September 10, 2012
Deal reached to restart construction of 9/11 musuem
With the 11th anniversary of 9/11 weighing on the talks, officials just reached a deal that will restart the construction of the 9/11 musuem at Ground Zero. The pact calls...
Umbrella self-defense case going to trial
It's self-defense with a dangerous bodega umbrella. A celebrity jeweler -- accused of thwacking a stranger with her $2 umbrella during a fight over a Christopher Street parking spot this...
Bills lose Nelson for season, Jackson for at least 3 weeks
As if a deflating season-opening loss wasn’t bad enough in putting a dent in the Buffalo Bills’ high expectations. Now they have injuries to two key offensive players to contend...
GAMETRACKER: Nationals at Mets
Follow live as the Mets take on the Nationals for the start off a three-game series. The Mets will throw rookie Colin McHugh against Washington's Cy Young candidate Gio Gonzalez.
Rangers re-sign defenseman Eminger
With five shopping days remaining until the NHL imposes its second owners' lockout in the last eight years, the Rangers took care of a back-of-the-house issue Monday by re-upping unrestricted...
Eagles coach defends Vick as fans call for switch
PHILADELPHIA — Sit Vick? No, Eagles coach Andy Reid certainly won’t bench Michael Vick, not after the first game of the season. But some of last season’s problems with the...
Yankees’ Teixeira out at least 10-14 days with ‘irritation’ of calf strain
If the Yankees are going to hold onto a playoff spot they will have to do it without Mark Teixeira, at least for the next two weeks and possibly the...
Texas Tech coach on indefinite sick leave amid controversy
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie is on indefinite sick leave while his bosses investigate allegations that he mistreated his players during practices. Athletics department spokesman Blayne Beal...
Utah QB Wynn retires after latest shoulder injury
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn has decided to end his football career after yet another shoulder injury — and possibly a fourth operation. Coach Kyle Whittingham made...
Orioles vow not to bow to Yankees, September pressure
BALTIMORE — Having already gotten this far against all odds, the Baltimore Orioles aren’t about to let another key injury and the pressure of being in a pennant race deter...
'Brutality' suit filed against city
A Bronx man filed suit today against the city and two cops he claims gave him a "brutal and sadistic" beatdown that was partially videotaped by a neighbor -- leading...
Cokie Roberts cringes at DNC abortionpalooza
What does it say about the Democrats, when even some rank-and-file, high-profile liberals are uncomfortable? Last week it was Margaret Carlson who warned Democrats that losing the word rare from...
Ex-staffer sentenced to 2-6 years for hacking into Gucci's system
The Grinch who stole Gucci is off to the clink. A disgruntled ex-computer tech at Gucci's US Headquarters in Manhattan was sentenced to anywhere from two to six years prison...
Jury awards casino mogul Wynn $20M in slander case against 'Girls Gone Wild' founder
LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday awarded casino mogul Steve Wynn $20 million in his slander case against "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis, who claimed the creator of...
Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera went out to sea for spring. With a collection done in seafoam green, sand and pops of coral reds, the focus was on long and lean chiffon and...
Weeden stays Browns starter after awful debut
Getting trapped under the American flag was just the start of Brandon Weeden’s embarrassing first NFL start for the Browns. However, head coach Pat Shurmur said Monday that Weeden, the...
FIVE-STEP DROP: How did Arkansas lose to UL-Monroe?
Every week during the college football season, New York Post online sports editors Justin Terranova and Marc Raimondi go toe-to-toe on the latest hot topics in college football.This week, they...
Knicks' Chandler among difficult tests for Raptors rookie
Jonas Valanciunas is in for a steep learning curve in his rookie year. The Raptors center – who likely would have been the No. 2 pick in this year’s draft...
Apple IDs posted by hacker group stolen from Fla. company, not FBI: CEO
A little-known tech company claimed it -- and not the FBI -- was hacked and mined for one million now-stolen Apple IDs, the outfit announced today. On Sept. 4, an...
Davis: 'Melo showed me 'some love' after Olympics
Anthony Davis was one of many rookies at the Knicks practice facility last month when Carmelo Anthony stopped in. Anthony went out of his way to seek out Davis, his...
Jailed doc who helped nail bin Laden warns Pakistan sees US as 'worst enemy'
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistan’s powerful spy agency regards America as its “worst enemy,” and the government's claims that it is cooperating with the US are a sham to extract billions...
Bloomberg knows who he's voting for, won't reveal his choice for president
Mayor Bloomberg has selected his candidate in the presidential race -- but he's not ready to make it public. "I know who I will vote for," Bloomberg declared today in...
Tuck says Giants 'disgusted' with loss to Cowboys
It did not take Justin Tuck long to come up with the word and sentiment he knows he feels and believes his Giants teammates share as they returned to work...
Jets' Revis did suffer concussion; will have to pass tests before playing
The Jets found out Monday morning that star cornerback Darrelle Revis actually did suffer a mild concussion in Sunday's victory over the Bills.Revis was kicked in the head by teammate...
Romney, Ryan sound bipartisan tone on taxes, health care
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are moving to define what they plan to do and what they stand for on the hot-button issues of health care and taxes, after enduring...
Giants' Prince 'optimistic' about playing, Beatty says he’s ready to start
Prince Amukamara searched for the right word to use to describe how he feels about playing on Sunday against the Buccaneers.“I’m very, what’s the word you guys use … optimistic,’’...
Hang tough, Rahm
We have had our disagreements with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, including his poor treatment of legal businesses, the implication from his criticism of Chick fil-A's CEO that "Chicago values" don't align...
Emerson
The mood was very young and fun tonight at Jackie Fraser-Swan’s line, also known as Emerson. I found myself dancing in my seat as some of my favorite chicks like...
Happy Deficit Day!
Did you know that today is Deficit Day?Well it should be according to James R. Harrigan and Antony Davies, who explain in their terrific op-ed that today marks "the date at...
September Monday Part 1
This is one of my favorite times of the season. With the August 31 deadline to add to your postseason roster long behind us, the weather turning cool and the...
Toronto: 'The Silver Linings Playbook'
I seem to be a contrarian when it comes to David O. Russell's "The Silver Linings Playbook,'' which has racked up 97 percent positive ratings at Rotten Tomatoes and got...
Winners & losers from the Jets Week 1 win
The Jets registered an impressive 48-28 victory over the Bills to open the season Sunday. Here is a look at the Jets winners and losers from that game:WINNERSMARK SANCHEZ –...
1 construction worker dead, 1 injured after B'klyn roof caves in
One hardhat was killed and another injured during a tragic construction-site collapse in Brooklyn this morning, authorities said. The collapse happened on top of a brownstone at 227 Carlton Ave....
Jets gave 'vanilla' look in 48-28 win: Bills
If this was a ‘vanilla’ look from the Jets, the league should be afraid of when they really mix things up. Despite New York winning 48-28, the Bills felt that...
No, Mr. President, illegals aren't stupid
Turns out that illegal immigrants aren't so stupid as President Obama makes them out to be. Why stupid? Because Obama predicted that by announcing that some illegal immigrants -- those...
Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years
CHICAGO — Thousands of Chicago teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years, after union leaders announced they were far from resolving a contract dispute...
Emma Watson named most 'dangerous' cyber celebrity
Emma Watson is the favorite celebrity bait for cyber criminals trying to lure Internet users. McAfee said Monday that the "Harry Potter" star is the "most dangerous" celebrity to search...
Toronto 2012: 'Hyde Park on Hudson'
Bill Murray may well get a second Oscar nomination (after "Lost in Translation'') for his wry, mostly straight performance as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the unpretentiously delightful "Hyde Park...
Obama squeaks out Aug. fundraising win over Romney
BOSTON — President Obama squeaked out a fundraising victory over Mitt Romney in August as the candidates gear up for the final stretch of their closely contested campaign. Obama raised...
Toronto 2012: 'Cloud Atlas'
I saw "Cloud Atlas'' at a private screening last Friday -- at the luxe new Shangri-La Hotel, of all places -- ahead of its official press screening and world premiere...
Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap, kill Prince Harry
KABUL — The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or assassinate Britain's Prince Harry, who arrived in Afghanistan last week...
Syria raises death toll in Aleppo blast to 30
BEIRUT — The death toll from a car bomb in Syria's largest city has risen to 30, state media said Monday, as the new international envoy to the country said...
US hands over Bagram prison to Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan - US officials handed over formal control of Afghanistan's only large-scale US-run prison to Kabul on Monday, even as disagreements between the two countries over the thousands of...
Candy Corn Oreos hitting store shelves
Maybe you twist the edges apart and lick the frosting. Maybe you dunk the entire cookie in milk, soaking the wafers and cream. Maybe you prefer Double Stuff. Or the...
Pondexter carries Liberty to victory
Cappie Pondexter had 21 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, Plenette Pierson scored 17 points, and the Liberty rallied to beat the Sparks 73-71 yesterday in Newark. Essence Carson scored...
Jets report card
OFFENSE The Jets awoke from their preseason slumber in a big way. Quarterback Mark Sanchez (19-of-27, 266 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT) carved up the Bills secondary and left no...
Jets blitz
HERO Mark Sanchez. He shook off a bad early interception to complete 19 of 27 passes for 266 yards and three TDs and looked in complete control after trying to...
Jets offense explodes in rout of Bills
All you have to do is look at the Bills’ backsides today to see clowns can leave big shoeprints. The Jets might wear big, floppy shoes, but they walked all...
Veteran Wagner determined to take next step, claim PSAL crown
The Susan Wagner girls volleyball team wants to be one game better this season. “Fortunately for us, one game better has got to be the championship,” Falcons coach Marco Altieri...
Dressed to kill
No, the women pictured here won’t be strutting the runways this Fashion Week. They’re the subjects of “Sicks,” a play by Clay Edmonds — whose day job is director of...
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds wed: report
Gorgeous “Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively reportedly wed actor Ryan Reynolds Sunday night in South Carolina. The couple — who have been together for about a year after meeting on...
Go to Greg
What’s the protocol for providing references when job searching? Are written references preferable, and when in the process do you offer references? There was a time many years ago when...
The maternity leave myth
When Carla, a 36-year-old Brooklynite, was eight months into her pregnancy, she started to feel a bit crowded — and it wasn’t because of her swelling stomach. Rather, she thought...
Out of site
Name: Rachelle Hruska Job: Founder of the party Web site Guest of a Guest. The Nebraska-born new media entrepreneur launched the blog in 2008 with her then-boyfriend, Cameron Winklevoss, best...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Taylor Swift 2. One More Night, Maroon 5 3. Some Nights, fun. 4. Whistle, Flo Rida 5. Good Time,...
Business briefs
Aig sale Uncle Sam plans to unload $18 billion of American International Group stock, cutting its stake by more than half and making the government a minority shareholder for the...
Smith Barney’s $15 billion barometer
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is likely to be valued at about $15 billion today when a consultant’s report is finalized, The Post has learned. That figure — determined by consultant...
Penske takes inside track in Variety auction
Variety, the legendary but struggling Hollywood magazine, is still not ready for its close-up. Reed Elsevier, looking to unload the 107-year-old title, its last remaining North American trade magazine, has...
Deals on wheels
With Labor Day in the rearview mirror and thoughts turning to fall-foliage road trips, car mags are showcasing the best steals — and squeals — on wheels. Motor Trend knows...
Back in the Limelight: New event space opens
Just in time for Fashion Week, Derek and Daniel Koch, of Dual Groupe, continue to expand their reach in the old Limelight space, once an iconic disco draw back in...
A’jad at UN Yom Kippur
Here’s a guy who could really use some atonement! Iran’s hate-spewing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will address the United Nations on Yom Kippur — the holiest of the Jewish high holy...
NYPD’s 9/11 Web tribute
New York’s Finest are remembering their fallen comrades on Twitter and Facebook. The NYPD is honoring cops who were killed on 9/11 with a social-media campaign that details their sacrifice....
Israel haters in O’s party
President Obama has a Jewish Problem. The left’s hostility to Israel is ancient news. (Even members of the pathetic Park Slope Food Co-op tried to ban Israeli-made products from the...
Unstoppable!
NYPD Detective Kevin Herlihy followed the suspect in a brutal shooting into a Harlem subway station, where the career criminal suddenly pointed a .22-caliber pistol in the cop’s direction and...
Deaf Bronx murder suspect wants his confession video tossed
Justice is blind, but that’s no help if you’re deaf. A suspect in a Bronx murder is trying to get his videotaped confession tossed because he says he was misunderstood...
DA probes lawyer Dominic Barbara's 'Mafia threat' voicemail to ex-client
Suspended celebrity divorce lawyer Dominic Barbara allegedly threatened to unleash his Mafia relatives and friends on a client who filed an official complaint against him — and now the Suffolk...
‘More’ of Morena
“Homeland” star Morena Baccarin strips down in a steamy shoot for Esquire. The actress really lets her hair down in the mag’s October issue. Now growing out her popular pixie...
Who shot Osama? Don’t ask
The team of Navy SEALs that killed Osama bin Laden refused to tell President Obama exactly which member capped the terror fiend, insisting the mission was a team effort. In...
Qns. car wash goes union
A Queens car wash is the first in the city to be unionized. Workers at Hi-Tek Car Wash & Lube in East Elmhurst, most of them immigrants, voted 21-5 Saturday...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Shawn Lawrence shot a man through the front door of the victim’s apartment in East Harlem, say police, who are hunting for the suspect. The duo had argued...
Stray-volt ordeal turns Westchester couple’s home into house of horror
Stray electricity has turned a Westchester County home into a house of horrors. Pound Ridge residents Hal and Millie Mendelson say electric currents all around their property are jolting them...
Welfare cops expose poor-ly done scams
City investigators saved taxpayers nearly a billion dollars last year by busting government-benefits hustlers, according to documents obtained exclusively by The Post. The Human Resources Administration’s almost 1,000 investigators used...
Ex-speaker spared 400G in fines
Former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone’s lobbying firm was hit with a mind-boggling $470,000 fine — but got it knocked down to $70,000 after it hired the former head of...
Beloved Brooklyn bowling alley faces closure
Ralph Kramden would be spinning in his fictional grave. While trendy A-list alleys, such as Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl and Greenwich Village’s Bowlmor, continue to lure hipsters with fancy eats, blaring...
Hot ‘Gossip’: Blake marries Ryan
Gorgeous “Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively reportedly wed actor Ryan Reynolds last night in South Carolina. The couple — who have been together for about a year after meeting on...
GOP tax cuts ‘minus’ specifics: prez
MELBOURNE, Fla. — President Obama says Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan get a failing grade on explaining how they’d pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts. The...
Mitt’s a ‘middle’ man by praising Obama policies
Mitt’s moving to the middle. In a nod to undecided voters, Mitt Romney dished out praise yesterday not only to former President Bill Clinton, but to President Obama. The former...
He’s a big Bam supporter!
President Obama got a big pick-me-up yesterday. Scott Van Duzer, owner of the Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Restaurant in Fort Pierce, Fla., greeted Obama with a bear hug that...
Queens teen accused of killing her brother wants to attend his funeral
She allegedly killed him, and now she wants to go to his funeral. A Queens teen charged with fatally stabbing her half-brother is “very emotionally distraught’’ and wants to be...
Bronx DA vows probe into death of bodega worker shot by cop
The NYPD calls it an accident, but the family of a bodega worker shot dead by a cop says it’s murder — and the Bronx DA’s Office yesterday said it...
Cuomo plots ways to stem the bleeding
Gov. Cuomo confronted several increasingly troubling issues — including the coverup scandal that has weakened Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — during a hush-hush weekend Adirondack rafting retreat with several top...
Senate hopeful: I was sexually harassed when working for Assembly
A former state Assembly worker now running for state Senate yesterday claimed she, too, was once the subject of harassment by Albany pols and called for an investigation into Assembly...
Harlem rev thanks Mike for stop-&-frisk
The minister of a Harlem church yesterday gave Mayor Bloomberg a thumbs-up for reducing crime — and lauded stop-and-frisk, a practice critics say is racist.“Mr. Mayor, what I’d like to...
Port Authority boat sinks off Breezy Point as officers practice water rescue
So much for a drill. A Port Authority boat carrying 10 cops suddenly sank off Breezy Point yesterday — in the midst of a water-rescue exercise. Seven of the officers...
Qns. Greek Orthodox church has piled up eight years of unpaid taxes
The city is investigating how a Greek Orthodox church in Queens has avoided paying at least eight years’ worth of property taxes on a discount store it owns. “We are...
Dem diss for Newark’s Cory
CHARLOTTE, NC — Cory Booker’s golden tongue may not be enough to get him out of the Democratic doghouse.The hard-charging Newark mayor spent the Democratic National Convention trying to build...
Bx. school stashes struggling students to pad stats
It’s a rubber room for students. The leaders of a Bronx public high school who have illicitly pressured dozens of struggling students to transfer out in recent years to keep...
‘Fishy’ Indian Pt. cable slam
It’s quite a fish story. Magnetic waves from a proposed high-voltage cable beneath the Hudson River will kill endangered snub-nosed sturgeon, claim the owners of the Indian Point nuclear-power plant...
Man arrested, charged in Qns. cop shooting
A career criminal suspected of shooting a decorated NYPD sergeant in the legs turned himself in yesterday, cops said. Authorities had hunted across five states — covering several hundred addresses...
Soft on Wall Street
Among the many falsehoods pushed at last week’s Democratic Convention is that this is the party of the people, unafraid to hold Corporate America responsible for its many ills. Judging...
O’s stimulus & The rotten Jobs news
Friday’s job report was a post-convention headache for President Obama. But it’s also a hangover from early in his term: He could’ve avoided this problem had he thought harder about...
‘Convention’-al stupidity: Four more years of blather?
The Issue: President Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday. *** My favorite part of President Obama’s speech was that he offered absolutely nothing new (“Promises, Promises,” Editorial,...
Shelly’s shady shenanigans
The Issue: Whether parallels can be drawn between Assembly Speaker Silver and Joe Paterno’s cover-ups. *** While Andrea Peyser’s comparison of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s turning a blind eye to...
Reforming retiree Rx
Local and state governments face a $250 billion unfunded liability from the cost of health-care coverage promised for retired public workers, according to a report released last week. As the...
Beyond bin Laden
President Obama likes to invoke the Navy SEAL operation that killed Osama bin Laden — as he did during his touch-all-the-bases speech in Charlotte Thursday night. That’s understandable; the perilous...
‘Train Driver’ leaves station OK, but finally derails
It’s been a good year for the South African playwright Athol Fugard, what with the Broadway revival of “The Road to Mecca” and the Signature company dedicating a whole season...
Affrunti’s Delaware Grade
FIRST-5 1/2f; $13,000; cl($6,250); 3up2-Alex's Vision 8-13-Stolz 8-15-Alta Boy 3-16-Peter Boy 4-14-Elusive Deputy 2-17-Rare Lukey 10-11-Warren Bluffet 6-1SECOND-1m; $12,000; cl($6,250); 3up2-Ninja Warrior 2-15-Srprsedtseeme8-11-Indy Heir 3-16-DavidsLittleBoy6-13-Mach Twelve 4-17-Rayraider 8-14-RagingWildFre10-11a-SplashLndng3-1THIRD-7 1/2f(T); $21,000;...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-6 fur; $10,000; clm($7,500); 3up7Mstr's Lgcy (Trjll)4.002.802.206Smart Phone (Mysonett)3.402.201Mister Mayhem (Mangalee)3.00Scr: Our Corn.* Exacta (7-6) $12.60 * $1 Superfecta (7-6-1-4) $27.80 * $1 Trifecta (7-6-1) $17.70Winner picked by DaSIlvaSECOND-6 fur;...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $23,000; cl($7,500); 3upKEIRALICIOUS cuts back in distance and drops in class after finishing third. PRINCESS SAPPHIRE cuts back...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m; $23,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Please Be Quiet(L),118AGonzalez4-4-7Linder12-12 Lady S(L),120A Arroyo7-3-1RPreciad8-13 Uno Touch(L),113A Suarez7-5-5Velzqez12-14 Hatta(L),118A Serpa2-5-1Cibelli8-55 Benimari(L),113E Rivera4-1-1Kazamias3-16 Charlies Dream(L),118S...
Belmont Park Charts
September 9th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Yielding.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $73,000; mdn; 2YO(f)Off: 12:50. Good. 4w into lane,hand urgeTime: 23.59, 48.43, 1:13.47, 1:38.48. Trainer: Thomas AlbertraniWinner: CH...
USTA looks to Monday
The chances of the U.S. Open staging a Monday night prime-time men’s final next year is “50-50,’’ according to a USTA source. Today’s Andy Murray-Novak Djokovic men’s final is the...
Lendl: Andy’s good as gold
Ivan Lendl was already driving home Saturday night, halfway to his Connecticut home from Flushing after watching Andy Murray advance to the U.S. Open final with his gritty, four-set semifinal...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball7 p.m.Nationals at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)8 p.m.Tigers at White Sox MLBNFootball7 p.m.Bengals at Ravens ESPN10:15 p.m.Chargers at Raiders ESPN, *WFAN (660 AM)Golf9 a.m.LPGA: Kingsmill Championship, playoff GOLFTennis4 p.m.U.S....
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogRAVENS6 1/27(41 1/2)BengalsRAIDERSPk1(46 1/2)ChargersThursdayPACKERS65(49 1/2)BearsSundayGIANTS8 1/27 1/2(44)BuccanneersSTEELERS66(41 1/2)JetsPATRIOTS13 1/213 1/2(48 1/2)CardinalsVikingsPk1(43 1/2)COLTSSaints33(50 1/2)PANTHERSBILLS33 1/2(44 1/2)ChiefsEAGLES2 1/23(44)RavensRaiders12 1/2(40)DOLPHINSBENGALS108(40 1/2)BrownsTexans7 1/27(41)JAGUARSCowboys33(42 1/2)SEAHAWKSRedskins33(45 1/2)RAMSCHARGERS4 1/25 1/2(44 1/2)Titans49ERS6 1/26 1/2(46 1/2)LionsSept. 17FALCONS33 1/2(49)BroncosHome team...
Hondo ravin’ about Baltimore
Resilient Hondo bounced back from getting swept Saturday by sweeping yesterday with the no-circus, all business Jets and SF Giants, which lowered the filthy figure to 1,935 marchettis. Tonight, Mr....
Home Team Lineups
TODAYSept. 10TUESept. 11WEDSept. 12THUSept. 13FRISept. 14 SATSept. 15SUNSept. 16YankeesNOGAMEBos.7:10WWORWCBSBos.7:10YESWCBSBos.7:10YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.4:05FOXWCBST.B.1:05YESWCBSMetsWashington7:10SportsNetNYWFAN 660 AMWash.7:10SNYWFANWash. 7:10SNYWFANNOGAMEMilw.8:10SNYWFANMilw.7:10WPIXWFANMilw.2:10SNYWBBRLibertyNOGAMENOGAMEWash.7:00MSGNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEWash.4:00No TVRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEClmb.7:00MSGWPAT NOGAMECyclonesHudson Valley6:05No TVWSOU 89.5 FMPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBDPlayoffsTBDHOMEAWAY
Sports Shorts
MLB: Upton hits 3 HRs for Rays B.J. Upton hit three home runs and James Shields (14-8) pitched a two-hitter in the Rays’ 6-0 win over visiting Texas. Roy Oswalt,...
McIlroy rolls to win at BMW Championship
CARMEL, Ind. — Rory McIlroy faced the strongest collection of contenders at any golf tournament this year at the BMW Championship yesteday. It was no contest. Even more disconcerting for...
Azarenka put up valiant battle in U.S. Open final for the ages
She was in tears after the match, the emotions of her gut-wrenching three-set loss in the women’s final of the U.S. Open flooding from her eyes. “Being so close it...
Serena roars past No. 1 Azarenka to capture Open
The most nerve-racking moment for Oracene Price came not when her daughter, Serena Williams, was two points away from losing yesterday’s U.S. Open finals. It came early in the second...
Day’s delay a winner for Djoker
A tornado warning caused Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer’s semifinal match to be suspended Saturday after Ferrer was up 5-2 in the first set. When play resumed yesterday, the only...
Murray out for glory vs. Djokovic in U.S. Open final
Andy Murray walked onto an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium court yesterday at 2 p.m. for his final practice session before today’s U.S. Open Final against Novak Djokovic — and another...
Mets lose again to Chipper, Braves
Chipper Jones’ final Flushing visit ended the way so many others had before it, with the Mets being swept at the hands of the Braves, mired in yet another season...
Chipper gets Citi farewell
Chipper Jones is the Braves’ Derek Jeter. And in the classiest of endings with Mets fans yesterday, Jones doffed his helmet in one final salute to his new best friends...
Yankees back atop AL East after routing Orioles
BALTIMORE — The Yankees left the Inner Harbor yesterday with the same lead they sailed into it with on Thursday. Since it’s a skinny one length over the Orioles in...
Yankees' Teixeira could miss rest of regular season
BALTIMORE — The Yankees lost more than a chance to tie the score Saturday night when Mark Teixeira was wrongly called out at first base for the final out of...
Yankees must make decision on Granderson
BALTIMORE — As the Yankees sunk, so did Curtis Granderson. Not just in batting average and impact, but in future earnings, specifically future earnings in pinstripes. In the past few...
Joba’s starting to heat up for Yankees
BALTIMORE — Joba Chamberlain rejoined the Yankees on Aug. 1, but he didn’t resemble the flame-throwing reliever they had been looking for all season. A month later, he may be....
Luck (3 INTs) gets stuck in Bear trap
Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall weren’t about to let Andrew Luck upstage them in their first game back together. Cutler threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns, Marshall added 119...
Lady ref marks an NFL first
DETROIT — Shannon Eastin used her left hand to tuck her pony tail under her cap after the national anthem and got ready for work.She seemed to do her job,...
RG3 leads Redskins over Saints in impressive debut
NEW ORLEANS — Robert Griffin III brought his Heisman Trophy swagger to New Orleans and made his NFL debut look like a Big Easy. Showing a veteran’s composure by scrambling...
Replacement refs give Seahawks extra time out
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Replacement officials in yesterday’s game between Arizona and Seattle made a mistake by awarding the Seahawks an extra timeout in the closing seconds. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll...
Jets' Landry not sorry for celebrating on play Bills RB got hurt
Bills running back Fred Jackson left the game with a knee injury in the second quarter after taking a hit from Jets safety LaRon Landry. Landry hit Jackson directly in...
Ravens keep Modell in mind
After a delightful summer in which he carried the ball only 10 times in the preseason, Ray Rice is ready for some Monday Night football. “It’s sort of like that...
Post-surgery AP lifts Vikings in OT
MINNEAPOLIS — His left knee fully healed, Adrian Peterson ran hard — and often. The Vikings finally turned their star running back loose after months of caution, and he rewarded...
Broncos’ Peyton proves he’s still got it
DENVER — It was as if the 2011 forced vacation and the four neck surgeries — and Tebow Magic, for that matter — had never happened. Yes, Peyton Manning can...
Brady breaks nose; Patriots top Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tom Brady might have a broken nose, about the only damage inflicted by the Titans against the Patriots, who simply don’t lose season openers. Brady threw for...
Vick throws four interceptions, but Eagles rally past Browns
CLEVELAND — Even after his heroics saved the Eagles from embarrassment, Michael Vick still had escape on his mind. “Oh, man,” the quarterback said. “I gotta get out of Cleveland.”...
Niners put clamps on Rodgers, Packers
GREEN BAY — Randy Moss found his way back to familiar turf, celebrating a touchdown at Lambeau Field in his new uniform. The 49ers’ defense kept Aaron Rodgers and the...
Jets rookie Hill scores two TDs in debut
If this is going to go according to script for Stephen Hill — and it surely did in yesterday’s Jets season-opening 48-28 rout of the Bills at MetLife Stadium —...
Kerley takes flight in Jets’ opener
Back in July in the early days of training camp, Jets coach Rex Ryan did something out of character for him. No, he didn’t go a day without speaking. Rather,...
Secondary help Jets create points
There is not a more sure-fire formula to winning in the NFL than creating more turnovers than your opponent. When an NFL team wins the turnover battle, it wins as...
Jets' Howard shuts down Bills star Williams
Buffalo defensive end Mario Williams claimed he had Jets offensive tackle Austin Howard’s hands in his face all game. So he pointed a specific finger afterwards. “I know what to...
Rex, Jets look near perfect in win over Bills
Ok, look, it wasn’t a perfect football game. There was the coin toss, for instance. The Jets lost that, and wound up having to receive the opening kickoff because every...
Opening win leaves no doubt that Sanchez is Jets leader
Tim Tebow is the backup quarterback who from time to time will be asked to deliver fire-and-brimstone football sermons on those occasions when he trots onto the field But make...
Tebow, Jets Wildcat not purring yet
Stationed to the right of the Jets’ offensive line on the game’s first play yesterday stood Tim Tebow, lining up as a wide receiver. “It felt like I was open,...
Cane and Able
Christine Ha, the amazing blind cook on Fox’s “MasterChef,” has known since the end of April if she is tonight’s winner. The Houston resident has beat out 16 contestants and...
‘SNL’ adds 2 more
'Saturday Night Live,' which is in a rebuilding year after losing three longtime cast members, is on the verge of hiring two young comics from Chicago — including its first...
Talk show guests
MONDAYBLAKE SHELTON, TONY DANZA, RANDY JACKSON - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4BLAKE SHELTON, JOSH RADNOR - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7DIANE SAWYER - Rachael Ray, 9...
Simon suffered breakdown on ‘X’ set: report
They could use a full-time shrink at “The X Factor,” it seems. Just a few days after claiming judge Britney Spears nearly had a breakdown on the first day of...
Rachael’s new kitchen
After six years and more than 1,000 shows, Rachael Ray was ready to move. Over the summer, the always-happy TV chef abandoned her studios on West 44th Street and moved...
Wu-over for Britney
Britney Spears isn’t a girl, but she could be a Wu-man. Designer Jason Wu said that “The X Factor” judge (whom Simon Cowell reportedly told to dress better), is the...
Designers spring forward into the future of fashion
On day four of fashion week, designers seem to be going back to the future as a space-age modernism tied together collections that are normally Very different esthetics. PHOTOS: CATHERINE...
Weird but true
Bedbugs are facing off against bookworms. At least two bedbugs have been spotted at the Los Angeles Central Library in the last month — including one creeping across the latest...
Syracuse showed their for real even in defeat
It would be an insult to Syracuse to laud them today as being the best 0-2 football team in the nation. No team, no coach, no player can be winless...
Fla. officer in Obama motorcade struck, killed
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A motorcycle police officer who was part of President Barack Obama's motorcade to a campaign event in Florida died Sunday after being struck by a...
911 transcript from Bx. bodega holdup
911: Do you speak Spanish? Caller: Yes. Look, you need to come. Two guys raided a bodega on 169 and Franklin. They are inside and are holding a guy at...
Zac Posen
Tonight had all of the hallmarks of a Zac Posen show. Leigh Lezark worked the crowd in a Zac concoction (this time with a huge train dragging behind her). Purple...
'We believe it was murder': Probe demanded in cop's killing of robbery victim
The NYPD calls it an accident, but the family of a bodega worker shot dead by a housing cop says it’s murder and that the Bronx DA’s Office has launched...
Derek Lam
A happily quiet anticipation seemed to linger among the audience before the Derek Lam show and once the show began, you knew it was for good reason. PHOTOS: DEREK LAM...
Cops arrest suspect in Aug. 8 shooting of police sergeant
A career criminal wanted for shooting a decorated NYPD sergeant in the legs last month was arrested this evening, cops said. Authorities conducted a manhunt across five states — spanning...
Tibi
For the last few seasons, Tibi has been shifting into a cool kids minimalist zone. Now many are taking notice, including stylish celebrities in the front row, like Solange Knowles...
Serena, tested for first time, beats Azarenka for US Open title
Finally tested, even trailing, at the U.S. Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time. Two points from defeat, Williams suddenly regained her composure and her strokes, coming back...
DKNY
New York, New York! As usual, it’s was all about New York at the DKNY, show and this season the brand's got every aspect of dressing stylish in the city...
Kolb comes in for Skelton, leads Cardinals past Seahawks
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Kolb replaced injured John Skelton and led Arizona on the deciding touchdown drive, throwing 6 yards to Andre Roberts for a score with 4:59 to play,...
49ers stop Rodgers rally, beat Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. — San Francisco’s defense smothered Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay offense for most of the game, then made one last stand to stop a late rally...