June 16, 2013
Rose wins U.S. Open as Mickelson falters in final round
ARDMORE, Pa. — Fly the Cross of St. George next to those red wicker baskets. The U.S. Open has an English champion for the first time in 43 years. Justin...
Son's grisly find: Mother and her beau dead in UWS 'murder-suicide'
A couple was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in an Upper West Side building this morning — discovered by the slain woman’s teenage son, cops said. Police were called...
Woods matches worst score in a major at U.S. Open
ARDMORE, Pa. — This isn't the kind of record Tiger Woods had in mind at the U.S. Open. Woods went out-of-bounds on his second tee shot of the final round...
Death dive from luxury UES apt. building
A 37-year-old woman jumped to her death — apparently from the roof of her luxury apartment building — on the Upper East Side this morning, authorities said. Emyli Slivka plunged...
Back in papa's arms: 9-year-old shot by stray bullet leaves hospital on Father's Day
Bronx dad Gustavo Chauan got the best Father’s Day gift of his life today — his 9-year-old daughter, who was wounded by a stray bullet while playing outside Friday, got...
Rivera halts Angels rally to snap Yankees' five-game losing streak
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Across eight innings CC Sabathia and Travis Hafner kept a perfect cobalt blue Southern California sky from falling on the Yankees' heads. Embracing the responsibility of being...
UFC 161 analysis: Cocky, confident Evans could be gone forever
Rashad Evans should have listened to his mother.“Bring some of that swag back.”That’s the advice Evans said his mom gave him heading into Saturday night’s crossroads fight against Dan Henderson...
Phoenix woman finds long-lost dad of 24 years volunteering at same charity
A long-lost daughter and father who were reunited after 24 years discovered that they were much closer than they thought. Will Russell has learned that he and his daughter Amy...
Indiana woman put on death row at 16 to be released
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is being released. Paula Cooper's death sentence at such a young...
Mickelson has lead to himself heading into final round of U.S. Open for first time
ARDMORE, Pa. — Phil Mickelson awoke on Father Day's in a place he's never been — having the lead to himself after 54 holes at a U.S. Open. It also...
WATCH: Golfer gets rare hole-in-one at U.S. Open
ARDMORE, Pa. — Shawn Stefani lost track of the ball as soon it rocketed off his 4-iron. A roaring U.S. Open gallery tracked it for him. "Go! Go! Go! Go!"...
'Best-case scenario': Yankees' Teixeira did not re-tear wrist
ANAHEIM – Well, it could have been worse.Mark Teixeira reinjured his right wrist Saturday in a loss to the Angels, but there was no re-tear, according to Yankees manager Joe...
NY man who caught four boys vandalizing home is charged after locking them in closet until police arrived
CLYDE, N.Y. — A New York man who says he caught four boys vandalizing his father-in-law's home has been charged with child endangerment after corralling them in a closet until...
Protesters in Istanbul try to regroup as Turkish PM says it's his 'duty' to remove activists from city center
ISTANBUL — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday it was his "duty" to order riot police to evict activists occupying an Istanbul park that became a center of...
Rays pitcher expected to be released from hospital day after being hit in head by line drive
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb was expected to leave the hospital Sunday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line...
Annual Father’s Day event at NYC Transit Museum in Brooklyn a big hit
About 150 fathers and their children yesterday explored the New York City Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn with city officials as part of a sixth annual Father’s Day event. “To...
NSA snooping doesn't violate privacy rights: Obama
President Obama doesn’t think the widespread snooping by the National Security Administration violates American’s privacy rights and plans to personally argue that to the nation, White House Chief of Staff...
After comedy of errors, Nieuwenheis' walk-off HR gives Mets something to celebrate
For nearly nine innings, the Mets had come out on Father’s Day and put on a Little League display. They couldn’t field, couldn’t hit, couldn’t compete. Then Kirk Nieuwenhuis turned...
'Man of Steel' earns $113 million - top June opening of all time
"Man of Steel" leaped over box office expectations in a single weekend. The Warner Bros. superhero film earned $113 million in its opening weekend at the box office, according to...
Secret Service to dress as farmers, ride tractors to protect Barack Obama at G8: report
Secret Service agents are disguising themselves as farmers to protect Barack Obama from terrorist threats at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. They have even bought a fleet of tractors...
Up to 12 coordinated attacks kill 32 across Iraq
BAGHDAD — A string of nearly a dozen apparently coordinated bombs and a shooting in cities across Iraq killed at least 32 and wounded dozens Sunday, extending a wave of...
Arms not enough: Lawmakers call for no-fly zone over Syria
WASHINGTON — Pressure mounted today for President Obama to do more than just give guns to Syrian rebels. Hawkish lawmakers from both parties pushed Obama to make more aggressive moves...
Pope blesses hundreds of Harley Davidsons
VATICAN CITY — Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary with a loud parade...
Five passengers on NYC-bound flight diverted due to threat are now seeking asylum in UK
LONDON — Five passengers from an EgyptAir flight diverted to a Scottish airport over an apparent threat to destroy the aircraft are now seeking asylum in Britain, authorities said Sunday....
North Korea proposes high-level talks with US to ease tensions
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off...
Irish immigrant killed in reckless hit-and-run in the Bronx
A young Irish immigrant was killed by a hit-and-run driver on a treacherous stretch of highway -- near the Tombstone Saloon and Woodlawn Cemetery -- in The Bronx this morning,...
Sunday Comics: 'Watson and Holmes' in Harlem
He’s a sidekick no more. The new series “Watson and Holmes” from New Paradigm Studios, upends the classic Sherlock Holmes story in a couple of key ways. The first you...
Mickelson in line to snap runner-up rut at U.S. Open
ARDMORE, Pa. — It’s time. It’s time for Phil Mickelson. It’s time for Steve Stricker. It’s time for Luke Donald and Justin Rose and Hunter Mahan. Scan the first page...
The father of all opportunities awaits Phil in this final round
ARDMORE, Pa. — Phil Mickelson, already a crowd favorite, scored plenty of brownie points earlier in the week by attending his daughter’s eighth-grade graduation Wednesday night in California before flying...
Olajuwon says he can help Knicks' Amar’e reach potential
Hakeem Olajuwon remembers the enthusiasm and hard work Amar’e Stoudemire put into their low-post classes last summer in Texas. That is why Professor Olajuwon felt terrible when Stoudemire endured an...
Shakeups abound across NFL
The draft is done and minicamps are over, so the only thing NFL teams can do between now and late July is hold their breath as they monitor the police...
Cruz contract the biggest offseason story for Giants
It is not the best-case scenario when the player who garnered the most attention throughout the offseason never set foot at the team facility. Victor Cruz, unseen for months, on...
Getting schooled
A university or college should never engage in cheating, but that is exactly what the University of Michigan is doing to individual investors in the markets. Last week the university...
Martha insider-trader pal hit with $4M suit
A convicted felon whose insider-trading deal ensnared Martha Stewart is back to his dirty tricks, according to a $4 million lawsuit. Dr. Samuel Waksal, who ran the ImClone pharmaceutical company,...
Witness protection
Never judge a witness by her cover — or lack thereof. Flamboyant private-equity CEO Lynn Tilton, known for her platinum -blond hair and low-cut dresses, was praised by a federal...
Firms eyeing growth via social media
If you tweet it, they will come. Small businesses these days are using social-media platforms more than ever to court potential customers — and their wallets. According to a recent...
Soros bro dead at 87
Shipping magnate Paul Soros, the older brother of billionaire businessman George Soros, died yesterday at age 87 at his Manhattan home, according to reports. Paul Soros had been suffering from...
NY: Greece minus the riots
New York is one of the PIGS, along with California and Illinois, according to a new study. New York’s economic outlook, a measurement of factors such as tax burdens, debt...
No banner year
Thanks to a flagging economy, Ian Flamm’s colors are drooping. Flamm is one of the owners of AAA American Flag Decorating on West 36th Street in Manhattan. “Basically I haven’t...
Markets awaiting Fed meet
Ben Bernanke, the most powerful banker in the world, hinted at it last month, and this past week the world’s second-most powerful banker, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, said it outright:...
Retirement/home
Dear John: A friend of mine took money out of his 401(k) to put a down payment on an apartment. His mortgage payments are less than his rent was, he’s...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JAMIE DIMON JPM chief’s back with tough talk post-shareholder approval for chairman role. LUCIAN GRAINGE Universal Music CEO gets to manage Beatles merchandising. IRON MAN Marvel’s heroes have super...
Ballooning Wi-Fi plan
Google revealed top-secret plans yesterday to send balloons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet access to the two-thirds of the global population currently without...
O readies ‘no-fly’ forces in Jordan to aid rebels
American fighter jets and Patriot missiles will remain in Jordan, near the Syrian border, and could be used to establish a no-fly zone in the civil war-ravaged nation, officials revealed...
Iran voters pick a ‘saner’ prez
Iran’s moderate presidential candidate stormed to victory yesterday, paving the way for what could be less strained relations between the Middle East wild card and the United States. The bearded...
LI bike horror
A 14-year-old girl was killed yesterday after an SUV plowed into her bike in East Hampton, law-enforcement officials said. The Ford Explorer hit the Amagansett teen on Pantigo Road at...
Fatal ‘DWI’ in B’klyn
A Madison Square Garden cook was fatally mowed down in Brooklyn early yesterday by an alleged drunk driver — who was nabbed by cops after smashing his car into a...
Ava Gardner's deathbed confessions reveal stories of booze, sex and stardom
She was broke and alone and usually drunk, a one-time Hollywood goddess who had two choices: “I either write the book or sell the jewels,” she said. “And I’m kinda...
‘Fired at 44’ legal battle
Over 40 is over the hill at Hewlett-Packard, a former employee alleges.Robert Sass, 44, says he was canned from his sales job at the computer giant because he was too...
Failing NYC school principals are rarely fired
They dole out discipline to teachers and students, but city school principals rarely get a taste of their own medicine. In the past three years, just two of 14 principals...
$10M bank ‘skim’ lawsuit
A quarter-million dollars vanished from their bank account — and they didn’t notice for two years.Brian and Claire Schochet, of Pine Brook, NJ, claim they lost more than $251,000 to...
Mobile DNA-testing truck gives New York City fathers paternity proof
It’s Father’s Day — but do these New York men have reason to celebrate? The Post spent the past few weeks cruising shotgun in a mobile DNA-testing truck helping doubtful...
Light upon lost city
A lost medieval city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists using revolutionary airborne laser technology, a report said yesterday. Journalists from...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** A tragic South Ozone Park man never got to celebrate his 20th birthday, police sources said. An unknown assailant stabbed Danthony McDonald, 19, in the chest at about...
Newcomer named Joel R. Rivera running for 'real' Joel Rivera's City Council seat in The Bronx
They may not know him, but Joel R. Rivera bets that voters know the name. He’s one of seven Democratic candidates vying for the seat being vacated by term-limited City...
Roosevelt Island security chief quits amid lawsuits alleging officer brutality
The security chief for Roosevelt Island has been forced out amid numerous brutality allegations against the island’s “peace” officers. Keith Guerra, 48, the director of the Roosevelt Island Public Safety...
Gov side bet on vid gambling
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is floating a proposal that would allow more video gaming parlors throughout the state — including one in the outer boroughs — should voters reject his...
She’s a real ‘rack’ star
It’s the ultimate bust-out role. Portraying tragic bombshell Anna Nicole Smith in the Lifetime biopic “Anna Nicole,” airing June 29, actress Agnes Bruckner goes from a B-cup to a DD...
‘Perv’ Elmo wins 2 Emmys
Daytime Emmy judges are still tickled by Elmo.Kevin Clash, 53, who played “Sesame Street’s” furry red Muppet for 25 years, snagged an award for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series...
A girl for Kim, Kanye
It was an early Father’s Day for Kanye West. Kim Kardashian, 32, gave birth yesterday to a baby girl, her first child with her rapper boyfriend West, 36, according to...
A good booking for NYPD
Police have nabbed the unholy fiend who beat up an elderly Manhattan man and stole his Bible, authorities said yesterday.Francisco Flores, 40, who was collared Friday, allegedly followed Ricardo Velez,...
Another kid caught in crossfire
An adorable 9-year-old girl was shot in The Bronx — the third time in a month that an innocent child was caught in the crossfire, police said yesterday. Amanda Chauan,...
Plane hits building and loses wingtip while parking at JFK
That’s what happens when you wing it! An Airbus A330 hit a hangar at JFK yesterday while parking without any ground crew to guide the way, law-enforcement sources said. The...
Terror scare on NY-bound jet
Passengers on a JFK-bound flight from Cairo, Egypt, were forced to land in Scotland yesterday after a passenger found a note in the bathroom reading, “I’ll set this plane on...
Whistleblower accuses consul general of trysts with subordinates and hookers
In the latest black eye for the scandal-ridden State Department, a whistleblower claims she was run out of the foreign service after complaining about a consul general’s alleged office trysts...
Hillary’s tenure stained as scandals pile up
Under Hillary Rodham Clinton, the State Department was littered with scandals: * It hired law-enforcement agents with criminal or checkered backgrounds under a flawed vetting process. As a result, many...
Hero EMT dispatcher helps pinpoint lost stroke victim in EIGHT-HOUR phone call marathon
A heroic FDNY dispatcher went beyond the call of duty — staying on the phone with an elderly Upper East Side stroke victim for nearly eight hours while rescuers struggled...
Chilean nanny claims UES socialites kept her as a slave: suit
A Chilean nanny says she was forced into virtual slavery by an Upper East Side couple who denied her food and medicine — and imprisoned her in a room with...
1 Hell’s of a NY beauty
She’ll be competing for the Miss USA title today, but before she was Miss New York, Joanne Nosuchinsky wore a much hotter crown: Miss Hell’s Kitchen. “I thought it sounded...
Paralympian’s New York triumph
Paralympian and Team USA member Ryan Chalmers arrived in Central Park yesterday morning after racing for 70 days across the country in his custom-designed aluminum wheelchair.The New Yorker launched Push...
Speed kills in B’klyn
Speeding vehicles kill more people in Brooklyn than in any other borough, according to research by a transportation advocacy group. The study, conducted by Transportation Alternatives, examined the state’s most...
Honcho house lawsuit
Nothing destroys a friendship like the botched renovation of a $10.5 million Manhattan town house. Goldman Sachs honcho R. Martin Chavez slapped interior designer and former pal Aaron Kirsten with...
Snowden is ‘aiding’ China
The feds are investigating a report that former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden is turning over classified data to the Chinese, according to The Sunday Times of London. Snowden,...
Blundering O out at second
If you want to start a fight with a room full of liberals, insist that Barack Obama is the worst president in recent history. The blowback about George W. Bush...
China
This past week, China launched three astronauts into space and announced that their plan to build a canal linking the Pacific and the Caribbean had been fast-tracked by the Nicaraguan...
NYU torches a hero
Chen Guancheng, the blind human-rights activist who arrived at New York University with such great fanfare last May, is now being shown the door. The back door, that is. University...
The lost lesson of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 into a country little different from that of the Founding Fathers. It was overwhelmingly agricultural. Most people lived in Atlantic Coast states. Transportation and...
Spy vs. lie
Boy, I sure hope the men and women who work at our intelligence agencies get what they have coming: Not the scorn of posturing demagogues, Hollywood lies, and tin-foil-hat conspiracy...
We’re all American
What’s your ancestry? If you said, “American,” you’ve got company. In the 2000 census and since, more than 20 million people said their origin was American. Those who so answered...
Her father’s daughter
Apparently the folks at the National Security Agency aren’t the only ones who know how to mine data to track down the bad guys. Just in time for Father’s Day,...
Fine dining à la Bloomberg
New York restaurant owners have been complaining about it for years, and however inadvertently, the city has just confirmed it: Health Department restaurant fines are more about generating dollars for...
Smart tax plans
Any and all of Meredith Whitney’s recommendations would improve employment and New York state tax revenues (“State of Denial,” PostScript, June 9). These are pro-growth recommendations that are now working...
Required reading
Mo’ Meta Blues The World According to Questlove by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Ben Greenman (Grand Central Publishing) Sometimes, you can tell a book by its cover. David Cowles’ Questlove-centric...
‘What do I wear to a hijacking?’
The Skies Belong to Us Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking By Brendan I. Koerner Crown Publishers On June 2, 1972, a disturbed Vietnam veteran named Roger...
In My Library Tucker Max
He’s the poet laureate of frat boys, the founder of a new genre dubbed “Fratire.” Meet Tucker Max, whose hard-partying days at the University of Chicago and Duke University Law...
The dark side of D-DAY
As I sat in the tiny room of a local archive in Le Havre, I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Spread out in front of me on the wooden...
Summer preview: Delve into what's new in this season's animated movies
Even though many of this summer’s animation titles look familiar — most are prequels or sequels or some variation thereof — they all stand apart from their previous incarnations, simply...
Adopt me!
Jasper is a 1-year-old, medium-haired black-and-white cat. A handsome, social guy, he quickly steals the hearts of everyone he meets. See for yourself from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at...
Jeff Ross: My New York
Jeff Ross has slammed, dissed and humiliated some of the biggest names in entertain-ment, from Charlie Sheen to Donald Trump, in his duties as roastmaster general of the New York...
Kanye pops off
Most music stars kick off new-album campaigns with appearances at the Super Bowl or Grammys. But for his first solo album in three years, Kanye West chose a simple tweet:...
Keeping Kanye company
J. Cole has a problem. “I have to tell myself not to be so competitive,” says the rapper born Jermaine Cole. “But I can’t help it — rap is a...
Clock of the walk
‘The man who invents a perfect [3-D movie] will have accomplished the greatest achievement since the motion picture,’’ said silent screen comedy legend Harold Lloyd to an interviewer 90 years...
How much is that doggie?
Constance Hauman, a world-traveling opera singer living on the Upper West Side, was shocked the first time it happened to her. It was six years ago, and a stranger came...
Hasn’t advanced
In the summer of 1972, while Bobby Fischer was taking the world championship title from Boris Spassky, a British expert on artificial intelligence suggested a new form of the game,...
Bridge
“beneath this smooth stone, by the bone of his bone, sleeps eminent Master John Gill.“By lies when alive this attorney did thrive, and now that he’s dead, he lies still.”...
Zombies from A to Z
There are slow zombies, and there are fast zombies. But moviegoers may never have seen the likes of the latest breed of the undead, coming at you in “World War...
Dodgers gambled big on phenom Puig based on just one BP session
“Are you out of your [bleeping] mind?” — Dodgers global cross-checker Paul Fryer to VP of scouting Logan White, after White told him how much he intended to offer outfielder...
Nets' Kidd is latest former player to land head coaching job without experience
During Larry Bird’s job interview with Pacers president Donnie Walsh for the team’s head coaching job in 1997, the NBA legend broke down all of his ideas, showing Walsh specifically...
Lot of new faces in Jets’ gang
The Jets underwent a major overhaul this offseason with new general manager John Idzik tearing up the roster and beginning a rebuilding project. The biggest move was trading cornerback Darrelle...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with.. Jason Kidd
New Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd took a timeout for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What won’t you tolerate as coach of the Brooklyn Nets? A: Being...
Knicks' Chandler tried to convince Kidd not to retire
Tyson Chandler tried all season to convince Jason Kidd he shouldn’t retire but couldn’t sway the former Knicks point guard, The Post has learned. Kidd retired 12 days ago and...
Monmouth Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $21,000; clm($10,000); 3up1-He Can Run 9-25-Cover Price 8-12-AfternoonTreat5-26-DazzlinDrClgne3-13-Jack Sensical 8-17-Costa de Oro 4-14-FearlessCowby5-1SECOND-6 fur; $16,000; clm($5,000); 3up1-Alluring Devil 5-15-BanksRbertsn30-12-KnightfMschef20-16-Nearly There 15-13-ThereGoesVnny5-17-Dusty Beau 9-24-Dubonnet Red...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; pace; $10,000; Caramore5AvogdroHnovr(PBrry)17.805.604.208FreddyDayHanover(AMller)3.603.202Kaufman Hanover (V Ginsburg)12.40* Exacta (5-8) $82.00 * Trifecta (5-8-2) $1,078.00Scr: Csardas.SECOND-mile; pace; $12,500;Survivor4Word Power (A Miller)2.102.107Ima Giggity Fool (V Ginsburg)4.805Roar (J Pantaleano)4.80* Exacta (4-7) $8.60 *...
Pat-ta boy, Tebow!
* Jets coach Rex Ryan once again shows a lack of class — and memory. Last week, he joked to the media: “If the Patriots want to replace Tom Brady...
Sports Shorts
BASEBALL: Rays pitcher felled by line drive Rays right-hander Alex Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher after he was hit on the right ear by a liner...
Hafner, Wells hit Yankees bench
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Joe Girardi said the switch from Travis Hafner to Lyle Overbay yesterday in the DH spot was nothing more than giving Hafner a day off. However, it...
Hondo hops on Sawx
Hondo had his winning streak snapped at three yesterday when the Orioles’ rally fell a tad short, causing the deficit to expand to 275 spahns.Today, Mr. Aitch will switch dugouts...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing7:45 a.m.MotoGP World Championship: Catalunyan Grand Prix SPEED1 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Quicken Loans 400 TNTBaseball1 p.m.Cubs at Mets SNY, WGN, WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM)1:30 p.m.Dodgers at Pirates TBS3 p.m.College...
The Post Line
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Blowhards abound in Back Atchya Week
Perhaps it’s time to declare National Back Atchya Week, a time to do unto others, to treat the TV guys as if they’re the idiots. For starters, every time a...
Sources: Rangers have deal in principle with Vigneault nearly done
It is only a matter of timing before the Rangers introduce Alain Vigneault as their next head coach. Multiple sources have told The Post that Vigneault and the Blueshirts have...
Bruins turn tables on Blackhawks in OT
CHICAGO — The Bruins were mad when they played poorly in the first period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Then they went out and got even with...
Rangers should let Messier learn as coach in AHL
The Rangers should hire Mark Messier as head coach ... of the re-christened AHL Hartford Wolf Pack. That is the place for Messier, passed over in his bid to start...
Ewing deserves chance to be head coach
Nobody is ever owed a thing in professional sports, a lesson that’s been hammered home for as long as there have been men taking money to play games from men...
Spurs’ fate hamstrung by Parker injury
SAN ANTONIO — The fate of the Spurs’ championship aspirations rests fully on Tony Parker’s ailing right hamstring — which, Parker said yesterday, could give out at any time. “The...
GM Alderson unveils Mets' 6-month plan
The Mets held a question-and-answer session with 350 season ticket-holders yesterday morning at Citi Field, and general manager Sandy Alderson said the team will be capable of adding substantial pieces...
Niese pitches fine, but not good enough for Mets
Even without his best stuff or command, Jon Niese once again pitched well enough to win. And once again, the Mets’ inept bats overcame his solid start, turning what should...
Moribund Mets on pace for 101 losses
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...
Teixeira injury throws Yankees all out of joint
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wrists are tricky, the Yankees told us repeatedly, and we nodded in agreement because this ain’t our first rodeo, either. This whole 2013 Mark Teixeira comeback, his...
Teixeira exits early, flies home after wrist flares up in Yankees loss
ANAHEIM — A West Coast trip that started well has developed into a skull-scalding nightmare that could signal the beginning of the end to the Yankees’ season. Not only did...
Schwartzel trying to master a 2nd major
ARDMORE, Pa. — Things haven’t gone as swimmingly for Charl Schwartzel as he would like, or as most expected. Yet the South African with the silky-smooth swing has found something...
Woods out of it after an ugly 76 at U.S. Open
ARDMORE, Pa — It went from a slight chance to none, and Tiger Woods is no longer kidding himself. In yesterday’s third round of the U.S. Open at Merion Golf...
Garcia makes 10 on No. 15 to fall out of contention
ARDMORE, Pa. — When Sergio Garcia leaves Merion after today’s final round, he likely never will want to see the 15th hole again. Garcia took a 10 on the par-4...
The rumble
The Barclays Center group attempting to win a bid to renovate the Nassau Coliseum has no plans to build an Islanders bar at the arena. It just intends to bring...
Don't miss
Lost souls Tensions escalate at work between Savannah (Alyssa Milano) and Dom (Jason George); Josslyn (Jes Macallan) has a new boss, Olivier (guest star Mike Dopud) who is very French...
The fight of her life
‘I am past my expiration date,” says Valerie Harper, with a slightly incredulous smile. It’s a warm Tuesday in June. Harper, whom I have known since we were both soccer...
Out of the box
The future of TV is upon us. And although TV’s brave, new digital world is confusing, it’s also exciting. Even though network television ratings are way down, ABC, CBS, Fox...
Spend Father’s Day with TV’s worst kids
Disappoint your dad with another tie? Here’s our guide to this summer’s batch of terrible kids. Matt, “Falling Skies’” (Sunday, 10 p.m., TNT) Newly elected President Tom Mason (Noah Wyle)...
Reel good
Grease, 1978 Sunday, 10:04 a.m., AMC It’s hot and annoying outside, so this is a good time to stay indoors for National Endlessly Entertaining Movie Week. OK, there is no...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Bret Michaels. Tuesday: Mark Cuban; Gabriel Mann. Wednesday: Ryan Reynolds; Chelsea Handler. Thursday: Jessica Alba; Jon Hamm. Friday: Robert Downey Jr; Alexander...
You're so vein
In the final moments of the show’s most recent season, “True Blood” saw vampire Bill Compton, played by Stephen Moyer, drink the blood of the vampire god Lilith, immediately begin...
That inking feeling
Perhaps it was Jon Gosselin, the reviled reality TV dad of eight, who first turned us against Ed Hardy. In 2009, when photos of him frolicking on a yacht in...
La dolce Brooklyn
On a recent Saturday, Christopher Nicolla enjoyed the same over-the-top Italian hospitality and delectable pasta he had the week before while vacationing in Rome — but he wasn’t in Europe....
Weird but true
Call it selfish service. A Florida woman who tried to cheat her way to $354 of “savings” at a Walmart self-checkout line got busted after she only paid for 17...
Lady’s last (one-night) stand
When Periel Aschenbrand met 70-something literary legend Philip Roth, things got sexy. After being introduced by a mutual friend at an event in New York, he invited her to sit...
Meet market: Tea-sipping tall lady sks guy she can look up to — literally
Sweet tooth One of Niki’s favorite condiments is Nutella. Height requirement Though Niki wants a guy who is “honest and generous,” she also wants him to be “taller than me...
This week's couple: Long weight
Usually a date in which weight loss is discussed and traffic jams happen, the possibility of seeing each other again is not great. When Tony and Lindsay, both 28, met...
Top 5: ways to seduce a Citi Bike cyclist
“Ask, ‘The bikes are adjustable, right? Because you need one set to gorgeous.’ ” — Antonio “Say, ‘I can’t wait to do the bike-of-shame home from your apartment tomorrow morning.’ ” —...
Yankees' Teixeira leaves game in fourth inning
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mark Teixeira left today’s game in the fourth inning and was replaced by David Adams at first base. Teixeira, who missed the first two months of the...