June 15, 2013
Teixeira exits early, flies home after wrist flareup, as Yankees lose 5th straight
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A West Coast trip that started well has developed into a skull-scalding nightmare that could be the beginning of the end of the Yankees’ season. Not only...
Win or lose: Casino bill would expand gambling in NY, regardless of vote
ALBANY — New York's casino expansion bill being negotiated behind closed doors included a new provision Saturday that would expand gambling even if voters reject the proposal to build more...
WATCH: Rays pitcher struck in head with hard line drive
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Alex Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher after he was hit on the right ear by a liner off...
Vote for Meow: Cat running for mayor in Mexico is a huge hit
MEXICO CITY — This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white kitten with orange...
Rangers will spurn legend Messier, hire Vigneault as head coach
The Rangers’ announcement that Alain Vigneault will become the club’s next head coach is only a matter of timing, multiple sources have told The Post. Vigneault, who met on Friday...
'My hamstring can tear at any time': Spurs hoping Parker holds up
SAN ANTONIO – The fate of the Spurs championship aspirations rests fully on Tony Parker’s ailing right hamstring – which, Parker said Saturday, could give out at any time. “The...
WATCH: MMA fighter chokes opponent out as negligent referee looks on oblivious
Josh Burkman choked Jon Fitch until he was unconcious Friday night in the main event of World Series of Fighting 3. And referee Steve Mazzagatti didn’t notice until it was...
GM: Mets set to make 'significant acquisitions' in 'next six months'
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson knows how long Mets fans have been waiting for their team to do more than tear down and rebuild. He's been the one overseeing most...
Kim Kardashian gives birth to healthy baby girl
The Kardashian clan welcomed a tiny new member Saturday. Kim Kardashian reportedly gave birth to a baby girl, her first child with rapper boyfriend Kayne West. It is the first...
New York-bound flight diverted after passenger finds threatening note in toilet: report
An EgyptAir jet heading to New York from Cairo was diverted and landed in Scotland on Saturday after a passenger found a note in a toilet containing a threat to...
Mets fall 15 games under .500 with second straight loss to Cubs
The final 100 games of the season began yesterday for the Mets, who are a very difficult team to watch and are now on pace not just for 100 losses...
Scandal-plagued Elmo puppeteer picks up Daytime Emmys
Puppeteer Kevin Clash, who left Sesame Street amid a mushrooming gay underage sex scandal last year, picked up a Daytime Emmy award last night in Los Angeles for Outstanding Performer...
CIA to arm, train Syrian rebels: report
The United States will supply Syrian rebels with weapons through a CIA-run program, according to a report. President Obama decided Thursday to supply rebel forces with small arms and ammunition,...
Bag-snatching thug on the run after crashing into Brooklyn home
A thug is on the loose after he robbed a woman this morning, then crashed into a Brooklyn home while trying to drive off with her purse, police sources said....
Tiger falling out of contention at U.S. Open, where under par has become revolving door
ADMORE, Pa. -- Short birdie putts were a big deal for Charl Schwartzel and Luke Donald at the 10th hole in the third round at the U.S. Open. When Schwartzel...
Bye bye Mahmoud: Moderate cleric wins Iran election for Ahmadinejad's successor
TEHRAN, Iran — Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran's presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit...
'It blows my mind': neighbors shocked after learning of the Nazi next door
MINNEAPOLIS — The revelation that a top former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to...
'Drunk' driver mows down woman on sidewalk in Brooklyn
A Madison Square Garden cook was mowed down and killed in Brooklyn early yesterday by an allegedly drunk driver who was nabbed by cops after smashing his car into a...
Superman's killer: Dan Jurgens
Writer-artist Dan Jurgens got to do what the combined forces of Lex Luthor, Brainiac and that thankfully aborted Nicholas Cage movie never could: He got to kill Superman. Jurgens was...
Police nab fiend who allegedly beat elderly man and stole his bible
Police have nabbed the unholy fiend who beat up an elderly Manhattan man and stole his Bible, authorities said this morning. Francisco Flores, 40, was collared for allegedly following Ricardo...
Pakistani police storm hospital after gunmen take hostages; 11 female students killed in earlier bus explosion
QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani police stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that began with a bombing just outside...
9-year-old girl shot in Bronx, latest child victim of stray gunfire
An adorable 9-year-old girl was shot in the Bronx last night — one of three tragic cases in which a child has been struck by a stray bullet in the...
Roughly 6 percent of NYC teachers deemed 'ineffective' based on students' test scores
Roughly 6 percent of city teachers were deemed ineffective last year based solely on their students’ scores on state math and reading tests, new city data shows. The data stemmed...
Mickelson tied for lead in ‘difficult’ U.S. Open
ARDMORE, Pa. — Merion might be petite, but she sure packs a big punch. One hundred and fifty six players began this 113th U.S. Open. As darkness fell Friday over...
Vote ousts burkle
Shareholders of Morgans Hotel Group, the chain of 13 boutique hotels, want billionaire Ron Burkle out. Investors in the New York company, which owns the Mondrian and Royalton hotels in...
Business briefs
Lulu of an adLululemon is looking for a new CEO, and it could be you. A playful ad on its Web page lists the ability to do a headstand and...
Lenox Lounge’s bar, fixtures recovered
It looks like restaurateur Richie Notar will be able to relaunch the fabled Lenox Lounge site as the “gem of New York” — as he called the fabled Harlem jazz...
Herbalife sprouts up by 11%
Herbalife shares spiked 11.4 percent this week after an online Nielsen survey found that nearly 8 million Americans bought its products in the past three months. After the survey findings’...
OWS protester continues battle over tweet privacy
Twitter user and Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris is still fighting government’s reach into his Internet habits — even if it means standing trial again in a case he...
BofA sued over loans
Bank of America, the second-biggest US lender, rewarded staff with cash bonuses and gift cards for meeting quotas tied to sending distressed homeowners into foreclosure, former employees said in court...
‘Surprise’ FB invite
Facebook sent out invitations for a June 20 event to promote a “new product” as the world’s most popular social-networking service seeks to attract users with a wider range of...
Groupon shares get boost from mobile upgrade
Groupon shares, which have been tattered since the daily deals company went public 19 months ago, spiked 11.5 percent yesterday after one analyst said it was making progress in mobile....
A real ‘jerky’ fund fest
Kickstarter backers thought they were getting gourmet beef jerky — but all they really got was pure bologna.Users of the New York City crowdfunding site, where projects are posted and...
Bingo! Past catches up
A regional director for the securities industry’s self-regulatory agency resigned several weeks after the organization received a letter revealing he had pleaded guilty two decades ago to charitable bingo fraud.
Getting smaller
Think of it as the Dimon diet plan. JPMorgan Chase’s CEO Jamie Dimon is unloading the bank’s private-equity unit, One Equity Partners, to focus on its bread-and-butter businesses. The move...
Hogan’s risk- y move
JPMorgan’s former risk officer John Hogan is mulling whether to take on limited duties at the bank — or leave entirely. Hogan relinquished his duties to Ashley Bacon in order...
Malone pursuing big cable merger
Liberty Media boss John Malone and sidekick Greg Maffei have grand plans to consolidate the cable business via a 27 percent stake in Charter Communications, The Post has learned. Fed...
Allies cold on Bam Syria plan
It’s looking like Iraq War redux. President Obama’s report that Syria has used chemical weapons drew support from Britain, but shrugs from Iraq War opponents France and Germany — and...
Reformer leads Iran race
Hassan Rohani, the lone reformist candidate in Iran’s presidential election, took a significant lead in preliminary election returns today, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. Rohani, 64, led with about...
Whitey: Pay up, or else
BOSTON — When it came to business, James “Whitey” Bulger had one basic rule, say two bookmakers who testified at his racketeering trial yesterday: You paid him or you risked...
Teacher on stand: I’m no molester
A Queens teacher accused of molesting several students took the stand yesterday to defend his record and vehemently deny any wrongdoing. Simon Watts (left, at court yesterday) is accused of...
NYU tells Chinese dissident that he has two weeks to move out
NYU brass grudgingly gave blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng an extra two weeks to move off campus — but warned he’ll have to find a hotel if he misses the...
Chimp maul suit is nixed
HARTFORD, Conn. — A woman blinded and disfigured by a friend’s 200-pound pet chimpanzee has no legal standing to sue Connecticut for $150 million just because it allowed private ownership...
Old Nazi fiend outed in Minn.
BERLIN — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States...
Body is missing gal
TRENTON, NJ — Authorities said a body found in a car in a northern New Jersey lake is that of a woman missing for more than five years.An autopsy has...
Dye pack blows bank suspect’s score
He was caught red-handed. A blubbering bank robber was busted with his hands still red from exploded dye packs, Manhattan prosecutors said yesterday. Maverick Madore, 20, gave cops a full...
Bill a Chris booster
Chris Christie has another Democratic president for a pal — Bill Clinton.The ex-president yesterday heaped praise on the New Jersey governor — a likely 2016 White House challenger for his...
Route lost on this bus driver
New Jersey commuters endured a hellish bus ride yesterday that turned their 45-minute ride into a 2-hour torture session.The NJ Transit “express” bus driver apparently got lost on her way...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** The man in this picture and an alleged accomplice are being sought for questioning in connection with a rash of violent cellphone robberies in Astoria, police sources said....
Liu’s $crews tighten
Mayoral hopeful John Liu won’t know if he’s getting millions of dollars in campaign funds from the city until just weeks before the September primary — a headache that’s sure...
Gifted students ‘jilted’
More than 4,400 families of kids who qualified and applied for public school gifted and talented programs were not offered a seat for the fall — doubling the number of...
Kelly hits Team O frisk stance
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly last night blasted the Obama administration for recommending a monitor to oversee the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program. “It is disappointing, quite frankly,” Kelly said after a graduation...
Fraction of teachers fail
Roughly 6 percent of city teachers were deemed ineffective last year based solely on their students’ scores on state math and reading tests, new city data shows.The data stemmed from...
TV chef Charlie Trotter sued over 'fake' $46,227 bottle of wine
This wine could drive you to drink! Two Bronx wine collectors bought a $46,227 bottle of red from a celebrity chef only to learn he sold them a phony, a...
Politician seeks answers on Weiner wife Huma Abedin's private consulting gig
WASHINGTON — One of the Senate’s most aggressive investigators is probing longtime Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s employment status, asking how she got a sweetheart deal to be a...
Pakistan #1 in gay hypocrisy
Pakistan leads the world in Google searches for gay pornography, according to an analysis of search terms.The study in the magazine Mother Jones found the Islamic republic is the world...
Park Slope calls foul on road to Barclays
They’re on the cutting edge of trends, but when it comes to one of their major roadways for bypassing the Barclays Center, Park Slope residents like things just the way...
’86 slay suspect booked
A Miami man captured 26 years after he allegedly fatally shot a Manhattan restaurant owner was extradited back to the Big Apple yesterday to face murder charges, police said. Justo...
Brooklyn DA fires head of Gang Bureau over racial and homophobic slurs
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has fired the head of his Gang Bureau for using homophobic language and calling a top prosecutor “the head n----r,” The Post has learned. Deanna...
LIRR ‘whiz’ skirts prison
A former medical-office manager who soiled herself in court after getting busted in the LIRR “gravy train” scam was granted her Number 1 wish yesterday — no time in the...
Surveillance footage shows final images of swimsuit designer - as well as accused killer
Stunning surveillance footage played in court yesterday showed the final images of a swimsuit designer — and the frantic pacing of the narcissistic layabout who allegedly killed her. Silvie Cachay...
Retired NYPD detective promotes 'bikini bar' plan near Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Cops and strippers — they’re not just for bachelorette parties anymore. A retired NYPD detective wants to open a “bikini bar” complete with pole dancing — and possibly stripteases —...
‘Man of Steel’ a $uper hero
Sales are soaring!The newest Superman movie, “Man of Steel,” raked in more than $42 million at the box office in just two days and is well on its way to...
Tot survives plunge
A young child miraculously survived a two-story fall from a Brooklyn apartment building yesterday, authorities said.The incident occurred at about 7:25 p.m. at 248 Wallabout St. in Williamsburg. The unidentified...
Down to 1 shady amigo
New York’s “four amigos’’ are now down to one. The third state senator in the once-powerful Albany quartet, Pedro Espada Jr., was hauled off to prison yesterday, following in the...
Espada will have plenty of corrupt company
Pedro Espada Jr. yesterday did the seemingly impossible. He lost his infuriating swagger. This little piggy politician is going straight from the courthouse to the hole where he belongs —...
Former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. slapped with 5-year prison sentence
There’s no lobster where he’s going. Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. — who looted his taxpayer-funded Bronx nonprofit to pay for lavish meals and a fancy car — was...
‘Achy Breaky’ change of heart
LOS ANGELES — The wife of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus has filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage. Records show Tish Finley Cyrus filed Thursday in Los Angeles,...
Shot girl, 11, rallies
The 11-year-old Brooklyn girl who was shot in the neck by a stray bullet sat up in her hospital bed for the first time yesterday, according to her family. The...
Brooke Astor’s 89-year-old son, Anthony Marshall, gets reprieve from jail
Anthony Marshall, convicted of stealing millions of dollars from his late socialite mom, Brooke Astor, has won his 11th-hour bid to dodge the start of his prison term Monday —...
Shell of a save: JFK barriers to block runway turtles
Stay the shell off the runways! In a desperate bid to keep slow-moving turtles from causing delays at JFK, Port Authority officials are installing a massive barrier that will keep...
Anguish of slain immigrant cabby’s kin
The Brooklyn cabby who was killed with an umbrella came to the United States to provide a better life for his five children, grieving relatives said yesterday. “He didn’t go...
Britain barring leaker
Britain threatened to fine any airline that tries to fly Edward Snowden to the United Kingdom as the escape routes for the outlaw leaker disappear. A travel alert issued by...
How to bring real change to Iran
Like most people who live in democratic countries, Americans believe elections matter. But elections alone don’t define democracy. Elections are simply the mechanism by which free people choose the leaders...
Will O finally lead?
Better late than never? President Obama’s new tune on Syria policy is still marked by tones of equivocation. With almost everyone agreed that the Damascus despot Bashar al-Assad has used...
Leaking NSA secrets: treason or patriotism?
The Issue: How Edward Snowden should be regarded for exposing an NSA program. *** Despite being a proud “leftist” — to use Ralph Peters’ turn of phrase — I find...
Freeze that slush
Joe Lhota’s onto something. We’re talking about member items. This is the spending drawn from a City Council fund — $400 million last year — the speaker doles out to...
Drawing distinctions
By now you’ve read about the rampaging Jewish mobs threatening to kill European newspaper editors for a cartoon ridiculing the religious rite of circumcision. What, you missed it? That’s because...
Going to the scaffold
This week two workmen captured the city’s attention when they had to be rescued after dangling from a damaged scaffold 44 stories above West 57th Street. Too bad the state’s...
Earning our distrust
In 1986, just 26 and fresh from the University of Illinois law school, Al Salvi sank $1,000 of his own money, which was most of his money, into his campaign...
The ‘scandalanche’ & the data-mining
The “revelations” of National Security Agency data-mining of phone records and Internet use were no news to those who’d been paying attention. It’s only the rest of the Obama “scandalanche”...
Kids reveal what makes their dad a man of steel
Every Father’s Day, we ask our young readers to tell us about the men in their lives — and they never disappoint us. This year, they blew us away with...
NYC's outdoor summer movie fests
New York’s cheapest date is back, and best of all, you can also pass it off as “romantic”! All over the city (er, mainly in Manhattan and Brooklyn), New York’s...
Kid stuff
Today HAVE A BALL: Kick off the weekend when Hip Tot Music Fest and the nonprofit Young Rock Soccer Academy join forces for the first Brooklyn Bridge Cup & Block...
All sorts of shorts
There’s a serious “ick” factor at the final roundup of Ensemble Studio Theater’s “34th Marathon of One-Act Plays.” From the elderly gentleman groping his wife’s breasts to a blood-stained sock...
River chance
As he embarks on his 94th year, one could thank Pete Seeger for any number of things: his gift of music, his social activism, his work for the environment. For...
Merion 2013: U.S. open second round rewind
JOYOUS SPOILS D.A. Points (pictured) will miss the cut today, but leaves with at least one thing to remember after holing out an iron shot from the right rough on...
Mickelson tied for lead in ‘difficult’ Open
ARDMORE, Pa. — Merion might be petite, but she sure packs a big punch. One hundred and fifty six players began this 113th U.S. Open. As darkness fell yesterday over...
Monmouth Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $21,000; clm($20,000); 3up1-Carl's Only Vice9-55-George Cross 6-12-Uptown Ball 2-16-Close to Sonny 6-13-Dunamis 20-17-MidniteCnfessn6-14-Kylie's Cozy Kid6-1SECOND-6 fur; $22,500; clm($5,000); 3up1-No Fret 10-15-Jersey Kiss 2-12-Cadence King...
Vic Cangialosi at Belmont
Post Time: 1:05 p.m. All horses appear in post position order Best Bet: Pjs Magical Wink (2nd) Record: 87/333 $544.10 FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $31,000; clm($20,0); 3up GRIFFIN ROCK Heres the thing....
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Pancetta (12th) FIRST: Mile pace; $24,000; cond 1 Bestnotlie Hanover (DDube) 2-4-4 8-5 7 Ise The By Boy (BSears) 5-2-1 12-1 2 Cyclone Cully...
Debbie Little at Meadowlands
Post Time: 7:15 p.m. Best Bet: Word Power (2nd) FIRST: Mile pace; $10,000; Caramore 1 Andy Baran (JDauplaise) 1-2-2 5-2 4 Bobjacks Angle A (SSmith) 2-1-7 9-2 8 Freddy DayHanover...
Home Team Lineups
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Knicks great Ewing ‘disappointed’ he’s not a coach yet
Patrick Ewing said he’s still “disappointed’’ he has not become an NBA head coach but indicated he feels one day he will be back in the Knicks organization in some...
Valdespin audition with Mets looking like a flop
After all of the talk and the tweets and the trouble, Jordany Valdespin is finally getting a chance to play. With Ike Davis demoted to the minors, Valdespin will have...
Hondo flying with the Birds
Hondo breezed last night with the Blue Jays, who, as expected by HondoNation, roughed up the Rangers to lower the accounts payable to 225 cuellars. Today, Mr. Aitch will give...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Dodgers, D’backs suspended for brawl Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy was suspended for 10 games and Diamondbacks infielder Eric Hinske for five for their roles in a brawl with the...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing10:30 a.m.NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: Alliance Truck Parts 250 ESPN212:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Quicken Loans 400, Final Practice SPEED2:15 p.m.NASCAR Nationwide Series: Alliance Truck Parts 250 ABC4 p.m.IndyCar Series:...
Pondexter keeps Liberty home free
Who needs Madison Square Garden? The Liberty might want to consider extending their three-summer run at the Prudential Center, having improved to 4-0 at home this season after coming back...
Mets prospect Montero to replace Wheeler in Triple-A
Zack Wheeler is headed to the major leagues, perhaps putting Rafael Montero next in line among the pitching prospects within the Mets farm system. The Mets, who fell, 6-3, to...
Yankees' Youkilis ‘back’ on DL
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kevin Youkilis was placed on the disabled list yesterday with a lower back issue, and because it’s the second episode in about seven weeks, you have to...
Time to get big production on the cheap
For every surprise on your fantasy roster who makes you smile and feel like a genius for drafting or picking him up, there’s at least one disappointment who will make...
Rory lurks as Tiger feels the heat
ARDMORE, Pa. — Don’t look now, but Rory McIlory is flying under the radar and quietly sitting just four shots off the lead at the U.S. Open going into the...
Kidd to coach Nets entry in Orlando league next month
SAN ANTONIO — The first time Jason Kidd takes the floor as a head coach won’t be in some NBA arena this fall for the first Nets preseason game. Instead,...
Nets owner Prokhorov: Kidd is a ‘star’ pick
SAN ANTONIO — Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is happy with his new head coach. After saying, among other things, that Kidd has the “fire in the belly we need” in...
Heat's Bosh finds way to help LeBron and Wade
SAN ANTONIO — When LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade in Miami in 2010, they were billed as the Big Three. But over time, it’s become the Big...
Horton heals for Bruins
CHICAGO — Bruins forward Nathan Horton practiced yesterday and appears to be on track to play in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals tonight against the Blackhawks. Bruins coach...
Messier fine, but ‘Vig’ is Rangers’ fave
The Rangers have zoned in on Alain Vigneault as their next coach, a well-placed league source told The Post last night. Vigneault, who brought the Canucks within one victory of...
Bills DE: Pettine didn’t say ‘kill them’
BUFFALO — Mario Williams is back-tracking on attributing “kill” as a word Bills coordinator Mike Pettine has used in describing defensive philosophy with his players. In a series of messages...
Cruz signs Giants’ one-year offer, still looking for long-term deal
As long suspected, Victor Cruz is not going anywhere for the upcoming season. He’s staying with the Giants to continue to haul in passes from Eli Manning and break into...
Tight end Winslow ‘excited’ to join Jets
The Jets addressed one of their biggest weaknesses by signing tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. yesterday. Winslow had been at the team’s three-day minicamp this week on a tryout basis....
Mets mauled by Cubs, Marcum now 0-8
The road to Super Tuesday for the Mets is littered with potholes named Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Not that Friday was such a smashing success either for this beleaguered bunch,...
Wheeler to follow Harvey on Tuesday
Zack Wheeler is going to hit the mound running Tuesday night in Atlanta at Turner Field, when he makes his major league debut against the Braves. Terry Collins and the...
Reality is Girardi’s crew has to pitch even better
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Do you know the last American League team to finish 10th or worse in runs scored and still qualify for the playoffs? It was Mark Teixeira’s 2008...
Slumping Yankees drop fourth in row
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The last four names in manager Joe Girardi’s lineup last night read this way: Neal. Adams. Brignac. Romine. It was equal parts fatigue, Ichiro Suzuki’s ineffectiveness against...
Horschel hits every green to share lead
ARDMORE, Pa. — Billy Horschel knows he doesn’t have the most patience in the world, so he just decided to go absolutely historic and not miss a single green in...
Big-name cuts come fast and Furyk-ous at Merion
ARDMORE, Pa. — Jim Furyk began this week on many prognosticators’ short list of favorites to win the U.S. Open. It made sense. Furyk is a straight driver of the...
Mickelson can’t jet away from pack
ARDMORE, Pa. — It was all there in front of Phil Mickelson, the chance for him to take control of this U.S. Open and turn it into a four-day coronation....
Donald, Rose, Poulter form national movement
ARDMORE, Pa. — Tony Jacklin was the last native of England to win a U.S. Open. That was in 1970. The drought could come to an end this weekend at...
Swing coach: Tiger’s OK
ARDMORE, Pa. — It’s coming up on the three-year anniversary of Sean Foley starting to work with Tiger Woods, and the coach has watched the world’s No. 1 player in...
For major gain, Woods must conquer his pain
ARDMORE, Pa. — Every time Tiger Woods made a swing during the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, he winced in obvious pain. We would later learn he had played...
‘50 Cent’ aligns with Starz net
The struggling Starz network has announced a new dramatic series that aligns the talents of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and former “Good Wife” producer Courtney Kemp Agboh. Like “Magic City”...
On the record: Fuse gets gritty with first scripted series
One of my benchmarks when watching a new series is how much I look forward to the second episode. So score one for “The Hustle,” Fuse’s first original series, which...
Scott’s in for a lot more ‘Scandal’
Scott Foley has graduated to a series regular on ABC’s red-hot drama “Scandal.” Foley, who plays mysterious military man Jake Ballard, joined the series for the second half of last...
Weird but true
How much are good Boston parking spaces worth? To Lisa Blumenthal, the answer is $560,000. That’s what she paid in a winning bid for two off-street spots near her multimillion-dollar...
Rutgers whistleblower took the wrong route to justice
Congratulations and best of luck to Jason Kidd, who overnight went from retired pro basketball star to NBA head coach. What a glorious professional ascent. Kidd has a lot on...
Former Rutgers assistant Murdock rants about Rice on recording
The former Rutgers assistant who blew the whistle on disgraced coach Mike Rice said Rice treated his players “like slaves” and accused him of illegally pocketing ticket sales in an...
Knights get PG Seagears to return
To think, there were questions about Eddie Jordan’s recruiting acumen. The new Rutgers men’s basketball coach hit the ground running, landing six new players in his first six weeks on...
Cops hunting man who sexually assaulted bus driver
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a suspect over a sexual assault of a BX18 bus driver in the Highbridge/ Mount Eden section of the Bronx....
Weiner wife Abedin being probed over employment status
WASHINGTON — One of the Senate’s most aggressive investigators is probing longtime Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s employment status, asking how she got a sweetheart deal to be a...