November 6, 2012
Is TV killing the NFL?
Just before Sunday night’s game, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told a group of fans that football on TV — and HDTV especially — may be the biggest problem the game...
VIDEO: Hubbuch says too early to write off Jets
The Post’s Bart Hubbuch talks with CineSport’s Noah Coslov about the Jets difficult matchup out of the bye, with a trip to Seattle to take on the 5-4 Seahawks. Hubbuch...
Jets re-sign receiver Hill, waive safety Allen
The Jets made some moves at the bottom of their roster Tuesday.They re-signed wide receiver Jason Hill, who they waived just two weeks ago. They waived rookie safety Antonio Allen,...
NHL, union renew talks at undisclosed location
The locked-out NHL players' association returned to the bargaining table Tuesday, and this time brought Sidney Crosby along.On Day 52 of the lockout that has delayed the start of the...
Defense set to begin in Afghan massacre case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was largely calm and compliant when he turned himself in following a predawn massacre at two Afghan villages in March, witnesses...
Mets' Duda breaks wrist moving furniture
The Mets are already dealing with injuries. The team that faded badly in the second half after a surprisingly competitive start announced Tuesday that outfielder Lucas Duda broke his right...
AOL ad sales boost third-quarter profit
AOL Inc reported higher-than-expected revenue and profit on the strongest advertising growth the company has seen in seven years. AOL said on Tuesday that third-quarter revenue was flat at $531.7...
Mavericks' Marion to miss Knicks game with knee sprain
DALLAS — Mavericks forward Shawn Marion will miss at least three games with a sprained left knee ligament, including Friday night's game against the 3-0 Knicks. The team said Tuesday...
Budweiser wants logo removed from 'Flight'
LOS ANGELES — Denzel Washington's character in "Flight" drinks a lot throughout the film, but his portrayal of a highly functioning alcoholic pilot isn't going down well with brewing company...
Sandy knocks off $4 billion of retail sales last week
Hurricane Sandy knocked off nearly $4 billion of retail sales last week in the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region, nearly 20 percent of the usual total, according to a figures...
Giants donate manpower, $500,000 to hurricane relief efforts
The Giants mobilized their players on Tuesday – an off-day for the players – with many of them heading to the Jersey shore, Staten Island and New Jersey food banks...
NY voters endure cold, long lines and no power to cast ballot for next president
Displaced New Yorkers voted in the dark, in tents and in temporary polling stations around town today, refusing to let Hurricane Sandy rob them of democracy. Voting was particularly difficult...
Backe 'surprised' Red Bulls game not moved due to storm
Despite their own coach broaching the possibility of tomorrow’s Red Bulls-DC United playoff game being cancelled, and Hans Backe expressing surprise MLS hadn’t done so already, spokemen from both the...
Starz owner Liberty Media posts third-quarter profit
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Liberty Media Corp., one of the companies controlled by cable mogul John Malone, posted third-quarter net income on gains on its investments in other companies. The results...
Discovery posts lower third-quarter net income, flat revenue
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Discovery Communications Inc., the owner of pay-TV channels such as Discovery, TLC and Animal Planet, said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income declined 14 percent due...
Jones: 'No way' I'd step down as Cowboys GM
Jerry Jones has been the Cowboys general manager since 1989, and don't expect that to change anytime soon.The always vocal Jones made headlines again over the weekend after telling NBC's...
Dish Network posts third-quarter loss due to Cablevision settlement
Satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network Corp. posted a loss for the third quarter due to an expensive legal settlement, but subscriber trends improved as it continued to hold the line...
Tory Burch fires back at ex-husband Chris with copycat suit
Hang onto your handbags: the battle between the Burches is heating up. Tory Burch sued its namesake designer’s ex-husband, Chris Burch, today, accusing him of systematically stealing the fashion label’s...
Rafa Marquez, Tim Cahill expected to play Red Bulls playoff tilt
Rafa Marquez and Tim Cahill – the Red Bulls’ two biggest injury question marks – are both expected to start Wednesday’s Eastern Conference semifinal, according to head coach Hans Backe....
NY Public Library to serve food from canceled gala at Staten Island shelters
Beef bourguignon and rutabaga puree aren't normally on the menu at a disaster recovery site. But that's what the New York Public Library plans to pass out on Staten Island...
Longtime suspect in Etan Patz case to be released Wednesday
PHILADELPHIA — The man who was long the prime suspect in a landmark case of a missing New York City boy is about to be released from a Pennsylvania prison...
New Bond film ‘Skyfall’ falls flat
Like the Rolling Stones, James Bond movies turn 50 this year, and you can’t blame either for playing their hits. What more do you want from “Start Me Up”? Violins?...
Broadway takes big hit from Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into the eastern U.S. last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $6 million from the...
ABC raises nearly $17 million for Sandy relief during 'Day of Giving'
ABC says its national "Day of Giving" raised nearly $17 million for Superstorm Sandy relief. Throughout its programming Monday, the network urged viewers to contribute to the American Red Cross...
1 dead, 3 wounded, including gunman in Calif. workplace shooting
FRESNO, Calif. — A parolee who worked at a California chicken processing plant opened fire at the business on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding three others, before shooting himself,...
Former Mets manager Howe wants Blue Jays job; says Yankees 'long in the tooth'
The last time Art Howe was in the news, it was for Phillip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal of the former Oakland Athletics manager in the movie "Moneyball" based on the novel...
Fort Drum troops sent to NJ with 50 fuel tankers
FORT DRUM — Fort Drum is sending more soldiers to storm-ravaged New Jersey to help the post-Sandy recovery efforts. Officials at the Army post in northern New York say more...
Romney predicts 'very solid win tonight'
BOSTON – Mitt Romney predicted “very solid win tonight,” as he took to the radio airwaves and made last-minute battleground stops as the election came down to the wire. “I’m...
Upstate NY couple dies in home with generator indoors
SHOKAN — Police say a man found dead near a generator in his closed garage was apparently killed by carbon monoxide and his wife evidently died after a fall looking...
WATCH: First look at ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’
Here is the first peek at the much-anticipated “Da Vinci’s Demons,” the upcoming Starz series about the early life of artist Leonardo da Vinci. David S. Goyer, co-writer of “Batman...
Bloomberg says Obama will win election - but not by much: report
He's endorsed President Obama, but Mayor Bloomberg isn't prepared to put up big money betting he's going to beat Republican Mitt Romney in today's presidential election. "I would bet 25...
Vick not happy with brother ripping Eagles on Twitter during loss
The Eagles, who lost their fourth-straight game Monday night, 28-13 to the Saints can't stay out of the news. Whether it's their defensive coordinator being fired, their head coach remaining...
DVD Extra: Pre-Code Harlow, Pre-Burr Perry Mason
When the Warner Archive Collection released a box-set for Jean Harlow's 100th birthday last year, there was widespread disappointment that it didn't include "Red Dust'' and her other two missing-on-DVD...
Narciso collaborates with Kohl's
Kohl’s continues its collaboration craze with its new limited-edition collection concept, DesigNation. The Narciso Rodriguez for DesigNation hits stores tomorrow and includes his streamlined sensibility and feminine silhouettes at affordable...
City parks to close at noon tomorrow as Nor'easter set to hit
Hurricane-battered New Yorkers are bracing for another violent storm that’s expected to hit tomorrow, as Mayor Bloomberg ordered parks, playgrounds and beaches closed. The storm is moving up the Atlantic...
CVS Caremark's third-quarter profit up 16 percent as sales rise
CVS Caremark Corp. said Tuesday that its third-quarter earnings climbed 16 percent. The drugstore operator and pharmacy benefits manager posted revenue increases in both businesses, benefiting from new customers won...
NYSE Euronext's third-quarter net income falls 46 percent
Exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income fell 46 percent on a drop in trading volumes. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, the owner of the...
Putin fires defense minister in wake of scandal
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the country's defense minister on Tuesday, two weeks after a criminal probe was opened into alleged fraud in the sell-off of military assets....
Will the Hot Stove calendar shorten?
Greetings from LaGuardia Airport. I’m beginning my day here and, if all goes well, I’ll conclude it in Indian Wells, California, site of the annual general managers’ meetings. Those meetings...
Freddie Mac posts $2.9 billion net income for third quarter
WASHINGTON — Mortgage giant Freddie Mac earned $2.9 billion from July through September, its fourth straight profitable quarter. The government-controlled company attributed the gain to rising home prices and fewer...
Puerto Rico votes on US ties
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans are facing a fundamental question on their ballots: Should they change their ties with the United States? Election Day is a holiday in...
Car bomb near Iraqi military base kills 33
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives detonated the vehicle near an Iraqi military base as soldiers changed shifts north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at...
St. John's 'Dean of Mean' Cecilia Chang commits suicide
St. John’s University's so-called “Dean of Mean,” Cecilia Chang, was found dead of an apparent suicide inside her Queens home this morning, a day after melting down on the witness...
Voters in NY, NJ not deterred by Sandy aftermath
POINT PLEASANT, NJ — Election Day turnout was heavy Tuesday in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, a welcome change from crisis to catharsis for many who...
16 Nebraska utility workers joining efforts to restore power in NJ
COLUMBUS, Neb. — Nebraska Public Power District says 16 of its line technicians will join efforts to restore power in New Jersey. The team was dispatched last week to help...
Storm damage forces last-minute setup at Staten Island polling site
Workers scrambled at the last minute to set up a polling site on storm-ravaged Staten Island. The feverish activity occurred Tuesday at Public School 52 in the Midland Beach neighborhood....
NJ Transit makes adjustments to ease overcrowding
NEWARK — New Jersey Transit has made some adjustments to try to ease overcrowding because of limited rail service in the wake of Sandy. Eight emergency park-and-ride bus lots have...
Manhattan garbage days cut as sanitation workers head to Sandy-stricken boroughs
Garbage pick-ups in neighborhoods not affected by Hurricane Sandy are going to be reduced so sanitation crews can be re-directed to those areas ravaged by the super-storm, Mayor Bloomberg announced...
Looking back at Nets-Timberwolves
Here are my thoughts on Monday night’s stunning 107-96 Nets loss to the undermanned Timberwolves, a game in which the Nets led by 22 early in the third quarter:-- Well,...
Brooklyn Nets boasting new anthem
The Nets are hoping this song catches on as well as “Go New York Go” did at Madison Square Garden for Knicks’ games.Brooklyn’s new team is boasting a new anthem...
Tenants at Red Hook housing projects still without power, heat and water
A week after Superstorm Sandy, most tenants at Brooklyn’s biggest public-housing development literally remain in the dark. That’s because tenants of the 2,878-unit Red Hook Houses yesterday were still waiting...
Business briefs
Busted!Italian police seized assets worth $83.5 million from 13 people in a tax probe involving the 2007 sale of fashion houses Hugo Boss and Valentino. A person familiar with the...
FBI probing Rochdale Securities
The FBI has begun a probe of at least one trader at Rochdale Securities for an alleged stock manipulation scheme, The Post has learned. The Stamford, Conn., broker dealer is...
Sandy knocks out 10+% of FiDi space
It wasn’t 9/11, but Hurricane Sandy sidelined between 10 million and 15 million square feet of office space downtown, Jones Lang LaSalle tristate CEO Peter Riguardi estimated yesterday — more...
The curious case of the lucky jobs statistics
You know the old saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Well, here’s the rest of that saying: Try to fool me a third...
Apple’s poison to hedgies’ returns
An Apple a day didn’t keep hedge funds from catching cold in October. Apple shares have been one of the top holdings of hedge funds since 2001, particularly for the...
Last man standing: Kelleher is sole MS investment chief
It’s Colm Kelleher’s world at Morgan Stanley. The long-term British banking veteran has displaced rival Paul Taubman to become sole head of Morgan Stanley’s investment bank. A 30-year veteran, Taubman,...
HSBC ‘dirty laundry’ co$ts
HSBC Holdings said it’s likely to face criminal charges from US anti-money-laundering probes, and the cost of a settlement may “significantly” exceed the $1.5 billion the bank has set aside....
Netflix ‘pill’ vs. Icahn doesn’t faze the Street
Netflix wants to defend against a takeover — but Wall Street isn’t so easily deterred. The streaming video service swallowed a “poison pill” yesterday to prevent corporate cage-rattler Carl Icahn...
Talk of the tabs: Apple’s king, but Samsung surges
Apple proved again this past weekend that it still rules the tablet world — but its grip is definitely loosening. The company started selling the iPad mini and the fourth-generation...
CBS & Hulu
CBS reached an agreement to supply its catalog of reruns to Hulu’s paid online video service starting in January. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. CBS gained 2.4 percent to close at...
Pandora fee suit
Pandora Media, the biggest Internet radio service, sued the organization representing songwriters and composers to seek lower license fees for playing their songs. Pandora, which is also lobbying Congress for...
Kravis’ $35M for NY
Days after Hurricane Sandy wreaked economic havoc in New York and the surrounding states, KKR & Co. co-founder Henry Kravis is already thinking about how to support future infrastructure that...
Sandy exposes big flaws with city's new, $2B billion 911 system
What a disaster! Superstorm Sandy flooded the city’s new $2 billion 911 system with thousands of duplicate calls — sending firefighters on wild-goose chases that kept them from responding to...
AG on case as reports of gouging pour in
ALBANY — More than 500 possible cases of price gouging of gasoline and other essentials, including a $10 box of matches and a $7 loaf of bread, have been reported...
New week of gaso-lean times
Frustrated drivers yesterday began the new work week the same way they ended the last one — wasting hours on service-station lines that don’t move and waiting for gas deliveries...
Subway ‘lines’: Squeeze to ease, but waits remain
Straphangers might get a bit of breathing room in subways today courtesy of the school holiday, but the long waits for trains will likely remain because of serious damage to...
Superfan Christie knows who’s Boss
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was brought to tears after getting a hug from his longtime unrequited love — Bruce Springsteen. Christie has been to more than 130 Springsteen concerts,...
Obama, Romney fight for battleground Pa. & Ohio as voters hit polls today
President Obama and Mitt Romney used up what was left of their hoarse voices and jetted to their most crucial campaign targets yesterday in a last-ditch effort to inspire and...
Displaced NYers can vote anywhere: gov
New Yorkers displaced by Hurricane Sandy can show up at any polling place in the state today and vote for president, Gov. Cuomo announced yesterday. Cuomo signed an emergency order...
$42M rides on red for McMahon
WASHINGTON — Republican US Senate candidate Linda McMahon has a lot riding on today’s vote in Connecticut — at least $42 million of her own money pumped into the race....
Early split decision in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Voters bucked hour-long lines as they streamed into Franklin County’s early-voting site yesterday — and gave a very mixed picture of where this swing state is swinging....
1st ballot tied
The tiny New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch cast the first votes for president today at the stroke of midnight — leaving President Obama and Mitt Romney tied with five...
Willie or won’t he? Obama recruits Bill Clinton, NYers in frantic bid to hold Pa.
Bill Clinton isn’t the only New Yorker that President Obama enlisted in a last-minute battle for Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. The Obama campaign made robo-calls to New Yorkers yesterday, urging...
Rivals will wait it out at home
President Obama and Mitt Romney will head back home to view election results tonight after months of exhausting campaigning in battleground states. Obama will have his election-night gathering at McCormick...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A man claimed to be a member of the Taliban and threatened his neighbor with a machete in Cypress Hills, authorities said. Akbar Abdin, 39, clashed with the 48-year-old...
Set free to ‘shoot again’
An elderly Bronx woman was shot nearly to death on her way to church Sunday — allegedly by a gunman previously acquitted of attempted murder at least partly because of...
Nun steals 128G: DA
HOLLEY, NY — A nun with a gambling addiction is accused of stealing $128,000 from two rural upstate parishes where she worked, authorities say.Sister Mary Anne Rapp faces grand-larceny charges...
Now quake shakes NJ
Residents in storm-ravaged northern New Jersey awoke to a small earthquake early yesterday.Some heard a loud boom or saw shaking when the temblor, with a magnitude of 2.0, struck at...
Supplements’ health benefits fishy: studies
Multivitamins might help lower the risk for cancer in healthy older men but do not affect their chances of developing heart disease, new research suggests.Two other studies found fish oil...
Arafat probers’ grave concern
RAMALLAH, West Bank — A team of Swiss investigators visited the West Bank grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat yesterday to determine how best to dig up his remains...
Blair salutes Brits’ Iraqi war efforts
LONDON — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that British forces should be proud of their role in the US-led invasion of Iraq, citing what he claimed was major...
Teen’s fatal glimpse
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani couple accused of killing their 15-year-old daughter by pouring acid on her carried out the attack because she sullied the family’s honor by looking at...
Syria rebs slay 50
Syrian rebels launched a devastating car-bomb attack yesterday that killed 50 pro-regime fighters, observers said, as airstrikes pounded rebel positions.The suicide car-bomb attack on a military post in the central...
Afghan bomb kills 3 NY GIs
PORT HENRY, NY — Three US Army Reservists from small towns in three different parts of upstate New York were killed in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle,...
A ‘court’ jester: Jurors snicker at ‘Dean of Mean’ excuses
I didn’t do it. Now stop laughing! The former dean who’s accused of embezzling big bucks from St. John’s University took the stand in her own defense yesterday — and...
All-out bid to polish off tarnished Silver
Call it the anti-Silver Super PAC. A political campaign is being launched to force out Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver over his handling of Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s sexual-harassment scandal, The...
It’s win-win for state’s GOP
ALBANY — No matter which candidate captures the “super Jewish” state Senate district in Brooklyn today, the GOP will be the winner. Democratic challenger Simcha Felder (pictured) intends to caucus...
Storm-wary NY pols say junk it to island junket
Call it lessons learned from the Marathon.A post-Election Day confab for pols in sunny San Juan was scrapped late yesterday in the face of Sandy — and the nor’easter scheduled...
Yeah, she’s faking: sex-poll findings
America’s real gender gap is between the sheets. Researchers have delved deep into US bedrooms in a massive study to find out what turns Americans on. The survey of 5,865...
Lookin’ sharp, Padma!
Ooh-la-Lakshmi! Padma Lakshmi makes even shaving look glamorous in this month’s issue of Avenue magazine. The “Top Chef” host talks to the mag about coming of age in the city....
Uh-oh — Here we blow again! New storm looms, floods & power losses due
When will it end? A powerful nor’easter is threatening the Sandy-ravaged region with more flooding, gusting winds and frigid temperatures — as well as lots of rain and power outages....
‘Visitors’ spark Con Ed’s efforts
Con Ed work crews have been bolstered by 2,400 members of “mutual aid” teams from around the country who are putting in 16-hour days to restore power.“This is what we...
Bloomberg aide delivers marathon leftovers to Sandy's victims after generators taken away
Outraged New Yorkers drove him to it. After five days of watching desperately needed supplies, such as generators, heaters and cases of food and water, languish in Central Park —...
Poor kids freezing classes off, Mike!
Some 45 public schools opened yesterday with no heat as about a million students returned to classes for the first time since Hurricane Sandy rocked Gotham. Parents said they received...
Hell for folk hung out to dry
They’re getting their drinking water from fire hydrants, walking past raw sewage in stairwells and donning three sets of clothing to stave off the freezing temps. From Long Beach to...
Vodka with a twister as bar washes up on block
The drinks were on Sandy! A Brooklyn marina pub broke off from its main structure during the hurricane — and floated two miles before landing on a residential street, treating...
Standing back as Syria’s war festers
Throughout the 20-month Syrian bloodbath, Team Obama has been telling us that they’ve been playing it low-key because they feared the crisis might spread beyond Syrian borders if we took...
Mitt’s key to victory
If Mitt Romney wins tonight, it’ll likely be because of something revealed by a little-noticed statistic released yesterday by the polling firm Rasmussen — following a similar statistic last week...
The man with the plan: who’s better to lead US?
The Issue: Whether President Obama or Mitt Romney has a better plan for America’s future. *** My family makes less than we did four years ago, and we are worth...
Some welcome post-Sandy aid
The Issue: The military and neighbors helping those struggling to recover in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. *** Young men from the National Guard, Army, Air Force and others have...
Election Day 2012
Today is Election Day. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in New York and 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in New Jersey and Connecticut. Americans today make...
Callous indifference
City Hall dithered, storm victims shivered — and so Mike Bloomberg’s main man was compelled to scurry off into the dark last night to try to make things right. As...
Tell truth to storm-slammed ’hoods
With temperatures dropping, days getting shorter and another storm coming in, New York (and New Jersey) is facing a crisis of displaced people. On Sunday, Mayor Bloomberg compared this “very...
Our chance to help
Normally, I get fuel pumped into military vehicles; now I’m pumping water out of houses and apartment buildings in the Rockaways. I’m a lance corporal in the United States Marine...
New music reviews
Albums of the Week Ne-Yo “R.E.D.” ★★ HOW frustrating. Ne-Yo’s “Year of the Gentleman” (2008) was an R&B masterpiece, but 2010’s “Libra Scale” stiffed; his tossed-off hook on Pitbull’s dance...
‘Figaro’ is a cut above the rest
If the plot of the Pearl Theatre Company’s “Figaro” seems familiar, that’s because you’ve seen it before, only set to Mozart’s gorgeous music. For this world premiere production, playwright Charles...
Fabulous fish tale
Told he must go to the hospital or die of heart failure, Charlie flat-out refuses to leave his home. He lost his will to live a long time ago. In...
Ewing thinks veteran Knicks can be contender
Patrick Ewing knows a thing or two about great Knicks teams, and he believes the current squad has a chance to contend for an NBA title. Ewing, who was honored...
Kirilenko shows why Nets were ‘Russian’ to sign him
There isn’t much missing from the brand-new Barclays Center, but Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov walked into a reminder before last night’s game against the Timberwolves that the Nets’ new home...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70y; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 2YOBRODY BOY offers the strongest efforts in a field of weak runners and returns to...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $62,000; mdn spcl wt; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Jor Jah(M),121RDomingzx-x-xA Dutrow6-13 It'sSaturdayNit(L),121J Lezcano2-3-4Clement7-21 a-Awleyaa(L),116W Garcia8-x-xMcLaghln8-14 Hold It(L),121R Maragh5-6-xB Brown12-11A a-Jayezaa(L),121A Garcia2-8-5McLaghln8-15 Clever...
Parx Racing Charts
November 5th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m; $25,000; cl($12,500); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:26. Good. repulsed foe, drew offTime: 24.18, 49.16, 1:14.33, 1:27.32, 1:41.39.Trainer: John DunnWinner: GR/RO F, 4,...
Former Royals closer Soria wants to set up for Yankees
Joakim Soria wants to be a closer next season — unless he’s pitching for the Yankees. The agent of the former Royals closer told ESPN.com a chance to be Mariano...
Affrunti at Turf Paradise Graded Entries
FIRST-2 1/2f; $2,900; mdn cl($5,000); 3up10-OneFbulsChce7-24-MrCoronsImge4-13-Drh Dash Away 9-25-GoldenByEffrt10-16-Molen Road 5-17-I Am From Here6-11-Chase This Fly15-18-Liona Kai 15-12-Fast Prize Find12-19-MajesticMrge20-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $5,700; mdn cl($5,000); 3up4-Marion's Jewell2-11-Iron Choo Choo6-13-Cactus Wildcat 5-22-Costaplente...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-3f; $3,500; 2YO4El Estero (Aldrete)6.205.002.805Lady Macarena (Arvizu)9.404.201a-Party Like Charlie (Bourdeu)2.10Scr: On a Sundayafternoon.* dq_Last American Cowboy (3-9) * $1 Exacta (4-5) $33.50 * $1 Quinella (4-5) $18.50 * $1 Superfecta...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Mariners keeping Oliver Perez Oliver Perez is staying with the Mariners. The former Mets left-hander and the club agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. Perez, who was...
Home Team Lineups
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’Boys’ Jones in lockdown
The Cowboys are far from where Jerry Jones wants them to be, and the owner dealt with even more frustration following a 19-13 loss to the undefeated Falcons Sunday night....
Positive step for Nets' Bogans
Keith Bogans played just the final 28 seconds Saturday against the Raptors. But that didn’t stop coach Avery Johnson from inserting the veteran guard into the starting lineup for last...
Eagles fall to Saints, Vick to remain starter
NEW ORLEANS — Andy Reid saw Michael Vick go down seven times, get clobbered countless other times and misfire time after time in the red zone. But despite the Eagles’...
The Post Line
NFLThursdayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogColts33(42 1/2)JAGUARSSundayGiants64(48 1/2)BENGALSSEAHAWKS66 1/2(38 1/2)JetsPATRIOTS1211(51)BillsBUCCANEERS2 1/23(47 1/2)ChargersBroncos5 1/23 1/2(47 1/2)PANTHERSDOLPHINS6 1/26(44)TitansRAVENS7 1/27 1/2(46)RaidersFalcons12(54)SAINTSLions+31(47)VIKINGSEAGLES11 1/2(46)Cowboys49ERS1211 1/2(38 1/2)RamsBEARS11(41 1/2)TexansMondaySTEELERS12 1/212(43)ChiefsHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogTOLEDO6 1/2 (66)Ball St.TomorrowOHIO3 1/2Bow. GreenThursdayFlorida St.13 1/2VA....
Chandler doesn't let strep throat get him down in Knicks' win
PHILADELPHIA — Tyson Chandler said he was “75 percent’’ entering last night’s rematch against the 76ers but a lot better than he was Sunday. Playing with strep throat, Chandler made...
Yankees' GM Cashman could meet with Hunter's agent
The Yankees’ efforts to find a right fielder should advance this week, when general manager Brian Cashman will have the chance to meet with Torii Hunter’s agent, Larry Reynolds, at...
Red Sox's Ortiz swings back at ‘crazy’ Bobby V
There is no love lost between David Ortiz and Bobby Valentine. As Ortiz made his new two-year, $26 million contract with the Red Sox official yesterday, he took a shot...
Islanders' DiPietro denies being hurt in Germany
Maybe it was the fact that it was so believable gave a false rumor some legs. Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro yesterday denied a report by a German newspaper that he...
NHL season on thin ice at meeting today
If the NHL comes to the table today representing its plan to assume some portion of the “make-whole” on players’ existing contracts as a concession rather than an obligation, then...
Rex: Jets aren’t ‘sniffing’ playoffs
Cue the Jim Mora soundtrack. The Jets are talking about the playoffs. Playoffs! Playoffs? The team returned from its bye week yesterday and head coach Rex Ryan delivered a “blunt...
NFL players: Jets' Ryan most overrated coach
Jets coach Rex Ryan and his team may be behind in the AFC playoff race, but Ryan has no equal in one area, according to a midseason poll done by...
Job one for Jets: Don’t sleep on Seahawks
The bye week is over for the Jets, who returned to work yesterday to try to right the wrongs of the 3-5 mess they put themselves in during the first...
No plans yet for Jets QB Tebow
When the Jets entered their bye week, coach Rex Ryan said one of the things he would examine would be a larger role for backup quarterback Tim Tebow. Yesterday, Ryan...
Giants out to avoid second-half slide
He ended the sentence with a three-letter word that is sure to send a shiver down the spine of Giants fans, even the ones fortunate enough to have power restored...
Giants offense missing its Cruz control
The pitch-and-catch prowess of Eli Manning and Victor Cruz has slowed to a crawl. Cruz followed up a two-catch outing at Dallas with a low-impact, five-catch showing in the 24-20...
There’s no need to panic, Eli will right Giants ship ... again
All it takes is one demoralizing defeat, a troubling pair of games where King Eli has misplaced his elite crown, for a barrage of questions from media and concerns from...
Nets blow 22-point lead to Timberwolves
The Timberwolves came to Brooklyn last night without their two best players, having lost by 19 in Toronto the night before. In short, they were a team the Nets —...
Timberwolves fight ‘pack’ in fourth to top Nets
It only took two games, but now Brooklyn knows what it feels like to be Nets fans. More than three decades of disappointment bled into the borough last night as...
Knicks' Brewer comes up with big 3-pointers in win
PHILADELPHIA — The stingiest defensive team in the league last season, the Bulls, looked at the Knicks and hardly saw a mirror image. They saw an unwilling defensive team with...
Knicks' Shumpert expects January return
PHILADELPHIA — Iman Shumpert’s goal is to come back to the Knicks better — not quicker. That is why nobody is rushing him. In fact, Shumpert, in a rare interview,...
Wallace makes impact with Knicks sooner than expected
PHILADELPHIA — This time the call didn’t have to come from the rafters. When the sound of “Sheeeed” spread across the Wells Fargo Center, Rasheed Wallace had already checked into...
Knicks keep record perfect after second straight rout of 76ers
PHILADELPHIA — Today, our basketball-playing President Obama could use the karma and defense the Knicks have played with in their first three games. The Knicks look unbeatable and are emphatically...
‘LOLwork’ pounces on success of Internet cat videos
For Ben and Emily Huh, Internet cat videos aren’t a distraction from work, they are work. The husband-and-wife team owns icanhascheezburger.com — a Web site that features pet pictures and...
Talk show guests
TUESDAY GABRIELLE DOUGLAS, ANDRE BRAUGHER - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 EMERIL LAGASSE, MATTHEW MORRISON - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch. 7 KYLE RICHARDS - The...
Charles Barkley over announcing gig
Charles Barkley, the NBA’s most controversial TV analyst, says he’s getting out of the game soon. “I love my job,” Barkley told SI.com in a shocking interview posted yesterday. “But...
Hangin’ Mister Cooper
Anderson Cooper got his own October Surprise last week — his afternoon talk show is going out of business at the end of the season. The show, renamed “Anderson Cooper...
History casting for game show
The History channel — which has in recent years been about just about everything except history — is thinking about adding a game show. A casting call went out in...
Big Easy feasts
If you’ve been getting hungry while watching “Treme” — David Simon’s HBO series about New Orleans — that’s perfectly understandable. New Orleans takes its food seriously, and not just in...
Boston cooks for Sandy relief
Boston’s restaurant community has New York’s back in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. On Wednesday, Ken Oringer (who’s working to open a Manhattan outpost of his Toro tapas bar on...
Enjoy the view in Boston
A gorgeous setting on the Charles River. Modern skyscrapers soaring amid street after brick-sidewalked street of 18th- and 19th-century townhouses and historic sites. Yes, Boston is a beautiful destination for...
Weird but true
It’s every mother’s dream — turning her 4-month-old into a dust mop. A new onesie manufactured in upstate Rochester comes equipped with mop heads at the arms and legs so...
Amazing weight loss
As the co-owner of a health-oriented chain restaurant in Brooklyn, Dimitrios Verteouris wasn’t especially interested in nutrition. And it showed. The 28-year-old restaurateur behind Nature’s Grill was obese, hitting rock...
Political parties
After casting your ballot, head to these bipartisan bashes around NYC tonight ELECTION ENTERTAINMENT “No matter what your political affiliation is, it’s always fun to eat, drink and converse with...
Knicks remain unbeaten, smack Sixers 110-88
PHILADELPHIA -- Three games into the season, the Knicks look unbeatable and are unbeaten. This wasn’t a wire-to-wire blowout as their first two games. But it was just as impressive...
Knicks' veteran-laden team can contend: Ewing
Patrick Ewing knows a thing or two about great Knicks teams and he believes the current squad has a chance to contend for an NBA title. Ewing, who was being...