April 10, 2011
Gametracker: Yankees at Red Sox
CC Sabathia takes the mound for the Yankees, who are trying to win their third straight series. They will take on Josh Beckett and the 1-7 Red Sox.
Celtics fall to third with loss to Heat
MIAMI -- If this was a preview of the Eastern Conference semifinals, then the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics showed exactly what to expect. There will be few pleasantries. There...
Schwartzel wins Masters after closing with four straight birdies
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Charl Schwartzel gave this Masters a finish it deserved. On an amazing Sunday at Augusta National, where the roars came from everywhere and for everyone and didn't...
Yankees' Prior 'feels fine' after pitching consecutive days
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mark Prior pitched on consecutive days for the first time as he tries to convert to a reliever in his comeback from a series of injuries. The...
Uncle Mo still plans to run in Derby after fading at Wood
The Kentucky Derby is still on the radar for Uncle Mo, despite his shocking defeat in Saturday's Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. Favored at 1-10 in a field of nine, Mo...
Obama to target defense, health in deficit-reduction plan
With one budget fight behind him, President Barack Obama will offer a long-term plan for deficit reduction this week in preparation for bigger spending battles ahead, the White House said...
Egypt's Mubarak denies corruption amid calls for trial
CAIRO — In the first remarks since his ouster, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied he abused his authority to amass wealth and property in a speech broadcast today, as...
Lemaire quits after Devils end season with win
Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said Sunday he's done as Devils coach.After a 3-1 season-ending victory over the Bruins, Lemaire said he is again going into retirement, as he did after...
Mets bullpen spoils Young's gem in loss to Nationals
Ivan Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 11th inning and the Washington Nationals rallied late to beat the Mets 7-3 Sunday. Laynce Nix followed with a three-run homer...
Democracy? Ivory Coast 'freedom fighters' raped, killed civilians: report
DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast — Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's democratically elected president killed hundreds of civilians, raped his rival's supporters and burned villages during an offensive launched in the country's...
Don't expect McIlory to blow Masters lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rory McIlroy was the last player to register for the 75th Masters, which is why his caddie is wearing No. 99. When given the number, McIlroy applied...
Brooklyn's Stephenson demoted by Pacers for maturity issues
INDIANAPOLIS - There goes rookie Lance Stephenson's chance of finally facing the Knicks tonight. Coach Frank Vogel, according to today's Indy Star, has demoted Stephenson for violating team rules and...
Man kills, nearly decapitates girlfriend as she begs for her life: cops
She screamed for her life - but he savagely stabbed her to death. A man has confessed to nearly decapitating his 23-year-old girlfriend early this morning in a bloody knife...
Bayern Munich fires coach ahead of summer exit
MUNICH -- German soccer giant Bayern Munich fired coach Louis van Gaal on Sunday with the club struggling to qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League. The Dutchman was due...
The Post's All-Bronx boys basketball honors
Only one word can adequately sum up The Bronx this winter: Heartbreak. St. Raymond and Wings Academy enjoyed stellar seasons, only to fall in the semifinals of their league's respective...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS ELIZABETH WARREN Professor revives her chance to head the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. JEFF KATZENBERG DreamWorks chief gets social media, joins Zynga board. NEIL FRIEDMAN Toys “R” Us...
The Post's All-Queens boys basketball honors
Basketball glory started and ended in Middle Village. Same old story. Christ the King repeated as CHSAA Class AA intersectional champions, finished second in The Post's top 10 NYC rankings...
The Post's All-Manhattan boys basketball honors
For the fourth straight year, Manhattan produced a state champion. Yes, Collegiate did it again, winning a New York State Federation Class B title for the fourth straight season. The...
The Post's All-Staten Island boys basketball honors
Staten Island is known for its dominance in the fall and spring, but that doesn’t mean this was a dull winter for the outer borough. Powers Curtis, McKee/Staten Island and...
Aussies charging up Masters leaderboard
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- An Australian player is lurking on the Masters leaderboard entering today's final round, which is overdue in these parts. No Australian has won the Masters -- surprising...
Young hotshots fire way to top
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson is 40 and Tiger Woods is 35, and both seem old if you watched 21-year-old Rory McIlroy and 23-year-old Jason Day do their thing yesterday...
Mickelson unable to make big move at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson sat with friends at a famous Miami restaurant last month, noshing on stone crab, sipping some California cabernet and talking Augusta. He spoke like a...
Rory charges ahead as Tiger falters at the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The symbolism was fascinating. Tiger Woods, desperately hanging on to keep his hopes of winning a fifth Masters within reach, was standing in the 18th fairway about...
Woods offers more what ifs
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods won’t win his fourth green jacket today. He will do well to improve his tied-for-ninth position he will take into today’s final round of the...
Green, Jones best receivers in NFL Draft
It seems like A.J. Green and Julio Jones have been attached at the hip since high school, and it’s no different with the upcoming NFL Draft. Both hailing from the...
Knicks' Stoudemire says he plays best during playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS -- Amar'e Stoudemire said Knicks fans haven't seen anything from him yet, especially if he can get his legs right by next weekend. The six-time All-Star who was the...
Voters overlook Wilkes again
A friend of mine is convinced a minimum of seven members of the Hall of Fame committee (nominees require 18 of 24 votes to gain induction) has Jamaal Wilkes confused...
Mayor's Cup track & field notebook: Healthier Francis returns to 400 meters
Chamique Francis’ return to form will be a process. The Cardozo star suffered a hamstring injury early in the indoor season and hadn’t run the 400 meters, her signature race,...
Elodie's melody
It's Wednesday night, and Élo die Bouchez and I are in a West Village restaurant. The dark-haired actress has just flown in from Paris and jet lag is closing in,...
Maid to mate
For once, there's a chess- themed movie with credible chess games. In "Queen To Play," actress Sandrine Bonnaire plays a repressed chambermaid who discovers a talent for the game and...
Bridge
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, having invited King Duncan to Dunsinane Castle in order to commit a deed of dreadful note, tried to lull the monarch into a false sense of...
'Atlas' at last
When Ayn Rand refused to give producer Albert S. Ruddy the rights to her classic book “Atlas Shrugged” unless he gave her screenplay approval, Ruddy played the sort of hardball...
A Bronx (feathered) tale
The world has become a truly global marketplace. We have Bavarian Motor Works cars made in America and American flags manufactured in China. So when a movie studio wants to...
A 'Bridge' too far
At first, Paul Simon wanted a heavy-gospel version of “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Art Garfunkel wanted shimmering harmonies. Garfunkel won, but the hit-making duo lost. “I knew that Paul didn’t...
New Simon: 'Beautiful'
The simple guitar-and-voice blueprint on which Paul Simon built his reputation as one of America’s greatest singer-songwriters is unrolled again for “So Beautiful or So What,” his 12th solo record...
The new rules of horror
Starting in 1996, the original “Scream” trilogy did to horror movies what Jason did to promiscuous teen couples in isolated woodland cabins. It killed them off, one by one. Prior...
Anything (still) goes!
For a show that’s a hit parade in itself — “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “It’s De-Lovely” and the title song — “Anything Goes” nearly...
Another awards show?
Who in God’s name needs another awards show? Comedians, apparently. Taped March 26 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, The Comedy Awards honors every aspect of comedy, from actors, writers, and directors...
'Idol' rescue
They said “Idol” wouldn’t make it without Simon Cowell. Boy, were they wrong. Dead wrong. By all accounts, season 10 of “Idol” has been the show’s most entertaining in years,...
Don't miss
WATER WORLD In the new six-part documentary series “Human Planet,” man is seen adapting to sometimes perilous surroundings. The first hour explores man’s attempts to live near rivers and oceans,...
Drama queen
Revisiting her work is revelatory,” Paul Newman said a few years ago of the legendary Elizabeth Taylor, who died at 79 on March 29. “Every time you watch her films,...
Jack's little girl
Elisha Cuthbert has advice for anyone who wants to remain friendly with former significant others: Don’t. Bother. “It’s not easy, the staying-friends-with-your-exes kind of thing,” says the Canadian-born actress, who...
Cleaning up Kid Rock
We’d better invent something lower, and right away, or soon there will be nothing left beneath our dignity. Here’s a charming little story from two Monday nights ago, as seen...
Reel good
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) Friday, 1:03 a.m., USA Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) and Best Picture Oscars went to this crazy Coen brothers movie about a...
'Twee-sine'
The only happy meals these kids want come with three Michelin stars. Chicken fingers and fries no longer hack it as dinner for Manhattan’s posh preschoolers, as demanding foodie tots...
NYC’s hottest 'pup-up' shops
The pet-product industry is booming. It’s going to be a $50 billion industry this year, according to Andy Darmohraj, senior vice president of the American Pet Products Association. But it’s...
H marks the spot
Walk along Crosby Street and the solid, stark backside of the Mondrian SoHo hotel appears to be a Great Wall of nothing on the forgotten outskirts of Chinatown. But past...
150 years later, a battle still lingers
The first shot in the Civil War was fired 150 years ago this Tuesday at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Yet there is perhaps no other trauma in America’s past that...
Rubber-roomers $hell out for OK to teach again
Bad teachers are buying back their jobs. Many teachers accused of incompetence or misconduct sidestep termination hearings and take city Department of Education deals in which they admit some wrongdoing,...
How the Brett Favre scandal derailed Jenn Sterger's dream
She was a bad girl gone good -- until Brett Favre brought her back down. Jenn Sterger's winning physique rocketed her to national fame on Sept. 15, 2005, when a...
Mike's crumbling empire
"It's water over the dam, under the bridge," Mayor Bloomberg said in ducking a question about Cathie Black. But for that to be true, Bloomberg must turn the end of...
Sick cell call is strongest clue in search for Long Island serial killer
When a call came in from her sibling's cellphone days after she went missing, Amanda Barthelemy didn't know what to think. "Is this Melissa's little sister?" a man asked. "Yes,"...
B'klyn hotline fields reports of illegal 'aliens'
The latest immigrants to land in Brooklyn are little green men. The borough where Ralph Kramden kept threatening to send his wife to the moon in "The Honeymooners" now has...
False job rise may trap Ben
The world's central bankers come from many different schools of thought, and varying degrees of intellect and behavioral makeup. No two are much alike. But a common thread does unite...
Regents' online push
Virtual education may soon trump teachers. High-school kids could earn credits toward graduation by sitting in front of a computer instead of a live instructor under a proposal before the...
Japan rice alert
Japan's government has banned growing rice, a main food staple, in radioactive soil contaminated from the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant on the coast north of Tokyo. "We had to come up...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx A 16-year-old who allegedly shot dead a young man and a fellow teenager in University Heights has been apprehended, police said yesterday. Yenfri Ramirez, 16, is accused of...
That's a wrap for Lumet
Legendary filmmaker Sydney Lumet, who used New York City as a gritty backdrop in such classics as "12 Angry Men," "Serpico" and "Dog Day Afternoon" -- and who boasted he...
MTA agent's sneak-sleep
This station agent should be working on the Zzzzzz line. The Post witnessed this unidentified station-booth clerk catching some winks at the 18th Avenue F train stop in Brooklyn at...
Kin rage at gran killer
An ex-con who allegedly killed a Brooklyn grandmother with a stray bullet should rot in jail, her family said. "I didn't think they were ever going to catch this guy,"...
Well-red NY teachers rally
Times Square was a sea of red yesterday -- as some 10,000 crimson-clad teachers rallied in solidarity with their Wisconsin counterparts. Chants of "We are one!" rang out amid signs...
Taxpayers waiting too long for refunds
Where's my tax refund and why didn't it get here already? That's what some New York State taxpayers are asking these days. They filed their returns early and electronically because...
Close call for 2 Qns. Bravest
Two firefighters battling a raging three-alarm fire in Queens were momentarily trapped yesterday in the burning three-story apartment building, the FDNY said. Firefighter Evan Davis had to rappel out of...
A bidder 'break-up' at Christie's
Oops! A butterfingered Christie's worker broke an already-auctioned $250,000 porcelain dish, an art-handlers union claims. The group of Teamsters says the expensive slip-up occurred during "Asian Week," in late March,...
Mercedes death crash
A woman was killed in a hellish blaze after she smashed her Mercedes-Benz into a Long Island gas station Friday night, authorities said. The unidentified victim rocketed along Route 109,...
Lump sum payments could sink government
Dear John: I have an idea for helping to eliminate the shortfall of Social Security and would like to share it with you. I would guess that many of the...
Eatery's foes served with threats
Hot heads have infiltrated the White House. Shameless supporters of a controversial expansion of the mobbed-up White House catering hall in Queens have threatened those daring to speak out against...
Immoral Bern's 'teaching' boast
Bernie Madoff bragged to the Financial Times from behind bars that two top universities approached him to teach morality in business. "Absolutely not true," said a Northwestern University spokesperson. "There's...
Totally uncoerced kids cheer Khadafy
He gave a lesson in the three R's -- reading, 'riting and repression. In his first public appearance in nearly a week, Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy yesterday basked in the...
'Power' of the purse
This outfit puts the con in your Con Ed bill. New Yorkers facing a possible 12 percent boost in electricity costs next month are shouldering inflated salaries, first-class travel and...
A major 'minor' cig offender
He's the Marlboro Man for minors. The Long Island owner of a small fiefdom of 10 subway newsstands is a top source of smokes for teens -- busted more times...
Metro-North's secret Wi-Fi train
All aboard the MTA's mystery Internet train. Computer-addicted commuters who ride the Metro-North to and from Grand Central could be surfing the Web during the ride -- but they don't...
Sheen stage 'fright' torpedoes tix $$
Losing -- at the box office! Charlie Sheen's roller-coaster ride plunged downward yesterday after he bombed Friday night at Radio City Music Hall. Online ticket sales for Sheen's show tonight...
Klepto's Chinese takeout
For a Vietnamese émigré accused of robbing only Chinese people, familiarity breeds contempt. But then Hanoi-born Ha Vasko, 68 -- a slight woman whose toothpick frame vanishes into her brown...
Queens 'Idol' castoff Pia Toscano gets record deal
Her booting was a blessing. Stunning Queens songstress Pia Toscano has reportedly snapped up a record deal, just one day after her unexpected elimination from "American Idol" Thursday night sent...
Honest, Abe is still open
President Obama surprised tourists yesterday with an unannounced visit to the Lincoln Memorial, where he spread the news that the Democrats and the Republicans had agreed to $38.5 billion in...
No charity case
Religious leaders are hot under the collar with Uncle Sam. Bouncing back financially after the Great Recession -- and with New York and the Northeast leading the latest increases nationwide...
Staten Island TV mob scene
Staten Island can't catch a break. The city's most disrespected borough will be taking another beating on April 17 when the reality show "Mob Wives" begins airing. The Post got...
Rising prices inflate peril for the administration
While most of the main stream media has been fixated on the government shutdown showdown this past week, early April, 2011, may eventually be remembered as a time not of...
Is that a cigar . . .
Smoking was allowed once again at the Four Seasons Restaurant Tuesday night as Cigar Aficionado boss Marvin Shanken kicked off a charity fundraising auction for Michael Milken's Prostate Cancer Foundation...
Gal pal 'DWI' death
A drunken driver with a previous arrest for DWI killed his girlfriend and left another passenger fighting for his life yesterday after a predawn crash on a Brooklyn highway, police...
App lets you sign your documents
Sick of wasting time and money sending various documents you need to have signed all over town or to even more distant locations? With the Sign Docs iPad app, you...
Clash of 'values' at GZ mosque
There is another potential snag in the plan to develop the controversial mosque and community center near Ground Zero. Con Edison -- which owns half the proposed mosque site --...
Panel probing big-spending judge
The state's judicial watchdog is investigating Judge Luis Gonzalez, whose patronage mill is burning through cash. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct has launched a probe into Gonzalez, the presiding...
Taxpayers foot $850M bill for Wall St.'s pension fees
New York City taxpayers are helping to pay $850 million in Wall Street investment fees -- even as these financial gurus have produced only meager results for strapped city and...
Treasure 'Island' for pols
Politics in the seaside city of Long Beach, LI, are as shady as the sand under its boardwalk. One City Council member is accused of collecting unemployment checks while drawing...
2nd diploma switch
Some 100,000 freshly minted high-school diplomas are now as worthless as the name that's printed on them -- that of booted Chancellor Cathie Black. It's the second time this school...
Meet the new boss, blameless for the old boss
He's been the mayor's right- hand man on education for more than nine years, but Dennis Walcott wasn't consulted before Mayor Bloomberg made his ill-fated decision to appoint Cathie Black...
Wild 'gown' payments
At prom time this year, teens will be doing all they can to keep up with the Kardashians -- by spending Hollywood-level wads of cash to put some glamour in...
'Face'-off in Prozac ad lawsuit
This actress doesn't want to be a pill-popper, not even on television. A Manhattan woman claims pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Company is giving her high anxiety by using her...
Flight of the 'Dudettes'
To fully appreciate the magnitude of the first all-female US air combat mission, flown over Afghanistan just 10 days ago, consider this: Women in the military can’t serve in Special...
O meets the fog of war
So much for “no boots on the ground”? Gen. Carter Ham, who commanded US military forces in Libya until control of the operation was handed over to NATO, told a...
Gene blues
“You Say You Want an Evolution” (PostScript, Mayrav Saar, April 3) is excellent. It is exactly these types of articles that raise the caliber of The Post. Great job, Mayrav...
In my library: John Larroquette
The verdict is in: “Night Court” star John Larroquette has made a brilliant, if belated, Broadway debut in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” He sings, dances —...
Laid Lowe
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe Henry Holt and Company Rob Lowe’s life story has all the ingredients for a successful autobiography: child stardom, Brat Pack member,...
Medicare CPR
In less than a week the hysteria surrounding Rep. Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget proposal has reached fever pitch. Seniors “will be thrown off of Medicare,” according to Rep. Sheila Jackson...
Mideast misguided
Max Hastings writes that “so strong is Muslim paranoia about our ill intentions toward Islam that we must do nothing that feeds it” (“Danger Zone,” PostScript, April 3). This is...
I love Peyser
Andrea Peyser’s column, “Oh, Save Us From Celebs Who Save Us,” (April 7) is awesome — along with her other comments about the abandoned baby and Councilman Leroy Comrie. I...
A pinch of Galt
Who is John Galt? He’s the Han Solo of the most important movie flop of the year. The first Tea Party movie, the long-gestating adaptation of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,”...
Required reading
by David Foster Wallace (Little, Brown) Death and taxes loom large in Wallace’s highly anticipated posthumous novel — assembled from his unfinished work by his “Infinite Jest” editor, Michael Pietsch,...
Sex & the Yalies
Meghan Clyne’s article, “How Yale Became a Sexual Cesspool” (PostOpinion, April 6) claims that incidents of sexist student rants are inevitable in an oversexed climate. This is disturbing, not only...
Tempest for a teacup
Call it the greatest story ever oversold: the government shutdown that wasn’t. You would have thought, if you had gone on Twitter this week and followed the minute-by-minute commentary of...
The judge whines on
New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman still doesn’t get it: The state continues to face difficult economic times. Sure, he says he understands the “extraordinary fiscal challenges” confronting Albany. But...
Vic C.'s Gulfstream Grade
Post Time: 12:55 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $36,300; clm; 3up6-Too Amenable 1211-L J's Way 1212-BlackTieSpirt 1197-HarlequinSky 1193-Aztec Run 1218-Besselink 1164-Mystic Fever 1239-Bull Hole 1215-Barbar'sRvnge 121SECOND-1 1/8m; $19,800; clm; 3up9-Heart Trust 1161-Great Bear...
Analysis
Post time: 1:15 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 ½ fur; $30,000; cl($25,0); 4up GIBSON CRYSTAL drops in class after closing to finish second. ALL COUNTY defeated...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST5 ½ fur; $20,000; clm($5,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds2D' Wild Affair(L),123L Rivera 10-13French Moon(L),123FPennngtn 9-54Carolus Magnus(L),123Hmpshr 4-11a-Punto Fijo(L),118Mcmngl 5-25Senor Happy(L),113K Pellot 8-11a-Waking...
NHL players face tough cap call
The NHLPA has told agents that the union projects a salary cap of approximately $62.2 million next season if the players vote to trigger the 5-percent escalator, Slap Shots has...
Gulfstream Park Results
FIRST- 6 ½ fur; $27,300; cl; 3up6Deputy Major (Curatolo) 3.602.602.201Terriniqua (Cruz)4.403.205Mae Ruler (Dominguez)3.20 Off 12:55. Time 1:16.30. Fast. * Exacta (6-1) $17.20 * $1 Superfecta (6-1-5-8) $92.40 * $1 Trifecta...
Long march to ugly end
* It is too bad that one of the most exciting NCAA basketball tournaments in history, which featured a plethora of upsets and close games, some decided in overtime or...
Graded entries
Post time: 3:30 p.m. FIRST-1m(T); $28,000; alw; 3up PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 4 ChampgnTppr(L),113 BBlanc 5-1-2 8-5 5 RunCandyRun(L),113 PVlnza 1-10-x 5-2 1 Regal Fever(L),121 KStra 8-10-1 15-1...
Heat may await red-hot Knicks
INDIANAPOLIS -- Carmelo Anthony won't declare he wants to face the Miami Dream Team next Sunday in South Beach as the Knicks' first-round opponent, as opposed to Boston, but he...
Mets' Beltran busts out with two homers
Carlos Beltran doesn't have to look at the back of his baseball card anymore. During his seemingly never-ending rehab during spring training, Beltran was left behind in Port St. Lucie...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 ½ fur; $17,000; clm($7,500); 3up(f)GREAT CLIFF cuts back in distance after finishing third this level last out. FLYING WILDCAT chased the pace and tired while going longer in...
Robertson proves value out of Yankees bullpen
BOSTON -- The Yankees bullpen has been one of the most talked about topics since the middle of the winter, but David Robertson is often the forgotten reliever. Mariano Rivera,...
Hondo has day-nighter
The Big Red Money-Making Machine allowed Hondo to remain debt free last night when they rat tled the Snakes to boost the earnings to 95 ditmars. Today, he'll stick with...
Yankees' problems not as big as Red Sox's
BOSTON -- There is a tendency to become parochial in sports. You care about your team, and the rest of the league basically becomes a competitive prop. You know if...
Yankees' Chavez savors moment in sun
BOSTON -- The last thing an elite athlete clings to is his swagger, his confi dence, that complex of cells within his DNA that allows him to believe that he...
Mets' Bay starts taking hacks on slow road back from DL
Jason Bay's painstakingly slow return to action should inch forward again today when he is scheduled to take batting practice for the first time, along with Ronny Paulino. The Mets...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing3 p.m.IndyCar Series: Grand Prix of AlabamaVSBaseball1 p.m.Nationals at MetsSNY, WFAN (660 AM)1:30 p.m.Phillies at BravesTBS2 p.m.Cubs at BrewersWGN8 p.m.Yankees at Red SoxESPN, WCBS (880 AM)Basketball1 p.m.Bulls at MagicABC3:30...
Martin catching on fast with Yankees
BOSTON -- A few hours before yesterday's Yankees-Red Sox game, Curtis Granderson asked Russell Martin, "You catching today?" Silly question. Martin has caught every game the Yankees have played this...
Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo caught at Wood wire
Holy Mo-ly! In a monumental upset, formerly undefeated Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo shortened stride through the stretch at Aqueduct and was overtaken by Arthur's Tale and Toby's Corner to...
K-Rod gets save as Mets top Nationals
Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth inning against the Rockies last Aug. 10 to finish his third save in a week. At the time, it seemed highly unlikely he'd have...
Capuano gets job done in Mets debut
Chris Capuano made his first start for the Mets -- and first April start for anybody since 2007 -- last night against Washington. And while it was far more hard...
Sports shorts
MLB: Ruiz grand slam powers Phillies In Atlanta, Carlos Ruiz hit a pinch-hit grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs, and Roy Oswalt earned his first victory over...
Yankees' Cano continues dominance at Fenway Park
BOSTON -- Robinson Cano has turned New England's living room into his personal hitting cage. In yesterday's 9-4 Yankees win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park, Cano went 3-for-5...
Martin leads Yankees over Red Sox
BOSTON -- Get ready to embrace the recipe the Yankees used yesterday to punish the reeling Red Sox. You appreciate victories fueled by pitching? This pew isn't for you. But...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogPACERS 2 KnicksRAPTORS 4 NetsBulls 3½MAGICHEAT 5½CelticsBOBCATS 3 PistonsGRIZZLIES 6 HornetsMAVERICKS 8½SunsWARRIORS 5½KingsLAKERS 5½ThunderHome team in CAPSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogDEVILS-110-110BruinsAVALANCHE$110-130OilersPenguins$130-150THRASHERSB'HAWKS$170-200Red WingsStars$140-160WILD
Japan's Matsuyama plays Masters with heavy heart
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Hideki Matsuyama had a difficult decision to make a few weeks ago -- play in the Masters or go home to Japan to help people cope with...
Rookie McDonagh nets game-winner for Rangers
The Canadiens included Ryan McDonagh's rights in the Scott Gomez trade two years ago because the Montreal hierarchy didn't believe the defenseman the Habs had taken in the first round...
Hard work pays off for Rangers
So now the Black-and- Blueshirts get to unleash themselves on the Capitals in the first round of the playoffs, which will commence in D.C. on Wednesday or Thursday, after the...
Red Bulls dealt shutout loss
CHESTER, Pa. -- Roger Torres scored within a minute of coming on as a second-half substitute and gave the Philadelphia Union a 1-0 win over the Red Bulls last night....
Rangers captain Drury returns in grand style
It wasn't nearly Willis Reed or Mark Messier, but Chris Drury's comeback yesterday was another entry in the tradition of Captains Clutch. "That," coach John Tortorella said, "is good stuff."...
Rangers beat Devils, make playoffs when Hurricanes lose
Apparently Rangers coach John Tortorella's credit is still good in Tampa. The Rangers had beaten the Devils 5-2 at the Garden to put the pressure right back on the Hurricanes...
Rangers' Tortorella no fan of tiebreaker system
The Rangers left the Garden in limbo following their 5-2 victory over the Devils yesterday afternoon, not knowing whether they would be convening at the practice rink tomorrow for break-up...
Help not far off for Jersey reefs
New Jersey's anglers are one step closer to protecting their artificial reefs from a commercial onslaught. Legislation which would prohibit the use of fixed gear within 100 feet of artificial...
Lightning strike fast, eliminate Hurricanes
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Vincent Lecavalier had a goal and an assist and the fast-starting Lightning routed Carolina 6-2 last night to eliminate the Hurricanes from playoff contention -- and give...
Lopez last Nets starter standing
Four starters down. So the fifth, Brook Lopez, knocks on wood a lot more these days. "I just try to be durable, and I just want to be there for...
About time Madden sees violence in video game
In these very late-to-arrive concussion-sensitive times, the come-latelys in all sports are starting to collide with the phonies. Though the media became conditioned to claim that he was TV's best...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 10MONApr. 11TUEApr. 12WEDApr. 13THUApr. 14FRIApr. 15SATApr. 16KnicksIndiana7:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEChi.8:00TNTESPNBos.8:00MSGESPNEndofReg.Sea.NetsToronto6:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WFAN 660 AMChar.7:00YESWBBRNOGAMEChi.8:00No TVWBBREndofReg.Sea.RangersEndofReg.Sea.IslandersEndofReg.Sea.DevilsBoston3:00TV -- MSGPlus NetworkRadio--WBBR 1130 AMEndofReg.Sea.Red BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMES.J.7:30MSGWADO
The Rumble
The happy recap Kiner looks back at 50 years of broadcasting In his 50 years of broadcasting Mets baseball, Ralph Kiner has had many favorite subjects, but none more so...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Russell Martin
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankees new starting catcher about his renewed dedication to the game and his early impressions of his new team. Q: You were a...
Not too late for Boston fans to turn frowns upside down
BOSTON — We can feel your pain, Beantown. These things happen sometimes. Slow starts? We have seen slow starts. We know how deflating they can be. We know how harrowing...
Ask Ashley: Mixin' up the meds
I’m taking a medication that makes my sex drive really low. Once I start having sex I’m fine, but getting warmed up takes forever. Any suggestions on foreplay? — Patricia,...
Meet market: Metropolitan man on quest for city sweetie
Nick, a 27-year-old financial analyst, lives on the Upper East Side and has a soft spot for the Met museum. But he’s still looking for the right girl to take...
Top 5 worst things to say to woo your ex back
According to reuniters at Reunion bar “I’ve done a lot of thinking, and I’m finally ready to settle.” — Jenna “I canceled the restraining order — want to give it...
This week's couple: Taking it impersonally
Bobby, a 28-year-old MBA student, and Jeanine, a 26-year-old media planner, enjoyed a casual dinner of macaroni and cheese at Chelsea hot spot Cafeteria. The couple spent the evening laughing...
Meet NYC's newest It designer
When Prabal Gurung debuted his first namesake collection at New York Fashion Week in February 2009, the fashion establishment who packed Chelsea’s Flag Art Foundation was blown away by his...
Weird but true
The California Highway Patrol, made famous in the 1970s show "CHiPs," nabbed a 29-year-old man named Eric Estrada on a drunken-driving charge. To be clear, his name is spelled differently...
Baseball roundup: Moore edges sloppy Salesian
Moore Catholic is struggling at the plate, but it matters little when Anthony Lobello pitches the way he did Saturday afternoon. The junior left-hander allowed three hits in five shutout...
Q&A with Art Garfunkel
To mark the 40th-anniversary reissue of Simon and Garfunkel’s classic album “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Art Garfunkel agreed to a phone interview from his home in the city. Earlier in...
Erasmus' Dukes wins with heavy heart, Far Rock's Martinez sets Mayor's Cup record
Tyquan Dukes was running for more than just himself after a difficult last few months. The Erasmus Hall junior had his great grandmother die a few months ago and grandmother...
Cardozo's Johnson commits to South Carolina
Benjamin Cardozo senior Ahtyana Johnson has verbally committed to the University of South Carolina, Judges coach Gail Emmanuel told The Post. Joining the Gamecocks completes a long and tough journey...