January 15, 2012
Carmelo hoping to return for Knicks on Monday
After sitting out the second half of Thursday’s loss in Memphis and all of Saturday’s loss in Oklahoma City with a sprained right ankle, Carmelo Anthony spent most of Sunday...
Golden Globes recap with Post writers
Missed last night's Golden Globes? From red carpet commentary to the final award, The Post had the awards ceremony covered with film critics Lou Lumenick and Kyle Smith. Lou Lumenick...
Patriots prolific offense will face Ravens next
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Next up to try and stop the seemingly unstoppable Tom Brady and the New England Patriots’ offense: the Baltimore Ravens. Good luck. How do you cover powerful...
Former Yankees starter Colon signs with A’s: report
After reviving his career with the Yankees last season, Bartolo Colon signed a one-year deal with the A’s on Sunday, according to ESPN.com. The 2005 Cy Young award winner spent...
Fire rages at Cornwall mill
CORNWALL — Smoke is visible for miles around an industrial park that's on fire in Cornwall, north of New York City. Police in Orange County tell the Times Herald-Record that...
Follow Giants-Packers with Post writers
The Post has today's Giants-Packers NFC Divisional playoff game from Lambeau Field covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The winner of the game will...
St. John's routed by Georgetown
Hollis Thompson is a shooter. A very good shooter. The statistics bear that out but so does his attitude about the craft. After missing all four of his 3-point attempts...
Giants coach refused to meet with Barber
Tiki Barber tried to set up a meeting with Tom Coughlin in an attempt to repair their relationship, but the Giants coach opted not to meet with his former player....
Schottenheimer meeting with Rams' Fisher: report
Former Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer is meeting with new Rams coach Jeff Fisher on Sunday, according to ESPN.com. Fisher chose the Rams over the Dolphins last week, and is...
Jailed accuser says he made up abuse claims against Syracuse assistant
A prison inmate who was one of four men to accuse a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse when they were children has admitted that he made...
Grieving coordinator rejoins Packers for Giants game
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin will rejoin the Green Bay Packers for Sunday’s divisional playoff game against the Giants after spending the week away from the team...
Ravens hold off Texans, play Patriots for AFC Championship
If style points and offensive fireworks meant anything, the Baltimore Ravens wouldn’t stand a chance of making it to the AFC championship. Playing defense and protecting the football are what...
Splashdown! Failed Russian probe crashes into Pacific
MOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry says a failed probe designed to travel to a moon of Mars has crashed, showering debris over the southern Pacific, according to news reports. The...
Perry: Marines who urinated on corpses are 'kids,' not criminals
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry defended today the four Marines seen urinating on Taliban corpses in an inflammatory video, calling the incident a "mistake" and saying it...
Looking back at Nets-Jazz
For as many good things as there were to say about the Nets following Friday's 110-103 win in Phoenix, there were as many bad things to say about Saturday's 107-94...
Brighton Beach butcher Gelman: I killed six more no one knows about
The butcher of Brighton Beach says he has more blood on his hands than just that of the four people he was convicted of killing during a horrific murder spree...
Red Bulls deny Lampard, Stankovic talks
Ever since their disappointing end to last season -- where their lack of central midfield depth was exposed in a playoff loss to eventual MLS Cup champion Los Angeles was...
Cruise captain's conduct blasted as death toll rises; 'showing off' before crash
GIGLIO, Italy — Maritime authorities, passengers and mounting evidence pointed Sunday toward the captain of a cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, amid accusations that...
The Post's Golden Globes TV awards favorites
Post TV critic Linda Stasi picks the most worthy nominees in the Globes’ most important categories. (Critic's choice in bold) BEST SERIES –DRAMA * “American Horror Story”* “Boardwalk Empire”* “Boss”*...
The Post's Golden Globes movie awards favorites
Post film critic Lou Lumenick picks the most worthy nominees in the Globes’ most important categories. (Critic's choices in bold) BEST PICTURE —DRAMA * “The Descendants” * “The Help”* “Hugo”*...
Lambeau Field rare place to play
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Nobody writes poems about football stadiums, no matter how much history is attached to their foundations, no matter how fabled their backstories may be. Baseball stadiums?...
49ers top Saints in final seconds; reach NFC Championship
SAN FRANCISCO — Call it The Catch II. After all of his tears were wiped away, 49ers tight end Vernon Davis let the world know just how big a catch...
Turnovers cost Saints in loss to 49ers
SAN FRANCISCO — It is better to taketh away than to give. This has been the modus operandi the for the 49ers all season, and it was no different in...
49ers QB Smith stars in win over Saints
SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Smith has arrived. After years of being maligned as mediocre and a disappointment as the No. 1 pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, the 49ers quarterback...
Venison coalition feeds needy
On the upper east side of Manhattan tomorrow, more than 300 folks who are in need will get some healthy meals because of the hunters of New York State. More...
Nets rookie gets early lessons from Stevenson
SALT LAKE CITY — DeShawn Stevenson is in his 12th season in the NBA. MarShon Brooks is a rookie. Yet the two players are virtually always on the first bus...
Seven-year-old boy dead in Brooklyn blaze
A 7-year-old boy died and seven people were injured when a horrific fire tore through two homes in Brooklyn early this morning, fire officials said. The 1:40 a.m. inferno reached...
Giants out to upset Packers today
GREEN BAY, Wis. — This is familiar, but new. For as much as everyone wants to look back at that the Giants once did here, these Giants haven’t been here...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with ... Kareem McKenzie
Post columnist Steve Serby sat down with Giants offensive lineman, and former Jet, Kareem McKenzie before Big Blue’s showdown with the defending champion Packers today. Q: Your lasting image of...
Foul-plagued Fludd, Boys High fall short in Coney Island
Missed assignments on defense, not enough ball movement, inability to protect the glass and foul trouble to star Leroy (Truck) Fludd – Ruth Lovelace ticked off each shortcoming. There was...
Yankees' Sabathia lifelong Raiders fan, parking-lot legend
OAKLAND, Calif. — Like any serious tailgate party, this one started with the toss of a football. Four youngsters raced down the parking lot about 35 yards away. The father...
Girls basketball roundup: Refocused Gallagher leads Molloy past Archbishop Williams
Last week wasn’t a pleasant one as far as Carolyn Gallagher was concerned. The Archbishop Molloy junior didn’t play up to her usual standard. Foul trouble helped limit her to...
Kennedy guts out overtime win over St. John the Baptist
John F. Kennedy will be watching plenty of the tape from its game against St. John the Baptist going into an important week. Not because it lost, but to see...
Big Apple High School Invitational Notebook: Mount Vernon nips South Shore
Mount Vernon’s previous three wins have come by a combined 132 points. Coach Bob Cimmino was far more pleased with the Knights’ latest victory, though it came by a just...
The Rumble
MSG’s Martin gets comfy on Celebrity Row The Garden transformation changed a lot of the arena’s ambiance, but Celebrity Row still is alive and kicking with MSG Network’s Jill Martin...
Moore's confident Rubin beats buzzer, Mary Louis
Gabriella Rubin could hear her sister Christina screaming her name for a pass, but the only voice she was going to listen to was her own. “In my head I...
Lawrence-less Cardozo loses heartbreaker to New London
For someone who wasn’t in the building, Jermaine Lawrence was a major topic of conversation Saturday afternoon at Baruch College. The nationally ranked 6-foot-9 star left Cardozo suddenly Thursday and...
Patriots rout Broncos, 45-10, to move on to AFC Championship
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tebowmania had no chance against Tom Brady's playoff pedigree. All the heroics, all the big plays and quite a few records belonged to Brady and the New...
Paschall's early years highlighted at moving service
Even some of the closest people to Apache Paschall found out new things about him Saturday morning. The first speaker at the Nazareth coach’s funeral was Charles Grodin, the renowned...
Bonus (cry) babies taking the money and running
As bonus season starts in earnest, Wall Street bankers are nervous about the prospect of skimpy checks — and even more afraid that this bonus check may be the high-water...
QE3 has already begun in Europe
Most Americans associate a covert action with the CIA, not the Fed. But that’s exactly what Ben Bernanke did at the end of November. The Fed chief authorized a coordinated...
After S&P’s EU credit downgrade, is the US next?
If misery loves company, then the US has new members in the downgrade club. Still, while European finance minsters deal with Standard & Poor’s slashing of the credit ratings of...
Spotify getting static from some top music acts
The Spotify revolution isn’t music to everyone’s ears — especially for three of the hottest acts in the industry. Adele, the Black Keys and Coldplay — ranked No. 1, 3...
20/20 scoop on 40/40
Now that Jay-Z is a daddy, the hip-hop mogul may not be watching as much sports as he used to. But he’s sure got the digs to do so when...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JACK KLIGER Mag veteran tapped to be executive chairman of Alpha Media-owned Maxim. JOHN McCARVEL Crocs CEO reports strong Q4 sales for derided foorwear, shares pop 11%. TIM COOK...
Pepsi big bets on company’s chips
PepsiCo has a pivotal year ahead, and if it rights the ship it will likely have new beverages head Albert Carey to thank. Over the last year, PepsiCo has continued...
Shadow over NY housing
New York has long had a bad rep as the state with the longest foreclosure process in the nation — and now it’s spiked to a new high of 1,019...
Building equity with the voters
Americans got an introductory crash course on the private-equity business this week, as Newt Gingrich directed friendly fire at GOP front-runner Mitt Romney for his long and lucrative tenure at...
App to ace job interview
If you’re using the new year to look for a job and you manage to score an interview with a potential employer, let monster.com’s comprehensive app help you make the...
The hottest tech gadgets
It’s time to find a tablet in a tech stack. The annual gizmo binge in Las Vegas, the Consumer electronics Show, delivered a royal rumble of gadgetry. Ultrabooks took on...
Failing teachers continue dead-ucating for years
One teacher couldn’t stop teens from microwaving their textbooks and gawking at porn. One was a knitter with a nasty temper. Another was a screamer who couldn’t control her students...
Evaluation mandate flawed: Andy
The teacher-evaluation debate is rooted in bad politics, critics say. In order to secure millions in federal education funding, the state put out a mandate to New York’s 700 school...
Paterno breaks silence on Penn State scandal
Disgraced ex-Penn State coach Joe Paterno broke his silence on the shocking sex scandal that has tarnished his legacy, saying he was confused, and punted to school officials when he...
Take ’em to school, gov
Gov. Cuomo last week waded hip-deep into New York’s fetid education-standards swamp — picking a fight he must win if the state is ever to have real teacher accountability. Now...
PA Qns. probe
The Port Authority’s new director has launched a “massive” investigation into the agency’s financial dealings with all nonprofits in Jamaica in the last decade, after The Post revealed last week...
‘Mama’ Oprah’s grads
She’s “one proud mama.” Oprah Winfrey laughed and cried yesterday as she congratulated the first graduating class of her $40 million school in South Africa. “Each one of those girls...
‘Occupy’ art a stinker
It’s political dis-scent: An olfactory artist has transported the stench of Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park to a Staten Island art gallery. “The Smell of a Critical Moment,” which...
Plastic surgeon gives lift to mob
This is one helluva family practice. Dr. Andrew Klapper has nipped and tucked his way to being the plastic surgeon to La Cosa Nostra — or at least their celebrity...
Gang couldn’t loot straight
It took six months of backbreaking work — for a paltry $9,000. A gang of British robbers sweated and grunted for half a year as they used pickaxes, shovels, scaffolding...
Fido, clone home! Gal’s 50G dog ‘double’
They can bring your pet back, but is it the same? When Danielle Tarantola’s dog Trouble died, in 2008, she swore she’d get another only if it could be the...
Santorum: I could still win Iowa
Rick Santorum may be lagging in the polls, but he sure is acting like the top dog. Santorum predicted yesterday that he could yet win the Iowa caucuses — 11...
SC’s high ‘5’ for Romney
Mitt Romney is holding a five-point lead over a newly invigorated Newt Gingrich in South Carolina with just one week to go before the critical state holds its Republican primary,...
Giants’ new daddy Cruz star of the home team
Becoming a father last week meant more to Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz than to many first-time dads. The birth of his daughter, Kennedy, occurred just as Cruz has emerged...
Four tickesh, pleash!
GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s the football verson of “The Hangover.” Four die-hard Giants fans drank themselves into oblivion while celebrating Big Blue’s win over the Falcons last week —...
Cold 'suits' Giants
He means business. Eli Manning and his teammates were suited up for the trip to frigid Lambeau Field yesterday. He and the rest of Big Blue have a date with...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** All things considered, Friday the 13th turned out to be lucky for a man in the Flatlands — despite his being shot in the head. The man, described...
Gas kills 2 in Qns.
A man and his father were found dead from an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at their Queens home yesterday. Aaron Chen, 29, and Kuo-Kuang Chen, 66, were found at their...
Faceless ‘Warrior’ is suing
Warriors, come out and paaaaaaay. A stuntman in the New York City cult-classic film “The Warriors,” about a Coney Island gang trying to make it home alive from The Bronx,...
Schools ‘spy’ on fat kids
Big Brother is joining the battle of the bulge. A group of Long Island students will soon be wearing controversial electronic monitors that allow school officials to track their physical...
Mara gets in the gam
It’s a big weekend for Rooney Mara, seen here at the AFI Awards in LA Friday night. This afternoon, she’ll cheer on the Giants — which her family co-owns —...
Miss America’s a cheesehead
This may be ominous news for the Giants in their game against Green Bay today: Miss Wisconsin was crowned Miss America last night, defeating Miss New York.Laura Kaeppeler, 23, was...
Cruise ship’s ‘Cap’n Crunch’ & mate busted in deadly crash
The rocks were always there, but somehow the Italian captain whose giant cruise ship keeled over in a Titanic-like disaster had no idea he was about to hit them. So...
Perv pol lands Qns. lobbyist gig
Disgraced ex-Councilman Dennis Gallagher now works with a Queens consultant who’s under attack for trying to strong-arm GOP candidates into hiring him, The Post has learned. Gallagher, who stepped down...
‘Fine’ dining
A year after Mayor Bloomberg wiped out penalties for any restaurant scoring an A in its Health Department inspection, the city is collecting more fine revenue from eateries than ever...
Dozens sick of 9/11 sue
The city is facing 89 lawsuits from 9/11 workers who chose to stay in court instead of seek a payout from the feds — setting the stage for a battle...
'They took my place!' Single dad trying to take back home occupied by OWS
They’re occupying his home. Occupy Wall Street protesters announced with great fanfare last month that they moved a homeless family into a “foreclosed” Brooklyn home — even though they knew...
Hubby slay-suicide horror
A man slit his wife’s throat before downing a bottle of pills in a grisly apparent murder-suicide in Inwood yesterday, police sources said.The bodies of Jesus Soto, 56, and Yanet...
Cuomo's ex Kennedy stands to make $40M in secret anti-oil deal
Professional do-gooder Kerry Kennedy — Gov. Cuomo’s ex-wife and the daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy — has called the oil-drilled rain forests of Ecuador “the biggest corporate environmental...
Tiki is tackled in court
They were out of bounds! A court clerk blasted her employees for unsportsmanlike conduct in the courtroom last week, after staffers fawned over former Giants running back Tiki Barber —...
Bloody slay in B’klyn store
One employee was stabbed to death and another injured during a dispute inside a Brooklyn Sprint store yesterday, police said. 24-year-old Renand Louis argued with the two 23-year-old men before...
We have met the envy
With business-bashing all the rage in the presidential campaign, even by some Republicans, a wise man offers a seasoned view: “Capitalism without failure is like Christianity without hell.” Some say...
Say cheese (and mac)!
Forget Green Bay — Manhattan is cheesehead central. The top delivery joint in New York City doesn’t hawk hamburgers, Chinese food or pizza, but another great American standby — mac...
A man’s home is the government’s castle
Does the US Constitution apply on the Upper West Side? The Supreme Court may soon decide. New York City and state regulate the rents of 982,000 apartments — half the...
Yoo talkin’ to us?
When Ron Aldridge left the South Bronx for an Ohio university in the 1960s, it was like going to a foreign county. The way he talked caused so many misunderstandings...
Camelot without the booze
Should Willard Mitt Romney be elected president, one thing is certain: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, also a Mormon, will not be dropping by the White House once each month...
Bomb, bomb Iran
A motorcycle throttle was probably the last sound Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan ever heard, as two men on a bike attached a magnetic bomb to his car in...
Donald tees it up
New York has championship facilities for just about every sport imaginable — and, in most cases, the teams contend for real titles. But what it continues to lack is a...
Occupy hypocrisy
President Obama has replaced Bill Daley, his chief of staff, with Jacob Lew (“Exit the Moderates,” Charles Gasparino, PostOpinion, Jan. 11). Daley was a corporate big shot for JP Morgan...
It’s all a conspiracy!
The politicians keep jawboning, but they never do anything about the really important problems confronting America today. Case in point: A giant Russian-built space probe loaded with lethal biological weapons...
Required reading
The Last Holiday A Memoir by Gil Scott-Heron (Grove Press) He didn’t accept the title “Godfather of Rap” that so many artists called him, so we’ll call Scott-Heron, who died...
One man is an island
Eccentric might be a kind word for the shipping magnate Larry Hillblom, who put the “H” in the world’s largest courier system, DHL. A genius, undoubtedly, he revolutionized how the...
In my library: Tariq Ali
Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ali used to be friends. “We fell out over the Iraq war,” says Ali, the British Pakistani journalist, filmmaker and activist who inspired John Lennon’s 1971...
Tunnel vision
Wish you could commute from New Jersey to New York on foot? You almost could, historian Robert W. Jackson notes in his new book, “Highway Under the Hudson: A History...
My New York: Harry Belafonte
Early in his career, Harry Belafonte was called the Calypso King — in large part for his hit song “Day-O.” But while his parents were from Jamaica, Belafonte, 84, is...
We need to talk about Ezra
When you invite your friends and family to see the movie in which you play a Columbine-style teen mass murderer, you’ve got to be prepared for some awkwardness afterward. “One...
Wham Bam!
Few New York cultural institutions are as beloved as the Brooklyn Academy of Music. After opening in Brooklyn Heights in 1861, BAM moved to the edge of Fort Greene in...
Enjoyable, utterly original opera
Opera takes its inspiration from all sorts of sources: plays, novels, even real life. But Kamala Sankaram’s “Miranda” must be the first to meld science fiction, a murder mystery and...
TV killed the cinema star
In the spirit of Globes host Ricky Gervais, let’s be honest. Television is usually a bit of an afterthought at the Golden Globes, isn’t it? Something you remember as you...
Roast masters
Batten down the hatches, Hollywood. Ricky Gervais is back hosting tonight’s Golden Globe ceremonies, and if last year’s controversial turn is any indication, no one is safe. The English comedian...
Too many cooks
Great minds do not think alike.That was the problem at the final banquet of the London 2011 tournament when several world-class grandmasters gave a group simultaneous exhibition.The players, including tournament...
Tricks of the trade
Who says you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? In honor of January’s National Train Your Dog Month, we rounded up five pups whose discipline has proven impressive — not...
Bridge
“magic Mirror on the wall,” chanted the evil queen, “who’s the best declarer of them all?”“Based on recent tournament results,” the Mirror replied nervously, “Snow White. After all, I taught...
Keys to the city
Perhaps the reason that the Black Keys are enjoying their fastest-selling album is that it comes with easy-to-follow directions. Every copy of “El Camino” is plastered with a sticker that...
Ask Ashley: Kiss kiss, bang bang
I’ve been seeing a guy infrequently (mostly for the sex), even though he is one of the worst kissers I’ve ever experienced. It sort of feels like he’s chunneling for...
Sports Shorts
hoops: Clippers outgun Lakers In Los Angeles, Chris Paul scored 33 points, Blake Griffin had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and the Clippers led all the way in beating the...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70yds; $40,000; hdcp; 4upMIDNITE SILVER moves to starter handicap while seeking fourth consecutive victory and should get a good...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $51,000; alw; 4upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 I'veGottheFever(L),118C Lopez1-3-7Jacobson4-12 David the Great(L),113I Ortiz, Jr7-2-2Asmsse10-13 Bambi Bound(L),118D Cohen1-5-3Levine3-14 Off the Jak(L),118L Jurado2-2-4Parboo4-15 Won Fast...
Aqueduct Charts
January 14th, 2012Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $57,000; alw; 4upOff: 12:21. Good. 3w 2nd,ask 1/4-1/16pTime: 24.91, 5.61, 1:15.56, 1:4.05, 1:44.15.Trainer: Jason ServisWinner: B C, 4, by Lemon Drop...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $19,000; clm($15,000); 3YO4Sngpr Thndr (Brv)8.604.802.607Sheik Polis (Lopez)5.802.806Katz With a K (Saez)2.40Scr: Mason's Comprise.* Exacta (4-7) $62.40 * $1 Superfecta (4-7-6-2) $208.50 * $1 Trifecta (4-7-6) $87.60Winner picked...
Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-5 fur; $22,000; clm; 4up7-Liams Legend 5-24-Fusethepprtnty5-11-Mercurio 8-15-LovetheMment3-12-Marshall 15-16-Captain Daddy 8-13-Captain Twitch 7-28-Wild Doone 20-1SECOND-6 fur; $22,000; clm; 4up5-StrawberryBlsh5-24-Conga Bella 8-11-Oasis the Jak 9-26-HigherIncentve7-22-Popsicle Toes 5-17-Elite Class 9-23-YnkeeEmpress12-18-Thtsllshewrte12-1THIRD-1 mile; $34,000;...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderPost Time: 12:35 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $16,500; clm($12,500); 3YOMIAS DOUBLE cuts back to sprint after tiring in recent starts. FLATTERING IRENE...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; $10,625 cond 1Best Magic(YGingras)11.004.803.0010Poker Hat (B Simpson)2.802.405Meant To Be Me (J Campbell)3.40* Exacta (1-10) $34.40 * Trifecta (1-10-5) $140.80 * $1 Superfecta (1-10-5-8) $696.50SECOND-1-mile pace; $14,000 cond 2BayOfSharks(YGngrs)5.403.003.004Future...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 15MONJan. 16TUEJan. 17WEDJan. 18THUJan. 19FRIJan. 20SATJan. 21KnicksNOGAME Orl. 1:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMEPho. 7:30 MSG ESPNNO GAMEMilw. 7:30 MSG ESPNDen. 7:30 MSG ESPNNetsNOGAME L.A.C. 3:30 YES WFANNO GAMEG.S. 7:30 YES...
Today's Sports on the Air
BasketballNoonGeorgetown at St. John's MSG, WBBR (1130 AM)4 p.m.Georgia Tech at Maryland YES4 p.m.Minnesota at Penn State BIG TEN4:30 p.m.Indiana at Ohio State CBS6 p.m.Nebraska at Wisconsin BIG TEN6 p.m.Duke...
The Post Line
NFL PlayoffsFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogPACKERS97 1/2(53)GiantsRAVENS77 1/2(36 1/2)TexansHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogOHIO ST.12IndianaGeorgetown5 1/2ST. JOHN'SN. Iowa9BRADLEYBUTLER8Youngs. St.VALPARAISOPickCleveland St.MISSOURI ST.9EvansvilleDENVER15W. KentuckyMARYLAND1 1/2Georgia TechMinnesota1 1/2PENN ST.Duke9CLEMSONWISCONSIN16NebraskaWASHINGTON10 1/2Wash. St.CREIGHTON15 1/2S. IllinoisWichita St.6INDIANA ST.DRAKE2Illinois St.Ucla1 1/2USCNIAGARA6 1/2MaristCANISIUS2St....
Hip, hip for a true Yank
* The question of what constitutes a “real Yankee” is often debated, but there can be no argument about Jorge Posada. How rare is it in the modern era for...
Canadiens a mess in any language
TORONTO — Smartest man in the world has to be Kirk Muller, who got out of Montreal just in time. At some point or another Canadiens general manger Pierre Gauthier...
Devils defeat Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- A month after arriving in New Jersey, Kurtis Foster made his first big mark with the Devils. Foster and Patrik Elias scored in a 2:58 span midway...
Islanders defeat Sabres; Nabokov gets 300th win
Evgeni Nabokov pondered what Russian phrase would best describe his night’s work, which culminated with his 300th NHL victory. He spoke in his native language then translated it simply as...
Rangers shut out Maple Leafs
TORONTO — This was more like it for the Rangers, in the aftermath of Thursday’s 3-0 Madison Square Garden loss to the Senators that left a sour taste. “There’s always...
New NBC network has highlights for lowbrow
If NBC and the newly renamed NBC Sports Network (nee Versus) want to be taken seriously as an NHL network, they have to grow up, demonstrate that they know and...
Ranking the top New York owners
GREEN BAY, Wis. — They are the best owners we have, mostly because you don’t find yourself thinking about the fact that they are owners. Yes, there was the PSL...
Lakers’ new coach helps Kobe reclaim throne
In Kobe Bryan’s initial meeting with Mike Brown, he cautioned the Lakers’ newly hired coach “not to pull back,” to coach him “like everyone else; otherwise the players will turn...
Nets in hunt for Mayo: sources
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Nets could pull the trigger on a deal for guard O.J. Mayo, according to league sources familiar with the thinking of the Nets and Grizzlies....
Baron making strides toward January debut for Knicks
OKLAHOMA CITY – What's on Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni's mind? Not only the return from injury of Carmelo Anthony, but also the looming Knicks debut of Baron Davis. Davis is...
Knicks routed by Thunder without Anthony
OKLAHOMA CITY — Knicks owner James Dolan broke into laughter from his baseline seat in the final seconds of the third quarter last night while his team was getting hammered,...
Nets lose to Jazz; Williams struggles in return to Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Nets guard Deron Williams figured he would hear some was some boos, some cheers. He heard some cheers. But mostly, he heard boos. Lots and lots...
Red Sox's Bobby V isn't impressed by new Yankees
While most of the baseball world is congratulating the Yankees for their two bold roster moves Friday night, Bobby Valentine isn’t completely sold. The new Red Sox manager sees holes...
Champs no chumps
Today PACKERS (-7 1/2) over Giants / Over 53: Over the past four seasons, the NFL’s previous Super Bowl winners have failed to get out of their first subsequent playoff...
Sunday's Best
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Ravens face Texans today
BALTIMORE — Today’s AFC playoff game against the Texans will be the eighth the Ravens have played since John Harbaugh became their head coach in 2008. It also will be...
Fisher’s rejection leaves Dolphins searching
Rejected by Jeff Fisher, the Dolphins plan to interview several more candidates before hiring a coach, owner Stephen Ross said Friday. Fisher turned down the Dolphins’ offer and accepted the...
Patriots QB shows it's his time now
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tebow Time was cool while it lasted, but last night was a story about a quarterback named Brady. Tom Brady and the Patriots administered a clinic in...
Patriots TE living dream
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Rob Gronkowski had a dream game in the Patriots’ 45-10 AFC Divisional rout over the Broncos last night. Gronkowski’s final line: 10 catches, 145 yards, and an...
Patriots knock out Tebow, Broncos
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England seemingly saved up years worth of playoff frustration, and unleashed it on Denver in last night’s AFC Divisional Game. Every touchdown pass by quarterback Tom...
Giants know what it takes to win on road in playoffs
GREEN BAY, Wis. — If the original were a movie, this sequel would be called “Road Warrior II” when the Giants face the Packers today in an NFC Divisional playoff...
Giants have all they need to defeat Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. — They thought that improbable Big Blue Super Bowl dream four years ago would freeze to death inside the famous igloo they call Lambeau Field in the...
Giants keep up pizza tradition
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Cheese pizza trumps cheeseheads every time. The Giants’ Friday tradition of wolfing down slices from Umberto’s in New Hyde Park started during the Super Bowl XLII...
Packers back quiet head coach
GREEN BAY, Wis. — For someone who already has delivered as many Lombardi trophies as Mike Holmgren, the Packers’ current head coach still is a mystery guest outside of Titletown....
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Little Ricky Hollywood egomaniacs need to brace themselves for the worst tonight, because brutal comic Ricky Gervais is hosting the Golden Globe awards. Last year, Gervais trampled so many sensibilities...
Catching up with Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia was filming scenes for ‘Alcatraz’ on a mountaintop in Vancouver when we caught up with him. Q. What about this character and this story interested you? A. Whenever...
New arrivals for the third season of ‘Justified’
The modern-day Western “Justified,” which returns Tuesday night at 10 on FX, has been a thrilling showcase for Timothy Olyphant as a lawman who takes his attitudes on fighting crime...
Madeleine Stowe's leading men
I love strong, talented men,” says Stowe, instantly naming three of her favorite film directors, including Michael Mann, Robert Altman and Terry Gilliam. But she’s also worked with a stellar...
Look Who’s Talking
THE VIEW 11 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Tim Gunn; Piers Morgan. Tuesday: Liam Neeson. Friday: Cuba Gooding, Jr. ELLEN DEGENERES 4 p.m., Ch. 4 Monday: Kate Beckinsale; Big Time Rush....
Nominees make do with guest-star work
The Golden Globes are tonight, so in honor of award losers everywhere, let’s check in with some of those thespians who were “happy just to be nominated”: “Drew Peterson: Untouchable”...
Prison break
March 20, 1963. Two guards arrive by boat at Alcatraz Island. Inside the infamous prison, they discover that everyone has disappeared. Three hundred and two prisoners and guards. Vanished. Cut...
Rick Santorum’s slimy WWE past
If the quality of presidents and presidential candidates is down, so too is the quality of TV network reporters who dog the candidates. There’s a TMZ-ization to the coverage of...
Reel good
A PERFECT MURDER, 1998 Sunday, 7 a.m., A&E So often there’s no reason to remake a great movie like “Dial M for Murder,” but for once they got it right!...
Sweet 'Revenge'
Evil, as it turns out, can come in a very pretty package. So pretty that this television character has been dubbed “Queen of the Hamptons.” And so elegantly underhanded that...
Prime price
High-quality steak on the cheap — once an oxymoron — has arrived. Yes, cheap is relative (we’re talking steak, after all), but why sacrifice quality when your carnivorous craving needs...
Museum maven wants to hang with a love of his own
Shut up and (don’t) sing! Ladies, don’t try to drag Michael to a late-night sing-off. “My hatred for karaoke is stronger than my fear of death,” he says. Get a...
Top 5 ways to woo while watching ‘Downton Abbey’
“Ask them if they want to sneak off to the butler’s pantry and make out.” Ian “Reassure him that in no way does watching a British period piece on PBS...
This week's couple: It’s all gravy
When we sent Mark, a 26-year-old DVD merchandiser, and Risa, a 24-year-old speech pathologist, to the Flatiron District’s Southern hot spot Gravy, we hoped their date would go down as...
Weird but true
It isn’t the economy, stupid — it’s the stupid lie of omission. A Missouri gubernatorial hopeful who had been playing up his economics degree was outed as a liar when...
St. John's to play Georgetown today
Malik Stith, “Pops” to his St. John’s teammates, is not one up stand up in front of his fellow Red Storm and proclaim: “We Must Protect This House!” But as...
With Whitehead leading the way, Lincoln takes Round 1 from Boys High
Isaiah Whitehead watched closely as Leroy (Truck) Fludd put up major numbers for Boys & Girls. He gritted his teeth as he heard everyone talk about the Boys & Girls...
Boys basketball roundup: Calhoun, CK edge out Miller Grove (Ga.)
Christ the King has had its struggles against national-level opponents, getting routed by Neumann Goretti (Pa.), Chester (Pa.) and Westbury Christian (Texas) in recent weeks. That monkey is off its...
Biron makes 20 saves, Rangers beat Maple Leafs 3-0
TORONTO — New York backup Martin Biron made 20 saves, and the Rangers bounced back from a streak-busting loss to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 on Saturday night. After...
Thunder rout Carmelo-less Knicks, 104-92
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 28 points, James Harden added 24 off the bench and the Oklahoma City Thunder raced past the New York Knicks 104-92 on Saturday night...
Nabokov earns 300th win as Islanders beat Sabres 4-2
Evgeni Nabokov earned his 300th NHL win after Michael Grabner scored the go-ahead goal with three minutes left, and the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday...
49ers send Saints packing in thrilling win
SAN FRANCISCO — What a way to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of "The Catch." Joe Montana to Dwight Clark then. Alex Smith to Vernon Davis now. Smith completed a 14-yard...
Joseph, Waiters help No. 1 Syracuse top Providence
SYRACUSE — Dion Waiters had 12 points, seven coming during a decisive first-half run, Scoop Jardine added 10 points and nine assists, and top-ranked Syracuse beat undermanned Providence 78-55 on...