November 8, 2012
Fordham's rebuilding process continues under Pecora
The rebuilding process continues at Rose Hill. Tom Pecora, in his third season as the head coach at Fordham, is continuing to restore the once-proud Rams to glory and the...
UFC champ Cruz blames fans booing smaller fighters on 'ignorance'
The first-ever UFC flyweight championship fight last month was booed at times by fans in Toronto, though others found the fast-paced battle between two of the smallest guys in the...
Managing Director on The Ship: Full Steam Ahead: 'Not All Ships Float on Water'
Kickstarter projects for US-based games are not new and there have been some pretty successful ones so far—we’ve featured a number of them here on the Post Game Report.Kickstarter has...
Duke to offer course based on 'The OC'
Duke University is giving a college course based on the addictive teen soap “The OC,” the show’s creator said yesterday. Josh Schwartz, the creator of “The OC” and “Gossip Girl,”...
Brooklyn DA panels grand jury to probe price gouging
In a price-gouging crackdown, the Brooklyn District Attorney today empaneled a special grand jury to probe hotels and gas stations that allegedly jacked-up prices in the wake of Superstorm Sandy....
VIDEO: Schwartz on Giants going for first win in Cincinnati
The Giants have never won in Cincinnati, but they will try to do so Sunday against the Bengals. They’ll have to be victorious following a tough loss at home to...
Knicks' Tyson thinks Mavericks owner Cuban blew chance for another title
Tyson Chandler said if Dallas owner Mark Cuban played his cards right after the lockout, he could have brought Dallas a second championship. After the Mavericks won the 2010 title,...
NICKEL COVERAGE: Hot seat showdown between Eagles, Cowboys
During the NFL season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will break down five storylines to watch for each week. Battle of the Hot Seat Coaches I wrote last week that I...
Jets special teams coach frustrated by Dolphins game
Jets fans weren’t the only ones who left MetLife Stadium disgusted with the team’s performance 12 days ago.Special teams coach Mike Westhoff was right there with them after the disappointing...
Castration-murder case to continue next week
Hurricane Sandy nearly scuttled the month-long Manhattan castration-murder trial of young Portuguese underwear model Renato Seabra -- but the case is now set to continue testimony on Tuesday. Manhattan Supreme...
White excited about UFC blockbuster in Jersey; New York lawsuit continues
The UFC is coming back to New Jersey and bringing one of the biggest fights in company history with it.Jon Jones, an Endicott, NY native, will defend his light heavyweight...
FOUR CORNERS: Knicks are last unbeaten, and no team needed it more
The jokes and injuries appeared never-ending during the offseason and preseason. The Knicks let their most popular play leave for Houston after promising they would not let it happen. Each...
MLS rejected Red Bulls' request to move game
Apparently Red Bulls coach Hans Backe’s comments about wanting last night’s scheduled playoff game moved to tonight weren’t idle musings. The Post has learned that the team sent MLS a...
Nets owner Prokhorov featured in comic book
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is the star of a new comic book.The Russian billionaire, who also ran for the presidency of Russia earlier this year, is featured in a comic...
L Train service returns to Manhattan
Hipsters rejoice! The L train is running into Manhattan again, 11 days after Hurricane Sandy flooded its tunnels. The MTA had been ending service Rockaway Parkway after severe damage to...
Ex-Red Bull exec Stover "honored" to run the New York Cosmos
After doing what seemed impossible for many of their fans, finally getting Red Bull Arena built, now Erik Stover is being tasked with building the New York Cosmos. And the...
Wal-Mart to open doors for Black Friday shopping at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving
Attention frustrated Black Friday shoppers who can never grab that hot product: Wal-Mart is hoping to relieve some of that anxiety. The world's largest retailer is throwing its doors open...
Appeals panel upholds misconduct convictions of ex-cops who were acquitted of rape
A panel of state appellate judges today upheld the misdemeanor convictions against the two ex-officers tried in last year's notorious "Rape Cops" trial. The ruling means Kenneth Moreno and Franklin...
VP Joe Biden to appear on 'Parks and Recreation' next Thursday
WASHINGTON — Fresh off re-election, Vice President Joe Biden will appear on the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" next Thursday. The vice president's office said Biden taped a cameo appearance...
Kentucky's Calipari helps raise nearly $1 million for Sandy relief
Even John Calipari’s many detractors can’t question his motives with this move.The Kentucky men’s basketball coach, a lightning rod in some circles because of his success on the court and...
Iran fired at US drone last week, Pentagon confirms
Iran has fired at a US drone, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. The incident occurred Nov. 1 at 4:50 a.m. ET, Pentagon spokesman George Little said. He said the unarmed, unmanned...
Pizza delivery teen pleads not guilty to rape as cops release creepy handwritten confession
The so-called "Pizza Boy Rapist" pleaded not guilty to rape and burglary today as police released his creepy, misspelled, barely literate handwritten confession. "Cesar got type of disea in away...
Spielberg's Oscar-mongering 'Lincoln' features must-see performances
After slaying undead Confederate soldiers in “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” our 16th president tackles an even scarier task in Steven Spielberg’s ambitious, often ponderous and Oscar-mongering “Lincoln” — pushing the...
Yankees great Tino hired as Marlins hitting coach
MIAMI— Tino Martinez has been hired as the Miami Marlins’ hitting coach and will work with new manager Mike Redmond. Martinez, a first baseman in the majors for 16 years,...
Loved ones say goodbye to hero Staten Island cop Artur Kasprzak
Loved ones of the brave police officer, who died saving his family from Hurricane Sandy, said a tearful goodbye today to the heroic cop -- a “young man who made...
Two men face prison, deportation, after being busted for selling fake social security cards
They faked their way right into handcuffs. Two counterfeiters caught selling fake social security and green cards out of a Brooklyn bakery now face up to seven years in prison...
B'klyn man fired for not calling into work after Sandy his destroyed home: lawsuit
Sandy took his home — and then his boss took his job! A Brooklyn man was fired by a fire protection company after he failed to call into work following...
USC fires student manager for deflating balls before Oregon game
LOS ANGELES — Southern California says it has fired a student manager who intentionally deflated game footballs below NCAA-mandated pressure levels for the Trojans’ loss to Oregon last week. USC...
Home Depot employee busted for allegedly threatening to bomb Long Island stores
Feds busted a Home Depot employee for allegedly threatening to bomb several of his chain’s stores in Long Island, if he wasn’t paid $2 million, authorities said today. Daniel Sheehan...
Giants' Nicks says he had no knee setback, will play Sunday
Hakeem Nicks said he did not suffer a setback this week when his left knee swelled up following the 24-20 loss to the Steelers. Nicks, with his knee wrapped, was...
Cosmos hire ex-Red Bull exec Erik Stover as COO
First Erik Stover built Red Bull Arena; now he’ll be in charge of building the New York Cosmos, with the fledging team naming him Chief Operating Officer today. They’ll officially...
WWE's Triple H talks Wrestlemania 29
The WWE's biggest event, Wrestlemania, is coming to the New York-New Jersey area and your chance to be there is quickly approaching. Tickets for Wrestlemania 29 go on sale this...
Samsung's Galaxy S3 overtakes iPhone 4S as world's best selling smartphone: researcher
BOSTON — A research firm says that Samsung's Galaxy S3 overtook Apple's iPhone 4S as the world's best-selling smartphone for the first time in the third quarter. Boston-based Strategy Analytics...
Should baseball use the NFL’s 'challenge' system on instant replay?
Sorry (or maybe you’re welcome), I’m going to make this one brief. Running around at the general managers’ meetings.Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Joe Torre said...
Conn., Mass. crews helping to fix NY power outages
Connecticut's biggest utility is sending crews to help restore power in New York and New Jersey. Connecticut Light & Power says it can spare the workers now that local restoration...
Obama to visit Myanmar later this month
YANGON, Myanmar — President Obama will make a groundbreaking visit later this month to Myanmar, an official said Thursday, following through with his policy of rapprochement to encourage democracy in...
Giants' Rolle warns Bengals' Green: 'He better duck'
Bengals stud receiver A.J. Green says he sees “holes’’ in the Giants defense. Safety Antrel Rolle has a warning for Green come Sunday when the Giants face the Bengals.“I’ll talk...
Cromartie guarantees Jets will make playoffs this season
Maybe this will make Joe Namath happy.A Jet made a guarantee this morning. Cornerback Antonio Cromartie predicted the Jets will be playing in the postseason in two months."The Jets will...
Poly Prep star Hayes chooses Notre Dame
Jay Hayes held a scholarship offer from virtually every BCS-level program a prospect could want.The 6-foot-5, 280-pound dynamo from Poly Prep heard from the likes of Alabama, George, Florida, Florida...
Syrian president says he will not leave country
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed defiantly to "live and die" in Syria, saying in an interview broadcast Thursday that he will never flee his country despite the bloody,...
Mayor Bloomberg among mourners at funeral for NYC police officer killed after saving others during Sandy
A New York City police officer died after saving others during Hurricane Sandy. On Thursday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg was among those attending the Staten Island funeral of Officer Artur Kasprzak....
Residents in 48 NJ towns asked to reduce water use
TRENTON, NJ — Officials are encouraging 1.4 million Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission customers in 48 New Jersey towns to curb water use. Officials want to reduce the stress on the...
JPMorgan gets Fed OK to start buying back its stock
JPMorgan Chase said Thursday that it has won approval from the Federal Reserve to start buying back its own stock. The bank suspended the plan in May, after it revealed...
Another one bites the dust: UA 64th and Second
My friends at Cinema Treasures and other sources say that Regal's United Artists 62nd and Second has become the latest casualty among the East Side's dwindling number of movie houses. I...
Wendy's sales climb as hamburger chain tries to remake itself
Wendy's push to remake itself as a higher-end hamburger chain is starting to pay off, with a key sales figure rising for the sixth straight quarter. The company, based in...
US trade deficit narrows to $41.5 billion
WASHINGTON — The US trade deficit declined to the lowest level in almost two years as exports rose to a record high, a gain that is not expected to last...
McDonald's sales drop for first time since 2003
McDonald's Corp. is having trouble stomaching the competition. The world's biggest hamburger chain said Thursday that a key sales figure fell for the first time in nearly a decade in...
Unemployment claims fall to 355,000 last week
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 355,000, a possible sign of a healing job market. But officials cautioned...
Looking back at Nets-Heat
MIAMI -- The Nets got blown out in Miami Wednesday night, losing 103-73 to LeBron James and the defending champion Heat.Here are some of my thoughts on the game:-- I...
NYRA cancels Aqueduct live racing after storm
For the second straight day, NYRA canceled live racing at Aqueduct on Thursday following a nor’easter that passed through the region and left behind several inches of wet snow and...
Man charged after driving car into police officer while waiting for gas
WASHINGTONVILLE, NY — Authorities say a 62-year-old man has been charged after he drove his car into a police officer who had told him to move out of a line...
United Airlines says Sandy cut Oct. revenue by $90 million
United Airlines said Hurricane Sandy cut its October revenue by about $90 million as it was forced to cancel almost 5,300 flights. That's nearly an entire day's worth of United's...
Nor'easter slows down morning rail commute
The foul nor'easter that slammed the region yesterday continues to cause problems today with mass transit. The Long Island Rail Road - which suspended service last night due to storm...
Giffords faces Loughner for first time since mass shooting; fiend sentenced to seven life terms plus 140 years
TUCSON, Ariz. — The man who pleaded guilty to a deadly Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been sentenced to seven life terms, plus 140...
WATCH: Jimmy Fallon spoofs Mitt Romney's concession phone call
Mitt Romney should certainly have some time for “Dawson’s Creek” now. “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” spoofed the Republican candidate’s concession phone call to President Obama following Tuesday’s election outcome,...
NAME CHECK: Key and Peele
Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, who are familiar to fans of "MADtv" and their Comedy Central show, stop by The Post to talk about the Obamas and more.
Business briefs
Monstrous Monster Beverage fell as much as 17 percent in late trading after posting third-quarter profit that trailed analysts’ estimates as sales growth slowed. Sprinting Sprint Nextel said yesterday it...
US could face credit downgrade unless it avoids 'fiscal cliff'
The party’s over. A day after the election, the major credit ratings firms reminded Washington that it needs to get the nation’s fiscal house in order. In a gloomy report...
Fiscal free fall worries plunge marts into red
Watch out below! After battling a mountain of opposition to win a second White House term, President Obama faces an even more daunting task — making sure the US economy...
‘Ameri-can’ music
We’ve all been through a lot in recent years. And we are likely to go through a lot more in the years ahead — the fiscal cliff and all that....
A ‘drachmatic’ vote in the Greek Parliament
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras mustered the support of enough lawmakers to secure approval of austerity measures that will unlock bailout funds, after more than 50,000 protesters ringed Parliament. “Today,...
Storm warning at Macy’s
Macy’s warned that Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath may take a toll on holiday business. The department-store giant raised its outlook for fourth-quarter profits, but the forecast fell short of...
Ill wind at Whole Fds.
Whole Foods Market, the largest US natural and organic grocery chain, yesterday reported a profit rise in line with forecasts, but said Superstorm Sandy has damped sales this quarter, which...
Battle between Argentina and Elliott Management over unpaid debt could plunge country into default
The knock-down, drag-out battle between Paul Singer’s Elliott Management and Argentina could push the South American nation into default again. A recent court ruling that holds Argentina must treat all...
Peltz high on Danone
Nelson Peltz, the head of Trian Fund Management, said France’s Danone is undervalued and his firm plans to “engage” with management to urge the company to avoid dilutive mergers and...
Rochdale trader lawyers up
The suspected rogue trader who pushed a Stamford, Conn., brokerage to the brink of insolvency with an unauthorized $1 billion purchase of Apple stock has hired a high-priced lawyer, The...
McCourt Dodger drama
Blackstone Group, which advised on the $2 billion sale of the LA Dodgers, is seeking to block subpoenas from former team owner Frank McCourt’s ex-wife, Jamie McCourt, in her bid...
Fannie’s in the money
Fannie Mae said an improving housing market helped it earn enough in the third quarter to avoid tapping more taxpayer funds. The mortgage finance giant reported net income of $1.8...
A big bite out of Apple
Apple is spoiling. Shares of the highflying iPhone maker have fallen into bear territory — clawed down more than 20 percent from an all-time high in September. Investors are concerned...
CNN to tap new prexy
Time Warner head honcho Jeff Bewkes is close to naming a new chief for struggling CNN. Bewkes, speaking during a call with analysts to discuss quarterly results, said that a...
Political programs ding CBS ad sales
Those pesky politicians! CBS Corp. said quarterly ad revenue fell 3 percent in part because it bumped regular programming for political conventions and debates on six nights ahead of the...
Analyst’s BB10 call: ‘DOA’
Research In Motion fell 9 percent to $8.24 after Pacific Crest Securities said its BlackBerry 10 operating system, the linchpin of its comeback plan, may be dead on arrival. “We...
Citi sued over bad paper
Citigroup was sued yesterday by Sealink Funding for damages tied to an investment in $513 million worth of residential mortgage-backed securities. Sealink, in a suit filed in New York State...
MBIA: No Chap. 11
MBIA is asking bondholders to shield it from being dragged into bankruptcy by the insurance company’s unit that backed toxic debt securities. MBIA wants to change bond indentures that accelerate...
Battery powered
The warnings were dire: If you were one of the unfortunates living in Zone A, Mayor Bloomberg ordered you to pick up and leave. One Manhattan neighborhood that looked on...
Just sold!
Manhattan CENTRAL PARK WEST $6,950,000 15 Central Park West Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,987 square feet, with windowed eat-in kitchen, dining area, marble baths, washer/dryer and central AC; building features doorman,...
Hammer time
Nyp Home columnist Barbara K is helping you practice what she preaches. The doyenne of do-it-yourself has introduced her DIYVA line of “products for the modern lady.” There’s the Ultimate...
It’s your home, not a hotel
When they lost power during Hurricane Sandy, I offered to let my sister and her family stay with my husband and me in our two-bedroom apartment. Day 1 was a...
Still standing
When the forecasts began days before Sandy, I was sure of two things: First, we’d lose power in our rural Rockland County house. Second, we’d be unable to leave because...
Healthy buyer
When Tory Burch recently sold her 4.5-acre estate on Southampton’s Meadow Lane for $11 million, neighbors were outraged about the low price. Burch had bought the home from her ex-husband,...
Penn State prexy bail
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier was arraigned and released on bail at a brief court appearance yesterday on charges he lied about and concealed child sex-abuse...
Auto space purge
The Bloomberg administration has proposed changes in off-street parking rules that would no longer require older apartment buildings in Manhattan to provide parking spaces for residents.All large apartment complexes constructed...
‘Patz’ perv back in jail
He’s back where he belongs. The kiddie perv who was long suspected in the disappearance of Etan Patz walked out of prison yesterday after serving 27 years for unrelated child...
Major e-comics going online
Dc Comics is expanding its digital storefront, putting all its monthly titles — from Batman to Superman — on sale at iTunes, Kindle and Nook. The move announced yesterday appears...
Mammoth find
PARIS — Archaeologists in France have unearthed a hairy fossil — a nearly complete skeleton of a mammoth.The bones — thought to belong to a creature that roamed the earth...
KStew won’t bite at rumor
Kristen Stewart might be back with her “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattinson — but she’s not saying. Although the couple continued to rekindle their romance over election results Tuesday night at...
It’s Mayor Do-Wrong
This city needs someone to lead us out of the dark. The longest, loneliest ride ever taken by Mayor Bloomberg came Monday, when Hizzoner, proving he’s down with the little...
Brooklyn firebug who burned elderly woman to death pleads guilty
The twisted firebug who burned an elderly Brooklyn woman to death in her building’s elevator pleaded guilty to murder and arson yesterday — and now fears for his own life...
Ex-Yank jailed for drugs
NEW BERN, NC — Former Yankee pitching prospect Brien Taylor was sentenced yesterday to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty in August to distributing crack cocaine. Taylor, 40, regarded...
Bronx dad accused of drowning son, poisoning daughter: police
A deranged Bronx dad, distraught over a breakup with his wife, drowned their 5-year-old son, poisoned their 6-year-old daughter with rat poison, and tried to take his own life yesterday,...
FDNY trucks collide in Brooklyn, injuring 11 firefighters
Two FDNY trucks responding to the same 911 call collided in Brooklyn yesterday after blowing through a four-way stop — plowing through a yellow cab and a brick home, authorities...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A robber pulled a gun on an employee at an Upper East Side movie theater and made off with $200, sources said. The suspect (pictured) asked the 24-year-old male...
Vintage robbery
It’s enough to make Nucky Thompson break out the machine guns: A shipment of hooch from Chicago gets loaded onto trucks bound for New York and arrives with 60 cases...
Time’s up for madam
A stripper-turned-madam — who boasted of employing working girls, including a surgeon and an Olympic athlete — was sentenced yesterday to time served after spending the last 2 1/2 years...
Baseball star Delmon Young pleads guilty and get no-jail deal in bizarre Midtown anti-Semitic attack
Accused anti-Semite Detroit Tigers star Delmon Young pleaded guilty in Manhattan yesterday in a random, drunken bias attack on a male Midtown tourist back in April. The deal keeps the...
Deadly quake
GUATEMALA CITY — A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala yesterday killed at least 48 people, shook buildings and caused evacuations as far away as Mexico City. A local...
Mom: Beau killed my little girl
A Brooklyn mother blamed her boyfriend for her 4-year-old daughter’s death, saying he beat the child because she wouldn’t do her homework, sources said yesterday. Halii McCord was pronounced dead...
Cop hunt for two kid-perv creeps
Cops are on the hunt for two pervs who attacked girls in Queens and Manhattan, authorities said yesterday.The first man approached a 12-year-old girl from behind at about 2 p.m....
Anti-Muslim film guy jailed
The California man behind an anti-Muslim film that spurred violent protests in the Middle East has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for probation violations in an unrelated...
Weiner pops up on Twitter again
Hurricane Sandy has blown Anthony Weiner back onto Twitter. The disgraced congressman, who resigned last June amid a sexting scandal, returned to Twitter for the first time since his post...
Stop-frisk cops ripped in court
Civil-liberties lawyers yesterday attacked the credibility of three cops who testified about arrests they made under the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program and urged a judge to order reforms including a review...
Turkey Day flights up
Travelers can expect airports to be busier and planes to be fuller than ever this Thanksgiving. And flights will be costlier.That’s the outlook from the main trade group representing US...
Gropez bombshell: No ‘Assembly’ required
A day after sweeping to re-election with a resounding 90 percent of the vote, embattled Brooklyn legislator Vito Lopez dropped a political bombshell yesterday by announcing this might be his...
Victoria's Secret Angels heat up Manhattan catwalk with fashion show
The snow outside didn’t cool off the sizzling Victoria’s Secret Angels yesterday as they heated up a Manhattan catwalk. A bevy of beauties — like Dutch treat Doutzen Kroes and...
Gas rationing to be implemented in NYC in wake of Sandy, nor'easter
New York City and Long Island will institute gas rationing starting tomorrow, officials announced, to help ease long gas-station lines, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The new rules will...
New York AG goes after post-Sandy price gougers
The state attorney general yesterday slapped a subpoena on Craigslist, demanding that the popular Web site identify sellers who jacked up prices on post-Sandy gas, generators and other supplies, The...
Chaos at SI school
Students at a Staten Island high school were warehoused in the auditorium with no instruction yesterday because Hurricane Sandy evacuees were occupying their classrooms — until the refugees were booted...
Hipsters off track
It’s worse than a Pabst Blue Ribbon shortage! Hipsters on both sides of the East River are heartbroken over the ongoing outage of the L line, which was damaged so...
BAD SIGN: FEMA office on Staten Island closes 'due to weather'
Looks as if FEMA is just a fair- weather friend. Yesterday’s nor’easter proved too much for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s aid location in Tottenville, SI — which hung a...
Village biz fury over TV-shoot ‘blockout’
Thanks again, Debra. A week after she drew heat for dressing as Marie Antoinette to attend a fancy Midtown Halloween gala during the height of Hurricane Sandy’s devastating after-effects, actress...
Gov. Cuomo fires Emergency Management chief over Sandy tree removal: sources
The state’s emergency-management chief knew whom to help after Superstorm Sandy — himself. Office of Emergency Management boss Steven Kuhr was fired after allegedly sending workers to clear a tree...
Spirits low at E. Village high-rise still in dark
The bar scene is bustling around them, and their neighbors light candles just to set a mood — but the residents of an East Village high-rise remain in blackout limbo....
‘I’m so glad we had that storm last week’
MSNBC windbag Chris Matthews said the unthinkable on election night — he’s happy Hurricane Sandy happened. “I’m so glad we had that storm last week because I think the storm...
GOPers sí the future – and it’s Latino vote
WASHINGTON — The GOP yesterday struggled to chart a new course, as Tuesday’s crushing election defeat made it clear that the party is sunk if it can’t win over Latino...
Addabbo wins Qns. squeaker
Queens Republican Eric Ulrich conceded a bitterly contested state Senate race yesterday morning to incumbent Joe Addabbo Jr..The race was closely watched by Democrats as they sought to regain control...
Prez was in driver’s seat
President Obama bailed out the auto industry — and grateful employees given the day off from work on Election Day appeared to have returned the favor at the ballot box.“Chrysler...
‘High’ ballot turnout
Voters cast ballots to legalize pot — not just “medical marijuana” — in two states amid a raft of propositions, referendums and initiatives on Election Day. Solid 55 percent majorities...
Mike: Elex board is broken
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday hinted it’s time for a change at the city’s Board of Elections — his new favorite punching bag — after its handling of Tuesday’s chaos at polling...
Debt express set to slam Bam
President Obama’s heady reelection victory is about to run smack into cold political realities of Congress, where both parties remain deeply divided over taxes, spending and debt policy as the...
No-change election
America’s 57th presidential election revealed that a second important national institution is on an unsustainable trajectory. The first, the entitlement state, is endangered by improvident promises to an aging population....
About that $6 billion campaign bill
All in all, the 2012 presidential campaign cost around $6 billion, which translates to around $45 spent on each likely voter. Given the size of the country, the diversity of...
Voters choose Obama: what’s in store for US?
The Issue: President Obama’s re-election Tuesday night and what it means for America’s future. *** America has spoken; she is a kind, compassionate, forgiving lady, and she has given President...
Immigration indigestion
The Wednesday-morning quarterbacking on Mitt Romney’s defeat was quick in coming, and while many factors have been cited, one is unmistakable: Romney failed to connect with Latino voters, winning only...
Chris Matthews’ ode to joy
Is there a smaller, more unprincipled man in the national political debate than Chris Matthews of MSNBC? No, there is not. Bereft of decency and devoid of soul, what mattered...
Chess Rx for schools
The powerful new documentary “Brooklyn Castle,” about the renowned chess team of IS 318 in Williamsburg, shows how dedicated teachers can enrich the lives of disadvantaged students. It has important...
Patton Oswalt is a stand-up guy
Channel-surfing sometimes feels like playing a game of Whac-A-Mole with Patton Oswalt — the versatile comedian can seemingly pop up anywhere. Whether he’s yukking it up as a sitcom stooge...
No apology necessary
When Richard Nelson introduced his multi-play family saga a couple of years ago, it felt a little gimmicky. Each show would be about the same Rhinebeck, NY, clan, the Apples...
Get wind of ‘Water’
‘a Twist of Water” offers two dramas for the price of one. The first is a tale of a single father’s struggle to raise a rebellious, adopted teenager. The second...
Weather postpones Red Bulls-United playoff game
Just when it looked like the Red Bulls-D.C. United rivalry couldn’t get any weirder, it did. After Hurricane Sandy forced MLS to switch the Eastern Conference semifinal’s first leg to...
Sports Shorts
BOXING: Ex-champ Basilio dead at 85 Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer’s son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally...
Giants' Snee may miss Bengals game with sprained ankle
His history says Chris Snee will find a way to play on Sunday in Cincinnati. But the present is not as promising, as the durable right guard sustained a sprained...
Affrunti at Calder
FIRST-6 fur; $17,000; clm($32,000); 2YO 4-High Red Star 9-5 2-HowAboutPece 5-1 3-Four J Boys 4-1 5-Capital Hall 12-1 1-Starship Titan 2-1 6-My Hot Chili 6-1 SECOND-7 fur; $11,000; clm($10,000); 3up...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m; $26,000; mdn cl($16,000); 3upCRUSHIN ROCK drops in class for return to route after finishing fourth as the favorite...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $32,000; cl($25,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Hardrocker(L),120P Morales9-5-4Englehrt20-12 Smokin Candy(L),119RDomingz1-1-6Englehrt10-13 English Major(L),119CVelasquz4-5-7Rice7-24 AdirondckDncr(L),119E Castro5-6-1Rice5-15 LateNightActin(L),119I Ortiz, Jr2-9-7Guerrero5-26 Life's a Roar(L),121A Garcia1-2-4Goldberg8-17...
Calder Charts
November 7th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm. ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedYesterday’s Aqueduct card was canceled due to storm. FIRST-1m&70y; $10,500; cl($6,250); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:31. Good. brk out,no speed,4w1/4Time:...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball8 p.m.Thunder at Bulls TNT10:30 p.m.Clippers at Trail Blazers TNTFootball7 p.m.La.-Monroe at Arkansas State ESPNU7:30 p.m.Florida State at Virginia Tech ESPN8 p.m.Colts at Jaguars NFLN, WFAN (660 AM)Golf9 a.m.European Golf...
Home Team Lineups
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The Post Line
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Jets get close look at rookie pass rusher Seahaws took in front of them
The Jets are going to get an up-close view this weekend of the One Who Got Away. But if Gang Green still is disappointed that defensive end Bruce Irvin was...
MLB mulls instant replay ‘challenges’
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — What if Major League Baseball emulated the National Football League and gave each manager a “challenge” or two per game on instant replay? The general managers...
'Tough to handicap' if NHL's make-whole proposal will save season
Yesterday was about make-whole for the players and make-whole for low-revenue teams — otherwise known as, revenue sharing — as the NHL and NHLPA met for six hours in an...
Knicks' Kidd: Diss by Mavericks owner can't take away ring
Jason Kidd is well aware of what happened during his tenure in Dallas, and no comments from the owner are going to dampen that memory. The veteran guard will face...
Camby ready to play for Knicks
Nobody was ready to make any promises, but all signs are pointing toward Marcus Camby making his season debut for the Knicks Friday night at the Garden against the Mavericks....
Felton stirs Knicks’ winning formula
The last time he felt this way was 2005. Raymond Felton was a junior guard for a North Carolina Tar Heels team that would win the national championship. The strength...
Jazz send Lakers to 1-4 start
Al Jefferson scored 18 points and Randy Foye added 17 on five 3-pointers to lift the Jazz over the Lakers, 95-86 last night in Salt Lake City. Mo Williams added...
LeBron, Wade fans of Nets move to Brooklyn
MIAMI — The Nets entered the free-agency frenzy in the summer of 2010 with a new owner in Mikhail Prokhorov, a new head coach in Avery Johnson and big plans...
A new name, now new challenges for Nets
MIAMI — The name on the front of the Nets jersey now finally means something — Brooklyn. The goal is for all the names on the back of the jersey...
Defending champion Heat dominate Nets
MIAMI — After revamping their roster this offseason, the Nets expect to be a team that can contend with the likes of the Miami Heat. They still have a long...
Nicks’ possible absence won’t help Giants finish drives
It is not as if the Giants need a GPS or even an old-fashioned road map to find the red zone. They have reached that coveted real estate 38 times...
After spring phone call from Obama, Giants' Cruz excited about president's re-election
One day during last spring’s Organized Team Activity practices, Victor Cruz was summoned to the phone in the lobby of the Timex Performance Center. The President of the United States...
Giants counting on Hill’s return
This past Sunday was the last day of Will Hill’s four-game NFL suspension, and with the Steelers delivering three huge special teams returns that afternoon, the Giants safety took some...
Giants' Eli picks Peyton’s brain on how to beat Bengals
Big brother is watching. And helping. And at the perfect time, when little brother is enduring a slump caused in part by the fact that Hakeem Nicks cannot be Hakeem...
Jets' Sanchez views Sandy’s damage
Mark Sanchez took a trip to the Jersey Shore on Tuesday and what he witnessed was so profound it made him feel a lot less panicked about the Jets’ 3-5...
Jets' Sanchez seeks big win over old coach Carroll
Beat Pete. Make him eat his words like one of those double-double, “animal style’’ burgers at the In ’N Out they used to chow at together after practices in Southern...
Jets' Ryan backtracks on increasing Tebow’s workload
The mysterious usage of Tim Tebow by the Jets took another odd turn yesterday. A week after saying he wanted to expand Tebow’s role, Jets coach Rex Ryan reversed course....
Jets coach laughs off ‘most overrated' label
Jets coach Rex Ryan handled being named the most overrated coach in the NFL with some humor yesterday. “My first thought was I looked and I saw who was second,”...
Rehabbing Sabathia: Yankees shouldn't cut my workload
Despite having a bone spur removed from the left elbow and working 200 or more innings for the last four seasons, CC Sabathia wants no part of a reduced workload...
Yankees want Rivera to accept smaller deal
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Two years ago, a publicly tense saga starring Derek Jeter and the Yankees concluded with a stirring finish, when — upon agreeing to a three-year, $45-million...
Luxury tax concerns keep Yankees out of hunt for Hunter
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The Yankees are so serious about dropping under that $189 million luxury tax threshold for 2014 that, according to a source briefed on their plans, they...
Mets gauging Dickey's trade value as sides far apart on extension
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The Mets are progressing, albeit slowly, in completing a long-term extension with David Wright, but were not expressing the same optimism with R.A. Dickey, multiple sources...
Mets free-agent bust Bay negotiates Flushing exit
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — No freaking Bay. In an effort to numb the pain of the biggest free-agent miscalculation in franchise history and create at least some payroll flexibility for...
Starr Report
It never ceases to amaze me how many “Friends” fans there are out there — so they’ll want to pay attention to this. Warner Home Video will release “Friends: The...
Drama Mama
The dramas are breaking out their best episodes for November sweeps: “Scandal” (Thursday, 10 p.m., ABC) Look for familiar faces when Brenda Strong guest stars as the wife of Tom...
Twitter buzzes with drunk Sawyer jokes
Mitt Romney got crushed Tuesday night — but did Diane Sawyer get smashed? A rambling Sawyer slurred and swayed her way through ABC’s election night coverage as her concerned co-anchor,...
‘X Factor’ Maplewood teen grieves separation of moms
Competing on “The X Factor” provides a much-needed distraction for New Jersey singing sensation Beatrice Miller. The Maplewood teen — whose neighborhood sustained extreme damage from Hurricane Sandy — has...
‘Modern’ teen taken from mom
A California judge has ordered teenage actress Ariel Winter, who plays Alex Dunphy on ABC’s hit comedy “Modern Family,” to leave the home where she lives with her mother, Crystal...
Weird but true
Some real geniuses manned America’s polling stations this week.A woman in Boca Raton, Fla., was temporarily barred from voting because officials thought she was illegally campaigning at her polling station.In...
Hop on the Frogs
We’ve got more than our share of outstanding nominees for Coach of the Year this season. Certainly Nick Saban deserves consideration. The turnaround that Charlie Strong has orchestrated at undefeated...
Don’t mess with Texas (or Tech)!
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Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The line CHRISSHAW LENNROBBINS BRIANLEWIS DAVIDSATRIANO TEDHOLMLUND JUSTINTERRANOVA HONDO RICO Florida St. 14 VA. TECH (Tonight, 7:30, ESPN) Florida St. Va. Tech Florida St. Florida St. Florida St. Florida St....
Love after Hurricane Sandy
Emanuel Boseman was panicked. He was stranded in a tiny 50-square-foot second-floor storage unit in Coney Island as Sandy pushed ocean waters into the building, completely flooding the first floor....
Red Bulls-DC postponed until tomorrow
Just when it looked like the Red Bulls-D.C. rivalry couldn’t get any weirder, it just did. After Hurricane Sandy forced them to switch the Eastern Conference semifinal first leg to...
MTA holds first hearing on fare hike, straphangers stay home because of storm
The MTA held its first public hearing on the fare hike tonight, but the stormy weather kept many straphangers at home. Only 26 speakers came to sound off on the...
Far Rockaway couple puts aside own recovery to offer medical care for Sandy victims
A Far Rockaway couple has teamed up to bring emergency medical relief to devastated victims of Sandy--despite being victims themselves. John Meringolo, 57, an anesthesiologist and his wife, Margaret Meringolo,...
Gov. Cuomo fires chief of Emergency Management after selfish Sandy clean-up order
Gov. Cuomo fired his chief of Emergency Management after the aide ordered clean-up crews to remove a tree from his Long Island property ahead of more serious problems following Hurricane...
LIRR service suspended due to weather issues; overcrowded Penn Station shut down
The Long Island Rail Road suspended service tonight due to a series of weather-related problems, including a signals meltdown. A tree fell on the tracks on the Port Washington and...
Lavin wishes St. John's had 'two more weeks' before opener
While St. John’s fans are undoubtedly counting down the days until the Red Storm’s season opener against Detroit next Tuesday, Steve Lavin would like to have more time with his...
Ex-champ to UFC: 'You ain't Michael Vick and we ain't dogs'
A former UFC heavyweight champion is taking aim at the company and sport of MMA for not paying fighters enough.“You ain't Michael Vick and we ain't [expletive] dogs,” Kevin Randleman...