July 15, 2012
Watson took less money to sign with Nets
In the grand scheme of things, the Nets signing of C.J. Watson to backup Deron Williams next season isn’t going to move the needle very much. That’s not a knock...
Marlins' Guillen calls Nats phenom Harper 'unprofessional'
First Cole Hamels, now Ozzie Guillen. The rest of the National League East doesn’t seem to be too fond of Bryce Harper.Guillen, the Marlins manager, called Harper “unprofessional” Sunday in...
Red Bulls, Sounders play to 2-2 draw
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Fredy Montero came off the bench in the second half to score his fifth goal of the season, giving the Seattle Sounders a 2-2 tie with...
Trade talks for Columbus' Nash going cold: report
The Rick Nash saga doesn’t seem to be coming to a head anytime soon.Trade talks for the star Columbus Blue Jackets winger have gone cold, according to a Columbus Dispatch...
Bonehead bomb 'joke' sparks scare at theater ahead of First Lady visit
This joke really bombed on Broadway. First Lady Michelle Obama and her two young daughters were on their way to see “Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark” at the Foxwoods Theater...
Bad wiring sparked Seaport fire
Faulty electrical wiring is to blame for yesterday’s three-alarm blaze that scorched part of the South Street Seaport’s boardwalk, fire officials said. The wires — which are located under Pier...
WATCH: Female MMA fighter KOs unsportsmanlike opponent with one punch
Call it a lesson learned: Don’t anger your opponent before the fists start flying.All Veronica Rothenhausler wanted from Ashlee Evans-Smith was a simple touch of gloves for sportsmanship’s sake before...
Obama says no apology to Romney over Bain attacks
WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney's campaign said Sunday that President Barack Obama is willing to say anything to win a second term and should say he's sorry for attacks on...
Knicks give up Greek draft pick in Felton trade
Not only will the Knicks lose Linsanity, they will lose their Greek flavor. In the Raymond Felton deal in which a source told The Post spells the end of Jeremy...
Hoop Group Team Camp notebook: Highly recruited Myers learning leadership role for 'Roos
READING, Pa. – Wesley Myers isn’t always comfortable telling others what to do, but he's learning it's part of his job description as Boys & Girls' leader. “When he is...
New Cruise girl arrives from space
Xenu delivers. Tom Cruise appears to be whisking off his next bride as he lifts co-star Olga Kurylenko over the threshold of a sci-fi craft. The pair -- said to...
Valentine puts blame on Youkilis for Red Sox rift
Bobby Valentine puts the blame firmly on Kevin Youkilis for the issues between the two that eventually led to Youkilis being traded away.Valentine, the first-year Red Sox manager, said Youkilis...
Overlooked Faison ready to grab attention, wins for Jefferson
READING, Pa. – Jermoine (Flirt) Faison was content to play a supporting role last season behind Thaddeus Hall and Jaquan (Son Son) Lynch as Thomas Jefferson made it all the...
Unlimited texting between college coaches, players creating buzz
The moment midnight struck June 15, Jon Severe’s phone began buzzing like a fly. Text messages from new numbers came flooding in all at once. This wasn’t an emergency —...
Melo: Up to Knicks to match 'ridiculous' Lin offer
WASHINGTON – Carmelo Anthony seems ready to say goodbye to Linsanity.Speaking before Team USA’s practice yesterday, Anthony seemed to think that the Knicks won’t be matching Lin’s three-year, $25 million...
Garcia knocks out favorite Khan for super lightweight title
LAS VEGAS — Danny Garcia stopped heavy favorite Amir Khan in the fourth round to stay undefeated and add another super lightweight belt to his collection on Saturday night. “I...
Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm, 95, dies in Central Park West apartment
Celeste Holm, a versatile, bright-eyed blonde who soared to Broadway fame in "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar in "Gentleman's Agreement" but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and...
Santana struggles as Sheets, Braves hand Mets' fourth straight loss
ATLANTA — Johan Santana doesn’t think umpire C.B. Bucknor gave him a fair chance to beat the Atlanta Braves. “We felt that we threw good pitches and didn’t get the...
Jason Kidd busted for DWI in Hamptons accident
This isn't the kind of driving the Knicks had in mind. An allegedly impaired Jason Kidd slammed his car into a light pole, leading to his arrest in the Hamptons...
Yankees score three runs in ninth, but sweep try thwarted by Angels
Alex Rodriguez gave the bat a twirl a couple of times and strutted to home plate with Yankees fans in a frenzy. He certainly was relishing the moment — after...
Fourth 'Ice Age' tops weekend box office with estimated $46 million
With Batman lurking, the prehistoric critters of "Ice Age: Continental Drift" ran off with the box office, earning $46 million in their opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The...
Nets enlist Watson as backup point guard
WASHINGTON – C.J. Watson could have played somewhere else for more money. But a personal sales pitch from Deron Williams and Nets coach Avery Johnson, plus the opportunity to be...
Con Ed reinstates health insurance for locked-out workers
Consolidated Edison has reinstated health insurance for 8,500 locked-out New York utility workers. A Con Ed spokesman said Sunday that negotiations with the Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2...
Wrong-way driver crashes into police car on Long Island
Police say a drunken driver going the wrong way on a Long Island road crashed head-on into a police car. Two officers were hurt. One of the Suffolk County police...
NY state hands out $16 million in flood control grants to communities hit by 2011's damaging storms
ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will give $16 million in grants to communities hit by last year's damaging storms. The state originally planned to distribute...
Spain details austerity measures it plans to implement to cut $68.8 billion from its deficit by 2015
MADRID — Spain's government has published details of how it will impose taxes and cut budgets to shave euros 56.4 billion ($68.8 billion) from its deficit by 2015 as it...
China's economic woes to continue, premier says
BEIJING — China's economic woes that have brought growth to a three-year low will continue for some time, but the slower expansion remains within expectations, Premier Wen Jiabao says. Wen...
After yacht tragedy, Schumer wants recreational motorboats required to display passenger limits
All recreational motorboats should be required to display passenger limits, a lawmaker said Sunday, pressing the Coast Guard to take action after three children died when a yacht carrying 27...
Syria denies heavy weapons used during military operation that left many dead
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria on Sunday denied U.N. claims that government forces used heavy weapons during a military operation that left scores dead and brought immediate international condemnation, while the...
Springsteen, McCartney concert silenced by London curfew
LONDON — Concert organizers pulled the plug on rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney after the pair defied the sound curfew at London's Hyde Park, silencing their microphones at...
French political party to sue Madonna over swastika image
PARIS — France's far-right National Front said Sunday that it plans to sue Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the...
Bronx native Holland gets NBA shot
John Holland is storming towards his dream of playing in the NBA. Holland, a Bronx native, just finished his first NBA Summer League stint last week, playing five games with...
Soyuz rocket launches on mission to space station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Russian Soyuz craft launched into the morning skies over Kazakhstan on Sunday, carrying three astronauts on their way to the International Space Station, where they will...
Increased payouts will bring better competition to ’Toga
From the grandstand to the backstretch, this could be the most highly anticipated meeting in the history of Saratoga Race Course. The 144th summer stand at the Old Spa —...
Coaches bombard local recruits with text messages as soon as new rule took effect
The moment midnight struck June 15, Jon Severe’s phone began buzzing like a fly. Text messages from new numbers came flooding in all at once. This wasn’t an emergency —...
Mets' Duda (hammy) on bench
ATLANTA — Lucas Duda’s four days off for the All-Star break weren’t as productive as he had hoped. Nagged by a sore left hamstring since last week, the Mets right...
J.R. Smith's brother faces uphill battle to stick with Knicks
LAS VEGAS — Point guard Chris Smith has one big supporter on the Knicks in his brother J.R. Smith, but he will need more than that. He will need a...
Big things expected of Nets' Lopez
WASHINGTON -- Since the NBA lockout ended late last year, there has been a constant stream of rumors that the Nets hoped to pair Deron Williams with Dwight Howard. But...
A Rocknroll Dance wins Meadowlands Pace
The $600,000 Meadowlands Pace was won by A Rocknroll Dance (9-2) and driver Yannick Gingras by 1¹/₂ lengths over Pet Rock in 1:48 1/5 Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack....
Hero NYPD cop shot dead during 2007 Crown Heights vehicle stop remembered in ceremony
A gifted athlete, straight-A-student and stand-out cop who was shot dead on routine patrol five years ago in Crown Heights was remembered yesterday during a memorial service. Russel Timoshenko was...
Parnell blows game in eighth for Mets as relief woes continue
ATLANTA — Death, taxes and the Mets bullpen blowing it. Bobby Parnell stepped to the head of the conga line yesterday in shouldering the blame for his team’s latest bullpen...
Prospects’ future arriving soon
ATLANTA — The future may not be now for the Mets. But it could be tomorrow. The Mets are sending a contingent of executives to Buffalo tomorrow to watch Matt...
Harvey could start Saturday for Mets
ATLANTA — Matt Harvey is getting closer to the Mets’ starting rotation by the day. After watching Miguel Batista’s latest struggles, manager Terry Collins yesterday stopped just short of pronouncing...
Garden brass chose game over glitter
Maybe the first reaction will be anger, or sadness, or regret, because we were all there in those early hours of Jeremy Lin’s reign, when it seemed he was equal...
Knicks won't match Houston's offer to Lin after trading for Felton: source
LAS VEGAS — Linsanity got his money, but it looks like it won’t be from the Knicks. In a stunning turn of events in the past 24 hours, the Knicks...
Explosive lineup sheltering A-Rod
Joe Girardi, who always chooses his words carefully, fielded a question before yesterday’s game about whether it was time to move Alex Rodriguez away from the heart of the Yankees’...
Cano, Granderson homer to lead Yankees past Halos
In some of his former homes, if Freddy Garcia found himself down two runs in the first inning like he was yesterday, he knew he was in trouble. Not anymore....
A look at winners and losers in NBA free agency
After Chris Paul and Dwight Howard removed themselves from this summer’s free agent class, Deron Williams was the only true difference-maker set to hit the open market this summer. But...
Wall St. duplicity has investors gun-shy
The average American investor is fed up with the blatant underhanded dealings in the stock market.Whether it be the handling of the recent Facebook initial public offering debacle, the 1,000-point...
Temps are rising
Call it temporary insanity. While much was made of the fact that the US economy created a paltry 80,000 new jobs last month, even that dismal number was the best...
World is going ‘Grey’
The tremendous popularity of E.L. James’ erotic novel “50 Shades of Grey” — re-released by Random House in April with sales of 16 million copies or so — appears to...
Company hangs up on IPO for smartphone TV
TV on the telephone is on hold again — or at least making money doing it is. MobiTV, the maker of software that lets smartphone users watch live television, last...
Apple reboots green-machine program
Apple rejoined the EPEAT environmental ratings system on Friday, acknowledging that its decision to stop participating in a program that rates the green credentials of electronic products was a mistake....
Property transferred to Peregrine Financial founder's son could be clawed back
In 2008, four years before his Cedar Falls, Iowa, brokerage firm was discovered to be a self-confessed fraud, Russell Wasendorf Sr. started transferring personal assets to his son, The Post...
Zuck gets ‘Friend’ly at retreat
Youthful Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg was getting plenty of Face-time at the Allen & Co.’s retreat last week. He hung out in the hotel bar until the wee hours Thursday...
In for a Dimon, in for $5.8B
Jamie Dimon’s performance on Friday morning was one whale of a show. And a show it was, with the JPMorgan chief announcing that despite a $5.8 billion loss from the...
Wallets go digital
Move over, plastic! Smartphones have already “replaced” cameras, video recorders, music devices — and credit cards are next. A report by Juniper Research estimates that 1 in 4 US consumers...
How to page the publishers
Dear John: I’m a 79-year-old grandpa. I trust you and need your help. I wrote a children’s book and hope to have it published. Please advise me on how to...
Drivers should know the Waze
Looking for ways to save time and money during your commute? Waze is a free app that gives you real-time information about traffic problems and gas prices — and provides...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS RICHARD HANDLER Once-embattled Jefferies CEO sees bank rack up gains every Q2 trading day. GREEN BAY PACKERS Winning was the only thing, as team posted $43M 2012 profit, easily...
‘Big Bro’ gal’s 800G reality lesson
A “Big Brother” contestant who vowed never to “boink on camera” to win is accused of screwing her ex out of big bucks. So claims former S&M king Anthony Marini,...
Former dot-com millionaire in drug-and-gun bust slept on street outside Flatiron pad: neighbors
She was once a high-rolling dot-com millionaire with a posh Flatiron pad — but before she was busted on charges of selling illegal guns and drugs, she often slept in...
Bx. teen dies in hit-run
A Bronx teen hoping for a football scholarship was killed by a hit-and-run driver during a late-night bicycle ride on Friday night. The family of David Ellis, 18, was devastated...
Cop grazed in gun mishap
A police officer was accidently shot in the leg in a Staten Island precinct house last night, sources said. The unidentified cop was wounded shortly before midnight in the 120th...
The deep end: Confessions of a McCarren lifeguard
When the McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg reopened last month after 28 years of dormancy, it was hailed as a civic achievement and summer oasis for Brooklynites. But the city’s...
Grooming future Latino leaders
State and local Latino leaders yesterday convened a special session with student graduates of a prestigious college program that grooms future policymakers. About 200 people attended the Model New York...
Hit-run ‘killer’ slams EMS car
A Bronx man crossing the Grand Concourse was killed yesterday by a hit-and-run driver who was brought to a stop when he slammed into an EMS supervisor’s car responding to...
Shelter computer death sentence
A computer glitch is killing cats. Animal Care and Control exterminated at least a dozen felines as families were coming in to rescue them because a new online adoption system...
Songwriter jeers ‘Cheers’ curio
Everyone should know his name. Singer-songwriter Gary Portnoy claims the famous “Cheers” TV theme song, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” which he co-wrote, is being ruined by Hallmark Cards.The company...
Hollywood loses major hit maker
Richard Zanuck, the Hollywood movie mogul who helped launch Steven Spielberg’s career, died Friday of a heart attack in his Beverly Hills home. He was 77. His film successes include...
LI farewell to ‘full of fun’ nun
The Catholic nun killed in a hit-and-run crash in Long Island on Monday was a devout woman of God — but also hip to the ways of the younger Catholics...
Heated Con Ed talks
The heat is on — again! Con Ed and the union representing thousands of its workers continue to try to hammer out a contract — even as temperatures are forecast...
Conn. pol $moked out
Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan’s campaign claims it has returned all contributions tied to an alleged scheme to keep roll-your-own tobacco shops untaxed. Tom Swan, manager of Donovan’s 5th Congressional...
Gal loses job over Botox nix
A Manhattan nurse claims she was all lined up to get a $70,000-a-year job as clinical director at New York Dermatology Group when she encountered an unexpected wrinkle: The doctor...
Kerry Kennedy may have had seizure during wild Westchester drive: source
Kerry Kennedy doesn’t remember a thing about her terrifying, rush-hour dash down a Westchester highway, according to a source who insisted that Gov. Cuomo’s ex-wife wasn’t driving impaired. “They think...
Rev. Al to cops: Let’s talk guns
The Rev. Al Sharpton thinks the NYPD should lead a summit on the city’s recent surge in gun violence. He tried the idea on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday —...
Mitt & Michelle: Just plain folks
See, they are just like the rest of us. Mitt Romney took time out from the presidential campaign yesterday for a little nautical excitement on a yacht — as First...
Bx. gymnast has been preparing for the Olympics all his life
He does chin-ups on a crosswalk signal next to a busy city street. He hoists himself into a handstand on metal bars in a park. Through the narrow aisle of...
To tell the tooth
While cops tried to take a bite out of crime at a Brooklyn homicide scene yesterday, they wound up taking into custody a man who showed up to look for...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** What a meathead! A Red Hook man swiped several packages of sausage from his apartment building, authorities said. Kellety Traore, 21, was caught on video surveillance illegally entering...
Qns. HS kid slain
A promising high-school football player was shot dead while riding his bicycle in Queens. Shawn Plummer, 18, was riding with a friend on his handlebars a block from the Far...
Wedding pics smoked out by Seaport blaze
This wedding party was smokin’! A happy couple snapping pics of their nuptials near the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday gained a fire-hot addition to their wedding album — a huge column...
Jackson Jr.: O, the pain
He’s got Obama envy.That’s what the mother of US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. attributes to her son’s ”mood disorder,” saying that the congressman has struggled with “enormous disappointment” over the...
H2Woe at park named for hero
It’s the fountain of useless. The lone drinking fountain in Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier in Red Hook has been bone dry for more than two years — despite...
City pols rewriting records
Wikipedia entries for some of the candidates running for mayor next year are being re-written — by aides to those candidates. The biography of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio used...
Disgraced pol Weiner eyes mayor or public advocate run
Anthony Weiner’s not shrinking from elected office. The disgraced former congressman — who’s sitting on a $4.5 million campaign war chest — is mulling a bid for citywide office next...
3-year-old B'klyn mugging victim too scared for a trip to the park
Poor thing! The 3-year-old boy mugged by two thugs in Brooklyn is so traumatized by the attack he doesn’t want to play outside anymore, his parents told The Post yesterday....
Mike, walk a mile in our shoes & learn
What do crowded street fairs and empty bike lanes have in common? Both evince an appalling ignorance of what our streets are really about. Despite the handful of citizens who...
Street fairs benefit dubious charities – yet city OKs ’em
Four-foot piles of discarded corn husks, guys selling bedsheets, the stench of street meat and traffic backed up for blocks. It’s another summer street fair in the city — and...
Taxpayers must pay for private school -- because 12-year-old was bullied
Schools that fail to stop bullying may soon give taxpayers a financial beating. A New York judge has ruled that a 12-year-old girl who was tormented at highly rated PS...
Subway grope suspect grabbed
It was underground justice caught on video. Good Samaritans got hold of an alleged groper and held him until police arrived to cuff his filthy paws, cops said.Victor Sigler, 30,...
Big special-ed tab
Several thousand learning-disabled city students get reimbursed by taxpayers for private educations after their parents contend public schools do not meet their needs. The cost of such “Carter cases” jumped...
River tragedy kills boy, 10
A 10-year-old boy died after falling into the Harlem River yesterday, officials and witnesses said. Ebrima Wally and a friend were standing on the edge of the water in Roberto...
O’s scary ‘story’
A Former editor of The New York Times once damned his boss, publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., with faint praise. “I’ll say this about Arthur,” said Max Frankel, “he’ll never make...
Why Obama administration shouldn't use Title IX to balance math classes
It was a 1992 Barbie doll who accurately reminded us, “Math class is tough!” So hard that even a man with two Ivy League degrees, President Obama, is stumbling over...
Yankees and NYPD ‘interlock’
It was the shot heard ’round the sports world. The most famous logo in sports has its roots in an unlikely event: a 19th-century shooting. Police Officer John McDowell was...
Fit to be tied
Unless something shakes up the presidential race in the next three months, there’s a good chance that the only happy people on Election Day will be political nerds. That’s because...
PR exec tells all about manipulating the media -- and spreading lies online
To promote the film “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell,” based on the best-selling book by his good friend Tucker Max, public relations and marketing executive Ryan Holiday purchased...
$20 trillion timebomb
Social Security’s trustees say the system needs only “modest changes.” In fact, the system is desperately broke. The proof is buried deep in the trustees’ own 2012 report in a...
Mike’s surrender
Mayor Bloomberg waved a white flag at the teachers union Wednesday and admitted that his attempt to transform 24 failing schools has, well . . . failed. After an arbitrator...
A job well done
New York is losing a class act at one of its most important (if least-known) agencies: the New York Power Authority. John Dyson, among Gov. Cuomo’s earliest picks for a...
Truth of the matter
The search for certainty won’t end with the Higgs boson; there are others in the same family to be discovered (“Does This Higgs Boson Make Me Look Fat?” Christopher Potter,...
Required Reading
My Name Is New York Ramblin' Around Woody Guthrie’s Town by Nora Guthrie and the Woody Guthrie Archives (Powerhouse) Born 100 years ago yesterday, Woody Guthrie was an Okie who...
Sentenced to wife
Was she a battered wife — or cold-blooded killer? In 2008, Barbara Sheehan pumped 11 bullets from two guns into her retired NYPD sergeant husband’s body at their Howard Beach...
In my library Bill Charlap
When Bill Charlap started playing the piano at age 2, he was just doing what came naturally. “I can’t remember a time I DIDN’T play the piano,” the jazz pianist...
Come to poppy
Little America The War Within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran Knopf In the prologue to Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s book on the war in Afghanistan, a young Marine corporal approaches...
All dressed uppity
Quick, students of French history: What springs to mind when you think of Marie Antoinette, aside from the probably inaccurate line attributed to her about letting them eat cake? Even...
Call off the dogs
Dave, a 28-year-old who works in sales and lives in Hoboken, NJ, typically enjoys what he calls a “great” sex life with his pretty, petite live-in girlfriend of four years,...
Reformed sect addict
Back in 2005, one of the most unlikely rappers in the US created a stir with a shtick that no hip-hop star had tried before — he went Hasidic. Born...
My New York: Kurt Andersen
A résumé that includes the founding of snark godfather Spy magazine, time spent as editor-in-chief of New York magazine and the creation and hosting of a Peabody Award-winning public radio...
Harlem globe trotter
Noah Stewart’s friends made fun of him when he told them what he wanted to do with his life — sing like one of the three tenors and command legendary...
No sure thing
There’s an easy way to handicap a chess tournament: Find the highest-rated and/or youngest master on the pairing chart. That’s why Magnus Carlsen, 21 — by far the highest-rated player...
Bridge
Matchpoint duplicate demands a different approach from any total-point form of scoring. At, say, IMPs, the goal is to win lots of points. Players bid pushy vulnerable games because the...
When ‘Rain’ was plain
Singin’ in the Rain,’’ which arrives on Blu-ray in celebration of its 60th anniversary on Tuesday, is widely regarded as the best musical of all time by both critics and...
Catwoman's nine lives
The first time Catwoman made a comic-book appearance, back in 1940, Batman cheekily threatened to spank her. Now she’s on the verge of slapping him right back and stealing Friday’s...
Phillies could have trouble trading lefty
The Phillies have almost no chance to reach the postseason. It is more than just the eyesight test. To open the second half, Coolstandings.com — based on thousands of simulations...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Joe Johnson
New Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Johnson took a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Why did you say the Nets are better than the Knicks? A:...
Yankees' Garcia shaky, but gets job done vs. Angels
Freddy Garcia usually is better against the Angels than he was yesterday. Nevertheless, he did just enough to beat them 5-3, and to remind the Yankees the last spot in...
8th wonder Robertson displays old brilliance for Yankees
David Robertson hasn’t been as dominant lately as he was last year, or even as he was this season before his oblique injury. But yesterday’s overpowering eighth inning offered hope...
Soriano isn’t Mo, but just keeps shutting down Yankees foes
The Yankees had so much faith in Rafael Soriano’s ability to take over the closer’s role after Mariano Rivera went down with a knee injury, they gave David Robertson the...
Sports Shorts
NBA: Cavs guard Irving breaks right hand Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving broke his right hand during a practice in Las Vegas and could be sidelined two months. The rookie of...
Greipel wins photo finish
LE CAP D’AGDE, France — Andre Greipel of Germany led a photo-finish sprint to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France yesterday, while Britain’s Bradley Wiggins retained the...
Red Bulls’ goal: Stay hot at home
When Red Bulls captain Thierry Henry said success is winning, he meant nothing less than the full nine points out of this week’s three-game homestand would be satisfactory. But his...
Lyin’ kings must pay
* The NCAA is quick to impose sanctions and penalties on universities for academic fraud, illegal benefits from agents and recruiting violations. In view of the latest revelations regarding the...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $20,000; clm($5,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Neat Lightning(L),122P Requena4-6-5Serey10-12 Getting Bold(L),122RMontanz9-7-6Dandy20-13 Billy Mar NMr.S(L),122FPnnngtn8-8-6Coletti12-14 BellsofConcerto(L),122C Cruz7-5-2Harvatt5-25 On the Level ,115ABowman4-2-6Bellini4-16...
Vic Cangialosi’s Calder Grade
FIRST-6 fur; $10,500; clm($6,250); 3up5-HaloDoctorJoe10-14-Radicchio 4-11-Urban Tiger 5-26-Hey Brayden 9-52-CaughtOnCmer6-17-TheGreatZmbn8-13-CongrtsCrmnl12-1SECOND-4 1/2 fur; $39,000; mdn; 2YO3-Quality Jack 2-15-Silver Sandles 6-11-Puty Boy 12-16-Bea Wildcat 8-12-Heart and Pride4-17-Boyfriend'sBck3-14-Barry's Image 6-1THIRD-5 fur(T); $16,500; clm($25,000);...
Belmont Charts
July 14th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm($14,000); 3upOff: 12:51. Good. 3w off duel,bid 1/4,upTime: 22.43, 45.43, 57.06, 1:09.28.Trainer: Linda RiceWinner: DK B/ G,...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $20,000; clm($25,000); 3upTAHIMA finished second as the favorite on dirt this distance. BALTIMORE BIANCA drops in class after finishing fourth. TALE OF PEACE drew rail...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST-5 fur; $50,000; mdn; 2YO(f) 6 Lavende (Curtolo) 24.80 9.00 6.00 2 Forgotten Pryrs (Trujllo) 3.80 2.80 1 Precious Mem (Ayuso) 6.40 * Exacta (6-2) $103.20 * $1 Superfecta (6-2-1-7)...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $50,000; mdn; 2YO(f) 5 Brt's Altrctn (Bjrn) 3.40 2.60 2.20 6 A Little Lucker (Espnoza) 7.60 4.00 3 Tribal Gal (Pedroza) 4.20 * $1 Ex (5-6) $16.70...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; 3yrnw2cd; $12,0003EvergrnPowr(TTtrck)7.605.403.002Hot Art (C Callahan)3.202.6010Eight Ten Eom (B Sears)3.00* Exacta (3-2) $33.40 * Trifecta (3-2-10) $125.40SECOND-1-mile trot; s dancer m; $150,5002Uncle Peter (R Pierce)2.802.202.107Banker Volo (J Morrill)2.602.204Appomattox (T...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.MotoGP: Italian Grand Prix SPEED1 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, LENOX Industrial Tools 301 TNTBaseball1 p.m.Angels at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)1:30 p.m.Mets at Braves SNY, WFAN (660 AM)2:10 p.m.Diamondbacks...
Hondo eyes Ray pay day
Hondo was on his way to a victory yesterday until the Metamucils’ bullpen, aka The Imploders, ruined the fun and sent the deficit soaring to 1,490 peskys. Today, Mr. Aitch...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 15MONJuly 16TUEJuly 17WEDJuly 18THUJuly 19FRIJuly 20SATJuly 21YankeesL.A Angels1:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMTor.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05WWORWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSOak.10:05YESWCBSOak.10:05YESWCBSOak.9:05YESWCBSMetsAtlanta1:35SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMNO GAMEWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.12:35SNYWFANL.A.D.7:10SNYWFANL.A.D.1:10WPIXWFANLibertyOlympic BreakNext Game:Aug. 16NO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMERed BullsSeattle4:00ESPNNO GAMENO GAMEChi.1:00MSG+WLIBNO GAMENO GAMEPhil.2:30ESPNS.I. YankeesLowell5:05No TVLow.7:05No TVAber.7:00No TVAber.11amNo...
Nobody can win ‘best’ arguments
When you get right down to it, all Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan were doing the other night was taking a couple of swings in the Greatest Sports Argument of...
Whistle NHL for $lashing!
The NHL’s Declaration of War presented to the Players’ Association in the guise of a first proposal on Friday would roll back the salary cap to approximately $52.5 million for...
Penn St. standards different for football
“And I say to you gentlemen that this college is a failure! The trouble is, we’re neglecting football for education!” — Groucho Marx as Professor Wagstaff of Huxley College in...
Mickelson continues charge
Francesco Molinari held off a barrage of challengers, including Phil Mickelson at the Scottish Open yesterday, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round. The...
The rumble
Bronx native gets NBA test run John Holland is storming towards his dream of playing in the NBA. The 23-year-old Bronx native, just finished his first NBA Summer League stint...
Win in British would prove Tiger’s back
With the British Open upon us this week, this is all that matters in golf at the moment: Is Tiger Woods back? * Woods is the only player on the...
All 'Bad' things
Breaking Bad” kicked off its fourth season last July with series star Bryan Cranston describing on-screen alter ego Walter White’s upcoming journey as “Going from Mr. Chips to Scarface.” Mission...
Andy before Mayberry
One of the most beloved TV stars of all time, Andy Griffith appeared in just 11 theatrical feature films over a period of 52 years. But the actor, who died...
Don't miss
Going for the gold The London 2012 Olympics start in two weeks. As a walk up, NBC sports will air a retrospective special, “30 Greatest Olympic Moments.” There’s probably no...
Why ‘Breaking Bad’ is my favorite show
Take it from someone who’d rather watch old reruns of “Perry Mason” and “The Fugitive” than “Mad Men” or “NCIS”: I don’t impress easily — especially in relation to the...
Another silly forecast for local news
Monkeys see, monkeys do. To think that we once sent perfectly good chimpanzees into space when local TV news departments are now loaded with and led by equally qualified humans....
Reel good
THE SEA GULL, 1968 Sunday, 6 a.m., TCM Sidney Lumet does Chekhov. This adaptation of his “Sea Gull,” about the shallowness of the upper classes in 19th-century Russia, is not...
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY RIPA 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Kristin Davis. Tuesday: Gary Oldman; Snooki; JWoww. Wednesday: Jesse Metcalfe (pictured); Victor Cruz. Thursday: Heidi Klum. Friday: John Stamos; Carla Gugino. THE VIEW...
Shades of Hillary
When creating “Political Animals,” a catty USA miniseries about a powerful political family living among a nest of vipers, creator Greg Berlanti found many real-life inspirations for his characters: Bill...
'Moon struck'
Growing up in Pennsylvania coal country, Johnny Swet remembers the jars of moonshine his dad would keep around the house, and his uncles “walking around with a swagger” while swigging...
Meet Market: Personal trainer is fit to meet his match
Quarter-back draw Malcolm’s self-proclaimed celebrity look-alike is Carolina Panthers quarterback, Cam Newton. A whole new world Though Malcolm is a born-and-bred New Yorker from Queens, he says he would like...
Top 5: Ways to seduce while Salsa Dancing
“Say, ‘Nice salsa — if I were a nacho I’d totally dip you.’ ” Felipe “While you’re dancing, go, ‘My hips don’t lie. And they keep telling me to ask...
This week's couple: A scratch
SINCE Emily, 27, dabbled in DJing every now and then, we thought it would be fun if she and Mike, 32 — the date she chose — took a DJ...
What's your limit: City limits
Since their relationship began three years ago, Donnie Ausby and Shavon Johnson have seen each other every Saturday. But only every Saturday. “If we lived closer, we would see each...
Weird but true
He got caught in his own web of stupidity. A man from Leavenworth, Kan., got four years in the slammer for a bizarre string of crimes that included holding an...
Sharpton calls for NYPD summit on spike in violence; Kelly likes idea
The Rev. Al Sharpton thinks the NYPD should lead a summit on the city’s recent surge in gun violence. He tried the idea on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly today —...
Tragic mishap: Boy, 10, drowns in Harlem River after slip
A 10-year-old boy died after falling into the Harlem River this evening as a friend jumped in to rescue him, officials and witnesses said. The two kids were standing on...
Knicks sign-and-trade for Felton, won't match Rockets' offer for Lin: source
LAS VEGAS - Linsanity got his money but won’t get the Knicks. In a stunning turn of events across the past 24 hours, the Knicks worked out a sign-and-trade with...
Adopt me!
Hank is 9-weeks-old and from a group of three rambunctious, energetic kittens. Meet him from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society of New York, 306 E. 59th...
Nets sign C.J. Watson
WASHINGTON – C.J. Watson could have played somewhere else for more money. But a personal sales pitch from Deron Williams and Nets coach Avery Johnson, plus the opportunity to be...