February 23, 2013
WATCH: Dozens hurt in fiery NASCAR crash at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — With the start of the Daytona 500 just hours away, NASCAR officials still have some cleaning up to do amid growing questions about fan safety. The...
Third arrest in video where little girls are forced to fight
Another teen was busted for forcing a fight between two grade-school girls in the Bronx that was captured on YouTube video, authorities said. The 14-year-old was charged as a juvenile...
Te'o shows poise in front of massive media horde at combine
INDIANAPOLIS -- His dead girlfriend might have been fake, but the unprecedented horde of media that Manti Te’o faced here Saturday was very real. The beleaguered Notre Dame linebacker handled...
Syracuse retires jersey of Knicks' Melo
Syracuse retired former star Carmelo Anthony’s No. 15 jersey during halftime of its game against Georgetown on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. A sellout crowd of 35,012, the largest to...
St. John's stops Rutgers' Stringer from earning 900th win
C. Vivian Stringer is getting tired of talking about 900 wins. She knows it will come eventually. Nadirah McKenith scored 21 points and Briana Brown added 13 to lead St....
Bank moves to foreclose on Kiss guitarist
YORKTOWN — One of the founding members of the rock band Kiss is in danger of losing a New York home to foreclosure. The Journal News newspaper reports that a...
Gaston's senior day ruined, Fordham routed by Richmond
Someone should remind Fordham that Senior Day is supposed to be a moment when a team’s elder statesmen shine. On an afternoon where the school was honoring Chris Gaston, the...
Ovechkin's hat trick sends Capitals past Devils
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin was looking for his breakout game — and boy, did the Devils oblige him. Ovechkin scored three goals in a game for the first time since...
Wheeler pitches two shutout innings in Mets preseason debut
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Washington ace Stephen Strasburg gave up a single and home run to the first two batters he faced in his return to the mound, and...
Cano homers as Yankees beat Braves in exhibition opener
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — While a bunch of aging stars try to get healthy, the New York Yankees have a chance to check out their younger players at spring training. Zoilo...
Upper East Siders boo Christine Quinn over waste transfer station support at mayoral forum
They trashed her! Upper East Siders opposed to the construction of a waste transfer station in their neighborhood booed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn at a mayoral forum today for...
Bloody sock Schilling wore in 2004 World Series hits auction block
The bloody sock worn by Curt Schilling during the 2004 World Series is set to be sold off — a casualty of sorts of the high-profile collapse of the former...
Seton Hall's struggles continue vs. Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gorgui Dieng scored a career-high 23 points to help No. 10 Louisville pull away from Seton Hall for a 79-61 victory on Saturday. Dieng, a 6-foot-10 center,...
WATCH: Rousey, Carmouche chronicled in 'UFC Primetime'
Late to the party when it comes to Saturday night’s historic UFC fight? You have some catching up to do.Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche will be the first women to...
Yankees win rights to 'Evil Empire' nickname
There’s only one “Evil Empire” in baseball. And the New York Yankees have won a legal victory to make sure it stays that way. A panel of judges in Washington...
Rangers place Nash on IR for undisclosed injury
MONTREAL — The Rangers placed forward Rick Nash on Injured Reserve on Friday, retroactive Feb. 17. That was the date of the last game he played, a 2-1 win over...
Off-duty transit worker busted for drunk driving
An off-duty transit worker was busted for drunk driving in Brooklyn early today, authorities said Cops spotted MTA employee Rosario Luis, 49, sleeping in a black 2010 Acura in Bedford...
Giants GM admits Tuck 'hasn't played as well as we think he can play'
Jerry Reese didn’t say much Saturday at a press conference at the NFL scouting combine. But amid the “we’re keeping our options open” party line, the Giants general manager was...
Gerard Depardieu gets Russian home address
MOSCOW — French actor Gerard Depardieu got a new permanent address in Russia — 1 Democracy Street — on Saturday, adding a final touch to his quest to get Russian...
Cobble Hill woman dies after being found with head trauma
A Cobble Hill woman died early today after being found yesterday with head trauma, police said. The 55-year-old was discovered unconscious in a Clinton Street residence near Sackett Street about...
Mets' reliever Feliciano has small 'hole' in exterior of heart
PORT ST. LUCIE ---- Pedro Feliciano has a small “hole” in the exterior of his heart, the lefty reliever revealed Saturday upon his return to Mets camp.But Feliciano, who traveled...
North Korea warns US commander in South Korea of 'miserable destruction' if US goes ahead with drills
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea warned the top American commander in South Korea on Saturday of "miserable destruction" if the U.S. military presses ahead with routine joint drills with...
Father of Pistorius' slain girlfriend says Blade Runner will have to 'live with his conscience' if he's lying
JOHANNESBURG — Far from the courtroom drama that has gripped South Africa, the family of Oscar Pistorius' slain girlfriend has struggled with its own private deluge of grief, frustration and...
Man fatally struck while walking on FDR Drive; 2nd time this month person is hit crossing busy roadway on foot
A man was killed in a car crash today as he walked in the center lane of the FDR Drive near East 63rd Street, police said. Jason Morales, 23, was...
WATCH: Michelle Obama shows off her 'Mom' dance moves
Shake it, Michelle! First Lady Michelle Obama showed off her best - and worst - dance moves on Friday's episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," appearing in a skit...
Business briefs
UK credit flop Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service cut Britain’s debt rating by one notch from the top-grade AAA to Aa1, citing slow growth and a rising debt burden. KKR...
Apple CFO visits analysts and investors
Apple is making the Wall Street rounds — and it comes bearing gifts. Apple’s chief financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer, was in New York this week chatting up analysts and investors...
Einhorn wins round against Apple
Your move, Tim Cook. Apple was dealt a major blow in its battle with David Einhorn, when a judge sided with the hedge-fund manager and blocked Apple from moving ahead...
NBC v. ESPN for Big East
ESPN is set to retain the television rights to the Big East after matching a contract offer that the conference had from another network. Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco says...
Rivals go OMG for IMG in model machination
IMG Worldwide, the sports and modeling talent powerhouse, could end up being an important pawn in the crosstown rivalry between Creative Artists Agency and William Morris Endeavor. Forstmann, Little and...
Sitt up for this: $500M SoHo sale
Joseph Sitt is aiming to make a small fortune from the sale of an 11-story SoHo office building where Club Monaco just leased a retail spot.The head of Thor Equities...
Amazon original series plans heat up
Just about everyone in Tinseltown has been bowled over by Netflix’s first big original series, “House of Cards.” Now it’s Amazon’s turn to prove it can pick a hit show...
PE ‘lifeblood’ on table
Private-equity firms are bracing for a fight next month over the lifeblood of their business — the deductibility of interest paid on debt, The Post has learned. Washington lawmakers, scrambling...
Asset freeze for Heinz trades
A US judge froze a Goldman Sachs Group account that regulators say was used to make suspicious trades in H.J. Heinz, after unknown traders failed to appear in court to...
Suisse M&A big cheese
Swiss financial giant Credit Suisse and relative newcomer LionTree Advisors are putting up some surprisingly strong numbers early in Wall Street’s investment banking leagues. LionTree, run by former UBS rainmaker...
Cut$ set to snarl airlines
WASHINGTON — Expect major air-travel delays, especially at New York airports, if deep federal spending cuts kick in on Friday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned yesterday. “Flights to major cities...
GOPer keeps twirling Lew on grill
WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Grassley said yesterday he is still not satisfied with treasury-secretary nominee Jack Lew’s disclosure on the $1.4 million loan he got as a well-paid exec at...
Arsenal gal blasts ‘sexist’ Biden
WASHINGTON — The woman whom Vice President Joe Biden urged to “buy a shotgun” blasted that recommendation yesterday. “It was poor advice, and it comes off a little sexist,” Kate...
O to Carter kin: Thanks
President Obama gave Jimmy Carter’s grandson a big hug for leaking the “47 percent” video that helped defeat Mitt Romney.The former president told CNN that when Obama found James Carter...
White House agrees to hand over Benghazi e-mails
WASHINGTON — In a move that could win GOP support for President Obama’s nominations for defense secretary and CIA chief, the White House has agreed to hand over CIA e-mails...
Undercover operations
FBI employees enjoyed massage-parlor sex, sent nude photos of themselves to co-workers on official phones and, in one case, lied about having an affair with — and then marrying —...
Fired clerk e-bashin’ fashion CEO: cops
A former NYU philosophy student allegedly sent e-mail threats to the CEO of fashion powerhouse Liz Claiborne after getting the boot from one of its retail shops.Cops busted Naphtali Brooks,...
Students fire on WH
Some CUNY law students filed suit yesterday to try to force the White House to hand over documents about drone-missile strikes.The students want a Brooklyn federal judge to force the...
$4 mil ‘blind’ rage
A leading blindness charity is claiming the son of its billionaire founder won’t fork over a promised $4 million donation. ORBIS International has sued James Ueltschi, who lives in a...
Florida survivalists training kids as young as 9 to handle assault weapons
This 9-year-old girl carrying an AK-47 is among a group of Florida survivalists’ children who are trained at a very young age to use assault weapons. The girl, identified only...
$3M ‘faux’ Pollock suit
A California woman says the painting she bought for $3.1 million at an Upper East Side gallery is nothing but a bunch of worthless splatters. Frances Hamilton White filed suit...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** Police are looking for the man in the picture above in connection with the theft of a cellphone in Flushing. Sammy Nour, 31, allegedly took the cellphone from...
Subway suicide bid a big flop
A man was critically injured after jumping in front of a No. 1 train at West 86th Street yesterday morning, authorities said.He suffered severe injuries but is expected to survive,...
VIP hostess sues Midtown hot spot Lavo for causing her 'hearing loss'
A star-studded Midtown nightclub blasted music so loud that it caused a VIP hostess serious hearing loss, a new lawsuit states. Margaret Clemente claims Lavo’s thunderous dance music made her...
‘Runway’ guy scald suit
A “Project Runway” castoff slapped his imprisoned ex-lover with a $4 million lawsuit for attacking him with a pot of scalding water on New Year’s Day in 2011, according to...
Slay-spree trial is set
An unhinged Staten Island man accused of killing three Brooklyn store owners was found competent to stand trial, a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday. Salvatore Perrone, 64, repeatedly asked...
Tax cheat wins $5M in lottery
A Long Island man who was charged with not paying taxes for five years was announced yesterday as a $5 million lottery jackpot winner. Dr. David Shaffer, a podiatrist working...
Barney fans dunno dinos
A new study blames toys like Barney for misconceptions about Tyrannosaurus rex. When researchers asked children to draw the dinosaur, most gave it a posture that was far too upright....
‘Dunder’head nixes TV ad
SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania TV station is refusing to run a commercial for the real-life Dunder Mifflin paper brand.Quill.com, a division of Staples, produces a line of paper products...
Man sues women-only gym Lucille Roberts over text messages
The women-only Lucille Roberts health club cluelessly peppered Alex Shiyan with text messages about a sweetheart membership deal. Just one problem — he’s a man. The Brooklyn resident became so...
Mike nix on job ‘discrim’
A bill aimed at protecting the unemployed from discrimination when applying for a job could backfire and result in less hiring, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday as he vetoed the measure....
NYC a haven for homeless
New York is more compassionate than any major US city in caring for the homeless, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The city plans on spending $955 million on homeless services in...
Fed. education boss urges NYC officials and union bosses to reach deal on teacher evaluations
President Obama’s education czar personally urged New York officials and union bosses to break their stalemate and adopt a more rigorous teacher-evaluation system. “I just think it’s important for all...
WTC construction workers busted for selling pot: authorities
Hardhats have been getting sky-high while working at the World Trade Center site thanks to co-workers smuggling pot into the site in their lunch pails and peddling it, authorities said...
Blade Runner released on bail in gal-pal slay
Legless Olympian Oscar Pistorius was granted bail by a South African judge yesterday despite charges he gunned down his helpless model girlfriend as she hid behind his master-bathroom door. Pistorius...
Out-of-control pickup truck kills Emmy-winning TV writer
A Brooklyn woman was crushed to death by an out-of-control pickup truck last night just seconds after she left a Brooklyn Heights cafe with a bag of cookies, cops...
Judge told to get the hail off taxi case
A judge isn’t allowed to preside over the livery industry’s suit seeking to stop riders from hailing yellow cabs with their smartphones, according to court papers. The decision came after...
'Groundhog Day bank robber' could be released due to mental-health woes
A man charged with robbing the same downtown bank three days in a row could soon be sprung, courtesy of Manhattan’s mental-health court. Accused “Groundhog Day” crook Charles Burnett has...
Why Benedict ‘really’ quit
With five days to go before Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, the Vatican is being rocked by an explosive report that he decided to quit after learning of a network of...
Escalator horror at UWS Barnes & Noble
A young boy was seriously injured yesterday when his hand got stuck in the escalator at a Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side, authorities said. The boy, 3...
State GOP med probe
ALBANY — State Senate Republicans plan to investigate New York’s costliest-in-the-nation Medicaid system and echoed congressional calls for an independent audit of the $54 billion annual program.The Senate GOP said...
Feds go postal on Lance
The Department of Justice yesterday joined a lawsuit demanding Lance Armstrong repay millions in taxpayer money he got from the Postal Service. From 1998 to 2004, the cyclist and his...
Wife caught Rob Morrison on tape talking about using 'sex toys' with young staffer
WCBS anchorman Rob Morrison’s suspicious wife once caught him on tape talking about using “sex toys” with a young staffer, sources told The Post yesterday. Ashley Morrison told a pal,...
Kid, 5, shoots self in arm
A 5-year-old Bronx boy shot himself in the arm yesterday while playing with his father’s gun, authorities said. The child was in his apartment on Westchester Avenue when he wounded...
Veteran director bashes Oscar contenders
A prominent Hollywood director unleashed a colorful, blistering assessment of tomorrow’s Oscar contenders — dismissing actress Jennifer Lawrence as “mean-spirited,” deeming “Silver Linings Playbook” as “blah” and pronouncing “Zero Dark...
Kerry, Hagel & ’Nam
Call it the dog that didn’t bark. Both John Kerry, the new secretary of state, and Chuck Hagel, the defense secretary-designate, are Vietnam veterans. Both turned bitterly against the war...
Protecting New York’s past
The Issue: A move to designate some Midtown buildings as landmarks and stop them from being altered. *** The New York Landmarks Conservancy specifically looked at development sites listed by...
Running from the truth? killer deserves an Oscar
The Issue: The murder charges facing South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who shot his girlfriend. *** Oscar Pistorius’ story of how he “accidentally” shot his girlfriend, thinking she was...
Zero Dark Thirty: the game
Oscar season has been a drag for Kathryn Bigelow, director of the Osama bin Laden-hunt flick “Zero Dark Thirty.” Ever since three US senators attacked the film as “grossly inaccurate”...
A judge’s double whammy
In ruling that Albany must ship an extra $260 million in school aid to New York City, a Manhattan judge Thursday claimed that, absent the cash, students might be “placed...
Chicago shoot-out
Far be it from us to tell Mike Bloomberg how to spend his money. But you’d think a successful businessman would have a better feel for his customers. Bloomberg is...
Cracking the tax code
In her most recent report to Congress, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson notes that “tax expenditures” — the exclusions, exemptions, deductions and credits that make the Internal Revenue Code such...
The great overblown sequester panic
Prepare for the end of food safety as we have known it. For a breakdown in public order. For little children languishing in ignorance. If only Edward Gibbon were here...
Kids can get their close-ups, too!
‘Who are you wearing today?” a paparazzo asks a curly-haired brunette wearing silver wedges and a fuschia dress. She struts down a red carpet, mugging for the camera, while the...
Kids calendar
Today DANCING DOGS: Kids just love sitting still for long periods of time, right? Wrong! That’s why New York Theatre Ballet’s one-hour performances are perfect for little ones. Check out...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes
Davona Dale Gulfstream Park, ninth race. Grade 2. Purse: $250,000. 1 1/16 miles, 3-year-old fillies. Post: 4:35 p.m. LOWDOWN: When Dreaming of Julia won her first two starts last summer...
Lin-ning situation: Jeremy thriving with Rockets
It was only a year ago Jeremy Lin was at the center of the American sports universe, going from a player on the verge of being cut for a third...
Reinforced Tigers eye AL pennant repeat
LAKELAND, Fla. — Torii Hunter looked around the Tigers clubhouse at Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez, and he smiled. “This is the best team I had out...
Posada: No desire to return to Yankees
TAMPA — Jorge Posada has no interest in following Andy Pettitte’s road back to baseball. A year ago, Pettitte came to Yankees spring training as a guest instructor after sitting...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 5 1/2 fur; $23,000; clm($15,000); 4upMISSILEWHILEUWORK cuts back in distance and steps up in class after winning first off...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4up(f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 TheWingedVns(L),120I Ortiz, Jr5-4-6Badgett7-22 PrincessKatrina(L),120SCamchJr9-10-1Gallusci10-13 Carrot Thief(L),115J Ortiz6-5-1Quick12-14 HouseOnToilsm(L),120R Silvera2-3-4Reynolds3-15 Why Not Her(L),115K Coa7-1-6Stoklosa8-16 Legions Star(L),120A Lezcano10-9-11Scott50-17...
Parx Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $19,000; clm($7,500); 4up4-Street Haven 5-26-Seattle Louie 8-11-Bavaria 8-17-Arepeatee 9-22-Ecstatic Cat 6-18-Cldbeghstrder10-13-Dodgy 3-19-Gold Score 15-15-Bay Park Boy 15-1SECOND-6 fur; $25,000; alw; 4up5-CockeyedCwby5-21-a-Dudamel 9-22-Bestbandever 12-16-Star...
Aqueduct Charts
February 22nd, 2013Clear and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $29,000; clm($16,000); 4upOff: 12:31. Good. in 2p, brisk hand rideTime: 22.96, 45.99, 57.71, 1:09.78.Trainer: Eddie KenneallyWinner: CH H, 6, by...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-7 fur; $42,000; mdn; 3YO1Retreve (Cstellno)3.402.202.105Morethanahalo (Nunez)4.603.003Blue Deep (Alvarez)5.00* Exacta (1-5) $14.00 * $1 Superfecta (1-5-3-4) $413.40 * $1 Trifecta (1-5-3) $52.60SECOND-6 fur; $30,700; clm($30,000); 4up1Southrn Dunn (Sz)4.603.002.605Dolce Luna (Saez)7.006.006Black...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Bobby V to be Sacred Heart AD Former Mets and Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine has been hired as the athletics director at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn....
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog MARYLAND 7 Clemson TOWSON 2 1/2 Drexel LOUISVILLE 19 Seton Hall Miami 9 1/2 WAKE FOREST MEMPHIS 8 1/2 Sou. Miss. Richmond 5 1/2 FORDHAM...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile trot; $14,000; handicap 6 Zuerest (T Tetrick) 7.80 3.60 3.20 3 TsmlilOrphanAndy(DMiller) 3.60 3.00 5 In Nomine Patri (J Hanney) 5.40 * Exacta (6-3) $30.00 * Trifecta (6-3-5)...
Yonker Results
FIRST: mile pace; $9,000; claiming 4 DlcoRocknroll(JPntln) 3.20 2.50 2.10 2 Wicked N Rude (S Smith) 3.20 2.20 5 Spudcam (G Brennan) 2.20 * Exacta (4-2) $7.00 * Triple (4-2-5)...
Bill Smith at Yonkers Graded Entries
Best Bet: Tobago Cays (11th)FIRST: Mile pace; $18,000; cond3 IwannaraceHanover(JStrttn)3-7-73-11 Pontiac Luck(MKakaley)1-5-74-14 Eridanus N(MLewis)3-1-115-12 Connery Blue Chip(DDube)7-11-76-15 Firethorn(GBrennan)6-3-35-16 Vodka Is Terror(JBartlett)2-4-68-17 Lucky Man(EGoodell)1-7-410-18 Show Me Up(MMacDonald)8-7-312-1SECOND: Mile pace; $18,000; cond6...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $30,700; clm($30,000); 4upLONGING FOR QUIET cuts back in distance and drops in class. UNBRIDLED ELLA drops in class after tiring in return to turf. LONG...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Lettucerocku (8th)FIRST: Mile pace; $9,500; cond2 Eres Tu(TTetrick)1-3-63-16 Arc De Triumph(CCallahan)2-4-37-28 Card Knock Life(ECarlson)5-7-66-11 Please Me Two(JCampbell)5-10-210-13 Vavoomster(DMiller)8-8-715-14 Always There(YGingras)6-4-109-25 Whats Up Rock(AMiller)3-7-68-17 MilleniumWheel(JBongiorn)5-2-48-19 Hydrusko(PBerry)5-1-220-110...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 23 SUNFeb. 24 MONFeb. 25 TUEFeb. 26 WEDFeb. 27 THUFeb. 28 FRIMar. 1 Knicks NOGAME Phi.7:00MSGESPN NOGAME NO GAME G.S.8:00MSG/ESPNESPN NO GAME Was.7:00MSGESPN Nets NOGAME Mem.7:00YES/ESPNWFAN NOGAME N.O.8:00YESWFAN NO...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing10:30 a.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice: Daytona 500 Final Practice SPEED1:15 p.m.NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 ESPN7:30 p.m.AMA Supercross Series Atlanta SPEEDBaseballNoonExhibition: Nationals at Mets SNYBasketball11 a.m.Iona at Indiana State...
Big returns on Holley switch
Thomas Holley has more BCS-level scholarship offers than games of football experience. Just months ago, the Lincoln High School junior defensive tackle was learning the proper way to put on...
Watson sidesteps wreckage
MARANA, Ariz. — And then there was one. One day after Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods went home, more top seeds followed yesterday in the Match Play Championship until Masters...
Red-hot Rousey spurs 1st all-female UFC bout
All it took was a gorgeous, sharp-tongued blonde to change forever the way people think about women fighting in a cage. Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White vowed to “never”...
Floyd pay-maker ‘channels’ Mike
When Floyd Mayweather announced his mega-agreement with Showtime this week, it conjured memories of a similar deal the network entered into with Mike Tyson when he was released from prison...
Giants' Barden ‘free’ to try and catch on elsewhere
Ramses Barden started only one game in his four-year career with the Giants. It was Sept. 20 of last season in Charlotte and he was unstoppable. He used his angular...
Coughlin brushes off retirement talk
INDIANAPOLIS — Tom Coughlin doesn’t know where Terrell Thomas got the idea he only wants to coach one more year. The Giants’ boss threw a bucket of cold water on...
Ex-Jets QB O’Brien tutoring
INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Glennon already will have a Jets connection if Gang Green ends up drafting the North Carolina State quarterback this spring. Glennon said Friday at the NFL scouting...
Gaborik’s goal: Revive Rangers
MONTREAL — Rick Nash is still in New York suffering from an undisclosed injury, so this is the best time possible for Marian Gaborik to start playing like himself again....
Islanders waive overpaid, underplayed DiPietro
Something had to give for the Islanders, and it turned to be the inevitable, long-awaited demotion of Rick DiPietro. The Islanders’ oft-injured goalie was placed on waivers yesterday, and when...
Andy-to-Mo handoff as important as ever for Yankees
TAMPA — Andy Pettitte walked off the mound and Mariano Rivera took over, a baton pass that essentially has been on endless loop throughout their entire adult lives. If the...
Cameron: Yankees should be careful with outfield switch
Curtis Granderson isn’t the first high-priced veteran being asked to move out of center field in New York. Johnny Damon shifted to left when Melky Cabrera started playing more center...
Yankees' Rivera, Pettitte hit right notes in first BP
TAMPA — Like so much of his marvelous career, Mariano Rivera’s initial baseball steps back from right knee surgery are going smoothly. “It was the first batting practice I threw...
Slow-armed Santana to miss Mets first spring start
PORT ST. LUCIE — Johan Santana already has the Mets guessing whether his left shoulder will be ready for Opening Day. After watching Santana throw a lackluster bullpen session on...
Flores puts on power display for Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE — Wilmer Flores is already a hard-to-miss figure in the Mets clubhouse, but a few more swings like the one he took against Brandon Lyon yesterday will...
Bucks don’t equal luck for Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE — Johan Santana has served many roles during his tenure as a Met. Once, he represented hope, the missing piece to a franchise that believed itself on...
Despite late rally, Nets fail to ground Rockets
The Nets kept making runs in the second half last night. But every time they did, the Rockets had an answer. More to the point, they had James Harden. Harden...
Nets GM: We weren’t close to trade
Nets general manager Billy King said all along he didn’t think there was more than a 10 percent chance he would make a trade before Thursday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline....
Knicks' Melo excited to get ’Cuse number retired
TORONTO — Carmelo Anthony never thought today would be possible when he entered Syracuse as a freshman. Today at the Carrier Dome, at halftime of the Georgetown-Syracuse game, Melo’s No....
Nets' Deron continues to play through pain in ankles
Deron Williams wasn’t hoping for a miracle cure through a third set of cortisone injections in his aching ankles. But the Nets point guard hoped to get through one game...
Anthony: K-Mart an asset for Knicks if ‘locked in’
TORONTO — Carmelo Anthony was concerned about Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald making a change to the roster, saying at one point, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’’ But...
Slumping Knicks keep finding ways to lose
TORONTO — Mike Woodson didn’t want to wait until today to view the final minutes of last night’s game against the Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Soon after Toronto had...
Woodson criticizes Melo following Knicks loss to Raptors
TORONTO — Up is down. Down is up in the Knicks’ shattering world. After the Knicks suffered their season-high fourth straight loss last night in Toronto, coach Mike Woodson took...
View to a kill
Anyone who’s ever heard the sarcastic declaration that “Everyone in prison is innocent,” might think twice about that after watching tonight’s episode of “48 Hours.” That’s because Erin Moriarty and...
Robin return boosts ‘GMA’
Robin Roberts’ return to “Good Morning America” gave the top-rated morning show a ratings jolt. “GMA” averaged 6.1 million viewers on Wednesday, which marked Roberts’ first day back, five months...
Mira’s new hubby
Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino is returning to the small screen. Sorvino, 45, will play comedian Jim Gaffigan’s wife in his as-yet-untitled CBS sitcom pilot. If the show makes it on...
Young and ageless style on the red carpet
Step aside, sexy starlets. This year’s awards circuit has welcomed a refreshing break from the red carpet’s vixens, thanks to Oscar nods for both the youngest and oldest nominees ever...
Oscar party playbook
Tomorrow night, cinephiles will pop some bubbly and tune into the Academy Awards to see which of Hollywood’s finest will take home a golden statuette. Will “Lincoln” win for Best...
Weird but true
It sure beats life in a goldfish bowl. Giant goldfish — weighing up to 4 pounds and up to a foot and a half long — have been caught in...
Princeton rolls over Columbia
Columbia killed its Ivy League ambitions with back-to-back losses at Brown and Yale last weekend, with the latter marking the first time the Lions had looked overmatched since conference play...
Don’t sleep on Butler, Valparaiso
The march to madness is sweeping the nation with a frantic fervor. Call this year’s Big Dance frenzy “Footloose,” because almost any team that makes the Field of 68 thinks...
Storm land shark for Sanchez NCAA case
St. John’s is done playing nice with the NCAA.Sources told The Post yesterday the university has retained high-powered attorney Robert Orr on behalf of center Orlando Sanchez, who has been...
Iona confident despite recent run of misfortune
It’s 6 a.m. and Sonny and Cher pop on the radio. It’s cold outside and unclear when the misery will end. Iona coach Tim Cluess has endured it for three...
Nets' Bogans, Rockets' Harden discuss confrontation
Keith Bogans and James Harden were both hit with matching technical fouls after the two came together in an incident both described afterwards as much ado about nothing.After Bogans was...
Pickup truck horror in Brooklyn: pedestrian crushed on cookie run
A Brooklyn woman was crushed to death by an out-of-control pickup tonight just seconds after she left a Brooklyn Heights cafe with a bag of cookies, cops and witnesses...
Transit takeover? Mayoral hopeful Quinn is open to idea
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — one of the leading candidates to replace Mayor Bloomberg — suggested tonight that she would be open to the city taking over the subway...
Despite late rally, Nets fail to ground Rockets
The Nets kept making runs in the second half Friday night. But every time they did, the Rockets had an answer. More to the point, they had James Harden. Harden...
St. John’s hire shark for Sanchez
St. John’s is done playing nice with the NCAA. Sources told The Post Friday the university has retained high-powered attorney Robert Orr on behalf of center Orlando Sanchez, who has...
Reeling Knicks fall to Raptors, drop 4th straight
TORONTO – Up is down. Down is up in the Knicks’ shattering new world. After the Knicks suffered their season-high fourth straight loss last night in Toronto, coach Mike Woodson...
BEST BETS: UFC 157
The day before every major event, The Post’s MMA expert Marc Raimondi breaks down what you should know in order to intelligently wager on the fights.On Saturday, the UFC is...
Crime ring chief gets 7 years for illegal guns, motorcycle thefts
The kingpin in a massive ring that sold at least 13 illegal guns and stole scores of motorcycles off city streets is going to prison for at least 7 1/2...