October 15, 2012
Suspect arrested in fatal barber shop fight
A suspect was arrested for allegedly killing a man after a fight broke out at a Lower East Side barbershop, cops said. Charles Fernandez, 29, was fatally shot after getting...
Harlem rapist gets 40 years
A 35-year-old Harlem man was sentenced to 40 years prison today for repeatedly raping and assaulting a runaway 16-year-old girl at his 145th Street apartment last year. The victim was...
Jury hears blood-soaked testimony in castration-murder case
The killer switched in and out of three pairs of shoes. He fiddled with his victim's cell phone, coating it in blood. And even a post-slaughter shower didn't get him...
SNAP COUNT: Scott losing time to Jets rookie Davis
Taking a look at the Jets playing time from Sunday's 35-9 win over the Colts.OFFENSE -- 64 snapsQuarterbacks Snaps (percentage)Mark Sanchez 60 (94)Tim Tebow 6 (9)Analysis: Tebow's one pass came...
Couple acquitted on 'sex slave' charges
A Queens couple was acquitted of charges they'd used their teenaged niece from El Salvador as a sex slave. Javier Mencias, 38 and his wife Angelica, 57, were found not...
Jets backup RBs Powell, McKnight likely out vs. Patriots
The Jets could be woefully thin at running back for Sunday's game against the Patriots.An MRI exam confirmed Bilal Powell has a separated right shoulder and he will not play...
Like Mets in '86, Darling thinks Yankees capable of rallying
Ron Darling remembers being on the Mets plane on Oct. 20, 1986, remembers being exhausted, remembers the feeling of being down 0-2 in the World Series, on the way to...
Ex-NYPD officer found guilty of murdering wife
A Bronx jury today found a former NYPD cop guilty of murdering his wife after she accused him of cheating in a barrage of angry text messages. The jury reached...
Canty to return to Giants practice this week
The Giants are coming off what coach Tom Coughlin described as “outstanding defense, let’s face it’’ in their resounding 26-3 victory over the 49ers and they are getting healthier heading...
Yankees' Jeter hopes to reduce recovery time with surgery
DETROIT -- One of the reasons Derek Jeter is going to see foot and ankle specialist Dr.Robert Anderson this week in Charlotte is to explore the possibility of doing a...
Hofstra basketball coach happy to deal with debate distractions
It’s fair to say Mo Cassara is the happiest displaced tenant in America.The Hofstra men’s basketball coach hasn’t seen his office in two weeks and his team has been practicing...
Ravens lose Lewis, Webb for season
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will miss the remainder of the season with an arm injury, an enormous blow to an already depleted defense that has uncharacteristically...
Tigers' Berry: Yankee Stadium 'very easy place to play now'
Has new Yankee Stadium become so gentrified that it’s now an easy place to play? According to Tigers’ outfielder Quintin Berry, it is. “This is a very easy place to...
FIVE-STEP DROP: Did Stanford get robbed against Notre Dame?
Every week during the 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 tackle the...
Who's afraid of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'?
The revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" that opened this weekend is getting rave reviews. I agree that it's an excellent show, but I don't think the play has been "revitalized...
DVD Extra: 'Take Her, She's Mine'
A staple on TV for decades after its ABC prime-time debut in 1967, "Take Her She's Mine'' eventually fell off the radar until it got prominently mentioned in June obituaries...
Square hits brakes on taxi payment system as new rules loom
Square, the mobile-payments firm founded by Jack Dorsey, abruptly ended a pilot program last week for a new payment system in the back of New York City cabs. In an...
WATCH: Giants-49ers fans in postgame fight
Sunday was a bloody day in San Francisco, and that's not just because the Giants bludgeoned the 49ers en route to a 26-3 victory.Just as the game was set to...
Reid ready to 'tear things apart' for Eagles team in disarray
If Eagles coach Andy Reid intends to come through on his word, then he has a very busy 13 days ahead of him. Coming off a devastating 26-23 overtime loss...
MONDAY MATCHMAKER: What's next for UFC legend Silva?
Every Monday after an MMA fight weekend, The Post’s Marc Raimondi will take a look at the next potential matchup for the fighters who competed. This week, he takes a...
Winners & losers from Jets Week 6 win
The Jets beat up the Colts 35-9 Sunday at MetLife Stadium. The Jets did nearly everything right. Here is a look at the Jets winners and losers from the game:WINNERS...
Cops bust Oscar-winning rapper DJ Paul for carrying taser
Cops busted Oscar-winning rap star DJ Paul for allegedly carrying a Taser in his pocket and an open container of beer in his hand, authorities said today. The Three 6...
Sept. 11 case returns to Gitmo war crimes court
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks returned before a military tribunal Monday, forgoing the protest that turned their last appearance into...
VACCARO VIDEO: With Jeter out, A-Rod must lead Yankees
Post columnist Mike Vaccaro talks about the Yankees chances of making a comeback against the Tigers.Vaccaro tells CineSport's Noah Coslov that it would be difficult for the Yankees to make...
Yankees' Pena interviews for Red Sox's managerial opening
DETROIT -- Yankees bench coach Tony Pena took advantage of a day off in between ALCS games to talk to the Red Sox Monday about their managerial opening.Pena, 55, interviewed...
At funeral, Girardi's father remembered as hard worker
Jerry Girardi was memorialized Monday as a dedicated laborer who built the ranch-style Illinois home where he raised five highly successful children — two doctors, a math professor, an accountant...
Bourdain takes Brooklyn in last-ever ‘No Reservations’
Anthony Bourdain returns home to New York City for the series finale of his Travel Channel show “No Reservations.” In the episode, which airs Nov. 5, Bourdain heads over to...
Mickelson trying $1 million charity shot during halftime of 'Monday Night Football'
Golfer Phil Mickelson and his corporate sponsor KPMG are giving a $1 million reason for patrons to stay in their seats during halftime of Monday Night Football.During the intermission in...
CIA arranged marriage to al Awlaki in plot to kill terrorist mastermind: report
Talk about a match made in hell. A Croatian woman became the third wife of American-born al-Qaeda terrorist leader Anwar al Awlaki thanks to a CIA plot designed to track...
Nets 'super-excited' for first game at Barclays Center
The Nets are ready to finally take the floor at Barclays Center.After months of preparations, the team will play its first game inside its new home Monday night against the...
WATCH: Cops rough up sleeping man at B'klyn youth center
Cops roughed up a man sleeping in a Brooklyn synagogue in a confrontation that was caught on surveillance video -- and the police officers are now drawing criticism from city...
WATCH: Lakers’ World Peace kisses female fan’s hand
The transformation is complete.The basketball player formerly known as Ron Artest finally cemented his role as Metta World Peace on Saturday night during the Lakers’ 99-86 preseason loss to the...
Granny sentenced to 5 years in prison for $1M-a-year conspiracy with drug gang
A great-granny gangster who went by the street name "Mama Dot" was sentenced to five years prison in Manhattan today for admittedly conspiring in a million-dollar-a-year East Harlem drug gang....
Charges dropped against Morgan Stanley banker accused of stabbing cabbie
It just wasn't "fare" to prosecute this banker. A top Morgan Stanley banker accused of drunkenly stabbing a cabbie over a disputed fare from Manhattan to Connecticut had all charges...
Jets' Ryan sends message to Patriots: 'I think we're going to beat 'em'
Some of the old Rex Ryan bluster returned on Monday. It must be Patriots week. The Jets coach was asked about his penchant for tweaking the Patriots."I want them to...
Slain, permanently injured victims of 'Dark Knight' shooting to split majority of $5M: mediator
DENVER — A mediator says the families the 12 people killed and people who suffered permanent injuries will get the majority of the $5 million donated to help the victims...
Jets' Revis promises to return to top form after ACL tear
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis vowed to return to his usual form when he come back from a torn ACL in his left knee. "Once I'm 100 percent I feel like...
Ravens CB calls out Cowboys' Bryant: 'Step up and be a man'
According to Ravens’ cornerback Cary Williams, Dez Bryant needs to “step up and be a man.” Bryant, the Cowboys’ second-year wide receiver, complained after Sunday’s 31-29 loss at Baltimore that...
'U mad bro:' Seahawks CB taunts confident Brady after comeback
Tom Brady and his Patriots were stunned by the Seahawks on Sunday, and now Brady is having salt poured in the wound by Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman. Sherman approached Brady...
Families of 9/11 victims to watch Gitmo hearings live from Brooklyn
A military installation in Brooklyn is welcoming families of 9/11 victims this week to watch pretrial hearings in Cuba for five men charged in the terrorist attacks. The sessions in...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Wizards
The Nets take the court for the first time at Barclays Center Monday night against the Wizards. Here are three things to watch for in their first home – and...
'Witch doctor-cursed' rape-murder perp gets 25 years
No witch doctor can help him now. A Senegalese man will serve at least 25 years -- and as much as the rest of his life -- after halting his...
MTA unveils four proposed plans for fare and toll hikes
The MTA today unveiled four separate plans for fare and toll hikes today, an unpalatable medley of options that the agency is asking its riders to weigh in on during...
Woman found dead in Sheepshead Bay after fight with boyfriend: cops
A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances yesterday in Brooklyn, authorities said. The 44-year-old was staying with a friend on Batchelder Street near Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay after...
Yankees reaching news levels of ineptitude
I wrote two columns for today's Post. Here's one on the need for expanded instant replay, and here's one on Derek Jeter.As for what we saw the last two days...
US envoy to Libya vows to follow slain ambassador's line
TRIPOLI — The new US envoy to Tripoli vowed on Monday to follow the line of murdered ambassador Chris Stevens and support Libya as the two states work to bring...
Bernie Kerik struggles with memory in perjury trial testimony
Disgraced former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik struggled to recall any details from his shady dealings with two Jersey pals during testimony today against them for alleged perjury. The imprisoned Kerik...
'Rebecca' money middleman busted for fraud
Troubled electrical-contracting king Mark Hotton was arrested and charged with defrauding the producers of "Rebecca - The Musical," according to a complaint that was unsealed today. Hotton, 46, of West...
2 Americans win Nobel economics prize
STOCKHOLM — Americans Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that helps explain the market processes at work when doctors are assigned...
Early-morning fire destroys Bronx home
Firefighters battled a 4-alarm blaze this morning that destroyed a home in the Bronx, authorities said. The fire broke out at 6:21 a.m. inside of a house on East 184th...
WWE’s Wrestlemania 29 could bring in over $100M for metro area: study
When Wrestlemania 29, the biggest spectacle in sports entertainment, descends on MetLife Stadium next April it could result in a record-setting economic performance for the Tri-State area. According to the...
NYC town house used by Dominique Strauss-Kahn sells for $10M
The town house where Dominique Strauss-Kahn lived while facing sexual-assault charges last year has sold for $10.5 million. Broker Robert Dvorin told the Wall Street Journal that the "world-wide attention...
MTA to outline fare, toll hike proposals today
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to outline its latest fare hike proposals on its rails, bridges and subways. The proposals include increasing the base subway and bus fare and...
Packed court as shipwreck captain hears evidence
GROSSETO, Italy — The captain of the cruise ship that crashed into an Italian reef appeared in court Monday to hear the evidence against him, while hundreds of passengers who...
Cromartie locks up Wayne, keying Jets big defensive effort
Antonio Cromartie had the kind of day that pretty much dares you to describe it. The Jets’ veteran cornerback stifled Colts star Reggie Wayne and picked off Andrew Luck twice...
Hola, Nueva York
A lovely señorita flashes her dazzling colors yesterday at the 49th annual Hispanic Day Parade up Fifth Avenue.
WATCH: Aaron Rodgers tells critics 'Shhh'
Aaron Rodgers has one word for the doubters. “Shhh,” he told NBC following his six-touchdown performance Sunday night, leading his Packers to a 42-24 victory over the Texans. Following the...
UFC 153 analysis: Just winning not enough for Silva anymore
Anderson Silva is so good, so much better than every other human being in the world at fighting that he has to increase the level of difficulty for himself. Just...
Hang on to them!
Tomorrow, supervisors throughout the country will bask in the glow of National Boss Day, receiving gratitude for being managers who don’t make workers Google search “unemployment insurance” and “COBRA benefits.”...
Go to Greg
I am 64 years old and recently retired — but not by my own choice. I was an advertising exec for many years and have been unable to find comparable...
Employers that are helping workers climb the ladder
Giulioni and Kaye say that several major employers in the NYC area have the right approach to employee development and retention.They include:* American Express* TIAA-CREF* Bloomberg* Pfizer* Philips Healthcare* Swiss...
What employees can do to start the conversation
It may be a great idea in theory for bosses to have quick, frequent and informal chats with their employees about the workplace and their careers, but what can a...
What’s up with that job?
What does a chiropractor do all day? The musculoskeletal system — bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons — is the domain of a chiropractor, who treats patients suffering from back and...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Gangnam Style, PSY 2. Red, Taylor Swift 3. Live While We’re Young, One Direction 4. Skyfall, Adele 5. One More Night, Maroon 5 6. We Are...
Business briefs
IMF worries A weekend gathering of the world’s top finance officials sponsored by the IMF deepened — rather than eased — conflicts among some of the largest economies, raising fresh...
Marie Claire bags top mag award of 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — Marie Claire was crowned Magazine of the Year by Advertising Age, kicking off the American Magazine Conference’s powwow of top editors and publishers here in the heart...
Koch case files
Billionaire industrialist Bill Koch is embroiled in a bizarre legal battle with a former executive who claims the coal-mining magnate held him captive and interrogated him for hours as part...
Electing to escape
Sick of all the political ads? You could always take a vacation abroad. Don’t wait too long or you’ll still be here for the robo-calls. If the campaign is getting...
Russians to take TriBeCa
The Russians are coming. A modern American restaurant with an “international twist” is coming to Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s former space at 66 Leonard St. in TriBeCa, courtesy of Russia’s Global Point...
Softbank is set on $20B Sprint stake: source
Softbank will buy a 70 percent stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. for about $20 billion, according to a report, citing unidentified people familiar with the transaction. The agreement calls for...
Cereal safety
Nestle and General Mills will cut sugar and salt in the children’s breakfast cereals they jointly market outside North America, the latest attempt by major food companies to respond to...
Help me re-reboot my ex: Hooters gal
An ex-Hooters girl who dumped the same guy twice now wants a judge to do it. Kendra Platt-Lee has asked a Manhattan court to boot both Steven Silverstein and his...
Bro’s ‘organ’ trail for transplant hero
It was a fitting tribute for a selfless sacrifice. Five months after his sister died during a botched surgery to give him a kidney, Roberto Medina joined dozens of friends...
Man who 'killed' estranged wife and lover outside hotel 'stalked' them for months
The coldblooded killer who cops suspect gunned down his estranged wife and her lover outside a Bronx motel had tormented and stalked them for months — but wanted to wait...
$tinky cigar gift to pol
State Sen. Marty Golden’s campaign contribution list lit up with a unique gift: $1,237.50 worth of cigars. Records show the Bay Ridge Republican accepted the odd in-kind contribution in July...
Miracle on the Verrazano
A man survived a plunge from the Verrazano Bridge yesterday, cops said. A tractor-trailer driver called 911 at around 5:30 p.m. after spotting the 43-year-old man hopping out of his...
Taliban vic to Brits
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan airlifted a wounded teenage activist shot by the Taliban to the United Kingdom on Monday for more specialized medical care and to protect her from follow-up attacks...
Tinseltown is turning on Bam
Look out. Hollywood is having a Republican crisis. Once America’s most dependable bastion of liberal blather, the land of make believe has gone rogue. Each week, the new movie season...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** An overconfident fraudster found himself in handcuffs in the Meatpacking District after paying for cocktails with counterfeit Benjamins, authorities said. Jeffrey Gibbs, 27, allegedly bought a $12 drink...
NYPD detective is forced to give up his badge after 44 years of service
You can score victories against crime — but no one defeats time. Detective John Roe, 62, the oldest and longest serving of some 34,000 officers on the NYPD, is retiring...
Stop-and-frisk goes on trial
The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk tactics are coming under the gun. An “unprecedented” court hearing begins today into allegations that cops have been unlawfully stopping minorities outside thousands of low-income apartment buildings...
Broke cities beg gov dime and dime again
Several of New York’s biggest cities — including Yonkers, Rochester and Syracuse — are “close to bankruptcy’’ and are looking for a bailout from Gov. Cuomo’s administration, The Post has...
Warning to power switchers
Energy-service companies — which compete with Con Ed to sell electricity and natural gas — are usually a rip-off, evidence shows.The data emerged in a case before the state Public...
Rihanna: 'World hasn’t let go’ of her past with Chris Brown
Rihanna blows us away, decked out in a sexy leather-and-lace outfit in the November issue of Vogue. The sultry siren confesses to the magazine that she needs to accept that...
Box-office title ‘Taken’
LOS ANGELES — Liam Neeson’s “Taken 2” barely defended its box-office title against Ben Affleck’s “Argo” over the weekend. Studio estimates put the 20th Century Fox action sequel’s take at...
Ex-Sen. Specter dies at 82
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist who switched from Republican to Democrat in 2010 in a failed bid to win re-election, died yesterday. He was...
Insurance company charges survivors $6K - to fix the car that killed their mother
Five months after a Long Island grandmother was killed walking home, an insurance company demanded that her shattered family pay more than $6,000 — to repair the car that mowed...
Woman dies in pal’s apt.
A woman was found mysteriously dead with head trauma in her friend’s Brooklyn apartment last night, police sources said. The 44-year-old victim had slept over at her pal’s place on...
WATCH AMAZING VIDEO: Daredevil breaks sound barrier with 24 mile jump
He went from man to speeding bullet in a matter of seconds. Human rocket Felix Baumgartner wowed the world yesterday by breaking the sound barrier in nothing more than a...
Foot-drag on hosp probes
Hundreds of complaints alleging everything from theft to bid-rigging inside the municipal hospital system came into the Inspector General’s Office over the last decade — but most never came out,...
Cornell airs R’velt Is. plan
Roosevelt Island’s southern end is getting geeked up in grand style.Cornell University today unveils the designs for its snazzy, green-efficient, $2 billion high-tech graduate school, scheduled to open on the...
NYU dental school bitten in former student's quota lawsuit
They’re extracting more than teeth at NYU’s dental school. A former honors student says she was forced to meet a $38,000 quota in clinical work for the school — and...
Hearings begin for 9/11 trial
GUANTANAMO BAY — A week of pretrial hearings in the military prosecution of 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four al Qaeda cronies begins today at the US naval base...
Crowe heads to Splitsville
Tough-guy actor Russell Crowe and his singer wife, Danielle Spencer, are separating after nine years of marriage, reports say. The couple have two sons, Tennyson and Charles. Crowe, 48, is...
For GOP, vice i$ nice
Even though he doesn’t drink, smoke or gamble, Mitt Romney is scoring big campaign contributions from the sin industries. Team Romney has raised nearly $11 million from gambling, liquor and...
Obama needs commanding debate performance to counter poll plunge
WASHINGTON — President Obama needs a commanding performance when he meets Mitt Romney tomorrow night for their second presidential debate — but the format might make that difficult. That’s because...
Benghazi blame game
In a preview of a likely topic in tomorrow’s presidential debate, Obama administration officials yesterday said they didn’t know the State Department had rejected requests to boost security in Libya.“Security...
Tim stuns H’wood with Bam slams
Comedian Tim Allen has an idea for a home improvement at the White House: Get a new tenant! A rare Republican in Democrat-loving Hollywood — let alone in prime time...
Obama is in ‘real trouble’ as Romney edges further ahead in polls
Mitt Romney, propelled by a wave of support generated by his star turn in the first presidential debate, is heading into Round Two tomorrow with a two-point lead over President...
Fresh scapegoats
How is the Obama White House going to fit the entire State Department and the intelligence community under the bus? Last month’s Benghazi fiasco saw four Americans — including our...
This foreign policy’s failing worldwide
After Team Obama’s horrid handling of the terrible tragedy in Benghazi, does anyone out there really cling to the left’s quickly unraveling yarn that this administration has a strong record...
This doesn’t ad up
Why on earth did the city need to butt its nose into a free-speech debate that private groups are hashing out just fine? The city’s Commission on Human Rights has...
Did Biden win the debate? Now that’s a real laugh
The Issue: Whether Vice President Joe Biden was too brash in the debate against Rep. Paul Ryan. *** Vice President Biden’s demeanor during the debate summed up the Obama administration...
NYC’s pro-crime council
Just how safe do you think New Yorkers would be if the mayor and police commissioner no longer ran the NYPD, but instead control was handed to . . ....
Achievement Gap: Facing the Facts
At a recent Community Education Council town hall featuring Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, I heard parents raise concerns about overcrowding, budget cuts, and reduced test prep. Walcott gave the same...
‘Gentle’ acquits itself well
"Don’t Go Gentle” starts like a classic “when opposites collide” comedy: A white, conservative former DA and retired judge helps out a black, unemployed single mom and her cheeky teenage...
‘Woolf’: still plenty of bite
Edward Albee’s classic dust-up “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” may now be eligible for AARP — this new Broadway revival opened Saturday, the play’s 50th anniversary — but it’s a...
Tigers starter Sanchez baffles Yankees
Anibal Sanchez discovered the best way to move the Tigers forward against the Yankees in the ALCS yesterday was to pitch backwards. So 2-0 counts brought tantalizing breaking pitches, 1-2...
ALCS defeat seems inevitable for lifeless Yankees
The workmen tidied up the infield dirt, took their brooms to the beer cups and hot-dog-wrappers littering the aisles. It’s an enormous task keeping Yankee Stadium tip-top for October, especially...
Giants blitz
HERO The Giants defense, which broke down the 49ers’ offense with three INTs of QB Alex Smith and shut down 49ers RB Frank Gore after he had gotten off to...
Giants report card
OFFENSE Nothing easy here, but the key was no turnovers and sticking with the running game, with Ahmad Bradshaw (27-116, one TD) picking up 93 yards after halftime. Eli Manning...
Inside pitch
Game 2: Tigers 3, Yankees 0 HERO Detroit’s Anibal Sanchez became the latest starting pitcher to look like an ace against the once-mighty Yankee lineup, despite coming into the game...
Jets blitz
HERO Shonn Greene busted out of the witness protection program with by far his biggest day of the year, romping for a career-high 161 yards and three touchdowns on 32...
Jets report card
OFFENSE Welcome back, Shonn Greene. The Jets running back had a career day (32 rushes, 161 yards, 3 TDs) as the ground game got rolling. The Jets had 252 total...
Girardi blames ump after Yankees get shoved into 2-0 hole
Plant the goal posts in the Yankee Stadium sod. College football is the headline attraction in The Bronx. No matter who howls why, the Yankees are two games away from...
Affrunti’s Delaware Grade
FIRST-6f; $14,500; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)2-Virginia Dream 9-51-FrederckLRse6-16-Gold On Gold 5-25-Marie's Babe 8-13-Gagne 7-21a-Impadoodle 6-14-Fast Shadow 8-1SECOND-5f; $13,000; cl($6,250); 3up1-Not for Money 2-14-FredsAnStrek15-12-Mine N Gems 3-15-Malicious 8-17-Joburg Star 4-16-Stylish Fella 15-13-S...
Yonkers grade
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Military Stratcom (6th) FIRST: mile; pace; $11,500; cond 1 Opticrombie (GBrennan) 1-1-1 8-5 6 Artie's Gift (JPantaleano) 2-7-4 4-1 2 Jetta Blue Chip (DDube)...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2f; $20,000; cl($5,000); 3upGOLD SCORE drops to lowest claiming level of career for local return after tiring in...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 1/2f; $17,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Crevette(L),109TMcCrthy7-7-5Pregmn20-12 Congressinlbst(L),119SBermudz3-3-10Maria4-13 Keep the Ticket(L),114C Esquilin8-3-10Taylor6-14 Barcaza(L),119KMcMngll6-9-6Bedard8-15 Wicked Lady(L),114A Suarez7-3-5Rodrigez3-16 AwesomeRwrd(L),122J Flores2-4-4Aristone2-17 Kaylas Buffy(L),119F...
Belmont Park Charts
October 14th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7 fur; $28,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f)Off: 12:51. Good. driven 5w into stretchTime: 24.05, 48.53, 1:13.14, 1:25.87.Trainer: Charlton BakerWinner: DK B/...
Hondo gets annihilated
Hondo suffered the dreaded quintuple wipeout yesterday, crashing with the Bengwads, 49ers, Cardinals, Yankees and Giants to send the runaway deficit skyrocketing to 1,570 hufnagels. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will saddle...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 15TUEOct. 16WEDOct. 17THUOct. 18FRIOct. 19 SATOct. 20SUNOct. 21YankeesNOGAMEDet.8:07TBSWCBSESPNDet.8:07TBSWCBSESPN$Det.4:07TBSWCBSESPNNOGAME$Det.8:07TBSWCBSESPN$Det.8:15TBSWCBSESPNRed BullsNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENOGAMEK.C.7:00MSGWPATNOGAMEKnicksNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME&Tor.7:00MSG2&Bos,7:30MSGNOGAMENets&Washington7:30YES Network&Bos.7:30NBA TVNOGAME&Bos.8:00TNT&Phi.7:30YESNOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball7:30 p.m.NLCS, Game 2: Cardinals at Giants FOX, ESPN (98.7 FM)Basketball7 p.m.Preseason: Celtics at 76ers NBATV7:30 p.m.Preseason: Wizards at Nets YESFootball8:30 p.m.Broncos at Chargers ESPN, WFAN (660 AM)Horse Racing12:25 p.m.Parx...
The Post Line
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Knicks coach finding roles for Kidd, Prigioni
Mike Woodson has found a formula to ensure third-string point guard Pablo Prigioni get minutes in the regular season. Prigioni, the Spanish League warhorse, and Jason Kidd have become a...
Blatche happy as Net ‘zero’
Andray Blatche doesn’t want to talk about his roller-coaster past with the Wizards, but he isn’t forgetting it either. The Nets reserve forward, in fact, is using it as motivation....
Jones’ 108-yard kick return helps bury ’Boys
BALTIMORE — Eight yards deep in the end zone when he caught the kickoff, Jacoby Jones had an instant to decide: take a knee or run. He ran — all...
’Hawks rally to stun Pats
Tom Brady picked apart the best defense in the NFL, except when it mattered most. Too many squandered chances and missed scoring opportunities left the Patriots blaming themselves after watching...
Hard fall in Philly
Nnamdi Asomugha sat at his locker stall in full uniform with his head down long after the Eagles blew one they had in their grasp. It’ll be a long bye...
Rodgers’ six TD passes fuel Packers’ rout
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers finally put it all together. The reigning MVP set a career high and tied a franchise record with six touchdown passes and the Packers played...
Freese fails to learn from past
Soupy Sales Society members should recall this one: “Buddy, ya gotta help me — my wife think she’s a chicken!” “Why don’t you take her to a psychiatrist?” “I can’t...
New proposal unlikely as NHL talks resume tomorrow
NHL Lockout III begins its second month tomorrow with the resumption of collective bargaining negotiations in Toronto. The talks are expected to be among the two leaders of each side,...
Sports Shorts
TENNIS: Djokovic tops Murray In a rematch of the U.S. Open finalists, Novak Djokovic saved five match points in the second set before outlasting two-time defending champion Andy Murray 5-7,...
Cardinals’ bullpen repels Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — As hard as the Giants tried to make it deja blew it in these NL playoffs, the Cardinals weren’t about to switch roles last night and become...
Trade for Pagan from Mets was Giant steal
SAN FRANCISCO — For the Giants, it turned out to be a steal.Not that Giants general manager Brian Sabean was trying to pull a heist when he dealt Andres Torres...
Cardinals' Beltran offers A-Rod fix
SAN FRANCISCO —Carlos Beltran just keeps on hitting, and like everyone else, he has taken notice of Alex Rodriguez’s woeful postseason problems. Beltran’s two-run home run in the fourth inning...
Eli, Giants receivers rely on one another
SAN FRANCISCO — In Eli, the Giants trust. But in his receivers, Eli trusts. As a two-time Super Bowl winner and MVP in both, Eli Manning has earned the respect...
49ers fall flat with chance to avenge playoff loss to Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — They looked like strangers on the field wearing red jerseys. The 49ers, 26-3 losers to the Giants yesterday, didn’t play like their normal selves and by all...
Tebow’s pass off fake punt works for Jets
The Tim Tebow experiment is evolving, and yesterday the most-talked about backup in the NFL had his biggest moment as a Jet. With 2:19 left in the first half and...
Jets have all the Luck vs. Colts rookie QB
Colts interim coach Bruce Arians was asked for his assessment of quarterback Andrew Luck’s performance yesterday against the Jets. “Rookie,” Arians responded. The Jets made the No. 1 pick from...
Jets devour Colts, gain share of first place
For all the questions and criticism the Jets have endured through the first six weeks of the season, here is where they find themselves this morning – tied for first...
Dissed by 49ers, Giants show they're not a fluke with blowout win
SAN FRANCISCO — The 49ers all but stood on the Golden Gate Bridge and announced for all to hear they wanted the Giants, and they wanted them now, in the...
Giants rookie Wilson gets closer to breakout game
SAN FRANCISCO — It is not enough for David Wilson. The rookie running back, setting a decisive tone, returned the opening kickoff of the second half 66 yards, helping set...
Giants' Bradshaw runs past the hype
SAN FRANCISCO — Ahmad Bradshaw was aware of the statistic. He and the Giants offensive line had been reminded of it a time or two during the week. The vaunted...
Niners’ boasts don’t pan out as Giants roll
SAN FRANCISCO — Tom Coughlin needs to get a new rallying cry. The “Nobody expects us to win’’ guns he rolled out for this game is going to have to...
Jeter cheers on Yankees from hospital
There would be no “Win one for The Captain!” speeches yesterday at Yankee Stadium. At least not by The Captain himself. And there won’t be one soon. Which is fitting....
Docs: Broken ankle may hurt Yankees' Jeter on defense
Derek Jeter shouldn’t have trouble getting back on a field next season, but at least one doctor is curious whether the 38-year-old shortstop might be a little bit slower after...
’99 Knicks lost captain, too
The last time a New York team lost a veteran star in the playoffs was early in the 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The Knicks did without Patrick Ewing what...
Yankees fan: Reach for Teixeira foul was fair
The last thing William Ortiz wanted was to become New York’s version of Steve Bartman, the fan reviled by fellow Cubs fans for his infamous in-the-stands pursuit of a foul...
Stop reviewing and expand replay now
Let’s begin by stipulating: Yup, Joe Girardi exhibited poor form by whining about the umpires after the Yankees’ offense executed a tribute to the NHL — a lockout — in...
A-Rod's late single qualifies as amazing these days
For the first time since Game 2 of the ALDS against the Orioles a week ago, Alex Rodriguez finished a game yesterday. “The last two at-bats were much better for...
Tigers' closer role in limbo after Coke closes out Yankees
The closer situation has served up a heaping helping of anxiety and disappointment — along with two very important post-season leads — around Detroit in recent days. So before yesterday’s...
Yankees fill-in Nix & Cano take turn for worse
Jayson Nix filled in nearly flawlessly at shortstop for Derek Jeter, but he and Robinson Cano were unable to turn a double play that led to the Tigers’ first run...
Verlander awaits Yankees as Tigers head home
The Tigers are up 2-0 in the best-of-seven ALCS with the Yankees, going home to their ballpark where they won 50 games, with Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer scheduled to...
Yankees' Hughes gets start Justin time
Joe Girardi didn’t hesitate when asked if Phil Hughes was still in line to pitch tomorrow night in Detroit, despite the Yankees being in a two-game hole in the ALCS....
Yankees bats fail to back up Kuroda’s gem
Hiroki Kuroda has only been a Yankee for one season, but he’s already become accustomed to late-game drama. So even though he left yesterday’s 3-0 ALCS Game 2 loss down...
'Sensitive' Swisher stung by Yankees fan criticism
There are things Nick Swisher has been hearing from the fans at Yankee Stadium the last few days that, to him, are unprecedented. “A lot of people saying a lot...
Jets' Sanchez responds to critics with efficient effort
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez came into yesterday’s game having heard criticisms of his performance and calls for his job. Gang Green’s beleaguered starter answered with his first accurate and efficient...
A-Rod, Cano's playoff struggles shed light on the risks of mega-contracts for Yankees
Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano are using these playoffs to make a powerful case for avoiding a mega-long-term commitment to Cano. Rodriguez is just now at the halfway mark of...
Jets ground game finally found as O-line returns to basics
After six weeks of training camp and five regular-season games, you’d figure the last thing the Jets would need to brush up on were the fundamentals of how to play...
‘Firefly’ cartoon in the works?
There’s still hope, Browncoats! The cast of “Firefly” revealed this weekend that there has been talk of an animated version of the short-lived sci-fi cult classic that went off the...
Nick after Nora
When the television series “Vegas” was still just a little more than an idea, Nora Ephron took her husband aside. “All right, this is a CBS network show,” said the...
Talk show guests
MONDAY BILL GREENE - The Oprah Winfrey Show, 8 a.m., (OWN) CYNTHIA NIXON, MAX GREENFIELD - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 JOY BEHAR, LILLIANA VASQUEZ -...
Paul Shaffer: 'I'll be there for as long as Dave wants me on it' [Update]
UPDATE: Paul Shaffer says he did not mean to say he was quitting in a statement tonight. “In an interview with a reporter, I made two unrelated points which, joined...
Kirstie Alley tricks paps
Kirstie Alley knows how to play the part when it comes to “Dancing With the Stars” drama. Here she is over the weekend coming out of rehearsal and, just as...
Pulse sales
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Weird but true
Who needs a job when all you really need are paychecks — real or fake? Victoria Calbert, 40, of Springfield, Mo., was arrested for allegedly forging payroll checks and cashing...
Kansas State making title case
If we had told you before the start of the season that Kansas State would play in the BCS National Championship game, every college football fan in Manhattan would have...
Minnesota’s Kill released from hospital
Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill was released yesterday from the hospital one day after he had a seizure in the locker room after a loss to Northwestern. University physician Dr....
Wilson's career day leads Seahawks past Patriots
SEATTLE — Tom Brady and the best offense in the NFL got upstaged by an undersized rookie. In the final minutes, it was Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks making...
Griffin runs for 138 yards, leading Redskins over Vikings
LANDOVER, Md. — Robert Griffin III dropped back, waited a beat, then quickly took off. A first down on third-and-6 might have been enough to put the game away. Instead,...
Byrd's picks help lift Bills over Cardinals
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jairus Byrd’s second interception of the game set up Rian Lindell’s 25-yard field goal 3:50 into overtime that gave the Buffalo Bills a 19-16 victory over the...