June 21, 2013
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: With help of TNT host Smith, Queens' Dickerson finds path to Murray State
Kenny Smith is a two-time NBA champion and the star of TNT’s hit post-game show, “Inside the NBA.” To Trey Dickerson, he’s much more. Smith is the reason the Queens...
Lagares’ RBI double, clutch catch lift Mets past Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — Juan Lagares prevented the longest day of the year from becoming even longer for the Mets. Hours after the team placed Jon Niese on the disabled list with...
Rookie Almonte, Phelps lead Yankees past Rays
Call him “Plan Z’’ After Zoilo Almonte introduced himself in grand fashion Friday night to help the Yankees to a 6-2 win over the Rays in front of an announced...
Nova likely to start for Yankees on Sunday vs. Rays
Ivan Nova was scratched from a start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday night which puts him in line to start Sunday for the Yankees against the Rays.Because the Yankees had...
NSA leaker Edward Snowden charged with espionage: report
The man who made headlines around the world when he exposed a secret National Security Agency program that collects information on Americans' phone and Internet records has been charged with...
Sicko who killed grandmother, stuffed her in closet, then partied with hooker convicted
A young Harlem thug was quickly convicted in Manhattan today of murdering the granny who raised him, stuffing her body in her bedroom closet, and then having a hooker and...
New York's own 'Gutter Magic'
I love stories about alternate histories of Earth. Especially when they revolve around World War II. Philip K Dick's "The Man In The High Castle" is arguably my favorite. Though...
Mets' Niese has partial tear of rotator cuff, out at least three weeks
Jon Niese’s season is in jeopardy after Mets doctors yesterday diagnosed the pitcher with a partial tear of the rotator cuff in his left shoulder.The 26-year-old lefty, who was placed...
Expert: Jackson was suffering from total sleep deprivation when he died
Michael Jackson was an insomniac suffering from total sleep deprivation when he died four years ago, a sleep expert testified today. Dr. Charles Czeisler, a Harvard Medical School scientist, said...
WATCH: Reds infielder, NJ native Frazier uses 'Sopranos' theme song as at-bat music to honor Gandolfini
Todd Frazier honored James Gandolfini the best way he knew how.The Reds third baseman and Toms River, NJ native changed his at-bat music for Thursday’s game against the Pirates to...
Quinn picks up huge union endorsement: sources
Christine Quinn is on the verge of landing her biggest union endorsement in the mayor’s race, sources said today. The sources said 32BJ Service Employees International Union, which has 70,000...
Anthony Marshall surrenders, sent to prison in Astor theft case
An 89-year-old heir to a famous fortune was headed for a prison Friday after years of fighting his conviction on charges of plundering millions of dollars from his philanthropist mother,...
Yankees sit struggling Wells for Almonte
At the very least it’s a much-needed day off for Vernon Wells.The Yankees are sitting the scuffling left fielder on Friday night against the Rays with Zoilo Almonte getting the...
Bayonetta 2 Hands-On
There was nothing quite like Bayonetta when it released in 2009. You played a witch that wore an outfit made of human hair, which could summon demonic creatures that devoured...
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z hands-On
Ninja Gaiden has been struggling to stay relevant the last few years. The tepid critical and commercial reaction to Ninja Gaiden 3 indicated the series was no longer the action...
Room service for 2, table for 1 in restaurant: Alleged Soho house tub-slayer ate alone on fateful night
It was a romantic table for two -- but only Nicholas Brooks showed up. In chilling testimony yesterday in the sensational Soho House tub-strangle trial, a hotel manager described how...
Former Mets star Dykstra released from prison after serving time for bankruptcy fraud
LOS ANGELES — Former All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been released from a California prison after serving time for bankruptcy fraud. Dykstra, 50, who had a 12-year career with the...
Police take down man after 4 shot at law firm, Wal-Mart
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A man armed with a shotgun wounded one person at a North Carolina law firm Friday before crossing a busy street and entering a Wal-Mart, where he...
NJ Gov. Christie orders all state flags to fly at half-staff on Monday in honor of 'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is ordering all government buildings in the Garden State to fly flags at half-staff on Monday to honor “Sopranos” star and Jersey native James Gandolfini....
Former Jets star Revis says Tampa Bay is 'not a lot of pressure' like New York was
Revis Island is a calm and tranquil place these days, apparently.The former Jets star cornerback told the Beaver County (Pa.) Times that being in Tampa Bay – he was traded...
Sheep eating plant set to bloom in UK
A Chilean plant that kills and feeds upon sheep is about to bloom for the first time since it was planted 15 years ago at The Royal Horticultural Society in...
Chilean socialite who 'held nanny hostage' rants at photog
A churlish Chilean socialite accused of holding his kids’ nanny hostage in his Upper East Side digs and paying her peanuts unleashed a barrage of obnoxious, classist insults at a...
Serious polluters in China to be given death penalty: report
Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases, state media said, as the government tries to assuage growing public anger at...
Jovial Vigneault introduced as Rangers coach; Sather touts 'style of play'
It was clear immediately that Alain Vigneault will be very different from John Tortorella, as the 35th head coach in Rangers history smiled and laughed and had fun on Friday...
More than one million protestors rock Brazil in 'Tropical Spring' anti-government demonstrations
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilians struggled Friday to comprehend the protests shaking their nation after 1 million anti-government demonstrators took to the streets the previous night in scores of cities, with...
Tomlinson: Sanchez will win Jets starting job ‘by default’
It was far from a ringing endorsement, but LaDainian Tomlinson expects Mark Sanchez to be the Jets starting quarterback.“I think early on by default because I don’t believe Geno Smith...
DEA agent stabbed to death in Colombia: officials
BOGOTA --- A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent died from stab wounds after a robbery late on Thursday during a taxi ride from an exclusive part of Colombia's capital, local...
SEE IT: Spurs' Green hugging rival LeBron as Heat celebrate title
Danny Green was obviously torn up by his poor performances in the final two games of the NBA Finals.Just hours after his Spurs were defeated by the Heat in the...
WATCH: Heroic postal workers catch toddler who fell from fifth floor window
Passers-by rushed to the rescue of a toddler who fell from a fifth floor window in China - and caught her before she hit the ground. Heart-stopping CCTV footage shows...
UK Government releases 'X-files' after closing UFO investigations unit
The truth is finally out there. The U.K. government has released the final batch of secret files related to a decades long hunt for little green men -- and revealed...
Costume Couture: ‘Man of Steel’
Our Superstylist-in-Residence Caitlin Burke is back once again and this week she’s taking her fine eye to the outfit everyone’s checking out these days: Henry Cavill’s “Man of Steel” Superman...
Fancy food stuff - including marshmallow fluff - not enough for brides who demand money from 'cheap' wedding guests
A pair of brides and a couple they invited to their wedding have incited a furious debate about what is and what isn't an appropriate wedding gift. Earlier this year...
Five movies better than ‘Man of Steel’ that you’ve probably never seen
On Monday, we told you about why a much-talked-about Justice League movie is never going to work. And more importantly, why it doesn’t matter that it will never work, because...
Cat apocalypse simulator: Left 4 Dead 2 with mods
We've done four of these stupid things now. Four. And there are more to come. But ... This one. Oh, man. This one is awful. Painful. And, to be honest,...
Film 'mob lawyer' Robert Duvall takes seat at infamous gangster 'Whitey' Bulger's racketeering trial
BOSTON — Academy Award winner Robert Duvall is one of the spectators at the racketeering trial of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Duvall sat in the back of the courtroom...
JETS TOP 25: No. 23 Joe McKnight
As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players on the Jets roster. Each weekday we will...
Radical Buddhist monk accused of inciting riots that have killed hundreds of Muslims
They're known for preaching peace, kindness and love, but a radical breed of anti-Islamic Buddhist monk is wreaking havoc in Myanmar, resulting is lynch-mob killings and the forced removal of...
Lhota set to call for embattled Silver to resign for handling of Vito Lopez grope scandal
GOP mayoral candidate Joe Lhota today will call for embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to resign for mishandling sex harass claims leveled against Vito Lopez, The Post has learned. Lhota’s...
FRIDAY FIVE: Bubble teams
We’ve got nearly six weeks to go before the non-waivers trade deadline, and if form holds, we won’t see anything major on the transaction wires (as old people such as...
Putin denies stealing Kraft's Super Bowl ring and claims to not remember meeting - but offers to create fake version of valuable bling
Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t remember stealing Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring, but if it’s so valuable then he’ll just make some more. The Russian president addressed the controversy for...
I am Iron Man, still: Downey Jr. back for Avengers 2 and 3 after revealing $100M payday
Hollywood hunk Robert Downey Jr has confirmed he will return as the Iron Man in the next two Marvel movies. The 48-year-old will star as billionaire playboy Iron Man Tony...
WATCH: Suspected burglar limps away from scene of crime after getting busted by homeowner - only thing he managed to take was his cane
A burglar with a cast and a cane made a slow getaway after breaking into a home in Fort Greene last month, authorities said. The ailing thief allegedly made his...
Cops arrest burglar who called them after finding dead body in house he was robbing
A burglar who broke into a home in New Zealand got more than he bargained for when he found the body of a man hanging in the dark. The 26-year-old...
Man with 140 lbs. testicles unhappy with removal surgery after op leaves him with 1 inch penis
A man with 140 lbs. testicles is unhappy after their removal - as the operation left him with a tiny penis. Wesley Warren Jr had a 13-hour procedure to remove...
JFK Delta flight in near-miss with LaGuardia plane over NYC - flights come within 200 feet of each other
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss by two airplanes over New York City. The FAA said in a statement Friday that a Delta Airlines Boeing 747 arriving at...
Mad Dog's future uncertain as Sirius/XM contract near end
Something has to give, and soon, at Sirius/XM. Chris Russo’s five-year, $15 million deal expires in August, and word from in and out indicate Sirius/XM isn’t eager to renew, not...
Gandolfini's funeral will be held in NY, autopsy confirms heart attack as cause of death
ROME — An autopsy of TV mobster James Gandolfini shows the legendary actor died from natural causes, a family friend said today in Rome. "The autopsy further stated that nothing...
MVP LeBron leads Heat to second straight title
MIAMI — LeBron James had his white headband and his jump shot. And now he has his second straight NBA championship after a 95-88 Game 7 victory over the Spurs...
Spurs' Duncan: Missed layup 'always going to haunt me'
MIAMI — Tim Duncan had 24 points and 12 rebounds but will never forget missing an easy shot in the lane and the follow tip with 48 seconds left that...
Jersey high school rule to target war of words on fields, courts
Talking trash won’t be considered just harmless fun anymore. At least not in New Jersey. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, the governing body for high school sports, announced,...
New trash-talking policy is something to cheer about
This is a home run, touchdown, goal and 3-point basket rolled into one. High school sports just got a lot more civilized in New Jersey. It’s about time. New York...
'Gift' gadgets were used to spy on Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, mentor says
When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and...
Ben’s bull shift: Stock markets plunge on Fed fears
Ben Bernanke is playing the role of party pooper. The stock markets suffered their biggest two-day slide of the year — wiping out all the gains of the last two...
Business briefs
Bid on a ‘Wire’Sprint, seeking to end a bidding war with Dish, raised its offer for Clearwire to $5 a share, 14 percent more than Dish’s latest price, and lined...
PE firms face conspiracy trial after bid fails
One piece of the explosive bid-rigging case against the largest private equity firms appears headed to trial. A judge yesterday denied a second bid by the firms — Blackstone Group,...
OMG! Carl joins the Twitter age
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who famously tried and failed at blogging a few years ago, is once again going digital — he’s joined Twitter.The famous corporate activist shot off his...
Mag giant is dead
Peter Diamandis, one of the titans of magazine publishing in the 1980s and 1990s, died at his home in Rowayton, Conn., on June 17, after a battle with lung cancer....
Gogo’s IPO good to go
After 18 months, Gogo Inc., a provider of WiFi on airplanes, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange this morning. The Itasca, Ill., company, which filed for a public...
Systrom, in video war, says size does matter
Mine’s longer than yours. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom showed off the popular photo app’s new feature that allows users to share 15-second snippets of video — putting it in direct...
Apple e-book trial wraps up
The judge overseeing the Apple e-book conspiracy trial picked apart the government’s closing argument yesterday — interrupting the Justice Department lawyer several times. “If Apple did something illegal, why not...
Mein mistake: Judge says Jefferies ‘herr’ed
Where the heil is your sense of your humor? That was the reaction of a Hong Kong judge who ruled that Jefferies Group wrongfully dismissed its former Asia head of...
$250M tokyo fine
Benjamin Lawsky has stared down another big bank. The head of the New York State Department of Financial Services slapped the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi with a whopping $250 million fine...
Ron again
Ron Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings agreed yesterday to pay $720,000 to settle federal charges over a stock purchase, the second time this month he agreed to penalties to resolve...
Another bidder for MoneyGram
Private-equity firm GTCR has joined the suitors in pursuit of MoneyGram International, The Post has learned. GTCR is in talks with management and is still several weeks away from making...
'I was too rough,' Bronx teacher accused of raping student writes in repulsive e-mail: prosecutors
A Bronx teacher accused of raping his 10-year-old student sent her a repulsive e-mail after the attack, saying he was “too rough” — but rationalizing that “it’s normal,” prosecutors say....
Dumb gang bust
Eleven members of a clueless Bronx gang find themselves charged with everything from drug possession to strangulation, in part because they couldn’t keep names or addresses straight, officials said.The 6...
Huge hikes for tenants
Hundreds of thousands of tenants were slammed last night with the highest rent increases in five years — 4 percent for one-year lease renewals and 7.75 percent for two-year renewals....
Bike-sharing bums of steel
Just because they’re homeless doesn’t mean they can’t have spinning classes. A Manhattan comedian yesterday recruited a ragtag crew off the street to take advantage of an unintended bonus of...
Moll tells of Whitey machine-gun ‘hit’
BOSTON — When she heard a machine-gun blast outside the brand-new brown Mercedes in which she was riding with her boyfriend and a friend one night in March 1973, Dianne...
Thompson acting like teacher pet
Barely 12 hours after securing the endorsement of the teachers union, mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson was back at UFT headquarters yesterday, palling around with the group’s leader, Michael Mulgrew. “This...
Turning patients away
Financially troubled Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn stopped accepting ambulance patients yesterday morning — the latest development in SUNY Downstate’s long-running battle to close the beleaguered facility. The operator...
Tragic NFL kid to cousin
A Texas woman yesterday won custody of her 9-month-old cousin, whose mom was killed by Kansas City Chief linebacker Jovan Belcher last Dec. 1 before he turned the gun on...
Arrest warrant expected to be issued for New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez for obstruction of justice: reports
An arrest warrant is expected to be issued for New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez in connection with the shooting death of semiprofessional football player, Odin Lloyd, according to reports....
Baseball player Delmon Young's criminal record wiped clean one year after anti-Semetic rant
Philadelphia Phillie outfielder Delmon Young has wiped his criminal record clean of a year-old, drunken Midtown beatdown in which he shouted, “F--king Jews!” while pummeling a random male tourist. The...
UWS parental playground brawl
These parents don’t know how to play nice.Two groups of Upper West Side residents are fighting each other in civil court, with one side saying a local park is a...
Bynes’ new legal muscle
Amanda Bynes has lawyered up.The ex-TV child star has ditched the court-appointed lawyer who handled her arraignment last month and hired noted criminal-defense lawyer Gerald Shargel to defend her in...
Kanye and Kim name their newborn ...
Reality-TV star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West have bizarrely named their newborn girl North West, according to the Web site TMZ.com. The name appears on the birth certificate at...
Motorcycle thief guilty
The kingpin of a massive motorcycle-theft ring was convicted of enterprise corruption in Manhattan yesterday. Steve Dow, 31, who went by the nickname “Jersey Dred,” now faces between one and...
Queens woman who killed abusive husband rips courts before five-year term for gun possession - turns self in
A Queens woman — acquitted for killing her abusive husband -- slowly walked into Queens Supreme Court this morning to turn herself in to begin a five-year prison sentence for...
All-woman Trayvon jury
SANFORD, Fla. — A jury of six women was picked yesterday to hear the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood-watch volunteer who says he fatally shot Trayvon Martin,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** Police say 22-year-old Justin Vigo is suspected of robbing a teen girl in University Heights, police said. Vigo allegedly waited inside the vestibule of an apartment building...
Bloomberg administration to change the way the city calculates 911 response times: sources
The Bloomberg administration will announce today it is going to change the way it calculates response times to emergency 911 calls, The Post has learned. Sources said Deputy Mayor Cas...
GOP using Shelly as election ammo
Embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is becoming a political albatross for Democratic candidates running for local offices this fall. GOP Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, running for re-election, yesterday pounded...
Assembly muzzles Silver ‘grope’ foe
ALBANY — A lawmaker who dared to bring up the sexual- harassment-cover-up scandal surrounding Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was silenced yesterday during a debate on a sweeping bill to give...
Angie’s plea for Syria war victims
Angelina Jolie huddled with young refugees of Syria’s civil war at a camp in Jordan before calling on world leaders yesterday to find “common ground” to end one of the...
Dinner with Alec
Alec Baldwin promises he won’t bite. Two lucky (?) donors who contribute as little as $10 to Bill de Blasio’s mayoral campaign will get to have dinner with the famously...
Miami doctor a lifesaver after pulling man suffering seizure from Village train’s path
A Miami doctor saved a stranger who fell onto the PATH tracks in the West Village just as a train was pulling into the station. Ben Abo, 32, an ER...
'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini guzzled at least eight drinks during his final meal: source
“Sopranos” star James Gandolfini, who struggled with booze addiction in his final weeks, scarfed down a decadent final meal that included at least eight alcoholic drinks, The Post has learned....
Fans can look forward to two new films
The great James Gandolfini may be gone, but the iconic actor left behind two completed movies awaiting release: a romantic dramedy and a crime thriller he filmed in Brooklyn earlier...
James Gandolfini's TV wife Edie Falco: 'The love between Tony and Carmela was one of the greatest I’ve ever known'
James Gandolfini’s TV wife yesterday remembered the man who played burly tough guy Tony Soprano as generous and caring in real life. “He was a man of tremendous depth and...
Steve Schirripa remembers James Gandolfini as a truly good fella
I Met Jim for the first time at the read-through when I first got hired for “The Sopranos.” The first scene I ever did on the show was at the...
Taliban offers to swap captured GI for five senior commanders held at Gitmo
The Taliban is offering to swap the only GI held captive in the Afghan war for five senior insurgents imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay — including one who had direct ties...
Last two Figoski killers get the max
The final two thugs from the burglary crew that murdered hero NYPD Detective Peter Figoski got what was coming to them yesterday.Ringleader Nelson Morales, 28, and career criminal Kevin Santos,...
2 hurt in tree-limb collapse
Two people were seriously hurt yesterday by a falling tree branch in Brooklyn, authorities said. The enormous limb tumbled about six stories from a London plane tree in the Ingersoll...
Ferry crazy passenger
A crazed man stripped down and tried to board two Hudson River ferries yesterday — then jumped into the water when he was ejected.When he tried to board the first...
Serena sorry she blamed Ohio rape victim
Serena Williams has apologized in person to a Steubenville, Ohio, rape victim after telling Rolling Stone magazine the 16-year-old “shouldn’t have put herself in that position.” Williams, in England for...
Brooklyn framer accuses former boss of firing him for being too fat
The owner of a picture-framing shop in Brooklyn fired a worker because he was too fat to fit in the aisles, a lawsuit claims. Seth Bogadanove, 52, of Bath Beach,...
Brooke Astor's son Anthony Marshall will FINALLY surrender to prison for swiping millions from his mother's fortune
A decrepit Anthony Marshall, will be wheeled into court this afternoon to finally surrender to prison for swiping millions of his philanthropist mother’s fortune, after exhausting a string of 11th-hour...
Chinese dissident ‘Bugged’ at NYU
Five electronic devices presented as gifts to Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng by purported US supporters were secretly loaded with software intended to spy on the blind dissident, according to Jerome...
O’s rotten road trip
First he mistook Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer for a soul singer, calling him Jeffrey Osborne instead of George. Then he explained to an audience in sectarian Belfast that, in...
A prez for the young — or maybe not
Ok, young’ns, here’s your chance. In two consecutive elections, you’ve carried Barack Obama to victory. When he said, “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” he basically meant you....
NYU’s institutional cowardice
The Issue: NYU’s decision to oust Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist. *** It is an ominous development that should be continually highlighted and documented (“NYU Torches a Hero,” Steve...
Pulitzer-winning prejudice: Alice Walker and Israel
The Issue: Author Alice Walker’s request that musician Alicia Keys cancel a performance in Israel. *** Ido Aharoni is wasting his time in writing to Alice Walker (“When Artists Scapegoat...
James Gandolfini, 1961-2013
The sudden death Wednesday of actor James Gandolfini at 51 seems shocking not just because he was so young but because the iconic character he created, Tony Soprano, was so...
Welcome to Dodge City
The Democratic race for mayor this year has been little more than a contest to see who can pander the most, even if it means holding baldly contradictory positions. In...
Dempsey downer
Team Obama has turned upside down over Syria. Once-dovish Secretary of State John Kerry is now a hawk, while America’s top general seems to fear military action. In a high-level...
Done-nothings
The big debate breaking out in the mayor’s race is about which candidate has actually gotten things done. A leftist group is running a nasty ad against frontrunner Christine Quinn...
Welcome to the Baz Age!
Flappers, bootleggers and suspender-clad gents convened on Governors Island last weekend for the Jazz Age Lawn Party, the first of two such events this summer. Established by Dreamland Orchestra maestro...
Hats off to Tobias Lindholm's Danish thriller 'A Hijacking'
The first good decision Tobias Lindholm made with the brilliant “A Hijacking” was to divide the setting in two. Half takes place onboard the MV Rozen, a Danish cargo ship...
Excessive gore shocks in 'Maniac'
Frodo go loco! Elijah Wood plays the title role in “Maniac,” a pervy LA photographer with mommy issues who likes to follow random women around or arrange to meet them...
Victorian England proves to be comic gold in 'The Explorers Club'
‘The Explorers Club” is the rare comedy that fulfills its mandate: It wants to do nothing more than make you laugh — and that it does. Nell Benjamin’s gleefully goofy...
Salute and so long, James Gandolfini
Nobody ever pegged James Gandolfini for a leading man. Least of all James Gandolfini. The actor, who died suddenly this week at age 51, thought of himself as a supporting...
Strong start unravels in 'The Attack'
Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri got his start as Quentin Tarantino’s camera assistant, and in 1998 made the excellent “West Beirut,” about the start of the Lebanese civil war. His latest...
Raise a glass for wine documentary, 'Somm'
‘Sauvignon Blanc smells like cat pee,” a wine-tasting expert tells us in the amusing and suspenseful documentary “Somm.” So “we use the word ‘blackcurrant bud.’ That’s kind of our code...
Napster's rise and fall too techie for 'Downloaded'
Once upon a time, kiddies, there was a music-swapping service called Napster. It was the greatest free Internet lollipop of all time, and those recording-industry meanies took it away from...
Falling in friend with 'Bert and Arnie'
As meet-cute films go, there are probably worse premises than a man who winds up hanging out with the guy who cuckolded him. Uptight novelist Bert (Matt Oberg) discovers his...
Eckersley: Staying in AL East race will be tough for hurting Yankees
The Yankees would not mind hearing some of the predictable jokes on Sunday about the current team being fit for Old Timer’s Day, when the franchise honors its past greats....
5 Questions for Cliff Drysdale
Espn analyst Cliff Drysdale, who was selected to the tennis Hall of Fame recently, talks Andy Murray, Serena Williams and Wimbledon with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Does the win...
Wambach breaks U.S. scoring record
Move over Mia Hamm. Abby Wambach is now the greatest goal scorer in international soccer. Wambach scored four times in the first half to break Hamm’s record for international career...
Meadowlands graded entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m. Best Bet: El Rocket (2nd) FIRST: Mile pace; $12,500; cond 8 McGillacudy-Henry (Gingrs) 3-7-5 3-1 5 True Reflection (SAllard) 5-2-1 7-2 4 Destiny'sDesire (Lachance) 7-2-8 15-1...
Allen rejects Spike’s plea for 'He Got Game' parody before Heat's Game 7 triumph
MIAMI — Knicks superfan/filmmaker Spike Lee got thwarted by the Heat again. Lee attended the morning shootaround at AmericanAirlines Arena in advance of the Heat’s 95-88 Game 7 win over...
Hondo takes a ’Stro
Fife didn’t have enough bullets to get the job done for the Dodgers last night, so Hondo ended up with a second straight loss that expanded the deficit to 300...
Sports Shorts
FOOTBALL: O’Brien gets pay bump Penn State football coach Bill O’Brien is getting a $1 million pay raise after a successful debut season. O’Brien’s deal when he arrived in January...
Sapp rips Strahan again: Giants saved him from being 'bust'
Warren Sapp just can’t let his disdain for Michael Strahan go. Sapp lit into the Giants great once again yesterday, saying Strahan took advantage of an easier position and was...
Giants eyeing former Packers LB Bishop
The Giants are often interested whenever there is a veteran linebacker available on the open market that may come cheaply and might have something left in the tank. Such is...
Home Team Lineups
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The Post Line
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Malignaggi feels dissed by his allotment for title bout
Paulie Malignaggi is proud to be from Brooklyn and happy to headlining tomorrow night at the Barclays Center against Adrien Broner. Malignaggi will defend his WBA welterweight title against the...
Nets eyeing Murray State PG Cannan
NBA Draft projections place him anywhere from the late first to the early second round. Count the Nets among those who see Isaiah Canaan, the 6-foot senior point guard from...
NBA nixes Clippers-Celtics deal for Doc: report
The resurrected Clippers-Celtics deal has been put back in the morgue by the league. According to a CBSSports report, both teams were informed days ago the deal sending coach Doc...
Lengthy delays part of sports’ disarray
Here on Planet Macaronia, we rodents live on Macaronian Cheese, served every day, all day and all night. Another cheesy week. But on Macaronia it’s best to behave like Bernie...
As Rangers get set to introduce Vigneault, Canucks close in on Tortorella
It’s starting to look like an old-time coach swap is going to happen, and who would have guessed that three years ago? With the Rangers getting ready to introduce Alain...
Blackhawks goalie Crawford not feeling the ‘glove’
BOSTON — The Blackhawks escaped TD Garden and returned home for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals Saturday night, two wins from a championship and two losses from crushing...
Mets' Ike belts two HRs at Triple-A Vegas
ATLANTA — Life’s a hitch for Ike Davis. As the former Mets first baseman attempts to find his stroke at Triple-A Las Vegas, the focus has become removing the significant...
Peralta’s blast propels Tigers over Red Sox
Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer off Andrew Bailey in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox in Detroit last...
Niese exits Mets’ victory early with 'shoulder discomfort'
ATLANTA — Now that’s what you call discomfort. Just when the Mets appeared to have something to rally around, in the form of a potentially solid and deep rotation, Jon...
Yankees' Logan takes ball off hand, likely not hurt
At first blush, it appears the Yankees avoided another injury to a valuable piece during Thursday night’s 8-3 loss to the Rays. When Boone Logan’s left hand was hit by...
Yankees are stuck with slumping slugger Wells
Holding back is not a problem for Vernon Wells. The Yankees left fielder isn’t tempted to smash his bat into a water cooler in order to express his anger over...
Dolan's band to open for Eagles
Take it Easy, Jim! During July’s free agency, Knicks owner James Dolan will be carrying around a guitar more often than his NBA checkbook. Dolan’s blues band, JD & the...
Schiano: Gandolfini ‘lent relevance’ to Rutgers
One of former Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano’s staffers couldn’t believe his eyes. Waiting on line for autographs at a Rutgers spring game several years ago was none other than...
Struggles for Pettitte, offense continue in Yankees' loss
While Phil Hughes has been cast as the rotation whipping boy by self-loathing Yankees fans, a popular veteran lefty hasn’t been very good lately. That would be Andy Pettitte, who...
Selling low on Chamberlain, Hughes may need to be high priority for Yankees
At The cross-section of disappointment and desperation, the Yankees must consider selling low on Joba Chamberlain and/or Phil Hughes to see if they can elevate their lineup, particularly against lefty...
Spurs were game, but LeBron’s showed why he's best in the world
MIAMI — As he spoke, the full blare of celebration bled through the walls of American Airlines Arena, through the curtains, loud music and loud voices, a reminder of all...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYNIK WALLENDA, HARRY CONNICK JR., GRANT BOWLER - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4TOM BROKAW - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 9 a.m. and 7:22 p.m., (COM)BILL COSBY, J.R. MARTINEZ...
'Naked and Afraid' contestants battle elements, and each other
Richard Hatch eat your heart out! Remember the first season of “Survivor” with awful, lazy tub Richard-the-Hatcher, who spent most of his time sitting around naked, hatching wicked schemes until...
Madonna's a girl gone wild in 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour'
The Material Girl can still get into the groove. Since her self-titled first album dropped in 1983, Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and embarked on 10...
'X Factor' revitalized with hosts Rowland and Rubio
Simon Cowell says he’s enjoying his new “X Factor” co-hosts Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio. With one caveat. “Be careful what you wish for,” Cowell told The Post yesterday while...
Weird but true
A mental-health caseworker became an unwitting getaway driver for an Oregon bank robber. Nicholas Theodore York, 35, claimed to need help moving from one Medford motel to another, police said,...
LeBron James, Heat top Spurs in Game 7 for second straight NBA championship
MIAMI — LeBron James had his white headband and his jump shot. And now he has his second straight NBA championship after a 95-88 Game 7 victory over the Spurs...
Niese pulled from game
ATLANTA -- Jon Niese was removed from Thursday night's game against the Braves with an unspecified ailment. The Mets left-hander was in apparent discomfort after delivering a pitch to Tyler...