June 27, 2013
Cavaliers surprise by taking UNLV's Bennett with top pick in NBA Draft
Kentucky center Nerlens Noel won’t be ready until November at the earliest, December at the likeliest because of a torn ACL. Maryland center Alex Len showed up for the NBA...
SEE IT: Bills player posts Hernandez 'Grand Theft Auto' parody on Instagram
At least one person is having fun with the sad Aaron Hernandez saga.Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams posted a photo on Instagram lampooning the video game Grand Theft Auto....
Kidd hires former Nets coach Frank to be part of his staff
Jason Kidd got his man.Two weeks after Kidd was introduced as the next coach of the Brooklyn Nets, he landed his former coach with the Nets, Lawrence Frank, to be...
Byrd HR, defense help Mets hold off Rockies
DENVER — Angry Byrd, anyone? Marlon Byrd sure fit that description in the eighth inning Thursday night as he was lurching toward a Matt Belisle fastball that he sent to...
Obama nominates Gaspard for South Africa ambassador
President Obama has nominated New Yorker Patrick Gaspard -- one of his closest political advisers — as the next ambassador to South Africa. Gaspard is currently the executive director to...
Senate passes sweeping immigration reform with path to citizenship and beefed up border security
WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed historic immigration legislation offering the hope of American citizenship to millions, while promising a military-style surge to secure the border. The vote was 68-32,...
Rangers legend on his way out of organization: GM Sather approached me about open head coaching job
Well here is an interesting twist to the Rangers’ coaching search that culminated with the hiring of Alain Vigneault rather than Mark Messier to replace John Tortorella.That is, as Messier...
Knicks' Carmelo says shoulder 'much better,' won't need surgery
Carmelo Anthony said Thursday that his shoulder is doing great and he doesn’t believe that he’ll need surgery. Anthony injured his shoulder late in the Celtics’ series and played through...
EXCLUSIVE sneak peak at The return of Valiant’s Quantum and Woody’s special SDCC edition!
Let’s go back, shall we, to those halcyon days of the late 90s. Titanic was tops at the box office, Toni Braxton was heating up the charts and President Bill...
Porn app returns to Google Glass, without the porn
The world's first Google Glass pornographers are back. Seattle company MiKandi released the first pornographic app for Google Glass at the beginning of the month -- and Google promptly changed...
Correx officer hit with 25 years-to-life for son's mother slay
A Queens judge hit a former corrections officer with a maximum 25 years-to-life jail sentence for the cold-blooded murder of his infant son’s mother, who was gunned down, prosecutors said,...
Murray, Serena interested in playing each other in modern-day version of Battle of the Sexes
LONDON — Serena Williams would be happy to take on Andy Murray on a tennis court after the Olympic champion said he would fancy a match against the 16-time Grand...
BK straphangers prepare for lengthy subway shutdowns
Brooklyn riders are bracing themselves for major disruptions this summer-- but officials and advocacy groups rallied today around alternatives to cope with overcrowding on subway lines during the city's hottest...
3UP: A-Rod's insurance, timetable and Yankees being cautious
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about how the Yankees and A-Rod hate each other, but also need each other.Yesterday I was filled up by conspiracy theories from...
Yankees' Jeter on A-Rod: 'There's no way he could be a distraction for us'
TAMPA -- Derek Jeter drove up to the Yankees’ minor league complex Thursday after working out at Steinbrenner Field with a familiar face in the passenger seat: Alex Rodriguez.And while...
You can't beat 'The Heat' for summer laughs
Melissa McCarthy, as a potty-mouthed, rule-defying Boston plainclothes cop, demonstrates a unique method for interrogating a suspect in the often hilarious buddy comedy “The Heat’’ — she plays Russian roulette...
Jeter takes important step toward returning to Yankees
TAMPA -- Derek Jeter ran outside Thursday for the first time since a second fracture was discovered in his surgically-repaired left ankle in April, something even the ever-cautious shortstop admitted...
Naked and (not so) Afraid: 'Pure' survivalist show secretly gave contestants food and IVs, show insider reveals
Discovery Channel's new hit series "Naked and Afraid" claims to be different from its reality TV brethren because it literally strips the clothes off contestants' backs and forces them into...
Nets looking to land Garnett, Pierce in deal with Celtics: source
The Nets have talked about getting younger and more athletic this offseason.Instead, they may wind up with a pair of future Hall of Famers.The Nets and Celtics have discussed a...
A Hero’s Gotta Eat: Superheroes and Their Day Jobs, Spider-Man edition
What is it about newspaper jobs that attracts so many superheroes masquerading as regular folk (not to mention clever, handsome, painfully witty comics bloggers?). Earlier this month, we launched our...
Deconstructing The Massive issue No. 13 with Brian Wood
Monday, we chatted with Brian Wood for our exclusive preview of issue No. 13 of his latest title, The Massive, from Dark Horse Comics. Today we’re checking back in with...
Gov. Christie blasts 'overreaching' Supreme Court decision on DOMA, defends anti-gay marriage position, 'Let the people decide'
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie defended his opposition to gay marriage and blasted the Supreme Court’s ruling on the issue as a “bad decision” and an example of judicial overreach....
Key witness in Trayvon Martin slay trial scrubbed her Twitter account after rocky first day on stand
A key prosecution witness in Florida’s neighborhood-watch murder trial went on a Twitter-scrubbing spree, deleting posts that painted her as a foul-mouthed, hard-partying teen. The Smoking Gun reported that 19-year...
Alleged Boston Marathon bomber hit with 30-count indictment including weapon of mass destruction charge
BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev downloaded bomb-making instructions from an al-Qaida magazine, gathered online material on Islamic jihad and martyrdom, and later scribbled anti-American messages inside the...
Red Bulls waive Rafhinha
The Red Bulls waived forward Rafhinha Thursday.Rafhinha - whose full name is Rafhael Domingues, but goes by the single-name style popular with Brazilian players - was signed by the Red...
Hughes strong, but Yankees bats asleep in loss to Rangers
If Phil Hughes really was pitching for his job yesterday, he picked a great time to snap out of his malaise. Too bad the Yankees’ languishing lineup didn’t do the...
'Anti-bias' bill would 'undermine public safety': Ray Kelly blasts City Council move to curb stop-and-frisk
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly today harshly criticized the “anti-bias” bill passed by the City Council, predicting the measure will hamstring the department’s hugely successful crime-fighting tactics. “It has significant potential...
American boss held hostage by Chinese workers for a week set free after funds arrive from US to end pay dispute; all 80 captors fired
BEIJING — A pay dispute was resolved Thursday at a medical supply factory, ending a labor standoff in which the Chinese workers detained their American boss for nearly a week...
Producer of 'Gay Bride of Frankenstein' alleges partners purposefully tanked show: $40G suit
They created a monster. The producer of a Off-Broadway hit called "Gay Bride of Frankenstein" slapped his creative partners with a $40,000 lawsuit for allegedly tanking the show with dramatic...
Amnesty period begins, but Richards still has 'no clue' what Rangers plans are
The eight-day amnesty buyout period that commenced at 11 PM Wednesday night either claimed or liberated its first players, with the Flyers in the process of shedding Ilya Bryzgalov and...
Former NBA star Arenas arrested with 100 pounds of fireworks: report
It looks like Gilbert Arenas was going to have an explosive Fourth of July.According to TMZ, the former NBA star was pulled over by California police for speeding on an...
Diner cook fighting for life after being gunned down while walking home from work
A hard-working restaurant employee is fighting for his life after being gunned down early this morning in Brooklyn, police sources said. Guang Yang Chen, 62, was walking to his job...
Nets could be active on unpredictable draft day
Well, it’s finally here: NBA Draft Day.And while you’ll hear plenty of talk over the next 12 hours or so that this year’s draft is devoid of any talent at...
Family's rage as teen who mowed down 4-year-old girl with SUV is set to make bail
The family of a beautiful 4-year-old who'd been crushed dead by a teenager's SUV on the Upper West Side this month blasted a judge for setting just $25,000 cash bail...
Friend: Trayvon Martin encounter racially charged
SANFORD, Fla. — A friend of Trayvon Martin's who was on the phone with him shortly before his fatal fight with George Zimmerman testified Thursday that she thought the encounter...
JETS TOP 25: No. 19 Bilal Powell
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...
Serena avoids upset bug, rolls into third round at Wimbledon
LONDON -- Five-time champion Serena Williams avoided the kind of early upset that has sent many top players tumbling out of Wimbledon, beating Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to...
Stars, politicians, friends and family pack 1,500 seat funeral for 'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini
Friends and co-stars filled a Manhattan cathedral today to remember James Gandolfini, a “big teddy bear,” whose larger than life role as Tony Soprano often consumed him in darkness. There...
SEE IT: Did Shumpert accidentally unveil Knicks' new alternate jersey?
Is this the Knicks new alternate jersey?Iman Shumpert put the photo up on Instagram from a recent Adidas shoot, but quickly took it down. It’s unclear why, but it’s possible...
Aaron Hernandez a suspect in MORE murders: prosecutors probe him in 2012 homicides - report
Jailed football star Aaron Hernandez is being eyed for a 2012 double homicide, as prosecutors charge him in last week’s slaying of a friend — zeroing in on a piece...
Our Favorite Podcast: Mike and Ming’s 'I Sell Comics'
Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen – known together as Mike and Ming – are two of the stars of AMC’s TV series “Comic Book Men,” which runs during seasons of...
Obama says no 'wheeling and dealing' to extradite Snowden - 'we won't be scrambling jets to go after 29-year-old hacker'
DAKAR, Senegal — The United States won't be scrambling military jets or engaging in high-level diplomatic bartering to get National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden extradited to the US, President...
WATCH: Backstreet Boys poke fun at NSA, Chris Christie with altered song lyrics
Backstreet’s back, and they’re … funny?! The 1990s boy band Backstreet Boys, fresh off a cameo in the comedy “This is the End” and with an album and tour approaching,...
A-Rod tells Yankees he’s not healthy enough to play: source
Alex Rodriguez informed Yankees officials in Tampa yesterday he isn’t ready to begin a minor league rehab assignment because his surgically repaired hip isn’t up to the task, a source...
Inbee enters U.S. Open with two majors, chance at grand slam
SOUTHAMPTON — Annika Sorenstam. Lorena Ochoa. Yani Tseng. Inbee Park? Is Park, a 24-year-old from South Korea who has won two of the first five major championships entering today’s start...
Rodriguez-Yankees marriage filled with hate, fueled by need
Alex Rodriguez hates the Yankees and the Yankees hate Alex Rodriguez. Nothing changed yesterday amid the calmed tones and spin doctoring. If the Yankees could do what the Patriots did...
A-Rod tells Yankees he’s not ready, hip injury could lead to early retirement: source
Alex Rodriguez informed Yankees officials in Tampa yesterday he isn’t ready to begin a minor league rehab assignment because his surgically repaired hip isn’t up to the task, a source...
Nets searching for rookie to make big impact
The Nets have looked at several wing players during the last month in preparation for the NBA Draft. But in their final draft workout ahead of tonight’s draft at Barclays...
Knicks can go several directions at 24
There are the safe choices of Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr., Cal guard Allen Crabbe and North Carolina small forward Reggie Bullock — if they fall to the 24th pick....
2013 NBA mock draft
Tonight, all 30 NBA teams will convene inside Barclays Center for the 2013 NBA Draft and, thanks to the absence of a clear choice for the No. 1 pick, this...
Business briefs
B&N bounceBarnes & Noble shares gained 5.5 percent, to $16.46, after dropping 17 percent on Tuesday, following its decision to stop competing in the tablet business.FB to goFacebook is building...
Mideast investor looks to buy ESB for $2.1B in cash
Psst, wanna buy the most famous skyscraper in the world? An unidentified Middle Eastern buyer has become the second party to hand an unsolicited bid to the owner of the...
Ergen ditches plan to buy Clearwire
It’s game over for satellite mogul Charlie Ergen — again. Roughly a week after dropping plans to acquire wireless carrier Sprint, Ergen, the chairman of satellite-TV operator Dish Network, has...
Slower growth, fewer jobs? Wall St. cheers
D’ja hear the great news? The economy continues to suck. The stock market rallied nicely yesterday after the Commerce Department changed its mind about how the economy did in the...
It’s ‘Shattered’
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are looking for a bigger bang. The Rolling Stones picked BMG Rights to represent its song catalog — the first time in decades the band...
Christie bets on a sports appeal
New Jersey officials cannot put a stop to sports gambling, but they hope to “shine a light” on it by legalizing such betting at casinos and racetracks, a lawyer for...
Globe is going low
New York Times Co., which is accepting bids for the Boston Globe tomorrow, is likely to fetch a price that’s about a 10th of what it paid in 1993, a...
KKR hot on hunt to bag Bushnell
Henry Kravis may have an itchy trigger finger for Bushnell. The New York billionaire’s buyout firm, KKR, has submitted a formal bid for the 65-year-old manufacturer, The Post has learned....
Delta farce
Delta Air Lines is being slapped with a $750,000 fine by US regulators for bumping passengers from oversold flights without compensating them or seeking volunteers, the second time in four...
A bankrupt idea
Bankrupt ResCap could have won nearly $1 billion more if it had sued parent Ally Financial instead of settling its claims, an independent examiner found. The 2,235-page previously sealed report...
Fresh Coke
Coca-Cola will sell a mid-calorie cola sweetened with sugar and the naturally occurring no-calorie sweetener stevia in Argentina, becoming the first to market with a product long seen as being...
NJ’s death ‘Star’
Faced with mounting losses, the Star-Ledger in Newark — New Jersey’s largest daily paper — is threatening to shut down at the end of the year unless it wins major...
Amazon guns for families
Ceo Jeff Bezos wants American families to go to the Amazon. The world’s biggest online retailer added to its PG-13 content yesterday, setting an expanded licensing deal with PBS Digital....
NoMad lands
NYC is awash in acronyms: Today SoHo, TriBeCa and FiDi are fully part of the local lingo. But what about NoMad — North of Madison Square Park? If you haven’t...
Just sold!
Manhattan FIDI $1,410,750 75 Wall St. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,352 square feet, with 10-foot ceilings, Boffi kitchen with washer/dryer and oversized windows; building features doorman, garage, gym, screening room, roof...
Hell on two wheels
I appreciate my upstairs neighbor’s commitment to fitness, but not his lack of care when bringing his mountain bike in and out of our building. The hallways are always getting...
Leo looks at $30m manse
Leonardo DiCaprio is taking time off from hosting bikini-clad babes on yachts in the South of France. Along with being on the prowl for beautiful women, the talented thespian is...
Pal: Teach OK’d tragic lake swim
The best friend of the Brooklyn teen who drowned on a class hiking trip said a teacher gave the doomed student permission to swim in the lake where he died.“The...
Rock fest spoils Hizzoner’s isle party
Revelers at the three-day Governors Ball music fest caused so much damage to the grass on Randall’s Island that Mayor Bloomberg was forced to postpone his annual, multimillion-dollar bash on...
Beans for S’bucks bosses
ALBANY — Starbucks baristas must share their tips with shift supervisors — but assistant managers are left out in the cold, New York’s highest court ruled yesterday.The Court of Appeals...
Nelson Mandela put on life support - South Africans steel selves for beloved leader's death
JOHANNESBURG — As reports surfaced that Nelson Mandela is on life support, South Africans were torn between the desire not to lose the critically ill former leader, who defined the...
DA: Convicted child molester Jesse Friedman found with porno stories during his time in prison
The convicted Long Island child molester who was the subject of the Oscar nominated documentary “Capturing the Friedmans” was found with disturbing pornography in his cell, including depraved tales about...
Gun gal pal acquitted
She dodged a bullet. The Brooklyn woman who shot her boyfriend in the face — and then had the starry-eyed lover testify in her defense with the bullet still lodged...
Correction official charged with ordering brutal beating of Rikers inmate
A high-ranking Department of Correction official ordered the beating of a Rikers Island inmate who gave him a dirty look, authorities said yesterday. Eliseo Perez Jr., who resigned as assistant...
‘A Paula gee’ for N-bomb
A blubbering Paula Deen denied being a racist during a national-television interview yesterday — and then chastised her young employees for dropping the N-word like she once did. The celebrity...
Teary chef’s ‘Today’ talk goes South
And you thought Nik Wallenda was the only person willing to defy death just to get back on TV! Yesterday, Southern-fried belle Paula Deen took to the “Today” show —...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx A 64-year-old woman, described by a neighbor as “quiet and gentle,” was beaten to death with a hammer in her Norwood apartment. Police showed up at Magda Dagostino’s...
The Rin Tin Tin blue line
Bear, the NYPD dog whose teeth were kicked out by a deranged straphanger, was released from a Manhattan animal hospital yesterday — and got a hero’s welcome from his K-9...
Prince Jackson testifies against concert promoters in family’s lawsuit, reveals Jacko feared AEG 'going to kill me'
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s oldest son emerged from the shadows yesterday and gave dramatic testimony against concert promoters accused to driving The King of Pop to an early grave....
Girlfriend testifies about phone call from Trayvon Martin before his slaying
SANFORD, Fla. — A girlfriend who was on the phone with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin moments before he was fatally shot by George Zimmerman testified that she heard the Miami teen...
Car-slay girl’s granny out of hosp
The tearful grandmother of a 4-year-old girl killed by an unlicensed teen driver who was fleeing cops on the Upper West Side said she was “devastated” as she was taken...
Cop unions warn pro-profiling pols
Nearly every NYPD union yesterday vowed to yank their endorsements of City Council members who voted to pass the racial-profiling bill.The council passed a bill in the early-morning hours that...
City Council approves two bills that jeopardize NYPD’s stop-and-frisk
The City Council passed two bills early this morning that could drastically rein in the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk. Mayor Bloomberg has said he plans to veto both measures, one...
Last act: HBO producing footage of James Gandolfini’s funeral as gift to his family
James Gandolfini’s funeral today will be a star-studded tribute to the actor, produced and filmed by HBO for the actor’s family, sources tell The Post. HBO crew members have been...
The good old daze of 1885: Historic map shows 346 saloons on LES - compared to about 47 today
Lower East Siders constantly complain about noisy barflies shattering the early-morning quiet. Good thing they didn’t live there in 1885 — when beer lovers had 346 saloons to choose from,...
Cheers to you, brew york! Blind taste test reveals New York craft beers are among top US lagers and ales
Dump those Buds and PBRs down the drain this Fourth of July! Consumer Reports yesterday released its ratings of America’s top craft-brewed ales and lagers just in time to stock...
Tax cheat Marc Rich, pardoned by Clinton, dies in Switzerland at 78
Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton despite tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died yesterday in Switzerland. He was 78....
Three-way ‘tie’ in Democratic mayoral race
The mayor’s race — once Christine Quinn’s to lose — has turned into a virtual dead heat among three contenders, according to a poll released yesterday. After leading the pack...
Rookie’s vicious ‘punch’
A Cleveland Browns rookie has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly punching a man outside a New Jersey club. Ausar Walcott (pictured) turned himself in to Passaic police Tuesday...
Hernandez charged with murder in 'execution' of pal who allegedly talked to people at club with whom NFLer was fighting: 'You can't trust anyone anymore'
NFL star Aaron Hernandez — who had just inked a $40 million contract extension — threw his promising career away with “the execution” of an acquaintance in Massachusetts, prosecutors said...
Edward Snowden once wrote that traitors who spill state secrets ought to be shot
WASHINGTON — Years before he became the world’s most notorious leaker, Edward Snowden ranted online about how he hated people who spill secrets so much that he wanted to blast...
Inside leaker's hideout: Edward Snowden likely relaxing at a comfy hotel inside Moscow’s airport
WASHINGTON — It may not be the Ritz, but it’s better than a jail cell. US spy-secrets leaker Edward Snowden is likely holed up in the Air Express Capsule Hotel...
Thugs hit UES Fairway
Three bandits with guns and a stun-gun “cane” pistol-whipped and robbed workers at an Upper East Side supermarket who refused to let them into the safe, The Post has learned.Daniel...
Bx. teacher bust in teen sex tryst
A Bronx music teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student at the school. Brian Kearins, 33, who works at Lehman HS in Westchester Village, was...
‘Jewish’ elevator battle
It’s a lawsuit over a New York minute — a minute and 23 seconds, to be exact. The only-in-New-York tale pits elderly residents of a West 65th Street building against...
Long Island teen admits plan to join al Qaeda in Yemen
He was born in the USA — and wanted a chance to destroy it. A Long Island high-school student faces up to 30 years in prison for attempting to join...
Petite pioneer a giant
She’s the gay Rosa Parks. It took a slight, 5-foot-tall, 84-year-old lady to forever change the course of history. Edith Windsor lived her entire adult life in Greenwich Village, hiding...
New York lesbian couple’s new family life starts with Supreme Court’s DOMA decision
A hardworking lesbian Marine and her public-school teacher wife can now comfortably start a family — thanks to financial security and health benefits afforded by new federal marriage rights. Capt....
Historic day for gay marriage: Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, punts on Prop 8
A sharply divided US Supreme Court gave a double-barreled boost to gay marriage yesterday in a pair of decisions that energized supporters and outraged opponents. First, the justices threw out...
Pricey Attack on Phantom ‘Warming’
There hasn’t been much evidence of “global warming” for at least 15 years. If anything, “cooling” has kicked in as part of an eternal cycle that stretches back through history....
Farewell, ataturk
Istanbul For centuries, Ottoman sultans dreamed of conquest in the name of Islam. When they failed on the battlefield they sought glory in building mosques. Eighty years after the Caliphate...
Biking in the crosshairs: wheel story behind NY plan
The Issue: Whether the Citi Bike bicycle-sharing program is a practical tool for New Yorkers and visitors. *** I thought I was the only one who considered this idea untenable,...
An arranged marriage
Call it the Scalia standard. More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court justice suggested that one measure of how free societies resolve contentious issues is whether losers have “the...
Playing with fire
If sparklers are legal, the terrorists win. OK, Mayor Bloomberg didn’t say it exactly that way. But City Hall is pressing Gov. Cuomo to veto a newly passed bill that...
An embarrassment of riches
Marc Rich died yesterday in his Swiss chalet but will eternally be linked to Bill and Hillary Clinton. For good reason. The billionaire spent 17 years on the lam after...
Gay marriage: The supremes speak
In United States v. Windsor, the Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which bans gay marriage, is unconstitutional. An excerpt from the majority opinion by...
Tony the poll vaulter
Well, here comes Anthony — God save us all. Two polls out this week, while drawing modestly different pictures, demonstrate that former Rep. Anthony Weiner is going to be a...
Alan Robertson joins his backwoods brethren on 'Duck Dynasty'
It's Sunday morning, and Alan Robertson, dressed in all black, steps up to the wooden pulpit at White’s Ferry Road Church of Christ in the small town of West Monroe,...
‘Banana Monologues’ is short on appeal
No, “The Banana Monologues” isn’t a male rejoinder to Eve Ensler’s feminist classic. Rather, in this solo turn, John R. Brennan tells the story of an ill-fated relationship starring an...
Spouse-swapping comedy 'It's Just Sex' fails to score
‘Swapping is the new cheating,” declares one of the partner-swapping marrieds in Jeff Gould’s play. Perhaps, but one thing’s for certain: “It’s Just Sex” is the same old sex comedy....
Polina Semionova and Roberto Bolle thrill in ABT's 'Sylvia'
Were we watching American Ballet Theatre or “America’s Next Top Model?” Russia’s Polina Semionova and Italy’s Roberto Bolle — featured, respectively, in ads for Uniqlo and Gap — are awfully...
Sky falls on Liberty
CHICAGO — Elena Delle Donne scored a career-high 26 points and Sylvia Fowles added her fifth double-double of the season as the Chicago Sky rallied from an early deficit on...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Latin Lyric (12th) FIRST: Mile pace; $11,000; claiming 4 Cammi Place (GBrennan) 6-3-2 8-5 7 Rachel Cuheno (BSears) 7-9-6 15-1 5 Working Stiffs (LStalbaum)...
Hondo takes the Nat-ural
It was another wipeout last night for Hondo, who went belly up with the White Sox, Cards and Giants to raise the runaway debt to 755 aarons.Today, Mr. Aitch will...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing5 p.m.NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: UNOH 225 Qualifying SPEED8 p.m.NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: UNOH 225 SPEEDBaseball1 p.m.Angels at Tigers MLBN1 p.m.Rangers at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)6...
Pascucci intent on being good neighbor
SOUTHAMPTON — Sitting atop an impressive hill overlooking the Peconic Bay and its own beautiful, brawny 18 championship holes is the Sebonack Golf Club, where the U.S. Women’s Open will...
Tiger won’t be elbowed out of British Open
BETHESDA, Md. — Tiger Woods can’t say whether his left elbow will be fully healed in time for the British Open, only that it will be “good enough.” Woods returned...
New Big East commissioner Ackerman a perfect fit
On paper, Val Ackerman is a perfect fit as the new commissioner of the new Big East. She presided over the launch of the WNBA, so she has steered and...
Federer ousted by 116th seed Stakhovsky
LONDON — Seven-time champion Roger Federer was stunned by 116th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of Wimbledon yesterday, his earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament in 10 years....
Sharapova upset at Wimbledon, seven withdraw
LONDON — On a chaotic day at Wimbledon when injuries forced seven players to quit, Maria Sharapova managed to play and finish her match. The end result was the same:...
Islanders hit snag in Nabokov talks, not interested in Luongo
With the NHL draft looming Sunday, there is even less certainty concerning the Islanders’ goaltending situation now than there was when their season ended after a six-game, first-round series loss...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Oregon disciplined, but avoids bowl ban Oregon will lose one scholarship each of the next three seasons and was placed on probation for three years for recruiting violations under...
Ex-Jet Hudson dead at 70
Jim Hudson, who played safety on the Jets’ 1969 Super Bowl championship team, died Tuesday of traumatic dementia encephalopathy, according to the Austin American-Statesman. He was 70. Hudson played for...
Cavaliers face tough choice at No. 1
So you’re the Cavaliers. You have the No. 1 pick in Wednesday night’s NBA Draft at Barclays Center that Jay-Z apparently gave the league permission to use. Do you take...
Giants need to get 'creative' to sign FB Leach
The need is there but the ability to satisfy that need might not be there, which is why the Giants’ desire to land Vonta Leach is likely to go unfulfilled....
Murder charge against Aaron Hernandez is a reminder of NFL’s dark side
It was much different for Aaron Hernandez on the night of Feb. 5, 2012, much different for him catching a 12-yard TD pass from Tom Brady in the third quarter...
Mets worried Wheeler tipping pitches
CHICAGO — Zack Wheeler is a generous tipper, and the Mets want it to stop. According to manager Terry Collins, the rookie fireballer’s habit of tipping his pitches will be...
Finding quality outfielder should be next on Mets checklist
CHICAGO — Yesterday was neither Harvey Day nor Wheeler’s World, which made for a pretty buzz-free Mets clubhouse here at U.S. Cellular Field. Sorry, but Shaun Marcum’s first victory of...
Mets’ Marcum blanks White Sox to raise his record to 1-9
CHICAGO — For a night, Jupiter, Mars and the Mets aligned, allowing Shaun Marcum to receive credit for an honest night’s work. After nine straight losses to start the season,...
With Nova here, Yankees' Hughes face significant start
Publicly, the Yankees haven’t hinted that Phil Hughes is pitching to retain a spot in the rotation Thursday against the Rangers. Privately, they at least have to be thinking Ivan...
Yankees' Teixeira will have surgery, out for year
Mark Teixeira’s 2013 season is over almost before it began, with the first baseman set to go under the knife early next week to repair a torn tendon sheath in...
Yankees fall to Rangers as Joba 'terrible' again
Joba Chamberlain didn’t absorb the loss. That fell on Andy Pettitte’s head. Nor did Chamberlain flush a late-inning lead. Yet that didn’t stop the Yankee Stadium denizens from loudly booing...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows Mama checks in with a few hard-working series stepping up to fill the usual TV void for the holiday week:...
'Storage Wars' wages battle in Harlem
On the second season of “Storage Wars: New York,” premiering on A&E with back-to-back episodes July 9, at 9 p.m., the crafty hunters return to transform New York’s trash into...
Newt Gingrich helms CNN's 'Crossfire' reboot
Former Republican presidential candidate and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will host the revived political debate show “Crossfire” on CNN. In representing the political right, Gingrich will be joined...
Weird but true
Maybe it was witchcraft. Students at a high school near Salem, Mass., have come down with a mass case of hiccups — and officials are leaning to the theory that...
Friends, family gather for James Gandolfini's wake
PARK RIDGE, NJ — Family and friends gathered at a private viewing for James Gandolfini Wednesday. The service was held in a small New Jersey town near where he grew...
Red Bulls' Heath Pearce fighting for playing time
After being a mainstay of every team he’d played on, Red Bulls defender Heath Pearce found himself banished to the bench for the first time in his career, and didn’t...
Texas' 500th execution since resuming capital punishment is female killer
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday evening, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982. Kimberly McCarthy, who was...