April 23, 2011
Braziller's thoughts and observations on the memorable Monroe Tournament
I didn’t have the luxury of a time machine, but I went back to the future this week. Each day, I rose early. To those who know me, that’s a...
Police seek suspect in fatal shooting of New Jersey liquor store clerk
WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- Police in West Orange, N.J., were searching Saturday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a liquor store clerk, the Star-Ledger reported. James Wilson, 28,...
Rodriguez, Yankees slam Orioles 15-3
BALTIMORE — Alex Rodriguez hit a milestone grand slam and drove in six runs, CC Sabathia earned his first win of the season and the New York Yankees pounded the...
Former Edison standout Ede Egharevba verbals to Wichita State
Former Thomas Edison star Ede Egharevba verbally committed to Wichita State Saturday afternoon, he told The Post, after taking an official visit to the Kansas school this week. The 6-foot-6...
Capitals top Rangers 3-1, win series in 5 games
WASHINGTON — It was an early end that was long overdue. Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are on to the second round of the playoffs, and they advanced without...
Massachusetts man charged after 5-year-old found boy unconscious on sidewalk
REVERE, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man was arrested Saturday after his girlfriend's five-year-old son was found unconscious on a sidewalk, the Boston Globe reported. The boy was found unresponsive with...
Suicide bomber kills anti-Taliban leader in Pakistan
KHAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber Saturday attacked the vehicle of a Pakistani anti-Taliban militia leader, killing him and four others in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said....
Rescued Chilean miner Yonni Barrios has serious lung disease
SANTIAGO, Chile -- One of the 33 men rescued from a Chilean mine after being trapped underground for 69 days said Saturday he is suffering from an incurable lung disease...
Death toll reaches 120 in Syrian uprising
BEIRUT — Syrian security forces fired at tens of thousands of people joining funeral processions Saturday after the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising against President Bashar Assad, bringing the...
Mets beat Diamondbacks for third straight win
Things are finally getting back to normal for Jason Bay. The New York Mets' slugger is over that stubborn concussion that wiped out half of last season, and that strained...
Man wounded by cops after allegedly refusing to drop fake gun is hit with charges
The fake-gun-wielding man blasted by cops as he waved an all-too-real looking pellet gun in front of a Bronx nightclub has been charged. Mamadou Balde, 20, was hit with criminal...
Amar'e says he may not play for Knicks in Game 4
Amar’e Stoudemire expressed doubt on whether he will play for the Knicks in tomorrow’s Game 4 against the Celtics, saying his strained back feels worse than it did before Friday’s...
Intense fighting reportedly kills 25 in Misrata as Pentagon confirms first predator drone strike
MISRATA, Libya -- Heavy fighting rocked the western port city of Misrata Saturday, killing at least 25 and overwhelming its hospital with casualties, after Col. Moammar Khadafy's government said it...
Former Sony president Norio Ohga dies at age 81
TOKYO — Former Sony president and chairman Norio Ohga, credited with expanding the company from electronics hardware to software and entertainment and developing the compact disc, died Saturday at age...
French father wanted in family slaying took shooting practice
NANTES, France -- French authorities Saturday issued an international search alert for businessman Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes, wanted for questioning in the deaths of his wife and four children, as...
Brutal beating death of Bronx man shocks neighborhood
A Bronx man is dead after a brutal assault earlier today in front of his home, authorities and neighbors said. Quentin Guerrero, 61, was set upon at 1:30 a.m. in...
Miami Dolphins WR Brandon Marshall released from hospital after stabbing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall was released from an intensive care unit Saturday after being stabbed by his wife with a kitchen knife. The National...
Complete royal wedding guest list
The full list of guests attending the April 29 royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. The release did not list attendance details of...
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho refutes talk of return to Inter Milan
VALENCIA, Spain -- Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho was firmly focused Saturday on his team's trip to Valencia after dismissing Italian media reports linking him with a return to Inter...
Celtic soccer boss says he will not be driven out after parcel bomb threat
GLASGOW -- Celtic soccer boss Neil Lennon was preparing his team for a Sunday matchup with archrival Rangers after insisting that he will not walk away from the Scottish club...
David Beckham, Elton John, 'Mr. Bean' on official royal wedding guest list
LONDON — The full list of confirmed guests and the seating plan for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton were released by the British monarchy Saturday. Many...
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian wed in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Grammy-winning country music singer LeAnn Rimes tied the knot Friday night with the man who broke up her first marriage. Rimes, 28, wed "CSI: Miami" star Eddie...
Speed kills: Grand Street's McDonald earns Monroe Tournament MVP
Basael McDonald is always thinking about reaching the next base, so odds were Grand Street Campus’ speedy right fielder was going to take off upon reaching base anyway. Bryant catcher...
Monroe Tournament notebook: Grand Street continues to create problems for Bryant
Grand Street Campus has left Queens A West, but the Wolves are still a nuisance to Bryant. Grand Street won an early-season non-league contest between the two former rivals and...
Aching Stoudemire unable to muscle Knicks to victory
With 3:42 left in a deteriorating third quarter, Amar’e Stoudemire slowly walked off the court, part of a Knicks substitution that all but signaled a white flag of surrender. The...
Knicks fall to Celtics; on brink of elimination
The Knicks suffered two close heartbreakers in Boston, but last night was a heartbreaker of a different kind at the Garden. Nothing could be more heartbreaking than a depleted Knicks...
From hopeful roars to deserved boos
By the end of the night, they were chased off the floor by the venom of their own fans, booed to the brink. It’s hard to quantify precisely what the...
Rangers shooting to stave off elimination
WASHINGTON — The game will be played almost as much between Henrik Lundqvist’s ears as it will on the ice when the Rangers attempt to avoid first-round playoff extinction in...
Choker talk still follows Capitals
WASHINGTON — For the record, one of the Capitals says, contrary to coach Bruce Boudreau’s ill-conceived declaration, the Garden was more deafening than their arena. “I couldn’t believe how loud...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY Keeneland, eighth race. Purse: $100,000. 51⁄2 furlongs, turf, fillies and mares. Post: 4:49 p.m. LOWDOWN: Rose Catherine was among the top turf sprinters in the nation last year,...
Early success
Perhaps you did not expect Angels righties Jered Weaver and Dan Haren to open the season looking like an updated version of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale in Southern California,...
Oprah: No soaps
Oprah Winfrey took to YouTube Thursday night to let fans know she will not be saving the canceled soap operas. Her fans had been emailing and posting to her Web...
Finally into sing of things
To be blunt about it, it took James Blunt most of his Beacon Theatre set to fi nally turn his outing into a sharp-edged show that engaged the crowd. The...
8 years after 'Idol,' Kimberly Caldwell makes first album
It's taken Kimberly Caldwell eight years to finally commit the musical chops she displayed on "American Idol" to tape. Unlike every other "Idol" who seemed to exit stage left and...
Little shop of comics
When future earthlings pop in an early 21st-century film on a 5-D Red-ray hologram disc (the latest technology will mean you’ll have to rebuy all the movies you already own...
Kid stuff
Today Good eggs: How many games can you play with an egg? Find out at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Annual Spring Fling, where there’ll be egg rolls, tosses and races, plus...
Twitter invades your TV
Fox is propelling Twitter TV to a new level. The network has added “official hashtags”for its hit primetime programming to the Fox logos that appear on the bottomright of the...
Easter eats
Been busy hiding Easter eggs? Just because you’ve yet to nail down a spot for your holiday celebration doesn’t mean your family meal has to be a flop. Especially with...
Birth-control 'blood clots'
BOSTON -- The popular birth control pills Yasmin and YAZ may double the risk of deadly blood clots compared to a major competitor, according to a study published yesterday in...
IRA splinter group: We killed officer
OMAGH, Northern Ireland -- A group of former members of the Provisional IRA has claimed responsibility for the car bomb that killed a police officer this month in Northern Ireland,...
'Cosmo-naughty' twist
MOSCOW -- Russian cosmonauts never had sex in space during the 50 years of human cosmos exploration, and rumors of secret sexual experiments were myths, the Interfax news agency reported...
Hit men sacré bleu 'em away
PARIS -- Two assassins armed with Kalashnikov rifles gunned down two men and wounded a third dining outside one of Paris' trademark streetside cafes, Le Parisien reported yesterday. The killers...
Syrians struggle on
Theoretically, yesterday was the first day that Syrians had the right to demonstrate without arrest and im prisonment under a State of Emergency imposed 48 years ago. It was also...
Monumental task for artists
Students at the Art Students League in Midtown are creating eight monumental sculptures that will grace the city's riverfront for a year. Each of the seven artists from the art...
Ruling takes 'toll'
A federal judge yesterday dismissed a suit seeking to prevent the privatization of New Jersey Turnpike toll collection unless current collectors get "right of first refusal" to keep their jobs....
Perv rises to 'salute' Lady Liberty
An Arizona man exposed his torch to Lady Liberty -- and got busted, cops said. Arizona police said Kevin Robert Theriault, 42, allegedly flashed a woman who was dressed as...
'Preg' teen fakes out school
TOPPENISH, Wash. -- A high-school honor student faked being pregnant for six months as part of a senior project on stereotyping -- then stunned a student assembly by ripping off...
Syrian bloodbath
At least 80 people were killed by government forces in Syria yesterday, the bloodiest crackdown in five weeks of revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's hard-line regime. Police, army, elite security...
Pope Benedict answers questions on TV on Good Friday
As Christians around the world observed Good Friday, Pope Benedict XVI held an unprecedented televised dialogue, fielding questions about faith, fear and pain from as far away as Japan, Iraq...
Gulf oil-rig slam
WASHINGTON -- The company that owned the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig had badly designed safety systems that may have contributed to the deadly explosion in the Gulf of Mexico...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan He's a bad seed. A scam artist who posted Apple products for sale on Facebook ripped off his would-be customers after meeting with them at McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and...
Kate says no way to 'obey'
Kate Middleton may "love, comfort, honor and keep" Prince William, but she will not "obey" him. The soon-to-be princess will omit the word "obey" from her vows, just as Diana...
Eco-shredding secrets
WASHINGTON -- The CIA marked yesterday's Earth Day by touting its version of eco-shredding and claiming to have found a way to make the "burn after reading" process environmentally friendly....
Mike: Kids can $lap cig kin
Smokers had better brace themselves for a new concern -- future lawsuits by their kids over secondhand smoke, according to Mayor Bloomberg. "What I would worry about is my kids...
Business briefs
Hancock deal Nearly two dozen states reached a deal with John Hancock Life Insurance to settle a dis pute over how the Bos ton insurer pays life in surance policies...
Cops target Easter wilding
It ain't your ma's Easter Parade. The NYPD and Midtown merchants are bracing for another Easter Sunday (or "Gang Initiation Day") wilding session -- with extra patrols and boosted security...
'Fake actress' files real suit
The MTV reality star blasted by Paz de la Huerta as a "fake-actress publicity seeker" is suing the "Boardwalk Empire" cast member for allegedly roughing her up during a 4...
'Terrorist' 'fessed on 'Hez' own
A former used-car dealer from Queens wasn't coerced into confessing that he conspired to arm Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, a judge ruled yesterday. Patrick Nayyar claimed he only blabbed because...
Trump in full Gallup
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's stock is rising. Trump was tied for first place with Mike Huckabee in his debut yesterday in the Gallup poll of Republicans' choices for the 2012...
Hunts-Pointed slap at poachers
Food fight! Mayor Bloomberg accused New Jersey officials yesterday of engaging in bribery for trying to lure the sprawling Hunts Point produce market out of The Bronx with a $200...
Dental find in LI serial slays
Police investigating the Long Island serial killings yesterday found a shoe and two teeth they believe are from a skull discovered near Jones Beach, which may help in identifying the...
X-country cab guy$ let it ride
The two friends who paid a cabby $5,000 to drive them from La Guardia to Los Angeles made back a good chunk of the fare in Las Vegas. After raking...
Even DWI tix fixed
It's not just tickets for double-parking and expired meters that cops have been fixing for connected motorists, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Addressing the widening NYPD ticket-fixing scandal, Bloomberg raised the...
Sheen's DC 'VIP' ruckus
Washington bigwigs aimed torpedoes yesterday at police brass after Charlie Sheen received a light-flashing, siren-blaring escort to his stage show this week. Metro police confirmed they've launched an internal probe...
Stealing son strangles Alzheimer's mom: cops
A guilt-ridden Long Island man who was hiding from his mother the fact that he had spent all of her money strangled the 88-year-old woman and then slashed his wrists...
City eyes top offers for offices
With its workforce shrinking and a major space consolidation under way, the Bloomberg administration is looking to unload some of the city's office buildings in trendy lower Manhattan. "We have...
Foursquare seeks $40M
Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley wants to become the "mayor" of the Silicon Valley. He's aiming to raise fresh funds for his location service that would value the 3-year-old start-up at...
'Gangsta' idiot shot by police
A Bronx "gang-member wannabe" amazingly survived nine police gunshot wounds outside a popular nightclub yesterday after ignoring multiple warnings to drop a real-looking pellet gun he was waving on a...
The new 'space' race: Apple, Google compete for cloud-stored music
Apple and Google are vying to determine the future of music distribution through rival "cloud"-based storage services. The tech giants are racing to reach deals with the major music labels...
NY taxpayers could foot bill for rapist's heart transplant
Taxpayers may pay $800,000 to give a life-saving heart transplant to an upstate rapist whose crime of incest was so "grotesquely criminal" that a prosecutor said he should "rot in...
Thug's murder ink
A bloodthirsty LA gangbanger got busted for murder after he was betrayed by the most unlikely of rats -- his own tattoo. Anthony Garcia, 25, essentially wrote out a confession...
Shanghaied: China driving auto show biz
New York is just a speed bump for Detroit on its way to Shanghai. When forced to choose between the New York Auto Show and the Shanghai Auto Show, more...
FBI high-tech W.Va. move
Fingerprint cards are so yesterday. The FBI is opening a high-tech repository in the West Virginia hills for biometric data, from recorded voice and palm prints to iris scans and...
The bug suit stops here: judge
A Fox News employee who sued after getting bitten by bedbugs at the network's Manhattan headquarters has discovered the source of her problem -- her deskmate, whose apartment was infested....
Mike puts finger on immigrant ID flaws
WASHINGTON -- Show me your fingerprints! Mayor Bloomberg has a novel idea to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States: Put people's fingerprints on their Social Security...
First lady's closer call
WASHINGTON -- A plane carrying Michelle Obama this week came closer to a 200-ton military cargo jet than previously reported, safety inspectors revealed yesterday. The National Transportation Safety Board admitted...
Pot bust nets UConn player
HARTFORD, Conn. -- UConn basketball player Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, a swingman on the school's national championship team, has been busted for marijuana possession. Campus police say the sophomore from Dorchester, Mass.,...
NJ nuke shut-off
LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TOWNSHIP, NJ -- A southern New Jersey nuclear-power plant has been temporarily shut down so crews can clear vegetation and rubbish that's blocking cooling-water intakes. Salem news...
Angry pub hubbub over Penn Station panhandlers
It's a real bum's rush outside the bars near Penn Station. Fed-up pub owners say their Midtown neighborhood is so overrun with the homeless and brazen panhandlers -- some sporting...
Web hits: McD's beatdown video goes viral
A brutal girl-on-girl beating inside a Baltimore McDonald's became a shocking viral video yesterday after a clip of the attack was posted on the Internet. The video showed two teenage...
JFK's Cuba catastrophe: Lessons still to learn
THE ISSUE: The 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion and its impact on JFK’s legacy. *** I recall the Bay of Pigs invasion and the ultimate horrors it...
'Mork' biker blitz
Robin Williams' big mouth has caused a hairy situation for city cyclists. The funnyman is being blamed for renewing a cop crackdown on scofflaw pedalers after he blabbed on TV...
FDR was no victim
Say this about the new sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that's set to be unveiled next year on Roosevelt Island: FDR doubtless would have despised it. That's because it shows...
NYPD scandal deepens
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday raised the stakes significantly in the NYPD's ticket-fixing investigation, which could very well burgeon into the department's worst corruption scandal in decades. "These are not all parking...
A million to two
Two retired neighbors from upstate Middletown yesterday celebrated their million-dollar luck for deciding to buy lottery tickets when they went to a supermarket for a couple of quarts of milk...
More Warner bidders
The auction for Warner Music Group has entered round three and is no longer limited to just three bidders, The Post has learned. Warner, controlled by private-equity firms THL Partners,...
Summer bummer
Just as US car dealers gear up for peak-buying season, there may not be enough vehicles to go around. Dealerships are expected to run out of many Japanese-made vehicles right...
Mets sale could be in weeks
The Mets are a few weeks from choosing a winning bidder for its minority stake sale, The Post has learned. Several suitors are conducting extensive due diligence, a source close...
Lindsay Lohan out on bail but still faces 120 days in jail
A judge threw the book at Lindsay Lohan yesterday, sentencing the troubled actress to 120 days in jail for violating her probation by getting busted for allegedly stealing a necklace....
McC visits Libya-rators
Sen. John McCain called for sweeping new support for Libyan rebels yesterday as he visited "my heroes" in Benghazi while the Pentagon admitted that efforts to oust dictator Moammar Khadafy...
Elderly jumper
Authorities said that an 83-year-old Brooklyn man went into cardiac arrest last night after he apparently jumped out of a window. An ambulance was sent to the scene at 2565...
Harlem man gets life in Harvard slay
A Harlem man was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole after being convicted of fatally shooting a pot dealer in a Harvard University dormitory during a 2009 robbery....
Two Saks 'offender$'
Two Saks Fifth Avenue cashiers were sacked by police after swiping more than $50,000 from the store in a gift-card scam, authorities said yesterday. Tamara Lawrence and Kerry Thompson, both...
'Time' has come for Jerseyans
TRENTON -- Four New Jerseyans are on Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. They are Gov. Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator...
So O hates his job?
"The Oval Office, I always thought I was going to have really cool phones and stuff. . . I'm like, 'C'mon guys, I'm the president of the United States. Where's...
2 slashed in Crown Hts.
Blood was spilled on a Crown Heights street last night when two men were slashed at around 7:45 p.m., police said. A 26-year-old man was sliced in the neck and...
Suit over frat haze
An "Animal House" fraternity at an upstate hazing hotbed was so abusive to a Brooklyn-born pledge that he quit school and ditched a substantial scholarship, a new lawsuit charges. "It's...
'Additional' city museum
Mathematics. It's a subject that can elicit groans and exclamations of "boring." But Glen Whitney, a former hedge-fund quantitative analyst, is betting he can change that. Whitney is planning to...
East Side apt. robbery spree
Police are hunting a robber who has made off with jewelry and computers from six Upper East Side apartments. The bespectacled thief, who sports gold-rimmed glasses, usually gets into buildings...
'Koran burn' job-suit win
A former New Jersey Transit employee who lost his job after he publicly burned pages of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 is getting his job back. What's...
Beyoncé in focus
Beyoncé aims to please yesterday in Paris, where she points her own camera during a fashion shoot at The Ritz.
Bill Smith At Yonkers
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Vic Cangialosi's Keeneland Grade
Post Time: 1:15 p.m.FIRST-5 ½ fur; $22,000; clm; 4up4-Easy Ashley 5-21-GoLydiaGo 6-12-Pish Posh 8-13-ProspctrQn 6-15-GiveMSmGrn 20-16-SeekingRsn 5-17-RighttoRl 3-18-TrbrcknLly 8-1SECOND-1 1/16m; $21,000; clm; 3YO1-CameofAge 3-12-Mundy 2-13-Math Class 6-14-CourtsyCll 8-15-Proud House 6-16-BerryKnoll...
Tomorrow's Gulfstream Entries
Post Time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST7 fur; $19,800; clm($12,500); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Shotgun Harrietsue(L),116M Madrid11-7-11Mcglnchy 15-12Valentine's Angel(L),118J Alvarez3-10-2Combest 4-13Sharp Mirage(L),109S Maragh12-9-xIwinski 8-14Fly Away Marija(L),116PMonterrey10-7-5Warren...
Racing heads to Belmont as Big A takes big break
Today is the final day of New York thoroughbred racing's six-month sentence at what the late, great NYRA cameraman Steve "Skully" Skullestead used to call the "South Ozone Park Correctional...
Confident Celts keep it simple
Experience is nice. Production is nicer. Suffice it to say, the Celtics -- especially all the members of their big four -- had really nice games last night in pushing...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 ½ fur; $18,000; clm($7,500); 3upDR. W removes the blinkers and drops to lowest claiming level of career. KING BO BO was a beaten favorite this level last out....
Aqueduct Charts
April 22, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Good. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 mile(T); $45,000; alw; 3up(f)Off: 1:00 p.m.St.good, won handilyTime: 24.46, 48.83, 1:14.10, 1:39.00.Trainer: Gary ContessaWinner: DK B/...
No margin for error with season on brink
Landry Fields will be keeping a daily playoff diary for The Post, as the 22-year-old rookie shooting guard chronicles his first postseason series, the Knicks' opening-round battle with the Celtics,...
Crawford's trey off glass propels Hawks
ATLANTA -- Former Knick Jamal Crawford banked in a 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left to cap a brilliant second half, leading the Hawks to an 88-84 victory over the Magic...
Frosh pitches Wolves to Grand tourney win
Grand Street Campus shortstop Jose Cuas saw fire in his younger brother's eyes and heard conviction in his voice. Alex Cuas, the Wolves' freshman right-hander, wanted the ball. Jose Cuas...
Gulfstream Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:55 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $19,800; clm($6,250); 3upTURWADA third this level while going shorter. DANCE PAL won at this distance last out. HUFF'N HUGHES...
Shaq sits again, doubtful for Game 4
Shaquille O'Neal was leaving Boston's morning workout yesterday, pretty much declining comment about missing a third straight playoff game last night. "I ain't talking, bro. Players talk," O'Neal before the...
Pagan put on 15-day DL
Who would have thought Carlos Beltran would prove to be the most durable outfielder the Mets had this year? After Angel Pagan was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday,...
Barkley offers apology
In an uncharacteristic moment, TNT's Charles Barkley apologized Thursday night on air to Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni and president Donnie Walsh for remarks he made, suggesting D'Antoni would not return...
Yanks prospect overcoming early struggles
When the Yankees gave Andrew Brackman, their first-round pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft, a franchise record $3.35 million signing bonus, they expected to eventually see the 6-foot-10 right-hander...
Tortorella mum on possible line changes for Game 5
WASHINGTON -- Though John Tortorella would not address line changes he might apply for this afternoon's potential elimination Game 5 in D.C., the coach did flip left wings Vinny Prospal...
Boston gets in Carm's way
The Celtics had Carmelo Anthony's number. The Knicks forward said he attempted to do a bunch of different things to move the ball, beat double-teams by passing and get his...
Marlins, Sanchez shut down Rockies
Florida's Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before giving up a broken-bat leadoff single to the Rockies' Dexter Fowler, and the Marlins won, 4-1, last night in...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogBulls 5 (187½)PACERST. BLAZERS 4½ (187) MavericksGRIZZLIES 2 (192) SpursNUGGETS 5½ (205) ThunderHome team in CAPSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogCAPITALS$170-200RangersPENGUINS$130-150LightningBRUINS$165-190CanadiensSHARKS$180-220Kings
Sports shorts
NFL: No season drop-dead date The NFL hasn't set a deadline for when games would be canceled without a collective bargaining agreement. "We don't have a date by which the...
Slumping Posada gets in extra cage work
BALTIMORE -- A few hours before last night's Yankees-Orioles game was postponed, Jorge Posada walked across the Camden Yards field, bat in hand, in search of some answers. The Yankees...
Washout lets CC heal up
BALTIMORE -- The rain was a friend of the Yankees last night at Camden Yards. When the game against the Orioles was washed out, it benefited CC Sabathia, who was...
Hughes eyeing rehab assignment
BALTIMORE -- Phil Hughes long-tossed in the rain yesterday at Camden Yards, where it was too wet to get on a mound. The Yankees right-hander will do that today and...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto RacingNoonNASCAR: Nationwide, qualifyingESPN3 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, Nashville 300ESPNBaseball1 p.m.Diamondbacks at MetsWPIX, WFAN (660 AM)4 p.m.Braves at GiantsFOX6 p.m.College: Alabama at FloridaESPN27 p.m.Yankees at OriolesYES, WCBS (880 AM)9 p.m.Red Sox at...
Hondo goes fourth
Hondo took a double-beating yesterday when the Cubs were bludgeoned by the Seligs and the Snakes were clubbed by the Mets to raise the runaway debt to 545 odoms. Today,...
Billups remains on shelf
Chauncey Billups didn't play last night for the Knicks, and his availability for tomorrow's do-or-die Game 4 is in doubt, too. "Obviously if it was close, I would play," Billups...
Sabres slip by Flyers in OT
PHILADELPHIA -- Tyler Ennis scored off a rebound 5:31 into overtime last night to give the Sabres a 4-3 victory over the Flyers and a 3-2 lead in the first-round...
Short-handed Knicks caught off guard
The Knicks can only pray Chauncey Billups can come back from his strained left knee tomorrow night for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series, because without him, their...
Finally, Pelfrey so good it's sick
On a night he was sick to his stomach, Mike Pelfrey brought his "A" game to Citi Field -- "A" as in accountability. Accountability is a beautiful thing. It's clear...
Davis' HR, Pelfrey's gem fuel Mets over Diamondbacks
Any chance the Mets can get the first 19 games of the season overturned by replay? That will not happen, but at least game No. 20 was one for the...
Knicks have no answers for Pierce, Allen
The Celtics' Paul Pierce and Ray Allen rained jumper after jumper on the Knicks, some contested but far too many not. And when they were done, 70 points later, the...
Gee making push for rotation spot
Unlikely as it would have seemed a week ago, the Mets might soon have a starting pitching controversy. Dillon Gee could put the Mets in that position today if he...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 23SUNApr. 24MONApr. 25TUEApr. 26WEDApr. 27THUApr. 28FRIApr. 29YankeesBaltimore7:05TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMBalt.1:35YESWCBSChi.7:05YESWCBSChi.7:05WWORWCBSChi.7:05YESWCBSChi.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSMetsArizona1:10TV -- WPIXRadio--WFAN 660 AMAri.1:10SNYWFANNOGAMEWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANPhil.7:05SNYWFANKnicksNOGAMEBos.3:30ABCESPNNOGAME&Bos.TBDMSGESPNNOGAMENOGAME&Bos.TBDMSGESPNRangersWashington3:00TV -- NBCRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAME&Wash.TBDMSGESPNNOGAME&Wash.TBDMSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME
Training in NYC A-OK with GSP
Georges St-Pierre remembers the days when he would drive from Montreal to New York to train in mixed martial arts and get lost in The Bronx. “Back then I used...
Weird but true
Rival winemakers are battling in court for the exclusive right to suggest they get moms drunk. The makers of "Mommyjuice" are fighting a trademark-infringement suit filed by a rival that...