...
Fordham loses to Xavier
Fordham was unable to stop one Musketeer, let alone three. Xavier junior guard Mark Lyons torched Fordham (7-8, 0-2 Atlantic 10) for 20 points as the Rams lost, 67-59, yesterday...
St. John's tops Cincinnati at buzzer
CINCINNATI — Moe Harkless was supposed to take the last shot, just not like this. Harkless’ putback at the buzzer off D’Angelo Harrison’s missed shot gave St. John’s a 57-55...
Rep. Giffords returns to site of near-fatal shooting
TUCSON, Ariz. -- For the first time since she was shot there a year ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) today returned to site of the Tucson, Ariz., mass shooting where...
Amar'e, Bibby lead Knicks in rout over Pistons 103-80
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Amare Stoudemire scored 22 points and Mike Bibby added 16 to lead the New York Knicks to an easy 103-80 victory over the Detroit Pistons on...
Devils top Penguins again, 3-1
PITTSBURGH — Ilya Kovalchuk and Adam Henrique each had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils handed the Pittsburgh Penguins their fourth consecutive loss, 3-1 on Saturday...
Sketch of victim in LI serial slay probe released
Police have released a composite sketch of an unidentified victim whose remains were among those of 11 people found along a remote New York beach highway last year. The sketch...
Yankees great Posada opts to retire
Jorge Posada won’t be venturing outside The Bronx to extend his major league career. An industry source today confirmed Posada has decided against trying to play in 2012, and will...
In & out
HOOKUPS IN * Debra Messing The “Smash” star made headlines with the tawdry backstage affair with a co-star. OUT * Lauren Graham The ex-“Gilmore Girls” actress dated her “Parenthood” co-star...
'Chelsea' evening
She even sounds like Chelsea Handler, throwing out one-liners with that same sort of dry, understated snark. Laura Prepon, who was hired to play the raucous, foul-mouthed comic in NBC’s...
Warner Bros. extends DVD rental delay
Customers of services like Netflix Inc. will have to wait until eight weeks after movies from Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. come out on DVD before they can rent them...