April 16, 2011
Mets lose doubleheader ... AGAIN
ATLANTA — Jair Jurrjens threw seven sharp innings in his return from the disabled list and the Atlanta Braves shut out the struggling New York Mets 4-0 Saturday night to...
Nazi nuts march in NJ
TRENTON, N.J. — Roughly 50 members of a neo-Nazi group took to the streets of New Jersey's capital city today, marching to the Statehouse and calling on residents to join...
Conn. man in DUI bust -- twice in one night
DANIELSON, Conn. — Connecticut police say a Putnam man was arrested twice in the same night for driving while intoxicated. Police said 29-year-old James Maguire Jr. was arrested around 4:30...
Another sleeping air traffic controller; new rules announced
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration changed air traffic control work schedules Saturday, acknowledging it has a widespread problem with fatigue after another controller fell asleep on duty — this...
Taliban 'sleeper' slays 9 in NATO base attack
KABUL, Afghanistan — Like hundreds of thousands of Afghan men, he volunteered in the national army, ran drills in the mud, carried an automatic rifle, and worked alongside coalition mentors...
Mets' Young goes on DL
ATLANTA — The Mets’ disabled list grew by 6 feet, 10 inches today. Chris Young, who is 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA, became the latest casualty, after team brass decided...
Gametracker: Mets at Braves, game 2
They lost the opener 4-2, but follow all the action as the Mets try and rebound with Mike Pelfrey facing off against Jair Jurrjens and the Braves in Atlanta ...
Shaq a no-go in Game 1 vs. Knicks
WALTHAM, Mass. — Shaquille O’Neal is out tomorrow, probably longer. The Celtics’ center, who has been trying to come back from a calf injury, failed in a game-simulation situation today...
New chancellor Walcott calls for new cooperation amid threats of teacher layoffs
In his first major speech, new Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott called for a spirit of “listening and working together” to improve education, but afterwards said he’s sticking by Mayor Bloomberg’s...
Garcia puts up 6 blanks in Yankees’ win
Earlier this week a talent evaluator described the Yankees’ collecting suspect pitching projects this way: "They are digging up all the warm bodies." Today at a rainy and cold Yankee...
'Very drunk' Nic Cage arrested on domestic abuse charges in New Orleans
Looking less like a "National Treasure" and more like "Gone in Sixty Seconds," actor Nicolas Cage was arrested on domestic abuse charges early today morning in New Orleans. Cage —...
'Mob thug' in pizza man slice says he's the victim
The pizza twirler may have put a hole in the bagelmaker. The owner of the famed Brooklyn pizza parlor Lucali, Mark Iacono, 43, who was brutally stabbed with a long...
Radioactivity rising in seawater near nuclear plant in northern Japan
TOKYO — Levels of radioactivity have risen sharply in seawater near a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in northern Japan, possibly signaling new leaks at the facility, the government said Saturday. The...
Death toll from storms in Southern US reaches 16
BOONE’S CHAPEL, Ala. — Vicious storms and howling winds smacked the Deep South, killing at least seven people in Alabama including three family members whose homes were tossed into nearby...
VIDEO: Peter Vecsey's Western Conference preview
Post NBA columnist Peter Vecsey previews the Western Conference playoffs. The Spurs are the top seed, but most consider the two-time defending champion Lakers the favorites.
CHSAA/Private softball roundup: Kelly powers Sea past Villa
Jackie Kelly went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, including a two-run double during a five-run fifth inning to help give St. Joseph by the Sea a 8-0 run-rule win over visiting...
Queens native Anacreon picks Iona, his dream school
Iona College is never going to get confused with North Carolina, Duke or UCLA, but to James Anacreon New Rochelle is better than Chapel Hill, Durham and Los Angeles. The...
Saputo's heroics keeps Poly's Ivy win streak intact
Just two innings earlier, Kerri Saputo had struck out looking with the winning run in scoring position. Now she had swung and missed on a hittable pitch, the first of...
Ed Fountaine's stakes spot plays
DISTAFFAqueduct, ninth race. Grade 2. Purse: $150,000. Seven furlongs, fillies and mares. Post: 5:15 p.m. LOWDOWN: Spacy Tracy came off a winter layoff to finish last of seven in the...
Jets' Edwards says DUI stop was B.S.
Braylon Edwards “wouldn’t mind” returning to the Jets, though the free agent receiver doesn’t sound too enamored with New York City. In an interview on Detroit radio this week, Edwards...
Injury subs can hit where it hurts
America, meet “bilateral leg weakness.” Though it sounds more like a term you might run across on a crime procedural — “The victim’s body shows indications of head trauma, asphyxiation...
Rangers turn six double plays in 5-3 win over Yankees
Double plays helped get the Yankees into double trouble last night. The Yankees banged into a franchise record six double plays, Rangers starter Mitch Harrison seemingly inducing two outs on...
Yankees go from dead arm to dead rotation
The Yankees officially have a pitching crisis. The Red Sox own the atrocious record, but with Phil Hughes placed on the disabled list yesterday with a “dead arm” and another...
Patient Poly rebounds with win over Fieldston
Poly Prep is a patient team, but its start against Fieldston was unusually slow. “We wanted to settle it down so the defense would slow it down a bit,” senior...
Celtics counting on O’Neal -- but it may be Jermaine
BOSTON — Normally, Celtics coach Doc Rivers might not wish this on his worst enemy. But he hopes Shaquille O’Neal spends time talking to the media today. “I hope you...
Makeup game: Maldari pitches Poly past Fieldston
Some pitchers rely on intimidation, others finesse. Philip Maldari just wants to look pretty. At least that was the running joke on Friday as the sophomore hurler pitched with a...
Private baseball roundup: Riverdale tops Dalton, remains tied atop Ivy Prep League with Poly
Charlie Thau fanned six in five strong innings, Armando Perez doubled twice and drove in two runs and Cole Dreyfuss contributed three hits as Riverdale topped Dalton, 7-1, at Van...
PSAL baseball roundup: Castano blanks Lane as Cardozo remains undefeated
Adrian Castano went the distance, struck out nine, allowed four hits and walked two as Cardozo remained undefeated in Queens A East with a 2-0 shutout of Lane on Friday....
PSAL softball roundup: GW stuns Environmental Studies
Ruby Fuertado went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored and Rosangelis Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with two RBIs to lead George Washington to 5-4 upset win over Environmental Studies...
Going the distance: Mortillaro shows McClancy who's King
Joe Mortillaro isn’t one to glance around behind the chain-linked fence or scan the bleachers when he’s on the mound. But the Christ the King ace couldn’t help but notice...
CHSAA baseball roundup: All Hallows rocks reeling Regis
It is still early in the regular season, but All Hallows is making a case to contend for the CHSAA Class AA Bronx/Manhattan division title. The Gaels are tied with...
The Post's All-Brooklyn boys basketball honors
The borough known for its basketball lives up to that lofty standard yet again. Boys & Girls repeated as PSAL Class AA champions – the sixth straight year Brooklyn has...
Northwestern-bound Poly Prep girls lax star moves past injuries
Jessica Dahldorf didn’t know what she was in for when she visited Northwestern just before the start of the school year. The Poly Prep junior had spent time at the...
The Post's All-Brooklyn girls basketball honors
Brooklyn has long been the Mecca of basketball on the boys side. This year, with the emergence of Nazareth, the borough owned things with the girls as well. When St....
Former Kennedy point guard signs with UAB
Teara Shaw learned some of her best characteristics just from practice. At John F. Kennedy, the tough-as-nails guard went up against Michelle Pacheco for one season, Tatiyiana McMorris for two...
McFarland, Palase pound out Tottenville win over Wagner
Pitchers and infielders facing Tottenville this year might have to invest in some football-style padding. The bullet line-drives hit by Nicole Palase and Victoria McFarland make playing the Pirates a...
Ozzy square with IRS
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have quickly paid off the $1.7 million they owed to the IRS. The couple owed nearly $720,00 for the 2008 tax year, and over $1 millon...
Chef central
If you can't smell what Curtis Stone's cooking, then you don't own a TV. The ruggedly handsome Australian chef is transforming into a reality superstar, thanks in part to his...
Xtreme coupon scam?
Now there's another reason to hate people using hundreds of coupons at the cash register -- they might be committing fraud. Eagle-eyed coupon bloggers are calling out J'aime Kirlew, featured...
'Western' circus a gold mine
The Wild West gets even wilder in "Boom Town," the new children's show by the clever Cirque Mechanics troupe. It's set in an 1860s mining town that's literally a springboard...
Kid stuff
Today Grrl power: Nine-year-old Ana has to choose between life as a superhero or as an average kid in “Barrio Grrrl!: A New Musical,” written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Quiara...
Paddle tales
Every day at lunch hour, Larry, a middle-aged employee at a Midtown bank, walks to the northwest corner of Bryant Park to play pingpong in his suit trousers, dress shirt...
Dino-might!
The old bony dinosaur, a barosaurus that rears up to greet you inside the rotunda at the American Museum of Natural History, now has an older playmate on the fourth...
Bam's budget baloney: A deficit of honesty
THE ISSUE: President Obama’s speech on Wednesday about his deficit-reduction plan. * According to the president's speech, our nation's greatness is defined by the size of the government and the...
Needless, deadly peril at US hospitals
Hospital infections kill more Americans each year than AIDS, car accidents and breast cancer combined -- and researchers are searching for solutions. This week, a study of 153 Veterans Affairs...
The budget-bloater vs. the bumblers
I can't remember a more depressing week in Washington. The Republicans boasted a heroic accomplishment: slashing $38.5 billion from the budget, purportedly the largest cuts in history. But strip away...
O's tax hypocrisy
President Obama offered few concrete suggestions for spending cuts this week in his speech on reducing the federal debt, but he had lots to say about raising taxes. "As a...
The storm in Syria
Yesterday was supposed to be the first day of what Syrian despot Ba shar al-Assad had dubbed "social calm"; he hoped his mixture of promises and repressive measures would silence...
Spitz's worst night-mayor
Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso says he may run for mayor -- if it's against his old enemy, Eliot Spitzer. Grasso says he'll run in 2013 if...
Girlfriend-burner guilty
A man who set fire to his pregnant ex-girlfriend, and the building she lived in, has been convicted of attempted murder. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said yesterday that Khenan...
Rembrandt 'road trip'
GLENS FALLS, NY -- An upstate museum's Rembrandt is hitting the road. The oil painting "Christ with Folded Arms" goes on display Monday at the Louvre museum in Paris, where...
Payback time
UTICA, NY -- There was a little something extra in the paychecks of more than two dozen city of Utica employees. The Observer-Dispatch reported that more than 300 city workers...
Brain-cancer device OK'd
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a pioneering device that fights cancerous brain tumors using electrical energy fields. The FDA approved the device by NovoCure for patients...
Senate: Nix Israel slap
WASHINGTON -- The Senate is calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to rescind a report that accused Israel of war crimes after the study's author retracted his conclusions....
Condi's '30 Rock' star role
Condoleezza Rice, who once dreamed of being a concert pianist, is ready to "Rock" New York. The former secretary of state will guest-star on the NBC comedy "30 Rock," Politico...
Sheen's 'bipolar' cause
TORONTO -- Charlie Sheen urged his fans yesterday to show support for people with bipolar disorder, an illness the troubled actor has denied having suffered himself. As Sheen prepared for...
A peek inside Homeland
WASHINGTON -- A documentary series revealing "how decisions are made" at the Department of Homeland Security will begin filming "soon," a DHS official announced yesterday. "Inside DHS," which is expected...
US overpayment UNreal
WASHINGTON -- The United States overpaid its share of the 2010-11 UN peacekeeping budget -- but Congress didn't learn how much credit the US had accumulated until February's budget-cut battle...
Fukushima blood drive
TOKYO -- Japanese medical experts are advising blood be taken from workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant to prepare for possible future stem-cell transplants if they are exposed to damaging...
Designing 'bigot' out at Dior
PARIS -- The designer John Galliano was fired yesterday from his own fashion label following his alleged anti-Semitic rant in a Parisian cafe during which he said he loved Adolf...
Asteroid was over the moon
CHELMSFORD, England -- An asteroid with the potential power of 15 atomic bombs made its closest approach to Earth last night when it passed just outside the orbit of the...
Syria nearing a break point
Dozens of Syrian protesters were wounded and more than 100 arrested as 50,000 demonstrators marched on the capital in the largest-ever challenge to hard-line President Bashar al-Assad. Witnesses said protesters...
Honoree dies at 90
Harold Bill De Long, a waiter who used his tips to pay for humanitarian treks to everywhere from Chernobyl to post-earthquake Haiti, died Thursday. He was 90 years old --...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Bronx An ex-con was found fatally shot in his Parkchester apartment, cops said. Samuel Saunders, 42, was discovered at 10:20 a.m. Thursday on the living-room floor in his apartment on...
Google gouged
Google Inc. shares fell 8.3 percent, the most since December 2008, to $530.70, after a first-quarter hiring binge and increased marketing led to a jump in operating expenses. First-quarter operating...
$26B spree ahead for wealthy
Here's another reason the rich are different from you and me -- they are planning to once again start spending big on the finer things in life. After cutting back...
Business briefs
Warner bids Warner Music Group narrowed its list of bid ders to three: Ron Bur kle's Yucaipa Cos., Len Blavatnik's Access In dustries Holdings and billionaire brothers Tom and Alec...
Hevesi gets one year in jail for $1M in pension graft
Shame-faced and in handcuffs, former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi played out the final chapter of a 35-year government career yesterday in a Manhattan courtroom, where he was sentenced to prison...
'Mo' girl's Liby-rant
Moammar Khadafy's daughter, Aisha, denounced efforts to oust her father in a fiery speech yesterday at his Tripoli compound, on the 25th anniversary of the US bombing of Libya in...
Black Hawk on LI detail
An FBI Black Hawk helicopter equipped with high-tech search ability will be joining the hunt for remains left by a serial killer along Long Island beaches, authorities said yesterday. The...
Beastly B'klyn beau busted in kitty killing
A fur-hating thug beat his girlfriend's kitten to death, police sources told The Post. Garret Sloan, 26, of Brooklyn, snatched the kitty from her hands early Thursday morning and threw...
Queens high-rise on the block
The brand new curved-glass Two Gotham Center at Queens Plaza that will be housing the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene is hitting the sales block. Tishman...
Rape accuser: 'I could not believe it was the cops'
The questions flew at her -- Why did she tell her roommate and a nurse that she was fine? Why did she tell her other friends she only believed she...
Jersey gov's 'bat' & bawl
TRENTON, NJ -- Two Democratic lawmakers sent letters yesterday to all 120 New Jersey legislators, urging them to condemn Gov. Chris Christie's suggestion that the media "take the bat out"...
NBA: $300M loss for season
The National Basketball Association is projecting $300 million in losses this season as it approaches the end of the collective bargaining agreement with its players union, league Commissioner David Stern...
Stolen LI art at a discount
This crook had great taste, but terrible business sense. A laborer stole about 40 paintings valued at $550,000 from posh Hamptons homes during a two-month spree that ended after he...
Dimon: Consumer watchdog could help
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon surprisingly had some very positive things to say about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in his annual letter to shareholders. Republicans and...
'Disabled' woman seeking alimony revealed to be belly dancer
A "disabled" Staten Island woman's quest for lifetime maintenance from her husband went belly up after he unveiled her secret life as a belly dancer to the judge. Despite claims...
Feds flush poker bigs
Looks like they overplayed their hand. The founders of the three biggest online poker companies operating in the United States were indicted yesterday on federal charges of bank fraud, money...
Rangel's Caribbean junket guy is guilty
The organizer of the controversial Caribbean junkets whose actions helped to force Rep. Charles Rangel to step down as chairman of the powerful House tax-writing committee pleaded guilty to lying...
Deadly Bx. crash bus hit 78 mph
Moments before the tragic bus crash that killed 15 people in The Bronx last month, driver Ophadell Williams had the bus hauling at its maximum speed of 78 mph, investigators...
Nancy Calls for kumbaya
Pity poor Nancy Pelosi -- the House minority leader is stuck in the past. Speaking to a college crowd last Friday, she admonished her audience: "The fact is, is that...
The new pattern
Last week, Gov. Cuomo reached an no- raise contract settlement with Council 82 -- a small union representing about 1,100 university and park cops and forest rangers -- that could...
Alan Hevesi, jailbird
Former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi finally paid the piper yesterday, net ting a one-to-four-year sentence for his craven pension-kickback scheme. Hevesi took a felony plea for steering $250 million in...
Sticking with 'Lady'
Lady Liberty is doomed to be a Vegas showgirl, the Postal Service conceded yesterday. With more than 2 billion stamps already printed featuring the cheap Sin City statue knockoff instead...
G-men in Ferrari-hit 'drag'-net
A G-man who took a confiscated Ferrari out for a spin gets an F in driving. A Michigan insurance company is suing the FBI for the cost of damages to...
'Humiliated' wiseguys in courtroom cuff huff
They get no respect. The Colombo crime family yesterday staged a protest over its wiseguys having to wear handcuffs during a hearing in Brooklyn federal court. "They feel humiliated," defense...
Avg. NY gas price may pass $4 on weekend
US gas prices yesterday rose for the 24th straight day, putting added pressure on consumer spending and threatening to push the average price of gas in New York over the...
Taking a beating
The headaches just keep getting worse for Bank of America. The nation's biggest bank yesterday said first-quarter profits skidded 36 percent from a year ago as it struggles to shed...
Food-filth fight goes round & round
The former operator of the Central Park carousel was roundly criticized yesterday for operating food concessions that couldn't pass the smell test. Auditors from Comptroller John Liu's office found that...
Doom-day dad rage
The deadbeat father of three kids drowned by their mother in the Hudson River terrorized the family just before she set off on the death drive, a neighbor said yesterday....
'Generous' to a fault
Sometimes the antidote is just as toxic as the disease. Alleged insider trading fraudster Raj Rajaratnam may find out just that in the next week after his defense team tried...
Where your tax $$ go
Americans rushing to get their taxes in by Monday's deadline can now learn exactly what those hard-earned dollars are paying for. The White House Web site, following up on a...
Desperate Mets need fans, 'closer'
The Mets look like they can use a good closer. Not in the bullpen but in the corner office, as two of the three groups considered leading contenders to buy...
O's micro'phony' flub
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's efforts to position himself as the nation's great conciliator in budget talks suffered an embarrassing setback when he got caught on a live microphone eviscerating a...
Bratz suit bounced
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana dismissed a suit that accused Mattel's rival MGA Entertainment of fraudulently transferring funds to avoid paying anticipated damages in the fight over...
Chelsea hotel evac in fire
A posh Chelsea hotel had to be evacuated yesterday afternoon due to an electrical fire, FDNY officials said. The blaze at The Standard, at Washington and West 13th streets, began...
Homeless-shelter hellfire
Twenty-one people were hospitalized yesterday following an early-morning fire in a Morningside Heights homeless shelter. A 14-year-old suffered serious burns, and some residents complained they couldn't get out via emergency...
SUV-crash mayhem
Five people were hospitalized yesterday after an out-of-control SUV jumped a curb in Brooklyn, authorities said. A GMC Yukon traveling westbound on 15th Street in Park Slope at 4 p.m....
Escalator throw-down
An escalator malfunction at Penn Station sent three people to the hospital yesterday afternoon, said an MTA spokesperson. The motorized stairs suddenly accelerated at 1 p.m., sending victims tumbling until...
Ex-Met Dykstra 'Nailed' in bust
Lenny Dykstra has gone from wearing a Mets uniform to sporting a jailhouse jumpsuit. The broke, former baseball star, whose nickname is "Nails," is accused of removing, hiding, selling or...
Met's foul tips
Two former employees took a swing yesterday at the high-end Puerto Rican restaurant co-owned by Mets slugger Carlos Beltran. Kevin Rivera and Dayana Depena filed suit over claims they were...
Pizza guy 'stab' may have been attempted mob shakedown
A famed Brooklyn pizza twirler was sliced allegedly by a knife-wielding bagel-maker and left in a pool of blood thicker than red sauce along a hip stretch of Carroll Gardens...
Tomorrow's Keeneland Entries
Post Time: 1:15 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $22,000; clm($16,000); 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Spanish Baron,118J Graham9-1-3McKeever 6-12Parioli's Trick,118J Leparoux5-6-3Lopresti 5-23Prize Master,118C Lanerie4-4-7Wiggins 4-14Stan the Tap...
Vic C.'s Oaklawn Grade
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $20,800; clm; 3,4&5YO5-Lost Account 7-21-MyPag'sJwl 10-12-MndyOnBrdw 6-13-Primorye 5-14-Cryptolgst 4-16-Lucy'sCmng 20-17-Natchitchs 12-18-Mfrl'sRwrd 20-19-Stonesez 12-110-DashngD.D. 20-111-UnspoknCd 20-112-DivnRtrbtn 6-1SECOND-6 fur; $43,000; alw; 3YO9-ExpctngCsh 7-21-Saracen 9-52-Destinare 30-13-Fly Mr Man...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Foiled Again (9th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $25,000; handicap4Trade Editor(C Manzi)1-5-66-13Armbro Durable(D Dube)1-1-64-15Hypnotist(T Tetrick)8-4-13-11What'sittoyogrnt(BHllnd)6-3-35-12IndianGiverN(YGingras)8-1-915-16J A's Outlaw(G Brennan)2-3-16-17Mr Salming(J Stratton)3-3-510-18Sfumato(J Bartlett)3-6-410-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $19,000; cond2HandsToYourself(GBrennn)4-4-78-53Beths Boy...
Santa Anita Analysis by Vic C.
Post time: 3:30 p.m.FIRST-6 ½ furT; $38,000; cl($40,0); 4upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds4CherokeeHvn(L),121RBjrno2-3-25-25DancWthGble(L),121JTalmo2-8-73-11El Scorpio(L),121VEspna2-5-16-12QuietlyMine(L),121MPdrza4-5-38-13BgBdLrybrwn(L),121AQunnz1-3-48-16Fandino(L),121BBlanc1-9-85-17Muny(L),121CSthrd4-3-17-2SECOND-6 fur; $16,000; cl($12,50); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1Stray Cat(L),124CRssll2-5-122-13Smokenomore(L),124RBjrno5-6-35-22It'sSupermn(L),124ACstnn6-7-18-14Stu'sGonWld(L),117MPdrza7-5-18-15QuintnsFlsh(L),124ADlgdo7-8-45-16Clue Me In(L),124ABisno5-1-75-2THIRD-6 ½ fur(T); $100,000; 4upSAN SIMEON HANDICAPPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3RegallyRedy(L),120MSmith1-1-31-11SupremeSmmt,118RBjrno6-4-25-22CampVictory(L),114JTalmo1-1-710-14Gallant Son(L),116VEspna3-7-28-15VictoryPete(L),116CSthrd7-3-420-16Compari(L),119AQunnz5-7-13-1FOURTH-5 ½ fur; $54,000;...
Quality differs in Derby preps
Like ships passing in the night, today's Grade 1 Kentucky Derby prep races -- the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park and Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland -- are heading in...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $18,000; clm($7,500); 3up(f)ROARING BELLE came off pace to win this level going shorter two back. STORM GAL returns to level of claim and last victory. INDYS FORUM...
Changes at NFL Network
The NFL Network, which has yet to prove it knows what the heck it's doing, will drop relentlessly intrusive game analysts Matt Millen and Joe Theismann this season, replacing them...
Slow progress in NFL talks
MINNEAPOLIS -- Negotiators for the NFL and its locked-out players wrapped up a second day of court-ordered talks yesterday with no signs of significant progress. They plan to sit down...
The Post Line
NBATodayFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogBULLS11½ (189) PacersHEAT10½ (190) SixersMAGIC 8½ (179½) HawksMAVERICKS 5 (186½)Trail BlazersTomorrowFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogCELTICS 6½ (198)KnicksSPURS 6 (194) GrizzliesLAKERS10 (183)HornetsTHUNDER 5½ (200) NuggetsOdds to Win SeriesCeltics$300-360KnicksBulls$1750-3500PacersHeat$1250-2100SixersMagic$450-600HawksMavericks$170-200Trail BlazersSpurs$300-360GrizzliesLakers$1250-2100HornetsThunder$180-220NuggetsHome team in CAPSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogRED WINGS$150-170CoyotesFLYERS$145-165SabresBRUINS$170-200CanadiensSHARKS$170-200Kings
Aqueduct Charts
April 15, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Yielding. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -4 ½ fur; $42,000; mdn; 2YOOff: 1:00 p.m.St. good, won gamelyTime: 22.41, 45.92, 52.39.Trainer: John Salzman, Jr.Winner:...
Keeneland Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 1:15 pm.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $58,000; alw; 3YOGETAWAY GUY tired to third in the Hansel Stakes. GHOST IS CLEAR won the Hansel Stakes as...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST- 6f; $19,800; cl; 3up2Furious Run (Trujillo) 5.403.803.609InSpghtofIt(MntrryJr.)13.007.808Cubavera (Saez)6.40 Scr: Yes It's Dan * Rating, Naos, Power Rules. Exacta (2-9) $84.60 * $1 Superfecta (2-9-8-4) $495.90 * $1 Trifecta (2-9-8)...
Knicks' leader set for springtime stage
The first time they met was 31 games into Amar'e Stoudemire's rookie season. It was Dec. 30, 2002, and Stoudemire was, in coach Mike D'Antoni's words, "still raw. But athletically,...
Amar'e says Finals are Knicks' goal
Amar'e Stoudemire isn't only focused on the first round of the playoffs. Making the Finals is on his radar, too. Perhaps tired of the Celtics talking more about reaching The...
Bird miss led to Knicks' win in '90
The Knicks were on the verge of the improbable, if not impossible. Somehow, they were beating the Celtics, in Boston Garden, in a first-round, series-deciding fifth game. There was not...
Slumping Red Bulls not 'Quaking
If the Red Bulls weren't motivated enough to get their ailing attack in gear (they have an MLS-worst two goals through four games), maybe they will be when they play...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing11:30 a.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, qualifyingSPEED3 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, Aaron's 312ESPN22:30 a.m.(Sunday)Formula One: Grand Prix of ChinaSPEEDBaseball1 p.m.Rangers at YankeesYES, WCBS (880 AM)4 p.m.Mets at BravesFOX, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Marlins...
Nets caught in draft
The Nets finished at 24-58. But they may have suffered two more losses yesterday, however minor. When the NBA held its drawing to break ties for the draft order, the...
'Melo getting zoned in for Knicks
Chauncey Billups sees evidence. The Knicks point guard knows Carmelo Anthony's concentration level has elevated for the postseason. "He's doing film sessions, and he's bringing up little things that are...
Yankees' Gardner needs work on swing
A video session with hitting coach Kevin Long yesterday unearthed a major flaw in Brett Gardner's mechanics that resulted in the left-handed hitting outfielder coming up too much. "He is...
Yankees' Hughes achieves max velocity on way to DL
Phil Hughes finally achieved maximum velocity -- in the speed with which he went from his latest horrendous start to the disabled list. The Yankees, finally admitting concern over Hughes'...
TCU QB works out for Jets
Despite being set at quarterback for now and the future with Mark Sanchez, the Jets Friday had a private, on-campus workout with TCU quarterback Andy Dalton, according to online reports....
Berto, Ortiz in a fight for respect
There was a time when a championship fight in the welterweight division was to determine the best boxer at 147 pounds. But these days a championship fight can be more...
Rangers power play keeps sputtering
WASHINGTON -- Two more power plays, two more failures, four over the first two games of the series against the Capitals, 30 out of the last 31 without a goal,...
Mets prospect Martinez back on DL
Fernando Martinez hoped this year would be different. The 22-year-old outfielder has been dogged by leg injuries throughout his career, injuries that have stunted his development and put a career...
Yankees prospect Montero thriving in return to Triple-A
MOOSIC, Pa. -- Jesus Montero's new haircut shows how boring life can be in the minor leagues. The Yankees' top prospect has two lines shaved into the left side of...
Hondo getting busy
The Padres provided Hondo with a much-needed winner last night, taking care of biz in Houston to trim the debt to 130 adairs. Today, in what could be construed as...
Rainout may force Mets to push back Young again
ATLANTA -- It's double trouble for the Mets. As if the team doesn't have enough problems, new concerns were raised after last night's rainout at Turner Field about Chris Young's...
Mets give Emaus one more shot
ATLANTA -- It could be put up or shut up time for Brad Emaus. The rookie second baseman was in the Mets' starting lineup before last night's rainout against the...
Sports shorts
BLOTTER: 'Doc' gets 5-years probation Former Mets star Dwight Gooden was sentenced to five years' probation after pleading guilty in New Jersey to child endangerment. The charges stem from a...
Punchless Rangers fall in 2-0 hole to Capitals
WASHINGTON -- The 2-0 score by which they were on the losing end of last night's Game 2 against the Capitals was kind to the Rangers, who go home for...
Avery can't fire up Rangers
WASHINGTON -- When his coach finally turned him loose, Sean Avery nearly turned the game. By then, it was too late, the Rangers already trailing 2-0 en route to trailing...
Blue Jays rally past free-falling Red Sox
Jose Bautista singled in the go-ahead run in a four-run seventh inning and the Blue Jays deepened the misery of the struggling Red Sox with a 7-6 win last night...
Speedy Rondo out to blow past Knicks
BOSTON -- In the final month or so of the regular season, Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo had enough bad games to make men of lesser ilk seriously consider a...
Billups vs. Rondo key matchup in Knicks-Celtics series
Chauncey Billups and Rajon Rondo were teammates on Team USA this summer before Rondo, the Celtics point guard, was released during the exhibitions leading to the World Championships. Billups led...
Knicks playoff tickets last half-hour
Thirty minutes. That's how long Knicks-Celtics playoff tickets lasted online yesterday morning before selling out. The Knicks had placed individual tickets for Games 3 and 4 for sale at 10...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 16SUNApr. 17MONApr. 18TUEApr. 19WEDApr. 20THUApr. 21FRIApr. 22YankeesTexas1:05TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMTex.8:05ESPNWCBSNOGAMETor.7:07WWORWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSNOGAMEBalt.7:05YESWCBSMetsAtlanta4:10TV -- FOX NetworkRadio--WFAN 660 AMAtl.1:35WPIXWFANNOGAMEHou.7:10SNYWFANHou.7:10SNYWFANHou.7:10SNYWFANAri.7:10SNYWFANKnicksNOGAMEBos.7:00*MSGESPNNOGAMEBos.7:00*MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEBos.7:00#MSGESPNRangersNOGAMEWash.3:00NBCTBDNOGAMENOGAMEWash.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMERed BullsSan Jose7:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio--WADO 1280 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMED.C.8:00ESPN2WADONOGAME
Weird but true
When cops in Seattle needed to set up a ticketing lot for a nearby speed trap, they picked the most logical place -- a doughnut shop. Some 50 city officers...
St. John's geared up for possible 'Gift'
If you think Steve Lavin's decision to announce he was going to begin treatment for prostate cancer was going to slow down the 46-year-old coach, think again. Lavin is giving...
Ryan Rhoomes' long journey lands him in Lone Star state
Ryan Rhoomes left the comfort of the only home he ever knew in Middletown, N.Y. for a day just like this. He made stops in Queens, Tennessee, Mississippi and New...
Capitals beat Rangers 2-0, take 2-0 series lead
WASHINGTON — Jason Chimera and Jason Arnott scored in a 1:57 span in the second period, Michal Neuvirth made 22 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers...
Post Playoff Preview: Knicks vs. Celtics
The best basketball writers in town break down the Knicks' return to the NBA playoffs and the first-round matchup against the Celtics. It includes an in-depth look at the all-time...
Cops: Sleepy senior mows down four on 15th Street
A drowsy senior citizen driver slammed into a group of people standing outside the Park Slope Armory at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 15th Street on April 15 —...