May 26, 2012
Redemption day: Taormina, Lanfranco pull through for Xaverian in seventh
Sal Taormina admitted to being nervous before the start of the inning. He had already struck out three times and he knew he’d have a shot to either tie the...
Following semis win, Tottenville coach censors players from media
Jillian Guiffre had one of her biggest moments in a Tottenville uniform. The senior left fielder had two hits, including a two-run single in a four-run third inning, and collected...
Arizona parent faces jail for posting fake porn profile for son's principal
GILBERT, Ariz. -- An Arizona parent will likely face prison time after being convicted of making a fake profile on a pornographic website under the name of his son's assistant...
Prosecutors drop false assault charges against Queens man
A Queens man was cleared this morning when prosecutors dropped false assault charges filed against him by his estranged son-in-law, who actually beat himself up. “The case was factually unsustainable...
Hernandez's estranged daughter shattered by confession
The devastated daughter of Pedro Hernandez has been shattered by the revelation that her estranged father is apparently a confessed murderer, her mother-in-law told The Post. Pedro Hernandez’ 27-year-old daughter,...
Bees swarm South Street Seaport
What a buzzkill! Tourists enjoying the holiday weekend at South Street Seaport today were joined by millions of uninvited guests when a swarm of bees took up residence on a...
Staten Island woman searching for dead sister's ashes after burglar stole the urn
This burglary took an urn for the worse. A Staten Island woman is desperately searching for her dead sister’s ashes after a burglar snatched the urn — likely mistaking it...
Astronauts enter SpaceX vessel
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit,...
Thierry Henry, Rafa Marquez, surpass David Beckham as MLS top earners
Red Bulls captain Thierry Henry has surpassed Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham as the highest-paid player in MLS. Henry is now the league's highest earner with a base salary...
WATCH: Biden tells West Point graduates end to wars lets US address fresh global issues
WEST POINT — Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement...
Teixeira delivers big hits again as Yankees defeat Oakland 9-2
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer and a solo shot among his career high-tying four hits to back CC Sabathia's sixth win of the year, and the...
Government troops and pro-regime thugs killed more than 90 people in Syria, activists say
BEIRUT — Government troops shelled a string of villages in central Syria before pro-regime thugs swept through the area, shooting people in the streets and in their homes in attacks...
Red Bulls star Henry dethrones Beckham as highest-paid MLS player
New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry replaced David Beckham as the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer after the veteran Galaxy midfielder took a wage cut to stay in...
Vatican confirms pope's butler arrested in leaks scandal
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican confirmed Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI's butler was arrested on suspicion of leaking confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to newspapers. A...
Santana gets shutout, Mets beat Padres 9-0
Johan Santana pitched a four-hitter for his first shutout since 2010 and the New York Mets backed him with three home runs in a 9-0 win over the San Diego...
Fire at NJ apartment building kills toddler, injures five people
CAMDEN, N.J. — An overnight fire at a Camden, N.J., apartment building has killed a toddler and hurt five other people. The blaze erupted Saturday morning inside the Gramercy Park...
Giants' Nicks undergoes successful surgery on right foot
Hakeem Nicks yesterday underwent successful surgery on his right foot, as a screw was inserted to hasten the healing process in the fifth metatarsal bone he fractured while running a...
VOTE: Which Rangers do you want back next season?
The Rangers have four restricted free agents and seven unrestricted free agents heading into the offseason.Also, Brandon Dubinsky’s name was constantly mentioned in trade talks when the Rangers were in...
Romney keeps 'feelings' from campaign on iPad, 'haunted' by gaffes
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has revealed that his campaign gaffes "haunt" him and that he sees politics as "like a sport for old guys," in a wide-ranging interview. Romney, the...
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng's brother missing in China
BEIJING -- The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has been missing for the past two days, a lawyer said Saturday, expressing concern that he might have been detained...
Suspect arrested after shooting rampage in Finland leaves two dead, seven injured
HYVINKAA, Finland -- An 18-year-old man was arrested Saturday after two people were killed and seven others were wounded when a gunman opened fire in the center of a Finnish...
PSAL Class B baseball playoff roundup: Rodriguez pitches Health Professions to upset of QHST
Marc Rodriguez tossed a complete-game, no hitter to lift No. 21 Health Professions to a 3-1 upset of 12th-seeded Queens HS of Teaching in the first round of the PSAL...
PSAL Class A baseball playoff roundup: Sanchez leads defending champion GW to quarters
Fernelys Sanchez hasn’t missed a beat. The senior center fielder, who suffered a fractured left fibula in the preseason, tripled, doubled, scored three runs and drove in four in his...
Red Bulls to field Wilman Conde, strong Starting XI Tuesday in Open Cup
After last season’s ill-advised capitulation in the U.S. Open Cup, the Red Bulls have vowed to take this year’s competition more seriously. And while coach Hans Backe said superstar Thierry...
US coach Klinsmann on Juan Agudelo: Now he's got to prove it
After repeated conversations with Juan Agudelo about his inconsistent playing time, U.S. National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was in favor of the young striker’s move to Chivas USA last Thursday....
Former Molloy girls hoops coach Catalanotto takes over at Scanlan
Tom Catalanotto saw coaching at Monsignor Scanlan as an intriguing challenge he couldn’t pass up. “There’s an opportunity there,” he said. “Hopefully we can turn it around in a couple...
Playing every day, doubleheaders on deck for CHSAA baseball playoffs
Rain this week has wreaked havoc on the CHSAA Class AA baseball playoffs, forcing teams to play doubleheaders on Memorial Day in an effort to shoehorn everything in before a...
Big Mac: Fordham ace pitches Rams past Iona in division title tiebreaker
Sean McNamara almost psyched himself out. The gravity of the situation was getting to him before he stepped on the mound. “I was thinking, this is a huge game,” the...
Hedgies lose magic touch four years after big wins
When the housing market started to crater in 2007, a small coterie of hedge-fund managers who had bet the bubble would burst cashed in their chips. They’d made big wagers...
Business briefs
Marts down Stocks fell ahead of the holiday weekend as reports of weakness in Spain outweighed a better-than-expected reading on US consumer confidence. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 74.92...
PE biggies offered $200M to avoid trial
Buyout titans dangled more than $200 million in front of investors in hopes of settling a long-running bid-rigging suit before it goes to trial, The Post has learned. Former shareholders...
Ouch! Grillers burned by rising cookout costs
The heat is rising — and it’s not the grill. The tab for hosting a dozen guests at a modest Memorial Day cookout will jump at least 15 percent this...
GM steered business to CFO’s wife
General Motors said Pernilla Ammann, the wife of Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, is an officer and a partner in an advertising agency that received about $600,000 for services last...
Black gets a Sirius shareholder diss
Far more shareholders in Sirius XM Radio voted against the re-election of board member Leon Black than voted in his favor, Sirius revealed in a regulatory filing. But Black was...
Raj guy had P&G goods
The rats are coming out of the woodwork. The jury in Rajat Gupta’s insider-trading trial heard yesterday from Michael Cardillo, an ex-Galleon Group trader turned prosecution witness who also testified...
Groupon vs. PayPal
Groupon, the largest daily coupon website, is testing a credit card-reader for merchants that could vie with similar devices offered by Square and EBay’s PayPal, a person with knowledge of...
Suit: Dunkin’ did me wrong
More lawsuits are brewing at Dunkin’ Donuts. A franchisee is suing the coffee-and-donut chain for racial discrimination, in particular against “Asian Indian American women of color.” Priti Shetty, who is...
Talbots 'open' to Sycamore buyout deal
Talbots is finally through with its “playing hard to get” routine. The flailing women’s clothier said yesterday it “remains open to pursuing a transaction with Sycamore Partners” — a buyout...
Schilling’s 38 Studios on skids
Former Boston Red Sox pitching star Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios LLC game-making company is “disintegrating” despite state efforts to save it, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said. “We are doing...
Chelsea resident hangs anti-tourism posters pleading visitors to improve their manners
From this person’s kvetching, you’d think Chelsea was Times Square. Someone in the trendy Manhattan neighborhood has slapped posters on light poles in an effort to lecture misbehaving tourists on...
NYers on holiday roll
A few more New Yorkers are hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend than last year.Because of the slack economy, only 0.5 percent more people from New York, New Jersey...
For whom the bell ‘toll$’
The Port Authority said its bridge cops caught a trucker who used a fake license plate to duck tolls.PA spokesman All Della Fave said the tractor-trailer was pulled over at...
Miami heat on Knick
Maybe the Knicks should just stay out of South Florida. After suffering a humiliating first-round playoff elimination to the Heat earlier this month, Knicks guard J.R. Smith returned to Miami...
Material ‘goy’l
TEL AVIV — Madonna last night kicked off her latest world tour with a sold-out show in Israel. Security was tight as she landed in Tel Aviv from New York...
Fake it & we’ll take it
With the Memorial Day weekend kicking off the “100 deadliest days for teen drivers,” two Bronx lawmakers yesterday proposed cracking down on fake IDs’ users and makers. State Sen. Jeff...
Yep, the Pope’s butler did it
This guy is going to have to say a lot of Hail Marys. Pope Benedict XVI’s trusted butler was busted yesterday by Vatican police for allegedly stealing the pontiff’s personal...
‘Eye flirt’ juror focuses on horndog Edwards
GREENSBORO, NC — While the jury in the John Edwards corruption trial remained deadlocked after six days of deliberations, it’s the four alternate jurors who are raising eyebrows. Each showed...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** This tool made a big withdrawal. A crafty thief drilled a hole through the lock of an ATM at a Williamsburg gas station sometime between 10 a.m. and...
Fore! Jet door breaks off and hits golf course
HALLANDALE, Fla. — An airborne plane’s 280-pound cabin door broke loose and crashed down on the 16th fairway of a Florida golf course — on one of only two days...
Sunset Pk. attack
A stranger broke into a Sunset Park home and nearly raped a 57-year-old woman, sparking fears of a new wave of sexual assaults in the Brooklyn neighborhood.The creep rang the...
City facing lawsuit from mom who claims teacher had sexual relationship with son
The city is facing a lawsuit from a mom who claims a teacher had a sexual relationship with her son — and that everyone at Manhattan's Hunter Science High School...
Arrest in ’93 slay
Cops have made an arrest in a 19-year-old homicide case — and brought the accused killer back from the Caribbean to face justice, police said yesterday.Angel Guridy-Cabral, 51, was charged...
P&G soap-in-mouth is out
DALLAS — Procter & Gamble is redesigning the packaging of its miniature laundry detergent — to deter small children from mistaking the brightly colored packets for candy and eating them.Spokesman...
Text gal free from crash suit
A New Jersey college student who was exchanging text messages with her boyfriend right before he crashed into a motorcycling couple won’t be held responsible for the accident, a judge...
Purported photographs of Khalid Sheik Mohammed at Guantanamo posted online
A creepy collection of Gitmo glamour shots has become the new favorite of Web-surfing terrorists. Military officials are investigating how photos purported to be of 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed...
‘Dragon’ space feat
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station yesterday, captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.SpaceX is the first...
Orthodox cam plan
An ultra-Orthodox group that discourages Jews from reporting sex crimes to cops without consulting a rabbi will run a state-funded, $1 million street-surveillance program aimed at catching child predators and...
E. River ferries in fat city
The city’s burgeoning East River ferry service has proven so popular with New York commuters and picture-snapping tourists that its operators had to get bigger boats, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday.The...
Mayor Bloomberg now has 11 homes, after buying two more New York properties
It’s home, sweet homes for Mayor Bloomberg. The billionaire mayor gobbled up two more properties last year, expanding his real-estate holdings to 11. And that doesn’t count Gracie Mansion, where...
$466M CityTime payback
City Hall received a $466 million wire transfer yesterday, marking the end of the CityTime payroll scandal, the feds announced.The money was paid by tech contractor SAIC in a play...
City officials tag peregrine falcons living near Bayonne Bridge
In what might be the city’s smallest one-room apartment, these 25-day-old peregrine falcons huddle yesterday in their perch near the Bayonne Bridge. Adorable Archie and sister Juliette live in a...
'Nervous' Beyoncé is back
Beyoncé admitted to butterflies as she returned to the stage last night at the Revel resort in Atlantic City for a four-night stint. “It is exciting. I’m a little nervous,...
SoHo pals saw the devil in Etan Patz's 'killer'
In the first desperate days after Etan Patz disappeared, scores of neighborhood kids frantically took to their bikes to help search for the missing SoHo 6-year-old. But one 19-year-old, known...
Hernandez ‘too crazy’ for cops when he confessed years ago
Etan Patz’s alleged killer tried to confess to cops years ago that he had murdered the long-missing 6-year-old — but he was dismissed as a nutjob and detectives never followed...
How police blew it in ’79
The biggest missing-persons investigations in city history could have led to Etan Patz’s alleged killer decades ago if not for some big mistakes, law-enforcement sources told The Post. Hundreds of...
Hernandez's reported confessions may be 'enough' to get a conviction
Prosecutors will be confronted with some daunting hurdles while seeking justice for Etan Patz without his body as evidence, but legal experts say that they’re far from insurmountable. Former federal...
SoHo will never be able to forgive or forget
On the morning little Etan Patz disappeared from a SoHo street in 1979, neighbor turned against neighbor. And childhood ended. The murder of little Etan has cut a deep rift...
Patz 'killer's' kin flee spotlight, escape to church
MOORESTOWN, NJ — As their world came crashing down around them, Pedro Hernandez’s weeping wife and daughter fled to the one place they knew they could find peace — their...
Mouse sails NYC
Disney cruise ships are now sailing from a new point of departure — New York City. Disney’s flagship cruise vessel, the Disney Magic, departed yesterday to mark the cruise line’s...
Obama was a Hawaii pothead, biography reveals
WASHINGTON — President Obama was once Hawaii’s pothead-in-chief, according to a new biography. Long before he took briefings from the Joint Chiefs, the prez was a joint-loving member of a...
NY unions join bid to boot Wis. gov
WASHINGTON — New York unions are lending muscle to Wisconsin’s recall election — sending cash, staff and other resources to help give Republican Gov. Scott Walker the boot, The Post...
No slap for ousted ADA
A top Brooklyn assistant district attorney who resigned this week won’t be flagged for ethical breaches in a sensational rape case that’s now on the ropes, DA Charles Hynes said...
Supreme cuz mugged in Bx.
The cousin of US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was mugged in The Bronx by two thugs who took her iPhone, a police source said yesterday. Erin Sotomayor, 28, was...
Under Gov. Cuomo’s rein
The Issue: Gov. Cuomo’s move to put the New York Racing Association temporarily under state control. *** Our governor is demonstrating the traits of his father: Mario Cuomo also had...
Spying-sparked suicide: a student’s slight sentence
The Issue: Dharun Ravi’s sentencing to 30 days in jail for invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. *** A real miscarriage of justice was carried out in the New Jersey...
Listen to Mike, Andrew
Mayor Bloomberg this week unloaded on Gov. Cuomo’s ill-advised decision to strip the city of its power to finger-image food-stamp applicants. “When Albany decides to micromanage the city, it’s not...
Oregon’s PC ‘Warriors’
State education officials in Oregon have just enacted what is arguably the nation’s toughest — and most politically correct — policy on the use of American Indian imagery. The new...
He’d rather be in Philadelphia
The New York Times this week urged Mayor Bloomberg to “learn from Philadelphia” and pare back the NYPD’s successful stop-and-frisk policing tactic — but not even Philly’s mayor thinks it’s...
He’ll say anything
Joe Biden is performing a public service, God love him. Out on the stump, he renders the case for President Obama’s re-election in all its populist crudity. No dulcet tones....
Hamptons players
Scene-y Supping *One can imagine a jodhpur-clad Nacho Figueras or Ralph Lauren walking through the door any moment at Hamptons Players Club, a polo- and equestrian-themed restaurant with horsy details...
Kid stuff
Today TUG BOAT: The Intrepid’s “Fleet Week Tug of War and ‘Sesame Street’ Performance” gives “Armed” Forces a whole new meaning, as kids can watch visiting members of the military...
Henrique, Devils deal defeat in OT, deny 1994 deja Blue
The 18-year-old echo wasn’t loud enough to save the Rangers, who have not reached the Stanley Cup finals since Mark Messier’s Guarantee in 1994. Instead it’s the Noisy Neighbors, the...
Sports Shorts
GOLF: McIlroy misses cut Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the BMW PGA Championship in England yesterday after his game disintegrated in spectacular fashion in a second straight errant round,...
Gee feels at home
Dillon Gee’s struggles had been so deep, he called his mechanics “out of whack’’ and labeled himself “lost.” But last night, he turned in his best start of the year...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $33,000; clm($20,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 ElderSkatesmn(L),121KDesormx7-6-6Allyn20-12 Clear Out(L),121J Lezcano1-7-7Goldberg3-13 Slamm'n Lou(L),121RNaprvnk7-9-1Badgett5-14 Love Shack(L),109W Garcia5-4-3Rice10-15 Lt. John(L),114J Ortiz9-10-8Domino10-16 LaunchNRelnch(L),121J Alvarado5-11-5Gullo10-17 R...
Belmont Charts
May 25th, 2012Raining and Sloppy ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $40,000; clm($20,000); 3YO(f)Off: 12:51. Good. 4w & asked 5/16plTime: 22.66, 46.06, 1:12.5, 1:4.29.Trainer: Patricia FarroWinner: B F, 3, by...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Jin Dandy (3rd)FIRST: mile pace; $8,500; cond2 Prince Bubba(JCampbell)6-2-48-11 Joe Terror(TTetrick)9-1-13-13 Joe Rocks(AMiller)1-1-75-24 Outward Bound(DMiller)6-7-815-15 Arc De Triumph(Schnittker)6-6-612-16 Live On(YGingras)3-3-37-27 Eight Ten Eom(RPierce)5-10-715-18 Only Rock...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $24,000; alw; 3upHARLANS POINT drew rail after finishing third last out. SCHIST broke maiden in last dirt start. COLORADO GUY WINS second in the slop...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:55 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $10,500; clm($12,50); 3,4&5YO4-BunnyValentine5-25-All About Faith 8-11-Casual Gab 3-16-StBallado'sLdy8-12-ItsEntertnment6-17-ImperialHoney15-13-Smothclsnktten4-18-India Hermosa10-1SECOND-5 fur(T); $16,500; clm($25,0); 3up3-Jewelian'nRses8-16-Honor's Gold 15-11-CncrdeExpress4-17-Chiptease 6-12-Harry the Hawk8-18-FllwtheRhythm3-14-Tiglon 8-19-Defense Mode 5-25-Island Scholar 8-1THIRD-7 fur;...
Fordham Prep reigns over Iona
Rain this week has wreaked havoc on the CHSAA Class AA baseball playoffs, forcing teams to play doubleheaders on Memorial Day in an effort to shoehorn everything in before a...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile pace; $8,500; cond 1 Little Brown Fox (J Takter) 4.80 2.80 3 Vic Smith (A Miller) 2.80 5 New York Muscle (C Callahan) 2.80 * Exacta (1-3) $10.20 *...
Hondo on wing and prayer
Hudson was unable to hold the Nationals at bay last night, which resulted in a Brave loss that caused Hondo to fall 1,745 messersmiths below sea level. Tonight, Mr. Aitch...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 26SUNMay 27MONMay 28TUEMay 29WEDMay 30THUMay 31FRIJune 1YankeesOakland4:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMOak.4:05YESWCBSL.A.A. 9:05 YES WCBSL.A.A.10:05YESWCBSL.A.A.10:05YESWCBSNO GAMEDet. 7:05 YES WCBSMetsSan Diego1:10WPIXWFAN 660 AMS.D.1:10SNYWFANPhi.1:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANNO GAMESt.L. 7:10 SNY WFANDevilsNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEL.A.8:00NBCWFANNO GAMEL.A.8:00NBCWFANNO...
Roach back in Olympics
Hall of Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach will continue to work with the U.S. Olympic team after a clearing-the-air phone call with the team’s new head coach Basheer Abdullah on...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix qualifying SPEED10 a.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600 practice SPEED11 a.m.NASCAR Nationwide Series: History 300 qualifying ESPN21 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600 practice SPEED2:30...
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsTonightFavoriteLineUnderdogCeltics5 1/276ersConference FinalsTomorrowSPURS5 1/2ThunderOdds to Win SeriesFavoriteLineUnderdogSpurs$170-200ThunderNHL PlayoffsWednesdayFavoriteLineUnderdogKings$105-125DEVILSOdds to Win SeriesKings$145-165Devils Home team in CAPS
Mets hope to be ravin’ over Havens
The Mets took Ike Davis and Reese Havens four picks apart in the first round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. But while Davis already has made it to the...
Here’s which fantasy baseball players you should trade for – or keep
You are around 50 years old and you live in a nice new home in Queens, but you’re having some trouble paying the bills. That doesn’t mean you need to...
Listen to Larry: You gotta get along with Dolan
New SMU coach Larry Brown said his primary advice to Mike Woodson is to get along with Knicks owner James Dolan. Brown said that’s his lone regret from his disastrous...
Knicks ignore Phil, name Woody coach
Why not Phil? With Mike Woodson officially named Knicks head coach last night, general manager Glen Grunwald answered the $10 million per year question on why he didn’t reach out...
76ers, Celts set for Game 7 Heat
WALTHAM, Mass. — Kevin Garnett won’t be posting any comments from the 76ers owners on his mental bulletin board. The Philadelphia fans won’t be getting all riled up over comments...
Garden promotes a company man
It was Glen Grunwald who brought up the name before it could even be tossed at him. “There were a lot of coaches, if we’d opened up this search, we...
Grunwald wants more Linsanity
Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald sounded all in on Linsanity.Although Jeremy Lin’s agent, Roger Montgomery, does not expect an easy negotiation beginning July 1, Grunwald said he can’t imagine Lin...
Yankees go deep to back Nova, beat up on woeful Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. — Before pressing forward into today’s reading experience let’s get this up front: The Athletics reek. Everybody knew they couldn’t hit and last night the A’s showed they...
Expert: DNA Rocket match
WASHINGTON — A needle stored with a beer can appeared to contain an extremely tiny amount of Roger Clemens’ DNA, which turned out to be good news and bad news...
Robertson won’t be going Tiger hunting
OAKLAND, Calif. — There was a time last week when it appeared David Robertson had a chance to come off the disabled list next weekend against the Tigers. However, with...
Ike, Duda lift Amazin’s to victory
There is more needed from Ike Davis and Lucas Duda than what they have delivered for the Mets so far this season. A lot more. Davis has suffered through a...
Tejada runs into trouble while testing quad injury
Ruben Tejada may not return from his strained right quad for awhile longer. The rehabbing Mets shortstop ran the bases yesterday in Florida, but it didn’t go ideally. Terry Collins...
Mets must continue to keep heat on dregs of NL
Terry Collins is trying his best to make this a baseball summer at Citi Field. To do that, the Mets have to beat the bad teams and last night was...
Karma for Kovy
Ilya Kovalchuk had a decision to make two years ago when he was a free agent. The two teams he was torn between were the Kings and the Devils. Now...
Torts looks to future following Rangers loss
John Tortorella has seen his team grow, but by no means is he happy with the way their season ended. Last night at the Prudential Center, his Rangers lost to...
Ageless Brodeur ready to fill Cup
From the other side of the ice, Martin Brodeur kept looking for a sign: a spinning red light. Upraised hockey sticks. A gathering dog pile. Anything. Hey, it’s a good...
Henrique scores big experience
Adam Henrique may only be a rookie, but during this season, he has experienced more than most players do in their careers. Henrique scored at 1:03 of the first overtime...
Rangers heartbroken after season-ending loss to Devils
Eighteen years later, the Rangers couldn’t get the third goal. Eighteen years later, the Rangers couldn’t get to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals at the Garden. Eighteen years...
Captain Callahan’s goal can’t bail out Blueshirts
When his team needed him most, Ryan Callahan played his best. For the Rangers’ captain, holding his head high will not be a problem this summer, which starts today after...
Rookie scrambles Rangers
It happened in a heartbeat, and before any of it could be fully comprehended, the Devils were piling on and the Rangers’ season had ended. The game-winning goal in overtime...
Love & war
Fifty-one years after his death, Ernest Hemingway is still the macho ideal for males old and young alike. Writer, fighter, lover. As great a writer as he was, the one...
Inside look
Get ready for a very personal look at a community you’ve never seen before on TV — or anywhere else, for that matter. National Geographic Channel’s “American Colony: Meet the...
Pro Bowler’s now Burton
"True Blood” star Grant Bowler has been cast as Richard Burton opposite Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s “Liz & Dick,” according to deadline.com. The movie is scheduled to begin...
Weird but true
An Illinois man who legally changed his name to Led Zeppelin II as a nod to his favorite band is climbing the Stairway to Heaven.George Blackburn, 64, decided after his...
Fordham’s time to go big time
Growing up in Brooklyn in the ’70s, the Bronx might as well have been another country. Then I got to play a CYO or Rec league basketball game at Fordham...
No nasal strips for I'll Have Another in the Belmont Stakes
As if I'll Have Another didn't have enough obstacles to overcome trying to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978 after 11 others have...
Actor Jeff Goldblum wins restraining order against 'stalker'
LOS ANGELES — A judge on Friday granted Jeff Goldblum a temporary restraining order against a woman who has been repeatedly ordered to stay away from the actor in recent...
Devils advance to Cup finals with win over Rangers
NEWARK, N.J. — The New York Rangers were at their best for two straight games after falling into dangerously deep holes against the New Jersey Devils. New York wiped out...
According to Luke: Wooters, Iona rally past Fordham for NYCHSAA lax title
Luke Wooters and Iona Prep have watched rival Fordham Prep rally past them for thrilling wins more times than they would like to remember. The Rams were rolling in the...
Monroe, one of the PSAL's premier programs, back in quarterfinals
Monroe right-hander Miguel Reyes dropped his glove after the final out was recorded and pumped his fists. Teammates mobbed him on the mound as the home crowd roared its approval,...