May 27, 2012
Kuroda throws 8 scoreless as Yankees beat A's
OAKLAND, Calif. — Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight scoreless innings and Andruw Jones hit a solo homer that helped the New York Yankees win their season-high fifth straight game, 2-0 over...
Jon Corzine sells Hoboken penthouse: report
Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine has finally unloaded roughly $3 million worth of assets—a two-bedroom penthouse apartment in Hoboken that went on sale in January and was sold to...
Schumer asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last...
Some statement: UN 'outraged' over Syria civilian massacre, but doesn't blame either side
The U.N. Security Council on Sunday blamed the Syrian government for attacking residential areas of the town of Houla with artillery and tank shelling and also condemned the close-range killings...
Dickey dominates as Mets beat Padres
R.A. Dickey, Johan Santana and the New York Mets toyed with the punchless San Diego Padres for a weekend. They know the real test begins Monday, though, when the rival...
'Men in Black 3' takes down 'Avengers' to top weekend box office with $55 million
LOS ANGELES — The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' sequel "Men in Black 3" debuted as the No. 1...
Rafa Marquez focusing on Mexico
Red Bulls star Rafa Marquez – who has boycotted the English-speaking media for the past month-and-a-half – is excited about returning to the fold for Mexico and El Tri’s preparations...
Elderly man found dead in Bronx apartment; roommate in police custody
An elderly man was found dead in his Bronx apartment last night and investigators have taken his roommate into custody, police said. The 76-year-old man was discovered with burn wounds...
Man gunned down in Brooklyn
A 26-year-old man was gunned down last night in Brooklyn, police said. The bullet-riddled body of Guy Simpson was discovered just before 9 p.m. on Decatur Street, near Patchen Avenue,...
Man jumps to his death off Verrazano Narrows Bridge
A 54-year-old man leapt to his death this morning from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, authorities said. The man jumped from the upper level, on the Staten Island side of the...
Store where Facebook CEO's wife bought wedding gown hasn't sold any more
As Facebook's stock has been struggling, another business with ties to the social network can't seem to cash in. The store where Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan bought her wedding...
Donovan shows his fire with hat-trick in 5-1 US rout of Scotland
After questioning his own hunger and desire for the game, Landon Donovan had a hat trick and set a new record for career starts in the U.S.’ 5-1 rout of...
Romney's former national security spokesman says his role as a gay conservative was a problem for Dems and GOP
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- For Richard Grenell, the openly gay former national security spokesman for Mitt Romney, the problem was clear: "The far left doesn't want a gay person to...
Iran to build new nuclear plant by early 2014, state TV says
TEHRAN -- Iran is to build a new nuclear power plant alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr by early 2014, state television reported Sunday, quoting...
Brother of blind Chinese dissident returns home: lawyer
BEIJING -- The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng returned to his village in eastern China after fleeing to Beijing to seek help for his son, who is in...
NATO disputes reports of civilian casualties from airstrike in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan. Afghan officials...
Former Yankee Don Larsen selling perfect game World Series uniform
HAYDEN LAKE, Idaho -- Former Yankee Don Larsen -- the only man to pitch a perfect game in a World Series -- is putting his uniform from that historic day...
Widow of pilot of United Flight 93 dies
DENVER — The wife of the pilot of the United Airlines flight that crashed into a Pennsylvania field after being taken over by terrorists on 9/11 has died of what...
Mystery Polaroid shows Kansas man more than 20 years after he died in car wreck
WICHITA, Kan. -- When Addison Logan, 13, saw an old Polaroid camera at a Wichita, Kan., garage sale and thought it looked like a fun relic little did he know...
These Rangers can make Garden glow for long time
The arena will return to the hard hats now, a fitting, if premature, hand-off. Surely the workers who will occupy Madison Square Garden for the next few months gladly would...
Failure to quickly finish Capitals led to Blueshirts’ demise
The Rangers lost their best chance to win the Stanley Cup on May 5 in Washington when they were unable to follow up on their Game 3 triple-overtime victory three...
Rangers have cash, just don’t know how much
The Rangers appear to have a considerable amount of cap space with which to maneuver in reconstructing for next year, but with the labor agreement set to expire on Sept....
Santana dominates with his first shutout since 2010
Johan Santana knew this was coming. “He told [Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen] two weeks ago, ‘It’s getting to June. I’m going be a different guy in June,’ ” manager...
Stars shine bright for underdog Mets
Contrary to what the box score says, Johan Santana’s performance yesterday at Citi Field wasn’t as spotless as it might appear. Sure, he tossed his first complete-game shutout since his...
Lady Gaga cancels Indonesia concert after threats from Islamic hardliners
JAKARTA -- Pop diva Lady Gaga's show in Indonesia has been canceled, her promoters said Sunday, after Islamic hardliners threatened "chaos" if she entered the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation....
Marco tries to end Andretti drought in racing’s ‘Greatest Spectacle’
INDIANAPOLIS — Marco Andretti knows how much heartache his family has suffered at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He needs no reminders that IndyCar could use an American superstar, and with his...
Broncos WR helping Jets rookie make transition from Ga. Tech to pros
When the Jets drafted Stephen Hill in the second round last month, the speedy wide receiver received a text message from Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas. “Congratulations, it ain’t going to...
A look at Cashman’s track record as Yanks GM
At this moment, even Brian Cashman considers his acquisition of Michael Pineda a disaster. Cashman and the Yankees will hope this is only a snapshot and that the picture improves...
Michelle Obama, daughters attend Beyonce concert
She’s the First Lady, but Michelle Obama can still get down with the “Single Ladies.” Obama and her daughters Sasha and Malia traveled to the new Revel Resorts casino in...
The Rumble
Carry the porch SNY team returns to outfield for broadcast SNY’s award-winning broadcasting team — Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Gary Cohen — ventures out to the Pepsi Porch in...
Charitable Blackburn shares his tale of perseverance with less fortunate
Chase Blackburn was an expectant father, but the Tumi suitcase that sat on his bedroom floor at his home in Marysville, Ohio, wasn’t for a mad dash to the hospital....
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... David Wright
Hot-hitting Mets third baseman David Wright took a swing at some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby in a Q&A session. Q: Should you be the Captain of the Mets?...
Nicole Kidman dedicates latest film role to dead war correspondent Marie Colvin
CANNES, France -- Aussie actress Nicole Kidman has dedicated her latest on-screen performance as a war correspondent to journalist Marie Colvin, who was killed while covering the uprising in Syria...
Corzine shows there’s no justice on Wall St.
What does it take to get prosecuted in this town? Just how many federal regulators have pored over financial documents and calling records, dissected trading ledgers for suspicious money movements...
Vevo on IPO fast track
Attention Vevo: Keep your sexy redesign private! That’s the message insiders and tech analysts are offering the upstart video-streaming site. Vevo is suddenly pondering an initial public offering following the...
Japan's bond girls
Maybe Ben Bernanke can take a page from Japan’s central bank and book a reunion tour of Destiny’s Child to help sell some of Uncle Sam’s debt? Japan’s debt-laden government...
On Yahoo!, Livestand turns into a dead duck
Yahoo! is killing a tablet magazine called Livestand just six months after its debut on the iPad.The decision is part of the struggling Internet company’s latest turnaround effort.Last month, Yahoo!...
A friend on a flight
If you’re a frequent business traveler, it can be tough keeping track of your various departure and arrival times and the weather in cities you’re taking off and landing in....
The EU needs a big fix PDQ
Dear John: Why doesn’t Europe just go back to each country having its own money? This way, nations like Switzerland aren’t holding the bag of toxic debt like Germany. D.D.Dear...
New York is falling behind other regions in job creation: distress index
New Yorkers are sending out an SOS to save their assets. More metro consumers are saying they are feeling financial distress in their lives, even as their upstate neighbors are...
FB IPO makes Gekko proud
Greed may be good, as Gordon Gekko once said, but not when you’re having your initial public offering. Facebook’s hubris of pricing its stock at $38 was borderline thievery, along...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS CHERYL COLE Dumped “X Factor” judge talked up as new “American Idol” panelist. Rock ’n’ roll! MARTHA STEWART Takes seat as nonexecutive chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, proving...
Cabby's free-ride salute to military
No need to hump it this Memorial Day, soldier. For three days, Frederick Dove is giving away free taxi rides to veterans — and any other passenger in military uniform....
Mike’s Weiner secret
When former Congressman Anthony Weiner was under siege last year, Mayor Bloomberg took a kinder approach to his longtime critic than most Democrats. A chorus of party leaders, led by...
Airline let dogs fry: lawsuit
A Utah woman who is suing “pets first” Delta Air Lines for $4 million says three of her 11 dogs died after being penned in a plane’s storage area in...
17,000 bees buzz South Street Seaport tourists
What a buzz kill! Tourists enjoying the holiday weekend at the South Street Seaport yesterday were joined by thousands of uninvited guests when a five-pound swarm of bees took up...
Ex-prosecutor goes missing
A former Brooklyn federal prosecutor has been missing from his Upper West Side home since Thursday, authorities said.Richard Appleby, 66, former chief of narcotics prosecution for the Brooklyn US Attorney’s...
Crips in Rikers ‘cradle’
Crips get their own cribs in the big house.Members of the notorious gang are a minority on Rikers Island but enjoy special privileges, including separate housing areas in each of...
Former Rockette's near-death struggle with bulimia
Ballet has the Black Swan. She was the dark Rockette. Greta Gleissner came to New York to make it big — landing a glamorous role as a high-kicking beauty at...
WWII hero’s reunion with child savior
It was July 31, 1944, and Army Air Corps pilot Lt. Henry Supchak was flying his 33rd bombing mission over Munich, Germany, when his B-17 bomber, nicknamed “Priority Gal,” was...
Mafia daughter says dad was Grim Reaper
It was 1983, and Linda Schiro, a 14-year-old Catholic-school sophomore from Midwood, smoked pot for the first time with her best friend, a boy from the Brooklyn neighborhood. When her...
Hack-whacked sad sack axed
A victim of a nasty beatdown at a Bronx gas station says he was fired from his job at a homeless shelter for telling a Post reporter where he worked....
NYPD Daily Blotter
*** An East Harlem man was busted early yesterday and charged with smashing a bat into the face and skull of a 16-year-old boy in East Harlem, police said. Max...
Astros get whiff of new ‘X’ shuttle
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches yesterday following the spacecraft’s landmark mission to the orbiting lab....
B’klyn ambulance mows down biker
An ambulance racing to an emergency call with lights and sirens on killed a motorcyclist on a Brooklyn street yesterday.Jesus Santiago, 46, a father of three, was riding his Harley...
Prospect Park’s ‘Ghost Dog’ finally captured after four years of feral survival
’Tis no legend — the beast is real! For four years, a hulking brown and black mastiff has been living on the lam in the woods of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park,...
Oops, I missed it again
She’s no slave to her job. Britney Spears noshed, appeared distracted, and even took unexplained breaks as contestants sang their hearts out during “The X Factor” auditions in Austin, Texas....
Beyonce’s First Fans
She’s the first lady, but Michelle Obama can still get down with the “Single Ladies.” Obama and her daughters, Sasha and Malia, traveled to the new Revel Resorts casino in...
I’m still looking ... for the truth
Thirty-three years ago this weekend, when I was 9 years old, police arrived at our front door to search for Etan Patz. The 6-year-old had disappeared without a trace, seemingly...
’79 NYPD boss doubts just one slaying for Etan suspect
If Pedro Hernandez really did kill Etan Patz, the accused murderer likely had other victims over the past 33 years, former NYPD Commissioner Robert J. McGuire told The Post. “If...
Sicko’s daughter in shock
Pedro Hernandez’s estranged daughter was shattered to hear that her father confessed to the murder of Etan Patz, her mother-in-law told The Post. “She’s a mess. She can hardly speak....
Etan suspect knew 'intimate details' tying him to slaying: sources
Pedro Hernandez provided detectives with “intimate details” about the murder of Etan Patz that only the killer could have known, sources told The Post. NYPD detectives believe these key clues,...
Fare-cheaters cost MTA $14 million a year; worst offenders are on Bx19 bus
MetroCards? We don’t need no stinking MetroCards! That’s the code of the road for fare beaters on the Bx19, the bus route with the most cheats in the city, according...
Claim of drug-lord $$ link to Wyclef, Rev. Al
Wyclef Jean and the Rev. Al Sharpton benefited from money given to them by a suspected drug lord, according to court testimony. James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, a hip-hop mogul on...
SI thief grabs a sister’s ashes
What an ash-hole! A Staten Island woman is desperately searching for her sister’s remains after a coldhearted burglar snatched the urn. Pamela Paul, 64, said she was away for Mother’s...
Mary J. ‘bilk’ charity sham
Mary J. Blige is a deadbeat diva. The New York music star’s charity is supposed to empower women but instead has no office, no phone number — and hundreds of...
Lopez flip$ for Domino
Now that’s a sweet deal! Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s favorite charity got a $2.07-million tax-free loan from the developers of the former Domino sugar factory less than two weeks before Lopez...
Feds probe Qns. GOP ‘con’sultants
The FBI is investigating the Queens Republican Party, its consultants and at least three people it recommended to the city Board of Elections, according to sources recently quizzed by federal...
NYC teachers bouncing off the walls in mini-rubber rooms all over the city
The “rubber rooms” have bounced back. They’re just smaller and scattered now. More than 200 NYC educators suspected of misconduct or incompetence are hidden in offices all over the city....
In-law ‘beater’ cleared
A Queens man accused of beating up his estranged son-in-law to force him to recite a rabbi-sanctioned divorce has been cleared, prosecutors announced after learning that the accuser made up...
‘O’ my, it’s a fund-raising note from Barack
To my good friend Barack, Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. President. You made my day with that powerful and uplifting package you sent. You can imagine my excitement...
Brazillion reasons to visit NYC
The girl from Ipanema is living it up . . . in New York City. The number of Brazilians visiting Gotham has nearly tripled in recent years and they spend...
Krug attacks!
When Paul Krugman dies, he’ll be primarily remembered for three things: He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics; he has been one of the world’s most-read and most-influential political...
The traitor of Pearl Harbor
In August 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt held a top secret meeting on the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales to discuss military matters,...
My (twisted) life with the Kennedys
Robert Kennedy Jr., who has spent the last week and a half publicly absolving himself of any responsibility for the suicide of his estranged wife, Mary, has been a coarse,...
Faltering first steps
Brooklyn DA Joe Hynes, under increasing pressure over his office’s handling of child sexual-abuse cases involving the Orthodox Jewish community, has finally taken some positive steps. Unfortunately, not all those...
Pension fund shortfall
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli couldn’t wait to spread the good news: New York’s pension fund, he announced last week, is worth more than at any time since the economic meltdown....
Golden states
“Athens, Calif.” (PostScript, Kyle Smith, May 20) should be printed in every US newspaper, as it’s a true account of what Greece and the rest of Europe are dealing with....
Required reading
Battleground Pacific A Marine Rifleman’s Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 by Sterling Mace and Nick Allen (St. Martin’s) Queens kid Sterling Mace grew up during the Depression and still marvels how...
More than just a pretty face
In Your Face The New Science of Human Attraction by David Perrett Palgrave Macmillan Helen of Troy’s face launched a thousand ships; the head of Medusa frightened men to death;...
In my library: Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
He says he’s stopped reliving the world’s most famous landing, but “Sully” Sullenberger — a k a “Captain Cool,” who successfully ditched his disabled plane in the Hudson — remains...
Hard candy
Sweet Tooth The Bittersweet History of Candy by Kate Hopkins St. Martin’s Press Journalist Kate Hopkins, who writes about food on her website The Accidental Hedonist, took a tour of...
Adopt me!
Chance is one of several sweet kittens now available for adoption at the Humane Society of New York. Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society...
All over the app
Using an iPad without the right apps is like driving a Ferrari with a Ford engine — especially with the high-definition “Retina” display of the latest version of the iPad....
How Bieber made Carly Rae Jepsen a sensation
If Justin Bieber hadn’t been washing dishes at his mother’s house at a particular time on a particular day, American might have one less pop music sensation. According to Carly...
Le Bon, The Beatles... and me
George Harrison was not only the quietest Beatle, he was the funniest. In the late 1990s, when he was working on a “Yellow Submarine” remix at Abbey Road Studios, Mel...
From 'Monster' to mommy
"I’m a bitch — Picasso had his blue period, and this is my Bitchy Period,” Charlize Theron recently quipped to a crowd at the WonderCon convention in Anaheim, Calif., when...
My DJ New York: DJ Cassidy
Any DJ can get a boozy Manhattan crowd dancing on a Saturday night, but few have done so for the likes of Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey and President Barack Obama....
Obedience school
On Wednesday, CBS premieres its new reality series, “Dogs in the City.” The show stars Justin Silver, a dog trainer, behaviorist and native New Yorker, who works with pups and...
Top 5 ways to make your move on Memorial Day weekend
“Ask, ‘You know the best thing about long weekends? You get an extra night to make bad decisions.’ ” Serita “Look at her and say, ‘If you’re the way my...
Three’s a charm
In the end, Hikaru Nakamura made winning his third US Championship title look easy.Trailing by a half-point with two rounds to go, he beat rival Gata Kamsky with black in...
Bridge
“hear about Minnie getting her money’s worth?” Rose asked me. Minnie Bottoms is my club’s 82-year-old senior member.“The heat at Minnie’s house was out,” Rose said. “An electrician fixed the...
Guard-less Knicks won’t call Iverson
The Knicks desperately need guards. Allen Iverson desperately needs a job. But The Post has learned Iverson is one CAA client the Knicks won’t pursue, deeming it too big a...
Rondo steers Celtics into Heat showdown
BOSTON — To Doug Collins, Boston’s Big Three is already a memory. “I don’t look at them as the Big Three. I look at them as the Championship Four,” the...
Can’t wait for shootout at Alamo & OKCorral
It doesn’t get more captivating than the invincible Spurs against the near-impregnable Thunder. Had the Spice Bosh-less Heat not vividly reversed their 1-2 fade against the Pacers, the winner of...
Spurs out to silence Thunder
SAN ANTONIO — Maybe they finally will get a challenge this time. The Spurs and Thunder simply have rolled through this postseason. There’s the 18-game winning streak that has the...
Mets catcher finally busts out at home
Mike Nickeas had been mired in a malaise, had struggled so horribly at Citi Field, one had to wonder if his nightmares were of his own home ballpark. But in...
Padres’ Minaya has high praise for Amazin’s
Former Mets general manager Omar Minaya — whose new team, the Padres, is playing in Flushing this weekend — said yesterday he likes what he’s doing in San Diego and...
Richards, Gaborik lament lost opportunity
There was his chance, sitting open at the left circle, waiting for the puck, and when it came, Brad Richards fired it quickly only to watch it get swallowed up...
Kings have Flyers flavor
With all the former Flyers infesting the Kings, Los Angeles could be mistaken for Orange County. There’s general manager Dean Lombardi, a former Flyers scout. There’s assistant GM Ron Hextall,...
Teixeira’s 2 homers lead Yankees to 4th straight win
OAKLAND — The man who took the most blame for the Yankees’ recent production outage is the one leading the effort back to respectability, now that he has junked an...
CC ‘fast’ to fix location issues
OAKLAND — Having given the worst hitting team in baseball four innings to hurt him, CC Sabathia listened to advice from pitching coach Larry Rothschild and catcher Chris Stewart. “It...
Ibanez on field more than expected after Gardner injury
OAKLAND — When the Yankees signed Raul Ibanez, they believed he would be the designated hitter and possibly play a little in the outfield.Yet, because of Brett Gardner’s strained right...
Easy road? Kings say no
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Justin Williams remembers every game of the Carolina Hurricanes’ 25-game grind through the 2006 playoffs. He knows all about the blood, sweat and exhaustion necessary to...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile pace; $8,500; condTRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:02 TIME-28.4; 57.0; 1:26.0; 1:54.1 1Little Brown Fox (J Takter)4.802.803Vic Smith (A Miller)2.805New York Muscle (C Callahan)2.80* Exacta (1-3) $10.20 * Trifecta (1-3-5) $36.40Scr:...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $23,000; clm($12,500); 3upL.A. GIRL defeated cheaper as the favorite. SUPERSONIC BEAUTY goes turf to dirt and drops in class. STOOPENDOUS DIVA won as favorite going...
Mommouth Park Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $24,000; alw; 3up 6 D'marin (Lopez) 3.20 2.20 2.10 3 Schist (Pimentel) 3.20 2.20 4 Colorado Guy Wins (Trujillo) 2.10 * Exacta (6-3) $14.40 * $1 Superfecta (6-3-4-5)...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m; $28,000; clm( $14,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 MachoMuchach(L),122JCastellan4-9-2Parisella8-12 Marquet Rebel(L),115W Garcia5-7-7Parker30-13 Eltheeb(L),122D Cohen3-6-6Jacobson2-14 FrenchTransitin(L),122J Espinoza7-8-6F Martin50-15 Crepe Au Sucre(L),122A Lezcano7-4-1P Kelly12-16...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-1m&70yds; $10,500; clm($6,25); 3up1-Surge Power 8-55-Dr. D R 15-12-Little Jake 5-16-I Go Through 3-13-Hold My Calls 8-17-Rio Grey 10-14-Otro Visur 4-1SECOND-6 fur; $10,500; clm($6,250); 3up1-Aiden's Lil Devil2-15-Kristina's Slew 4-12-Windy Cafe...
Belmont Charts
May 26th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Good©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 1/2 fur; $59,000; alw; 3upOff: 12:51. 4. slip out 5/16, 3w topTime: 23., 45.77, 1:09.57, 1:15.83.Trainer: John KimmelWinner: DK...
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdogSPURS5 1/2ThunderOdds to Win SeriesSpurs$170-200ThunderNHL PlayoffsWednesdayFavoriteLineUnderdogKings$100-120DEVILSOdds to Win SeriesKings$140-160Devils Home team in CAPS
Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $18,000; clm($8,000); 3up 1 Clursfthgln (Gtrrz) 8.80 4.00 2.80 4 Quillotano (Castanon) 12.20 4.40 6 Nonsense (Flores) 3.20 * $1 Exacta (1-4) $40.10 * Quinella (1-4) $33.40 *...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing7:30 a.m.Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix SPEEDNoonIndyCar Series: Indianapolis 500 ABC5:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600 FOXBaseballNoonACC Championship ESPN21 p.m.Padres at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)1:30 p.m.Rays at Red...
Hondo still a Cain man
Hondo’s prayers were answered last night when the Angels preyed on King Felix to reduce the accounts payable to 1,675 lumpes. Today, Mr. Aitch will give the ball to his...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 27MONMay 28TUEMay 29WEDMay 30THUMay 31FRIJune 1SATJune 2YankeesOakland4:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AML.A.A. 9:05 YES WCBSL.A.A.10:05YESWCBSL.A.A.10:05YESWCBSNO GAMEDet. 7:05 YES WCBSDet. 7:15 FOXWCBSMetsSan Diego1:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMPhi.1:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANNO GAMESt.L. 7:10 SNY WFANSt.L. 4:10 WPIXWFANDevilsNO...
French win would be 4th major in row; Aussie did it in ’69
PARIS — As daylight disappeared and wind whipped loose dirt around the court, Novak Djokovic watched one last ace fly off Roger Federer’s racket and end their thrill-a-minute semifinal at...
Danica refuses to look back
INDIANAPOLIS — With Danica Patrick in North Carolina racing stock cars, the Indianapolis 500 will go off today without an American woman in the field for the first time since...
No guarantee in this year’s Eastern finals
* Was I the only one on Friday night waiting for Mark Messier to skate on the ice and deliver the knock-out goal for the Rangers against the Devils in...
Day after scuffle, Sox win on walk-off
Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a pinch-hit, two-run homer off Fernando Rodney with one out in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Rays last...
Sports Shorts
GOLF: Donald nears title, top rank Luke Donald moved to the brink of a second successive BMW PGA Championship title and reclaiming the top ranking by shooting a 3-under 69...
O’Neill saddles us dopes with view of sports’ dirty underbelly
Seems everything now comes with a price tag — the cost of compromise — a bitter additive that sours the good senses, reminding those who prefer to know the truth...
Nosy NYRA strips ‘Another’ of ‘edge’
When I’ll Have Another bids for the Triple Crown in the June 9 Belmont Stakes, he won’t be allowed to wear the Flair equine nasal strips he wore in all...
This collection of coaches may be among city’s all-time bests
Here is what we know: It is an inexact science, the business of figuring out who can coach and who can’t; distinguishing between those who look like coaches and can’t...
Don't miss
Ham and cheese Ernest Hemingway was never an easy man to live with. Martha Gellhorn didn’t know that when she first met him, in Key West. Hemingway was already married...
Family feud
Revenge is a dish best served bloody in the new History Channel miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys.” A blood feud extraordinaire, the two legendary families duke it out in late 19th-century...
The men of summer
Summer TV romances would never have a chance if they were vying for Mama’s attention in the fall, but she’ll enjoy a fling with these men heating up the screen...
Elevator show lands in basement
Going down. Where would New York or any city be without elevators? Maybe six stories high? “Look, you can see clear across the street from here!” So it was with...
Reel good
Apocalypse Now Redux, 2001 Sunday, 12:32 pm., AMC Released 22 years after the first version, this one, re-edited by Francis Ford Coppola and Walter Murch, is 53 minutes longer than...
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY RIPA 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Jim Parsons; Rick Harrison; Corey Harrison. Tuesday: Amy Brenneman. Wednesday: Melissa Joan Hart. Thursday: Kristen Stewart; Bill Hader. Friday: Chris Hemsworth. ELLEN DEGENERES...
Summer TV preview
Longmire *Based on the police procedural novels by Craig Johnson — the latest, “As the Crow Flies,” was published this month— this new drama follows the exploits of a Walt...
Test kitchen
Calcium lactate. Sodium alginate. Xanthan gum. It’s not your typical Whole Foods shopping list. But in the world of molecular gastronomy, where chefs use exotic additives and tech-heavy preparation methods...
Meet Market: Yogi stretches to find a kind, flexible fella
Light sleeper Caroline never slumbers past 8:30 a.m., which she considers both a blessing and a curse. “I feel like I’m in a special club with all the early risers,...
This week's couple: Trip mates?
This week Thatcher, a 28-year-old entrepreneur, picked Yue, a 30-year-old globe-trotting dating coach. The pair enjoyed cocktails and comfort food at Delicatessen in SoHo while swapping travel stories and dating...
Ask Ashley: Hit us, Ashley, one last time
Dear Readers: I won’t be giving any advice today. Instead, I want to tell you how much you’ve taught me. When I started this column over two-and-a-half years ago, I...
Weird but true
She’s big on the pig. A 340-pound woman pepper-sprayed and spit on employees at a Piggly Wiggly in Athens, Ga., after they tried to stop her from stealing bacon, cheese,...
Johnnies reach Big East final
Kyle Hansen allowed just one run in 7 1/3 innings as St. John’s advanced to the Big East baseball championship finals for the third straight season with a 2-1 win...
Naked man shot dead as he ate victim's face following fight in Miami: police
MIAMI -- Miami police shot a naked man to death Saturday as he ate the face of a man he had reportedly been fighting with. The offender refused police orders...
Motorcyclist struck, killed by ambulance
An ambulance racing to an emergency call with lights and sirens on struck and killed a motorcyclist on a Brooklyn street Saturday, officials said. Jesus Santiago, 46, a father of...
Four dead in Utah small plane crash
ST. GEORGE, Utah -- Four people were killed Saturday when a small plane crashed at a Utah airport. The single-engine Cessna 172 crashed at St. George Municipal Airport, in the...
Wagner walks past Lewis, into first softball final since 1989
Taylor Sarcone was overcome with excitement as Jamie Sanfilippo's single settled onto the outfield grass. Susan Wagner was going to the final. “It’s the way I wanted to go out,”...