June 2, 2013
Yankees' Cashman says A-Rod 'couldn't live up to' massive contract
How would Brian Cashman sum up Alex Rodriguez in one word?“Complicated,” the Yankees GM said on ESPN’s Sunday Conversation. “It’s kind of like the Clint Eastwood movie ‘The Good, the...
Kuchar wins Memorial; Woods finishes with largest deficit since 1996
DUBLIN, Ohio — Matt Kuchar was in a good spot Sunday at the Memorial. He had his first multiple-win season, and an audience with tournament host Jack Nicklaus. Needing two...
Cops are fired upon and three people are shot in East Flatbush gun battle
Three men were shot — one critically — during a wild gunfight that also targeted cops in Brooklyn this afternoon, police said. The most seriously wounded man, 42, was shot...
U.S. beats shorthanded Germany in soccer exhibition
WASHINGTON — Clint Dempsey scored twice in a five-minute span of the second half and moved into second place on the U.S. career scoring list, helping the Americans edge a...
Apple closer to launching iRadio
Apple’s iRadio is one step closer to launching. The tech titan has reached a deal with Warner Music that will help pave the way for its long-awaited streaming music service,...
Pinstripe Bowl, Big Ten agree to deal
The Pinstripe Bowl and Big Ten will announce at Yankee Stadium on Monday a multiyear agreement between the conference and the 3-year-old postseason game, according to a person familiar with...
They died 'doing what they loved': Reality TV storm chaser, son and colleague killed in tornado
A respected reality show storm chaser was one of 11 people killed by a deadly tornado that tore through Oklahoma Friday, his brother announced today. Veteran extreme weather analyst Tim...
Pacers' Hibbert apologizes for gay slur, cursing at media
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert apologized Sunday morning for using a gay slur and cursing during his news conference after Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. About...
Former NFL QB McNabb believes Griffin III has become 'a sideshow' for Redskins
Donovan McNabb thinks Robert Griffin III’s constant injury updates have become a “circus, a sideshow” for the Redskins three months before the team will take the field for Week 1.The...
Wheeler will make at least one more minor league start before coming to Mets
MIAMI -- The Mets are considering a variety of factors in setting a date for Zack Wheeler's major league debut.Wheeler, the organization's top pitching prospect, is certain to make at...
Angelina Jolie makes first public appearance since news of double mastectomy at 'World War Z' premiere
Actress Angelina Jolie said today she’s been blown away by the overwhelming support she’s received for undergoing a double mastectomy as a preventive strike against cancer. Jolie attended the London...
'Now You See Me' tops 'After Earth' at weekend box office; 'Fast 6' stays at No. 1
LOS ANGELES — With its supercharged muscle cars, "Fast & Furious 6" raced to first place at the box office for the second consecutive weekend. The Universal Pictures release is...
What Subway Series? Harvey, Mets swept by awful Marlins
MIAMI -- The Mets were overmatched for an entire series against a bad team. Now they know how the Yankees felt last week. Any lingering momentum from the Mets' four-game...
Woman waiting for treatment in Harlem ER sexually assaulted by another patient: sources
A woman waiting for treatment inside Harlem Hospital’s emergency room was sexually assaulted by another patient, sources said. The 47-year-old victim had taken a painkiller and fallen asleep with her...
Schumer predicts immigration-overhaul bill will pass Senate by July 4
WASHINGTON — A lawmaker who helped negotiate a bipartisan bill to overhaul immigration predicted on Sunday that comprehensive legislation would overwhelmingly pass the Senate by July 4 while House Republicans...
Secret of Superman’s success: He’s human
On June 14, Superman gets a new look on the big screen, with “Man of Steel.” Two days before that, he also gets a comic-book makeover, in DC’s “Superman Unchained.”...
CUNY on war 'Path'
CUNY’s professors have given an overwhelming thumbs-down to the controversial Pathways program set to start this fall. In a university-wide vote, 92 percent of professors who participated expressed “no confidence”...
Mugging victim shoved onto subway tracks, got up before train arrived
A mugging victim was shoved onto the tracks while struggling with his attacker at a midtown subway station last night, police said. The victim was riding a Queens-bound E train...
Rutgers official writes apology after hostile questioning of AD candidate, though Hermann let off hook
The questioning of the two finalists for the Rutgers University athletic director job was glaringly dissimilar on at least one highly sensitive issue, The Post has learned. A source told...
Others have bigger problems than Mets have with Davis
A slump in baseball feels worse than a free-fall in any other sport. The relentless, daily nature of the season provides no respite. You are a drowning man unable to...
With Harvey leading the way, Mets pitching staff can build on Subway success
The words were said with the calmness that has become as much of a trademark of Matt Harvey as his 89-mph slider. His point was precise. “We’re starting to play...
A look inside the numbers of Mets' Harvey
It is #HarveyDay, as they say on Twitter. Matt Harvey makes his 12th start of the season this afternoon against the Marlins in Miami, making it a rare case this...
The most feared man on Wall St.
He’s become Wall Street’s Public Enemy No. 1 — Dave Camp, a Republican Congressman from Michigan and chairman of the influential Ways and Means Committee. That’s because Camp is working...
Year 2: It’s time for Zuckerberg to ‘Like’ investors
Mark Zuckerberg may not be Macaulay Culkin, but he sure is Home Alone. Since Facebook went public about one year ago on May 18, 2012, its stock has lost a...
Len’s large largesse
We hear that Len Blavatnik, the multibillionaire owner of Warner Music Group, is going on a spending spree — of the philanthropic kind. If his recent giving is any indication,...
App helps graduates manage their debt
Did you recently graduate from college but can’t figure out how you’re going to keep track of, let alone pay off, your many student loans? Then you might want to...
Leaked Fed minutes send marts tumbling
Friday afternoon’s stock market swoon had many equity analysts grasping for answers. The Dow Jones industrial average fell over 200 points in the final hour of trading with an almost...
Consumers paid for nat gas profits
At the heart of author Barbara T. Dreyfuss’ new book is greed — pure and raw, with total disregard for consequences. In “Hedge Hogs,” Dreyfuss recounts the 2006 collapse of...
Class warfare
It’s Occupy Sallie Mae! The nation’s largest student lender is being besieged by student activists plunged into financial hell by their ballooning debt. The grass-roots movement is demanding sweeping reforms...
School daze revisited
What difference does a decade of bubble-bursting financial distress make? Well, apparently not so much if you flouted the rules, raked in the bucks and then lay low during the...
The story of a scam
Dear John: Bottom line, I was conned out of $312,000 over the span of 30 years from a guy who was a customer of mine. I retained a criminal lawyer...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS GUY HANDS Court gives new life to UK financier’s $8.3B suit against Citigroup over EMI sale. JACK MA Alibaba chief is sitting pretty as Wall Street banks jostle to...
Vigil for shot girl, 11
The teen gangbanger charged with shooting a Brooklyn fifth-grader in the head coldly laughed when cops told him he was being arrested for the sickening act, prosecutors said. Kane Cooper,...
‘Cheated’ out of a teach job
A Brooklyn teacher claims he blew the whistle on a cheating scandal, and lost his shot at a full-time job. Robert Rodriguez was hired as a substitute in February 2009...
Serving the press
If you can judge a man by his friends, surely you can judge a president by the complaints he cares about most. By that rule, it is revealing that President...
Gropez gal’s $alary bloat
In the years when ex-Assemblyman Vito Lopez was still a kingmaker in New York, his campaign treasurer ran the government-funded Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council and her annual salary at...
NJ casino rescue
ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey casino regulators have approved a restructuring plan that creates a new holding company for Revel, a key part of the $2.4 billion resort’s post-bankruptcy switch...
Mystery ‘assault’
Police are investigating a possible sexual assault in Flushing Meadows Park that left a 28-year-old woman unable to remember what happened to her.A passer-by found the unconscious victim, her skirt...
Holy furor as Greek Orthodox pastor's hottie 'goddaughter' gets prominent roles at church
The married pastor of St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Washington Heights showed up for his first day of work with an attractive younger assistant fond of high heels and...
Behead suspect charged
LONDON — A second suspect in the murder of a soldier who was run down by a car and hacked to death in a London street has been officially charged...
‘Edith’ of ‘All in the Family’ dies at 90
She was the queen of Queens. “All in the Family” star Jean Stapleton, who brilliantly played the long-suffering wife of working-class bigot Archie Bunker in the 1970s hit TV sitcom,...
Hack of a summit for US, China
High-level American and Chinese officials have agreed to try to hammer out a set of cyber-security standards in a bid to stop an onslaught of thefts of US government secrets...
Widow of slain 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle still supporting right to bear arms
She’s sticking to her guns. The widow of America’s deadliest sniper, Chris Kyle, hasn’t changed her opinion of guns one bit — even after one was used to kill her...
Dyslexic woman sues over exam
A Manhattan woman who wants to go to medical school but claims she has such a hard time reading that even looking at a new menu rattles her is suing...
Sloot: I’m a prisoner of love
LIMA, Peru — Jailed murderer Joran van der Sloot plans to wed his Peruvian girlfriend for love, not to avoid extradition to the United States in connection with the disappearance...
What it's really like to take a celebrity to prom
Every day on the Internet, another wide-eyed high-school student asks a movie star or athlete to prom. But what’s it really like to take a bold-faced name to the big...
Ova easy: Egg-freeze calculator
Women who may want to put their fertility on ice to pursue careers can now calculate their odds of having a baby with an “egg-freezing success estimator.” The handy tool...
Dancer Misty Copeland has broken barriers to bring ballet center stage
When Misty Copeland was discovered at age 13 by a ballet instructor at her local Boys & Girls Club in San Pedro, Calif., she was so poor that she’d never...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A boozed-up driver caused mayhem in Gowanus when she smashed into a livery cab and sent it flying into a building, authorities said. Brittney Brothers, 21, of Staten...
Sanit horror
A Sanitation Department worker may lose his leg after a horrific accident in Brooklyn yesterday, police sources said. The 31-year-old man was loading the back of a sanitation truck when...
3 heated slayings
Three men were gunned down during a sweltering night of bloodshed in The Bronx and Brooklyn, police said. A gunman walked up to Terrence Davis, 24, at about 8:50 p.m....
Upper East Side Fairway prices are higher than ones at store on Upper West Side
It’s the Upper East Side premium — groceries cost nickels and dimes more than items sold just across Central Park. The East 86th Street Fairway Market charges customers more than...
A Bach-kini sonata!
It wasn’t Chopin or even chopsticks, but these piano-playing pals were still a hot number in the 90-degree weather on Coney Island’s boardwalk yesterday. The trio — (from left) Shannon...
City pedaling bikes to all today
Starting today, Citi Bikes are ready to roll for all.The general public can now use the city’s new bike-share system — a week after the program’s soft launch for select...
Peeved SI pol in 9/11 diss
Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm is refusing to back a bill that would end the sequestration of 9/11 victims’ compensation funds because he wasn’t invited to a press conference, according...
Grumble at trash rumble
An Upper East Side assemblyman and residents are fuming over garbage-filled trailers rumbling down their streets — in what they say is a violation of a city contract that calls...
Suicide is leading cause of subway-passenger deaths: MTA data
Suicide by subway is the leading cause of straphanger deaths — representing 51 percent of all fatalities, an analysis of three years of MTA data shows. And with 57 percent...
Phone dropper’s fatal flub
A Bronx DJ accidentally dropped his iPhone on the tracks early yesterday — and was electrocuted when he tried to grab it, police sources said. Francisco Diego Jr., 22, alerted...
Obama was pushed by Clintons into endorsement of Hillary in 2016: book
President Obama made a secret deal to support Hillary Clinton when she runs for president in 2016, campaign sources say, payback for the support her husband gave him in 2012....
Mike’s visit all ‘fore’ nothing
While he was on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard in August 2010, Obama invited Mayor Bloomberg to play golf. A self-made billionaire, Bloomberg had been touted as a possible replacement for...
New teacher-evaluation plan will finally hold instructors accountable
After years of contentious debate and delay, a new teacher-evaluation plan was approved yesterday for New York City — which officials say will help weed out the worst teachers. “The...
Effective tool for success
Yesterday, state Education Commissioner John King announced a truly innovative evaluation system clearly focused on improving how New York City’s 1.1 million students are taught and that gives teachers a...
Victims of falling tree limbs in Central Park get big settlements
The city has shelled out $11.5 million to the brilliant young Google engineer whose life and body were shattered by a falling tree limb in Central Park. Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, 37,...
Memorial for Newtown ma
More than 100 family and friends gathered in the town of Kingston, NH, yesterday to memorialize the woman whose son massacred 20 first-graders and six educators in the Newtown school...
Ex-NYU instructor asks dog, 'What the f--k is your name?' in bizarre rampage: sources
A former NYU instructor went on a bizarre rampage in Brooklyn — yelling at a pooch and splashing a woman with a liquid he claimed was blood, sources said yesterday....
Another IRS vid outrage
The tax collector really is a boogie-man! Yet another embarrassing video filmed by IRS employees and funded by taxpayers has emerged — this one showing workers shaking their butts for...
Woman who ratted out hubby suspect in ricin-mailing probe says she wants a divorce
She wants out. The small-time actress who ratted out her husband in the Mayor Bloomberg-President Obama ricin probe — only to have him turn around and blame her — told...
Toll at 9 in 2nd Okla. hell
The death toll from the second tornado to hit the Oklahoma City area in 11 days rose to nine yesterday. Among those killed were a woman and her baby who...
Middle East genocide
We are witnesses to murder, and our governments are accomplices. The relentless destruction of the last remnants of the Middle East’s Judeo-Christian civilization is well under way. And we are...
Agonizer in chief
In a piece on drone usage in 2009, New Yorker writer Jane Mayer framed the program as “a radically new use of state-sanctioned lethal force” with “no visible system of...
Affording Bill de Blasio
For a moment there, it looked like one of the Democratic mayoral candidates was making sense. Of course, it turns out too good to be true. The candidate in question...
Your money is corrupting
On a recent edition of his radio show, Mayor Bloomberg strongly disagreed with Gov. Cuomo’s idea that cleaning up Albany begins with the state’s adopting the city’s campaign-finance system —...
Terrible Tesla deal
In 2009, as the financial crisis raged and General Motors and Chrysler plunged toward bankruptcy, Tesla Motors faced a seemingly impossible task: raising half a billion dollars to build an...
Circular logic
The New York City bike-share program charges $9.50 for a 30-minute ride (“City Bikes Made Me Late for Work,” May 29). The express bus costs $6. I can just hear...
The house wins
Straight Flush The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire — and How It All Came Crashing Down . . ....
Required reading
Thieves of Book Row New York’s Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It by Travis McDade (Oxford) Jan. 10, 1931, was a perfect day for a...
Dueling with death
These days the corner of Spring and Greene streets overlooks a fashionable SoHo block of Chanel and Burberry shops. But two centuries ago, this was “Lispenard’s Meadow” — and in...
Pitching in for Newark
Rodney Mason’s moment of truth, the event that forever changed and defined him, came on an October evening in 1995, as he sat on the stoop of his Newark apartment...
In my library Alex Karpovsky
On “Girls,” he’s Ray, Shoshanna’s “loser” boyfriend, but off screen Alex Karpovsky is anything but. After dropping out of a Ph.D. program at Oxford University a decade ago, he found...
In praise of being Super
I never lie. I have always been a Batman guy. I can’t help but think, “If I had all that money and the proper motivation,” — meaning if my parents...
Judy Blume is finally ready for her Hollywood closeup
‘I’ll be careful the way I say this,” says Judy Blume’s son, Lawrence. “There wasn’t a deep understanding, in the Hollywood community, of how incredibly popular she is. I mean,...
'Louder than hell' My metal New York
‘Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal,” by veteran rock journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, is a 700-page opus that traces music’s most raucous genre through 400...
14 perfect summer Sundays
JUNE 2 Early: Hit the brunch line You have to arrive early for Shakespeare in the Park tickets. Why not make a picnic out of it? Theaterati start waiting as...
Puppy love
When author Katie Preston Toepfer was looking through old family photo albums, she was struck by some of the unique details of her parents’ wedding day. The best man was...
USA zoned-out
When the modern world championship system was created after World War II, the US and Soviet Union got special privileges.The national championships of the two superpowers were designated as “zonal”...
Bridge
Let’s feed today’s deal to the Law of Total Tricks. The “Law” asserts that the number of trumps both sides have in their best suit equals the number of tricks...
Vyjack’s ‘work’ ethic in question heading into Belmont
If you thought this year’s Belmont Stakes would be free of controversy — unlike last year’s — think again. A year ago, with I’ll Have Another going for the Triple...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Daniel Murphy
New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy fielded some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby for this week’s Q&A. Q: What would it mean to you to play in the...
Secretariat jockey reflects on historic Triple Crown 40 years ago
Just one week from today will mark 40 years since jockey Ron Turcotte sat atop Secretariat and swept the coveted Triple Crown in their astonishing 31-length victory to win the...
Can’t beat this sweep
* Thank heaven for W.B. Mason bringing us Yankees encores. I was able to see the four Mets wins and four Yankees losses in the Subway Series three times each....
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $21,000; clm($7,500); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 ToeJamFootball(L),121S Elliott4-1-1Lake3-12 Sweetsthrnmbr(L),114JVargas,Jr5-1-2Pino5-23 Really Snowing(L),114J Flores7-1-1RPreciad9-54 Red Hot Ride(L),112ACastillJr1-2-2Guerrero9-25 Fourteenkrtprz(L),119A Salgado5-6-5GPrecid10-16 EsthersClssyLs(L),119R Chiappe8-2-4Guerrero8-1SECOND-1m&70yds; $24,000;...
Belmont Charts
June 1st, 2013 Clear and Fast Turf Firm ©2013 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-1 1/16 miles(T); $62,000; alw; 3up(f) Off: 1:05. Good. bump brk,stead'd 5/16 Time: 24.12, 48.33, 1:12.41, 1:36.45,...
Mommouth Park Results
FIRST-4 1/2 fur; $40,000; mdn; 2YO(f) 1 Sara Bay (Bravo) 3.20 2.40 2.10 2 Sea Bubble (Trujillo) 3.40 2.10 5 The Slipper Fits (Rivera,Jr.) 3.20 Scr: Hope Is Alive, Big...
Sharapova, Nadal advance at French
PARIS — A frowning Maria Sharapova walked toward the net, peering at a mark on the other side and trying to argue her way out of yet another double-fault. “It...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Mangini to join 49ers staff The 49ers have agreed to terms with former Jets and Browns coach Eric Mangini to be an offensive consultant for the NFC champions, a...
Jets' Goodson in more trouble
The off-field woes of new Jets running back Mike Goodson just keep piling up. His Jets career already in jeopardy because of his arrest in New Jersey last month on...
Calder Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. FIRST-1m&70yds; $11,500; clm($6,250); 3up1-TheSenseAngel3-16-Ariel's Bay 5-12-Exchange Chic15-17-NeedYouTnght6-13-Saratoga Blitz 6-18-Roman Score 6-14-Rogue 4-19-Hear Her Roar 15-15-Zeffee 8-1SECOND-5 fur; $39,000; mdn; 2YO(f)6-Holy Day 4-14-Follow My Luck8-11-Cambiata 6-15-My Novena...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m.FIRST-4 1/2 fur; $40,000; mdn; 2YORACHELS QUEST gets Bravo to wide for career debut. YES IM LUCKY from good first out barn. POMEROYS PACKAGE working steadily for...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-6 fur(T); $54,000; alw; 3up 6 Et Tu Wlkr (Gtrrz) 11.40 2.60 2.40 5 Kilat (Smith) 2.20 2.10 1 El Mirage King (Espinoza) 3.40 * $1 Exacta (6-5) $9.00 *...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile pace; $90,450; Golden GirlsOFF: 7:19 TIME-26.3; 54.4; 1:22.0; 1:48.4 1Feeling You (A Miller) 6.402.602.206Anndrovette (T Tetrick) 2.102.102Ginger And Fred (R Pierce)3.00* Exacta (1-6) $14.20 * Trifecta (1-6-2) $34.80Exacta picked...
Hondo playing Red
Hondo, who was looking to move into the wonderful world of positive numbers, lost with the Chisox yesterday on a walk-off walk in the 10th, which raised the dirty digits...
Red Bulls fall to Vancouver
First the Red Bulls lost Jamison Olave to a costly red card; then they lost the game 2-1 to Vancouver, and their unbeaten streak as well. When it was over...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 2MONJune 3TUEJune 4WEDJune 5THUJune 6FRIJune 7SATJune 8YankeesRed Sox8:00ESPNWCBS 880 AMCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.1:05YESWCBSSea.10:10YESWCBSSea.10:10YESWCBSSea.4:10YESWCBSMetsMiami1:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMNOGAMEWas.7:05SNYWFANWas.7:05SNYWFANWas.7:05SNYWFANMia.7:10SNYWFANMia.1:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMELibertyNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEInd.11 a.m.MSG+NOGAMEAtl.7:30No TVNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
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The Post Line
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Messier or Gretzky? Puck’s in Rangers GM’s court
The idea is that now, at the very least, Glen Sather has a better understanding of what’s before him. Although there was no guarantee the Rangers’ general manager had spoken...
Bruins roll in Game 1
Round 1, make that Game 1, to the Bruins.David Krejci scored two more goals during his torrid postseason and the Bruins shut down the Penguins 3-0 in the opening game...
Rich may get reprieve
The change in coaching administrations could alter the Rangers’ decision regarding Brad Richards, who still is far more likely to be an amnesty buyout later this month than a candidate...
Woods posts career-worst 9-hole score en route to ugly 79
DUBLIN, Ohio — The world’s No. 1 player had just finished his front nine in 44 strokes — a stunning 8-over-par score that resembled something closer to what an 18-handicapper...
Steady Kuchar grabs two-shot lead at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio — On a day when the winds were a constant 15 miles per hour and gusted to 30, only six players managed to shoot rounds in the 60s...
City-first allegiance thing of past
This happens a lot: I will be driving to baseball games involving the Mets and the Yankees — or the occasional Jets-Giants football game, or a Nets-Knicks basketball game —...
Pacers force Game 7 vs. LeBron, Heat
INDIANAPOLIS — When these Eastern Conference Finals began, the Pacers were the inexperienced group full of untested and unproven young players on such a big stage, facing off against the...
West battles despite fever
INDIANAPOLIS — The Pacers downplayed the severity of David West’s upper respiratory infection all day, saying despite sitting out the team’s morning shootaround, their starting power forward would be ready...
Torrid April start distant memory for Yankees' slumping Vernon
Vernon Wells is lucky Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis can’t play the outfield. Or Lyle Overbay, for that matter. Wells, who provided some unexpected — but much needed — offense...
Red Sox' Napoli finds way to ‘slam’ Yankees again
Mike Napoli is back to his old self against the Yankees. The Red Sox first baseman owns phenomenal career production against the Yanks, but almost zero of that has come...
Wheeler still on fast track to Mets
MIAMI — His promotion to the major leagues may be just days away, and Saturday night Zack Wheeler gave the Mets no reason to believe he is going to need...
Mets flounder against Marlins ... again
MIAMI — Hook, line and stinker. If the Mets thought their visit to Marlins Park would mean an easy series victory to bookend a big week, they swallowed the bait...
Yankees meet 111-year-old fan
Bernando LaPallo (left), age 111, was on the field during batting practice and talked with Derek Jeter and manager Joe Girardi. “This is the greatest day of my life,’’ said...
Yankees' Pettitte set for Monday return against Indians
The Yankees get Andy Pettitte back from the disabled list Monday night and he will start against the Indians. Just like with Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis who came off...
Girardi can’t afford to whiff on big decisions
Joe Girardi, intentional walks and David Ortiz: Three topics that individually will generate strong reactions from Yankees fans. All three in one conversation? Fuhgeddaboudit. But whether you think Girardi was...
Hughes, Yankees slammed by Napoli, Red Sox
With muscles as soft as yogurt swinging wet newspapers, the Yankees can’t afford to be escorted into an early ditch by a starting pitcher. With an assist from manager Joe...
The Rumble
Links in his armor Trump's Euro course vies for prestigious events It is no secret Donald Trump craves the excesses in life. In golf, Trump is as passionate about the...
Boy wonder
In February, Aaron Tveit found himself on stage at the Academy Awards — alongside Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe — basking in the acclaim for “Les Miserables.” Tveit...
Dead shows walking
Few shows have stumbled so far, so fast as AMC’s “The Killing.” After a critically acclaimed premiere in 2011, the producers angered viewers by not resolving the Rosie Larsen murder...
Don't miss
Tower of babble Miles (Billy Burke) and Monroe (David Lyons) face off on the season finale of “Revolution.” Life-threatening dangers abound on all sides as the Rebels infiltrate the Tower....
The other women
Don’t let the title fool you: Only one of “Mistresses”’ four great-looking leading ladies plays an actual mistress. And none of them — including its biggest star, Alyssa Milano —...
Summer series: where we left off
The shows you didn’t watch last season are giving you another chance this summer. Where they left off: “Continuum” (Friday, June 7, 10 p.m., Syfy) Considering this time-travelling cop series...
Reel good
SUNDAY IN NEW YORK 1963 Sunday, 6 p.m., TCM “Is a girl who’s been going with around with a fella a reasonable amount of time supposed to go to bed...
Look Who’s Talking
KELLY & MICHAEL 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Alyssa Milano. Tuesday: Neil Patrick Harris; Rose Byrne; Barenaked Ladies. Wednesday: Vince Vaughn; Rick Schwartz of the San Diego Zoo. Thursday: Jeffrey...
Undead shows
There is precedent for TV series to come back after being canceled. Netflix released 15 episodes of the reborn “Arrested Development” on May 26 after several years off the air....
The beach boys
Kanye West has already stopped by the showroom. Tory Burch is an unofficial adviser. It’s been featured in Vogue, on E! and the “Today” show. And talks are in the...
5 perfect sundaes you must try
It may not officially be summer, but it’s definitely sundae season. While the temperatures have been on the rise, pastry chefs have been busy perfecting their recipes for sweet temptations...
Weird but true
Catch these robbers, and suck the life out of them. Police in Wilmington, NC, are investigating the theft of more than 1,000 Venus flytraps from a city garden. The carnivorous...
Meet market: Bilingual Brooklyn teacher wants a guy who’s fluent in romance
Kicking it Jaclyn enjoys watching soccer. “The fans have unmatchable enthusiasm,” she says. Speak up Jaclyn describes herself as a “podcast junkie” who listens mostly to NPR. Salty and sweet...
This week's couple: Round 2
When Davin, 27, was selected to go out on a previous date for Meet Market, he left discomfited — so we let him choose who to go out with next....
Stitching up what’s left
It's been a month since your breakup, and you’re still curled up with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s and a box of Kleenex, asking your best friends, “But do...
Top 5: ways to get some over dim sum
“When the steamed dumplings arrive, say, ‘Wow, things are already getting steamy between us.’ ” — Kayla “Ask for oolong tea and say, ‘I’m going to love you for oolong,...
Cancer benefit a Kline classic
When he isn’t taking classes at Syracuse, most of Alex Kline’s time is spent in the recruiting world judging prospects, tracking scholarship offers and visits, and speaking to college coaches...
Columbia earns first NCAA win
Nick Crucet hit a go-ahead RBI single in the 13th inning and Columbia held on to earn its first NCAA tournament win with a 6-5 victory over New Mexico last...
No good defense to keeping offensive name
So, What to think about the proposed nickname change of the Washington Redskins? I suppose it depends on whether you see it as a political — or politically correct —...
LeBron's Heat pushed to the brink following Game 6 loss to Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS — When these Eastern Conference Finals began, the Pacers were the inexperienced group full of untested and unproven young players on such a big stage, facing off against the...
Red Bulls see red in 2-1 loss to Vancouver
First the Red Bulls lost Jamison Olave to a costly red card; then they lost the game 2-1 to Vancouver Saturday night at Red Bull Arena, and their unbeaten streak...
New evaluations finally hold New York City teachers accountable
After years of contentious debate and delay, New York City finally has a new teacher-evaluation plan that state officials say will help weed out the worst teachers. “The challenge is...