February 19, 2013
Devils' Loktionov starting to fit in
New Jersey isn’t the easiest place to fit in, but 22 year-old Russian native Andrei Loktionov seems to be doing just fine. One of the Devils’ newest additions to their...
Judge blocks city from Ken Burns film footage
Famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns today beat back an effort by the city to obtain raw footage and outtakes from his recent movie on the infamous "Central Park jogger" rape...
Graveyard ghoul accused of snatching $160k of fixtures busted
The graveyard ghoul that allegedly ripped off more than $160,000 worth of bronze fixtures from mausoleums in a historic Bronx cemetery was busted today -- a day after security guards...
Isiah: LeBron 'better athlete' than Jordan
With Michael Jordan turning 50 on Sunday, the debate arose again on whether or not he is the greatest basketball player of all time. Former Knicks coach and Hall of...
Yankees' Hughes out a few days with back stiffness
TAMPA -- Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes has upper back stiffness and will be sidelined for a few days."There's always a little bit of concern, but it's upper back by his...
Ex-cop & killer Christopher Dorner 'did his homework' cops say
Rogue former cop Christopher Jordan Dorner “did his homework,” stalking potential targets, before he was named a murder suspect and went on the run, police said today. Dorner killed four...
Nets' Stackhouse takes prominent role in union's transition
When the NBA descended on Houston for its annual All-Star festivities, for many it was a brief diversion from the long grind of an 82-game season.For Jerry Stackhouse, it was...
Cal coach has 'no excuse' for shoving player
BERKELEY, Calif. -- California coach Mike Montgomery said Tuesday there was no excuse for him shoving his star player during a game and that the action was completely out of...
1-year-old girl dies after coming into contact with radiator in Manhattan
A baby girl burned to death today while visiting her grandma in Upper Manhattan, authorities said. Little Gabriela Grimes of Albany apparently fell off her bed while sleeping and got...
Eletrical wires eyed in Pratt Institute fire
Electrical wires sparked the Pratt Institute fire that burned dozens of students' art projects last week, officials said. The FDNY revealed today that the raging four-alarm inferno was accidental. It...
Hal: Yankees, Cano's agent have had talks for a 'significant' contract
Hal Steinbrenner says the Yankees are serious about keeping Robinson Cano away from next year's free agent market.Scott Boras, an agent who almost always takes his clients into free agency,...
Fashion big busted in Dali painting theft
A fashion label publicist was busted at JFK for allegedly swiping a $150,000 Salvatore Dali painting from an Upper East Side gallery last year, sources told The Post. Phivos Lampros...
Last texts reveal mother's desperate pleas to murdered teen
These are the last heartbreaking text messages from a terrified Queens mom to her daughter begging her to come home the day the dark-haired coed vanished without a trace and...
Nut job nabbed stealing 75lbs of almonds
A nut job tried to run away with 75 pounds of almonds in Brooklyn -- but he dropped them during his getaway and ended up getting busted by the Williamsburg...
GM King: '10 percent' chance Nets make a trade
The Nets, thanks to the presence of their billionaire Russian owner and his desire to win “the championship,” are always going to be at the center of trade rumors. That’s...
VIDEO PREVIEW: Bucks are tough challenge for Nets
The Nets start the second half on Tuesday night against the Bucks, who have already beaten Brooklyn twice this year.The Nets need to keep speedy guards Brandon Jennings and Monta...
Pair of thugs plead not guilty in brutal Greenwich Village beating
A pair of vicious thugs charged with using a baseball bat, tire iron and blackjack to pummel a man within inches of his life in Greenwich Village last month pleaded...
Former Yankees reliever Aceves running out of chances with Red Sox
Former Yankee and current Red Sox relief pitcher Alfredo Aceves was a thorn in the side of the team's coaching staff last season for his on and off-the-field antics. The...
Mayweather to fight Guerrero next, switching to Showtime
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight Robert Guerrero on May 4, and he's changing television networks to do it. The biggest star in boxing dropped a surprise Tuesday while announcing his...
Deli worker who 'stop and frisked' Forest Whitaker fired
The Manhattan deli, where a worker stopped and frisked Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, apologized to the acclaimed actor and canned the “misguided employee,” store management said today. The manager at...
Knicks’ Amar’e on Dorner tweet criticism: ‘I try to feed information to people’
Amar’e Stoudemire brushed back the criticism he has received for linking to the manifesto of alleged cop-killer Christopher Dorner on the Knicks star’s Twitter account. “It’s the information age. Anytime...
Brits to invade Nashville for Bonnaroo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There will be a British invasion of the main stage at Bonnaroo this year. Paul McCartney and Mumford & Sons are among the headliners for the 2013...
Jets cut Scott, Pace, three others to get under salary cap
Jets general manager John Idzik began the process of getting the team’s salary cap under control by releasing three longtime Jets and others Tuesday.The team released linebackers Bart Scott and...
Woodson: Knicks won't change starters, trade unlikely
Mike Woodson said he has no plans to change the Knicks starting lineup after thinking about it over the All-Star Break.Following the Toronto loss Wednesday entering the break, Woodson said...
Hackers hit Apple, Jeep in latest cyber attack
Hackers took a bite out of Apple security and virtually drove through Jeep’s social media vehicle today, in the latest cyber attacks on major American companies. Intruders took over Jeep’s...
LAPD chief: Review of Dorner firing under way
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck says the review of ex-officer Christopher Dorner's firing is under way, but it's too early to comment on the re-examination. Beck...
Gen. John Allen retires, declines top post in Europe
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he accepted Marine Gen. John Allen's request to retire rather than proceed with the White House's previous plan to make him commander of...
UFC's Le surprised by Channing Tatum tussle coverage
Cung Le was taken aback at all the media coverage of his faux fight with Channing Tatum earlier this month. But perhaps that’s what happens when your good friend is...
CBS anchor Morrison 'would kill his wife' if released: court papers
Longtime New York anchorman Rob Morrison threatened "he would kill his wife" after cops arrested him for choking his fellow-CBS journalist spouse in their Connecticut home, explosive court documents released...
Thomas thinks Giants' Coughlin has 'one more in him'
Terrell Thomas wasn't sure if he would be back with the Giants next season, and he also wasn't sure about the status of head coach Tom Coughlin.Speaking on "NFL AM"...
Defensive 'Deathstar': scientists propose orbitting 'massive phased laser beam' to destroy asteroids
Could a “Deathstar” someday defend Earth against incoming threats from space? Last Friday, asteroid 2012 DA14 -- half a football field long and weighing about 190,000 tons -- missed plane...
Valentine's Day gift: Texas mother delivers two sets of identical twins
HOUSTON — A Texas woman has delivered two sets of identical twin boys on the same day, beating incredible 70 million-to-one odds. The Houston Chronicle reports Tressa Montalvo delivered her...
Rangers turn to Mashinter, Kreider to be healthy scratch
Rangers’ coach John Tortorella is opting for muscle over skill Tuesday night when the Canadiens come to the Garden.Tough-guy forward Brandon Mashinter will take the place of concussed Darroll Powe...
STARTING FIVE: Local coaches on hot seat, hot Hoyas and Noel injury
Every week during the season, New York Post reporters Zach Braziller and Anthony Sulla-Heffinger go one-on-one over the latest hot topics in college basketball.This week they talk local coaches’ jobs...
Excerpts of Oscar Pistorius' court affidavit
Here are excerpts from the court affidavit made by Oscar Pistorius in a bail hearing Tuesday after the athlete was charged with premeditated murder over the Feb. 14 shooting death...
3UP: The Robinson Cano edition
In today’s Post, I wrote this column about how Alex Rodriguez’s 10-year contract gone rotten hangs over negotiations with Robinson Cano.Obviously, all discussions now include the Yankees’ quest to get...
'30 Rock' co-star says Baldwin should 'apologize' if he used racial slur against Post photographer
Alec Baldwin’s “30 Rock” co-star Tracy Morgan today demanded that the hot-headed actor apologize, if he lobbed a nasty — and outdated — racial slur against a Post photographer. Morgan...
Four dead after shooting spree near Los Angeles
TUSTIN, Calif. — A chaotic shooting spree early Tuesday through Orange County, Calif., left four people dead, including the shooter, and two others injured before the man stopped and shot...
Notre Dame's Te'o hopes fake girlfriend controversy doesn't hurt draft status
With the NFL combine set to begin Wednesday in Indianapolis, Manti Te'o is hoping he isn't as invisible to scouts as his girlfriend was to him.The linebacker from Notre Dame...
NBC hires former Obama strategist David Axelrod
David Axelrod, former strategist and aide to President Obama, has landed a new job at NBC News. The network said Tuesday that Axelrod is joining as a senior political analyst....
Phelps 'fortunate' to avoid injury in Yankees' simulated game
TAMPA -- David Phelps heard the ball but never saw it come dangerously close to destroying the right shoulder."That's the one thing that you don't want to happen,'' Phelps said...
The Mets, Cano and Ichiro
--Here’s my column from the Mets’ first full-squad workout.As we stand here now, with only first impressions – we still have five weeks of exhibition games to go – I...
Crysis 3 REVIEW: Very Short, But Strong Single Player Campaign for Latest in the Franchise
I have to imagine that you could play Crysis 3 nearly entirely from a stealth perspective, kill almost all of the enemies and take about 10+ hours to accomplish both...
Google's stock price breaks $800 for 1st time
SAN FRANCISCO — Google's stock price topped $800 for the first time Tuesday amid renewed confidence in the company's ability to reap steadily higher profits from its dominance of Internet...
Feds raid Queens, NJ warehouses in fake taxi parts bust
Federal agents raided three local warehouses this morning, putting the brakes to a ring that sold counterfeit auto parts to unsuspecting New York City taxi operators, law enforcement sources said....
DVD Extra: 'On the Waterfront,' Other Oscar Best Picture Winners Go Blu
How much do I love "On the Waterfront''? So much that in 1994, I managed to persuade my then-employer to underwrite a 40th-anniversary screening at Hoboken's Stevens Institute Of Technology....
Hackers in office next to Chinese military base accused of plundering US gov't
BEIJING — Cyberattacks that stole massive amounts of information from military contractors, energy companies and other key industries in the U.S. and elsewhere have been traced to the doorstep of...
1 dead, 3 injured after fire rips through Queens home
A fire tore through a Queens apartment this morning - killing one and injuring three others, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 5:10 a.m. in the building at 182-30...
Kate reveals royal baby bump
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, debuted her baby bump today for the first time since the unveiling of her official portrait in January. The Duchess, wearing a grey print wrap dress...
Slick thieves heist $50 million in diamonds from Brussels jet, make clean getaway
BRUSSELS — Eight armed and masked men made a hole in a security fence at Brussels' international airport, drove onto the tarmac and snatched millions of dollars' worth of diamonds...
Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend; prosecutor says he planned to use 'intruder' story all along
Raging Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius fired four shots through the door to a small bathroom, slaying his gorgeous girlfriend as she cowered near a toilet, South African prosecutors said today....
Revis: Jets owner Woody would rather trade me than pay me
Jets star cornerback Darrelle Revis sounds like he thinks owner Woody Johnson wants to ship him out of town. In an interview with NFL Network that aired last night, Revis...
Revis interview could be sign that Jets' departure coming
Of course it is the owner who has final say on whether to pay his star player, whether to make him a $100 Million Man, or something close. So Darrelle...
As new season dawns, Mets armed with reason to believe
PORT ST. LUCIE — It’s “the biggest day of the year for us as a staff,” Terry Collins said yesterday, and it carries weight for the players, too. For the...
Mets manager’s message: You’re among the elite
PORT ST. LUCIE — Terry Collins hasn’t let the stress of two straight losing seasons to begin his Mets tenure diminish his fastball. In an impassioned speech yesterday before the...
NYPD sarge cuffed in child-porn case
An NYPD sergeant was arrested yesterday for watching child pornography online, cops said. Alberto Randazzo, 36, of Queens, was charged with use of a child in a sexual performance, promoting...
Reader's Digest ducks doom
Reader’s Digest — the 91-year-old magazine — has lived long enough to make a second trip to bankruptcy court. RDA Holding, the parent of Reader’s Digest, will continue to publish...
Times talks: Tesla test tellingly tainted
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is still fast — but far less furious. After his dust-up with the New York Times, the paper’s public editor, Margaret Sullivan, offered her take on...
Business briefs
Gone fishingUS stock markets were shut yesterday in observance of Presidents Day.In the gravyJohn Hogan, chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, will receive an added bonus of...
March arriving like a lion, and we’re the lambs
In 10 days something will happen that hasn’t happened in a while: Washington will stop spending too much money. Tick. Tick. Tick.Kaboom! I’m not trying to make the process called...
Office Depot and OfficeMax set for merger: report
Office romance is in the air — or, at least, there is talk of a long-awaited hookup. Office Depot and OfficeMax — longtime retail rivals who for years have been...
Warren beating up on bankers
She’s baaack!!Freshly minted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is returning to DC nearly the same way she left it: blasting banks and regulators indiscriminately.Last Thursday the former Harvard professor left a...
Gas i$ pumped
As if cash-strapped Americans didn’t have enough to worry about, the average price for a gallon of gasoline across the US is up to $3.67 a gallon. That’s an increase...
Yanks’ new ticket exchange service battles StubHub
The Yankees’s move to dump StubHub and bring on Ticketmaster as its official reselling partner won’t necessarily bring cheaper ticket prices. In fact, fans might end up spending more, a...
Capus talkin’ to ol’ bud Zucker
Former NBC News boss Steve Capus isn’t sitting still. Less than three weeks after exiting 30 Rock, the 49-year-old news veteran is in conversation with CNN global chief Jeff Zucker...
Retail execs fret over Feb.
The payroll tax increases and delayed tax returns that Wal-Mart Stores execs blamed in internal e-mails for weak February sales may be poised to hurt other retailers as well. “It’s...
Ally bailing on mortgages
Ally Financial’s banking subsidiary said yesterday that it agreed to sell a mortgage unit to Walter Investment Management as the US auto lender continues to pull back from the home-loan...
Express Scripts spree
Express Scripts Holding, the largest US processor of drug prescriptions, gave a profit forecast for the year that exceeded analysts’ lowered estimates. Profit excluding certain items will be $4.20 to...
Trophy buildings take hit
The skyline isn’t falling, but it’s getting cheaper.According to Jones Lang LaSalle’s quarterly “Skyline Review” of 72 pre-eminent Manhattan office towers, asking rents at “trophy” locations fell significantly last month...
Beach body feud: Beau & mom at odds over who killed co-ed found in Breezy Point
The boyfriend of a pretty co-ed whose bound and decomposed body washed up on a Queens beach admitted yesterday the two had “relationship issues” the day she dropped out of...
WTC fiend tired of solitary
The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is suing the government — because he’s lonely in solitary confinement. Ramzi Yousef — who, when sentenced to life in prison,...
Immig blunder by Bam: ex-aide
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s former top political adviser yesterday said the White House made a “mistake” in leaking its plan to overhaul immigration laws. “I’m sure if they could, they’d...
Wife-fight cop arrested
An NYPD officer was collared in Queens yesterday after allegedly having a scuffle with his wife, police said.Sidd Yousafzai, 31, was arrested at 5:07 p.m. following a domestic dispute inside...
Obama's pick for treasury secretary grilled on NYU loan
Jack Lew, President Obama’s pick to run the Treasury Department, is being pressed by Senate probers to reveal details of a $1.4 million personal loan he got from New York...
‘Kiddie-porn’ cop busted
An NYPD sergeant was arrested yesterday for watching child pornography online, cops said. Alberto Randazzo, 36, of Queens, was charged with use of a child in a sexual performance, promoting...
Lawyer cracks ‘the whip’
The founder of a prominent Manhattan law firm allegedly told his secretary that she was a “bad girl” in need of a whipping, e-mailed her pornographic images and planted kisses...
Experts probe space invader
More than 50 meteor fragments are being examined after a rock from space exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, last week and sent shock waves across the Urals region that shattered glass...
Olympic shot foot: Blade Gunner’s near-miss on pal
One month before he gunned down his girlfriend in his South African manse, Oscar Pistorius nearly shot a pal in the foot in a local cafe, the man said yesterday....
Coast Guard strikes ‘oil’ in poop-deck cruise probe
The fire that crippled a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico was caused when fuel from a leaking diesel engine line ignited, the Coast Guard said yesterday. The oil...
Mourning a gossip meister
Isac “Erno” Weinberger, a Hasidic Jew who carved out a unique position as a pre-Internet nexus for political gossip, died yesterday morning at New York Presbyterian hospital. He was 66....
Ghouls go for bronze: Bronx grave robbers loot precious metal
Ghoulish grave robbers have looted $160,000 worth of valuable bronze from mausoleums in a historic Bronx cemetery, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The thief or thieves cut off door handles and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A postal worker was busted for stealing a Macy’s gift card she was supposed to deliver along her route, authorities said. Tonia Iverson, 45, allegedly pocketed the $100 gift...
Rapist’s appeal rejected
A man who raped an employee inside a Park Slope beauty salon in 2006 has lost a bid to have his conviction overturned.In an order released yesterday, Brooklyn federal Judge...
Newtown shooter tried to outkill Norway nut job
The gunman who carried out the Newtown school massacre was inspired by violent video games — and was trying to outdo a Norwegian mass murderer who killed 77 people, it...
Girl, 6, maced in laundry attack
An enraged man attacked a customer at a Bronx laundry yesterday and sprayed the man and his 6-year-old daughter with mace, cops said. The creep walked into the business on...
$4M medical waste squad
A program designed to help the city crack down on Medicaid fraud has cost taxpayers $4 million more than it has recovered in misspent funds, The Post has learned. Since...
Swift in hoedown showdown
Pop star Taylor Swift is being sued after she canceled an appearance at a Canadian “hoedown” last summer, according to a federal lawsuit. A firm hired to promote the concert...
Web Big Mac attack on BK
A hacker chomped into Burger King’s Twitter page yesterday — embedding a McDonald’s logo into the profile and serving up an order of embarrassment for the fast-food chain. The cyber-intruder...
NFL lineman Da’Quan Bowers flagged for gun at LaGuardia
A muscle-bound NFL lineman was busted at LaGuardia Airport yesterday for packing a powerful .40-caliber handgun in a carry-on bag as he tried to board a flight, authorities said. Da’Quan...
Weekends cheaper way to fly
The skies are a lot friendlier to your wallet on weekends. A new study by Texas A&M University finds that the cheapest time to buy airline tickets is not midweek,...
Deli’s Forest apology for frisk
The Manhattan deli where a worker “stopped and frisked” Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker offered a half-hearted apology yesterday — blaming the incident on a “misguided employee” and claiming race wasn’t...
Michelle’s ‘midlife’ ’do
Michelle Obama jokingly says a midlife crisis is what inspired her new haircut with bangs. The first lady revealed the new hairstyle last month on her 49th birthday, which came...
NY’s trendy vend debut
The vending machine of the future is coming to your local bar, funded in part by one of the city’s grants for startup companies. The sleek wall-mounted machine — offering...
Police probing Baldwin’s 'race' rant at Post fotog as hate crime
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force yesterday launched an investigation into Alec Baldwin’s tirade at a Post photographer. Detectives brought the lensman and a Post reporter to a downtown station...
Union fights Mike in LA
Mayor Bloomberg and teachers union boss Randi Weingarten are going head-to-head again — this time in a high-stakes, bitter national fight over school reform in Los Angeles.Weingarten, the former city...
Expect kinks for back-to-school buses
The city’s school buses will resume full service for the first time in five weeks tomorrow — but families should expect back-to-school-type unevenness, officials said yesterday. The routes for more...
Independent teachers group demands Albany eval plan
ALBANY — A group of reform-minded city teachers is taking to the airwaves today to demand the state impose a teacher-evaluation system on the Big Apple soon, The Post has...
CBS anchor Morrison in wife ‘choke’
Longtime New York anchorman Rob Morrison choked his fellow-journalist wife, Ashley, at their tony Connecticut home — then threatened her in front of cops, authorities said yesterday. Morrison, of WCBS/Channel...
Zoo’s rare rhino dies
CINCINNATI — An endangered Sumatran rhino that fathered the first Sumatran rhino calf born in captivity in more than a century died yesterday, a local zoo says.Ipuh, said to be...
Money talks for Hillary
WASHINGTON — Goodbye, State Department — hello, speakers circuit. Weeks after ending her tenure as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to hit the lecture circuit, where she’s...
Them’s the lost breaks
City homeowners are losing out on valuable property tax breaks when they move within the five boroughs because the administration’s bean counters don’t process the paperwork on time, The Post...
Dogged surf and turf war
East Hampton Village residents are fighting to keep access to the area’s beautiful beaches — for their dogs. After 20 years of trying, a group of local activists are forcing...
SI mom slain by suicidal hubby: cops
A Staten Island hairdresser was stabbed to death yesterday by her husband, who then plunged the knife into himself in a failed suicide attempt, cops said. Ilona Ganzha, 44, was...
Sad toll rises for ‘Celebrity Rehab’
Mindy McCready is the fifth person to have appeared on the “Celebrity Rehab” reality show and later die after relapsing. Her suicide follows the drug overdoses of Alice in Chains...
Roger’s sorry pitch: Cold condolences after suicide by ‘ex’ McCready
Disgraced former Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens offered a pathetic condolence yesterday to the family of Mindy McCready, the singer who allegedly had been his teenage mistress — saying he had...
Preservationist fools
In their frenzy to derail the decades-overdue rezoning of the Grand Central district, three esteemed preservationist groups are making utter fools of themselves. Altogether, The Municipal Art Society, the New...
Why Europe won’t name terrorists
Under pressure from Washington, Europe is finally edging toward calling one of the world’s leading terrorist organizations a . . . well, terrorist organization. Yesterday Bulgaria’s foreign minister, Nikolay Mladenov,...
Hagel’s dubious future: Will GOP block O’s pick?
The Issue: Whether Chuck Hagel should make it through a Senate vote to become secretary of defense. *** Linda Chavez is right on the mark (“Pull the Plug on Chuck...
A contest for Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg understands the direct relationship between immigration and entrepreneurship. He also loves contests. So why not combine two of his better instincts? The mayor would hold a competition for...
Alec Baldwin for mayor
New Yorkers expect their mayor to be larger than life, so maybe Alec Baldwin should oblige us by running for office. The Hollywood star and credit-card pitchman has flirted with...
The bus stops here
No one’s ever accused Michael Bloomberg of being reluctant to toot his own horn. With bus drivers returning to work tomorrow, he’s entitled. He proved that a mayor willing to...
Republican sclerosis
These days, Republican political professionals seem to feel rather like Mikhail Gorbachev did in 1983 when he toured farms in Canada two years before he would become premier of the...
The President’s pre-K poppycock
The least-plausible sentence in the English language is, “We know this works,” when those words are spoken by President Obama. He said them the other day in his State of...
New music from Nick Cave and more
Albums of the Week Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Push the Sky Away” ★ With Nick Cave, it’s simple: If he’s rocking, it might be worth hearing. If he...
Stark production no fine ‘Summer’ day
The luridly poetic language is there, and so are some fine performances. But there’s not much more to Mississippi Mud Productions’ bare-bones revival of Tennessee Williams’ “Suddenly Last Summer,” about...
Dreamy ‘Sleeping Beauty’
‘Typecasting is not acting,” a director once joked. Yet it’s the reason New York City Ballet’s 22-year-old production of “The Sleeping Beauty” looked so fresh Friday: All the leads in...
Scandalous opera bares all
Promiscuous — it’s not a pretty word. But when a matron in black underwear cavorts with two dozen naked hunks, what else can you call her? That’s one of the...
Lakers owner Buss, 80, dead
Jerry Buss’ remarkable life — which took him from Depression Era Wyoming to overseer of a billion-dollar empire and 10 NBA titles as owner of the Lakers — ended yesterday...
No plans of comeback, but Clemens can still fire shots
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Roger Clemens beaned Mike Piazza in that Subway Series game in July of 2000. He could have hit him with the jagged barrel of that shattered bat,...
Astros will be awful — and that could hurt Yankees' wild-card chances
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow has brains and guts. He promises there will be glory down the road for his rebuilding-from-the-bottom-up team. Luhnow has taken a wrecking...
Pole-sitting Danica a long shot at Daytona
Vegas is pumping the brakes on the notion of Danica Patrick as a viable contender to win the Daytona 500, though she will start in pole position for NASCAR’s marquee...
Affrunti at Turf Paradise Graded Entries
FIRST-6 1/2f; $5,500; cl($3,000); 4up; (f&m)2-Stolen Forum 5-23-Canadia 6-11-Shine'n Time 3-14-Our Coco Beans6-15-Linovision 7-26-Diva Ballerina 4-1SECOND-5f; $5,500; cl($3,000); 4up; (f&m)2-SnowbondMrqt3-14-Indiana Nana 6-16-Havasu 5-25-Dress Blues 5-11-Skye Memo 4-17-StrghtWestern8-13-Aintnomsbehvn8-1THIRD-1m; $5,700; cl($3,000); 4up;...
Sports Shorts
HOOPS: Baylor downs UConn women Brittney Griner scored 25 points as top-ranked Baylor (25-1) posted a 76-70 victory over No. 3 UConn last night in Hartford. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis led the...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-5f(T); $32,500; cl($25,000); 4up; (f&m)3Ultmt Clss (Snchz)4.202.602.408Cameo Lady (Velazquez)5.003.801Bullet Baby (Chamafi)4.00Scr: Sydney Rules.* Exacta (3-8) $25.60 * $1 Superfecta (3-8-1-2) $157.50 * $1 Trifecta (3-8-1) $57.10 WInner picked by DaSIlvaSECOND-1m;...
Rachel Alexandra in stable condition
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year who underwent emergency surgery last Wednesday after suffering internal injuries while giving birth to a Bernardini filly on Tuesday, remains in serious...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 7f; $22,000; mdn cl($15,000); 3YOKILLTHEMESSENGER Discreet Cat colt overcame two rough starts to finish second and should work a...
Tomorrow’s Tampa Bay Downs Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $11,000; mdn cl($12,500); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Runricorun(L),121J Velez5-8-10Perez8-12 Text Message(L),123A Serpa7-x-xKirk6-13 Rivas Run(L),123R Allen, Jr2-x-xBennett1-14 Jacks Risk(L),114J Villegas8-8-7Perez20-15 Drunken Spider(L),116R Mejias7-4-5Woodson5-16...
Aqueduct Charts
February 18th, 2013 Clear And Fast. ©2013 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-6f; $22,000; cl($12,500); 4up; (f&m) Off: 12:31. Good. bumped brk, pace ins Time: 23.73, 47.61, 59.71, 1:12.96. Trainer: Bruce...
Ichiro may hit lead-off for Yankees
TAMPA — Joe Girardi has options when it comes to where he bats Ichiro Suzuki. After hitting Suzuki in the lower third of the lineup last year, Girardi yesterday said...
Rib ‘tug’ sets back Mets' Murphy
PORT ST. LUCIE — Daniel Murphy has a “subtle tug” in his right rib cage that at minimum figures to sideline him for a week. The Mets second baseman is...
Santana understands why Mets keeping him out of WBC
PORT ST. LUCIE — Johan Santana can forget about representing Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. The Mets yesterday denied Santana’s request to pursue participating in the event, citing the...
The Post Line
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Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing7 p.m.NASCAR Whelen Modified SPEED8:30 p.m.NASCAR K&N Pro Series Daytona SPEEDBasketball7 p.m.Indiana at Michigan State ESPN7 p.m.Florida St. at North Carolina St. ESPN27 p.m.LSU at Tennessee ESPNU7:30 p.m.Bucks at...
Rangers expect muscle from old pal Prust
There’s no sentiment in hockey. For when Brandon Prust, a heart-and-soul Ranger who was one of John Tortorella’s favorite players during the winger’s stint on Broadway, returns to the Garden...
Rangers' Powe out, Mashinter gets call
Darroll Powe’s misfortune could become Brandon Mashinter’s opportunity. The Blueshirts yesterday recalled the 24-year-old, 6-foot-4, 230-pound winger from the AHL Whale after putting Powe on injured reserve with the concussion...
6-foot-7 goalie a tall order: Devils defeated by Senators in shootout
Even from the other end of the ice, Martin Brodeur had a pretty good feel for the plight of his offensively challenged Devils teammates yesterday at Prudential Center. Brodeur watched...
Islanders flattened by Flyers, 7-0
A sellout crowd filled Nassau Coliseum to see the suddenly resurgent Islanders — who were on a two-game win streak thanks to triumphs over the hated Rangers and rival Devils...
Rogers courageous to put face on gays in sports
Used to be it was just the weather. Now homosexuality is the other thing everyone talks about but no one can do anything about. On Friday, the same week heterosexual...
Walsh: Knicks, Pacers can beat Heat
It’s appropriate the Knicks and Pacers square off tomorrow in Indianapolis out of the All-Star Break. Donnie Walsh, who had a hand in constructing both squads, believes the two teams...
Knicks' Wallace ready to take practice floor again
Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler return today from Houston, and Rasheed Wallace returns from oblivion. The Knicks reconvene for the first time since the All-Star break, with their defensive power...
Nets' Deron has platelet injections in ankle, plans to return tonight
Deron Williams admits his ankle injuries have hindered him and hurt him to the point he can’t even dunk. And after undergoing Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment and sitting out...
Yankees slugger Cano denies any ties to Biogenesis
TAMPA — Robinson Cano denies ever using performance enhancing drugs or visiting Biogenesis, the shuttered anti-aging clinic in Miami which close friends Alex Rodriguez and Melky Cabrera have been linked...
Cano's talks with Yankees clouded by A-Rod's deal
TAMPA — The most important locker in Robinson Cano’s life these days is not his own, but the empty one two stalls over at the Yankees’ spring complex. There is...
Jeter’s ankle OK, but 'getting in shape' is the issue
TAMPA — The most talked about ankle in the Yankees’ universe is fine. The same can’t be said about other body parts belonging to Derek Jeter. “The leg feels fine,...
Starr Report
When Chaz Bono returns to “The Doctors” tomorrow (9 a.m./Ch. 2) — three months after beginning a weight-loss journey on the daytime show — viewers will see a surprising transformation....
Talk show guests
TUESDAYSKEET ULRICH - Rachael Ray, 7 a.m., (OWN)CHRIS ROCK - The Oprah Winfrey Show, 8 a.m., (OWN)TINA FEY, STEVE CARR, BETTY WHITE - The Oprah Winfrey Show, 9 a.m., (OWN)HOWIE...
‘The Job’ gets pink-slipped after 2 episodes
‘The Job” is now unemployed. CBS has pink-slipped its Lisa Ling-hosted series, “The Job,” after only two low-rated episodes. Last Friday’s episode averaged only 3.4 million viewers, down from the...
Unkindest ‘cult’ of all
Every cult needs a charismatic leader/lunatic in order to be deadly — or even newsworthy. The Branch Davidians had David Koresh, Jonestown had Jim Jones. The Mansons had Charlie. And...
Point and shoot: CW casting real-life ‘Hunger Games’ show
"The Hunt" is on. The CW has put out a casting call for “The Hunt,” its upcoming reality show that borrows heavily from “The Hunger Games.” The series, announced by...
‘Downton Abbey' young actors are in demand
The young actors on TV’s hottest drama, “Downton Abbey,” are all in demand — and they’re fleeing the storied halls of Highclere Castle. More to the point, they’re being knocked...
Jacko's son joins ‘ET’
Prince Michael Jackson, son of the late Michael Jackson, will be a “special correspondent” for “Entertainment Tonight” this week. Jackson, 16, will interview “Oz the Great and Powerful” stars James...
Orange crush
Orange County, Calif., is perhaps best known as the home of Disneyland. Or maybe you’re more familiar with the area from watching the teen soap, “The O.C.,” or “The Real...
It’s an SLS world
If a city wants to keep its sexy license these days, it darn well better get an SLS hotel. Beverly Hills has one. Ditto South Beach. New York is getting...
Earn your stripes at spring training
The Yankees spring training home opener is this Sunday, against Toronto. Home meaning Tampa, Fla. Through March 28, the team will shape up for the regular season at Steinbrenner Field....
Tee off and drink up
FORE SURE Luxuriate and golf in Vietnam with the Must Golf Banyan Tree Lang Co deal. Until March 31, guests who book the package will receive accommodations for two plus...
Hit the slopes and the casino in Mont Tremblant, Quebec
You have two things you want to do today: ski and gamble. At Mont Tremblant, you don’t have to change out of your ski clothing and drop off your gear...
Weird but true
Skating is fun — but not in your car. A woman had to be rescued from her Chevy Monte Carlo after she accidently drove it onto a frozen lake in...
The new guard
Most mornings, you will find Gherardo Guarducci, a suave, 6-foot-4, blue-eyed stunner, working the Madison Avenue or Greenwich Village outposts of Sant Ambroeus with ease. Wearing an impeccable Tom Ford...
Adulterers anonymous
Standing at the corner of Madison Avenue and 27th Street, the petite brunette in the Michael Kors pantsuit discreetly checks whether she has enough bills to pay for “lunch” in...
UFC's Le: Bellator emulating Strikeforce 'because it was a good blueprint'
Cung Le is a proud part of the UFC roster. But he hasn’t forgotten where he came from and that’s why the MMA and action film star was disappointed to...
Newtown massacre gunman wanted to exceed Norway shooter's death toll
The gunman who carried out the Newtown school massacre was inspired by violent video games — and was trying to outdo a Norwegian mass murderer who killed 77 people, it...